The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-11
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4 the following verses-the poets tribute to
his soldier friend = n s.f1IFf4 5S I, .5t.s
I GENERAL j. III STUART. te.f.s q,
GBy John r. Thompson
We could not pause while ret the noontide airs.t
wi, snook with the cannonade's inccssant peallng,
The funeral pageant ftly to prepare 81 81 y ~
! Anziou1s gFief revealing. :. y5d
That skirts our southward border. In It's beauty 81
Marked where our heroes stood and fought and died
| For love and faith and duty. N
And still, what time the doubtful strife went ON.
We might not find expression for our sorrow
! IWecould but lay. our dear, dumb warrior down.
And gird US for Tomorrow. 49,
With victory IN e the oasR s stormg lnl closes
4 When the glad SPRING ell flushed and beautiful,
With dirge, and bell, and minute gun, We paid ~
Some few poor rites1an expressive token
/ or q great peoples pain-tO Jackson's shade,
No wailIng trumpet and no, ,tolling bell,
No cannon save the battles boom receding
When Stuart 70 the grave we bore might tell
/ With hearts all crushed and bleeding.
The crisis suited not with pomp, and she
Whose anguish an sears the seal Of eopseeraton
/ tfau WlSneu MS CuIlSLlaN OUSetuleS SNOulu be
n Thus void of ostcntation. ':G.IE@s Ifr
Only the maldens came sweet flowers to twine
Above his form so still and cold and painless,
Whose deeds upon our brightest record shine
! Whose life and sword are stainless.
! They well remembered how he loved to dash
Into the fight, testooned from summer bowers;
How iiks @ fountains sprays Is his sabres fash
And 50 we carried to his place of rest = @1=L-r
NI,nf<f 9 Dali "a
The cross, and not the sabre, on his breast,
That opes the heavenly portal. :, =
No more of tribute might to US remain .g,t,r.
But there win come time when Freedoms mar.
| tYrs t.cF.,g,E sa hi z.es ,az-u..
| Than CLEANS In stars and garterS.
claim no prophets vision, but see
| Through coming yetrs-now near at hand, now
My rescued country glorious and free,
| And strong and self-existent. .s.
hear from out that's that sup.t NIL land wsh lies
| The happy sounds of industry arise
In swelling, peaceful chorus
And, mingling with these sounds, the glad acclaim
| Of millions, undsturbe by warts afllictions,
Growing each martyrs neyer-dying name
With grateful bencdictisns.
In some fair future garden of delights,
Where flowers shall bloom and sonS-birds sweetly
Art shall erect the statues of our knights
! In living bronze and marble.
And none Of all that bright and heroic throng
Shall ~ wear to far-of tin time sembiance grander-
| Than this beloved commander.
The Spanish legend tells lis of the Cid,
That after death he rode erect, sedately. '#.s
/ Along his lines, even as In life he did, .s ~.
| In presence yet more stately.
And thus our Stuart at this moment seems
To ride out Of our dark and troubled story
| Into the region Of romance and dreams, -s.g
| A realm Of light and glory. o
| And sometimes, when the silver bugles blow,
That giostly form, in battle rcappearing,
| Shall lead his horsemen headIong on the foe
In victory carecring..
THE POETS GRAVE. .a.,s
Thompson is buried in the same cemetery,
not far from Stuart, and side by side with
his mother and father, Sarah and John
Thompson. Only few months ago monu-
ment was raised over his remains. It is OF
pure white marble resting on afoundation-
stone OF granite, altogether about eighteen
| or twenty feet high. On the shaft is the
monogram ]. R. r. cncircled by wreath
OF immortelles exquisitely chiselled.
The inscription is as follows:
JOHN r. THOMPSON.
Born, in Richmond, Virginia. E.
'.'.'' 7 '-,' 23d October, 1926. ....,....
Died in New York York aoth % April
To the graceful: poet, the brilliant writer,
the steadfast Friend, the loyal Virginlan,
- the earnest and consistent Christian,
| This Monument is Erected
| as Token OF
| Admiration and Affection
= a.'' BY His
Northern and Southern Friends.
INAUGURAL CEREMONIES.
| In regard to the inauguration OF the
Thompson monument we learn that the
committee which have the matter in charge,
and of which Mr.. w. Gordon McCabe, Of Pc
tersburg, is chairman, has invited Hon. b.
Johnson Barbour to. deliver an address on
the OCCASION, and that there will be no
! formal ceremonies in the matter.
| It is to be hoped that Mr.. Barbour, who
was Mr.. Thompson lifelong friend, will
consent to deliver the address, and that the
citizens of Richmond will do honor to the
memory of this most cultured man OF let
tiers and graceful poet by attending the in
auguration.
Mr.. McCabe is awaiting Mr.. Barbour
reply; until which no action will be taken.
THE LATE PRINTING CoNTEsT-DECIsIoN
OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL.-The following
correspondence and decision OF the Board
of Appeal in relation to the State printing,
which has been furnished K. +. Walker,
Superintendent of Public Printing, viii
explain itself: - ..-..' -...
. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
! -.ai EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS,
RICHMOND MAY 8, 1876.
Mr.. +. 4. Christian: Dear Sir,-l enclose
the decision OF the Board Of Appeal anG
also your accepted order on Messrs. smitf
& Rady.
The Superintendent of Public Printing
has been furnished with duplicate OF tht
decision.
Hoping that you may win credit and prof
from your undertaking, am
Very respectfully, &c.,
- JAMES MCDONALD,
.I..v Secretary Of Commonwealth.
The undersigned, acting as q Board
Appeal under section 8, chapter 95, Acts
1888, having had laid before them the up
peal OF Mr.. F. A. Christian from the aware
of contracts for State printing made by th
I Superintendent of Public Printing April |
1876, and having heard testimony and th'
arguments Of counsel, by which it wa
! shown