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.
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18. W. Frederick Monroe t; , I ,
19. Reid T. Stewart E ......... .k.
20. James Albert Haddock 1)
21. _Edward Malanai 1)
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22. Ignatius 3. IMlian 1)
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23. Lewis S. Lee II
24. Robert Williams 11 ..r.
2.5. Isaac E. Mickel
F
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26. Charles Parker I) T
27. Charles irinvilliers F
08. Edgar Z. Steever, Jr If
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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
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28. Alfred C. Rex F ~
SD. Edward S. +Warren G ,
40. John B. Colahan, Jr C
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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." ,
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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.