The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-09

And still his Name with praises pkoss
For he's the Lord. supremacy good,
His mercy Is for sure;
His truth, which always firmly stood
To endless ages shall endure.
The " awful mirthr here recommended n not Der.
haps the most explicit expression OF the idea intended;
but the rhyme was arbitrary; and " mrth " in such
HYMN is much after the style of Watts Prayer
OF the compositions by the young disciples Of Cicero
the s.iutatory" by Mr. Ransom, was nnqusstonably
field however. and the most popular theme. His wei
to the President Of the United States superior
anything OF the kind throughout the whole expedition
his welcome to the people at large also in fine
taste while the beauty and the finished elegance Of the
welcome to the ladies drew down upon his devoted head
repeated rounds Of applause the people outside heartily
joining in; but the ivory Of five hundred OF the fair
exhibited. s aatterng testimonial Of their sP
probation Some Of them indeed, as Sam SICK wou'u
say. :" snickered right out -
The Grafton in Latin short, and as far as We
could guess at the drift Of it, was pointed NJ
cit aud to the purpose ana well s do not fully
concur although II is an undensbe TACT Una. r We h
people largely given to eating and ns Miss Nan
cy's,nwre sufficient evidence OF that fact Inc meta
physical disquson of Mr. Battle was fs.ner
gave a profitable structure on national insanity"
dwelling upon the fsrocious insanity OF tne french re-
ed by the old state OF things under new name. Mt
Coleman gave US resume OF the history OF ntsrature
ming thread the recapulation MIR Shober sound
in general idea of establishing correct public OPT
He forgot the warning of BURNS
- chiefs amang ye takin' notes,
And faith he'll prent 'em."
But shall only say to Mr. Pool that the public press
Is like river. the turbulent its waters in their
course, the more rocky and uneven their channel the
purer will be the stream The st Lawrence is an
ample Judge Masons views this point correct;
and the motto Of Jefferson will here most forciby apply
Error to be dangerous when Truth is left free
sages upon free principles
sgnor Georges band played between the pieces, and
at this stage Of the decamatons the meeting was ad
The President and his party dinsd out among the IA
Guilty OF the University Your reporter had the honor
OF an invitation to Professor Green's classic residence
with number Of strangers from various quarters but
our for the day would not permit longer
to remain with him than the time requisite to discuss
dish Of ripe Strawberries,
Smother'd in crame.n
Inc AFTERNOON exercises were opened by MI. HOVER
in a humorous defence of the disciples of Black
stone particularly of the junior class Mr. Aston spoke
native country Mr.. Kindred defended the supremacy
OF the law very respectfully MI Manlys euogy though
well enough to bear in mind, that great deas expect
ed of good scholar Mr.. Winborne had good field
for the very strongest effort he could make though he
did admirably in the time allowed him
The reading OF the annual report and the comforting
the degrees took up half an hour The degree OF A.
NJ. conferred upon Professor NJ +. Maury, United
States Navy Chief of the National Observatory Astre
The distinguished scholar modestly rose in hts
place, the henor announced, bowed. and again
sat down. while the house resounded with applause
Other honorary degrees conferred after which we
thinker and favorite Of the university of the Dis
and the g Phis" 1t was solemn, sincere and deeply
we'll as from the associates Of his studies The very
difficulty under which he abored to repress his feelings
the more deeply awakened the feelings OF those AROUND
whole proceedings, and the vacation commenced from
that hour
During all the exercises in the chapel the President
and SecI etary Of the Navy seated the platform
with the Governor, Governors, heads of invitation
committees, President of the University, &cthe other
gentlemen accompanying the President of the United
states from Washington being seated in the altar with
the faculty graduating class &c The ladies of the
Presidents party were egiby seated among the audi
The proceedings of Thursday just detailed,
closed at about half past ve and for one hour therea
ter large assembage Of people clustered in and around
MISS Nancy's'' hotel take their final leave Of the
President the Secretary of the Navy and their travel
JOURNEY DOWN RALEIGH.
With fine honied speech,
At his first coming in, he doth persuade, beseech
He may be lodged;
To lie in q clean chamber
The Residents party left Chapel Hill at about half
past g. "Wednesday evening June Sd; Col Hawkins, Of
Committee Gov Branch and his charming daughter the
most ethereal little fairy Of thousand and the enchant
ing Misses Hawkins Kane Whitaker, and other ladies'
and Col Whitaker and of Col Hawkins, and other
gentlemen, of the party down Miss Bryan of
stand the young ladies of the Presidents suite
along but the petition Of the Ds to remain to the
dance in the evening overrued this generous resolu
ton.
At nine O'Clock, brought up at Morines, the public
President and lady and all the ladies of the deputaon
being provided with comfortable every thing con-
sdered the residue Of the company were divided by
Fights and respectively, for the chamber and the
bar the drivers and men servants occupying the
piazza. During the night fine thunder shower came
and cooled the sultry air There solid sleeping
all around but like King Richard perplexed
and foiled of the contamination. At two O'Clock, the
whole company aud attendants servants and drivers
mustered, and again moving in their line Of car
riages down the road Went ten miles to Mrs Joness
for breakfast nice place in the country. surrounded
nv n ed
and variety of flowers, fanked by garden with two
rows OF cherry trees full Of ripe fruit thereon Break
fast thirty cents piece. The old lady hadn't the
science to charge more than what she considered fair
compensation
Smeads young ladies seminary where the pupils and
teachers came out and hailed the President and compa
ny with their white handkerchief till the train Of carr
ages had passed by Arrived nRalegh at 10 A. NJ, the
regular hour for the departure of the but Mr. Ho
lister had arranged the line for IL o'clock for the Presi
dents accommodation; so that we were detained till
that hour In the interim, the President and the Secre
tsry Of the Navy and portion of the compsny visited
gushed as member of Congress and foreign minster)
where they partook Of Strawberries and cream. Mr..
tel Left at H. after sautations with friends among
whom was the Hon. VIM II. Haywood late OF the Unit
ed States Senate and believe incidentally relative
an Intimate personal friend.
THE THE RoAD-rHE SIoHr-ASp THE RUS
THROUGH TO WASHINGTON.
'Of the improvements of the day.
Our daddies didn't dream
Nor of the iron horse that's ours,
With all the power Of steam"
Left Raleigh at twelve for CASTOR, N C. Passed the
depots Of Huntsville, Forrestvle Franklin. At this
place killed in the firing salute passed
down. The sister of his widow came up furnish
ed the company with bucket of water 1t is little
thing to give cup OK water" but this poor woman in
the act, exhibited of the finest evidences of fem
nine delic.cy of consideration that have met with
for many day Henderson, (where we took dinner.
and whore Col Hawkins and his company left us, Of
whom shall yet have word to sayD Rdgeway, War
renown Macon Littleton, where of the most vio-
lent thunder showers of the came up which as
the train crossed the bridge the Roanoke, and
thence CASTOR ragged the heavens and the earth
in hostile array against each other The rain con-
tinung ladies CASTOR (ten at mighty took their
tea In the cars the President and the residue Of the
into the hotel To 6rat rate