The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-11
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RICHMOND. MAI Feb,,,ry n. 1s1

- hIOil-hONp, al FEBRUARY II, 1915.
: VIEWS AND DESIGNS or THE ESEHIY-
a. he following letter addressed TO the Edit
o., IF I'M man Of standing, of the Gospel
of Christ, DATED,
Tesioioreia1,d County, SOM Inn 1915
, me o'u s'ase was never more applicable, than at
the present time, aud in ourpresent situation TIM,
what Is every ina's business, is no mans Ltisin
Perhaps no section ofthe country has suffered more.
orr the lawiess depredations OF the enemy since Ju-
y t'', and il the continues none are exnosed tn
Sill greater suit rings in the spring than tine on Low
erCountles W. the Northern NecI.-And vet ] do not
See that either the State General Government has
ma c any provision for onr delance-I SUPPOSE that
every citizen OF Niigiis should I've as Centinei
more, every friend to Il country should be ON his
guard ;-ad every moysrneut and intention OF the en-
envy ST ouo be comrr Neated And AS | ar, an en-
ure sr7ngerto the Govern II and Council Of vi .,ria
have taken the liberty alHs IS you desiring that
you would give This communication any shane Won
deem most prof able.
Z" An homes looking sailor call d at my house yes
terdsy, who stated that 9n last Friday week he land
ed with three barges filled with negroes, cominanded
ny white officers at Psnketank to IKE OF some ne
eloss mat were waiting Tor them shore; That
after the ncere5 had demolished large house on
shore, cut open the beds, &c. the Militia apueared
hired on them ~ killed the officer eonuand,u r. ,,r-
t. and Oh their retreat TO their botts Ia made his
escape ne states that be belonged to the brig -
commanded hH Capt.. -----; that there we're in the
nay one ~ anu nr1 ats. with number Of Tenders
t'Et they had on boad AID tle Tangies island sbo
900 troops, including a regiment of blacks
OF ADMIT SOD men, we'll organized anil disc Il.netI nm
der the command OF wiEic itish officers that ty
are + susry supplied wit Al, !iuds fires, provisions
rom ts eastern onOrc OF Maryland hat tiiey get
Our papers regularly through the san,. can.i
and hat ihey Ind beard Of he fleet not less titan
tur' en- Pilots from ST. Nary's, in Maryla and
IN c0n,euuc. &c Of these pilots and gro s. they were
enahi q tn ito us so much mischief This u.an fur
ther states, Tat they training these negroes with
all they can get TO Land them aniong sin the spring
ana that there IS scsrcely instance where aDdnt,
5 ma c, but ii is composed of negroes lie also
states that the most OF the mischief done in Oar BAY
and Rivers, in the capture and burning OF our Bay craft
isby their tenders, chiefly manned iy negroes.
{" When 1 take view OF our almost helpless suati-
on conp 81 Wit, the designs of the enemy together
WI the large achievements talked Of ron England
Tar the"o sequences, anal if We are TO have no eff
Gent force for tie prot ctinu OF EASTERN Fronti
1t IS time 10 think OF decampng This deserter speaks
ot grand attack 10 be made on baltimore Ia
The Sprns--cl1eireu and tcoiS may tell the truth
-'i"J my country not steep her post until awak-
ened by the thunder OF John Buii.--Oh that she
would arise IN the majesty other sire 9Th she would
Dc worse 20 the British thaD> Sampson was to the Phi
''stines Excuse the liberty take in communicative,
wtn YOU Mike what use Won rle.,se ni it was a
solder 80, "thc times that tried Incns souls" and
"lho' | am now old, cannot ,ntreiy civast myself
ol The feelings peculiar to those characters some
times "ish could, but cannot | love my country
ard ITS excellent Republican Governments and hope in
Io1 II may never peTTeHce a change