Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-09-20
STATE UNIVERSITY.
Correspondence of the Republican.

to which he has been earnestly devoted, ,
and over which he has watched, with c
seepless anxiety, for the last eigt years.
How far his efforts have been crowned
with success, The Alumni who have LEFT I
the college during his administration,
and who will occupy important posi-
tons in society, will in due season at
test He has accepted an invitation to
the Presidency of the State College OF
Wisconsin, and will enter upon his du
ties there about the first of October
His place has been supplied by the cleo
ton of President SHANNON, now of Ba-
con College, located at Harrodsburg
Kentucky. . H.o. t....a ...
There were several names mentioned
in connection with the Presidency OF
the College, as the successor of Mr..
La,hrop. AT one time it was thought
President Bascom might be invited.
Your distinguished and talented fellow
citizen DR.. Ii. P. GooDRIcH, was promi.
nenly mentioned; and Parson Lewis, of
Howard county, was also spoken of.
|, is to be hoped that the Board have
made a judicious selection. From the
fact that the sin of Free Soilism was
charged against President La,hrop,
with view to injure and embarrass
him, by few designing politicians al
Jefferson City last winter, and Presi-
den, Shannon, according to rumor, be-
ing not only warm politician, but also
thorough anli-Freo Soil man, some
have supposed that the literary changes
which have been going on, and 10 which
D | have referred, may have some con-
neciion with the fight now ranging be-
! tween the dominant party in Missouri.
This, it is to be hoped, may not turn
: out true; for whenever The cause of
] Education or literary men are TO be
: made subsurvient in promoting the am
y bilious views ofpolilical aspirants, the
c standard of moral and intellectual at
tainmeni must be lowered, and the
d cause of literature will dwindle and de.
J. cay. No greater. curse can befal any
people; no severe infection can happen
TO the best interests of the State, than
: that our institutions of learning should
become the prey Of bigots in religion,
: or partizans in politics. The teacher of
! youth who participates actively in po.
S itical conflicts of,he day, at once proves
e himself unadap,ed to his calling, and
r abridges in great degree his sphere OF
: usefulness; and that public sentiment
c which restraints the independent ex-
: preston of opinion on all subjects, on
the part of those who occupy places in
: our colleges and academies is equally
t rotten and unsound. The bread of lit.
D erary men should not be made to de-
: pend upon the condition of their
: attaching themselves 10 the dominant
political party. that may be, for the
lime being, in the Stale. Else you re.
e strain the freedom of thought. and pro.
r duce changes in opini on not sanctioned
: by correct information, and enlightcn ned
y Judgment, and subversiv al once in.
$ dividua honor and integrity.
PRussIAN BRUTALIry.-AN AMERI,
CAM A PRUssIAN PRIsoN.--A letter
= from Basic, Switzerland, dated August
18th, to the Phiadel phia Pennsy lvanian
says that a citizen Of Harrisburg, Pa,
> named Beck, is now imprisoned in the
fortress of Rosta,i, by the Prussians,
for some political offence, and that they
are re9dy 10 relieve him on his giving
= guarantee that he will Immediately leave
for the United States and never return
: again TO continental Europe. The same
writer also adds:
Only yesterday morning, in this height
hood, in Freburg, a young, intelligent, and
literary man, named Nef. personally known
10 me, was shot, having been found guilty,
; by Prusssn court martial, OF exciting, by
wiring, the people Of Baden and Germany
10 be dissatisfied with the present form OF
, government, and last, but not least OF being
in correspondence with the democrats OF
, France. Switzerland, and America Upon
, there grounds the man, (only 81 years old,
and The only support OF an aged, widowed
moIheT,) was condemned and shot. He died
, like man. When he arrived a, the place
Of execution, he swung his hat, and exclaim
ed in loud voice, "LoDg live German lib
eItY--lnnp live The German rennhlicln These