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Show LATEST TELEUHAMS AlnnswAll JasI, boss's Mnaiomn.t. Lkxinciton, Vlr., July !1. This Is the thirtieth (iinlversAry or the first bAlllo of Mants.na, And lAxlngton. the quirt AgrlcullurAl village. Ill which was stent the lifetime of HtonewAll jACkson, tho moat pIctureiNjue flguru oriiieHoutheriCoiifrderaoy,ls brilliant Willi llfu And color, while leu thousand thou-sand stranger Assembled within It environ to pAttlclpat In the exercisers Incident to the unveiling of the monument, monu-ment, ay m hollo of the esteem and veneration ven-eration felt for the grrat soldier. The weather was superb, a f.sjsh,cool breeze tempering tho rajs of the sun. The street and building were Appropriate-ly Appropriate-ly decorated. Three Ix-autltul arches t-xlended over Main street, llanners with the nam of Jackson's different battle printed on them swung within one hundred yards of each other across the lino of march. Ononeapara Jackson's noted tele gram after the battle of .McDowell, "God blessed our arms with victory at McDowell yesterdsy." Long streamer of the cohfi-Jeratesttac flags And battle Mags, set oft" with the ns tlonsl colors decorate the houses. I-ce'a mausoleum was covered with over greens And cut flowers. Tho stAtuo iland lu an emlnenco encircled In th csntr of the city cemetery on Msln street, And well sot off with giant tree. Tho sculptor, a Virginian, Ldward V. Valentine, who designed the I-re monument, a statue lu bronte ot hrrolo size, portrays jAckson with uncovered head leaning on his sword and left leg And looking out upon the field of baltle, In th right hsud at his side, A Hold glass. The figure Is In the full uniform of the Confuderato Lleutenant-Ueiieral. Thescabbirdor Ihe sword liear Iho letter "U. H., a historical tact, as It was modeled from. Jackson' own word. Tho slAluepropornieArurei eight feet and surmount a granite liedertal tele and a half l.tt high. The old soldier who follow eel Jackson during the war were 1 leased with the statue. The parade ground of the Virginia Military Institute was the place of formation, for-mation, under the direction of General Gen-eral James A. Walker, or Wjeth, Va., tha only surviving commander ot thu HtonewAll Hrlgade. The members of General Walker's atall occupied thu right of the procession. Tho atoll waa followed by the Htonewall baud of twenty plei rs, heading tilts Hockbrldge, oVa., biltery, under Colonel Wm. f. n'oaguei with tho guns of the battery that operated under General Jackson At the first tiAttlo of MaiiaAsas. The guns belong to the Virgin!-, Military Institute. nd Uforu thenar the cadets ca-dets received Instruction In Ihtlr lite from thu hero or ChancMlorsvllle.The remainder of the procession was mada up nf survivors of tbo Htonewall brlgadr, consisting of the Hecond, Fourth, Filth, Twenty-seventh and Thirty-third Virginia regiments under thu commaud of Colouel Androw Jackson, Grlsby and Colonel J. K. IMmondiou, Maryland, bind and "-confederate veterans, army and navy from Maryland, under General Gen-eral Hradley T Johnson, various con federate camt and cArrugos, contain Ing General Juhal A. lUrly, thu orator of the day. General AdolUmtton, who 1 resided over the ceremonies, IMwsrd V. Vslenllne, the sculptor, Mrs. T. J, Jsckaou, GenerAl ltoaaer, a numl-sr or distinguished confederate ofllcvrs, ladle and the monument committee. Th procession tint moved to Capua, Washington, and Lee university, ami balled About n platform hanutomtly decorated. Itev. Dr.II.C. Hoiklns, W. V., who a the chp!aln of thaHecond Virginia Vir-ginia regiment waa with Jack aon lu nearly ail his fights, opened the cere monies with prayer. General Wado Hampton Introduced the ora lora ot tho day. General Jubal A. llarly and Colonel Thomas M. Hlmmea, who read two poems entitled "Htonewall Jackson' ways' and "Over the river." The proceislon ri formed as soon aa the proceedings at the stand were over and marched to the cemetery In which the statue standi. Her Utile Julia Jsckaou Christian, from an elevated platform, lulled the cords which suatalnod tho veil over tbo statue and exposed It tu view, while the Itockbrldg battery fired a salute. |