The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-01-10

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re. The minds otfeilers 4 din idea of u
e immense business 8f storage and tran
r PoHuiion accomplished weekly at th
point. Sicaaers, schooBers an
D transports linethc wharves and q,
at tie stream. Offices, si5rshouses so
"a bakeries abound The unloading Z
e. steamers and ne loading Of rail
Is cars employ hundreds Of men. Wag
On parks ani tables are distribute
IS on The outskirs Of the village. Tn.
$ grand bakery u operation is capabl
o ot turning out one numbered and tei
!. thousand loavei OF bread per day,
= The two greatest arts Of locomotior
D and communication have boen pressed
. into the service sf this campaign witt
: a boldness and felicity really astound
!, ing. The telegraph, indeed, was EN-.
! ployed by Gen. Grant in nearly all
5 The battles from the Rapidau to Pc.
iersburg. The labors Of a night sui
feed TO place headquarters en- rapport
with every corps headquarters in the
, army. Now, as then, the telegraph is
used for the same purpose. A line
from City Point connects General
Grants headquarters with General
Meade's and Butle,s, which arc in
turn connected withthe different corps
headquarters Of the armies of the Po-
tomac and the JameI.
The railroad which has long been
in operation from City Point 10 tbe
army, is another great clement in what
may as well be considered The business
Of taking Richmond This railroad is
called the City Port and Army Line
It has, like other railroads a publish
ed timetable and regulation 1t has
stations along the whole front of the
army Seven traias PSI day run
north and south. Two OF three are
passenger trains the rest carry freight
exclusively.
The construction Of this railroad is
OF the most primitive sort. No un-
necessary labor has bsen expended on
1t No person could su5pec. it being
anything more than a temporary one.
Ihe grades in it are frightful to be-
hold. 10 a nervous traveller, every
mlie OF ii conjures up vision of dis
aster. All the ancient horror of New
Jersey railroad travel become insig-
nlhcant by comparison with the posi-.
bllities unfolded in a glance at this
aspiring descending, eccen-
TIC path of locomotives. You are
looking at a distant ridge. Suddenly {
steam-engine appears upon its crest,
ND plunging down the near side, fol- {
owed by train of freightcars, is lost G
Q view beyond a nearer elevation. II 5
Uses again immediately before you, J.
nd, rattling by with a whistle and a b
oar, ascends another clmeps back of L
round, and disappears in a wood or Il
the bowels Of a swamp. The brid- "
es are often anything but level aud L
ct despite all irregularities Of contour a
the road ITSELF the speed Of The e
aims $50 moderate and we'll rcgu- Ii
tied, that no inconvenience, and few. al
any, accidents have happened since q
70 completion Of the work. The e.
telling which the trairs at one time CO
'ceived at a point neaI the centre OF al
II lines is now prevented by an en- m
lnkment which at once conceals and in
'otects them. at
The railroad is laid n some places W
thin musket shot of tie picket line. wi
he whistles Of the locomotives and be
G roar Of traius are phinly heard by ini
e enemy night and day. hii
That boarding school conception of OBJ
"army with bsnneB," gliuering, ha
arching, always in lire 10 the sound fee
music, with generals mounted pran- my
lg horses, waving swords on high tha
ever, IS correct onlyof battles and br'
views. Then indeed, there is a lha
ming eplendo- in tie ranks of ar I'll
es, which the faded uniforms and put
zzied faces of the line do not rep. wa
less exhilirating or impressive
i OF every day life in the field, and for
tainly of the monotoaous routine of wa.
elge, this conception is as absurd as hou
4 IL
ma $ idea of king, sitting contin- ton
ly IN robes Of state upon a throne, frie
rounded by princes, and command that
IN voice OF thunder the people Ne
land and sea 10 obey his mighty be- and
Is. a visitor, riding along the first
IS Of the Army Of the Potomac, sees w.
y little Of that army save the walls thef
surround aud the roofs that coy. his
I. Its generals, for the most part, the
in their tents. Its soldiers, except til
e on picket or detailed for casual bod
= lounge within their quarters ed i
ny wagons ply along corduroy for
Is. Officers and Drderlies ride sure
er and. thiiher. Sentinels and arrir
-ds.pace IN every direction. A acco
U OF soldiers congresate at suffers left
ds and oyster saloons. Horses ter ]
he'd, or held by orierlies, stand Lou,
IN front Of different Headquarters. Mrs.
oiiieer or man, emerging from a the Z
or cabin, ,glides into ancther. The sEor,
army lies concealed. whet
ter P
Death Of Minister Dayton. She :
- ~ - '''i'o' i''-asn'a o zoe Wor.al must
, the evening Of Thunday. the II ia