Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-05-12
From the Richm0ul Dispatch.
l2E1G.r,I.ii,,s I.s..i Washington.

The E;GLlnoGd correspondent Of the I90dou Tines
has ii5 the city ard reached New YORK He lived here
tcr over year, and his impressions upoa getting Into
the Yankee nation ere quite fresh ard readable We
have received copy OF the Times containing his first
letter after tho charge, date1 from New Yok. He
says:
Thee is strange ah.G2wy Use Ct u0reaiy at
tachtd TO passing Ii M0n3Es Ia aud about Richm0nd
and then waking up TO find oneself in Washington
To describe such transition would deuaud not only
unriya!le6 descriptive and anthetioal excellence, but
also such quaintness OF cUDcoit IS has exhibited
Rip Van .Winale starting ir0n his iOrg slumber 10
Sleepy Hollow. In Richmond the spectator has for
months aad months been familiar with ABOUT his
path and about his bed and all bis meals and under
every 1907. War is bTeahed in at every BREATH wait
ed upon every hretz, heard in every sound, visible at
every step Fer grace AMI elegance and ettered ease
there is neither time suntrfluity Of resource nor,
it must be added, they compatible with the sub
lime earEeEtnees Of temper exhibited by and
Sentries al the head OF every street s1bSautate
tha passers identity and Investigate his right to be alb
sent from the army. As earliest ca n bgaks you are
aTakened by the long nOnoonOus chor0us Of thou ands
of negroes, erea yed in completing the defensive works
around Richmond and going forth cheertuiy to their
labor, which he's long ago assumed sach proportions
as 10 jutg the assault OF 100000 T2is is idle
statement OF my own, but taken from tie lips Ct the
oldest, ahiCst, and asst t0astful C0nedes ate officers
whose name viii suggest itself to every reader. Can
ID are constantly seen in the streets eilLer Lew u
FOUNDER EopOe0us going up to the army from tie
Tredegar Works, CT guns which have undergone repair
CT field pieces which arc going North or South the
well known Lean, lGnk, ragged, grayback " troops,
with tie same lordy defiant sir OF individuality and
self assertion evtr constantly troop through TIE city
with their DID, wild, Iii. cora yelis making cay
night hideous he familiar Southern tunes of Dix;e"
CT the " Mockisg Bird" eXecrabiy interpreted by a
ea tifts coEnet, and drum, contrast narveIlcusy
with tie Iich sTa OF fine German bands in Washing
ton vhch>re0dcr 10 perfection the "Lsat Rose Of Sum
mer," OF MeDdeasohn supesb marches, chrash
ing among the distant echoes OF Pennsylvania
And get there s heart ervs and saucintS s EbOet
The Southern Dixie" aud tie mien Of is Interpreters
which looked for il vain among the atold German
musicians Of Washington and the gaudy troops bedz-
ed with gold lace who follow them.
But other symptoms Of war vita the exception of Tie
uniforms in tie areets, Washington has none to show
Tne redundancy OF "greenbacks"- evidences &C.
cording to Mr. Seward, CT mighty nations exuberant
very peIcGptible in the increased crowd
If the slees aud tie hungry lock of greed which every
face wears But, perhaps there is sadder sign ct
the ines which have brought sudden veal to sll and
Goral thoughtulDess to none, than the uboulty and
bodDce3 Of the ai s8teEho0d ho throDg every aYeLue
and public resort seeking tie smiles Of the Contractors
8pecuators end notryeGuG riches, aod bleeding in
sceCe Which could clone &c Photographed in language
hy the pen OF JuVeDal. GA every side money flows
as though the Potomac were the Factous The done
Of the CAPITOL which oGce promoted 10 share the fate
without rivaling the beauty OF Coigne Cathedral Is
finished, ard surnoQned by Goddess OF such Liberty
IS Madame R0lend reVer conceived. The hotels
are tkrcurcd 10 bursting Wizards in PARTICULAR is
occupied By excited, pikeeyed ssehns crowd such
Is vibra.es tie couisses of tie PerisanBourse At
1iga: theatres, gamog tousea, Faretica" ard worse
iens OF inamy, TCed u0der no pretenca at disguisp
Tie witt tee attractions of the "inspiled Mad Of Phil
Ede!phin,' Bliss Aura Dickinson. Mr. Stewards onti-
nsm is accepted without thought or comment !; no
sound Ct war save the occasional boom of canAon being
red at the Navy Yard l. sound soothing to Yam |
zee vanity ever auttels the senes Mr.. Lincoln end
Dr. Chase openly and Mr. Seward secretly, apecu
ang much more as to their chances for the next Pre-
deDcy than as to the strength OF Gen Lee the de-
igns OF President DAVIS
Pfoceed next to New York and the recolIections OF
Sichnond, blurred by intercourse with Washington
ade into tie hszy distance, and can be recalled only
y vigorous ,fort Of the understanding. But as b.
,urDey8 northwerds from Washington the passenger
annot but dreany contrast the memory of bis recent
offerings upon the oVer-tasked ralrca5s of Dixie
nth the speed the comfort and the roomness of the
Northern car shall not attempt to carry your read
IS into BroadWay-a thousand times described, but