New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-21

Special to the New Orleans Crsscent.l
RfCzvoSD, Jrns l0 1881.
JG'. Edi!o1-I wrote you last from GreenyiIle,
station and small town on the Virginia and Ten
nessee Railroad, and write this from the place
Of our destination the present Capital Of the South
crn Confederacy.
We arrived at Bristol on Wednesday evening,
and q few steps from the depot where we were
landed put US upon the soil of the great old mother
of States.
On our way we stopped for about half hour at
Jonesboro, one Of the most loyal and patriotic
towns throughout Tennessee, or any other State"
We were there received most warmly and enthusi-
astically BY the citizens especially By the fairer
portion of the community.
We left Bristol at 9 O'Clock P. NJ, and arrived at
Salem, Va, at near o'ciock of the succeeding
evening, and, without exception, have never seen
such unbOunded and vet dignlded manifestation
Of earnest feeling toward the soldieTy. n ample
dinner was spread on planks placed on the ground,
and never did we relish more dinner than we did
this one. Several articles of provisions were left
on the tables, which, we were told, were all ours,
and must be fleGsaway for future reference" to
use mercantile term. With three times three
cheers tiger and skJrocket. we left this hospI-
table town, and arrived at Lynchburg at 10 O'Clock
the next night. From Bristol to Lynchburg the
scenery was truly magnificent; and the weather
being favorable, the tops OF our long train OF cars
were we'll lined with men, who had an eye for
| the beautiful, and an appreciation of fresh noun
| tain air.
The scenery from on top of the Ieghanes YVES
traly grand and subme--the huge, Jagged, jutting
rocks which lined either side of our road, and their
| suddenly abrupt appearance, the dark passages
through their high walls, or the tunnels cut into
them all calculated TO arouse in Us feelings OF
the grandest character. little further on and in
| the valleys between the ANeghanies and the Blue
| Ridge, truly beautiful scenery was presented to
| us. Nor were we less delighted with the appear
| ance of the less billy but smoothly undulatlng
| fields, which were covered with gran wheat rye
and oats together with extended grounds of clover
Finer stock of cattle, horses ETC., do not think
can be found throughout the country. The COWS
are chiefly of the South Durham breed. Milk is
| plenty at three cents pint and we are now and
then regaled with that luxury-so plenty and ex,
| cellent here-butter Strawberries are rlpei anu
are selling at five cents pint.
! At Lynchburg we were kindly met upon arrival
by the citizens, and squads of four and five OF us
were invited to their different houses, where every
| comfort was provided. Many of our boys the next
| morning busted themselves with Derambulating the
various streets and in receiving and giving flowers
| and bouquets to the ladies who would peer out
from the windows or come on the galleries to see
the companies from noble old Louisiana. Lynch
burg is full of handsome women and as amlabie as
they are handsome it did not take our young gal
lants long to find out these facts and aVall them
selves of them. 49,,
OF Richmond, I cannot say in this letter all that
I would wish. I do not know of any town appa
rently more favorable and desirable as a place O
residence me Gap5o aqGaee Is day potns With G
| |
women and brave men, who 60, for the first time
to see the finely wrought bronze equestrian statu
= of Washington, and also those surrounding Q
/ | Patrick Henry, Mason and Jefferson all of bronz
and in the attitudes peculiar to the occasions Whlc
| most added to their fame. Two other pedestal
| have not as yet been mounted, and, doubtles
= Virginia will soon make preparations to p!ac
II upon one of them the statue of the man OF toda.
who, though not are the others, son OF vi
ginia is a son of the South and the admiration
h the old mother of States,-the warrior and state
man. Jefferson Davis.
at a little distance from this stands life-siz
r. white marble statue of the gallant Harry of th
~ West after the style of the one on our Canal stree
- though, somehow, more proportionate and aecep
able to the eye.
The old Capitol building the Governors hous
r and beautiful grounds and other places are a
I'd objects of much interest to the stranger visitors.
r The Exchange Hotel, or Ballard House, is fiji
building, or rather fine buildings, as it is compose
t Of two apartments built either side OF the stree
he and connected by enclosed gallery from tn
second and third stories.
n How long we to remain encamped her
(about half q mile east of the town) do not know
ID learn that we are to be paid off to-day, and tt
patriotic boys seem much delighted at the pro
pect as funds are running low with us.
IF The Washington Artillery are on the san
grounds with US, and their handsome uniforms ar
pleasant manners have made them great faVorlt
with the socable people of Richmond
y The battalion of ZouaVes are about two hundrt
wards north of US. They are objects of much cul
% osity to those unfamiliar with their dress. =.
al | Our battalion was reviewed yesterday by 20
Oh Letcher and on the evening before His Excelenc
IN IN our Commanders Chief, President Davis, review
or the Washington Artillery and surely he has reast
u to be satisfied with their drilling, appearance ct
In haste