Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-05-21
ieis Of The Missouri aud Mississippi, un.
der the command Of Maj. Long.
INDIAN MURDERS.
Est,uc, of a litter ,,,am A. Rngo.ies.

we nave lais uay received HE mcian-
choiy miormaiiun, HAT Geolgc Bisko,
AID JOHN Wood are murdered L., HE lndi.
aus. They ~cre irarpin. Tor muskrai,
about "a niies up the Cair,in g Cor Port.
sSel RIVER. We Rave Eai Yet h ard IA.
particulars respecting The cause of The
Indians falling upon them. 1l.cy were
ionnd III i!i,ir canip, Oh Friday last, hy
some Indians, who gave Immediate Int
formation 10 the w!:ite people. They
were shochmgly man.iei. Bishop, il is
SAID, had SIX gdsllrs OF d iomalianh. which
cut quite through his skmll, aud "A nmm-
Der al slabs IN the body. Ii is suspected
three OnO"as committed the murder,
who reside near Fort Mcigs. The lndi-
ans, l, is said, ieci much alarmed, and
appear 10 be greatly exaspcraied, and
have geue IN pursuit nj The culpriis, de-
clanng they will not return until they
have taken them, aud will deliver them
to the Waite people. ,h;3 justice may be
executed upon them.
WASHINGTON, May ls.-The reader
Will find, by extracts froa, the Aurora, In
io-da.'s paper, that another attempt, by a
drslSning person. 10 propagate "a ridicu
ious rumor respecting The Bank of the u.
Siaies, has been put down by a prompt
and authoritative contradiction. The re-
port carried OH It's face an absur,liiy which
rendered II incredible, iuasmuch as nei
Their the President nor the Secretary Of
The treasury had any more authority TO
authorize suspension Ofspecic payments
Dy The Bank, than you, reader, or any O..
iher individual. The power is placed by
law IN the hands Of Congress alone, as
every body knows, or ought 10 know,
who pretends 10 talk or write OH the sub.
ject. NAT. Int.
report has been prevalent here for some
DAYS, that the FrIgate CONGREss, after her de-
parture from Annapolis. had sprung leak
ana was beleaguered in Hampton Roads. We
are glad to learn, that the leak. being an unim.
p0r,aut one, was imme diafeiy detected and
stopped and that the vessel. at the last ac-
connis, waited IN Hampton Roads only for a
wind '(n
We have been very much surprized at
finding IN The DeL ocra,ic Press the fol-
lowing imiimation. The state Of public
affairs Is al this time in no res. varied,
as Tar as we are informed. from that which
existed al The time that Congress ADJOURN
Ell, when they refused 10 anticipate the
usual sitting OF Congress, although pro-
posed from highly respectable quarter.
I'M he desired that Congress be convened
Ia antiorise the Bank of The u. States TO
suspend specie payments, In order that
every other monled institution in the COM
munity may 90 the same, and the coun
Try be Hooded anew with paper, paper, pa
per-we are persuaded The bauk itself
docs not desire ii and we are confident
that, 1t II did, The Congress would not
c"nsert TO the measure. We should be
gldb TO be InlOrmed aphat "causes" render
an anticipated session necessary. Ii the
scarcity of money be the prevailing mo
tive, Congress could no more cure II than
they can by law make commercial adven-
lures profitable, or by resolution abolish
the conditions af poverty and wealth in
society. The object AVON Ell in the copy
OF petition published by the Press, is,
" such a revision and regulation of the
" tariff as shall reduce our imporiaiions,
" and effrctuslly project national indus
try" Ii Is almost impossible To believe
that an ertrG session of Congress is sug-
gestcd with this view; that it is proposed
10 strike off at a heat Il work the most te.
dious and laborious-the most requiring
caution, circunIspectlOn, and patient in
vesiisatioD, that can be undertaken by
Congress. We should look with appre-
hensIon to thelegIslaion ola new Con-
gross, al an extra session convened under
the impulse of such considerations. The
present tariff of duties OIL imports was
work nj time +; it ouei, to be work of
time TO change it. This at least is our
impression. Whilst earn silly desiring
for the present, thai Congress may not be
convened, we are, however, open 10 con-
viciiou, and shall weigh with respectful
attention whatever may be said in favor
OF the measnr.h. We pre!end not TO Judge
for others. bat ouly 10 slate our own i'm.
pressions. 10.
from the Democratic Press.l
e" The Meeting Of CoHgresS.-We expect soon
to hear that petitions from the commercial eli
ties aud many OftJe large towns will have been
presented to the President OF the u. States,
praying him To call Congress together at an
earlier day than The constitution prescrIbeS
for their meeting. From the information we
have had communicated TO us upon this sub
lect. we are of opinion that the causes WHICH
have combined to give birth TO these petitions.
are OF 80 imperative and pressing IA nature as
TO justify tine measure, and demand the prompt
OF the government.
Since the above has been in type, we have
b en- furnished with proof sheer copy of the
p EDITION 10 the President of tho United States
whlci, will be found III our paper of this after
noon"
THE UNITED STATES BANK.
We are authorized by unqmesticnabl
authority 10 say, that MIR. CheveS, prpsi-
dent OF the bank OF the United Siales,
made no application directly or indirectly,
TO The secretary OF The treasury, or any
ether person wiIomsoever, to prevail on
the president of the United States to au-
lhorize The bank 10 suspend specie pay
meDts. That, OIL the contrary, il is his
decided opinion, that specie payments
ought TO he maintained, aud can Without
be maintained by The bank.
aurora.
The Philadelphia Society for the Pro-
notion OF National Industry have pub
IiShed Il memorial 10 The President of the
United States, TO which they invite The
sisuatures nj fI OR fsIIo,v c;f;>c,s .oe,,-,