The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-24
IArTER FROM RIcHmoNDE


RlcHxos 4. I March letb, 1893.
NJ LIN laEIL: How ssibEished one bf the
ieoufSts sentienan Of Richnona in by-gdne days
wou.d 4s. could be con his morias clay again and at
tempt 10 peIanbua,e with stately gait The once re-
spectacle streets Of the venei able ty that Fsh shi
/, MT now and will not be long this war astd
H,W rude.y would s sensipities be shocked q the
Bsitmcre hulhesen lie ,treet ofDfrs, saihilug the
,czxtttd e ItLfs 81 The q en- carriages qa9hing
slcne the public streets- Al break-neck gait nay
more a. the sly winks from the vehicles iiorefaid
cast In the direction Of his own IfapectAbilitb Mer-
yissf heavens how he weu,d wag his cue 10 diSkust,
a strike hi iTory he AIDED cane "a the paFfmet; n
despair and isEe big pinch OF Fuun to assure Pim-
sslf tb.fhf. faculties had not forsaken him and that
lie did net tsrsam. Bot fortunately for him Pc kPo"s
iser to-what base the good old CITY has1 come
His starched ttsSAt he sarrcterf dexter
Jus oeers the nick srng oil lamps at the street eor
rers fu nished safer light than The Jets Of gas in
the very g.afe OF which man is now knocffd o1 the
ssonce for small sideration and be meyer STOOD
shtyeiing atevery twenty steps f the spade pf I've
nAnutts whilst sentinel read hiF Pasa upside down
besidek suffering a thousand other little fncotye-
nsences n which the modern lciiFzen Is daily and
hourly ard nom entsriIy stbjecied Blessed Old fa5s
OK Rilhmond when win We again returnl s4hnI sn
ssrefs not for considerable periadA Con felfeye
the cifSzen- OF Richmoad desire 4 toIecoue fhs p-
tnre capital Of tie .eonfederacy, aud for reasons
which theconditIcn Of the place Is readeFfg more
ecgent eyerEday So far the question OF security
fro On enemy is concerned. it- history during bis
war win all objections Bnti Is idle TO spec
ulate 6n this point just now, when 4 man fan'tsee
into the future as far as he tLrvw stone hsnse
by Its chimney. hope. however. ihe ccmnFitee ap-
pointed believe by Prosisioial Congress. y Sc
iect and mark cut distIict len mics square will
never earry.the design into exeSnton. gree With
thai master IN ssthetics--Geethe--th the best
eapital cities are always those rhoh bavh arisen
p ce by piece out Of the nee essit the moment
in the press OF circumstances sueiNa centr35 point
IN which the people Of tribe dungtegate4 around
their king like bees around their monarch precisely
The best: and this is mott seariy yproyed By the ex
pertinent OF capital cities which owe their erFein not
10 natural causes. the inclination and ccnFehehce
OF the people, but ar. constructed amer the plan Of
some Ingenious arehitset The former, notr rilhstand
ing ,her narrow streets and irregular srchteetnre
have always something attractive kbout them; Whasi
the Others in spite OF all their regularity. after th-
firs Impression is worn on. never fhh 10 leave sfe
ing OF cold and repulsive monotony EFFl
There i one luxury Jon ChattaHooeians theaveHs
what n name) do not possess which We boast Of here
and taxe special delight in. rlds'itft. he sqna1e
LARGE portion OF the population that have nothing
10 DO. can sfar.n with truth that they are ION the
square every day, thoogh their coHdact may nos "a
all respects approximate TO right angular rdctitde
Crane vine writes very eloqaently about tdseraRhs
at the grand balIn your cits bat be has never pcn-
snaded the Capital square some baimy Aft$ruobn
In the midst OF thousand or two angels. who (I IL
currently geported) have bars 81 lead sewsd h tle,s
klrts I'd prevent them soaring sksward by the other
wise irresistible sorse OF celestial Fravitaton. But
Of this hereafter. wheaI shall also tive aseonst
OF the attractions which Sal these beauties forh
on the gravel walks and o1. shoes
tamountiDg in the aggregate. every esening y aboa
NO thousand dollars ty careful calculation MA De
l,y one of the Government clerks ~hom thk Piesi.
cent te lee raphed for 70 on from wa3hingitn
and start the Southern confedera@yit il Il
fae gay spangled officers. made mp By yokth atd
i2ue but more particularly by el
army taiier-- HHl
That great euehanter at whose rtd's eoInsIland
Beauty springs forthand natures self iurnf paIef" "
or the important items hand. have only time to
mention one; the robbery isst night Of a Jtw's a.
tabIishment on main street. and the sacceslful ab-
.iractIon therefsom Of some fifteen thousand doilsrs
worth Of goods-consistng OF ball dozen hAndker-
chiefs. barlow knives aud one oFt two Other little
articles. soUiscKs.
Late from the North Il
special 70 the Memphis Appeal-l
PAxoLk March live buve newspal,el dafes
rom Memphis to the sth aud Chicago 10 the 81 "a.
Sartment at Louis, Cairo. LsufsFiIe. Cineinnafi
md other points. impress all boaLs forsran sport