The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-28
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psar the next day. The heavy pressure Of a.iver-
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sanis Of sActr rseestsea assss die hour n~Asd
Lexington and its 1nstttuttens--The
virginia Military Institute--Wssh-
fnEton Collegs-Jsdge Breeken-
brough's Law Scheol.
The tswn u Lsxsgton, In The fas county 81
Rockbridgs. has become somewhat nossd bf 10
literary institusioss We recently visited nat az
caens barsh, and fesnl 1t 10 The same place I'M
prfsoned among the mountains, with no sstie' y
the busy world, except the mcst exeersb'e 81 'n'n
pixies, leading to psiat - the Central hsirse''
called Goshen, distant twenty miles and the fains
OF the staunton and Buchaaan plank roso' ~n'on,
after few years service, becamsa suecesaon OF
Sas most dismal trsss and pitaiis nr an~srs
travellers gov many horses Is has swallowed aP'
and how MANY neoss disloceted BY ito suolime
ioltinss We have ~ means Of knowing. The
t,o,hen road surpasscs the plank road 10 the ao-
rnptpess and energy OF It's soneusstoas. WscAeer-
fnIiv recommend both roads to perssns suffering
from dyspepsia and liver complaint. Blansards
unalterabls pills Of Iodids Of Iroa are not 10 b
compared 70 the inv!goratins power Of these Rock
bridge bouldsrs, applied to The patient through
the fundamentally Of Q stage wheel, and Bakers
Bittsrs fade into insigniAcancs compared With the
stimulating influence upoa the digestive organs OF
a stage drive from Lexington TO Goshen or ssAus'
ton II not only puts mans liver In order, but In
short time thunps il entirely out Of him. CT course
the best drivers 10 the world TO be ouad these
two otherwise the stages would never be heard
Of after the first trip, especially those Of Goshen
We, think Lexington has great reason for com
plant. many and such excellent
literary cht 10 Be more accessible
wheresx aall around 1t, and almost
nsar en- vhs rattle Of the ears TO be
heard, Yet n, nr.ly ..titu.e of facilities of 'ra'
Of as IL was, ~ years. 1t Is ~esptive knight"
within sight and hearing Of the grand movement
of progress, as tbs splendid host passes en-, with
banners floating in the far Of horizon, and ever
and anon the sound Of distant music falling on its
ear The grand crusade of Virginia Improvement
seems TO have left Lexington ont Of sight, and al
most ont OF hope. Bat If deprived Of its Just share
Of material advantages, 1t has taken good care OF
itself in matters of intellectual improvement
With the exception OF the University, no place In
Virginia can surpsss Lexington In the extent and
variety ofseducationsI advantages.
The Virginia Military Institute, whose nnsnif-
cent. castls-fike buildinss on the eninenee near
Jordsns Point, at arrest the eye Of the visit
or, WAS established about eighteen years ago. We
remember Il in its infancy, when Col. Smith, tho
truly able aud indomitable Superintendent with
scarce eorporsl's guard Of Cadets, succeeded The
old Armory Guard, Guard, by the way, a. anlike
as possible 70 Dnmooks veterans, who are as re-
nowned for their good Conduct as citizens as their
excellent discipline ss soldiers. The Institute vss
then an experiment; ID Is now a grand triumph.
and that 1t is 20, Is owing As much to the Superior
capacity, the inexhanstible energy and eonsum-
mate tact snd Judgment Of lite Superintendent as to
any other cause It would have been impossible
- find among the officers Of the Z. 3. Army, 70
which he formerly belonged, or among the learned
civilians Of the country, one who in peculiar and
varied qualifications for that responsible port sur
passed Col FRANCIS II. sMIrH. As soldier, scholar,
teacher and discplinsriaa, he has few equals, and
with his professional qualifications is combined an
amount OF hard common sense and business capa-
city, no. always found ia connection with great
professional and scholastic attachments. Eighteen
years have passed, and every year has marked
steady advance in the prosperity and usefulness
of the Virginia Military Institute, till II now num-
bers an hundred and sixty Cadets, from all parts
Of Virginia, from all classes Of society enjoying
the advantages Of system which disciplines both
body and mind, and prepares Its pupils In peace to
become practical, useful, working men, and in
war TO train and lead the aTnise Of the country.
The Mexican war summoned not q few Of the
elevs. Of this noble school to the held OF battle,
where they illustrated splcndidly the military
training they have received at the Institute whilst
in all the learned professions and among tho sagi
nsers Of tho country, It's graduates have given -
signal proofs Of the yslue and the peculiarly prac-
tics character Of the lessons learned at this great
and growing seat Of science and education Nor II
among the lscst Of its recommendations, that the
enforcement of sobriety and regular and orderly
habits Is an essential portion Of its discipline,
that parents whose sons are sent to the virgt-
MIA Military Institute, know tina. they are ~ care
fully guarded from temptation a. they could be
under the shelter Of the domestic roof Its edvan.
ages are distributed to III. poorest a. we'll as the
richest citizens, and among the brillisnt body Of
young men who compose the presents rps, three
or four among the most remsrksble,s who give
evidence Of exertins q commanding influence up-
on tho future career and destiny OF their native
State, are those who cannot boast the hctitlous
advantages Of wealth, and who but for the faoili-
ties Of education Afforded by this institution, might
have remained flowers unseen, aud "wasting their
sweetness on the desert air.
Our readers are not, perhaps. aware that emily
natives Of Virginia can, BY law be admitted to the
Military Institute. The Board Of Visitors have
been overwhelmed with applications for appoint
ments from other States, a. far South As Texas.
which they have been compelled to refuse. In
deed, the law out Of the question, the present
barracks could no, accommodate larger number
OF young men than arc now there. II Is in con
temptation, We learn, TO apply to the next Lesis-
lature for psrmssisa to open the doors Of tho Ia
stitute TO citizens of other States % we'll as Viz
gfnia. An addition Of ive thousand dollars TO the
annual appropriation wonld provide fof the neces
sary increase In the corps Of teachers, whilst the
Institute itself could put up, from tuition fees the
new buildings which tho increase Of the corps
would require. We regard this nost dssira
bic contamination, and worthy The instant and
most cordial encouragement and cooperation Of
the Legislature Of Virginia. With saeh an enlarge
ment Of the capacities and sphere Of the Institute
It would become ths Hsa Petnt .f Ise IbutA, in fur
nishing officers to the sntirs Southern militia as
thoroughly trained and accomplished those Who
now graduate at the great military school Of the
United States government an advantage which
would exert powerful influence in dseourarinr
those eneroachments upon Southern instItutions,
either from independent States or the General Gov
qrnment, which our deficiency OF military know.
ledge might otherwise provoke, and which would
result Ia dissolutfon sfths American Union The
martial feature is, however, only one though a
very attractive and useful feature, and, while
equal in that TO West Point the Virginia Military
Institute, once opened 10 the whole South, will In
all other respects, Be far superior superior as In
institution Of the People, instead Of the Govern
ment, and in the preparation which il zives for
The duties Of tho State as we'll a. Of the Oann
In our next We propose 10 ssy somethine n IN.
College and Law School Of Lexington.
Cotton Is King.
The New York Herald says.
Al all events, whatever change the virtuaI sus-