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name of the College of New Jersey. It was founded under the auspices of the Presbyterian Synod of New York, which then included New Jersey in its jurisdiction. A charter was obtained in 1746, and it was opened for students in May, 1747, at Elizabethtown, N. J. The same year it was removed to Newark, and in 1757 it was transferred to Princeton, where a new college edifice, named Nassau Hall, had just been completed. That name was given in honor of William III., of the illustrious house of Nassau. The college itself was often called Nassau Hall. It suffered much during the Revolution, being occupied as barracks and hospital by both armies. The president, Dr. Witherspoon, and two of the alumni, Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton, were signers of the Declaration of Independence; and several of the leading patriots during the war, and statesmen afterwards, were graduates of the College of New Jersey. General Washington and the Continental Congress were present at the commencement in
st 25th, John Endicott, as General, with ninety volunteers, distributed to four Commanders,—Captain John Underhill, A sort of Friar Tuck,—devotee, bravo, libertine, and buffoon in equal parts,—Underhill takes a memorable place among the characters who from time to time break what is altogether too easily assumed to have been the dead level of New England gravity in those days. He had been a soldier in Ireland, in Spain, and more recently in the Netherlands, where he had spoken freely to Count Nassau. He was brought over by Winthrop to train the people in military exercises, and was one of the Deputies from Boston in the first General Court. Palfrey. In his Newes from America he has written an account of this expedition, and of the more important one which followed. Captain Nathaniel Turner, Was Representative from Sagus or Lynn in the first six General Courts. In January 1636-7, his house in Sagus took fire by an oven about midnight, and was burnt down, with all that was in it <
From Nassau --Outrage on the British Flag.--The Savannah Republican contains letter from Nassau, N. P., dated May 20 giving some further particulars of an affair heretofore noticed. The writer says: We arrived here last Saturday from England, in the fine iron steamer Hero, after an excellent run of eighteen days. Thirty-five miles E. N. E., off Absco light, we were boarded three times by the U. S. steamer Mercedlin the approached us with the British ensign flying too soon run up the Stare and Stripes and fled a blacktops. We at once stopped the engine, when the first officer came aboard, the boat's crew and confirmed to the teeth. After having looked through all our papers, he Captain to go with him on board of the Mercedita; which of course, was claimed. Be there asked permission any to the Captain of the Mercedita, but also that request was not granted.--The officer went on board the Mercedita and with the 2d Lieutenant, and once more our papers underwent a thoroug
s, and finds Secretaries whose ambition is to do their duties, each in his own department. The country has yet to encounter greater perils than any we have escaped, and only with a conservative Cabinet can they be encountered successfully. If the President retains his present disunited, inefficient, and unpopular Cabinet, or replaces it by one still more radical, we tremble for the result. The blockade business at Nassau — how it is done — Insult to the U. S. Consul. A letter from Nassau, N. P., dated the 26th ult., says there is very little commerce with the South compared with what it was a few months ago, and contraband goods are lying there in want of vessels to carry them to Southern ports. It adds: All the principal warehouses are filled with these goods, and they have no room to stow any more. I have seen some shipped immediately before the eyes of the American Consul — I mean arms, &c. It seems that the principal merchants (so called, as they have to complete<
Religious Discussions. --A letter from Nassau, in the Charleston Courier gives some information about literary matters in England, in which is included the following: By far the most important subject is that of the alleged revolution in progress in England relative to the belief in the historical authenticity of the Bible. Over a year ago a series of powerful articles were published in book form, entitled "Essays and Reviews," in which the accuracy of the historical portions of the Old Testament were severely criticised. The strict constructionists took alarm. Numerous replies appeared, and the authors of "Essays and Reviews" were called before the Ecclesiastical Court to answer the charge of heresy. To the surprise of many the accused were acquitted and according to the Westminster, the Court laid down the principle that "the clergy of the Established Church are not chilged to maintain every part of the Bible as an infallible record of past history, and every word as
From Nassau --A Colored Demonstration--A letter from Nassau, the 18th, to the Charleston Courtier, announces the sale arrival of the blockade-running steamer Ruby at Havana. The Ruby was obliged to put into Matanzas during heavy weather. The letter says: While there the Federal cruiser Sonora came in and anchored so near her that there was scarcely room for the two vessels to swing clear of each other. Capt Pest being determined to test the intentions of his neighbor, threw some shavings, &c., into his furnace, and made a smoke, whereupon the Federal got up steam, beat his men to quarters, and ran out his guns. Capt. Peat applied to the Spanish Admiral for protection, and was actuated that he should not be molested while he was within Spanish jurisdiction. The British war steamer Ariadne, just then arriving, took charge of the Ruby, and in broad daylight col. vowed her to Havana. The affair created much indignation among the British and Spaniards, and much impotent wr
Nassau, brought through a small box or package, addressed to a firm in Macon, Ga., to the care of a commission house in Charleston. By some means the nature of the contents was ascertained or suspected when it was opened and found to be some $200,000 of counterfeit Confederate notes. We have seen one bill of this lot. It is a counterfeit $20, of the Duncan plate, and is by far the best executed and most dangerous counterfeit we ever saw.--We could give the points of difference, but prefer not to do so — thinking it best for the public good. We say this, however, don't take any more of the Duncan plate $20's unless you know them to be genuine, or get them from a man whom you know to be reliable and responsible. It is said that the house in Macon to which these counterfeits were directed, is a photograph or picture gallery establishment, and that the instructions were to buy cotton with it and ship the same to Nassau. We hear the members of this firm in Macon have been arrested.
From Nassau. --We have received Nassau (N. P.) papers of the 9th inst. The Nassau Guardian publishes an order which has been reissued from the Colonial office by the Duke of Newcastle, requiring that commanders of belligerent ships shall obtain the permission of the local authorities be fore entering the ports, roadsteads, or waters of the Bahamas out islands. The editor congratulates his readers on the fact that the attention of the Home Government has been turned to the subject, and that the order has been issued to enforce the neutrality laws and prevent Federal cruisers from laying in wait for merchantmen in British waters. The same paper gives an account of the chasing of the British steamer Hanse, between Abaco and that port, by the Vanderbilt. The Hansa was chased into Six Shilling Channel, and was forced to throw overboard about 70 bales of cotton. The chase lasted two hours, during which time the Yankees kept up a continuous fire, firing one shot at the Bansa aft
were engaged; of these 37 were captured by the enemy, 12 were totally lost, 11 were lost and the cargoes partially saved, and one foundered at sea. They made 363 trips to, Nassau and 65 to other ports. Among the highest number of runs made were those of the Fannie, who has run 18 times, and the Margaret and Jessie, which performed the same feat, and was captured. Out of 425 runs from Nassau alone (including 100 schooners) only 62--about one in seven--have been unsuccessful. A letter from Nassau on this subject says: You will please observe that most of the boats here enumerated were wholly unfit for the purpose to which they had been hastily applied under the inducements of the large profit, and are very different from those which have been more recently built, and expressly for blockade running. Still, even now it is by no means an uncommon thing for a five or six knot boat to make several successful trips, white the better class pass the blockading squadron almost as carel
Business at Nassau. --A letter from Nassau published in the Charleston Courier, says: To give you some idea of the business of the place, Major W. told me the other day that there were one thousand tons of bacon and pork here belonging to the Government and awaiting shipment; much of this is spoiled, and much more destined to be in the warm summer months approaching. There are eight or ten vessels now in port loading. Three of them have just arrived from England, and more are expected. It is thought that there will be twenty-five or thirty vessels running between this place and Wilmington during the coming summer. I fear that all of our cotton will be taken away without giving back much substantial benefit, and we will be left at the close of the war without a bale for credit. There are some facts with reference to the sending out of Confederate bonds which it seems to me should be brought to the attention of the Government. They are sacrificed out here and in Europe