Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-30
DOMESTIC.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2i.-DanI Brent,
Esq. who, on tie res gsation OF Mr.. Gra-
ham, had been, by Mr.. Rash, provision
ally appointed Chief Clerk OF The De-
parimcnt OF State, has, we learn, been
confirmed in that s,aiion by Mr.. Adams,
SEPT. 2J.-Iiie Secretary Of the Trpa-
sury returned 10 the City on Monday,
from short visit, with his family, 10 vir-
| gnia.
=, .iae Court Martial sitting ia this city
not known, and cannot he, until ratified
by The President Of the United States,
whose absence viii delay its publicity for
some days. There is no doubt, we be-
heve, OF its being favorable to the accus-
ed.
SEPT. Give understand that tho
rough investigation of The complaints and
| alleged abuses al Tie Military School is
soon 10 be had by order of The Executive,
aud that orders have actually been ISSUED
| for Gcucral Court Marta! aud Court Ct
inquiry, 10 be held at West Point on the
Goth October ncXt. .Nas. Int
| BALTIMORE, September 26.--It is now
| generally believed thai our governments
are abon, scndiug secret embassy 10 The
! Pairiats OF South America. What is the
| design, or object of tins mission, il is i'm
vain 10 conjecture bu. thal il may lead
| To important results, is, we think, very
evident Fed. Rep.
II is stated in the New York Mercan-
| tile Advertiser, that" The scIio0uer Janus.
arrived al New York from Leghorn, has
on board tie Monument to be erected in
Baltimore IN honor OF Nashuigton."-
i'i'is is u'lstake--,he marble tor HE Mo-
NJ. A
Washington, which IS of an excellent qua
lily lot lie purpose, WIS donation from
| General RiigGiy, tiie Governor uf this
ate, and obtained from quarry on his
| estate IN Baltimore county.
The marble received at New York from
l.eghorn will form part of tie Battle
Monument erecting here Ill memory Of
those brave men who fell ~ de!eaCe Of
| onrclty during the attack OF! an invading
enemy in September 1914
We learn from respectable source,
that MIR. plnkuey, our minister al the
court of ST. Peiersbnrgh, finding tie eli
mate OF Russia untavorahie to his health.
has determined 10 reIurn 10 tie u. States,
and may be expected to arrive he,e be-
fore ihe close OF the present year, as he
wilt leave Russia before ihc winier COM
! mences. Fed. Ge=.
The big Tom, Weeks, from London,
has arrived at Aiexandra, viii, two cham
! cables TO government, weighing twenty
tons each, calculated for ships OF the line.
New ORLEANS, August 30-Bis Rri-
fannie Majesty'S brig Beaver, CAPT. Pc
liz, anchored in this port Yesterday from
Ia Vera Cruz; Oh arriving she fired sa-
lute Of 10 guns, which was returned We
understand size has brought a considers
| bic SUN ~ specie, Tor the merchants in
| this place.
INSOLE%CE.
SER +. l.-X eatertiay writ Of habPas
| corpus was issued bv the Non Judge
Lewis, 10 bring before him d ruan named
| Thomas Lamb, detained cn board the
British government brig Beaver, then ~
Ing iii this harbor. The captain refused
obedience tothc writ, aud, in halfan hour
alter II was served, got under weigh, and
| proceeded down the river. IA order i'm
| lie mean time was issued by the Judge to
| attach the captain, with which the deputy
| sheriff went alongside III boat, bii be-
| ing threatened to ~ fired upon, retired.
| fine Eiil moi permit us 10 make any com
| mcnt on THIS outrageous ins0lence-it
might have been expected that tie sight
! Ui Jackson's lines would have recalled the
| iu' = tBSl ON laws ana our TlnbtS are not
| 10 be infringed with impumiiy. Measures
We understand have been adopted to pre-
vent the passage tie brgout ofthe river.
and 10 doubt can be entertained ihai the
captain will be punished az he deserves.
Orleans Gaz.
BosToN, Sept. 2O.-tTlie Hon. WARD
| CHIPMAg, one Of the British Commits
slouefs for adjusting the boundaries, has
arrived here in tie sIoop Duke Ct Vel
| lingion, from 81. Johns. We have been
| favored with paper OF that place Of 18th
| September. The l00.h regiment, under
| Major Rocliori, has left ST. Johns for
| England. IPni.
We were Yesterday favored with Hall
| fax paper of the 9Th inst. containing Tive
following decree ut Judge WALLACE Of
tie Admiralty Court, restoring tie Ame-
rican Fishing Vessels, dta;,ed in June
last, to the owners, Oh their paying costs.
DECREE, pronounced by the Hogoratfs
! dichaet Weiiacs, Judge Of lie Y,cc-4d-
miratty Court, on {Jitiay Tie 18TH nj. in
tie case Of american Fisting Vessels ssia-
! ed Gnd detai,ad Jy His Mqjcsfys Skips Of
WGr. u, tie HoTbOys, aad on the Coasts .og
NoUa Scotia.
This case is great national import
| ancc Under that i;uDressiou # has hgd