The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-26
q3jrl,nlon}l dispatch.
FEBRUARY 20 io'''
LEXINGTON.


.o,.c Of the Richmond DispatehJ
tc"r"S'''''' FEBRUARY %, 1877.
,.st evening the youth and beauty OF
ON '.s, tnceihcr with many whose
LeNlns,"' other OF these characterlstics
c's'" . COON At least questionable, gaia.
m's'. themselves together in the chapel OF
crcu ;n ZION and Lee University for the pro
"asa'. .,,,rnose az witnessing the slNty-hith
lesstu . n OF the Washington Society.
anu ,r"rc those there who must have min
n.,o 20 its demands in its early infancy,
'>'t' ..hn scanned to feel pride in lis I'M
"nu w." ,.;cor m advanced years: but there
"'"'." .tSerS who seemed to DOUBT
Me'e ,,,;,r 70 sustain itself without the
'Ss - thu coaicctioner and Sationer.
Wv, - they brought offerings OF sweet
49,! 49, determined to make the occasion
.'inaSant ono IN spite OF what seemed TO
thom efforts TO the contrary on the part OF
,ho snrakcrs. Others brought offerings OF
anwers. and these were duly appreciated.
must not omit to mention class OF SIM
,l.minaed people who seemed to think IT
sufficient for them 10 come with no other
nferinr than good manners, and 10 slt IKE
moor relations ct dinner party, without
having ANYTHING in particular to say.
The President. Mr.. l.. II. Cooke, OF Nir-
,-inia. after welcoming the audience in 4
STYLE somewhat different from his sixty
forr PREDECESSORS, introduced rs the orator
of the occasion Mr.. ". 7. CrenShaw, OF
Alabama. who announced rs his subject
Music Of Yesterday He contrasted the
mast with The present in an original and
eloquent speech. and ut times 1t seemed rs
il hewcre about to obtain monopoly OF the
attention OF the audience. For instance,
when he announced that from eight to ten
wards Of dreSs-goods formerly accomplished
what forty will scarcely suffice for at the
present day, he gained the attention OF
pretty much everybody except the young
ladies and the dry-goods men; and whcr
he said of the modern belle that she toiled
not. neither did she spin, and yet thai
Solomon. IN ali his glory, was not arrayed
like one OF these, the fathers and young
husbands seemed particularly amused.
After tlisposing OF the emusic OF Iester.
dav" we were favored with another variety
by the Virginia Military Institute band, and
then the question ''Does the condition OF
society improve with the progress OF civili-
zation;n was debated in the affirmative by
Messrs. w. Stcdman, Of Texas, and Ii. NJ.
Sydenstricker, OF West Virginia, and in the
negative by McsSrs. c. 3. Antrim, OF Nlr.
ginia, and +. Il. Leavell, OF West Virginia
The speakers on the affirmative said it did,
and those on the negative said it didn't, ano
so. instead OF submitting the question to {
commission. they left it undecided, regard
less o. the peril OF involving the country
in civil war.
The celebration was 4 very crcditablc ont
both to the participants and to the institu
ton which they represented.
Though Moody and Sankey have thus fa
sighted Lexington, she has, under TIT
united miniStration of her pastors, been en-
loving a revival in which more than fort.
persons have united with the churches
The interest does not seem to have abated
though the nightly union prayer-meeting
have been discontinued. The new Presby
terrain pastor, DR.. Mutually, continues t.
grow in popularity both with his own con
gregation and with those OF the othe
churches.
The funeral OF Judge john w. Broken
brough took place at his late residence or
Yesterday. His loss will be felt by the whole
state in common with this community.
LEX.