, 1870-07-03

middle plays such internally lugulr;ous times a.
A. II knowledge WAS not only power. but rrsv
M " a'so. AZ the far end Of tho very beaatif,,
ns'' we'l.e1ocnted copy Of Rarhael.s Schoo
OF Athens forms tic background ~ ths co 49, w
and G1Sce 1t a rsch perspective. "oS
THE D1GsITAu,Es,
.lon tne stage sat the fifteen nrofessor,
Mia TWO tutors Of the university, With nr s
Aa1Psn At their hcal-a citizen-likc, middle.
aHsu, sin, shaoie ' nan. with gold srcctaclc= AMI
s.tonH nTo"n eycs Of q subdued foTco under
nem. The other professors looked like their
Woleeslon, on,-Fomcthing between the clergy
man and tho antlor,--aud anougBt them were
come OF the eight visitors, and good nany
peolhe OF note in the State, but known to fca
Thomas Jefferson IsAnlolpi.-,he represo.5f
tive erandson Of Thomas JcHcnou,-a rbres
perhaps, 6 years OF age, ti1 fm nro.
ineber high, large and portlsn faee Ice
i~6dt'on. l,6 g.,. q H., genial; EE5t in color.
n. H. s.a s,'aS 'h11, formerly of trust stout
the uniscrity, and is cx,r;ue m ~ t,e M Jar.s
sIonsIole o!d l'eFsor Ho hse 4 fsrm near
sInaan Wmn,; Eonn.ehaffull OF smal! aud large talk
s11'. ~ - who put to rout Adams, Ham
ilton .ns .nS i the other adherents Of 4 select
soTrsa! ~ Chief impression obtained from look
:.g over Audience, faculty, and all, was that
they we're people Of a remarkably nervous or
ganis,u. I cav scarcely one won.n whose
arms were not leau, and whose light, lustronr
cyca did not slime above the slender column
of an a'teuuated b9ay; Many ., tme men s were
ice,,on.y uh.rli betraya the purely emotional
nature al the FIrEinian. the man uf generous
4iL o.itioi,, Int Of violent intellect, incapable
| az ecpasa,iuE iintclf from public topic, and
il, ts,t1cal things uucl.ar.tablc a. John Cal
,l,i ur Isi-hol' bonner. To this type OF man
she world liz measured by its accidental rela-
tlolls to fliH trejudices for the time being. At
present. alroes everE 1rginian regards the
"Env1isi gentleman, sab. the English coun.
Of tie Garth: aid yet they meet here TO honor
the memory ct 1cfcrson, who held the Eng
lish in adherence. Intense, introspccsive,
yet volatile, natures arc those Of Virginia, ex-
ratn3inS self to their State boundaries.
"Thsy never saw sas mounta!a bird
Their knowledge runs in rnts. and IL never
capable Of evaporation, and tho strongcs, Of
their affections are diseases, Ike that OF a
sick gltl in hopeless love. We piky
them, and they resent il. The instructive
truth, il it lowers their sclt-suf1iciencE one
jrt or tittlr, mortally ofTcnas them. Their
,a artificial bounds,ics take, III their frenzy,
the hue Of flesh and a personal character.
Jley believe Virginia to be not plai1,, but
supreme existence, and walk upon it a. if the
sIirt Of itself could endorse them beyond tie
grave. Our friends arc like Hamlet, aud about
them it will he q question for tho next century
as to whether they were insane or playing in
sanity.
MI. rESDLEToSs $ SPEECH.
In dnc time, Mr.. Pendletou waa introduced
by etia and apparently corectted young gen.
gentleman, who bowed like i wiro hutumatou,
aud seemed to lavo no small to Lis baek, 10
tl,at lie opened and shut like hinge.
Mr.. Peulletop arose. ,imping from tight
| boot, aud q celebrated Tirginiau, whose name
heard but forgot-unaoubtedly named
Eee' or S,,pda naadsh S4 rGSasa .a
ii, isn,-held M Lis man msnusenpt % to pronpt 5ia. a
re.ldlttnn is fat young man, with creases
under his chin, much pHuuch, aud an Edwin
Forrest beard. probably pretty before hc got
- stout; but with strong sensual marks about
| hy being disappointed with Gentleman
Geurgc."
I1cbegan to speak in To!ce loud without
volume, ard in the nervous manner OF q man
not rure Of his memory. I Saw tho man
prompting lin, aud having been in the same
il1 Eyeclf, ! hymrathize1 With rcndlcton.
Soon after got the drift Of his speech and
/ i;eorge rcndietuu was incapable of being any
thing but politician, and sophomore one
At that Il he had been Republican, poll
would hase been the same. or worsc.
lie was filed with 4 rsoEu7ion u
! Cheap John criticism aud secondhand
| generalization. His topic WAS Of the grand
aidactic Fort; tho responsibility Of the iudi.
ritlra! to asriss progress, and the particular
do not knuw. VIC always chose this kind Of J.
eul,ject for public occasions when NO went to
| scl,.,ef, ttcause il was cheap, .ouoroua, and
lranll: irconclusiyc. Nfr. rcnd!eton treated
It just !: We u4ed 10. He first made a hold.
aggressive, 1nasnanimous step, Saving. a. il it
tn EhaI
frieIul~. despite all this. onIs is splendid
aSc!" There WAS great moral coufaSe i'll his
Eesture at this place. Then he went back Oh
this advanced l,ositlun far enough to fetch up
all the Offended oncs. rayine. i'll = tone If
great reckeniflian regret, 1T is a sensual age,
nevetihslcss-a material age, physical ase. -
Al this all the old Tirginias.s etsaightcncl up
to scc whether they could legitmatvty admit
that word "sensual.' But Mr. peudleton
drove them to tho wall by asking:
"Whrre are our I.yrpu, and Scott, AMI Moore.
a mi soatnes, s'' and nj SHELLEY. ami Nr i"nans
Who s'sss " prose aet'"a lnat ~, 70 1 "aSs % o.
.pclhatu, unh Ernest Maliravers:' Who shal
st1,Ac with eqMa! hand the chords of human syn
Diesens: 77.~
"In o,r nwn country, who presses forward t
~ the r,aees Of Washtnet"n Irving and o. Cooper
aud .La.,cEstsckhig Whn a1uuuz our yuuns
1ntl to he The successors VI Prescott aud Dall
croft, ainl Motley. Of Bryant, aud Hallec1, I'M
Longfellow, and elrtch by higher cultivation ID,
rlarcs r,rarcl hy their pioneer lators."
To all tllis, listening as to the rca1ing nt
one Of my old school compositions. replied
when will We ever get rid of our GcorG'
Eendesons aa We rcjoicingly got rid of o.,
to take candidates for the Presidency out o
l.ulwcr's novels: When 4hall We be able Il
congratulate ourselves on the death. inter
. .nent and funeral culogy Of the man who
, rer1,etnaliv asking where arc our Scott an
byron, and wlcre il our Prescott? These sor
of rable critics arc perrctnallv rising mp
}, | college conmcnccments. When to the noa
! Of this kind Of superficial critic is added th
:. ralrallc 4'fcel" Of the aophomnric politician
. We arc Justified in swearing = little Uiu!e ",
y ynwn. Mr. l'cndlFtou camo in at the end Wit
" a whcelharIow foad Of whcrcoycrF. Wher
wcrc Taucv sud Pitt and Burke and John MAJ
shall. ami Daniel l'1att and Feyton, Iightfoot
Randolph, Rotsiourt, Mason, Wecms aud such
, There was pause after each for applause.
After the lecture thcv called out somcbo1,
! who rsid that after what We had heard wha
l uec WIS there. and 80 forth. Oh! no. The
they called ont another great man near home
who raid, as nearly IS can remember, this;
, ''God tlese Vallgcenia, This old common
= wealth, God bless her! After what VIC hav
! bcard ehall we, gentlemen May VIC not? Oh
- no-hy- God hlc.s you:."
They gave Mr. rcudlcton copious bouquet!
i and all ts1c less thought that when they gre
I big they would, rcrhape, in a feeble way, II
= to initiate that fI'cecA. The speech was . pc
:, fectsucccss- Ithal neither particle othllut
:, - i'll il, nor any OF the mans own notions, ht
= the gcneguua Loys liked the large words, a,
!. that night they dreamed about it.
y ~l1AT Is TIE SCHOOL,
Il like everything in the Sca.:, tl.ls once We
ID to-tlo Institution il very poor. yet il il yc
81 hopeful. Since tho war the university has
r. cei,cd two donations from the north, one fro
ty \. \. Low. AID another from Rohcrt Gordo
u 1o,ll If New York These donations went
J. lny looks for the library. which now numbc
III tLirt y-ti,e thousand volumes. Clcrgymen a
c. students Of theology pay no fees to Professor
Il Indeed If staNly should suppose that. OWL
i 10 LeGsrson's influence, this univcrsity Ii
IT lt>s Of religious tone than others, he Won
il be surprised to find how completely orthod
D. the whole character Of tho institution
10 While there II no provision. made for the su
a. port Of my particular faith. large number
" the students arc commupicants, and nca'
10 all arc attendants uHon worship. ReliS7t
ct has tccn moro powerful than individuality
~ 4 Christian Association within the institute
q. conducts 1IaS es-mectinEs aud furnishes teAc
G crs 10 mission schools III the mountains roul
,c shout, and at tue aims houRe. The ehArla
"a is supported bs voluntary contributions fr0
l the students and professors There is Eli
to Society and Sunday School. For come yea
after the foundation Of the University, it Y
N forced into defensive position By the Attac
Lt | Of scctarisns and bigota upon it, seeking
* eriye away tire State support. In the ehl
+ years Of The school. good deal Of dissipad
audcA,ravagance prevailed here, and one Of
l,rofcxrorp. Davis, was murdered by stuJe1
os at,out thirty yeays ago, The average incoI