The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-29

democratic papers of this city, and that
3OOO handbills of the same be struck off for.
circulation underth direction of the follow
ing committee, viz Robert Patterson, John
Bmns, Charles J. Insersol, James Carson.
John l.. Leib. William Duncan. William
west, Frederick HoeCkly, A. Har geshei-
mer, Robert McMulen, Iocob Holgate. T.
ID. Anderson, Jacob Richards, & G.. G. Lei
| per.
! ResotOed, That the thanks of this meet
ing be and they are hereby given to the
Chairman and Secretary.
HeSolued, That the thanks OF this meet
ing be given TO the Secretary Of the sub.
committee OF Delegates, CHARLES Ingersol)
WILLIAM JONES, Chair man.
JAMES WEST, Secretary.
NEw-YoRE, May %.
| we learn from Albany that the Council
OF APPOINTMENT met on Tuesday, but adj
Journed without transactng any public bu-
:iness ;. and that the caucus for NOMINATING
the next President of the u. S. was postpon-
ed until Friday evening.
The county of St. Lawrence has chosen
a federal member Of Assembly, and the
county of Broome democratic one. II is
supposed the next House of Assembly will
be federal by a majority of nine.
BY the ship Montgomery, from New-Or.
leans, we learn that the Embargo Law
reached there on the Sd inst. and that the
pilots at the balize, had received orders not
TO take out any vessels but those with coas-
ting clearances.
Erench Pripafeers.--Captain. Fellows,
OF the brig Almira, from HAVANA, states,
that there. were Five Privatecrs cruising off
cape Antonio and tn at one of them had
captured Spanish brig from La Vera
Cruz' with quantity of specie ON board
Winnie some hundreds tof well-clad and
Iuli-led citizens in this country are remon.
strahng against the measures of our po-
vernment; thousands and tens of thousands
OF haif-naked and starving people in Eng
land are raising their voices AGAINST the
wicked and ruinous proceedings Of their
Government.
Federalists rail with as much assurance
against tareS, as if they had never laid any.
But tie People have not so soon forgotten.
that the Federal party, when in power, laid
on the House and Land tax, the Carriage
tax, the Stamp tax, the Still ta., &c. &c,
and that the Republicans took them Off
And had 1t not been for the encouragement
gwen to British arrogance and injustice. by
party amongst us, those taxes need never
again have been laid. Nor is it certain
they will be, as it IS. They 7mU NOT, unless
war Is brought on by the British Cavern
ment and ii Federalists will ONLY rally
round the American standard, s,sI,Dor. +le;-
own government in its just measures and
oppose the iniquitous proceedings OF the
oritish government, war may vet be avoi-
ded' Nothing but our divisions can possihlv
invite Britain to war with us. Union amon.
ourselves would appal her
Trenton Tfuc. american.
(h) LEXINGTON, May S.
Letters frcrn Vincennes have been rcca;.
we'd IN town, stating that the citizens of ,bo+
place were so much alarmed for the safety
OF the town as to have actually Commenced
terrifying it by stockade-that the neoDla
are now following the advice of Governor
Harrison and building forts and block houses
that many are abandoning their farms ON
the frontiers, and moving into the settles
ments-and that approximations were so
much entertained even for the final safety
oi YinCennes that Some citizens were about
10 send their wives and children into Ken
lucky and Ohio. The orders which had
been received there to march Colonel
Boyd's regiment to Newport had not lit
Tie contributed to excite these apprehensi-
ohs. ms regiment is supposed to be des-
tined for Detroit This state of affair,
must be very distressing to all the inhabi
t"ht' Oh INDIANA, but particularly to the re-
cent emIgrants and poorer people. most of
wham depend altogether upon their own
iaOor5 tor bare support, and were about
preparing to plant the corn on which thew
would have to rely the ensuing wear for
provisions for themselves, their wives and
children.
Mr.. Ogi1vie is about to deliver some Of
ms very Interesting and eloquent Orations
at Louisville. He there Announces his in.
tention OF visiting the principal towns in this
state.
A letter from Halifax mentions a reDore.
that sail of the line, and il flieates, with
troops had sailed from England for that
station,
WoRTH1NcIoN, (Ohio) Nav I.
i is said that one Of the Chiefs of the
Sandusky tribes of Indians. has offered to
turn cut enc hundred, and another fiftv war.
riors, to SO with the Americans on any ex-
petition that may be required This shows
at least, that they have no disposition to
take a aide in the meditatcd contest, unfa-
vorable to the us.
The necessity o. draughting men to
march to Detroit, as required b. govern
nlent, has been entirely removed by the pa
trfotc yeomanry who have volunteered
themselves TO the service of their country,
1t is believed that the number required.
has been much more than made up withous
drafting any. In this place more than twice