Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-06

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tsrsbafg ID Eh aUepg tobac0oniais, DIT StNi soms
what enllVened with TIE hum OF business, sna lvint
easily upon rlst accumulated wealth. ls trace
| which has row degeneFated into the sehng
apples and pies by decre2it negroes, was ineI
| transacted 1T large wsrehouseH, and tne sPten-
did iron front bui ding which was 10 the tobacco Horn
what the Egyptian temple wss to Isis Sill remains az
most uuGthrred, though with but little more sign o.
| animation than the latter Sycamore ard New hsrKe
streets With their shady sidewalks and eleSa It owel-
ugs weie TIE favored promenade, and, PROVIDED you
were SO fortunate as to hsve obtained shoes ron the
/ goverpnant asd clean collars fro your coInahe
washer woman, it permitted you 70 Ake jour rinS
| in loVsly company. The desire OF seeing and being
seen here cave YOU an opportunity OF judging OF the
reputation Of the place for beauty and Whether II was
THAT Won Jaw the same pretty faces at every turn, or
Wheeler il was that the was fairly entitled 10 its
reputation you sooner later scquesCed IN the gen.
| eral decision.
Those we're happy days for US who had just come
out of tho wilderness On Sunday you had your cleo
ton be,Eren SIX or eight well-conducted and we'll
attended churches wi eee, after listening 10 the eoyhB
sermon, you invited as likely as not II you uooer'
| stood tht sdvor-pLairs to dinner and Mountain Dew;
| Pour tusr ls temps there was reading room ara
lbrsrr mot so large as the Aexandrisn, but whose
volumes we're fully as well thumbed, lecture once q
week an occasional concert or exhibition gotten up Dy
soldiers not to speak Of the celebrated dramatic ana
| terpsioAoreau performances of Miss Kate Eitele
Company. In those days, cakes and pssirJ' sgalas.
which temptation no soldier is proof could De ooushs
With your months pay, and as for tirnips pumPkins
and such small deer they were given away or SOLO 'Or
| a 6dgatste. -
Merely 20 get camp out of sighG-to olesn II from
under nv nails aud wash It from my ekin, visited
few DAYS spce the CITY, which, bu: short lime ago,
was the habtaiOn OF contented popu'auon' Ihere
ara still some remaining inhsbitanls but the goneiai
aspect Of the place reminds QUOT descrp o. Naples
during the season, or OF some oty "oicn nS5
been visited with the plague. lady In Tue sTesIA,
found was regarded ss curiosity, and most OF tho
seem TO have shrunk away ard disappeared
At the coming of our army like the saVages before tas
white man. Cavalry men, with jinglng spuis ana
thirsty spiIis, awaiting the opening ol "etAnoEI
cafe like the innocent who attending me uouDihs VI
the WaerF and crowd VI military L. nnsss, eoaSessI
shoeess and hass have taken the plico OF the long
tailed and Itove pipsd population. There Is de'er-
mnaton as the doctors say o. al the vitality maj is
left towards ths cafe snd the mIOlogst Who ngures
or did behind the counter, Is about the Dss' tHoHn
face in town. /. ia worth lookin' into this enAdy ana
by no neglected retreat Ct chus al least once
| (If YOU 20 there tUice you are richer thah ~
Is here that the careless jest and the few 'shes OF
merrmen that soldering the warmth OF the weather
permits nd Il cir vent Your ragged friend, VINO 30
companies you, throws of for the umepeiug his
tthargV and bfightens fer brief moment INTO anme
ton Bat it can't last long Il is pity that the costly
stream is SO shorved. But II is somebody eises turn
70 imbibs nepenhe the back door is opening aod you
mu emerge from the spirit periumed twilight INTO ths
gsrsh day. The old duness of tbs place returns slu
t,kes bodily possession OF you You make ieeole
effort to talk with chance friends while lighting your
cRar but the ATTEMPT you discover, is failure
and you 20 of in DISCUS to wrsngle with your washer
woman about a oet shirt or missing pair OF sccks va
your way te camp you tempted TO lessen ,ne e,"
of the distance by saucer OF ice cream9Sol ana
You have any sSinplasers left the eppe aud pie ven
ders will have marked you for their own. lolg
walk under the MONDAY sun causes you to Wonoer
why YOU ever undertook such journey, But you get
back somehow and breathietsly congratulate yourself
as you throw yourself on your bed your expedition
ia IN fat GecompH Just at this moment your oorpo-
raj has the impudsnce TO tell you tina. It is your turn
hF working at the bottomless pit, which has consul
tuted the misery of the company for the last month.
DON'T tell me about murder il Yankee she'll doesns
exuode in the seat OF this non.commssioned onceFs
breeohes and relieve me from the necessity OF Killing
him when tie war is over, shall be inclined hence
forth to doubt the existence of especial Providence
Here am reminded of a story-but no, wont ln'
dict it this time The enemy have comnenced throT'
ing over shes at our commssariss and their wagons
Wsom they rightly consider fsr game, and one OF them
has Just can led my Paper Ia Jan0t ss astonishing
bow colby you take a thing OF tnls k'nd Whe9
you know you are poHc ed by the brestWorkF]
hope it will not discourage you a. 10 future condn-
genoios, that making Of target does not cure me
Of tbs ea,otbss seyjbsndi FisBBAcE,
Srd Co. Washington 4rtilisrg.