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BALTIMORE

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The line Of knights formed in troops pre-
presented quite a chivalric array for
such tyres in the art. After executing
several mancuvres with skill aud adj
dress, they were halted in front of the
speaker, who addressed to them few
appropriate words, reminding them that
they were assembled for a friendly con
test. They were remiucd that some
must be unsuccessful, but were cnjoihed
not to permit this reflection to disturb
them, and above III things not to let it
be the occasion of heartburnings and
envy amongst them after the contest
was over They were reminded that IL
the race for wealth, dist, 81 g., ana
honors even II Iii ff instead Of parnIining
action and subjugatiug the heart, should
I'LL the soul with renewed energy to do
or to die. Tnat obstacles were made to
be overcome and that he who allows
them to become stumbling blocks in his
career, was not worthy and would not
receive the encouragement and praise
which is sooner or later accorded to the
brave, the energetic, the determined
spirit. They were then with a benedic
ton, directed to go to their stations
At about three p NJ the Judges, Mes
srs j Marbury Carpenter, f. A. Han
'on ard n L. Cox. and the marshals. I
hessrs Walter VI. Miliar, r. Davis ana :
hamilton Bowie repaired to their res.
ectiye plaees, and under their impartial /
the affair was conducted |
With the utmost harmony and success. |
The tilt was run with three rings, aud
each knight was entitled to three runs.
Nine knights entered the lists, the names
and scores Of whom other than the vie
tors our space does not permit us to give.
On the tilt was tie between three of
knights, each having taken seven rings.
The tie was run off with the following
result: Knight of Lone Star, George
Lloyd, scored three rings, knight of
Cold Stream, Lee Harrison ,, aud
knight OF Spring Hill, Eugene Leland
>. So il was declared that the knight
of Lone Star was entitled to crown the
Queen. aud that as the other two con
,.atauts had tied AGAIN, II VAS necessary
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SIN another Comet.

Pof. Swift. Director Of the Warner
Observatory. Rochester, \. Y, has just
verified the discovery ofanother comet, III
the Constellation Of Auriga, made July
18th, by Prof j NJ Schaeberle, Of Ann
Arbor. Mich. This new comet is appar-
entity coming directly toward the earth,
and, for a telescpopie comet. is very
bright; indeed it can readily be seen
with a good opera glass 1t Is quite re-
markablc that it should he III just the spot
where the present large comet was mrs
seen by he naked eye in this latitude
and it shows that the two bodies mus
have crossed each others paths. TIM
makes the fourth comet discovered with
{ in ten weeks, circumstance harc oiorC
unknown in history Prof SchacberIe
has duly filed his application for the
I Warner prize of 500, and as yet ne +
.he only claimant.
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GuropM)l Iorttcr.
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Paris, France, July 9Th. 1881.

The Italian question is far from settled
and the quarrel at Marscilles will not
tend to smooth the existing difficulties
This proved the error OF men Hike Victor
Hugo and Louis Blauc who predict the
fusion Of the two Latin races. France
and Italy, ana dream Of an European
United States. Never were the two
nations more autagonistic than at pre-
sent; France is not more eager to retake
Alsaae aud Lorraine than is Italy to re,
gam her lost provinces Of Nice and
Savoy. Apart from the practical demon
STATIONS of animos6y, | find many
others Wnicn, ( Indirect are mono tbo
less striking Thus, IN in ms, 80
book Just published, the author asserts
that in all the official reports issued in
Italy, in the biographies and histories
- ootsnl.. ,o1, schools, be they pri-
ot other oop Il 10 D.. perior, ratifca-
'Hd sill aho 9''cfectin,- i--,~nded
Flcrdr Hugo whilst he statue -
appreciate the honor, has been. vor,. =. -
Enthusiastically received by all the t1tera-
ry, artistic and social circles who have
been appealed to by the originators of
the idea. NJ Louis Blanc, Deputy, as
President Of the Privisory Committee,
has given the matter his whole attention.
Last Wednesday meeting was held at
the Sale Hcrg for the purpose OF ipatl-
tuting definite committee. THIS was
very successfully accomplIaed, as the
hundred members Of "hleh the Com
nitt is now f.'hed comprise among
tbom MN. Gus representatives. of the
oE S u the Senate, the Chamber. the
-,o Municipal Council, the Society of
Dramatic Authors, the Society of Men
of Letters, several presidents of com
mercial chambers, and, finally, the most
renowned artists and musicians. 1t was
decided that competitor shall be opened
for the execution Of the statue. which
Will be placed at the intersection Of the
Avenue d EyIan, which in future will
bear the name of the Industrious poet. the
Shakespeare Of the century, as his rath-
er tervent admirers frequently call him.
1t may be added that the initiative in
this affair is to be credited chiefly to
certain welI-known representatives of
Paris journalism.
Miss Thnrsby, the renowned Ameri
can vocalist, who bids fair TO rise to the
very highest rank in her profession, has
inst rss,ssixs.Sl from the S5oeisties Concerts
du Conservative a medal, an honor never
on either of the divas, Patti or
Nelson. The letter from the Society
accompanying the medal runs as follows:
The committee desired me to express
its heartfelt thanks for the brilliant as
sistance afforded to it at the concerts of
the Bird and 10th of April The Society,
anxious to mark its sense of your talent,
aud its qualification at being tue instru-
ment Of giving to the public the opPor-
tunity to appreciate the cause, prays
Mademoiselle Thursby to accept medal
commemorative Of those two concerts, of
which it will ever preserve a charming
souvenir Dcign, Mademocielle, to ac-
cept our most respectful homage. =
Signed Paul Tafarel, Secretary Of the
society.
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The Mimic Tourney,

On the 30th, of June, at school No.
,, 2ud District, presided over by the eff
Gent teacher, Mrs. Helen VI Arnold,
exercises took place, which will live in
thc memories Of the youthful members
of the community, for years to come. II
The occasion was the closing Of the
school for the scholastic year Teacher
pupils and others Interested, assembled
at about ten A. NJ. when the pupils
were subjected to . careful and rigid
examinations, and they gave indubitablc
evidence that not only had their minds
been thoroughly trained in the several
branches IF learning ususly taught in
primary schools. but also in the much
m,rc highly important elements upon
which IT is possible to erect supcrstruc-
tarc Of viriurc, morality and religion ~
But the GROWING cAcrcieo If the dav
and the one to which the children look
ed forward with the most joyous anticl-
Iat,ouS, WIS to be tournament, III
which the youthful aspirants were to
seek for distinction and honors at the
lance's point After having parta'en
Of be" ~epast =
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to make trial of their skill once moro
T Ihe following, was the result. The
, knight of Cold Stream three rings. and
the knight Of Spring Hill two. they be-
came entitled to crown the first and
second maids Of Honor respectively
HE knight Of the Lauce, John w Mil
lar having made the next highest score.
was declared entitled to crown the third
maid Of Honor. The knights were then
marched TO the appointed place where
the Queen aud her Maids were invested
with the results Of the proves Of their
respective champions, when the knipbt
ct Lone Star crowned Miss Julia Blown
Queen Of Love and Beauty. The knirbt
OF Cold Stream crowned Miss Frederiko
Brown first Maid Of Honor. The knight
Of Spring HILL crowned Miss Sallic
Brown second Maid Of Honor. The
knight Of the Lance crowned Miss Kate
brown third Maid of Honor.
The members of the ROYAL Family
then took their places in the cotillion
aud entrauced all beholders bv the grace
and dignity with which they acquitted
themselves. When the set was ended.
others took their places, aud soon. the
older persons were engaged in the
terpsiohorenu art with IA vigor aud vim,
which was marvellous to behold. Whilst
these festivities were in progress, quite
a different and a sterner affair was trans
piring on the scene of the late heroic
achievements. Inspired with ardor and
zeal Of the mail-clad warrior of We olden
time, our esteemed fellow citizen and old
time friend, the gallant knight of Njlin-
er, with the battlc-iire in his face, made
several sublime but intellectual charges
upon the rings. Butiled but not dis
heartcued he determined to renew the
dread contest But alack alas he for
got his early education as knight; he
took the back track he charged the
wrong way, aud made havoc with the
arches After which performance the
gallant knight Of Mliner retired from
the field of his glory, unwept, unhonor-
ed, unsuug. Later in the evening. the
beloved teacher, was busy dispensing the
sweets to her little pets AMI their
guests.
The dance. the song, the melody of
youthful voices were kept up until the
shadows Of eyeuin began to fall, when
the gay throng dispersed, and the place
which but lately reechoed to the sounds
Of revelry and mirth, was left to the
silence and darkness Of night. FRIEND.
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~. buIhtl ~ washington Cil}s Ihilles WISH
Ing building materials would do well to give
him cali us his assortment is large and
choice and his prices reasonable,
Mr.. Il. l.. Higdon near this town
has the best cornfeld we have seen.
I've are indebted to Mr. Charles
i. Ilannon for fine sample of Irish
potatoes.
Read the advertisement Of the
Episcopal Female Institute It's high
ly endorsed.
MIR. Adrian Poscy proposes to
locate IN Cumberland this fall. We
wish him success.
....Col. Ammon'. trotting mare ~
been purchased 10y party from Baltl-
more for three hundred dollars
Letters received here from GER
tain young lady now in Martinsburg
indicate she is having glorious time
I'VE are sorry to learn of the in
disposition Of Col John w jenkins Il
lie went to Baltimore on Wednesday to
,..,,.,lt H., A'on = smith
I'VE are sorry to learn that Capt.
X \. Goldaborough' the handsome ana
gcntemaudy conductor, Of the passenger
train is confined at home by sickness.
p, c....'...,...... .....,
on Tuesday, and without the transaction
of ANYTHING important adjourned until
60, >, -,
...Thc local Board 81 iiealth Qlu
not have full meeting ou TUESDAY, and
adjourned to- meet again on the 2nd OF
Anoust at ten o'clock sharp.
We call attention 10 the enter
taiumcu % taEe place At Cedar Point
an Wednesday, Sec advertisement and
then stand not on the order Of going
but 20.
W. lest Saturday lie 5vi|ct Of thc
steam min At Chapel Point bursted W.
Nobody lut What is the matter with
tile mi Is the hardest thing to get here
unmts is ural
IVA IAN !. nr,o,. w,s v;u
n. on Monday ana Tuesday lie VA,
taking observations of tie situation, be-
inc Of a Judicial turn Of mind now
So.o m;l1 r,,,i III. lion, vboow,
=, E. snI.,.r,,t;on. SncL would i,
,L.,,.',i,.as a,.' !. ! ;r.tico ~ forwarJ.
49,, ma amount without wojting for a
,.,r,,,.,,i..,,t .o,,.on
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~i,h jury, TO ascertain whether Mrs.
Jane Hunt wa n luuatic, and a
pauler. The jury found she was luna
tic, but not pauper. On Tuesday the
lonesome appeal case was taken up 1t
was al action ofreplevin by Mrs. Marian
Ncale TO recover from Mr. f. G. Duttou
horse, which had been traded for be-
tween the parties, but which it was all.
legged was 50 diseased and unsound as to
have constituted fraud in the exchange
quite number of witnesses were exam
ined, and the case was argued by coun-
"rupying nearly the whole day
cate below decided in favor
'ndge Chew affirmed the
Cor Neale, /, "foorr
vest was tried and ac-
Quilted. Matthews for State, Posey for
defense, Walter Swami, Road Super
visor, was tried as usual for neglect of
duty and as usual acquitted Posey for
defense,
Case of State vs.. L. D. Tubman in
dicted for selling whiskey in quantity
less than pint not having any license.
Demurrer to indictment. Demurrer sus-
tanned and indictment quashed
On Wednesday the Court heard the
molten to strike out use of portion of
the judment in the case of Fannie 4. |
bi"ges and others vs.. C. Claude Digges. !
IN this case portion of the Judgment
had been entered TO the use of Stene-
street and Digges to secure the payment
of attorneys fees. The plaintiffs claim
ed the entry had been made without
authority, and Mesers Stonestreet and
Die5cs nssisted that authority had been
specifically given to them to do So
After Il, airing testimony and argument
by Mr.. Matthews for plaintiff, and Mr.
j. II Mitchell for Stoncstreet aad Digges
the Court decided to let the use stand.
An cxccI ton was reserved. An inquis-
itiou Of iuuacy was then held on William
+. Ga ytrt, colored, who was declared
to lie a llnatic and pauper and ordered
10 be cor fined in the Aims House.
This closed the docket and the Court
adjourned.
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NOTICE.

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Dentistry We recommend TO all who de-
sir, Dentistry Of any kind, to call upon DR..
Robert B. Cromcr, Dentist, n. W., corner of
Saratoga aud Eutaw streets, Baltimore. His
large experience and established reputation
,ulitle him to the confidence Of the public
Terms moderate. Refer 10 Jas. S. Morsell,
Baltimore. I al SLY Ill
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1'srS s''iber That She subsoriptio
for t'ie NIarylanI Independent " i.
sAly ~i.0O q Year. in Advance.
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CjrcUH court.
This tribunal met on Monday, Judge
80 - kh4.Iel.l-- 10 ~.
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C. A. BEALLE,
CONSTABLE

ISpR the Sixth tIcraiGu District, viii attend
L toall business pllrcl Ia his hands prom pit
=. All cl1ims VII re- GIVE immeii'te item
,an P1stuff,1 ~ lteas. W-Ita.' t.l.rles
uLaty Id IN: a. Sta laol.
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WYE are receiving our Spring Stock of
w Goods which win be sold at the very
lowest 6gures, call early and get good bar
COLTON'S,
Aliens Fresh, july i6-'f
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\ CARD.

DR JOHN 7. DlGGES having resumed
the practice Of his profession may he
ound every day in Port Tobacco, At his office
ia the Ferguson Building, or. IN ne aorh'nS
and night, at his residence, unless profSsion'-
y engaged Office hours from 10 to Y.
may l3-lv 81
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We call attention to the card of Mr. Geo.
N. Barker OF Washington city. Parties wish
Ing building materials would do well to give
him a call, us his assortment is large and
chnicn and his prices reason..bIe.
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JUDGEMArrHEw's o0xFIHMATIox

The sub-joined, from the New York
SIN, is going the rounds Of the press.
How much oft is trae, relative to the
action ol certain Democratic Senators,
we Cannot state. While tits said that
some Of it Is true, other portions Of il,
IL is asserted, are untrue. The votes
on appointment to Office are taken ia
secret executive session. Every Sena-
tor is bound to keep secret his own ac-
ton in secret executive session, as well
as that Of his fellow Senators. In the
case of Judge Matthews there was q
strong effort made 70 get the Injunction
Of secrecy removed from his coufirma-
ton. It was defeated Hence, the
facts of the record cannot be stated
with certainty. The article from the
Sun is as follows:
Let Every Northern Democrat re
member that George H. Pendleton, OF
Ohio, was the manager in the Senate
fer the confirmation Of Stanley Mat
/ thews, and the most active advocate
for an additional corporation Judge on
the Supreme bench,
Let every Northern democrat remem-
Der that Joseph H. Mcdonald, while
a Senator aud member Of the Judiciary
committee, WAS the constant champion
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the Government. If money can con
troi the decisioq at the balIot-box, it
will not be long until it can control It's
existence"
The New York Times (Rep.) under
date Of May 19:h, in an article regard
the cncroachlnents Of corporate power
says:
cit IS not only absorbing to itself the
fruits Of labor aud the gains Of trade
and piIing up wealth in the hands OF
the few, but it Is controlling legislation
aud endeavoring to sway the decisions
Of courts in its own interests. We are
now at a stage in the contest whore the
people may yindicate their authority
and place these corporations under the
regulation Of the law"
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The Editors Prayer.

The following is the prayer Of
a backwoods editor:
May those who have deliber-
ately swindled us out OF our pa
per never die.
May they ever be naked and
hungry.
May they have to set type as
we did last winter, in an old
frame house with the thermome-
ter below zero, and old field pine
for fuel.
May black snakes creep chilly
up their bare legs at the dark
hour of midnight.
May their bread be wormy.
May they be forced to read
Congressional records and Com
missioner Orr's educational ad-
dresses.
May their drinks be filled with
spiders, dirtdobbers and blow
flies, and lizards inhabit their
ears.
May their beds be in the stables
Of the Kentucky ass, and their
covering a spoiled COW hide.
May they never feel that d.
vine sense ton which can only
be caused by the smachng Of a
pair of ruby lips, but continually
sucked by a toothIess old bag.
May they be- duped by church
fairs, skinned by soap peddlers,
hunted down by book agents,
sewing machine agents, lightning
rod agents and fruit tree men.
And at last, when Gabriel shall
sound the great trumpet, may
they be deafened, and left to
wander over the vast chaos left
behind, perfect beings, laden
with curses innumerabIe.
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Is THERE ANY DANCER.

THE following is what few far
seeing, patriotic men have thought and
said: The following extract from a re-
cent letter written by Hon. David Da-
Wis, oncc aJul5c Of ;he Supreme Court
now Senator Of the United States,
Indicates the serious nature ofthc prob
lem bofre us:
"Grcat corporation AMI consolidated
monopo!ies are suss Selling theovennes
Of power that lead to the control Of the
government. It is an open secret
that they rule States through procured
Legislatures and corrupted Courts;
that they arc strong in Congress, and
that they are INSCRIPTIONS in the use
OF means to conquer prejudice and ac-
quirc influence. This condition ii
things is truly alarming, for unless it
be changed quickly and thoroughly,
free institutions are doomed 10 be sub
vertcd by an obIigarcliy resting upon
n basis Of money and OF corporate pow
er."
The present Secretary Of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Window, in a recent letter
to the President Of the Autobiography
League, says:
The channels Of Thought and com
merce thus owned and controlled by
one man, or by aIcw men, what is to
retard corporate power, or to fix linn
it TO It's cNaction upon the people,
What Is then to hinder these men from
depressing or initiating the value of all
kinds of property TO suit their caprice
or avariee, and thereby gathering into
their own Golfers the wealth Of the ma
ton? Where is the limit to such a
power rs this? What shall be said OF
the spirit Of a free people who will
submit without protest to be thus
bound hand and foot?
Hon. jeremiah >. Black, ex Judge
of the Supreme Court and ex-AttorIey
| General Of Che United States recently
stated:
"An public men must take their
/ side Of this question. There can be no
aeutrals. He that Is not for MS is
against us. We must have legal pro-
lection against these abuses. This ar
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How the old Salaries we're Paid.

Between 1777 and 1874, the Terri,
tory of Tennessee Greatly part Of North
Carolina maintained State Govern
ment under the name Of ''Franklyn
In the old records-quoted once by
Daniel Webster in n Congressional
speech-stand the following curious
statements of the way payments were
made in a. time when the people had
nc current money.
BE it enacted by the General A.
sembly of the State Of Franklyn, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same: That from the first day Of
January, 1873. the salaries of officers
Of this Commonwealth be as follows,
to wit:
His Excellency, the Governor. per
annum, 1000 deer hides;
''His Honor, the Chief Justice, SOC
deer skins; or, 500 faccoon skins;
'The Treasurer Of the State 40 rae
coon skins;
''CIerk of the House of Commons,
200 raceoon skins;
Member of Assembly, per diem,
three raccoon skins.
Entered into law, the 18th day
of October, 1879, under the great sea-
Of the State"
The well-worn burlesque Of the
leather medal" suggests a wage ref
erence to the times when skins were
the only money:
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Noa-Bes;dent Notice.

In the Circuit Court Of Hardeman county,
TenneSsec-Ellen Mitchell vs.. Scott
Mitchell--Original bill for divorce.
z \ THIS CAUSE it appears FROM the bill,
Z which is sworn to, that the residence q
the defendant Is unknown, and after diligent
inquiry cannot be ascertansd, it Is therefore
ordcre that he make his appearance in this
cause before the judge Of our Circuit Court,
at the term beginning the
THIRD MONDAY II JULY, 1881,
and within the three first DAYS Of said term,
and plead, answer or demur to complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken for con
lessed and set for hearing eX parte. 1t is
further ordered that a copy of this notice be
published Tor four successive weeks in the
Bolivar Bulletin, a newspaper published in
Bolivar, Tenn. This May 9th, 1881.
\ copy; Attest:
B. f. BRADFORD, Clerk
F. FentresS. Solicitor
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TnsoIyent Notice.

H AVING thiS day suggested the insol-
Z 4 vency of the estate Of Garland Ander-
son. decd, TO the Clerk Of the County Court
Of liardcman County, Tenn, all persons
haying claims against SAID estate are hereby
notified to file the same, properly autheuti-
Gated. with said Clerk, on cr before the
25TH DAY OF NOVEMBER; 1881,
or they VIII. be barred both in law and
equity W. !. ANDERSON, Admir-.
This May 25th, 1881,
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The Conkling Garfield squabble
has already been submitted to q
popular vote At the election in
Waterfowl, II. Y, for school
commissioners, the republicans
divided into Alminislrationists
and Conklingites, and two full
party tickets were nominated.
The election was great victory
for Garfield and a vindication OF
his course, The Administration
ticket sweeping the town by a
vote Of 513 to $50.