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SUN-STROKES.. “A young girl who roasted a roan in S& n Antonio” is added to the list of female tfemon-strations. v<r ; „ An Iowa college hasJD D the gev. Mr. Cheney, of Chicago. — The Bishop of his diocese d—d him some time since. * Pogue wants to know if the resig nation of the late Trench Minister of Foreign Affairs is un-Favre-able to the French Republic. Jesse R. Grant is going to resign the Post-office at Covington, Kentucky. Ho is the first of the family that ever re- gigned‘anything he had this hands on. The Courier-Journal despises the W>rd “Bourbon.” The only way in which it can stomach it is, with a little sngar, flavored with mint and “long drawn out” through a straw. The President’s trip to California has been indefinitely postponed. The Cal ifomians, in the mean time, can forward their presents by Adams’ express to Long Branch, for the next sixty days, and after that to Washington. Thiers, it is said, has one principle ambition, and that is to be known as “the Washington of Prance.” Thiers’isSin tears every day, because, when a boy, he did not hack hvs pere's best cherry tree with his “little hatchet.” Bgk-“Sailor’s hats are voted absurd for maidens of forty.” Pogue says he knows a maiden of forty who would risk the absurdity of the thing, if she only had a good looking sailor—or any other man- to wear the hat for her. A North Carolina man has patent ed an improvement in umbrellas. If he could only give the world a patent um brella-keeper, he would at once be set down upon the list of public benefac tors. Bggu The Richmond Enquirer has a column article on “The Desirableness of being Hanged.” Perhaps the writer flunks he is likely to know how it is him self, and wants to put a favorable phase upon it before the {time comes “to feel the halter draws.” COMMENCEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA- The Alumni Victorious-—Ad dress of Col. B. A. Thornton— Celebration of tlie Phi-Kappa Society Degrees Conferred, &c. Bgk=If Congress, hereafter, proceeds to legislate for the suspension of polyga my, Brigham Young expects to plead Grant’s proclamation pardoning Bowen, in justification. Brigham claims that his is a better Union record than Bowen’s ; ■since he has sixteen wives, while Bowen has but three. BS^Susan Anthony says, “if all men protected all women, there would not be any Mrs. Pairs.” That is precisely what is the matter with Mrs. Laura D., she was “protected” by too many men at different times, and she killed “poor, ■dear Crittenden” simply because his wife ■claimed his protection for a time. 1&3&, There are many defected Repub licans in Louisiana. The same may he said of most of the other States. If the thing goes on, it will give Democrats chance to show the truth of the old ad age, “When rogues fall out, honest men get their own.” THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN 7. University of Georgia, ) Athens, Georgia, l August 1, 1871. ) Editors Sun : During the sitting of the Alumni Society this morning, a com munication was received from the Board of Trustees, stating that they had re solved to have the charter of the Univer sity so altered and amended as to permit them to elect four more Trustees, and that these Trustees should he selected from the Society of the Alumni. This is of vast importance, and is considered quite an acquisition, almost a triumph on the part of the Alumni. It simply presages that the University and its interest in the fu ture will be zealously guarded bv the Alumni Trustees. At II o’clock to-day Col. B. A. Thorn ton, of Columbus, Ga., was introduced to the audience as the Literary orator of the Demosthenian and Phi-Kappa Socie ties. He immediately announced as his theme “The Duties of the Hour,” and instantly won the attention of the audi ence by a finely modulated-tenor voice, that, despite the confusion, penetrated to the most remote parts of the hall. He said it was useless to recriminate each other on the issues of the war. We had the respect of the world, as many battle-fields could testify. After enumer ating the many triumphs of science, such as the Mount Cinis Tunnel and Suez Canal, &c., he insisted on the maxim, Labor omnia vincil, and asked that in all emergencies we should bo ready and undaunted to do our duty with a willing heart. “Here’s a sigh for those who love as, A smile for those who hate, Bat whatever skies above as, Here’s a heart for any fate.” It was our duty to eradicate a taste for sensational reading. It was a practical inquiry, suggestive of prosperity to indi vidual and country, and to ask who shall levee our rivers, build our ships and rail roads, and excavate our mountains. He condemned unequivocally and un conditionally, social equality as an ordi nance forbidden of God in His holy Book, exhorted the student to become an educated farmer, chemist, geologist or mechanic, thus keeping high the stand ard of those who labor with their own hands. THE ORATION ^Special Washington Correspondence of the San.] Further Extracts from the Sworn Testimony of {Treasn- rer Ansier, Presented to the Kn-Klux Investigating Com mittee at Washington, D. C., July I4th, 1871. Washington, D. C., July 31,1871. Question—Give us all the information you have relative to TEE GRANTING OF PARDONS by the Governor, the general issuing of proclamations, offering revrards, and the cost of these various things. Answer—I have here a statement of the pardons granted by the Governor.— It is taken directly from the Pardon Book, by Mr. Hemphill, who is the agent of the Associated Press, at Atlanta, and the Proprietor of the Constitution, anews- paper published there. It appears by this statement that since August 2d, 1868, the Governor has acted on VOXJR HUNDRED And <?»ENTY-SIX APPT.T- CATIONS for pardon. Of these three hundred and twenty-one cases, involving three hundred and forty-six offenses, were pardoned, as follows: Stabbing 3 Horsestealing 7 Bigamy. 6 Forgery 4 Pergery..... 3 Robbery 8 Fornication & adultery, 7 Seduction.- Incestuous adultery.... 1 Arson Misdemeanor Bastardy Rape Compound felony..... Murders pardoned.... .48 Murders committed....18 Simple larcenies par’d, 76 Other larcenies 14 Assault with intent to murder. 20 Burglaries in the night.18 Burglaries in the day. .18 Manslaughter 18 Assaults.....* 20 Assaults with intent to commit rape 6 Homicide 1 Cheating & Swindling.. 3 As regards THE FINANCES OF THE STATE, it is impossibie to give testimony pre cisely without putting it in figures on paper. I have prepared a statement in that form, complying, 101 understand, with the instructions which I received from the circular of the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Scott. In this statement I have tried to present as clearly as pos sible the details in regard to the manage ment of the State finances, and the con trast between different periods. This statement I certify to be correct. The statement is as follows: 1857. Ordinary expenses of Georgia......$275,632 43 1858. “ “ •• 304,637 59 1859. •« . “ “ “ 369,653 53 1860. “ *« “ “ 325,600 00 Referring to Mr. Stephens, the Louisville Courier-Journal says: “We thought it was his custom to crush his foes to a jelly with a club aslarge as a tel egraph pole.” Not at all. Large clubs for powerful foes; but for the Courier- Journal a very small twig. H. W. Guion, of North Carolina, rather got the grin on Senator Pool, of the same State, when, while giving in his testimony, he-said: “But you and I had better not talk about polities, as both of us were electors for Jefferson Davis in the canvass of 1862.” Victor Hugo writes from Luxem bourg to a friend in Paris, “oublicmt, ■oblie. ” If he had had occasion to write the same forty years ago, and had his subse quent life proven the truth of it, the world would have had less to lament, and mankind would have had a better opinion of itself. The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, State Journal says: “It is very evident that Ben. Butler is preparing to make trouble in Massachusetts, by which the Republican party will suffer.” Well, if the Republican party suffers through Butler's stealing propensities, it has this consolation—what Butler steals from it, it stole before. By Mr. Armstead, final Orator of the Phi-Kappa Society, took place at 8J f. m. At the conclusion of his introduc tion, he announced as liis theme, “ Mys tery of Mind and Matter.” He spoke of science as the light of the world, en croaching upon the darkness of igno rance, lifting the veil from a thousand forms of matter—the pebble on the shore and the stars of the heavens—to discover the beauty, grandeur and utility of God’s designs. The address was beantifnl, couched in language of imagery, metaphor and fan cy that awakened the highest pleasures in the minds of those who heard it. After the address, Mr. J. J. Swan, of Greene county, delivered the Society medals to the following gentlemen: G. A. Niles, Griffin, Ga.—Medal for best debater in the Sophomore class. S. B. Adams, Savannah; H. C. Glenn, Atlanta—Medal for best debaters of the Junior class. G. G. Randell, Ackworth, Ga.—Medal for best debater in the Society. After the evening’s exercises were over, and the crowd were dispersing, Dr. Mil ler and Mr. Howard Van Epps, of At lanta, and Mr. P. W. Meldrim, of Sa vannah, being called on, responded in tbeir usually eloquent style. The hospitality of- Dr.- Moore of this city, was extended this evening to the whole Board of Trustees, who assembled at his house to partake of a sumptuous repast, and indulge in the pleasures of a social reunion., _ The Commencement social party given by Col. Stevens Thomas this evening was a brilliant affair, and afforded to the many guests and students a glorious and rare opportunity for celebrating a thou sand reminiscences of the social part of tbeir college days. To-morrow, regular Commencement day, we will have addresses from several members of the Senior Class. Among them some of the Honor men. The Sophomore medal, for declama tion, awarded, by the Faculty, will be de livered by Dr. H. V. M. Miller, of At lanta, to J. S. Davis, of Albany. Degrees will be conferred; and, we un derstand, among them there are three degrees of A. M. to be conferred upon Messrs. Dessaw and Hill, of Ma con, and Smith, of Atlanta—all Honor men of the class of 1870, who re turned here, and as applicant for the de gree, mastered the prescribed course re quired by the proceedings of the last Board of Trustrees. These are the first degrees of A. M. ever conferred by the institution in reward of a special course of study at the University. More Anon, Total ordinary expenses of Georgia for four ?fyears, immediately preceeding the war, ; $1,275,523 55 1868. Less than six months ordinary ex penses of Georgia $ 401,865 08 1869. One year ordinary expenses of Ga.. 848,298 23 1870. “ " “ “ 924,413 27 Total ordinary expenses of Georgia for less than two and a half years by Gov. Bullock. $2,174,676 58 Subtract total ordinary expenses for four years under Gov’s Johnson and Brown,1,275,523 55 4i5Y*The telegraph announces the death •of Miss Phebe Carey, one of the very sweetest of American poets. About a year ago ber sister Alice died. These two ladies were remarkable for their va ried and sprightly talents. Both wrote vivacious and frequently sparkling prose; but as poets they chiefly excelled. They seem to have been twinned in genius.— Tho bent of tlieir minds was not dissim ilar. Either wrote what might have been attributed to the other. Phebe perhaps evinced a little more playfulness; though both inclined somewhat in that direction. Both were very popular and esteemed no less in the social walks of life than upon the highway of literature. Those who lamented the death of Alice, one year ago, will now as earnestly lament the death of Phebe. Both appear to have died too young, os neither lived to the uge of fifty. Alice was born in 1822, and Phebe a few years later. NE W _Y°RK. Further from the Westfield Trmgidif, tfc., tec. New York, August 2.—The number of deaths from Westfield disaster, up to date, is eighty-foar. Two men were thrown from the Second Avenue cars, of Sunday, by two roughs, Ono of them is dead and the' other will die. The murderers are at large. David W. Keelcher, associate editor of the * ‘Irish World,” has been missing since Sunday. It is feared be was lost on the Westfield. The steamer Ashland, from Femandi- na, passed last evening, off Abscom, two sunken schooners, apparently the result of a collision. ~ Paymaster Benjamins J. Cahoon. against whom a suit is pending for the re covery of a 02,300 defalcation, has been decided to be insane. The Central Committee of the Order of the Sons of America has rejected proposition to change the ritual so as to admit all persons opposed to Roman Ca tholicism. rants on the Treasury for services [or la bor, authorized by the General Assembly) for which no provision is made for com pensation, has never been used by any Governor except Gov. Brown, and then in amount about seven thousand dollars, while Governor Bullock has used it to the amount of four hundred and sixteen thouscnid six hundred and ticenty dollars and ninety cents. THE ANNUAL GENERAL TAX since Gov. Bullock’s administration has been about $300,000 annually more than it was before_the war.g,Still|he has had engraved six million]l(Mars new State bonds, while the rate of State taxation now is over six times as high as it’was in 1860. TARING LAST TEAR AS AN AVERAGE, the tax for this year, independent of the rental of the Western & Atlantic Rail road, will be $1,280,756 57; rental of Western & Atlantic Railroad $300,000— $1,580,756 57. Ordinary expenses for 1871, $500,000 (which is considerably over the average before the war, and more than in 1860); one half rental of Western & Atlantic Railroad for school purposes, $150,000—$650,000. (This last amount, however, together with all the other funds set apart by the new Constitution specially for common school purposes, and to be used for no other, the Govern or has, and is using for ordinary expen ses,) leaves a surplus to meet the public debt of 1871, $930,756 57 ; matured State bonds for 1870, $173,000, which should and would have been hypotheca ted with the seven per cent, mortgage bonds, issued specially for that purpose, had not Gov. Bullock, IN VIOLATION OF EXPRESS STATUTE, sold $265,000, and used a portion of the proceeds on the Kimball Opera House. State bonds due in 1871.. $154,250 00 Interest due in 1871 427,375 00 — $754,625 00 Leaves a surplus for 1871.. 176,131 57 after paying all past due bonds and cou pons. Where the necessity for these $6,000,- 000 new State bonds Gov. Bollock has had engraved, or any portion of them?— With any regard for economy there should be a large surplus in the State Treasury. At the close of 1869,1 honestly estimated THE SURPLUS FOR 1870, after paying all liabilities, including the C03IMENCEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. Commencement Day. Addresses by tlie Seniors--Ad- dress by Dr. Miller—‘Alumni Hop. Leaves against Gov. Bollock's adminis tration for less than two and a half years, more than Johnson and Brown forfourfnUyears....: 899,053 03 In the above estimates the payments ON ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC DEBT ‘ are taken out of both accounts, also all appropriations to or for repairs of buil dings. The payments on account ’ of school funds do not enter into the ac count of either; as, under Governor Bul lock’s recommendation, the school fund has been taken and used for general pur poses. The payments on account of ar tificial limbs and schooling maimed sol diers, burial of Confederate dead, remov ing furniture, library, office fixtures, books and papers from Milledgeville to Atlanta, are all taken out. Also payment on account of convention scrip, so each period stands fairly alike on ordinary ex penses, which shows Governor Bullock’s administration for less than two years and a half to have cost eight hundred and nine ty-nine thousand fifty-three dollars and three cents—more than Governor Johnson’s and Governor Brown’s for four years. With no deductions from the accounts as officially reported they stand thus: 1857. Total ami. paid out of State Treas. $ 511,789 90 1853. «•- " “ •• “ 745,470 64 1839. •• *• " ** *• 874,465 92 I860. “ « “ “ . “ 662,600 00 University of Georgia, ) Athens, Ga., Aug. 2,1871. ) Editors Sun: We suppose Aurora mashed her fingers last night, for in stead of their usual crimson, rosy hue they were black as ebony. With the tremblipg dawn arose a lowering cloud (of African negroes) that for a while threatened entirely to obscure or ah sorb the light of the “glorious orb of day.” The aspect became more threatening, and although it did not rain, it reigned throughout the live long day, sweeping as a torrent through the'populous streets. Commencement Day seems to he the signal for a convocation of negroes for many miles around Athens. And they come with no other ostensible purpose than to pave the streets with ebon and illumine the dark corners of Atheus with the light—of their countenances. THE SENIOR EXERCISES were ushered in with prayer by the Rev. Div Palmer, of New Orleans. The following is the programme of the day: P. K. Yonge (2d honor), Pensacola, Fla.—Salutatory (Latin). L. L. Brookes (D. S. orator), South Car olina—The Greatest Art. R. L. Gamble (P. K. S. orator), Au gusta—The Political and Legal Coxcomb. G. R. Glenn (2d honor), Dawson— Five Minutes. J. L. Hand, Americus—Anthropos. R. W. H. Neal, B. L., (excused), Thom son—The Talisman of Success. E. Newton (3d honoi^ Union Point— The World’s Drama, H. E. Ware (D. S. orator), Athens— Tt Moves for all that.” G. W. Warren (P. K. S. orator), Au gusta—Now and Then P. K. Yonge (2d honor), Pensacola, maturing interest, at over four hundred'! Fla.—The Real and Ideal. thousand dollars, to he used as a sinking fund. These six millions of new State bonds are exclusive of the State aid to railroads; for, independent of this amount, the Governor has had engraved and sent to him STATE'GOLD BONDS. E.- H. Briggs (1st honor), Columbus Valedictory to Tmstees and and Faculty. G. A. Howell (1st honor), Valdosta— Valedictory to Audience. A A. Murphey (1st honor) Monroe county—Valedictory to Class. Distribution of medals and address, by Hon. H. V. M. Miller. Conferring of degrees. Honorable Mention—H. O. Ansley, earth before a Roman inquisition, was an exhortation for all to abide by principle, and embrace the right though the heavens fall. # NOW AND THEN was an antithesis between the present and past. These two words, Mr. Warren said, were suggestive of vol umes of thought couched in a nut* shell. THE REAL AND THE IDEAL. Was a pretty address, abounding in many artistic beauties suggested by a comparison of the ideal and real. THE VALEDICTORY TO THE TRUSTEES AND FACULTY, By Mr. Briggs (shares the 1st honor), was a brief farewell to the guardians and instructors of his Alma Mater. Having no other audience than that, of the grandees of the University, It was not an address of public inter est. THE VALEDICTORY TO THE AUDIENCE, By Mr. G. A. Howell, of Valdosta, was a most touching farewell. Its elegant simplicity, earnest manner, and spirit of gratitude, instantly won the attention of the audience, hun dreds of whom were the personal friends of this n^ost exemplary and promising graduate. Mr. Howell shares the First Honor, and, we understand, deserves this distinction, not only in his studies, hut in everything that has ever engaged his attention. THE VALEDICTORY TO THE CLASS ivas a farewell in which was infused some sound philosophy, such only as could emanate from Mr. Murphey,unij versally admitted to he the first in his class, not only in attainments) but in natural ability as a student, writer and orator. Mr. Murphey, we under stand, goes to the University of Vir ginia next term to study law and modem languages. After this, address . • DR. MILLER, of Atlanta, was introduced to the au dience. As a preliminary to deliver ing the medals, he addressed the au dience and candidates for the prizes on the nature and merits of elo quence. Its purpose was to influence the opinions of men. The shorter the orator’s attempt, the greater the success, if the elucidation is perfectly purporting to be for additional State aid | Augttsta; B. A. Denmark, Quitman; R. H. Goetchius, Columbus; J. L. Harde man, Macon. to tbe Brunswick and Albany Railroad | Company -.$2,760,000 00. Add to this tho amount the Governor j reported to Henry Clews k Go., the middle of March, as haring received the endorsement of the State (how many more since I do not know; as the Governor refuses to answer, 5,923,000 00. The previous bonded indebtedness, including aU bonds issued before 1869,. 6,554,450 00. $20,637,500 00 | Deduct new currency bonds returned to State Treasurer’s Office 500,000 00. The Latin Salutatory by Mr. Yonge, was delivered with great pro priety to the Faculty, Trustees and audience. The public, we hope, will excuse us from criticising the senti ment—we have forgotten how to speak Latin. ' , I _ _ . ; THE GREATEST ART, And we have present liabilities 20,137,500 00 , r, ,- , ' ,. .. by Mr. Brookes, was decidedly an art Counting all the bonds engraved legit- . J J imate and in use, tbe amount of interest on which will be twice the amount of the annual general State tax. BUT THE EVIL AND DANGER DO NOT STOP TTV.TtT- The Governor approved bills granting further State aid, or indorsement, to rail roads, to the amount of about thirty mil lions ($30,000,000 more. And if I have been correctly informed, - State-indorsed bonds have been issued by Governor Bullock BEFORE A MILE OF RAILROAD WAS COM PLETED, or the first cent of subscription paid.— istic speech, replete with many art ful expressions on many different arts. From art in Eden he enumerat ed many others, the mariners art, art of printing, sculptors, &c., hut award ed the palm to the art of printing— the press. He compared a picture with a page from the press and dis covered a thousand beauties in the latter unknown to the former. THE POLITICAL AMD LEGAL COX COMB, by Mr. Gamble, was a happy ming ling of ridicule and eulogy on those of If this recklessness and waste are not the legal profession. It was the very $2,794,336 46 1863. Les3 than air months. $ 430,957 77 1869. Twelvemonths.. 1,857,825 98 1870. Twelve months 1,470,021 02 $3,758,804 77 Deduct four years before the war 2,704,336 46 The Coopers of Vincennes, Ind., are about to form a co-operative union.— A cooper-alive union would be better. Leaves an excess of Gov. Bullock for less than two and a half years, over four years 904.463 31 Total for extra legal services for1355,1856,1857,1858.1859 and I860 (six years) $17,000 00 Gov. Bullock for extra legal services, for less than half the time has paid 36,600 00 Rewards for fugitives, 1855, ’56, ’57, ’53, ’oOand’GO, (six years,) all charged to contingent fond, 1,400 00 Gov. Bullock has paid by war rants on the Treasury (not charged to the contingent fund,). 51,100 00 Less than half the time though (thirty times as much. Advertising proclamations, 1S53, 1856, ’57, ’53, ’59 and ’60, (six years,)....... 5,000 00 Gov. Bullock has paid for less than half the time by war rant* on the Treasury '98,300 00 Incidental expenses of Executive De partment 1856, 57, 58, 59, 60, 66 and 67, (seven years) under this head, only twenty dollars is charged; but I have included “SMALL ARTICLES FURNISHED EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,” and “articles furnished executive man sion,” making in all, $2,186 76. Governor Bullock’s “incidental expen ses for less than three years”—$23,- 800 00. The section of the appropriation bill, authorizing the Governor to draw war- speedily stopped, but ‘are followed up with new issues of bonds, the result is inevitable. The State will soon be ab sorbed; and the toiling farmery, with what little they can gather up, will be forced to flee their homes for safely from the tax-gatherers,’.’ *. ‘ (Signed) N. L. Angiee, Treasurer of Georgia. The testimony of Mr. Angier should be read by every inhabitant of the State of Georgia, and it is to be hoped that it will arouse and unite all classes in ONE GRAND EFFORT TO RESCUE the State from the hands of the merci less robbers who have ruled her destinies too long. Mr. Angier’s testimony furnishes a complete explanation of Gov. Bullock’s recent letter in answer to Senator Scott’s speech for the occasion, since the thoughts of all young men seem to drift to the Law as the ultima slmle of worldly luxury and fame. FIVE MINUTES, by Mr. Glenn, was a very popular ef fort at humorous ihvective against the limit of five minutes prescribed by the Faculty in which to deliver the speeches. Mr. G. commenced by saying that he did not have time to say, Ladies and gentlemen. He in voked the spirits of all orators, living and dead, to rally to his support in the trying hour. The expectations of the Seniors were raised to the highest degree, fully assured that they might have an hour in which to circular, and fully explains why he (Bui-1 make an exhibit of the accumulated lock) planted himself on THE OLD JEFFERSONIAN DOCTRINE lore of ages; but hark! there comes a voice crying like one in the wilder- of States Rights, and refused to give the ness, “Five minutes! Five minutes!” Ku-KIux Committee the information 1 (Laughter.) And here, after four sought for. He did not dare to furnish years of industrious study, they, with- the information asked for, for the same reason that influenced him to refuse to furnish it to the State Treasurer of Geor gia who was legally entitled to it by virtue of his office and by the law of the State, Governor Bullock knows full well that a fair investigation Of his financial operations would disclose the most stupendous frauds ever perpe trated by any government officer (State or Federal) in this country. Mr. Angier’s testimony naturally sug gests that Mr. Henry Clews is a proper wit ness for examination,by the Ku-Clux Com mittee, so far as Georgia affairs are con eerned ; there is no doubt but that he would prove an invaluable witness before an impeachment committee of the Geor gia Legislature. Argus. out ceremony, were to be hurled out of College in five minutes. It was a bappy effort, and won the attention of the audience. ANTHROPOS, by Mr. Hand, was simply an elegant recital of the triumphs of great men in science, law, literature, art, &c.— It was a finished essay. THE WORLD’S DRAMA, by Mr. Newton, traced tbe world’s history from the fall of man, in a manner that secured the attention of the audience. The address was well written and as well delivered. IT MOVES FOR ALL THAT, a quotation from Gallileo, when com pelled to deny the rotation of the made. He instanced Mirabeau’s one minute speech in the General’ Assem bly of France, wnicb changed the fate of an Empire and shook the thrones of the world. The “five minutes” law was, in his extimation, an admi rable regulation for the relief of juries, arid Sabbath congregations; and he hoped for the sake of every pretty lady’s comfort and peace of mind, that every moon-stricken lover would abide the dictates of so whole some a regulation. During -the address considerable confusion was produced by the fall ing of some plastering on the heads of a few unfortunate individuals. The Doctor stated that he wished it dis tinctly understood, that the falling walls was not the result of his over powering eloquence, but really it re mains a mooted point yet. He then delivered to Mr. J. S. Davis, of Albany, a medal as the best Sophomore declaimer; a medal for the best essay, to Mr. W. A. Blount, of Florida; and to Mr. J. E. Hart- ridge, of Florida, a medal for the best essay from the Sophomore class, awarded by a committee of the facul ty on the merits of the essays irrespec tive of their authors. THE DISTINCTIONS Of the Freshman and Sophomore classes were then read out by Prof. Waddell. Certificates of merit were awarded to those who had completed satisfactorily the course of Junior studies; certificates of proficiency were delivered to graduates in"' German and French; the degree of A. B. was conferred on the members of the graduating class; the degree of Bachelor of Law on the graduates of the Law Department, ana the de- - gree of C. E. on the graduates of the Civil Engineering school. On Messrs. W. B. Hill, of Macon, W. Dessau, of Macon, and J. B. B. Smith, of Atlanta, were conferred the degree of Master of Arts, in consider ration of their proficiency in a pre scribed course m French and Ger man, and other departments of the University. These gentlemen were the first applicants for the degree of A. M., under the regulations which, requires students to comply with a prescribed curriculum of study at the University. It is remarkable that they were all “Honor men” of the class of 1870. THE ALUMNI HOF. is another and more significant title for a Commencement Ball. A very select company assembled at Deu- pree’s Hall, in response to invitations by the managers. Having danced until the“wee hours of mom” the night previous, the de votees of Terpsichore with much moderation, retired about 2 o’clock in the morning. During the evening the Demosthe- nean anef Phi Kappa societies had SOCIAL REUNIONS in their respective halls. The commencement was one of the most brilliant on record, and we think will give the University an ad ditional impetus to the career so long sustained by some of the most illus trious men of this continent. Bat ot this we will say More Anon»