Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-20

ns'we cen ihefwo States. About twenty miles from
Snsgovie, there have been found in am anci,,,
Indian burial ground. ear,hern po,s. with co,ars
containing human skeletons. The tops nearly "a
large as the lower parts; and each one contains "a
complete set of bones. They appear 10 he ~ ali
ages and sizes DIR. Nathaniel Bcknell. the vvr;,.,
oil the intelligence, in letter to Doctor Mi,cb;It
OF May 18th, 1870, states that among these skele-
ions was one OF eight feet in length whose ;a,vs
had no alveolar sockets, nor any other evidence of
having contained teeth. On the contrary the un
per and under maxil!aries had complete cutting
edges! All the Others of usual dimensions
When first exposed they are hard and firm; bu, in
SIX or eight days they mouder away and crun,ble
down. The State Bank has been removed from
Cahawba to Tuscaloosa-A line OF stages now
runs between Montgomery and NIilledceville 8
times week.-At a late court in Madison coun-
", one person obtained verdict against another
oil two thousand dollars damages, for a libel con-
tanned In an advertisement in a newspaper
MISSISSIPPI While boat with three men
was descending the Mississippi, one of them sun
posed to have been deranged, bored three holes
with an auger in her bottom, while the other two
We're asleep in the night; s. she sunk The teranped
man and of the others were drowned. The
other escaped with nothing but his shirt.-A public
dinner was given 10 Judge Ellis on The sih by the
ciuzens OF Natchez The following toas, was
drank: i0aohCidn ENis-Our es.rnable cues, His
political integrity and private worth. have secpred
TO him the respect and confidence Of the peon,e.
LOUISIANA. News reached New Orleans on
the 10th ut. that several plantations on the coast
below Na'chez were entirely Overlooked There is
no ievee at that place, and the land is so high in
general as to supercede the necessity O! one The
river was rising very high both at Natchez and N.
Orieans.-Mrs. Wilkinson, the widow of Gen w
- about opening Female Academy in New
Orleans
KENTUCKY -Beauchamp is preparing his con-
ie>son. He says that he had an accomplice in The
murder; that the handkerchief, which covered his
hand when he gave the stab, and which was found
al Sharp's house had the name of the owner and
accomplish cut Of. that he had aled The corner
OF 1t; and be went the other day TO find il where he
had hldi no such hing, however, was discover
ed; he ground, Indeed, has lately been ploushed
up. - Five counlerfeiters haye been taken in a cave
in kentucky, and nearly horse load of imple-
ments for coming money, besides quantity of
spurious gold half eagles, dollars &C. SC. extreme
ly well coined
OHIo.-I.orenzo Dow has delivered discourse
In grove adjacent to Hamilton, Butler co. to an
audience OF from to 3000.-Ihe Army worm
has appeared in great numbers in the same county:
a!mos, totally destroying whole fields OF wheat ami
rye, meadows, SIC. Mr.. b. Gardiner whom the
last H. OF would not permit to sir among them.
has esabii he'd newspaper " The Peoples Press
and Impartial Expositor" at Xenia, Green coun
ty There are building at Cincinnati steam boats.
calculated for plying in the lower stages of the Obie
river: they will accommodate so passengers; and
wiz Start about Isl July: thus passengers will never
be disappointed by the state of the water
INDIANA Anang emcnts are maxine md viii
not be completed before the fall or next spring for
extending The accommodations at Mr. Ovens es
taolishmen' al New Harmony. In the mean time
1t Is hoped that the increasing press of emigration
may be arrested until previous notice has been .y
en- OF the possibility of accommo dating new colo.
nis.s.
ILLINoIs.- d. Phillco of Sangamon describe.
In Letter vegetating insect. of which he saws
numbers have been ploughed up in an old ,urnn-
held OF Capt Hathaway the root of the plant i
uniformly situated near the head Of the creature
which is of worm, or rather grub i,s Co.
sometimes shoots in three leaves Some of tho,
singular productions have been planted by wav of
experiment.
MICHIGAN - The Detroit Herald savs Tho,
Gov. Cass has received dispatches from the Indian
Agent at the Sauit de Ste Marie stating that re-
lrac'ory disposition exists among some ofthe Chin
pewas about the head OF the Mississippi. party OF
these indians some time ago murdered. number of
the whites on Lake Pepin Little Thunder &. Vybts
Head chefs and some other of inferior note
were confined in Jail at Mackinac from whence
they escaped lasi fall Returning 10 their ba do
they have excited much feeling in their favor. The
traders are alarmed, and military force is called for
in that quarier.- The Ste m boa, enterprizs DO
loe. II is the fourth boat of the kind that has ar
rived at De oil this season. The emigration 10
this terrior, is said 10 be great as il ever has
been; the taveTDs are constantly crowded and the
arrivals numerous, by land aud water The Sumo
rior arrived at Detroit the 26th ult with 200
u ). Troops under the command of Gen Brady
these troops taken from the garrison at Sacket'a
Harbor and Niagara, and are to be stationed a,
Green Bay. The next day the troops who h,S
been stationed at Detroit embarked on board he
Superior for Green Bay from which they will pro-
coed to Belle FontaIne. their place Of destination.
The military Post OF Detroit, after being occunied
by French, English and Americans for $50 wears. is
probably finally aba doned - General Cou,s
Martial is be held at Green Bay for the trial ef
Col. Mcneil, Maj Whistler and other officers
Colonies Fenwicl and Leayenworh detailed az
members of the Court, were passengers in The Su
perior.-. MIR. Risdon's Map of the Territory os
Michigan is finished and for sale at So: it il well
spoken Of
INTER ESTING FOREIGN ITEMS.
The London =" Representatives q paper recent
ly established by Mr. Murray, Lord Byron's book
seller,) asserts that 5000 -aves have been recao-
tured and liberated 81 Leone on the coast OF
Africa, during the last / 2 months, by the suuadron
under Com Bullen What becomes of the trea-
ties which G.. Britain has been at such pains N
make with the Continental powers for the suppres-
sion of the Slave Trade? The French flag is said to
he the unmolested for th. abominable traffic.
and not less than so 900 Africans have been
dipped during he lat year from Africa TO the
French islands, Cuba and the Brazils.- The Duke
OF Devonshire's mission to Russia TO be present
at the Emperor Coronation Is TO be productive Of
the usual ridiculous splendor attendant on such or