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Suwhui Yesterday's Proceedings of the House * and the Senate. The IIoiiko I’nsMs (lie Nimil Hill—Tin- Sunilry rivil \i>|iro|irin1 ion Itill (icios Thininth iho Soimto llluir ifols In ii Tt injiitiin< i- 1’i‘iivisiiiii — 01 lior Null's nl' liilorest. Washington, July 24.—Immediately after the reading of the journal the house went into a committee ol the whole, Crisp in the chair, on the bill for the increase of the uavy. After speeches by Herbert, Coutelle and others, the original bill was read by sec tions for amendments. Ballentine moved an amendment appro priating ^1,200,000 for the construction of a cruiser ot between 2500 and 2500 tons dis placement with a speed of not less than twenty knots, upon plans, designs and specifications furnished by Charles D. Lundberg, of New York. Adopted—137 to 30. This amendment is intended as a sub stitute for the clause providing for the con struction of three double-bottomed cruis ers. On motion of Beck an amendment was adopted inserting in the bill a provision contained in the substitute for a dynamite i gun cruiser. Buotelte moved to strike out the clause ; which authorized the secretary of the navy in certain emergencies to import, j armor for new cruisers. Agreed to—101 to 57. Brady, of Virginia, ottered an amend- I ment providing that one of the new ves- j sels shall be built at the Norfolk navy yard. He was afraid that unless such provision were inserted in the bill the president and the secretary of the navy would discrimi- 1 note against the Norfolk yard. Rejected j The committee then rose and reported the ! bill to the house. Ballentine’s amendment was rejected ; without division. Tne other amendments were voted upon in bulk, and they were 1 rejected- -yeas 10S, nays 111. Herbert then offered as a substitute for the bill a proposition agreed to by the | committee on naval affairs which has been published. It was agreed to yeas H7. ' nays 10-1— and the bili as so amended wa- 1 passed. The house then, at 5 o'clock took a re cess an till 3 o’clock, the evening session to be for the consideration of land forfeiture bills. | In the house at the evening session the bill declaring the forfeiture of lands grant ed to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company was called up. Buffoon made a speech in support ol tne bill which he said restored to toe pub lic domain between three and four hun dred thousand acres of land. The bill was passed. The remainder of tin evening session was consumed in an ineffectual elfort to secure a quorum to act upon the Mobile and Girard land forfeiture bill, and then at 10:50 the house adjourned. lows: “And the secretary of the treasury I is hereby authorized and r ; bred to issue sil\t-r cert ideates in dr .it inns ot otic, 1 two and live dollars, m . the silver celi.i- caliB herein authorized slut'l be receiva ble, redeemable and payable in like man ner and for like purposes ns is provided for silver certificates by the act of l'ebrmtr\ 23th, 1S7S, entitled an act to au thorize the coinage of standard 1 silver dollars and to restore its legal tender character, provided that said denotnina- tioiis of ?1, .|:2 and 45 may he issued in lieu ot silver certificates of larger denomina tions in the treasury, and to that extent said certificates ol larger denominations shall be cancelled and destroyed.” Beck gave notice that when the bill was reported back to the senate he would de mand votes on these amendments. The clause for the construction | of u terrace and grand stair- I ways of the capitol was then taken up and Hale ottered the following ( proviso : “Provided, that the work under | this appropriation shall he done so as to provide committee rooms on the west front terrace with proper ventilation and light from windows in the outer western wall.” After some discussion Vest made a point of order and the amendment was ruled out. Allison moved to strike out the clause reappropriating the unexpended balance for the construction of terraces. Agreed Excitement In flic Lone Stir Stale Abo.il Editor Cutting $ imprisonment. The !!;■]•.• I) l'..\ ,ri. It "is h :.i i i :i 1. Hut I In- II. \ir. • (.■ \.'ni:'!.-ti1 I! •.i.n-! I V. .r. II,II i a Or.| .i',"l Is M i'.i.'i i In Win ' limit in liesll'll. As the matter now stands the bill simply appropriates £150,000 for continuing the work on terraces On motion of Dawes, an appropriation I of $25,000 for the education of children of school age in Alaska without regard to ! race was inserted. On motion of Hoar an item appropriating — F. ftallsill's Chicago, July 24.—Special dispatches from Ml Paso and Port "Worth, Texas, pub lished here this morning, indicate that great excitement prevails throughout Texas over the detention of Editor Cut ting by the authorities of the state of Chi- huahau after the repeated demands for his release by the American consul. The news pa pert of the section assert that the men of Texas are ready for war, and it needs but a word to start one. A special from San Antonio says: “There is considerable bustle about the military headquaiters here, and although the offi cers are reticent, the report, is current that Gen. Stanley has received orders to have all his available force in readiness to move at a moment’s notice to El Paso. The gathering of t.ie Mexican war cloud is watched here with a great deal of interest, and 1 jut the one opinion prevails that the Mexican government should be taught that it cannot imprison American citizens with impunity.” FACTS FRO d FOREIGN CHORES. Senate. Washington, July 21. -On motion of Mr. Hoar, the senate passed the house bit. to permit tile entry, free of duty, of dutia ble -foreign goods for exposition at the fourth biennial exposition of the United States Bottlers' protective association. Mahone, from the committee an pubi c buiiumgs ana grounds, reported back, with amendment, the house bill for the creetion of a public buiiding at Jacksonville, Flu. The amendment was agreed to. and the bill passed. Also senate bills for public buildings at Oxford, Miss., and Charlotte, N. C. Cal endar. Miller asked leave to call up the Gilt to amend the act prohibiting the importation of contract labor. Objected to by Ed munds oil the ground that the bill pro- proposed to give the execution of tile law to state officials. Coke ottered a resolution discharging the committee of finance from further consid eration of the house’ joint resolution for tlie payment of the surplus in the treasury on the public debt. He gave notice that he would call it up Monday and vote up on it. The resolution ottered yesterday by Ed munds instructing the committee on for eign relations in regard to the violation of the rights of American fishing and mer chant vessels in Canadian waters was taken up and adopted. Hawley, from the committee on print ing. reported buck the house bill directing tlie public printer to forward copies of the record free of charge I to each legation V iroad. Passed. Also, a resolution for the collection and printing of the presidential vetoes from the organization of congress to the present time, arranged in chronological order. Adopted. Tlie senate then, at 11:45 ; resumed con sideration of the sundry civil appropria tion bill. Going back to the paragraph on page 19, requiring the secretary of the treasury to issue silver certificates of one, two and five dollars on all surplus silver dollars now in the treasury, in payment of appropriations made in this bill and other expenditures or obligations of the government, which cer tificates shall be redeemable in standard silver dollars on demand, and when paid into the treasury shall be reissued subject to the provisions herein for the redemp tion of the same, the committee of ap propriations recommends the striking out of the clauses of the within quotation marks and to add the following: “Pro vided, that said denominations of one, two and five dollars may be issued in lieu of silver certificates of larger denominations in the treasury, and to that extent said certificates of larger denominations shall be cancelled and destroyed.” Beck offered as a substitute for the para graph, the amendment of which he gave notice some time ago, and addressed the senate in explanation and advocacy of the amendment. At tlie close of Beck’s speech, tlie point of order was made by Allison against the amendment, that it was general legisla tion, and tlie point was sustained by the chair, thus excluding the amendment. The amendment by the committee, striking out tlie words “on all surplus sil ver dollars,” etc., was agreed to without division. The amendment striking out the words, “and shall lie redeemable in standard sil ver dollars,” etc., was agreed to—yeas 25, nays 24—as follows: Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Butler, Cameron, Chace, Conger, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Harrison, Haw ley, Hoar, McMillan, Miller, Palmer, Pfatt, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stan ford and Wilson of Iowa, 25. Nays: Beck, Berry, Brown, Call, Cam den, Coke, Colquitt, George, Gibson, Har ris, Ingalls. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Maxey, Mitchell of Oregon. Pugh, Riddleberger. Teller, Vance, T est. Voorhees, Walthall, Whitthorne and Wil son of Maryland.—25. The amendment adding the words “pro viding that said denominations.” etc., was agreed to without division. Tlie clause, us it now stands, reads a- f<•!- £7509 for 1 he purchase of W painting of the first flight of iron clads was inserted. On motion of Mahone an item of £20.00’ was inserted for a marine cable from Croc Charles to Cape Henry. Blair moved to add to the clause appro priating -5 ,.50. for the expanses of the in auguration of the Bartholdi .Autm . the following proviso : “Provided, however, that no part of the sum herein appropri ated s!:i.II be used to procure or pavt r spirituous liquors or tobacco or slim: Tints or narcotics in any for".i, :iur shall am. charge or expenditure for the same be paid by the Clilted stales " Allison assured the senator from New Hampshire that there was not the slight est probability of any such thing being done He hoped the senator would not press his amendment. Blair assured the senator from Iowa that if he did not think it necessary lie would not have offered it. Allison said there was nothing in the ipproprint’on except a small sum to enter tain fo • i n guests. Blair—“That is precisely what I have referred to.” Allison made a point of order that the amendment was not in order, Gut the point was overruled by the chair Sherman', on the ground that the senate had the power to limit the use of an appropriation. Blair said lie had desired the amend ment to bo adopted without remark. He hud not anticipated opposition, but as to there being no danger of the money being used in that way, be had only to refer to 1 he recent celebration at Yorktown when bet ween >7000 and £S0On was spent out of the public treasury for the nations of the earth to get drunk upon. Gorman moved to lay the amendment on t he talilc. A vote taken by yeas and nays resulted— yen.-, 27, nays 23 —so the amendment was not laid on the table and it was then agreed to without division. On the motion of Ransom an item of •20,01)0 was inserted for establishing u light at Harbor Island bar between Pamli co and Co\e Sound, X. C. The senate, at ii p. m., took a recess till 8 o clii k with tlie purpose of finishing the Gill to-nig'ht. At the e vening session the senate re sumed consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill, and all tlie amendments adopted as ill committee of the whole- except such as were reserved for special votes, were agreed to first. The amend ments reserved were those in reference to the issue of silver certificates. Beck demanded tilt- yeas and nays on the amendment to strike out the words “on all surplus silver dollars now in tile treasury in payment of appropriations made in this bill, and other expenditures or obligations of the government.” Sherman appealed to Beck not to at tempt to force such legislation on the bill at litis stage of the session. He believed it to be a breach of the republic faith and contrary to the pledged faith of the na tion. A discussion of it at this time seemed to be mockery of legislation. Its passage would alarm the public credit and do imu'u to bring about a condition of allairs which everybody would regret, in which gold would disappear from circulation and he either hoarded or exported. He had no objection to ion the contrary he favored the issue of one. two and five dollar certificates instead of larger denomi nations, as silver was intended fur the minor wants of trade. This legislation proposed a revolution in currency whieli would endanger the whole foundation of the financial system of the country, it had no place in tlie bill, being a change of the existing law and not being reported by the committee on appropriations or the committee on finance. He trusted that the gentle man from Kentucky would have reason able deference for the opinion of others vrtin had studied the question as much as he iBecki laid. It seemed to him an un pardonable piece oflegislation at this time. Beck replied to Sherman, stating that the proposition had come from the house of representatives and was in the bill. It had been .distributed among the sena tors for a month, and had been before tlie committee on finance at tin- suggestion of the senator from Ohio, himself, and not acted on. He de clared that tlie silver coinage of the coun try had never had a more iuveterateenemy than the senator from Ohio. Sherman denied that accusation and claimed to he a better friend to silver than the senator from Kentucky. The discussion was continued by Ed munds, Harrison, Teller, Jones, of Arkan sas, and others. Allison characterized the house provision as a crude and undigested provision which had been put in the bill for a single pur pose only, and that was to coerce an un willing president or administration. After considerable discussion and votes on a variety of amendments tlie paragraph as to silver certificates was left in the shape in which it was fixed this afternoon Gy the senate as in a committee of the whole. The bill was then passed and tlie deficien cy bill was taken and the first reading dispensed with. The Semite then, at 10:30, adjourned, lii'liiirli'il I'll turn lily. Washington, July 24.—Senate 1, Mahone to-dav reported favorably from the com mittee on public buildings and grounds a bill appropriating £100.000 for llu- erection of a public building at Charlotte N. C. A \i h National Hank. WASin.voTOX, July 2L—-The comptroller of currency to-day authoriz' d the .Nat ional Bank of Laurens, S. C.. to begin business, with a capital of *53.000. i* »r Ir t-liiD W.m.’gii! '!.•■ >i »!! -I fior. I’ll CI 1 . Kt«\ London, 21. —The Wi sleva.i M- th- j odist ion fort-ace. n«»w is.-essioii keiv ' under consideration t prop jskion to hoi.', j an ecumenical conference in the L’nitcd j State- in r tic yea: 1 IV*1. "Hr: i kSt'KHs ::: v<»xt ekenck. Lora Churci.ii: has arrived In | London. Loro Salisbury called upon Lt.r.l Hart in lit <ni and held an hour’s confc.cu - with him. Darting?"!’ promised Salisbury friendly support but declin'd to join the . conservative governm..nr. Cnurchill sub- , sequent'v held a ?*o;•fore.ice with Sab's- | bury. At 11 o’clock Ini'-- inornii..^ Sal is- j bury started for Osborne to receive vat ■ queen’* command to A rm the govern ment. WORT'S OF C HE Fit. 1 The Most Bov. Thomas V,*. (Yoke, arch- | bishop oi’Casbel. has stilt to the treasurer i of the national league parliamentary fund i a remittance containing contributions froai j 1 nearly ail the priests of the diocese. In the letter bearing the remittance the arch- i bishop says: -‘There is no ground for de- I I spondency. Wc|ha\e the greatest political ! strategist at our head. The courage of our . race was never higher or more hopeful. I The sympathy of all the civilized world is i with us. We have a compact party of 300 j members in the house of commons. Nearly | a million and a half of Englishmen voted I for rc-sluTing our eoimtrv’s rights. - ' MISSED HIS FOOTING. Niagara F ilt..-', July 24.— Win. P Mil ler. conductor in charire of the sleeper run ning between New York and Chicago, via the West Shore and Grand Trunk railway*--, after arriving at Suspension bridge on the Facitie express last evening, got off t he trail, to leave some reports ; t the ticket ofric* in the New v or ] : (Antral depot. In tin meantime his car vas switched on to the Grand Trunk train going west. In at tempting to b »ard his car when tin* train was pulling out to er r-s the bridge hi* misled his looting and fell along tne si de rails. He was wedged between the tics and frames of the track and received such iiijtuie*that nt died. He leaves n wife and tw > children,who reside in New York. The deceased was favorab’.y known along the line between New York and Chiea go Awivin . lure on tin* lit!;, and took ih** P-! - ,n* light, and the m xt <.u.\ loth of June, w«. it iinonni • n«* r .j «».i :1c 21st landed in Honduras, y.nytho remai'i-l then.- -rid roobvd *:.<• Hv\ Nethercott, when In* returned on 1 the Wa.'Merer, beating the purser of tin.* vessel out of Since he has been here he 1 as siu reeded in victimizing a number | nmivtlr.* is a well educate 1 and intelli- i gent man, but a most eonsnmnte falsifier. He is a I old and unscrupulous adventurer. | and tells his untruths in a manner which j could almost convince any one of the truth of his assertions, in the role of injured and indignant innocence he is immense, | while tile part of repentant sinner and re- | formed man is one especially adapted to i hi.i historic talent. He would make n \ superb actor could he adapt liis talent to the stage. lie leaves the city for Colon to morrow morning. Tin* Surplus Resolution. Washington, July 2-1.—The select com mittee of thirteen republican senators held a caucus this morning in the room of the finance committee to further the conside ration of the surplus resolution. No deter mination as to the form in which the reso lution shall be reported at all, was reached. The sub-committee appointed at tlie meet ing at Sherman's house is said to have re ported a substitute for the resolution, fix ing th<- m-iximu n suiplus to be retained at flMi).coo. and the minimum at glKfOOO,- 00>\ hip !ea\ ing the amount within those limits t*> i he discretion of the secretary of tk.* t.•v.-.r.ry. J? is probable tiu.t some deii iito action will dc reacl’t-d next Tues- A Readable Review of the Junior and Sonic r Exorcises. fin h. held : PROFESSOR LEON’S FEAT. < the (•ruiuM at Tallulah Kalb «.n a Titrlit Rope ill tin I*r-*«•«» -t* «if F-iur i hou^uud Finpli*. Atlanta,July 2\ -ProNF.Leon.of Mans fic-ld. Ohio, to-day performed what is said to be the most marvelous rope walking feat on record. He crossed the grand chasm at Tallulah Fails on an ii.ch and a half rope fifteen hundred feet long, and suspended from cliff to cliff at a height of twelve hundred feet above the rapids. Four thousand people witnessed the feat, three thousand going from Atlanta. THE BOGUS CLERGYMAN roufcKses Huiuur Milled the Propa* of Mobile. New Orleans Chronicle. July 21. Last Saturday Detectives Gaster and ( Cain arrested a young man who represented himself as the Rev. H. J. Nethercott, of Honduras, and claimed to be a regularly ordained and commissioned Episcopalian I clergyman. These representations, it was | found, were utter!v false, and the fact was subsequently learned that under the name I of Charles Emanuel Wright he had stolen | the pape-s found in his possession, clerical ! ve'C.i • ii 3. •• i - n money from the genuine 1 Rev. Hugh J. Nethercott in Honduras. The y... .* .* *. il'.-o .i lot of falsehoods to : sevenv r- p-.ruiwhich were swallowed | without sal* :>.:?d published. Since then j the detective- . urued that a man giving the name of George Henry who affected to I be- a divinity student and an Euiseopal I clergyman, had victimized the good people | of Mobile, and succeeded in borrowing * quite a large sum of money from our cred- ! ulous people. He claimed to be the heir of £80.000, left him by the decease of an aunt in England, and made quite a sensation. He became engaged to a young lady named i Miss Brown, of Bern Secour, near Mobile, and chartered a tug. the Daisy, to go after his bride. He still owes $50 for the services of the tug. and barely escaped a cowhiding on that occasion. 1 Yesterday the* detectives set out in search of the r* verend fraud, and after considera ble trouble located him at No. 1119 Camp street. The reports in reference to the Rev. G« orge Henry were read to him. and he indignantly denied them. As it was apparent that Hie Rev. George Henry, the pretended Nethercott. the alleged Charles Emanuel Wrigl.t. and alias several other names, were* one and the •same person, tlie facts were given to the press; and this morning the fraudulent Henry, or Nether cott. r» ad a fullaccouut of the Mobile in.it- ti r. After this h<- was calk d on by . tri* nil. to whom he confess <l that lie was the pretended llenry in Mobil* . He claims that hi* right name is .Samuel Smytlie, and that he Inis a rich uncle in Cohin, Panama. He was burn in tin In land of Jamaica. and when >evcn year- old went to England. On his return *o Ja maica be studied for the ministry and was ordained a clergymen, but to use his own I". RAi-r Mini H.iFmr Bit!. -KiNtYfoN, July 21. Another imifecl- nvr< lice was ha»i this evening on the and Imr'oor appropriation bill. A •r meeting of the coiile-reiHe will be Tondav, but there are small chances T.rncinent, as the managers on the f t in two houses are as far apart a.s •; »hc tlcnrrryin canal. Sandy l>ay lake cana! 'i nendinents inaile bill by the sfjpt *. It is probable • w! n be made by the conferees to test the sense of the ” t.• i- inr-'etant amendment be- !*t'-rtn:ning the idea of conceding the • at is-lie. Them i«* every prospect of nr-mise on the New York narbor TURF NEWS. Tlu* R:w-' n at Mnmi'i nt h Park YiM.-nlaw Monmouth Park, July 24.- -First race, three-fourths mile, Sapphire won. Little Mincli second, Mark Lane third. Time 1:17. j Second race, for two year olds, three- | fourths miie; Australia won, Kapomiga I colt second, Belvidere third. Time 1:17b I Third race, for three year olds, one and one-fourtli miles. Charity won. The Bard ' second. London third. Time 2:14. I Fourth race mile and furlong, Rupert • won. Buffalo second, Col. Sprague third. ! Time 2b I Fifth race, one mile: T-'-umseh won. I G- 'ifuI m 2d. Heartsease :• *• * 1.‘.7. ‘ i.vth vac \ one mile; War Eug’.c w i?i. Adrian 2d, WhizgigJd, time, 1:i.S . Se\enth race, ovo full collide; 'I'niti Srown won. Buckra2d, Abraham 3.1: time, 5;0.).i. Sahatooa. N. Y., July 21.—First race, fivc-eightiis «.»f a mile. Fletcii Taylor v/on: Lridv Wavward 2 1. Brambleton hd. Time. 1:()L Second race, all ages, one mile: Miss Wuodfoias Wu;:, Of.u ji: 2d, Joe Cotton 3d. Time. 1.43b Third r „ f r three-year-olds, one and three-quarter miies: Inspector B won, 171k- wooj 2d. Ligero 3d. Time. 3:10. Fourtli race, one and one-eighth miles; Test won. Ji:.*i J>ougiass 2d. Miller 3d. Time, 1:S7 : . Fifth race, one and a half miles: Bourke Cochran wo:i. Disturbance 2d, Hinds 3d. Time, 3:03. Tin- Ril«-'-s Jit « llirilifo. CinrAco. July 24.—First race, three- quarters if a mile. Truant won. Sailor Boy 2d. E ftV*r Ha rdy 3d; time 1:17. Second race, one and one-eighth miies. Hattoo won. Eloise 2d; time 2:39. Third race, one ami one-half miles, Jim finest won. Punka 2d, Luckv P» 3d; time 3:34. Fourth race did not fill. Fifth race, three-quarters of a mih*. Moonlight won. Cuban Queen 2d, Shadow 3d: time l:14i. Extrajlrace, three-cpiarters of a mile, Charley Lucas won. Our Friend 2d. Hen rietta 3d: time 1:14. Sixth race, one mile. Gleaner won, Jim Gray 2d, Logan 3d: time l:41j. ON CHANGE. A small Riisiru*^ ami Ph-nt) of llniiiors New York, July 24.- There was little news, but the usual supply of rumors at the stock exchange to-day, some of which were used with effect upon prices. Ad vices from the west contained nothing but reports of damage ?• Gn- corn crop, while certain me:. the late Chicago bull party r.rc quoted a- *; ng a very unfavor able view of-; • prospects in that re gion. a: <■ > ipuntly of the prices of stocks. J'm- selling of grangers continued to-day. but i;i no round amount, and the prices of thi -» stocks continued to yield sit wiy. Northern Pacific were again the strouge it stock i on the- list. The market was irregular at the opening, the piincinal changes being an advance of \ in Louisville and Nashville and j in De laware and Hudson. .Subse quent trading was extremely dull and un interesting throughout the day. tin* prices being generally heavy until toward the close, wh'-n t' nt /-<_• was so me little improve ment in the quotations, tin* market elosing steady. The final prices show insignificant changes only from those of last evening, declines predominating. The only notable exception “was an advance of 1 in Lmis- ville and Nad.vilie. Sales 113.000 shares. l lu- l« Mis ; i \. r, Lynchbuhi». Ya., July 24. Dr. Rose, of tlie department of agriculture, Washing ton. is here investigating the Texas fever among the cattle of ’irginia and lias found several cases; also one ease of pleuro pneumonia in N- b’k count v. IILi rkICs s|gi mliil \ihlross • !u* si , u' , 'r | Oi-m,r. \w.iri! nf M-slaU I be ll"ji*i i's Col.- IVri-i 'l SiM’iiil Ko-iit*' N« • b G *. Athens, Ga., Julv 23. Tuesday morn-! ing at ff o’clock the .ilumni hoi iety of the i uiu » rsit.v met in the prayer hall in the ( Franklin building, lion. Win. M. Ham mond. of Thomasville, was elected an ; honorary member of the society. Sylvanus | Morris, Ksq., of Athens, was elected | alumni orator for next commencement. Hon. P. W. Meldrim, of Savannah, was elected alumni trustee to till the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of of fice of Mr. H. \V. Grady, of Atlanta. Mr. Grady was Saturday elected to a life mem bership in the board of trustees. Mr. P. A. Stovall, of Augusta, was elected alumni trustee to fill the unexpired term of Hon. N. J. Hommond, of Atlanta, who has also been elected to life membership in the board. A committee of seven alumni, resident in Athens, was appointed to make arrange ments for a grand banquet next commence ment. The following resolution was most enthusiastically adopted: “Resolved, That it is the Jsonsc of this alumni society tlm: a well equipped, department of physi cal culture is of vital interest and of necessity to the university of <ieorgiu and to its progress and ! welfare. • •' r 11 r. t n copy of this resolution he transmitted io the hoard of trustees and if deemed necessary ! hv said hoard of trustees to accomplish this de- ■iiVahh end, the claims ofthis department he pre- : rented to tlie legislature." i At 11 o’clock the society adjourned to i Mr. i impel to hear tlie alumni oration by | Judge Logan (A BlcckU*y. After prayer | by Rev. Mr. Jarrell of Athens, Hon. Joel A. Billups, president of the alumni society, introduced Judge Bleckley. A large audi- , m * was pii'-cnt, and listened very atten- i * iveiv to tlie distinguished speaker. After a spicy introduction, greeted with many : out! >:i rsl s of hi lighter and applause, lie said it .va*- time “to enter seriously on the duty | of dullness, ard assmning truth to bean acceptable subject, if not a familiar one. at i a univei sitv he would recite a soliloquy on ; ‘Truth in Conduct-.”* He then delivered ! one of t lie most profound and interesting j adilri «j;cn ever delivered before the alumni I society. the junior exhibition. ! Tuesday afternoon at i o’clock the junior ! exhibition occurred. The young gentlemen acquitted themselves handsomely and with much credit to their instructors. The fol lowing was the programme : ,1. 11. R.-.uiiit, I). S.* 4 ; Macon Landmarks of Liberty. R I Foreman, P. K. S/ Washington, Wilkes t’o A Modern Craze. \V. H. Hammond. I). Su 1 Thomasville i ‘haracter and Language K. L. Johnson. 1). a.*... In hiMrial Training. r. Md tehee, \\ K. S.f My Country. \V. Peacock. P. K. S.’ ! ’ Thomasville Ignorance I - Mu Columbus ....Atlanta in thel'lciar\ '• or. J. W. Fain. civil .• nd mining engineering 1st honor, M. If Bond, first in the scientific courses of the uni- 1st honor, W. L. (’lav; 2nd honor, .1. D. Crirswr.H; « n \ honor. \V. S. Upshaw; V h honor, E. P. Upshaw. Distinguished: r> P L. Wade, 11 J. ,1. liilbert, 7 R. I). A leader, 8 A. L. Franklin, S' 1C. Whatley. ION. L. Hutchins, ,J. B. Carter, h. 1 Conyers, W. C. (Jousiiis,|T. B. Dud- lev, it. F. Hawkins. T. C. Jackson, J. M. Lutes, sf McDaniel. C. I. Moll, ,J. W. U’KclIey, C. (’. Rudicil, <i. C. helman, H. I,. Sewell, J. P. Shat* tuck, P. IF Snook, W. IF Wooten. Bachelor of Engineering—1st honor, M. B. Bond ; 2d honor, C. II. Willcox. Distinguished • 3d, (i. N. Wilson and W. B. Cook; Itli, N. IF Bal lard; 5th, A. W. Jones. Bachelor of Philosophy —1st honor, C. E. Mor ris; 2d honor. W. L. Clay. Distinguished 3d, C. IF Hoiiy, R. F. Cassells, S. T. Conyers, T. D. Power M. F. Ramsay, J. R. Williams, (1. H. Wil* lianiFou. Ba .'helor of Chemical Science—J. W. Grant, G. W. I.iMtir. Bachelor of Agriculture—W. P. Williams. Bachelor of Law Joseph I). Cheney, Eugene M. Mitchell, Robert L. Moye, Robert Ii. J. Smith, Frank s. Stone, Frank Upson, J. S. Williams, C. A. Ward. Chancellor Mell then said that the trus tees had authorized him to say that here after commencement would occur one week sooner, the second instead of the third Wednesday in July. The next session of the university begins the first Wednesday in October. The chancellor then bade the graduating class a short but touching farewell, and the ben ediction closed the university exercises. THE BALL. At night the commencement ball, given by tlie members of the graduating class, took place at the DuPree opera house. This entertainment, like all those that pre ceded it, was a grand success. NOTES. The weather has been delightful all through commencement, excepting a rain Wednesday afternoon. The prospects are that the university may soon have a gymnasium. Judge Bleckley had something to say in his ad- j dress Tuesday favorable to gymnasium. lion. W. B. Hill, in his address before the j literary societies, made a most earnest ap- ; peal to the proper authorities for a well | equipped school of physical culture. Mr. 1 Henry W. Grady, at a meeting of the Phi Kappa Society Monday, mude a stirring I speech in favor of a gymnasium, and ac companied his remarks by n promise of | substantial aid. The music by the German Fusilecr band lias been the subject of continual praise throughout commencement. The hotels were crowded to their utmost capacity Wednesday. The class of ’7fi held a reunion at the Commercial hotel Tuesday night. Very lew members were present. The crowd at the chapel on commence ment day was immense, many not suc ceeding in gaining admission. About one hundred and thirty visiting young ladies have been present in Athens during the past week. Altogether this commencement has been one of the most brilliant, socially and intellectually, in the history of the university. Mott Treblio. u. m. waiiu . n. I Stic V. WhippU- Kelli/, 1’ The New South. l\ K. S/ It Moves. Walton C< Walton (’( | V. K. S. Phi Kappa Sueie'y. DELIVERY OF MEDALS. After the* speaking by the juniors, Capt. Harry Jackson, of Alhinta, delivered the ! medals to the sin cessful contestants in the sophinore exhibition of Monday afternoon. After a short address he delivered the first uu*' : :il for declamation t<» Mr. T. W. Reed. At Guta, and uic sccuLil medal to Mr. E. I W. Wade, of Athens. THE CHAM KLL<)U\s UE» ‘EPTfON. I 'Tuesday night tlie chancellor's reception ! occurred nt Ii is beautiful home. The i earn purs in front of his resilience was most i beautifully illuminated by hundreds of 1 Chinese lanterns, while within tne house tlie parlors presented a rare scene. Amidst i lovely decorations the good and able chan- | cellor and his kind lady received their ' guests, while on sill sides could be seen men of dignity and prominence, stately matrons, young and rising alumni, youth and beauty. A BRILLIANT BANqUKT. ! And this was not the only grand social I event of Tuesday night, for the Kappa Alpha fraternity gave si most brilliant ban quet at the DuPree opera house, and here l again vvsis presented si scene of loveliness and beauty, where pleasure reigned su ' preme until the early hours of the ap proaching morning gave warning that all ' must retire from the dance if they would not be too tired to g<‘t to the chapel 1 Wednesday morning in time to hear the seniors spesik, and sec the diplomas award- ! ed. OLD TIME COMMENCEMENTS. I In ante-bellum days everybody in and near Athens had holidsiy on commence ment day. Tlie white people for miles around would come|“to commencement, and the negroes having holiday would Hock in great numbers to the town. As the town has grown and taken on the pro portions of a city, tlie college commence ments seem to have lost their prominence in the immediate neighborhood of Athens, but still great crowds of negroes continue to flock to town on commencement day, and very many white people cornel too. THE SKNIOR“DAY. Wednesday the streets contained a per- ' feet throng of visitors. Wednesday morn ing the trustees and faculty and senior class met in tlu* Franklin building, |pre paratory to proceeding in a body to the chape). Formerly a body called the senators academieus, composed of the state senate and the governor, were ex-officio mem bers of the board of trustees, and when this body proceeded with the trustees to the chapel on commencement day. The sheriff of the county escorted them as a mark of respect The senators academieus no longer exists, hut the escort of the sheriff, as a relic of the past custom, does. At l(i w 'chi' !; the {board of trustees, the faeultly and the senior class, preccilcii by the sheriff <>f Clarke county with drawn sword, marched forth from the Franklin building across the campus, under the old chapel oak and into the chapel, tlie sheriff, trustees and faculty taking their seats on the rostrum. After prayer the following programme was well rendered by the chosen speakers of the graduating class: .1. \V. Fain. A. M., Atlanta Mission of the Aniflo-Saxon. \V. L. I l»y. A. B. and IF Ph.. Bryan ecunty— ()h:tni|»i'»ns of Truth. .1 D. Unravel). A. IF. Wav.K-sborn Geology. \V. **. Up.shaw. A IF. Walton county A Pcssi- GATHERED IN GREENVILLE, \ Negro (’miles Trouble at a ( liun-li iiihI Lets in Hie Jug The Game of* Bull Personal mill Len- i-nil Mention. Special t'» Enijcirkii-Scn. Greenville, Ga., July 24.—Since writ ing you last we have had fine rains throughout this section, crops are greatly improved, and Hie farmers generally are in good spirits. If no backset occurs now wo can safely count on an average crop. Greenville crossed bats with Senoia on Thursday, which resulted in a victory for Greenville by a score of 14 to H. The game was played weli by both teams, and wa greatly enjoyed bv all. Greenville lias cans* to oongratulaU herself,for the Senoia team fully under Uunis playing ball, and there were no babies among them cither. Anthony Harris, colored, got a little too much red eye aboard a day or two went around to one of tin- colored churches while preaching was going on and gave the congregation a pretty good scare by his cursing, etc., in front of the church. Ik* was ordered to leave but took his own time about if. Al’L.i leaving the church hi; went to one of the colored sister’s house anil attempted to break the door down, saying that he wduld beat tlie colored sister to death if he did get in. Gity Marshal Maffett was called on. and witii a little persuasion, assisted by one or two of John Sullivan’s best from the* right shoulder, finally conquered him, and he is now as the darkies say. peeping through | the ten of diamonds under a $300 bond i charged with assault aim battery and dLs- | tnrhing public worship. Anthony hasn’t I a very enviable reputation around Green- i ville, having been in several other scrapes, ! but after the sitting of the superior court | anil Judge Harris gets through with him I he may lead a better life, j Miss Estelle King, the belle of Griffin, is I visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. J. Anthony, and ' judging from the actions of acertain youug ! man cupid is at work. | Miss Hattie Ellis, of Atlanta, a gifted I and beautiful young lady, is visiting the | family of Mr. T. A. Atkinson. ' Mrs. O. C. Bu.lock,|of Columbus,who has ! been .spending some time at the popular “Windsor House,” returned home Thurs- I day. i Our town has been literally flooded with tiie commercial tourists for the last two weeks. Among them we seethe handsome 1 faces of Messrs. \V. E. Joyce, of Baltimore; Ii. S. Cummings of Baltimore, and Old Eel ! Isaacs, of Macon. The Greenville brass hand gave one of i their delightful concerts at the court house Thursday night. Tlie hou se was well filled, ! and judging from the frequent applause 1 every one was well pleased. We hope to j have a repetition of the same soon. Miss Mattie Traylor, who has been spending some time in Greenville, returned home a day or two ago, much to the re gret of several of our young men. Grand Duke DcLacy, Greenville’s drum mer catcher, after a few days frolic through the county, returned home yesterday, and his smiling countenance can now he seen behind tin* counters of his mammoth stores, much to the delight of the ladies. ( nlo lln th** >1 lb* A writer in tin Bn* iy**: “Few who ha* • ic stage .■ ould kiiov. Horn •ii Mill E. !\ ppMi.iw. A. IF. Walton c i.f Jj,jniiiir.itjoij. L II. IK-rt r. IF Ph.. Mil.eiltfta *-a\\ Sin ii act I pet it t. unde If If i. A B . Minnswi hip. An it nt aii-i Modern. .1. M. - I; Ion. M . Atlanta Ma I’he Evils iiiI An 'Jil.lv* ilcr in»le*» ami < is simply ‘Rhea. OX PER RED. Degl'e* S W* 1*1* ’.')'*’! l-ollfel'iVll «m1 till.' \'. ing young g< ntlemeii : Master of art*> first honor, J. M. Slaton The Dalton Citizen, of which Mr. Whit man is editor, says : “We notice that Ben Perley Poore has finished what in* calls his ‘Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis.’ During that sixty years he was a resident of Athens, Ga.—a sort of yankee dead- heat. In our boyhood we knew him well. He was the foreman in the Southern Ban ner printing office at the time, and our boyish contempt for this fellow was akin to hatred, because of his over-hearing meanness to the hands in the office.” IViikly Rank Stati*mi*iit. New York, July 24. The following is the statement of the New York associated banks for the week : Reserve increase ? 6:15,9* Loan* im-rcused 1 SB. 100 .-pecio iii<*re*i***■• 1 2'>t,300 Li mil lemler*. decrease 73,800 J >. pj.^jr, decrease 1.915,101) i ireulation inerta^e 56,100 The hanks now hold >14,270,200 in excess of the 25 per cent. rule.