The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-30
corresrondcnce Of the Richmona r,i.,...A

correspondence of the Richmond pspa,ch.
'Sa71snesmenf at the Jmirers,fv--A dsy.,, .,
Res H. w. H'iiord-Prsssntasion n "a,
Medal, r., &c.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, June %
me snnai exercises" OF the University no.
sr.,9, ~, 'Aonaas evening. with the Annual ceIe.
p ons,n. o. q tho Washington society. MIR.
tor a. ,,.n ferresi, OF fairfsx, was the Ora
'"iess upon "Our Social System - and Mr.
-. ~. 1ayies was the Medaiis,-receIying a.
.. M hanas OF the President OF the Society-the
Awhafers Medal in a very hapuy Adj .
aress' But Tuesday, in a literary roin, ~
NJ ~ was the great day in the Universi,y
a., nc society OF Alumni held meeting carly in
PHIL Al IL o'clock, ALI repaired to the
"pS iiaii, 10 hear the address of III. uo,
uthfy billiard, OF Ala, before the I.iterar,
Saaele'hS. II Is enough, to say that IL was mn
a'.,. suited 10 the occasion, and worthy OF The
usinguished gentleman The sub;a.., ,,a s.o
ldhrty from n Constitutional -, ""s,
Wv anu IN his review of the mast d.
ethlneht and SYSTEM he diSplayr,l H. at;,;,,
havi,ss ea' political philosopher. His thcme
having reference especially tn onr ~
erhinent, he discourscd most ALL. s.
~" 'he power OF our government t1 viii
Ntahd all attacks from abroad savinr ,h.t IL
h,,, snSrd, with jealous eye, our liberties
ou' no less the action which we shoutd t,ka T.,
case OF encroachment from within In a., va
.i'heucat way, no said that the Nor,h ,.a,
I"Ntiy proud of her great men and 50 ,y,. ~
49,, II niir htd ner Everett of Massachusetts
MN M We lad our Preston, of South ('arolin.
ihough il" spoke OF n Union and tb,m-h,
shF SCUM should not bc too hasty To reh,.l vi
nv thohght she should and that she .hoxiJ
80. I'k'ra 10 her own self-rcspect and i'm
Po,'ahce not 10 follow rashlv the cant ,dyjc.
., hrr political demagogue. After the address
l"i' hoines, on the part of "a COMMITTEES nre
seh'cd Ia James Mcdowell Graham of Ie,inr
- :" ,,i' name OF the Literary Societies. tic
ifiAe Medal for the best contribution in the
!, hloh Mag1 for the past session He maid Mr.
naaiiih me highest compliment that a youne
49, MI M, ircetNc, In saying that the prize ar
-, NJ 3rShip of Nature''-riyalled the
=. morris OF hit North and the genial writer
81 biaekwood On Tuesday evening m. Icf
N'1 oocitty held its celebration nj which
- ;ii. Iohn johnson, of Charleston. $. G.. de-
which s,,s, IN Grafton on "Extatic Culture"
mnich surpassed anything in the way of Sin
- PRODUCTION The old men who were
aaT ,I.H'; rent listening ear" and frequently
sfpi,'"uca. On the same evening Mr. Melvin
=, ,ii't'4 son, OF Richmond, received the Crest
D"baterS Medal" replying to the prrxidsn, ~
Wv Nv oeheISon society somewhat ut length con-
SInn'ng with last farewell TO his stndent
friends and 10 his academic life ~
Tn wednesday, yesterday Tho nub1ic DIV
'Sets were read by the Bachelors and Nas
"us OF Arr, followed by the reading out I'M.
",hllhction" and the delivery of the dipInmas
TO the graduates and prnfiCiepts in tbr i;G
"nt schools. There were eight rr,d",'.
rtcn OF tho professional schools I,T and
th''hclhc There We're nine Masters and.tiyo
OF Arr, and i'll the other schools
uiouGh The standard continues Ia be- raised WI
There were many graduates
I'm. nv ">u'i Alumni addresses failed TO be de-
itHrIr" ms year There Were two things for
nnri, 'it' itiiti exercises were particularly re-
ii'I Aaoi'-loT the large number of crutlcu,c,
11,rM'Ss.e present, among whom We're the Hon
m. I. Preston, of South Carolina. III. An
h"fi orator, the Hon. VIM. II. billiard. CJm
~ nU " oIfts' I. = n, Judge Robertson of
IN" Court ot Appeals, Hon. Nj r. H. Garnntt
'ud many Others and second. for the uuu.uai
attendance OF many pretty girls" who added
SrfaIlI 10 thr life of the cxrrciSrs. In every
way, me session of 1855 50 closed hapuiIv AMI,
VIII mus be remembered by all who .yer. nrn-
sent.