The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-07-11
Prom the Raleigh Register.
OUR UNIVERSITY.

Prom the kaieigh Register.
OUR UNIVERSITY.
There wss quite q literary carnival ..
Chapel Hill. last wsek. and % ws hap
pensd % be go locker on u Yenies." we
shall briefly state Ihs leading incidents 10
which The occasion gave birth. ID was
The Annual COMMENCEMENT Of The Col
lege. and ore will premise. that the sxeF-
eisss were attended by very numerous
auditory. embracing some Of The most
distinguished citizens Of he state. among
whom where al the living x.Governors
Of N. Carolina, with one exception; and
what vas much more important 10 The
young genllemen Of the College, the pro-
portion OfIhe fair ser who gIaeed ihe scene
uilh their presence. was unusually large.
II is crafty ing 10 perceive that each sue
ceeding year imparls 10 this interesting
celebration fresh degree OF siIraeIion-s
Circumstance indicative OF sn improved
tone Of ferling. which promises The most
suspicious results 10 the state.
The public exercises. which eommene-
ed on Monday. were continued on each
dsy ill the evening Of Thursday. On
Monday evening the following young
gentlemen. selected from the Freshman
Class. dselsimsd on the subjects speei.
fed, viz:
Peter Holmes. Southampton. Ys.)
Tnmbie on the Amendment 10 The Con.
siiiuiion.
Robert Campbell. (Marengo. Ala. }
NARROW on State Sovereignty.
William NJ. BauOw. (Edenlon,l on
The MeienpsyehOsis.
Thomas J. Morissy Sampson county
Meneree on the Public Delsullers.
AshIy w. Spsighl. (Selms. Alabama
Fisk's SindiesIion Of The Rights Of Man.
William +. Martin. Elizabeth Ciiy.)
Clay on The New Army Bill.
John Il. Smith. Granville county on
the Sublime and Besumiul.
On Tuesday evening. there VAS q de
clamalion again by the following mem
bers Of The Sophomore Glass:
William J. CLARK. (RsleIgh.) Eulogy
on Capt Nathaniel Hale.
Francis NJ. Pearson, (Anson coun,y.)
Kennedy on the Appropriation Bill.
Robert Strange. Fayetteville. Gusts
on the benefits VI The American Consutu.
ton.
Alias o. Harrison. (Ralsish.) on Fe.
male Education.
Joseph J. NoreoIt, tGreenVille. J Prem.
tiss on The recent Defalesions.
VIM. F. Dancy. ('rraborOush.) Peyion
on the Removal Of the DeposlIes.
John w. Cameron. (iloOre county.
on the Summum Bonum.
We trust u will not be deemed inSid.
ious TO remark, that the las, speech vas
an original composition, and sbounded
throughout With tho most deiicsIe touch.
Is Of satire aud humor. which kept the
audience in one continued roar from the
beginning TO the end.
Ga Wednesday morning al 10 o'clock,
the AnHusl Address vas pronounced be.
70 the two literary soeieIies by the lion.
Bedford Brown. The orator occupied
one hour and a half in its delivery. OF
this production, il 10 but sheer justice 10
say that il fully met public expectation
that il inculcaied sound views on the sub
jecl OF Educalion-was totally di'eslsd
Of party feeling, and "a, delivered in .
manner generally animated and impress.
sive. Bot as il is understood that arrange.
men.s have already been made for lie
speedy publication. IL is unnecessary To
say any thing further, 40 The public WilI
soon have an opportunity Of deciding on |
its merits. We cannot, however. IoIbear |
the expression Of our eradication, that
the address, throughout. brealhed spirit
Of devotion 10 The best interests Of the 10. |.
mol Thar We had any reason 10
coub. MF. BIS soundness on this subject.
bu, we we're glad 10 eco rebuke gwen |
to those members Of MS party. who, des-
,iIuie Of laudable state pride. are endeav-
Oring 10 excite prejudiees against the Unit
versity.
Al 4 o'clock IN The afternoon, The Adj |
dress to the alumni Of the University was
delivered by Hugh Mcqueen. esq. This
altering ., the shrine Of literature, was
honoted in receiving the most enthusiast
tic plaudits which enlightened judgment,
OF unptjudiced reason could bestow. IL
our opinion. j, entities The author 10 rank
among the first mec in North .Carolina,
Of his age; and when published. public
senIlnen. will. we think, rstify our judg
nenL
On Wednesday evening. the following
Of the two literary Socie.
lies delivered original speeches. siz
Francis II. Hawks. Washington on
The influence Of Literature on The destiny
Of Man.
John A. Ellington, twilming,on. on
The tendency Of Revolutions.
David A. Barnes. (Norlhamp,on coun.
w. on Popular Education.
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