The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-03

COMMENCEMENT OF ST.. JoHN's COLLEGE. The an
nual commencement of St. Johns College, at An
napolls took place on Wednesday. Thefollowing YVES
the order of exercises:
mo fortt''-by John p. Cockey, of Baltimore
county.
"Pubic opinion''-by Robert L. Lusby, of Anne
Arundel county -.
:, "Alfred the Great'-by Henry c. England, of
"ohver oromwelr'-by Roger Bells, of An
napolis.
"aenry Clay"-by Henry C. Tinges, of Calvert
"0ur Illustrious Dead"-by Samuel T. McCul-
Tough, of Annapolis.
"Party Spirit''-by Thomas A. Duckett. of
Prince Georges county.
nMacte nora uirtute, puer; sic itur al astra'-
Valedictory--by Dorsey Thompson, of Howard
county,
The degree of A. B. was conferred upon the MEM
6ers OF the Graduating Glass, with the exception of
lnomas a. Duckett, to whom certificate Of prof.
cheney was awarded, and the degree of A. NJ, in
course, upon the following gentlemen, graduates of
the class of 1857: John p. Hyde, Louis w. BRYAN.
Joseph n Pinde, Joseph X. Roberts, John H.
Seilman. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
was conferred upon Prof. William Chauvenet, of
| Washington University, st. Louis.
| The "Alumn Prizes" of $50 and S25 were
! awarded to Dorsey Thompson, of the senior class
ana ~. hlehard y; MAYNARD, of the sophomore class
-, Inc college H6nors were awarded as foows:-
The First Honor to Dorsey Thompson; Second
Honor to John P. Cockey.
! THE GALWAY SrEAMERs-In addition to the state
ments of some English newspapers, previously re-
| ported, we learn that authentic information was
received in this city yesterday, to the effect that
| the British government refuses to confirm the
| transfer OF the Galway mail contract to the Cana
dian line. The Galway steamers will continue
their trips as BEFORE sailing every fortnight alter
nately to Boston and to New York. This informa-
ton, which comes upon the best authority throws
| the whole matter back where it stood before the
late report of the transfer of the subsidy. The
| Galway Company will now, presume, use all its
efforts to secure the sanction of the House of Com
| mons for its contract, and in this effort, as we
recently observed, they have cause for encourage
ment. They will certainly have the best wishes of
the merchants of this city for their success and for
the ultimate prosperity of the line which has been
| opened by so fine a vessel as the Connaught-
| Boston Advertiser.
| SHIP FEVER AT New YoRK-Forty Cases.-The
ship Cynosure landed at Castle Garden, on the 10th
instant, 637 emigrant passengers, among whom
was woman, forty-6ne years of age, who Wa so
dangerously ill of ship fever that it deemed
lmprudent to remove her, and she died at Castle
Garden on the following day. day or two after
wards, one or two of the passengers sent back
to Castle Gardens, sick with ship fever. Others
have followed from day to day, and about forty of
the passengers of the Cynosure have already been
sent to the island. In some cases they have been
sent back from a considerable distance even as far
as Newark, New Jersey. At whatever hour they
have reached Castle Garden they have been prompt
ly sent to the island, so that the disease had no
opportunity to spread.