The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-03
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Il u,orrcsrondence OF the RarAmona pspatch.l 4
WAsREsroN, v A., September I, 1876.
This young city Is reached ttsae times
daily by Its ewn sst,sc niue.H,fe railway,
connecting with the Virginia Midland 81
Warsenton juu.;tSon. The town is q credit
TO Fauquier, OF wtfch' Il IS tie county.seat.
There are few prestier or Eors pleasantly
located towns sa Virginia. En no rlace OF
sts size ID the South have seen 80 sans
handsome and weslkept private residences,
with pretty gocnds ana one trees every
where. The shadc this hot day Is delicious,
ma Won esq, God IL on the streets asGense as
IN the depths ofa forest There are no pub
Nc b,,ildioas here except the courthouse.
witch ID 4 large, Aoe building, surnounted
INV n fsH steeple with brazen weatbercock.
: Tine sossu bas lad had luck with its hotels,
having n, the last three years lost by IRE two
Ara hs,,hdIuxs, and the trayelles6 ode limited
,ss.ssrssf1eyoiasions here now but Mr.. George
n Txchrsn. u Texas apitalist, has just
/. ho,,oht the site Of the old Wsrren Green
sHotei Tor &C, 0ee, cash, and viii at once COM
ls,epee the erection OF & large brick building,
which he proposes to complete and throw
omen TO che pnbHc by next summer. Mr..
Issnes Maddox, an old servant OF the public,
and not ankaowp to many citizens OF the
Sts:es win be the proprietor -
There see&ns to be an upoSual gathering TO-
usther here Of notable exc onfederstes. Here
ana GENERAL Eppa Hnnton, General LoMsx
General Ex-Governor Smith, General Will
alam 81. Payne, and Colonel Mosby, the dis.
organizer: and Genersl Ffz. Lee, who, II
Al saId. will probably move here soon, Is here
now prospecting, as am told, While Colonel
Mosby's singular course has, It Is Thought.
tended much towards the dtsoTganizat"n o.
The Conservative party ia bis district. ne
has q great many Iiends IN MS OWL
county. and It. is claimed by some that ne
l1as done more for II thau any man 10 1t BY
9 harInp secured positions for so many worthy
and needy citizens. Just lately, 1t Is said,
he cot In q fresh batch Of hale dozen APP
ro;ntmepts. aud still. with strange nnseiflsh.
mess. he asks nothing for himself. We
notice In the cemetery the grave OF
CAPTAIN Moup,joy, one OF Mos6y's
sncst gallant officers. He sleeps 10
the shadow of the beautiful monument
which The ladies' of Warrenton erected over
ssil1 Confederate dead, whose remains they
have collected together here--a labor OF love
xuorthy of virgipia's daughters. The mon
s,rnent consists Of q beautiful marble shaft
elevated upon q pedestal Of granite, and sur.
mounted by lifes'ze figure Of maiden
holding in her hand an open book. represent
ing Memory reading the record Of the dead.
= The inscriptions on the tour sides OF the
shaftare appropriate and touching. On The
east face and most prominent Is "CoDfede'
rate Dead-Six Hundred. Virginia's Dsugh'
fers TO VirgiDia's Defenders" On the west
side: "Go tell the soutbrons we lie here for
the rights OF their States. They never fail
who die 10 great cause" On the north
face: "Here on the soil of Virginia they
sleep o. sleeps hero on bis unsurrendereu
sheld.' On the south face: :'God will
Judge the right"
Tue NOR ument was erected at cost Of
$4,000, and the bones of these six hundred
noble fellows lie 10 one grave beneath 1t.
They had been collected and buried sepa
raieiy, and their graves marked with head
boards, that they might be reclaimed by their
, friends, and II was not until lately that those
not taken away were exbumed and r. iuierred
: rs we have stated. In this unselish WORK
the ladies of this little town have spent over
$4,000. All honor to them.
But it Is nearly train-time, and will stop
for the present, and let you bear next from
me 10 West Virginia probably.
-. BoTEToURT.