The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-19
THE CIRCULATION OF THE DIsPATcH
Is LARGER THAN THE CoNBINED CIR.
cuLATIoN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY
NEwspAPERS OF TrsE crTY.
Eetter from q virginfan Travelling
I'm North Carolina.

Correspondence Of the Richmond D;spatch.]
,GREENsBoRo'. May II, 1871.
At last n lifelong wish has been accom-
pushed: have seen tdr-heel on his ma
tive heather. he was planting corn, and
as the train passed he lazily rested HIM
self on his hoe-handle and stared as if
1t were the first time he had ever seen q
train Of ears. But all North Carolinians
are not tdr-heels, or such as this one ap-
peared to be. have never seen more
hospitable people, nor any with whom It
We're easier to make friends.
Greensboro, the point of junction Of the
Piedmont and North Carolina Central rail-
road, IS one Of the prettiest towns (or city,
[ believe it is, that have ever seen. There
are more and a greater variety of trees
scattered through 1t than are often met
with, and these trees, too, are made the
special care of the authorities, the owner
Of those in the streets not being allowed
even to trim them without the consent Of
the authorities. The private residences
are surrounded with shrubbery and flowers
of every variety. was kindly shown
through the grounds Of one of them By the
hospitable owner, Mayor Sloan, this after
noon, and 10 snrpasses In variety, richness
of flower and foliage, any private garden I
have ever visited. He has also a large num-
DCI VI CHOlCc lEScSs ~.r
There are not many signs Of improve
ment here, but amongst them the
most notable is a very large hotel
now under construction. It will have
eighty-fve bedrooms, besides parlors, &c.
The owner, DIR. RenbOw, expects to have
1t SO far completed as to entertain the edi-
torial excursion party from New York,
who are expected here on the 30th instant.
he is strictly temperate man. and does
not intend to have drop of "anyIhing
strong" sold on the premises. Wonder
how this will please the travelling editors !?
The business now done here is mostly of
q local character, but when the "Gulf
road" (now under construction), running
to Fayetteville, and the .'Cheraw road"
which is contemplated, are completed it
will no doubt add largely to the trade Of
the city, and make it the business centre Of
n large part of the western portion Of the
State.
The produce shipped from here consists
mainly Of tobacco, wheat, flour, meal, etc.
Dried fruit also forms large item in the
shipping books, as, also, do butter, eggs,
and other "farm truck" If all of this lat
ter goes to the ladies for spin money"
some enterprising Yankee should come
san dsof dollars worth fit is annually sent
over the roads centreing here. Brandy
also, as well as flaXseed, is considerable
source of revenue to: these people. The
tobacco and flour is mostly sent to Danville
and along the line Of the North Carolina
railroad, while the rest goes mainly to
Richmond, Raleigh, &c.
There are but TWO churches here now
PRESBYTERIAN and Methodist-the former
denomination being much the larger. The
Episcopalians have commenced the erec-
ton of church, and will lay the corner
stone on the. 31st instant. The ceremony
will be conducted by Rt. Rev. Thomas At
kinson, u. D., Bishop Of North Carolina,
according to the order prescribed by that
church.
There is here large and fiourishiug semi
nary, conducted under Presbyterian aus
pices. There was also here several years
since very hourishlng institution of q
similar character belonging to the Metho.
dists, but it was burned, and its ruins still
stand. I learn that there is q prospect
now, however, of its being speedily rebuilt
| by a joint stock association composed OF
members of the North Carolina Conference.
The stock has all been taken, and work on
| it will soon be commenced.
Coming here a perfect stranger, am
| under obligations to several citizens, par.
| ticularly to Mayor Sloan, Mir. Albright, OF
the Patriot, and Mr.. S. A. Howard, the
polite and obliging operator Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at this point.
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