Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-22


'''rhe surgeon OF the Ccaqueror who had
seen Bouaparte) informed me tlat BIS legs
had began 10 swell, and unless he altered his
| mode OF life lie could not live long. He was
quite distant and suky in his manmers, and H.
we'd entirely secluded from all society, except
his immediate attendants.
!" About aweeS previous 10 nay arrival at 81.
Helena, very heavy shock ct an earthquake
had been felt there, which caused the iIhabi-
| tants TO leave their houses, hu. no damage was
done. No American vessel had stopped al tue
| Island since The Miles Standish, (Oct. 20
LoNpoS. November 2G.--rhis is settling d., a, the
Stock Exchange, anG Il, f41eis have beel deciar-
ed.
The funds ~ O'Clock werc consols Tor money. So
Ia for the opening 81 i-s IL The Discount il
computing ibr interest Tor time nearly the rate OF six
per cent The great spectators take the Ia rye
parcels of stock they have par on account of e
scarcity OF money in the city, and rather than forey,
Their chance ri rise ia the funds they make some s
cfee for the continuation OF The account lie hueua
Tons ba, been considerable from - tbcy to near
~ So OH the alarm of hostiics between Spain anu per
tueal; since ihen they baye been gradually advancing
ana are new e34. lCo3iier.
EIfracf Of letter from The aceaf 10 LORDS at On
raitar. aafedof instant.
Passed the Straits to the Essi- md, tie A.criue
Tue river Palmonis"
Extraordinary 1iccidsntIbe following cn,rso,din,
AIRY accident occur ed about nye O'Clock o, liz ,
of Friday senngbt, ~ Carnssihen As drove OF OK
was passing through SpIlman street, of thenI sty
to the Castle Green whence I'D his hedlone course he
fell over the pecipice facing the bridge upou hopsr
OF which The inhabitants asleep in bed II will ma
tuaily be Supposed that the Terror alarm eAci,d ON
The occasion weie great Fortunately however part OF
The rooifelln while the was balancing ailwnrt I,
beam, exactly over bed in which We're two chI,e,,
fast asleep, and who were awakened by rafter fsn,
upon the bed. Notwithstanding all the aud pusiJe
created by this occurrence happy to add no
sonai INJURY was sustained gu the occasion what is
equally remarkable the does appear to baye s.
Tered materially nom his extraordinary descent.
gloucester Herald.
o"cn Tue extraordinary mldhess Of the present sea
sou, that second crop OF is IA s tn.
actually growing Oh soine plants in gzrGcn at Pres
cot. 80
There Is at present in genilerlans garden n Ken,
-,pg,on, Low near this town pear tree the f,ui,
of whose bloom gathered two months ago N ~
since then had fiait from the second bloom and ~
now III bioom for the third time this season.
lLreTpooSpdper, Nor. 20.
Extract Of letter to gcRtiemun in this sn,
dfed Hdtdnd, Dec. 26, 1917.
incioSeu as Price Current for your in
specton, and hope you will therein find some
articles worthy Your attention. Ii is to he
hoped that the embarrassing effects proceed
M from the tedious wars, both on the spanish
Main and the Kingdom of Mexico, will Shortly
snpside,, as their principal causes have been
removed, which circumstance offers a fair
opportunity t. spectators. BY late arrival
from ST. Thomas, we have been acquainted of
the independent general ZaraSas passing over
to the RoyaiiSts, with the greatest partof the
troops under has command and by very
recent news from Vera Cruz have been in,
formed M the fate of general Nina who was
made prisoner on The nth October at a place
called Henaditc, near Flachiguer Exportati.
ons Oh Honr, beef and pork begin to be prettv
general they will, therefore TO all Appearance
snhance IN price. 'ihe great demand for
sugars and coffee, for tile European markets
has OF late had the effect of RAISING their res,
pecuye prices; but the crops ofcane beiur
tins year very abundant, sugars must necessa
rIiy lower ia price, in the course of three or
four weeks, but the article of coffee / an,
afralA, VIII maintain its present Quotations as
the crops have generally failed"
[PkiIa paper.
A letter from respectable gentleman i'm the
Havana, dated Dec. III 1917, to his friend i'm
Georgetown, ). e. says" .*ats Poor Amelia
Island, and indeed the whole Province seems
fated TO suffer more than the horrors Of cnm-
mon warfare-tor as you say, the Beople who
nave taken possession of il, are an unp rinci-
pied set OF men--a cessiOn 10 the o. Staies
which think has or will take place would be
happy thing for tue Inhabitants OF the pro-
vince, because ii wouid relieve them from the
repeated serious evils now experienced from
such piratscal force We are rather siarger-
ed, however, as 10 a cession, from the circ,iu,.
stance of the lniendant of this Mace hayine-
lately received his commission from the King
giving him the additional appointment of In.
! tendanto OF the Two Flordas, Ian appointment
never made betore) with particular instI9c-,
lions 10 do every thing III his power to encou-
rage the settlement of the two provinces add
TO tins his opinion, that the King has not the
most distant idea OF making cession would
give bHi Il faint prospect of such thing ia
king place very SOON" lCk1ris. c. Gag.
by the British Brig >imitv.1
KINGSTON, (Jam.) December 3.-Receut adj
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