The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-14
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The Internal Communication of the U.
states is in "a course of Improvement The
elegant barge. Mary Anne, bdrthen 81 tons,
has arrived at Nashville, Ten. in 81 DAYS
from n. Orleans. This barge is 81 feet long
and more than 10 wide. She was worked
mf by % hands. The amount of freight was
upwards of S 5000. The safety with which
this barge has assembled the Cumberland ri
yer, leaves every room to hope that with a
small expence dedicated to the Improvement
OF that river, it might be made navigable for
boats OF 100 tons, as high up as Nashville
Capt.Pratte, commander of the detachment
OF Militia lately dispatched from St. Louis
(Cpper Louisiana), for the reinforcement of
Fort Madison on the Mississippi, had return
ed TO st. Louis early in June. He brings the
most pleasing accounts of the dispositions of
the Indian affairs in that quarter The Sacs,
Soulx, Foxes, BE. had had sufficient discern
ment to perceive the danger, which awaited
them from single act of hostility on their
part, and had consequently buried the toma
hawk. The alacrity shown by the Militia
on this occasion had inspired the Indians with
somach tear q respect, that no approximations
were entertained of its being again dug up
a Steam Boat commenced running on the 5th
Instant between Philadelphia and Trenton.
SO much for the genius of Fulton When will
the attempt be made, to stem the rapid cur
rent Of the 0lississilhhib by this ingenious in :
yentlon !-Died lately in England, Lord
DUNMoRE, the last British Governor of Vir-
ginia. Thanks to his memory for the glori-
Gus Revolution, which his expressions contri-
6Hfed to produce An extraordinary fatal
ity seems to attend the rising manufactur-
ing Establishments of this country. Where
SO many incidents of the same species occur.
IL is impossible to ascribe them to chance /:
so much as to design. The Cotton Bargtno o
FACTORY of Messrs. Sproule and Hanna. in
Kentucky. was'on the 25th ult. DESTROYED by
tre. Their loss is estimated at S or 5000
dollars. As the house was shut up during
the whole day, Sunday, and there was no
hre III 1T, there are strong suspicious of its ha
wing been set on fire by some infamous incen-
dlary.--The N. Orleans Gazette of the 18th
ut states the resignation of Capt. George
Pefer of the .drtiHery. The cause is said to
be some difference between himself and Gen:
WILKINSON We understood also that Tully
Robinson, Esq. OF this state has also resign
ed his commission of Major in the Fifth Re
glment OF Infantry. 1t is said that Mair. K
accepted his commission, under an expec-
tation OF being thrown into active and imme-
date service, when he should arrive i'm New
Orleans-being disappointed in these hopes,
ne mas resigned his commission. "A Nation
al Fdtr was held on the 10th at Bush HILL i'm
the northwest suburb of Philadelphia for
the shew OF Sheep, cattle and Manufactures
On the 4th OF July, the federalists of New
York amidst the spiendor of public process
SION laid the Corner stone of builing, which
| they have denominated Washington Hail. -
he president OF the Society expresses hope
| that "the Hall to be erected on that spot
may be sacredly devoted to the cultivation of
Friendship, of Charity, of correct principles,
and OF ardent Patriotism that built by the
friends of Washington, it may never be pol
| iuted by the enemies of that illustrious and
reVered Statesmanj and that their descen-
dants to the latest generation, may meet OH
mat spot to commemorate the virtues of their
Revolutionary ancestors. to cherish and cuI-
tlHate love tor The constitution and the vel
fare OF our country, and to greet each other
as the genuine disciples of the WASHINGTON
Schooi"-Accounts have been received of a
most traglcal event which took place at Fort
Constitution in the harbour of Portsmouth
N. Hampshire on the evening Of the 4th inst
Two chests of powder and about 80 cartridges
OF or pound, making in the whole about
800 VT. OF powder, blew up, and killed and
wounded Ia or Is citizens & soldiers. Seven
were either Killed on the spot or died i'm a fe "
hours. The life of several others were des-
Po'Su Oi'- TIC Editor OF the Aurora has
seen letter from the Havana, which states.
that on the 10Th May, an order of the'.Sha-
1Sh SoUernn'ent was published, directing and
commanding the entire confscation of ali
property, OF whatever kind, belonging to
French persons of either sex, and conDre-
hending all those who had received royal
permissl0ns OF residence, as well as those
VINO had become Spanish subjects by inter
marriage with Spanish women. This mea-
sure reduces to beggary several thousands
OF the most industrious planters, who, after
being expelled by revolutions from St. Do
mingo, Carried their experience and indus.
try to Cuba, which they had cultivated into
q rivaiship with the former riches of St. d
he owners OF these plantations are now
without a single exception, banished, and
their property con6scatcd." -'the same pa
per informs us, that there has just been de-
posted In the mint Of the u. States, "part
OF lump of native gold. weighing upwards
OF IA ozs. troy, which was lately found by
a little boy, on Soward's beach, at the
mouth OF Passamaquoddy bay, in the district
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