Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-06
"RE ORGANIzATIoN oFTHE WHIG PARITY

A short time since The news came from one of the
West India Islands that the "Angel GABRIEL had
blown his last blast, and was himself buried among
the spirits whom he would have summoned to pre-.
mature resurrection. Though the prophet lie gone,
yet his mantle is left behind him. Our nsighbor Of
the Wig has sessd the abandoned trumpet, and is
calling spirits from the Vastly deep with an energy Of
lung which afrights quiet people. Read its article
Of yesterday on the "re.organiz alton of the Wing
party" Flattery cannot touch .ths dull cold ear
of dsath;" nor is possible for the spectral inhab-
tants OF Hades to revisit their mundane abode Isis
wandered up and down, gathering together the scat
tered fragments of her lost Osiris; and with an
equal sorrow, but with less success the dsconsoate
reot OF the late Wing party seeks to discover and re-
anmate its maugled remains. 1t is pous enterprise,
and We only regret Its impractcabity. Hencsforth,
in her heroic but fruitle,s search Lady Franklin will
tho sympathy of another sed and constant SOUL
COMMANDER THOMAS j. PAGE, OF THE U.
s. NAVY.
We have had upon our editorial table for several
days the "Report Of the Expedition and Survey OF
the La Plate and Its Tributaries" by this worthy OF
deer.
The object Of the expedition was the extension OF
commerce and the acquisition OF reliable geograpni'
cal knowledge with respect to the countries draled
by the La Plate and i,s tributaries and Commander
Page appears to have performed the duties assigned
him with high degree Of credit to himself and oene'
fit to his country. His report will contribute I'M
mensey TO the scanty stock Of information
by government relative to the Argentine Conted
GRAFTON and Paraguay.
Commander Page ascended the La Plate end Para
quay nearly two thousand miles, in the u s. steamer,
Waterwitch and raversed the interior many hundred
more on misunderstanding some days upwards
of one hundred miles. He wa, submitted to many
hardships undergoing severe fatigue aud exposure at
night His only covering during heavy rains was the
canopy of Heaven-his only bed the earth. He found
the Inhabitants every where, with the exception of
few Indian tribes, we'll ldispoSed-giving him kindly
reception.
We understand that Commander Page Is of the
opinion that an extended trade and intercourse, under
iudcious management WILL at no distant day. be car
ried on between the citizens of the United States
and that interesting portion Of thi, hemisphere, of
which Virginia will profit much as any State in the
Union. She will find then additional market for
her four and may bring home, in exchange for it,
hides &C., SC.
Wecommend the perusal of the report to all who
can conveniently obtain it. Its author Is native OF
vrginis and she has to be proud Of such sons.
Better have them employed in discovering new
fields for commercial enterprise than n risking vaua
BILE lives in gentlemanly idleness, In fashlonabe,
but meaningless three years cruise In the Medterra.
mean.
We observe that the Report of Commander Page
Is most approvingly spoken Of by Ex President Fill
more, who instituted the expedition.