The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-15
TGIE JACKSON sTATUE.
MEETING OF CITIZENS LAST NIGHT-BUsI.
NESS COMMITTEE APPOINTED.

Pursuant to notice which appeared ir
| the city papers yesterday meeting Of citi
| Zens was held at Assembly Hall last night to
take the necessary steps to raise sum o
! money, in addition to that already appro.
priated by the City Council, sufficient to de.
| tray the expenses incident to the unveilinn
| OF the Stone8all jackson statue on the 26ttl
instant
The meeting was called to order by Colo.
| mel II. G. Cabell, and on his motion General
Il. Heth was chosen chairman. .
On motion of Mr.. Charles U. Williams The
| representatives Of the city press present we're
requested to act as secretaries.
Upon taking the chair General Heth an.
| nounced that tine meeting was called for the
purpose of deyising means by which we can
pay due bonor to the statue of the llustrieus
hero Stonewall Jackson, which will be un-
| yelled on next Tuesday week. He regarded
the occasion as one of great interest to Vir-
ginia and her people, and believed when they
should come 10 know and feel the importance
and interest Of the matter that there would
be no sort of difficulty in raising the funds
necessary 10 make the demonstration com.
pIete in every respect. He said that the ap-
preparation of $4,000 made by the State
was intended for the pedestal Of the
statue alone, and if there was anything
remaining when this was paid for it Was the
opinion OF the commission that it should be
turned into the State Treasury. The city
had appro opriated one thousand dollars; but
all this bad been already absorbed, and it
would require about three thousand dollars
more to pay for horses and carriages, badges,
printing, fireworks, decorations in the
streets, &c. He believed that there would be
- - n y,tyufi fin
here ct the time, and about fifty thousand
strangers in the city.
Colonel Cabell suggested that the Chair
might appointa committee sufficiently large
to canvass the city and raise the necessary
amount.
Mr.. Williams thought that the meeting
had better adjourn until Saturday night at 8
O'Clock. ......
Mr. Chamberlaype thought Friday night
would be best, for obvious reasons.
Mr.. w. 2. Burwell believed that the best
plan would be 10 open books or lists of SUBJ
scription at all of the drugstores 10 the city,
and have it announced that all friends of the
cause could 90 there and contribute dollar
each. He believed that the necessary amount
could be very easily raised in that way.
After much discussion and many sugges.
tions the matter was finally settled by the
adoption OF q series Of resolutions cff.red by
Dir. R. D. Ward.
These resolutions declare that in the
opinion Of the meeting the citizens will SUB.
scribe the necessary money; that subscrir.
ton lists should be placed at prominent
points in the city by special committee to lie
appointed by the Chair; and that this COM
mittee shall also canvass the city, report the
result to the chairman, and if in his judg-
ment it is necessary, call another public
meeting.
Under these resolutions the Chair ap.
pointed the following gentlemen, who will
meet this afternoon at O'Clock at the office
of the Piedmont and Arlington Life To-
surapce Company, corner Of Ninth and Main
streets:
Thomas A. Brander, L. Wagner, Colonel
W. c. Darlington, William English, Benja.
min T. August, z. w. Pickrell, Maxwell T..
Clarke, W. Fl. Haxall, General r. Lindsay
Walker, R. D. Ward, George S. Palmer,
Thomas Elicit, DR.. Charles II. Smith, Her.
man r, Baldwin, Charles y. Williams,
A. Y. Stokes, l.. w. Rose, DR.. William
Palmer, Captain John b. Purcell, Gene
raj T. NJ. Logan, Major f. ?. Turner,
William T. Binford, Captain 81. c. Carter,
George D. Wise, Joseph L. Darlington, Thos.
W. McCance, Samuel Maccubbin, Captain
John A. Curtis, A. G. Babcock, Charles L.
Todd, DR.. W. H. Scott, John J. Crutchtield,
Julius Straus, c. Zimmer, NJ. May, Captain
E. J. Levy, Il. Coalter Cabell, W. ?. Bur
well, Colonel W. 81. Palmer, John Z. Trip
lett, E. H. Chamberlayne, Jr., Captain
Joseph V. Bidgood.
For the city OF Manchester: DR.. l.. Il.
ChieS, DR.. w. Il. Weisiger, G. c. McRae,
T. Is. Ccrsley, w. l. Clopton.
Adjourned.