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

,,....rviIIe. In the Sophomore Glass to Arthur T.
To-, If New York. and Herick johnson Of Buf
7, tho Ju.;or Glass to William J. Erdman of
ns.a;nc Pa and Charles T. steblins Of Waterloo.
ggo Ibon;x and Union Societies held their Ami
- IN The College Chapel Tuesday morning.
me Pl1nix Vsldtctory was delivered by seymour
scott; that of theTnion by , W. stocking speeches
&c mae bv Or. Avery, tie Rev. Mr.. Clark Of
p,odonia- Alex Spauding OF New-York, Tutor Brs-
,ol tbe Rev. Mr.. Hague and others.
HE Society of the Alumni held its meeting az the
stone Church Tuesday afternoon. The attendance,
notwithstanding the unfavOrable state Of The weather
,yns quite large. The Rev. Benz. w. Dwight Of
BROOKLYN delivered the Poem.
The Rev. Vim. Hague, DID, Of Albany delivered
the Grafton. The subject was politics and Chris
stisnity; Their Relaiions' lie defined with much
cesrn,ss the peculiar province Of the State aud the
Church. Ills sentiments were generally unexcephon-
sbc and pertinent, exhibiting rare acquaintahcs
with the philosophy Of Government me A az.
wss lstentd 10 with earnest attention thronghou,.
The following obituary notices prepared ny Ii0v7
sor T. North, Secretary Of the Society OF hemiltoh
Alumni, were read: ..rtr...
During the past wear seven OF the graduate 81 Ham
NO., have denarfed this be. Ia tie sketches that
nloVV tho deceased are mentioned IN the order OF the
discs 10 which they severaliy belonged beginning
with the youngest; ,r,,.,
sdest con Of the Rev. Horace p. Bogue Of Syracuse
res boz in Gilbertsve, OisegO Co., Sept; 80, 1929.
Glass oF ls4s-Thomas Burnside Fine Of
1udgc fluc OF OEOcufDuiEus was uDIl JtD II. lr~Js
md died at Cincinnati March Il, 1855. Iisdeah was
faused by paralysis which made It's first aitGck IN
alexander Stewart Pren;iss, classmate with Mr.
Fine, and eldest son of Col. John II. Prentias, was
horn at COopentOwn in the year 1920. His legal
ssnfjee commenced with Messrs. Lathrop Burdett
COcperstown, and completed with the Hon. {. Ii:
Doontile of Utica. In October 1850. he admitted
10 the bsT Of this Slte Soon after he went 10 Chicago
and entered upon the practice OF his profession Dur
inc the prevalence of the cholera at Chicago ias sum-
uer several of his nearest friends were stricken down
by his sde lie declined TO leoyehs post Of labor and
Lnevolence, though strongly urged to do 90, and fell
svictm 10 the cholera Oct. 10, 1854.
CLASS OF ls45-Ioseph Baker Wood, son of Mr.
David Wood Of Stockbridge, Yves bora IN Augusta
Oneida County, July 81, lsZ6. At the end OF his col
hge course he went TO South Carolina a teacher
DuIing the second year Of his engagement there, a
hcuonhaee of tho lungs brought BIN near TO the
grave. The remaining eight years OF lis life were
years Of nrmity and maDiu resistance to the nroads
OF q slow consumption. Reluctant 70 surrender bis
rens for useful activity, ard naturally hopeful, he
made several attempts to prosecute the tuiy OF med
cine but continued 10 decline until he yielded to his
deGih, al Oneida, Oct. 81 1854.
Cas- OF Is54.-The Rev. Edwin Hall Crane,
edee son of the late Rev. Ab.iah Crane, was born in
the vil0ge of Hampton, Oneida County May 80,
1875 The following bis gradu alton was spent IN
the study OF law with the Hon Willis Hall Of New
Ydk. His theological studies were completed at Au-
burn in 1850. Under on appointment from the Amerl-
can Board lie sailed from Boston May 81, 1872, for
Memikan III Persia. lie died a. this place OF malig-
nant typbus fever, Aug. u, 1894.
CLASS or l-44.-Ils Rev. liezekiah Woodruff Os-
born was probably native of IOmpkins County.
Aftcr completing his theological studies at New-llayen,
he offered himself 10 the American Board az Foreign
Missionary, and was accepted. Owing 10 the failure
Of his health and the embarTdssmens Of the Board at
that time be did not 90 abroad. For thirteen years
he laboIcd very successfully as pastor IN MesoPota
mia, Ohio. Thence he removed 10 Hamdon, in The
same State where he died Of typhoid fever, Now .,
ls54 leaylng q wife and three children.
CLASS or 1el9.-TnOmas Hunt Flandrau was born
at New Rochelle, Wes'chester County, Sept. 8, 1901.
His family had resided there since toe immigration of
Jacques Fiaudrau, who, with family Of Hugusnots,
came from La Rochelle France, toward the close Of
the seventeenth century. Mr.. Flandrau's father re-
moved to Oneida County while he was yet a child,
and here he passed the larger par OF his life. lie read
law in the office Of the late Jadge Williams Of Uuca
Shortly after bis admission 10 the bar he removed TO
New York. at the request of Aaron Bun, aud became
his law partner. The business OF the office was then
very large and important
Dir. Flandrau pIac'iced law for a good many years
Mt WaervilIe and from Chat place removed to Whites
boro. Here his death, caused by apoplexy, occurred
Dot. 9, 1854.
Among tho Honorary Alumni the deaths noticed are
those Of the Rev. I. 5. Spencer, ID. d.. Of Brooklyn,
and the Rev. Eli NOyos, ID. d., OF Providence.
The following gentlemen were chosen officers OF the
AlGmni Society for 1856.
Eresidenf-Ih lee Hon. PETEA =. PORTER, Niagara Falls
.Frssdenis-Edwiu G. Itchheld Fsq, New York Prof
George Perkins, Utica VIM Groves, Alexandra, Parish OF
1pecIf,re 1c~nies-Oimiel s. Williams Theodore W.
Dwight Anson Upon, Henry NJ Burche'd David H. Coch'
ran, frebos Dekin
Seretst-Edwsrd North.
TreaswGf--J eel h 5. Avery.
Ornt.f-The Hon. George Underwood Auburn
Poei-PnE a. c. Kendnok d. d., KoohesteH
Last evening an Grafton was delivered before the
Literary Societies by Judge Fine Of Ogdensburgh and
a rOen. by Francis NJ Finch ct Ithaca