Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-31

the law library of 5000 volumes, the pol
trait gallery OF Virginia governors, g.
otbor worthless; many rare and Valuaoio
~,a,,,ecrints and curios, among Whlch
,,,ov be mentioned the parole signed py
- CornvyaIlis's own hand at YORK
toy,n. the original manuscript OF the NH-
e,,nia RIu of Rights, the hrst IN AileliNa,
- lawver's-fee book of Patrick henry,
o-togranh of Washington at IL years VI
a,,e Nth specimens Of his work as q
land-surveyor, and many other lhlhsS "a
deem interest and rare historic NdluV'
THE MONUMENTS OF RlCHMoND.
Rut I could nnger in Capitol Square Ior
months. and write about IL lAuehhi'oi,'
ana so | must only glance at us hl ,D,
ments. and others in the ci'y' "hlch n ls,.
won for Richmond the title OF Inc Oi''
OF Monuments ,..,,.. ,,,onu-
ment Is the Washington monumehs' IL
cated on the northwest corner OF tne
souare and pronounced by coihpe.eH'
critics 10 he the finest in this country,
and with few equals In Europe. mounted
on an imposing pedestal OF hicti iil,..,a
granite is the superb equestrian uiVlI~
statue of Washington, ana on pvuoStal'
below are bronze statues OF fa1ileh -
nv. In the posture in when MS pallio..0
aioouence kindled the fires OF the ReVoiu-
ZION. George Mason, the author or the
Virginia Bill OF Rights; Thomas Jeferson'
author of the immortal document Whl0h
VIRGINIA had instructed her representa-
tives in the Continental Congress 10
move: Governor Thomas Nelson Jr''
whose unselfsh patriotism did so lnuch 10
win yorktown and the Revolution' an
drew Lewis. under whose leduelsn,p
against the Indians Virginia made pain
wav to her possessions In the West, ana
John Marshall the first and most distin-
puIshed Chief Justice Of the United
States Supreme Court.
Then there are allegorlcal figures or
Finance. Colonial Times, Justice, ReVoiu-
ton. Independence, and Bin or klghts,
and inscriptions on the shields or theso
dpures giving the names OF Yorktown,
Saratoga, Point Pleasant, Valley Forge,
Great Bridge, Stony Point. Eutaw
Springs. Trenton. Kings Mountain
princeton. Gullford Courthouse, Bunker
Hill.
The Sculptor Crawford designed and ex-
ecuted the monument and most or tne
figures, but dying in 1881, before the Work
was finished, Randolph Rogers executed
the statues OF Nelson and Lewis, ana the
allegorlcal figures, but in such harmony
with Crawford's designs that there Is
beautiful unity In the whole. The corner
stone of the monument was laid the I'd
OF February, 1880 and Washington's sta
tue was unveiled February y, 1893, out
the entire work was not completed untli
1863. the whole costing the sum or S-oJ'-
1926.
We can only glance at the superb Hou-
dons statue of Washington, IN the ro-
tunda Of the Capitol. which competent
authorities pronounce the best likeness or
the Father of His Country eXtant, and
very fine worl. OF art; the bust OF La
fayette, by Houdon. and Harris beautiful
marble statue of Henry Clay.
There stands Jackson like a stone wall,
one OF the old Foot Cavalry would ex-
claim as he gazes on Boley's statue,
which English admirers, led by Hon.
Beresford Hope, presented TO the State CT
Virginia. and which mounted on a pedes-
tai OF Virginia granite, was unveiled with
imposing ceremonies on the 18th OF Oc-
tober 1876, in the presence Of an immense
crowd.
Then we must visit I'm the West End
Lee circle. where stands the equestrian
statue OF Robert Edward Lee, by Mercie,
which was unveiled May %. 1890, the oc-
casion being the greatest reunion Of Con-
federate soldiers ever up 10 this time held
in Richmond.
Then we will go out TO the monument
Of gallant Little Powell HILL" on the
Hermitage road, and Will then take
peep at the pyramidal Soldiers monument
I'm HOLLYWOOD Pcketts monument on
Gettysburg HILL" the beautiful Howitzer
monument I'm Howi,zer circle, and the
monument to General w. c. Wickham, the