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jSJJERIChll COLLEGES.
Tic leading Educational Institu
tions of tnc United States.
Sketches of the College of New Jersey,
Columbia College, the Univer
ity of Penmylvania, and
Brown University.
"We resume to day our series of articles on
the principal colleges of the United States,
giving sketches of the following institutions:
The College Nv Jereey,
located at Princeton, dates its origin back to
the year 174J, when the original charter was
procured from the authorities of the pro
vince. The movement which resulted in its
foundation grew out of dissensions in the
Presbyterian Church, caused by the preaching
ef Whitfield in the year 1741. The religious
education of the adherents of the new church
party had become a matter of great conside
ration, especially after the death of the Rev.
William Tennent, who had been giving in
struction at NeRhaminy in what was known
as the Log College, from which several emi
nent divines had gone forth. The first
l'resident selected was the Rev. John
DickiusoB, who died in 1747, before
the institution was ready for operation.
A new charter was obtained from Governor
Belcher in 174S, iu which year the Rev. Aaron
Burr, father of the eccentric politician of the
same name, was chosen President. The
first class, numbering six members, graduated
this year. Iiurr died in 1757, the year in
which the college was permanently located at
Princeton. The new institution appears to
Lave been quite prosperous under his man
agement, 114 students having graduated from
it during these ten years.
The distinguished metaphysician, Jonathan
Edwards, was next chosen President, but he
died in 1758, just as he was about entering
upon the discharge of his duties. The Rev.
Samuel Davies, an eminent divine, was the
next l'resident, but his career was also cut
Bhort by death in 17G1. Previous to his ap
pointment he had visited Kngland, and suc
ceeded in obtaining a considerable contribu
tion, by which means a college building was
erected in 175b', which was not only the finest
structure of the kind in the country, but the
largest single ediQco in the colonies at that
time. It was named Nassau Hall, in honor of
the great Protestant hero William III, a name
which the splendid building now used by the
College still bears. The original Naswau Hall
Was nearly destroyed by fire in 1812; and
ga1n, is March,' 1655, It was ravaged by the
same disastrous element, the walls alone being
left standing.
From 17(il to 17C6, the presidency was filled
ty the Rev. Samuel Finley. The Rev. John
Witherspoon was then called from Scotland to
eccupy the place, and in 1768 he was inaugu
rated, remaining at the head of the institution
until his death, in 1794. During tho Revolu
tionary war, however, he served as a member
of the Continental Congress,' and on the esta
blishment of peace he did not return to the
active discharge of his duties. At the out
break of the War of Independence, the College
was in a very prosperous condition in point
of numbers, the graduating classes having
averaged about 20 members for several
years previous, that of 1773 containing 29.
The classes of 1775 and 177(1 numbered 27 each
but that of 1777 was reduced to 7, and -1 , -
the next seven years there aa"D8
dnates altogether. rr' - only 48 gra
indeed. were u College exercises,
tim ' . oadly Interfered with at this
me battle of Princeton being followed by
contest between the American and British
forces in its very precincts. The latter were
then occupying the buildings, and during the
contest a stray shot from the American lines
Jassed directly through the portrait of George
I which hung in the chapel in Nassau Hall.
The Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, an accom
plished and popular scholar, who had been
acting as President for several years, was
litd to that position in 1795. and retained
the office until his resignation in 1812. lie
was succeeded by the Rev. Ashbel Green, from
1812 to 1822, and in 1823 commenced the long
presidency of the Rev, James Carnahan, D. D.,
LL. D., lasting until his resignation in 1854.
Since then the position has been filled by the
Eev. John Maclean, D. D., LL. 1).
From the Revolution to the present time
the College has been among the most prospe
rous in the country, although its membership
suffered considerably from the civil war, a
large number of its students having previously
eome from the Southern States. The class of
1806 was the largest in its early history, num
bering 54 members. For several years prece
ding the late war, the classes averaged about 70;
that of 1850 rose to 80; and that of 1861 to 81.
In 1802, however, there were but 49 graduates,
and in 1863 only 51. The last general cata
logue was published in that year, and con
tained the names of 3980 graduates, of whom
. 1619 were dead and 2361 still living. Among
the celebrated men which Prinoeton has given
to the world were the two Richard Stocktons,
President Reed, Dr. Benjamin Rush, Oliver
Ellsworth, James Madison, President of the
United States, Aaron Burr, John Sergeant, and
Theodore Frelinghnysea.
The present condition of the institution is
shown in the following statement of the num
ber of students in attendance during the past
two years:
. 1806-67. 180.5-08.
Seniors 4 52
J union 5 0!)
BophOKiore W 77
Fretiniiien o'i 40
Totals 241 "aas
The commencement for this year took place
n the 26th of June, and of the class which
then graduated ten were from Pennsylvania;
the four following being of Philadelphia,
Henry Hazlehurst, William J. lloar, Edward R.
Miller,' and James C. Wilson.
The different libraries connected with the
' COHece number 24,000 volumes. During the
past three years the funds of the institution
!or the endowment of professorships and scho
larshiDS have been increased by donations
SnounUng to more than $135,000, in addition
JT fund of 110,000 for the erection of an
astronomical observatory.
Columbia College,
Wated In the city of New York, was esta
Ked the year 1754, under the title of
SKlege. Vrom the records o Trinity
rhurch- it appears that as early as the year
IB !..'lKtZ wti.m of the Colonial Gov-
JIIIEJPAn
these ziionevs wr vented in a Board
of ten trustees, of 'whom "even
were numbers of the Church of England.
Several of the latter were likewise vestryman
of Trinity Church, and this circumstance,
taken in connection with a liberal grant of
land made by Trinity, occasioned a violent
opposition to the granting of a royal charter
to the projected institution, on the ground that
it was an attempt to Introduce a Church esta
Hsbment into the province. In November,
1753, Dr. Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut,
was invited to become President of the pro
posed College, which position he accepted, on
the passage of the charter in October, 1754.
From this period dates the history of the
collpgiate corporation which, next to Harvard
University, is the wealthiest in the United
States.
The institution was given tb.9naraeof King's
College, and was placed under the manage
ment of a board of governors, including tlie
Archbishop of Canterbury and various colo
nial and home officials for the time Koine, the
ministers of Trinity, the Reformed Protestant
Dutch, the German Lutheran, the French, and
the Presbyterian Churches, and twenty-four of
me principal men or the city. Although it is
now generally regarded as an institution of the
rrotestant Episcopal Church, it is not so. pro
perly speaking. But by an imperative re
quirement, the President must be a member
of and in communion with that denomination.
The ground designated by Trinity Church
for the site of the College was bounded by
Barclay, Church, and Murray streets, and the
Hudson river. This was granted to the Col
lege in May, 1755; and on a portion of it, at
the foot of what was then called Upper Robin
son Btreet, now Park Place, the College was
subsequently built, remaining there for a
period of one hundred and three years, until a
removal was rendered necessary in 1857, by
the demands of business. The portion of the
lands granted by Trinity which was not re
quired for College purposes was leased, the
rental furnishing the institution with a valu
able revenue. In addition to the above grant,
and the money raised by lottery, the resources
of the College were increased by contributions
from England, France, and America, and by a
Legislative grant, in 1814, of twenty acres of
land, bounded by the present Fifth and Sixth
avenues, and Forty-seventh and Fifty-first
streets. At that time this tract was worth
about $5000, but at the present day its value,
owing to the improvement of the neighbor
hood, is almost incalculable.
In 1763 Samuel Johnson was succeeded in
the Presidency by the Rev. Myles Cooper,
LL.D., who retained the position until 1775.
He was only twenty-seven years of age when
he came over from England to take the posi
tion, and was somewhat given to the composi
tion of rather unchaste poetry. Being an
earnest sympathizer with the Tories, he be
came very unpopular, and was finally obliged
to escape from the city under cover of dark
ness, being saved from personal violence only
through the exertions of Alexander Hamilton,
then a student of the College. Since that
time, the following persons have filled the
office of President: Rev. William Samuel
Johnson, a son of the first President (1787
1800), Rev. Charles Wharton, D.D. (1801),
Bishop Benjamin Moore, (1801-1811), Rev.
William Harris. D.D. (1811-1829), Hon.
William A. Duer, LL.D. (1829-1842),
Nathaniel F. Moore, LL.D. (1842-1849), Rev,
Charles King, LL.D. (1849-18i4), and the
Rev. Frederick II. P. Barnard, D. D., LL.D.,
the present Incumbent. 1
The first class that graduated from the Col
lege was in 1758, and consisted of 8 members.
It was not until 1760, when 11 students were
graduated, that this number was equalled.
(m x75'8 to 1776 the graduates numbered
l. In April of the latter year, the buildings
were taken for military purposes, and the Col
lege exercise? were ataost "entirely suspended
until the rcluiru of peace. Among the stu
dents who were prevented from completing
their regular course was Alexander Hamilton.
In 1784 the institution was erected into a
University; but this proved unsuccessful, and
in 1787 its original organization was restored,
and the name ohanged to Columbia College.
At subsequent periods slight changes were
effected in the organization by legislative
authority. In 1820 important alterations and
additions to the buildings were made, and in
May, 1857, the College was removed from its
old location on Park Place to East Forty-
ninth street, between Madison and Fourth
avenues.
The first graduating class after the Revolu
tionary War was that of 1786, which numbered
8 members. From that time to the present
the size of the classes has' varied greatly,
reaching the maximum in 1863, when 48 were
graduated, but seldom rising above 35.
Among the prominent men which it has given
to the country were John Jay, Chief Justioe of
the United States; De Witt Clinton and Hamil
ton Fish, Governors of New York; Daniel D.
Tompkins, Vice-President of the United States;
Gouverneur Morris, Robert R. Livingston, and
John Slidell.
In 1767 a Medical Department was esta
blished, the first graduating class being that of
lvbli, and numbering two members. It did
not prosper, however, and was discontinued
on the establishment of the College of Phy
sicians and SurgeonB in 1813. In 1860 a union
was effected with the latter prosperous insti
tution, which is now known as the Medical
Department of Columbia College.
In 1827 a grammar school was established
in connection with the College, but this was
discontinued in IpuJ. InlbJOamore popu
lar course of study, known as the Literary
and Scientific Course, was established; but
this did not meet with muoh favor, and was
also discontinued in 1843. In 1bu.5, however,
it was reorganized by the appointment of the
Faculty of the School of Mines, which is now
in a very prosperous condition, in May,
1858, the Law School was established, and
has become one of the largest in the country,
The last general catalogue was issued in
1864, and contained the names of 2418 regular
graduates of the different departments. Of
these 701 were known to be deceased, and 1717
supposed to be living. The graduates in arts
numbered 1911, of whom 682 were known to
be deceased, and 122!) supposed to be living.
The number of students in attendance in the
various departments during the past two years
was as loliows:
180&-C7. 1805 68.
Academic Department:
Heritors 31
Juulora VJH
Hophomoree 42
Kresliuien a(J 110
School of Mine:
Hen lor Cluss 4
Ixwer Classes (i7
Bpeotul Course 3d 108
32
1U-M9
6
4S
tS5 89
Law Brliool:
Hen lorn 2
(11
Juniors 71 108 117178
Medical School 841 4U5
Totals 75l
881
OO-
The regular Annual Commencement
on the 26th of June. 1
The University ot Pennsylvania-
dates its organization as a collegiate Institu
tion back to the year 1755. But it had its
origin some years before in the Academy of
Philadelphia, which went into operation in the
year 1750, and for its establishment was chiefly
indebted to the exertions of Jkajasuin Frank
JULY 17, 1867.
lln. As early aa lnSO a public school had been
started in Philadelphia, under the instruction
of Oeorge Keith, in which both Latin aud the
mathematics were taught. Franklin flret com
municated his scheme for an Academy to the
Rev. Richard Peters In the year 1743, and in
1749 it was revived by him, in connection with
Thomas Hopkinson and others. On this occasion
Franklin issued a pamphlet entitled 'Propo
sals relative to the education of youth in Penn
sylvania." In his introduction to this pam
phlet, however, with characteristic modesty,
he took care to represent the scheme, "not as an
act of his, but of some publio-spirited gentle
men, avoiding as much as he could, according
to his usual rule, the presenting himself to
the public as the author of any scheme for
their benefit." The new Academy was placed
under the control of a Board of Trustees, in
cluding Franklin himself, James . Logan,
Thomas Hopkinson, Richard Peters, Jacob
Dnche, Philip Syng, Charles Willing, and
6ther influential men of the town. Vvilliara
B. Reed, Esq., in his Centennial Address
before the Alumni of the University, on tho
13th of November, 1849, Justly remarked that
they were "men of character, and standing
and learning; or where, as with the greatest
of them, mere scholarship was wanting, of
masculine intelligence, and pure, vigorous,
American mother wit." He adds that
"the master-spirit then, as the master
spirit in every effort to do public good, from
the hour when he landed penniless at Market
Btreet wharf, till the distant day when, at the
end of almost a century, he was carried amidst
mourning crowds and tolling bells to his
modest and almost forgotten grave, was Benja
min Franklin. His mind conceived and his
energy achieved the first Philadelphia College."
It should also be remembered, in this connec
tion, that at the time Franklin made his" first
proposition to organize the Academy, there
were but, three collegiate institutions in the
colonies Howard, Yale, and William and
Mary.
The articles of association were signed by
the Trustees on the 13th of November, 1749,
and on the following day over '2000 were sub
scribed by them towards furthering the noble
object they had in view. To this sum large
additions were soon made by the citizens, in
the way of subscriptions, gifts, and legacies,
and 200 were granted by the City Counoils,
in addition. Franklin deemed it a matter of
vital importance that the proposed Academy
should secure a permanent location, and with
this object in view, he shrewdly took advan
tage of the religious excitement which had
been created in the community by the cele
brated Methodist preacher, John Whitefield.
For the accommodation of the latter and simi
lar itinerant preachers of the gospel, a build
ing had been erected and placed under the
control of members of the different religious
bodies. One of, the members of this
board had been a Moravian, but as
his course had not been satisfactory
to his colleagues, it was resolved, on his death,
to omit his sect altogether. As there was no
other denomination from which to select his
successor Franklin secured his own election,
on the ground that he belonged to no sect at
all. Having become a member of both boards,
Franklin was enabled to accomplish the object
he had in view, that of uniting the school and
the meeting-house. In accordance with the
agreement then made the main hall of the
University is still thrown open to itinerant
preachers, and frequently during the past
winter it has been occupied by them. The
building in which the itinerants preaohed in 1
those days had been commenced fa 1741 and
completed in 1744. In 1749 Franklin secured
its purchase by the association , he . had
formed for the gum of 777, and in 1751
the new Academy was opened in it,
with English, Latin, and mathematical depart
ments, and a separate instructor in each. A
charity school was likewise opened in connec
tion with the Academy, in which the children
of such citizens as were too poor to pay the
fees were taught gratuitously. Charles Thom
son, who subsequently became Secretary to
Congress, was for four years one of the tutors.
The location ot tne building was on a lot at me
corner of Fourth and Arch streets, where it
still stands. During the war for the Union,
the " University Light Infantry" occupied it
as an armory.
The nrowieLaries of the nrovince. in 17j3,
granted a charter to the organization, under
the title of "The Trustees of the Academy and
Charitable School in the Province of Pennsyl
vania." The course of instruction was then
extended bo as to embrace logic, rhetoric,
and natural and moral philosophy, and the
Rev. William Smith, who subsequently be
came the first Provost of the Universty, was
employed to give instruction in these branohes.
In 1750 a new charter was granted, tne cor
poration receiving the title of "The Provost,
Vice-Provost, and Professors of the College
and Academy of Philadelphia, in tne rrovinue
of Pennsylvania." By this charter a oolle-
giate character, with the power of confer
ring degrees, was imparted to the insuiuuou,
and the Rev. William Smith, a scholarly
Scotchman, who had given much attention to
the subject of education, was appointed Pro
vost. The first class, numbering 7 members,
graduated on the 17th of May, 1757. Among
these first graduates were Jacob uueno, juy
lain of the Continental Congress, and Francis
Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of In
dependence. Provost Smith, in 1762, made a
voyage to Europe, in company with James
Jay, of New York, to solicit contubutions in
behalf of the Colleges of the two cities, an
effort in which they met with considerable
success. .
Under Smith's management the Institution
soon became popular, a number of students
from other provinces and the West Indies
being among its attendants. In 176 it .was
found necessary to erect a separate bunding
for the accommodation of the students from a
distance, the requisite funds being readily
raised by a lottery. In this way about
was realized, including the home subscriptions
and legacies. A grant of three thousand acres
of land in Bucks county, accompanied by a
contribution of 500 in cash, had be en i re
ceived from the Proprietaries when the nrsi
charter was obtained. The amount realized
by the mission to England waa 13,000, which
was divided between Philadelphia aud iNew
York. Ten or twelve years later the ' 'nnda of
the institution were increased full XiWM by
subscriptions in South Carolina and Jamaica.
By 1763 the number of students had risen to
400, of whom about one-third were connected
with the regular collegiate department.
In 1765 !r. Morton was appointed Professor
of the Theory and rraotioe of Physio, and Dr.
William Shippen Professor of Anatomy and
Surgery; and soon after, Dr. Kuhn, feasor
of Botany, and Dr. Benjamin Rush, Professor
nf rvrsL, . .A.iA. This was the
origin of the most famous and popular Medi
cal School in Amerira, though "was n.
regularly organized as such until 1707. in
1768 the degree of "Doctor of Medicine' was
first conferred. .... '
The inntitution was in this highly prosper
ous condition when it encountered the dissen
sions created by the Revolutionary War. Dr.
Hmith w ah n..T,a f vmtathiing with the
"vv Mil vva wa "j a g
..A Dnuiuuttfld. moreover. Of
intending, in connection with some of the
trustees, to conrt the institution into A
regular unuren oi tn gland establishment,
thereby defeating the liberal character which
the original founders had desired to Impart to
it. These difficulties culminated in 1779 '
hi7LVct,S rf,,R,eA forfiting the charter
and funds of the College, and creating a new
institution, with the title of 'The University
of Pennsylvania;" of which the Rev. Dr. John
Ewing was made Provost. Liberal grants out of
the coiifiscated estates of the Royalists were
given the new institution, and all the
offices and professorships were refilled. But
Dr. Smith was not disposed to acquiesce in
such measures'; so in 1789 he procured the
passage of an act reinstating the trustees and
faculty of the old college in all their estates
and privileges. Dr. Smith again became Pro
vost, and the two institutions battled against
each other for a period of two years. . In 1791
the old college finally succumbed, and, by an
act of the Legislature, the two institutions
were then blended in one. Dr. Smith was
unable to procure his reappointment as Pro
vost, and he retired from all connection with
the college, towards the success of which he
had contributed so much. He continued, how
ever, in the receipt of an annuity of 100
until his death, in 1803.
Dr. Ewing, the new Provost, was a native of
Maryland and a graduate ot rnnceton, and
enjoyed a high reputation for his attainments
in the classics, metaphysics, and natural
science. From the year 1759until his death
he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
Since that time the office of Provost has been
held by the Rev. Dr. John McDowell, from 1M6
to 1810; the Rev. Dr. John Andrews, from 1810
to 1813; the Rev. Dr. Frederick Beasley, from
1813 to 1828; Bishop William H. Delancey,
from 1828 to 1834; the Rev. Dr. John Ludlow,
from 1834 to 1852; the Rev. Dr., Henry Ve
thake, from 1854 to 1859; and the Rev. Daniel
R. (Joodwin, D. D., elected in I860.
' On the union of the two rival institutions in
1791 a department of law was added to the
University, but previous to 1852 there was
only one professor, and at times the lectures
were entirely interrupted. In 1852 the Law
School was established ' in its present form,
and the number of professors increased to
three. The Hon. Oeorge Bharswood, now
President Judge of the District Court of this
city, had been elected Professor of Law in 1850.
He was continued in his position, and Peter
McCall, Esq., and E. Spencer Miller, Esq.,
were selected to fill the new professorships.
Mr. McCall subsequently retired, and P. Pem
berton Morris, Esq., was appointed to the
vacancy thus created.
The largest graduating class in the College,
previous to the Revolutionary War, was that of
1771, which numbered 14 members. The
next class fell to 2 members, and from that
period until the union of the two institutions
the graduating classes were quite small. The
largest classes since then have been those
of 1821, with 34 members; 1822. with 26 mem
bers; and 1841, with 31 members. The last
general catalogue issued was in 1849, when
the institution had completed the first century
of its existence. This contained the names of
1120 graduates. Since that time the graduat
ing classes have averaged about 20 in number,
so that the alumni of the Literary Department
number about 1480 in all. A new general cata
logue is now in course of preparation.
The present condition of the different de
partments is shown in the following statement,
which gives the number of students for 1866-67,
as compared with 1865-66 :
180(67. 1805-60.
Department of Arts
(Seniors
JuDiors
Hopt'omores
Freshmen
. 20
. 21
. -7
19
27
29
Zi
5-10-5
521
G8
Hoi. ntltlo and i'artial If 100
Dei artmentof Medicine 4iit
Department of Law t!7
Total University Students
English Charity Hcuools
mi
m
(it) t
130
"827
Grand Totals 707
At the different Commencements held dur
ing the past two years, the following degrees
were conferred,
18(10-67. 188.5-fi8.
Uachelorof Aats 20 17
Master of Arts 10 20
liachelor of Laws 18 , 14
Doctor of Medicine 159 103
Totals '..."m 2H
An earnest effort is now being made by the
authorities of the University to extend the
sphere of its usefulness. With that object in
view, important modifications have been made
during the past year in the course of study,
and the New England system of long
reviews of the studies of the year, fol
lowed by thorough and detailed examina
tions, adopted. The project of removing the
Academio Department to a suburban locality
is also being discussed. The removal of the
Law and Medical Departments from the centre
of the city would sadly interfere with their
success, so that it is proposed to retain them
in their present location. As a preliminary to
the removal of the Academio Department, it is
proposed to raise $500,000 as a new endowment,
and until the subscription for this is fairly
under way, no definite steps can be taken by
the Trustees in the matter. The project Is
being actively canvassed, and it is to be hoped
that within a short time the measure will
assume a tangible form. If the University
should be so fortunate as to secure this in
crease in its present endowment, it would be
able to erect in a convenient locality near the
city such buildings as would be rendered ne
cessary by the proposed extension in its
courses of study. These last contemplate the
establishment of a department in which those
more practical studies which are so rapidly
becoming popular will be taught, while the
regular Academio course as at presont consti
tuted will remain unchanged. j
Brown University, j
the principal educational institution of the
Baptist demoninauon in tnis country, was
chartered by the General Assembly of Rhode
Island in 1764. Until the year 1804 it bore
the title of the College of Rhode Island, which,
in that year, was changed to Brown Univer
sity, by virtue of a provision in tne ensrwr
empowering the trustees and fellows to give it a
more particular, name, "in honor of the great
est and most distinguished benefactor." It
was indebted for its origin to the personal exer
tions of the Rev. James Manning, a Baptist
clergyman of New Jersey, who, in 1763, visited
Newport for the purpose of securing in behalf
of a projected College in the interests of his
denomination, the aid of certain prominent
Baptists who were then connected with the
Colonial Government. Its founders desired
that the institution might forever remain
under the paramount control of the Baptist
persuasion, and henoe it was provided that
they should enjoy a predominance in the
Board of Trustees. The President was also
required to be of that faith, but no restrictions
were placed on the choice of the remaining
officers, and several other denominations have
always been represented in the Board of Trus
tees. It was, moreover, provided in the
charter "that into this liberal and catholic in
stitnlinn nliall never I admitted any religions
fata lint nn th nmitrarv. all the members
Shall forever enjoy full, free, absolute, and ua
interrupted liberty of conscience." ,
MAtiMinir'a services were properly recog
nized by his selection as President ia the year
17C5. He began at 'Onoe the instruction of a
few pupils at "his private residence at Warren,
where the first commencement Was held in
17C9, the grsduating class numbering 7 mem
bers. In 1770, after quite a local contest, the
institution was permanently established at
Providence. From its foundation to the year
1777 there were CO graduates in all. From
that time to 1782, the regular exercises were
interrupted by the war, the college building
helng occupied by the State militia, and by the
French troops under Rochambeau, as a hos
pital. In 1782 a class of 7 members was
graduated, and In 1783 another class of 6. The
next . lass was that of 1786, with 15 members.
In 190, the graduates numbered 22, in 1802,
28, and in 1808, 33. The largest class evor
graduated was one of 48 members, in 1829.
During the last few years, the average num
ber has been about 40.
In 1786 President Manning was elected to
Congref s, but bis connection with the oollege
did not terminate until his death, in 1791. In
1792 the Rev. Jonathan Maxcy, D. D., was
iae,c., I,re8i(lent, retaining the position until
180-, when he succeeded President Edwards at
Union College. He subsequently became the
first 1 resident of the College of South Carolina,
at Columbia. From 1802 to 1826 the Rev. Asa
1 nese were prosperous days for the institution,
rendered especially so by the liberal donations
of the Hon. Nicholas Brown, a graduate,
amounting altogether to about (100,000. In
gratitude for this timely aid the college was
honored with his name.
Froiu 1827 to 1855 the Celebrated divine,
fnncis Wayland, D. D., LL.D., occupied the
Presidential chair, and during hia term of
office materially improved the course of study,
llis services in the cause of universal educa
tion are too well known to need recapitulation
here. In 1855 the Rev. Barnas Sears, D. D.,
LL.D., became President,' retaining the posi
t on until a few months since, when he
resigned, to become President of the Board of
TrtBt.'es of the Peabody Southern Educa
t onal Fund. His successor has not yet been
chosen, the Rev. Dr. Anderson, President of
Rochester University, to whdm the position
war tendered, having declined it. 1
The Institution is now one of the most
prosperous - minor colleges in the United
States. A few years ago, $200,000 were given
bv citizens of Vrnvideni-o tnwardii Ua fiirfTmr
endowment, and since then a movement has
I een in progress for increasing it by an addi
tion of 300,hJ0 more. The library, contain
ing 3J,000 volumes, is one of the be3t college
libraries in the country, and is being con
tinually enlarged hv tha nrncndd tit a t'un.l nf
$25,000, established for this purpose . iu 1839.
ine general catalogue published in ltfuu con
tains the names of 2266 graduates, of whom 947
were then deceased, and 1319 still living.
During the past two years, the number of
students has been as follows: ' '
-,: , .: J i 1S60-07.
Resident Graduates..... 2
1865-63.
2
:!7
e uior a .,.
nniors.. K5 '
".7
39
u
51
Hnpliomoief ..4i)
'resnmen 73
" "190 ' ' 176 '
The degree of "Bachelor of Philosophy" is
conferred, as well as that of "Bachelor of
Arts." ' The annual commencement does not
take place until the 4th of September' next.
There are.no Philadelphians in the graduating
class. ' ' - ' '
In a few days we shall resume the subject,
with sketches of the institutions of learning
which loilow the above in tlie order of their
establishment.
Wa are In the Midst of a Revolution.
No more nremataredecavof tlie teeth. Sozo-
dokt renders them indestructible. Nay, more, It
mokes the enamel as white as Parian marble,
and the breath as odoriferous as "the Hweet
South brexthtnii o'er bunks of violets." Neither
the teeih nor tue gums can Decome aiseased, u
It Is ustd daily.
AFE DEPOSIT COMPANY;
Tne Fidelity Insurance, Trast and Safe
Deposit Company, tow tno oaf
Kooplne; ot Bonds, Stocks, and
Other Valuables.
CAPITAL , 9500,000
DIHMCTORH.
N. B. BROWNE. .EDWARD W. CLARK,
CLARENCE U. CLARK, ALEXANDER UEMitV
JOHN WEUHH, B. A. CALDWELL,
J, GiXJJJSUHAM FELL.lHENRY (X OLBbON,
Office In the i'lre proof Bulldlug af tbe Philadelphia
National Bank, CilEMN UT Street above Fourth.
This Company receive on deposit, and GUARAN
TEES TUE BAE KEEPING Off VAXUAJiLES
npon the following ratea a year, via.:
Coupon Bonds........ m. ........M per flow
KealBtered Bonds and Securities Jie cents per lluoo
Gold Coin or Bullion ll-Wper f LOO
Bllver Coin or Bullion....... $2 per 10
Gold or Bllver Plate...................... Hfwr 10
Cast) Boxes or small tin boxes of Bankers, Brokers,
Capitalists, etc., contents unknown to the Company,
aud liability limited, ti& a year.
Tbe Company oUers for KENT (.renter exclusively
holding the key) SAFES UNHIDE I'm VAULTS t
po, M), 10,10, and r.B a year, according to ilxa and
location.
Coupons and Interest Collected for one per cent.
Interest allowed on Money Deposits.
Tnls Company Is autborlxed to receive and execute
Trusts of every description.
lUSlmwtrp N. B. BROWNK, President.
RonrBT PTTjniin!f .iHnrrf and TreaMurer.
KEEP THEM AT HAND!
PATENTED 11th MONTII, 1866.
7 12 2m8p ' '
fgOPER'S NEW AMERICAN
BBECB-I.OAINCI KEPEATINO SUOT
rlBINOFOUBHIIO'IS IN TWOsECOSIIW,
Using ordinary Ammunition. Manufactured by the
ROPER REPEATING RIFLE COMPANY, Am
herst, Massachusetts, nnder perional supervtoloa of
C. M. SPENCER, Inventor Of the famous BPKNCBB
RIFLE. Bend tor circular. 5 Is 8mp
B
AUCH'S RAW DOME
iiipiD.Riinnpn itr OP LIMB
The great Fertiliser or all crops. Qn'c Jn
action, and permanent In Its ettoow. .Established over
twelve years. . . . . .
Dealers supplied by tbe cargo, direct from the whan
Ot tbe manufactory, on liberal terms.
Mauulactured oul by BATTOH A BON8,
tsmwTp060- MnttPSWPtn.fX'm'
COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION,
OBieiNATOBS sF IBB HIIBOUB OXIDB
2 AS,
Extract Teeth without pm or eny 111 effects.
Of t ICE, NO. TT WAtS VI TBKET,
t7 wsam Below F.lghth, PhUadelphU.
TAMES E. EVANS, GUN-MAKER, 80Uni
t J Hi reet. above tseoond, would rail lit. ;.'"'"
sportsmen to lh choiosselettlonof BUROEH 1 ROU V
AND UihH hnhhlt .ew anxortmo'it). Flies, and all
the usual JeleVi.lou oV FUINti TACKL1C iu all ICS
'YfANn'TuJI. FADING GUNS altered to
uuiii'iiii in. iiw'iM in tha best luanuer. at the
lowest ratoi7 7 18 tf
CAMPHOR TROCHE8,
. . rorfdrsFrsTsntlTSol
V. DlrlKM. brxo-rr, mod Choto. Hurt.
X A, got, Turtor, O. H. KwdK, DmulM. .tfT
JvCW una aBsosBtt, rolls.
inaiieaP!'
AUCTION SALES.
Phimv Ford, AncMoneer.
OLELLANO
M.
A CO
(HnroMWinr to Fbllln Ford (V),V
AWI'TON V.K.KM. No.
t MARK rT MfM.
JOHN B. MYEK8 A CO., AUCTION
Nos. Ss aaa 2M MARKET Btreet.
AT PRIVATE BALK. ,
IE rases fine palm funs, round hnoiUi-s.
71
B
T THOMA8 BIRCH A SON, Ho. 1110 CIIEQ-
NUT Btreet, above .ievenin n tree I,
BILVFR-PI.ATF.D WARE ANDTABLVCTUTLTCRY
t'AKl). We have now on band and oiler at private
ssle dnrlns ibis week, a general axsortment of first
di m bberht-ld plated ware and superior ivory bandla
tulle cutlery. , 71o2 ,
RalestNo. 1110 Chcnut street.
6UPKR10R HOUSEHOLD FUHN ITl'HB. PIANO
1'OKTEB. CA IIPKTS. M' KHOHS, Ac
On Friday Morning,
' At o'clock, at tbe auction store. No. 1110 Chesnnt
Street, will be sold a large ssnorlmont ot superior fur- '
nlturn, from latnllles removing, comprising walnut
purior suits In brooateile, pltixh, ana rept; elegant :
elBKi-rp; nianml and pier mirrors: walnut chniuher
suits; cottnite chnmher suits; walnut sldeOoards: ward-.
rui; book-ci sen; hat racks; velvet, ltrusls. and In-
f nil 11 carpets; olllce and library tables: soring and' '
sir man n-eses: feather-beds: marble-top tables; ,
wasbstsnds; illver-plnted ware, China, Ac . '
1 BILLIARD TAHLMU. ' r
1 Also, two bnilHrd tahlps. complete. f 7 17 2t '
S
AMUFL C. FOED PONS, AUCTIONEERS
iti o. x UU1121 cfcreet, .. .. ...
Pslesot Real Estate, Htocks, Loans, etc., at Phila
delphia Exchange, every Friday at 12 o'clock, noon.
Our sales are advertised In all the dally and severa -ot
the weekly newspapers, by separate handbills of .
encb properly, end by psmpblet catalogues, one
thousand of which will beissued on Wednesday pre- .
ceding each rale.
, REAL KBTATK AT PRIVATE. BALK.
JM. GTJMMET SONS, AUCTIONEERS .
, No. tus WALNUT Btreet
;:
Hold Regular Bales ot
REAL ESTATE, BTOCKB. AND BKTURmES AT
fr.J&K?6 ""LADKLPI11A KXCHANOK,
i..!. "fB of '""Property lBued separately. ' '
ftilM?JSM?i?PiSr Vnia'"',wl ua circulated, containing .
Ua hat ..f,oJ?Jlpr0Pe.rly.t? blu.s also.apa"
lial list el property contained la our Heal Estate Beirla.
lJ. Jid ciLered ai erivatesale. "we negis.
M.ny ln an tna naoy newspapers ;
M
THOMAS kP.MU Kflil ion . ... .
.. 8. FOURTH itreel "
. k Sale Nos. 1!K and Ml B. Fourth street.
BtTrEP10lllUKNITURE.FKKNri"p"X,.K MrR.
ffr .KO FORTE. FIREPKOOK HAFlwf,'
, , , , On Thursday Morning,
At9o'c!"ck, at the auction rooms, by catalogue'
Superior parlor, dining-room, and chamber furniture
trench plate mirrors; superior rosewood pianoforte' .
nisitresses; beds aud bending; China and glassware' -superior
fireproof aufes; desks; Brussels, imperial, and -oiher
carpet, etc. . '
Also, an Invoice ot army clothing, woollen Backs.'
Bhee'B, etc. t
PANCOAST 4 WARNOCK, AUCTIONEERS.
No, 240 M ARK ETJB TK E KT
EXCURSIONS.
pflp F0R CAPE MAY ON TUES-'
A-r-VrT-3DAYe), THURSDAYS), AND 8ATUR
1A. 1 to. t
The new and swift steamer S A MTJEL M. FELTON '
Captain L. Davis, leaves CUEHNUT Btreet wharf oa.
TUESDAYS. THUBbDA Y8, and SATURDAYS, at 9
A.M., and returning, leaves Cupe May on .Mondays.
Weducsdays, and Friday, tit 8 A, M.
Fare. WbO. Including carriage hire. . . i
Bervants, fl'76, Including curriHge hire,
' Children, 1 26, Including carriage hire. . ' ' ..if)
Excursion tickets on Hiiiurduy, good to return on
Monduy, fl, including carriage hire. .
U. tt HUDDELL. ,
N. B. Mann 8 Express Company have arranged to
attend to baggage, etc., and will check baggago
through to hotels, cottages, etc.; also, tell tickets at
their office, No. 106 B. FIFTH Btreet. 7 19 lit
FOR CAPE MA If. THE SPLEN
did new steamer blJE will lake tha
enou's' hluceon the CAPE MAY ROUTK.' '
The HUE has been built In the most substaitlal
manner lo ruu In tbe Chesapeake Bay, Is furnished la
n handsome style, lias flue state-rooms, and every
thing necessary for the comfort and safety ot pas
sengers. i
i The BUB will leave CHESNUT Street Wharf TO.
MORROW (Thursday) MOKNING. at 8 o'clock. It ;
r-tN EXCURSIONS UPTHE RIVER.-.
bUi"m-The solendld steamboat JOHN A.
itiNEit makes dallv Afternoon Kxmintlnns tn
Burllugton and Bristol, stopping at Rlverton, Torres
dale. Andalusia, and Beverly, each wuy. Theso
excursions leave CH ESN UT STREET WHAUP at
2 o'clock In the Atleruoon. Returning, leave Bristol
t 4 o'clock, arriving In the city at 1 o'clock P. M.
. FARE Excursion. 40 cts. Each way, 26c. 6 26 tin
r slCTJS TIIESTEAMKR ELIZA HANCOX
, .i,Vcr3L having met with an accident to ber
iiia..i.iuvry, will be Klthiirttwn from tne Wilmington
and Chester Line for a few days to undergo repairs.
Due notice will be given wben sbe is ready to resume
ber trips. . ,
7 16tl LLW. BURNS, Captaln.
WANTS. TT7
B
OOK AGENTS IN LUCK AT LAST.
Tbe crisis Is passed. Tbe hour has eome to lift the
Veil of secres which has hitherto enveloped tbe inner
history of tbe great civil war, and this la dune by oiler
lug to iht public Ueaeral L. C, Baker's
"HISTORY OF THE SECRET SERVICE,"
For thrilling Interest this book transoenda all the
romances ol a ihouxaudlyearB. and conclusively proves
that "truth Is stranger thau fiction." .
Agents are cleariog from f.'iio to two per month,
which we can prove to any douhllug applicant. A.
few more cau obtain agencies in territory yet unoccu
pied. Address ' -P,
OAK RETT k .
MO. 70 tUElJUIt NTBKET, '
72tf PHILADELPHIA.
WANTED, FIVE HUNDRED RECRUITS
tor the U. 8. Marine Corps. Recruits must be
able-bodied, young, unmairled men. They will be
employed In the Government Navy-yarus and la
Buips of War on loielgn stations. For further tutor
matlon apply to
... JAMES LEWIS,
Captain and Recruiting otllcer,
It tmw tf IVrllrjXt4e.
LOST.
LOST A CERTIFICATE OF CITY LOAN,
No. 2227, dated September 17, 182, In nam of
Margaret PaitUon, for six hundred dollars. All per
eons are cautioned against negotiating the same. The
fender will receive 16 reward by leaving the same at
WILIJAM H(KM). Jh'b,
71 12 Ko. Ul N. EIGHTH Jjlreet.
LOST-A CERTIFICATE OF CITY LOAN,
No. 16.M7, for f0, In the name of A. L. KEttR.
AU persons are cautioned against them same; and any
onereturningll toT. H.B.WOUU. Msnayunk, oral the
City Treasurer's OHlre will he rewarded 'iA mwUi
COAL.
THE GENUINE EAfiLK VEIN, THE CEJB
brated PRESTON, aud the pure hard GKKMS
WOOD COAL, Egg aud Stove, sent to all oarta ot the
City at o 60 per ton; superior LEHIUH at tii-To.
Each of the above articles are warranted to give
perfect satisfaction In every respect. Orders received
at No. 114 K THIRD Street; Emporium, N.O. 1814
WASHINGTON Avenue. , , 4
BMIDDLETON & CO., DEALERS r IN
. UARLE.'IOU LEHIGH and EAGLR VEIN
COAL. Kept dry under cover. Prepared exprossly
for fatally use. Yard, No. 1225 WASULNCil'ON
Avenue. OfUce, No. 614 WALNUT Btreet. - f-j
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS.
: ''': :i
TUB FINE ftUIBT EMPOUIIUf, ,.
Nos. 1 and 3 North SIXTII Street.
JOHN O. ARRISON
Importer, Manufacturer, and Dealer 1
Every Description of .
eE&TLKMKN'a Fl'ltNIMIIIXtt CIOOD9,
. , i
Would Invite Inspection to bis FINK STOCit OF
GOODS ,uliablefor the season, selllmjotTal moderate
prices.
Especial attention given to the manufacture of
FINE BHIRT8 AND COLLARS. i k
Varranted to lve sstlfnrtl(in. rp
DEAKNES8. EVEUY INSTRUMENT THAT
science and skill have Invented to assist the
hearing In every degree of deafness; also, Respirators;
also, Craudalla Patent CruM-htta, superior to any
others In uae, at P. MADiulKA S, W 0. 116 TENTli
Street, belew Cueauul
JK college" in the colony. In 171,