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Old Series—Vol. 35. 3STo. 133. THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. Jas. G. Bailie, Francis Cogin, Geo. T. Jackson, PROPRIETORS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily, one year *l° 00 i. months 6 00 “ : months 260 Pri-Weekly, one year 6 00 “ is months 260 vVf>okly, one year 2 00 " 6 months 100 Single copies, 5 cents. 2 o news dealers, 2% 'Cents. On and after this date (April 21, 1875 J all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued ut the expiration of the time paid for. Advertisements must be paid for when hand ed in, unless otherwise stipulated. Correspondence invited from all sources, ami valuable special news paid for if used. Kejecle-l communications will not be return ed, and no notice taken of anonymous commu nications, or articles written on both sides. Money may be remitted at our risk by Ex press or postal order. All letters should be addressed to H. C. STEVENSON, Manager, Augusta, Ga. Daniel O’Connell, whose centenary will be celebrated in Dublin, with im posing ceremonies, was born in Kerry, on the 6th of August, 1775. And now the intelligence reaches us telegraphically that Tilton is probably suing Beecher only in a Pickwickian sense. The Plymouth pastor had bet ter give Theodore a five dollar bill and let him go. Polly wants a cracker. The Mississippi Democrats have, in convention assembled, recognized the civil and political rights of all men, and call upon ‘‘everybody and the rest of Inankind,” black, white and brown, to help establish good government. We judge from this that a tremendrous ef fort will be made to convert the colored people from Radicalism to Democracy. A gentleman in Tallahassee, Fla., writes to the editor of this paper for information concerning the Japanese corn. We have already informed Dr. Means that $6,000 a grain is the latest market price. If the Florida Granger wants a bushel or two of this valuable cereal, let him send on the stamps. Savannah News please copy and state that we are not now accepting the pa per of Duncan, Sherman & Cos. We clip the following from the At lanta Herald: Andrew Johnson, four years ago, said of Brownlow: “Death has already laid his icy fingers upon you! And yet you sit, a poor galvanized corpse, and laugh in the face of the King of Terrors!” And now the shrivelled parson, in tolerable good shape, sits and listens at the clods as they fall on Andy’s coffin. When Brownlow' shall have followed poor Andy, will he be wrapped in “the old flag?” The Athens Watchman says: The newspapers are dull during dog clays, but unusually so this year, as it strikes us. We this week contribute our full quota to this mass of dullness. It being Commencement week, and our office over-run with job work, we have not been able to devote as much time as usual to the preparation of matter for our columns. We throw ourselves “upon the mercy of the Court,” with the promise to make things more lively hereafter, when the weather moderates. “Commencement week” ought to be pretty lively at Athens. How about, the Third Georgia Reunion for some thing startling ? And then what think you, friend Christy, of the great inun dation of the West as a relief to dog day dullness? A Bel-Air Granger writes to us for information concerning the Torpedo Chicken. We respectfully refer him to Col. J. Gbimson Harris, of the Savan nah News, who is the State agent, and solely authorized to supply all de mands. He will send a specimen on receipt of a three cent postage stamp, and also enclose directions for use. This same Granger writes: “I was axin some of the boys about it at the last meetiu’ of the Grange, and the boys laffed at me and sed twant no macheeh, but only runniu’ rigs on a red-headed man in Savannah. I hope taint no rigs cause I want one mity bad. It’s mighty hard to get a little fried chick en.” Apply to Col. Harris, of the Sa vannah News, friend Granger, and wipe your weeping eyes. Hans Christian Andersen, whose death, at an advanced age, is an nounced by cable this morning, was born in Odense, April 2,1805. He was the son of a poor shoemaker and had few advantages for obtaining an edu cation. He attempted to learn the trade of a manufacturer, but was ill treated by his fellow-workmen, and abandoned them in disgust. His mother tried to make a tailor of him, but he went to Copenhagen and assumed the profession of an actor, in the humblest capacity, but was rejected for awkwardness and ignorance. The poet Guldberg helped him in his stud ies, and he wrote some tragedies which received attention, but were not suited for the stage. Councillor Collin pro cured him admission to the Govern ment schools, and shortly afterward he commenced to develop an extraordi nary literary talent. Hi3 poems, at this period, were considered very credit able. By the bounty of friends he visited Italy and wrote a wonderful book recordiug his impressions of that classic land. His novels evince the possession of a most ethereal fancy and pn.re imagination. Asa writer of fairy tales for children he never had an equal. In 1841 he received a royal an nuity which secured him comfort for life. Recent accounts of him represent that he was very unsophisticated, but intensely fond of speaking of himself, receiving praise, and reading his own productions to all who would listen. In spite of these foibles, he was a Sid gularly pious man, and the possessor of a genius which was faithfully em ployed, for many years, in delighting, instructing and elevating the young old alike. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. Moody and Sankey Coming Home- Sailors Refuse to Go Down to the Seas ia an Old Tub—Parliament Squabbling Over a Few Millions. London, August 4.—Mood}' and San key sail for New York on the Spain. Tho crew of the ship Sunbeam, from Plymouth, and bound for the United States, August 22d, discovered that she was unsea worthy, and they refused to proceed. An examination has justified their refusal, In the House of Commons there was a sharp debate over supplementary estimates of £2,000,000. Gladstone pointed out the laxity of the Government’s estimate, and de clared that such looseness tended to destroy Parliament’s control over ex penditures. The Chancellor admitted au apparent defect, but was confident that an in crease of £3,000,000 of revenue would more than cover supplementary esti mates of the Supply bill. Prorogation is expected on the 12tli. The liabilities of Laeosta, liaalte & Cos., whose failure was announced July Ist, are $3,000,000. Death of a Great Romance Writer — The Prison Congress—A Bishop, Un der Prussian Surveillance, Takes French Leave —Montenegrins Help ing Servia. Copenhagen, August 4.—Hans Chris tian Andersen the poet and novelist died to-day, aged 70. London, August 4.—lt is decided that no session of the International Prison Congress be held in 1876. The perma nent Prison Commission is composed of Dr. E. C. Wines, of the United States, Baron Hulzendorff, of Germany, M. Stevens, of Belgium, M. Pots, of Hol land and others. They will meet at Frankfort to receive reports for con sideration of a Congress which will be held later, probably in Zurich. Berlin, August 4.—The Bishop of Paderborn, who was deposed from his functions by Prussian law courts, and has siuce been interned in Wesel, has, without permission, quitted that towu. On leaving he addressed a letter to the Governor of tbe District assigning as a reason for his departure impaired health and his duties to his flock. Vienna, August 4.—ln spite of efforts of the Prince of Montenegro to prevent it, several bodies of his subjects have crossed into Herzegovinia to join the insurgents. Banquet of the Lord Mayor of Lon don—Mr. Disraeli Makes a Speech— He Believes Europe is Tranquil and will Continue So—He Reiter ates that a Common Englishman is Better than a Foreign Noble—Music by the Band. London, August 4.—The annual ban quet given by the Lord Mayor of Lou don to Her Majesty’s Ministers took [•lace to-night at the Mansion House and was attended by the usual large aud distinguished company. Mr. Dis raeli, responding to a toast to the Gov ernment, declared the country was pros perous and the people content. Allud ing to foreign affairs, he said peace pre vailed and, iu his opinion, it would con tinue to prevail. If the foreign rela tions of Great Britain were scrutinized, he believed it would be found that they had been conducted with pru dence aud firmness. The Colonial empire would be developed aud con solidated. Its interests and sympa thies ought to be assimilated with those of the mother country and ulti mately the colonies would prove a source not of weakness but of strength and splendor. Reviewing the work of the present session of Parliament, he ad verted at some leDgth to the incident of the shipping bill. He stated that in proposing anew measure the Govern ment had been assisted and not coerced by public opinion. In conclusion he re peated the opinion, which he once be fore declared here, that the people of Great Britain were better off than the nobility of other countries. The speech was received with entliusiastic cheers. Other members of the Cabinet spoke in a similar strain. Recovery of the Schiller’s Treasure— The Collie Case—Australian Items. London, August 4.—Divers at work on the wreck of the steamer Schiller have recovered SIOO,OOO of her treas ure. At a hearing of the case of Collie Bro.’s, Mr. Rainbow, of the firm of Rainbow', Holberton & Cos., testified that a quantity of cotton was bought in 1873 by the Collies on joint account with his firm. Iu consequence of a de cline in value they never had an oppor tunity of selling it at a profit. The Collies drew bills against the cotton, and Rainbow, Holberton & Cos endors ed them. The Collies subsequently sold the cotton, and had the bills origi nally drawn against it renewed, after it had passed beyond their control. It was the maturing of these bills that caused the recent disaster. In conse quence of the absence of Sergeant Bal lantiue, the leading lawyer for the de fense, the further hearing of the case was postponed until Monday next. Versailles, August 4. —The session of the Assembly was formally closed to-day, iu accordance with a resolu tion for recess, until November 4th. Melbourne, August 4.—The ministry of Victoria has resigned in conse quence of opposition of Parliament to the Budget. Sydney, August 4—The Parliament of New South Wales has approved the tender for carrying mails made by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Sporting News. Boston, August 4.—Landers beat Plaisted in a single scull race of two miles for $2,000 and the championship of New England. Time, 14:40. Saratoga, August 4. —Iu the three quarters of a mile race for two-year olds, Lorillard’s Parole was the winner. Time, 1:18%. In the two mile race for three-year olds, Viator won. Time, 3:43%. In the three mile race Rutherford was the winner. Time, 5:38. Au international regatta occurs Au gust 24th, 25th and 26th. Minor Telegrams, Montgomery, August 4. —The first bale of new cotton was received to day. The first bale last year was re ceived on the 11th. Pittsburg, August 4.—Nail manufac turers fixed the price at $3 per card. Montreal, August 4 —The sudden rise of grain caused increased confi dence in the carrying trade. Boats that were laying up begin to move. Boston, August 4. —Dr. Winslow Lewis, surgeon, 76 years old, is dead, i New Orleans, August 4.—Assistant Attorney General Hiram R. Steele has been appointed by Gov. Kellogg Judge of the Superior Criminal Court, in place of Judge Braugba, snd ex-Judge H. C. Dibble has been appointed As sistant Attorney General. AUGUSTA, QA_ THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 5, 1875. THE GREAT FLOOD. MOVEMENT OF THE WATERS. A Plantation on the Mississippi Sub merged-Figliting Against Crevasses. Memphis, August 4. —Apperson’s plan tation of 900 acres, opposite Friar’s Point, is submerged. A crevasse was made at De Soto, 27 miles below here on the Mississippi side. Planters are endeavoring to stop it. All plan ters are at work strengthening their levees. Special River Report. Washington, August 4.—The Ohio has risen during the past twenty-four hours, thirty-eight inches at Cincinnati aud twelve inches at Louisville. It is above the danger line at Cincinnati, Marietta, Louisville and Evansville, but it is now falling at stations above Marietta, and is fourteen inches below the danger line at Pittsburgh. The Mississippi river is four and a half feet above the danger line at Cairo, where it has risen 9 inches. It has risen one inch at Memphis and two inches at Vicks burg, and is reported eight inches above the danger line at Helena. It has fallen eleven inches at St. Louis and eight at Keokuk. The floods will continue on the lower Ohio during Thursday, and the danger will increase on the Mississippi between Cairo and Memphis during Thursday aud Friday. The Upper Ohio and the rivers in Penn sylvania have fallen rapidly. The Cum berland, Missouri and Red rivers have changed but slightly. Rains have pre vailed during the day in the regions of the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis souri Valleys. The Mississippi River Still Rising— Miugled Hopes and Fears. Memphis, August 4.— The river at this point is rising steadily, having risen an inch aud a half since last re port, and is now standing within four teen inches of the danger line, which covers the country westward to Madi son, Arkansas, a distance of 40 miles. The feeling to-night among those in terested is more hopeful, in conse quence of a decline at St. Louis, but reports from Ohio cause gloomy fore bodings. FROM WASHINGTON. Yellow Fever Bulletins—Capture of Crooked Whiskey—Marine Disaster. Washington, August 4.—Commodore Cooper telegraphs everything quiet and healthy in the Navy Yard and vicinity. Secret Treasury agents captured four hundred barrels of crooked whiskey in Chicago, which wore concealed since the raid in July. The vessel which foundered off the Chickomacoinico, N. C., on the Bth of May, proves to be the schooner Mary Eliza, of Portsmouth, N. H., from Sa vannah for Damarescotta with lumber. She sprung a leak and capsized. John O’Neal, Freeman Blake, seamen, J. L. Lestrim, mate, and Thos. Hughes, color ed cook, are supposed to be lost. The vessel’s papers were lost. Gen. Branuan telegraphs from Bar rancas that there were no new cases since yesterday’s report and only one death. Sternberg is improving but not out of danger. No case from Fort Pickens for nine days. The Typographical Union Sticks to Old Prices —Mail Squabbling. A full meeting of the Typographical Union unanimously determined to ad here to the old scale of prices and sus tain those printers who are now on a strike against the reduction of the scale. Jerome J. Hinds, recently on trial for complicity in mail frauds, tiled a bill in equity to restrain the Department from paying the money to John Allman & Bro. for carrying the mails in Texas. Hinds recites that he had an interest iu said contract, and was illegally de barred from executing it. Judge Humphreys made a preliminary re straining order, returnable on the 10th of September. POLITICAL. Democratic Convention in Mississippi— The Amendments Gulped Down aud Sambo Requested to “Join the Cav alry.” Jackson, Miss., August 4.—The Demo cratic Convention was the largest since 1861. Mr. Lamar addressed the meeting at length. H. C. Heminway was nominated Treasurer. The plat foim is mainly eoniiued to State affairs. It recognizes to the fullest extent the civil and political equality of all men and asks aid and assistance of voters of all parties and both races iu the es establishment of good government. Under appointment of the Executive Committee the convention adjourned. A Constitutional Convention Called in Alabama. Montgomery, August 4.—Returns come in slowly, but enough is known to render it reasonably certain that a Constitutional Convention has been called by 10,000 majority. Datus E. Coou, who issued an ad dress to the people favoring Congress man White’s Force bill, received but 7 votes in his own city out of 2,400 polled, 1,800 of which were Republican. Many leading Republicans supported the call and several Republican coun ties have given majorities for the con vention. Montgomery, August 4.—The Con vention has carried the State by 5,000 majority. North Carolina Convention, Wilmington, N. C., August 4. — The State election to-morrow is for 120 del egates to the Constitutional Conven tion, called by the last Legislature. The representation in the Convention is like that of the Lower House of the Legislature, which had 120 members in that body at the last session. The Con servatives had a reliable majority of 42. The result is considered very im portant, and the election will undoubt edly be much closer than last year. Both parties seem confident of secur ing a majority of delegates, but the chances seem to be largely in favor of the Conservatives, who will probably elect not Jess than 65 of the 120 dele gates, although there has been less spirit in the canvass than usual. The anxiety to know the result is iutense, as the Convention js charged with the duty of amending the orgauic law of the State. Savannah, August 4.—The first bale of Florida cotton was received here from Gainesville, Fla. "When you hear a good story from the lips of a stupid man, and see a silk umbrella in the hands of a man who does not pay for a newspaper, you may know that both have been bor rowed. LETTER FROM ATHENS. THE UNIVERSITY COMMENCE MENT. A Heavy Rainstorm—Progressive In terest iu the College Exercises —Sen- ator Gordon as a Model for Youth- Junior Day—A Disorderly Audience Address of Mr. Van Epps—The Soph omore Prize—Sam. [Special Correspondence Constitutionalist ! Athens, Ga.. August 3,1875. The heavy rainstorm which swept over the city yesterday afternoon cool ed the atmosphere to a degree abso lutely balmy, and this morning a glori ous breeze sweeps down from the sur rounding mountains. A few additional visitors arrived on the trains last night, and this morning the chapel of the University is crowded with an audience the Athens papers will surely call fashionable. The exer cises grow more aud more interesting as they progress—as they step from one grade or class of students to a higher— just in the ratio of the expansion of the mind of a youth from one epoch to its succeeding. Schoolboy oratory has its charm, not so much in its own merit, but from that ever longing anil burning desire of the patriotic and in telligent citizen to peer into the future —to, upon the evidence present now, t form an opinion of the character of men upon whose shoulders the imme diate destiny of the country will fail. In his character of soldier, states man, patriot, and in each and all a gen tleman of unsullied honor, Senator Gordon presents a splendid example to the students of our University. He is present at every Commencement in the double capacity of father and member of the Board of Trustees. To imitate him calls forth the highest ambition, and doubtless inspires the young men of our laud. Junior Day. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. W. H. Potter, D. D. We then had speeches as follows: L. M. Landrum, of Oglethorpe coun ty—subject, “Our Social Propensions;” H. C. Ayer, of Floyd, “Geniuses;” W. M. Henry, Walker, “A Persian Aphor ism;” H. H. Tucker, Jr., Athens, “Knowledge au Antidote to Pride;” P. j E. Dennis, of Talbot, “The Farmer;” I and by A. W. Davis, of Atlanta, whose 1 subject was “Tho Press.” A Disorderly Audience. There was such a constant hum and buzz on the floor and in the audience that I could hear but little the young gentlemen had to say. Such is the case, lam told, at every Commence ment. It would be a harsh measure, though just, to adopt the “regulations” of a city; station police in the building, with orders to expel people who cannot keep their mouths shut while the exhi bition is in progress. It is to the last de gree bad breeding, as well as rank in justice to visitors who have come a hundred miles to hear the orations, and not the brainless clatter of “young bucks” talking to their sweethearts. Address of Howard B. Van Epps. The orator selected by the Literary 1 Societies, the Phi Kappa aud the De mostheniau, Howard B. Yan Epps, of Atlanta, was next presented to the au dience by Chancellor Tucker. He is a graduate of the class of 1869, a young gentleman of a broad, open face, blonde complexion, auburn hair, of modern stature, slightly inclined to the corpu lent, has evidently paid great attention to the training of his voice to popular speaking, and in gesticulation is al most free from criticism. This address was upon the birth, progress and present status of Ameri can Liberty—an old theme to be sure, aud had it been chosen by anyone less eloquent, or had he fallen below his own standard, he would have worried his audience—an audience not com posed of the rustic and Fourth of July occasion, perfectly conscious and se cure in his immediate prospect of get ting his barbecued dinner, aud con vinced, too, that he would get a plenty for he full well knew the number of carcasses smoking over the pot. His audience on the other hand were the literate, so-called, and so supposed of the State, accustomed to hear ora tions upon his text. The speaker went back to the Elizabethian, that heroic age of Great Britain, to find the birth, the germ, the womb of the American Constitution. He had little else but condemnation for the character of the British or the in habitants of the Continent of Europe, up to the close of the Sixteenth Cen tury, and seemed to have drawn from their history the conviction that they had neither courage, the love of liberty nor true religion. On this side of the Atlantic he found nothing to condemn from the appearance of “the almost divine Washington to the present hour.” His country, his people, for the last hundred years, was a model of greatness and perfection, and other nations dwindled into in signillcanco and contempt in com parison with it. The address was a huge puff of the United States, clothed in the purest English, uttered by a young Georgian for whom I feel a real pride. But I judge he has never been in Europe, and that it has not yet oc curred to him, (as it has not doubtless to a single student in this Univeisity to-day) to road the other side. The history they read is written by Yan kees and is usually composed of one half conceit and the other half false hood, especially when speaking of those epochs in our history when our blood was shed by British arms. It would be a monstrous speech to these young gentlemen to say the Eng lishman marches at the head of civili zation, yet it is true. Nor would he be lieve iu the equally true assertion that his nation is the “slop bucket” of the world, largely composed of the speculator, and in lieu of statesmen presents the buffoon politician ready to sell his vote for a month’s board, and does do it every session of Congress. Howard Van Epps should spend two years in England, and I will guarantee that upon his return he will cry aloud : “Give me more Integrity, more protec tion against publio thieves, and not quite so much of what we call glorious liberty.” We have exchanged the ty rant, George 111, fora thieving carpet bagger, anti Gen. Grant, and negro suf frage, and tax collectors at all hours of the day and night. We whipped the standing armies quartered upon us in a time of profound peace off our soil a hundred years ago, and for them had Sherman and his hammers in a time of war. But I had no intention of criticizing so severely this excellently written oration. I only wished to remove from what seems to rpe an otherwise dear and splendid young mind some of the falla cies thrown upon it by Yankee histo rians, whose assertions should be taken with a bushel of salt, every time. The SophoiHojrp prize. At the conclusion of his regular oration Mr. Yan Epps delivered the decision of the Judges, and the Prizes iu the So phomore Declamation contest. To W. M. Howard, of British Honduras was given the first, and to J. G. Zachry, of Rockdale county, the second prize.— Howard in point of merit was not nearer than fourth, and I presume was given the medal because he lives in British Honduras, which, I will add, is all right. I hope his victory will induce more subjects of the Queen to come to our University, for I like them, and perhaps they may teach our youths that it is not right to pronounce Anathema Maranatha upon everything and everybody English. Sam, the Centennial Janitor. One of the most noted characters about Athens and the University is old Uncle Sam, who has been its janitor for thirty years. He was born here a slave, entered (?) the University simul taneously with Dr. Church iu 1844, aud has not graduated yet. To graduate lias never been his ambition. That is about the last thing he wants to do. Sam has heard enough eloquence to amount to a first class cyclone, if col lected, boiled dowu, concentrated, sup plied with the necessary electricity and powers of propulsion. But all this worry over books, am bition to make a big name, to raise a noise in the outside world has not troubled him in the least. He sits iu the corner of the chapel this morn ing, near his bucket of water which he lias brought for the speakers, aud hands out witli a polite bow, but never failing to catch a short nap between drinks and while a speech is being made. As he sits there nodding I see a full blooded negro, whose wool looks like a handful of salt has been thrown over it. The college boys have always been kind to him, practising, of course, a practical joke frequently at his ex pense, but always of the more gentle order of such jokes. His keenest ap preciation is grounded upon an extra greenback quarter, and chief sorrow tho occasion of the graduating of the student who has given him the most money. Who is tho happier, Sam or the hoy who bothers himself so much about the contents of books ? The Chancellor’s Reception. It is said that in other days the Athenians were renowned for their hospitality, and upon every Commence ment occasion threw open their doors and invited neighbor and stranger to walk in. It is different now, brought about by “shrinkage in values” in part, and in part by the death of Howell aud T. R. R. Cobb, who used to lead the people here in social as well as in spir itual aud political matters. I intend to visit the grave of T. li. R. Cobb, for having great admiration of the man, I have curiosity to see the spot where— The hero lies still And the dew-drooping willow, Like fond weeping mourners, Leans o’er his grave. Dr. Tucker has inaugurated a cheap substitute for the old receptions given by the Athenians. Last night ho bor rowed the Library room of the Uni versity from the Trustees, faced the divisions with square pieces of tin and ‘Candles, in vited the crowd aud called it “the Chancellor’s reception.” The Doctor and his lady took position at the head of the room, whilst a detail of Sophs acted as a Presentation Com mittee. You will find by reference to almost any correspondent that it was “a brilliant affair.” It moved along smoothly until Mark Cooper, accompanied by a stately ma tron, appeared. Their combined weight being nearly half a ton, the floor at the centre gave a premonition of giving way. Two sharp reports were heard under it, brief consultations took place, when several gentlemen, including the Governor of Georgia aud this writer, moved out witli as much rapidity as the laws of dignity would allow. But I must reserve something to say to-morrow, which will positively be my “last appearance on these boards.” Jean Valjean. LETTER FROM M’DUFFIE. Exhibition of the Wriglitsboro High School—The Crops Badly Injured. Clay Hill, Ga., July 30, 1875. Please allow me space in your excel lent paper to give an account, briefly, of the examination and exhibition of the Wriglitsboro High School, McDuffie county. This school is taught by that accomplished young teacher Mr. N. E. Ware, of Wilkes county, Ga., assisted by his brother, Mr. A. F. Ware. Wriglitsboro is an old town; so old that it is nearly worn out; but if you had seen the crowd there during the exam ination you would have though that emigrants from the West were return ing. “Nettie” has worked hard to build up this school, and by hard work he has succeeded iu rearing up one of the best schools tho country affords. The Board of Examiners consisted of W. D. Tutt, Esq., Paul C. Hudson, Esq., and J. H. Casey, Esq. The scholars showed from their examination, that they had been well taught. I never have seen young scholars stand an examination better. After the exam ination exercises were over, Mr. Chas. Z. McCord, of Augusta, addressed the people. This was au excellent speech. Next in order was the exhibition. The scholars were well trained in these ex ercises, giving great credit to them selves and teacher. The crops are being cut off very fast. To look upon vegetation now, it makes one feel badly. The grass, oh! how withered. The leaves upon the trees look sad aud shorn. Mr. Wind (not old Tom) has not ceased to blow this month, not long at a time. King cot ton, look at his body, how withered! D >es he look like he can rule nine or ten States in the Union now? Withered old Rex. If thou would’st burn up, some would be much better off, and some would say : “ Ma.y you live long and prosper.” Corn that was planted soon and worked well was nearly made before the drouth hurt it. I think it is cut off one-third in this section of the county. Pet. Macon Telegraph : The maddest man in Georgia is in Savannah. He recent ly received, as we learn from the News, two Southdown bucks from Louisvile, the express charges upon which were $47.25. Their original cost was only S4O. We suggest as a means of easing his mind that he immediately proceed to kill about one hundred dogs. That is a much more practical method of getting rid of the surplus steam than using bg,d words. Rome’s taxable property aggregates $2,932,550. The Baltimore thinks the navy yai’4 at Pensacola, in view of the fre quency of yellow fever outbreaks there, should be abandoned. It is not of suffi cient importance to compensate for the deaths of officers and men causecj by th e fever, THIRD GEORGIA. THE PORTSMOUTH REUNION. Old Soldiers in Council—Decorations of the Hall—Speech of Col. Nisbet. Oxford Hall, where the Reunion pro ceedings took place yesterday’, was fitted up on the interior with flags and appropriate devices. The stage par ticularly was very handsome with or namentation. On either side was a list of the battles in which the Georgians participated. On the right was a framed copy of “Lee’s farewell address, with flags crossed above and the following battles : Capture steamer Fauny, Chic amaeomico, South Mills, Seven Pines, Seven Days’ Fight, Drury’s Bluff, Fra zer’s Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Ma nassas, Harper’s Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg. On tl& left were United States flags crossed and the following battles : Mer rimac, Gettysburg, Manassas Gap, Wil derness, Spotsylvania, Atlee’s Station, Twenty-Second June, Crater, Ream’s Station, Yellow Tavern, Burgess’ Hill, Hatcher’s Run, Davis’ Farm, Sailor’s Creek, Guriy House, Appomatox. In the centre background uf the stage was a line representation of the “Virginia Coat of Arms,” surmounted by a centennial spread eagle, and “old thirteen.” Ample seats were arranged for the officers, speakers, celebrities aud “press.” Just above the speakers’ stand was a banner inscribed “Virginia Greets Georgia,” with the figure of hands clasping in the centre. Maupin’s Hall will be the headquar ters of the Georgians during their stay. The facade of the building will contain appropriate mottoes and au im mense banner stretching across the street to Oxford Hall bearing the words, “Headquarters Third Georgia Regi ment,” with the flag of Virginia above it. One of the chief features of the day was the speech of Col. Nisbet, which is hereto appended : Mr. President and Comrades: Meeting as we do to-day, hero amidst the scenes of our first service in the fields and surrounded by the generous hearts who then entertained us at their hospitable homes and made us comfortable around their glowing firesides, I shall address my self, in my introductory remarks, more particularly to these old and never to be forgotten friends. Citizens of Portsmouth : It is my pleasing duty to address you in behalf of my comrades, to whom you have again extended a kind and hearty welcome. Would that some magic power could touch my lips with eloquence, and endow my brain with genius, fitting to give full ex pression to the many emotions that fill our hearts. Life is full of strange and wondrous inci dents, springing up in its pathway with startling unexpectedness. Thoughts, emo tions and associations we had long deemed buried irretrievably in the past, suddenly awake to vigorous life and move our in most being with their wonted power. Such an incident is this. Never in the wildest dreams witli which fancy paints the future, did it ever picture this scene. Some of us may have thought that the calls of busi ness might perhaps hurry us on passing train or steamship by your city, giving us a hasty glimpse of what was once so fa miliar ; but never did one of us expect to re turn as we do to-day—as an organization, and self-invited—yet we feel that we are no less welcome guests to your hospitable gates. Wehavecomo from the mountains and the seaboard, from the villages and cities of the “old red hills” of Georgia, a scat tered and broken few—come once more to greeL you. Not for a holiday excursion, nor to waste a few days in reckless revelry or thought less dissipation, but impelled by the strong est and purest motive—we have come be cause we love you. Can yuu not theu sym pathize with our feelings, standing unex pectedly, as we do, amidst these long-loved scenes; these streets in which we once paraded, our hearts tilled and our cheeks flushed with the enthusiasm of young and, as yet, untried troops; these shores, the scenes of our formeiiabors; yon field, on which for months our tented homes were spread; these beautiful waters, in whose bosom we were wont to bathe our wearied limbs; these homes and firesides, and sur rounded by old friends whose warm hearts prompt the hearty grasp of the hand and the kind words that again bid us welcome here. 1 am not here to deliver a carefully pre pared and ornate addresi; but to talk with you as friends long separated an I now met again. I will be pardoned, then, if 1 speak of persons and things that are mutually interesting to us alone, and you will be pa tient with me whilst I recall some of the facts connected with our life here. A little more than fourteen years ago, company by company of the Third Geor gia Regiment, promptly responding to the call of your Governor, reached this city, hurrying forward, badly armed and but partially equipped, and entered your navy yard ere the smoke had ceased to rise from its burning ruins. Here we were organized; here were elected our field officers—the lirst full regiment from the South that mustered upon your soil, and the advance guard of the sixty thousand troops that "illustrated Georgia” on the hundred bat tle fields of Virginia. You received us then with open arms. For several mouths camped within your corporate limits, we gave ourselves up to the full enjoyment of the boundless hospi tality and the social pleasures which you so generously tendered us. Thus and then were formed those associations which the vicissitudes of years have failed to oblite rate. Every soldier, however humble, had a home of his own within some kind house hold; our sick were nursed into renewed health by kind and tender hands, or their passage to the tomb was soothed and brightened by loving hearts. Thus were we almost weaned from the attachment of our own dear homes. Ordered to the coast of North Carolina for four months, wo were engaged in de fending and fortifying the island of lioan oke. There was often demonstrated the at tachment of the regiment to your people. On many a night, when worn out with ex hausting labors, and with numbers pros trated by the malarious fevers of the island, melancholy and dispirited, no sound to reach our ears save the tread of the senti nel or the loud booming of the billows breaking forever upon the storm-beaten shore, the sweet strains of that loved mel ody, “Carry me back to old Virginia, to old Virginia’s shores,” would come stealing over our senses, every man was instantly aroused, cheer after cheer burst from thei'r throats, echoing and re-echoing along those solitary shores, awaking the myriads of sea fowl that haunt those waters, and call ing up from their sleep of ages, if it were possible, the spirits of .Raleigh’s murdered colonists. How joyous was our return! How de lightful the renewal of our pleasures, until sept to oppose tlje fues th t tii reatoned your rear. We did oppose them; we did protect you. Cql. A. li. Wright, with one thousand Georgians, and scaroe one hun dred Virginians, in open Held, defeated and drove back to their licet in haste and con fusion, six thousand of the enemy. MilL tary men thought this battle—fortunate as it was—a reckless hazard; but it was the promptings of that military genius which characterized the man that won fur him his spurs, ana inaugurated a reputation for lus regiment which they sustained on many a hard fought field. Returning exul tant and flushed with victory, joyous with anticipations of a warm welcome from you a few miles from the city we received the tidings that Norfolk and Portsmouth were being evacuated. Sad and sudden was the change that came o’er the spirit of oqy dreams, as with heavy hearts we bore to the left and silently wended our way on to Richmond. It was the duty of your speaker to enter this city on that night, ana l can say that although I witnessed during the war maqy sad and terrible scenes—deserted cities and dismantled homes -yet neyer shall I for get that eventful flight. I was mot upon my arrival by the sad intelligence that death had been busy in my own home, and torn from my embrace, forever, mure than one of my loved once. Although crushed bv a grief abidelh with me still, I almost forgot my own sorrows in my peady sympathy with yours. These streets were crowded with hurrying throngs; men, careworn and anxious; women with tears streaming from their eyes; little children with wondering, upturned faces; the rumb ling of countless wagons; the shouts of men despeiate and angered in their misery; the gloomy skies made lurid by the loud explosions which again and again told of the destruction of fort after fort and bat tery after battery; and the shrill whistio of the engines of rapidly moving train s sounding in our ears like shrieks of des pair, rendered the night hideous and tue scenes pitiful indeed. Thus rudely were severed the bonds of our twelve months’ in timacy. But the memory of your love went with us; and not a rumor of oppression in flicted upon you that was not listened to with sorrowing sympathy; not a message of cheerful character tiiat was not re ceived by gladdened hearts. Your sons went with us, and on Malvern’s bloody hill their familiar uniforms and loved faces were seen in the midst of our ranks. ’Twas in the front of the regiment at Sharpsburg that the gallant Grimes fired his last shot,, and thus fulfilled his pledge, that he would stay with us even unto death.” But enough of this dark and bloody pic ture. You know it all, from its bright com mencement to the gloomy end. I have spoken not only for those who are present, but also for the absent, as each one of us comes charged with many and loving mes sages from those who are unable to be with you to-day. On leaving home my old com panions told me to say to you, that al though unable to come,’they are with you in spirit, and rejoice with you in the de lights of this reunion. And now, my comrades, what shall I say to you ? How deeply am I moved, as for the first time iu ten years, I meet you— years to us full of struggles—years full of vicissitudes, and of hardships greater than those of the war—years in which you have been manfully fighting the battle of iiio— fighting against poverty aud want, work ing: to restore the wrecked fortunes of your families and rebuild your ruined homes; struggling on amidst grief aud disappoint ment, sometimes hopeful, but often ready to exclaim: “That the burden laid on you Seemed greater than you could bear;” But always sustained by that stern phi losophy which teaches us to “Let the dead past bury its dead,” you have wisely followed the poet’s injunc tion to “Act—act in Lhe living present, Heart within, and God o’erhead.” Each of you, I doubt not, lias also done his part, humble though it may be, to re surrect our prostrate State. In this labor you have known no such word as fail, and Georgia is redeemed and once more fills her wonted place—“ Tho Empire State of the South.” Her star is once more in the ascendant, and iu mid-horizon sheds its rays as brightly as any proud common wealth that mingles in the*glorious con stellation of our Union. Your presence hero, comrades, revives a thousand memories of our services in Vir ginia. But what can I toll you—soldiers yourselves—of the soldier’s life? Has not each fireside its narrator, and eacli house hold its hero? Shall I tell how, sometimes, we were cold, sometimes hungry, and many times exhausted by fatigue and exposure? How, during tho long Winter months, our hearts were almost broken by that con stant yearning for our loved ones at home? How, affected with scurvy, wo actually loathed the scanty ration of i ancid bacon and unsifted corn meal; yet how, when Summer came, and the clarion call of Lee sounded through the camps, our loan aud starved “rebels” would shake off their lethargy, “like dew drops from a lions mane,” and make ready for the march-ready for the battle, and, if God willed it, ready for tho soldier’s death, and for the soldier’s solitary grave? Or shall I tell of things grand? Of the mighty army moving over the turnpikes of Virginia, stretching through the valleys and along the slopes; the clang of sabres, the glint of the sun upon shining steel, the wiki strains of military music, and the sounding trea 1 of Lee’s trusty veterans? How we stood and gazed upon tbe grand spectacle of fifty thousand of the chivalry of the South, who, with song and shout, for miles up and down the river, as I hey cross ed, covered the broad bosom of the historic Potomac; of the meeting of contending hosts, hurled again and again upon each other in the terrific shock of battle—the volley, the charge, the wild hurrah and the fury of men in desp rate, deadly combat? Or shall I tell of things pleasant? Of glo rious mountains, gre -n clad valleys, cool springs and shady groves; and, God bless them in every spiritual and temporal bles sing, of the people of Virginia and Mary land—of their open doors, their great warm hearts, and their tender love for the “Geor gia Volunteers?” And, passing all these, shall 1 tell you of death—death as it came to many of our fal len comrades; of the soldier shot dead in the fight; of the soldier left on the battle field, with no sound save the groans of his wounded comrades, or the sighing of t'.e night winds—alone to die; of death in the gloomy ho pital, or the pestilent camp; or of the solitary picket, with the safety of an army, as it were, in his hands, pacing his post tiie long nigbt through, and at the peep of day, perhaps, shot by a hidden foe? Such were tiie scenes you witnessed, such the trials you endured, and such the emo tions you felt until the last and fatal day at Apomattox Court House, where ceased "The soldier's hope, the patriot’s zeal, Forever dimmed, forever crossed. Oh! who can tell what heroes feel. When all save life and honor's lost?” We are called the “Survivors of the Third Georgia Regiment,” but oh! the dead, the many, many dead whose silent graves are found in every valley and by every stream from the Carolinas to Pennsylvania. Their fame belongs to history, and their memory is being preserved as a sacred trust by those who loved them most, the noble women of the South, who are so faithfully recording their heeds of valor in song and history and enduring marble. I would be recreant to my duty did I not allude on this occasion to him who was the centre, the soul, the very life of the rogi ment—the lamented Wright. Elected here your Colonel, and subsequently promoted, for gallant services, to be your General, your early fame was won as Wright’s Georgians; and your matured laurels were secured as the leading regiment of “Wright’s Brigade.” How distinctly clear is his image -how boldly stand forth the scenes in which he was so prominent a fea ture-how perfect the memory of his splen did person in camp, on the march, in the privacy of his “mess,” or in “Jlattle’s magnificently stern array.” I commenced my service under him here. I closed it in 18G5, still under him, in Caro lina. None knew him better, none studied his peculiar character more closely. He had faults of temper, faults or manner; but few were they compared to his many noble traits. Quick, irritable and some times almost tyrannical, yet he never be came subservient to his superiors. Often chafing, conscious of his superiority to some who ranked him, he was sometimes inclined to be insubordinate, still always doing his duty, always true as steel, and active, energetio, self-possessed and brave —for he was born with all the instincts of a soldier and, with the exception of Gor don, I firmly boliove him the ablest general from his State. It is gratifying to record that Ids last earthly labors were given to his country.— His health was shattered by thoir severity and just when he had been triumphantly elected to a seat in the National Congre-s and the eyes of the whole State were upon him, as the head of its delegation, he who as a soldier escaped death in so many and varied forms, died surrounded by the blessings of peace. Cos uu,ending his spirit to the God who gave it, we, his comrades, have ever cherished, and will continue to cherish his memory with an unfaltering devotion. It would seem foreign to the object of our gathering were I to dwell at length upon die subject which is so deeply engaging th 5 thoughts of all good citizens—l an the spirit of reconciliation which is .<• ’el oping itself throughout the whole com -y. But there may be among my hearers s.me who, perhaps, have a natural curio ity to know how men like us think and feel. We do nqt pveteud to be full of "gush,” nor do we aftect any mawkish sentiment. Deep wounds heal slowiy. But, with an honest purpose, we give this movement our hearty and honest co-operation, and welcome all overtures from our late an tagonists, in the same spirit in which they are extended, particularly when they come from the ranks of that gallant soldiery whose courage and fidelity to what they deemed the right we so often tested, and to which we here freely hear a most willing testimony. But, sir, we do not repent of a singm a<?t of our State in the past. We owe our allegmnce to her—she has yielded that allegtance under the Constitution to the Union, sincer. ly and in good faith. We approve her action, and will prove loyal to her professions, New Series—Vol. 3. Tsl o. 3 lam one of those who believe that the sufferings of the present gonerati >n will ripen into blessings in the future. Already the principles of government which we have been taught to revere are again springing into life. And, strange as it may seem, their first triumph was in old Con necticut, where, for a century, they have always lurked, sometimes slumbering, but never dead. And now Massachusetts, like a giant as she Is, has arisen in her majesty, and once more the “Old Bay State” marches side by side with with this grand Old Dominion.” God speed the good work. Mr. President, I cannot pass from our friends without making a feeble effort to express the high regard in which we hold this State. Feeble it is obliged to be, com pared with the strength of the sentiment. O ,V r ¥ inia > Virginia! so justly called the‘Mother of States,” from the Chosa- to the plains of Missouri, and from the Potomac to the distant Rio Grande, thy children and thy children’s children rise up and pay thee homage. More dear art thou now, broken and dismembered though thou be, and with thy wounds scarce healed, than wert thou in thy proudest days! More honored art thou than when thy statesmen enunciited thoso principles which estab lished and -o long governed a nation. Thy wisdom and thy conservatism still direct thy sister States, and iead them onward and forward as of yore. Gladly, willingly we yield obedience and cnoerfuily fall into line, knowing that where thou leadest honor goes before. Remarks of Col. David J. Godwin. At the welcome reception of the 3d Georgia Regiment on Tuesday evening, Col. Godwin spoke as follows: -Mr. President, Soldiers and Gentlemen of the Third Georgia Regiment: Gentlemen: We welcome you to Vir ginia, and we thrice welcome you to the city of Portsmouth, the scene of your mili tary services in the late war. My people not only remember you kindly, but lovingly appreciate your patriotism then, and we have not forgotten your gallant services curing that war. We are not only at tached to you as a regiment and as indi viduals. but we cherish and honor your noble deeds done and performed in that cause Many of your brave dead are interred in Virginia soil, and the bones of some, in common with their brother Virginians, bin not through neglect, now perhaps are bleaching upon every battle field of the Old Commonwealth. I will not attempt here to speak in detail of the splendid record made by your regi ment during that war. History has done it for me. But I will say that no regiment in that whole service can boast a prouder roll than the Third Georgia Regiment. Will thecountry say thatthes ■ re-unions, these demonstrations are wrong and calcu lated to keep alive the animosities of the yvar V It is not true. Such is not the ob ject, or the fact, the reverse is true. It does not seem to me that this is out of place upon occasions like these to recall the past with the associations and to do honor to die living and the dead, who were actors in thatgreatstruggle.lt moans nett eason, it is simply loyalty to the loftier and sub iimest sentiments oT our nature; it means peace and good will. All “pomp and circumstance of glorious war” has laded away—the great and good Lee, Jackson and others, rest in com pan ionship with the kindred dust or then fathers—the tramp of their legions on the march is hushed, the roar of artillery has died away upon the Held of their victories, and nothing remains to us but the honor, the glory and the renown of that great struggle—which surviving./bial disaster re mains, and will ever remain, an imperish able inheritance to the children of our heroic people. The achievements of the South in that prolonged struggle, not only attracted the attention of our own country men and their sentiments, but the world paused to read the story of her great deeds, and from every quarter of thcglobe came, while get the clangor of war resounded, the eommoij as.-ent and recognition that whether her cause bo just or unjust, suc cessful or unsuccessful, she had achieved enough m arms and proved enough in con duct, to entitle her to be held, as a people, permanent, illustrious, noble and good. It is becoming us to remember and cher ish these noble men—our leaders and their bravo deeds, as well to honor and cherisii the humble soldiers who followed the standard of their country, upheld by them. All proud nations have done it and will con tinue to do it, and I honor them for it. It is the truest index of a chivalrous and gen erous people. But in doing this let us not remember to cherish anything of the pas sions and asperities of the war—it is not brave, it is not manly to do so. To the fu ture, and not to the past, looks true nobil ity ; we cannot afford to carry dead corpses. We are soldiers, the present is before us and the future just ahead of us, is too full of hopes to stop to repine over the things that have been lost. We have no time and should have no taste to mope over the past. We want reconciliation and union—we want a happy and a united peo ple. This country is ours; let us strive not to undo, but to make it what it should be, a great, a good, a just, a generous Govern me t! Let us cultivate the idea that we are a part and parcel in it, Let us honor and respect it—let us seek to break down a I estrangement between the sections. It is our duty, it is our interest, and itshouid be our pleasure. I want to see the times when this great Government shall shower alike its bles sings and protection upon a whole and common people—when under the American flag, all sections of this Union shall stand in sympathy and in peace—when the ac tions, the passions, the sentiments and emotions of our people shall bo centered in the mighty industries of a united and a happy country, Let us bend our efforts to accomplish this great object, and when it shall have been achieved, who shall doubt the splen did future of our country. FROM NEW YORK. Tilton’s New Case a Probable Fraud —News from the Black Killians. New York, August 4.—lt is stated that the notice of trial served on Bee cher’s lawyers by Tilton’s attorneys is purely a formal notice. It is said this does not indicate necessarily that a new trial will be pressed. It is a pro forma document drawn up and served because the last trial did not result in a verdict. A dispatch from the Black Hills country says Gen Crook, in his order directing miners to leave August 15th, suggests that they assemble at the military post about to be established at Camp Harney, on French Creek, on or before the 10th of August, and there hold a meeting and take such steps as may seem best to them, by organiz ation and drafting of proper resolu tions, to secure to each, when this country shall have been opened, the benefit of his dieooveries and labor ha has already expended. News from the Defective Cable. New York, August 4. Capt. Dun kerton, of the ship Ellen Everett, which arrived on Tuesday, from Yarmouth, N. S., reports that, on July 11, in lati tude 49, longitude 43.15, the officers of the Faraday boarded his vessel, and informed him that they had picked up the defeotive part of the cable about four miles from that point, a few days previous, and had set a number of buoys. On account of a boisterous sea, they were compelled to drop the cable again. Some defect exists in the cable. It has not parted as reported. Suspension of a Carpet House. Foster Bros, carpet dealers, of Brook lyn, suspended. Liabilities estimated at $265,000 and assets $200,000. All the creditors are New York merchants. None of them will suffer by the suspen sion. It is expected by the Arm that, in a few days, satisfactory arrange ments will be reached, and in the mean time business will go on as usual. The famous French surgeon, Ricord, reoeatly had a corn extracted by an operator in the neighborhood. After the operation tho great surgeon drew from his pocket a twenty franc piece. “Gh, air, 1 ’ cried the,chiropodist with emotion, whfle declining the money, “there is no charge between profes sional brothers,”