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Correspondence of The Tribune.
RALRlen. n c. Dec 70. lsi4.
l Cannot forbear writing you short epistlc
touching the portions OF Southern country
through which have passed TO rea Ii this city
Many, if not most o. your readers are acquainted
with the route so far az Washington. and from
that point shall commence my noies. Your
Southern traveller, or gentlena0n travelling South
should buy his ticket 10 Richmond at Baltimore:
lie can g5t il there for six doilers with the privi-
legG Of stopping at Washington, Fredericksburg,
and 50 or if he should prefer that route 20 going
By water, and if he is wise he WI. When he
gets 20 Washington The fear of opposition /; past
and he must submit TO all the tcr.ors Of monopoly.
For instance, he will be charged 50 80 from
Baltimore to Washington, 50 25 without break.
fast o. 1915 with, from Washington to Freder
icksbuEg by steamboat, POOR ore at that; and
then he mus: pay FIVE dollars from Ffedcricks-
burg to Richmond by tie cars-niserebe enough
| assure you-making instead OF s., eleven
and quarter. If lie should be going farther,
cling on Virginia Railroad is different thing
from stepping on board the pleasant cars at
Brooklyn and scuddng away smoothly and easily
to Gfeenport at the rate of 30 miles an hour. Tire
road, 20 miles in length, from Fredericksburg to
Richmond lies through woody and NEST un-
promising section of country, making one sigh
after tie fine fields and cottages which lie along
the New England routes. But your traveller,
after visiting Mt. Vernon, fourteen miles from
Washington, which he wilt of curse do, must
no. fail to go by way OF fredericksburg ard
there stop sufficiently long 10 visit The old resi-
dence end the tomb Of Washington's r-7lner!
There is portion of L monument over her dust,
unfinished, yet an honorable token Of The graft
tude Of one who only failed to complete it be-
cause his fortune had flown. The gcntlemans
oame is Burroughs of your city, and after expend-
ing about $4,000 he was Obliged To leave its
C ,mpletion 10 time--and her stormy fingers have
already marked it for ruin. Virginia scems 10
lack sufficient shame Or money TO lift the rough
cone 10 its base
At Fredericksburg, had an opportunity Of
noticing some of The Virginia pcculiarities. The
true Vlrginan always leaves the door opeH as he
passes in or out-he crosses streets ct an angle.
no mater how many cross walks there may be,
and in horse back.ricing which is very much in
vogue, nc sits astde the rear part of the oaddle,
sticking his legs forward in imitation of the man
riding comet in Eiton's Comic Almanac. No
matter where you see the travelling VJglniaY, he
always has his faithful knepsack In his hand or
ON his horses pack-perhaps tbs moe consistent
name woula he ssddle.bsgs, 50 they are called.
You viii meet with many ann1yancos before
L al
once tho absence of Thousand convenienccs
that attend Northern and Eastern travol--but
when you get 10 Richmond, YOU can drive up to
the Exchange Hotel kept by Boydcn, formerly
of the American in Broadway, assisted by MAJOR
Stevens. wnom lie; me most particularly recgm-
mend-nnd there, in the laxury of bed and board
and capital rcadDg-roOm you Will forge: The
dissolution through which you have passed
Richmond has population of about 10000
White and coored. o all appearance there are
five colored 10 enc white person, at least in tic
streets, and they look fat and sleek, shining as
though they had b5en grea-ed with whale oil
Since arrived thus far South, and Indeed for
two weeks past, The weather has been lke May
or June except q Slight fall Of snow, and the
negroes fairly swarm about the corners OF the
streets, some discussing dc matters of special
Importance" but more carrying huge loads of
this or that on the tops OF their head, balancing
their burdens with the utmost dexterity and case.
| saw no less than four climbing one ladder,
each having as many rs 100 pounds of brick or
mortar on ID square BIZ of board on his head, and
thus they toiied up forty fifty feet as II looked
to me in imminent danger Of doping their hods
upon thei7 fellows below.
Richmond is queer looking city, very much
ike a good ptce of cloth frctted out at the edges.
There is not the appearance ct much business,
not SO much as is Go c at Petersburg conslde
rAbly smaller place, % miles farther South Tie
same habit Of riding and street. crossing, you will
aotice in Richmond as elsewhere. AT present
the Legislature il in session, but | had no. time
to observe its deliberations; you of course sec full
repor;s in Richmond papers. The Massachu
sets and South Carolina affair has created
great deal OF talk, and the majority incIinc
strongly 10 South Carolina have seen some
very beautiful women ct the Theatre, where the
g Swiss Bell Ringers" have been aiving some
concerts 10 crowded houses, but 1t strikes me
that women in this latitude are much holder-
faced than at The North this rather shocks your
cautious YaDkee.
From Richmond you can 20 to Norfolk Tor
one dollar, on the Steamer f0cht, Capt Sanford.
The price was formerly S5-but Sanford has
cut i. down to the present rate, which includes u
good dinner, and he Is great iavonte with me
public don't miss going with him. By this
route you will pass jamestown, or lis runs, On
TIE bank of James River. Were II not pointed
ou,, you would scarcely observe the pl-cs, as 1t
has all gone 10 decay except the tower OF the
old church around which the willow throws ITS
arms mounfully, while the mstletoe hangs upon
the b,uchs Of an adjacent oak, and rank weeds
cluster thick by the very asles and affairs where
the pilgrims hlndled their fires. You can but
feel fadly as you look out 90 scene fraught
with such hsliowed "reminiscences
On arriving at Norfolk, you will stop at the
Eagle or Frcnch's Hotel, bath good If you
like this place you will not agree with me, and
excepting its Naval business could hardly see
how il, supported. One thing IN Noiioih Is
eood-its oysters large blue-ngscd follows,
they fairly ogic you with Their iatness. There Is
an old church you should see, built 10 1889, and
as nerGect as though reared yesterday. The