The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-15
I'm, Richmond Appears 10

T7o-. Richmond AEpeS :,
,.G.la,ma" writes i'll the bailliiiolc "'e'
dny Bulletin:
E;rbmnnd. were it not for certain nlllaVor
.,i, >cnntit;ors of attendant circumstances
>y,i,II be the great metropolis al me "oila
!, ,,;,,ht he added that the same untaforaDl'
rnnJiionS prevent Annapolis from ooihs
,,,,.ci,eiy the same thing, ana thal lo"so'',
.n.n !. similarly retarded III lis growth. NO
Richmond is no, dcitmc' ty any menus 81.
is,1,E;n., rapid and satisfactory striocS aitel
tf,r trade she had before the "af' aiio i '''
i,r i; in the right way. III iilciii' 'a!i'i oN'
rnrnt hc neglected, aud it w"s'iliE Is II hus'
no. hc supposed thai She Has hc'h cafefss III
MI other respects. Only The ollcr aa! ,aiSc
subsidies were voted TO railroads caicuttlcQ
10 develop the commercial connexions ol III.
CITY; while the rapidly increasing s"Ppo,,'
That the merchants SiN" steamboat a'io i"ii
road lines already in opyation gives aulp!'
evidence Of the most satis!ac'of! anu per
n,anent kind Of progress. 49,,
n;,I,,nnud I,s holsc-carS-liko our LITTLE
r,,xcr, and iClrarlcs-strcet caiS-clllrchcs,
,,,I.-nns and all the other accessories OF great
,.;,r--;ucIudiug newspapers. Or these the
VIVA USED to be n great paper that our lore
r;:l.rrs read with solemnity and respect
Tie E,u0nircr used also to lie Il GOOD pa
,,.r The state journal is able to live tol.
,rahly well, and tho Dispatch Is TIC Dcs' afo
,noyt flourishinr Of them all. lis advertise
ments arc edited with care and JOURNALISTIC
ncrspjc!itv, its birds, marriages, ana dcal's
.vinrn literary skill of no ordinary character,
,..,,j,n ,scdi,nrjal- scniiate witlla hrllllancv
Tia, is positively painful. 1t Isl Sood paper,
and has a circulation which il large.
There being no dog-6shtS gong on, pro
,,,n,u, merchant c!iapcroncd Mr.. Is. ofcl
IN. CITY, and took him from Libby Prison
,.1r 10 sea the Confederate monument Il,
l,ollywnol 1t consists OF pyramid %
h.wn stones. and is aS unsiShtiy IL sucA
thing, usually are. 1t will lasi long .,'lic'
lIt not any longer lian the nlclnol! VI We
decd, Of those it covers. Hollywood j.
n beautiful cemetery, and. indeed, IL Is Only
propcr tina, Richmond, which Is s'lch NICE
uiitt llacc to die in, should have nice,
cheerful burying-gronnd.
The capitol is interesting on various ac-
cr,uts: If was Tie first ever bullt III lht
. United States, and all its old tlmher> sio"
marks of the axe that hewcd them oui
Washington hud more or less TO do rouno
,Lrrc in his time, and is conlncmor'ted hy q
GOOD statue; Legislature of not more than
ordinary Gcprasity meets there. ana Is tole-
rated Lv the simple citizens: and lastly, some
.;x;y or seventy nroplc were killed there not
long ago hy the givinSw way OF the courthouse
floor. IL is pleasant 10 remark that tiicy
lave put the floor up again, ana transact
lE.i,;l-s OH il with the blind confidence OIL &
l.,,,v Sucking the inllZZ'e of Il loaded pistol
aiid tickling its toes with the trigger. The
whole ldIilding is in the most crazy and rot
ten condition imaginable, and why 1t Is not
r,lci down aud rebuilt is a problem which
!, readily accounted for on the hypothesis,
or rather certainty, that there Is no none!
- do il with. However, the condition OF
the old capitol is very micll that OF the
whole OF the Old Dominion. As soon as
the old lT,t,tctrap falls again, which 1t IS 10
he hoped it will do while the Legislature Is
III session and while Governor Walker ID oti!,
il will probably BE time 10 40 something
which is very much the way everything l.
done. Henry Clay, : statue, n splendid IKE
r">s. stands in the capitol grounds. NE
unfortunate man has incurred the marked
dislike and bitter luminosity of the Richmond
Youth: and they have peggcd stones ut the
nl,. gentleman until his face conveys cor
rra; impression Of a mlrhicd smallpox, and
all his fingers are gone, 1t IS shocking
shane, for the statue WIS the best of Clay
.!r most valuable relic in Richmond. The
Washington monument is one of the finest
in the worIi, and beyond nil comparison the
best in the United States. 1t is sublime
conception, and Richmond people arc justly
l,"ud Of it.
There is another thing that they are proud
of, and that is their park. Like every other
great city, il hi, its public park, where thu
rich may show their fine clothing and The
poor enjoy fresh air. Before the natural
.lories and rustic beauties, the grassy lawns
and noble gladcs, the tasteful Shrubs ano
s;alWart forest giants of the Richmond pub
lie park. our own Druid Hill palcs into scky
msign;!ic.ncc. Such unduLting sweeps OF
smiling meadows, such graceful groups Of
evergreen maguolias. such grateful shads
and hcautcous landscapes, fall not 10 the LOT
Of any other people. 70 be "a park commits
hioner to such park were indeed II happi.
hess. Were it not for q vein of lurking SAL.
c,sn which pervades these iluurishing state.
ments they would be interesting a. spcci
ni.ns Of perfectly cold mendacity. There il
not grass enough in the Richmond park tc
feed graSshoppcr. and of its st;lwart forest
giants not one Is large enough 10 make {
decent toothpick Ii has fence around it
and The centre of ii is adorned with q cast
iron patriot standing on top of an extra
sized curbstone. 1t il vastly impressive, ant
the CITY Councl, havingappropriated some ter
Thousand dollars OF so TO its Improvement, thu
inhabitants walk out there II good deal to see
Where IL is going. When it gets a little
forest INTO 1t, and some grass and SO forth. il
VIII look nice enough; just at present it is III
elegant place to beat carpets.
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