The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
By5 Hon. r. Walton Moore. &.
lptotclal Correspondence Ct The times.

(speciai Correspondents OF The Times
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LONDON, July 10 II hnd Thought Until II
i vialted the British Museum this morn I
Hing, that the newspaper Is a. less modern
product than 1t seems TO be,ssnnd that
Here might be preserved there the files
q London journals printed Mt regular
OF ilreg t,lar Intervals III the long ago con-
4nlninK some reference to the sailing
q w v itpotls hts first expedition to Virginia
81 Cnptaif1 John Smith,. But any Ok
pectntiof, Or hope of making q find OF
( that sort was duickly dissipnted, wren we
there were handed me the y lew small
volumes IN which aro bound all the news
letters (tho designation was ID ter news
3 nnnera H whence IL term now In common
\ rsa)B that were Issued for the edlfcation
Il 81 the people 81 tho fci y In the period
from B100s, when Z he 3 nd ventures SAD
farewell 81 to Englnnd, Until 1851 when when
their leader5d led. n IS VIZ .,,
VI Not II single one Of the tri1ing title
letters or papers now carefully guarded " 60
IN tho great museum, ~ repr Presenting III
the beginning Of Ensiisfl and American A tt: u
JOURNALISM, hns d word OF al fusion 10 the
| Virginia founder, or to any ma tor which
can now DO regarded rs OF mt clt cons lse
lqtience. / believe the facts relati TO-
the last years Of Captain Sin ith's life
b are RI ther va guey known, II and that there
Y is no record OF the place OF "A his death
4 lit Il beyond question: however, that he
4 was buried In tho Chur on OF n g sepul-
5chrs which stands x nea.t8 4 where e ! am
\ nov writing. 1t i.is probable he resided
In the parish Of tiiat church md we
/, may suppose that wlienShc had become
a broken md lonely man, and wa np-s
preaching the end OF lies fitful fever, he
lEfouhd within Its sacred precincts tho
iRpeace for " htch lie longed. VA I'd
The Ancient Church.
\ ST! sepulchre Is one OF * the Oldest
Church etllfices III London. It was first
l8b,lt in81 1000 and rebuilt IN 1440 ~ T he wood
Bwork was destroyed by the great fire OF
Task g OF restoration was quickly under
taken and corrp leted. ~ It's organ. which
| ii SAID to be- one I 81 tia finest In London,
| dates back t. 4 60. ~ n, The church has an
Itnteresting relation IL to the ancient part
Of sLond on In which It is located Near
by was NeWgate 81 prison, and y e was tho;
duty Of the bulnar OF 81. sepulchre to-
i$rlng a bell outside the cell gof any ono n
confined there cohd to i death u
lsn.idniglit on tie eve OF 81 the execution.
\ and at the same time recita the verses
| whose concluding lines " ire ~. s95 3;S
33."Ana when st, sepulotre' s u bell III the
morning tolls, RI5s Ss 854ss VI Ss
The u ord above have mercy on your J, d "
souls; lGSf, 3S t Il
Past u . clock. n sg:
VI The bell Itself, which Is really q small
| metal anvil, X Is kept In the church, nl-
Though s. dsused for man "A generate rs,
1 1T was also the custom for tho cart
which carried the co ndemned man from
SNewgate to the place 4 OF executi y = toS
stop at he gnte of the 5cturch ill order
that ne might there be presented with
Ia n flower Witch "a 5S4 was @ Intended M he
| should wear to r burn. The last man,
who wore the 81 Sepulchre funeral
flower was ii q disciple and 1ollowerssio OF
4 the notorious Jonathan w Ia. 81 AZ for
the local setting OF the ottlrch, It may
be mentioned that not Il far Il or ID Is St.
sPaul's Cathedral Is that within one hum
within sight is the open space where
i the lrartyrdo OF SO many brave spirits
lBi1nf,OrtAr zed HI Snl thhald. %s One M o { theS
sSmithfield victims was Roger. the Vicar
LOT st. sepulchre, to whom by sol mo has 4
been attributed the first complete trans
lation OF the Bible into English.
II He declined o. pardo Off erred upon con-
which i have preached will x seal with
my blood. ~ and, to quote the Historian
l3Milrnan, Passed on, not as to- his Death
but as to his swedd Ing. : The roar OF the
trafflo Of 81 modern london reaches the
church from Cl,oapside from the Strand.
from Fleet street. from 11,ld gate Hlll.G
from the smIthfield Market, and about
1t, over the less we'll known thorough.
fares that hem Il IN, 18th d It's school
house and yard OF flowers, olamors the
varied and inoessant activity Of the
busy oty. tfSis Ri q
Visit to Tomb.
Isfound the3churoh closed. but managed
to arouse the beadle. who IS TIL most
curious looking littlo8o old man, attired In
gold lace and plum colored dress Of his
office, that has ever lived outside Of the
books of lotion. 81 S M
He; mumbling things i could not UNDER
stand, called the yerger, who admitted
me ana never dream Cd Il OF leaving mo
moment after learning that was q
Yirginian and attracted to the church by
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