Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-29


aYou will have seen, from The official state
ments Of Aduant Gen. Jones-an officer who is
known 10 BE- an ardent Wing, and friend Of Ge-
nerals Scott and Tayct-lhat no time has been
lost in the War Department in reinforcing our
armies in Mexico. These statements, which APP
peared in The "Union" Of last week cannot, as
took occasion 10 say in yesterdays letter, be dis-
credited by The opposition without most wan'on
and gross offence 10 one Of Lee most mefilofious
officers in The whole country. There IS species
Of opposition which, like ''vaulting ambition
"oer leaps ITSELF" and The attempt TO throw sus.
picion and odium indiscrimina.ely on every step
taken by the administration, Tor The mere lac;ou:
burmese ofopposins il, belongs 10 H. The Secretary
OF War is one OF those calm, judicial-minccd Sc,
of men, who will not condescend 10 answer every
new paper squib, or become reslve under The lm-
putation OF things that have no existence except
in lheimnds Of their inventors. When Congress,
however, as some OF the opposition prints threat
en, shall demand 10 have his official correspon.
dence laid before them, il will, dare say, be al
their service al a moments warning, and The op-
position may then be welcome 10 make The most
OF it,
Thus speaks the Washington correspondent Of
The Baltimore Sun. No one is more virulsntly
assailed Than The Secretary oil War, and, when
the truth comes out, no one more riumphanily
sustains himself. The Pennsylvania sells lorlh
with great strength and beauty The character oil
the opposition and the complete success with
which Mr. Marcy overlhrows all their fictitious
charges. II is fair 10 judge the future by The past,
and we have every confidence that lei The trial
by record" come when il may, Mir. Marcy Will
maintain his ground VIGOROUSLY;
aFew men. with The keen consciousness ofhay-
;na we'll discharged important dulles, would sub
mil 10 be made The target oil an unprlncipled and
unscrupulous opposition. But Mr.. Marcy has
a way of his own in meeting and con.ounding
his enemies, and The enemies Of Democracy and
lie country As Richeleu says 10 De Mauprat,
"nE CAN WAIT" He allows them 10 exhaust their
ammuniiion-to lay bare their compans-lo e1.
pose their plans-lo say all they have 10 say; and
ihen in few short words, just al the time they
arc nervous with the joy Of anticipated triumph,
he Steps in and gives them The coup de grace. IL,
however, he has displayed industry and prompti-
,ude in experimenting The details of The cam
paisn, he has shown skill, ingenuity and elo-
ouence, in his correspondence with our Generals;
and we predict that he has so fortified himself
and The administration in the discharge OF all his
duties. that he mar defy The most unlicensed scru-
tiny Of the new Congress, even II The House
should prove TO lie controlled by our political ad-
yersaries As Tor the opposition al large, tactics
like theirs will be utterly impolen, before ahi!i-
lies and resources, and integrity, like his. II IS
easy TO confound and expose parry which con-
ducts lis operations upon system depending en-
,rey for success upon the presumed ignorance
and credulily oil The people"
Mr.. Briggs, on The New Jersey Railroad has
,hcttf nil IN m a
chinery. |, is nothing but cold 'ratcr, applied 10
the axle.ree By means 81 small wheel, armed
with buckets. and enclosed within the box that
confines the end Of The axle. and contains the va
ler--i,s operation being similar TO ina, OF The
trough OF wafer under he grindsone. This
simple substitute not only removes The inconve-
niences Of oil, such a: the intense heat Of the
axle, which sells the packing on hre, and renders
The iron oil the ayles more granulous and brittle
probably causing hem 10 break irequenly-buI
will save The heavy expense Of oil for railroads
and other machinery. |! is estimated that The
cost o! oil 70! The railroads in New York is
300, 900 dollars per year.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD
We learn from The Wheeling Times that Benla'
min H. Lalrobe Esq, Chief Engineered The Bali
imore and Ohio Railroad Company, et' Wheel.
ing last Monday on his return 10 Baltimore,
having completed The reconnaissance ordered by
the Company. "As sOon," says the Times, 'as
MIR. Larobe shall have had time 10 make his re.
poIl, i! is expected lha, The committee Of this
Civ by an arrangement With The committee Of
be company, vii! visit Baltimore"