The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-05-26
Letters from, Richmond by O Member
OF the Episcopal Council. s'r;
RICHMOND, May 10, 1875.

SccutTy dfoDS tue DalLilnOfe aUQ ODlO rail-.
road, on the trip here, because you and they
have been there
Richmond conld hardly be compared to
the celebrated Jerusalem, which was city
that was a unity in itself, because she is same
lille scattered around, and Is entirely differ.
ent from what had expected TO find 1t, but
that she ain't what was expected, it may be
as much the fault of your correspondent as
I hers. Joking aside, however, Richmond is
an old fashioned good town, and if the in
babitants amt as we'll off as they were some
time since, we all know the reason why, and
| to their credit be it said, are doing " hat they
can to set themselves up on their ante 6ellun
pins. Business appears to be pretty brisk,
something doing in lumber, four, and to-
bacco.
The venerable State.H0use stands just
where it did formerly, with its beautiful
| square around it, and without doubt its
beauty .cenmpafes very fayorably with like
Improvements elsewhere, and reminds one
OF the beautiful Boston common, only Bos-
| ton has its elms and the square its lindens,
with its flocks Of English sparroIs, whose
! little wooden residences are thick amongst
the trees. Hope they may not prove as much
of an annoyance TO faStidous tastes as they
did in Philadelphia.
| a visit here to an observer gives the key
to the reason of that State pride so proverbial
to the Vi:ginian. He has only to see the
monument Of Washington in the Square on
huge charger, with the statues of Mason,
| Jefferson. Henry, and others sprinkled
around and underneath him. What an array
Of intellect and statesmen Who can tell the
amount of mischief some Of them have done.
| especially Jefferson, who has lett us the lega-
| cy of Democracy.
The RlchmOnders are great on Washing
ton, for they have him inside the State.H
As well as on the grounds. Just at the east
ern entrance we find copy of the bronze
statue that the famous, or We might say in
| famous, Hunter brought up to Wheeling
| during the war that he extracted Suitable
word, amt it:) from the Institute IL Lexing-
| ton.
There is also standing at the foot Of the
steps leading up TO the second story OF the
Sta,e-lIouse I bronze cast intended for an
adornment of the Washington statue, but
100 bread or large for it (Which explains why
it rests at the foot of the steps, with the fol-
lowing inscriptions:
PEIsErERA Spo."
Three figures IN rel!ef-lhe centre one, q
female, has ETERNITY" inscribed over her
face, which seems to have fllltened her nose
some little. On her left .atlectionatelv lean
ing on her shoulder and apparently bearing
as much weight as he can, with his elbow
dug into her cheek, stands young man with
hardly rs much clothes on as modeSty would
dictate, with a sword in his left tand with q
wreath around its bilt. On her right stands
a representation. it is supposed, Of the Goo.
dess OF Plenty, the same being, apparently, a
young woman with urge chest develop
ments, scantiiy clothed, with q cornucOpia
held gracefully upon her right arm, with
some ears Of corn sticking out Of the end o!
it, while her left band and arm are cares$-
ingly laid on Eternity'S shoulder.
Richmond. May 90, 1915.
E1iiorS Of the Wheeling Intelligencer:
We have seen some more Of the city, and
as we see our opinion of the place grows
better and better. In some parts of 1t the
streets are quite narrow, and it looks rs
| .hough those who laid that part out were
just mite stingy, but then we forgot all this
WHEN we saw Broad street, which is broad
enough for two ordinary streets. and then
some. The western portinn--the part we
took in to-day--is mainly the residence part,
and is rapidly building up with new, coin
Portable, and in some cases, SNOWY houses.
There they are not stingy with the ground;
the houses have little green patch in front.
In tact this is so general that it reminds one
of some Of the philadelphia streets, where
for blocks and blocks you see the houses sci
b2ck fifteen to twenty feet from the pave
mcuts. There is no mistake about ii, +" The
green patch" gives things comfortable and
pleasant appearance
PAVING Is RICHMOND.
From the looks Of the streets we infer that
the City Council have had tilt on The pay.
ing question, .as we have struck three dit:
trrent kinds of cement or aSpha.tun irre9i-
lar granite spaS, and old cobble-stone. The
cemcut did not strike us as being Of much
account, as it is full Of holes, which ale al
lowed to remain, we suppose, until they have
boulders put in 10 fill up. From observation
we do not expect 10 find anything that sur
passes the old style cobbc. 1t wears best
for both light and hsavy hauling.
VISIT TO HOLLYWOOD
Holly rood Cemetery Is 10 Richmond what
Spring Grove Is 10 CiGcinuali-it> pride. Ii
is situated on the bank Of the river james,
on an emiuence from which you have one Of
the oreliest Of views down the rocky river,
with part Of the CITY in the distance on your
left, while 10 the right You have opened be-
fore you vista of undulatory country
which takes in the several long wooden
bridges across the river and the mAsts OF
the shipping, with glimpse of The canal.
here and there along watch the inevitable
mules are Juggling along at the fearful rnte
OF four miles per hour. From the conior-
nation Of the ground on which the celne-
terry is laid out, the facility for erecting
vaults has been secured, as we saw quite
d number OF very handsome ones. Here the
Confederate dead are buried, ard the trus.
tees Of the cemetery Lave erected pyramid
OF undressed granite about thirty or forty
feet square, and perhaps 100 feet high, TO
their memory. 1t has a very Peculiar ap-
pearauce. In a few years, however. it will
be covered with ivy and Virginia crecper, so
that its groesqueness will be hid. The Old.
fashioned plan of putting iron fences around
the lots appears TO have been pretty generally
adopted by those who improved their lots
some years ago, which detrac's greatly from
the beauty OF The place, as it gives it cut
up" look, ard precluaes the possibility OF
kee;ino it in that repair necessary to render
il attractive and beautiful. Here the late
| vcuerabIe and much.beloved Bishop Meade
is buried.
THE wATER-WoRKS.
Very unexpectedly, right under the south
| bank of the cemetery, we found regular
gem of a water-woIk>, fed from the james
river, and supplied with pine pumps, capa-
bile Of throwing $4,000 gallons OF water per
hour. 1t has Il garden attached to it full of
flowers and shrubbery, all kept in the incest
| of order. West of it is situated reservoir
with Il capacity of ten million gallons, which
is 1877 feet above the lowest point in the city
and 10 feet above tue highest point, and they
have just finished another, 81 feet higher
than the one just mentioned. with capacity
of forty million gallons; so you see they are
| we'll fixed on the water question.