The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-04-24

LOCAL MATTERS.
The HOlYy,rOOd Memorial
Bazaar.
GRAND OPENING.
The TabIes-GOrSeOus Array of Fancy
Articles-The Ladies', Etc.
GRAND OPENING,

Yesterday the long -mocted and anxious
ly-looked for Memorial Bazaar opened, and
the women of Richmond, and of the South
made beginning of an end of labor and
toll in the cause of love and patriotism.
1t was many months since that the ladies
CT the Hollywood Memorial Association
agreed upon the Bazaar as one of the means
of raising the funds to aid them in the per-
fecting of their holy work of adorning the
spots where so many brave and loved ones
lie, and of keeping their memories ever
fresh and honorcd among the people for
whom they died. From the moment the
plan was formed the labor for its perfec-
tion began, and earnestly and vigorously
has it been prosecuted ever since.
Our women have not tagged moment
| in their work but on the contrary, though
seemingly insurmountabe difficulties and
great Encouragement have met them on
every side, have pursued it with an energy
which woman alone displays in a cause
like this and to-day behold the result A
magnificent array of fancy goods and
wares, which would make a beholding
Egyptian imagine himself at one of the
famed bazaars of Cairo or Alexandria, but
for the attendant beauty of ours, with
which the beauty of the East can new er
vie.
The Memorial Bazaar was to have been
held in February last, but that the de-
pressed condition of ailairS-fnancial in
particular-suggested the postponcment of
it as likely to promote its success; and
| u 4 A. l. I,,t l.,
ment in the aspect of things since then,
the determination which the ladies have
eynccd in the carrying ont of their intcn
tion leads us to believe and hope that the
result will be highly successful.
THE BAZAAR
| is held in the building on the southeast
corner of Main and Tenth streets, the
ground floor of which is occupied by
Messrs. Baldwin & Co. as a clothing ware
house. The second floor of the building is
occupied by the tables of the different
States devoted for the sale of fancy ar
ticles: the third is used as a rcfreShment
room, while the fourth is used as tempo
rary depository for contributions.
THE TABLES
are all, without exception, elegantly and
tastefully decorated. The scene as one
enters the rooms is almost beyond deScrip
ton. On the first floor We have q long
row of tables beautifully dressed and
| filled with fancy and useful articles of all
descriptions, qualities, and colors, arrayed
in the most tasteful and tempting manner.
! On the second floor we have a salon, with
all its elegant aud luxuriaut appurte-
nanccs, and a number of tables loaded
with profusion of good things, delicate
and substantial. And in the midst OF all
these beautiful and fascinating scenes,
charming women are constantly moving,
ever adding to their briliancy and lending
to the comfort and pleasure of the fortu-
nate mortal who falls into their hands.
As we have before remarked, taste and
elegance are displayed in the decorations of
all the tables. We are forced to coniine
ourselves to this general qualification in
mentioning each table for many reasons.
1t would be impossible to give full de-
scription of each table without disagreed
BILE sameness or without exceeding the
bounds of this article. Having said this
much, we wend our way to the tables on
the first floor:
MARYLAND TABLE.
First in the regular order of tables comes
the MARYLAND table, presided over by Mrs.
Thomas Ellis and Miss Lizzie Nicholas, as
sisted by Mrs. William n. Bell, Miss Ran
dolph, Miss Street, Miss Anderson, the
Misses Triplett, Miss Bentley, Miss Barney,
and Miss Tucker. Among the features on
this table is very pretty Maryland flag at
its centre, handsome porcelain picture Of
General Lee, executed by Anderson two
autograph letters of General Washington,
and a book of autograph letters of Con-
federate generals are among its articles of
sale. A splendid sulky plough, contributed
by Beckham & Co., are also among them.
| The decorations consist principally of
handsome frame surmounted by evergreens
and flowers.
NORTH CAROLINA TABLE.
Next to the Maryland table, is that of
North Carolina, presided over by Mrs.
| Thomas II. Wynne and Mrs. DIR. Higgin-
bottom, assisted by Mrs. j. w. Shackel-
ford. Mrs. Thomas Howe, Mrs. William A.
Jenkins, and Miss Ballou. Prominent
among the articles on this table is an iml-
tation of a section in a graveyard. In the
centre of it is broken marble shaft,
around which there is circle OF cannon
balls. The pictures of Lee, Jackson, and
Davis are cased in the most exquisite she'll
frames we have ever seen. They are the
handiwork of Mrs. James w. Shackelford,
of Wilmington, N. y. ;.
The coat-of- arms of North Carolina,
painted by Captain Cox, of this city,
adorns the centre of the framework of this
table. Underneath the table, at each
corner. and in the centre of 1t,
are three barrels, upon which are paint.
ed respectively, "Tar," "Pitch, and
"Turpentine." From the corner barrels
grow vines of beautiful evergreen. The
table is dressed principally with ever
greens and flowers.
SOUTH CAROLINA TABLE.
Adjoining the above is the South Caro-
lima table, presided over by Mrs. DIR. Gall
lard, Mrs. DR.. B. K. Wexford, and Mrs.
Coalter Cabell, assisted by the Misses
Crump, Miss Norton, Miss Wexford, Miss
Carlton, and Miss Burwell. This table is
filed with every variety of fancy articles.
Its decorations consist of an arch and
pillars beautifully dressed with palmetto,
| i'm the centre of which is the coat of arms