Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-11

been for their worth entrusted with public properly,
ani cha'ged to administer i, pruIen,y, aud ia the |
way best calculated To promote the general good. |
u you should entertain the opinion, tina, "a longer
Continuance ot William Mary C"lirge where il nov
Is, would he unwise, many considerations be |
urged as 10 its future locatuu Our rising un,yers-
IA the centre of The tel ritory aud popuai of the
state, will afford, ina shori PERIOD the means TO
most of our people west Of the head Of Tide water,
| Tor educating their sous. Il William g. Mary College
should bc located in healthy aud popmioms region OF
the state, and as Ia the country, below the head
oi iie w.er AS may he CONSISTENT With secut ing |
these advantages, ,he lower portion Of the common.
wealth would reap every convenience which is now |
der,vahle from IT'S present situation.
That Ia insure respectable success 10 College il
Should he fixed i" dense popun' ron, seems now TO
lie apIoposNon generally conceded that its site
should be healthy, was never disputed: Without
both OF these requisites, "a appears hut few, any,
literary institutions have, in our county, aou,shed
much, ar Tor long time THAT you have pee n.ry
means, think has been demonstrated aud that you
may secure every thing else, is equally manifest.
Your attention will naturally he turned to the COIN
try aJJac-ot to the falls oTthe rivers Upon the RAP
pahannock, tines, or Appom,itox rivers, healthy
and pleas'n, sites might readily be Obtained, and
each will, IFS prculia, advantages is my puI
pose, IN dc,i', To compare the recon m,enJaiiou of
each with the Others; but il strikes me, that every
thing considered, the capital Of the state combines
tue most II Is the most populous city in the state
It's, u not the healtaiest, among The healthicst towns
IN the union aud from IT'S position must ever CON
finue so. In the city of Kchnion there s more fire.
Guent and general collection of the taiens Of the
perhtendahce OF the legislature, will in the course Of
events, command i,s attention and its foster
ing AID To the admirable competition with the uni
vc'siiy, which may he anticipated, of which should
most rapidly and u,lic onsIy inStt uci youth much
good 10 The pnbc may he real zed. With healthy
climate, and dense population AT hand, sending
forth twice The number OF The present pupils to the
college, other benefits, ii is believed may be count
ell on.
II has bee" said, that funds to the amount Of
several thousand dollars lying Ito, ma NJ in
Rchmond, he!Ongng 30 literary institution that
these would he cheeiiuly and at once thrown into
! your C. hc,s, and with them, beautiful site for
building offered that the use OF library which
cost near 10 600 dollars might lac obtained and
nom 1000 10 IT, oe dollars would be raised al once
Tor the erection of buildings, in which to commence
the operations OF The college.
These are surely tempting considerations. and
are inereased when it is reroiecied, the furnishing
town OF Petersburg is hut twenty two miles from
fredericksburg The Ike, and these four towns, CON
tanning AN aggregate population Of l6 600 white per-
sous.
To yonr wisdom submit the Adoption of the means
Tor executing this design, T IL should meet your APP
broh;tio" ihat you viii dispose If with u single
eye TO The public welfare, entertain not doubt
nut that Tie prevailing sentiment demands nj your
hands some efficient measure to redeem The fallen
fortunes oil the college, confidently assure
you PUBLIUS.
BRITISH WEST INDIES.
Oemarara papers to the 10Th uit. inclusive have
bee" received "a, folk from which IL apprars thai
,"e spun oi ihsuhoI'linaon among The Blocks of that
Island ~ not vet eS'inci, and that Of new
plots on the Eis, Coast has caused the militia 10 be
| again called into actual service.
| GEORGETOWN Dem.) April L.
I"!e'''ge"ce oi rather an unpleasant nature, ron
cer"'ns The conduct OF the Negroes on the East
Coast, reached ,ovn tins morning. which ,n,lur e.I
his Esceliency the Governor To turn out the (rurec
Colony House "
The Battalion ordered 10 hold Themselves in
readiness az "A moments notice.
f'oclamatioa from Head Quarters appears ~
move, regulating the period, &c. during which the
Easter Festival is to he observed by the Neorors
generally throughout the Cnlony. Those on the
| E's Coast aic not 10 be allowed any indulgence
| whatsoever.
The reports regarding the intelligence we have
Just h'"e'i ~, are so cont adicory, that do no,
ieei ourselves justified ia stating what we have
he"rd-r,en FROM sources which under other CIR
cumstances, might be considered as toIernbIy au-
thehc. III may NOT he amiss however to stale a
Tact, generally credited that some pois-and Of an
| extensive nature too, have been discovered, which
were 10 nave made this Colony another Of war
Fare on Elsier Monday, the IS h iust-Tbe mea
s"rrs adopted by government, will probably enable
"s TO state something decisive on This poat in our
next
APRIL 1.-The Me nbcrs Of the Honorable IN.
Court OF Policy, net yesterday, for the purpose of
heh' Grating upon The best TO he adopted 10
protect The toony from any fresh dsfu, hances ON
the part OF the Negroes, during the HOLIDAYS,
winch, from info nIaIion lateiS received thew have
some eason TO apprchend.
| Martial Law, we understand, is not TO be pro-
c'a'ne", ir"m audable Iteration OF The incou-
''n,ehct asi expense to which the Culony would he
,,S'ih suigec'cd.-The Militia, however is TO be
kept on Inc alert aud he pa AIDED every afterpoon
In" III. guards and picqueJs are 10 Le Icpaced al
Tie usual stations, both in town aud county
! MAhliNIVtE.-I is stated in the Demarara
,t'' y" '"r minority oi private letters from Mar
'io'H"e That The coloured pc op.e Of ,Ia I,lnu are
| Nnprr'u ""'y WIN as much despatch as possible
NO distinction rs nude amongst them IVbether hi. Il
OF low, rich or poor--wbetl,er puiI = or ;nnoren,.
wbciher Implicated or in the lsie uren,eJ;,,,ed
lnshTi ecHon the sentence Of apshmeu t s IN, s.mc
ne me oi the skin quite sufficient and p.ssuort
PoH.H ""bded 10 every one whose nane aud les.
iicDce - Known as well as TO those vim arc o,I,
known abroad ia The public streets and b;,L ,v.ys
\ Considerable number Of hnse people had ,I,s.J,
arrived ~ Trinidad, where is said thcy haze nc,
with an unmJlested refuge"
letter from officer on board The u s hr;o
spark dated 81 Aivarado, ST. inst. says
We have been beating of aud on this nor, for
some days pasr-ias' from Campeacby ! have no,
yoi been on shore, IL being but small place. oflr
ing lew inducements ~ the way Of curiosity socie-
~ Niiii the appearance of Campeachy was nuc,
p'easr-our bI lay III ont I5mil, from The tow on
oi an onporupi., and went up The city on ~ visi,
80 the u. S. schr. WeiZel IL is ~ walled town. and
IS sad To- coniaD about SO, 900 inhabitants but al
present most Of Ibis number have decamyed ON ac-
cimHt u some difficulties which have iaely arisen
e,s een Campe'chy aud the capital of tie Pfovinc.
oI Y 80 dtan from whence army said 10 be
m"ching qnel the disturbance - But the wise aud
prudent "rm 81 Campcachy, having displayed iliei,
spir ~ rebrllion, have taken themselves 10 safe
ulSt'uce and lefl their cry lie defended by some
h'eu 'rnos most of Them Indians IL oOnse quo nc
Wv '''s "h "a, saw lew others fhao Indians there,
~" "PP'% 10 perform most OF The mechanical and
'hhOfInus duties. " was impossibe 10 asc erfzu the
cause oi this rrbeiiOn aud cOusenuent wa,ik. n,nvs