Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-04
VOL. xyL.4--No. 8.


we have four Boats, Zone ncul heavy
loaded with provisions, and @ill he ar by
sunrise IN The morning for Head Quar-
'efs, "herewe slialivery shortly arrive. We
are some later m starting than wished.
Dbl II would have been folly 10 have SET
out "i'hout iuil preparation. Every ar
Management IL noa made * liave uoth-
ing 10 90 but 10 execute, witch vii.
irusi, be done promptly.
ne 9th regimen, which is 10 ascend
IN. missouri With f!ie ride regimen; is
yet IN our rear. The go, ernnenl Steam,
boa' butt al Pittsburgh. Ia be command
ca by Woj. Long, Is also lD ihu same siiu-
a'l"h hoi HEY are hourly expected.
expect ihcy are between this and Pitts.
ilmrSh. we therefore are fast enough. AL
'h"u@iiii has been my grea; v ish 10 lie I'm
MOTION ANA arrive al Head Quarters AS
early as possible.
We have large quantity of cannon &:
ammunition on board, sufiIcirnt 10 shew
that our government is in earnest in this
business.
~ Is pleasing 10 find the community
takes such interest for this rnierpize. 4
bave seen nothing which interests the
p ople more. They know how 10 aDpreci-
ale us value, ami every day receive the
b"ariy good wishes OF Our most valuable
citizens Tor success. | have iIut s,rltf
more than about three or four hours win,
IN The II since have been al This Dlare.
and all hours lie industry aud exrriie,is
oi Cur mecbaBics-are seen. Niai wouid
i!aNc taken until the frs. OF Jane by o.,
binary exeriiOn, we have now accnmulisi
ed aud much iC ctr miud Yun .h. 4
near irom me again ANA again while am
absent.
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Expedition lett Shippin&si Crt on the nioinr-
after III" date of tins letter. II is compo,,d
ni four Steam Boats, the Expedition, Jchnsoa.
aud Exchange.
Inc Engineer had not left Pitt sbursh on the
27th OF April
ST. LOUIS, April 28.--We understand
that t Gin infantry, Col. Atkinson, is or
'ier'd from Pialtsbu & Ia ST Louis aud
'henre 10 one ol the upper posts, al The
Falls OF 81. Anthony or The Mandan Vii
Iages. Enquirer.
The Mississippi commenced rising his
year about the middle of January Her
usual ime OF beginning is Tie latter part
ni February. With some occasional oEh-
lngs she has already gained perpendi
cular height OF nine or ten iCcl, thai is 10
say, she has nearly attained her common
summer flood. Some ,,piehcnd trouf
tins early rise an uncommon dogTee ui
high water thrs summer; but we thiuk lie
contrary, as by b ginning so soon Tie
nearest streams, those Whcii bring iiirir
waters from a thousand or two thousa';d
miles, will have discharged their tributes,
before tie setting ont OF those wbich
have 10 come from a distance. Those,
Tor example, which come from JcffrrS0n's,
Madison'SaDd Galatians rivers, cannot set
out ill the approach of the sun towards
the niidle of June has melted The SHOWS
IN the Rorky Mountains, in the laiiiudes
OF Al, 40, is. no reach 81 Louis Till their
ordinary period in JULY and august.
Note .-ihe Mississippi is considered
Hooded al 81. Louis hen she has gained
a perpendicular hrigb; of len feet t.elye
or thirteen is a great flood and iiiiet,i
extraordinary The maridtnn and minimum,
OF tie rise and fall ever know IL in the riv-
er, not exceeding lhie latter amOunt. And
la gam this she CONSUMES six months OF
The year: SUCH is The majesty of,bis noble
river, and so wholly incapable of being
swelled into foam and fury, by occasional
spells of wet weather, like the CONNIE L
rivers Of The weld {b.
TIE ARKANSAS.
The 4ih day of July nest, viii date tie
commence mcni of the political existence
oiHhis territory. lis value will Soou he
Developed, and lis rich soil covered with
cotton planters. Gen. Rector has air ady
prepared several millions ofacres OfIand
III that territory for market. The sales
| may be brought on AZ soon as The sPcre-
| tary oi the treasury picases, and the sooner
the better, As no grounds belonging ia tie
| United States have yetheen sold III that
| part Of Tie country. Heretofore The Ar
p
| Orleans bv way Oi 81. Louis, Nashville
and Naichez, that is 60 say by going al
NOS; round The world to gri 10 a p0ini a
| it'll below thcpoini from hicli itslarled /:
| Hereafter The mail wiI go direct from ~
| kansas 10 tile OHacAita, and thence 10 n.
| Ollraps. III.
mr.. Crmr}oyd My. CoToun.-Ffe &C.
cession Of these gentlemen 10 Tie Offices
which they ill is an era ~ The prosperity
Of The Missouri Territory - TIE first has
charge of our land interests fhe seCOud,
OF our military dctences and Indian az
fairs.
MIR. Crau lords administration has bro't
| tie pubic lands into market, and given
birth 10 bils for tic adjustment .! the
| private claims on equitable principles,
In MIR. Gallalins tine tie public sales
were kept back and the old inhahuani
| of the county "er deprived OF hdlt men
lands by The unjust principles adopted cot
the adjustment OF their TILES. The billa
| reported under Mr. Crawiurd1s admius-
iration, one by himself, aud two by com
nltiees, have exploded these erroneous
principles, adopted just and reasonable
rules of decision, and would no doub
lave ev ntualcd IN an upright law II ib'
late session Olcongress had hccu o. i0rgc
duration.
Mr.. Calhoun is The first Secretary e
War who has taken the Missouri 'rOmie
into the line of The national defence an,
| H.. fri 60 lna,-ltt 1. In l-aa ll.tDnnI n