The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-26
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispa1ch'
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
49,. NOV, 81 1870

1 rCorrespopdence Of the Richmond Dispatch'
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
Nov. a, 1870. !
We NAV now be said to have fairly com
menced our work for the session, ana every,
thing goes pleasant as "a mrrrlage pen,
exec pt an overlooking Of crimson tnaC sonie'
times leayes its trace upon sundfy po|'
zling exercises. o bou
II would be pleasing to you 90 ses ny, nov y,
Systematically the Young Mems GItlsIla aa
Association does its work. every " S.'' tbo
day evening, between ia ana o,closh' sie
1 {. subdivisions have their prayer meetings,
and the numbers attending them have been
gradually increasing, and soon we may nnl'
That some of these Subdivisions VIII nave
tn no sub-diyided, because the rooms are
not large enough to accommodate I'LL az
'e1 Tb;s Evening we had the pleasure of lis
teninr TO a lecture by Rev. George u; arm,
strong. D. D.. of Norfolk, Va, delivered
before the Young Mems Christian Assocla-
ton; and it has RARELY, II ever, oeen ny
pleasure to hear one SO interesting anu III
structiye, and am glad to say there was an ~,
overflowing house to hear hlm. Alehough
the time cut" into or out or the SUI
dents hours, the universal opinloIn1 m, seems h
to be. eft was time well spent. hls sup,
iect was "The recent inVestlgatlons III a. Tue
Great pyramid" The speaker placed qla'
Gram If this great wonder Of the world be-
fore the audience, and commenced by glv-
inc. in his transparent style-tirst, nlstorl-
ca1 sketch of the various theories anu In
vesfioations as regards that oldest nonu-
menf of man :" and second, by aid OF the
diagram, he led his audience. first into
the Queens chamber, aud then through the
main channel into the Kings chamber. Our
IDEAS with reference to the grandeur OF ibis
old work were greatly enlarged When we
found that Great st. Peters at Rome. &C,
commodating as it did at one time 2o,oUV
people, with room to spare, "a little OF WMcn
would have been quite agreeable TO ele
Doctors audience, might be placed lhs s1e
of this pyramid, with the ejaculation " ct
there is ROOM"
After these Introductory explanations,
the speaker announced the sup]eet Oh LIS
lecture to be,
structure was erected.
Cd, The time of its erection.
The popular belief that it was the TOMB
Of kings was shown to be incorrect by
clearly showing that the object seems 10
have been a great monumental record Oh
antideluyian knowledge, which has been
transmitted to us, not by hieroglyphlcs,
but by the very structure OF the pyramid
itself.
It was shown that in this great old thing
there is to be found a standard OF hnear,
LIQUID, and ponderous mensuration far
more accurate than any used at the present
time.
The second part of the lecture was taken
up with answering the question "When
was this pyramid built?" Here, astrono-
nv, advanced as it now is, came to the aid
of The lecturer, and enabled him to fix a
date for laying the foundation Of this grand
monument to antedeluvian knowledge Of
astronomy. AS I have heard that the Doc.
tor has agreed to deliver this lecture ID your
interesting subject, but leave it your citl:
zens to enjj oy, and will close by saying that
we owe the lecturer debt of gratitude for
having popularized many scientific truths
and giving us the pleasure of enjoying with
out the labor of studying them out.
INCoG.