Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-21

from 40, 900 threats rent the air. The process
| sion then reformed and returned to town
| where luncheon was served to the participants
This evening a banquet will be tendorcd te
| twenty-five members of the Southern Society
of New York, who, headed by Hugh NJ. Gordon
| participated in the proceedings. A large mum
| Der of Union veterans were also rendered
| luncheon this afternoon and in the procession
| the members in blue were enthusiastically
greeted.
THE MONUMENT.
The monument marks the grave Of Jackson
in the cemetery near the Presbyterian Church
| where Jackson worshiped in Lexington
Hardly a stones throw from the church stand,
the chapel which. under the supervision O,
Gen. Lee. was built for college services and &c
which, after his death, was added the mau.
solemn. In its crypt rest Gen. Lees remain,
and those OF his wife and a daughter. The uppe,
chamber. which contains Valentines recrn,.
bent statue of the general. has a tesselated floor
OF white marble and encaustic tiles with
paneied walls, which hold inches for statues OF
southern generals. The design was suggested
to Mrs. X. e. Lee by a photograph Of the re-
cumDent statues at Charlottenburg of the EN-
peror and Empress Of Germany and laid by
her before the committee. The commander il
represented asleep on his camp couch, clothed
In UNIFORM and covered with an army blanket
and with one hand resting on his sword.
Inc same sculptor who made the recumbent
for the bronze statue Of Jackson. The atti-
tude was adopted at the suggestion Of Mr..
David l.. Moore. the commonwealth attorney.
who as sergeant of piece in the Rockbridge
battery had seen Gen. Jackson 30 stand at the
oat:ie o. Fredericksburg. The features were
copied from photograph which was taken OF
winchester during the war. The monument
mas been set up in a circular space on the crest
OF the village cemetery, at the end Of the Oft
travelled pathway which enters from Main
street. The substructure. which was built up
in an excavation nine feet in depth,
this vicinity. The crypts open north
ward and are arranged in two parallel
tiers, lying one above the other. three in each
tier. The center crypt in the lower tier ia &C.
cupied by the casket of Gen. jackson. that
Immediately above by that of his daughter,
Mrs. Christian. The pedestal is made of light
gray granite from the Westham quarries, near
Richmond, Va. 1t is neatly dressed and rises
By several blocks to the statue. From founda-
hon to caps.one 1t is devoid Of artistic orna-
mentation. The north face of the middle stone
bears the word ''Stonewall," the opposite face
the nane jackson" and the dates, "lS2l1S63,'
of his birth and death.
The bronze statue is of heroic size and repre-
sents the commander in uniform, standing
with pair of field glasses in his right hand,
which no has just lowered. and his left hand
placed on the top Of the sword hilt, his weight
resting on the left leg and the sword point
Thus he stood on the right flank of Lee 8 army
at Fredericksburg and watched the serried
hosts of Franklin advancing across the plains
near Hamilton's Crossing engaging Pelham's
light artillery and assaulting his position. The
attitude Is easy and graceful, the expression Of
the face that of n man in the primo of life,
whose soul is agitatod by the strongest emo
tions. The statue overlooks the landscape Of
hill and dale, which rolls southwark until it
fades away in the blue haze that wraps the
peaks OF Otter and other spura of the Rim
Ridge range.
The monument is the second memorial
erected in Virginia in honor of Gen. Jackson.
Soon after his death in 1868, an association of
English gentlemen subscribed about 4, 600 gum
eas to get work of art by Great Britain best
artist-a bronze statue, which was afterward
presented to the state OF Virginia ard placed
in the Capitol square in Richmond. 1t was ex-
ecuted by Foley and on October &C. 1876, was
unveiled with proper ceremonies.