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Newspaper Page TextX -B«i TIIE C0N81ITLTION TUB. CO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR TIIE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, AUGUST, 7, 1877. No. 7, Volume X TERMS OF TUB COSSTITVTJOM DAILY HKTIOW. 5ro.iL ooa W" *10: ** mm. (A Stilhra. Ml. fix. hM Is ad- WLeSlY romos. poMshofi oo Tttr-daya. mr roar. u a. tu Mi.nu ,i 10. Payable tn UM ptttr; (be d*U: tkrmi »l»aw# w*#ti tuc aebw&hA'tm exp re* Forward th* m mej for *—H ■ » m HMWT «NM» wwrV IO ldvW« A«Ttft TUB ADVEKTIM.Vt -Ordinary Artver* ti-mrx.u y*-r msot: on* taMrtta. #1; t»o iBwflk**, • I SO; thrr* meertloo#, 9* 00- Ms ATLANTA'S PROPOSITION THE WHEAT CROP. PACT AND COMMENT. A few of oar contemporaries—espec-1 The latest return* received at the j The Philadelphia troops ran nobly, iallv tbe Daily Baffler, eiited and con- I agricultural department, show that the j The regular army should be reduced ducted by the Hon. B divar Bollduser I winter wheat crop, already eafely bar- tow coo profess to be of the opinion that th* I vented, is the largest produced iu this larflUi.', fin WI ■■MW, _ • aa4 Cfldal Adi#f1to«»«»ta. fl l«r-q.*r-ftr»tttiwrtio« Tftctepcv *q*ar'*e*'b additZaaal hMWfUne. Bo«hw«s Socteo*.» e» a Hu*. Marrlacr* and Kowtal Notice*, word*, SI aec*. M*XW* f. ward*, V> cent* O lUMinflCATIONrf mart h« *cmrep*a!*d by #ertpt# will not be retorar^ OOSSTITCTIOBj AUar.ta. Ga. THE REBELLION OP IHT7. Tf ie back-bon* of the strike is broken, •?ea in riotous Chicago and 8l Louie; and the voice of the editor Is heard in the land drawing 'essons from the great trouble and explaining Its moral. This flood-tide of philosophy will, if long continued, prove a greater nuisance than the strike itself; for what it lacks in terror ia made up in tediouaneas We havenol’-ason in connection with the subject. We simply hope that toe communities which got s touch of tbe mob will not stop until their proper work is done. To restore order and the supremacy of the law is not enough. The inen who planned the riots, who pushed weak people into them, who fanned the passion* and prejudices of ignorant men until they became agents of destruction—all such men should be hunted down, tried, and if convicted, severely punished. It such commu nities stop short of hunting out and thoroughly exposing those sworn foea of society, the Internationals, they de serve to be again subjected to a reign of terror; for tbe In terns tkm ila were at the bottom of the worst troubles of the past ten days. They are n.>t work ingmen; they are professional agita tors. They are the sworn foes of every recognised establishment in society— religion, public worship, marriage, the family and properly rights. They do mand the abolition of public worship, the aeixure and tranhlormstion of churches into halls and hospitals, the abrogation of the relation of raarringe and the substitution of promiscuous freedom between tho sexes, the sub jection of the family to the absolute control of the state, the repeal of all property laws and a redistribution of wealth equally among all members of society. These organised villains find no foothold in the south; bur, led by for eign-born Internationals, they exist in every large northern city. They foster and promote a spirit that le.hU to open rebellion and riots. They furnish ringleaders and in wager* f »r ju*t such movements as Pittsburgh, Si. L»nis and Chicago recent’v g .t au allopathic dtise of. But the bringirg to ju-liee of ring leader# is not all. K'crv Hate should Immediately prov'de itself with a well regulated militia. The statement of the federal constitution that a well regulated militia is necessary to the security cf a free state, was amply proven by the late riots. Jii Nrfa Y- »k Governor K diinson bad no ditflculty in c uitrolling and quickly suppreasiug riots, li aasaregiintiut from Brooklyn that aecti red a settlement of the ditii- cullies at llornt-Usville, which broke the back of tbe strike throughout the state. The action of that Brooklyn regiment was unexceptionable. They meant business. Ai d so in New Jer M»y, where there is a well-regulated militia. Every state should have such soldiers. They are the roldiera of tbe constitution, ami all this outcry for a large standing army is as revolutionary as the demands of the Internationals. T*»e timid old fool who have accumulated more money th »n sense, do not stop to think that in demanding a largo standing army, they are bringing, il notrnthemselves, certainly on their children, n worse curse than the danger* of mol**. The citisen soldiery —no sham, but a well- regulated militia—Is tbe country's true ami proper defender in tiroes of seri ous and wide spread trouble. The in terestsof tbe general government, nays an exchange; “demand a well-reynlated militia as its refuge in time of great nets!; and the interest and diguity of tbe states demand it at all times, so that thev shall not lie compiled to call Scr help from the general government, which they shon'd be mi* taming in stead of draining for their own suste nance." ’nst now, however, wo need some thing more than a well regulated miti tin—we uced a cessation of (Sherman* ism. The gov rnraenUl policy mu* be changed. It has given the Inter- nations * the opportunity they iong have songl.t 'the democrats of Ohio, in convention assembled, spoke for the party throughout the we.-t and soutl when they put the*© planks in theit platform: 1 TIM «k*»rud»oe of tar industry o( ibe country aud too • I labor »re toe In ovltabl* (ruita ol viewu* Icn ra«c.ot by Hr republic ua parly •J. • bat M a means ot relU vtog iho d tot neats', portion* cl tbe community and maovfctg to« a rest sthogmey ce'm,- aluid it In bti»in«a*rir c.rs w# < enured ibc immediate repeal ot in* ie euuptiou set. a mat we denounc* aa aa outrage u on ti* r guts <4 tbe prop'* <be eu#c meat ot the repute tea mo*»urvd,mo etiai ft Oliver, onddemaoc tbe pu«|« of a law which snail restore to sit vrr its mocetary power. •bx-peyersof Atlanta <lo not approve I country for many years. The spring of the terms of tbe propoeition made by I wheat is also in excellent condition, the city authorities with respect to fur-1 and an unprecedented yield is antici ninhing a suitable site to tbe state and I pated. The wheat crop of last year erect theteon a cspiiol 1200,000 000 bushels This year it will building equally aa confortable, I be more than 325 000,000 bushels. The as convenient and as commodious as I average export for five years has been the one at Mi Hedge vide. We are not 101,500,000 buthelfl. 1 he largest amount informed of any opposition on the part I ever exported in one year was 90,000,- of the tax-payers to tbe proposition 1000 bushels. Of this year's crop not made by the municipality of Atlanta. I less than 100,000,000 bushels may be If there had been any it would have I sent abroad. been dissipated by the knowledge that I Another important circumstance in the structure at Milledgeville is an I connection with our abundant harvest exceedingly plain one, built ©f brick, I is the reduced production of southern and that it can be duplicated here by I Russia, resulting from the disturbed the expenditure of one-ihird of the I condition of aff tirs in the countries ad' income of the city for one year. I j icent to the Black sea. Recent special Moreover, as we have stated before, I reports from southern Russia report tbe tbe city has in hand suffic.ent stocks I estimated crop of the present season at and bonds to build the capital without I leas than one-half that of foimer years, adding one farthing to the present tax. I Russia has hitherto been oar only great The fulfillment of ibis proposition, pro- rival in the English wheat market, vided it is accepted by tbe convention, I Before 1872 Russia shipped aim os’ as willtbe as legal and as binding as the | much wheat to the markets of the fulfillment,©! any other act on the re-1 world as the United States. Last y»__ cords of the city. The effer has been I the Russian supply was only one-third well considered and fully matured. I as great as that of the United Suites, Tbe proposition is a strictly businees I and for the present year it is shown by one. When council made it ihey be-1 official communication that the propor lieved they represen'ed the best inter-1 tion of Russian wheat will be much estaof the city u>nd there c*n be no doubt I less. It is show h by official reports that it meets the hearty approval oil that the wheat crop iu California for the every citizen whose influence is woilh I present season is small, so that the considering. There are various per-[estimated surplnn of 100.000,000 bush- sons silly enough to believe that the I els will be produced east of the Rocky proposition is not made in good faith, I mountains, and must reach the sea- prominent among whom is the Hon | board by r ’ll or river. Bolivar Bulldozer, editor of tbe Buz- fuz. This, object! »n, however, is one | THE RATIFICATION QUESTION easily disposed of. If there is any doubt on the p~rt of the convention the | The only sure way to secure the rati- Ax animal “tantamount to a cata mount” ha* been killed at New Albany. A MOSQUITO ought to be a capital po ker player. Every time he draw* be fill* up. As a patriot, rising above party, Packard i* a aubUme epcctac^e at long range. Tex cadets at We?t Point are 85 per sreciat. bnat but- council is prepared to place in the I fication of the new constitution is to bands of the governor, or I name therein Atlanta as the capital of any one else who may be selected, I th e state; and this we can make clear collaterals sufficient to guarantee th. It© even the waylariDgman—to any man fulfillme t of the contract. Or, if tbe I that has not set his teeth to think oth- state authorities choose, the money I erwise. We can do as much in a sin- a ill bj placed in their hands in ordei Igle question: What would Milledge- that they may give such direction to I ville gain by voting against a constitu the building as may be deemed proper. I ’ion containing a designation of At- any of the ad vocates voted for it for I lanta ? If she and her the reason that thry desired to see the I partisans should vote agaiust capital subject settled, and the way to I ratifies ion, would that help their settle it finally and forever is to incor- [cause? Not a particle. By voting against porate the location in the new consti-1 it, they would be voting for Atlanta ; tution. THE STATE PAIR. | for if tbe constitution should be de> I seated, Atlanta would remain the capi- I »al of the state. They would not so I vote; and no one can name any lot of I men who would vote against ratification | because the new organic law would con' inne tbe location of the capiiol in At- | lanta ? On the other hand a large additional • »te would be polled for such an in- We find the following in a late nutn ber of the Columbus Enquirer: Tb« Tbonuunriliu fair offer* « prem um of 1300 fur the beat drilled mlliur> company. Tbi< i* to be lb* fair at tbe *Ute. That of tbe Agri * cultural ruddy at vtlanu promiM.* to be a oom uie'.e duo. We reproduce the f >r» going not only I nrument in middle and upi>er Georgia, for the putjNMe of most heartily en I Hie friends of Atlanta would have an .1 wing what is said with respect to the 1 -uldihoual re*o i for rallying in its annual fair of the SjuUi Georgia Agr;- j avor, while Atlanta's enemiee cultural and Mechanicnl Association. I would have no reason hut for the purpose of protestingsgtint-T rallying against it. Are we tot, there tne spirit displayed in tbe allusion to If rejustified in spying ihat the only the proposed exhibition of the Stan I sure wav to secure its ratification is to Agricultural society, which l* to~Uk pace in this city. That the f*ir ol Tuomasville will be a gratify ing success there can be no possibl< ioubt. Tne people of th it section are enthusiastic, energetic and thrifty, and enter cordially into the spirit of that >mpetition without which no busi ness, or industrial enterprise can be successful. We should like to know, Wowevir upon what the editor of the E iquire put Atlauia iu the constitution ? D. that, and even Baldwm county would h.ive no local interest adverse to ratifi cation ; for whichever she voted, she aid vote to keep the capital where it is, «nd where a majority of the peo ple of G«v rgia desire it shall remain. A GRAND OPENING FoR CAPITAL. The head of the grange organization Tennessee advises farmers not to sell haaes the statement that the fair *• of I t | ie j r cotton seed to oil mills for nine the Agricultural society at Atlanta tI;d u , n . ioiUrB a , on _ that it wou ] d M promises to ba a complete fia-ico." Wel r ^jjjy command thirty-five dollars- have seen no sigas thit the fair . f th. j pijj, OQ ght to set the people of Georgia state Agricultural society will prove I «thinking about the vast amount of be a failure. O.i tbe contrary, thesigrs I (UODe y tbey are throwing away by not are that the exhibition will be the most I .,roviding themselves with oil mill.*, siicceatful of the kiod, with one excep | Georgia's crop is this year 450,000 . that has been held since the war. I 'ales, we will have 540.000,000 pounds It is true, the officers of the society are I of seed Deduct one tenth not indulging in any special attempt*-1 1 . anting, and the balance repre- at buncombe, but buncombe is unne I scuts the loss of our farmers in this cessary when every farmer in the sta*«* I respect. Reduced to money it amounts well aware that he is personally in-11 » $9,450000. In other words our sur- tcrested in making il a success. W« I plus crop of cotton seed ie worth ten prefei to believe that our Columbu I niilliona a year if we had oil mills contemporary is writing without know I -uough to transfer it iu*o oilseed cake, ledge, rather than that he is influenced I There is not au oil mill in the by spite, but in either c ise he doe* j state, gross injustice to the efforts and a-* Fig Dees at Pensacola are con«idered in th* prime of life at SO Tue Pennsylvania regiments propose to fight the next bvttle by telephone. The country is quiet. In fact, it ia too quiet. The American commune was not *ocoe*4 Uct week. • The lesson of the week—No blank cartridges with a mcb. Now is the time to preserve brandy fcj puttieg pcsche* into it. Captazx CaAPoand hiu craft have eromed the erawlinf cinjon* of tne m. A hit day this for the blatherskite, Ixtimact breeds contempt quicker rammer ceaurt hotel* than aij place we know of. The fossil remains just dire vered in P.-nnsylranta may pomihly be these of the old whig party. Material independence is the only rral liberty Let the aouth learn the lemon speedily and well It is said college graduates have towed up coin to *ee whether they ahoold be doctor* or lawyer*. Thexx are natural fountains in Ore- coa that throw up a mixture of mud and silver. Now we know where filthy lucre come from. Although Ling Branch is comforta bly crowded, a* yet there ha* been no requirl tion upon the governor of the itate lor cot*. At the h tel at Naragansett there are twenty servant* and thirteen guests. The rroflt* ou this kind of bu inea* chnnot be Men with he nude optic. Hox. R. M. Bishop being a Baptist, Ibe democrat* probably nominated him for governor In order to catch tbe floating vote.— Dayton, O.. Journal. The question, says tbe Baptist Week- !y, is whether minister* should have vacations. That depend*. Some ministers should have vacations twelve month* iu the year. Bund Tom is Mid to be loaiog his wonderful ,111. Like P.ul Murphr. the poor fellow must have overtasked that part of the orain which made him seem like a genius. Gen. Grant finds fault with his din ner* la Europe, aud aaya they are not aa good « <n this country. Doesn't that sound like a tnmp? Bkeciier walked across the tempo rary foot bridge over the Fast river on Saturday. It isn't the first time that he has found himself in a state of wiry suspense. The community pays for the damage done by Us rioters. This i« a sort of aeg-ttlvc surance of those who have the detail of tbe state fair under control. SOMA INTERESTING FIGURES. The strike began at Martinsbnrgh, in West Virginia, Monday, the 16:h, and virtually ended at Etst Si. Louis, Sat unlay, the 28*b, running its course ir welve days. But tbe reign of tbe ■ommunisU in tbe northern states wa- 1 c mfintd to five days- from Monday to Stiurday of last week. Two weeks oi i ilutt kind of work would have created famine in the huger cities, and a re- We find in the Washington cor respondent of the New York Times the wheel organ of republicanism anno figures that are worth a moment'i .insideration. The.-c figures ire taken from the annual digest published b> I action that would have adorned the the treasury department. This di.es li.unp posts with the villains that cre- eontains valuable comparative tables, | *ted the famine, and fr»>m them we learn that the ap propriatio is of tbe three last congresse.-1 The Covington S at says: South- were as foil- >ws: | eastern Georgia coi respondents and Forty-srcood Cragresi. $l»5^I exchanges are just now engaged *li w*| fi«n» war upon Atlanta b- The Times cannot deny the figure-1 c?use of her liberal and public spirited faroished by the treasury department, li ff**r to build a caoitol lor the state but it tries to break their force by ex |«qoal in all respects to the old-time aggerated autements of deficiencies I building in Milledgeville, if the con- hat must be provided for at the extra! ventiou will locate the capital pertna- session. But even the Times does not j neatly in that city. As Atlanta isgeo- claim that an army bill for the current I graphically the proper site for the lo- fiscal year added to any deficieitcie* I cstion of the state capital, aside from for the pa>t year would exceed fort* I nil other considerations, we think the millions Add that sum to the figures I convention ought to locate it ther« ret opposite the only congress in which I without taxing the people oi that city the democrat* had a potential voice in I to build the state house. Geotgta i* the last fifteen years, and we still have I j ble to build her owa capital, and the 4. Tt»»t wo lavitr ih«* rviration of greenback | a fearful discrepancy-—one twice as | people of Allan’a ought not to be ex- (isrtcocy a*th* D*rt r*i*r moo*y w« bav««wr Urge as the reduction during the year |^ c ted to build it for her. It is, o m the public debt, and one that no J t . » U rse, her own voluntary and gene- amoant of talk can ex.lmn away. | r.ms offer to do it, but then why is necessary for her to make such an “Ora s nthern exchanges," says the New York World, 'VchoaU that ln*s boon said in these columns as to the altitu-le of the southern people and their leaden* iu the prseer.ee of the de plorable events of the past week. Tne sinking contrast between the peace atul order wh ch have prevailed south ot the Ptrtomac, and ihe u.»roar. peri! and distress which have rua riot thro’ the north and west, cannot fail to fix public attention and to turn the minds of men to the great field which the •onth now offers to enterp :ze and ti emigrarion. \Ye have lived l »ng enough Oil line. u(Uti(odi I ; i»umewe»wuk.l Turn* wm only one ihing in the to the feet that c 'mmerce never cre.t- . country that refused to yield to the ly thrive? nor ion*, esc ’|>t on line* of j strike, ned that w«s tbe gnbernn longitude. Tbe v ciou. .y.tem. of trod? t tor^I cnaveee in Virginia. When oth.r nod b nonce »h:c!i Is e o.rrgiovn ns p*per* nere filled with strike neve tol^^ r,5oc» Ir the charge* o! the organ* *g*ii It ler when a Urge majority of the peopl. Mr. Bishop, th# democratic nominee 1 »lesire it to remain where it now is for governor in Ohio, are t me, the d m I We certainly do hope the convention ocra‘0 have stolen the republican thun-1 will eeule the matter torever by perma- ler; for they say that Mr. Bishop was neatly locatiug the capital in Atlanta, a know nothing in 1854 or thereabouts I No o:her city would offer as much —that he is still at heart as bitter auti-1 she has for it. Ouholic as ever, and all that. As the repub'ican* of Oaio have been running their tickets on anU-Calholic princi ples for several years, it is plain tha: they will either have to drop their new charge, or adopt some other hnmbug. since the out' rest of he civil war must be *h Attvcd aud cleared away before this country can really enter noon a new career of real prosperity.” It is a singular fact abjut Dooley’ Ys sr PuwDsa. wbich is alwsr* putaptoqasr Mr. bait, one p wind >s4 It* psaod esas, tbat cait b* shaken In pnblic e.limatUM Peopl, ««w when (he; os* ti. th»l X3*j *ar* siosiej, and at Th* mb* ca* set thi Mstposetit:* ins Iv«tc*b t« foil wdtht. An Age at (anpi-ml »n. In this day of the world competition iaaet'««la!)i4 extrease. Bat in ta- run iScberl w.-icU wi-a ID* pra- ot pablir prefer ence hi spite of alt tha deceits ossd to bolster ap «tak srlelM. For ih* rca-ua DooutV* rec-'gaxed as lb* hi*be*t ihe exclusion ot almost of all o'her |pjM;bi*acbicr*weatiab«iuBg wak. mk.wr. ,h. Virginim p.p.n, g.ve pm-l f Yon m.y Ulk ivdeuce io r*pott* from the eanvus. Dork (mu i*. «m .. .«t m j ■ I Tue people Of that State will soon be : p ;f aM,tsTinyiuealUmt.er found Li tbe Uch Gov. Niciiolls, of Lou*siana, has bought a tx-auilfal pair of*blooded bor es in Bourbon county. Ky. Tiie silence after the noise is almost as painful aa tbe noise itself.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Boston's total subscription to the St. John's sufferers aiaouuts to $ w 965 53. Let ns be patient: the president is colas to settle tbe labor qusstlon In uis annual The old homa of Mrs. Martha Wash* lostou. In FTedericksburg, Va.. wis sold las', ek tot #1 2& Dead Moslems are a drug on tiie markets of Montenegro The mouutaln difl'.i are full of them. Truth announces th it London socie ty. having lost Gen. Grant, has taken up with uew lkn, the Khan of Karhgar. The statement that Jefferson Davis is to nceive the asahcaoce of Mrs. Dwsey, au thor ol • Panola,” In the preparation ot hii toitbeomlog memoirs Is denied. Mr. Rogers, of the executive man sion, does sot write any more letters Its has them lithographed, and that prooess seems to di vest them of some of their nonsense. Moonlight will make even a homely woman look handsome. This is what gives >uch a peculiar significance to the soug, -When Nigh . Comes o’er the Hoi*.” James Lxxox, of New York City, ie s’ldtobe the most liberal man In the world. F.-r nearly forty rear* he has given away h surplus income, which has always been Urge. The Austrians have twelve regular jurymen and two supplementary jurymen who are present daring the trial, if one of the reg alar jurymen Is taken ill or dies, a substitute steps in. Tub Virginia Gazette, discussing th< political situation, cries: ‘*8it aside the small and Mlf-appAnted leaders. Give us giant !*' Gentleman, some of y >u hold oorooat •w then, what do you want done first?— key* A stroke of lightning the other day tore a boy's boris all to pieces and didn't harm boy. Tbe reason was that he had placed bouts under a tree an 1 gone In swimming The Russians are throwing away a rent deal of money wh*re It is not appreciated Those IS 000 bombs thrown into Kars cost 1.303. roubles. Evxby throne in the world is strong than it was before American works dress by violence instca't of law. Law is the vital breath of demoe istic government. A l\w of the Nvx-Percee is that dower shall not marry within e year after tne death of bis wife. But polygamy is allow ed. and wa^n a rain thinks his sick wile is about to die. he marries another woman, and *o escapes the weary year waiting. The republican capers are silent about 'the fall of Grover” now. They know that it wss the republican part- they heard drop, which was hoisted so high by its own pi urd that th* sho-k wss like an ear hquake a hen it came down again. Here is an instance of tbe decline in value of real estate: The Windsor Mansion Bouse Blacksmoe square. Bmton. has been pur chased by the mortgage for £3 0 0 It cost 570, 0 to build, and two yean ago sold lor ff7.0t0. A thirty two pound rocket, sent up l«-pendlcularly at Snorter** hUl, England, ro* €,000 feet, a twenty-four pound rose 4 500 feet, naif pound 2.4C0 feet, and a quarter pound 1,5(0 fet. The object ws* to determine tbe kmgltadc : a certain point Danbury News: Prof Bell, the in ventor of the telephone, finds that penetrating and diffusive as the instrument is. it does no: .nawerall ihe craving of his nature and he is going io be married. With a telephone an 1 a wife a man ought to be able to bear all that' going ou. Let os honor our citizen soldiery if would have them prove an hooor to us.' stys the New York Commercial Advertiser. That Is the correct talk. After this the impar of haring a weU-tquippcd and well dirdplled militia will be better appreciated. Baltimore G«s*te. It wss under the positive advice ol Mr. Waabborne that General Grant gave ap his Idea of eofr.g to Pails in order to difcoa~srt the eople who Intended to avail themselves of hi* presence to provek2 a manifest .tion against rarebal MacMahon. A number of brawny negro “strikers’ march* 4 into a bagging frclory in St Louis, and compelled a lot of poor girls to stop work. The cirls protested that they were contented with th*ir wsgta and their plaoaa, hut without effect loci lent* of this ki**d. says a St Louis piper, make* ns wonder what Gatling guns were made It Dan u. wind that blows nobody auv go h1. Last Saturday tbe Chicago Times consumed seven toes ot pa; er Oae nows company took on that d j ;*7,676 copies of that paper. During the riot week if jt-cd throe hundred ■ relieved of the strain that is upon them, j ru* miA pur. y «f snow.” said a lady to Th. «nv«*.1™w. U> . c'o* D.uiie! *,£ **?« « ^ _ , . . ’ caks mad# bv t*at pnae.- or osantic help and Mahnoe are and geek at the ; Ya#» tom n r-c*enotiui»g^ro h«ad of thB grbol# lot. owt pgithcr of iB ^ them 4*prji over a fou#t4 1 f the| | c<.n Wftiinn, and th# dark hort$ jpoats. j —Continuous etl ;rt impoverishes tha I hkod u it be kept pare by eutuu The kbedive's Nubian railroad is xing rapidly pa-bed forward, and the first see turn, from Wadi-Caifah, ou the Nile, twelve mlks from tbe seooad cttar^ct. to Sigvay*. in Wadi-Barxa*. has been opened. Six tnouaand fdlati* are at work upon the wend section, the ts minus of which ia Doogolo. The nre* is tu be bri-iged at Koye It is ssid that one oat of every four reel invalids who go to Denver. OoL, tn recover health never return to the east or *ou;h except ing as a corpse. The axdsrak^ra, next to the hotel keeper* have the most profitable This excessive mortality is solely attributable to the fact that p»r*ors wait aatU they are nearly dead before they leave their homes, so hat tbe fatigue of the Journey and the change uf air kill them within a week The next strike will be among the gsntkh ddrra of the vanoas nutraada They have been * citing tbe roads by the outside Hue*, such as the Ar row Line, the Bed Line, the Blue Line and oth- rhieh are but the blood tucket* to the railroad proper.—Clocianati Ecqulrer. Gcv. Matthews, of West Virginia, and President Garrett, of the Baltimore aal Ohio railroad, will pemst ia addressing the president of the Uuited States as “his exoellec- Ths official designation of our chief magistrate is simply * the presidt-nt,” that tide having been adopted after much discussion sat in New York city toward the dose of the s.gkteeuth century—Washington Star. That the ocean has it# “region of calms ” is a well Known fact; bat tha> there is such a quarter or land is not so generally drntood. ▲ Nashville letter, however, to the Chicago Tribune, says that it is well established that there i« just »uch a quiet regira in tha 1 vicinity, “and it is due to this natural pbenom- that the climate of Kentucky. Tenueswe- north Ala buna, north Georgia and north Missis, sfppi is ro congenial.'* Tueee ia no part of the country which has a livelier i a teres t than tbe south in the mainienanoe ol the fedtral uuihority actlcg within the limits of the oustitutiuu; and-there lew men, we are S 'rry to say, now in public life at the north whoreem to have each an accu rate conception of the just balance and distribu tion of general and of local powers, which i« the trus atrer cth of o«*4tovtnimert, as the leading represen:stives of southern opinion—k« w York World. In the “porgie” factories of Maine e fiah are cooked by *isim in large wooden tanks, and then p'acad under powerful presses which extract the oil and the bones sad fl ahy parts, called “chum." used in the manufacture superphosphate. The oil is placed in large tai ka exposed to the sou for several days, and than drawn off luto casks aud ti ready for the market A small quantity of tha oil is . sed u» mix paint: but the larger part ol it finds a mar ket Id Europe, where it undergoes som: myste rious refining prooess and ti returned to us un der the name of Unreel oil. The Chicago newspapers comment verely on tbe course of the Republic Life Inturanoe company, which recently failed in that city. In order to inspire pub ic confidence mineuUy religion* man wss off .red the presidency. He was wealthy, a lay preacher, organizer ol Suudsy schoh'.s, and highly re spec ted He acocpted the position, and his price, as was shown by a receiver's report, wss 550,COO in cash, and 5750 00) iu strek. with twen ty per cent credited ss paid. He was cot an ex pert in the insure nee business, aud his sole qualification was the repetition for solid- name would give to the conoern. O! course he sold his stock before the crssh and Cleared a fortune, whi.e the po.iry holders lose everything. As evidence of the c'oieness of the times, the largest New York down-town res taurant. excepting Delmouioo'a. near the stock exchange,and running through from New street to Broadway, has dosed up the present week* This restaurant occupied two floors of the eutir street, aud was so prosperous f v years that at Ohrtitmms time it threw c»p.*u its wiue cellar to ts customers and allowed them to call gratuit. ouriy for anyth ing from a glass of sherry to s bottle of Heidsick. But to-day all is a blank— the ones prosperous restaurant is dosed for want of support, and the ke;per is at his wit's end to take care of himself. If, instead of whining at a suppoied want of regular troops to meet such au emer ceucy «■ the P-e*eut. min wuUid turn their at tention to organizing and supporting a proper militia, they would a.t ia a far more seusi ble and practical manner. The Uui*ed States promptly supplied a sufll ’ient number of troops to quell disturbances at all points c*es’gnaled by state authorities. But the militia systems of tbe several states are imt what they should be There are not men sufficient to meet the reason ab'e demands of the state authorities lor sup port when the civil law 1s unable to put down wlessuess and armed disorder.—Pa ilade! phi* Herald. The eo-cal'ed communist is upou the face of Bodcfy, a cauc.r in the blood of honest thrift. He cam* with many cither m ral ab mi nations from the gutter* of older civillx tiions. At home he was probably « crim- ia -1. He is here to poison the mluds of decent dog ihe wheels of progress. It **ere well for the coun’ry aud its future if every inunlst were either hanged or takeu to point upon the boundary line of the United .States and kicked o it ot all community with freedom and republic mlsm xvery communist !«a traitor to this overument, and thouid ti de-tit with accordingly Until this is done, and every communistic meeting broken up, the country nurses in it* breast a viper, which day, tf not stamped oat, may rise and sting it to its death. 'The mild idiot whose chief business it is to predict the o^erthow of the republic,” »s tbe New York Tribune t u:s it, ha# a great time at present. Yes, we know lum. pinched face, mild voles, rather seedy habllataanti, wotll ne ver been able to appreciate his abilitiei, Meet him often. "Told you so; country troiug the doc*; this is your popular government pan! What are we, si:? Whither are we drift ing? Cortnotion ou every ride; hard time-; In competent men at the helm; look at Rome Greece, am' these fellows—no go; must give iu; pluck, plunk; plunk, plunk.” An interesting fact attending the re~ esntou break In Louisville, wh'ch w d by the enrolment of uearly a thousand chis-ns tor the protection oi the city wat> tbe ssvice side by side of ex federal ana ex conied- nuesoldie-a Ex Secretary Bria ow, for lo- tiance, colonel oi one ol the federal regiment* recruited in K-mucky, stood guard with Geo Basil Duke. John Morgan*# most d .string lieu- tenant,and ex-Uniud Slates Marshal Eli H Murray the youngest brigadier in the uuiou army, commanded one of the hastily must ore! oimpanies, while Msjor E A. Richards, who seired under General L?e, was one oi hi- fellow-cffioera. Hundreds o! ex-soldlera of the blue aud gray stood shoulder to moulder in tbs ranks The leade r s of the strike and the leaders ot tbeCommuuis's profess to be workins m- n, and therefore entitled to reprereui tbe working classes Let us see: iu*tu« Schwab keeps a lag ;r oeer saloon, which temois work ing-men 10 spend whU little money they have; John S win ton draws a fat salary as one oi ts? editors ot the Ran, but never earn, d his bread by manual labor; Donahut*.the ringleader of the Ene strike, was a lean broker iu asm tilwsy lvandng money to the m-jo between 1*7- ys and chargin r big interest fe*r that service, early, these person# don't represent tb.- shover of the plane.the layer ol bricz and stoue, the maker of shoca, the railway men, the diggei the mine, nor any other industry tint goes to crease the capital and the resources of the ttion. It is a case of false preti uses all the iy through. To Khadij th, wife of Mahomet, his torians trace much that ia nobleat and test In the koran and Mohammedan religion. Tbe prophet was twenty-five aud she forty years old a rich, powerful, intellect aal woman when she married him. She was the first couvert,and embracing the new belief with all th* Hcrv religious z al of her sex. for twenty-five years she wa* the backbone of I tin mis in. She stood by ber husband and poured out all the resour Xp at her command—wealth, euthuilasm. Intellect and affection After her de*th Mahomet wa* inconsolable, and married another wtie in two mouths after she d led. Everybody know, that a mob is a oarse, fierce and unscrupulous wild beast, lor t>e time being, and as such must be dealt with But how are w* to character:z: (without doing wild beast* ir justice} the n.ob at Pittsburg which actually carried a cofflu to the boose o' Gen. Pearson, and told Mrs. Peers-m that toey inteod.d to kiU her husband acl put him in it he w#s there with her children, her mother ad her sister, and no protection. No wonder her hair grew white ia a single night It is curie us that these mob characteristics should he always the same. Senator Blaine, while at Rye Beach. N. H.. "talked back” in regard to B.*n HUl'sasseition that "Blaine knew less of the eoustit tion than any man In pui ic life.” * iy- iog in conversation: "In debate Hill Is ready and wordy and windy, but utterlv Uo leal, aad always easily entrapped Hill was an old whig—not an Original secessionist; but he en- dravoci now to keep even with the democratic extresriata of Georgia by extra »f»L But he is noi wholly trusted by th<m, and ol* eltction to tbe senate was rather an *ceMent John B. Gordon, Philip Onk. and democrat of that kind, fight shy of ti. They know him man far more dangerous to his friends than to his enemies. Personally, Hill is amiable and watchful as a legislator. Uis principal feck is not hoviog a 'level hes 4,' and this leads h‘m to So'Usb ard ridicuicns spckc^*” The last remark fn m the Woodstock orator is very amusing.—New York Post. THE PALSIED STRIKE. Iimilnras Rresmlag It* Wonted lli.;nurl In 91. Louis nod Cfficage. Govrraaor Klrholla Qne-ls the New Or 1: anw Rowdlea by Threat en Ids to Shoot Low. GEN HaNCOCK'S RETORT. Wauiiegtox. July 30.—Gen. Haucock states 1 a <ti«p*rch lemirud this morning at the war department that he has heard from Cumberland aud Pittsburg this morning. Ever thing on the railroad* within reach of New York com- ulj>tiou» seem to be quiet «nd progressing welL ‘Avery little time and reflection I think will accomplish the rest. COV CARROLL *.» MARYLAND, in communication with the secretary of war. ss;*: Tbe freight trains which were started from Bair more and Cumberland yesterday pro ceeded wuhoui any interruption to Martins- burg, and have be n set iu m> tion again to-day without disturbance. I begin to feel that the spirit of this disorder is broken and hope for the speedy restoration of qniet. BROKEN OUT IX A NEW STOTT. Evansville Ind.. July 50. 6 a. m —The strikers organized In this city yesterday and this morniqg. They intend to parade the streets. It is feared that a general strike ia all branches of trade will be inaugurated, and trouble is anticipated 1UR HOODLUMS VANISHING. St. Louts, July SO —Vbsoluie quiet reigns throughout St Louis this morning. Ihe ex changes have reopened and everjtblng it rapid ly returning to its normal condition. Some mannfa during establishments are still closed for want of coal, but that article will be abutu daut again in a day or two. CHICAGO'S COMMUNISTS COLLAPSING. Chicago July 3 .—Scarcely a vestige of the late troubles has been visible to-day Gen erals Sheridan and Crook arrived this morning from St. Paul, and Gen. Pope from St. Louis. The latter will still have the immediate control ot the United States troop* hero and in this vicinity by virtue of bis .ics'-tioa in the army. Gen. C.ook went west to Omiha, where he will look afier fome RET.iRTF.D INDIAN TROUBLE* in the eastern territories. The railroad strike u FEW MEW FEATURES. T'ae engineers on the Vandalia and Indlanap- oli-auiSb Loois lines have struck, and a few other engineers talk discontentedly, but have yettnade no signs ol striking. Tbe usual Sun day passenger business has been done by all the lines except the Vandalia. Few freight cars have been moved in any direction. THE FUUT MAIL TRAIN. Maunck Chunk. July 30. -Thefirst New York mril since Wed need iy arrived to-day. Eeir. July 30.—Freight aad passenger trains are running ou all roads lea ing from this city. the mines* devand twenty five ter cent WILKESBARKE. Pa., July 30 —Twenty-five hutdred miners have just concluded a meeting at Uma’sGrove They pawed resolutions not to resume work until their wa?es were raised 25 per cent, aud the mine pumps are to be storp’d until the company accede to this de- the 1 ex as raciFic strike. Philadelphia. July 30.—Advices have been received here that the strike on theTexia Pacific ended, and the men have resumed work on the basis of the present red ction. IHE !• IT CATION IK COLUMBUS. Columbus, O.. The Pittsburg. Cincinnati and St Lous railway officials announce they wtU ujcvive freights from shippers to all —®fe* —Mli-fui. trains ar nlrg without interruption Trelns 00 the I’audandle division are announced to st>rt this afternoon. Au attempt was made at eleven o'clock to take out a train on the C!ev*- acd. Columbus an 1 Indianapolis oad ou Ui Cincinnati division, but the striker*, about dozen in number took the train off. The yard man ter was or ered out of the yard, and the en gine housed. No military or police were pres BUT LITTLE TE.US E was experienced this morning iu resuming the order of tlri’igs prevailing before the lanor dis- bicc*. Tho expected engineers* strike has nut yet cemired, aud all the roads except the Like Shore & Chicago and Burlington A Quincy have resumed both freight and passenger traffic Though the latter h s been auuojed by the cticitrents at Burlington, who refuse to allow aoy business to go on, a coLsiderable companies of 2 the citizen’s guard wss disband ed yesterday a H- Leder. tha negro who led the lower rabble, was arrested. Twenty-six leaders of the Osrondelet riot have been arrest ed. The jails are full. IN NEW OXLKAKS. New Orleans, July 30.—For the past two days rumor of a strike prevailed aud Saturday the employers wereasket to sign a paper guar anteeing higher wages to the hands. Notices were posted of meetings to be bald to day and tbs authorities are on the alert Saturday night the Washington artillery and the Louisiana Field artillery were noder arms The local mili tary have received notice to be in readiness for action, and were charged by Governor Nicho.1*, lh event of an aporrhtnilve gathering, to dis perse it Immediately at any has .rd cr cost. Ni blank cartridges will be used. in the war departrent. Washington July 29.—The war d pertinent dazed Lst night.after being constantly open for ten days, with a high offl er in attendance, u-uxlly Gen, Towuaend or Gen. Vincent being on duty. Two c lUiaiima were reported yester day, one near New York from rccklesraers. and one at Columbus. O , from a misplaced switch. Mail, pasceuger and milk trains pass over all the New Jersey roads. It is thought at the war department that the strike is virtually over. Only in very rare instanc* hav) the strikers improved their present or future condition. THE TRAINS MOVING ( umbeelakd. July 29 —The first freight train, with military guard, went through to Eeyser. The train following stopped near K-yser, but the strikers fl jd into Mary laud when the military which escort d the flr-t train tetnrued. AU has been orderly here, but tha crowd is large and excitement great. Sedaua. Md, July 30.—The strike on the rasas Jt Texas railroad has teraiuated. Sr.louts Ja y20—All trains except Toledo Wabatii ken tout passengers and freight to day. Considerable objection was made, bat after ths arrest of 55 strikers, matters quieted Utuuds are sent ou all trains. PmsxuEG, July 30 —Tne freight blockade at this point ia pretty well broken- The strikers on the Pennsylvania Central aud Fort Wayne roads are still out, but offer no resistance to the move ment of trains. Five stock trains .'eft over the PentuylvanU road for the east to-day. The trains of freight came west. WIIH SEALE* ORDERS. St. L »uis. July 30.—Five comp niesof United States troops left East SL Louis for Bellevi le, at dock last evening with sealed orders. GOING TO WORK. Tekrx IIautx. July 30 — At a meeting of the Vend dia employees lsrt night it was r solved to go to work this morning at old wages, subjuct to modification hereafter. encouraging results of the strike. New York. July 30.—The Gord.m printing press factory at Uakeway, and the Domestic sewing machine factory at Patterson, N. J. have been dosed, being unable to ship manu factures, owing to the derangement of tbe rail*, retd traffic. ▲ large number of ha ids are thus thrown out of employment • THE TRIAL of DONAHUE. New York, July 30.—Oue of the Homellsviile stnkers,B J Douahae, was again b»- fore JudgeDonahue to-day in the supreme court (lumber, under aib cbment for interfering with the running o. trains, by the receiver ot the Erie railroad appointed by the supreme court General Pryor aud ex-Judge Curtis appeared for respondent and represented that they had had no opportunity to critically ex -mine th papers General Pryor then proceeded to argue mat the complaint was not sufficient in uo specifying the particular act of contempt. The plaintiffs were allowed two days to file their In tel rogatories and tbe defendant ten days to file the answers. The prisoner in the meantime re mains in the custody of the sheriff, with leave to apply lor hall A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. LUMBER 8HOVERS on thesouth branch of tbe Chic .go river struck this moruiuK but m-tdo no demonstrations. Tbe first rev intent returned from Braid wood this more tug and will go cut to Galesburg to-day to inture safety to th« Chicago. Burlington aua Quincy lruins *t that point N»aeriom trouble ir reported iu this city or tu the northwest. THE ‘SYMPATHETIC ’ CITY. PiTTrBURG, July 30 — Everything is quiet, mud the strike among the railroad employes is to all appearances under ou the PitUburg division of me Baltimore end hiu road. Tbe freights from toe east aud west are now arriving and depart ing on schedule time. THE NEW JERSEY STRIKERS. 1 lizabeiu, N. J , Jmy 30 —In New Jersey tbe strikers are quiet, mostly from the presence ol th j military at Phillipsburg. Tho Hamptou Washington trains are running regularly the strikers are trying to convince the military that their presence is unnecessary aud the mili tary are trying to convince Governor Bedle that uch is tbe ciae. The truth is. however, that tn lit j L :htgh valley there ia uo disposition on the pirt of the strikers to resume work and uo in tention ou the part of the railroads to resume uiuevs there is a general return to doty. HE U r-OT AFRAID Washington, July Ml —Sheridan telegraphs iom Chicago that no fnrther trouble is appre hended there. Tro-p* are pUccd at v a riot a cities sod points of danger, and will remain until perfect otder ia restored and business i conducted ss usual. ADMITnXG TIIEIE defeat. HabaKEX, N j., July 30.—Walter Kiekliue and Ed a ard aturges-*, tbe two leaders of the striking firearm oi Ue Delaware Lock and Western railroad bath presented themselves before Superintendent R ruoner yesterday an3 .emitted that the strike was over .and that their eifurts bad been unsuccessful. The Morris and E-*ex divisions and the other division* are ex* pcctcd to fall into line to morrow. SlMMElilNO DOWN. SAN Francisco, July 30 —Last night was per haps the quietest Saturday night ever expert encod in Sra Francisco Tue hoodlum elemsu t •e-ms thoroughly cowed by a recent exhibi tion of intent aud power of the authorities, and seems to crush all riotous demonatrations. THE TROUBLES SETTLED. Buffalo, July 30.—The troubles on tbe Canada S-»uinern road was settled last night. TBE BACKBONE BROKEN. New Ycek, Julv 29 —There are n > Judies* Cons of dUturbauce at auy point having teie- gr-.ph communication w-th New York. From -til over the country comes the cheering intelli gence that everything is qulsL There is of course a feeliug of uncertainty on the Delaware a: id Luckxwtum i and Mortis and Ewer railroads, and in the mining aisiricis; bat whatever may occur nexetfter, everything seems peaceful A GUARDED TRAIN. Indian• poms, July 3J.—The Uultel States marshal with fitly soULers took out a train the YiJcmnes and Vandal ia railroad without moleauiijn. THE MAYOR DRIVEN OFF. Fort Wayne, July au.—‘the strixersdrove off the mayor and sheriff's posse, who attempted to break the blockade last Saturday. THE WRIT UNREGARDED. St. Louts., July 3) —Among the arrested 1* Albert Curtin, secretary of th* international suefety- The strikers in E->st St Loafs disregarded the writ ol the federal court to allow traius to run oa tbe Ohio mud Mississippi rai road. knmlrns Exc ted »t«r the Horrible aUuMElInK «rn Unman Bring We leant from a gentleman from southwestern Georgia that great excitement prevails shout Americas over a mysterious murder recently committed niar that town. A few days since the mutilated aad partly decom posed body of a white man was found near » deep pool in the heart of a dense word nesr this city Every particle of clothing had b *cn stripped from the body and burned. Only a •mill piece of rhirtlng. a out au ineb square, with the edges all (C'TChed, was found Ths head had been tom from the body In the most brutal manner. It app a red that it had been at or cut around the edges until the gristly part or the cartilage was reached This apparently proved too stubborn for the dull knife, and the murderer had taken the head and twlated it off lost as one would twist off the head of a chicken. The muscles were all ■trained, and tangled, and knotted, and the bony or gristly part of the nock stood out fuUy four Inches above the flashy or fat part of the oody. What wa< done with the head no gine. K was not thrown in o the pool, and could not hare been burnt. It waaooubtles* taken to some distant place by the murderer an ? then conceale *. No trace could be found of [n except one single footprint. This showed that he had asma l well-shaped toot and wore a box toed shoe, polo ing to tbe fart that it wss a white man rather than a negro. The most mysterious thing connected with the affair is the fact that no clue can be (oand that will uggvst the identity of the rnurd red man There to no one mistioR from the city or the □eighbornood. Americas i» so small tha* every man knows every other mao in Ue city or the couutiy around. It to pos.tively certain that the murdered maa to not > resident county in which the murder was com mitted Few strangers visit town and all who have bora there lately are satisfactorily accounted for. There are lew petl Ult ra moving about through that country, but none of them have been seen for months supposed clue to the murder was followed a day or two since, but it led to uoltriug. A cigar manufacturer who had b en sojourning in the city lor some weeks and who had some monev few days before tho body wss dte covered, accompanied by hto journeyman. They failed to report in the town that wns tneir c feasible point, and It was thought that one hem might have be*m ktiie L Both ol them have been definitely located however sod th - suspicion is absolutely without a l int Tbe ciseis exciting great interest Several detectives working the matter up. LIVE CONVENTION TOPICS IN AND OUT OF TJTT COMMITTEES — WALKING HIHI TBE MEM BERS. MAKING HASTE SLOWLY The convemibn is now practically il- lostrmtlog the old-fashioned problem of the snail that crawled forward four feet one day and slipped back three feet the next. On yesterday morning there were SEVEN GENTLE SEN WHO ROSE to reconsider cer:*in portions of the journal of the day before. Some of these nev r got a hear ing. others were tabled, and after the whole matter wss d ap-ieed of, Mr. Nelson Tift arose and proposed to reconsider part of the journal that had been lost ths day before. After a long and good tpsech, he was sustained by nine voter, which, while they were enough to make a base ball dub (and did look as they arose on the division something lik* a "nine” taking position) were not enough to carry the motion If this mania for recomrideratiaa continues, it Is impossi Tie to ses the end of the seteion. In deed it is generally agreed on all hands now that with the beet of work the convention will not get through In less than three weeks. If It works bnugicglyrit may be here twice that time WITH THE BIG COMMITTEE All (he Reports bat One AI*eiwljr iu —A Week’s Work Ahead or the Committee. We dropped in on yesterday on the committee of final revision, known as the "big committee,* and inquired as to how the work was progress- ng. We found that every sub-committee xc.*pt the committ te on the legislative de partment had concluded their labors There is a severe hitch in this committee, audit has been unable to speedily agree upon any plan of redaction, or upon reduction at alL General Toombs is chairman of thi> committee, as well as of the general committee. There to only one report of the general oom mittee now before the convention—the report the judici try Tbe committee will have the report on finance ready to report to the convcn tion this morning. The homestead report to now under hot discussion in the committee, and will doubtless be ready In two or three days. It to ths opinion of a leading member of the big committee that It will e through with its work in shout eight days. It holds dailf sea ions in the afternoon, and to working with all possible rapidity. .4 LMA MATER” AND THE SCHOOLS Tbe Public Srhoois Unstained and n Liberal Pollcv Towards tbe Unl- nlversltjr Advised. Ia an interview with Chairman Well- bom, of th* committee on education we learn that bis report has been before the final com mittee for some days In the report the public schools are sustained, and the fund heretofore set apart to support thun is increased by the addition of half the rental of the Western A At lantic railroad, equalling Sl.'O.O'O per annum. Tuis will make the schools much more efficient than ever oe ote The committee is unanimous in Us report—every member save Mr Wellborn having v »Ud iu favor of the points noticed shove. Mr. Wellborn was iu favor of having cimmon schools that should be free to every child of Georgia guaranteed by the constitution, but thought the details had best he left to the legislature. The report contains a clause acknowledging the obligation ot the state to continue the piy- mentol 5S000 perannu n to ths university or interest ou a debt of tho state s, and recom mends that the legislat ure give it fnm time to rath support as it may need, and that circumstances justify. It further ordains that whatever bequests may bo made to the univer sity, by individuals or corporations, shall be set apart forever for tuch purpose Tbe sentiment of the report to liberal to the university, but it to doubtful if IU friends iu the couT*nUm—and they are legion—will not want something more UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA. Commencement Ezerdsea. The commencement exercises of the State university were opened on Sal) bath last; July 29th. In the large and fashi cable audience we noticed the faces of Jackson, Crawford, Lewis, Beckwith, Billnps, Hall, Harris and many other leading and eminent men. The commencement sermon was preached by Bishop George F. Pierce, of Georgia. Hie text was selected from the 2nd verse of 2nd chap, of lst Cor., “For I determined not to know any thing among von. save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” The sermon as is nsnsi with the bishop's, was au exponent of his vast learning, profound thought, clear ideas, and was eminently elo quent and persuasive. Truly can it be said that, though more than an hour in length, yet his spell-bound audi ence was sorry when he finished. At night the sermon to the Young Men's Christian association of the college was delivered by the Rev. B. R. Womack, of Augusta. Subject: “We hve for history.” ^ On Monday morning the sophomore declamation took place, usually the most interesting feature of commence ment. PROGRAMME. Robin Adair, Atlanta —The Lost Cause. Ryan. T. C. Delony. Athens—The Duty of Georgians, B. H. Hill. G. B. Chapman, Jeffersonville- Strong Drink. R. T. DuBose, Washington—On the Supicion of Receiving Overtures, Mi- tabeau.. R B. Ruisell, Clarke county—Oar Common Schools, Everett. S. C. Candler, Decatur--Mississippi Contested Election, Prentiss. C D Wilcox, Athens-On Necker’s Plan of Finance, Mira beau. J. N. Respass, Schley county—The American Sailor, Compilation. B. J Edwards, Monroe—The Judi ciary, Choate. G. W. Trenchard, Kansas—The Press versus Oratory, Compilation. J. H. Napier, Jeffersonville—Oratory versos the Press, Compilation. J. H. Felker, Monroe—Twenty-five Years of Peace, Everett. A. W. Smith. Atlanta—Fulfillment of our National Destiny, Conkling. M. G. Bayne, Byron—Excused. J. H. Armstrong, Augusta—Patriot* ism a Reality. Those speakers especially worthy of notice, are Messrs. Robin Adair, of At lanta; R.T. DnBjee. of Washington; G. W. Trenchord, of Kansas; 8. C. Can dler, of Decatur; J A. Respass, Sffiley; A. W. Smith, of Atlanta ; and J. W. Armstrong, of Augusts. Tuesday morn ing the announcement that Mr. Arm strong had received the first prize, and A. W. Smith the second, seemed to give general satisfaction. These young gentlemen are declamers in the true sense of the word, and* success awaits them. The address to the Demosthenean auo Phi kxppa literary societies was delivered on Monday afternoon by Major A. O. Bacon, of Macon, speaker of tho bouse of representatives. The “Duty Lnd Importance of Good Gov ernment” was his subject, and the “ideal s ateaman” was portrayed in living and speaking characters. The speech was finely written and delivered in his usual happy and attractive man ner. He frequently grew eloquent and was often interrupted by hearty ap plause, indicative ol the highest appre- _ ci&tion. His talent, however, is too Halts than a sentiment. It to to probable that I well-known throughout the State to they will insist upon hxvinz a d#ar instruction require comment from this correspond inserted in the constitution itself. | dent. Oa Monday night, the annual cham- . . piou debate between the two societies AFTER TOE OFFICIALS. came off. Subject: “Ought suffrage The PMI t«o d.]. h.v. witnessed . tot in ,he United State, be univeral” The .treuuou. a!Uck uiwn the .ut. ho«. .nd affirmative side of the question was conn y omdala Too detute upon thews potarn egponsed by the Demosthenean society, has been Ylseron. Mid eaettlo.; wlut the cut- thri>n „ h th eir representatives, Marera! come will be, no oue can tell. Oue thins Ir vV Rl ac k, of Atlanta; 0. IL Can- dler . of Decatur, and W. V. Atkinson, matters, of detail that they contend should be HP^ MoWhortS^f left with tho legislature. Thu element maybe A fi strop, enough to outvote the party devote to | ^^'Vfte^SeS^ Jenkins, Col. Joel Billups, of Madison, was chosen to preside. When all was over, Colonel Billnps, in a neat and humorous speech, decided in favor of the negative. The beet arguments ALA B IMA»S CONSTn UTION. Some la formation lor Ihe Detexate* (,f Unr OHtt (onvmilun. . ... We coUect from a rcHak.c aonree.the lending points of the new const tution of the w horter, son of R L. McWhorter, of state of Alabama, and lay them before tho dele 1 - • — - — gates. They may serve as uncial bints: TiiEn.-w Alabama constitution, made •y the democracy of that state, has reduced the legislature to 33 senators and 103 represent* liven; cha* ged session* to biennial, limiting them to fifty days, without power to eztend the time; reduced pay of members from S6 to $4 a d*y. and mileage from 40 to 10 cents * mile; re quired *11 bills to be passed by ye*s aud nay*; made lobby If g a crime; repeal-id the power to Pass local or special tows for the benefit of in dividuals or corporation*; prohibit* foreverauy Greenesboro, and Mr. Zachery, of Con yers. The addresses of the junior orators were delivered on Taetd*y morning. These were original and were, as a rule, very fine. Ihe orators were chosen from their proficiency in their studies, and were •s follows, viz: J. H. Alexander of Rome, L. H. J raes of Athens, W. L. C. Palmer of Warren county; G G. Sale of Ale .8, H. P. Cooper of Washina" mace**-, .oe -1 o. ooe peecen, lor couo.y pu,po«, | jStfpfcSrfl Georgia Teacher*' A**oeJiHloo. This useful organization will hold it* eleventh annual oeatiou at Tocco* City on the 7th, 8th and 9th of August. The mretiog prom toes to be auusually interesting. The programme is'.excel lent. Tbe folio will* subject* will b* dlscu«sed : TUESDAY. AUGUST 7. Address of welcome by Uou John 8 Freeman, mayor of r occo*- Addressof president. Seer- tary’s report. The Work of Educator*-TE Atkinson. Henoto- laflueoc* of School Life upon Eyetighs—Dr A W Calhoun, Atlanta Analjratoof the E gllch Sjuteucz-W B Bon ell, Atlanta. Address of 8tatc SuperiutendenL Don G J Orr. The right of the State to educate—Hun HAM H nderson, state raperiatendeut of Keuracky WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8 The Geology of Geo-gia-Profess-jr Georgs Little, state geologist. Practical Education-Professor O D Smith, Auburn, Alabama. What con be done to Improve education In the ■mailer towns of our state ?-Colonel A. P. Moot;,West Point. Huw to supply teic iers tor our country school*—Hon. W. P Pric**. Ikhtouega. Relation of preptratory and high *>chM>to to college*—C. M. Neel. Kirkwood. Address by Bev. A G Havgood, D D.,—Ox ford. THURSDAY, AUGTST 19lh. Address by Hon Ja* B Camming—Augnsta Th* teacher, the practical metaphyadau and philosopher—Lev. H. T. Morton, Ksoxvile. cui drcu to I om 12 to 3 aud abolished a large though otheia were dflsemng of praise, number of office*, saving an anoual expanse I The^ Alumni society met after the close amouutmg to hundred* of thousand* of do] the junior exercises for the pur pose of electing a trustee vice John Rutherford, of Macon, whose time has ike Briveat of ike Fhliadelpht vwi. I expired. Messra. Emory Speer, John I Rutherford and Reapapp, of Schley Philadelphia Timto I county, were ^nominated. The ballots The officer who returned Thursday were counted and Mr. Speer declared from “the front,” and when asked 1 elected, he having received 48 votes, how he got back, replied, “inanenvei I Rutherford 25, and Respass 21. This ope,” gives the following description evening, July 3lst, Dr. Thomas Hoyt, ot the return of such oi tbe Phiiadel I of Nashville, Tenn , will address the pbia “soger boys” aa have been heard Alumni society. The attendance on irom. Though’the description may be I commencement this year is very fine obnoxious to the charge of being some I and the belles of the state are in abnn- what hyperbolical, yet it must be con- I dance. H. P. R, Tke Convention—If a Spirit and Work Covington, Ga., July 31. Editors Constitution -Allow me a short space in your columns to thank Menenma Agrippa for his admirable article on the convention aud ita duty, which appeared in yonr issue of the 29th. Never was a thing more oppor tune, and the lessons of profound wis dom which it inculcates, it would be well for us if the convention would ponder well. Tbe popular movement which evoked the present constitution al convention, in some of its aspects, was a very peculiar one. There were three descriptions of promoters of the agitation, which resulted in the call. First, we had the class of sentimental opposers, who went against the consti tution of 1S53, under any circumstan ces, and wonld have persisted in oppo sition even if its friends had produced the tablets of stone upon which the instrument had been enrolled. No pniely constituted heart can slightingly speak of the item and principled op position of this type of agitators. These men living, will work for the complete obliteration of the sad humiliation of this alien's work, and in their dying moment, would whisper with thei ex piring breath, “delenda eet catLargo.” second class of convention men have serious objections to parts of our pres ent constitution,and attach great impor tance to the reforms which one and all f them have to suggest While thus tak ing exception to parts of tbe constitu tion, they fairly admit a certain degree of merit inheres to the instrument and they will be content with the partial amendments which they regard as es sential. But there is another class last and least This set desire to settle an impartial balance of revenges which may be squared by all sorts of hostile legislation. We have duly weighed the language and call it legislation. Those of us who take our place under the ban ner of the patriotic men who love the honor of the state, and who will be overjoyed at the vindication of that honor which the slowly revolving wheels of retribution brings, look on iwith pain at the disposition which is bo rife in the convention to super-imnose all sorts of petty notions and small per sonalities on the solid and imposing foundations of an organic law. It, re quires no gift of the prophet to foresee a hat fate awaits the work of this con stitutional convention when it shall be submitted to the people. The haughty and insniting bearing of members of the convention when speaking of the exec utive, legislative and judiciary depart'* raenta of the government has had a most antagonizing effect on the worthy men who fill these places,and who feel themselves implicated in the sneers and insults which have been so lavishly dis tributed. What strange,'sifting processes nave we had heretolore doing work, by which all the decent talent and reliable principle among us have been kept out of our general assembly and other official po sitions, and been reserved for this con vocation of political saints and sages. Complacent gentlemen of tbe conven tion may smile and bally and dogma tize, but they had better now, sooner than later, begin to know themselves. The d' llest member who in our history has misrepresented a constituency, and brought fresh opprobrium o »the eli e of Pumpkin Vine *de?atric ,”ot caused * 3hake R'g” to hang itshesid in shame, ooold never have made himself more ridiculous than some of the present convention, who have undertaken to tegidede for the state, end who can't dis criminate between the eternal adamant of a constitution and the 11 may stuff which makes up the “warp and woof* of the journal of the house of repre sentatives- If these self-eatiefied gentlemen who tell us the legislature can't be trusted could only see them selves as others see them they wonld have serious doubts of their own infallibility. They would take warning besides. First one and then another of thiH obnoxious class in the convention is pronosing some one idea which tbev intend to fix for all time in our organic law, which, singly and alone, would cause the rejection of the new constitution. A plain and sin cere man who favored the call for the convention would say, give us an in strument which intelligently and in the true spirit of republican freedom secured the natural rights of man, and then m as few and general provisions as possible, direct and restrict future legislation. Take these vital require ments and compare them with the notions which some extreme members of the convention have brought with them, and are constantly injecting into the body, of the new constitution. With pain do earnest minded men witness the peroonality'and frivolity of much which is proposed to be done. As one of the people deeply concerned for the well-being and fame of Georgia, let me warn these gentlemen now against the tribulation which they are preparing for their cherished constitu tional whimseys when they shall come under review. We know full well in what contempt some of the Solona hold the grand inquest. Still t^eir work muht go before it for all that. If tne people and their represents- fessed that itha«enougb verisimilitude about it to be recognized as not a fab rication : “ An effort was made by one or two inventive individuals to climb A Card from tbs Secretary. Methods In geomrtry—Hon 8. Barnett, Wash- ington. Ga. Education in Te'inea* -—Han Leon Troas dale. State Superintendent oi Tennessee. Tboee papen and addreaees will be followed by dlscnsrions ol the aabject* they present. Excart Ion to Tallulah on Thursday afternoon; return to Tocc’a Friday evening AU members passive over tbe Air Line. North- eastern. Central, Southwestern, and Western end Atlantic rood* wiil be pi—mi free on thei return from Toccoa. on certificate of pres! dent of the ooHOdaUcm. Those pas« enters over the he j Qtorgia toed will obtaia free return tickets from m »roh*i reporte 1 tbe tact to General Pop*, who! the agent when they purchase the ticket going, applied to Washington for authority totioc { The varied and interesting*programme, the troop* Tne response **• favorable, and P-pe unusual attractions of the locality, and tbede tvrririluu and forty-five inik** of yhite paper.one] \y K h ope Cfcptmin Tvson will find ble food and (when needed) Dr. Bull's time, fa#earning*ol the road*, which ahoold j-pri wide, printed on both sided. that *r*Ld iud*. ibr north Dote. * • Blood Mixture. *•*« bees dividend*, hare b**o ordered D-ns to send troop* there Bloford Wham ho* been appointed special United State* maxsaal to eefocae the writ, id death of Mcompanie* ol HU oto state militia ar riv'd in East 8u Louis to take care of road* not (hat #r*Ld itteJs, ihe north po)* In our notice of ibe Zich J * mi stead who w *<• ki.led in tb* tote, „ , . , Georgia railroad dto^ter. the statrmvnt that he j Uud « p *®*** t * oa ‘ * l *" cTHbulrtto IM .1 his hih«r.cd • j* “>*» «“ b. no UnampUca in riv 1 ^ June* A. AraaUteod, father ot the deceased, to in very comfortable (ireumstaxtefeo. and in no Vl j dependent ro bto children. W# cheerfully taken Dob make titif statement in jo*.ice to all concent hi light!ol summer climate ol Northeastern Geor- ibine to invte to the mountains a large number of the tescrer* aad friends oI education taro**bout the state. Doily train by Air Lia*: Leaves Atlanta at 4, m.: axnnsat Toccoa at 8 21, p. m. office** rom 1877 i Mtiteia* amoctoton of Illinois, ha* been ar- RIOTIR* * ROBOTED. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1,1877. Editor* Constitution: I beg that you into tbetr muskets, but as this wa9 l will a u ow me correct a mistake you found to be Impracticable, not oniy for , iave j n your editorial of this the reason that the muskets were too I ,j a ^ e headed “ Convention,” which In narrow, but that the men were to-> j Ufl ticeisdue the delegates whose la- long, the rose was abandoned. One especially in the committee gentleman triwi the extraordinary I roomSt have been arduous beyond pre- experiment of impelling himself c^nt i n this state. Yon say “yester- homeward by swallowing his dav wa8 th e 18th day of actual session, musket and touching it off from within an j yct on | y ^ree short articles have himself, but discovered his mwake in | been adopted—that relating to militia, time to a vert serious consequences. In I elect | ve franchise, and to county and the excitement of the moment, a tern* I comUy officers”—when the joum*! fied brigadier general offered to 'ship aboW8 that the convention bad adopted ou a passenger train as a man before I ^ articles mentioned, and nave the ‘mast, and being refU3ed, wanted | perfected and laid temporarily upon to know whether he couldn't go the the bill of rights and the re- through as an invoice to tbe stuffed de-1 portof the committee on the executive partment of the permanent exhibition. ! department, excepting one paragraph in despair, several veterans pinned I ia cacbf w hich it was thought best to postal cards to their shirts and threw I dtUv until we reach cognate subjects themselves by the track, determined to I em braced in the reports of other corn- trust to luck and some con-cientious j mitt6l j > When questions effecting a ra til agent to pass them through. To I change in onr fundamental law are un- add to the terror of these unfortunate 1 d e r consideration, it is wise that they men, they couldn't get anything to eat | ^ fa p y discussed, even though theses* that was palatuble, and as the crows Bton may be extended a few days longer knew this, they hovered above tiie ema-1 than was anticipated, dated soldiers, and 'cawed* in joyous Respectfully, anticipation ol a big Q taker City lunch. I j # q Nisbct, Secretary. citY yesterd.y evening. Oje galUr.t jimcumo* mej ir w.e attired in military baota, a I Eleeti.n .1 omeen. brukesman'e pantalonna, no coat worth Wedne81 j ay a meeting oi the Folton pot and greeted him with che,ri. I lar,^T attended, guar ot the cairt pconiiBeD' Viion^h travel-stained and weary, *>« I ^ ^^Sr’SSS^.e^nal election told tbe Morv of hw heroic charge upon the enemy with tho .nodatty becom u ( <» ““ ‘ oU ® wu, « in bo great a man. He reviened me | n, ^ e JL?T^ course brieSy, merely touching here and them upon the numbers oi riotera he had strangled and otherwise put to death, and remarked that ii somebody didn’t hurry back to Blairaviile with tome sandaiches and beer for the Fi'vt It. vision somebody woo'd starve to death. It wu his impression, also, that tbe strike was over, eo far as the west war concerned at least, aa the I m .„. q.x. Hott, A. P. stew.it, J. IL UdeD great majority of the strikers bod w D niuhelL tives are all wanting in capacity and cannot be trusted with self-government, then, indeed, might these guardians of oars perpetuate their wisdom and pow er in unchangeable edicts. Bat wonld it not be aboat as well to conciliate what little sense is conceded to us 7 Are we committing onr characteristic blundering when we maintain there Is a distinction between a constitution and a digest; between limitations on the legtslatnreand the legislature iteelrT Besides, should not the spirit which animates a constitution be pure and loity ? Truth, good will to man, a pa triotic, unselfish spirit may be em balmed in a constitution which ia to live for posterity and for ages; while pretext, hate and selfishness should be written in sand and pass away with onr fleeting lives. Sum. President—3. D. McConnell. First Vine Presidest-D A Beattie. Second Vtce President—C. £ Boynton. Third Vice PiestdeaV-W. L. Goldsmith. Fourth Vice Ftesideut-B. W. Jones. Filth Vice President—Ber. Gee. Macaaley Secretary—Charles G. Ecktord. Treasurer—Moses Cnle. Chorister—V. T. Barnwell. ExecaUm Committee—B. F. Walker, <*alr- chased him all the way home,” St. Uocia. July SQ.-Qulet a number of th*' Trtss urer—W. B. BmugU. Atlanta. —Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a most powerful restorative tonic, also combining the must valuable ..... nervine properties, especially adapting -B. Malian. Atlanta; s. p. Bin-1 it to the wants of debilitated suffering lord. J.T Derry. lanffering from weak back, inward Vi e Presidents-W B. EeMrt, G. A. Hot ;icver, congestion, inflammation, ooenb. G. j. otr. : - j ulceration, or from nervpnsneM aecretary—J. H. Chappsll. Culumbna. I nenniic pain?. It is sold by_drng- palo- ’ ' UAw P eparaUona were made for tha annual cele bntion which comes off at Ponce de Leon neat WidMsday. There will be thirty-five reboot* represented at Utst anniversary, and at least three thontand children are expected. B»v. J B. Ford will deliver the annual address. The chorister, Mr V. T. Him well, will direct the stnipnj and the beat order wlrl be maintained throughout. AU friends of tha Bgndsy school cause should he present on this occasion, and they wiu see a fine display of tbe work In P*>- (itst in Fulton county. tf" —Among the brilliant writers of tbe time, Lucy Hamilton Hooper is the racy Paris correspondent of “Andrews’ Burn,” She has the fellowship of other well known names. The editor serves up original stories, sketches, poetry, criticism of music, drama aud literature, the ireshest society gossip, in addition to such descriptions and illustrations of fashionable toilettes aa make the magazine an absolute desid eratum. One dollar a year. Bent to headquartereat Cincinnati, supplies the luxury. —When the lisordera of Babyhood attack your Baby use at once Dr. Bull s Babv Svrup and notice its rapid and beneficial effect. rente per bottle Tank Walworth Pardoned. Aia-XY, N. V., Anpntl.—Governor Eobin- son, tc-day, pardoned Fnnk Walworth, who ral to state prison for life for mur dering bla father. Moaen Iu tho Bollruaheo. CoLcseta. & a, Auguat 1.—Ex-Governor J. Moses, who has been imprisoned here for a >:k paat, haa been released on a ten thousand dollar bond. ,, Palatable Hedlrlne. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral ia a honeyed drop Of relief; his Cathart’c Pills glide sugar shod overtbapeUto;snl his Sarsaparilla la a recur tbstlmpe-U vigor to Ufe. restore! tbe health aad axpeh dlaeaaa-iroh/bnf (At 1 ddtvrflwr. J4t aagY—dlt&wlt ' •‘Baklnc Old Bones.” People who neglect their minor ail- jreaU rarely lira tomaka old boom Thsaecret of hats aad vifoctna old ago. Ilea not only in taklarcaraof one’s health In ssrly Ufe, by tbs ■rrsnee of sanitary rates, bat a so by Judici. medication when the pmnooilyty symp-oma of dodllr dhorder manifest ttamaelvra. Indl- reacoo, bowel and Uesr cotrplalnt, ara fretful * of Injury to the confutation. Theco dial ihon’.dba, therefore, checked without de lay. Th*jbe*t medicine foe to parpooe I^Ho*- t*tt*r'* Stomach Bit!cm. TW* etoidtfd prepare, tion dtocipUqt* tbe 4i|Mltoe organ Urea re newed impetus to tk* NUom eccretiyc fanctlon. and fc^er|* * benoflcl*’ ir fl ucnce upon the organ* of n^nation. I baa no jIyoI aa a remedy for and preyentlve of chill* and fever and billon* rem't tente, infoae* vigor into the debilitated frame, and to on excellent appetizer and tcrrtn*, ; Jaurtl. wlf tot P*g9

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, August 07, 1877, Image 1