Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-25


- streams in the world, and blessed with free
and happy Institutions. and AN Italian climate
what political asithiuetician will dare 10 cal
cuiaie the extent of moral perieclibility TO
which they are capable ot attaining! u for
tunat0s riyOs CO sua bona norint.
The ". S. brig Enterprise, captain kearney,
arrived at Charleston on the 9th inst. IN four
days from Havana. Capt. Kearney applied
for on the LIST of August, and brought out
from Havana the following persons who had
been imprisoned there Edrnd ". Porter OF
Virginia, John Charles, OF New Orleans, I'm
Norris, of Nafchez, Geo. Uiison Of n. York,
aud 1honids UOodudrd, OF Boston.
Extract Of letter from one Of the Commissioners
of Public Forks. dated at Moneys, near Green
cire, S C.Juiy 10, 1920.
we have set every thing in operation on
the mountain. After getting all our workmen
housed, we sommenred on The road on Mon
day, the nth, with about five hundred men
and they have already made good impress
sion on il. Those who have visited us, have
expressed their admiration at the extent OF
road already cat. The rise in cur road is so
gentle, that the heaviest loaded Wagons may
pass down without locking. The angle is no
where more than five degrees, and this angle
continues but a short distance the rest OF the
road is less than four degrees. The course we
have taken, brings us through the mountains
in eight miles aud we then strike INTO the
fine roads Between the Enoree aD@ Tiger ris-
ers The distance from Green rivertO Column
bia, will be lessencd seventeen miles, and he
reduced to I2G miles making tue whole dis
lance from Columbia TO Ashyiile, (inBnncOmbe
cornty) I55 miles. The whole mountaia
road is now laid out, and il has been no small
labor. / have no doubt Int that we shall
complete the road before the fifteenth of
October"
The Raleigh Register is correct in sta
ling the discovery of several Banks OF
Maj'l i'll The vicinity of Petersburg. We
lave seen ourselves one of these tornia-
tons, upon the plantation Ola gentleman
adjoining the southern line OF the corpo.
ra,ioD.--lt consists of sea shells in varie
cites innumerabie, embedded in light,
blush, crumbiy clav.-its extent is appa
renily about Que acre. The proprietor
is now raising compost heaps, OF this
Mari, with The view Of testing its efficacy
as manure. iPeterst,Tg Int.
1t is a little remarkable, that tcilhin the last
Silteen days, no less than four persons IN the
service of the general government, and one
who recently retired from Office, have died IN
Washington city, In wit:
Mr.. JOHN GRAHAM, of Virginia, minister
to tho Brazils, but who had lately returned OIL
account OF his health.
JosnuA DAWSON chief clerk in the Office If
the Register of the Treasury
MIR. JOHN KNAPP, a clerk in the Office of the
first comptroller.
Mr. JouN w. Rich, of Massachusetts,
clerk in the Office of superintendent of Indian
trade.
Mr. JACOB LAuB, of Pennsylvania, formerly
clerk in the Office OF the fist comptroller.
When the Edward iat New York sailed from
Cadiz, t2Oth June) Spain was perfectly tran.
quill: 40 idea existed of reaction, and il was
the general impression that every thing would
settle down by the present government, for
giving thoSe persons who were active in The
support OF the late government, aud consigH-
ing them To the contempt of the nation. The
parties who were concerned IN the affair of
CadiZ, are likely to escape public punishment,
having acted under the orders of the govern.
ment. They are however lost as il respects
public opinion, and deprived OF their rank
they will be driven Into obscurity. Public
opinion WAS ia. OIable 10 the United States, but
nothing in relation 10 our affairs will he de-
cided upon until the COr;es meet, which il is
| presumed was OH the 9;h July. The elections
| were patriotic and every man who had suffer
| ed nHusr the late state OF things, had received
| some remuneration. 1PhH. Gag.
| ETtrGct Of u letter from Captaia Jdlrus Loomis,
! OF The Ne,o Orleans Cater louisiana, dated
Ba!ize. July 10th, 10 q gentleman in n. York
| 81 arrived here after a short cruize of 20
| days on the l7th inst. l have succeeded IN
| taking 4 more pirates, NJ ch l have now in
| confinement or board this cutter. have a bout
| 81 600 worth OF dry goods which they have
robbed, aud were endeavOmring to sMHsgie
| into the United States they had some ReC rOes
| which had landed, but have been followed and
taken. took these fellows $50 mites to the
| westward of this river
| TRUMBULLs PAINTING, representing tue sur
| render OF the British army nuder Lord Corfu
wallis during tie revolutionary war, will be