Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-02

MS name an the way bill. The driver va. 90
riousiy wounded in the back part Of the head,
before aware of il, by severe blow, and was
immediately tied in the carriage and the mail
Wagon driven some distance ia an adjoining
held, where the mail bags were cut open and
rihcd. -Four men have been arrested on sus-
Plclon, and lodged i'll Wilmington goal He
heard II stated, that one letter that was rin.d
contained drafts and checks TO the amount OF
) 1000, and another letter, which contained
900 in Richmond S 100 notes. Bali. Pat.
| General jackson has issued proclamation.
ordering certain Spanish officers to withdraw
from the Floridas, or their arrest should they
ne found IN the province after the Sd OF Octo-
Der. The assigned cause for this measure is,
that they disavowed even a temporary
allegiance to the United States, and were
engaged in stirring up discomfort and disafIec-
Ton OF which the evidence contained in the
proclamation is paper signed by them re-
Iative to the controversy between Gen. Jack
son and Col. Callava Of the necessity OF
such AN exercise of power, we have at this
distance no means ofjujging; but we should
suppose that the consequences to be appre-
nenueu from the words or acts OF a few dis
handed military men among an unarmed and
Peaceabic population would scarcely call Cor
official Punishment.
We do not feel disposed, however, to find
iauit WIN tins exercise of the plenipotent
powers vested IN General Jackson, which
can do no great harm, and may tend to preserve
the tranquility OF the ncghbo,rhood of Pen
sacola but we regret that the lahours of the
mountain should be wasted i'm the delivery of :,
mouse, or without common place figure.
that tile energy ofour commander should be
Called INTO action by such trivial causes andbs.
attended with such unimportant consequences
f1au our government added the commission
Oh ad:nral tn his other powers, given him the
means Oh enforcing an edlct of ouiawry against
| tne pirates that nfest the shores of his iuris-
diction, we might now have it in our power TO
congratulate our merchants on the hanging of
some scores OF these freebooters, instead of
stating that the authority of the nation had
been exercised to diminish the scanty popu-
'atIon OF our newly acquired territory. While
on the SUBJECT 1t Is proper to state that De-
i'""naiigh, whose honor and vcracity we know
to be unexccptionablc has declared in IA state
rnent published in the Flori,lian, that the ac-
count given by Col. Calava, s. is tissue or
laisehoods and distortion of facts from begin
Ming 10 cnd.' M Y. liner.
CHAEtEsTo,;, Oct. 27.-Capt Thwins, Of
the Sch. Give Branch, arrived yesterday from
Mhracaihn, informs us that Sen. Bolivar ar,iv-
ed at Mamcaiho in September, with 5000
troops the army was sent 10 Santa Martha.
and the General wert to meet Congress as
sembied in the interior, about the middle of
september: battle was fought al Corc, in
which the Patriots were successful. 1t was
expected that Cartllagena would fall, and that
the Patriots would be ultimately successful.
[CiW Ga--
By the arrival yesterday of the sloop Ann
Capt Cock, in - days from Matanzas, we
have been favored with the following intelii-
gence Three ofthe pirates whose depreda.
ions on the American vessels, the brig Johl
Smith, schr. Milo, and sloop Collector, (of
which notice had been received some time
back ny gentleman this city per schr
ELIZA, Capt. Williams have been taken The
authorities of Matanzas, with the assistance
OF the Americans there, were engaged in thu.
capture OF the criminals. Two OF them have
suffered death; the other against whom sulii.
Gent proof has not been adduccd, awaits the
decision OF Justice I'M
Col. Don Jose Calava, late Governor of
west Florida, arrived here on Thursday even
ing, IN the steam ship from New York, on his
way to New Orleans. lIJ.
Ga the subject ofthe crops in the United
hinGdom, and ON the Continent, we still think
that the extent of the damage which has been
sustained in them, will be found to have been
much exaggerated. Bells (London) Weekly
Messenger, paper which has always given
particular attention to the agricultural concerns
oil England, confirms an editorial article of some
length, the fruit of dilisent enquiry, respecting
the probable effects of the state of the ,yea-
Their, upon the harvests" 1t represents, up
on the authority of private letters, and COM
parison OF the statement OF most of the cotll-
ty-newspapers, down to the 9TH September
inclusive, that, in the three most agricultural
| counties, Norfolk Suffolk, and Cambridge
SHIRE, the corn and harvest had scarcely suf-
iered any injury from the state of the wca-
ther =" the wheat and barley were abundant,
and IN excellent condition" In Kent stIlrce
fourths OF the wheat, were either in the barn
or IN the stack, aud had sustained very little
INJURY = the crops were abundant, and the
grams heavy. Little corn had been sent 20
market, owing TO the hurry of getting in the.
harvest, and this had occasioned the rise of the
markets, rather than any Just apprehension of
deficiency. From Sussex, the intelligence
was the same. In Nottinghamshire, the grea-
ter proportion OF the wheat was housed and all
IN good condition. In Hertfordshire, the case
the same. From Huntingdonshire, the ac-
counts were, that the crops were good and
heavy, " and bad suffered infinitely less than
was apprehended, and than the London papers
mad stated"-the barley an immense crop
In Sonersetshire and Devonshire, all the
wheat iii barn or stack, and in good condition.
In Dorsetshlre, the crops were heavy and a.
bundant, hut had suffered much from the rust
and smut. The editor ofthe Messenger remarks
Ia conclusion, such, therefore, is the general
condition of the harvest, up to Friday 9TH
INST and with such accounts before us from all
quarters, we feel inclined to attribute the late
rise IN tn markets, to any other cause, than
that OF real and sincere apprehension ora
scarce and injured crop"
Admitting what is related of the state ofthe
weather between the 18th and 15tb aud ;fs
tendency TO damage the crops. il j. still evil
uent' the above accounts be correct. that