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XN 01 STl»*CT □Tima 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: ‘ - - « * * * * =| 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. • !' ■ 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 y J iIj y- ■ .. .i: , 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.