The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-03


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Tributes Of Respect 90 1.-The Late WE.
.sol,n TX. Remarks Of Rev.
Dr. IAoGe.
A meeting of prominent lawyers, Alumni
of the University of Virginia, State and city
officials. and members of the press. was held
in the hall Of the House OF Delegates yes
terday afternoon ut l O'Clock to take appro-
pirate action concerning the death of Mr..
John r. Thompson, OF Virginia. which oc-
CURED in New York on Wednesday.
On motion of Judge Beverly Il. Wexford
Governor Walker was called to the chair,
and members of the press in attendance
we're requested to act II secretaries.
On melton Of Or. G.. W. Bagby commit
tee Of tive was appointed TO prepare re>olu-
lions expressive Of the sentiment OF the
meeting.
The Chair appointed DR.. Bagbr. MessrS.
James Peasants. James Mcdonald, Secre-
tary OF the Commonwealth; P. L. Moore,
City Sergeant; and Thomas H. Wynnc, pre-
| Sident oi the City Council.
The committee reported series of reso-
futions oulogiStic of the deceased, and en-
pressing tn" deep sympathy of the meetin"
with the members OF the bcreavcd family.
They were unanimously adopted.
Before This report was presented Governor
Walker remarked that inaSmuch as the meet
lng bad been convened for the purpose of
hcnoriug the memory of the deceased, he
hoped that gentlemen present Would avail
themselves of the opportunity of paying
such tributes a> were duc, and that he hoped
DR. uogc would address the meeting.
nr. Iluge responded substantially as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Chairman. Although several ears
have elapsed since our lamrnted friend Mr.
Thompson ceased to hc resident Of this city,
we all feel .liat Richmond has suffered be-
reayement in his death. This was not only
the place of his birth, but wherever he sub
>Cquentlv lived. whether in this country or
abroad, Richmond was the place to which
his heart ever turned a> the home OF his al
fcctiOn>. His brief visits here were the hap
re>t c,mc> Of his life always anticipated
with pleasure and ended with reluctance.
And Wc welcomed him when he came, and
| shared with him in the regret that he could
not make the city with which he was idcnti-
tied by 50 many associations the place OF his
permanent abode.
w ncD Il lildll NHD HIS ultuc tuillitnL III
| tanmcnt> in literature is taken from us. it Is
loss we feel I'll the more scn>lbly bccau>c
| >lI"h mrn have been rare among lis. The
| field upon which Virginia genius has found
| lis chief eXrrriSc alid distinction lla> always
been the pciiucu! field. In one OF the latest
| histories oil tue State. :! work in two volumes
| and containing more tnau thousand pages,
| only six pages Were required to give us all
|
works.
Dr. Hoge said he might safely assert that
Mr.. Thompson well deserved the reputation
he had won as an accomplished beiicS-lcttreS
! scholar. In that department he could name
| but two or three gcntlcnien--not occupying
professional chairs in our universities and
colleges whose literary information was MS
general in its range or is minute i'll It's acct-
lacy. During Mr.. Thompson's residence
here, whenever DR.. Hose had occasion TO as
certain the volume, chapter, or page, con.
tanning Il particular line or sentence in the
works of any classic writer. or TO obtain the
exact verbal rendering OF any disputed pas
sage, he always applied TO Mr.. Thompson for
the information desired, and found nim so
| vl!lmblean aid in every literary research that
after his removal to New York he felt that he
| had sustained personal loss in that respect.
as well aS the loss of friend whose society
he greatly priced.
But we all regretted his removal from
| Richmond, as WE now dcplore his removal
| from earth, for reasons more important than
those which are merely personal TO our
selves. He was Il man pure in morals IL
well Is in taste--a man of lrrcproachlbe
| htc-cf sympathicS always on the side OF
Whatsoever things were just, and true, ano
| honest, and of good report And, better
than ali, the source and the support of what
WAS finest in his character was his reVerelltla
regard for religion and its obligations. The
hopes oi the gospel cheered him during the
! many vici>>itudcs OF life the consultations o
! the Gospel sustained and comtorted nm l!
the decline and closing hours OF life.
The Doctor said he would be pardoned i
in th,, connection he mentioned the fact thai
Mr.. THOMPSON was the author OF the hymn
which was sung ut the dedication OF th'
church of which he is still the pastor. The
last s.anZa of il is rs true Of the tra, tempe
of the body rs of the houses made VIII
hands in which we worship God on his holy
| dry. The tabernacle in which once dWel
the cultivated and ilumncd spirit OF Our ac
parled friend is laid low, but we trust he
now realizes in all its iulness the blesSca
ness OF the truth rs expressed III tue cios'n5
words OF his OWN hymn:
..Aud when al last In litc's decline
Ilis earthly temple We resign.
| May we. . I.ord enjoy with Ihee
| The ,abpa'h Of Eternity.
! DR.. Bagbv then made few interesting re
marks touching upon the literary lie
the deceased aud his many social virtues
| hpproprittc and feeling remarks we're alSt
made hv Judge Wexford and Captain Henry
| IIudnall.
Accommodating the report Of the commit
tee was Il resolution providing for the ap
pointment of IL committee OF t"eiiy-nt'
| 10 meet Tie remains at the depot In THIS citS
to-day. The report was adopted ana the
| Chair appointed the following committee
Judge i;. X. Welliord, w. d. Coleman,
Peachy Il. Grattan, General L. /. Moore,
Mr. James peaSantS, Colonel J. I. ShleidS,
Me,sr>. W. II. Haxall, Lewis Gnter, Jame:
| McUA;,id Thomas II. Wynnc, Ii. Z. Caoel'
4. NJ. Kelley, Baker p. Lee, james A
Cuwardiu, Judges Hunter, Marshall, amt
". W. Crump, Rev. NJ. ID. Hose, Dr. w
| l.. Palmer, Mr. James Lyons, Hugh NJ
Slanard, ". B. Myers, Or. K. Barksdae, anl
l.. I. Daniel, Esq
On motion of Dr. B,gby the Chairman o
tl,n meeting, Mes>rs. W. Z. Burwell ard w
| Is. Slaimtu, were added 10 the committee.
The nccsing then adjourned.
The remains will he escorted from th
| Fredericksburg d, POI TO ~. Pnlils church
from which church the funeral VIII LAX
place Mt i:3U Z. M.