Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-12
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rear, 10 0pen commanded by Captain GaIlanu'
anu anu. e sbanne hands with every man oi .ne w.
passed, SUD .n n amid torrent of scalding tears
.,,;na bod to bless them in such terms aslu'hu
asn hsar,s and almost palsied tongues wou'u d.
, ,uw Tn. nrayers offered 10 Heaven ON lna' og,
. n.s;or are no doubt recorded on high, ana ~l~
Ill in behalf of those young men, iof tnele
.,,as ,n,,uifude of hearts that ogfeeG i0'lcn.ns
one Ming.' They prayed for the blessings Oh oou
10 resi- upon The young volunteers. ,.a e. Cor
aTbey are gone, for foreign iandIlaf, Id
from their homes and frlenis-1ney nave uepa,@u
They have pledged their lives ana lneir nonoi ~
ds Hs1 of a holy and a just cause. May The
God OF battles bless, preserve anu pio'e1' 'ns'A
a men and Amen"
We Yesterday received no Union or Intelligent
Ger, and are therefore, without full report OF The
interesting proceedings Of Thursday. We, how
ever, see in The Baltimore Sun that Messrs Ar
cher and Crilleuden came oul in favor Of the war
and its vigorous prosecution. "They probably
did not wish to be outdone BY Harry Clay a. New
Orleans" who spoke in manly terms Of the pa
tro,ic duty OF all 10 punish "the prOngs done 10
this country BY MszaeO." With the Sun we say,
"would that other Senators and members were to
follow The honorable example" and, We add,
would that many OF the Wing papers and pollli-
clans would, like MIR. Clay, take the side OF their
own country, and moi, on all occasions, justify and
defend The course of Mexico, and virtually declare
that she is in the right, and their own country in
the wrong.
In The Baltimore American we find the follow
AZ. r.:pardopic remaTk
ale was very anxious TO see an end 10 this
war The best mode would be 70 aoop' such
means as were now proposed -,
"There was another way, and that was 10 iail
back upon some portion oil the territory wnch
we have taken, and lei The Mexicans make war
upon US. But this would leave il in doubt when
the war would be ended He wished ne could be
convinced that this was the most efteclual MODE.
Blu, however deplorable was The continuation OF
the war, he must say that in his opinion, inc ohiy
way to obtain peace was 10 carry on vigorous
waI-to adopt the fullest measures ana 10 Vo'u
for The most ample supplies OF men anu money
The Petersburg Inlelligencer reports The dcci-
sion of Judge Gholson upon Habeas Corpus
sued on, a, the relation OF The father, directed 10
the defendant, Captain Archer, oil the Petersburg
Volunteers, commanding him 10 bring up the bo-
DIV Of George B. Lipscomb, an enlisted volunteer
in his company. The infant, (be,ween twenty and
twenly.one years of age,) in answer 10 questions
BY counsel, expressed wish 10 be discharged, III
consequence of the distress of his mother.
The case was argued by J. S. Edwards, Esq,
for the petitioner, and by Thomas Wallace and
VIM. T. Joynes, Esqs. for the defendant, Capt
Archer. Judge Ghoson delivered learned and
lucid opinion, in which he examined The rights and
CAPACITIES of infants at common law, on whose
principles, he contended, this case was to be de-
cided lie said, that the mode of enlistment
ought 10 be distinctly declared BY salute before j,
shall be allowed 10 change or impair private
rights under the common law. The act OF 18Th
MAY, 1876, said Judge G., did not contemplate
the binding enlistment of infants-and he could
find no case or authority which holds that vo-
luntary enlistment in the service of the Uniled
States is contract so clearly beneficial to the in
FAINT as 10 be absolutely binding upon him al CON-
mon law. The Judge stated, in conclusion, that
il the application had rested on The petition Of
The father alone, without the concurrence oil the
minor. he should probably have remanded the
prisoner. But as, in this case, the minor concurs
in the petition OF the father "a fact which dslin-
euishes this from some of the cases in the books
which Otherwise have some resemblance TO it,)
he must therefore discharge him-which was ac'
cordingiy como.