Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-01

the Greek Indian country. The expre>smai
rode through the wild pine forest and glades OF
Alabama. night and day, the fate OF a city de
pending upon his safe y and the punctual dc
livery OF his message. At last, nearly exhaust
cd. he reached the American camp. where H.
was conducted to the presence Of Genera
jackson. The General ON reading the dis
patch W 5 greatly excited. lie at once SEM
out marching orders to his troops by express
in every direction. Gen. Coifee's brigade o
Tennessee mounted riflcmcn had orders with
other troops, to proceed at once to the lci'
bank of the Mississippi, and from thence. by
land or batelu, with all possible speed to New
Orleans for its defence. The General and
Staff proceeded to the city with all the dis
possible force he could command. 1t was moi
till sometime in December that he was able TO
gather q respectable force in New Orleans. -
And, he hardly had time to station hi
forces Tor the defence of the city, and organize
the local militia, whcn the signal gun on the
pluce G.lrms, announced that the British
troops had effected i landing and had reached
the left bank of the river, at Eilliric's planta-
ton. To arms" was the order from the
Gencral--"We must fight them Tonight
C,ti. cs mounted men were marched down
from lllCll .tiol iiIOuEl iHC SINCI VI lHt
town to the battle field. As they passed
late in the afternoon. the windows and
balconies were lined with ladies', who wav.
eI their hankerehiefs crying out as they
passed 'Gmd Wtm the byare Tennessee.
ms" Coftc's men, in the first battle. on that
December night. had to leave their horses and
combat trained British troops on foot. That
nj .lt'S battle gave a check to the British. which
saved New Orleans, ARD which but for the Inc.
~raritics would have been lost. Colfre'S men
az lin covered themselves with glory on. the
memorable sth of January. We had the above
remarkable agency Of the Tncrarity'S, from Mr..
James Tncrarity himself, a mar Of great wealth
and intcgrty. The brothers never claimed any
acknowledgement for their important services.
nor indeed lid they mention the subject cxccpt
TO personal friends. Their word would never
for one moment be doubted by any one who
knew them, hut VIC had collateral evidence
of the perfect truth of the statement.
If Cuba has once been made the point o.
gathering for n hostile feet and army. why
NAV it not he so used again: Under this as.
poet of the case, the subject assumes the great
est Importance. Were France and England to
make war upon us tomorrow, Havana and
other Cuban ports would immediately swarm
with their fleets and soldiers for our invasion.
Can We consent to endure the constant apprc-
hcnsion Of such a possibility? What leading
Power in Christcndom would submit to leave
a citadel door vile open, for the unolstructcd
entrance of the first foe who chose to pass its
portals?
Wherein has this country ever been injured
by expansion: HUI the FcdcralistS Of former
days, represented by their ninltcd soar or
"woolly head descendants Of the present dav.
been successful in their bitter hostility to cx.
,nlnsinn, where would have hecn the nrcScn'
boundaries Of the States? Neither Louisiana.
Florida. Texa;, nor California. would hava
been ours. Our Western border would have
stopped on the top of the Allcghanics. or. at
f,rthc>t. on the left bank of the Mississippi.
while 4 chain Of British forts would have en-
tended from Canada To New Orleans. Tn
people Of every piece Of territory brought m.
der the Constitution and fa- Of the United
States. have improved rs with the magic touch
Of an .AladAin's wand. while the people annex
ed have found 4 new hcing and Il new earth"
c 'mpare Louisiana or Florida. at the present
time. to their former state. under Spanish rule.
Compare Texas. with her fertile farms. rail
roads. tclcgraph>, schools and colleges. with
any part Of u%nanncycd Mexico, or even with
the former Texas Of Mexican domination
What change! 4 change in which the free
States of the North and the maritime States Of
Europe have all bcncficially participaied.-
What more glorious mission exists on the face
of the earth than that Of the United States, in
breathing life. liberty. progress and happiness
iato the bodies of the dead Lazarus. in the
form Of %lifrless. dormant, dcspotically govern.
ed Territories that arc spread out before our
doors:
Senator Hale talks Of manifest destiny" al
WAYS travelling South. When was it, that a
live Yankee ever went from home to seek his
fortune. that he did not steer South:
From the days Of the Va dals, GothS, and
ViSgoths. who ovcrran the olive groves and
vineyards Of Italy. to the present time. Northern
hives, when swarming. have always sent Their
young bees to the South to seek honey. They
never migrate North. If Canada were annexed
tomorrow, her population would not be aug
rncntcd from the States. 4 dozen would leave
Canada. where one would 20 to it. Open
Mexico, Central America or Cuba, to Yankee
emigration, and see how quick manifest desti-
ny" Of New England would take to his heels,
and seek his fortune in a more congenial climate.
Yankee enterprise, with Southern cultivation,
would soon. a. they have alxavs done, CON-
bine to make the wilderness blossom as the
rose. and practically prove. that the expansion
Of our free institutions would he like giving a
wider range to the fructifyins rays Of the sun,
BY clearing off the brush.wood and telling the
savage forest, which hitherto excluded them
from the rich soil beneath.
Onr Italian citizens have felt some disappoint-
,,a. NJ ,hn ,I,r,otnro f IL. (1rni,,p nouc
They say, that before the summer is over, we
shall hear of something worth talking about.
The imports of foreign dry gods at this port,
for the present month, amoun 20 Sln.57G,G0
The largest for the same period in eight years.
but one-that of ls5G--whcn they reached
So SG. I'll. For the same month. in 1858.
when the screws Of the panic were on. they
ONLY reached 50. S6G. III.
The character and value Of the goods import
cd. in seven months. ending withJanuary 2Sth,
1850, may be seen from the following table
It seems that we have imported more woollen
md silk goods than anything els,:
TOTAL ENTRIES Of FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT THE
PORT OF NEW YORK, FOR SEVEN MONTHS END
ING 2Srn JANUARY, 1859:
1857. .$5T.26S.852
ISIS. 4I.Gl3.36l
1859. IS, 100. 797
Professor Mitchell, who has given a rcmarka-
hly successful course Of Lectures ut the Ms;
lcademy. on astronomy, takes a benefit tn.
hight at that institution. The house is always
full when he lectures.
They have inauguratcl a novelty at Wal
'ack's. which draws full houses. II is a French
ulav. called the Veteran or Zouavr, Of France
md Algeria" 1t combines military spectacles
with scenic acting and dialogue. 1t opens in
France and winds up in Algeria. 1t promises
to have n good run.
Piccolomini is to tc-appcar at the Academy
an 4 short cngagcl ,cnt, commencing the 18th
February.
The Legislature is doing little at Albany,
icvond attempting a sort of general black
mailing legislation for New York and Brookly
Rack Republicans never fail to make n raise