The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-14

rec ymmcnded be referred TO Committee on
Streets.
The resolution and report were adopted.
CLAIMS AND SALARIES, &C.
Sir. Dickerson, from the Committee on
Claims and Salaries. presented joint resolll-
tiops rounding q line Of s. aga1ns; Collin
Jarvis, and tine OF SO against J. c. Dipp-
ner paying claims as follows: Randolph
d English, $1l.50. for Acts Of Assembly !;
S2j to S. q. TinSlcv for clerical services !;
So to CARRIER for omnibus hire for Commit
Tee on Schools; 50. - for gaslight>, &C., For
Council chamber; 81 TO {. Pilout for re-
pairing keys for Chancery Court; $3.50
1856 10 J.. II. Berry for fees; So TO P.
Scnermrraorn for transferring tive pieces OF
GROUND. &c: and 1920 to DR.. w. II. Tay-
Tor, Coroner, ior services for June, July,
August. and September.
The resolutions were agreed to.
Mr. Gray presented the report OF the Pre-
sident OF tie Board OF Heath, showing the
amount oi work done during the past quar-
ter. Received and filed.
FROM TIE COMMON COUNCIL, &C.
Various resolutions from the Common
Council. adopted by that body ut its last
meeting. were coErurred In.
MrsSr>. Bca!l and Williams were appoint
cd on the conference committee i'll reference
to The Sunday laws.
TIE report OF the Committee on Streets,
which created so much discussion at the last
meeting OF the Common Council, was, on
motion al Sir. BcalI, hid on the table.
THE YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL.
Mr.. Br:li presented the following pre-
amblc and resolutions:
Whereas the example set by other States
in causing centennial ceremonies to be OBJ
served. .c0mm,molatyeo Of prominent events
OF the Revolutionary war. is worthy OF be-
ing followed: and whereas among these
crruls none arc more conspicuous than the
scenes enacted ~ Yorktown, Va, tcrmina-
ting Il. The -nrreuder o: the British army
under Lord Cornw:,iiis on the 10! OF Octo-
ber, 1871: and whereas the approaching
centennial o. that day Will be fitting occ;l-
sion 10 do honor to the memory OF those
brave men wilo>c va!or compelled that sur
render: therefore be it
ReSnircI ithc Common Council concur
rin.}, That Il c9mmittcc be and is hereby
appointed. 20 consist OF tie President OF
The Board ~ Aldermen, ;hc President OF
the Common truncil. and the City Attar-
ney, to prci&;:c and present to the Le@i>Ia-
ture memorial praying tha; honorable
body 10 adopt >uGh measures Il, may be
Dropcr and necessary ~ insure suitable
Centennial celebration OF the surrender AT
Yorktown on tie 10 Il OF October, liSl.
VIEWS OF AN OLD ARMY OFFICER.
In presenting the resolutions Colonel
3paIl said that some explanation was due the
Board, and in this explanation he might
have occasion to mention some historical
facts with which all are perfectly familiar.
an! he should recall them for the purpose Of
cnl.>,i:1@ the Boards SympathicS and active
>unport in behalf OF the measures contcm-
plated by the paper.
The Paper contains 4 preamble and reso-
lutiGns relating TO events OF the Revolution
arv wai-cytnls pregnant with the fate OF
the American people-erentS whose impor-
tancc and bearing on the destiny OF this
country have been fully demonstrated by
the magnitude OF their results. First amou"
these results were peace. liberty, and iHde-
Dendence 10 this country, soon followed by
a constitutional form OF government well
calculated to secure 10 its eople their poll
teal, civil, and religious rights.
We ure aStonished when we look back TO
the embryo days OF this Republication
composed CT few impoverished and ed
fcebled cclnnieS-now with unparalleled
progress. stretching from ocean to ocean--
from IIudson'S Bay in the north to the
Gulf 0? Mexico in the South-posseSSing 4
TERRITORY 80 vast that it Is capable OF Sll>-
tanning The population OF the world-one
S,ate alone being competent to furnish
from its bread lands 4 homestead TO every
man. woman, ana child composing me
ponulitiou OF the United States. All this
within a period OF time barely exceeding
that which spans tue life OF man. This
Union exceeds, said he, in age only twenty
tiv. wears that of the person who has now
thc hor.or Of addressing YOU, and his locks
are scarcely touchrd ty the frnSts OF time.
No victory. no conquest OF arms, Is re-
corded in history whose Widespread eEects
ana influences Tor good over the poltlcai,
civil. and social condition OF Civilized man
L,nd are comparable ID those resulting
from and depenGeM: on the victory anu
the surrender OF the zoe III ! nrk:nWh. NO
Virrinian with spark Of PATRIOTISM III MS
heart, no native Of this wld">pread cotA-
fry. can recall the scenes OF The teFoia'
tion, and trace the advancement OF s"e
limited States in arts, sciences, cohlilr.c',
and manufactures, without beng Ff""o %
his couutry-prcud Of those great men "ho
sipnalliZed themselves by acis OF sc!1-ae'o
tion worthy OF the brightest names Oh I'LL
tiquity.
To honor the memories OF such men, an,
to commemorate their deeds, is but to lot
low custom from the remotest ages, reacheo
only by monumental history, down TO th'
latest days Of modern times. Even savage
respect and honor the deeds OF their deat
warriors, and strive TO rropitiate the Grea
Spirit in their behalf By offerings and sacrl
fees, keeping alive their memories b.
neyer-dving fires. SO universal is this sa
cred feeling that 1t seems to be innate in tn
human heart.
When memory touches thai "mystI
chord" a" connecting the living with tn
dead it awakena to active life the best i'm
pulses and purest feelings OF our, nature
Who here fails to remember q signal in
stance OF t,Iis holy feeling exhibited by Oh
own peo,,Ic Just after the close OF the lat
civil var? A people struggling with po,
erty. heart-broken, hopes crushed to earth
With the "black curtain of despair
I, around them, gave freely OF their scant
means wherewith 10 build that endurin
monument in Hollywood consecrafed I
the dead victims OF the lost cause. Wh
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