Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-26

WASHINGTON: SATJ
Under the, circumstances found no difficulty in entering
the chapel and reaching central position. Presden
was look ag we'll in his elevated upon the
Of the stage and raj d bis Oxford cap with dignity ths
students su cesvey approached TO perform the
respective exercises Up the right band Of the President
of the university sat the and young Governor OF the
State, Mr. BoUrwELI who il, er ctsco, and by ancient
susom, necessary appendase OF commencement de y
the representative the State on 40 OCCASION and presen
at the expense of the State. On commencement morning
the Governor with his suite, is rom Boston 70 Gam
bridge by the "Lancen" one Of the uess military compa
nes in the country and while bis Exec ency attends COM
mencement exercises and eats commence ne dmner INC
Lances" find their headquarters hol e IN the neigh
borhood where they served with umptuous DIM
ner, and the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, lots the bill
The graduating class Of this commencement numbered
sxone thirty Of whom had exercises assigned them for
performance. As general remark, would be bu just TO
say that the exercises welwen well commit cd and
welldsvered, and would compare well with the sse Of
exhibitions such occaaions- may spfsr % one, ipy
op account 0f M subjec which seemed y furnish little M
an oraton by young soa.lsmun from Andover Mr. BrERs
The subject wss "Lo atty 70 Law an element Of Free
DOM" It handled with ability, and with comprehen-
svs grasp Of the subject showing that harmony beauty and
life in the works Of depend upon loyalty and obedience
the laws Of nature and ascending to illustration of
like necessity Of obedience to moral and civil law. The
mark wish make is this that when the speaker eloquent
y enforced the obligation and the necessity of loyalty and
obedience the laws of the land it drew down The applause
Of the house strongly than any thing else in the
mencement exercises.
AT the close Of the exercises the procession returned
Gore Hail." the beautiful library building where process
sion reformed consisting Of those who entitled to
the dinner and marched to Harvard Hall
where that important part Of the exercises Of the day
doubt satisfactorily performed. The procession, should
think numbered three four hundred perhaps rising four
hundred and all the previous graduates Of the university
entitled to the dinner, is rather remarkable that the
number not larger remained longer but returned 10
Boston. ts..@T. .s j
This morning (Thursday) went again to Cambridge TO
witness the performances before the Phi Beta Kappa Society
The oration, by Rev. DR.. SrRAeuE Of Albany exhibited
very marked ability, and was full Of interest His subject
was the American mind its origin its character, and lis
destiny He traced that origin far back among the nations
from which spang and described the history and chaac
terscs Of those nations their various stages opogess up
the time of the planting Of these colonies and showed how and
and formed and became what it is He then described with
much power and eoquenc its present character and proba
bic destiny He believes that decidedly the strongest impress
upon the American mind and character through the
Puritan channel Of the Pilgrims He believes in the perpe
uiy of institutions He thinks the origin growth and
characteristics Of the American mind give promise of
naon which, for durable greatness stable progress, and i'm
provement Of the race shall far exceed any thing that the
world has The two great anchors which he be-
eves will hold republic from being swept away and lost
in the brief food Of tme like the republics Of antiquity,
rhs eemant of christianity and universal education. Dr.
Spague urged with great power and eoquence the duty or
obedience to civil aw and depicted in glowing colors the
crime of any atempto dissolve the Union weaken the
foundations Of institutions and at these points Of his
discourse he received the heaes and fullest applause from
the audience In closing his address, which occupied about an
hour and quarter he paid beautiful tribute the memory
Of the late JOSEPH BucKMSsrER, who forty ago filled
the place with unsurpassed interest which Dr. SPnAoUE filled
to-day The Doctor very tall porty person, probably
the shady side of 6y, though apparently on the sunny
side
JAMES T. FIELDS Of Boston, had been appointed to deli
poem before the Society at this anniversary, but
prevented by the death Of his wife, which occurred few days
ago. Rev. JoHS PISRrosr supplied the place, and read
poe parts of poem, which he had probably prepared for
the audience for nearly hour and received with much
applause The general subject progress" It was
full Of sparkling wit sharp antithess, and glowing imagery
BIRDS-EYE.