Augusta chronicle & Georgia gazette. (Augusta, Ga.) 1821-1822, October 15, 1821, Image 2

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l'\vronic\e and GsvxeAte. PCII I.IHHkD K V £UI Monday $ Thursday. , THE wotro, BY COWLEY. edition, nr roisoif, a. ». 1707, p. 1. Tevtanda via eat, &c. Whsl sbnil 1 do to he for ever known, And nmke the Age to come my own? I shall like Hrqats or Common People die, Unless you write my Elegyi Whilst other great by being Born are grown Their Mother* Labour, not their own. ■do this Scale Void, In th’ other Fume does lye, The wAghtof (hat mounts this to high. These men are fortune'* Jewel*, moulded h right) Brought forth with their own Fire and Light. Jf I, her vu'gar. Stone, fur cither look; Out of mg self it must be sh ook'. Vet 1 must on; what Sound is’t strikes mine Ear? Sore I Fume'* Trumpet hear Jl sound'* like the Inst Trumpet, far it can liaise up the bury’d Man. Unpast A'pes slop me, but I’ll cut through ;dl, And march, the Muses Hannibal. Hence all the fluttering Vanities that lay AWj of Hose* in the way. Hence the desire of Honours, or Estate’, And all that is not above Fate, lienee J.me himself that Tyrant of my Days, Which intercepts my coming Praise. Come my best friends, my Books, and lead me tin; Tis time that I were gone. Welcome, great Stagirite, and teach me now All I was born to know. .Thy St Mar's Vict’rics tbou dost far out do; He complet'd th* Earth, the whole florid you. Welcome (earn'd Cieero, whose blest Tongue and Wit Preserves Home’s Greatness yet. Thou ail the Jtfsi of Orators’, only he \\ lio best caii praise Thee next must be. i Welcome ihe Mantuan Swan, Virgil the H’ur, Whose Verse walks highest, but not flies. Who bi ought green Pocste to her perfect Age. And made that Art which was a Huge. Tell me, ye mighty Three, what shall 1 do To ho like one ol yon Bui you have climb’d the Mountain’s top, there sit On the calm flourishing Head of it, And whilst with \v« aried steps we upward K'». See Us, and Clouds below, DRINKING. The thirsty Earth soaks up the Rain, And drinks, and gapes fur Drink again. The Plants suck in the Earth, and arc With constant Drinking fresh und fair. The Sea it self, which one would think Should have but little need of Drink, Drinks tea thousand Fiver* up, Sofill’d that they o’er-flow the Cup flic busie Sun (and one would guess Bt ’s drunken Kary Face no less) \ Drinks up the Sea, and when be'as done, « The Aloon and Stars drink up the Sun They drink and dance by their own Light, They drink and revel all the Night. Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal Health goes round. Fill up th« Bowl ben, fill it high. Fill all the Glasses there lor why Should evTy Creature drink but I, Win . ALm or AJarals, tell we why } COWIKT 1.4 S Os i.n account of " Gr> ece, by Chas. ALtc laren. Esq.” Greece and its inhabitants, uf'er along period of oblivion, have at length be come objjyc s of general and profound inteiest. It was singula., indeed, that while classical scholars were immersed in the stnd< ot its poets, orators, and his tojisus, the ronntry that gave birth to so many literary treasures, seemed to have been us completely forgotten, as if it had been blotted Mom the map of Europe. 'I he Continent of Greece, including Albania and Macedonia, extends from 36° 10' to 42” 40’ gs North latitude; ane fram 19°-15' to 24" 40' of East loiuigitude from London. Ps length, front Cape Mata pan to Mount U 'helus, or Argentaro, is 450 En glish nit Its; it* greatssf breadth, ftotn Du raizotn Ckvale, 2 7 miles; and it embra ces an acra of Sr.7soaquar»s miles, exclu sive of all its is.auds except Euboea. The general aspect of Greece is char acterized by a very stngnlav dis.nbmion of itsm mntaiiis These are usually nei ther placed in parallel chains, nor in massive pi oups, but are *» deposed as to eiidose extensive tracts of land, which assume the appearance of large basins or circular hollows. The bottoms of <hree ba sins consists of an alluvial plain of he richest aoil, and level as the ocean; thr ugh which sometimes rise steep in sulated rocks line the summits of vast nat ural columns Nature had thus marked out the country into a number of distinct districts admirably calculated to become the seats of "mall communities. The.plain, with its rich alluvial sod, furnished sub sistence for a dense population; the insu l&ted rock became the Acr pohs, or cita del of the chief town, a place of refirge ii war; and the surrounding mountains were bairiers sgainst invasion. Os these plains, some terminate in the ocean, and seem to owe their existence to the retiring of the waters. Suchate those of Macedonia, Athens, Argos, Laoania, Messeuia, and Ambme'.a. Others are completely snr raauoed by a rampart of mountains or high grounds, except at a aingle point where U»e waters have found or foaretd a passage. Os this description are the three remarkable valuta of Thessaly, Buetua. and Arcadia. Each of these t orch bi)’ suggest the uteaufa vast inland lake, where the waters accumulating for a long period, bad at length burnt through the turner that confined them, and left the bottom dry, ‘"ere aro few or no diseases peculiar vc Giseoe. Like all the countries on ike ( shares of the itedilefranoan, it snfiVr* greatly from malar#. Thi» prevails chiefly in the month* of August and Sep tember, and produce remittent or inter mittent fevers, which attack those who reside in low situations, near the mouths of rivers; or in the neighbrohood of lakes, marshes, or rice-grounds. Ihe ancients were aware; that fevers of this descrip tion affected certain districts; but un doubtly, the sphere of their influence lias been vastly extended by the n-glect ed state of the country. The Flague occurs at irregular periods, and makes great ravages, but is generality believed to be imported from Constantinople, Smyrna or Egypt. In Greece, as in other parts of Turkey, Ml lands hold immediately of the Sultan, and on the demise of the incumbent, vest ■a new in him. And (hough custom 'may temper a rule so pernicious, and the right of resumption may not be rigorously exer cised at the demise of each incumbent, it will still be made a ground for vex itious demands, and render the transmission of property dependent on the caprices of provincial governois. The most consi derable proprietors, both Turks and Greeks, live generally in towns, and the land is let to the pea writs on a system re sembling that of tlic Metayers in France, The lands are let from year to year; the landlord furnishes cottages, cattle, and seed' the tenant labors the ground; and after a tenth of the produce is set aside for the public tax, the remainder is divid ed into three parts, of which -the tenant gels one and the proprietor two. The most common crops are w heat, barley maize, and rye; besides these, oats in a ve ry small quantity, rice in marshy spots, millet, pease, beans, tares, sesamum, and anise, with cotton and Tobacco. Turnips if raised at all, are confined to gardens, land potates seem to be entirely unknown The corn *own in November or February, 1 is high in the beginning of March, and is cut in May. It is sometimes sown as late as April, and reaped in twomonths. After a crop of barley, cotton is some times sown and reaped the same season. Greece, abounding in mountains covered with herbage is eminently a pastoral country;—and the management of sheep is better understood than the other bran ches of rural economy The modern bree< s.however have declined much from the Ancient in beauty and value The Mechanic Ai ts are necessarily in a rude stale, though the vices of the govern ment do not operate so injuriously upon thorn as upon Agriculture. The Agents of the llritish Ambassador enuid not pro cure a wheeled carl or a laddi r in Athens; but it ought to be recollected, that the Greeks, «hn inhabit a mountainous coun try, with sieepjnnpaved roads, have some reason for employihg pack-horses, insieai of wheel-carriages, as we did in Sc tl nd 60 or 70 years ago; and if the tradesmen who construct the mosques, the bathes, and the palaces of the Pacha’s, would not, or could not make a cart or a ladder, it was certainly notfiom want ot skill, but want of practice. In the ten yeais from 17H7 to 1797, about one half of the foreign trade of Greece was with Gumany. It was con ducted by Greeks, ami Vien a and Solo nica were the principal entrepots. The Germans take cotton, raw and spun, from Greece, and return light woolens, linens muslins, glass, cutlery, to the value, of one third of their imports, and theo ther two thirds in specie. The Italian commerce, which is next in importance io the German, and in chiefly carried on with the ports of Leghorn and Venice.— It supplied Greece with fire-arms, glass, paper, si ks, &c. Russia sent silks and pel try; France, woolens, bonnets, gold-lace, sugar, coffe., and indigo; Holland, clothe and spicems; and England, Wu lens, muslins, linens, metal, wrought and un wroughi, watches, tr nkets, jewelry, and colonial produce. Except Russ,a and Eng land, all those Tates make part of their returns in spicic; and the new establish ments of Rutain In Malta and lonian Is lands must have transf. rred to her a par ut whui was formerly in the hands of the Fiench and luliai s. [ The,Turks have been estimated at 500, | 000 the Bulgarians, Wutlachians and Alba- I nian colonists are Christians of tiie same de nomination wall the Greeks; and since neither the jews nor the Latin Christians dispensed throgh the ports on the west ern coast, and in some of the cyclades, are of any importance in point ol num bers, we-have only u> estimate the pro portion of Mahometans and Christians m Albania, to ascertain the total amount of each party in Greece. Major Leake thinks that the native inhabitants ot Alba nia altogether (ixclnsive of the Grteks) are pretty nearly equalh divided between the two religions; on dtis ground, an ad dition must be made of 350 000, or 400,000, to the Turkish Mahometans, which will raise the whole number cf the Mahome tans to 900,000. The different nations belonging .o the Greek Church, who con stitute the remainder of the population, must, therefore, amount to nearly 1.kG0,- 000, or twice the numbt r of Mahometans, li should be observed, however, that the Albanians were all originally Christians, that the parly now professing Mahome tanism emursced it only at a recent peri od aud arc so lax in their faith, and so exempt from bigotry, as to bo consider ed no better than infideis by the Turks. Their national temper predominates ovei iheir religion; and they hate the Turks much more than their brethren who profV-ss Christianity. The Greek Church agrees so closely with the Roman in its doctrines, and even m its forms, that it is raih.er diaic dt to discriminate between them by any intel ligible distinctions The Greek Church anlda the doctrine of the Trinity with some unimportant peculiarities. In the number of its sacraments, i he invocation of vaints, the belief of the real presence, the practice of auricular confession, and in admitting masses and services for the dead, it agrees peilectly with that of Rome. The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is administered to infants newly born, and in tne place of confirmation, they substitute the chrism or sacred one tion,_ being a part or appendage of the baptismal ceremony. On Holy Thursday the Greek Archbishop, like the Fope, washes the feet of twelve priests or monks. It is rather doubttul whether the Greek Church admits a purgatory, at least in the tame sense as the Roman Cathahcs ; and they themselves, at the present day, are toe ignoiant to tell. The most palpa te distinction between tbe two churches, in the eyes of the cemmon people is, that the Greeks abhor the images used by die | Catholics, «nd employ only paintings in fl* 0 ( their churches. Every Wednesday it a ; fasi, because it was on that day Judas re* . ceircd the money fur betraying Christ j . and every Friday in remembrance of the i crucifixion. A vast number of saints’ i days are also observec, so that of the , whole rear there are only about 130 days j free of fasts or festivals There is a national likeness observable in all (It* Creeks, and though, on the whole, the islanders are darker and of a . stronger make than those on toe main. land. They have a larger facial angle i than the other nations in the sou'h of Eu , rope, to whom they are manifestly superb i or both in countenance and forn Their faces are Just such as served far models ( to lire ancient sculptors, and their young ( men in particular, are of that perfect beauty, which we should ptrhajs consid er 100 soft and effeminate in our climate. Hoth the face and form of the women are very inferior to those of the men. Though they have the same kind of features, their eyes are too languid, and their complex* • ions too pale, and, even from the age ot twelve, they have s flaccidity and loose ness of person which is far from agreea ble. They are generally rather below the middle size, and when between 25 and 30, are commonly rather fat and unwieldy. Travellers now seem to be nearly a greed as to the intellectual and mo>a' qualities of the Greeks, it is allowed that they have much acuteness of under standing, polished and agreeable mari ners, a sprightly wit, and great natural eloquence ; but on (he other hand, iheii apologists cannot deny that, though an ic( in their fasts, they ai(e Uxiu their morals) that their vanity forms a lamentable con trasi with their humbled condition ; and tlr.it they have more tlan an ordinary slut e of duplicity, meannesi and higotiy.—On. of the best features n their character it the strong national spirit that animates them, and the lively interest they rake in the fate of their country. They con tinually reproach the Franks with i tude, for not assisting them to throw ofl the iurkish yoke; asierting that we aiv indebted to their anctstuts tor all the ai ts and knowledge we pwscss. Yet, though the deeds of tne ancient Greeks .ive in their memories, arid are often m thrir mouths, they have a veiy contused and erroneous idea of their characier. In private ife, ilia Greeks have, much social feeling; and thuugu easy in mqir man ners are strict ns- rvers of turtinf. Two men in saluting, that ouch their foreheads, then place their right liuikis on theii hearts and kiss each other They are fond ol u tics and distinctions in piuporuon U their waniot i eal strength and dignity, of ■char acter If Very -vrehon and Codjafashee, though he ii*s b u the shadow ototficiai dignity, is “most illustreus,” or M »i net no kle,” A Bisiiop is styled ‘■‘your b.aii ludr,' a Priest, “ your Holiness.’' They arc avaricious, but tney desire money on lyior me purpose of osteivtatilni. i lien veneration 1.-i wealth indeed supetcedes, in some measure, the siroug-est natural ties Cluldren who get ,ich soiuclam s unploy tiictr own fatiKrs as menial st r vaids, and arc waited upon by them at ta ble. Pare Ala teach .heir children to kiss iheir hands, and to address them by the-, title of signor, which implies superiority, and is therefore preferred to ing app liat'O.is, Tne question regarding the einancipa-' t.on ot lot *.leeks from the i’urki h yoke involves so many collateral topics, dial a long dissertation would be required io do jusi.ee toil; and we can only span, room for a few > etnarkes. First, we may observe, luat the mora. degradation ot .in, Gittks is not necessarily fatal to their hopes ot deliverance A sense of co muon inter est, a s'rung national spirt, pow erful fueling of revenge, arc the motives that excite men to act in such cnenmstan ces; and all these the Greeks set! the in fluenoe of in a considerable degree.' fney have courage; and though they waul tne private virtue and disinterested publ.c zeal necessary to build up i free govern ment, it should be recollected that they may be independent without enjoying ci v l l liberty, and yet by such independence then condition would be immensely im proved in the second place, while the Turk are remaining stationary, the Greek* are silently ad .toeing in edge, in wealth, in numbers, and in i!k cousciousness of power; and their relative situation is ihus dany improving- Their lively and susceptible uisposit'on is ex tremely capable of every species of m struct ion; and ail tne ana ami knowledge of western Europe, with all the superior ity which these confer, could be coriinui mealed to ihein more easily ihan to any otner people in the same Stage of civi.iza lion. In tuc linrd place, tbc power of the f’nrss seems verging lo ties rue* ion, from ihe craziness incident to an old system, winch lias no moans ot inter.all renova tion, and no power io adapt itsclt lo the changed ciicumsauces of Europe. Ti.eir naiKruus defea s have destroyed ihtu contide .ce in themselves. They form bin a f aoli»n of the population ot Greece; and though they are accustomed to com maud, and I ave the, machinery of govern ment in tueir iiauds, their force is badly organized, and their torpidily and w ant of skill nulializ; the power they have. — In the fourth piace, Greece is a mountain ous country, abounding in strong posi tions; and therefore affording great ad vantages to a population ei gaged in de sultory warfare, f’o these we may add, that, in the event ol a general insurrec tion, the commercial marine of the Greeks would soon render them masters by sea; ami from the nature of the conn try', this would operate powerfully in their favour. ■• There cannot remain a doubt, there fore, that a very slight effort would b« sufficient to subvert the Turkish power. Uut the (mancipation ot the Greeks de penps, in some degree, upon a variety of other circumstances. First, Greece is un fortunately occupied by several nations, differing in manners, language, and origin who have no common ties sufficient to u nite them firmly together betting aside the Bulgarians, who ire posted at the ex tiemity of the country, and the Turks as the common enemies of the whole, there are still the Wallach'uns, who have entire possession of a considerable district, be sides being dispersed in small portions through the rest of the cnulry; and the Albanians, formidable by their numbers and energy, masters of two-fiflhs of the country, and spread in a small proportion, through the whole These nations, with the Turks, form about one half of the population. The Greeks, who form th other half, are thus every where mixeu with their rivals or their enemies. The Wallachians, though professing the same a religion with the Greeks, differ from - . them in manners and language The V) ; banians are not o.iiy distinct m manner k and language, but regard the Greeks >’ with contempt. Even among tho Greeks e themselves there are considerable diver » sities of charracter. The commercial Greeks of the towns have probably but e little affinity with the peasantry, and the s Mainotes of the More aas little with the a peasantry of Thessaly and Macedon. Al l • these parties agree in haling the Turks; 2 but, it is evident, there arc many autina. - tides to be removed, and rival interests ■ to be recociled, before they can be r brought to co opera ? vigorously in a s common design. Should the Greeks J move by themselves, they will find that t all who are not for them are against them; - r.nd the Turks, with the usual policy of . despotic rulers, will make use of one par s ty to crush the other. But, in tne second i place, the consolidation of so great a r part of Greece under the I’aslia of \lba - nia, has given an entirely nevv aspect lo i the question regarding the emancipation -of tile Greeks. Albania, for some ceutu ■ nes, h«s been divided a number of f fiiercu and warlike tribes or clans, almost 1 independent of the Turks, but engaged ■ in perpetual contests with one another. The union of these hostile tribes, for the 1 first time, under one head by the vigotu i of All, has necessarily raised up a new and formidable power, which must m.-ke • itself felt in all the surrounding parts. — > It is so formidable, indeed, that no great change can now fake place in Gre ce I without its concurrence. The two great I parties of Greeks and Albanians are, in • fact, so placed that their union is essen i. tial to the independence of the country, and that union seems to be scarcely pos sible. So long as Aii wants the naval i means of the Greeks, and while llic i Turks occupy the southern and eastern paitof the country, his power cannot be • s.curo. The (wo nations are too strong* ly divided by dissimilarity of charracter and mu nal antipathies to coalesce v< i onU ’iiy Nor is it probable thet the Al i banians-, who arc stronger for defence than conquest, will be able to reduce Southern Greece by force. The Greeks, on the oilier Hand, would not moke any effu t for Die sake of exchanging the slligg.su tyranny cftiie Turk* s fir the- rig orous despotism of the Pasha. Were they to attempt lo liberate themselves, til’s sagacity would teach him to regard such a sup as injurious to his interest; for hough it would weaken the common cn . my tne Turks, it would raise up a new power much more formidable to him.— I o all appearance, therefore, the power of the l urks in G.eece, so far as de pends on tnes causes, may maintain itself sometime longer, by means of the mutual jraiusics of its domestic enemies. flic Greeks, however, have long look d to foreign aid tor the means ol iiber anng then-selves; and three different opinions prevailed among them recently >» (elation to this subject. The insular - ami conrinericai G-eelts, and those of the .Vloiea, attached then selves lo the icU a oi liberation through England; a second paity, including many of their iterarv men and continental merchants, looked to the late revolutionary government of France as a more probable means if deli verance; while the lower orders, and those must attached to the national reli gion, were anxious to receive the Bus siaus at liberal on. From Ueifc’s Philadelphia Gazette. I. Don Jose Callava Fix-Governor of Wes Florida, Commissioned by the Spams governm. nt to carry into full and complete effect as Commissioner, aIC th» at,- mil lions between Ilis Catholic Majesty an-, the President ol tire United States, in th cession made to them *of the said Province under the Treaty of friendship, adjust ment of differences and limits ratified by hoth nations on the 2‘2d day of February of die present yesr 1821, Dp make the present sworn exposition, with all the force of law, on my word of honor, guar amoving the truth of my assertion, on the responsibility of my bead before a tribu nal, of the outrages which were com milted against my official character as b punish Commissioner; against my person and against my bouse on die day and night of Wednesday, the 22d of August, 1821, by the Governor of the said West Florida and Commissioner on the part of the United S ates under the same Treaty. The facts are as follow s: At about four in the afternoon I was in tile house oi Geo. M. Brooks, Esq colo nel of the United States Fourth lleg’t to dinner. The company at table consisted f Goi Brooks, Ids lady, Elji.is Fronientin, Esq. Judge of the Uniied States, the com mander of the U. S brig of war Enter prise, Michael Kearney Esq, Lieut. Coi Don Marius De Viiliers, Lieut. Col. ami commander of Artillery, Don Francisco Palms, the Vicar of lire province the Kev ,l anics Colmon, and citizens Dr Juan In oerarity, Dr. loan Lama, merchants. Dr Barnard*) Prieto, and Don Luis Gay aid. Cap I. Don Jure Norilga, a retired officer, Don Jose Cmzrtt, my Secretary of the commission, Lieut. Don Carlos De Vil liers, and Don Arnaido Guilhmard, sub Lieuls. Don Maria: o Luturduy and Don Pedro de Alba, public Interpreter. The Spanish sublieut Dun Domingo Sousa, came and enquired for me, earnestly desiring to speak with me. On entering lie was accompanied by an officer of the U States who conducted him as prisoner as ha told me, having asked him for what reason, he replied, in the presence ot the company that ou the preceding day three persons made their appearance at his house, who said we are authorised by the Governor Don Andrew Jackson, to order you to deliver up certain papers which he has been informed are in your . possessions of; and tidhr the indications , which they made to him, he comprehend i ed that tney were those which were packed up in cases belonging to the mill ■ lary tribunal and that of Finance he told tnetn that certain cases existed in his pos i session in which lie believed they were; but that he was a subaltern officer, sub' ; ject to my orders and attached to the . commission, and that the cases which he had mentioned were under bis care by my ■ onlers as notary or clerk of those privi i lodged tribunals under my authority as : governor, and could not dispose ofthose i unless by my command. The persons in i question withdrew and returned again ; the same day with a demand in writing of the papers, requiring him to give bis i a swer also in writing; which he did, and consequently came to inforc me tiiereoi : but did not ford me at home. On reflect* ing this morning, l»e dcterhimeft on taking, Item to my house as a place of more se curity than this—he (lid so; but not find ing at home, left them in my house which aas all he knev r . 1 told him that he had done right. He further added that hav ing just searched his and demanded the papers, he replied that they were in my house, on which they conducted him as prisoner. I immediately sent my Aid, Captain Don Bernardo Pruto to inform the Gover nor from me, that Don Domingo Sousa, was an officer under my orders and em ployed in the Commission, that as the pa pers demanded could not be given by him, lie would have the goodness to address himself to me, and that if they were such as could be delivered, they would be fur nished through the regular channel; ex tending funher my request, that he would be picased to understand thut they could only be delivered by me. The answer my adjutant brought me was, that “ the order for the imprisonment ol Sousa will be continued,” and that the Governor further told linn," I ell Colouel Callava that I will put him along with him.' Under the impression that an answer alto gtther so unaccountable without the slightest provocation to rest on, could on ly be attributed to an extraordinary mis take in the interpretation winch had made of my message to the Commissioner and Governor Andrew Jackson, I ordered my Adjutant to return, accompanied by ano ther officer and the public interpreter, in order to acquaint the Governor therewith. They fuddled their mission amt brought me for answer, that the Governor had re plied with loud vociferations and in the presence of several persons, that Coi. Cai lava shall go to jail. 1 was lost in astonishment and my reason coukl not impute so extraordinary an oc ctiTenc to any other cause than to an en tire privation of judgment or to sinister in terpretation, but having no foundation on witich to rest sue i an opinion, I proposed to go in person to the Governor, so soon as dinner was over, but before 1 could do so, three persons came to the house of colonel Brooke, who said they were au thorised to-demand of me immediately the papers,for the Governor would not show towards me ai.y 1 more considi rations or forms, than he would to any other private individual. I replied to them, requesting them to enquire of the Commipsi uier of the Unit ed States, Andrew Jackson, how “ was it possible that he should forget in a manner so unaccountable, my official character?" Dill he not receive from me, as Cummis sioner on the part of Spain the Province of West Florida, of which I was his pre. decessor in the government, and that my stay with my Secrttary and officers, was pending the decision of the points sub milted by himself and me to our respec tive governments, relative to the construc tion to be given to the second article of the Treaty ? The artillery is still held in deposit undei ilk national safeguard. The papers ami documents under rny charge as governor, to be given by me under die Treaty, could not be delivered by me in the charactter of a private individual, be cause they did come into my possession and trust in that capacity I requested them to tell him lhail was altogether be wildered at this course which was now •mrsuing, that the papers in my possesion diould be held sacred and inviolable in Pensacola, my person being under the im munity of the laws of nations, to be re spected and protected agreeable to the usages of civilized nations,ano every other nd.vidual commissioned by his respective govci naienl. That they would also be pieased to tell him that 1 did not yet know what papers he demanded of me lodeli i r in tins manner, and that he would save the goodness, fully to ucq mint me therewith in an official form, having due eganl to the peace and harmony which subsists between Spain and the United ■'states; that I have always acted tov.ards him with the most distinguished conside ration, both as Commissioner of the Unit ed States and as Governor; and in like manner I have treated all tne citizens ol die United States, indiscriminately, with the greatest attention during my adminis tration as governor of West Florida; that 1 assure gen Jackson, both as commissi oner and governor, that whatever papers were to be delivered by me to him this day, should be immediately furnished through the regular channel, as a proof that they were given in a manner becom ing my official character. 1 found myself attacked with a violent pain, from a complaint under which 1 have been suffering for some time.—This i imparted to Col. Brooke, and requ sted him to permit me to retire to my House, which I did, and then ordered my secre tary to address an official letter to the govtrnof, making the same statement to him as 1 had done to the bearers of his mes sage; which official letter 1 sent him by two officers, but the governor refused to receive it. At seven at night, the same person came to my house, demanded the papers from me as a private individual, or to go with them before the governor, i found myself so unwell, as to be unable to 'sit up, and slated io them that my illness would not admit of my going out, and that I did not clearly understand what papers they wanted, nor could I deliver them in any other way than as commissioner under the Treaty, if they were embraced in the same, but if appertaining to my func tions as Military Governor, as such being packed up m the cases, (as it was said) they must indispensably belong to the de partment of the military government, or that of the national finance, as all the civil and criminal archives belonging to the ordinary tribunals had been delivered up by the Constitutional Aicade, as also were the protocols to the commission of the U uited States; but nevertheless I request ed them to furnish me with a note of the description of papers and 1 would reply. In about an hour afterwards, a note writ ten in English on a loose half sheet of pa per was sent to me without any cover; 1 answered the bearer that it would he iranslated and replied to. 1 sent it to the interpreter and went to bed, and some time after, while, at rest, troops com manded by an officer, and under the »r t er of the abovementioned persons, broke down my fences, scaled my house, and entered my chamber with naked bayo nets in their hands ; 1 addressed them i xclaimmg that since my house did not affoixl me an asylum, nor my official char acter shelter me t/ nor the immunity to which I was entitled under the govern ment of the United States, I threw my self on the protection of that government, and protested in the most soUmn man ner against such extraordinary outrages. They nr,steered that 1 tmut delivar the papers mentioned or that 1 should be conduced a prisoner* I replied, thus l note to the interpreter fV.r tr> that I w as indisposed, and roq JKS they would not force me tVoin 9| at that hour (at half past ten that if it would he sufilritni toß® execution of suchtoiders, they (ermine on forcibly op-iiMi"- ' :r .SB n •*,\ks and carrying off' anv pleased, or act as they thought I was disposed to yield to tore- ■Si resigned to let them as-::,-si me placed every tiling at their One of the deputation cer commanding io enter my at this time the citizen l) >n rity wished to intercede, as n -X9 me, but in speaking hr was lent, and the officer was me as his prisoner with hh a:uß|| J replied, that f considered sod in proof thereof, 1 and case, hut- as to dragging house, they must lake mu, u „H| my ill state of health—diey H that they knew it. ordered me HI and with the armed troops condHß to the presence untie GovemorH| in a seperate hmi-u; from Ids iWfl| accompanied by a large concßl people ofa!l description ol persoHj said Governor through a pt ed as a Notary and fhlci him to extend an intcrrog-itoiy H|| himself dictated and requir-u®D answci—The question was m 9p hut I requested io be petimuHE swer in my own id om, and tHEj with my own hand, it was gisHm while wrding my answer, the ißk snatched from me, and wuh ousness of a person bereaved ment or desperate, the Goverflß beevy knocks on the table, ami®/.’ ’ violent gestures, ordered me i^®] ihe papers 1 was in tl® answering, but he gave, me niHH speak, & whenever the In' ei'pe:-t®|| to explaiu my answer in wlncliB&l often been interrupted, were permitted to interpret or did null the same. With the strongest dH lion 1 constantly inlreateii not in the present act be ui|>m®H resource and consolation oi writing,and that 1 should be mtl oi the like manner; that a hituflH merit might be left, for 1 infmrtflE raving of the Governor, that 1 assassinated. Unavailing were quests, every thing was could I learn wh, i was draggeiHH In ttie chaos of n i.hiitu.us i«p saw myself enveloped, nnprc.flE the laws, the moment at lengiß| when Gov Jackson drew papers,a written order wim.li sHB the interrelation made to me, H the mandate for my being sent When informe’d thereof, I ircpmiHß qested the interpreter to ask if ue did not shudder at the p-rl of such deeds, that I p rotes'ed oBH government of the United tlie author of these atrocious ■lll c.imniitled against my pci sou HH character I represented. or replied this tune through lu>®s ter, that lie was atone Government; that lit die. not rdH|| consequences, and that I might® u. fore Go 1 himself. 1 was in ikcHS to jail at the hour of delicate state of health! My I® left open to the mercy of the The Spanish officers and of my confidence who were paired lihther were ordered off, ®|| of them permitted to remain. ®H son and tiiose of the were under my charge were any inventory or account of the keys of my trunks were left; my H| ty and that belonging to my Guv®| tor the purposes of the Commis*ii®| in like maimer abandoned wiinoiil®| count or inventory, as alsoalin®! personal property. At eleven on lowing morning of the 23d, a w ri®| boas Corpus was issued by tne Jud® Enjius Fiomentin, but Governor ®: treated it with contempt, staling® did not think proper to allow it to I® ed into effect. H At about five in the afternoon® same day 1 was informed by the ot® the guard at -the prison of an o® the governor, which stated 1 sh® setai liberty and accompanied by '■ cer of the day to my house, as ■ now got possession of the paper® might see if the cases tins® Beaied. 1 told the officer who de® the order that I could not enter my® unless accompanied by a Judge- >■ I might look for one and then I can of prison. The officer accumj me with'many other persons and to tlie house of judge Fromenlin, ing ike only one in West Florida, I him indisposed and before every oi sentl made a succinct relation of al facts & begged that he would exti my person anil house the protection law. Me informed me that iiiftiad tion prevented him fiomaccompj me, and that in . his place I shout witnesses to bo present ut tlie recogi i then went to the house accoaif by many people and die officer ol >h 1 found armed troops inside; my 1 scattered on the table, a case i ll * P which had been nailed andse Jd eighteen wax seals, with the i |Tl P' the seal of my government was fractured and reclosed and se.deu ' different seal. My stale of health"* hitherto permitted me to make th-- 1 ' nary examination.of my private 110 lie papers, nor the confidential *>i my government during my admin' 5 ' 1 nor the documents of my comm-- 51 The money was enure. . Tlie foregoing relations compr the outrages committed against an son and official character in Pens» c the 22d day of August, Andrew Jackson. This narrau'C most sacred truth —In it I - f - a ' e n pressed any previous circiunstaso history of, the facts had no other 0 n The motive lam entirely ‘ff iu,r ‘‘ and that the whole isatrue exposi solemnly swear 1 tender the P l i protest with same solemnity be before my government, before 11 United States, and before alt men, S tlie authors and perpetrators deeds. I also swear under tne ■ gallons that 1 ‘have alway s obae i mg my administration as Govern F.orida, indiscriminately t 0 , * . L vidnalof the United dent or transient persons, ut'" , sideraiioir, that I have respe