Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1864-1869, 1865-01-28
N u1nber 33.

rebels for more than two months have been
continually shellinr, sholline the work;na
parties at tho nca2al" buf tho work -
continually roes on. All dav innr tSo
bombardingis kent up. md et nigbt ~
we'll, tho shells pass twjnklma twiSIlir@
through the air. and bursting, lirht tbee
whole region, and scatter tbeir frSgmonl.
in hundred different ways. Fol7nwnn
the river to the right and tien 10 thc IeCtn
as it passes round in It's curve. we moy1
on our aerial trip to Richmond. A Mia
further Oh the river il hidden bv a thioL
growth Of trees, empowered IN Which ia =
Une.and. .a-half-story bouse. wbicb Il ia
TO be presumed, was once wbito. tbonrL
It is nearly black now and two or tbren
old out.building, which being unnonteJ
and perfectly black. could scsr,oIv evor
have been white. This localitv ia' aono'
minated "Cox,s Ferry" md bere Ricb
mond's suburban chiyalry used IN cross;n
boats propellud par le cLsmL Tbs hants
Of the river here are richly ornamental
with isolated and detached grovcs ofirncs
oak, and species Of small sccomorc mi
on either side the banks rise rroJnallv as
they roccdc from the riycr. mil come ais' %
tance away the land attoins onitc NV ;tro-
gular elevation. The river Iost 10 onr
sight now, but following tho limo of sbsdo
through the trees We catch il agoin ownv
up and beyond, turning To tbe 1igbt Sni
it expands, it seems to us, iptS n litua
lake, calm and smooth. Tbo rcbcI roms
have been wont to lie here. but within n
short time battery has besp buiIt on that
/ rising ground to the rirht and toward ns'
} and ono morning Gen. Bulor salntc5
them, but very "yulrarly and Massarbn.
+. sotts like, )" early in The morning and with
) shottod guns. The rams vera Jipcnstcd
, and certainly well might hayo boo5, and
I moved away. We shall SEQ tbom in h mn.
Q mont, however. Here, on tho rigbt, thu
I broad unwooded land opens to onr yicw
At the extreme right We cam soc n part of
5 the lcr, of Fort Harrison. npI tbs rebc
r lines which cross the nlain ,liaeonnlly ana
d rest on therivorat at n strong vator bnitcry
10 The plain Ia interscctel With rcbcl yillc
s pits. and midway across II IA n stronr
rar,hwork supn0rtod by lesser onos on
cithor side. From the cmbrosnreg wc con
see projecting tho black mulzlcs which
look as though there ,sbould be plaeoI
above them one of those placards va soo
IN Punch'5 winter pictures Of tho Scrpcn.
tine, "Dangcrous We rnn sea snnod,
Of men, likepigmes. sboyelinr and nound.
: inc and STRENGTHENING thcs, drrcncss. and
building Others as well. in diGcrent nnrts
of the plain. We can sco tho fow scattcr.
ed tents, and we ean ser MI and HAT nil
i.not unlimited, of the rebel cn,nn nara.
/, phernalia.
" This is n part Of tho we'll known oCban.
u lin's.D or. MS the rebels call n mCbofin,s
y Farm" Tho river passes behind the hir6
=, =, bank, covered with bold, dark woods. and
y is lost. Behind these woods is "Ubapin,s
II Bluff" Locking over NE low land. wa
" ~, catch the river as it comes from tho woods
~, again, aud following tia littlo wav Inv
:! using our glasses, can make ont opo Of tbc
y, rebel rams and Two wooden vessels in
70 y, front Of grove on tho opposile hank but
w which make so dark hack .pronnJ Ias n
u render the vessels almost unlistincnisb.
=" able, SGll, wo can sec them, and in 4
u moment make ont the angular sidos If tbr
va VI oasemata, tho black, opened por,s. ant
y thesmoEe stack, from which rises A thin
go column of black, pitchy looking smoke
ns The river continues on tothc lef,. now An,
70 then hidden by groves Of trcra. uptil III,
49,, woods become thick and massy. and il /
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