Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-01-22
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RICHMOND, "a, Jan. lo, l-le.
Dear Pc Prr,>.-Shsrt as MY time here r.
must write you brief account Of our prorre>
thu. far, and our arrival AZ this head and front
and for that matter tail too, Of the late souterr
Confederacy cali it the head, for though th,
ConfeieIacy seemed to spring ont Of the egg u
Charleston. :. c., it never could have com, {.
yiSrous life bat tor tAs impulse which was fur
nished it from Virginia Iiers X the centre Of
JET Davis empire hence went forth nis To-
crees. and hence. when the fatal hour had struck,
he took his hasty and ineiorious flight from She
Union legions and their great leader, Gen. Grant,
and with the fall Of Richmond the rebel heart @:
tie Coufederacy ceased 20 beat frc,cr All the
stirrings Of rebellion, since that day. have been
no pul.aticns Of living central organ. but only
the spasmolic throJbing- of it, muscular tissue;
poEerless FOR any lasting eiec,. and 30 continue
with iecbler and feebler manifestation ti'l in %
short time even they shall. cease forever
We made no stop IN Baltimore. bat cur pas
sage through the narrow streets the cars drawn
singly by horse teams. brought tr-.a.v g. mind
that bloody scene Of April, 1851, When the brave
boys from Mas-scbusct,s, Oh their way 9. pre-
teet the National capital, lal % islt their way
through the fcrocious mob, who v4iuis .iia-ipJ-
cd TO overpowcr them with showers of bullets
and paving stone and fragment, of iron. The
freemen Of the North accepted the omeu-it Wa
the anniversary Of the battle Of Lexington How
short was the time after before the fort az the
harbor, the city, ami all the approseae, 90 wash
ing,on from the North, vesc in tae p5-.essies of
The Union volunteers
Ee spent but one day H. Washington. whose
avenues and streets. b, tla.r multifriau- street
crossings IN al directions. sHl it, sluaras md
Triangle. small and great. resemble the fancy
geomeuical patchwork which often deures IL
a home made bed quilt OF course We lad
TO wander through the long corridors Of the
Capitol, climb the stairs 20 the galleries %! the
senate and House Of Representative, and lock
down upon the occupants iuclo~ei iu the large
and sh5wr halls. constructed something ia The
bear-rarlen style VIII Eli eye,. single
window on the sides to let ~ light and 4ir
then 70 look around and al0ft ilr o little while
a. the vast rotunda, and its picture- and seulp-
lures then 10 walk rapidly through the great
library, and then 10 take our weariei limbs away
to place o. rest in our hotel Marble colon
nades, shor, and tall arches low and high
tessellatei floors without end luIuriolsiy
finished committee rooms, and the Presidents
room above all, covered with gliding and fre--
Goes. tire the eye and make one glad 10 get away
satisfied sitA seeing but small part Of that
vast structure-the > ati9n4i Capitol A month.
labor would not be too much to make one ia
miliar with It's countless details Ny taste would
have been better suited with more chaste and
republicsn style Of ornamentatiou than that
which has beea displayed in the interior. Our
time was too limitei to allow @: Oh whiting -1T
other Of the public building, and We lefi ieI
on the second morning AFTER our ar
rival at Washington FOR We were more anxious
to get to the regions of warm weathsr-ve have
have not found much Of it vet, good fire. are the
order still,-than to wearyiourselye- with more
sightseeing in Washington. OF cur trip hith-
er and our observations here, will write mere
aSta ours. G. ". +