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cable. The evil to be abolished is an enormous one. The reform 

 would be not only relatively but positively beneficent. The prece- 

 dent already established, if it does not enforce conviction, at least 

 affords encouragement. The Committee, therefore, recommend the 

 doctrine set forth in the above Resolutions, to the Faculties of all 

 Colleges, — especially to those in the State of Ohio, whom they more 

 particularly represent, — for practical and immediate application. 



On behalf of the Committee, 



Horace Mann. 



COREESPONDEx^CE OF THE CINCINNATUS. 



BY A TRAVELING AGENT. 



Missing the mailboat a short time since, I took flight on the "Swal- 

 low," for Louisville, which city I reached ere the " rains set in,'' 

 " April showers" being this season measurably transferred into May 

 and prolonged to half of June ; but despite the croaking of many, 

 nevertheless, producing abundance of fruit and promising an abund- 

 ant harvest. Speaking of this, with what remarkable rapidity 

 Nature, this season, so long enchained in ice, finally, with a short 

 spring, hastened its way into summer, burdened with fruit — the sure 

 return of "seed time and harvest" verified by both Nature and 

 Providence. 



The scenery of La Belle Rivere passed, and the Fultonian rock- 

 ings of a night in a cupboard experienced, and we " land " on paving 

 stones, anon shut in by brick walls and the city's busy din. In 

 such a case, one sees but little of " life in the country." The liber- 

 ality of the founders of Lousville, however, is greatly, manifest, in 

 the breadth of the streets, profuse and rich foliage, together with 

 the generally ample space that is found around dwellings. After all, 

 there is much of the country in such a city — its air, burdened with 

 the fragrance of its flowers its shrubbery, and the ample shade of 

 forest trees. 



On Saturday, the Gth of June, the first display of the Horticul- 

 tural Society took place here. The backwardness of the sca.son 

 caused a meager display in variety. But on the succeeding Satuit 



