FULL TEXT Richmond, Va., Jan. 27, 1870. Dear Revolution: Leaving Washington early on Tuesday morning after the Convention we found ourselves in Richmond at about half-past two in the afternoon. Looking over the advertised list of hotels, we selected Ford’s which is most delightfully located on the north east side of the Capitol grounds, and is a very pleasant, quiet, home-like place, where ladies travelling alone are kindly cared for and made to feel as guests rather than strangers. We observed, as we drove along, vast crowds of colored people gathered to the Capitol grounds, and inquired of the stately negroes who received us what the demonstrations meant?