most essential aid; indeed, within the short time allowed for the work it would have been impossible to have perfected the decorations and designs had it not been for their indefatigable exertions.

The materials for decoration were collected and brought to the Monumental Hotel (which was then vacant), and the ladies and young men of the city invited through the public press to assemble there for the purpose of manufacturing them into pennants, flags, wreaths, rosettes, garlands, etc. The promptness with which they answered the call furnishes a beautiful testimony of the general love and reverence which all bear to the hero of Virginia and the defender of Richmond; a lovely and busy scene of amiable emulation in doing this labor for four days, and not infrequently including work till midnight. The principal points of decoration were as follows:

At the intersection of Main and Fifth Streets was a tasteful structure resplendent with flags, pennants, evergreens, and appropriate designs. Its erection was under the direct supervision of Messrs. R. T. Daniel, Jr., and Charles L. Seigel. It was sixty-five feet high, and composed of two poles wreathed in green, and sustained by four guy-ropes decorated with British streamers, having upon them emblems of the four dominions-England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. On the pinnacle of the decorations were two large and pretty bouquets; just below these and on each pole, facing east, were two swallow-tailed pennants-one with red ground and white border, having a large letter "B" (Britain) in the centre; the other, white ground and red border, with the letter "V" (Virginia). Twenty-five feet from the ground, facing east, was a transverse inscription in large letters, "British Tribute to Virginia Valor." Adverse to this, on the west side, was the inscription associating the following modern heroes: "Wellington, Havelock, Cardigan, Jackson." Hanging from these inscriptions were wreaths sustaining an arch of greenery. Twenty feet from the ground, on the east side of the poles, were two medallions, one of the Virginia coat-of-arms, the other of BeresfordHope, he being the exponent of our generous British cousins. On the adverse side to these were two other medallions, the one of the British coat-of-arms, bearing the lion and the unicorn rampant, the other the colonial coat-of-arms of the Old Dominion, bearing the time-honored inscription "En dat Virginia quartam." Springing obliquely from these were on the one side a flag, white ground, bearing the Scottish thistle; on the other side a flag, blue ground, bear

ing the white feathers of Wales, with a scroll, upon which is the motto "Ich dien." Springing from the opposite shield was the English Union Jack, and the Irish banner, green ground, with the gold harp of Erin upon it. The whole was admirably designed and arranged.

The Grand Arch, at Grace and Eighth Streets, in its construction, was under the supervision of Messrs. Elder, Fisher, Sheppard, and Caskie. It was an admirable design, and was constructed after the style of the old Norman gate-way. It was thirty-two feet high and sixteen wide. It was constructed with two turreted towers covered wlth evergreen, with an arch connecting them. On the west side of the arch was inscribed in large letters "Warrior, Christian, Patriot." Just above this was a painting representing a stone-wall, upon which was resting a bare sabre, a Bible, and a Confederate cap, with the angel of peace ascending, pointing heavenward; and on the pinnacle of the arch, just above this, was a pennant bearing the cross, as the emblem of Christianity. This picture, with the emblem above, was a beautiful design figurative of the blissful rest which our departed hero has long since enjoyed. Springing obliquely from either side of the picture were the colors of Virginia and England. Midway of the towers were the pictures of Jackson and Foley bordered round with flowers. On the adverse side (east) were the United States coat-of-arms and the English coat-of-arms. On the same side, and just around the arch, appeared in large letters "STONEWALL JACKSON." Above this the coat-of-arms of Virginia, with flags of Virginia and England on either side. Two banners floated from the towersone, white ground with red cross; the other with red ground with Maltese cross. The most decided effect in any of the decorations was produced by the placing of two Confederate soldiers, dressed in their genuine, old, tattered Confederate garments, upon two pedestals just in front of each tower. They leaned upon reversed muskets, and were as immovable as statues; indeed, many persons could not believe that they were living individuals.

At the head of Franklin Street was an archway composed of two poles with festoons of evergreen, banners, flags, and other decorations.

The speakers' stand, erected on the west side of the statue, was thirty-five by twenty feet, and five feet high. There were Roman spears at the four corners leaning at an angle of forty-five degrees

and garlanded with evergreens. These sustained a conical-shaped canopy with centre-pole thirty feet high, which bore a pennant six feet long, with the letter "V" upon it. The stand was beautifully decorated with garlands.

Across the avenue to the Executive mansion was suspended a huge royal British standard, the dimensions being twenty by thirty feet.

The Washington Monument was also very prettily festooned with evergreens.

The decoration and arch at the Grace Street gate of the square was intended to be commemorative of Jackson's whole military career, commencing in Mexico in 1846, and ending at his last battle (Chancellorsville), in 1863. Inscriptions to this effect were upon the escutcheons right and left of the gate respectively, facing up Grace Street. On the reverse of the escutcheons were the inscriptions Virtus and Fortitudo-embodying, in the purely military sense, the perfection of the soldier's character. The crest of the arch was decorated with bayonets; the face of the key-stone with crossed sabres and the letter "J;" the summit with a trophy of arms-helmet, corselet, mantle-draped from sword-points, which extend from the armholes of the corselet, and a legionary standard with the inscription "Gloria," as the culmination of the military career. This, which may be called the military arch, was intended to be symbolical of the profession of arms, pure and simple, as associated with Jackson's mortal career. The decoration on Grace and Ninth Streets is fuller in its significance, as it alludes to his Christian virtues as well as his military fame. The decoration at Main and Fifth Streets is more particularly a recognition of the homage paid to our hero by the citizens of Great Britain.

It is hard for the public to realize the amount of labor which had to be expended on these decorations. Almost every thing was manufactured here. In large cities every appliance of decorative art is at hand or can be procured. Here we have the disadvantage of the lack of such appliances as well as insufficient funds. But it has been a labor of love, and every ragged urchin who may have handed an evergreen or held a ladder will live to be proud of his mite of help.

The artists who were engaged in this work desire us to tender their grateful acknowledgments to the ladies, the indefatigable K.

K. K., and every artisan who lent a hand in preparing for the pageant, for their enthusiastic coöperation.

As an item of interest to all who took part in the inaugural ceremonies, and especially to the members of the Stonewall Brigade, it may be stated that the several regiments were represented as follows:

Second Virginia, Colonel J. Q. A. Nadenbouch commanding, seventy men; Fourth Virginia, Captain H. D. Wade commanding, about three hundred men; Fifth Virginia, Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Williams commanding, one hundred and seventy men; Twenty-seventh Virginia, Captain Persinger commanding, ten men; Thirtythird Virginia, Captain Hure commanding, five men.

The Fourth Virginia was largely represented because, during the battle of Spottsylvania Court-House, a large number were taken prisoners, and in this way they escaped many of the terrible struggles through which the others pussed.

THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

The "Associated Press" dispatch was as follows:

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, October 26, 1875. This day has been made memorable in the annals of Richmond, and lent additional lustre to the proud name of Virginia by the tribute of its people to the memory of its gallant warrior, patriot, and Christian soldier, General T J. (Stonewall) Jackson, on the occasion of the formal inauguration of the statue by Foley, presented to Virginia by a number of English gentlemen. The imposing pageant and interesting ceremonies combined to make the grandest demonstration ever witnessed in this city. The attractions of the State Fair and this extraordinary event have brought together people from every direction within the borders of the State, as well as from sympathizing communities beyond. This fact was evidenced on all sides by the crowded condition of the streets, the holiday appearance of the city, the many thousands of spectators along the line of march, and the general enthusiasm that prevailed. Decorations of every description were to be seen in every direc tion, embracing evergreens in every conceivable shape, festoonings of the national colors with appropriate inscriptions, banners and flags of many nations, the Federal and English colors predominating.

At an early hour the principal streets began to present an animated appearance, the crowds gathering steadily until the procession moved, by which time the sidewalks along the route of march were crowded with surging masses, and every available place, where a view could be had, filled with eager spectators. The procession occupied one hour and a half passing a given point, moving rapidly, and was composed of all the city military, infantry and artillery, visiting companies from Norfolk, Petersburg, Charlottesville, Staunton, Williamsburg, and North Carolina, the corps of cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, with their battery, the cadets of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blocksburg, Virginia, surviving members of many commands of the late war, including those of the famous Stonewall Brigade, the Catholic societies of Richmond, the students of Richmond College, singing societies, etc., besides a long cortége of carriages and other vehicles contain