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The Club Meeting last evening.


The Club Meeting last evening.
The Head Quarters of the Club was crowd
ed, last evening, TO hear Mr.. llADLEY, Of Troy
and the meeting was full of ardor and enthusi-
asn
| Mr.. IIAuLrr addressed the Club for an hour
and half in an able, eloquent and effective
munner. HIS Introduction was especially beau
tul. His first words wcre:-
"Brrahcs there man with soul so dead
W ho never to himself hath said:
This Is my own. NV naive land"
: And then he proceeded to say that lie is n ma
/ tive-born Nermonter, and that his ride over the
railway through " cstcrn Vermont, from Ben
nington to Burlington, had greatly increased
/ the pride and pleasure with which he claimed
and asserted his nativity.
MIR. llApLtr then proceeded, in plain, clear
cogcnt and forciblc terms, to give the reason
why he is hig, and, we may add, why eve
ry man in the large audience who heard him
should be a Wing. His speech was repeated
/ ~ Interrupted by warm and vociferous cheer
ing, and when he resumed his seat the applause
was loud and long.
JANE. W. lllcKoK, Esq, offered two reso-
utlons, the first, rendering to Mr.. liApLEY
the warincst thanks Of the Burlington Lundy S
Lane Club for his able and eloquent speech,
and the second, assuring him and the " higs of
New York and the Union that Burlington will
roll up a ponderous and laundering majority
for ScoTr and Graham.
At the conc fusion Ct Mr. H,pLEr's speech,
I the Club adjourned with three cheers for Scogr
and GRAHAM, Mr.. IIApLEY and the UNtoN.
C-F"Gen. GEo. r. DAVIS, Of Troy, y. Y.
has just received the Honorary Degree of Doc,
tor of Laws, ,famIiacly known as LIDO from
one of the Collegiate Institutions Of the Coun-
try. We know few Lqwyers whose law stands
more in need Of doctorng than that owned
and possessed" by our friend. DR.. DAVIS. In
deed we have almost looked upon it as "past
surgery Tho General Is a prince o. good
fellows, and now that he has rot to be a Doc
tor. (gve Us your claw, Dectorl we trust he
will exhibit his usual sagaci,y by retiring from
/ practlcc.' The Rev. Mr. BrNAN, of Troy.
several years ago, pcremtorlly dcciined the
/ Electorate of Divinity rendered to hn By one
Of our Colleges, and We feel quite sure that
Gen. DAVIS would have followed the illustr-
Gus example if he had been equally familiar
/ with the deciination of Latin nowns. Il is i'm
possible to say however. Perhaps the General
wished to ret rid Of the title Of Gcncrai. and
remembering how the ''ancicnt and honorable
"Unycrsi,y of Cambridge made Doctor Of
Gen. JACKSON. upon which occasion the Cen
crnl gratefully responded by cXclaimipg ~.
pl'TiJus uHum; sine qga non') thought he
might be easily converted into Doctor DAVIS
by a similar process. We hope the experiment
if our suppositon be right will prove Success
tu, and that we shall have our old friend men
/ toned, hereafter as doctor GEORGE K. DAVIS,
LID and "nobody else" 1t will be an hon.
or to the Co!icgc at any rate. Doctor, send US
a pill.
& F7MASsACHUSFTrs.--A private letter from
a WEBSTER man, before the nomination Of
SCoTT. IN Boston, TO a friend in y w York
says, IN reference to the WEBSTER movement,
here:
You have seen the call for meeting in
Faneuil Hall, TO NOMINATE WEBSTER President,
but it is all farce Not one of Mr.. WEE
sTtR's friends. of any political standing. has
taken any part III it; or, If any have, they keep
dark about II. and attend none OF the meetings
Massachusetts is sure TO give her vote for ScoTr
and GRAHAM even If there should be four Webs
ster tickets. - Bostcm .iHas