Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-01
ISAAC KENNEDY,
JARED CABLE,
JOSEPH Is. PANNILL
THE TEY4SEypEDJTyON
(Signcd)

EA ~ MILL,
TIE TEXAS EXPEDITION.
NASHINGToN, September give
would bP led 10 suppose from the posl-
pous letters from the adventures i'm this
enterprize. that their numbers at least
were respectable, and their prospects
brilliant. We have authentic accounts
from that quarter, which, represent them
TO be directly The reverse They have
not the least prospect at succeeding in
obtaining possession Of the territory they
are so liberal in offering 10 dispose Of 10
recruits and proseIy les. Fheir actual
numbers, as late as The middle Of August,
didnoi eed one hundred, q they wee
SAID to be withaui 'uRds, and i'll suppl
ed with provisions The province i'm " hich
they have raised the standard of liberty.
with The exception OF Labadie and ST.
ANTONIO, contains not many more than
score of families, aud they are chiefly A.
mericans. who migrated ihither about
a YEAR ago. The verY persons who have
issued proclamation of Independence,
from whichone would suppose that they,
win thousands Of others, were grooming
under tn lash of the Spanish tyranny,
whist the United States had failed B lis
duty 10 protect them, have themselves
just r"nouncrd all the advantages of Ameri-
can citizenship, and engaged in revolu-
tIonary project, The principal object
81 which Is personal aggrandizemrmt,
though some may possibly have embark
ed in il under the influence ofhigher
motives. We warn the voung men of
the United States agains, being seduced
luio ihis scheme by such highly colored
statements as those which, the above NAV
III some degree serve TO expose and cor
rect. II is not by hostile invasion, nor
vet hy conquest, Of foreign countries,
than the principles ofiree government are
disseminated. Nat. Int
The PRESI DENT arrived ia this city on
Friday evening from his farm in Virginia
The SECRETARY OF WAR departed
from the city on Saturday last, on visit
TO his family and estate in South Carroll
ma. H.
A letter from Baton Rouge, of date the
30lh ullimo, gives a distressing account
oi the prevalence Of disease in that quar-
ter. There is scarcely house i'm
town that has moi from ono TO three sick
IN IT," The same letter tells q very differ
ent story of the health of New Orleans
from those Which we have by way of New
York and other OutpOrfs. am told"
says The writer, by those who can he reIi-
ed on, Just from New ORLEANS, that they
bury about forty persons day in that
CITY. What another month may produce,
Heaven only knows" II.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
In consequence at The death of The gal
liant Commodore OLIVER III. PERRY, Of
lie United States Navy, al Port Spain,
III The Island of Trinidad, on The 23d
August last, circular letter was, we I'M
derSiand, Immediately issued Inv the Ma
w Department, addressed Ia The several
Commanding Naval Officers, COmman-
dants of Navy Yards, and the Comman-
dant OF Marines, requiring them, resprc-
lively, upon tie receipt of The said cir
cular, TO ray the usual tributes OF res
poet 10 The memory Of tie iIluslrious
officer dec, ased, by hosting The flags al
bali mast, firing minute guns, and caus-
ing The officers attached 10 their rfspec-
tive commands 10 wear Grape or he len
arm during tie space of thirty days. lB.
MISSISSIPPI. George pOindeTtcr is
elected Governor of Tie state Of Missis-
sippi. 10 succeed UGrid Holmes, who de-
cllned a re- election.
C6ristopker Rmykin is elected Rcprescn.
taiiye ~ Congress, 10 succeed George
Poindexter.
The opposing candidate Tor Governor
was Thomas H,ndS for Representative in
Congress COules Mcad. IJb.
MAINE.-'Tbe election Of Delegairs TO
the COnvcniionfor forming a Constitution
the for State ofAiaiue, took place OF Tues
day The 2lsl insi. Al Portland, the whole
number d votes was $40. The following
seven persons, elected from that los
composed ticket ofmixed politics, pre-
viOusiy agreed upon
REPUBLICANS. FEDERALsTs.