usual on days of relaxation. The proposal was adopted at the meeting, as was to be expected from young men, with but few dissenting voices. Mr. Hobart soon had information of the measure, and at once saw the mischievous effects which the example would produce upon the future government and order of the institution. He passed without delay to the house of the President and informing him of the particulars, the Faculty were convened, who commissioned the President immediately to assemble the classes separately, and present to the m, individually, the alternative of submission to the laws, or an immediate dismission. The promptness and decision upon the part of the board, had the desired effect. The students, not having been allowed time to organize a party, or concert a plan of opposition to the government, abandoned the measure which they had adopted with so much precipitation, and, with one single exception, returned to their studies, and the order of College sustained no further interruption on this account. It may not be without its advantage to remark, that the young gentleman who, on this occasion, persisted in maintaining his stand in opposition to the authorities of the Seminary, although, in all other respects, of unexceptionable character and conduct, found this ill-advised obstinacy the source of much injury and unhappiness to him in future life.

"In all other departments of the Seminary his influence and activity were equally felt. I remember, upon an occasion in which an attempt was made to expel a member from the Whig Society, on account of some misdemeanours, Mr. Hobart made a speech

against him, which was compared by some hearers to the celebrated address of Mr. Pitt, in the British Parliament, when it was proposed by some member to let loose the savages upon the American Colonies. Although in this estimate large allowance must be made for youthful enthusiasm, and incompetency to a just decision, yet I can still recollect with satisfaction the effect produced upon the minds of us all, by this display of a fervid eloquence."

The account of the first interview of Dr. Beasley with Mr. Hobart, represents him in a very striking and interesting light.

"In the fall of 1795 commenced my acquaintance with Bishop Hobart. Never shall I forget the impression which was produced upon my mind by my first introduction to him, and the conversation which followed; having just entered the College at Princeton as an under-graduate of the junior class. Upon some occasion of business in which his advice was solicited, I was conducted into the room which he occupied as his study, and saw a youth of no very prepossessing appearance, at least to me at that period, seated at his desk, and engaged in the study of theology. I beheld before me a figure of middling size, sallow complexion, features somewhat irregular, a countenance obscured in its expression by the use of glasses to correct the deficiency of short sight, a contracted forehead, and a head thickly covered with hair, while all its proportions were imperfectly defined. I had been previously informed that he was a youth of uncommon parts, and had graduated in the College, a few years before, with the highest honours of the institution. His

first appearance but little accorded with the expectations which had been awakened of his talents and interesting properties. These unfavourable prepossessions, however, were immediately removed when I was introduced, entered into conversation with him, and caught the silver tones of his voice. He received us with that frank, cordial, and ardent manner by which he was so peculiarly distinguished, and in a few moments I was convinced that he possessed remarkable clearness of understanding, and readiness and power of conversation. He at once entered with the deepest interest into the business upon which we had been induced to seek an interview, gave us satisfactory information upon the subject, explained the best mode of proceeding in the case, tendered the offer of any services in future, and I left him so much gratified and delighted, that a foundation was then laid for the subsequent intimacy between us, which has formed one of the highest sources of satisfaction in life, and the loss of which, at this moment, presents to my imagination and feelings one of the widest vacuities in the series of earthly enjoyments."

In this spirited and striking sketch we behold the touches of one who was fond of his subject, but who, nevertheless, has not overstepped the modesty of nature. Even strangers, as it were, participated in these feelings, and their lively impressions and general recollections give the fullest confirmation to the testimony of friends. One of these remarks:*

• The Hon. John Sargeant, member of the Senate of the United States.

"I was not his cotemporary at Princeton; he preceded me by several years. When I first arrived at the College, he was living at the town as a graduate, engaged in the pursuit of his theological studies. I rarely saw him, but the place was full of his fame. Every one who had opportunities of knowing him, dwelt upon his talents and power of application. He had gained whilst in College the first honours of his class, and gave every presage of the intellectual eminence that awaited him in after life. He continued to keep up an occasional connexion* with one of the literary societies to which he had belonged, where his abilities were always usefully and signally displayed."

Another eminent person also observes: "Bishop Hobart graduated before my entrance into College, which was in the spring of 1794. In the fall he returned, to pursue the study of divinity. It was then I saw him for the first time, and regarded him with great interest, on account of the distinguished reputation he had established in College; but he being a graduate, which separated him from association with the students, and I being very young, we seldom met. My chief recollection of him is as a member of the Whig Society; he generally attended the meetings, and always maintained there a decided ascendancy. From that period till his death I seldom saw him, but observed his course at a distance, as marked by the same elevation which distinguished him in early life."

It was intimate and constant.

The Hon. Richard Rush, late Minister to the Court of St. James's.

The following communication to the same effect, is from the Hon. William Gaston, of North-Carolina: "I had not the honour of being an associate of the late Bishop Hobart during his collegiate course; he graduated in 1793, and I entered as a member of the junior class, at the beginning of the winter session of 1794. He was still, however, residing in College when I reached Princeton, and was to me a subject of deep interest, because of the animated contest in which he had been engaged for the first honour of the class. It was understood that the Faculty had been a long time equally divided on the question; one half voted for Mr. Hobart, and the other half for Mr. Bennet Taylor, a young gentleman of great promise, from Virginia; neither party being willing to yield to the other, it was ultimately agreed that Hobart and Taylor should be declared equal, and that chance should decide which of them should deliver the Latin Salutatory, the ordinary reward of the best scholar, and which the English Salutatory, usually regarded as the second distinction. Dr. Smith, it was said, who espoused Taylor's pretensions, threw up a quarter of a dollar, and Dr. Minto, who headed the other party, cried out, 'Heads for Hobart;' and there were some coarse rhymes in circulation, expressing the joy of the old gentleman, when he found that he had called aright. The alarm about the yellow fever at Philadelphia, prevented, however, any public commencement. Between the graduates and students there were very few ties; although I saw him every day, nothing occurred to bring about between us any thing like intimacy; I retain, however, a vivid and distinct