The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-04
Correspondence of the Dispatc ch.
HAMPDEN SIDNEY COLLEGE.

The annual Commencement of this Ilsttu-
ton took place on the 10Th of June. On the
day previous an address, full of thought and
beautifully expressed, was delivered before the
Phip. Society by the Rev. Wm. s. Hoge Of
Baltimore. On the evening of the same day
junior orations and a valedictory address were
delivered by members of the Union Society,"
At night there was an adjourned meeting . fthe
Phip. Society and never was an audience more
pleasantly entertained and richly rewarded for
their attendance than by the exercises of this
occasion Orations were delivered by r. b.
Davis, of Halifax, and Charles HI. Winston,
of Chesterfield; the former on the "fall of the
Ottoman Dominion" was admirably treated
and showed an acquaintance with the subject
worthy an older head. The latter, on "locai
associations" was chaste, plain and beauti.
fui address aboundiDg in rich and varied Ian
guage. and brought down the applause of the
whole house, with a profusion of smiles and
bouquets from the lovely fair ones. The pre-
sentation ofthe "speaker's medals by j. B.
Burwell, OF N. c., to Richard McIlwaine, OF
Petersburg. was one of those pleasing and en-.
chanting scenes rarely ever witnessed in exer.
cises of this kind the meeting was closed by
an appropriate and affecting valedictory to the
Society by E. M. Henry, of Richmond. On the
next day at an early hour the company began
to pour in from all quarters and though there
was report that the small pox prevailed in
the neighborhood, yet the crowd was immense
and it would be ungallant in the writer not to
say, that such an array of beauty is not often
seen in old Virginia. AT l0o'cloek process.
sion ofthe Students in their appropriate badges,
was formed in front of the College and headed
by the Armory Band, with sweet music, march
ed TO the church and took their accustomed
seats. Were we to attempt TO eulogise the
oratons Of the graduating class, it would be to
paint the lily or throw perfume on the
rose;" suffice il to say they were highly COM
mendable and reflected great credit upon the
Institution. The degree OF A. B. was con.
ferred upon nine young gentlemen OF the gra
duating class, and unon c b. White, of Hali-
fax, of the class Of 80 and that of A. M. on the
classes from '46 to so inclusive and d. ID. on
Prof. X. l.. Dabney ofrhe Va, s. Seminary
Never has il been our lot to attend a more in.
teresting commencement though the weather
was very warm and the roads dusty, yet the
people seemed not to be weary Of attending,
and those cid Students who love TO lingel
around these classic haunts will ever recur
with pleasure 10 their College days and their
hearts wall glow with feelings of affection
whenever The name of their Alma Mater 10 ut.
tered. And will Virginia let such an Institu-
ton 60 down? No! is the response OF every
rue hearted son of the old Dominion how
can an Institution but prosper situated 10 such
KIND and refined community and governed
sisted by such an able corps Of Professors.
ALUMNUs.
Chatham, June 28tb. 1853. I
SHOCKING MuRDEa.-A young man named
George Seilsrs. who had been harvesting on
the Soth ult, near Brownsyiie. Ohio, with Dan
iel Salisbury, was found drad on the next day,
with a large ,,f arraaa the he's A the No III h<ye