Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-19

noticed indistnct murmurs at the disapPointitnt
snced by the Baliimoeans in the profits OF the sfea'
Railroad TO Harper's Ferry the Potomac IL no" SP
nears that this mystery IS somewhat e@ Lr
farmers find the freight much less, TO send teli
,hn canal 10 GEORGETOWN District of Columbia, td oy
49,. r,;I.roa3 10 Baltimore and when the CANAL 81 a.
zach Cumberland and be extended from thencc ny
road TO Pittsburgh and Wheeling, now
the Convention at Brownsville. the amount OF
cd to GEORGETOWN and Ale xandria (when the laef c'
rIoes her canal 10 Georgetown) will be SUI grea'e
Amin: supposing the eight 10 be the same Oh III. e
and rail rond would it not be profitable mar w
much nearer seaport than Baltimore, 20 go GOWN e
p,omac and Chesapeake to Norfolk, after the rail-
-,ad from Wilmington on the Delaware TO Sus4uGi'
NH and thence the Potomac IS constructed, WI" ~,
the circuous navigation OF the Chesapeaxe, DC av"eu
hv taking the Western produce direct TO Wilmington
81 uuc more direct port Tor trans-spnent 10 EuioPe,
,,an either Baltimore or Norfolk:
no couuterac the tendency which matters seem about
- ,ssune and which regret TO perceive cause niuch
osas;ness 70 our brethren Of Baltimore, its proposed to
continue the road from arpers Ferry to Cumberlano
or 10 make circutous Canal from baltimore 70 una. OF
eorreown These, to be sure, would be with what BAL
has done, gigantic efforts 20 oo.aln er
nrize Of the West which many States are c'chdhS
for. But Maryland enterprise can accomplish IT, ,
We merely throw out these hints for those concerned
We mirht pursue the subject; but then we should oe
wittcd with the grasping ambition 1t Ne" i"Fk perhaps
We learn from the last DanVille Reporter, that " al
tor Gwynn ESQ., the Engineer selected to survey tic
route Of the Ioanoke and Mississippi raroad had ar
rive
discharge of his duties; but hearing that the mountains
wcrc covered with snow and that it was impossible to
accomplish the survey it ought to lie done, he deter
mined on consultation with the friends or the improve
mcnt in Danville, to defer it until The Spring.
A MOST LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE!
COM of letter rcccired IN this City from tt0rida, datca
.N6rsmbcr IS 100
con the 2lst instant desperate Ducl was fought be-
tween Capt. Everett White, brother OF the Delegate
in Congress, and Col 4. Bethany late President of the
legislative Council THESE gentlemen were candidates
for the county of Jefferson, and Capt. White was re-
turned as elected by considerable majority.
Thc duel is surpassed To have grown out OF the dis
agreements of their political contest The duel
which, from the ln"de of conducting II, was intended,
on both sides for fatal results which unfortunately toll
lowed The parties stationed sixty yards apart,
with four pistols, to advance and fire. Capt White ad-
vanced and received three Shots without injury, and
then fred at the distance Of fifteen PAGES. HIS first
shot passed through Col Bcamy arm tho next through
his boly AMI in til. act OF advancing with the other
two pisnls, he received mortal wound from Col! BIS
fourth pistol
col Bcllamy is not yet dead, but must certainly die
Of i 8 wounds.
Yesterday performed the painful Office Of following
Cant White 10 tic crave. The Court adjourned and
the funeral attended by the Bar aud by the Grand Jury
in body. Every testimony Of respect and G"epir IN
crcst evnced by the whole population OF u" place
All the stores were slut, and hare seldom Witnessed
more general and sincere exhibition OF sorrow than IVES
manifested on ilIis solemn OCCASION.
CnIcAao, (Ill) Nov. If.
lx!lAs MrrpER.-A message received by OK.
press from Milwaukee "Wednesday list, lay Major Will
cox Commander of the Garrison at Fort Dearborn,
Ch;ca TO communicating an account Of some hosi;rs
on the part Of band Of Wnnrbago Indians, on Roc:
River the particulars of which have been kindly fur
nshcd us by Major Wilcox. On Tuesday evening, the
Sd inst three gentlemen Burnett, Cymon and Gilbert
LEFT Milwaukee for Rock River Mr.. Burnett being
United States Surveyor. On Thursday, Gilbert parted
from, the others. That evening, Burnett and Cymon
were called upon by the Indians, at their camp, a?-
parcntlr friendly. Clynon went for some irc-wood;
heard the report of gun from his camp, and on c-
turning by an Indian with gua presented to his
breast lie doubted not that his companion was killed
upan the spot. turned and ran-was fired upon three
tines and by two of the shots, dangerously wounded
sir. Clynon reached within three miles Of Milwaukee on
Saturday morning. where, from the last account, he still
lies in very low state, having travelled through the
woods upwards Of one hundred miles without PROVISIONS
Of any kind and much exhausted from loss OF blood.
Captain Daxley, accompanied By Mr. knbinson rs in
tcrprclcr despatched from Fort Dearborn, with
small detachment Of troops, 10 milwaukee, on Thursday
ss there 10 take such may be necessary for The
detection Of The mugdccrs the apprehension OF further
hostility. Like information was communicated 10 the
garrison at Green Bay. party OF ten or twelve men
left Milwaukee immediately en- hearing OF the MURDER fer
the purpose of finding the body OF Burnett, from which
we have not yet hcard-.7iHcricHn.
Paulainr on SiarcrH-Wc have learned with great
pleasure from tic Mcssrs Harpers that they have
in press work the subject Of slavery by Mr. Pauding
entitled "An Apology for Slavery in the United States,
taking general and extended view O slavery IN all It's
relations tracing its origin in this country giving an
abstract of the slave laws of the South; cnqurng into the
praclicabty of immediate emanci patton, and amaIga-
nation and their consequences, II praclIcaGr dcncaling
the social and domestic relations they s:aSlst between
the and slave the services required OF the Inter-
and the indurcnccs lie receives and entitled to by long
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