Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-30
For the Enquirer.
Tho Snns Of Tircinin 10 the ReScue.

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Tho SONS Of Virginia TO the Rescue.
DOCTOR SAMUEL A. CARTWRIGHT, OF NEW Or
LEANs-THE UNIVERSAL FEELING IN THE SOUTH
IN FAVOR CT VIRGINIA..
MEssns. ED1ToRs In the war OF lSl2-ld,
O young Virginian, enlisted n regiment of Viz
ginia Volunteers for the defence Of Baltimore.
His name, an old family one Of Virginia, was
Cartwright. lis a." vas short Of eighteen; and
immediately he vas placct! on the wing OF a
! heavy battery Of c.naon defending Baltimore,
| soulhcastEa,i oil the Patapsco, at the extreme
end ofL:ght street, continued 20 the bay. Tie
night attack upon Baltimore FROM the Pa!apsco
vas made b. the British thar night in row
boats with mui1ed cars. 1t was as dark rs
ETcbus. \ suspicious sound reached the
watchful ears of the battery ; a rocket was
thrown illuminating the waters of tho estuary,
when, 10! nGansc !Gass OF British row.boa,s
vas discovered close in shore, ard neaT effect
ing & ~ian,!inE. Tic t~huadcrs Of tha: heavy
battery awaSe, ard scattered the inrading tio.
tiila. :Sanicl i, Cartwright TaG HcaIaIici the
next morning b. his position near the heavy
guns. That deafness haa been a lifetime aud
Increasing malady.
But the native ana Immortal germ Of genius
received TO dctrimant. He has since risen Ia
the highest positions III mississippi snd Lou.
isiana. 81 q Physician, Scholar, Patriot and
Philosopher. lie Is TIC most eruditc t~thnai0.
gist on the continent, md hls riucidGtcd the
iirevocable status hi tile negro race, placed
in it By their ~Lacvci!ui Creator, and un.
der the mnst ban"iiccHi guardianship the
race ever haL-ihn Planters Of tho South
particularly in his splendid articles ia
Dc Bows Review: Now, advanced in Yeas
beyond sixty, The learned sayant and doctor
comes to his native Stale, aroused by her cry
Of peril, 10 lend bis Influence, his cuunscis,
and MS skill 0i.cc more in thu dufcrCu Of his
mother land.
DR.. Cartwright Is the valued medical adviser
of President Davis, and has been in that rela
ton since the Presidents boyhood in M;asis-
| sippi. The writer Of this, less than q month
ago, was ia The learned Doctors Office III Canal
street, New Orleans, while the Doctor was
engaged in wiring Il friendly ~in";l!cal letter
10 his distinguished patient. lie gently
blamed tho FrGsidtn; :r everlasting lis piIysi-
Chi pow o.: III this m0!urntuua crisis, wsicn Ten
| millions G! ireemen Look 10 hin ii the chief
instrument uRl"T H"hye,i 10 aChicTa and secure
that freedom. Wra:c the Doctor, 1T was
,aSiinE yoaT sensitive Southern nature too
much, after The tremendous intensity Of feeling
on that battle Sabbath, u add the further OK
element Of two public harlangues in Rich
mond. Remember, in your case, the organic
citadelS have been assaulted and suffered lcss.-
Millions upon millions haze 4 lie estate in
your patriotic labors The living G.Id the m.
born have Il claim on YOU you arc making
their history fG- veal or Voc" Such, not it,
language, but in sentiment, was the letter d
Dr.. Cartwright, now at the Spotswoid House,
along with the eminent j. :. McFarlanc, Of
New Orleans.
Thousands upon thousands Of wealthy and
influential Mis:ls5ippiarS and Louisianians are
beginning 10 pour into the "0ll Dominion "
to many it is home giou7d--ta all, il is SACRED
SOIL" both The cradle and the grave Of Wash,
ington. Keep up heart and courage, noble
ViIginialr>' The black, Federal cry oF ION
to kichnoHi" has aroused the sullen thunder
tones Of ten millions, No acTtT.' acrer."
RIcnwoHD, aug. oG, 1861. ~