Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-07-20


this expedition was much talked OF aud
msny proposed joining in The enterprise.
The first place OF rendezvous il said 10 be
liked al 80 miles beyond The Sabine.
LOai.iana Gag.
Military Expedition TO the Upper Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, June l9.-COi. Chambers,
with "a battalion OF the rife regiment III
keel boats, set sut from Belle fontaine; ,
| on aIonia, The nth inst. To ascend the
Missouri 10 Camp Marlin, where Lieut..
Col. Morgan Is IN command with several
companies al the regiment.
Col. Aik'nsoh's regiment, 9th infantry,
IL al Belle FOntdine, aud We believe Is
only deialcd ny the non arrived of some
OF the sieaW boats, ana tie time consumed
IN the repacking provisions. Colonel
! Atkinson Commands the expedition.
Gen. Jssup descended the VI ississippi
| on sunday hast IN the steam boat indcpen
d,nce, IN search OF The j. hcrson and
Calhoun, TWO of HE steam boats destined
Tor TIE Upper Missouri. Upon the ar
rival al The. e, Col. Atkinson will proceed.
Arrived, Wednesday, 9in instant, the
Western Engineer, destined Tor the Upper
| Missouri. Passengers, MsIoI Long, Maj.
| Blddie, nlr. Graham, Mr.. swift, DIR.
] sup, Or. Say, ~. Baldwin, MIR. Peaie,
! Mr.. Seymour.
The Western Engineer anchored al the
upper end ofthr iowa, were she yet lies.
| Ia passing the Independence aud 81.
| Louis, t,cn IT anchor before ,l,e town.
she was saluied by these vessels
| n description Ol this beautiful l:tile
boat has been given TO the public. We
| remark, however, some Further pariicu-
lars which deserve 10 be noticed. The
bow OF the vessel exhibits the iorul oi IA
, huge serpent, black and sealy, ris ~ oui
OF the water from under the boai, his head
as high as the deck, daried forward, his
mouth open, vomiting smoke, and APP
| parently carrying the boat OH his back
| From under the bUai, al lis Stern, issues
stream Of ioamipg water, dashng vIu-
| lcnlly along. All Tie machinery Is had.
| Three small brass field pieces, mounted on
wheel carriages, stand on the de, k. The
| boar l. as ending the rapid stream al TIE
rate OF three miles an hour. Neither
wind or human hands are seen TO help
her; and, 10 The eye OF ignorance, the
Illusion Is complete, that d monster Of tie
deep carries her an his back, smoking
WIlh fatigue, and lasiiIng the waves with
| violent eNcriion.
Her equipment isat once calculated TO
attract and IN awe The savage UDIrcIs
! pleasing and ierriiy ing are al once Delurc
INN ARTILLERY the Hay oi TIE republic
| portraits ola While man& an Indian siidh
| ing hands the calumet oil peace; Il sword;
| 'hvn the apparent monster win
| panied vessel on his back, the sides gay
| ing win portholes, ANA bTSllIng wilh
| guns. Taken altogether, and Without I'D
| l'iig"nce OF her composition ANA design,
II would require a darn. savage 10 ap
preach and arcost her with iiamiei's
speech
{ he taou a spirit ofheata or eoJisu damned.
Br"e 1itn tn6e airs rom hsGveS, 0iGSts from
| heiL,
BE ing intsnts micked or charita5ie,
! IhJH cORISt az Su,G Questionable share,
Ihat uh Sptuk to thte - fEusuirer
a late arrival at Bosien, i'm AZ DAYS
from tadlZ, reports that The American
EnvoS has been we'll received al Ma.
dr d tina the treaty c-ding The Fioridas
Was ratified, and Lieut.. Real Was daily
expected al Cadlz, with The ratification,
tn b.iHs II to America III ihe sloop OF
war Hornet, appointed 10 sail the Is: of
June tor New YOrk"-whIch is IN direct
contradiction to the information we gave
OH Friday last, furnished by the AdelIne,
arrived al Alexandria in thirty-two DAYS
irom Gibraltar: we merely publish these
! accounts a> they come to hanJ, without
| preiendIngto any farther know ledge than
! What appears OH the face of the report
The vicinity OF Gibraltar 10 Cadiz, aud
information Through that channel, being
nearly twenty days later than the Boston
arrival, inciines us TO alta h most credit
to the former Internationally that
the treaty was not signed as late as the
| 2Sih OF May last ihis conjecture is tuly
confirmed by a reference to the respective
| accounts.
By private channel we learn, that the
bearer OF copy OF the treaty, dispatched
by The Chevaler De Onis, via Lisbon,
reached Madrid nearly ten days prior to
MI. forsylh, Who arrived al that civ on
Tie l3th OF Alay, SO that ii is pretty GER
tain ne treaty had been in pos .ession of
The Spanish government, al least a fort
night, without receiving The SANCTION of
The KING however, this delay is compa-
raiIvely tntimg, when we reilec, on The
acrimonious punctIIlio Of tile Spanish
court, HAT always stand in the way of
every thing like dlspatch in diplomatic
matters.
| Though we are not disposed 10 doubt
the ultimate ratification of the treaty, we
cannot help remarking that, The host of
disappointed grantees, whose land claims
will be- excluded by The provisions Of the
| present treaty, which added to ioreipn
interference, might muster pretty for.
mldable opposition, and create serious
Scruples IN ibr weak h ads OF Ferdinands
ministry. quite sufficient to defer, on very
plausible pretexIs, the immediate ra,lti a
iIon OF this treaty. However, these are
merely suggestions w are IN daily ex
pectatIon OF something dofiuiiive on this
head. [Washington CItg Gax
| FROM (,IRRAI
NORFOLK, june lev e are indebted to onr
obIIgInc aud attentive correspondent AT Gil
bIaltar, tor the follow ing extract under dale
Of june 22d
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