The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-30
ADDRESS OF MIR. YULEE.
Special telegram to the Dispatch.


n UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. June %.
Inc tuoiic Hai was crowded tonight to
| It's utmost capacity, aisles and platform In.
Guided. After prayer by Rev. Mr.. Woods
Of Charlottesville, Professor Holmes read
| the report Of the Magazine Committee. He
then announced That The continued sickness
of MIR. fulee would ppryent the public pre-.
scntation of the medal. We send the re-
seption speech prepared by MIR. Yuleo on
his sick bed.
REPORT OF TIE MAGAZINE coMx1rrEE.
UNIyzRaTY OF vIRGINIA,l
| H. a.. ,.,. c,..us, June 20, 1870. :
Of TIC 0nfUersttger Virginia.:
,, GonsiemeTmIhe Committee on the Virginta
nr I'm, ,, aogdsfne has had, double duty to per
given by th xes Societies. TT to ssddge the god medal
p9tl9n TO that periodical; second. to assign the
sc ons granted BY the Faulty to those edi-
Societies respectively, who have most lost abIv dis
eniargsd their editorial functions, and have admin
elevation Of ,S esesGay to the Improvement and
nnu u,ee experiences lively satisfaction in an
ha. That both honors have been accorded and
10 Withhold one or both unless tSe cnnnasstoL
tint Dc demanded by unquestionabia mari dis
being no hnnor are not earned by real superiority
INT In w asrs mo IA reaching entire agree
The excellencies OF this essay ON OF me medal
s TO 80 SO SO
REQUIRE much refinement and taste and ~ ssh Ms
rary accomplishment. The rarity and he a n6e-
denness and brilliancy OF the renmtat ~ .e SUD,
by John Ruskin, which has not vet eneonntered
either ohscnTatlon or eclipse.
The difficulty Of the subject ho,yever AZ w.,
exercise any controlling Influence on the a mSs
the selection There was fullness nf ah than
liun, a familiarity with unfamiliar realms of
speculation, delioacy of perception, a ripeness
| ol Judgment, an easy confidence, and a nstnraI
| freedom ana vigor of expression, which reveaisd
not merely a genial appreciation Of the mighty
drous instrument by which man communi-
| Gates high thoughts to his iellow-men. The COM
miee does not possess sIeh an acquaintance with
ether TO affirm to refute the views presented
but of the ability, propriety, and strength, with
which those views are presented, IL may declare
its surprised and gratihtd admiration. The exc
cuton of this essay Is so far beyond the ordinary
live Goals from the altar that the literary socie-
| ties and the University may be congratulated on
the adjudication of the medal to Charles W. Yulee,
| Of Florida.
But the medalst of this session is by no means a
lone star in the literary horoscope. He is first In
but first among many Shining SHINING are
| which deserves most honorable commemoratlon.
| II Is unlike rather than inferior, dispar non i'm
p Execution /, is Amos, Perfect Of its kind This
paper Is entitled Tears and Sadness" and forms
The second part of 1.-Two Things in Poetry In the
| June number. 1t is written with enforced feel
| ing and with exquisite grace OF both fancy and
utterauCe Its gentle beauties aud quiet fellcitleS
Of expression afford the hrst echoes Of the touch
| ing notes OF Il former medalist. James Med. Ora
hahn, long since translated 30 those eternal realms
which literature imperfectly unveils.
| The CONN ittee desire TO commend several other
| pieces which have adorned the different Nos. OF
| the Rerie,c They are of unequal degrees Of cS;
Seence put eaem 81 o 6hn If Unusual and usn
ticipated ability had not entered the field of com.
petition Ambng Sneh psp@ers the
'miltons Paradise Lost, ''Our Thackcray,''
"Tennyson's ldyls of the King" and The Mo.
institutions" aud of the university Before the
War also deserve mention for unaffected writing
and good sense. Nor would it be proper to leav,
lighter articles, anu the signal eXcelences of The
poctical contributions, especially those over tho
Signature of Horace Mordaunt.
The enumeration Of so many creditable produc
tions-and the list is not eNhausted-attestS The
conviction Of the committee that The Magazine OF
the current session has attained All average o.
merit fully equal to that which constituted Its jus
reputation before the war. This great and rapi'
Improvement has been largely due To the renuncia
tlon of cXtravagant language and excessive orna
ment. In almost every piece the style Is remark
able for sobriety, yigor, and simple neatness
rated, but timid words and delirious metaphor arr
never substituted for earnest thought. This meri
torious change in the character OF the -NdSG@tp
must be attributed in considerable measure to III
correct taste and resoute decision Of the editors
| ana must DC especially dSCTlUcu w
!. trmncss Of those editors who first assumed TN
pe1llous task of enforcing such change, u
when mast be chiefly given the credit o.
, having entirely trans ormet the Magazine
and TO them have, therefore, been accorded thu
: two Scholarships for the hest editorial manage
ment of the session. Mr.. Linden Kent, of LOUIS
county. and Mr.. Harry c. White, of Baltimore
| who receive this acknowledgment of their success
full energy, have further claims to the distinction
They have written the fullest and best editoria
notes. They arranged the business machinery o
the magazine they raised the subscription list
they encouraged and elected literary effort, an
they transmitted To their successors an improved
| work, which they have maintained, but which the
| had only To maintain. These considerations ap
reared to the committee sufficient To compel th'
| award ur The scholarships to the gentlemen VIII
have been named.
| GEORGE FREDK. HOLMES,
| S. MAUPlS,
! NJ SCuELE DEVERE,