New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-01

rmgat pe S ne Iyingstons of Scotch Jonh Jay J
Descent anu 1ne ~ French Hugnenot blood oenuyen
great Tist was OF Ierkmor whose influence was SO
reot in The interior was a dVS VAS Prussian; and
settled smons Of English lineage. They eSnH an SPe
he Language the countries T our nations early
connected NV he traced in the West There every
SsSRSr common school 5 eSery om NewEnSand
lege comes e Of The men who direct the Western work.
shops But in the courts ana u s NYSTser our de
,'ans are their law and our constitution HAS D
every " Se%YorR is remarkable In the
LIS great river which the tide nows 10 inc uas t
19e h no other instance of the tide ebhng and howng
thronch great range Of maintains ~ . Wv tSe
Gateway Of the continent. NorthwaT1 sureV ob i'm
eTs Of Champaign and both river and lake are rS h
sites Of historical interest Al righV ans' a. ,vev In
similar manner through minor range 10y sSat rI IN
one Mohawk, the traveller may MAKE nLs va" I've stand
rcntvone states and never leave valley We staiu
moreover tonight at the foot Of one OF the most mar a.
ranges Of hills in me world Mne wy the Delaware
which passes Philadelphia. niue iuIthSr 10 oto ir
Shesapeake Bay and leads Baltimore and the Caplta
little further and they pour mo le aeSny lttIe
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and NewOrennS IA. t H
further at the western extremity of the hills tney n1w
into Lake Erie, and on past t3e OaaG nan Moth
into the Gulf Of St Lawrence Here, on u, W nYr
thvy run into the Mohawk, and at last SINK az
into the Atlantic. Thus from our state from ts i9
range ofhs only 200 miles long and scarcely ever Ilss
10 height 1900 feet, water flows to nearly every
one n greet commercial centers here wa ri t Ma
lions afterward the Six Nations. single trlDe, having
haen ed nv
cciye the advantages of a confederaed government was
abe in consequence Of this peculiar geographical CON
formation to conquer half continent Inc savage savages
ampiove6 that strategy which made Napoleon famous
ana could throw their troops down the DELAWARE
they carried thef arms further than ever done by
other nation unaided by art AT epoch OF cary
balance of power Ultimate victory sure to which.
ever party should receive their support Iney gESS Mil,
the French failed That so given is owing to the
pOicy toward the Indians introduced by the uch Even
paths Of the IrOquols e0ntedeTdcS. r,,o,, ond +bo
The valleys OF the Hudson, the ChamPialn ana tne
Mohawk are the key OF continent In bOth OF our
wars with England she has endeavored To crush us D
~ the mouth of the Hudson marched her troops on
Tconderoga and Oswego The armies OF the whites too'
lave TaverSed the beaten warpaths OF the aDOrlges,
Fifteen campaigns the history of which deserves to be
better understood have been fought along the Mohawk
alone Three monuments might be erected witnn our
border typical of the three chief features of our history
Saratoga where our land troops fought the Date
which virtually decided the Revolutionary War; one on
the Mohawk significant Of our struggle with the savage
tribes and one on the lover ad o
feel nor to shoW any unjust o aafS a no .s Se
people of NewYork hold in grasp the silver bonds
which preserve our Union intact. so long as mortal
unbroken And for that Unon-difer we may in our
interpretations of its history differ as we may in our
n the words speak Of each Otherwe all VI us enter
tain profoundest love and yeneraton hope to see
great institution of learning welcOnsidered and phi
1osophea history Of that Union treating each OF the
which shaped their destiny and which made them one
At O'Clock this morning procession was formed at
the Clinton House and marched TO Library Hail. where
the exercises Of the second annual TOOK
The following was the order of exercises
dreTs Perry The University and it, su sherman A1eT,
cS Of the Brain James JuHu. cSanBsrs Bseontsuo OHIO
Botany Theodore BrySut C0mstoek CesAnd Ohio IDEAL
@ Td1tS E~i Di Do99.s. Louis Mo-
Civil asS5y U Fssra S Il A rn 4 & ROSo
I Il Bp dS. Ha k 6T 5 GSa' Bss
Yesterday and To-day Henry Van LEV Jones Lodi 6s5ie,
Luther Albany PE T Ss Civil S S1TSs
sS.c L s % Natural History Charles jason Powers syracuse
F Foss, Ed1n F Fa R sSSS' 4 ISEs' fe
SGTTs E9 dSSs s4Po Ts as af:
Thomas Wilson Spence Pond d. Lac Wis rust R IN Oon
Lancaster Music Presentation Of Prizes Coneog Of Degrees
by Presidents BpedcdOn by the Rev. Dr. Wilson mot POOhe
presented ,,.u
Civil eer(l) Henry Turner Bddv, B. A.. Ph. B., Yale
BshS S q Ts A Ss. a sars A1 Tas Charles
= 4, Power. cR 5s5 L PSSeT Ps q sebqseI
Jackson Henri L Jones. George H LOthrop John L. Maxwell
BsebeIors As Brant Dixon Edwin Douglass Albert
The speakers on the stage numbered only thirteen the
rest having presented theses Among the most notable
OF the University" sharp attack the maligners of
Cornell I these s to ne R
ism that Of L. Newell PLAIN strong ons snd j., We me n
terests Of the people that of H. v L. Jones' who showed
much grace in his Oratory and that OF W. Spence,
who read portion of his Goodwin Smith prize essay in
English history being comparison OF the character OF
Washington and Cromwell a.
Thereupon followed the presentation OF the prizes for
the term, amounting TO more than 500 In value
most Of them taken by students attached TO the
earned his whole subsistence while In the University.
gained two first prizesOne the best student in the
Hasns while labOring as janOr has earned the first
prize for English essay President White in con,
University this day celebrating its quarercenten-
NAL Jubilee He alluded TO 1t because that institution
was founded the general principle as Cornell
II was unsectaraD and IL gave in its curriculum equal
Hiaees To- science and TO letters
An unusual incident occurred near the of the pro
ceedings President White at the request OF the Chan
TO prof Goodwin smith the diploma OF the Regents con
ferrng upon him the Doctorate OF Letters This title has
only been granted two or three es in the history OF
the Regents, and then only TO the most eminent men,
At the meeting OF the trustees in TIE afternoon Of to
day the report Of the Chairman the Hon Ezra Cornell
on the condition Of the University lands was first read
that their anagement thus far had been eWnenty
cessfu The Presidents report dwelt on the system OF
the relation of labor to study and enumerated
the gift 10 the University during the past
cash over $4,000 Out Of nearly COO students it had been
found necessary to expe hut three and good order had
compuson The Trustees elected Hiram Corson, Of
g. Johns College AnnspoS Professor % Sf the English
Cambridge Scientific School, Professor Of Chemistry
Professor Modern Languages. Several other profess
sorshps established but the choice OF instruction
90 All them left 70 the Executive Committee Henry
W Sage, esq OF Brooklyn was chosen Trustee, TO I'LL
the vacancy caused by the resignation OF the Hon.
William Kelly.
At in the evening the great University reception
and the broad corridor at Cascadlaplace, were
thrOnged with the guests Of President White, who then
and there held his eyee. over thousand ladies and
gentlemen present and with collation. at ~ in the
students dining hall, the exercises OF Commencement
brought to a close The success attained by
The institution In the brief space Of two years. the large
number Of its students and the natural beauty OF its
site made the occasion OF far greater interest than col
1ege anniversaries usually are.