Wilmington journal., 1874-07-10
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HILLsBoRo, July I'd. 1874.

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Editors of the Journal
The hot weather continues. bt,t Il il
not SO insufferable here as the vii
mington correspondent Of the Record.
er represents it to be III your city. We
have no sea breezes, it is true, but the
delicious night air, and the exhilerat-
ing breath of the morning air is more
than compensation for the heats of
the day. wonder your people do not
| flee from the wrath of hot weather that
is on you, and take to the hills, where
a vital mir will restore them, and
where their eyes, dazzled with the
binding glare of burning sand. will
| be rested and refreshed by the pres
ence Of an ever-verdant landscape.
| The closing exercises of the school
of the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock
| took place last Thursday evening"
| These exercises are exclusively musi-
calm their character, and are q test both
| OF the proficiency of the pupils and
the character of the instructor. In both
these respects, success was marked :
and gratifying. The school has never
been deficient in competent musical
| instructors, but [ think the present
| ono is peculiarly excellent. Mr..
Burgy is a thoroughly skilled musi-
c1an, theoretically and practically, with
a taste cultivated and refined by travel
and observation.
In the days of better fortune he was
enabled to indulge his tastes by for
eIgn experience, and thus he brings
the elegant accomplishments of the
gentleman to grace the mechanical ac-
qurements of the merely professional
man. He is a gentleman in all senses
OF Tho word, and his gentle, refined
| and glnassuming manners secure con-
slderat1on which is not always accord
ed, OF in fact due to the Professor.
do not undertake to enumerate or
criticise the performances. It NAV be
enough to say for at this season of the
year the papers TEEN with such ac-
counts and such eulogisms) that the
music was all very good and much of
it very excellent. The vocal tests were
also without exception. Among those L
heard with most pleasure were two
young ladies from your city, the
Misses Hart. They sang twice in
duets, and the sweetness, harmony
and spirit of their voices left impress
sions which will be long in fading out.
Their "Gipsy" only wanted the
witchery of costume to spirit the i'm
agination away to the East, where the
feelings find modes of expression un-
known to us, and where art has rules
SO different from European modes.
producing effects as novel as they are
pleasing.
a good number of strangers were
present, but they all left the next day,
with a few exceptions. Among the lat
ter is the Rev. Geo. Patterson, of st.
Johns Church, Wilmington, who,
am glad to say, fingers with MS yet.
He preached in st. Matthew'S on Sun
day, one of his vigorous, clear, incisive
sermons, for which he is remarkable,
and which make him one always to be
heard with profit. He has inter-
changed pulpits for the next Sunday
W5th! Reva G. safrcGGaRyy Il cGGaRyytifg fgodgh@t6 dght VII
mington.
Hon. W. A. Graham returned on
Sunday morning from Washington
City, whittier he went in connection
with his duties as arbitrator in the
Virginia and Maryland boundary case,
He met Hon. jeremiah Black, who ap-
pears on the part OF the State of Mary
land, and after preliminary hearing
of counsel on both sides, they post
poned further action until they had
selected d third party, which they are
1btl4IOLIACNi W w pf IIlO VI tl10lI
I am glad to say that
Gov. G.. appears of late much i'm
proved in health, especially SO by his
recent trip to Washington.
In to-day's Recorder appears the
curd Of Col. Thomas Ruffin, announc-
ing himself as candidate for Judge
Of the Seventh Judicial District. He
says he acts by the advice of friends,
who desire to see the law administered
without reference to party-denies
that he has changed his party affilia-
tiOns-says there never was, and never
can, come n day when he would be
willing to separate his fortunes from
those OF the good people of his native
State, &c.
] forbear comment, at present. This
much | will say, that whether regard
ed as an independent candidacy, or
the effect on the fate of the
regular ticket Will be electric. 1t will
bring ont the whole strength of the
District for Kerr, and his vote will be
larger than it otherwise would have
been.
have just seen Mr. Parish, cns of
the Senatorial candidates, who has
just returned from a brief campaign
in CaswelI and Person. His accounts
are most cheering. The people are
aroused already to enthusiasm. The
whole Conservative ticket is in the
happiest position. Billy Henderson
and General Scales had met frequently,
always to the discontinue of the for
mer, and there was barely doubt of
his overlooking defeat.
The Radical Senatorial Convention
meets to-day at Prospect Hill. There
is much eagerness among the leaders
for the honor Of being beaten, and the
now is that the Radical
strength in this county, already weak,
will be still futher shorn.
Yours, G..