Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-02


that administration. which. throntl "a.
blessings OF the Supreme Being, hath BE-,
productive Of so much general hsnu.s..,
to the American empire, and We .nti,,.
that Being propitiously TO smile On ~
your future designs. TO guard ana prot,s,
you IN your intended tour: 10 gran, ~,
every earthly good. and that whom In a.
providence He sees NJ 10 summon va
hence. you may be waited 20 m. res,o,,
Of eternal happiness. lamcntei b. mer
and welcomed by angels"
The Presidents reply TO the ahov. "a,
as follows:
ITO the Mayor. Aldermen. and Comma.
atty Of the City OF Richmond.
Gentlemen. The very Distinguish.
manner In which you are pleased 70 no,',.
my public services. and TO express you,
regard towards me. demands and receive,
q grateful and affectionate return.
or 70 my agency I'm the affairs % 81,
common country may be ascrbeI any %,
the great advantages which Il nov en-
Joys. | am amply and most agrceablv 70.
wardcd IN contemplating the haprrr.
and receiving the appreciation OF my ff.
lOw-citZens. whose freedom and frifrf-
are fixed, / trust forever. on an un9ecsr.
INK basis Of wisdom and virtue
Among the blessings which = gracio.,
Providence may be pleased 20 hosto.
on the people OF America. / shall bshos
with peculiar pleasure the prosperity Il
your city and the individual happiness o,
its Inhabitants.
GO WASHINGTON"
when the General lefe tho city he mo.
ceeded to Petersburg. and thence 90 New
Berne. y. c. lie went no further south
IL was his last journey In that direcuo,
IL IS believed that the visit to this CIV
above noted. was the only occasion os
which Washington was ever really ID
Richmond.
Many OF the ordinances passed IN iSs
were acted on at meetings held az ifs
Old Market Hall. In June. iSs. Jamei
Monroe, father OF the famous doctrine
now SO much discussed. was president 81
the body. and the ordinances passed frr.
ing his term bear his or sinai signature
as recorded In the book.
Shockoc Cemetery. on Ss,,,s
street. was first used as burial-place b.
the city OF Richmond about the year 1914
and was commenced 10 relieve the pres
ure already beginning 20 manifest na.
by the Overcrowced condition OF 81
Johns church buryingg ground. This h,.
Ter was the first burial-place OF any con.
siderable extent used by the city. ln.
three last burials In the Old place o.
far as remembered were those oil d.
John Dove. Or. James Beale. and Rev
A. W. Waddell. who died while pastor
or the church. All three were buried with
Masonic honors. Among those buried On
well-known citizens OF a past era: Hel.
bert A. Claiborne. Sr.. Joseph Dunlop
Ludlam. Lewis Ludlam. John wlckham.
James Lyons. Jr, George h. Crutchf,.f.
James l.. Undertake. Captain William
English, Major Philip rripleti, Isaac
Davenport, ST., Gilbert Allen. Dabney
Carr, Thomas Richardson. Robelt Pol
lard. John y. Southall. Robert Poor
George Reese Rev. 4. Mead. James 81
Sublett, John r. Sizer. Jesse Snead, Isaac
l.. Cary, Andrew Sweeney, John Van
Laud. William Evans. James J. Binforl
James Nimmo Ellis. Joseph Tate. Sterling
j. Crump. Walter ID. Blair, John Ruthsr
foord Richard Iyanhoe Cooke. Achillc.
Lumpkin, Thomas n. Page. Philip Mayo
DR.. Theodore y. Mayo. Chapman John
son, David Walker, William r. Stipwith
John ID. Hamilton. John Hampton Plea
SAINTS, Bernard Peyton, Robert Stanard
James Caskie. Benjamin Watkins Leleh
Chief-Justice John Marshall. Captain WI
liam II. Deprest. David Lambert, job.
Amber, Peter Francisco, Henri
Gibson. Archibald b. Bolts. Neal Nc
Curdy. Wilmuth Dibreli, Bernard Flnncy
Dabney Carr, John Amber. Judg
Philip n. Nicholas. Adolnh nn
Joseph g. Dill. Christopher Tompklus
Robert X. Brooke, Adolphus w. Noltne
Thomas Randolph Harrison, Archlbai
Taylor. Jacob Shook, James Watson y.
breil, James VI. Winston, William Wa.
lace Day. William GAR. Rev John 4
Blair, Abraham Warwick, Seymour r
Vial. Hall Nelson. Among the famllic
who have vaults or burial-plots a
Shockoe Cemetery are the Heath
Gwathmeys, Bsileys, Ropers, Gooche.
! Whitiields, actresses, laughtOnS Cook
keplers, Woodbridge. and others.
The celebrated Revolutionary hor,
| Peer Francisco who was laid 20 res
here over sixty years ago with militar
honors. has as "a monument a sma.
wooden head-board, erected ~ som
thoughtful admirer. but deserves some
thing more enduring. Some time e.
there was talk OF asking the Legislatnr
TO properly mark the place OF his inter
ment. Francisco at the time OF b..
death. was Sergeant-at-Arms OF ih
Virginie. House OF Delegates The NOM
ments over Joseph Tate. Sterling
Crump. John Hampden Peasants. jon
Minor Bolts etc, are IN az good c0nd
ton as could be expected. The cay Ia
occasionally done something 20 presery
and keep the grass In fair condition. an
fudici0us expenditure OF small sur
row and then would keep the cemeter
IN as good condition as old 81. Johns g.
o. g. W.
The Brond-street Track Question.
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