Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-11
DOMESTIC.


WAsHINGToN, Novembcr5 .-The 81
CRETARY OF the NAVY has returned 10
Washington from a visit 10 his .ative
state.
IL the state ofVermont primitive sim
pliciiy prevails in perhaps d greater de
gree than IN any state IN The Union.
There IS as yet 40 Ba3sb IN that state
Propositions are before the Legislature
ior Incorporating three.
lNeSSrs. Gales aim .Seaton:
You have inserted long letter from
hlENC, on tsuvy, whose argument is,
mat because government in coin gives
a certain quantity of copper silver, or
gold, and ilXes interest al 5or 6 per cent.
The man who asks more than legal iiiie-
rest, is as guilty as Tie man who puts of
lalse, debaSed com In llIe FIRST case,
CON being an article of commerce, the
hCl,ierdeEdlIds more orlcss Tor IT, accord
'hS olts scarcity OF abundance ~ the
other case the debaser IS guilty of iraud
by delivering that which contains less
copper. silver, and gold, dian il processes
ill short, lac Is a cOuE,erieiter. When
usurer and d c0unterleter are svnoni-
mes, the reasoning of Menu viii be aRpli-
cable; but until sense and folly are the
samc, hope you viii not again deprive
" OF useful or agreeable Information,
by deyo.lng column 10 such iarsen.
Nat Int. HOMO.
EAST FLORIDA.
Nov. UT las fallen within our pow
er 10 satisfy some of the queries propos-
ed few days ago BY correspondent i'm
our coamus. The subj0iDed article. on
East Florida, IS from source entitled 10
the highest credit, and, as the reader
will perceive, from It's uDIdorned matter
OF fact character, was made without any
view 10 publication. Having derived con-
siderable instruction from d perusal of ii
ourselves, we obtained PERMISSION, from
the friend 10 whom il was addressed, 10
make use of il for lie Information of the
public.
The particulars of The state of Easl
Florida, thus obtained, are the more ac-
ccptable al this moment, when rumor
is abroad, and stated with confidence al
most amounting 10 certainty, that the
government has obtained, OF has an Us
surance of obtaining, by negotiation, a
cessOu of that country from Spain. How
ever reasonable and prohabl t pears,
that Spain should be willing to divest
herself OF territory which is not only OF
no adyaniage, but an incumbIance 10
her AMI however wIiiiuy our govern
mont might be 10 Obtain on reasonable
tcrms tins country, continually infested
as it Is by wandering tribes Of runaNays
and outlaws, who hold the nelghbOriag
country in terror Of their rutiian yio-
lence; and however certain il is that this
country must. al no distamtday, enure to
the United Siatye--we are pretty conf
dent the rumor we have aIIudedtO is pre-
mature a., so far from any treatyor COM
pact having been concluded for tie ces-
sion Of tlai country by Spain 20 the uni
ted States, we are under The Impression
that no official communications have
passed between the two governments Oh
tie subject. Nat INT.
Notes.-The Editors hayebecn favored
with Translation OfH important official
document relating 80 the affairs Of South
America, which fell Into their hands after
the copy had been prepared fOrtins DAYS
Impression, aud is therefore necessarily
deferred 60 the next. The paper is eutl-
tied An Exposition of the Proceedings
of the Supreme Government Of the Unit
ed Provinces Of South America, during
the present administration, g. is from ihe
pen of Juan Marlln de Pneyrfedon, Pre-
sideni of The Republic of BucnOs Avres
II is one OF tie most able aud interesting
maniiesioes Of a foreign nation, we have
ever seen, and cauaOt fail 10 attract gene
raj attention. The elegance Ofthc trans
| latIOu d0rs rare justice to The merit d
the original. 10.
The question, on Which there has beer
/ 50 much difference, or rather 50 little a
gTeement ~ opinion between Oug princi
I IT, a u a.