Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1874 — Page 1

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'TIIE INDIANA MEDICAL COLLEGE. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES LAST SIOHT NUAL ADDRESS OF THE Rltv. DR. NCTT VALEDICTORY ON THE PA KT OF THE CLASS ADDKD8M BT GOVERNOR HENDRICKS AND MAJOR GORDON. The commencement exercises of Indiana Medical college attracted a large audience to Masonic hall last night. The exercises were of a very interesting character throughout, and were interfered with ex cellent music by Bradshaw's band. The rotram was occupied during the evening ÄRevDr Cyrus Nutt, president of the by the mA r,. Brown. university, vr. . "-'"""jr rj ComineDr. S. P. Collins, 'n1. r Tr II. Jameson, Dr. . - 'v V, r?ark D. F.M. Stevens, Dr. K. M. Todd, Dr T ilarvev, Dr. It. E. Haughtcm, Gov. Aar and Mayor J. W. Gorton. Tnexercises were opened wlA prjy theRev.F.C.Holliday.who i: an iinpresiivVwav invoked the divine blessing upon theBTadyuanting class In thttuj labor o SÄ the'Hev. DÄ MefuÄ Mw& tSStton on the part of the audience. The following is an abstract: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRUS NUTT, OF THE STA1E UNIVERsITY. What constitutes a modern university t The term, university, has a different meaning in different countries. In England it applies to a numlr of colleges with the same course of study, located together in the a ,.?. or town. The far-famed universitvof Oxford embraces twenty-seven, each of J . i : . , which, with its own ouuaiugs, huiij, natures, and faculty, corresponds to the best colleges in the United States. The university of Cambridge is an aggregation of eighteen similar schools. In the United States, and especially in the west, the name university has been greatly abused. Mere colleges, and some that have little more than preparatory departments for colleges, claim for themselves the dignified appellations of universities. In Germany a uniTersity means an institution which embraces all the professional schools. It is of a grade above the colleges. The colleges are called gymnasia, through which students must pass before they enter the university. Now a university proper, an institution in which is taught every department of knowledge, scientific, philosophical, anil professional, by competent instructors, supplied with buildings, libraries, museums, labaratories. and apparatus for experiments and illustrations in every held of research traversed by nian. Is should embrace, at least, live faculties, viz: The faculty of arts, philosophy rnd science; the laculty of law; the faculty of medicine; the facultv ot military science and civil enziHeering; and one ot agriculture, the mecnanic arts and mining. There are subdivisions in each of these departments embracing only specialties. To aid our conceptions of what a university should be, let me introduce you to that of Berlin which now confessedly ranks first among all the universities of the world. The current expenses ot this university amount to f 0,000 per annum. $200,000 are annually appropriated from the national treasury; and f 100,000 are derived from tuition fees and other perquisites. The whole number of professors is 178, and the number of students is 3,000. The total number of branches tavghc by the five different faculties is 375. The whole number ol branches taught in the best colleges in the United States only about seventy; less than onefifth of the number embraced in the University of Berlin. In this university each student selects bis profession and takes his course of lectures under the faculty ofthat department. 1 le has also the privilege of attending the lectures of such professors Jas he may choose, in the other faculties. Students who have taken the prescribed course, and passed satisfactory examination in any one of the departments, receive a diploma and the degree of doctor of law, medicine theology, or philosophy, according to their chosen profession. In buildings, fixtures, ,1 : . . . ann.Mtlia hAantpql anI liurane, uiu!niiii?t oj'jiaioni iuuu' " zoological gardens, and all other faculties of instruction, expcnuiruis nuy muswouraj, this institution stands unrivaled. The plan is to teach tho student all that is known in that science and art, he may have chosen, and to train him in the best methods of pur suing still further investigations in his chosen field. So that when he has fully completed his course he can say with truth, 'I thoroughly understand all that is known upon this particular subject, and there is no one in this world that can teach me anything more." With mind well trained in scientific methods he is prepared to make still further progress in his field of research. Now, it is in this way only, that the grand discoveries of modern times and the intellectual development of the age have, been achieved; and thus only can the world be advanced in knowledge and civilization, and our common humanity elevated. THE REQUISITES FOR A COMPLETE UNIVERSITY. Two things are absolutely essential for the establishment of a complete university. - These are money and men. The greatest want of the oldest and best institutions of learning In our country, and even those of Europe, Is money. There is no l'mit to improvements, if sufficient means are supplied. - Money is needed for two purposes: to furAish material aids for instruction, in the way of fixtures and appliances. These ' should be furnished liberally; and they will require large expenditures. They are the tools or instruments vr hich the professors are to ose both in imparting instruction to their classes, and in original investigations. Thwse constitute the necessary machinery of education and progress, - without which little can be done. The second great want is men. Men are needed for . officers and professors. Workmen of native ability, and of the greatest'culture and skill should be employed, in order that eouaplete suecess may be assured. They should be live men, fully abreast with all the improvements of the age, and among the very first in their several departments. They should fully comprehend all that has been done in their special fields, and be prepared to lead the way to new discoveries. The professors should be possessed of scholarships of the highest order, capable of acquiring, vast stores of knowledge, and at the same time apt to teach. They should be gifted with first-class ability In communicating their thoughts. It is not always the case, that those most distinguished in the fields of discovery, and those to whom the world Is most indebted for new and useful inventions, are the best teachers. A . different class of mental faculties are needed in communicating thoughts to others, from those employed in acquiring those thoughts. The art of teaching consists in disbursing xnental treasures to others, in the manner

most effective and most agreeable. The art of acquiring knowledge is the process ot accumulating those mental treasures. The former is the dispensing power of the mind, the latter the receptive power. The one is the resevoir and its sources of supply; the other, the mean of distributing its contents to the thirsty inhabitants. The on is the exhalation of vapors from the earth, the other the formation of those vapors into clouds and descending rain upon the parched ground. Psythologically, the former is gathering the thought material, the latter is the working of that material Into such iorms as shall be most acceptable and most valuable to others. Both processes require a higher order of mental power; and both are indispensable . But if there is any difference, it is to be found in

the fact, that the latter requires more skin, training, and 'maturity ot thought. Professors properly qualified for their positions, must possess both these powers in the highest degree. Thev should also be earnest men; lull of enthusiasm and love of the truth, and Inspired with an araent aevotion to their work. They should have that magnetic power which will attract students, in spire them with earnest zeal for knowledge ana kindle in mem me nvenesv inwrrai m the pursuit of scientific truth. They should be able to arouse in them all the ability and enerev which thev possess, and excite them to the most intense activity. Such teachers awaken in their students a consciousness of nower greater than they ever before dreamed that they possessed. Thus they not only lead the way, but clear the track of obstructions for those under their care. To the weak and vacilating they supply force and steadiness of purpose, bringing out their entire intellectual strength. Under such instructors, the progress and development of students will be rapid, thorough and complete. The professors should be men of unexceptionable .morals, and imbued with the spirit of Christianity. The bible and Christianity lie at the foundation of modern civilization, thought and progress. Some of the most distinguished scientists of the day, in their zeal for the promotion of the physical sciences, overlook their own indebtedness, and that of the world, to the teachings of the bible and the influence of Christianity. These have humanized, elevated and rendered happy the human race. Without God's word humanity tends to barbarism and bru tality. It is of the highestimportance thatthe vouthof the land, and especially those who attend institutious of higher learning, should receive proper moral and religious culture. Instructors in the sciences cannot be complete, unless It traces scientific truths to their primal source, the fountain of all being and intelligence the Infinite Creator. Science, as it investigates the great laws which govern matter, snouui iouow mem up through nature to the Great Law-giver, who has imparted beautv, harmony and glory to the universe. Everywhere throughout creation God has embodied his own Dlans. designs and thoughts. The universe is but the development of what first existed in the mind God. His thoughts scintillate in the plant and in the flower, in all orders ot veeetable and animated nature, irom the lowest to the highest; they glow in the stars, beam in the sun, fan in breeze, blossom in the trees, and pervade the wide expanse of the universe. All science, all thoughtmust be fragmentary and incomplete until it culminates in God. Men who are prepared thus to teach and lead their stu dents should fill the chairs in all our first class colleges and universities. Men possessing all these qualifications are rare, though they are to be found, but they cannot be obtamea lor a mere pittance, nor for a less salary than would be a fair compensation for "their services. Here, then, is another essential want of a large supply of means. WHO SHOULD FOUND AND CONTROL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES? This is one o I the living questions of the day, and in its decision is involved the fate of the entire public school system ot Amer ica. All the friends of freedom must regard it as a vital question, one of primary im portance; hence it is being discussed with zeal by the best minds In the country. One cass claim that religious denominations, by means of close corporations, should establish and control exclusively all institutions of higher education. Several weighty arguments are urged in favor of church Institutions. .birst, that they provide much better for the moral and religious instruction of the students than state institutions. The prejudice in favor of church management or higher, and indeed, of all education comes from the middle ages. During that period, when Europe was enshrouded in darkness, from the fifth to the fifteenth century, what little there was ot learning and inteligence belonged to the church, the ministers of which alone possessed the knowledge of letters. Schools and all instructions were monopolized by the riests. They were the only teachers. They ed the Tray in the ninth century in the es tablishment in England of the schools of Canterberry and Oxford. In the same century, the famous alumni taught at the court of Charlemagne, in Paris. Three centuries later came the great schools of Itosielinus and Abelard in France. Both of these re nowned teachers were priests, and the latter ended his days in a monastery. The first college of modern times was founded by priests in Balogna. Italy in the thirteeenth century. It was established mainly for instruction in the civil law, which had iust been brought to light by th di&covery of a manuscript copy ef the code of Justinian. Here for the first time were degrees confered and diplomas award ed. From the same source, the church, came the universities ol Europe in succeeding cen turies. The church had charge of the educa tional affairs of the nations. But in the na tions of Europe, from the earliest times to the present, the church has been a part of the state and a co-ordinate branch of the government. It was therefore more convenient and less expensive for the state to manage its institutions of learning, through the agency of the church, than by a separate establishment, or organization. 'This same system, ruoie or less modified, still permeates all Europe. The first settlers of North America transplanted the ideas and institutions of the old world with themselves on this continent. In the New England colonies, and most of the other set tlements within the territory of the United States, church and state were still united. The religion of the puritans and that of the chevaliers was a state religion. The Pilgrim fathers but carried out the ideas which they had imbibed from their sires in the old world, when they determined that the church, aided by the state, should take charge of the interests of education. Hence, came the public school system of the New England colonies under the control of the church, but supported by taxation. Hence, also, Harvard and Yale colleges were founded at an early date, under state sanction and sup port, oy me uongregationaiists, who at that time, were the only denomination in Massachusetts and Connecticut, These institutions have continued unde tho same control, with some modifications of a recent date until the present. After our national independence sas achieved and the church was separated from the state, it was natural that the religious organizations should seek to retain all their former rights and prorogations in

the department of education. As the church

and ministry had enjoyed a monopoly in the control of the educational interests they wished to control them still. The people, accustomed to see these powers thus vested, gave tho subject no further thought. Hence the growth of colleges and universities has been slow. The civil government has held aloof lest it should infringe the prercgations of the church, or furnished its aid hitherto sparingly, lest the cry should be raised of an effort to unite church and state, a union most odious to the American people. Thus it has been conceeded in the governments of Europe for 1,500 years, that to provide for and control the education of the children and youth of a state: belonged to the government. Bnt because church and state were united in Europe, education, has been "handed over to that department of the civil government, which was ecclesiastical. Great men and educators transplanted from the soil of the old world, cannot divest themselves all at once of the bias and habits of thought inwrought in their mental structure by their European education. It requires years for such to become assimilated to American ideas and fullv comprehend American Institutions. It is with the greatest difficulty and most tardy movement that old ideas give place to new ones. As the church has for centuries controlled education, many think it high treason to take from her any part of this prerogative. But it is a legitimate subject of inquiry, whether, as the church in this country isdesevered from the state, the latter ought not to resume her prorogations, and take the control of secular education, which underlies all order and prosperity. Wno SHALL ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES? 1st. The states should not leave higher and professional education to the religious organizations, because in all the states, each religious sect, will strive to have a university of its own. Hence there will spring up as many so-called colleges and universities as there are different denominations. This is practically illustrated in many of the western states. Some states have sixteen, and some as high as thirty-two ; but the most of these are nothing more than Academies or fourth rate colleges, without endowments, libraries, apparatus, museums, and other needful appliances, with a few overworked professors on starving salaries. These colleges will also be arraved against each other in fierce hostility, and thus obstruct each others advancement. Decades of years must pass before these institutions could furnish thorough collegiate and university training; and the youth of the country would be compelled to go to Europe, or to other states which had adopUd a wiser policy, lor higher culture. 2J, To make adequate provision for university educators is too great a burden for the religious denominations, and one which long experience has proven to be more than they can bear. We have nothing, as yet, in America that can be favorably compared with European universities. The nearest approximations are Harvard and Yale. And yet how long has it taken these to gain even their present efficiency? All institutions erected by denomina tional efforts are of slow growth. Harvard was founded in 1638. State colleges and universities to fill the ranks of the gospel ministry, and send them forth on their mission of love, let the churches hail them as servants of God, and welcome them to their ranks as co-laborers in the great harvest. BRIGHAMITES IN INDIANA. A SINGULAR CONDITION OF THINGS IN CLARKE COUNTY MORMON PROSELYTING THE SCOTT FAMILY AN ASSURING PROPHECY. The New Albany Ledger gives a new glimpse of the Scott Mormon story through a correspondent at Seottsburg, who notes: It will be remembered that a short time ago an investigating committee was appointed by the neighbors, who visited the house of James Scott, a noted proselyte to the Mormons, or latter day saints, lor the purpose of learning what had become of Scott's wife, who had been confined to her room for some months previous. The prophecies of Mr. S., made at the time of that viit, not being fulfilled, and he having promised to renounce his faith if they were not accomplished when he should be again visited by the committee. In the meantime he announced his determination to keep his wife confined to her room and excluding all visitors, as he professed according to the "will and commandment of the great God of Gods." The appointed time having expired, on the 22d, the committee again called on Scott, to inform him ot his failure, and of their determination to visit the wife in her prison. On arriving at the house, all was still and quiet as death; but the committee wa? met at the door by Mr. Scott and his son, who spoke very kindly to all, when the spokesman asked permission to enter the house. To this request Mr. Scott replied that he "could not let them in, neither would he try to keep them out, as he was in the hands of the living God." Upon this the party entered the house and listened to the following harangue ot the daughter: Catching hold of one of her uncles, she gave him several blows, interspersed with the following prophecy: "You shall die by the wrath of the Almighty ; by the fire ot God. You shall fall as dung upon the field, and not by sickness; thus saith the living God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. " This over, the party advanced to the room where Mrs. Scott was confined. They found her LYING UPON THE BED, closely covered up. One of her brothers stepped up to the bed and said to her, "Barbara, we have come to see you," to which she answered, still keeping her face concealed: "Well, go home; I don't want to see you. 1 have a pretty set or Drotners." The daughters were all the time advising the mother not to speak to any of them. Mrs. Scott still ' went on, saying : "I am in the hands of the living and true God. I put my trust in no mortal flesh, and you will fall; thus saith the living God." She was then asked if the neighbors visited her. She replied that she "did not visit her neighbors, and did not want them, to visit her," and that "God knows what is in an men's hearts, even the secrets thereof." She was then asked if her mother came to see ber. She replied, "I don't want her to come, for she has the same spirit of the rest of them, and when I want to see her' I will let her know." During this conversation those present got a slight view oi her face, which presented a ghastly, pale and emaciated appearance; and it Is the opinion ot those present, that she cannot survive long, unless she has proper medical advice immediately. Mr. Scott was asked If the committee did transgress the laws of God in visiting and entering the house. He said: "This is no way of visiting the sick, God knows, and he win visit it with punishment soon j He was asked, how soon will this punishment come? He replied, "Glory be to God, the timeshall soon be at hand. It will come sooner than you want it." He was urged to appoint some particular time for this to happen, when he made the following statement: "That if those men, who broke God's comipandment by entering this house, died a natural death and are not cut off by the lightning shafts of the Almighty's vengeance inside ot twelve months from this date, I will denounce this religion and leave it forever. After some further conversation, tie committee quietly left to await the fulfilment of the above prophecy.

' BREAKING UP.

WHY PARTIES SHOULD PERISH. A SOLDIER'S TESTIMONY ADDRESS OP J. P. WRIGHT BEFORE CAMP NO. 33, ORDER OF ENLISTED MEN, IN THIS CITY, AT ITS LAST MEETING. Fellow-Soldiers: Why ehould we cut loose from old parties? Because they have deceived us from time to time and have promised reform and retrenchment and have failed in all. Shall we denounce the administration, or hall we endorse it? We think it the duty of honest citizens to speak out and expose all frauds and corruption at all times, rather than surrender all our rights and the future prosperity of this country, to this villianous control of moLilier speculators and salary-grabbers and treasury ringers. Will soldiers any longer confide in those, our representatives in the national congrens. after our frequent appeals for our rights have met with the grossest insult. Never. What are some of the insults? Answer: Fully nine years have elapsed since the close of the" war, and though often called on so to do, congress has failed and refused to equalize the bounty to the soldiers. Many of them served three years, and many under a three years' enlistment, and have received but $200 bounty, when in justice to them,' they should have received t-300 when mustered out of service. But they tell you the law did not allow them &00. Very well ; we admit it, and here is one of the insults. Now, will some of the admirers cf the administration tell us why thev did not make the law so as to give like benefits to all? No, they don't and can not answer; so we have to tell you the reason, which is this: In the first place they carod nothing for the rights of the soldiers, and in the second place the administration (or rather those who controled the head of the administration) were engaged in measures by which they were fast becoming millionaires. How were they engaged? In class legislation, which of itself proves a corrupt intent. Now, what kind of laws did they make? In the first place they sold bonds of the United States, which were obligations to pay money at a iuture time, with interest, which made them very much like an ordinary note secured by every acre of land owned by the United States ; and not only that, but every drop of blood in the veins of the American people was bound to be, if necessarj , sacrificed in order to sustain the value and dignity of those bonds. They were sold, and how and for what reason were they sold? The administration says, to procure money to carry on the war. Well, who did they want to pay? They say the soldier must be paid. Well, what of it, and why did they sell them at a discount when any soldier would have willingly received his pay in tnose notes, even it tney nad been taxable? But next they say that we wanted to sell them to foreign capitalists to got money to pay for arms. Why did you want them free from taxation, if they were to go into foreign countries, where they would not be in anv way subject to the laws of this gov eminent? They say they would have to be sent here in order that the holder might be able to collect the interest. ery well, this could be done w'thout subjecting mem to taxation, t.ie same as we would send .a note to Illinois tor col lection, through some express company, in which case the state of Illinois would have no more right to impose or collect a tax than they I would to collect taxes of a passenger who might be passing through Illinois on some railroad train. Then show me if you can any necessky for gelling those Donai FREE FROM TAXATION. I will now try and show the reason, which is, that those who were the originators of the scheme and managed .the same, might di vide the profits with those millionaires to whom they were sold; that J. Cook & Co., pets of the administration, mizht receive large commissions for selling these bonds. and divide the proceeds with those who be long to the treasury ring at Washington. But now they say that the reason why those bonds were sold lree from taxation was be cause of the precedent which had been established ever since the foundation of the governmeut. To this we say first, that an unjust precedent never did become a just law, and in the second place, tnat the unitea states never did, at any time, issue bonds to an amount equal to the amount sola during the late war, and that the frivolous amount issued at any time previous did not constitute a precedent. In this last resort for an excise, they say that by issuing the bonds lree Irom taxation, iney f-oiu tnem ior a Detter price. We admit it. But this don't cure the evil, for the reason that it interferes with the rights of the poor tax -payer, in that it places a large amount of property in the hands of the banker, on which he pays no state, county, or municipal taxes, and on the other hand the poor soldiers, -laboring men, and the farmers have to pay the taxes to support the state, county and city governments, that are enjoyed as much by those who pay no such taxes as by those who do. This of itself is simply infamous, and enough to damn any nation or party that will continue such a course. And here I want to say that, this infernal bond swindle has never been maintained to this time without a vast amount of bribery in high places; and hence, we can say, no wonder that congress has not had time to legislate for the soldiers and the common people, as they have had something more profitable to engage their minds and occupy their time. Have we a remedy for this great evil? Yes; we have two remedies. One Is just, and the qther is a legal remedy. The legal remedy will be to issue new bonds, and sell them for what they will briug be the amount however small and from the proceeds of the sale redeem the bonds and notes of the United States now outstanding upon which no taxes are paid. But we are met at this point with the statement that the bonds will not sell for much. Now in answer to this ' preposition we deny the truth of their statement, for the reason that the credit and solvency of Uncle Sam has ever been and ever will be good, and the bonds will sell readily, and for a fair price. - But suppose they should sell for FIFTY.. CENTS ON THE DOLLAR; that would simply increase the amount of taxable property, and in.a great measure release the poor from the now grievious weight of taxation with which they . are sorely oppressed, and would cause the expenses oi maintaining our institutions to fall equally upon all classes, which is much to be desired by all honest citizens. The iust remedy would be to treat the bondholder as the government treated the soldiers who enlisted in the early part ot the war, to aid in the suppression of the rebellion. Then we are asked how were they treated? We answer, by saying that the soldiers who volunteered to defend the government when there seemed to be no eye to pity, or strong arm to save, was mastered into the service under a contract, the terms of which' guar anteed to the soldiers their pay in specie. This contract Uncle am ought to nae ful filled, lor the reason that the poor soldier had entered Into a contract the terms of which constituted a hard bargain Indeed;

and for the further reason that they offered their service when the government was in greatest peril. Now, what did the govern

ment do? They held a council, made Up of vne cniei pnests anu sen Des who bad assembled at Washington, and said council, it seems, came to the conclusion that a military necessity then existed, and by reason of such necessity they were justified in taking any steps necessary to set aside any and all contracts or obligations of the government; hence they gathered up a large amount of the green leaves of tte liberty tree, and called it lawful money of the United States; then placed it in the hands of their paymasters and sent them to the soldier; compelled him to receive it in satisfaction of his demands against the government. In order to accomplish their object more fully, the paymasters had us sign the pay rolls before they made known to us the swindle they were so soon to heap upon us. V were then marched to the paymaster, and the green leaves were. handed to us, without any knowledge on our part as to what we were to receive. We did receive them, however; but when so received they were worth much less than what the terms of the contract called lor. Now were we bound to receive greenbacks? Yes, because we could not help ourselves. And why? Because if we had refused we would have been arrested on a charge of mutinous conduct, been courtmartialed aod shot, because those chief priests and scribes were then pretending to be very loyal indeed. Now why not in all justice to the soldier, who pays taxes on his horse, or whatever he inaj have the good fortune to own, violate the contract with the bond bolder as well as with the poor soldier. Tkis would evidently be more just in the eyes of all christian people, and more just in the eye of God. BUTLER'S TRIUMPH. THE ROUTING OF THE RESPECTABLES A STIR RING CAMPAIGN. The Washington special of the Chicago Times says on the Simmons confirmation: The result gives great satisfaction to admin istration men generally. Butler and the Simmons crowd are jubilant, and entertain their friends to-night handsomely. The anti-Simmons party are not chagrined, over their defeat, for thpv did all in their power; but they ioin the Simmons men in denouncing Boutwell1. wno lias piayeu a most lame ana impotent part in the contest, and placed himself in an exceedingly uncomfortable position. In the discussion in the Senate to-day, Mr. Boutwell was obliged to defend his conduct in reporting against Simmons yesterday, and having takeu the whole responsibility of the report, he was compelled to meet and reply to the arcuments of the entire body of administration senators. His own colleague was not with him, and voted against him. He was asked, among other things, whether Mr. Simmons was not an officer under him while he was secretary of the treasury, and whether his services were not satisfactory, and he was obliged to answer in the affirmative. His position was rendered all the more vulnerable by the fact that, on a somewhat similar previous occasion this winter, he voted against confirming an appointment in Colorado which was urged by Mr. Sargent. Speeches were made in favor of Simmons by Messrs. Carpenter, Conkling. Cameron. Chandler, and others. .In fact, almost all the speaking was on that side, and all justified the appointment as one eminently fit to be made. The TRIUMPH OF THE ADMINISTRATION senators was due in this case, as it has been on similar occasions, to the personal influence of Grant, who sent for several senators this forenoon, and urged them to sustain the nomination. Among the number who were spurred into activity by the president, were Conkling, Chandler and Carpenter. A conference was had at the white house tlii morning, at which Messrs. Boutwell, Butler, Hoc'per and Buffington, of the Massachusetts delegation, were prjsent. -No one of the number felt certain that that the confirmation could be carried, and several names of candidates were discussed for a second nomination, in case Simmons was rejected. All of these were persons suggested by Butler. The president flatly said that he would not appoint either of the gentlemen recommended by the majority of the delegation opposed to Butler. The latter and Hooker both spent the day in the Senate chamber, urging senators, to go for Simmons. They labored especially with the southern carpet-baggersand were successful. 1 hey even had Senator Dort ey, of Arkansas, and Brownlow, of Tennessee, who have been confined at their residences by sickness for several weeks, brought to to the senate chamber, in order that they might vote for Simmons. - The Senate seems to have been strangely divided on the question of confirmation. Administration men, democrats, and liberals all voted on either side of the question. Among the democrats who voted against it are said to be Messrs. THURMAN AND BAYARD. Mr. Schurz is reported to have voted the same way. Mr. Fenton did not vote at all. The opponents of the administration who voted tor Simmons, justified their action on the ground that there was nothing in the personal character of the candidate which forbade such action, and that ii Grant saw fit to break up the republican party in Massachusetts, it was not their duty to object. Robertson, of South Carolina, and Cragin, ef New Hampshire, were two ot the republicans who voted against confirmation. The vote fell off from 20 yesterday to 17 today, showing a loss of three votes. Senator Wadleigb, of New Hampshire, had gone home to meet his campaign appointments. There were lively scenes around the senate chamber when the report of the vote was announced. Large numbers of the friends of Simmons were present, awaiting the announcement. Among the number were several , supervisors of internal revenue from various parts of the country who have been called here to aid in securing the confirmation. Several of Butler's men, who have been here on the same errand, formed a part of the gathering. When the word reached the lobby, great excitement ensued. The crowd took off hats and gave ringing cheers, and then broke and run for the other end of town to announce the result. Mr. Cameron entertained a large number of those who were present by a free champaign entertainment in his committee room. The confirmation is everywhere discussed to-night, and is regarded as the moat remarkable victory Butler has ever gained in Washington. It is believed here by many to presage his coming triumph in Massachusetts. Some wicked stories are told of the Duke ofEdinburg, and bis awkwardness at the marriage, it seems that the Dake received the ring from his brother, .but found that the prayer-book in his hand prevented his making the proper use of it. He offered the book to one and then another, but all fought shy of it, and the spectators naturally were worked un to a dread that ho throw it at Dean Stanley's head or quielly flip ib up xua sieeve. xxe appears 10 iiave arirmtArl tha lat fjar- a 1 horn at i vt tV a mma told that "he finally mastered the difficulty .1 . lr - i . i . . anv Kioixuuiiy iuippeu,uie nog on me outtretched finger.

TO THE PRESIDENT. A PLAIN STATEMENT FROM MASSACHUSETTS WHICH HIS EXCELLENCY AS PLAINLY DODGED. The Boston Advertiser of last Monday contains this significant article as its leading editorial: " To nis'Excellency Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States of America: " Sir: For almost twenty years the commonwealth of Massachusetts has been devoted to the Interests of the republican party, both before and since its rise to power. Nowhere within the United States have you, sir, found such steady and loyal support as

from its citizens. They have not been Aultnndingand impatient. They have seen your administration adopt a policy of federal In terference with local afTai t A4 tU they have disapproved; they have f?en the Civil Ktrvinn mloa ,io edand solemn promises forgotten: thev rau jruu uiMiMss irom your .service men in whom thpv tnictnH srwi i -c . the counsel of those whom they dePied on. lot ill ti,Ä, A i lu' "v. t uaiD iuiuiueu irue to you blieviDg that in tho end you would see the nght and truth, and would justify the confidence they placed in you when they chose you for their president. And now, sir, we, the citizens of MnsMcVm dress to you a solemn remonstrance. Wo um wiMi io ucai nere with small local issues: we do not wish to tnn.i lines tr to stooo to d jealousies, Lut we wish to speak iu lno uamo ' ltJa1' uprignt ana honorable, not only in Massachusetts but in the union. ,31. J jU UIU HKSfcT BY EVIL ADVISERS : you are deceived by their representations. ana either through a misapprehension ot circumstances or a want of knowl edge of the sentiments, of this nation, you are led to lend your aid to their schemes. Mr. Butler is th man in whose machinations vre luv concern, and him we will take as an ext TTf . ampie. ms aim is to climb into power by means of a corrupt use of the civil service over which you have control. His creatures are given office with the direct, almost avowed, object of defrauding the people of their rights to hold free elections. Bribery, corruption, intimidation and lies are the methods emplo3ed to attain this end, and how successfully it is attained the history of the past few years can leave in you, sir, unhappily, too little doubt. The same sad story is true of almost every other state. Will you allow the name of the party, lor whoso policy you are responsible, thus to become a by-word of shame? We, nr. have held our peace too long. We have brought reproach upon ourselves for sitting calrnlv by and seeing others sufier; and that re"lVoach is deserved, for it is thedutv of every citizen to resist fraud at all times and in all places, regardless of consequence. We have erred from having too strong a faith, but we will so err no longer. The isue is too broad and deep to be lightly handled. It is the great struggle between purity and selfrespect and PEGRADINO CORRUPTION : in this struggle there is no room tor compromise or half measures; it is impossible to bargain between good and evil. We are speaking soberly and most seriously, and it is not well to disregard our words. What we desire, sir, and what we must have, is reform. The employment made of tha administrative servica of this country is rotten in root and branch ; corruption has eaten to its very core; unprincipled men seek to use the machinery of party for their own advancement, utterly neglectful of the wants of the people, and those wants are neither few ner small. On this evil we nr.-.st trample, or it will destroy us. Party questions can not enter here. On this issue, at least, all honorable men wholove their country are united all republicans, all democrats. "The great party whicD j'ou lead was designed for higher aims than to pander to the ambition of unscrupulous politicians. Properly led, it has still before it a long career of usefulness in the reformation of those abuses which are nowtnis country's shau.e, and in tfia conduct of these measures of pull!: policy whicV. Ii 3 j-car after year neglected and forgottet; ; led as it now is, it has only a luturo oi bilifcr disaster and disgrace to you, to us, and to the nation. The moment liow seems at hand when a decision can no longer be postponed ; and we hope, sir, and trust nay, more, we demand that you, your ministers and congress will choose that path which statesmanship, which integrity, and which courage dictate; and be assured sir, that in so doing you will have the united and hearty support of all that is manly and upright in the American people." LUAL1N. IT EXPLODES AND KILLS SIX MEN. The Houghton, Michigan, Mining Gazette says: On last Friday evening, about half past seven o'clock, a terrible accident occurred at the Phoenix mine, in Keweenaw county, two miles from Eagle river, the origin of which will probably never be known. Four miners and a subordinate underground officer were preparing, in an apartment of a building on the location occupied by the mining captain as his office, a quantity of dualin, to use that night in making a "sand-blast" in the mine. The men- were taking the dualin 100 pounds from its original package, and transferring it to a bag. when the explosion took place. Besides the dualin, there were three kes of Eowder in the room. Three of the men were andling the explosive, the fourth was holding a lighted candle, while the fifth man stood looking on, when the explosion occurred. The house was shattered to atoms, and the men literally blown to pieces. Captain John Hoatson, underground superintendent of the mine, was in his office, an adjoining room, at the time, seated at his desk, and was struck by some ot tho flying missiles on the left side of the head and face, receivinz such injuries that he died this Sunday morning. The "Heathen Chinee" still is as gall and wormwood to the Californians. It is reoresented that "John" is not his own master, Dut that there are now sixty thousand Chinese and Janansse i all of whom are rraeticallv trolof six large Chinese corporations, and substantially in a condition of slavery. Under their contracts with these companies some of the Chinamen have been obliged tomortgage their wives and children to these companies, with the right to sell them all as slaves in case the contract with the company i3 forfeited. The Chinese laws recognizesuch contracts. It Is said that nnder tha .T;Dt;nn law and the treaty with China, California is uijwwuii iu wrreci. tiieso aouses. congressmen from the Pacific states generally advocate a modification of the treaiy with China, especially as regards the sartinn rö'oKnr, t

unobstructed immigration.