The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-16

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psbaie and pstvas6. The populations " from
six 70 eieht thousand. The suburbs, unlike
those Of most other towns, are among the
moot attractive portions Of the netghbornood.
mond, Il pastor Of = large and nosrishing
Church here, and some idea Of the success OF
this truly able divine may b formed from the
net thai his congregntion are aeons 20 make
which will cost about el2.Oo. Vice President
Breckenridge residence IL also here, and he
is a practising lawyer IT this bar. Inc Cir-
cult Court 10 now ln session "a lexington,
murder cases, both Of great atrocity, which
are TO be tried. The number Of murders In
Kentucky 10 said to be fearfully large, and
there is q pretty general disposition 70 punish
them by Lynch Law, as they rarely receive
their deserts at the hands Of the regular tri-
bunaIs. Mr.. Ford, formerly Of Williamsburg,
is the head Of = very large boys school in this
city, and the Misses Jackson, formerly OF
Fredericksburg, have fiourishing female
school here.
The negroes are not a. numerous In Eastern
Virginia, and, should judge, not under a.
good discipline. They have five churches with
slavery subject is sound and there is q strong
Union feeling, but at the same time NO dispo-
sition to submit 70 any outside dictation:
have, of course, visited Ashland. the FORM
Henry Clay, now occupied by his son, James
b. Clay, Esq, late member Of Congress from
this district. The house, having become old,
was taken down since Mr.. Clay's death, and
new one built, somewhat upon the same plan
internally and externally. 1t is filled with
mementoes of the departed statesman, gifts
that were presented him by his admirers in
various parts of the Union, and books and
paintings which show his own good taste and
culture. The interior arrangements OF the
house are more elegant and convenient than
most Of the costly fashionable houses OF our
large cities, and far more SO than the unpre-
tending, though handsome exterior would lead
one to expect. In Mr.. Clay's time, the ap-
pointments were much palmer. Mrs. Clay,
the widow of Henry Clay, lives near the old
homestead. She is a lady of exceedingly do
nestle habits and has not visited Lexington
but once since The death of her husband.
The monumen. to Mr.. Clay, tall shaft of
Kentucky marble, 10 nearly finished. When
surmounted by the statue of the great Ken
tuckian, il will be 10 feet high 1t occupies
commanding eminence in the beautiful ceme-
terry near Lexington. When completed, the
remains Of Mr. Clay, which now rest by the
side OF his mother in another part OF the ceme-
tery, Will De removed there.
Mr.. Joel T. Hart, the sculptor, whose statue
of Mr. Clay has lately arrived in Richmond, 10
now visiting Lexington. He is a native Of
Clarke county, Kentucky, where he was born
in 1910. He was originally stone.cutter. A
splendid banquet was lately given him by his
friends and admirers in Lexington, at which
speeches were made by Judge Monroe, r. w.
Hanson, Esq, and other distinguished gentle
men. The most enthusiastic praises were law
ished upon the artist.
The medical school here numbers now but
fifty pupils. A bill has been introduced into
the Kentucky Legislature, prepared by two
officers Of the army, providing for an efficient
militia and volunteer system. Is.