Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-05

seNes warranted 10 INFER from thence, that
The disease cannot exist in England, be-
cause IN the first place, disease, resem-
bling In most respects the plague. is well
known 10 have prevailed here in many
periods OF our history, particularly I'M
1866, andfuriher, il appears tina, in ma
ny places, and in climates of various ma
lure, The plague has prevailed after inter-
walls OF very considerable duration.
Your Committee would also observe.
down 10 The year 1900. regulations were
adopted which must have had the effect
OF preventing goods infected with the
plague from being shipped directly Tor
Britain and they abstain from giving auy
opinion on the nature and application of
Inc quarantine regulations, as noi falling
wi'hin The scope OF inquiry 10 which they
nave been directed but they see no
reason toqucsiioD the validity ofthc prin.
ciples on which rhregulaiions sppear,o
have been adoptrd.-Juue IA. 1919
~ Tie Flour IF Potdtoes.-A patent has
been recently obtained al Paris. IA gold
| medal bestowed, and other honorary
distinction granted for the discovery and
practice OH large scale Of preparing from
| potatoes a fne flour I, sago, a -four equal
| TO ground rice, aud a seminole or paste. of
which 10. is equal TO l J h. rice u lbs.
'erinlcelli, or. !, Is asserted, Slbs OF raw
potatoes.
These preparations are found valuable
TO mar with The "heaicn -four for bread,
TO make biscuits, pastry pye.crusis and
Tor all soups, sruels, and panada.
| Large engagements have been made for
| these preparations with the French s,arine
and military aud other hospitals, will the
appreciation OF the faculty.
An excellent bread, it is said, can he
made OF this flour, al halt the cost Of
| wbcaien bread.
Heat having been applied in these pre-
| paraiions, the articles will keep unclaimed
Tor years, and on 6oard shlp, 10 China and
back, rats, mice, worms, and insects do
not infect or destroy this flour.
Simply mixed with cold water, they are
IN ten minutes fit for food, when fire and
all olhsr resource may be wanted ; and ~
ounces are sufficient for days sustenance,
| II OF necessity.
| The Physicians aud Surgeons in the
Hospital, III case of great debility OF the
stomach, have employed these prepare
tlons With advantage.
| The point of this discovery is, the
| cheapness OF preparation and The CONVEX
sion of surplus growth Of potatoes into Il
Keeping stock, in an elegant, portable and
! saiubrieus form. Our crops OF tie present
| growth will want some novel means of
| consumption.
Apg. 49,. EXTRACT Of letter dated
Batiaaocs, June ID" The non. inter-
course with America produces no incoB-
vepInce IN our colonies in general; and
tins island, al least, is perfectly inde,5ep-
dent oil The Uniled States. The intercourse
with British America is extensive and
beneficial TO us [; that with Bermuda is
growing last, aud have never known the
Island III greater prosperity. Within two
years tie value OF laud has advanced 100
per cent. We have not heard of any dep
relations by the iasurgent vessels, since
the toriitude was plundered off Madeira.
There is nothing to be unprecedented from
Brlon's cruizers. A strange proceeding
took place III TobagO few months ago
a Spanish ship from the Havana vas taxi
EN- Dy the insurgents, and the cargo seId
AT iobaso; the sugars were purchased by
British merchants, and the chief past sent
10 lIibra!idr. II this vessel vas insured
III England, 1t Is 10 be hoped the under
writer's were apprised of the circum-
stance"
lITG"sf0fed for tie Boston Daily Adrcrtiser.J
81. PETERsBURGH, July IA. In the
month OF May arrived the frgate Kamr
skaicha under the command OF Capt. Gol~
ownin OF The Imperial fleets, so celcbrat-
ed by bis voyages and advenfures-She
brought Nv Intelligence FROM this distant
quarier-ln the course of the summer
they have been visited by two American
and one English merchant sllip--ibe last
came direct from Calcutta September
10Th, and sailed October lStb-One oil
The Americans arrived from Manila Sep
tember llth, aud left Kamskatcia Oct0
Der 10Th. The other arrived from CO..
4 1llr inf 1I,II1 "A.
~. The English ship aud one of jhe A.
mericans came here for The purpose of
tradiDg-tIe other American ONLY for
WOOD and water. The first brought among
olhcT things some rice which was boughf
al d ru0les the pOod-(40 pounds.) The
present governor of kamSkaicla, Csptain
kikord OF lie imperial fleet, known 10 Tie
world by lis voyage IN the eastern ocean.
and by The unwe friendship which
lie evinCed to Golou min, his former com
mander, dining The Imprisonment of lbe
latter at Japan, and until he succeeded
III procuring his freedom, is now working
wonders on this peninsula by planting
All SORTS OF vegetables AMI loots. He IL
assisted ~ lis active engagements by
Ills amlabie wife, lady TO whom he was
married a short time before he left Eu-
rope and was appointed governor of K am
skaicha. She clieerfiilly followed her hns.
band into these unacceptable regions. We
should better feel the importance of these
theris # we were sensible of the want
which prevails at Kamskalcha OF all eata-
bic vegetables, and how necessary these
are to the health Of the inhabitants.
WHO suffer much from the scurvy, and are
Tor the most part confined for fond 10 fish
and water birds.-These attempts have
bad very good success. In the summer