Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-04

lkvEILING OF THE STATUE AT RICH-
EAoND- IMPOSING t'EREMoNIEs-SPEE-
cHEs OF Gov KEMPER, AND REV.
R. HocE..7 s...=.......,s..,..
q RICHMOND, Va, Oct. rs 1876
he bronze statute of Stonewall Jack
on, the Gift of a number of eminent
Englishmen to Virginia, was unveiled
IN its pedestal in the Capitol grounds,
h Richmond, to day. The city was
hronged with VISITORS including q
trong delegation of Marylanders from
Baltimore, many of whom belonged to
he old Stonewall Brigade, and fought
ndcr .Jackson's banner There We're
trangers iron, all parts of Virginia and
he South. "aa a .us.s4l.
ELABoRATEs .DEcoHATloNs. .
Richmond was decorated through>
ut The city, few houses appearing
1ithout some token in honor of the
gro who was second in command in
he armies OF the Conicdtracy when he
ell The British flag was conspicu
bus aucng the decorations every why're
nd the Confederate flags We're ent wins
4 with the stars and stripes, en- olema-
tits of the reunion and harmony Of
prevailing peace The ladies have had
their headquarters for week at the
old Monumental Hotel, making flags
and devices for the day after designs
by the artists, W. L. Sheppard, John
Elder, e. J. Fisher and w. H. Caskie.
Many of the Confederate flags display
ed were torn and stained treasures
kept in families as mementoes Of the
past .s...4s.+ a...
53iijs TRIUMPHAL ARCHES.
+ A triumphal arch 29 feet high wal
thrown across Grace street at st. Pe,
ter's Cathedral, near the capito.
grounds. The motto. "Hero, Patriots
Christian" was the chief inscription
Appropriate designs were emblazoned
on the towers from which the arch was
sprung, and the decorations, the result
Of combined efforts of hundreds of
Richmond ladies, were very beautiful.
There was a second arch over the en-
trance to the capitol grounds from
Grace street made Of wool, marble
grained, trimmed with arms. 1t was
capped with a cheyaux de frise of
bayonets and musket stacks, right and
left, OH top of the, towers. On the
front of the arch were crossed swords.
Inside sthe grounds, the Washington
monument, granite and bronze figures,
and the Henry Clay statute, marble,
were deliberately trimmed. The rooms
of the Conservative Campaign Club,
among otherssdccorations in front of
the building, displayed a large por
trait of Queen Victoria, with Jaskson
on one side and Lee on the other.
1 THE STATUTE OF JACKSON.
The bronze statute on the north
side of the capitol, midway between
the " ashlngton monument and the
Governors mansion, and between the
main avenues of Capitol square and
Capitol street, is seven feet in height,
and represents General F J. Jackson
as he was uniformed at the time of his
death. His left hand is resting on his
sword, which is planted on a position
of broken fertilization. The head is
turned to the right. The right hand
holds glove and rests on the hip
The sculptor has succeeded admirably
in the expression, it being that of a
man who neither knows or fears dan
gel. Asa likeness of Jackson, hows
ever, he has not done so well. AS a
work of art it cannot fail to add new
lustre to the already brilliant fame of
the English sculptor Foley, who fin
ished it just before his death August
last. The statute is mounted on a clrl
cular base of granite, with pedesta~
FIVE feet in height of the same mate
rial. The Inscriptions as follows:
Presented by English gentlemen
as a tribute of admiration for
'' the Soldier and Patriot, 81 .
isa i THOMAS J. JACKSON, III.
and gratefully accepted by Virgil
MIA, in name of the Southern
people. -aej - ID
Done A. D., 1875.
in the hundredth year of the Common
wealth. .. f--Fl rtt. s.
'Look, there is Jackson, standing
like a stone wall. .'
The statue. it will be remembered,
was imported through Baltimore in
September last, and was received with
great demonstration by military and
other organizations in Richmond on
the occasion of its reception, hundreds
of former soldiers Of both armies uni-
ting to draw theheavy vehicle on which
the case containing the gift had been
| placed for transportation. The associa>
|tiun of English gentlemen contributing
this monument to the treasures OF Vir-
einia was formed in 1868, Immediately
after the death of General Jackson, and
four thousand guineas were subscribed
'for,the bronze to his memory. The
sculptor, J. H:4Foley, RIA, who made
the colossal statue, to Prince Albert,
was commissioned to make tAs jackson
tatue. The downfall Of the s.onfed
eracy and the subsequent. state OF poolllt-
ical affairs in the country kept the
work in allegiance until 1872. When
Gen Bradley T. johnson was in Ions
! don be. had a, conference with Mr.. A.
J. B. Bereford Hope and the sculptor,
and was instrumental in furnishing de-
tails of uniform, military trappings and
a photograph Of Stope.wall Jackson,
taken in 1868, short while before his
death. Foley lived to complete the
statue in all lis details, and after bis
death it was exhibited at the Royal
Academy of Arts, in the spring Of 1878,
as due to the artist, and that the Eng
lish people might have an opportunity
to see it before it left that country
The Tor;s1atu,a If yiroinia apbrODri-