Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-26

tscraary @2.-The annual approprtGpa
bill for The support of The military establish.
| ,nent has passed through Committee of n,
Whole, in the House of Representatives, h,.,
has NOT yet been finally acted Oh. This is !
oiii 10 DE passed al course, and really involves
no principle but the obvious ore OF setting =,
l,af' money FOR dcirayins expenses already az
thorized by law.
There Is one provision, however, in tins
hsil, introduced nj the suggestion. in the frs,
osiance, at MIR. EuSt's. which, we understand.
VIII be OF much importance to mcritorious
Grass oil peopie--we mean the manufacturers
at woollens, who have little more capital than
their looms. They cannot contract for lary,
supplies, nor can they suddenly comply with
large orders. An appropriation has therefore
been introduced into the BILL of $4,000 dol
iars' Ter the purchase of wnUllens for the ar
my, for the year 1880 as to allow the
goods TO be purchased of our own manufac-
turers, and 10 allow intermediate time su0ici.
cnt iorIhe manufacture them. Ii is predicted,
that we lever shall again have !; soldier.
iand hardly sallor,) clothed in the manufac-
lure oi any other country than this. So he it.
i ms is sort encouragement which will be
OF some service, not to overg:own and alrea-
dy pamprrcd capitalists, bat to the industrious
artisans who live by the labor of their hands
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hOn II \ V ANA.
february 23.-Lctters have heen received
in this city from Havana, of as late "A dale IA
ths S1st uit. The latest news received there
rom Spain appears Ia he considered porten-
touS. lie King has taken Il stand" saws
one OF the letters 6 in regard To the Ministry
4" ana the aii'urs of CadiZ from which, if he.
" 90 no; reeedc, some fatal Consequences will
" he the ros;,it in that devoted country"
., inr Spanish Convoy had sailed forCadiz.
Two Patriot brigs were off the Moro, who
PASSED 90 ahead oi the Convoy, waiting fora
favorable change to cut some of them off.
me following extract from one of the let
trrs from Havana, however, is of more imme-
date interest 10 us;
The pirates carry on their ro5berics in a
more daring manner IN every quarter; and it
i expected that they will soon cut the vessels
out of the port.
The ship Ann, belonging to General George
ID ,ofBristol, was attacked Yesterday com
i1% IN, IA sight III the Moro Castle, i,y an open
poa'' win about 20 armed men. whenthc crew
was nj dinner, ard, had they not tIuwn IN their
snail arms with piomptit,ide. and beat them
W, tne ship would have been carried in a few
.'lih"iri, as they were SD near as To take deli
herate aim nj the hrmsman with a mnsket
oiu ordered ihe ship 20 hcave to. They were
al c"lc"aled ~ tha bottom OF the boat, eS-
cePt '.ifec, an,i, as soon. as the musket was
fired, they all s!Iewcd themselves, &, were read
- e'u" Nit the warm reception they rcceiv-
Ell rom The small arms oftlIc crew OF tho shin
induced them to push for the shore again. As
they KEPT astcrn of the ship, the captaii could
no' get his cannon guns to bear upon them
they would have been sunk have
seen two more American captains, whose YES
,cis nave been burnt near Cape Antouio, shame
fully abused and nal treated, and pIundercd
of I'LL they had"
The same letter says:
by the arrival of a Hamburger vessel this
evening from Port au Prince, VIC learn that
Boyer is in the possession oftle whole of the
island" rT5