Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-10-15


do not write to create alarm, or to produce
sensation, but to the people to sense OF the
true condition of the army.
A YANKEE SKETCH OF A REBEL GENERAL.
The Philadelphia Presbyterian gives biography
of Major. General D. II. Hill, of North Carolina
1t says:
of Mathematics in Davidson College, North Carroll
ma which position he left in 1859 to become Prin.
cipal of the North Carolina Military Institute, at
Charlotte. He was then Familiarity known as - the
Major" having won that degree in the army OF the
United States which he resigned to enter upon civil
life He was born in South Carolina, educated at
West Point, and fought under Gen. Scott from Vera
Cruz to the City of Mexico and bears still on his
person some honorable scars which he received in
that great contest. He is small, slender man.
with quiet determined air; not genial, but quite
reserved if not morose in manner and gives the
impression generally Of who is content to mind
his own business, without concerning himself much
with the affairs of others.
In his house he is calmly, coldly polte-nothing
more. ae was an admirable professor, being thor
oughly versed in the studies of his department. and
stimulating the students to unusual exertions; but
so much of martinez as to wish to introduce the
strictness of West Point discipline into the college.
He is religious man, and ruling elder in the
college church, and certainly discharged all the du.
ties of his Office in the church conscentiously and
diligently. He taught bible class on the Sabbath,
composed of the more advanced students, and hav-
ing carried this class through the "Sermon on the
Mount" he afterwards published the result of his
studies this part Of Scripture in volume which
has been highly spoken Of in various quarters He
afterwards wrote series of articles for the North
Carolina Presbyterian, which were collected and
published in book with the title 1.-The Crucifixion
of Christ" He was member of the General AS
sembly which met in indianapolis, in 1859.
General Hill is South Caronian in all his feel
ings, principles and prejudices, and doubtless re-
joces that he is such. He has nursed his hatred to
the North to such degree that it has become as
near to passion as his cold nature permits. In
the year 1860 he delivered lecture at several
places in North Carolina, in which he complained
bitterly of the injustice which had been done to
the South by the Northern historians of the Revo-
lutionary war, and in which he asserted in sub
stance that all the battles gained in the Revolution
by Northern troops were a series of yankee
tricks" and that the real, hard, open fighting, had
been done by the South. So inveterate is this en-
nifty to Northern men and Northern character in
General Hill that it creeps out in unexpected places
and in most remarkable ways.
It would puzzle the ingenuity of most men to i'm
part sectional feelings and preudices into the
trail region Of mathematics; but General Hill has
succeeded in conveying covert sneers by agebracal
mathematical problems. In 1857 he published a
text book called the elements of Algebra" of
| which 1T. j. Jackson" then professor of Natu-
raj and Experimental Philosophy in the Virginia
Military Institute" now the famous rebel General,
said, in formal recommendation that be regarded
it superior to any other work with which am &C..
| quainted on the branch Of science" In this
book VIC find number of problems, Of which We
| give the following samples:
"a Yankee mixes certain number of wooden
| nutmegs, which cost him one fourth of a cent q
! piece, with real nutmcgs worth four cents piece,
| and sells the whole assortment for $45 and gains
$3.75 by the fraud How many wooden nutmegs
| there?' P. l24.
At the Womans Rights Convention held at
| Syracuse, New York, composed Of one hundred and
fifty delegates, the old maids, chldless wives and
belllamites, were to each other as the numbers 5,
and 3. How many were there of each class?' P.
| 100.
Davidson College, in which General Hill was Pro-
fessor is institution belonging to the Presbyteri.
ans of North Carolina. Four years ago the writer
was present at the annual commencement, and heard
| the late DR.. Thornwell deliver one Of his powerful
and elaborate sermons. A number of persons were
sitting on the day of commencement in the Presi-
dents house, then occupied by DR.. Lacy, when the
| President entered and introduced a gentleman to
! the company by the name of " Professor jackson,
| of Va"
lie was tall, rather noticeable person, of unob-
trusive manners, and sat engaged in conversation
with some of those near him while in the room, and
then took his leave. 1t was understood that he was
to be married in few days to daughter of the
Rev. DR.. E. II. Morrison, leading member of tho
Presbytery of Concord, and pastor of church in
the vicinity, into which family General Hill had
previously married. This was the only glance we
ever had at the man who has since won so much
notoricty as General "Stonewall" Jackson. His
first wife, as is we'll known, was the daughter of
DR.. George Junkin, of Philadelphia.
DANIEL WEBSTER IN HIS COFFIN
We find the following account of the funeral Of
Col Fletcher Webster, and Of the inspection of his
fathers remains, in the "PkymOuM Rock..::"
The tomb at Marshfeld once again opens wide its
portals to receive the last of the sons of the "great