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ent, energy, and administrative ability, it is now 

 well known that those persons who bear off their 

 Diplomas from these Institutions, are not the re- 

 cipients of mere " empty honors," but only wear 

 the laurels they have fairly won. 



The "Military Institute" should be ever fos- 

 tered and cherished by the State, since our 

 young men are there furnished with a thorough 

 education for the mind, and the body comes in 

 for a course of training well adapted to promote 

 the health and strength of the " Cadet," and to 

 make him useful to the Commonwealth whene- 

 ver she wants him for her defence. 



Applications are pouring in from all quarters 

 for admission into the Corps of Cadets ; and it 

 has become necessary to enlarge the buildings 

 and acconimodations. We were very glad to 

 hear from Col. Smith, and Major Gilham that a 

 gentleman of another State, had generously added 

 Ten Thousand Dollars to Col. Cocke's gift of 

 Twenty Thousand to the "Institute" — in order 

 that her boundaries may be enlarged in propor- 

 tion to her usefulness. The same gentleman now 

 offers if Virginia citizens will give a similar sum, 

 to increase his donation by ten thousand dollars 

 more. We hope sincerely that Virginia "will 

 cover his pile" and " go" many thousands " bet- 

 ter." 



In conclusion, we beg permission to offer to 

 all the good friends we met in our trip, our heart- 

 felt thanks for their kindness to us. We shall 

 be glad to repay them " in kind," as far as we 

 can, and whenever they will afford us the op- 

 portunity. May prosperity and happiness ever 

 attend them. 



The Crenshaw Woolen Company. 



A Woolen Company under the above title has 

 been incorporated, with a capital stock of $130,- 

 000 and located in the City of Richmond. 



The Corporators are Messrs. Frank G. Ruffin, 

 Lewis D. Crenshaw, Purcell, Ladd & Co., Cren- 

 shaw & Co., Mitchell & Tyler, Joseph Brummel, 

 George D. Fisher, John H. Montague, John Cur- 

 rie, Jr., Joseph F. Powell, Goddin & Apperson, 

 Smith & Harwood'and John Waterhouse, — an 

 association of gentlemen whose integrity of 

 character, loyalty to the South, and zealous de- 

 votion to the interests of Virginia, afford a cer- 

 tain guaranty that the enterprise they have un- 

 dertaken, for her liberation from humiliating 

 vassalage and dependence upon the North, will 

 not only be conducted upon patriotic principles, 

 but with an enlarged liberality, which will com- 

 mend their establishment to public confidence, 

 and with such intelligence, perseverance, and 



economy as must result in the successful achiev 

 ment of the objects of the association. In proof 

 of what we have said, let us advert to the or- 

 ganization of the company, that it may be seen 

 what a higli order of business capacity and com- 

 mercial and general intelligence has been put in 

 requisition for the administration and direction 

 of the affairs of the company. 



The following gentlemen have been elected 

 to the offices they respectively fill : 



Lewis D. Crenshaw, President. 



Wellington Goddin, ^ 



P. W. HaRWOOD, I n- j. 



John H. Montague, f ' 

 Samuel P. Mitchell, j 



Crenshaw & Co., General Agents for the pur- 

 chase of wool and for selling the manufactures 

 of the company and 



John Waterhouse, Superintendent. 



Mr. Waterhouse, has given practical proof of 

 his fitness for the post which has been assigned 

 him. He had the charge of the Woolen Mill 

 which was burnt here in 1853, for a year or two 

 previous to that event, and had succeeded by 

 his good management in getting it in a condition 

 for successful and profitable operation when the 

 fire occurred. 



The Company will use the Crenshaw flour 

 mills, replacing the milling apparatus which has 

 been removed, by the most approved machinery 

 for the manufacture of woolen fabrics, adapted 

 to Southern trade. 



Operations will be commenced early in July 

 with the manufacture of nearly every descrip- 

 tion of woolen goods that are wanted in Virgi- 

 nia and the South, from the best coarse cloth for 

 negro clothing to the finest fabrics for gentle- 

 men's wear. 



The general agents will purchase all kinds of 

 wool from the coarsest grades, up to the finest 

 saxony. We are informed, they have already 

 purchased over 50,000 lbs. of Virginia wool, and 

 wish to get their whole supply of her native 

 growth if practicable. They will pay "outside 

 prices" for their raw material and will sell their 

 goods at fair rates, that is, " upon the live and 

 let live principle." They expect to use in the 

 next twelve months 200,000 lbs. of wool, and if 

 their efforts shall he met by a correlative move- 

 ment on the part of the merchants and consum- 

 ers of Virginia, who have committed themselves 

 to the policy of protecting home industry and 

 direct foreign trade, the company will so add to 

 their machinery as to increase their consump- 

 tion of wool to 300,000 pounds per annum. It 

 is needless to add anything more, and yet we 



