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THE DAILY SUN
Fiuday MonSiso. July 21.
An Incident of the Riot.
Aypuug
Fetit,aged 22
How tlie Radicals have Amen*
ded the Constitution of
Georgia.
“W. P. C.” a representative Of.the
Journal of Commerce of New York,
writing from this * cit^ to' Tits
gives a very truthful, aocojint of a
stupendous picee . of Radical impu
dence, whiqli illustrated their 'utter
disregard of I principle, f and that, they
do not, and will not Hesitate to take
any atop, no matter hojv injurious,
that will perpetuate their power. We
makotho'fl^Wipge^traCt;
now THEY AMEND . THE rONSXiXCXXON OF
: : i GEORGIA. lot 1
Among thp most conspicuous infamies
of tlio lastLegislature was the passage of
several very curious and disgraceful
amendments to tho election laws. The
o institution of Georgia, framed and ad
opted in pursuance of the Reconstmc-
tfon acts, makes the usual provision re
garding: voters, specifying “all male 1 "
oitizens, “twenty-one years old or up
wards,” &c. It goes on to confer the
right of challenge upon any voter who
sees fit to challenge another, and says
“no person shall vote, who, if challenged,
pliall refuso to take the following oath."
Then it goes on to define tho oath ;
THE VOTES SWEARS, ' " 1
“I have not given ; or received, nor do !
expect to give, or receive, any money,
treat, or othor thing of value, by which
my vote, or any vote is effected or ex-
E cted to bo effected at this election ; nor
vo I given or. promised any reward, or
mado any threat by which to prevent any
person from voting.” Then again the
constitution says; “Legislative acts in
violation of this constitution, or the Con
stitution of tho United States, are void,
and tho Judiciary shall so declare them.”
Now mark tho intelligence of this leg
islature by what will follow: In October
last they deemed it best to pass an elec
tion law for tho purpose of
CARRYING THE FALL ELECTION.
They changed the method of voting
from numerous precincts in each county
to ono polling place, the county seat, ex
cept in cities. . The election officers are
called managers, and they, of coarse, are
Republicans, but I understand tho Dem
ocrats wero at tho last election allowed
by tho Governor a kind of minority su
pervision. Tho reduction in number of
polling places was in order to permit nec
essary concentration of military force if
necessary in carrying the elections for
tho Radical ticket. Then, under pre
tense of. fixing u system for securing fair
elections, preventing intimidation or
tho forcing of voters from their places at
tho polls, a provision was incerted that
voters shall
FORM IN LINE
and approach the polls in that manner
that no more than one person shall ap
proach within fifteen feet of the polling
place at a time; that no ono who is not
in the lino shall go nearer than fifty feet
of tho polling place. Only the managers
and their clerks aro allowed by this new
law to see tho ballots when deposited or
afterward. Tho managers must swear
that they will not permit any one to
“challenge, delay or hinder” any voter
from tho speedy casting of his vote.
They aro compelled to
ARREST ANY ONE
who attempts to challenge a voter or
“disturb tbo pence.” Tho law also ex
tends the time for the conduct of the
election to three days instead of one day
ns was customary before.
It will bo seen by this, that while the
State Constitution expressly provides the
froo and untrammeled right of challenge,
and oven goes so far as to oblige oveiy
challenged man to make an oath to cer
tain things above enumerated, the law
{ tossed by the Legislature overrides that
cature of tho Constitution, and repeals
it ontirely. It goes on, in defiance of the
Constitution, and gives the right of suf
frage to every male person of the “appa
rent age of 21 years or upwards,” and
thus make the Radical managers the
THE JUDGES OF A VOTER’S AGE.
As there is probably only one Demo*
crat among tho election officers of each
polling place, the effect may be ima
gined. The field negroes seldom know
their ages or even their names. They
usually take the last name of the man
who last owned them, and go by that.—
Their ages are guessed at by the mana
gers of election. I am convinced that
boys aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years of are
always allowed to register and vote, pro
vided they hold in their hands a Radical
ticket, l^o one can got near enough to
chollengo them, and even if such a man
conld make himself heard while attempt
ing to challenge a person who offers a
vote he would be arrested for disturbing
the peace. 1: ‘ - -
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Though tho lost election law was un
constitutional in all its essential provi
sions; though it contemplated the depos
ing of votes under tho guidance of bayo
nets; though it was intended that the
Radical managers should do the voting—
yet the originators were badly worsted at
their own game, and a two-thirds Demo
cratic Legislature was the result. This in
famous proceeding has recoiled upon the
lieadB of its originators, and the tax
payers of Georgia anxiously await the day
upon which they can dispose of Governor
Bullock-os summarily as they disposed of
liis corrupt Legislature, and thus save
tho little money that is left and the cred
it of tho State. 1 ».'i w
-Big Railroad- Operation, -ae ■
A .special dispatch tbtiie Nashville
Baitncr the 20th, (the dispatch is
not tinted from any point) ^ays;
TMGpmmittoe from the’Roard of
Directors of the Memphis,-‘Clarks
ville and Louisville Railroad returned
to-day; from Lottiaville. i Negotiations
with‘the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad have been (dosed, by the
terms of which it purchases the Mem
phis, Clarksville4md Louisville Rail
road, agreeing to pay the price fixed
by the compromise decree in favor of
tue State—$1,700,000—and : paying
the county of Montgomery and city
of Clarksville §300,000 in Tennessee
State bonds for their stock in the
man named Charles H.
, . years, residing corner
Nith avenue and Nineteenth street,
was shot on Wednesday afternoon and
instantly kiRed. He was engaged to
be married to an estimable yonng
lady named. Ida R. Johnson, and it
wa3 wlifle returning from her house,
after extending an jhyitation to go to
Brooklyn, fhat he met liis untimely
end. After leaving her residence he
WtfkecT to Eighth .aveiihe,. having
some business to attend to, promising
to return in a short time. Miss John
son seems to have had a presentiment
of ; danger, and earnestly entreated
Bettit to remain at her house during
the evening, but his persistent argu
ment of urgent.Lufiiness caused her
to givo way. t,Twenty, minutes had
KHfrreltyelapsed when a messenger
dame running tor her house with the
sad hews that young Pettit was shot
through the Heart and was lying dead
on. the avenue. The fatal news was
so sudden that the young lady sank
insensible, and only recovered to be a
raving maniac. Yesterday morning
she was .slightly recovered, but at
short intervals cries in a pitying and
frantic manner for him who is deaf to
all earthly sounds. A few days since
tho young man received a letter from
his mother signifying her intention to
visit New York to witness his mar
riage. On Wednesday night the sad
intelligence was telegraphed to her,
and she is expected to arrive in the
city this morhing. r Who can imag
ine the silent grief that is rankling m
the bosom of this ppqi* -woman while
she journeys hither to behold the re
mains of her only son, who for previ
ous years has been her hope and pro
tector in this world ?
Young Pittit conducted a large
provision business on the west side of
thh city, and is spoken of by all par
ties in the highest terms.—JVew York
World. ’-rlH
COMMENCEMENT OF EMORY
COLLEGE.
Eve and the Fig Leaves.
An amusing story is told of a daugh
ter of a distinguished Southern General,
who was spending the summer at
Silver Springs, Florida. Asia well known,
the ladies were compelled to resort to all
sorts of expedients in order to make their
gowns presentable, and many of them be
came very expert in tho use of dyes, so
that, shut out from the rest of the world
as they wero, their attire was almost in
variably neat and lady-like.
It appears that the young lady in ques
tion had a black barege winch she wished
to restore to its prestine beauty, and so
ordered her maid (Eve) to boil her some
fig leaves, which, as is known, are excel
lent for restoring color to dark materials.
Having waited some time for the de
coction to be brought her, she went out
upon the gallery of the hotel, and called in
a loud voice: ‘ ‘Eve have you put on the fig
leaves ? ” A number of gentlemen seat
ed below with difficulty suppressed a
laugh, and the young lady receiving no
answer, reiterated her question more
loudly than before. Unable to restrain
themselves, the gentlemen laughed loud
and heartily. The absurdity of her ques
tion suddenly flashed upon the fair young
lady, and she retired, to hide her blushes
and confusion to her chamber.
Eve and the fig leaves was a standing
joke at Silver Springs all that season.
An Unfortunate Territory.
The new Territory, into which the
District’ of Columbia was converted
by t;he last session of Congress, seems
not to be 'as happy as independent
municipalities ought to be. The
Washington correspondent of ’ the
Courier-Journal, writing on the 18th
instant, says:
It is charged that the Territorial
Legislature has in its brief session of
two or three months, most audacious
ly violated the organic law in various
ways, and the result is the inaugura
tion of a movement already to secure
the repeal of a territorial bill at the
next session of Congress.
One of the Radical organs here
having intimated violence against the
conductors of a paper that has op
posed the. , profligacy of the legisla
tion, and of the Board bf Public
Works, the latter paper intimates this
morning that Gov. Cook and his as
sociates are - at the bottom of this at
tempt to suppress opposition by in
citing to riot.
Gov. Cook has just returned from
New York, where, after much diffi
culty, he succeeded in negotiating
a loan of $250,000 at 10 per cent, in
terest. If the people had any confi
dence in the Territorial government,
they would have taken that loan at 7
or 8 per cent. Y
Mrs. Terry, of Virginia, will not play
ghost again until she recovers from con
vulsions caused by the vigorous conduct
of the person she scared so badly that he
rapped her over her little head with
club.
• t
TUc Savannah. Custom Ilonse
: " Defalcation.
The Washington correspondent of
the Louisville Courier-Journal writes
on the I7th as follows:
V.Cbllector Iiobb,- of Savannah, is
now attempting to shove the respon
sibility of the late defalcation-in nis
Cust om House from his own should
ers to those , of an. ex-collector, one
James Johnson. Robb informs the
Treasury Department that the loss
occurred then,.and intimates that it
was so well covered up that its dis-
covery was made impossible until
now. The Treasuiy officials think
this n very strange story.."
->*•-<
f ‘ Proneness to utterly inconse
quent conclusions” is pointed out as
a fault of female writers.
Eulogy on Judge Longstreet—En
dowment Association— Alum*
ni Meeting—Celebration of the
Few and Phi Gamma Socie*
ties. ~ - ~ ■ : ■ ■
Oxford, Ga.,
Wednesday, July 19,1871.
Editors Sun: Judge Jackson was
interrupted in the delivery of his eu-
logy yesterday afternoon by a violent
storm, which created such confusion
among the audience, that it was
scarcely possible for him to proceed.
However, at the clamorous call of
many,.for him to continue, he pro
ceeded to give an entertaining me
moir of the life of this truly wonder
ful man.
Judge Jackson spoke specially of
Judge Longstreet’s struggles- with
infidelity, and the final triumphant
victory of Religion, and his eonse
quent conversion. He sketched him
as a lawyer, a practitioner in the TJ.
S. Supreme Court, his career as a
teacher and instructor—president of
four different colleges in four differ
ent States, Georgia, Sputh Carolina,
Louisiana and Mississippi; as an edir
tor, as a magistrate, as an author in
“Georgia Scenes” and “William Mit
ten ;” as a minister and Christian
patriot, and in every capacity he
proved himself equal to all emergen
cies and the master of circumstances.
THE ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION
transacted no business of great im
portance to the public. They ap
pointed a committee to report on the
condition of finances, etc., and^ad-
joumed after electing the same offi
cers.
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
with Prof. Orr as chairman, met im
mediately after the last adjournment,
appointed a committee to raise funds
to endow Emory College with a Long-
street professorship in honor and m
memory of that profound jurist, fin
ished scholar, illustrious teacher, and
eloquent divine. They moreover
elected Hon. J. J. Jones as their or
ator at the next social reunion of the
society next year. Notwithstanding
the unfavorable weather the
CELEBRATIONS OF THE SOCIETIES
were largely attended last evening.
It seems to us unfortunate, that the
celebrations of both societies occur
red on the same night. There are
numbers who would gladly attend the
celebrations of both if it were pos
sible, but as it is impracticable to be
at two places at the same instant, we
bad to forgo the gratification of wit
nessing the celebration of one. Mon
day night was unoccupied, and could
have easily been utilized for this pur
pose. The exercises of the
FEW SOCIETY i
were introduced with a salutatory by
Mr. Ira E. Smith, of Oxford, son of
the accomplished President. His
welcome to the audience and the
Alumni was well-timed, well deliv
ered and replete with instances of the
fostering care that literary societies
exercised over great men, The ora
tor of the evening was Mr. J. O. An,
drew, son of the late Bishop. He
contended that Courage is the foun
dation of all that is true and manly
in character, not the courage that in
spires the soldier amid the clash and
roar of battle, but true moral cour
age-such as withstands the tempta
tions of life, and knowing duly and
right, dares maintain them. Mr. La
Prade, of Florida, presided on the
occasion.
Mr. J. S. Hollingshead, of Fort
Valley, introduced the exercises of
the Phi Gamma society with an elo
quent, chaste salutatory, which
abounded in many happy allusions to
the fond associations of college life
and social intercourse among his
brother Phi .Gammas. He then in
troduced to the audience Mr. Rufus
Smith, of Greene couniy, whose sub
ject was True Manhood and its Dan
gers at the South. His address was
replete with fine imageries, and elo
quent in simplicity, and* was pro
nounced one of the ablest ever deliv
ered in the hall.
After the celebrations were over the
use of both the halls was given to the
company as conversation and prome
nading rooms, a privilege heartily
accepted and freely used. Doubtless
there were many private (sentimen
tal) addresses delivered afterwards,
far more eloquent in the estimation
tion of their immediate recipients
than the Phillipies of Demosthenes,
" are not allowed to report
More-Anon.
but we
them.
ing reached there, they commence to
struggle for seats, and then they com
mence to talk; and when atThe same
instant we heard a voice proclanning
the beauties and magnitude of a won
derful duck aig, chiming in with
sweet cadences of spme. aurora tulips
(two lips) discanting on the tender
rythm of Verdi’s, last opera, « k
trembling tones bewailing the fate pi
some heart-broken ^ej9ipe,cpnir
mneo .tolangli ffibr Lov
Thereare two Commencements on
such days. Simultaneous Avith the
commencement of thespeaking ptL
the stage,: there commences a speaking
in the audience. - This laudable emu
lation on the part of the audience and
students fat -first seems to,ex$fe m
boisterous rivalry ; hut as top ch^J-
commences to hpretotraed, toe day
becomes 0 j£he f djearts of
foyerscommence tp wc^ : wamer ? tiiea
the rivalry, assumes jthe nature
of i toe fierce^? - anpfigQn^m^ , and
nok Strange fo ^ay the audience inva T
ri ably conic off conqueror. For when
a thousand hearts smarting and chaf
ing under the pierping shafts of cupid
seek relief in jjouring out their ^devo
tion in a toumcanejof love-whispers
it is enough to drown the voice of a
poor student, though .he bp. uttering
Ciceroean eloquence -with a tongue of
thunder. ,[{./;> .rfcfoli .-.I' Y.Y h
iVR PROGRAMME. ■ :
■ L - Show thyself a man.”
J. F. Bonnell, p. G. s.—lsthonor, Ma-
can, Ga.—Salutatory. •• -
J. A. Timmerman, p.,G t o.—Richmond
county, Ga.—Impeachment of Warren
Hastings. ■-...
L A. Jones,* f. s.—Covington, Ga.—
Courage. . YY
W. A. Parham, r. g. s.—Warrenton,
Ga.—History.
T. E. Atkinson, * f. s.—1st honor,
Meriwether county, Ga.—Independence
of Thought. - -—
H. R. Harris, Jr., p. g. s.—Greenville,
Ga.—“To be or not to be.”
T. W. Oliver, Jr.,*F. s.—Scriven county,
Ga.—Reviews.
H. W. Kay, p. g. s.—Macon, Ga.r—The
duty of the hour. ....... ...... rf.-, ,
J. A. B. Mahaffy,'* f. s.—Is spiritual
worthiness, or the gloify of God, the
highest end of man ? vl;;-;.
J. L. McGehee, p. g,.&—IPanola county,
Miss.—iEsthetical Literature.
T. R. Pierce, p. g. s.—lst honor, Car-
tersville, Ga.—Chivalry, r •
Clayton P. Miller, f. s.—Savannah, Ga.
Maximilian. ■ '■ 1S ; : -
G. B. Merritt,* p. a. s.—Americas, Ga.
Personal Influence.
H. G. Lewis, p. o. s.—Green county,
Ga.—The future of the negro. .01/
W. G. Smith, p. g. s.—lst honor, Ma
in, Ga.—Valedictory.
Baccalaureate and. Conferring Dogrcco.
Thus it was this morning when
Mr. Bonnell commenced to deliver his
Senior Exhibition-—Baccalau
reate Address, Etc. .
Emory. College, Oxford, Ga
Y ‘ July 19,1871.*
Editors Sun: Various have been
the conjectures as to the origin of the
word commencement as applied to the
occasiomof graduating a class of stu
dents. I think I have.r solved the
mystery, and to. no single circnm-
stance aoes it. owe its existence. ..You
will perceive- the propriety of tins
term when we tell you it is on this
day they commence to do and say: and
dream and hope everything, from .the 1
most practical and sensible to: the
most chimerical and sentimental.':: , r r :
On this ever-inemorable day at ah
early hour the people,-of the vicinity,
and especially those of the surround
ing country, commence to begin to
commence to go to the chapel. Hav-
SALUTATORY,
which abounded in much good hu
mor and ironical wit. He is one of
four to share the Firt Honor, and
we understand well deserves the dis
tinction.
The Impeachment of Warren Hast
ings, although a logical argument
delivered by a good thinker, did not
seem to impress the jury. They were
probably already satisfied of that gen
tleman’s guilt. :< ],; •
BISHOP PIERCE
here arose and announced his inten
tion of delivering a metaphysical dis
course, on the respective merits of
Silence and Noise. He thought noise
on the stage, was quite becoming but
inadmissible in the audience. Silence
was restored, except the tumult of
thousand or so palpitating hearts
trembling for utterance.
HISTORY,’ I: LI
by Mr. Parham^ was a fair essay, des
ignating three glaring deficiencies in
historical writings; but it was pro
fane and sacred histoiy; and the au
dience was more specially interested
in heart history. •' a
TO BE OR NOT TO BE,
“That was the question” with Mr.
Hams. He amazed the audience by
announcing that he would not speak
of woman, neither would he stir Ro
man dust. He received such a cargo of
bouquets as threatened to envelope
him. /. .
-25STHETICAL LITERATURE, -
by Mr. McGetee, deserves a place in
that class of literature, itself, by ! vir-
tue of its elegance, truth and manly
vindication of the insults heaped on
Dickens, Scott and others, by over-
scrupulous puritans who imagine that
the only way of cultivating the mind
and heart is to he found in the dry
details of history, or the more dreary
lessons of philosopical, moral and
metaphysical disquisitions.
iw off':’ . hr. pierge’s:
discourse on “Chivilry,” was .the
ablest of the dayi Its truly noble and
thrilling sentiments elicited repeated
continuous and sometimes boistrons
applause from gray-haired trustees,
who generally are as quiet as Hindoo
judges. . The .enthusiasm was finally
transmitted to .the audience, who, at
his conclusion, were excited to such
a degree as to encore him—something
unparalleled in all our experience in
college exhibitions. It was emphati-
callya Trustee and .Faculty speech,
and found an echo in the
heart of every one.111 a om •
generous
MAXIMILIAN - , : ; y?
by Mr. Miller, evinced a ready famil
iarity with French politics and the
Mexican situation Y ft was an able
effort and won frequent applause
from those grown old in law and the
science of government. But the. most
unexpectedly .original speech of the
day was ‘ V .. _
THE FUTURE OF THE NEORO, J
by Mr. Lewis. He contended that
the negro would not he colonized be
cause he would not willingly leave
the cofmtrv; but granting this, abo
litionists were tooYpenurious and
miserly to contribute to such an en
terprise, while the Southern people
were too poor. Will the: negro race
become extinct? - He.thought not.
Will he be re-enslaved? This is pos
sible—hardly probable. The negro
will : not. consent to. it.' Will he con
tinue to"/enjoy the privileges of citi-
l ’ 1 jhijj?*- $his depends to some ex-
ion j^e r administration at A\ ash-
jngton. 1 If apafty'hayrdg ; respect for-
\cip\e,^ obtains power, the 1 matter
wiR he r siibmitted to the several.
e§; where ih properly- belongs.—
Tfip. SouthjpW r States .will then act
J -■fyj/-CQii^detotely,r ( ‘ahd^.do what-
l^is.pe^Tpr toer. negrp^r^ne among
ditioh. as a laborer if 0 OTiU left free?—
l sp
wprtliless-thatiiliis
Bupjp;ieffiby x ^^m^nts r r.i|Ce
1 t inust -ste^ ^.periltt.v \ „ n r -
.mis address proyqp?d.niuQn.laugn-
tef' and' "caused ^^ontinubus smile to
play' on'the •fa^stof'.itoose profound
m- law andi-phildsb|ihy,at the wisdom
of the modern Solon. ...
THE VALEDICTORY, '
by Mr. W. G. Smith, was what it pur
ports, and’what it should be, purely a
farewell; .and manifested much 'grati
tude for the kind attention ana un
swerving devotion of instructors and
the fondest remembrance of friend
ship and associations inseparable from
college life. y- ■ ; i assfod
THE BACCALAUREATE,
by President Smithy was an effort
which, ; foir elegance' t>f diction and
deliver^ ; surpassed eriSn toe expecta
tions of his mai^yi. -kndc"‘ ad
mirers, who; on many occasions, have
been-the rapt hearers of his thrilling
eloquence. - !:i 'Y r . ieuw 10 t *osqEo*
The Address - abounded in patriotic
Southern sentiment,and the heartiest
commendation .of the' "wisdom of our
forefathers who framed the Oonstitu
tion and affixed' : their names and
pledges to the Declafation of Inde.
pendenceY He held up as shining
exemplars, Jefferson, Washington,
Henry, and others—true models and
examples of pure Southern chivalry-—
to the graduating class in tifo life-
career now lying before them. He
received - the profound attention of
the audiencC; r and Was greeted- - time
and again with tumultuous applause,
a marked tribute by those who had
refused for three long hours to be
aroused by the most" eloqxient of the
senior speakers. -1 • ,!,f : .
Dr. Bledsoe delivers the address be
fore the. two literary societies this
afternoon at four o’clock. In the
eyening there will be a reception: and
social promenade (no dancing—no,
no!) at the society halls, which will
be the conclusion of the commence
ment exercises, and to some (senti
mentalists), the crowning glory of all!
More Anon.
j^The. National Camp Meeting de
cides that. jewelry interferes with
sanctification.
The Chicago Republican has a can
didate for President, and its language
is Blaine. ■"> Yis-i
— -t
Dr. Bledsoe’s Address-—Social
: Promenade, Etc.
ih-mv > j’Y h' July 20. - ^
, At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon an
immense concourse assembled at the
village church to hear the crowning
effort of the occasion, Dr. .Bledsoe’s
address before the FeW and Phi Gam
ma Societies. A number of persons
knowing of his reputation as a phil
osopher, critic and metaphysical es
sayist, expected an elegant, inspired,
profoundly logical, unattractive dis
quisition on government, such as
could. not be appreciated by the 3 or
polloi. But imagine the surprise and
pleasure of every person, when with
the profoundest philosophy^ he chain
ed the attention and won the ap-
plause.of that mixed audience. The
Doctor’s subject was- Y
.PLATO AND ARISTOTLE'
QB the representatives of their respec
tive, philosophies, Spiritualism and
Materialism ; Spiritualism as synony
mous with Radicalism or visionary
speculations, and Materialism as sy
nonymous with material science as
founded on direct experiments, the ex
perience of ages, and close observation
and study of mankind. The Soixth,
he said; Was to-day writhing and
groaning under the desolating errors
of Platoism. . -.xl-gr/.-.fi C; Y'
He - reviewed the philosophy of
Plato and his disciple, - Rousseau, and
compared it with, that of Aristotle
disciple. Montesquien, showed
the deficiencies of both, and demon-
sfcrated that only that system of gov-
eniment was perfect which combined
the excellencies of both, p He- said
that the great defect in the politics of
Jefferson and Rousseau was ; the utter
repudiation of the teachings of Chris-
tianity as a part of a political system.
•‘r. ;5 Th® ; Hbctor spoke of Aristotle as
the forerunner-of Christ in the sphere
;of social relations - and duties, and
that Christ in his Christian philos
ophy was the only one who combined
the speculations of Plato, and the ex
perimental philosophy of Aristotle
into oiie perfect system, a source from
whioli ! good governments draw
their laws and constitution.
I!i 'Hie effort was considered by many
as_ a masterly production "of a master
mind, and - by President : Smith was
pronounced the ablest of the kind he
had ever heard. --A eiaid oiii ol ‘IvJ
1 • Ekto Bledsbe ivilf publish the 1 ad£
dress at an early day in the Southern
Review, of which he is editor.
In the evening all the young ladies
and gentlemen proceeded to the Soci
ety Halls, where they indulged in a
social: promenade. It was a magnifi
cent} assembly of lovers, beautiful in
their disorder, blest in their fascina
tion; and forgetful of all save them
selves (and one more)_jmd the para
dise 01 which they were the happy
inhabitants.
[ We talked all night
1 ’Till broad daylight,
and went home with the girls in the
morning too late for the train ! We
consequently had some leisure for ob
serving the beautiful little village of
f j - OXFORD—
her I classic grounds, and her highly
cultivated and refined people. They
are } eminent alike for hospitality,
learning, refinement and Christian
ity. To them all, and particularly
the honored Presinent of the Col
lege, we return our sincere acknowl
edgments for their kmdrrttention du-
. . u} bur stay, and express the hope
tiiht we may meet them once
Dra obiV. More Anon. •
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A Singular Storm.
e Bethany (Mo.) Tribune gives
an account of a distressing occurrence,
which took place at the house of
Marion Hambleton, six miles from
Cainsville, Mo., on the night of the'
oth insi It appears that Mr* Ham-
bletbn buried one of his children that
day; which so affected his wife as to
render her insane, and several neigh
bors came in to,stay with them.—
Shortly afterwards a violent storm
came up very suddenly, and from op
posite directions, the clouds of which
met just above the house and lot, of
whibh a furious wind sprang, swooped
down on the house and tore its roof
to fragments. - The roof of a com
crib! near by was also blown off and
carried against the chinaneyo o£ the:
dwelling, which was thrown down in
side 1 the house and crushed through
the upper floor, wounding eight of
the | eleven persons in—the hpuse.—
Most of those hurt ; are very * badly
injiired, several bones being: broken,:
and in one case the skull fractured.-—
No other locality seems to have been
injured by the storm. .. Y
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Singular Adventure witli Bees.
A Missouri paper contains a ro
mance of which a Mr. Haynes and
his little son are jointly the heroes.
As the story runs, they were in the
field, when a swarm of bees alighted
npcjn the boy, covering him from
head to foot; they hung upon, his
ears,..chin and nose in great bunches,
and clung in thick clusters to every
part of Ins body. Mr. Haynes, real
izing the dangerous situation in which
his child was placed; commanded him
to stand quite still. This the brave
little fellow did, until the bees had
all settled. Mr. Haynes then took a
stick, gently lifting the boy’s hat
from his head and placed it upon a.
neighboring bush, when the entire-
swarm left their extraordinary resting
place and took to the hat and bush.
Strange to. relate, the boy received
only one sting, and that was caused
by his seizing with his teeth a bee
that was trying to make its way into
his mouth.
From the New York Sun.
; It iWas Corbin and Not George
Wlio Kissed tlie Girls.
it is thought that the Mr. Washington
who is described in the “Journal of a
Young Ladygin Virginia” as paying a
nocturnal visit.to the bed-room of young
ladies dressed in a woman’s short gown
and petticoat, and overwhelming them
with kisses, and afterward nearly scaring
them to death in the cellar, was not
George Washington, the Father of his
Country, but .a Mr. Corbin Washington.
Indeed there is some doubts expressed as
to the authenticity of the book which
contains the aecount of this affair. The
incident related occurred in 1782, and al
though the Revolutionary War was
brought to a close in that year; the young
lady that kept this history of daily events
has not once mentioned the war, or allu
ded to a single incident of it. There is-
not a military title given to any person iu
thet book, although the battle of York-
town had been recently fought at her
Very door. One thing is certain. If this
story about George Washington is true,
the one about the hatchet is a base false
hood. The first-President of the United
States might have indulged in such a
frolic .as that described in the young
lady’s journal, but for the boy who made
the speech about the cherry tree to have
done so would have been a moral impos
sibility.
< ] Dead Letters.
During the month of June, 338,110*
letters were sent to the Dead Letter of
fice. Of these, 235,600 were ordinary
domestic letters; 42,600 were local or
drop-letters; 28,582 were held for post
age,, misdirected, or otherwise unmaila-
ble; 2,825 letters were addressed to par
ties who had left, and whoso whereabouts
could not be ascertained; 3,878 were ad
dressed with fictitious names; 607 were
registered letters; 8,750 were letters orig
inating in the'United States and returned-:'
from foreign countries; and 18,266 wero
sent from abroad to persons in the United
States who could not be found. Daring
the same period were returned to the
senders, without enclosures, . 172,536 let
ters; 1-,815 letters enclosing in thp aggre- "•
gate §8^657 02; 1,894 letters contaimng ^Xi
drafts and checks; 2,810 with receipts'r
and-other papers of value; 946 with jew
elry and other property enclosed: 3,693
containing photographs; 1,345 with small
amounts of fractional currency; and 3,-
687 containingpostage stempstodiffereat
amounts. ...
, - ■ . ►-•-<—: '
■ Within tho past week, an aged and
worthy woman—once the property of the
.mother of the late Capt-. Lewis Kenan,
andliis .nurse throughout infancy—camo
fo our city alone and over thtee hundred
miles of travel, with no" other object than
to look at his grave and sympathize with
her old mistress in the deep distress of
the family!—MiUedgeviUe Union, 190.
