The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-04

CHURCH HILL.-No part Of our lovely
city is more beautiful and attractive than
this, especially at the present season of
the year, when spring displays its beauties
in some form or other on every square.
Church Hill, combining so many Of the ad-
vantages Of the country and the town, must
inevitably become still more popular than
it now is as a place of residence. To its
natural advantages we may add that it is
inhabited by very many refined, intelli-
gent, truly moral, and excellent people,
affording the best society.
Almost all strangers coming to Richmond
for the purpose of seeing the place pay a
visit to Libby's Hill, which is beautiful
appendage of Church Hill, from which the
spectator looks down upon varied and
charming scene, of which the eye never
tires. The river, the farms beyond, the
bridges, the falls above them, the immense
manufactures on either side of the stream,
the unique town of Manchester, the capt.
tol, the steeples, and thousands Of other
edifices of all sorts in Richmond, with Hol-
lywood bounding the view on the west
its white stones plainly visible-all make
up picture that can scarcely be equalled
anywhere in the world. A single visit to
Libby's Hill is not sufficient, and of hun
dred the last will still be as interesting as
the first.
Libby's Hill has been called "lover's
leap" for no good reason that we know Of.
1t is much frequented by young people
supposed to be very much interested in
each other; but they generally appear
to be in quite too good humor to
think about any such rash act as leaping
into the awful abyss-if there were any
there-the descent on all sides being en-
trely too gradual for any Of those dark
shades of romance.
As place of commerce, Church Hill is
becoming more important than it ever was
before. 1t has five times as many stores
as it had before the war, and new feature
is its meat and vegetable markets, where
all the ordinary wants of family in these
articles may be supplied every day. 1t
has plenty of cobblers, two drug stores,
and a number of excellent physicians,
whose practice cannot be sustained in so
healthy place, but reaches into the
denser parts of the city and far into the
surrounding country.
In respect to education, this part of the
city is amply furnished, having, IN aoal-
ton to several good male schools, num-
ber of excellent female schools, taught by
estimable ladies of Richmond, whose
claims to the patronage of their neighbors
are paramount to those Of all others.
Among its literary and benevolent So
cieties Church Hill numbers very enter
prising and prosperous literary club,
Lodges of Odd Fellows and Masons. and
an excellent Division of the Sons of Tenn
perance, whose influence for good is
marked and valuable.
Churches of all the leading denomina-
tions are found here, and aourishing Sab
bath schools, which indicate the deep reli-
eious sentiment of the people and pro-
missing degree of Christian activity.
Church Hill greatly needs hall some
where Oh Broad street for lectures, debates,
fairs, &c., and it is hoped that before next
winter some of its public-spirited citizens
will make move towards the erection OF
one.