Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-18
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WASHINGTON, August i3--The Minis
Ter of France has returned Ia the seat of
government. from which he has been a
short time absent, OH u viSil to his seal la
New Jersey.
The Harmony Society have, within a
very few years, aiade extensive purchases
of public lands in Indiana on the east
bank of the Wabash, abou, thirty miles
above lis confluence with the Ohio. We
are assured that, from field of one hun
dred and fiity acres, they had reaped, this
year, six thousand bushels of wheat, be-
ing al the rate of forty bushels AN acre.
The land cost them tW0 dollars IN acre.
In England, land is worth 20 or 80 years
purchase In Indiana, single crop
pays about twenty times The price Of The
land. Nat. {nt.
New YORK, August IL, We received,
yesterday. by the schr. Pint, Bermuda
paper of the Goth ult. which states thai
the schr. Ceres, GO days from New York,
and generally supposed 10 be lost, had
been spoken and supplied with wafer by
"a vessel from Halifax few DAYS after
the same vessel tellin with the Ceres again,
gave her Is gallons and left her about 200
miles from land. They report that the crew
had been Obliged 10 drink rum instead of
wafer, and some Of them we're in state
OF intoxication. It's added. the vessel
has been twice seen from the land, but
either from the strong currents that run
round the island, or the lncapaciiy of
lhe crew, had not been able to gel in.
The following letter from The American
Consul al Havrr, We received yesterday by
HE ship Rubeon.
. American Consulate, Havre,
June 25th, 1878.
Gentemen-I beg leave, through The
medium of your paper, 10 inform my Eel
low citizens. that having used in vain e.
very means IN my power 10 suppress the
abuses and overchargos oil the ship bro
kers of this port, who still persist in de-
1nandIng franc and 80 centimes per ION
for their services, have determined to "a
vail myself Of The faculty accorded to
Consuls OF entering and clearing at the
Custom House the vessels of Their respec-
tive uations. In consequence, masters of
vessels are invited immediately OH their
arrlval:to apply al my office, where Il spe-
cial department is established for The
transactions OF their business with the Gus
tom House, as at Lisbon and other pa-
ceS.
| am respectfully, gentlemen, your
Obedient sevant,
"R. 6. BEASLEY,
Consul of the u. States al
llie port of Havre.
Messrs. Lang, Turner II Co.
New York"
EM!GRANTS.
Some mistake appears 10 prevail in re-
iaiion 10 The French emigyants settled in
the Alabama Territory A poriioA Of
them, at the head of which General
I.allemand is placed, has occupied part
OF The province of Texas, and have is
sued manifesto, declaring their inlcn-
ion 10 hold that province. 1t was, at
nrSt, supposed, that these were the emi-
grams 10 whom congress so literally
bad extended It's protection, and who, i'm
a spirit Of speculation and ingra,itudc,
had sold the land and gone INTO ihe Spa
hlsh Territory. We are however, inform.
"'l, HAT this company, at The head Of
winch we ind Joseph Bomparie, Mar
s.ial Grouehy, L. FcVre Desnouettes,
y ausel, and other respectable emigranis,
nave 90 intention 10 yacale their lands,
10 speculate on the bounty OF congress,
or give any cause Of regret To the Ame-
lIcan people that have extended To
'leu the hand OF projection and assls-
lance on the coniraTy-we learn that
iiie conduct of those who have gone into
Texas meets with their decided disappro-
patton, and that they have deprived them
OF Tie rights which they possessed by
These independent associations, " iih aTiss
~ their hands OH our borders, they must
occupy the attention OF the government.
These coniedefacies in quarter where !
INN population is found, may give us Sc
rio1a trouble ~ time.-On the threshold
oil these expeditions measures should be
'aken 10 prevent their extension, and auy
eyii consequences whic!, may grow out Of
'hC@. Nat. Adv.
Forgery morning a check
purporiing 10 be drawn by Messrs. Pot
o. Kline 0H HE u. 5. Bank, Tor Coz
1oliars, was presented for payment by
,"o very obscure persons who were de
'dined 10 tile bank I'LL the check was as
rtLiaihed TO be forged They were tier
,"hen 10 the police Office, and after a tho
,o"Bh examination, committed 10 priso,
80 await their trial. One OF the men sal,
e was SERGEANT belonging iothe patrio
'P O"fiaso, the other is = German.
IN Y. Ner. .AdC.
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