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RUSTOW RUTGERS COLLKGK. 



topol established his fame in the field. He wont to 

 India during tin- Sepoy mutiny, and came to America 

 in 18G() when secession was imminent. Hi' travelled 

 through tin- Southern Stales ami reported fully tin ir 

 spirit anil preparations for war. Taking up his rei- 



,11 \\ a>hingiou he noted the nuil.ur.--t of North- 

 ern sentiment in behalf of the I'nion, and the for- 

 mation of the Army of the Potomac. Alter Gen. 

 >|,-l>,iw t -ll had tdfUned to the field of Hull Hun. 



1 sot out from Washington to join the army, but 



> rwhclmed with the dense mass .if soldiers and 

 civilian!* in full retreat. Im-tead of reportinir the Kittle 

 he reported the rout so graphically that when his pub- 

 lished letter reached the I'tiited States he was dubbed 

 " Hull Hun Russell." He cmtinucd to report the 

 loorcments of the war as In: saw them at Washington. 

 and was for a, time with <!en. MeC'lellati in camp. But 

 as his reports seemed to give aid and comfort to the 

 enemy. Secretary Stanton refused him permission to 

 accompany McClellan in the Peninsular campaign and 

 he returned to Kndand. He was again employed in 

 reporting the war between Austria and Prussia in 



old gave an excellent account of the battle of 

 Sadowa. The German invasion of France in 1870, 

 the visit of the Prince of Wales to India in 1ST'), the 

 Ku-^o-Turkish war of 1877, and the Berlin Conference 

 of 1880 also employed his pen He founded in 1858 

 the Arm >/ <ul tftag Gazette. His books arc chiefly 

 collections from his correspondence. They include 

 Ilixinri/ nf I/if Criiiirini W<tr ('Jvols., 1857); Mi/ 

 Diarj/'in India (I860); Mf Dituy JfforA mid South 

 (18C2) ; Cuii'ii/ri. itt Dffen: ' and Resources 



(I8C5) ; Mi) Di'in/ in // Dm! (lSf,9) ; J/i/ Dianj dur- 

 ing the Last Grit \\~nr (ls7:;>, and uaperatke* : 

 Jfotes from tlic West (1882). He has also written a 

 novel and some minor works. 



RUSTOW, WII.IIKI.M, German military writer, was 

 born in Brandenburg, May 25, 1821. Having entered 

 the army in 1838 he rose to be an officer of engineers. 

 In 1850 he was indicted for publishing a work on the 

 military condition of Germany and fled to Xurieh. He 

 was made a major in the Swiss army and in 1800 he 

 took part in Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily, lie 

 translated the Greek military writers and WU associated 

 with Kochly in his history of Greek military art. He 

 also discussed the campaigns of Csesar and Napoleon, 

 thfi Crimean and the Franco-German war of 1X70. He 

 published many technical works on military art of 

 recent years, including a Mllitim/ IHrtimtnrii (2 vok. 

 1859). His brothers. Alexander and Caesar, also wrote 

 military works of value. 



BUTQBBS COLLKGK. The establishment of this 

 institution, originally called Queen's College, hag been 

 usually dated from a royal charter of 1770. Recent in- 

 vestigation, however, shows that "his Majesty's I/'lters 

 patent and Charter or Royal grant" lor (Queen's Col- 

 lege was secured from his excellency William Franklin, 

 Esq. , governor and commander -in-chief in and over the 

 Province of New Jersey, on Nov. It), 17t">l>." Owing 

 to certain injurious discriminations U'twccn the trns 

 tees residing in New .Jersey and those in New York, 

 authorized in this first charter, a see. md one was ob- 

 tained in 1770; and the college went into actual opera- 

 tion at New Hrunswick in 1771. It was the outgrowth 

 of a desire on the part of its 1 hitch founders to perpet- 

 uate their distinctive theology and forms of worship, 

 and was for many years under the patronage of the 

 d Synod of the Reformed ProtecUnl Ihitrh 

 Church of America. Its object was to aid in preparing 

 young men "for the ministrj' and other good omecs.' 

 During the Revolutionary struggle the British took 

 possession of New Brunswick, burned the college 

 building, and scattered the teachers and students. 

 After a migratory existence, now at Millstone and now 

 st North Branch, with a cotnmeir.-cmcnt held in 17XX 

 at New Brunswick, the college was closed for a period 

 of six years. Rev. Dr. J. 11. Hardenburgh. who had 

 from the beginning labored with indefatigable zeal to 



secure subscriptions, became its first regular pn 



in I7 S ">. and continued in office until 17'.'n. William 

 Linn. I). 1)., an impa.-sioncd preacher in the Collegiate 

 Hutch church, of New York city, assumed the 

 deiicy pro torn pore from 17'.'! to 17'Jl. Owing to linan- 

 cial embarrassments the exercises of the college weie 

 mpeaded fnnu 17'.)~> to 1805. At the latter date Her. 

 Dr. Ira Cmidiet, who acted as pro-tem|K.re president 

 from 17'.U to IslO, was instrumental in reviving thi; 

 college and in securing the ereetion of the noble brown 

 stone edifice now standing in the centre of the campus. 

 John II. Livingston, D. I). , a man of noble character, 

 accurate learning, and commanding influence, w is the 

 second regular president, from isio to IS'J5. He was, 

 how.-vcr. mainly interested in thetheoloncsJ professor- 

 ship which he held in connection with the presidency ; 

 so that he did little more in the college than "to pre- 

 side on public occasions and sign diplomas." Financial 

 distressand divided eoiin.-.els led to a third suspension of 

 literary exercises from 1^10 to 1S2.5. Philip Milled.'!. -r, 

 I), D., \Ai. D., now hccanie jire^iilent. and the name of 

 Queen's was changed to I'ulL'crs College "in consider- 

 ation of the eharaetiT and snvi.-es of Col. Ih'iiry 

 Rutgers," a revolutionary patriot who contributed 

 towards its endowment $5(iOO. at that time considered 

 a large amount. Dr. Milledoler was distinguished for 

 his fervent piety, catholic sympathies, and alnive all 

 for his unction in prayer that seemed akin to inspira- 

 tion. The number of professors was increased, ami 

 the endowment enlarged to $5(i.O(Mi. The kind of work 

 done by the college during this period may lie judged 

 from the fact that in the da of lS3f> occur the names 

 of Joseph P. Bradley, LL. D., Associate Justice of 

 the U. S. Supreme Court; George W. Coakley. I,L 1 >. , 

 professor of mathematics in the New York I'nivrrsity ; 

 Frederick T. Freliii.chuyscn. U. S. Senator, and Secre- 

 tary of Stat'; William A. Newell. M. !>.. mcmlicr of 

 Congress and (ioveniorot New. Jersey and Wasl. 

 Territory; and Hon. Cortlandt Parker, LL. D., an 

 eminent and successful lawyer. 



From ls-ltl to IX.M) the presidency was filled by Hon. 

 Abraham H. Ha.-lirom-k. whose lectures on Constitu- 

 tional Law, genial manners, and generous hospitality 

 contributed greatly to the prosperity of the college. A 

 residence for the president was erected on die campus, 

 and also a little later Van Neste Hall lor the use of the 

 literary societies and recitation-rooms. The latter 

 structure was so named in honor of Abraham Van 

 Neste, a liberal trustee. At the same time additions 

 were made to the permanent fund. 



Hon. Theodore Frelinghuyscn succeeded to the office 

 of president in 1850. He was a man of unusual 

 wis<lo;n and guilelessness ; his disposition was natur- 

 ally gentle and always pervaded by a thorough 

 Christian spirit: his manners were conciliatory and 

 his intellect was as discerning as his heart was upright. 

 His influence, therefore, in setllintr a controversy that 

 had been bitterly waged as to the relations of the 

 tni-tces to the Synod of the Reformed Church was 

 of the happiest nature. The leeling of loyalty to the 

 institution extended through the entire denoniinaliun ; 

 .students increased, and many $5(H) scholarships were 

 disposed of. making the endowment 75.0i m. A \ear 

 before Mr. Frclinghuyscn's death (he civil war broke 

 out, causing a great decrease by enlistments and other 

 distractions in the number of students; and at tho 

 same time as the income did not meet the salaries of 

 the professors and the current expenses the principal 

 of tin' endowment began to be seriously diminished, 



With the acces.-ion of Kcv. Win. II. Camplicll, 

 I). I)., LL. !>., to the presidency in 1st',;;, the college 

 took a new departure in prosperity. l!y the payment 



of $12,000 to i he Synod of die Reformed Church th 

 college regained its title to the campus and buildings, 

 and became an independent literary institution on the 

 condition that henceforth its president and three- 

 fourths of the tru-iees should lc members in full 

 communion of the Reformed Church. l>r. Campbell 



