The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-22

I'll govsrnment ihal fee fit to furniih the reouii.c
paiiports. a.s
What will the hatterers of the naturalization
lay now, when it appears that all the indicnati-
on which has been expreiied againit the condutt
of Spain, ought to be diretfed againft our own
government, and that all the ofies, which are
10 feverely felt, have been wanton facrfice, Ell
ther by the ignorance or the indifference of thofe
who are richly paid for protecting our rights,
and who arc foemnly !yorn to perform the du-
ties impotcd upon them by the contribution and
the laws,
The flip Argo, Chamberlain, of Norfolk, and
her cargo, have been condemned at Gibraltar
upon an alleged breach of the blockade of Cadz.
Mer. <idv.
From verbal information, received at New
York by arrivals from France, there was no
doubt but MOI bloody war was on the eve of
commencing.
EsfrnS Of a i4.er f-o,n q gentleman Mt NIafcbi-
t0erbtj. TO tie Editors ef'tbe 1fiyf:GDpi 1GeGin-
ger, dated On. 6, 1906.
a few days ago, arrived here, William
Lang, John Davis, and )eile Smith, who came
before me and made oath to the following cir
cumfanccs, viz. That they, the deponents,
had seen hunting for nine or ten months paft
up Red nver, 10 direct line about three hum
dred miles above this place, their party conliil-
ed ot Julius Saunders, and John Saunders (his
fon,) Francis HI'Ery and the dsponents, all of
them citizens of the United States-snd that
they had been fuccefsfu in hunting, trapping,
&c. having RENTED to this place early the laft
hummer the proceeds of their hunting and trap
ping to that time aud that they experienced
no accident or medication till about the 22d of
N xx,t,. II. n
out of eighteen of their Uorfes-.iey were at
that time employed in making fome Perogues to
defend the river as foon as they coud-and
on the 9th of September they were attacked
and iurprlied by about 80 Oiages, who ruhed
tuddcnly upon them-Thc two Saunders and
M Kay were Killed, and the Opponents made
their eicape into thick cane brake on Bayau,
Lnail dttance from the camp, where they fe-
creted theIlelves till the next morning, when
they iet off for the Caddo nation, where they ar
rived the 9th day after, and were kindly rece-
we'd. The iavages took pofeiiion of the remaa-
der OF their Hor.es and all their property at the
! camp, confifting of towards ten thoufand
| pounds Tallow, conidera bic number of ikins.
Arms and Ammunition, Saddles, Brides, B!an-
kets, Clothing, Camp equipage, Tools, Traps.
&c. Amounting in all, at reaionable calcutta
| ton, TO near three thoufdnd dollars"
RoBBERY AND MuaDEa-We learn from 4
gentleman that arrived here yefterday in the
Eaftern Mail Gage, that lat Saturday between
| and Q O'Clock in the afternoon, Mr.. Lyon.
who had been abtent from home for fone time
ON huiinets TO the northward, and who was then
on !iis return to his family in Connecticut, was
topped by two villains armed, near the Turn
pike gate on the Bottom road between Wilbra-
ham and Brookield, and after robbine him OF
ihout ESQ dollars, to conceal their viaisy, fl,ot
him dead upon the fpot and threw the body liz
to Chickohe river, taking care to place large
ttone upon it to keep it TO the bottom. To-
wards the ciofe of the evening the fame after
noon, piltol was found by a boy in TIE edge
~ thicSet not far diitanr from the ipot where
the murder was committed, with the cock
broke and very bloody, with fome loofe hairs
hanging to it :-Th;s led to fi,ipcion, AMI the
i,nh2hltantsof that Observation-Disclosures morn.
ing turned out in faarch. They foon found in /;
ne'ghbouring field the horfe, with faidIe, bri
| de and Povtmanteau on. Tn the afternoon th,
body was difcovered, and from papers found il
his pockets he was recognized. Parties wer:
/ Immediately made up and went in puriuit O
the mureierers, and we are happy to add over
took them lat Wednesday at Horieneck abou
thirty miles from this city, and we're met by on
informant on their way back with the perpstra
tors in irons.