Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-08

ture of the surrounding country.
Charleston Courier.
A COUNTERFElTER PUNISHED.
KAsKAsKrA, May 29.-Tho's Wyatt, whose
arrest and Imprisonment we noticed in our
last, was convicted of having uttered and pass
ed counterfeit note on the Bank of the Uni
| ted States.
Pursuant TO the sentence of the Court, he
received one hundred iashtS, nell laid on his
| bare back, paid a fine Of one dollar, suffered
| ticeniyfOur hours imprisonment, and was, on
Sunday last, discharged
From the apparently candid and frank con-
fession of Wyatt, some time previous to the
execution of the sentence, il appears that a
very considerable number ofindiyiduals have
been, FOR years past, engaged in the nefarious
practice of which this unfortunate wretch was
convicted. The active agency of those I'M
prIncipled scoundres is not exclusively con-
fined to the circulation of counterfeit bank
notes, but extends to the most flagitious de-
predatlons on every species ofprivate proper
ty. The names of several of his accompces
and confrderates residing in Pope county, have
been divuged, and who, we trust, will ere
long, receive domciary visits. The notes
which we have seen are awkardly executed,
but with sufficient skill to enable those villains
| to palm them upon the honest and inexperi-
enced part of the community. 1t becomes the
imperious duty of every honest citizen to be
on the alert, and to make every possible exer
ton to detect, apprebend, and to bring to con-
condjgn punishment, those frcebooters, and
thus endearor 10 rid society of so serious
pest. RepuJ. .1dv.
The British hare taken possession of Porto
Rico = This is the beliefofa highly respectable
merchant at N1ontcso Bay, from whose letter
to well known aud valued citizen of Char
lesion, we make the following extract:
"MoNTEGo BAY, June :.
A British force from home, have taken
Porto Rico, and as this force consists of no
less than ten sail of the line, some idea is enter
tanned That this fleet has some other service to
perform before returning home. Not word
was known OF its coming, or respecting it in
any way, until the place was in our possession
The authorities had instructions fr4m their
government to deliver it up. However, had
It been required, such force would soon
have taken IT" Charleston G.. Gaz.
II is stated in the Augustine Herald of the
18th inst. that the Florida Indians will meet
Commissioners on the part of the U. States in
the vicinity Of that city on the 9Th September
next, with the view of concluding treaty of
amity and limits. Some satisfactory arrange
ment is expected to be made with the Indian
tribes who wander over that territory, bv
which they will be located within prescribed
bounds, sufficient for their purpose, and which
will assure TO white settlers greater security
against the intrusion or hostility Of the savages
.hitiedgeuiHe Recorder.
Castle Ctinton,-On Friday last pursuant TO
orders from Gen. Scott, Capt Bender, on the
ma ri OTf hp Init III a..
committee appointed by the Corporation, the
fort at the Battery, called Castle Clinton
Being now the property Of the city, we hope
TO see it soon removed. NJ Y Nat. .1dU.
One case of yellow fever terminating in
death, has occurred at the New York Quaran-
tine Ground. The subject was Joseph Silva,
who had for several years been employed in
unloading vessels at the Quarantine Ground.
He contracted the disease on board brig
which arrived a few days since from st Jago
de Cuba. Such case should excite no alarm
Insulated cases occur, perhaps every year, in
almost every seaport in the Union.
We learn from Dover, that on Friday fore
noon a Wagon, continuing several casks Of
gunpowder, stopped on the landing near Mr.
Elias tavern that the person having il in
charge started IA cask and strewed quantity
on the ground that lad procured coal Of
fire and touched The loose powder which com
mupicated TO the straw i'll the Wagon, aud
that the whole exploded. 1t is said that four
persons were seriously injured rs likewise the
horses and some of the buildings adjacent.
Portsmouth Journal
.Afroiiing match took place on Long Island
on the 23d inst. between the New York horse
Dragon, and horse from Philadelphia, for
8 900. The distance WAS I 2 miles, which was
run over in IS minutes The philadelphia
horse won the race. The Daily Advertiser
says, he was formerly owned in New York !;
and few days ago, al Trenton, ". J. he won
S ] 600, against the New York horse Shongo.
over 2. miles course IIe also took the purse.
sgajnst seven horses, 81 the late Union races
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