Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-20
DOMESTIC.

Fort Claiborne, ia Monroe county, a spot
Which, until Ike late Indian war, sas
scarcely hi'own TO tcAife people, except ihe
lew who l,Sd among ihc lnCiaus. II is
on The banks Of The Aiabama. about 60
mics above Fort Sloddert. Two wears
ago, There MAS btt a sm.i cabin on The
spot Where the Town now stands, and IT
Is computed That The towu nnY c0niaIus,
twenty seven lunNred inhabitants. a.
inousi! the whole al HE land .iiI bciunks
10 the indian nation, there are a cvuh-
hous. and jan, as weii as IA vasie,y vi. pri-
waite buildings erectrst los the pur.,oses tt
pubic justice and oi Io!nesiic cuinioi :
ana, Ii Is VITA rta rei II Is si,s;ed, i:s;i'gtAe
jan MAS crowded. With criminals, -s,nf;, II
whose Cases were III hIsbiS Interesting
hatnrc. A.i india.t, iDr one, hGu iitvu Iii-
"icted, Tor The murder Of a white ,.saa.
AMI SiA or eight w!.!,c men had r...,. IA
dlci.u, Tor having Gas ihe reader u.a, re.
member 10 .iaA seen u stated some. t,u,e
ago. murtc,ed several Indian PRISONERS.
Mo were shCt and k:iied when bound
ana passing uhoer Use protection Ola
guard from Eoii Claiborne 10 Fort siunr-
soinery. Iiils Is crime, II established.
calling Tor all the energy of The law. n
disposition Is said 10 prevail aimon" lie
people, fas orabie 10 The repression OF sucn
ry species OF offence against HE laws and
against tie pubiir peace. tIiese are on .
Jects which We had rather see eiiecir,i bv
civil than by military law. Mar. Ia
A letter received In this CITY firm aqr,.
tieinan living al alexandria, al the fails Of
Red River, IN Louisiana, under date of
10Th September, gi, cs a tiaiterng view Of
the rapidly improving stale of thai coun-l
Try. Lands and town lots" the writer
says, have risen beyond all expectation.
we nave now at Alexandria, twenty mer
camille establishments, whose imports NAV
oe estimated at from $50 10 800, 900 DOL
lars per annum. The crops of This parish,
VIII Ibis year amount 10 about 400 GOO dol
lars, at The present price of cotton: thev
are now very promising, and our parisL
generally enjoying unusual prosperity
Land, whicl was bought in 1896 al iiuv
cents per acre, has recently been sold. in
'rAct o. 800 acres, al twenty eight dol
lars per acre" IH
October 10. MIR. Secretary CRoWNIN-
SHIELD has resigned HE Office of Secre-
tary OF the Navy. Ais successor is not
Vel named.
WereSrel 10 learn that le;tersh have reach
ed The Navy Department, announcing that
the fri9a,e Nacetienian, Capt. Dotcnes, has
been dismasted IN a hurricane, after bav-
from port on her destined cruise into The
Pacific. She has put into port under iu-
ry masis. Pins is disaster which Our
vessels of war have been fortunate enougb
rarelyto encounter.
lie Post Master General has conferred
on Mr.. PhINEAS BRADLEY, for MANY
years CLERK III the General Post Office.
he appointment of Junior Assistant Post
Master General, III the place of Seth Pcase,
Esq. resigned.
Colonel George GIBSON, Commissa-
~ General OF the Army, has arrived in
tlis city, and assumed the duties of his
Office.
SHIP-BuILDING appears 10 revive from
the depression aud discouragemrntr ndrr
which II has labored for The last ten wears.
In this revival II is probable lie Naviga-
iioh Act has some agency. Two vessels
were launched OH tie 3lsf ult.-one at
Mfdford, Mass. called the Mercury. IN
tended for the Liverpool tra.ie; the other
III the nejghborlood of Boston, Mass.
called the Candace, of 800 tons hurlIisn.
being the second oil that burihcn launched
from The same yard within five weeks.
Nessrs. McLane aud Hall, the present repre-
sen,atives frcm The state of Delaware, The Que
Federal aud tire other Republican, are elected
10 the neNt Congress
We learn that Gen. RoBER- SwARTwouT is
"IPO'"'c", ny tue '-IesiueHt, 10 be navy agent
at New YORK, vice j Bulius, deceased
The late English papers inform us of tie
death OF the celebrated WAREEN Hastings,
ist'ns',S ,,oeeIhoI 'Ieherai OF Bengal, and the
subject OF more publ e attention tran a.tv man
CT d n,s Jay. ms age IS stated AT &c years. ID
,,, e.. 1,'. OF STATE tmr. Adams) re-
da, 80 ~ ."u sta, OF government on Wednes-
b;.,n 80" ''''' W MS connexions III Massa'
chMsetts. TD.
We learn frsm st. Mary's (West) that liie OBJ
fn, W Ip 10y ,eoen.;y h.id ny commissioners