Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-01

\ N'ths obetbA, fttHin eU 10 tiSbsn Il lew ud\S
before Captain Holmes sailed, having botn
robbed oil 5 100000 specie. Several other i'or-
t"gnese vessels had been rinndeicd by rrNa-
teers.
From F,anee.-Captain Hazard Of the brg
REINDEER, from Bordeaux, has politely handed
| us lille oi Paris papers 10 the 10Th alt. the
same dates from that place as ayr IouLou
papers contain. One OF them states that tue
| harvest had begun round Paris aud the ear,
are heavy aud ptOunt tive. - Every where
there seems the prospect OF =. ii,oSi abuudaut
crop OF all sorts oi gram and at an Caiiier pc
rou by several weeks than usual. In Cham.
payne they will, IL i, lioughI, not have suiii.
cicnt number of casks tor The wine"
The Russian Government las laid duiy Of
10 per cent. for nine years. all grain, ial.ow,
INT, iiniseed, h-inp, wax, potash, and hogs
brisiles.
Aug1ss 26.-Yesterday was "a stormy
| anu ioggy day, but tine day for our
merchants and undern riters.-'Ihe \. T..
"!nd waited INTO port uuncrOus vessels
with valuable car.ocs. We have the
names al ii ships aud bligs, all from
Europe, aud The pilots who came up lasi.
report ships ami several other vessels in
The oiilns. OF tie arrivals, ships and
brig are from Liverpool. Mey. Hde.
BosToN, August a.. Major Gen.
Brown az Suite visited on Saturday the forts
IN the harbor. He WAS accompanied by his
EXceiiency the Governor and staff. his
tionor:he Lieutenant Governor, the Hon.
Council, the Hon. Mr.. Williams, and MIR.
Johnson, Senators from Louisiana, the
hon. Mr.. Eusiis, our late minister al the
Hague, tile Hon. Mr.. Oils, Gen. Sullivan
anu Suite, CommOdOrrs Hull and Cdssin
Gen. Dearborn, The Collector OF The Pnrl,
Gen. Porter, and Col. Fenwick, of he
Light Artillery, with other gentlemen OF
distinction, civil and military.
he good order of The Notifications, the
high slate OF discipline ui The troops,
tvinced IN tier cvcluiions and iirines, al
.nrdcd gr'a satisfaction To all. After
The exercises, an elegant collation. by Col.
EisiIS, WAS pafiaken of by the company,
who returned 10 Town about 4o'clock,
liafI7ot
MELANCHOLY DISASTER.
NORFOLK, August 26.-On Tuesday
lasi as small sloop rugged vessel .rom
jamestown was coming down the river
with passengers for Norfolk, she was
struck with d sudden flaw oi " md off Hog
Island, and Immediately capsized and
illicd with water. Tie passengers were
Mr.. Bcatson, his wife and their Two chit
drtn, who had been residing a short time
al James Town, and were coming 10 sell
lie M tins place. AZ the moment The YES
sci capSized, Mir b. and lis wife were
sitiing together III The cabin, directly un-
der the iialciiway their eldest hiiie boy
about 3 years of aye was standing be-
tween them, and HE Youngest, annfant.
laying III lis mothers lap. The neAi mo-
mcni,' and they were ali verwhelmed i'm
the waicry rlement.-The iiap!ess mo-
Their alone survives 30 recount the horrors
pf tLn and ,:,n,,rp <,,.a, 4. N ,.....i
her happiness. From her we have The
story of her affections. By What ac
cideut she escaped ihe fate of her hus.
band and little ones, she is unable to tell.
having lost all recollection at the dreadful
moment Of their separation.
With the assistance Of The two persons
who belonged 10 Tie beat, she cluns 10
lie deck, for about hours, " hen tIeirsi-
'uaiion WAS perceived by MIR. Hunmcuti
rom The Surry shore, uho kindly sent a
boat iutheir relief and had then, taken to
his house, where this afflicted female re-
oelved the most soothing and hospiiab.e
treatment. MIR. II. then sent his boat
back and brought of The bodies OF The de-
ceased Mar beatson and The iw0 babe.
and had them deceniiy inferred. Tie
sloop was risi.tcd and baled Out Oh The
following Thursday, and arrived herr -
Saturday last.
Mr.. Beatson and his family were from
Yorkshire, tEtg.and) and had been bat
short line III ,his country. They were
poor but very reputable people. The 81
tuaiion OF Mrs. q. at this time. is su!li
c!enl appeal 10 the benevolent. Bcrcii of
all that was deari her deprived ofbome.
OF protection and support destitute OF
every means at subsistence III strange
place, and without a solitary irieud or ac-
qmainiance, save what her misiOIiunes
may nave acquired her. Need more be
SAID [HraM.
Major JAMES MAURICE, OF This b.
aousiI, has been appointed United States
Agent Tor tortlhcations at This post and
lis vicinity. RI.
Emigra6om-To The number of emf
grants who have landed at this port the
prcsentye from tie Old World, (already
greater ilan we have known il for MANY
years. may be added ~ who arrived on
Wednesday in the Higson from Cork.
we may look oui every hour for three o.
tier arrivals viii, passengers from the
Felicity, Which sailed, the former 3 and
the lailcr days before The IIgson and
The ship Maria, which was TO sail in . day
w W. u''Si' -AHhS pcuNcbt vi 'htSt, iUc
! Slcaln Boats keep up constant ingress
and cgrcSs Of strangers from all paris Of
the country, travelling TO almost every
point Of the compaSs.--it will therefore
not be diSagrcesb!e piece OF intelligence
TO the distant friends Of those who thus
visit our Borough, 10 state, that il is al
present as ii has long continued TO be,
as iieaiiby is any part OF the country
There is in ruth nothing here that can
mar lie comfort Of any body, bni the
nightly h0wlings of those Lrvitss dsiur-
bers OF rep0se, tie dogS. lb.