The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-28

ordered TO be held toh,s reeosa;z ance 10 the
amount Of S 2OOco-but being uuabie to pro-
cure bail, he was conducted To Jail.
On Tuesday morning, he was Brought be
lore the Chief Justice on awrit OF ha6cNs cor
ihns, to decide the proprietv and a; nouut of
bali. The Chief Jestice decided that he
should give bail for S4,O9v Being unable To
procure il -nthat an;ount he VA. re. martl-
ed 70 co1hnement-in which he still CONT
nue5.
! We understand the evidence of the i:rfor
! mig semen suhstal ialy 10 - that ON the
! e2i last February. captain Kentri.l: clear
cd out at Nantucket for this port. with fonr
/ hoSsherds, PnnCheoIs or casks If RUN and
sALLASr-thas in The course Of a few hours
the magic wand at some Fairy, had co;ver
ted this spirit into scGscr this stone into
6rrdd--in plain porase, tliac during the nigh,
| between the hOursof & ., the useless bal
last was discharged. and the vesse, was char.
| ged with Il more valuable cargo, consisting
of about $50 barrels of j;oH,', OF Barrels of
. VGef and pork. candles. tobacco &c. that
! the vessel SteerCd prettv>direct course to
| Bermuda, where she arrived in Il few DAYS,
Der Hour was sold for about 5 80, ara The o.
ther parts OF the cargo to at least eGual ad
vantage; that from Nantucket sh, came TO
this port, really freighted with or CASKS
| or puncheons OF h1tm, anil with taLast,
in 40 odd days, within tbs time allowed bv
law for obtaining cert.Ec2tc Of landing; on
| his arrival here. captain kentlrick purcha-
sed a cargo of -four cleared cut for Nan
tucket was informed against and arrested.
/. is also added, that the course from Man
tucket, to RermudtiS pricked off on capt KS
chart. 1t is said tha, among the ether alb
Struse points, which will occur on the tria; Of
this case, a .j'try IF Chemists should be snm
moncd to determine whether the j..!taat
brought by the Washington is the Sto.e of
the Nantucket or Bermuda soil.
| paper printed at Carthage, Tennessee.
asserts that large bed of ore had been dis
covered in Overton County in that state, and
not more than IS miles from Carthage.
which appears rich 1vish Sik,er-jt adds that
several dollars had been made thcre-if
without the authority of the United States.
of which there is every presumption, the
csinage is contrary to law. Such disco
very would scarcely he considered as "vo-
| tud6ie." Goid and Sitver Mines haze hi;
therto promoted in a very nconsiderable de
gree the real prosperity of any nations who
owned them. they have generally produ.
ced an opposite effect. The Able Raynal we
believe, who Justly remarks. that during the
ANCIENT ages ;he silver mines off Spain then
| the richest known to the civilized world
uICdSio"ed lhe opahiardS TO fall = prey to
the Carthag inians-the Carthaginians soon
after fell a prey tn the Romans-and that
IN modern times, the rich mines of Peru
have reduced the natives under the Yoke of
| Spain--and contributed to reduce Spain to
the lowest political degeneracy. If such be
the effects of these discoveries, may these
splendid pests for ever remain Concealed
within the caverns of the United States!.
The accompanying letter of Mr. JOHN
ADAMS, is worthy of perasal The TEXT
! on which he comments, is from T. Picker
ings celebrated letter of disgrace to Gov
oulivan.-How will the foul fend" en-
dure this correction?
! An arrival at New York brings accounts.
! that French privateer was in the Turks
Island passage, and had captured fve line
ricGNS.