The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-05
TRIP 10 RICHMOND.


Fortress Monroe, correcting with line be-
tween Norfolk ard RICHMOND. BoAts leave
B Baltimore at 8 md n ard arriysst For
tress Monroe st nom 8 to-s the next morn
ing. Richmondi lie rescued blythe boats from
Norfolk at from 6 to I the t4ine2 evening.
The fare from Bltimofe TO- Richmond is
So; ststs roomffor two persons s2i meals
81 each. Passing down Chesapeake Bay
s Rue view ia had of the Qualifications, in
Guiding old Fort Henry and the massive
tort Of grAhits being erected in the waters
of the bay some distsnce below the ely,
which completely conm8hds the cham ell
The beautiful Monumental City, with its
shaft crOw6ing statue Of Washington, cs-
thedral domes, church spires, shot towers,
public buildings, pslatisr homes Custom
House, warehouses, mAsts and fags, pre-
lsnts 8 magnificent sig It IN the sheen Ofthe
setting or rising sun, for p9ssDgefs from
Richmend arrive at Kboht I'm. The
boats Iesvs Fortress Monroe at4P N,
which affords q splendid view Of Hampton
Roads, the Shipping and the bay coasts, by.
Fort Monroe, on Old Point Comfort, is
one of the most interesting as well as i'm
pOrtant Localities on the Atlantic coast
The Fertilization includes some forty acres
and is i~mptegnAble, BY sea or land. The
wall is polid granite, and over four hundred
guns of large calibre frown from the bat
Elements and embrssures. The .%cficers'
quarters, g., inside the fort, are models OF
nesrness surrounded with gardens and
shrubbery, and the green lawn is shaded
BY live oaks in siza and appearance much
ike an old spple orchard of the North.
The winters are SO mild that the fig tree
fouriahss in the open air, and in't6e Hos
pitAl yards outside the fort fg trees arenOw
laden with green fruit, and pomegrsnates
are gay with their delicate red blossoms.
During the war, Hampton Roads, in-the
vi.inity of the Fort, has been the point of
rendezvous tor grshd naval expeditions
Our war ships Of almost every class still
ride at snchot in the Roads. van English
and q French war frigste captured block
ade runnerh and the rebel ram Atlanta,
add to the interest: of the present feet
Steamers, transports, and sail vessels fill
the panorama With lite snd rare beauty
and ths black hulks Of several huge Gov
eminent steamers present equally black
decks, the entire space above the bulwarka
being filed with the faces of u brave
colOred troops from the trenches around
Petersb burg, en- route to Texas. They cheer
the passing steamers from the North right
Justify, and seem grstihed with the friend
Iy recognition of waving handkerchief
MsximliAn evidently has no friends in tbs
colored corps, for to the enquiry-"W ber'
bound 7" the invarisble response was
GMe1icoI" d.
In plain sight Of Fort Monroe. and with
in gun shot, is the Rip Rsps, where a for
iacation is being erected that viii defy al
approach from ses By the feet of an enc
my to Norfolk, Petersburg and Richmond
The work Is an immense one rises Direct.
,, from the water, and Commands the chan
mel at close range.
Fort Monroe is connected with the msiI
land by a low, short isthmuss scros
which a horse railroad takes passengers I
the burned old village Of Hampton, nea
which are extensive U. s. Hospitals an
: the great Cemetery where rest the pstri6
dead of a volunteer armies ConspicuOu
d, from the water is seen the large white F,
male Seminary building, q popular inst
s, tuition in the days Of Southern Peacs, an
! which was spared by the incendiary Mi
gruder when he fed with his rebel force
by the light of the Hampton they hs
, fred The Seminary proved a valusbl
addition to or army hospitals.
Ga the wsy 10 Richmond, and in sigt
of Fort Monroe, is Newport Newss apr
. jsctiUg point famous as the locality mes
which the rebel Merrimaoa sunk the Cor
e u1 and tie Cumberland, and was put /
fight by the Yankee cheess-b9x M9nito
A portion of the wreck of the Congrel
and the mast OF the Cumberland are sti
visible Ontne point is 8 small town, an
a large enclosure occupied by rebel pFi
oners captured in the late bsstlesa The
Quarters wear an air of cleanliness an
comfort as seen from the Ester. The 81
closure reaches the beach, and many wei
enjoying the luxury ofcbathiDgS H1!7 81
Newport Ne8sis at the mouth Of Jsmr
River, q broad arm of the sea in which Il
tide rises and fails up to Richmond. @
its banks landed the first settlers of vi
9inis, and houtishedl the "f-st families"
the "F. F. VS. of the Old Dominion
The ruins of ancient jamestown are zee
q fswchimneyE and q fragment Of the bii
pchnrch in which Pocshontsss was baptizI
n being the only memorials left
j. the rebel war. The points of mOder
"a historic Interest are botn numerous 81
never TO be forgotton-Upper aud Low
!; Brandon, Wilson's Landing, City Poir
/ Bermudk Hundred, Hsrrison's Lsndin
n with The bloody Malvern Hills in the d
tsboe: Mouth of the Ohicshomon
where Mcclellan buried such hosts
M brave boys in blue; General Bntle
! Dutch Gap Canal, Fort Darling, 81
Ohsfin't Bluff. Indeed from Fort Mo
roe 10 Rlchmondi q days saiLby steam,
~ an enchanted lEnd of military works 81
le deeds-the works planned and e1scut
& on the most, gigantic scale, and The dee
IN performed with 3 devotion and vAlor OIL
American Such is the tortuosiy of t
4 river as Richmond Is approached and
varied and vast the Qualifications a
distinctions, that 1t is impossible for t
~ INEXPERIENCED eye TO tell the OOnfsderl
~! from the Federal 1s4 90 iJ-I p 1i"
q TTDatch Gap Canal is nov an abandon
in sid ~uniightly ditch q few hundred f
id long cut through a high clay bank.
he this point the river makes asweep of sol
>. seven miles, around BY Drury's Bluff;
ST FsFt I Darling coming back within q Bton
4 throw Of itself. There is depth and via