Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-26

quest OF enterprise and conquest but
none feel IFS ELECTS SO severely as the
inhabitants of Texas, whose crops have
been taken TO supply the army, aad the
only recompense they now haveis general
Longs due bills, which are in no very
great credit. ! have been encamped here
Tor some time past, and have watched the
tall of this grand army il has me, the fate
| anticipated. 1 can authOrise you to say that
the Whote are dispersed or broken mp. General
Long has gone to Galvestown 10 Latte:
his wife is bending hercourse towards the
Sabine. The officers andimen are every
day passing in, many OF them without
money or food. Nacogdoches Is evacuated
by them; only four or five sick men are
ieii there. party OF twcHiy men some
Tine ago went towards the Brasos-they
are III d state of starvation and will soon
be in.
Thus has ended an expedition, which
was cried up by some persons as being of
much importance, but never exceeded 20
men, officers and all. II has ended as
wish all schemes may end, which are in
violation oil The laws OF our country, and
the laws Of nations.
Ertrdct Of a letter from the honorable EHgins
Fromentin, to one cfhis friends ia Nesc Orleans,
| ddted Pensacola, Oct. Z, 1919.
DEAR SIR-IO-morrCw will leave Pensa-
| cola OH my way TO the City OF Washington, in
| consequence Ola letter yesterday received
| from the Secretary OF State, by which l am
informed that the King ut Spain has refused to
ratgy the frcafyJor the ccssioa Of the FiOridas
Courier.
"A ressei foundered in the Chesapeake Bay.
| NORFOLK, November 2e.-Ihe sc hooner wo
| Brothers, Cartain Updtke, arrived here last
evening from Gloucester, having on board
James Kelly, captain, Eppes Greeuoush, mate
! and Zephaniah Martin, "A passenger, taken
m I'm ~ G.,l,..
! Washington City. Captain Kelly has called
! here and given the following melancholy ac-
| count OF the loss OF his vessel:
The schnr. Handy under his coismand sail
| ed from Alexandra 18th inst. with cargo of
| stone tor the Notifications al the Rip Raps,
| and sin persons besides himself, two of whom
were passengers. On Thursday night last a.
bout half past III O'Clock 5 miles 5. y. r.. from
| New Point Comfort Light House, came 10 an
| cbor IN fathonis water, the weather at tie
| time calm and clear; at midnight sudden
| sqnall came up from w. which Induced Capt.
n. 10 pay out about 90 fathoms of cable ar
| half past Sesterda. morning, the wiud haui-
ea TO \. n. w. aud blew so fresh that Capt.
| n: thought II prudent to prepare his Storm
sails the vessel, which till now had appeared
stauncl and III good order, was found TO be leak
| my SO rapidly that all hands turned To throw.
| ing over her deck iaad-but finding OIL sound
| ing her pumps that she had ) feet water in her
| hold, AT half past -four. cut her cable and stood
III Tor sloal water, and at ) O'Clock, on the tail
! OF YORK spit, IN three tathoms wafer, she went
| down. From The time q! cutting her cable un-
III tins period, the crew and passengers were
! bnsiiy employed at the pumps and IN getting
| Tie boat ready but unfortunately the going
down OF The vessei, was SO sudden that the boat
was capsized and swept from the deck and
| one passenger two Of the crew and The cabin
| boy, who were all OF them the lee side OF
The vessel were swept OFT By the sea aud drowm-
ed. Captain Kelley, his mate and the otiier
passenger, caught hold of the weather rig
ging, and with difficult, reached the masis'
| heads where they remained nine hours [untii
| two O'Clock yesterday afternOoIi) When they
were taken oil by The Two Brothers as above
mentioned. Captain T.. states that iu about
t"o hours after his vessel went down, her
decks began TO 20 TO pieces, which loosened
! the masts, and lie momently expected that
| himself and two fellow survivors would soon
snare the late OF those of their friends who had
| already persisted. And what particularly
added to tho poisnancy of Captain Ks feelings
was thai four small vessels passed very near
| HIM, but diSregarded his signal, of dis,ress
although they could have come within hali
without the least difficulty. Captain Kelley,
| IN behalf of himself and survivors feels indebt-
ca 10 an experienced Ship-niaster of tins town,
! captain l.. T.. Iabb) who was passenger on
| board The Two Brothers, for The salvation
nnaer meraifnl Providence OF their lives
anu III iiis manner, ana with this expression
| OF their gratitude 10 him, and also To CAPTAIN
| ordike, lie other passenger and crew OF the
SAID vessel, they tender all they can, their hums
| bic and sincere thanks.
fIeQditig Room Books of SATURDAY.
| Captain Kelley did not learn the name of
| tins passenger, but says iliat he was a slim, thin
| visaged man, abOut Is or 20 Years OF aee-Le
had understood that he was from Boston
| bound TO Georgia, and that his baggage had
| already gone i'll a brig from Boston 10 Charles
| ton. CIIeroId
Extract Of a letter from st. ThOmas, dafed DE-
| toner s.
| e have news OF Barbadoes being COM
| pietely demolished and part OF The Island sunk
DS hurricane ana earthquake, sineeihe 2Ist,"
| FROM A CORRESPONDENT
HAVANA, Oct. Is, 1870
| Mr. BRoUGHTON-ln giving The folio wins,
| a place IN your paper you Will no doubt render
service To many and obIige YOUR friend
| TO The Merchants and MiiIers Of Viraigia
| on are III all PROBABILITY appIIzed OF the
| tact, that there is distinction in the West
| iDdia markets between Virginia and Mary
| Ianu houf IN favor OF the latter; and | can AS
| sure you that IL arises IN no small DEERE
| from Inc bad quality of the barrels in which
| the virginia flour is packed, winch are so
| rough, and at the same time so weakly con-
| stTucted, that the transportation of them Ia
| extremely dIfrcnt aud hazardous to the slim
| per, and moreover attended with consiG srabIe
| sHPence should like very much TO see the
Honr from virginia maintain its merited STA
| ion III the foreign market, and as il uuuues-
uonabiy ought 10 be- placed on a par with tLe
nOni OF her sister , tates-but this never will
| he the case until more attention is paid IN TIC
| quality of the barrels, and until then do MS
| Hert II, that the merchant who ships flour 10
| the West Indies will labour under oreaf
| disadvantages. A VIRGINIAN
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. I9.-A cores
pendent III The American Ceniinel of this
morning states the runber of vessels
employed III HE foreign and coasiing
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