Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-19


OF TWO atfcr The event, 10 put uaon paperi
II was he also, who siaus entered lieutenant
Scott and his party, on The Flint river. not
long ago. He had been oaftuued by his
counirymen for his perfectly scvcpe pro-
penslties-was murderer by trade. a IA
vori'e atcourt, and The ally of England I
lNiiss,s Reg.
MILLEDGEvILLE. June 2-We under
stand captain Wright has been arrested
by order of Gov. Rabun, and is now on
parole IN this place, waiting the ory.nizs.
uon OF a court martial. IReNscto,..
We understand that the latest aoviccs
rom New Orleans, represent il To be ,e-y
Sticky al HAT place, aud that fears are cn-
'eriahed HAT il will be as fatal this .s ~
me 'asI season. The police of the cii-
Is represented 10 be extremely defective.
The u. :, froooDs al fiattsN.rS have
lieen ordered 70 ,cssew their I:,bours o.,
TIE military road commenced last season
near hat place. If5.
NEW ORLEANS, MAJ SIS YOU nav
perhaps have 2 report of tl,A small ncx
being prevalent in this city, ihjak il ,..,-
per TO State that few cases have Ia,,iv
appeared. but II is not appretcnded thar
The disease will prevail TO any alarming
extent.
The brig Mary Ann, Lee, from New
york or Perth Amboy, has been seized
by the revenue officers and libeiicd for q
violation ftlie laws relative 10 the inner
'alIon OF slaves, she having landed d per
sons OF color without permii-36 Of
whom are IN possession of the custom
house officers. The captain of The Mary
Ahn Is heid 10 bail IN thesum Of S &C, 600.
NATCHEz, May ID. The question of
Fulton and Livingston's privilege is again
agitated, by suit brought in The Federal
Court Of New Orleans, against the Steam
Boat Constitution. We wait with anxiety
the result ola question involving the most
prominent Interests of Western America.
CHARLESTON, June 10. :. We are au-
,horlzed and we deem il our duty 10 give
fuller statement of the facts. than that
contained III our paper of NJ onday last. If,
relation 10 the Free People Of Color and
Siaves, who were taken up on Sunday.
whilst holding an unlaN ful meeting in The
form OF distinct congregation as from
me TASTY manner in which The paragrapE
was drawn up, erroneous Impressions NAV
go abroad. Ii Is we'll known that in every
Church IN Charleston, aud thronclous
Inc state, Recommendations are provided
Tor such ct the Negroes and Free Pepple
oil Coicr, as choOSefo attend Divine Ser
wee, and that large numbers OF them srs
Communicants. BY suudry Acts Of tie
Legsiafarc, II IS positively forbidden that
Slaves or free People Of Color shoGld as
Senioie Tor tire purpose Of meHai IN
siructioD, unless majority offi,e ssseg,.
bly, be composed Of white persons. This
law mas been oil force s,uce the wear $500.
and, until lately, has been so far observed
'hat The public authorities had no occa-
sion TO take measures under 1t. A few
weeks since, some blacks constituted as
bishops and Preachers in one of the
Northern cities came here, and endeayor
cd TO hold meetings of black conareqa
lions exclusively and one Of their con
Sresations was taken up and confined.
ana me next day dismissed personally by
the CITY Magistrates, who explained the
law TO them, and admonished them midi
ylduaiiy 10 abstain from repetition of a
like breach Of the laws. TIE Black Priests
afterwards endeavored 10 get The Civ
Council TO grant a dispensaiion and allow
them TO hold their meetings in the way
ihey wished. Ii was fully explained gain
10 them, that the law Of the safe was OBJ
ilgatory on the City Council, who Hoi on
~, without the presence of a single white
person, could not dispense witt, lis pro-
VISIONS, but were also disposed 10 slipport
so essential part Of tue policy OF The
stale. Notwithstanding all these lenient
measures, The same Preachers. in anen
violation of The law, and in defiance as il
were both of the state and city aufhori
ties, last Sunday held in house in the
suburbs of The city a large and unlawful
assembldgc ofFree People Of Color and
Slaves, as they had done before. This
asse IDLY was taken up by the City Guard.
aud although every individual was liable.
by law, both to imprisonment and corpo
raj chaStisement, yet tie penalty was M
tigated. and inflicted only on a few OF lie
ringlsaders. rs Patyioi.
THE EXECUTION.
On Saturday, lie 9Th instant. JOHN II.
CRAIG was executed at Chester, penn
tor the mnrd r of Edward Hunter, Esn.
Precisely al | o'clock the prisoner MAS
TAX Ell from sP t-aOl aud .I.,c,,a...I A.. ~