The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-03

What age. wEea sFES ass sFs@s rs PsisSe
Before the Aood, who saw thy splendoEa
shine,
And wondering bore thee from the murky |
vast thou unknown, a thing obscure and
vain,
Or dldst thou deck the young WORLDS
What time it perished in the whelming
Ali sure, when Babel reared its impious
Tnou still didst sIumber in thy native bed,
Else hadst thou shown the men of Shirars
Far Ticaer treasures than Heaven to
Mocked Their rude plan. born of the
thought sublime .,t,,b
That fallen man unto his God might cIl No.
And taught that toll, which wout" 'Ae
lis nobior faF 70 delve for thy bright ore!
Place the religious mind, with all
its achievements, in one balance, and
4 bag heaped. with gold in the other,
which weighs the more?
Tbou paItry dustt How burst thou
weigh myself against that which was
given of Heaven to man? He cited
many beautiful examples of the dis
tressing influence of gold, and retired
at the expiration of twelve minutes
with considerable honor.
A. L. Herod, of Fillmore, discoursed
in very spirited manner upon the
necessity of maintaining the dignity
Of our Republic, commencing with our
illustrious forefathers, Washington,
Jefferson, Clay, &C., &c.-hOw, even
in days of greatest adversely, these
great men conducted the affairs OF
government. He traced the succeed
ing heads and acknowledged leaders
of our nation down, very racily. until
he ushered US into the White House
and the presence of the man among
men-Ulysses S. Grant. He closed
M In a truly statesmanlike and elo-
onept manner, and begged that 10
future the Office seek the man, not
| the man the office" Then, and not
until then, will we have attained that
degree of culture and dignity that Is
so desirable in this blessed land oil
the free and home of the brave"
A discussion followed this GRAFTON
The question, as stated, was: Should
a Representative be bound by the viii
of his Constituents" j. r. Gordon
of Bainbridge, supported the athfma.
tive. He spoke in such low, lndis
tipct voice that we could not dlstln
guish more than one-half of hi
words. He. however, seemed to hav,
a carefully prepared Grafton, and
with the exception of his lack o
voice, delivered it well.
His opponent, O. L. Henry, of Pen
dleton, spoke with great spirit, ant
advanced some really good points
We find that we are not going TO hay
space in this letter to give as extend
ed notice of each performer as w
had intended, and we will Withhold,
the notes we jotted' down for refer
ence. We will, however, mentio
that the gentleman displayed, in re
citing his piece, considerable Oratory
He was perfectly self.possessed, wit
a good voice, which he cOntrOlle
with great skill. He took cheerful
view Of the present physical and pc
litical condition of our country.
To FL. G. Allen, the special orato
of the occasion, must be given tn
honors Of the evening, by comma
consent and the applause of the audi
ence. for his dignifed and eloquen
Grafton on Human Sympathy" ID
received many floral offerings, an
/
The music with which the even
, ing's exercises were relieved unde
the leadership of Prof. Vogt, of In
diauapolis, was most excellent. On
, niece In particular, the BobOlin
, Polka" In the latest orchestral al
rangement, was so we'll executed tina
it was warmly eRcOred. Other pieces
including the Anvil Chorus" wer
well executed.
: After the close of these entertain
: ing exercises a social re union of tn
:. Alumni and gathering of the presen
9 senior class was held in the beautiful
J, society halls, situated in the uppe
5 portion of the college building.
;, was largely attended. The elite c
s the State, in the persons of the beat
: tiful, blushing maidens, and col
}. formalities, was immensely repre-
: sented. The students in attendant
I during the present year numbe
!. between three and four hundred
= of whom twenty-eight are ser
}. iors, whose dignifed bearin
: thus far has inspired friends and Wis
: itors with confidence in the exceller
government and entire morale of til
}, Institution. The Faculty are men {
: culture, ability, and refinement, an
s devote themselves strictly to the wor
Il aud seem to take great enjoyment
8 it. Visitors and strangers from abroa
b have been most Hospitality entertain
: ed by the warm hearted citizens. Du
b ing our stay we have enjoyed the no
|, pitality of Harry G. Hough, ESQ
ii whose excellent family made us fe
), at home in their comfortable res
2, dence. We take our departure on ii
l. eight o'clock train this morning #
1t Chicago, where we will remain sever
Is days, and from where our next lettt
l. will be written. CLAUDE.