Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-24
Richmond, Tuesday, March 81


ing again TO make something of the figure head The
~ r. Courier charges upon Commodore Elliott the
"oa Saturday, Commodore Elliott, Gsurchcad
evening he tho Bowey rhea receive the ds
those who willing act ejaculation to the President
2; That of forty four "u s. Marines" uniform and
osrawe and pn, down out citizens aud to take part
proor,ha object their assert
20 p'Sss,s Sree ne SoI proenIs hundred more
head, that
That ssurchoud prepared on cands,nciy
S. given when the ga,c port tina, she
o%o Of %e e os % w sa @ we learn tina,
The head has been carved will,
hay where she anchored fifteen miles city,
lad tho ship % % o" any Mace
the popuace could have reached her. much
no human being could orctcll' '
Mark how plain tale puts down all this trash
The NJ York Times clearly exposes these misrepre-
sentations-as follows:
7ns,oer No. L. This charge is contradicted by the
fourth and fifth If the repairs Of the 6uure had bcen
made secretly, it idle expect applause at the thea
tire, since the act would have been unknown the
dence.
The manager of the theatre politely invited the Off
GERS of the ship to visit his house why he did of no
moment. The work of the ship was done and they
to spend agreeaby their last evening in port The
manager filled his house, and the officers saw a snowy
play But they knew nothing ofany connection intend
cd expected.
''.qns,cer to No 2 Colonel Gamble. commanding the
Marines at the Navy Yard. yesterday sent his comp
us and requested that we won i'd state unon his
authority that the Marines question did not belong TO
the frigate Constitution, but to the Navy Yard; part
of them having been recently discharged from the fri
gate United Statesthat they attended the theatre
permisson at their request made through their
DERBY seTgeanthat they went without any reference
Com Elliot for that the Colonel did even know that
the Commodore was TO be present.
The orderly sergeant Declares that they their
full dress in order that he might know them easily
prevent strdggg and tatn full dress sdearms (bayo-
nets) are dtacdyS worn, when church. those
men every Sunday. The fact as to wearing side.
arms in full Dress of the editor
the Courier and Enquirer who has been a lieutenant in
the and colonel of militia The orderly further
says, that they had the slightest communication al
time, in any shape, with the party from ship and
that so far they from coming protect the officers
or to Interfere with the citizens, take part in a row.
that he himself applied to the boxkccper show him
some private door by which he might take his party out
IN case OF any disturbance, which he learned after his
arrival was appehended They paid for their tickets,
OF course because they not invited expected
1t was the officers of the ship, the marines of the
Navy Yard, who were invited. The play the Last
Days OF Pompeii, which had attracted much notice
and which they had long desired see many of them
having visited the scene, the ancient city itself
The assertion imputed to the sergeant about obtain
ing more if necessary preserve order declares
TO be absolutely JdScthat he made any such
mark, nor had any such thought. To this he will not
| hesitate to make oath
"But if further reutation needed it is amply
furnished by the fact, which is within our personal
knowledge, that when the Commodore left the ship and
up TO few minutes before he entered the Theatre HE
HAD NO INTENTION HIMSELF OF GOING rHIruRR; of
course he ecOud haUc marines there TO uard him
lie landed at clock, to dine with friends and
left the house to- the frgae in order to set
tie important accounts which otherwise would have oc
cupicd him in the night But on his way to the shin he
persuadedy his friends visit theatre only for
few minutes IN order to disaPpoint any ofhs
citizens who might have attended for the purpose of
ing the officers, and to keep good the promise of the
manager He found the officers there and they attended
him to his box These facts known personally
and to several other persons But the of Col
Gamble above alone is conclusive the charge upon
which the Courier found its lamentations the de-
parting liberties of the country
3nSioer to No. g. The rigaGe came here not solely
to receive the hgurehe but TO receive and she did
ceive, large quantities of small and spare rigging of her
powder, OF her provisions, of her small stores none of
which could be procured Boston short notice
and to take in half her officers and third of her ere
well as to have her figure head repaired She was
ordered to sail on the 15th and daily letters from the
department urged her departure that the reason of
her hasty equipment and motions, and why she must
come here to complete her preparations. She had cx
hausted the provisions the Boston station and could
not wait for to be collected As to her command
er being afraid to repair the figure head at Boston, that
does not tally with the next charge; he had worked
secret here must have been because he expected op
positions and as 1t was easy work secret
at Boston, where he had walled navy yard and marine
guard, ii could not have been fear caution that sent
him here, TO lie in the open stream, and do the deed
openly in the vicinity t,cice as many Wings as were
in Boston 1t was not tear. But have shown above
why he came here.
ASloer to No. d. The head was not carved secretly
IL was done at the establishment of Alderman Dodge
who authorizes and requests to say that the head
even more exposed to public observation than their works
usually are whe unfinished, and that it lay openly
the shop for week. seen by all who choose to enter.
" Nor is the other branch of this charge more true
The fitting commenced about twelve O'Clock at
noon of bright pleasant day and carried on and com
peted the presence of whoever chose to look on as
hundreds did, Tor the ship surrounded by shore boats
all coming who chose and great numbers being received
on board
".fns,oer to No. s. This appeared in the Daily Ad-
vertser and is only less absurd than No q II was
given out from the ship that she was to remain so
long, and II has not been stated any journal that she
would. We stated ON Tuesday last that she would pro-
baby get away in week two but visiting her on
Friday we learned that she had been ordered to sail on
the 10Th, Sunday, and that she certainly would do
winch we announced in our paper of Saturday.
"As to her anchoring ia the steam that is what is
Always done by every armed ship unless she has to no
into dock for repairs If a ship lays at the wharvcs'
her crew may deser she will be infested by idle crowds
an enemy might fire her, DC. They never 20 to the
wharves, and is sheer ignorance for in this quarter we
would not impute malevolence, which complains that
this ffigate did not go there.
As TO the ships hurying off with two steamboats, the
cause OF her haste has been explained above She went
in the morning, because high water was at 10 A. NJ and
she must pass the bar at that time she anchored be-
cause she was too late and because the wind failed her
and not to he out Of the rcaeh of popular excitement
Why should she what could be done without other ships
against such a ship that
Com. Elliott received in the Theatre with eciat
The house was crowded TO the very roof by an au-
diencc who came exclusively to crafty themselves by
seeing their gallant visitors and manifest to them how
different were their feelings, from those exhibited in
Their city. The Courier and Enquirer Of that morning
had eudeavOrcd 10 the harmony Of the OCCASION
its efforts abovc, and indeed if any correspond
ing attempt had been made it would have been prompt
" and effectively suppressed But none was made and
the admirers Of the ship, and her gallant commander
of en rtrft rla.fo