The New York Herald Newspaper, June 26, 1872, Page 3

“4 THE JUBILEE. A Grand Day at the Boston Mammoth Glorification. PRESIDENT GRANT PRESENT. * The Chief Magistrate, Members of the Cabinet and a Distinguished Company at the Performance. AN IMMENSE OVATION. Seventy Thousand Persons Receive Them with Enthusiasm. THE PROGRAMME. The British and Prussian Grenadiers and the Garde Republicaine Bands Acquire New Laurels, Boston June 25, 1872. The ninth day of the great Boston advertising humbug has come to a close at last; and although, because of extraneous attractions, it has been more successful than either of its predecessors, it has developed no reason for changing previous opinions with regard to the ultimate results, More plainly than ever it has been demonstrated that the days of the so-called Jubilee are drawing to a close, and its discomfited managers, with de- Pleted pockets, will soon retire into the obscurity from which they should never have emerged. If the number of the audience of this afternoon were taken into consideration as representing the cash receipts, the day woud have shown a gratifying financial success; but when it is known that at least one-quarter of the whoie crowd were deadheads, and that the large proportion of those who did pay bought only single admission tickets at one dollar apiece, the prospect is not so bright for the pro- moters of the enterprise. In @ round sum perhaps the receipts of the day may have reached $30,000, which is a bare drop in the bucket when used to make good the losses of the past fortnight. The arrival and presence of President Grant, with Secretaries Fish and Robeson, Generals Babcock, Porter and Dent, were used as a big advertising card by the Executive Committee, and worked very well in the way ofsecuring a big crowd of lookers- on; but the excitement created by this event is evanescent in its nature and will die out as sud- denlyas it arose. Miserably, financially and in every other way, the motley gathering with the pretentious title of “The World’s Peace Jubilee of 1872” is a dead failure, and the earlier that people become aware of this fact the better for their pockets and peace of mind, There was a tre- mendous crowd at the powwow this afternoon, who found lodgment within the immense structure im one place or another until the sides of the build- ing seemed almost to spread outwards because of the pressure which was brought against them. THE GREAT CRUSH INSIDE. Not only was every seat in the house possessed ef an occupant, but the aisles were crowded with Spectators, and locomotivn in the lobbies and cor- ridors was a mutter of very great diMculty. Every point of vantage was taken possession of by the curious assemblage. The pavement of the building even was seized upon, and perched a hundred fect in the air there were Many people who enjoyed to their hearts’ content the privilege of looking down upon the largest crowd which has ever been assembled within four walls on this Continent. Men hung by ‘ir eyelids almost, and women were crushed out pf all semblance of good appearance in the rush. There were no serious accidents resulting from the crowd, and no instances of pocket picking or other crime have thus far been reported. One reason for this immense crowd was the arrangement made by the Executive Commit- tee and the managers of railroad and steamboat lines throughout New England for bringing passen- rs to Boston at half fare and admitting them to fie festival upon coupon tickets, This was mani- fest in the arrival of excursion parties from Bangor, Portland, Providence, Worcester, New Hampshire, Vermont and all parts of Massachusetts, filling the Coliseum with @ rapidity and to an extent unprece- dented in the history of the Jubilee. PRESIDENT GRANT AT THE COLISEUM. The Presidential party arrived from New York via. the Fall River route at an early hour this morning, and without parade the members thereof were riven to the Kevere House. The time intervening between breakiast and the hour of going to the Coliseum was spent within doors. At two o’clock or thereabouts the party, under the escort of a red- poated company of mounted militia, proceeded to the Coliseum, where they had a grand Bo A tion. The resident alighted at the main entrance of the Coliseum, to the appointment of the multitude which was assembled at the western portal. He entered the building in company with Mayor Gaston, and was conducted by United States Marshal Usher to the reception room, followed by Secretaries Fish, Boutwell and Kobeson, Hon. Henry Wilson, Senator Sargent, of Caliiornia; Collector Russell, Dr. George B. Loring and Aldermen Jencks and Pierce. The ladies of the Presidential party were shown directly to the seats reserved for them in the centre of the parquet, As General Grant proceeded down the centre aisle the immense audience rose en masse and cheer upon cheer greeted tne Chief Magistrate of the nation. The orchestra struck up “HAIL TO THE CHIRE,”? and unbounded enthusiasm prevailed among the ople assembied within the walls of the Coliseum. ‘he vast audience that had Nghe. cy to meet Gen- eral Grant filled every available space. Viewed from the parquet there did not seem to be ® vacant seat in the vast anditorium, while the aisles were crowded with people. The dresses of the ladies lent remarkable bril- tiance and freshness to the scene; gay ribbons fluttered over fair faces, and the flowers in the bon- nets made the joo pied bioom like a rose garden, From an early hour the audience had began to as- semble, in spite of the threatening state of the weather, and as the day advanced it became evi- dent that the Coliseum would be for once decently filled. Few, if any, however, looked forward to the immense gathering which actually took place. The committee for once displayed some ‘business ability in Lohahnjn | the rates of admission and offering a really well selected programme. The chorus of 20,000 voices did not count for much, but the four principal bands, Strauss and Madame Leut- ner were placed on the bill, This was a most sensi- ble proceeding, and if continued may, ie yet save the Jubilee from being a financial failure. THB AUDIENCE. About seventy thousand, it may be fairly stated, were present to-day, including the chorus, and as these were sent away deliglted by the perform- ance of the foreign bands they will certainly not lose many opportunities of hearing them again. So that if the — and 20,000 voices and other take, are allowed quietly to slip into the background, after the manner of the monster drum, there may be a golden har- ian wen netore onl ne mayenturoug Iria) a8 caused all this emotjop and ‘Interes and excitement abont Hostor~ oYoD anc “inter Mais revenong 6 Bhs a ' thougan= icv moutons. stato of er assembled in the hall were in a * ouppressed excitement which became visi- vo the slightest provocation. As the minute reat dis- uant of the watches indicated the, ape preach of the third nour heads Were bnx- iu turnea in the direction of the grand entrance, and every now and then false alarms were given which brought the audience to their feet. The ladies especially were irrepressible, and the rustle of silks and Quttering of fans as they rose up ey to be disappointed, was something to make an impression, fter several disaj plat. ments a prplonged cheer was heaad faintly and then coming neater, the musicians being already mustered on tho platform, and, a a loud huzza rons alr, Gilmore gave the signa! to the band, AS THE PRESIDENT ENTERED the mail building. It would be impossibie to do tice to the scene of enthusiasm which ensued, very One was On his or lier fect, then on the seats, and some adventurous people were mounted on the rails. Innumerable tiny hands waved irre- prvachable snowy white pocket handkerchiefs, and maniier arms flourished beavers, while the quiet Ultle gentieman who ruies the great republic walked to his seat and smilingly acknowledged the homage tendered him. Stiliit was evidently too much for him, and if he could have spoken his mind he ‘would undoubtedly have repeated his famous “Let us have peace.” As soon as the strains f the bands had died away aud the ladies could be rsuaded to resume their seats the bouquet of artists and chorus sung : “SEB THR CONQUERING ERO COMES!"? from Handel's “Judas Maccabeus.”” The real busi- ness of the concert began with Mme. Rudersdorif’s eong, “Homage to Volymbis,” in which she was NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1872—TRIPLE ted by the band of the British Grenadiers, socompan! thought of criticizing the piece, OF course no tu ‘ying for the lady's voice, which appears to be suifering considerably from the strain put upon it. To-day it was absolute! painful to note the extraordina) efforts which the made to support her oli lady There was brilliancy and artistic rey layed; but nothing can restore the roundness and fulness to the notes which time has stolen forever. The lady was the recipient of a warm encore. Reminiscences of Bell selected from “1 Puritan,” “Norma,” “La Sonnambula,” “Beatrice di Tenda,” were next given by TAE ENGLISH GRENADIERS, As they appeared on the platform in all the glory of crimson and gold the audience extended to them warm Welcome, which the huge bearskins duly acknowledged. The Englishmen were on their met- tle, and the manner in which they performed the selections fully justified the h opinion in which they ‘are held, and earned for them a well deserved encore. jadame Peschka-Leutner followed with the aria, “Ce Que Cause Mon Tourment,” with flute obligato, cre- ating unbounded enthusiasm. The air itself was was remarkably simple, with the variations intro- duced, gave full opportunity for the display of the wonderiul sweetness and flexibility of the lady’s voice, The notes are round and sweet, and flow so easily that there appears to be no effort. The pré- cision and clearness of the notes were put to a severe test by the flute obligato accompaniment, but the triumpe of the lady was complete. At the conclusion of the aria Madame Leutner was rap- turously applauded, the audience insisting on her repeating the song. The first part conciuded with the periormance of the concert waltz, “Kunstler Leben,” by Strauss, and the enraptured audience were sent Waltzing in imagination round the room. “Won't it be deligatiul to be whirling round the hall to-moriow night?” was the thought uppermost m the minds of those present, and the one that found the most gen THOSE DREAMY COMPOSITIONS OF STRAUSS? have a wondertul charm, which israther increased by the knowledge that the spirit that created them is translating them for us. The effect of Strauss is electric, He believes in himself, and is, perhaps, a littie inclined to indulge in clap-trap, but he is one of those men whose merit allows us to freely forgive their eccentricities, The audience insistud on several recalls, and the first part of the rogramme terminated amid a storm of applause. fhe excitement about Strauss will have a very beneficial effect on the prospects of the ball to- morrow night, which is now expected to be a grand success, although a few days ago it was feared it would be a fizzle. KAISER WILHELM’S MUSICAL PETS, The opening of the second part of the programme was announced by the appearance of the glittering spiked helmets of the Prussians, who marched to the front of the platform with illitary precision, Like the English Grenadiers, they were tendered a warm and enthusiastic reception, which they ac- knowledged by giving the military salute to the people. Herr Saro, the gigantic leader, led his men witn soldier-like steadiness, that contrasted abonaty with the manner of the more demonstrative lead- ers. ‘There is no clap-trap about him, but the quick assurance of a man who knows perfectly what he is doing. Under his direction the band performed @ fantasia on themes from “Les Huguenots,” with a precision and expression that elicited the general applause of the audience, who insisted again and again on repetitions. The en- thusiasm and constant recalls made it necessary to depurt trom the order laid out in the programme, and just as the people were resigning themselves to the infliction of the 20,000 voices the white and blue plumes of THE GARDE REPUBLICAINES were seen Cairne ‘The audience at once gave vent to their delight in an extraordinary explosion of welcome, before which the reception accorded to the other bands paled and lost their significance, The French have won their way to the popular heart by the beauty and delicacy of their execution, and the excellent taste displayed in their selec- tions. As soon as quiet was restored the band performed the overture to ‘“Zampa,’’ and at its conclusion ensued a scene of enthusiasm which beggars description. Musicians jumped up, frantically waving fiddles, and the au- dience rose almost en masse, clapping and cheering, while the ladies waved innumerable pocket hand- kerchiefs, Again and again this scene was renewed, until it appeared that the band would not be allowed to go away. In acknowledgment of their ovation the band played “John Brown” in a man- ner never before heard by aa American audience. Then the ENTHUSIASM ROSE TO BOILING HEAT and a general demand was made for “La Mar- seillaise.”” This produced another burst of en- thusiasm, and the Frenchmen only escaped after playing “Yankee Doodle.” There was a general lisposition to retain them; but of course this was impossible, and the audience resigned themselves with regret, Great as was the compliment paid to Mons. Paulus and his band, it was well deserved, ee npn could well exceed the charm of their playing. GILMORE INTRODUCED THE “ANVIL CHORUS’? be special request. He looked the personification of delight, and is without question the happiest and proudest man in Boston to-night, and there is Just a chance that the new arrangements may ar- rest the downward course of the Jubilee. The ar- Tangements for THE BALL TO-MORROW NIGHT indicate that it is tobe a very exclusive and high- toned affair—toa much so to attract a very full attendance or please the people whose dollars must be depended upon to Msure the financial suc- cess of these great undertakings. Notice has been ven that no lady will be admitted with her head covered, ® regulation ‘which must have been made in the interest of the hairdressers, whose business has not, so far, been improved by the Jubilee. It debars many from attending who would be glad to look on rather than participate in the dancing or promenades, and is not calculated to increase the demand for tickets. THE PEABODY INSTITUTE FUND. Boston, June 25, 1872. During the forenoon President Grant attended the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody Fund, in the private parlor in the Revere House. The following members of the Board were present :— Robert C, Winthrop, Chairman; Hamilton Fish, Vice Chairman; President Grant, J. H. Clifford, of Mas- sachusetts; William Aiken, of South Carolina; Wil- liam A. Graham, or North Carolina; C. MacAlister, of Philadelphia ; Samuel Wetmore, of New York ; Geo. N. Eton, of Maryiand; Samuel Watson, of Tennessee ; A. H. H, Stuart, of Virginia, and General Richard ior, of Louisiana. The absentees were the Right Rev. C. P. Mciivaine, one of the vice chair- men, who isin Europe; William M. Evarts, of the Geneva Arbitration; George W. Riggs, of Washing- ton, who is too ill to be here, and George Peabody Russell, of this State, but now abroad. The atten- tion of the meeting was principally occupied by routine formalities. Adjourned until ten A. M. to-morrow. INDIOTMENT AND ARREST OF WIEGEL, The Principal Witness in the Late Til- den-Butler Suit, and Author of the Spoons, Coat of Mail and Other Malig- nant Stories Concerning General Butler. Immediately after the withdrawal of the Tilden (Hunnewell) steamer Nassau suit in the United States Circuit Court against General B. F. Butler, United States District Attorney Davis obtained an indictment of Mr. W. H. Wiegel by the Grand Jury for perjury. The readers of the HERALD will re- member that Wiegel—who was for a short timé a staff officer of General Butler's—was the principal witneas upon whom the plaintiffs in the above suit relied, and that during his testimony positively swore to transactions as having taken place in General Butler's office and in his (Wiegel’s) presence at a time when it was clearly proved that Wiegel was in close confinement Jor having assaulted a flag of truce officer, from which he was released only by the acceptance of his resignation. Wiegel also swore that he had quarrelled with General Butler (or General Butier with him) in relation to the testimony he should give in the above suit. When the fact was shown by the roduction of a correspondence—of which such letters of Wiegel’s as were fit for publication ap- peared in the HERALD—that Wiegel had been living upon General Butler's charity, and having taken olfence at the General's refusal to press a claim ofhis (Wiegel’s) before the Board of Managers of the United States National Military Asylum, he wrote General Butler threatening letters,unfit to be read in open court,and furnished @ certain class of news- ES with the scurrilous attacks, of which the poop, coat of mail and steamer Nassau stories are & ple. Wiegel was arrested Baltimor 5 9pd placed under $5,000 bon: before the Unifed States upon the 28th inst., for tri STORM ON PP’ANSYLVANIA BORDER, Evra, N. Y., June 25, 1872, 'The rains of the last two days have produced a heavy flood in the Tioga River in Tioga county, Pa. Dunham’s boom has broken away, and 3,000,000 feet o1 logs have been swept off. These logs were all the property of Fox, Weston & Bronson, of Painted Post, N. Y. The Lawrenceville and Wells- boro Railroad is washed away in several places and all travel stopped. The Blossburg road at Mitchell's is under the water. The whole country ts inun- dated in the vicinity of Mitchell's, the water being over fence tops, washing out grain flelas and com- polling the people to move out of their houses in ta, SERIOUS OONFLAGRATION OAUSED BY LIGHT. NING, MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 25, 1872, The large wholesale dry goods establishment of Goll & Frank, on East Walter street, was struck by lightning during a storm at midnight. The shock Was of such violence that a sash of a front window was Wi Across the street. The building took fire and was almost totally destroyed. The loss on the stovk end building is estimated at $100,000; the insurance $6,000, ‘The goods on the second floor were saved. At the same time this building was at-uck several dwellings were also visited by elec- tricity, but no serious was dong, COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. The Kelly Prize Debate—The Contestants and the Subject Discussed—Prizes to be Awarded on Commencement Evening. In 1869 Mr. James Kelly, with a view to stimulate the students of the College of the City of New York in connection with improvement in debate, gave a fund the interest of which is yearly expended in two gold medals to be given to the two students showing the greatest proficiency in this department of literary labor. The two literary societies, there- fore, select their best orators from the gradu- ating class to contest for the prizes, the question for debate being chosen by the faculty and the awards made by judges chosen by the Board of Trustees, Last evening being set apart for the debate, there was quite a large attendance in the college chapel, where the exercisés took plage. The President, Mr. Alexander 8. Webb, presided. On the platform were several of the college faculty and the judges, consisting of Messrs. Judge rremore, of the Court of Common Pleas; Samuel B. H. Vance and Thomas Denny. The question for debate was, “Has sclence done more for the welfare of man- kind than literature?’ The afiirmative of the uestion was taken by John B. McMaster, . H, Stoiber and Sheppard Banks, representa- tives of the Phrenocosmian Society, and the Regaine, by Seligman J. Strauss, Samuel J, Beach and Henry Lowenthal, the champions of the Clionton Society. The youthful orators acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner, their re- spective arguments being, in the main, sound and logical and their style of delivery easy and ani- mated. A representative of each society was heard alternately, each student being allowed seven min- utes, with two opportunities of speaking. Warm ou reeted each student and followed him to his seat. rizes will be awarded at the com- mencement, which will take place to-morrow even- ing at the Academy of Music. PRINCETON COLLEGE, Senator Frelinghuysen’s Addresgs—Equal- ity im All Its Aspects—Darwin Handled Roughly—Peculation and Corruption in High Places—How Slavery Tottered. Yesterday was a great day for old Princeton. President Grant was not there, to be sure, nor the Governor General of Canada, ‘a member of the family of the gifted Sheridan,” but apologies were offered in their behalf by the President, Dr. McCosh, Although the rain poured down with hardly any intermission there was a pretty good attendance, On the platform were seated Governor Parker, ex- Governor Olaen, Rev. Dr. Campbell, President of Rutgers College; Dr. McLean, late President of Princeton College; the Trustees and the Faculty of the College. The orator of the day, Senator Frelinghuysen, was introduced by the President, who bestowed on him a flattering eulogy. Mr. Frelinghuysen mod- estly stepped forward, and when the cheering that greeted him had subsided he drew himself up to his full length and expressed his gratefulness to the Cilo Society for their invitation. The responsibility rested on them. They had chosen to depart from those who could interest them in ancient and classic literature, had turned aside from the Muses, and had chosen an humble member of the Forum to address them, It seemed to him that they must have had some passing tiff with literature, and were determined to coquette with the grosser spirit of their own time. The lives of the illustrious dead were passed by, and they determined to hear of the present. That might be well, because they would after that oration return to the flelds of poesy and science and again cultivate the beautiful in history and song. The subject of his address would be, he said, our national equality and the benefits resulting from it. Equality, when properly understood, is the essence of good government, and those who did not see that it was the stable part of our institutions did violence to that truth which observation teaches. He nad no sympathy with that teaching which declared that men had sprung from the orang- outang. Brutes were perfect in their instinct, but had no capacity for development; but man was immortal, and could rise higher and higher and at last reach immortality. History shows how men may rise higher and higher in refinement and Christianity. The beautiful angel of the Eternal seizes man with outstretched arms and whispers to him still to soar, Let those who contended for bestial origin speak for themselves; we will be too ite to question their genealogy. (Loud cheers.) for them, they believed that man was created in the image of God, and that he was made to be im- mortal. By the inherent resemblance among all they were taught the brotherhood of man, and the similarity of nature constituted the chord that vibrated from heart to heart. Even the distinctions that exist among men constitute the basis of political equality. Beginning with infancy, all suffered hunger, pain; experienced pleasure ; were alive to the beautiful, and when the height of grandeur had been reached by many they passed away to make room for others. The parity of nature enabled the Creator to establish the perfect moral rule for all the world and the generations of men, and which was verified in the declaration of the Apostie on Mars Hill, in Athens—“God has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on_ the face of the earth.” He who did his duty, which was but a cold command, did well; but he who adopted the universal brotherhood of man—the es- sential spirit of which is benevolence—was walking ina higher, purer and nobler life. It was this sen- timent that inspired Howard to visit the prisons, that influenced Wilberforce and Clarkson to give to England her second Magna Charta in the freedom of the slaves; and it was also that spirit that gave the missionaries power to carry their lives in their hands and go forth in the spirit of their Master to declare the great truths of the Gospel. Benign authors vibrate through generations. We may take Burke, Gray, Goldsmith, the Ettrick eed eae Washington Irving and Charles Dickens. Of the latter some had said that he was a sinner. If so he had taught the rich the wants of the poor, bound human loves and sympathies together, an showed how much of human nature there is in all. This was exemplified by a quotation from Dickens, where the child recalls the dying mother to partial consciousness ere her spirit drifted out into the dark and unknown seas that roll all around the world, The Great Author, not to be mentioned in the same spirit as others, so full of melody, the result of whose teachings would not be fully known until hereafter, was He who taught sympathy by giving back the widow her only Son, who stood by the wayside and uttered those beautiful teachings of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the a tikes son, hating pride aud ve ct desiring to bind humanity in loye. He wis 80 ignified, and yet so lovin , that, @ monarch might have exchanged us town and the rich their purple robes with Advantage to have stood ve- side the tattered robes of those who listened to the teachings of His great heart of mercy. The teach- ings of Jesus show that the pact have sensibilities as keen as those of the rich, and show forth in what consists the true doctrine of equality. Young gentlemen, you cannot be nobie, gentle or trusted unless you recognize this principle of ie You cannot be of much good among your fellow men unless youcordially accept it. The most dowp-trodden being in the world will rebel against conti ued oppression; but concede equality and it is surprising how much men will do that they would otherwise refuse. This was not to be achieved by the flattery of the demagogue or the feats of tne political juggler. The people are keen to under- stand these tricks, and those who resort to them generally fail in obtaining what they seek. Self- eXultation is illogical. It assumes superiority over fellow men, and then spends a lie in endeavoring to get the mastery over them, and is the very slave of the yer of which it pro- fesses to be the master. It is the only principle that can govern. You fire to stand for pringiple all your lives, holding no allegiancé higher than honor, and thus will you find life worth the living, ; Pater he head of overnmental aspect of equal- ity wie orator showed how empires and nations passed away before the world was ready for a gov- ernment of equality. For centuries the truths taught by Jesus had to contend with hata, ye tat ambitions and despotisms before the syolime trut of the Fatherhood of God and the ‘yrotherhood o man was brought to the poor. Kingdoms had faded, schools of ‘nilosophy perished, and nearly eighteen hundred years after, in the establishment of @ new Watton, for the first time in the history of the woiid, equality was accepted and recognized. They could ‘diy appreciate those dark hours, when the halter and not the laurel was the reward for those who struggled for the rights of men. The great conflict came, and the land was fur- rowed with graves, but having passed avd that ordeal the, ‘nation would be reunited and the republic shing forth in exalted beauty and truth, Individuals suffered, but the nation rose in {ts power, Principle was put on its trial and conquered, and there would be uni- versal freedom and the equality of all men befora, the law. The worm-eateu prejudices of prerogatives have fallen and the principles of the republic are spreading, and even the cradie of the GEA World ts being rorked in a new birth. The clti- Yens of dusky hue, ing become possessed of the silver jewel of civilization, should possess also the golden jewel of Christianity, and carry new light and higher teaching to the land of the palms— teachings gathered from that tree, the leaves of which are for the healing of the nations. Equality, as it existe under this government, is not a levelling principle, but a freedom for all’ to do the best they can for themselves. It teaches the value and dignity of labor, and that the farmer's boy, who works in the flelds, is as valaable to the community as those who for the last four yeara have toiled with Greek and mathe- matics, The institutions were free; they gave to every one opportunity to select vocation ; ve to so ‘tt -4 to select the haven from which the: we embark and thus reach the river of life where they might repose evermore. After the glorious act of emancipation and the conclusion of the war, then peculation followed, and corruption was eating out the vitals of the na- tion; but the pilfered coin had to drop from the trem! Begers of guilt, and the people demanded purity, pinion is made not by conventions, not ut it is the aggre- yy party hate and pe strings: gated opinion of all that is the strength of this gov- ernment, and the will of a free people is omnipo- tent. He advised them to choose occupations or pro- fessions, to work heartily and with @ will, but to be sure before they commenced that they were in thé right path, that they were fitted for what they might undertake, Intellect may impress, ius captivate, learning astonish, but goodness of char- acter oan alone recommend you to the Author of zu being. It was character that they should cul- vate oe ne mot poly heneds ear i ae the age ey lived, but there ld etill more to the honored name of Nassau. : Ck adit DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. _.. The Exercises Marred by the Inclement ‘Weather—Walt Whitman’s Poem. Fs DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, N. H., June 25, 1872. ‘The rain somewhat marred the enjoyment of the class-day exercises of Dartmouth College to-day, and the part usually taking place at the fresh- men gallows and old pine had to be carried out in the gymnasium, Grafulla’s Seventh regiment band, of New York, was present. The anniversary exercises of the Chandler Scientific Department proved quite a success. The Thayer prizes for excellence in analytical geometry and integral calculus in the Junior Class were awarded— First prize, $40, to Henry M. Paul, of Dedham, Mass, ; second, $20, to Edward L, Gage, of Ascutney- ville, Vt. Mr. Walt Whitman will to-morrow recite the following poem :— As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. COMMENCEMENT Porm, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, N. H., JUNE 26, 1872, Recirep BY WaLT WHITMAN, ON INVITATION OF PUBLIC LITERARY SOCIETIES, 1 As a strong bird, on pintons free, Joyous, the amplest spaces heavenward cleaving, Such be the thought I'd think to-day of thee, America; Such be the recitative I'd bring to-day for thee, The conse of the poets of other lands I bring thee no! Nor the compliments that have served their turn so jong, Nor rhyme—nor the classics—nor perfume of for- eign court or indoor ea But an odor I'd bring to-day as from forests of pine in the north, in Maine—or breath of an Illinois prairie, With open alts of Virginia, or Georgia or Tennes- ; see—or from Texas uplands or Florida's glades; With presentment of Yellowstone's scenes or Yo- semite ; And murmuring under, Pe all, I'd bring the this week, and it rustling sea sound ‘That endlessly sounds from the two great seas of the world. And ai and subtler sense, subtler refrains, O inion, Preludes of intellect tallying these and thee— mind-formuias fitted for thee—real and sane and large as these and thee; Thou, mounting higher, diving deeper than we knew—thou transcendental Union! By thee Fact to be justitied—blended with Thought ; Thought of Man justifled—blended with God: Through thy Idea—lo! the immortal Reality! Through thy Reality—lo! the immortal Idea! 2. Brain of the New World! what a task is thine! To formulate the Modern * * * Out of the peer- less grandeur of the modern, Out of Thyseli—comprising Science—to recast Poems, Churches, Art, (Recast, may-be discard them, end them. May-be their work is done—who knows *) By vision, hand, conception, on the background of the mighty past, the dead, To limn, with absolute faith, the mighty living present. And yet, thou living, present brain! heir of the dead, the Old World brain | Thou that lay folded, like an unborn babe, within its folds so long ! Thou carefully prepared by it so long !—haply thou but unfoldest it—only maturest it; It to eventuate in thee—the essence of the by-gone time contained in thee ; Its poems, churches arts, unwitting to themselves, destined with reference to thee, The fruit of all the Old, ripening to-day in thee, 3. Sail, sail thy best, Ship of Democracy ! Of value is thy freight—'tis not the present only, The past is also stored in thee | Thou holdest not the venture of thyself alone—not of thy Western Continent alone; Earth’s résumé entire foats on thy keel, O ship!—is steadied by thy spars; With thee Time voyages in trust—the antecedent nations sink or swim with thee; With all their ancient struggles, martyrs, heroes, epics, wars, thou bear’st the other continents; Theirs, theirs as much as thine, the destination- port triumphant; Steer, steer with good strong hand and wary eye, 0 helmsman! thou carryest great companions, Venerable, priestly Asia sails this day with thee, And royal, feudal Europe sails with thee, 4. Beautiful world of new, superber birth, that rises to my eyes, Like fog) golden cloud, filling the western oxy: ; Emblem of general Maternity, lifted above all; Sacred shape of the bearer of daughters ana sons; Out of thy teeming womb, thy giant babes in cease- less procession issuing, Acceding from such gestation, taking and giving continual strength and life ; World of the Real! world of the twain in one! World of the Soul—born by the world of the real alone—led to identity, body, by it alone; Yet in beginning only—incalculable masses of com- posite, precious materials, By history’s cycles forwarded—by every nation, language, hither sent, Ready, collected here—a freer, vast, electric World, 0 structed here (The true New World—the world of orbic Science, Morals, Literatures to come) Thou Wonder World, yet undefined, unform’a— neithér do I define thee; How a I plerce the impenetrable blank of the ture ¥ I feel thy ominous greatness, evil as well as good: I watch thee, advancing, absorbing the present, Geant? the past. I see thy light lighting and thy shadow shadow- ing, as if the entire globe ; But Ido not undertake to define thee—hardly to comprehend thee; I but thee name—thee prophesy—as now Imerely thee ejaculate, Thee in thy future; ‘Thee in thy only permanent life, career—thy own unloosened mind—thy soaring spirit; Thee as another, equally needed sun, America— radiant, ablaze, swift-moving, fructifying all; Thee, risen in thy potent cheerfulness and joy—thy endiess, great hilarity (Scattering for good the cloud that hung so long, that weighed so long, upon the mind of man, The doubt, suspicion, dread of gradual, certain de- cadence Of man) 5 Thee in thy larger, saner breeds of female, male— thee in thy athletes, moral spiritual, south, north, west, east, (To thy immortal breasts, Mother of All, thy every daughter, son, endear’d alike, forever equal) ; ‘Thee in thy own musicians, singers, artists, unborn yet, but certain; Thee in thy moral wealth gnd civilization (until which chr cogent material wealth and civi- lization thst femain in vain) ; Thee in thy all-supplying, all-enclosing worship— thee in no single Bible, Saviour, merely, Thy Saviours countless, latent within thyself—thy Bibles incessant, within thyself, equal to any, divine as any; Thee in an education grown of thee—in teachers, ye studies, students, born of thee; Thee in thy democratic fetes, en masse—thy high origins festivals, operas, lecturers, preach- Ty silane 0. ard nein Thee in thy titmata (the preparations only now Cae eaitiee on sure foundations q led Ynee in thy pinnacles, intellect, thought—thy to] most rational joys—thy love and God-like a8- piration, In thy resplendent coming literati—thy full-langed orators—thy sacerdotal bards—cosmic savans, ‘These! mig in thee (certain to come), to-day I pro- phesy. 5. Land Pst; all—accepting all—not for the good alone—all good for thee; Land in the realms of God to be a realm unto thy- self, Under the rule of God to be a rule unto thyself, (Lo! where arise three peerless stars, ‘o be thy natal stars, my country—Eusembie—Evo- lution—Freedom, Set in the sky of Law.) Land of unprecedented faith—God’s faith! ‘Thy soil, thy very subsoil, all upheav’d ; The general inner earth, so long, so sedulously + arenes over, now and hence for what it is boldly laid bare, « Open’d by thee to heaven’s light, for benefit or bale. Not for success alo: ne; Not to fair-sail unintermitted always; ‘The storm shall dash thy face—the murk of war, and worse than wi cover thee all over (Wert capable of war, its tugs and trials? Be capa- | him severely. ble of peace, its trials; For the tug and mortal strain of nations come at | arrestin, Jast in In manyasmilng mask death shall approach, be- a smi mas! a thee-thow in disease shalt sweiter; The Lid gaoas aoegad ite hideous claws, clinging pee. thy breasts, seeking to strike thee deep within; Consumption of the worst—moral consumption— shall rouge thy face with hectic; But thou shalt face thy fortunes, thy diseases, and surmount them all, Whatever they are to-day, and whatever through time they may be, They each and all shall lift, and pass away, and cease from thee ; While thou, Time’s spirals rounding—out of thyself, thyself still extricating, tusing, Equable, natural, mystical Union thou (the mortal with immortal blent) Shalt soar toward the fusalment of {he future—the spl of th and the h The Soul—its tlesfinod, The Soul, its destinies—the real real Papert of all these apparitions of the real) ; in thee, America, the Soul, its destinies ; |. Thou globe of globes! thou wonder nebulous t By many athroe of heat and cold convulsed (by these thyself solidifying) ; Thou mental, moral orb! thou New, Indggy new, Spiritual World! The Present holds thee not—for such vast growth as thine—for such unparalleled flight as thine, The Future only holds thee, and can hold thee, SYRACUSE. UNIVERSITY. The Exercises ai Baccalaureate Sermon to the Class of ’72. Syracuse, N. Y., June 25, 1872, A little less than four years ago the project of establishing a university in Central New York was agitated. The proposition was favorably received by acertain religious denomination, and eminent men therein began to prosecute the matter vigor- ously. Dificulties were met, but Anally overcome, and on the 3ist of last August the corner stone of the Hall of Languages of Syracuse University was laid, and this added impulse for educational renown was given an existence, The endowment at the time of laying the corner stone was $500,000; since then $165,000 more has been secured, making the total worth of the institution $665,000. . A million of dollars is the least limit at which the authorities propose to rest, and if the same rate of increase results from the efforts of the next two Rete that has prevailed since the establishment of the university that mil- lion will be obtained before 1876, The university has been in very successful operation during the pe year, holding its exercises in a chartered block in the city. Hardly six months’ notice was given of the intention of opening last fall, and yet a fresh- man Class to the number of thirty-two entered, and the university graduates upon its first commence- ment 8 class of seventeen—not a poor beginning by any means. The students have organized an asso- ciation, and have recently issued the first number of the Unwversity Herald, Secret societies—Upsiion Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon, and @ sophomore society called Theta Nu Epsilon—have flourishing chapters here. The s! dents are flea gen wide awake, have excellent facilities for, and will go into, boating as soon as preliminaries can be arranged, ‘The faculty are all superior meu and are highly esteemed by the students. The salary of these oni- cers 18 $3,000 per year, much more than a majo:ity of our institutions of learning pay their professors, The rt gre yy 4 of the university is to be iS quite probable that Erastus 0, Haven, D. D., LL.D., ex-President of Michigan versity, will be elected to that office, ‘To-day the baccalaureate sermon to the class of 1872 was delivered in the First Presbyterian church by the Vice President, Daniel steele, D. D. That large edifice was crowded with the cite of the city, all anxious to witness the first commencement ex- ercises of the city’s pet, Syracuse University, ‘The speaker Was assisted by Professors Coding- ton, Bennett and Brown, and by the Rev. Jesse Peck, I. D., recently elected a bishop of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. The text selected for the occasion was Romans xiil., 14—“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh to fultil the lusts thereof.” The theme was the choice of a Christian lite, and it was abl; handled, was sound and very impressive. ‘The ad- dress to the class also was full of good thoughts, and was delivered with great earnesiuess, ‘The programme for this evening calls for an ad- dress betore the Society of Religious Inquiry, by the Rev. William Lloyd, of Rochester, N. Y., one of the most eloquent speakers of Western New York. The commencement exercises will occur on Thurs- day, in the Weiting Opera House, VASSAR OOLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 25, 1872. A heavy rain storm prevailed all day and inter- fered somewhat with Vassar College commence- ment exercises. The trustees of the College this morning elected Mr. Ira Harris, of Albany, Chair- man, in place of Mr. William Kelly, deceased; Rev. Edward Bright, Jr., D. D., of New York, was chosen trustee in place of Mr. Kelly, and Judge George G. Reynolds, of Brookiyn, was chosen to the vacancy caused by the death of Pro- fessor Morse. The opening address of the class-day exercises was made by Miss Alice D, Seeloe, of Cleveland, Ohio; Miss Mary J. Rawson, of Kingaville, Ohio, read the College history; and Miss Wilheimina H, Elliott, of Kalamazoo, read a poem; and Miss Anna B. Folger, of San Fi co, read & humorows paper on prophecy. The class-tree exer- cises were, in consequence of the rain, held indoors, The Senior charge was made by Miss Mary A. Loomis, of Binghamton, and the Junior reply by Miss Ella Weed. The address before the Vhilole- thean Society to-night was made by Miss Morris, of tlmira, UNION COLLEGE, SCHENECTADY, N. Y., June 25, 1872, The Alumni Association of Union College had a large and enthusiastic meeti@% this morning. Mr. Henry R. Pierson presided, Mr. Thomas Allen, of St. Louis, and other prominent graduates, were present. Silas B. Brownell, of New ork, and Charles E, Smith, of Albany, were unant- mously elected members of the Board of Trustees. Great interest is manifested in the inauguration of Rev. Dr. Potter as President and in the commence- ment exercises to-morrow. HAMILTON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT, Unica, N. Y., June 25, 1872, The commencement exercises 0: Hamilton Col- lege began on Sunday and will continue until Thursday. On Monday afternoon and evening oc- curred, respectively, the prize debate and prize declamation exhibitions, The former was the best that the college has ever known, Un Tuesday afternoon the Perry H. Smith Library’ Hall, just completed at a cost of biol’ ‘was inaugurated. Addresses were made by Mr. 6. 8. Williams and Dr. Goertner, of Clinton; Dr. Ells, of Cincinnati; Dr. Dwight, of New York, and others. Dodworth’s Band gave a concert in the evening, under the auspices of the graduating class. To-day occurs the meeting of the Alumni, with an address in the evening by Charies Dudley Warren. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 25, 1872. The commencement exercises of the University of Virginia are now progressing and will continue for several days. i The Washington Society had their final celebra- tion last night. Orator, C. A. Jenkins, of Yazoo City, Miss.; Medalist, Henry A. McCullum, of Louisiana. ‘The Jetferson Society had thelr final celebration to-night, Orator, Leander W. Selden, of Trenton, Tenn. ; Medalist, Henry T. Kerr, of Louisa county, Virginia. The celebration passed off quietly and success- fully, but the rainy weather interfered somewhat mth he attendance, which was not quite as large as last Year, f The following named students of this year’s class have been elected professors in the annexed insti- tutions of learning:—James D. Coleman, of Caré- lina county, Virginia, Professor of Greek in the Miami University of Ohio, in place of A. D, Coleman, who was accidentally kilied; Addison Hoge, of Rich- mond, Va., son of the late Rev. Dr. Hoge, Prolessor of Greek in Hampden Sidney Coliegs, Virginia. Thomas W. Jordan, of Newbgrne, Va., Professor of Greek jn. Ye Ne th University, Bourbon county, Ky.; Frank P. Dunnington, ‘Baltimore, Md., assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Uni- versity wirgtile, By appointmentment at the death of Professor Mauphin Wm. M. Sparten, of Prince Edward county, Va., Assistaut Prosessor of Mathe- matics at the University. Gaetlan Lanza, of the University of Virginia, a student the last session, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Mathe- matics in the School of Technology in Bost Mass. Senator Thurmyn arrived here this evening. THE CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL, Arrival and Swearing in of Lord Dufferin. QvuEBEC, June 25, 1872, Lord Dufferin, the new Governor General of Canada, Lady Dufferin and suite arrived to-day and were received by Sir Hastings Doyle, Sir Jonn A. Macdonald and others. The new Governor Gen- eral was sworn in at three o'clock this afternoon. ASSAULTING AN OFFICER, At six o'clock last night Omcer Broderick, of the Seventh precinct, was attacked at the corner of Pelham and Oherry streets, by @ crowd of young men congregated on the corner. They took the offlcers’ club Le | him struck him several blows with Ii and os jed their amusembnt by throwing bricks Ls oo one of which hit him in the back, injuring Sac Maan e e | Erresting two dfthe crowd, named Thomas Racley and George Broderick. The prisoners resisted the "But auccumbed after receiving @ severe arraigned clapping. ‘They will be ‘at the Tombe this morning. $$ a MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. ie Es Gleanings Abroad. Signor Mario is expected soon in London, The season at St, James’ Theatre, London, will close at the end of July. } “Daddy O'Dowd” is to be Mr. Boucicault’s nex production at the Gaity, London. Mons Alexandre Guiimant, organist of the Trinity Church, Parts, has arrived in London, It is said that the negotiations between Mr. Chat, terton and the proprietors of Sadier’s Wells hava been broken off, Rubinstein leaves shortly for America, to receiva £4,000 to play ata given number of concerts. Tha same sum was oifered to Thalberg, at the exhibi< we of 1862, to play on the pianofortes of a Londo maker, M. de Villemessant, editor of Le Figaro, con: demned to prison for libelling General Trocha, hi made himself as comfortable as circumstances wil On @ certificate of iil health he has beer d to Dr. Dubois’ asyuim, called a Maison In this comfortable retreat the na th g Supporter to the throne, the altar and th gaming tables, celebrated the Corpus Christi ft by a Grand Mass organized by himself, and to which, numerous friends were invited. Roger, the famo' tenor of the opera, sang the “0 Salutaris,” sups ported by a troop of pupils from the Conservatoire, and Mdme, Czillag performed with great éclat, } A London paper says:—Mme. Arabella Goddard’ reappearauce proved a medium for good music, April showers induce the appearance of prim= roses. Dussek’s sonata in E fat may be accepted as one of his very best, most congenial and melo dious effusions for the pianoforte, We have no space this week to analyze its three movements and their numerous episodes, but the sonata should be on the table of every player truly devoted to the art and a diligent student of the choicest texts. ‘The ideas are Variably interesting, und the symme= try of form displayed (as the score shows) by an é: act and systematic disposition of parts at once reveals @ master of design, Mme, Goddard, whol introduced another of Dussek’s sonatas (in C minor)’ some weeks ago, graduated the nuances with the precialon of a spectroscope; and her leit hand play= Ing both in the opening bravura passages of semi-| quavers and in the tributary dolce episodes, excited) generaladmiration. FE) ewhere, also, the delicacy, aplomb, and exquisite finish. of the performance—al more unique one we have never heard—gave, evidence not ouly of scholarship, but deep insights into the text of a by no means ordinary writer. STRIKE OP THE FOOKPORT STONE OUTTERS. Lockrort, N. Y., June 25, 1872, The stonecutters at work in the extensive lime~ stone quarries of B. & J. Carpenter, of this city, are on astrike. The cause of the strike isa differ~ ence between the workmen and the Messrs, Care penter about the prices to be paid for piecework. AGITATION OF THE EIGHT-HOUR SYSTEM IN BUFFALO, : Burra, N, Y., June 25, 1872. The fron and metal workers employed in the Erie Railway Company's works here met early this even- ing ahd formed an tron and metal workers’ league on the plan of the New York and Jersey City leagues, being instructed in the work by members of the parent league from the former cities, t eight o'clock this evening a large meeting of mechanics and others interested in the eight~ hour question was held in the Opera House. Join Finley, President of the Trades Union Association, was in the chair, and an address was made by John Fehrenbach, President of the Inter-) national Union of Machinists and Blacksmiths 0: North America. He did not advise any immediat strike, and proposed that workingmen should firs demand that eight hours be conceded by employer: asa day's work, even at a reduction of wages, If the principle would not be admitted, then strike. If capitalists combined against labor, then retalia- tion, in a legal manner, was in order, by refusing tal deal with and to buy trom those opposed to them, and combined opposition at the polls to all political, parties resisting thet THE OHIO DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS, CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 25, 1872, There is every indication that the State Demo cratic Convention to be held here on Thursday next will be a very large one. Many delegates aro already here and more are expected to-night. Tho delegates here are almost unanimous for the ratifl- cation of the Cincinnati nominations. It is believed that a Si ket willbe nominated at this con- vention, but the nomination of an electoral ticket will be postponed until after the Baltimore Conven tion. The Liberal Republican State Central Committee held a meeting here to-day for consultation, Many rominent liberals of the State were present. No business was done, but it is thought an effort will be made by them to have the nomination of a Stata ticket by the Democratic Convention postponed until after the Nationa! Democratic Convention, KANSAS REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION LEAVENWORTH, Kansas, June 25, 1872, The Republican Central Committee met to-day and called two State Conventions, one to nomi« e State ofMcers and a State Central Committee, held in Topeka September 4, and the other ta nominate Congressmen and Presidential electors, to be held in Lawrence the same date, To-day the New Jersey State Democratic Conven- tion to elect delegates to Baltimore meets in Trenton, While the anxiety as to its action has ofcourse increased as the hour of assembling ap- proached, the situation shows slight change fromy the review given in Monday's HERALD. If anything the sentiment has gradually been liberalizing towards the work of Cincinnati, and it now appears most likely that New Jersey, if she does not declare for Greeley ‘and ‘Brown, will at least refrain from any contrary’ course. It is believed in well informed circles that an unin- structed delegation will be sent to Baltimore. Since the last report there is good reason to believe that not only all opposition to Greeley stopped on the part of ex-Governor Randolph, but that gentleman and his friends are “trimming” and veering round for old White Hat. The gentlemen now most prom- inently named for delegates at large ure Governor Parker, Senator Stockton, John McGregor and Jacob Vanatta. Mr. Randolph is anxious to go, but ius Fifth Avenue flasco has not helped him to any enormous extent. THE PENITENTIARY EXPLOSION. The Investigation Into the Cause of the. Disaster—The Onus Thrown Upon a Superior, Who is Simply to be Dise charged. Co.umpus, Uhio, June 25, 1872. Colonel Burr, Warden of the Ohio Penitenttary,) and other ofticials of that institution to-day con- cluded their investigation into the cause of the recent terrible bolier explosion withim the prison walla, The officers state that the ex- Jlosion was caused from want of water in the poilers, and they immediately ordered that James) H. Wilson, who had supervision of the brush factory, and who was responsible more than * on else for the neglect, be prohibited in futur from being in the employ of cowtractors at, the Penitentiary. He will probably go unpunished, | although the evidence proves iim to have been neglectful on previous occasions that it is miracu-| lous that the explosion did not occur much sooner.! PHILADELPHIA CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATIO NOMINATIONS, PurLapELpnta, June 25, 1872. Democratig, Conventions made the following nominations this morning :— For the First Congres- sional district, Samuel J. Randall, by acclamation; for the Third district, Herman Vogelbuch. No nomination was made in the Second district. Tho convention in the First Senatorial district renoml~ nated Colonel Robert P. Dechert, THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA. Burra o, N. Y., June 25, 1872. The entries to the International Regatta will! close here on the 28th inst. Prizes amounting to $2,200 are offered, x a SALE OF HORSES IN KENTUCKY. LEXINGTON, June 25, 1872. ‘The June stock sales in the Blue Grass region at tracted a large number of turf and stock men from the United States. The stock offered’ i being chiefly colta and fillies, one and two years old. The prices ranged from $130 to ey the average price of colts being $687, and. ilies $447. THE BOARD OF BISHOPS, Yesterday at Trinity chapel the Board of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church was summoned to convene, the immediate object of the session op to Cape Palms, resigned, Of the fifty-two bishops the only ones present were Whit! tingham, of Maryland; Lee, of Delaware; Atkinson of North Carolina; Potter, of New York; Lay, of Faston; Coxe, of Western New York; Wilmer, o! Louisiana, and Robertson, ot Missouri. The usual religious services were held in the chapel, in which Dr. Potter, of Grace church, assisted the bishops. After the services the clergymen retired to the ves- try, and, a8 no quorum was present, all hope of fille ing the’ vacancy yesterday was abandoned, Tho visiting bishops were, however, enterta:ned at @ Pac dinner in one of the rooms attached to the chapel