Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-19

\ large portion is bid Of at ftom Two to f,e
dollars an acre,
Yesterday fraction Of 40 acres was bid off
at S2i an acre aud another fraction of SIS "a
cres at S2i cents an acre.
ALABAMA.
ihe legislature met on the 9Th ult at Ca.
hawba Gabriel Moor was chosen President
OF the Senate, aud George w. Owen Speaker
OF The House OF Representatives.
The Message of The acting Governor, ('rho-
mas Bibb, Speaker of the Senate, acting as
governor on the decease of William w. Bihb
the late Goverror,) was transmitted en- the
9th. The recommendations ure entirely of a
mshicipai charss'ei,an oilimited importance.
ARKANSAS TERRITORY.
1he Legislature met on honday the I'd ult.
Edward N'Donald President of the Council,
Joseph Hardin. Speaker OF the House of Rep.
resentatives. Governor Miller, in his message,
SAYS SAYS.
1.-The present system of revenue laws an
pears 10 be defective in many respects, aud
particularly by that part OF them providing
tor the i,sning of Scrip for the payment
OF The public creditors. The Scrip under
the present system, is daily increasing. owirg
10 iiie defect OF the public revenue. II is al
ready below par, and unless some measure eau
be devised by the Legislature to sustain its
credit, il will, in short time. become almost
useless TO the holders. aud thereby produce a
state of embarrassment i'm the public credi.
tors, which must be evident TO you. How
thls dihculty is TO be removed, | leave TO
your superior wisdom and knowledge of the
resources OF the Territory to devise (; / would,
however, suggest the propriety Of a loan, on
the iaith OF the Territory, or the imposition of
an additional tax. adequate TO meet the cur
rent expenses ftLe Territory"
80 msch tor government paper. The Gov.
ernor complains Of The want Of sufficient iaiis
IN he several coupties. aud Of the traffic in
horses, carried on between The indians and
whites, which lie represents as the soarce OF
mush broil and couieotiou. fNat. Int
From the Bnhi,nJre Federal Gaseite.
Inc ioiiewtsg extract is from a letter writ.
ten by Daniel Coker, 10 hi. wife ia this CITY.
we nave obtained permission to publish il, 10
the expectation that il will be found interest.
ing TO many our readers
GENoY, Africa, Man PC, 1920 When the
snip Elizabeth returned, / wrote to yeu and
many other,, aud sent my Jonrsal but not
knowing whether that ship arrived safe or
not and as have, of necessity, TO write 10
Tue CoionizatioD Society, !, al The same time
anu way OF conveyance, send you tbislrtter-
we had short passage 10 Africa Gas p-
formed You la Que of INV letters one by The
Elizabeth, as above meutioned, and one i SEM
You from sierra Leone eur passage WAS 30
days. Wetound as kind reception among
the natives as could have been expected.-AIi
oar people were favored with good health
WINE crossing the sea, except what is called
The sea sickness but, unfortunately for MS
we landed in ono Of the most unhealthy spots
perhaps, on The coast, small island OF Mr. J
neZz'es. III Is very low and sometimes over.
iiows-is covered with mangroves, and the
water Is very bad but he had prepared some
Shah honssS; and gave us tho offer of occu-
pSihe them until we got our land which we
.nougnt "ouiu he In few weeks time--so we
,hd"kihiiy received The offer, which we siUc,
nave had cause TO regret We had not loag
neen there-aDd I'm few weeks alter the
Elizabeth sailed, the most of our people vsre
S saheu gown win fever; among the rest
o .. Crozar, the agent Of the Colonial
non Society, soon departed this lite: tew
days before lac died, he transferred bis Office
10 me without my knowledge. When Nj. Ba.
con brought the appointment to me- refused
TO aceepi II, lie. and Tue other agent OF the
y. States, said, if refused, the whole busi-
ness would meSi likely fall tbrough-aud tim,
must 20 oil Immediately TO attend the Psla
yer, al the town OF King SherbTo, 10 miles off
called Ionee L went and have beeu better
than four wesks in Palaver, and have moi
been back since, nor could not, / Laya b"o,,
so busIly eDSas d.--SinGe left there Mr. r..
con has died, and Mr.. Bsnkson died LAST Sa-
turday' All three of the agents that came
o ,n arg NO more and iws.ve persons of color
also. Tearing that MIR. Peck was veryIlI. |
SEM Tor him 10 come to NE AT Youec, lie came
aud has got quite well and hearty, | received
lstter yesterday irom the Governor of Sinr,
IA Leone, 10 remove my people 10 Cape shil-
ing. or sierra Leone, but the reason | did not
comply, Is, that am 10 go TO morrow 10 lie
BaJIoO, tue place we expect TO get Ii has
good water aud is high and hsaltlIy and shall
ny 10 set houses aud remove our people 10
'be'r own place immediately. Our peoDie arg
now all including, for they have water tiaw IA.
Ken 10 them from here. As 10 what I have
passed through my Journal must tell. II sin
Keep onel or walt until you come. WHICH /
pope VIII he shortly, aud thousands of Others
LII could not buI BE- expected that tho f;,st
emlgTants would suffer very much 1 calcuIat-
ed omit but those who come after. bailey.
" WIN nun u smooth and pleasant-I shall do ali
III uiS power 10 mike thugs as comfortable as
possible tor your reception, aud all IN nv DOW.
er Tor The general good should ms life he
spared will that had Nicholas and Dea-
yer here now, but il is in vain TO wish fell
lhen, ana every bGdy that Can do ood to This
people to come as soon as possible for here
they may be lIappy.-Bfng every thioy Won
can, Tor nothing That you want in America
will he useless here, either TO wear, TO eai' n,
as turniure-teli The people that come TIE
same. Those who wish 10 trade brine liz
tobacco, calico. irou pots, knives and iorks
Spoons, handkeTchleiS, aeedles aud abrvs All
piPes.-Hon can buy fowl for two plpts and
large one tor three pipes bring shoes aud
what eise thVy think proper have written
TO the Secretary OF the 80 itty fg zee Io ,o,,r
passage. Oh that God ma, bless YOU AMI
send yOn here Ia peace Give my love 10 all
ibe dear friends, aud TO yOuI sud N, IeIations
l would say more, bui H. shin is abont start
ing Tor EHglaud, and l have TO meet the
Kings this morning 1 am full OF business.
was sent The other day by the kings to see our
iand, aud ana much pleased il is biob. fer,iie
and healthy. aud plenty OF most excellent wa
ter: The Kings 90 to day 10 give me lille
to II for the Colonization Socisty. n. PEI
gives much love 10 you aud his family. he ia
wen. Africa is good land; tell The people
TO come here and they will be happy. II t,,ev
VIII DC INDUSTRIOUS. DANIEL COKER.
LOUIsIANIAN MOUNTAIN OF SALT.
In The interesting letter, written by General Miller
governor Of AIkansaW dated Sept I'd, 1890. and pub.
lished lslely IN the CehintI, among other lnuoi,.1
facts, mentioned an extent Of couniry covered win
pure CrStatiSed Sasf sir inches deep. lie adds all
men ages, both White lndlan that this Ariel. :,
IN SUCH abundance some distance above whore he "a,
ins lhey could cat aud split off pieces foot sg1l0,e
The rubc cannot have forgotten that this subieft If