New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20

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fire Company NJ 3 psyps t1ro1Sa 'Fo-'|'
sOse there would pet srs D. some s.ss2pJ'1titfs.
Ire susiect Of .bo DISCOURSE ~ss - i1s hSr,'
" tign Of foet-y ssi eeieYce.' ard ,here F''
yery liec disc,imI- S-ug sk-tcs 0i Io sI."'el,
hab's o. raud ne.esssry 20 success q pj'lsci -n1
scientific oueUrs.
At,be dinner of the A.lirn there Wa 4 cS.1er-
ips ci mary dis:nsa,.bst ssn.s men wa0 hsd t-Nei
fnrrnrr risr. 5ers OF The College. els struck @th
On. fact which s oi sooe pbyssor gl al interest," VIZ;
the si,anAge OF a the person IN gaming posi-on 4
tie void. In s0Uls Ds.ascrs 'ol.y siaufe aHd
expressive cou-rch 2nee We're cTtDolDsd, OF WIZ
.lass Senator Chase of OHIO, gso PRESIDED wac
good specimens: in csbers there Wss tte c)icssal
form OF Ssul With N. he radiant soul Of D3sd, s1d
Of tbs class ps- emiaenee was John Wentworth oi
CHICAGO Prss,iel, " ll!e Of " ab-sA Collage, In
dlans vas good rSp-esent.'ISe 0t he manly Eglrs
ard bearing, which impress he olnd AZ oG-e Si'1
an idea OF gc.d Judgment and p-ictc al s5i,y. The
ro,C1d form OF Senator Hale is qa..e cong-uous
slih the good buInor Sb,ch s. II do not nsJatse
the source OF hs popularity. Ex-Chel-Jlsti:e
Parker who = the President OF the Society .hOu2h
be did no. preside a. ihs dDDcr), =, On the Other
hand remarkable for a fine head aud classical fei-
tures He is indeed. physically worthy of a p,scs
with the English Chsnccllors, OF whom Il bas bNel
said that with feT exceptions they hsye been de
tiDeuisbed for personal beauty.
Dartmouth certainly has reason 70 b. proud OF
her AlUmn.. 4 hDer looking group OF men have
seldom II ever seen convened. IL u not my par
pose 70 report the dinner, nor indeed any of the
subsequent exercises 8. the Commencement.
single remark q all | ksye 70 make, VIZ: thAt
bused myself with speculation as to the secret Of
the power OF President Lord. lie ia by no means
brilliant IA public speaker, 81 ! should judge from
his r. sponse 10 the address OF the graduating cass
| and bis dinner speech; and ! understand that he
has no. devoted himself particularly to any depart.
ment of learning as teacher. In fact he has little
| 10 do with instruction as Professor; yet he has
been the head Of the institution Tor - years, with
g1diminshed influence, unless his recent Fro
| Slavery views may have impaired II. he must
have uncommon ssgacity and practical turn for
| business affairs, in that respect resembling Dr.
| Mott Of llnlon College, who never eNceBed ~ a
teacher CT young men, but has shown great skl Il
| the maDag Of the College.
| But must part with the literary associations OF
Hanover 10 giye you some OF my impressions Oi
| the scenery OF the upper Connecticut, 20 which
| took ny way at the close of the Commencement.
| II has been common of late Years 70 rush 70 the
White Mountains I'D the Connecticut t0 Wells
River, thence 10 Littleton and the Notch but few
, seem to be aware how much they leave behind By
not pursuing their journey further up the Connect
cut II is true the larger number who visit the mite
Mountains 90 merely for the excursion, and do not
| remain long still, judging from the general char
acter OF the last three seasons including the present.
there must be a good deal of delay IN waiting Tor
favorable weather 10 admit of ascending the noun
| tain. There is e large proportion OF rain in the
| immediate vicinity OF this elevated range, AMI
know nothing more uncomfortable than In be under
| the shadow OF Washington and it's neghb0rs in
| cold storm, and /. j. always cold up there when
much rain falls. On the other hand, there are
many places, at the distance OF twenty or thirty
| miles, where there is less humidity and more
shine, ana from which L ls easy to make an excur
| sion 10 the mountains when iayOrabe opportunity
| occurs
! There is large resort to North Conway or tie
| eastern side of the mountain.
| Ii seems to me that Lancaster. on the western
side if not equally attractive in the distant view of
| scenery has az least AS much and more near at
hand 10 interest visitors Tho roads along
the Connecticut on both sides of the river are ne
then il is a convenient distance from all the places
| 10 which there il much travel-from the Crawford
| Notch. ~ miles: Glen House y; Franconia, -:
| and Island Pond, about -. A large hOte has been
| completed this Summer, which is intended for the
accommodation OF visitors at cheap rates--by which
| | mean such "a used 10 be- paid in villages
| i. is getting to be understood that pure water
! snd the bracng air Of the upper country are more
medicinal than mineral waters, and hope the good
sense OF cur people VIII induce resort 10 TIE fTc
| healthiul region of northern Vermont and New
Hampshire, instead OF being Gagged AT much larger
expense in grand hotels al more fashionable places
nearer the large cities.
Maidstone, from which write, il iew miles
| above Lancaster, on the Vermont side. The river
sccnery at this place is surprisingly beautiful The
Connecticut winds through broad aliuyial meadows,
| making often the figure OF an oX-bOw. One of
these opposite where now am is large enough for
| a respectable farm. Directly in the background
| rises a mountain Of considerable eleystlon, and
| seemingly too steep for carriage rosd there il
one. however, and on plateau iehlnd the highest
peak is little settlement with the usual accOmpa
niment in NeTmOnt-a school. house.
understand that the farmers In these retired and
unpromising locations stl DO well. TIE price Of
the land Is cheap and is paid BY single years pro-
ductlon.
Schcolhouscs IN this part Of tho country s,lract
the trayeler's attention; they not only indicate at-
tenton TO the education of children, they also fur
nish facility Tor religious worship on the Sabbath
when otherwise there would be none. A young
man from the Theological Seminary Of New-York
has organized Sabbath schoOl, and conducts re-
Egious services at thrte schOohous, some m..es
apart, in this neghborhoOd.
The Onerous expense ot church and settled
minister in district spsrsely populatei, and the
population divided up into several different denom-
nations, makes i necessary 10 have the aid OF MS
sionary labor s.H.p.
CONVENTION or INSTR CTORS OF