The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-09
A New Dress.


by curreaders for its general good taste and
cemeliness. This Improvement ought to have
been made earlier; for the heavy service to
which our types have been subjected by the
large editions of the Daily and Weekly DIS
patch has worn them down rapidly, and some
time since rendered them un.press-werthy.
Knowing the value of good appearance
Though personally we confess we do not al
ways preserve tive have been quite eager
70 make the change which the Dispatch has
this morning undergone. We owe it to the
public for the liberal support they have given
to the paper to keep it always wei printed
to make il esteemed, as well for its good
looks as for its contents; and it will be alike
our pride and pleasure always to comply with
this obligation.
No paper in Virginia was ever forced to re-
new its type in so brief space of time-an
additional proof of the extensive popularity
of the Dispatch. 1t continues to grow in ia
vor, if we may judge fromthe steady increase
of its circulation and advertising custom.
The xperiment-commenced three months
less than three years ago-of the practicable
ty of maintaining penny paper in the city of
Richmond has been fully tested, and decided
in the affirmative 1t is, to us, highly crafty
ing that it is so decided, for considerations
separate from the personal interest we have
ut stake. We are gratifed at it, because the
penny paper is SO much more searching In Its
intercourse among the peoples seen ana
read by so many more than see and read
other papers-and thus, as medium and an
agent, is so much more general, SO much
more active and stimulating in its effects on
the minds of compact masses of men, that it
becomes an invaluable power in cities. AS an
auxiliary to the newspaper literature of Rich
mond, as new motive power, we might say,
in the present era of the accelerated advance
in population and wealth of this city, we look
npon its establishment here as an event of
public importance, and therefore take plea
sure in the part we have had in the enterprise.
TIE conductors of the Dispatch have exert
cd their abilities and their best judgments to
bring to bear with the greatest degree of pub
lie benefit the peculiar influences of the pen
nv press we have above described. They
have endeavored to instruct as well as amuse
the numerous readers of their paper-to keep
them fully informed of general and local
events-and to impress upon them the mea-
sures of policy and of public improvement
they deemed important to the prosperity of
Richmond and the general Improvement of
1.-The State. More than any previous paper in
Virginia has it made the local public familiar
with their municipal affairs, with those mat
tiers of public concern which were deeply in
teresting to them, and which it was not only
their right, but their duty to be informed of.
All this we shall continue to do with all our
energy and our best judgment.
With these remarks. which we deem peril
nent to the occasion, we renew our assuran-
ces of gratitude to the public, hoping long
career for the Dispatch, cheered and sustained
by their appreciation and support.
THE general comfort, health and enjoyment
of professional men and men of business in
tie city might be very much promoted I 1y
In sirprceg1mg residences little way from
town. 1t is an important matter with bust
ness man..to preserve his health and physical
strength, and the cares and labors of heavy
business or an arduous pursuit in the city are
aheavy draft upon BOTH A little more exer-
else andYsome little diversion, such as de-
signing andsfostering an ornamental yard or
garden, and adding to personal enjoyment by
Identifying the scene around a dwelling,
would afford at once the most agreeable di-
version to the mind, and one which would, at
the same time, refresh the physical energies.
The time needed for this occupation would
not be so much as persons might suppose. A
brief while in the cool of the morning and af-
ternoon would suffice. Nor would the ex-
pense be SO great as might be anticipated
It depends entirely upon themagnitude of the
scheme, and the tact that person has in car
rying it out. Some men will take little cot
4age of very humble pretensions, and by their
systematic habits and taste, at no great ex-
pense, in little while throw around it charms
which viii make the passer-by sigh for Just
such lovely retreat. Others, again, will
spend thousands upon plan unwisely extra
VACANT, which they have neither the taste nor
energy to complete, if they have the money,
and it results in an abortion-commonly
called "folly" But there is no doubt about
it. that there are a great many men in Rich
mond who are perfectly able to establish
themselves in suburban dwellings which
they can, with proper management, at no
great cost, make the most delicious and love
~ places.
The land would be cheaper, and what = ould
be saved in interest would do good deal to
beautify the grounds. If it were to become
habit among those who are able to do so,
to have their dwellings in the vicinage, the
surrounding country would blossom as the
rose, and would become the delight of the
citizen and the object of the strangers praise
While their owners would intellectually pro.
mote their own pleasure and health and the
health of their children, by the greater room
Tor exercise and the purer air they would en-.
Joy, they would thus lay the community under
obligations for the beautiful prospect tbav
would spread around the city.
As an additional means for the e,,;o,,,,a..,
OF the benefits of country life, while pursu;ne
their avaoaftane in faxU,, 4