The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-02

doubt be Immediately laid before the pub
| tic. PHS
CoHsHrg Tradc.--In the course of the
oeoate yesterday on the hoence bin it was
stared by Mr.. Biackledge, that from q.
| .et.er now oefore HIM 1t appeared, that Bri :
! lish hcenccs tor co09&ng UoYat.es iron,
Newbern IN n. Carolina to Boston yere
actually selling at three htnti,.ed dollars
each!
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. IS, lgfs.
a report has been IN circulation Hero
OF landing intended by the british bear.
this city Ii they do, presume ,hey 5ii
ne sorry for 1t. as We have CONSIDERABLE
body OF regular troops here, and many yo.
innteers, in hsh Enthusiastically arrived
an t.sshsh snip mounting 90 guns, a prize
to the privateer Spy of this place. with =
Cargo OF mahogany and logwood."
-, n. YORK, February Is.
we learn from gentleman who arrived
last evening in the Albany stage, that his
|EXcellency the Governor convened the
Council of Appointment on Saturday. The
Council appointed Abraham Van Voch-
ten Esq. Attorney General, in the room Of
Thomas Adds Emmett ESQ. who was re-
moved. We understand no other annoint-
ments were made on Saturday.
Hrfract Of letter iron, .WeTc- ORLEANS oyo-
ted 1Ith Jam 1918.
General Wilkinson certainly ex,ect.
an attack here by the English white &hlanI,
troops, and is taking all prudential mea-
snres to give them proper reception. The
sd and 9Th United States Regiment march
ed through TINS town yesterday TO take
post at the English Turn, where verv ev
tensive Barracks have been erected fn,
them they were about 1900 stronp--1ve.
expect the I'd Regiment the next week
consisting OF 200, so that our whcle reeuIar
orce here Will be upwards of 5000 men. as
We had anterior to their arrival lOOO or
more-Ihese with abcat 5000 militia and
volunteers will form very decent force"
Ernact Of letter from an officer at Sack-
els Haroor' 20 ais friend ia .shts city da-
ted January S0th, 1915.
We have little or no news here e~
cept what we get from British dese,ters
from Kingston. All of them nearly aqren
In opinion, when examined by a committee
tor that purpose. They say that the troops
at Kingston, regulars and militia. do ,,nr
exceed six or seven hundred. They aIso
state that they are very badly snpplird
with provisions-they have nothing bur
fresh pork to give them, which they have
IN abundance but are not allowed any sal.
to eat with it. Salt at Kingston, is wortb
four dollars per bushel-,heir bread il
also so bad they cannot eat it.
hose deserters say the British hayeY,ad
prospects for feeding an army next sn,,
mer in Canada. In consequence of rbe
farmers, who have heretofore seeded 5o o-.
60 bushels OF wheat. being called into actr-
al service, they have not seeded more than
9 or 10, and so in proportion.
II hey also state that the 4Ist rcc;r,.,.
has left Kingston, and on the night of the,
departure the remaining or zoo were mr.,
dered to sleep on their arms---wh;c,,t
proves they are afraid of being attacked bw i
us.
The Glengary regiment is Stationed
there and those desertcrs are of opinion
,hat not more than one half either. wu,;,i
hire musket at the Americans. Thee 1s
deserters that aforementioned we reca;,,e,
within the last or days ey saw a rr.ar
many more have crossed lower down on
the ice. On, on