Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-07-25

governments OF the South, as right tn-
lderstanding OF The matter now may pre-.
/ vent much inconvenience and irritation 10
! future time Lit is in the outset that evils,
are to be avoided-let our treaties OF friend
| ship and Ut mutual advantage with those
nations be clear and inteIligible-let them
| be bottomed on rock-let US provide, as
! far as human foresight can provide, against
all grounds of future discord--let us in
word, ensure not only the admiration but
the gratitude Of poslerity.
Fed. Gaz.
Translated for the Federal Gazette.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
To the most Excellent Sgnor Don Simeon
Bolivdr, President of Colombia.
On board H B. NJ. schooner sibila,
In the bay Of Porto Real. I
In the Island of Jamaica, Noy. 20 1891. }
! 1t has come to ny knowledge, that
the fate OF war has placed the Portuguese
renegade Emanuel Moves, in the hands
OF Gen. Arismendi, one OF your Excellen-
cy's officers.
When Moves commanded an armed
force, consisting Of four gun boats, fitted
| out in Carupano unoer the Spanish flag,
he murdered in the month of October,
1890, in a manner remarkable for lis bar
barity, the Englishman, George Macarthur,
master of the British schooner Eagle,
while on the high seas trading peacefully
from St. Vincent to Angostura, the master
/ not having offered the slightest insult or
proyocation.
have requested of the General to have
Moves delivered up 10 the commander Of
Fl, B. NJ. sIoop Falmouth, that be may be
Judged for the crime he bias committed !;
his Excellency being perfectly informed Of
all the circumstances, having on his staf
: capt. Frazer. who was on board the Ia.
! gle. at the time when the ASSASSINATION
took place.
The high character OF your EYcellency,
and the just horror your Excellency must
feel on being informed of such an atrocious
action, renders it only necessary. on my
part to express the conviction l-feel, that
! your Excellency will Immediately issue
! the necessary orders for the fulhlment OF the
/ demand stated above.
have the honor, Sir, of being your Ex-
cellency's devoted and humble servant.
CHARLES kOWLEY,
Rear.Admiral, and commander in-cbief OF
all H. B. NJ. naval forces in the West
Indies, Knight, commander OF the
most honorable and military order of
the Bath, and Knight of the most H.
)ustrious Austrian order of Maria
Theresa.
ANSWER.
Department of State, and Of Exterior Re-
lations.
Palace OF Government in the
Capital OF Bagota,
To HI, ErceHency Ser Charles Rowiey, .4d-
miiral and Commander an Csset Of II. 3.
VI. naOal forces in the Vest Indies, &c.
&c.
Your Excellency's communication OF
the 5tb November last, addressed to the
first Magistrate Of the Republic, demand
ing the person OF the Portuguese Emanuel
Moves, formerly commander of Spanish
forila, in consequence OF his having in
the mouth Of the Oronoco, in October last
year, assassinated George Macarthur, mas
ter Of the English schooner Eagle, only
came to my hands by the way of Caracas.
Oh the 9Th inst,
As your Excelency mentioned capt.
Frazer, and as this gentleman is at pre-
sent in this city, Abide Camp 10 General
D'Evereux. thought il right to require of
him detail Of the transaction, in order
to instruct my government IN all that might
tend to the formation OF a correct opinion
on so lamentable an occurrence.
From this detail and other information
which | have obtained, it appears, that
Moves is in fact guilty Of the horrid crime
of which he stands accused-lt also ap-
pears, that he was taken prisoner by one
of our. fecheras, and that subsequently, at
the time when Cumana surrendered, be
was admitted into the Colombian service.
When the General in Chief of the East
ern provinces admitted Moves among the
defenders of the Republic, he was I'M
doubtedly ignorant of the crimes which
rendered him unworthy of being the COM
panion Of brave patriots, who, during the
long space of eleven years, have given such
eminent proofs of virtue and moderation.
II is not by any means the wish of my &C.
vernment 10 see in our country men OF this
description, whatever, in other respects,
may be their personal qualities.
Moves was made prisoner by the arms
OF Colombia, and consequently must be
responsible before the tribunals OF this
country, until the condign punishment due
to his atrocities shall be indicted on him,
as On enemy 10 human kind.
he better 10 carry this into effect,
have on this date communicated to the
Signor lntendant of Venezuela, by order
of his Excellency the Vice President, or.
ders to have the person OF Moves secured