The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-02-28
For the Register,
Letters from the West.-No. "a.

Letters from the West.-No. "a.
The first day of the new year-Lecture an
| nounced-Personal appearance of the Lee
turer-lls name-1lis theme-Lights and
shades-practcal lesson for Young Amer
ica.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 1855.
In this latitude, which is South of 40
degrees, the bright day of the new year
was seldom or never surpassed in beauty.
1t was born under shower Of smiles
from the King Of day He walked the
heaven in kingly majesty, and retired
only in time to give place to the Queen
of night Tho evening was ft counter.
part of tho lovely day.
1t was announced in the dailics,' that
lecture would be delivered 10 the eve
ming, at tho Athenaum, by one who pre-
sides over one Of the 26 colleges of the
State. As this is one Of tho most pop
ular modes Of communicating knowledge
and as the speaker ranks among the most
learned and eloquent Of lecturers, we
availod ourself Of the opportunity to
hear The room was large. and well
filled at an early hour, by the elite of the
city. At longth the speaker took the
stand, and was introduced to his audi.
encc. His appearance was proposes.
sing. He has evidently seen moro than
fifty summers He is above the medium
height, not corpulent bit spare, pierre
ing eye, high square forehead, well
balanced head, covered over with silvcry
locks. Such, in brief, is the contour per-
s0naI, of the Hon Horace Mann, who
prcsidcs over Antioch College.
The subject Of his lecture was Gret
Britain.
lie should attempt to give,
lst. y birds eye view OF some Of the
institutions Of Great Britain.
"a Show how wo muy be benefited
by the picture.
lie commenced BY saying, i. would be
no part Of his prcscut Plan, to give a
reason, n,why the term Great was attached
to or made o part Of the name Of the ma
tional domain for all of Great Britain.
said he, could be placed in some Of our
fresh water lakes, and not impede navi-
CATION; all its rivers could be euipted
into the Mississippi, and hot cause it to
overflow its banks Tho nation is pow
crful, and her power is transferable moi
SO of other nations. To Great Britain
the world is one vast payQde ground.
She scattors the dcfenccs of 100000 600
to the wind She treads the earth like
a giant aud demands tribute Of whom
she will Would that she initiated God
III goodness, as she does in omnipotonce.
The power Of her machinery is equal to
the labor of 600,000O00. Driven by
food and fire, she supplies the malkots
Of the world On one Of ier docks,
there is cellar, five acres in extent,
filed with Sherry wine, also another Of
equal extent, filed with liquors, into
which no light or taper is ever carried.
lest the evil spirits there, like ten thou.
sand devils, should rise up and destroy
the place Tho London bankers do a
business monthly of 100000, or
nearly s. 600 100000 yearly. She has
several miles Of Railway, located in mid
heavens, scaling towns aud cities. Lon
don is city containing upwards OF
100000 Londop bridge is thorough
fare, without a parallel on the globe
The agriculturisis of England pay out
yearly for manure alone $500 100000
Her poets are unrivalled in song Her
phiIanlhropists are unsurpassed in tenev
olenco. Her scholars maintain the
proudes; ominencc. To be a great man.
means something in Great Britain.
DO not wonder, said he, that an Anglo
Saxon discovered the circulation of blood
Their unoonlucrablo thirst to excel was
guarantCc.
( But this diagram has ita shades aud
dark outlines. Every body is taxed, citi-
zen or stranger, and you must not only
poy for everything you want done but
for the privilege of having it done. Here
is park of 400 acres, filed with mon
keys or other quadrupcds alike valuable
There is an area of 400 yards square.
crammcd with 10000 human beings. des
tituto Of nearly every comfort that rem
ders lifc valuable As in geology. so
there, you will Gnd society divided into
strata, or layers, one rising above another
with geological precision aud e1ac,ness
There are five orders of nobility. Pride
is rampant in the church. Some Bish-
ops receive 100000 per year. Some
poor and industrious communicates only
receive enough to keep body and soul
together. Nearly one tenth Of the pop
ulatiOn, or about 1000 600, are paupers
The spirit of arisiocracy rankles in every
grade or order of society. Even ser.
want girl that is able to sport dress
made Of one shilling calico, looks proudly
down upon her, who is arraycd in SIX