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NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1860. 9 « COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. {108 Samuel wulard, agot 63, Deerdeid, Mass. Ost0- 9 he Dollowing ie a statement of the prises awarded for sine | 1804.—Jobn M. Brewer, aged 78, Beverly, N. J., No Clark tae in Oratory ‘Memory a Retributive Power,” Harvard College—Meeting ofthe Alummi— | vember 5, 1569 : 4, N. John R. Lewis, . Awarded by the Faculty. s Oradion of Dr. Osgood, of this City—In- |, 1°8 stbariee Flanders, aged 72, Plainfeld, N, B., Cerwent Braves in Chemistry—1. Caries elseY auguration of President Felton. Ant 1b, 1800, ors aged 75, Cambridge, Mass.,May 6, | Prof Malbec: and hoes dees 8 . 5 at hod i ger, ABs | 1800. el in Classical Literature—I. M. OUR SPHCIAL CAMBRIDGE CORRESPONDENCE. Caxmevce, July 19, 1860. | From respect to the eclipse of the sun, which had Seen | bg announced for that morning, and to the great good fortune of friends and graduating collegians, yester day was as clear and bright a day as one could wis for | commencement. But today—the day which the aluraat | Of the institution have set down for their reunion these | three years, and the day selected by the faculty for the inauguration of the new President—began a8 stormy and gloomy outdoors, and, rumor whispers, within the walls also, as the other was bright and auspicious. It is hardly fair to tell family secrets out of the house; and as your correspondent hasjbeen very well treated, be ‘will mind his manners, But it is whispered that the in- @uguration was deferred until this time in consequence of difficulties between the professors and students, the former wishing to depart from, and the as strenuous «to )6«omaintain, cer- tain ancient observances. The alumni, as bas been said, had designated the day for their triennial cele- bration, and were not altogether pleased at the inroads epon their festival. But the murmurs did not assume definite form, and the clouds above gave way to sunshine, while, as will presently appear, the merriest, good na- tured feeling finally prevailed at the dinner and speech making. At the alumni meeting the former officers were re-elect- ed; but Mr. Winthrop, the President, and Mr, Charles F. Adams, the first Vice President, were absent, for va rious reasons, so the duty of presiding devolved upon Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. ‘The exercises were held yesterday, in the church op- posite the college; the galleries were reserved for the la dies, and the bedy of the house and platform for the alumni, and as the church was thus filled, the curious of neither category were shut out in the rain and heat, ‘About noon the procession, under the marshalabip of Mr. Henry Lee, Jr., Esq., of Boston, with numerous assistants, marc the chureh. Governor Banks, and President Felton, in his official aca- demic gown and Oxford cap and tassel, were followed by the four majestic oilicers of the army of Marsachusetts in blue, boff aud long boote—graccfully suggestive, perhaps, that the p/n is mighuer than the sword. Thencame the orators and chaplains wf the day, Dr, Holmes, the acting President of the alumni; Dr. Osgood, af New York city ; the officers of instruction and goverpment; the college] steward, bearing fthe college keys. and the Librarian with the seal and, charter; the alumui, profes- sional students and undergraduates. The exercises be- gan with Lother’s Hymn, by the Harvard Musical Associa. tion—a Bocie graduates. Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Dr. as, the t of Amherst College, ‘and a classmate of l’resident Felton. ‘The Latin oration was then read by Mr. Svow, a class. mate of the author, Mr. Joseph H. MeDaniels, a member ef the senior class (class of 1801), who was unfortanately indisposed. He congratulated the University and its friends on the selection of the scholar who has been chosen, and was Ciceronian in showering complimentary adjectives iu the #ulutation to that gentleman. — Atlustons to the gy umasium were patent through the learned tongue to the indocti, and, like a familiar face in a strange crowd, ‘were greeted with pieasure—certainly with applause, Governor Bawxs then addressed the new President, and formally delivered the keys, charter and seal to him. He dwelt upoa the connection between the college and the Commonwealth from the days of the foca¢ation of the former; upon the importance of the position which the President of the University occupied, the dignity of the office from those ‘who hind occupied ‘it, and, not going back to Dunster, Yocrease Mather or Kirkland, the virtues and le: ing of the liv ex-Presidents would the office equal dignity; —allading grace. fully the wonderful requirements and energy of Josiah Quincy; the pame associated with the biographical his ef our country, Jared Sparks; tue triple fume of the scholar, statesman and orator, Edward Everett, the learning and wisdom of the philosopher and divine, Dr. Walker. The long experience ‘Of thirty years ag teacher in the college and the interest ‘of the catididate in letters would impress him with the same lesson. He congratulated the new President on the unanimity of choice with which the election had been mace—an election acceptable alike to the goverament, the students of the college aud the public. ‘The address was detivered with the usual happy mau ner of the Governor, who always speaks with force, and seems to impress bis hearers with weight of character. The reply of President Felton was marked by deep feel ing ani a modest, scholarly diffidence in his powers, though he promised well, in the assistance of Providence, good purposes and honest endeavors, He thanked, in the name of science, the efforts of his Excellency ta behalf of the Zoological Maseum lat tablished iu Cambridge, and trusted it would alway pleasing memory to him, even when bis Excellency ebould Ftep into higher walks ano assurne more respovsible and exalted stations, Tois Prophetic allusion to the Presidential aspiratious of the Present Governor was responded to with loud and long continued applause. “Domine Satvum fac the same choir, ‘Tne alurani oration was next delivered by the Rev. Dr. Oscooo. His subject was “ The Return of the Harvard Alumna.” His address was shortened for the occasion, a clipping which would not have beem tolerated had not Ube exercises of two days been unfortunately crowded into on». Our college, he said, each year changes its men, as tie Heileon does its waters, but the river remains the same. We come back to feel that there youths are some- dow ourselves ; and‘so we renew our youth. There is +. posed to be a barrier between youth abd manhood ¢:chustaem in the one which other cannot bi ‘Th she attriboted to tho effect of position and duties of manhood, But the one is truly the cognative, the other pass from one to the other, from ursaits, insight should surely The will grows with years, aut spiration ; he who does nobly will xperience should realize rather tha: In youth we studied bere together. orking student aud the student worker differ in the with which they labor ; one works to study, the other studies that, like guardian spirits, us into the temple, mathematics and languace mx at the gate, These furnish a practical logic, tramn- ing the reason more than the technical logical treatises. The study of nature, physics attends us next: psychology, illustrated by bisory and biography next engaged us But the last veil’to be passed ts theology. Interpret a things to the glory of God, wrote Bacon, as we read in Of the books gives the college by Johu Harvard these studies our enthusiasm may well Kindle with py But does experience say youth only is for stud ood for work? In proportion as the worker 1s | enthusiasm comes back. The devotes ant reli thusdast, it (8 written, in the midst of a beatific was called to labor and obeyed; to hi vision accompanied his work. ALics applies to nature Bho gives Feaponse Professor of Mathematics (sen). Pierce), who the financial value of a turbine wheel for a cotton factory, bas shown us the arrangement of flowers following the ne propertion as that of the planets, so that these very Praesidem’* was then rendered by man Diossoms may cbant the music of the apheres. The scho lar may become the master of speech ip college, Dot contact with living humanity makes words to burn that before did only shine. Anxher branch of the subject is that we lave studied , in manhood do p be com: panioorhip of youth’ lowship every man tb A clase is strong with tt |, Spt, good The gifts of the whole are his their neq of character, That ¢ ® diversity of gif niversal biography lowship in ut it passes ard ? land ¢ was theocratic ; thea came the coniict of dens, aud last these conquered. ak not harsh y ve Mathers in basting for the # al influence th the college and State = Though we mid the "harisees: Cummin and anise, let it not be to play into the hands of Chose Saddecees whose care is only of inaves and dshes. ‘Let Harvard mediate bets cen ihe two influences, and pro. mot sound learning, ® liberal and Christian faith. Let motto of the college ett be Christo « Bocleriar, bat ito remember the rerttas to the thre dhe college seal), and the saree b: ms and Mvinity President Frizon thea delivered sketched wittily the early regulations o! flogging. He sketched the wn, arguing books (design of ks are Nature, Au tion, rigid observ: pected immunity bey Would find erime in collage no mor a if college sta oifences against mun rom yom crime out. (It is expeeted that a vigorous effort will be made to prevent farther molestation of fresamen ) Here was & piace withdrawn from the tumults of the worlt, Gegicated to the cultivation of mibd; so it had been al- reasy for over two centariee The young American meets repose and self command; be is tempted into premature act vity; Bis bopes, gorgeous as the rainbow, fade ag goon, Intelleetoal strength is not the work of a day. Great men conquer in apite of t difficulties, but should remove them from others the testimony of an a gent Tunton mercbant was given of the valine of collegiate edu- cation even in a utilitarian view. After this address the alumn) separated to assemble at Gore Hall, T append @ table of the necrology for the past year, orggared by Dr, Palmer, of the Advertiser. ye Racerta’ deaths during the year hare beon team than jast The number academic year sotieg Ju) » 1851, « im 1808, sixty; 1856, forty three: in 1869, thirty bs one ta 1867, forty-cight; in 1858, iy , e average number for the last tea years is 44 Of those who bave deceased the pat year, four, toon were lawyers, seven were clergymen, four were phy- @cians, three were teachers, one was an author, one wae ‘ merchant, one was a medical student, one was a paper maa rer, One was & railroad condactor, and dve had po . were as follows: — 1796 —Wil ells, aged 87, Cambridge, Maas, April , 1800. 1800,—William Sawyer, aged 85, Wake@eld, \ H, July , 1860 re —Joba Wadsworth, aged 73, Hiram, Me , January , seo. om Davenport, aged 61, Boylston, Mass., Apr’! 1903 David T. Kimball, get 17, Ipewich, Mans., Fob rey 0, ee | parent. | prominent for (heir great public and private worth— 1508.—Samuel E. Smith, aged 71, Wiscasset, Me., March 8, 1800, Is10 —Joser Raton, aged 15, Fort Hamiltom, N. ¥., Mareli 17, 1860. ; 1810 —laac R. Howe, aged 67, Haverhill, Mass., Janu- ary 15, 1560, iso —Cyrus Peirce, aged 69, West Newton, Mass., April 6, 2800. : iguh—Carke G. Pickman, sged €8, Boston, May 11, reid —Benjamin A, Gould, aged 72, Boston, October 24, 1314." W. Philli M pleniber feck ips, aged @2, Nahant, Maas., 14.—Thomas Wetmore, aged 64, Boston, March 30 19860, 18}8.—-Joseph A. E. Long, aged 65, Hooksett, N. H., meas, 1960. tapenade Cross, aged 60, Lawrence, Mass., Novem- 1820. Benjamin Kent, aged 65, Taunton, Maas,, August » 1859. 1820.—Stephen Schuyler, aged 56, Rhinebeck, N. ¥., November 1/1859. if ' 1822.—John Frost, aged 69, Philadelphia, Pa., Decem- ber 28, 1859. 1824 —George W. Burnap, aged 56, Baltimore, Md., September 8, 1859. 1824.—Culeb M. Stimson, aged 56, Newton, Mass., July , 1860. 1825 —Hilary B. Cenas, aged 58, New Orleans, La., Oc- tober 26, 1869.” 4 + a) wee “i W. Browne, aged 60, Rraintree, Mass., lay . 1830.—Henry Lincoln, aged 55, Lancaster, Mass. ,Febru- 29, 1560. 1843.—Elisha W. Tracy, aged 36, Hampshire, l., Feb- rvary 5, 1860. 1848.—James A. Dugan, aged 33, Brewster, Mass., June *1548.—Samuel Parsons, aged 28, Philadelphia, Pa., Oc- tober 25, 1859 1845.—-Adams Wiley, aged 33, Clifton, Mich., April 2, 1860. 1852.—Charies W, Upham, aged 29, Buffalo, N. ¥., April 2, 1860. ‘1854.—James B Kendall, aged 24, Framingham, Dass. , oeisn Andrew Ie Y ed 91, Columbia, 8. C. o.—Andrew 1. Yongue, umbia, 8. C., November 17, 1859 SPT he 1867.—Fiward T. Damon, aged 26, Cambridge, Mass., November 30, 1859. 1857.—Geo. Hollingsworth, aged 23, Groton, Mass.. Abgust 8, 1359. 1858.—Auwory P. Sawyer, aged 26, Bolton, Mass., May 1859.—Henry H. Abbot, aged 25, Charlestown, Mass., July 22, 1859. e following are the names of those deceased in pre- vious years, but net before prblished:;— 1838.—Charies D. Bowman, aged 40, Oxford, Mase., January 19, 1867. Robert Lemmon, aged 31, Patuxant, Md., De- comber 24. 1566. 1844. —Joseph B, Sinith, aged $6, Louisville, Ky., May 6, 1859. Commencement of HamiiIton College. OUR CLINTON CORRESPONDENCE. ‘Curxrox, July 19, 1860. For many years it bas been my rare good fortune to tend upon many of the most prominent cvilege commence. ments of the Northern States, and to witness their varied characteristics in point of all the different elements that mark them—such as the learned men they invariably call together, as divines, poets, scholars, statesmen, disciples of the old fathers in medicine, legists, juriscovsults, and men of both commercial and learned leisure. But of all such occasions I must confess that the forty-ninth annual celebration of the literary progressiveness and high charac- ter of Hamilton College has struck me as being the very intensification of a college commencement. This view forces itself upon my mind from a variety of reasons, prominent among which are the situation of the institution, the peculiar character of the surrounding country, and its rustic inhabitants, who convert the commencement day into a fort of gala time, which may be most properly likened to an intellectual Fourth of July—raral lasses decked in holiday costume, consisting of the brightest co- Jored fabrics of the factory loom, set off with dasningly gay ribbons, flouting and bauging over rubicund counte- nances, which bespeak at once the highest etate of human health, alllied to the highest capacity to enjoy it in all its fullness and pleasure. I said that the situation of the college and the peculiar outgrowth of the country surrounding it partly account- ed for the high toned yet quiet character of Hamilton's annual festivalic reunions. Clinton was, by common cousent, called by its name in honor of New York’s great Governor and patriot, George Clinton, father of De Witt. The town has grown into quite a yillage of the plain, and is justly accounted one of the most delightful inland towns ta the State, its inhabit. ants being noted alike for their conmanding morality quiet and well ordered demeanor, tollgome industry, aud evotion to the best interests of the State, as well as al constitutional obligations. It is in such a rural retrea: that Hamilton College is most pleasantly avd handsomely situated. Jt is under the control of that sect of the Pres- byterian Church known as the New School, and whose chief exponents are Rey. Albert Barries, D.D., LL.D., the learned scbotiast, author and divine, of Philadelphia; Rev Dr. N.S S Berrian, D.D., L.1.D., of Troy; Rev. Asa Smith, D.D., of New York; the eecentric pulpit orator Rey. Dr. § H. Cox, D.D., LL.D., of Brooklyn; Rev Dr. Thorn ton Mills, of Indiana, Moderator of the General Assembly for the present year; Rey. Dr. Thompson, formerly 0 Buffalo, now of Cincinnati; Rev. Samuel Ware Fisher, D.D.,LL.D,, and many others distinguished in the spe- ciality of divinity. colege baild! by tl The nomediate situation of the is in- deed all that could be wished for most fastidious They are set upon @ commanding eminence, sur rounded by fifteen acres of ground, They are enclosed for the most part with hedges, and separated into com- partments by tortuous walks flanked by carrisgeways, permitting to the visiler the easiest access to all its beau- ties and comforts, The whole is rendered splendidly um- ous by weil grown e#pecimens of every species of trecs known to this latitude, mingled with a varied col lection from other regions and lauds, including the elms of England, Ireland, Scotland and Germany; the maples of England and Norway; royal British oaks, Turkey oaks aud Armenian oaks; pues from Austria, Scotland, Swit- zerland and Oregon: spruce firs from Norway, siiver fir, and the arbor vite of Siberia, and junipers from Sweden. The origival name of the college was the Mamilton Onei- da Academy, and in it were educated alike the ladian and the white man. In the year 1810 the academy was con- verted into a college, and retained the name of Hamilton in bonor of the distinguished friend and secretury of Washington Since its foundation \t bag had six Presidents, as fol- Arei Back Hearicus s. T. D.,. avis, §. T. D., 1833" Rev. Sereno Edwards Dwight, 1889 1835 Rev. Josephus Penney, & T. D., 1819 1830 Rey. Simeon North, DE. D., 8. 7. BD, 1868 1858 Rey. Sumucl Ware Fisher, 8. T. D., Among the improvements of the past year { was in. formed that @ telegraphic connection with her bp ad Ob. tervatory has been completed, aad the longitude of this place accurately determined from observations taken si. foultavegusly by Dr. Peters of the college and Bond of Harvard Cujversity. No event it opt year bas brought more plea. sure to the at Hamilton College than the an- nouncement that Morere. B.S, Walcot and W. @. Walcot, of New York Mills, bad made a subscription of $20,000 for endow ing the professorship of Christan Evidences. To come now to discuss the main features of commence: ment week, and which are, as your rotund and jocund re. porter writes thir amid personal visitations of numerous eolatitial rays, cloning in the most radiant aud satisfactory manner, in presence of a crowded audience, composed of those citizens of this aud over Aeetions of the State ladies, geatiemen, alamo) of this and other =, aad a large number of distinguished st) Amoog Tnotiee the following:—Rev. Samuel Fisher, D. the Lollege} LL. D, the learned and poy « i Rev, Dr. Samuel Hanson + DD, Lh. aye ays prelate; bis Honor Judge W. W. Campbell, of the Bu. preme Court bench for the Sixth Jodicia) district of New in. Db, Sta mie! S Wittens, Bis honor Hon. Isaac MeGonktin, Jr Mayor of the city of Troy , Rev, Merri 8. Jobo=a8, of Troy; peon. of the Hamilton Coliege Faculty of Instruction, Hon, Hiram Denio, LL. D., of the Appeal bench; George W. Faton, D. D., LL. D., President of the Madison University, Rey. Dr. Canteld, of Syracuse, Rev, Dr, Asa D. Smith, of New York city; Hon. 5, Wells Wil- lame, LL. D., Secretary of the United States Legation to Cue: ex Canal Commissioner & N. Dexter: Professor Dovid H. Cochrane, Principal of the State Normal School and many others. The exercises of the week opened on Sunday last with a Tecealaureate sermon from President Fisher, before the Graduating Class, baying for ite subject— The Pifect of the Preaching of the Gcepel Upoa World, Contrasted with that of Systema." ‘The annual address before the soojety of “Christian Re- fer reh'' was delivered on Sunday evening by Rev. Jona then Kdwards, of Rochester, On Monday evening the Annval Prize Declamation took Pisce. The house was crowded t@ its ulmost capacity with a brilliant andience, After thesr exercises @ farcical rmance, deaomis bated “Ringing the Rust from the Freahmen,” was gong through with. Tt consista of an oration and poem, the rit and tone of which are to be warnatory present aod the coming i On Tuesday, the 17th inst., the anniversary of the pe po Society war observe in the chapel of propaaciation of a valndivtocy oratiog by Ste Beams Young, who selected for hi "hve ufinence. of Taste. Upon Manners tn. thes hook & reunion of the Alpha hi chapwer of the Gu Pat of * Tn the was beid, M. Burchard. of Clinton, pre of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hom. oration waa delivered by Rey. ©. D. Helmer, Tis theme was the « Mae aod was delivered by W. Hone, ‘s the 180 jamin ne Profeas: ’y Dwight, Faq. LE. D., oo ad seboo!, open the © Brother President , Maine, ice—1, kan Falls; 2. Henry ¥ 2. Oration—The Stabilit; Governments 6. Phi tal Power— 7. Hi Samuel Miller, prizes nett; 2. J. Sandford Gra ‘Champlin ary Ward Deposit. Evil of Translations"— Chas. L. ‘Wara, Root and Dr, Peters, of Hamilton IN KNGLIAH COMPOSITION. Senior Class—Truth; is it a Means or an End?”—Wm. |. Beach, Seneca Falls. ++ Influence of Christian Ethics on the Fine Arts’—Mil- ‘Charles ves, Milwaukee, Wis. ‘and Brofessor Fosier, of oa of Bonbester. , Oris. Awarded College. two committees, Rev. N. Pome- exercises of commencement a going forward in accordance with the "olowing Pro- gramme:— MORNING. 1. Oration—French and German Character—Reuben 8. of the Roman and American Brookins. 3. Oration—Ethi in Political Life—S. Stewart Ells- af High Oration—The Central Ides in History—Charles 6. Dinsertation—The Power R. Lewis. of Reserve—John ical Oration—Pagsion, an Element of Men- ‘illiam H. Beach. Oration—Conservatism Essyntial to Reform— 8. Oratiov—American Indebtedness to Alexander Ham- iton—Theodore &. Pond. 9, Oration. \—Systems of Philosopby: their Diversity and Unity—leaac Platt 10. Classical ton H. Northrup. Powell. Oraticn—The Art Legacy of Greece—Mil- AFTERNOON. 11. High Oration—National Ideals of Home—Joba 8. B. fort I. Slack. 14. Oratiot {be ‘ees conferred.) 9. M, Weaver. ‘The s and A. L vard College; Hon. Chenango county. Hi R. 1: Rey. Herrick Johnson, son, West Wineted, Conn loan of Arc—Conwa: 16. Dissertasion—The Spirit of "ad ‘ung 16. Ethical Oration—The Imperfection of Conscience oye es the Necessity of s Higher Law—Samuel D, West- 17. Oration—Rey, Herrick Jobnson, Troy. 18. Oration—Rey. Arthur T. Pierson, New York. (Candidates for the second degree.) jegree, aking of the candidates for ¢ , Was anusualty spirited and able. DRGRERS CONFRRRED. Honorary D. D.—Rey. John Brown Johnston, of ow, Scotland: Rey. Samuel T. Seelye, of Albany, ev. Isaac Brayton, of Watertown. D'—Professor Asa Gray, M.D., of Har- Henry Allen Foster, of Rome, Hemorary A. M.—Judge Lewis Kingsley, of rd. 4 HS ari! Ideal in Music-and Pootry—Birdsey le. 18. Astronomical Oration—Celestial Arebitecture—Com- W. Young. iventure—' K. ‘aledictory Oration—Imagination, a Motive—Geo. , both B. A. Glas- N.Y.; LN. ¥, Norwich, jmorary A. B.—Aaron Winthrop Kellogg, of Vienna; Charles Edward Robinson, of Auburn. ‘A. M. in Cowrse.—Arthur Fenner Dexter, Providence, Rov. arthur T. Pier- Warner, Troy .; David G. Jackson, Lafayette; Rev’, James A. Skinner, Clinton; Rey. Char! licottsville: Morris A. Beonett, Winoua, Mina ; Heury M. Hurd, Princeton; Kev Centie; A. N. Brockway, Vernon Centre. ‘les Jerome, F- vernon A. B. in Course.—W illiam Harrison Beach, Seneca Falls; Reuben Saxton Bingham, Clinton; Arba Brookins, Ver- non; Samuel Stewart Ellsworth, Kelsey, Sauquoit; John Reese Lewis, Deerfic Miller, Clinton, Milton Harlow Northrup, Theodore Strony Poud, New York; Isaac Piatt Powell, : Comfort laraet @ituton; John 8. Weaver, Deerfield; 5 ‘The valedictory, George M. Weaver, tion, with music, attended b, outside an ment of Hamilton College. completely prostrated and otber, and again by otbers, upti) death ensued, Mr. Russell, t before the public opened, and placed upon was found necessary, and gan avenue Was an only child, upon whom alt tie England. their efforts to find him, and eflort was useless, and for mo could be obtained. would ultunately presved with the idea sult, After a 1ong and almost desperate waiting, a letter waa received from him by bis wife )» April, 1868, Fraveisco, California, annouwcipg bis arrival there in shatieved health, and & subsequent severe illness from which recovery was yet wnerrtain. From that tune « regular correspoodence was kept np with bis fri until big return to this city About two months since. ‘There were circumstances attending Mr. Rusreil’s do jo themselves, and unnoticed until afterwards, that asented bis friends chat his mind ue Saeneet at the time of his departure from Detroit. bable that the disease wag then just begianing to Ris own story of bis wanderings, ax re- ‘a8 follows:—' arrived in New York, though consciout of his movements, | and remembering the principal occurrences long after wards, be war uuable to control Bis own movements. He experienced a fearful © on bis breip, and the pied hin mind at moments of re- ‘were those of an andefined fature, principally apper- | mostic relations, tiv J wh iteelf. fated to his wife, i eul onty thonghts that ace Met ‘Sheppard, Slack, Mexico; Birdsey Bronson Wade, wel Dewitt on Tuesday evening at twelv: on Sunday night with an apoplectic fit, by which he was endered unconscious. He rallied from this, however, but on! found. tho that ines in his wanderings, were moet apprenbonsive of the re- ‘clock. re coming in quick. h never a public man, Las been placed y the peculiar efrcumstances of his business affairs to such an extent as to render a sketch ‘of his late movements not inappropriate. The nature of the malady of which he died will serve to relieve unpre judiced minds of erroneous impressions obtained by rea- | son of his singular operations in the past. Russell House, under his supervision, was successfully aa perous basi, an addition e replaced by the owner of the With a commedious and elegant brick addition, In November of 1867 Mr. Russell, having Just recovered from an attack of brain fever, wooden wing Gy the next steam instructions and funds to the correspondents in Kngland of nis frienda, to be expended in findin, oth me fart bh has family ty was lead! tasniug to the purchase of furniture, the: gh of what kind be knew not. direction b, atranger ance. In this condition he #till impelled forward by went al A steamer then «bow to sail, He seemed to bare lost t ‘He was readilt of any pe Went to Beet ab unknown i Was carried away, not unwilling, to Liverpool be met a friend maica, and to ‘the Bext vessel to sail proved to be an oid friend from Phitedeiph: turovgh motives of friendship, exerted [inal to the Jamaica be who sry phesighan su moet for the restoration of bis peticnt Thie ished after comtinued and patient ex: Li then des’ coveiled to euch a cuurse by and friends, with whom he was then in by & relnotance to return to the departure bad caused 66 much comment But, ag goon as it was deemed advieable by im to return, he prepared 10 eet owt om When about to sail, baying written bie wi when shou'd arrive at New York, be was again Temained an invalid for five soon as be recovered from Ubis attack, be friends, arriving bere, as stated above, Ince. and also for Ciseane, and monstrated to his family and wed om were truthful. leatimon; others in diferent pisces during his wand Tt should at lonst be suficient to the congui tives, They have » whoare ! ji concerned at bis strange conduct, Uaat bis own | } | this im the ttatements of the knew him ii California, and of He was attact w ly to be xeized by an- having recently lost aifections centered, and still being in a feeble state of body and mind, went Raat for the purpose of procuring furniture for this addition, He first visited New York, stopping at the Astor House, where he remained a tew Gays, and then suddenly dis- appeared, and for weeks the most diligent search of bis friends, avd the promise of a large reward for informa. his whereabouts tailed to disclose the slightest trace of him. When, at last, all expectation of finding him had nearly fied, information was received that he had tuken passage ona steamer sailing from Boston for Upon thie information bis friends renowed bin. trace of him Bl hopes were euturtained that he pfs im. radn, friend ower of row ted Miri te tay Yau; Charies H. Canastota; » Buffalo; George M. Westfall, Lyons; Con- a Wing Young, Marion; Thomas Kingsley Young, on. ‘an eloquent and feeling production, aaien the speaking, and the benedic. exercises. A levee in the evening at President Fisher's, which was & brilliant and fashionable crowd, ended the inside doings of the forty-ninth commence- w When the on Michi- Property rf took out Bat the i‘ him of ted at San hen he | what and Jed in any " aud being | von, hie and | 2. | THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Our Toronto Correspondence Toronto, C. W., July 18, 1860. Frrefiies—Deacription of ‘Travel—Sights in and Arownd Toronto—Preparations for the Great Event—The Prince's Resvidence—Ottowa and Its Surroundings—The Quarters of the Prince There, de., ec. ‘In my last letter I mentioned my departure from Que- ‘bec and arrival at Montreal. The journey between these | places occupied by railway only five hours and « balf— ‘an arrangement very creditable to the Grand Trunk Rail- way Company. On the way we sighted several bush ‘fires, which threw @ lurid glare over certain parts, and covered the landacape with amoke. But to myself, who bad seen the bush fires of Australia, where for miles the Prospect was one sheet of flame, and where for hundreds Of miles I could trace the effects of the conflagration, the Scene was as insignificant as is a fusee when compared to & burning mountain. However, burning mountains are not to be seen every day; eo I was content with the fusee; and es timber is a drug in this market, I did not feel as I should have done had I been gazing at a house on fire, I knew that the fire would only tend to clear the land of wood, as agreat dea! of human labor is brought into requistion daily for converting the saplings, yea, and the old monarchs of the forest, into frewood, for the pur- pose of making ready the land for agricultural and build- ing operations. I remained at Montreal till Monday morning, when I left by the nine A. M. train for Toronto, calling at Ot- tows. In the meantime I explored the city more than I had ever done before. The public buildings at Montreal are well worth visiting; and for the benefit of future tourists I will make mention of a few of the principal. The new Court House, on Notre Dame street, is one of the most massive and imposing in the whole city. It is built of limestone, in the Greciau Ionic style, and is 76 feet bigh, the ground plan being 300 feet by 125. Standing immediately opposite, and contrasting remarkably with the newness of elson’ ent, the Me arenes: Mais of eriszome diapldation that the inhabitants are calling for some one to repair it; but nobody appears to think it his business to do #0, and so the thing remains undone, 4 public five dollar subscrip- tion is being agitated for the purpose, bat I am afraid it will be a long time before the money is collected. ‘The Post Ottice, on Great St. James street, is a handsome building, as also is the Bonsecous Market, in St. Paul street. Several of the banks make @ very Imposing ais play, jeularly the Rank of Montreal, in square, Place @ Armes, which is of cut stone and of the Corinthian order, T have in a previous letter made mention of the Cathedral on the ite side of this square, the turrets ‘of which rise conspicuously over all.the other buildings in the city, There are three nunxeries in and about Mon- treal, and Sisters of Mercy, in their unbecoming black, and with a white band across the |, may be seen walking through the streets invariably at the one won- derful pace at all hours of the day. ‘On Sunday I took anotber drive around the mountain— the ‘owe, from which the city derives ite name. It is almost @ misnomer ,to call it 4 mountain, for it is a mere elevated picce of table land, The drive, however atiords 4 seric# of splendid views, although on the present occasion these were much hidden from my view by the clouds of dust thet came whirling along the highway. I calied at the Bellevue Gardens on the way where a party of pleasure seekers were regaling themselves with such of the good things of this life as were there dispensed. Mount Royal Cemetery lies about two miles from the city, on the mountain, ard is much visited; but not being in an epitapu collecting mood, I did not stay to ponder over its tombstones. On arriving opposite the house of General Wiliams, where the Prince of Wales is to reside during his stay in Montreal, I drove up one of two private roads oad ny’ So the sanse. I found that the General was out of town, aud that the premises were being prepared for the reception of his Royal Highness. The painters aud carpenters were evidently engaged in the task, and the whole place—which to, have been’ in a very neglected state—was in that kind of disorder which usually attends the presence of workmen about a house, ‘The man in charge informed me that several of the rooms were being partitioned off in order to accommodate the requisite number of the Prince's attendants. The view from the house is the most delightful on the mountain, par meen it does a fine sweep of the Back river, which rups behind the city and mountain, of the St. Law- rence, and the thickly wooded Nun's Island, w large punnery is situated, of the great tubular tailway bridge, backed in the distance by a couple of lofty hills, and with a foreground of wooded , dotted with here and there a villa, while turning to the left may be seen the western end of the city. ‘The scenery between Montreal and the Prescott juns- Mion, where the Ottowa changed cars, is but not . Thad a. glimpse of the St. of the Two Mountains on the way river and the Lake the landecape bers ve a transition from ite natural state to cultivation. Just before arri' at the junet! train ran over askunk which emitted an powering stench, 80 that we were obliged windows in self defence. There was nearly an lay at the junction before the arrival of the train for Ot- ta wa, distant fifty-four miles from Prescott, which latter is one hundred and twelve miles from Montreal. The line group of shanties. wa, how- ever, @ few farms were disclosed on either side of the railway, as fur as the station near New Pdioburg, on the lott bank of the Rideau river, fucing Ottwwa, at the dis- tapce of about a quarter of a mile. We reached Ottawa about four P. M., when we took an omnibus belonging to Campbell's Hotel, which was the only house represented pa public vehicle at the station, and bad enough | it, To call Ottawa a city is ridiculous, but it is likely to be- origt shall devote a few words to it. Bytown, and it is the centre of the im- mense timber district of the river Ottawa, on which it is rituated, at its junction with the Rideau aod Gatineau. The town is intersected by the Rideau canal and bridge, nod forms three districts, namely, that of the Lower town on the east, Central town on the weat, aad U; town on the northwest, all of which are on the north 5) of the Ottawas ‘The streets are all wide and Iaid out at right angles, Ridean and Suasex streets being the principal ones. The ‘buildings are mone plain, and present no impo- - features. The government buildings are situated on a place called Barrack Hill; but these are too insignificant to attract the attention of the visiter, Here are erected ee fortifications, and the site is well adapted for such, Central town being in the rear, while the Upper and Lower towns are completely commanded by it on each side. In front is precipitous embankment running almost pe> pendicularly to the river over a distance of several hun- dred feet, thus completely sweeping the river aud op- posite shore, at three points of the compass. ‘The scenery around Ottawa is varied and delightful, embracing river, landscape and waterfalls, the latter being those of the Chaudiere—a Niagara in miniature. At pre- sent they bave a fail of about forty feet; but in winter, when the river it swollen, they partake more of the charac- ter of rapids. The best view be obtained from the saspeasion river close to them. Besides considerable attent but as yet unopened. side during bis stay in the place. The new houses of Parliament bag) mene wey ae little more than their are as yet botlt, The view from this position delightful in the neighborhood, and perhaps in ni a The Rossin House, to which I Canada, and it was refreshing to Juxurious chamber, instead of one of pect, such as Thaye met with in Feed 44 Forty rooms have been engaged at this commodation of the Prince's suite, These comprise the whole of the first floor, wh: somely furnished. The Prince wili stay dence of the Governor General of he met | ol opemies, i he had any, to allow the dead to vee We oleae tod On { the feelings of those whe ware Atiached to him by . i) | ine with ite charactor, It bas Provinees, which is being prepared for him with due care. It is a large house, ently situated in one of the quiet streets of the » with e strip of garden day i# within view of the mist Falie; irtteed I saw it from the roof ts oniy forty years old; yet sisting of two. colleges, am great utility, highly creditable to Upper Canada Cotlége—or Catversity, as over root same, by Dr. wuiléing is very elaborately: the Cireewn Dorie #tyle Oak fully within, and the aspect of ti kad cepts at prevent, who may have free of ail extras for whatever purpose dollars a week. There are two avenues college grounda whieh ita very sequestered appear. auce, oud the Senseives are highly with slopes, cluinps of timber, valley and ite of Toronte it extremely fiat, but it te place well worth vieiting, eepecially by tourists on way to Niagara. Orgoode Hall, in which are the law eourts, is also ‘Tery im poeing building: but of thie and the other attrac. tious of the Leball write in my next, as I am abou! to leave Toronto for Montreal, an rowle for Haliiax, at bait pest Ove this aflernoun. Our Special Quebec Correspondence. Quunne, July 14, 1960. Quelee and its Fortificationsthe Strees—The Military History of Quebec A Fieit to the Plains of Abraham— A Drive Round the City—The Citadal—The French Uha- racter of the City—The Falls of Monimorenci. dc. ‘Those to whom the sight of fortifications is refreshing are likely to derive much pleasure trom a visit to the gray old city of Quebeo—the Gibraltar of the New World. All approaches to the city, both by land and water, are commaniod by formidable batteries pointing huge black be built, on the west side, is pearly three miles, The for Vifications consist of bastions coumected by lolly cartacas at the North American — Of solid masonry, aad ramparts from tweaty five to tair- ty-five feet high, and of an almoat equal thickness, Drist- ling with the before mentioned cannon, and diversified with round towers, loophole walls and massive gates which occur at regular distances. On the summit of the ramparts, from Cape Diamond Artillery Barracks, is a broad, covered walk, command: ing @ beautiful view of the country westward. This pasees over the topof St. John’s and St. Louts gates, where @ sergeant’s guard is stationed, and from which, at sunset, popular report informs me, & view is Setiainiens enone a the is by no on 8 I was not there at that dengntfal sinks to rest, hemisphere. } i ui gis Eas nei = 8 i EES i 2 5 if il et 3 gige 5, g | a Eee fe * g Fad they faded away beyond mountains ‘Tsoupoptbuan, w! rear thei eS , while at one every All ite picturesque euslotions of Tiga we ar tthe wobee wel T hare faintly traced we i ver . eye never wearies of, but is e onte, ond besutifal scenery, all I bave sands of the.most splendid natural views in for I have been a wanderer in : it EAs E Fi Fax scale, The upper town is foundation, too, accord: parable downward—while the populous: , built under this rock, facing the St. Law- rence. streets leading from the lower to the upper town are, aga natural consequence, very steep, and they are also very tortuous and narrow. One of these streets is named the Mountain, and the name con’ a ver: mupig lien eae shammantare 3 im _ tary hisl ebec posaesses a world-wide interest, for'on its tlelds and around its battlements some of the most courageous exploits ever attempted have taken place. Woife, of England, Montcalm, of France, and Mont- gomery, of America, died there, and their names are associated with a lasting glory in the chronicles of warfare, Yesterday morning 1 hired a wagon, as the carr are called here, and drove to the cele- brated Plains of Abraham, where General Wolfe fought and died in the remarkable battle against the French troops under Montcalin. Idrove the St. Louis nie, ytore avery, angle by cannon, Jeaving the citadel on was command the left between Martillo towers guarding the road, soon afterwards reached the atthe en- trance to the Plains, where pinepepee of British mone; was demanded. This isa tax I have never paid wit! pleasure either in England or colonies, and on the present. ay gg rm it at ae. j left yO Ss cw ee and, jing through a rude open! @ a gateway, Phere stood wooden shanty, ‘which. 80, fer’ as its appearance was, 4 t have been uninhabited, I found myself in one of the open and grassy fields which constitute the Plains of Abraham, and straight before me, within a email paling enclosure, stood a column sur- mounted with a helmet and sword, and bearing on its base the inscription, “Here died Wolfe, victorious.” Ascending an eminence a litde farther on, where, fence, can be traced the the fatal wound, remari wigan Euglish right neari taced this redoubt, and on this position the French } rested, The French came on the Plains from the right on their from Beauyort, and not from Quebec, and after their defeat retreated down the heights by which had ascended; they were thus entirely cut off from city. my return to the highway I saw within an enclosure stone well from which the water that moistened the Jipe of the dying Wolfe was ,and which is now lomeen Neen b7 mang ont Jess than holy. Beyond this there is a beautiful drive as far as March- mont, where the river widens into lake like proportions, and exhibits # fair sprinkling of ships lying at anchor, and smaller vessels and occas) a steamer coursing up and down, while down only immense rafts of timber may be seen to float, guided by men who, with their families ebatteis, have travelied on them from the above the river, set before the lingering eye a lovely Panorama of ing Ns embracing moun- tains, valleys and plains, and rivers Law. The i ip F il eg? if ees z Be Be E gE. 5 ‘2 Fg E ? brimmed straw hats, were on flr if aa Tiste i é i i iamebarg Fatat Accest.—Coroner Murphy held aa inquest yes. torday on the body of a man named John Doughty, whose and the dock. He had droppea of rope into the Sach cola room Wer: ths side of the boat to re. cover it the veenel was’ into sudden Collision wit | Ngee Bore Pa nd whe the unfor. urate maa and killing Bien { iy ons tore of Caldwells, NY, aad leavosa widow aot ¢ a @ur Key West Correspondence. Ker Waer, July 8, 1860. Tha Barks Wildfire and Bogota—The Slave Trade—Adrow pret atta Water Witch and Wyan- lave — Attempts Captured Slaves, de , de. ue an ‘The slave barks Wildfire and Bogota have been sold— the former for $5,800, the latter for $4,100—low figuras for two eo fine vessels. Slave bark William, $1,504. ‘The Bogota, it is clearly ascertained, was the property of New York parties, and the captain of her is suspectea of being a citizen of New Orleans. ‘The “ slave trade’’ merchants resort to the most adroit management to deceive our cruisers, and the commanders of the cruisers are often placed in delicate positions, baving to assume personal responsibilities that they may not be censured for apathy or negligence in the perform - ance of this annoying sea police. ’Tis the most difficult and harassing duty a naval officer can be assigned to, requiring the highest order of seamanship, intelligence and uncompromising zeal. The Water Witch and Wyandot, on the south side, have a line of coast to guard of some 660 miles, and more slaves are landed on that side than on the north; eo, if the government are determined to give a “ black eye” to the business, two more steamers should be added to that eec- tion of the station. On the north coast the Mobawk and Crusader have 439 Ad testo fwciltae the lading of aves and the ay a Pre nen ‘The constan' MT geld Wildfire and Bogota could not obtain reliabie information a8 to where the infernal Yankee cruisers ‘It is singular the government overlook Porto Rice. Slaves are landed there monthly, and then transported to Cake to caster Seni packets. ‘The w cannot be checked while such fargo trvent fy io beens ‘hear perm yunes by iven to te to land of ‘Aricans. 5s An English gunbost is cruising for slavers off the norti coast of Cuba. At the Congo river the price of slaves has increased te four doubloons. At Hydah the price (for better megroea) ‘ime, $17 for women and $10 for boys. Just think: $1000 ana 84,2001 be, ink: $1,000 ana for & Negro, cost * leas than $106. No wonder None and Philadelphia have so much interest in the business. In consequence of the order of the goverument forthe | cruising of four steamers ou the coast of Cuba, Americaa eguaty en Gi conts--of Arian: preter obtaining ‘vessels and foreign erews—not the less American, in owvership. ‘The report of an English steamer landing slaves is false. ‘The one alluded to by several Havana correspondents is till ip Havana, vot having been out of the harbor for six months. Rumors about landing cargoes are alwaya plenty. ‘Great ce is exercised by Captain Brannaa, U.§. A., for the protection of the oi barracoons, a6 @ party of desperadocs are prowling it with a view of running all the African men—aud it is now well authenti- cated ‘8 Steamer is Chartered in Havana to follow the three chartered ships aud take forcibly the negroes from them. In this they will be un; y disay ry the Mobawk or Crusader wil! convoy the 6! out of barm’s way, and sad will be the attempt oa part of “ee ‘vessel to obtain possession. ship Castitian eailed yesterday for Liberia with the negroes of the ‘obested Wildfire. pr going to Africa. The bumane but mistaken accommodations for their comfort, in the way of basins, towels, mattresses, sheets, were quite absurd—the sheets were turned iato robes, and the mattresses viewed with contempt, as hot and ua- comfortable. Knives and forks they looked at with wonder and ‘amazement. They lamcvted, in piteous terms, their re- turn to Africa, and begged to be sold in the United States. Liberia is to them arepugaant piace. Several of them bad been there, and did not speak in flattering terms of the Colonization Society. The Crusader is. ag usual, tinkering her broken engine, and will sa:l when the patchwork is complete. Mohawk and Water Witch just in for coal and provisions. ‘The two chartered ships for the Africans not in yap, Supreme (ourt—General Term, Hon. Judges Sutherland, Leonard and Bonney presiihag. Jexy 19.—The Court met this morning aad rendered Jarge number of decisions argued at former terms. Decisions of cases argued at the May term before Judges Sutherland, Mullen and Leonard:— Cyrus Baker, |, 08. Fred’k Pente, appellant.— Judgment reversed, new trial ordered, onsts t0 abide tha Pereter and others, appellants, vs. Wm. V. u others, a it aoe ee respondents. —Judgmea' Before Judges Sutherland, Mullen and Bonney. it, Te. Trust, Mary T. Trust, » TeNpOn- dent Order of opecial tert af wi costs, with liberty to the plaintiff to renew motion for alimeay at Ming T Ballard respondent. v2. Walter Pui J 4 ‘alter ler, 4 lant.. at special term aifirmed, with Pye a Ludiig Noell, tre, Walter Fuller and Michad eae ler at special term affirmed, with The Bridgewater Paint Manufacturing Company, lomis, vs. Daniel Meaomore, sot —Order anf term reversed, with $10 costs. John Pearce, 08. Marva F. Devin and others, nay r of special term affirmed, with $19 Th New York and Nao Haven Railroad Company, re apenients, es. Cormelius Vanderbilt and others, appa —Order of special term appealed trom affirmed, with costs. MNDAe New York and New Haren Railroad 1, 78- “ Company, r+ x others, appellante— of 10 costs. others j to dismiss appeal wn 8 — sun! , pore og cheap Proser, vs. Daniel Farrington and others, its. of special term overruling de- marrer reversed, with $10 costs. Judgment for the de- fendante on the demurrer, with costs, Devin flare F lent, John Devin and Robert @, —Order o' afirmed. ru fe ao Special term 5 James W. Rich vs. William M. Loutrel — order ‘the special term, on the petition of Smith and Peters, versed, with $19 costs, without prejadice to the right the petitioners to claim on payment Judgment over other creditors in the application tribution of the funds in the hands of the referee. James W. Rich vs, William M. Loutrel.—The the special term (on the :petition of MeSpedon reversed as to the part thereof which directs ment of the judgment reversed: as to that part thereat which directs the payment of the it received by them Jnve 16, 1859, without lice to the right of the petitioners to claim preference or payment of this ee” £8 i beaga 4 3 Judgment over other creditors and the ication ‘and disbursement of the fund in the hans the re. ceiver, and in other respects the said agirmed without costa. Newon T. Butler, appellant, and qnether, ry Ive, —That part of the order of the, from reversed, with $10 costs. @pyetlant, vf. vention dent apa By rye Branting new trial in case made affirmed, en fT eT again iver, dc.. rekpondent va. Cor- nelii eel appellant —oraer of Special term af, , with costs Greene, Breutor, vs. Samuel P. Brech o als.— of spetial term dism\ssing the complaint reversed, th $10 costs 2% « Before Judges Sutheriand, Bonney nd The Beckman Fire Inewrance Company ‘The First Methodist Church im te York wetth others. nts Order of \ Fi if Bizet . that the whoie etary ‘witness to extort money, and the Cm Por a feet ind and deserved dru a little while oo - mait ‘his = oxford, ony witnes: i we believe, a tire from jastion ya fow wovks since soother man's Searment oF Fie rxow uF sPi bei i ; bd i ; at ore each week thr q quence are seat emall on of sy a ow kei use of Gloucester are by the and prepared out of the gr catch of that port, aa the curers at Glovcagtar Chink te do aot pay (or the trouble “te aF Ff