gmmtau Jtalnjtoiait.
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1865.
Character and Death op Abraham
Lincoln.— Rev. Henry Fowler’s fine
sermon with this title, published in the
American Presbyterian of May 4th,
haß been issued in very elegant style in
pamphlet form. A very few copies are
for sale in the Presbyterian Book Store.
It is well worth the purchase.
Western Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia. —We are happy to an
nounce the unanimous and very cordial
election of a Pastor, by this church, on
„ the 25th inst. The brother elected is
Rev. Joseph P. Sutton, now of Howell,
Michigan. With good hope that he will
accept the invitation, and will come to
. them in the spirit of an earnest and
devout pastor, the people of the congre
gation feel a grateful satisfaction with
the prospects before them—a satisfaction
in which we assure them of our sym
pathy. The Western Church is the one
whose location is on the corner of Seven
teenth and Filbert streets.
Injury to the Epiphany Church.—
A destructive fire occurred in this city,
on the morning of the 18th inst. Sev
eral dwellings and shops, situated on
Fifteenth street between Chestnut and
Market, and a smaller street running
along the rear of the Epiphany Church,
(Rev. Dr. Newton’s,) were burned. The
greatest loss was that of an extensive
steam saw, turning and sash mill, occu
pying a considerable portion of the
ground named. The church was saved
with great difficulty, and probaly owes
its escape to a precaution adopted in view
of its exposure from that quarter—the
sheathing of its rear window shutters with
iron. We regret having to add that its
rear wall was so sprung by the in
tense that it will probably require
replacing, and that in consequence, there
must be a suspension of its services for a
season.
A Verdict and its Moral. —ln
Washington city a trial, lasting some
two weeks, has terminated with a ver
dict of acquittal of the charge of murder.
A Miss Harris, from Chicago, had,
through a Mason fhto which she had,
been inveigled in extreme youth, and.
whici had ended in desertion, suf- !
fered deep and eternal wrong from A.«
T. Burroughs, an employee in one of
the Departments, and in revenge coolly
murdered him. We believe it was
Chancellor Kent who said that alibi and
insanity are the Castor and Pollux of
the criminal law; Insanity, of the par
oxysmal type, was the defence offered in
the present casp—not such an insanity
as could secure admission to any respect
able asylum, but the fashionable moral
insanity of our courts, which answers
for the consciences of a jury in whose
hearts the verdict is, “ Served him
right!" In tfie present case the jury
were out but ten minutes, and when
their verdict was rendered, the crowded
court-room was wild with exultation. We
are not surprised either at the verdict or
the public demonstration which followed
it. The impossibility of obtaining a
conviction in such cases exhibits a de
plorable laxity., of the sanctions of law
and conscience of oath, but it has its
seat in the want of some legal provision
for the punishment of the great crime of
seduction. It is felt that the trifling re
gard which the law pays to injuries of
this character, .almost imposes upon the
injured the necessity of taking retribu
tive justice in their own hands. We ap
pend the comments of two of the influen
tial and generally judicious papers upon
the result of this trial, as illustrative of
what we have said. The tone of the
first is plainly sympathetic with the ver
dict ; that of the second decidedly sar
castic.
[From the Washington Chronicle.]
Whether for good or evil —and we do not care
to enter into a discussion of the subject—the
precedent has been pretty firmly established,
by juries at least, that human life may be taken
with impunity by any woman whose honor and
happiness have been outraged and destroyed
by one of the other sex. Miss Harris may
have been insane, and we are inclined to be
lieve that her mental condition was such at the
time of the fatal deed that she could hardly be
held to a rigid accountability for her act; but,
nevertheless, we do not doubt that Miss Harris
would have been acquitted all the same, even.
had no plea of insanity been set up in her case.
We repeat, we do not care to enter into any
discussion of the justice, legality, or morality
of the verdict in this case. We believe, how
ever, that it will be generally approved in this
community, if not as a matter of strict justice
and logic, as one of feeling and sympathy. The
truth i% there is a strong conviction in the
public mind that the laws of the land, and the
unbending customs and usages of society, fail
to give that protection to woman which the
stronger sex do not so much stand in need of.
We leave the moral of this lamentable tragedy,
and its attendant results, to commend itself,to
the hearts and consciences of that very large
class of men “whom it may concern.”
[Prom the New York Times.]
The verdict only furnishes a new illustration
of what must be regarded as a settled principle
in American law —that any woman who consid
ers herself aggrieved in any way by a member
of the other sex may kill him-with impunity,
and with an assured immunity from the pre
scribed penalties of the law. ■ The man may
really have been guilty neither of a crime
against her person, an assault ujpon her honor,
nor an offence against her feelings; if she is
seized by a fancy that his course of conduct to
wards her is not such as she had anticipated
from his addresses, she may kill him upon
notice, or without notice. If a man is mur
dered by a member of the opposite sex in any
of the cases supposed, or im almost any suppos
able ease whatever, she is almost certain to
escape, not only the extreme penalty of the
law, bnt any penalty whatever. It were use
less to find fault with this state of things. It is
peculiar to America, and the people in general
are decidedly proud of it. There is no reason
in the nature of things why criminals of one
sex should be treated with such exceptional
and dubious honor ; but who shall argue with
the feelings of the jury, backed up by public
sentiment and by custom ? It is well enough,
that every man should always bear
the fact in mind, so that he may, on all occa
sions, so comport himselt in the presence of the
sex as never to give any of them a real or fan
ciful pretext for taking him off untimely.
THE SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE BOOK.
“ The Social Hymn and Tune Book,”
long in preparation and much called for,
has been sent to us by our Publication
Committee. It must be said that our first
impression on receiving it is physical satis
faction. It is rare to get hold of a book
that to the eye and hand, in size, propor
tion, weight, type and paper, in its whole,
is quite satisfactory. This Hymn and Tune
Book is really charming in its propriety and
good taste as an article of manufacture. In
size it is al6mo, of 510 pages. Its hymns
number 487; its tunes, we judge, about 250.
The arrangement is by subjects under lead
ing topics and in logical order; the' music
in four parts and on three staves.
In its composition the book is a selection
from both the Psalms and Hymns' of the
church Psalmist of those that, upon inquiry,
it was found were favorites. To these have
been added a number of Hymns, generally
of a revival type, that are or will be favor
ites.
We are glad that our Committee did not
ignore the Psalms, of which the book con
tains fifty-two. Among those selected we
find:
“In all my vast concerns with Thee,”
,Fsa. 139. “A broken heart my God, my
King!” Psa. 51. “As pants the heart
for cooling streams,” Psa. 42. “ Awake
my soul and with the sun,” Psa. 5. “ Be
fore Jehovah's awful throne,” Psa. 100.
Cast thy burden on the Lord,” Psa. 55.
“ Come sound Bis praise abroad,” Psa. 95.
“ Glorious things of Thee are spoken,”
Psa. 87 . “ God is the refuge of His saints,”
Psa. 46. “ High in the heavens, Eternal
God!” Psa. 36. “ The heavens declare
ifhy glory, Lord!” Psa. 19. “Sweet is
the work, my God) my King 1” 92.
With these are other noble PsaSns; and
distant be the day when they shall be sup
planted by more modern rivals. In the
hymns given, we find those that , are joyed
in the churches. Here and there is one
less valued by us *than some others which
we could name—but doubtless our own;
taste might in this be criticized by those
whose associations have been different from
ours. We cannot, each'of us, have a hymn
book constructed for himself. hail
with satisfaction a book so well selected and
so well arranged as that which our Com
mittee have now given to our churches. In
addition to the well-known and sacred
hymns, long endeared to all Christians, are
otherß that we believe, will be received
with great satisfaction, and that will serve
to give life and spirit to our worshipping
assemblies. Having listened to a number
of them, with the accompaniment of a cab
inet organ, we are prepared to commend
them, slow though we are, to admit into so
hallowed a circle, any new comers. Some
of.these are already favorites, and have
been used with effect in scenes of revival.
We may speoify : “ Pass me not, 0 God,
my Father,” with its tender and touching
“ Even me !” “ Sweet hour of prayer! “ A
few more storms shall beat,” set to the
tune Bonar, the exquisite melody of whose
closing strain,
Oh, wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away,’’
rings long in the heart after it has vanished
from the ear. Also, “A beautiful land by
faith, I see," and “My heavenly home is,
bright and fair,” with the chorus “ Will you
go, go to that heavenly home with me ?” “ Ye
valiant soldiers of the cross;” “ With tear
ful eyes I look around;” “ Saviour, like a
shepherd lead us.” That sweet hymn of
Charlotte Elliot entitled, “Thy will be
done,” and commencing “My God! my
Father! while I stray,” which, though in
the Church Psalmist, we have never heard
sung, is made available by union, along
with “ Gently Lord, Oh, gently lead us,”
with the tune Autumn. “ A crown of glory
bright,”—“ Sweet land of rest, for thee I
sigh,” —“ Nearer, my God to thee,” —“ One
sweetly solemn thought,” will be received
with favor.
A hymn of intercession for the drunkard,
No. 345, and one on working for the Lord,
commencing “ Work, for the Master, work/’
are contributions on topics overlooked ori
ginally, as we learn, by the Rev. John
Spaulding, D.D.
We think, that we may fairly say, that
our Committee’s “ Social Hymn and Tune
Book” will meet the wishes of many
churches. For the Prayer-meeting and
the Lecture-room, it is admirably adapted,
and, when desired, it can be used in the
worship of the church in connection with
the Church Psalmist, as the Index gives
the number of the Psalm or Hymn as it is
in that book. With the Church Psalmist,
the Eclectic Tune Book, the Social Hymn
and Tune Book, and the Sabbath-school
Hymn Book, our church is well equipped
for the service of song in all the worship of
the House of the Lord.
Financial. —The receipts under the inter
nal revenue law are increasing and encourag
ing. The Secretary of the Treasury has tele
graphed to the Assistant Treasurer at San
Francisco discontinuing the sale of 7-30 s, as
the entire loan will be taken before an addi
tional-supply of notes can reach California.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 37, 1865.
The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to
Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, Aug.,
1865.—Contents: Among the Honey
makers ; Counts Laura; Strategy at the
Fireside; Around Mull, II; John Bright
and the English Radicals; Needle and
Garden, VIII; The Willow; My Second
Capture; Doctor Johns, "VII'; Letter to a
Silent Friend; The Chimney Corner, YIII; ■
-Peace; Reconstruction and Negro Suffrage ;
Reviews and Literary Notices; Recent
American Publications.
Our Young Folks. An Illustrated
Magazine for Boys and Girls. Aug., 1865/
Contents: Farming for Boys, VII; Dick
and I; The Story of a Dolly; M^ei 1 Har-
Excursion; Littlf Hugh and the
Fairies; Transactions; Winning his Way,
VIII; Dogs and Cats; Father Bright
hopes; Afloat in the Forest, VIII; Round
the Evening Lamp.
Godey’s Lady's Book. Edited by
Sarah J. Hale: L. A. Godey. Vol. LXXI.,
1865.
American Sunday-School Union. —
Forty-first Annual Report, presented at the
Annual Meeting, May, 1865.
The Biblical Reportory and. Prince
ton by Charles Hodge,
D.D. No. 11l of Vol. XXXVH. July,
1865.—Contents: Early History of Heathen
ism; Arabia; The Revised Webster; The
First Miracle of Christ; President Lincoln;
The General Assembly; Short Notices.
Letters to Various Persons. By
Henry D. Thoreau, author of “A Week
on the Concord and .Merrimac Rivers;”
“Walden,” &c., &e. 16m0., pp. 229.
Boston : Ticknor & Fields.
National Lyrics. By John G- Whit
tier. Pp. 104. Boston: Ticknor & Fields.
Death op Bishop Potter San
Francisco advices bring the intelligence
of the death of Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter,
Bishop of the Pennsylvania Diocese of
the Protestant Episcopal Church. It
occurred, in that city on the 4th insjy
We record this event, not only with sS
cere sympathy for that branch of the
'church oyer which he presidedwith so
-much fatherly and Christian wisdom,:
but as a common bereavement. The good
Bishop, though not radically liberal as a
churchman, was'-ijjgry far from the oppo
site. He was accustomed tci look with
regard upon the Christian enterprises of
? the church general, and was a personal
participant in some of the religious move
ments outside of his own church. Not
a few of his clergy are in the habit of
occasionally participating «with those of
non-Episcopal ordination, in public reli
gious services, and it has been well un
derstood that no official authority of his:
would ever embarrass than in the en
joyment of such Christian unity.
The Bishop was also a sterling pa
triot, and an active supporter of the Gov
ernment through all its late struggle for
life. He sustained heartily the emanci
pation proclamation, find regarded with
an abhorrence which he made no effort
to conceal, the arts of a depraved poli
tics to tie the hands of President Lin
coln. This with him was a Christian
sentiment, and in all his public identifi
cation of himself with the cause of the
country; he planted himself upon his
solemn engagements as a Christian pas
tor, to maintain everywhere the princi
ples of the Word of God.
The Bishop left this city, some months
since, diseased and exhausted with labor,
to-seek for repose and restoration on the
Pacific coast—with what resultthe aboye
announcement tells. He died at the age
of nearly sixty-five years. He had pre
sided over the Diocese many years. His
official mantle falls upon his late assistant,
Rt. Rev. Wm. B. Stevens.
The German Reformed Effort in
Mantua.— The German Reformed Mes
senger of the 6th instant, in a long edi
torial, takes very seriously a short item
from out paper of the previous week, re
respecting an incipient enterprise across
the Schuylkill. We are surprised to see
a passing pleasantry of ours dignified to
the grade of a deliberate attempt to
“put an estopel” upon a movement
which we have no motive for regarding
with any unfriendliness of feeling: In ex
pressing our opinion that if its success de
pends upon Germanizing Americans, the
road thither would be a long one, we
meant no reflection upon the character
of the German Reformed Church in any
particular. It has a noble origin, wor
thy antecedents, a sound confession, and
a good church polity. More than this,
it has done, and now more than ever,
is doing' a good work among people of
German name and predilections in this
country, particularly in the struggle
which the livelier portion'of its ministry
and people are carrying on against the
dead formalism within its pale. All
that we meant to say, or did say, was to
state the simple fact, which is a fact,
that churches in this .country which dis
tinguish themselves by some foreign ap
pellation, and are known as being com
posed almost entirely of people whose
birth or near ancestry is the same, do
not easily attract to their communion
Christians who have been accustomed
to more distinctly American associations.
The change is felt by the latter as eccle
siastically denationalizing themselves.
This is saying nothing against the prin
ciples or character of the G. R. Church
—nothingwhich ignores its real excel
lence and usefulness in this country, for
these have our hearty recognition. We
only speak of a law of association which
BOOKS RECEIVED.
neither ourselves nor our brethren of
the Messenger can control—a law which
we expect to be just as operative in
Mantua, as it is elsewhere. It was sim
ply in view of this law, and with no in
vidious intent, that we said that “if
there are about Mantua a sufficient num
ber of Germans by birth, or near ances
try, to require and sustain this ‘ new en
terprise,’ there is no reason why it
should not become a popular one. But
if it is to be gotten up by attempting to
Germanize Americans, its road to pros
perity will be a long one.”^
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING. EDITOR,
HAMILTON COLLEGE.
The exercises of Commencement week,
at this highly favored and prosperous insti
tution, began with the baccalaureate ser
mon by Professor Fisher, on Sabbath after
neon the 16th inst., in the village church.
His theme was, The influence of Chris
tianity, in expanding and invigorating the
intellect. As a striking and pertinent illus
tration of this theme, the gifted preacher
gave an exceedingly graphic and interest
ing sketch of the life of William Curtis
Noyes, the late munificent benefactor of
Hamilton College. It was a discourse well
worthy of , the high character of that dis
tinguished jurist, and in the lessons of in
struction drawn from it, for the benefit
more especially of the graduating class,
and in the farewell advice to those now
completing their course of study, the Pre
sident was particularly happy. The re
markable industry of Mr. Noyes, his strict
integrity, his large philanthropy, and above
all, his high Christian coupled
with such distinguished success||n life,
make him a shining example to hold up to
young men for their imitation. The lesson,
cannot soon be forgotten by those who gave
heed to it. ' '
In the evening of the same day, came
the address before the, Society of Christian
’Research, by Rev. T. S., Hastings, D.D,,
/of New York. His subject was Power—
physical, material , intellectual, and spirit
paZ—all belonging to God) but accessible
to us, and to be had and used by us, on
proper conditions..
Many of the statements and illustrations
used by Mr. Hastings, were peculiarly
striking, showing him to be a! grbat reader
and an earnest thinker. His style is also;
clear, simple, and, direct; his voice, full
and musical; his articulation wonderfully
accurate, and yet not affectedly preoise;
his elocution almost faultless ; while the
charm of his great simplicity intense
earnestness of spirit held« his audience
deeply interested from the beginning to the
end of his course. With such a rare blen
ding of great excellence, we do not wonder
that Mr. Hastings is a highly popular, and
beloved, and useful minister of the gospel,
even in the great city of New York.
PRIZE SPEAKING
This occurred on Monday evening, in
the presence of a large and deeply inte
rested assembly. There were four speakers
from each of these classes, the Freshman,
Sophomore, and Junior. One of the
Junior class failed to appear, (Sextus H.
Knight, of Westfield,) on account of ill
health; and before the close of the next
day’s services, the sad news of his death
was received. He was 'a young man of
great promise, And one of the finest speakers
of his class. Of the eleven declamations
presented, all but two had reference to our
country and the war, showing which way
the thoughts of the young men drift. It
was truly a patriotic meeting.
In the Freshman class, Eben W. Jud
soU, of Ogdensburg, took the first prize,
and Myron G. Willard, of Holland Patent,
the second; in the Sophomore, Samuel J.
Fisher, of Clinton, the first, and Martin F.
Hollister, of Ithaca,, the second; and in
the|Bunior class, Chas. S. Millard,' of Clay
ville, the first, and Charles Simpson, of
Ithaca, the second. Rev. Dr. Nelson, of
St. Louis, Rev. T. S. Hastings, D.D., and
Dwight H. Olmsted, Esq., of New York,
were the Committee of award. l -
THE ALUMNI ORATION.
On Tuesday evening we were again as
sembled in the village church, where all
the performances of which we have spoken
were held. The house was full of the most
intelligent and appreciative hearers. “ The
services were introduced and enlivened
with music by the College Glee Club.
Prayer by Rev. Drr Kendall, of New Y'ork,
an introductory address by Rev. L. M.
Miller, of Ogdensburgh,President of the
Association of the Alumni, and then came
the oration, by Rev. Dr. Nelson, of St.
Louis. For strength and beauty, for sym
metry, compactness and completeness, it
was an address of rarest excellence. Indeed,
we heard mapy of the more discreet judges
saying that they never heard it excelled:
The subject was, “the influence of the
war literature ; the themes it will
furnish; the authors it will call out; and
the spirit it must infuse into their writings.
Dr. Nelson's manner was calm, and yet
mighty; deliberate, but not *eavy; his
voice full, sonorous and musical; his entire
bearing simple and unaffected, yet most
dignified and manly. His position for the
last four years, in that centre of marvellous
interest (in‘ Missouri, at’St. Louis, where
he has done so much for the country,) with
all his previous education and convictions
and instinots, had qualified him to speak in
a moOt’ masterly manner upon that grahd
theme. WeLtrust the address will be pulv
lished in some way, and widely read. It
would do much good. After the oration,
Rev. J. A. Priest, of Gloversville, recited a
poem, which seemed to possess real merit,
but was not perfectly heard through the
house.
After the poem, Rev-. W. E. Knox, of
Rome, offered a resolution, that the Alumni
of-Hamilton College erect a suitable monu
ment upon the college grounds, to the
memory, of the Alumni and students of this
honored institution who have fallen in the
war. Of course, Mr. Knox made a good
speech in its behalf; and Rev. J. P. Ken
dall, ot Baldwinsville, made another. , The
resolution was carried nem con ; "and a com
mittee of five, of which Hon. W. J. Bacon,
of Utica, was made the chairman, was
appointed to carry it into effect. It is in
tended to raise about five thousand dollars
for this purpose.
CLASS OP .1840,
After twenty-five years of separation, this
class had a meeting. It came off in a room
of the Clinton hotel, after the public servi
ces of Tuesday evening, and occupied the
rest of, the, night. The class graduated
nineteen, of whom fifteen only are known
to be living; and of this number no less
than thirteen, all but two, were gathered
on thiftoccasion. Ten of the class became
clergymen; among wholn are four men, at
least, of no mean rank; Rev. Dr. Nelson,
of. St. Louis; Rev. Dr.. Kendall, of New
York; Rev. W. E. Knox, of Rome, and
Rev. L. M. Miller, of Ogdensburgh. Of
the same class is the able, and accomplished,
and gentlemanly Prof. Theo. W. Dwight,
L.L. D., of the Law School of Columbia
College, New York. Truly, that was a
class of which old Hamilton need not be
ashamed; and a memorable meeting thirteen
of its surviving members "had as above
named. May they have another in 1890.
alumni’ meeting.
The annual re-union of was
held on Wednesday A larger
number, we think, than usual, was in at-
and it was a meeting of great in
terest and profit.. The necrology was ten
derly read by Prof. Upson, embracing
eighteen names, including that of Judge
Philo Gridley, of the class of 1816; Hev.
11. S, Clarke, D.D., class of ; Rev. S.
W. Adams, D.D., class of 1839; H. P-
Bristol, class of ' 1846; and others, some: of
whom have fallen for their country; and to
sill a just and passing tribute was’paid.
But the meeting took also a practical
business form, and it was resolved to attempt
at once to raise $25,000 to erect a suitable
fire-proof Library building. The need of
this was urgently "advocated by Professor
Dwight and Dr. Hastings, of New York,
and it is bound to be done.
COMMENCEMENT.
The exercises of commencement proper
occurred on occupying morning
and afternotSP The day was fine, the
church was crowded and crammed with a de
lightful and delighted audience. The gradua
ting class numbered twenty-five,whose names
and residences we give below, together with
the names and themes of. the speakers.
Good elocution is always expected at -Ham
ilton, under the admirable instruction of the
accomplished professor in that department.
The class did credit to themselves and. to
their instructor in this respect.
NAMES or GRADUATING CLASS,
Silas Hobart Adams, Oneida Castle;
George Henry Allen,* Lieut. 146th N. Y
S. V.; Orville Payson Allen, New Haven;
Edward Augustus Babcock, Clinton; Wil
liam Henry. Bates, Champion; Truman
Stafford Betts, Franklin; Dana Williams
Bigelow, Waterville; Alfred Henry Champ
lin, Whitestown; William James Cosnett/j"
33d N. Y. S. Y.; George Craig, Renssefear
Falls; Oscar Henry Elmer, Chester; Jtynes
Alexander Ferguson, Ogdensburgh; George
Washington • Hall, Triangle ; Egbert
Dewey Haven, Joliet, 111. ; - John Henry
Hicok, Homer-; Benjamin William John
son, Albany;- George Washington Martin,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Stewart* Montgomery,
Ovid; Luther Allen Ostrander,. Chicago,
111.; Leroy Parker, Flint, Mich,; Ajjfert
Phillips, Geneva; James Rogers,
James Patterson Stratton, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Hamilton Bullock Tompkins, New-’
port, R. I.; Martin Van Buren Ward,
Westfield; William Oliver Webster, Sen
nett; George Warren Wood, Jr., New
York: - .
THEMES AND NAVIES,
1. Salutatory Oration in Latin,. J ames
Rogers. ’ ,
2. Dissertation—The Oratory of States
men and Revolutionists compared, Orville
P. Allen.
3. Oration—ldeas and Armies, Edward
A. Babcock.
4. Dissertation— Walter Scott a Jacobin,
Truman S. Betts.
5. Oration—Music as an Art
of Expression, William H. Bates.
6. High Oration—The City of Constan
tine, Dana W. Bigelow.
7. Dissertation—The Social Progress of
Woman, Alfred H. Champlin.
8. Oration—Silas Wright, George Craig.
9. Classical Oration—The Legacy of
Athens to English Poetry, James A. Fer
guson.
10. Oration—Latent Forces, Oscar H
Elmer.
1L Oration—“ Gail Hamilton," John
H. Hicok. 1
12. Oration-The First Modern Em
per I °L Benjamin W. Johnson.
id. High Orator, with the Pruyn Medal
Oration—“ The Duties of the Educated
Young Men of New York to their own Com-'
monwealth,” Egbert D. Haven. ,
*§} a j n a t the Wilderness, May, 1864.
tSlam at Chancellbrsville, May; 1863.
14. Oration —Construction and Destruc
tion, George W. Martin.
15. Oration —Robert Burns, Albert Phil
lips. .
16. Oration —The Tendencies of the
Race, James Rodgers.
17. Legal Orator, with the Head Medal
Oration—“ Alexander Hamilton as a Finan
cier,” Luther A. Ostrander.
18. Oration —Scottish Characteristics
Hamilton B. Tompkins.
19. Oration —Re-Construction, Martin
Y. B Ward.
20. High Oration—The Three State
Papers of Anglo-Saxon History, William
O. Webster.
21. Scientific Oration —The Relations of
Chemistry afld Religion, James P. Strat
ton. _
22. Philosophical Oration—Christianity
the Civilizer of Mankind, George W. Wood,
Jr.
23. Oration, John McLean, Candidate
for the Second Degree.
24. Oration, Winsor Scofield, Candidate
for the Second Degree.
25. Yaledictory Oration—The Republic
as affecting Individuals, Silas H. Adams.
, Among the officers of the Alumni for the
ensuing year, we name only the following-
President, C. C. Kingsley, Esq., Utica;
Corresponding Secretary, Rev. A. D. Grid
ley, Clinton ; Recording Secretary and Ne
crologist, Prof. E North, Clinton; Orator
for 1866, Hon. T. M. Pomeroy, of Auburn,
class of 1845; Poet, Rev. William. J. Erd
man, class of 1856.
DEGREES CONFERRED
LL.D. upon Hon. William B. Wright;
Prof. Far rand N. Benedict; Prof. Jno. N.
Pomeroy.
D.D. upon Rev. W. E. Knox, of Rome;
Rev. L. M. Miller, of Ogdensburgh; Prof.
William D. Sanders, of Jacksonville, 111.;
Rev. William Marshall, London, Eng., and
Rev. Jas. Moorhead, Ireland.
And so ended one of the finest commence
ments they have ever had at Hamilton.
The weather was favorable, the attendance
large, the affairs of the college were in a
highly prosperous condition, and all its
friends seemed especially to enjoy the occa-
C. P. B.
Rochester, July 22, 1865.
gfeta nf rare ©jnrccjißSi.
Philadelphia Churches. —Our city
pastors are mostly; abroad, seeking by a
short relaxation ;o£ labor and general
enjoyment otherwise, to gather up phy
sical energy for another year’s service of
the. Master. A few remain at theirposts..
Some churches, whosepastors are absent,
are kept open ; in some cases, two or
more consolidate for the time being,
keeping np one good congregation in the
place of two thin ones. Some few, we
believe, are temporarily closed. We
have not the information which enables
us to designate to any extent the arrange
ments in individual cases. We, how
ever, record "as wo/thy of special men
tion, that Calvary Church, for the first
time in its history, remains open for
worship throughout the season.
Change of Ecclesiastical Rela
tion.—We have been shown a note
from Bloomington, Illinois, which states
that the Old School church in that place
has recently determined by a vote of 64
to 5, to transfer its relation from the Old
to the New School Presbytery of Bloom
ington.- The church was formerly in
our connection. There is also another
New School church in the place. Whe
ther this movement is preparatory to a
fusion, we are not informed.
Another.—The church in Farming
ton, Illinois,.has also changed its eccle
siastical relation. This time the gain is
for the “ other branch,” the church leav
ing the niinois (N. S.) for the Sanga
mon (O. S.) Presbytery. The change
is made for the better enjoyment of the
means of grace, a union being effected
with another church of the Sangamon
Presbytery.
Portvtlle, Western N. Y.—A cor
respondent of the Evangelist furnishes a
notice of the recent revival in our church
in this place. A special effort for, the
awakening and conversion of sinners was
made in May, during which the pastor
was aided by Rev. Wm. D. Henry, an
Evangelist. The effort was, however,
suggested by a previously existing reli
gious interest, and in its turn, greatly
promoted that interest. The work was
especially effective in the Sabbath-school,
where nearly all the scholars expressed
hope in Christ. As the first fruits of it,
sixteen were received to the communion
of the church, on profession of their
faith, the second Sabbath in the present
month.
Installation at Dunkirk, N. Y.
The installation of Rev. Wm. A. Fox,
whose call to the pastorate at Dunkirk
we have before noticed, took place on
the 6th instant, under the direction of
the Presbytery of Buffalo. Dr. Wisner,
of Lockport, preached the sermon. Rev.
Chaplain Hyde delivered the charge to
the pastor, and Rev. Courtney Smith to
the people. The Presbytery adjourned
to meet at Springfield, on the 13th, for
the purpose of' there installing Rev.
James T. Hanning.'
The Revival at Newton, N. J.—
At the communion in April last" one
hundred united with the Presbyterian
church on profession of faith, and on
Sabbath, July 9th, fifteen more united
with the same church on profession. Of
the first hundred there were forty-eight
adults, and of these fifteen there were
seven, one of “them nearly eighty, and
eight were baptized. One whOle family
was received, father, mother, and two
children, a son and daughter, both adults.
— Evangelist.
First Church, Washington Ceet.
The ill health of Rev. Mr. .Graveshaving