Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-20


country rich in sur,, paper, poor in spe.
cie-ricl III that which is bnl bubble
poor IN that Which carries with il an m
irInsic value. The one priced i,y all man
kiud. the other moi woriI, farihinp an
horse load, II public credit be Withdrawn
from II. paper sy stem. pore n promise,
put base III performances "a system which
exchanges one rag for another, ~ recess
sarlly preCarous inyalu., though lie fate
rs certain. The. most a!shorreJ de>po,
that ever existed, never attempted an att
so arbitrary, and 50 full OF iainrv. as tha
conversion Ofpsper not convertible, Into
gold or silver, into legal money The ac,-
ors III such scenes should iakncare lest n
ta3edy follow their farce. limo other con-
sequence liadspru,g from This resiriciian,
than The tender coiineSien between ii:Y
Bank and the Administrations If nothing
but the fastening and iovrraling oftlsse
parties together had been It's Acct. tl.at
alone would lave been sufficient 10 have
deferred wise men from sancfionirg The
union, and honest men from counienanc-
ing IT. His close conneSion has prooluc-
ed reciprocal Kindness lie Government
kindly borross, and The Bark rs kindly
lends and though they appesr in pubiic
IKE smiling lovers, some pouiing scenes
are displayed IN private. Should the
minister propose any measure whicl,
would gaii'iLe heel ofihe Bauk. II Instant
~ cries, {" pay me my millions r. this
terrifying scream produces lis intended
effect, and the measure dies Whilst lie
Bank ISSUED its honest notes, payabtt. i'm
specie, II rendered essential service TO Ike
State, but the momeniit began tocircu!stc
lis noted lies, | pramise To nav on de-
mand, which means any tliug but What
II lays, il opened food gate Of evil and
crime. unparalleled in the history Of the
world"
MIR. Hmbhouse, The anti ministeriaiiss.
has displeaseda writer in the London
Morning Chronicle by speecra at met
ing al The Crown and Anchor Tavern. 1t
seems 10 be doubted whether he is
friend 10 annual Par'ianenis aud univer
sal suf1rage-and il is added, that The
celebrated MIR. Fox was never an advocate
for them.
Sir James Macintosh is taking the lead
IN England, in the attempts to procure an
amplioraiou of The criminal code.
Sir Alexander Cocltrane is coniestiag
IN the British Parllament,ihe election Of
Lord Archibald Hamilton, returned Cor
Lanarksbire. Already 25 actions or ,le
subiec' have been brought before Court
of Sessions.
A new tragedy of Mr. Shell, has been
performed in England, and well received.
In England. .Mr. Crabbr has lately OH
tanned 1900 guineas for the copy Of "a new
poem.
Is Spaniards have been recently eve
cuted at Valencia, for political offences.
Several others are IN confinement.
The King of Sweden has ordered he
Portuguese ship 81. Joao Bapli sie. (rhyri-
ell into st. Barts, by revolutionary cruz.
zer,) TO be restored.
The amount of Bapk Notes now cjrcu-
iaiing in Denmark is stated TO he twenty
five millions of dollars.
Immense damage was done near Sn1r-
ma in Nov. By The breaking of water
spout.
KOTZEBUE-A Spy.
Extract OF letter, dated Frankfort, January
81 1919.
Kotzebue will soon leave Mannheim, ard re.
'tnin TO Russia. He has lost his character so
much by having degraded himself to be spy
upon his own cOnntrymeD for Russia that his
departure is viewed by the Germans with plea
sure. Some time back he resided at Weimar,
where he was employed as Chief of system
of espionage npon all Germany. The infotma.
ton WHICH he thus collected was formed int q re-
ports, which he wrote in French, ava gave 10
German TO copy, having tisrt taken care iOas-
certain that he did not understand that Ian.
suage. This continued for some time artil the
Editor of the Opposition Journal of Wcimar
went IN by chance to the apartment ofthe co.
pyist(w with whom he was acquainted whom he
found very basily employed. AdmiriDe the
beauty of the writing, he took mp one OF the
letters, and perceived what the subject was.
Pretending Ignorance, however, he asked what
was the uatpre or the contentS2 The conyist
replied, that he could not give him the infor
nation he desired AS lie did not understand
French that they we're written by NJ. Kotze-
bue, who for a long time had employed him 10
copy them. The Editor then reGuesfed him To
send him in future all letters which lie receive
ed from NJ. kotZehne, which he committed
with. Upon perusal they were found 10 con-
tain secret reports of espionage upon Gerna.
ny, and were for the purpose of being csmmn-
nicated TO the EmPei or of Russia himself In
order to put stop 10 this practice, aud 10
manifest to the world the honorable nature of
M. kotzebHes employment, lie Editor ruh-
lished them. kotzebue, eBraged, commenced
an action against him, in which, however lie
was cast, and was condemned TO RAY n fine az
600 Louis. and publicly 10 beg pardon in The
German papers. Such is the true character
ofthe man who has so long deceived the world.
LONDON, Feb. 2.-We lately menfion-
ed the death OF IL. Col. O'Dogherty. Of
The Marines. This eccentric ci,afsc.e,
had, previous TO his death, made win
by which after beqmeathins CT ono I'm
legacies TO various persons, lie len The
residue amounting al least TO E40 600. TO c..
Carpenter. Esq. of Moditonham. Al This
genileman's request, two Of Tie neiebber-
ing magistrates, Mr.. Arundel, of Ian.
dWlph, and MIR. Tucker, OF Tremas,on
Castle, attended Col. O'Dogheriy's son
and three unmarried daughters, who were
not even mentioned in ". When The viii
had been read, Mr.. Carpenter, in ilie
baudsomesi manner. rcrounced all his
right 10 The property bequeaihcd, which
Immediately assigned over to the CO.