Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-11-12
prIuoelon fIoIIore. Nav Jersey.


ffhe fold, ,ihe graphic sketch Of the ven
erable do||ols d Nov Jersey, taken from
the Phil6dtlnhiA aiqufer Of the 28th'Vlt,
win be fee1 With inherent:
Among The many Ipqtlsutions Of leafn1
ing which this A|Id qontains, Princelon
College, ol the College of New JerAey
Is, perhaps, surpassed by none. Beautifully
located ii the pretty town whose name u
bears, it has been for far more than a cen
tury an intellectual center, from which has
radiated some of the brightest lights in the
armament Of learning The bench, the bar,
the pulpit have caught some Of their fair
est Ornaments tom her classic halls, =
medicine owes to her instruction some OF
her most slsilllul surgeons and physiciAns;
| legislative halls have echoed with elo-
quence nuftured meath her shades, while
the busy marts Of trade TEEN with success
full business men who gathered energy and
ability in her class rooms, . rar'i
~ ~ PRINcEToN's RRcoRD. -
II we reckon from the date Of the first
charter the CoIlegeof New Jersey is now
one hundred and twenty-five years old,
The Rev. Jonathan Edwards was its silrRt
President when the college buildings were
at Elizabethtown. He died in 1747, and
new chatter was granted in the following
year, when the college was removed 70
1 Newark, and the Rev. aaron Burr became
its President. He was the sou-in-law Of
Jonathan Edwards and the father Of Aaron
/ Burr. q graduate Of the college, and at one
time Vice President OF the United States.
In 17T6 the college was removed to Prince
ton. 5grlNfLSJ4
This was during Gov. Belcher'a admins
tration, and it was proposed to call the
main building by his name, but the Coy
ernor declined the honor, and had the hall,
at that time the largest building in the
country, named Nassau Hall, in honor oi
King William I'LL During the Revolution
Nassau Hall was used alternately by the
British and the Patriots as o hospital, and
TO this day it bears more than one mark oi
the deadly struggle waged near its walls.
At the time OF the battle Of Princeton .
portrait of George II hung upon the val
Of the old chapel, now part of the library
When the fray was at its hight q cannon
ball crushed through the building, tearing
his Majesty's likeness out, but leaving th'
frame uninjured. Six years afterward th'
Continental Congress sat in the second
story of building. The commencement
exercises of the college were then beinl
held, and DR.. Ashbel Green, afterwafC
President Of Princeton 1912-23), was thu
Yaledictorian. .r;. ,.gt
An the members Of the Continental Con
grees were present, and among them So
George Washington. To him turned th,
young speaker, and in burst OF eloquenci
gave thanks to the great warrior, who after
ward received the proud title Of 'Father o
his Country" ata
This, it is said, was the only time Gen
Washington was ever known to be presen
at college commencement. Shortly afte
the memorable occurrence recorded above
by the request Of the board of trustees
Washington sat for his portrait, and j
now graces the south wall OF the Library
inclosed in the self-same frame which ono
held the portrait of His Britannia Majeat,
George II. The artist, the elder Peale, in
troduced into the picture the portrait 0
Gen. Mercer, of Virginia, who was NOR
J tally wounded at Princeton. ~
The presidential chair of thescollege hay
ing become vacant BY the death of DR.. Nc
/ Lean, the trustees called to the position
from over the great water, Dr. James Nc
5 Gosh, D. D., LII. d., who for sixteen Year
lhad been Professor of Logic and Meta
physics in Queer's College, Belfast. II
accepted the tender of the chair, and yes
|, terday was formally inducted into office.