Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-03

Jinal JiorkuRc."
From th"Se extracts i. appears ;hrt The re-
naval ii Tho blockade mast 10 Attended Nth
notification oi the lact, aI was required i" cd
tsblL,iring the original blockade, and ti::n no
ticati0n must he yasortrd t, every iina "lIa
squadron "a .. lyrn nff ar:d yesrrSa's So ier
aS Any rights cf the Confederate S,at.s arc
0eueernod, ih:s raising TT the blockade
amounts 10 nothing, but whsn it Is yeIneIn-
bered thai neutral vessels msy sail for
Charleston without incurting sny danger Of
capture, there Con re 10 doubt thai rHany
will avail themselves Of their right, and ata.r
boldly for that port, taking tho chancc 10
dodge in if the old hulks shouli st':l ne lyi1,.
uncertain and uneasy in the citing. An imp"-
tus to our foreign trnds will BIS givl: that
uust result in iucreaRing our l..esent srpp!ica
very much Il must not be suppoaci ,aai
because. ef the raising of the blockade III
Charleston that That part 10 opGn aiiFmnst
rsrnsi, opt., for any pnraca.a- tina. Tho
elcI0y may reapE"ar aHd .N-c''t"hii:'. 'h'
blockade NJ Any irament. Tha!r right of
capture is suspended until the syp:snti al Hf Il
time fro'n :h.ir reuewiGS tao blockade equ:i
to t..e t:nn given wlon ti7st established. he
nIGckadiug squa,'rn', ulust iUr i5at ti":r, sty
f"l:y of SIXTY days, VAN OF vsa.,cis AMI cut
ncc Capture. \ vessel MAY e>'l .i;:.r.:!J'
ffom EngiAnd i.r Charleston "a! Gama.i' ho
captured, sven though her pIpvrs st''~' he i
des.ing ton to ho Chsrlc,;or. Ths ri:,r n.':
appear a'.y IeAi advantage, bn: Il - = the
utmost Importance, and thiB action II ,i1,"-
Sno,lprs Ingrshsm will bring more. real p.ac-
ticsi. 5h:etits ihan snv otiAr engagement:
land q: naval, durinE Lie war. All hal,
therefore, 10 tho gallan; Ingrsham and fslulScr
Mud tholr brave crews.
LIfUfEN NJ CcLOaEL ST. GEoRG: TUGkEE.
L,ea,-naat Colonel S. ilosGs TucKsn, o.
tho 18th Virginia Rsgmeht of Eoinria"'G,
dol in Charlottesville Slturidy, J,nu:.,T II,
1863; aged 50 y<n's.
llo w. ehIrstsh 1t ti,e Unyorei,y, aud
subsequently ente:e,; tha law Enho"l sc .iu'!ga
Hoss!l} Tacl:er. at Williamsburg, a."i '''ren
the pI ,ylcc II his prof ssi.n N Chaclc5;eE-
vile IL lS4S
In tho winter q; lS5l-'G hr maa :t'.ci.d
cle'k oi The Scnsis Gf Virgins. All -, .ur
his mcIitnri0,ia sa:vce, elected CiGsi; ni tho
lInua., nf Del. gates OF Virginia III Io': /"
srcca.! ';'!u;is' hianfn.d, thc:. ,naIr So, eta
~ Of the Uomu:c uw"alth. H. VIA cSntiGuad
in this DiEce for six ya1S'a, ati it it; l., Colt
mon PRAISE to sly, that f1r fidelity aid ril-
ceincy, no vas q " a:thy successor ni C>'1,c'
Mua:or
10 ,rriilsd lie. elari.nil IL 1850, =. -i-r-
rag lie qniet OF literary pusnnas; a"i u=-
dcsicos sckodl for yoIrg mea Pre- ;alrlg
for the UuYnrsity. iI,s proficiency in Mal:."
matics. r,r, biz extraordinary cspsa:iy T.;
i;apsrihg instruction, ,nado him nuc,=s.st,ll
in THIS epartment; End his attaiuntont" ~ n
scholsr snahIed him to give 20 th"sr uni3: Ii,
charge the advantages Of cultivation ia !isto-
- and Ese,ature unpsoal in auaii crhon'..
Ho Hfs eli earl y-snme would Sny--a .prc-
mature f,ienN Of e1ccGsinn. liz -iiy"cata,! 1t
ss n ncc,,aity upon tho r>suit "f tho p:c.i-
dential election Of 1860. lie hsa raised :
volunteer co,"raay, and upon the parsnse OF
tho ordinance by Virginia, at oncc tealsrs.
it's services 10 lis rative State.
Withdrawn from pursuits 10 ipved, lie cE-
-, l.r nf h, D., y
campaign AZ Msy, 1861, and mdl thc clorc
Of the battles around Richmond, endured l1c
life G! Il soldier with the Gror aud uaswaEc-
ing patriotism which belnarnh IL Lin noble
nature.
Though ton sick fr jutY b.l1rn The battles
oil R;chmou.l h:g.::, sma excused from service.
h. cou,l bot L- persau;i"d t. l:c absent. lie
was in the bloeig hstlla of Malyera ili'l
hut when il waa over his strength ycl';s;!
o the iev.r h;ch exposure had rrHught
upoT !:ia sySt"l,.'
1t eft ii1n with d;e7se "f tho LUIS,
which rapidly pressed iir: 80 his fate; aad
death claimed him at last M one nf lie
brightest victims Of d bloody war, w4sc'i i5r
tho ,uin of h;s country.
In all the departments Of life n3 :sas plTa.
upright and fgithlul. Ho wrs ,no>icst an,i
uusssuulins, Gnl almost without ambition.
n. lcast without us tjciaus eagerueHs for no
:0.o!y. lie wAs cnalous t" discharge his
duty scGu,lirH 10 his ci.,SCioucc, and brave
and devoted in mc2:u,s. ull its requirements.
lie lnved his country with An unseltlsh afiec
tin, and dii not gtuase The gnctitics Of his
valued iiio OIL The altar uf H.. Independence.
IIo was s. man uf sanias. lis mind united
strength and yignr III the Reasoning faculty
with tho Inspirations Of trio poetry. His
pros, was gcaceful and flowing, vivaoi5u5
and humorous, clear and strong. Hin pGcIi-
cal e(us"ns evincs II pure and elevated i"-
ssinatioD of 4 refined and cultivated iaGtc,
and tho characteristics Of genuine insi''ra-
ton. Too modest and unprcsuminS t1 nave
pressed i.s Esno Prominently into the lie
rary arera. his efforts showed that time and
this revoution--which has opered field
for Southern sanius--wero only wanting &c
give him proud pac" ia tho ranks of the
literary inca of the 2nuth.
Hia "IlaD&f,r:',' :. lslo ct B3c9-' s,cba.l.oIl,
gave him position among ths 'eadera of
Southern books OF nm-rcr; ard rf Hnuc. iIas
bstlcr titls tc be orr nai 'nsi song !han his
s'Crcs, ui the Snuih."
1t is no: tnp mueh n say hn wsH tie mcaL
universally beloved msE "f his sgs III VIZ
ginis.
"Nnne k,isw Lin hu' III lcra him.
Mons nlrced h:m 'ut "a praise"
His genial nature, his genuine wit. las n"-
bic affections, his exalted putty 0; sentiment,
his guilty ated mind, WIN" iha; niice !.rsw him