The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-05
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch.
Rambies In Virginia.
July 3, 1867,


the Old Dominion, you will not object, |
am sure, to few lines now and then, al
though thcy come from dcsultory and
peripatetic correspondent, If they may
serve to illustrate the character, display
the craccs, or unfold to view tho resources
Of your venerable mother. Travelling
h,thc- and thither, I hear and see good
many things which | think ought TO be
printed, that the world may better know, II
it chooses. what sort Of people VIC arc, and
what sort of place this old Common
wealth may be for man to live in. 1t Is
very commonly said that "it is an excel
lent place to DO born in" and some may
snccr,nglv add, and do add, "pTovided
you leave il eurly;'' but do not see any
force or truth in this effort at sarcasm.
The TirginianS who have gone abroad TO
seek their fortunes have done much for
the places where they have pitched their
cents. bv their talents, and patriotism, aud
hioh character; but ! am not aware that
they world have possessed these qualities
in less tcrrcc-though they might have
Ind narrower field for their display--f
they had remained at home.
Bo, tue Dispatch loves facts more than
speculation, and, with the clamor Of the
celebrated horsc-lccch's daughter, cries,
uGive us the news Give us items w
This being your cry from early morning 10
dcwy eve and the end FOR which you sconT
the State with your invisible army, look
ing everywhere for the most recent de-
vclopmcnts and tho freshest intelligence,
| shall not risk place in your columns by
mere dissertation or essay writing.
There i one development in the present
state of affairs which am sure you will be
glud TO record-I mean the strong desire
among parents for tho education OF thcir
children. Your own columns last summer
and this summer, in their full accounts Of
college commandments and OF the pro-
crrdings OF our fine old University, afford
an arrav Of testimony on this subject; and
Won will find it abundantly corroborated
wherever YOU may 20 among the people OF
~. State. The numbers al these schools,
considering the general scarcity OF money
and the failure of crops since the war,
have surprised everybody. The fact IS,
the events through which wc have SO re-
Gently passed have played such havoc
among all the possessions OF man that cdu-
cation has come 10 be considered almost
the only safe investment; hence the Efforts
made to secure it as q patrimony 10 pc
handed down from father TO son.
An interesting inquiry is suggested mere.
What part is to be performed IN coming
time hy tic great numbers of serious, earn
est. diligent Young men WHO are thus pre-
barring themselves for action! What fields
are to be opened for such talents and ac-
complishmcnts Impcllcd by an honorable
ambition, these young men Will do some
thing. They will not be idle. They Will
find fields or make them. In science, IN
law, in literature, and in the enlightened
pursuits Of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, their power will be felt. A day must
be coming, too, when tho southern mind,
liberated 10y free government, will give
these treasures which it snow boarding to
rh,. cause OF wider human improvements:
nud The. vcrv spectacle aInl influence OF
nenplr 50 poor, vet 50 intensely engaged III
intellectual and mora! training, must, IL
the nature Of things, tend to bring on the
coveted duv of mental dlScuthra!mcnt. III
that day the halls of legislation Will ring
AGAIN wilh the music Of southern clio.
nn,.nce. and southern craftsmanship, now,
like the Grccian hero, aiming III It's tent.
will he permitted 10 di;iGSc tie healtt!ul
influence of wise and conservative views,
nown. So NAV il be. Ia The mean while
let GENE what vii! come, educate, edu-
cate. sdtcuic, rather than 0yI0tc, dyitGie,
a,Uiojc, is our trne policy as well as our
highest duty: and 50 til" people Of Viz
ginia seem TO view the matter now. The
next sessions of our literary institutions
will reveal the increasing depth and power
Of this sentiment.
Prominent among the paths which lie
before our young men and invite them to
usefulness, is the ministry ri the Cos
pcl: and il is a pleasant fact that, though
il. privations are probably greater than at
any former period in this country, tie
PROMOTION of StIdcntS looking TO this high
vocation as their future employment Is
quite as great as at any previous time.
Every religious denomination, in conse-
uucuce Of the deaths and interruption Of
ministerial preparation accustomed by the
war, feels a scarcity OF preachers; the
people need them as messengers OF con-
ISOLATION as well as sons of thunder; the
country more than ever demands their in
llueucc, that knowledge and virtue
founded upon their only sure basis,
true religion, may become the pillars
OF our future prosperity. ucncc 1t Is 4
very gratifying fact that SO many estlma-
bic Young gentlemen, not few of whom
have learned to endure physical hardness
as good soldiers in military warfare, are
turning their backs upon all the attrac
lions o: q less holy ambition and passing
from the college TO the theological school.
STlTH.
NoTE.-Our correspondent has followed Il
multitude 10 do evil III quoting Shakespeare
thus Let us see the whole sentence:
.Horotio. lis IL !; custom:
"H!mi.t.-Ay, marry is't:
But 10 my mind, though AN native here
And 10 the manner born, 1t l. 4 custom
More honorrd in the breach than the observ
anCe.
Manner is used rs Il svuonylnc OF " Gus.
tom TO avoid the repetition OF the latter
word. and is spelled rs we have here spelled
II in all The editions OF Shakespeare we ever cH-
aInined. Worcester gives custom - one Of
inc meanings OF "manuer.'
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correspondence oil Me kirhmond Dispatch.
keauabie letter.
Cr AND DowN THE JANIS, Aulv 2, 1867.
The most pleasant trip that can ha ,,,.on
out of Richmond during the hot w..,h.r
is that which carries tho traveller dow
the river by day light in the good steamer
John Sylvester, wcil commanded and ad-
mirably managed by the poltcst of all the
Z's-viz: Captain L. Clifford. With no
dust, aud with refreshing brceles and di.
versiled scencry-natural, agricultural
and historical-lhc time passes SO pleasant
~ that the Journey, unless the reasons for