Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-29

feet. In word, our mind, aud heart and fingers and
tues have all been Bgita.ed immensely by the most
udicrous and indescrbable sensations. We don I
expect either TO get over our tit of amusement for the
next thousand years. All hail to the Gibraltar! She
has met the ens,nv and she is nearly theirs. One
uvr- such sfupendOus effori, OH most noble and ad.
mrable Gibraltar, and every body will be entitled to
kick you ss often and as long IS they please. Not
being in befitting frame of mind this morning for
either phosophica or pous reflections we m0desfly
refer ali inauirug friends TO another column for the
result of the fight in Big Richmond on yesterday"
AL we ask is, that the IHh,g by its bitter denun-
citation of the ticket of the American party which it
rdicued and spat upon, which it held up to the
of the city and the rdcule of the State will make
just such another stupendous effort and then instead
Of every body being entitled to kick the Gibraltar
often and d. long as they please, she will be
entitled to the praise and admiration Of gratihed
State.
We brag not. We intend to beat the American
party if we can. We believe our ticket IL worthy
the support of our own party and of all who wish to
promote the best interests of the city and OF the
State, and we therefore hope that enough men OF in
dependence will be found to vo.s for it to elect it,
We intend to leave our mark at least, and We hope
place that mark higher aud higher at every trial.
banner We shall know at least after the election
whether an election was held or not. We shall not
be In the quandary Of the editor of the Whis after
the last election. Hear him:
"Was there or was there mott The inquiry has
been propounded 10 US whether there was or was
not an election in Richmond yesterday. Our own
opinion is that there not Ii IL proper 10 state,
however that others think differently. But whether
there not, one thing is certan, that rlimore
voers were awfully scarce considering what the Gl'
braar has done herriolors Two hundred ana eignty'
four cheers for big Richmond
We hope that voters tor the ticket that the Iphtg
declared deserved the Citys scorn and the ridicule
of the State, will be awfuly scarce.
We tell the Wig, whether we shall be successful
not We perceive that he and his friends are awful.
y frightened aud, moreover, that if defeated
We do not inteDd to take up our journey for Salt Rv
er. We shall bs like game cock, who stops fight
ing simpyto get breath; but just sure as his an
tagonis flaps his wings to crow, he pitches into him
again. with beak aud spur. We will not pack up, as
our Wing friends we're advised to do. Hear him after
the last election
"FOR SALT RIVER
"The gallant and indonitabe Fillmore men Of
Richmond will please bear in mind that to-day, noon,
is the hour appointed for the commencement Of an in
eresting voyage towards the head waters OF Salt
We may, We thuk safely assure them of pleasant
and delightful trip All hands to the rescue and then
the victory"
We hope we shall have it in our power to say, some
of these days, if not the gallant and ndomita.
be Spartan Band have taken tbs citadel in the midst
of Gibraltar. The dispirited Know Nothngs were
driven into ths culvers, and the glorious old Wings
who had been oapture4 and mmured in their dun
geons, were liberated and released from bondage
Then we will fight together for the glory OF the State
aud the salvation Of the Union.
-ses--
ANOTHER GREAT AND GOOD MAN GONE.
The public mind has been prepared for the reception
of The sad intelligence conveyed in the paragraph
which we publish below. But though the annuncia'
ton of the illness Of the able, Venerable noble Sers
tor from South Caro- lima, whose death is now known
had already borne balm to the nations heart before
the calamity came it still strikes upon the ear, softly
but SADLY when We hear that Judge Butter is dcad So
whom he 10 dearly loved-,he gifted and chivarous
Brooks.
To say that Senator Butler was worthy represen'
tstve of South Carolins-,he land Of the Marions
and Pinckaeys, the Rutlsdges and Sum.ers, Of
Cheves and Calhoun, Hammond and Preston, and
An almost endless catalogue Of other noble names,
either iu.rious in the grave, honored among men
az emblens of living virtues and genius-s to award
tribute to moral and intellectual greatness too high
tor any other commensurate commendaton than that
Of nations tears:
DEATH OF SENATOR BUTLER
Just as we we're going to press We received tele.
graphic despatch informing us Of the death of the
venerable and distinguished senator, Judge A. p.
Butler of South Carolina. We were not unprepared
for this result. The news of his rapidly-faing
strength had left US little hope for some days past
tina, he could recover STILL the sad event is not the
lees regretted by his friends throughout the country
and By that State he loved we'll aud served 30
faithfully.
Judge Butler was one OF those rarely-gifted men
whose genius, chivsrio temperament, and rare eo-
ouence gave him large and commanding Influence
in the senatorial body and constituted him one OF ts
leading members. His ardent, coniding, and honor
able nature drew to him those troops of deepy.at-
tsched and adnirng friends whose sYmpathes will be
most painfully aroused at the news OF his death
South Carolina has always been represented in the
Senate of the U. States by men of the oftest ta-
lents, but, even amongst those gifted sons OF the
South few have surpassed in ability and hdelify to
the interests Of the State and the country the vene-
rable man whose death now deplors.- Wdshing-
ton Union of Yesterday.