The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-30

(SIccidi Corrc. 'opi'Hce cfH,e sm)
WAsutNGroS, Nov. q.

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Yesterday nearly dcpopula,ci Washington.
"Eycryl oily wcnt--lnl in the absence e 20
mluy officials, business 1t the Il ilcrent Depart
mont, Was actually suspended, while the streets
ocrc dy.crtod, AMI all through the forenoon the
Long Bridge was dcnscly packed with n moving
ma.s Of horscmcn, vehicles AMI pcle'tritns,
Fastening To the show. The hotel omnibuscs
went early ia the day, heavily Laden with pas
sengcrs at 81 81 head, AMI carriages Of all dcs-
c,iltions were iA active demand and comm ,ndcd
fabulous pricr' some quotations heinz made as
high IA siO; ten ant twcn'y dollars being the
extreme Of libcral.Iy on the part ID the stall
keepers. | heard ol ono couh.ins Individual
nhu paid $50 in advance for a carriage, and then
bad the satisfaction Of .e'ng 1t driven of at a
tearing speed by ts owner ~ soon ~ tho bircr
had alightcd, leaving him to take an interesting
walk oi miles over q dusty road homcwarl'.
O'hcr experiences equally dismal were the
order oi the day. one good lady conflias to me
her borrow at being obliged to return without
seeing the review, after spending long day
In variety of Intellectual attempts to pass our
ouiI ce;s in r.arch Of the review ground, which
her stupid driver hal vague idea must be
somewhere in the vicinity OF tho rebel cncamp-
mont.
The review was M magnificent spectacle "a
the gathering Of sixty or seventy thouaInd dis
cpin,l men can be made the very missing of
such multitude being the grlnhcst feature Of
thu whole. As II was designed for practical
experiment In the mobilization os tho army,
every detail connected with movement was a.
carefully observed "a though an advance had
| been actually intended. The surgeons werc
| ordered to be present with full supply Of their
medical equipments, the ambulances to be in
place, and the soldiers provided with great
Goats, knapsnoks and 10 rounds of cartridges
| This last provision was perhaps intended ia
| guard against any emergency, and to prevent
| surprise the pickets were more than doubled at
| the outposis, and similar precautions taken.
But no alarm occurred, and tho different ba-
talions and regiments went through their cvo.
lutous and dispersed quietly to their quartcri
without difficulty or accident, beyond a few
| trihing mishaps to individuals. The ground
was not suited to very extensive manmuvres
with 50 large a holy of men, and the exercises
were confined to simple inspection of tho
troops by the President Gen. Mcclellan, Secre-
| tarics Seward and Cameron, and others who
| pissed down the EXTENDED limo amid sllvos OF
artillery aud cheering from that immense
body OF men which must have been heard far
| beyond the rebel outposts, but two miles away.
This inspection over, the troops passed in reyi "
| before the ommaudcr-in-chcf, each regiment
| rrturnng to It's quarters as soon "a it hal gone
| " the General.
| The movements Of the army showed how
| thoroughly Gen. Mcclellan has His men now in
| hand, and with what effect he will DO ahlc &c
WELD them when the proper moment comes
| when that is to he you know as well IA |, o.
| probably the commander-in-chief himself Tn
advance of our army depends unquestionably OF
circumstances beyond human CONTROL and it i
as safe TO say that Gen. Mcclellan will assume
the offensive tomorrow "a next week, or the
fortnight after. lie Is ready, and whom there /,
| an opening for the blow it viii come. II Ia a
| significant + ct that no movement is yet observed
for going into winter quarters, though tho
season advances rapidly, AMI the snow VII CT,
long be whitening the ground. Til,
does not prophecy Of inaction and wC
may confidently look for news ahead
1t appears likely that our military settlement
At Port Royal will he largely reinforced, with
view TO making L the base Of active operations
in South Carolina. hear Of facts that poin
10 this. In any event, if we hold the groun,
We already have, in South Carolina of which
there can he little doubt, Port Royal has iu
ture Of which we little think. So fine a harbo
will not readily part from the control Of north
cn enterprise however war matters may turn
and under the inspiration Of a new spirit Of In
dustry these cotton fields about Port Royal en-
trance will soon change their products from tree
md LIANT, to bricks AMI mortar Meanwhile
who wants to invest in corner lots on llil,oI
| Head?
| In cunycrsation with senator from Rhode IL
| land, whose recollection Of matters in that STAT
| .p,s ta,k toward the time of tho dolusc,
| leurci som, interesting facts in re gard to Il
| ,urcrtsg, Of Gen. sherman, now Commander
r-Cl icf o.. our forces in South Carolina. IL
| 100, TON, it seems, in Newport, Il. /; his ia
| .rr being an honest colchman in the employ
| T's. Gibbs Of that place, the widow OF Ger
| ., NJ, one OF the weulthicst families in IN
| ..H'e. lhOu, a cOlchman, Shcrmans lathe
,as a man much beyond his position, in GUILTY..
non and capacity, and special flyorite with tn
| auly Of Mr., Gibbs, 10y " HON he was Above
| I'd freely use the horses belonging to tho estat
| ~ working his little farm, and received oth'
| kcns Of consideration ami Kindness not usui
| Dctweeu employer and cmploye.
Passing from his position as coachmin, NJ
sherman finally became possessed of lumb'
wharf at Newport, and engaged in that busine
iuiil by prudence and industry, he became pc
,-scd Of an estate valued at 10000, whic
1 It his death, was left to his family. His succe
i, ascribed in some measure also to his come
| ton with BaptiGt church at Newport, form'
} l more nearly in the Apostolic plan Of a comm
! / nifty OF interest than is common now, each mel
! | Der assisting the other in advancing his world
4 interests 70 far IS he had opportunity.