I concluded it was useless for me longer to remain, and after looking about awhile longer, on Saturday morning I returned to Clinton & and giving up my hired horse at 12

JACKSON; BAD WATER; HEAVY RAIN.

o'clock m. took stage to Jackson 12 miles. This latter is the seat of government of Miss: but from its appearance one would not come to this conclusion. In winter it may have probably 1500 inhabitants, all of whom leave in Summer that can get away. It is situated on low, level land and the streets in rainy weather are very muddy. The water is very bad, so bad in fact that I could not drink it & had to mix brandy with it. I expected to leave the next evening, but was disappointed.

Sunday 19th. this was indeed a gloomy day. it had rained very hard the previous evening and this morning at 8 o'clock it began again and from then till 6 o'clock p. m. it rained incessantly, and for the length of time one of the hardest rains I have ever seen fall. The consequence was every place was filled with water and the Stage due at 4 o'clock did not get in until the next day. I therefore had to remain as quietly as possible with the prospect of not getting away until Wednesday night.

Monday 20th. A little better than I expected. They [sic] day was very fair and pretty, and about 12 o'clock the stage came in, at 2 o'clock p. m. therefore I took my seat for Columbus-We had proceeded but a little way before the effects of yesterday's rain were very preceptible, high creeks, bridges washed away, and it was with the utmost difficulty that we could get along at all. Riding in the Stage forty seven miles brought us to a halt about daybreak next Morning and here I had to exchange the Coach for a square box set on two low wheels, intended only for

CART RIDE; PROFANITY; ROUGH COUNTRY.

Carrying the mail, and having no more spring to it than is to be found on the earth itself. Here commenced a ride of over 100 miles which of all others I have ever experienced, by far exceeded them all and forms an epoch in my travelling life which I hope will never be equalled again. Bad roads, Bad fare, profane and reckless drivers, and the only redeeming trait was the excellency of the Teams, these are equal to any I have ever seen. My proximity to the driver was an unenviable Situation, for they were the most profane and vulgar set of men I have ever met with. Much of the Country over which the road passes is very hilly and very poor resembling the poor hills of Franklin & Granville Counties [N. C.,] than any I have seen. I had no idea that any part of Miss: was as mountainous as I find it to be. 25 ms. before reaching Columbus commences an extensive prairie, from 10 to 12 ms. wide & 25 to 30 ms. long. The road heretore [sic] was rooty, hilly, and never worked, hence I was jolted badly, through the prairie the wheels of our vehicle were often up to their hubs in mud. Finally about 2 o'clock p. m. of Wednesday I reached Columbus, tired, hungry, sore, and almost jolted to pieces. I verily believe I could not have travelled 25 ms. farther this way. With a thankful heart I got out of my box and bidding it an adieu, I hope forever, I stopt at Jones Hotel. I found

DIRTY HOTELS IN MISS.

this house not exempt from the filth to which all the Hotels at which I have yet been, are subject to. It seems to be a characteristic of the Miss: public Houses, and which renders them very unpleasant places of resort. I was so tired however and nearly worried down, that almost any kind of an house where to rest my wearied limbs would have proved a luxury. After dinner (none of the best) I went

to my room and for two hours slept as soundly as it was possible to have done. On awakening I was somewhat refreshed, and a good night's rest again, improved me a great deal.

(To be Continued.)

THE UNIVERSITY OF HENRICO.

BY JOHN S. FLORY.

The idea generally prevails that the early Virginians were averse to education. The notorious declaration1 of BERKELEY'S FAMOUS REMARK.

Governor Berkeley is quoted by historians as conclusive evidence of this opinion, and the subject is dismissed as if the last word had been said. Governor Berkeley, however, it should be remembered, was the instrument of an arbitrary king, and in no sense did he express the feelings and aspirations of the real founders of Virginia. More than a score of years before Sir William came to this country, the promoters of the colony, both in England and America, were making enthusiastic and praiseworthy efforts to establish a system of education on Virginia soil. The King's active interest in the project at that time would have done him great honor, had he not later, in violation of the laws of his own realm, destroyed the work he had himself previously fostered. By his arbitrary measures with the Virginia Company, (which will be noticed at the proper place) one of the noblest enterprises connected with the planting of the new world came to an untimely end.

EARLY EFFORTS.

The facts connected with the founding of a College at Henrico, now discoverable, are scattered and meager, and frequently the statements concerning it are confusing. Enough remains, however, to give a tolerably clear conception of the purpose of those who promoted the enterprise,

"I thank God there are no free schools, nor printing, in Virginia, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years." Written in a letter to England in 1671.

and of the methods by which they sought to achieve their object.

The year 1619 is famous in American history as marking the beginning of real growth in the Virginia colony. The arrival of Sir George Yeardley, April 19th, marks a new era. The liberal policy that he announced for the government of the colony infused new life into the gloomy planters. To have a voice in the management of their own affairs was a privilege they had scarcely dared hope for. Yet, if Sir George possessed any authority to convene the deliberative body that met in July of this year, the fact has been lost to history. The Company, however, in the following year, signified their approval of his course of action, and certainly the feeling of contentment and the hopefulness that his policy fostered throughout the colony at this time was most helpful. To the subsequent effects of this policy I shall refer later.

Governor Yeardley was ably seconded in his efforts to improve the condition of the colonists, by the able treasurer of the Company, Sir Edwin Sandys. Through his influence, the introduction of virtuous maids to become wives of the planters brought, into their lonely cabins, the first rays of domestic felicity. The introduction of African slaves, too, while disastrous in the end, had the immediate effect of making life more easy. But of all the generous measures that make this year famous, none speak more highly of the noble purpose and the penetrating foresight of the promoters of the colony than their purpose to establish a college at Henrico.

When Sir George Yeardley sailed from England on the 29th of January, 1619, the King had already issued orders

KING'S ORDERS FOR £15,000 ABOUT 1619.

to the various archbishops in his realm, commanding the collection of 15,000 pounds for the purpose of erecting a