Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-14

department occupies an area of the basement and
there will be found gent!enanly New Englander, Mr.
Knight, ever at hand to extend the utmost practical
BILE amount of comfort, (and that is not sna winch
the place will afford There no bar arraycd consp-
cuousy TO offend the ofactores of those who esteem
4 public house for other uses than liquor shop
though am rot prepared TO say there IS no par on
the premises. for this would hardly do Tor this meridian
where the curse of lntenperaEce never having been
felt as blighngly al the North, the people nave fei
less powerfully the pTopreiy OF banlshns useless sh
mulauts The floors OF the avenues of the basemen
story, as we'll as the dining roons are beautifully aio
with tessellated marble
But what strikes most furcibly on entering III !:
house, especially who is sick to death oil Deine
bamboozled and sponged in lll-reguiated country Ia
verns, is the sphynS-ke gravity aud order oil te Eow
of servants all OF sable Afrcs hue, neatly dressed
who stand silent and attentive with their ebony heads
finely conirasted against the bright walls OF the hal
into which you first ushercd. The right one, ant
none but the right one, IS at your service, WINE all t
rest wait till they are hidden. There IS no scndding
about with dirty straw brushes and the annoying I'M
pertnences of "slassa, shan't brush your coat-o
your ha,." "AIassa, shant do this, or that, or the
other" the English Of which is, "bast you, mean t
sponge sixpence out of you; but whatever is done II
done like clock work. rather should say like heaven
work; il is Ike the quiet motion OF Inc spheres
| whose very sienca is music
II is unnecessary for 10 speak of the table, which
is worthy of the catering Of BoYDES; nor of the dis
cpne of the sercaRs At table, ALTER the tramp ana dr
of the old regulars which have before described Iha
hits it exactly, aud nothing else IN nature could VIVA
il aimed at in other crack hotels, is perfected here. b
the bokv YOU don't see done, it is done so maglcally
the removal of the covers and the "cntreeS To gap
after servant or call for one is insult tor there
vour Asmodeus your elbow, aye, at your hngerend
If Won will have it lie knows beforehand what yo'
want, but his good manners keep him from antcipatw
the expression Of your wish, and then Tells mas
flew not more swiftly or effectively to perform
ter's will. i, ut table,
would be an insult to another guess scone and muscle
For here you must know you meethry of Old Virginia
.s asqe' ant s' proud splendid 0.s
and here you meet them tcept once wear to Rich
gentleman, whose yond the bounds of his own
mond' seldom .respSader than small European prn-
estaes "n'cn lovely cornied daughter whose be-
c'paiy Anes ness and sweetness Of expression, and
witchrng affected manners devoid Of all the imn-
go" contortons of metropolitan bellies, de-
Pate the virtues OF home education under
moohers eye. The chivalrous young Southron-but
lust take care or shall have duel on my hands! =
Suffice it TO say if you want 10 see the Ancient Do
minon in nutshell, with its native noblcmen, lis dig
nified and formal socialism, its-its-,s distractions
and what not, pass day, week, month if you
like at the Exchange Hotel at Richmond. The char
ges like those Of the As,or House, not call style
and no comfort with enormous charges but moderate
charges, with perfect comfort and good style.
| will merely add the sleeping apartments are room
w. we'll aired we'll bedded, well carpeed, and elegant
ly furnished. And the paroTs and other rooms below
correspond in elegance with the rest of the establish
ment
This seems like puff perhaps, bu, haven't half nor
quarter described this elegant Hotel and lis nice con-
venences Seeing the paragraph of the Post, and re-
membering enough of geography to know that Rich
mond is somewhere betmecn Bangor and lt'c Orleans,
.,I,o. q
VIRGINIA friend, that would lei the Yankees know
that there is decent hotel III Redmond, have been
led thus far 10 trespass upon your worshpu attention.
and hoping your quiet, homeiv life may be FroEacted
tin YOU have experienced the comforts of that same
Exchange Hotel, remain your Oh servant