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“ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,’
ron THE WEEK EXL.IJJQ
WEDNESDAY, JULY y^tll, 1873.
VOL. 3, NO. 5.1
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1872.
WHOLE
NUMBER
102.
EDITORIAL*—
The LegisUtnro and its Worlc; The Governor's
Message; Gen. Toombs’ Speech; Greeley's Accept
ance, page 8. What Shall the Democrats of Georgia
Do? Learning the Language; State School Commis
sioner’s Report; page 4. Artificial Limbs for Disa
bled Soldiers; Experimental Farm; pago 6. Repor
of the Bond Committee; page 1. Report on the Lu
natic Asylum; page L A Visit to Crawfordville;
pegel.
GREAT SPEECH OF GEN. ROBERT TOOMBS;
page 2.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE; page 2.
3 and 5.
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE; page 2.
DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT: pago C.
NOTES OF COUNTV DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS;
pago 3.
POLITICAL ARTICLES—
On the War Path; paged,
pago 4. The Political Situation; page 4.
Campaign Song; pago 7.
HON. LINTON STEPHENS—
Account of his Burial; page 4.
the City Council of Atlanta; page 5
Watson; page 8.
EDUCATIONAL—
Bairds town Academy; page 4.
School; page' 4. Emory College; page 1. Mis.
Nebhut’8 School at 8ocial Circle; page 4. Bowdon—
Letter of Col. G. N. Letter; page 4.
MISCELLANEOUS—
Georgia Western Railroad; page 4.
TELEGRAMS, Commercial Report*, Markets, Aflj
vertisoments, etc., pages 7 and 8.
Letter lrom Poyntz;
Greeley
Resolutions of
Poem by A. R.
Conyers High
A Visit to Crawfordville.
On Saturday evening last we visited
Crawfordville, where we spent the Sab*
bath, returning this [Monday] morning.
We wore accompanied by Dr. David
Wills, who went down to spend a Sab
bath with Mr. Stephens—it being the on
ly unengaged Sunday he has had in a
long time—this on account of repairs of
the church at Madison, where
he would otherwise have preached. The
Doctor has been a very warm friend of
Mr. Stephens for many years, and em
braced this opportunity—the first that
has occurred since the death of Judge
Stephens, to visit and spend a day with
the surviving brother, as an intimate
firiond should visit and console with
another in such cases of deep affliction
Though the Doctor’s visit was unher
alded—though he arrived at Crawfordville
after midnight on Saturday night—yet
his presenco there was soon known to
the good people of the village; and on
Sunday morning ho was waited upon at
Liberty Hall, and invited to attend the
Sabbath school, which he did. The
usual lessons were dispensed with, and
the school was entertained by him in
most impressive address—full of interest
and instruction to the children—ia which
ho is always peculiarly happy.
Sunday last, was the regular day for
religions services in the Baptist Church
for the colored people. At the request
of the Pastor, Rev. ii. R. L. Jennings.
Dr. Wills preached to them. There was a
very large audience, and the very plain
practical discourse was listened to most
earnestly, and much enjoyed
The colored population in and about
Crawfordville, are most > orderly, intelli
gent and respectable. There is no place
in Georgia where greater harmony and
good feeliug exists between the white and
black races. -i cj ,
At the close of Dr. Wills’ discourse, it
was announced that he would preach to
the white people at 5 o’clock. Almost
the entire village turned out and listened
to a very earnest, old-fashioned gospel
sermon from him, on the shortness of
human life, and the great duty of prop
erly improving every moment for good,
during our brief sojourn in this world.
We found Mr. Stephens in his
usual health, physically; and though
the sudden death of his most devoted,
as well as distinguished bioiher, has
given him the greatest distress; though
it is to him an affliction, which, in se
verity, is seldom felt by any one, at the
loss of a brother, yet he bears it with
that heroio fortitude and Christian resig
nation, which have so eminently charac
terized his whole life.
The condolence and deep sympathy
manifested by nesghbors and friends
in this sad bereavement, is a touching
tribute to the memory of the deceased,
jmd the high esteem entertained for them
Doth, by their neighbors—by those who
are and have been nearest them, and
have known them longest and best It
would be trenching upon things too sa
cred to state publicly, to give our read
ers what we saw and what was related to
us. We shall, therefore, at this time,
say no more on this point. We will
merely conclude by expresssing the hope
that though affliction confines him to his
home, there are yet many days in store
for him—days freed from any farther
sore trials and deep afflictions; and that
much good to the world is yet to be ac
complished by him—that grand aim of his
whole life — which has been the pole
star of his existence from the earliest
stages of his existence—to do good to
others; and also to indulge in the fur
ther hope that he will yet see the great
political trnths which all his life he has
advocated, prevail; and that he will have
the satisfaction of seeing the country at
pence, prosperous and happy, under a
Hr port of the Bond Committee.
The report of the Legislative Commit
tee appoiuted to investigate the bonds of
the State was read in both the Senate
and the House yesterday, and was re
ceived with applause by one, and with
profound attention by both Houses.
This Committee, consisting of Messrs.
Thomas J. Simmons, John L Hall and
Garnett McMillan, have displayed rare
ability and commendable zeal and in
dustry in preparing this very compre
hensive but condensed and exhaustive
report, embracing a series of fraudulent
transactions, unarthorized negotiations
and unheard of speculations in public
bonds, that it is difficult to conceive and
appreciate without an intimate acquaint
ance with the history of the organized
conspiracy for public plunder during the
entire period of Bollock’s unexampled
carpct-bag administration.
The printed report of the committee
comprises 152 pages of printed matter,
including 172 pages of testimony. Be
sides this, the committee have deposited
with the Secretary of the State enongh
manuscript testimony, to make a volume
of many hundred pages of printed mat
ter. The report treats specially of the
INDORSED BONDS
of the several railroads, that were inau
gurated daring the reign of Bullock,
Blodgett and Kimball in this State, and
under this head, they speak first of the
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. The
bonds of this road were indorsed in
March, 18G9, to the amount of §194,000.
The Georgia end of tho road, the com
mittee fonnd in the hands of a receiver,
whose appointment was acquiesced
by the Legislature and Gov
ernor Smith, which acquiescence
the committee construe into a rati
fication of the indorsement by the agent
of the State, Gov. Bnllock; and for this
reason, believe the indorsement binding.
They are of opinion that the State will
not lose by such a course, for the road
can be sold for enough to pay principal
and interest on said bonds.
alleges himself. He thus became a party I unfortunate, to whom no blame can be r Emory CoUege-comm«ncem«nt w«*k-
ot the misappropriation by Bullock s awacneu. I ■
ot the misappropriation by Bullock &
Co., and for this reason, the committee
think his claim should be ignored.
CURRENCY BONDS.
Under act August, 1870, Bullock is
sued §2,000,000 of currency bonds.
These were intended as a temporary is
sue. Early in 1871,Bullock issued §2,000,-
000 of gold bonds. Kimball went to
New York to take up the currency bonds.
Clews refused to surrender his, though
he had notice that they were returned
by tho issue of gold bonds. Russell
Sage received as collateral security on
a loan of §275,000 to the State, §530,000
of these “currency' bonds.” Bnllock
forwarded §500,000 of gold bonds, to
cover the loan and take up the currency
bonds. Sage refused to give np the cur
rency bonds, retained the §500,000 of
gold bonds, and now holds both;
amounting to Si,530,000, to secure a loan
to State of §275,000. Both parties are
at fault, with no one to censure but tbeir
own short-sightedness or wilful inten
tions. For these reasons the committee
attached,
Lastly, the Committee state, with
gratification, that new bonds, issued un
der the present authorities, are eagerly
sought, and bespeak for the present ad
ministration much credit and honor.
The Stute Lunatic Asylum.
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Under a resolution of the General As
sembly, passed in January, 1872, His
Excellency, the Governor, appointed
Drs. J. F. Bozeman and Wm. Henry
Cumming a committee to visit the Luna
tic Asylum of this State 1 , examine the
books, accounts and general manage
ment of tbo institution, and report upon
the present session of the Legislature.
This duty the committee has discharged,
and their reports have been laid before
the Assembly.
The gentlemen composing the com
mittee found it convenient to divide the
do not consider the State liable for any I work—Dr. Bozeman taking that portion
of the bonds.
BRUNSWICK AND ALBANY RAILROAD.
For this road the State indorsed bonds
to the amount of §3,300,000 at one time,
and at another to be exchanged for the
road’s second mortgage bonds §1,800,-
000. The transactions in the bonds of
this road are the most complicated and
more suspicious than those of any
others. They involve more fraud and
greater peculations. The plan for pil
lage and plunder was stupendous in its
proportions, and hence the greater effort tb® officials.
of it;whicli related to the financial man
agement of the institution, and Dr. Cam
ming taking the other questions affecting
not less seriously the prosperity of the
institution and the welfare of its inmates.
dr. bozeman’s bepobt.
He found the books and accounts cor
rectly kept, and fonnd no reason to be
lieve that frauds, peculation or unfaith
fulness had been indulged in by any of
to conceal their infamous machinations.
By the terms of the first act ‘ twenty
consecutive miles” must have beenbnilt,
before the bonds, amounting to §15,000
per mile, could be indorsed. Another
amending act authorized the Governor
to take up the Company’s second mort
gage bonds, amcmntiug to §2,350,000,
and pay the Company for the same in
bonds of the State at par, amounting to
§1,880,000—that bonds of the State at
L000 were to be issued to replsce the
second mortgage bonds of the Company
at §10,000 per mile; and this wise provis
ion of the credit of the State was to be
entrusted specially to the Governor, who
The New
York Warehouse and Security Company
hold bonds for §100,000 as collateral se
curity for that amount loaned by them.
The Committee recommend that these
bonds be not paid, but that upon a sur
render of the bonds, the §100,000 and
lawfal interest be paid.
BAINBRIDGE, CUTHBEBT A COLUMBUS RAXL-
■E) lo aiotfi aril fcMftpowf «dl
State aid was also giveu this road.—
The act requires twenty milca to be com
pleted before bond? could be indorsed,
whereas, not a mile has ever yet been
built. Yet Bullock indorsed 240 of the
bonds, and the holders of these bonds
were aware of the conditions necessary
to the validity of the bonds—that the in
dorsement of Bullock was not binding
on the State; and the Committee in their
opinion declare that such indorsement
is null and void. esoAtAmt
CARTERSYIIjIjE A. VAN WERT RAILROAD.
Bonds indorsed amount to §275,000,
and in October, 1870, for the “Cherokee'
Railroad, §300,000, on a mere change of
name—both names applying to the same
line of road. Act required that five
miles be completed before bonds could
be indorsed; yet Governor Bullock in
doreed 100 of the bonds when only one
and a half miles of the road were imper
fectly completed; and on the 10th Au
gust, 1870, when the Governor had in
dorsed bonds to the amount of §275,000,
only three miles of the road were com-
, pleted. The name was changed at the
suggestion of Kimball, as a stratagem to
obtain more bonds; and Bnllock, without
waiting for the other bonds to be re
turned or cancelled, indorsed more bonds
to the amount of §300,000. Of these
bonds 275 are in the hands of Clews, who
had knowledge of their fraudulent issue,
The Committee declare them all null and
void.
MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD,
On this road bonds to the amount
of §450,000 were indorsed by Governor
Jenkins, and by Governor Bullock, to
the amount of §1,950,000. The amount
of money invested by private parties
was sufficient to cover the indorsement
of Bullock, but ‘not of both; and at ttie
time Gov. Jenkins made the indorse
ment, there were no constitutional re
strictions. The committee submit these
facts without any recommendation.
THE QUARTERLY GOLD BONDS
issued by Bullock, for the pnrehase of
property, or sold in the market by
agents, should be recognized as binding.
Certain quarterly gold bonds, held by
Clews, without authority, create no lia
bility against the State. The indorse
ment of bonds to the amount of §464,-
000 on the ;.V
SOUTH GEORGIA ANl> FLORIDA RAILROAD,
is binding, but the prompt payment of
the interest, by the road, will prevent
the road from becoming liable. Of the
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC MORTGAGE BONDS,
§614,000, indorsed by Gov. Jenkins,
taken possession of by Bullock, are
legal and binding.
henry clews a co.
claim a balance due them of §47,145 50
and about £18,000 sterling, bonds paid
by them. Clews sold the quarterly gold
bonds, as financial agent of the State.
The proceeds of snch sale, by Legisla
tive act, was to pay the past doe bonds
and past due interest account alone.
Thev could be used for no other purpose.
Yet’Clews sold 1650 of these bonds
for §1,430,233, and from this amount
.paid over to the State Road, on draft
The number of patients of all classes
now in the asylum is 396.
The officers of the institution are
three Trustees, one Chief Physician,
three Assistant Physicians, one Apothe
cary, two Stewards, one matron, one
Chaplain and one Secretary. Besides,
there is a working force of 73 persons.
The annual pay-roll costs the total
amount of §2S,497.
A former custom was to allow gratui
tously to the officers, subsistence from
the commissary stores of the institution.
was empowered, upon sixty days’ failure j ibis is now extended to include all the
members of the families, as well as the
servants of the officials, and embraces
forage for the private horses of the three
assistant physicians and two stewards;
thus adding a large annual expense to
the State, not contemplated in the or
ganization of the institution. This is
of payment of the semi-annual interest
on these mortgage bonds, to take
possession of the road and all its
effects, and seHthem. Bat by reason of
his flight the sale was never made. That
it would have been made is almost cer
tain. This was the programme, for Bul
lock, as be declared, had adopted for his
official guidance Buch patriotic (?) mot-
year 1871: .TuiM
Salaries and wages $28,497 00
Sabsistance of officers and employees 9,531 13
Subsistence of horses and mules belong
ing to effieers 1,636 72
toes as these: “On tho make;” “If there shown as follows, from the records of the
was anything to be made, he might be
counted on as in;” “Spoils should be
divided among friends.”
The first act granting aid to the com
pany was based on false assumption, viz:
paat the State was in debt to the owners
th the road for tearing up the road dur-
ofg the war, and that the sum of such
indebtedness was §3,400,000. The Com-
inittee, by the personal testimony of em-
mloyees, directors and stockholders of
he road, proved the assumptions to be
alse in toto. From these and other
acts the solemn and indignant protest
of fourteen senators against the act, is
not surprising. The evidence creates
suspicion that foul and dishonorable
means were employed to secure the pas
sage of the act granting this enormous
pecuniary aid. By some mistake (?) it
was omitled in the published laws. The
act was written by W. L. Avery in New
York, submitted to the Board of Direc
tors in that city, and accepted and ap-
I 4 OJOHlHiru: L tirn ,\X\ $39,664 85
Showing the cost of commissary sup
plies and forage furnished to officers, to
be §11,107 85. The subsistence of
mules, in tlie foregoing statement, was
during the time said mules were hired
to haul fuel for tho asyium, at a fair per
diem for the service.
This statement shows that, of an an
nual appropriation of §90,000, made for
the support of the Institution, about 45
per esnt. is consumed in tho pay and
support of officers and officials.
Dr. Bozeman does not hesitate to de
clare that the whole system of furnishing
supplies to officers should be abolished
Oxford, Ga., July 16, 1872
Mr. Editor: I find Oxford all alive
with the usual excitements of the annual
commencement of Emory College.—
There is not the nsual great crowd pres
ent, bnt upon entering the church where
the Juniors were speaking, I beheld a
full house—floor and gallery. It was a
full house, but it held (me more, viz:
myself.
Upon the platform were seated many
distinguished gentlemen—among them,
Bishop Pierce and Bishop Doggett, Dr.
Myers, President of the Female College,
at Macon, Dr. Smith, President of Em
ory, General Colquit, General Dudley
DuBose, and others.
The programmme of the day was more
than half exhausted before my coming,
so that I missed the speech of Mr.
.Charles E. Dowmian, of Atlanta, bat it is
mentioned in terms of special praise.
His theme was “Speculative Philoso
phy,” a difficult one, you know, to work
into a taking speech.
Just after I entered the house, Mr.
Henry Richardson, the son of our wor
thy fellow citizen, F. M. Richardson,
was announced. He spoke of the pa
triotism of ancient Republics, in a very
well composed and gracefully delivered
speech. He was heard quite distinctly
throughout his speeoh, and at the most
distant part of the room. That is some
thing of a success at a college exhibition.
These two are mentioned in part be
cause they are personally known to many
of your city readeis. Bnt really all the
young “speakers of the day” deserve the
aighest praise. Let me mention, that
tho speaking had less of College manner
ism than usual. Young graduates are
often obliged to unlearn the manners of
the College Orator, when they appear in
practical business life before juries,
courts, and public assemblies]as debaters
o£ practical questions. Several of these
young gentlemen spoke “after the man
ner of men.”
After the speeches, after the music,
and after the flowers had ceased to show
er upon the young orators, then came
the speech of Gen. Dudley M. DuBose,
who had been requested to deliver the
prizes to the Sophomore declaimers.
The General, elegant in personal bear
ing, warm in heart, true as the steel to
principle, held up before the assembled
Sophomores the glory of a life inspired
by a laudable ambition to serve well aud
faithfully God, our country and our fel
low men. Then in, accordance with the
decision of the committee, presented the
first prize to Mr. W. C. Scott, son of
Rev. W. J. Scott, of Marietta, and the
second prize to Mr. M. W. Taylor.
Your readers will all be glad to know
that this College is in a prosperous con-
^
Georgia Legislature. Frost and Crews,
President and Treasurer, were cognisant
of the nature of‘the bill, and were'in
formed at every step ol^ its progress in
the Legislature. ;wT.
The bonds were all issued and indors
ed before any of the road was completed,
in which particular, they violated the
provisions of the act evet'y time. A por
tion of the director" and stock-holders,
were contractors, and had actual khowl-.]
edge of the progress of the road; and
one of these was Clews. About §1,680,-
000 of the bonds were signed by Charles
L. Frost, after be had ceased to be Presi
dent of,the road. Of the indorsed bonds,
his family and servants.
DR. CUMMING’S RETORT.
Though the Asylum is on elevated
gronnd, there i3 reason to fear that it is
not free from malaria. During the 28
years since the establishment of the In
stitution, little or nothing has been done
towards improving the grounds,
The buildings are of various agas ;
some out of repair, some new and good,
There are two recreation courts, while
twelve would be too few and twenty
barely sufficient.
Idiots and epileptics, he insists, should
never have been admitted to the institu
tions, as they require a different treat-
219 were not reported to the Committee; nient altogether, and should not be asso
307 were reported as belonging to two
different persons; 41 to three ’different
parties, from which facts the Committee
infer, that certain of these bonds were I is at present sufficient, bnt fears are en-
ciated with lunatics.
Water is brought from a spring, two
and a half miles from the institution, and
issued and indorsed iu duplicate and
some in triplicate.
Of fhe §3,300,000 under the first act,
§800,000 were withont authority of law.
Only 145 miles of the road were com
pleted when this issue was made; where
as, the completion of so much would au
thorize the issuance of only §2,175,000,
leaving §1,125,000 issued without a sem
blance of authority.. Debts to the
amount of more than $3,000,000 are
outstanding against the company.
The committee, after a careful consid
eration of the evidence, are of opinion
tertained that the supply will be inade
quate for the large increase of j^ients
soon to be received.
The garden is poorly cultivated, and
has been of little or no benefit to tbc
institution.
The dairy is a failure—producing milk
at fourteen per cent, above the market
price.
Among the physicians he notices an
utter absence of order in their medical
arrangements. No case books were kept,
no record of the succession of events in
each case,nor of the treatment employed,
1 wisu you cotuu imvtr ueuru me model
Baccalaureate address of tlo* Preaiden
Dr. O. L. Smith. For noun.i scum-, fine
wit, per ect rhetoric, and animated de
livery, it was indeed a model. All
who know Dr. Smith (as thousands in
Georgia do know him) will be satisfied
that this is no overpraise. In his hands
the success of the College is one of the
predestinated, if my Methodist friends
will allow the word. In the afternoon
the societies were addressed ty Colonel
H. D. Capers, who was the chosen com
mencement orator. His speech was upon
the general religious, political and social
drift of the present day, and was heard
with attention, receiving applause from
from all sides.
So the commeneemeut is over. Ox
ford is quieting off. The young people
enjoyed the usual festivities, last evening,
and to-day the the visitors are going and
gone,
Hurrying to a close that this may go
to you by next train, I bid The Sun
adieu for to-day. Tramp.
•
Crops and Tilings, m Madison County.
Madison County, Ga., July 14, 1872,
Editors Atlanta Sun—After a protract
ed drouth of nine weeks, it commenced
raining three weeks ago and since then
we have had copious showers every day
or two since, making corn and cotton
grow very rapidly.
Corn and ootton never looked better
at this season of the year with us than
the present. The ground has been rath
er toe heavy for the past two weeks for
killing grass, which looks quite thrifty
and bids fair at this writing for a fall av
erage crop.
I learu that Mr. A., of this county,
who undertook to grow two blades of
grass where only one grew before, has*
succeeded so well iu his experiment this
showery weather that he is likely to loose
his whole crop.
Wheat crop a fall average, while oats
are nearly a failure. The prospect for an
abundance of peaches and apples was
never better.
Sowing Maohineand Apple-tree Agents
are becoming as numerous in our county
as fiddlers were twenty or twenty-five
years ago, and occasionally a clock ped
dler is fonnd in some out-of-the-way
place, haulted by a big log across his
road.
Bnt little said about politics as yet.
Don’t think a great many know yet there
is to bean election this fall, while there
are many who don’t know but Old
Abe is still President—so little do they
care about politics.
David P. Freeman died iu upper edge
of this county last week.
Yours, etc.,
Dark Corner.
dition. The learned President is popu
lar with all; the Faculty admirable ; the
Curriculum advanced; and Oxford itself
delightful place to pass four years of
o liege life. Yours hastily.
|Mwfeflutsa& ■ JUhl' Tramp.
COMMENCEMENT-DAY EMORY COLLEGE.
i Oxford, July 18, 1872.
that the State is not legally or morally with its results. The same absence of
Wnrinii +/-> JianlinnrA this oasnmpd liabil-1 order was noted in the apothecary’s de
partment. No presoiptior books were
bound to discharge this assumed liabil
ity. In support of this opinion, the j
committee produce an elaborate and ex
haustive argument.
[Since the report was submitted we
learn that the Committee has had the
kept,no preseriptionsjwere file'd—nothing
to show the disposition of §2,000 worth
of medical supplies annually committed
to his care. In the year 1871, ardent
road measured, and instead of being 171 spirits, to the amount ot 515 gallons,
miles in length, it measures only 165 ; 1 r 11 “
miles, leaving a margin for the c in trac
tors of §138,000—Ed. Sun.]
good government, which all will love and Jof Bnllock and Blodgett, $600,000,
cherish. 1 while he was familiar with said act, as he
THE GOLD BONDS
issued under act of October, 1870, the
Committee declkra fraudulent and un
authorized, because the act was uncon
stitutional, and that therefore they are
not binding on the State.
The Committee conclude their admira
ble report with pointed, patriotic and
eloquent comments on this all-important
theme. They deplore the situation of
financiers beyond the seas who were de
luded, but are unable to express their
contempt of parties who knowingly and
deliberately entered into these infamous
peculations. There are others who are,
were placed in charge of the apothecary.
Wliat became of them it is impossible to
tell. It is scarcely credible that these
eight hogsheads were used medicinally.
It may be safely presumed that they were
in some way or other consumed, as we
find additional purchases made in the
first quarter of 1872.
In all parts of the building occupied by
patients, he found the air charged with
fonld odors, the floors, walls and" win
dows dirty, the rooms Tinfestod with
vermin, many of the patients were dirty,
in fact, there was a general lack of clean
liness. The meals are ill-cooked, in
sufficient and infrequent—the patients
having bnt two meals daily.
Want of space forbids fnrther notice
of this report to-day.
Mr. Editor: The crowd yesterday at
Oxford attending the commencement
was very great. The church with its gal
leries was densely packed, and a great
number was excluded. On account of
some damage which the College Chapel
has sustained, its use has been discon
tinued, but arrangements have been
made to raise the means without delay to
build, enlarge and improve the college
structure, so that at the time of the next
commencement Emory will present quite
another appearance.
The following is -L
A programme:
John R. Lewis, 2d, Honor, Sparta
Ga.—Greek Salutatory.
D. L. Cheatham, Jefferson county,
Ga.—Every Man has his Place and Must
tifi it. ™ t
T. E. Collins, Macon, Ga.—Morality a
Nations Strength.
Marcus H. Field, Canton, Ga.-—Mental
Phantasmagoria.
J. D. Gray, Monroe county, Ga.—
Principle our Platform.
J. S. Hollinshead, Fort Valley, Ga.—
Hugh Miller.
W. H. LaPrade, 4th Honor, Apalachi
cola, Fla.—Positivism.
John R. Lewis, Sparta, Ga.—Life In
surance.
J. W. Marshall, Marshallville, Ga.—
Toto Natura in Minimis.
H. E. W. Palmer, Oxford, Ga.—The
Economy of Railroads.
Thos. H. Potter, 3d Honor, Atlanta,
Ga.—Science versus Biology.
Homer Wright, Columbus, Ga.—Life
on Mars.
James K. Hines, 1st Honor, Davis
boro, Ga.—Valedictory.
The Commencement day Progamme
was very good, and well executed. The
Greek Salutatory by Mr. Lewis (2d honor)
received marked attention and elicited
mnch applause. “ Being interpreted 1
it said Greek Salutatories are humbugs.
Mr. James K. Hines, of Davisboro,
received First Honor. His Valedictory
was excellent. Mr. Thos. H. Potter, of
Atlanta, son of Rev. W. H. Potter, Pre
siding Elder of the Atlanta District, bore
off the Third Honor, and according to
the law of the College delivered the
Philosophical Oration. This famfr he
die charged with great success. His
speech was remarkably good. Mr. W.
H. LaPrade is a young minister of the
gospel, who now takes oharge of the
Edge wood Methodist Church in Atlanta.
He exhibits fine scholarship and pos
sesses many of the points of an orator.
His ebarch will secure in him a most ex
cellent young pastor. •" These names in
terest you and your city readers, but I
wish I could have space for greater de
tail. The Graduating «i twenty-
seven is said to be a fine class. I know
that many of them bid fair to do well in
the world.
(Commuuicated.)
Brief Historical Sketch of Kimt Uaptiit
Church.
At the February meeting ol 1850 the
Church inaugurated a plan (suggested
by Rev. Eli Ball, of Virginia,) to in
crease its coutributi ms to loreigu mis
sions. By tins pluu every member was
to pay at least 10 cents to tins enu.-o dur
ing the year.
The Pastor, by permission of the
Church, consented to give three-fonrths
of his time to an agency in bebalf of
the Southern Baptist Puolication Soci
ety—an institution now dead.
Rev. A. M. Spalding, the venerable
father of the present beloved pastor of
the Second Baptist Church, was unani
mously requested to preach to the
Church three Sabbaths in the month.
Rev. D. G. Daniel, having tendered
his resignation as pastor, which was ac
cepted, on the ground of bis inabilityto
serve the church and act as agent also.
Rev. A. M. Spalding was unanimously
elected as his successor, at the December
meeting—which positson he accepted.
At the January meeting, in 1851, per
mission was granted to the Presbyterians
to use the house of worship, the second
Sabbath in every month, during the
pfclw li ■! farm iMt h»C r U l A i *fV
The church having passed through a
long, unpleasant, and really, sickening
case of discipline, it was agreed, at the
May meeting; to observe a day of humil
iation, fasting and prayer.
The pastor, having resigned his posi
tion, as he was about to leave the city,
Rev. W. H. Robert, then of Marietta,
was, at the October meeting, elected to
succeed him.
At the January meeting of 1852, the
Ladies’ Sewing 3ociety presented the
church with §100 to aid in paying the
debts, which brought forth a hearty vote
of thanks from the brethren. This Soci
ety also presented a sofa, lamps, &e., to
the church.
The month of July of this year was
remarkable for two events in the history
of the church: one was the completion of
a baptistry; and the other the licensing
of Rev. H. F. Buchanan, late pastor of
the Third Chnrcb, to preach the Gospel.
At the December meeting the follow
ing action was unanimously had :
Resolved, That the Atlanta Baptist church will not
retain any member in its lellowship who vends ar
dent spirits.
During the first months of the year
1853 some lover of musio introduced a
melodian "into the church, which greatly
disturbed the peace of some of its mem
bers, and which induced the passage of
a short preamble and resolution, asking
every member to record his vote on the
subject, the instrument, however, having
been removed, the vote was rescinded at
a subsequent meeting.
The Ladies’ Sewing 8ociety had con
tributed so frequently and so liberally
that it began to be—in the opinion of the
brethren—a vital element of the financial
department of the chorch. Hence, at
the August meeting it was “resolved that
the ladies be encouraged to furnish ns
with a communion service.”
It is to be regretted that the names of
these noblewomen are not recorded.
W.
—Senator Stockton, referring to Gree
ley’s nomination, is reported to have
said, “Providence has done this work.”
Men have always been in the habit of
attribnting disasters arising from their
own mismanagement, to “Providential
cause.” It is a blasphemy against the
Author of all good.
—Grant and Greeley are both L. L. D.
Now, who shall decide when doctors,”
eta?
— An eighty year old Tennessee horse-
thief has been sentenced to twenty-one
years in the penitentiary. He says whe
he gets out he will begin a new life
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