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iiojiting or all kinds.
The recent duel of a New Orleans edit
or and a lawyer has furnished a theme
f,,r a number of our exchanges, which are
leveling their heaviest artillery against
the practice of dueling. We have noth
in,* to say in defence, except this, which
we said when the report of the duel first
reached us, that if men want to fight, and
think that they are bound to fight, and
must and will fight, the duel seenm to be
as fair a mode as any other. It may with
entire consistency be denounced by Qua
kers, or non-resistants; but it seems to us
that any fighting man must draw a very
nice distinction to justify his mode and
condemn the duel as murder. Let us see
to that. Is prize fighting any more noble
ami humane than a duel with pistols?
We suppose that few will contend that it
is. llut the prize fighter’s ring, with its
umpire and its rules prohibiting all
"fouls,” certainly affords the very fairest
mode of fighting it out “fist and skull”
fashion. If, then, the prize fight, thus
guarded and regulated, is brutal and
disgusting in the extreme (anil we do not
deny that it is), is not any other combat
in which men pound one another with
their lists, or with sticks, each taking ev
ery advantage of the other, equally brutal
and even less fair? In both cases brute
force and a little scientific skill must de
cide the combat, and the weakest and
the h ast skillful will be beaten, no matter
how just his causa may be. Is there any
thing nobler or less brutal than the duel
in this?
But it may he said that the brutality of
the duel consists in the extremity to
which it is carried—in the sacrifice of life
that is sometimes involved. In the first
place, we doubt very much whether more
lives are annually lost in this country in
duels with pistols than in personal contests
in which no “deadly weapons” are used.
We believe that a comparison of statistics
would show that the dueling pistol sends
fewer men to their graves than the bludg
eon, the kick, the rock, and the blow with
the list. In the next place, it is impossi
ble to restrain men, when they get into a
sudden tight, unfettered by rules or sec
onds, from resorting to any means at hand
to carry on the combat, and thus we see
many fights, begun with a blow of the
hand, ending by one party seizing any
thing within his l - each—be it knife, pis
tol, stick or stone—and usiug it to the best
advantage, often to the killing or maim
ing of his antagonist. Very often, too,
the discomfited party in a “list and skull”
light cherishes revenge, seeks his adversa
ry with a deadly weapon, and takes his
life. Pretty homilies maybe pronounced
against such a resort to weapons other
than those of nature, and severe laws may*
he passed to prevent it; but it is impossi
ble to control the passions of many men
when thoroughly aroused, or to limit them
to any mode prescribed by others for car
rying on defensive or offensive warfare.
It, follows, if these premises are correct,
that the great moral wrong is in fighting
at all, more than in tho mode of fighting.
And if all kinds of fighting are to be pro
hibited by severe penalties, all provoca
tions to lighting should be prohibited by
penalties equally severe. If the law un
dertakes to make a man a gentleman, it
should make him a gentleman in the use
of his tongue and his peu as well as his
hands.
The proposition of the Augusta Chron
icle-, that the laws should he so changed as
to punish duelists as ordinary murderers
must surely have been written without
sufficient reflection. Punish a man as a
murderer for shooting another when the
other is in the act of shooting at him !
This would make a discrimination against
the duelist; it would deprive him of a
defence allowed to every other homicide.
Even tlie J'car that the deceased was about
to use.a weapon has been held by juries a
justification for taking bis-life; and the
law itself considers threats to take life as a
great palliation of the killing of the man
making the threats. In the case of the
duelist the justification must be stronger,
because a man is placed in a position
where he must kill or be killed—lie is con
fronted by an adversary openly and un
mistakably trying to take bis life. So
say that a man who, thus circumstanced,
shoots his opponent, is not even to be al
lowed the pica that availed to save young
Walworth from the gallows —that he did
not commit murder with deliberate pre
meditation—seems to us a proposition
that refutes itself by its own excess. It
can only spring from opposition to duel
tag as a particular mode of lighting or
killing, and shows its inconsistency by its
intolerant bias.
We repeat that we are not defending
duelling. Only a necessity could make us
resort to that mode of settling a difficulty,
but we have endeavored iu this article to
show—
-Ist-, That dueling with pistols is no
nioie brutal than other modes of personal
combat, ami is as fair as any’.
'-M. That the way to prevent it is to
put u stop to all fighting and provocations
to tight.
: ’-d, That the duelist ought to be al
lowed all tho pleas of justification (self
defence, Ac.,) allowed to other homicides.
< . s. commission'i:i;s.
' lit* Atlanta Constitution publishes a
lein; list of United States Commissioners
for the several counties of the Northern
I'istrict of Georgia, appointed by the
federal Court. The Constitution says
that in view of the great number of ar
•ests continually being made throughout
the Slate, the existence of so many local
* oiumissiouers will be a convenience to
the people, who will not now have to go
•" Atlanta to give bail when arrested.
1 erhaps so. Hut the remedy seems to us
'eiy much like that of the man who got a
hy out of his ear by putting in a hornet,
this thing of dotting the States all over
w 'tli United Stat es Commissioners to try'
people for petty otfe aces, is a “new de
parture in government, and the sooner it
ls abandoned flip bettei.
llf .IT I'AXOOGA.
Ihe cholera having, apparently’, about
1U!l its course in Chattanooga, the Times
of the lath inst. recapitulates as follows:
the L'Oth of June up to noon yes
,l 'day, there had died hero of cholera,
u< 1 ‘"'ding to the records at the city physi
'-l!in s office, tifty-eight persons. During
■ l s time of diarrhoea, cholera morbus,
u , <ia infantum and kindred diseases,
11 " died thirty-one; twenty-three of
?' um Were colored, and eight white.
u deaths returned from “diseases tiu
tw(i ' !l ' lUr ‘ u o period, were twenty
■ eighteen of whom were colored and
*<>ur wit i+o it
the >n i 1' fom all other causes, from
-il'«f June to the ISlhof July, both
soils " there died forty-three per
tjf. ’ Ol tt Braud8 r aud total of one hundred and
,u i deaths in twenty-three days.”
VOL. XV.
FROM APALACHICOLA.
We are very glad to receive again a
newspaper from this old city by the Gulf.
It adds another to the signs of revivification
ately noticed, and strengthens our hopes
that ere long we shall have a restoration
of the commercial intimacy that did so
much for Columbus in times past, and
which, we verily believe, can be made to
contribute largely to our prosperity again
indeed, we are satisfied that if we can
get the proposed Gulf coast canal opened
as far as the Apalachicola river, not only
will our river commerce be fully restored,
but an era of prosperity realizing the
fondest dream of the most sangnine citi
zen of Columbus will dawn upon our city
The paper before us is the Apalachico
la runes , dated the 4th inst., but issued,
as we learn from one of its editorials, a
week later. It is to be published weekly
by L. I. feaurman, M. D., editor and pro
prietor, at $2 r>o per annum. It contains
a good measure of interesting reading
matter, and the editorials are written in
an agreeable “free and easy” style that
ought to make the paper popular. The
very large share of advertising given to
the first number evinces that the business
men of Apalachicola, who have been so
long without a newspaper, and have found
“Jordan a hard road to travel” without
one, are now determined to avail them
selves of their new advantages. Sensible!
The Times complains greatly of the
bogs that infest its streets, and “blow's’’
them in vigorous style, and partly in
Latin, which we doubt their understand
ing. It reports business very dull, but
somewhat enlivened by the regular arrival
of semi-weekly mail steamers from up tho
liver, and the Gulf steamers from New
Orleans. The saw-mills had ceased run
ning, but it was reported that the Apala
chicola mills would resume about the mid
dle of this month, and the Curtis mills
were awaiting transportation to ship off
their accumulated lumber.
The good people at the mouth of the
river are having fare equal to ours in black
berry* time. The Tunes reports plums
all gone except a few buried in the sand,
figs just ripening abundantly, and turtle
e ggs and turtle meat too numerous to
mention.
COTTON.
Should the crop, as is now by all ap
pearances anticipated, reach 5,000,000
bales, an average price of 15 cents a
pound would y ield the enormous sum of
$550,000,000, a sum that is bound to have
very beneficial influence on the financial
position of the country during the next
twelve months.— JY. Y, World.
As all appearances down this W'ay do
not indicate a crop approximating even
four millions of bales, it must be “dis
tance that lends enchantment to the
view” of our New York friends. Our tel
egraphic dispatches of yesterday morn
ing announced that the Agricultural Bu
reau, in view of its latest reports, had
come to the conclusion that by the aban
donment of large portions of the crop the
excess in the aeva planted had been lost.
Our readers are aware that this was our
opinion several weeks ago. The crop is
now unusually backward and small, and
planters are iu fearful expectancy of a
further reduction of their estimates by
drought or the caterpillar.
But suppose that the crop should reach
3,500,000 bales; it ought, in view of antic
ipated light stocks and unfavorable
reports from other cotton growing
countries, to command 20 cents per pound.
This would still bring $350,000,000 (ra
ting the bales at 500 pounds), and the “ve
ry beneficial influence upon the financial
position of the country” would still be re
alized. It would, in fact, constitute the
main reliance for balancing the exchanges
and paying for the imports of the whole
country. And how is the South to be re
quited for this? By continuing to de
nounce our people as “rebels,” overturn
ing the State governments of their choice,
and taunting them for having to buy at
the North provisions and fabrics which
they could make for themselves but for
their devotion to cotton?
THE CINCINNA TI SOUTHERN It. It.
Cincinnati “makes haste slowly” in the
matter of the selection of the route for
her long-ta!ked-of railroad to Chattanooga.
The latest report iu reference to it is that
the company have now under considera
tion a proposition from the President of
the Kentucky Central liailroad to allow
the Cincinnati Southern to use the Ken
tucky Central on terms to be settled here
after. It is not quite clear from the no
tice before us whether this is a proposition
to make the Kentucky Central alink of the
Cincinnati Southern, or to allow the latter
the use of the former in the construction
of a parallel road. The Kentucky Central
is now, we believe, in operation from
Coviuitton, opposite Cincinnati, to Nich
olasviile, a distance of perhaps 125 miles
on a straight route towards Chattanooga.
The people of Chattanooga, on Satur
day last, by«a vote of 023 to 64, decided
to donate SIOO,OOO in bonds to the Cin
cinnati Southern Railroad.
The Kansas City (Mo.) Tunes culls for
a union of the South and West iu the po
litical and material questions of the day.
It says: “Sooner or later the two sec
tions will be forced to unite, or go into
inevitable and involuntary bankruptcy.
It is time that the issues of the war were
buried. Having well-nigh destroyed Re
publican institutions, there is no reason
why they should destroy every material,
pecuniary, manufacturing and agricul
tural interest as well. Asa sentiment,
loyalty, perhaps, is sweet enough to those
who are fond of such embraces, but as a
substance, it is as bitter and as sterile as
the ashes upon the shores of the Dead
All a Hoax.
The three Germans who reported they
hid the ticket which drew one hundred
thousand dollars in the Louisville lottery,
hoaxed the reporter of the Courier-Jour
nal. They had a ticket of the drawing
before tlie last. Who drew the capital
prize is vet a mystery; but thousands of
the ticket holders suspect the Association
of having drawn the money.
With all his peculiar eccentricities in
the pulpit, Henry Ward Beechersays many
wise and good things. Iu a recent speech
about journalism, he said, “that nothing
should go into the journal which is not
fit to be read by every member of the
family to which it finds access. No re
spectable paper has the right to put in
matter that addresses itself to the faculties
that lay below the ears. It is the interest
of journalism that these things be either
shut up to the few or absolutely destroyed
out of journalism.”
Vice President Wilson.— The Spring
field Republican says Vice President Wil
son has passed into that stage of health
which Chase so long occupied, a paralyt
ic invalid to whom life is of most uncer
tain duration. The nature of his disease
may not utterally destroy his usefulness
as a man and public servant, but it will
undoubtedly limit his ambition and ac
tivity. With careful nursing and cessa
tion of exciting toil he may yet enjoy for
many years a kind of honorary post in the
public councils.
Mrs. Charles H. Wtst, Jr., the mother
of the young man who was murdered in
Charleston, on the night of the 4lh, by
Tames A. Duffus, Jr., died at her residence
in that city on Wednesday morning. Her
heart was broken.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
WESLEYAN COLLEGE.
. E “ r,y History—Present Advantages—
Distinguished Graduates— Mu
sic Departments—Senior Class Exer
cises.
Spotswood Hotel, July 14th, 1873.
Editors Sun: —Macon is justly proud of
her venerable and well-beloved twin in
stitutions of learning— Mercer University
for Baptist boys, and Wesleyan Female
College for Methodist girls. And if the
denominations get mixed a little between
the two, and a Methodist son drifts into
the University, and a Baptist daughter
| finds a P la ce in the College, it will proba
bly be all the better for both institutions,
presided over as they a r e by* educators
whose Christian characters and exalted pi
ety afford the fullest assurance that the
education which they shall the youth
of either sex will be based upon the truest
i and most important principles of a living
faith in Christ. Wesleyan Female College,
if not the oldest institution of its kindrin
America, is one of the most venerable,
| and occupies a very prominent position
iin the educational world. With a large
and able faculty, a board of trustees com
posed of the leading divines and most
eminent citizens of the State, and more
than two hundred students within its
w alls, forty-six of whom are this week to
bear away its diploma, it is not strange
that the Commencement exercises have
drawn a large crowd of visitors to Wesley
an College, many of whom are clergymen
of high standing.
philomathean celebration.
On Thursday night the annual public
entertainments of the Commencement
were inaugurated by the Biennial Cele
bration of the Philomathean Society, a
literary organization whose membership
is not confined to any particular class in
the college. From what we learn this
entertainment was of a very high order,
both in its literary and musical features,
and several young ladies from your sec
tion and city won merited praise for their
most excellent performances. MissLoula
W. Dozier, daughter of Mr. John B. Do
zier, of Muscogee county, who is a mem
ber of the graduating class, took a prom
inent part in the “Concert Polka,” the
“Flower Girl,” the “Summer Queen and
Frost Monarch, and the “Philomathean
Temple, and in all the characters person
ated by her her rare beauty and graceful
ness of manner made her much admired
and appreciated. Miss Mary Lou Little,
daughter of Dr. W. G. Little, of Talbot
ton, and sister of Solicitor General Little
of Columbus, also bad several important
parts assigned her, in all of which she
displayed to good advantage her superior
musical culture and vivacity of manner.
But the bright, particular star of the
evening seems to have been Miss Maria
F. Wall, daughter of Lawrence Wall,Esq.,
formerly of Columbus, now of Savan
nah, Ga., who, the local of the Tele
graph and Messenger says, “convulsed
the audience with her unequaled droll
recitation of ‘An Invitation to Visit the
Zoological Garden,’ by a very bad stam
merer. This was the most amusing per
formance of the evening, and was heartily
enjoyed by the audience.” She also rep
resented “Friendship” in the “Pliiloma
tliean Temple,” and “Katy Doolan,” an
Irish servant girl, iu the amusing little
comedy of “The Love of a Bonnet.” The
Telegraph says “Miss Wall, as Katy Doo
lan, was just such ‘help’ as one would like
to have about the house. She imitated
the sweet Irish brogue magnificently,
and maintained throughout the general
deportment of a fresh importation from
the ‘Oll Id country.’” Miss Mollie E.
Barnes, daughter of Col. W. H. Barnes,
of Opelika, was assigned parts in several
important representations, iu all of which
positions she did credit to her own indus
try as a student, and also reflected due
credit upon her faithful teachers. We
think the large and brilliant audience that
crowded the College Chapel to overflow
ing on Thursday night last will heartily
endorse all that is here said of the young
ladies from your city and section.
sophomore exhibition.
The exercises of the Sophomores took
place at the College Chapel on Friday
night, and consisted of choice readings,
interspersed with vocal and instrumental
music, by ten young ladies selected “sole
ly on the ground of pre-eminence in elo
cutionory reading, combined with good
behavior and attention to duty.” The en
tire entert linment is highly praised, yet
a detailed report of it would not prove of
interest to your readers, as the names of
but two young ladies of your section ap
pear in the list of Sophomores, and nei
ther of them took part in the exercises.
We refer to Miss L. Dora Renfro of Co
lumbus, and Miss Mildred B. Gorman of
Talbottou. In the “Second Class” we
notice the names of Misses Lula Gammel
and Leila V. Gordon, of Columbus, and
Miss Sallie W. Clark, daughter of Col.
Whitfield Clark, of Clayton, Ala., but for
some time a resident of your city, where
her aunt resides. The Sophomore class
numbers fifty-one pupils, the Second
Class thirty-six, the Junior Class fifty
five, the Senior Class foxty-six, and the
Preparatory Class thirty-four, with three
resident graduates, making the total nuin- i
her of students two hundred and tweu- j
five, of which one hundred and two are }
also music scholars. Os this number, |
eighteen are from your city and vicinity, i
and their names will appear in the daily!
reports which we shall hereafter make of |
the departments to which (hey are at- i
tached.
COMMENCEMENT SERMON.
At an early hour yesterday morning the j
Mulberry Street Methodise Church was ;
the centre of attraction for a vast crowd
of people, and when, at half past ten
o’clock, the services commenced, the
spacious edifice was filled to its utmost ;
capacity. The singing, which was in
charge of Prof. Whitney as organist, was
unusually fine, and we noticed that Prof.
Homer Wright, of your city, contributed
much to its success by his well-cultivated
voice. After the usual introductory ex- |
ercises, the Rev. E. L. T. Blake, of the
Florida Conference, announced his text
as being a part of the fourteenth chapter
of the Gospel of John, from the seventh
to the eleventh verses, inclusive. This
brief narrative presents Christ in the
presence of his disciples, to whom he is
endeavoring to disclose his true relation
! ship to the Father. The request of Philip
—"Shew' us the Father,” has been the
i cry of many a human heart, before as well
; as since the birth of Christ. Although God
i spake to Moses on the Mount, yethelong
ed for a sight of the Divine Being. Jobcried
| out, “O that I knew where I might find
! God.” It was the declaration of God to
Moses, that no man could see his face and
live. Christ also declared that no man had
ever beheld the Father. Vet the revela
| tions that he has made of himself are nu
merous. Iu Christ the Saviour in the
Inspired Word, in all the created works
of his hands, the goodness and attributes
of tlie Almighty are plainly visible. More
than Ibis we cannot hope to see or know
of God, who is a spirit upon whom man
cannot look with the human eye. But
j we can see him in the person of his son
Jesus Christ. This was the theme of a
most eloquent and powerful discourse,
which our space will not allow us to re
port, anil which was listened to with the
closest attention. Some of the preacher s
positions iu regard to God s suffering in
the crucifixion of Christ, were novel, and
excited considerable thought on the pait
of a large portion of his congregation.
In conclusion he exhorted the graduates
to seek God in Christ, to obtain a perfect
knowledge of his character and attributes
as the foundation of all other knowledge.
The sermon was quite impressive, and iu
some parts sublimely eloquent and pa
thetic, and we are surprised that the
preacher has so long escaped aD. D. to
his name. It is probably owing to his
being so worthy of such a title.
Sidney Herbert.
Spottswood Hotel, July 14, 18 <3.
Editors Sun: We this morning paid
our first visit to Wesleyan Female College,
which is located on top of College Hill,
one of the most commanding and attrac
tive of the several hills that rise up in the
very midst of this busy city, 'lhe college
./rounds occupy an entire square, upon
which commodious and imposing brick
! buildings have been erected, with numer
j oIJS w ooden structures in the rear. The
mam building is four stories high in the
! centre, with wings of three stories: and
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1873
the chapel, which is near by, is two stories,
the lower floor being divided into recita
tion rooms. The audience room above is
well seated and comfortably arranged, and
was this morning beautifully decorat
ed with evergreens, flow'ers and pictures.
From Prof. A. J. M. Bizien, of the de
partment of Modern Languages and Latin,
the only inembqr of the faculty who
seemed to have time to notice an humble
traveling correspondent, we obtained all
desired information in regard to the in
stitution, and were shown about the build
ings and looked after in a manner that
convinced ns that he is not only a most
estimable Christian gentleman, but also
“the right man in the right place,” espe
cially to entertain strangers with polite
ness and civility. Our visit to the hall of
the Philomathean Society, in the north
wing, .and to the hall of the Adelphean
Society,in the south wing of the building,
was unusually attractive. The halls are
carpeted and handsomely furnished, the
walls being hung with pictures, portraits
and photographs, prominent among wl ich
is a fine portrait of the late Rev. Dr. Bon
nell, under whose able supervision the
college attained to a high position in the
educational world. The motto of the
Philomathean Society is “ Les Soeurs
Fideles;” or, “The Faithful Sisters,”
Among its members we notice the names
of Misses Lula Dozier, Mollie Barnes and
Maria Wall. The Adelphean Society, of
which Misses Nellie Verstille and Ida
Frazer are members, has for its motto,
“We live for each other.” These literary
societies hold their public exhibitions al
ternately, the Philomathean this, and the
Adelphean next year, under the name of
a “Biennial Celebration.”
distinguished graduates.
The Georgia Female College, which was
chartered in 1839, was the first institution
of its kind in this country', if not in the
world. Reorganized in 1844, it took the
denominational name of the Wesleyan
Female College, which it has retained
with eminent success up to the present
time. Os the distinguished men who now
compose the Board of Trustees, we will
here mention the names of Rev. Lovick
Pierce, D. D., Rev. Armenius Wright, D.
D., Hon. W. H. Chambers and Rev. J. S.
Key, D. D., of your city, an;.’. Bishop Geo.
F. Pierce, of Sparta, who arrived here
this morning. In glancing over the
names of the young ladies who have gone
forth from this institution since 1840, a
feeling of sadness comes over the heart.
So many of them have married and died,
not a few of whom occupied high posi
tions in society, while others are separat
ed, widely and forever, by distance, for
tune or social inequalities. What blessed
memories cluster around the names of
Mrs. Ann L. Chambers, nee Flewellen,
and Mrs. Martha E. Clopton, nee Ligon,
who have passed “over the river,” having
borne the heat and burden of the day,
w'here they now rest from earth’s warfare
“under the trees” that grow by the river
of life. And with them stands that sweet
poetess and gifted writer, Mrs. Jane T.
H. Cross, wife of Rev. Dr. Cross, whose
literary productions have made so many
homes and hearts happy. But among the
honored living we find familiar names,
from which is refleeted back upon this in
stitution, even in her proudest successes,
the light of a noble genius. It is no
feeble tribute to Wesleyan Female Col
lege, that in the list of her “Graduates
in the Honorary* Second Degree” are
found the names of such a distinguished
authoress as Miss Augusta J. Evans (Mrs.
Wilson; and so gifted a poetess as Mrs. L.
Virginia French, whose assured future
success in the literary world must add yet
still brighter honors to those with which
they have already crowned their venerable
alma mater.
the [art department.
One of the most attractive features of
Wesleyan College, and one that is presided
over with great fidelity and rare success,
is the department of drawing and pain
ting, which is in charge of Mrs. E. T.
Crowe. During the present public exer
cises the Chapel walls are profusely hung
with the paintings and pencil and crayon
sketches of the students, and we are glad
to report that the young ladies of your
section make as fine a display iu this de
partment as those from any other part of
the State. Nor are their productions of
ordinary merit. Not a few of them are of
large size, and most artistic in their char
acter and finish. Miss Maria F. Wall, of
your city, contributes “Tired of Play,”
a fine crayon sketch, with colored ground,
“Moonlight Promenade,” a pretty pencil
drawing, and a sweet-faced portrait in
crayon, all of which are well executed.
Miss Laura Tarver, daughter of Mr. E.
W. Tarver, of Enon, Ala., has the largest
and most varied collection on exhibition,
and has received high praise for the su
perior manner in which she has used her
pencil and brush, this being her first year
in the art department here. Her most
attractive picture is “The Blacksmith in
Winter,” a large and elegant oil painting
representing a winter scene in front of a
blacksmith shop. “Morning on the Alps,”
and “Just Awake,” are oil paintings of
smaller size, but equal merit. The
“Maid of Mont Blanc” and “Asking
Alms,” are two fine crayon sketches, both I
of which are carefully finished. She also j
contributes two pencil sketches, one of an
old tree and the other a fan* y portrait. |
Miss Mattie B. Owen, of Talbotton, ex- |
hibits a large and splendidly executed
“Hebe,” in oil, which shows that she pos- j
sesses considerable talent as a portrait ■
painter. Her “Mountain Streams” is also j
a meritorious oil sketch, and both produc- 1
tions show that this young lady has made
good use of her time and talents in this '
department of female culture. Miss Lei
la A. Ross, a graduate of 1871, and well
known in your city, contributes an ele
gant oil painting, of large size and excel
lentfinish, entitled ‘’A Friend in Need,”
which is much admired.
THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
Some of the most apt and gifted pupils
in this department arc from .. our section,
and their public performances during the
past few days have been complimented in
the highest terms. Misses Laura Tarver,
Minnie Drane and Ida Frazer performed
Kinkel’s “Philomela Polka” on Friday
night in a splendid manner, according to
the verdict of the Telegraph. We already
have spoken of the musical exercises of
Thursday night, in which Misses Loula W.
Dozier, Mollie C. Barnes, and Mary Lon
Little took part. The reading of compo
sitions this morning was interspersed
with vocal and instrumental music, and
the sweetest gem of all, as well as the
most artistic performance, was the vocal
duet—“ Where the Streamlet Flows” — j
by Misses Mary Lou Little and Clara j
Wells. Both young ladies have pretty i
faces, sweet voices, and refined manners,
and although Miss Little was not in good
health, she went through with her part iu
such a manner as to win the heartiest ap
plause. Strauss’ beautiful waltz—“On the
Blue Danube”—was also performed in
spirited style by Misses Loula W. Dozier
Mary Lon Little and Mollie A. Batts.
senior class compositions.
The college chapel was crowded to its j
utmost capacity this morning, the oudi- j
ence being drawn together to listen to the
reading of the compositions of the first
section of the Senior Class. The young
ladies were elegantly dressed in the pre
vailing styles, and, with but few excep
tions, read practical compositions, in a
natural and excellent manner. Miss
Minnie C. B. Drane, daughter of the late
Win. M. Drane, of Buena Vista, was ex
ceedingly happy both iu the treatment of
her subject and the cordial and easy* man
ner iu which she presented it to the audi
ence. by whom she was raptuously ap- j
plauded at the close of her splendid ef
fort. “Subjects,” in her hands, were
sharply and practically discussed, es
pecially* those over whom woman,
in her kingdom of home, is called
upon to rule. Miss Mattie B. Owen,
daughter of Dr. Owen, of Talbotton, long
since deceased, discussed “Okl Bachelors”
in a very spicy and off-hand manner. She
presented their good and bad qualities
with considerable fairness, and called
forth for some of them as much sympa
thy* and respect as an audience mostly
composed of ladies could bestow, while
she held up another class to ridicule and
contempt. Her effort this morning
stamped her as a young lady of great en
ergy of character and practical common j
sense. Miss Kate Ross, cousin of Miss i
Leila Ross, of this city, a roguish, bright
eyed blonde beauty, read a sparkling, hu
morons composition in rhyme, entitled
“I told you so,” which was frequently!
interrupted w'ith well-deserved applause, i
Her farewell to teachers and classmates, j
however, was tenderly beautiful, and .
proved that under all her roguish smiles
she carries -in her bosom a kind and loving
heart—one that beats truly and fondly
for the objects of her youthful affection.
Sidnet Herbert.
Selection of Meritorious Students—Junior
Exhibition—Senior Compositions—Lit
erary Address—Brilliant Assembly of
Learned Men and Beautiful .Women—
Absence of Kev. Dr. Pierce.
Spotswood Hotel, July 15, 1873.
Messrs. Editors: According to the rules
and regulations of Wesleyan College, in
regard to exhibitions and honorary ap
pointments, “in the Junior Class, ten
young ladies, whose averages of merit
marks during their previous course have
been highest, may be appointed to read
original compositions on a day preceding
Commencement. No one, however, can
receive such an appointment who is not
fully up with the Class in all the studies
of the Course, or who has not received as
many as two quarterly reports. In these
appointments, special reference is had to
excellence in Composition.” The cata
i logue of tho college bears the names of
the following young ladies from your vi
-1 cinity, as members of this class: Miss
j Mollie E. Barnes, of Opelika; Miss Maria
! F. Wall, of Columbus; Miss Mary Lou
\ Little, of Talbotton; Miss Sallie Erwin, of
Opelika; Miss Florence Harlan, of Salem,
and Miss Floyd R. Hollis, of Buena Vista.
Os this number only one, Miss Mollie E.
] Barnes, daughter of Col. W. H. Barnes,
of Opelika, was chosen to read last night
| at the
JUNIOR EXHIBITION.
To say that the chapel was crowded on
this occasion, is but a feeble description
of the scene. It was literally packed with
human beings, all seemingly anxious to
! see and hear was going on. Many, how
i ever, w*cre disappointed iu this last desire,
as the confusion of tongues back by the
j doors made it almost impossible to hear
anything at that end of the house. The
j compositions were generally good, better
iu many cases than the reading. Miss
Mackie E. Lee, of Macon, a sweet-faced,
earnest-hearted little maiden, not only
gave us the best and most practical com
position, but she read it with a simplicity
and frankness that charmed everybody.
Her noble thoughts and faultless reading
made her the “bright, particular star” of
] the evening, and ali present blessed the
“Beautiful Hands” that wrote the com
position, and the kind and tender heart
that gave to its reading such an influence
and a power for good. Her modesty and
worth shone forth in her sweet words and
their frank utterance. Miss Jessie Pau
line Hardeman, daughter of Hon. Thomas
Hardeman, jr., of this city, carried the
house by storm with her spicy rhymes,
“What Shall I Write About?” Many of
the hits were w'ell conceived and forcibly
delivered. Miss Mollie E. Barnes, with
perfect ease of manner and a pleasant,
well-modulated voice, gave us a delight
ful picture of a home scene just before
Christmas, which she entitled “How* I
Passed a Winter Evening.” There was
nothing romantic or startling in the scene
described by her, yet it was one which
charmed us all by its rare simplicity, and
the easy and natural mauner in which it
was presented by the fair and gentle
reader. The subject of her composition,
as well as the style of reading it, clearly
showed that Miss Barnes has had the ad
vantages of good home influences. Her
effort last night was highly applaud
ed by the audience, and quite a num
ber of beautiful bouquets were
throwm at her as she retired to her seat.
Miss Ida Frazer w*as one of the perform
ers of Barnhart’s “Lyra March,” and
Misses Lula Dozier and Laura Tarver took
part in the presentation of Kunkel’s
“Love-at-Sight Polka.” But the musical
gem of the occasion, as the hearty ap
plause of the audience indicated, was the
singing of Hern’s beautiful duet—“l
know a Bank”—by Miss Mary Lou Little
aud Miss Burke. Nor was this strange.
Two such sweet-faced, modest maidens,
with voices full of rich melody, could
hardly fail to render this charming duet
in the most effective and attractive man
ner possible.
SENIOR COMPOSITIONS.
Again this morning, as on preceding
days, the College Chapel was thronged
w'ith a vast audience of ladies and gentle
men, drawn thither to hear the composi
tions of the second section of the Senior
Class. Miss Mary F. Patiilo, of West
Point, read an essay on “Purpose,” in
which she endeavored to show the impor
tance of having an object to live for.—
Women should seek some noble purpose
and let it take their thoughts and desires
from fashion and frivolity. Miss Em
ma A. Carlton, of Union Point, one of
the most beautiful and sensible young
ladies of the class, won all hearts by her
charming discussion of the question—
“ What makes a Lady?” And although
there were no special friends to throw flo
ral offerings at her feet as she retired from
the stage, she carried with her laurels that |
are unfading, as well as more fragrant :
than the flowers that wither at a breath.
In the hearts of all who love the !
good, the beautiful and the true in a fair
maiden’s character, she will long be re
membered as one worthy the homage of
noble hearts and cultivated minds. Her 1
modest worth, refined culture and rare |
beauty, eminently fit her for great useful- j
ness in the higher and purer walks of life, j
and we feel sure that she will ever prove
true to herself and to her noble ideal of
an exalted womanhood. Miss Loula W. j
Dozier handled without gloves the ;
“American Taste for the Sensational.” j
Aside from its unjust sectional applica- j
tion, the essay was pungent, practical and
well presented. Toadyism generally was
fully discussed w'ith a hit at the “ Royal
Boobies” whom the press never tired of
writing up, the Prince of Wales and the
Grand Duke Alexis. The Romans had
their gladiators upon whom to bestow
praise and honor. Not having learned
wisdom from past ages, the Americans
have their prize fighters, horse racers aud
foot racers. Bonner’s Dexter, and poor
Weston, with “more brains in bis feet
than his head,” came in for apassingallu
sion. The composition was vigorous, well
timed and practical, and we trust that it
will not be without its influence, as it was
quite as appropriate to the audience be
fore whom it was read, as to a more re
mote class of persons. We all run after
celebrities, novelties and *‘nobodies,’’and
we need to be severely lectured for our
folly. Miss Dozier received a large num
ber of bouquets, as a testimonial of appre
ciation on the part of her many friends
present.
But there was no sweeter face, no more
charming display of modesty and refine
ment, on the part of the class present,
than was presented by Miss Ida Frazer,
daughter of J. A. Frazer, Esq., of your
city. Her appearance before the audience
called forth a pleasant greeting of ap
plause from all parts of the chapel, show
ing that her modest worth had already
revealed itself in he?sweet face and gen
tle manners. Her composition consisted
of “Contrasts,” all of which were made
in a most appropriate and excellent mau
ner. She contrasted youth with old age,
beauty with homeliness, goodness with
vileness, wealth with poverty, large peo
ple with little folks, in each ease adding
the right word of advice and suggestion
in the right place. She was quite happy
in her comparison of large people with
little folks. Os small women we say,
“What a little dear!” or, “the dear little
creature;” but of large women we say,
“Is she not magnificent!” or, “What a
grand woman she is!” “People have a
choice in the matter of size,” she smilingly
remarked, “and I have made mine.” It
is needless to add, after what has already
been said, that Miss Frazer is one of “the
dear little creatures” whom everybody
loves—because they can’t help it. As she
retired to her seat, a perfect shower of
bouquets fell at her feet, a profuse but well
deserved tribute to one of Muscogee’s
fairest and purest little maidens, who, to
day, acquitted herself with distinguished
honor, which, although won by modest
worth aud refined culture, is as bright a
jewel as that won by more brilliant
thoughts and bolder declamation, and far
better suited to the sweet and sacred re
lations of daughter, wife, aud mother,
within the quiet but potent realm of
home. The readings were interspersed
with the usual musical performances, and
Miss Mary Lou Little and Miss Ella
Wight sang Glover's charming duet—
“ Two Forest Nymphs”—in flue style, and
were loudly encored. The contrast be
tween the two youDg ladies was very
marked. Miss Little being a timid, sweet
faced blonde, and Miss Wight a bright
eyed, rosy-cheeked brunette, yet both
possess voices of remarkable sweetness
and finished culture. Miss Little also
took a prominent part in the beautiful
chorus, by Balfe—“Ne’er let the Heart
for Sorrow Grieve.” It is quite a compli
ment to her superior musical culture and
talent, that she is so frequently brought
; out in prominent parts.
THE LITERARY ADDKtss.
Like most of the so-called literary ad
dresses of the present day, especially
those delivered before the young ladies of
j our educational institutions, the remarks
| of the Hon. Clifford Anderson were, in
the main, unsuited to the occasion. His
j references to Marshall, Clay, Calhoun,
| Jefferson, Madison, Monroe aud Jackson,
! were truly eloquent, aud his tribute to
' Gen. Lee reached the sublime; yet it was
| to young women that his words were to
|be more particularly addressed. The few
' brief sentences bestowed upon them, in
j conclusion, were hardly enough, in view
| of the fact that nearly forty of them go
| forth to-morrow to take their places in
! the world, and in due time to assume its
grave responsibilities. The speaker dwelt
on the importance of preserving our old
time “Southern Civilization” from the
inroads of all species of modern isms and
female suffrage ideas. lie contrasted
Jefferson’s refusal to appoint a relative to
office, and Lee’s refusal to accept a house
from citizens of Richmond, with Grant’s
conduct, and exhorted that such a high
and noble standard of right and justice
should still be maintained by the South
ern people. Woman, with her more ex
tended influence and exalted mission, lias
an important part to act in accomplishing
this result, and he hoped to see her shrink
from no responsibility in the matter.
His few final words to the graduates were
appropriate and well spoken.
ABSENCE OF KEV. Dll. PIERCE.
For the first time since 1839, the Rev.
Lovick Pierce, D. D., is absent from the
Commencement Exercises of Wesleyan
Female College, an institution over which
he has watched with all a father’s tender
ness and fidelity, aud to whose graduates,
year after year, he has given his blessing
and his prayers. To miss his venerable
form and gray hairs from his accustomed
place upon the platform, it is to feel that
a dear one is gone who has left behind
him avoid that can never be filled by an
other, not even the eloquent and gifted
son who so worthily adorns the office of
Bishop, and by whose hands the first de
gree ever bestowed upon a woman by a
literary institution, was conferred. Not
only is the absence of Dr. Pierce a subject
of deep regret among all classes here, but
it formed a beautiful sentence in the “Sa
lutatory Address to tho Trustees,” read
this morning by Miss Maggie A. Meyers,
who paid a noble tribute to his past fideli
ity and friendship. The Hon. Clifford
Anderson also alluded to the absence of
this venerable servant of God in language
truly sublime, picturing to the eye the
beauty and serenity of the closing scenes
jof his long and useful life. How happy
I must that man be, life’s labor done, who
can command, as he nears the shores of
eternity, the profound respect and sincere
gratitude of the people among whom he
has lived and labored all his days. Os
him cau it be said, “How blessed the
righteous when he dies.”
Sidney Herbert.
1 TIE CHURCH OE ENGLAND.
London, July 14. —Iu the Chamber of
Peers this evening Lord Orandon read the
Archbishop’s reply to the Church Associa
tion, showing the tendency in the Church
of England towards Catholicism, aud
moved that; a committee be appointed to
consider what legislation is needed to
check the evil. He supported the motion
iii a long speech, iu the course of which
he read passages from a petition of four
hundred aud eighty-three clergymen of
the Established Church asking for the ap
pointment of confessors aud a restoration
of other Popish practices which tho Re
formation abolished. He wanted to know
by what casuistry English clergymen hold
ing such doctrines retained their positions
iu the church. The Archbishop of Santer
| burg said the noble Lord had seated the
| question fairly. It was no wonder that
| the popular feeliDg was working upon
this subject. There was good cause for
alarm. The power of the Bishops to
remedy the cause of the abuses should be
increased. Tho Bishop of Salesbury de
clared the positions taken by Lord Oran
more were unanswerable, but he thought
the motion inopportune. The eonfession
i al was contrary to British feelings, aud
that an attempt to introduce il could only
be considered wild and visionary. The
483 clergymen who signed the petition
constituted one bait pc. cent. of the cler
ical body of the chure..
The Archbishop of 1 expressed an
opinion that whatever \v ... done in this
matter should come luui lUe church, not
I from legislation; he, there: *re, was op
posed to the motion, but he declared he
| would make every exertion to prevent the
! prayer book from becoming Romanised.
| The motion was then negatived aud
: their Lordships rose iu the House of Uom
i mons.
I Lawson gave notice he should move
! next weak that the ancient custom of ex-
I polling strangers from the galleries he
abolished except on rare occasions.
Mitchell Henry, member from Galway j
county, gave notice of an early motion
looking to the publication of faithful and
impartial official reports of the proceed- j
1 iugs of the House. He complained the !
reports at present made were partisan in j
character and intensely hostile to the
Catholic religion.
SPANISH AFP AIKS.
Madrid, July 14. —The Spanish Gov
ernment promulgated a decree annulling
all edicts of sequestrations placed upon
property of rebels and rebel sympathisers
in Cuba.
Gen. Velord entered Olecna yesterday
with a strong column of Republican
troops. The militia of the province of
Aeicantre have already taken possession
of the town, having succeeded in reduc
ing the insurgents to submission and
taken away their arms. The ringleaders
of the revolt, however, escaped from the
town before Velord’s troops arrived.
A detachment of Government troops in
garrison at Puerta La Rena, Navarre,
have surrendered to the Carlists
Bayonne, July 14. —Advices received
here from Carlist sources state that sev
eral thousand muskets have been landed
on the coast of Bicay and distributed to
Carlists recruits. Same reports assert
that the supporters of Don Carlos are
gaining ground with such rapidity and
numbers and so steadily on the increase
that there is an implorable cry from Re
publican commanders in the North for
reinforcements in order to bold their
ground.
Madrid, July 14. —The insurgents in
Carthagena are masters of the entire
town, with the exception of the arsenal.
It is feared that the latter cannot hold
out long and, with the ships on the dock,
will fall into the hands of tho insurgents.
Conteras is reported leader of the insur
rection.
The Minister of War has left Madrid
for Carthagena, but at last accounts was
unable to proceed beyond the station at
Pol la.
Madrid, July 14.—The successes of
the Carlists and outbreaks at Roches and
Alcoy, have awakened a strong feeling
against the insurgents. War meetingsare
being held at various prominent points
in the provinces—notably at Barcelona,
where large earnest meetings of citizens
were held last night to offer moral and
material support to the Government in
its efforts to suppress the Carlist insur
rection.
FRANCE—DISORDERL YAS US UAL.
Versailles, July 15. —The sitting of
the Assembly to-day was unusually disor
derly'. A bill was beiore the Chamber
authorizing a permanent committee dur
ing recess to sanction the prosecution
against the insulters of the Assembly.
During the discussion of this measure
there was an indescribable tumult.
M MAHON AND THE FOPE.
New York, July 14.—A Paris corres
pondent quotes Gen. McMahon: “Every
thing that can be done to insure tlie
Pope's safety and the necessary liberties
of the Holy See shall be done. It is di
rectly against the interests of Italy to ex
pel the Pope, for were he to take refuge
elsewhere, the Catholics of all the world
would be aroused and united against
Italy.”
MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT
ROYAL MARRIAGE.
Special Dispatch to tlie World.
London, July 11. —The long talked of
arrangement by which the English Gov
ernment was to be connected with that of
Russia has at last been definitively set
tled. Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke
of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxony, Count
of Ulster aud Kent, and captain iu
the Royal Marines, is to he married to
Marie Alexaudrovitch, the Grand Duchess
and chief of the Regiment of Laucers.
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert was born on
the 6th of August, 1844, aud therefore is
now in his twenty-ninth year. Marie
Alexaudrovitch was born on the sth of
October. 1853, and consequently is now
about twenty years of age. There has
been much talk iu regard to the probabil
ity of the union of these two houses, the
majority of opinion being, with one or
two notable exceptions, that the union
would not be effected, bevau.se of certain
combinations which had been made in
the East, where, across the great deserts
and from Tashkend down to Afghanistan,
England aud Russia have been generally
supposed to be at swords’ points. The
words of newspaper correspondents seem,
in this case at least, to have been utterly
at fault, and it is only the cool Allge
, meine Zeitung, of Augsburg, w hich seems
: to have pronounced with peiffeet assu
rance the fact that between Russia and
England, iu regard to the Eastern ques
tion so far as it relates to Central Asia,
all is now and eventually must be at
peace. As assurance iu regard to the
amicable intentions of the two govern
ments, nothing could be more comforting
than the assurance that the long hinted
at marital conjunction between these two
great governments is at lust to be accom
plished. Although the announcement
that the marriage has been officially ar
ranged lias been made, it is not yet
known on what day the nuptials will take
place.
AGKICULTIIKAL BUIIEAU HE POUT.
Statement of the Crops.
Washington, July 15. — Tlie reports of
the condition of the cotton crop to the
Department of Agriculture for July Ist
indicate as follows: Owing to causes re
ported in June the crop is generally from
two to four weeks later throughout the
cotton States; the weather was unprece
dentedly wet for a period varying from
25 to 35 days, ending about the 25th of
June; the area of cotton planted was suf
ficient to tax the available labor to the ut
most under the most favorable circum
stances; consequently the excessively wet
weather preventing work and stimulating
grass and weeds, has not only caused
poor stands aud a grassy aud otherwise
unfavorable condition quite generally,
but has necessitated the abandonment of
large portions of the area planted, proba
bly nearly enough to bring the acreage
down to w'hat it was last year. The re
ports, with rare exceptions, are despond
ent and picture a somewhat gloomy pros
pect. Doubtless the majority fall in with
the common tendency to exaggerate the
bad effects upon crops of unfavorable
weather prevailing iu the present and to
underrate the future chances of recuper
ating from these effects.
The reports shoYv generally that the fa
vorable weather in the last days of June
was having the effect to change the con
dition somewhat rapidly for the better.
Cotton worms, caterpillars and lice, had
made their appearance in small numbers
at several points, but as yet had not occa
sioned lunch apprehension of serious
damages. The average condition for the
cotton .Slates, not counting Virginia,
made up from all the counties reported,
was 895. In detail, the condition repor
ted by figures give the following reports :
Virginia, 10 counties reporting, average
condition 108, 2 being placed at 100,
0 above, 2 below; Nortti Carolina, 43
comities, average ill, 14 at 100, 7 above,
22 below ; South Carolina, 16 counties,
average 82, Laurens 100, all others below;
Florida, 10 counties, average 99, 3at 100,
3 above, 4 below ; Georgia, 58 counties,
average ill, 17 at 100, 10 above, 31 below;
Alabama, 36 counties, average 85, 6 at
100, 3 above, 27 below; Mississippi, 30
counties, average 83, 8 at 100, 2 above,
20 below ; Louisiana, 19 counties, average
80, 1 at 100, 3 above. 15 below ; Texas, 50
counties, average 78, 2 at 100, 8 above, 40
below; Arkansas, 29 counties, average
106, 9 at 100, 4 above, 16 below ; Tennes
see, 24 counties, average 96, 7 at 100, 5
above, 12 below'.
FIRE IN THE NAVY BUILDINGS.
Washington, July 15. —A fire at the
Navy Department this morning damaged
the building to the extent of ten or twelve
thousand dollars. It is thought the
greatest damage is by water. The Secre
tary’s office is completely flooded with
water, and the entire department is unfit
for occupancy. There were several val
uable records burned, but most of them
can be replaced.
The log book of the Navy Department
suffered most, nearly all the logs were
damaged by fire The fire was
confined to the third and fourth stories of
the South wing. Nearly all the records
of the Bureau of Steam Engineering were
lost. The Bureau of Ordinance lost
heavily iu records and papers. The print
ing room was entirely destroyed. It is ;
supposed the fire originated from acciden- j
tal lombustion of chemicals in the Bureau j
of Ordinance. Nearly the whole building
was flooded, aud at least half is unfit for
occupancy.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Washington, July 14.—Minister Sickles
telegraphs the State Department that the
Spanish Government has issued a decree
rescinding all embargoes ,md ordering the
immediate restoration of all property here
tofore seized for political offences in
Cuba.
Final settlements shows the Govern
ment’s loss by paymaster Hodges’ defalca
tion $443,116.
Indiau Commissioner Smith has gone
West to inspect the condition of affairs,
| and returns the latter part of August. He
goes to Fort*Sill early iu October for a
council with the Kiowas and Comanches,
where Gov. Davis, of Texas, will have Big
Tree and Santana.
The British-American Claims Commis
sion will not consider claims accruing af
ter date of close of rebellion as fixed by
treaty of Washington. This bars a large
number of claims, aggregating some
millions of dollars.
A dispatch says it is announced officially
that the Geneva awards will be paid in
United States bonds, thus averting any
disturbance of exchange.
SIGNAL BUREAU.
Washington, July 15. —The signal ser
vice is to be extended to the west end of
the Windward Island and along the east
ern and western coasts of South America.
Statious have already been fitted up and
manned at the following points : Havana,
Santiago DeCuba, Kingston, Porto Rico.
St. Thomas, Antigua, Guadaloupe and St.
Vincent, on the Windward Islands, from
whence the observers are sending partial
reports of their observations.
THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Philadelphia, July 15. —At the cele
bration of the First Methodist Conference
of America, yesterday, Bishop Jones pre
sided. He said the results during one
hundred years had been very great. The
progress of the Methodist Church had
exceeded that of any other.
ILLNESS OE THE COBBLER.
Washington, July lit.—Vice-President I
Wilson is partially paralyzed, his face dis
figured and his speech siYnewhat affected.
Probably Carpenter will be elected Presi
dent pro tern., and will preside at the
opening of the Senate.
DEAD.
Columbia, S. C., July 16.—C01. Le
mon Fair, a prominent lawyer and for a
quarter of a century Solicitor of the Mid
die Circuit, is dead; aged 72.
MOKE YELLOW FEVEU.
Halifax, July 16.—The Juveuta ar- I
rived from the West Indies, with yellow ;
fever. Six deaths during the passage.
OAKES AMES’ EFFECTS.
Boston, July 16.—The inventory of
Oakes Ames shows five and three quarter
millions.
NO. 24
BRUNSWICK AND ALBANY R. R. AND
THE BONDHOLDERS.
Special to the Savannah Advertiser.]
Brunswick, Ga., July 11. —The ad
journed term of the Glynn Superior Court
commenced Tuesday morning, Hon. Wm.
Schley, Judge of the Eastern Circuit, pre
siding. The Brunswick and Albany rail
road case was called, and attorneys for the
bondholders announced themselves ready.
The first day was consumed in skirmish
ing. The bondholders were in favor of a
decree of sale, a payment of the money in
the court and a full fight for it, when three
of the several creditors wished first to try
the issues before the jury. NVednesdav
morning the court commenced the trial of
the cases which had been referred to a
jury.
The claim of John T. Brown & Cos.,
contractors, and the largest claim, was
first taken up and the whole day con
sumed in taking testimony. The follow
ing morning this case was ably argued by
Messrs. Hood, Hines, Lochraue and Ba
con, and left with Judge Schley in pref
erence to a jury, to which he has not yet
rendered his decision. The rent and
damage claim of the Dawson Car Compa
ny was next disposed of, the jury render
ing a verdict against the Dawson Compa
ny. The case of Wm. Hazlehurst was
next called, the jury giving him a verdict
for amount of drafts and interest. The
damage claim of A. H. Colquitt, guardian,
is now under way.
Several other cases have been disposed
of by agreement.
Judge Schley has favorably impressed
our people by his dignified and courteous
address, and by his determination to
reach, if possible, the end of the case
during this term of the court. He will
continue next week the investigation of
the case referred to the jury, and will
afterwards hear the argument as to the
priority and dignity of the various claims
established against the company. It is
hoped and thought probable that a con
clusion of the whole matter may be reach
ed and an early sale of the road decreed.
I learn that Judge Schley will remain a
month, if necessary, in order to reach the
end of the case, if he believes it can be
reached within even that time.
THAT FIRST BALE SOLD.
New York, July 10.—The first bale of
cotton of this j'ear’s crop was sold yester
day at ;«(! cents per pound. The cotton
w r as grown in Cameron county, Texas.
Concerning this first bale of cotton, the
New Orleans Times of the 11th instant,
says:
The receipts included a bale of Rio
Grande, new crop, received by Messrs.
Gordon A Gomilla, per Morgan’s railroad
and steamers from Galveston, to which
port it was shipped by schooner lrom
Brownsville, and is understood to bo for
forwarding to New York, unless the con
signees should receive a fancy offer. A
sample was exhibited at the Cotton Ex
change, where there was some conflict of
opinion whether it was all new crop or
mixed new and old. The weight of opin
ion, however, w r as in favor of its being all
new. It classed strict good ordinary, and
is of good staple. Os course this bale,
from the extreme Souihern line of Texas,
is no indication of the progress of our
crop, of which none new is expected for
some time. Last year the first bale from
the same point was received here on July
17, and forwarded to New York on the
following day. The present bale, as well
as the bale last year, was raised by Mr.
L. J. Hynes, of Santa Maria, Cameron
county, Texas. It weighs 4151 pounds.
The first receipts of the new of the Mis
sissippi Valley crop lust year, were on
August 4, or twenty-three days later than
the first from the iiio Grande.
It appears that this is the earliest arri
val at New Orleans since 1841) with the
exception of the year 18(10, when the first
bale come in on July 5.
LATER FROM WESTERN TEXAS.
Special to the Galveston News.]
Ban Antonio, July 10, 187.1.- —Last
Sunday night, near Bandera, the Indians
murdered Mr. Moore and wife, and
wounded three children. The eldest child
escaped through the brush and gave the
alarm. A scouting party are after them.
The same Indians killed a man on the
Hondo, and stole a large number of
horses.
Lient. John GrfSen, one of our best In
dian fighters, was killed by a Mexican
member of his company, on the Helotes
this morning. The murderer escaped.
No news has yet been received of the
cavalry command which left Fort McKa
vett three weeks ago to operate on the
head waters of the Brazos. Gen. McKen
zie has gone up that way also.
On the O h lust., the Indians came with
in two miles of Fort McKavett, and at
tempted to stampede a train of mules, but
failed, leaving one Indian dead.
The Indian commissioners to Mexico
have as yet effected no removal of the
Kickapoos. It is believed here that the
Indians operating above here are from
the Fort Sill reservation. The Quaker
policy worketh well.
The weather is hot; no rain.
SPAIN AND HER TROUBLES.
Bayonne, July 16.—The Carlists claim
that they have now ten thousand men
under arms. The Spanish Government
has ordered war vessels to cruise along the
coast of Biscay to prevent the landing of
cargoes of arms and military stores for
the Carlists.
Madrid, July 1C. —Dispatches from Bar
j eelona anuouuce that yesterday all work
| men on cotton and wollen factories struck,
and shops were closed in the evening.
The employee assembled on the plaza and
were harangued by several speakers, who
urged them to emulate the course of the
men of Alcory, overthrow the municipal
government, burn churches and public
buildings. These sentiments were not re
ceived with favor. The speakers were
hissed by their hearers. Before any se
rious disturbance had taken place troops
arrived in the plaza, and the assembly
dispersed. Further manifestations by the
most violent among the workmen are ap
prehended. Precautions have been taken
to deal with them promptly.
KATE STODDARJ > A.\l) GOODRICH.
New York, July 15. —Yesterday eight
letters were found in Kate Stoddard’s
possession, written to Goodrich, and live
from him to her, all showing that she re
garded herself as his lawful wife. She
addresses him as “My Dear Charlie” and
“My Dearest Husband.” The letters of
both likewise show that they were mar
ried or went through a ceremony which
she supposed a lawful marriage, May 12,
1872, in New Y’orlt, and were registered
as man and wife at the Ashton House.
Three of his letters are dated after the al
leged marriage. The second tells her,
“it is better for both that we should
separate.” The third tells her not
to call herself his wife, as they
must separate. He offers to furnish
her apartments in New York and do every
thing for her, but she must not tell his
family of their relation.
CELEBRATED INSURANCE CASE.
Baltimore, July 15. —Wm. E. Udder
sook was arrested, charged with the mur
der of a strange man in Chester county,
Pennsylvania. Uddersook was the prin
cipal witness in the famous Goss insurance :
case, tried in this city recently, in which
Mrs. Goss, a widow, brought suit to re
cover a $25,000 life policy on her hus
band, divided among several New York
companies and the Travelers, of Hartford,
Connecticut. In this case Goss was al
leged to have been burned in the shop
where he was experimenting with chem
icals and the remains of his dead body
taken from the ruins. Uddersook was a
brother-in-law of Goss.
A CUBAN LEAVER DEAD.
New York, July 15. —J. M. Mayor, of j
Georgia, a well known Cuban, who with
others fitted out the Fanny expedition in
1871, and acted for a time as Vice Presi
dent of the Cuban republic, and was con
demned last year by order from Valmase
da to be immediately garroted when
caught, died after a brief illness, at mid
night, in Lexington avenue.
YELLOW FEVER.
New York, July 1G. —The engineer and
steward, of the Meridian, died of yellow
fever, and were buried at quarantine.
Several passengers are sick in the quar
t utine hospital.
THE ft 1881 AN MAIH l* i ' !
Battles and Privatiotfi *ui ute «
Special to the N. Y. Herald.
London, July 10.—The Herald special
correspondent on duty at Sheik Arik,
river Oxus, Central Asia, dating on June
4th (old style), on the staff of the Russian
commander, General Kaufmann, tele
graphs details of the operations which
took place prior to the capture of Khiva.
dispatch was delayed at Orenburg
owing to the inability of the operators to
wire foreign language.
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE MARCH —-ITS DIFFI
CULTIES, DELAYS AND BRILLIANT TRI
UMPHS.
The report reads as follows: General
Kaufman crossed the Oxus River on the
Ist of June, having in his command ten
pieces of artillery, two mitrailleuses, fif
teen hundred infantry and six huudred
i cavalry, having passed Adamkulgan on the
14th of May. In order to procure a sup
ply of water, camels were seDt back—wa
ter becoming very scarce—thus causing a
delay of a week.
VICTORIOUS UNDER A TERRIBLE WANT.
The Russians in the meantime attacked
Adam-Kurzland and »pulsed an assult
which was made on the column by the
famous Asiatic brigand, Sadik Yaltack,
despite the fact that the imperialist sol
diers were suffering from a terrible want.
ONWARD.
General Kaufmann pushed forward,
reaching Oock-Ookak, on the Oxus, after
skirmishing continuously with the enemy
all the way during the last twenty miles
of the march, lie there reached water,
and charged the Turcomans force, captur
ing eleven boats, which were used for its
transport.
Following the course of the river a dis
tance of fifty miles, the Russian headquar
ters arrived opposite this station on the
28th of May.
BOMBARDING A FORT.
A strong fort having been discovered on
the left, General Golavoschoff opened fire
on the place and silenced the Khivan guns.
THE ROAR OF THE OUNS A SOUND OF noPE IN
THE DESERT.
Meantime MacGaban, the llerald spe
cial corresponuent, had wandered in the
desert from point to point, according to
uncertain information, following the wake
of the army until two of his horses died
from hunger and thirst.
He finally reached the Oxus May 28.
Attracted by the roar of the contending
cannon he was enabled to reach an eleva
tion on hilly ground wherefrom, during
space of two hours, he observed the ope
rations of the Russian and Khivan armies.
CAPITULATION.
The Khivans offered submission to the
Russians and General Kaufmann crossed
into the territory of the Khanate proper,
in the captured army boats. He was met
by the publication of a proclamation of
friendship.
THE COMMISSARIAT.
The inhabitants brought out bread,
fruits and goats for the use of the troops.
The Russians paid enormous prices for
the commissariat, the men having lived
for a week previous on black biscuits.
TO THE FRONT.
At that period the Herald, correspon
dent was enabled to join Gen. Kaufmann’s
staff.
IN THE LAND OF CANAAN.
After taking, on the 4th of June, Fort
Kasogrash, distant ten miles from the
Oxus river, and forty miles from Khiva,"
the Russians camped in gardens richly
studded with ripe apricots,mulberries and
the like.
MUSCOVITES MUSTER, WITH TRIUMPH AT
HAND.
The whole available Russian force, 60,-
000 strong, then continued to move on
toward Khiva, with the certain prospect
of a brilliant success.
C HOLERA REPORTS.
Special to the Advertiser.
Birmingham, Ala., July 14. —In the
past 24 hours there have been seven
deaths and ten new cases. The disease
is worse than at any time previous. Ar
rangements are being made to care for
the poor sick and many contributions
have been made from citizens of Mont
gomery, Louisville and Selma. The
weather is clear and warm. It is impos
sible lo determine how long it will be be
fore the disease is under control. The
town was nearly deserted during the past
week, but when the day brought, out sev
eral new cases great numbers were to be
.seen on their way to the railroad depot
and they looked pleased only when the
train was in motion. A great amount of
fear and excitement is prevailing. Hopes
are entertained of better times soon.
We have the misfortune to announce
four additional deaths, and among them
Mr. E. Linn, brother of Mr. ('has. Linn,
and Mrs Terry, wife of Col. Terry, a
prominent lawyer. Every person who
can get away is leaving, and thero is much
distress among the sick in consequence.
Nurses are sadly needed.
THE TEILOWSTONE EXPEDITION
Bismarck, D. TANARUS., July 3. —Col. E. D.
, Baker, Chief Quartermaster of the Yel
lowstone expedition, has returned to Fort
Lincoln with a train of forty wagons for
supplies. He left the expedition about
fifty miles from Fort liice. Heavy rain
and mud had compelled slow marches.
The engineers of the Northern Pacific
road, and a military escort which left Fort
Lincoln to join the main command, had
suffered from heavy hail storms. The
mules and horses stampeded, breaking the
wagons and entirely destroying one. Two
or three men were badly hurt, and nearly
all were beaten and bruised by the heavy
hail-stones. The hail was two or three
inches in depth on a level, and a foot and
a half in drifts. Several young antelopes
were killed by the hail. The horses and
mules were afterward recovered. The
main command was thirty miles distant,
and did not suffer from the hail, and has
since joined the engineers. The success
! of the expedition will be in no wise af
fected by the storm. Prof. Allen, the
| zoologist, has already made extensive col-
I lections of birds and flowers. He has
| found the nest and eggs of the Missouri
i skylark, never before found, and also those
of the large bunting, a rare bird. The
| expedition now expects to reach the Yel
| lowstone liiver by the Ist of August.
WEST INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Havana, July 15.—The Colonels of sev
eral volunteer regiments are circulating a
petition for signatures among the officers
and men of their commands, to send to
; the authorities at Madrid, in opposition
I to the Itepublican manifesto and project
|ed reforms in Cuba. Several companies
i have refused to sign tho petition, but
; most of them favor it. Avery bitter
feeling exists between the Conservatives
! and Kepublicans.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 15. —A Spanish
man-of-war has arrived in this harbor.
Her coming excites great alarm for the
: safety of the steamer Virginias. The
j Spaniards threaten to take her and Que
| sada declares he will blow her up, no
matter at what sacrifice, rather than per
j mit her to be taken.
The United States Consul went last
j night at midnight with some Cuban gen
' tlemen, residents here, to solicit the in
terference of the British Colonial author
ities.
| The excitement growing out of the al
| fair is very great.
It is believed an arrangement was made
! for the Virginius to meet the released
schooner, Village Bride, with a cargo of
! arms from Port Ontario, on the open sea
l near this port, the Governor of Jamaica
having issued orders for the release of the
schooners whose cargoes had been seized.
PACIFIC MAIL.
New York, July 15. —The Directors of
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company have
authorized the President to settle with
the Union Pacific ltailroad Company, to
sell the steamship Montana for SOO,OOO,
another steamer for $30,000, and to bor
row *700,000 on the company’s real es
tate, to meet the debts immediately due
amounting to SBOO,OOO. The company
also requires $600,000 to put steamers in
seaworthy condition.
POUNDS AND POTTS—AT EORSYTH.
Special to tho Atlanta Herald.]
Forsyth, Ga., July 15th, 1873.—At
eleven p. m., yesterday, a difficulty arose
between T. It. Potts, postmaster at For
syth, and John Pounds, merchant of
Boonesville. The fight took place in a
bar room at this place, and arose out of
dispute over a game of billiards. Pounds
cut Potts very severely with his pocket
knife, gashing him in twelve places.—
Potts got in on Pounds’ head with an old
ale bottle, but did not do much damage.—
Potts is dangerously, but not fatally hurt,
but cut principally in the neck and face.
There is a warrant out for Pounds.
Selma, July 15. —Caterpillars are ap
pearing generally in the prairie lands
west of Selma. Third crop of worms will
appear first week in August, and may
strip plants of leaves.
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