The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1875-08-21

Act, And IrOylueu lurthef, lnat I
in any county where the registra-
tion books may have been or may
hereafter be destroyed, the Regis
trars shall, prior to any general or
special election for said county.
make a general registration Of the
legal voters OF their county, in tie
manner prescribed by law for II
general registration.
Continued on third page.)
Proctor Knott on Gen. Harlan.
would scorn to stain a single
leaf In the glittering chaplet that
entwines the brow of Gen. Harlan.
| have known him long aud well
as most genial gentleman pro-
found lawyer. and scholar of varied
distinguished attain ments, and ta-
ken all ia all, Il man of whom ]
am personally fond. AS q public
man he has perhaps the AL vantage
Of Governor Leslie. Renowned
alike as a warrior an la ssa tesman
his career has been such as to daz-
zIe the enrapturei vision OF every
beholder with the associate sp'en-
Ofa Thousand brilliant achievm snts
which constitute the brightest
gems in the diadem ofhis country's
glory. His military record es-
pecially Is a theme upon which
every patroit must delight to
dwell. /kA>tAAA
1confess that cannot refer to 1t
without feelingl every fiber and
tiesue Of my bAing tingIe with a
thrill of saatssisA ardor daughter
aud applause]. | remember how
his impatient blade leapcd from
its scabbard when the first notes Of
civil discord echoed along the low
ering horizon of 1851, or how it
cleaned like a meteor along his
terrible pathway as he swept like
n tornado to the dread carnival oil
death.
The awful sublimity Of his going
forth to immediate hiinsclfup)u the
blood altar Of patriotism
will haunt me to my dying day.
applause 1t remind, Of .Ossian's
description Of Cuthullin, ~ he
rushed in sound Of his arms like
the terrible spirit of Loda, when
he comes in the roar Of n thousand
storms, scattering battles from his
eyes! Immense Applause.] what
deeds prowess he migIlthave done
on the CORY field, what hecatomt
OF slaughtered rebels might have
gone down beneath the biting eige
of his trenchant blade, had he ever
succeeded In meetinyhi country, .
/, foes ''upon the psrilols edge Of
battle,n the pen Of history vii
never tell; for ere he had an oppor
tunity Of quenching his blazing
brand in the blood Of trait
ors, he was called from the path
! of martial glory to the more arltl
Gus duties of civil life Grea
applause.
know we much need his distin
!, guished services in the cabinet.
am willing to admit that there !
not another lawyer in all til
length and breadth Of this Com
monwealth, from Maysville I
Mills point, who was capable {
:, discharging the distinguishes
y functions of the Office Of the Al
! torney General [laughter]' yet
y cannot but deplore the inexorabl
L necessity which compelled him
Q quit the tented field and bid fare
3, well forever to all the pomps
It pride and circumstance Of gloriou
II war;
In fact, l consider the resignatio
| of Gen, Harlan as the direst calam
G. ity that could have befallen OF
o beloved country under the circun
II stances (laughter) for am satisiie
Is that had the Confederate leader
;. been convinced that there was Il
70 other means Of escapinga a dire'
:. contest with General Harlan upo
:, the open field they would have lai
: & down their arms at once. [ Renev
!, = ed applause. But when Lee an
- Johnson, and Beauregard, asce
: tained' that General Harla
:" had resigned, they pluck
- up fresh courage and determined
~ to prosecute thewar to the ell
!, Laughter.
~ 1t can, however, be said Of Gen
Il, al Harlan as 1t can of few militia
SO heroes of equal prowess and renov
u that when his tear-dimmed e.
~ rested for the last time upon u
Us war-worn forms of his comman
ne when he bid them a long las. adj,
O. upon the tented field, he had Il
oil proud satisfaction Of knowing thi
cll he had never led them into dang
e, in his life. Prolonged laughtt
ia and applause.
vo An honest old farmer, OH beir
. informed The other day that one
~ his neighbors owed him q grudg
is growled out: !" No matter; he ne Y
d. pays anything"