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Clay received calls at his quarters, at ten
joined The procession and attended ,be
commencement exercises during the day-.
dining with the corporation at Mr.. How.
ards. In the evening he attended Nj,
Hckok's, levee. where he was introduced
to large assemblage of ladies' and gentle.
men, who with their honored guest, ap-
peared very highly to enjoy the interview.
The house was brilliantly illuminated for
the occasion, and while a transparency
surrounding the gateway announced to
those without the illustrious visitor who
honored the occasional name ingeniously
wrought with flowers upon the wall within.
proclaimed that the virtues of Henry Claw
were not forgotten at the ireside.
At zen o'clock he embarked on board the
Burlington, for the south, escorted some
ten miles out by party on board the
Winooskl. The Shelburn shore, near
Judge Meech's. was handsomely lighted
"P w" oo"h'es' a"u do Inc boats came
nearly opposite, they were greeted BY a
salute of artillery, fire works &C.. which
went off with fine effect. After biddinr
our guest last farewell, wo gave our
SheIburD friends three hearty cheers. md
turned our faces homeward-whitber wa
arrived about twelve.
Mr.. Clay's visit, upon the whole. has
been highly sn'isfactory-satisfac,ory to-
the public, and, we have reason to believe.
satisfactory to himself. During his shor,
stop with US, large number. of all classes.
and a u parties, availed themselves of the
opportunity to take him by the hand, and
none more cordially than the old soldiers.
Sir, said ole of La Fayette's old sereeants.
'you know Washington was first with us.
Mr. Clay, but he is gone; then there was
La Faye'te, we honored him, but he has
gone to his reward too; now we turn to
you-sand by the coun,ry-I believe Won
are friend TO it-God bless you." The
OLD mans heart was full-he could saw no
more; and, as for that matter, so was Mr..
Cay's.
Mr. Clay is plain, familiar, unos,e ota.
t'ous man-to use the language of an old
farmer who called upon him-"very much
like one of u.s." He is past sixty, and
shows the marks of some service; vet is he
nil OF the same spirit. the same enerov.
which carried him, aye. and the country
too' hono'abIy through the embarrassmen,s
ofthe last war. Soon may his salutarv
Influence again be felt and needed in the
councils of the nation.
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SYMP PATTY.

The Sentinel will doubtless be cratified
10 learn that it is not alone in its views of
Mr.. Cay's conduct at Buffalo. The Mon.
treat Herald is also very much shocked at
the improperly Of Mr.. C's alluson to the
Caroline affair. Thut so trfling an affair
as the violation of our territory and the
murder of our citizens, should be remem.
bered eighteen months, is to Mr.. Fan Blu.
rem, the .uOntreaL Herald and The Burlinr.
ton Sentinel, matter of great astonshment /;
and the ln''ma'on Of Mr.. Clay that that
outrage is get to be" ATONED" for, seems
to have unkenneled the whole pack upon
him. More than half of Mr.. Van Buren's
speech at Castle Garden was devoted to the
late frontier stur5ances, and while he
descants freely upon the "lawless conduct
Of portion of our citizens" no ntmation
escapes him but that all has been right on
the other side. He knows of no grievances
Remembers nothing 10 be atoned for; but,
speaking OF the two nations, he seems 10
have very distinct impression that Eng.
land Is a pO,cerfM nation, and that war
would be terrible thing! This the Her.
aid considers the right spirit, and. by way
of contrast, cites the fact that Mr.. Clay,
even after being clvily treated at Niagara,
still remained ''sympathiser," and, be it
remembered, "stirred up recolections,"
touching the nations honor, "that were
well nigh extinct" Mr. Van Buren, will
never be suspected Of an act Of this kind.
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II member for the purpose Of being amended by the
addition Of the following sections:
"Be IL further enacted. Thhi the private pro-
perry of the stockholders shall be holden to redeem
all bills issued by the corporation"
"Be 10 further enacted, That any stakeholder
in SAID corporation shall he at liberty, al the expi.
ration Of the charter in this acI mentioned, TO with.
draw from said corporation, and upon such with
drawal, said corporation shall pay such stakeholder
for his share of the capital Stock amount equal
to the original cost of said Stock"
And The question, being taken thereon, was dtc.
ded in the negative.
So the amendments were rejected"
Wisdom in miniature! So bald and bare Of all
practical use OF any kind were these propositions
that they were regarded, even by his own party as
mere abortons and fell to The ground without even
the ceremony Of saying the yeas and nays over them.
II should be remembered that, in all cases. where
proposition of any merit has been offered bv way
of amendment to bill, especially "A bank bill, ia
the times when legislation on such subjects has been
done for effect, the yeas and nays have been uni.
iorm'y taken, but so completely were the above
propositions wanting in any provisions for carrying
into effect what the intended, thai OF
his party deemed it advisable to take the question
IN that way, but The thing passed off without cete.
mony. bank Reform. 1t is very well sounding
term So were "Retrenchment and Reform" as
used by Gen. Jackson, but we can all recoIlect
what they turned out to be. Both these terms are
! but Sound and fury, signfyng nothing" The
cry that the wings are bank party, in the sense
that they are interested in banks, as stockholders,
! is all an imposition. Look around and count The
stockholders in banks and see how few they are.
There are in this town, perhaps, five hundred wings
and how many persons are there, who really
| owners Of bank stock Not thirty. And the
same ratio is undoubtedly just in other towns, where
banks are situated. Look into the legislature
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MIR. CLAY'S VISIT.

The reception Of Mr.. Clay on Tuesday
evening was one of the peasantest affairs
we have ever witnessed. There was moth
ing set, staid, or formal about it but it was
just one Of those unbought. unbyable out
gushings Of public feeling. which OCCASION.
ally come to cheer the truly good man on,
and requite him for life of toll in his coun.
try's service.
For more than an hour previous to the
arrival of the boat, the wharf was lit orally
lhronged with one dense mass of people
including between one and two hundred
young men from this and the neisbboring
towns, mounted on horses each stretching
his eager gaze to catch first glimpse OF
him who, on that day, most surely, was
first in The hearts of his countrymen. -
At length the boat arrived. and as Mr..
Clay stepped ashore he was greeted by
nine spontaneous hearty cheers from the
multitude, and welcomed by an appropri.
ate air from the band, After some delay
the crowd, Mr.. Clay was conducted to
a carriage. and Col Thomas, assisted by
the mounted men, succeeded in forming the
very large procession which escorted him
to The square. We cannot pretend to esti.
mate the number present; but it was large
beyond comparison, and the procession,
fanked on either side by line of mounted
young men, presented a most imposing and
beautiful display-one that would have
done honor to any place or occasion. On
arriving a. Towards, Mr.. Clay took his
position on the piazza, where he was intro.
duced generally to an assemblage which
filled the whole area in front and here
again and again he was greeted with the
mos, enthusiastic cheering, To which Mr.
Z. replied ina few very happy remarks
thanking his countrymen for their kind
manifestations, and expressing the salisfac.
ton with which he now, for the first time,
visited the land Of Allen and Warner
After remaining an hour or two at How.
ards, and being introduced formally to a
vast number of persons, he was escorted
to his lodgings at Mr.. Horace Loomis's.
where he was entertained in the most hos
pilabe manner. During The morning Mr..
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The following is the programme OF the
exercises on commencement day, and tho
evening previous.
MORNING. !. Sacred Musick. ?. Prayer,
by the President. 3. The Moral Influence
of National Melody, George Frederick
Houghton, St. Albans. A. The Immortality
of the Soul as exhibited in the Literature
of different ages, Wiiliam Tyler Herriek,
Colchester. s. The tendency of advance
ment in Civilization merely. to degrade
National Character, Charles Temples
Rutland. 6. Relation Of the Plastic Arts
to he development of the Greek Mind.
Charles Jarvis, Wealhersfed. =. The
Law of Gravity, an Epoch in the History
of Science, Moses Farmeiee Case, Jericho.
MusucK. 8. Influence of Speculative Med.
i,srion on Practical Life, Joseph William
Allen, Burlington. 9. Language; its in-
fluence on Truth, Harvey Adams, Worces-
ter. 10. The Character of Sir Philip
Sidney, Charles Phelps Marsh, Weaihers-
field. II. The Greek Comedy, Dudiy
Chase BiodgeH, Randolph l2. PIato's
idea of State. as an organic System,
George Russell Robertson, Sherbrooke, l.. C.
MUsIcK. 10. The true idea Of G"'o-".
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Blu u T. IMQT@ NC
FRIDAY MoRNING, AUGUST
CON NJ ENCEMENT


The annual commencement of the Uni.
versi'y took place on Wednesday, and it
affords us much pleasure to say, that we
never have known the occasion to pass off
with more credit to the institution, or more
satisfaction TO the immense assenblage
who honored and enlivened the occasion
with their presence. II is to US q cheering
indication that our literary festivals are
fast assuming the importance that properly
belongs to them; and we are gratified to
perceive that our own favorle insti.
luton Is receiving honorable testimo-
mails of that respect and confidence 10
which its merits so eminentIy entitle it.
AS evidence of this, we note with satisfac
ton the presence of an unusual number of
strangers. Gentlemen of distinction from
oil parts of the state, and Senators and
Representatives lie Congress from different
states. have dignifed and enlivened the
occasion, while honorable officials, and a
large number of private citizens from the
neighborlng provinces have been not unin.
'erested observers of the workings of our
free system, as connected with literary in
stitutions.
The exercises were substantially those
of similar occasions. On Tuesday after.
noon the Literary Societies held their an.
nual celebration at the Brick Church, and
we hear the addresses Of Messrs. TRACY
and LEWIS spoken Of as productions Of
rare merit. The Junior Exhibition, ia The
evening was well attended, notwithstand
another attraction which drew large con-
course of people to different part of the
town--and ourself among the rest. From
the testimony of those who did attend,
however, and our personal knowledge OF
the individuals composing the class, we
are bound to bear honorable testimony, OF
their performance.
The graduating class, on Wednesday,
did themselves and the College much
credit. Their subjects were we'll chosen,
the compositions generally good, and the
style of speaking was certainly of more
than ordinary excellence. We have listen
ed to the performances of several very res.
pec,abe classes, but never to one, taken
as whole, that acquitted itself with more
credit. We were the more gratified a,
this, on account of the peculiar character
of the auditory; and it will be matter oil
honorable pride with the graduates tina,
Mr.. CLAY expressed himself in no equivo.
cal terms as to the merits of their perform
ance.
We are happy to add. that the general
prospects of the College are good. The
new class is unusually large. and from the
inc reesed interest manifested for it by the
public generally, we cannot but auger The
most favorable results.
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BAnother source Of sorrow to the Van
Buren, leaders is that the wings preserve n
solid column. and keep shoulder to shoulder
IN preparation for the coming election.
The tory managers feici'a,ed themselves
IN the prospect, that as there was differ.
encc OF opinion among wings on certain
collateral questions. these differences mioh,
be blown INTO flame Of discord But thew
find themselves essentially out in their cal.
cu'atlons. They who are used to dictation.
and when their leader says horns, all saw
horns, do not comprehend how it is that
men OF The same poIlticaI party should dare
to discuss any subject. on which there is
difference of opinion lest il should DESTROY
the unit of the party. 1t is to be hoped
that IN this kind of unity the wings NAV
never follow their example. Bot on the
first Tuesday of September the wings will
b. found united in their tickets. The state
ticket viii receive entire support through.
out The commonwealth, and the senatorial
ticket in this county will not be spli, this
year, there will be no dissenion. Union
Is The word-Shou)der to shoulder. The
wings move in solid column. -.Mercurv.
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[From the Woodstock Mercurv I
COMMUNICATIONS.

"SMILIE AND BANK RECONCILIATION
!hi! banner ihe loco focos of this state have en-
harked, and spreading all their canvaes 10 the wind
have invoked the gods OF gold 10 aud them in the
crusade they are preparing TO make agains, banks
and paper Of all descrp The yacill,,ino
pnIicy OF The party is be arrested, and henceGr
all promises on paper TO be regarded AZ mere
deliSlons and nothing but coined pold and silver
will be considered with any complacencv The
business OF exchanges and drafts are 10 he reprded
only as The invention Of the Jews of Lombardv and
a'e 10 go out Of fashion, like other Israelirish cus
TOMS The determination Of The party to adopt This
measure is of recent dale. For some time i, has
been the hvorie topic of Mr.. Benton, who nrophe.
Sled, four years ago. that within eight months the
yellow coin would shine lhro' the inlersices of long
s'ken purses, but alas Tor the prophet, when eiohi
months arrived The gold had been Skinned I'm Eng
land and the siIken purses were fall of emn,iness
Since the failure of this prediction. The Van Rnren
party nave been rather shy about adopting the
Ben'onian creed. Sometimes they were for GOLD
ana SILVER exclusively, but more often they were not
for abolIshine banks, bu for bank reform; ,bev
were on tins subject, the old soldier said some.
where between half cock and handle cartridge Ju,
they were decidedly for bank REFORM Accord;noIv
IN the Vermont legislature. for the Two last sessions
there has been with the Van Buren, men. a re.or,
10 a'' SORTS OF nannuvres on The subjects of banks
ana rorpora''ons-a system of legislation for
measures either wisheJ or o''onI '""s '"ese
what they pronosed Inn, tho ar,ia., " '."p'SS
their pronosiricus voted down anj ,Lo was ~ nave
that they endeavored To work "A salu,orv re(n,m
and. in the .uuu,oe usec M, ~ 'e'p'n
,hese ma,,ers 10 ..lb,ow s,G;a,, 'I' "".u u,
the banks 10 nro,ect The nennIo a'o"'',,
and were defeated bv ,be nL;,'s '' ~
AMONG hasa n,o;ec,s ,',, ,L wigs I'o."'heht
hc private proper,v Of md;vd,"I ' " supIeu''s
the p,ymen, or he deh,s ~ .L ",o.N"o'ue's 10
The,e i some,l,;,, ~, ,lo Gs 'ne corporation
who has M, ,eGoc,od an ,ra s,"nce' TO person.
nosng in ,hi, pn, :; ,a,o so,ne"hat m
bear exnm,n,,;on rbe ev,o.; u'"' ana never WIN,
and il h.S hoan Cn, w., mas neen Tried
VEN, tho all ,onah' -, ho' "'N 'ne''tc'"a' 10 pre-
If ,h,, sy,l G'. ,,t W "' "'V'ueu' op' productive
ouence Of his non,,' 'V,po'ato" "a"' IN con'e'
gaining credit Win 'Le oeonrs ,s !, succeeoed !"
r,,,;, w., t,' ': WV" '"' peoP'e' " became temp
when da,L Ja's s,,ossIoI 'l,o IPecnla''on' aud
,a,;on ,,s C,'.oI ", H. ''' STOCK OF me co'po
.s' ""s '"'s'''n 70 Tue H"hhS OF irresponsible
nor No comCor, '" Inc n,I e"'hea was no benefit
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V'tation. Our Republican Institutions can
never be more sale Thea when the discuss
sion OF public men. l. so vigorous as to
bring into the tilices Of the General and
State Governments individuals whose rea
tons prevent the possibly OF combinations
between them to perpeluatc power confer
red only for the public good.
pray you to express to the Committee
my acknowledgements for this mark of
their attention, with the assurance Of my
sincere respect towards the Common Coun.
C'. and my ardent desire for the pros perlly
ofthe city over which they preside, and
whose welfare is identified with that of the
State and the Union. am, very respect.
fully,
Your cbedient servant,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
THOMAS e. TALMADGE, ESQ.
Chairman Committee Of the Common
Council Of New York.
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5 o N G

The day hath passed, love, when ! might
Have offered thee this heart OF mine,
AS one whose yet unclouded light
Was pure, love, pure and bright as thine
When, though gazed on thee, as him
Who gazelh on u distant star,
Thy brilliant eye could not grow dim,
In shame for me, thy worshipper.
Yet still, although il be but shame
10 be beloved by such rs /,
That love will shed its saddened fame
Knows no decay, can never die.
His soul of fire hath no decline;
And though thou never canst be mine
I'm thine, love, thine alone, forever.
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In the June number of "Blachpoods
Juagarine, "a'ely published by Mrs. Lever.
are several "HYMNs TO THE GoDs," by
Albert Pike, of Arkansas. The Phiadel
phia ".National Gasette" says the following
in regard to them 1.-THE versifcation of
these verses is smooth, the dic,ion mascu-
line, and the imagery clustered with taste.
full pertnence TO the themes. \ To the
gifted author we would suggest the cult.
walton of his poetic talents, in matters
which come more home to every mans
bosom and business, and he will have, with
the multitude, as he surely merits, the
grateful commentator which he can now
receive only from few. Below will be
found two pieces of poetry which all our
readers will "receiue ,0iM commentator. "
They are taken from a small volume pub
lished year or two ago, entitled prose
Sketches and Poems" by Albert Pike.
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was no law on the subject' There was
no law wanting, when the example could
be made to serve the purposes of party, but
when such robberies by wholesale are per
petrated, not an effort is made to recover
the money.
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At the close of the commencement exe'-
cises on Wednesday, the degree of l.. L.. D.
was conferred on Hon. HENRY CtAY OF
Kentucky.
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S o N N T. Il .

She's not beautiful but in her eyes
No common spirit shadows forth Itself;
So mild, so quiet so serenely wise,
Yet merry, as Of any dainty elf
That dances on the turf by star.lir skies.
Aud such iiend she $50 good and true
So free from envy, scorn, or prejudice
She is as constant as high heaven is blue
She seems like some most gentle, luSrous star
Which men wiH love because il dazzles not
And though wear away my life ahr,
Still in this mountainous and savage spot,
! think of her one who sootled my care,
And did her best TO keep Inc from despair.
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themselves? Other items in this enormous
bill Of contingent expenses are equally
extravagant and disgusting. Some Of
of the late Congress-.
The sum of THIRTY TWO DOL
LARS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS
is charged for snuff.
The sum of FIVE HUNDRED AND
TEN DOLLARS is expended for Folders
and Seals.
The sum Of SIX HUNDRED AND
NINETY. EIGHT DOLLARS Is charged
for Cartridge PAPER.
The sum of THREE HUNDRED &
SIXTY-EIGHT DOLLARS is charged
for Damask and Moreens, for what use is
not stated.
The sum of ONE HUNDRED AND
NINETY-TWO DOLLARS is expended
for one dozen of chairs-SIXTEEN DOL,
LARS each chair.
The sum of TWENTY. SIX HUN
DRIED AND FIFTY THREE DOL.
LARS is expended for carpe,lng the ha Il
for the House of Representatives.
The sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL.
LARS Is expended Cor washing towels
The sum of FOUR THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
SIX DOLLARS is expended for horse.
hire.
The sum Of ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTY FIVE DOLLARS Is expended
for one single newspaper 1.-THE Globe) and
this is only one out of many.
| These are but few out of many OF the
waste'ul expenditures exhibited in the list
of contingent expenses of the House of
Representatives. Look at the following
list of extravagant and outrageous expen
dtures OF public money in the Executive
Departments, Immediately under the eye
and inspection of the Presiden, of the Uni
ted States, and you will be able to form
some idea of the manner in which the PEG
pies money is wastefuly and wckedly ex.
pended.
GENERAL POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
! In the General Post Office Department
we find the following amounts expended
for the following purposes for one wear out
Of the contingent funds viz:
For washing Towels S58 %
Dinners lat Taverns) for Clerks I88 IA
One Amanack 70 90
News Papers 387 OO
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Sl74l 40
10 regard to the subject of deiacalions
on he part of receivers Of public moneys
arising from the sale of public land. From
a statement by the Secretary of the Trea-
sury contained in Document No. III, dated
the 18th of January, 1888. and az additional
statement by the same officer, dated Janu.
airy &c, 1889, we find that the whole amount
due from Land Receivers, who are on the
LIST OF deiaulters, to be Sl,o73,837 Al
OF which there accrued prior TO
March, 1889, Se4a,l59 10
Since that time. 325,678 28-SLO73,.
337 Al.
So that you perceive that for the forty
years before this party came into power,
only S246,l59 10 was distracted from The
public Treasury. while, in the short period
since, the people have lost bv the land Off.
GERS alone. EIGHT HUNDRED AND
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT
DOLLARS AND TWENTY-EIGHT
CENTS and 9fMis sum upwards Of $500.
600 has been lost in the hoeniy i,co months
and seren days Immediately following Nh
Vdn Buren's inauguration more than a0as
lost in The phots forty gears preceding
Gen. Jacksons time. And this too, with
out taking into the account, the Swartwoul
and Prce dedication for upwards of one
million and quarter Of dollars more be
sides others in addition. Does this look
like attending to the business of the people ?
Does this look like faithful discharge of
their duties as servants of those who placed
them in powcre
They tell you they had no law to punish
defaul'ers to The general government.-
How then would ask, did this same party
conlrve 10 keep Tobias Watkins incarce-
rated in prison for four years for the sum
| OF three or four thousand dollars, if there
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In the Many Department in one year-vis

For Book acct to 10th Aug, 81 1884 81
Account for April. 1888 900 IS
Bill to August, 1888 I89 ~
BIZ 10 Gate % AZ
what these o''ls are for we are not told,
Washing Towels SO 20
Keeping Horse and services of
boy Sal 80
Saddle "a 90
Hack hire 90
Ice 0 40
Paid for Newspapers 45O 70
Do. for the Turf Register 30 90
Do. glazing and making bread boxes 5 81
DO. services IN bring up arrears 81 Go