Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-03-11

Conference sketch of which will he giyen -
| our readers tomorrow. =
/THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT of the Medical
Department Of Georgetown College. at the smith,
sonlan' last evening, was attended by a very larye
and Intelligent audience the spacious lectu1s
room being crowded to overfowing. At half
past O'Clock, the Faculty consisting of DOCTORS
NOBLE Young, Lieberman, SNYDER Eliot Nor
gan. Antisell, and Willett ACCOMPANIED nv Rev
Ut. Early, President of Georgetown College. and
the Rev. MIR Curley, Of the same Institution. en-
| tered upon the stand ~
Or. Eliot. Dean of the Faculty. read the act Of
,1I1, authorizing the College to confer medical
DIR. Early then addressed the Graduating class
! IN Paternal manner. He said they had now
reached the goal Of their ambition and the reward
Of their study their professional diplomas What
the Institution could do for them had now been
done, and IL was for them to make their future
| what IL might and ought to be. They had the
Dest wishes OF their instructors for their future
success and happiness.
| The following graduates We're then called upon
| the stand. one by one, and presented with diplo-
| mas comforting the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Reuben Cleary, ID. C.; Lucius Smith, Ohio; JOS
| II Howard. ID. C.; Geo. w. Hill. Ohio: F. C.
Christie, n. V; J.'Wells Herbert Md; Dent
Burroughs; Nd; E. Lyon Corbn, n. Y; and
| augustus sparks. Iowa.
, All the graduates had lady friends present who
| threw one or more bouquets to each while they
Were sevcrally upon the stand.
1
over. DR.. Antissll proceeded to deliver the vale
| dictory address. He gave a history of the pro-
gess of the medical science from the earliest ares
down TO the present time. Up to the time of I,u-
ther the practice of medicine had been but very
| little understood. IL had been fraught with the
tost enormous and alarming spperstitons Even
as an irrcigiOus interference with the DEGREES of
| the Almighty.
He congratulated the class, and the race on the
developments in the science Of medicine and the
| improvements in its practice that had been made
| IN modern times. He said to the graduates that
thelr studies were not yet completed. The Insti-
/ tuition that had Just conferred upon them their
| diplomas, had only erected basis upon which il
| was for them to build n superstructure; and the
glory of that supersirncture depended upon their
| own future exertions He advised them wher-
| ever they went to cultivate amicabe relations
with the profession. for upon n friendly acauain-
lance and Intercourse with the profession depend
| ed in great measures their future success and
power Of doing good.
| FUNERAL OF THE LATE POSTMASTER GENERAL
Our notice OF this occurrence in Yesterdays star
extended no farther than the starting of the pro-
| cession, on account of the lateness of the bour
The cortege afterwards moved along Pennsylvania
| avenue. passing the Capitol on the south side On
arriving at the Congressional Cemetery the CORPSE
was placed on bier in front Of the vault and the
Rev Dr. Hall there concluded the funeral services
The I'D OF the coffin again raised when the
sons ana relatives of the deceased, the President
| ana MS niece, Miss Lane. members Of the Cabinet
| and ladies Of their families and many other per
sons walked around the bier and took last look
| at the features Of the dead. The coffin was then
removed into the vault and placed in a box to he
| ready for transportation to the family burial place
| in Tennessee \ number of persons went into the
vault while II remained open, and after the COM
pahy had partially retired, servant of the de
| ceased followed them and took careful survey of
! the premises and of the box containing the re-
mains OF his late master, saving that he wanted to
see how everything was So as to re- port In his mis-
fhnn eli and I.N.a
prlSing the procession were soon on tine WAY tn
their respective homes
We omitted to mention Yesterday the attendance
| AT 'he funeral services at the White House. and
the participation in the procession, of the Board of
| Aldermen, Common Council officers Of the city
government generally, and of the Courts of the
| District The Mayor was not present on account
| OF !ndlsPosltlon. The diplomatic CORPS il seems
| dld not 20 the grave. although they were in the
line Of procession as IL issued from the Executive
Mansion IL Is surmised that their non-;ttendauce
is attributable tn question of etionette as Ia what
place should have been assigned them i'm the line
| In the programme they Were placed after the rep-
resentatves OF the Legislative and judicial branch
Is al The Government, and the question is suppos
ed Ia he whether they Were not entitled To follow
Immediately after the chief Executive officers
| "AsHINGToNIANs UPON THE STEAMER PRIN-
cEss.-The following interesting particulars in
relation TO the explosion Of the steamer Princess
we derive from letter received by Mr. Martin
- 'iA' A'oi'l WI JdIlts w dllttc.
WATER PROOF, LA. March ]. 1859.
| ny Dear FdfhsT: Last SATURDAY, morning Mrs
| Go0driCh. Mrs. w. II. Winter and her daughter
| Nate, from Your city, MIR. Scott and his two
daughterS, Amelia and Louisa, Mrs. l.. V. Reeves
and her daughter Josephine. left Water Proof on
| board the steamer Princess for New Orleans and
ere this you have heard the fatal news of the ex-
plosion.
Mrs. Goodrich and Miss Amelia Scott returned
| mere al 10 a m to-day on board the steamer Nat
! chez, with MIR. Scott horribly scalded about the
,,.Vgl
| am now setting up with him and atteudincr tn
| his wants. Miss l.nUsl scott is scaJdpd i'm the
| face and neck, and ia endcIvcring to maxi. her
escape, some heavy plank fell upon her and she :
| very much injured in tue back aud is not abl, Ia
sli up, Miss Amelia not injured but is now
offending to her father and sister. Mrs w. n
| winter found lifepreservPr and put il on little
| hate, and having disenga.cd her from her death
| grasp, threw her overheard. and then followed
her, having life preserycr on. Mrs Winter has
lost ali her trunks: Mr.. L.. V. Reeves joined the
| party at Baton Rouge The is Il member of the
| LeSlsl5tnre) Ia 20 with his wife aud daughter
| and ladies' To New Orleans Mr. Reeves Is,, is
broken IN two places and his wife is severely in
| Jured Mrs. Winter and daughter arc here and
VIII leave tomorrow for the plantation | cannot
| tell when alr. Scott can he moved lie has DR.
| Holcom attending him.
| Az OWNER FoUND.-A short time since n citizen
ofGeorgetown advertised in the Star that a member
Oh MS family had found peculiar gold ring which
the owner could have by proving propertv &c
Inc owner did prove property in a few hours and
received his ring 1t seems that the owner was
some years ago, the tenant in the house in the eel
/ lar Of which, buried about six inches i'm the ,ccu
undated woOd-bark and mould. the ring was
found IL was large and valuable specimen of
California collaborating quartz set in the form of
shleld-tbe finest specimen Of California gold
bearing quartz we ever saw. We mention the
facts a. Illustrative of the importance of advertis
ing ~ the Star to all in the District of Columbia
or surrounding country who really desire to bring
aught 10 the notice Of the public. 1t rarely hap
pens that aught lost is advertised i'm the star with
ont being restored TO tie owner. Nothing illus
rats more forcibly the honesty of the great mass
oi the people here: than the fact that lost article
Is rarely advertised in the Stars columns without
being restored to the owner, the star being read
daily by nearly every person in the District who can
ApPTopOS-A week two since two girls adj.
vertsed In the Star for situations and accidentally
gave the wrong number of the street as that of the
house where they were TO be found The family
whose number was given sent a message beg
SlhS Tor the discontinuance of the advertisement
alleging that in two days their doorbell had bcen
pulled by some eighty applicants for the services
Of the girls.