The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-14


the service ut Great Britain, has rcpublish-
cd correspondence between Captain w.
L. BenneS oil the regiment Of infantry, and
Henry Arnold. (hrolher of the notorious trail
tor Benedict Arno!d) one of his najes,yss
justices ot the peace for the province OF Up
per Canada, on the subie Of e., king & shoot
ing deserter from Capt. Bennet's company
OF = >. troops. within the Britisi, lines S.
The correspondence is succeeded by remarks
from the editor. and they are such as might
DC expected from the bastard whois prepar-
ed to take firo.ection under the British
cannon"
1t is boldly advanced in the Post, that Col.
Duane was sent from Philadelphia t. foi,n
one ct the court martial ordered for the tri-
al OF Capt. Bennett, for the purpose of pro-
noting his acquttal
! This is. false.
The Court martial which decided on Capt.
Bennet's case vas dissolved, prior to the
court of which Lieut.. Col Duane was a
member had beer convened
On the trial of Capt. Bennett it was given
IN evidence, that there had been an UNDER
standing between the Americ an and British
officers Commanding on the frontiers to as-
ierd mutual aid in the recovery ofdeserters.
/ mat IN consequence of such arrangement,
British officers had pursued and taken de-
serters upwards % fifty miles in the interior
| ol the state ut Vermont aud that some of
these deserters. resisting. had been killed.
| Il Is believed chat the court martial duly es-
tnating the ABOVE testimony, adiudeed
Capt Bennett to he privately reprimanded
| by his colonel. because they could not sane.
| ton such arrangement, unless made in pur
snancc of orders from the commander in.
chief
As to tie attempt OF Coleman to parallel
the above case with the outrage committed
by order of admiral Bcrktcy, on onr. nation
| IL ship the Chesapeake; it is merely in uni
son with his general conduct. Tie asserti-
on that ''Admirai Berkiey hes been broke -.
must for stupidity and ignorance, have bro't
the blush to the face ct the Editors prin-
ter's depil; although it did not on those of
his printer or himself. Pub. .ddv
IRON, TIC Baltimore .American.l
Mr.. EDITOR,
Occurrences like the following one So
rarely happen that Communicate it to you
for publication
The schooner Sarah, Miner, of Kingston.
IN Jamaica. was. on her voyage from thence
10 this port, struck by a Sword Fish, about
II O'Clock in the night, being cut three days.
The sword penetrated through solid timber
ID inches thick. and protrudng within the
vessel upwards of iuches. passed into 4.
fierce OF coffee. He suck until z o'clocl,
The next morning, when he broke away, be-
| ing severely woundGd by strokes of the har-
lp0on. The schooner being hove down YES.
terday, the sword was focnd and extracted,
JAMES BADG GR,
Mate of sch'r Sarah, Miner.
Baltimore, S0th Oct. 1909.
Nrw-YoRx, November 6-By the brig Enc
| the, in IA days from Havaaa, We learn that the,
port continued shut to American vessels, and
| none would be admitted to IN entry after the
twentieth of October all the aess-- - 90 IL
we'd prev iuys 30 the twentieth, would he admitted
! M,rkets dull Flour plenty. but 20 dolls per bar
rel and the duty 8 dolls and IS cents, pork Is.
| beef 10
The io,!r vessels Of war, g Spanis' & 9 Iri-
80 SAILED from the Hsv.nni, Or Cadz on the .
lOth of October, with 1900, 900 of dollars or.
oyard.
letter from Madeira, dated September 81,
states that the Euphrtes arrived there in SO days
| and the Mermaid in 48, both from New. York -:
The Euphrates sailed for toe East Indies on the
Goth of September, and tn. Mermaid for Lisbcst
on the l3th--tilat markets are dull for provsipnss
and hour-that corn pays tolerabie proft-and
that ilrnber will sell for fifty sixty dollars per
thousand feet. A sch'r. loaded with lumber had
just arrived.
DELAWARE, Wilmington November &. :,
with painful regret we announce the death
OF Samuel White, Esquire. He died at his
lodgings this morning. Mr.. White has for
several years past represented this State ix
the Senate Of the u. S.--wllere his talents
were knownrto be respectable, and his inte-
gritty unblemshed
NEW York, Nov 4-The ships Savage.
Waite, and Ann, Reynolds, which both ar
rived here yesterday in 90 days from Liver
pool, have dispatches from Mr. Pinkney, our
Minister at London, for the Secretary os
State. Though the passages of these ships
are extremely short, yet they bring nothing
later than before received.
Our Marine list for the last two or three
days has exhibited singular CONTRAST
Vessels have arrived in % & % DAYS from
England, and so from Baltimore, Virginia
and Carolina
The late Instructions to commerce have.
It is well known, deprived many Southern
planters OF "a iaarket for their cotton. The
large crops Of that article remaining oil hand
render II improbable, if similar corps arc
raised III the nezt season, that advantage
Gus prices VIII be obtained for IL Many
planters have therefore been induced to turn
'nsir attention to a substitute for their for
ner staple production. Hemp is the articis
Inch 1t IS expected will he most extern
ifclY cultivated as il is deemed cougenia{