Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-06
PIRACY AND MURDER.


ui which, further Than we here state,
have been withheld Tor he present from
prudential motives The smack sIoop
lanlence, Capt. Aiwick, sailed from this
port some time ago, auGput inlo the lia-
yana, where she Jeff her owner, Mr.. J.
Danel-'h hence she sailed again an on
he coast OF Florida fell in with tile British
brig A II, Seely, from MaianZas, bound to
Falmouth, Eng. III distress ashore, whose
crew were murdered by those oithe sl0op :;
The latter having II me0 on board al the
time. man by the name of Reed, WHO
was on board lie Lawrence divuigcd this
morning 10 the proper authority, The facts,
nj which We understand the above 10 be
but partially The substance. We are as
:urcd, however, thata more diaholicai
and internal transaction can never rave
been recorded. We hope 10 obtaim some
thing further on this subject for 'o-mor-
row. IItn.es.
ROT IN COTTON.
ETtrdct Of a letter to the EGii0r Of The Southern
Patriot. dated .3shrpoo, June u.
of Coton, and yesteT%sy disc rSd great :
deal OF the rot. From Tie carly appearance of
THIS dreadful evil what will he the reSult =
That there will be bnt little or no Cotton
made, think this is very certain. herewith
srnd yon the PODS in different Stages OF the
dsoI der
BY way of experiment, This spring steep
Ell Alder IN water for - hours, aud IN that wa
ter dissolved certain quantity of saltpetre-
and then soaked my Cotton Seed therein for
tweDty-ionr hours. With this planted four
teen acres o! my first planting In that found
but one Pod which L really think NAV not be
the Rot, from its appearance. However, It's
entirely too early to Judge"
We are permitted by friend TO make
The following extracts from Ieiier from
an officer ofihe U. s. frigaie Macedonian.
dated South Pacific Ocean, lat. 80. south,
Ion. so deg. west, January both, 1919.
[NoyoM Beacon.
e" The 2th day out from the Capes Of
Virginia, we made the Cape de Verd isles
IA line run iii days more we crossed
the equator, and ill the 7th of Jan. then
out 90 days, We had remarkably fine
wcaihcr--wr that day made the Falkland
Islands, III lat. 30 deg. South; The 9th
day We made Staten Land-an island a
degree or two TO Eastward of Cape Horn :;
end on the Goth day we passed The much
dreaded b0isterous Cape Horn, with such
pleasant weather as far exceeded our
most sangulne hopes. From thai time
all The 10Th day Oai, we had 10 contend
with the warning elements-ihe wind prc
vailed from the NurtlIw ard and Westward
Of course head wnd: the swell of The
sea was much greater THAI we have been
accustomed to III The Atlantic. The YEA
tlIer. although this is (in this hemisphere. }
The Summer season, was piercing cold
having but lately passed through the
tropics and experienced so much warm
weather, W. were but lily prepared for The
suddeH change. The thermometer fell
Ia 40 deg.-lltis, you in Virginia, will ai
M's present seoS0H, only cali moderate wea
tier, but herr with a South wind (while
veerng and doubling the Cape J blowing
from off the islands of ice 10 the South
ward, we found il eOM enough. The Falk
land Isles, Staten Land, Cape Horn,
Terrc Del Fucgo and the Islands We
passed IN sight Of we're covered with
sDOw the appearance OF the land i'm all
this region vas bleak and barren-bv no
means inviting, ard though our ewes
could resi- with pleasure Oh il as being
LoHd, still the drcary prospect soon surfciis
me. You may recoilecI What joyful
sound kand 10 is 10 The seaman after a
long voyage il awakens an association
Of ideas whIcb even should The land be
unacceptable IN prospect, cheers through
The chill mId-waiCh II reminds The
wandering SaloI oi NiS'dnl Hi6nUS ana OF
the enIoymcmis and comforts they are
revealing in; Increases his anxieiv To
parlake with them Of their iovs and
feeds his hope that the happy DAY will
arrive when he moy Join in illeir sports,
their revels aud their "ies this is HE
way a sailor spends his hours Of thought.
We are now fast approaching Valparaiso
our Crcw continue hcaIihy-we have
lost Mlds hpman Peter b Randolph, and
one boy by the typIrus fever, and 0np nan
drowned, fell overheard we itc conf
dent Of cruise OF pleasure. Should /
be able from Valparaiso, 10 give you any