Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-10
AUTHENTIC NEWS FROM LIBERIA.
FROM PRIVATE LETTERS.


from Baltimore, then lying in our Roads. were
boarded from pirSi;cal brig, mounting IL guns,
and manned chiefly by Spaniard., sad piun4>fed,
to the amount; ss brig OF so 500 the schr.
| So, S62 dollars. The brig is discovered to be a
slave and - sa-?le OF nearly all the slavers
at pi esent to be found on the coast
- We have intelligence that no less than eight
of these vessels have combined their force for the
restoration OF Trade Town, (the slave station
tlatey destroyed near the Colony - that they have
commenced battery shore, and intend to
sustain the traffic in the face of the cruising force
that VIII be sent against il. The brig which visi-
ted US on the 18th July, was armed and manned
from this depot, Tor the expedition The English
cruisers capture slayers, the presumption OF
their piratical character, with very liule discrim
nation, and seldom fail to procure their speedy
condemnation. But what is TO be our situation, ,
ii he establishment Of these marauders at Trade
Town is suffered TO take place, and become per-
manent? They have already given an earnest
of ii. The fact Is apparent, that the piratcal
practices of the West ladies, temporarily sup
pressed in that quarter, are every day renewing
themseis es in a more systematic array and deter
mined form, this coast. The slave trade is the
preiext under W hich exr enslve armaments are mt
ted out every eek from Havana, and despersdoes
enlisted for enterprises to this country, in which
Oh their arrival, the trade Is either forgone entire
| ly, attended to secondary object,
/ wen suhCu 10 COhCesl cruisers tDey may
in with, their real object. pledge myself. il
called upon, TO show from the evidence oI incon-
tesiabe facts, that this account applies 10 large
proportion Of The Spanish (soi disant) Guneamen,
al present swarming 10 this part OF the world. -
Scarcely an American trading vessel has for the
last y months been this as low latitude
six degrees Ner;h, without suffering either insult
or plunder from these SpaniaGds. These facts,
trust, Will be effectualy represented to the Secre
| tary OF the Navy. 1t must readily occur that
force EQUAL least, to sloop oil war, is
ny to subdue and crush such formidable combine
! nations as are TO be met with, of these outlaws,
on the COAST
g The purchase of Factory Island was defiDi-
lively concluded early in July
The boats out by the Government pro
mise to be of inestimsble utility 10 the colony
Our establishment at the Gesters, although within
tive miles oil Trade Town, is still sustained. Cu-
tivs,ion, building, and trade, carrying there
on small scale; but for want Of rainy season
craft, little has been done advance it since ths
month of May. Bassa Factory is the source OF We
ry valua lie supplies TO the colony. We keep up,
at this Indictment season, an intercourse with this
place along the Beach, but the transportation of
goods produce by this route is expensive and
Idborious, and there is considerable amount OF
property aning there, which we leave TO the
dry
6 l cannot well express to the Broad the gene
'di sE6tiHcdtoh itll mere IN tHe establishment, at
length, of line OF packets between the u. STA
and this colony, in which il is believed Deepen
dence can be safely placed. The entire cargo OF
the brig John, the frat OF the line, which arrived
July 22i, from Portland the 9th of April, WAS in
stantly purchased, and another vessel is expected
early in October.
- Our port regulations prohibit, on penalty of
the forfeiture of the amount, any goods introduced
into the colony, Fl ON being sold credit When
say that the cargo of the John" has been wholly
disposed OF in ten days, the Board will underst. nd
me TO say that 1t has all been also paid for. The
amount, after deducting the part carried off by
the pirates the 2Sh, is about / GOO dollars
g The great work at the moment in hand, and
In which we have called upon 81 the colonists 10
assist, Is the construction OF Battery Thomp-
Nn, a shell 80 feet above The wafer 10 o.
verlook aud command roads. We are trans
porting the heaviest of guns there, and erect
ing rooted breastwork OF turfed mason work,
which IS intended TO be entirely shot proof. Our
best gunuers say, that, from the position chosen,
the long guns will hull vessel lying the Gus
tomsry anchorage, oitener than every second shot
and from repeated trials, do not doubt it,
Friendly vessels dfaw up under the land, oui
OF the reach OF any annoying force, not ex-
posed to the shot OF the battery; which it is in-
ended TO make impossible for any slaYng ships TO
stand.'
6 We called to mourn very affective be-
reayemenI, in the loss of the Rev. Mr.. Holton,
Who promise OF usefulness ia the colony was
hatierlng in hlgh degree; and whose GONZALES
cence at one time advanced a. TO place him,
IN our estimation, quite out Of immediate danger.
- relapse induced by slight negularity OF his
diet, Carried him of suddenly, on Sunday, the 23d
OF July, p. NJ. Every reconcng circumstance,
which for the soiace OF his friends could well
meet IN tue case OF so premature, reg eted death,
threw its cheering light upon the exit of this ex
cellent young man. His hopes and treasure had
gone before him 10 that imisonal state of exis.
tence, which his faith anticipated, and calnness,
resignation and peace, tile never absent
companions OF his breast, in every stage of his
Illness, quite to the moment of the awful transition.
His papers and most valuable personal effects
VIII be sent by the next packet, tOgsiherwth those
OF the late Nj. Force" Nat. Int.
Extract IF a letter from 81. JdgO, Cuba, Sep
fembcr II.
We were visited on the morning of the lSih |
inst between aud o'clock, with one of The most
awful earthquakes that has been le here for fifty
years past, at which time near one half of the |
town was destroyed. There were two shocks, the |
second more severe than the first and the dura-
u n OF each was about minute. The noise re-
sembed the rumbling of heavy loaded wagon.
dragged over payech arched way, and finished
win Tremendous explosion like The simultaneous
discharge Of an immense number OF cannon The
confusion was unexampled men, women and
children suddenly leaving their beds and running
IN every direction; some with little clothing on
many entirely naked. The most plifu cries and
'hrieks, wee heard from these terrified people, who
were 10 be running TO tie cathedral and offer
Ing up tie hurried deVojions Of the moment; some
were Supplied with fear, some crossing and beat
ing themselves with great zeal; others calling