Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-26
LITERARY RESURRECTION.

IN.
We see, with the greatest concern, that the gov
eminent of the Virginia University has been bro
ken up by general rebellion and that its students
have dispersed.
The main facts stated in the following, which
we take from the Richmond Enquirer:
"CHARLorTEsvrLLE, ApnIL 81, ls45
81 am panied to say that while am writing our citizens
are armed and equipped with the necessary military accoute
mens to suppress riot rebellion among the students at the
University of Virginia uniformed to the cause of
this outbreak, which has existed for the last several DAYS
This morning the high sheriff Of the county, Mr. b. Fickln
ordered out the Jefferson Guards and the Militia aid the
magistrates in restoring order Others better acquainted with
the facts will probably send you account of it,"
The same paper adds that the latest accounts,
I up to Monday night, state that the students had
"all left the college, and that every thing was insub
ordination and confusion"
We further collect from several sources, that the
rebellion arose from an attempt by the faculty to
repress certain fragrant disorders, of which the
campus was made the scene by night. The Pro-
iessors interfered to them, and WERE in con-
sequence, assailed in their houses with stones Upon
this, they no doubt called in the magisracy and,
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| badly next summoned by them to que the riot.
| One would have thought dlat 10 The youths Of
this seat of learning, the sad consequence OF much
more limited disorder few years since would have
been admonition enough: Professor of the great
est merit fell, upon that occasion, assassnated by
the hand of wild and reckless boy, who shot him
in drunken frolic.
Ii is true that in the Institution the attempt ORR
gnaly to realize of the philosephic ideas of its
founder, Mr.. JEFFERsoN-that boys, as well as
men, had heretofore been governed too much and that
the only discipline for them ought to be an ndivi-
dual pledge of honor-has set on foot practices and
spirit that may, by the sort of local transmission
which often continues after the abrogation of what
gave rise to it. have been the cause, in part at least
OF this disgraceful event. But the main mover in
thing so outrageous can have been nothing less than
that wild spirit of insubordination which political
agencies are every day spreading wide and more
widely over the country, until the very boys scorn
all control, all authority.
When " Annexation" is in the ascendant; when
{" Dorrism" is more than countenanced by one of
the great parties OF the country and when Anti
Rentism is organizing itself, what can be expected
but that the untamed youth should catch the flame
of such freedom! II was but to call the Faculty
Algerines," and the boy-insurrecton was quite as
legitimate as that of Rhode Island
FURTHER.-FRoa THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER, APRIL 25. |
DIssnAcKFuL AFFnR-Rror AT rHE University on
VIRoISrt.-We learn from the Richmond Star Of Yesterday
that dsgracefu riot has occurred the University Of Viz
gna, growing out of eeng between the students
and Professor W. f. Rooms II appears there is Gala
humpan band Of students attached the institution who
make point to disturb the Faculty almost nightly and that
Prof. Rogers and another Of the Faculty openly denounced
the proceeding which caused their houses be mobbed The
College windows and doors also broken open and on
Friday night last attempt made to blow up the old
trees around the building This made il necessary for the
Faculty to call the police and finally the military and the
University says the STAR in the possession Of five hun
dred soldiers. (czens The students have held meeting
and pledged themselves order il the military be with
drawn, but the Faculty say they require something than
pledges Hon. W. c. RvEs addressed the Faculty and Stu
dents Monday upon the subject Most Of the students
have left the Faculty, il is understood will resign and for
the present the College appears to be broken up