Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-09-18
LETTER From NgwARK.

Newark, Del, Sept. 9, 1856.
Ma. REPUBLICAN, AS we have not had the plea
sure OF seeing your valuable sheet for some time We
have not had the pleasure Of reading in il any thing
concerning our little village, Justly styled the "a then
VI Delaware. Nor IL It our intention to give YOU
full description OF our village and its in6abitant
rs you have had all that before Ga those poinu
suffice it to say that village Is one VI the mos
beautiful 70 be ionna -nYThars ''~s esr aicn ar'
/ dies, why Mr. Editor, Wilmington with all the real
and imaginary beautiful there scarcely oompa
with ours; aud that our children are fine, healthy
| young Onas, and none Of your city skim milk fed
babies Besides this, We have our share OF dog, cat
| kitten and chicken fights not great many drunk
Gu men; not business enough for lawyer, scarcely
enough for Doctor plenty for the butcher and ba-
ker and all the other good things usually found in
villages. We are afraid as regards politics that a
| large vote will be polled for Buchanan, cause why,
the ladies here are all Buchanan (he's bachelor;
and tho ladies govern husband, brother son. friend
lover, and much MS they may want to vote for
Fillmore it takes two to make bargain.
some very fine improvements are taking place
hnre ut presant among which il the Newark Bank :
q line press brick building about thirty feet 'front.'
from forty to fifty deep, and three stories in height
This building will he, when completed, one Of the
finest in the noghborhOod. It will be the nbode of
John Miller, Esq, present cashier Of the Bank
There Is also ifue brick bliIling, just put up OPP
posite the College 1t was built for Mr. James
Armstrong: IL is two stories high, double cottage
style with bracketed cornce. A number of other
buildings are In course of erection in other parts of
the village, description Of which we may give
when we come to chapter two.
Duties have again commenced at the college.
Inc session has opened quite prosperously and we
may be allowed to say without fear VI contradiction
that there was never better set of studeAts here
nor set possessing as generality 50 much talent
or more interested in tho welfare Of the college,
The so,iabiity and good feeling ever existing be.
tween the rival literary societies. the Delta Phi and
Athenea7 are to be increased by the formation efa
general reading room We like this move and If
properly carried out it will result ia great benefits
to all connected with the Institution By no class It
seems 10 u.s. as general thing to Intelligence Of tue
day neglected as by students, A club attached TO
the Delta Phi has also been firmly established, Of
which the chief object is the Interets of Delaware
College" An exceedingly fine course ofleetures will
be delivered before this club, in the college oratory
commencing in a few weeks. Including nmeng
the rest some of the most popular lecturers in th is
part Of the country. This will be something of 4
rarity and quite treat for cur citizens Speaking
Of the prosperity Of the college, why is ii that DelaN
warians, Wilmingtonians especially, manifest 50
little interest in the institution? 1t cannot be be-
cause they think we have not an excellent Faculty
Our Faculty is composed Of men Of superior M nds
and who stand high in the literary and scieBths
world. Our course Of study are as complete that
OF any college in our Union, and possess ad-
vantage enjoyed by very few If any other oellege
that is, for our very first year of the courses we
have good, experienced Professors, where Others
have fresh from the seminary tutors, who UNDER
stand little about drilling Greek verb into the
eraniums of beginners and then clinching in on the
inside to mako it stay. Besides this we have the
greatly to be desired advantages Of comfor table
rooms, good boarding houses and the best Of board
The female Seminaries, under the charge of
Rev. Mr.. Heed and the other under Miss Hannah
Chamberlain are now quite prosperous. These arc
institutions that cannot be surpassed in everything
that tends to make boarding school lifo life Of
mental improvement, partaking 10 great extent
all the joys of homo. But Mr.. Editor "there's mu-
sic in the air, and sweetly above the discordant
din OF noisy students rise the tones Of that ever well
come instrument-the breakfast bell; and so"fare-
we'll for while" CIV.