The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
MONEY GIVEN
FOR THE ABBEY
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tute or Battle Abbey in this city. the
And whereas. It. will take ut least two
maintain said Institute or "Battle Abbey,
to be contributed by the late Charles b.
Rouss, of New York. formerly of Virginia:
sixty thousand dollars of which he paid IN
his lifetime, and the rest of which his
representatives are ready to pay as soon
as the conditions are complied with, which
conditions are that there. shall be raised
one hundred thousand dollars more from
And whereas, there is in the hands Of
the treasurer OF said association dnclud-
Ing the amount paid by said Rouss) about
one hundred and three thousand dollars
contributed for the erection and main
tenance Of said Institute or Battle
Abbey:
stitute in this city Will OF necessity add
greatly to the attractiveness of the city,
both to It's own citizens and to visitors;
and the educational features contemplated
said Institute may be developed SO as to
add even more to the progressive cduca-
stional advantages now enjoyed by this
this city that the large fund raised for
the purposes of said Institute and the
benehcient results to be obtained there
from should without fail be secured TO the
people of this city:
And whereas, neither the city of Rich
mond. nor its citizens, have yet contrl.
buted. as they should do. TO the fund
for the erection and maintenance of said
Institute or Battle Abbey: therefore,
be it
Resi- by the Council Of the city Of
Rich, lond( the Board of Aldermen con
.curring), That the representatives or the
city fully appreciate the distinction, con,
ferred on this city by the trustees Of said
eating said Institute or Battle Abbey
here; that they recognize the material ad-
vantages to accrue to the city !; and Its Its
people therefrom and in re recognition On an 40
Richmond Will contribute the sum OF nifty
thousand dollars towards the erection and
maintenance Of SAD co ,ttet! Memorial
thousand dollars shall be provided for In
the annual budget of the city. for the ifs
of the said Confederate Memorial Asso-
citation, as the same may be needed for
the purposes a af0resaia. o>,,7,,r>,r
After the argument for the Battle
Abbey appropriation had been heard. a
petition signed by a long list OF tax
payers OF Richmond was read, asking
the City Council to appropriate $4,000
toward the $4,000 being raised to erect
q monument to General ]. 2. B. Stuart,
the $4,000 to supplement $4,000 do
mated by the State and a $4,000 being
raised by the Veteran Cavalry Associa-
ton, A. n. V.
O'FerraIl addressed the Finance Commit
tee In support Of this petition and elo-
quently exhibited the stern patriotism,
high generalshlp and noble valor of Cen
eral Stuart In creating and making glori-
Gus the cavalry arm Of the Army OF
Northern Virginia In our late struggle for
the preservation OF constitutional liberty.
showed how "the flower of all the cav
alters had gone down In desperate bat
tie within cannon shot OF the city holding
and even repusng with less than fifteen
hundred men over ten thousand of Sheri-
dams vandal raiders bent upon rushing
through the thinly manned northern
trenches and destroying Richmond, before
General Bragg could move his men from
the southern lines to the Brook road de-
lenses.
Al the sacrifice of his life. said Colonel
O'Ferrall, General Stuart kept his men
up to their desperate work, and the five
hours that he entertained Sheridan at
tho Yellow Tavern, and the diversion that
Fitzhugh Lee gave the baffied raiders
later at the Meadow Bridge, allowed the
Infantry and artillery to man the lines
and saved the city and the capital OF tho
State and of the Confederacy from scenes
of slaughter and fire and pillage at tho
hands of the hero" OF the Shenandoah
Valley and his heterogeneous followers.
Colonel O'Ferrall read then the solemn
Council ordinance of May II. 1864. where
by 1t was agreed that in consideration of
Mrs. Stuarts allowing her husbands body
to remain here under is care. the city
would commemorate by suitable monu-
ment It's gratitude and his services" and
he begged the committee to fulfil this
high moral obligation, TO say nothing of
doing itself and the city honor. increasing
Its attractiveness and emphasizing anew
the statements of the past and present
to all who may come to see.
that Virginia and Richmonders are proud
Of the past and will not diminish that
pride before the future,
Captain. the Hon, John Lamb. NJ c.;
Colonel John W. Gordon and others spoke
for the appeal of the committee. General
Fltzhugh Lee was necessarily absent at
Suffolk. but contributed his endorsement
by proxy, Others of the committee pres
ent We're CAPTAIN w, Ben Palmer, Mr.
Jamcc Mr. 1oSanb Thomas mr.,