... W. T. Davis and Thos. Hume, Jr., of Petersburg, and Rev. Geo. B. Taylor, of Staunton, and the first-named gentleman was made Vice President from that State. Letters were read from President Davis, Governor Vance , and various professors and teachers in the South, some merely expressing regret at inability to attend, and others telling of books in course of preparation, and making sundry suggestions on the gen...