Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-18

itoi. and Ills Exccllcncy." Thomas
Jefferson, esquire; Archibold Cary.
robert carter Nicholas. Richar.'
adams. Edmund Randolph. Turner
S"uthali. Robert Goodc. James BucE-
'nhn and samuel DuVaIl were named
directors to lay OF public proport.
Iho buildings erected thereon wore
large. CLUMSY looking wooden hula
ihES. and wor" "vidcntiy ,akcu TO be
Warehouses whcu benedict Arnold
ra!d"d ,hr city, as they We're 40,
ruolcs;.d.
fhc stHtui" i!so provided that TIC
men selected To make IN appraisal
"f III. property should "tak" nothiu.
on pain at being Ills, hnr,:"d from ih,
inquest anu .irnicdiatoly imprisoned.
10y tn" shcrifr, either OF meat or drink
until their INQUEST shall "a. Charged
by the sheriff iupdr;iull" ANA - as.
the best eli their SKIN and jWLcmoIi.
and v:tlu" TN" said lots OF ground -
so many several "r distinct parcels"
Temporary tnpIt"i on 'nr..
In" temporary Capitol, u'ain
fran" buildiuu was erected at tn
foot or Council UHn. ON Pearl or
Fourteenth street. ~ tho uurthw.s,
corner of wha, Is npw cary Stree.
Til" General Nss.mb!y mot Ia !; ,c
May. 1880, aud among The FIRST bust
ness transacted was IN. passage o'
an act creating ''publick square.
and u "nlIrg" III. town "l R!chmol
Th, set prov !d.d that all streets D..
wIt"H.d on Shpckoc III. to :, breadth
Of not less than eighty f,"t. nor moe
than y" feet. and If q house shall
bc built ia i street it shall l.. law
frl for IL 20 remain th.r" twcnty
y"ars OF tuor..
Tho now capital received It's bap-
tisin Of IL" from tin" British on Jan
uary & 1881. when 900 men who had
been landed at Wcsiov"r on July !
bega' their march TO Richmond undcr
the command Of benedict Arnold. tho
traitor. Arnold burned many public
and privat. buildings, hut did not
/ modest :ac state buildings except by
cn,lunGcrIug tlcn 10 tn. fire az other
structures The frame Capitol ard
/ tive treasury we." threatened by fire
on January 2. 1887. between and
o'clock \. NJ. AT which time Andcr-
sons Tavern. Byrd's Warehouse Uud
I forty OF nity stores were destroyed.
/ The loss being 100000.
statue Of Washington.
{ Tno General Assembly on JUnc %
I l7si passed - resolution that tn" ~
eCutiyc u" requested 20 tahc mea sIrcs
| Toy procuring 4 statu" uf General
! G.oris" Washington TO be of the finest
marbi" and best workman hip. all
J thus ca;n, HoudnH's statue which ncw
stands az TIA. capitol. q replica Or
which Was recently presented 20 inc
+ i;rIt.sh government. II wag erected
iuai7sS Til. Assembly also passed
a resolution that a bust of Lafaycti"
> ordered in l7>i. l.. placed ~ Tho SAM"
plac. Win tn" statue of WASHINGTON.
Tho Protestant; Episcopal church
, ~ Virginia was organized - a mes
. in. or layiucn ana ministers held in
tn" capitol in May lia".
The FIRST United states court eyer
held in Virginia was hold III tn.
Capitol square on Tuesday. Dcccm-
her -. 1888. at which time cyrus
t;uTin. qualified and presided
In 1859 the Genera! Assembly APP
nfonria,cd nOrcy 10 build new Cap
.toi ana citizens of Richmond sub
scrlbed . 0np pounds toward the fund
- TIA" same time an appropriation
was made for The purchase Of a bell,
: aud east iron stoves Tor the House
bought
In 1895 n" market house on
ShocEoc I!ill was built,
The most wonderful and celebrated
equestrian statue in the world adorns
Capitol Squarc-the Washington
Monument Thomas Crawford New
| York sculptor, WAS commissioned in
lS4S TO execute the monument. lie
completed tho accepted sketch IN a
single n!ght. The ccutra, fGurc is
an equestrian statue OF Washington,
the plinth on which it stands forms
the center % = star %, FIVE rays, each
one bearing q statue Ct some great
Tirginian Tho orig nal or two OF
these. Patrick Henry and Thomas
| Marshall. were modelled by era WORD
The others. Lewis, Mason and Nelson
and some OF the a!!cSor!Cal figures
arc the work of Randolph Rogers.
who. on CrawfOri's death, was COM
,nissloncd 10 iirish the monument.
The base Of the monument was
moulded and cast in France and was
brought 70 America on French yes
sci and lnud"d al thu Rockets
Fulton) 1t is recorded tina, ,hc
monument vas pulled To Capitol
square by school children Of ;hc
town. the rope attached To the mon
rment being fully two squares long