Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-02

City Gazelle. but is TOO preposterous aud
aDsurd!y ridiculous To gain credeuce with
any rational nan in America. We repeat
IL. there Is mischief brewing.
Q"eTe. Did not the u. ). sloop of var
Peacock, sail for The Mediterranean with
all possible dispatch. 10 warn tie squat
ron there of approaching aanger' We do
moi wish 10 appear prophetic, but a mol
materially mistaken orders 10 that effect
have been fora arded and The Aeet under
Commodore Stewart will probably reach
the United States i'm Two months, from
ihe present Iinc. [ Bahimors Iri
The iaci OF three naval characters hay.
ing been sent from Great Britain 10 The
Lakes was anIouncedin this paper seve-
raj weeks back. Com. Rodgers left New
York OH Tuesday last, on IA visit 10 those
places. I'D.
The privaieer Schooner Aimeida, OF nine
guns, George Wilson commander, under
ihe Venezuelan flag, arrived at Norfolk
on Sunday last, from cruize. On the
LIST inst. off Cape An,onia, had severe
engagement with Spanish ship Ga kings
packeU OF is guns, and, as was afterwards
understood, OF 1876 men, including some
troops which she was carrying from Vera
Cruz 10 Havana, and after AN action
of Two hours The Almeida was obliged
10 haul If, having her rigging very much
Gu, up, one man killed and capt. Wilson
badly Wounded.
PHiLADELPHIA,O Oct. 26.-U. STATES
BANK SToCK.-9S offered, 90 asked, no
sales this forenoon. In New Yorh yes
terday, 9sa offered, 99t asked, no sal :.
EXTRACT TO THE EDITORS, DATED
NashpiHe, Tenn. Oct. 8.
Our Legislature is now in session.
Much business of Importance TO the
state is expo cted TO come before them.
Some attempts 10 relieve the dsresses
of the state will be made. A suspension
law is spoken Of; BUTT Is not my opin-
ion that such a measure will be adopted.
Bank notes will most probably be made
tender in payment OF debts and if
the creditor will not receive them, the
debtor will have the right OF replevying
the debt Tor 10 months or longer. fhe
disposition of the lands recently acquired
from the Indians III this state and Ken-
lucky, is important, and will no doubt
occupy much OF the time OF the lcgisla-
ture. A senator in congress is 10 be
elected 10 morrow. Mr.. EATON will be
chosen" Fr Gaz.
FIRE AT BRANDYWINE.
ITO the Editor OF The Philadelphia Gazette.l
:" Wilmington, Oct. %.
Dear Sir-We Yesterday morning
Sunday Witnessed The awful conflagra.
lion OF the superior and valuable -four
mills on the Brandywine. built by Tho
mas Lea, in 1911, and owned and occu.
pied by him, which were DESTROYED with
most of their contents. The smoke was
first discovered issuing from the mill IA
bout o'clock, and such was lis density
In the interior that all attempts to pene-
traie the mill and arrest the progress of
the fire al lis origin, were Ruthless. -.
Equally so were the great eXertions of
The engine and hose companies from
Wilmington, who attended with their ac-
customed alacrity. When those exer-
tons were found 10 be in vain, they were
al part directed to tine preservation of
The valuable row of mills to the S. E..
beginning AT the distance of % feet, own
ed by Edward fatnaIl aud John Morton;
> and aided by the high hattlement wall of
the mill on fire, as well as the deliberate
progress ofthe flames, owing 10 the roofs
being plastered on the laihs, and partly
covered with copper, proved after great
exposure TO heat, successful. Other mills
and buildings in the vicinity, also escap-
ed without injury.
Though it was asceriained that the
fire originated in or abouti!ir boiling
chest, on the third floor and near the cen
ire OF the building, ye: as The mill had
been stopped at ii O'Clock the preceding
night and closed by careful and sober
foreman, on whom the utmost dependence
could be placed, a guard watch estab-
lislIed on the east side, as no corn had
been dried in the kiln, which is situated
at one end OF the mill and quite detached
from II, for Two weeks preceding-and
as the counting and miler's rooms, OH
the second floor and at the extremity of
the building, were examined and con-
tents removed after the fire began, all
conJecfures respecting The cause of its
origin appear 10 be frnilless.
While We regret this as public Gala
mIty, II Is some consolation 10 learn that
the individual loss will not be considera-
BILE, as insurance had been prudcpily
effected III Philadelphia TO the amount of
ten thousand dollars on The building, and
IN Baltimore 10 the amount of eight thou
sand dollars on property in il, which is
deemed nearly sufficient 10 cover The
loss sustained. We expect to see these
mills soon again restored 10 their pristine
elegance, To present, wits those in their
vicinity, an assemblage of valuable mills,
at once the ornament aud pride of our
little state" ~.
NASHVILLE Oct. IL -On Saturday last, the
legislature OF this state proceeded TO the elec.
tlon Of a senator TO Congress for two years The
residue of the time for which George w
Campbell, esquire, had been elected. John
ii. Eaton, esquire, who had the pro TEN. ap
pointment, and y. NJ. Humphreys, esquire in
nomination. On counting the ballots it ap-
peared that
John II. Eaton bad 81 votes,
y. NJ. Humphreys 20.
The speaker of thH Senate proclaimed this
and declared John Eaton duly elected.
Samuel Houston, esq was elected attorney.