The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-07
rrrTER FROM LEXINGTON.
Of the Richmond Dispatch.

LEXINGTON, VA, February 4, 1870.
Az las, we are to have telegraphic COM
,.r;notion with the outside world. The
f,r5s necessary have been subscribed, and
49,, wires arc to he put up ut once. 1t will
certainly be great relief that our people,
snd especially the young men here from
I'll norts of the country, will be able to
Communicate with friends at distance in
dcrcndent Of our tortoise mail. a5
We have by no means abandoned our
hones Of railroad. We shall send dele.
cstcs to Lvnchburg on the 10th empowered
- oct for us in the railroad convention,
and our peop.e arc prepared to take hold of
rr,, feasible scheme which will give us a
ro;Iroad. To-day's Gazette has an article
from, one Of our prominent citizens advo-
.ot;nr an airline from Lexington to Rich
roond as entirely feasible, and the best road
wr couId have for the interests Of the town
sni county. The same paper has commu-
ui>a,ion from General $. Mcdowell Moore,
in which he questions the practicability of
an airline to Richmond, and speaks hope
fully Of an early completion OF road from
1ynchhurr 10 Clifton Forge. We learn that
q competent engineer will begin the survey
q This latter route in very short time.
viii not Richmond sec to it that the
.,st-aight shoot is also surveyed ? And
;s i not worth considering whether the
friends of the two routes could not unite
m . common trunk from Clifton Forge to
Lexington. and there diverge the one to
Iyncbbure and the other direct to Rich
mond :
The Cadets Christian Association will be
addressed OH Thursday evening the 10th
instant BY Rev. X. 4. Holland, OF Balti-
,,1.e. whose visit here last summer excited
so lively an interest.
On Sunday evening the 18th instant
Rev. Dr.. Samson, of Washington, will
address the Young Mems Christian Asso-
cation of the College, and for several sue
ceciinc evenings he will lecture for the
benefit Of the Baptist Church Building
Fund"
The intermediate" examinations at the
College are in full blast. and there is the
usual amount of hard work on the part of
the students and loud grumbling on the part
Of 1.-The unfortunates or dismounted
cavalry" of college.
The anniversary of the literary societies
Of the Virginia Military Institute comes of
IN the mess hall toni ght, and will doubt
!r>s lie q success.
The scheme for the erection at the lnsti-
,ute Of Memorial Chapel" to perpetu-
sic the memory Of the modest professor
who marched forth from the parade-ground
10 win for "Stonewall Jackson fame
that extends over both continents seems
destined to meet an early and complete sue
cess. 1t is in the hands of those who will
at once push it to completion: and any who
wish share in this most fitting tribute to
the Christian hero would best promptly for
ward their subscriptions, or the necessary
amount will be secured without their aid.
Mr.. John Dice, respectable citizen OF
this county, was instantly killed last Sun
day by the accidental discharge of q gun
in his own hands.
Last week we had here General Smolims.
Ai, agent for Polish emigration, who came
TO see Commodore Maury in the interests Of
his company. and who while here pur.
chased seventeen hundred acres OF land
and devised other measures by which tC
Introduce his Poles into our county.
This week wo have an agent seeking t
employ two thousand colorcd laborers to gt
South. Is this conjuncture prophetic Viii
the negroes all 60 South and the whites
come III LEXINGTON.