Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-15

The primary object of the society
the erection of monuments and
dedication of memorial tablets to the
eroes of the Confederacy, to the
viyes and mothers of great soldiers,
md to women whose services IN the
,ause deserve such recognition,
They also wish to collect and preserve
N materials from which history may
ne formed, and TO gather together all
.elics of the Confederacy for the use
Incoming generations. To this work
soon c the women of the South will
full organi3icated, and this wonder
cations all over will send its ramifi-
The Daughters aTiaion.
of the famous generals WIS OF most
the number, and though two'uong
of the generals are dead, there IL
scarcely one who has not some femi-
nine representative who will perpetu-
ate his name in this way.
First may be mentioned Miss Mil
dred Lee, daughter of the famous
Confederate commander in chief,
Robert E. Lee, and her sister, Miss
Mary, who is now in Europe, will
certainly be of the number. Long
street has a daughter, who lives in
Gainesville, Ga. Miss Mary Smith,
daughter of " Extra Billy" the War
Governor of Virginia, is at the head
of one of the chapters, aud all of the
men whose fame has made their
names household words will have a
wife or daughter in the society.
snI, "a I,a
ladies are busy now is the meeting
which will take place at Atlanta, and
which will be the first great appear
ance in public of the organization
The ladies are all very busy in the
work WHICH they have chosen to take
upon themselves, which Is the collec-
ton of Confederate relics from all
over the South, and which will form
huge exhibit during the exposition.
This collection will number some of
the rarest and most valuable relics in
America, and the whole of Dixie will
be secured well, that everything re-
lating to the South may be on view
to the visitors. In Washington the
sister of Senator Daniel, of Virginia,
| is gathering all such mementoes that
she can find, and the many private
museums will be expected to contri-
butte their store to make this part of
the exposition of wonderful interest.
A MEMORIAL HALL.
During the first part of October
there will also meet at Atlanta the
Society of the Confederate Veterans,
and most important work is laid
out for their consideration. General
Gordon, Senator from Georgia. is the
commander in chief of the men, and
from each State there will be dele
gate sent to the meeting. The object
of this gathering is to determine up
on a site for what will be the most
unique museum established in the
country.
1t has been definitely decided that
the veterans and the ladies will erect
in some city magnificent hall which
will be known as the Southern Me-
mortal Hall, and which will be a
work of vast expenditure of thought
and labor. Within il will be pre-
served all the relics which will be
shown at Atlanta and all that can be
gathered throughout the South. The
idea does not contemplate anything
but work which will endure for
ages.
The meeting will decide what city
is TO be the resting place of this me-
mortal, and many are now fighting to
get it within their walls. 1t is be-
lieved that Washington will secure
the prize. Atlanta offers as an in
ducement her large and fine building
which was once used as a Soldiers
Home, and will do all in her power
to win the delegates to her cause.
New Orleans says that she has al
ready a fine museum of this charac-
ter, and that it will not require much
time or money to add to the collec-
ton. Nashville has appointed COM
mittee to see that her interests are
well taken care of, and Washington,
which will be strongest of the compet-
itors, is able to offer advantages
which no other place can possess.
Charles Broadway Ronss, who is a
Southerner by birth, has announced
to the veterans that he will give the
sum of 500, 900 toward the mus cum
if an equally large amount is raised
in the city which gets the prize.
Richmond also wishes to get in a
claim, and she has said that she will
give the cid mansion once the home
of jefferson Davis, and that this
would make most appropriate me-
mortal for the South. This matter,
however, is one which will not be
decided upon till the middle of
next month, and work on the hall will
then immediatelybegin and be pushed
rapidly to completion.
The idea is to have a beautiful
building, which will be a gem in
architectural art, and to store within
its walls not only all relics hut all
records regarding the Confederacy
and pictures of the famous men. In
the possession of General Wright, of
Washington, is collection of por-
traits of all of the great Southern
and most of the famous Union Off
GERS, numbering about fifteen hum
dred in all. which forms the most