The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-05
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Or BOARD THE STEAMER BALTIMORE,

Or BOARD THE STEAMER BALTIMORE,
POTOMAC RIVER. March Sd.
| BY the usual course OF events, the Young Guard
who left Richmond Monday evening, should have
| been In Washington several hours ago. but se'
ries of misfortunes, particularly painful to the
travellers, has prevented their arrival, ana
| they at this moment slowly gliding up the
Potomac, with about five hundred or six hanoTea
| fellow sufferers, rome of whom, indeed, profess
| TO have been victims Ia a much greater degree
| than the Young Guard or their companions. Ou.
start from Richmond was very pleasant; TWO Halns
of left the depot, In the second OF which
| the volunteers. On arriving at Ashland. we had
grand scramble for supper, and hnahy zasS .ha
| In securing most excellent one- Atter"Au -.
| gloom of night travel was relieved oy Iia, ~"
vocal and instrumental, inciuons s 90 ,ha
LILLY Dale" Lucy Neal anu iop eO''
| Weasel" 1850, ,,,,;, .
Nothing Of especial interest occurred unti we
| reached AQUA Creek On our aItiVaI At mat
place we learned to our regret that Tue
hv tho train the morning before were Still on ooaIo
~ etaampr BALTIMORE which stuck last IN the
| mud about the distance OF rine snot from the
| shore 1t was q bitterly cold nignt' ana the nres
In the cars had been permitted 10 go out; never
.boIosa Cant Gentry, the conductor on our train,
S;5 shat he could in the emergency. Some Ga
cIuding most of the lady passengers) remained IN
| the cars all night The masculine portion gene
raIIv occupied two rooms in the hotel in one OF
.ftr- daylight. So what with the fumes of wretch
ed hskey ard the incessant rattle of dice, 1t was
disarreeable enough TO remain in the house
Morning came, and still there was no prospect OF
a star; for Washington. Extravagant offers were
made for breakfast by the passengers, but only
few obtained a meagre Iepast. For my own part,
called for sardnes OYSTERS scrambled eggs, toast
and coffee determined to aim high, even II faied
to hit the mark. All obtained was scanty sup
ply of eggs two crackers and cap OF muddy
coffee, for which was profoundly grateful. Mean
while some Of the company amused themselves
with the eloqueuce of the prototype bard, VINO
spoke from an e1tenpore rGstrum made OF WINS
key barrel At about II o'clock the Baltimore got
afloat and backed up to the wharf There was
tremendous rush among our four hundred suner'
ers, aud when we got on board we founo nearly
| two hundred more, mad as March mares at Inc
privations they bad endured the two days they
were stuck in the mud In fact, they had held an
indignation meeting, the proceedings OF when VIII
perbaps be published. We are now making SLOW
progress towards Waship gton, with come SIX nun
| dred passengers, many of whom including your
humble servant, are perfectly conversant with the
| horrors of famine The Powhatan has just passed
! down,sto bring up large crowd who came up
| from Richmond this morning.
Hon. Robert G. Scott, Hon. John Nj Botts' lion
Howell Cobb and Hou John B. Floyd are among
the passengers On board the Baltimore.
The ice was about three inches timex AT aqua
Creek this morning. Some members Oh the Dung
Guard went out TO the Baltimore il snlan ooa'
and had to break the ice as they passed along