Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-26
BRaAKmG CAMP PREF2RXrORY To- 4H1
GRAND REVIEW.
ENEII EWAhH1Nnrnn- MAJ J

,s9El9 iWAsHMaToN, May az.
At four o'clock yesterday morning the
Second and Thlrd divisions of the Ninth
army corps, under command Of Generals
Gtiffn aud -Cdrtin, left their camps upon.
the heights, two miles west of Alexandria,
and marched to Long bridge, ana thence
to East CspitolsVille, jn, the rear Of the
national Capitol b6iidi6g about one mile.
This movement ,wRs eonsummated 70 ena-
BILE the divisions above designated TO-
promptly form q jauction with GEM VIII.
cOX's division, the First, which is in camp
|4t ESlallytoWn, on the northwestern su.
burbs of Washington. The enViable and
distinguished, \ S place assigped. the Ninth
corps IN the magnificent pageant of ID. day
demanded its early appearance al the
mornings rendezvous on East Capitol
street, with the head of its colump resting
On Fifsbstreet, east. as
or AZ the hour Of march yesterday morning
q day more uhpropitiods il aspect for the
stirring and brilliant scenes Of the morrow
could scarcely have dawned Each Of the
FIVE days preceding had brought raih-at
times in violehcs and miniature hood6, and
again, softly, soothingly and short lived;
sqt, the aggregass, qnitsE sufficient to
aFdnoh gcadpst men dnd ieQnipafs. render,
the roads leading to the capital mass Of
almost oozs and mire, iSud
boding no good to the success of the grand,
reYtew WbichRo day vent forward Beu
fore noon, however, and while the two
marching divisions were yet mile OF two
fEpm 3heirlA Aat tights biEohaeii1 il this city,
Tie SFsae elehdbhsOdlored canopy which had
lowered over us for nearly week, with,
scarcely rift therein large enough for the
sun to show his face the while, was tlissi-
fPated, and torn, TO shreds tTa light breeze,
most comfor table TO the psdesttfRn, wheth-
er civil or military, and which soon
bEopght the aqn oltip flll glow, and resf
Viyed the hopes of the croakers, who were,
not pnnsturally. beginning to be desPond
esnt at the situation ! togetlie WITH, ,thetmore
dashing sids-de.campjoWh had been dole.
fully surveying the prospect of general
drenching Of uniformly sz Z y! asa
The men were in, lightmsrching order,
apd bIought nothing for their bivousc but
blankets aud shelter. tents. Each brigade
was accompanied 'by from thirty to- fifty'
Wag6ASI foF4hs tfasportation of headquar-
ttara baggage eGg
The passage of the two divisions from,
the Long Bridge to the rear of the Capitol
building and place Of bivouac was aGcom.
plished swiftly and, silsptly, with asl little
upF6sf as pUssible:t hFhemen were eagerly
anticipating the thrilling events of the 1i6rt'
row, and fight proud Of the part they we're
to take in them.l No more bitter trial could
have been vouchsafed these gallant fellows,
who have never refused thesttWagar OF baE
ts%o Of the, ,bFpnt Of the fight, than to have
foteg zone, thfsi last 'tridmPhant and closing
act of the, fearful DIANA that during its
four years Of rendition has claimed their
uudaunGed5An and desperate efforts in its en-.
l10C4menk-drs 81 ~
-z,aFHE Crowd, oEsTRANsERs
has been constantly increasing since last
Satutday. Every train arriving has been
loaded down, and the lhoats fgomrAlexan>
dtiA avesbroRgh large 6uA6ers every
hepr through the day, Hndlthe people from
tEs Surrounding country 4hE1e focked in
by all the thoroughfAresy uulil,it ID esti.
mated that seventY.fye thousand strangers
were present 70 witness the grand dibpiay.
At an early hohrtthis morning the people
commenced ASSEMBLING on the line Of the
procession, anxious to obtain favorable
positions 10 sec the display. Thousands of
these retained their posi- lions, during the
whole time5the army was passing, appa-
Ifeutly s0yabsorbed in the contemplation of
the vast military pageant as 70 be insensi-
Bile 70 Wearfpess o. fatigue. azsi
zH1 SCHOOL, GaihBEEs. .'sss
At about sighto!clook the scholars Of the
fntermediate sud grRmmsrschools marched
in PROFESSIONS, with banner, to the 6spitol.
tI,S1S 'k,S.nE fESS