New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-31
NEW YORK TRIBUNE.



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n, Monday c,,u.ns Hon psar'oHn Moon OF
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......t,. S.u.. ,lass Who mcci wccay 90 discuss
...t ....,.,.,ns ci t,r day. under the forms and
.1,,-l. IS ~.nstc NJ Moods Orncn MAS
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81. .a, Oc,,3 a,sic 81 Its ptos"ss "''Mn tHo .'',
..., II. w., vss DIS startling query he skrtchrd
t, ',N ps,srcss ct Reform snt improvement ln iht
r,.. .s>,rs sr8 usutsiaCd that t'c evils o h"d-
.l. ,,r, tess iasn iaesc ct Dou-tt' 'l ana were
,. ~ II, ,.usci b., ttc tud STRUGGLES o Che latter Go
-.if r ,sr wang grnt OF tNsl tn tnis co"n'i!
a. ASA 10, t-ar reform car dance! 8 n me uihtI
s...,t.- 81 s3vccsics oi lrocrcss gentlemen me-
r>N.-tef ~srr.r,'a ur sd your individuality ana
....t average. sgA rcso.vC that yCu WlI ica'e "e
v,crij hc.tss aau you found it
ls.rs3sv s.cuc contained suhcicni intellectual eN-
,.,--reui i,- sry Ordinary week On that day were
hatae semi centennial anniversaries OF the two lite
rsrs s,sc,.cs sircsdy named Thc.I sunn met IN The
,r.r, in ,hcir respective halls wrcsihed with ever
.,c-s sra sewers O. exchange greetings and rtin'ns
~ .,s s.er o. the ouicursis oi heartfelt el0qucnce
t many u ther nCrh.rs who. by Tie aid 90 the train
e. tstrc reserved hsi STAINED hi-h distinction a the
~. r &c pulpit and elsewhere Bishop iorrkHs
rrrssrSs1c power 90 tNtcmporsntous Viaiofy mere
t..ni ru.,iGl aeld
~ midday The phioneihcsn Society were greeted
v.ia d roc-n snj 81 siiress. The poem. by ALFRED
r sr1rgr. Of Albany had fo- .,s themes hNowt-
,spsA su3 IisESrl" is sSeichci with graphic
pcn.r gle progress Of these inscparah.e divintes
tar.cca Gre Histories % ancient and modern nations
rs s-ae WIS very effective and haqTy pofuaufe OF
q, rucc-, 90 Liberty in W inter We" oi Niagara
81. t.r e~-scir,tnt Of Knowledge IN such scene
s--., >samer day presented in Jaion College.
me Grafton BY Rev. Dr. TAFF,N OF New York.
vss uohc snd graceful yiudicafon % the claims OF
i.is-sturc The procm skeichcd the origin and cha
r,-tc- q ,hs Society which he addressed. and its
y.lr-e. SISTERS. The Epic snd Dramatic forms oil
ceaa. -t,se developments OF the public aud private
tf 81 TIE hero and oi the man were inc more especial
t-.s ss Illustrated " tire career and Characteristic
,tat eve --esi uamcs Cf Homer. Dante Iasso Milton
sad shakespeare. concluding suggestion a. 20 the
l.h-- national character which would result il por
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l.s-s was opp epiiHicd % Asuei hsiu'.ons Vi 4''H
i1- merits me highest degree Of considefauon
CsAElrs SuNNER, ESQ Of Boston, at Pm, 0d-
dressed the venerable Pa Boa hoIa Society founded
by e-,rson IN l77t and now having seven d'has in as
many states into which are annually elected those
rsfus.iu- members Of their respective Colleges, who
s-srd highest In scholarship and talent tEa number
never exceeding oncihird of the whole, M sumner
i lees kuo yi per- onaiy here than in New England bot
80 .srre-sion which he that day made on his varied
1r yfII il 10 = d
TIE -ts oi Nature the accomplishments oi Art iu
is highest sense are most prominent Will spread h-
reputation sr and wide Ny knowledge of the value OF
yglr space Will compel me 10 muuiate aud disiofi MS
Orau0n while striving to sketch 10 faithfully. most
graceful greeting was followed by the announcement nj OF
r. theme Tn Law oF HUMAN PROGREss It's bis
tory be- traced from the ancient epochs, when they
looked % fhe Past not to TIE Future and sang of the
Gold Age deceived By the analogy Of the cycle of
tier own youth. manhood and old age down 60 the
DE- -Ofcfles Ui tco. ana nis recognition OF me thIt'
prime pies % the belief n the eS tencc OF Deity, the
GUY ~ mOderatug the Passions. and the immortality
Ci 'h, Soul Leibnitz Herjcr Pascal. Doscarics, iut
get C1ni0Ic,t Sc were excessively Characterized,
an toe present age was reached end It's speculation
s'uhfscinr much of evil aud much OF good The GA
loly the Press with ifs eyes Of Argus and arms of
Irmcus you must extract when the Address l.
Euntr1-
The character OF thu Law aud the duty it imposes
We. next examined Il asserts that Man as am ind
si1ua b. cauablo OF indefinite mprovoment-ihst Soc
ETY. and Humanity likewise and that this Is the
destiny of Msn, of Nations and of the whole Human
solidarity Of MANKIND and 10 lad finite continuance
"a Lsrth
i,istrue that we have as set al anced but little buf
consider what pan Is six thousand years n Inc
countless centuries of the worlds lie Past and Future
Our ages will become but point in the worlds his
tory and Alexander and Napoleon viii be looked back
IL conein porarics when the race of warriors and
wholesale butchcrs has disappeared and Is known only
by s fossil remains, the gigantic sauran tribes
revealed by Geology
one Limitation OF this Progress is the necessity Of
gradual change Nature does all things gradually moth
ing pr salum The great obstacle is the blind Conscr
Natsm which has opposed all progress M science, IN
Uumauc Legislation. even in the physical comforts oi
Lite The Devil is The greatest Bishop In England
said an old prosecuted Dissentcr be be- certainly tc
most offensive Conservative said the Orator
" Trust then In God use ali efforts O. hasten lc
glorious epoch which rV arrive all past ages have
laborcd Tor Us Jet labor for those 10 come hut
with paticuce Be Conservatives OF an that is good
and Reiogmcrs Of all that is bad BE Conservative Re
formers. and Reforming Conservatives.
The ADELrmc Society addressed ON Tuesday
evening by Rev DR.. Van AEsDALE, OF Philadelphia in
smosi genial. glowing and nspiriting discourse. Our
Couutry-lis Progress Condition and Prospects" was
his subject Its state hall century ago was fOlcb.y
contfasied with It's present glory. and with the stand
stil position of It, parent cur emblem, the Locomo-
with IL motley train, forced the witty orator
launch out into Irochaic verse u do justice 90 his
whining subject Resumng grtver strain. he traced
Uur prosperity % these three Ous adoption OF
Washington AS our model iand here came IN an elo-
quent euiogy) 10 our being 80 free already that We
is open 10 all
The remainder OF the evening given to sor.os
held By the two Societies where Cood music and
pleasant converse warm words and cold ices ever
greens the walls and living flowers the f0or, de-
tanned the visitors til late hour.
The Commencement exercises took place GA
Wednesday, aud were considered to display un-
usual merits in the oraons Of the graduating class.
Dr Nom presided with ygor and spirit which agree
ably surprised bis distant friends who bad heard Of hs
late illness Eighty three degrees OF s. b.
forrcd snd twenty-five OF A NJ. in course The hon
orsry degrees have already sent YOU Commence
mont Ball said have been remarkable Tor is hri.a
,y sclcctness and proprey concluded the day or per
hsps began the next one Yours m haste, W NJ q.
- THE Rl0I 0N THE HUDSON RIVER RAIL
xo,D turns out % have been much less serious affair
than our telcgraphic accounts represented. The
FoashksVsi Journal asi Eqgt gives the following &c
count of the riot.
Ca TUESDAY morning last word was sent 10 the Shor
iG a this place that the men employed on the Railroad
a Mappingcrs Creek IOting story was tola
that several had been killed. another that they were
huru NJ pundcrns and Otherwise destroying the prop
.rtv of pcscabe citizens there such stories q c0ur
caused considerable excitement here The sheriff Im
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