New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-05

Though late, the season mas Opeheu AUS
piciously at all the leading watering-places
Long Branch, as usual, has great crowd at
the races They began on Saturday with fine
array of spectators, and more than the aver
age attraction of first-rate horses. Our cores
pondence both from Long Branch and New
port indicates that the hot weather in New-YOrk
is rapidly filing the hotels by the seaside.
The preparations for gay season show that
hard times if they still exist, are forgotten.
The alma mater of LongfellOw and Haw-
thorne was recently disturbed by students
rebellion. which would hardly lead one to ex-
pect the good reports which are given In a
letter from BowdOn College printed to-day on
our second page. The class just graduated is
large, and in all respects the College seems to
be prosperous On the same page with this
letter we print an account of the opening OF
Commencement season at Amherst, and staff
correspondent reports the result OF some inter-
esting experiments i'll college discipline at
Harvard University.
Massachusetts has thus far had the lions
share of the great Centennial celebrations
three of the five having fallen to her lot. The
ever, equal to each emergency. The exercises
at Cambridge on Saturday were not as bril-
liant as those at Concord and Lexington, nor
were they as imposing in ceremony or fertile
in incident as the recent grand demonstration
in cOmmcmOratiOn of the battle OF Bunker
HILL But the Cambridge celebration was new
ertheess marked by good taste in design and
patriotic fervOr in execution. Its features were
an Grafton by the Rev. DR.. Peabody, poem
Nv James Russell Lowell (his second appear
ance as q Centennial pOeO, and dinner III
Harvard Memorial Hall with palatable season.
ing of short speeches. Our correspondence
besides giving an interesting account OF these
ceremonies. pleasantly tells the story OF the
historic city which was the scene OF the cele-
bration, as inscribed upon the houses for the
information of patriotic pilgrims.
The great number of affrays, of accidents
| from the use of firearms and explosives, ana
of small cOnflagratIOns from the careless or
mischievous handling of tirc-crackers and
fireworks which occurred yesterday, throw
disgrace on the people who violated the Sab
bath in crimnaly foolish attempts to cele-
brate the Fourth of July, and discredit on the
police force which allowed so much OF this
ridiculous and evil sort of celebration to go
| unchecked To-day's record of crime and
carelessness, it is to be feared, will go even
beyond that of yesterday, and the amount OF
suffering and misfortune and loss which the two
days together will furnish make feature
of the observance of the national anniversary
which it is extremely unpleasant to contem-
plate. 1t is impossible to feel any sympathy
for the reckless lads or disOrderly men who
met with mshaps in noisy attempts to am'lse
themselves yesterday; but, unfortunately, not
few blamelcss persons suffered for the
rong-dong of others, and several bullets
were lodged in the flesh of quietly disposed
| persons by the recklessness of Others, who, In
most cases, will probably escape punishment
If the police had done their whole duty yes
terday there would have been less uproar to
disturb the quiet of the Sabbath and fewer
unhappy incidents to chronicle.