The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-04-15

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THE FoETIF1cAT1oNs.
7 antarcd tho civ nv the Nea Market
Road, The same over which the troons nd.
ynnced There arc seven distinct lines of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES formidable. hut no more
80 than those encountered at petersburg -
mcr's vegetation, willie some ware badly
washed hv late rains. The enemy removed
nose Of The heavy puns-tbeir black forms
do. the naranets. and Won look into their
black fbroats rs Won annroach the civ. Nor
does one turn ASIDE from the road lest ms
of the frst lines are strengthened against
assault bv new device. in the nature Of a
ch.oeavs de fyise. Sharp hewn stakes, saw
eight feet long. are driven through long
nole in such away that four to six rows of
them project from common center. like
smokes from wheel. Indeed the device
may be described as one lone hub extending
miles. resting on long sharpened spokes,
while the remaining spokes project into the
ar tau'"1ihS So ,n'3nry t'a. one 'a'ino'
to roll the thing over, he but turns up other
spokcs to meet him in the face.
AN SclplNT--fAorhfFlc'
Nearly all the houses on the way had been
abandoned, yet two miles out of the city a
man was blowing in a magnificent field
stretching along the river bottom, aud was
told be began betimes Monday morning o..
the day afsr the evacuation.
NAyY.YARD--IRON.C
Near .'Rockets," mile below the city on
either side of the river, are the smouderin g
ruins of their Navy Yard, and several oil
their rams and gunboats. One of them
would have been launched within fortnight.
THE STREETS.
Passing M Main street at the left were
the crumbline walls and totteriug chimneys.
and the smoke still rising from the debris OF
The great fire, A. the RIGHT. the sidewalk
covered WITH negroes and poyerty stricke en-
whites, timid women pcerine from the win.
dows, or holder cues in untidy garb, stand
ing in the doorways. or the doors we're close d
and the blinds shuttle denizens gone or
hiding With
BEAUTIFUL c1Tf--oScE'
The street was following led me to the
Capitol grounds; and as strolIed through
them and looked out ,,pon the city--for the.
State house occupies commanding site-I
thought that before treason and war and sor.
row came with their black wings to hove,
over and settle down upon the place, it nigh,
have passed for the CITY which is call, d
:.,.,t;ful, 1t must have been fair ana
lovely.
IN TIE Frfi.Ic BUILDINGS
we're the evidences Of hasty leave taking
Documents nu,, ,,uupr, ,,,,,,d ,,,. ;,o,is
the rooms where set in wordv war-wj, ;
omen doors. anon in secret conclave. IT,
two houses of their Congress-, and the tw,
houses of their State Legislature. ,"Copie
of Statutes at Laroe Of the Confederot.
States.'' reports Of the different cabin,
officers, copies of bills. of resolutions-th,
covered the tables, and YOU trimmed vo,
feet against them Strewn spon the floor.
Indeed. acres Of ground and all the streets,
aud the very air we're thick with paper-n,
ing With the wind, picked IN by the cur;ou.
rat erred in baskets by neeroes-papers an,
letters, papers and letters everywhere.
DiNp EYE VIE"
from "Gamble's HILL" an abrurt bluff JUS,
above the city, was worth to me the iourn '
from Washington. Imagine the scene az ]
~ to describe it. Looking south your eve
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