Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-27
CisD auo State aRalro.

The RAIN having prevented the LAYING OF the Cor
ner Stone of our College Wednesday evening that
ceremony was performed yesterday morning. The
procession formed in the following order on Church
street, and marched to College Hill
Col. Maurice Langhorne, ir., Chief Marshal: Dexter
0iey, John G Aeem, ir., Aids.
MUSIC.
Cadets Of Lynehbnrg College,
Citizen. double ile)
Sons of Temperance;
Improved Order of Red Men;
Independent Order of Odl-Fellows:
~. d. Fair, and Jane. 4 Langhorne Marshals)
MUSE.
Officers of the Grand Encampment of Va;
Richmond EncamIment, No.2;
De Molay Eneampment, No 4
Marshall Lodge No 80:
Orator, Trustees and Faculty of Lynehburg Col
lege, in Carriages:
Reverend Clergy, in Carriages
Route: Down Church Street lanyard Alloy
thence to Main Street--up Main to West Street-up
West Street to its head and thence TO the College
grounds
The procession was a very long and presented
quite imposing appearance. The inspiration of
music, the marshal appearance and equipments of
the Corps Cadets, the trap pings and paraphernaa
OF the various Orders and the floating banners all
spred to add their attractions to the extended corege
and drew upon it thousands of admiring eyes.
Arrived at the grounds the exercises of the occa-
sion were commenced with music by the Cornet Band
of Richmond, after which appropriate prayer was
offered by the Rev. DIR. THOMPSON Of the Methodist
Protestant Church The ceremonies attendant upon
Lying the stone then performed by W. NJ,
Jno. Robin Mcdaniel.
The top Of the stone removed and q number of
articles deposited in metallic box placed in it;
some of which
A copy of the Holy Bible
Copper Plate upon which engraved the time
on which the College organized and chartered
of the President Faculty Secretary Treasurer
and Trustees; the date on which the stone laid
names of the Officers of Marshall Lodge of the
Officers of the Grand Lodge Of Virginia; of
the Governor Of the State the Mayor of the City, &C,
&C,
A Catalogue of the College,
Copies of the Lynchburg Republican and Virginian,
Minutes of the Grand Eneampment of Va,
Various specimens Of Coin,
Constitution and Bylaws of Cherokee Tribe l. o.
Red Men,
Constitution and Bylaws of Pendleton Division,
No. %, Sons of Temperance,
Proceedings of the 8th Annual Sessions of the
Va. Tenn. Railroad
Specimen of Tobacco, deposited by Messrs. T G. S.
Ferguson. bought by them at Sl5l per hundred, be-
sides other articles.
The top of the stone then lowered, and "the
Corn OF Nourshment the Wine of Refreshment and
the Oil Of JOY poured upon it; and after certain
mysterious gestures and sgnes, incomprehensble to
the unintiaed the square and level presented
the Arcitect of the building with appropriate
marks by Mr. Mcdaniel andthe work OF laying the
Corner Stone of Lynchburg College was completed
Rev. Mr. Stanly OF Sd street Methodist church, the
address was delivered by Mr.. Saml Garland jr, and
it fully justified his high reputation as pleasing
polished and interesting speaker. Well adapted to
the occasion, pleasingly uterspersed with the beau
ties oil thought and flowers OF rhetoric, Astounding III
apt and happy alluson, metephor and illustration
and admirably delivered it was effort more than
credable to the speaker, and well calculated to pro-
mote the interests Of the College and enhance his
own reputation
Tbe add he nd
cesson reformed and marched back to the city, and
the vast crowd dispersed for their homes. We con-
graduate the friends of the institution and our cit
that the first stone in Lynchburg College has
been laid that its towering turret and domes
will gladden. their vision and add beauteous, cheer
ing and propitious interests and decorations to our
city.
ILLuMINATIoN.--Th College building Court
House Street beautifully illuminated Wednesday
night, and presented quite brilliant appearance.
THE ACCIDENT AT RIcHMoSD.--It briefly stated
under our telegraphic head Thursday morning, that
the immense furniture ware-room OF Messrs. llablls-
ton & Bro. of Richmond, had fallen in. A cores
pondent of the Petersburg Express gives the following
account of the accident
This afternoon about twenty minutes to o'clock,
persons in the vicinity of the Wing Building and S.
Courthouse, were startled by strange and uncom-
monty loud noise Upon enquiry, it ascertaned to
have been caused by the falling OF an immense ware
house on Governor Thirteenth street, occupied by
Messrs Habliston Il Brother, the most extensive Fur
niture dealers in the State. About the hour mention
ed it down witha terrible crash, producing the
most intense alarm and excitement among our citi-
2ens as it thought more than probable that ma
ny persons had been killed am gratifed to state,
though that life has been ascerained to be lost
Some Of the workmen in the upper stories, heard
the rafting of the window glass and suspecting the
cause, leaped precpitatey from the windows.
The Messrs Habston, their clerks and customers
including two ladies' who in the store had sutf-
Gent warning of the impeding danger to enable them
10 rush out They all escaped unnjured One OF the
workmen of the third story, named Boswell came
down amid the wreck, and strangely to relate, was
only slightly hurt-IIis escape most miraculous
The accident was caused by undermining -several
laborcrs being engaged in excavatng for new bull
ding, on the lot Immediately adjoining which was
made vacant several months ago by the burning OF
Mr. jno A. Beyin's Cabinet Shop and several other
buildings
The building destroyed was owned by the estate OF
VIM Mitchell, decd and was constructed n few years
since at cost of over Sl2 900. 1t was four stories
high, had handsome granite front and extended from
Governor TO Twelfth street,a distance of $50 feet.
Only about fifty feet ofthe rear is left standing.
The immense stock of costly furniture is complete
wreck and the loss falls heavily upon the Messrs ab-
liston two of the most eneprisng young men in our
city. The stock, am informed, was valued at about
$4,000.