Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-02

for debt, seems 10 have occupied an un
usual nnmber of wris or actions during
tI,e spring terms ofthe courts---in the first
iudicial district, we are told their num-
bers II, Prince Georges county were IA
bove any former precedents as 10 non
returns: and there WAS talk during the
last conrlabout a renewed case at Disg"s
rsrsHs The Engineers and C"minandcr OF
Marburion fori, upen herri cl"fc OBJ
tanned injunction writ, {" stop The pubic
works nj particular points. and 10 stay
dilsnidaIions on his slie,is, out houses,
re. &c. outside Of The Fort limiis-tlcrc-
bv 10 remove dispute thereon irnm the
war office for d trial before court aud
jury. [1mepo2is I'D. R.pajheaa.
ANNAPOLIS, MAY 2G.-The Hon Nn,.
PinkDcy Gate minister - Russia, and
family arrived, eff THIS harbor on Friday
evcnii;s lasiin The ship Plato, capt. SEi,b,
in SO DAYS from Bremen. MIR. Pukne,
and t;,in,i> landed on Saturday morning,
an. e vessel proceeded 10 Baltimore.
We learn that IL L. his intention 10 wait
the arrival Of lhc President u. the Unit
e.. States who is expected in this city OH
Wednesday, nest. fepRtLcdn.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2S.--A bin Of
Grand jury of the Circuit Court Of The
Uniied States against Vim. Wood, aliaS
H-ssineion, one ofjhe arceSSaries, before
liz, iaei, oil the haze Mail Robbery. The
;rLj viii commence on Monday next.
'iArre Mas also d bin seni against -------
Davis, which was reiurucI lguoianius
Here was no evidence against Davis,
except !iis o,sH confessions, which were
a. iGc on the promise OF pardon, and
widya tNculpaied him, from any know
ledge 81 he robbery, before II was com
mliied 'fhs was thr person who gave
the Information which led 10 Tie aclec-
tior oF john Alrxardcr.>
In The brig Rising sun arrived at this
por, Yesterday from ori-au-Priuce, came
> pa senger., nlr. TAYLOR (nho vent on, in
the HorneO and Riessrs. john Lynch,
Rikeof, Kuhn and Merritt.
2 The U. 8. sloon of wa, II rnet, cart Reed,
arrived at Cape Henry ftOm NeA Yors and
proceeded III. 2Sta Aprll, for Port an Prince
His maje>Iy King HeUrS having refused 10
coSmise Mr.. Taylor, as agent from the United
States, that gentleman proceeded in the Hcr
net. Pal LEICESTER
.EIt,aci ofa letts, Jri.om an officer of the
G'rited States ship Hornet, to ms reid3i0n
IN PAiadeipiid, dated Cape Henry. Apr.l
26, 1878.
" W. arrived here after Il passage of
twenty daEs, having had mostly head
breeze the whole Wayne had a squall
oriwp, but no serious blow. TIE APP
pearance Of the land III approaching Cape
lt"nry, is mountainous iii tue extreme,
as you may suppose from lis being seen
ION clear day) al least seventy siiies off.
We anchored one and half miles from
the beach, directly opposite the town, and
went the next day 10 view the curlosilIts
OF the place. We iouni II 10 be IL mo
mserabl, hole, presenting the same APP
peaIance a. She day after the revolution
and massacre OF the French. Three
fomr.h> ~ Tie houses are In ruins, and the
resi- Inhibited by the most miserable
of beiags that can we'll be conceived
o., almost naked, amsi eating d parcel of
root oec. w!!ru forms their principal
food
in conjunction with the other officers, |
Was Invited Ia thrc or iour dinner parties,
ari Introduced to several American la
dies, and Brick Dakes and Cop,its, &c.
some of Chti>lophe's couriiers-a great
honor.
We are going from here tomorrow
n.orning FOR fort aU Prince, from thence
TO Vera Cruz, apti iaence 10 Copenhagen,
when We shall rc'Tace orr steps, aud 81
iurn eili'er to NeN York or Norfolk
iRost probably TN latter. | iare av W
shall be hack in Nov, mbec or December.
II srsl a!uch tiiH not know we were
goinS 70 Copenhagen before We SET oul,
- ynu ns,hi have procmred me some let
te's o. introduction; however, if The inna-
?, Jnis t3ere, are as hospliablc rs here,
a shall no, have much cause to regret the
sganl OF Item.
The <mgof HdY'i lives about Is miles
from town, in a palace GALES, Sans Somci,
on the top oil all immense hiII-and il is
called his strong hold With some reason,
"a he has three hundred pieces of brass
cannon constantly loaded, an, also seven
years PROVISIONS for ten thousand men
t'he number of his body guard = add 10
which tie mountain i inaccessible bul
from narrow path, where twenty men
Wftii Two eiSlieen pOudders, might defend
u against one bundled ihousand--so thai
he Is ID pretty goot sec arlly, should his
subjects ever attempt la rise upon linn.
winch Is not all improbable, as lac is the
greatest tSTant perhaps on the face of The
globe lac Is suSpl 'lous in the highest d.
gree, a. he permits no strangers to see
him, nor any his subjects, even his pri
Wy c0unsehorS, without bong searched
and being obliged to undergo great ma,
ny precautionary examinations.
On our arrival here, we sent on shore
toknOw whether salute would be return
Ell; The answer WAS yes. Upon which we
iired a saihle oftw Bty one guns-which
was answered by seventeen. Captain
Kea was excessively anggy at their inlpu-
dence, aud sent on sh0re ~ demand the
reason why lis salute had not been re-