The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-04
From the National IntelRgeneer.
Columbian Collie ge, ID. G.,

| public exhibition of the Senior Class of this in
stution took place on the night of the 3lst ultimo
| at the Rev. MIR. Browns (BaptisD Church, in this
city; and, though the evening was dark and unpea-
slnt the Church well filled with ladies' and gen
tlemen. Having been honored by the Committee of
Arrangements with an invitation 10 attend did so,
and was amply repaid by the rich feast of good things
which was exhibited on the occasion.
| After an appropriate air by band Of musicians
stationed in the gallery, prayer was offered up by one
of the Rev Professors Of the College, and then the
| Monuments" by GEoRoE L. BosHER, of Virginia.
| His allusion 10 Washington, and the monument
about being erected to his memory in this city, was
most happy; his manner was good, and his perfor-
nance altogether highly ctedtable. Then came nno-
! ther Virgnan, WIN. S. CHRISTIAN, whose subject
was The Pleasures Of Public and Pirate Life
compared" The theme was fine one for the occa-
sion, and the orator readily brought home to the heart
and feelings Of many in the crowded auditory the
truth of the beautiful and poetic images which he
| presented; his manner too was good, and an air
Of modesty, which he exhibited, won upon all pre-.
sent. Virginia, nerer firing in the production of
talented sons, next presented A. B. EvASs, whose
theme was "Retrospecton.n His articulation was
rather indstinct, yet withal he has good voice,
! speaker, as he evidently has talents Of high
| order. He was followed by his brother J. Mason
the Ihofires 10 Honorable Disih,ctiOl.'i He too
has good voice, rich utterance more distinct than
his brother; had subject admitting of more display;
he therefore well sustained the reputatod Of his Alma
| y
seemed at once to enter into the spirit Of his subject
Influence Of Custom upon Sentiments of Beau
fy.n His nusion to the compromise act, the dangers
which at that period threatened our Union and the
agency of Mr.. CLAY in queing the excitement, was
most happy, and was received by the audience with
rapturous applause He had more Of the inannera and
matter of the orator than are often Witnessed in ex
hibtons of this kind Next came another Virginian,
A, +. ScorT who acquitted himself with great cred
il in discourse, the theme of which was Popular
Opinion an unsafe guide 10 Individual National
| HappinesS.n He showed research and industry in
his production while his illusions the French Re-
yolution to the influence of lMahomet over his fol-
| lowers, &c. were well interviewer. He now only re-
quires slight regulation of his voice to improve his
style. Old Massachusetts then came up las she did In
the days of the Revolution, and as it is hoped she
will again) and stood beside Virginia, with one OF
her sons from Cambridge, s. w. TAYLOR who gave
US discourse on the Independence Of Mind AS
suming that il relies on its own powers to accom-
plish its ends. He has fine manner well as n
good voice, und ably represented the old Common
wealth, always erect and Independent in the minds
| of her people, He was followed by JoNATHAN TIL
son, another son of New England hailing from the
Green Mountains Of Vermont, who selected the
Poeers Of Sympathy for his subject. The orator
called forth the very decided appreciation Of his audi
once, who warmly applauded his reference to the
name of Lafayette His language, in endeavoring to
inculcate the idea that the promotion of peace on
earth would open up path that all might tread In
chaste, expressive and beautiful r. H. Woodward, OF
Va, then followed in wel-ordered grafton, on the
Elem ents Of Success, interviewed with some happily
conceived illusions TO Washington, relying as he did
the justice of his in the perils of the Revo-
| The Keystone Of the Federal arch (Pennsylvania)
concluded in the person of one of her sons DAVID j.
YEnKEs, the interesting exercises Of the evening, in
| discourse the Progress of Inteilecf'-a sub
ec, well selected in which he exhibited an expansion
of thought, vigor of mind, and wel-digested ar
rangement of his ideas
j may say that all were pleased, and that they reti-
red wishing the young man health, happiness, and
prosperity and that the old College may this year
also give us fe,e more Of the sort. G. OF Va.
! JANUARY /, l647.