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{&■ A »nter in die ‘•Siutbcrn Literary Jourr-af
i‘. r Ja'y, in reviewing the poems of Bacon, (a young
Aatricau P*:> *feu» beautifully conclude* fca itr
tai.Ai ■—
•• It is from such men as these in the rising
cratio.i, our country must expect a stand as
-.1 intei ectuoi people. From such men as
t se is iter reopectabiiity in no small e’egree
to oc insured abroad; not a respectability
rv.nging alone from commercial power; nor
•v.sdom iu tne art of governing ; nor in the
.muiy .itirdihooJ and energy ot her citizens ;
but also from her refinement and progress in
the fine arts ; iu the glowing eloquence of her
orator; in the pencii of her painter and the
song of her poet. T.>e.se throw around her a
beauty, which blended with her greatness as a
commercial people, remind us ol the magnifi
cent Corinthian column, that deriving its value
from the strength ofits shatt, elicits admiration
by the leaf and vino of the Acanthus which so
gracefully festoon around it. To such then
would we say “ GoJ speed !” America needs
a poet —a National Poet; and although Mr.
Bacon may not think proper to enter upon a
task for which we believe him well qualified ;
we would at least suggest the propriety of his
so doing. The heroism ot our ancestors in the
grand struggle forinde;>endence ; the peculiari
ty of our institutions based upon that noblest
of political maxims “ all men are created free
and equal;” these far outweigh alltheargu
ments against the possibility of our possessing'
QQatioiial poetry.
We trust therefore, that the time is no I', 1 ', far
distant, when some American Poet w ; \j erise,
and like “ Auld Scotia’s Bard” the mantle
of romance over every hill and dalo, and mea
riow and stream of his own bright fond. When
the achievements ofour fathers ; their firmness
in the houroftrial; their endurance of pain and
suffering ia the co’\se of freedom, will be lisped
by the same infant tongue, that in the freshness
of morning and the pensive sweetness of even
ing, lifts up its prayer to Him who is the rock
Ol on.' refuge in the time of danger; who led
bur armies on from victory to victory, and has
elevated us to that station which we now hold
among the nations of the earth. In conclusion
wefenderour thanks to Mr. Bacon for this
little volume which has afforded us so much
pleasure, and with a hearty concurrence in his
wish, that
“ he may feel
The beauty that there is in the ealm shade,
Goes up’a *irem' mfljtrr' ,KU *
Rapt be the Poet with the theme he sings.
And gathering thence his strength, be better fitted
To follow out Life's daily charitiee,
And tread the way rejoicing."
“ HAIL COLUMBIA.”
Our popular American song “ Hail Co
lumbia,” it is known was written many
years ago by Judge Hopkinson of Phila
delphia, but the circumstances under which
it was written are not known. It appears by
a recent statement in a Philadelphia paper, that
a play actor and vocalist, named Fox, called
upon Mr. H. one day in the year 1795, for an
original song, to the tune of the President’s
March to be sung at his benefit. Mr. H. re
tired to his study, (says the history,) and in a
ahort time, wrote the first verse and chorus,
which were submitted to Mrs. Honkinson,
« 0 i* I'iaiiu accompaniment, ana
proved the measure and music to be compati.
ble and in keeping. In this way the second
and other verses were written; and when
Fox returned in the evening, he received with
delight the song as it r.o w stands. The follow,
ing morning, small handbills and placards an
ronneed that Mr. Fox would sing anew pa.
tnoticsong, &c. The theatre was crowded ;
the song was sung, and received with rapture,
it was repeated eight times, and again encor
ed—and when sung the ninth time, the whole
audience stood up and joined in the chorus.—
Nig.it after night, ‘ Hail Columbia’ cheered
the visitors of the theatre, and in a very few
days it was the universal song of the bovs in
the streets. Nor was the distinguished author
forgotten. Tne street in which he resided
was on one occasion crowded, and “Hail Co
lombia” broke on the stillness of midnight from
five hundred patriotic voices.
INDUSTRT.
The following anecdote may give seme en.
eouragement to the industrious husbandman :
—Not long ago, a country gentleman find an
estate of 2901. a year, w’hich he kept in his own
hands, until he found himself so much in debt,
that to satisfy his creditors, he was obliged to
sell the half, and to let the remainder to a firmer
for twenty-one years. Toward the expiration
of the lease, the farmer coming one day to pay
his rent, asked the gentleman whether he would
sell the farm. “ Why, will you buy it ?” said
the gentleman. “If you will part with it, and
we can agree,” replied the farmer. “ This is
exceedingly strange,” said the gentleman.
“ Pray tell me how it happens, that while I
could not live upon twice as much land, for
which I paid no rent, you are regularly paying
me a hundred a year for your farm, and able,
in a few years to purchase it 7” “ The reason
is plain,” answered the farmer; “ you sat still,
and said, ‘ Go.’ I got up, and said, ‘Come,’—
vou lay in bed, and enjoyed your ease; I ro3c
la the morning and minded my business.”
REVOLmoNART ANECDOTE,
“It was once in my power to have shot
General Washington !” said a British soldier
to an American, as they were discussing the
events of the great struggle at the concluding
of peace. “ Why did you not shoot him
then?” asked the American—you ought to
have done so for the benefit of your country,
men.” “ The death of Washington would
not have been for their benefit,” replied the
Englishman, “ for we depended upon him to
treat our prisoners kindly ; and by heaven !
we’d eooner have shot an officer of our own !”
Lowell Advocate.
An over-nice genius in Baltimore recently
put his horse into breeches ! This is cortain
iy the Age of Modesty.
The New-York Herald says, that on one
of the recent hot days, an alderman of that ci
ty, of tho fattest kidney, oozed away from
among his breeches, leaving no memento be
bind save an old bro<*n v>'g. Shocking !* *
From Cooper** “American LTomoward Bound"
NAUTICAL THEOLOGY, WITH TOUCHES OF HA
< TUBE
“ Mr. Leach!” “ Captain Truck!” “Do you
ever pray 7” “ I have done such a thing in
my time, sir; but, since I have sailed witli you,
I have been taught to work first and pray
afterwards ; and, when the difficulty has been
gotton over by the work, the prayers have
commonly seemed surplusage.” “ You should
then take to your thanksgivings. I think your
grandfather was a parson, Leach.” ** Yes, he
was sir; and I have been told your father fol
lowed the same traded’ “ You have been told
the truth, Mr. Leach. My Lthen was as meek
and pious, and humble a" Christian" "as ever
thumped a pulpit. A poor man, and, if
must be spoken, a poor preacher, too • ] nl t a
zealous one. and thoroughly dev^,. t# j ran
away from him at twelve, nr/j, I:evor passed a
week at a time under b ,« roof afterwards. He
could do little for ,re. for he had little education
and no mo.,cy, and, I Iwlirve. carrcd on the
busir;.*s pretty much by faith. He was a
irood man, Leach, notwithstanding there might
be a little of a take-in for -,hich a person to set
up as ,a teacher; and, as f or my mother, if
tne re ever was a >• me spirit on earth, it was in
herbody 1” t* Av, that is the way commonly
with moth' ; -p. sir.” “ She taught me to pray,”
added *' ]f! captain.speaking a little thick, “but
siD , 'c- I’ve been in this London line, to own the
truth, T find but little time for any thing but
hard work, until, for want of practice, praying
has got to be one of the hardest things I can
turn my mind to.” “ This is the wav with all
of us; its mv opin’on. Captain Truck, these
London and Liverpool liners will have a good
many lost souls to answer for.” “ Ay, ay. if
we could put it on them, it would do well
enough; hut my honest old father always
maintained, that every man must stand in his
gap left by his own sins : though he did assert,
also, that we were all foreordained to shape
our courses starboard or port, even before we
were launched.” “That doctrine makes an
easy tideVway of life : for T see no great u e e
in a man’s carrying sail and jamming himself
up in the wind, to claw off immoralities, when
; he knows he is to fetch upon them after all his
pains.” “I have worked all sorts of traverses
l to got hold of this matter, and never could
make any thing of it. It is harder than lo
garithms. If mv father had been the only
man one to teach it. I should have thought less
! :♦ 0-..- Vv> nr\ -ehnlar. and might
i have been paving it out uist in the wav nfonsi
-1 ness ; but then, my mother believed it, body
! and soul, and she was too good a woman to
\ stick long to a course that had not truth to
j back it.” “ Wliv not believe it heartily, sir.
and let the wheel fly 7 One eets to the end of
the voyage on this tack as well as on another.”
From the Long-Wand Star.
SOXG-THE BRIGHT BLUE SEA.
Happy the lot
Os him whose rot
Stands by the bright blue »«a! •
If there be one
Beneath the sun
Supremely Wes', ’tii h*
That sita before
His cottage door,
Wiih childhood on his knee,
ieip'/roin the caves
Os the ever bright blue sea;
Whose sails are furled
Beside the world
Os waters he hath roved—
Whose anchr r cast
Secure and fast,
Upon the spot beloved.
In youthful days,
Amid the maze
Os ocean’s revelry,
When, long exiled
From home, he toiled .
Over the bnght blue eea-
Oh! many are
The ielee that bear
The citron and the clove—
Whoee day and night
Glow with delight.
And melody, and love—
That he hae oft
Seen from aloft
Lie like tranquility,
Sweetly at rest
Upon the breast
Os the pearly bright blue eea.
But there was one
Sweet spot alone
Tba% like attraction true,
ll, a heart and soul
Unto that pule
His fond afli’ctione drew;
It was the green
Enchanted scene
Upon Long Island’* lea,
Where his own cot
Uprose, I wot,
Down by the bright blue see.
There has he moored
//is ship, and stored
The trophies he has won ;
Bright gems are thoee
He proudly shows
A daughter and a son.
’Tie there he livee,
And nil receives—
A sailor frank and free;
He asks no more
But the friendlv roar
Os hie beautiful blue see l 0. T.
Woman’s Smile.
Oh! what a drearv was'o would be
This joyous world of ours,
Ifhappy hearts, the gay, the free,
Had lost their witching powers ;
Or where's the charm, however bright,
That could our souls beguile.
With half so sweet, eo soft a light,
As that of woman's smile 7
Ob ! life wou'd be a joyless dream
Os hopelessness and wc,
Jf’'were not for the sunny beam
Os beautys’ eyes below;
And all earth’s flowers, so fair, so sweet.
Would flourish but awhile,
If in return they could not meet
The light of woman’s smile 7
Then if our hopes of bliss depend
On such bright forms of love,
Which softly with our spirits blend
Dear thoughts of bliss above;
Who on this earth would love to rest,
(E’en in this flowery IsleO
If that existence be unblest*
With aught but woman’s smile I
F.-ctu tho Malta Government GaxetK
ANTIQUITIES.
Cos: nfttodore Elliott* lias on board the Con- j
stitution. a number of very curious remains of
antiquity, which he collected during his cruise
in the Levant, dug up from the plains of Ma
rathon and of Tioy, from the r.eghborhood of
Athens, Corinth, Sunium, various parts of Sy
ria, and particularly from Balbec, all parts of
the Holy Land and Egypt. But the, most
remarkable objects with which tin: new coun
try of the Utvtcd States will be enriched on.
his return to liis natve'land. are two marble
found at about tlnee quarters of a
nr -<». in a direction north east from Beyrout,
in tlx: centre of the spot where once stood ti c
ancient city of Berytus. It happened that they
were discovered sixteen feet under ground,
while his ship was laying off that coast in An.
givu last, by a countryman who was plant,
ing a mulberry tree : and the Commo ’ore
lost no time in purchasing t! cm. and had them
immediately com eyed on board his ship, from
a height of perhaps six hundred feet above the
level of the soa. In their removal across the
country, a distance of about a mile and a half
to tho place of embarkation, on account of their
massive weight, obstacles embarrassing to any
but the ingenuity and praotical skill of sailors
were to bo overcome. By the means of pow
erful tackles, however, they were slung down
precipices, and in many’ places were passed
over a yielding soil upon strong spars, and in
this task nearly the whole of the ship’s compa
ny, consisting of 500 men, were engaged.
Each sarcophagus is cut out of a solid piece
of white marble, and each has its cover in the
form of a sloping roof, also in one piece.
With the exception of a fracture in an end of
the larger one. which seems to have been bro
ken through in search of the valuable articles
which the Romans sometimes buried with
their dead, they may be said to be in a perfect
state of preservation ; for the sculpture on all
sides is almost as good as when left by the
hand of the artist, consisting of wreaths sup
ported by infantine figures, rosettes, the ram’s
head, and the head of the bull.
On the front or principal side of the smaller
sarcophagus, wc find the inscription ;
JVLIA. C. FIL
MAMAEA
VIXIT. ANN. XXX.
Its dimensions are 7 feet 4 1-2 long, by 2
feet 73 3 wide, within the cornice; and it
1 Ccu\t tn t.llft fIpCX Ol tft©
cover, which is 19 inches deep.
Tne larger sarcophagus has no inscription
on its tablet ; and although not so long as the
above by six inches, is 3 feet 4 inches wide,
and stands 5 feet 2 inches high to the apex of
the cover, which is 25 inches deep. From its
capacity and emblems, it appears to have con
tained the remains of two persons of distinc
tion, the corners being ornamented by figures
of victory instead of the ram’s heads which
are seen on the smaller one; and on the cover is
cut the apparently unfinished design of two
human figures reclining on a bed or couch.
This cover is quite solid, and of immense
weight, and was fumy fixed to the body of
the sarcophagus by iron clamps, which may
account for its end having been broken through
in search of plunder.
A brass coin was found in digging those
rvia rhlne* r\ its r\C ♦ «r ‘ l * *’*”
the possession of Commodore Elliott. On the
obverse, it has the head of the Empress Julia
Marnaea, with the inscription julia mamaea
augusta s on tho reverse is a figure of Venus
holding in the palm of her right hand an infant
erect, and in her left a spear, with the inscrip,
tioa vends felix —s. c. Now, as Julia Ma
rnaea was tlie mother of Alexander Severus,
vvno became Emperor in the year 222 of the
Cnristian era, there seems to be no difficulty
in establishing the third century ns the date of
the coin ; and the general character of the
ornaments of both of these sarcophagi, as well
as the style of their workmanship, would load
to a belief that they were also of the same
epoch. But there is ground to presume that
cither of them was the tomb of the mother of
the Emperor, and as they were found empty,
any attempt to determine whose remains they
once contained w-ould be merely hazarding an
opinion.
Mr. Giuseppe Hvz’er, a well known Mai
tese artist, has (with the permission ol' Com
modore Elliott) taken correct drawings of
these interesting antiquities; the more inter
esting, because they were brought away as
soon as discovered, and no time elapsed for
t leir mu’ilation by the country people, nor have
they suffered from the hammers of curious
travellers. From the drawings, exaci copies
or models might he cut at a trifling expense
in Malta stone, and an idea be thus preserved
of the beauty of design of two monuments of
Roman grandeur, which are about to leave the
old world forever.
* Commander-in-Chief of the United States eqn&dron
in the Mediterranean.
MILK SICKNESS.
The following account of the * Milk Sick
nessness’ which has been so fatal in some parts
of the West, is from a correspondent of an
Indiana paper :
“ At Logansport, on the banks of the Wa
bash, I was cautioned by an elderly lady
against taking either m Ik, butter, or beef, on
my way to Vincennes. Asa reason for her
caution, she informed me that the milk sick
ness was common in this State. I had heard
of it before, but knew little of it. She inform
ed me that many deaths occurred annually by
this dreadful malady. There is a difference
of opinion as to the cause that produces it ;
but the general opinion is that it is occasioned
by the yellow oxyd of arsenic in the low ground
and woodland, and particularly near the Wa
bash river, and that some weed, (yet unknown)
imbibes the poison, and # when eaten by cattle,
causes them to quiver, stagger, and die within
a few hours. If cows eat it, the milk is poi
soned, or butter that is made from the milk ;
and it is also as sure death to those who use
the milk or butter as it is to the animal that
cats the weed. Great care is taken to bury
such cattle as die with it ; for if dogs, &c. cat
their flesh, they share' the same fate, and it
operates upon them ns violently ns upon the
creature that was first affected with it. The
butcher uniformly, in this State, runs the vie
tim of his knife a mile, to heat the blood, and if
it has eaten the wcod, it will at once, on stop.
ping, quiver and shake; ittt <Joc3 ;.of, It Is con
sidered as safe to butcher, and this is the uni
form teat, even when beef cattle show r.o
signs of having eaten the weed. Indiana is
not alone in this misfortune, there have been
many cases in some parts of Ohio, and south
western States. I have seen many farms with
comfortable buildings on, and improvements
entirely abandoned, and their owners fled in
to other quarters to avoid the dreadful curse.
And yet, I confess I have never seen anv sec
tion of the country superior in soil to the land
adjo ning the Wabash, and this is ti e only ob
jection to it.
CROSS FltttVG.
A score is given in the Bn1t ; mo-r Trnrs
and ipt from the Vaudeville of “ The P oncers
of Piochclic.” which, when well acted, must
be exceedingly amusing. The p ; ece was
written for Mis3 Bunv’e bv J. 11. TT< wit’,
Esq. In this scene, which we co 'V below,
Corpora! C irto ich amuses himrelf with ftoing
through the manual exercise, while Loza,
seated at her work-table, abstractedly ques
tions him concerning matrimony.’
Lezx. If a girl were to f ill in love with you,
Corporal, what would you do 7
Carl ouch. Present arms !
L. She would doubtless look to you for—
C. Support!
L. And then what a heavy burden you’d
have to—
C. Carry ?
L. Your butcher and baker would have to—
C. Charge?
L. Your prosrccts, of course, would not—
C. Advance !
L. And you’d have to—
C. ’Bout face?
L. And never have any—
C Rest!
L. Now, Co-poral, pray give me your—
C. Attention !
L. A man of your years is not able to bear
such a—
C. Load !
L. You are not in your—
C. Prime!
L. Your wife may—
C. Bout!
L. Leave you, but she will soon—-
C. Return !
L. And then you’d have to bear all on
your—
V. Shoulder!
L. Would you be—
C. Ready!
L. I think you would have some other—
C. Aim !
L. And you’d throw your epistles into the—
C. Fire! (Fires the musket.)
Abolition is on the wane. The Methodist
conferences, the Preshyterian svnods, the Epis
eopalian Conventions, tho “ Friends’ Yearly
Meetings,” &c. &c. are in full blast against
the humbug. When the Church and the best
part of the State are united against the fana
tics, whence are they to get their recruits, ex
cept from Tophet or some other dark hole !
N. 0. Picaj unne.
EENNVROYAL.
VT»»————— —*©''*■ out u ilic llcali ufliuiova
and cows, and confer great kindness on their
animals, in preven’ing the usual annoyance of
flies, by simply washing the parts with the ex
tract of pennyroyal. Files will not alight a
moment on the snot to which thi.<i has 1)000
applied. Every mui who is compassionate to
his beast, ought to know this simple remedy,
and every livery stable and country inn ought
to have a supply on hand for travellers. C
Yankee Farmer.
“ Timothy,” said a certain Grocer to his
clerk, “ Iv’e joined the Temperance society,
and it won’t look well to sell liquor before
folks ; so if any |>crson calls for any, you must
take them into the back room.”
NOMENCLATURE of the month.
A late wit, at the time when the revolution
ary names of the months, (Thermidor. Floreal,
Nivose, &c.) were adopted in France, propos
ed to extend the innovation to our own lan.
guage, somewhat on the following model :
Freezy, S eezy, Wheezy, Showery, Lowery,
Bowery, Flowery, Snowev, Flowev, Glowey.
The negro. George, the property of Pleasant
Stovall, E q was tried before the judges of
the inferior Court, on Tuesday last, for com
mitting a rape on a white female, was found
Guilty, and sentenced to he hung on the 10th
inst. between of 10 A. M. and 3 P. M.
Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Bank Convention at Pniladelphia de
termined to remme specie payments on the
13th day of this month.
Mr. Lovejoy of Georgia, one of the passen
gers saved in the late catastrophe of the Pulas
ki. was also on board of the Home, and the
Wm. Gibbons—three of the most appalling
situations of danger ever recorded.
DEATH 0? COMMODORE ROGERS.
The Philadelphia papers announce the death
of Commodore John Rogers, a distinguished
commander in the United States Nnw. The
Inquirer states, that he expired on Wednesday
evening, about 9 o’clock ,at the Naval Asylum,
near the Schuylkill, in the seventy-fourth year
of Ins age, after a long and painful illness,
which he bore with Christian patience and re
signation.
ARRTVAT, OF THE OH EAT W EATER V
i o • B ! C *l n f’ rent Western, from Bristol, 21st
u!\B o clock In the evening, renched the Quarantine
Ground at 9 o’clock, A. m. with ISO passengers, mak
ing the passage in fourteen and a half days, or a
fortnight and twelve hours, //er passage out was
made in one hour short of thirteen days. She bring*
as much freight ns she could carrv. Among the pas
sengers are the F.riPor of the Courier and Fnquirer, and
Mr. and Mrs A- Mathews, (l.Ve il/adnme Vestris.) The
Sinus arr ved out in little more than 15 days.
The weather in England had been excellent for the
crops up to the 17th ult., when the weather was cold
and stormv for a dav ortwo, wuhout afTec'irg he crops.
On the 20:h the weather was favorable. The prospect
18 " vera S p cro P »n Great Britain.
The Great TFestern Steam Ship Company hare
mJ ncr c aße j rs ra P i,? ' l from to
A. I,ooo,oo°—The'r first objects will he to establish two
jdditiona] Steani Ship® of the firm class, for their line#
between Great Britain and the United States, one of
thoee ships being npnmprioted to that of Liverpool and
Hew-York—F-V fy y t!i , t>th t»*.
ORIGINS 1,.
—. . T— -k— , - I '
Sauihera Pu«.
„ - Athens, o/A, 1838.
Ms. Editor You s.touiej have heard
; from me ere this, had I been tittle to withdraw
myself from the busy, bustling agitations of
Commencement. But when rcmcir.lier
thru t ic present is tho fust v i „it that I have
mate to my Alma Mater graduating,
you will readily forgive a littUe- “lurchcsse” ia
oncsponder.ee. In to Athens of
j ter an absence of three yea*—*. I supposed l
: coii-i behold my once loved nh*. udewith the in
difference of a stranger. how different
was the impression il made u Tp o n me. The
sweet, but at the same time *be melancholy
j associations inspired by agnit* beholding the
| hallowed see::es of tny first,, nn( ] b est) and
I loti est aspirations, worealmo „ t overpowering,
i Tney swept in wild and ti* .-nultuous tides
across a he irt. that deemed, aft «r a rough in.
; tercoursc with the world, it cr «uld look back
; upon the pure and noble plensv* res of a college
oursc, and not tremble with at the
recollection. But it was not s«o. No Jewish
maiden ever returned from ex i Teto her happy
Jerusalem, excite 1 by feelings -so deep, so na
tural, so thrilling. This is no l>u w'lesque, I assure
you, upon the hacknied subject of sensibility.
For though the world, time, ar»<- J ambition, may
at last wear off the keen, xasitive edge of
feeling, yet the early impressio- of animated
youth defies obliteration. Lilc the sinner in
Lalla Rookli, the memory of «nrly days will
come flooding over the heart ’•'til tears, cither
of repentance for follies com K -fitted, pledges
unredeemed, or time never, no, -%,-erto be recall
ed, bids the warm gash to f!o\v~ in streams un.
bidden from the deep and sources
of feeling.
I was particularly anxious to have arrived
before the first division of the class ex
hibited, on Tuesday morning, s it was the last
j class with whom I was families r.(tliev having
rose Sophomores iu August, 1 But the
weather proved so sultry and oppressive, that
we were unable to reach here Ixfore Tuesday
to tea. On that night, the Ji* * ,j 0 r Class deliv
ered their orations, which we usually about
ten minutes long. They generally res
pectable. but contained less of t hat spirit, viva
city. elevation of sentiments, ar*«z! grace and ani
mation of delivery, that formerl v characterized
the speeches of tire Junior opbl tors of Frank
lin College. Among those hat struck my
attention with force, was Mr. . S. Atkinson’a
on the “triumphs of the mind ;"* and Mr. J. B.
Jones’, on the “ policy ofestaUl ishing an inter
national copy-right law.” He-, maintained the
j affirmative of the question wit F great stretigthr
ofargument, logical arranger*-*ents, and earn*
1 cstness of gesticulation, and sxjsccecded in tri.
umphantly maintaining his pxcusition. Lord
j Thurlow, the great friend of literary merits,
■ and himself an author of celebrity,
would have been gratified to have seen his
favorite subjects, so appropri?3*-tcly discussed.
The cause of the marked dee 1 jne in the excel
lence of oratory by the Junior is attribut
ed with good reason to the facet, that the privi
lege of electing their own has been
withdrawn, from the two socie-r ics. Hitherto,
! the Bcmasthonmn ond Pi,; x-3f O |i|)o Societies
nave exercised the right of ele<L_-ting the differ
ent competitors, orators to ap j -ear on the Ju
: nior day. This honor, confe*- *-ed exclusively
: by the choice of their brother i-xacmbers, was a
1 high excitement to the candid sates for distinc
t on. Andthoie desirous of cobtuining it, at*
1 tended assiduously to the dut of their res
pect') e societies, and, of courss«, improved in
te chief requisites of oratory. Not oily in
this did they improve, but in t Ijat high-toned
sentiment, and elevated bcarir* which inde
pendence of action on subjects that command
a fee excrcire of the judgnie* it and choice,
c» i alone afford. Tnechango lias been made
so manifest, that the attention of the honorary
members of'the two bodies has t>ccn called to it,
and a committee from each has been appointed
to report upon the expediency «of restoring the
rg.it oi election to tie societies and to memo
rialize, if necessary, the trustees upon the sub
ject. As the prosperity of institution is
identified with the existence of* the Phi Kappa
and Deiriosthcnian societies, r* ■ id as they re
quire proper incentives to proses rve an interest
in their proceedings, 1 think it I—»iglilyl —»iglily probable
that the Faculty will coincide w~ iththe opinion
ns it regards the policy of the * restitution, ai.d
that the trustees themselves, upon a consider
ation of the subject, will see tho importance of
restoring this almost immemorial privilege to
its legitimate place oi'exeicise.
7 ne duties of Commenceme*-* t day were ful
fil ed, by all concerned, with at» i I ity and credit.
Tae young men that most attracted tho
public eye, on that occasion, were Messrs.
Palmer, Irvin, and Sandlord, w shared alike
the first honor. Mr. Palmer t*ttracted every
ear at all sensitive to the beauties of fine com
position, and distinct and impressive delivery,
by a most exquisite production «jpon tire sub
ject of a “ Call for moral eflort in the present
age. Irvin delivered astro;* g and sensible
oration, upon a theme well calcz: ulated to elicit
deep reflection,and evinced totl * ose who heard
him, that “ time oveithrows the i Husious ol opi
nion ; but establishes the decisions of nature.”
It devolved upon Mr. Sandfo*- <f, of Grecns
borough, to deliver the Valedictory Address
to his class. Never have I felt, upon any ° c *
cas'on so deeply, the melanch<z»!y impression,
made upon me by those feelin lines, which,
answered as such an uppropric*_ te caption to
the Senior bills: '
“ To-day, young Joy entwines ui a spell,
And bluu.cyed Hope and pleasure us dwell!
To-morrow, comes tiie word we gri*3r ve to tell,
The sound that bids us linger yet—farewell!"
I have lieen present at many occasions like
that of Commencement day, but never do I re
member one in which there was scz> much natural
and heat tfolt excitement. It w j 3*3 no artificial
parade, 110 pompous ostentation,, but a sponta
neous expression of kindred sen I. intents, a day
of abiding regrets, an occasion at last,
called for a final separation of b carts that had
spent the green pleasures of y -outh together
for the long period of four yeans , Alas! bow
often amid the turmoils and st trifesof a bad
world, will they look back to tF»*it most inter
esting era. How soon will they perceive, with
all the bitterness of the convict; «zz»n, that amidst
he cherished associations of the i r Alma Mater,