I arrived here the evening of the day I started and received my trunk that night by the stage; I came very near losing it, and if I had not been down there at the time it came in, it would have gone onto Hillsboro for the barkeeper did not get up to examine the way-bill, but slept on till the stage went out. I delayed writing thus long, that I might know whether I should room by myself or not, so as to write you, and so many new students have arrived, that it is impossible to do so and I have concluded to continue in the same room. A great many persons have joined College this session, which I believe is unusual, the number of students, generally, being less the spring session than the fall one. Our class consists of forty-five, being eight or ten more than last session and it is now the largest class in College and most of our old recitation rooms cannot hold us. Some of the students went down to the Govenor's last week and he told them the same thing that he told you, that my marks were better than any one else in our class.

We have had very bad weather ever since I have been here; it has rained almost every day and sleeted, and came very near snowing twice. It has cleared off however and I hope we shall have some good weather.

This place is a great deal more dissipated in the vacation than in the session and the night I came they were all of them intoxicated in some degree, which, together with cardplaying constituted the principal amusement. Govenor Swain had some of them up before the faculty for their conduct in the vacation, but I believe did nothing to them.

The churches are going on; Mr. Green collected two thousand dollars and Mr. Deems , the Methodist clergyman, eighteen hundred.

Please to give my love to brother Charles and brother William , and believe me to be yo