New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-01
Centenary College,

with mind intent upon q feast of reason and
flow of SOUL we repaird in goodly season to
the temple Of the classic muse, and for two days
basked in genial pleasures, beneath the shadows
of its honored walls
| TO attempt to chronicle q 1.-THE Of the inter
esting events which went to make up the history
of this famous intellectual jubilee, would indeed
be to "Write book" and far transcend those
narrow limits TO which we are necessarily
sscabined, cribbed, confined" in the columns
of a daily paper. With the thousands who par
ticipated in the commemoration of those events,
there is little danger that they will ever " fade
into nothing and die forgotten;" yet we could
but wish that some one skilled in literary linn
ing would weave into shape of epic grand
eur materials 50 rich and inexhaustible, and
which,
| 'if seized upon while fresh
| In their rich tints of light, and SO consigned
| To the bland pressure of judicious thought
| And chaste eonstraint of language, may become
Her.lOoms of after times.n
Our present purpose, therefore, is not to at
tempt more than very cursory outline of the
late commencement exercises; and to begin, we
will cast retrospective glance at the assembled
multitude as it appeared to US, the morning Of
our arrival at the scene of the exercises-the
| large and spacious College Chapel. Here was a
+" sea Of up-turned faces" with ears attuned to
catch the eloquent droppings Of q young Cice-
roman debatdat, who, from his commanding
position on the rostrum, seemed to survey the
miniature world Of beauty, strength and learn
ing below and around him, as some proud hero
of fame who, gazing from his high pinnacle OF
glory upon the vast panorama of creation spread
out before him, is gladdened by the soul-in-
spring plaudits and grateful recognitions of his
admiring votaries. This young collegian was
shortly followed by another---4rcades ambo, ct
cantaru pares--Who, in turn was succeeded by
another, and so on, until each of the six under
graduates Of the 's Franklin Literary Society
had gone through with his speech, as designated
| in the programme. Then came the magnificent
address Of the Hon. Christian Roselius to the
| Societies. production as appropriate to the
occasion as it was eminently worthy the bril-
liant talents, chaste scholarship and solid erudi
| ton of the honorable gentleman We believe it
is the intention of the Faculty to have the
speech printed for general circulation; they
certainly should. 1t would not fail to be read
with pleasure and profit by all who have the
true interests of Southern education at heart;
and with those who had the good fortune to
listen to its forcble and impressive delivery, it
would be q cherished memorial, and valued as
an object for future reference.
| In the evening, the members of the &c Union
Literary Society celebrated their anniversary
before an audience quite as numerous as the one
| which graced the Chapel during the preceding
exercises of the day. A number Of excellent
addresses were delivered by members of the So
| ciety, all Of whom acquitted themselves with
remarkable eclat.
| The following day being s commencement"
the exercises were ushered in by a classic salu-
| tatory in Latin, from p. FL. Swearingen, Of
| Texas, who was succeeded by his associates Of
| the graduating elass-some fifteen in number
in q set Of brilliant theses, managed in mastery
style
The Valedictory and Baccalaureate Address
es-the former by FL. F. Weathersby, of Miss,
and the latter by Prof Miller, the acting Presi-
dent, were greatly admired and applauded
The comforting of the Degrees by the President,
assisted by Prof ScaIes,) elected the most pro-
sound interest, and seemed to infuse fresh en-
| thusiasm into the graduating class, whose IA
| tigued energies, after the labors undergone,
must have well appreciated the invigorating
stimulus to be derived from the honors and dis
| tinctions which they had SO nobly won.
The degree of Bachelor Of Arts was conferred
| upon sixteen young gentlemen that Of Master
of Arts upon two, Mr.. Hines and Louis Perkins,
| former graduates of the Institution: the degree
of d. D. was conferred upon the Rev. Mr.. Thweat,
and that of LII. D. upon the Hon Christian
Roselius, of New Orleans.
| An ARRAY AT RoNDoUT, N. IA fracas
occurred at this town, few days ago, at the
| utlhhii'e-h Vi O Aa"A Nt'ieo ANY 1'"A.'
which resulted in the death OF one OF the bel
ligerents. 1t appears that the disturbance was
ao great that the keener sent for a constable to
quell it, when the combatants, number Of
Irishmen, fell upon him and injured him Sc
/ verely. Reduced to the last extremity, the
constable drew revolver and shot one of his
i ,,.o;,o,4, 1;,l;nc Rim, instantly Hewas about
n, ...o,s -
10 nre d secohu June "hen .ne "0apon VICE
knocked from his hand' the Dali logging IN the
ceiling Measures were taken to secure the
body of the man who was killed, in order that
an ;nonast MIGHT he held hut his friends refused
ON =. ~ -,
70 oehVer H. anu oniy uio ~ "n'n ooinp'iieo Wy
a considerable force OF constables
/ -
the list u s. Dragons, arrived at st. Louis on
the Esd inst. from New Mexico, which he left
on the 3d. The ST. Louis Republican learns
from Lieut. Ransom that military operations
were still carried on against the Indians in the
Territory with great vigor. 1t was the deter
mination of Gen Garland, as well as of the terri
torial authorities, to whip them into perma-
nent peace, and for this purpose they were
rapidly pursued
Major Carleton, in command of an expedition
from Fort Burgwin, had returned to that fort
He loyertook O band of Jicarilla Apaches, and
captured from them about fifty horses and all
| theircamp euuipage. The Indians fled.