The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-27
AZ vHE CIRCULATION OF THE DIS
o,4,H Is LARGER THAN THE COMBINED
.,,,T.ATloN Of ALL THE OTHER DAILY
>.Y>rArERs OF THE CITY.
.,iucinunti Commercial Correspond.
emf corners t'sappaqun on the Cars.
MR.. GREELEY

,,,ucinuati , Commercial CorrespOnd-
emf corners tnappaQna on the Curs.
MR.. GREELEY
..,.frd thr Commercial correspondent with [
n,niyuant smile, and was immediately al-
...,.rd in ;hc morning papers. The Herald.
rsr,.s >u4, World. aud 7iihaaae. reach had
,s.roi.gh ovcrhauing. There was little
liking and much reading. The car was
,.,+., we'll i.lIrd. Everybody seemed 10
p.,.ii,uf. The usual nudginy and whi>- |
t.grl roln,ncntS ran the rounds of the pas
,ra.rr> the only audible ordinations being, |
That's Honest Old Horace" That's Gree
H., cycr there. with long white hair and :, |
Whit, hat. There's the next President
.I..>; y The train rolled out of the depot into
Fourth avcnnc | was amused at the eager
.,>> with which very Sooty fireman. stand |
.... q, lucttishiy ly his engine called his en-
.,.gti> attention Ia the Philosopher. when
a. r>y!aincd Hello, Tom! Tom, look
l.ryr.- old Uncle Horace There. See in
lu seventh window white hal ana all -
Aui thr train wheeled ON to Chappaqua
lH.- l. up The Harlem road, thirty-two mites
..!G the Grand Central depot. Ii is rather
.!u,!>iirand picturesque ride after yoi, gel
.n!l ui the cnvtron> OF the metropolis, which
rN,rud up 10 and further than MorriSania,
>,m,thing like six or eight miles from the
depot.
ruAPrAQUA VILLAGE
j. -'ru1giing little poS,-t0wn and railway
..Usru \ few iiTIlne dwellings, perhaps
in.aE '!rce stores, a shop or two, and that's
,U. ~h"nH think three or four hundred
".",d cover lis maximum popuation--iE
n.l NY impression j. that figure would be q
-ta-, rNMr@cration. After an hour and
!4l'> ride our party. Of some half a dozen,
G..Ht iN !h" most famous Journalist of the
u.ud a1d the country, alightcd from the
l,,a. " ithout larlcy or delay the line os
n.s.H W@s taken up across the narrow ,ii-
t.r h."ard- the farm and rural home of our
sa-Au:Hial candidate. Mr.. Greeley was
n,.' All hands by l- nciyhbsss ant. friends.
its u,t farmers would greet him as though
h.,,0. - I"n--:tbScnt and returning brother.
H., H." husky voice of the honest ycoineu o;
t.r Haze and vicinity he was salutcd in q
rHilIar hut always respectful manner, with
"llow De do. Horace" "Greeley. good
nl"rnius," Horace, how long are YOU goin'
Ia ,i3y:" Ac. MAS informed that most OF
't. l,"pu!ation in and about thappaqlla are
uuih"I>. That would explain in part the
ruuiiHr addressing oi Ar. Greeley by his
:ui,jG,i n3!lir.
\ hundrrd yards from the depot in the
,illIH wc passed throuEu 4 gateway, follow
M. = wagon road. And We then stood upon
i!.r ,."nEtin "i the philosopher. TO our iuI-
mrdittc left, on Il spacious plat o1' ground.
,'"'h The first dwelling lived in on in this
guIi rctrca: hy Mr.. Greeley and his family.
Il j. plain. unprctcndin" frame cottage
NrNl I" it on the north is the "mccting-
h'ii>,', where tn" good Quaker people a>
,,uhIr.
DOES GREELEY SWEAR:
Nc. The cNa@gcrltion rs to his Use OF
pr"'an" language is on II par with such things
-rn'i:!y. He certainly had "A good chance
L. swear to-day. But he didn't. Mr.. John
>"n, Who has known him intimately for
,r:tr'-. says hc never heard Greeley swear but
uurr. Then he called sam. Cary, of tincin-
ratl. 4 "d--d fool Mr.. Johnson thought
trOp!r generally. however orthodox. would
-Ay "amcn' to that rather forcihr obsrrya-
tt,n Of the wlilc-coatcd philosopher.
WHITE HAT.
II WAS the white coat that became a popt,.
!h index of Horace Greeley. The white hat
hr~ been p"pularizrd by the outside world.
On Il picturesque height overlooking tll,
}IiI,y and the surrounding country stands
itr ncw ana pretty dwelling. nearly com
.lrlc,l, Iur occupancy when Mrs. Greeley IT..
iurn- from Europe with her two lovely
dit: htrr>. Surrounded by stately ever
-rr,n>, growing upon their birth-hcd soil.
TIL r"t'agr is. very attractive and inviting.
Further Ia the right, up higher against th'
hills. nestled down in the very density OF
the Mu"dy uatllralncSs, is the cottage Inst oc
'u.!rd hy The family Of the philosopher. lis
white -aiIcs peep out between the waving
hIr,tr and towering appc-trceS, and from
ti.i- distance. with the aid OF tile ilnngina
tlrn, i! resembles some holy retreat Of
Mumh, ~ secluded that no iirrcer intruder
than the mrllow-voiced bird or playful squir
Irl would ever modest its occupant.
fRos THE PRAIRIE TO THE PINES.
Following the cari'iage-way before men-
inn"d. w, finally reached the little rmbow
cred cottage iust described, and Mr.. Greeley
I,l",-iic,t lis valisc, and all Of us added "ln
baggage, upon the yeranda. The ulnhraScolis
Ir,~t trees east their cooling shadows on the
,riyrt-grccn about us. 1t was natural to
uubuttan coats aud vests, unite crayats, anu
,llrr breathing in freely the sweet fresh air,
pgi.arc To rlloo To the limit OF lung power.
lNlD THE WOOD.
Mr.. Greeley led the way from the spring
rn the forest Oar iamhlc among the heni~
lpck, cedar, elm, and hickory, was indeed re-
I.,'S,ii%. We climbed from hill H. hill unlli
We reached the most elevated spot on the
farm. d" Here" remarked our obliging guest,
= i, where Mrs. Greeley wants To build htra
Iuusc. If il wasn't SO hazy l would show
s"u III that direction tpontinS over the VII
lI.e sleeping in the valley heloM) the little
lnll- beyond the Hudson. Wouldn't This be
y nirr. place tor II dwelling: Bit amt rich
enough to live up here. 1t would cost
thousand dollars 10 get water in the house.
would have to be worth Il million dollars to
baild aud iiveu here. But 'twOnld be mag
uilrrut if could"
i,rsyrn,liu" to the range Of kHolts upon
N!!irh stands The stone harn, we found our
selves i'll the midst of the famous woods
where The chopping is done. Axes. saws,
und other implements Of tie forest were
supplied The Farmer President stripped
i'r The days work. With intrepidIty he al
tackled ii huge heiaIock. II was music IN
the lr 10 hear the sharp click of his axe re-
>uundn" through the woods ana echoihS
from The hills. Mr.. JolIuson made herci!-
lean assault, OH the same king OF the forest
Oh me Opposite side Of II. In Il quarter VI
Mi hour the giant tottcred ana tell. MI.
Johnson proceeded in another direction. a
t"idcr was brought Mr.. Greeley. lie began
with Il lcnslnndlcd Ratchet his regular, syS-
irilEltic laborS OF loStand recreation. during
III" last fifteen Years or more he has Carried
on this work in the woods. lie selects the |