Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-07
oCAL INTELLIGE NCE.

,rs found a goOdly party collected at the
te ,.bfIe numbers of other carpet bagged
D-.fopis,s were scrambling down the blufs
''.,ds the rivers edge or arriving In carriages,
- =, the hour of starting, q p. m ) we num-
rD,1 come two hundred souls including que
Fo,rtiOn of ladies. Among THESE WE hoISfu
Pfin whose presence There seeiheu PecuiiaI
or her graphic pen having done so much to
SFSsr th. Potomac shores classic ground we
- Mrs SOuthworth.
~ Alexandria some fifty more were added 10
N,,rty Then followed pleasant down-river
Va' RIig6t trip, (until bedtime at least,) in
HSe-L here was some vocal music. some instru-
"1,,I ditto (Scott's band.) some dancing, some
making. some scenery gazing and great
~ nt miscellaneous fun, especially about bed
U., when the contest for best sleeping positions
-. fat and furious.
TS-irticaI Ioking prevailed and in this depart
al certain sO-called - Vigilance COMMITTEE
a itself as disagreeable az possible. IL ala
H.,,,ya ANYBODY 10 tears to learn that the SUM
of the leading Joker Were. on the succeeding
M >eiOHsIy incOmmoded by the lhtroouciloi
=. h. Drrlh of some five or six vigorous rs wen
,f.jaus live crabs
f-,,fd,y morning, sYoung America was good
- pui bark by the discovery that the boat,
-BSh some unexplained mishap 10 her ma
.s,fy was making no kL0ts an hour IN way
- ,atsIfrre materially with The prospectOl fedfh-
OiI Point Comfort IN season for the hrewoTks
= ,1yihr the, Looked for visit Ia Cape Henry.
V,s,n, America, who wants always TO keep
,yrgg. yIunblrd OF course. ana so ulu Mlu-
..-.Iyd America. who had engagements 10 hlrtt
IN other rnd Of the line; bat considerable
,.,rtlon Of the exCuTSionists were not paftlcn-
I'm dl>pIeased al tue opportunity lwhlle tue
,yipss were being Overhauled) OF spending
. me hours at Piney Point, which looked so III
,-,1 IN the morning light, particularly its cleaa,
s., bach Of white sand. Here we bathed,
rght crabs. hunted shells, &c. Nc, ana every
row aud then an eccentric Old codSer Oh our par
- who had confirmed habit of tumbling from
NJ sorts OF places had TO be tished out OF the
1yrr and planted upon the wharf to dry. 20
Ire was no lack of dmu>ement>.
Quite fieet of wind bound vessels was an
,'rrd OF the Point, and the music OF violin and
t.p,o floating across the water indicated that
,ler crews were managing to spend the day
u,irioticalIy and satisfactorily.
Various remarkable TumoTS prevailed through
,g,day IL to the cause OF our detention-such as
thai the cylinder head had burst that the shaft
va, broken; that 4 leak was sprung and il was
COED deal too bad that one old lady was made
fibeieve that all the trouble arose from the fact
hat in the hurry Of coming away the steamers
t0jprs had been left behind, and that large
cotse boiler had been unsuccessfully tried as
substitute,
The screw loose was found at last in the
,alpe Of a log of pine wood, which had some
Lew found its way into disc barge pipe-a mode
keeping the log not approved of-aDd on its
lrmoydl the MARYLAND started off in first class
,,yir and thenceforward the excursion prOspered.
We reached Old Point abOut y O'Clock, sun
dly morning. and Norfolk shortly after 3 O'Clock.
Al Portsmouth Opposite Norfolk) there was
military encampment. first in order to be seen,
the white tents of which We're picturesquely dis
posed through fine grove of native pines in the
asighbOrhood of the Naval Hospital. Seven COM
p.Hies were on the ground: The Portsmouth Ri
trs. Captain Richardson; the Old Dominion
G1.ds Capt Kearns the National Greys, Capt.
Deans the Marion Rihemen, Capt. Hodges the
TniCa Guards, Capt. Goodwin the Dismal swamp
l Rangers Capt: Choate and the Norfolk Light
Artillery Blues, Capt. Corprew.
From the character of the dress parade of these
companies We judge that there is i great degree
Of military spirit kept up in Portsmouth. while
s. II has died ont in other places The display and
i drilling was indeed renIar kably good, and would
done infinite credit to cities OF greater size.
The POrtsmouthers seem to have had good
timf on Independence Day, spending il amongst
these pines. where an address was delivered by
Quartermaster Maj. e. w. Murdaugh ; the De-
c.araton Of independence was read by Capt. ID
Godwin, and Poem was recited by DR.. J. M.
Covert.
Afterwards there was a dress parade, followed
At night by fireworks and music
But we missed all this !; also the display of
beauty upon the ground The citizens claim that
there is not a plain looking woman in Ports
mouth, and We fully believe tive do sim
eerely.
Onthis Sunday morning there was general
movement towards the Encampment, to hear a
s-rmon there TO be delivered by Rev Charles A
Davis, formerly of w Washington, who is now sta
Toned at Portsmouth as Naval Chaplain
"A
house Pleasantly situated on the harbor and al
most buried in flowers, and foliage and i'm the
ldfd OF which Were number Of happy look ing
Thiidfrn uniformly costuined in blue and white
Thee child eB, we learned, were orphaned by
ihT destroying yellow fever. and have since been
sifed Tor and provided with this delie htful home
BY the humane Howard Association This is Oh
'-1 Portsmouth side of Elizabeth river. and there
Ht>iEIlaI institution On the \ Orfolk side
Our stay at Portsmouth and Norfolk was neces-
-tiil hunted, lat under the guidance OF kind
iifndS We were put through an extensive round
- 'i!ht-setlng IN short order; saw the fine new
foi,noHth market. buIli somewhat on the plan
"t ouI h street market, took drimk fsom the
iihi0us bcmballrdie pump: took i peep at the
iiA- apples growing IN the open air near by this
pump also al the brick, Branch Bank of Virginia,
1"ldlhg, In the same neighborhood, from which
S0tU was. once upon time, mysteriousiy alb
sacied visited the new war steamer Colorado
t'lt, and now receiving its finishing touc hes, al
u yard, and upon which vessel, every man,
"Jlan and child in the vicinity takes great pride:
Az Gu board government e hartered vessel
tadrd with Florida live OAK. I live alligator
'i.d alligator having lately disported lis ugly
r'OponoIs in the muddy wafer OF the Missis-
! ''pPii saw the Powhatan, lnow under repairs,)
allied heTraboutS the fastest steamer in
'@l- sam 5 navy visited the Pennsylvania OF
rJlfse, and took drink of its twenty years. kept
NLuyikill and Juniper water took a round
'-iough the eighty ACRES oil docks. shops ship
~'u>es, Re, composing the GOspoTt Navy Yard
Nv tle immense diving bell used i'm LAYING thu.
.''HletlOnS OF the new granite Sea-wall saw
" great rain-water reservoir; the parlor- like
@''>r and on stables OF the yard the shop where
,AiF.lheRiS are being carried OH in putting tim
~ ufOuyh process G. h vanishing; it. we be-
~ u Tue tern) 10 render il inyulnerable To the
i '-'ases VI the marine worm; saw and heard the
/. Ne1-tOned bells manufactured in Washington
-! lot The steamship Colorado saw the elabo-
- y-O naInented brass cannon taken from the
N'4caAs al Vera Cruz, and which are said to
an NO small amount Of silver in their compo-
| tiOhi saw the celebrated government saw mill
circular and upright saws are said to BE-
.%sest saws tina; the world ever saw saw:
- '-e heavy rotten black hulks of the old sey,
,ir.OIrs-lhe Delaware and the Columbus: saw,
-. INiaonth lying ia the stream, which lately
= :" Ae Washington Yard on an experimentai
s1Hriy trlp, and which vessel attracted great
\ a'ion on the Fourth by its brilliant di,plav of
i 80 ss OF all nations saw the wharf where the
u w,. III ben fFankli lin discharged with the bile
h -. hoiL her hold, the seeds Of that malignant
N go men nlied the gTaveyards OF Norfolk and
'TNmouth two years ago anu
/ ~ lhy rom the Yard. the small bricl bnuse
u -, w nI>t ease Of fever occurred was pointed
II Gu The history Of the course of his nI,Uus
u,,'u 10 Us Oy 4 gentle man who va, visited nv
- ana saw much Of its doings had fearfni
ia,daSss and interest "i
We're < lad 10 learn that the two cities has %
oyr'ed from The blow dealt them in his
n diSP"nsat!0n a. that they no,y nnmbe, az
- hhdDltants at least ~ Lerore H.. Iii, - 80