Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-26

tss space, an rqiai power IL produced. a. =;
proof that the discovery il not rhim"rical, We
have seen letters from Euro..-. stating that
ElS,00O sterling had been Offer. Il for the pat
ent right Of France, provided the experiment
succeeded. ~. Y liner.
TdmPd Boy Military Estl5iists mint
MOBILE, Feb. 3.--W- are ,"i-iicd to the po
likeness Of gentleman very recently f,om Spirnu
Sanio, Tor the following information.
Col. Brooke with his comu,and reached ,hrir dies
tnaiion Ia good time, and after examining the Sc.
sers points, which offered themselves for mis- scIcc.
ton, the colonel liked ON the eastern shore of His
borough River, AT it's mouth nAd the road Of The Bay
Of the same name, for the proposed Can,onn,eut-
This point oil land offers bold shore--is well tim.
bered aud abund"ni'y 1aered, from pure sweet
spr'ngs-the soil 70 very hne, and the Bay abounds
fish and fowl. A fair prospect OF comforts for the
gallant corps As yet the command is tented, but
they proceed Immediately 10 hut and, having every
faciiuy, hey will soou make themselves snug.
Spr'lu Santo is the great bay, with bran ches
on the East, HiIsborough and on the West, Tam.
pa. As Il is commonly expressed aud understood,
all these waters are known by the name OF Tan,pa-
whereas, IL Is the least Of the three On
the outer bar there three aud AN half fal,ons Of
water-ihe entrance narrow aud sinuous-three
ia,homs may he carried up the H,lsho,oush the
greater part OF IT'S extent The point dividing Hills
borough and Tampa, is Cat and narrow and neith.
hay affords rs good harhor as Pensacola.
Col. Gadsden aud Ii. Ripley, the ,nissioners
Tor RAINING the Indian boundary line, were Hills.
horone' on the arrival of tho troops. They had had
| no serious difficulty with the Indians hut found
them very ''I-na,ufed and dissatisfied. Col. Brooke
supplied them an escort, and they proceeded in the
discharge oil their duties, which they will now speed
lily accomplish. [Al,srfiser
Military .9codemy.-Frcm document re
Gently laid before the House of Representatives
by the Secretary of War, it appears, that the
number OF Cadets admitted into the Institu-
lion during fha year 1898, was 97-the num-
Der who completed the regular course of study
and Instruction within that year, Sail OF
whom received commissions in the army
and that the whole number discharged ur
permitted to depart, within that wear. was So.
The number of Cadets at present in the In
| sttution, is 2i4.
ambassador from Buenos .4yres.-A letter
from BuenOs Ayres ofthe 7th of January. states
that Gen. Alvera has been appointed by that
government as Ambassador 10 the United
States. He was to have left Buenos Ayres
in the month ofJanuary for the United States.
via England.
Pirdcy.-Captain Davie of the schooner
William, OF Plymouth, from Mayaguez, arriv-
ed at this port on Saturday morning, states
that his vessel was boarded while lying in that
harbor, by gang of desperadoes, on the 4th
OF February, armed with pistols and knives
When driving the people below, and beating
two of the men most cruelty they demanded
money. After they found they could get none,
they endeavoured 10 eXtorr from the crew
where II was, by threatening to kill all on
board-they then hove part of the crew i'm the
run, and part they carried forward, and drove
down the forecastle-they then began to plum.
der the vessel for money, and every thing thew
could lay their hands on. 1t was opposed thew
came from Mona Island, where they have a
rendezvous. The day before the W. sailed, a
Dutch schooner and sloOp was chased in by
two boats-the soop ran along side the schr
and fought the boats until she beat them off
The schr. Volant, Of Newburyport, was also
chased nby two boats. Bali. finer.
From Hdrdna.--A letter 10 the Editors
from friend at Havana, received by the Mi
nerva at this port 90 Sunday in eight DAYS
passage, says: Havana is remarkably healthy
-and very tranquil under the stern govern
ment of the King. Piracies near Cuba are
seldom heard OF, these iawless acts being pre-.
vented by the presence of the American cruz.
ers." -"
We have news from Cadiz in 81 days.
The French frigate had arrived there with
intelligence OF the acquiescence of Cuba in
the new order of things and, in consequence.
General Wives would be continued in the Of
flee of Governor General of Cuba"
The markets at Havana are unusually bad
on the 9th instant new duty on Flour, ex-
credIns the existing duty about one and an
half dollars, is to go into effect by Royal De.
cree" Tn
We understand that General ATKINSON is
making preparatory arrangements at St.
Louis, for military expedition, which is TO
ascend the Missouri next summer, for the pur-
pose of chastising the Indians for their lat.
aggre-slons IN that quarter Missouri Int.
~ Mr James II. Nelson is a tour, collecting de-
anas due this Office in the counties of Amelia
Cumberland buckingham, Prince Edward, Nottoway
Campbell, Bedford and Chesterfield. ~
HE subscriber offers for sale, in Store
sCuPPEhNoNG WINE, in quarter casks of superior
quality