The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-09


! correspondence oi the Richmond Dissat.h.
r,a"osome tftg-H z. Rail,oad--Txe Anc,,,
Bar @ H"dso"~ Its .sosiasy and SuryoynJ;.s :
| -Hote!s. '"''o""0'"s
! r.;a HUDSON, n. Y, March 9.
ms As an aneien and handsome citv on IN
East oanA OF the Hudson river about i.sn m ;aa
from New York. 1t had fornerIv oa'o;sn '"o .,iIe
PIE commarosand was largely enoaged IN ~
| wnair nsneTies, but the great MaeIstro.,n =
.ss New YORK craws everything commereiaI q
neiyhborhmou' anu, OK course. in its owl
lKe many other cities, has come to "A stand
s'IIi uhoer the paralyZing influence of the mr.
nopolizing commercial energies of New YnrL
Ne'ertheIess, 1t Is still beautiful and aftrac
i've city, situated on commandny nos;,;
ana PROBABLY the most salubrous ciimat. !,
New York The people here live 10 a f.hn
.ous ola age: Occasionally, young men Of nine
y or hundred are cut down in the morning -
.nelr days as if 10 remind their fellow. .ci,;Is,.
'"'t' IN the midst of life we are in death hnt
generally, they hold on like Methuseiab :
Wnen an individual escapes that curse of tb.
NorIhern climate, that disease more fataj nd
destructive than all the feyers of tho Snn,h
die "s when ne Will
The Hudson River Railroad, bv which tbs
| tI.y Is reached from New York is n snIand;d
| anaif, running upon the margin of that baam :
, ,iul river, and occasionally darting over wido
| o'J ; dha creeks, or dangerous looking trov-ai
,ho, out though the speed is great. and
hn
"eh wouiu leave no place to run in to but tha
n.sri, ana every soul on board, as an irish
arn' ,rn wooio say, would not only be killed. bur
on,,s nso, YET no precautiOn against danger is
,.'', HaSinen are stationed at every m ila.s
VIZ ';'nce, and the general management Of M.
-. o"u Is eificient and vigilant. BY the wav i,
dno. o.'e VI Inc rarest things to find a civil con
uuctor or civil official of any kind i, ~
non-slaveholding States. In Virrin;a @ ."e
iase no hes itation in asking q conductor anv
q"estloh 1or information but here m, mas:
hIi,.a sfS evidently do it with fear and trem
oiihg. The conductors have in general a Lins
oi surly, mastiff look and their connten.nnas
.pntey Il distinct conviction to your mind
@ anal .hey VIII bite your head off if Won saw
s"o, suou MOI VI nihg; have, however met one con.
ouctcr in the North who answered mo !. ciy;I
esiion without the slightest evidence of irri
ahd would have asked him for his
t' 'I'l might possess the name Of such a
hn ,ner!i OF courtesy, but feared it would
or ~, ~ esIassinS upon good nature
ne RIVER scenery does not lose much of IT'S
"rueul from the point of view rresent ed on
ne aii, uusoh RIVER Railroad only YOU are bnr.
ar,"ars ousn WIN such speed that there is no
opportunity 10 finger much upon its striLing
anu beautiful features. AT the time T nassed
II was frozen from shore to shore. Deonie wars
crossing IL on foot and steam boats and sailing
tha ;ao weir @ locked up in the close embrace Of
lne ice, eacn as rigid and motionless as ga
panied shlp upon painted ocean, The hanks
y ol .lie river almost all the way up to Hudson
'ie covered with beautiful summer residences
nnoony o, oui!t oy New Workers. I observed
"ohs oihers. about twenty miles from Nau
i ork, the imitation castle of Edwin F.,rraet
now peileve the property of the Roman |
,, ua1noilc, I, ana occupied by them as a literary
lac V'mI u'ent institution. Four hours and
NALL rue brings You from New York To Hnd
son twenty-five years ago l passad ovar tha
,'he ground In winter, by stage and was two
iays ana q night in accomplishing the dis
anee' however, we had some gsodly com
'ahy IN the old stage whom / have NOT for
,otten IN 4 quarter of Il century Amonc tbo, |
J., ,tcoiieet the Famous Dr. Francis now tho |
'laest OF New York physicians Adams the
oeo,, , anu otner kindred spirits whose light |
learts could at any time make a feast ont of a |
asst, ana convert 4 hundred and thirtv mi,ss,
TaVei over snow, slush, and mud. into a rag. |
lar al, troiic from beginning to end
AoI lner commercial importance of |
! .uusoh, was at no time such an elemant
us reputation AS the eminent nosi,ion
'hch its lawyers once held in the laoo, fro |
srhlty OF New York. Neither The city of
'1 '1" iork on one side, nor Albany, the CAPT
H. on the other, could present such :, nh,lapx |
forensic power and elouuenca AS tho ~ra,,1 |
III par OF Hudson in OIdpn time Tbs ~, |
: = nc intellect OF Ambrose Spencer. afterwards
me- d us,ice OF the State the clear head and
igoIous logic of Van Ness the ocn,e ,aroI |
had and thorough training of Van Rens.ianr
lc ePieh"iu forensic power of Grosyenor tb. |
serwneIming jury eioquence of Elisha wi. ,
anns, tlhe PafrIck Henry of New York the
I'm ana cogent reasoning of Martin Van RI |
IN, afterwards Presden of the Unitsd |
tates: 'ne Hasnlng rays OF that then rising | ,
ar AMBROSE L. Jordan, (since Attorney
eneIai OF New York; who made his older RI ! ,
lis recognize tleir peer in the handsoma,nd |
o4uent and sarcastic young advocate who's | ,
a:lui cross-eXamlnatiSns used uD their |
.. witnesses, and whose powerful apreals {
,; ne Jury tested the strength of their best | 1
Sic the fine legal mind and incorruntihIe | ;
leliiy OF Campbell Bushnell, one of the I
'lest OF lawyers and one Of the best of men c
- einuonitabIe energies OF Eanderpool. Miller | I
:. 1I anu otner distinguished names made c
e ~ udson bar of that day an unriva,Ied con n
era ION OF genius and talent These preat | 5
m eh nave mostly passed from the stage Martin |
, tn bnren "still lives and visited Hudson t
oW ov, 10y ago. lie resides in Undertook, e
out Iourteen miles from this city, and. a, ! e
advanced age, Is probably at this moment | o
neaIthier man than any OF his sons The Il
ii mans, ana philosophic old Dutchman will. in
likelihood, survive his hopeful son Iohn |
e ardent and mpetuous He is in uert.c,i,' | T
od condition, and could stand another rnn =
the Presidency, survive another d.taat "
y, W wnat Woulu Test his constitution even c.
nc tHoIouenly, survive an election and four |
ars more services, II the people were dis
seq to trust the Little Magieiann again
u course, there is here, as in every CITY ! r.
aI ,le par gives the tone TO society, more =,
eiiieehce, rehnementand conservatism than | -,
other towns of New York not possasSirr | ~
stMe aoEah tages. The country societv | II
}, unlike other portions of the tree states 90
sinoles, III many respects, the cultivated | n
N'Ay Swiftly OF tlTgIUl1. | =
rge portions OF the county were formerly in
upied by the estates of the Liyipystonsan1 r..
II kenselaers, who lived in baroniai stvIe we
on thelr ancient manors. The ami. .r.nt :,
lcuItie>, against these landlords rsoad -, | r.
lihe III TINS county with great fury and
'roed very profitable employment 10 1h.
'yers but these troubles have al,ogathar tr
'Sioeu. Inc Farmers of all classes are now TT
ton. e pop
~ish had time, in passing, to bestow an IN
Ahema upon the close and ill., yentiio,ad - -
rooms of the Astor House. i'm New Vnrk ~ ~
len an reminded of by their contras, ~ W.
scrhpulously clean and attractive .nart 81
D Is VI mine inn" in Hudson. at which ev. ~
thing is SO neat and invitiug-lineu tamil.
iy White. tables we'll arranged and snnt. o.
1, attendance prompt and quiet or ali the 81
~ humbuss OF the world, the great fash
able hotels are the greatest, As sonn ,s
get great name, these tashionahIe no po
i've 1or the rest of their DAYS on 1hajr .n'
ntation. But one man cannot live on ~. III
atatlon OF another. AT all events. hoard we
cannot i've on landlords renuraii,,n III
en- Is about all that is served IN "a onasts, WI,
1me establishments es TN
ID. | ter
Of the Richmond D,soa,oh adj
Letter from Lynehburg. an
LYNCHBuRG, Va. Marchs Do
II enterprises calculated to promote ,ha hoi
perry OF our city, are Of general Interest tha