McGuire, Miss Mary Donnan, Miss Bessie Catlin, Misses Leary, Miss Lelia Dimmock, Mrs. B. S. Smith, Miss L. M. Knox, Miss Estelle Clements, New York; Misses Williams.

success.

PROJECTORS OF THE MUSEUM.

The idea of the establishment of the museum originated with Mrs. Joseph Bryan, to whom, more than any other, is due the honor of This statement is made at the very urgent request of many members of the Society. Next to her, no one, says the general voice, has been so indefatigable as Mrs. E. D. Hotchkiss. Miss Isabel Maury, who had charge of the relic department at the bazaar, has been appointed temporary superintendent of the Museum. permanent appointment will be made later.

AT NIGHT.

The

The Museum was also open to the public from 8 to 11 o'clock at night, between which hours the historic structure was packed to its utmost capacity. Hundreds of people, eager to honor the auspicious occasion by their presence, could not get near the doors of the old mansion, so large was the crowd. The standing room of the stairways and corridors, as well as of the rooms, was taxed to its utmost. The regents and vice-regents and the ladies composing the various reception committees, were attired, mostly, in evening dress, and this added beauty and inspiration to the scene. The Governor, accompanied by his staff, in full uniform, visited the Museum, both afternoon and evening, but at night they visited all the State rooms, and viewed the relics on display with much interest.

The Richmond Light Infantry Blues and the veterans from the Soldiers' Home also attended the evening reception.

The historic battle-flags on exhibition were objects of considerable attraction and curiosity, and they were gazed upon and discussed by many.

laughter and the music of The ladies in charge, with

The refreshment-room was merry with silverware and china the entire evening. Mrs. George M. West as chairman, were kept exceedingly busy, and the results were very gratifying.

The bust of General Lee, presented to the Maryland room by the Confederate Society of the Army and Navy of Maryland, arrived, and was placed in position.

MRS. BELLE STEWART BRYAN, President of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society and of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

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The handsome etchings of Generals Lee, Jackson, and Johnston, which adorned the walls of the main hallway, were presented to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society by Mr. Charles Barmore, of New York, who was at the Museum, and was thanked in person for the gift, by Mrs. Joseph Bryan, President of the Association.

Mrs. Bryan and other officers of the Society received in the main hallway at night, as they had done in the afternoon.

One of the most attractive of the relics in the South Carolina room was the company flag of the Macalla Rifles, which was found upon one of the battle-fields of Virginia, but has never been reclaimed.

The ladies in charge of the restaurant, and the officers and members of the Society generally, sent to Mrs. J. Johnston, who lives at the northeast corner of Clay and Twelfth sts., a bowl of punch and some beautiful flowers as a testimonial of their appreciation of a remarkable act of kindness on the part of that lady. Mrs. Johnston is a northern woman, and her father and two of her brothers were killed in the Union army. Nevertheless she turned over all of her dishes, her range, her dining-room furniture, and, in fact, her entire house, furnishing coal and light free of cost, to the ladies of the Society. "It was an act that was worthy of a noble and patriotic woman," said Mrs. Joseph Bryan.

Among the many interesting relics displayed at the Museum, a little volume-a memorial to Francis Dunbar Ruggles-attracted considerable attention. The volume contains only the name and lineage of the young soldier, bound together, with a letter written in 1862 to his father, in Boston. Young Ruggles, though a Massachusetts boy, had adopted the South as his home, and had become a member of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans. He was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and lies in our beautiful Hollywood Cemetery.

ADVISORY BOARD.

The following prominent citizens of Richmond comprise the Advisory Board of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society:

Hon. George L. Christian, Colonel Wilfred E. Cutshaw, Colonel John B. Cary, Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, E. D. Hotchkiss, Esq., Colonel John B. Purcell, Joseph Bryan, Esq., Robert S. Bosher, Esq., Hon. Beverley B. Munford, Hon. Edmund C. Minor.

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

The whole of the basement of the historic building has been allotted to the Southern Historical Society, which has an exceedingly interesting collection of manuscripts and relics, and a very valuable library. Of this Society Mr. R. A. Brock has been the secretary since 1887, and the editor of the annual volume of Southern Historical Society Papers.

It is manifest that the building so auspiciously instituted will prove an invaluable conservatory of that which is precious in the light of the truth and dignity of the momentous struggle of 1861–’5.

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JOSEPH JONES, M. D., LL.D.

Died, at his home in New Orleans, La., February 17, 1896, after many months of physical suffering, Professor JOSEPH JONES, M. D., LL. D.

Thus has passed to the vale beyond, a man of the noblest instincts, a lover of truth, a servant of his kind.

In him was constantly dominant the desire to serve suffering humanity, to relieve its woes, and to subserve, as he might, enlightenment in its broadest compass.

His was a heritage of duty, precept, and practice.

Patriotism and virtue had incited and constrained in his forbears, for generations, in the Nation's progress.

It has been but a few years since his noble father, Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, D. D., teacher, minister, and philanthropist-blessed and blessing-in fullness of years, was called to his eternal reward

It was the privilege of the writer to meet Dr. Joseph Jones during our late memorable internecine war. I have not been face to face with him since, but we have maintained correspondence at intervals. I was honored in his regard.

A brother, like worthy, the late Colonel Charles Colcock Jones, Jr., of Augusta, Ga., I met later, only a few years ago. Although our friendship began later, our communication was more frequent whilst he lived.

Rarely in the world's history has it been that an excellent father has been doubly blessed in two sons, such types exemplar, as citizens, patriots, scholars, and useful public ministrants.