The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01


we are tod ny Mordccai, In his ...Dy.
gonc Days. that the building which
once occupied a portion OF the Capito
grounds. nenr Its northeast nngle. wai
erected Ybyga dancing master In the fNlsf
Stirnes which carlo XII after the war ~
~1S12-'15; that the 1 Legislature had granted
him permission to use d site for the ptir.
pose on the Capitol Square aSs"but 9 loca.
ton was unfortunately assigned Tor q
which obstrlcted the entrance to- the
and, worse still. after the Museum. wat
removed, tho obstruction WIS irendsrod
permanent by the erection OF the State
Court on tho same spot. At the time
Eour reminiscent wrote this, tn 1856, the
General Courts blrnlike building was
still intact, as well&ns Its! records who'll,
pnssed to the ~chargoSof 3the Circuit
Court. Judge John Robertson was tile
last OF the chancellors OF the Sdef,llct
institution 90 rendered BY the States
Convention 81 1850 and Judge john a.
Meredith. OF the Circuit Court, and 5Judve'
j. d. IIalyburton. OF tho Confederate,
wero the last who presided there pre-
|tVious 10 the obstruction OF the building
iii the trent flre OF April, 1864. sfs
N.Y. recollection OF tho Museum goes
back to d time when II had mot. been
Invested OF I'LL its classical attractions,
Its gods ana Goddessos In plaster casts,
who seemed to DO little $out&of %cotnte-
nance with the grny dust that settled
upon them, and their merciless mutila-
ton by the hands Of our vandnls, i
came too late In the day to see the
paintings on its walls; the heroes, also
In plaster, who had been the admira-
Stion5 or stllrongs OF visitors As I rernem-
Dor. the old dancing masters folly, i
was Rthen5in state OF neglect, without
guides or other attendants It's doors
trudors. In short. It became Ia sad
wreck.
For Shows and Concerts.
After the removal OF the curlos from
tho Museum, IT came to BIO used as g
convenient place for shows, concerts and
lectures ",The Burning Of Moscow at
travcted many slghtseSrs.t mostly wo-
men and children. Tie marching n
csouunrter-mnrclling OF the French soldiers
were represented by inutomatons on the
boards Of tho concert llialla the red
flames OF the doomed city were we'll imi-S
Stated, too, and SO were the mournru
5tolllngs OF the great boil, and, lastly, the
falkland crash OF the Kremlin.
Tho Rev. ETH. Chaplin. the first min
lister Of the church OF the aUntversalists
OF Richmond, the well-known1 pulpit ora
tor, drew a respectable number OF towns
people to hear his lecture, entitled, VINO
the Creator Man., John or
Napoleon Bonapnrte?"s SoMWel dldE th.s
a born New Yorker, acqult
himself that evening as to be ever after
az a favorite in the intellectual circles Oh
the city.
i have q vivid impression Of the neigh
horhood In that locale, which will not
out Of my mind; the gloomy looking Mn
scum, afterwards succeeded by the still
Misunderstanding Courthouse; the Old
wooden steps up which you ascended 70
a terrace never Visited sbyEp0iteG people,
which may be sold to have been the
back door to the Square, the only snort snort
out to the Capitol from the lower town;
below the Museum. at the Intersection
81 Bank and Franklin Streets. were the
two two low-pitched reel houses OF the fire.
men OF Companies No. 8 and No. 42,a no(
at the southwest corner OF the latter
street was the two-story brick dwelling
Of one Warrington, in which X Isl said
by8 d gentleman still living Edgar Allan
Poegand Miss Virginia GLENN were mar mar
ried; 5and where Hoen's lithogTaphlc .es-
tablishment stands, next above airing
toms, was n wooden structure. stable or
caurrlnEe-house, in which Indians visit
llE FL IHS lllOlN I ' - -
whilst near by was an open lot extend
Ing from Franklin to- Thirteenth or GOV
ernor street, on which the tent-poles OF
the circus were sometimes seen uphold
Ing big, round toni. and O small on
for The repose Of the actors. by h by
It is noteworthy that all the shows three
four score years ago were held IN
the lower wards OF the town, with the
exception OF an a~mpithentre OF frame
work on the north side OF Main, near
eighth, and Terpsichore Hall on Grace
street. a fashionable resort OF the quail
Of tho city.
General Court"
"A gentleman OF my acquaintance, o.
retired attorney-at-law OF the old bar 81
Richmond. has been good enough to write
ne his recollections OF the General,
records from q casual inspection
81 them during al periodEo OF his III
They will DO read, I doubt not, With de-
light by all who value every scrap touch
ny our by-gone institutions.
'The General Court, under the old Con-
,titut!on OF Virginia II think previous to
when q quietus wa given T. ~ py
state Convention), was a%court .of
having Jurisdiction over tho
Commonwealth. 18remember sees
ng 1t stated that General Andrew Jack
ION. who thon resided In what Is now
he State OF Tennessee, was classed as
resident OF the county OF Botetourt.
Tirginia; and when a tangle occurred In
lis domestic affairs requiring him to get
divorce from his lawful wife Cor to 90
yorsc), he wax forced to bring suit I'M
his court, sitting at Richmond. and In
course obtained his freedom.
mention this to show the extensive tur1s-
of the court u 35aa6
"The court was held In tho Capitol, and
lad a 'chancellor' TO preside over II. with
nrlsdlctiontlik that OF the Lord Cham
.ellor OF England, The plan and scope
Il the whole Jurisdiction, etc, WAS mod
lied after TINT OF the High Court OF
3hancery In England. The old time Wiz
.inlans. though true rabels. stuck to the
english system OF law as far as they
:ould consistently With their new ropub-b
lean principles, It was, ] think, by \
lmes-arst, q Miss Moore; seSond. Miss
lied Mt tho age of 3eighty-nine, the father ]