Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-05

~ the lima 1}ater OF our sny and Grant s,,,s
VINO rs Il first founder JEFFERSON ; who in his
youth contended for Liberty in his old DAYS,
for the means OF perpetaatiny il. Such an o6-
Jet Is Thy OF such Esgi
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
Harm Springs, A&gust, 1917.
DEAR SlR-tn compliance with your
desire on my departure for The springs
avdled mySeliof short stay in Cliariottes
Vile TO enquire INTO theplan, the progress
q prospects oilhe Central College. Which
has been sometimes spoken of in voi,rn ma
per. | will give you the result shorty,
and so much only as get from sources
10 berelied on.
law 1t seems, had been past, auihori-
sing board of trustees in and about
Characteristics, To establish Il SemiDa-
ry OF learning in the ordinary WAY OF
voluntary subscription and lottery.
me healthIness of the country, lis fer
tility, It's central position with respect
10 The population of Ike state, and o.
Their advantages inducing the trustees to
believe that, divesting it of local charac-
ter, and charging IFS scope TO that of an
institution for general science. il mipht
offer convenience 10 the whole state, they
petiiioned the legislature, and obiaiued
Il law dissolving their board, and making
The Governor or the Commonwealth ex-
oihcio Patron of Ike institutions by fine
name oftbe Central College, investing him
WIN The perpetual nomination Of visitors.
sax IN number, giving the proceeds OF
the sales OF two globes in that county.
and permission ga raise money bv a ht.
fiery and by voluntary subscription. viii,
otherprovisions for their good government.
LheguNernor uamed as visitors, Mir. Mon
roe, present President of the u. Statcs.
Mr.. Madison, the late President. Rr. lief
ferson, Il iOriner one, Mr.. Caben. Gen
Cooke, and Mr.. Watson, all of that, and
the clrcuajacent county. These gentle
man have had Two or three mCetiuys. have
purchased a site a mile above the town OF
charlottesville, high, healthy and with
good wafer, have agreed on the outlines
Other plan as College OF general SCI
ence, and are now proceeding on lis cx
ecu,ion. The subscription papers have
been received with uncommon favor and
confidence; fhecontribuions the COIN
~ Of Alhemarle alone amounting TO no
wards of 10000 dolls. and other parts of
the country, distant as we'll as near, con
si'lering is location as Offering them :,
healthy and convenient situation for their
youth, and repOslug confidence in lis d.
reciion under visitors named by the Go
vernon, are giving liberal aids 10 lis esta-
DiIShment, which tor the greater coDye-
inence Of the contributors, are received
M four annual lISta!meIts, the LIST on the
first of April neNt. The intention of the
visitors Is, not TO erect single and ex-
peDslyt: building, which would al once ex-
llaust their funds; bu, 10 make if rather
an academical village. A small box, or
pavilion Is 10 be erected for each school,
and Its professor separately, with cham
bers, Or dorEIitories for the students. a II
united by covered colOnnaIe, and ar
ranged one2ch side of lawn OF 200 feet
wide. Besides the security which the
arrangement gives against fire and in
iecilou, 1t has the 81 - convenience OF
admitting building after building TO be
erected successfully as their funds come
in, and rs their profcssOrsIlIp, are snbdl-
vIded. One OF these paVlions is u,.w i'm
progress, and will be ready, bv the Isto;s
April nest, TO receive professor, whose
department * 10 be languages, histo Y.
rhetoric, ordtory and bellies leitres. Tie
funds are believed 10 be already further
sufficient for the erection Of Two others
the ensuing summer, which are expected
10 embrace mathematics, philosophy,
anatomy, zoology, botany, mmeralosV
and chemistry and IT Is hoped that tie
progress OF the public favor viii. The wear
following that, enable them 10 provide Il
fourth proiessorship embracing the ldeO-
logical, ethical, lurIspTudential and politl-
ca! sciences. These will complete the cir
Gle Of what are deemed principally useful
at tins day, medicine excepted, " Inch re-
qulres tie accessory Of great hospital.
so as 10 uulte exampleuilh prec ept learn
too thatthe visitors propose TO establish
10 prUiessOrstlp, until they shall have ca
pitai, not only for tie building, but 10
contribute deposit IN the pubic funds,
the interest of which shall furnish mo-
derate, but perpetual salary for the pro-
fessor so that what is once done, viii be
permanently done, and will constitute
nucleus to which what is wanting may
be afterwards aggregated and ramitled
progressively, as tie public shall see lis
advantage, and contribute 10 make II
what their interest requires ii should be. Il
isalso understood that they will employ as
professors men only of the first order of
eminence IN the different sciences, seek
ing them III the United States, there 10
be had, or otherwise inviting the most e.
mluenttO be Obtanedlrom Europe. These
Sir, are such of the outlines as | could
collect OIL sound authority, and from
what see and learn, have good couh
dcnce ~ their success. rode to tie
grounds and was much pleased wits their
Commanding position and prospect d
small mountain adjacent is included ia
their purchase, and is contemplated as a
size for an astronomical observatory, and
a very remarkable one will certainly he.
The whole purchase of2O0 acres, which
besides the observatory and building
grounds, viii afford a garden for tie
school Of botany, and an experimental
farm for that OF agriculture. Should Ion
NY return learn any thing further, and in
| ttrogfinr 1 will communicates If 20 ,sou