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mammm gpgygwitenEditorial Correipondenoe.Manassas Junction, July 12, 1801.Dc«r Courier i—When I wrote you from . Richmond, I liuil not lind timo nor oppotunity ; to look over tho city. lim ing sinco done so, I . proocod to giyo you u fow Items:Richmond is scity »f (nine 40,000 inhabitants, , liberally besprinkled with Yankees, who ore ! not to bo trusted. Tlio. commercial und private buildings nro oompnclly built of briok, end pro- * (Out altogether a good appearance. The oily is sol upon ninny bills, und is irrogulurly built.— 1 The Ciipliyj of iiio State is a largo, plain, on- 1 protending brfok building, und is surrounded ‘ with n grave of groon trees,, with beds of flno bluo gross. On the onpitul bill, nonr tbo Stale House, is tbo ttrontto Stulne of tbo grout Wash- j inuton on horseback. It is perfect in its wny,On minor pcdestnls below, nro lifelike llguros 1 of Jkfffxson, Patrick IIbnrv and Madison. J Those grounds nro u lino rosort for citir.ons and visitors, n-lioro thoro nro fountains, seats, otc. Tlio obildrou tiro ospcoinlly doliglitcd with a ( “ romp” on tbo groon 1lliolunond is situnto on James Hivor, n navi- , gnblo strcntn, emptying into tlio Ibdonino ; but it is now blockaded by Old Abo’s ships, and Ims little or no oonuncrco on its waters. We 1 noticed hero and there a few steamships, lying idlo at their wharf. Tbo oily is being fortified. 1Tbo Hampton Logion is ononinped nonr Hiob- ' mond. We attended tbo dross parade on Mon- * day ovoning last. It is a lino body of moil, and 1 wo woro plonsod to sco I’iekous so well reprc- ’ eon toil in it.Thoro tiro ovor ono hundred United States , prisoners hero. Goncrnlly, they nro nn in fori- j or body of moil. Of course, they aro objopts of , grout curiosity.Tbo population of Hiolnnond is at tliis time, , oompusod of a great variety of persons, from all sections und nations. On ono sido is President I Davihis Cabinet and Oovornnioiit. On all siuos, thoro aro rubbers. Striingers in search of frionds, offioo or plcnsuro. Texas Hangers, a fow Indians, jto., and as wo have beforo remarked, any number of Yankees.On Tuesday, wo left Itielimond for this poiiiT, on tlio 1 irginiu Contrul railroad. The country through whiah wo passed is rich and finely cultivated. Finer wheat I novor saw lmrvcslod. Corn and tbo grasses look|\\cll.Manassas Junction was almost unknown beforo it was occupied by tho Southern troops. Now, it lias n name, and wo predict that it will have a history beforo a grout wliilo. Nothing distinguishes it, but tlio touted fields ntul fortifications. But 1 am not ut liberty to speak further on these subjects, however important they may bo to your uumcruiis mid patient renders. There aro no accuminodatious nt Manassas for strangers, still many make thoirwuy to this point.On Wednesday, wo stavtcd for Fair fax C. II., which is 14 miles from Alexandria. Arriving at Fairfax Station, owing to the deranged condition of tlio country, no conveyances could be bud 1 fur'bo Court House. So, wo walked four miles through tbo rain, which brought rather vividly 1 to our miud tbo hardships of a soldier's life.Fairfax is ono of the oldest counties in tbo Slate, and was noted ns tbo homo of AYamiinu-i ton. Tbo village is uutiipio in appearance, with a population of about 800 souls. Wo saw , the Church in which Washington worshipped, i and bis will is on record in the proper office I hero. Sinco tbo invasion by the Yankees, the . Clerk of tbo Court lias removed tbo original copy,, to prevent its fulling into their hands. Tbo . Clerk of too Court kindly showed us sovornl . papors signed by Washington—one a lease of , land to ai-.tiii by the nnino of Johnson, nnd ■'■i-, otlior, a conveyance, by deed, ofn pew in tlio . Church above refercd to. Thoro is on file Imre,, t io,a suit between Washington and anotlior per-r son, which miit was lost by Washington.Your renders will recollect that it was here, j sonio woeks ago, that a company of United Slates Cavalry charged through tlio -streets, under Lieut. Tosii-kins. The shot from their 1 Carbines is still visible on tbo Court IIouso. It 1 was in this light that the bravo and accomplished ^ Cnpt. T. (j. Mark foil, pierced through tho heart, by the band, it is said, of a tory of this* section. The spot on which ho fell was pointed ’ out to mo by a friend. A singular fatality lias 1 attended the Virginians, thus far, in this con-r iiiot.Fairfax is tbo advanced post of tho Cnnfodo-• rate troops, which is in seven miles of tlio enemy. The 2d, Col. Kghsii.mv's Regiment, is in' tlio front—tlio post of duty nnd honor. Tho i Butler Guards, of Greenville, belong to this Hegiinent, nnd wo aro indebted to its members for courtosies extended und kindness received nt their hands. Long may they wave.I returned to Manassas this morning, on my wny to tlio 4th Hegiinent. Since arriving boro I lonrn it is at tlio Frying I'nn, six miles above Conturvilio, and 12 miles from this phico and Fairfax. Our boys will bo in tlio light when it comes off._ 'p.
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