Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-22

SHELBYvILLE, June is, 1S72.-The dull
routine Of every day life was relieved last
week by the commencement exercises OF
the
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE"
The occasion was one of more than Ordina-
~ interest to all in and around Shelbyville,
aud many from afar. The examination Oc-
cupied Tuesday and "Wednesday, the 18th
and 18th inst, the concert and graduation
Wednesday. The examination was thor
oueh, the pupils answered promptly, and
the patrons ofthe school all seemed wonder
fully well satisfied.
But Wednesday night presented by far
the most interesting features of the Occas-
ion. Long before dark the spacious chapeI
of the institute was filed to overlooking
with beaming faces, betokening happy, eX-
pectant hearts. Fortunately, by virtue OF
my position as the escort of former pupil
and present guest, and perhaps my distant
. relationship TO the UNION AND AMERICAN,
A. .7as counted, with her, member Of the
y college family, and by special arrangements
Of the polite Principal, DR.. Wardlaw, we
were given front seat. And in this cen
nectiOn, am constrained TO say that DR..
Wardlaw is not only classic scholar in the
brOades5 meaning Of the term, but at all
a
We took our front seat, looked, listened,
and during the intervals and ''intermis-
sion," commented. Beauty, wit, elOquence,
poetry, music and flowers feasted our eyes
and souls. These were spicny intPrspersed,
furnishing rich variety to the feast. Just
such a feast as deies description.
Music stirs the soul, aud to be felt must
be heard; It's power and effect cannot be
described, therefore l omit that part Of the
programme. There were five graduates,
only four reading essays, one by special re-
quest being excused.
The following is the programme of the
graduating essays, emitting the interludes
of music:
Salutatory subject: "Our boat is
launched, but where's the shore?' Miss a.
Bemiss Of New Orleans.
Essav-subieCt: "LOOk alOft." Miss j.
Ivie, of ShelbyviDe, Tenn.
Essay-Subject: "Unity in Diversity"
Miss NJ. WilhOite, ShelLyville, Tenn.
Valedictory-SuhjeCt: "Let Home be our
Sphere" Miss A. Logan, of Lancaster, Ky.
The essays were all good, and elected
loud applause and showers Of flowers.
The valedictOry by Miss Logan wa9 full Of
beauty and pathOs, and withal appropriate.
The earnest appeal TO "wOman" to be "true
to herself" AMI ill, at ''hOme," her heaven
commissioned ''sphere," evidently awaken
ed a responsive echo in the hearts Of all her
hearers. The sound of her voice hushed
every whisper and silence peTvaded the
crowded assembly while she read. Rev. j.
II. BrvsOn delivered the diplomas and made
a brief. appropriate address to the class.
Then followed "good night song, and the
scene closed.
DR.. Warllaw may well feel proud of his
graduates and the entertainment geneT-
ally. It was an evening your correspondent
csnnOt soon forget. Twill form one OF
those ssPoetic Islands" in the blue sea of
the past, at whose golden shore memory
will love to anchor her little boat to gather
the shining treasures, and the eUeT-blOom.
ing flowers, and live awhile again within the
circle of the mystic spell from which / am
now as reluctant 10 break.
hThcre is another feast in store for those
who attend the closing exercises Of Bedford
Seminary next Thursday and Friday, the
both and DIST inst.
SbeIbyyille promises TO be lively for the
Young folks this summer; several young
ladies' are expected from Nashville, Leba-
non, and elsewhere.
Can't you send out some Of the gay, gift
ed sons Of your city to help entertain them!
Business is frightening up. The farmers
are in higher spirits than / have known
them for wears. They report the corn
growing, and the wheat looking well IN al
sections of the county. Some are calCulat
ing upon twenty-five or thirty bushels o.
wheat per acre. The market has opened
at 81 80 per bushel. The wheat income
will very much relieve the present fnancia
pressure in this county.
CANDIDATES
for the Legislature come out slowly. Some
of the farmers in the fat woods section held
a council Of war not long since, and resOlv
ed that "young lawyers should be ruled
out as unfit for service, and legislation lef)
70 the "honest yeomanry' of the land. AID
there seems to be but few aspirantB 70!
such bonors outside of the legal profession
The fees Of county officers are profitable
and hence no lack of candidates for those
positions.
like the idea expressed in the "Flat.
wood's' condemnation resolutions of re-
du& the fees of county offices, so that
able-bodied men will find it more profitable
10 STAY al home and work their farms than
to spend the summer eanYassing for votes
upon the bare expectancy Of the rich per
QIIisites of an Office.
The labor of twenty-five or thirty mer
Will be lost to the county this summer IL
the struggle for three offices, namely, trus-
Zee, tax collector and sheriff.
BY degrees public sentiment in this county
is settlin- down solidly for Greeley and
Brown, and opposed TO q nomination at
Baltimore. The compromise candidates
are gradually gaining strength, and strange
as il may seem many Of the old original
"Mossy-b2ckedr Democrats, and green
eyed. loruey-headed Radicals are uniting
upon the Liberal Republican nomination
hone the "signs of the times" are harb-
myers Of the grandest era that has yet been
chronicled in the history of our country.
The election Of Horace Greeley will sig
nal the triumph of freedom, over de$potiSm
honesty over corruption, intellect over I'M
bacilify, rigbt over might and wrong, prdl-
cipIc over party! And we will hail his
triumph with Joy as the beginning Of a
great moral and political revolution, result
inc in the firm establishment of freedom OF
thought. and oppression, and the FINAL
overthrow Of the desp0tic dynasty OF party
ism.
look forward hopefully to the day
when we will at least not have partisan Ju.
dietary; when party spirit will not enter
into. or have the slightest influence upon
the appointing power in the selection Oh
judges.
Thr pure white oErmine" Of the Judi
ciary hy all means should be kept unspot'
ted from politics.
REL ICTOUS.
The anniversary of the "Duck River
Bible Society" was celebrated last Sunday
by an able sermon from the Rev. Mr.. Hill
Of Mchlnnyille. After the sermon the
President, DR.. Thos Lipscomb, read a re-
port # the work and progress Of the society
during the past year. The reports OF the
distributing agents employed shows that
upwards Of five hundred destitute families
were supplied with copies Of the Bible
Therefore it is plain this society is doing
good work and deserves the aid and CO
operation Of every lover Of religion.
lTENuZER.
EX Senator Charles K. Stuart, Of Michi-
gan, once a s.aunch Douglas Democrat, has
written a strong letter in favor OF Horace