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Animal Examination and Exhibition Of Il,
Cokesbury Conference School, and Of hcarin
the addresses before the Society Of Alumni
which gave peculiar cclat to the occ sion--bu
our limited time and space will. preclude Il
from furnishing anything more at present tina
u very hurried sketch Of the exercises.
The Examination commenced on Sa,urda
mid closed on Monday by the delivery of
rnrnberof select speeches by the younger pu
pills. The examination was very thorough nn
reflected high credit urontall eLgnge,l Unle
the charge of such men ns ,hc Rector, X. "
GofD. and the Rev. J. W. WrerrMax. and lh
! l;rv > a. WEBER. the Institution VOL mni,,
! tn'ns its P"st reputation. II was never NOR
! fionrish'ng than at- present. and his lnrg.
! number OF pupils thnu at any former period
On Sunday the sermon to The students wa
| preached by the Rev. J. r. 1'fcKErr. This W,
have heard characterized rs a very nble eirnr,
and regret that it was not our privilege to hca
1t. 1t was designed to show that the moral an,
! religious elements enter essentially into th.
tho composition of tru" greatness. and thai
without these, power and place arc unmitiga
ted evils. These positions were supported by
cogent arguments andtillustrutions drawn from
"A wide course of historical rcndiny.
sTueads ysWss The day especially assigned. fo,
! the meeting OF the Alumni. and the a,!jresse.
arpropriatss tot .lho occasion. A large com
pany was expected. and Lnrbacued din
ner had been prepared for several thoiIsand
persons. The company began to assemblies Sat
an early hour, and by IL o'clock, we supIose
there were from twelve to fifteen hundred per pr
sons present. The exercises were held in the
Village Church, and The spacious ara Of The
building. and the galleries were filled TO over.
flowing. Near the pulpit We observed man,
of the d:gnatari"s Of the Church. to wit: the
Rev. Mcssrs. TALLEr. BOYD. GAMEwuLL Nc,
SSAis, LEARD. DrrA>r. MrNARrlE, EuUsn and
Others. and among The Alumni. J. D. DEDow,
tae distinguished editor of the Review.
After prayer Ivy the Rev. Mr.. TALLrY, and
all appropriate Introductory address by Mr. F.
A. CoNSoR. the President of the Society OF
Alumn the Grafton Of the d"y was delivered
by Col. j. FELIX WALLER, Of Union We re.
giet that from our position We were unable to
hear the e'Speaker very distinctly. bu: the isola
ted passages which reached us. conveyed u
very high impression Of the .loquence and aL
ity Of the performance. Such was the general
impression. Tie Address Was listened to with
marked attention, and was received with great
applause. His subject WAS the Influence of
Civil and Religious Freedom upon the III ogress
Of Society.
Upon the conclusion of the address. the all
dIence were invited t6;the Dinner, which had
been prepared in the pleasant grove near the
Male Academy. Here substantial feast had
been prepared under the supervision Of Capt
j. n. COCHRAN. S. \. IlonoEs and others, to
which the company did full justice.
At night. meeting Of the Alumni in the
presence of large audience wos held in the
Church. and the exercises Of the occasion wcr.
OF tho most interesting character. Mr. +. A.
CoNNoR presided. mud with an appropriate sen.
tinIent first called ont Slr. J. d. DEisow the ed,.
tor OF The Review who responded in spirit. stir.
ring address, which touched many a symra
thetic chord. and awakened many q PLEASANT
"Reminiscences. lie was followed by quite nu
her of speakers to whose efforts the audi-nc.
responded with frequent applause. Among the
speakers were Col. J. +. Waller, Col. W $
DocAS. Col. J. F. MARSHALL, Mnj~W. L.
hoDoEs II. a. JoSEs. Esq, CHARLES SM,rn;
r. " BoYD. c. II. BOYD, S. i: GREYpEN. ESQ.
Dr. PAUL CoSSoR. Rev. J. w. WIGurnAS. Dr.
+. +. GARY and others. The exercises were
prntracted TO a late hour.
Wednesday was til t Commencement Day Of
the Male Academy, and ut m early hour the
exercises we're held in the Chapel of I'll. Fr
male College i'll the presence Of n brilliant an
diencr The young men acquitted themselvsssl
-
The following was the programme Of exerci-
see:
Law Of Hnbit-H. p. SPAIN, Richland, sc
beauties of 'Nature-W. ASHopGEs, Cok~s
bury. :, G.
r, Home lnhuence-J. II. HulEr. Edgcfclj.
An Ola Podrida-J. L. srouDEM,aE. Lexinx
ton, S. c
Formation Of Character-F. NJ. GREEN, Col.
Teton, S. C.
r;,5 Gl"i ! s Of the Times-w: NJ. wasos, Abbe-
Manliness-J. f. PESsr. Itawamba, Miss.
Address before the Erosophic Society By
CHARLES W. BoYD, Esq
Ann'ver"ary Grafton, by JOSHUA MAEr,s, |
, vnledie,ory oratioD, by H. L. GAsI,sq1es,
5. G. o.. ~
The Annual Address he efore,ihe ErosopLis 81,
ciety vas delivered by C. W. Bosp, .Rss1;S; st.
Union,'sad it has rarely been opr pei siiegs to
listaH to nn, addressfso chasie, ph ilesophieai;
and profossa-lse logical in tboughtnnd lHni.l,,
ed in style-affotdI6g apfassical iIusisaticaniN M
Of some of the highest exceIIsneies of the sub
ject wAisifbe whs discussing Speaking.
Mr.: Bofosts young man Of high promise,
aud he has but to be truetto himself to realize
the high anticipations Of his friends.
An interesting feature. of the occnsion was
t4e very excellent music from She Cokesbury
sass9d, which heightened the general enjoyment,
snd was the subject Of general eommsud dalion.
= The OCCASION will long. be remembered in
Cokesbury.