Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-28
FREDERICKSBURG, VA
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"FREpERICkSBbfG ~
August ~. $50.
"Ny Excellent Friend: / saw by the
papers yesterday that you had mad 20
give up certain engagements on account
OF sickness. Immediately my heart yeain-
81 towards YOU. and 1 SAID l il write
him letter Tomorrow 50 here ! am
the first thing after breakfast atel %
carry out the resolve this beautiful Mon
day morning.
Il hope my friend. your sickness is not
grievous. san. that hope does not Keep
down my soiicitude.
Il am here on leave for "a month, seek
Ing such rest as VIII within that time
afford most relaxation"
Il have reason T. believe that there IS
about the South POE comparatively mia
climate. The unexp.Or-I regions there en-
brace an area equal IN extent TO ABOUT
one sixth Of an the known land On the
surface OF the eurth. / am quietly seeking
to create In tn minds az some an interest
upon the subjec hoping thereby 10 ios-
ter desire in right quarters for an
Antarctic expedition"
All the associations that cluster around
this letter (as well as the rest az us con-
tents make u vastly attractive % me-.
II was written from Fredericksburg
where | lrst knew the writer. ! was
sch0olboy and he a middle and we
loved the dear old burg and each other
ever Afterwards. II was addressed u
another pure and great man, for whom
we both cherished not only the highest
respect. but the deepest affection.
NJ. James Hervey Otty. though native
Of Bedford county. Va. was IN alumnus
- The University - North Carolina. a {
Chapel Hill. AMI became tutor in his
Alma Mater. Thol he removed 10 the
West and ha1 charge Of Harpeth Acal-
emy. In Franklin. Tenn. His chief as
sistant was q SIR. ". g. HashccrcS. az
Newburg. y. y. 81 H. Maury was their
pupil. ami galucl The friendship AID ale
mirati1n II them 10th. aud retained the ~
increasingly an Dir ana their days X
wax Hashrouci's .-suerosity which 'n-
ahlod Maury - reach his appointment n
the United States navy. and after DO hal
won his great fame he and lis family
cnjovel the hospitality ~ the Hosbroicks
on the Hudson Bishop Otey continued
- rise ln his sphere n N1ury dii TO his,
and n POSSIBLE their hearts grew closer
to each other.
on. Il the subjects embraced In the
letter above referred To- o. the University
~ the South. at Sewaneo. Tenn Bishop
Otey was really the originator of such
Joint institution for the Protestant Epis-
CNNsl tnufNl IN mo .fltlfil t'IAA''s i'NN
now he was working Tor more enlarged
plan. uniting an tha southern dloceses
suggested by his noble friend. Bishop
Polk. Of Louisiana. When IL should have
been organizel its founders hoped % So
cure the services Of r., T.. leo and Maury
IN its faculty Maury asks the Bishop 70
tell him about Tho prospects and every
thing connected with tho University OF
thu South" AMI soon afterwards. IN an
other letter 10 the Bishop, expressed his
most lively interest ga the success Of the
institution. ana accepts an invitation t.
deliver an address 40 the laying Of its
cornerstone. which he did on the 2oth
day Of October. 1861
During the war the corror-stcne, foun-
dalton. and subscribed funds were all
lost. But II still had IT'S charter and
magnificent mountain domain
with the aid u some friends In Eng
land Bishop Quntarl revived it on
very small scale: bit even az the present
date it Is n large and fourishing univer-
sity. Il. b. MINOR.