The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-07

ina common and glorious cause.
Rev. pr. Curry, bcin. called upon To re-

he desired to express his entire concur
renee in tho sentiment Just announced. AS
there is 4 republic of letters, so there rs a
SiStcrhood Of colleges; and these colleges
are essential tn the culture" Of the Com
,nonwcalth, in which nc trusted there
was TO he no "bitter end" but q contin-
uolis and glorious prosperity. '..= ..
Colleges are monuments to tho dignity
and worth of mind. The tendency Of the
age is to excessive devotedncss To material
and utiliiarian interests. Machinery and
politics need to he combined with the hu-
mdMhcs Of the schools, and money needs
tn hc estimated not alone for its prescntand
practical uses hut for It's moral and intangi-
bic uses rs well. AS co-workcrs iii 4 conn
mon cause colleges give impulse to popular
education and general enlightenment. They
Stimulate mental development. Fire above
brings air from the basement. Colleges rc-
uurc alNiiiarcS and furnish teachers. One
hundred thousand alumni are engaged rs
teachers aud authors. and are everywhere
friends Of progress and science. Libraries.
laboratories, obscrvatorics, college associa-
tionS. and college atmosphere, excite IN
inventive. truth-iovin@. aspiring spirit.
Colleges dcyclopc brain power ;efllrnish
broad many-sidcd men throw culture into
professions. and adorn every walhand call
ing OF life. out OF colleges have come,
generally. the great leaders and m"uldcfs
of opinion. The catalogues Of educational
institutions contain the names OF the dis
tin"uiShcd lawyers. doctors, preachers, IN
rcntorS. and statesmen. Society feels The
hracin". inri@or;iting elects of cultivated
talent. The inscnsihle influences eNert"d,
awakening, exciting, charging, GlcfatAHS,
cannot be calculated.
The need of Il closer sympathy among
Firgini:f's institutions of learning. as CO.
workers in Il common cause, is manifested
bv the fact that Virginia is becoming the
educational centre OF the South. There
arc within our colleges over two thousand
students, each one OF whom is to bc q man
of mark and character, ii true to his obi-
CATIONS and rightly avaling himself Of his
privileges. IL seems but right that Viz
"ina should occupy this exalted position.
Historic in the past, inspiring memories call
Oh her To make the - future correspond
cnt with whit has seemed her former glo-
riols rcnoWn.
!. The Progress of Science : Nowhere
made more manifest than in the discovery
ol tllr hidden paths Of the SEA.
Commodore Mallry made, in ohcdcnecto
loud calls, witty and earnest response.
He said that some Of his colleagues ought
To have been called on--Brookc TO tell OF
what had been found nj the bottom OF the
ocean hy Use nt his dcrp-Sca S"undln%S-o or
Harding TO tell Of the wondrouS progress of
chcmi.try--pr Mcdonald to tell what was
being done in geology. Science was pro-
crossing most wonderfully, and We must
keep Il sharp lookout if We are apacc
with it.
AS illustrating the Importance of accurate
science. he spoke Of the fact that by ancient
right Virginia was entitled to place her
southern boundary on the line of $50 30:
but bv imperfect science in the adjuslmcn;
Of The boundary North Carolina had gotten
considerable territory that of right belongs
10 Virginia. He wanted to know if he would
he Illst tiIiabc i'm maxim" tho correction in
his next map OF Virginia, and giving to the
old state What is justly hers.
s. The prcSs-ln ii we have Hope.
.IancS Baron Hope, Esq, WAS called out,
and made a very fcliritous response. lie
world not dwell on the long list of names
that had hnnored the Press. lie illusra-
ted The power and ubiquiIy Of the Press by
reminding the company that lis reporters
were present to-day and would give to the
county what had been here done or said.
The most trivial public net is able TO the
criticism Of the i'rcSs; we should act in
view OF this fact.
He spoke OF the Press rs the great organ
Of public opinion, and urged that we pro-
perry control ami direct It. ..
9. Tie Memorial tlmpcl--Thc ccnOtaph
of Stonrwall Jackson.
Colonel j. w. Massic, being called upon
to respond, made one of his characteristic
speeches. Aitcra witty response to Gene
raj Smiths charge OF age, and Il good ancc-
dotc pleasantly applied to the Governor, he
responded in serious and eloquent strain.
Jackson WAS his warm personal friend be-
fore he became t;l,uouS, and he loved to
think Of him in those sweet relations, and
recall his every feature us he, used to sec
him then. If he spoke of Jackson'S bril-
liant career, he would place, him along
side OF Caesar and Napoleon. lie alluded
to the very short time in which nc won his
immortal lame. Soy.
I'm 1861 he marched forth from yonder
parade--round comparatively unknown
major. in 1868 his cold clayi is brought back,
but his name was 4 household word in two
down the greatest of generals, the purest of
patriots, and the most humble OF ChrlS-
tislns. lie quoted the opinion of the Lon
don Times rs more than confirming all that
he had said, and clouucntly spoke OF the ap-
propriatencsS of erecting to hinrH memorial
chanel and cenutaph OH the paladc-9rOIlnd
of the Virginia Military Institute.
The regular toasts being through, Major
J. Is. Dornan was called on TO respond to
the sentiment OF Colonel Johnston.
He made (as he usually does witty, clo-
quent, and appropriate response, which we
regret we have not space to report in full.
As IN alllmmls of both tle College and
the institute, he could respond from the
heart, and express his highest qualification
ut the preScut prosperity of both lnstitu-
lions, and the bright future that spreads
out before them. =,
The time being up, the company quietly
DISPERSED, all feeling that it had been Il most
brilliant occasion, and that the feast of
reason and flow OF soul y had been none the
less genuine because only Rockbridge Wines
were used and nobody got drunk.
The Fire Works Tonight were very
pretty. The parade-ground was full OF all
ages, SEXES, and conditions. The matter
was skilfuily managed, and the brilliant
display went of without an accident.
the Ball your correspondent must speak
of from heaisay; but he is told that the de-
corations were suberb, the array of beauty
dazzling, the supper elegant, and That they
did not I" go home till morning
POEM OF JAMES BARRON HOPE, ESQ,
DELIVERED BEFORE THE CoRrS OF CA
DIETS OF THE VIRGINIA MILITARY IN
STITUTE, JULY It'll, 1870, ....
LEXINGTON. Va, July 5tb, 1870.
We had TO close Our letter very hurnedly