The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

twenty-five OF them have been blown
down or cut down. At the west entrance
TO the square and some two hundred feet
from the west portico OF the caplto Is
the Confederate monument. which Was
erected In 1885, and which Is rega1 ded
us one of the landsonest In the cum
TRY. It cost so5OrO. Of which nearly third
was raised by the Confederate Monument
Association, composed OF ladies', who
spent several years In raising the money.
The Legislature then stepped in and con-
plcted the work. rs 5a5s 53a \ a. 81
rs ii CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
z The monument Is Of North Carolina
granite from qua rries at Mt. lAlry.a* The
stone is Of tne quality. Upon the base
Carolina to her Confederate Dead
First at Bethel. Last at Appomatt OK. a
Thanking the inscriplon stand cavalry
and artillery! soldiers hn4bronze in strilk-
ing attitudes, the cannoneer with rams
lncr in hand, the cavalryman dismounted
and In the act Of advancing and drawing
his sword. The shaft is In one piece,
nearly 10000 pounds. The surrounding
figure is that of an infantry soldier
Standing at ease and looking out upon
E the world wthequiet camness All the.
figures are in the simple field costume Of
the Confederate service. There Is avery
handsome bronze medallion OF the. great
seal Of the Confederacy, which seal was,
made In 1864 by William Wyon. who was
the makcr of English seals and medals
at the royal mint. There 10 alsotln bronze
the monogram &C. s. AZ. Thanking the
monument and set in beds OF granite are
\ two cannon, each weighing 10000 pounds
which have much historic Interest.
When the United States evacuated the
navy yard nt Norfolk, or rather at Cos
al, Ic "a a1lb
Va, in June, 1851 after having set ire
II the buildings and vessels and Sendea
EyOrcd to destroy or disable, many OF tne
cannon, nearly ] AGO cannon were found
unlnjured by the Confederat e N !, FORCES
which at once took possession, ana mess
South, on vessels and OIL shore, They
.}thundered from the. Gulf OF Mexico sto
Fthe North Carolina cnpes, and had the
limited States navy DESTROYED them AZ
a Norfolk, by taking a little more tune
and using heavy charges OF powder ior
bursting them, 1t would have struck the
infant Confederacyi h'sharder. ploW t1 TN
1t eyer dreamed OF ct nat t'''ae. 5s
{5lf3 SEIZED TIE /. ARSE n a ~ .s. .s
u IN April, 1851, the State Of North Caro- Caro-
4 lima seized the United States arsenal a.
Fayetteville, which really was not an
arsenal at all. but merely a storcllouse sTori
rifles, ii 1t were some 10000 or more q
these, all new, thousands arranged upon
the walls and other thousands N po * g.
1t was charged by the Federal al!thoSltles
that John -, Floyd, who was secretary
Of war under President buchanan, had
filled every Southern arsenal With arms
in the beleftfat war was inevitable, ana
Win the desire to sec that his so J. Z e. 2
Ecompatriots we're well armed. the State
I Of North Carolina wanted cannon, heavy
guns, nut had none, The state Of VIZ
gina wanted rides. And 70 m exchange .tl e
wasN made, by which North Carolina, Is 4
BGove,morl I.etcher$of virginia have Ahoul
al 900 Of tho rifles captured hy Nort I.
Carolina at Fayetteville, In exchange f9rj
several score OF cannon which Virginia
had taken at Norfolk, n s. =. g, j.
The cannon were brought to- this state:
and mounted all along tho coast, l'he
two Which now flank the monument were,
with some others sent 70 the Tredegan.
iron Works at Richmond and We're there
couverted from thirty,sIx-pounders smooth
bores 10 six-lpch rifles, ut the same s 'lm ,s
4 4 wrought.iron hand three feet wide ana
nine inches thick being ishrllnk upon each.
Then the guns, were taken 70 me lle; !: coA'