Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 13, 1847, Image 1
"We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if a,we will Perisk amidst the Ruins."
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D7 The following gentlemen are anndunced
by their friends as candidates for the Office of
Tax Collector. at the ensuing election:
Cal. JOHN QUATTJLEBUM,
GEORGE J. SHEPPARD,
EDMUND MORRIS,
04MPSON B. MAYS.
LieutJAMES B. HARRIS.
Maj. S. C. SCOTT.
-LEV[- R. WILSON.
g7 The following gentlemen are announced
by their friends as candidates for the office of
Ordinary, at the ensuing election.
-Cot. JOHN. HILL,
Capt. W. . COLEMAN.
gyT rieuds of JA M ES SPA NN, Esqr.
respeeifully announce him as a candidate for
.h6 offleof Tai;Collector. at the ensuing elec.
tion. .- april34 tf 12
- : .Froas LAe 'Ascaloose Observer.
The followiig lines were written last
pight. in a fewminutes, by a Carolinian,
to please a circle of* young persons, who
seemed deeply a'e'eted by the fate of the
Palmeto Regiment.
' SetC . 1841.7
TIlE. BALL %D OF CHURUBUSCO;
-. .RTE MEXICAN TRAGEDT.
Woe, woe to-ye,my eountrymen,
There'seguil upon: thie land;
- re,9.vatling at thearrior's hearth,
~ 'l~'~ ~9d uPotrhs hand
Whrern*aY teej, ham
I heard the children's uerry
Come floating on the gale.
The plough is idle in the feld,
The home is drear and lone;
And fast adown the mothers cheek,
The scalding tears they run.
There's a cry of battle on the ear,
Of mighty hosts withstond;*
Ofgallanit men who went to war ;
Of t'urela dyed in blood.
What hoots it that a thousand die
What of great battles won ?
Ci these live to that home again,
The father and the son ?
The trumpet rang from hill to hill,
The drum it rolled from far;
O'er all the'land the old and young,
Went rushing to the war.
Six thousand men, all bold and true,
In all their pride and show;
With gallant chiefs to lead them on,
T4 roroign realms they go.
O'er rocky steep, o'er passes drear,
With gleaming arms they hie;
W here the mountains tall likepillars grand,
Uphold the southern sky.
Loj yonder now, the foe they seek,
In all their martial pride ;
~"Full twenty thousand men, secure,
In ramparts strong they hide.
Our men of might they onward pres.,
A shoiut the welkin rends ;
Dirk sulphi'rous clouds enshroud the .air,
The iron hail descends.
~'Against th' embattled wall, that pours
Its flood of murky flame ;.
Ahand conspicuous lead the van,
Their standa'd br-oad that heats the wind,
A green Palmetto hears ;
In gold, "Dum spiro spero apes,"
The motto that appears.
And what of hims, thiat God-lirke man,
Wbd reads that band so free?7
Pierce Builet is that-chieftian's name;
Nose braver lnves thanr he.
Beshrew me, 't was a noble sight !
To see t hat host combitned ;
They seemed a field of riperning wheat,
Alt-lended by thte wind..
Alt eager for the dang'rous- posr,
They move aeross the plim;
-Fast as death'e sickle reaps them down,
Their columns 1111 ugain.
f'ar in the, front on milk wlrite steed,
Pierce Butler's blade it shond
And when his noble beast it fell,
On root he cheer'd thetm on.
,And thrice, be rear'd that banner high
And led the foremost rank;
And thrice the bullet furrow'd earth,
The heroes' blood it drank.
KNow faint and bleeding" from the field,
*Thaechief they led away ;
They ihok again-his flashing sword,
Is foremost in the fray.
At fatas]gbhance-deaths fiery shaft,
Tlirice marks him as its own !.
Was ever life more nobly lost,
Or ftme more dearly won ?
When time shall cool the heated blood,
And tranquil days restore;
And men shall speak midst battle fields,
Of heroes then no more
Whetn days of strife and angry wars,
Shall once again return;
And deeds of valor sung to 3outh,
Shall cause their cheeks to burn
No name in peace shall sofier sound,
In War, none brighter shine;
Like trumpet rouse to greater deed.,
Pierce liutler, sure than thine.
And you brave Dickinson %those arm
Aloft the standard bore.
When twice its faithful bearers fell.
All weltering in their gore
To you. and all who on that field,
Immortal triumphs won,
The sculptured pillar high shall rise
Each was Carolinas son !
Then let us siug. God save the land!
May foul ambition cease;
May clouds of vengeful war, no more,
Obscure the rays of peace;
Whether to California's steeps,
Its icy peaks to brave.
Our eagle flies ; or dips its wing,
In the Pacific's wave.
The Female Army of Switzerland.
-Wo have mentioned in a previous
number of two regiments of the women
of the Canton of Uri, but we find in a
French paper a notice of them which
we translate literally : "The two bat
talions, numbering fourteen hundred
females in military dress, present an
aspect at the same time formidable and
captivating. In their evolutions and
discipline they tare drilled to perfection.
Curiously enough, superiority of form
and beauty has been very much the
reason of difference of grade; the hand
somest are of the advanced guard, and
this post of distinction and danger seems
willingly conceded them by their com
panions who are less favored by nature.
Some classification has been guided by
temperament also. The more vivid
and flightly have been enrolled as vol
tigeurs, or light-horse-the more phleg
matic as grenadiers. Those who have
figurs of moe embonpoint are statfsd
at theings. The coarse -and udie .
0910= v hit~ with
lits, disciplig and nthustasm,. seems
likely, ikt.hfirst .throe of the coming
political movemert of Europe, to take
possession ol the Helvetian soil) is ar
exercise of ihe powerful genius of Salis
Soglio, who has reservad to himself the
general command.
LIFE AT THE SPRINGS.
Wet clipped the following from one of
our exchanges a few days since, but
cannot at this moment recollect to which
one belongs the credit of bringing it to
the light. Whether the incident hap.
pened at Drennen, or Blie Lick, or
Harrodsburg, we are not advised. It is
a "good 'un," and will create a heariy
laugh wherever it is read :
A few days since an elegantly dress,
ed and handsome young gentlemen ar
rived at the Springs. Curiosity wias on
tip:oe; nay it leaped into the very air, to
jiscover all about the sttanger. The
register was examined; his name was
entered in a plaih round hiand-Willie
P. Mangum, Jr. Notth Carolina. The
sensation prodnced by this discovery
was trentendous anad unparallel. He was
the son of a Senator--his father wvas
once Speaker of the United States Sen
ate, and his family connection had long
been distinguished for their enormous
wealth and unquestionable ability..
The ladies immediately emptied their
trunks-spent hours, in dressing, and
ap~peared at. dinner arrayed in all then
splendor of beautiful laces and costly
silks. A t she table all eyes were direct.
ed to- wards the Senator's son, and mana
a lair one anxiously desired an intro
duction. The afternoon passed by
evening approached-and, an hour be.
fore the usual time the company assem
bled in the dancing room.
A t nine o'clock, precisely, youii
Mangum entered the hall, and a buzz o
admiration followed. One of the belle:
fortunately attracted his attention an<
he led her to the dance. [is over'
movement was closely observed, an'
fronm the hadtes such exclamationh as:
"What princely manners !Such
magnificent figure !. Such graceful dan
einig! A love of a foot !O, he is aduel
of'a deat, charming fellow !" and othe
similar expressions peculiar, I believe
to- the sex.
During the entire evening the farorit
Belle received the most devoted atteni
tions from Mr. Maigum. Many of tht
ladies, who thought -they possessed s.'m
attractions, were greatly mortified at hi
marked preference, and two or thtreec
the gentlemen evinced the stronge!
symptoms of laboring under the infu
ence of envy and passion. Your friend
the lyjtty and graceful Col.---, an
the accomplished and handsonme Majo
...-w ro completely thrnwn into thi
shade, and your humblo servant, Rustic,
was driven from the list of competitors.
The Senator's son was declared victor,
and nobly did he bear his honors. The
ni:xt day Mr. Mangum was again the
reigning lion. He was flattered, admired
and courted-by all the ladies; but the
sirperior tact of the charming Belle ena
bled her to engross the attention of the
ardent Southerner
Evening once more advanced and the
company again assembled for the pur.
pose of dancing. Mr. Mangum was
again by the side of the happy miss,
admiring her uppearance and compli
menting her beauty in the most extrava
gant language, when a steamboat captain
entered the roum. Looking around him
for a moment, he remarked to the wri
ter
"Well, he's cutting it fat."
"Wlho?" 1 inquired.
"My steward," he answered,pointing
to the Senator's son.
I replied that he was mistaken-"the
individual was Willie P. Mangum, Jr.
of North Carolina."
'Mangum, indeed," was the reply,
"it's Tony Welch-my steward, and a
very good Steward"
The news circulated--Tony saw the
captain and disappeared-the mortified
Belle took the first stage, and is now at
home, deeply regretting that she met
and admired the Senator's son i
THE DE PRASLIN MURDER.
The N. Y. Express contains a full
report of the proceedings of the French
Court of Peers in relation to the murder
of the Duchess De Praslin, accompanied
by a plan of the chateau in which the
ciine was committed. Sonte of the pro
ceedings appear to be of quite as extra
ordinary a character as tile murder itself.
That the Duke De Praslin was the as
sassin of his wife, is placed beyond all
reasonable doubt by his suicide, by his
partial confession, and by a mass of
strong circumstantial evidence; but the
species of moral. torture to which ho was
subpected.after lie -had taken poison a
wasi Mnea .-.- 6iieaion .b de I
gated him bilefo th'iins f'Peers
und'assuminglhis guilt, charged Timdi.
rectly witr the crimie. H etold him "it
was impossible for hin to.deny It-that
lie did not darn deny it;" and notwith
standing the evasions and partial denials
of the miserable man, he pertinaciously
insisted upon a categorical answer of
yes or no to the question of his guilt.
According to the principle, of our crini
inal law, no one is bound to accuse or
condemn himself; and a confession to be
of any value, must be perfectly free and
voluntarily. Besides, there was evidence
enough, apart fom the confession to
satisfy any rational mind of the crinii
nality of the accused; and tihe application
of t his sott of ezpcrimentum crusis to drag
out an acknowledgment of guilt from a
dying man, was unnecessary in point of
fact, as well as dangerous and unsound
in principl.
We append the partial confession
finally made to the Duke Decaz-s, Gand
Referendary of the Chamber of Perrs,
and by hin communicated to the Court
of Peers.
The Mlurderers' Confession. -"On
Tuesday morning," sai thme Duke
Decazes, "at the :equest of the family
and to accomplish wvhat I considered a
duty, I waited on thme accused in his
prison. The Duke de Praslin having
complained of excruciating sufferings, I
observed to him that heemust have anti
cipated those sufferings, since they wvere
the result of the poison lie had taken,
and that the physicians, being ignurant
of the nature of the poison, had hesitated
to prescribe for him, when they were
informed that two phials of landanum
nearly empty had been discovered. in
his desk. The prisoner replied that
'he had not taken laudan-jm.' In answer
to a second question, lie said he had
swallowed arsenic, which the small hot
tle found in his robe dc chambre on Fri
day had contained,' 1 then asked him
how he procured the poison. He as
sured me that 'nobody had given it to
him,' and lie brought it, on the eve o
the crime, from Praslin.-He moreover
protested wvithi warnmth against the sup~
t position thiathe had intended it to poison
r the Duchess."
*"He added, thiat-'he had swallowed
that poison on the day of thme crime, at
e the moment when he perceived, by the
,measures adopted with regard to him,
e that lhe wvas ieriously suspected.' Ilis
e suicidP, in the face of suCh an nCCUsa
s tion, was confession. Having remarked
I this to him, he remained silent, but he
it 'denied woith considerable vivacity
having confided to any person the
a project of his crime; and, as his expla.
d nations wvere interrupted by moans
,caused by pains he experen ced. I ask.
e ed him if the sufferings'of his mind wvere
not still all ignant than those of hi
body, and ey did not inspire hin
with a desir allay them by the ex
pression of repentance he most fee
in his heat dding, that his familj
was incline6d W beieved that he mus
have comindl so barbarous a crime ir
a paroxysm, -.irious insanity, whici
he had 6o t ittetly deplored.
"The ui py man, raising his eyes
and handslot rds heaven, then exclaim
ed in a brok bt strong voice, 'Oh, 1
do deploreji I next took occasion to
say that, in a t -supreme moment-in
ordei to satis both the justice of God
and man, it. s desirable that the ex
pression of lr epentance should be as
public as his-i, and thaf a full con.
fession shoul xplain, at last, if it were
p.ossible, tileltrium under which he
acted. .1 i,.If lie were disposed
to m.ke that 'Onfession, to send for the
Grand Chinellor. or to write it down
and certify Pit myself. These last
words, whih e listened to with a lively
emotion, seiaid to excite a sit uggle in
his breast a 47-after a moment of les.
itation, he're ied, '1 am too fatiged
too sufferingi' at present. Tell the
Chancello* t , request him to come
to-mor~rtvw
"The ditug ed state of the mind of
the accused as too visible, and his
suffering cd ion too serious, to permit
the o n -of our conversation.
The physicia r, besides, had just declar
ed that it- w urgently necessary to
ol'er to. the p inf the last consolations
of religion. The family having made
choice of one ergvman, in the absence
of the vener ble parish priest of St.
Sulpice,tlie ncellor entrusted that
missI n to.e arish priest of St. Jaques
de Haut P.sas The court is aware that,
after the piq rmony, which appear.
ed to have te red.a little strength aind
calm to Jicedsd, - theVChancellor
offered on r* but i5 vain, to receive
the deeli lie halmanifosted a
ilng ns I -e
cia'ifjppef~a ra soes ofnid
encral G -a rilliant character atnd
:ecalls to trind the. days of chi"
valry;
-1I mustrelate an interesting..and an
exciting incident that. occurred during
the rare of'the hattle. A Mexican
officer being seen-by-one-of Pillow's aids
to leave'the enemy's lines, and to-ad
vance several-yards nearer our position,
the general, as soon as he heard of the
impudent rashness -of the Mexican, put
spurs to his charger galloping full speed
towards him. As soon as lie got near
to the Mexican, the general called out
in Spanish, Saque su sabalpara dejen
derse-let the honer and prowess ol
outr respective cotinti eps be deterrmined
by tire issue ofthis.comibat. Straightwaiy
tIe Mexican drew his sword with one
hand and balanced his lance with thte
other, and tished towards our general,
&io, with a revolver in- the cne hand
and his sable in the other, waited the
onset of the Mexican.-The combat
was a long and severe one. The Mex
ican was a larger, n.uscular man, an'd
handled his arms with great vigour and
skill, but our general was his superior
'm dexterity arid coolness. At last ilie
Mexican mado. one terrible charge al
our general with Iris lance, which the
latter evraded~ with great promptitude
and adroitness, rising his sw.oi d, tossed
the weapon of the Mexican high in then
air, and then quietly blew his brains oul
w.ith Ihis revolver. Both the A mericar
atnd Mexican armies w.itnessed this
splendid effort."
Novel Stwindle.-Several of the fash
ionable novelists of Paris have recenti
had a laugh together-for Inch, however
they had pre-paid rather a high price
A chance inquiry, .by one author, int<
the cause of another's un'. onteddepres,
sion of spirits, exposed a mutual expe
rience, which' -was- found. afterwards t<
be the exact counterpart of the expe
rience of half a do~en others. Eugent
Sue was one of the .suflerers, and hi:
account of it, given at some length i1
the French journals, is briefly as fol,
Iow.s:
lie was called upon one morning
after breakfast, by a person who begge<
a privated interview on a matter of irn
portance. The -stranger was a melani
choly, but rathe~r -fine looking mrtn o
for ty- five ore fifty, of prefpossessing main
ners and very sintple dress, who, aftel
some prelimninary ,embarrassment, tol
his story. He had once been thn
possessor of a fortune,. had wasted the
greaiter portion in- the excesses of youth
and finally, sick of the world, had givei
the remainder ofjhis means to the Con
I ent of La Tra~ppe, and entered th
cloister of the .speechless brotherhood
i Here ne was at last content. Years
i rolled on, and he grew happier and
happier in his seclusion, till, one fatal
I day, changing his cell to one which had
been occupied by a passing traveller, he
found-a copy of one of the novels of
the author he was now addressing!
In the fascination of this intoxicating cup
of genis-by its bewildoring and vivid
pictures of life-by its adorable portraits
of women and wild passions-the dor
mant nerve of his turbulent soul was
electrified anew! His hr-in was fired
as he read. His blood kin .ed to a fever.
He lust control over is thoughts and
limbs, and in frantic thirst for life once
more in a world so bewilderingly pic.
tured, he tore off his monkish cowl and
rosary, dashed his missal into the corner
of his cell, and ied by night to Paris.
lie had revelled here for weeks, lie
knew not how long-when his strength
gave way-illness fullowed, dand lie was
just now creeping forth from an hospital.
Sick and in want he had come to the
author of all this evil-sme that in the
genius where resided this wondrous
power, there must be also a feeling of
justice and compassion, to which lie
could look for a partial reparation. The
victim needed money-he required
means to return to the convont he had
deserted, and something to present to
the treasury of the brotheihood as an'
expiatory pence-maker to insure his
reception.
Such an appeal, of course, was not
to be resisted. The coiavicted and
flattered launcher of the thunderbolt
pulled out his purse in pity--gave the
scathed sufferer a handful of gold-and
grew (not unpleasurably) pensive over
the new view of his responsibility as a
possessor of appalling power.
Called upon by a brother author,
during his contrite reverie, he disclosed
the cause of his sadness-which was re
ceived with a roar of laughter,: he
listener had-just been "done bro
the same-eloquent -impostor, on a
Aisbojks- nd not-Monsieu Su
chi&f6 its fcina cin'! ie m
monk, it need. hardly lie said-,tur ned
out to be one of the most accomplished
swindlers of the.continent.
[Mome Journal.
The Slavery Question at the North.
-Tie determination everywhere ap
parent throughout the South to resist, at
all hazards, the threatened invasion of
her rights, his brought the leading poli
ticians of th-e Nori to a pause. While
the Whigs are endeavoring to evade the
Wilmot Proviso, by substituting a new
issue-against the further acquisition of
territory, nany of the Democrats are for
quietly laying it on the shelf at present,
and others are openly taking ground in
favor of thi Missouri Compromise.
These results are the best evidence of
the propriety of the policy advocated in
our coltmns, and of persevering in it
unil such a union and organization of
the Slave States is effected as will enable
them-to resist with prompiness and efli
cioney ny inv.sion of their rights. Upon
this alone can they depend for safrety.
* Of the recent'inlications-in the North
ofa return to a more ' htahiy public
sentiment upon this subject, none are
more gratifying than the proceedings of
a large meeting of the Democracy of
Pittsburg, Pa, on the 18th inst. It was
addressed by Hon. Geo. M. Dallas,
whose renlilks, we. are told, were re
ceived with the most enthusiastic tip
plause. We annex that portioii of them
relating to the Wilmnot Proviso and the
Missouri Compromise, to both of which
expresses his opposition, for reasons
that are forcibly and felicitously stated.
The Sotth has already cause of grati
tude to Mr. Dallas for his independent
and patriotic course up)on the Tarif,and
his hold and explicit avowals upon the
subject of Slavery give him additional
claims to her consideration-'Charles,
ton Mercury.
Primne Ward & Co.-A New York let
ter of Wednesday saved
"The suspension of Prime Ward & Co.
will fall very heavy on this side, but not
on the creditors in England. By the so
feat calcultation~there is more I han suficient
remit ted to pay ever'y dollar in London,
and it is expected there will be a surplus
there of over 100,000. This will leave a
-ag elcec to the American credhor.,
htis expect ed that the house wil nt be
-able to meet their engagement in full."'
Financial Strateg'y.-The Philadelphiia
Pennsylvania tells a story of a spectulator
who has a greal habit of ridinig in omani
buses, and who always hands up the
change from passengers who sit betwvixt
himaself and the door. It seems that lie
-buys up tickets by the quantity at le cents
a a piece, and when' st ixpeniny bit is hian
. Aed him for the re of a nassenger. he
pockets the cash.and gives the driver -if
of his tickets instead, by which Iii mslies
a clear profit of 33 per cent,
Real Estate and Robt. Rand.: iin
the past few days, ad article headed "liise
in Real Estate"-which, so fr iaitset
is literally trie,-has been going th iounds -
or the papers; and has called to thenem6
ory of our sonewhat ageli and hightlyes
teemed friend "Senex," a matter of fact
from which we create .the following .stiiry,
which will undoubtedly be rec'gnized.by
some of our older citizens as te -to dar
letter. One day in the nionth f bDcei.
ber, A. D. 1818, our friend 'Senex" (who
by the way, is a laiwyer by professiou,)
called upon to visit a tenant of the. "old
Alms.house," then situated on Leverett
street. The natne of the tenant alludedfe
was Robert Rand, familiarly knowhi stire
time ns "Rob Rand." and for seiralyears
previous employed by the late Shubase
Bell, Earl. at the jail office, in writing f&
htm, but who afterward had the misfortune
to become very intemperate, and watsent
to the Alm4-house.
At the interview, Bob inorurmed Mi.
"Senex" that lie believed be was l'gp
entitled to some "fats" near the bc~ttant
AfPoplar-street, and wished bim to ex
amine the records, and iflhis title Was
found to be good. to caise his right iile
property to be sold at auction for cash, for
the mot that was offered. Upon examina
tion of the records. it was ascertained that
Bob toas legally entitled to the "'ats" di
represent ed, and also, that -e was* the:
rightful owner of one-sixth of s.Homeila
wharf," situated on what is-now called"
Fulton-street. According to Bob'esequesf
the flats were duly advertised and -sold it
public auction, by Mr. Jutan aIld.n -
auctioneer, doubtless well remembered -y
manyof our citizens. After dedueta
the necessary expenses, Bob receive'dfrot
the hands of "Sehex" that'som o .160
being the proceeds of an estate which,
together with the subsequent improve
nients, is at the present time valued
not far from -75.000.
At t he time-of payinj Bob the prceed6
of his ftias;S " 'uoforme him n lht5
tile to-a: Sr'a rha Ifo
-atters at the Ais?
praa
cangertoi, is
to receive m ,O 2300Tor an: esiate
including iitproimenti, whicb is no.w
worth nearly' $200.000.'.:The terms .C
payment were $900casli dowi,~an. three
notes with.interest. given by MV. Hajer, a
on six, twelve. and eighteen months..
A deed of the estate was made, signid
sealed, and delivered-the cash payment
was made, and Bob came out a dasting
beau. Feeling himself, perfectly indepen
dent, and that he had sufficient means' t
becure to himself a "living in high life"
for the remainder of his days, lie made ar
rangements to lie master ofa house, sit
usted at the "North end," the reputation'
of thich wagby no means the best that.
could be desired. It is unnecessary to say
that a life of dissipation was commenced,
and thoroughly persevered in, until his
"mint of money" bad been squandered.
The seqtel to this simple story is, that
in less than six weeks afterward, all- hit
ready money had diss;apperred, and, so
order to replenish his stock, he was com
pelled to get his three cotes discounted,
paying therelor enormous per centager
and in less than six months. after- the sae
of the'"flats" at the foot of Poplar-se,
Bob Rand was agaitj a penniless tenant of
the "Old 4lnms House," where be shortly
alter breathed his last.
-'- [ Boston Mercantile Journal.
Tlie Cotton Crop-T he Jackson Miis.
saippian of the 17th says: "We reyst to
state that our advices from the courntry
continue to b'e unfavorable.' NOr it the
ravage upon the Cotton crop confned'it
Mississipr-i atone. The whole cotton grdo -
ing region is complaining,- Our exein
ges, received during the past week. froin
Louisianna, Alabama, Georgia, Tennes
see, and A rkansas, speak of exten~ivo da
mage already done. The wyork of des
truction is from the boll wotnua notr the
caterpillar which visited our plantatations
last year."
Th~e Nashville Wldg of th~e 18th sas
"The weather continues as line in thjs
qnarter as could possihty be desiredr
Three weeks nmore of such, and our cotton.
pilanters will be"oot of the iioods." Eve
ry day of ii is good fa them for thousnalW
and tens of thoufsauds of dollars. Noid
o~f Vicksburg, the hope end -prayer ofjhe
planters are a late dry fall. In some pa
ces the crops have been seriotuslyand per
matrently injuired by the wet weather and- -
the boll. worm, but .good weather and's -
late fall will still insure for the most part -
en avernge crop. South of thre pointwe
have designtated, the crop has been so fat'
placed beyond the reach of contingency,
as to leave no doubt of its being a full one.
Whbether there will' be two million of bale.
made this season is a mere question of'
weather. It will require a very favora
ble season, ro onr opinion to make that .a
mount'.
W~ealth of Harvard College.-Thte he
quests made to this Institution are enor-.
muus. 1n'the annuat report of'the dies
seers of thatt ijnaitution we noice unbrlasa