The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-03


Col. Williams will be furnished from the
infantry with the men required to complete
the Notifications in the harbor.
1t. Col. Brearley will follow under the
command Of proper officers, to fort Colum-
bus, all the recruits which are collected, or
shall arrive ut the depot in Trenton, Of the
Pennsy lvania and Jersey line. Captain
onowden, military storekceper, at West
Point, will deliver arms and equipments for
the infantry, to deputy quarter master Van
|deventer, and who will deliver the same, as
hereafter, shall be directed.
BY order.
Il. H. MACPHERSON, .Aid-de-camp.
LEGISLATURE OF .MiSS.7CHUSETTS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
June 90 and %.
TIventy Bills to incorporate the Presi-
dents, &c. OF the several BANKS enume-
rated in the last CENTINEL, passed during
these days to be enacted
bill to impose a tag on BANKS also pass
ed to be enacted. ELECTORS, sc.
The two Houses having disagreed as to
the number and location of Districts for
| choice of Electors of President and Vice
President of the United States, and also on
| the manner of choosing them by the Legs-
lature, the House passed, and sent up to the
Senate for concurrence, Resolve directing
| their choice by. General Ticket-This
| resolve the Senate rejected And the Hon.
Mcssrs. FUTILE, LINCOLN and FooTE,
| on the part of the Senate and Messrs.
IHATcHER, SUMNER and TILLINCHAsr,
on the part OF the House, were appointed
to confer further on the subject.
| The conferrees had not agreed upon any
mode of election last evening. .
| Tuesday, J.fe 90, 1912.
| Mr. BRADFORD, Secretary of the Com
I ulopwcalth delivered he fcIlnwipr M
from His Excellency the Governor -
| Gentlemen otfhr Scs,afe--ond a..
Gentlemen ofthe House Of Retiresent1tivcs
lIiAVE this, morning received letter
from the Hon. Mr.. LLoY D, one Of the Scna-
tors in. Congress inclosing acopy OF an Act of
Congress passed the 18th instant. declaring
WAR against the United Kingdoms OF Creaf
Byttci1 and Ireland, and their dependencies,
and which on the 18th inst. was approved
lby the President ! have directed the Sec
lretary to la; this communication before YOU.
CALEB STRONG.
Council Chdm6e:s-, June %, 1912.
III The Hon. Mr. LLOYD in Z note an
IneXed 80 the above act, says it passed the
House OF Representatives, in substance the
4th June. Passed the Senate oy vote Of
| 10 to IS in the form above stated Juae 1Ttil
Returned fron, the House OF Representa-
ltives to- che Senate June 18th. Approved
by the President of the United States, and
signed, during the attendance of the Com
mittee who presented the same this day,
June IL, 1927
The above message and communication
were committed to Messrs IlAirgkast,
PrcnfiSs, OF NJ. 2Hctcher, Coleman. Of NJ
and jackson, OF Eo6ton, 20 report thereon.
| THURSDAY June 25.
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.
The Committee who ,la3 under consi-
Iteration the Message OF His Excellency
the Governor communicating Declarati-
OH Of War against Great Britain reported
AN address of the House of Representatives
to the People of Massachusetts,.
The Address is against the War, and
recommends the preference OF the friends
iof Peace TO oihce as the remedy, while all
constitutional duties aye submitted to-
The subject was debated yesterday al
ternoon, and viii be resumed this morn
ing.
~ -.' BosToN, June "a.
Yesterday On the PRONUNCIATION of the de
lclarstion of war the feelings Of the COM
lmercial part Of the town were immediately
depressed by all the vessels hosting their
COLOURS half mast-with the exception Of
four coasting vessels.
| We at present only observe that Dr. Church was
| arrested aS criminal by Washington, Tor charges
| less injurious to the country, than what has APP
peared since the Declaration of War by the Con-
gress oil the u. s. As Mr.. Madison is a disciple
oi Washington, it is expected that he viii be de-
! Hcient III his energy.
! COMMUNICATION.
10 s'Icw tie magnitude o. tiic re in the Cent?
mel Of yesterday, that ali the Vessels ia tc harbour
bad their coiOrs half mast, Tuesday, excepting
Tour coasters, 1t IS only necessary to state the follow
| ing fact--lhere are now lying at two wharyes at
(! the Northend ships, 16 briggs, 10 scho0ncrs aud
! ell yI,tc
OF them Only two flags were displayed in any man
| entirety UP, the other half mast From observation.
1t was SUPPOSED ,hst not vessel in twenty had
any coioIs hoisted daring the day.
| OUTRAGE.
on Tuesday last, as the s,oOp WASHINGTON
Capt Nyt, lay at the Long Whasf, with his colours
iiyiDg, las Is usual on the day of arrgaD Oh which
the name Oi WASHINGTON WAS printed nj large
u number o. rioters attempted TO board scr and
strike the coiors, after being warned by the Cap
tain to desist' However, by the excItions OF ~.
Captain, assisted by his and one 10y only ia,
rioters were soon DISPERSED eaviug the colors still
mp) but not ult one OF them found padding in Che
brlny wave. IL is probable that the name of WASH
| MUTTON, which appeared so conspicuous on the
nag, excited tic ire of his falsely styled Disci
pies, aud led them TO commit tie dsgraoeful out
| rage. Huston ChyonicLe
Extract Of letter to the editor, dated.
" BGshingtog, June %, 1912
Many OF the federal gentlemen, who so pertiua-
cously endeavoured TO prevent, are now zcao,i, To
assist, the exigcney.-fnere are, to be sure among
so many, some incurabIes--but the spirit of our ,a
lhsta NO Ifsfg, .of. t-