The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-06-12
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matter that cannot tbeon,itted makes Il flll
account impossible. Ard moreover, Iii,
abunsisntinforn,ati,n given by the Raleigl
press makes IL unnecessary, and weshal
Therefore forego any attempt At dcscrip-
/ tiolf.
The gathering atthe Hill was hot 30
large az we had u right q expect, aud mosl
Of our largest towns were almosl unrepre.
sented. Raleigh did its duty fully will
her prominent men, her merchants, hei
btaux and her bellies, but The other towns
weie noslly conlentto leave u their fall
ones the honor ofmanigestlng al int4res:
that ought to have been shar 4 III by an.
Asan hsetto this, we were gIad 10 see tile
abundant Incorporating Of the people Of Or.
ange, Which showed hat they at any rate
properly estimated tie revival Of the Uni,
versiiy.
On "Wednesday morning, theaditess be-
fore the Literary Societics was delivered
BY Maj. Jos. Engelhagd, now Secretary "
State. Its leading theme was. tlic duty
of the yenng mn nf The South III The
present hour, and Ibis was enforced by
the injm,rtio1 10 work, adopting itas a
waici.word, and as the governing prin-
-ciple which alone eould fegvneIaie the
Sonil. and enable Il 10 hold is own In the
race spactiyely run now Iii material aud
intellectual competition. That the young
D,en of the sDulisl,aL Mareason u fear iil
rrs,chinE the highest raifis III both, the
speaker showed by ublIu,iuai example.
and NC were delighted ,oses that no false
nlodesiy OF Sar ofexciting SECTIONAL feel
lng influenced him to witlllnld honor
from them 10 whom honor aasdue. He
did ample Justice to the south IN setting
up conspicuously for admiration and emu.
latioa, The deeds IN Washington, of Jef-
ferson. Of Marshall. 81 Tauey. u Iredell,
of Taylor, uf Scolt, u Clay. Of BGRton, Of
Badger, Of Maagnin -of men, the acknow-
lodged leaders Ia generations ofgreat men,
IN statesmanship, IN lcral scIence, in elo-
quenec. in military distinction, aud in
scientific attainment. Surely the young
men of the smith are inno want Vi tioisIs
,o'lse ia.i III their section.
III claiming fur tile Snnlh freedom from
moral deforni;ies. we were glad 10 see
the SPEAKER demand for tile south the jus
tiee Of n recognili0nto the clainiof being
the nnly people ii tile Ialee ofsix tlious>
and years who had done anytliing.lo raise
tile African frnm his,IerraalatiOn. slavery.
fnrred upon tile Ss,ush against its viii,
aud fastened upon Il ~ Tie demands Or
the world for the staples peculiar to the
South. lad. tlIfough ~ humane conduct
been the instrument To fit tie freed slave
for The proud position Of an American
citi1en--a miracle Uf progress oIlly TO be
explained by the liberal, the generous,
aud the christian hearing Of the Southern
slave holder. 6a
But VIC are compelled 20 omit farther
reference otliis exceilen. sps-eCll. s~. ...
After the meeting u The Alumni Asso-
citation Judge GFoBt of Iowa was iiltlutla.
eel 10 the audience as the Orator of the
Alumni. He Is q fstiye OF lhis State, a
graduate o. tile University IN the class Of
1881, removing 60 Iowa ln lS3s. where l,e
las reached high Distinction He was
made chief Justice oft the Supreme Court
~ that Stale IN isig. anl i now one nT its
ltaaiug men. Hisspcech was very long
aiidalso very interesting ole, the leading
idea being the progress Of tile middle Of
tie present century. aud thesulject was
presented with a fre~hness aud startling
yiyidness that made trIlesubject purIako
VI al the charms of Novelty.
"Wednesday evening WIS devoted 10 ihe
sPertheso II The Representatives of thn
Lltcrar, Societies; Alessrs. David lIeIl ii
Enfield. j.. 5. M.laing I'ntsboso. Robt
W Winston Of Berthe representing the
fhilanihiopic Society ard Messrs. Robert
Strange u Wilmington Edsard Il. Engol>
hard q the samc aud j. NJ. Leach Of
Lexington, the Dialcctic. The speeches
were Al good, aud gtacrfuIly delivered.
and The srilng gcnglcmrn have ever, reason
u bc satisfied With tile lautcls tile, Npn.
l.is wo anticipated, cur COMPOSITIONS
Motif, u TIA, We must come 10 an end j
Wesre therefore compelled 10 omit
notice Of Thufsjay's interesting proceed.
ines. devoted TO the graduating class. Al,
some other time We will recall incidents !,
monlenions ahd - creditsble 10 tic Young
geuilemea aud . gratifying ID tho al.
disncc.
TnE BALL
Rather too old o. too much mt II practice
70 trip ths light fantastic toe. We were
vel .rnrisd 20 peep into the bal; roam ON
Fnursdsy evening. partly 10 awaken old
emotions. and partly yiosee ho our IIiIlsboio
girls bore ihe laurcls 80 generally a..
siened 70 them. Il WIS charming scene
aud the tinlling "a ,hc harp. The inspiring
wang u thr violin sud The in.I iriiinr ca,I
d figures iingled il,rpuga veins long il.
sensible 70 such Influences; aud then the
array Of pretty girls. their lasishing eos.
TUNES. and their graceful movements a..
nosl dispelled the philosophy We carried
into The rcum. Our safeguard probably
was iii one feature Of dress. The toftcn,ous
train. A,.a..t,s..r, ....... E..tr IL