Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-07-16
VIRGINIA INSTITUTION.

was formed at the Courthouse, under the d.
recton of David w. Patteson, Esq. as Chief
Marshal, assisted by Robert S. Brooke, Jo-
seph r. Anderson, Jefferson Kinney, John
Newton, John NJ. McCue. John Wayt, DR..
John X. Moore, James A. Cochran, and Jno.
b. Brcckinridge, Esqs.-in the following
order:
1. Citizens.
Music.
9. Staunton 1t. Infantry.
3. President of the Board of Visitors, and
Orator of the Day.
A. Invited Guests.
5. Principal of the Deaf and Dumb School.
6. Teachers and Pupils.
Z. Principal of the Blind School.
8. Teachers and Pupils.
Q. Physician of the Institution.
10. Treasurer of the Institution.
III. Clergy.
10. Medical Faculty.
l3. Judge Sup. Court.
a. Justices of Augusta.
Is. Members of the Bar and Officers of
the Court.
lG. Mayor and Common Council of Staun-
ton.
II. Masonic Fraternity.
The whole marched thence to the Presby-
teriah Church, where the following exerci
ses took place-Prayer, by the Rev. DR..
Plummer-Hymn, by the Blind-Oration, by
James Mcdowell, Esq. of Rockbridge-Ode,
composed for the occasion by the Rev. Mr..
Tyler-and Music by an Amateur Band.
The Grafton of Mr.. Mcdowell was splen-
did effort, worthy Of the occasion, and fully
sustaining his high reputation as an orator.
we hope it will be published.
The procession was again formed and pro-
ceeded to the site of the Institution, where
the ceremony of laying the corner stone was
performed, according to ancient usage, by Rt.
Worsh. J. w. Smith, S. w. of the Grand
Lodge of Va, assisted by the officers and
brethren of Staunton Lodge. Concluding
Prayer by the Rev. MIR. Plummer.
The company then sat down to an excel
lent dinner, got up under the direction of
Georgia Eskridge, Esq. Steward of the Insti-
tuition, at which Judge Lucas p. Thompson
presided, assisted by David w. Patteson,
Esq. Gen. b. G. Baldwin, Thomas ]. Mi
chic, VIM. Kinney, Robt. S. Brooke, David
Fultz, Chesley Kinney and l.. l.. Stevenson,
Esqs. After the removal of the cloth the fol-
lowing toasts were drunk:
LIST. Orr Country-The virtue and intelli-
gence Of her citizens are the best security,
chat her republican institutions, improved up
on the purest models of antiquity, in the true
spirit of political wisdom, will be priced, as
long as liberty is held dear.
2nd. The Union ofthe States--Suggested by
a regard for mutual safety, and founded in
compromise, it has proved a rich blessing
When lightly spoken Of, the patriot draws
closer to his heart the cords which unite us
when assaulted, he will fasten them at the bot
tom of his grave.
3rd. Virginia-Great in resources, physical
and moral; the occasion manifests her will to
be greater, in their application to noble and
generous purposes.
4th. THE BenefactOrs Of Mankind.-If those
are so regarded who cause one blade of grass
TO grow, where none had grown before, how
shall we estimate the philanthropists who
open up rich veins Of thought and feeling in
the dark recesses of an intellectual waste
5th. Tile Beneuolent Spirit of the .Age-In
many respects wild and visionary, may it ev-
er be restrained within the limits of practical
good sense, and directed, not to the utmost
possible, but to the obvious interests of our
race.
9th. Public Education-A field of intelec-
tual enterprise yet unexplored and yet tenn
ing, we know, with the richestfrui of public
liberty, virtue and happiness.
18th. General InteiHgence-The Sleepless
Eye with which Freedom watches over the
safety Of her institutions.
9th. The March Of the Mnd-Most felici-
tous when prompted by good action of the
heart.
9th. Our Republican charlottesville pat
riotism of our countrymen will preserve them
and unhurt amidst the storms of
political luminosity, and the blood bought boon
of the revolution will never be sacrificed to
the Moloch ofintestine hatred.-We are the
children of the same Heroic Sires.
10th. The Patriotism Of the People-In the
wild conflict of party politics, its fervour NAV
be abated but fear not, let war or faction
threaten, and the friends of freedom will find
it, where it should ever be, united under the
broad banner Of the republic, ready to seal
with blood the ''esto perpetua" Of the Union.
llth. Benerolent and Humane Institutions
The spires which penetrate the Heavens, and
preserve us from the divine judgments, by
off their fury.