The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-06
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RICHMOND, AUGUST &. 1911.
Ecsidcs an entire reheato Of ne French
DEGREES. it seems, thai the British govern.
nent requires - further evidence than is
yet afforded ofany reneal whatever offhese
DEGREES THAI government seems TO hdUe
groom uncomn.only scruhufous, oil at eace-
for as Mr.. Pinkncy tells the Marquis JPci-
lesley on he 1Oth December lhe" manner
ofthc proceeding is Precisely that IN svh.eh
IFS oqun numtrous orders for ESTABLISHING
modifying or removing 6iockaHes and other
maritime distractions are usually proclaim
ed TO neutral StafeS and merchants. - IYhat
did Erance2 On me 5fh Of august the
French NJ MISTER for foreign a9airs officially
ratified the rc,,eat in question, 10 me minia
ter offhe U. S. a. Paris--anf on Tie e.h
This official roticc Fyas inserted in the .Koni-
feur. the official haher.-Prec,seiy the same
course sras lately Pursued ty the B. cabinet
for announcing the Partial recaI OF, mod
5fcasion Of the Fngfish blockade ot he horts
and Places IF Stain from Gijo. to the
French tcrriory?" Precedsnts ofthe same
SORT are TO be met 4pifhin almost eueru hage
Of Brit h maritime history On tie ed
March. 1899 Lord GrenpiNe acguain,s
mr.. hng with ne blockade g Of aNthe
forts Of 4oAand.'' On The 27fh Wi,p- same
gear. Lord GrenOiHe u/orma. the same
minister Gifts sustension. On fhes 9Th .Hu
Sust 1904. Lord Harrouby ad1resse s a
circular othc ministers ofnemtraI nations az
London (amonSss the rest TO Col. Monroe, }
Informing them Of the, esfabk shme,rf OF a
6tockQdr at The entrances of .he horfs az
Fseanan sc. &c SIC, Mr.. For fakes n,S
ciseiy he same stelis to inf5,.n, Mr.. Monroe
on The SRI .4hrR 1906, Of tie blockade o(ghe
entrances gf the Ems. TIE Weser the Ei6e
and me Irave-and on the sirfeenfh of
May of'the same year. offhe famous black
ade ofhe coast from fhe Ei6e to Bresf.
The same course is taken By Lord Hogpick,
10 announce on The 25th Sen 1906 fhaf 70
nfrieh of said blockade ar ertcnded from the
rfUer Et5e 10 the riper Ems us tqke1a off.
TIE same by Mr.. Erskine on 26fh June,
1907, announcing its re.esta6lishnent The
same by Mr.. Canning, announcing the block
ade Of certain FORTS Of Stain.
Yer, besides his mode of Communication
7vhich is so familiar to The cabinet of ~. b.,
the French government has gone a steh fur
ther-~to INSTRUCT he President of the. coun-
eitof Prizes (that is the French Hdmirahy
Court "tojudgc no cause Of CAPTURE Of II
n,er can Uessefs made after the 1St of N1u.
and those that may in jhtnre BE- brought be-
fore il, according TO me hrineihteS ofthe de-
crees of Berlin and 17iian.'' .d,,d besides,
these Instructions have 6ee;phubfshed in me
Iionitenr.
GLEANINGs. The Court of hInGuiry
Mt n Y. is 20 copsist of Decatur, Stewart &
Chauncev.-It appears. from a Protest re
ceiyed at N Y. tEat Mr.. Forbes. our Con
sui at Hamburger, has been interdicted. by
order of the Prince Eekmubl, from giving
his attestation to certify to the signature Of
the Notary. learn from a captain.
just arrived ut Boston, that the submarine
explosion at ST. Michael's still continues
he passed within or S miles OF great
smoke rising out of the sea, and large CO
lumDs If water thrown up to great distance
with fishes of fire (; these flashes were
seen the previous night at least so miles
the sea was much cooured and covered
with dead hsh.---The indians in the Illinois
I. have perpetrated some murders and
threaten. further hostiities They are prin
cipally Pottawatomies and the other tribes
OF the Illinois river, who are said to be under
the thumb OF the famous Shawanoe Pro-
phet, and he again is at the nod of 6. Britain.
The proI aet is said to calculate on the aid
OF all the Pottawatomies and the SouEics,-
3rds OF the Kickapoos many OF the Otta
ways apG some of. the ShawaDoes--2 or 8
hundred OF them have gone by invitation, to
Fort Maiden "a Briti8h Fort, y for arms and
ammunition. The people on the frontier
settlements on the Illinois are erecting
block houses and borrowing musIets Gov
Edwards will doubtless take efficient steps
for arrestiug these ravages.--1he Indians 10
the South 1t as are on the other hand.
friendly On the 22d ult. a talk was held
at Augusta between the Governor of Geor-
gla and 81 ofthe Lower Creeks. with Col
Hawkins &c. The Chiefs professed the
most earnest wish for friendly intercourse
between the white and the red men--to be
OF one house and OF one fire
II We have been favoured with the use
OF detailed Census of the population of
the Orlesrs t. nc sum total proves To- be
Free White mixes, 1890: Free While fe
males, 1870 all Other Tree persons except
Indians not taxed, 1885; Slaves, 3466O-In
all. 76556--of WHICH. the city, Suburbs
and precincts of n. Orleans contain 24552
whereof, l0o24are slaves 572T rec poo
pie, 800l Whites. In the whole territory
are 4iseS free Jnha5.--Yet upder !bc act