Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-13
IHE RICHAOND MNCi.
OF THE LONDON TIMhS.
fE:on tnu landou T,nes, Jsno.ry. ls6;

which ha3 90 i0ng bean heoomins MICRO anc
more ogiarat to lockers Oil in tho Soutnorr
Cantsderacy, has yet dawncd upon tho Euro
pesn public; but it il incontestibla th%t tn.
Fsdsssls hesitste to attack the Southern hosts
gaoae gsi!sntry thoy hare Witnessed in every
greet battle upc1 tho sbii uf Virginia, nue
whose proTess In ous Of thu mcs; unequa
I'll th0 grant encouptcIs If history tus BATH;
of 6harpshurg OF Antietsrl Creek.--bas Sss,
Bo burnt into Federal meluories that thou
paRis ot ineD, and ehisf Of sil, Gen. Mcclellan
win n0e forget u 10 their dying hour
Ts1 week.: hsvo th;s day foTa since 35,00i
of Coafede rates, wsary and traVcl.vo.ri, by
lo7g sad toiIsoue marches, sod fighting upor
c soil, which was at least neutral if not hes
tile, tried conclusions with at lsast three
timea their number Of Feiarsls, led by tht
most popular Of tho Federal Generals, spi
backed By all TINT great sssd layiah nation
uufsttersd by blocksdsH, cIa:d ur"w irtt
,.hs' hsld 70 suppoz: them.
Ia answer to tho question, ''Wili 5suers
BurnHias fight" csnaat bat telicTo .as
he has ao athsr sissTnst;ve. Ii, n. the end O.
= years fighting, Of which it is impossible 'uI
ovsn Mr. Seward to assist thas tha u,sin re
suits hr~e boeI nihy-wiGa ttian unsavoraSls
tG tito hoi iihnraacs, stez= Northern hos
dS:ss nof Iisk 81 ci:gasa:"sIE Tltb it5 so
c1lfd exhausted ios, bat g1ss iuto Tiats,
quaytors Nh;s ia tD b. e1pected vii; bs the
p,ioo ot gold at ins eud CT the winter, ThsI
tie clnss oi A.atunn registers & depTsciutcc
Of pspar currency II rhs eXisI,t nf 20: lssa
than 80 pss can't That Gan. Eurnsils hht
wonderful little stamlch for the tight Isvs
10 mauntr Of 5ouit. In addition ~ cil III.
MoHeea fer cautlcu which weso 90 sctiSei}
i'll ors stion for iieu. Mcclellan, Gen. Burn
sic, tss ~ load into action En- s1my dlsgusiet
With in5 fo,r,cy4l If its rscrut aud fayoI.i
lssdnr, End disposed to mrls this d.s
guz: An excuse for fsiat-hssr!sincss sad
puslaniaity. TIE evidences tas. Tie ,ii;.t.
iectic-: ID tbs Federal hrrny is dap au. ~
End Gc-rssch,IS, are pet5ns sTsry daY.--
WnsreTcr scouting parties c: !J3nfsd sfai-
casAty peosts.ta Into :he c4u,.tTy b.twesn
the RsppahAnuoak aud Paton.ac rivers, FsG
oral soldiers, sometimes ekcasda: ii HUH
o,rB Inc whole forcs Of Confeicr.:es :z.oriy
oHer themselves rs P-isc5a:s Of VA, begging
to DO p.role1, 90 Us 10 sct to ttei: h,lea.;
and trusting tosi TAO largo I.u;dber ui pr!.
spitesH lnh-I , s'c NOhisSOl2toe III CA-SoS "
,hcsn tasa, by leo FJdart,s, VIII abeclve
iLu8e rsfclsi f,Gru tie cnsaco of boag *
ohsrged, s1i thus Es.in being Gant int, lhe
hald. O;.:;i..ts sy dozbls VI 10 asS9 beon irouiy
admitted 10 III. Federal csmps, while theY
1ecs in tns rSlShhntaoyd Of Wsrrantor, coue
cpsu-mau:heG 70 tie Cunisd. Hts i1ensrsis e
report ,nrrnu:a Indicating ths g,ostsa. da
sst!sfsctiou, stnouptins almost u open muii
ay, aud eiiiai.at!ns not only from priyatss
U. in snrle cages from offsora Of rank
There il abuudant reselil Id think that j:
collision bstween th9 tSo armi66 had
taken place within week Of Genarh
McClsllun's raro oval, hundreds snd per haps
Thousands OF Fedsrals would have thrown
dcwn ttsir s-ins and refussd to fro. And
evsa now, if there is ex.soniye manoeuvrcipg
and shifting position in the face Of tho enem $
demanded from ths Northara troops it Ia be,
ievel that some manifestation of 'iisst ,a.ior
is ny 10 nenns inprobab.e
Each General has his esr'n admirers
gained by such opportunities # intercourse
aa have brought Individuals within tho asid
Generals orbit; but it in aafe to say that in
tie rscc of popularity tie foremost places
are h,i.i by General "S;oreTaii" jackson
and J. E. 3. Stuart. Each has atlachef u h;m
the prestige Of entire absence Of failure. I.
ny Il rie7a que reusstt dutant q'te le srccca.-
But while in tho Shenandoah Valley thr
achievements Of General jackson havu
aroused towaIdd him o generous feeling o
gratitude for Danger ayerted and prosperity
preserved, it is doubtful whether cast Of the
Blus Ridge the twenty pins ycsrs Of Geaersl
Stuart, added t. that iaieatigabla energy
which is2choa him, ndar 70 hau ridden fifty
uilss during ths day, 10 regard i: as nj
highest happiness TO rids o dozen morn ruilos
a. night, "to tread bsi ore r,easura' in
Virgiuiau cGuntty-hoGsa, 90 not incline the
scale, especially If lhe balance bs adjusted b.
fair hspde III favar oi tia younger Geaeral
TheTe hars hssT. osny English ofcess, par.
ticolsrly in the East Iudi. ssrYics, whose rn-
turEncs III tho saddle hlo been regarded 6.
untquAIlst, but I doub: WHISTLER any EDg
iishn&u e7er exhibited such superiority Il
bodily fs!igus as il almostn;gntly eVinccd ty
the gay cavalier rho knows every heapitshls
roof within dozsl miias OF tis bead9aac
tara (und what son: is nos hosptabie y aud
accompanied by his banja-playor, visits ID Ell
by turns night after nigh:, returniug usually
70 his herd-saTred reat ltrG after the mi,IEigh
hour hsd flaSn. With TIE esrliess dawn o
morning, the frat voice, calling gsily fl
breakfast, is that OF the Ioidnisht Insrrymsker
who risss the picture Of health, good-huno
and stconstii. Il mHy Be- noticed en- 7aJsGr
tbs. to ;ho circau3tarce th.t he hss nsve
taucneG ,cba:co in any form, or lry vino o.
otcsr liz ayr, General Stuart attributes m1cI
of his hsslta Sud vjgoT. Certainly so jovia
ana marrJ a company ~ ja sEsenblaG u
Gen Stuart'G headquarters it hsa no7e, beef
ny fortune TO see pa7slleled in si,hc7 III
Federal or the Confederate r7rafa.
Il. II 70 10. credit If tbs Southern troop
ri,st never, whatever their dsstitcsion i
bouts aod shoes hay tsve hesp, hays the,
stsippsd eff tho bcui5 OF their Federal prison
ors. Considering Tbst the feelings sre wit
ghica the Vi,giniaus regard the meAders o
their soil. tho blockade w hiGh hsa su lon
sir.De!sd tt;en,, And ti's vjlful destruati,r q
propsrtJ which has reduced many . tE,i
wing yeotn1n or trader to sajsct poverty,
is creditable to item thar upf,i.pg eour1cg
bas never c3sssd to be exhibited to the host
of Feiers]s who have been taken prisoner
Some Cf tassa prisoners, tom from tho izy
ish luxury of ths Federal c2mps, he ex'6r
OF WHICH has rBver been fully realIzed i
Europe, complain h'c.u:o they are temper.
rly ub;a,;tsd to she ordinary fare Of tt
:toutharp Onnfe dersss. Il ia nothi:g Ia thor
,;.st i..s fare is conscntaaly ehs,ea ~ al
from p,:s;daGt Davis &c tho humbiost opc, u
tive. prir'e. lutteFs, describing the ,piss
res IL prisoners in Riohn nd, upptar i
Northern journals. If il were tor niolneD
conceivable ths; thsse journals could desir
the outside world 10 judge fairly betwcoa III
Federal and Conleders:s trestmens or pci
aors1s ut war, let them pint side b Rld
with tbs Ebnve mentioned let.e7e, ths f;
cuans narratives of Confederate prisoner
touching their treatment in suce ear7 &
Fort Delswsfe and their a;tamg!s ~ sxtn:
daily labor from item ss if they Sere Co.
ricts. "Efaw vile snf eSeoIsbl.; nsii"a Il
Northern States corrain," remarked Pres
dsmt DAVIS on recent occasion, II though
stst couii eatiust:; but it remained fo
this var to leach me to what depths CT It su
asss snd inlany it = rs possible for psopl