The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-11

j There has Dcen W"SS ~ Vut rs,.s~
tween the agent Of the Freedmens bureau
Ana sou,e Of the "wards Of the nAtiod:f IL
sasn,s that the aforesaid agent, Major
Csrse. has been occupying house belong,
inc TO FREQ negro mot q" freedman y
named Holley. and that the latter has re-
Gently demanded the possession Of his
bousc, and animated that 1t would be very
agreeable to him II the Major would pay
M the rent. Thcreupon the Bureau 50,
wfe,hy, high words ensued, and the "friend
and protector Of the colored y man threat
ened TO shoot him il he molested hi'
highness further. Holley appealed Il
the civil authorities, and o !" dis
tress warrant" was issued, which levied
on horse and buggy belonging Il
the Bureau, while, the, Major was brough
before the Mayor Of the town, Colonel Ed
snonson, on speace warrant" The CO
lorcd "man and brother" appeared against
his "protect0r, :, and the Mayor bound the
gentleman in blue over to keep the peace
The Major thereupon avowed that he wa:
:. not amenabfe 70 civil law" and refused
10 give the required security. There
= is general regret that the Mayor did not
test the matter by sending him to jail; but
lie thought best to refer the whole case tt
headquarters In Richmond. But III the
mean time the "Freedmen's Bureau" ma,
evacuated the town, declaring, learn, that
he viii areturn with large force OF Fede'
raj soldiers" to protect him, suppose,
: from paying rent on property leased from
his colored brethren.
Last night negro was shot here, and
died to-day from7the effects Of the wound.
The authorities have been very active in
irving to ferret out the author of the
crime, and q suspected party who left town
4 TO-DAY is being pursued. But doubt not
= that the Radical press will have some such
,sarasraph a. the following going the
rounds: "The rebels of LexingtOn,' Va,
headed by r. f. Lee, have driven away
the agent Of the Frecdmen's Bureau and
bcgun the murder Of the freedmen"
,.g There are now about 800 students III
Washington College and $50 cadets at the
Institute, with prospective increase III
both institutions. 1t WILDE gratifyingtot
who feared that under the management oil
General Lee Ia West Point many too much
attention would be given to the sciences to
the neglect of the classics, that such is not
the case. General Lee, who, by the way,
is q tine classical scholar himself, urges
upnn every student to take thorough
course of both Latin and Greek, and the
-sesult is that perhaps larger proportion OF
the students at Washington College are
taking the classics than in most Of the col
leges. The "School of English" taught
by Professor Joynes, is a decided success.
Nearly all of tho students take it, and the
Professor is making it very valuable.
Many NJ we older boys might study even
the "junior English y course with profit.
One feature Of Washington College
which is to he commended is, that its
course Of instruction ranges from the most
elementary to the highest. While there
ois no distinct preparatory department"
vet all Of the professors have "prepara-
tory classes" which begin, ut the very be-
ginning Of the subject. So boys of very
limited attachments may enter Washington
College and be put through the regular
gradations Of the classes by the same pro-
fesSorS. ,.,,,.
The new chapel Is being rapidly built.
There was no ceremony In "laying the
: corner- stone" General Lee said that he
"wantcd the work done, and could not
spare . day for ceremonies" There is
need for the new chapel, as the old one
will not hold the students, who voluntarily
assemble every morning to attend chapel
services, which are conducted alternately
by the pastors Of Lexington. l may say
that finer looking, more studious, or bet
ter behaved set Of young men than those
in the College and Institute here are
rarely met with. Judge BrOkenborough
has opened his law class with upwards OF
twenty students, with, O. prospective in-
crease. - LEXINGTON.