The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-19
VIRGINIA NEWS.
I.cttcr from I,eters,,,,rr.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dl.pa,el,.

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Well.known resident Of Petersburg, was
found lying nearthe rack of the Atlantic.
Mississippi, and Ohio railroad in the rear OF
| The residence Of Major jarvis. Information
was ut once conveyed to the authorities. and
| n jury Of inquest was Summoned to inquire
into the cause of his death. The verdict
rendered was that he came to his death from
causes unknown 10 tho jury. Deceased had
been for some time past laboring under q
depression OF spirits, caused in part by bad
health: and il is said that his domestic rela-
tons were not OF very pleasant character.
While the evidence elected before the Iiry of
inquest did not establish the fact, it is gene
| rally understood that his death was the re-
| suit OF his own act, as he is known TO have
made two attempts upon bis life within the
| last year or two.
An adjourned meeting Of the Virginia
Steamship and Packet Company will be held
in this city tomorrow afternoon to consider
questions of vital importance to The COM
pany. This company, that has already done
40 much for the merchants OF Virginia in the
reduction of freights, appeals to the citizens
OF Richmond and Petersburg for help. Ger.
talnly it seems to inc that notiIing can bc
needed to convince our merchants that 1t is
to their interest 10 sustain this line. 1t has
already saved thousands OF dollars to ship
pcIs, and promises TO be q source Of revenue
to the stockholders ut no distant day, il pro-
perly encouraged. Our merchants all con-
cede the new line to be of great benefit to
them, and speak with satisfaction of the
amounts it has saved to them In frcights, but
strange to Say few of them have taken stock
in it. and many do not ship by it. Of one
thing they may rest assured, if that line is
allowed TO go down, the Old Dominion
company will put up their frciGhts one hum
t!rcd per cent.
Our Representative to Congress, Hon. J.
II. PlatI, iEts lIld the misfortune to be robbed
OF his gold watch and several hundred dol
| lars iii money. Mayor Wood lost his silver
watch at the same time. These articles
| were taken from Mrs. Bassct's boarding.
| house aud 10 clue hls yet been discovered
| 10 the thieves. | hear that the gallant
Colonel il making arrangements TO change
| his residence from this city 10 Norfolk and
will be Il candidate for Congress from that
| District. II is impossible to tell pom whom
his mantle will fall. but as it seems certain
that we shall have Il Radical / think it en-
cccdingly doubtful If we shall get rs good
man to succeed him.
| Our Sunday schools are catching the pic.
mic fever, and | think it likely that it will 20
| the rounds of all the schools before it dies
| ont. The WashingtOn-Strcct school will soon
20 on an excursion to Ashland. The Bat
tcrsea school will picnic ut Oak Grove. The
! blaIkct-S!rc:t schnol will go they have not
! yet decided where. aud other schools are AZ
ranging to follow suit.
| New llour iaS made lis appearance here in
small quantity, but Of good quality.
The intcrlnents in Blandtord cemetery
have averaged one per day during this month.
ROBIN ADAIR.
We do not usually publish reports of com
menccmrnt exercises, or anything else, UNI
less we receive them in time; but we make
an exception in favor of the following letter:
| IIAMrpEN SYDNEY COLLEGE, June II, 1872.
| 10 inc EtiitOrs Ot' the MchmOnd DiSpdtth:
| How Is it that your reporters, usually so
active and cntcrpri>ing, have not given your
readers an account OF the commencement
exercises which on last week rendered the
| Hill so lively and attractive? | saw several
If your regular correspondents on the
ground, but no letters from them have APP
pcarcd in the Dispatch. 4 it is now too
| lite TO give anything like a regular account
OF exercises which, though protracted, We're
very interesting, will merely note one OF
|
readers.
one of the most important matters of brs-
ness before the board of trustees was the
election of Il Professor of the Greek Lam
g,lagc and Literature. The candidates were
numerous and worthy, backed 10y piles of
testimonials. In some cases the applicant
WAS so particular us TO send on his photo
graph, state his eXcct height to the very
inch. give the number. ages, Nc, of his chill
| lrcn, and other matters Of like general i'll
tcrrSt. rlir successful candidate was Mr..
| Addison Iluyc. Il son Of the late Dr.. William
i. liogr, and nephew of DR.. Nj. ID. lioSc, of
your city. [rhiS statement we have hereto
fore pubishcd.l Mr.. li"@c has already Il
high reputation rs Il scholar and Il student,
and possesses in Il hi%l, degree the talents and
qualities which have distinguished the family
whose name lir bears. BY the way. DIR. NJ.
ID. Hosr himself, gave additional illustration
of his almost uncquallcd powers as an orator
TO the large crowd in attendance upon the
commencement.
General Roger A. Pryor was the orator Sc
lcctcd TO address the Alumni, but from an
attack of illness was not able to attend In
The absence Of General Pryor, DR.. Iloge
kindly consented to speak, It's he said, ''not
AGAINST General Pryor. but against the blank
W ]
was on Books" was Il most admirable one,
and was listened 10 with the most profound
and @latiiicd attention. Gentlemen wLo had
often heard DR.. lloge pronounced it the very
best of many exceedingly able efforts which
thcy had ever heard from him.
The trustees conferred the degree Of ID. u
Upon The Rev. Jacob Henry Smith, of Greens
horo'. n. G.. and the Rev. John Is. Shcarcr
president of Stewart College, Tchnessec.
The degree OF Master OF Arts was alst
conferred upon Mr.. j. Y. RyalS, OF Saran
nah, Ga.
The graduating class consisted Of w. Il
Bishop, of Petersburg, VA, who also tool
the first honor in lis class, and delivered ;
, .l,nsi excellent yalediriory address; Mr.. Ed
Eklnd Of Nottoway; MIR. j. l.. Carrie, u
North Carolina Mr.. Joseph Dupuy, o
Prince Edward Mr. B. l.. Goodc. OF Prince
Edward; Mr.. Isoylan Green, OF Charlotte
MIR. Alexander 5. Hall. OF buckingham; MIR
l.. C.. Irving, Of Cumberland; Mr.. Z.
Lingantttcr, of Berkeley, West Va. Mr"Ed
lockett, of Farnville; and MI. John Il
Triplclt, Of Shenandoah.
MIL {. Irving received tho second honor
in his class. and delivered philosopher
Grafton in Latin, which WAS listened to will
the closest and most interested attention by
lhc whole audience. including Il number o
darkies in one OF the galleries; i'll fact, som.
of the latter seemed 10 takc i'll the Latin by
mouth us we'll us through the ears. They
evidently regarded it as a good thing.
i have not the necessary data to enable me
to give any fit account Of the dinner OF the
Alumni, which was presided over by Colone
w. r. Berkeley, Of Farmvilie, and which
was cnliycned by capital speeches, in response
| RI toosts marie by Dr Iiorc Rev. r. Neil.