with the butts of their muskets, when an officer entered with the child, and the men retreated. The above anecdote is derived from a lady now living in Trenton, a daughter of Mrs. K., at that time a child 6 years of age; and who, on this occasion, was secreted in an oven.

NOTTINGHAM.

Nottingham originally included Hamilton, from which it was separated in 1842. It is a narrow strip of land, about 6 miles long, between the Delaware and Raritan canal and the Delaware river. On the N. it is less than half a mile wide; and in the lower part of it only a few rods. Its population is about 2,200. In 1842 its northern part, comprising the villages of Mill Hill, Bloomsbury, and Lamberton, were formed into a borough called "the borough of South Trenton," which is separated from the city of Trenton by the Assunpink creek, and is properly but a continuation of the city. Within the limits of the borough are 4 churches, the county offices and courthouse, the state prison and arsenal; and the bridge across the Delaware connects the borough with Morrisville, Pa.

Lamberton, the southernmost village, contains about 70 dwellings. It took its name from Mr. Thomas Lambert, who settled there about the year 1679. Mill Hill contains about 80 dwellings; and Bloomsbury 150. Both of these villages are separated from Trenton by the Assunpink. The first lies a short distance back from the Delaware; the last upon it. As these different villages (or localities, rather) may be in a certain sense considered as a part of the city of Trenton, they will be described under that head. [See Trenton. The township of Nottingham in 1840, contained 28 stores, 3 furnaces, 3 fulling-m., 3 woollen fac., 7 cotton fac. 6,500 spindles, 5 tanneries, 10 grist-m., 7 saw-m., 1 oil-m.; cap. in manufac. $596,770; 1 academy, 36 students, 13 schools, 348 scholars. Pop. 5,109.

PRINCETON.

The township of Princeton was recently formed from the townships of Montgomery and West Windsor. The village of Princeton was incorporated as a borough in 1812, and was then situated partly in Somerset and partly in Middlesex cos. The township is about 5 miles long, and 3 broad; bounded N. by Montgomery, Somerset co.; S. by West Windsor; E. by Franklin, Somerset co., and South Brunswick, Middlesex co. ; and W. by Hopewell and Lawrence. Pop. 3,055. The village of Princeton is situated on an elevated ridge of land, which rises with a long and easy ascent, and commands, to the east, a prospect of great extent. Besides the collegiate buildings, there are in the village about 200 dwellings, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Episcopal church, also one or two houses of worship for colored persons, a bank, printing-office, &c. The population of the village is about 2,000. Distant 40 miles from Philadelphia,

50 from New York, 18 from Somerville, 25.from Freehold, 16 from New Brunswick, and 10 from Trenton. The Delaware and Raritan canal, and the railroad from New York to Philadelphia, pass about a mile SE. of the college buildings.

The "College of New Jersey" was first incorporated in 1746; and has ever maintained its rank among the first literary institutions of this country. It owes its origin to a difference of religious views in the Presbyterian clrches, which took place at the period of Mr. Whitefield's labors in this country. In 1741 the Synod of Philadelphia, which represented the whole Presbyterian church, was divided into two bodies-the Synod of Philadelphia, and that of New York. The mass of the Synod of Philadelphia lay to the W., and that of the Synod of New York to the E. of the Delaware river. The clergy of the Synod of New York were, to a man, the warm friends and coadjutors of Mr. Whitefield; but those of Philadelphia were generally his decided opponents. The Synod of New York reproached that of Philadelphia with introducing men to the gospel ministry without due regard to personal piety; and that of Philadelphia recriminated, by charging that of New York with favoring enthusiasm, and with licensing men to preach the gospel without adequate literary attainments.

This last charge was believed by many, at that time, to have its foundation in truth; and they accordingly took measures to remove the evil. The Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, of Elizabethtown, a leading member of the Synod of New York, "gave being and shape to the deliberations that resulted in the creation of the College of New Jersey." He had been for several years a very successful and popular teacher of young men; and when the institution was resolved upon, every eye turned to him as the best qualified to lay its foundations, and to superintend its concerns. A charter for the college was sought and granted by John Hamilton, who acted as governor, (being the oldest member of the council,) between the death of Gov. Morris, in May, 1746, and the induction of Gov. Belcher, in 1747. The college thus founded was commenced in Elizabethtown, and Mr. Dickinson chosen its first president. He, with an usher, were the only teachers. The number of students was about 20, who boarded with the president, and with other families in the town. An old academy, which stood where the lecture-room of the First Presbyterian church in that town now stands, and which was burnt in the revolutionary war, contained the first recitation-room of the first classes ever attached to the New Jersey college. President Dickinson died October 7th, 1747. The students were then removed to Newark, and placed under the care of Rev. Aaron Burr, who was elected to succeed him. In 1757, the institution, then numbering about 70 scholars, was removed to Princeton, where the first college edifice was reared.

The principal edifice of the College of New Jersey is called Nassau Hall, and was erected in 1757. It is 176 feet long, 50

wide, and 4 stories high. Gov. Belcher was much interested in the college, and made a "generous donation of his library of books, with other valuable ornaments" to it. In consideration of this, the trustees voted him an address of thanks, with a request that they might be allowed to name the collegiate building then erecting. This honor his excellency declined; and requested they would name it NASSAU HALL, to "express the honor we retain," (says the governor,) "in this remote part of the globe, to the immortal memory of the glorious king William the Third; who was a branch of the illustrious house of NASSAU; and who, under God, was the great deliverer of the British nation from those two monstrous furies, Popery and Slavery," &c. The trustees, after the receipt of the governor's letter, resolved, "that in all time to come,” it should be called by the name of NASSAU HALL. At this early period, the discipline in the collegiate institutions of the country was materially different from that of the present day. Many customs, now considered absurd, were judged wholesome restraints, and as enforcing salutary habits of obedience on the part of the pupil to his superiors in rank. The annexed extract, from the Collegiate Code of Princeton College in 1765, is an illustration in point:

Every scholar shall keep his hat off about ten rods to the president, and about five to the tutors. Every scholar shall rise up and make his obeisance when the president goes in or out of the hall, or enters the pulpit on days of religious worship. When walking with a superior, they shall give him the highest place; and when first coming into his company, they shall show their respects to him by pulling off their hats; shall give place to him at any door or entrance, or meeting him going up and down stairs, shall stop, giving him the banister side; shall not enter into his room without knocking at the door, or in any way intrude themselves upon him; and shall never be first or foremost in any undertaking in which a superior is engaging, or about to engage; shall never use any indecent or rude behavior or action in a superior's presence, such as making a noise, calling loud, or speaking at a distance, unless spoken to by him, if within hearing; shall always give a direct pertinent answer, concluding with SIR!

Nassau Hall was occupied as barracks by the British troops previous to the battle of Princeton. The basement story they used for stables. Gov. Belcher's library, which he gave to the college, consisted of 474 volumes. Many of these books were highly valuable; but such of them as remained after the purloining by the British and American armies, when they successively occupied the edifice, were nearly all consumed by fire on the 6th of March, 1802, which left nothing but the stone walls of the edifice standing. On its being rebuilt, the walls, which were not materially injured by the fire, remained as before, and the whole interior of the house, except the chapel, was converted into lodging-rooms-the library, refectory, and other public apartments being provided for in additional buildings. At the time of the battle of Princeton, the room in Nassau Hall called the chapel, was adorned with a portrait of George II.; the Americans, in dislodging the British troops from the building, fired a cannon-shot which passed through the walls, and destroyed this picture. The frame, however, still remained suspended on the walls of the chapel, within which is now a portrait of Washington, painted by the elder Peale. It is stated that Wash