, 1865-04-21
IN RICENZpED.
Letter from WE. Ryder, ID.
appearance Of Rlchmond---Burnt
Distriet---feeliug Of the People
Towards the korth---Spolts-
KGeN T0uSe -. Government
Buildings.

Correspondence Of the Chicago Trieune)
sroT7swoop HoCsE, 4
RIcnNoaD, Va, April u. 1865.
IN KICuMoND.
Mr.. 3. D. Kmha1k sid myself arrived in
this lannon's CITY on Friday noon lust, hayfhG
lett Chicago on Sunday evening. Wnshi"'~
ton Wednesday Afternoon -~~'
- ne consider ourselves r.,r w
.~...~..->. :. getting here at ali, ssa Ore cspe.
c'a!'y grateful for havin. made the entire
trip Without any serious delay. We left hun
d'cds Of PERSONS In Washington unable to
get rasses to City Point, and on our ar1ivo1
there met gentlemen who had In yain tried
to thta;n permits to proceed TO this spot Of
GENITAL interret. The object of our visit-so
obtain 1clics and other memorials Of the war
for the benefit Of the approaching North
western Sanitary and Soldiers Home Fair,
aud to examine generally into .lr working
of the Sanitary Commission--has given US
everywhere cordial reception. Military
rlen Of all grndes appear to recognize at ouce
the superior claims Of this great, benevolent,
cooperative Organization. They have sceu
100 many 5l1us11ations Of tho good 1t does to
the sick and wounded soldiers, IN connection
with the late severe battles which resulted
in the captur. Of this city, to be indifferent
to its claims now. At the proper time we
shall be happy 10 announce to the people Of
the Northwest the names OF those military
men who have particularly aided us in our
wufk-
It will, perhaps, surprise many of your
readers, to learn that though We have been in
Richmond day and bali, We have not yet
seen tie Libby Prison, Belle Island, the fo5tl-
tlcations *bou: the city, or any other Place Of
srtat public into est, except the Government
bindings, and such feW matters as without
any e1nIt uf ours have COME dileally in our
way. We hare given ourselves entirely, to
The utmost Of our strength, Ito the purposes
iGr which VIC CAME he'e, and from present
Appearances. VT shall bc ab:r TO make sa.-
isfactoEy report ut the opening Of the Fair
There WIS u change In the oln:e Of P,oyost
Marshal on Friday, which delascd us some
whnt, but We row have all the permits VIC
ecu1d wish.
APPEARANCE or R1cHN0yD.
had expected to b: greatly interested In
thu appearance II this pfcstrate CITY, but I
mus confess il il niAny years SINE my pan
las so utt.r1y failed ME Us now, to convey
any idea to another Of tho Impressions made
ur:n NY ln.hd.: Tic appearance Of Rich
l. md at this hour is SO unusual, so wonder
1ul; ones nature Is adatcssed Efom so many
tids In the same hour; pictures upon the
mind arc so coIored and shaded by each oiI-
CT, that it Is very difficult to avoid usinr 4n
I'M rjectsou ut the end of each sentence.
SeekiuE IT, hold ny pen in chick, and to OBJ
serve the "proptiestea Of DISCOURSE" will |
add few notes upon such things ns occur to
NE, Ieeerving mo:c general observations for |
u iuturc letter.
BURNT DISTRICT.
It is larger than I bud supposed, aud the |
rnin Is more complete. Imagine. ill South |
Water street completely burned out-all {
Lake street thr saDe-f.om Lake street south |
On LaSelle as far as Madison, thence east to |
Lake Michigan the sarne--the whole swept |
clean, leaving over great districts not build /
1ng y, m s,and,ng-ana you lnve somewhere near,
tS comparison, the condition that Richmond |
i in today. 4 prominent citizen Of Central
New fclk, who comes in as write, tells me
THAT he las just completed personal exam
inatlon OF The ruins, and finds that forty
seven blocks are completely burned over.
besides thu Arsenal, tMo blocks; depot and
railroad buildings two blocks-iu oil tifty-nnr
blocks. This dres not include several blocks
partly burned, and dc ached buildings. snrh
rs Touring mills, and other structures of
.}tr. .yalIe.
sroT1swoon HOUSE,
This Is the only hntef of any magnitude
DOW open III the city. There ire sine I'D
guests hc1e--the house will conveniently ac-
4 mmod2te some 200 with beds. have seen
tut two females at the tabIce and they oyi-
1cnt1y Northern. The "Spotswood II Iairly.
:epresents the rest Of the city. Eyerthing i
nut Of o1y}er, md very dirty, Evidences nj i,
the foImcr fine appointments Of thr hotrj are
fisible Everywhere, but dirt, various spcci-
lit ns OF 1Le Insect tribe, articles broken and
Eosn out, walls absolutely filthy for need Of
washing, or catcfmining, or nape-lnp. Or
;oEe Other process to make them habijab1p.
ire visible all over the dwelling. Whaf
makes the case worse Is, there Is no ras in
1se in the city. So many OF tue, 1eadinr
pipes were destroyed By the late DIRE that the |
:as cannot De conveyed ttrough the strse's.
.tongh it Is understood that The works viii
g g IN successful operation by Tucsday or
$ lighted wholly BY caulles-if tae ,s.his
,lerc OF Just enough light to feel ones waS
! lat makes the novsity more rcmarla ~
lble Is there are no candIesticks IN
tAs honEe, So 1hAt each gust tags hi1 hit ~
'andle between bis fingers aud goes On bis
way to any point te wishes to reach IN the
1uilding. The consequence is that in add
ion to tafl"w On ones fingers aud tattow on
Us clothes, there is tallow On all the nantles
Il tht rooms, aln' on the ca;pets from yel]nr
10 roof. In,a. Inc one Of sut ars '.ciass
,ous+e in Chicago treated iu that wayi III:
able Is decently ruishcd-barc!y Tint. Tho
se1 is :e7u lean, and as rigid US IN old hoot
Up. Potatoes are sca1cc-asparapus and
vegetables are in tolerable tuuansity. and
FpD]d be gO.d If properly caoked, Mink is
;eafce md thin. Pelhips Dly:s took th-
.rfam from It when be retired from the ci1y
Yith the gold Of the banks for tew Of them
APPEAR t. have haa tho skimming Of about