The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-23

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". hcvs 10 - eysasooes VI the skill ana ingenn-
,,v AZ our mechanics which vii animate with
noe bride and hope the f,isaasos mechanical and
manufacturing enterprise Ia Virginia. Our coun-
tryvomen, also, will forward specimens Of their
tssts aud isdussry, and Ne sasit haze 81 .>htbi-
ton worthy the new iali, and the Institute, and
the great occasion.
We know no moro encouraging sign Of the times
than the success thus far Of the Virginia Mechsn-
ies' Iestitute, and the Interest which Il has asak
spsd In the public mind. II shows that our people
beginning to appreciate the Importance to every
iatersse Of soeisty Of iatvssat mechanical labor,
and that the citizsns Of Richmond are beginning
60 realize the peculiar concern which Richmond
hrs 10 promoting the efficiency Of mechanical In
a. has
established schools for app euticcs which hss been
performing quiet, bat most useful work, whose
fun benefits will be understood and gratefully
seknow lodged hereafter. 1t Is raising up for VIZ
GINA Glass Of intelligent, educated mechanics,
Who will rsn"-r eudept Of foreign indus
Wy. who dignity lab Or, and elevatejther voca-
tsos. Richmond Is fitted by nature to become one
OF the greatest manufacturing cities In the world.
There 10 not . singis advantage for attaining the
position which she ,es not possess 10 greater per-
lection than any OF tlss cities OF the
North In wster povss, climate, command OF coal
and iron, iaeiiisisso 6 sportation, and commu-
utcstiou III the world. she 10 uusur-
passsd. " enlightened and discip-
lined mse ~, and this want the
virginia les ..taie 10 iaboiing to sup
ply. Il Il NOT du Of every patriot, 10 1t not
the interest Of YER itizen, to 1--WE tia helping
A.oAf In IN Ia In many OF our own States,
- aud sf Tia, psti ions literally endowed BY
private muni6; nee. mr. men OF wealth. cou'o
not make uob and ere beneficial dispositien
Of portion ofth ir tundsnt means none ~h'ca
voull render mo- practical service to the conui'i-
nifty, or confer more honors upon their own names
Burial Place OF Capt. John smith.
A correspondent Of the New York Erahysiia ,
Who has stely visited the church OF 81, sspuic hire
Loadon, whore the remsi . of Capt. John Smith,
the Founder Of Virginia, are inferred. says 1t ID
one Of tho oldest, If not tn very Oldest church ed
ice In London. 1t stands opposite the famous
prison Of Old Bailey, and not far from st. Paui's
Cathedral. The church WAS partially destroyed,
By the great fre 10 london, but early rebuilt. II
10 - Immense ediH e, with very wealthy parish,
The correspondent WAS told by the sexton that in
the great burial vaults beneath the church. where
iuterments have been made for many hundred
ysars, there were fftsAu hundred collins now en-
tire under the building The writer adds:
The atmosphere Of the vaults seems to have q
remarkable sff,ct in preserving the cofins If not
the bodies, IRON decay. Descending through An
iron door from the church the other day, We en-
tered very large apartment, but dimly lighted,
there piles Of mouldy, black looking coffins were
piled upon each other. These collins with all
their elegant and costly trimmings, had not yet
Seep decomposed. Climbing up over a heap OF
thsu, the sexton opened q large wooden box; and
out Of it took an eutire female figure IN remark
able state Of preservationi The limbs un-
broken, and the body feet; except the flesh
shrunken, yet Il WAS still soft and flexible to this
tsuch.
The sexton stated that the officers of the church
had recently been examining the vaults. and as
burials there had long since ceased they designed
TO close the entrance. Before doing go, they bad
been taking careful survey OF the premises, and
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astoue enclosure, sort of sareophaeaa; out Of
which this female figure was taken. Ii IL believed
to be over three centuries old, and evidently frem
its position, and the stone enclosure, il was fe
male Of rank. 1t was strange sight 10 this sab
terranean chArnel hOase, with bIsckened collins
piled up to the high ceiling all around, to see this
entire human figure raised up bodily from its
resting place, and standing erect upon coffin be.
known to but few persons, and before this reaches
you the entrance to 1t will be closed to all further
inspection.
The Rev. Mr.. Magoon, former pastor Of the Sc.
oond Baptist church, Of this city, visited ST. Sc
pulehre's when Ia London, and says he saw tie
largest Sunday School there he had seen in thai
metropolis After service, be found some interest
Ing records Among other WORTHLESS there buried
the record goes on to say: "The famous Captain
John Smith, who perhaps underwent more roman
Ito adventures and deeds of arms than any mar
Who ever existed, rested here, in 1881, from hi
turmoiis We refer to his history for his won
drous acts Of chivairy for the kindness he expe
r,eneed amoug the Turks, from the beanteous Ca
lamats, and the blessed Pocahontas, the grea
king Of virEinia's dsush r."
A gentleman of Able RE, who visited the
same church some years age. gave interesting
notice Of Capt. Smiths former monument. in a
letter to friend In this city. He says that from
sStone's Survey Of London" printed In 1888, two
years after the death OF Capt. John smith, it ap.
psArs there was tablet erected to bis memory, in
St. Sspulchres, inscribed with his motto, .Tacsr.
~ Trere," end the following verses:
Hero liss one CONQUERED. that hath conquered
eubdu'd large Territori.s 9, ard done things
Which 70 the World impossible would SCENE,
But that the truth 10 held in more estesme;
Shall report his former service done,
In honor Of Geo and Ghristendome-
bow that he did divide frsm Psgsns three
yor VII CD great service in tina. CHIN ate dcne.
Brave sigismundus king Of Hungarion.)
DID give MIN AS coat of aims to weare,
Those eoDguerd heads got BIZ his sword an l
Or shall tell of hi. adventures since,
Doae Ia Virginia. that lsrgs Confluence;
how that he subdu'd Kings unto his Yoke,
And made those heather file. ss Wild doth smoke,
And made their land bsing Of so large a station.
habisstion for our Ohris ian nation,
Where God - Elori6ed. their wants supp'rd,
nacns eabe fof nccetear1fs, might have did.
But what Aysfes his cJnquekts. now be iyes
lnterd Ia Earth, prey for Worms and Plies;
may his sCule. In sweet kliBum sleere
Until the keeper that all soules dothe keece.
Rsturn to Judgment. and that after thence.
With angels he may have his rec1mpsrce"
This tablet, the writer says. was destroyed by
thu great fre In 1886, together with most Of the
monumental antiquities Of the church; and all
new remaining to the memory OF Capt. Smith, IL
large nat stoue, 10 front of the Commun MON Ia.
bic, engraved with his coat OF arms. The three
Turks heads said TO be still dstin gusshable,
bat Ia few years they will be entirely enac.