New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-20

in m instant terribly AMI iIrcrieyaby blasted
hang over this ,pince. Let Us pass lsrevsrehu!
and store up the lesson IL has taught us.
Hero comes the Eastern Branch, up which the Navy
Yard IS situated. ana 'iesboro Point dhe d'ia bcowl
where the grand cavalry rendezvous u overlooked by
tLe T. & Insane Asylum Tho binf ntile higher up
The Eastern Branch by the way, We have bf0tBer
chin ruralilng at this establishment, nmed Robinson
Uio once ran little Sheet called Ihc Irah in Washing
ron Members Of Congress and newspaper men VIII
recoecf hm. lie has been led 10 believe that ne - one
of the main STAYS of the um and must not leave MS
post n moment In this way he Is made
VERY useful about the establishment, experimenting
working paiions showing visitors through tie place
Sc. He sometimes accompanies departing 's'tor: 10
the outer gate aud there excuses himself ioF h"t going
further bv pie aiding hin responsible duties inside
and tic eccentric rules Of the estrtiis meDt which he
does not wish TO bad examll e b. Violating.
How are Won AicXandriai coming abreast OF us on
orr right How many deinted persons have leis com
Portable md elegant homes here ior the cof-Auks
Of SECESSION That magnificent mill IN the lower part
OF town those fnc warehouses along the 'front.' street
AID many Of tho palau1 residences up town, belonged
10 Secessionists who row lighting IN poverty
and want against their country. Verify whom me
gods wogd destroy they first make mad. III the war
were ct an end today, il would he long time before
Alexandra conll recover from the prost alton this &c.
cesson pestenee has brought upon ii. Its only saliva
tOn now IN TACT IN common vita the rest Oh S"cessm
IL restoration al the hands of tie iankces.
DOWN THE RIVER.
Nowhere has nature strung Glorg Il broad placid
river beautiful ana romantic shores. than those
81 the classic Potomac and now that the bghing spell
~ Slavery Is broken along va connes. there is pros
pcc that time It's upoycrish,d slaye titled heidr,
under tie the hand Of Ieo lahOr and progress, Will
begin ~ BIZ the rse ana that tae Potomac Of
America viii vie with the Rhine and the ID 'nnDe OF the
ODD World IN the luAuimce ~ ts smiling WIN, yards,
and the comfort and elegance OF Its villas. There II
probably SECTION in the American STATES that nov
affords n promising held tVrsagrcGitural invest
mcni, ana the selection Of genial home, than tie TIDE
washed shores Of the Potomac. aid the " Eoslcrn
Shores "a Maryland and Vii linia, open water com
municlton with the whole word, and capable 81 COM
blnng IN single plantation oil tho varied wealth OF
land and seq The 'claure ana bloom gou1n MAJ ses's
ard bushing fruits Of fertile field ana garden OWlAg
kline muuchng homcward with fragrant eNhslatoas
and flowing udGcrs, snowy hOcks gently wO0in5 ssep
herds care. and tLe noisy, cack,ilg, FiuIuhliig Ia.
yous albumen ID odn.inS GcDiIens OF the baInyaTd
AMI ft-secrctilg porkers, bearing near neshDo.ship
and relationship with tie hray tribes and nOIdsSs OK
the hriHv deep. When the war Is over J hOlc 10 re
able give your readers some practical sintitcn de'
t1is Of tue chances Of investment and settlement IN
ih,te Iegeac.utcd districts.
oIF IOEI MONROE
win not tell the Rebels hat u going Oh around Port
Monfuc hf;er all the aTitia interior sind d3mctl.
cal lines II tar enemy have no great advantage over
that eaioyod ly The Government WIN KS va. la'l,
military dEd Mercantile. upon oid Atiant.cs hIEnF
aims extending ia'o every vital point Ol the tOl -
matters not t. wh point ihe var be carried Ola peoin
with las broad, u.cD tiDutaiits Is our "eisbupr anu
Our aiy and win bear h,sts On lbs patient BOSOM,
with winged speed. wherever oar c0nmandefs my u
rect and our plots guide IN maj GA Ocean an! OF
the brave and emblem 81 the lee Aia} a.olher season.
.bnng on he ircigs Of peace, and acnht Your White
winged snr 20 orr every port, ana ever! p'' ~ pVil
Of plenty.
here insert an Unpublished account of Us place
written nt tie conintrccncntoile oil pennsul. cam
pal,n wAich hopc viii nos be occsn"d "ut ~ pnce.
e. HAMPTON A. 1T wss-fhs ancient village l. or
rather ua- situated inlet OF Hampton Roads, at
th. mouth OF hampton Creek some three four miles
west ~ Fortress Monroe. 81 tie commencement OF Tao
war 4 confined population oi Two or three thos ma
nhabitant, aAd must have been one oil ere nosl Deab
tfui little towns on the Atlantic son-board. 10 con
tame, Hany elegant and comfortable residences, aud
boosted the citizenship ~ some Of the tlrst Families
ni the Old iominon Anclsni lt-,l ala SUI Io. y.
-r-sed a al the advantages OF fci BACK country
and an ocean front While The agriculture! wealth of
the Peninsula came pouring in nom the Interior the
products 0f every land ana chine were nttalhaDe liol
tho .,n side In fact, several improved branches OF
Hampton inlet harhor, brought tne salt wafer 10 the
VERY doors Of thc people anu WIS pt uhSoIloh - npC
singl residences combining all the advantages of and
and sea Willie The choicest frus ana lafcsI mower,
bu. I'd and DlDoned in tue orueI! ana hllsie 'front.'
wards oysters and crabs and tle sportIye hsh grew
ia alnos, elonsIdei the pigs and poultry d0mieed ia
tie tceming Kitchen garden; and IN several nstalceS
upon romantic and beanlitl slopes coming down 70 lIe
water, uncovered MANSIONS bad tLeit d"n,s'ic e'ono
Il cs un the hand side, while cMbcllshCd ruut !afus
were made u the grassy pebble bDrdered seasnoie
with m arm o! the for an aquarium. Never per
h.lS did two or three Thousand people hive more costly
and happily in sea side village than dd the people VI
Unmpfuu Va. before the Sar-when the grape''ihs
and t,free hos-omcd and fructiDed ia almost every
door ,arl. when comfort and plenty sal hkc sp,
mon : . TOW n, when even the churches and church
wards well nv the private residences were thngs OF
romantic beauty. Hnd even the old Court House Vas
uncovered IN oaIlbering roses, and ~nen the susy
hum IT the two rghtaDgle streets the music o coase
and mansion and The merry roundclay OF the Doaman
AZ lie Village whnf mingled with the songs OF Drds
from hundreds of blooming happy bomcstcads
UApProN ~ ~ Is---hampion Ia now forest OF
stelrton walls and chimncys, interpreted with 4
few scOrchcd ancestral shade trees. pom lhe
whole square milo OF so upon which in - nin os,
~, found with which to kindle camp fire.: In an
i,ol,ted part OF the town | found two small frame
cabins The only habablo Acnses len IL the 1hago
the one Srcupied by an old coored couple, ana the
o,l,r by lone old woman, all about ninety years o nSe
the only remaining citizens II The place. Ihey toI ".
that on the night that Mggruders tends burned the
town the coorcd people had put ont good many ot
Inc houses hut that these had since been torn to 'cs
As well A. the fences by the Union troops ior camps s
camp fires. Al th, timc, as have saill sc"tsee a
snl inter- Of wood can he found for any purpose hsus
,ardeps and stices are thrown into one common STU
d.soate waste. open mouthed ana calnclos So 4;
filed with water aud rubbish, apouha ever! ~, -
rbnt IL can be seen were spacious and CONVENIENT NY.
closures, Odd iron o! every doscrptoni j.
where gratis pieces Of Stoves, broken hltchen uens'
doorocks hinges spikes blacksiniths scraps.
.to. li,btniuy rods and in short oil tue ron VOTE Oh
tv while in ire places in the first second anu MIRO $40
RI. OF staudng walls co~y CRATES aIeseen pe
cullar associations shrIppeI! aIu 90 Ia ,ronnd
Lilo occasionally struggling rorebu,h, unconscious
If tho de.olation nronnd - putting on IT. Sprn8 CARP
Of 10y and beauty surviving ap.ieq. uc. n'ts or
bilc In them rnt tho few surviving fruit and forest
rs ,he Spring bird, have come with their csfoir ap
n,rcnl, wondering the change that has taken place
IN t.er old hauni. for beside them. and the lone cd
,oman AMI the old colored couple just mentioned not
man or woman OF child dog. or pig or chick. OF
T,t at rat or mouse Of the citys ,ormcr population
reuans tote the tale Of its dcsolatlon. Oh how many
clustering affections. holy associations bright hopcs.
and hnnnt mi dreams OF love and happiness haze been
lastea forever by the madness Of slavery and Seces-
Lon in The vaton destruction Of this bcautin bE!e
.ca side yillage'
Up THT JAMES ElVJR
a., tbc p,t.u,a, j. tho JarnNS River in