Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-19
20oO Hne ofbnttle 49, I

-. S"Jo tt'te " OdItfc t3fpS
we have received a communication
'ruh highly respected correspondent,
whereln he animadVcrtS Upon The state
meni IN late number of il,e Rhode Is
land Republican, that " ii h 8 been as
cerialned from actual survey, that there
Is now standing in that sla,e, O:hode.
iSiauD suitable timber sufficient TO
build ttro thousand Eme Of hattie ships."
our correspondent proceeds 10 show.
mat II The above writer had said there
was timber enough TO build t,gO thirds or
C'ie me of battle Slip, he would have heeu
much nearer The truth. lie calls fD ,aind
the circumstance of the building OF tho
United Sistes brig Chppawa, an Bristol,
Il. l. during the late war, which vessel
was furnished with a caesnut bowspri,.
mat being the emily kind IF iin.5e,. 10 he
found IN the state, which would answer
The purpose ; and that her masfs & snars
were from necessity procured and mann.
iactured IN Boston, from whence thew
were sent by land.
lie then proceeds TO STATE, fhat IL is p
well known fact, established by good an
thority, that a II gun ship swallows no
three thousand loads OF OAK timber. i
load OF timber Is 80 cubical feet; a ton.
40 feet consequently a ~ gun ship takes
TWO thousand large, we'll grown oak tim
Der trees namely, trees of nearly two
tons each, erclaSive If her maSfs anil sDqrs.
lhen " two M0aSaam line Of butte ships"
would swallow up six millions of l,.ds Of
oak timber, which would require f6Ry nil
tto"S OF large, well grown OAK trees. These
tour millions of trees have not vet gioi0,e
IN The extensive A by 81 miles square.
well tlmbered state OF Rhode-Island.
Because timber enough for "tuo-thir Is
OF ahne Of 6dttie slip" is now standin. in
Rhode-lsland, is it any reason, (as icsrn-
ed Salem barroom politician would OBJ
serve why 'ce Should c,a of Dr.. Hoiyoke's
Aead !-ailas, burn the navy yard at
Charlestown With as much proprety it
might be urged, that Seguin, St. Georges
BANK, Greenbay, al the head of Lake
Michigan, were good sites, yea, most ex-
cellent sites tor grand naval establish
'"eHt--Decause--here rGs plenty IF l0ater.
Boston Patriot
September IL.
The Hon john QUINCY ADAHs. with
his family, left town yesterday for the scat
OF governments
Five men who arrived in town on Tues
day evening last, in Tie Eastern Stage
under circumstances calculated 10 induce
suspicion, were yesterday morning ia
ken into custody by the cigiaufhoriiy; &
after some investigation, they were found
to have with item large amount; of
specie.-They state that they belonged
to the BucuOs Ayres private armed schr-
COngressO, OF 10 guns, commanded by
Capt. Almelda, who sailed FROM Balii-
more several months since on a crujze.
that ON the 3d of July in sight of Ma,
dera, they tel ~ with aBd captured The
Spanish ship La industrial RaEsela. Cant.
Oze NADIA, loaded with sugar, coffee, IN.
dgo, and hides, bouud from Havana for
Tenerliie, and after taking from her 500
600, put OF board prize master and
crew, (Of which The men we're parD and
ordered her to Buenos Ayres, but being
short Of provisions and water, they bore
away for the United States, and arri-
we'd off Portsmouth: but stipposing Il
would be difficult 10 condemn her. Sent
a man OF shore at Portsmouth WHO re-.
turned the next day, and two small YES.
sells came of and loaded from the strips
cargo, but where they were to proceed
they do not know that the Captain o.
dered them shore in a small sioOp tu
Portsmouth, whence they came to this
town IN the stsge.-Jher specie, thev
say, was found concealed in the Spanish
ship after the privaieeF left them.
Information from Portsmouth was re-
ccived yesterday morning, that several
oftle above crew who remained IN Ports
mouth had been arrested that thee
landed their specie first upon a small IA