Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-12

and desire to do without those elegant
mantels, and. 10 ia hoped that they wall Oh.
tam them. AIR. Moses did not recoliec.
the price they brought. but q printed
it was $500. SO that the present owncs'
whoever he NAV be, could be reimpurseo,
II no did not choose TO donate them OF
follow the example of MIR. Moses.
HOLLYWOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
60 ,nucb for the Davis Mansion and its
contents. A few lines more ID Ieieien.0
to fine enterpris,ng women and their or
CARNATIONS.
The lively and appreciatiye correspond
ert al the Gazeae saws: 1T 10 the boiiy-
wood Memorial Association that hsu9
application for the mansion anu eAp.s.'
TO make their new work Simply a u.p"i'
mcnt Of that BODY. Iechnicaiity vi
law however. required another. name,
thonch practically the two bodies are
Tho same" She also saws. very cor
reetlv. that this change OF name was
necessary for charter purposes; ou, III
another place she states: 80 GROUND ~
40 be broken this fall for another schooi-
house aud the ladies are hustIlbe aVou'
for a charter Why. they had wi a ga
ter moro than two years whilst she Was
wiring. The technically oil law reie.reu
10 was of some Importance. virginia,
like many of her sister states, mas
a General statute regulating the grant;
inc of charters for good aud broad
unblic purposes. Its terms are as
liberal and comprehensive astbe luuglncnb
OF her legislators deemed they ouEH1
he. and the applicants for the DAVIS Man
SION were only required to bring them
~selves. by the expressed objects when
thew had in view, within the PROVISIONS OF
| that statute. Then the CITY tatheIs
woulG have "a egally-cOnstituted BODY WIN
whom they could negotiate ana upon
whom she could confer the dement's
which we're solicited from them. Accord,
inoIv the Circuit Court OF Richmond
I'D on MAY 81, 1890. duly incorporate
THE Confederate Memorial Literary so
| %ciety." with power Ito collect II re;
ceiye by gift, purchase, or otherwise All
books and other literary productions per
tanning TO the late war between the States
and 20 those engaged therein; all Worh9
OF art or science. all battle-fags. rellcs, anu
other omblems of that struggle. ahu
to keep and preserve the sane lof
the use of said society and OF the publlc
and also TO receive from the city the JeH
Davis mansion ana to acquire any other
| -pronertv. real or personal, but not 10 e1-
coed two and one-half acres OF ground
nor 5000, 900 in value. They might also as
sion rooms in SAID building TO the South
ern Historical Society and to the Virginia
Historical Society. >,
II * very true. however. that nearly all
the leading and moving spirits are tho
same IN the two organizations, Tor any
woman, molly planned that mas nina
and soul for the one could not but possess
them Tor the other.
Moreover. by the munihcence Of kin
dred spirits, the Misses stewart, sisters OF
the president of the Memorial Literary so,
ciety. the ~cOmmOdlous and well-situated
H.. fF,a.ul m Qnl family
| occupied during the war has been granted
TO the Virginia Historical Society. ana
| they will shortly enter INTO the greatly
! needed enjoyment OF IT.
The City Council retained a strip OF 20
feet Of the lot on which the Davis mansion
stands and nave purchased for Sl5.VJ0 tho
Grant manson and lot when adlolhs thIS
reserved strip, and this new pur-
chase is TO be converted INTO the
| habitat Of tho new Central Public
School. When this shall have been
done the ladies will be placed IN possession
OF their coveted and well-galned manson,
| aud any and all persons In Pittsburg, ~.
| LOUIS. or any other place. at home or
abroad, can AID them. IN carrying OUT tnelr
most p%raiseworthy designs. Indeed they
can begin az nee TO collect and arrange
| their acceptable offerings.
FAMOUS CEMETERIES.
HOLLYWOOD, beautiful and appropriate,
where rest the ashes of SO many of tho
! distinguished dead. and where the re-
mains of President Davis are yet to
be deposited, IL IN the western part
| of the city, and is owned and man
aged by a company of stockholders. The
CITY has a cemetery very near lt.called
River View and another near its centre
named Shockoe lhll. But in the east
| ern direGion. and beyond her present
limits. size owns and controls lakewood
cemetery. where also are sleeping many
I whose yal3rous deeds deserve TO be COM
| memoratsd and their memories kept fresh.
/ Hence the faithful efforts and services OF
The Oakwood Memorial ASSOCIATION "
| should not be overlooked hen the plOus
deeds of the ladies of Richmond are re-
counted.
The Hebrews also have a well-kept ceme-
terry and a memorlal society, and are com
/ mendably cooperating witt heOther asso-
cations III Their laudable endeavOrs.
There 10 another ELECTROMAGNETIC or
| canization btsldes that Of The Daughters
of tho Re~vOlution,' whose objects are car
RED forward manly by women. Ihls IS
The Association for the Preservation OF
| Virginia AntiQU TICS" which first had us
charter from tive Circuit Court OF Rich
| mond, but now has a new II from
tho LEGISLATURE March 3. 1892. II
has already taken some active measures
for executing its purpose Of acquiring,
holding, and preserving real and personal
property relating TO the history or Nr'
plnia,' and Will strive particularly 10 re
store and preserve the ancient historic
buildings. tombs. and graveN ards u &c
acquire by purchase, GIFT, or otherwise th'
sites Of such property, buildings. tombs
and grayeyards, with n view 20 theii
preservation and perpetuatlon." They
have power 20 establish subordinate
branches at such places as they may So
lect. They have already obtained the ole
CunpOwder- magazine III Williamsburg, th'
old church-tower and site at Jamestown
aud the home in fredericksburg OF TIT
mother of Washington, and will and II
having completed the monument com
menced there in memory of her.
But the noble women of Richmond q,
not give their hearts and time and strength
only 20 the dead and the past. They r.
member and care for the living and exten'
their sheltering arms to the suffering
the destitute. and the orphaned, II nav
an active auxiliary TO the spreading an
~salutary work OF the Young Mems CHRIS
tan Association. What Richmond an
Virginia have, under their very peculia
environments. already achieved. and tha
so largely by the Jealous work of their III
comparable women, IN paying worthy trl
butes TO their lllustrlOus and lamentei
dead. is truly wonderful. Whatever o
sympathy and assistance has been extend
ed To them by Others Is most gratefully &C
k~nowledged. In the historic museum O
the Confederate Memorial Literary Sc
ciety about to be established the gene
rous. the appreciative, and tho patriot
can treasure up the tangible and durabl
mementoes Of themselyes-the true-heart
ed living as we'll as of the heroic departed
Is. Is. MINOR.