Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-20

wnci SIR. >. was Postmaster. He has erected
hummer of buildings on the island, and made
considerable Improvement in agriculture, &c
a mort time ago MIR. iiagerman, the Collector
oil the Customs 1T Kingston, went tn Carleton
island with Il party Of officers aud took from
air. Sinyth large Quantity of merchandise,
seizing it in behalf OF the crown, on the ground
that the island belonged to Great Britain.
NJ T. Nat. .1dr.
FROM TIE COUNCIL BLUFFS
'or. Louis, Oct. tS.-Ccneral Atkinson and
Il 20 O'Falion (lndian agent arrived in this
Place Oh Sunday last from Council Bluff.
She later gentleman brought down with
nm a reputation consisting of chiefs and head
Inca al seven bands .: the Missouri Indians
Vie Grand Pawnees, Pawnee Loups, Paw
nee iicpahes, O'hIahas, Oitos, Missouris,
ana hans1s, amounting in all ID sixteen men
Their destination is Washington City.
We learn that the various tribes of Indians
iniiahlting the country ON the Missouri as
iiSh up as the Great Bend, whence our trade
IS heen carried by the enterprise of the
ur computes remain friendly toward the
whites. Inc Aracaras, some two hundred
miles above, s.ill evncr IL disposition To be
Troublesome, which nothing but the show of
an armed force will quiet. Some hostility
occurred the last summer between the
C'Maha nation and the tribes OF the Sioux,
The Ietons and Ogealas. 1t appears, that,
whist each party was travcrsing the plains
10 pursuit of buiialo, they pitched their camps
near each other, and, as a good understand
ms IND not eAst between them, some efforts
10 roncia;e and heal the breach were made
ny The ONah,s, and acccdcd To by the
oiouH. Each visited the camp of the other,
when the usual ceremony of smoking and
1eastns, mingled with assurances OF peace
on bath sides ensued. The O'Mahas gave
ana exchanged most of their arms to the ST.
"HX Tor horses: hut, whilst this interchange
"l traihc and civilities was in operation, some
"t IN: young men of the Sioux lever faithlcss
rs Is Their conn mon charactcrl employed them
selves III stealing the O'Mallas' horses. The
o.hahas resented the outrage, and a battle
rnsiied, IN which they were driven of the
ned, win the loss of - warriors. The ST.
onx lost six or eight men.
IL believed that all the disauet, as well rs
me frequent petty warfare made by one tribe
upon another. among the remote Indians.
would bt siienced by the show of an armed
Iorce on The parts OF the Missouri they respcc-
'Weiy inhaht, and it would open To our traders
" rotu 80 the richest fur region il the world
Views III this effect are contemplated nv
government, and will no doabt, he speedily
accomplished. Ample means are in the hands
oi The military at the Council Bluffs for the
completion Of the object, without incurring
any expense to government beyond what may
nc necessary for sustaining the garrison at
ttis post, the expenses of which are daily
becoming Lighter, and the progress of the
1roop IN culuvating bread stufs. and rearing
STOCK, warrants tine belief that they will short
y nc less than at any interior post.
me present crop at the Bluffs promises
very abundant harvcst-mOre than $4,000
i..t IA G.,t I
product oi inrty acres of land cultivated i'm
potatoes, and the fruits of twelve or fourteen
extensive kitchen gardens.
srst and SAW mill, equal to any west of
lle Alie5hany, has been erected at the above
post the past Summer, which will enable the
troops 10 manufacture their own bread stuIls.
and relieve them from the fatigues of saving
Pidhh, &C. ny hand. Enquirer.
We hail the following as an acceptable
omen ut the interest which the people of the
vest are about at length to feel, in an object
oil 80 great Importance to them as the improve
1neni OF the navigation of the Potomac We
begin to have hopes, when we find that we
are 10 have efficient aid from that quarter in
support ol an object transcendantly important,
not only to the District of Columbia, nor vet
l" all the country on the waters of the Chesa-
P'ake, nut to the whole nation = Nit. Int
Eron .he Genius # Libe,ty, printed at Union, Pal
fetltlonS are III circulation, addressed to
Congress, for the Improvement ofthe nayien
ton of the Potomac RiUer Without this adj
ditionai link in the chain of communication,
the great object Of the National Legislature
IN making the Cumberland road, connecting
the eastern and western waters will not he ac-
compIishcd. BY il The iund carriage bef,ceeu
.Fsw orleans aRi The cuyof U0siington ,siW be
reduced 10 0jom 20 miles. Thus calculated to
facilitate intercourse, and bring more closely
together the distant parts OF our continent, it
becomes an object of the first importance, in
Il political as well as commercial point of
FieW-serving 10 strengthen and confirm the
bands that unite us as people
But To this district Of country this improve
ment IS peculiarly advantageous. II will bring
US within GO miles, by land carriage, of Wash
InStOn, and open TO us the markets of the
Atlantic cities To them, in future, we must
look FOR market; the competition has be-
come TOO formidable in the west. The i'm
mrnse regions of fertile lands daily opening
themselves near to New Orleans, bought for
at least onc-siXth of the price paid for lands in
Tins country, and at the same time more pro-
ductIye, together with certain and safe nayi-
cation at all times, will ciiectuaIly exclude MS
from this market. To compete, against such
odds must end in ruin. To the east however. we
find populous, aud mostly poor and exhausted
country, wanting Our supplies and suffice it
To state the fact, that at this time the price of
flour in New Orleans is stated to vary, accord
ing to quality, from 81 30 10 81 30 per barrel {:
IN the eastern cities from So to SO per barrel
This Improvement completed, we could carry
al our surplus produce, flour, beef, pork, grain
glass, wliskry, &c. TO the eastern cities Cheap
e. than to New Orleans.
These are but few of the advantages of
this important work, but they are certainly
snliclent % indnrn any nnr vim hAs fhn IN.