The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-05

On Sunday, the %6.h ult. the Convention Of
Florida, gave the goyc. splendid dinner, which
was considered dinner Of union between the
King and the Convention.
MASS. HALLowElL, September 30. On
Monday evening, Aug 81, David Sewali, esq of
this town, agent for certain proprietors of town
ships between this and Penobscot, was most vio
lcntly assaulted at house in the plantation of
Green, FIVE miles west of Belfast, by a number of
armed men IN disguise, two of whom entered the
room where he was sitting, and forcibly dragged
HIM out ofthe house III attempts made to as.
sist him were preveRted, as the house was sur
rounded by the party. Mr.. ). was carried 20 the
distance of or two miles, his clothes entirely
torn OFT, and his body bruised in severe manner
A BLOW was received OIL the head while exertinr
to disengage himselfa at the door, and deep cut
made IN his face very near the eye. After they
had satiated their vengeance, he was placed on
horse, and carried back to the house, .enseless
During that night and the auccceaing day. his
ire was thought 10 be in ,'angcr. but every pos
shle assistance being rendered, we have the sa-
tisfaction to say that he is now on the recovery.
Swprising extricatio. IF Insf1,,s.raSLe Air.
Near one OF the sources of Licking river. in Ken
lucky, there is great separation of Phlogis,ic
gas from something in the interior strata of
the earth, in greater quantity than is known
PS'"sps III any OtUeT part OF the known world.
THIS light and infiammable fluid is disch srred
through the atmosphere 1t bubbles necessarily
through the muddy pool, about two rods in diam.
eter. The gas readily takes fame on burn :; o.
gun powder in it, or by the approach of any b.a
zing body. The volume of it is so great. that
man VINO approached near enough to snap pis.
toll IN 1t which he Eeld in his hand, was suddenly
enveioped in flames and sorely singed before he
could make his escape -When set on fire II
burns with remarkable splepdor and vehemepce.
not only for hours, but days and weeks in sue.
cession, mounting to the heighth often or twelve
feet or more.
The relater of this was one of party that vi
sted the place IN an excursion thro' the woods
He discovered after the inflammable air had been
on hre, four, six or eight hours, the water of the
pond was heated TO an uncommon degree and q
United copious exhalations and the ebulition al
the spot through which the air assembled was
more vehement
1t was Judged that if the fame had continued,
the water would have been made to boil and ali
have been evaporated, and the surrounding space
would have heated and dried. And lastly, there
was reason to suppose that the succulent & car
bonic matter in the bottom of the pond would
nave been put into state Of combustion From
the crater at the place through which the gas
rose and the evacuation of the surrounding
ground it appeared as if this had really hannrps'
ed on some former occasion {; and for fear the like
night occur again the gentlemen of the party ex.
unYulsned the hane--When once in a blaze
there seems to be no end to It's burning. but a
storm OF wind and rain may put an end to it.
Tenn. Paper.
The following definitions of Spanish words.
iatey frequent IN the newspapers, are taken from
tue spanish Dictionary of the Royal Academy ::
nerin0, ~ -The chief Judge of sheen.
walk invested with an ample power Latin, NE.
rims.
Merino--He who supsrintends the sheep and
pastures.
Merinc, Gj-Applied to the sheep driven TO
other pastures
Merindad-The territory in which the iaare Of
| the sheep walks superntends
| Irashun,Gnte-Sheep driven from a sheep
walk, or pasture to another. -Emigrating sheep
CaSatLa-A flock OF ewes, or breeding sheepi
11ay0'A-Ihe Head Shepherd, or principa
Panf~-The proper name of place in Estre
madura.
Note.-There are in Estramadura (Spain3 two
kinds OF sheep, called estante, (ststionary) and
trashu.nante, travelling, or Merino) A credi.
table Spanish writer says, that that province had
IN the 10th century, more than thirty millions of
the former, and seven millions of the latter and
that like every thing else really valuable i'm the
peninsula, they had already diminished to less
than half that number, about the middle of the
last century So much fer the gold and silver
mines of South America
1t is somewhat surprising that among the pa.
| triotic undertakings of our merchants, ITO one
should have thought of beneftting himself and
his country, by the importation Of number of
the famous Andslusian breed of horses .-Cadiz
may probably yet offer an opportunity to repair
such an inadvertency to those who should feel in.
| eined to make so meritorious an experiment.
Extract ofa letter from gentleman, near
| Kena7vha c. II. { V;rginia J 20 his friend
| in Chiiicothe, (Ohio) dared SIN Sent.
| 1910.
There has lately been a we'll sunk on
the land belonging TO my brother -. and
myself, by one of my brothers., who has an
interest in it. He bored it ninety two feet,
and obtained salt water, which is, in nv O..
opinion, stronger than any heretofore disco
vered at this place, and sufficient quaint
| ty to supply ten furnaces, & to make at least
600 bushels in "a hours In about week
we expect 10 start three furnaces at this
well"
From the Boston Gazette.
MERINOS.
At sale of As Spanish Sheen i'm England