Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-01

,'at tie N'ayeels IL the 1errsscc. have soil
and Ubtan an arr, tce. which wss 50 exp
The Isl Of neceNbrr. THE G1ork has spps
to have been corfden' o. the successful term
uon OF their negotiations, rs the commercial i
tercOurSe had been rene ed.---Msanwhile the
corps in the Terrace ard Gootwul have been re-
norced and are IN the highest state of eiliciency
The commissariat is employed in collecting Sc.
ven'een thousand hearers for The public service
and themost vigorous measures are adoped in e
| very department to complete the equipment Of
our held force on the Nspsl frontier
| The arrival of Sir David OchterlJny at Dina
poor isnot We announced
THE UEHRARS.
Runieet Singh IN, quilted Labor, crossed The
taSee, and encampcd on the road towards Iash-
meer. Some time after the fligh ofShah Shooia,
tnnleet SINGH discovered, that certain bankers
Omrits'r were supposed TO possess treasure de-
posted with them by that unfortunate and BAN
'shei monarch HIS cupldity prompted him 10
Se"n commission TO investigate the truth OF the
report We now learn that quantity ofhulhon
| mas been intercepted and seized by the Governor
Shoola
Whether this be 6oan fds the property of The
E1-Sng, 1t would perhaps be difficult 10 decide
even II we could hear the estimonv Of all parties
nu' tous It appears q most ingenious device for
obtaining possession of large sum of money;
Which having obtained, the Sikh Chiefain will
apply wholly 10 his own purposes, be the rghtful
o""er oUa.l ohoola or any other person--Sic vos
non UsJis, sc.
! From Jypoor we were unable TO learn any
news OF consolatory nature Early ~ tue last
month the Raja ordered all his troops TO 3tepare
! Tor service, and camps were marked without the
walls OF the CITY. On the first attempt to exer.
| Csc any authority, the new commanders found
themselves almost wholly abandoned and after
/ r1iiCl, tot,S FL
Was compelled to nominate the leaders, who inn
mediateiy assumed the command and endeSyour-
ed to organize the troops
While this shameful desertion was 90
Ing on, the light troops of Ameer Khan
were Piunderlng within sight of the city.
1t was given out that some of the British
tributaries who reside on the western
frontiers of Delhi and Agra, had obtained
permission TO otTer their services To the
| Raja, and "a hope of elfectual resistance
was thus disseminated. The new adm.
nlstration had done nothing to merit the
confidence Of the Prince, and he was daily
making public complaints of the difficulty
ofretreying his affairs, while the Rajpoot
leudatOrles were lukewarm IN the common
cause of the country. The latest advices
mention that bal Singh, Ameer Khan's ge-
neral, had eXacted 5000 rupees under the
! threat Of razing the fort of kurdham.
HOlcar's affairs seem little improved I;
tor while we hear less of the mutiBous ella
mours OF the troops for paw. it is apparent
that the army is decreasing and becoming
daily more contemplate in the estimation
OF the surrounding inhabitants Many Of
Holcar's adherents have gone TO swell the
hOrdes Of Pindarehs, aud now assist in
piundering the baggage and foraging par
ties OF their ancient master.
Morar RaO Punwar, discOntented and
enteTpriZing chief. has suddenly appear
ed near Ougyn, at the head of one thou
sand horse, and is levyiug men with some
hostile design against HuIcar's shattered
state.
Eetract Of letter from Bqrhampor. do
ted the 12fb inst.
His Majesty's 27,h foot, embarked
yesterday morning. Ia consequence of
some previous dispute and jealousy be-
tween the 97th and the Division of the
Honorable COmpany's European regiment.
on the evening before the embarkation of
the S7th, many privates of that corps
rushed out Of their barracks armed with
naked bayOnets, battle ensled between
them and part of the Honorable COmpa-
Dy's European regiment. But for the
timely add spirited interference of their
respective officers, the consequences of
this aft ay might have been fatal. Before
they could be parted, many men were Sc
verely, and some dangerously wounded
An inquiry has been commenced to as
certain The causes Of this quarrel
The Honorable COmpany's ships FairIie
and James SIbbard on their passage to this
port in the last month, discovered guam
tity of lava floating OH the surface of the
sea, when at vast distance from anv
known land. This extraordinary pheno-
menou IS thus described in an extract from
one Of the journals.
On the lst Of October our latitude at
noon was is deg So min. S. longitude 81
deg. o min. =. we observed quantities of
stuff floating on the surface of the water.
which had, to us, the appearance of sea
weed but were quite astonished TO ind it
burnt cinders, evidently volcanic. The
sea was covered with it during the two
| nest days: our latitude on the sd Octo-
Der at n OF, was l0deg. 9 min. 5. longi-
tude ga deg. % min. T..
" The surface Of the water was so COM
pleteIy covered with the volcanic natter.
that should think it very unlikely to have
been drllted any considerable distance (;
as II is probable it would have been much
more scattered. In an old chart had on
/ board, there Isa submarine volcano placed
IN the same longitude, aud latitude about
deg. so min s. and from the great dis.
ItinCe from IN land wh re we found this
curious phenomenon, think there can be
40 other way of accounting for it, than the
! probability OF a submarine volcano exist
Ing IN that ncighbOurhoOd.