Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-27
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

iever on board The steam propeller Ben r.1:,iir.
lying OH H"sPoft' was reported by DR.. lc--p! y.
SchOnhelt 10 TIE authorities OF Portsmouth. A.! III.
formal meeting ot those authorities was he'd, rrJ,
either on tin. day or on Monday. tho 9th, .le Ben
Franklin dropped down the river to ouaroal..r,
where she still lies. Previous tn this death a.
lain i'll her position OF Gosport (Which i. subJ .:
Portsn'"atlj some ten or twelve days |; i. .rg.:aG
at Portsmouth that two three deaths had 3Cau!rc.
on board this propeller before she wen;rp for 90
quarantine, and that two or three have c'c-i u
since che went down a-nin but these report re-: ~
no accredited authority. rnc Ben Ffahs.iu Is =:
eight or ten hundred tons burden. and cam. ss' 'gG
81. Thomas The Tan whose death We have rr.a;.',
belonged 10 G"spor;. but had been M work oU t,.s
oouer OF the prope!!c: 10: several days br.0r eva
attacked. Since this occurrence. up 10 iiuuC.y
evening, whcn informant left Portsmouth, rrcrJ
mad been fifteen case, OF yellow fever sMG i.h; o.
len deaths III AMI about the miserable nr ,ha. lGIl
on the approach from Portsmouth 70 tho G.:parc
navy yard. To avoid this. the only injected locally
the approach has been barricaded Oh the souiGr. ~
Portsmouth s'de and ingrcss and eyre=s to ts uG"y
yard is obtained Oh the upper routes. Il is rpro.'s
that some three or four of the diss ps.ed ard esrne
people of the infected neighborhood have de- (:
other neghbothoods and died.
We conclude, therefore, that there has hccr Rrl &
yellow fever at Gosport, thn il a, proceeded II = =
transient cause and that its early abatcinea. .ay L.
looked for with confidence.
The BALLOON AscESsio.-Nr. Carrier hs1nv7rr
pleasant voyage in his balloon las, Monday evrl!rs.
Alter proceeding some Ten miles through he GTpr:
uns, he descended safely upon tie farm of Nr. Z -
ter Mcee III Hanover roEny after halfpas! 10 clock.
rhe amount collected for his remuneration wss .s;"
ten dollars, large proportion being pad il c=G;i.
CAPTURE OF THrEvEs.-About the SIN y: t.is
month, las We learn from the DispatChl NJ. S,ti-
Davis of this city, purchased likely negro fellow
from Il gentleman residing i'll North Carol!rI, et
cost Of more than - GOO. that gentleman nav.
ing purchased him short time before .! ou9:he,
man in the Old North State After hav;n. too
servant in posscssioE four or five days, Mr. DAVIS
permitted him 20 work about the city for Time rui
the fellow conducted himself very well until tie l2.
inst, when hr suddenly disappeared. Nr. Davis.
as he had reason Ia suppose his ScrvGG: hHu
gone, took the for Petersburg in search Of Liu
and fortunately found him in short time s''er 1.s
arrival. The negro Immediately declared r.aas !:
free, gave his nauIs as Owen Godfrey, and prutgc Z
u register of hs freedom but notw wU-;aUG!ng :.ij'
Mr.. Davis took him into custody and brough; hi.l %
Richmond. us the only means OF recovering the Ing.
ncy paid for him. Finding himself corncTc'!, Godfrey
~ once made clean breast OF all the circumstances
connected with his safe He stated that lie resiG.d
in brunswick county, Virginia, that two white L: ~
Rufln u. Freeman and William Freeman, tfa,hcc
and sony had taken him 10 North Carolina, Ly Ire
consent, and sold him. tho three dividing the money
and that he was to runaway and meet them IL h;a
native county to 20 into similar speculation GCal
When these facts made known, two nr I!:.ro
gentlemen went to North Carolina, and learned rv..
Messrs james Snow, and NJ. Cronly Guciione,rs, II
Wilmington, that they had sold more negroes
for two men calling themselves "llawkins' nuG
'Jones.' description ofthcse individuals satisfied
the onquirers that they were the Messr5. Freeman u
Brunswick, aud they therefore proceeded {" ;LGt
county, and on Sunday last, had the father ar4 .cG
committed to Jail To awuit an examination on too
charge oifelOny.
The practice OF selling free negroes seems 10 have
been the profession OF these two men. who are u%Y
suspected of having sold in North Carolina. e negro
fellow convicted in Petersburg some Tine sIucu @.
felony and condemned to death, but who Afterwards.
escaped from prison ami has never been arresicd.-
We suppose that Owen Godfrey, The FREQ negro, now
confined in Jail, will be convicted and sent - ito
Pcnitentnry for good number Of yenrs and wo pre-
sumo the two Frcemans if The evidence Is - ,1u -
sive understand il "a be, viii meet the same
fate. Such cases cannot no too severely puriehei
when clearly made out for il is the very worst species
of stealing ever invented by mortal man, btco:ua
successful in slavcholdlns community.
For tie Enquirer.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
The Commencement Exercises Of the venerable
University of William and Mary. were crle brg,uG UG
lfh July. 1t my good fortune 10 br prc@cu: ~;
the occasion, and ask space in our columns for
! brief notice Of the ceremonies
ORDER or EXERCISES.
|. PRAYER by Rev. Silas Toticn.
=. Grafton, by Horace S:ringfcl!ow of Hanover
Subject: "Free Discussion"
3. Grafton, by j. B. Jet of Westmoreland. SUD-
iect: "Chsracter aud Services o: Alexander Hauli..
ton"
4. Oration, by A. W. c. Sowln of wy:he. sab.
iect: "Ireland."
S. Oration, by J. r. Robertson of Ches,ctae!i.--
Subject "Bucon's Rebellion"
| 6. UratiOn, by W. ID. Blosham of Florids Sab
jcct: Failure Of Republicanlsm in France"
I. Oralion, by Hill Cnrer 1r, CT S"iIls:'. 3an.
iect: "Eirgina."
S. Oration, by L. x. Grandy Of Norfolk. Sutiec:.
"rhe Settlement Of Jamcsown--i:a pccuarit-s sa,,
| Influence
9. Ora,ion. by a. NJ. Randolph Of FauquoT $50.
| ject: "lIuman ProSrrss."
10. Tuledictory Grafton, by VIM. Lamb OF Nor: TX.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
Ii was prou! day for the old Go lego. Tho c:t.
tions were, Oh. aud all, well written and well -Vn. -
evncing much Thought, accurate information. III! =
skill IL Bellies letters Tor which we look IL! VAN ~
moet Of tho frothy outpouring, Of 4th July C"r -.
| can say in oil sncerty,1 never witnessed Goa
creditable, al once, to The fame %! 30
College, the learning OF the Faculty, and T.. t.'
2encc of the students Whilst it would be Gu .YG.'
task to apporton the merit of the Severn oacF;.
when much is duo 70 each yei cann"t Tcira:i ~ Il
giving 81 God speed 10 the orator Of "HL.ram t.r-
grebs.' His GRAFTON was one which FOR s"IEc G'- l.
ment, rust sentiment, finished rhetoric, snd Li'- ..
elucuion, would have done honor 10 the ~ 81 pfe'
ticcd orators ot our land in all confidence, p!r'
dict for him brilliant future.
! To these, the children %; her old c-s tlG.E -,.,-
mater now intrusts her wc!.earncd fame, sEd u.
have givcn good promise that tho contdcGoe IL Ut
4, misplaced.
Alter the College exercises were over. The c!us"r',
visitors, mud students, invited hy tho FEcaiy =
partake of sumpfuou. dinner in tho old Cv!lC:,o
| Hall. wish much that those disin,sraa,sd Cal. .
who arc 60 scandazed by tho dissipation OF tbs "a
ubused city, had been present or the Occasion, :!
they nigh. have witnessed the good cheer cud s;.u
! ty which presided at q cold mater dsaarr.
| On the evening Of tina lth, Mr.. Robert Tyler G;
Philadelphia delivered m address before t:ie suc.'r
Of Alumni. His theme was the "Mssion OF Virgins
aud tho inasrry manner in Which h. 'r:tfet. .,
uTiuced thorough appreciation Q! the PhtIo.2r7! y
The history Of he "Ol D,mtR'on, showing II. tie,
same time tba: though to hn. made hi. home "a e..
ther State, he is still essentially !rrs Virginia. ir
sentiment and feeling. | Lave rarely hate-ea 10 80
| handsome an Instructive nj address.
And now, in conclusion ons word 10 the rleE Q: I.
Soulh in behalf OF ths old Col!agc. Ii is knc~u 70
you that til, College founded III the ndarre:',
when. ms yet Virginia was but Il feeble Colony n.'
,owed pa;tly by roya md partly BY private !:;i'c
cence she hns stood, from that day 10 this, shcdu!I
her benign influence over the iund, aud fcat;'TI.-
the good seeds OF learning brondcns: ainonSat y"u
! Sho was the alma mater of our fathers 70: ;ers a
not man who claims Southern psrentagc OF ;arc5 ,
pen.rs,uns who .lors not number among hIs anCer-
| tnr, alumni of William aud Mary College. 10 x
vnia and to the South, she nov looks. as s"e !
ever ione. for support. OF tho North she car t-eS
nothing for here taught no social, mora or p1!;i
Gal hrrrscs; and the Northern parent would u. no.1
place in his chd's hand a copy y: the Const1t":JH,
nprccompani,d by q tre"-soI com eEtary, a. at,,
MIN TO drink of the unpolluted fountain which hns lid
souicc within the walls of Will.ssl and Mary Cue-e.
Cn,ike other institutions Of learning in Stale,
-hc has never received directly Indirectly oae ayI
lar of .Slaic aid. Aud as her endowments are 10:
adequate to her support unless nded BY fuir sha G
Of public patronage, she appeals 10 you, the sons II
her sons, for permission to educate your chldfel u
| the faith Of their fathers.
| The present Faculty not a whit behind ,tsls
distinguished predecessors in learning, ability aud e..
siduity. The law chair has just been filled by the el
pointment Of William Green, of Cupeper, the b.:
knowledged head Of the profession in our state ep-
William and Mary now offers as great educaonSi si
vantagcs Gs any institution Oh the continent az
peal Southern parents and guardians in oehH!i 1'
Il College which hos contributed so largely t. me
public good ALIAAeS'
| WILLIAMSBURG, July Il, lS15.