Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-24
PUBLISHING IN TER coaFspzRAcy.

this people. it IS natural that QUE frat sfs3.ts
&c publishing shcuid 90 military work.
fas defsGcs ci our rivofs, hrI5cre, uoaG.aic
psases, lie Ut tAis moment 1890 urgtE,s sns!-
rsea than ito paetic CONTEMPLATION OK taDci
:nl description Of thcsa faatures of NSture.-
Tho fouadiEE Il cs&aon and manufacture Of
risss ard ahv.un.:ion-nny, tbs tanning of
leather Sud collecting hoois End shass, are
or p;!4.,;h hy snd bellies lG::rss Tc sre ioc
yeucs t. WOO rnu Tunetnl N!:, Ia tru.i,,
We srs only hsing born, io- dung t;;a evil
days otths Compromises ;hil people d., %:
live; y vas II eEoryc, aad wa7 in ds:g"r,
too, VI os;ns ci.ckcS. 70 he sure. it IS ilse.
cn!ssr a;:iiG, :na :iEaagico se5P:ats IA rs
cradle: BIZ: stu !: i; - inf.a.; II s;H-ts 81
first principles 30 io.Tn ia f.: ,lGincDg.---
And the i,st ei,11.nte cfra,i0aei existence ere
The principles oFsTtii;..y prac5a-, dtil, 'nsrcE,
ese-m a.6 victo:v. Tho 5cakS whic;: tesch
ell the cetsils Of ties. fundamental arts eaG
sc;rn:5 :5- a.o ss:a primers G2d primary reading
!sssrt,s a:.i .tsse have Ee-n provided in
very o-odiiabis quantity SID style By the sT,-
terP:isias hcEse (e,iacipsilyi Of West &
Jchcstva. os Richmond. T:sy ere &c. se7s-
rally new Scoka: Co1 is j. nssdfrl that The?
should ae. II. Practice cf Far, as :Hcu,
ca.ea by Joz;ai ed ac:ad 5y Nspoleo1, ts
no hsd grc"2d-eorE: sc6jsc: to modification,
OF eousse, according 20 tie cs:rsc Of tha
coan.1:. The wo'kn siio on special depart
msnts ei :Se saTy!c2, prepared 81 boards Of
officers fer the use Of the aSuy OF :he United
States. are to os .s yu!Sabls .s tc cur saa-
mics; aud we h.ye 6 good right to -rost C;
these. jnAsnuch az tee gaid bczrds Of cfn-
GERS consisted aain OF S;ut;ie1n oficsgs,
and ba:r Cn tkei- f.ce tt.e gAn-t.ou of scraa
o! cur present generals, ANA Of others who
have faifen III our Gauge Accordingly tho
publishers have done a coed 5elTict "a rr-
printing this handsome volume, enGslst In
struet'ons IN Hea,y Aittuery. I. is BUCK
Of 272 pages, srgsly i!Ius.rated wi;h ezasi-
!ent pistsa; beautiful specimen G: typos;s-
ply, and printed on very fine papss. La
deed, no ons would supposs thrt it hsd te:n
got up iu q time of war sud blockade, 70. II
would be CIT d!la5le to any publiahirg house
even in dsys of peseetui trsoo. ir,ha credit
OF South Carolina, it thould bs mentioned
that this work, S. well as al tho bes. aid
hsndBomss. specimens Of luxurious typosTa'
ply before us, was printed 5y Msssrs. Evsas
! 4 Cogswell, of Charleston. 1t IS pleasing 60
fad thss even while Charleston wus shut up by
Blockade, c;nstanay thrsatsnsd with hen-
bsrdneat, and halfdevsststcd by conftgrat;on
quiet and Rssiduour printers ware st.i coru-
posedly composing. No Il they were net npjer
Al cuemy's guns. io7 lie production uf iaess
lessons Of wCr. We hcve peculiar Tcfpecs
for types GIs~n Up in limo and column 81
more aptly Ibsu t. any ether types, InSy 20
addressed tie poet 3 aoostrcpae--
Oh silent myriad army, uhossts metal
ke'tr lhch.d ror b,snahed bsto.s tie onp:. =7org
| Ye breure.Ilr immortal battle
| wI,h o'urgro 'i:: Lstoods tyranHous ds:souB
Fragment, OF ..rtncth and besny sard'pc !d!s.
| E.ch In Is place until the sppn!nt!d dsy,
| TLsn, suth % wheels The sqrsdron 70 the trisia
| ysspIing Into TIE long conpso' Errsy
Tho praise Of excellent Typography must
ala, Be wa-deG tc .te& Crdnancs Ecausi," "*a
ether s:shirS Sie york of Wss: Point c. iz!r 600
tsining as ps.ss with plates. and nasty
bourd ii cloth out Ii still more emphatic
| manner. ~ ahH splendid cork G: M.hsn, oa
! "Per7aa,.sn: Fertilization aaa tic atiGcE end
detsncs y Permanent Wcrks." .i:h i.c ;.,.e
| fnlio C.! sis.-s hath 50! w::!. 4re Gn- 10 :as
enterprise nf Was: & johnG.a7, ati h.v- "a
heep prints. fer than by ihs Char;.G,ot
,rin:s-s Pro!essos Mshsn'5 taak i; y s:si-
Gus undertaking for :s,;:a'if;:s :: snT t':na
srd st rhu :;ns os;'-c:s!i:, =: $50 '7ai"!. I!:-
yo,vss uumsrso expense. ne srhjscs- i:n7=-
ever, VIII :cns Sc . as.r? :niesaai'rS ~" -
ihs cano sry. ces cnIY w:,:,e ~. @se lss'-.
be-: SO long - W. Ehol hs-> slngir i1ri u
psas e, ei.;.d. Gou,.d III an= vs-t 'ron!:sr.
and vinl ctiTo snony cn Chs watch Toy
crevi@es III Ou. srm0ur. fhh Guh!i"s,ien,
thsn, although brought out iii stya Il great
elegance and even luxury, will doubtless iske
jts stand sid keep It. ss cae Ct rs needfal
ecc:ssErias cf syc7y military library Df tie
intrir sic intcJest ci thcsa books We asy
nothing Tt:oy atr e'ts:dy judged. sGd
psssso.
"a Ganuc; Of Hillary Surgery" Fcr
the use Of Surgeons CT the Confederate
States Army. By JuEsn Chisholm, M. o.,
| Professor, &c. Z nest Toluins C 500 psggss
giving annie directions for tie i-satinsEs Of
every spes:.as OF wound; Organization Of hos
pisals, ambulance corps, sud tLe ]iko. It's
Appendix contains tbs "Rulss snI EeSu'--
tions o: he Medical Department CT Tie Con-
! fstsrste States A-mE."
MahsE's Treatise on Field Forstfcations
Is another weli-hnown military work of high
character. It la brought out in small and
pcrtstIe fnrr. which aims 1t none Of the ty-
biographical elegance of ths oth:T volumss
above mentioned. It is clesrly printed,
however, and supplied with tbs requisite ii
lus.rr.irs diagrams. 1t gives full instructions
fer the construction and defence Of alr kinds
Of intrsnchmsute, and has valuable chapter
on the passage Of ri7ers by every speaiss OF
military bridges.
The Judge Advoeats's Fade Aecsns was
! noticed by us few dsys ago. It ia essen