f£OM GUE, SOCHESTEE 00BRESP0N-
DENT,
11A KILTO-V COM M E X V EJtENT,
The exercises of Commencement at Ham
ilton College this year were more than usu
ally interesting. The graduating class was
unusually large, and is regarded as one of
the finest that has ever left those classic
halls. It was alluded to in the meeting of
the Alumni as a striking circumstance that
while all the colleges of the South are proba
bly closer! at the present time, so many of our
own are‘ not only well filled with students,
but many of them more prosperous in every
respect than ever before. The number of
graduates at Hamilton this year was 83. It
would have been more than twice that num
ber if all had remained who entered four
years ago. Some have dropped off, as some
always will; some are in the Union army,
doing good service for their country; and
some “ are not,” having already given proof
of the good instruction they had received, by
pouring out then-blood in defense of our free
institutions. We give the names and resi
dences o f the class of 1864
Arnold, Charles Patrick
Bayless, George
Boynton, Madison Eugene
Childs, Wallace Budlong.
Cobb, Willard Adams.!
Craig, James McKnight,...
Curran, Phillip Clinton
Dean, Amos Hammond
Bering, Charles Thomas
Elmer, Richard Allison
Fisher, William Hubbell
Gardner, Theodore Faxton
Hunt, Ward, Jr
Hutton, William, Jr
Jenkins, Herman Dutilh
Jessup, Theodore Frelinghuyson
Leutamger, Henry... 1 .
Lewie, John James
Locke, Franklin Day
Mclntosh, Robert Wesley
Minor, Payaon Hnngerford,
Perkhurst, John Stryker
Peck, Willard
Plant, Frank William
Putnam, Hendrick Solomon
Rising, Willard Bradley
Root, Elihu
Socket, Darius Carter
Simmons, Henry Mnrtyn
Taggart, Edward
Terry, Stephen
Tetry, Solon Mark
Tompkins, Henry
Wood, Ezra Barton
■Worthington, Albert Payson ....
juarazna or ins class or 1864, who abb sow is ins abut or
TEZ TOIOS, OE TTHO HAVE DIED POE TITHE COUNTRT.
Barton, Thomas Williams ,Il7th Regt. N. 4'. S. v.
Brown, Morris, Jr* Oapt. 126t1i Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Canfield, Sherman D Ist Lieut. 146th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Dayton, Milton Oscjr Sergt. Ist Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Eastman, Außtin Vmtuvius Ist Regt. N. Y. 8. v.
Howell, John Henry Cant. 8d N. Y. Artillery.
Jenkins, James Edgar Capt. 146th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Johnson, Edward P,t Sergt. 121st Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Loomis, Henry .Ist Lieut. 146th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
McVey, Isaac Seeley .Ist Lieut. 3d N. Y. Artillery.
Millard, Charles S Adjt. 107tli Regt, N. Y. S. V.
Morse, Alfred Ayre. Regt. U. S. A.
Place. Frank Lynn..... -Capt. 167th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Roc, John Henry Sergt. 167th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Smith, Mason Colburn Rocket Battalion, N. Y. S. V.
Trtlair, George G Sergt. 149th Regt. N. I".S. V.
Walton. William Shepard Capt. 34th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Watson. George Abel.J Sergt. 112th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
West. Charles Henry 2d Lieut. 120th Regt. N. Y. S. V.
Wood, Ezra Barton Sergt. 3d N. Y. Artillery.
♦Killed at Petersburg, Va. June, 1864.
tKilled at the Wildorness, May, 1364.
at the Black Water, May, 1863.
As usual, Commencement week was ush
ered in by the Baccalaureate of the President,
delivered to a crowded, house in the village
church on Sunday afternoon. This was
good, of course, and needs no praise of ours.
It was his sixth exercise of the kind, marking
six years of remarkable growth and prosper
ity to this college. It needs but half an eye
to rco that President Fisher’s administration
ha: been crowned with great success, in
making the college more thoroughly known
to the public, in intreasing its number of
students, in greatly augmenting its’endow,
ment, and bringing it into more close and
favorable relation to the churches.""
And one other improvement's the adop
tion of the Bible as one of tho text-books of
the college, to be studied just as regularly
and just as thoroughly as any other book
through the entire college corn'se. Once or
take a week, at least, a recitation is expected
from each student, upon some portion of the
Book itself, or respecting its evidences and
defenses; in connection with such lectures
as the President and Professors may see fit to
give ; and the examinations embrace these
topics, as much as they do the languages and
mathematics. Here, at least, is a Christian
college ; and the effect of this biblical study
is seen, it i 3 thought, in the opinions and
writings of the students.
But we pass on to Sabbath evening ; and
now we must speak of a new man, and yet
one already widely known. Jiev. Herrick
Johnson, of Pittsburgh, gave the address
before the Society of Christian -Research. Mr.
Johnson was one of the class of 1857; a grad
■ uaie of Auburn Seminary also, and now only
four yeare in the ministry, but he has already
made his mark, His address on this occa
sion was regarded by all as peculiarly inter
esting, able, and truly eloquent. His theme
was virtually, God in History; or Cod turn
ing and overturning all in the interest of
his Kingdom which cannot be moved.
Mr. Johnson's style is peculiarly mature,
manly and thoughtful for one so young; his,
.manner deliberate and yet impassioned; his
voice clear and penetrating; his articulation
just and expressive; with form and bearing
all that could be desired to aid him in making
the most of these fine powers of oratory.
Life and health being spared him, he will yet
be heard from on many a pleasant and inr
portant occasion. 1
On Monday evening came the Prize Decla
mations. The awards were as follows .-
. Juniors —Ist, MorrisP. Brewer; 2d,George
W. Martin. 8
Sophomores—lst; Samuel D. Wilcox • 2d,
Charles P, Skinner.
' Freshmen —lst, Sydney A. Sherman ■ 2d.
George W. Hubbell. ’
Tuesday afternoon was devoted to “Class
Day Exercisesand Tuesday evening was
filled up with the
I*Bl UrSILON CONVENTION.
Hon. Chauncy M. DePew, Secretary of
State, presided on this occasion. Very sweet
music was made by a Quartette Choir from
Rochester, led by Prof. Munson, which added
much to the interest of the evening. The
address was by Charles D. Warner, Esq.,
editor of the Hartford Evening Press. His
theme was, “ Success in Life —for the individ
ual and the State.” Of course it was intended
'or tiie times and was well spoken of
But the Poem, by Francis M. Finch, Esq.,
of Ithacn, was the marked feature of the
evening, and seems not only to have given
universal satisfaction, but awakened the
highest enthusiasm. It was real poetry,
poetry of a high order, and recited with
complete rhetorical success. All ordinary
demonstrations seemed inadequate to ex
press the gratification experienced by the
audience on its delivery; and words failed
them. Interjections and exclamations alone
sufficed to pronounce its praise afterward.
His theme was the war, and no wonder he
felt the touch of true inspiration.
On Wednesday forenoon was the meeting
of the Board of Trustees. We were not
present at this, and cannot speak of the far
reaching devices there considered for the
the still increasing enlargement and prosper
ity of the Institution; only some things
leaked out (by design, doubtless), which we
regard as of very great imporiance; and one
was the election of the three new Trustees—
all capital men—in place of some retiring
members of the Board: Kev. A. D. Gridley,
of Clinton, in place Dr. N. W. Gocrtner, now
a member of the Faculty; Rev, F. F. Ellin
wood, of Rochester, in place of Dr. Brayton,
late pastor at Watertown, hut now removed
from this vicinity; and Rev. Thomas S.
Hastings, of New York, in place of Rev. Dr.
Smith, now President of Dartmouth College.
Angelica*
.Highland; Kansas.
...Clinton.
Cassville.
Home.
.East Pittston, Pa.
Utica.
Albany.
Sctauket, L. x.
Waverley.
Clinton.
These, surely, are most excellent appoint
ments. They are all graduates of Hamilton;
all comparatively young men; all earnest
and active, and all in fine positions to
be of great service to the college. And
this marks an important epoch in the
history of this Institution. She is hence
forth to look more than ever before to her
own sons for counsel and support. And she
may well do it, for they are perfectly able to
take care of her.
Utica.
.Philadelphia, Pa.
. .....waverley,
Florida.
Utica.
.Utica.
Gowanda.
Vernon.
Borne.
Rome.
Hudson.
Utica.
Auburn.
....0rie1.
' Clinton.
......Canandaigua.
Paris Hill.
Wilson.
Plymouth, Ct.
....Waterbury, Ct.
. Marcel] us.
.New York Mills.
Rome.
The address before the Society of the
Alumni was delivered on Wednesday after
noon, by Hon. Charles P. Kirkland, of New
York, of the class of 1816. It was said to
be able by those who were near enough to
hear it; but it was far too long for such an
occasion, being over two hours, and the
speaker was not easily heard even by half the
audience. And yet their high respect for the
venerable orator and jurist, held them in
quiet attention to the close, manifesting re
markable patience, considering also the heat
of the day.
The Poem before the Alumni was by Prof.
North, of the College, and was a model of
its kind. In happy contrast with the oration,
it was but thirty short minutes in length ;
every word also was distinctly and gracefully
uttered; all was perfectly heard and appre
ciated by a most attentive and delighted
audience; whilst its classic beauty, its genu
ine wit and happy turns of thought called
forth frequent bursts of loud applause.
After enjoying so highly this gem of a
poem, it was truly sad to turn to the necro
logical report for the year. This was pre
faced by Prof. North, but read by Rev.
Herrick Johnson. We can give only the
names and classes of the deceased:
Class of 1816—Philander Bennett, Theo
dore Sedgwick Gold.
1821—Frederick Augustus Fenn.
1825—George Alexander Stansbuiy.
1832—John Dean.
1837—Henry Hovey Cozzens.
1859—Hubert Francis Peebles.
1862 Henry Hastings Curran, Lansford
Stuart Page.
1863 Charles Abbott Butts.
The following are the Officers of the
Society of the Alumni for the ensuing year:
President —Rev. L. Merrill Miller, Ogdens
burgh.
Vice Presidents—lion. Othniel S. Wi
liams, Clifton ; Prof. Theodore W. Dwight
New York ; Rev.'William E. Knox, Rome.
Executive Committee—Rev. Charles Je
rome, Prof. Anson J. Upson, Prof. Ilenry
P. Bristol, Rev. David A, Holbrook, Hon.
Henry M. Burchard, Rev. Charles E. Knox,
Edward Curren, Esq., Rev. Albert Erdman,
Dr. John C. Gallup, Dr. Henry M. Paine,
Andrew W. Mills, Esq.
Corresponding Secretarv—Rev. A. Delos
Glidley.
Recording Secretary and Necrologist-
Prof. Edward North.
Treasurer—Hon. Joseph S. Avery.
Orator—Rev. Henry A. Nelson, D. D., St.
Louis, Mo., (Class of 1840.)
Poet —Rev. William J. Erdman, Favette
ville, N. Y„ (Class of 1856.)
The Reunion of the Aluiim occurred on
Wednesday evening, and passed off' very
pleasantly. Indeed, the graduates and
friends not merely had a good time, but
thoughts were thrown out and plans sug
gested, which will yet tell grandly in the
interests of the institution.
Rev, W. E. Knox, of Rome, of the class
of 1840, presided and introduced the speakers
with most excellent good humor and tact.
The meeting could not help but bo good
with such engineering, whilst capital ad
dresses were made by Rev. Mr. Ellinwood,
Mr. Miller, Mr. Johnson and others. Hapjiy
allusion,was often made to the eminent
names, Edward Robinson and Albert Barnes,
connected with two of the recently endowed
professorships; and high hopes were ex
pressed, and promises made, for the future
of the college, which will not willingly be
forgotten.
The Commencement proper was on Thurs
day morning and afternoon. We listened
to twenty-nine orations, and most of them
were good, some-very fine, giving great
promise for the future of some of these
young men. All closed off' with the Presi
dent’s Levee in the evening, at which, all
seemed to enjoy themselves.
Long, however, as we have unwillingly
made this story, we must not omit so im
portant a matter as the
L.L. B.—in course, upon Andrew Wet
more Mills and Charles Morton Everett.
A. M.—m course, upon Schuyler Bliss
Steers. Samuel Stuart Ellsworth; Charles
Mortimer Davis, Joseph Harvey Durkee,
John Davies Jones, William Walcott Wet
more, Abel Sweet Wood.
A.B.—honorary—Sherman Dwight Can
field*
A. B. ex gratia—Philip Clinton Curran,
CanfieiJ left his c-lass to joia the army, aid did
good s 'rviee for country.
CONTERRING OP THE DEGREES.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1864.
Alfred Ayres Morse, Ezra Barton Wood.
A. M. honorary—Lucian Harrison Cheney,
of Baldwinsville ; David Madison Chapin, of
Ogdeusburgh ; Dr. Luther Halsey Guliok, of
Honolulu, S. I.; John Gordon, of Port Hope,
C. W.: and William G. Brownson, Jamaica,
L. I.
Ph. D.—honorary—H. P. Satwell, Penn
Yan.
S. T. D.—Rev. James Glentworth Butler,
Philadelphia:
Rev. Ezra 11. Gillett, New York ;
Rev. Samuel Miner Campbell, Utica;
Rev. Edward Strong, New Haven.
LL. D.—Hon. Henry E. Davies, New York;
Hon. George William Clinton, Buffalo ; Hon.
Anson Stowe Miller, Rockford, 111.
And so ended Commencement at Hamilton
College in 1864. Genesee.
Rochester, July 23, 1864.
CHAPLAIN STEW AST’S LETTER.
Dear Brother Mears : —The strange
mutations of this ever varying, ever
changing war, enable mo to date my
present letter from Washington—the
very Capitol itself—this place, the con
centration of Brother Jonathan’s family
influences; this famous centre of Uncle
Sam’s civil wisdom and military power;
this city of offices and officers; of scat
tered public buildings; of magnificent
distances; this immense platform for
Sharks and Shoddies, for winners and
losers, for clerks and rotainers, for the
great and tho small, the well known
and tho obscure; this motley place,
where characters of all imaginable
grades do congregate; this city, which,
from the foregoing, we may infer pre
eminentiy abounds in all manly virtues,
charities, chastities, and patriotisms. At
all events, here we are, quietly writing,
in the office of a dear friend, with rebel
raiders all chased far beyond the Po
tomac.
The occasion of our proi&nt hasty
visit to Washington has already been
widely bruited. Owing to the concern
tration. of military strength around
Petersburg]!, tho Capital, with other im
portant localities, became almost deple
ted of veteran defenders. All this being
familiar to Bcbeldom, with their larders
and wardrobes sadly needing replenish
ing, they not only determined upon, but
actually made an incursion into Mary
land. Possessing an admirable tact of
not only con coaling their actual strength,
but of immensely magnifying their real
forces, tho rebels succeeded, with a few
thousand, in seriously threatening, at
the same time, the capture of Washing
ton and Baltimore, together with a host
of minor localities. -
Governors and localized Generals
callod, in long, loud, and patriotic strains
upon citizen soldiery to rally *to the
rescue, and drive tho marauding hordes
back across the Potomac; even into that
sacred river, if they were not in a hurry
to be away. A rally in various localities
seems to bavo been made; bnt, as usual
in such cases, a little too date for the
emergency; not being ready until the
threatened evil was accomplished and
tho danger over.
The powers that do conserve the in
; forests of Washington no doubt felt a
little shaky about trusting tbo interests
of tho city to a hastily extemporized
army, even though ready at the call, and
large as demanded. Some veterans
must needs bo summoned, as a bulwark,
from the Potomac army.
It so happens that when any sudden
| emergency comes, any raid to be headed,
any long and rapid marches to bo made,
or any reliable fighting to bo done, our
6th Corps is almost invariably selected.
So it was in the late emergency. Al
though our corps was farthest from City
Point, miles south of Petersburg!, the
order came at dark on Saturday, July'
9 th, to pack up at once and fall in. But
a few minutes’ interval, and, enveloped
in clouds and darkness, wo were weari
ly threading our way to City Point; a<
distance of thirteen miles. By sunrise
on Sabbath morning we were ready to
be crowded, packed, jammed• squeezed
into boats largo and boats small, boats
clean and boats foul, boats airy and
boats suffocating; then away down the
classic James, over the beautiful Chose
peake, and up the broad and lovely Po
mao, until, landed once more in Wash
ington, wc were quickly at the forts in
its vicinity. This was certainly accom
plished none too soon, for a delay of a
dozen hours in the arrival of our First
and "Second Divisions would, to all
human appearance, have given Wash
ington into the possession of rebels.
Owing to the unwonted labors, expo
sures and fatigues of our late terrible
campaign, a little season of rest seemed
a necessity for me on our arrival in
Washington. This our good surgeon
kindly ordered me to take. As -the Lord
always casts ray lot in. pleasant places,
so a dear'Christian friend, Colonel J. A.
Akin, at the head of tho Cavalry Bureau
in Washington, at once look the over
sight of myself and jaded horse. A ten
days’ real resting, such as has neither
been offered nor taken since tho com
mencement of-the war, ha|,ijbw been
enjoyed,.and greatly to tho refreshment
of both soul and body. During this pe
riod. scarcely a thought has intruded
itself of writing'letiers for tho press.
Washington, July 21st; 1864.
The amor scribendi seems a. little excited
to-day, and hence this hasty epistle.
Items for a number of letters have been
marked out, but their subject matter
will not grow old. Where our next
move, or when back to the lino in front
of Petcrsburgh, deponent, not having
tbo arrangements, saitb npt.
COLLEGE RECORD.
Amherst College.
President Stearns delivered tbo Bac
calaureate sermon on Sunday, July 10th,
from Hebrews 4:13, “ Take heed, breth
ren, lest there bo in any of you an evil
"heart of unbelief, in departing from the
living God;” and the theme of tbo dis
course was, “Unbelief in the Nineteenth
Century.” The speaker commenced
with the assertion that never since the
crucifixion,bad tbo religion of'Christ bad
a stronger bold on the popular heart
than now; Even intelligent men,.from
whom we might bavo expected more
piety and more wisdom, have been led
away by “science, falsely so called,” and
by “ philosophy and vain deceit,” and
have surrendered their Christian hopes
and embraced a scepticism as terrible as
"it is unreasonable.”
The address before the Society of In
quiry, Tuesday night, was by Prof.
H. B. Smith, of Union Theological Sem
inary, New York, and formerly Profes
sor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in
this institution. His subject was, “ Our
nation and its present conflict in relation
to the general progress of mankind.”
Tho Commencement was On Tuesday.
The degree of A. B. was conferred on
forty young men, of whom eleven are
absent in tho army, fighting for their
country.
Honorary A. M.—Dr. Dio Lewis, of
Boston; Francis O. Mason, of Geneva,
N. Y.; Lebbous B. Fifield, of Bucks co.,
Ind.; William C. Collar, of Boxbury.
D. D.—Rev. Daniel Bliss, President of
Beirut College, Syria; and Rev. Gordon
Hall, of Northampton,
Dickinson College.
Tho anniversary exercises of Com
mencement week at Dickinson College
closed on Thursday, June 30th. These
exercises opened on Sabbath morning
with the Baccalaureate Sermon by Pres
ident Johnson. The address before the
Society of Religious Inquiry was deliv
ered oh Sabbath evening by Rev. J. R.
Peck, A.“ M., of tho class of 1532. On
Tuesday evening the address before tho
Literary Societies was delivered by Rev.
J. W. Jackson, of Harrisburg; his theme
was, “ Are we a nation ?” Tho poem
was by Albert H. Slope, Esq., of Salem,
N. J., of tho class of 1858. On Wednes
day came tho address before the Alumni
Association, by Rev. W. A. Snivoly, of
tho class of 1862.
Commencement took place on Thurs
day, in Rhcem’s Hall, which was
Crowded to overflowing. President
Herman M. Johnson presided. Tho
graduating class numbered thirteen.
The following honorary degress wore
conferred:
A. M.—Rev. Henry Brownscombe,
Wyoming Conference.
D- D.—Rev. Robert S. Maclay, China
Mission.
LL. D.—Rev. Mi*. Raby, England.
This College is under tho patronago
of the Methodist Church.
Westminster College.
Thursday, Juno SOtlj, was “Com
mencement Day” at Westminster. By
nine o’clock, A. M., carriages and vehi
cles of every description began to pour
into tho village of Now Wilmington, Pa.,
tho scat of the College, from all direc
tions. Addresses wore delivered by the
young ladies and gentlemen who had
finished their college course, while on
Erevions days interesting exorcises wore
eld by tho different Literary Societies.
Fourteen gentlemen and one lady grad
uated in the clasical course, aud ton
ladies in the normal or scientific de
partment.
The honorary degreo of Doctor of Di
vinity was conferred on the Rev. John
B. Clark, of Alleghany City, Pa.; Prof.
A. M. Black, of Monmouth College, 111.;
Rev. S. Priestly, of Pointz Pass, Ireland,
and Rev. Alexander Wallace, of Glas
gow, Scotland. Tho degree of A. M. was
conferred on Rev. D. S. Kennedy, of
Tcnicc, Pa., and Rev. S. H. Graham, of
Burgettstown, Pa.
During tho past collegiate year there
have been 234 students in attendance.
This college is under the control of the
United Presbyterians.
Wabash College.
The thirtieth commencement of Wa
bash College occured on Wednesday,
Juno 29th, 1864. It was an occasion of
interest to its friends aud visitors. On
the Sabbath previous, Rev. H. E. Edson,
of Indianapolis, preached an interesting
sermon in the forenoon.. The President,
Dr. Tuttle, delivered his Baccalaureate
in the afternoon. His text, “ Put on the
armor of light,” was made the basis of
a good practical discourse. In the eve
ning, Rev. Dr. Atterbury preached the
annual sermon before the Society of
Inquiry.
The prize declamations wore spoken
on Monday evening. They were all
very creditable to tho young men. Rev.
S. E. Wishard, of Tecumseh, Mich., de
livered the annual address before tho
Alumni. His theme—“ Times of trial
are times of the highest human pro
gress” —was one of peculiar interest in
these times of our trials, and he treated
it with reference to passing events.
Prof. Evans, of Lane* Seminary, address
ed the societies on Tuesday evening.
“ John Milton ” was the subject of his
address. Ho showed a nice appreciation
of all that was noble, good and true in
this great man.
The graduating class numbered only
five. -
N President Tuttle, in a communication
to the Herald , says:
A. M. Stewart.
He appeals to pastors and others to
turn the attention of young men to
Wabash College, as possessing great ed
ucational advantages. He also speaks
of the “ plan of endowing soldier schol
arships, for the benefit of soldiers and
the sons of soldiers :
Several of these are already endowed,
and the Board of Trustees have resolved
to endow pifty of them, as a sign of their
appreciation of the splendid conduct of
our soldiers in this war, and as a moans,
also, of aiding the permanent endow
ment of a College which has sent no less
than threo hundred of its students, first
and last, to the war. It is a soul-stirring
idea, which I am sure will meet a gen
erous response from churches and indi
viduals. How many patriotic gentlemen
and ladies there are in Indiana, who
would be willing to take a share in this
noble work, if they wero thoroughly
convinced of its feasibility. The same
is true of churches. Honors and church
es name their scholarships and appoint
their beneficiaries, being limited only,
by the nature of the plan, to soldiers and
the sons of soldiers.
“The year which closed June 29th,
has been marked in our history as a
year of excitements, which, at one time,
threatened us with the necessity of
suspension. Many of our young men
did enter the service of their country
with a noble willingness, which makes
us proud of them; but at no time have
wo been compelled to suspend the exer
cises of a single class. Some of them
will return at the expiration of their 100
days. Past experience renders it prob
able that a considerable per cent, of
them will re-enlist, and some of them,
alas! will never return to us.”
“ If you how know any such soldiers
or sons of soldiers, please write me at
once, and if there bo any vacant sol
diers’ scholarships, they shall have the
benefit. Thcro is money enough and
good will enough among us to accom
plish the work, provided wc can devel
op it.”
Monmouth College.
This College is established at Monv
mouth, Illinois, in a section of country
possessing many advantages for such an
institution. ' Its faculty, in learning and
numbers, compares favorably with older
Seminaries’; and the course of study is
ample and judicious. It has been espec
ially favored in the preparation of many
for the gospel ministry. Wo call the
attention of our readers to the following
account of its commencement week:
The Baccalaureate Sermon was preached
by President Wallace on Sabbath, June
26th, from Phil. ii.: 5 : “Let this mind
bo in you which was also in Christ Je
sus.” Bov. Dr. Brown, of Keokuk, de
livered the annual sermon before the
Students’ Christian Association, on the
evening of the same day.
The societies delivered the diplomas
to their graduating members on Monday
evening. Tho Junior Exhibition took
place on Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings.
Prof. J. B. Turner, of Jacksonville,
delivered the anniversary address Thurs
day forenoon. The exercises of tho
graduating class took place in the after
noon. Tho class consisted of twenty
one members; all of whom performed
the parts assigned them except five, who
are absent in tho army.
Tho degree of A. M., in course, was
conferred on Eev. J, P. Morton, of
Ccdarville, Ohio; Eev. George Norcross,
of North Henderson, Hi.; B. K. Wallace
of the Topographical Engineers in the
Army of the Cumberland, and A. G.
Crawford, Captain in the Corps de
Afriquc, U. S. A., graduates of three
years standing.
The honoi’aiy degree of A. M. was
conferred on Eev. W. H. McMillan; of
Little York, and Eev. J. F, Graham, of
Fairfield. ' -
The honorary degree of D. D. was
conferred on Eev. William Davidson, of
Hamilton, Ohio, and Eev. Dr. Scott, of
East Palestine, Ohio.
Tho next sessions opens on Tuesday
September 6tb, at 2 o’clock, P. M.
The President, Eev. Dr. Wallace, is
now absent, laboring for the increase of
tho Endowment. Eev. Dr. Black, re
cently Professor in Westminster College,
Now Wilmington, Pa., has accepted the
office of Yiee President, and will occupy
Dr Wallace’s place during his absence.
The First President of Williams College,
The remains of Eev. Ebenezcr Pitch.
D. D., the first President of Williams
College, have been disinterred at West
Bloomfield, IT. Y., an 4 brought to Wil
liamstown, and deposited umfer a noble
monument erected to his memory in the
College 'cemetery. The ceremony of
re-interment took place on Tuesday,
12th inst., in the presence of the officers,
and many friends of the College. Judge
Bishop, of Lenox, made appropriate re
marks on the occasion. He entered
College in 1814, during the Presidency
of Dr. Pitch, and was the only person
present who remembered him.
Marietta College.
The anniversary exercises closed on
Wednesday, Juno 29. Prom a full re
port in the Cincinnati Herald wo take
the following particulars: The address
before the Society of Inquiry—a finished
and eloquent discourse—was delivered
by Eev. Eollin A. Sawyer, of Newark.
The last name on the Schedule for the
Exhibition of the Alpha Kappa and Psi
Gamma Societies was Charles B. Gates.
In place of the Speaker, four members
of the society to which young Gatos be
longed came upon the stage and sang
the “Alpha Kappa Dirge.” He was a
First Lieutenant in the 140th Kegiment
of the Ohio National Guard, and died
very suddenly at Harper’s Perry a few
weeks ago. This incident in the Exhi
bition was a very touching one and
many eyes were moistened. ’ ,
On Tuesday evening, Eev. Henry M
Storrs, of Cincinnati, delivered the ora
tion before the Literary Societies, taking
as his theme, “ The Claims of the Nation
upon its Educated Men.”
At the regular Commencement exer-
cises, tho degree of A.~B. was conferred
upon members of the graduating class :
also the degree of A. M. on Bov. Henry
Wickes, Edward H. Allen, Esq., E. B.
Brownell, M. D., Major E. C. Hawes, 33d
O. Y. 1., Capt. W. S. Friesner, 58th 0.
Y. 1., J- Addison Kingsbury, and Lyman
A. Strong, Alumni of the College, and
all but the first two belonging to the
class of 1861.
A thrill ran through the audience as
Major Dawes stepped upon the platform
to receive his diploma, with his head
covered with bandages, his lower jaw
having been sadly shattered by a Minnie
ball in one of the recent battles in
Georgia. ' v
During the year the Endowment Fund
has been more than doubled, and the
prospects of HKfcjpllege w|tre never so
bright. ~ ■
PROCLAMATION BY THE
DAY OP HUMILIATION AND PBATEB.
Whereas the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, at their last session, adopt
ed a Concurrent Resolution, which was
approved on the second day of Jnly
inst., and which was in the words follow-
ing, namely:
“That the President of the United
States he requested to appoint a day
for humiliation and prayer by the people
of the United States; that he request
his constitutional advisers at the head
of tho Executive Departments to unite
with him as Chief Magistrate of the na
tion, at the city of Washington, and
the members of Congress, and all mag
istrates, all civil, military, and naval of
ficers, all soldiers, sailors, and marines,
with all loyal and law-abiding people,
to convene at their usual places of wor
ship, or whcrcever they may be, to con
fess and to repent of their manifold sins;
to implore the compassion and forgive
ness of the Almighty, that if consistent
with His will, the existing rebellion
may bo speedily suppressed, and the sup
promacy of tho Constitution and
the United States may be established
throughout all the States ; to implore
Him, as the Supreme Ruler of tho world,
not to destoy us as a people, nor suffer
us to be destroyed by tho hostility or
connivance of other nations, or obstinate
adhesion to our own counsels, which
may be in conflict with His Eternal
purposes, and to implore Him tocnlight
thc mind of the nation to know and do
His will, humbly believing that it is in
accordance with His will that our place
should be maintained as a united people
among the family of nations; to implore
Him to grant to our armed defenders and
the masses of the people that courage,
power of resistance, and endurance ne
cessary to secure that result; to implore
Him in His infinite goodness to soften
tho hearts, enlighten the minds, and
quicken tho consciences?of tliQsc in re
bellion, that they may lay down the;v
arms and speedily return to their allegi
ance to the United States, that they may
not be utterly destroyed, that the effu
sion of blood may be stayed, and that
unity and fraternity may bo restored,
and peace established throughout all
our borders.”
How. therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln*.
President of the United States, cordial
ly concurring with the Congress of the
United States in the penitential and
pious sentiments expressed in the afore
said Resolution, and heartily approving
of tho devotional design and purpose;
thereof, do hereby appoint the first
Thursday of August next to be obser
ved by the people of the United States as
aday ofNational humiliation and prayer.
I do hereby further invite and request
the Hoads of the Executive Departments
of this Government, together with ai:
Legislators, all Judges aud Magistrates
and all other persons exercising author
ity in the land, whether civil, military,
or naval, and all soldiers, seamen, and
marines in the Rational service, and all
the other loyal and law-abiding people
of the United States, to assemble in
their preferred places of public worship
on that day, and there to render to the
Almighty and Merciful Ruler of the Uni
verse such homages and such confessions,
and to offer to Him such supplications as
the Congress of the United States have,
in their aforesaid Resolution, so solemn
ly, so earnestly, and so reverently re
commended.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
seventh day of July, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight
[ii. s.] hundred and sixty-four, and of
the Independence of the United
States the eighty-ninth.
ABEAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President: William H. Sew
ard, Secretary of State.
A Plea fop. ran Preaching of Ceris e
sermon preached before
Hen’s Christian Association
of New York, at their*2th Anniversary
May, Bth, 1864, by Eichard S. Storrs. jr.
D. D., of Brookly, N. Y.
Starting from the point suggested by
the text—“ And the Disciples were callec
Christians first in Antioch”—that citiei
were the chief fields of apostolical la
bors, the superior influence of sucl
efforts in their bearing upon the work
generally, is well urged. Iu everything
belonging to human affairs, cities art
centres of influence,' and in nothing
more so than in the religious condition
of the world.