gljt Vrtss, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1865 Mk - We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications., We 'do not return rejected manuscripts. AlrYolutttary correspondence is,tollelted from all parts a the world, and especially from our mirorent military and naval departments. When uscd, it will • be paid for. IDLE Rritions raw," FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Liver- Pool Courier of June 78th, announces, among sundry speculations about Mexico, that the French Government "has received despatches from Washington which tell it that some demonstration on the part of the Congress or Senate, or both; of the United States, hostile to the Mexican monarchy is about to be made." If this means anytMng, it is that the " demonstration " would be early, if not immediate. But, as Congress or the Senate (as if the former did not in elude the latter 1) will scarcely meet before next December, the " demonstration." which, is about to be made cannot be com menced for six months. Another statement, in the Liverpool pa per, by " Our Own Correspondent," is just as mythical and probably not more accu rate than the preceding. It runs thus : "I Lave heardan eminent personage say that, after the session, it is not impossible that the Emperor may speak out distinctly on the subject of the conduct of the United states towards Mexico. He does not think fit to do so sooner, from the fear that the Corps Legislatif, which was always op posed to his Mexican expedition, and which now regards it with distrust and fear, might oppose him." We suspect that the emi nent personage in the above paragraph, who is so specially in N.LpoLvlox's confi dence, has no more vitality than Mrs. CAMP'S Mrs. Harris, and is but the creation of the letter-writer's fantasy. Whatever NATor.RoN may determine to say, or do, or leave undone, he is not the man to have comnamieated his intention, some days in advance, to any person who could have be trayed it to the correspondent of a third rate newspaper in an English country town. In Europe such statements are looted upon as mere gossip, often invented to cover a sufficient space of letter press ; repeated here, they sometimes obtain too easy credence, unsettle the public mind, and create hostile feelings towards nations and rulers who desire to be in amity with PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE. The Report of the Transactions of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, for the years 1361-'62, and '63, has lately been published in an octavo volume of over nine hundred pages. It contains a great deal of truly valuable information, which is nearly stifled, however, by a vast quantity of minor details which, however necessary, are of local importance only. Among the important matter arc the reports on the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, of which Dr. W. H. Allen, formerly of Girard College, is Principal ; on the Organization of Colleges for Aarieulture and the Mechanic Arts, and of the Crops of the United States for 1862 and 1863. The Agricultural Col lege, which has a strong body of Professors and other teachers, is in a thriving condi tion, and promises to turn out every year a strong corps of farmers, fully masters of the practical science of cultivating the land and making two blades of grass grow where only one had previously been produced. It is to be hoped that their time will not be wasted in over-educating them; we do not exactly see what use LE GENDRE'S Geometry, with Navigation, Uni versal History, Rhetoric, Logic, the Cal culus, Moral Philosophy, International Law, and so on, can be to agricultural students, who will be practical farmers one day ; and there is such a thing as over loading the mind—trying, in fact, to put the contents of a quart measure into a pint bottle—a feat accomplished only with un erring rapidity and success by keepers of hotels and taverns in certain watering places and ciuntry summer haunts. The State Agricultural Society, we per ceive, will hold its thirteenth annual exhibi tion at Williamsport, on the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th days of next September. A great number of premiums will be dis tributed, under the following general heads : Cattle, seven divisions ; horses and mules, four divisions; sheep, swine, and poultry, six divisions ; agriculture and manufac ture.p. ; dairy, field, and forest; fruits, flowers, and designs; household and do mestic manufactures, and household arti cles ; fine arts, painting, and penmanship; wares displayed by tradesmen and me chanics ; silverware, pianos, sewing-ma chines, tte.; and winter crops. We have a strong suspicion that the trial of speed between blooded horses of repute 'will take place on the third dayof the exhibition, viz.: l Thursday, September 28th. We would not, for a wilderness of monkeys, insinuate that this "trial of speed" really will be—a horse-race ! ONE of the obligations imposed by the Federal Constitution upon the National Government, is the duty of suppressing in surrections. We have just succeeded in crushing a rebellion in which the great body of the people of the Southern States united to oppose the authority of the Union, but we might in future be called upon to aid the recognized authorities of any of those States in subduing an insurrection in augurated by any portion of their inhabi tants. For this reason the whole ques tion of reorganization possesses a spe cial interest to the people of the whole Union. It is vitally important that an adjustment should be • made which will eventually prove satisfactory to the body of the inhabitants of each State, or sufficiently just and equitable to avoid deadly quarrels, requiring our intervention, among themselves. It is clear that the gross injustice which some of the old planters wish to practice upon the enfran chised slaves must be prevented; and to this end the efforts of our military authori ties and of the Freedmen's Bureau are con stantly directed, with at least partial suc cess. Whether there is most danger to be apprehended hereafter of white men rebel ling against State Governments established by negro voters against their will, or of ncgroes rising in insurrection against the whites, because they are denied ' the right of suffrage, is one of the problems of reor ganization in which the people of the North have a practical interest. VOMITMCA in its true sense, is not merely the interchange of Commodities between different countries, but should be an inter national trade restricted to those articles which each country requires and cannot produce for itself. When one nation aceeptS the fallacious position of readying from another what it could furnish for itself, it is partially sub jecting itself to that foreign authority. Such control exercised over the manu factures of a country is a money supremacy more difficult to throw off than the tyranny 'of a king, and is, in some respectS, almost as injurious to the real independence of 11 people, as'a conquest by foreign arms. The doctrine has been freely accepted that every nation should be sufficient to itself politically;' and it is just as true ihit, Industrially, every country is in duty bound to render itself - as independent as circumstances of soil and climate . will permit. In the natural and legitimate course of trade, the commerce of the United States -tends toward countries lying to the north and south which would supply her defi ciencies, and especially with those tropies and semi-tropical countries which are blessed with a superabundant vegetation, .and whose people have no tendency towards manutacturing employments. We -should be weaving woollen goods for our Northern neighbors in return for their furs, -and sending quantities of linen and cotton fabrics to such countries as have only tropic woods and fruits to export. The trade with the manufacturing coun tries—that is, in fact, with Pp* which ,- .00mpete with our own workmen,Lt . n _our Qwn market—has always been con sid'ered df especial importance. These .nations are the British and French . possessions in Europe, the, various divisions of Germany, together with Belgiurh and Holland, which furnish us precisely those articles - which a wise legislation would allow us to make for ourselves. It is generally supposed that in exchange these foreign Powers offer the principal market for our agricultural pro ductions; but, so far frail that being the case, these countries combined, in the decade- 1850-1860, only purchased about half as much of our breadstuffs and provi sions as were taken by the other non-manu facturins people to whom our trade should have been especially directed. More than half of the entire amount of our other aori cultural exports was taken by the same non-manufacturing peoples, with fully one half of the export of leaf tobacco, and more than eighty per cent. of all our exports of manufactured articles. Such a result as this, without discrimina lion in the legislation, or, rather, with at tention chiefly directed to the manufactur ing countries, shows the true direction of trade, and the course it will find, notwith standing all obstacles_ AMOZTO the marvellous changes which have been taking place in the South, trifling incidents often give us a clearer yiew, and more thorough understanding of the altera tions in the condition of things, than the best general descriptions, or the profound est philosophizings upon all the endless in teraction between cause and effect. In a recent letter from Richmond, the simple relation of the following facts give a vivid impression of the changes which have been effected through all grades of society. The Government Clothing Bureau took possession of all the material left in the city at the evacuation. Eight hundred hands, mostly girls, have been employed in spin ning and weaving the wool, cotton, and yarn thus confiscated, and the cloth manu factured from it is devoted to clothing the colored troops in Texas. The sewing, at thirty cents for panta loons, and the same sum for shirts, is eagerly sought for by the women and girls of Richmond. About six hundred are em ployed in the work at their Own residences, considering the rate of remuneration, which permits them to earn five dollars a week, satisfactory. Seven hundred shirts • and. three hundred pairs of pantaloons are given out daily, and many members of the most prominent families of Richmond are among the applicants for work. Verily, the changes must have been mighty, which have induced the haughty daughters of Virginia to work on clothing for colored troops, holding service in the army of the 'United States, and enfran chised by United States law. But their own folly and wrong-doing has brought about its own retribution, and among the consequences is that they will even do such work—for United States greenbacks 1 Let us not triumph in their overthrow, but rather hope that, through these hard lessons, they will learn certain truths which they utterly refused to accept in the days of their prosperity, and recognize that the work width is now employing their hands is much worthier than the labors which they enthusiastically devoted to the support of an unjust cause and a spurious Govern ment, erected on falsehood, treason, and crime. TILE FACT, reported in our exchanges, that while JEFFERSON DAVIS is awaiting in Fortress Monroe the final judgment of the authorities of the nation he aided to de stroy, the slaves on his fine plantation of two thousand acres in Mississippi are wisely improving the opportunities freedom has given them, by cultivating with profit, for their personal benefit, his abandoned land, is an episode of the rebellion that gives a new proof of the axiom that "though the mill of the gods •grinds slowly, it grinds very fine." It was to strengthen and confirm forever the title of himself and his descendants to these " chattels" and their offspring, that DAVlS'waged his wicked war against the Republic. The re sult is as beneficial to those he sought to injure as it is destructive to the interest he wished to extend and perpetuate. An overruling Providence has selected the ap peal to arms, by which Slavery sought to render itself immortal, as the instrument of its speedy overthrow and extinction i and while the conspirators are suffering the punishments of their crime, their victims are enjoyirm the inalienable rights which have heretofore been to them novel. NORTH CABOLIZIA has been always re garded by the North as holding a mine of boundless - wealth in her pine forests, which produce various products essential to mo dern manufactures, but by the Confederacy this State wee held in especial esteem for the wealth contained beneath the surface of her soil. The mines of lead, iron, sulphur, coal, and copper, supplied much of the ma terial of war to the rebels. They had ar ranged to render these mines more produc tive by the importation of improved ma chinery from Europe. The gold mines of the same State were expected to render efficient help to the cause of secession, the Confederates estimating that the works could be made to yield three hundred per cent. profit. New and improved machinery had also been ordered for these mines, and it is rumored that our Government will make important seizures. If gold can be found in considerable amounts it will be a most fortunate occurrence for the debt_ weighed and war-desolated rebel States, and will do much towards assisting them to retrieve the position that they have reck lessly lost among the powers of the earth. The Fourth Down South. [Correspondence of The Press.] CHARLESTON, S. C., July 5,1365, The Fourth is pest, and of alt the dull times I ever survived—duh trade, dull sermons, and political orations not excepted—yesterday was the dullest period of my life. The command ing general had, very properly, ordered the closing of all the grog-shops, and that removed. one great cause of excitement; but what be. came of all these enthusiastic patriots whO arc so much attached to the United States Govern ment, who have taken the benefit of the Am nesty act, who have taken the oath of alle giance, and who haVe taken all these things first in order to take the rule of the State, all the offices, and, better yet, all the salaries? Not one voice of Joy arose among them, and, as an excuse, they got up a report that the nig. gers" were to rise on thelnatiores birthday and massacre the whites. An the life of the day genially animated the dark-skinned race. There was a grand turn out of the home guard, and well they looked in their white cotton uniform, and proudly they marched as the acknowledged protectors of this very helpless, ruined town; and when the parade was over they and the crowd ad journed to Zion Church, to hear the orator of the day, the Rev. Adams. He is of pure African blood, has been a missionary in Africa, and understands both the properties and defects of his people. He is a Pennsylva nian born, I believe; has received a liberal education fitting him for the office of Christian pastor, in which capacity he has hadgreat ex perience. He is organizing a Presbyterian church in old Zion, and is immensely popular. His subject on the Fourth was "Progress," As all the proceedings of the day were extempo rary, so - was Mr. Adam - s , discourse; but it had the more freshness on that account, calling down thundering cheers from his immense audience, I wish I had leave to give you a sy nopsis of the discourse. Mr. A. is a natural orator, rather of the Beecher geniis, and sym pathizes deeply with the wrongs, and hopes ardently for the capabilities of his people. I say, God prosper him! The only other matter of interest was the commencement of a "festal fair,r, got up by a society of colored ladies, called the "Ladies' Patriotic Association." Its object is the relief of sneering, as far as their moans can reach. sow, it is to be remarked that the bulk of the members were slaves during the past year, and never saw a ladies , fair in their lives; knew nothing of the itorthern way of getting up decorations; and yet, it is marvellous to sec what no artistic taste they have dis played in the arrangement of ribbons and evergreens. Tell Mo, is the taste for cram- Meniatiell indigefflOUS With the negrol or, could the beautiful festooning and grouping of the usual household ornaments, so as to produce not merely a pleasing but a striking effect, be the result of female taste in gene ral? But, to leave the ornamental and come to the indispensable, no one can deny the negro skill in gastronomy ; and so in the fair you Chill get everything to please the palate at benevoient rates. XY.NOB, C. A. Seward at Quebec. QUEBEC, ja/Y 13.—C. A. Seward, Esq., is here and dined with the Lieutenant Governor last • • The Soldiers' Nations' dlone4sieviii at Gettys!nirg. The following is a full and correct list' f. the articles deposited in the corner-stone of the Soldiers' National Monument, - on,the Fourth of atdy - Declaration Of Independent°. Articles of Confederation. Constitution of the United States. Washington's Farewell Address. Names of the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States. Names of hiemberS and Officers of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State:, Names of the Members of the Cabinet. Names of the Ministers of the United States at Foreign Courts. Messages of President Lincoln. Reports of the Secretary of War and Lieu tenant General Grant. Major General Geo. G. Meade's Report of the Battle of Gettysburg. Copies of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and last Inaugural Address. Coins of the United States: Copies of Charter and Proceedings of the Board of Managers of the " Soldiers' National Cemetery" at Gettysburg, Pa. Copy of Proceedings at the Conseeration of the a Soldiers! National Cemetery" at Gettys burg', Pa. A List of the Names of the Soldiers burled in the "Soldiers' National Cemetery." Tabular List of Corps and Regimental Orga nizations of the Army of the.Pbtomac in the Battle of Gettysburg. Col. Batehehier'S Drawing Of the Rattle-field of Gettysburg. Copy of the Constitution of the State Of Maine. • Messages of the Governors of Maine from 1861 to 1864. Adjutant General's Reports, 1861 to 1864. Copy of the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire. Messages of GovernOM Of Vermont, 1861 to Adjutant General's Reports, 1861 to 1664. Copy of the Constitution of the State of Mas saebusetts. hies Sage; of Governors of Massachusetts, 1.981 to 1844. Adjutant General's Reports, MI to 1804. Copy of the Constitution of tke State of Rhode Island. . rrochunution of His Excellency James Y. Smith, on the Death of President Lincoln. • Resolutions -of the Legislature of Rhode Island in Relation to the reconstruction of the States recently in Rebellion. Copy of the Constitution of the State of Con necticut. . . Ist. Medallion Medal with the State Coat-of- Arms on the one side, and on the other the number of soldiers furnished for the war by Connecticut. with the inscription : "In Honor of Soldiers of Comaecticuq , who aided in the cause of Liberty, Mot to iss, 2d. The Complete Catal9gue of the Volunteer Force of Connecticut, their Organization and Casualties. 3d. Proclamation Of Gov. Buckingham, issued in April 1861. 4th. liessages of Gov. Buckingham since May, 1861. sth. Legislative and State Government Sta tistics for sixteen years, ending with 1865. Copy of the Constitution of the State of New - York. _ Copy of his Excellency, R. E. Fentows Mes sage, sage„ Copy of the A(ljutnnt General's Reports for 1964 mill ISe5. Copy of T.etterS of Gen. Meigs, Quarterma* ter General, U. S, A. Copy of Act to provitle . a Suitable Repository for the Records of the War. Report of Bureau of Military Record, 1865. Copy of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. List of. Names of the State Officers, Members of the Senate and Assembly. Messages of the Governor of New Jersey, from 1851 to Register of the Commanding Officers of the New Jersey Volunteers, and Report, of the Adjutant General from 1861 to 1885 inclusive. Report of the Quartermaster General of New Jersey from 1861 to 1861 inclusive. Ist. A Copy of the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. 2d. inaugural Address of Governor Andrew G. Curtin ~on ihe 15th of January, 1861. 3d. Special Message of Governor Curtin to the Legislature, April 9th, 1804 recommending the Establishment of a Military Bureau at the capital of the State,•and asserting tho fidelity oflMnnsylvania to the Constitution and Union. 4th. Proclamation of Governor Curtin, issued April 20th, 1801, convening the Legislature in extra session. sth. Message of Governor Curtin to the Le gislature at .Extra Session, on the 30th April, 1861, recommending interr alia, the immediate Organization of the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. 6th. Act of the Legislature, approved 15th May, 1861, " to create a Loan and to provide for arming the State," and authorizing the Or ganization of the Pennsylvania 'Reserve Vol unteer Corps. 7th. Pamphlet, containing the Military Lays of Pennsylvania, passed at the Sessions of the Legislature of 1861. Bth. Message of Governor Curtin to the Le gislature at regular Session, January Bth, 1802. 9th. Message of Governor Curtin to the Le• gislature at regular Session, January 7th, 1863. 10th. Proceedings of Commissioners ap pointed by the Governors of the different States, which have Soldiers buried in the Sol (Hers, National Cemetery at Gettysburg, at a Meeting held in Harrisburg, Pa., December 17th, • 11th. Message of Governor Curtin to the Le gislatnre at regular Session, January 7th, 1864. - 12th. Pamplet, containing Second inaugural Address of Governor Curtin, January lath, 1804, and Inaugural Ceremonies, as published by order of the Legislature. 13th. Report of Special Committee of the Le ,gislature, March 31st, 18U, to whom was refer red so much of the Governor's Annual Mes sage, read January 7th; 1864, -as relates to the Gettysburg Cemetery, to.vether with Report of David Wills, Esq., of Gettysburg, Agent for A. G. Ciirtin, Governor of Pennsi , ivania, made to said Committee, March 21st, 1 64. 14th. Copy of an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania to incorporate the Soldiers' Na tional Cemetery, approved March 25th, 1864. 15th. Copy of an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, to incorporate the Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association, approved May 4th, 1864. 16th. Proclamation of Governor Curtin is sued August Ist, 1864, convening the Legisla ture of Pennsylvania in Extra Session. 17th. Message of Governor Curtin to Legisla, tore at Extra Session, August 9th 1864. 18th. Message of Governor Curtin to Legisla ture at Regular Session January 4th, 1865. 19th. Complete Pile or General Orders issued from Headquarters Pennsylvania Militia, from 1861, to January, 1865, inclusive. 20th. Reports of Adjutant General, from 1861 to 1864, inclusive. 21st _Reports of Quartermaster General, from 1861 to 1804 inclusive. 2241. Reports of Commissary General, from. 1861 to 1804 inclusive. 2341. Reports of Surgeon General, from 1861 to 1864 inclusive. • 24th. Specimen of Commission, in blank, with an impression of the Great Seal of the State, issued by Governor Curtin to Officers in Service during the Rebellion. The foregoing are contained in a Copper box marked "Pennsylvania:" Copy of the Constitution of the State of Dela ware. Messages of Governor of Delaware, 1861 to 1804. Adjutant General's Reports, 1861 to 1864. Copy of the Constitution of the State of Maryland. Messages of Governor of Maryland, 1861 to ISGI. Adjutant General's Report from 1661 to 1861. Copy of the Constitution of the State of West Acts of the Legislature . of the State of West Virginia since its formation to 1865. 31.essage of the Governor of West Virginla. Reports of the Governor of West Virginia. Copy of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. Copy of the Military Laws of Ohio. Army Register of Ohio Volunteers in the Service of tue United States. Annual Report of the SUrgeon General of the State of Ohio. Annul Report of the Quartermaster General of Ohio. Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Ohio for 1865. Annual Message of the Governor of Ohio to the Fifty-sixth General Assembly, January, ISM - Biographical Sketches of the Fifty-sixth Se nate and House of Representatives of Ohio. Copy of the Constitution . 01: the State of , _ \ 4 7:e _ Messages of the Governor of Indiana, 1861 to 1864. Adjutant General's Reports from 1861 to 1864. Copy of the Constitution of the State of Illi nois. Messages of Governor of Illinois from 1861 Adjutant General's Reports, 1861 to 1804 drICIIIOAL Silver Medallion,with State Coat-of-Arms on one side and on the other the number of Sol diers furnished by Michigan for the War (91,193), with this inscription: "In honor of the 91,193 Michigan Soldiers who aided in per petuating American Liberty, 1851-1865.". The names on parchment of the Michigan Officers and Soldiers killed at Gettysburg, Pycpured byllon. Thomas W. Forry Commis sioner for the State in the Board of Managers of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. List on parchment of Michigan Regiments, Companies, and Batteries sent to the field during the War. Adjutant General's Reports as far as publish ed, IRA, 1802,1E63, full bound in Leather, 2 vols. Two Commissions, such as have been issued by this State for Commissioned officers. Michigan Ilvaohrtioila on the State of the Union, February 2d, 1861. Proclamation of Governor Blair, April 16th, 1861. First Call for Troops. Governor Blair's Message to Extra Session, May, 1861. An Act to provide a Military Force, approved May 10th, 1861. Governor Blair'S teisage at Extra Session, January 2d, 1862. Governor Blair's Message at Regular Session, January 7th 18d Governor Blair's Message at Extra Session, January 18th, 1864. Governor Blair's Message at Regular Session, January 4th 1865. Governor Crapo's Message at Regular Ses sion, January 4th, ISO. Michigan Resolutions on tie State of the Union, March ISt% MI Proclamation of Governor Crapo, June 14th, 18E5, welcoming the returning troops—(above documents bound in 1 vol.) "Legislative Manuel of Miehigan, ,, Contents CIA follows: Calender 1865-14-7. Constitution of the United States. Constitution of the State of Michigan ; Coun tics, Cities, and Townships in Michigan, with Census of 1e45-50 Si ea, and 64. Representative Districts of Michigan and the names of members of State Senate and House of Representatives for 1865. Soldiers' vote, 1804. State ()dicers and Deputies and State Mili tary Officers, 1865. Judicial Cirdurts, with names and residences of Judges. Federal Officers of MichigamlB6s. Governors of Michigan Territory, from 1805 to include 1835. GOvernors and Lieut. Governors of the State of Michigan, from 1&35 „to include 1865. Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Michigan, from 1835 to in clude 1868. United States Senators from Michigan, from 1836 to include 1865. Representatives in Congress from Michigan, from 1836t° include 1805. The above are all contained in a small cop per box, marked " State - of Michigan, which is oxsx4. Copy of the Constitution of theEtate of Wis consin. Governor's Mossae . e and accompanying Docu ments, 1865. Legislative Manual for 1865. Copy of the Adjutant General's Report of Wisconsin, 1851, Copy of the Constitution of the State of Min nesota. Copy of the Roll of Honor of Minnesota troops at the battle of Gettysburg. Statement of troops furnished by the State of Minnesota during the present war. Copy of the Constitutions of the different States of the Union not heretofore mentioned, contained iu a book entitled as American Con stitutions," A large Silver MOM of President Lincoln, with appropriate inscriptions ; presented . by Col. <TOII7I S. Warner, of tiro war of 1812. Copy of Reports of the United States Chris tian Commission, accompanied with its Silver badge. THE PRESS.-PIiniA_DELPHIA, FRIDAY, my 14, 1865: Copy of the RepOrt of the United Statea"Bani ,.. tary Cominissicin• • copy of the Design of the Monument for the "Soldiers , National Cemetery,". together with an Artistic Description. Cony of Programme of Ceremonies of Laying the Corner Stone with a Ci3py of the Masonic CerenitifileS Of the Grand Lodge of rem:cod- Vanift A. 1, hi,, together with a full list of the Grand Officers who officiated •in laying the Corner Stone and a copy of Arrangements of Itiftsonic Procession on said occasion. Copy of _Allmon Rezon. Proceedings of Grand Lodge and Masonic Register. Copy of Music sung by Union Musical Asso ciation of Baltimore, at the Ceremonies of Lay ing Corner Stono. Manuscript List of Articles deposited in Cor ner Stone. The Education of the Orations or Penn sylvania Soldiers. [Prom the Harrisburg Telegraph.] Pennsylvania was the first of the States of the Union which liberally, or which made ally specific arrangement for the care and educa tion of the orphan children of soldiers, citizens of the State, who perished during the war for the Stippression of the slaveholders , rebellion. Governor Curtin took an early and active in terest in this object. indeed, it may be said that the project originated with his Excellen cy. Being without authority to accept a large donation of money, the oiler of a great corpora tion, to assist in equipping men for the de fence of the State, he suggested such legisla tion to the General Assembly as would enable him to accept this money and devote it as he proposed, to the education and care of the children of those who fell while fighting the - battles of the country. Annexed is a statement of the operation of the system, as we derive it from the last issue of the Pennsy/vania Schooi Journal. This state ment, of course, emanates from Hon. Thomas 11:Burrowes, who has'ebarge of this branch of our public system of education: SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' °MOE, LANCASTER, July, 1955. Number of orphans ordered to be admitted to the different schools and institutions, to June 1, ISIS: North Sowickly School, Beaver county. 78 Quakertown School, Bucks county 65 Orangeville School, Columbia county.. 111 MeAllisterville Sehool,Juniata county. 129 Paradise School, Lancaster county ..... 79 Strasburg School, Lancaster county Total of the more advanced pupils 525 Pittsburg and Allegheny 0. As., Alle gheny county 41 Pittsburg Children's Home, Allegheny county - 5 Velienople Farm School, Butler county 1 Lancaster Children's Home, Lancaster county 37 Loyesville School, Perry county 83 Northern Home, Philadelphia 100 BrideBhUrg Orphan School, Philadel phia Germantown Orphan School, York Orphan Asylum, York county.. Total of the more juvenile pupils Total of all ages Number ordered to be admitted in June.. 105 Number ordered transferred to other schools 27 Number restored to relatives . 9 We are endeavoring to gather other facts connected with the education of the soldiers , orphans. The subject is of vast general inte• rest, and as the system has been in operation for some time, it is natural that there should be a desire on the part of the public to be in formed thereon. HOW A CLREICAL OPREATOR IN STOCKS CAMS. TO Emit-A SAD STORY.-A NOW York 00ITOS pondent or the rrovideuee Journal tells the following sad story: While descending from the upper part attic city this morning, .I found in the cars an aged clergyman, long since retired from the pulpit, but who I recollect as one of the most popular preachers of other days. As I sat beside him I inquired after several clergymen with whom I was formerly. acquainted. Among the rest was the Rev. Mr. " When I last saw him," said the aged clergyman, in response to my in "lie was quite well. His departure was most unfortunate and melancholy." " you amaze me," . said I; "pray, sir what do you M mean by s departure'!" "Why, he was dis missed," returned my aged friend; "have you not heard of it?" On my replying in the negative, and con tinuing my expressions of surprise, the old man related the following narrative: "The Rev. Mr.as you know, succeeded his father in thep —, ulpit. Hehad one of the largest and Most fashionable,. certainly the wealthiest congregation in the cit of his sect, represent ing from five to six millions of dollars. They adopted the son B,s their pastor before the death of his father, and showered on him every favor, benefit, and good office. His salary was seven thousand dollars a year, and the gifts of his parishioners, together with church fees, would probably amount to as much more. He was beloved and honored by everybody. Two years ago his father died and left him, his only son, sixty thousand dollars. . . Two years and a half ago the lieu. Mr. -- was induced by a friend to purchase a few shares in railway stocks in Wall street. He was lucky at the outset ; was induced to dip further = was again lucky; and luck led him onto rum. Front that time up to about a year ago he kept his Wall-street broker employed, with varied success. From dealing in stocks he went into gold-gambling ; the end of that need hardly be related. Ito soon found him self not only bankrupt, but he had sacrificed all his mother's estate—had involved his wife's father to the tune of one hundred thousand dollars, and had rendered two or three of his wealthy parishioners liable to the loss of sums varying from one hundred and fifty thousand to forty thousand. He now found himself but little better than a beggar in the world. Thelproper ecclesiasti cal authority interfered, took the matter up, and manifested great Indignation. I was se lected as a go-between for both parties. I ac cepted the office ; I found the authorities unanimous against the Rev. Mr. —, and ad vised him to resign, as it would be idle and absurd to contend against that body. He adopted my advice; resigned, took his family to a sequestered retreat, in a neighboring State, where they reside, consigned to poYerty. Some months ago a few of-the members of the Rev. Mr. —'s congregation raised a fund of thirty thousand dollars for him, and urged him to quit his native land for a While and so journ in Europe. He accepted their proposi tion, and is now in Germany. His sad fate should be a terrible warning to all clergymen against stock gambling." The unfortunate clergyman here referred to I have been intimately acquainted with for ten or fifteen years. was young when I first knew him splendidly educated, elo qllent, and possessed great masculine beauty. Being beyond his parishfor the last four years, 1 had not known of his misfortune. lam glad to know that his character, outside of his stock speculations, remains untarnished, even by the breath of suspicion. And I hope and pray to Goq, as he is yet young, that he may return to his native land and outlive his dis asters. Commencement at the Bethlehem No. =avian Seminary. [Correspondence of The Press.] • BETRLEHBE, Julyl2, 1821 It has rarely been our good fortune to visit any school, or even college exercises, which we have enjoyed so thoroughly as the com mencement of the Bethlehem Seminary to-day. Before seven o'clock in the evening, the spa cious church of the Moravians was crowded to overflowing with the parents and friends of the pupils and those whom flattering accounts of similar previous occasions had attracted to the entertainment, and at the very sensible hour of seven the exercises were commenced by singing the ninety-fifth Psalm, in the grand chorus of Mendelssohn. Afterwards a short recitation, entitled the" Far Away," Was made by Miss Mary McOrn, of New York, with a dis tinctness of enunciation—that rare virtue among school-boys and girls—which did her credit. The song of "The Baker Girl," "Das Bettelride Kind," from Gumbert, was then sweetly sung by Miss Kate Selfridge, of Bethle hem. Also, a French recitation," Noces et Fes tins," which was excellent; the three young ladies, Miss Georgie Davy, of Newark; Miss Agatha Schurz, of Bethlehem, and Miss Alice E. Pine, of New York, who participated in this dialogue, threw in a little dramatic effect which made it quite charming, and their pro nunciation of French was excellent, though slightly Belgic. Some of the music was really surprising, and evinced not merely painstaking prac- Using, but cultivated musical -taste—especial ly a passage from "La Juive," arranged by Prudent, and performed by Miss Mary Brooks, of Brookville, Pennsylvania. Schubert's "Erl King," as sung by Miss Jesse Davidson, of Yonkers, New York, was likewise very fine, although it betrayed a little too much imita.- tion of the singing-mastor ; and the exquisite accompaniment to this glorious song was played with great expression by Miss Jenks. Many of the accompaniments, however, were performed by Professor Agthe. The festooning of the front of the , platform with rhododendron blossoms and willow hranehes was very tasty; also, the toilets of the one hundred and thirty young ladies grouped upon the stage. But it seems rather' a mistake for young ladies, while yet in school, to dress so very gaily as to remind us of the vignettes of the seasons, some time ago to be seen in !annuals, and to wear such wonderful coiffures as to leave nothing more for them to attain to in the way of fashionable dressing in after years. This, and the opera glasses with which the damsels visaed their audience—a thing as yet unattempted, even by collegians on a class day—were the only disagreeabies of the capital entertainment. the Editor of the Press: Slit: In 18.58 2 when the Niagara and Agam emnon were performing their perilous jour ney, as described in The Press of the 11th inst. prayers were offered in the churches of Eng land and America for the suceess of the great undertaking. As the effort to establish tele graphic communication between the two con tinents i 8 again to bc made, would it not be well, in our Several religious services, to in• 'yoke the Divine blessing on .an enterprise fraught with so much of interest and import ance? Public Entertainments. NSW CHESTNUT-ST.SEET THEATIT.B.-011 MO/1- day oirenirig the Chesnut reopens for the sum mer season, with the Irish drama of Arrah Na rogile, which has been prepared for represen tation at great cost. On Wednesday evening last, Niblo's Garden, New York, was filed to its utmost capacity by the elite and fashion of the city to witness this play, then produced for the first time in America. We understand that its success in that city has been so great that nearly every scat is already sold for a WOOK to co me. Truly, there is a great treat in store for the theatrical-loving people of Philadelphia. NEW AIICIE.STRIMT THEATRE.—At the Arch, this evening, Miss Ettie Henderson takes A benefit. ACADEMY or Music.—To-morrow afternoon, at the Academy, Messrs. Frank Drew and Stuart Robson, give Er Matinee. A great bill is offered, consisting of " My Lord and Lady Duadreary," R. H, Craig's burlesque of "East Lynne," Stuart Robson's great song—" A Horrible Talc of a Suicidal Family," and concluding with "King Lear, the Cuss." With such a programMe as this the Academy Will surely be filled. ENGLISii PICTOMALA .—From J. J. Kromer, /Ca chestnut etrvet, ywe have the following Neglish weeklies of July / .itiustraied Le&don NeWB, Illustrated News of the World, and London News grate World. &he Atlantic Cable. STATE ITEMS. A prisoner escaped fromjail, in Reading, last week. He ran, a crowd started in pur suit, the dogs barked, and children and we-. men screamed. The commotion increased "fire" was cried from a hundred different" throats; the courthouse bell tapped, the church bells rang, the engines and hose car riages were brought out, and sent ripping and tearing through the streets. llverybody asked "where?" but nobody knew, until the origin of the commotion leaked out, when eve rybody smiled and " knew it." The Borough Council of Norristown re cently made an appropriation to each of the Are companies that shall proeure a ilre-engine., of five hundred dollars, the. money to be paid when the engine shun have been procured, and six hunched feet of hose. Colonel Jacob M. Campbell, of Johnstown, has been declared the unanimous choice for State Senator by the Union County Conven tion of Cambria. York county is to have a town clock, cost ing six hundred. dollars, to be placed on the steeple of the now Lutheran Church to be erected in that borough. --- The Cartridge-Box, a newspaper printed at the York Army Hospital, has terminted its ex istence. —John Hull, a boy of seventeen years, died on Sunday, in Pittsburg, mainly on account of excessive drinking. A. fast youth. • —lt is reported in Harrisburg that the cot ton factories of that city will shortly resume operations. r A circus and menagerie,now at Titusville, is doing a good business. _ The - wok on the capitol extension, at Harrisburg, is progressing finely. -- Governor Curtin is expected at Cape May. HOME ITEMS. Harry Leslie has again crossed the rapids at Niagara on a tight rope. He appeared in woman's garb, night-cap, petticoats, /to., and for about liftcen minutes astonished his audi ence by enacting, on the main rope, a drunken scene, staggering', reeling', bte_ with a perfect recklessness of life or linab. He wound np his fool-hardy exploits by running out on one of the guy-ropes without polo or balance and back. This, himself at full length on his This, it was admitted, surpassed any venture some feat ever performed by Tilbridin. A man who had been for eleven years the "starter" Of the cars of the Brooklyn City Railroad died on Xonday. It is related of him that he recently fell asleep in church and suddenly awaking, as the sermon was about concluded, and imagining himself on duty at the Fulton ferry, ho exclaimed in a loud voice, to the consternation of the congre gation, " What's the matter with that Fulton avenue car I Are you going to stay there all day'?" A young orator hexing written a speech which he intended to deliver on a certain oc• casion, gave it to a friend to read, and desired his opinion on it. The friend, aftersome time, told the author he had read it over three times; the "first time it seemed very good, the second indifferent, and the third quite insipid. "That will do," said the orator, very coolly, "for I have only to read it once." -- The following is said to be the copy of a letter sent by a member of the legal profes sion to a person who was indebted to one of his clients : "Sir lam desired to apply to you for one hundred dollars, due to my client, Mr. Jones. If 'you send me the money by this clay week, you will oblige me; If not, I will oblige you." A philosopher thirsting forknowledge, un dertook to test the rapidity with which lire would ascend a moveable ladder of grains of gunpowder, reaching from a hot stove to a junk bottle. The result was sudden and as tonishing. The man will remember the Fourth of July by a diminishednumber of thumbs and lingers. The authorities of Richmond have just discovered that certain shrewd people, living in the Vicinity of the Capitol, are in the habit of turning their cows into the square at night, there allowing them to graze until a little be fore daylight, when they are driven out. The policemen hereater will be on the lookout. -- Fractional currency is scarce in Nevada. A lawyer in Nevada City who obtained posses sion of a five-cent piece, concluded that its value was live dollars and actually made a bet of that amount that lie could get five dollars , worth of postage stamps for it. A trial at the post-office convinced him of its real Value. —An enterprising photographer set up his camera in the yard of the Washington Arsenal, last Friday, and took four views of the exe cution : The Arrival on the Scaffold," " Read ing the Death-warrant," "Adjusting the Ropes," and " The Conspirators Suspended from the Gallows." -- The gross recelpta for the principal places of amusement in New Orleans, for the past season, were as follows: Academy of Music Spalding, Rog,T:s 2 'Bidwell management $104,335.65; Varieties Theatre, $79,535.25; and the St. Charles, 'Ben Be Bar and E. Eddy, managers, $55,973.75. , -- A jury of inquest, in the case of the West Roxbury murder, Boston, met on Wednesday. - An uncle and-three aunts of Stewart were, present as witnesses, but as it was deemed ex pedient to keep their testimony from the pub lic, the jury sat with closed doors. A respectable girl at Brooklyn went to the theatre, the other night, with her accepted lover. Be was absent from her for a few mo ments, and iu that time two rivals of his got the girl away, and she hasn't been heard from since. A singular murder was committed at Dun gannon, C. W., on the 30th ult. Two men be came intoxicated, One fell, and the other—said to be an inoffensive man when sober—literally whipped his companion to death to make hint get up: There is a man at Providence who hat been married thirty-four years, and still preserves his wedding suit, having worn it every Sunday since. in all, he has had it on 1,718 days, and, it is a good suit yet. William J. Allen, of Sigourney, 111., killed. his wife a little while ago, and gave as &reason that he was engaged to a girl fifteen years old, and wanted to get his wife out of the way. —At Quebec, last week, a man ran ten miles in sixty-three minutes, and he thinks he could have done it inside the hour if a drunken fel low hadn't interrupted his progress. Admiral Farragut visited Harvard College last week , the students removed the horses, attached a rope to it, and drewhim aroundthe buildings. Dr. Mackay, who enlightened the world with his letters on American affairs to the London Times, is about to travel through Cana da to report on the prospects of confederation. The Government is about to take posses sion of Some important mines in North Caro line, which have been hitherto worked for the benefit 01 the rebel government. An Indiana paper tells of a tooth seven inches long and -weighhlig six pounds, found in the river, and supposed to be a mastodon's. —An anaconda in a museum in Cincinnati recently gave birth to thirty-three young rep tiles. The Brooklyn (N. Y.) papers are disgusted with the manner in which the parks of that city are kept. The banks of Manchester,. N. 11., has loaned the State $139,000, at the solicitation of Go. vernor Smyth. The Nebraska Indians are being looked after by United States troops. -- Illinois is receiving $6,000 per day from her county collectors. They have got watermelons in North Carolina. prairie hens are almost extinct at the West FOREIGN ITEMS. A man who has long been well known and much respected in Lithuania has just died at Wilna. His name was Szymel, and for Lim last thirty years he has wandered about the streets of Wilma asking alms. In the course of this period he is said to have collected no less than ve,ceo roubles, not a kopeck of which he spent on himself. He made it his business to And out all the needy percone in the town, and to give them assistance in procuring work for themselves and an education ;for their chil dren • and his judgment and experience were such that'the was scarcely ever deceived by a pretended case of distress. His funeral, which took place at Wilna, was followed by an im mense crowd. The Rouen journals state that a young Englishman was suddenly seized with deli while taking a ticket for Havre at the railway station in the Rue Verte. He began shouting and gesticulating like a madman, and, throwing down some bundles he was car rying, ran off at full speed, followed by several persons who happened to be near. On reach ing the Rue Napoleon 111., he entered a house, and managing to get on the roof,began to pull off the slates and throw them at the people who bad collected below. Some sergeants de villa managed to secure him. The poor fellow was taken to the police office, and, after being examined by a doctor, was conveyed to tho lunatic asylum at Quatremares. -The village of Chandolin, near Sion, Swit zerland, has been destroyed by - Some young children, playing with hailers, set fire to a farm at a moment when nearly all the vil lagers were in the parish church. In a few hours thirty houses were entirely consumed. rortunately no one perished; but many cattle were destroyed and numerous families are re duced to utter distress. Tietjens is seriously inconvenienced by, the recurrence of a hurt which her foot originally received last year. It was during last season that a fall on the stage, while sing ing the "Leonora," caused Mlle Tietjens to sprain her ankle, and her late exertions in " Illedea" have caused the foot again to swell, so numb as to incapacitate her from appearing on the stage for the present. —A Persian despatch states that six men have lately been seized, supposed to be the murderers of Mr. Langfield, the English tra yeller who was murdered some months ago near Itescht. Four hundred tomans (about £200) were found on them, together with pis tols and guns, supposed to belong to their vic tim and his servant. They arc at present kept in confinement at Tabreez,pending their trial, A young officer in the Prussian army stood looking at a private, whose brains had been blown out by a cannon ball. A superior offi cer, thinking him frightened, spoke encourag ingly. Said the other, I was only wondering how a man with so much brain ever came to be here. The Princess Daginar, says the Memorial Dipeomudgue,lats returned to the PrOtestant faith. The Bishop of Copenhagen, by order of the king, performed the necessary ceremony, which, puts an end to the reports about the princess's marriage with the new heir to the Russian Empire. The Edinburg Courant says: "Mr. Carlyle, the author of the g Life of Frederick the Great,' is at_ present sojourning' with his bro. ther-in-law _Mr. James Aitken, Mount Pleasant Dumfries. Mr. Carlyle appears in good health, walks erect, is however, somewhat thin, and his raven locks are intermingled with gray." A disturbance occurred last week at one of the performances of Madame Theresa in Paris, in consequence of the lady appearing before the audience rather the worse for liquor. tier partisans defended her reputation, and the pollee ware obliged to interfere. —A few days ago, a shepherd at Strati - awn, England, saw a cat engaged in a light with an adder. The shepherd put an end to this strange encounter by killing the adder with a stick. The manager of the grand opera in Paris has been decorated for the care with which he brought out "DAfricaine." Miss Bateman is soon to appear in the play of , g East Lynne," at the Adoipfd Theatre., Lon_ don. —"Armadale' , is being translated into French. A company of Spanish actors is playing at one of the Paris theatre& Complete telegraphic connection has been established between Paris and Algeria. A disease among silk worms is creating great distress among the breeders in Prance. A blue and pink horse is in LOndOn. The Belgian painter Wiertz is dead. ELEGANT• FURNITURE. -- This morning, at Birch & Son , s auction rooms, No. 1110 Chest nut :street, will be sold several suites of ele gant rosewood and walnut chamber and parlor furniture, together with a general assortment Of household ft - manure, Also, four billiard tables three walnut uookou6aa, fine plane+ fortes, tte, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Semi•Annaal Contmencement at tpie Academy of Music. FIFTY-FQuwrn TERM. BEAUTY AND FASHION. Addresses by Geo. Inman Riche, Esq., Oliver 0. Brims, John A. Scanlan, William C. Butler, Wm. D. Helte, Jamis L. Mlles, Thos. W. Ayers, B. M. Newman. The semi-annual commencement of the Cen tral High School was held yesterday, begin ning at ten o'clock A. M., in the Academy of Music. The house was lighted as on an eve ning entertainment; and the light, gay attires of the ladies present gave the house much the apifearance of an opera night. Every available seat in the house, up to the amphitheatre, was occupied long before the hour announced for the commencement of the exercises. The ex ercises were largely interspersed with music by the Germania Orchestra. At precisely ten o'clock, the stage was occupied by the mem bers of the Board of Control, the High School Alumni, the Faculty of the school, the graclu atiug class, and other distinguished citizens. The young gentlemen acquitted themselves in the most creditable manner, doing honor to themselves as well as to the institution which they claim as their Alma Mater. All the young gentlemen speakers were covered with bon quetS upon the conclusion of their addresses. One graduate received at least a dozen Of these tokens of affectionate regard from fair hands. The exercises were opened with an impressive prayer by Rev. Charles D. Cooper, in which he invoked God's blessing on all in stitutions of learning, and especially upon the institution then about to hold its commence ment. After the performance of a piece of music, the introductory address was delivered by George Inman Riche, Esq., Chairman of the Council Committee on Schools. The Salutatory Address (second honor) was then delivered by Oliver C. Briggs, as follows THE VALUE OF LIBERTY Within these walls, beneath this canopy, we meet, assembled friends, to greet you ;• with heartfelt joy we greet you in the name or Edu cation and in the name of Liberty. That' liberty is the fair offspring of an ani versal education, none can deny, and where the former exists without the latter, it iS not became of ignorance, hut in spite'ef it. The dusky savage, who roams Over our Western prairies, is as free as the eagle that haunts the path of the thunderer. But, His soul proud. science never taught to dray Far as the solar walk or milky-way. His freedom is but that of the beast which heursues, and not that arising from a just civilization. Had it not been for the superior intelligence of a majority of the American people, the political insanity' which Was manifested but a few short months ago, wouldhare wrought the suicide of the most benign. Government which a generous Heaven ever gave to man. In our country education must ever be the ' cause which shall work out human freedom. That we may value as we should this cause, let us contemplate for a few moments the price of liberty. Without considering the wars and blood- Sheds which have been engendered by oppres sion since man first walked the earth, let us look at our own country. When first the infant colonies began to rea lize the importance of their immunity- from taxation by foreign aristocrats, then liberty's began to burn, and proudly historic in the annals of our nationality are the names of Lexington,Bunker Hill, Yorktown, and a score of other fields, where blood was shed for the sacred cause. A nation sprang into existence, and as it grew and waxed strong, and, like the solar luminary, disposed light to other lands, the tyrant hid his chains and Oppression be- came more pacific in his mandates. But as other republics had prematurely fallen, so hoped and prophesied the despots of the Old World would this. At last the period arrived. There was joy in the high places of the oppressor, when first the thunders of our internal strife reverberated across the deep. A few pampered sons of the Republic, with that blindness which is the inevitable accom paniment of unbridled pride, conceived the idea that they were superior to the rest Of their countrymen, inasmuch as they had been fed and educated at their expense, and there fore sought, in the name of Liberty, to erect on the ruins of their former country an em pire, whose foundation should be human slavery. Through the blood of half a million of their countrymen—to each of whom life was as dear as to themselves • despite the wails and sighs of ten thousand widows and or phans ; despite the manes that stalked forth from the prison-pensr of the South, they walked —not to a throne, but to eternal infamy. The millions of the North, profiting by the experiences of the past, and cognizant of the consequences of a divided country, rushed to its defence. * * * * * * * * The thunders of battle shook the hills to their foundations, and the volcanic fires that flashed from the serried ranks of our brave defenders illumined the horizon of half a continent, while the world lingered in / breathless expec tation, awaiting the issue of the impending contest. But , tis past, and the Republic is saved,.while from the graves of a thousand battle-fields comes forth the sound, "Behold the price of Liberty!" The Historical Address (third honor) was then delivered by John A. Scanlan, as follows: =MI The world,before the creation, was a chaotic mass devoid of shape, and enveloped in dark , ness. God said, " Let there be light," ancl there was light. He commanded the grass to grow, and immediately the earth was covered with a soft mantle of green. Trees sprung up at His will, and bore fruit in a single day. Pleased with His work thus far, His next step in crea tion WAS man. From the dust of the earth He made him, and like to Himself,_ placed in a land teenainginwealth; a cornucopia, everpour big forth its bounteous gifts, ; a paradise. No death was there to mar his pleasures; and envy, the mother of discontent, found no food with which to appease her insatiable hunger. Innocence and love, with their snow-white wings, brooded over the cradle of the human race. Then it was that mon held daily com munications with God ; then only that he was really happy. But in the midst of joy there is sorrow. Satan,ever hovering around the path of virtue, found an unbarred entranceinto Eden. In the guise of a serpent he tempted Eve. The bright orb of day, withdrew his golden rays, seeking shelter among the thickening clouds, whose angry thunder echoed the creation's wrath. Sin, thus making his entrance into the world, has reigned successfully in the heart of man. Henceforth; he felt the weight of daily toil and constant thought. His only guide was his intellect; and, considering that it was then in its infancy, man at that remote period must have been but little elevated above our modern savage. As the human race multiplied, some method of government became neces sary. The first to be established was the pa triarchal, hi which each ruled his descendants. As families became enlarged, petty quarrels arose. These gave rise to revengeful wars. The leader of the successful party made him self ruler. Generally preying a tyrant, his Captive enemies were slam, Or, if not slain, were held in bondage, until oppression drove them to revolt, and, oining their fortunes to those of some ambitious adventurer, roamed in quest of plunder. Each obliged to protect his own home, war became a virtue. The youth, instead of being trained to peaceful pursuits, wore educated for the field. Families united to form tribes, tribes to form petty kingdoms, and petty kingdoms to form powerful Em pires. Wars, after continuing for centuries, began a , radually to grow less numerous. Man, in his hard struggles for self-government, at last despaired of success. Through years of toil and suffering, he bowed his head in silent submission to the yoke of the tyrant. The discovery of America, in the fifteenth centu ry, gave a new impetus to his efforts. He looked across the broad waters, and renewed hope sprung up in his bosom as he beheld a land, where, free from persecution, he might rear fer himself a Government. But even here the tyrant's rod weighed heavily on his shoulder; his condition was little bettered his hopes were blasted ; but his spirit was not yet dead. The fires that first led him to re sistance, still burned dimly in his breast; until, fanned by the cruel hand of oppression,. they burst forth in one universal flame of liberty. Independence was his aim; and his banner,with its Heavemborn hues, decked with Heaven's stars, led him to victory. Then was laid the foundation of our glorious Union. Under its benign influences ' the arts and sciences attained their present degree of per fection, and public school education, one of the great essential corner-stones of our. nion r has nourished. Immigration and the rapid in crease of ourown population swelled the hum ber of States from thirteen to thirty-six. But, alas ! the Seed that was planted in its youth spread its poisonous roots. Like Pharoaltof old, it sought to murder the chosen of God ; but the waters came; the Red Bea Of blood, gushing from the wounds of thousands of free men, drowned it out of existence. The emblem of Liberty no longer conceals a serpent within its folds. The eagle no longer dreads the viper's sting. Tossed about like a rudderless ship, man's improvement has been slow. Beset on all sides with difficulties innumerable, he has worked his waythrough blood, and, emerg ing from the dark ages—from ages of oppres- Sion and slavery, he now breathes the pure air of liberty and equal rights. The Scientific Address (fourth honor) was delivered by William C. Butler, as follows : ATTRACTIVE FORCE. Looking upon the Divine principle of crea tion our minds arc filled with wonder and with admiration as we behold the unity of design and the harmony of execution which are eve rywhere apparent, T e li v e oi n , t e hn g r g 7 b t o physicalth in the atr et o and u p anAds cohesion or ie. ad hesion, pervades t a n d e c s B piritual wend, barmoniz hrliegv'siehoVneFeitYtil°slnitnehgaostfofifotsrbcePenalrillYsich keeps the atoms or molecules of all bodies together, and if it be removed each body will be separated into its different parts, which will be free to t , ro wherever chance may direct them, and the earth would be Without shape, and void. The same principle - which applies to atoms will also apply to all bodies of matter, how• ever large they may be. In examining the heavens we find the planets revolving in the same place, time after time, around their re spective suns, and the suns and all bodies con nected with them revolving around one teat point as a common centre. This can only be explained by the laws of attraction. The mysterious laws which every chemical body obeys, the incomprehensible power of the magnet, the powerful and thenil-prevailing force of electricity or of galvanism, though differing in the nature of ;heir phenomenal, are all modifications of this great principle. The many advantages arising from combus tion, the highly prized results of various fer- Illelitatioll, the power of producing iron from the ore, and the method of converting it into a state suited to the varied purposes of man kind, are all connected with chemistry. Hence the study of this branch of science cannot fail of being productive to mankind—while the attraction of the infallible needle to the North pole is of the greater importance. But for it, this land, and our beloved country, the abode of thirty million of freemen, might now per i - haps, have been occupied by the savage nha bitant of the forest. The unlimited power of, the galvanic battery; those bright lighte in the heavens, which fill the heart of the lonely Lap louder with Joy in the midst of his long and dreary . winters; the playful freaks of light ming, darting hither and thither amongst the clouds, once SO dreaded, now made to bow to man's indomitable will, and taught to be his messenger ; the motions and appearances of those strange bodies, the comets. together with the tendency of all bodies to take unto them selves an equal amount of the subtle fluid, all prove the universal existence of electricity. Passing then from the tangible tont order world to that of which things are immortal, we find the same principle predominant. The uplifting of the flower to the sun, the creeping of plants to the supports placed for them, the mutual feeling between kindred minds, and that tender sentiment which causes one man to sympathize with his fellow-being's woe, all obey its laws. T he hear t of the Christian *nue with Joy, when lie hears that a hoe - then G hee been eon. . - verted to .his God, and in the breasts of all men,though oft obscured in'their wandering is a tie of affection which' binds him to his neighbor. Predominant, however, is a mighty current, deep and strong of loVe to the Deity, which, though often stopped in the conflict of warring passions, will sooner or later, in the life of every individual, hasten on. to the wide gulf beyond. And as yon glorious worlds, though first impelled by some myste rious power, arc kept in their place by the at traction of a mighty centre. ; so man, though prone to wander, is kept in his place by a love for his Maker, who is, by his omniscience, the centre of immortal souls. When, too, with reverential awe, we venture to tread the paths of the Infinite, who spoke this creation into birth, and placed these laws of attraction as the immutable foundation Of his universe, we.find him to be, as the centre, the very essence of attraction, for the sacred page proOlainnth that Goa is Loye. An address was then delivered by William D. 'Tette—subject, LB' TVISTERIEI7X. La Creation est pleine de Stlysteres. Pour prouver ce fait, nous reavonscin , gen examiner attentivement toutes leg parties, et quelque grand ou quelque petit que soil Pobjet de uotre examen, nous y trouverons beaucoup, qui passera notre intelligence et quo nous ne pourrions pas expliqner. 'lean, par example, cot une Chose qui journellement affecte nos Sens. Supposons done que nails avons devant nous une goutte de ce liqpide. Au premier coup dkeil, elle p,trait extremement insigniti ante en comparaison an reste du monde tree; et tepedidant, ellen une petite place A remplir et un objet A aecomplir dans les desseins de Pauteur de Punivers. L>experience nous aPPrond que ce qui nous serubleune.bagatelle, est souvent de plus grange importance, quo ces cheses, qui none paraisscat dune nature Bien sulerieure. en est ainsi de la gontte Wean. 'lie sutilt pour reflecliir la glotre ae son Createur. A nue temperature moaeree, elle se presente A nous, sons la forme d'un liquide; augmentez en la chaleur jusq't un certain ddgrd, et vous en obtenez la vapour qui est une des conditions des gas. Par nine action mysterieuse, un changement etrange et etonnant a etc el - recut& Duninuez-en sue flsamment in tempOrature et la congelatiOn a lieu transformation aussi mystique quo Pantre. Les reclierches chimiques nous Man trent que cheque atone d'eau oncontient deux autres, l'un allydrogene et Pantre d'oxigene. L'arrangement par loquel ces deux gaz, en se combinant forment un compose si etonnant et si utile, est en verite fort myst4rieux dans sa nature. Vapplication du microscope fl une moldeule d'eau nous decouvre une multitude d'alliMaleules clout cbaeunpossede les organes de la reapiration et du mouvement aussi bleu que tout ce qui est necessaire A son existence, AinSi . , dans ce qui, apparrement, n'etait qu'uu Tien msigvnflant , Pexamen nous a fait voir un monde de mysteres. Ayant touché legerement le regne animal, portons notre attention sun des grades ditle rents et plus &eves de creatures, et explorons des regions plus vastes et, plusietendues. A nleSure quo nous avancons,nons trouvons sons nos Rue plus qu , assez, pour convaincre mitre esprit du profond MVStere de la creation et do la tonte puissance du Cream-. Si nous pas sons des plus simples organisations, aux plus compliqudes, noire attention est, pour ainsi dire, enveloppee de mysteres, .sur tons lee Points. L'examinateur superflciel ignore les trois quarts de cc qui Penvironne. Apres avoir considers les ordres les plus bas des animaux, lour structure et leurshabitudes, Pesprit est eonfondu en regardant Phomme, le seigneur de la creation. On a Cern des volumes sur Phomme, macs les mots qu'lls contiennent ne pourraient en donner une pro pro description. Les nntres regnes, le vdgdtal et le mineral, nous presentent egalement ce qui passe in comprehension humaine. Entln le contenu de tonic In terre, s'abaisse prose - tie jusgu , au neant, lorsque Pesprit s'eleve, par la science de Pastronomie ii la con templation des mysteres des corps celestes. . The following address was delivered by James L. Miles: NATIONAL PERIL. There are times in the history of every country when all appears to be dark and pe rilbus. We, as a nation, have experienced several of these periods. In the year seven teen hundred and seventy-six, the colonists of , America,no longer able to bear the oppression of a monarchy, declared themselves free and independent, and determined to maintain their independence, even by the sword. They, without an army, without a navy, and almost destitute of pecuniary resources, resolved to enter into war With En laud—England, with her 'troops of acknowledged bravery, her ex tensive navy, and almost endless resources. The prospect was, indeed, gloomy; but so brightly burned the fire of patriotism that the clouds lost half their darkness. Love of liberty and the right induced the Americans to enter into the contest—the contest of right against wrong, of justice against tyranny, but "What stronger bran stplate than a heart untainted Thrice is be armed who bath his quarrel just: And he hut naked, though lock'd tip in steel, Whose conscience with 'Jujus - Hee Is corrupted," The successes which for a while followed the movements of the patriots filled all with hope ; but the war continued, and now Fortune seemed to have smiled on the oppressor. The defeat and destruction of the army under General Gates; the inaction of the French fleet; the treason. of Arnold; mutiny of a por tion of Washington's army, and the entire pos session of almost every important stronghold by the royal troops, all tended to produce dis couragement and despair. but, as 'tie always darkest before day, soon the victory of Wash ington at Yorktown shed light anti happiness abroad over the whole land, and the patriots were induced to believe that their cause,whieh lately had appeared so hopeless, was soon to prove triumphant. Out of .the darkness of a seven-years war rose the light of a new nation—the United States of America—built on the strong founda tion of general liberty: a nation whose states men have vied successfully with those of Eu rope whose poets, lawyers, divines, and men of science rank with those of the Old World, and whose people are intelligent and industri ous. The internal peace, both national and domestic, enjoyed by the nation during the years 1848 and 1849 present a striking contrast to the condition of every European •Power during the same period. England was engaged in war with India and China; famine and pestilence desolated Ireland; France was disturbed by riots and insurrections ; in. Italy we see the Pope (Pius IX.) driven from his dominions; and Garibaldi, at the head of the Romans, almost achieved inde pendence. Germany, Hungary, Austria, Tar key, and Greece; were all harassed by war, in surrection, or riot; but the United States con tinued to be blest with peace until the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one (1861.) That was a critical period in this nation's history. We were awakened from our dreams of peace and happiness by the booming of Sumpter's guns. Without an army or navy, how were we to subdue rebellion? How withstand the shock of battle? By the providence of God the im mediate designs of the rebellion were frus trated, and soon thousands of bravo men marched to defend the nation's capital, and avenge their country's wrongs. For four years the. cloud of - war hung over us, at times dark and lowering, at others penetrated and pare tinily dispelled by the light of victory; hilt darkness is now fast giving place to perma nent light; and, with the cause of the rebellion removed, our country purified by the war, as the atmosphere is purified by the thunder storin, will continue to advance in civilize, tion, Christianity, happiness, and prosperity, until sh© faked her place at the head of the nations of the world. The Honorary Address was delivered by Thomas W. Ayres, as follows : KNOWLXDGB Among the many auxiliaries to greatness given by the Creator to His dependent crea tures, none is more potent in leading them on ward in the walks of life, and upward on the ladder of fame, than knowledge. AS the Oak gradually rises and expands, till it spreads its leafy arm far and wide, refreshing all within its shade, so the seeds .of knowledge, sown in the youthful mind, grow with its growth, strengthen with its strength. At first we ilnd merely the crude, vague ideas of infancy, then the slow in gathering of truth through riper years ; finally, as time throws his mantle more closely around it, and dissipates the remain ing clouds of error, it rises to its full stature, ready, perhaps, to bless a coming g•eneration with the outpourih.a. of its treasured wisdom. The past, with its deep stores of experience, has been unveiled through the stupendous efforts of those master intellects of former time, and the mind of man has been so thoroughly cultivated that no theory is too abstruse to be simplified, no law so hidden that it cannot be brought to light, and no problem so complicated that it cannot be reduced to its simplest manifests,. tions. Therefore, he need not confine his re searCheS to the narrow limits of the present, but is free to unravel the perplexities Of the primeval ages, and even with prophetic eye to gaze into the dark future and remove many of the difficulties lying within his path. Like the little rivulet, which, as it flows gently through the meadow, beautillesits margin, so the stream of wisdom glides quietly, but sure ly. purifyingthe world by its existence. How noble I how important! how self-satisfying in Its results! yet how easily acquired is know ledge! It is more inestimable in its 'Value than fortune. The advantages Of the former are boundless, immovable, and everlasting; of the latter, limited, ever-shifting, and transi tory. Having no place too remote for its grasp, and no eminence too elevated for its touch, knowledge has advanced with stately steppings, until there are but few iu the pre sent century whose minds are so unbalanced and hearts so gallons, that they cannot imbibe its teachings. Through its instrumentali ty the beams of truth hood the literary world with radiance and dissipate the dark vapors of superstition. It hasgiven us the writings of a Shakspeare and a Milton, the re searches of a Newton, and the discoveries of a Franklin. Through its instrumentality civi lization and refinement are placed on a firmer basis, the resources of nations directed into their legitimate channels, their wealth in creased, rank elevated, career tanked, and the current of events transposed. The fate of our much-loved America would have been sad; in deed, had it not been for the blessed influence of knowledge. Without it, the mists which obscured the Sun of Liberty as it appeared upon the horizon would never have been dis solved, nor would we ever have gained our position as one of the ruling nations of the earth, The long-passed ages, though them selves numbered with the thmgs that were, enrich us with the harvests Of their tedious labors, those crowning gems of master minds, and now, with our unrestricted press, free schools intelligence and learning throughout the land, we stand before the world NATURE'S OWN NORERMEN What is true knowledge ? Is it with keen eye Of lucre's sons to thread the mazy way ? Is it of civic rlghto Ar royal sway, And wealth political the depths to try V Is it to delve the earth or soar the sky, To marshal Nature's tribes In Just array, To mix, and analyze, and mete, and weigh Iler elements and all her powers descry? These things who will may know them, If to know Breed not vain-glory; but o'er all To scan God, in His works and word shown forth • below, Creation's wonders and Redemption's plan, Whence eome we, - grind to do and whither go— This is true knowledge and the L' whole of xnan- 1 1 ' The following degrees wore then conferred and tostirnonials awarded : NASTIER Or ARTS List of those admitted to the degree of Mader of Arts, being Graduates of the /bur Years , Course, of not less than five years standing. George It Cooke, Drayton 8. LOWis,Harry P. Baxter, George W. Brunner, James E. 14. ram, E John d/ t ar, D. Ridgway Evans, Richard H. Griftlth,l illiam T. Otunmey, Jesse G; Ham mer, Percy Lauderdale, George H. Napheys, John S. Perkins, John I. Rogers, It. Alexander West, Edward V. Murphy, Thomas C. Mao Fee tern. Total, 17. InAennion. op ARTS. Ltd of those admitted to the Degree of .11aehelor of Arts, haring completed the Shur Mars' curn, with their rank and their Graduating Averages. No. 1. Thomas W. Ayers, graduating aver age, 98.23 ; 2. William ll—Harding. 97 . 30; :3. Oliver C. Briggs, 94.3:1; 4. Richard M. Newman, 92.29; 5. John A. Scanlan, 91.98; S. Haigh D. alehlul len„ 91.58; 7. Joseph C. Birch, 89.63; 8. Willi am C. Butler, 8933; 9. Hartwell Sterr, 88.%5; 10. George A. Hewitt, 87.08; IL William D. Hole 8(08; 12. Frank S. Pfeil, 84.93; 13. James L. Miles, :8 . 48; James M. Barton, 78.054 15. Ma son M. Culver, 7 5 . 98 ; 10 . John Una,stead, Total 16. PARTIAL 00III8ES List of those receiving Certificates of having corn- Ithted Partial Courses, with their Averages. For Three iimrs—David E. IltalajEu, average, 71,1. For 2wo and a Ilialf Yeara—C.,eorge D. McVay, 70.2; Ferris Price, 78.0; M. Lougstreth Orum, 73,7. tbr Tura Yoaro,—FßO49l,l9l; 4,1/9;93.oiWits C. Pancoast, 83.8; Ezra B.llartlett, 91.9 ; Stern, 81.5; Edward L. Teakle, 81.3- ti'•„^k:4 Grove, 80.5; Louis R. Grisel, 80,1; IludSoll, Wu; Dominick Murphy • ,k(l fiupice, 77,4; ABIOS S. Lakey, 75.4; 14„ 411 161, Malin, certiliCatoB, -3K44 DISTiNGIMIEMED. List of those Distinguished, they having „ On 21-rm Averages for Scholarship Doer K. NI Division A—Thomas W. Ayers, term ay,. 98.6; William H. Harding, 97.7; Oliver c . 96.3. ‘41,47, Divf.vion ..R—Ernest A. Farrington, ; D. Noce, 96.9; Jolla Staulrerdlt9 ; ;, k F. Houseman, 96.3 ; Robert Samuel C. Coale, Jr., 03.0. k Dirtsion Cl—Sylvester E. Megaro f . Worthington B. Thomas, 97.0; J °ha W. 96.2; Curtis N. Harris, KO ; Walter ;1, Division D—John K. McCarthy, , A. Hadtloch, 96.9; Ignatius J. Bohan, ward Cl..ianint.,l, 95.5. 1;, ••- , . . • Division E-Clayton French 811utnrial ; , Reid T. Stewart, 96.0 ; Frederick A. 9,.. , Ditido7l. F-Arthur Williams, fnkt, ; 11. Mend, 98.4; Harry S. Hopper, ; Cnekel, 95.1; Edgar Z. Steever, 0 - / d'lnvilliers, 95.0. Division CJ- J. Monroe Willard, , 7f l , Rosenbaum, 97.8; W. Frederick Menrnn Andrew W. Manship, 95.0. ~• Division H-Alfred Einhorn, 93.1 ; 4 Lee, 95.8. Total distinguished, 33. DERTVITOIIIMIR. List of those declared Meritorious, they hq , • Mined 9 d Aim; Averages for ileholors'hi, 85 ans. Division A-Joseph G. Birch, Term Nc, 93.9; John A. Scanlan, 93.7; Hugh D. m i . 93.3; Richard M. Newman, 93.1; 92.9; William C. Butler, 92.7 ; 89.8; James L. Miles, 88.9; George A • 11 , 88.3; James M. Barton,. 86.9; Wm.. 86.8; John trintstead, Bb.o. nen, Division B-Ira MiteNutt, 92.4 ; Fredn i i,.k Wallace, 91.2; Clement R. Bowen, ni; F. Grad 89.5; Robert G. Swift, 89.3 ; 1:4 , 1w : 41 David,Bs.o. Division 0-John B. Colohan, Jr., 92.0 •; r3 N , G. Darrach,9o.o ; George P. Buzby, 91; Bing, 88.7; Charles A. McDonnell I ' , E. Reed, 87.2. Division .D-Charles Parker, 64.1; A!f r ,„ i Way, 51.0; Isidor Levin - , 02.1; Theodore p, - kills, 90.5; William F. Mustim 90.1; ;;. Christian 89.2 ;. Wm. J. Campbell, 8;!:.s • ;1,7 0 47 Wells, 88.4; Allred B. Mustin, 87.4. • Division E-Alfred C. Rex, 91.1; Ch3rl , ., Harrop, 91.4; James C. Panceast, ;11.1; 871% • Bartlett, 00.5 ; John J. Foulkrod, 90.2; Ede r B. Teakle, 89.4 R • George W. Hunt 89,4;C1 R. Ellis 81.1; ILenry C. - Pastorious, .937; dere A. Lringstroth,B6,6; ticorgo Cetheiv:- 8 5 .5; Jelm b. 14. Levis, 87. 8; overtaa c a „. William N. Meeks, 87.1; Jas, A. meA,,,k,y: Chalkley Suplee, 85.0; :Saints P. 'Martin, .64,1 Division .F-Thetalore Canfield, 933; toe C. Jones, 92.0; Albert N. lieritSge, Charles A. March, 88.8; Harry T. Kingston, William S. Robinson, 87.0; John.M. Shun 4- . ; Charles W. Agard, 86.0; Angelo T. Fr,'i,„ $6.7; Charles E. Perkins, 86.0; John 11. ton, 85.7; Henry Sehmoele, 85.5; Willi:on R Eckstein,Bs.l James W. White, 85.1; Q T . ] , 1.2. Voorhees, 85.0. Division G-Robert Brown, 93,9; Edwml Warren, 93.7 Albert C. Peale, 92.5; 41',.'eki Mellor, 90.2 ; - Walter Henszey, 89.3; Thomas Sabin, 88.3; Samuel C. Lukenn, " - Division 73-llarryD. W. Moore, 93.8; Willn.l T. Peirson, 92.0; Riehald Sahuger, 90.0; 1 4`10,. S. Spackman, 89.6 ; John Briggs,BB.l; Mitchell, 88.1 i Victor A. Ellis, 87.4; Rich Lip - pincett, 8/.1; J. Franklin Ash, 87,1; C. Foley, 87.0 ; John Bartlett, 86.1; Stevens, 85.7; James M. Moyer, 85.0 ; H. Brown, 85.0; Charles P. Giller, 85.0, meritorious, 87. 131;417).s ri-caanr.ne AND AVETLAIIRS. List of those who have the highest Grade A vm , of the whole number of Students. Trra. Division. Arc rv. 1. Ernest A. Farrington B. ......... .. . ~ 4 2. J. Monroe Willard G , S. Thomas W. Ayers 4. Arthur Williams. b. Herman H. 3luucl. 0, John.K. McCarthy D _.. 7. William Il.!ilarcling A 13. Clayton French Shoemaker ..E .....0 9. Henry Rosenbaum G 1. 10. Sylvester E. Megargee C 11. Mifflin 13.1•Tece B ...... ..„ !., 12. Worthington 11. Thomas C ......... . As, 11. John B. Stauffer 8.......... 4.. 14. Alfred Einhorn If .. ~ . ... . , 15. Oliver C. Briggs , t .„ le. Eerda - mth F. Houseman a .......... ~, 17. Jan W. JAM - lick C. ......... Ir., 18. W. Frederick Monroe t; , I , 19. Reid T. Stewart E ......... .k. 20. James Albert Haddock 1) 21. _Edward Malanai 1) ..... 22. Ignatius 3. IMlian 1) • 23. Lewis S. Lee II 24. Robert Williams 11 ..r. 2.5. Isaac E. Mickel F -. ':' 26. Charles Parker I) T 27. Charles irinvilliers F 08. Edgar Z. Steever, Jr If • 29. Curtis N. Harris C 30. Samuel C. Coale, Jr D 31. Andrew W. Manship G 32. Hugh D. McMullen A 33. John A. Scanlan A 34. Harry S. Hopper F , 35. Harry D. W. Moore ' SI 36. William C. Butler A 37. Frank S. Pfeil A • 28. Alfred C. Rex F ~ SD. Edward S. +Warren G , 40. John B. Colahan, Jr C .9 41. Albert C. Peale G 'i The 'Valedictory Address closed the e xere!h It was delivered by Richard M. Newnual, st is as follows: VALEDICTORY ADDRESS.. GENTLEMEN OP THE BOARD ON CONTIML : tory tells us that in times of great public ciao:neat the interests of civil InStifiltions too apt to be neglected; but our frce system is an exceptiod. Although great principles, in which di whole world is interested, have been diPC , I“A within the limits of our nation, and our rns try has been convulsed by a war to which ht. tory offers no parallel; yet, through the et tiring exertions of an efficient Doan/ of Con trollers, the Public School system of I'hl Idol phia has Maintained its position as 0:‘, st noblest monuments of a free and enlighiM nation. Gentlemen, for this successful superviilo, the benefits of which we have been reapt throughout our course, allow me, in bid , a4 you adieu, to extend to yon, on behalf of forty-sixth class, our earnest thanks, GENTLEMEN Or THE FACULTY: Thehourha arrived which dissevers the intimate (mar tion which for the past four years lies exisloi between you and the forty-sixth class, It is not mere obedience to custom, but the promptings of grateful hearts, that lead lee an expression of our feelings. Although we feel rejoiced at having arrirr! at that goal which has been the object of ambition throughout our school-life, p?t, rrhea we think of the many pleasant and frienl!7 ties which must be broken, our joy is (twin* ed by sadness. The graduation of • a class being but part of the IllaChillerY of the system, it might he posed to be dull and lifeless to you; yet we fee, assured, from the interest taken in our vaneement,that your feelings on this Oral sion are reciprocal to ours. Engaged, as you are, in an occupation that too often unappreciated, and shut out Or: thebusy scenes of life, it must stilt he grat!fp ing to you to feel that by the known,rge 101 parted, and the correct principles limiest into the minds of the young, you silent ly:r. unobtrusively wield an ArChiniedeall plae. The twin sisters, ignorance and prvkill , , may endeavor to detract from the fair tee , our alma mater, but we feel confident Thu; high-toned charr under'hich it bears, ali , l efficient Faculty whose supervt, , ion character is sustained, will be sufficient tok*c tinue, and stamp it as Philadelphia's Other halls of learning may enjoy ma aristocratic titles, and more extended bons from their age ; yet, judging a' '- should, of all things by their effects, awl , 'lsr trasting the short life of our parent ile;!u tion with others of a similar character , think it no boast to say that the Central gh: School, of Philadelphia will compare bly with the proudest ; the position which: now holds is due to your untiring eltorts. Gentlemen, to say we are grateful fa IA unremitting kindness which you have to us, m the diScharge of your onerous ,i , n,P• would but feebly express the warm feethlP a our hearts toward you. Let me assure you that, in after recollections of our student life, passed und , your tuition, will be among the greenest spe:' of our memories. - - . And now, wishing that health and Dail DOSS may attend you through life, and ri Succeeding, classes may enter tam the sauu gard for you as the forty-sixth, we bid bid y' Stn affectionate farewell. CLASSmntas.-1!ot. four ycarS WO have struggling together with a common parto s and we would be less than human were it not linked together by the strongest ON friendship. We have been as brothers, but to-day WI part, not as has been our custom, to meet the morrow, but part, perhaps, forever It is ordered that, to everything haul there comes, sooner or later, a day of 'ration, and now that day has arrh'eq to t• class. No longer shall we be able to claim tls ,, school as home ; in after years we may Tor' to it to be greeted by new faces ; and, 11;o. find ourselves strangers. No effort would lm necessary to 1, i ,1 well, had there been a lack of congenial ts , our student life has been one of harmony: - bitterness of feeling has marred oar frion . ship, and we may say it has 1)1,0 1 one ro tinned pleasant association. • This it is that adds a pang to Winn. , , studied rhetoric or glowing 'figures on os eh day express our feelings. We arc scalong , terably sad. Iro-day a new era of our jives open. launched into the busy stream of MO' upon his own responsibility, to reap O ic ward of his industry. We may be placed in many nnineasoyy la W trying positions ,* but whether depre o disaster, or elated with success % let us : 11 1. ) ; carefully guard our integrity , 01 charscier;,, the proud consciousness of doing right,l., iv true source of happiness. In whatever department of usefular.. may be engaged, whether at the mcchts l , l , bench, the student's books, or the niereho i , ihisic, let us never ,be contented as Ine' drudges, or cipbchl in society, hut "In the world's broad field of battles In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle: Be HEROES in the strife:" May we carry with us into the world wti, about to enter the same laudable ntn! , it , that impelled us during our school day o ' so conduct ourselves as to reflect honor HP , em precoptm Aed country; be, in truths "Men, litglr-minded When the final dissolution of Patin's+ a. proadhes, may we be able, with a rabid clouded and a firm reliance upon God, "To wrap the drapery of our couch about 10, And lie down to pleasant dreams." , ' c And now, my classmates, with fervent a 00 for your health and prosperity, I bid Y ( ' heartfelt good-hye. the IP After the conclusion of this addreiii, mense audience slowly separated. HORRIIILH ACCIDENT—THREE LADIES TO DUATn.—Frona the Sandusky (Ohio) iteg we take the following particulars of tt,u'ilet, dent, resulting in the dcath.of' three to' t u while Mailig pleasure trip. on. ward steamer Ottowa, on the Peavth.! The shaft of the vessel is sittutted ; o3 eighteen inches above the main ( 10 '''' 1:!' spliced in the centre. 'form:Mlle spliet o „4 Protruded, which, in its revolution=. oolet the crinoline of a Miss Whitehead, who, efforts to extricate herself front being ` , \, • t• around the shaft, caught hold of a Alos• gomerywith a deadly grasp. Mrs.Moatin :14 immediately grasped a Mrs, Fisher. ttn.,,r, three 'were wound uronnd the shaft tog','.„l, and crushed in the most horribbt The parties ell belonged to Locustitetta . .. o o . husbands, children,and friends of the inn ! :e nate. 'persons were on board, and berlot horrible sight without any power to them. The bout was turned and bead: home, and the party that had Started 011, day of pleasure and rejoicing raterat , grief and mourning. IWOUTAXT RMVORT ruox TEXA —. ‘ Orleans despatch of duly loth, to . tht! York Workf,Says: Generals Weitzel and Steele were at 1;r 1 :. A large number of their troops tuoye,il.4; Clarksville and White's Ranch. Gesrra',' ( ; , . had demanded of (he Imperialists the 5urre7,,,,,,„ the ordnance given them by Oenerd! 810111,,;,1; A division of cavalry, under General alt.'" ill Ultve ShrevoPOrt foc USW.
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