gmttitan Ito4tftian. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1865 ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—We have received from a lady, under \ date of Oakfield, N. Y., $2.50, to be applied to furnishing the American Presbyterian to a North western Home Missionary, in response to his appeal in a late number, soliciting copies for use in a destitute region. We shall take pleasure in appropriating it as desired. PUBLIC TIIANKSGIVING IN PHILADEL PRIA.—A great meeting, convened under the auspices of the Union League, was held in front of Independence Hall, on Tuesday of last week. The steps to the main entrance were used as the platform, above which floated the large and costly silk banner of, the League. Charles Gibbons, Esq., who presided, closed his remarks on assuming the position, by saying that the glory of our victory is due to a higher -power than man. Here, on this very spot, our fore fathers supplicated that aid in time of oppression ; here on this spot we have come together in joy, reverentially to thank Him for His mercy, and to this end it is my privilege_ to introduce the Rev. Dr. Brainerd. The Rev. Dr. Brainerd, pastor of the old Pine Street Church, now stepped for ward, and, after a few preliminary re marks,' said that no day ever dawned upon the United States brighter than this, and no event ever occurred of more import ance to the thirty millions of people of our country than that which has caused this meeting to convene. We were here a year ago in the day of peril, to beseech God, in his great mercy, to sustain our country ; we were strong in prayer dur ing those dark hours of bitter agony and fearful strife; when the contest trembled in the scale ; when our children's liber ties were in danger; when all was gloom upon the land. He had grown older since the war began, and his spirits had often sunk amid the waves of vicissitudes, flowing forward and backward over the country. But his heart was filled with joy by the capture of the very citadel, the heart and brains, of the rebellion. We should thank God that the shackles are fast being removed from the victims of slavery ; we should thank God that, by the vindication of humanity and the power of arms, under His blessing, we have opened the doors of the prisons where many of our brave soldiers had been confined ; for their liberation let us lift our hands to Almighty God. It is easy to be devout when we are all happy; and if this be true, then be was one of the most devout men in this country. [Laughter and applause.] And for this he felt deep gratitude to God. The clergy of the land are here to-day to mingle their voices in prayer and praise, and to show how they feel at the triumph of liberty, the Union and the laws. The speaker remarked that it was not the duty of the clergy to prevent the young mac., ~t15..,5---farrretril. - to }able — li7r---biteir country, but rather to urge them on in the good work, because the clergy were convinced that the cause of the country was right and just. [Applause.] The reverend gentleman now proceeded at some length to portray the past and present probable future condition of the despised race. He felt inclined to love him the more' as the world loved him less. He had no embittered feeling even against the South. This war was waged against it, not that we loved the South less, but loved our country more. [Rounds of applause.] Years are plant ing grey hairs upon this head, but he thanked God that after all this blood shed victory is ours. Yet who can think of this without having' the joyous mo ments of the hour somewhat darkened by - the sad reality or the thought of so many soldiers who fell on the march to Richmond. Many are living sufferers. Let us take fresh courage, and with warm hearts do all we can to assist them in the hours of their need, and pray and thank God for the mercy he has ex tended. Dr. Brainerd then introduced Rev. Phillips Brooks, who, in devout and well chosen terms, expressed before Heaven the grateful acknowledgments and sup plications of the assembly, and then, after singing the Christian doxology, the benediction was pronounced by Rev. S. W. Thomas. REFLEX INFLUENCE OF ARMY LABOR UPON HOME WORK.—In the New York Observer's report of the 'Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, the following statement occurs :—" A gentleman from the army, an officer of some grade, said that he bad frequently written to a minister in Maine to come and spend six weeks preaching in the Army of the Potomac. He had refused, on the ground that if he left, there would be no one to conduct their meetings, as religion was at a very low ebb. At length he yielded to per suasion and came and preached with great power; and many were converted. Many soldiers prayed earnestly for the church of the preacher's care at home. Soon the pastor of the flock in Maine re ceived a letter from home urging his in stant return, for a great revival of reli gion was in progress in his church. So God hears and answers prayer. That pastor has written that the experience and quickening which he got in the army has greatly increased his usefulness at home. He went home with his heart all aflame and he found that a glorious fire had been kindled in the hearts of his people. He that watereth shall be watered himself again." HAPPY COINCIDENCES. Lee surrendered on "Palm Sunday," the day which commemorates the tri umphal entrance of the world's Re deemer, the Prince of Peace, into the Holy City. Our week of jubilee is the same as the Jews' Passover, in which the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage is celebrated, and this very day four years ago Fort Sumter surrendered to the rebels, in their first flush of insolence and pride. This will be an ever memorable week in the history of our country, and the reli gious associations with which it had already been connected, will blend hap pily with the patriotic exultation which it must ever excite. THE " GLAD TIDINGS" DAY IN WIL MINGTON, DEL.-Our neighboring city— patriotic and sound to the core if it is in Delaware—was not a whit behind any of us, in the enthusiasm of Monday of last week. The bells rung out " Liberty thr - oughout all the land," and flags were displayed with a profusion which spoke the universal Foy. In the afternoon places of businesi were generally closed, and in the evening, at the instance of Mayor Maris, the people assembled in mass meeting in front of the City Hall, where, under the presidency of . the Mayor, solemn thanksgiving services were held. They were attended by most of the clergy of the city, the mili tary commandant, General Benley, and other eminent citizens. •After appropri ate remarks by Rev. Mr. Curtis, of the Methodist Church, the Mayor called upon Rev. Mr Aikman, of the Hanover Street Presbyteilan Church, to offer, prayer. " The vast audience," says the Republi can, of that city, " became hushed, and assumed a devout attitude while the re verend gentleman gave thanks that the nation still lives; that through a storm of sorrow we have a country; that God had given us victory on land and sea; that now he had vouchsafed this crown ing victory, the capture of the chief city of the rebellion. The victory was not from men nor armaments but from. God above, and to Him be all the glory. The wounded and dying, some of them per haps our own loved ones, the bereaved, the widow and fatherless were com mended to God ; the President, the army and navy were prayed for, and the whole nation, that it might be purified by the chastening of war; that peace, a peace in righteousness, might be given and the people prepared to a great work fllr God and humanity. The prayer closed with petitions for our enemies that they might be turned, that the iron despotism which kept them in rebellion might be broken, that they might return to their allegiance, and the nation be united and happy again." At the close the Christian doxology, in the sublime strains of Old Hundred, swelled upward through the skies, and the audience was dismissed with a ,benediction by Rt. Rev. Bishop Lee. GruE-G-Eox GOD.—On the receipt of the intelligence of the fall of Rich mond, Governor Curtin immediately issued his proclamation recommending that last Sabbath should be made a day , of Public Thanksgiving to Almighty God "for all his mercies and especially for that he hath been - graciously pleased to look favorably on us and make us the instruments to establish the right to vin dicate the principles of free government, to prove the certainty of Divine justice." The proclamation further said :—" Let us give glory to the Lord who hath given us victory. The Republic is saved. Again let us say, Glory to the Lord who hath inspired our heroic peo ple, that during four weary years, though often baffled, defeated, and disheartened, they have persisted steadily in the great cause, and have poured out their blood and treasure like water, for the salvation of the country." So far as we have heard; the day was generally observed in that spirit throughout all the churches in our Commonwealth. When the moral results of this war shall be gathered up, none will be found more notable and more auspicious for the future relations of our country to the throne of Heaven, than this, that it has made the language of reverence, of humble thanksgiving and supplication, of the inculcation of Divine homage, and of the recognition of God's hand in all our public affairs, so familiar on the lips and in the mani festoes of those highest in authority, civil, military, and naval. Over the main entrance of the Press office, in this city, is written, in large letters, " Glory to God." Even over the doors of the Chestnut Street Thea tre is the inscription, "God has Grant-ed us the victory." TREASURY OF THE CHRISTIAN COM MISSION.—The people have rallied in response to the late appeal for means of usefulness. The public verdict is that the Commission, in this most important hour of opportunity, must not be crippled. From this and other cities, contributions have poured in, in the shape of thanks giving offerings for victory. In this city we already count nine individual or firm subscriptions of $l,OOO each, made on and since the receipt of the news of the fall—rather, we should say, the rising of Richmond. These nine donors are McKean, Boris & Co., John P. Crozier, Alexander Wbildin, M. W. Baldwin, Jay Cooke, John B. Myers & Co , Drexel & Co., Wm. H. Johns, and one anonymous. There are also eleven of $5OO, and large numbers fro'inhat down. In New York, the -subscriptions from the Ist to the sth inst. reached• THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1865. $50,000. In Boston, April 5, 06,000, with more to come. Bangor, Me., sends, April 4, $2,500. The telegram from the Brahch at Pittsburgh, dated April 3d, says :—" Draw on our treasurer for $10,000." The total of the receipts from all parts of the country, during the last week, was about one hundred and fifty thousand *liars. But the increas ing pressure of the work demands an immensely increased amount of means. Now is the hour for its greatest effi ciency, and hence the hour for contri butions, large, free, and prayerfully offered, from meetings and individuals, from town and hamlet, from the affluent and those of lesser means, each as God has prospered him. FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR, These are a power of no mean propor tions in this region. If they are not senates, they do something toward training men fit to be senators. At the recent meeting of the Monroe County Sunday-school Teachers' Association at Brockport, of which we have before spoken, the two principal topics under discussion were, the duty of the Church to the Sunday-school, and the duty of teachers thoroughly to prepare their weekly lessons. Upon the first, Rev. J. Butler, of Fairport, read a very spirited and sug gestive essay, which elicited much com mendation, and was the basis of an equally spirited and profitable discussion. The second topic also drew out Valuable and timely suggestions from many mem bers of the association ; after which the whole was summed up in the following comprehensive and weighty resolutions, unanimously- passed. We commend them to the prayerful consideration of church members and. of Sunday-school teachers. Resolved, That it is the conviction of this Association that the day has more than come when our churches faiil in their work for the establishment of Christ's kingdom, in proportion as they fail to appreciate their re lations through their individual members, to the Saobatji-school, and fail to countenance and actively aid in the work to which the Sabbath-school is particularly appointed. Resolved, That it can but be an injury to the cause of Christ among the children of our Sabbath-schools, entirely inexcusable and beyond computation, for teachers to fail to prepare themselves by prayer and study'in the most thorough manner, First, to be adaptive in their instructions. Second, to impress upon their classes a clear conception of the sentiments of .the lesson; and third, to produce upon the hearts of the pupils a prac tical conviction of the truth which the subject suggests. The next meeting of the Association is to be in FAIRPORT, on the 9th of May, at which time two , short lbctures may be expected ; one from• Rev. S. C. Church, of Spencerport, on the influence, object, and successful operation of the Sunday school ; and another front Rev. S. T. Richards, of the same place, upon the best means to be used to excite and maintain a devotional spirit among Sab bath-school teachers. A full meeting of teachers -and---friends of Sunday-schools is desired at that time. We hear of them in every direction. If we tell the story of one it is the story of many. He was a young man, full of patriot fire, fought bravely, but was taken a prisoner. He was, for a time, in Libby, then on Belle Isle, then at Salis bury or Andersonville. He found it bad enough in the first place, worse in the second, and worst of all in that charnel house of North Carolina or of .Georgia. He saw men dying daily; moving skeletons were around him ; the glassy eyes of his comrades glared upon him ; their idiot laugh, as reason failed, sometimes struck like the knell'of death on his ear. He felt that he too must be mad; his turn would surely come ; he too must be borne away with the dead, and buried by rebel hands. But no, he is exchanged ! His heart beats as though it would break through its frail casement. Once more he shall see home, and loved ones will make him well again. Borne up by this hope alone, as by some invisible power, he endures the fatigue of the journey. At last he reaches the paternal roof . once more, is clasped in friendly arms, and nursed with a mother's care. But does all this bring back, as was hoped, the full flow of health and life ? No ;• in spite of all medical aid, and all tender care, he goes steadily downward, and in a few days or weeks is laid in his •agrve; One such returned soldier boy was buried in our city this week. We have in mind another, fast following, in a neighboring town. We have heard of a score of such cases within a few weeks. It is said that 30,000 of our soldiers have been buried at Andersonville; 10,000 at Richmond, and 12,000 at Dan ville. But many of the victims of these same slaughter pens are also buried here, in our own villages, towns, and cities. They reach home death-struck. They are to be counted among the victims of that horrible starvation to which our enemies, have so deliberately and sys tematically subjected so many of our brave soldiers, evidently with the intent that they, at least, should fight no more battles. What a wondrous chivalry is that! If they could not conquer in the field, they can conquer when they get their victims in a pen. If they can not win in a fair fight, they can torture a:fallen• foe. But we trust the day is fast corn ing, when another style of civilization is to prevail in the south, with less of pre tension, and something more of human ity. Hard as it is, we can forget all the SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTIONS SOME OF THE VICTIMS. past, if we may look upon a redeemed, regenerated South. ONE ESCAPED But they do not all die. Some more prudent than the rest, or more hardy, have borne it- all, and are ready to re turn to duty, in fort or field, whenever the Government shall call for them. The people of West Bloomfield were deeply interested on Friday evening of last week, in the story of Lieut. Shelton of tiiat place. He had faithfully served his country for about three years, and had so far escaped unharmed. As his time was out, and the war was not over, he re-enlisted, and soon after, in May last, fell into the hands of the enemy. He was permitted to taste the sweets of prison life in Lynchburg, Danville, Ma con, Charleston, and Columbia. In Charleston, he was among the first five hundred placed under fire of our guns; from which, however, he seems not to have apprehended any serious hapn. Indeed, he said his quarters there were comparatively good a part of the time; and it was rather interesting to sit, as he often did with his compan ions, in the evening, upon the balcony of their prison, and watch the shells as they were hurled by the hand of the "Swamp Angel" over into the city. First, they would see a little light upon the eastern horizon, resembling heat lightning in summer; soon- a mere spa'rk of fire would seem to be climbing slowly up the heavens, sometimes appar ently ascending two or three miles, and then it would drop suddenly down, and then by the light and the crash of its explosion they could see where it fell upon the hapless city. Sometimes they could see these shells pass, as they sup posed, into the clouds—pass for a few moments out of sight, and then drop down through the clouds again. From Charleston, he was removed to Columbia; from which place, after three fruitless attempts, he finally escaped, having endured nearly a year in all, of prison life. His story is like' others; travelling by night, hiding by day, trust ing the negroes, and always finding them faithful—how well they know their friends—and so, after a long, weary, month of heroic endurance and almost superhuman exertions, he reached Chattanooga, "Oat of the jaws of death, out of the mouth of hell." THE 000 D NEWS On Monday last our city was wild with excitement over the glorious news of the capture of Richmond. The intel ligence was received about 11 o'clock in the morning, and spread like fire in a prairie. Instantly, flags were flying all over the city, and at 12 o'clock a merry peal of bells rang out the exuberant'joy of the town. ' - But next follows the anxiety for friends. Husbands, sons, brothers are there. How many, and who of our loved ones have paid with their lives for this glorious victory, we are not yet per mitted to know. But the blow will come soon enough. God help gtose that must, to bear it. • But, as if to make us forget our anx ieties again comes the booming joy— "LEE'S ARMY CAPTURED !!" Who Can write quiet, proper letters to a staid, re ligious paper, while the city is alive with this last intelligence? It seems almost too good to believe. We fear it is pre mature. And yet, it is that for which we have long waited and prayed. God grant the overthrow may be complete, and that a true and righteous peace may soon be the blessed fruit of it. A GOODLY ADDITION At the communion season last Sab bath, Dr. Shaw received twelve persons to his church—seven by profession, and five by letter. It is an interesting fact, that during the-Doctor's pastorate of al most twenty-five years, there has been but one communion season in which there were not some additions to the Brick Church, so steady and constant has been its growth. PERSONAL The last heard of Mr. Ellinwood, he had returned from his trip up the Nile, and was just starting for the Holy Land. Be is much improved in health, and is expected home toward the last of May. As we expected, Rev. Joshua Cooke, of Lewistown, who was drafted, has received a commission as chaplain. This, we understand, was unsought on his part, and unexpected. He is con nected with the Eighth Heavy Artillery. ERIE RAILWAY The bridge over the Genesee River, just above this city, for the Genesee Valley Branch of the Erie Railway, which was partly carried away by the flood, is so far repaired, that trains are again passing over it; and passengers may take the cars here for New York City by that Road, as of old. C. P. B. ROCHESTER, April 8, 1865. THE REVIVAL AT WILMINGTON, DEL.- The Baptist. Church in Wilmington has re cently enjoyed a season of great religions in terest, under the labors of its pastor, Rev. J. S. Dickerson aided by the well known Evan gelist, Elder Knapp. The pastor, writing to the National Baptist, says :—"Already have over one hundred been baptized. Several have also been baptized by my German brother, pastor Trump, who were con verted among us, while still others will con nect themselves with churches of other de nominations. On Lord's Day morning last, the. hand of fellowship was extended to 105 persons, including little children of very ten der years and mature men and women. There were also several very interesting family groups, where husband and wife, father, mother and children, and brothers and sisters stood side by side, happy in the joys of the present and in the hopes of the future. Al ready-have nearly 150 souls been converted and the work is going on." 4sbaz tan elprOto. CINCINNATL—Rev. Dr. Thompson's church welcomed to its communion twenty-six new professors of Christ on the first Sabbath of the prgsent month. These were the fruit of a much revived spiritual state of the church which has existed for some time past. BIRMINGHAM, PA.—Birmingham is a suburb of Pittsburgh. Our church there is supplied by Rev. P. S. Davies, whose ordination as an evangelist we recorded last week. Respecting the condition and needs of the enterprise, a correspon dent writes to the Evangelist :—" Their house is small—quite too small. They can hardly be expected to grow till they get a larger and more inviting edifice. Brother Davies has been laboring with them for nearly a year, and though he has an invitation to a more attractive field at a higher salary, is still disposed to remain. There were present at the Sabbath-school in the afternoon, about two hundred and eighty children and youth—so crowded together that it was difficult to know what to do with 'them. With a suitable building, this school could be increased to four or five hun dred. It is hoped that an earnest effort will be made immediately to secure the needed improvements." ALBANY, N. Y.—We learn that, in gentle but unmistakable demonstration, a work of grace is in progress in Rev. Pr. Darling's church in this city. We observe, with sorrow, that the church is breaved of one of its leading officers by the death of Hon. Otis Allen, which oc curred on the 26th ult. Mr. A. has long held the office of ruling elder there, and is well known as a frequent, wise, and good member of our chief judiciary. The esteem of the congregation for its pastor, as evinced by a complimentary gift of $llOO, is also a feature of its wholesome state worthy of record. INSTALLATION.—The Third Presbytery of New York installed the-Rev. J. Sella Martin over the Shiloh Presbyterian church on the 22d of March. The fol lowing was the order of the exercises : sermon, by Rev. Dr. Barchard; charge to the pastor, Rev. Dr. Hatfield; charge to the people, by Rev. T. Ralston Smith. The services were very solemn, and there was a large and apparently deeply interested audience present. —Evangelist. COMMISSIONERS TO THE ASSEMBLY.— The Third Presbytery of Philadelphia has appointed as Principals, Rev. Drs. E. E. Adams and Daniel March, and Ruling Elders, Adam C. Eckfeldt and Matthew W. Baldwin; as Alternates, Rev. Messrs. W. W. Taylor and R. S. Mallery, and Ruling Elders . W. E. Ten brook and Isaac Ashmead. The ap pointments by the Presbytery of Pitts burgh are Rev. Herrick Johnson and Hon. H. W. Williams, Principals, and Rev. Joseph S. Travelli and Benjamin P. Bakewell, Esq., Alternates. Che mung Presbytery has appointed Rev. Charles Chapman and Ruling Elder M. J. Phinney, Principals, and Rev. D. Chi chester and Ruling Elder E. Brown, M. D., Alternates. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—The church in this city, of which Rev. Hanford B. Ed son is pastor, has enjoyed the special visitation of the Holy Spirit, a partial fruit of which is an accession of eighteen persons to its communion, by profession, on the 2d instant. AURORA, IND.—On the first Sabbath of the month there was an ingathering to the church in this place, the result of a revival before spoken of. TNvnty-one were received on profession, ranging in age from ten to seventy-eight years. An unusual proportion of them were Sabbath-school scholars, exhibiting in their conversion the value of labors with children with direct reference to their conversion in childhood. THIRD PRESBYTERY OF PHILADELPHIA. —The annual meeting of this Presbytery was held in the Green Hill . church on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Rev. Dr. Adams, Moderator ; and Rev. D. C. Meeker, Temporary Clerk. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. S. W. Crittenden, in place of Dr. March, who was absent. The theme was "The glory that shall be revealed in us"—a noble subject, devoutly and happily illus trated, and closed with an unusually tender appeal to those who are yet living without any earnest of that glory. The usual routine of Presbyterial business was quietly and compactly transacted. The names of commissioners to the As sembly are given in another Church news item. The rworts of the contri butions to our Assembly's enterprises will appear in detail after they shall have been arranged for publication by the regular committee. They will be found larger than last year in every de partment of the work. The reports on the state of religion were of surprising interest--surprising not because of any astounding magnitude of spiritual effu sions, but, because of the little that has been published of God's dealings of grace with our churches, no one expected to hear from so many of them• the ac count of quiet refreshings accompanied with the conversion of sinners and en largement of the Church. Sharing in the universal thrill imparted by the news from Richmond, the Presbytery recorded its sentiments in the following minutes: "The meeting of Presbytery occurring im mediately after the reception of the intelli gence of the utter defeat of the insurgent army at Petersburg and Richmond, and the victorious possession of those cities by our forces, involving the breaking up of the lo calized organization of rebellion, and the prospect of the speedy entire dissolution of that organization, Presbytery improves the occasion to make the following record of its sentiments respecting these triumphs : "Resolved, That we accept the wonderful results of the late campaigns, including the capture of all the really important points of the rebellion not previously secured, and the recovery of the entire control of the coast east of the Mississippi, as a distinguished in terpositio9 of Divine power in rebuke of trea son and human oppression, and an earnest 9f the Divine purpose of their entire destruc tion. "Resolved, That it is impossible for us to contemplate - the generalship displayed in the magnitude of the combinations of the cam paign, the sweep of territory involved, the precision of the execution, and the over whelming results produced, and ascribe to any human skill so vast an ability of plan and performance. While we heartily express the gratitude due from this nation to the Presi dent, the Lieutenant-General, the generals and admirals commanding the respective armies and naval forces ' and all the brave officers and. men under their command, we give the whole glory of our success to the God who cast forth the arrows which scat tered the foes of our Government, and at shin ing of whose glittering spear they fled. He made them still as a stone while the people whom He redeemed from bondage passed over. "Resolved, That we commend to the sym pathies and prayers of Christians all the maimed and suffering soldiers, and all the families bereaved of their beloved ones, through whose affliction this great blessing has been wrought for our people, all who, by the events of these battles, have been brought into need, either temporary or permanent. "Resolved, That we rejoice in the prompt ness of the chief magistrate of our Common wealth in recommending that the people should observe the nest Sabbath as a day of special thanksgiving to Almighty God f'r these victories, and we urge that the day be thus observed in all our churches." WEST ELY, Mo., IVIARoH 20, 1865. DEAR BROTHER MEARS :—We are ROW having peace and quietness, but not alto gether without apprehension. Our rebel inhabitants tell us that we are to have bushwacking repeated the coming sum mer, and worsetimes than ever. But I do not believe a word of it.' Not but that the will of the villains is good enough, but they- will lack opportunity. Our State is now under the control of radical officers who are good and true men, who will see to it that loyal men are made safe in person and property. There is, this spring, a surprisingly large emigration from Missouri. The rebels are leaving the State in every direction except southwards. We hope for a large • immigration to Missouri. The immediate prosperity of our churches depends, under God, on the character of the incoming population. Yours traly, JAS. A. DARRAH. CALL ACCEPTED.—Rev. S. N. Ro.bin son has received and accepted an invi tation to take charge of the Presbyterian church in Springfield, Otsego Co., N. F. For a little more than seven years this church enjoyed the labors of the late Rev. Daniel Van Valkenberg, who was an able and faithful preacher of the gospel. His. decease occurred on the day of our National Thanksgiving, last November. A portion, at least, of the church have learned that it is more blessed to give than to receive, for though the membership numbers somewhat less than one hundred, the benevolent con tributions, as reported last year, were nearly th irteen hundred dollars. FROM RICHMOND. DEAR. BROTHER MEARS :—Agreeably to your request, I send you a few notes by the way, from the great battle ground of Vir ginia. From City Point and Bermuda Hun dred, a great deal of cannonading was hearcl during the last week in March. Sabbath April 2d was made solemn and awful by the distant battle's roar. Monday morning I marched with a battalion of soldiers through the deserted rebel lines, on the Petersburg and Richmond rail road, on to within twelve miles of Richmond. In the afternoon I went alone through the country four miles, to' the famous Howlet's House Battery on the Jame's, also deserted, cannons and all: and thence back to Point of Rocks, quite satisfied with my day's walk. Tuesday I helped to get the wounded, chiefly those who fell charging the Batteries around Petersburg on the Sabbath, from the boats to the Hospital.- Wednesday after noon I started in a hospital boat to Rich mond, Where the - wounded from Grant's army were to be conveyed, The morning of Thursday found us in the " Rebellious City", and after breakfast, in company with the courteous Surgeon of the boat, Dr. Royal, and under the guidance of a loyal citizen, several of us started sight seeing. And first of all we visited Libby Prison, now full of rebels guarded by Union soldiers! Some who informed on Union cit izens being among the number. Next we came to Castle Thunder, where Union citi izens were chiefly confined, and where our guide Mr. Bradford, of Bradford Hotel, was incarcerated. Then we visited his house and formed the acquaintance of Mrs. B. Then we passed the Richmond Whig office, at ready metamorphosed to a Union paper and then went to the Provost Mar shal's office, in the Rebel Senate Chamber, and climbed to the summit of the Capitol, and viewed the wonderful scenery of beauty and grandeur and war, thento Jeff. Davis' man sion, now General Weitzel's headquarters, and the Slave Market. There I took down the auctioneers names of Peter Davis, S. M. Davis & Co., Dickinson, Hill it- Co., IY Lee, and E. Stokes, of infamous memory. In the premises of the latter, our guide told us that many a poor slave had been whipped to death, and that the whiping-post was only this week taken down by our soldiers. While in the lobby of the Senate Chamber, the Mayor and some of the Judges and Gier gymen of the city, were pointed out to me, standing at the Provost Marshal's office. And, said our guide, " Some of the best blood of Virginia are now applying , for rations, while their husbands are in the rebel army." While on our route, I was introduced to several Union men, who have been tried by
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