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WEEKLY EDI ION.
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ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION- MARCH 5. 1878.
Talrr
ol IS:
»ve a ten-on of I>o
«Ltd pulpit at pie ie
ke well
latter g
t<] hut little prmc
we may be allowed
*VHAT In J tUu Hurt
mt Cuba? in Join
du.yinlhi rn iter?
u*r» g ang to do
doing bin whole
tvaeiul hminets
nub cr.bera to
Tn* Wleki.
F um.t'h family should at once re
call I irr. from hie European tour. The
man in nbsdutely gathering too much
information.
, Forced Kitimmos means that the
debtor shad be compelled to pay ten
per cent, more in gold than he con-
tiacted to pay In greenback*.
The Cowhtitutioji is read in the
White House every day in the year.
I* is said to be a great favorite with
It Brers, the faithful secretary of the
•jJutiniBirA'inn
If the “National Greenback party’'
will pr ooee to send Brick Pomery
abroad, we eh ill be inclined to favor
the mover «*>' v“rv Rurally.
Tit keth in the Georgia state lottery
are still sold in New York, It seems an
difficult. fo get rid of lien Woodiem as it
B to shake r.fT little Abe Hewitt.
AGENTS WaNTEdT
sill pay a liberal commission
io will work for The Weekly
titi >n. Send to this office for
instructions, circulars, blanks and aam<
n1 piper.
We i
In Blanton Durcai opposed
Chinese immigration ? It appears to
that when a man gets as old and
nseluui as Blanton, he ought to utilize
all the i reju dices he can find floating
around.
Bv all means !»* on have the frank
:ing privilege re-established. It if
•ge that parsimony should be
ried to the extent of depriving the con-
litnentH of congressmen of their regu
lsr monihiy carload of patent office re-
i Ub
Mi:. Hill voted to remonetize the
iar of 412 1-2 grains. This
si dollar that Mr. Hill has
Vn In favor of all the time. It will
I rente m bored that we insisted at the
nning that our senator was in favor
the hoi <-f doWnr of our daddies.
W HAT Will the New York Herald d,
fennel ions this summer? “Colonel
-ancy K me, the iiu|>orted am who
a" been driving a coaCh around New
rk refuses P. engage in the business,
ar.e will proliably ship on the Pan
GEOAG/a a.\JJ JLh PaRIS EXPOSITION
. General P. at. B. Young, the
eorgia commissioner to the Paris ex-
n, lias opened his office in this
<m eiderahle interest has bei
s td by those who desire to
•nteu in that great colltction
i ns, manufactures and the i
of agricultural and median
industries. Commie.-ioner
is in daily receip
rn frr m various portions of tl
fd even from other states era
(dying inquiries as to the manner
ig and shipping exhibits. These
receive pr «mpt ret-p,irises, and
ur communications will com
imediate attention.
It 1- to be hoped that the Geor-
i hit in the Paris exposition
i! be worthy of the pr© fmi
reputation which
d progress and material wealth
• l - Id commonwealth hav
d,- f,.r her l> th at home and abroad.
T “ rtrf * »iive to th© impor
this • xMlvf}nn«»4 U»-
dy to ensue, the extent and variety
“’•rgi* department will excite
h*r and admiration of Europe
d wire of General Young that
dustry and the products
together with evidences
specimens of our marvellous min-
resources shall lie adequately
eut. d and attractively displayed
exhibition, and to that end he
i the hearty co-operation of the
in every stcion of the state.
•s intended for exhibition
t to Genera! Young in this city,
o_v Hill lie forwarded free of cost
should be neatly and aecurely
ed, d.sti .ctly labelled, and should
ipanied by th© information
asary in such ca i es. We bop© that
ath and middle Georgia will
,ak »* measures to have the
ml extent of their resource*
in the P.%riaexposition,andto
end General Young will be gUdU.
bnte whatever official information
N isi vi le American proposer
co At commercial convenUon bt
m Nashville, as the most eonven-
i the territory most deeply
in direct trade with all
_*b America, tj consider these sub
iu .* wc can export, auJ thctrcAt
T--*S;.oa frv tn Tarioc® oer.tre®
: >•i'< i-oinu, and the prc*»
" ^ D*iii.'i»uj an impor-
' ' ‘ f 0 c*:r cuiesUoo existing and
' pbirg ww tinea, bj
P .*. r 'i*. r,S b ‘ • cCU - wi tatfpatisb-
= ' • :.1. a of the ic
k! ** la ' ‘J 1 *'’ ™ * •uon of wttrr tract-
k*«»i «(» ern network«f river*
h--, Kii^v *cd ite Rocky mouc-
iry •: 'oa »:at treaty rccats'lcnu
^ t the futon
''' ’ J ^ * =< r c *3 vo :ntn»w on th.
in ."t n t'i r-r.wwi fn-sucm of trsde
- ° - conn tries to tend
io cvxu: uux* tc jbm Infonrauor
rsrorub., r-rvxl!:<U. pHOTS. ttriS
u ta> .5 revu.ou* u uux
-Vi ntion wou’d certainly b*
ci good rtsulta, and w«
o more convenient place ir
«ld i: than Nashville. W«
f a c nvention asetml-led or
i h plan as the American ha*
, t;.d that steps wili b© taken
call needful statistical infor
jr ii» use. If we do not helj
* -n this matter of trad© with
> to the south of oa, New
k and ether northern citice
deprive us of what is
MONK PkESIDEXJS WASTED.
Mr. Southard, of Ohio* baa taken ef
fectual mm urwi to embalm his name
in the grateful memories of office-seek
ers for generations to come, and has
planed himself in the front rank < t true
reformers. On the 25th, heintrr.ducfd
in the house a bill proposing an amend
meet to the constitution. This amerd
ment pr p' «es that the executive pow
er of he United States rha; be vested
io three y re»identa, w': o shall consti
tute a . upre/r.f- execn ive coUi cil.
Theee pre ts ir© 'o be elected by
the qualified voters of ail the s*a*e8,
joe president to be Taken from esch of
ihe three prominent sections of ti e
country known as th*- *ast ar.d middU-
utates, the west and the w>u*h. N ) two
of the pre*-identN are to be from the
same section or di-.trict of country.
Term of office of the presidents i*
to be *ix >earr*, and no one having
ved a full term is to ba el g»h!e for a
election. B. the tine- election heid
tier this article of the constitution,
should it txj adopted, t..e preriden
i the western district is to be cho
sen for a fractional term of two yearr ;
Lie or e from the southern district for a
fractional term of four years, and the
one from the eastern and middle dis
trict f .r the full term of six years. Af
ter the first elec’ion one president is to
be chosen every two years. It is abo
proposed to abolish the office cf vice
president, and to p ovi.le instead that
once in four years th© senate shall fleet
a pre-ident who is not a member of
that b idy, and who, as presiding offi
cer, shall exercise all the authority now
exercised by the vice president. The
com, ©nsation of esch president ie fixed
at not exceeding $30 000 a year.
The proposition comes upon the
country like a fresh breeze from the
spice islands. Mr. Southard has un
doubtedly struck the key note of our
political progress. He has solved the
problem. Whst we want is more presi
dents-more rulers. We have laws in
abundance, but too few presidents to
execute them. This d arth has long
attracted the attention of thonghtfu
men, but it has remained lor Mr.
Southard tq solve ihe problem. It must
be remembered that the position of
president is a very important one—the
m st important, indeed, within the gift
of the people. That political economy ,
therefore, which gives the people more
representatives in congress than presi
dents seems to u« to be utterly absurd
and wholly at variance with our sys
tem of popular government. We go
farther tl an Mr. Southard. His plan
contemplates only three executives,
but a little reflection will convince any
intelligent person that this number
wholl/ ir adequate. True, the adop
tion of the amendment proponed by
the distinguished Ohio member would
tie a vast improvement upon
the present system, and would,
in some sort, clear the way forthat pro
greesive republicanism which will fi
bially allow even the huinbieat citixen
of this great country to nominate, elect
and inaugurate his own president, thus
doing away with the fraudulent meth
oils invented by Bill Chandler and
John Sherman ; but w© should have
preferred to see Mr. South rd take
little firmer hold upon the subject
The d kj is past when this vast and
constantly growing government
be managed by either one
or three presidents, and it
is somewhat unfortunate that the
proper d amendment does not provide
an ad- quate remedy for the necessities
of the hour. As matters stand, we must
be satisfied with Mr. Southard’s bill in
its present shape, but the country will
never be wholly composed, so far as
politic© are concerned, until every able
bodied citizen is .eprebented in Wash
ington by a president of his own choice.
Oaly m this way can parties and
venth ns, and electoral commissions be
rendoed metes*.
of the banking and currency commit
tee. Mr. Stephens’ motion w-jearrifd
by a vote of 96 to 56 Mr. Ha.r:s ob
tained cnaniiren* con cot to taYe
the bil’ for the relief * f the E gie and
PhtE .ix CTnpinv from the speaker’s
table. Th** ampndui
were ccncmred
doubtless a law.
cu*»ed ac* *e b'ief, we giv© U entir*-:
i' f—sr-fr'I. <tc. T***i t£e E*?!*■ •n'l P ®-
rlx m- af*cH»---,c c^mp r v <f * onmt>_a,
°T*&t i frf j ra
»toe* m ‘ <z k • tr r»r>U*'< or r, pj
tttiwiM in the burin**-of b*- Sr - ? * u:<n
” , i to sign a treaty, nut Tuttey hei
mm ,ie «P“k.r-« (Th, j, m of W(nor „ to tLe
Dd.u, W n{ j R b ■ Lo
m, -.ikI the bill fa %(il kKOwnlh » t , he
. As t: is true!' 3;a- ! _ ...
*o lo-.r -« r.<» [»r f4 r »-
of tn*ruf»rrurrir; Vrov'«l
r*-rt bY l-w f n
!*u' or«. lot fr*
‘ J berenHw-
rg cr p i tin
• or c rttt.itt o
P* 0 ? w-
A>y*ri i
t-X-C.pl Hiar -
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’1KA CVL TCJtK IS GEORGIA.
The aueting ol Ihe Thcmss County
AgricullUTal and tne Fruit end W-ge
table (irowrre’ asstci.,lions in Tliomas-
r - oently, was nnnsually interest
l)r. 8. J Jones read a valuable
paper on tea cnltnre, a synopsis of
which we find in the Enterprise. No
man it the south, except, perhsps, the
doctot't father, Mr. William Jones, now
A;hens, but formerly of L : berty
count, , is so well posted on this qnes
tion a t Dr. Jones. He showed that
many years apo onr people Itepan to
1 overt -ate the question of tea culture.
They t: ted repeatedly to raise tea planm
tie seed, tint failed. Becoming
ced that the seeds lost
their vitality in transportation
about D*53, a Mr, Fortune went
to China, and planted the seeds
there, and sent the young plants to
the U. 8. These plants were furnish
erf various U S. senators lor distribu
tion. Hon. Alfred Iverson, sent 50 of
these plants to Mr. Wriliam Jones.
They were taken care of but only two
onto! .he nnmber lived. These grew
linely und luxuriantly, and from these
others were propagated. A Mr. How
ard of Baltimore, came ont to Liberty
county, tested the tea and found it
perior -a the imported tea. In 1862
Mr. Wm. Jones commenced to make
tea for use and from that time to the
present day it has come mire and
more i:ito notice through the press
tnd the s’ate and other fairs. The
tea plants are very easily propagated
‘rom ei her catlings or the seed, but
he seed must be planted before they
get too dry as the oil in them seems to
harden and dry and they will not then
ome up. The dry plants when young
should be protected a
little from the sun daring
the summer, otherwise they need n >
attention. They will grow readily and
asily on almost any sort of soil, and
need no particular attention. They
should be trimmed hedge shape in the
winter .-.nd the young leaves that come
the spring are the ones to make
the tea f. The doctor then showed
how the leaves couid be prepared; the
iirectioca were very simp e and easily
underst ood. The tea raised here and
carefully prepared is superior to any
mporte l. There were others present
who cot firmed a i that the d.icior said
in refer, nee to the excellence of the tea
raised here. The essay concluded with
the aart rtioa that ea could oe -a -qf
profitably in this climate. TLe c m
mission r of agriculture has recently
purchae d from Mrs. Screven, of L b
ay county, 65 000 young tea plan-s for
■atuitous distribution ia the Baited
On the proposition to allow the com
mittee on rule, to c eVci a force ore m
potent experts, not exceeding re ,en it,
nnmber, to assist thecommittees on in
ves igatior.Mr. Hanridge voted yes,ami
Messrs. B-l|, Blonut, Candler and
Harris, itav. Messrs Cook, Felton,
Smith and Sleph- ns did not vote. Mr
Febon was and s-ill is detaired at
home bv the dangerous illness cf his
child The little sufferer ha3 a rsgipg
fever of a typhoidai nature, and Mr.
Felton is at his bedside night and day.
Mr. Stephena was paired with Mr
Chittenden. Mr. Cook was absent on
account of sickness, and Mr. Smith
had cot returned to Washington. Tt e
proposition was deteated he
a vote of 78 to 163
Mr. Bed presented the mem Hal of the
educational conven’ion which was held
in Atlanta last month, asking the dis-
tribut ion of the proceeds' f pub ic lands
among the several statea for educational
pnrpceea. Mr. Harris presented the
petition of Robert H Chilton for the
removal of his political disabilities.
On Tuesday Mr li .l presented the
petition of E. J. Christy, pnhli-her
of the Athens Mat Chinan, w*ho wants
the duty on type abolished. In the
senate, immediately after the seiec
tion of Mr. Ferry as president pro tem
pore, the following explanation of Mr.
Hill’s pairing on the silver bill was
made:
Ur. (Jordon—Mr. Prtxid-nt, I w1*h Xo m«ke
pcrnwriU rxp ! »n.Hoci r |t>e rilver bil »«
on it* final I Maud ibai mr m lmiyno
IMr. bill,J wm paired with the senator Irom
IVnneKWf. [Mr, Uarri-,] and that if mj col
»ould vo»e »g*ina: th*
bill. On my oolleasue'a return from Georgia.
* atatea lo
>_wbich^hls pair 1
o pair only up n tbe~Kna>
d odmeuu. and not upj
his purpose was .
nance committee
bill. 1 wish to make that explanation*that
may go upon the r* cord
Mr Hill—It |« proper I « JU rur in
the at*'«'ment made by my colieaaue. An I was
leavir g for the atate of Uttorg:* bring coino-1-
ted to ne absent, I requested him io pair witn
me on th* ameouxneuia propoaed by «h-> senate
committee on finance, and nothing else I
not ask a pair ou the hill because I couJ
know in advance what the bill would he*
to it* pfuaage 1 stated to the
with certain amenameuta ^ M wuu
vous for it; wl'thout ibo* ■ amendments 1 won 1
under no cooaiderai ion vote I r 1l Then fore
could not aay in advance how 1 would vote
the passage of the bnl; and in a*K:ug for «. I
IaaMl iiolhicg about it I *imi ly ark-d to
~vcoll«a«ueon the amendments prop
the bill I w
flnauet. Af; er 1 left,
itde, to wblcb I h>d
by the committee
arrangt-mtul was
j-.ctiou to pair n.t l r| .. IM
neaaee [Mr. Harri* ] My oollaainie ttmpiy _ _
sppitb ndevl the extent to Which I asked this
Mr Gordon-My colleague ia right. He
L'® 1 »• MQcuomenta iu our coaveraation,
but I hAd no thought tb*t the prir waa .imited
; and in pairing him witn
the
tbe amendin' i
aen tor Iron
rd wi b me
believe *a altogether c
i«y in the tcnale.
AN AP1LOQVE.
GScJ£GlA JN CONuEJSSS.
Mr. Stephens presented fast M ndiy
ro memorials relative to the Cder-
keewnd other Inuiwns in the Indian
erritory. Mr Stephens can get ur.an-
mons cousent to preeent business
hen no other member cun. and the
eault seems to be that co little amaunt
' outaide bus oess is force.) upon him.
tie rarely misses a session of the house
'hen the states were called for bills
Mr. Hartrtdge presented a bill to
mend an act for the relief of R ben
Erwin. When Mr. Bland intro
tuced a bill providirg for the
sene of certificates on g id and
md stiver bullion deposited for coin
age, Mr. Stephens insisted that it
bon’d be referred to his committee on
J geographically our own. coinage, weights and measures, instead off the gas.
The dancing editor is ill- very
The length, breadth and depth of the
controversy has overcome him.
has sat up with the pioof-reader until
his hair has grown gray with vexatio.
and anxiety. He has pursued the un
fortui. ate subject until fce dare not
Htamp his toe—(oar northern and east
ern friends would use the fl bby. word
“siub” in this connection)
sidewalk, fo fear si me watchful con-
trover ia ist will assail him with ach
of attempting toexecate a doubie-fiiuf
fit* on the sidewalk, or with wilfully
cleave ring to curb the way wardne
his desire lo execute a pas tcul. He
between two tires, to be cand d witn the
reader. If he doesn’t dance he is puri
tanical to & degree that is absolutely
diegus ing, and if he does, nj on occa
sion, trip the light fantastic, he violates
more han seven hundred neatly-con
structed sylltgisms. To say that the
dancing editor has been in a predica
ment would be putting it very mildly.
s«ty the least He has been
upon the verge-upon the ragged
edge, so to ppe:k. Utf
endeavored to be impania ; be lias at-
tempt* d to make h.imelt unanimous,
as it w ere —patting t-ach side alternate!
«P ’U the back, and applauding
the Cii -ad who w» re an.used to s*
brethren and the professors seize each
other by the iars. But Una course ba;
pluug J him into a great deal of tr* u
b!e. I has turned ioo*e upon him ti
sense:* ss venom of the postal car.
fiend and subj cted him to the attacks
oi anc ; vnious letter-writers. A p .sb
canl f*. m West I'uint cooliy says
“Uh, give Ui a rest in
business Git up somethiug liverly.
What this unfortunate villiau m
by “live*ly” is more than we can de
termine, but it seems certain that
the dancing diecuesiou has attracted
t-ntion. A’iother f writing from
Hawkmsville, which is almost iu hear
ing distance of Daily county, thus
gives his opinion: **Y u all i* a durn
nice set Didn’t you never feel tired?
If you can’t tiad no better editorial than
this dancing business, you better quit.
ight give other extracts -indeed
we might fill a column with such let
ters, including of course, these
received during the prst for'
night by our society editor—but we
desist. We have not {irinted the meet
pointed remarks, f »r fear of that moral
lty, which, whether it defends dancing
not, is invariably upon the lookout
fora lapse cf its favorite newspaper,
and is a.ways ready to rebuke and
rect it. Moreover, we have no desire
to encourage peop'e iu sending
quiries to our s >cie*y editor,
who is an exceedirg y youthful person,
and ten to one would uot enter into tbi
spirit oi the occasion, being alt- gethc
of a pr ctical turn cf min*. Nor is it
our dt*ire to pbee a sprig cf poi;
oak in the wreath of native plants
and arises usually worn by our agri-
culture* editor. For this, aDd various
other reasons we scorn to respond to
the var: ns missives on the subject of
danettg mat have reached ns by f ost.
We have r.o destre to ex*end the con-
rroversy. The inventive feutie*
of oui headline editor were ex
haustev' early in the discus
sio-i, and he has nothing wherewith t
b amt iirmself except the unaccounta
ble ab ©iic a , at the proper moment, of
his inventive genius.
Bu ihe trouD'.e is over. The agony
has ceased. The crisis has passed, i
any of our readers are in doubt es tt
whether it is a sin to dance it is their
fau.t and not ours. No gory locks can
be shaken at u-. No untimely reveller
tamper! ag with the tempting eebe
of tne tuneful horn-pipe, can say tha
he has rot be-.n fully warned upon the
--ne siac, or armed with arguments or
the o* her. The dancing editor has don*
a:s while duty, and although he bat
been subjected to the inartyrd m ha*
follows the concerted ac ion of earcas*
t c postal card writers, his conscience i»
undisturbed. Indeed, he feels s< mt-
what elated that nor until the last mo
xnent did he dismiss the pipers and torn
TLE I AHt IN
We are still without the terms of the ]
finAl treaty between Roseia and Tur
key. Russia is trying to force Turkey
to sign a treaty, but Thrkey hesitates.
tLe terms
owever,
practi-
;iy annihilate Turkry lh Eur pe and
leave her prorate in Asia. Until the ■
tf-arv *s siirned aud a be ter feeling
*pri. gs up between rn ft *l«..d and
Kur-,*a, co p^i-tss will
probably bs niA- e towards the
atSk'tribiv.ff ->l the lonu-taiked-oi
c nferecce. The subject wag scarcely
dheu-^ed dunrg the past we k. It
was in fact a warlike week—not as to
Ii:-s:a and Turkey, for they have gl-
Uios becjme aloes, but as to Bus iaon <
the oce *:<2e and England and Austria
on the oiher.
Wc sre s ill inclined to think that !
there will not o© a genera! E iiopeao
war and that 'he current week w if give
to the situation a more peaceful a-pect
And yet Aus ria bus a*ked for a war
credit, and :s a*'*moling her already
moLi zed army corps. E gland
is apparently full of light.
Opposition to a wrar policy his
greatly broken down, and it is now be
lieved hat her per-ple are prcc icaliy
solid in favor of war if R i56ia does not j
m< derate her demands. Military and j
naval preap rat ions are being pusLed to \
he utmost. Even the commanders of '
any expeditionury force that mty be I
sent oat in case o: war have been seiec
ted. L >rd Napier of Mrgdala is to be
cemmander-in cheif, with Major Gen
eral Sir Garnet Wolseley of Ashanteeas
chief of staff—E igland’s two greatest
soj^iierN. Ljrd Na{iier is nearly seventy
yea s of age, but there is no abatement
in his physical vigor. He is a great rider,
having first won reputation as the
leader of light cavalry in the E st In
dia campaign of 1857. It was while in
command of the expedition to rescue
the Abyssinian captives that he fol
lowed up Lis victory over King Theo-
d re by the storming of Magdala in
April, 1888 and for which ee; vices he
was raised to the peerage by the title
of Baron Napier of Magdala. In Jan-
uary, 1870, he was appointed to succeed
Sir Wil iam Mansfield as commander-
in-chief of the forces in India. After
serving in the east a few years, he was
appointed to the governorship of the
fortre-s of Gibraltar. In spite of his
age, he is generally regarded in Eng
land as the best commander for a hard
campaign. He has seen much hard
fighting on a limited scale, aud has al
ways improved every opportunity to
the utmost.
bir Garnet Wolseley is an Irishman
►f about 45 years of age. His firstser-
vice was in the Burmese war. He was
severely wounded in the Crimea. He
was next engaged in active campaign*
mg in India, where he took part m the
-eige and capture of Luck .ow. He
was in command of the Rsd river
expedition • in Canada, and was
commander in-chief of the Gold
coast i xpedition against the Ashautees
*n 1873. He waa appointed to the
command of the auxiliary forces
1874, and administered the govern
ment of the colony of Natal, in booth
Africa, and advised upon the H«#
form of defensive organization.
His recent article in the Nineteenth
Century, entitled ‘*E igland as a Mili
tary Power,” has attracted no little
• enilou. At the conclusion of this ar
tide he says:
At nr> previous period has EiiEland been
-ironc >n a mili.ary **use as now Were wax
declared tu-inorrow, about 400,000 drilled nun
would I. II into line, if nquiieu, supported
and horsed by the royal
caghly
MAP OF THE BOSPHORUS, THE SEA OF MAEM0RA AND THE DARDANELLES.
-riilieiy l
imilua 85 0.
class a my
rat Lumb. r would be
follow* ; stacd.cg army at home,
army and mi.ltia res rve, 40.* 00
j; volunteers. 180.000, aud second
10100; to'&l, 414,lUO.
put the figures vepr
h a ca cuiatkn I
md h. ye left ou. altegciter ihe lo,000 yeoman
ry, v Id. WfUid be available for home Fervice.
have not taken nt<> consideration the number
of rcgu.ar tzoopa that would be available for
>var when the I’cciierrautiui g&rrisons
fariiifh d by militia. It will thus be «*en that
we cou d at OLce take the field with
quipped army corps of m, re than SO 000 sol
ders t cell, leaving a similar force of rt-gulix
roopa at home a* a reserve. When I compare
tie mi it ry stx**'gih of EngL-nd now with
'••fcat it was ic 18E4 I am as amsz.d at the
i Jon.- uf military weakne s and helplessness
iu which we were wbeu we begin the Russian
war of that year, as I am i
ihose who are now creaking over our supposed
want of strength aud alleged consequent Ina'
WH»y io fight.
This theatrics! parade of England’,
-treng h may be, vith her exten
rive p op rations lor war, but bluster
Ac me indue d to think, however,
'hat E g and will fight if K issia per
ista in the attempt to make the Egypt
an tribute a part of her indemnity,
akea ia the *ame way any considerable
part of the Turkish iron-clad fl et, or
ries to shut the Dardanelles against
*d war vessels except her own. We
lave no faith in Austria’* fighting pro
pensities. She is controlled by Ger
nany, but England will fight unless
iitis.-ia makts the concessions we have
lamed. And we thia-t she will make
hem. Tne Egyptian tribute to Turkey
s now directly paid into the bank cf
England for the benefit of the English
lolders of Turkish and Egyptian bonds.
Russia will not be permitted to seize
his. Bat all three questions can be
►eacefully teitkd, and we believe they
orill be.
The map that we publish this morn
ng ei-onld be preserved for future
reference. In cose of war between
Russia and England it will doubtless
how th© entire theatre of action. _
he coi ference settles these questions,
t wiil be useful during its weeks of de
liberation. Either way it wiii be a
compact and correct interpreter of the
iifficuit ques ions that will arise oat of
he efforts to settle a question that has
disturbed Europe from time out of
uiind.
7BE SILVER AND OIUER BILLS.
Never was a vetoed bill so quickly
nd Iu adsomely disposed of as was the
silver hill last week. In the house,,
hire the bill originated and to which
was returned by the president with
?veral pages of antiquated clap trap,
•Ir. 8; .-phera was on hand to demand
he previous question as soon as the
pefike* had stated that the question
©fore he house related the passage o
he bill over the veto. No one moved
o prii.t the document; no one cared
nything about it except to get it out of
hewi \ as they would any other use-
83 bnt unavoidable object. The vote
u the (tassage of the bill was almost ex
actly rt versed. Mr. Martin L Townsend
f New York, came over to the silver
de; the veto had converted him, but
here .■ as no other change. Messrs.
Felton and Cook left sickbeds, and
to the hall just in time to be
cord«d ia the affimative. The bill
aseed by a vote cf 198 to 73. Of the
1 but nine votes came from
cw E gland. New York, Pennsylvania
nd De aware. The entire south con-
ributtd Cain of South Carolina, Gib-
on of LjuL-iana, B.sbee of Fioridaacd
Schleicher cf Texas, or two repahlicacs
id two dtm crats. Mes-rs. Garfield
Ohio, Williams and Ellswcnh of
chigan, Stewart of Minnesota and
i)avis i California were the other scat-
ring aud ursguided negative voters.
The ©-.tire Georgia delegation were
present and voted yea.
Even the talkative senate did not
care to discuss the bill. No one wanted
yeas and nays were straightway called
on the passage of the bill. When Mr.
Hill’s name was called he asked per
mission to make <( a briet statement,”
but “several senators objected,” and he
was compelled to cast an unexplained
affirmative vote. The eleven represent
atives of Georgia were all present, and
each one of tneir votes was thoroughly
representative. The vote m the senate
was 46 to 19. The only change was the
presence of Mi. Hilt. When he voted
“aye,” says one correspondent, the ex
clamation, “tha eetties it,” burst from
twenty pairs of lips. The veto was
beaten in the hoaseby eighteen, and in
the senate by three, more votes than
the necessary two-thirds, one bjdy be
ing democratic aud the other republi
can.
This ends the contest over the silver
bill, bnt it by no means completes the
fight which the people are w ging.
The silver bi'l is in fact only the begin
ning of the end. A silver dollar does
not yet stand on a footing with a gold
dollar, the national banks enjoy a
monopoly that belong* to the people,
and the resumption act is on the
statute books. The repeal act must be
pushed through if any substantial re
lief is to come to the country; for the
resumption act is a standing menace
to credit and public confidence. Tue
contortions of John 8herman to bring
about a forced resumption must be
stopped. It is claimed by tha gold bugs
that “as the treasury is to buy bullion
and coin it into dollars the secretary
need not pay out silver, the revenue
being sufficient to meet the expendi
tures. indeed, he could only issue
silver by retaining in the treasury an
equal amount of greenbacks, and the
belief in well informed quarters is that
he means to put out Bilver as rapidly
and in as great amounts as it can be
coined. He has now about ninety mil
lions of gold. If he can, with the help
of silver dollars, get in forty or fitty
millions of greenbacks he wili be in
a very fair condition, it is thought by
some people, for resumption when the
day comes, with the coinage of silver
dollars going on all the time to help
him.”
This kind of nonsense must be
stopped by a repeal ofjho resumption
act. Every vote will be needed, and
as there may be some wavering mem
bers in our delegation, it is time that
the sentiment of the state on the re
peal act should become known. L:t
the press and public men of the state
speak out. The bill will d ubt'ess be
rejForttd by the senate finance com
mittee this week. Messrs Ferry, Alli
son, Jones, Voorheea and Wallace, be'
ing a majority of the cou mittee, are
favorable to repeal, aud the belief at
Washington ia that it will be disposed
of speedily.
ON MARMORA’S BOSOM.
MOVAMEXIS OF TUR BRITISH
jfejvsr.
Prrparlnic for War lnnirml of Treat
Ins tor Pence-10,000 Rural *«Ca
nneas** Wanted far Ihe Fray—Aus
tria's Bewilderment.
ASS tr EL A J.U VuRULOLUA ORNia
It wns
I'u furled.
Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 28.
* vru in-
bet wee-i
Editors Constitution'; \\
term me wh ther or Lot iu the late
Tt»r«-y itnd r ussia tb 1 urks at « .....
earned banner ? « hat uat ihv name of it v
W. U. IL
The sacred banner was rot nnfurled. The
press (lisp itches rf the japere—ours among the
r.st—aunoanc d at one time t .et it had been let
to the be xe. This was a mi?-take, however.
The sacred banner is call d “eanja Sherif.” It
was originally a white piece of cloth, the turban
of th - Koreisb, captured by Mohammed. It was
afterwar ds changed tab ack ve.i that hang be
fore the door of azeshah, one of M -himmed’d
Editors Cokstituho
m ant by the express! n * A corporal - ©.th?”
Docs it alia .e to swearing byihuoody?
A. H.
Its direct m aning U to swear by the “cor
pora e.” Th c >rpora e is n cloth th t is us d ti
cover th-vessel of th! sacrament, or used for
holding the »acramcn*. In olden times a * acred
cat" was sworn by laying the hand on t"c cor
poral-. Remotely of cour e the word aliiuL* ;o
the ••corpus,” cr body ol Christ.
Come, Take Tour Choice.
Atlanta. Ga , Feb. 88.
auditors Constitution- : A company
of six g>r!s to-r*ay were d se es ng the moustache
as an lement of a ki-s. Th ee dec ded th*t it
w«s best with, and the others wi hout, a meus-
tachj. Can yon give the tic
A Half Dozen.
No, we cannot give the tie vote on sue . an im
portant question, butif yen will call at this office
we can give you your choice. We hive several
editors of each sort and one mixed. We wi 1 try
and eaab e you to make a decision.
OCR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr. Samuel W. Small leaves Atlanta,
this week to join the Wyoming, a gov
ernment vessel which fails from Brook
lyn on the 15;h instant, carrying Com
missioner General McCormick and
about twenty of the assistant commis
sioners. 31 r. Small is a member of Gov.
McCormick’s immediate st fl, and wiil
therefore be in a position to know all
that is ttoingoii at the exposition which
would be of interest to American
readers.
We need scarcely say that Mr. Small’s
connection with The Constitution will
remain unchanged, although he
expects to be absent during
the whole course of tne exposition.
Instead of nis usual sketches and arti
cles, he will furnish a weekly letter de
scriptive, not only of the exposition,
but of France and Frenchmen generally
with Sketches of the visiting barbarians
and notes of southern interest. Mr.
Small is one of the best correspondents
in the country, and our readers can
confidently expect the best Paris cor
respondence that the country will af
ford. Mr. Small’s official position on
Governor McCormick’s staff, and his
knack of finding out what the public
wants, are sufficient guarantee of this.
His letters will also appear in The
W eekly Constitution, covering a fall
half of the current year.
The agricultural articles in The
Weekly Constitution are worth the
subscription price alone. Besides you
get all the news, selections, stories,
market reports, sera ons, essays, corres
pondence, etc., jost for the small sar
of two dollars. Erery family in t 1
land can spare this amount to get
hear it. It was badly snubbed, ib$ beet paper ia the eoa.b;
AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.
L' ndon, March 2 —A Reuter’s from
Constantinople savs it is probable that
the British fleet will be wi'hdrawn
from Touzlo to lsmid. Earl Russell’s
condition is greatly improved. The
Standard’s Berlin special ssys Austria,
in consequence of Germany’s confi
dential representations, h s abandoned
the idea of war, but would occupy
B'-enia and H. rzegovinia if Russia per
sists in her pretentions. The Vienna
dispatch of the S and .rd says Count
Andrassy has informed the spokes
men of the delegations that
a vote of credit
is absolutely necessary. He add*»d that
the government would be satisfied if
it was passed by a small majority. The
Standard’s Ptsth dispatch says the
Hungarian delegation has determined
to vote credit if it is intended to he ap
plied for the occupation of B >suia aud
Heizgovina. ,
j A FULL EXPLANATION.
The delegation desires a full expla
nation of the government's intentions.
A dispatch to the Time.’ from Gallipoli,
February 28, says a telegram from the
Turkish minister of war Orders the
governor of the Dardanelles to prevent
any moremen-of war, whether British,
French or Austrian, f;om entering the
sea of Marmora.
PREPARED TO SIGN.
A P-*ra telegram to the Times, Feb
ruary 26. says the porte is fully pre
pared to S’go the treaty of peace, ex
cept the clause concerning the iron?*
clads, on which Rnss'a is un ikely to
insist, and hence the signature of the
treaty is expected on Saturday.
AN AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT.
St. Petersburg, March 3.—-The cor
respondent oi ihe Times reports that
he has reason to believe that Rassik is
disposed to come to an amicable ar
rangement regarding the strai s, but
the irritation at England’s supposed
desiun to form an offensive alliance
with Ausria is ii creasing
The 'Fimes publishes the following
from Vienna: Nego i.-.tions corcfrning
the conference proceeds slowly, but
Austria’s resointi-»n to bring about its
meeting is unshaken, and it will proba
bly meet in spite of the present
APATHY OF THE P WEFS
on the subj ct. The dis rnssion on the
vote of credit at a preliminary meeting
of the AuKtri an delegation lasted several
hours. Only a few members declared
against credit. O e section was ready
to vote the m ney unconditionally,
while the other was only willing to do
s> on condition that it shall not be
used in furtherance of any scheme ol
annexation. A telegram from Bucha
rest received iu Pans s ated Austria is
concentrating troop at Hermanstadtin
Transylvania.
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT.
The Times this morning in its lead
ing editorial article says hat the an
nouncement in parliament yesterday
evening will be welcomed as reviving
a me hopes of a peaceful settlement of
the eastern question.
IMPKIONED.
The Balgrade cor espondent of the
Times telegraphs: Forty-one respecta
ble citiz ns have been imprisoned at
•Seinendria and a number at Para'chin
and Jagodina,charged with conspiracy
to assassinate Prince 3Iilan, on his
homeward journey.
CANADIAN SOLDIERS.
Lieutenam General Patrick L. Mac-
D nga\ K C M. G , chief of the intel
ligence dt-partment in the war office,
will, in 31ay, take command of ah the
forces in Canada. It is unde stoo that
in the event of war General MacDmgil
wid have authority to raise a force of
ten thousand Canadians for service in
E.i rope.
APPORTIONING C MMAND3.
Vice Admiral S.r EJward A. Ingle-
fi : 'd, C. B. F. R.8., will, in Mav. as
sume command of the on the Nor.h
America and ^ West Indian stations.
Ali offiterson leave yesterday received
orders to hold themselves in readiness
t > rejoin their rekrimerits and depart
ments immediately on receipt of tele
graphic notice.
SUSPICIOUS movement.
A Constantinople dispatch Wednes
day, by way of .Syria, as vs ih*-re is
great interest respecting Russian de-
sig's on the Bosphorus, 'hey can
occupy the Chanak lorts at a moment's
no :ce. Movements, the object of
which is not apparent, are still pro
gressing The position of the British
ships at Turla are regarded as critical,
owing to the short run of torpedo
boats from Tchcemedge or San SieUno.
It is strongly suspected that
THORN EYCROFT TORPEDO BOATS,
and Whiteheid torpedoes are being
dis atched to the sea of Marmora in
sections. The Russians occupy Char-
koi, Rodosto, Erekl, Silivri and Ichek-
medj all of which are admirably suit
able as bases for torpedo operations
should it be derired to menace our
fleet. Precautions are taken nightly to
guard the ve-sels against surprise.
WHY BARKIS is WILLIN’.
The Telegraph’s Vienna dispatch Bays
that the willingness of Russia to grant
cor cessions to Austria ar s^s from the
fact that the princes of It umania and
Servia have resolved to accept Austrian
protection ifit is o' tainable.
THE OLYMPIAD.
Athens, March 3—Tne inbabitar
of om.t O.ympus have risen and
dared for union with the Greeks
hundred and fifty voluntee * iVe
Greece have joined them *. 1rom
steamar cargoes of rifle*. * 4Ui
EVACUATED
The Telegraph’s P-
und*retands that *1 correspondent
ated the lines of r •« iurxa have evacu-
IO UNTIE JfaUir -
Vienna, M> C jarsTAirTISCP1 - E
resp md ne .* rr \',r* “The Political Ccr*
pleditpat' '‘.publishes a C.natantino**
teliigerc' -b vvhich fays: R liable ins
in fctati- J m various quarters agrees
the P. lhat tbe entry of a portion oi
may JFaian army into Cjnstantinople
ive* Pnortly bs expected, irreapeat-*
t> ct tte signature or delay in
T « signature of peace. The same
AVtr publishes a h g ily semiofficial
C'mmumca'ion from 8- Peter burg
AiiDg exceptions to Count An*
drossy s demand for s i mil-
* Jon . norms. It eoys: “Though
hot intended for amendments directed
against Ruaeia. This credit places
Austria outwardly on the .same footing
E ; gland. Ru^aia has ceruiaiy no
ot; ci ^cn to i
AUSTRIA'S OCCUPATION OF BOSNIA
and Hetzgovina. Austria objects to the
complete autonomy of the whole of
Bulgaria forced into a single province
and its two years occupation bv Rus
sia. The lattei combats the partition
of Bulgaria into two provinces, in
stancing the fruitlessr.ess ( f the stipu
lation separating Moldavia and Wal-
lachia. Temporary Russian occupa
tion is imperative for the maintenance
of tranquillity with the pievention of
excesses by the Bulgarians, but meas
ures of contol aud suspension may be
takt n to prevent occupation, assuming
the character of conquest or assimila
tion thereto.
PIQUE IN PICKENS.
Mow she Search OrUluntrU and Was
t oneInded-statement ot uneof the
Parties.
Intet
set out
facts tu
Editors Constitution —I see in your
paper of the 19h iust. what app -aro to be the
history of the recent capture of K ite and Bob
southern, or at hast, as I understand it. the
ver-iou of W. W. F.udley, the man who claims
the plaudits from the public and who, more
espfcciall,
SEEKS THE HANDSOME REWARD
offered for their capture. It is but due to the
captured parties, their relatives and the public
generally that the true facts in this case should
.ba set before the people, aud while some may
be dublo:s owiug to the peculiar circumstances
of the cate, We are abundantly able to establish
all we aay touching this matter.
8om-j time iu the mouth of January lost. Wm.
Southern, the father of Bob Southern, came to
me and stated that B »b
HAD COME TO 1119 H0USX
and had been there for a number of days, aud
that he aud hit, wile, Kate Southern, desired to
come back and stan 1 their trial, first delivering
themsrives iuto my ha-:dt that the award offer*
ed for their arrest might be st cured. When
this fact was made known to me, and at the
lequestof Wm, Southern, I undertook to
DELIVER THEM IO TUE SHERIFF
of Pic ens county. I accordingly appointed
Wm. Southern my agtnt to bring them buck
from M icou ciuaty, N. C., where they lived,
aud deliver them to me. that I might in proper
form deliver t'teai to the sheriff of P c,
Wm. Southern proceeded to North Carolina and
was bringing them to deliver to me. When a
few miles from the Georgia line, in Cherokee
county, N. C , the entire party was
ARRESTED BV A POSSE OF MtlN
; led by the Said Findley, the sheriff and deputy
» sheriff of Pickeua being near bvat tfce time. No
demonstration w..s made at the rescue,
further tbau a protestation on the part of Wm.
• Southern that he had the right to control, carry
out and deliver the persons to me, as my agent
When they reached the Georgia line, Wm.
Southern foun diy delivered Bqp Southern to
the sheriff of Pickens county iu my nc.me, and
I have
HIS RECEIPT FOR HIM
Findley had full kuowKge of my aims and
»iu the ma ter Ouly the day before he
arrest this pany. I dsickuei all the
in, and toid him my pl&us, and that
l “ c > woulu soon be h_re aud be delivered
to the bherff and offered him an
INTEREST IN THE REWARD
to asoist me in working up the matter, but
alter knowing the facia, he got np a
posse of men aud went immediately
to North Carolina, where Southern had been
living, bai finning that they were on their way
to -je^reia. he turned back and overto: k them
after traveling about fifty miles. (I don’t doubt
his riding hard, for he w<jp fearful that th^y
would reach me before he could overtake them j
Mr, Findley arrested them iu North Carolina
WITHOUT ANY AUTHORITY
to do so. I expect to commence suit against the
kidnappers ’u this care. Mr. Findley says the
money is all he wants in the matter. I Judgi
this to be true, for he waited until I got the
offenders before he made any struggle for the
money. 1 understand ti e solicitor general of
this circuit nas recommended the reward to to
p ud to Findley. Tnis he did upon the state
ment of F.ud ey I have no idea he would have
done so had he known the facts iu the coae. I
notice
MANY INCORRECT STATEMENTS
belt g propagated by Findley iu the newspapt
regarding th • c p.ure ot Bob and Kate
Southern; and 1 ouly make this etatementthat
the public may know the f c s
It may be necessary iu the luture to make
srDe additional sta’ements. but for the present
suffije it to say tba 1 lh se are the pure, nn&dul-
leraieo facts All the boeh aud parade about
their leaving the country is falsa It wiil
bo 'rn; t il the whole thing is ventilated, a:
only pre^-nt to the pubi c this article to prevent
wro*-g impress-ions.
K.spectrally, Ac.,
Isaac Buruson.
. I hereby certify that all that has been said by
th * writer in the above article Is correct and
true, so far as my name aud setions are a»o-
cLtjd with the case Wm Southern.
TUE FEltER lL FOCVS.
Preparing the nioti for the Mlyer.
Washington, March 2.-Acting an.
der the instructions of the secretary-of
the treasury, and in antieq aaon of the
silver bill becoming a law, the director
oi the m nt has been engaged several
dare in matting the necessary arrang?-
mente f..r running the mints to their
fnd capacity on the new silver dollar
with whlch t’,!d only
will for .sometime be coined. It is
p^s niim through bll ™{ b SSr pr'£
cesses of putting it in nhon t * >r °*
i*,t» in li.L, ,n snape forcotn-
and for whirl! ex -* ;e Pt t‘-at of stamping,
capacity of t-‘ p ^ rucul . ar °P era! >0 the
oapaoiiy oi 11 ^ mlnt , a ln exC oug Q t 0 . n
dda?in° 9 F0 '- hat - in . reali, y- tu « only
b” th**»' co,n;, Kft w id be occasioned
thou- . H s not bein 8 now re -dy. It ia
the “ al by the midale ot April
coinage of »he silver dollar wiil be
* the rate of $3,500 000 per month.
Xue supply of ract.onal sliver coins at
the mint aud d fferent trea.'Ury t ffi.es
is sufficient f o meet aay demand likely
to arire for everal months. Ihe n 1 .ts
are all in exc ’lien, condition, with a
skillful force of workmen, a d every
thing is in shape to meet ihe la^ge
amount of coinage devolved u oon them
by the new It a\
the silver law
The silver bi;i was yesterday eent to
the department oi .tare Dy the speaker
oi the h-ju-e of representatives, with
tt*e endor eaient of the cierk of the
house and secretary of these, ate to
th/ 5 effect that the bill h d p&ssed, not
withstanding he ve : /i cf tne president.
The cabinet to-day d ocut-sed the nec-
ea-ary action to be taken to carry out
the provisions of the silver law. Sec
retary Saermaa is. to put the mints at
work prompt.y and industriously, and
Secretary E.arts will at onec open cor
respondence woh ti e gjvernmenta of
the countries composing the 8>c-lied
Latin union aad >.i such other Euro
pean nations as the president may
deem advisable, idviting them to join
the United 8 ates iu conference o
adopt a uiumon ratio between gold
and silver, tor the purpose oi establish
ing the use of bi-mer*lic money and
securing a fixity of the relative yalue
between thc^e metals.
tH* TKXA8 PACIFIC.
The house committee on railroads
this morning voted on the Texas Pa
cific bill. Taft tote stands 7 in favor
to 6 fgainst Mr. Cob , of Missouri,
however, reserved the fignt to c pp se
the measure on the flaor of the bonsoj
voting in the committee in favor of the
bill in order to bring the subject before
the nouse for consideration.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
The house committee «.n Pacific rail-,
roads toviay, by a maj rity vote, deci
ded to recommend the passage of the
Texas Pacific bill in the precise terms
rep *rted by the sub-committ 5 e last
week, House, of Tenne-see, will re-
p t »rt the measure at ihe firs! c .11 of the
committee. The members voting aye
on the question cf reporting the bil.
for passage are Throckmorton of T. x is
H 'U.e, of Tennessee, Cnalmers. * f
M. s ssippi, El-m.oi L uisiaua, O’Neill,
of Pennsvlv&nia, CttsAell, of Wiscon
sm. and Cole, of Missouri. Two of the
thirteen members—namely, Hewitt
and Morrison—were absent from the
meetir g to day, but arc known to be
opposed to the bill.
TOBACCO.
The committee of ways ar.d mentis
to-day agreed on the tobacco clause of
the tar. ff bill.
•+*—;
*1I0W ARE YOU, DOCTOR !"
IWSNTT-Fot H SR If JI I> >S
TUE CIRCUIT.
HASTY-PUDDING HONOR.
Twenttetli Annual Uouiiurtimti.ut
ot (be Atlanta Medical College,
HE **F IRMS OF LAW” SfiOUf D
KiOr KAt P OSK FROM JP » jf-
XNU 1V\! DEAR FOB USD
u ms Lh.
Ily H»** vttron's ol lb * llonri-
li»anl*r axil Ik—-n ihr Fcopp-Ilf.
Hh»»m la Uto m w ltoie ol hjlcek
Chief
Last night was the occasion of the
iwemeth r.niiual commpDCi tacut of tde Atlanta
medical college. The history of this im-tituUon
has been one cmtluaed *aoccss which it i<
gratifying to coutemplato. It has rent ont uvei
Six HUNDRED DOCTORS,
all carefully Ir&liA-d in the mdim> uts of their
great profession aud ready to attain houorab’.t
success by their own personal edortfi Many of
he graduates of this cul'ege are now b!
the ranks of the profession, while some have
to wide fame and grawu into lines of
fulness and honor. We think our people scarce
ly appreciate the Importance of the coliege. It
advantage which we undervalue, bee
accustomed to its benefits It brings ns about
hundred young men from
ALL FARTS OF THE SOUTH,
and places them iu our mid-1 for tour c
months in every year. In every sen e
medical college is a greet bent fit at d a standing
honor to onr diy. We are pleased to note l<
continual succese under the man age me ns of the
present able faculty. It » fiords educational ad
vantages excelled by few Institutions in America.
THE COMMENCEMENT.
A large * nd intelligent audience assembled
the opera house to witness the commencement
exercises. Most of those present feif either
deep personal interest iu some of the graduate*
or in the success of the institution. Atlanta'
city pride had a part in the enjoyment of the
occasion aud we not® a Continued hicref.Fe in
the popular lutercs: felt in the College. There
is every reason why we should be proud of it.
Upon the s age appeared the faculty, the
erable Wm. T. Mitchell, pre-ident of the board
of trustees, aud General Austell, Don. John II.
James and other members of t e board. The
students and graduates occupied the front
seats in the auditorium.
After a fine selection by the orchestra, under
the lead of Professor Schu z ihe exercise
opened with an impressive and appropriate
prayer by Rev. J. H. Martin.
The interesting ceremonies of the oonlemng
of the degrees then occurred.
Dr. J. T. Johnson, dean of the faculty,
uounced that the past term had been one of
usual prosperity and that the faculty felt highly
gratified at the results. There have been in at*
tendance ninety s’udcnts who come from
NINE STATES—
rit: Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Ten
nessee. Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas. Florida
and New York.
The average scholarship of the graduating
cla» has been very good—indeed much above
the average of that attained by the classes in
the common run of medical colleges. The gen
eral development of the young meu has been
all that could be wished, and their record will
t»e gratifying to their friends as well as to the
faculty under whose care they have threaded
the tuRzea of the great 6cieuce which constantly
confers such blessings on mankind.
The graduates were called on the stage by the
dean, and were presented with »heir diplomas
in due and solemn form The young men are
as a c ass remarkably fine looking. There were
in all t
TWENTY FOUR GRADUATE*,
the following being the full list: George W.
Blanton. George W. Burnet’, Walter A Camp,
C. J. M. Church, Thomas W. Dean, William L
Dean, B L Embry John F. Fielder, A. B. Fax,
J. E Gillespie, E. T. G untt, I J. Goodman, H
B. Harper, S. W. Johnson. W. R. K. Johnson,
Lyman H. Jones, Lodrick M. Jones, Isaac Keeler,
L A Lee, Thomas Northed, J. D. Orr, J.B.
Reynolds, J. T. Sclman, W. L. Wilkin.-on.
After the degrees were conferred the orches
tra again favored the audience with a musical
gem.
THE VALEDICTORY
of the graduates was then rielivhrcd by Dr.
Ucoryo W. Blanton cf Whllflfia cjuuty, Geor
gia, upon whom this pleasant honor devolved
Dr. Blanton U a young man of fine personal *.p
pearance, pleasant adorers and graceful pres**
ence on the stage. His valedictory was notable
for ita sound good same its prac'ical suggestions
und the absence of the gush usually indulged
on such cccitsions. The saduess of a graduation
is a well knowfc fact and one never to be for
gotten by him who passes through it But
there Is nearly always too much reference to the
sadness of the occasion in the addres-es of vale-
dictarlan*. There is in them commonly too
much sentimentality and tot enough of that
sound and healthy sentiment which apprecia'cs
the occasion as the tresholu of a nobler, higher
life. We congratulate Dr Bianton on his tucccss
in avoiding thes» too common errors an 1 in
making his address such as not the most fas i-
‘lious taste could not object to.
ne begins his professional life with gor-d
> us..lets of success and the hop a of many
frie da, as well us the name of hia alma mater,
to inspire him to effort. H i val-. dxtory was re
sponded to on behalf of the faculty by
ATTOUNET OENERAL ELY.
His address was brief, practical, and in perfect
accord with the b et sentiment- of ihe occasion.
Hi® words of a 'vice to the gradua'es were so
w« 11 pu‘. a® not eoon to be forgotten, and they
incorporated m ny a good lesson which the
yotng men will find useful.
He properly dwelt on the high vocation of the
physician, and urgtd the graduates to be
worthv oi the pa.h in which they had chi
to walk The address was heard with interest
by the entire auditory, and was interrupted
‘everal times by applause. We comp iment the
orator upon the brevity and point of hi® ad
dress He dfet an example in these particulars
which would greatly .nhance the pleasure or
commencement audiences were It generally
followed.
THE DELIVERY OF THE PRIZE!
next occurred Dr. Johnson preeentud to the
kudieuoe Dr J. H. Lo^an, who delivered ’he
prizes in a very grace!ul manner. The prizes
were as follows:
A fine set of instruments awarded to Dr. 8
W. Johnson aa having stood the finest exatnln-
tion in the else*. Honorable mention was
made of Dn. J. B. Reynolds, Thomas Northen
and W A. Camp.
A prize offered by Dr. Wilils Westmoreland,
professor of surgerr, was won bv Dr. J B. Rey
nolds. who ma^e a very fine record in this and
other departm-'n
A prize of obstetrical instruments offered by
Dr Taliaferro, professor oi that department,
was won by Dr. W. A. Camp,
A methrolome offered by Dr Johnson,was pre-
rented to Dr W L Wilkins m.
A fine oDthalmo: cope, offered by Dr W A Cal
houn, was prerented to Dr W A Camp for the
best thesis on diseases and treatment of the eye.
A fine case of medical instruments, offered by
Dr John G Westmoreland, waa won by Dr S W
fohnson for the best thesis on the action o f
medicines.
Dr Logan In conclusion, made a few very per-
tiLent remarks to the-recipient® of the prizes.
A surprise.
After the delivery of the above prizes, Dr J.
B. Reynolds presented in a handsome sddrcra a
gold-headed cane, given by the students to Dr
J. W. William*, an aas'stantof the faculty The
a alight testimonial of the very high
regards of the students for the talented young
doctor who has wo efficiently aided
their progress and enlived their
studies. Dr. Williams received the
come very gracefully and responded in a neat
and beautiful little speech. It is an honor
which he should esteem to be so remembered
by the yonng men with whom he has borne
such pleasant relations.
this presentation the audience waa dla
mimed with the benediction by Mr. Martin and
went away highly plesaed with the expires.
We congratulate the tew doctors and wish th* m
abundast success ln their high and laudable
profession.
General Property.
Alexandria, Va., March 3 The
suit of G. W. Costis Lee vs. Frederick
Kauffman and others for the recovery
of the Arlington estate, bought in un
der a direct tax sale by^ he govern
ment, was begun in th© United S'.ates
district court, before Judge Hughes, in
his city, to-day. F. L. binith opened
the case for General JLee, and was fol-
.owed by District Attorney Lewis for
the government. L. R Page, of R.ch-
IaGTon. March 1. - The -'w-
ie luh til! of the presul ..t’a
mess, ge vetoing tho silver hiil sent to
con;ret*t» tes t d y:
To the H use of R presen f a*Ives:
er very ©ireful console.a*iou of.
hoti'i- bill l 093, eat ill ni ‘an «et to au
thonza the coin of *» standard siiv* r
d -Par ami to restore its legal tender
character,’ I ieel c impelled to return it
to the home o* representatives,in which
originated, with tuv obj.'chor.s t*» its
passage. Ho ding thoop.nion, which 1
! d in my annu.d m-s-ag.-*, that
neither the interests of the government
the people of the United State*,
!d be promoted by disparaging
r as one of Ihe two precious m*oa a
which furnished the coinage of the
(Cnd that legislation which
looks to m&inta niug The volume of in
trinsic money to as full a msA'-u'e of
both ro-ta s as their lelative commer
cial Values, wi l permit, would be
neither unjust nor iuexj edient, it bar.
been my earueFt flftstre to c incur with
ingress in the adoption of such meas
ures to increase the silver coinage of
the country as w. u«l neither impair
the obligations of comrade, either pub-
private, nor it jnriously aflect the
public ct * d! t. I f is -nl v on the. convic
that t ie bill d s not nv*et these
essential tequiiein'-rts that 1 i**e' il my
iuty to withhold from it my ..uproval.
Vlv prese t official duty as so this bill
permits only attention to the specific
objections to its pat-sage wl ich tt* m to
important ls to justify me in
asking from the wisdom and duty
of congress that further consideration
of the bill for which the constitution
has in such cases provided. The bill
provides for thecoiuage of silver dollars
of the weight of four lftindred and
twelve and one halt grains each ol
tandard silver, to be legal tender at
their nominal value, for a.S debts and
duties, public and private, except
where oth twise expressly stipulated in
contracts. It is well known that the
market value of that number of grains
of standard silver during the past year
has been from 90 to 92 cents ai com
pared with the standard gold dorian
Thus, the silver dollar, authorized by
this bill, is worth 8 to 10 per cent le^s
than it purports to be worth, and is a
legal tender for debts contracted when
the law did not recognize such coins ah
lawful money. Ti e right to pay
duties in silver or in certificates
of silver depo.rits will, when they
are issued in sufficient amount to cir
culate put an end tt) the receipts of the
revenue in gold, and thus compel the
payment of silver for both ihe pr.u
ciple and interest of the public debt.
$1,143,493 400 of the b >mled debt now
outstanoiug, was issued prior to Feb
ruary, 1875, w hen the silver dol
unknown in the circulation of this
country, and was ouly a convenient
form of silver bul ion for exportation.
$583,440,350 of the fuuded debt has
been issued since February, 1873, when
gold alone was the coin for which
bv.-nd8 were sold, t>nd gold alone was
the coin in which both patties to the
contract uuderato> d ’hat the bond
would be paid. Thee j bonds ti 'wed
into the markets oi the world. T.iey
were paid for in gold when silver had
greatly depreciated, and when
would have bought t' em if it had been
understood that they would have been
paid in silver. The sum of $225,000,
000 of those bonds has been ©old dur
ing my administration for gold coin,
aud the United States received the
benefit of these by reduction of the rat
of interest to 4 per cent. Duriug the
progress of those sales a doubt was sug-
g sted as to the c in in which tne pay
ment of hi se b. nria w u!d b;‘ made
1 he pubi c t-nnomici ment was thsre
up,*n auri'.uriz d that it w .h tt-'t to b.
« uticipa’.t .i that any fur. her ii gisiation
of congress, or any ac.ion of any de
partment of t lie government, woafii
Hanoi ion or tolerate the redumption of
the principal of these bonds or ihe pay
ment of the interest thereon in com of
lers value than the coin authorized by
law at the time of the issue of the
bond*, being the coin exacted by the
government in exchange for the same.
In view of these fuels, it will justly be
regarded as a grave breach of public
faith to undertake to pay these bonds
principal or interest, in silver coin
worth in the market iess lhau the coin
received for them I*. i8 said that the
silver dollar, made a legal tender, will
under its operation be equivalent in
value fully to the gold dollar. Many
supporters cf the bill believe this, and
would not j iatify an attempt to
pay debts, either public or private, in
coin of inferior value to the money
of ihe world. The capital defect of
the measure is that it cont tins no pro
vision protecring from its operation
pre-ex;sring debts iu case the coinage,
which it creates, shall continue to be
of less vame t han that which was the
sole legal tender ^hen they were con
tracted. If it is now proposed, foi the
purpose ot taki>:g advantage of the de
preciation of silver m the payment of
deb s, to coin and make a legal tendc
a silver d-rilar of less comtneicial value
than any dollar, whe her of gold or
paper, which is now the lawful motley
of this country. Such a measure, it will
be hardly questioned, will, in the judg
ment ot mankind, be an act of bad
faith. As to all debts heretofore con
traded, the silver dollar should be
made a legal tend** only at Ita market
value. The standard ot value should
not b3 changed wnhoul the consent ot
both parties to the contract. Tiie
national promises should be kept with
unfiinch ng fi :eiity. There i« no p >w«
to compel a nation to pay its j lstdebu
Its credit depends ou ita honor. The
nation owes what it has led or
allowed its creditors to expect. I cut
not approve a bill which, in my judg
ment, aut toriz;s the violation of sacred
obligations. The obligation of the.
public fa ih transcends all que.diouB c
profit or public advantage. i’S unqne
tionable maintenance io the dictate as
well of the highest expediency,
the most mceesary duty, and should
ever be carefully guarded by ihe ex
ecutive, by congress and by the peo
ple. It is my firm conviction that if
the country is to be benefitted by sil
ver coinage, it can be done only by the
saue of silver dollars of full value
which will defraud no man. A cur
rency worth Jess than it purports to be
will in the end defraud, uot only the
ci editors, but all who are engaged ’
legitimate business, and n ne more
surely than tho^e who are dependent
on their daily labor for their daily
bread.
Ruthekfoud B. Hayes,
President of the United .Stales.
Executive Mansion, Feb. 28,1878
Before proceeding to vote on the
question, will the house, on racons der
ntion, pass the bill ? Cox, of New
Y-*rk, m?de the remark that the
message was a
“CHARGE OF FRAUD BY A FRAUD,”
on wnich his colleague, McCook, made
a point of order. Tne speaker decided
hat the remark was made out of order
and that it should not be printed in the
Record. Trie house then p oceed *1
o vote and* the result was yeas
190, nays 73 -The speaker declared the
bul as‘pas:-:ed, and the announce ..ent
was received with general app ause.
The house then took up tha hill to pen
sion the soldiers of the Mexican and
Indian wars, and without action ad-
jturned. '
F.AS-ED IN THE SENATE.
In the senate the silver bill passed,
the preoidenr’s veto notwithstanding,
by a vote of 46 to 19; Mr Hid, of Go r-
gia, voting with the majority. A bill
for a special session of the United
S aces circuit c .art at Scranton, Missis
sippi, to consider the log cases, passed
the face r *f the adverse rep »rt of the
judiciary committee, 30 to 15. There
were lo nominations or ex*cut.ve sea
aion. Adj ourned to Monday.
lo'jtFo y Among ll»© Chin**©.
Fiom tka Sen Francisco Bulletin.
At the meeting cf the San F-mncuc*
medic*! society, la*t evening, Dr Blacl,
ci»v phvsicinn, exhibit*.! a Chinam-t.-
vQlcted with lepr sv. The man’s face
was hideous in the extreme, beii -
tid ed and furrowed in every direc
tion.
I)r. Bhuh *ex«! n paper ou the case.
Thn patient was b rn i:i ore of the low
marshy regions in China, wh«?re he was
engaged ii: !he husir.efts of a merchant,
ilei-’ married and has three e;*i dren
in Cains. The dise. se rev-ale i itself
nb nt ihree years ftffo. He dees not
think i: is conta^iout, and saye that
mere b ••rdinarily no pain iu the tu
mors. His general health is g >od
* L *o Chang, a Chii.e e physician,said
that he h id teen the disease m Cuina,
but bad not reen much of it here. In
China it is comm *n in low, marshy
dia rie s, and ia ciu.ed b. miasma
and poor food. I’ is curable at firr,
but uot after it has run two or three
years. I 1 is not cons!u i.ti contagions
except in sleeping or e ..ing with tne
inf-cteil person. The disease assumes
no less than thir v five different torma.
In some ca>«3 the .-kin ia covered with
This form is thought to
to be very contagions.
D«- B .ch f-’Undittobe the opinion
of tl.e Coin© e that tiie disea e died
rut after the third generation. L prosy
xi-its now in Africa, Asia Minor. Ha-
aiiau Islands, J-*pau,e?c. Ar onetime
the disease ip>umed a most violent
id onl\ declined after the fif
teenth or . ix eenth c-ntnry. The pro
gress of lepr-'av i^ slow, t »king many
•metitues. be f ore there ia any
pionoUi.ced deve>opmant. Tne ele
phantiasis graeccoruin tuberculosa--
the forms of tiie dise use exhibited by t he
patient—the skin waa thickened and
wrinkled, and sometimes lire face pres
ents the appearance of that of a In n.
ir is the opinion of many authorities
that the disease is not ordinarily c >n-
tsgi^us, but might be communicated to
•jmther under cer*ain circumstances
and conditions Dr. Blucb thought
that, in Cdifornia lepcoty might be-
me epidemic in ihe low-iying parts
of the great vail ws Iro n an over
ling of population combined with
r f- od.
Dr. Stivers said that the Chinamen
in the cells of lire city prison male the
patient sit by hints-if iu a corner, say
ing that if one t.niche a leper he will
catch The disease.
Dr. Irvas thought that, the disease
was contagious, and Dr. Fiake said that
the Chinese in Amadn- county, where
there ia a leper settlement, believe it
to be contagious.
Two Ren OverhArd.
London. February 28. —The bark
Dagmar, from Pensacola, arrived at
Plymouth to-day. Sue lost two men
overboard on the passage.
Hi® Ureal P«>w«-r«.
England’s fears.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. —Mr. George
H. Boker, ihe recently returned ex>*
minister to Rti°sia, again talks on po
litical affairs in that country: “It
?eem8,” says ho, “to me strange that
England should talk and act as she is
doing now. According to her views,
Turkey must not be treated as though
she had been conquered. Russia has
gone through this war at great cost.
She has the right to make the terms of
a conqueror. I do not think that it i»
jealousy that instigates England .o
much as fear. She seems to have a
great dread that Russia hafadeaiguH on
her East Indian possessions. I love
England in a way, but I could never
abide her foreign policy. Itiseste med
on the continent as the most short
sighted, narrow, and grasping of any
civilized nation. Ever since the days
of Palmerston her foreign influence has
been declining. She knows this, aud
is smarting under it now.
“I have noticed since I came home
that the Russian press is expressing
disappointment at
Germany’s attitude.
“ In a recent letter of BismarckV, he
seemed cold and impassive on the ques
tion cf the differences between Russia
and Turkey. This is probably onlv a
ruse. I don’t see why Germany should
not be with Russia in the coming peace-
congress. She is under obligations to-
Russia. I’ll tell y**u why. In the late
Franco-Pinssian war the*Emperor Na
poleon had assumed f.-.om Austria that
she would j *in with Fiance as an ally.
This alliance was formed, and France
looked confidently to Austria for aid.
Austria had not forgotten her defeat
from the Germans ac Sadowa. After
all had been arranged and t ie war be-
gun, tiie atti*udeof Russia toward Aus
tria became so alarming that she dated
not fulfill her promise to France.
“ There is also
A PROSPECTIVE QUESTION INVOLVED.
“It is pretty clear to Germany that
sooner or later she must have another
war with France There have bten two
occasions when she was on the eve of
declaring war. On Ihe firet she was
prevented by the Emperor Alexander,
of Russia, going to B.*r in in person aud
convincing his nne’e, the emperor of
Germ, ny, that pence ' won'd ho best-
That was about four years ag >, when
France was making preparations for
what she called her revei g i. BU marck
was then ready and willing »c go to the
war. There is no rioub-. about these
facte ; they are matters of secret history
knows to all European diplomatists at
that time. On the rtber occasion war
was averted by Franca humiliating her
self ho that Germany could not wiih
•iecency attack her. Every etatenman
in Germany looks up-»n war between
Germany ami France as inevitable.
France’s policy
is to conciliate and get strong. These
fact8 prove how important it is for
Germany to have the friendship of
Russia.
• The whole eovernm?nt of Russia
has been toned down from the Kuspia
>f twenty Years ago. I witnessed iu
St. Petersburg the reception of the em
peror upon his return from this war.
After leaving his carriage to get to his.
pal’ice,: he people crowded around and
pushed him about as Americans do a
politician. The. reception was the most
enthusiastic I ever saw, and he seemed
to enjoy it thoroughly. It is true that
some of the poorer classes of Russians
ire ye y ignorant, aud Ihe nation it—
*elf in not so far *dvanned in civiUzi-
tion as other European nations are,
hut it must, he considered what a vast
area of population ti ers is to reach aud
civilize. The resources of the country
^re infinite. In the neighborhood of
the Caspan Boa there are
running away, and the mineral wealth
of the country is enormous; hut the
Russians h‘tve not the energy which
Americans possess, and henc« the great.
*ulk of his wealth lies undeveloped.
They import petroleum irom this coun-
trv. Bnt with this mineral wealth and
other resources, there is an immense
protective power belonging to them.
It is this that makes other itsti ns anx
ious an<t uneasy in is.-ues like the pres
ent,. It is this that Napoleon I had
before him when he spoke about his
ultimately getting into his possession of
ril of Asia Minor.
TUB RUSSIANS DEVELOPS SLOWLY,
as is the case with all great nations.
They are badly priest-ridden, and that
probablv is a cause that keeps them
back. Out of three hundred and sixty-
rive da vs in the >ear, I forget how
many holidays they keep, but they are
i great many, and the giving of th«*ir
time to these observances is an im
mense waste. But too much praise
cannot be bestowed upon Alexander
for his untiring «fforts to promote the
good of hia people.”
Little Rock, February 28.-Joseph
Newman, a merchant of Hearne, Tex.,
who arrived in this city yesterday,
committed su : cide last night by taking ou 8 feelings, restores the woman to
strychnine. No apparent reason is as- ! health, and her family to happiness
1PPL1NUF GOLD IN Plt liaLS Ot*
MI.VCR
“A ,v' r ! fitly spoken is like apples cf
mid in pictitres of silver.” When the
body becomes diseased, the miud is
hereby necessarily i* licenced Nation
al wars, sta e dissen-ions, neighbor
hood broilp, and family ditferenews, are
more frequently than otherwbe ihe re-
ult of diseased end disordered consti
tutions. When the body is suffering,
the mind, acting in sympathy, will be
come irritated and perpl> xe 1. When
the physical system in a health, the
mind perceiving things n their true
light, and the disp siticn assumes a
very diff-rent ph-se. Nothing more
Mrectly tends to destroy the happy,
cheerful disposition of a woman, and
r*nd«*r h^r peevish, rerv n*, and fret
ful, than a constant endurance if
tern*© disorders The d a ages pe cu
liar to woman take away the elaerici y
and bouyancy of health and reduce her
body and mind to a mere wreck. Pr.
’ lerce’s Fivorite Prescription ia a real
peacemaker in a family. No woman
suffering from uterine diao.ders can
afford to be without this remedy. The
Favorite P.escription saves unneuesgary
doctor bills, prevents divr rces, wards
off suicides, brings back buoyant, jey-
moQ f, followed for Lee. and the case signed for the act. He left many kind flru £ giste»
^ aa j urned till Mo-iday. measagea to hia wife and friends. d<kw