Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-08

| the mayor ana aluermenS rOoH Ill tHe wy
Hall between nine A. NJ. and one p. NJ. o.day.
The past members of the City Guard will
serve as a guard Of honor.
The funeral services will take place at the
Salem street church at four o'clock p. NJ. The
escort will be performed by the State Guards
and Highland Cadets. The city government,
Masonic lodges, and past members OF the 10th
regiment, will join the procession. Advertise
ments OF interest to these bodies will be found
in another column. Volunteer officers and
priyates of the army now in the city are re-
quested to meet with the city government at
the City Hall. There will be an opportunity
for all who wish, to follow the remains of the
deceased to their last resting place. During
the march of the procession to the cemetery
minute guns will be fred and the church bells
will be tolled. The Cornet Band will play a
funeral march, composed for the occasion by
Mr.. Joseph Riedl of the old band OF the 10Th,
and dedicated to the memory of Col. Ward,
in token of the esteem in which he was held
by the band. There is a general disposition
! to close places of business upon Main street
/ while the procession passes through it. No
! vehicles other than those which form the cor
tege will be allowed on the street at the time.
The FIFTEENTH.-From communication
from I. w. Wellington, Esq, to the mayor,
received here yesterday from Baltimore, we
| learn that w. A. Alger and VIM. Ford, of the
Fifteenth regiment, both of this city, were
taken prisoners at Gettysburg by the rebels.
commencement at the College of the
| Holy Cross.
The customary commencement weather"
hot and sultry-attended the closing exer-
cises for the academical year 1923 at this
institution, on Tuesday, 9TH inst. A large
number of the friends of the college and of
| the students testified their interest by their
| presence. Among them were Governor An
drew and his aids, several of the clergy, and
many alumni of the college. The college or
| chestra, augmented for the occasion by Wor-
cester talent, and under the direction of Prof.
Leland, furnish, excellent music to vary the
attractions. As the number of literary exer-
cises was but eleven, the young gentlemen,
having enough time at their disposal,
were enabled to enlarge upon their themes,
and so do much better Justice to
themselves than is possible where some
thirty or forty students have to pour out their
thoughts in about two hours time. The ex-
ercises yesterday evinced careful thought
originality and vigor, and were listened to
with deep interest. The attention paid to
poetry evinced itself in three poems, all of
which were very good, and the young poets
were cautioned by one of their classmates
that little good poetry is evolved without the
aid of great labor and art.
The order of literary exercises was as fol-
lows:
The Missionary, James j. Carey; Learning in
Ireland from the fifth TO the Eighth Century, VIM
L. McQuaid; The Tomb of the Scpios (poemj Hugh
r. j. ODonnelli How much poetry owes to Art
and Industry, Ed j. b. Kennedy; The MartyrdOm
of Pancratins tpoeml f, y. Mclaughlin; Address
0fthe Polish Cheitain before Battle (poem) James
f. O'Brien; Cardinal Ximenes as Patron of Liter.
azure, NJ. HaTkins; The Massacre of the Holy limo.
cents, +. j. McAvOy; Trees-their Beauty and Sig
nfcance, d. r. Sheridan; Bames, WI. CorcoraH;
Naledctory, NJ L. Dongherty.
The degree of A. M. CONFERRED by George
town College, D. Co. was received by RA-
MON l. HILL of California.
The degree of A. B. was received by WILL
LIAM j. CoRCoRAN, RICHARD PATTERSON, and
RICHARD ]. QUINLAN of Massachusetts; MI
CHAEL L. DOHERTY of Maine; PATRICK
BUCKLEY Of Nova Scotia and JAMES \. Nc
DoNoUGH of Massachus etts
The following students having distinguish
ed themselves in their respective classes, were
rewarded with crosses of honor, or with prem
iums, which they received at the hands of Gov.
Andrew -
In the class of Mental Philosophy the cross of
honor was awarded to William j. Corcoran of
Mass; the premium to Richard Patterson of
Mass.
In Natural Philosophy, cross of honor to Richard
j. Quinlan OF Mass premium to William j. Corco-
In Chemistry, of honor to William j. Cor.
coran OF Mass; premium to Michael l.. Doherty of
Maine.
An extraordinary cross of honor, open for compe-
ton to the students of all the classes for the best
English composition was awarded to Dennis r.
Sheridan of Canada East.
In Elocution, cross of honor to Dennis r. Sheri-
dan Of Canada East premium to William j. Corco.
of Mass.
In Rhetoric cross of honor to Dennis r. Sheridan
Mass
In Poetry, cross of honor to Edward J B. Kenne-
Mass.
In First HumanitieS, cross of honor to James
Smith of Mass; premium to James L. Walsh of
Mass.
In Second Humanities, cross of honor to Jeremi.
All E. Millerick of Mass premium to James
Bourke of Mass.
In Third Humanities, cross of honor to Peter A.
Mckenna, Mass premium to Peter f Lamb,
Mass.
In Mathematics, first class cross of honor to VIM
T. McQuade, Mass premium TO Cornelius Cole
man. Mass. Third class, cross of honor to Matthew
Harkins, Mass; premium to James O'Brien. Mass
In Algebra cross of honor TO James L. Walsh
Mass. premium to Jeremiah H. Merch Mass
In Arithmetic first class, cross of honor to VIM
j. hcComb, Mass premium to Daniel j. Basibe,
Penn. Second class, cross of honor to Patrick l..
Quail, Mass; premium to Peter A Mckenna and
John Tuite, Mass
Third class, cross of honor ITO Adolphe Verdereau,
Cuba; premium to John j. Ireland Mass.
In Book keeping cross of honor to Thomas n.
Doutney, Mass; premium to Daniel j. Bastibe,
Penn, and james b. V. Clarke, N. Y.
In French first class, of honor to Dennis r.
Sheridan, Canada East; premium to VIM. Z. Nc
quad Mass. Second class, cross of honor to Jas.
4. O3Bren, Mass; premium TO Peter F. Lamb,
Mass. Third class, cross of honor to Patrick W.
Cronin, Mass; premium to jeremiah e. Mierick,
Mass. Third class, second division, premium to Pc
ter A. McKenna, Mass.
In First Rudiments, cross of honor to William j.
McComb, Mass; premium to James d. V. Clarke,
n. Y.
In Second Rudiments, cross of honor to John
Conlan, Mass; premium TO Timothy Kenney, Mass.
In English, premium to Adolphe Verdereau,
Cuba.
In the Glass of Penmanship, the cross of honor to
james II. Forsyth, d. C.. the premium to Eugene
uealY, Mass.