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CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17.1877.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY. ,
WHIT THIS GREAT INSTITUTION IS |
DOING FOR GEORGIA.
The Condition of the College at Athene :
—The Classical :>ep»rtni'nt and Its I
School*—The Scientific Department
and Im Adjuncts—Magnificent Appa
ratus and Complete Laboratori- s—The
Men at Work Among Our Youth.
(Cor. Chronicle and Constitutionalist.)
Athens, April 25.- In a recent letter an
attempt was made to show the increasing '
commercial important-3 of this city. The
picture of the fioanciel strength and busi
ness prospect is an assuring one to the
friends of Athens, for it develops a
firm foundation for the growth of a
thriving town. The people of Au
gusta and vicinity are all interested in
the of this place, although they
have become estranged cf late by a series
of causes which can be shown are artifi
cial, and it is hoped ephemeral. To the
State ot large the object of most interest
here is the University of Georgia. Its pa
trons and well wiahjra are not confined to
any one section, for this institution casts a
shadow and exerts an influence throughout I
the length and breadth of the Common- I
wealth. What have been the causes of its
rather retarded advances during the past
eight years,may not be profitable or appo
site just now to inquire; it is sufficient for
present purpose to say that the Univer- I
sit y is once more on the up grade, and in
spite of local and political prejudices and ■
sectarian detractor?, asserting itself with
power and
Increasing I*s Influence For Good.
The readers of the Chronicle and Con- '
ktitutionalist are tolerably well acquaint
ed with the admirable advantages of this
college. lu a series of able paper.?, strik
ing alike for their clearness and remark
able conservatism, Dr. P. H. Mell, the dis
tinguished Chancellor of the University,
has given a faithful picture of the peculiar ■
importance of its educational facilities, set
ting forth the strength and significance of
its endowments and endeavors more forci
bly than an outsider can do.
A visit to the University and an inspec
tion of its rolls disclose tbo fact there are
now matriculated and pursuing work in
the different schools 198 students -an in
crease of 52 over last year’s catalogue.
This number ha? been steadily growing
from year to year, and indicites a widen
ing popularity throughout the State. The
new catalogue is now being elaborately
prepared by Prof. Charbonnier, the corns
ponding secretary of the Faculty, and
will disclose some interesting facts and
figures about the University. Upon ex
amination, it is found that there is no es
pecial distinction between Franklin Col
lege proper and the State College of Agri
culture and Mechanic Arts. The especial
and natural division is between the a cad
emic and scientific course, and in general
terms it may be stated that about one
third of the whole number of students are
pursuing exclusively scientific studies.
The Classical Schools.
Os the former department much can be
said, but much is already known. From
time immemorial the classical schools of
Franklin College have been standards in
the South. These chairs have been
filled by gentlemen of learning and
distinction, whose lectures have become
standards of classic lore, and from whoso
halls have emanated the finish and promi
nence of much that is felt in Georgia to
day. Need reference be made to the
school of ethics and metaphysics of Chan
cellor Mell, where logic and the laws of
mental and moral philosophy have re
ceived their best expositions, and where
a high ability and moral power have
enforced the principle of the text?
Why refer to the school of mathematics,
over which Professor Rutherford has
presided so long and so well,
and whose rare intelligence, original
method and wnm heart have made him
more friends than could be written on his
blackboards to-day. It is gratifying to
know, too, that the chair of the Waddells
is filled with so much excellence and cul
ture as Prof. Woodfin possesses. Illus
trious Waddell! What an ornament to
any institution and to any time would the
late Latin professor have been! With
what freshness and finish did he illustrate
the noble language among whose choicest
tests his life was spent. With the devotion
and research of a Casaubon; with the bright
ness and breadth of Agassiz, was his ex
ploration for rare facts and his exposi
tion of eternal truth, Clarum d venerabile
nomen, his memory seems to add inspira
tion to these halls to-day. Prof. Charles
Morris appears to be perfectly at home in
Athens, as he certainly is in his chair of
Belles Lettres and Oratory. The Sopho
more and Junior exhibitions two weeks
ego were admirable evidences of what this
talented gentleman is perfecting in his
classes. Prof. Wm M. Browne, who pre
sides over the school of History and Po
litical Science so ably, is a most profound
scholar. By birth an Englishman; by
association and complete identification an
American, he has be m alike an ornament
to journalism and to the lecture halls.
Mr. Stephens had great confidence in Gen.
Browne and was well satisfied with his
teachings of the “War Between the States.’’
Gen. Browne was editor of an administra
tion organ of one of the later Presidents
and might with profit be employed to
write some of the issues of “the American
statesmen” series which Sumner and Van
Holst have placed in so partisan and
bungling a light. Prof. Willcox, who
teaches modern languages in the Universi
tv, is one of the finest linguists in the
Union. A gentleman who has spent much
of hie time abroad, a complete master of
French and German, an 1 conversant, I be
lieve, with Spanish and I’alian, his place
could not be tilled. What values man with
such acquisitions, coupled with so rare a
knowledge of his own tongue, and of the
classic’, mustb”, cannot be over-estimated
or conceived. It has been said, indeed,
that there is no chair in the University
which Prof. Wilcox could not fill. These
complete the lis of the professors in the
Academic Department, although, as has
been before mentioned, the line is not
■so strictly drawn between the two depart
ments, all of these gentlemen doing
more or less work in the State College
classes. This array of names carries with it
strength to any institution. Their teach
ings have been faithfully and fruitfully
disseminated for years in Athens. Classi
cal, conservative in tbeir philosphy, yet
£ regressive in thought and method, they
ave endowed the University of Georgia
with a solidity and variety which “age
cannot wither or custom stale.”
Tk*e Scientific Schools.
Probably the best equipped institution
in the South in its scientific appointments
and object is this college. It has been es
pecially endowed for this purpose and its
apparatus and laboratories are remark
able for their neatness and complete
ness. In this line the college is
abreast of the most advanced institutions
in the country, and abundant opportuni
ties are afforded for scientific research and
practical experiment. Prof. Charbonnier
presides over the schools of engineering
and of natural philosophy and astronomy.
He is a graduate of the best French poly
technic schools, and after an exceptional
icientific and military training, came to
America and has been since at work in the
University. He is an admirable preceptor,
• strict disciplinarian and an advanced
scholar. Prof. Charbonnier is a quiet,
courtly gentleman; an effective worker
and has introduced new and valuable fea
tures in his department. Under h’s in
struction students take, in addition to the
general course, a special course in practi
cal physic?. In this course they are made
to perform by themselves, under the pro
fessor’s eye, "the experiments, explaining
them, ns they go, or submitting tbeir re
suits for criticism. They are thus taught
to handle apparatus, to improvise and
construct epparatus of their own, to
make their verifications of the truth
of principles, and to perform such
tests as. belong to physical work.—
For instance, among other work in that
c-mise. the students make for themselves
all tests necessary in telegraph work; tests
as to relative intensity of various kinds of
lights; tests as to relative value of diff-rent
f ueis; trial! of the various HHchaniofl
forces; trials of strength of steam boilers;
determinations of spes isle gravity, of latent
heat, of specific heat, &c. This course is
eminently a practical one, it is specially
intended for those students who wish to
make a specialty of physical science and fit
themselves for teacherspf it. They do not
only learn the manipulation of the in
struments, but they are made acquainted
with the equipment of a department of
physic?, and whore and how to procure
the necessary apparatus. The University
loads in Georgia at least, if not in the
South, in this branch of practical educa
t:.on.
The chemical laboratories of Professor
White are most complete. This gentle
man is making wide reputation as a scien
tist, and has become identified, ns State
chemist and as professor, in some thorough
and progressive work. He is just the man
to place himself abreast of the age, and to
popularize the University with all classes
in the State. He comes nearer taking the
place of Dr. W. L. Brow? than most any
man that can now be named. This de
partment of the college has just been fur
nished with the most complete apparatus.
There are rooms for elementary work,
analysis and assay. There are instru
men’s for glass-blowing, batteries,
a Hoffman’s ice machine, a Wes
ton dynamo-magnetic machine, a trio
of very valuable micro'copes, electric,
magnesium and monochromatic lamps, a
superb spectroscope and complete cases of
alkaloids, pharmaceutical preparations and
coal t?r product’. The basement of the
fine new building contains an engine,
built expressly for the University, and de
signed for actual work. Thera is also a
workshop and full equipment of tools for
wood and metal work. Under the admi
rable care of Prof. David C. Barrow. Jr.,
the schools of engineering, including
drawing’and applied mathematic?, are all
tbst any institution can ask Prof. Barrow
i? the youngest member of tbe faculty, but
is ono of its most useful thorough and
progressive precentors. The scientific de
partment of the University of Georgia is
certainly the most complete south of Vir
ginia. There is nothing like it in Georgia.
I doubt if it can be surpassed this side of
the Potomac. Including studies and ex
periments in mining, civil engineering,
metallurgy and agriculture, the way is
open to young men in Georgia to secure
the highest education free. To-day the
best practical training must be secured in
the scientific schools of the land. Here
the fields of research are limitless and the
means for practical employment are grow
ing every hour. Dozens of young men
who have left the scientific halls of Athens
during the past five years are now filling
high positions and earning rich reward
with the theodolite or at the assayer’s
table. The proposed school of technolo
ogv, cccupying a prominent place in the
public mind, must be considered at an
other time. It is enough to say at present
that there are doors open in Athens for
the pursuit of knowledge the most com
plete and for the perfection of talents of
the highest order. I doubt if there was
ever a brainy young boy starting out in
lif?. determined to get an education who
ever failed to accomplish that purpose. It
is assuring to-day to know that the path of
straggling youth is clearer than before.
The way to learning is not yet a royal road;
but i‘s achievement and practical employ
ment are royal attributes. What an age
of greatness this institution has lived
cannot bo conceived by the mind. From
the day when the pale-browed boy trudg
ed his way to Franklin College with the
blessings of those good Presbyterians in
Wilkes county, Franklin College has been
the goal of bright young ambition-the
veritable “ Mecca of the Mind.” Now
these same gates are open wide—and
wider still-for honest study and faithful
work. Let these halls be filled with sturdy
young fellows once more, for the brightest
wealth of the State is the greatness of
her citizens, and her proudest day will
be when the brightest and best of her
youth are sent up to this temple of
knowledge and power like the consecrated
son of Ramah—committed to the priest
hood at Shiloh. P. A. S.
Wolves Among Sheep.
(Detroit Free Press.)
In his speech at the dinner given to
Oliver Wendell Holmes by the doctors of
New York last week, Mr. William E.
Evarts said that the mind, body and estate
made up about all there is important and
interesting in human affairs. The clergy
man takes care of the sou), the doctor of
the body, the lawyer of the estate. This
gives the advantage to the doctors, because
though everybody has not an estate, nor
everybody a mind, everybody has a body.
“We are all bound to be in at the death.”
The clergymen are sent out as sheep among
wolves, the lawyers as wolves among
sheep. In the same issue of the newspa
pers containing this epigrammatic remark
upon the lawyers was the history of an
estate worth $30,000, left by Father Daffy,
a priest, of Portland, Connecticut. The
administrators did not account for it to the
satisfaction of the brothers and sisters of
tbe deceased, and it has since been in liti
gation. Half of the estate has already
been paid over by the administrators to
the lawyers, and, if the heirs have been
equally lavish, there will be nothing to
show for it all when the account is closed.
• ■ ——
Cotton Machinery.
The Whitebead and Atherton Machine
Company, cf Lowell, Mass., whose adver
tisement appears in our columns have
been obliged lately to largely increase the
facilities for manufacturing their patent
machinery owing to the great demand for
the same. Their patent cotton openers
and lappers are known all over the world
where cotton manufacturing is done, while
their patent carding machine and patent
rov'ng machines are fast taking their
places as the leading machines in the
working of cotton. Many of the new mills
of the South have these machines in op
eration and they all speak of their supe
rior qualities in words of the highest
praise.
SHOOTING IN ATHENS.
A Busineis Dispate and It* Outcome—A
Slight Wound.
(Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist,)
Athens, Ga., April 25.—D. C. Hurley,
a carriage maker here, was shot to-day by
one of his employes named Lovett. Some
difference had arisen between them over
some settlement. The wound is a slight
one through the arm. Lovett was arrested.
F. A. S.
STILL FURTHER REPORTS.
MORE NEWS CONCERNING THE
STORM KING.
The Damage Done at Barnett, Ga.—De
struction at Lincolnton—Word From
W«t Point- Long List of the
Killed and Wounded at Wetson—Tel
egram* From Other Section*.
(Specials to Chronicle and Conetitui'cnalist )
Babnett, Ga , April 25—The storm
Sunday night blew down six houses, a
barn and killed three valuable mules on
Mr. John P. Moore’s place, near Raytown.
His Joes is SI,OOO. Mr. George N. Wright
had five houses blown down in tbe same
neighborhood. M.
The New* From Lincolnton.
Lincjlnton, Ga., April 25.—The storm
Sunday night was particularly severeon the
westside of the county. Al! the houses
on J. W. Martin’s place were destroyed.
The house of Mr. Tom Brooks, near Al
derson's mill, was blown down, his wife
killed and his son and himself injured.
Mr. B. is said to be fatally hurt. A num
ber of gin houses and negro cabins were
also prostrated. All the streams ere high,
and Judge Pottle having failed to arrive
till late Monday afternoon, court adjourn
ed till Tuesday. M.
Farmer Roop's Family ani Fortune
Wrecked.
Atianta, April 25.—8. J. Roop, a pros
perous farmer and miller, lived on tbe
banks of Hillahotchie creek, six miles from
Franklin, Heard county. The creek rose
rapidfy Sunday night, and before the
family were aroused the building was
lifted by the waters and started down the
stream, bearing all the inmates, namely:
Roop, his wife and three children and a
negro servant The house finally struck a
tree and went to pieces. As a flash of light
ning lit up the scene Roop saw his family
sink. He grasped a mattress and floated
on until ho struck a tree, into which he
climbed, remaining until morning. Only
two of the bodies have been recovered so
far.
The Tornado at West Point, Mis*.
New Orleans, April 25.—A special to
the Times-Democrat, from West Point
Miss., states that two cyclones passed over
Clay county on Sunday—one about noon,
which passed over the western part of the
county and the other about one o’clock,
which passed over the central and south
ern part. Both were terrific, leveling
houses, fences and trees and spreading
death and destruction in their path. Near
Hohenlinden thirty persons were reported
to have been killed and near Pine Bluff.
17 fatalities were reported. A number cf
persons were killed in different parts of
the country, bat how many is not yet
known. In West Point the court house
and law buildings, the Central Hotel
and several stores were unroofed. A deed
was found in the country that had been
carried 50 miles by the wind. The a'-
dieted and distressed are being cared fcr
by the more fortunate. No estimate of
loss to property can yet be made.
Killed and Wounded at Wesson,
It was intended to start tbe mill at Wes
son yesterday, but the hands could not be
got together. The following is a list of
tbe killed at Wesson: Miss Sallie Ford,
Mrs Wilkerson and son, child of Wm.
Blackburn, Sam Benion, chi’d of Nathan
Loftins, four nephews of J. F. Gibson,
child of Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Oancey and
child. Anna Clanding, Jas Smith (co!o •
ed), John Hunter (colored), Willie White,
three negroes names unknown, Geo. Hal
loway and child of Mrs. H F. Carter. The
following is a partifl list of the wounded
at Wesson: Mr?. Duncan and child, Wm.
Blackburn, Mrs. Ford and daughter, Mrs
Oenton, Mr. and wife, Henry Nixon,
Mrs. Beard and daughter, daughter cf
Mrs. Baferd, Mrs. Henderson, little
daughter of Mrs. McMillan,Mrs. McManus,
Joe William®, Mrs. Pink Williams, child
of Mrs Joe. Williams, Turner Gibson,
Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Alien, Mrs. Tabor, Mrs.
Drane, Mrs, Lewis, Miss Walter, Mrs.
Horst, Mrs. Keating, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs.
Mary Shieldsand two sisters.
The First Plate Reached By the Storm.
Wesson, Miss., April 25. The first
place reached by the cyclone on Sunday
was Georgetown, a small settlement on
Pearl river. Many residents of that place
and vicinity were assembled in the Metho
dist church, the quarterly circuit being in
session. The cyclone struck the church
and one of the side walls fell upon the con
gregation. The minister, Rev. W. B. Lewis,
had his skull fractured and his chances of
recovery are very slight. Mr. Savage, who
rushed out of tbe church was instant
ly killed—a falling tree breaking his neck.
Joe Horncathing was slightly injured, as
was also Mias Steele. Mrs Allen was seri
ously hurt. The large congregation had
a most wonderful escape with the ex
ception of those above named,, for a?
the cyclone struck, as if by inspiration,
they fell upon their knees and benches
shielding them they escaped with trifling
ip juries. A negro church near by was
also destroyed. Three of the worshippers
were killed outright and or ten
others were injured. A number of resi
dences and stores were leveled with the
ground. John W. Crawford, his wife,
daughter and grandchild and servant were
instantly killed. Mrs. Crawford was blown
300 yards and al! of the family were so
crushed and mutilated as to be hardly
recognizable, presenting a terrible appear
ance. The children of John Beeseley and
those of Mrs. Ryan were instantly killed,
as were also three grown daughters of
Mrs. Fowles. Mrs. Fowles was carried
150 vards by the forceof thewind and was
caught in a tree and from this tree she was
blown into another one, sustaining such
severe injuries that she died. All of
the stock in the path cf the storm was
killed by being crushed to death by
flying timbers. Billy Parker, bis wife and
child and a daughter of Wm. Royals were
also killed. Opposite Georgetown, in
Sampson county, the residence of James
Bass was demolished and ote member of
his family was killed.
The Origin of the Storm King.
New Orleans, April 25.—A Picayune
Natchez, Miss., special Jays : The storm
of Sunday seems to have had its origin in
the Red river country, and passed to the
northeast. It blew down the gin houses
and three-quarters of the cabins on Sar
gent Ashley’s place in Concordia parish,
wounding 7 or 8 persons, principally
children. One woman was kil'ed. The
storm also blew down a gin house on
Green’s place and prostrated Camp’s and
Neeley’s levee works. The cyclone crossed
the river 12 miles below Natchez, passed
2 miles east of it, wrecked the fair grounds
building, 7 houses on Hutton’s place and
some in Morgantown, and wounded many
colored persons. The storm which passed
near Natchez does net appear to have been
tbe same as that which visited Wesson and
Beauregard, as it occurred at 10:30, a. m.
The Town of Harrisville Strack.
New Orleans, April 25.—Reliable re
ports to-day say the cyclone struck the
town of Harrisville, Simpson county,
Miss., and killed ten persons. It killed
seven persons near Marton, names un
known, and destroyed a great deal of
property.
New Orleans, April 25.—A Times-Dem
ocrat Starkville, Miss., special says : The
report has reached here that French
camptown of 300 inhabitants, 20 miles
AUGUSTA,
west cf Starkville, in county, was
destroyed by Sunday’s w|elOEe. A Mr.
Simm< ns* famfly of threeSeraons were all
killed and blown away. Seine of the bodies
were found yesterday (i&nioon several
miles from where the hoqs£s stood. Par
ties are searching for tMbriaildren who
were blown away but hat¬ yet found
them. Timbers from theLcmses were car
ried for miles by the At Stark-
ville, Jim Bruce’B place wifedestroyed and
he and his wife Green Bruce
was killed and his wife wounded. James
Black and family were all wounded. The
excitement around subsided
and everybody has gone tdSrjpi’rk.
Seven Persons Killed On Cjie Planta
tion.
A Picayune -Jackson, Miss., special says :
“The news is received that three whi:e
men, two negr es and two Indian children
were killed four miles from Morton on
the Richardson place end others wounded.
The cyclone passed up river in
Scott county, demolishing everything un
til it came to Morton, where it forked, one
fork passing over the mid Meri
dian jead five miles from MorMCv thence
by Hillsboro (where much property was
destroyed) and on to points on th>e Mobile
and Ohio Railroad. The other fork went
upon the Vicksburg and Meridian Rail
road. This is the one ihait struck Law
rence station.
Help for the Unfortunate,
Vicksburg, April 25. —The societies and
citizens of this city have donated $1,5C0
and Col. John Scott, of the Erlanger syndi
cate, SSOO for the sufferers at Wesson and
Beauregard. Mayor Buckett will leave to
morrow forth 3 scene of distress with relief.
New Orleans, April 25.—President Jno.
Phelps, after communicating with Gov.
Lowry, to day forwarded the SI,OOO con
tributed by the members of the Cotton
Exchange to the relief fund for Wesson,
Mss.
Damage By Water In North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., April 25.—Accounts are
received of extensive damage by the
floods and rains on the Western North
Carolina Railroad. Several land slides are
reoorted and many trestle? west of Ashe
ville are washed away and trains run only
to Statesville. A large force is at work to
repair the damage.
Making Preparations to Relieve the
Sufferings of the Wounded—Still Far
ther Reports From the Sunday’s
Cyclone—Former Reports Exaggera
ted—Th© Dead and Dying.
Washington, April 26.—The central
committee of the American Association of
the Red Cross has received the following
telegram from F. R. Southmayd, secretary
of the branch association at New Orleans
with regard to the destruction and suffer
ing caused by the recent tornado in Mic
sissippi:
Wesson, April 26.— Clara Barton, Presi
dent of the American Association of the Red
Cross, Washington -The associate society
for Copiah county is organized aud is do
ing splendidly. Id this county there are
about one hundred dead, two hundred
wounded, one thousand homeless, and
everything —houses, bedding, clothing
- has been bjpwn away. For twenty
miles the desolation is complete and
not a more worthy occasion for sus
tained aid could be placed before k sympa
thizing and generous public. All is not
yet known but it is appalling as it is.
Money is needed at once to pay nurses, buy
food, clothing, etc. We think our appeal
to the New York Chamber of Commerce is
advisable. All aid should come through
the parent associaflon at Washington to
the New Orleans association.
[Signed] F. R. Southmayd, Sec.
The telegram is also signed by Hugh
Miller Thompson,Ed W. Tenner and Wm
H. Watk ns. The Central Red Cross com
mittee at Washington requests that all
persons who desire to contribute to the
relief of the sufferers from the recent
storms in the Southern States, and who
wish to have their contributions distribut
ed through the Red Cross Association,
will send such contributions to one of the
association’s trustees—namely: Secretary
Folger,Secretary Lincoln or Commissioner
Loring.
New Orleans, April 26 —The Picagune's
special from Wesson says a branch Red
Cross Society has been organized there and
will attend to the distribution of funds and
articles which are coming in constantly.
The most of the wounded are also made
destitute by the storm. Mrs. Lampkin
: and Miss Mamie Shields died to-day.
j Six others of the wounded are not ex
pected to recover. The railroad and
express companies transport relief supplies
free.
New Orleans, April 26.—A Times Dem
ocrat Wesson special says: “The mills
commenced running yesterday, but only a
quarter of the operatives are at work. Con
tributions are coming in fast. They should
be sent to the mayor of Beauregard or to
L. E. Bridewell, chairman of the relief
committee. C. E. Lapkins, reported dead,
is still alive. He had six thousand dollars
in a trunk blown away. Measles is spread
ing. Among the wounded is W. E. Cox, a
telegraph operator, who, while sitting at
his instrument, had both legs and both
arms broken. The telegraphers in New
Orleans and along the Jackson road are
sending contributions for him. Orowdeof
idle negroes, refusing to woik, are stealing
from the ruins. Great praise is due to
Drs Fitch and Lehman for the care they
have taken of the several hundred wound
ed.”
Modifying the Former News.
A Picayune Beauregard special says:
“Reports received from Georgetown to-day
somewhat modify the previous reports of
the number of killed. Governor Lowry
received a postal card from Georgetown
which gave the number of killed at abb nt
18 John Crawford, his wife and five
children, and John Savage are known to
have been kil’ed. Rev. Mr. Lewis is be
lieved to be fatally injured. At Beasley’s
settlement Mrs. Ford and several children
were killed and great damage done. There
were 111 etoies, churches and public
building in Beauregard and there is not a
building of any pretension remaining.
Miss Georgia Mitchell, who was killed, is
said to have had S6CO in money and sl,-
200 worth cf jewelry blown away. A sign
from Beauregard was blown 29 miles and
papers have been found 65 miles away.
Southeastward of Beauregard for a distance
of eight miles the cyclone played sad
havoc.”
THE BOYS IN GRAY
Honoring Their Memory the South
Over.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Atlanta, April 26.—Memorial Day was
observed to-day. Ten thousand people
were on the streets. Speeches were made
by Capt. Harry Jackson and Capt. John
Milledge.
Alabama’s Offering.
Montgomery, Ala., April 26.—Memo
rial Day was observed here to-day. There
was an immense concourse at the ceme
tery. Two military companies of the city
and two companies of the Agricultural
Mechanical College cadets were in the pro
cession. At the cemetery a poem was read,
followed by an address by Alva Fitzpatrick,
and the reading of a letter from Hon.
Jefferson Davis expressing regret at his in
ability to be present.
Savannah Turns Out.
Savannah, April 26.—Memorial day was
observed to-day by an entire suspension
,of business. Large crowds were at the
cemeteries decorating the soldiers’ graves.
WEDNESDAY MAY 2, 18b3
BATTLING FOR ERIN.
THE GEM OF THE SEA. THE MOTHER
OF WISDOM AND WIT.
Patriotic Proceedings in the Irish Par
liament Yesterday—Erin’s Sons Or
ganizing for a Common Cause—Con
centration of Forces to Fight the Brit
i-h Foe Nature of the Utterances
Made by the Leaders.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Philadelphia, April 26.—After the tem
porary organization was perfected, the
rules of yesterday’s convention were adopt
ed, limiting all speeches to five minutes,
except by unanimous consent, referring
resolutions unread to the committee ®n
resolations, and no debate to be in order
on any subject not included in the call for
the convention. The delegates to yester
day’s Land League convention were de
clared delegates to the present convention
upon yesterday’s credentials. Mr. Feeley,
of New Mr,
Brown, of St. Louis: lit. Hynes, of Buf
falo, and Mr. Gleason, of Cleaveland/were
made secretaries.
The Committee on Credentials of one
delegate from each State and territory was
appointed. Two priests from Australia
were accorded the privileges of the floor
and made brief speeches. The 'convention
then took a recess until half-past four.
Afternoon Session.
The committee cn credentials was made
the committee on permanent organization.
A motion was adopted providing for com
mit'ees on resolutions and on rules and
platform. A recess of fifteen minutes was
then taken. The fact that there were at
this time 1,150 delegates in the hall,
made the recess decidedly noisy. The re
port of the committee on credentials was
not read to the convention, but it was an
nounced that the committee found that
the delegates were accredited as follows:
Connecticut, 44 delegates, with 39 so
cieties represented; Colorado, 2; Canada,
5; California, 2; District of Colum
bia, 12, the chief of whom was Capt
Edward O’Meagher Condon; Delaware, 6;
Georgia, 2—namely: Messrs. John H. Par
nell and John F. Armstrong; Indiana, 6;
lowa, 2: Illinois, 48; Kentucky, 7, the
chief of whom w?s Col Michael Boland, of
the committee of seven; Maryland, 12;
Missouri, 8; Mississippi, 15; Minnesota,
2; Michigan, 14 - Rev. Dr. Chas. O’Reilly
being its conspicuous member; New Jer
sey, 74; New Hampshire, 13; New York,
183-143 district branch organizations
being represented, among their delegates
being Jeremiah O’Donovan (Rossa) repre
senting the United Irishmen; Ohio, 18.
with nineteen organizations represented;
Pennsylvania, 220, with the number of or
ganizations not stated; Rhode Island, 11;
Tennessee, 1; Wisconsin, 4; Vermont, 1.
This is a total of 708 new delegates, in
addition to 447 on the rolls of the Land
League convention of yesterday making a
total representation in the national Irish
convention, as at present constituted,
1)155.
Evening Session.
At five minutes to seven the eon vention
was called to order. Mr. Fi’cb, chairman
of the committee on permanent organiza
tion, then presented the following: For
permanent chairman, M ‘A. Forsn, of
Ohio; secretary, John J. Hynes; assistant
secretaries: John J. Enright, of Michigan;
Edward Fitzwilliams, of Massachusetts;
Cornelius Horgan, of Pennsylvania; and
one vice-president from each delegation,
and in addition Patrick Egan, Mrs. Par
nell and Fathers Slattery and Gallagher,
of Australia. The vice-presidents from the
Southern States are John H. Parnell, of
Georgia, W. J. O’Connor, of South Caro
lina; Patrick McGovern, of Virginia; John
Fitzgerald, of Louisiana. The report was
adopted. Father Dorney then presented
Hon. Martin A. Foran, congressman-elect
from Ohio, as permanent chairman of the
convention. The rules of the temporary
organization were made permanent.
Extract From Sullivan’s Address.
On organizing the convention this morn
ing, after invoking “Him in whose hands
are the destinies of nations,” that our pro
ceedings may be characterized by wisdom,
toleration and prudence; that they may
result in that actual unity which alone
will insure substantial progress in securing
justice for our mother land, Mr. Sullivan
said: “We hold the anamolous position
of being the only fairly and freely chosen
parliament which may assemble to consider
the welfare of a wretchedly oppressed,
plundered and misgoverned people, and
we are restrained at the same time from
stepping outside the functions of auxilia
ries to the patriots who are heroically
struggling at home under an alien and
hostile legislature, in the vain hope of
awakening the long suspended conscience
of the powerful and.* brutal foe. How
great are the possibilities, how great are
the responsibilities of this convention !
We have met neither, on the one hand to
dictate to our brethren in Ireland in any
thing, nor on the other hand to apologize
to their and our common enemy for any
thing.
We Have Met to Organize
And to concentrate all the foicesofour
race, that their united strength shall be
made potential in otir national struggle.
We have met to solidify all the elements of
our national sympathy that hereafter there
shall be an authorized body to speak, not
for the patty, notfor a man, but for united,
exiled Ireland. We have met to tell our
brethren in Ireland that it is theirs to
choose the road which leads to liberty and
ours to march with them upon it, The
racial blood that flows in our veins shall
feel the same pulse beat as theirs and
that beat shall be as firm and as
steady, as the tap of a drum on the
morning of battle. It is eminently
proper that we should assemble around
the cradle of American independence
for in its achievemen*s the Irish race won
the first enduring triumph against the ty
ranny which it shall continue to resist
until its clutch is loosened from civiliza
tion. In these precincts it is just that we
should declare, in the words of the organic
instrument of the Republic, that
“All Men Are Created Free and Equal,”
And that the political liberty we enjoy be
longs equally to our kindred in Ireland.
In these precincts the fathers of the Re
public entered upon the discussion of
grave questions with a wide diversity of
opinion, but with a singleness of aim.
They contemplated many methods, but all
tended to a common purpose. Their de
bates were protracted and free, but they
were conducted yith dignity and deco
rum. By neither their silence nor their
speech did they afford aid or comfort to
the enemy. Grateful for their example
let us enter upon our duties with an over
mastering sense of high and holy responsi
bility. It was a noble boast of the young
patriot as he was about to ascend the scaf
fold that he had “wished to procure for his
country the guarantee that Washington
had procured for America.”
In tlie Spirit In Which Emmet Died We
Live.
In his words, we are “determined on de
livering our native country from the yoke
of foreign and unrelenting tyranny, and
to place her independence beyond the
reach of any power on earth.” That we
may have upon our deliberations the ap
proval of Almighty God, and of all j ust
men who love liberty, we must show in
this parliament of our race, assembled in
the city of Brotherly Love, that every party
is lees than the cause; that every indi
vidual is esteemed below our country, and
that every Irishman is a brother.
Father Dorsey’s Address.
On being conducted to the chair, Father
Dorsey (temporary chairman), said that in
his zeal he hoped he compensated for his
youth and that he was free to say that he
would have preferred to be on the floor.
He thanked the newspapers for the kind
ness they bad accorded to the Irish in their
reports of this convention. This was a
parliament held by a people who ought to
have another method of choosing a parlia
ment. The Irish needed a place in the
estimation of the world which had hither
to been denied them. They were exiled
from their fatherland for the highest pur
poses ever placed before a people. As
free men let them take advantage of them
all. Let there be cherished a good, hearty,
brotherly feeling towards those who differ
as to method®. Old Capt. Jack Barry
started the American navy here. Let the
Irishmen hefe start their ship of state.
Ui ited throughout all this great land all
would recogpize the power of the Irish.
ReAiarks of Mr. Foran.
W* chair as permanent chair
fadt that
reason he Could
accorded this honor. Many speecffSid
been made here, and he was temptealM
say there had been speeches enough, and’
it was now time-for work. He should en
deavor to be fair to all, and asked for har
mony. He said there would be ample time
for all to speak under the five minutes*
rule. The signers of the Declaration of
Independence in this city, IC6 years ago,
«ere the forefathers of Irishmen. No less
than ten of them were Irishmen or sons of
Irishmen. While tbe Irishmen owed much
to America, America owed much to Ire
land. The gallant Montgomery who fell
on tbo heights of Abraham, Commodore
Barry, General Jackson and perhaps half
the whole army were Irishmen. The
Irishmen would pay their debt to Ireland
without violating their duty to America,
bub had a right to sav that the spirit of
our institutions breathes liberty every
where. T«iey asked for Ireland what Henry
Gratlau|asked,to breathe the air of liberty.
The Irishmen may be in rags, they shall
not be in irons. It is time for union—the
unification of every Irish society perhaos
in the whole world. The genius of the
Irish people could be trusted to dictate its
policy.
Father Downey then read from the plat
form the following cablegram :
London, April 26. —To James Mooney,
Esq , President of the Irish American Con
vention, Philadelphia'. My presence at the
opening of the most representative con
vention of Irish America opinion ever as
sembled, being impossible, owing to the
necessity of my remaining here to oppose
the Criminal Code bill, which re enacts
permanently the worst provisions of coer
cion, and if passed, will leave the consti
tutional movement at the mercy of the
government, I would ask you to lay
my views before tbe convention. I
would respectfully advise that your
platform should be so framed as to enable
us to continue to accept help from Ameri
ca and at the same time avoid affording a
pretext to the British government for en
tirely suppressing the national movement
in Ireland. In this way only can unity of
movement be preserved both in Ireland
and America. I have perfect confidence
that by prudence, moderation and firmness
the cause of Ireland will continue to ad
vance, and though persecution rest heavi
ly upon us at present, before many years
have passed we shall have achieved those
great objects for which through many cen
turies our race has struggled.
Charles Stewart Parnell.
The chairman then ordered the secretary
to call the roll in order that the chairman
of each State and Territorial delegation
might name a member of his delegation to
serve on the committee on platform, and
on the organization of a National Irish
League. At the conclusion of the roll call,
the convention adjourned. The commit
tees met immediately afterwards.
It. G. «& U. RAILROAD.
The Subscription Voted By Gaffney City.
Mayor’s Office, Gaffney, S. C , I
April, 24 1883 f
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
I take pleasure in announcing that our
town voted the subscription of SB,OOO to
the Rutherfordton, Gaffney and Union
Railroad, by a unanimous vote. This, in
connection with the township subscription
of $16,000, which was also adopted yes
terday, at the same time, with almost
unanimity (only six votes opposing)
makes a total of $24,C00, which will ena
ble us to organize under the charter, which
we will at once proceed to do. Union is
fast falling into line, which will at once
put Newberry and Edgefield counties at
work to reach your city, Augusta (my old
home.) It gives me personal pleasure to
even anticipate ttfe connection with her
and my many friends.
Rutherfordton will soon vote on SIOO,-
000, and has given us assurance of a
speedy organization. It might be well to
begin to stir your people a little (as you
have been doing) i ’& are anxious to be
gin to throw dirt.
Very respectfully, Mokes Simon,
Mayor Gaffney City.
JUDGES IN JAIL.
Conflicting Legal Opinions and the Out
come.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
St. Louis, Ap-il 26,—1n the United
States Circuit Court at Jefferson City,
Mo., Jas. W. Harrison, presiding justice,
and J. A. Lockhart and J. A. Prather, as
sociate judges of the Lafayette County
Court, were ordered to jail for contempt of
court in refusing to cbey the mandate of
the United States Court, directing them
to levy a tax of $20,€03 to pay an instal
ment of judgment obtained on a suit upon
county bonds. The county offered to com
promise the bonds at 80 cent? on the dol
lar, at which rate $1,700,000 of its bond
ed debt had already been compromised,
but the holder es the judgment refuses to
take less than 100 cents. The court orders
the judges to be confined in jail until they
obey its mandate.
CRISIS PENDING.
Spain iu Trouble About Her Cabinet,
and Why.
(By Cable to the Chronicle.)
Madrid, April 26. —There are rumors of
a Cabinet crisis. Senor Giron, Minister of
Justice, differs with his advanced col
leagues. The Budget Committee of the
Chambers yesterday adopted a resolution
reducing the increased expenditure pro
posed by Martinez Campos, Minister of
War, wh? thereupon resigned bls position
in the Cabinet. A council of the ministers
is considering the situation.
The Crisis Averted.
Later—Martinez Campos, Minister of
War, hag withdrawn his resignation, which
he offered yesterday. The crisis in the
cabinet is thus averted temporarily, but it
is reported that Campos is resolved to
maintain the estimate® for his department.
An English dude, just arrived, says:
'‘The American cad, yer know, makes a
jolly donkey of himself by trying to look
ike the British swell.”
TERMS—S2.OO A YEAR
CURRENT COMMENTS.
Hard To Pleaae.
(Inter-Ocean.)
The Boston Post mentions the invention
of a patent chair that can ba adjusted to
800 different positions, but confesses that
not one could ba made comfortable to the
man trying to explain his whereabouts
the night before to an inquiringly suspi
cious wife.
The Loaded Reporter.
(New York World.)
Two surviving “widows” of a dead San
Francisco millionaire are fighting under
the probate laws for the estate, and one of
them comes out with a card in which she
says she is unwilling to fight new.-papers,
because “the gentlemen reporters are too
numerous and prolific for one woman.”
Alas, too true! .
Miss Willard.
(Chicago Tribune.)
Miss Frances Willard, the coercive tee
total advocate, who left Boston on March 5
for a t ur in the West, is now in Califor
nia. In a couple of weeks she will sail for
the Sandwich Islands, and will return
some time in the summer to this country,
when she intends to visit’ Oregon, Wash-
ah and Mani-
way lie co' only t bwt't’Mß
theologio I bn:
he was not out fishing.
A Live Town.
(Charlotte Journal.)
West Point, Miss., must be a live town.
With 2,000 inhabitants it has recently
raised $50,000 for a national bank, $50,-
000 for a cotton seed oil mill, increased its
tax list SIOO,OOO in one year, established
a cotton exchange, voted $6,000 to a rail
road, and alking of a $60,000 cotton
factory.
Christian Charity Rare.
(Boston Globe.)
An incident in the Tewksbury investiga
tion again illustrated the sad truth that
no matter how one who has been more
sinned against than sinning may try to
live down the past, there are narrow-mind
ed, self-righteous persons who like to har
row the feeling of such as one and dig up
the past for selfish aims. It is this class
of meddlers who retard all kinds of re
formatory measures.
The Gospel of Mum,
(Philadelphia Times.)
The St. Louis Tiepublican, a Democratic
paper which is bitterly opposed to Mr.
Randall, insists that his presence “in the
speaker’s chair would be a veritable pad
lock on the party’s mouth.” If this be
true Mr. Randall’s friends will no doubt
urge it as additional reason why he should
be chosen speaker. They will argue, not
without force, that anything which prom
ises to padlock the party mouth must be a.
good thing and worthy of adoption.
Cheap Gas.
(Courier-Journal,)
The two gas companies of Baltimore
sell their product at $1 the thousand cubic
feet, and it is believed by some observers
that they will offer it before long at twen
ty-five cents, throwing in a “beautiful
chromo.” There is nothing like competi
tion to bring the price of gas down to a
decent figure. The companies can really
affjtd to sell gas at twenty-five cents, since
they can make an enormous profit out of
the other products of their retorts and pu
rifying houses.
What Mr. Garrett says.
(Baltimore American.)
Mr. John W. Garrett has returned front
his Southern trip much gratified at the ev
idences of prosperity he witness' d in all
branches of industry in that section of the
country. In an interview he refers with
pleasure to the interest felt by the South
ern people in Baltimore’s commercial ad
vancement, and their desire to give it their
assistance in the way of trade. This is the
proper feeling for all Southern people to
have. They should patronize Baltimore
as the metropolis of the South, and its
merchants and transportation companies
offer them every inducement and advan
tage.
Reactionary,
(Hartford (Conn.) Courant.)
Major McDaniel, the Democratic candi
date for Governor of Georgia, has found it
unnecessary, or at any rate advisable, to
contradict the “infamous” report that be
was at one time a member of the Union
League. “About how much longer, ’ asks
the Boston Herald, “will it be that a man
is disqualified for holding office at the
South by the fact that he was loyal to the
Union, or accepted the results of the war
in a manly fashion, without reserve ? The
Southern people are given to complaining
that some of the Northern stalwarts do net
remember that the war is ever. Do not
their bourbons need to be admonished in
the same direction ?”
Russian Justice.
(Chicago Tribune.)
Returning from a dinner party in St.
Petersburg once Prince Gortechakoff miss
ed from the pocket of his overcoat his
pocketbook, containing thirty thousand
rubles. He at once informed the Chief
of Police, who assured him that the thief
would quickly be hunted down. Surely
enough, before a week had passed the
Chief restored to the Prince the entire
sum ot money intact, but without the
pocketbook, which, he said, the thief
confessed having thrown away to avoid
identification. This was very well, but a
day or two later Gortschakoff, putting on
the same overcoat, was surprised to find,
in a pocket overlooked before, the miss
ing pocketbook containing untouched the
thirty thousand rubles, which ho really
never had lost at all. The idea of re
storing the supposed stolen money to the
Prince from the public funds in hope of
thus winning favor for zeal and efficiency
speaks worlds for the police officer’s in
genuity, but presents a curious phase of
Russian official ethics.
A Yankee Device.
(New York Tribune.)
Mrs. Langtry should not for one moment
suppose that the comparatively small au
dience which greeted her in Meriden,
Conn., the other evening indicated a lack
of interest in heron the part cf the public
there. Oh, no. It merely showed that
the proverbial thrift and ingenuity of
Yankee land are by no means on the de
cline. Meriden folks were bound to see
her, but they didn’t propose to make
themselves bankrupt by so doing. So
they formed syndicates of about twenty
persons each, and each syndicate bought
one admission ticket. The first man (by
lot) of the syndica’e went in and gazed at
her for five minutes, and then went out
and gave his return check to number two,
who in turn went in for a few minutes
and then gave his check to number three,
and so on until all the members of the
syndicate had feasted their eyes upon the
Lily. In this way the actress really played
to more people than the theatre would
have seated, although at no time did the
house seem more than half full.
■
Locusts have appeared in large numbers
•boat Orizaba, Mexico. It is feared they
may invade the central plateau.