The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-11

| III iact appear 10 be mere dcfacements
themselves. To the learned they are, nc
DOUBT, mine Of infinite value; but un.
dcrtake TO say that they are the only ones
who can get any value out OF Clcopatra's
Needle To the ignorant II only serves
10 suggest the small size OF the stockings
the Aiexandrian sorcercss wore. A Chi
eago gir' almost has need to envy her.
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
This afternoon crossed the great bridge
again over 10 Brooklyn, and made my way
TO Greenwood cemetery, the Westminster
Abbey OF American genius-of northern
American genius, that Is. Most OF the
great editors and poets lie buried here.
inquired the way TO Horace Greeley's tomb,
and found 10 after O short search. 1t stands
on gentle eminence. and Is consequently
easily seen. While very handsome and
tasteful, IL is not near so grand an affair as
/ had expected TO find. judging by the
great appreciation the nortberners had OF
the great man. II is simple granite shaft,
eight or ten feet high, enclosed i'm a small
circular plot, bounded by low granite
coping, and surmounted by bronze bust
OF the dead editor. The bust Is by Calver-
ley, and is fine one. IL shows the great
wood-chopper to have possessed very
striking features indeed, the large, straight
nose, and firm mouth and chin indicating
the moral strength and stability Of the man.
On one side Of the shaft is a bronze pillow,
and on the other pen and scroll. On the
front is representation Of Greeley as a
young man working at the cease" The
back contains the inscription, which is
simply as follows:
HORACE GREELEY
Born
February 3, 1911;
Died
November 20, 1872.
Founder OF the New York Tribune.
IL may be said after all. however, that
Greeley needs no greater monument over
his grave than he has, for the great paper
he originated is sufficient for any man TO
desire. This Is now out OF debt and pay
ing handsomely. showing his successor
REID to be worthy Of the place he holds.
Reid nearly Swamped the paper, however,
by putting up the magnificent building it
now occupies; but by cOnsummate man.
agement he has pulled through and is now
out OF the mirc. 1t Is the hest and hand
soonest newspaper propcrty-tbe house, l
mean-in New York, the Herald building
OF the Tribune stock. and is consequently
as well fixed as the paper itself. The
memory OF Greeley has been well perpetu-
ated i'm the building also. In the counting
room | noticed a handsome bust OF him,
and on the walls a very large and fine
painting representing him in his shirt
sleeves, axe in hand, chopping wood in the
forests Of Chappaqua.
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
While in Brooklyn curiosity led me to
hunt up the churches OF Beecher and Tai
mage The former / easily found. 1t is
located in the old part OF the city, down
near the water, in the immediate neigh
bOrhood OF Fulton ferry. The streets in
the locality are narrow and dirty, and
MANY OF the houses old, tumble-down
shanties, occupied by small fruit-dealers
and such. The church is in keeping with
its surroundings, being a plain, dull, red
brick building, with rough-dressed brown
stone facings, and no steeple to speak Of
only little ugly square turret on top doing
duty i'm that direction. 1t is not even par
ticularly large-abOut the size, i should
Judge, OF the new African Baptist church
in Richmond, though not so high. 1t
was a disappointment, for / had expected
something grand. Talmage's new Taber-
nacle, however, quite makes up for the
deficiencies OF Plymouth church. had a
harder search to find the acrobatic parsons
sanctuary than Beccher's. 1t situated on
a street called Schermerhorn. (Beecher's
is on Cranberry and Orange streets. Pine
apple street is close by) 1t is very large
and ornate, and makes Plymouth church
only sideShow in comparison. Take a
bishops mtre, or very high crown, and
sit down on il hard, so as to spread it out
well, and you have a very fair idea Of the
Tabernacle" as regards shape. 1t has
seating capacity, think, OF 5000.
Speaking of the difficulty of finding
Talmage's church, / had supposed that
every soul in Brooklyn knew its exact To-
cation. | was mistaken. / asked at least
a dozen persons before could get any re-
liable information. Some didn't know
what / was talking about. This goes to
show that Brooklyn may be "city OF
churches" but it is not altogether city OF
by any means. At one time
in the search, following, rs l supposed, the
directions given me, | found myself, as
thought, before the place, and stood for ten
minutes admring a very large and hand
some Il shaped stone building, looking for
all the world like a church; but alas hap
pening to make q remark 10 by-standerin
regard TO it, was told that was eXpend-
ing nv large stock OF reverence for sacred
things not on Talmage's Tabernacle, but
on-the King's-county Jail SO L was
crushed again.
| 20 hence to Boston, and may, with
your permission, make Il few notes OF
:. The Hub" if you think / will not tire
your readers, and it is not aXlc-ing too
much Of you.
| just notice in the Brooklyn Eagle an
that Rev. j. II. Tyler,
formerly OF Richmond, has been called
from Augusta, Ga, TO the Church OF
Christ. in Brooklyn, G. W. &.