Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-28
JoHN Qu,ScY ADAMS.
ID. fronentin to The Secretary Of s1ate.

tchsacoia immediately upon receiving my
commissions, left New Orleans early in Ja-
| y lor Rei,sa'r'ia, where received yesterday
from New Orleans, my commission and yaur
letter OF the 9th of 5,,ne last.
| l thank you, sir, for the expression of your
wish, that tie appointment may prove agree
| able to nsc.
lam now ready TO enter upon the duties of
my office.
The Attorney of the United States has not
yet arrived. and the Marshal left this PLACE
Tor ~. Augustine without appointing deputy.
With great respect,
have thr honor tn he, sir,
Your most ohr,iient servant,
ELiG. FROMENTIN.
Tie Honorable j. q. ADAMS,
Secretary Of State.
No. g.
Judge Fromentin TO The Secretary of Sta6e.
Pensacola, august 20h, 1891.
SIR: The time which was 10 Intervene be-
twiSt the moment when | received Your letter
OF the eth June last, and the moment when
| was informed nay answer should be deposit
ed IN the post office, was so short, that
could not then touch upon the topic which
is Ia he The suhi ecl of my present communi-
cation.
When was first informed of my appoint
ment AS Judge of the U. States for West Flo
rda, &c. understood It to be an appointment
| TO the office of territorial Judge, with the
additional jurisdiction vested in the Judges of
| such territories where no district court OF the.
United States has been established, by The
act, enlitied " An act 10 extend jurisdiction
| in certain To the territorial courts" mass
ed May &, 1905.
Uponrecevng my comn,,,s sion and ynur
letter, nf the 9Th June last, was rather
coniirorf in that opinion by the concludins
paragraph IN your letter, in The following
words:
And towHTis the organization of the tenn
purary government under his General Jack
son ! direction, it may be- important that the
Judiciary department should be put into ope-
ration in mcdiately." | may be- mistaken. but
II seems to me that, ii tie court to which am
appointed j. to he confined, as General Jack
son contends, 10 The revenue laws of the Uni
ted States, and L" the act respecting pc ip,,
otcolor, 1t could hardly be dcnon1inated the
Judiciary department, with reference to the
| organization OF the temporary government
under the direction of General Jackson. How
ever, docsncd it my duty TO communicate
| my commission and YOUR letter to General
jackson. who communicated TO me- 10 return
| such parts OF his several commissions, as he
cOnc"iyfs admit of construction entirely at
variance with that which put upon my COM
mission and your letter.
| ~
any objections; the territorial court, consist
nS of five Judges, created by Gen. Jackson,
/ the presiding Judge of which, by the bye, is not
| oil age, according 10 thr Spanish law, which
he administers, being only twenty-five years
OF age, and the law requiring for that Office
that he should be at Ieas, twenty five wears.
having been already in Session one week be-
fore my commission reached me.
L told the General that would write to you
on the subject He told me that he had Ell
Their written to you already, or would write tn
you likewise. In the mean time things must.
of course, go on as found them established
on my arrival here, until learn from you the
precise intentions ofihe President respecting
the extent of the powers vested in me. This
| representation, beg you To believe, is not
| prompted on my part by the remotest desire
ri assuming jurisdiction not intended to be
given, bat by solemn obligation which
deemed To be imposed upon me- To inform
You ofthc difficulties in which | am placed,
and To desire you to transmit ia me, as carly
as possible, the necessary information.
| have heard nothing OF, or from, the mar
shall, or any deputy appointed, or Ia be APP
pointed, hy him, since the date ofmy last
| feel very uneasy on the subject, as the pub
lie service must necessarily suffer from he
absence Of that indispensable officer. there be-
US no authority here by which the deficiency
ibiiy be supplied
Y The eth section 0fthe act ofSept. %, 1889,
fprrscrlbrs the amount ard the mode of the
security TO be given b. the marshal and his
deputies, and The form Of the oath to be taken
by ihem. And, unless, Judge Duval should
nuW DO IL ST. Augustine 10 have these neces-
sry forms complied with, / know rot WHOM
am 10 expect here deputy marshal, duly
/ qualified. say deputy because, under
stand. that The marshal himself coutempaics
making st. Augustine the place of his habnuaf
residence.
took the oath Of Office before General
Jackson. The Attorney Of the United Sta,er
has not yet arrived.
have the honor to be. &c,
ELIG. FROMENTTN
Hon,J. @. ADAMS.
Secretary of Slate
MOI.
Jtdge FrOmeniin ~ HE Secretary of .Sioie.
PENSACOLA, aWgUsk 2Gb, 1891
! SfRi ~ The SAME time at which this vii
he delivered TO you, you will receive no double
from General Jackson himself, full detail Of.
the outrages Ivy him committed on the person
of Col Callava. My unayailing efforts tn
have the Colonel released, only brought upon
me part Of the same cOntumeli0us treat z
!, meut. [ am not sufficiently acquainted with
! NIL the circumstances attending the ,ransac
I ton to be- able TO- give you complete histo-'
{ ry oft | will then eon6nc myself to giving
, you an account of the conduct which PuFsq.
ed, and which, now that passion las some :
What subsidized, think, upon rafnre refec
ton, is the only condGct which ny ferS
r0mued me 70 purafr