The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-05

tcoRRsspoSpEScE or rHs RICHMOND DAILY pIsFAfca.l

LExssoroS. VA, July Isl, 1858
The board OF visitors 81 the Virginia Military In
atttute convened on the oath nit, all the members
being prevent. The following named persons com
pose the board: Gaa II Richardson. OF ktch-
mond; Gen. Geo. Blow. Jr., OF Norfolk; Col = ~.
Geo Cocke, Of Pewhatan: Col. Il. A Clsybrook, OF
Northumberland: Major John Echols, OF Monroe
john I. Harris, Esq Of Rockingham; VIM. Nc
Lsughtn. Esq, of Rnckbridse; Q. Barser'
Esa.. of Preston. and ". NJ Pavne, Kq. OF Eau.
qaier. who appointed to al the vacancy occf I.
stoned by the resignation Of Col. J. T. kemper. OF
JaSison. Col Coeke was elected President po-
si,ou which his large fund of practical sense. his
e,r.Ly aud his zeal for the best interests OF the
sasutntinn so well At him 10 occupy. From all
that We can learn, the bard ia doing up its work
With dispatch and acceptability, and their report
10 the executive will chow that they have super
vised the aft fs Of this prosperous aud popular ~
efttntion Siih prudence and iiberslity The Alb
seuce of the Superintendent tCol. Smitb) has not
given rise to much regret, since the acting Super
intendent, Major Preston, has lad an opportunity
20 develope hts excellent qualifications for this
spopsihle and arduons post. Tho examination OF
The Cadets lie still going on.
The board Of trustee of Washington COLLEGE held
thrir regular meeting zee erday The folt. wing
s 10 Prs-de s nob Kid OF LeInsoS
JOS steei. t-q Of r, ckbrii- o. DR. lie burn, OF
sockerags; ney \ ThS%psp D. Ct Rqekerld L.
| Farlarh, ID. Of Angus.a county: Dayii Ntors,
| srq Of LexinRt u; Hon " Brockenor ush. L p
9 fq @ Of koekb,i3se; Johns sa ESQ.,
! Bedford; " VI Jake 80. Of Augusta, All nev / '
Heore. b .. Of Richmonl
| D Davidson. nsq, OF LexinGtoD; Med Alexan-
'eG, of kack bridge aud Bolivia Christian Esq. oil
| Sauuon we're elected to n | vacanc,rs ia The b ard
| The Important bu ues- before the boarf wss
the lection # a rotsspr of Latin and Modern lon.
/ gaages th- char m5de Va, al. hy The ,dra oil
th" lsment 3 P'shourn; 1t c. Iiainl, viii be era i
| - ing information to the many warm fr ends o!
| aiming on llege wnen ths IA t is aDnOut ced
that the cre1eD'ial- Of 10 les, than twelve geti~-
men, all highly educated aud accomplish ID, fr III
| yaricur parts Of this STATE. ard some rom Other
! ~ ties, were before The board professional
chair in ihis venerable iusut"tiou must BE- con
| ~Pcuou@ and srab 20 postti n AT or frequent
p-ilOtings. Nr HariIs, how Principal oil the New
london sc ,dtm ebell cou 1tJ, was elected.
Mr. cane highly recommended by the profess n.
uar aiuinI u.s. and by other gentlemen. who ~
! we'll quai'hed 10 Judge oil his superior scholarship
aud IN great sucCe-s i'll teaChi X
-, way of divers fyiux he en- err ia nment OF the
rstve week which is devoted by tn peOple TO the
celebrations aud 'ommt N emeut ex re se' OF COR
iter'ry Institutions, the students OF ashIDSfoh
GOl eye got up last session celebration Of what
thy we're pl ased 10 cal ne Usty 0'ub, wheh the
Hghrst member was b nOTc1 b. the pre-en HtiDn II
pair Of boots. On .hs occa iou the fun was
cha 9ed to The celebration % the Or nd tree J
| ;ilHttoB Us S,ofmaudizing GasiT0nomIc & ub. ana
| IA: evening large aud nCo 81 adIe. ahd nie
nen fiii'd the College chapel to en- thrsp r.. As
s name IMPORTS, the object OF ,hs hub s 10 sustain
aud proclaim the doctrines OF Epcdfus aud iaut
| the y0up uJus pleasures of the belly The grand
p,eurn-; smith. OF Ltxiug'on took the clal
I'll VT IL III 'tStGN, OF W DetiinS, proceeded d.
liver tse saiutary address i'll w.icb he SIT forth in
glowing terms the peculiar cai inns o. the culinary
art. The abstemion' philosophy OF the ST les was
f discus ell Ill contrast wi tue doctrius f tn ir
| great exemplar by Geo Junkin, Jr, of Peun'yva-
| nI*; Il Cle4ho'n, of Georgia; John leckey. q:
| Brow nsblrg. Va aud " Houston, of " heeIn,:
a,tr VIII Gu the ch -irmaa presented in appropfI-
ate Iosxerel speech. 10 two members # the club. =
! huSe wo den spoon and FORK. rs ties imoDias Of
Their glGtonons a. d at'stemlous "A tslnmeAts. III,
ntst h.rt honor was taken by - .,ebiett, Of In.
,enhulg county. AMI th-s c1nd by d Dunlop, Of
his exhibition. 1t very evident that the young
nt' mn succeeded in making 80 audience au yil
heartily, which Was about all thai was expected or
| desired.
ne commencement exercises Of College were h. ID
IN io' enoon Iii the presbS ri Al church. usua
| On sach uccas'n-. the building was comfortably
| GiieI After Appropriate prayer by Rev DIR
lore, the sautary address il Latin was delivered
9n Geo Lyle, Of Nentgom ry county. This wac
| White, OF Lexington snbIect-"Ibe Influence Ct
! commerce on the spread Of cur .stianity.' An
| iou vas then delivered by Il Finley of Cafks-
vile, on the PLY steal scieDces especially theology
Alter thi7 X Mcfarland of DeIr5, ireland, Geivsr
ID al Grafton ou ireland H Ruaner Morrison
hen closed the exerc'e7 OF the graduating CLASS by
| towering the yaiedicLory addresses. The youGg
| men die themse YES great credit by the Admirable
mann ia which hey delivered tn ir speech s, and
II Will be 10 exagseratIon to say that all OF t., NJ
| We elegant productions marked with nnmistaka
bic eviIeooes OF god sense AMI refined culture
| DR. Junkin thea oroceeded Ia confer the de rees
upon the whole class, and with The aiplomas gave 10
the nrst three med the Robinson eoli metal III
|
OF this class let. james Figgat OF Finca.tle; I'd
| hng1 !" hite OF Lsxins on; 3l. IL Morrison, u
kockhridsr; All. Mcfarland. of Derry, lreian =
| 9TH, tieo I Lyle, of Montgomery county; 9th
vile; ,th Daoiel Blair, Of Albemarie;; OH Ii j,
Craig, of Augusta; 10th. J Il Com It M OF l. X'ns-
IN; 18th. Il tstilI, l.. 1ngto0. The degree OF =.
w. was confe ed on sx m mbers Of the class Of 1855
instead OF infcting a icng Bacca aureate ad IS
upon the au lenCe, the boar Of tres ees, Ple.
nme, in is great ~Isdoa substituted ms Il ser
nou ky DIR, JU kin. which he delivered last Sab
ath tin ithe evening # that daf. DR. Dabney, 4
the semlnary. made a 'werful appeal to edu
cat d uiS men to eater the ministry In p7sk .
li9 the wnhfs OF the lresoytellan church IN vi
SinIa ana It's pres Mt posito1, he stated that seve
raj OF the most important churches are now Gesii
ute OF any regular snpply-ha- the synod of Vi =
II ia has not hal abortr III ny ture'gn field fJr
~ Years, and that this body This tse indebt.
10 sister syno0s for at least 50 of rs member- ahile
at few minister. and tea heS have reen drawn
I, om the SyIod OF thic tate TO supply the demand
'l,eWhrre, thus sh wing thai 80 far as this dehonI.
uht''n Is Concerned the edUcat Il Dung men, To
az rhing xtrnt, turn their atten ion and talents
9tuer ctiiDgs III presented these meianc holy
facts with many others in the most frcIble ana We
hement manner
accordlns t, the published prog canine, Bolivar
hrlstlan ESQ OF staunt"p, was u have H. iivered,
th'seVehlng, the regular address before the Alumni
association; but fr III me- cause he failed to pe
on here lt will b. r. collected that last year the
siumnt W. re dlsap pointed III the same way D.
her limb of the law from Staunton y h Their ,tI.
was dJue at tue meeting OF the Alumni held this
sVeblnR we cannot say; but at any rate, they re
slsciea VI r. Chr stan the orator for reXt year
en- ana suhes Rr atty u he interesting exerct'es
u the graduating Ass; and now. VIII IL write the;
&c maGlns the ar 'o:ai wuh their sweet an de-
lIxhtful strains VI music, well calculated t. inspr
with loving sentiments the hea rs Of the lads N
asses whole troops Il whom are now pr menadin.
of this gay occ SON.
our isru lave been busiIy engaged for severA
days. IN s curing their wheat crop Consider abb
dam tge has be N sustained BIZ rust ,oiut worm
the fly, DC bit We have reason to oeiieve that tn
goat cry about allure has been alt geIher
tnH
era. one The oa's and corn are lut king we'll
We record y sieday as che hottest dAy for several
seasons the Thermometer being al % in the shaded
he tree negr' cohvicts furnished 20 the James
River aud Kabawha Company by the g, vernon arr
d'iag well on the North River Ca al Thus far they
lave bsen es-lis managed au app ar to be pl' ace
WITH the charge indeed threa; to send them back
T. the eLitentlary is sufficient spur to them
industrious 1t II believed that The who'll WIS
vii! he coPpltted TO this place by hristmss f the
fall proves favorable for TIM kiud of ope, atons
The Bank Of Rock bridge a iii yidend of 5
per cent. tor the preceding Fix IN 'nths. $50
TOBACCO FOR RIcHNo,D.-Ths Kanawha (Va) Star
has long article, urging the planters in that dis
trict, to send their tobacco to Richmond, by way
of Baltimore, instead of to Cincinnati Notwitb
standing the freight to Cincinnati is So per hid
and that to Richmond $ll.75. Yet the higher
prices received at the latter place exceed by far
the difference in freight-the tobacco selling At
rom 81 to 81 more per hundred. Last year. II
says the entire crop of the Kauswha valley-sbout
400 hhds-was shipped t. Cincinnati and Louisville
from whence it was actually re.,hipped to Rich.
| mond at a large profit.
ADVANCE OF THE L s. FoHCss m S.,r I.vr n,
TILT IS announced by telegraph that three tbou.
sand men, In coinmns, under the command of G. n
Johnston, were to start for Salt Lake City on the
18th of Juno. IL the dispatch is reliable il {. nro
oaoe that the city e by this time In possession OF
the 'hited states troops; two Of the Peace C, m.
miss'onere, Gov. Cumming, Paymaster Moral.
and the secsetaryo of the Territory having preceded
the troop. three acys
GUINNESS IN THE CorNraI.-rhe Abingdon yjrci.
nian learns tina. dysentery of the most malignant
form prevails In some portions of the l,var e., E