Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-18

Of Stoncwall" Jackson, and the Hart
marble statue of Henry Clay.
In close proximity to the Capitol arc
crate Government. Among them, the
Post-Ofice Department (Goddin's Hall,
rebuilt; the Office OF President Davis and
his Cabinet (custom-house); the Con-
federate White House Central school.
soon TO be occupied by the Confederate
Memorial and Literary Society; st. Pauls
church, in which Mr.. Davis worshipped
and whore he was seated when he was no
tilted that General Lee was about TO evacu-
ate Petersburg; the Treasury Depart
meDt Getty post-office) tho sites Of the
War Department and the Nitre and Mining
Bureau, &c, and tho residence occupied
by the family of General Lee and in
which he resided with them for some time
after the close of the war.
GOING EAST.
Going east from the Capitol one passes
the Monumental church, built on the site
of the theatre which was burned in 18ll
and in which fire the Governor of the State
and sixty-three others lost their lives.
Then comes the old stone house, dating
back TO 1887, and styled Washington's
Headquarters; and next st. Johns church
where Patrick Henry delivered his cele-
brated speech in which occur the
words, GIVE me liberty or give me
death" In this section are also Libby Hill
or Marshal Park, the site of the soldiers
and sailors monument. and Chimborazo
Park, both of which command beautiful
viows of the river as it winds on towards
Drewry's and Chafiin's Bluffs; and not ia,
from the latter park is Oakwood cemeteryr
the last resting place OF. 600 Confederate
soldiers.
THE WEST END.
In the West End, where erstwhile were old
fields, are rows upon rows of beautiful
private residences of varied architectural
design, and block after block of neat tene-
ment-houses. Among the attractions of
this section are tho Lee equestrian statue
by Merci6, Monroe Park (the old fair
grounds where were encamped the first
South Carolina troops that camo to
Virginia at the beginning of the war; ;
the sites Of Camps Winder and Jack
con (noted Confederate hospitals), Camp
Lee Cthe great military rendezvous of
the Confederacy) now the Exposi-
tion-grounds, the Virginia State peni-
tentiary, where Aaron Burr was confined
during his trial for treason; Richmond
College, with its extensive buildings,
library, and museum; Hollywood, where
around an immense grand pyramid lest in
Frank and file
In sad array"
twelve thousand Confederate soldiers; the
Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers Home,
and the spacious Reservoir Park. In Hol-
lywood are buried Presidents Monroe and
Tyler, John Randolph of Roanoke; Henry
A. Wise, Congressman, Governor, and Con-
federato General; and Generals j. i. b.
Stuart, George Z. Pickett, Ambrose p.
Hill, John Pegram, William, Smith (twice
Governor and several times Congress
mani, and John Il. Cooke, Commodore
Maury, and Others. The cemetery is ono
Of the most beautiful in the country, and
commands view Of Belle Isle, the
location of the Old Dominion Iron
and kall-NOrks plant, anu the count
less little islands that dot the James
river for miles.
ALL ABOUT.
Candles Hill Park, only five squares from
the most fashionable avenue in the city,
overlooks the 1rcdegar Works, the arsenal
of the Confederacy, and affords splendid
view of tie city of Manchester and the
bridges that span the river. From here
also comes within the range of vision the
wharyes at Rocketst. crescent picture OF
Richmond, and the river-bluffs, east of the
city. In the neighborhood Of Gamble's
Hill are the Confederate States lron-Yard
Ga stone-yard now. the pot and skillet
foundry Ian electric.planD, the Confede-
rate soldiers home from 1861 to 1865 "a part
of Allen & Ginter's large cigarette-worksb
the Virginia Ordnance Department (part