The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-12


The subject Of the Warrington Monument
at Washington, II assuming similar place IN
the public mind to that held By the Mount
Vernon project, and the hope 10 we'll founded
that the results may BE- ~ happy In both cases.
The contribution boxes which are now posted
at even the slnallest country post-onlces, are
gathering funds rapidly. A correspondent OF
the National Inteliigencer gives that paper
description oi the plan for its erection. We
quote:
"The base of the obelisk part Of the monu.
ment Is 81 feet square its finished altitude
according to the original design, il 10 be Gw
feet and to be encircIed by grand pantheon
temple $50 feet In diameter and 100 feet high:
surmounting the portico of entrance to which
Is to be the colossal statne of Washington 81
feet high, represented in q chariot drawn by
six horses, driven by Victory, all of colossal
proportions.
eThe magnificent terrace which crowns this
pantheon, $50 feet in circuit, 10 opened in the
centre at the four cardinal points, and sur
mounted each with circular temple, crowned
with the symbols of Immortality. On each
face at the foot of the great shaft are tablets OF
the Observation-Disclosures Trenton, Mon
mouth, Brandywine, &c.
"The pantheon is surrounded by a colon
made. numbering In columns with the immor-
tai signers of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, whose statues are to be placed here
ss&aiusS tuc Out Walls u tIlc celia Wltulu. Il ne
columns of this colonnade are of American
order, and stand on high stylobate, they are
to be ~ feet in diameter and So feet high, sur.
mounted by an entabiature 20 feet high, en-
riched with the coat-of-arms of every State in
the Union-over which is massive balustr
ID feet high, forming second colonnade sur
rounding the terrace.
''The celia of the pantheon is entered by
grand Hight of steps in front of the portico.
Here Is represented the glorious galaxy of he
roes OF the Revolution of 1776, the compatri-
OTIS OF Washington, whose statues will also
grace the scene; and. above the statues, are to
be represented tablets ON the walls Of battle
and other scenes In which they were engaged,
In the centre of this spacious pantheon within
the court of the obelisk, are the mementoes of
Pater Patrie. Ascending the flight of iron
steps here (surrounded by the beautiful me-
mentOes of a grateful people placed on the
wal, y and reaching the grand terrace an arch
way under the balnsfrade leads by a fight OF
stone steps dotcH tcithin the height Of the grea.
entabiature, where a vaulted gallery conducts
to series of cabinets, one for each State of the
Union where are to be deposited the records
OF the names of the contributors towards the
erection of the monument.
SIN the height of the styI0bate, or grand base
of the monument, will be a series of apart
ments, disposed in such intricate form as will
rival the celebrated labyrinths of Crete, Egypt,
Lemnos, or Tuscane. While these vaulted
passages are necessary to the structure above,
they will constitute one OF the most curious
snbterranean apartments in the world.
"The walls OF the monument are fifteen
feet thick, constructed of massive blocks of
white crystal marble, backed by huge granite
cubes"