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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN.
THE DAILY SUN.
Thursday Morning August 3.
■Special Washington rnrrfspondence of tlie Atl*nt*
LETTER FROM CATO.
T he South Damaged hy “Entangling
Alliances”—A Few .Word* About A
Democratic Platform—The South Can
Afford to Walt—The Political Prospect
The Duty of the Democracy.
ENCE OF THE SUN.
Testimony of Hr. N. L. Angler,
State Treasurer.
close of the war, that it passed into | WASHINGTON CORRESPOND-
the hands of a few Democrats, who
entered into a joint stock company
for its purchase. Since then it has
been considered a Democratic paper,
with Mr. Marble at its head. From
this view of his antecedents it will be
seen why he naturally enough wants
the Democratic Party to “depart”
from their 11 old time honored creed,”
and adopt the principles of the Radi
cal Party, upon which he has indi
vidually stood all the time.
A Damaging Statement of Facts.
Washington, July 28,1871.
It must always be understood when
I speak of what the Conservative
party ought to do, or ought not to do,
that I do not depend so much upon
my own exclusive judgment. The
letters I write are rather dictated by
statesmen who are not to be again
fooled by men of no principle at all.
I am, nevertheless, of this way of
thinking—otherwise I would refrain
from writing altogether.
And this leads me to avow that
nothing could more seriously damage
the South as a mass of people, than
any sort-of “entangling alliance” with
personal cliques formed to effect this
or that man’s elevation to the Presi
dency, accompanied by a dubious, or
an unannounced political creed.
What would it avail the South
whether the so called Democratic
party in the next National Convention
should see proper to put up Trumbull,
or Chase, or Hendricks, or Thurman,
or Hoffman, or Greeley, or any of
the other aspirants for that honor, if
it fails to put the candidate upon a
platform in consonance with truly
constitutional principles ? The true
lovers of constitutional liberty abhor
such tricks! Their province is to de
mand that the ‘sense of the country
at large shall be taken upon the
naked question of the rights of the
States as now constituted.
To be sure, this view is regarded by
fools to be antagonistic to the senti
ments of a vast number of men who
seek office, and are anxious to get it
at any price or at any sacrifice.
The South can now, at least, afford
to wait until the coming fall election.
AH along, the people there have suc
cumbed to the “powers that be.” I
cannot liken the forbearance of those
men, who have also remained passive
upon momentous points (in spite of
the severest oppression), to' anything
that I have ever read in history, al
though I approve of their course as
yeti but advise adherence to your
programme for the future. Another
step in the old direction must sub
ject them to the scorn of the world I
The Democracy, in the hour of real
trial, must not surrender the essential
principles of the Constitution.
Have the people of the country at
large pondered upon the prospect be
fore them ? I date the commencement
of serious trouble at the very moment
when General Grant shall be recog
nized as the elected President in 1873
by Congress, with or without a suf
ficient electoral vote. The question
of the “ Empire,” will, at that in
stant, be, informally or directly,
mooted seriously. People attach too.
much importance to words that have
a meaning any way that interested
philologists may see proper to give to
them. No man can tell what the
neio government may be termed. But,
as a practical man, I mean to say,
that until this fact shall be fully ac
complished, we shall see no overt act
of Executive authority not author
ized by Congress. The real struggle
will come when the Legislative and
Executive branches of the Govern
ment meet front to front!
And this will be the case in less
than three years (but a moment in
the history of nations). It will then
become the duty of the Democracy
to take a decisive stand, Cato.
Washington, D. C., July 30.
Editor Sun: The following is
taken from the sioorn testimony of
Of tlie other contributors to that I Needom L. Angier, Treasurer of the
paper, or the other members of the
editorial staff as it is called,. I need
not speak. Some of them I know to
be true as well as able !men. It is
from these, all the sound Democratic
articles which appear in the paper
come.
Tammany is in great trouble
The city authorities are arraigned be
Answer.—Well, sir, they have been
fore tbe'public for' sanctioning'great | violated. There has been very little
alleged frauds in the administration fegard paid to law. I am now speak-
of the city government. I. forbear I in g °f °u r State laws. 1T ... w v w wia ,
all comments at present. Question.—In what way have they p ] aces outside of the State° of Geor-
Argus. | been disregarded? gia-tho road not touching Georgia
Answer.—I speak with regard to anv » ohlL To ___ * 0mnTn V
State of Georgia, given before the Ku
Klux Investigation Committee at
Washington, July 14th, 1871:
Question.—What is your opinion
as to the manner in which the laws
are administered in the State of Geor
gia?
by law for school taxes, has been appro
priated by the Governor to other pur
poses until there is none of those
funds in the treasury.
Another point in which the State
administration has violated the law,
is in the use of
State Railroad Panda
for other purposes than railroads.
The law is that the funds of the
Road shall be paid into the Treasury
of the State at the end of
each month, except so much as may
be necessary for the expenses of the
Road. The Governor has paid out
large amounts directly from the re
ceipts of the Road, without the
money ever reaching the treasury;
and it has been paid for other than
Railroad purposes. A short time ago
he paid to a Committee that he se
lected himself, without any authority
of law, to go to Kentucky to try to
influence the General Assembly there
to granfa charter for a railroad from
Cincinnati to Chattanooga, both
[Special Washington Correspondence of the Atlanta I the party in power there, and
San.]
GEORGIA NEWS FROM WASH.
INGTON.
The Acts of tile Governor.
at any point. To pay this Commit
tee for which there was no appropria-
. if tion, and which was not authorized
As the records will show, there_has b y } aWj tlie Governor drew his war-
been very little attention paid to law. ^nt f or «o 70a
At the close- of the war there was TI ’
considerable old bonded indebtedness . Herc , is a . S msii item,
Worls. for tlie Savannah Board I of Georgia; and on the 13th of De- P a -7 11 ;IS °i y inordinate- snm for
— — — 1 --RR I the printing of the Constitution of
I have
I have
as to
of Health—Forging Thunder- cember, 1866, this provision, passed yj 1L kt ^ .«,
lmlic Tim Nntnrimis I Tw tho T,r»onslnt.nrf>. wns fmTvmvprl • 1"“® Estate,
Splendid
Spoiled.
certain quarters is sufficient to cause a I
commotion, and bring delegations of her
bolts—The Notorious Swayze J by the Legislature, was approved: I . tue * n pamphlet fa™.
Falls to got Ills Hand in-A ’-That L
Plundering Scheme be and is hereby authorized to execute C0 1 7. e \ *- e ^ eial - printers
said bonds, prepared as aforesaid, to the ^ would liave been the reasonable
amount of §600,000, and to issue the expense of getting up that book,
same upon such terms and in such man-1 Some say ten cents some say fifteen,
Washington, July 29th, 1871. I ner as he may deem best for the interests and some say twenty, at the latter
There must be ■something wrong in the of the State in exchange for, or redemp- price ten thousand copies would cost
atmosphere around Savannah; and the ^ on - of ti 8 Rr8 iR7n e » StatefaUiDS $2,000. Most of them estimate the
Board of Health should order an invest!- ^Thafwas fprSn L taking up * x P ense ** *}#*>• The
gation at once. the old bond filing due in 1868, 1869 Governor dreTV tls warrant for elev-
A Press telegram from Washington, ^d 1870 E * THOUSAND PIYE HUNDRED DOL-
containing the slightest hint at fraud in | These Bonds navcjsot Yet Been Taken ^atf little book ‘and I paid
About $173,000 of these bonds are it out of the Treasury.
, ,, .. . „ still outstanding. The reason is that The next point is paying the inter-
citizens to the National Capitol. But, the Governor in 1868 sold $265,000 of est on the Alabama & Chattanooga
occasionally there turns up an individual these seven per cen t. mortgage bonds, Railroad bonds, to which the State
toIS Uahe used the proceeds for other granted oia. The law on this subject
perforce content himself in forging I purposes than the redemption of the I provides.
thunderbolts out of paper and ink and old bonds. Fifty-five thousand dol- “ In tbe event that any bond or bonds,
firing them off through the mail. The lars of the proceeds of those bonds he s _° endorsed by the State as provided in
following is the latest missile of this class gave H. I. Kimball to finish an Opera the first section of this act, or the inter-
which has reached here. It has been ex- fr nnRp ~Tfe d est thereon, shall not be paid by the said
j-luubc railroad company at maturity, it .shall be
KimbaU’s Opwa Dense, the duty of the Governor, upon informa-
in the city of Atlanta, although there tion thereof, to seize and take possession
was no appropriation for that purpose of the property of said railroad compa-
at all. The Governor went on and ny.”
sold these bonds. He drew drafts in ‘ The act then goes on to provide
that for over two months I have stood I the first place in favor of Kimball for that the earnings of the railroad
the misrepresentations and malicious $35,000. Some of them were drawn shall be applied to the extinguish
falsehoods of rnapy parties, concerning | ^ ; they did not say to whom ment of such unpaid bonds and in
' T3r ‘ ' * The Governor pays no atten
-- that provision, but is
ance has ceased tb become a virtue with to this Kimball’s Opera House, US it Paying tlie Interest on These Bonds
me in connection with this affair, and 11 was called. When it was found that Question—Does the law which you
in that have just cited require the seizure
_ . and sale of the road in case of de
I knew noth- fault ?
groceries, and small sums of l^, Vt.^ uc , a-he Governor Answer—Yes sir.
- - - - • - . AirwttMsrwiA flnrmnnflMiiMirfJ Question—Without seizing or at
tempting to sell the road, the Gover
nor goes on and pays the interest ?
Answer—Yes, sir. He has
A Sort of Sub-Treasury In New York;
amined by competent authority, and pro
nounced “not dangerous:’’
• Savahsah, Ga., July 19,1871.
Host. Comhissioneb Intern ai. Revenue,
Washington, D. C.
Sir—I have the honor to inform yon
me in connection wrai mis unair, anu. a was uuiieu. xuau. u. iuuuu
propose to set myself right, and respect- this $35,000 had been used in that
fully inform you what I have made by wa y the General Assembly .called on
AnnU’o rlnfolontlAn fllA 1 AfiQ fYp fllVOA I ^ 1 _ A T 1 ATI
Gould’s defalcation, viz: the loss of three | me ” ma ] ie a report.
mg;
month’s pay, over five hundred dollars’ j of the mat t e] .. The Governorl
agement and plundering of the State
Road by Bullock and Blodgett, the
following question was asked:
What Has Become of That Money
Earned by tbe Road J
Answer: Well, sir, that is the inquiry
of the people generally; they believe
it has been fraudulently used by the
officers of the Road. Nearly every
man who had anything to do with it
came there poor; Mr. Bullock for one,
never paid a cent of tax in Georgia
in his life, unless he paid it this year.
I have looked at the records myself,
and up to last year, when the investi
gation of the committee was made,
he had never given in a cent of tax.
He is now buying plantations and
stocking them with fine English
stock; he has the best of everything
and lives very fast.
Question.—What is his salary?
Answer.—$4,000 a year—not a
third of his family expenses; I do
not believe it is one-sixth. He re
marked to a person that
It Would Not Feed His Horse On Oats.
Every one who has anything to do
with that Road came there apparent
ly poor; and now they are all build
ing new houses and riding in fine
carriages.
* * * * * *
Question.—Has any effort been
made to conceal the true state of the
indebtedness and liabilities of the
State of Georgia?
Answer.—Yes, sir, the law requires
the Treasurer to make reports of all
bonded indebtedness—the amount of
interest and bonds falling due. The
Treasurer is sworn to do this. This
thing had been covered up so much
in darkness by Governor Bullock,
that I wrote to Mr. Clews, requesting
l to give me a statement of the
bonds he had received, the amount
hypothecated, the amount sold, at
what price, and what disposition had
been made of the proceeds. Mv son
presented the letter to Mr. Clews.
bers. They adjourned at 11 o’clock, and
repaired to the Chapel in the order of
their classes, from 1800 to 1870, to hear
the address, or more properly, the un
called for tirade of
Mr. Clews Immediately Telegraphed to
Governor Bullock,
■worth of
NEW
YORK CORRESPON
DENCE.
money loaned him at various times, and used this money and for months neyei
to cap all, the loss of my credit, which was reported to me as Treasurer. I got a |
good anywhere and for any amount, and report from the bank. Finding ont
last but not least, am a bankrupt. If the the amount that had been used,
late Hon. Edwin M. Stanton was alive, The legislature Appointed a Committee.
lie could tell you as to whether I am an t o investigate the matter.; and that IT Y' • ,. o , .
honorable man or not Idon t propose ... he b.as another in his oince. and he
to allow these small office-holders to anoy committee repor ted that th s w as done ^ as stl b-treasuries all around. I call
me, for my honest opinion is—with but without any authority of law and. in t h e m sub-treasuries; they are un-
one or two exceptions-honesty departed violation of the expresseil w ill of the to ^ law> Tlie la ( v prov ides
from this section, and for little or noth- General Assembly. As soon as the ... p rin 1T , nT ,p V Yinllbp
ing, anything would be done to vent General Assembly adjourned Gover- .J , 0 f tiie treasury witiiout an
some petty spleen. The Department nor Bullock went immediately to P aia ou " tue tieasmy witiiout an
does not desire one-tenth partthe posses- -vr ™. York and drew a draft for $20 - a PP ro P na, tion and a warrant. He
Sion of gold that I desire to him "no more attefiHOn to tp£ provi-
here. I'do not propose to suffer for the 1 sion than if there were no law. He
sins of others, and can be found at my Bank and paid it to Kimball, not- . g the money from ^ ew York, or
place of business from five a. m., until withstanding the positive and §. om the State Road, or wherever he
nine n. M., every day, any time I am phatic action of the General Assem- L
fcly.ThevotooftheLegislatureoatlie the sate of bond*
One Alvin B. Clark, Assistant Assessor, re p 0r t that was adopted was one of 1 S riw Y?-• i +
claims to have authority from your De- and condemnation of his . ^uo^er point is in regard to pay-
partment to prosecute me as one of the . • mg more clerks than the law author-
principals in Gould’s defalcation. ■ ! C0 rp h U o General Assembly nassed an ize3 ’ ^ authorizes only one; he Has
I know him to be a notorious bar and Ane General Assemoiy passea an g g * x c i er ks in Ins office
respectfully ask of you whether any such j act authorizing the Governor to issue |
instructions have ever been issued to him. | a certain nnmbe
stating what I wanted. Governor
Bullock telegraphed to Mr. Clews
to answer no questions at all, and
stated that if I wanted to know such
things I could learn them at his .office
I wrote him a letter asking for that
information, but I got no answer,
The day I wrote the letter he was not
there; but he got there before I left,
I wrote a letter to his secretary re
questing a statement in relation to
the bonds of some of the railroads, I
got no answer before I left, though
the Governor had returned and was
in his office. The secretary, when my
son went up, said that he could not
answer it, and that he would refer it
to Governor Bullock. It has never
been answered. The attempt is to
keep all that matter concealed.
Question.—The attempt of. the
Governor and his friends who ought
to give the information ? .
Answer.—Yes, sir.
Question.—They have it anil can
give it you think ?
Answer.—Yes, sir, certainly,
have here the statement of the party
who engraved those bonds, showing
that the Governor had /ozir millions
of gold bonds engraved—out and out
State bonds!
Further extracts from Treasurer
Angiers testimony will be given in
my next, when I also hope to furnish
all the information Clews and Bui
lock refused to give Angier.
r*.. . ’ ’ Argus.
It makes no difference to me whatever.
Very Ke3pectf ally,
(Signed) A. S. Auden.
The World and its Editors—Tam
many and the City Authori
ties.
or
New York, 26th July, 1871.
Editor of the Sun: Your reply
of the 19th insti to the World of this
€ity has been here three days. It has
made quite an impression upon the
minds of many staunch Democrats,
who \were before partly committed to
the “New Departure.” Many of them
now eandidly confess that they are
taken hack by your argument.
The World has not yet replied,
taken any notice of the article, though
I see it has been republished in full in
Connecticut It may be proper for
your readers to know that there are
several Editors of the World, and
no two of them agree exactly upon
any line. Mos£ of those who write
for that paper, it is believed, are men
engaged to write professionally, bare
ly ; and to bring forth articles to suit
the views of the Proprietors, without
fit all indicating their own individ
ual opinions, just as men at the bar
make arguments to suit the ease of
their clients. Few of them write
their own earnest convictions. What
is true of the World in this particular
is most unfortunately true ot most of
our leading papers at this time.
Mr. Marble, who may be consid
ered the editor-in-chief of the World
at this time, it may be proper for
your readers to know, was, I believe,
never a Democrat on the old line—
His paper was started as a Radical
6heet. It was not until about the
er of bonds to pay offi n ,• v . „
the members and other expenses of L Q h + °+i F 1011 ^
that body. The expenses i the Gen- l y
eral Assembly np to the time theyad- J “ he f
jotimed did not exceed *300,000— ^ ’^-n^hocame to
Bionerprecise'y os it oesema: out *250,000 ! think; but I will
marked “No answer required” and filed . A g o 0f) 0Q0 Governor foTir J ears a S° > tliafc wa S the first I
away in the archives of the department. P ut fu™ at ^JUb,OUU. Ike Gowmor saw of j liave no Question
- - -1 Simply an insult to the Com- issued bonds under that act to the Qn mind that H
missioner. If he (Alder.) is perfectiy in- “ oftwo Minions or DoHars. Governor BnllocU was Interc9ted wlt k
nocent of any complicity m the Gould He had my name engraved upon them Kimuaii.
defalcation, what _ need be care as without any authority and sent them in. the Opera House, and I judge so
to ''’hat instructions have been I New York without reporting from this fact:
^sued to Alvm B. Clarke . There is no I ^ enl treasury at all. He un- When they were trying to ne<ro-
femplatedprosed the guiS and J e rtopk to make it appear that lie had tiate a lease with tlie citizens, Gover-
Mr. Alden has not made the least im- the right to use my name, when the nor Bullock took me into his private
pression by bis attempt to bluff tbe law showed plainly that he had no room at the National Hotel. He
Commissioner. One thing Mr. Alden such right and that the bonds were wanted to get my influence to pay
__a a.l illegal without my signature. On the I $25,000 rent for the portion of the
30th of November last he wrote me Opera House' needed for State pur-
a letter stating that he had ordered poses. I told him that it was
$500,000 of those Bonds An Outrageous Rent;
to be sent to the treasurer’s office, That the city was not able to pay it.
J. Clarke Swayze, who is an applicant I cancelled, from Clews & Co., New He did not say positively that the
for the position of Collector of Internal York, and that the balance would be State would pay it, but intimated
Revenue, for the Sectmd Geo^ia Dis- a i on g j n a f e w days. That balance that he thought the thing could he
d r Siug e h^ 0r recent visff here, ^SbUcly has never come yet. That makes a arranged We finally made the lease
boasted that the Republican del- million and a half outstanding! for $6,-000, when he wanted us to pay
egation from Georgia to the next Then there was an act passed au- $25,000. Another circumstance, on
National Republican Convention, would thorizing which I formed my judgment, is that
go dead against Grant’s renomination. I The Governor to issue Gold I He Paid $55,ooo to KimhaU
This boast has been brought to the no- (j 0nds to meet tiie bonded indebted- without any appropriation, $20,000
tice of the appointing power, and the negg and 0 ther expenses of the State, of it being paid after the General As-
notcolSThe Internal Revenue fo? The General Assembly at that time semhly had censured him severely.—
Second Georgia District. had not determined to put off the lhese tacts satisfy me that he was
Previous to your correspondent’s expo- time of meeting till November. They interested in the concern. The build-
sition of the Savannah Custom House really did not need any bonds for the ing was finally sold for twice its cost,
frauds, Collector Robb made a strong ef- purposes of last year; but for this Question—Where is the residence
fort to have Mr. Hale, (the special agent ygaj. flu» meeting of the General As- of Kimball now?
of the Treasury at Savannah), removed, having been put off till No- Answer—He lives in Atlanta^
place^and but for 11 the^mphatio protest K™ber, I suppose that considering Question-Does lie control
of several prominent Republicans, this all the expenses and extras agance i railroads *
little scheme would have succeeded, and that there has been there, the entire Answer—It is reported that he has
the plan of plundering the Custom House amount necessary might have been bought out
can rest assured of, and that is, Major
Gould it ill return, and all the mysteries
connected with his defalcation and flight
will be made clear; and it is advisable
for those who expect to get hurt to stand
from under.
some
carried on perhaps for years without be- n ot exceeding $1,000,000 of bonds.—
ing found out.
Abgus.
The Richmond Enquirer says
“they are to have a ‘bridge of sighs’
Lexington;” but it neglects to say wbat
At furtherest not more than that was
needed of these gold bonds. The
I Governor had
F<nr Millions Dollar: Worth
i of these bonds engraved.
The revenue derived from poll tax,
The Brunswick & Albany Railroad,
235 miles in length. Conant or
Clews, in New York, are in some
way mixed up in the affair, I believe.”
After giving some account of the
reported wealth of Kimball, his com
nection with Bullock and others in
HON. B. H. HHJj,
which has greatly marred the harmony of f
the Commencement proceedings.
In this address we regret to say that he
dragged in matters which should more
properly have been discussed elsewhere..
He “went back” upon the people of
Georgia and the South, and upon his
own past teachings and professed princi
ples. It bore tbe appearance of being
intended bybim and others who agree
with him politically, to purposely prosti
tute the high and sacred position of Alum
ni Orator of the State University, to the
propagation of their partisan political
views. It was wholly unsuited to the oc
casion, in bad taste, indecorous and out
of order, and will not reflect any credit
upon him or those who agree with him
| politicallv.
We forbear to give a synopsis of the ad
dress. We suppose it will be published at
length, when you can put it entire in
your columns, if you think proper, with
such comments as it may deserve.
After the address, a proposition made
by Gov. Brown, that a committee of sev
eral be appointed to memorialize and in
person address the next Legislature to-
make an endowment of §500,000 upon
the University.
. the oration
by Mr. E. G. Simmons, of Macon, on
occasion of the final celebration of the
Demosthenian Society, this evening at
o’clock, was pronounced by many to-
be among tbe best delivered in many
years. It abounded in beautiful, gener
ous, noble sentiments, which found the
most happy and eloquent delivery in this
rising young orator.
His theme, “National Recollections,”
chimed in with the sentiments of every
heart, which, though envenomed with,
the direful Lotus flower, had once felt
the divine love and enthusiastic reverence
for his fatherland.
Mr. Simmons’ address to his fellow-
members of the Demostenian Society
was a model of propriety. The touching
pathos of his voice and manner and the
thrilling tenor of liis eloquence riyited
the profound attention of an audienoe
who seem to think the highest preroga
tive of human geniiis is to talk while tint
speaker speaks.
Immediately after, Mr. J. A. Barclay
arose, and in a few appropriate words de
livered to Mr. Gray, of Adairsvillo, a gold
medal, as the best debater of the Sopho
more class; to Mr. O. E. Harman, of At
lanta, a gold medal as the best debater of
the Junior class, and to Mr. John L.
Hardeman, of Macon, a gold medal as
the best debater in tbe Demosthenian?
Society.
THE ALUMNI BANQUET
commenced at 8 o’clock in the evening
and continued until one o’clock at night.
The sumptuous feast of viands and deli
cacies and the thonsand luxuries of the
table were magnificent; but the intellec
tual feast afforded by the wit and wisdom
of two hundred of the most distinguished
men of Georgia and the South was grand
in comparison. Tho sparkling of effer
vescent madeira and glittering cham
pagne was drowned by the lightning
flash of wit from such men as Gov. Brown,
B. H. Hill, Guv. Jenkins, Mark A. Coop
er, Dr. Tucker, Dr. Bledsoe, N. J. Ham
mond, R. P. Trippe, Judge Yason and
scores of others, whose -toasts to the Fac
ulty and Trustees, the University, the-
Alumni, the students, the honored de
ceased Alumni, the Colleges in the land,,
and their country, were delivered with ,
such seriousness, such humor, such ec
centricity, such feeling, such enthusiasm
and such overpowering eloquence, as the
ease might be, that the applause made
the vast building tremble under its de
monstration. We hope to give a further
account of this.
We would like to devote some time,
and some words to
THE BEAUTIES -
COMMECEMENT OF THE UNI
VERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Alumni Rally and Reunion—A
Very Strange Address by Hon.
B. H. Hill—Demostlienian Cel
ebration—E. G. Simmons, Or
ator—Alumni Banquet—Beau
ties.
“Light literature"—that of the the liquor tax, the taxon shows and various railroad enterprises in the
Courier-Journal I other small special purposes, provided I State, and a history of the misman-
Univebsity op Georgia, V
Athens, Ga., . July 31st, 1871. J
Editors Sun: We have neither time
nor space to tell you of the minor details
of Commencement; how the diurnal and
nocturnal caravans hear on lightning’s
wings (?), cargos of love and beauty
that rival in splendor Cleopatra’s shining
retinue; how they return freighted only
with the dust of earth, and ghosts of
lovers stalking about in the bewildered
moonlight; how the dust, rivaling the des
ert simoon, rises in cloud-like grandeur,
and settling on the benighted multitudes,
crown them with a halo chrysalis of mud;
how the people come and come; how the
young and gay, and melancholy and
love-sick and sentimental, continue to
come; and how even the moon and stars
are waning and paling in the vain effort
to furnish enough of their precious light
to satisfy the yearning, sickening hearts
of thousands of victims of the tender
passion; how friendship and hospitality
and love, ah! exalted love, (which ttimiw
silly sentimentalism,) thrives and flour
ishes despite the desolate surroundings;
how the hotels are alive and swarming
with guests to the tune of ten in a room;
how the ladies, in their fdiscomfiture,
yearn and pray for a looking-glass and
standing room;
How they ting, and play, and walk.
And pray, and watch, and talk;
how many of them say, in the words
of the immortal Csesar, commenting on
their conquests, " Fewi, Vidl Vicif' and
how the whole audience “do wish the
orators would not .speak so loud and in
terrupt them iu their conversation.” All
these we have no room for, and leave
them for the fancy of the reader to pic
ture.
THE ALUMNI
met this morning at 9- o’clock, in the
University lecture room, to discuss the
most expedient way of assisting iu the
onward progress of the University. The
morning was consumed in debating the
privileges of Alumni—who were Alumni,
who were to be invited to the Alumni
banquet, aud in electing honorary mem-1
that have rallied around here going about
“to conquer and be conquered,” but
space forbids. When we shall have met
them and received inspiration of their
beauty, we may be able to do them jus
tice. They will not suffer by waiting.
To-morrow Col. B. A. Thornton de
livers the address before the Demosthe
nian and Phi Kappa Societies. In the
evening the Phi Kappa Society has its.
celebration, W. T. Armistead, Orator.
Wednesday is Commencement day, when
we will hear the address from members;
of the junior class, and witness the con
ferring of degrees. Of these and all
else, More Anon.
A JUDICIAL PRIZE FIGHT.
A WHiteliall Street Mcrcliant Has <
Fassuse at Arms tvllli a Magistrate.
Whitehall street yesterday was the
scene of an unusually interesting passage-
at-arms between two prominent citizens,
in which the parties exhibited much ani
mation.
Mr. Green Dodd, of the firm of P. J.
& G. T. Dodd, was under the’impression
that Mr. Justice Lyues had done him in
justice in a conversation with Chief Jus
tice Lochrane, and meeting Justice Lynes
on the street yesterday, “lammed” him
in a scientific manner. Justice Lynes
was not prepared lor the onslaught, and
consequently got the worst of it. We
understand that Justice Lynes meditates
an action for assault and battery.
Such an affair as tins on .the public
street- is to be regretted. Gentlemen
should seek some more quiet place for
the settlement of difficulties, and not be
setting a badexamplo tolheyoutli of the
city by a display of ungovernable pas
sion. The rencontre was v. ry u:..eh out
of place, indeed.
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LOUISIANA.
Troubles In the IS a died Votnj>.
New Orleans, August 3.7—Serious
trouble is apprehended from me bitter
feeling that exists between the two wings
of the Republican party when the con
vention meets on the 9th. ‘
A policeman tvas fatally shot while
walking his beat last night.
A desperado named Gavenend has been
fatally shot by Sheriff Houston. A stray-
shot hit a negro. Gaveneud beat anu killed
one man iu 1868, and one in 18u l J.
HouUon is iu jail.