The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-25

Lctter from Lexington.
.-esrnndcuce Of the Richmond Dispatch.


-,sr,ndcnce Of the Richmond Dispa,ch,
1yyI>G7oS. VA, December 90. 1869.
7,s railroad fever has by no means died
.., .uNuc H., rs the columns of orr town
.,a-waulf ahUrdantly show. But if any
...r were venting TO add fuel to the flame,
fine ftct that we have recently been re-
.ftn Hrcr mails per creek. The Chc>;,-
>..nt Ohio railroad advertise in their
,...ar schedules that their trains "con-
49," .hrcr times per wccEat Goshen. and
...,.. times at stanton. with stages
.- rrxin1ton. As matter Of fact. the
--~a,.'I0n ut Staunton consists in STAYING
ga.i there, leaving on the stage the
-H morning. and arriving in Lexington
... next night. We are not advised rs to
-H7 i>to h,2mc Tor this arrangement, but
not hesitate 10 pronounce it 4 great
..r.tn tIat = town Of 1900 inhabitants,
~ or 1G0 students and cadets from all
-..f> e the country, should have only three
-- per week and lie compelled TO go
Ann sunday till Wednesday without COM
-...iCatiOu With the outside world.
.nr new postmaster Or. J. II. Freeman)
...-%Ecn posse >iou Of the office. We are
=" 10 GIVE him a fair trial.
...~ people are preparing for Christmas.
- lie great scarcity Of eggs IS Il subject OF
cal complaint. EGg-noE drinkers are
..-1HjnG 10 E2ar that they will be COM
....Jo take "'whi>kcy straight" in lieu
.air iayorjte beverage.
Esr~ contra. Lexington and Washington
wazc Councils "FriendS of Tempe
-.,..a" propose having tomorrow night n
--.. temperance rally. nj which Rev. DR..
r s.vatricK. Rev. ;. Rodgers. and Rev. J.
y EaV Jones, arc expected to speak.
n~ 1rilav night last Colonel William
-...u johnson delivered before the
r Kiln Society one Of their regular course
lectures. lie chose rs his theme
-NcB2th," and delighted his large and
-..ut.vc audience h. the clcaTncS4 and
.->@8">s 81 his analysis, the beauty Of his
ION. and the charm and freshness which
r. threw around this standard play Of the
.t dram9ti>t. indeed. we have rarely
=. ycd such m intellectual treat. The
~ Was ny no means married by the fact
... trc went from the lecture To TIE now
".>ou; q =. where the ladies Of the Mctho-
q. church. >u"p::",! II ;"ith the many
cd things they had provided for their
.-l~r.
We have been kindly furnished with the
Ii-;ou> statistics Of he College aud Viz
~.-rcSt 10 the public.
-
.s.aty-uinc instructors. of whom fifteen
.. professors Of religion. and three hun
.- aud trrty--iX cadets. ninety-three ri
.#m are church members. During the
IS. >car "ighty-Iour cadets have prolc>sod
aversion. and there i at present some
~. .-l religious interest among them. They
=. daily meetings for PRAYER and cNhorta-
ten. which have an average attendance OF
err hundred and fifty.
Washington College has seventeen III
,,.@.tor~. Of whoa seven are church mem
.-: and SO students, 100 Of whom pro-
-- rs.ri,N; seTcHtcon are candidates for
.- ministry, and two IT these expect 10 be
IN missionaries. They have had SIX
.a.u prof S>Gous Of conversion within the
81 .rlr. They nave daily chapel service,
-" n, ky DruycT-mcrtin@s, and Il flour
...-l- Young Men, Christian Association
LEXINGTON.