Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-11
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

WHITE HOUSE Tho Cadets on the occasion oil
their late parade IN this city visited the ex-
ecutive mansion, where they had an interest
ing interview with President Pierce. The Ca
diets having formed in single column in the
east room, the captain of the company, Cbas.
B Kenney of Pittsburg, Pa, addressed the
President in eloquent terms, commencing as
follows.
Mr. President: On the part of the George.
town College Cadets and the noble insti utiOn
which they represent here, In this chamber,
the scene Of 90 many exhibitions of American
feeling and Of American patriotism, hallowed
too by the constant presence of Americas no.
blest pride, tender you the assurance Of our
earnest regard and esteem. My own emotions
at this moment, standing in the presence Of
him whom from cur mothers knee We are
taught to regard with reverence and awe
would indeed silence my tongue, had L not an
honorable, high and sacred duty to perform
When an Institution which some Of the most
brilliant scholars in our country, the most pro-
found philosophers and ssgest statesmen are
proud to call their Z" Alma Mater, I" has select.
ed even so unworthy a representative Of her
sentiments, be is at once entitled to your kind
attention, he speaks what even the noblest
ruler Ct men might be proud to hear and to
deserye-the commentators of the good.
You Sc, hero before you hearts young and
ardent, glowing with the purest love Of their
country congregated, too, from the very ex-
treLnities Of this mighty, indissOluble, Union,
a communion of States in the communion of
their children, from the frowning forests of
Maine to the glittering soil of California, the
- SpsJ Magma ALfsTG Rome" ell in one
mind. and with voice testifyiDg their affec-
ton for yourself and their admiration Of tho
manner in Whieh you have discharged the
awful duties Of your Office. We are not SOL
diers by profession but we find in the eIer-
else Of the soldier an agreeable and prOfta-
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melted when we reflect that the brightest, the
nOblest names that adorn the pages Of our
cOuntry's history, have beeh alike distin-
guished in the cabinet and in the field. But
IN the names Of all those you see around you,
and IN the name Of that venerable Institution
which We love, while we express cur high APP
probation of your conduct as d statesman, We
cannot omit the earnest mention of our thanks,
deep and sincere, for the particular interest
you have manifested in the Alma mater of our
choice.
Abiding gracefully to the eminent public
services of the President in plotting the ship
of state successfully through the furious po-
litical tempests which lately beset her, he
closed as follows:
''In the name Of our company, then, l
thank you fOy the truly American and consti-
tutiOnal manner in which you have admins
tered justice TO all; thank you in the name
of the Faculty Of Georgetown College, who
know how to appreciate worth and pay a will
ing tribute to virtue / thank you in the
name Of all the young and glowing hearts
you see around you, in which the memory of
this day will be fresh as BOW when you, per-
haps, will have been called to a higher and
purer reward for your generous and patriotic
labOrs; thank you In the name OF nay Ia
tive, noble Keystone State, the bulWark of a
nation safety and her hopes, that has stamped
the seal Of her appreciation upon your public
acts with more than two hundred and thirty
thousand of her fTeemen's votes; l thank
you in the name Of every true hearted Amer
lean citizen who cherishe5 tho union and pros
parity of our common country. And when
y1I will have retired from the glory and cares
OF so mi hty DEMONSTRATION, amid the
beauty aud grandeur of nature which make
the Grant,. State the /" Switzerland of Amer
lea, your untrammeled spirit will find new
and purer springs Of pleasure and delight
oh remember still the depth and sincerity Of
our regard, remember that you have a mOnu-
ment moro enduring than brass, more lasting
than marble, in the undying, eternal graft
tu1e Of your cOuntrymen."
Upon the conclusion Of Mr.. Kenny's re-
marks the President replied, happily and ap-
PrOpriately, to the effect that though the Ca
diets represented different sections Of country,
they were still united IN feeling, that no geo.
graphical lines could divide the interests and
at one section Of the country, without ipjuring
the section from which il originated.
He eomplimenied the company en- their ap-
pearauce, and referred to the benefits Of citi-
zen sOldiery; of the prOdigies Of valor per-
formed by volunteers on the fields Of Mexico,
all of which resulted from the habitual use Of
arms.
In concluding, the President spoke in terms
OF high regard Of the Institution represented
By the Cadets, and Of its honOred President
On leaving the White House, the Cadets
proceeded to the Washington Seminary, where
they partoOk OF a collation. prepared by eau
tier. Speeches were made and sentiments
were offered by Messrs. Choice of ) Carolina,
O'FlyLn Of Michigan, Lancaster Of Pa , Hill
Of Maryland, and Neale Of Nd.
At about half past the Cadets started from
the Seminary on their march hOmeward, de-
lighted with their complimentary and hOspi-
table receptions -
TIE CIRCUIr COURT yesterday had before il
case Of considerable interest, as involving
the legality of the principle upon which build
ing associations are for the most part founded.
/, came mp on prayer for an Injunction TO
restrain the Potomac Building Association Of
this city from selling the house Of John John
son for failure to comply with the Iegula-
tiOns Of said association, Of which he is a mem
Der The sale is resisted on the ground that
the proceedings under which the association
dispenses its accommodations are usurious, to
which il is replied on the other hand that
the biddiDgs are not Of the nature of loans,
but are partnership transactions The case is
still before the Court -IHtetLIgsHceT.
CIRCUIT CoUET.-Yesterday the Court was
engaged IN the hearing Of a case under the
fugitive slave law, the frst tried in this Court.
A slave ran away from Virginia and wa,
taken here, and was claimed under the law
by K. W. Hunter, vino produced certificates
Of his right from Court in Virginia. After
hearing the evidence, and the arguments OF
Mr. Maury for the claimant, and c. S. Wal
Zach for defendant, the Court decided that
under the law the certificates OF the Courts in
Virginia were sufficient, and il was not fol
this Court to 60 behind those certificates Il
iLqaire into the freedom Of the defendant
The slave was Tenanded to the claimant.
ASSAULTS, &c-James Wallan was arrested
yesterday for sssauIting and beating Thomas
Welsh The case was laid before Justice
Dom, who, in consequence Of the inability o.
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