New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-25

-, any, of the authorities Of ~ University.
me 1..". Commeucernent bay wien be found him
.s,s in Roston hsrbor WITH nothing " do-for Mt
that time Commencement Day was street h"ii-
6ay. and there WAS no more bnsiD~ss dong 'nah on
SUNDAY As all the rest OF the world bad gone 10
Cambridge, he thought be might AZ Wen 60 100,
and 49,. what il was all about. he arrived aoodt
the time the exercises werv over ana eipo"ihe ms
way INTO the church found the President JuL TAX
INF his seat in PEARSON Turell- Arm Chair, OF which
The Autocrat &C tte breakfast Table" gives so
divertipg an account liz the last Atlantic Monthly,
and proceeding to- give the degrees Among the
rest he her nd hrs own name uttered IN the unknown
tonoue and understood enough to know that h.
had had leerse bestowed upon him. tie 'aid
that be did not know eucty What II meant, but be
know !, was a recognition of his merit as the su-
thor of the "Practics NayigatOr"-an honor alike
unsougtt sz,i unexpected, bestowed by men OF the
fr., cu,rpence in the country, OF their own mere
mo,,.a, He said il came just at the right time,
and did him more good than the greater donors
Which came later. ! believe you have Told no"
the scientific library Of this great man. which he
directed 10 be- Kept together and made free TO any
person wishing Ia use it, and Of which his son, DIR.
Henry j. Bow1itrh, has been the custodian, has
been now transferred 10 the Public Library, in
consequence Of this leyeling measure, where L
will be- kept together, aud be free to all corners,
according to his characteristic wish.
We have had some nominating here believe,
but Of that your Own keeps you advised. 1 never
20 after any political conventions, unless there Is
reasonable prospect OF a jolly row. / think We
have two candidates and half III the held-Mr.
Amos A. Lawrence. the Gardnero- Know Nothing0-
Naturalstic candidate having respectfully declined
being set up as the King Of the Beggars. The only
funny thing have heard Of in this connection
vile Phrase, though introduced, believe, by Mr..
Everett-is the poor, dear, stupid old Courier, the
organ Of the Rump of the WebsterWhig party,
accepting the nomination Of Mr. Beach, the Dem
ocrstic candidate, on the ground that ne was d
bunker without spot OF blemish, and especially be-
cause he was free from all faint Of the coalition with
the Free-SOilers; whereas Mr.. Beach was one OF
the main pillars cf the Coalition, and one Of the
most active promoters Of all It's measures. He was
elected by the Coalition 10 the State Senate, and
there voted for Mr.. Rantoul and MIR. Sumner for
United States Senators, and vas Coalition mem.
Der OF the Constitutional Convention, and voted for
Mr. Banks as President, and for all the most radi-
cal propositions So Gen. Whitney, who pre-
sided at the Springfield Democratic Convention
aud made speech, which was reported with great
appreciation in The Courier was Il Coalition mem
Der Of the House Of Representatives and of the
Constitutional Convention, and voted for Mr..
Banks for Speaker and President, for Messrs. Ran
tou and Sumner for Senators, and made speeches
in fayor of the Elective Judiciary and the Secret
Ballot This am told, for | never heard of the
gallant General before. This was certainly, de-
Ecious bit Of dunderbeadism which one could
hardly have expected even from The Courier,
had it not been for its blind eagerness to get into
lire with the Democrats who, imagine do not
much relish this enlargement of the convenient
smallness" Of their numbers by this small but hun
CRY body of recruits. One would think that it
must be true as somebody once told me in jest,
that the editor was an Irshman for / have never
yet net with any ore that could tell me who he is.
But though said RS joke, it we'll deserves to be
earnest; for though his lineal rank be- that of
Yankee, be certainly deserves to be Paddy by
brevet. BYLEs.