Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-05-25

piOpOSeu a uuet 10 NJ. ne hOtLeDuc, OF Thai lac
read his sentence of death, written on IA large
sheet ofpaper. He must have struck his victim
AT the very Instant that lac approached to-
wards him tor scarcely had NJ. de kotzebue
entered the room, when the servant hear. IA
loud shrek, ami noise OF something which
fell; he entered, aud saw his master and the
student stretched on the Hoor.
IL appears that Tie assassin, ON nj. de Kot-
zebue's entering, had imme jiaiely stabbed him
with poniard, which penetrated his heart il
appears also, that ha,iu. been dragged To the
floor by Nj. dc kotzebue, he stabbed him a
second time through the lungs {; a wound was
likewise received IN his face. The ladies
To the room, opened the windows, and in iond
and piercing accents called TOR help and u SUR
geou. Miss Emily kotzebue, with the asssis-
lance OF the servants, bore the body OF her
| father 10 an adjoining apartment, where he
expired Il few minutes afterwards. The assas.
sin rose up with IA composed air, and Tourists.
Ing the bloody poniard, he descended the
door steps. eNclaimng-'' The traitor is dead
The country is Sdred long lie. Gerniiny! OBJ
serving that crowd had assembled in front of
the house, he violently forced his way through
them but hearing the ladies exciam from the
open window OF the house" There is the
assassin! he returned. cast wild look towards
them, and lifting up tue pOniard with one
hand, and piece of paper in the other, en-
claimed" Yes, AM the murderer! 1t is thus
that all traitors ought TO perish :" On the pa
per was wr'tten," The deaih-bOw OF Angus
tus de kOtzebue, In the name of yirtuew He
thea knelt down amidst the assemblage, which,
| increased every moment aud raising his hands
ana eyes to Heaven, he exclaimed. in an in
spired Tone" God, L thank thee, for having
permitted me to accomplish this act!" After
this, he opened his bosom, piunc ed the po-
nlard IN his heart, and fell without any signs
ofhte Having recovered the use OF his senses
IN the hospital to WHICH he was conveyed. he
only spoke of the assassination with kind of
exiacy 80 He is then Dead he exclaimed,
" that Russian spy Ii was Damon OF He'll
that ipliabiied the body OF Kotzehue lit would
not quit him he gave me terrible grin at
parting"
Every thing proves that this assassin was a
conhrned fanatic, and that he had meditatad
the crime tor long time past. HIS father il
rsspectable man, and has large family.
lhe Russian Minister at Carlsruie, NJ.
strive, and the Prussian Minister, NJ. Nerna-
sen de Fuse. have despatched extraordinary
courers to their respective courts, with the
inttiliseiics OF this assassination, which will,
perhaps, lead to very serious political conse-
4uences. 1t Is feared that the Emperor OF
RUSSIA, who is already very much irritated
against the UHrd-iiberdur ofGermany, will ac-
qulre from the Governments new measures
against anarChical associations.
The total consolidated fund for the wear
9th April, is E4l ,23J,726
LONDON, April S.-His Excellency
Gen. Latour MauboMrg, the French Am-
bassador and suite, has just landed from
Tie French packet lie was saluied from
the guns OIL the heights, and received BY
| asuard of honor.
Few political changes have caused "a
deeper impression on the manufacturing
| and commercial classes of the British
| community, than The recent transfer of
the Fioridas 10 the United States not from
any spirit Of jealousy or repiniug al the
American government, justly improving
all advantages which nature, locality, or
| "a combination of circumstances, have
placed within their reach, but because Of
the striking contrast between this activi-
~ and enterprise, compared with the a
pa!liy and want of foresight so rcmarka.
affairs. Every body seems 10 ask, what
has our Cabinet done in This important
Transaction, and whittier will this az
srandizlng spirit push itself, if We look
on as unconcerned spectators p? Our en-
pre- and influence i'll The New World are
not halt so great as they were fifty years
aso.-Our policy, formerly SO active and
so much alive on the remotrst shores of
the Atlantic, is now scarcely felt nav,
II would seem as IL the whole of our views
were confined 10 the rotten concerns Of
Europe, and as If we dreaded TO extend
our attention beyond ther4. Enthralled
with barren leagues and treaties, withheld
by continental ties and absorbed in politics
foreign 10 oar Insular situation, we have
forgotten that weare maritime and COM
m"rcial nation, whilst our rival in the West
is gaining moral and physical strength,
aggrandizing himself in every direction,
and feeling the force and expanding ope-
rations OF an active and unsIlackled COM
merce III every quarter Of the globe. To
him our apathy is the richest harvest, and
our clogs and entertainments a subject of
eNuitaiIon. His southern boundary al.
ready approaches valuable but defence
less portions of New Spain, whilst in the
West he stretches 10 the Pacific. IT'S
p"t lie oiher day lie got possession of
Louisiana, and already 40 sieani-vessels,
from 100 10 700 tons, navigate the Mis-
sissippi ana tributary waters, besides 20
more building. Our fur trade, once so
valuable, Is in u state of rapid decline
daily complaints are made with regard
TO our fisheries, nay, il would appear
as il every recent Treaty. with the United
States operated against us.
Informing Chronicle.
AMERICAN TREATY.
The paragraph which appeared in re-
spectacle Evening Paper of Saturday last,
respecting the Newfoundland Trade, is
not correct, as the persons engaged in il
had no intimation whatever OF the intun-
tons OF lis Majesiys Government 10 a.
bandOn the Fisheries 10 The Americans, or
TO allow them 10 participate in ilIen.-
Their memorials, which have been print
ed for circulation sufficiently evince their
feelings and fears on The subject. To ell
able The public 10 form correct view of
The recent lmprovidemt aud gratuiOus con.
crsSlons To HE United Sales, all The repre-
EQUATIONS which have brci, made by the
British North American CUunists, and
The Newfoundland Trade, should be print
ed and submitted TO Parliament, previous
10 Tie introduction OF any Bills 10 give ct.