Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-04

pse! AIRS 5esYi, .:.2. as =.ir rh': :'H;.' =
ttey bad tho GfeT; &. carr iorHa:1 ih's t'e'!i'
c,ic work - good cad .faieiit s:Fh:at. NAY
I'M j,ri,t III, number of theee principal Gfl3efs
in th, distant rear could be greatly diminished
hv generalization, AID if my experienced tGsi-
nesa man will ,ako little trouble to look into
the business done in many ii them, he will
anne TO tbs conclusion that they will bear c5il,
solidation, aud tina. as largely as anS war-worn
regiment ia CUR .rm:T. lst have ssen 10 III
tina,ln il tina publ; pltsr, that On GraI7
couIt hs raisrd Ut ooIsidsrnble IhueIliu'io iro:i
tn S last Il .msi source, without dotrlmeit u
tho Service otherwise. Yet, it certainly is co..
II the right il discuered, as PRACTICAL, 10 dis
p!asa experienced Gthoels 10 regiments and
companies, who are full Of s3aTs aLd u hoGOfs,
from more than three years var. would 1t Lot
be far more Just u displdcs tt0ss in thu It"r,
who have been SECURE from daugsr, aai nho
lave never yet experienced The viSiiyrG 81
anima,ing influence Of euupo",isr, ard put
them uncer the command of sn:l l.y ID" tl:a
of D., veteran walliur. From Mp.;!e to r I'll.
moni, the oouutry, aud especially tho cii;rs
and tjHus, IRE full Of mou holding tii-az u
every imaginary chaf.,ttr, that calculating,
intelligent people can invent, who desire easy,
supply Of Confederate Grey; while the Govern
N 3n', Notwithstanding large irportssions
and purchaser have never he; b able to supply
even asuit each IL thofe il, tie field. am
not doubling either the e., u!ara IT patriutism
of these officials or other gentlemen a Tho GEAR.
But With great amy invading our country.
would il not he ii, hIl would IL nIt ht .last !?
il it not necessary to cali Tn tbtm to nihk3 u
practical example Ct their self sncr iieiLg lie
votion sn our caure. 10y asking, yep. requiring
every man Of the GLASSES ,!esghntei /" r,nort
st an early Gay at the trort for duly? How
much this would animate unr rrsaent army !!
The toIdness and power Ct such po!!"y rigid
" enforced, would sooD gain cur independents.
But the policy now pursued must pFoirac! the
va. unnt oassarily. aud might oSen tniaHBer
its fuLl sr"o:se.
nuI. very rOrr":::iu lg, ).
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s. q. CRAFTY.
10 Ike Eddie, Fl lie Enquirer:
CAAp CaAsr. DHIo. I
Aug IL. iSUl.
Sir: II write This I, inform you If tho
gLer Il outs OF Iii Lieut.. SIu!). q. Grassy. VI
hiorf aa's conn u1d | nsa r-nenl la TIE
New York NoHs, ir;a -i!Ie ii his an:ig.
asking some oI.o TO reriY Through your pare:
First Lieut. Sarll. & q n'tY aocJhfa lied Nor
gau On his last eypiii!inl. After going through
ail the march Ls Wa w"uEdsd severely Ut
Mt. Sterling, Ky. iva Of tho bullats grtzsd
his hrtp's. u'sking bat slight WOUNDS, two
ra,sel through him. 0ns rarsltntDt through
both hips, and hoe L i ;:Gs It's e.:f"'' i'.:r his
backbone. OnIy ~" Ii IL. ~bnis OF any
oonRs qucsce, tia other t,:r oriv stsz'hs,. Ills
surgeons I'LL thought ho wuNid i!- lie h"er
wards rallied, however md is Cow almost well.
1t was III 81, assault ur)n battery that he
va, shot. Tue Fedsrul cjrln andsr damlndod
his surrender. Ia replied only by li;ihg hia
pistol s: him. Til, officer t'.Cn commanded
his men to irr. 1'E,s are ths or 'ua'- tancrs
as they were, and as reported by nie:' e. Is
oompa any now here, nnt who were i'll lie az
ton. lie bas heen well treated hy the aulhdr
ties and Was carefully hurssd at Mt. Sterling
until he Was s',!e to bear rsiioIai u lr.scn
liz in nov walking a5'n:.
Very truly, Il. +. Mn-at.
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TIE MORAL OF TIE BLOCKADE.
Tbs speeihi correspondent cf tho ''TEaaT,"
writing from Wi,m.L a,hn, North C6ialina.
under date Vi Jll. Oh, ~. .ho su! jet f ito
blockade, says:
/ taantt leaye lha sul get Of the hl"os ale
witht u: pointing he moral Nhich il being
taught BY ii, ind which it j. iLc5nccii able
Why Eus,ia tGos net Ike mare l,ins 10 IN.
de!staCd. There ia NJ nni"n up"m Earth
which has ter II IF ,hs Inherent whicl, E"s
land bus in ololeiy rh!er1ing The w:rkirs ot
The Only blockade, On Il large Tn imIarisl
scsie, which has BEEN established simea Tie
iu:rvtn:t:un OF steam Dsv! CATION. !; trn
scarcely bs r:r:eEdtd t:iAt in:o' n'a,io,i in re-
gard to the system Of showing lights 10 ;;uida
incoming bels, concerning tho r.uta ILL
tiicacies rf dehil which ea nrrrEra i.aa taught
the bloc kade-runnern Of Wilmington, alnti!s.
l. :. concerning the m.a" favorable toGd.t:ohu
Ut sfa. rky, AMI tide for running out ur com.
ing III, can BIO ul I ,in6d otherwise | iGn upon
Southern foil. Yet it is II t Declined hy the
british Admiralty ~ 10 IL mailer tt iTTIr-
tsuco thut they shuukl 10 Represented al
Wi!nugl0f. Gnd elsewhere W Ole Vi GuT
IN 5st accomplished naval oicerJ. II is hunili.
utiL < &c 10 told us | have Iaeb again and
again, that 80 such Gmisssry Will be sAnt
without the consent Ul Mi Adhms, and that his
c3nson, he Will never give. bni, great III it is
the contur.ercu ti cginich among Erglishfuen
in America upcn.1 lie Importance OF this sub
ject, tD:re il Lut too much ,taein 10 lear tLst
this bic, kits will lie UNDECIDED, and ia lea
sons uulcarlt by cI.nretert English officials.
1t is Idle 10. LEG IL iCinr nut ;ha' NO. only il
there orporiunity fer naval 0Liaar tn rnin
Invaluable inf! m.liui, bit that, in tpite Of
The uuswc- Civ. II il.er mY..tEs ago by L.id
de Gray to the effect that 1t wGa ne: ip,"r-
tsnt TO send military oI.c=In to the South
49,, nf fhn a. f.r;n,ii,, IS
sources. it is tbs opiuio.. Of every Eng
lish officer who has been To the Southern
States thu the 70 il Infinitely moro 10 DO len, BIT
hcrn duvn. "a :Ion,L ihsn inthe North daring
y.ur. /. %. think, pretty well Admitted
by ibis tilAs that, ~ lesGrda construction Of
runs Ur t,s architecture ii iryn-c'Rd monitors,
EaglscS ha5 Lo.Ling to learn frtm the No1in.
BIT, -, r7ery other department II iia WEI
ssissi - Of WAT, there il r;nr0 n lc ggiEsl m
regards the present str"gglu Ivy sin% jag ii
from Southern th3a tIrni Nt,;:e pom:
of view. As III instance, it may Id atksG
whether there ib upGE this Continent anVtLiEg
to be compared il interest with ar ,.side View
Of Charleston ard Fort Sumter. IL is the
opinion CT experienced Judges thSt the earth
works around Richmond sre The most ioriii-
cable that ro!trn experience has EhoHn.--
The lo9ri systtm Of de1eneifs H0cSs around
Mobile is d. scrited to nio uron ixoell Sat los
timory as the most Instructive Ut studieE iUr u
military engineer. | know hot " aether there
be truth in the assertion, which las greeted
Inc here, that two French tititers Of ab;lity
aro moinensrily sxrtotmi 10 lie South, tut it
haa ALWAYS afpsatsi t. ina u comprehensive
that the French Emperor s'iou!i hsse shown
sn apathy about thia war which. mistaken o.
hold il to 10 IN Eoglaral's case. nd mits, SO
far as England is cuIes7 he,!, vi easy an,l
plausible explanation.
"As on illustration Of Ihs fsuilig sni Der
tsipty with which the b!Ioks as il now aehaI,
will ms 'tion in e0nchlsia', a fem lasta-
Between tit l,t Of May aud tie lst CT Juuo no
loss than t"ooty..tur ves5s' IL made the port Of
Wilmington safely, withol i disaster tela!ing
single vessel. No wjn'i.et that piles upon
piles Of Girerumoat ~ DDS ard stored here,
awaiting, Whel tbmc ii lts. strain upon tho