New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-29
Annual Celebration Of the Literary Societies
Of the University.

blage filed the spacious Church OF Rev Or. Potts
rnyer.yplace on the occasion Of the Anniversary OF
the various Literary Societies Fl the Unworthy Of the
City Of New York
The Orator Of the evening was THEo. /. ToMLINsoN,
Esq-the Poet Mr. WILLIAM WALLACE
Mr. ToMLINsoNs Address commenced By reviewing
the obect- aims and purposes OF eyoung gentlemen
OF the University To be happy, is the aim OF Man
everywhere the modes in which this happiness i AMI
how it should be attained, strkinsly deineated
instancng the acoues OF Genius when suffering under
physical nfrmiiy and leading e Of poverty and pam
We through the world soon that we scarce pssin
70 1--we and die before have even begun rational
existence At school the boys faculties are pushed ~
the utmost. be- comes within the walls Oi the lnVers
tvgradusfe- with all tine h0nors-euter- perchance,
Theological -cmiuary-becomcs divine. Thence he
should proceed with devotion pure. and purpose nigh
his viii tempered by the power Of intelligence when
characterized the men 81 Old
Much Of the talent and energy OF the Americans, Oh
served the speaker may De traced 90 the character ana
life Of vigorous ancestry Injured 70 useful labor men
honest hearts, iron frame and indonnta0e purpose
The orator eXhOrted every youth 10 WIN health from
the mountain and the breeze Nature invites TO pure
and heaithful enjoynent-lei not the night be desc
Grated by unhoiy revels.
Itis equally requisite to happiness that the moral ma
lures be kept perfect The speaker rapidly ran over
the ideas embraced in this point II depends upon the
moral culture whether the mind Of Man shall prove
blessing or a curse 20 the Race. lie conrastcd me
character OF Napoleon 10 this respect with the snPc
grandeur of Washington, and labored 10 establish me
fact that happiness depends upon the objects We 'eeN
% attain the be ginning Of ieentreatng the young
gentlemen 10 lead useful lives, 20 beauty ana acorn
the domestic circle Be not dismayed-be morally
commemorative ln the consciousness OF NE Wen
spent Let every act you do continued the orator.
subscrye some GOOD purpose ID a preacher, be not
confined % the vaued arch ireted aisle but 20 mo
the woods and wilderness dispensing the dressings OF
happiness the dew Of lleaven-encourage tne ues0
late and lorsakcn disentansle the SIMPLE rom me oil,
of the temuterproect the slave from the iron heel OF
power and guard the majesty Of the law from the op
pressiOns oi the mighty.
The Grafton throughout was mastery performance
and conveyed many excellent suggestions IN words Of
soundest sense M Tomhnson succeeded IN define
stnr in vivid colors the moral and intellectual obhga
tons OF his hearers-their duties and their re-
sponsibty as Americans. Amid the agitation OF EN-
pres and the revolutions Of time, ne saw mqcn TO de-
inand Of American youth the deepest sohcitude
During his performance the Orator was frequently in
terrIpted By the continued paudts OF the assem0lage
At the close he paid touching tribute 20 the memory
OF JoHN QUINCY ADAMS, and a high encomum on the
honored SAGE or ASHLAND. The living and the dead
an example
The POW was pronounced by WM. WALLACE, Esq
Mr. Wallace has recently in several most originally
conceived and carefully finished poems illustrated the
perfection of those abilities which the promise ana
the dawn appeared in numerous contributions made
many years ago 70 the literary journals OF the South
and West His Hudson River" Greenwood Gene
teryr Wordsworth" " Gods of DID, etc entte him
to an enviable rank among imaginative and artist
cal writers.
The subject chosen for last evening was most origi
nally conceived and exhibited in striking light
the characteristics OF his genius and the tenden
ces of his reflection. 1t is entitled ALLAN THE Pr
RATE; a Romaunt Of the Metropolis. 1t Is story OF
crime and woe constructed with singular skill, and eX
bibng striking revelations of passion and the concla
with he ID
with public institutions and the antagonlsm OF natural
and conventional laws-poruayng IN graphic picture
of the scenes society and daily experience OF the City
We shall not venture % attempt any ABSTRACT OF
the Moi nor can we give the best passages, without IN
turing the effect with those who read for the sake Of
the plot The work Will soon be published, ana from
some proof sheets which we have obtained we give
few passages The Poem is dedicated 10 GEORGE
WEBSTER, Sr. 1t opens with
MORNING IL BROADWAY.
T,,r Daylight b oadens Gradual in the street
Grows the slow tramplng OF Increasing ieet
The Merchant hurries 10 the murmur.g mart
Whose god is certain of the yOtaly heart--
For lnhdelty never known
Where Idols glitter on golden throne
The Attorney creeps-sOit movements gam hlsstoIe
And-wonder not-the serpent crept before
The Doctor flies. for Nature might step IN
And cure before the drugs with Death begin
The Loafer dawdles out again, nor say
His person only cumbers up the way
Thebrainless object proves what brains have missed
That Nothing can and has and UiH exist
The ParrfHH in chariot thuuders past
Ills arms a leopard rampant for last
ON which his plain old father stretched the hde'
MARQUIS of stoutest shoes, his only pride,
And 10 the close CObbler lived and died:
The frightened Artist Joins the human streams
Tbou fool il this a country made for dreams :
ONLY the REAL here can hope 10 please
Meat is the Mecca. and the magnet Cheese!
Vet do we prove that orthodox We stand.
For milk and honey make our Holy Lana
The Laborcr whistles 10 his daily task
And his the only face OF all without mask
Al last the tide is up--the human tide,
Swavcd bv the moons OF Avarice or OF Pride
II leaps it gurgles in the narrow ways
In Broadway wldens 20 a widering maze
Wolfsh on Change when Fortune grows or islls'
But very meek and piOus no -. Pauls.
For one hold the Unity OF Race,
Tho heart the same, no matter skin or place
The Brahmin sweeps the insect from his path'
But boards Tor man the br0thr-worm, his wrath
The Indian bows before the Doctors talk
Pint thinks of scaping and his tomahawk
The Mosem bowls " Il Allah !" in the Mosque
But dreams Of Leila in the cool Kiosk
And we hold the Unity Of Race,
The heart the same, no matter skin or pace
It's Evening F.; still no rest the gas lamps glare
Dethroning Day illumes the Human LAIR
The Lounger pufs before the huge hotel
The Fireman listens for the warning bell
The Museum opes its hOspltable door
And BARNUM reyels in one humbug more
saws that the City begged II on IL knees,
And what could ProfsGH Barnum do but please
The Park is potent still in scenic art
ITO sinh the manners aud c0rrHp the heart
There double murder nils the greedy eye
Duncan and Shakespeare stabbed f0goher dtf'
And stin intent on taking other lives,
NEw-YoRK spplauds and Fustian yet survives
The SISTERS HONE
T,t,y went in silence-children both of shame
one common Zoe was theirs the World-one name.
Their life lone star in troubled darkness rose
The storm attends il TO the mournfu close
They found her home There Luxury ana All
In vain had decked the ruin OF the Heart
Her feet irresolute take the marble floor
And If hope on ALBAS came before
That she was pure fair, that hope Is oeT
So is.ls him fhrou On the dim and stately halls