Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-02
Col. J. II. Hawkins, New Orleans
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ed TO the piory, by the Circuit Court OF the United
States, sitting III Maine, for committing pc, jury in the
oatis respecting the military pension for which he had
applied We had before been under the impression,
mat th's absurd and unequal punishment had been
every where abolished III the u States Without re-
marking upon the effect of The infamous exposure to
render The criminal desperate, and reformation i'm
practicable, the quantum of corporal suiernss infc-
ted by ii, depends altogether upon the humor of the
EopuIace and the number collected to witness it,
Sometnes he is overwhelmed with missiles, TO Il de-
gree almost depriyng him of life, and OH other
SONS, the punishment is not much more than scan
oa'ol's ceremony. We remember TO have pro-
posa in The British Parliament. TO abolish it upon
these grounds, but IL successfully opposed by
lord Peterborough, Who declared his opinion, that
some crimes could moi he adequately punished without
,ic p'oyy. The point yielded to the influence
&c possessed upon this subject in consequence of his
le"s experience III the administration OF criminal JUS
ticc
The article 20 which aude informs the public,
tt The Secretary of War has determined have the
cfhe OF perjury vigorously prosecuted, when it takes
pace upon such occasions We are gad To hear it.
provided IT does take too much of his attention
rom The money concerns of his departments To which
nc must be aware, the public would feel much graft
nc"ton rs well as relief il he would advert with
'u'i degree OF sedulous concern, which past
rences aGmoHish. TBnN Tel
Singular CucumStance.-The following sin
gular circuinstanG: took place on board the
schr. Brilliant on'ner passage from Fortunes
island to this port On the 9th of August "a
large fish was seen alongside the schr. sup
posed 10 be Dolphin. One of the crew feel
ing anxious to catch him, and probably for the
want OF some other bait, drilled hole through
a dollar, and fastened it to his hook, which he
threw over the bows of the schr. but it was
soon discovered that both the bait and hook
were missing. The second hook was then
balted in the same manner, which shared the
same tate On the 2ist Aug. the third attempt
was made, with the same kind of valuable bait,
Mh'cn also shared the fate OF the Others
our Gays after, it being calm, and the schr.
having run about three hundred miles from
inc unfortunate fishing ground, shark was
caught with bovine, which contained two
Of the hooks, baited with TIVE of the dollars.
In about fifteen minutes after, a Dolphin was
caught, which contained the other hook and
dollar. Portsmouth " H. Paper.
The cotton crop in this state and the State
of Georgia, will fall greatly short Of its annual
product. The most sanguine planters do not
calculate on more than half crop, and many
VIII make but two bales where they expected
1--we. tbs soTe consolation, in the midst oil
this failure, to learn, that the foreign market
has experienced some Improvement, and j
our crops are short we shall obtain a liberia
price for them. Columbia rs. CO. Tel.
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MANUFAcTUBEs.- -" Our wooen manufac.
lures have progressed very little, If at all, since
the war says the New York Patron of In
dustry. This assertion may he correct as il
regards some parts Of the country hut it i
incorrect in respect TO the manufa ctures of TIN
Eastern States or woollen manufactures ar
ln state OF gradual progression and improve
ment-insomuch that they may be found a
all our retail stores, and we are informed tina
large proportion Of the wooIlen cloths broad
cloths, csssimeres, &5c) made up into gar
ments, per order, at the shops of the first mer
chant tailors in this town, is of domestic ma
nuiacture. IL is a fact, even, that many Englis
cloths are offered as American--sO Car prefer
anie are the latter esteemed by our population
We have heard a pleasant story of an Englis
gentleman, who happened to BIZ In town no