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Commencement of Dickinson College.

COMMENCEMENT OF
DICKINSON COLLEGE.

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On Wednesday last the Annual Commencement of Dickinson College was held in the Presbyterian Church of this place. A very large assembly of citizens and strangers attended on occasion, and evinced their entire gratification in the exercises of the day.

section of the country where his work circulates extensively; if from any of these circumstances he refuses to give it a place, he runs the risk of offending the writer; perhaps forfeits his own patronage and that of such friends as he can influence. Men ought to consider the peculiarly delicate situation in which an editor is placed and allow him to determine with what matter he will fill his pages; and if the productions of any are cast aside or delayed longer than they could wish, they should conclude that his reasons are good. It is impossible to please every one, and men State, and G. Hiester,esc.the Survemor who profess to be governed by religi-General, seated with the Board of ous principles, should not abandon a Trustees, and manifesting by their valuable publication because their hu- respectful attention, the interest that mor is not in every respect complied they felt in the literature of the Com

with.

It added no little to the the pleasure of the scene, to observe his Excellency, the Governor of the

At fifteen minutes before 11 o'clock

The last difficulty is the want of monwealth, and in the welfare of punctuality in subscribers. Most of Dickinson College. the publications in our own country have failed after a few years for want of support. Many of the subscribers the procession of Trustees, Faculty, never think that the publisher of a pe- Students, &c. moved from the Colriodical paper needs pay. Their neg-lege Chapel to the Church, where lect arises from mere thoughtlessness; they arrived at the hour appointed to if it ever occurs to them that they have not paid for one, two, or three years, they say, "it is only a small sum, and it can make but little difference in his expenditures." We need not stay to point out the absurdity of such a sentiment. The whole amount of dues to a periodical work consists in little items, and if they are not punctually forwarded, bankruptcy must follow, and the publication be relinquished. We hope subscribers will receive this hint kindly, inasmuch as it does not come from any bad motive, and will do every thing in their power to promote the circulation of a work which may have an important influence the character of many. upon

We have been disappointed this week in receiving our usual kind of paper, and obliged to use an inferior quality, for of our subsribers. many

commence the exercises. Although laboring under the effects of recent indisposition, the venerable Principal of the College presided on the occasion. Eleven young gentlemen of the class that graduated, were selected as speakers, who acquitted themselves much to the gratification of their large and highly respectable audience, as well as to the honor of the Institution. The following is the order of exercises:

MUSIC.

PRAYER-By the Principal, 2Latin Salutatory, Paris Spohn, Philadelphia, Pa.

3 English Salutatory, Wm. Annan, Frederick co. Md.

MUSIC.

Oration-On Virtue as the princi

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ple of a Republican Government.
Samuel A. M'Coskrey, Carlisle.
Oation-On the Literature of the
Dark Ages, Andrew Parker,

Cumberland co. Pa.

Strictures--On the Writings of Washington Irving, Mathew V. L. Ramsey, Pittsburg, Pa.

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**Those, to whose exercises, figures 1,2,3, are prefixed, received the honors of the Insti

Isaac M'Ilvaine, Harrisburg, Pa. Saml. Montgomery, Danville, Columbia, co. Pa. Wm. B. Norris, Bellefonte, Centre co. Pa. Mathew B. Patterson, Columbia co. Pa. Mathew V. L. Ramsey, Pittsburg, Pa. Samuel Smith, Gettysburg, Pa. Paris Spohn, Philadelphia, Robert P. Lee, jr. Westchester, co. N. Y. and James Nourse, District of Columbia.

The Degree of A. M. was conferred upon the following gentlemen: Rev. John Lind, of Hagerstown, Md. Dr. Geo. D.Foulke, and Dr. David N.Mahon, of Carlisle. Paul Immel Hettick, Esq. and James Dunlap, Esq. of Chambersburg. Thomas B. Vezey, Eastern Shore, Md.

The Rev. Professor M'Clelland has declined the offer of the Presidency, which was lately made him; preferring his present situation, as Professor. The Board expect shortly to supply the vacancy occasioned by the 1esignation of their late very learned and renowned Principal: but should it not be convenient for his successor to be

tution, the highest being indicated by the U-present at the commencement of the

nit, &c.

session in September, Mr. M'Clelland will act as Principal, pro. tem.

penses, which will reduce the whole amount of a student's necessary expenditures to $169 50 per annum.

Twenty four young gentlemen were admitted to the degree of A. B. viz: The price of boarding has been lowJohn E. Annan and Wm. Annan, of ered to $2 per week, and other alterFrederick ro. Md. Samuel Boyd, jr.ations have been made in the bill of exN. Y. Robert Bridges, Philadelphia. Wm. P.. Cochran, Millerstown, Pa. James Culbertson, Andrew Parker & Charles M'Clure, of Cumberland co. Pa. John M. Dickey, Chester co. Pa. John R. W.Dunbar, Winchester, Viring the day of Commencement, the David Eyster, Adams, co. Pa. S. A. M'Coskry, Henry M. Watts, Moses Williamson, James Knox, Carlisle, Pa.

On the evening of Tuesday preced

Students of College were all assembled in the Presbyterian church, when agreeably to the previous arrangements

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of the Faculty, a commencement, discourse from Job. 28, 28, was delivered, by the Rev. H. R. Wilson, of Shippensburg. A large audience assembled with them and evinced great satisfaction, with such a prelude to the Commencement. The discourse was fraught with sound and seasonable advice to the youth.

Printers friendly to the interests of Literature, will please to publish the above.

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Joyous, flew swift away, not unimproved→
Oft unreluctant closed the page, where pleased
Attention hung untired,-a mental feast!
T'admire the lonely majesty of night:
Delighted list'ning to "the wondrous tale,"
The planetary song, resounding sweet
"In reason's ear,"- -a glorious harmony!
"The hand that made us is divine," echoes
Throughout the spacious arch; on every star
I see that truth most legibly inscribed:
Nor stars alone--sky, earth, and sea, nay all
In nature, vast, profound, and beautiful,
Ev'n things proud man deems insignificant,
Bear the impress of an Almighty hand.

How solemn, how magnificent the scene!
Those countless orbs that so resplendent shine.
Not merely glow to decorate the night:
And can it be-and are they peopled worlds
Diffused through space immeasurable?
Amazing thought! O who unmoved, can view
This wondrous scene? these works so fair so

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The Great First Cause, the Alpha & Omega,
Th' eternal uncreated Deity!
Whose presence fills th' immensity of space!
Yet whose immediate dwelling is in light
To mortals unapproachable: whom none
Hath seen, nor without holiness shall see.

Before whom angels bow, and archangels
Their faces veil in awful adoration;
And yet whose nature & whose name is Love!
By this endearing appellation, Thou
Reveals't thyself to man, poor finite man,
A worm of yesterday,-who else o'erwhelm'd
With sense of such transcendent majesty,
Perfection infinite!-and his own littleness
His miserable unlikeness to his Maker,-
Might sink ag in to his primeval dust.

Being of beings, Incomprehensible!

Father of light, and former of the darkness That nightly veils the world,--darkness and light

Are both alike to thee: and in thy view
All that was, or is, or is to come,

Is ever present. Thy Omniscient Eye
Pervades the darkness literal and moral.
The darkness of the human heart depraved,
Its secret workings, its mean subterfuges,
Its refuges of lies, are all unveiled

And open in thy sight O thou supreme.
Exhaustless source of light, gracious wilt Thoy
"Whate'er in me is dark, illumine," O fill
The innermost recesses of my soul

With thy pure light. Thy sanctifying fame
Wilt Thou enkindle there! and make my
heart

To Thee, the holiest, wisest, best of beings!
An altar of perpetual sacrifice

Have mercy, Lord on those, & leave them

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And I must bid thee, Night adieu, till once
Again, the sun revolves his daily round.
Perhaps so--or this night may be to me
The night of death. Well, if I am prepared,
With lamp, replenished, ready trimmed and
burning,

And waiting for the coming of the Lord,
Before whose bar I shortly must appear,
With all the myriads of the human race,→→
Death will be joyful, whether soon or late,

N.

MARRIED-On the 1 th ult by the Rev. J. Williams Mr. Wm Kerr, jr. of Huntingdon co. to Miss Eliza, daughter of Mr. David Sterret, of this county.

In Harrisburg, on Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. WR De Witt, Dr. Joseph. Smith, to Miss Eleanor Graydon, daughter of Wm. Graydon, Esq.

INDEX TO VOL. II.

American Captain & Scotchman, 56 Chinese Advertisement,

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37 Christian's Monitor,

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92 Converted Catholic, letter of
106 Conversion of a village,

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of a learned Jew,

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331 Cross of Christ,

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Adviser, Prospectus of

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Active Piety,

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Dueling,

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Demerara, insurrection at

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171 Dickinson College,

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Commencement of 380

America,

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Bencoolen,

Bible Society of Harrisburg,

Brief hints to Parents,

319 Earthquakes,

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26 Ethiopian Mirror,

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Europe,

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Bible Societies,

125 Engagements, fulfilling of

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patronage of

154 Epitaph,

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zeal in

139 Early instruction,

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