The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-10

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~ NH be - these OF us wbo hsye. g fsso
az account Of q pilgrimage neue s0 0ei
su R,b<rssop. Of Lyncbbpre;
syextfaiJ. II. Simpson, unt.eo stnss any,
and myself, under me gssoanse ~
courteous sad agreeable Ssgiso eussmau
~ risxsnder Riylpgtca, took toe Under
rsasnd rafIwsyst CbsriaT Cross : Cannon.'
Sss.s, station. and from that point wsikPel
III shr0,d scar pier uia west Csanon stTeet.
az Pountney lane, DUCKS Foot lane, sno
old ewsn lane. I mcntlon OFT route Icr
ebs esslutness Of the usmes. There we en-
ksrksd on The steamer AseXsnoer ,"
Qrsyesend. twesty-seven miles away. -,
We went BY steamer to zee the river, pe1
vxtnfne6 by rail. On the way down ~
rsssed. among other points Of Interest lhe
frSitoy,s GATE Tower OF London). gov
vailed M. under whose grtm sIeu 49,"
pess. and msDy better ssd mary won
nave had 10 walk. The LONDON uocss w.
4Wspping Old stairs ere pear enouEa W
eetber 70 The gate TO Claim 3 men.,ou |,
same nars0raph. Nor must 1 for2es o.
psrps grand dome, lbst hhts iiseif Away
srom roofs and busy msrts OF men, or tne
-,.nsinI spire OF ST. Observation-Disclosures
maj rests on four dying buttresses, buzz by
Sir Christopher WreDo, but designed Dy
his daughter.
Lower dow we eoIpeto Greenwich sospi-
faL built 90 the site OF sroyal palace 10 which
Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, aud queen
Elizabeth were born. The ooserSslosf
Stands ON An emineDce some distance back.
and although we only passed the place, We
felt We were at zero-loDgitudipallY.
Curying around the great segment MADE
here by the Thames, we ran by TIE eastern
entrance TO the East Lnuisn docks Whien
are located relatively 10 this river as voc
Duteb-G Gap canal Is to the James. one can
not conceive the iDcaleuisole vsiue Oh lne
careots that have been brought in'o tnese
docks or taken out OF them. ~ must De
a., Aown simnIv as the weaith OF "Ormus
or Of Iude.v The Ylctoris and Albert
docks. however, surpass them. These !
need not describe for those who have
seen them, and cannot for those who bsSe
not, Suffice II to ssy that according to the
1uide-books they cover q water ARA
Of fe4 acres, aud l27 acres OF land.
LITERALLY there was q "forest Of mssts "
visible az their ietties and Quays. Inc
largest ships sfioat can be accommodated
and receive or deliver freight, or, II neees-
sary. be lifted bodily out OF the water In
cradles and repaired. One must not be
surprised to read OF " Albert and Victoria
doeks, "Albert and Victoria" em5anB-
menls-.A Albert and Victoria" improve
msnts OF every sort. 1t is the exponent OF
The sentiment, love, aud almost religion OF
q noble Christian woman and OF tne oest
and purest monarch that ever sst upon lne
"Stone Of Seone" or honored the throne
of this great empire.
Presently we com 10 aIemen's Electric
Shops, OF which Is lying The Faraday, a
welLnamed steamer, built TO lay ocean,
cables, and whose deck is fitted up with
queer.lookiDg cones, in which the wire Is
coiled. Something like a gray cigar, with
ram.prow, comes dasbing past us-a torpedo
boat running, some one said twenty miles
an hour: one Of the lessons the Contede-
rate. taught the world. Not a soul vas
visible, nor any sign Of motlVe-poWer. IL
was a dangerous looking antagonist.
AT Woolwich arsenal they were trying
n gun. IL was a great one, II one may
Judge by the report that followed the flash,
and the huge cloud Of smoke It produced
that fioaied q far distance before dissipaIing.
Adjoining were the marshes OF Plumstead
filed with "butts"-or targets, we should
call them-for rifle and artillery practice.
Far enough away, for all practical pur-
poses, Is CrOssness. Ii would be better
named CrOss-mess; for at this point all the
NtHHXC vi LOuOUH y > ChHtACt oHRANA ~
aud slulced of. Why such au immense
amount OF feftilizIng material Is turned
into the Thames. to be wasted on the sea, Is
hard TO say.
Stretching out into dlluvial bottoms
on either side, the low-lsnd enables you
TO sight Gravesend on the right some
time before reaching 1t, while opposite is
Tilbury Fort, at which Queen Elizabeth
landed as she came 10 review her assembled
army and navy when the Kingdom was
threatened by the Spanish armsds.
Before landing at Grsveseud | must go
hack TO 1sThe Pool"-thst part OF the river
between London bridge aud Regents ca
nal. Casting loose as We did at D:3O
A. NJ. from the Old Swan pier, we
met the incoming tide. With It's turn eve
rything was coming up that could steam, or
Goat, or DRIFT, or turn about, from the row.
boats that dot the whole surface to the
mighty steamer and the huge ssiler. Barges
loaded dow so deep that the water con-
SANITY washed over the decks, and carrying
sail tanned or painted a sole-leather color,
With the oldest; uncouthest sort OF topsails,
forged ahead with seeming disregard Of
every other craft, aud yet went clear.
Bargeg without sails, managed by one man T;
ba7ges q little larger, managed by two, came
upside on-any way. Our steamer, not
~withstandIng her great name, had "to
zion 60 %copquer.." She would bump
against a bsrgo's end and bounce it
around. the captain or bis mate
hurting sdiecttyes at the bargemeD,
which they returned 10 kind, or else looked
up With winning smile that was "ehild-
like and biand.r Between these two classes
there Is an invineibie ~sntagonism. The
bargeman belng master OF the situation,
will not trouble himself to turn his prov.
IL involves too much labor, while the
steamer must stop, aggravated or not.
Once, however, we hung "a c~oal-bArge on
our stsrboard, aRd at the same time knock
ed a timber-bost around with quite 3 lively
motion TO larboz5d. This barge transferred
the bump 10 another near a. land, and they
played With each other like two billiard
balls. In the mean while the. collier, much
against his will, kept close company with
IA, while the backing wheels churDed
mp The water with appropriate zeal.
It was then that bargem on 4'to right Of
as" bargemen "to left Of us," displayed
a degree OF energy In word aad action OF
which, up 10 this time, one x'euid.not have
supposed tbem capable.
AS we unlocked our forced attach ents
aud got under weigh again, the river seem-
ed somsletely barricaded with every sort OF
craft that Goats. How w wer g 20 go out
was & question; but slowly pick ing his way
through the maze, our captain brought US
out 10 ssfely-sometimes ahead nsd some
times astern OF two large ocean sAesmsrs-
the Dodo OF Cork and The Mas troom Of
Ha~mburg--thst were undergoing lshe sage
purgstorial plotting.
II the 'busmen aud csbbies OF London
are the best drivers III the world, aud the
most skllful In whipping through narrow