Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-02-07
r. ne Editors Of the Inquirer:

VA5HISGT0S, ID. u, rB. l, 1871.
Tho do,,h of Mr. KAUFMAN, OF Texas 10 The mem
hers Of Congress and this community 30 uoden 50 uneA
pected that the has ed the minds .. many OF ii
colleagues with serious contemplation Tor ihc 'ninc. E
sod vas most faithful representative hs cell bra
ted and conyncncy aumenaIiye Speech in defence o III,
riohts of Texas tire boundary OF tie Rio Grandc viii re
main nj To his memory less in history than th
battle of San Jacinto will to The gaantry Of the citizen sol
ders of Texas and their able commander, Senator
Hons,on Texas NAV we'll mourn by her representatives TN
ios. of such man Mr.. Kaufman Senator Ruk spoke
fesingv of the deceased; did Messrs Howard Morse
| Mel anahan and McClefnand o! The House
General Rnsk has reported The Postage Bill, bu; the same
has an amendment that makes much than the
nal bill His three prepaid, aud fire cent unpaid
single half ounce letter. IL but bill for the benefit
Iich at the expense Of the poor Inc as IS The pestn
POST Office Establishment beed upon the General Govern
nenf so that heavier bounty may be paid 10 the manuac
,urers asonshsd mat Son,ein gentlemen can lend
nress from the large cities for the increase o! clerks in
cipation Of postage reduction In many oil the larger
Offices even now the force employed Is found IL be G-
adequate the quick dispatch ana 81 ne nails and
tho Poslnasters we'll dread wnen such bill as the pre-
sen, one will take effect by law but we have an abiding
sense in the wisdom vi TIE otnhte IL we must
hove n reduction of the present rates OF postage,
trust the Senate will have Out one rate OF charge,
as we'll for the poor for me lonled citizen II one
rate il reoued 10 be paid, let all rates be paid;
and such we hope will be the final result for we not
what the rate is put al that al who use the mails pay
alike for The privilege lns lower inc rae, however me
taxes consequently the quicker the law ~" have be
pealed and 90 back the present rates But shall
The Indiana papers inform US that since the defeat Of Col
Benton in Missouri for The Senate OF the Editors there
have hosed the name of Col Benton for the Pesiden
CIV and hauled down the flag they had raised for the gallant
Gen Lane | do not know why or what il is, that has
wrought this change in Indiana suddenly Col Benton
certainly has not superior claims for their support Gen
Lane and in nv opinion tenth the Claim; but rs
Col Bentons friends claim for him the lead the frees oil
platform we presume that this in Indiana an earnest
that we are to have him field pretty same
that Mr. Van Buren, enacted the last Presen-
| abnuf The
in the opinion Of weniomed persons, obtain the of
single State of the Unon il except perhaps the
Of Vermont.
The new Senator from Massachusetts, Mr.. Ranou am
happy 10 inform you, from Of his friends will not take
his seat in the Senate In other words he repudatcs the
shameful trade lately made in The Legislature OF Massach-
sets. This news has pleased us very much
think the Tariff for this session. has got the go-by El-
forts " i'll be made get il up, but il will take.
new paper Is be started in this city sustain the
Administration. The Of such scheme extremely
doubtful Any Wing that wants better advocate than
National Inelgcncer can't be accommodated in these dig.
aings" Mr. Gales has talent than any forty Wings in
the land and editor, compare with him in the
PARTY and fec out Of either think The scheme impotic
under the circumstances, Il. present.
The steamer Atlantic has not yet been heard FROM The
second from Liverpool is in and Of the At
anc has been heard from by either Many orebo-
dnas of her melancholy loss given yet hinh
she safe in of the Western lsans IL is 10 be hoped
the latter may prove true Your obi. serv't.,
JACOB FAITHFUL. JR