Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

HANOVER, N. H. Aug. 28.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Last Wednesday, was our Anniversary Commencement. After the necessary preparations, a procession was formed consisting of the Board of Trustees, members of the College, and a respectable number of public characters.

The procession moved from the President's house to the meeting house.

The President introduced the business of the day, with prayer, after which were the following exercises by the candidates.

FORENOON.

1st. A piece of Music.

2d. A salutatory oration in Latin—by Mr. P. White.

3d. A syllogistic dispute on this question. An urbes magna genti utilitatem conferunt?—By Mr. Thurston respondent, and Messrs. March and Wilson, opponents.

4th. A dissertation in English by Mr. Whitney.

5th. A Forensic dispute on this question. Do the laws of the solar system involve the principles of its dissolution? By Messrs. Cabot and Jameson.

6th. An English dissertation—By Mr. Chase.

7th. A Poem—by Mr. Dakin.

8th. An English dialogue—by Messrs. Dwight and Reid.

9th. A Greek oration—Mr. Palmer.

AFTERNOON.

1st. Music.

2d. Philosophical oration—by Mr. Locke.

3d. An English dialogue—by Messrs. Adams and Kingsbury.

4th. A Chaldaic oration—by Mr. Carter.

5th. An English dialogue—by Messrs. Banister and Little.

6th. A Poem—by Mr. B. White.

When the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on Messrs. Daniel Adams, William B. Banister, Walter Brewster, Sebastian Cabot, Ezra Carter, Moses Chase, Daniel Church, Samuel Daken, John Dickinson, Daniel Dwight, Wm. Ferren, James Otis Freeman, Joseph Gerrish, John Ham, Thomas Jameson, John F. Jamison, Ephraim Kingsbury, Daniel Lewis, Edward Little, Joseph Locke, Jacob Macgaw, John March, David Palmer, George Reid, Matthew Thornton, John P. Thurston, Thomas White, Broughton White, John Whitney, Wm. Wilson.

The degree of Master of Arts was conferred on Mr. Elihu Dwight, the rev. Heman Ball, rev. Wm. Green, rev. Ebenezer Price, rev. Ben. Wood, Mr. Wm. Ward, rev. Sam. C. Allen, Rev. Wm. Pidgeon, rev. Jesse Edson, rev. John Smith, Mr. James Temple, Mr. Philip Carrigain, Mr. Charles Barrett, Mr. Dorcas Shaw, Mr. Thos. Heald, Mr. Nathaniel Cogswell, Mr. Moses Eastman, Mr. Ralph Phelps, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Aaron Hardy, Mr. Joseph Harvey, Mr. Jeremiah H. Woodman, Mr. Howlies, Mr. Nicholas Baylies; alumni of this College; and the rev. Cyprian Strong of Yale College was admitted to the same.

The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on the hon. Oliver Ellsworth, Esq. Chief Justice of the United States; and the hon. Nathaniel Chipman, Esq. Chief Justice of the state of Vermont.

Then followed the valedictory oration by Mr. Thornton. The whole was closed with a prayer by the President.

The exercises of the graduates were sensible and elegant; and every transaction of the day was decent and in order.