Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-28

ON motion 6! h,is counsel, moi 's os the district
Attorney" were, as they were entitled to be,
emerged on bell. Tie suount of the ball. for
each OF the prisoners, eng all common srsnen,
was with consen, OF the prosecutor, fixed at the
sum oil 500. To have required greater amount
from men OF their condition and means, hai degree
OF misdemeanor would. ia effect, have been re!u
sal IN u case that was bailslle. The Tecognizan.
taken by respectable oihcer, OF expe
rcncc, and oi the utmost confidence, and 1t II be
Necessary to test them, may prove 10 be more than
- mere uominal.'''
The accuracy Of the foregoing statement OF the
occurrences at the Bsize, is attested 10y the writ
ten memorandum of the inspector at that place,
the loot vi his usual periodical report to the col
leCtor, and which wac not received, or head oil
by that officer, before the judicial investigation re.
i-ied to. The residue appears liom matter oil ie-
] cord.
II IS trusted that IL sufficiently establishes:
That the pending prosecutions, in,ead ot having
been began ia spint OF persecution or cruelty
were IN some soit forced uron the no" vitnpe-
rated officer by rash AID almost avowed disre-
gard ioI The laws OF neuIsliIy, in the accused
That far from being since unworihily abapGOn-
ed, undeS the imagined influence OF adverse
" public opinion" (thc murnuT- OF which have
not been heard 10y tben) they will be followed up,
especially agsins, the more conspicuous and la
tegeIi offenders IA The spiEit la which they were
begun.
That, that spirit, whatever it may be, though I'M
fortunately IebuSed in tones su!c emily han sh 10y
certainly not the most d-intei esed If censofs
will with these who consider the obligation Of the
law as Independent on policy" OF public u
piniOn," not deserve d blush, al least, Tor It's Sc
verify, ahl acknowledges pIsujicess that
fuse sympathy for the fortunes of the Mexicaa
Republic and even for the personal &C hievement-
OF him who now complains, and who, 1t is con-
tossed with pleasure, is connected 10y some bright
links with the glory oil lis native country.
J. w. SMITH.
.NtCo Orleans, .aug. IS, 1927.
Had their uansicn, imprisonment been marked
by circumstances Ut needless rigor? - Two OF
them" the ComIno lore - has been informed, died
by sickness brought on by their detention What
ale their NAMES? when! where? and Of what sick
ness did they die! II the information published,
aud, therefore, apparently believed by the CoInmo-
d0re sustained by the fact, it might tie de-
piOrel misfortune. but Itself could All
no apprehension he officers concerned, if there
were probable cause Tor ,hcir detention, II un.c
compared hy cruelty neglect towards the pri-
soneIs. Bot the worthy keeper of the prison ex-
hibts no bill OF mortality. The prisoners com
mltte1 10 his charge were, without exception, en-
larged it would be h-Zsidlng nothing, to say, ia
as good condition "a they we're received in. A
charge against that officer of cruelty. neglect OIL
he health and comfort Of his prisoners there a, e
lew bold enough 10 make and support it by a
name Ii would be contradict Ell by the unanimous
voice Ul this community a. well the annual re-
corded Teppsis oil Grand JIries and Legislative
Committees. But the Inspector who arrested the
prisone(s AT fret NOT without effort for the
vessel attempted to escapc) heard il distinctly sIk,
ed among the prisoners, (the truth OF which even
he does not know that two OF them whom he
neither cav, nor otherwise heard oil, had fallen o.
verboard in the chace: Is the possible fate of these
unafrested persons. The dstentiOn lis effects, 10
which the CommOdore's informant refers!
Department oCUdr GRd Marine, s, ctioH Sd.
Your COMMUNICATION OF the :l6!h Of June last,
having been submitted to the President in which
you recommend Ieresl OF the decree under w.:ic.:
commercial intercourse is prohibited with Key
Wesi, the president enjoins ii upon me TO inform
you that the assertion OF the existence OF this pro-
holiOn Is without foundation, because neither the
coDgr 0! the union, whose II ovinc /, exclusive
ly is the Legislature Of any state, has enacted
such decree Ills exccliehcy the president there
lure inters that this may be some stiaiaSem II
Havana, where copies OF this pretended decree
may have been printed, and sent TO our porte, and
thence 10 the Unitel States Of the Noflh aud 10
Key West, for the purpose Of alternating the au-
,horiiies aud inhabant OF ;ha. place, piejudcins
them against the Mexican squadron, AND Iaducing
them TO withhold assistance. The error may also
have originated from circunsi ances q. commeI~
cial prohibition having ancently existed betw cen
the Flot las aud Mexico.
All which communicate 10 you, that this
wrong impression being removed you may expose
The ialAcy Of it Key West. II il opposed 10 the
political friendship which we have contracted with
the staLeo Of the North, aud l apprise ycu of the
probable source ofthe error and the concOmitsn;
circumstances to enable you TO profit by The nior-
maion to ,hsOw disgrace on the enemy.
God and Liberty, Mexico, July IS !, 1927.
(Signed) GOMEZ PEDAS.l.
Scn2r COAa!anfah If Tie Synadron.
ID. Dacid POrter.
lnm lie L,u,.rilIr Puh 10 i lveliar-.