The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-13

CoxMENCEMENT EXERCISEs.- he an
mail commencement Of the Medical Col
lese of Virginia took place at the Afri>
can Church on Saturday night last. The
ceremonies were opened with prayer by
Rev. DIR. Read, of the Presbyterian
Church. after which the Armory Band
discourscd fine piece Of music Next
followed the reading over the list Of
graduates by the Dean of the Faculty,
DR.. L. S. Joynes, who also opened the
sealed envelopes containing the prizes to
be awarded, which he presented to those
entitled to receive them. Professor James
B. McCaw concluded the evenings eXer-
cises with the delivery of the valedictory
address to the graduates.
Weappend the following list of sradu-
ates:
William F. Alexander, Jefferson county. Virgil
n;a: James W. Akin, nalne:t county, North
Caro,;na: George 5. B,rnsl.v. Rartow county.
Georgia; john G. Bell, augusta county, Virginia !;
William J. Bell, Augusta county, Virginia; John
F. Bethea, Marion DisIict. South Carolina: p.
Mel. Burbank. Mcriwether county, Georgia. Mat
thew II. Carr, Jr., Icnor county, North Carolina !;
Edward L. Darlington, Charlotte county, Nir-
einia Robert NJ. Cochran. Dallas county, Ala
bama; James NJ. Collier. Hampton. Virginia !;
Samuel Davis, Carroll county, Virginia; Charles
c. Davis. -Dnwidde county, Virginia: Edward "
De Treviiie, Charleston, South Carolina Charles
4. ponoho, Rutherford county, Tennessee; VII
liam J. II. Durham, Orange county, North Caro-
lima; James 4. Durrett, Albe:nar,c county, Virsi-
mis-; Julian I. Edwards, Richmond Virginia I.
Player Edwards, Col.eton District, South Carolina;
Alexander c. Ewoll, Eayet:e county, Tennessee:
jeremiah Farmer, Pulaski c0anty, VireInia: George
" Fleming, Hanover county, Virginia; Benz amin
+. Gardner, Washington county, Texas; james II.
GsrlioE, New Kent county, Virginia; John ". Gil
lcsIe, Louisa county. Virginia; BENZ ta,iu C. Good
ST. Mary's county, Maryland; Jerome IL. E1rG-
castle, Talbot county, Maryland; James +.
Hazlewood, Gibson county, Tennessee; VII
liam D. Hooper, Richmond, Virginia; Vincent
C. HUI Wy,he COUNT, Viz mia s5lomon S. Keo'-
ing, Princess Ann county. Virginia; George ".
Kyser, Dallas county, Alabama; L. T. B. Long
stroll, Jackson county, Florida; BYRON Lem!y
Texas; Joseph 4. Lipseomb, Spotsyivan;a. Vir-
GINA; Lee Mason Marion, Virginia; Samuel Nc,
Cheiney. Washington, Virginia; George N: Mott,
Alabama; Jacob NJ Painter, wy,hc, Virsinj. ;
Edgar IL. Parsons, Tucker, Virginia: John 4. Pow
ers, Wilcox, Alabama; Thomas J. rre:!ow, South
ampton, Virginia; William c. Richardson, Neck
lenburg, Virginia; John NJ. liushton, Edgeill
District, South Carolina; Charles a. Eutitdso,
Hartford, Maryland; Edmund W. Sale, Bedford,
Virginia Melville F. Shelton, Nelson, "iIg;nis, !;
William II: Shepherd, Nelson, Virginia: Milton .
iNHpI, hlCnHloiU. N1iSlHil, CSCisS W C.iiiL,A,
Madison, Mississippi ; John N. stainbaek. B,uus-
wick, Virginia; Robert IL. Stanccli, Northampton.
North Carolina; Ratlilf P. Talley, Dawson, Gecr-
gla; Williams ID. Wall, Williamson, Mississippi :;
William II. Walthail. Campbell, Virginia Lawson
E. Waving. Essex, Virginia; Charles 7. Whiting,
Norfolk, Virginia; Joseph b Winston. L,uis,., Nir-
sinia; Thona, II. wood, Doto:ou.t, Virginia.
Whole number, sixty-two; being G
larger number Of graduates that at any
session before or since the stampede of
the Southern students from Philadelphia
in the year 1860.
The prize of one hundred dollars for
the best essay On any subject pertaining
to the theory or practice of medicine was
awarded to DR.. Alexander C. Ewell, of
Tennessee, for an Essay on the mind:
It's physiological relations with, and pa
biological and therapeutical action over,
the body" The prize for the best essay
on any surgical subject was awarded to
DIR. William D. Hooper, of Richmond,
Virginia, for an Essay On the an@sthetc
agent, chloroform." The committee to
whom the adjudication Of the prizes was
intrusted also reported an Essay on
diptheria," by DIR. George S. Bsr1sIcy,
of Georgia, as worthy Of honorable
mention.