The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-26

THE MEMoRY OF THE LATE GENERAL
STUART-A MONUMENT ORDERED BUT Nor
YET ERECTED.-In the Dispatch of Saturday
was published correspondence In relation
TO valentines bust of the late Lieutenant
General j. Z. b. Stuart, which has been
placed In the State library. The following
action of the Council OF Richmond at a
called meeting held In May, 1864, will be
read with interest just now:
''Gcneral George w. Randolph, after an
nouncing to the Council the death of Gen.
eral j. X. Il. Stuart, of the Confederate
States army, submitted the following prealn-
ble and resoiutions-to wit:
Whereas the people of Richmond, in COM
mon with their feliow-citizens of the Con-
tederate States, have to deplore in the death
OF Major-General j. E. B. Stuart not ONLY the
loss of one Of the first military characters of
the age, but also the loss Of a citizen whose
eminent patriotism and pure life gave the
best guarantee that his great military capacity
would never he otherwise employed than in
the cause OF freedom and for the welfare Of
his country; aud whereas they not only re.
co%nIze this their great misfortune in CON-
mon with the rest of their countrymen. but
bearing in mind that he yielded up his heroic
spirit in the immediate defence of their city
and in Il successful effort to purchase their
safety by the sacrifice of his own life, they
are profoundly moved with sentiments Of
gratitude for his great services and of venc-
ration for his glorious memory, and are de-
Sirous to express and record their sense Of
peculiar obligation i'll an emphatic manner; /;
therefore be it..
"Resolrrd, That the Council of the city OF
Richmond, in behalf of the citizens thereof.
tender to the family Of General Stuart their
deepest and most heartfelt coincidence, and
earnestly request that the remains of their
great bencfactor may be permitted to remain
under the eye and guardianship of the people
Of Richmond, and that they may be allowed
to commemorate by Il suitable monument
their gratitude for his services.
"ReSOlred, That the President of the
Council communicate Il copy of the forego-
ing preamble and resolutions to the widow
Of General Stuart; and if the request Of the
Council shall meet with her appreciation,
that committee of three members be APP
pointed, whose duty it shall he to report Il
design TOR suitable monument and inscrip-
ton, and report to some future meeting OF
this body"
The same were read and unanimously
adopted, and the President announced the
following committee under the second reSo-
luton; Mes$rs. George W. Randolph, Samuel
Denoon, and Nathaniel B. Hill.
At the meeting of the Council on the 31st
of May the President submitted the follow
ing letter from Mrs. General Stuart:
"RICHMoNp, VA, May 10th, 1864.
"Dear Sir,-I beg you to communicate to
the Council of the city Of Richmond the
earnest assurance that | most gratefully ap-
preciate the kindness and sympathy eX-
pressed in their resolutions adopted on the
4th instant. TO my children and myself the
knowledge that such sentiments are enter
tanned by the people of Richmond consti-
t,ltes precious Inheritance. acknowledge
the claim Of the capital of Virginia to retain
the remains of one who freely gave his life
us an Offering of affection and devotion to his
native State. Yours respectfully,
"FLORA STUART.
To d. J. Saunders, President Of the Cou'a-
Gil Of the city Of Mchmond."
The pledge made to Mrs. Stuart has never
been fulfilled. The monument has not been
erected.