Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-24
TRIP 10 FREpERICKsBUR9

The writer has Just returned from a flying visit TO
FesderoSsbugg SO preelriOus is is situation that lit
Gle or no iuprovems & Of the ancient inle city Is vs
BILE, although ab9us one-haf Of the population have
returned to the old homsseals since the evacuation OF
the Suffolk side Of the RapPahaDnOck BY the Yankees
10 june Two hotel, as manipulate boarding houses
AID restaurants. have been opened FOR the public &C
cimmOdatiOn, as well several shops aud stores, with
limited Ooess Of goods and wares The churches haze
been opened for public worship and religious services
are conducted in one another every week.
Few ofthe traces Of the war and the terrible btm-
blrdmsnt suffered In December last hsve-dsapPeared,
and in all probability will remain several years longer
as memorials Of the suerings and prvaIiO.s Of the
patriotic and refined population. The entFenehmsnts
and fOrihcaons erected the heights ofboth sides #
the river have been undis,ubed and in all respects
a. ready TO receive the no tile when for
sIal months they looked frOBnDgly upon the devoted
.t1En. In Imagination one en- now see the Cogfeds
rates prOnenadng the streets and pOksng the river
bank, and the oppose bank and heights lined With
blue coated Yankses- =
All eOIhuRicl,iou, e1eepf under stsiot SegulatiOns
sstablshei bJ the commanding Ofeer, General Rose
has been prohibited with the Stafford side, which Is
Tabs to raid5 and incursions of the enemy. COnsd-
ering lis proximity 10 Aqua Creek and Alex
aodriS, Stafford has enjoyed long Immunity
from the presence Of the enemy. Bu' this can be
accounted FOR by may not be altogether pFu'
dent menon O1s of the scouts penetrated several
miles beyond Danfres in Prince William, Friday,
and NJ trace Of a Yankee 70 be Their near
est outpost has been twenty Eve miles dista since
heir brief visit to HAEtHOOd Church, ,eisb. miles
from falmouth. There are reareStO the town
'thil the oulPOs1 Of Aeades amy, opposite Che lover
fords Of the Rapid Ann.
Tae general impression shat Of thu iron the
AQUA Greek Railroad has been removed is erroneous
Nos more thana nile or ore hundred tons have been
secured though ooasiderAble quantity Of the valuable
telegraph wife, on III, zane Inc, has been saved.
A nigh. lie Supposed, AFTER the mmedilte presence
Of large armies during the past winter and spring.
shs brial q lestOh" a. been considerably enhanced
in present and prospective Importance Prices ere,
however not as ex r5taut a in Richmond, and bptfpr
the probability which fear that the ehangings de
Of var viii AXE tat Inc he base 81 operations this
winter TIE Inhabitants have good prospects OF be ng
able 70 secure suieieboJ OF supplies for eurrent ne
tiles Il would be difficult 10 foresee the Etrafs TO
which shey mic ht b. reduced Ia such event, and es>
Ssiy when We consider the scarcity Of prOvisOnsin
sections end 1ocAties ys. uavisei By the enemy l. is
sud that tie Yankees have teen uaking "clsan
sweep Ct everything in the way Of provisions along
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, an d,solston
evsryWhers marks their progress
notwithstanding 'he priVaions they have suffered,
aad difHsulliss in5spa-able from the present Goa
-T6on of the to~D, the native snd reiqed hOsptai.
tgof the ncsls population has surVived it al and SnoW
eonspcssZs travas when sPensed in The piping
tine; -, e" No wonder that alEhO have enjoyed
their Hospitality invariably cary With them agreeable
sssociat ions Of the visit