The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-05
An English cnlesr'a Experience IN .Ae.C.a.

".in I.si..ia cil;osT" who s6sE2s to have
beer trea.sa with she mosl diaiinguiahed con
aiGsration by .ha Confederate anta0Iitss, has
jus. pat.isi.se In a London rapsr an account
of q two months tour thsorah ths fonsed-
crate States iis entered shs Csafedsrscy Ut
Msmrhis, and travelled from enc end of IL
to the otter. A portion OF iia story iesitve
t. q visit ~ Ricaaoad We copy:
Tia rail 10 Wilmington wsa open, and az
thas gas tho shortes. way to Kichrlnad,
took the train, AID reached Wilinin eton about
A. Al, whsFs u stsam ferry carried the pas
sengers across tue haroor. We Wsrs kept
waiting ia an awfnhy cold night, crowding
round the dooTs Of the railway cars: ana as il
was p case OF fret come first sszved, those
who got in fra. secured q seat, wn.jss tdoee
who did net were fofcad to s'aud.
The usual uncertainty attending Southern
railway travelling prevented me- from making
lny calculation es to the .i,as OF reaching
Richmond At Weldon We "missea c,nIec-
ten" hich means that the train had ,sone OF.
withoHt waiting for ns, and we bad the agrss
able prospect or pasiing twansy>lour hcE;s ~
QUE Of the mort miserable places ever eaw.
Even III peace tine it has bad n.ule, and
during tie present siate- of things il mas be-
cone ten times worse than before. Two
e;seaTy honses, Gigp.isd by tire Nelne Of hs
teia, received tho p2ase1gsra- WAS fortunate
enough TO obtain bed two soldiers Gf ,ha
Confederate army oseupylng she o.ner bad i'm
nv ro0m. vs-o uvsa p1UCuEra the luxury OF q
.i5e, sut wlilat ssssliig round It, cly tao COM
pauious discussed their causTs.iEnF, aac, Ia do.
irg so, described tyyo battles st which haa
heea present On tao opposite sids Il y9as very
.,nGs;ng 10 hear sGeir descriptions, ESPECIALLY
that OF O7ss man, WHO gave ne an accoun4 q
bis charging sGa&cae ahd petftrGiog cthSr
proaieies os veioE, no Gcsch eGnsres, so g.iy
certain knowledge. having existed. did rot
tsii them tllst / had seen the battles
from another point of view. A: weldon
,ssTe Id &n iIpoEta1s bridge across u
ri7sr, On which guard Wss stationed,
as L. w~s aufpos9d 10 10 an ohjfcs CT ss
taca Of .he FsGerals, who occupied parts OF
.ie couaIy lying iii the vicinity near the coast.
i.s,ar our ts. s.snty fear hours delay q train ar
rived end carried ue Oh 10 Ps'orGtatg, i. large,
well built town, near tba james river. On.
nibaees, driven by niggers, conveyed us
Through the town to the Richmond .aiiwsy
station, and on nav way Itook the opportunity
OF asking the ''intslEgsnt coutraosad' who
was driving uis whether tia iaakass had any
gunboats on the james river, 80 ystn, m&sal,'
V.as the answer "thoCl Yankees, have 2os
three Thousand gcnboa.s down there This
awful niece Of Information ought, OF o1u'se, so
have been forwarded to President DAVIS, II ha
rad baen Ia TIE salzs habit okacqatriag iiifof-
aation from "inteliigent contraoands' 2a .iie
Richmond, whers . ar:!ved about ssysn
O'Clock 2 III vary e.Sa u nave aeeoGioiisi9d
the long journey from Mobile.
OF aii The expeditions ! hava rada, ths ride
I took oas of R;ohmond 10 tha scens Gf ms
Old battle fields Of the Ca;okahomiEy was 10
ms the most eu7ious: SIX aoitns pssy'ohaiy
| had bsau sueamped with the Federal army
for q month within four and u helt miles OF the
city, aud now was sbont TO visit the esuie
Localities from the upp0slie ado. 10 DO thia
hired u wrst0hed h0s ss--isorses are Rcarca nt-
tioisa as Kiohrona--ani aiarted ~ alone 10
iin.i ny way TO ihs Ch:ra4aominy, ieeiing eire,
when oncs shesa, OF gi.o vim every iEca et
,is ground. AfSeE leaving tdo Town PASSED
the redoxbts which sncirots it--eaFshUoshs
th.ow y up hastily during the war-aad ioaad
the guard stationed GA the ROAD. However,
nv pass ensured Ms every sl1i.ity, aEd waa
M. IN iha right way If reaching Nawtrid.o,
on the Chiekahor.!ay
Very soon the eoaasfy ai,o ~ ed ralpabi5 signs
Of war-feacss broken oo ~n aud dostroyei,
houses lurns-in sh OFT, 6 fertile country h5.a
bscoms waste. / looked in vain for tho
lines OF earihwofks ~ hioi 1 was ied TO believe
had pre-. sated the advance on Richmond o. the
Federal afu.y: they did not -ex,st; very
smali trench and bIsassw0lAs being the only
Signs of any fYriiiGssion. Still rode on, e1"
pec,Rg TO meet s0tae traces o: fic.d Wo:GS,
until | found myself among the we!i-reneni
bersd places isclug tina heights, fioG, which
had otfan u .usa ihs Federal batteries play
the vary ground was riiia2 ever There wss
the Ao;.sa ysnian / gsmomosrsd served as
mark for the Federal artillery; there was the
s.ssp piece of road down which, through
Telescope, / hal watched tina Confsderaie wa
G0ns Fastening to avoid tha Ire In fact,
ainos: seemed TO have two separate ex,ssenees,
aud unsigned that shonld sec myssli AID for-
msr companions appear on the opposite heights.
NY ride WAS stopped by The bridge tcai.ed
Newbridxs) having b sen destroyed Men were
engaged in repairing il; the muddy stream OF
the Chickahoniiny nowing on, unconscious OF
hAvieg separated two vast armies, and piaysd
30 considerable part in great stinEgle.
Across the deserted fields, the forMer sta
w&y; then through tho abandoned Federal
camps and entrenOhments, across the country,
and through the woods, and amtng the nu-
nsrcm, graves of those who fell ., Fair oaks
and tps seven days battles, until reached the
retuubt. the scene Of Hooksr's fight, where
tho last battle wss fought with the object OF
advancing on Richmond. The battles which
suceseded 1t Rers for exlstence, not victory.
The country was deserted; scstafy sports
nan looking for partridge was the only per.
son ! encountered. Whers were all those !
lad kuowa 60 intimately six months before
some wsys killed ia those last disastrocs bat.
tlssi most had isft the army in dissnst, or
been driven from II BY tbs politicians n Wash
ington.
crossed the rail. and returned to Richmond
by the road whioa passes the Ssssn PiIss,
from which the battle OF that name 10 called
Richmond unss bc sirgalaEiy changed from
III, ~ Little knowa TO fsus - any oshsr Of the
nansrous capitals OF the various 1tatss-nox Y
NE eeatss 0i tie CenledAsAss And ~ Oh1eet