Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-09-30

nah, several ofwhosc hands arc iii OF the ".
ow fever, and one died OH b; iiia Landed IN tn
LazrettO. Webave ptrf CT reliance in tGs
Prudence and activity ofour Board Of 4eslth
who will no doubt adopt every necess ~ prei
caution TO guard against the inrosd of this dire.
tul diSease'--fhiladelphia paper, 4ept. p;
Extract Of a letter from charleston. Is. c,l
August q.
"The Yellow Feveris nny, regime. ySah tese
violence here-and few tbat are attacked ess
cape The times are precarious and trulS ~
larming-Numbers die daily; and none last
more than four OF five days after being attack
ed with this dreadful distemper"
from TRE AURORA.
i:afracf from an officer offhe u. s. fassJ
az ceHfonnerfS, on tie Missouri near
81: Louis, .9XguSt Is, 1897.
p" have this day seen L. Bates EspF
the acting governor of this territory .--iIs
appears to be very apprehensive Of some
hoStiie intentions Of the Indians on the Mis-
s''Sippi above this. He th.nlss the de arh&
henC OF the I. States troops arrived hers
i IN very good time e check or damp their:
ne bIrtish agents and. traders on the hiisi
sissippi and the Missruri rivers are mn
certain doing every thnrin their Dowc;. Cd
make the Indians uniriendly TIC the Upstsd
States
Extract Of a Iester from Se1fle,ias, 81
ne 7vesteTia country, IN his friend IN fhiG
sty, dafed august 81, 1907.
'NothIngmateria has trans PRED since Z
wrote YOU last, except much alarm has been
excited in the back settlements, from dis
affected Indians of several nations. ard IL
appears to increase with some foundations
Last night arrived here, an express from
Orbana, Stating the apprehension OF the
people IN general, and the movements and
positions OF the Indians in various quarters,
"hlch appear not very pacific there are.
upwards Off or 1900 Embodied and arm ga.
within the vicinity OF fort Wayne. and SEA
veral other tribes in different parts of the,
country, which are chiefly composed of the
Chipfaway. Powtowataniay ard Shawness
indans--they have been encouraged and
aiiured, OF late, to come into the settle
ments to see Prophet, as he is termed:
who boasts of supernatural power, and pre-
tends great friendship in advocating ;he:r
cause, and tells them. they have an equal
right to all the country round--but the
chiefs give no credit to the stories propa@
gated OF his miracles and powers"
Ertrac. ofd letter to tie eaftor, dafe&
Providence, K. 7 Schteni6er Is.
A" The satisfaction generally derived
from the frequent notices in the Aurora OF
the manufactures daily introduced anG inn
proved In our country, is so great, ar tie
present moment especially, that cannot
resist my inclination to inform you Of the
Hourshing state of the cotton nlanRfdcsUrg
| in this quarter of the union that is, "a
furnish you with the number merely ofthe
buildings erected, and of the sDindies now
completed and in motion, and of those about
TO be finished and set in motion in the same
buildings.
"There are II buildings erected upoa
the streams in this neighboufhood, in which
are, already, 6O90 spindles in operation,
and in which there viii shortly lie an adj
dition of IA, 026, making in the whole 2o,116
spndles. These manufactures are all
within 80 niles of this town, and seven
eighthss the property CT citizens of this
state"
A Quebec paper of September 1, oba
serves, " That the whole Of the Indian ma
tons have offered their services to the Bril-
fish government in case of a war with the
U. States.
BY virtue of precept of the Secretary
of the Navy Of the 18th instant Court Of
Enquiry win be held at Norfolk on the 5th
of Octuber, in the case of Commodore Bar
ron, The court will be composed OF the
e.. owl 6 offsers, VIZ.
Captain Alexander Murray, Presid8nt.
Capt Isaac Hui, and
Capt Isaac Chauncey.
| THESE gentlemen are the san, with thoses
previously appointed, with the exception
! of Commodore Prebie, whose long illness
and consequent death prevented the court
from sitting at an earlier period.
! o. We regret extremely Our inabii.y to Law
before the readers ofthe argus, this dsv, the
documents referred to in Cen wilkinson evil
dence they unfortunately for US, fen into the
lhands Of persons who chose to withhold them
from us, for reasons I've presume 81 fsh onesl
best known 10 themselves. They Shah, how
ever be given IN orr next: Among them il
he very interesting affidavit OF Mr.. Dcncan,
relative to the erasdre IN one o. the cyphcrcd
letters.