The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-03

made one of the oovsnanted bows. Com nodore
Stevens resumed his seat amid peals Of merriment.
Gen. WxsB rose TO call the attention Of the
chair to the evident intention on tho part Of the
President OF Columbia College to withdraw from
the tables without permission; but he hoped he
would not be perm tted to leave until the toast which
he WAS about to offer, haa been drunk by the oom-
papy. In meeting on this occasion In honor OF the
glorious achievements of the America, and the
gentleman who admirably guided and directed
her movements in the old world, we all unite in
looking upon her triumph as the triumph Of the
science of naval architecture. That 1t has be-
come q science and owes its success to the scen-
tifc knowledge Of our ship carpenters as we'll as to
their Yankee cleveness, all will freely admit.
should remember the institutions Of learning
in city, believing as | do, that to the
science, and knowledge, and enlightened iu-
telligence Of our mechanics, We owe as much of
this triumph as We do to their genius. am i'm
PEELED, too, to give you toast in honor of
our literary Institutions, because this occssi IN
the most venerable Of them, and the one most dear
to New Workers, is representa- by gentleman who
is intimately known to, and held in high regard by,
every individual present. This, emphatically, is
New ork assemblage; and its character cannot be
better illustrated than by quoting the remark Of the
gallant officer Of the navy on your right, when |
first met him this evening "H How is it," said he,
"that while walk the streets Of New York daily,
without meeting with faces that are known TO me
even by sight, here, in an assemblage Of more
than hundred, do not see a face that is unk aown
to meF The answer was obvious. The New York
Yacht Cub is principally composed of those whom
he knew "long time ago" as boys; and those boys
the President OF Columbia College. Arrest his de-
parture, therefore, Mr.. President. while we drink
to the prosperity Of all the scientific and literary
institutions Of our city.
Calls being made upon the President of Columbia
College, Mr.. CHARLES HING obeyed the sum mons,
and said he did wi th the more pleasure, it
bed him to express his sense OF the honor conferred
by the invitation to be pre- sent at such q festival
when national triumph (fsr such he conside red it,
was associated with the names of old and valued
fieI de-. The President ofthe College said be felt the
compliment to the institution--a compliment which,
aside from any consideration for the person occupy
ing the chair Of the President, was grateful in
socatng letters with the practical trumphs Of daily
hte-thus adding grace and refinement to THIN
while the association benefited letters, in tara, by
showing that they were not ined TO the closter,
nor unobservant OF, unsympathizing with, every
day life. But on this occasion Columbia College
had special interest for your honorable guests Mr.
President, are our own boys-they are sons Of Co
lumbia-and there the one, the Commodore,
learred-for We teach such things-the science OF
navigation and Of shipbuildng-and the other bis
fluent speech ard ready knowledge Sir, your
Commodore was graduated A. b, from our col
lege, aud those magic letters may now typfy as well
Bachelor Of Arts as accomplished Boa,man. AMI
not they only, but their fathers before them,
were Of Columbia College. 1t was from its walls
that the young Alexander Hamilton went forth
at the commcnc of the Revolution to
stir up the hearts Of our people to the
maintenance OF the1r r1gnts, anu SO successtu was
he, that the exoell ent president Of tina, day-aa
horest adhorens ofroyalty-becamcs 50 much alarm.
Ell at the popular demonstrations that he fed in
haste from tte college, without academic gown or
cap, and, it is said. without even more essential
garments-to take refuge on board kings ship ia
the reads. This, by the bye, is rather impolitic
story for the President OF the College to tell, who
should seem above tie reach or influence of tumult
stirred mp by his scholars but such is thctruthof
history. So, too, beneath our academic groves,
John stevens medtated the various aud
most ingenious copjcctures in mechanical
science, which enabled him, before any
steam locomotive existed, to perfect, in
his own mind, a system Of railways worked
by steam-and finally to realize this system
in the Camden and Amboy Railroad. AS an Amer
lean citizen, glad TO be he and to witness the
honor paid to those who in sportive mood, indeed,
ard all the courtesy ard high bearing Of the gall
liant knights Of old, have struck blow Of which
the corse qusn.es, and the benefits, and the renown
are national for this victory Of the American
yacht in the narrow seas-mue aosiyWn-the Pc
culiar domain of England-is a national event. Il
rejo;ced me as did the first victory Of the Con-
Of ages has consecra.ed. This, in friendly
rivalry, shows that cur progress-as childrea
of the seas, and born for f,s-I not dominion
a. least uuchallenged usc-is ever onwad Bu.
was never more gracefully accepted, never more
frankly, and couTteously acknowledged, than by
our Englisn competitors We rejoice in claiming
kindred with race thus magnaniinous and fair,
and or every long. be it before any other than such
friendly rivalry ard courteous competition shall pre-
vail between rs. ] ask 70 give as Q toast--
sour Modern Argonsuts-They have brought
home rot the golden fleece, but that which gold
cannot buy-nstional renown."
And here We Isust bring our narrative to a close
leaving much unssid that might be said, Of
sieeehe,, toasts, and eleyerness, ut this most
agreeable and most successful Of entertainments,
at which the warmest feelings Of personal friend
ship and Of patriotic pride were freely INDUCED,
without one .spaIk Of unkindness or intolerance
towards a kindred and friendly people. On the
cortT?ry, there were portions q the evening
speeches more war My spplaaded than those which
detailed the friendly courtesies displayed on the
other side, and those which uttered aspirations
that two such p3ople may ever be friendly.