Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-10-24

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hearty response from every quarter of the district"
Let the Herald speak us highly us il may Of MIR. En-
nerson; yet, in these qualities George Loyal yields
TO no man IN ms DisrIct--and in experience Of pub
lie matters and in the halls of Legislation he has
decidedly the advantage of his competitor. AS "A
| firm and enlarged politician, who has adhered TO
the Virginia doctrines of construction, aud Of State
Rights, no man is superior TO MIR. l.. AS public
speaker, he is clear eloquent and impressive. The
state OF his health forbnd his taking that active part
| in the debates of the last session of Congress TO
which his talents entitled m--but we are Iuppy TO
hearthat his health is much improved and promises TO
he excellent we are also happy To understand that
his political friends are sangune in the expecniion
| OF his success-an prepared zealously to sup
port the man, who has zealously supported the best
| Interests OF his country.
The Opposition also on the alert in the district
OF Fredcrick-They are about to hold Conven-
ton 10 nominate Member of Congress
| Our political friends are not idle elsewhere i'm or
| ganiZing themselves for the next campuign. Con-
vention 10 about TO be called in the District of Mr.
Moore-nnd one is spoken ot in the District of MIR.
Davenport We have no fear, but that the People will
| give good account of the Opposition. 2hsp talk
| of successful effort i'm three of the Distrcts-jn
all OF which they may fail. But the other party will
not sleep at their POSTS. Candidates will be brought
out IN at least of the Districts represented at
| this time by gentlemen of the Opposition Wings
as they are pleased TO call themselves, utter the poll
teal baptisln of their Godfather, James Watson
Webb-Of these seven Districts, we expect to car
ry five or six. Virginia will rival good Old Penn
sylvana, III her efforts and her victories.
/ THE INSTRUCTIONS
again and again, we may know The wounded pigeon by
their lntiefne The 300 Spartan Band Petersburg did
not spare the Instructions in their Toass But il will not
do, genilemen.-The current is sweeping on. Neither
newspaper .quih dinner voice Of The
People We learn that in Surry tho Instructions are al
really signed by least 220 qualified voters and that she
does not vote than 375-They have prey .iled in
S'uthamp'onand a' the Proceeding published to-day at
test IN Cheserieid. In Petersburg also the
are carried, the following extract OF letter informs u,
1--WE have carried our Instructions to Mr.. Brown by
majority oil al least fifty which will probably be
TO 80 or 30 The dinner benefited the Opposition nothing
lit did not ''conirm tho wavsring $50 far from,
IT, That we are likely to g4u in queuco
ihcreoi!!'
The Festivals We have accounts of the Public Dinner
given to MIR Leigh at Petersburg, on Wednesday week
and TO Mr.. Jason in Prince George on Saturday last
They were both graced with speeches and toasis The
Volunteer Tosss al the Petersburg dinner ere more re-
miikAhe Tor their a,perity than their genius duller
set generally speaking. has been fortune
pore over we have no room TO day for further notice
oil these ceeoralohs We may have space 10 spare
in our next.
CHoLERA.-Prvaie letters from Petersburg state
that the fret cases OF Cholera which appeared there
on Friday nj h dstup to which tine the Town had been
unu.ual'y healthy all the Fall On Saturday and Sunday
they continued 10 ncrca'e, and up Tuesday night the
deaths had amounted 10 about 20 The whole number of
cases had not exceeded 50On Wednesday 10 10 o'clock
dangerous is known TO have occurred In is
hoped taI the attack will abae rapidly as il appeared
The Petersburg Constellation Of last evening says, that
&c Things in cur town more ha,tering aspect-
We have had two three o.ts, and Yesterday
aud the DAY before there was great decrease in the
nnnber OF There IL good 10 hope the visit
OF this scourgc will he sheri"
The last Raleigh Register states, that the cholera chad
made i's appearance at Washington in NJ C.roina, aud
raging with great maIigniiy Private letters conf nm
the run'or but add the gratifying intelligence that the fur.
er progress OF the disease has been arrested by the tor,
OF frost The whole number OF de atls
does not exceed ten, most OF whom coiored persons
The disease fatal While il continued nc arIy eve
ry individual attacked having fallen victim ravages
haxu Iatg<
now the alarm has almost entirely subsided"
SOUTHERN LITERARY MRssENGER-We cordially
concur in the opinions and wishes of the Editor of
the Alexandria Gazette, as expressed ia his last pa-
per:
We have received the I'd aumber OF NJ Whites
southern Literary Messenger, published Ia Richmond-
This work has been commenced will, the good wishes OF
the whole Southern country eaI,ted in IDS i,yo and e
heartily join in tic general desire Tor its
aud success
"The Number before us is beautiful spc cimcn of ty-
biography, iull equal ia its mechanical execution to tho
nealest works issued from tho Northern press LIS con.
tents arc varied, and for tie part Interesting aud ia.
srucive IL contains aoags, other articles letter rom
Mr. Writ TO Law Student-a scieuIfc commun;catiom |
rom T. A. Browne, Esq., Of Phadelp hia- Poetry from
Mrs. Sgourney &c &c.
owe are glad 60 believe that The eaetph,ng and ex.
ceent proprietor Of the Southern Literary Messenger has
every 10 congratulate himself upon the establish
meni Of periodical Journal which bids fair to be inferior
TO none other in tho Uned S,siss. we shall mark his
successiui progress aud hope 10 have frequent occasion TO
recommend n we do now, the Literary Messenger TO
the svor OF an intelligent community"
The typography il, indeed, beautiful-and tho
productions both prose aad poetry, are generally
tine. Tie letter ofM Writ, accompanied nv some
introductory remarksby gentleman, who deserved
~ RACKS high in his professiou. is alone treat and
II reffeshmeut liberal nlnd.--Ttte Recollectious
Of ChOtank admirnbe-ft breaches oil the odour
Of that hospitabic and celebrated region Of the State
"Misfonuue add Genius is said TO nc tale founded
OH fsct-No one read IT, without sympathisng
with the writer in favor of tie mysterious stranger
-sad hoping that some future No. may prove tie
"MesseDgcr' of good tidings Of her weifare.-The
next ttse we visit tle Spgiags, sIoIl take with
us the description of the Valley Of the Sweet Springs
with its mineral Springs, aud It's five Beaver dams
or perpendicular falls, measuring cacb from TWEEN
ty to thirty eight feet with tue philosophy of its
formation from mineral dispositions The Essayist
who warns Us against abusing Ike maxim, that tex
ample is better than prccepL" forlifes himself with
many strong md Ingenious Illustrations The ex-
tract fron the unpublished Novel satisfies us, that
tie author is good observer and has capacities for
composition which worthy of cultivation. We
make this remark with the greaer pleasure, because
we suspect on another occasion we have ourselves
fallen under the lash of his pea.
The original poetry is generally good-some Of
tile verses eEcelient-Upon the whole, we nre de-
lighted TO see the Messenger is now fairly launched
into tie oeean, under promising auspices aud with
favorable breeze. We presume, however that
additional subscribers and the generous contribi-
tons Of gifted minds would be acceptable We
sincerely wish tie Messenger every success.
CovUfyrfc1yED