Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-05
memories of the Exchange Hotel.

H.
In solemn, stately dignity.
,,Ihou standest, grand old house.
forsaken by all living things,
save here and there a mouse.
And yet in calm defiance
OF time and change and rust
While generations thou hast homed
Are mingled with the dust
1 pause upon thy threshold gray.
And sec on either hand
my tall, majestic pillars. old.
Like monuments that stand.
To thy memoric window-panes
/ gaze up from below,
And what fair pictures / can trace
Of scenes Of long ago!
o, thou hast not forgotten quite
The while thy walls were new,
The lordly men. with powdered hair,
knee-pants and snuff-boX. too:
The stately dame the quaint fichn
And panniers that she wore.
The satin petticoat that trailsd
Across thy oaken floor.
How many an ancient equipage
Has paused before thy door,
With queer old darby coachman,
Who boosted OF his four
Who "lonRed TO blue-blood quality,
For no one ever saw
No poor white trash at de Exchange
In times befo' de wah."
We saw our part Of thee. old house
For many a coat OF gray
Was welcomed 10 your open doors
Whene'er It came this way
And in thy round OF glad old times
There came a trying pause,
When the dear sons went forth to die
For their dear Southern cause.
Again the sunshine came to light
Thy massive walls Of gray,
You echoed with the laugh and song
OF gallant and Of gay,
The greatest of the +. f. VS.
Gave thee the honored place,
Who homed for half a century
The proudest of the race.
To-day I sit and dream alone
Within thy antique hall.
with its dim. echoinS caken hoor'
It's dark emDanelled wall.
On its neglected asher hearth
Thy DarOrs gray and drea"-
Within this sad and voiceless dearth,
| dream they still are mere.
call them back. those guests Of yore.
From grave. on land and sea,
7 clash their hands because l KNOW
They loyal still Will be
To this historic, dear OLD nome
The newer race has leili
Save memory bereIt.
q grand old house. bow my head
In honor still 20 thee' eso
TO me thy glory ne'er sha'i i"O''
Thv pride and dignity. -.o,,s
~, tbv echoing empty rooms
Nv shirt still shall owen. fumes
IL breathe thy Olden SAD per
o. old EzcnJaknRSG 4RET HOBsoN.
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port OF RICHMOND, VA. NOV. l. 1873
ARRIVED.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves, NoorIolks,
and passengers virginia
Navigation Company. Nth.
steamer Aibemarle, Glover NOIlotn'
and pdssehseiai Olu Doii'i'-
lo s,o i.,re Yemassee. O'Nen. Philadelphia.
"a marchandlse and passengers Clyoo
Line. r,-,,,.1 Carter Nor
fofl va kainlt. Chemical-Works.
schooner John s. Reese, Grihith, Tap
r1b9nrrct va. hickory logs. virginia
ana North Carolina Wheel-Works.
Barge Swausb0ro', scott, bai'iinoie'
kainit. ri hmond Gdano-Worhs. IT,
Slo5p wild Rose, Forrest James IiFei
oysters.
steamer Albemarle. clover Norfolk,
and passengers old Domin-
'o schooner i,'e'n I Don't Know. Larkln. Lower
d ''' TO san. NOVEMBER eth.
Steamer Yemassee. O'Neil, Philadelphia,
pa. merchandise and passengers; Clyde
Line.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS NOV. 4.
By telegraph
ARRIVED.
Steamer 5. J. Murphy, New Haven.
steamer 81. EnOch New York.
Steamer Trcpic Manchester.
Steamer Italia. Hamburg
Steamer Glenfeld, Galveston.
Schooner Meme ". Craig Providence.
Schooner Nelson Newbury. Charleston.
schooner Henry Wilmington, Ports
mouth.
Barge Alabama. Providence.
SAILED
Steamer Eyandale. London.
Steamer CnickamOminy London.
Steamer Dalredrtia, Rotterdam.
Steamer Tergesta Genoa.
Steamer Acme. Amsterdam.
Steamer Glenheld, Bremen.
Steamer Tropic, Manchester.
PORT OF BERMUDA HUNDRED, VA,
NOVEMBER 4. 1899
(By telegraph
ARRIVED.
Schooner Annie V. Mitchell. Mehaffey
to load lumber.
SAILED
Schooner Emma c. Middleton, Highie,
lotN.d with railroad ties, East Newark,