Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-28

"TnE RECORD" for last week, contains a
very Interesting sketch by an English Officer,
called ~ Run through the Southern States"
Itwrticn Variability. and givcsa most graphic
contrast of military life at the South and at the
North, and is decidedly favorable to the Con-
Tolerate cause. 1t will be completed in the
next number Of TUE RECORD" which We un-
dcrstand is to be filled with articles Of unusual
interest, taken from the foreign reviews. 1t
will be uo"'lo the usual size, and contain an
admirable speech of Dlsrarli, and onr from
Gladstone, delivered in Parliament on "The
Reforms in the Establ ishcd Church." ---.a----
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It's permanent value as n volume of reference
hercaltcr--a value which will increase with
time. 1t is because Of this feature that we
have issued the work in a convenient form for
binding, and made its paging continuous from
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conclusion Of each volume, Il complete index
to its contents. From many letters which
have been addressed to the editor touching the
objects of the paper. vic select the following
for publication, because it brings out clearly
the particular merit we claim for "'rhe Re-
cord" The writer is gentleman of high
scholarship and deserved reputation:
IL the Editor of" The Record"
DEAR SiR--Taking great interest in the
passing events of the day, which are becoming
the history of one of the greatest struggles in
which mankind have ever been engaged, !
read with earnest attention every thing which
nurports to give an authentic narrative Of
those events. The value of any work appro-
rriatcd to this object, Of course consists in
ihc reliance to he placed upon its fidelity, and
your paper appears to me to furnish most
TO silt the sensation dispatches of the
day-to winnow the truth from the vast mass
Of fal<ehnud which has brought the telegraph
into such bad reputc--to present truth naked
and undistortcd, so that the future historian
may lecl that he is not dealing with fiction
alone, when he undertakes to describe the
mighty events occurring around US, is Il duty
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that as you possess the ability, your zeal
will not flag.
During the Revolutionary War, there was
published Il work similar in desgn-thc ere
mmcmbranccr." which regret to find is not in
our State library. 1t is now, imagine, rare;
but thirty years ago or more its value was re-
cognized to such an extent, that single copy
Of it was regarded as equivalent to share in
IL library, the price of which, if l remember
correctly, was 5000.
In the division of the Richmond Library.
which took place some years since. under the
supervision of the late illustrious Chief JUS
tcc MarSllall, that gentleman declared to the
writer that he regarded Dodslcy's Annual
| Register which contained the contemporaries
| Gus history of the Revolutionary War, rs one
| of the most valuable works distrbuted--and
his estimate of it may be conceived. when you
arc informed that it constituted one lot in it
self in the division which took place among
the stockholders. lie acknowledged his great
obligations to it in the preparation Of his Life
Of Washington.
hone that The Record" will be literally
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Richmond, July 20, 1868.
CONTENTS.
Southern Chant of Defiance.
New Forms Regulating Substitutes.
Polish Question in Parliament.
Exchange of Prisoners.
Tie sRccord" rs Help for History.
A Run Through the Southern States.
King of Greece.
Prom lions.
Summary Of News.
The Record" announces the following pro-
notion
Brisad;er General Henry II. Walker, Of
Virginia, appointed July l, 1853.
Address WEST & JOHNSTON, Richmond, Va.
THREATENED RAID on ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. July 23-We have authentic in
formation that Rosecranz is organizing force
to attack Atlanta and make raids on the North
western Georgia railroad.
The Mayor of Atlanta has issued stirring
proclamation. Active preparations are being
mn,Jo .o oomn1eta the defences of tho city and