Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-09-07
PARIS PAPERS.

Many English people of distinc ton con-
tinue to arrive at Paris. A great num-
Der take apartments in Paris or country
houses, for the whole Of the fine sea-
son.
The accounts from the Southern De-
partments, announce that new rye is alrea''
dy in the market the vineyards are SUI
perb, the blossoms have experienced no
check, and the vintage Will be abundant.
The silk-w harvest has been very good
the pods have been sold at ~ fir. the lib.
and the mulberry leaves at 90 fir. the
quintal.
The state of Lady Wilson'S health being
improved, Sir X. Wilson wrote to the mi
mister of the police. that he was ready to
return to the prison of La Force. He in
fact did return yesterday morning. The
three months Imprisonment, to which the
three Englishmen were condemned, end on
the Oath of this month.
Lausanne. June %.
The devastations which the Frickthal
was the theatre the 14th of this month,
have left horrible remembrance. The
waters descended from the Jura with
frightful impetuosity, and in such torrents
that the brooks and the rivers, rushing sud-
denly from their beds, laid waste the val
lies of Schupfart aud Mumpf. All the po-
pulation of this vast village, was assembled
in the church to appease heaven but the
inundation quickly penetrating the sanctu-
airy, hardly left time for the unfortunate
inhabitants to escape to the roof and the
tower. At the same time great number
of buildings were destroyed, walls broke
down, barns carried away, and strong
bridges blown up; vast fields were cover
ed with sand and stones, and for long
time would lie useless. The Rhine at the
same time presented desolating spectacle,
and proved that the same misfortune hap
pened elsewhere. 1t carried along with it
trees rooted up, timber. furniture. and
drowned animals. The valley of Wegen-
stein has also suffered. Ia the Subzthal,
all the hopes of the laborcr have vanished;
the gardens. meadows, and vineyards were
ruined, the houses, fountains, aqueducts,
and roads destroyed.
Geographical Sketch Of the three PiraticaI
STATES.
Algiers, formerly kingdom, is $50 miles
long, and from 40 to 100 in breadth. Tu-
mis- IS 220 miles long. and 40 broad. Tri-
poll, including Batcs, extends 100 miles in
length, and is from 100 miles to 800 miles
broad. These states have a considerable
military force, and their cavalry is very
numerous and efficient The Emperor of
Morocco can bring one hundred thousand
men into the field. A Geographical writer
observes" 1t has been often thought sur
prising, that the Christian Powers should
suff-r their marine to be insulted bv these
Barbarians, who take the ships of all natl
ons with whom they are at peace, or ra-
Their. who do not pay them subsidy either
in money or commodities. We cannot &C
count for this forbearance. otherwise than
by supposing first, that breach with them
might provoke the Porte, who pretends to
be the lord paramount secondly, that no
Christian Power would be fond of seeing
Algiers and the rest of that coast in posses
sion of another; and, thirdly. that nothing
can be got by bombardncnt of any of
their towns, as the inhabitants would in
stantly carry their effects into the deserts
and mountains, SO that the benefit result
ing from the conquest, must be tedious *
precarious."