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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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Augusta, Ga.
From tbe tobacco report of the Agri
cultural Department for July, there
will be no scarcity of the “ weed ” this
season.
Our Oxford correspondent gives the
details of Commencement Day at
Emory College. This closes up our
report of the proceedings of that in
teresting annual occasion.
The Irish Team have won the Elcho
Shield, beating the Scotch and Eng
lish. We are glad the gallant Irishmen
have had a balm for their late defeats
at the hands of the Americans.
Gen. Joe Hawley, a Connecticut Re
publican, who was defeated for Con
gress last Fall, asks the boys in blue to
conquer the hearts of the Southern
people. Hawley was a brave Federal
officer, though a North Carolinian by
birth. The way to conquer Southern
hearts is to do justice.
R. M. Orme, a veteran journalist, in
a masterly communication to the Sa
vannah News, sum3 up the loss of
Georgia by the war at £525,965,355. In
1860, her negro population was worth
£302,694,855, and her other property
£369,727,925. Total, £672,322,777. In
1866, she gave in her wealth at £146,-
457,422.
It is quite common to hear, “This is
the hottest weather we ever had.”
Well, it ain’t. We have equally as
warm every year. Standard ther
mometers in town have not. yet re
ported 100. It has often gone to 102, ’3
and ’4 in other years. For all that our
weather lately has been just about as
hot as we care about feeling.
Judges Trippe and McCay are again
reported to have resigned their seats
on the Supreme Bench. James Jack
son, of Macon, has been tendered and
has accepted one of the vacant posi
tions. William Hope Hull, of Augus
ta, and Logan E. Bleckley, of Atlanta,
are piominently spoken of in connec
tion with the rernaing vacancy.
The campaign in Ohio has been vig
orously opened, in spite of the great
heat. Gov. Allen has spoker in no
uncertain tones and Hon. George H.
Pendleton has made <x grand speech,
showing that, though a hard-money
man, f hen practicable, he was not in
favor of contracting the currency and
prematurely resuming specie payments
for the benefit of the creditor classes
and the ruin of the debtor States and
people.
The Maryland Democracy were divid
e I between ex-Senator Hamilton and
Hon. John Lee Carroll for Governor.
The Convention proceedings reported
this morning are not very pleasant
reading. Open charges of bribery and
corruption are not agreeable sounds
coming from an old State like Mary
land and from the Democratic party.
We are glad to see that all differences
were finally compromised by the nomi
nation of Mr. Carroll for Governor.
He is the grandson of Charles Carroll,
of Carrollton.
On our third page the reader will
find ia full the splendid literary ad
dress of Senator T. M. Norwood to the
Alumni of Emory College. The elo
quence,.erudition and learning of the
Senator are so well known that we
cannot but believe that his effort will
afford a rich feast for the scholar as
well as the general readers of this pa
per. Its length will be forgotten in the
merit of those brilliant sentences
which at once show that they are the
offspring of a master mind.
BRONZE JOHN.
Six Cases ot Fever at F °Pt Barrancas.
[special t<7 the Atlanta Heral i.]
Pensacola, Fla., Jffiy 21 -The surgeon
at Fort Barrancas, 9 mi!es distant, this
morning reported six casei of j ellow
fever in the barracks. All those not
having it were instantly sent to Fcrt
Pickens, ieaving the sick at Barrancas.
Both places and the Navy Yard have
been strictly quarantined. There is
no fear at all of its reaching the city,
as it is as remote as ever supposed to
have been. Generated by clothiDg sent
from Tortugas. There is no fever in
quarantine proper, and the ship on
which it first occurred, taking its cargo.
The city is very healthy.
Sandy Mertin.
Key West, July 22. —Yellow fever as
an epidemic has about expended its
force. No new decided cases in about
five days.
[Signed j J. V. Harris, M. D.,
Health Officer.
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THE DEMON OF FLAME.
Fires in Louisiana and Maine.
New Orleans, July 22.—A private
dispatch from Bastrop, La., reports the
burning of the business part of the
town, from Jacques Levy’s corner to
Miller’s, Tuesday night.
Old Orchard, Maine, July 22. —The
Old Orchard House burned at 10 o’clock.
There were 220 guests, all of whom lost
more or less clothing and jewelry. No
lives lost.
Sin' faun (Eonsmunonahst.
POLITIC A L.
The Ohio Campaign—Gov. Allen and
George H. Pendleton on the Stump
—The Financial Question Discussed.
Gallipolis, Ohio, July 22.—Gov. Al
len, Geo. H. Pendleton and others ad
dressed a Democratic meeting here.
Pendleton’s interpretation of the finan
cial plank of the platform was cessa
tion of contraction, a sound and suffi
cient currency for the promotion of in
dustries and the surest road to the ap
preciation of paper to a par with gold.
Greenbacks instead of National Bank
notes and greenbacks for customs to
the extent that the necessities of the
Government will permit. He announced
himself a hard money man, but would
uot rush ruthlessly back to specie pay
ments over the prostration of all busi
ness and the ruin of the debtor States
and classes.
Synopsis of Mr. Pendleton’s Speech.
Gallipolis, Ohio, July 22.—Mr. Pen
dleton spoke of the meeting of the
Republican Convention last year, and
the claims in its platform, but said that
this year it tunes its voice to a dif
ferent key, and only declared itself in
favor of our public school system and
a separation of Church and State.
Upon these points he said the Demo
crats could have no argument with
the Republicans, and he quoted
the platform to show that the
Democratic party would uphold
the State Constitution in this
respect. He interpreted the platform
to mean adherence to the principles of
Government established by the fathers :
opposition to all encroachments of one
department upon another or of the
Federal power upon the Constitutional
rights of the States ; equality before
the law of all citizens ; one Presidential
term; retrenchment wherever there
is extravagance, reform wherever
there is abuse; uo subsidies; public
lands for actual settlers ; a tariff for
revenue only; equal and exact
justice to all religions; free secular edu
cation in public schools; opposition to
sumptuary laws and to interference
with social habits, not criminal, to
malignant espionage; and on financial
questions, cessation of contraction, a
sound and sufficient currency for the
promotion of industries, the surest road
to the appreciation of paper to a par
with gold, greenbacks instead of na
tional bank notes, greenbacks for cus
toms to the extent that the necessities
of the Government will permit. This
platform he claimed had been misrep
resented. It called for a currency equal
to the wants of trade and that he
claimed was a fitting measure for
the volume of currency and every issue
of Government paper,whether legal ten
der or not. Every restricted banking
system has been an effort to make and
keep a currency equal according to the
judgment of the Government to the
wants of trade. So with every free
banking system. The Democrats do
not favor a depreciated currency. He
thought he interpreted the opinion of
the party and tlie platform when he
declared they were in favor of coin as
the basis of currency ; that a paper
currency should be convertible into
coin at par; that the party desire
a return of specie payments as speed
ily as the interest of labor and busi
ness wili permit; that we would be
glad to return immediately, if honor
and good faith and justice would per
mit, and it were possible. As to re
pudiation, the Democratic party is not
now and never has been iu favor of
repudiation, in any form. We do be
lieve it is our highest duty to fulfil all
our country’s obligations according to
the spirit and letter of our promise.
We are not now and never have been
in favor of a volume of currency chang
ing and fluctuating according to the
whims or the interests of bankers, or
the demands of reckless speculators,
but sufficient for the easy, active, eco
nomical and profitable interchange of
commodities and as fixed and stable as
the nature of the case will allow; and
so long as we must have a government
paper currency we prefer greenbacks,
which are sound and cheap and good,
to National Bank notes, which at the
outset cost the people six per cent, and
are at last only redeemable in green
backs. He confessed that there were
defects and dangers in the com basis
system; that the superstructure of pa
per was larger than the foun
dation of coin, and that as
the superstructure grows higher, it
grows wider and larger. But he would
not discuss to-day the merits of vari
ous kinds of currency. The present
necessities demand relief that should
be promptly furnished. He repeated
that he was a hard money man ; that a
return to specie payments should be
kept steadily in view in legislation and
action, and that wise statesmanship
will seek the means of reconciling such
a return with the true interests of la
bor and business and justice to the
debtor. Resumption cannot be forced.
It must be the proper outgrowth of sur
rounding healthy conditions or it will
be neither beneficial nor permanent.
When in Congress he voted against the
Legal Tender act, believing the lawun
eoustitutional and the policy uuwise.
As the policy had become interwoven
with one term of finance and trade, he
would seek all the good he could find
in it. He would not abandon specie
payments, but he would not rush ruth-
lessly back to specie payments over
the prostration of ali business and the
ruin of the debtor. The Democrats es
tablished the sub-treasury system, and
the Government in 1861 paid nothing
but gold and silver. A Re-„
publican Congress passed the Bond
act, the Legal Tender act and the Na
tional Bank act. Gold and silver ceased
to circulate in 1865. The various issues
of paper money had reached an enor
mous sum. Then commenced the Re
publican system of flnauee. They con
tracted the currency, and as necessary
to this end increased the interest pay
ing the debt, and contraction has been
steadily going on. With the decrease
in the currency there has been a de
cline in the prosperity and happiness
of the country until now we are con
fronted with a condition of af
fairs which we all feel too
Jceenly to make description at all
necessary. To-day there is more
property'for sale on execution by the
sheriffs of Ohio than evep before. Gold
and paper stand to-day at a difference
of 11 per cent. A year ago the differ
ence was 10 per cent. Republicans
| claim contraction as a remedy for these
I things. Congress has passed 4 law de
i daring that resumption shall take place
I in January, 1879, aud the Treasury is
j preparing for this by buying gohl and
‘ Silver, Every dollar of gold purchased
with bonds for the redemption
of greenbacks adds to the annual
interest. It is the old story of
I funding a debt which pays no interest.
He showed by comparison that exports
lof flour, wheat, cotton, petroleum,
: meats, turpentine, tallow, tobacco aud
I timber, had fallen off eighty-eight mil
j lion dollars since last year, and clatped
AUGUSTA, GY., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 23. 1875.
that we had been burning the candle at
both ends. The Democratic party
points to a middle path as the way to
safety. Abandon this policy of contrac
tion; stop tinkering with the cur
rency; stop this effort at forcing re
sumption; give stability for a time;
give business a moment to revive;
promote industry and production;
stimulate enterprise by the pros
pect of gain; labor more and spend
less. The great want of the country is
an entire freedom for labor, a removal
of every obstacle; the presence of every
aid. Fair prices, steady markets anil
ready sales are aids, and to secure
these a sufficient and sound currency
and low interest are indispensible, and
if to these be added low taxes, rigid
economy, simplicity of government and
purity of administration, the move
ment toward resumption will be con
tinued and accelerated.
MARYLAND DEMOCRACY.
High Jinks Amongst the Unterrified—
A War of Words Between the Hamil
ton and Carroll Factions—Bribery
Openly Charged by Both Parties.
Baltimore, July 22.—The Conven
tion continued in session all night
until 4:30 this a. m. when it adjourned
to 10:30 a. m. without having reached
a vote on any nomination. About 1 a.
m. Chas. J. Keating, of Queen Anne’s
county, was installed as permanent
Chairman. Filibustering continued. Mo
tions to adjourn were constantly made
and voted down. No rules having
been adopted by the Convention,
discussion on dilatory and other
motions took a wide range, and as
the hours moved on the debate waxed
hotter and hotter. Mr. Freanea, of
Washington county, a leader of the
Hamilton party, openly charged that
bribes of £I,OOO in one case, and £SOO
and an office in another, had been
offered two delegates to vote for Car
roll, which was refuted by Mr. Fenton,
a Carroll delegate, saying a Baltimore
City delegate had been offered a bribe
in money to vote for Hamilton, which
was spurned by the delegate. No one
supposed this bribe was offered with
the knowledge of Mr. Hamilton, nor
was any candidates or his advocates
responsible for what was done by out
siders. At times the greatest confusion
prevailed and discussion became so ex
cited that Hon. J. Ritchie, a recognized
leader of Hamilton’s friends, threatened
to withdraw from the convention if the
majority insisted on forcing a vote at
this sitting. At 4:30 a. m., Hon. Steven
son Archer announced that if the
Hamilton men would agree to adopt
the rules of the last House of Dele
gates of Maryland so far as applicable
to the convention, the Carroll men
would agree to an adjournment until
10:30 a. m. This was agreed to and the
convention adjourned to 10:30 a. m.
Difficulties Settled—Carroll Nominated
Governor Groome withdrew. John
Lee Carroll and William P. Hamilton
were nominated. Nominations were
declared closed. The result was Car
roll, 60; Hamilton, 50. The financial
plank of the platform firmly opposed
any inflation of the currency and favors
resumption of specie payment at the
earliest possible moment.
THE COTTON CONVENTION.
Constitution and By-Laws Adopted—
Synopsis of the Regulations.
White Sulphur Springs, July 22.
The Convention convened. The Com
mittee on Permanent Organization pre
sented a constitution and by-laws,
which were unanimously adopted. The
first article provides for the organiza
tion of the National Cotton Exchange
of America. The second defines the
objects, promotes the efficiency and ex
tends the usefulness of local Cotton
Exchanges; and secures their united
and harmonious co-operation to obtain
more reliable and precise statements in
regard to the movements and extent of
the crops.
Provision is made for a regular bi
ennial meeting. The President, Vice-
President and seven Directors will act
as a Board of General Management,
and will appoint a Secretary, Treas
urer, and such assistants as they deem
necessary. They will have power to
levy assessments and disburse sums
raised, but shall not incur debts. Ex
changes handling 25,000 bales have been
entitled to two delegates. One addi
tional delegate is allowed to each ad
ditional 100,000 bales. The Executive
Council should have power to add to
the constitution such articles as re
ceive the vote of two-thirds of the rep
resentatives of each convention, pro
vided said two-thirds shall represent a
majority of the constituent Exchanges.
Nominations were postponed till to
morrow. The afternoon was occupied
in the discussion of various topics.
THE TOBACCO CROP.
Report of the Department of Agri
culture.
Washington, July 22.—The July re
turns to the Department of Agricul
ture show that the acreage of tobacco
is greater than that of last year, the
increase being in the great tobacco
producing States. Maryland has in
creased her area 4 per cent.; Virginia
30; North Carolina 33; South Carolina
7; Florida 23; Mississippi 16; Arkansas
10; Tennessee 293; Kentucky 223; Ohio
25; Indiana 49; Illinois 56; Missouri
60. New York, Pennsylvania and
Texas report the same area as
last year. New Hampshire has reduc
ed her small acreage 30 per cent ; Mas
sachusetts 25; Connecticut 2: Georgia
5; Alabama 10; Louisiana 7; Wisconsin
17; Kansas 11. The condition of the
crop is most satisfactory in the largest
tobacco States and is 20 per cent above
an average on the whole. Kentucky,
which produces two-fifths of our whole
crop, is 35 per c< nt above an average.
The other large producing States are
either very near a full average or above.
The remarkably depressed condition is
noted only in the smaller producing
States.
——,d
INUNDATION.
Floods in the Ohio Talley and West
Virginia—Great Damage to Crops.
Cincinnati, July 22.—Reports from
the entire length of the Ohio Valley re
port the heaviest rain season. For the
past twenty-four hours it is estimated
that 10,000 acres of corn are under
water in the Wabash bottom. Through
out Kentucky and Southern Ohio all
the streams are rising. The river at
Charleston, W. Ya., has risen 15 feet in
twenty-four hours. Great damage to
crops must result from this severe
storm.
The Bankers’ Convention.
Saratoga, July 22. — In the Bankers’
Convention resolutions against the
usury laws were adopted by a close
vote, and tho Convention adjourned.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
A New Carlist Commander—The Cot
ton Trade Sound—Growling at Cable
Managers—Team Notes.
London, July 22. —It is reported that
Gen. Mendiri succeeds Gen. Perula as
commander-in-chief of the Carlist
forces.
There is uo change in the position of
the steamship Abbotsford, ashore in
Cermmas Bay, Wales. The agents of
the line think she will float off on the
next high tide.
The Post declares that nothing has
occurred to create the least uneasiness
in the cotton trade, and says that re
ports to the contrary are sensational.
The Times, this morning, in its finan
cial article, condemns the silence of
the managers of the Direct United
States Cable in regard to the line, and
says the inquiries of its stockholders
meet with a blank refusal to impart in
formation.
The attendance at the Wimbledon
meetiug to-day was small, the match
for the Elcho Challenge Shield being
shot. The ranges are 800, 900 and 1,000
yards. The possible team score at each
range is 600 points. The shooting at
the 800 yards range is completed. The
Euglish eight scored 515, the Irishmen
502 and the Scotchmen 498.
Parliament News—The Irish Win the
Elcho Shield—lnundation in Germa
ny.
London, July 22.—N0 change in the
position of the Abbcttsford.
In the Commons, Disraeli announced
that the government had abaudoned
the Merchants Shipping Bill this ses
sion, and expressed the hope that the
session would close on the 10th or 12th
of August,
Mr. Pleuisol made a violent attack
on the Government, The Speaker re
quested him to leave the House.
The Irish team w r on the Elcho Shield.
Irish, 1506; Scotch, 1503; English, 1502
Berlin, July 22.— The town of Warm
brum has been visited by a heavy rain.
Bridges, houses and crops were des
troyed.
Adjournment of the French Assembly
—A Bully Briton—The Presbyterian
Council.
Paris, July 22.—The Assembly, by a
vote of 470 to 155, agreed to adjourn
from the 4th of August to the 4th of
November.
London, July 22, —In the Commons
to-day the Speaker ordered Pienisol to
withdraw his remarks, when Pienisol
withdrew from the hall shaking his fist
at the Government branches.
In the Presbyterian Council to-night
the Chairman said that in private con
ference an unanimous and substantial
agreement on the constitution had
been reached, but one point in the pre
amble remained to be discussed to
morrow, when the Constitution would
be made public.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Fleet News—A Spanish Circular Is
sued —Capital Gossip.
Washington, July 22. —Advices re
ceived at the Medical Bureau of the
Navy Department from the South At
lantic fleet report that our vessels there
are now free from yellow fever.
Information has been received at the
Department of State to the effect that
a circular has been issued by the Span
ish Government with a view to the
vigorous enforcement of the existing
laws of that country requiring the ex
hibition of passports by persons enter
ing and leaving Spain.
Judge Fisher will doubtless be‘re
lieved and Chief Clerk Avery suspend
ed. Bristow, however, has no advices
of Avery’s indictment.
FROM NEW YORK.
A Legal Einbroglio—Another Treasu
rer “Desperately Short.”
New York, July 22.—Notice by the
people to the General Term from the
decision of Judge Donohue in the
$6,000,000 suit served on the defendant
is in legal circles regarded as making a
detailed bill of particulars impossible.
The treasurer of Long Island City is
short £7,000, and a larger amount in
misappropriations from back taxes.
The government has awarded one
million gold at 112.65 to 112.80.
BRIDGING THE CHASM.
Gen. Hawley Proposes a Pontoon-
Southern Hearts to be Vanquished.
Hartford, July 22.—There is an en
campment here of several thousand
old soldiers and six hundred Anderson
ville prisoners. Several addresses.
Gen. Hawley concluding referred to the
Centennial which he hoped would prove
a great love-feast, bringing together in
harmony and brotherly love the people
of the North and South. “We have
won the victory for the Union,” he
said, “now we have one more victory to
win, to win the hearts of our late an
tagonists.”
FROM ATLANTA. #
The Convention—The Pool Still Un
settled.
Atlanta, July 22.— The Convention
of Southern Railroad officials met to
day. There was a large, attendance.
The subject of pooling freights has uot
been settled so far as the South Caro
lina Railroad is concerned.
Minor Telegrams.
St. Louis, July 22.—Twenty-three
more whiskey ring indictments includ
ing, it is said, Avery, chief clerk of the
Treasury.
New York, July 22.—Mrs. Merritt,
wife of Col. Merritt, U. S. A., was en
ticed ou board the tug Mike Norton
and outraged. Two arrests on suspi
cion.
Philadelphia, July 22. —The English
Centennial Commission have broke
ground for their buildings, four in
number.
Boston, July 22.—George H. Lane &
Cos., clothiers, have suspended.
Corinth, Miss., July 22.—L. Q. C.
Lamar was nominated for Congress by
acclamation.
Little Rock, July 22.—Joseph E.
Johnston has been elected President of
the Arkansas Industrial University.
“No, I don’t want none of your light
ning rods!” said a Kentucky farmer
last week to a man who had stopped at
his house to put up patent lightning
conductors. “I ain’t afraid of light
ning. It’s thunder I believe’s going to
knock us all endways some day.”
“You don’t seem to comprehend,” said
the peddler. “These ’ere silver-tipped
rods are lightning rods, and the gold
tipped ones are thunder rods, just what
y6u want,” and he persuaded the old
man to order the gold-tipped rods.
EMORY COLLEGE.
Last Day of the Commencement Exer
cises—lmmense Crowd at Oxford —
The Speakers of the Senior Class-
Baccalaureate Addresses Degrees
Conferied—Annual Literary Address
—A Grand Effort—The Sociable—Ox
ford—The College Town —Georgia
Hospitality and an Old Georgia
Welcome—Various Topics.
Oxford, Ga., July 21,1875.
This was Commencement Day—the
day of days at Emory College—in that
it was considered the most important
of all the days of Commencement. The
exercises were to begin at 9:30 o’clock,
but two hours previous people began
to pour into Oxford to witness the cer
emonies, and the roads, especially that
through from Covington, was actually
lined with vehicles in which persons
were crowded. Wednesday, or the 4tli
day of Commencement, has always
been the principal day at Emory and
People from Far and Near
flocked to the College town. But to
day the number, compared with that
of previous Commencements, was
largely augmented. The church where
the exercises were held, beiug crowded
to overflowing, every seat below and
those in the gallery occupied by ladies
and children, while the men and boys
had to depend on the chance of ob
taining even standing room, not only in
the aisles, but even at the windows
where they could see and hear. Out
side in all directions in which one
would cast his eye, there were horses
and mules and vehicles of every des
cription, carriages, buggies and wagons
of various sizes, with chairs and seats
in them, besides almost a regiment of
saddle horses, fastened in the shade of
the majestic oak grove in the vicinity.
It was actually a wonder where so
many came from. I am told persons
came from a distance of 25 miles while
there are others from various points in
this section, besides the many who
came down on the train from Atlanta,
Conyers, and other places.
The Heat of the Sun
was almost extreme, but Oxford, like
Covington, is highly situated on hills
and a fine breeze all day somewhat
neutralized the effect of the hot rays
of sunshine, and made *what otherwise
would have been a sweltering day quite
pleasant indeed, except inside the
church edifice where the crowd was
so great that it was next to impossible
for one to keep cool in there.
The Exercises
of the morning were chiefly those of
the senior class—the members of which
acquitted themselves handsomely in
their speeches. Indeed it is so difficult
v/here all did so well to distinguish
which was the b'est speaker, that it is
well not to endeavor to award the
palm to either one in this corres
pondence. It has been said by many
who have been present each day, and
also at former commencements, that
the declamation and speaking of the
young coilegians exhibited a greater
and more commendable ambition to
excel in oratory than those of almost
any of the classes at former sessions
since the war.
Tiie Speakers
were introduced in turn as follows. After
the introductory prayer was made by
Dr. A. A. Lipscomb, the large audience
paying profound attention to the elo
quent appeal he made to the Throne
Above:
Don Q. Abbott, Columbus, Ga., (Phi
Gamma Society), 2d Honor, Greek Sa
lutatory; Claude C. Cody, Covington,
Ga., (Phi Gamma) 4th Honor, “Calothe
riou;” W. B. Fambrougb, Senoia, Ga.,
(Few) “Mind and Progress;” D. Q. Ab
bott, Columbus, Ga., (Phi Gamma)
“Partizan Prejudice;” A. S. Hough. Ox
ford, Ga., (Few) 3d Honor, “Scientific
Critics and their Criticisms;” W. B.
Huntley, London, England. (Few)
“Utility of Literary Institutions;” R. H.
Jones, Oxford, Ga., (Few) “Reaching
Towards the Light;” G. W. Mathews,
Fort Valley, Ga., (Phi Gamma) “Every
Man Has His Price;” J. A. Stafford;
Covington, Ga., (Phi Gamma) “Man’s
Destiny Progressive;” J. A, Wright,
Oxford, Ga., (Few) “Natural Theology;”
W. A. Candler, Cartersville, Ga., (Phi
Gamma) Ist Honor, Valedictory. This
closed the speaking of the Senior Class.
Bouquets of beautiful flowers were
showered upon each Senior as he fin
ished and retired, by fair friends, and
all were highly applauded.
The Baccalaureate Address,
by Dr. O. L. Smith, President of Emory
College, followed, and was well receiv
ed. Ou account of the large crowd I
could not hear the speaker distinctly,
but afterwards I heard many high en
comiums passed upon the address, all
of the audience seeming well pleased
indeed with it.
Degrees Conferred.
The degree of Bachelor of Arts was
next conferred upon the members of
the Senior Class above mentioned who
are the graduates of this session.
Other degrees were previously con
ferred upon the following gentlemen :
Degree of D. D. (Doctor of Divinity)
upon Rev. Joel W. Hinton, of the South
Georgia Conference ; Rev. F. P. Mulally,
of the Presbyterian Church, Sparta,
Ga.; and Rev. E. D. Pitts. Degree of
Ph. D. upon Samuel A. Goldschmit, of
New York. Honorary degree of A. M.
(Master of Arts) upon W. H. Woodall,
of Talbot county, Ga.; and the degree
of A. M., in course, upon Howard W.
Key, Homer Wright, H. E. W. Palmer,
T. S. Atkinson, J. D. Gray and J. B.
Robbins.
After the benediction was pronounced
the audience dispersed for dinner.
The Annual Address
before the two literary societies—Phi
Gamma and Few—was delivered at 4
p. in., by the Rev. W. H. Potter. The
church was again filled to hear the ad
dress, the large audience appearing ab
sorbed in the words of the reverend
gentleman as gems of thought from a
well stored mind fell from his lips.—
With a distinct delivery his voice pene
trated every nook and corner of the
building, and even those standing out
side could hear him. The address in
its delivery showed that deep thought
and research had been expended upon
it. For more than an hour the atten
tion of the speaker's hearers was held
enchained and afterwards the remarks
of prominent personages showed that
the address was highly appreciated.
The Sociable.
To night the annual sociable of the
students is in full blast at the halls of
the Phi Gamma and Few Societies,
where beauty shines resplendent and
young manhood is in its social glory.
The splendid Stone Mountain brass
band is furnishing the music. This is,
in the opinion of all who have heard it,
one of the best amateur bands in the
State. It is composed of thirteen mem
bers, and has a large repertoire of fa
miliar and beautiful pieces, which pre
vents a repetition that otherwise might
not be so pleasant as changes would
be. And now
The Session Closed.
The young collegians are making
their arrangements to depart for their
homes ; the Senior graduates to enter
upon the warfare of life and endeavor
to make for themselves each a name in
the world in the walks they have
chosen; the Juniors and Sophomores
to enjoy the vacation with the loved
ones and rest from the duties of the
class-room until the next season of
study shall begin, and for more than
two months the college grounds will
not abound with the sports and free
hearted shouts of the rising young
men who enjoy their young days with
out serious thought of the trials and
tribulations that will ensue in the years
to come, in fighting the battle of life—
that is either destined to place them
upon a firm pinnacle of renown and
success, or it may be with some that
they will stand upon but an insecure
foundation that might at any moment
be washed away by the wave of popu
lar progress that sweeps away all with
out energy, activity and self-reliance
before it.
Oxford
Is emphatica iy a college town, the
impression neing created at once upon
the visitor that it carries out his idea
received by reading of the college
towns of England. About the year
1837 two large lots of land, situated on
a rather high ridge or hill about two
and a half mile3 north of where Cov
ington now stands, containing in the
aggregate 405 acres, were bought by
the Methodists for college purposes.
These were laid off iu town lots. Col
lege buildings were afterwards erected
in a most beautiful grove, and the vil
lage soon grew to the dignity of a
town. The elevation of the place makes
it one of the healthiest locations in
this section. The population now
reaches nearly 500, but there is only
one store here of any consequence.
The residences of the Professors and
other citizens all present a fine ap
pearance, surrounded by large gar
dens and shrubbery, looking cool and
inviting in this hot weather.
Tlie Hospitality
of the people knows no bounds. During
commencement they all keep open
doors and every one had a full comple
ment of visitors, that they entertained
in princely style. We often hear of
“an old Virginia welcome,” but the ac
tion of the Oxford people renders it
now necessary to say iustead “an old
Georgia welcome.” And why not apply
it to the people of the whole State ? In
all my travels in our good old State—
one of the “original thirteen”—l have
always received a welcome that equals
that of Virginia, which latter State I
traveled over during three years in
“the time that tried men’s souls,” be
tween 1861 aud 1865, and then knew
what a w’elcome meant when tendered
to the soldier in tattered Confederate
uniform.
The thanks of your correspondent
are eminently due and hereby tendered
to that prince of good fellows Mr. R.
W. Jones, who resides near Covington
depot, for the cordiality with which he
was entertained by that gentleman and
his estimable lady. Although not now
in the hotel business yet he “knows
how to keep a hotel” and many are the
friends he makes of strangers and
others calling on him for a meal or
lodging so as to take the trains as they
pass —the regular hotel being in town
half a mile distant. But we venture
the assertion that without the cheerful
aid of his estimable young wife he
would find double duty placed upon
him. Modest, neat and cheerful she at
all times proves a treasure to him. Mr.
Jones, though youugin years, ha -s yet
been quite successful in the livery
stable business, a business that espe
cially pays well during the commence
ment exercises of the college. Mr.
Jones contemplates engaging in busi
ness in LaGrange in a few months.
Other Topics.
Rev. E. H Meyers has been elected
to fill the vacancy in the Board of Trus
tees, caused by Dr. Lovick Pierce tak
ing the place of Bishop Andrew, de
ceased.
The number of students iu attend
ance during the session averaged
about 100. The success of this session
will, without doubt, induce an increased
attendance upon the fall term which be
gins September Ist.
Among the visitors present to-day
were Mr. J. M. McClelland and Rev. J.
M. Britton, joint principals of the Con
yers Male and Female High School.
The Commencement Exercises of this
excellent school closed at Conyers yes
terday. The past session has been a
most successful one, 100 scholars being
on the roll with an average attendance
of 75.
I had the pleasure of taking tea with
Dr. Means and his excellent daughter
and her husband, Mr. Griffin. Hon. T.
M. Norwood, who has been stopping
with Dr. Means, was also present, and
led off in a most interesting conversa
tion, in which all of the numerous
company joined after tea.
All who have met Senator Norwood
and conversed with him or heard him
talk are remarkably well pleased with
his cordi il manner. I forward you
with this letter a full and correct copy
of the eloquent address which the Sen
ator delivered before the Alumni Tues
day afternoon. It is a most important
speech and will be read with avidity,
not only in our own State, but also
throughout the country.
It has afforded me pleasure to meet
with ihose genial gentlemen, Messrs.
Hawkins and Anderson, the publishers
and editors of the two lively Covington
journals, the Star and the Enterprise.
It has occurred to me that I was in er
ror in giving the result of the champion
debate Tuesday night. The question
debated by the representatives of the
two Societies was, “Ought the Right of
Suffrage to be Restricted to Man ?” and
was decided by Gen. Colquitt in the af
firmative (iustead of the negative),
which, of course, makes him unpopu
lar with the strong-minded women, if
any we have in our section, which is a
subject admitting of doubt.
Mr. Homer Wright, upon whom tho
degree of A. M. in course, was confer
red, is a eon of Rev. Arminius Wright,
formerly pastor of St. John’s M. E.
Church in Augusta.
Crops appear in good condition in this
section, especially cotton and corn, not
withstanding the great heat of the sun,
but rain is needed though fine showers
fell here on Wednesday of last week
I find cotton blooming in the fields
along the road and oorn also far ad
vanced, both seemingly ahead of the
section between this place and Augusta
on the line of railroad witnessed from
the ear windows. S. J. C.
A Florida Office-Holder Killed.
Jacksonville, July 22.—E. G. John
son, Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue and a member of the Florida
Legislature, was shot and killed last
night at a still house, about ten miles
from Fernandina. The assassin is
known.' lifo particulars,
-New Series—Vol. 3. Tsl o. 168.
LETTER FROM M’DUFFIE.
The Grangers iu Council—Speeches
by Colquitt and Alston—Crops, etc.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.!
Mount Holly, July 21, 1875.
The Patrons of Cobham Lodge, Mc-
Duffie county, held a meeting ou the
17th at White Oak camp ground.
There was a large attendance, as in
vitations had been generally extended
to citizens of Columbia and Lincoln
counties.
The object of the meeting was to
hear from Cols. Alston, Smith and Gen.
Colquitt as to the primary practical
objects designed by the institution.
Col. Smith, from excessive labors the
day preceding, begged to be excused
from speaking. Col. Alston was then
introduced, who enlivened the audience
in his peculiar, happy style for a short
time and then introduced
Gen. Colquitt,
who for one hour and a half enchained
the close attention of all present. His
hits in comparing the past, with the
present style of fanning and living
were well delivered, and brought down
the house.
The dinner came on and was in all
respects a good old time Granger din
ner. Everybody, particularly the ladies,
were pleased, for they looked so.
After Dinner
Gen. Colquitt again spoke, alluding to
aud explaining what the institution
have in view in direct trade. There is
no doubt, but that our people, the far
mers, are fast working up to the reality
of our situation. Aud the effort of the
Grangers, through such minds as Gen.
Colquitt, Cols. Smith, Alston and others
will double their diligence in head work
as well as elbow grease.
The Weather
For several days, has been hot—hot,
causing the cotton and corn to look
very bad, in fact, cotton, except on bot
toms, is checked in growing; and with
out rain very soon, we will find that the
tooting of the cotton horn was ahead
of the music, for the nick of time with
cotton in our section is now.
In this section, the people as yot,
seem to rest very easy about the
Gubernatorial Canvass,
Knowing that there are so many in the
State who might be prevailed on to
make the sacrifice, and submit to one
term at the capital. We don’t give
ourselves any uneasiness. But our reti
cence don’t stop speculation, and if
your correspondent was to make a
guess, from what he has seen and
heard, the next Governor will be
an Atlanta mau. Time will develop.
Humphrey,
AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.
Tbe Position of tbe Carlists and tbe
Alfonsists.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph writes to that jour
nal on July 5: “A highly educated sol
dier, who, like the wise Ulysses, has
seen much of men in many cities, has
just returned from Spain, and has
given me some valuable information,
which may be strictly relied upon. In
the first place, he believes the strength
of the Carlist forces to be quite as
much underrated by some writers as it
is exaggerated by others. He esti
mates the regular troops under Don
Carlos to number some 40,000 men, but
to this number must be added about
15,000 irregulars, who. however, cannot
be placed, on the score of efficiency,
in the same category as the others.
Even the regular troops are very poorly
clad; and although they are not likely
to suffer much in respect of clothing
during the Summer months, they must
certainly be suppled with new uniiorms
before next Winter. Here, then, the
money question comes into considera
tion. The Carlists are very poorly pro
vided with artillery. They have about
300 guns, of many and various calibres,
and of every possible model. The Whit
worth 4-pound steel mountain gun is
the kind most in use, but many other
descriptions are employed. They man
ufacture their own ammunition, and
they also do their own repairs ; but
their small arsenals are powerless to
supply them with either muskets or
cannon in appreciable quantities. The
Alfonsists are placed at an insuperable
disadvantage by the physical peculiari
ties of the district in which the Carlists
have firmly established themselves.
The latter cannot get all the provisions
and, provided all the funds are forth
coming, all the materiel of war, of which
they stand in need, by sea, but they
are, so to speak, protected by the
friendly population on the northern
boundary. The inhabitants of
both slopes of the Pyrenees be
long to the same race, speak
the same language, and are in
fluenced by the same sympathies and
the same ideas. However earnest the
French Government and the French
officials may be in endeavoring to keep
strictly to their duty as neutrals, they
are practically powerless in preventing
free communication with the rebels in
Spain. To a Pyrenean peasant the ac
cident of his being born on the French
side of a mountain instead of on the
Spanish slope is as nothing compared
to what he conceives to be his duty
toward the cousins ‘over the way.’
Moreover, smuggling is an immemorial
tradition with these people. Where
everybody smuggles it ceases to be
looked upon as a crime, and interest,
habit, and sympathy, ali tend to keep
the Carlists well supplied. The rough
Biscayan coast is another valuable ally,
for it renders a blockade a practical
impossibility. The Carlists can never be
starved out so long as they can draw
supplies from Franco, nor can they be
rendered quite defenseless so long as
their funds enable them to tempt cruis
ers to their parts. There is, therefore, no
reason why, so long as they keep in
the mountain districts, the war should
not go on in scecula sceculorum. On
the other hand, whenever they venture
into the plain, they must inevitably be
beaten. The dangerous position held
by the Alfonists at the mouth of the
Bidassoais sufficient proof of this asser
tion; for if the Carlists possessed any
heavy artillery they would long since
have dispossessed their foes. Their
lack of cavalry and siege train, to say
nothing of their numereial inferiority,
must always prevent them from mak
ing any serious advances into the coun
try. In fine, the Government of
Alfonso XII. has nothing to fear from
the Carlists, so far as the capital and
tbe country generally are oonaerned ;
but, on the other hand, there is no
probability of the insurrection being
suppressed so long as Don Carlo3 is
supplied with the sinews of war.
On one of the bridges of Paris a baby
sprang out of its mother’s arms and
fell in the river, and the mother jump
ed after it, but could not swim. An
other woman jumped in who could
swim aud brought out both. The mo
ther was half drowned aud the baby
was ejead,
DANCER, THE RICH GAMBLER.
A Alau who Frequently Carried a
Fortune in Hi* Watch Fob.
Mr. Mathias M Dancer, whose house
at No. 50 West Eleventh street, was
subjected to a thorough ransacking,
and whose venerable wife was bound,
gagged and blindfolded on Monday, by
several desperadoes, is possibly the
oldest and most fortunate gambler in
New York. He has almost invariably
been connected with “square” gam
bling houses. Reared in a, smithy, he
entered the lists with professional
gamesters as a dealer of “snaps.” He
won money rapidly and- hoarded it.
After he had accumulated a sufficient
amount he moved from the Bowery,
his starting place, into Broadway, and
in the course of the last twenty-five
years has been connected, at various
times, with several of the gambling
houses in that thoroughfare. A large
part of his winnings in that period was
acquired in a faro bank which, by rea
son of its diminutive size, was known
as the “coon box” faro bank. The
most noted of the gamester resorts
kept by him was 670 Broadway.
He is one of the chief stockholders
in the faro-bank at No. 8 Barclay street.
This bank is reported to have taken in
*1,500,000 during the war. His cronies
say that, he is worth between .*500,000
and *600,000. He has frequently car
ried on ids person between *50,000 and
*IOO,OOO, and on Monday morning he
started out with *24,000 in his watch
fob. Occasionally, when thus valuably
freighted, he has beclouded his mind
with liquor. On a wintry morning four
years ago, however, *I,OOO was taken
from the change-pocket of his overcoat
by a boot-black. A detective, to whom
Mr. Dancer promised to give one-half
the amount recovered, soon handed
*230 to him, and informed him that
the boy was in the Tombs awaitiug
Mr. Dancer’s action. Mr. Ducer,
however, refused to prosecute the
child, and even went before the
grand jury to ask mercy for him.
Mr. Dancer’s reputation as a back
gammon player is unequalled in the
United States, and in backgammon
matches where skill alone is brought to
bear, he is commonly the victor. A
few years ago Dr. Brown, a tricky pro
fessional, having arranged the box so
that he could control the dice, chal
lenged Mr. Dancer to a match. After
Mr. Dancer had lost S4OO he was warn
ed by a friend. He then withdrew from
the game. This is perhaps the only
known instance in which he has been
overreached. Gamblers say that while
playing cards or backgammon ho shows
as much anxiety to win twenty-five
cents as he would if the stakes were
*25,000, and that he is as much elated
over the winning of an opponent’s last
cent as he would be were his prize a
fortune.
Among Mr. Dancer’s treasures is a
note signed by William M. Tweed,
given in 1867, in addition to all the
jewels then possessed by Mr. Tweed, as
security for the loan of *2,000. Mr.
i weed was not singular in those days
in borrowing money from Mr. Dancer,
the latter frequently supplying the sin
ews of political warfare.
Mr. Dancer told Sergeant Pickett and
Detective Slevins yesterday that *60,-
000 in oid and *22,000 in new bonds or
the State of Virginia and a gold watch
were taken from his home on Monday.
The market value of the bonds is *30,-
340. They will be worthless to the
thieves, however, their numbers being
in the bond register of the Citizens’
Bank. Mrs. Dancer is easier in body and
mind, though still requiring a physi
cian’s attention. She believes that she
could identify one of the robbers.
A Man Arrested on Suspicion, but
Discharged—l lie Police in Dancer’s
Gambling Rooms.
As yet the police have been
unravel the mystery in regard to the
robbery perpetrated in the house of Mr.
Dancer, in Eleventh street, New York,
on Monday last, although they have
been anxiously looking for certain par
ties who it is supposed were concerned
in the affair. Captain Yin Dusen said
that he lias formed a good idea as to
who the principal or leader of the
“gang” was and that he is now looking
him up. In fact, he expected, he said,
to have him under lock and key late
last night. Captain Kennedy, of the
9th precinct, arrested a man named
Frank Demond, a suspicious character,
who travels under a variety of aliases,
aud is said to be “on the cross,” and
who was thought to be concerned in the
robbery. He took his prisoner yester
day morning before Superintendent
Walling, who ordered him to be taken
to the house in Eleventh street for the
purpose of seeing whether Mrs. Dancer
could identify him. This she failed to
to do, and Demond was taken to Wash
ington Place Police Court. As there
was no evidence against him he was
discharged. It was also thought that
he was wanted in Hoboken, but on in
quiry being made at headquarters there
it was found that he was not the man
they were seeking for.
Dancer’s Gambling House Cleared
Out.
Yesterday morning it was*reported
that the game was still in full blast at
No. 8 Barclay street, which, it will be
remembered, is where Dancer was in
business with a man named Daley. In
spector McDermott, with Capt. Saun
ders and a detail of men, determined
to see for themselves. They accord
ingly proceeded to the sceue about
noon and ascended through an adjoin
ing house to the roof of No. 8. Find
ing the scuttle open, they quietly
availed themselves of this opportunity
to effect n n entrance. When they
reached the floor where the “tiger” was
thought to be caged, they discovered
that although there were signs of a
“game” haviDg been carried on some
while since, yet there was evidently
nothing of the kind then going on.
Daley, the pi'oprietor, with several
other men who were in the place, were
arrested and taken to the Tombs ; but
they were all discharged with the ex
ception of Daley, who was held to bail.
The police captured an old card table,
and a few battered chips, which they
took as trophies to the station house.
Effects of Evil Examples.
The success that attended the rob
beries at the houses of Mr. Dancer aud
Mrs. Van Slabe appears to have had
the effect of tempting others to go and
do likewise. Thursday afternoon two
men went to the private house No. 316
Madison avenue and endeavored to
fcce an entrance by stating to the wo
man in charge of the house—the fami
ly being out of town—that they had
been sent there to look after the water
pipes and repair them. The woman
having received no instructions about
any such work refused to let tne men
in or open the door to them, and they
had to leave in discomfiture. Subse
quently she informed the authorities
at the 19th precinct station house of
the occurrence.