Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-09

| the reservoir ofsprce cou!d 10, he exhausted.
| This is not the case during season of mercan-
| uie alarm, as was abuniantly exemr!itiet dur
| ing the crisis OF 1927. when, in the general
paiilc which seized the country, the notes of
| The 0auN poured III IN such quantities as would
| speedily nave exhausted its supply of gold.
however large. The bank would have wea.
! ihered every casualty but this il would have
rode out the storm ;r.umpiiauiiy; bat scarcely
| had iis hurricane began Ia blow, than it was
evident thai all The ordinary resources OF hui
| man prudence would fail. To shew the nature
! OF tie drain cnler which the bank was theu
| iaboring, II may be stated, that during the
week PRIOR tn the suspension, the loss OF specie
| during the two last day, exceeded that Of th,
| four preceding DAYS. The demands were con-
iinuaiy increasing, that the bank must
have been speedily drained Of lis last guinea
10 guard against this danger the restriction
| is Il proper aud necessary measure but
| permanent restriction in time of peace can
! hardly he necessary. aud indeed IL may be
| doubted whether such measure is actually in
| agitation.
No"FoLa, June 3.-Captain Tr0udnt of The
brig Pdiias, fran Havana, has favored the
Keeper OF the Steam Boat Hotel Reading Room
with the following narrative of an occurrence
on his passage fran Cadiz to Havana, in the
brig Augusta OF Boston ON the LIST OF April
last, being abouteisht leagues -. w from Cape
Maze, ut L. Nj. Saw sail boat coming off
from the land on nearing us she fired Il yOlley
vi hnsketry 10 bring uS to; lay too till she
were lrom and having replied, she ordered MS
To make sail and slaud IN for the land, but he
tore We could get the sails trimmed she fred
about l. shot at us, one OF which went through
Tue quarter board " e stood IN till 5 O'Clock
The wind being light, when Captain +. was
ordered TO board the boat with his papers: size
proved 10 he an open boat, with ii crew OF IL
men, about half OF them blacks The Captain
read over the papers tUlerably weli-Said as
there were lady passengers OH board the An.
gnsta lie would defer his visit to the brig TIL
the MOI ming, and after laying too all night
made sail tor the land. Att O'clock lie told us
10 send our boat aud he would send some men
TO assist in getting the brig in !; accordingly
The hIst officer and six men came on board
eacn armed with II cntiasS. Soon after they got
oil board, one OF tile gentlemen passengers
VINO was standing on the cabin stairs " AS or
dered below by one of the blacks, who al the
same time struck iIm violent blow " it'll the
Hat OF has cutlass. ~ TINS the ladies were
greatly alarmed, and cried bitterly; one or
them, young lady OF tweaty, tainted, and re-
named IN that distressing Situation for con-
siderable time, OWING To ihe confusion ihat
pre'aiied. me ohlcer ordered MS TO clear
away the long boat and get the matches oil,
which. was done. Al 10 A. NJ. anchored thev
Then TOOK the boat aud brought their Ca pt.in
ana or more men on board, and proc. eded
TO search the Brig both aioft and below. They
TOOK most OF The passengers ciothing, the
iauies necklaces aud jewellery, sc. amounting
to or $50 dollars took the mates Quadrant
anC 50 or 40 dollars worth OF clothing ii Om him
bread, u boxes raiSins, box inaccaronies, one
small cask wine one box chocolate, one haw-
ser, some ratIine stnif, &C. and left us When
our BOAT Carried them Oh board teir own ves-
sci they sent as word il we did not yet under
weigh Immediately, thew would board us
aSA, We sot under way and stood off. The
Cdptain OF these pcaToOns gave Captain Trou-
AMI 4 Oil Tor forty dollars, of which the follow.
ing * "a copy.
= acknowledge to have visited the Ameri-
can brig Augusta, coming from Cadiz, and
bound foI New Orleans; being in want of pro.
v>iona. have taken from the same, that is to
aJls. SHIP BREADat56 SIS
cask WINE. % gallons
boxes RAtSINs g
do. MACCARONIES
Total SO
For which did not pay for want Of means.
premise Tie Captain 10 pay him a. tie tirst
Interview at the coast of Cuba anchored at
Savannah-la- Mar. the LIST Aptii, 1918. AMI tat |
ii may be valuable, I sign
1his Mr. Vincent de Matti stated 10 Captain
Ir0uant that he was tender TO Commodore !
Anri, and that lie belonged to Baltimore, which |
pore lie left y months ago-On parting " IA |
Captain I. he made The fOilOwin endorsement |
on the brig register:
ihl. day. ist April. 1915. | make known |
to all Captains and Commanders Of the hide.
pendentS. that have visited the brig Augusta |
OF American construction as well as the Cap |
td'" anu nis Pquipdge-WnICb i fIUU gong !
toward New O'leanS, all thOse who shall read |
tins certificate, salute
VINCENT DE MATTIn
Captain L. left the Augusta at Havana, bav- |
ing exchanged commands with the master of |
the Pdlas. in which vessel lie set sail for Bos.
ton, on the 18Th u'timO. On the nj sht she came
out OF Havana the I'allas sprung leak in the |
lafhoard streak, 80 check which, as il was
gaining very fast, II was found necessary TO |
cut OF several of the tinbtTS ia the run, in or.
der To stun IN old clothes, oC. On the 10Th |
the leak had considerably abatcd. On the
2iih however IL came on to blow, and the YES. |
Sci began to leak again very badly. On the
night of the 25ti, fell in with the ship Asia,
Captain Goodwin OF London, aud requested
nm IL lay ~ the brig during the night, which
lie promised TO do but about 10 O'Clock he |
sent his mate on board with u ietter, to wbich |
he requested on answer which Captain f.. ac
cordIngiy returned. The neNt day Captain
Trouant observed TO the master Of the Asia |
thai as they were boih standing upon the same |
course, ifhe womb Keep by him aud permit !
bis men oCca.iOnailS To assist him uutIl they |
tell in with some Aneiicau vessel he would |
pay him $ 200 per day (iusicad of the terms
proposed by Captain g. IL las letter the pre-.
Ced,ng evening" but 10 this offer Captain G.. |
objected, bui made oct Il proposition ~ writ |
ing, winch lie sad he would GiTe Captain \. |
All oay 10 make up his mnd upon and If he |
finally concluded not TO acccde to ii. he would |
leave i'm. IN tlie course of the ddy CAPTAIN
j. found that the leak was rapidly encreastug
aud MS crew being almost exhausted with ~. |
ceSsant labor at The pniups-and ne American |
vessel appearing Nv sight. lie was c0mpeiied TO |
slsn Tie articles which Captain g.. had propOs
81. The terms of this osfeoe,eHt. lhus eAtort |
eel by necessity, Captain T. for CERTAIN reason. |
l..R ecitUel ug nor fl..ttt 1t.s