The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-28
DOMESTIC.

| WINCHESTER, Sept. lJ.--lt Is said that
| the hon. i. Il. Barbour has yielded To the
solicitations of tine freeholders Of the Or
snge district TO become a candidate for
congress ut the next election. The dis
trict 10 now represented by Mr.. Taylor,
who will not be- II candidate. Regarding
Judge BIS election as certain, we feed some
deslre to know 10 which party we will at
taCh himself - whether that Of the admin
isIraiinn in which his brother holds 80 dis
tnguIshed u place--Or that OF its orp0l
nenis, IN which he must encounter him -
| He will br = powerful man with either.
Judge Barbour will hold term of the
superior court for this county, to com
mrnce on Friday the 29th inst. The trial
of Steel for murder, it is understood, will
come an on the Monday following.
| John f.. Page, ESQ. Of this town, was
appointed, during the recent visit Of Judge
Broekeobrough, to be attorney for the
commonwealth for the superior court ol
law for Jefferson county. Republican.
...aNes-
| Charlottesville. Sept. le.-The faculty
of the University ofVirgluia have arrang-
ed the plan ~ public examinations, Ia
take place at the close of ihe present ses-
SION. There will be thorough exnmna-
ton of each particular class, in the rrspec-
tive branches of education, and honorary
distinctions will be awarded To such stu
dents an shall deserve them, by the supe.
rior merit OF thelr attaInnents. The ex-
animation will be conducted so as to at
ford fair aud full opportunity of testing
the proficiency OF zach student in his class
We have not learned the details of thu
plan; but they will be made known in
due season. This step will tend at once
TO deveIUpp the talents of the faculty and
stndents Of this institution, and to furnish
evidence Of the advantages Of the plan up
on which education IS here conducted
We entertain confident hope that its re-
SUIT Will he highly satisfactory TO all who
feel an interest in the progress of letters,
aud IN the success of the University par
,lcnlarly. Amid the numerous nsliin
| lions oi learning which are sprnging llp
N our country, aud exteniing their happy
uiluence i,r ADD wide over our commu-
nlty, the University Of Virginia occupies
most deserN eddy an elevated rank. II Is
| The meridian light of Virginia, and its des-
unlcs involve the best hopes and mos,
! brilliant promise of our state. We ynn-
ture 10 affirm, that the expectations 10
which II has gwen Use will be fully an-
swered.
! We take this occasion to remark, that
the library and apparatus of the Uniyersi
| ty have recently received many valuable
accessions. The books procured ia Eu-
rope by the agent of the institution have
been received aud are placed IN the room
of the R0lu ida tint d for their reception.
The Ratnnda Is almost entirely complete.
and is finished in that taste and elegance
IN which II was designed by the mastery
! mind OF lis immortal patron. The utmost
order, aud the sieadicst application have
Of late distinguished the students of the
University, and every thing seems to CON
tribute III advancing the great plan of in
trlIectaal cultivation. May God speed
the So d work = Gazette.
Mr.. Clay arrived in Charlottesville on
Thursday the i4rh, aud departed FOR
Washington yesterday. He proposes IL
visit TIE Secretary of War, who is now
at his residence in Orange. He visited
Monticello aud The University, while here
ID.
Tie City of Mobile, in the State of Ala.
hama, Is almost The only one which ap-
pears 10 have suffered much from disc Sc
during this summer, 80 far. For the pop.
uldilon, great number of persons have
died there within the last three months
A lady, who writes to her friend in New
York on the subject, gives as, with dash
OF the pen, a powerful impression of the
sensation produced on the survivors by
tins mortality. We feel,n says she, i" rs
II we were 10 field of battle, and know
not where the next ball may strike"
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