14 LIFE OF BENJAMIN SILLIMAN. 



New Orleans and Mobile, and, on another occasion, in 

 Richmond. It appears to be no more thought of in the 

 South than a market for horses, mules, or cattle. I thank 

 God that my children have not been brought up under such 

 influences. 



Of his arrival and stay in New Orleans he thus 

 speaks : - 



When we arrived in the city, the first person whom we 

 met who was known to us was Sidney Johnson, of New 

 Haven, who had been a tutor in Yale College, and was very 

 friendly ; but the Duncans were our chief reliance. When 

 we entered the office of Lucius C. Duncan, Esq., he advanced 

 promptly, and, taking one of my hands between both of his, 

 with a warm pressure, he said : " Welcome, thrice welcome 

 to New Orleans ; " and both he and his brother, throughout 

 our stay, proved themselves friends indeed. At the hotel 

 several gentlemen called ; and, in the evening, we met the 

 Rev. Mr. Wheaton, formerly of Hartford, and that excel- 

 lent gentleman, General Cocke, of Virginia, whom I had 

 met twice at New Haven, once in my own house, and 

 elsewhere on occasions of religious anniversaries. Mr. 

 Grier B. Duncan took us to see several public rooms ; but 

 all discussion was ended by the agreeable information that 

 Mr. Lucius C. Duncan had obtained permission for us to 

 occupy the First Presbyterian Church of the Rev. Dr. 

 Scott. A very courteous letter from the trustees, through 

 their secretary, announced their kind and liberal intentions, 

 which were gratefully acknowledged by me. 



The newspapers were enthusiastic in their praise 

 of the lectures. 



Notice of the Introductory Lecture from the "Picayune n 

 of February 19. Professor Silliman's introductory lecture 

 was attended by one of the largest and most intelligent 



