Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-01
raEAcHHRnus COMPLIMENTS.

oelug taken PElsCOee py oaf ro'Pe, eA"ooi"e
swollen river in company with his caPtor'
Lieutenant Henry, and seeing the horse OIL
the latter swept down by the current and
the rider in imminent DANCE: OF drown
ing, flung himself from his own horse A'd
re s :ued his enemy from death. 1t was an
&C: Of genuine chivalry and gsllsntry; and
rye venture to surmise that This brave young
PAYNE was not one Of those who bully women
aud rob houses. No pictures, nnplanos have
been packed up by him to send to his family In
tho North. For Milroy or Backs or Butler he
would be most unfit strument; bis cheek
mu It often have burned with shame 10 hhd
himself associated with such burglsrious and
fslonious conpanii n5-in.almH and, doubt
less, he was the more eager to seize the "p-
poytunity which presented itself in that bell
ing torrent to make soms amends for the
shameful transaction in which he found bin
self implicated.
Not 10 be ouidone III chiyA!r0us coGrte1J,
Gen. Stuart caused representation Of tie
brave action to accompany the prisoner to
Richmond, and, in pursuance Of the Generals
suggestion, young Payne was Internationally
released. by Gen. Wiader without parole or
exchange.
Thereupon, gu. comes the Washington
.sCa1on;cle. special organ Of Lincoln, With =
painful and unnatural attempt to mimic the
sympathy OF generous souls with all that is
noble, but irresistibly impelsd to give the re-
fsxion a Yankee turn, and dealing with
knishtly courtesy as thing th.t may be
made to pay. Says tie "Chronicls:
This act o. generosity as well as of justice
+ the release OF Lieut.. Payne must command
our highest admiration. There is some hope
for men who can behave in such manner
We leave it to casuists to determine whether,
when these two gallant officers mest on the
battlefield, they should FIGHT like enemies or
embrace like Christians?
We are casuists Of no mean prsten-
sions, and therefore undertake to determine
this question. Lieutenant Payne had no just
or lawful business on Virginia soil at ALL
He came, like all the rest Of the Yankees, to
Carly all tho horrors of war of invasion to
the homes and the hesrths of q people who
had neye, done hurt or harm 10 him or his.
BE was serving Abraham Lincoln, and con-
tipusd to Hervs Abrshsm Lincoln even sitter
that proclamation which seeks to plunge
these States into the unspeskable mi,ery of
= servils instruction. His brave deed 10 the
flooded river was the generous impulse and
instinct of moment. his daily service Id the
invading army was deliberate choice.
Now the question Of the Yankee Journal
ist is, WHISTLER Lieutenant Henry, Confede.
rate, if be should hereafter meet The Yankee
officer in battle on Virginia soil, should not
drop his srms and embrace the invader-liks
o Christian; whether hs should not say to
him, My worthy friend! my benefactor! our
hearts, cur homes srs open to you: here is
my estate conf 'cste it by AL mesns; here is
ths Government have helped to form and to
it, and hang President and
Ministers; here are my sissers-pefbsps one
or two of them would suit you. Shall any
thing b. denied to 30 chiyslrous Lieuten-
ant
1t is worry natural that Mr.. Lincoln, or his
organ, should say this would be acting "like
o Christian - but sce say it would be the &C
ton neither of Christian, pagan, nor man.
We sly that the whole debt Of tho rescued
mar VAS paid and over psid, by the rsleaae,
with honor, Of his rescusr; that the said
rsscusr, when b. comes invading our country
again, ought not to be embraced like Chris
tan and that ths most Christian act Lieut.
Henry can do, when hs next meets the other
in arms will be to run him through the
body.
From this it appears that our sthicsl views
differ from these of Mr.. Lincoln, and that We
arc not imbusd with tho fainest tinge Of
Yankee ohiyAlry.
The CRoPs GErrRALLY.-Letters from all
portions of the State continue to assure us
that the prospect of an abundant harvest in
all kinds of crops is very encouraging. The
wheat looks remarkably healthy and tho
stand" ID unusually heavy, and besides this
the breadth sown is much greater than people
generally suppose. The corn crop will be
undoubtedly large, and the fruit crop has not
been materially injured BY the late cold spells.