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white man gave the chandeliers, which cost $500. The colored 

 people have their churches, Sunday-schools, and day schools, all 

 through the South, entirely by themselves. They have teachers 

 and ministers of their own color. There is one thing about the 

 colored people, they are a church-going people, and they bring 

 up their children to go to Sunday-school. They have a large 

 church membership, mostly Methodists and Baptists. Jeflerson 

 Davis made this city his headquarters during the rebellion. 

 The house he occupied is now used for a graded school. He 

 attended Saint Paul's Church and was in church when the news 

 came that Lee had surrendered (it was half past ten Sunday 

 morning.) The news was not unexpected. He had but a 

 short time to give his orders, pick up his traps, and leave the 

 city. His orders were to destroy all the liquor and tobacco, 

 and set tire to the city. 



I visited a Confederate cemetery. Nothing is left to mark 

 the spot but the Pyramid, which is built of rough stone tift}'^ 

 feet square on the ground and runs to a point ninety feet 

 high. 



Had it not been for the Tredegar Iron Works the South could 

 not have held out as long as it did. These are on the James 

 river below the falls. The James river is not navigable above 

 Richmond. 



Jefferson Davis was determined that the Yankees should not 

 have any of his rum or tobacco, and the first thing our army had 

 to do when they got to Richmond was to fight fire. The city is 

 now built up, and is a nice, healthy place. The air is pure and 

 the water good, and the climate splendid. The State House is 

 on very high land, and from the tower a fine view of the city, 

 country and the James River can be seen. The park where the 

 State House stands contains four acres. There are some fine 

 pieces of statuary here, a statue of Stonewall Jackson, upon 

 which is written, "erected by Englishmen," among other things. 

 There is a beautiful spring of water in the park. There are a 

 lot of tame squirrels in the shade trees and if you sit down to 

 eat peanuts, you will have plenty of squirrels to help you. 

 There is a fine of five dollars for killing one of these squirrels, 



