The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-19
Tie Sorm-A MiAiionaire's Place Hsdding, &c
RREsPOED ENCEoF FTHE DISPATCH

BALTIMORE, Aug. 16
Our city was visited on the night before last by
a severe and sudden storm, which has done much
damage to property, and especially with the tin
roofing, NOW SO common among us. Many of those
roofs rolled together like "a parchment
scrSll Several buildings in the course of erection
were blown down, and at ono time the waters
rolled along our streets like the pillows of the sea-
Your quondam correspondent had just returned
with friend from ride, and given up his horse
and buggy to the livery stable and gained footing
on the pavement OF another street. making
tracks for home, when the roaring aad rushing Of
the tempest forced him to seek shelter in one of
those handsome and beautiful residences on Lex
ton street, near Barnum's, where the proprietor,
one of our prominent lawyers, babe him and his
friend a warm welcome, and gave us hospitable
shelter from the petings of the pitless storm -
The family-consisting OF two sweet daughters
and two fine manly sons-made room for the stran-
ger, and few minutes made him quite much at
home if he had been in his beloved Old Virginia,
and enjoying those hospitalities which Virgnians
<ss he once thought only know how to bestow.-
True politeness, however, is a cosmopolite and
genuine hospitality is Catholic the world over.
Speaking of that buggy ride paid visit
(from which was returning waen overteken by
the Storm to the residence of john Hopkins, ESQ ,
about four miles from the city, on the Bellair road,
and can safely say, more lovely spot than that
self same residence and its grounds have never
seen. Mr.. Hopkins is one of our bachelor million
aires, and with his immense annual income, has
of the most attractive in vicinity. Only ina
gue a noble mansion of dark sand stone, with tur-
rets aud porticos, upon magnificent lawn the
residence approached by broad and level grav-
eed carriage-way, into which the visitor passes
through heavy arched sandstone gateway, with
porters lodges either side; the grass rolled, and
bright and green, and smooth as velvet -Four hun-
dred acres are embeshed with winding roads, a
natural park, beautiful lakes. and islands connect
ed by rustic bridges the borders of the lakes firing
ed with rare flowers, and their bosoms ruffied by
white breasted swans. Now, you wind your way
amid beautiful hills, crowned with marble vases
now you pause at cool, gurging spring, the mu-
sic OF its waters lapsing dreamiy upon the ear
Now, you promenade long, level, broadspathways,
where you pause, here before a marble statue of
Pomonce, and there look upon a laughing Ceres
as she bears her sheaves and waves the ripened
grain Now, Apollo stands in graceful attitude at
this turn, and there Venns breathes almost in
the chiseled marble. Rare fruits, rare flowers an
immense grapery, artificial mounds, jet deau,
summer houses, sylvan bowers-al, all conspire
to win admiration, and to induce the exclamation,
there be an Eysan on earth, it is this it is this
THE sun set and uprose the yellow neon" ere We
left this fary-like seene and could scarcely re-
frain, as we past from what was so bright and
beautiful, 10 meet the dark cloud which, charged
with lightning rolled up from the west from think.
ing OF the first pair who they turned their back
upon Eden, went forth to gaze upon fallen world
and 10 mingte with the strife of fallen spirits
Last evening Wedding came off At the church
of the Ascension IN this place. the Rector of which
in your quondam friend Rev John G McCabe of
Virginia The lady was sweet girl OF about la
summers; the gentleman about tu enty five They
were both from the sunny South aud AZ the
bridegroom said he had travelled nearly four thou
sand miles TO make her his, there was but one feel
ing in the company assembled, and that was that
his devotion and perseverance deserved to be re
warded
The weather Ia delightful here, and few days
moro must bring back our thousands Of absentees
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Va. and at the North But must close Though
now Maryiandsr. believe ma my heart still beats
70 the music Of that magic word, aOld VEginisi''
And though the Marylanders are warm hearted
and kind and genarons, and make one forget IN
their that he IL not SON OF their SOIL
still like the Jew of old, must say Of my native
State, III forget thee, Oh JeruselAm. let my
right hand forget her cunning, Let my tongue
cleave 20 the roof Of my month, Il do mos rsmen'
berlshee above my chief joy" 4vale-vals.
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