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NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1856. THE EMPIRE STATE CALAMITY. Coroner’s Inquest—Third Day. SPECIAL REPORT FOR THE NEW YORE HERALD. Fawt River, July 30, 1856. ‘The inquest upon the victims of the Empire State catas- trophe was continued this morning on board the boat. ‘The excitement is now on the decrease, but the attention of the physicians and nurses to the wounded continues unabated. The most respectable, influential and wealthy ladies in the city continue daily to minister to the com- fort of those who are now stretched upon their beds of sickness. The death of James Welch, which occurred about 8 o’clock, seemed to throw a dampening influence over the hopes of tho wounded for ultimate good health. From what the physicians say, itis feared that none of the wounded, save one (Moses Benner), will recover from the effects of the fearful injuries. ‘The following evidence was taken to-lay:— Dr. Jerome Dwelly, being duly eworn, deposed—That ee ybysician since 1847. @ Were you « poy attend the wounded? A. I was. Q At what time? A. About 1 o’clock, on Sunday Q. Please state how you found things on board the Doat? A. I found Dr. Davis on board; he was the only Foe gesamed attendance at the time; I found some eight or lying om mattresses; Dr. Davis and my: had ® consultation big ony pl golly dened any Woeal a . but had sent up town after them; he waid he each of the patients an anolyne, and bad applied stimulants to such of them as were weak; tae Jocal applications soon“arrived, and were applied; I went down into the main cabia, where there were two imfored; 1 went then uj the main deck where there were others lying u) cir beds; one of the patiente— ‘@ Sreman—was dead when | arrived; the names of those 1 found injured in the cabin, were Smith, the colored man, and J. C. Beach. ve you been rendering the injured professional rice from thst time to the present? A. J have. Q. Have you attended any persons in particular? No, we attended them all generally, and in doing so agreed ‘Upon @ general treatment. Q. Since you were called, how many of the wounded have died? 'A. Twelve, exclusive of the one who was dead when I arrived. Q. State what you su} was the cause of those per- gon’s death? I was told when I was sent for, that one of the boilers of the steamboat Empire State had exploded apd had scalded a number of the passengers. When I arrived on boari, and when I examined the patients, I found that the ua were produced by steam or hot water, or by both. Q Were ‘here any of the patients injured internally ? A. Several of ‘hem showed signs of inhalation. Q. Were these ecaldy or buras the cause of death in the case of these patients you examined yourself? A. They were. Q. Were not those persoas treated by Ps and your as- wociates best of your ability? A. Lo the best of my 6 they were. @. With whom have you consulted? A. Drs. Hooper, Davie, Learned and Hartley. Q. From what you saw and from what you know, was not the death of theee persons inevitable from the causes ent? A. It was. How was the nursing carried on? A. Under the ex. citement of the moment, there was some slight confusion, Dut everything was done that was necessary, and all seemed willing to aid the sick. @ How in regard to the proprietors and agents of the Doat? A. They did all in their power to minister to the =. of the wounded, without regard to expense or trouble. ‘The witness here desired to make an explanation in regard to the local treatment of the wounded. In the first part of his testimony, he said that no local applica- tions had been applied until after the medicines came from Fali River. He made a mistake; for all of the ‘wounded had flour and oll applied to the scalded parts when he arrived on board of the boat. Dr. Foster Hooper, sworn.—I reside at Fall River; I was called upon on Sunday morning last to attend the ‘wounded on of the Empire State, where I under- ‘stood there were a number of persons lying scalded from the explosion of one of the boilers of the boat. Q. Did you proceed immediately to the boat? A. I did. Q. Stave what you did and what you saw when you ar- rived on board. A. I found a group of persous on board who said that the patients had been seen by some physi- cians already; there was oue corpse there, and near it ‘were sme or six persons who were scalded; floar nd of had been applied; I then went into the kitchen, ‘where | found a colored man injured; 1 was then told that there were two more of the wounded in the cabin; I en- tered, and found John Smith, (colored,) and J. C. Beach, of New York; I came up into the forward saloon where 1 found a number of others, in whose cases dour and oil had been applied by the physicians in attendance; I con- ‘tinued on board during day, and along with the other nysicians, did what we could’ toward relieving the suf- rere and restoring them to health; since Sunday night sere have been five of us in attendance, and during each # would not be bettcr to have the wounded removed, was ‘raierd, but I opposed it on the — that they ‘Would be better taken care of wi they were; since that time the boat was given up to our charge, and everything was done to make the wounded as cool and comfortable as possible; it was suggested that nurses would be wanted, when Messrs. Norton ané Peckham, before daylight on Sunday mornirg; there were also & number of volunteer nurses; there was a supera Dendance o nurses ont yk and greyenin, was don e sutlerers; on the ans ever means was used to restore the Somunakaen-ee alleviat the sufferings of the dying; the managers of the boat di ‘all in their power without regard to expense or trouble Q How many persons did you find injured when yo: came on board? There were twenty iu ail. Q. How many of those have since died? A. They have all died except seven. au Q. What was the cause of death? A. Scalds and burns. @ From any other cause? No. Q. What are your opinions in regard to those who are now alive? We bave great fears for the recovery of the majority of those now ou board; Idon’t think that more than two or three will ultimately recover. Q By a Juror—You said that the deceased died from ecalis and the effects of steam inhe!ed; did they dic from wwhalation or from external injuries? A. From both; all of the deceased were imternaily injured; inhalation is the most dangerous injury; a sieht burn interaaily will face death. @. One of the wounded, Moses Benner, says that he covered his head and face with bis coat, #0 a8 to prevent ‘mhalation; was \towing to tha: circumetarce that he is pow in as fair way 0! recovery. A. I have heard the young man’s statement, and from what he says Iam ot @pinion that he did save tis tife, for he was as near the Boiler as any one else; bis bands ani the top of his fore- Dead were elightly scalded, but otherwise he is uninjured; he will recover, as he |s not injured internally, and is but shighuly burt extervally, The witness then ‘wont on to that those who died frst were badly scalded inter- alive are not soalded internally. Q Is hot her more dangerous to persons wounded a2 the deceased were, than cold weather? A, Wounds will heal equally as well m bot aa cold weather, but the nervous system is more apt to sufter from irritability in ‘warm weather, and hence the patieut often sinks under it. J. 8. Hill, of ‘Boston, being daly #vorn, depowed that be held the tment ot local imapector of boilers for tue district of m and Charlestown. @ What are the boundaries of that district? A. It em- Draces all that country lying between Fall River, Macs., Portsmouth, N. H., to the Atiantic Ocean, and the west ern boundaries of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Q. What are your duties? A. To imspect the boilers of all steamboats ‘ing paseengere, once every year at Jeast; wo also examine and license engineers and pilots, we alro make it our business whewever an accilent 0°, curs, to investigate case, am, ondeavor nd out the cause of the accident. If we find negligence endangering the lives of the passengers, ft ie our duty to revoke the licenses of the parties delin quent; our authority extends ne farther. @. In reference to the Empire Sate, how were the re- » gw eg the law complied wth? A. The boats of line runming between bere and New York have al- wage been fully equipped, and the jations comp ied with the law in every respect: we have looked upon them as a model; the act for the proservation of passen ’ lhves on board of steamboats, passed in 1852; we id the very best life boata, pumpa, von board these , but knowing that there were ether and better meane of preserving life invented, we told Mr. Borden that it would be necessary to have these improved ar- tickes on board; this was done, at several thousand dol- i AD 5 z i z ired by law: im mak: boats asked by Mr. Bordem.or the afficers, “if ‘was wanting,’’ showing evidently that there was jon to do all that was required by law. @ Are yous practical engineer amd apachinist? A. I bave.been in the steam engine and beller making and machine business for a period hae pears. Q Whea did you lest the ra ofthe steam- boat Empire State? A. On ‘27th day ‘ay \aat. @ State the condi¢on you found in? A. They in perfect order. i $ Tow tong tad the sees obi beau . How o am chimneys ap use pro owe to the inepection? A. They had been ig se sinc» winter. What.wat the result.of your ina YAW tried tbe bollers with & peacsuro of ky pout-da 40 the uare inch, the year preview: we tried them with aboa ty five pounds; wwe genegg ly allow the engiacer t two-thirds ofthe quantity of steam we test the boil with; tee maxinem preseq’e, therefore, allowed the thirty.e*ven pounds. or patural <enactty of the iron; th) acaident wasn consequence of a ive sheet In Ghe steam chimney. the appearance o sheet was an follows :—Tys woiding of the iron seemed be imperfeet and defective the boii seemed to have gradually weakerod by to overheating of the ateem imaey for Jaat. two monte: it the steam chimney bean fastened with agcket baits and @ ashors, I dont ink the weakness of the impering. shaw a7ould bo suffi ent cause for any accidem, ever dougtt mie heat was treme. Q. Were the rivets in that baileras etrong £4 ordinary vets? A. They were; I have ane of drem in sty pocket \ ‘vet produced aud examined): the shea seem- to burnt off below, and than was doubled up in chimney, thus preventing the steam from pasa! Up e chimney; if it had burst at the nppor end of the te, all the steam would have rushed up the chimney, jd no lowe of life would have taken place; this defective et may have appeared perfectly sound when the boiler aa constructed, and yet have had flaws in it which did not ifest themselves until a short time previons to the 4 . By a Juror—It has been stated by one of the witnes- that he heard @ hissing sound just previous to we ne lesion, do you suppose it was caused bygthe dofgctive ‘day we had twoconsultations; a question as to whether | Doth experienced’ men, were sent tor, end arrtyod 04 | board @.. Have you examing! tho boiler that expicdod? A. I A. 140 no; I don’t suppose there was Dead of steam th gugincer on te nit othe ccident APT nd that i this because the smoke pipes became so red hot that he feared the steam chimne} mighh alee, get hot. Q. Ifthe uld become white with heat, would not the steam chimney be red hot? A. The smoke pipes could not stand if they were heate’l toa white beat, they would tumble over; if, however, the smoke pj should bi come red hot, itis very sate to infer that the steam would also become red Pf ons cause smoke are exposed to & of air which carries off the heat, while steam caneae We enclosed, and have not a body of cool air around them to act the part of a conductor; if, theu, the smoke pipe becomes red hot, it is safe to suppose tae steam chimney would “Sona te a acon hr de ie jury here a recess \ R) 0 o'clock, the jury re-assembled on board of the Em. 6 State, w! Pir, Hil, the last witness, was examined as follows:— Q part of the chimuey would be most weaken- ed by the heat? \. All of that part above the water line. Q. Which would, the uj or lower end of the sheet be moet apt to burnt off? A. One side would be just as likely to burn off as the other. ‘Q. What is your knowledge in relation to the heating of amoke stacks generally ? A. It is not common for them to be heated. It is an indication of too much heat, and if no other harm than losing the smoke pipe should occur, it should not be allowed. Q. Do you consider the'plan of the boilers on board of thig boat more calculated to heat the smoke stack than other plans? A. I dp. The flue surface is too short and thus the heat is carried in all its strength to the smoke stack. Ithink that the boilers on this boat would have done very well if the blowers had not been used too much; but as the boilers were too small for a boat of its size, it was found necessary t> use the blowers c»uti- nually, in order to attain the necessary amount of steam. &e z you consider then, the boilers defective in form ? . Ido. Q. From your examination of these boilers and from your experience in guch matters, could you say that there was apy indication of Saag r on Saturday night? A There was none if the steam chimney was kept cool; in the case of these boilers, I should advise the engineer to keep the chimney cool; f have examiued the other boiler, and would not consider it unsafe to put 401s. of steam upon it; at this moment it could carry 60 tbs. Q. From your examination of the men did you find that they apprehended any more danger from the exploded boiler than from the uninjured one? A. Onthe contrary, 1 found that they considered the exploded boiler the safest one. . Is it not acommon practice to send boiler makers on board of boats, so aa to make any necessary repairs? A. It is; they are often sent along e routes fur the purpose of patcbing and fla ing the boilers. e ‘Were the engineers on board of this boat licensed attbis end of the route? A. Twoof them were; Mr. Beebe and Mr. Williamson; the second and third engi- neers, received their license in this Sate. Q. It would appear from your testimony that the beilers used on board of this boat require a great deal of heat and constant blowing in order to get the requisite amount of steam? A, Well, yes; I thik the form of the bollers is a bad me. . Q. Are there more blowers attached to these boilers than are usually attsched to she boilers of other steam- boats? A, On ordinary boats the boilers have bat one jurpace and one blcwer, but in this case there were two furnaces, and a blower at cach furnace; there are two blowers, therefore, on each boiler on board of this boat, while on board of all other boats that I have seen there is but one blower to each boiler. Q. Do not steam chimneys wear out quicker than any other portion of the boiler? A. They do. Q. Does it follow that when a blaze is seen coming out of the top of the smoke chimney that there is a largo dre in the boiler? A. It does not; I have often seen a blaze ix feet high coming out of a smoke pipe, when the chim ney iiself was perfect y cool; it is produced by the ignition of gas which escapes from the boiler, and does not \gnite until it reaches the air on the topof the chimney; it is w Very frequent occurrence for a large blaze to be seen isguing from the chimney when there iz quite a poor fire tn the boiler. Q. You seid that the steam chimzey was the most like- ly part of the boiler to wear out first. How is this? A. Bomaune there is n> water in the steam chimney to pro- duce am equilibrium; in the furnace part of the boiler the Watcr acts as @ preventive agaiast extreme heat. Rovert J. Davis, M. D., of Fall River, being duly sworn, deposed that he was called upon on the night of the acci- dent, to attend the wounded; be caled upon about one o'clock, and fifteen minutes ards he arrived at the scene of distress; he examined all of the wounded, and foun] that the greater number of them were fatally scalded; to some, who were in great pain, I ordered morphine, to those who were weak I gave brandy, and to thoge who complained of soreness m the throat, I gave ‘a golution of gum ay abic. Q. Whathad been done for them before you arrived ? They had been treated with oi] amd tlour ; this remedy was as good @ one as could have been applied under the circumsiances ; I saw two of the wounded in the cabin who were fatally scalded ; one ef them dicd almost im. mediately before | arrived. Q. How many wore injured when you arrived? There were 21 in all. Q. How many have died im all? Thirteen, including the man who was dead when 7 arrived. Q. Have you, along with the other physicians, had fro- quent consultations ¢ A. We have had two consultations cach day ; every care was teatowed upon the wounded. Q. How was the oursingoerried on’ There was plenty of nurses ; in fact there were more applicants than were really needed ; we were compelief to limit the number, fearing that it would not be veneficial to have too many of them present. Q. How have the owners acted? A. They hare done all that could be expected of them under the cireamstances, without regard ¢ither to expense or trouble. Q What was the cause of death in these cases? A. Peath was produced by the action of steam upon the surfece of the body, as Well as upon the musous surface uf the mouth and throat. Q. What is your opin'on as regards those who remain alive? A. It ig unfavorable as regards them all with the exception of one, although they may recover; the state of the weather is very watavorable for the patiente; coolor weather would be very beneficial; warm weatker ha» the effect of producing creat prostration, and aithecgh the wounds might heal equally as well when the atmosphere was close, still the nervous system suffersa great deai of iritability, and the patient is apt vo sink under its ef- fects in consequence. The Coroner here said that as some reports tad been cireulated by @ person named Douglass, relative of Mr. Ketchum’s, (devessed,) saying that the boat wes unsafe, be thought proper vo bring Dim upon the stand, He was then rn and Cestiled as follows — William A. Dowglase, of 62 Contre street, Pall River, being duly sworn, doposed as fo'lows:— Q Have you previous to the accident, bad any conver: sation with Mr. Ketebrm, deceased, relative to the voil- ors of the Empire Sate? A. I have ni Q Have you heard eny reports about his being afraid to goon board of the Empire State? A. I heard from rome women and aman that Mr Ketchum was afraid to let hie wife go with him on the wt voyage to New York, because the boat wes unfit for them to travel in. Q. Who did you get this information from: A. From my wi'e, I think, at bg you live inthe game bouse with Mr. Kotchum/ . Ido. Q. Have you heard from any other source that the boat was unsafe? A. J have not. Q. Did they say that Mr. Ketchum had»Seen to the owners 6! the line on Saturday for the parpors of being allowed to remain Bebind’ A. I think they seid he had, but they di! not say thet he had seen Mr. Borden. Q. Ind they say thatde said he had been eway from home for two Sundaye in succession, and wanted to re main at home with his tecnily on the last trip? A. They did not. Q. Do you know angahing of your own knewlotge in relation to the safety ef tbe boat? A. I do no! Q Have you circulated:this report about th bave talked about (he <atter to about a persons. @ Did you say that Mr. Ketchum told you he would rather give a month's wages than goin the baat on Satur- day last? A. He did pot. Q Mid i ciroulate the report with the belief that what you was true? A. i did. 9. You beard two separate statements from your wife and other parties, now distigguish them if you please? A. I beard that he did not waa ¢c take his wife along @ith him because the boat was not safe; and also that he had been 8 offoe avith a view of getting off ip. Q. Tid you hear that be caid he was afraid the boat would prove to be his coffin? A. I did. Q From whom? A. From the same source. Q. Did you tell any that,on the return of the Em ire State, Mr. Ketohuln upbraided Mr. Borden, telling A. T did not. sme b reas! Tete testimony of eases, (physicians, concorred with them in their evidenc givea before the jur a far as a eee of tho patients ‘and the onuse jeath. The Coroner here informed tho jury that he bad sent for Mr. Douglass’ wife, in order 40 fod out the truth o the reports circulated relative te Mr. Ketchum’s saying the bout was unsafe. at oe ee re. glass, boing sworn, That ste lived in Central street, Fat! River. Q. Have you, at any time, hat conversation or heard ex uttored by Mr. Ketchum as to the safety o' this boat? A. Yea, cir, I have. @ Whee? A, Ondaturday night lest, and on several offer occaaons. FQ Was the conversation with you alone, or were there other persone present? A. His wife wae present, also an aunt of mine. Q. Kaw was the conversation brought about? A. We eunt vac in Mr Ketchum @ house, and on ber leaving i. talked with mo upon the swdject. Q Whatdid he say? A. #e said that he did not want to New York, that he tad been to Mr. Brockway and aeked hun to let him off; but he said he ehould g: Q. Tid he give poy 4 reason why he did not want to go’ A wife said to himin my presence, “I thiakitis a shame that you should have to g to New York every ee ri I don’t waat to | here alone every Sunday, I want to go wi you,’ whereupon Ketchom replied, ‘Woman, the boat i fit for you, or any other woman living, to go in—if it was not for that, you might {7 and stay a week’? Q. Waa there anything more said? A. You; he said there -vama hole in the boiler, and that it wanted a patch am bi hin table @. Bid he say anything more? A. Ho did, he said he ‘would rathe” giye @ month’s pay than to go on board that night; aleo that he would sooner give #5 out of bis pocket than have to go. , AT dozen Q. Did he say anything more? A, As he went out of gate, and after bidding us good bye, he said, * I don’t want to go at all; I1don't want to go, for that boat will preve a coffin for us all yet.”? Z Q. What did he ay on previous occasions? A. He said ‘the boat was not safe to go in. Q. Did he give any reason, then, why she was not safe? A. No, be did not. 5 you quite confident that he made use of the language you have given us, A, Iam, I have stated no- thing more than what he said. Q. Did you hear him say that he had reported to the officers of the boat the unsafe condition of the boilers? A. No, I did except when he said he had asked Mr. Brockway to let him off. Q Who was present at the last conversation? A. Mr. Ketchum’s wife and myself. Q he Are ge 4) e r to be in Awe sr diabe appear to ig, OF you suppose wi the story about the boat for the purpose of keeping her at home? A. He appeared to be in earnest; he never al- tered ne or manner, but appeared to be speaking in goo 2 a be refer to the Empire State at all times?. A. He did. Q Lit he ever hear him say that he had told any one else bi Brockway that the boat was not safe? A. I did not. Q. In his previous conversations, did he give you any reasons ‘3 Dot to go in the boat—did he te'! you that the boiler was d ve? A. He did not. Q. Had you any conversation with deceased’s wife since he died? A. Thad. Q. What did she say? A. She said that she would al- ways blame Mr. Brockway. the engineer, for her hu3- band’s ceath, as he was the means of his going in the Ruth Cook, th red of the last witness, being lows: tchum live—was it near'your place of residenc:? A, He lived next door to me. Q. On the Saturday night previous to his injuries, had im relative to this boat? A. fe any conversation with bad. Q. What was it? A. He said ho was going down to New York, and that he did not want to go, as the boat was not safe to go in, Q Was thatall he said? A. It was. Q. Did you hear him say that the boat was not safe anywhere else? A. When | went up stairs, I heard him repeat the observation. Q. Did he give any reason why the boat was not safe? A. He did not. Q. Who was present? A. Mrs. Douglass and some of the little children. a $ Which of you were in Mr. Ketchum’s house first? . Twas. Q. Atany time previous did you hear him say he did not want to go in the boat? A. I have. Q. What did be say? A. He said he was tired, and did not want to go. Q. Did be refer to the safety of the boat? A. He did not. Q. Did Mrs. Ketchum seem alarmed when he said he did not want to go 0 New York? A, | did not notice that she was. Q. Did he say that he had applied ty Col. Borden in re- gard to the unsafe condition of the boat? A. He did not; but he said he had been to the office for the purpose of getting oft. Q. Did you or Mrs. Douglass leave the house of Mr. Ketchum first? A, Icannot say positively, but] think Mrs. Douglass did. The case was then adjourned uutil $ o’clock the follow- ing (Thursday) morning. Our Paris Correspondence. Paris, July 16,1856. Imperial Self-Nlustration—A Would-be Hero Anticipating the Judgement of Posterity--A Parody on the Column in the Place Vendime— Corruption of the Lower Courts of Judicature in France— Police Denunciations and Espionage as Rampant as under the Old Republican Direc- tory— Abominable Interference with the Privacy of an American Citizen—The Siecle Out in Favor of Ccl. Fremont. Napoleon IIT. is, it seems, like his illustrious pro- genitgr, to have his Trajan’s pillar, and a foretaste of the joys of immortality. There is a most libellous distich—as regards one of the parties, running thus :—A woman, a spaniel, a walnut tree—the better they be beaten, the better they be;” and it is not impossible that when his Majesty recalls to mind certain eventful passages in his career in the latter part of 1851, when the citizens of Paris were swept away like summer flies, he may be of opinion that if the distich above quoted began with “a Frenchman, a spaniel,” &c., t would be rather more likely to be true. Put not your faith in princes nor in any child of man, saith the Psalmist; and to posterity it may equally be said—Pat not your faith in marble or monumental pile, for they are not always what they seem. However, on the proposition of Baron Charles Dupin and fifteen other Senators, a column is to be erected near the new Boulevard de Sebasto- pol, on the pedestal of which will be seulptured— on the side which commands the right bank ot the Seine—the advanced guard of the army of the East on ite return from Sebastopol, filing off on that bank before the Emperor, amidst the acclamations of the multitude. On the side which looks towards the church of Sainte Genevieve and Italy, is to be the French army at the feot of the Capi- tal, doing honor to its standards by salut- ing his Holiness Pius IX., replaced in the chair of St. Peter by the victory of France. On the south is to figure that glorious contingent of the army of Africa departing for the East, where, in the space of twenty months four of its Generals achieved a right to the baton of Marshal, batons obtained by Condé and Turenne in the Seventeenth century, and by Masséne and Soult in the Niae- teenth. On the side towards the Senate, a very simple inscription will be-engraved, containing the following words :—‘‘.4 Nepoléon II1., a la Nouvelle Grande Armée. Vaw du Sénat et de la France. Mai 1856.” Lastly, en'the spiral coating covering the column, sculpture, with its bassi-relievi, is to reproduce the numerous and varied exploits of the Wrench in the Bast, ‘the North and the South—in Asia, in Europe, end in Africa. Three seas trium- phally occupied; landings effected, wonderful for their order and grandeur; assaults of ermy against army; the French eagles planted on the walls of Sebastopol, Bomarsund, Kertch, and Kintien; guns from the vessels landed, and served by French sailors; other gunson board, demolishing the granite fortresses, from the seas of Finland and of Bothnia to the mouth of the Boysthenes. Asa prelude to these great feats, there will be the Sahara, ccnquered uthe depth of the deserts, and the two Kabylias opened to civitieation by victory—subjects worthy, vays the report, to inspire the genius of the most ilostrions artists of France. The whole to be surmounted, of course, by the statue of Napoleon. fll. If some decorative monument is required in this partof Paris, perhaps the late events are as good for the purpose as any other, though there will not be wanting historical critics who may be dispozed to think the famone pillar erected after Austerlitz, in the Place Vendome, somewhat parodied by its modern imitation, and there are some, too, who will hink the time premature for placing Napoleon the Third in such a position. It is instractiveto observe, in the midst of so mach national boasting of eternal conquest, diplomatic in- fluence, et cetera, bow entirely all care for the free- dom of the citinen seems to have passed away. While every man is crouching to the lash, and suf. fering himself to be held in the leading strings o! his childhood, a monument isto be erected to the man whose iron will ordains such servitude. The state of bondage ia whieh soctety is held must be perfectly incredible to your free side of the Atlantic ble roy and, as there are ao Lang courte, thor in secret, as no think of attending. Their is well known, first to send the invitation to come before then petro their differences, and it is on this occasion that the abuse of his o takes } An Jndge. My. ee are equal in fortune there is no iptation to line of , but if one of the “y ential station, can invite the judge in ay him a service, very bed indeed if, when brought into collision with a weaker hbor in the closet, the later is not givens abe moned by a paperhanger before tice atthe judges ae favor , detaila, at once diatnineed the cise. de- fendant was leaving the comrt it came out that the Procareur General win the real plaintiff, and not the perhanger. The j immediately, therefore, fa"epen sovtt, tyetaoed the growee be. hod” gove Again, however, there difficulty, and another ne ore Final ary Hivate letter ma the Pro- cureur to the Judge ‘Pa: are weed, making bis mulcted the defendant. The shin timate decision, the Judge de Pays }d at a din- ner at the Procureurs; ‘ut even thie delicate bribe been wanting, I am toldthat no minor judge in faa e legal oflcers wheat only holds hla pr , wi in his hand, but can do him pealdes pe 4. uot and is ry t the now #0 much altered, it exists still, and it shows how, amid all these civif commotion, and all the disturbance of thing existed before the great Revolu- she Yesett aes: sees in “ a for the sixty rs, how after busied iteelf abou’ Ml ) countries are the life and soul of their Take an instance of a being accused of : ft is for the police to decide whether the: fies the ’adetention. If, in their 2 COn- viction is likely to follow, the accused in jail for weeks or months, till his trial place. In or England the accused must be taken be- fore @ magistrate, who decides whether the case is, ly to induce him to com- mit. Not so in France. ain, the power of “‘de- nouncing” another still exists, of ich the follow- ing isa curious instance:— neighborhood there is an A: waar ts ater ae geese EE ty bases see not wishing to injure Dm rove, a her subsequent reputation by bi her forward in the eye of others, he hag re! it the child under the control of the mother > treat- i A tated a ceaseless ce. occasion to employ a month, and the servant “denounced” him to police for ill usage of his children. To his horror the poor man learned that he was watched, dogged, inquired about, and followed in every direc- tion, the concierge of his house placed as a spy upon him, his tradesmen questioned as to the nature of their supplies to him, and the most innocent actions of his ic menage strung and woven together, in order to carry out the denunciation of this servant. All this, too, without any official apprisal; and but for the interest which some poor neighbors took in him, he might have gone onin ignoran:e of the foul charge laid to his door tilisome untoward event had farniehed a reason for his apprehension. “4h, Mon- sieur, vous etes dcnoncé!” exclaimed his friends, in the same tone of alarm that men formerly spoke of be- ing excommunicated. In his dilemma the unfortanate gentleman came to me, and by my advi:e addressed a letter to the Chief of the lice, making a clean breast of the painful secret which he had preserved hitherto with so much anxiety, and demanding elther instant inquiry or protection for the future from such invasions of his domestic privacy. As yet he received no reply. brings ae ybor my an American citizen at home, in the United States, tamely submitting to sucha state of things. Imagine him lerpegid by while a superb monument was being voted to the maa who, having monopolized all power, all authority, is as much responsible for the vices of his government as for the prosperity and renown which he lays claim to have given to it. It is to be feared that in spite of all wi a flattering Senate can "We or do, in ite of triumphal arches and pill reing the r se spite of elapse epoaghen obseqnious ‘unctionaryism, ys of peace prove Napo- leon’s severest deys of trial,and thet men now at leisure to turn their thoughts homewards, will begin to contrast the advantages of that Parliawentar, government, the charter of which it is ude the Count de Paris has in his pocket, with the more shining but less substantial course of a despotic rule, which dazzles only to blind, e Stecle contains the following on your Presi- dential selection:—Our sympathies are entirely with Col. Fremont. We have onthe other side of the Atlantic numerous friends who are astonished, and who lors mg that a journal which is the organ of democratic ideas should not support the democratic candidate. To this we must observe, that the quali- fications of democrat and whig possess no longer the significancy of former times, and the Siecle is not unfaithful to its sympathies when it combats slavery aes 1% attention to those denomi- nations by which it ht to obtain respect for such a system. It is not we are democrats that we do not support the democratic candidate, ut because we are sincere democrats, and because the very principle of democracy is ‘hostile .to the idea that our race should transform another hnman race into merchandise, into cattle, in spite of the laws of God, who has proclaimed that ail men are equal before his throne, and before every equitable territorial law. Destructive Conflagration in North Street. {From the Boston Bee, July 30.) SEVERAL LIVES LOST AND $60,000 WoRTH OF PRO- PERTY DESTROYED. About four o’clock a fire broke out in the grocery and liquor store of Cornelius and Michael Doherty, in Jeffer- son's Block, North street, near Clark. Its origin is said wo bave been ignition of camphene, which was being drawn from a barrel. The flames spread with great ra- pidity, and before efficient assistance could be bal the large block was past saving. The fire immediately ex tomied rearwards, where a stable, owned by Jobn Sea- ver, was destroyed, with eearly ‘all its contenta. Two dwelling boures owned by Mr. Seaver, near the stable on Clark street, were also destroyed. The flames con. ‘nued their maddening career, sweeping to ashes a dwel ‘ing house owned by Jobn W.’ James, and occupied by Patrick Collins as a sailor boarding house. Very little of ‘be furniture was saved from the devastating erement. Four veiling houses, crammed with Irish, ia the rear of Jefferson's owned by Cornelius Doherty, were also burnt to the ground. A house on North stroet, oc- vupied by Putrick Sullivan, and a store by Patrick Des- mond, were likewise destroyed. The upper portions of fefferson’s Block were densely populated, and alt tho tenements destroyed. It is estimated chat ‘at least dfty ‘amilies and two hundred men, women and children vore rendered homeless by this more:less conflagration. The tadktest portion of the calamity remains to be told We are poined to state that at least seven—it may be that research will double or treebie the namber—human troyed, five of them burned in a most hor ible amd heart sic ~g manner. The namos of these, ws we gather them, are as followa»— Charles Warren, member of Hook and Ladder Co. No. }. Ee was thrown to the pavement bs the fall of @ brick vall-on North «treet, and died in ebout ten miautes. His vody was tearfully mutilated, EXen Kealiar, 46 years old. Bien and Mary Keallar, 15 aud 19 years old, daughtors tthe above. They were burned to death, A boy, about 19 years ol. 4a adult, about 30. Neither of the latter can be recog is riged. ‘Mary Colina, jumped from the second story of a build. ng, and was killed vy the fall There are some twenty or more persons missing, tore ot lees of whom, it is feared, ley beneath the smoalder ag ruins, afte fering the most awful of deaths. Ve raw five of the bodies jist evening at station 1 they were truly @ soul sickening, diemal «pectacte. Slack, inrome portions charred and crieped; here a vortion of an arm or leg entirely burned off, the heat cone in one instance, in another @ trank; the sexes oven » to excite horror and , who but an hour before with life, should thas be nmps of wasted, we Leen cre- f before the aching eye. Of «il the awful sacritiee of human life, we never saw the equal of this begrimmed and burned’ group of anrec i. nizable corpees. We foar that the researches of to-day ~~ add to the number so destroyed. prpelius Doherty, the owner of the Jefferson Piock ind some email buildings adjoining, loses about $30,000, nm which he is insured for the N. KE. Mutual Marine office, and $4,100 in the State Mutual Office, in this ity. Jobn Seaver loses $3,000, oa which be is insured $1,500 at the Boston Mutual. There are some other vosses, which, in the excitement of the calamity, could aot readily be gathered. The entire loss will bly each to almost $60,000. The firemen perfor: valiant -ervices, and were on duty several hours. ‘The scene in the vicinity of the con ion at dark ast evening. was heart touching and holy im the yorned and blackened fles lited but for the painful pr xtreme Hundreds of women and children were og here and the erief and fear, some nearly, if not quite frantic with Children cried piteously for parent, be, laid burnt aod mutilated veath it was a touching sight indeod, yer all frowned the heated, emould ruins. Since writing the above we learn that Newell Harding, ‘r., 80m of Mr, Harding, jeweller, Court squaro, a volun: eer member of ‘Company No. 11, was injured by be fall of one of walls. One of his s1 ler bones was |, and his back considerably braised. His njaries dangerous, We learn that another (ire. ‘nan, Whose Dame was not ascertained, was injured seri vusly. He was taken to the hospi:al. =. puns He Lys As the fireman who was seri vos jured ire in Roxbury, Jaly 5. He was single, tnd 38 years old. ad mitieg The steam fire engine, Miles Greenwood, was on hand at n early hour, and rendered valuable assistance, She was in full operation twenty minutes afer arrival, and her aqueous labors till midnight. With some ithe im in machinery she will be available at all our fires. Landlord and Tenant. FIRST DISTRICT CouRT. Before Judge Groen. Tery 90.—Henry Gustavus Weissendoin. —Action to recover two ’ rent (amounting to $66 68) of house in Hobeten, leased to defendant by ense under seal for the of May and June. The cfendant set “p paral eviction. On the trial the defend. nt proved that the water from the pump in the cellar was 80 bad that it could not be used, that was the only soppy the tenant had, except that obtained from the sceupaiion of the premises oaly about one musth. tee or on| one month. The Judge decided that the lease binds the parties thereto fr the term of one year, unless the landlord evicta the terant, The bad condition of the water is not an eyic. tion. The defendant hired the jiges as thoy wore, and wae bound to pay rent forthe term for which he hired, whether he paid rent or not. I therefire olor Judgment for the plaintit for the amount of bia olum wit Coste The Yale College. OUR NEW HAVEN CORRESPONDENCE. New Haven, July 30, 1856. The Alpha Delta Phi Oration and Poem—A Grand Gala Day for Old Yale~The Alumni Mecting—Who Spoke— The Oration by Professor Dant—A Good Dinner at the New Haven Holel—Affecting Reminiscences of Phi, Beta, Kappa, Phi, Yi, Yi!—Peamut Exercise—The Phi Betas - andthe Pie Eaters of the Class of 1860—Spoopsics—Pro- fessor Park's Oration—Tylerism and Taylorism—The Origin of Evil and of the Milk in the Cocoanut—Anni- versary of Linonia and Brothers in Unity—The Brothers’ Campaign Song—Medings of the Classes of 1853, 1850, 1846, 1831, 1821 and 1816—The Enterprise of the New York Herald—Your Correspondent mistaken for a Fresh- man. Last evening, in the College Street church, Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, of New York city, delivered an oration before the Alpha Delta Phi Society. His theme was “Literary Life.” As I thought it necessary to take heed to the clerical brethren at the same hour that evening, at the Concis ad Clerum—which I reported to you last night I was not present to hear the oration. But I inquired of an Alpha Delta Phi friend, who was present, what sort of & performance it was. He replied, with considerable gusto:— Splendid splurge! Lam’d into history, and ripped up Greece and Rome like thunder!’ I laughed; the criticism was 20 characteristic of college. A poem was delivered on the same occasion by Rev. Edwin John- son, of Jacksonville, Illinois—a graduate of Yale in the class of 1846, Mr. Thompson is a man of talents and notoriety. He has recently been dubbed with a double D by Howard College. He is graduate of Yale in the class of 1838—is pastor of the Broadwzy Tabernasle church in New York city, and an associate editor of the New York Independent, adry goods Congregational journal, published weekly, ostensibly for the glory of God, but more truly, as it seems, for the facetious announcement of mercantile failures and the masked performances of clerical Thes- pians, x ‘The Alpha Delta Phi oration and poem will be pub- lished; then you will be allowed to judge of their merits. ‘The associations of time, history, science and literature in which Yale College is so fragrant, are the pride of her children and the magnet that draws many of them hither on every return of this anniversary. Old men, who gra- duated here more than half a century ago, and young men, whose diplomas are yetas fresh as their hopes, come back now to revisit old Alma Mater with equal en- thusiasm and delight. The city is filled to-day with graduates of the college. From among them you may select many distinguished men—distinguished in divinity, im medicine, in law, in commerce, in science, in literature and in arts. This hat been their gala day. It opened with the annual meeting of the alumni, at 9 o'clock this morning, in the new gra- duates’ hall, Profeesor Silliman called the meeting to order, and invited all graduates of fifty years’ standing to seats on the platform. The platform was soon filled by the venerable men of a former generation. ‘The Hon John A. Rockwell, of the claes of 1822, was chosen chairman of the meeting, and Johu I). Sherwood, Faq., of the class of 1839, was chosen assistant secretary. Rey. S. W. 8. Dutton, of thé class of 1833, being the pre- manent gecretary of the Society of the Alumni. Milton Badger, D. D., of the class of 1823, led the great assembly in prayer before the Throne of Grace. ‘The secretary then read the record of deaths of the graduates of Yale College during the past year, which is printed in my letter of yesterday, published in the Hxnarp this morning. He accompanied the reading with biogrophical sketches of the deceased, which were inter- esting to many of those present. ‘The chairman then called up the old graduates, begin- ning with Asa Bacon, Fsq., of the class of 1793, who made ashort speech. He was followed by Prof. Benjamin Silli man, of the class of 1796, who entertained us with remi- niscences of the olden time, He stated that ten years. ago, that is, in 1846, there was a semi centeunial meet- log ofshis clase,‘at his own house, in this city. At that meeting sixieen classmates were present. Now all of his class, which graduated thirty four men, are deal, save nine; but he is the “ noblest Roman of them all.’? I gave you the names of his surviving classmates yesterday. Next. Prot. Olmetead, of the class of 1813, in a brief but eloquent speech, paid tribute to the memories of Dr. Jemes Gates Percival, of the class of 1815, and of Hon. Lueiug ©, Duncan, of the class of 1821, who died during the past year, after having earned an eminent distinction in their respective professions of law and science, united with the arts and graces of literature, Hon. Henry W. Taylor, of Canandaigua, N. Y., of the class of 1816, made a smart speech, proving that, through the influences of Yale College, New England extended far beyond its geographical limits. Lucius P. Williamson Fsq., of Kentucky, class of 1821, made a good Union speech. When the representatives of other colleges were called upon, Prof. Davidson, of North Carolina, of the class of 1634, responded. speeches were also made by Right Rev. Thomas M. Clark, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, and a graduate of 1881; by Rev. Jobn G. Atterbury, of the same cliss, who said that be bad come up to old Alma Mater, with several of his classmates, to take their first degree in Antiquity, @t this, their demi-semi centennial anuiver- sary. He was followed by Judge Williams, of Detroit, of the class of 1831—by William |, Kaq., of Ken- tucky, of the class or 1836—(Thompson was the “bully’’ of his clats)—by Josiah M. » of the class of 1836—by Judge Stephen W. Kellogg, of Waterbury, Con- necticut, and Frederic J. Kingsbury, Req., and Isaac C. Collins, Esq., trom Cincinnati, members of the class of 184¢—by Messrs. Charleton T.’ Lewis, from Puiladelphia; Henry C Robinson, from Hartford, and Charles I. Thomas, irom Civcago, members of the class of 1863. lon. Henry Barnard, of the class of 1830, made the concluding sp sch, snd the meeting adjor immediately to the North church, to listen to an oration by Prof. James ). PD LL.D. Of the clas# of 1838, who is the succossor of Pi Si'iman in the chair of Chomistry and Geology at Yale. The theme of Prof, Dana's oration waa “ Science and Scientific Aebools.’"’ The oration will be published im mediately, and #0 I will not attempt the difficult task of reporting It, ag I am sure that no report can do justice o its merits. We were all gisd—we alumnibusses—afer the long literary festivities of the morning, to partake of a few ter- restrial condiments, by way of variety; #0, the dinner song of my clever and accomplished bost of the New Haven Hotel, was a welcome . The hotel is full of old and young collegians, with their friends aud their tomiies, who know how to enjoy the good things that thelr host here provides for them. But we had hardly nished our dinner before 234 o'clock came—the hour for the Phi Beta Kappa. When | was a senior in Yale, and that was in 1850, wo ofthe “ South Colege crowd,” Imaghed, and shouted “heads out,’ to see sundry serious young men, on Mon. ay evenings, streggling towards the Athenwim, in an er tw the summons of the College bell, which was stroking out— Phi, Beta, Kappa! Phi, yt, yi! Phi, Beta, Kappa! Phi, yi, yi! There are some humbugs in College, ‘and at that time the Phi Beta Kappa socie.y happened to be one of them. seniors who taken “ iments” of a certain frade, who fancied flat and square watch keys, who be. heved in Pillosphia Biow Kuberneees, and who had two dollars to spare for the glory, accepted an election to the society. The meetings were original and uliar, Members ‘ounged about on the beuches, doubled themselves up in the window seats and sprawled themsclves along the settees : the time in whistling and eat- ng the peanuts, which were furnished by @ bushel vontract with I of the “ Omnium Gatherum” (now, alas, defunct), The members varied these constital exercises by rousing themselves, at tae call or Kellogg, ibe chairman, to throw the ninety-ninth ballot for eloct ing te membership rome ‘‘ recitational room neutral,’ hove fate It wes never to be elected, though the ballots were thrown ninety and nige times nine. ‘The Phi Betas bad a bard time of it. Their great rival im my class was the Pic haters—a similar institution com- of recitation room ee called spoop. charge of the recitauon rocms. The Vie Eaters eschewed peanuts. But they had id, with Monson’s pie bakery (on from the Wooteask, ‘a Gert with i * ” cred! comes mited quantity of nectarial cider, which, according to the constitution of the society, was regular! reduced to a safe condition by the ‘nastsatace of the sine died—I presume of dys- pepsia— while their Phi Kappa rival, afer experien- cing a very severe collapse, now stands on more ener. xetic, though rather shaky lege. This society asrembled at 24, o'clock, this afternoon, with ite chapters and gra- duates, in the North cburch, to listen to an oration on the Natural Alhance of Religion and Taste, by B. A. Park, D. 1., Professor of Theology, succeeding w Dr. Woods, in the Andover Theological . Professor Park is a gradaate versity, ana ie justly rated as a great gun in theology. I see, by the way, PA theological battleaxes here, of misty strength. Among them are old Dr. Ty er, of East Wind- sor, and old Dr. Taylor, of New Haven—the great original Jacobses of Tyleriem and Tayloriem—who have fought many a bard and desperate battle for their favorite pe lemical theories respecting the origin of Kvil—theories that form the wail of partition between the old school and the new school Divinity of New Kogland, It never seemed to me to be of any conse-, quence to know what is or was the origin of Rvil. Evil exists, and that is enough to know—save to keep out of the way of it, which we ail ought todo. Its pa- (erval origin is about as important a question as that, eo often discussed by @iseacres, respecting the origin of the milk In the cocoa nut Professor Felton of Harvard College, bas been elected to deliver the oration, hext year, before the Phi Beta Kappa Seciety. Bat, on account of the dilapidated health of this wheezy institation, | shall not be surprised if it gives op the ghoet before the next anviversary, What will these wateh keys feteh in that event? After the conclusion of Pre fessor Park’s oration, the cradoate members of the Brothers in Unity, and of the J inopiap Society, met in,their reepective hails and had a | : Let the fires of syne in all bears bo buraisg, py hy ea Chorus. bay ota in Give to each a brother's ght, greeting. Give a brother’s Chorus. Shall we basely bend the To Linonia? Never! in hand we’ll firmly stand, us forever, Chorus. ‘The class of 1863 held their first reunion this evening. ‘They met at § o’clock around @ st for them at the New Haven } Hotel Be to 80 mem resent. war . 5 necticut, was rehire preside. Then they rious old college bymn, beginning— Gaudeamus igitur Juvenes dum sumus, Which I gave you in my letter terday. The infant boy Smith received bis silver goblet modestly and ailent- ly, being completely overcome by the ad- di i his father’s classmate, B. K. Masss- chusetts. After Phelps’ speech a merry presentation song, written for the occasion, was sung, Ww! conclud- ed with oer my ene: ; nd now, old Fifty-three, prope Don't ket your eiforts cease, ba hse our class, sir, ‘ith thirty boys apiece, ob! ‘With thirty boys apiece, ob! With thirty boys apiece. William P. Aiken, of Conuecticut, responded to tho toast, “Our Alma Mater: G. L. Thomas, of Illinois, to the toast, ‘The Class of 1853; C. T. Lewis, of ng Yania, to'the toast, Tho Dead.’ A. D, White, of York, to the toast, ‘The Wives, present and future, the Class of 1853.” The class of 1846 also held their reunion this evening. About 30 members were present. The class uated $2 men, of whom 8 have died. i ae iret at 8 o'clock, in the Brother’s Hall, whence they adjourned to supper at Gilbert’s Howl. Henry Childs, Beq.. of Cleve- land, Obio, being the fattest, most portly and dignified Man present, was called to preside. Henry B. Harrison, Esq., ¢f New Haven, Ct., was appointed Secretary. The evening passed with pleasant songs and ailecting speeches. C. L. Brace, Fsq., of New York eity, now in Eui is amember of this class, One of its members, ‘tee Hotiman, was killed in’ the battle of Cherabusco, baving served in the late Mexican war. The class of 1831, the class of 1821 and the cl of 1816 are celebrating ‘their reunion while | write. classes now meet once in five years. ‘My own class, the class of 1850, which graduate’ with 79 men, will not meet regularly until the year 1860. But several of us being in town today, we havo hada pleasant reunion meeting on our own responsibility. Let me record the names of those who were preseut:—Leon- ard Woolsey Bacon, Abraham Ie Witt Baldwin, Willian Ellliot Bagsett, Wm. Root Biiss, Robert Bliss, Daniel Bon- bright, Atbert Booth, Willis Strong Colton, Albert Pierson Condit, George Sherman Converse, Henry ‘Martin Dechert, William Thompson Farnum, Edward Miles Jerome, and Gardiner Spring Plumley. ‘The enterprise of the ilxratn in reporting the proceed- ings 0! this anviversary, aston'shes everybody here. We get the }leaLp at 11 o'clock in the morn, the rush for it, from all college, is immense. Your neighbors must be asleep; at atany rate they seem to be aot the peo- le in this respectable and ancient town. This _—— Finer reached us during the Aluroni meeting, and old for siliferous fogies stared their eyes out on discovering that obituary list, which they had just heard read to them, in print, in the New Yor Haxaro of this morning. So wegs the world. 1 must tell you that I was mistaken for a freshman late last bight, when sending off my despatches from the railroad station Every good looking fellow diseovered im the cars or at the station, this week, is taken for a freshman. The race must have improved in appearance since I was in college. The unfortunate Linonian who mistook me for a fresh, politely furnished me with a carriage to my lodgings, at the New Haven Hotel, pro- mising to call on me in the morning and take me to Lino- nia. I have notseen him yet. Perhaps be smelt a rat after he got home, But if I 8ee him, Teball give bim a quarter, sure. To-merrow the class of 1856 will graduate, ang the exercises of this anniversary wil\ cloge with the day. New Havey, July 21, 1856. Graduating Day—The Scene in the Center Church—A Ver- Lalim Report of the Salutatory Oration in Latin—A Sche- dule of the Orations and of the MusicmHow these Honors are Ollained—Robert Speer and Robespterre— Professor Larndd—The Flowers of Literature and the Flowers of Nature—Departing College Lyc—-The President's Leveom Skull and Bones--The Curtain Falls, ‘This day is called “commencement” day, bat the ap- pellation is a misnomer, When these exercises celebratec the commencement of a new collegiate year, this was, in fact, commencement day. Now it is properly gradua- tion day—the last day of the anniversary. A heavy shower falling all the morning prevented the usta) procession of graduates from the college green to AhefCenter church, in which the exercises assigned to the day took place. At 9 o'clock the Center church was filled. The lower {loor was occupied by gentlemen, most of them graduates ot Yale, and the galleries were occupied by ladies; while onthe platform, running across the west end of the su- dience room, was ceated the faculty and corporation of the college, in company with many distinguished guests. Bergman’s Band, from New York city, under the leader- ship of Mr. Theodore Towers, occupied the choral galle- ry opposite the platform, and opened the exercises by playing the overture to Flotow’s ‘“Stradella,’’ which was followed by a prayer offered by President Wool rey. The first speaker on these occasions is always the second scholar of the class. He is appointed to deliver the ealutatory oration in latin, The orator on this oeca- sion was Edward Cornelius Towa, from Batavia, Ill., who appeared upon the stage at tho announcement by tbe President. ,"*mua orator silicet Town,’” ‘The ealutatory oration is ouerally the most interesting ead in the Latir oration of the day. Although utter -Alenoe an~ tongue, it is comprehended by the educated au sembied to listen to it, who keenly appreciate is =.” ments and admire its periods. 1am able to give youa complete verbatim report of the salutatory oration of thia morning, which T append, It will be interesting to yoor humerous academic readers, though it may be Dutch to some fiiks. Be eure to print it in good Latin. — “Te proses venerande, quem principem inter hos doe- ‘os facile jam antea cognovimus, atque tecum socios tues viroe optime meritor de rebus et sacria et civilibus, ego (1 condiecipulia met ex animis raivere ? Fx avlis enim collegii vestri nunc eximia pumerandum este baberny omnes ! Ad vos nune _ nostrae matria filli actatis ut vos pon mM sa vere jubeamas, sed ut gratiag etiam aeutres eguuven, quod od benoaions toteamedy eae a a erga communem perentem co vow salvere jubeo!”” . "a ptar ot land, Me. I) gvertation—" The Poet Percival,” by Joseph Richard son French, Andover, Mass. calle Munie—"" Rays of Hope’'—Lanner. implicity, Lyman Racklef, Oration—"* field Oration— The Literature of France Low XIV,,”’ by bs a James Bare, Li ot Dratbore! vt Oration—"* Market Vaiue of the individual, ’ Wilbur Johason, Harford, Pas” i thd from Lucia—Donizetti. Thesertation—* Bhe Plea of legal defence, by — eienng Xe rae P Oration—“ Canses of Difference ” 4 ward Alfred Smith, New York e ri Uvsertation-—¥ The Hebrew Pool,” by Willlam Aldrich ” by Oliver Starr Taylor, Brook Bushee, Worcester, [mena ey wretg, set Disinterested “ oy Justin marin, New ‘York bg eh Ty Lesa, °” by Samuel ‘Woods, Barre, Mase, aie — Whnney, Nerespion Mgt nn’ 07 ume Lyman Poem “The Spirit of the Age,”’ by Charles Taylor Oathin, Brooklyn, 1. I. | ies of Melodies. Biogs brows, Sooagwn. ere” 07 ET Diseertation ' Progress,” by Edward Ashley Walker, New Haven. Oration—' Relation of Virtue to Floquence,”” by Joba Monteith, i Philosophical “The Batimate of Life e Gripg

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