Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-07-09

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We give an extract from Judge Christmas address, hi the
LAYING OF tho corner of Female Seminary on the site
OF the OH Capitol at Williamsburg Judge c. said
n, was within iic walls of that Capitol that Virginia.
patriots and OF revolutionary memory hrs con-
suited together 10 the ways and means OF redressas inc
mnnv grievances under which they acknowledgements
which had been imposed BY the mother counry-EnSlsnd
From thence Illuminated those eloquent, powerful,
and ing appeals which, caught mp by every breeze
were waited tho corners of the State, which
reached every ear touched every heart and which made the
men Virginia feel and know that they had rgh-a rlgn'
natural and dvineto be free which made them feel INA,
they were the creatures God only and not ~ kings an
pnenates which made them feel that they lived IN world
rced ~ Cod and that they had right 10 participate IN
hr BENEFITS and fruits thereof without paying tribute IL
Cesar for the privileges which mace them heel mat y hha
mol been born be ridden by ucs booted ana spur
red lrGitimatcly by the grace Of God"
Under the influence OF these feelings md these truths thus
inspired our asserted their independence which
lei 10 Revolution which resulted in the overthrow OF
Bsh rule and misrule, and in the establishment 0! The
principles OF liberty upon their ruins
The sacred building in whlca many OF these scenes
we're enacted has persisted; the patriots and statesmen ov
whom they enacted but their defds their raj
oros deeds do live after them The principles which they
loved and cherished still loved and cherished by you-
their sons and to-day you building house. rearing an
institution where these principles will be taught and taught
those who will teach them 10 Others VINO VIII ever Dc
reldy re-enac; them when the exlgencles Of me es
shall require
In the drama enaciing before the world, Ne have
ou par plav. pom the in which that part l. ac
ted much depends No less i'll ms opinion Than the freedom
or slavery o the world. Lei preserve the liberty which
been transmitted 10 lis bv our oreathcTs preserve THIS
Union in i legitimacy AID the rights II wa intended u per
petuate and the lime is when the world wi be lEee. ana
kings supreme will heard of but failing IN th
the kne oi liberty will be sounded and sounded III
tuncs which will reach the renlotes bounds OF eash Let
Us then ms friends remember that eternal vigilance Is the
price hey;' that the soldier of liberty Ike the soldier
OF the Cross should sleep his post This Site IN
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have alluded become almost sacred and class
ground also several other localities in It's immediate
ne!gh5orhood.
The first of these is the old Hall of Apollo sll standing
and in good repair This hall is celebrated particularly as
the place where the members Of tho House OF Burgeses met
and held their deliberations when Lord Dnnmore then The
Governor OF Virginia, f776 dissolved the Assembly, from
an apprehension his par that the Burgesses plot
ling treason against the King Next IS The old Magazine
where the and ammunition of the Colony were stored
The Of the breaking out o the Revolu"ne walls
o which are still in state Of perfect preservation. The
is the Did College Of William and Mary situated nj he
upper this avenue and directly fronting this Acade
N.Y. This College has within the last twelve or eighteen
months been thoroughly repared and all the buildings
grounds ard Enclosures in perfect order with full
,acuy; faculty that would do honor any literary ins
tuition America; the head OF which is the accomplished
and eloquent Bishop Johns. This institution, ever dear 10
every and daughter OF Virginia. and 10 every patriot In
the Union is still ready furnish her country she
has done her full quota of statesmen soldiers philosophers
and orators When the building OF the Acadsmy which Is
occupy this spot shall have been completed as the stu
den, William and Mary looks from the balcony Of that
building his eye will resi- upon The walls Of this Academy;
and may be that while his eye thas rosts upon The
walls Of this building that his bosom may beat with
quicker pulse, the thought passes through his mind
that probably she may be ee-he who may become the
future partner Of his Joya and his woes.
From the upper pUrtico OF this Academy its Inmate
the miss in her teens, looks this softly shaded ana
lovely avenue her eye may la; upon the walls OF old VIII
liam Mary And as her eye there rests not the pure
5,od mantle gently her delicate chsek, the thought
the Unconscious ougbut still the thoughtaes through
her mln.-that he may be there. But, that thought IN
though, bc will be like the fitting shadow has pas
sed and lett behind No, no. misses in their teens
have no such thoughts hope my fair young friends will
forgive for this innocent SANDER I'll offend by
ocaing II, Directing Your the South few miles,
you overlook the beautiful Island Of Jamestown situated up
IN the North bank OF James Understandable the spot
where established their first colony in 1907
then hunting ground u The lndnn King POwha,an and
the play ground Of his lovely and beautiful Pocahonas
Then turning 10 the East in few miles, the meets The
Llrs deep blue waters OF the grand ana beautiful ok
spon the South bank Of whichs situated old Yorktown and
Immediately adjoining those broad fields upon which,
l9h October ISL acted the last great in
Revolutionary Drama--ttere fought the great bas .:
Yorktown, which resulted in the defca, and al t,
British Army There, that day. Royalty knc gracefully
before the spirit Of Rcpubcans, and, coniessing her S
prenacy delivered her the sword. Such my friends il the
site, and such thu adjacent of the Academy,
have this day commenced And now in taking leave of this
deeply interesting subject let admonlsh The friends and
parons Of this Institution 10 be Of good chcer they
gagged in high and noble enterprise in which, doubt
not God will aid them their object is tie educti9n Of
man, make her wise and virtuousand what object
God love more, than pure, unsocd, slness woman!
50 dear 10 Heaven ; sanity chastity,
Tha, when = lou is found sincerely So,
4 thousand llV.TIrd JGsels attend her,
Dlsns lar Of. each thing o! sin sni guilt
and IN Clear dream, and solemn vision
TEL her Of things no cruss car can hear
TIL, converse with ileayeay haban,-
Begin, 10 cas-, beam al the outward share
The unIolluis,l temple Of the mind-
Til all BE- made immortal
This purity is the nsnc, of the Virginia temae the pride
OF her ,aentshe power Of her beauythe spendor of
accomplishments out many landmarks 10 this restQi
virtue II adorns her in the court il ennobles her in The
coagei whether she bask in prosperity, pine in sorrow
cngs about her. like the diamond OF the morning the
mountain howere trembling in tho ray, that
exhibits and inhales il.
Opera gnsses employed by the sega. in seeing 1.-THE els
nh., in the fashionable theatres bough, into
whale ships in searching for 1hGies from the head
They powerful than the valuable spy class
and much more convenient.
The u S. steamer Vixen from Washington City, arrived
al Portsmouth, Va on Tuesday and sailed the next day for
Cuba, with Commodore Morris special agent of the u
Government 10 make demand for the American prisoners
captured by the Spanish forces off Conreras and Contoy
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To Tie Editors Of the Enquirer
Gentlemen Please give tho accompanying commuuca-
ton a place in your
Victor Snead, Of Rev. Dr.. Snead, Of Lancaster
county, murdered few days ago by negro under dis
rents roof with view his fortunes alone--nor did
he consult his father and the first dings after hs departure
from home that That father had Of his know that
he the victim OF brutal negros love OF money II
than probable that two concerDed-one
has conessedaEd he will certainly swing between heaven
and earth and guess when the caiows he will be as
near heaven as he will ever get afterwards
Victor youth of some sixteen years and exceed
insy intelligent for one OF his age: he gave indicate of
future usefulness but his romantic notions od him away
from the home which had nur,ured him. lie naor!ous