Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-08-10

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I Empirical and fancitul methods are charac-
teristcs Of Hindu astronomy.
A Southern paper expresses the confident belief
thl,, in the event Of Mr. Liucoiu's election, no
man will dare accept Office under him in any
/ slayeholdins state. We should regret exceedingly
to sec Lincoln elected, but sooner than let ali the
Offices In Louisville remain vacant, we would take
/ "a few of them ourselves-it only 10 show we were
not atraid.-L9asuAe JJ'UuoL
Apropos to the above, the y y. Courier
* Enquirer relates conversation few days
since in New York between some Southern
disuuionists and more sensible gentleman
from that quarter of the country
The conversation waxed warm, and was
continued late into the night when finally,
one Of the Dis uiUuists remarked-'L Lincoln
| viii no doubt be elected but thank God he
will not be able to organize his government,
because no Southern man Will be permitted
to take Office under him. Who, for instance,
/ would d1r, % be Collector Of the port Of
-E This aroused the patriotism Of the
/ friend of the mon. Il am not in the habit
of boasting of my Intentions or Of my
wealth, was his reply. but You will con-
! cede that ! have more at stake in the country
than all Of YOU combined, and YOU know
how little 1t would suit my habit to take
office but mark my words as soon as Lin
coin is inaugurated, | will address him a
letter apprising him Of this conversation, and
Of my willingness U necessary, TO accept Of,
and faithfully discharge the duties OF the
/ Office Of Collector of -- until such time
as his Constitutional administration Of the
Government shall forever put an end to this
| insane cry Of disuniOn, because of imaginary
/ grievances which exist only in the brains Of
reckless, selfish, and unprincipled political
leaders. And permit me to add, that in my
Judgment within six months after Lincoln
inauguration, each and all Of you, will be
most willing, ii not anxious to hold Office
under him. Good night.
4 Fmsr,R,TE NorcE-The Boston Atlas
anal Be Of Saturday contains an account of
Commencement in this place, from its own
reporter, which closes as follows:
As 3 o'clock p ", Of Commencement day, the
Sigma Phi fraternity met to celebrate their ami
veTsary. Rev. A. X. Strong, Of Monro, Mi
. chigan' oIlciated as chaplain. Prof. A B. White
| Of Michigan University, delivered an Grafton. lie
announced as his subject Cathedral builders, and
Medical Sculpture" The Grafton was marked by
classic finish, imaginative tone, and rythmical
arrangement Of periods. The language Of sculp-
/ ture and architecture, "pctrifed thoughts, and
! sermons in stouc, woro spoken Of in words as
beautiful as the statues to which reference was
: made.
! A Poem containing some poetry and a good
! many Jokes, was read by Samuel Burnham, Esq,
: of Boston. 10 was esteemed a success. One timid
line Of course contained a reference to John 5.
| SAKE.
Song, "Brothcr Of the Sarced Bard, closed the
celebration and the more public exercises of Com
menccment day
We cannot point out all the gems in this
felictous passage, and some of them need no
pointing to, they "stick out" So Medical
sculpture, - which is, of course the carving
off limbs and ''sculp' ing of tumors, &c,
forms beautiful subject in connection with
"cathcdral builders" Care you sure it was
not catheier builders, Mr. Atlas p and Prof.
White will be delighted to learn that that
was the theme he discussed, or diSsected
rather, SO ably. ''Imaginative tone is
good-though we can't understand it exact
ly-and the title of that song is particularly
good. The Sarced Bard is, of course,
considering the amount of poetical "sarce'
he has to take as the Douglas candidate for
Governor, Mr.. Saxe-but why the Sigs sang
a song to his brother we can't understand
1t is Of no consequence, however