Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-04

steam aDd ELECTRICITY, from toot w nor.o (,
oar to sail, and from these to steam driving
! palaces over the face Of the earth ana wa
tiers: courier 10 electricity barnessed a. q
messenger; music Of the human voice aud'.
BILE only few feet and lost forever 70 voca'
sound heard at startling distances through
the telephone and preseryabie Tor ali time
In the phcnograrh; reflection OF objects IN
the water mirror 10 photographs; superst''
ton TO the philosophy OF an ego ana non
| ego from multiplicity Of gods OF passions
| vile 10 one supreme Divinity regulating
| the laws OF nature and offering immortal Tell
| city 10 the spirit OF man.
In this country In q century great bas
been the advancement-fromt three millions
| 10 sixty millions citizens, thirteen TO thirty.
eight States, with bills aud valleys latticed
! with iron rails and wires; covered with
| homes, villages, cities, factories. churches,
! schools, and colleges. These render the
social and industrial system more complex
| and require greater education to cope with
/ the increased necessities. Over-production
| In field and factory calls for extended
| markets: wealth means organized capitai
| and labor with their conflicts to be CONSTANT
| ly resdjusted. II can be traced with some
| exactness, whence came our CIVILIZATION ana
| where Il is: but whittier IL coeth, whether
| onward or backward must be answered by
| each succeeding generation. Have the
| works and thoughts OF fathers been pre-
served and added tor has been and ever
| will be an important inquiry. All the e'e-
| menis In every department OF progress
| must stand sqlarely abreast and keep step
| in the onward march or deformity VIII
| show itself. Remember, knowledge Is
| power" but OF no value unless properly
| used: the weight OF evidence in spiritual
| and worldly matters must be respected,
| and do not plunge in the bowling waters
| of the stream Of doubt and infinite IN
| ouiry, but cross on the bridges that have
| stood the strain OF ages until you have con-
| stTucted q stronger and safer one; select
some definite pursuit, and let II he riVuieI
| running ifs silver cord through the valley
| OF your efforts and labors; do not lose
| sight OF the cause Of causes in your search
| for causes in nature; may you be lights OF
| society and pillars OF government. and may
| the crystai.clear waters OF this and similar
| fountains Of knowledge flow on till our
| country shall become one vast ocean OF
wisdom, GROWING our highest hopes ef
| glory with realization complete.
The migutons from Egypt, orient,
Greece, Rome, Gau, and Britain would
seem 10 indicate that civilization had It's
demoraliZing influences, which man had
not resisted in the past, such rs the cor
rIpton and enervation Of wealth and lux
urv, and superstition and preiudices largely
the result Of the boastful spirit and supine
content OF people who have climbed to the
highest round vet reached on the ladder Oh
progress. and that each civilization needed A
new soil TO plant IFS seed in and rear still
higher growth, and therefore the trite truths
| OF the past must not be lot sight OF ia the
glitter Of The latest civilization; aud may
| the teachers Of schools aud colleges and
| ambassadors Of God impart an intense love
| Of truth and JUST 'e-twin jewels in the
crown OF an intelligent free agent-and
save our land. even in the distant future.
from migration therelrom for such causes.
The address made fine impression.
OTHER SPEECHES.
The annual sermon was delivered BY Rev.
| Charles III. Hall, Of New York-teXi,
"Why Stand We Here All the Day Idle :"
and was full OF thought and the delivery
foTciblc.
The first speaker this evening was Mr..
Claudius Dockery- subject, "The South"
Although his subject is familiar, ii was
treated in pleasant and original manner.
He described in glowing terms the brain OF
the South and its facilities, pfOylng what
rapid strides il is now maklrg, and pre-
dicicd bright future.
MIR. J. G. Johnston's subject was 4" The
Fourth Estate Mr.. Johnston showed
the hold the Journalist has on the political,
social, and moral life OF the public, and the
evil tendency il has on the language and
thought Of our land when improperly con.
ductea. and its influence in the advance
mept and diffusion OF Christianity.
W. Z EdmOndson's subject was " Ma
tional Education" Mr.. Edmondson op.
posed the BAR bill on the ground that 1t
would tend to check the progress being
made at present in education, and that it
would enco. .rage mendicancy. lie also said
that ed.acatlon should be left to the control
anf. management OF the States.
NJ. A. NJ. Simmons's subject was the
"Trutbs OF Fiction" This subject was
classified under three heads-h,storIcal,
social. and moral. He treated each head
separately. and drew his illustrations from
the bc # novels, such as the works OF Scott
and Dickens. His speech, beng something
new, was listened to with interest. and re-
ceiv,d much cOmmcndation.
Mr.. :. Gidney's subject was Industrial
Education for the SOUTH He first spoke
of the deficiency OF the present educational
system ia preparing men for practical du-
ties and the need and advantage OF such in
stitutions IN the South and Gy the means
| of such an education manual labor, he
| said, is placed upon level with those V0-
| cations which now assume the title oil
! "learned.'
MIR. W. 5. Wilkinson's subject was
| Z" Utopia." Mr.. Wilkinson was quite origi-
| nal in his style, and gave good advice rs to
the principles which should govern ou'
republic. To-day were also delivered the
| orations by candidates for the Bachelors
| degree. as follows: Joseph John jenkins
Jr., OF Chatham, n. c., subject. National
kSongs"; Charles Taylor, OF Grandy, Cam
den county. \. c., subject, HOme-Rul,
and National Unity in America; Pierre
b. Manning, Gates county, \. G., subject
Prohibition or Pubic Sentiment; r
Dixon, OF shelby, n. c., subject, 1.-The La
Dor Problem; Malcolm MEG. Shields. o.
Carthage, n. c., subject, Misplaced Gar
lands; l.. Il. Grandy, Of Oxford. n. e..
subject, american Humor"; Walter
Senton Dunston, of Cresswell, n. C., sub
jcct, "Literature and Public Life; Franz
Milton Little, Of Wadesboro', n. G., sub
ject, "Destiny and Duty; John +
schenck, Of Cleveland Mills, subject
"Three Great Waves; w. A. Self, OF
Newton, n. c., subject. Emerson "
William II. Carroll, Of Magnolia, n. c..
subject, "American Influence on For
eign Nations; $. b. Weeks, OF Eliza
beth City, n. c., subject, "Cedan
Arena Togso." the classical Grafton; james
Thomas, Newberne, y. C., subject, "ThC
Citizens True ideal"; Samuel 5. Jackson
PittsborO', n. c., subject, "Circum
stance"; Oliver G. Bynum, Chatham
county, n. c.. subject, "Theoretical In
sunct"; Edward b. Cline. Hickory, n. G..
subject, "The Drama aud National LIT"
n. ii. u. Wilson, Jr., Greensboro, n. G..
subject, THE Cost Of Culture in the Nea
SOUTH; Robert l.. Uzzeli, Senon springs
n. c., subject, "A Cavalier Poet"
The Wiley z. Mangum medal was award
ed TO Mr.. j. Il. SchencS. Mr.. Dockery wa
also the recipient Of medal. The thesis
by the candidate for the degree OF Master
OF Arts was from Ernest Preston Mangum
A. b., Chapel Hin, n. C.-subject: 18th,
Feudal ystem." The candidate for the de
gree OF Bachelor Of Law was Sol. {. Well
A. b., Wilmington, \. Z.
Marriage ~ oxford.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
0xpoRD n C. June 9 1856;