Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-21


said 1t was hi, Oi,ioiop Old Mex had bored ii~le
through The Moantaii,s srd lei the South Sea,
upon tuem"
From the Cleaner, Rug .
GARDEN ND TIE MACEDONIAN
The Ed',or OF the Glesner was ~ a tnur ,hro'
part OF England, X happened TO be At n. London
when com Decstur came into port With his prize,
the Mscstorial--the Grew az whcli they ti,,.n had
on board the U. States. At that time. the rlioung
circumstances were related TO hsl Will, the Ma
ceionian was building in tue river Thames short
time previous TO the lite war, ecu illiaras of Nor
wieh, Con. WAS in England ~ invited among
other AGeric;s then there, TO 10 and see the Ma
| cedonisn launched. BE attended, in company with
capt Garden who had srea y been selected rs
manGer Of the frigltc.
At that time mucli was said by captain Garden
To The Americans concerning the excellent con-
structon sfihe ship; and the superior state in which
lac intended she should be finished
About year afterwards 1t happened that Gen.
Williams was nj Lisbon while the Macedonian was
there, and was invited by captin Garden TO go on
board his fiigatc, which he SAID in complete
oraer, and had the fnestcrew in the British navy
While on board, the Commander took OCCASION to
speak III Ia. lghos terms OF his ship, ard made
some compa iaors between the Macedonian and
the sriga,ts OF the Uned States, very u favorable
to our navy, an turning To the general" Such
ship us this, SIR sail he, "rever was built in the
United Sta es yours have calico sides when
L
ship budin-" said the general, but ara induced to
believe the are lew better built ships than those
which compose the American navy" " Poor c.
leo things" replied Garden, &c was out few
months since to America, whereI saw your bossted
ti'sate the C1iied States: why she is got TO be
compared, sir, with The Macedonian" =" That
may be, replied the general, "but the rela-
uons between the t"o countries, are very much
unsettled, some CT your irigates may have an op-
poftanity Of comparing themselves side aud sile,
with the United States"
Immediately Oh receiving the news of the capture
AID arrival OF the Macedonian, Gen. Williams has
tened 10 ~ Loudou, TO pay his compliments to capt.
Laden, when prisoner on ard the ship which
he lad affected to despse. The meeting such rs
n.is ht nave been expccte1-Cspt Garden was mucl,
moi disposed to talk oil the flavor OF the wine, the
IA spitaliy of americans, &c. than to compare the
Briiss, a.,d Asle. fusatls.
PHILADELPHIA, -exy. Ii.
The three following articles are communicated by
gentleman TO whose friendship we are frequently
Indebted tov valuable AID Interesting inform atom
True inner.
The Franklin Manuscripts are 1t length pre-
pa'ias for publication in London. They consist OF
lille, written by himse!fto late period, and con-
uaued by h,s grandson AID legatee, 1iidam Team
pie FT"kLn. 10 ta ;isne OF LIS death his private
al familiar COTE cadence. posthuInous essays,
&c. sc.
MIR. John .Sc0fi, late Of the city of E.iinburg.
chemist, han bequeaIhed 10 tie corporation vi tie
city OF philadeip.ia 5000 dollars of Tie per cent
stock of tlle<United States, to be applied 90 The
same purposes DIR. Frarkim's legacy aud the
furhsr sum of 1000 dollars Of the same slock, the
interest Of which TO be laid olt in premiums for
the discovery Of useful invent sis.-We are infor-
med tnat this very audable and liberal beuuest has
recently been received the treasurer Of the cor
porailon
Among other iIl-adyisetl measures ofthe Percent
government OF frarce, is tie dissolution of the
contact Of men OF letters and science, known by
the name oi ti> institute, Jan association whose trans
a tors will do honour 10 human genEs CT ali flu
tese ages. shadow Of the substance has boen set
up ia It's stead, aad the name CT the .3cGdemy has
Lecn revived. The names OF the members have
no; en- punished, but tacse OF the Institute, hon
CURED by an Exclusion, have appeared III the pub-
lie prints. The PoIyteebnick School, in which
1900 sons o. the first families 10 France have been
rally educated at the public expense, has also
been aboiisLed.-Frorn this seminary also came the
500 brave youths, who, like 500 Spartans at Their
mopye, sacrificed tcmselvesat the batteries Of
Montmartrc, when Paris betrayed into the
hands OF the hottie hoides in 1914.
U,ncAesfer, IVA .9ay. 10.
The Court OF Frederick Coanty at the late term
Ordered, that the Bank paper OF the Chartered
Banks OF the District, Baltimore, PhiIadeinha,
&c. at par with the paper OF The Banks of Vir-
ginia. 10 the former order, which placed the pa
pr of Ohio, and the Pennsylvania Western paper
(s!thougkit may at home be entitled to rs much
credit rs any other) On an equality with Virginia
psper, may b,attributed the present state of our
medium, which is almost exclusively made up OF
the paper otthat description, and is Deprecated,
according to accounts from Philadelphia, 25 per
cent.VVe hail this order Of the court as sn event
which will have tendency 70 remove many of tic
evils arising from dep~ecat currency.
We informed by q member Of the court,
that at subsequent day of the term, the court
amended tue order above referred to- and have in
cluded the paper OF the Fsrmers' Bank at Annapo-
lis, and IT'S Branch at Frederickown the paper of
the Cumberland, Hagers.own, Concocheasue,
Carlisle aud Harrisburg Banks, AZ being at par with
Virginia paper aud receivable ia payment OF exeeu-
tons, sc.
S7.4Nr.fRD sJ CHEW
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