Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-02
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The following account OF Black Hawks Visit to the Ar
sena has been furnished by one wbo a "a n,ess,, , a.
occasion " Y. Ep. Post.
Ferhaps nothing has more deeply interested aud i'm
pressed nls old warrior aud his companions, in whole
course OF tour which must have presented so many OBJ
Jecs TO astonish them than the they had of the Ar
senaI IN White street, Thursday last They were con
uucted mi'her at about halt past four p. M, with much
greater privacy than their other visits have generally ad
United Of aud were shown every part this imposing and
beautifully arranged repository OF the implements OF
unencumbered by the crowd which must usually have
occasoned them great inconve They were frst
shown the heavy ordnance the basement floor and
whatever indifference they may have ~ ,;n
tanned other occasions, the sight and explanation of
the eight and ten inch shells and mor,ars and of the
thirty 1.-TWO pOunders, evidently filled them with won
der and awe. Old Black Hawk nodded and shook his
head most significantly, and his reverend companion
Tie Prophet, grinned horribly ghasy SMILE from
one oil me least lovely countenances That
fascinating young giant the sable falcons adopted nest
hing, preserved much ofiier mein upon the mat
ter than the rest of his companions, and his eve ex-
pressed any thing but cordial sasac, Of the siph Of
engines so disparasing TO savage power But when the
party ascended 10 the next floor behold the long
,44ense of brilliant bayoneted muskots
ing in nGnrSer. which must 10 them have s1nnesred
countless, they all ihvoIumas.. lily Fthe most
lively admrdlon; they all grinned aHyDscowled most
peaiedly and most gracously. The Old Hawk bent a
hawks eye all along the lines of spoess pans and keen
Hints, and doubtless reckOned the lessons which
similar military alphabet had already taught him. Tho
circular arrangements oil pistols and sabres on the different
compartments at the ceiling also frequently attracted their
attention, aud they pointed them out to each other Will
evident interest Indeed the state OF this arsenal under
The care oil the present Commissary General Arcularus
Is such as might crafty the eye of experienced soldier
oil The best disciplined army aud there is perhaps an
arsenal either i'll this country Europe in more uerfoct
order asteully in poportion IN its ~
tent Ai'er hey had been shewn the nusquetry, they
were taken 10 an apartment which contained among othor
itgs some modern cuasses, resembling those of Napo-
Icons celebrated guards aud Gen. Arcuarius placed one
oil Them Oh his breast 10 explain their use; but although
the party were evidently surprised at the security which
this defensive armour calculated TO afford tLere was
something unequvocay sarcastic in the manner Win
Black the nhptco pfa, ~
subject But perhaps 10 hing surprised these sayages
more highly than MIR. Enoc Hiddens patent artiI-
ery lock- which The Comlsary had fixed for trial OH the
beautiful brass three FOUNDER, presented TO the State bv
Governor IomPkins in 1914. This gun having been
placed ID me yard and loaded with blank cartridge, Ge-
neral Arcularus, who seemed 10 take great pleasure in
mpressng upon the minds Of these unlaug warriors
the immense power OF our scientific inventions, drew the
string win which this invaluable lock operates and dis
charged the pieces their utter establishment could not be
conceived by any saint savage amongst them and the
whole apparatus appeared 10 them so fully
that was not without consdt rable solicitation either of
them could be induced to repeat the experiment for him
SELL Black Hawk, and all the in succession dc
ciined with manifest tnidy; but length the Prophet
probably relying upon the sancity of his character fo
security, manuliy stepped forward d?ew the string
re started hte at The report and then laughed mos;
nearn'y Enboidened by his sacred friends example
Black Hawk vcnured TO discharge the gun and alter
wards all the rest summoned equal courage. The pecu
l"r satisfaction which each OF them expressed at The
cesul result OF his experiment afforded much amusement
TO The spectators, and when Mir Hidden presented Them
with the Eliminating wafer upon which his lock acts. the
vacant seriousness and gravity with which they returned
it, as matter quite profound for their conpe
was irfesstbly comic
The party having been invited by the Cornmissary TO
take refreshments in the house adjoining the arsenal
yard, select company OF ladies' aud gentlemen were mo-
i,ley afforded an opportunity of hearing these children of
The forest converse upon the objects they had seen and
oil having their conversation translated b. the Interpreter
who attends them. Among other gallant things said v
Black Hawk on this occasion, there were the following
81 have had the satisfaction OF taking many ladies' beau
uiu as the moon and the flowers both in this city and i'm
others through which have passed, by The hand; and
VIII tell my young warriors more io take up wea-
pons against the fathers and brothers The pretty squav
70 have used me so kindly. We will hereafter live in
am anxious to return home tell them this -