The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-31
Al RICHMOND.
WHAT SO1E PEOPLE THINK ~
THE LEE STATUE.
Notes and ncidents..And i. scenes
Worthy the .,ay.

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by United Press.l
RICHMOND, Virginia, May 80, 1890. -
Without exception the members of the
Lee family think the statue of General
Leo an excellent representation of the
Confederate Commander-in chief
What Senator Hampton Thinks
Senator Wade Hampton said that
while the statue did injustice to General
Lee as rider, he thought 1t fine thing
Gov. Gordon's Opinion.
Governor Gordon, OF Georgia, thought
the hcrse and rider ali exact copy from
lde. II think" said he, THAT the
horse is an alpos. perfect representation
OF Gen. Lee's old gray rs he moved
across the field on one OCCASION"
The Members OF the Staff.
Members of Gen. Lees staff thought
thu likeness excellent, but some did not
~ the hose SO well.
scenes and Incidents.
Several daughter. of o Confederate
olii ,er who laid down his life for the
cause, became 80 enthusiastic about dec
o,s Ing their home that they literally
Gu! up their wearing apparel, The cloth
ing made An excellent decoration, and
the young ladies received many compli-
meEts.
4 gentleman who lives some distance
from the liue of march, told his wife
Wednesday that the house must be dec
Grated. "But, my DEAR" she replied,
I've are off the line Of march, and no.
body will sec the decorations. II don't
care if there is nothing to pass this house
but q jsckass, this house must fly the
Old Confederate flag" 1t ia needless to
say the house was decorated.
Wednesday Allen & Ginter sent to the
expositi III zen thousand cigarettes, to
be distributed among the soldier boys.
They were received with much thanks,
and were duly appreciated by the mill
larry.
When the collision occurred On the
Petersburg road Wednesday, a squad OF
infantr,' were forming in the aisle, pre-
paratory to passing in an adjoining car
The crash came, aud the fist man fell
forward on bis face The whole line
followed suit, and the falling of the meI
was tue finest piece Of drilling ever done
hy the squad. The men were the Nor
folk Light Infantry Blues.
After the statue had been unveiled
many OF the veterans were marched t(
Jbs Sam Jones tabernacle aud dinner
served them. After all had flushed
songs wee sung and speeches made
anl II was throughout O grand reunion
wi the boys who wore the gray. Tn,
feeding was an immense affair, bu
everything passed off splendidly, an(
M uy will bo the veteran who will carr,
away With him rrcollections of the din
ner II the unve'iiDg
Over a hundred members viewed tn
procession from the Richmond Gu
grand stand. They were very enthusi
asiic in their cheering, and when Mayo
Eilys)n passed, the whole crowd yelle
''what's the matter with Mayor Ely son
''He's all right" came the answer, an
the Mayor acknowledged the compl
ment by a bow.
One of the prettiest Of the many pre-
" sights to be seen vas little gil
abont six years old perched On top of th
roof OF porch on Franklin street. Th
child was completely enveloped in lon
QrCSS uAuc OI II SOulcicldIo nag, Ill
the brownish-golden curls falling abor
the little ones shoulders, framed ht
pretty face, aud made . charming pi
ture.
In passing one Of the houses On Franl
in street, the commanding officer of or
o; the veteran organizations caugl
sight of very attractive little girl, WI
was peYched on the shoulders of h'
father. he st once called out thr'
cheers for the little girl, and they we
given with will. 1t was pretty pas
ing scene, and the student of human n
ture was shown another OF the mar
things that inspire men.
The Washington and Lee college bo,
enjoyed themselves as much as any Q
eenization in the line. They saluted Il
distinguished personages and ladi
with their yell, which is "Ohickee
runk, go runk, go rec, higho, high
Washington and Lee." Their can
were covered with their college color
and they carried two magnificent ba
nsrx. There were too hundred and t
teen of the men, commanded by N
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