The New York Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1874, Page 5

CONGRESS A New Government for the Dis- trict of Columbia. THE CIVIL RIGHTS BUGBEAR, Final Passage of the Moiety Bill in Both Houses. ANOTHER FINANCIAL “AGREEMENT” SENATE, WASHINGTON, June 18, 1874. Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mich., presented a me- Mortal of citizens of that State against any reci- procity treaty with Canada. Relerred to the Com- Wittee on Foreign Relations, THE MOIETY BILL. Mr. Scort, (rep.) of Pa., called up the report of ‘the conference committee on the Moiety bill. Mr. SARGENT, (Fep.) of Cal., aaid when the bill ‘Was bejore the Senate amendments were put in Gxing the salaries of the collectors at Boston, New York and San Francisco. Nothing whatever was Bald about Philadelphia, yet the conference com- mittee had reduced the San Francisco office and Inserted Philadelphia over it. It seemed asif the Senator (Mr. Scott) exercised a sort of fatherly care over Philadelphia, for which he gave him credit. Mr, Scorr said the Senator (Mr. Sargent) exer- Cised a fatherly care over San Francisco, for which he gave him credit, Mr. SaRGENT—I did not have the advantage of being on the conference committee, though. Mr. Scorr said the Senate had fixed the salaries @f the collectors at Boston, New York and San Francisco. When the bill went to the House Phila- @elphia was inserted. In the conference the ques- tion was raised as to whether the committee haa Juriediction of the salary question, and it was de- led in the affirmative. The salaries were ad- {usted to correspond with the reduction by the abolition of moieties. The moieties at San’ Fran- cisco were but $2,000 last year, while in Philadel- Phia they were over $30,000. Mr. SARGENT said he did not object to Philadel- Phia being inserted, but he did object to the degra- @ation o/ Sau Francisco. Mr. West, (rep.) of La, said New Orleans had also been degraded and reduced below Philadel- phia, which he did not understand, Pending the discussion the morning hour ex- pired and the Chair called the unfil ed bUs:- Y meas, being the bill to Drove for the payment of ‘wards made by the Southern Claims Commission, Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, moved that the bill be laid aside informally and the moiety report be Considered. Agreed to. Mr. Howe, (rep.) of Wis., spoke against the Qbolition of the moiety system, and said this bill made the revenue laws less efficacious tuan here- fofore, directly contrary to the petitions of E. D, Morgan and many other honest merchants and importers who had given to Congress their views on the subject. The feature in tne bill which he complained of was that the penalties would mever be enforced, for two reasons—first because they were 80 loose they coul not be enforced, and, second, any officer under- 1g to enlorce them would be called infamous by the action of Congress. He would like some one to tell him why the salary of the Collector of the port of New York had been fixea at $12,000, when the Secretary of the Treasury worked for ‘ajniy ‘the responsibility of the Col- Jector Was not greater than that of the Secretary. Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., said one reason ‘why the salary of che Collector ot New York had been fixed at the sum named was that he had an enormous pecuniary responsibility ana gave very heavy bonds. Haifa ion dollars a day was but an ordinary sum to pass through nis hands. He Was responsible not only for himself, but also for his subordinates. There was not an insurance company in the land that would insure the sum dor which that officer is liable tor the amount paid to him annually, Mar Hows said the Treasurer of the United States and Assistant Treasurer at New York had a pe- cuniary ltability equal to that of the Collector, set whey did not get so much le THE BILL TO BENSFIT SMUGGLERS, Mr. CARPENTER, (rep.) of Wis., said this bill, from the beginning to the end, was to favor smugglers. it was the tenderest drawn bill to punish smug- gling he had ever met with. After reviewing its provisions, he said he had been criticised severely ©n account of pgposition to the bill by the New York press. While he never intended to the end of his daysto say anything im reply to the criti- isms upon himeelf personally, he would notice them when directed towards him as President pro tempore of the Senate. He read from a New York morning paper, which he said he read because he Shought it to be one of the most respectable. It bused his colleague (Mr. Howe) and he rejoiced at that because he (Varpenter) has been so abused that it was refreshing to be yoked to another @nd have the jash fall on both together. After quoting from that journal as to his motives in appointing the conference cemmittee, he said it was needless for him to reply to that charge in the Senate where parliamentary usage required that both sides of a question be represented. Be- fore appointing the conlerence committee he had called the Chairman of the Finance Committee Mr. Sherman) to him, and consulted him as to ite committee, The one named was not entirely satisfactory to that gentieman. He said the article wenton to convey the impression that he had acted corruptly, that he had been counsel tor Harvey, the spy; had been _ telegraphea for him to come to New York and haa aided in the prosecution of Phelps, Dodge & Co., to recover $271,000. There never was a greater falsehood than such a statement. He had Mever been counsel jor Harvey; had never been tol sphed for by him; had never been to New York to see him and had never aided in the prose- cation to recover $271,000. He opposed the Moiety Dill because he thought it ruinous to the revenue and encouraging to smugglers, but, when occupy- ing the chair, he was governed by parliamentary 8 an es, usage Mr. SHERMAN said the Senator (Mr. Carpenter) was correct in his statement in regard to the organization of the conference committee. It was im exact accordance with the rules o/ the Senate, ‘and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Howe) was sppointed &@ member ou the committee at his (Mr. erman’s) suggestion. ‘The report of the conference committee was then agreed to without a division. ‘The Cuain then called up the unfinished busi- Qe being the bill to pay the awards made by the Southern Claims Commission. The House bill to provide a government for the District of Columbia was taken trom the table and read by title, The Onair laid before the Senate a communica- tion from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply toa resolution of the Senate, transmitting maps and a Feport of the survey for an tnter-ocean ship canal via Lake Nicaragua. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. CONKLING called up the House bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report upon the mecessity of a public building Brooklyn, N. Y., and estimate the cost of the same. Passed. THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS, Mr. ScoTr demanded the regular order, being the bill for the re Loy of the awards made by the Southern Claims Commission. Mr. Patt, (rep.) of Ind., called attention to the Dill granting pensions to surviving soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812, and said he had been overwhelmed with requests from all quarters to nave the bill taken up and passed. He besought the Senators, if they desired to have him remain a sane man, to give hitn some time to have this bill considered—eight or nine o’clock to-night, mid- might or aor any, ume. Several Senators calied the gentleman to order, ana the chair ruled that no motion could be made now, the regular order having been taken up. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the bill for the payment of the awards made by the Southern Claims Commission, the pending ques- Claims Commission for & re-examination and re- | port, was agreed to. The bill was then read a | third time and On motion of Mr. CHANDLER, the Senate then took up the River and Harbor Appropiawen bill. Mr. ‘Kcuison, (rep.) of lowa, asked that it be | laid aside informally, eo that he might call up the House bill to provide ‘A GOVERNMENT FOR THB DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J., objected, and said he had given notice that he would call up the bill to enforce the laws of the United States in ‘the Territory of Utah, On motion of Mr, SARGENT, the amendment of the House to the bill to encourage the estabiish- ment of pantie marine schools was concurred in, and tne bill passed. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN withdrew his objection to the consideration of the bill to provide a govern- Ment for the District of Columbia, and it was taken up. Mr. ALLISON said the bill had been agreed to by the House almost unanimously. The Senators were periectiy familiar with ita provisions, and he dia | hot propose to debate it. It was the resuit of care. ful deliberations o! the joint select committee, and they had no amendments to offer. Mr. WiNDOM, (rep.) of Minn., offered an amend. ment appropriating $250,000 out of the National Treasury to pay workmen employed on the streets or improvements under the Board of Public Works or any contractors thereof, the amount appropri- ated to be retained out of any money herealter appropriated by Congress for the District of Co- lumbia, Mr. ALLISON said the committee tn its report recommended an appropriation of $1,000,000, a portion of which would be used for this very pur- 088. - Mr. WINDOM withdrew his amendment. Mr. SARGENT Moved to amend tne second section of the bill 80 as to provide that one of the three commissioners to be appointed by the President should be designated asthe presiding ofticer or Governor thereof. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, said there was one county in Unio having three times the area of the District of Columbia, and it was governed by a commission of three honest men. Tnere was no necessity jor such title as governor here. Unless there wae some great, eal Diy TSE necessity lor amending the bill, he hoped it would pass the Sen- ate as itoame from the House, The select com- Inittee had 1abored Jaithfully to make tuis bill ac- ceptable, and it had passed the House with but very few dissenting votes. What was wanted was an honest administration of affairs tor the people, and some provision to have the accounts of the District audited, as they had not seen the lace of an auditor, and the books Of no two officers agreed, He had no doubt tne permanent iorm of government to be finally pro- vided under the bill would be a@ blessing to the eople, and a benefit tothe people of the whole Enion, The idea of this bill was that eC f must be done to lilt this bankrupt District out o! its distress. It was to arrive at the true govern- ment that this temporary government was author- ivea, The committees of Congress could sately ba trusted to frame a bill during recess which would give a simple, honest, economical goverament to the people of the District without any dignities or titles, Mr. HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., favored the amend- Ment of Mr. Sargent. He sald shis bill was a good one, but there were some provisions he would like to see in it. Ithad been said the government pro- posed by it was to be a temporary one. No one Knew that Congress would have time to make it permanans at ite next short session, and what was intended as a temporary a@air might turn vat to be a long one. The amendment of Mr. Sargent was lost—yeas 13, nays 35, as follows ;. Yuas—Messrs. Bogy, Clayton, Conover, Gilbert, Ham- lin, Johnston, Kelly, Mitchell, Morrill of Maine, Oglesby, Patterson, Sargent and Windom—Total, 13. Nays—Messrs, Alcorn, Allison, Bayard, Boreman, Bout- well, Chandler, Cooper, Cragin, Dennis. Ferry of Michi an, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Goldihwaite, Gordon, agar, Hamilton of Marviand, familton of Texas, Har: vey, Hitchcock, Howe, Ingalls, McCreery, Merrimon, Pease, Pratt, Schurz, Scott. Sherma: Sprague, Steven: gon, Stewart, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton and Wash- burn—Total, Mr. SARGENT moved to amend the sixth section 80 as to provide tbat the Secretary of tne ‘treasury shall designate three subordinates of his depart- ment to audit and examine the unfunded and floating debt of the District of Columbia, instead of the First and Secund Comptrollers, as provided in the vill. He said the Comptroliers were ad- vanced in years and, besides, they had enough work to do. ‘This was rejected, only four Senators voting in favor of it when a division was cailed for. transier of gold mint bars from the Assay Ofice in New York to the Sub-Treasury. Agreed to. Mr. POLAND, of frog made a proposition to go to the business on the Speaker's table, with the Understanding that no advantage should be given to the Civil Rights bill, but that it sbould be re er- red to the Judiciary Committee, trom which no re- | port could be made this session, except by a two- thirds vote. Mr. Hoak, (rep.) Of Mass., objected to the propo- ition, on the ground that the Civil Rights bill now occupied a position of advantage in being on the Speaker’s table and in standing in the way of other legislation there. Mr. Beck, of Ky., remarked that so far as he was concerned he would let. ail legislation stop belore he would allow the Civil Rignts bill to pass. THE MOIBTY CONFERENCE REVORT ADOPTED. Pending the discussion Mr. ROBERTS, (rep.) of N. Y., read the conierence report on the Moiety bill, which was agreed to, When that was disposed of Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Jowa, moved to adjourn. Agreed to by 104 to 83, And the House, at twenty minutes past three o'clock P. M., ad- journed. COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. Annual Commencement and Addresses by the Faculty and Graduates—Advice to the Students to Marry Quickly, by Chancellor Crosby. At ten o’clock yesterday morning the Academy NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET ofMr. Smith, and the audience applauded him hearrily. ‘the most perfect and finished oration of the day, however, was delivered by Mr, Alexander Ramsey Thompson, Jr., of Brookiyn, whose subject, though on Its face enigmatical, proved \o be the great suc- cess of the day. It was modestly entitled ‘The Slave and the Scholar.” Mr, Thompson is the son ofthe clergyman who had opened with prayer, and when he came torward with ius modest face, closely cut profile and enshrouded tn ms black gown he did not create any particular notice, But his address, his theme, his diction, gesture and the clovuence of manner whictr he manifested, together with the modest bearing of the | gentleman, carried the audience him hike the throboing of ao big heart. Every sentence was finished, and bore in its kernel] the soul of truth. He said that courage and bravery were two words olten used as synonymous, but yet they were different. He Who saves the ii’e of a feilow being, regarding not the danger which he encounters, 13 a brave man, @ heroic soul, He who resists, from conviction ana devotion toa principle, the clamor of a base multitude 1s courageous and stands up @ monn- tain peak among lis fellows, Mr. Thompson then compared, with vivid word painting and honest enthusiasm, the character of Toussaint 1'Over- ture, the Haytien siave, who resisted the tyranny of Napoleon, and who saved his masters life in the tumult of a people enraged by villany, with the character of Charles Sumner, the equally honest and noble in his purpose—Suinner, who, in beginning bis strug- gle had said, “God help me in this fight, but I am Tight and must go on.” For twenty-.our years he had fought the fight and his crown came at the last hour. Such was the struggle of Sydney and Hampden. sumner nad never faltered, had never turned aside. He had never trougit his conscience to the market aud ins of Music was filled by a vast audience of ladies, all gttired in silken sheen, and young gentiemen wearing flowers in tneir button holes, white kid gloves on their hands and black silk academical gowns over their shoulders. Some of the gentie- Men wore light purple streamers pendant from their lett shoulders, and a number had silver and gold badges betokeniug the fact that they belonged to secret societies with high sounding names. The occasion of this gathering was the commence- ment exercises of tne University of the City of New York. This university, as all New York schoolboys know, is situated in Washington square, on the eastern side of the picasaunce, and has a gray stone front and a castellated appearance, with old-fashioned windows. On the lower floor is the chapel of the university, also a grim looking building of dark stone, in which the students go to prayers. Tne Chancellor of this New York Uni- versity is the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby, well known in former times for his scholastic attainments, bat lately become famous for his plucky defence of wine drinking in moderate and useful quantities. There are four departments in the university, namely, of “Arts,” “Science,” “Medicine” and “Law.” In the two frst the imstruction 18 free. In Arta and Science there are 122 matriculated students tbis year, among whom are four young ladies in the art school. There are 257 students in the medi- cal school and 82 students in the law school, Any student who visits a billiard room or a tavern will be expelled by the faculty. 4A PARTERRE OF FLOWERS. The parquet and the proscenium parquets, the dress circles and galleries were filled at an early hour of the day with a host of the prettiest girls that Manhattan couid send iorth to crown the graduates with their willing smiles, Hither and thither among these fair beings members of the “Zeta “Psi,” “B, K.’? and “Phiiomathean”’ socie- ties belonging to the university ran to and fro in a right gallant way, whispering and doing lip service, and above all shone the miniature gardens of horticulture, which made the Academy bloom like a hothouse, in some of the proscenium boxes it was almost impossible to see the ladies, owing to the floral fortifications which were planted, mak- Mr. SARGENT moved to strike out the provision im the sixth section, authorizing the Cumptrollers to employ assistants to examine tne books, vouchers and papers of the District government. He sald he did not want to have those papers ex- amined by a miscellaneous crowd which the Comp- trollers might employ to do the work. Mr. THURMAN said the assistants were not to do the work of the Comptrollers, but only to assist them. The amendment was rejected. The bill was then read @ third time and passed as itcame from the House without amendment or without @ roll call. When the negative was called for Mr. Sargent was the only one who voted nay. Senate then, at twenty minutes past six P. M., on motion of Mr. HAMLIN, went into execu- tive Session. After @ short time the doors were re- opepied. fa PEASE, (rep.) Of Miss., called up the bill to fix the time for the election of Representatives to the Forty-fourth Congress irom the State of Miasis- sippi, which was passed. ‘he Senate then, at seven o’clock, adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WasuINGTON, June 18, 1874, Mr. MARSHALL, (dem.) of IIL, introduced a bill te retire the national bank circulation, restoré pros- Perity tothe country and provide for an early re- sumption of specie payment. Relerred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. THE GENBRAL APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohio, from the Confer- ence Committee on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, makes a report which was read and then explained briefly py Mr. Gar- field. There were 110 differences, he sala, between the House and Senate when the bill went to the conference. On twenty-one of them the Sefiate receded absolutely; on forty-four of them the House receded absolutely, and on forty-five of them both houses agreed with the amendments, He beileved that, on the whole, a fair result had been reached, The Senate was opposed to the reduction of the clerical force in the departments to the extent fixed by the House, and the House conferees were satisfied that in some instances the House had cut too deeply, and, there- fore, they had given way cheerfully. The reduc- ttons made in conlerence amounted to $117,000; that is the bill appropriated now $117,000 less than Was tn it when it came from the Senate. _ The total amount of appropriations in the bill now was $21,004,000, Mr, STORM, (dem.) of Pa., raised a question as to the office of Ongressional Printer, and Mr. GaR- FIELD explained that the office is made subject to the appointment of the President aiter tne tenure of the present incumbent shall cease, Mr. StoRM declared that ander that arrange- ment it would be impossible to get the public printer out of oftice until he died, Mr. DONNAN, (rep.) of lowa, chairman of the Committee on Printing, expressed the belief that the term of the printer expired with each Con- Tess, : Mr. STORM said that that was an entire mistake. The Congressional Printer had never been re- elected. Mr. POLAND, (rep.) of Vt., explained from the revised statutes that Mr. Donnan was mistaken, Mr. DONNAN expressed himself, therefore, dis- satisfied With the arrangement made by the Con- ference Committee. Mr, RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa., one of the con- ferees, explained that the appointment had been originally 1orced upon the Senate so as to take it from President Johnson. It now returned to plague the inventors. The Senate, after five days’ struggle over the question, had manifested a determination to yield no further than it had done. after further discussion the report was agreed to. Mr. CROOKE, (rep.) Oo! N. Y., moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill requiring the Secretary of the Treasury toreport at the next session on the necessity of a public building at Brooklyn, and the estimated cost thereof, including the ‘site, reed to, ma CROUNSE, (rep.) of Neb., moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill for the reapportion- ment of the Legislative assembly of Idano Terri- pry Agreed to. ir. ALBRIGHT, (rep.) Of Pa., presented the con- ference report On the bill to correct tne date of tion being an amendment proposed vy the Com- | commission of certain army officers. Agreed to, Mittee on Clatms, to strike out the appropriation Of $45,161, to pay the claim of Mr. Bailey, of Louisiana. UNANIMOUS PINANCE REPORT. Mr. Wricut, (rep.) of Lowa, {rom the conference committee on the Currency bill, made a report. He saia the report nad the concurrence of every member of the committee of botn houses, He Would not ask its consideration now, but gave Notice that he would cali it up immediately alter the expiration of the morning bour to-morrow. Mr. Hows, from the Committee on Raliroads, re- tae with amendment, the House bill amenda- ry of the Pacific Raliroad,act of July 2 1864, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, which Smendment provides that the portions of the Union Pacific, Central Pacific Ratiroad, and their branches, upon which trains have been ran pan! t past year, shall pe accepted as completed, within the’ meaning of the third Section Of act of July 1, 1862, and the patents Shall issue for the lands granted in ald thereof as the United states are ex- shall be made at the cost of pod which eee ee reveals ‘equires the grantees of the said lands to pay the cost of 5 Placed on the vale rises ’ The amendment to the Sonthern Claims bill _pro- d by the Committee on Claims to strikeout ‘he appropriation to pay the claim of Batley was tejected—yeas 21, nays 33, i The next amendment of the committee to strike out the appropriation to pay Letitia Elsey and Mary H. i each $3,663 was agreed to. The amendment referring the case of Whitly M. Basser, to the extent of the interest therein, of titia Klsey and Maria H. Tarpin, and the case of fohn Campbell, administrator of the estate of tephen #. Springer, deceased. to the Southern the gov 1 thas portion of the } the rules and THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL. Mr, BUTLER, (rep.) of Mass, asked unanimous consent to have the Senate Civil Rights bill taken from the Speaker's table and referred to the Judi- ciary Committee, remarking that it could not be reported back this session, Mr. Beck, (dem.) of Ky.—Let that be made a Part of the order. Mr. BUTLER—Having Said it, it is as good as four orders. oo RAINEY, (rep.) Of S. C.—I shall object to that order. Mr. BUTLER remarked that he would report the Civil aa bill now before the Judiciary Commit- tee, and asked to have to-morrow evening set apart for debate upon it, Mr. WARD, (rep.) of Ill, and others objected. Mr. SHANKS, (rep.) of Ind., moved to suspend the rales and sppoint a commission of three to investigate the Uhoctaw and Onickasaw nawons, and to enter into an agreement with them relative to the status of the colored people there. Agreed to. Mr. GOoOH, (rep.) of Mass., moved to suspend the bill granting ten pieces of ass cannon Jor a monument in commemoration of the battle of Lexington on the 19th of April, 1N5. Agreed to. Mr. O'NEILL, (rep.) of Pa., moved to suspend the*rules and pass the bill to transfer to the Fair- mouvt Park Association of Philadelphia, twenty condemned bronze cannon for an equestrian statuew! Major General Meade. Agreed to. Mr. Sunes, (dem.) of Texas, moved to suspend the ruley and the bill for tne removai of troops frown the Southern States and placing them on the frontier ol Texas, to protect the settle+ Ments against the Indians. Rejected. | You mus: ing a curtain about their fair faces, SALUTATORY. At about ten o’clock the smooth, bald head of Grafulla appeared before tie prompter’s drum, and at @ motion of his wand a wave of music surged through the hoase, the brilliant overture of “Zampa” enchaining all ears. Then came an aria an @ march, and when the music had been stilled Chanceilor Crosby, in his black academical gown and wearing a purple flatcap, rose and introduced the Kev. Dr. Alex- ander R, Thompson, who offered a prayer, which was listened with respectful silence. Then the usual Latin salutatory oration, which does not seem to have any significance whatever in these practical days, was delivered ina clever way Be Alexander Stuart Duff Thompson, of this city. Mr. Richard Ferris, of Belleville, N. J., would have tollowed with a philosophical oration, but owing to his illness the theme was-omitted. en came the “Carnival Bilder” waltz, of Johann Strauss, to which succeeded young gen- tleman named James Harris alston, of Greenpoint, who'made quite a sensation by his address, entitied “Political degeneracy.” “The young gentleman took the ground that America Was becoming politically corrupt by reason of tue admixture of foreigners among the pure-blooded native American citizens. He said that five years was not enough for @ term of citizenship, and that in that ume it was impossible for them to become identified with the interests of the country in which they lived. He was in favor 01 elongating the term of citizenship, and he warned the native- born young men and his fellow-students that they should be on the watch for any encroachment of the foreign-born Boa tisron, Music, ‘“‘Mahometto,”? Rossini. Mr. John Jacob Morris, Jr., delivered a rather poetical dissertation on the ‘Holy Land," which suggested @ combiaation of all the Christian Peoples of the world, Mr. Charles Ripley G. Mett, of New York, de- livered an oration on the subject, “The Educating Power of Habit,” in which discourse he endeavored to show how by the infinence of babit and thorough routine every man became perfect tn his own Specialty. The surgeon who trembied at the sight of @ drop of blood in his first operation became callous to all such sights alter their repetition; the artisan periected himsel! in a mechanicai sense by constant practice, and even the functions of the bouy were perfected by constant use. This young maa received & torrent of bouquets aud flower baskets, and the delicious waltz from ‘Faust’ lollowed as a corollary to the deluge of floral sweetness. ‘The next oration was called “To the front,” and was made by Charles Cornelius Bull, of this city. His idea was to suggest ambitious incentive in all human effort. He quoted history to show what in- centive had done for the greatest braves in its ages. He said that we could not all expect to be ‘ashingtons or Websters, yet each man miglt be able to equal those great men In the performance ot Gust sau in their special province. The past is , gone, said, the present is Nying away, and tne foture has its expectations and its demand upon our energies. AN ASSAULT ON HORACE GREELEY. The next speaker was an exceedingly tall young man, whose name appeared on the programme as Samuel Leslie Beckley. This gentleman was of a noble carriage, and was a blonde or about twenty- seven years 0! age. His dissertation—that is what at was called—was entitled ‘The Self-Made Man,” and was preceded by Verdi’s delicious quartet from the “Rigoletto.” He was succeeded by & waltz written by Strauss, which was as lively in its measure as the sentiments of the speaker. His theory was that all self-made men were only ighorant humbugs, and that a badly learned modicum of the classics was sufficient to cover all other shortcomings and defects. To those who had even the baa of tue scholars and pedants belonged the world, art, religion and science. Mr. Beckley reviewed the labors of his four years’ college ltle and his train- ing. He stated that the newspaper press was full of the conceits and self-satisfaction of the seif- made men, who merely knew the price of gold, the state of the money market and the price of rovisions. Beyond this their pen did not extend. ‘ing the delivery of the criticism the echo of the speaker's voice was heard from the i drum of the prompter, following the orator wor OF word and creating a Maen? amusing effect among the audience. In conciuding, Mr. Beckley, waxing warm, followed up his attack by alluding to the honored character of a man whose death bad convulsed the English speaking world. He said, ‘And among these self-made men was the self-satisned and self-conceited ‘H, G.’ (mean- ing thereby Horace Greeley), who had said, ‘Of ail horned cattle deliver me from the average college student.’ ’’ In these extraordinary concluding re- marks of Mr. Beckley the audience did not seem to manifest any very warm enthusiasm, and there was @ lull for more music, which was afforded by the ever cam nea Grafulla. The grand marshal, a very good looking young ee was every- where in the assembiage, chatting and doing the polite to all the adie: nd his purple-ribboned assistants mantfested diligence in assisting Lim in the pleasant daty. SOUL AND SPIRIT. Close upon the heels of Mr. Beckley, who spoke 80 profoundly and with such don gout, came a dark complexioned, good-looking young jellow named Harold Morgan Smith, whose theme was ‘The Spirit.” ir, Smith, who is a son of the Corporation Counsel, dealt chiefly with she immortal part of man, and delive: a very beautiful and poetical tribute to the bette: Part of man, In one passage Mr. Smith said:— “War and cal may destroy the brave; the villain may stab the innocent; fierce Names may Tage about the martyr; buat the brave still rise above the smoke of battle; innocence leaves the flend im the dark, and the martyr’s gh wings {ts upward way unscathed by fire. Oh, could man ever keep in view the immortality of his) spirit, he would be unfailingly elevated, sustained and cheered by nobility of mind, by unflinching courage and by undaunted hope. He were indeed a hazardous youth who should dare to plunge into this cold and stormy world, did not defiant spirit whisper, you can succeed, It is the invincible | spirit within that overcomes our lethargy of body, disenthrals us irom clogging matter, fights unseen powers of evil and finally raises high the trium- Phant banner of usefulness, happiness and suc- cena, Mr. Hoore#, (rep.) Of Mass., moved to suspend the rujes and Yass the Senate dill authorizing the | Cignds of bouanets followed the aanvearance | hands were unsoiled by peculation or dis- honor, and his heart was pure tothe last, He did bis duty always, and to the end. At the con- clusion of the address the entire audience ap- piauded with vehemence, and he was ove whelmed with baskets of fuwers, wreaths and bouquets. The valedictory was delivered by eroune gentie- mano named Charles -Joseph Hedrick, of George- town, D.C. Then Chancellor Crosby rose and awarded Aollowanin to Messrs, Smitn, Morgan and Hedrick. ‘The butler Eucleian prizes, valued at $12 and $15, wereawarded to Messi Hedrick and Beckley, atter which Chancellor Crosby addressed the graduates in a brief put pertinent address, which was something new tor college boys to hear. Daring the Chancellor's remarks, in which he aa- vised the students not to marry any young lady who was addicted to frivolity or fashion, a young and gorgeously attired lady who was sitting in tue proscenium box, covered with about $260 worth of dry goods, sat back In confusion, and it was seen vues a fanued herseif violently and used her sal volatile. “BOYS, GET MARRIED SOON.’? Chancellor Crosby said:— GBNTLEMEN—On the part of those whom I repre- sent here to-day. permit me to say that having been in daily contact with you for the past iour years we have learned to admire you for your per- severance and study, and so love you for the char- acteristics of your hearts; and we cannot part with you to-day without dealing in thought and in hope in regard to your future, And just @ wordor two by way of advice may be appropriate at this juncture. There are just our thoughts which I would present at this crisis In your his- tory, @ crisis so momentous to every one of you. I would say in the first place, preier integrity to success. There is a@ common proverb, but a very deceitiul one, in this community, that there 18 nothing so successful as success. Let me teli you that there is oftentimes nothing so ruipous as success, Seek that integrity which is approved by man and approved by and your own conscience and see to it that your life is spent ever with the approbation of your con- science, which God has put within you as a moni- tor. Inthe second place, seek ever the guidance of your Heavenly Father, and never suppose for one moment that your own natural strength ts suMicient tu carry you through the journey oi life, The third point ts this—Seek to do good as you have opportunity. Live for others and not for yourself, and the reflection of the good that you do Will come back to bless your own lives. And lastly, in this very brief address that [ make you, and tt is not all the very least counsel. that I give you, marry ay soon as you can. Marry as soon as you can find those young women who will make proper wives and who will be willing to accept you .as their husbands, Jean Paul said that he never could get along in life until he married, and then he found that his wife’s support was not only an incentive to activ- ity, but her communion was a new power to his soul, And you will find, contrary to the false tes- timony the world is ever pouring into your ear, that the sooner you become married then the stronger you will be for ali your lite. Don’t seek to obtain a fortune, and don’t wait for any standard of position which the feeling and the fashion of the world will put before you a8 a proper standard ere you take this important step in life, Avoid in your choice those that are fashionable and tull of frivol- ity and seek those who will adorn your life witn those domestic virtues in which woman has her principal glory. And recollect this, that vour pro- tection in iffe will be the earnest affection ana ministry of a loving wife. I bid you farewell, gen- uemen, : DEGREES CONFERRED, The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon the following gentlemen :—Cuarles Joseph Hedrick, Alexander Stuart Duff Thomson, Harold Morgan Smith, Charles Ripley Gillett, Charles Cornelius Bull, Alexander Ramsey Thompson, Jr. ; John Jacob Morris, Jr.; Samuei Lesite Beckley. The degree of Bachelor in Science was conlerred upon Richard Ferris, James Harris Balston, Martin J. Browne, Sheridan Manners. The degree of Civil Engineer was conferred upon Richara Ferris, James Harris-Balston, Martin J. Browne, Sheridan Manners. ‘The degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon Abraham Samuel Isaacs, John Jay Rice. The Alumni Dinner. The annual dinner of the alumni of New York University took place last evening in the Untver- sity Building, Mr. John Taylor Johnston, President ol the Alumni Association, presiding. Speeches were made by Chancellor Crosby, E. Delafield Smith, William RK, Martin, Rev. Alexander R. Thompson and others. The usual number of toasts were drunk, and the young men of the graduating class took this their last farewell irom the univer- sity with the best wishes of all the alumni, YALE COLLEGE. Programme of the Commencement Exer= cises. New Haven, Conn., June 18, 1874, The 160th annual commencement exercises of Yale College begin to-morrow at three P. M. in the College chapel. The exercises will open with De- forest prize speaking by members of the graduating class. Stnday, June 21, bacculaureate sermon by President Porter, in the College chapel, at half-past ten A. M. Monday, June 22, anniversary exercises of the medical department, at the Medical College, at eight P. M. Tuesday, June 23, presenta- tion extrcises, with the class oration and poem, inthe Coliege chapel, at eleven A, M. An- niversary of the Sheffield Scientific School, in North SheMeld Hall, at eignt P. M. Wednesday, June 24, annual meeting of the sium in the ‘grad- uates’ Nell, at half-past nine A, At twelve o’clock, presentation of a statue of Rev. Abraham Pierson, drat president of the college. ‘The polls will be open in the north wing of the library, fiom two to four P. M., for the election of & member of the corporation. Semi-centennial anniversary of the law department, with puolic exercises: at the Centre church, at four P. Hon. Morrison R.. Wade, LL. D., will pte and deliver an oration, and a sketch of the veg A of the department will be given by Presi- dent Ni oy At six P. M. the alumni of the school, with invited guests, will meet at its rooms in the Court House, for a social reunion, which will be folowed by a reception tn the law Morary, COMMENCEMENT. Thirsday, June 25.—The exercises in the Centre charsh will begin on the arrival of the procession, whiei will form at nine A. M. in front of the Lycaim. Graduates of other colleges and other guests are reqnested to accompany ' the oMers and graduates of the college in the Deatenen and are also invited to dine with the refident and Fellows in the Graduates’ hall afte? the close of the exercises in the church. Beltre the arrival of the dinner hour the corner ston» of the new chapel will be laid with im- prestive ceremontes, Frém eight to eleven P, M., in the Yale School of the Ane Arts, there will be @ social gathering of the graduates and frienaa of the college, with ladies THE GRADUATING CLASS. The number of students who expect to gradnate is 123,0f whom 106 entered at the beginning of the courses and the other seventeen have been added at aifferent times during the firit three years or at the beginning of the fourth, The ciass has had in all 182 members, of whom ifty-nine are now on the list of former mem- bers. )nly one class has graduated a larger nu: ber, thit of '72 having 126 who received diplomas, RUTGERS FEMALE COLLEGE. Commencement Commemorated — Sheep- ikins and Sheep's Eyes — Farewell Kisses of Fairest Misses—Presentation, Graduation, Congratulation and Flir- tation, Always at this, the loveliest season of the year, vhen Mother Earth reflects the beauty of the sles above her in a thousand brilliant hued fow- @, and Dame Nature appears in the best of all pssible humors, one solitary shadow steals forth Ato the open doors of our colleges, mingling a ray sadness with the festivities of commencement veek; for at this season every coliege in the land b compelled to relax {ts jealous grasp, and give to | jhe larger college of the world ira oldest and best oved students, Yesterday Rutgers reluctantly | poclasped the pelt which bag bound together tax eleven years the class '74, and permitted six fair graduates to sitp trom her protecting arms into the harsher school of the world. Society was in attendance to receive them as her subjects. Myriaus of flowers proclaimed peace from the “WAR OF THE BOOKS.” Euterpe brought her mightiest powers to vattle with Sadness and Regret. Applause tried its se- ductive wiles, but the love for Alma Mater was too deeply rooted to be thus plucked out and quivering lips and moistened eyes proclaimed the hold ‘dear old Rutgers’’ has upon tne heart of the class Of 74. As might be expected, the spacious Church of the Disciples, in Madison avenue, where the exercises were held, began to fill long before the hour appointed, and by three P. M. was crowded, The scene was brilliant, That painfully iunereal appearance, observable in the coliection of @ class of male graduates, all attired in the dismal “clawhammer” coat, was marked in contrast by a cloud of white gauzy like raiments, which almost led one to believe he saw a collection of fairies, until the delusion was dispelled oy the sound of that delicious ruite of innumerable founces so unmistakably associated with women and loveli- ness. the exercises were opened by a prayer from the Rey, Dr, Hutton, Miss Juliet Warner then delivered @ Latin salutatory address. From the applause that toliowed it might have been supposed she was addressing A ROMAN AUDIENCE, Schudert’s “Trois Marches Militaires,” arranged for eight hands, was next given by Misses Alt- hause, Harrincton, Warner and Fountain. an essuy by Miss Lizzie L. Harrington toilowed. The subject chosen by this young lady was “Yhe Troy of Poetry and of Fact; the city of poetry appear- ing, in her opinion, much the more interesting of the two, - She reierred to the Persian, Roman and Grecian eras in the history of that ancient city as familiarly as though it had been her native place, and withdrew amid ashower of bouquets and a tumult of applause. An instrumental solo next awalted the audience, and was iurnished by Miss Tallman, who played the “Rondo Capriccioso,” by Mendelssohn, and played it well. “Yesterday, To- day and To-morrow” was the subject of the next essay and Miss Opristabel Althause the essayist. “Yesterday,”’ she began, “we were pupils, bound and restricted by certain rules; to-day we are free. To-day is the realization of our bright anticipations, the event to which we have looked forward for years; yet we scarcely know whether to be gay or sad. We have closed the first volume of our life's history and almost fear to open the second. The to-morrows, with their results, are unknown; but there can be no shadows unless there is sunshine. Let us trust that our yesterday, to-day and to- morrow may be linked to-gether by a golden chain of happy hours, NOBLER RESOLVES AND GOOD DEEDS,"? The next in order upon the programme was an essay, entitled “From Possibility to Reality’ (the class motto being ‘+4 posse ad esse’), by Miss Etta H. Burns; but, owing to a recent aifictton in her family, Miss Burns was excused, which was cer- tainly @ great .oss to all present, this young lady being generally admitted to possess ‘much ability as a writer. Miss Ella A. Tallman, the Valedictorian of the class, was substituted, aud read an able essay upon “Ideals.” The poet soar- ing aloit in the realms of fancy dares not trust entirely to imagination: he must have some ideal. Homer saw his Helene among the fair Greeks. The success of the poet, the painter and the sculptor depends upon the ideal objects they pursue and the perseverance with which they parsue them, The fame of poets who seek political glory and praise seldom leaves in future generations any- thing more than the remembrance of their names. ‘rom Moore’s was not a lofty ideal, and he was bat “tne peor of a day,” while the immortal Milton fixed ideal in the height of heaven and lives forever. From the grandiloquent subject of ideals the audience were next brought down to the digestion of some by no means ideal music con- cerning the swallow, Misses Tallman and Harring- ton iurnishing the same to the extent of five verses. “Theory” was the title of the next essay and Miss Ada Fountain the author. There was @ quiet humor in her handling of this subject, which, if not appreciated by the audience, was no fault of hers and which reflected great credit on the young lady. She described THE TWO WORLDS IN WHICH WE LIVE alternately—the world of hard, prosaic facts and the world of theory—and she proved concinsively the immense superiority of the latter as a place of abode. In the world of theory human passions have no account, for we live only to please our- selves. Let the man of facts say what he will 10 the contrary, the man of theory is the only dicta- tor. Plato takes up his pen, and behold tne repub- lic; rivairy is unheard of and the love of gain un- known. That 1s what theory can do. No more docs the jemale mind vend to the mandates of fashion; but tuis is in the land of theory. Dear, deligntiut theory, who would live in the world of facts? Dream on, friends; the happiness you can- not have in facts you may pogseas in fancy. Another itrumental piece, aoe from the opera of “Martha,” was given by Misses Tallman, ‘ountain, Warner and Althause, afver which the valedictory addreas was delivered by Miss Tall- Man. Thanks on behalf of the class vo the faculty, professors and trustees were gracefully returned in a few sentenses, and her words of parting to her classmates were beautiful and affecting. The report of the Committee on Art was next read, and the first honor for drawing from cast was awarded to Miss Jennie E. Tuttle, the second honor veing given to Miss Margaret C. Hall. The ee class then presented themselyes efore Dr. Hall, the President of the College ex oficio, and received their “‘sheepskins”—the ae- gree of Artium Baccalaurea. ‘The names of the graduates were as Jollows:—Miss Ohristabel Althause, Miss Etta Hackett Burns, Miss Mary Ada Fountain, Miss Lizzie Lawrence Harrington, Miss Ella Augusta Tallman and Miss Juliet Warner. The exercises were then closed after the pre- sentation of flowers, in which all the class were remembered by their friends, with the doxology and benediction. Among the prominent gentle. men present were Professor Henry U. Day, of New Haven; Hon. Erastus ©. Benedict, Mr. Shrom of Bombay; Professor Francis W. Upham, D. L, Sturgis and many others, In the evening a reception was given by the President at the college, aad many attended. THE PACKER COMMENCEMENT. Brilliant Termination of the Twenty- Eighth Scholastic Year in Brooklyn’s Female Collegiate InstttutemThe Grad- uates for 1874, The twenty-eighth commencement exercises of the Packer Collegiate Institute were heid last evening in the chapel of that alma mater. There 1s no educational institution for females in the country that bears a higher standard for the ex- cellence and thoroughness of education imparted than that which has been attained by the Packer. To this assertion many thousand who have as pupiis enjoyed the benetits and drank of the 1oun- tain of knowledge within the precinct of the Packer, and who now realize in mature woman- hood and dispense the blessings thereof, can bear testimony. The reputation of the tnstitute, in which Brooklyn has ever taken great pride, is not confined to that city, however, but is as extendea as the boundaries of the Union. The Board of Trustees, among whom are Messrs. A. A. Low, A, B. Bayliss, S. B. Chittenden, ar- thur W. Benson, J. Sullivan Thorne, Peter C. Cornell, Josina M. Van Cott and Henry P. Morgan, claim that the entire history of the Packer “turnishes the best proof that its pupils enjoy superior advantages for moral and mental culture.” The facuity is composed as follows :—A. Crittenaen, A. M., Ph. D., President; D. G. Eaton, M. D., Ph. D., professor of mathematics ana natural science; Miss Elizabeth J. Smith. The academic year just terminated has been one of unsarpassed success, and an endorsement of merit, gratifying to instractors, and instructed alike. The average attendance daily at the Packer collegiate, academic and preparatory departments has been 730, Engaged in the Instruction of this host of fature matrons of America thirty-six teachers and professors have been constantly employed. The teachers’ departments are divided between the collegiate, first, second and third academic, and preparatory classes, all being under the gen- eral supervision of the venerable President, Pro- fessor Crittenden. Of the total number of pupils during the year about thirty boarded at the institute, which 18 admirably located on Jorale- mon street, between Clinton and Uourt, The building is @ model in all shat rtains to the improvement, health and comfort of the oc- eupants, There are a large number of scholars from other cities who, however, prefer boarding out to @ residence in the college. The past week has been replete with pleasurable emotion and ex- citement among the fair scholars attendant upon the termination of school associations, which in some instances will never again be renewed save in the recollections which cannot be obliterated wholly, even amia the confasion, din, cares and sterling responsibilities of woman: hood in the world, On Monday eventi last Rev. Henry Ward Beecher delivere: the Baccalaureate address before the graduates. The following day was devoted to class exercises, when several creditable cssays were read and the history of the class was told tn enchanting tones by iss Julia Lane, Wednesday was a day of rest, devoted .to the interchange of sweet pledges never dying friendship and the rehearsal of the happy hours anticipated tn’ the coming vacation. But the great event of the week was the commencement oxercises of last evening. Long before half-past seven o'clock the chapel of the Packer was crowded tn every part by fond parents, relatives and friends of the pupils, Many of the visitors indulged @ few moments in a rambie through the art gallery, the walls of which were adorned with handsome crayon sketches and oil paintings, the labors of the pupils in art during the year. It was past eight o'Giock when the pupils and graduates auiered the chapel aud took sheir a seats on we left of the hall. The order of exere cise Was then commenced, Professor Crittenden presiding, the programme being as follows:— Voluntary.. oe ve Boa. J. Barnb; BEPORT ON COMPOSITIONS. ? . 1. Salutatory. on. C. Matilda Reinecke 2. Rovalty and Republicanism. ....Margreta 5. Swenson 3 eet a Whom eS Due a lez avant de Sauter........ Rosario. “wevell des Oiseaux 5. Poetry va Slang...... M PL 7 Ve Road by Hilzateth A: Barnes’? © Cooper 6 Tium Puit.... Maude M. Smith 7, Our Ancestors. Einma B. Atkinson 8. The Two Voices in Za: rlorence M. Greeg 9 Wir sollen einen Beruf .. Caroline Netisen “Hark! I Hear the Organ’s Peul?’ Arranged trom Men. delssohn. W. The National Gait.. Caroline W. Barnes M1. Justice to the Jew... 4 Julia B. Anthony Read by Julia A. Lane. 12. Valedictory.. vesseee Adelaide E. Wyekoft On the plattorm were seated Judge Nielson, 8, B, Chittenden, James 3. T. Stranahao, Luther B. Wyman, Cyrus P, Smith, Isaac Van Auden, Samuel McLean, ex-Judge Greenwood, General Carey and others, ‘The salutatory was delivered in a sprigntly Man- ner by Miss Reinecke, who, after welcoming all present, dwelt upon the fact that in the concen- tration of truth and the discharge of their duty to God alone could genius and education avall. With- out these virtues all else are as naught. A begue tiful assortment of rare foral gtits were bestowed upon the tair graduate as she retired. MiSs Swenson’s essay on “Royalty and Repubdli- canism” was weil read, and depicted in strong lines the characteristic and opposing traits of these an- tagonistic forms and ceremomes in the kingdom and the republic. Flora’s offerings greeted Miss Swenson upon the conclusion of ber composition. Miss Gillette's essay, ‘Honor to Whom 1s Due,’? was an able résumé of historical events, ancient and modern, comparatively adduced to show that north- erb nations of the present period are but too ready t abrogate to their credit merit tor greatn which, iM truth, found origin in the much de: nations of the south, in Egypt, Greece and Rome. these countries were the battle ground upon which the victories of art, science, Literature and region were won as against barbarism, and we are Lut carrying out the systems which they inau- gurated. It is superfuons to state that rosy June’s choicest tributes greeted vhis young lady's ad- mmiravle effort as she retired. “Poetry vs, Slang” contained an excelient les- son to those who are prone to induige in the latter, which Miss Barnes assured her audience ‘has little Or No life, ana the sooner tt disappears the better jor the literature of America, which is too prone to its indulgence.” “The Frog,” by Miss Smith, was a humorous effort, and won much laughter and ap- probation. Further comment is unnecessary where each lady did so well, The President of the Board of Trustees, mr. A, A. Low, delivered the following address:— Youne Lapies—Gaapvares :—The exercises which have brought together this goodly company of sympathiz iniends. are #0 nearly “coucluted that it only, remains Jor me to fulfil the duty to which I am catled by w vote ot the Board of Trustecs—a privilege rather than & duty— OF presenting to you the diploma which is awarded as the m uccess to all who complete the college course. Your claims to this honor ve been sanctioned by the Faculty, and henceforth your names will be enrolled with’ the names of ‘those who have preceded you in attuining this mark of distinction trom your Alma Muter. That it. is not easily acquired, or is thought not to be, is evident enough from the unwillingness of the many ‘to undertake the prescribed course of study and purstie it to the end, Let me congratulate you that vou Rave not been wanting in the courage, the self-denial and the diligence which are 1 ble to success; that throughout the many 3 8 devoted to study here you have been permitted to e ye sustaining care of Principal, protessors and teache: Ml ardently co-operating to guide and encour- age y that assured of the eee at length coveted ‘reward. fo those who ‘value the external sign you will bear trom these halls the diploma that crowns your finished course; but for yourselves, the con- sciousness that it, is well deserved, and entitles you to the approbation of all whom you love, and by whom you are most beloved, will be worth far more than the parch- ment that bears’ witness to your fidelity and zeal. It is an interesting epoch in the Iife of the young this time of separation trom the teacher and thé school: when the books are to de Inid aside, and the thoughts are to be ses free; when the old paths are to be forsaken and new ones sought out; when the hours that iad been vevoted to industry are to be relieved creation; when theory is applied to the practical aim, when experience is to become the teacher, and the question, hatshall ldo? so often answered for you by others, Is at last to bi 2 unaided, by yourselves. Ido notmean that your vari ous mental acquirements, what you have learned trom biography and history—what you have observed in the lives of others, will not assist You in the solution of many dificult questions that will be puto you in the days and Years that are to come; that you do not fully appreciate the difference between right and wrong, and understand the best way to just conclasions; but there isa law of Ghange running through every period of tlme—amtecting the various conditions ot soclal life, which make Your individual experience, in some respects, dissimilar. to that of others whether of your own or ot any former age. He continued by saying that he had reminded them some weeks ago that the reputation of the institution, of tts Principal and faculty wus in- volved in the results of this commencement and that there would go out with the graduates of this class of 18% an influence which would, to some ex- tent, be felt upon the whole community. He thougnt they would prove themselve worthy to be Peres as alumne of the Packer Coilegiate In- stitute, Diplomas were then distributed among the fol- lowing young ladies of the graduating class of 1874:—Julia Brown Anthony, Brooklyn; Emma Bansdail Atkinson, New Brunswick, N, J.; Caroline T. Barnes, Brooklyn; Elizabeth A. Barnes, Brook- lyn; Mary F. Cooper, Brooklyn ; Mary A. Comstock, Cuyahoga Falls, Uhio; Ulee P. Cross, Toungpoo, British Burmah, Asia; Mary L. Giddings, Brook: ya Florence M. pote Brooklyn; Annie Gordon, yde, N. Y.; Adel je M. Gi Brooklyn; Mary B. Gillette, Brooklyn ; y, ree. P Brow n; Mary A. Harding, Brooklyn; Luci: lazen, Brooklyn: Alice L. Holmes, Brooklyn; Julia A. Lane, Brook: lyn; Elizabeth E..K. Lowndes, Brooklyn; Ada W. orris, Brooklyn; Caroline Neilson, Brooklyn; 0. M. Reinecke, Brooklyn; E, A. Ida Rudiger, Brook- lyn; Maud M, Smith, Brooklyn; Lazeile P. Spear, Brooklyn; Sarah Swensen, Brooklyn; Charlotte L. Trimble, Crown Point, New York; ‘emma J. Wil- liams, Brook! n; Clara K. Williams, Brooklyn; Adelaide E, Wyckod, Brooklyn. The number of Graduates this year it will be observed is thirty, Me a eight more than bid adieu to alma mater Di 81. PETER’S FREE SCHOOL. The annual exhibition of St. Peter’s school for girls, which has been held in the basement of St. Peter's church, Barclay street, for the last thirty years, took place for the last time on yesterday, the new schools for girls, owing to the energy of Father O'Farrell, being now so far advanced that they will be ready for occupation in September. The old school hall was crowded, and on a raised Platform and steps over 600 healthy and pretty girls were arranged, who sung several choruses very efficiently. Miss M. Egan recited Thomas Davis’ lines to Hogan’s statue of O'Connell, “Chisel the likeness of the chief; and in response to the valedictory Father O'Farrell addressed the children and their parents, thanked the former for their faithful attendance during the last year, and trusted on their again assembling in Sep- tember in the new school he would have over 1,000 instead of the 600 that they conld only accommodate here. He said:— “Of all the sisters who have bad, from time to time, the care and education of the children of the Old school of St. Peter's since its first establish- ment in this basement, we have but one left us. Mother Jerome—she who has sent us so many sia- ters while she was Mother of the Sisters of Charity in this diocese and the surrounding ones—is now with us and evidencing the same anxious interest in Catholic education that she has shown through her exemplary life. I trust she will be long spared for the duties she ts so well adapted by God wo ful- fill. The HeRaLp of this morning was kind enough to say that I addressed the scholars of the acad- emy on yesterday and that my hobby was educa- tion, It is my hopby—religious education; for re- ligion and education must i together. I will op- pose with all the power that God has given me an education for our children that is not Catholic. To make our children good citizens and good mem- bers of society we must give them an education that will also make them good Catholics; if they are the latter the other will necessarily follow. 1 am no advocate of @ mere superficial knowledge to given the children. I want them to receive in these schools a sound education that will perfect them for the home circle and the stations in lite in which they are likely ta be placed.”” Several of the Sisters of Charity were visil pl ate at Father O’Farrell’s feeling allu- sion Mother Jerome, who is beloved by all the thousands of Sisters, Mother Jerome fs of one of the old Maryland Catholic families; she was sent on here from Emmettsburg to found St. Peter’s school, 1m Barclay street, in 1830; the school was then hel in @ little shanty tn the rear of the lot on which their present house ts butit, Father Powers was then pastor of St. Peter's, The school then estab- lished by Mother Jerome and one attached to st. Patrick's, were the obly ones north of the Dela- ware in the United States presided over by reli- gens of any order. Since then Mother Jerome, lother Elizabeth, Mother Angela (sister of Arch- bishop Hughes) and the present Mother Regina, havé, while tn charge of the society, founded over eighty educational establishments, as well as hos- piteds, orphan sazlume @d other charitable neces and their Motherhouse, at Mt. St. Vincent’s, {8 sal to be the finest of its kind in the world, 87, GABRIEW/S ACADEMY, The annnal reception of St. Gabriel’s Academy, under the charge of the Sisters of Charity, took Place yesterday afternoon in the parlors of the in- stitute, Nos. 229 and 231 East Thirty-sixth street, before ® lerge audience, prominent among which were several clergymen from different parts of the city. A very tasty programme, consisting o) French and Konglish recitations, a drama, written by one of the Sisters, entitled “The Bisters of Alhama,” together with some very Choice musical selections for voice and piauo was rendered in @ "a, superior manner. The singing in the several duos, ti and choruses was unusually fine, and the piano playing, espe cially in geome very dificult passages of thirds filths and octaves, remarkable for neatness ani faciitty of execation, The Rev, Father Ciowry, th: pastor of St. Gabr church, has reason to bx roud of this institution, which be founded som lew years agO, and which now stands in the sore: most rank of the mauy educational establishmeat { OF ite Kid 1D this city,