The New York herald., 1865-04-21
THE TRIAL TRIP OF A YACHT.
on fonr, Va, SATURDAY, April 8, 1856

-, r.> Englneer -iaChisf Of the Atlantic ana
Ga, wea,e,n p.ii~sy-started from Nc" io'a '1 '
~ T-,rr,ss n,proe rSs fine vessel was oa
L, c,eye,,na Ohio. ana sa,'ed 70 N.y YORK va Tue
yellapd canal route T. receive her cngin'> ",'n -"
con struoted on new principle, desSa,,d by Mr.
nagd The party On boara eonsi'eo o, .nm Kenn.rd
Mr. Edwurd Kcnnard, Mr. Edward and Mr. Iaomas !
Sioseey, from london; ir H. WitoR, Mr. IaRocqas
ana 1Sa A ana a. Forrsss sss Monros o
epnlnr. The g. application was made at tie Provost
aras oss for passes 70 prososq sro1 70 o TSo eie
duty in toe absence Of the Provost co mot give us
The necessary pass and decided to risk II by boldly
SsS psseS x Aowpor News pcint tie wrecks Of the
lda" and Congress- and tue three tuIreted monitor
Roanoke" acting as guar snip IN ne sossa houses On
neither inhabitants or cattle being seem On passing
Fort Powhatan the yacht sauted with two guns which
were ret1rned-the troops cheering From the TACT OF
seeing number Of largo steamers crammed with
rebel prisoners inferred that something was up at
CITY Point and dipping our flag to the lpt gunboa wo
were told by the officer deck that both Petersburg
and had iasa the rebel aG army osdS retreat
General Coils, the officer in command thinking we
were doing the correct thing but overlooking the little
fact that the fleet in the harbor had an Admiral with It,
Upon returning to the yacht We found that Admiral
Porter had requesting Mr. Kennards immediate at
tendance on board the agship AS 1t then late, Mr.
annar decided 10 obey orders the first thing Tuesday
morning Upon presenting himself the Admiral stated
that had that moment signed the order for the arrest
of the entire party aud of the yacht by of the
nboats the habor as we had business a City
Point-that he at loss to understand how had
reached the place. the srtest orders had been issued
for no vessel pass Fortress Monroe and II
vel we had not be Cred upon by the shore batteries
Good luck and the British flag had carried US through
Mr. Kennard offered explanations aud apologized Both
bong considered satifact0ry the order carried
into effect In lieu the Admiral gave permission for US
return to the yacht with this history all Immediately
partook copiousy Of the beer Of Bass The early visit
saved us close arrest OF two days. as the flagship
was under weigh for Richmond We then all went
ashore Injecting landing the funeral procession Of
three officers of Zuave rcgiment and visited the hosrI
where the wounded from the action at Petersburg
law The wards chiefly constructed of pine logs
with cany as roofs and certainly presented very
Portable and clean appearance. The wounded we'll
carSd for and the same attention Is shown TO the
rebles 10 the Unonists. Application was then made
General Coils for passes to proceed to Petersburg but
he referred US General Patrick, the Provost Mshal
who expressed his regret at being unable issue any
that day but thought possibly CenTal Grant might tcc
graph the morrow relaxing the strict orders In force
with respect to passes. hI.
On Wednesday We were early on shore, but failed 70
obtain the necessary document; but MIR. Huntington,
SUPERINTENDENT OF the mory railroads. and acquaint
Ipnce of Mr. hennard most kindly paed sp cial engn
land cnr at our service, by which all proceeded to
Petersburg ng the first citizens that had entered the
town The cy presented the most dosolae appearance
public buldnys warehouses, private houses NO. too
ceay bore evidence Of the effects Of the heavy Smelling
few negroes visible but only half dozen in
3babitants Not hotel open in the place, or the
sghtes appearance OF any business having been carried
on ior some lime o @ a~e n so ,a, e s
character consisting CT forts Of ingenious and skill u
s' l, ~ 10 -, oa n,, ho r,r ~
aoas' @ aot ~ % 40 an. IT, S, NJ dad vor
buried the plain, but In the trenches numbers were
lying as tLey ~ curing 'no sssau nely @ ai pe,ns
ton broken rifles, bayoncs and blood stained uniforms
~ h % soits in n.ces ond Iiterally sorp il,
parts with shot, shell and bullets. The wonder is how
life escaped through such deadly hail The Union
nj nfpUr akala
,u sotu ~ fr reno;ned IN ossassan of ,h
n Cent nriyatons had been sp,fcred nv tho in
da, Of re co of living NAV he formed from the prices
formerly CHARGED al the Isongbroke Hotel which by
be war had been closed for nany months on account
of the Smelling having been sIruo in thirteen different
nloces Ham ana salad Sc chckons $50 eggs s2 each
roast heef 81 Gsh SIS fried oys stors per dozen SO pola
80 coffee Der Gun So butter and toast SO per plate
bel per hit $40 drink OF apple brandy (thc only
spirits in the ylace) S. or $3.50 per gallon An ordinary
wldcawne hat cost $50 10 5000 worth in New York
60 so A 0ne broad cloth coat s7O0 to 81 600 The
lew inhabitants spoken 20 were loud in their praise Of
thg way lhe Union troops had behaved Bevond losng
some iobacco there ,,as no nilaeng or yiole,,ce
OF any kind On the Thursday We went over the mill
Itry raiiroad an extraordinary line eid on the bare
icoDsequencc being in some places us much one In
Twenty woalso VISITED the deserted Union camp al
h 81 KIM o o'' 6e ocny a"arsers wc"J .o credit
Ito any Swiss village The churcn most elegant,
with handsome tower aud spire aud gothic doors and
windows The whole face of the country was ranplcd
down and almost destitute OF vcgota indeed every
inch between City Po mt and Petersburg (nne and three
fourth niles has been contested
The rebel money is vaiueless, any quantity being
brought away as curiosity. During the whole Of
Thursday very heavy firing was heard IN the distance
which turned out 20 be the action whse Ewell and s
whole corps were captured. ~
On Frda Mr. Huntington hoped TO run US through to
Rlchmond and after waiting some hours that day at
the bridge the Appomatox AZ Petersburg for the
rails to be laid down FOR We safely crossed over on 10
the Richmond Railway In the first United States car
that had the line for years past En- at
to the fallen city passed exploded ammuni-
ton trains and railway debris not forgetting nun
bers OF ggers profusc In broad prns, salutatons
and elaborate bows These poor fellows were only
too glad TO let us have all the rebel currency they
had about them n cxohange Tor any trne we hked To-
give Upon arriving az manches,er on tho south sac OF
James river we 10 inc inc railway prage tnree quar-
tefs o. e IONS ues..oy.u py u,o No.ing ,e'na'neo
nut the stonc pieIS All o'ei 'r,ees seo , ~
sne s'mc ~ay, anu We % ~" M ,1s, @ ~ . M. = W muSo y, ~,
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rs eey cna oeso,''on ihe 'h s,e ~ s ILL ss eh're h
nocs oi G ro s, G nrn ~ Gan"r
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h"eii o,ileis vy "fn' ~. ''iy ru'c neary na'i ol