Scope and Contents The town has been a "whirlpool of indignation" for two weeks because of the election of A. Peachy as a professor under unusual circumstances. The students have serenaded Peachy and Judge Christian with a band of tin pans and horns, and draped the statue of Lord Botetourt in black crape with an inscription "even the mighty dead mourn the downfall of the college." The night of the election Mr. Saunders refused the presidency and resigned his professorship, but under pressure from the students he will lecture till the end of the tern. Mr. Millington and Mr. Minnigerode considered resigning. Praises Mr. Saunders and his control over "an infuriated body of Students" and reflects that if he had been at the University of Virginia Professor Davis might not have been killed. Asks him to get some things for Sally. A wedding was planned, but Peyton Coles' parents would not give their consent. [Note: Peachy was elected professor in September 1847. John H. Strobia's letter of 16-19 October 1847 mentions the Coles' wedding plans.]