The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-10

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n, exercises eoaaersed uith he Anna.l Con.
r,.uoemrnt n ear University. shieh csmasenrrd
= aOs.asy and slo-sd . Thur-aay e ID ~erk.
,,ouirra aaa:sional attraction from thu Esesrnce
II 4. Psesilrns u The United States. ihe Hon.
Ishn \. Masaa. secFeaay Il h May. LIEUT..
N,ux Il rhe National OA,-crsalsry. Mrs PoIk.
.na cher laaies q m Presidents suit. Anun-
usually large nambrr q visitors attended this H.
,,nry jubilee. many q whom were from dis
,.ncs. and &c wsre grali6ed 10 see smong ihem
. fair representation from the gensIer 81. u
mas our pleasure % sisend the exercises on We'd
nsslsy and Thursday.
The reception q The Presiden, and HE suite
on MONDAY. q course nc did NJ, witness; but
~, Ieam thai Il Was conducted IN sylr betting
ths oceasian. The President Of the TniSersily
mad. an sddIess 10 The President of the United
states, and also 70 the Secretary, the Hon. John
\. Mason, rendering them hearty wslcome. both
Of whom responded in appropriate terms
On "Wednesday momins the annual address
brlose the tws Literary Societies was delivered BY
James w. 0shous. esq. of Charlotte; and In the
evening 81 eandle-lisht the Hon. John Y. Mason
delivered an address hsinee the Alumni Associa.
ton. Bob of these addresses were well deliver
ell, and interesting 10 the lovers Of literature.
Thursday the % Of June was the Commence
men, Day. The following b the scheme Of the
exercises:
FORENOON.
l. Sacred Music.
2. Prayer.
}. salu,a,oty Grafton. lin Englsh.I Matt. w.
Ransom, Warren 60.
4. salutasory Grafton. i'm La,in.l Samuel j.
Erwin, Lincoln Co.
q. Grafton. U.ilitarianism. Eli W. Hall, VIII
minston.
q. Grafton. Qaisgue sas fostmx taDtr. Joel
d. Battle, Chapel Hill.
7. Grafton. National Insanity. Lionel l.. l.e-
w, New Orleans.
A. Grafton. Revival Of Literature. John T.
Coleman, Halifax. Va.
.. Grafton. Public Opinion. Charles +. sho-
Der. Salem.
10. Grafton. Political Defamation. John Fool
Elizabeth City.
"A. Grafton. Progress Of Free Principles. VIII
liam Lucas, Chapel Hill.
AFTERNOON.
|. Grafton. Law and Lawyers. William VI
Howerton. Halifax, Va.
2. Grafton. Ireland. Alfred Aston, Warren.
a. Grafton. Dependence Of Liberty on Law
John ]. Kindred. Southampton, Va.
a Ors,ion. William CASTOR. William ". Man
", Raleigh. &.z-.>.
5. Grafton. Progress Of Mind. Robert Ill. IN
borne. Hereford Go.
9. Annual Report.
q. yaIe.Iicsory. ]. Johnssoa Pe.tigrew, Tynel
.. Benediction.
We were highly graiificd with the speeches
the graduating class. some Of them were 'n''ee
excellent, anil oil Of them in very good TASTE ~
.r North cmoinian, every friend 10 edueas'o
present, mus, have fel. his bosom swell with 10
tier pride on witnessing such pleasing evidences
Of hirh moral aud intellectual culture.
The graduating class, upon all OF whom u
degree Of Bachelor Of Arts was conferred, eons's
ed Of ,hirty-scven members, viz: Alfred Als'o
Joel d. Battle, Joseph Benjamin, Gee Wood Dc
~, Alexander ]. Canslcr, Dudley Clanson, Du
can l.. Ciinch, John c. Coleman, Thomas v
Dewey, Samuel ]. Erwin, John o. Gulon, I
W. Hall, Thomas &. Hall, James w. Hicks, D
vid Hinton, Elias G. Hines, William Nj. How'
ton. John j. Kindred. Menalcus Landlord, Lior
l.. Levy. William Lucas, William II. Nam
Benjamin r. Mcbane, James l.. Moseley, 'o
D. Myrick, Edmund H. Norcum, j. Johnss
pettiurcw. John Pool, Matt. w. Ransom, III
mas T.. skinner. Charles +. Shobcr. Robert
Tate, William $. Trigg, Joscphus j. w. Tuck
Thomas Webb, John III. Whitaker, and Rob
II. Winborne.
Ths degree Of Master of Arts was contera
upon the following gentlemen. graduates OF q
University, viz: Burton Craig, Angus Kelly
X. Rounsayilc. James Johnston, and Walter
Steele. Esos.. and on Doctors John Il. Villa
son. John w. Long and Charles Dewey, all
this state. #* sa-%
The honorary degree Of Doctor OF Laws
conferred on Benjamin PIERCE, Professor Of
tl,ema,ics in Harvard University; and the deg
of Master Of Arts on Lieut. Maury, OF the Na'i
al Observatory. Washington.
We could not but be gra,iiicd with the 9
order which prevailed throughout all this c.
mencemen,. Rare il is that SO large conco'
is gathered together for so long time where
few impropric,ies arc committed. \ genslcn
" deportment marked the conduct both Of
students and the visitors. The Marshall and
assistants performed their duty admiralty "
and perhaps much Of tho good order that pre-
cd NAV be- attributed to this fact.
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