Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-29
TI1p MAIIEroREIGN NEWS, &c

nieht all communication with The SCUM was
off and on Sunday afternoon we tcuha 'he /" .
vellers Southwark abound, and "lheil II"
Legion" resorting to every shiit' 10 p'o'-
their tourney 10 Richmond. Many went over y
Baltimore 10 take The Norfolk anu N'en'"'"'
boat line. Some members OF the
were brave and energetic enough 10 uluei'a1e ~
Gland route" By Dumfries TO freue''uH.us
through the aserbonian bogs" of Prince MA %
though tile earth was covered win s.o" ""O
water. and The skies held forth any mug ou'
sunny smile. On reaching AlexanaIia' mo-"
ever they asccrtained that BY The achVe eAef''o'S
of The Richmond and Fredericksburg Company
The ferry boat "Phenix" had been chafeIeo .o
carry the mails and passengers TO Aqua creek
Accordingly, large company leit Ale1ai'ui'a =.
Monday, atlP NJ For eight miles 'ne s'aun'"
and comfortable little "PhGnix" forced her way
through the thick but dssolvins ice, ana before
dark we met the augusta" with mu't''uue q
passengers who had been waer-oounu oh '"e
peninsula at Aqua Creek. passengers anu
mails were soon exchanged from one ooa' y
another and the augusta" landed her contents
on The long wharf al Aqua Creek. housh no
boat was looked for al that "unseasonao'e houi
of the night, and The "fre-horse" had oeeh Cold
for,ably slahled and had been for some Time re-
posing in GOODNESS and quiet, Mr.. Sharpe, Inc en-
ergelic and spirited agent of the Richmond ana
Potomac Railroad Company, soon harhesSea
him for the road. After an excellent Ven'-
son supper from "mine host" Blakey, ior-
merlv nroprietor OF the Franklin Hotel in this
civ. whose culinary treasures had already ceeh
invaded by The host OF passengers fromth SCUM,
We mounted The "hery car" and in the mdd'e Oh
he nigh, We were safely landed in The eoodly
town OF Fredericksburg. To judge from Inc sur
prise depicted on the faces Of some al The inhabi-
,anls our arrival was as unexpected as an irrup-
lion of the Huns-yet We were warmly received
bv Mr.. Bowen OF tho Farmers Hotel, (la!e OF
AQUA Creek.) He gave US good lodgings, ana
an excellent breakfast at sunrise, and we were
off again Tor Richmond, which we reached ~
minutes past ID Nj. The last 43 miles, from
Mlford's Depot, were performed in five minutes
less than Two hours We state this fact, in JUS
lice 10 The Fredericksburg Company, and 10 Mr.
McCausand, the Engineer, who CONSTRUCTED the
fine and swift Locomotive at their works in this
city.
So much for the pervnncl-which we hope Will
not be regarded as egolslical. Our rough sketch
was necessary, to exnlain 10 our readers, mai
some of the missing mails have come 10 hand,
and that the last link OF connection with ihe
crea, North is now cemenled-not soon, We hope,
10 be broken By ice or any other "moving acct
dent BY food or field" Atthis peculiar junclure,
10 be without daily intelligence from the political
and commercial foci, is truly EMBARRASSING
We trust 10 The spirit OF the mail contractors TO
foresce and couneracl all similar workings Of the
elements, in future.
The foil news brought by the mails, is CRAFTY
ing indeed. The extracts from the foreign pa
pers, 10 which We have today given much space,
will be read with interest Each one will Judge
for himself of The impression produced by the
Presidents Message. II seems that in contra
yenion of The clamorous predictions of the
Wings in this country, Mr.. Folks Message has
mol been considered By the English press as full of
war. On The contrary, they generally seem TO re-
gard it as moderate though firm. In literary
noint Of view, they concede TO il high character
AS we predicted The sound and liberal Revenue
views Of The Message carry peace on their wings.
AS one OF The papers says, "lt Oregon be The
pane, Free Trade is the antcle." II ourow
Wings, then, who claim to be The peculiar friends
Of peace are sincere in their professions, lei them
come forward and aid MS in procuring Revenue
Tariff, which will mol only DO justice to our own
PEOPLE, hu, be The surest means Of cemenlins the
peace between the old and The new world. Now
is the time, and this is the best pan 10 secure the
blessings OF an honorable peace.
It will be seen that some OF the English papers
regard the "giving Of the notice" as no just cause
for war-on the contrary, that il will afford The
safest opportunity 10 adjust the vexed question
Ought not This 10 strengthen The arguments al
ready presented in favor OF giving "lhe notice"
as peace measured Does il not become Us 10
stand by the President in his recommendations,
and, By giving The notice, attain what we all de-
sire, the settlement OF the question and the achiev
ment of an honorable and lasting peacel This
late intelligence from abroad has but confirmed
our views in favor Of the notice, and we doubt
moi that the country will look at The question in
the same light.
AS far as we coud judge, the universal i'm
preston in Washington was, that the las, foreign
intelligence was highly favorable to pacific sel-
lemen, Of The Oregon question, and 10 an impor.
tant modification OF The Corn laws. These two
subjects seem TO us 10 be intimately connected
and. from,he moral force which the recent striking
events have thrown around Sir Robert Peel, we
are inclined TO think that he will be enabled 10
accomplish both objects. No one can doubt that
not much time can elapse before The repeal OF
The Corn laws, or revolution, must ensue. The
public mind in England is so bent upon the tri.
umph OF Free Trade, that the ambition or ava
rice Of prime ministers or landed proprietors must
yield 10 The voice OF the masses.
We have come back 10 our post under these
gratifying auspices. We have watched The pro-
ceedines OF our own Legislature with interest,
and we nave seen with pleasure, that, with wor-
thy industry and patriotism, they have done much
good and are prepared yet further, We are salts
fled, 10 give new impulse 10 tie Old Dominion.
The moral weight Of Virginia isfeit in every por-
lion OF The Union. We hope 10 see her taking
stand, in the march { mental and physical i'm
provement, By the side other Prondesl aud wealth.
est sisters. But enough Tor the present We
shall hereafter expand our views upon the points
which we have briefly touched upon.
In addition 10 our own Impressions based upon
the spiri, Of The foreign journals, we are glad to
learn, that private letters received by our mer-
chants from their English correspondents, speak
confidently of war being entirely out of the cues
lion. If we pursue firm yet wise and mode
raie course, the late war "panic' will soon be
consigned, with its fellows, TO the Tomb OF the
Capulcts"
p S.-Last evening at !, P. NJ, second train
OF Northern cars arrived, bringing passengers
and the mails due yesterday, as we understood.