Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-25
,1Ir nrsrKUCrIoXIsrs AND THEIR ABUSE

ia raging" with NeuSoo"''' ""O '
abu,e is all that is le them in The slough OF pot
desmond in which they are laundering.
No hungry and chafed liOn stirred by the pole OF
remorseless keeper, for the deectaOn Of crown "
grinning boys, roared more savagely or 'a'"e'
himself into in,re erocious although imroten' rug"
than the disunon lnalgnarts do, when oo'ho '"'''
from the National Democracy exp!odes "ih'"s -. .-
or volley of canister or grsps shot IS pou'eu
hetn from the batteries of the Union ana ooDe
futon and dsshes through their ranks. An
c;tsr, IN maya, history will Illustrate why inc yes
of lhese fac,onis,s pleasant 10 our e"'''
British Admiral, who WAS as brave 10 TIC ""' pN
rslates in his autobiography an incident "'
adventure in early life, which, although oooaies'
ana cave him he said more pleasure aud Delight than
INV other of long aud heroic life OF nava. aoVe'ule'
When the West Indian Islands were The Aaun's o'
,bs most desperate, iuhuman aud merciless pirates
of modern times, men whose deeds OF colu o'ooo'
cd cruelty and torture had produced panic III LUG
peaceful world Of commerce, this English othceF
then young lieutenant, was placed 10 command VI
small vessel of war and ordered to the coast oil Cn
ba to hunt down the pirates, intelligence OF the pre-
aence of three soops of suspicious character in that
locality having been received by the Admiralty. AT.
ter cruising for them in vain for several weeks
he received secret intelligence that on CERTAIN hgh'
his own vessel would be boarded by the crews OF the
three prstcal crafts aud every man nhumanly butch
cred or made to walk the plank.
Forewarned Of the impending danger, lie made
suitable preparation, aud most ample provision tor
the expected visiters. Every cannon was loaded 10
the muzzle with canister and grape shot, and the
muskets were dosed with the good old revolu.
ton measure of buck shot aud bullets. The
whole crew were armed to the teeth, and
mustered ON dsck, the port lights were put out,
and all hands awaited silently and vigantly the
approach of the blood thirsty cut throats They had
not long to wait-for they soon caught the sound Of
mrfled oars, and through the gloom and darkness Of
the night distinguished the outlines of three long
boats packed with rpfaus cautiously and silently ap
preaching their intended victim. Not sound,
movement or note Of alarm from the vessel was heard
until the rascals we're within less than sixty
yards. Then, at word from the commander, a
terrible crushing, broadside was poured into the
three boats. One loud, long, horrible, most unearth
ly and never.to-beforgotten yell Of agony went up
from the shattered vessels mingled with the sheks Of
who we're un.cathed. The man.of.war poured in one
more volley OF grape and canister and there was
nothing left of the three boats aud their crews bat
few fragments of broken planks, TO which dozen or
80 half.drowned pirates chung, who were picked up
and hanged the next day.
The National Democracy having lately escaped
from dangers something like those which We have
narrated, and the conspirators having been signal
ly repulsed, We have, as we have said, listened
to the yes of the wounded aud the abuse heapsd up
on us by those who are yet to be punished with posi-
tive pleasure. Whenever broadsde has been poured
into them by our able and patriotic coadjutors
of the Southern press, we have always listened ca.
gery and never in vain for the yell, or execration
which announced that some unlucky disunionst had
been hit in either vital or in very tender place
The corspirators having long sinoe exhausted the
very slender stock Of arguments with which they be
gan the fight, for weeks past have been firing
away with foul language, which the most calous
denizep of Bingsgsie would blush to have ut
tered. This lesson in tactics they no doubt Dor
rowed from the Chinese who, when they found that
the English steamers could not be driven back by
their ridiculous old cannon, raised terrible hubbub
with gongs, tom-tom' aud drums, aud added vocal
accompaniment of bowling aud profsns swearing,
which they thought would make the stu-diest Of
"ou,sids barbarians retreat The eIigencies of sea
fight once induced the combattants, whose shot gave
GU, rather early in the fray, to continue the battle by
firing into the enemy volley OF Dutch cheeses junk
bottles, backing boxes, the contents Of medicine
chest, n canister of birthstone, few bushels Of
onious, aud several dozens Of venerable eggs. But
the up,avory b,oadsde did not win the battle for The
gunners Of The other vessel held their with
hand and piled :Leir cannon well with the ether,
that they soon forced their odorisrous adversares TO
surrender.
The Charleston "Mercury," for instance, some
weeLs ago, impudeuty assailed u.s. We, Of course
punished our rsbeous subaltern, and the Mercury"
now seems be in very shattered, and water log
ged condition. Its own supply even Of foul
language seems to be exhausted, and it keeps up a
most lamentable, mpotent, and harmless fire, with
ammunition borrowed from it's little allies. 1t ap-
and blszes away at us with every edto'
rial scrap which it can lay lie hands on and several
dismal papers which have been screechng at US FROM
the swamps Of the Mississippi, have been made happy,
by the "Mercury's" borrowing their Bnsgae. We
are really astonshed at the "MerouryS' lend girins
ont so soon. We had supposed that it was perfect
"Galeua'' with immense ore of the richest veins,
ready to be anto editorials at the shortest notice
But even the "Mercury's lead mines are not mex.
hsus,ible and it is firing at US with the ammuD.
ton Of lie humble coadjutors. We had supposed
that the mercury had editorial lead enough TO
stand siege a. org as that Of Troy.
1t has ALSO far, in its distress and desperation
forgotten the propretes of editorial life, to perform
the splendid part of Paul Pry, and to peep into the
editorial sanctum of the "Euqurer," to see whether
the chassment which it has received was admins
tered by the proprietary" or BY a"temporary" Edi
tor, and, es an apology for the drubbiDg which we
have laid ON right well, tolls the chivary that the
preparatory Editor is sick" 4 splendid illus.
tration This il, truly, Of the courtesy of a news
paper, which asks rs an act Of Justice and cour
tesy" to transfer whole columns Of its sopurifc edi
torals to our columns 10 sil;ct our worthy compost
tors with all the horrors of an opium shop, and en-
danger their health, this hot weather, whilst the
Mercury" iG making its columns q sewer into which
all the foul language Of the disuuionists is empsd
And yet the Mercury" expects Us to regard the
ussges Of civilized editorial controversy when it vio
latss them nearly every day. Nevertheless, as the
victor can afford to be generous, will crafty the
innocent vanity of the Mercury" by publishing its
numbering article in our paper Of Wednesday. Lit
the Mercury" therefore, DO at once proud aud
happy at it's prospects for immortality.
A TREl,tsg on THE LAW OF EXECUTORS AND
ADMINISTRATORS, generally in uss in the United
States, aud adapted more particularly TO the prac
tice of Virginia. by John Tsyloe LomaI, author
Of the "Diges, Of the Law Of Real Property "
formerly one Of the Judges Of the General Court,
and Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Of Virgil
mia, and formerly Professor Of Law in the Uni.
versity Of Virginia. Second edition; revised, cor
rcsied aud greatly enlarged; in two volumes
fublishea by Adolphus Morris, Richmond' Va.
The Grs, edi,icI Of Judge Lomax's celebrated aud
standard work on the Law OF Executors aud Admin