Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-11

ed, and another beseeching the general
To accept The appointment should II be of.
Tered him. Our informant went as Tar
south IN the peninsula as Moschetto and
Indian rivers, and southwardly TO Spring
Garden, near Lake George. His recep-
i,en among the Scminoles was civil and
friendly, being always taken by The hand
and offered victuals, which, though none
OF The best, seemed 10 be abundant. The
sarages, amounting 10 three or four han
dred. were busily engaged in fishing,
hunting, and planting corr in the old
fields opened By the English before and
during the revolutionary war. Many of
The inpeiuous young warriors, he under
Stood, bad declared they would never
come upon terms with the United States,
Du' me greater portion Of the nation.
having learnt TO bend TO circumstances,
and Knowing the union of The province
with this country would cut off all com
munication with foreigners, expressed The
greatest desire TO enter into treaty with
our government. They were only deter
red from sending dcputation for that
purpose TO some Of the frontier posts, by
the apprehension that the " crackers" inv
which term they mean the provmcialists
living between The ST. Johns and ST. Ma
rvs as well as the frontier Georpians)
would murder their deputies Our infor.
mant communicated this intelligence to
MAJOR Bird. commanding Fort Alert, on
the 81. Mary's, who requested him to as
sure them, that should any delegates reach
ms station, they would be not only pro.
tectcd while they remained, but furnish.
en with an escort oil their return 4; and al
The same time wished him To advise them
10 get some respectable white person to
accompany their ambassadors on the adj
vance, measure that would add much
10 their security. Our informant, howe
yer, finding that his own business would
not allow HIM to convey the message i'm
person. requested several Indian traders
to state 10 The Indians the assurances of
major Bird. which they no doubt dill.
Their corn being last year nearly all de-
Stroyed by onrtroopsat Suwany aud elsewhere,
they use root, called coonty as "a substitute
IT'S usually eighteen inches long and from
three To four in diameter, and is indigenous i'm
all the southern part of the peninsula. They
peat u IN mortar until the fibrous part is sep.
a'ated from the tarinaceous when the latter
| Ii washed, dried aud made into soup, which il
said TO he very nutritious, but insipid To the
palate OF stranger. Some of the whites bake
the iarlna INTO bread, and the negroes often
snbsist OH II tor months, bariering their corn
for venison, bear flesh, etc, The Indians have
as much game az they can consume. [Ga=.
The article which we have this day co
pied from The " Richmond Enauirer"s
presents a Just analysis oi the causes of
the present disorders of our commercial
system. The writer has taken up the
| subject with no common spirit and abii-
ty but unfortunately the lessons that are
10 be deduced from Ills exhibition OF our
misconduct will lose their force or be for
gotten III few years for ii does appear
That mankind are forever destined 10 re-
volvc IN the same circle of error and folly
i'he generation that suffers will avoid the
repetition OF acts which have caused mis-
fortune, but that which succeeds, having
felt none of the evil, are deaf 10 The voice
OF history and turn aside from the coun.
sells OF experience. Those of our reyo-
iu.ionary times, who saw III their frighiful
shape the evils OF the paper system, would
never have lent the weight of their iniiu.
ence TO lis re- establishment but their
immediate posieriiy quickly forgot the
lessons of iheir recent history, and the
warning words of their fathers. Some
tew OF the survivors OF those DAYS recol-
lec' the predictions of the most sagacious
of iheIr contemporaries, who had lived
10 see the revival OF the paper system af-
Ter the establishment of The Federal 20
vernmeni. How fully their prophecies
have been fulfilled il is needless 10 say
The system itself--the power il gives to
those who direct II, Is an anomaly In "A
free state. We might almost saw that
the fortunes and happiness often millions
of people are in the hands of a certain
number Of Bank Directors, who in conse
quence WELD power which would never
be conferred, by people who regard their
prosperity, or any set of men, without
The most efficient checks on misconduct
and the highest responsibility.
Charleston Pat.
Tile lst No. of Econoulcvs.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
SAVANNAH, June 1.-The Georgian