Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-08-05
OUR NOMINEES.

HUGHEs, for Congress, and of N. DUKE
for Commissioner of Public Works, meet!
with most cordial approval in every
portion of our county, and will receive
the entire vote of our party; and it i.
equally gratifying that, from every por.
ton of this Congressional District and
the State a. large the same information
reaches us. Wewith much pleasure trans.
fer to our columns few extracts from
some of our exchanges:
Col. A. LINGAN JARRETT. The en-.
tire and cordial unanimity with which
the Convention nominated Col. A. Ling
an Jarrett for the office of Comptroller,
was fitting testimony of his high char
acter as man, and his we'll known in
tegrity and consistency as Democrat.
1t is universally acknowledged that he is
the most popular man Of either party in
Hartford county. So acceptably did he
perform his duties as Clerk of that coun-
ty, that at the last election for the same
Office, being the nominee of his party,
he came within some thirty votes of de-
feating his Know-nothing competitor,
notwithstanding the Democracy were in
minority in the county of nearly five
hundred. No man in Maryland is better
qualified to discharge the duties of the
Office for which he has been nominated,
and if the people of Maryland shall be
wise enough to elect him, they will find
in him an able and efficient officer
Wherever he goes his transformations
amiable and gentlemanly department
will make him troops of friends, and the
better he is known the more he will be
respected. With fair vote in the city
of Baltimore, he cannot fail to be elected
by majority which no other candidate
has ever received in this State.-Fred
Citizen.
A LIYGAN JARRETT, Eso.-We are
not personally acquainted with the nom-
inee of the late Democratic State Con-
vention for the Office of Comptroller Of
the Treasury, but we learn from those
who know him, that he is worthy of the
support of every Democrat in the State
He is gentleman of inAexible integrity
and great business capacity. and would
be a fit successor of the present incumbent
The Office is one of great Importance,
and in his hands, we are sure, the inter-
ests of the people would be carefully and
zealously guarded. In the present in
cumbent, Mr.. Purnell, we recognize the
gentleman and honest public servant, but
bis political principles are of serious Oh
lection to us, and, we believe, of ma.
jority of the conservative people of the
State.
Let the Democrats of Maryland now
60 to work and make a strong effort tc
crush Know Nothingism in the only
State in which it has heretofore lad q
foothold. This can be done by union
and concert of action among Democrats
Let every personal sacrifice now be made
for the good of the cause in which we are
engaged. annapolis Republican.
NOMINATION FOR CoMPrRoLLBR.-Tht
nomination of A. L. Jarrett, Esq, fol
Comptroller, is received with great favor
throughout the State. All our exchanges
endorse him as the man for the place
and pledge hearty support at the com.
ing election. This is gratifying; and
we who have known Mr.. Jarrett from
his boyhood can confidently assure ouI
friends throughout the State, that he il
in every respect worthy of their conf.
dence. Bait. Repu6.
Col. GEORGE w. HUeHEs.- con-
graduate the people of the sixth con-
gressional district Of Maryland, upon the
opportunities afforded them by the De-
mocratic convention, which met at Bla-
deDsburg yesterday, to place in the na.
tional councils man whose high personal
character and eminent ability promise fol
him great congressional reputation, -
No mall stands higher in the estimation
of the people of Washington than Geo.
w. Hughes. Many years of his sue.
cessful career, as high officer in the
engineer corps of the army, were spent
in residence amongst us. During the
Mexican war the district companies form.
ed portion of the regiment which che
wise foresight of President Polk placed
under his command. After serving our.
ing the war, earning for himself military
reputation, as well as exhibiting execu.
tive ability by his administration as Co
vernon of Jalapa, he resigned his place
in the army and retired to his farm on
West river, Maryland Born and raised
in the Democratic faith, his party soon
awaited itself Of bic abilities ss speak
err, to defend its faith against the assaults
of its bitter opponents. Thus, in every
canvass, since his retirement from the
army, his voice has been heard on the
hastings throughout the State, vindicating
Democratic truths, and exciting the en-.
th1siasm Of his followers to battle and 10
victory. In the last Presidential election
he was q candidate for elector on the
Democratic ticket, and after brilliant
canvass, was defeated by the monstrous
frauds ia Baltimore city. The Demo-
cracy have long desired to honor him.
They now have the opportunity, and will
elect him to the House Of Representa-
tives, where brilliant future awaits
him. - Washington States.
Col. GEORGE W. HUGHEs. 1T is with
feelings of mingled pride and pleasure,
that we announce to-day the nomination
of our esteemed fellow-citizcn, Colonel
George w. Hughes, as the Democratic
candidate for Congress in this (6th) Con-
gressional District. Col II. is brave
and gallant soldier gentleman of high
toned and elevated character; an able,
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