The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-08-17

fo-,esnoudence of the N, Y. Commercial Ad0.
COMMENCEMENT AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
M1ppLRrowN, Aug 4, ls4l.
Orx beautiful city has been all alive Tor inc
ros, ITO DAVIS with strangers from ABROAD VIM
800 hon nocking in from every dlIecuoh III
.'.l ,bo commencement of The Wesleyan
University. aos and
Yesterday the joint boards OF trustees anu anu
visitors were in session throughout 'ne uay.ue
have resolved 10 add two protessorsniPs. one u
ecclesiastical history and the o'her D'ohe"i ~,
croture. II is understood that Tor tne P.eseu'
tho former is 10 be filled by Prescent Dahgs'
and the latter by Professor Nillet' L ne ihc'P-
;cnt stems are also taken for a law schooi.
Last NIGHT the Rev. ]. N. Mafit, professor
of belIes letters in Charles College. Missouri,
delivered In Grafton of surprising eioquence
and mower, 10 a crowded audience IN the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church.
This morning al 9 o'clock, the procession
was formed in front of the college buildings
nrd marched 10 tho church where the ceremo-
Nos Of the dav we're conducted in the order OF
the arronoements which ! enclose. BY this
yon will p~erceive that President Bangs deliver.
ed his Inauguration address, and hencetorward
;s furv inducted into his Office as successor 10
The late lomented DR.. Fisk. In his lniroduc-
lion he made a most happy ~allusion to his iale
worthy predecessor, in strains OF affeclionaie
And becoming eulogy, which made a visible
;mnrcssicp on the overfewing audience ana
esnecially upon the faculty and students who
fei, its truth and appropriateness: lie men
announced his subject, a vindIcailon OF inc
claims of the Bible as a standard textbook IN
The education of youth, a classic IN our SEMI
i~narics, colleges and universities
Tn the exercises which followed, the new
president performed the ceremonies OF confer
ring the degrees, &C., in so dignlhed a man.
rer that he must have won golden opinions
from all the friends and patrons OF the insiiiu-
ton who we're present.
The graduating Glass; numbering 81. appear
e1 10 great advantage, though only II otthem
had The opportunity of delivering their o%rations.
One of,hese was in Latin, ard another in Ger.
man.
The faculty, trustees, visitors, clergymen
and students, 10 the number Of two or three
hundred, then dined together at the College,
tsarding house. where a sumptuous rePasl hao
been prepared by the Rev. Mr.. Bartlett, who
conducts hat department.
FaR1y NARRIAGEs.-What will the ladies' say
20 the following remarks of DIR. james johnson,
IL his sEconomy of Health
The most proper age for entering the holy
bonds Of matrimony has bern discussed but
meyer settled. | am entitled 10 my opinion ; and
allho' | cannot here give the grounds on which
it rests, the reader may take II for granted that
| could adduce, we're this the proper place. a
great number Of weighty reasons, both moral
and physical, for the dogma | am about 10 pro-
pound. This maxim, then, which would IN
c~ulcate, is this-that matrimony should not be
contracted before the first year OF the Fourth
Sep,cnniad, on the part OF the females. nor be-
fore the last year of the same in the case OF the
male in other words, the females should be al
least twenty. eight years old. That there should
be seven wears difference between The ages of
The sexes, at whatever period of life the soiem
contract is entered upon, used, not be urged,
as il is universally admitted. There Is a dlfter-
cnce of seven wears, not in the actual duration
of life in the two sexes, but in the stamina OF
the constitution, the symmetry OF the form, and
the l;ncaments of the face. The wear and tear
of bringing up a family might alone account
for this inequality ; but there are other causes,
inherent in the constitution, and independent
Of matrimohy or celibacy.
SIN respect 10 carly marriages, as far as 1t
concerns the softer sex, | have to observe, that
for every year nj which the hymeneal knot is
tied below the age Of twenty-one, there will be,
on an average, three years of premature decay
of the corporal fabric, and a considerable alb
breyiation Of the usual range of human exls-
tcnce. 1t is in vain 10 point out instances that
seem 10 nu.l.fy this calculation. There will be
individual exceptions TO all general rules. The
above will be a fair average estimate.
"On the moral consequences of too early
marriages, it is not my intention 10 dilate
though | could adduce many strong arguments
against, and very few in favor of the practice.
1t has been said that matrimony may have mis-
cries, but celibacy has no pleasure" AS far
as too carly marriage is concerned the adage
10 run disadvantage must have miser-
though cclibacy may have no pleasures
The choice of a wife, or a husband is rather
foreign to my subject, and has occupied much
pblcr pens than mine, to little advantage. My
own %opinion is, that, were the whole of the
null population registered ashley come ofage,
and each person male and female. drew a name
ant of the urn. and thus rendered matrimonv a
complete lottery, sums total of happiness, mis-
erv, or content. would be nearly. if not exactly
same as upon the principle of selection -
This, at first sight, will appear a most startling
proposition bnt the closer we examine 1t, the
ex,ravagant ii will be found"
SOUND DOCTRINE.
We were not mistaken in saying, that our
of the Lamo;lle Wing. would sacri-
any personal preferences be might have,
ard 90 cordially with his friends in support of
p,;ro IIa has nlaced tho rerrlar nomination