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f the i he nai ty wit h • thei,rr7708r vote mgih. ■y laxity of n the Fede-harge , that uber-ed. The wound of the elder Haggerty is supposed to be mortal.WASHINGTON COLLEGE, PA.The annual commencement of Washington Col* lr^fi was held on the 26th of September, in the spacious hall of the new college building. An address was delivered on the previous evening by James E. Wharton, esq. of Wheeling, the orator of the two literary societies, to a large and respectable audience; it was eloquent and full of strong thought.The commencement took place on the 2Gth ult. and was as follows ;Music.—Prayer—Music.Latin Salutatory and Oration, tll)e. felicAtalm ju-cunditntibusby James F. Thompson, Pittsburg, Pa. Music.Greek Salutatory and Oration, by John B. Henry, Crawford county, Pa. Music.English Salutatory and Oration, on “the prospects of America, by Wylie H. Oldham, Ohio county, Va. Music.Orations were delivered by Messrs. Bonnell, Greene, Ilamill, Marpie, Mason, Ralston,.Templeton, and Stevenson.On the following gentlemen was conferred the degree of A. M. Alumni of three years’ standing: Messrs. William F. Hawkins, William T. Joyner, Alexander St. Clair Boice, James J. Hamilton, Levin S. Joynes, Thomas C. Lawrence, Richard J. Lawrence, David Mahon, Edmund McKinney, John B. McCoy, John W. Moody, James Paid, James M. Smith, John M. Smith, and John D-Whetham; likewise, on the Rev. David Ferguson and Mr. Louis B. Williams.The Board also conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. Wm. S. Plumer, of Richmond, Va. Rev. Benjamin Kurtz, of Bahi-more, Md. Rev. Ilenry R. Weed, of Wheeling, Va. and Rev, David Young, of Perth, Scotland.Al ter music, Valedictory, by Alfred Paul, Wheeling, Va.Music—Baccalaureate—Music—Benediction.
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Tue, Oct 16, 1838
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