The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-15

The PHI BETA kApPA.-We perceive by
the following, from the Norfolk Beacon, that
this ancient society has been revived in Will
liam and Mary College:
The night before the commencement was
marked by an event of much interest, the revic
val ofthe Phi Beta Kappa Society. Ii was FIRST
Instituted in the College on the sixth day of
December, 1776, and its branches have been
established in FIVE other Colleges and UNIVERSE
ties. viz: Cambridge, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth
and Union. Its members at present exceed
one thousand, and its catalogue contains
the names OF the most distinguished men of
this and other States. During the troubles of
the times IN 1851, when it was apprebended
that the College would be dissolved, the Paren,
Society held its last meeting, sealed up it's
pers, and gave them in safe keeping to be pre-
served for future use. Iu I849, Mr.. Short of
Philadelphia, the last President, and only sur
WING member, commissioned Professors Tot
ten and Smead, now OF William and Mary,
but Alumni of Union College, and members
of the branch there established, to re-orga-
nize the present society. They accordingly
procured the papers alluded to, and on the first
OF July, after suspension OF three score years
and ten, the Phi Beta Kappa was once more
in session. The sealed papers contained this
inscription:
The members present at the last meeting
of the Society thinking it advisable that the
papers should not be removed, determined to
deliver them into the hands of the College Stew
ard, to remain with him until the desired event
OF the Society's resurrection; and this deposit
they make, in the sure and certain hope that
the fraternity will one day rise to life everlast-
ing and glory immortal
May This hoped for day which has 'hus
dawned, brighten into all the spendor oulici
pated by those literary seers, and renew and
proong the salutary radiance which ripened
them for eminence and usefulness.
Mrs. CLAY.-A correspondent at Wash
ington writes:-
"When Mr.. Clay became Secretary of State,
Mrs. Clay resided here, and was universally
admired for kindness and affabilty. and her
evening parties were rendered as agreeable by
her pleasing manners as by her briliancy and
spirit. | remember an incident that occurred
when he had the duel with John Randolph
As he was returning from the ground, he ask
ed, anxously, whether Mrs Clay knew what
had happened. He had informed her that he
was going out, and had kept it a secret. Just
before his return, she heard il from servant,
and, meeting him in the passage, threw her
arms around him, exclaimng, %, Harry how
could you go without letting me knowP |
mention these circumstances in consequence
of the widely circ ulated statements, lately
made in letters from Washington, that Mrs
Clay never was in this city-where her illus
trious husband passed large portion of his
life, and established a name that is honored by
the whole civilized world.'
u Gabriel Villere, an esteemed citizen of
Louisiana, died in the Parish of St. Bernard
on the 9th. The Delta says:
To Major Vilere' S devotion and inrepidity
New Orleans is largely indebted for its uIti-
mate safety, when, on the 23d December, 1914.
he was surprised in mis- own house by the Brit.
ish vanguard, he leaped through window of
The second story, made good his escape through
shower of bullets, and was the first man who
announced the enemy's presence to General
Jackson, who, OH that same evening, with his
gallant band, met and conquered the foe.
1t is said that when the announcement was
made 10 General Jackson, he Immediately
cried out, in loud voice, to his negro boy
Bob bring me my boots. By the Eternal!
III fight them tonight"
~ The following, from the N. o. Plea
yune, represents depth of depravity seldom
exceeded. No punishment is too bad for such
wretches.
RoBBING THE BoDIEs.-The bodies of the
unfortunate victims of the explosion had been
nearly all rihed before they were received on
board the Mobile yesterday. The pockets of
all were turned inside out. Human vultures
have been lowering round the scene of the
disaster, and the presence of death, and the
consciousness of the sfflction of families to
whom each little memorial of the lost ones
would be as mine of wealth, did not prevent
them from plundering. The execrable wretch
es should be lashed out of society. We trust
that they may be discovered.
To MAKE MUsQUIToEs LEAvE.-Tiea piece
OF flannel or sponge TO thread made fast to
the top of the bedstead, wet the flannel or
sponge with camphorated spirits, and the mus
quiloes will leave the room
Don't know whether the above is effectual
or not, but it is worth trying. We believe
however, that if the vile insects once get taste
of human blood, all the camphor in the world
won't drive them away.
The valuable tract of land belonging to
the estate of the late Judge Douglass, near
Charlestown, Virginia, was sold last week for
the sum of $58 SIS per acre. Purchased by
MIR. F. w. Drew.
f Nothing could exceed the delight with
which the growing corn in this vicinity re-
ceived the late showers of rain. 1t appears
10 US that the season has bee n favorable, thus
far, to the growth of crops of every descrip.
ton. People are always complaining, how
ever, either of heat or cold. Can't help pity
ing them.
- Three persons were arrested in Cincin-
matt on the 7th for manufacturing bogus
money. considerable quantity of counter
felt dies, and some excellent moulds were