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WASHINGTON GAZETTE J. W. ChlpFan, Proprietor” FRIDAY, AI^UST g==r4' i ■■■* = SUBSCRIPTION $2.00. A VERY IMPORTANT BILL. Prortaloa* to* th. Education of Worthy Yoanc Hon Prom tha Entiro BtaU. Con.tituUoo. Mr. Russel, ot Clark* 1 , has intrduc l a very Important measure In ihc bouse In the shrpe of “a bill to place the benefits of a liberal education in Hie reach of all young Georgians by providing the means for the education of young men from each county and senatorial district In the state who arc unable to pay their own expenses. A Constitution man had a conversa tion with Mr. Russell as to tbo pro visions and objects of Ibis bill, baid he: “Thetwo chief charges made against the University b> those who are unfriendly to it, are that its bene fits only reach the rich, while all the state helps bear the bnrden of its sup port, and that its students are only from a few counties of the state, which are alone bencfltted. The lat ter charge is entirely groundless, but tbe first is true to this extent: That there isn large class of poor youngbovs all over the state who have bright minds and are worthy of a liberal ed ucation, and it educated, would re flect honor on the state, who arc too poor to pay their college expenses and to whom free tuition at the university amounts to nothing, for the reason they are unable to reanh the Univer sity, to pay for their board, clothing and hooka while pursuing their stu dios. To this class of boys the gift Of free tuition aloue is almost like say lug to a Wind man : “Here is beauti ful scenery: look at itl” My bill pr.v vidua for the education of these boys In eur stale who want an education and deserve it, but are unable to ob tain it. It provides that each county shall be entitled to as many scholar ships as it has representatives, and each senator may appoint one, ami the governor name six, making 225 In all. Kach beneficiary' of a scholar ship Will receive S2BO per annum with which to pay alt his expenses and relieve bis mlud of every care except the pursuit of his studies. Kach frso scholarship must be Ailed by a bona fltle resident of his county r senatorial dish let as the case may be, and no one shall remain over tour years.’’ “Does the bill place any other qual ideations in the appointment f” "None except that the appointee to each scholarship .must swear that ho Is anxious to ebtaln an education and is unable from poverty to do so,” ‘•How are these scholarship* to be maintained, and will the amount b* very large K “The bill provides that the benefl eiarles of the scholarship* shall be paid by the atate treasurer on their endorsement and the forwarding of their notes payable to him for the an mini amount will be |f13,000 per an num of seven per cent, on a donation of ♦1)00,000, for which tho governor is authorised to Issue an obligation run ning fifty year in the same way as other funds of the nnnlvordty. Tho amount may seem largo, but when you take into consideration that it w 111 reach every section and every •ciunty of the state, and when furthor it is compared with the amounts ex pended on other public institutions, and, lastly, when we contemplate tho great benefits to accrue to the atato at targe.it dwindles Into compa rative Insignificance. Fur this sum of ♦03,000 per annum wo extend the bencfiig of a liberal educi tion,uot only in name, but in fact, to all the young men in tho stale,not only in tho name, but In reality,and.make tho university an institution in which the state, as such ran feel a laudable pride.” "Will not this stimuli appropria tion increase tho rate of taxation in tho State?” "No sls-it will uot The stale will tavc annually about IOOjOOO annually in tho way of tho decrease in interest tavised by this issuance of tho new bonds at per cent,so that the ft>3,- 000 can be distributed to the counties tortlic fioc scholarships- and still leave a neat sum ftom thestate’s pres ent income.” “What do you think of tho prospect for tho passage of your hill ?” •"This lam unable to say at pres ent. I Introduced it on my own mo tion, without consultation with the trusteesor any ofll -ers of the univer sity, simply because, as a Georgian, I believe the passage of such a moasure would bo greatly to the interest of the statu and promote its material wel fare. This will be a question which will address itself to the sound discre t!on of the gwiera! assembly, and Its benefit* are so equally and equitably dis!isliutdi that I have every reason to believe it will receive favorable consideration. ThejMitc of Virginia, with all bet-financial embarassment, has never failed to give SIO,OOO per an num fober state university, and other slates give larger sums, and yet even tuition, so far from being free, costs $l5O per annum, and tim boys who attend are noted as being generally sons of wealthy parents. There is another provision In the bill, howover which will yearly lessen the amount required to provide for the free schol arships,” said Mr. Russell, “the S2BO is only leaned to the student, and many of them will repay it with the interest. These payments when made will be deducted from the appropria tion needed for the next year,and fin ally get it very small.” AS BAD AS KENTUCKY. If to know one’s fault is to bo on the way to reform San Francisco is to he congratulated. The newspaper* there,as in many parts of the country, have been expressing horror at the lawless condition of Rowan county. Ky., but, says the Alt! California— It so happens that whilo cur com tsmporarles are discussing the hor rors ot the Kentucky vendettas their local columns are filled with accounts of a row between two firms of con tractors in this city, in which rifles and threats of bloodshed figure dally. One setof contractors is build ing a horse railroad and the other Arm opposes its progress claiming to have a lease of the ground. A fortifi cation has been built, aud high fight ers guard It day and night with rifles, threatening to kill the graders if they advance toward a given line. The police stand around and look on. un able to interfere until the swaggering results in something more trail; 11', and the news paper reporters also patrol the neigh borhood, impatiently walling for the fight to begin. There ought to be some wav In which these brawlers can be suppressed. It is very likely that neither party has the slightest idea of fighting, but their threats to break the peace and their display of weapons constitute an offense as grosiasitis inexcusable. In a city where there are a dozen court* In leisiou every day no person need* to trm himself with guns or pistols to take life in a quarrel over property. Employers who do such things should he seized, along with their hired ruf fians, disarmed and put on the same reservation with the Apachos or oth er low specimens of savages. This Is brave talk.and timely. Law lessntes in the abstract is at had in one place as in another, but It is par ticularly reprehensible where police men and courts abound. And Han Francisco is not the only city in which the newspapers, in their capacity of teachers and prophet*, should put on sackcloth and ashes. the sorierr sitectivc. Nowaday* the practice of having detect I vee in full dress at parties and balls is known to alt prominent enter tainer*. They haftr odd experience*, some of them deeply tinctured with romance. One happened last winter to be In attendance at a wedding. It was a ty pical wedding of the fashionable kind. There was a large gathering, a reception by the brido and groom under great floral marriage bells in tho drawing room and a large survoy of wedding presents np stair*. He noticed there an elegantly attired lady gaxlng Intently at n jewel case. There was a jewel In It,'of course, and a beauty of It* kind, blit he felt it received all the admiration it called for. When the detective lounged in the lady floated out. Later on she was back again when he chanced to be called away. He was back again In a twinkling and In time enough to notice her tiptoeing out alone. He slipped inside. The jewel box was gone. Ho came out again to find her going down stairs with hor wrap on and a iittlc hand aatchcl at her side. She omitted to present her re spects, but went tocall her carriage. He made np his mind at once and oflbred to assist her down tho steps. She took his hand, he noticed ner vously, and with that he said cour teously : ‘•Permit me to relieve you.madame.’’ and took the satchel in his hand. They had not reached tho walk before he felt the jewel case in it. lie call ed her carriage and taking out the box. handed her satchel back. ‘•Pardon me, tnadame, but you for got to leave your offering behind you. Never mind, I will replace it.” This was all he said. Sho never said a word. But she sank In the carriage scat as though she was shot. There was no publicity. But there after the lady’s name was onrtled front the card list ot tho house. LEE AND GIANT. (Atlanta Constitution.) •‘Grant was the greatest soldier pso duced by the war.” was the some what unexpected remark given l>y General Robert Toombs. “General Lee was a very good engineer, a man of fine family, a companionable gen tleman, but he was not the man to head a revolutionary army.”—*Con stitution. Whatever the high source of this es timate of General Lee, there is not a confederate soldier in all the land hut will repudiate it as incorrect and un just. Ills a fact well known to even the privates in the great army of North ern Virginia, that in tho campaign beginning at the Wilderness and ending at Appomattox. General Lee was the equal In strategy of the dis tiugulscd general who commanded the federal army opposing him; and lids, too, with fewer numbers and greatly inferior resources of war. At tho Wilderness General Grant made the heaviest and most determined ef fort of his life with tho most for midable army ever scut to menattce Richmond. In that battle he hurried his legions upon Lee with a well evi denced determination toovcrwhelmcd and crush the confederates then and there. It was confidently hoped and expected in federal army circles that that battle would he final and* deci sive. It was delivered deliberately af ter ample preparation, with the view of opening an obstructed road to Richmond.. But General Grant was driven hack at every point, and with drew thoroughly vanquished from that sanguinary field. A few days later, and a few miles further on, tho memorable struggle at Spottsylvania was but a repetition oftho Wilderness; aud as the cam paign progressed Gen. Lee confronted the well equipped forces of General Grant and accepted battle whanevei and wherevnr offered. And this, too, with diminished ranks, while Ills adversary received new levies daily. The battle worn veterans of Lee had neither rest nor recuperation nor source of augmented numbers to relieve fearful attrition from which they suffered in each combat. When the end was reached at Pe tersburg, the army of the immortal Leo was lengthened out to confront Grant’s increased forces until it did not amount to a skirmish line. The. crisis came on the confederates right' where federate broke through the corps of A. P. Kill and allied that gallant commander on the field. In the desperat ion of the situation, Gen eral Hill attempted a feat for which the science of war had made no pro vision—the beating back of massed ranks with askirmish linot Human endurance could bear no more. It was a physicial impossibility, and even the valor of a conspicuous for deeds of valor went for naught. The tension was toe groil. It broke the confederate ranks, never again to he united, and the hearts of it* people alike! Theu and there the hopes of as gallant an army as ever bore the brunt of battle floated iulo thin air amid the iraoke of desultory shots fired on the retreat. Tills final scene at Petersburg as the depleted ranks moved out —“on Liuden when the sun was low”. Appomattox quickly followed, ot which volumes have been written, and of the chivalrous con duct of the lamented Grant on that occasion. Of lids all breve confeder ates speak in bated breath and would place ehapiot* on his bier. Whatever his merits as a military man, which confederate desires to detract from, it is duo to the truth of history to claim that Robert E. I.ee was his equal, and impartial historians will so record it. In coming time the north wid hold as a proud Ametican heritage the gal lantry of Loo's veterans. It was too colossal to bo despised. It forms a a brilliant chapter in American his tory. Costed. The Springfield Republican tells of Professor W. W. Bailey, of Brown University, that he once had journal istic aspirations. Armed with a let ter ot Introduction to Manton Marble then editor of the World, he started for Now York. He was cordially re ceived and engaged. The first day, however, they gave the raw recruit tho task of interviewing Tweed, who was just beginning to bo investigated. He got no interview. The second day the read; “In terview with Tweed—W. Whitman Bailey.” Tho boy tried hard, but oonkln’t reach Tweed, Toe third day tho flashed up. Bailey re signed and has had no desire to enter journalism since. Queen Victoria dislikes the memo ry of her grandfather, George 111, so much that she never visits the royal park ar.d palace of Hew, his favorite residence. A Marvelous Story TOLD IX TWO UTTXIS. FROM THE SON: m fJSSZS:SZ “ Gentlemen: Mj father resides at (Bam, Vfc Me has been a great suffer.* from Kcrof nla, and. the Inclosed letter wUI tall jo* vital a mar retool effect Ayer 8 Sarsaparilla has had in hi* c*m. I think his blood most bars contained the humor for at least ten years; but It did not show, except In the form of a scrofulous sore on the wrist, until about five yean ago. From a few spots which ap peared at that time, K gradually spread so as to ©over his entire body. I assure you he was terribly afflicted, and an object of pity, when he beg in using your medicine. Now, there are few men of his age who enjoy as good health Mhe has. 1 could easily name fifty persons who would testify to the facts in his case. Yours truly, W. M. Pzuu.in.’* FROM THE FATHER: * doty for me to state to yon the beneOt I hate destrad bora tha use of Ayer s Sarsaparilla. Six months ago I was completely eorwred with a terrible humor and scrofulous sores. Tho humor caused an Incessant and intolerable Itching, and tho skin eraoked so as to oauso the blood to flow in many places whenever I moved. My suffering* were great, and my life a burden. I ootnmeneed the use of the Sarsaparilla in April last, od bavo used It regularly since that lime. My condition begun to improve at once. The sores hare all healed, and I feel perfectly well in every respect being now able to do a good day’s work, although 73 years of age. Many Inquire what has wrought such a cure In my case, and I tell them, as I have here tried to tell you, Avan's Sabsapartlla. Glover, YL, Oct. 31,1883. Yours gratefully, J Mibax Phillips* Aran's Bahsafavtlla euros Scrofula and all Scrofulous Complaints, Erysip elas, Enema, Ringworm, Blotches, Sores, Bolls, Tumors and Eruptions of the Shin. It clean the blood of all Impu rities, aids digestion, stimulates the action of the bowels, and thus restores vitality and Strengthens the whole system. PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer A Cos., Lowell, Mast. •old br Oil Drnszi.u, 11, els bottle, for |L New York an* make a somewhat queer explanation of tiie hissing of the “Gale City Guards,” of Atlanta, while that company was marching in the Grant funeral procession. A cor respondent says: “Many spectators, in 'htir admiration of the soldierly appeared :o of the Guards, allowed their enthusiasm to manifest itself sell in repealed cheer*, to repress which in deference to the proprieties ot the occasion, other people along the line were moved to biss—not to affront the visiting military, but to teach tho former that what would be ’perfectly proper at a public reception or on some fete day, was wholly mal spropo* amid the solemnities of the funeral. This Is the whole story, and It I* a pl>y that so much has tccn made of so small a matter.” It the explanation Is not correct, It is cer tain! y very ingenious. A wise conclusion from the Thont asville Times: “Pendleton says the reason why more bacon was sold in Lowndes county this year, than us usual, iaon account of meat being so low. It pays to make one’s own meat—no nutter what the Western prices may by.” At Athens Thursday, the grand jury found a true bill agaiust the oc cupant of the old bank, in rear of Bn ge'.’s store, for keeping a lewd house The counsel for th* defense surprised that body by summoning the foreman a prominent church member, and a bachelor farmer as witnesses. A colored woman of Camilla be came very angry at the baptism of her daughter because tho minister sprinkled water on her head. The de gress consulted a lawyer and was re conciled when she learned that it was a part of the ceremony. A Great Discovery. Mr. Wm. Thomas, of Newton, la., says “My wife has been seriously aff ected with a cough tor twenty-five years aud this spring more severely than ever before. She had used many remedies without relief, and and being urged to try Dr. King's Now Discovery, did so, with most gratifying results. The first bottle relieved her very much, and the sec ond bottle lias absolutely cured her. 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