Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-08-13
COMMUNICATION.



This Seminary is situated Al Rocky Mount, in
Franklin County, virginia, and is called alter her
whose writings have never been surpassed If eaual-
led, by any u her sen; writings which have at
traeted the attention and called forth the a,nira-
ton 81 the world writings which will not. rs is
the CASE Wlththe writings OF many sink into obi
slan with that generation in which they were pub
liShed, hut Will he handed down from sire In son so
long As man RESPECTS literature andadmires virtue !;
writings which lave eauNcl the name of the imnor-
tal auhorcss 10 be deeply engraven upon the high-
est and most brilliant pinnacle ei the Golden tenn
pie oi Fame. Several attempts have been made
but made in Win, Toe lhsh Semintry at Rocky
Mount prey ea> IL the erection ii the existing one
.na why, 1t my - asked, were thr> made in
VIM The question is easily solved. lafec
majority OF the people Of Franklin have been
TAUGHT 10 value money a more precious than a
vii trained mind. in consequence of which ma
nNofour wealthy farmers have suffered tier dansh-
tels II groW up unrI 1cue1 Shocking deasion
tins But the increasing love Of literature and
the progressive Tile of knowledge have thanks to
ileaNen,) broken down the mighty har1ier which
lor wears prevented the creelonof this, nov, ilou-
riShins Institution, which promises to equal il not
Smpass, tho moi renowned Of lis contemporaries.
Nt. thr>lcN, clergyman ut the PRESBYTERIAN
Ch1feh, ana Lis lady, are At the head Of tins Sc
minaA MI. theslcy is possessed of fine
education, Spl, ald abilities and tlnt untirias pa
llence and perseverance which mark the faithful
follower of the Cross, and are the charaeerisiicS
ot every celebrated teacher. My pen i, far loo
leahle to PORTRAY in their proper colois the orna-
mental qmlltie, Of the accomplished Mr. Cheslcv
y woman, >ha /, amiahlc, well educated, and
among the bet Of wives. \ teacher, she is
aleetionatc toward, her pupils, ever trying 10 win
aud to retain their affections When won. \ mu-
sic teacher is dall1 expected from the North.
The village IN which tins Seminary is situated,
occupies a beautiful position, upon small cmiu-
enee, in the midstoi surrounding mountains. To
the North o,lhe village, at distance of two miles,
Is the Gm,Ny-llill, where roses the wild Deer ac-
eomparicd Ivy their spotted t.lnns; where nov and
then may be heafd the sportsman, pack, bounding
from clil'to Gill, until tine shot OF some unefring
mark>nan has pierced the heart of the living stag.
To the South, n 4 distance OF eiel miles, j. Ghes-
nut Mountain. To the West, II Il distance Of If
teen miles, is tn, Blue RIDGE, IN full view, whose
lofty pcahc when spanelcd by TIN setting sun, pre-
senla most brilliant Npcctare--a spectacle ,,lni-
eieaty sublime IL tjrc the IMAGINATION OF the
dulesi pupil. To the East NJ a distance Of one
mile, Is the Bail knob, wonderful curiosity. II be
lng Il solid rock about Two hundred feet IN helali,
and covering about twenty aefcs Of land. No
VILLAGE in Virginia occupies \ more pleasant,
healthy and romantic position than the ono ofWhich
We ar treating. Where isthe indi, dual, WHO has,
without feelings Of the mo-, moving nature, hchcld,
from Rocky Mount, the uciehboring mountains
when dcchcd in theirlcv mantles and shining robes
OF SNOW Friendship, 50 desirable among men,
and that laulablc disposition IL excel in acts OF
kindness, are the ehicl characteristics OF the ,it-
2ens of this favored village. Hannah More Sc.
minary established about seven months since,
and numbers 1t present between thirty and forty