The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-16

there, detained at Dominique &c days, and clear.
cd by paying COTS.
Brig Polly, App:cton, from Bottom, fame fitu-
alton, detained 20 days.
Brig Cleopatra, lfom, from Newhaven, fame
6tuation, detained $50 days. '.,
Sch'r Branch, Sargent, from Bottom to Mart;-
nique, fame iituation, detained 100 DAYS.
Brig Exchange, Manwaring, of Portland,
from Bordeaux toSt. Thomas, cargo brandy, etc.
taken to Tortola by fch'r Colpoys, on fi,fpicion
of French property, waiting trial, detained 90
days.
Brig Samuel, Evans, of Philadelphia, from
Martinico to st. Thomas, carried into Torto,a
by fch'r Colpoys, on fufpicion ofFrench proper
ty, and breach of blockade, cargo fugar, coffee
&c.
A fch'r belonging to New-York, carried into
Tortola, OH fnfpcion of French property but
let go without trial.
Brig Harriet, c. O'Conner, from Bordeaux
to Philadelphia, put away in difefs for ST.
Thomas, taken into Tortola, on fihpicion of
French property trial to come on the 5th init.
With many other sci'eis in Barbados and the
neighbouring Hands, for adjudication, too nu-
merous to relate or to recolleet.
An Engliih packet is carried into Gaudaloupc;
that iiland is under blockade, on account of two
French frigates getting in there lately from
France. All veiIels in faid ifland are embareoed
on account of fome fccret expedition they are
going to undertake.
The people of Antigua are in great con-
fternation, as it is ftrongly fuppofed this illand
is the object of the expedition from Gauda-
loupe.
Antigua is now under marital law; the inha.
bitants are obliged to. hold themfelves in readi.
nefs at the, firing Of the irff alarm. There arc
but about 700 regular troops here.
4 n 4 Al Ak
in thcfe feas, are running our fair. commerce.
You may be furprifed at fome vcf1els being con.
demned, and fome acquitted, for the fame accu
fation but it is owing to the eapricioulnefs O,
court, and influence of the captors.
Phil Gag.
The fhip-building on the wefern waters continues
but the falls in the Ohio prove ferrous evil to the ma
vgaton which in the upper part of the river Sever
vehels from 800 so EACH detained at III,
falls on the Esd ofMay, and waiting for freihes Tw,
briggs of ITO TONS and ichooners Of so TONS hay,
been built this feafon at Marietta improvements il
Agriculture and navigation not confined to tn,
Weftern waters. The rich lands the Savannah
which is the boundary of South Carolina and Georgia
have produced late communication from Georgia t,
South Carolina refpe6ing their united efforts to i'm
prove the navigation of that river, and probably no
without engaging ferious attention. to the fubjea.
The many laws for Tmnpikes aGures us of the prof
perity of our Country. When we compare the publ,
convenience for the traveller with the condition OF ou
country at the clofe Of the revolutionary when we
began to be nation, muif be srat6ed the grea
advancement of its bef means facilitate population
and commerce and provide for tshighea PROPERTY
By the incorporation Of the Charleton n. H Turnpike
no toll IS to be required on any mile upon which 6o
dollars have not been actually expended, or upon an
part OF highway over which that Turnpike paiIe,
There is alto Mayhew Turnpike Company in New
HamPlhire The power Of Seleanen has been exten
ding IN widening iirects iIg them a Ii
Upon notifying the owners they Proceedas they thnl
proper, and may Ultimate damages with leave of an ap
peal to the Court Of Common Pleas The importanc
oil this power at the coMrencer.ent OF settlements
now to be feen thrpuehoutthe country, from the ncon
veniences attending the neglect to exercfe it.
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