From my window at the top of the house, I see corn in silk
and tassel. Three days ago the corn I saw was not three inches high. And blackberries
are in season. Strawberries and peas are gone.
This city is mostly situated in a bottom on the Alabama River.
Being fatigued I did not visit the departments to day, but
employed myself in securing lodgings at a boarding-house. Here I met, the first
time, with my friend Dr. W. T. Sawyer, of Hollow Square, Alabama. A skillful
surgeon and Christian gentleman, his mission on earth seems to be one of pure
beneficence. He had known me before we met, it appears; and I must say he did
me many kind offices.
In the afternoon I walked to the capitol, a fine structure
with massive columns, on a beautiful elevation, where I delivered several
letters to the Virginia delegation in Congress. They were exceedingly kind to
me, and proffered their services very freely.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 35-6
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