New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-22

srd shining lights. He closed by stating th,t tho
County in which Hamilton College ls situated, has
siven to the public servcc several S's.a and one
United States - majors, three Attorney -Generais IA
ssion two CIRCUIT Ju'ge1 four Just ces OF the
Snpnpe Court. three Judges THE Court If Appeals
anc three Chief Justices.
Ttis afternoon we have Prof MitoLel Of Cincinnati,
on The occasion Of the dedirati u the new WbServa
tory atd Telescope.
CLINTON, Ooeids Co, Thursday July IL, 1855.
On Wednesday uferpoon, July I6 tue aodrc.s ded-
eating the new observatory, delivered by Prot.
Mitchell Of Cincinnati. As might have been expected,
the address was full OF thought SID beauty. | vii
not atcmp. to repeat bis eloquepcc It must be heard
to be appreciated. As he spoke without notes, the
effect was thrilling in the extreme.
In 1923, Prof. Charles Avery rsised SIS, 900 by
subscription mostly in small Gums for the purpose Of
procuring large telescope Of American manufacture.
II vas then detcmiDed to erect on the grounds Of
Hamilton College, building suitable for an As,ro-
mica Observatory, and to furnish ii wth 6rstclass
ilsb ume nts. In the Spring OF 1884, Nr. A. ). La
tbiOp Of Utica presented ans for building ~hlcu
were approved and the bulldog was erected the same
year.
TT e Observatory con ists of central building, with
wings ON the east and west sde. TIE msu bdiIdiog
is twenty feet sqnarc and two stories high, edc
meuptto by towers twenty feet in dia meter, which
Ievolve on eight cas,-iron balls upon iroo track.
The wnge are each eighteen feet rquue. Tue east
wing is Designed for comp utpg room; the West wing
is designed for Transit ioom aud 1t commands tue
meridian. The transit-ier i. built of Limestone; il
cesccI ds sx feet below the surface Of the ground and
is eight feet by five at the top. In tue ceuer OF the
m6ih building is the lage pier, bult also Of line-
sttbe II desctnds six feet below the surface Of the
ground is tL feet square at the base and seven feet
square 1T the top ard is ontrey detached from the
buildi 2. On the pier rests granite block fourteen
feet bgh TO which the great refrsc,or is ottsch 3D.
The observatory building cot S. 600. The telescope
was built by Messrs. Spencer d Eaton of Csnestota,
and is now mounted m ready for us-. Tue otj.ct
gloss has q diameter of thirteen and half iaches,
with focal length of sixteen feet. The hour circle.
divided silver has a.mcter of fifteen inches, AID
reads by two Nerniers two seconds OF tins. The
decli alton circle has diameter Of twentvlx inches
and resds to four seconds Of The Flar mcrome-
has epect made of double achro,natcs. iosta
Of the usual RaBsdtn form, giving magn'fylng power
from 100 TO 000 The reg9tive eye-pece gives mag
hfybg powers from ga to l,5OO times. The ueual 81
d.rial motion is giv- n by clock work.
The focal length of this telescope is about four feet
lees than is usual in the Munich instruments Of the
same aperture The telescope is rendered thu, un;
witlcy, and in the opinion of Mr. Spencer is optical
performaI ce is not impaired. The flint and crown
discs fer this instrument were procured through the
sgebts, Mesas. Cook Be-ke & Co.., New York Of
jose pb Bader Of Kohl and has been fouud to oe
kab]y exempt from stra. The price of MS tee
scope il 80 0OO The transit instrument and astro
nomical ock will room be ready for use. Tue tele
tcope itself is 0shed in style Of exceeding b-aaty,
ano is triumph of American att Twas al made 10
Cane OTTO with the exec ptoa Of the lenses which were
inpor in the rough and polished to their present
perfection by Messrs. Spencer Il Eaton.
Besides the Observatory, fne building to be used
as q chemical laboratory, and another for gymna-
SUM have been lately erected on the College grounds
One Of the most interesting features of Improvement
here il the laying ont of the College premises in land
scape ttyle This forms the third period in the pro-
gTesson of the institution. In 1895 the lanened Kirk
d. who about doing good to the Iodans Of this
valley dedicated the land which composes lar part
the presen. College grounds to the Of au aca eny
for the education of Indians joiuty with the cadren
of the pale faces. He took 80 much interest 10 the
plan of the building and school that be went 70 Phila
delpbia puIposely TO submit it to the idgmedt of
Wasbin eton and Hamilton. He Obt@ned their ap-
pIova If it. So far az can learn, however, no Ia
dian ever availed himself of the privileges of the
school, and the pars of their benefactor their be-
half were thwaIted. In 1912 the institution WAS
corpora ted as q culege. la 1858 the work of bea i
yiDg is premises in the style of mOdern landscape art
was commenced in coed earnest. Tbs grounds thus
beautifully laid out comprise about forty acres.
These are interected with many winding walks
plated with trees olspOeed in graceful groups, aud
surrounded with a hedge of buckhorn. Tue nece,s4
~ divisions are made by wie fences, which !. little
distance are almost invisible, aud so do not utenpt
the harmony Of the whole design. As the elevation
above the valley ia about four hundred feet the pr,s
pect is noble. The bill slopes gently do Hu to the
viii ding OrikaDy. Nine miles to the north thi-
stream j0iLs the Mobavs, and from their polut OF
unNn you see u OtNCdtc lHlSl ipSiuS' lI'UniuS NV
furhe, in the same drectioo, among the blue hhs
about Rome, you may SEQ storm raging IN dark
fury Vhle at the same time the erests Of the cen,oa
Hls some twenty miles distant aud Of Paris HiN
living opposite, are bathed in sunshioe u IN molten
gold. And when, sometimes a shower passes o0er
lust at evening the sun looks ont again for
tn. and then sinks to rest behind the clouds of our
pie ana orange and ecsrlet, rich 'ihe curtains of
GODS tabernacle" aud the woods and meadows gov
deeper green and the opposite Ky fushes with re-
Election of the glory, you might almost fancy that you
had caught Gin pre- of Eden
On Wednesday ring wo were to have had an
sddess before the Literary Soc ties by the Rsv f. ".
Chaplin, and poem by w IL. {. Bosmer. Nc.
Chaplin, we learned shortly before, could po appear;
so we all assembled TO hear poem. The Bard of
Avon tN w. did not come 10 time, and we were dis
missed With emusic by tfe bano." The old people
went eff DISAPPOINTED. The yourg folks, With fac.
uy of compe D, alton peculiar to youth extenporized
ball in neighboripg buioipg, and danced merfily
til the small boNs.
To-day rtursday is Commencement day proper.
The following is list of the Academic titles die
tribu!od
Tie bororary degree of u. D. was conferred upon
the Rev. Thomas Clap Pitkin Albany graduate from
ale IN l336l the Rov. Tertius Strong Clark Frank
lin grar uate from Yale in ls2i; the R.v. Gfosvetor
" illiams Heacock, Buffalo lsraouato from Western
Reserve in lsf0)
The honorary degree Of LII. D. was conferred upon
.he two orators OF Wednesday Ormsby Nc.
Knight Mitchell, Cincionat, and William Curtis
Noyes, esq, of New.York City.
The Lonorary degree of a NJ, was conferred upon
Horace Drydei, Kellogg, Bridgewoter Daniel Sails
bury Hcf'o on, Utica; VILLAIN e. Holowell, Hunts
vile, AL; Benson j. Losing. New. York, author Of
The " Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution" Ed
ward Folsom Baker Neu York; Pro-. Pbioeas San.
lon, lie Roy; Prof John {. Smith, Fairfield; Danla
W. Fiskc, Assistant Librarian If Astcr Library
The dcgIee Of a. NJ. ad eundeas was conferred upon
DR.. N. NJ ar Bagg of Utica.
The following graduates were admitted to the same
jeglee ia conrse: lie Roy Bli's, George w b. Dako,
kichard l. Dakin: l. >mhef = Fine. William Writ