The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-05
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with sufficient force TO destroy or drive them
irom our ncighborhooa. The White Hair the
great chief oftle Osages is now with me. he has
round 1t impract;cable 10 govern this nation, and
I.as therefore repaired to this place for prctect-
on The traders have been ordered TO leave their
| villages, as have also the hunters and all Other
white persons TO quit their country aconsidcr-
able number had already arrived and the Others
are caiiy expected. Under these circumstances
l nope that you will permit the Indians in your,
!erri,ory TO take their own measures for attack
ing the Usage. It's possible that a part of the
m'iua OF Louisiana will be employed on this SER,
wee The expedition will move about the Goth
oil September.
gard.
MERIWETHER LEWIS.
| MS EXcy WILLIAM II. HAakIsoN
| C'V'. q the 1e'ritoryof Indiana.
The frigate Chesapeake, Captain Decatur
Aaheo Yesterday ON cruIze. The repairs ofth {.
Constitution lying ~ the Navy Yard of this port
are nearly complicated. The long DELAY which,
'as taken place in her completion has heen ow-
ing to deficiency of worknfen. Fifteen or ,,ycp-.
VoI tiie gun-boats are hauled up into die mill
| pond 1T the Wallabout, and "A number are also in
| Newtown Greek. They are nearly all disman.
tea and generally without crews. At Govern
orS Island, the Notifications progress RAPIDLY
SUI iabourers are constantly employed at the rate
OF 70 cents per day.-The grand tower is raised
iortress-lt is situated OH point of the island
WINCH at once commands the entrance Of the.
narrows and the East and North rivers and ia
'iso so situated that the guns of the ramparts al
SO command 1t. The ingenuity of Col Williams.
aided by the skill of Messrs Hillyard and Son ,
der, has wrought wonders on this Island. In
point OF neatncss OF Workmanship & real strength.
Fort Jay is superior to any other in the United
states and perhaps is surpassed by few even in
Europe..-Oya
Several Editors of this city have made mis-
takes IN their statements concerning Nathan Hal
sey' He IS not the person who fra,dulently sold
Mr. Clason's vessel, butts man of irreproach-
'i'ie integrity. Tins we have from good autho-
rity.-B.
(1he federalists, who spare no opportunitv to
revue the Administration, 10 sooner heard of
Mr. Haseys going to France, than they took
care 10 conure up poor story about his running
OH to France with another mans vessel ard
selling 1t; these gentlemen meantime not ca ,
ring the least about Mr.. HIS. reputation, or the
AJAX Ward light i'll which ii may place him, if this
story should reach England without its rehltati
on II seems however that far once they have
'n'stateM their The above is an answsrto
fhtS iabrlcatioA.-.,E nqnirer)
BosToN, July a6
On Sunday arrived in Nantasket Road. b;x
Britannia majesty's brig Columbne, capt Brad
shaw, II days from Halifax, with dispatches
me boats OF the Melanlpus and Carnation on
the 9th OF April made an unsuccessful attempt
to cut out vessel from the harbor of Mavaq,,es
Porto Rico in which lieut.. Grierson, lieutenant
INoftncote royal marines, aud seamen wore
]A1ed and seTmen wounded
letter from Halifax, juIy Z mention. ,,,.s,.-
p" Flour was getting rather scarce but tbattx
ceiient pork had been sold at Is dollars Der bar
rel beef was ID IL cents per pound veal 16,
cents; lamb - cents"
The governor of Nova Scotia has published.
that only hemp, pitch, tar, turpentine rosin and
tallow, are admissible as naval stores The nr;-
viieges ofneutral trade'to Nava-Scotia have been
extended to New Bruins wick I'm the New,
Brunswick list of admissible articles are hemo.
beef, tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, cotton.
Wool, pot and pearl ashes, Haxseed and provsi-
ons of all kinds.
FROM VERMONT PAPER OF JULY 16.
DISTRESSING CATASTROPHE.
| We learn from Upper Canada that on the 1st
instant raft passed down the river St. Law
renee, valued at 100000 dollars, on board of
which were 100 men it was taken by the torna
do Is miles below Three Rivers, and totally de-
stroyed5 and 81 of the men drowned ; three on
| ly of the 100 reached the shore
Extract of a letter from a respectable GEM
tleman, residing in Claiborne county. Mis-
sissippi territory, to his friend in Madison
| county, Virginia.
| The circumstance of the very respecta-
Bile mercantile house in this territory, hav-
ing undertaken, and actually commenced.
building some large craft at port Gibson has
excited considerable speculation. One of
those boats is in considerable forwardness.
and appears to me to be calculated for ma
vlgating the. coast of America. She is to
be decked, has sixteen feet keel and about
eight feet hold, with about Is feet beam, is
built very sharp and appears well caculatcd
to sail fast. There are number of hands
employed in the building of this vessel. and
l was yesterday informed that as soon as
thisone is timbered another is tobe laid on the
stocks How many are to be built I know
not-for what use cannot pretend to say.
! They appear to me, not calculated for the
navigation of the Mississippi. The master
builder has promised the gentlemen and a.
dies of port Gibson, bail in the cab-
bin as soon as the vessel is finished, 6, Mis-
sissippi barges have not generally ball rooms
in their cabins, you know.
NEw-ORLEANs, June 10.
Yesterday arrived in this city, in good
health, Commodore David Porter, of the u.
) navy, who succeeds Commodore Leon
ard in the command of the squadron on this