Chas

            Dec. 1 59

 

New Haven Nov. 30^th 1859

 

Dear Father

                        I received your long letter yesterday morn. Thank you for the theology news &c. I am glad to learn that Mother thinks of writing. Sallie dear—poor girl! how busy she must be! What a sight of work she must have to perform! Now that we have so many of us left, and more of the family duties fall upon her shoulders, I suppose she does not find time for any writing, and / so I am not surprised that she does not favor me. Hope her anticipated trip to the Emporium will recruit her. Three sundays more—and we're off—This term has gone like smoke before the breath of Boreas (Ahem!) Still I don't know that the end is any too near. Prof. Fisher's preaching is almost unbearable. His subject last Sab. morn. was Paul's sermon on Mars Hill—He spoke of it as plain & unadorned with (by) oratorical flourishes, and said he considered it wrong to attempt to gain attention to the exposition of truth, or to enforce truth by attempts at eloquence—I should think he did. Today the New Havenites have their election of Town Officers. / Johnny Boyle, of whom I spoke in Frank's letter as missing, has turned up at the Tontine. He is sick and took the liberty to move his quarters—a rather bold leap. We shall see what the Faculty think of it. There is very little excitement here now. The burial of Euclid has blown over, and as far as I can learn no one has been disciplined. To all appearances our class will put it through next year with more than its usual outrages. It is said that the majority of those under influence of liquor are Freshmen. This of course is not so—but there were a very large number drunk. Don't spread this, or '63 may get a bad reputation. We are in / hopes she will do better. I suppose that unless Brown's execution is postponed, he will swing on Friday. I don't think he is a murderer, and according to some he cannot commit treason against a state, but, I guess the two thousand military will make way with him, notwithstanding my private opinion. I notice to day that Washington Irving is dead. Our great men seem to be going, and I must close my letter & go to my studies, lest there be a deficiency in great men in the rising generation—Love to all hands. Please write soon to your

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