The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-08
From our Special Reporter.
Commencement "f Virginia Military
IGstifusc
LEXINGTON, VA, July 4, leG'

= y
reserved seats, with an cxpcctant crowd
The corps was comma dcd by that rairne'
veteran and accomplished officer Colonc
Cutshaw. who, In The absence Of Colone
Snip on his European tour, fills the pos
Of mmandant OF cadets as well as b.
used 10 direct the movements OF his pobi,
battalion OF artillery.
The column marched to the enlircniny
strains OF tie and drum, and fled int
their app"iGlei places, preceded by the
Board 81 Visitors, the Faculty OF Washing
ton College, the Faculty OF the Institute
aud Society or Alumni.
After n lrrvcrt, appropriate PRAYER tx
r.. Dr.. William 5. White, who has beer
for 80 long the esteemed pastor of III,
PRESBYTERIAN church here, The President o
he & .drt Literary Society lntrod need Mr.
II. r D uwitdi", of Lynchhnrr, vino pro
coed d to deliver the valedictnrv Of ,hs
graduating class - Tie cadets vino arc L
reu,a0u at the Institute.
Mr. y nHiAlie seems 10 hc q genera
favori,c with his comrades, and III, word
Of farewell seemed 10 cone from the hear
aud u 10 the hcag,. Unfortunately, ht
sy,k, TOO los to be heard hy large par
.ut cOu}d Catch secmcd vel! i'ut.
Mr.. H. T. Nelson, OF Cumberland
cnp,tv, Va, responded to Mr.. D,nwddIc
~ au appropriate HtIlc speech expressing
The .rarIn interest % the whole corps ~
,Ar graduating class thcir regrets al pa =
i,y from them, aud their best w'sde. Tor
phr!r failure He, too, icii M" t"c '''
common tahiti Of Young speakers, ana
Ear q -
hear.
Roth &C these speeches we're models ~
r,.n,rh-Glt.cn 10 twenty mlhutes each
md in their refreshing freedom from
politics. !,
Genera! Saith. superintendent OF the
Institute, then announce" The names OF
,t,. graduates, and conferred their d"pIo-
,.,,. in tIi,. order "f ;hcir merit. They are
4. fc,;ow>: |. II. II. DIuwiddie oi Viz
Gins. nud Z. Henry OF Tennessee (cqual
on all their >luiic>j; z. G. i. CIarNc, oi
Alabama, 8. X. II. Cousins, Virginia
4, T. G.. Hays, Virginia; 5. L. NJ. Tut
yilcr. Virginia; &. \. @. Bhsard, Georgia
:. i. i. Gcay. Virginia; :, j. l.. Tunst"ii,
Vlrljutn; 9. ". II. Fly, Virginia; 10, j.
8. Wcbh, Virginia.
Yhc cadets were disappointed in the al
tendance ui. thCir expected orator, ana
:. ,I.. ...,,,,d :, ,nol,a t,,a,n
~ rStempore address.
Mr. Su,lrs hcguu by expressing hls
higu qualification at the testimony borne
~ ;lc Eacuiiy 10 the good order, s'odi-
OVSnrs-, an" E"hcFal goo" r""d"Ct 90 t"'
CAD, t, during IN" past AV>>i"i'. ~" va
indeed highly gratifying, 0ut oh'E 10 lh'
3 ard q! Trustees and 10 ihcr ""u
t3irud~, tnt 10 The i'"Hlc ge"@t"llE.
I mere ioS been great lear on it!t part 81
Thinking men At the South ibdt. besides
all else .al wc have lost, our young m"n
v,ul.l become QcmuIhlTcd. We have
trr,. iEr realization q! this fear. These
.,-,Irtar.G ynuiu, men. coming from al
.raris.ul. ;hp Sen h. are representatives O.
,r.. .r...... ,F Iit.t..r- rrugTally ur,uriJ orr
NM. mon !, ,ar from b.jrr de-
t,v.vi,;t,,, . .haraci.,, ,,ryrr
,.,,'.,r'.,, ..,.,r,.,tt.v.,r ard .,.,rnt.N,ly
,.i,.I ,,..,, ir.yill h,.. l..'r,, nm jr r,rnrn
,.,,......4 ,.,..l,,o,,.-. 49,, ,l,,,
.,.-...,,1,.,, de-
i.,..,.. ,3..,h ,i..v ~ ,,,.tinrd IN fl
.,..,.,,.....r..s.i Ltrli,. : tic. nu which
.......r...,,,,,,tna,,r,r <yvnryy,,r,, there
,,,,ri;,,,p ti,,-,
= ,.- ,.;, 49,, C,,,.t,,. .1.i,,,
d. ''." ,t ~ ,,,,,
YOUR .'""''S' '""' ,I ,.p,,,,,,, ,nu, dc
''@''' - an, 49,. tuv.. an OF orr
o.. ,>,,.,,., ,,a rc;.,t.lIi,h. i,
,l,,ici,c ,l,.r,. 0orusut,
,...,r,, ~, wid,. field in The RECONSTRUCT
,,,,,, ,,,I r,.hahi,imrut of the Slate. If he
,,l..,,, ia me history o. the wurn was there
a v,.l,r field u.Au at present in Virginia
win her "buint districts" 10 bc rebniit
mad her r,atLy railroads, &C., TO he con
.ifurtra? II one aspircsrV hc a. minister,
when w3rs, thvrc greater n*"h OF lhe com
Enl, and cons"lhti"ns and OF the c"AH'rVa
1.-Two milncncr OF iii" u 'S!Si thaI III pre-
schlf Or II u man prefers Tue P'"i'SS'""
u teacher, hes !"S The ignorant whites 'i'I'
are the freedmen whom We must Cu"ch''
ii wc would avert iaF greater cA'Anl'''
than are No" upon u. lh"''"' '"c'" -
II sing need OF tAc tlS,' SORT OF H'et' Il
every Calm. II our s"uti'E" a"" TO-DAY
n IL good AMI true are the great wants o
,ic SUuth now. We nctd not 80 ln"c'
adruit politicians, profound lGr'etS, &c, II
earnest, practical mcn-" men Ike TIE 81
rrrin,,ud,1,t.o t the Virginia Military Inst
;u,r, the President Of The " "sh'"s'o" {"
lrgc, and l"e maui u" "'"' '''n' ''' S''"'
."red walls quiet l'i""''lS l'"''S'"F' !
oil the ""'iH WAN "'' ''',"o '''''' .'''t' oV'''
back !" sleep III You. 'tH,''''N. !, q"
want al SuclI men ""lSh ha' t,H"C'o MN
ice, Spain, iolN'I, Greece nc" 10 'ici
prescott condition.
Nlrgiuia's past glory IS secure AZ long a
:hc namys"t Yorktown, Manassas, Gaines
Sliii, Cold iuh"r, &c, are rem'mperrd
But Nth all her past glory Virginia IA
Teen in pressing need oi prdctiCI. men