Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-15

| Eri,dc. ofa letter from grni'enda i, Nea
Orleans. 10 his friend IN this city, dateo
| 6fh April.
| General JACKSON has erected fort
al The ,nouth of Apalachicola, for the pro
: lection OF his stores, ard Ie.i Capt. Pc
tiers, of The corps ofarlillery,in command
He has proceeded, himself, with 1900 men
IN pursuit OF The ludians."
NachcS Ga<.
CHARLESTON, May 9.--We learn fron,
respectable authority, that number OF
ships are wanting al 'bis port. TO lake of
the remainder of The Cotton in markell
About 5000 bags Of this years crop are
now in town, and probably as much more
expected from the csuntry. trcishis
FROM I'D tn I'D.
Four l,uu.'rrd and ninety seven leaves
of hstt 81. - were Yesterday n,ornin.
srized lay the Ciiy Mars hal, and al five.
O'Clock p. NJ. distributed grabs. amnuS
the peer.
Subscription books were opened al Sa-
vannali on Nesnc, day last, for ihc gsia-
bli>hn-ni of Il cnnpiary, To bp called ne
.Sdrd:.i'ah Rires NGrisrt.sn Company and
in less ihan one hour, more shares uere
subscribed for than auihorizcti, and he
books closed
On Thursday, a subscription was to be
opened al The same place, Tor a Steam
PGcket .Sltp, TO run between Savannah and
Liverpool, under The superiniendan.e di-
rcction and uaYiSa'ion of Cur!. Rogers,
The present Commanded OF the slean, boat
Charleston; Gig Gas.
CAPT. Mayberry, Of the brig Maeon's
Daughter, arrived at Wilmington. n. G..
II days from JacqueneI, furnishes the
following interesting intelligence On ihe
l2ih of April, the Mexican priya.eer sclr.
Florida Libra, was. lying oti asd on, ~
ting pruv!sionS-iht capt of the priva,cer
informed, tiiai Commodore hURY was
then of SANTANA. with fDur sail besides
he Mexican Congress; and tbs he ua:
then IN pursuit Of the schr Bfuius, capt.
Jolly, Ia assist in taking sail island, (,nore
probably Samana) The Florida Libra
was tender 10 Com. Amr,'s II ct. The
Bfuius VAS, al that time, ar Aquain, with
two Spanish prizes The Nason'S Dau.h
Ter sailed on The IL Of April, and ~aw
The Florida Libra Standing 10 the north
and east, with hi sail set.
SAMANA.-As the news Of Gen. Aury's
intending Ia occupy fhis place, MAY prove
true, we extract the following d scrip,lon
OF il from Horses G4zcsteer:-
S'miaa. large bay AT tue cast end ofthc ISL
ana OF 81. Domingo II opens to fhc y T. be
tween Cape SANTANA, (Which is also called Cane
Rrson or Cape Gtcndcur) on the N. and Gaze
raphael y. T. of The former leagues apart
It's mean breadth is about leagues AND il
length 20 leagues Some mariners reckon
Ponitc dlcaque, or league Point, as the souih
ern point OF the bay. winch comes after Cane
Haphaei, and is only u leagues from the hea d
OF The bay, lies in lat. ~ : n. and long. n Is
W. OF Paris. This bay offers safe shelter 10
the stontest sqnaarons. Lying to The wind
ward of the island, il has the advantage over
alI Tie other places as maritime post, which
renders IL capable of protecting The whole gulf
oil Mexico, to which il is in reality kew Tie
entrance difficult, ard very narrow because
from the southern side OF its opening, runs n
breaker, which advances in point towards
Fort Banister, and between which. and The
northern coast, nature has placed the rock or
shallow, called the Rebels.
ms Rock narrOwS the entrance SO that he
tween IT and the land, forming the north side.
IN Tie interior of the bay, it is little more than
500 fathoms. Thus a battery on shore and
another on ile rock, the Rebeis would by their
cross hre, completely defend the entrance
against even the smallest vessels; and battery
on the other side OF the Rebels w ould eflec;uaIy
prevent any vessel from entering betwe cen II
and the breakers