Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-04

besides, gt he ilouer- nny, would be said, that
state had conferred It upon me- aud thai it had
sougb, Gur too g, me, with view To other OBJ
=, and for other purposes which AZ present
ndng before the nation. ! have therefore ear
-ily request Of IN, friends, and beg of YOU, no,
press me To an acceptance Of The appointment. II
pi"nied, could MOI decliue and yet IN accepting,
should do great violence TO my wishes, and to my
,hngs. The length of time have passed in public
"rv'ce, auIhorises me 10 make this request " hch
'h NY friends, uusi, will be considered reasona-
aud proper
W"b g'ea, regard, am, very re-peo,luliy, YOURS,
| AAJ. ABRAM MAURY,
| NJ mner OF the II. of Repis.
frtract Of Letter from Stephen f. Austin, 10 citi-
! zen IF this State, ddted 1,rds, July 10, 1928
| " Alter gre,, delay fnail, sue ceeded Ia getting
-, business satisfactorily arranged, and sh. mme-
| II 'tely begin 10 lay OF the Land. My Grant was
de by The Emperor Iturbide agreeaby To the colo
| '1aon Law, and after his fall. confirmed 10y
| ne Sovereign Congress aud Supreme Executive
| ''wer. lhis was done on the l0il April aud the
colonization Law al the same time repealed as re-
| Sa,ds all Others. Capt. was il Mexico and
had presented pe'ion Congress for The in,ro-
dnciion oi QUO families which the 10Th June (my
| last iniell'genCe) had not been acted .n--fhe
,hole nation has proclaimed the Federal Republican
| System The four Eastern provinces will form one
safe Tor the presen. new Congress as ordered by
he present one, the elecoa to be next mon H. and
Congress- To meet IN October. Now is the time TO
move Ia Tins Country. There longer 4 doubt MS
10 having Tree government, the nation see ms una
| inous. Settlers who establish themselves under me
VII have more privileges than ever will be granted
AGAIN, the smallest quantity of land they are TO Ie-
ceve Is one League square, aud are free from all
KIND oi lakes and yihes for six years | an, ~ vet
unlimited rs tn the number which | may introduce
INTO The interior OF the province the anci mt set
Element there are about 100 families on the Colo
RADIO and Brasos, the other zoo an, ed shall
he of the best KIND
The crops OF this year will be i'm mensr so bush Is
oi corn TO the acre, IS calculated will I've raised in
many places IN The settlement, the rains have been
;i'nliinl throughout the summer. want settlers of
Responsibility, and il you your friends will JOIN me
| van allow You all the privileges IN my power. The
I""d VIII cost l2 acre, Two yearly insial
meals Tor the greater part, must he paid ON 10
ceNing TILES. This province presents the most bril-
ha"t prospects under the Federal System. The peo-
PIE are ANXIOUS Tor the next settlement TO succeed
that we ma, form 4 STATE separate from the o,hey
'hree provinces. General Trespelascios is remo,e ed
RON The conIm"nd OF This province, aud a new Go
vernon appointed, ere long The people will in all pro.
""b''iy elec' inelr own Governor aud receive no
| more civil officers from Mexiro.'
EXPEDITION OF MAJOR LONG.
| The @splor,ng expeduun, conducted by Maio,
LONG of he Uni'ed S,,tes army look lis dep,,I,r,.
iro" Philadelphia on The S0h Of April las, with the
view OF trh'ersing The American territory m "A north
westerly direction, and returning by way of the great
northern lakes. The gentlemen COMPOSING The
eNped"on accordingly proceeded by way of Wheel
IN, r or Wayne, Chicago, Prairie du Chen and
Fort ST. Anthony the source OF the river ST. Peter
They then travelled down the valley ofthe Red river
TO ITS junction with the Assinnibo,n having ascer,
tanned, agreeaby TO their ,ns,ruor,ons the point nj
winch the forty degree of north latitude the
northern boundary OF the U States crosses that river
by thus II appears that CONSIDER able portion of the
| country occupied by the colony of the late lord
orikI'k, or that par. OF called the Pemhna settle
mehs, rs included within the terror of the United
STATES The journey thus Tar performed by land
tue parry beng furnished with sufficient number OF
horses Tor the transportation of their baggage and
other uses.
Al this place the expedition embarked on board Of
PARK canoes, IN which they descended Red river TO
u. mouth, crossed the southern extremity al Lake
Wrnepeck, assembled Wenepeck river, proceeded
through the Lake Of ihr Woods Rainy river and
Lake, and down the Thamsna Tekoea, to Lake
| Superior.
Here they exchanged their canoes fnr a bar,eau
IN which they uaversed the Lake TO It's outlet
| turing their voyage through The Lake, from, the
fifteenth TO the IhItieih of September, the weather
WIS exceedingly! boisierous, squalls having oc-
CURED daily Tor nine days in succession On the
high' OF the twentieth of September the snow fell
more Than three inches deep, and The ground re-.
m.rned covered with IT through the day following.
i lhey pursued their voyage Msckinaw ~ the
same craft, and there left lieu,enants Scot and
Dehay, and the guard detailed aI Port ST. Anthony
Tor ne service OF Ike axpedninn with orders To re-
JOIN their regiment on the mississippi
ihey Then sailed for DeIrOit on boarhthe revenue
cutler "A j Dallas, where they embarked on board
the steam boat SUPERIOR and landed a. Bnf,Io
PURSUING their journey homeward, they iook then,
passage on board one OF the New York canal packe
AoOHVS'eI on the Tennessee and
Ve"-d on The canal Ia Albany, whence they took the
customary route TO Tins place
w are hHppy TO learn that accident or mss
''nhe worthy oil particular notice happe ned Il,
me party, that they were, Tor the mos, mari treated
civy 10y The natives, aud with the utu,os, hosoativ
'.uhe es'ao'ishmens at the Hudson B,y COMPANY
several OF Which they passed ON their rout- r,.;'
.oai extended 10 tiic fftt first degree OF ao,i,.
'"t'"'e' and embraced cir nit OF more Than go
"ieS' upwards of 5000 OF bich were ihrous \.
savage wilderness remote from The abode of c,v,I,z
"oh' Inns long aud hazardous expedition has b.-i
completed 10 lie short period oi three DAYS less Than
SIX months, aud greatly rebounds in the crrtir IF ,a
distinguished scientific ofnCcr u, whom Il w. ron
uuG'e" as wen as TO his intelligent b.other off T.
anu companions IL will also no doubt add ,,,.t ~,
aud its resources. rF,,,khn g..
| WAsHINGToN, Oct 5O-We understand
i that Commodore Porter has ordered his broad
pendant to be hOisted On board the John
dams, and that the vessels of war now IN the
United STATES, and composing part of his
squadron, will sail about the Ist of December
next-by which time every cause of diseas.
WIZ, no doubt, have Disappeared
we take occasion To observe, from the best
authority, that, with the exception of the case
| oi lever at Th0mpsOn's Island. the vessels OF
| the squadron have, during the whole term ot
their service on the late expedition, been re-
markabiy healthy-the utmost attention han
ing been paidfo keep them in a state of per
''c' cleanliness. Nat. Int.
To Messrs. Gales K Seaton
| 6ENTLEMEN: While on my way 10 this
place, L noticed paragraph, taken from a
I ortsmouth paper of the 18th inst. land which
ma republlshed in your paper of The col