Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-03

,spb,ect Of The Creole and hope tina! the negotiations
At Washington will bring the difficulties between Tue
two countries to favorable issue but now 10 Tue 'e
TO press our negotiations. If there is an English party
in the U. s. there IS starving party IN az"
that party look 10 the u. S. as refuge from hunger
with the certainty ola with France, and OF loss
Of her East India possessions, England VIII not onuy
provoke with us and never had any man SO iotlu
nate conjunction Of events as MIR. Tyler yet 1t IS APP
n,rent there is not such moral power at Washington
a. rho crisis demands The scenes in Congress disgust
and mortify every man who can feel for his country
bonor-every man who Gun sympathlse with American
institutions.
Ixnru,irtcAT,ox-We learn from the Madisonan,
that information has been received at The Department
of State. that The Belgian Chamber Of Deputies has
passed law authorizing the paymen. Oh e'gn' m,,I.Jn'
lion These losses include of course the merchandise,
b.lono;n, TO American merchants destroyed in The CT
We hear also that the British Government have ac-
coded 10 the Justice of the claim preferred by the u
S. Government on behalf OF the owners oil The org l.
ef for the capture and detention OF that vessel on tue
coast of Africa
A ,s,r rormI IlERMIrAcE.-Thc Rev. J. NJ. Peck,
ono If the editors of the Baptist Banner and Western
Pioneer gives in that paper the following interesting
account of visit Gen. Jackson at the hermitage
| uOn Tuesday we returned TO Nashville. Our route
Law by the Hermitage, and we embraced lhe opPoruni
IN
States Having letter OF introduction from one oil
CON Jocksons particular friends, and who though OF
recent acouaiu,ance may call our friend, we were
most kindly and Hospitality received In Poiitics we
have the envabe privilege of"sitting on the renee,
unmoycd by all the commotion OF party ieehns 'na'
r,oe, ,round-conse quently had no political predi-
Isctoos TO oratify-no party antpalhie TO disturb u.s.
awe found the General confined to his room with a
cold and oppression Of the lungs for which he had been
blei the preceding day. Hence he appeared feeble,
and looked older than we expected 10 lind him. fe1
his conversation vas animated and his opinions OF men
and things expressed with great fraDkness WIN the
view of seeing the workings o! mind OF no ordinary
powers and which for many years has commanded the
attention, if not the respect oil The world we hfoou
ced the subject oil politics. What was SAID, and what
the views he expressed about men and thngs-is no
business of the reader Enough was SAID however, to
confirm the impression that General Jackson, whether
right or wrong, possesses ordinary mind lie GER
ainly will rank among the great men ofthe age fos-
terity will so regard hun
ave spent an hour and half in his company, with
unusual satisfaction Various topics OF conversation
were introduced-the condition OF the country, that OF
England and other European countries, the advance Il
arts public morals education and last, though not least
religion. On this subject he spoke freely, and with
due and so!emntv as the richest blessing
man could enjoy-as the only support The mind can
have in old age Repeatedly he expressed his satisfac-
ton at our call on him. and urged stay to dinner
This we declined. He is necessarily much thronged,
and we should really suppose annoyed, with company
Hundreds, nay thousands, in year, call at the Hermit
age
'On arising 10 depart, (for we had engaged to be in
Nashville at clock,) we gave him the parting hand,
expressing the qualification we had received from the
interview, and Imporing the blessing of Heaven upon
the remnant Of his days. with the sincere hope that we
might meet in Heaven His voice trembled with emos
ton while he grasped our hand firmly and said, "My dear
sir, thank YOU thank you for this intervew-l re
snnnd 10 your kind wish May the Lord 90 with you.