The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-04
xooAb MATTERS.

feelings Of pride TO her q Greenwood" Philadel.
phia to her Laurel HILL" and New York to her
Greenwood" and Richmond may now, with
similar feelings. point to her Hollywood Cemetery.
A more beautiful spot than Hollywood, for the -.
cred purpose, could not have been selected. Of the
truth of this all must be convinced who win make
4 visit to the grounds and mark the peculiar and
appropriate featu of the place for the purpose to
which Il has been devoted. Time has not yet been
allowed to exhibit all the favorable characteristics
and beau of the place. by adding to the natural
advantages the Improvements and embellishments
of art yet within the brief space of its establish
ment enough has been developed to show that it il
susceptible of being made, and will ultimately be-
come of the most attractive places Of the kind
| in the country. The writer Of this was amongst
those who at first earnestly opposed the location OF
cemetery there, believing at the time that the ra
| pid extension of our city westward would soon
bring 1t and its interests In conflict with the GENE
| terry. Subsequent reflection and more carefui
and extended examination of the grounds, bring US
to the conclusion that no serious apprehensons Oh
any injury resulting to the interests OF the city, need
be entertained from the grounds of our oppostion.
There 10 ample room in that section for the hVing'
as we'll a. the dead for ages to come Of the truth
ofthis, we were convinced by ramble yesterday
in the Western portion OF our city and through the
Cemetery grounds.
| By the way, reader, have you enjoyed recently
visit to Hollywoodl If not, you should embrace
the present favorable season for jaunt to that In
teresting spot Take an evening ride out there, or
walk, Gas we did, which Is far more agreeable al
this delightful season-folow the serpentlne WALKS
up hill and down hill, amidst the large and venera'
bic oaks CT that romantic place. Proceed unui you
| reach the far Western extremity, where, on the
most commanding hill of all, you have magnin'
cent view, presenting picture which alone VIII
more than compensate you for the Waik-return
amidst the valleys, rivuets, and lesser promonto'
rles, and you have enjoyed trip beneficial 10 nina
| and to body. Large numbers OF our citlzens IN
carriages, horseback and ON foot are to be seen
every evening awaiting themselves OF the pleasure
| TO be derived from a visit to these dehghtiui
grounds at this delightful season. and when thelr
| attractions become more generally known, we an
| tcipate large additions to the number Ihere
| are those who do not deem a cemetery an appro-
pirate place fer the visits of the living nor do we
so consider them when they are visited tor sport,
low levty, and other idle, trfing or improper pur-
pOsGS Dut, WHICH, oPP'"oSNN -
hearts and feelings are in the right place-by gentle
men ladies who possess sense OF propriety ana
| know how to treat the dead well as the living,
enjoyment, Deep rich enjoyin can be had here
as well as elsewhere. Our Wait, yesterday, afford
ed US no little neutrality-suspicious. you may call
| it, We had meditations amongst the tombs," and
| we came away better man than when we went.
| Nor did we, while we were there, wear face as
long as our arm, or contract with idle and tring
| levity. With q rational and phiiosophic eye we
| looked upon the graves of our friends who have
| gone there before us-we surveyed the beautiful
grounds chosen for their final resting pace-we
regretted there, and admired bere-and with such
mingled emotions, partaking more of pleasure tnan
pain, we came away, impressed with the beauties
of Hollywood and desiring no loveisr spot for the
| repose of our remains when we shall have passed
| from time to eternity.
| THE MYSTERIOUS MAN.-Within afew days past,
| a"myterious woman" has made her appearan celn
| Washington city, where she is exhibited at "2o
| cents admission" In the vicinity Of Richmond,
there has been a mysterious man for about twelve
| months who can be seer sdmittance free, but
whose occupation many would pay liberal price
| 10 KNOW. OOIius utiC Gil Cutio OIL OIL
step was to lease from the James River and Kama
wha Company, a small and narrow strip of ground
between their cana! and the river on which he i'm.
| mediately went to work and erected large frame
| house. whether Tor dwelling manufacturing
! establishment no one can tell. The impression,
| however is that it is designed for both purposes.
| This house stands Immediately on the Canal about
TX miles above Richmond, and within full view of
the city. 1t is built at spot where no other human
| b ing, perhaps, would have dreamed of fixing
| ''loca habitation." The entire space between the
canal and river is covered by the bulG ing-the ca
nal running near the doors ofthe I'd Sd story and
the river washing the doors of the lower floors
Various workmen have from first to last, been en-.
ployed in building the house and working ON the
premises, but even they were OF allowed to know,
nor can they conjecture for whatpurpose the house
has been built in that singular place. After tine
pletion of the house, the building of very large
boat designed to be stationary or it too large
to be navigated in that part James River com.
menced. Here was another mysterious matter; no
one was allowed to know the purpose for which
such Noah Is Ark (for that is the name which
by general consent was given iD was intended at
| that place. The rains, however, last spring com.
menced falling, the flood came, and before this
modern Noah had finished his "srk," it was vio-
lently parted from its moorings, and came rushing
headlong down the river, threatening destruction to
everything which crossed its path. At the steel
works it came in contact with ware house, and
carried off the entire end of the building. little
lower down, opposite the mills of Messrs. Haxall,
it encountered huge pile of rocks where it was
suddenly brought to anchor amidst the rough
and angry rapids at that point; and here this re-
markable boat still lies, now high and dry ana as
| firm as the rock of Gibraltar. Fortunate it was,
perhaps, thatit did not reach the bridges below
| The first it might have injured-ths second,
| (Mayo'D it must certainly have swept away. The
mysterious owners offered several hundred dollars
to any person who would get the mysterious boat
of the rocks and into tide water below the bridges
but human efforts vain, in the performance of