Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-10

them up. They then demanded OF the
President the KEYS of the vault which
were refused. Whereupon they resolved
TO prevent the officers from entering said
bank and 10 turn them ont should they
by any means gain admittance, Which
they have hitherto done. The bank re-
mains shut, the President having The KEYS
VI the vault and committee having the
keys of the honSe. These highland
proceedings are disgrace 10 any country
and we have yet 10 learn what apology
those concerned can make for thus dis
placing the lawful officers OF The bank.
n lew days previous TO this affair an at
tempt was made to poison John Is. y.
Smith, and his whole family by giving
them arsenic. The aiiemp' was made by
negro belonging 10 Mr.. Smith by put
ing tie poison into Il pan OF saiisagps
bat fortunately he pui in so much that il
caused Immediate vomiting, by which
means the intended victims were saved.
iit' negro was taken, confessed the fact,
and was committed to- Jail. An attempt
was afterwards made 10 burn the Jail -
There IS no lnii.naion that these acts had
any connection with ~ affairs Of the
bank. [Ee,tucLy Aro,ns
Ettrdct Cfa letter from q gentismd,, an Gal
hcp0Hs, Ohio, dated Uarch 9.
We have great fresh The river O.
hio is al least sixty feet above low water
mark /; Marietta is under water, as are
some parts OF Cincinnati; we are high AMI
dry"
GsoRGErOwN, April 6.--Some DAYS
since, We published an extract Of letter
from Providence, Or IL relative TO Capt.
lt"ath-the extract was taken from The
New York Gazette. We were Yesterday
politely favored with the perusal Of lei
ter from Capt. Heath 10 his friend in this
place. So Tar from "aN Rhode Islq,,d be-
tng IN arms, or an uniricndly disposition
shewn 10 'he Captain, the people of Pro
vidence behaved i'll the most respectful
aud handsome manner. 1t is true Capt
Ill. WAS arrested, but the Chief Justice
postponed the trial, in order 10 give time
TO prepare counsel, aud did not even hold
hun 10 bail, iocoSely telling him, that % as
he igas a Virginiao, has aord uas sufficient
TOR las appearance" (5feSseneer.
A young gentleman formerly Of this
town, and now an officer in tie Patriot
service, writes from Augustura to his IA
ther in this place, and gives him an ac.
count OF the very tiaiiering reception he
met with from Gen. Bolivar. lie states
the army of the Independents now al San
Fernandas 10 be fifteen thousand well
disciplined troops, and that they are des-
tined To attack Caraccas-this is confirm
Ell by subsequent Intelligence, which
states, that Al Porto Cabcllo The Supe-
rior's officers learnt That the Rovalists
had suffered signal defeat from the In-
20 t.a..( Tl..
within few days march of Caracas. On
the l4th INST. despatch was received bv
the commaDdant at Puerto Cabello from
Caracas, which was supposed to give an
account ofthe above disaster, as nothing
was allowed to transpire. Much dissatis
faction Is SAID TO exist among the Spanish
soidlery. Some of Brion's squadron had
recently made many valuable captures"
N
New LONDON, April Capt. Heath,
on his return, informed a gentleman in
this city, that the affair between Captain
Perry and himself was definitiveIy settled.
TO mutual satisfaction lG~r.
We have some confused accounts, by
lac arrivals from ALGIERs, advantageous
conduct OH the part Of the Dey, 10 the
families OF European consuls resident
there. There Is so muck evident fable
in these accounts, that all that we can re-
ly OIL, Is, that the present Dey Of AIgiers
is, as most OF tie Deys before the last
have been, OF a ferocious and vimdictive
temper, regarding no law but his own
will. and the disposition of the Jani0sa-
ries. MAJ. Int,
PENSIONS.
We shall continue to publish the act
for making provision for the officers, sal
Tors and soldiers of the revolution, daily.
The act directs, that the fact of service
be sworn to, by the person applying for
pension, and contemPlates, that the evil
denre of the poverty ofthe applicant be
sabsiantialed by other testimony. We