Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-14


slowly in population, numbering, at this time, |
only some ave thousand inhabitants, of which |
four or five hundred are free blacks The enter
prise Of the people has lately added the improve
ment and convenience which is afforded by gas
and water. Many beautiful gardens and hand
some residences, together with the evenness Of
the streets and slightly elevated position Of the
town combine to make it a handsome, healthy
and attractive place.
There is a United States Barracks located here,
at which troops are drilled for active service.
Three hundred men left here for Utah on Tuesday
last. They were bone and sinew men, and under
the command of Col. Cooke will doubtless make
the Mormon Prophet tremble for his safety. The
post has been under the command of Col. May,
who is about to start a tour to Europe, and
will he succeeded in command by Col. Critten-
den. The post is a very old one having been
first built by the British during the war Of the
Revolution, and since its occupancy by the Uni
ted States, has gained an enviable reputation
shcool of practice, as was proven during the Mex
lean war, for which it furnished the gallant Ring
gold, the distinguished Captain Washington, and
the lamented Ridgely, besides host of others
who bravely and effectively acted their part in
the battles of that war
Dickinson College, an ancient institution of
learning, is also situated here. The closing ex-
ercises of the College year took place this week.
They were Of highly interesting character, and
were largely attended by the immense concourse
of citizens and strangers who yearly welcome
these rich literary treats. Overlooking these eX-
hibitions of the miner classes, they commenced
on Monday evening by the exhibition of the Bellies
Lettres Society, which was followed by that of
the Union Philosophical Society on Tuesday even
ing. At the exhibitions Of these rival societies,
speeches of high literary order were made, dis
playing talent, knowledge, and deep research.
The gentleman who delivered the anniversary
address of the Union Society, after giving one Of
the grandest pictures of America and its beauties
ever painted in speech, went on to congratulate
his fellow members their success, and said
that one important evidence of the triumphs of
their society was the elevation of one of its men,
bers, within the last year, to the Chief Magstra-
cy of this great and glorious Republic, who in
his youth had learned in this Society the value of
that word sc nnion,'' which to be the
guiding star of his official action
On Wednesday the stone Of Emory
Chapel was laid with Masonic ceremonies. Sew
eral lodges of Masons and Odd Fellows from
distance, accompanied by bands of music, parti-
cipated with the Carlisle lodges, thus swelling
the number of spectators and making the scene
more imposing. This church is to be under the
control of the Methodist F. pscopal Church of the
Baltimore Conference, aid is named in honor of
Robert Emery, a man of great piety and learning
who once adorned the Presidency of Dickinson
College.
In the evening an able and eloquent address
was delivered before the alumni of the college,
by Robert A. Lamburton, Esq, of Harrisburg.
He severely censured modern reformers, reforms
and Innovations, such "spritualism,' - &" wo-
ulpft
handled Gen. Nicaragua Walker without gloves,
and so clearly exposed the position of this hlibus-
ter, as to change completely the minds and feel
ings of many of his ardent sympathizers. He
said that w alker had fed from the land to which
he had enticed so many thousands of our coun-
trymen and entailed upon them disease, misery
and death; had fed from the fearful monuments
OF bleaching bones on the plains of Nicaragua 10
hear, unheeded, the wailngs of the widows he
has caused, and the cries of the orphans he has
robbed, while he is borne in triumph through our
cities by an infatuated populace.
To-day, the Commencement exercises Of the
College came off, and the dense crowd of admir-
ing spectators, notwithstanding the hot weather
showed the appreciation with which the efforts of
the graduates were received. Some of the adj
dresses were such never hear or class as
schoolboy recitations; for many of them evinced
ability and knowledge, as we'll as eloquence and
argumentative powers, which would adorn older
head The exercises concluded highly gratifying
to the crowds of visitors and citizens who wit
messed them, after giving other proofs than those
heretofore offered of the fourishing condition of
an institution which has given % the country
some Of its brightest ornaments, among whom
two Of her sons now stand conspicuous, the one
as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, the other as President of the mightiest of
mighty nations.
But am encroaching upon your time and space
Yours, truly, f. MAcM