Indiana Palladium, Volume 1, Number 18, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 6 May 1825 — Page 2

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row Ae National Intelligencer COMMODORE PORTER. It has been publicly and officially announced by the late President of the U. Sates, to Congress, tha't Commodore Porter, has, in

consequence of the affair at Faxardo, been recalled, and it is proper the nation should

know the true position of the case. I he ex

ecutive, no doubt, conceived itself to be right in recalling him; and from the confident tone of the Commodore's reply, there can be

as little doubt that he thinks himself right in

what he has done. If he can justify himself,

no evil can result to him, from what has ta

ken place; if he cannot, he can have no ob

jection to submit to the punishment he has

volunteered to suiier. Navy Department, 27th Dec. 1 824.

Sir: Your letter of loth November last,

relating to the extraordinary transactions at Faxardo, in the island of Porto Rico, on the day of that month, has been received and considered. It is not intended at this time,topronounce an opinion on the propriety of those transactions on your part, but their importance demands for them a full investigation, and you will proceed, without unnecessary deJay, to this place, to furnish such explanations as may be required, of every thing connected with their cause, origin, progress, and termination. For that purpose, you will bring with you those officers whose testimony is necessary, particularly Lieut. Piatt, and such written evidence as you may suppose useful. You will return in such convenient vessel as may be best spared from the squadron, and on your leaving the station, rou will deliver the command to Captain Warrington, with all such papers, instructions and information as may be useful to enable him, in the most effectual manner, to accomplish all the objects for which the vessels under yourcommmand were placed there. 1 am, very respectfully, 8lc. SAM'L L. SOUTHARD. Com. David Porter, commanding U. S. Naval forces, (W. I.) Gulf of Mexico. U. S. SHIP JOHN ADAMS, )

Thompson's Island, Jan, 30, 1825.

Sir: I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of your orders of the 27th ult.

informing me of your reception of mine of

the 15th of November, relating to what you

have been pleased to term, "the extraordin

ary transaction at Faxardo," and recalling

me from command for a full investigation of

my conduct in that atiair. Agreeably to your orders, I shall leave this place for Washington "without unnecessary delay,1' and have taken measures to obtain all the testimony necessary, and such written evidence as I suppose useful, and, on my arrival in the United States, shall hold myself ready to justify my conduct in every particular, not only by the laws of nations and of nature, and by highly approved precedent, but, if necessary, by the orders of the Secretary of the Navy. To use the emphatic language of Mr. Adams "By all the laws of neutrality and war, as well as of prudence and humanity," I was warranted in chastising and intimidating the

authorities of a place who had not only be

come the allies and protectors of outlaws and pirates, but our active enemies, by the imprisonment and forcible detention of an American officer, while in the performance of his duties. "There will need," (continues Mr. Adams,) "no citation for the correctness of this principle. It i engraven in adament on the common sense of mankind. No writer upon the laws of nations ever pretended to contradict it; none of any reputation or authority ever omitted to insert it." I am willing, sir, to submit my conduct in

this affair to the strictest investigation, and ifj

I cannot fully justify it, I shall cheerfully sub

mit to the severest punishment that can be inflicted. But, if it shall appear that the motives which iniluenced me were founded

in patriotism; that the necessity for my con

duct really existed, and that "my vmdica

Letter from the Rev. Loring D. Dezvey, now on a tour in Hayti, to Daniel Raymond, Esq. of Baltimore. Cape Haytien, Feb. 3, 1825. Knowing the deep interest you take in every project for meliorating the condition of our unhappy colored countrymen, I believe the following information will be cheerfully received by you, and used to assist in procuring the great and mighty work in which you have engaged, while the greater portion of our country slumbers in an alarming apathy over a most appalling and portentous evil. How deep must this apathy be, to permit the chief magistrate, in his view of the interests of the nation, perfectly to overlook the condition of one fifth of the population, thus wholly neglecting a people more than two thirds as numerous as our ancestors were when thev became a nation;

and whose oppression is a thousand fold more injurious than that, to resist which, our fathers begun and accomplished a revolution in

the government. But I took up my pen to give you some

account of those who, to gain their rights,

and to secure the blessings of political liberty to their posterity, have accepted the gen

erous offers of their brethren in color and

misfortune, who have struggled through

mighty difficulties, and have risen far in the scale of importance to which they are entitled as men.

More than seven hundred of those people

have arrived at this port; and the most of

them are now occupying land of their own,

and are laboring for themselves near this city. I have, as yet, seen but a part of them ;

nut 1 have heard much of them all. They

have been received according to the promise

ot this government, and those who have chosen to do it, have gone on to their own land, and are receiving the provisions and tools promised them by the President; ethers

have chosen to defer taking the land assigned to them at present, preferring to work lands belonging to others, on shares, and have equal or superior advantages to the rest. Some have refused to take any land, or to leave the town; and it is from these 1 believe, principally, that the most dissatisfaction has reached the United States. Every thing, Sir, that this government promised

them, is done, and more. Already, upwards

oi s400 oi extra expenses have been incurred here, in providing for their comfort, besides what private individuals have done. It is true that the emigrants have been sub

ject to some privations and inconveniencies,

such as are incident to a change of situation, &c. Some, too, have been sick; and a few have died. But from the best information I can obtain, a very few have died. Medical aid and hospital comforts have been furnished with all possible expedition, at the expense of government: and even clothing has been furnished, in some instances. None

have been imprisoned, though several have

deserved it. None have been compelled to

go into the cQuntry and work land, who have

chosen it; though, of course, they could not,

according to the terms held out, receive provisions from government in town, without security for repayment; and yet, such have received provisions. All have gone to the different places as they have been advised, or have chosen. I do not find that any have been forced to stay in any particular place, but I know of many who have been sent from place to place in the island, as they have wished, even from the Port-au-Prince to Samana, at the expense of the government. Some here are now well pleased, and would not return to the United States for many hundred dollars, who were at first much dissatisfied. Among them is a brother of Mr. J. Foster, of Philadelphia, who informed me yesterday that his situation was far better than it could have been at this time in America. My inquiries lead me to believe that the most respectable and enterprising of the emigrants are not only well satisfied, bnt are going forward rapidly to realize their hopes.

Such assure me that every one who come

tion is written in every Dace of the law of. h

I t-r iiv.iv) till lUVi IIJIVIJUUII Ul uviiig liiuujviiuu nations, as well as the first law of nature, ana all who do actually enter on their lands,

must grow rich with active labor, like the

self-defence," I shall then hope that atone ment will be made for this forcible with

drawal, for an alleged offence, from my command, by restoring me to my former station, and allowing me to retire from it in a manner more honourable to myself and my country, and less injurious to my feelings and character. This, sir, will be an act of justice that I hope will not be denied to me. I have the honour to be, with great respect, your obedient servant. D. PORTER. Hon. SanrI Southard, Sec'y of the Navy.

In reply to an inquiry of Com. Porter,

wnemer he at present possesses any command, the Secretary of the Navy writes as follows: "It was the intention of the department in ordering Captain Warrington to the West

inaies, to relieve you from the command oil

the squadron there,"

institutions, are to be preferred to this port.1 I would not, sir, take too favourable a

Let them come with the intention of being view; I would give you the truth; and my

hardy and enterprizing settlers of our own

new countries. And in my opinion they will be more advantageously situated in five years, than the best half of ours will in ten;

lor as produce is now selling here, viz. corn

and vegetables, besides coffee, sugar, tobac

co, and such else as this climate and soil ad

mit of cultivating, the three acres each emigrant receives, is better than ten would be in the United States. And here there is no hard winter to provide against. Here, too, men of less enterprise, who will labor, may do better than in America. I cannot, therefore, but conclude that it is advisable for our colored people to come over to this part of the Island ; though I think other parts are preferable. Port Plat and Samana, as thev

have fewer native inhabitants, and admit of

greater numbers to settle in the same dis

trict, where they can have more of their own

good and industrious citizens, in the expectation of obtaining their living by labor, and they will soon feel themselves in the enjoyment of their rational privileges, in the midst of a people like themselves, who tread the soil they own in the dignified manliness which a conscious equality, slor.e imparts to human deportment. They leave the land of their degradation, where they always have seen a race of superior? , to whom they

would have been necessarily subject in res

pect to moral influence. And under what advantages can they come? Thev may per

form the voyage and reach their land with

out expense to themselves. J hey may re

ceive immediately three acres each (the

carreau is eight rods more) of land, acknowl

edged to be excellent bv all, and which,

in this climate, will yield more than ten in the United States. They will be furnished

with provisions for 4 months, and longer

should any adversity befal them; with habitations that exceed, for this climate, most of those which the emigrants to our new countries are obliged to build for themselves ; with tools, to a good extent, and medical aid, if necessary and all this gratuitous! Be

sides, if they choose, they may have the op

portunity of lands on equal shares; when they will receive a supply of livestock, and necessary utensils for their business ; a large

plat of ground free, on which to raise their own provision, which, besides doing this, is

often more profitable than the halt oi the produce they raise for the owner; and custom has given to the tenant the right to all the poultry, fruit, and vegetables on the plantation. His produce may be sugar, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, and indigo productions that always find a market besides corn, rice, wheat, and the nameles3 variety of vegetables on the plantation. Cattle and swine run wild, and the latter in such numbers as to supply the country. Market, too, is near in every place, and no where is the inclemency of w inter consuming all the earnings of the summer. Yet the climate is

declared to be healthy, even for the whites v 7

of N ew England ; and it is peculiarly adapt

ed to the people to whom it is offering so

many great advantages. lo the younger class of that people, particular!', it certain

ly presents the most flattering invitation.

Never have emigrants to any country, or at least, to any part of our most favored country, enjoyed such advantages. And let them come by thousands. My advice is, to the younger part especially, to come, enjoy their natural rights and privileges, and give stability to a country and government w hich

is the Sun of hope to all the descendants of

Africa. O that there were a magnanimity in my country a genuine love of true free

dom, which would reach forth a helping

hand, and send out (not empty and destitute) that people whom she will not admit to a

participation of those high privileges she so

proudly boasts! O that christians, there,

felt, as they ought, the sacred principles of

the "liberty" of the gospel of Him who came "to preach deliverance to the captives," and 'give his life a ransom !' I trust it will yet be so. I believe in the promise of Ethiopia. But I am not without my fears that my country must be awakened to its duty by dreadful commotions and dire deeds. You have doubtless, heard disheartening rumors from this place,in reference to which, I ought to be more explicit. The report that the emigrants were prohibited writing to America, I believe is wholly unfounded, in respect to every place in the island. The apprehension that they could not return again, even if they paid their passage, has arisen from a misunderstanding of the law, in relation to passports. Our emigrants, learning that they could not go without a permit from the President, supposed the law was made particularly for themselves, to prevent their return: whereas it is a law that was enacted in the time of President Petion, and adopted to prevent men, entrusted with public monies, for improving the many opportunities of absconding; and has been more strictly enforced the past year than usual, in consequence of some difficulties with neighboring colonics, occasioned by men, said to be Haytiens, exciting troubles among the slaves, it is a law to which every Haytien is subject. It requires a passport from the President, to leave the country, which is obtained through the medium of the governor of each department. Some of the emigrants have felt an inconvenience, in not receiving their provision in season. This originated in the want of experience in the business, or, perhaps, in some instances, a neglect on the part of subordinate officers: none impute it to the government. That some things of this kind should occur, was to be expected. Experience will remedy it. I know of no other complaints on the side of the emigrants, worthy of notice. On the other hand the government and its officers have not a few grounds of complaint; and most assuredly possess an abundant stock of patience to bear with the ingratitude and unreasonable discontent cf some of the emigrants.

statements are simple, undeniable facts.

Should it be thought proper to communicate this to the Emigration Society of Baltimore, or to lay any part of it before the public, you are at liberty to use it any way that may subserve the grand cause. I find that a 'great interest s taken in the work, among the influential of every place that I have visited. For my own part, I am received with attention, and every facility is afforded me to examine all thinrrs connected with the emigration. Citizen Granville sailed from this place, for Port-au-Prince, this morning. He is very attentive to the interests of the emigrants, by many of whom his patience would, long since, have been exhausted, were not his spirit moulded with many of the noblest principles. He desired me to say that he had received your letter, at Samana, and should give it an early attention, to the full extent of its many important enquiries, at Port-au-Prince. 1 am happy, Sir, to have this opportunity to write to you, and trust that no apology will be necessary for doing so. I rejoice in what you have already done for the despised and outraged Africans; and pray that you may live long, and be instrumental in this noble enterprize cf philanthropy. Please to view me as one with fellow-feeling, and accept the assurance of my high respect. Yours, &:c. L. D. DEWEY. D. Raymond, Esq.

PIRATES TAKEN. Charleston, April It. From a gentleman, passenger in the schV Ranger, from Matanzas, we have obtained the following information: Captain Mclver, of the United States1 steam galliot Sea Gull, received information that a nest of pirates was at a place called

Justias Gada, to the windward of Matanztis;

he supplied himself with a pilot, and- proceeded to the spot, where he fell in with H B. M's schooner Lyon; they attacked the pirates, and captured a schooner and boat, killed 8, and took 19 prisoners, who were put on board the Lyon, to be carried to Jamaica. The figure head of a ship, supposed

to be the Balize, of Philadelphia, was found on board the piratical vessel, and on ehore were found the skeletons cf 13 men, tied to trees; no doubt the crew of the Balize. Gazette ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Charleston, April 1 ! . Matanzas papers to the 30th ult. inclusive, were received yesterday at this office. The U. S. brig Sea Gull arrived at Matanzas on the 29th ult. after a successful cruize against the pirates. She had captured two small schooners, both armed, one with two six pounders, about 18 leagues to the windward of Matanzas. Eight "pirates were killed on shore after a short action and 19 of them taken prisoners. The prisoners are now on board the Sea Gull at Key West. They deny being pirates; and say that their vessel was a commissioned one and that the governor of some part or other of Cuba had signed it they ako say that the captain of the port from which they sailed was on board of their vessel when they left it but they do not mention when or where he parted with them. The Sea Gull was assisted by the boats of the British frigate Dartmouth which vessel was left at anchor a few miles to wind ward of Matanzas. A number of bale3 of goods and also hats, with New-York stamps, were found on board the piratical vessel. Mercury.

Pirates, The Norfolk Herald publishes an extract of a letter from St. Thomas, of March 23d, which says: ''There is a gallows erecting here for the execution of six pirates, taken by the U. S. sdfr Grampus, Lieut. Com. Sioat, and a number of otners who are expected from Porto Rico, Lieut. S. having gone down there this morning after them." Bait. Amcr. The Press. The only extraordinary article which we observe "by the last intelligence from Europe, is the establishment of an Egyptian newspaper. If the Pacha ventures on an establishment of this kind, he is preparing, we will venture to say, an instrument for the overthrew of his own tyranny, A free press and an arbitrary government are formidable and irreconcilable neighbors to each other. Buonaparte laughed hostile aimies to scorn, but he trembled at the press and at the press the members of the Holy Alliance tremble now. lb.

.Melancholy Shiptcrcck. The brig Cambria, from Falmouth, for Vera Cruz, returned to Falmouth on the 4th, with between 5 and bOO men, women, and children, who were taken out ct the Kent East Indiaman, which she fell in with on the 1st March, on fire. It is supposed about 90 souls perished en board the Kent, which had rln3t CM troops en beard for India-