Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-12-29

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LOUIS reached this place on the @o,n 'hs'' nay
ing made use of every consi-ten' eho,. 10 A'.a'"
the consent Of the Indians to treat found them
hrm in their determination not TO sell their lands
:. he most liberal pror T'.ions were made themSo
no purpose:-every attempt to convince them oil
the TACT that the contemplated change must De
beneficial to them, was trutless. nom nations
nave taken decided stand, that cannot DE altered
ny any present inducements; and from all mar we
can learn, it evidently appears, thar, w''hou' a
change of policy, there is no prospect OF ever Ell
fecting their removal.
Steam Boot Accident. The Cincinnati Regis
ter communicates, the melancholy intelligence
that on the I'd instant, about 90 miles below Gin
clnnatf, the boiler of the steam boat Union ourst-
cal, occasioning instant destruction 10 the Boat
and killing and wounding several individuals he
boiler passed through the boat under the forscase
and she sunk Instantly. There were four persons
killed, and seven badly wounded. The same paper
adds
a. Tie Union was small boat, built for the
purpose Of running during low wafer from the
account which has reached Us, the accident Is en-
tirely imputabe to the ndi-cretion OF the unioru-
nate Engineer who was killed. A defect or de-
rangement perceived in one end OF the boiler,
and waa spoken of, but it presumed that no
immediate danger was to be apprehendsd. This
IS the FIRST accident of the kind which has hap :
pened for a long time the Ohio. The Passen-
gers and hands, who were not wounded, were
brought TO this place, yesterday in the Gen. Marion
The wounded were left near this place where the
accident occurred. II i. providential that few
passengers were board. A person on board
has expressed as,onishment that single individual
could escape
By the following letter received in this city, the
news which published few days since. and on
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is fully confirmed.
IF the concluding paragraph of the present letter
should in like manner be confirmed, what will be
"a id about the Panama business! Will il not be
admitted, on all hands. that it was F." much ado
about nothing'' both ia South and ~ orh America
Phil. Gag.
From Taylor, Sicard s. Co.
perd Cruz, Dec. l, 1896.
American brown sheetings, quarters wide
worth here 81 81 reals, are now valued a, 4 r.
per vara; and those quarters wide, worth here
q "a RS, valued at rs per
Our last letters from Mexico, inform US that the
rDarke, is improving. particularly for linens AMI
American cottons The above valuation is by an
order of the Minister of Hacienda, and not by law
The arance progresses very slowly; it is confident
" believed that it will establish the valuation oil
American and English cottons (white and brown
at ) and reals per
The arance has encountered an active and un
expected opposition in the lower house.
II is though, that the Congress Of Tacu
bayd will never meet.
RALEIGH, (N. CO. Dec. &c. Our Genera
Assembly met yesterday. large majority of boil
Houses were present, and the members being quail
fled, the Senate reelected Barley Yancy, Esq
their Speaker, and the House Of Commons Johr
Stanley, Esq. their presiding officer. The clerk
and doorkeepers Of both Houses were also re-
elected. Register
We mentioned, last year, about this time, tina
$4,000 free letters had been mailed al the Pos
Office in this city within one week. This year
within the week including Tuesday last, we l-arr
that ~ 900 letters were mailed Nat. Int.
Unparalleled Fscundity. DIR. o. E Paddock
areepec,abe physician of Fort Covingion, Frank
lin county, gives in the franklin Telegraph, a,
account Of extraordinary birth of fue childre,
at one time from the same mo,her--three daug hter
and two sons. -Four of them were born alive br
lived only short time The birth was prematur
by about three months; but they were Ierfeci
formed and well shaped. The average weigh
was about two pounds, and there was not niue
difference in their size. Their parents lately emf
grated from Ireland, and arrived in this country il
August last. This is rendered more remarkable b.
the fact, that the mother OF these five was deiy
cred of two children on the Goth of last FeHruar
making in the whole seven children in less thai
nine months. These las, were born on the POI
November, 1926.
Sifuer .Nine-A Buenos Ayrean paper men
tons that silver mine of extraordinary richn ess
mas been recently discovered in the province o
Caudana. II isl vein of native siirer, OF NOR
than three feet width its commencement, an
The metal can be cut out with chisel II is sal
mat there Is every reason TO believe that it extend
for great distance.
THE RACE.
NORFOLK, Dec. 25.- On Saturday last, agree
ANY 10 appointment, the Match Race for $4,000
tNO mile heats, beiWaen E1pIe and ,SniLn Ynne