New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-27

what ANXIOUS ewes 90 We Mhtsn tne Investigation.
sc.euce in those faI distant c.lnes, where
"-Queenly Asia from the noulderns throBe-.
OF thrce a thrus.nd years,
Cont with the wee, plesins goddess owns
Who longs TO- mortal teaci
The dust Of ruin - her mantle elung,
And dimnsd her crown of sold,
While he majestic Of her tongue
From Iyie q lGdgs rolled
In our excessive voneraGon for the genius Of A.
nineteenth century we are too apt 10 forge, that IN A.
earlier age OF the world there perhaps existed nav
reai, did certainly exist, nations whose prosre..
y arts and in al that onobles life riyaiea ocr az,
Tae traveller a. be roams over the burning PLAIN
Ec,pt gaZes with establishment az the majestic ps
mds aul massive temples and wonders at the mech
icrl power sufC lent ,o rear those mountain piles A.
10 elevate those enormous blocks OF granite. he ~
dors a. the extrcme delcacy of the fabrics Of tie o.
and The still undnmcd lasre of he ancient DYES =.
foot strkes from the sand the tempered copper - hs
eued that Il Vie Ids no; its edge 10 the severst bles
He finds occasionally specimens OF stained glass \
penetrated with the coorng as TO excite tie envy a.
bale the imitation of modern art While the cum,
aptouarv finds conclusive evidence that in those ear
dsy, lie principles OF the Artesien Weh ID the ~
score. nav, even Of steam power and Of the prihtr
press were 1T least partially Understood. Andhb'l
comes an interesting subject OF inquiry 70 aseestan
what ma ucr and through what causes these iTlnDs
Of 81 ence were ecIscd and lost 10 be again gye II
the world only when the sun OF learDng, having SN
ulettd his daily journey, should once more appe9 |
the horizon dispensing the genial light o, wisdom
dispensing the :hick clouds of Ignorance and er9
lhe answer Is bgiof enc. Because there Was \,
ular press iuerasby 10 record the progress and per
NJ ntlv 70 stereotype the discoveries of science 4, 1
such \ press then existed ;he repeated iEruptoo,
barbarous tribes would rot have produced the y, |
disastrous re- ults. he light OF science and dr /
would still have burnt upon it secret altar ~ithhl
peue,raia OF the scmpieo OF knowledge, while theaiA
tal IS. Of social 'grOrnnce might have huug oVa 4
oxter nor courts sLd pOgtcoes. Against that b1gdi1 1
protecting shield Of civilization the arrow u Alta
If klgric would have Glanced harmlcssly, a. dds I
weapons of their enemies from the magic shields Of
,srdo and Amadis. Ihenruined Nmeveh, and crur. i
inc Thebes and fallen Athens and buried Pom. 4
would no, have been, as they now are, the sad ma i
rails OF epartea greatness. Then the learning Of 4
aLoieuts instead of dcCayIug Ike the summer fese
10 spirg again from the seed, would have grogala
fouii-ltd Ike tho forest oak, spreading wide ~
branches ard casting Lar and hear 10 protecting sA
willie the blasts OF Winter though they m.ga, epI
il Of rs foliage leave unframed the branches 70 III
and blossom with the returning Spring. Bot d Il
possessing TO such essence OF Immortality ne sciess
OF antiquity were lost aid It Is Low the sad provo
OF history thai Old Mortality in the graveyard OF
worc 20 dc .pher tie fading inscriptions OF the n.
umeris they themselves have erected, and 20 gt
from the confused muttorings OF tradition The q
records of the buried arts.
The address of Mr. Campbell, who is a meade
of the Sigma Phi, was generally admitted to n '
been the most successful performance OF the d
25. Conflict OF Mind. NJ. IL. Galusha, lheoLof
sS r" Daniel Webster" ". ;. Lincoln Cha
Me a gentleman with very weak, piping voice sou.
to oauOnize Mr. Webster as tie first SAINT OF ourt
endar chiefly as ne assured the audience, IN co..
aucuce of the last great public act OF his lie. n
IiucOln's Intentions were doubtless very goods
with an improved gift Of speech, would prooaolyks
been more successful.
81. Furopean Yacillation. A. L. Woouen p
dephia, ia.
gentleman thought that Dickens might be termedrri
an objective than subjective writer Our pleer
reading hi- works lies he thought, in the symineivea
locic: hc leads our feelings rather than our ludgA
lie l. in 10 degree philosophical, he said, but He
nentlv succC SAUL IN tho delicate portraiture Of ss
strikinely natural. The concluding remarks dt
Sneaker displayed a keen lerce9tiye faculty soi
analytical ability OF 10 common order.
-. Supremacy OF Conscience. y o. Thsc
Hornolsyi y. Y. This was a brief but eloq
address, finely delivered, and characterized byn
and original method OF thought Mr.. Thach9
one Of the most promising speakers OF the day,
3d. 4 Mothers Love. 5. Jacb son, Florida, 1
81 Religion Essential TO Republic. II. Gil
lack Philadelphia Pa, In demonstrating the
OF bis subject particularly as exemplihed IN outI
country tie speaker said: The founders OF hEif
publio were Christian patriots-and if il il toll erI
served, il will only be by men of kindred wa
Such are the men wnom the eXigcncies of The eon
demand, such men OUT Scmlnarles OF learning 3D.
send forth. And though young, this Institution
selt forth to every helC the defenders Of the right
was a son of Union who recalled public attenne
the fact that tke law of God is above all humang
We rejoice that this fearless advocate of the relp
principle in government still lives, sustained byF
lie opnion--a fact alike credtable TO himself c.
the nation.
Music-"O | viii sing unto the Lord
Or. Mott then delivered the customary Addis
to the Graduating Glass, and Degrees were ~
cor 4or-aI upop tho foIlnxV n.rsnna.
The Honorary Decree Of Muster Of Arts-E
Henry y. Strong, Marshall, Mich; Charles >. Ia
stOn. Fulton, n. y; Judson ). Langdon, Prince
\. Y. W. ". Newman, Buffalo, n. " Rev. W.
L. Sta.ks Fort Plain, n " George Rugg oN' ,
Tie Degree oC 4. ~, grad1ating Drerious 10 IS
Rev. Charles Ii. Taylor BGlstOn Centre, Mass y
c. s. Coukiing, Mount Pleasant, n. j. Rev. 81
Miller Saugertios; 4. II. DunDing, Warwick, Onr
Co., y. y, +. W. Hatch, NJ. D., Sacramento O.
Cal. }. Hale Knickerbacser, Troy, ". Y Jsresi
Hill, West Brookfeld, Mass; Ambrose ). R'r
Conn. Philo ). easier, New-YorS City Jamst
ton, Philadelphia; James ;. Livingston, CmcagoJ
George l.. Trask, Sonora, Cali Henry GaEdnefi
bany.
Tie Degree Of 4. IT., in Course-E. II. Hon
Railway, n. j.: John Anderson, Argyle, n. Ii@
J. Thompson, Cragyle. Orange Co n VI ~
Murray Albany; VIM. Green, Jr BroaialolaAl
II. b. Knickorbacker LockpOrt, Ind. +. Oh "a
Conn. L. l.. Bailey, Carbonate, Pa james D1
rest Jr.. n sw Brunswick; Allen Wright, Che@
Nation Z. MelaDchOn Doottle, pomptJu, NJ
Geo. NJ. Mcconnell, Jacksonville, H.; 5. B. Bwt
rel, New.York City; S. X. Garter, Paris, Ne; y
NJ. Gufin, Iowa City. Rev. n. g. SPaldng Fss
Vile y. Y. W. H. Merriam, Chicago, III p .
Seeloy, Chicago, ILL., +. De Witt Craig, Chn'os,h
Jonas Heertt, Troy, n. y o. Il. Hitchcock ~
lord, \. Y.
We subjOin a list of the Graduating Clu''
Alexander AGAR. james e. V. ID. Ayers, jams,
Bames, William Ileary Baldwin, Augustus BFOdIs'
Horaiio D. Brown, CleGyeland J. CambeD, Ans
Case, Joseph l.. Clark, Augustus Z. Clarke, l 49,
Collier. Isaac G.. Collins, William X. Cross, w
X. De GamO james NJ Dundas Almoa Eayen,k
ris j. Franklin Moses NJ. Ham, Cliaioa A; IL
Benismn Rowland, Charles HuHsickes, SheIaolcss
son, Wiaism W. Kirby, William $. Lincoln, ~
Little, Mecom Mem. McK.nnon, Robert L, c W.
ran, Al0nI0 ID. Morgan, John ID. O-tron esrI
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