Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-06-11


rho'. G Moan, McD)nough, Ga.-Th'
Di:niJy Of Labor.
Ariosio A. Wiley, Troy, World !
R,n wn.
WIN. z. B;atlie, Washington cou1ty-
Night Brings ont the Stars.
Il. Embiee lloss, JOnesboro, Tenn
What are uuT Prospects.
Wm. A. Shorter, Eufula, Aa.-Oily To,
| Truly Great ID. serve Nttions Gratitude
Tue iayUritus we're Arnwiuc aud Shorter
IN lug the Caliopeans, aud AudtT.on anC
ii rs among the urrm' SLAMS, W ID a genera
expectation tnat AruWiue vO IA win. Mo I
If the speakers we're pale, nervuu, and ex
ciied, sud II thry didn't all win medals
they all received flowers, plsulis an,
'uiles f. ON :, ladies. They dealt large y
10 the iauc.fl, and when they took th, "a
'land IN the dali, greeted the audience vii
r'thrr 81 Fl bows, iauucliing their voices as
I 4 midway their sutj 'cis; not So, h we've
Sith II lss and Shorter, they were more 81
the conversational 8 yie, and dealt M re
a-gtly 10 common sense than in petite
] flights. When Arnwine firished we heard
! Ms cJufiieDt friends exclaim he has won,
7 but hen shorter was interrupted in the
/ n ds. Of his speech with hearty iound OF
/ applause, sud though strangerswas almo {
buried Ia aJw,r-, it told the feelings OF the
audience
At the c'ose OF the speaking Pref Arbo
gs.t awarded the Byars Medal to Broxton
b. Conan, Of Ala, VITO won 1t over Stoakly
after the closest intest ever known IN the
Colt &c, beating him by only 300-l000 d.
Reid, oi n g., then awarded tie Mathe-
NAUTICAL Medal 10 Lester G. Smith, Of Ala.
The second day the graduating class de-
iiVered tLcir fiIal alton; jas. II. Turner,
II Ga, delivering the valediciory.
nFOREss CONFERRED.
The How NJ degrees were conferred:
b. A. Lster G. Smith, b. B. Conan.
H. " Rcd, Cbss. n. Fu't,n, William F.
attic, L Enbree Hos aud Jas. IL. Tur-
ner.
NJ. 40. Vswter, John N. Fl ming,
SAM . L gan, JOS. Il. Lo,a and JJhu
6.D-a v. Ocpa B. West. clArk.ville,
Tenn.
Ilon,ri, CAu.a.-Alron L MINI, Ma h.
willie, Tern.
uov. WALLER n. Staples.
The II N. Wafer Il Staples delivered an
address before the two Literary Societits
which, like every Ell ,rt ct Mr.. S,aph 5, was
first class production, ablundiug with vii
sud eluqn-nce that brought forth f., qrt nj
,pplause. But smacked rather ropgly of
politics.
AWARD or THE EoBERTsOS PRIZE
J1dg, ] A Campbe | on b, half of the
Ommittrr cuDpr-ru 81 Mess. IIunts,
Staples, Stuar,, Richir !s,n and Campbell
came forward ami Ia . neat speech awar'-d
he Rphrrls u Prize Medal To William A.
shorter, OF Euf.uIa, Aia. The contest was
rln,r, M. S o-ter receiving ON fl ST ballot
2 votes, three others one vlte each. The
'oung oraor, who is in hi, JIM or year, WAS
eeted with round Of applause, ana the
exercise was over.
THE BFRMEsTAN SOCIETY.
This S c.rty gave their annual exhibition
IN Tuesday evening, befre q laig- audi
-uce, 10 the lleg~ Oh pol Hugh l.. Wis,r
del vrred The anniversary address, which
"ss full If dry Wit and humor The SPEAK
rs al acquued themselves with credit
Capt. Richardson presented the BEST D.
bao's Medal" to J,s W. X ID, the Is ay-
i,t Nod i" to Z E. lJss, and the "Genersl
Imp ovemeut Medal to A p r C4tron.
CAL'oPEAS SOCIETY,".
The ANNUAL rxhibitinu o. thi, Society
took place on Wedu, shay " .uing hcf re a
fun house. Col. jas W. Hum delivered
me of his hesuiiiul and bi liant Grafton
before the society.
Jas. W. SIttfsy awarded tie Bet De-
b4tcri Medal" TO Cbsrls w. Fulton. AID
he "Grnera Improvement Medal" toC T.
Nolan. tie couClus on Of the cxerc
Nr. r d. l. ckc, on behalf Of the pumerous
friends Of Geo. a Frazier, If Giles county
Va, the President Of the Society, presented
h m with han ls1me gold chsin aud watch
key, with suitable inscription. Il wasa r,-
ward Of merit and tts"n NJ friend shin,
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ABI CD VA, } me @ 1869
HeSSrS. I'd tors In your paper Of the
18th of May u correspondent over the sg
nature OF "Argus Eye" uses the following
language. "Whiie the committee were thu,
gagged, Dr.. Campbell had file N for the
chairman the entire delegation TO the Con
Sres ,iOuai uud Senatorial Convention" and
ia our issue Of the 4th day Of June the
same anonymous writer says: 1T was not
Dr. Campbell who filled up the list, but
Campbell
My connection with the list was this.
walked into the Court House, after tho rom
IN tee 10 propose candidates for the Lcgi.
Iaturc had been appointed and retired. " hen
Major Davis. the Chui mqu of tha meeting.
asked me- TO come on the bench to do some
writing for him. asked what it was He
replied, want to make out u list Of dele
gates to attend the Marion Co yeutiou to
Nominate a candidate for Congress ! sug-
gested TO him to take time. when Mr.. Fow-
Ter, the Secretary Of he meeting, remarked
hat he wanted the list to take to Bristol
with him that it might appear ia his paper
of that week. Mijor Davis repeated the
request that ! should 60 upon the bench
nd assist him, as Mr.. Fowler was busy
writing, which did
| wrote down the name proposed by the
] chairman, until making the appoirtmen 5
Tor The third district, after naming two, he
/ asked me for third NINE, aging he E
/ not well acquainted in that district sug.
/ gesicd the name of John NJ. Shanhle. |
/ believe ! suggested the name Of Reuben
/ Widener in the 9Th district, and, in two -
three instances, | gave him the number OF
the district in which men lived whom he
proposed 20 appoint.
This is my connection with the appoint
ment Of delegates, as | supposed, 70 numi
nate n candidate for Congress. FIR. rs be-
ore stated / was not in the Court House
and did not know that the same delegate,
were to attend both the Congressional and
Senatorial Conventions,
IT, therefore, Argus Eye has sought tC
make tho impr ssion that bad filed up a
list of delegate, for Major DAVIS to appoint
it is simply false.
Tbs is the first time in my life have
felt called upon, through the medium Of th'
public press, 10 explain any act Of mine
ADD would not not ce your Anonymous cor
responlel as communication but for ia,
fact that an injustice ms been done through
me TO the chairman Of the meeting; an out
rage has been Inflicted upon the mauliues'
Of the delegates appoiu ell, aud gross
wrong has been dous 10 me.
JAdES G. CAMPBELL.
RnsanArrsf RusApAList RosApALts Are yor
suffering " th insiPieut Consumption or scrofuia IA
d ltt't lN' .liH ''ii 'i'itt A''''
] skin Dis ascs Or Neura siIF is yaur blood il
disardsrcd state Do you i1e lauguld or dspresse
in ,pi itsf Would you be rid Of these Try Rosa
] dale
This remedy has been fully tested the dcman,
increasing Ia an extent 20 cause the PropTe
. "a N, mora ftr O.