Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-10-11

legislature to the existence oil the new court, sti
going MIR. Achilles Sneed, Clerk of the old court,
Is deal.
Ono.-In Northampton wheat has been pur-
chased at 25 cents per bushel, and it is estimated
that corn will be sold low a. IL IL cents and
oats at 10. A pound of Young Hyson tea is worth
in exchange 6 bushels wheat.--A lad OF Is years
of age, called Co,nell, who was engaged in car
rying the mail from Frecport to Coshocion, ere
shot on the 9Th ult., by villain; supposed 10
be with the design Of robbing the mail. u man
named tombstone who had been in company with
the boy, was detained: yet The bags were not rob
bed meeting was held at Rsvenna 10 consider
the propricty vi CANAL from the mouth oil Beaver,
through Truinb,dl and Portage counties, TO the
Portage Summit. Ten gentlemen were appointed a
committee To collect information. . IS
on the route of the Ohio canal where new town
has been laid out, from so feet by &c. TO 90 by 50,
have sold from 500 to 230.-About - 800 men are
employed on the different submits and levels oil
such portions OF the Ohio Canal as have been con-
iracted for The following information from the
~. Glars Gazette, touching the continSaon oil the
Cumberland Road Is new and interesting:
90 National r0ad--'rbe first division OF thrs
road, from the river, embracing about ten miles, II
now under contract, and undergoing lie operation
OF grading. Contracts have also been made and
preparations are making for building them The
road, well as tue bridges, were taken a, very
low prices, compared with the cost OF making the
road on the side of the Ohio river.
&c There is no scarcity al laborers; they can be
bad at almost any price; Sc per month ioI common
laborers, we understand, is the highest wages gil
ven, aLi many work Tor less The robust, hardy
sons o. iHbarnii are with ieV exceptions the oa-
y persons employed on the road. They come in
great numbers from different sections Oft the coun-
try 10 Ind employment but At least nne-tenthS
OF them disappointed. =
".Nulaer ofmakiag TIC road.-Thc bed tho
road is TO he formed thirty feet in width, The hills
cut down and valleys filed, ,hltho elevation in
any part OF he rOad when finished shall be great er
than an angle of four and half degrees with the
horizon The road to be covered twenty fec; in
width wi;h stone. TO be broken in pieces weighing
not more than four ounces TIE bed first be sprm-
I'll nearly ilat, havn: slope of inch 10 three
ieet from the centre ot the sides When the stone
* inspected and passedby the Superintendent they
are TO be sown or scattered upon the road with the
shovel Limestone 10 be used in all cases where
II 10 be had Biidges cuiv eris and sew ers, 10 be
made On and across the road, and bitches cut along
It's sides wherever il shall be necessary.
" All hilin9s exceeding two feet, on the line OF
The road now contracted tor, are 10 be made before
the first OF December, but no stone to be put o..
before the 10Th or May next
" We believe ii Is the intention of the Superin-
iehdanl not to hare more than three inches OF soae
put uron the road until after it has been travelled
Tor some slime and il becomes settled; when slbse-
quent contracts will be made for putting on add-
tional stones''
INDIANA The Board of Canal Commissioners
which was appointed at meeting held at Harri-
son, met at Rockville on ooh August; resoIu-
IONS were adopted, in favor of the practicabiIitv
of making canal from Fort Wayne, TO the Ohio
river; requesting James Noble, John Test, and
James b. Ray TO address the War Department, for
the purpose OF procuring the assistance OF an Eng-
neer, TO make the necessary survey; and de ermn-
log TO employ one or more persons 10 proceed 10
ONO, to examine her works, and TO obtain such in
! formation as may enable them 10 form estimates of
the expense OF the contemplated canal
ILLiSoIS-A female about IS years old of a
grim appearance, spare in her clothing strop,, in
her intellect, has lately travelled on foot. az a
preacher: She Is SAID to excite much attention
wherever she has moved
MIssoURI-Some very successful experi1en,s
have been made in the cultivation of tobacco a con-
siderable quantity will be gathered in the state this
season.-A proposition has been put forth for The
erection % steam srist mill on the bank of the
Mississippi.
AREANsAs-A letter is received at I,nle
rock from Gen Wilkinson, stating that his colo
ny In Texas VIII either be at the Bay of I'rinitv
40 miles from Galveston, or at Crows ferry. ON the
Sabine River, 40 miles from Natchitoches II was
10 commence IN September. Il A rumour is since
aiioat at n. Orleans that Gen Wilkinson * de,d y
a KN
Huron, slate coal las been found which burns
easily. The shore is said for many miles to be from
* 10 20 ieet high snd composed of this material,
l ms discovery Is expected to produce the estab-
iishinent OF various factories in Detroit, SC.
fLoRlDA.--When coded to the L.. s. is said 70
nave had $4,000 inhabitants; now, 80. 900 Plan
teIs are turning their attention TO cotton crops
sad to be very promising. Exports from Peusaro
Ia Tor the year ending The lst. July last, 2S9 900
oricks, 214 900 feet sawed timber, 2,4I6 bales cot
ton, and 2,46S cedar logs
TIE LA&Es.---The Salem Observer states
("s The information of Il friend rece,ilv from,
The Michigan Tcrrory,) that the British Road
OIL our Feyofs nave been engaged, for the last two
years ~ nlakin; survey oithe British Territory
'' Tue vicinity OF he Lakes. The same gentleman
was informed by one of the surveyors that thew had
found upwards of hOenty-taco thousaad isionJs
il La.e Huron ''"''"'
9oCIH AMERICA AND THE WEsr INnIrs
lhe Colombian sloop Of war iUirica arrived n
81. Thomas Goth August, to solicit from the ,,o
vernment OF that Island the pirates who were i'm
Pisoned, hey were put on Danish irigate which
s'''eu E@u august Tor La Guayra, where they were
10 ne tried Ahe Colombian schr. Eagle had ran,ured
anishhrig from Salt Island, aud ordered her for
hiouayra The schooner Little Eagle had made
number OF valuable captures among which ,.,
Spanish ielucca, that had not arrived tboucL
~ days after her capture; serious apprehension
were felt for her safely.
RESTRAINTS on Liberfy--The Director General
OF ecclesiastical Affairs for the Russian Enpire
"'s Oy C""ss ordained the seizure of several
writings upon religious subjects, relating principally
to The publication of Jung Suller, and NIad,me
Guyon, translated into the Russian. The seizc1
works are to be placed under seal to await the final
disposition that may bc made Of them. A more
rigorous search is to be made for them il, ALI
semlnaries, clois'ers, sc. Writings upon religious
matters not approved by the Censorship OF TIE
SYNOD are expressly prohibited--The King Of