The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-07


Signed by all the members of the Grand Jury.
No being ready for trial. the court then adjourn
ed until to morrow morning
HARTFORD, August 8, lS47.
Commencement Week-.4theneum Society-Parthenon
Socisty-Junior Ephibifion- Commencement Erer-
cises
The twenty-thrd anniversary exercises of the Athe-
neum Society of Trinity College, took place at the
American Hall, Monday evening. The exercises
all very creditabe to the orators and the college
The music was excellent The following was the order
|. Latin sautatory- George Francis Hathaway, Rhode
Island.
Anniversary Grafton George Morgan Hills, New
York.
3. Anniversary Poem-David Foster Lumsden, Scot
4. Oration--Poetry and its EHects-Chares Richard
Chapman, Connecticut.
8. Satirical Poem-John Collins Coven Connecticut
MUSIC
g. Humorous Grafton Family Governmental Gard
Wolcott, Massachusetts,.
I. Dissertation-Marsh Ney-Jonathan Godfrey Jr
Connecticut.
s. Essay-The Hero and the Phlanthropist- George
White Giddings, Connecticut
o. oration-The False Destiny of Gcnius-willism
TO- Oration-Joan of Arc--Louis NJ Middlebrook, Con.
necticut
IL. Poem--Trzah the Jewess-Frank Bolles Pea
body, New Hampshire.
MUSIC.
II. Colloquy--A Night at the Springs-Geo Morgan
The Parthsnon Society also sustained their well earn
ed Of composition and good elo
cution at TIER nineteenth anniversary Tuesday
ming, at American Hail. in the following order of exer-
cises =
3 Anniversary Oration-Samuel Benedict New York
MUSIC.
g. Society Oration-Ancient Observation-Disclosures
4. Oration-Patrick Henry-George s. Gilman, Con-
nectcut.
s. Dissertation. The Despotism of Enthusiasm
BENZ. II. Paddock, Connecticut.
8. Grafton. The Chimerical Sciences. Richard w
II. Jarvis, Connecticut.
7. Humorous Essay The Senses. Levi B. stimson
8. Essay Tribute to the Dead James D. Diricksou
Maryland.
Q. Anniversary Poem The Twilight Hour. VIM. C.
Chapman, New York.
10. Colloquy. Ups and Downs. Levi B. Stimson.
Last evening, Christ Church crowded to over
flowing by the intelligence Of the city to listen to the
following exercises of the Juniors who then and there
laid good foundation in the estimation Of the public
VOLUNTARY ON THE ORGAN
PRAYER.
l. Latin Sal salutatory: Nathan NJ Belden, Wilton.
g. Fall of the Moorish Power in Spain. Richard W
L. Influence of Science National Prosperity w
o. Vision. Ralph II. Bowles, Hartford
MUSIC.
g. Influence Of Imagination on the Moral Faculty
Louis ~ Middlebrook, Trumbull.
T. Mystery Theodore !. briggs, Cheshire.
MUSIC.
8. st. Paul at Athens. A Poem. VIM. Rudder, Hart.
.. The Divine Element in Poetry. Benjamin H. Pad.
dock Cheshire.
VOLUNTARY ORGAN.
The following the order Of exercises this day at
.t.tsA n-..xt
been advanced by the character and style OF these e
forts The attendance the churcn very large es-
pecally upon the part Of the beauty Of the city.
VOLUNTARY THE ORGAN.
PRAYER.
Latin salutatory Grafton. George Shepard Gilman,
The Heroic and Christian Character Ebenezer Faxon
Hartford, Conn
Matthews, Cheshire, Conn.
MUSIC.
Monastic Institutions. Charles Frederick Hale Hart
Berkely, Bishop of clOyne. George Morgan Hills, Buff
Robert Burns David Foster Lumsden, Edinboro,
Scotland
The Living Dead and the Dead Living George Col
fax Chapman, WaddingtoD N. Y.
Switzerland Asa Gardner Wolcott, Quincy, Mass.
The Fall of Tyre-A Poem. John Collins Covell, Es
sex, Conn.
Influence of Tradition. Charles Richard Chapman,
Hartford Conn.
NJ.
The two Elements of Christian Character-V aledic-
tory. Samuel Benedict, Rochester, N. Y.
Historians, and the Ornamental Arts. William Upsom
Colt, candidate for the degree of AM
DEGREES CONFIRMED.
MUuo-OLp HUNDRED.
BENEDIcTIoN
The degree of A. NJ. conferred on the following
Rev sanford Jackson Horton, A. b.. Rev James
Lawrence Scott, A. b., Yale; Rev. Thomas Mcclure Pc
ters A B. Rev David Platt Sanford, A. b.; Rev.
John Kelly, A. b Tilton Doolitte, A. B.; Henry Icha-
bod Fuller A. B.; Joseph Augustus Stone, A b Will
Yale Henry Edwards b. Yale; Rev Joseph $. Cowles,
A. NJ, Brown University
The Hon. Degree of Master Of Arts was conferred
upon Rev Dudley Chase.
The Hon. Degree of L. L. d. was conferred upon Sa
muel Church, Chief Justice of Connecticut
ceved the Degree Of Bachelor Of Arts
Samuel Benedict, James Bridge, Putnam Brinley,
Charles Richard Chapman, William Cofsx Chapman
John Collins Covel Ebenezer Faxon, George Shepard
Gilman, Charles Frederic Hale, George Morgan Hills
James Gilbert Jacocks, David Foster Lumsden, Henry
Willis Edmund Matthews, Charles Gabriel sistare ss-
muel Gardner Wocott, Asa Gardner Wocott, Hurlbert
Holcomb Woodruff
The weather throughout all these exercises has been
cool and comfortable and everything passed OF to the
evident satisfaction Of all concerned especially the ex
cellen dinner served by mine hostn Of the Amer
Hotel.
THE LEGISLATURE OF MAINE adjourned on
Tuesday, after session of nearly three months
We have one feature In the forms Of adjournment
in that the Senate passed vote of thanks to the re-
porters for their able and impartial reports The
rights and honors OF the third house, In Legislative
bodies cannot long fail to be appreciated by intei