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Alliance. mounted. 800 strong. followed,
preceding TIL, veteran infantry and the
volunteer organizations.
The military occupied positions in
line IL order as their states seeded.
South Carolina came first, followed by
Mississippi Alabama, Florida, Georgia
louisiana, Texas. Virginia. Arkansas,
North Car, lima. Tennessee and Missouri
II !storical Incidents.
Many historical and sentimental Incl
dents were recalled by the parade of the
Marylanders. They carried four his
toric flags. which have been in fifty
pitched battles and ninety engagements
from first to last, from first Manassas to
AppomatoX.
The William and Mary college stu
dents carried standard that was the
flag of Virginia when she was British
colony. 1t greatly resembles the last
adopted Confederate flag. The union is
modelled after the British anion jack,
and the field is white. except that at the
end are three red. white S1.d blue bars.
On oae side is Williamsburg, 1874. !"
On the other Raleigh; Cave"
The students of Washington and Lee
university wore the university can
white and blue) and carried reed canes
with white and blue streamers. They
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sion had taken positions on the front OF
the stand, the procession passed III re-
view before them, the veteran infantry
leading and the veteran cavalry and
volunteer infantry bringing up the rear
Preliminary Exercises.
When the organization was complete
and something like quiet could be had
Governor Mckinney, as president of the
Lee monument. arose and called the as
semblage to order.
Governor Mckinney said it was his
desire not to perpetuate animosity OF
excite bitterness of feeling in any por
ton of this country, but to express the
love and alteration of the people of tht
south for those who had fallen in theil
behalf. That feeling was unconquer
able and eternal. Amid all the southern
states there existed feeling of love fol
the Confederacy. (which" he said, ii
now dead"
Governor Mckinney. called attention
to the fact that all of the Confederate
states were represented in the gather
ing He named each state and the chiei
representatives which it had sent to the
exercises AS he named in succession
Reagan, Longstreet, Gordon, Holt
Hampton and Johnston, each name was
greeted with prolonged cheering.
After a brief invocation by Rev
Charles Minnigerode, Of the Episcopal:
church, Governor Mckinney introduced
Gen. Early as chairman of the meeting
He was greeted with prolonged applause
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graphical review of the life and character Of
Gen. Lee. His marriage to the great-grand-
daughter of Washinston's wife formed tie
which connected him By daily association of
family and place with Washington's fame
and character, and it may we'll be believed
taat Lee made Washington his model of pub
lie duty.
Lees personal appearance and moral char
acteristies in his early manhood, and his SER
vices in Mexico. especially at the battle of
Contreras, were sketched lightly. History"
said the orator. will record, as Scott himself
nobly admitted, that Lee was Scott's right
arm in Mexico" After leading up to the
period when it became necessary for Gen. Lee
to make his choice of which side he should
fight on in the coming conflict. Col. Anderson
said: No more painful struggle ever tore the
heart of a patriot. He had served the whole
country in gallant army which commanded
all his affection. He better than most men
knew the great resources of the north and
west. He knew northern men in their homes;
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carried a handsome banner. It bears
the combined coat of arms of the fam
lilies of Washington and Lee. 1t is
made of university colors, and on it are
the following dates: 1895, in upper left
hand corner, time when Washington's
name was given the institution; 1870,
in upper right corner, when Lees name
was added; 1749, date of foundation.
The Fifth Maryland regiment mus
tered 450 muskets and made a fine ap-
pearance.
North Carolina turned out in force.
She had about !, 900 men in line, headed
by Governor Fowle and staff.
Veteran Organizations.
Following is partial list of the Or
CARNATIONS of Confederate veterans par
ticipating:
A. n. V. Louisiana division, 10 men, H. II
Marks commander, New Orleans.
Rowan county, N. c., Veteran regiment,
100 men, Capt. c. r. Barker commander,
Salisbury, n. G.
White commander, Leesburg, Va.
Pickett-Buchanan camp. $50 men, Col.
Samuel H. Hodges, commander, Norfolk. Va.
8. Bowie Strange camp. c. w., 26O men, Gen
T. L. Rosser commander, Charlottesville, Va
Stonewall camp, c. ", 100 men. Col. w. r
Maury camp, G. ", Is men. Col. D. NJ. Lee
commander, Fredericksburg. Va.
A. P. Hill camp. c. w., $50 men, Col. H. R.
Smith commander. Petersburg, Va.
r. E. Lee camp, c. ", 60 men, Col. w. A.
Smoot commander, Alexandria, Va
Army and Navy, c. S. of MARYLAND. 1,00O
men. Gen. b. 7. Johnson commander, Balti-
more, Nd.
Confederate Veterans camp. of New York,
$50 men. Col. A. G. Dickinson commander,
New York city.
Camp Garrett. c. w., 80 men. Capt. c. L
Thompson commander, Huntington, Va.
EweI camp, G. w., 40 men. Col. J. E
Harvfll commander, Prince William county
Virginia.
Winchester camp, 70 men. Col E. Holmes
Boyd commander, Winchester, Va.
Louisa county. Virginia. c. ". 62 men
Col. 7. Smith commander, Louisa county
Virginia.
Frederick county (AId) camp. 20 men, Rev
G. Randolph Page commander, Frederic
county. Maryland.
! r. o. Peatross commander, Caroline county
Washington, D. c., c. ". 100 men. Alexan
der Hunter. commander, Washington.
Randolph Thirtieth Virginia Infantry, s.
men, Lieut.. w. H. Wilson commander Bev.
erly, w. Va.
Person co unity On. c. Veteran Association
50 men. J. A. Long Prescott commander, Rox
poro. n C.
Cabell Graves Camp. C. ". Is men. Col
George G.. Cabell commander. Danvillc. Va.
Ninth Virginia Cavalry. 200 men. Gen. r.. l.
T. Beale commander. Westmoreland county
Va.
Henderson. n. c., c. ", 10 men. mounted
Col. w. H. Check commander, Henderson
N. C.
At the Monument.
The line of march was down Broad
street to Nineteenth, to Main, to Eighth
to Franklin, to the monument. At
o'clock the procession reached the mon.
ument and the organizations were
massed around it. The distinguished
guests were seated in a pavilion facing
the statue and the speakers stand
The ceremonies of the unveiling will
now proceed according to the pro
gramme already detailed in these dis
patches.
Richmond is about as poorly pro-
vided with restaurants as any city Of its
size in the country and the problem OF
providing food for the multitude of Wis
itors is difficult one A number of
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Don't rush into matrimony, girls

Don't rush into matrirnony, girls
Remain single until you are well in the
twenties, when body and mind are
alike well developed.
You cannot over estimate the impor-
tance of thorough knowledge of the
man whom you design to marry. Up
rightness, fxedness of principle, an un-
Selfish and generous disposition, with
good business abilities, should be re-
garded as indispensable. If young
man is good son and brother, he will
make kind husband provided you do
your part. Do not be won by trines.
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diers' home-Joseph Marion White and
J. J. O'Neil.
Reaching the foot Of the monument he
took in his hand the end of the long
rope which held the great white veil
about the statue. 4 gentle pressure
and the veil parted, and, falling on
either side, disclosed the beautiful out
lines of the statue.
AS they came into view shout went
up from the assembla=e in volume Sc
great that it almost drowned the boom
of the cannon. In a minute the whole
crowd had broken from the ranks and
was focking about the base of the statue
cheering and tossing lats and canes in
the air. The crowd ON the platform 10
sponded with cheers and waving o,
handkerchiefs and flags.
When the crowd had been partly
cleared from the field sham battle was
inaugurated, infantry, cavalry and ar
tillery participating. In cavalry
charge negro was knocked down and
badly injured. No other damage was
done The only other accident re-
ported during the day was one in which
Mai. 7. N Baker, a distinguished son
of Charleston, s. c., was badly hurt by
Q kick of horse.
The Evening Festivities.
Last night the city celebrated the un-
yelling of the monument with banquets,
receptions and pyrotechnics. At the
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UNWILLING CEREMONIES.
C0l. AndersOn's Oration-Gen. John
ston Pulls the Cord.

Col. AndersOn's Oration-Gen. John.
ston Pulls the Cord.
RICHMOND, Va, May 30.-With blare
of trumpets, beating OF drums and the
booming of cannon the monument to
Gen. Robert E. Lee, erected by the
ladies of the south, was unveiled in the
presence of great multitude of people.
During the passage OF the professional
column through the principal streets OF
the city there was continuous ovation.
Its progress was much impeded by the
crowd that filed the streets. and it was
near.y o'clock when tn monument
was reached. An enormous crowd was
in waiting there.
A large stand in front of the monu-
ment had been reserved for the distin-
guished guests. the orator of the day
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THE STATUE ON THE PEDESTAL.
matchless combination exerts is eitself
symptom and source in use of moral health.
As long as our people truly love and veneratt
him; there will remain in them principle of
good.
For all the stupendous wealth and power
which in the last thirty years have lifted
these states to the foremost rank among the
nations of the earth, are less subject for
pride than this one heroic man. this human
product Of our country and its institutions
Let this monument, then. teach to genera
tions yet unborn these lessons of his life. Let
it stand. not as record of civil strife. but as
a perpetual protest against whatever Is low
and sordid in our private and public objects.
Let it stand memorial of personal honor
that never brooked a stain; of knightly valor
without thought of solf: of far reaching mill
tary genius unsoiled by ambition: of heroic
constancy. from which no cloud OF misfor
tune could ever hide the path of duty.
Let it stand for reproef and censure. II oul
people shall ever sink below the standards Of
their fathers. Let it stand for patriotic hope
and cheer, if day of national gloom and dis
aster shall ever dawn upon our country. Let
it stand as the embodiment of a brave and
virtuous peoples ideal leader. Let it stand
as a great public act OF thanksgiving and
praise. for that it pleased almighty God to be-
stow upon these southern states a man so
formed to reflect his attributes Of power
majesty and goodness.
Johnston Pulls the Cord.
At the conclusion of his address .
wave of applause swept over the crowd
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Daily except Sunday. Daily. Z Dali,
except Monday.

Additional train leaves oxford daily eX-
.cept Sunday II 90 m, arrive Henderson
II 05 pm. returning leave Henderson , 10
p m. daily except Sunday, arrive Oxford
5 515pm.
No. 30, leaving Goldsboro 20 u M and
Raleigh Il p m daily, makes connection
at Durham with No. 10, leaving at 6 90 D m
daily, except Sunday for Oxford, Hender-
son and all points on o. x H., o. Il Z. and
+. X NJ. roads.
Passenger coaches run through between
West Point and Raleigh, via keysville, on
Nos. "a and 1O2 and 55 and 1O5
Nos. 81 and So connect at Richmond from
and to West Point and Baltimore daily ex-
cept Sunday.
trains to and from Morehead City and Will
mingtOn, and at Selma to and from Fayette-
Vile
No. - connects at Greensboro for Fay
etteville.
No 50 connects at Selma for Wilson, n. C..
NOS 30 and 81 make close connection at
University Station with trains to and from
Chapel Hill, except Sundays.
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On trains so and 81, Pullman Buff
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HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT

Inception of the Enterprise That ID
Now Completed.
Gen. Robert E. Lee died on Oct. 12,
1870. On Oct. "a, 1870, call was issued
by Gen. Jubal A. EARLY, asking the sur.
vivors of the army of Northern Virginia
to organize a Lee Monument associa-
tion. In pursuance of this call repre-
sentative meeting was held in the First
Presbyterian church in Richmond on
the 25th of October. 1t was called to
order by Gen. Bradley T. johnson, who
nominated Gen. Jubal A. Early as tenn
porary chairman. Hon Jefferson Davis
was made permanent president, and the
long list OF vice presidents was headed
by Maj. Gen. James B. Gordon.
The Association Formed.
It was resolved to form an association
to erect a monument at Richmond to
the memory Of Robert E. Lee as an en-.
during testimonial of love and devotion
to his fame, and for the purpose of Sc
curing the requisite efficiency an ex-
ecutive committee of seven, with q
president, ETC., was appointed to invite
and collect subscriptions, to procure de-
signs for the said monument, and to do
whatever else is required in the prem
ises.
Thus the monument movement was
formally inaugurated, with Gen. Early
as president of the association. All
portions of the state organized memo
rial associations and proceeded to &C.
tive work. In short time SEC, 900 had
been collected. 1t was necessary that
this sum should be invested. 1t was
sent to the late W. w. Corcoran, who
invested it to very great advantage.
The Lee Monument associations were
merged into the State Monument asso-
citation; the governor, the first auditor
and the treasurer of the state were to
represent the state Virginia and three
lady members of the original ladies' as
sociation were to serve on the board OF
directors of the new organization. By
this time the monument fund had
reached $50, 900, most of which had been
collected during the administration of
Governor Kemper.
Growth OF the Fund.
In the meantime, when Fitzhugh Lee
came into the executive Office the Lee
Monument fund had sufficiently in
creased to insure the success of the
monument. The Lee monument was
After many meetings of the board the
present location at the head of Franklin
street was decided upon. Mercie, OF
Paris, was selected as the sculptor.
On the 27th of October, 1887, the cor
nerstone of the monument was laid with
splendid ceremonies, the United States
Marine band being conspicuous in the
parade. On the Sd of April the statue
was shipped from Havre on the steamer
Othello, reaching New York on the 3Oth
of April. and arriving in Richmond
Mays
On the 7th it was unpacked and
drawn through the streets from the
depot to the pedestal, thousands of en-.
thusiastic citizcns-men, women and
children-having hold of the ropes.
A beautiful and inspiriting recumbcnt
figure of Lee in marble, by Valentine,
was unveiled at Lexington. This was
not ordered by the Lee Monument as.
sociation, but was the enterprise of a
Lexington association.
The Sculptor.
Marius Jean Antoine Mercle is recog.
nized by all artists in Europe as a man
of genius. Besides being sculptor he
is Il painter of renOwn. He is associated
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until hands were
tired and throatS
were ar se.
When. in a meas
ure, silence had
been secured, Gen.
Joseph E. Johns
ton arose from his
seat behind the
orators S stand and,
leaving the plat
form. walked to-
ward the monu-
ment. On either
side walked a vet
eran ex-Confeder-
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with Falguiere in
making the Lafay-
cite statue which
is designed for La
fayette square, op
posite the presi.
dents house, in
Washington city.
Mercie is As years
of age. His bronze
statue of the young
David, in the Lux
embourg palace
collection is often
pointed out as his
1nasterDiece n
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and ladies. It was
well filled when
the procession ar
rived, and the
grand marshal
dismounted and
offered his arm tC
Gen. Joe John
ston to escort him
to the seat re-
served for him.
I When Governor
Mckinney, Col.
Anderson and the
other distinguish
ed guests and Off
.o -f A.. ooon
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IN MEMORY OF LEE.
Thousands of Confederate Vet
erans and Leaders
GATHER ROUND THE SHRINE
Gen. Joe Johnston Unveils the
Grand Equestrian Statue.
FITZHUGH LEE LEADS THE PARADE
Rinhmond's Streets Smothersd in Bunting
and Thronged with Strangers
CO. ANDERsON'S GREAT GRAFTON.
4 Loving Tribute to the Leader OF
the Lost Cause.
FIrzHUGH LEE LEADS THE PARADE
Rhhmond's Streets Smothersd in Bunting
and Thronged with Strangers.
CO. ANDERsoN's GREAT oRATIoN
4 LOvf.ig Tribute to the Leader Of
the Lost Cause.

RICHMOND, Va, May 29.-Never in
the history of this capital, which has
been the scene Of SO many public dem
onstrstions and has witnessed the po.np
and circumstance and experienced grim
wars vicissitudes as no other American
city ever has, have the streets of Rich
mond presented such an animated ap-
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CoURTs:-Vancc. Franklin, Warren Graa-
vllle, United States Court at Raleigh and
supreme Court OF North Carolina.
REFERENCEs:- Chief Justice w. N H.
smith, Hon. Augustus s.. Merrimon, Gov.
Dahlel O. Fowle, Hon. T.t. Fuller, Hon. 7
N. Argo. DIR: W. T. Cheatham, Dr. J. ii
tucker, Mr.. NJ. Dorsey, II. II. Burweii, Esq,
Hon. James Edwin Moore, Ex-s solicitor Gen
or U. s. Samuel +. Phillips
Office hours a IN. TO s D. m mcb 72I
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governors mansion reception was
given to the. distinguished guests from
the other states. At Maj. F. NJ. Boy
kins' reception to visiting Marylanders
was rendered.
At Sanger hall there was a military
banquet of giant proportions. Hon. j.
L. M. Curry, who served on Gen. John
ston's staff, gave dinner in honor of
his old commander. having among his
guests Governor Gordon, of Georgia;
Governor Fowle, of North Carolina; ex-
Governor Lee, Senators Reagan, Daniel,
Carlisle and Hampton, and Hon Robert
McLane, of Maryland.
The pyrotechnic display was given in
the field opposite to the monument in
view of $1,000 people.
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Virsinia's Honored Sons.

1t is the singular felicity of this common
wealth of Virginia to have produced tive
stainless captains The fame of the one, con.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-17

ARRESTED. -Thouas A. Clements, col
ored, claiming to halt from South Carolina,
and bearing letters from Senator Wade
Hempton and others. showing him TO be q
worker in the democratic party, was arrest
ed in Washington on Saturday. The charge
against him is obtaining money under false
nfetensas. AID one of his victims is Senator
stanford, from whom he succeeded in get.
ting 500. Several Gays ago the detectives
were notified that Clements was doing
wrong An investigation revealed the fact
that he was representing himself to be q
Drolsss9r in coloted college at Spartan
bure, >. c.. and was soliciting contributions
for the coiee". /; wal es2ertaired that III
New York be recently secured sbonJ $780,
and fson, there ne transferred his work TO
Washington, aud was On q fair way TO a
rich harvest when arrested. Clements was
1T the Seventh street wharf ready to make
a trip TO his city. where be has been living
for 81 M time, when be fell into the clutches
Of he detectives. He made no resistance.
On his person WAS found number OF letters
from prom!nant democrats atte5tng to his
poud chatscter and the good work he had
done for the party He ALEC represented
himself to be the editor of the National
Times, and had passes over different rail-
roa:s. He positively refused to talk.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.

Not pump or lamp post WAS decorated.
50 vessels loaded with oysters are at The
wharf
& slight disurbar CO was CT u ed on Royal
street yesterday BY one man knocking an.
| other Que down.
City Eogineer D. ] Howell has purchased
tract of land near Franconis Station, and
is laying it out In villa lots.
The steamer Wakefield due here from the
lower river yesterday evening arrived here
at l o'clock this evening, having been de.
tanned by low water at one Of the landings.
The alarm of fire Saturday night was
caused by private wire coming in contact
with another wire during the VIII d storm.
The contact struck sn alarm in the Colum-
bia engine house.
George Vapscheler, the man who recent
~ died in the Hagerstown aims house, for
mefly lived in the county about two miles
from this city. He WIS gunsmith and at
one me aoiked in Georgetown.
Daring the alarm of fire on Saturday night
ons of the horses Of the Hydreulion Com
pany became unmansgeable. He baked in
leaving the house and broke the harness,
and the heat from the engine Dlistered the
ceiling of the engine house.
This is st. Patrick'a Day, but there was no
celebration of any kind 10 this city. The
weather was 81 Improvement on that of the
average St.Patrick's day ,taere being no rain
or snow and but little wind, but the temper.
ature has been cold and raw.
Engineers of the c. &, O. R. B. have about COM
peted the preliminary surveys Of new railroad
route from Crozet along the base of the Bus
Ridge through Aibemare, Green Madison, Rap
pshsnnock, Culpeper, Fauquer, Prince lillian,
Fairfax and Alexandria counties to the Long
bridge.
An unknown colored msn YVES struck by train
on the Alexandra ard Freder cksburg Railway
yesterday afterr DON near Cherry run, below this
city, and very seriously injured. He was taken
to the Freedmens Hospital in Washington
The cold wave is rapidly passing off OF the At
lantic coast, and will be succeeded by warm
weather. The wind has veered around from the
west to the southwest and for the next three days
it will be considerably warmer.
Bathbone Division, u 3. z. OF p, under conf
mand of Capt. Samuel l.. Monroe, will to night
attend the Washington Division fair at the Ma
tionsl Rif IS Armory in Washington.
Preparations are being made for reproducing
the cantata "Rebecca" just after Easter. 1t is
also proposed to have grand ball here about the
same time.
The steamer Jane No eley of the Norfolk line,
has been thoroughly overhauled and repaired