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HARTHM.L, lIABT Ol VI 1 . UA.t
WnlneKli). July 7. I**o.
HEM SON & MoGILL. Editor*.
A. G. McCUKRY, A*nodat Editor.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. W. S. HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
HON. W. H. ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA.
AN NOUNCEMENTS.
FOR THE SKNATK.
The many Iririidx of ('apt. S. II MOSKI.IA
lißvinu the utmoot ooofidi nre in his ability to tepit
ut the people of the 3l*t DUtrict in the Senate of
(ieomia, hare, after maoli solicitation, induced liim
to allow hi* mitne to lie presented to tlm people an a
candidate for tin- Sonata at the iippro*chinu election-
If favored with \otea to elect him, lie
pledge* himni'lf to faithfully guard the lx at liitonmt*
of liia ConatitMonta and tho Stall' at largo.
EUR REPRESENTATIVE.
EulTOtts Si’s : IVr lißvo conaultod with a number
Of prominent person* of the county, and think ,T\ F.
CRAFT will lie a very suitable and aoeeptable man
to represent Hurt Cminty in the next I.i gialaturc.
TTc are also assured lliat if it is the wish of >mr !•*>
pie, that he will permit his name to ho uaod in thin
oomieotiou. We therefore nominate him, ashing tho
Entire County to aup|Mirt him.
Very respectfully.
:lili. iw VOT*a
IT fONTINI EN TO BOOM.
In our last we alluded to the great en
thusiasm created everywhere by tire notn
ination of Hancock and English for the
Presidency. The great enthusiasm which
greeted the iirst news of tho nomination
• continues to grow, and the probability is
that it will continue until they arc enthu
siastically elected in November next. The
period for which the Southern people have
long sighed is rapidly approaching.
The South accepted the results of the
war in the utmost good faith, and when
she furled her conqured banner at Appo
mattox, and her brave soldiers returned
to their homes, and when she complied
with the results of that most cruel war ac
cording to the terms proposed by tlie con
queror, she had a right to expect that the
war was over, that universal peace would
prevail, and that all sections would unite
in amity and good feeling to promote the
high destiny of our great and common
country, But unfortunately after the war
of cannons and musketry had ceased, there
commenced a war of proscription and sec
tional hate that has lived upon war pas
sions and the oppression ot the South.
Such a course, opposed by tlie great mass
• of the conservative people of the North,
and endured with patient forbearance at
tho South, has continued to exist through
the long years of wrangling and strife that
have ensued. In tlie election of Hancock
and English we can confidently expect a
termination of distraction and misrule ;
•we can confidently expect the burial of all
'the animosities engendered by the late
war; \vc can expect a return of a universal
reign of peace and-good will, when, with
all past divisions healed, our people every
where beneath their own vines and fig trees
shall rejoice in the constitutional adminis
tration of the noble Union General, who
was brave enough in war to crimson the
battle fields with his blood, and brave
enough in pence to stand up in behalf of
-civil order against military domination.
No longer can a spirit of letxllion v*
charged against the Southern people; no
i.,..**. nupugli our mo
tives. We are not asking to place in pow
er a man who lias shown a disposition to
specially favor the South ; we arc not ask
ing for a Hebei Brigadier; but we are ral
lying solidly and enthusiastically to the
support of a gallant hero, whose broad
and noble patriotism will administer the
government according to law. and in the in
terest of no class or section. Let harmony
be restored. Let heart burnings cease.
Let all past differences be buried. Let our
people everywhere forgive and forget the
terrible scenes of bloodshed and slaughter,
and with the names of Hancock and Eng
lish fluttering in the breezes, march on to
gallant triumph, which will proclaim tlie
death-knell of sectionalism and the resur
rection of Constitmionalism.
NEXATOK 1111.1. AGAIN.
Senator Hill's reply to the severe stric
tures made against him on account of his
great speech on the Kellogg case is niaster
lv and complete. The interruptions made
during the grand delivery of the speech
-clearly indicate the forensic ability and
gladatorial power in debate of Senator
Tlill. Indeed, when \vc perceive how the
•attempted interruptions of those who un
dertook to tangle him bv their posers, as
they thought, we are reminded of an anec
dote we have heard told of Col. Gabriel
Nash : On one occasion Judge Thomas
W. Thomas was holding court at Hartwell
and a considerable riot occurred in the
streets, and lawyers, witnesses, and every
body else began to leave the court-room,
run to the windows, and completely broke
up the business of the court. Order could
not be restored until a severe reprimand
was given by the Judge and a threat to
send them all to jail. After court ad
journed, as Judge Thomas and Col. Nash
were walking down lu the former's nfiioe.
ho asked Col. Nash what he thought of his
conduct in reprimanding tho lawyera.
Well, .Judge,” replied the inimitable
Col. Nash, **you reminded me of one of
theso.big stump-tailed bull pupa, with a
rag ih hts tuoutb shaking it.”
Senator Hill m the discussion of conati
tutiona) questions, is just about as com
plete a master of the situation.
AIV HON ENT ll FFERKNCK.
One of tho greatest privileges enjoyed
by the people of this great country is the
sacred right of free opinion and free ex
pression thereof. All people, however
humble or however exalted, enjoy this
right. Public servants are the proper sub
jects of criticism. Indeed one of the safest
guarantees of good government results
from Ibis freedom of opinion and speech,
and the right to hold public servanta to a
rigid accountability. Their good deeds are
to bo commended, and all remissneas or
dereliction of duty is to be reprehended.
Wo do not hold that public servants
are covered with infamy because they
commit some blunders; neither do wc
hold that those people are slanderers who
condemn them for tho blunders. In the
politics of this country we can have an
honest difference of opinion without the
alienation of friendships, or without doing
injustice to anybody. And there is no
principle prevailing in this country that
our rulers, even our chief, can do no
wrong. There are none of our public ser
vants but commit some errors. On the
eve of another struggle for the election of
State House officers it is very expedient
that our people should be cautious and cir
cumspect. It is a very mistaken idea that
politics should he thrown to the dogs, and
unworthy the attention of gentlemen. The
most important means by which prosper
ity, happiness and true greatness is attain
ed in any country depends upon the gov
ernment, and the character of the govern
ment is reflected by the character for fuir
ness. ability and integrity of officials dis
charging its various duties. When we
come to choose these important officials
very grave and important considerations
arise. The questions of honesty, ability
and firmness in the discharge of duty, arc
matters of the highest consideration. If
they have been tried, have their adminis
trations given satisfaction to the people ?
is another matter that should not be over-
i looked. No one good citizen has any more
j claims on an oflicc than another. Peculiar
fitness may render the selection of this as
pirant more expedient than that, but as to
any superior claims of one, on account of
ancestry, past discharge of doty, or even
becqusc forsooth his character may be as
sailed, we utterly repudiate and deny.
The truth of the matter is, we have never
understood American politics to be a ma
chine to vindicate private characters. We
have always been opposed to whitewash
ing committees, or whitewashing machines
of any kind. Character is not to be sus
tained in that kind ol a style. A public
official need make but one reply to charges
of official violation of duty. He should
point to the record, and by that he must
stand or tall. If the record don’t prove a
complete and unanswerable vindication,
above suspicion and abovo reproach, all
the whitewashing stump speeches that
could be delivered in a lifetime, and all the
vindicating committees under the sun will
prove futile and vain.
KniTOKI AI. JOTS.
Lazy editors put it ffcaVcock.
Avgusta has a population of 211,000.
Thi-3 population of Charleston, S. is
49,027.
Jas. A. Gray, one of Augusta’s most
prominent merchants, died last week.
The Constitution learns that Ex-Gov
ernor Bullock is of the opinion that be
fore November the Republicans will null
oi non ami nominate a faster horse.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Herald asserts
that a large American eagle lit upon Gar
field's house in Washington at the hour of
his nomination, and remained there several
minutes. You don’t say—wonder what
that bird lit there for ?
The New York Herald gives the names
of seven New York Republicans who call
ed on Hancock to assure him of their sup
port. They declare that, with one excep
tion, none of their number had ever voted
a Democratic ticket before.
GOVERNOR BROWN’S RECORD.
And Ulint In of it l>j Fellow-
Senntors—llls speech Should He
“Made Unntpnitrii Ilooiinscui."
Atlanta Constitution. June SOfA.
It must have made all Georgians proud
to hear the distinguished tributes paid to
Georgia's new Senator by his colleagues
who were at Cincinnati.
Senator Hill said in the Georgia head
quarters one morning: ‘’Senator Brown's
speech in the Senate on the pension ques
tion was one of the best ever delivered in
that hall, and it should ho made a cam
paign document for the Democratic party
all over the Union. If our party managers
are wise they will scatter that speech, just
as it was delivered, broadcast over the
United States. It will dispel delusions,
refute slanders, establish converts and
make votes everywhere.” Nlr, Hill fol
lowed in a warm and earnest tribute to
his colleague, in which he praised his dis
cretion, his sagacity, and his inflexible pa
triotic sentiments.
Senator Lamar said to a representative
of the Constitution : t “The ease and dig
nity and power with which he established
himself as one of the leaders of the Senate
in the few days he occupied his seat, was
simply marvelous. In his speech on Mex
ican pensions, he was assaulted at once by
Blaine. Conkling and Ingalls—three ugly
customers. 1 can tell you. for an old Sena
tor to meet. much less anew one. But
Mr. Brown never lost his balance an in
stant !{e met them squarely, calmly and
HURRAH FOR HANCOCK.!
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with such force and frankness that Conk
ling, as he sat down, said : “ T am con
vinced the Senator is discussing Ihe ques
tion with fairness and candor.” The
speech was a great one —not in the sense
of showy or tinged eloquence, but in the
depth and breadth of its statesmanship,
the wealth and appositeness of its informa
tion, and the direct and incomparable com
mon sense and common justice on which
it was based. 1 look to see Senator
Brown one of the most notable men in the
country if lie comes back to the next ses
sion.”
Senator McDonald, of Indiana, replying
to my inquiry oil the subject, said ; lie is
one of the most valuable additions made
to the Democratice force in the Senate for
years. More than that, lie is a senator
whose influence will be felt all over the
country. He seemed to recognize instant
ly upon coming into the Senate that it was
not. a debating society, but strictly a prac
tical business body. He therefore became
at once a sensible, straightforward, saga
cious worker, and won tlie confidence and
esteem of both sides of the chamber. He
can be a power for eood in the practical
questions that must be settled, now that
sentimental issues have died out.”
Altogether our new Senator seems to
have made himself felt in the Senate, and
to have illustrated Georgia nobly.
|Xo lloMpltnl Xoedcit,
No palatial hospital needed for Hop Bit
ters patients, nor large-salaried talented
putters to tell what Hop Bitters will do or
cure, as they tell their own story by their
certain and absolute cures at homo,
Harmony Grove High School,
On Friday, June 25th, our quiet village
was honored with a large and intelligent
audience to witness the closing exoroises
of Prof. M. L. Parker's school. The ex
amination on Thursday was highly satis
factory to those who were present. The
pupils acquitted themsolvcs finely, both in
the examination nnd exhibition. It would
ibe a pleasure for the writer to make
special mention of those the most worthy
on this occasion, but to attempt such a
thing would be invidious. (Below you
will find a programme of the last evening’s
exercises.)
The most entertaining feature op this oc
casion was the address to the school and
audience, delivered by lion. Asbury G.
McCurry, of your county. The following
will give you some uipa of his subject, both
in nature and extent! He contrasted the
conquests attained by the sword, and those
far richer ones attained through cultivated j
intellect; a review of the rapid progress !
made by our country in the past, and the
great progress in all the civil arts that is
going on in the present age ; a thorough
education of the masses, the best hope of
the country ; the advantages which this
country offers for the advancement of learn
ing. and the brilliant future that awaits it
w hen our people rise fully up to the duties
of the hour, in the patronage of letters.
His peoration was a comparison drawn be
tween the destruction of Troy and the
subsequent wanderings of ASneas. to
found Rome, and the devastation of our
country by the late war and the rebuilding
of the same, until anew Ilium shall be
erected, surpassing m splendor and great
ness all ancient and modern countries.
You will perceive from the above that
his theme was a grand one, indeed. The
audience Were highly delighted with the
sentiment contained in the speech, and Jell
heartily in love with the speaker. His ar
ticulation was good, Ins position upon the
stage was easy and graceful. He spoke
about an hour. Your county, old Hart,
honored herself in sending Hon, A, G.
McCurry to represent her in the General
Assembly. He would nobly fill any po
sition to which ho would aspire.
In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, 1 hope
this may be worthy of a position in your
columns. Our teachers. Prof. M. L. Par
ker and Miss V. Cotier Park, arc well
known in your county, and very highly
appreciated here.
School begins July 12, 1880.
Y T ery truly,
William H. Simpkins.
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Programme.
Columbus Baugh (Jackson) —Mind the Glory of Man
Robert White (Jackson)—Effects of Intemperance.
MUSIC.
Robert Mann (Jackson)—Freedom of Science in
America.
L. J. LaGrand (Madison) —Sublimity of tlie Rible.
MUSIC.
8. j. T. Soesar (Jackson)— American Literature,
Willie Sewof(Bunks)—lnfluence of Woman.
Henry Jacob (Jackson) —King William.
MUSIC.
Miss Fannie Ttangh (Jackson)—The Rainbow Spans
the Storm.
•' Etta White (Jackson)— Look OP the Bright Side
MUSIC,
Early Wood ( Banka | Renal's Address to the Roman*
J. L. Ledbetter (Franklin)— The Past.
MFSIC.
T. N. Wood (Banks)—Osmond’s Dream,
I, O. Chandler [Madison)— Marpji of Mind,
MUSIC.
Miss Julia Holland [Jackson]—lnfluence,
" Sallie Hardman “ —Music.
MUSIC.
F. O- Moss (Banks)—Fate of the Indians.
J. H. Butler (Lawrence Cos. Ala.]—Necessity of Ed
ucation.
MUSIC.
Miss Mattie Wood (Jackson)—The Abiding Lesson.
•• E. H. Borders “ —Classical and Christian
Literature,
MUSIC.
W. T. Thomas—Green—Responsibility
P G Sheppard— Hanks—Retributive Justice
MUSIC
Mian I, J, Peadwyler—Jaokaon—Cheerfulness
I H O Williford—Madison—lllustrious Models
for the formation of Character
MUSIC
j 1) C Wood— Jackson—The Bible Above Price
MUSIC
Miss T A Owen.—Babbs —Cosmopolitan Bug
MUSIC
J Y Williams— Madison —Sp4(tic|iß
MUSIC
A H Stapler—Jackson—Spring
• WK ,
Advice of an old nurse.r- Thp baby
jtvould be always bright and cheerful if an
occasional dose of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup
were administered.
A Singular Fact in Science.
J^ctrait Free f*rcsi
Although most people are not aware of
the fact, electricity travels much faster
from east to west than from west to east.
Tilden's congratulations reached Hancock
a fcw*tnoments after the nomination, but
Grant's dispatch to Garfield lias not arriv
ed at Ohio yet.
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The deadening preparations of Opium
for the Baby are rapidly disappearing be
fore the use of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup.
Sold by all Druggists.
LEWIS N. HOTKftfS, S. HOPKINS
L. I & J. S. HOPKINS,
Commission jyi krchants,
71 igre ZEPIa-ce,
BALTIMORE, MIX
A. H. STUMP k SONS,
WHOPESILE GROCERS.
BALTIMORE, MD.
Dealers in COFFEE, TEA . SCO All, MOLASSES, SYRUP,
FLOUR, and Grocers Snjiplies generally.
rr SAMPLES, PRICES, &C., SENT ON APPLICATION. t9*-33
J. L MIDDLETON & GO.,
COTTON AND CRAIN COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
7 SOUTH STREET, BALTIMORE, MI).
ALL FERTILIZERS AT BOTTOM RATES. BAGGING AND TIES.
161-248
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IdP” Catalognes and Price Lists sent free. Address,
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