Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-29

reflected hight that ioliowsin ms briiiant ,
wake.
Herc on the Pacific Slope. the people
though haiiing from every point of the |
compass. and in sense are heterogene-
Gus. yet they are patriotic and love old
landmarks Of our common country With
as much zest and zeal Is though they
were just from the inspiring tomb OF
| Washington. Calhoun. Webster or Jeffer-
son Davis. From - PAIL 10 the Pacific
coast the emblem Of hhersyis everywhere
IA evidence. Oil Ciory urfolds Itself from
the Gag staff OF every school house. State
and county building. a never comes
down except TO be replaced by new
one.
The people Of this healthy and robust /
countrv, while they possess every up-to- !
date facility IN mining. agriculture. etc,
4 .nv abreast 81 The times IN the arts and
science aud educational training. they
are not uumindful Of the resOuroeful East
aud us heroes of the past. They delight
20 indulge in the rcvcries of the past, and
soliloquize upon the future. They name
their children Washington, Jefferson,
| Marshall, Jackson. Randolph. Lee Stone
= wall etc.
Next February the 4th, viii be JOHN
Marshall Day for thiscity. Il WILLIS the
1 Centennial Anniversary Il the day that
lohn Marshall. of Virginia. took his seat
i'm Washington City. p. G, as the first
Chief Justice of the nation. The anniver-
!. sarv OF its occasion viii be celebrated hy
a. the bar Of your city and throughout thS
r Commonwealth II viii be remembered
- that Mr.. Marshall wasa student IN your
~ town in 1880. and a visitorial member
OF the College in 1890. The l'cal courts
n. here viii adjourn in honor OF the day and
D. the Bar Association will appoint speak
p. ers and have an elaborate programme
IS rendered. Mr.. Mckinley in his reoen
message to Congress referred 60 The Mar
shall Dav. the 4th of February IN iittinl
~ terms.
ii The Oregon Historical Society, at Port
re land. has recommended a Northwestern
be Industrial Exposition az Portland I
rs 1905. TO commemorate Ethe Centenui'
Anniversary of the Lewis and Clarke e.
nedition 10 the Paci6c under the appoin
a mcnt Of President Jefferson. Clark an
- Lewis were Virginians, monuments
- | their memory today stand within q
els shadow Of the equestrian statue of Was
l.. iueton on Capitol lin az Richmon
The Governor Of Oregon VIII request q
Governors and peoples Of The iouo'
inp States 20 participate, as they coz
prise in whole or I'm part the Greg
country, viz. Washington Idaho, Mo
tana and Wyoming. The Society "
our ask aid from the National Governing
for the exposition.
understand that the Washington,
Who L branch OF the Association for
edy Preservation OF Virginia Antiquities pr
ras' nose TO erect "a monument ON some SUI
MA ole site in Williamsburg.
bash Mr.. Editor. since you have won
oin> many golden spurs in achieving Tor
: old .burg the establishment OF ser
- of valuable enterprises which VIII bri
only employment. wealth. activity and an
very, banded identity TO the oldcity worthy
II la cumulative recognition. that, You ana
/ "a COutnHcQ l-ilttllAAlNt NAftN ~ 50
the people Of your vicinity and the 1t
At large 10 the iaudable ambition Of {
nahzing the landing N6O7) of the {
80 alier Forefathers I'm the erection o
very monument at Jamestown. The A. 4
raw: A. Committee. the Misses Gait and L
very rett including Mrs Jno. B. Spencer
used -, 80. ,vo.h;.,s,,o, Coleman
a. render you. am sure, every assistai
Chest Unlike the local correspondent last %
the Der 20 the Baltimore sun, who WI
} but about the many plants of skilled Ia
Fice and other enterprises, IN the succoI
teed. e ,..t,;.b ,,,,, wen
Drug anu "''Ni'"N -
commentator 10 you, Martha w
ington, as the Goddess of Liberty.
posi. raise her cap in recognition OF yolr
rgely cerity aud efficiency.
mach Asa matter Of eliminated histol
SlAs would say. the landing Q62Ol of
0,eal Pilgrim Forefathers at Plymouth X
'eing was secentuateu oy =" '"pos.'N ia
ment 81 feet high on one OF the hig
hills in Plymouth. 1t was dsdicate'
the first day of August, 1889. 1t
5000. 600. w. {. F. Breckenridge
0O1SN Kentucky, was the orator, and the co
of General mo {. Breckenridge. Sec
~ of War for the Confederate ST
Iohn Boyle O'Reiliy, of Boston, poe
-. ...,...,... nae horn IN Ireiaud