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< )ld Series-—" Vol. £5, ISTo. 122. THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. Jas. G. Bailie, Francis Cogin, Geo. T. Jackson, PROPRIETORS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily, one year 00 ri mouths 6 00 " 3 months 250 Tri-Weekly, one year & 00 " 6 months 260 Weekly, one year 2 1,0 " 6 months 100 Single copies, 5 cents. 2o news dealers, 2% On and after this date (April 21,1875,' all editions o f the Constitutionalist will he sent free of postage. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. Advertisements must be paid for when hand ed in, unless othencise stipulated. Correspondence invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. Rejected 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 posted order. All letters should he addressed to H. C. STEVENSON, Manager, Augusta, Git. Grant has given Athens anew Post master. _ We publish the O’Connell Centen nial on the third page, including the telegrams received yesterday and last night. The news from the Western floods continues distressing. We are afraid that the levees will soon give way be low Memphis and destroy property by the million. — The crops from Augusta to Thom son are as dead as Hector ! Corn along the Georgia Railroad looks like it will not make ten bushels to the plantation. A detailed account of Commence ment Day at Athens is given this morn ing, which closes up our history of the annual occasion. We have un doubtedly given the fullest reports which will be written. Our letter from Europe contains a graphic account of the revival of the French capital, the political situation, and the sewers and catacombs, which are not iuaptly described as “Paris un derground.” The reader will be pleased with this correspondence from the first line to the last. We call attention to the outrages perpetrated by United States officers as detailed in our Clarkesville corres pondent. The Attorney General at Washington who has the reputation of being a vigorous disciplinarian and iover of justice, should take the neces sary steps to redress the grievances of the people of North Georgia. Fallows who are shivering with cold at the Springs and in the Mountain country write home in tones of pity for us poor devils who remain behind and burn midnight oil. They really think we are burning to death gradually, while, in sober earnestness, our even ings are deliciously cool and our morn ings all that the heart or body of man could desire. Chances of travelers in Europe real izing on the circular letters of Duncan, Sherman & Cos., grow small my degrees and beautifully less. Our foreign dis patches give a lively picture of the con sternation and suffering caused by the bad faith of this wild-cat firm. If ac counts wo receive from the North are true, the people of that section are standing upon the thin crust of a commercial and social volcano. GoJNo off to reunions is not what many people suppose, as the following item will show: Major Geo. TV. Grice, Portsmouth, Fa.: Please postpone reception speeches in Oxford Hall till 10 o’clock a. m., to-morrow, as two (2) of our chosen speakers are sick and completely fagged out. The balance .of programme carryout. Claiborne Snead, Colonel 3d Georgia Regiment. But Major Grice did not see it in those lamps. It was down on the bills and had to be done. Our table contains quite a number of communications from friends on a variety of subjects. They shall receive due attention gradually. When the orators at Athens and Portsmouth give us a chance, we will be most happy to oblige other people. Brother Christy, of the Watchman, says the papers are dull. If this be so, Athens and Ports mouth must have the lion’s share of blame. We are not prepared to admit tthis charge ; but if true as to the rea der, what must it be to a man who has to read proof, edit telegraph, write leaders, arrange correspondence, inter view irate people, kill mosquitoes, read exchanges, clip items and be bedeviled generally? For our part, wo wish times were a little lees lively. Auy man or set of men who make speeches in the dog-days should remember that jjjere is a hereafter. Luckily the speakers “dun it mild.” Washington Notes. Washington, August s.—The In dian agent at Fort Sill telegraphs that the Kiowa and Comanche women are unwilling to go to Florida. The agent wants instructions about compelling them to go. Lieutenant Wm. H. Mayer, Jr., is or dered to the Canonicus, New Orleans. Appointment of a New Athens Post master. Washington, August 5. —R. S. Taylor has been appointed Postmaster at Ath ens, Ga., in the place pf Jno. S. Milford, not commissioned. A startling triple coincidence is tiljs: Beecher obtains §IOO,OOO from Ply mouth Church; Joe Howard’s dirty lit tle Star comes out with new type, and white-souled Elizabeth has anew dress. We await the latest news of Bessie. A dove flew into a church at Hoosick, New York, the other Sunday, and rest ed on Rev, H. J. S. Lewis’ head. The superstitious among the congregation believe the omen meant that the pas tor will soon die and go to heaven; but the pastor does not seem overjoyed. THE THIRD GEORGIA. Continuation of the Ovation—Present ation of a Flag—Entertained by Nor folk—Excursion to the Capes. [Special to the Constitutionalist.] Portsmouth, Va., August 5,1875. The ovation and demonstration in behalf of the Georgians continues. A Georgia State flag was presented to the citizens of Portsmouth by the Third Georgia, through Hon. S. A. Corker, who delivered a most appropriate ad dress on the occasion. To-day the Georgians were enter tained by Norfolk, Hon. John Goode, Congressman-elect from Virginia, mak ing the address of welcome. Speeches were also made by Mayor Whitehead, tendering the hospitality of the city, and which was responded to by Cols. Snead, Nisbet and Corker. The most happy time that the mind can conceive of! Enjoyment all through. Among the courtesies extended was an excursion on shipboard to-day to the Capes. A part of the Third Georgia will visit Petersburg on an excursion ten dered by Gen. Mahone, to-morrow, un der charge of Capt. S. A. Corker, the Vice President of the Association. A. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. The British Turf. London, August 5. —Marie Stuart won the Brighton cup. Louise Victoria, second; Kaiser, third. The Turks and Herzegovina. London, August 5. —A Berliu special says the Turks are collecting a large force to crush Herzegovina with one blow. France and the Centennial. Paris, August s.— There was a meet ing of the committee to promote the representation of France at the Cen tennial exhibition at Philadelphia yes terday. A communication was received fro m the General Trans-Atlantic Steam ship Cos., promising to reduce the tariffs for freight and passengers destined for the exhibition. The list of exhibitors will close on the 15th. Hans Christian Andersen—Great Mourning Over His Death. Copenhagen, August 5. — Hans Ander sen died of cancer. There is universal mourning in Denmark at his death. Deputations from various parts of the country and elsewhere in Europe will attend his funeral. The Direct Cable Steamer. London, August 5. —The Faraday cleared for St. Johns, N. F. ■ DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO.’S TRAV ELING VICTIMS. Great Destitution Among Tourists. London, August s.—The officials of the Union Bank say no arrangements have been made with that institution for the redemption of Duncan, Sherman & Co.’s letters of credit in the hands of travelers. Negotiations, therefore, have been pending since the failure but have not been completed, and the longer they are postponed there is less prob ability of a successful result. Letters received here from Ameri cans in Paris say that over one thou sand holders of the suspended firm’s letters of credit have been heard from in Germany alone. Many of them are utterly destitute of funds and have been compelled to apply to local authorities or to the American Consuls for relief. One lady, a teacher, of Massachusetts, had but thirty francs in money when she heard of the failure. American and English people, where she was staying, sub scribed sufficient funds to pay her ex penses to Hamburg, from which place she took steerage passage home. Appeals for aid from persons holding these letters come from all directions. A document stating these facts and de nouncing the house is preparing for publication. Chicago, August s.— The report of the Comptroller shows he deposited with Duncan, Sherman & Cos. §367,000 for the city coupon and bond account, of which §42,000 were unpaid at the time of the suspension. New York, August s. — Mr. Duncan, of Duncan, Sherman & Cos., says his father has offered him §250,000 to pro tect the firm’s letters of credit to trav elers abroad. The matter has been placed in the hands of Drexel, Morgan & Cos., to be carried out by J. S. Mor gan & Cos., of London. He says the sum is amply sufficient for the pur pose, and is sure that the affair will be satisfactorily arranged. THE AMERICAN T. RF. Poughkeepsie and Buffalo Races. Poughkeepsie, August s.—The unfin ished 2:24 race of yesterday was won by Clementine. The 2:29 race of to-day, purse §4,000, was won by Jack Draper; White Cloud, second; Twilight, third; time, 2:282.4, 2:27%, 2:31%, 2:31,%, 2:31%. White Cloud took the first heat and Twilight the second. The next race was for horses who have never beaten 2:18, for a purse of §4,500. The race was won by Hopeful, Lady Maude second, Huntress third, and John H. distanced in the second heat. Judge Fullerton took the first heat but was distanced in the second. Time, 2:21, 2:22%, 2:28, 2:28. At the start, in the second heat, Fullerton broke badly and stood almost still, and when he did get to business was una ble to save distance. A rain storm which prevailed just before the last r.F’e made the track heavy. Buffalo August 5.— -At the first day of the August present. Purse, §2,500, 2:38 class; §1,250 to first, §625 to second, §375 fo third, §250 to fourth. Twelve started. Breeze took the first, third and fourth heats, auu the first money; Sandhill the second heat and money; Gumball third money, and Hattie R. fourth. Time, 2:34%, 2:34%, 2:28, 2:28%. Purse §5,000, 2:29 class, §2,500 to first, §1,250 to second, §750 to third, §SOO to fourth. May Queen won straight heats; General Garfield 2d, Lady Star 3d, Music 4th. Moisey, Sea foam, Monarch, Jr., and Frank Wood, aisO started. Time— 2:22;*, 2:21%, 2:23%. The North Carolina Election. Wilmington, N. C., August s.—The election in this city and throughout New Hanover county passed off with unusual quiet. Neither party polled their full strength, the Republicans as usual carrying the county by a large majority, electing Geo. Z. French and S. H. Manning, white; J. H. Smith, ne gro, delegates to the Convention. AUGUSTA. GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6. 1875. THE WESTERN FLOODS. Cincinnati Partiallv Submerged—Ten Million Damages in the Terre Haute District—The Rivers Falling Above and Rising Below. Cincinnati, August s.—The water is invading the cellars of Broadway, Syca more, Main, Walnut, and Vine streets. It is up as far as Second street. A dispatch from Terre Haute says the Wabosh river is steadily falling. Railways have began transferring pas sengers, and mails can get through to morrow. At Seymour the Ohio and Mississippi bridge is gone and several wash outs on that road besides. This city appeared to be the center of the storm, extending about one hundred miles in each direction. The total damage to railroads, crops and private property in this Congres sional District is estimated at ten mil lion of dollars. Washington, August s. —The Missis sippi is eight inches above the danger line at Helena, has risen one iuch at Memphis, two inches at Vicksburg, and nine inches at Cairo, and has fallen eleven inches at St. Louis. Probabili ties in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys —areas of light rain. The Lower Ohio and Central Mississippi will continue to rise. Memphis, August s.—Heavy rains prevail. Plantations on Islands No. 10 and No. 35 are submerged. At New Madrid the flood is running through the sunken land to the St. Francis Valley. The river here is rising stead ily and slowly encroaching on the ex posed plantations. The crevasse at the De Soto front is repaired. A dispatch from Pine Bluff says the river rose six inches this mourning, and is within four feet of high water. A telegram from Little Rock reports another rise with 25 feet on the gauge. Flood Report of the Signal Office. Washington, August s. —The Lower Ohio river will continue to rise at sta tions below Cincinnati and fall rapidly at stations above Cincinnati. The floods will become more dangerous between Louisville and Paducah. Central Mis sissippi will rise at Cairo, Memphis, Helena and Vicksburg and fall at St. Louis. The danger will increase in the Lower Mississippi between Cairo and Vicksburg during Friday and Satur day. Special River Report. 7:36 p.m.—During the past twenty four hours the Ohio river has risen twenty-eight inches at Cincinnati, two feet at Louisville, one foot at Evans ville, and ten and one-half feet at Paducah, where it is now four feet and three inches below the danger line. It is from two to five feet above the danger line at stations between Evans ville and Cincinnati. It has fallen and is now below the danger line at Mariet ta and Pittsburgh. The Mississippi has risen six inches at Cairo, two inches at Memphis and is rising at Vicksburg, but has fallen one foot at St. Louis and five inches at Warsaw. It is now four and a half feet above the danger line at Cairo, and ten inches above at Helena. It is one foot below the dan ger line at Memphis, and one foot and ten inches below at Vicksburg. The Missouri has fallen slightly at all sta tions. The Cumberland has risen six inches at Nashville. The floods will increase in the Lower Ohio and Central Mississippi during Friday and Satur day. Heavy local rains are reported from the western portions of Tennes see and Kentucky and Southern In diana. In India and Germany. Calcutta, August 5. —The floods in the Northwestern provinces destroyed many dwellings, and a great loss of life is feared. Berlin, August 5.— A waterspout burst over the town of Kernin, Rhe nist, in Prussia. The bridge and sev eral houses were swept away. Thirteen persons were drowned. THE ALABAMA ELECTION. The Convention Carried by Fifteen Thousand. Montgomery, August s.— At twelve o’clock to-day the National flag was hoisted over the Capitol and 21 guns fired in honor of the carrying of the Convention by the people. The ma jority will be from fifteen to twenty thousand. Minor Telegrams. Key West, August 5.— -The thousand cigar makers who have been on a strike since July Ist have resumed work at lower wages. Chicago, August 5. IJon, Jesse O. Norton, formerly Uuited States Sena tor, Is dead- Minneapolis, August s.— The Nation al Educational Association elected W. T. Phelps, of Minnesota, President; W. D. Hinkle, of Ohio, Treasurer, and 34 Vice-Presidents. New York, August s.—Twenty car loads for the Indian Agency are de tained here at an expense to the Gov ernment. They are contractor Mc- Cann’s goods. Montgomery, August s.—The second bale of uew cotton has been received. The first bale sold at and weighed 540 ibs. Bjddeford, Me., August s.—Large numbers are gathering at the National Methodist Camp Meeting, which will continue to the 15th. Chester, Pa., August s.—The Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s steamer, City of Sidney, was safely launched. New York, August 5. — Archhuckles’ spice mills were burned. Loss §IO,OOO. The yacht Octavia, recently seized on suspicion of being a Cuban fillibuster, sailed for Uruguay. A special from Cheyenne states the Indian fraud commissioners find diffi culty in their getting anyone to testify relative to Indian servioe. Those having facts are interested in the trade. The committee started for Fort Lorraine on the 2d. Omaha, August 5- —John Gordon, leader of the first miner’s expedition into the Blaok Rills, arrived from Camp Sheridan last night in obedienoo to a summons of Judge Lake on General Crook. The hearing of the habeas cor pus will take place next week. In France the economists set down the afflictions of the United States as due to three causes—an excess of rail- j roads (over 100,000 miles), paper money and a protective tariff. Medad Alexander, who died at Mon tague the other day, had a cancer that prevented his taking any nourishment, except a little cider and water, the last 70 days of his life. Teachers and students of theology get a certain look, conventional tones of voice, a clerical gait, a professional neckcloth, and habits of mind as pro fessional as their externals.— Holmes. Mgr. Capel has received into the Catholic Church Lady Flora Hastings, the elder of the two daughters of the late Countess of Loudoun, and cousin of the Marquis of Bute. WESTERN CROP SITUATION. The Damage by Cold and Floods. Cincinnati, August 5. —It is difficult at this time to form more than a rough estimate of the damage done to crops by rains and overflow in the Ohio Val ley, but it is believed they will be heavy. The wheat crop has suffered severely by cold. It is believed, a third is hopelessly lost, and the remaining two-third# partially damaged, though it is believed the damage will be much less than is generally expected. The acreage of wheat sown was lar ger than last year and the relative yield compared with last year will be 50 per cent. less. The chief damage to corn is in the river bottoms, where the crop is a total loss. That planted on high ground has suffered principally from being broken down. The acreage was much larger than last year and the prospects before the flood were favorable for an unusually heavy crop. It is now thought there will be a fair average crop, not much if any less than last year. Much depends, however, upon favorable weather for the re mainder of the season. The oat crop has suffered more se verely than either wheat or corn, hav ing been beaten flat, and so badly dam aged that it will be impossible to har vest it. The pei cent, saved will be very small. Barley suffered severely from the cold weather, and but little was growing. Of this grain the quan tity saved in a condition for milling wili be comparatively insignificant. Hay promises a partial crop, but of inferior quality. LETTER FROM ATHENS. THE UNIVERSITY COMMENCE MENT. The Great Day of the Year- Fine Spe cimens of College Boys—A Bird’s Eye View of the Audience —Fleming, of Augusta —Other Orators—P. A. Sto vall and 11. N. Starnes—Prize Medal ists—The Alumni. [Special Correspondence Constitutionalist. 1 Athens, Ga., August 4,1875. Athens went to bed late last uight aud woke up early this morning. It was Commencement Day at the Uni versity, and the greatest day in all the year to Athens. This needed no trum pet to tell you. The young gentlemen drew on their best cloth, and the young lady and matron old selected tiie very finest and gayest in wardrobe, box tn J drawer. And surely they did make, as a rule, a fine appearance. Hardly any thing stronger than the proverbial bot tle of Congress water was swallowed by that other and more substantial class which Cm sar lias immortalized as tiie “Conscript Fathers,” for they were es pecially interested in seeing how “then second principle of life,” as Byron epi gramatically calls-him, acquit himself. Forward, Guide Eccentric, March, Uncle Isaac, the Janitor, had hardly time to ring his bell, nor was it neces sary, for the guests and citizens before the hour approached, moved towards the Campus and into our room of an other chapter, the Chapel. On the first floor, extending from the two rows of front benches reserved for the Seniors, to the rear of the hall was not “ a vast sea,” as Webster said, but a sparkling bright lake of upturned faces of the fairer and more gentle division of the descendants of Adam and Eve. Mustering as a Senior upon this occasion only, and for the reason that the press “ has certain inalienable rights,” and among these a reserved seat in the most crowded assembly, i was given a good position to hear ami watch the proceedings of the day in their various stages. In the galleries the scene was no less animated. Alow and aloft, as the jack tar would say, it was really a brilliant assemblage of Georgians aud Geor giennes. The Orations. At the hour of ten the Trustees marched through the room and as cended the platform, followed by the Senior class. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Lane, of the Presbyterian Church. “ Primus ascendat orator, W. E. Fleming, of Augusta,” proclaimed the Chancellor, when a splendid look ing representative of our own city came forward, and with a truly man ly and polite bow to the audience, com menced an oration upon “Ambition.” I thought it both in matter and in man ner of delivery the best effort of the day, and felt a real glow of pleasure in seeing Augusta thus represented in this intellectual feast in a style com mensurate with our glory. Being the first city in Georgia in p oint of refine ment, wealth aqd intelligence, it was expected that her speakers to-day would exhibit talents of no ordinary kind. Aud gloriously did young Flem ing speak like a man, for himself and his constituents. D. H. Hardy, of Texas, was next in troduced and made a speech upon the American Centennial. He was followed by J. H. Lumpkin, of Athens, who made an oration in blank verse from the text; “There are Hands Untwisting all tfie Chains that Tie the Hidden Soul of Harmony.” It was a remarkable production for a boy, but utterly failed, as such efforts ever do, to interest the audience. I pre sume this young Lumpkin is a leg from the old legal bench, with which all Geor gia is familiar, and a not altogether un worthy representative. What an ad vantage to have groat men as fore fathers! A diamond, however, is origi nal charcoal, and a diamond when burn ed leaves nothing but the ashes of ego tism. P. P. Vincent, of Athena, next enter tained us with a speech upon Evolu tions of Forces. The noise in the room had by this time become so great that his voice was lost in a hundred echoes. Now I love the ladies and love to have them talk to me, hut I get fretted with them (only for a little while, however) when they keep qp an incessant clatter “in meeting’' as they did tq-dqy. Had they been addressing mo I would have liked it better than the regular speeches from the platform, but as they were’nt I missed what they had to say and Vin cent, too—cut off with not even a shill ing. I arn free to maintain that they are the most expensive, the fussiest, the dressiest, the most noisy, and bother some thing we have in the world. But with all their faults I |ove them still. P. A. Stovall, of Athens, was next in troduced by the Chancellor. He was pone other than “ Picciola,” of the Constitutionalist, oqr regular corres pondent. As we muster him as a m eru ‘ her of our family, I will pass his ora ! tion upon Science in this connection ! and tell him privately that it was flrst rate, aud that he is one of the most pleasant speakers I have heard since I have been in Athens. Following him was H. N. Starnes, of Augusta, whose subject was—“ I dare do all that may become a man—who dares do more is none.” He spoke like a veteran, and with perfect coolness and self-possession. G. T. Go her, of Marietta, who re ceived the degree of A. M., aud I. B. Inghram, A. 8., of Gordon county, wound up the regular bill. Prize Medalists, 1874-’75. The Secretary of the Faculty then read the list of Prize Medalists, as fol lows. A. O. Murphy, Monroe county, So phomore Scholarship ; H. H. Gordon, Fulton county, University Prize Essay ; D. W. Rountree, Brooks county, .■school of Latin : W. T. Huguley, Ala bama, School of Greek; M. Erwin, Fulton county, School of Mathematics ; C. R. Twitty, Mitchell county, School of Nat. Phi. and Astron’y ; J. H. Lump kin, Athens, School of Ethics aud Metaphysics; T. C. Gibson, McDuffie county. School of Agriculture; C. Terry, Jr., Columbus, School of Ap plied Mathematics; M. Erwin, Fulton Mechanical Drawiug ;J. H. Robinson, Fulton, School of Chemistry; W. T. Huguley, Alabama, School of History ; F. H. Gordon, Fulton county, Stephens Medal for History of the United States; T. P. Vincent, Clark county, School of French ; T. Wetter, Chatham county ; School of German ; H. G. Dickinson, Dougherty county, School of Belies- Letters. Conferring of Degrees. The Chancellor then conferred the following degrees upon members of the Graduating Class : BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY. G. D. Case—Milledgeville. BACHELOR OF ARTS. T. C. Carlton, Elberton; H. G. Dick inson, Albany; W. H. Doughty, Au gusta; W. C. Foster, Alabama; D. H. Hardy, Texas; R. M. Hodge, M. T. Hodge, Houston county; W. T. Hugu ley, Troup county; J. I. Inghram, Gor don county; D. R. Keith, Putnam coun ty; J. H. Lumpkin, Athens. H. B. Mitch ell Athens; J. H. Mobley, Harris coun ty; D. W. Rountree, Quitman; P. G. Smith, Alabama; H. N. Starnes, Au gusta; W. W. Sturges, Waynesboro; G. H. Tanner, Atlanta; J. H. Worrill, Talbotton; W. C. Worrill, Cuthbert. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. P. A. Stovall, Augusta; T. P. Vincent, Athens. BACHELOR OF LAW. H. W. Barrow, Oglethorpe county; J. M. Bellah, Chattooga county; F. L. Har alson, Union couuty; R. Hardy, Texas; -T. C. Hart, Greene county; J. H. Hos kinson, Floyd county; R. S. Howard, British Honduras; S. G. McLendon, Thomas county: J. A. McWhorter, Greene county; R. S. Summerlin, Flor ida; J. C. Williams, Bartow county; B. Wright, Newton, county. BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING. M. Erwin, Atlanta; W. H. Fleming, Augusta; J. M. Hodgson, Athens; M. L. Morris, Henry county; C. R. Twitty, Mitchell county. CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER. Carlisle Terry, Jr., Columbus; S. W. Cozart, Terrell couuty. ► MASTER OF ARTS. G. F. Gober, Marietta. With a short parting address from Dr. Tucker to the class, the session of 1874-75 passed into the history and the memories of the University of Georgia. ELECTION OF NEW TRUSTEES. The Alumni have elected A. H. Ste phens, and Thad. G. Holt, of Macon, to fill vacancies in the Board of Trustess. The Ball. After tea the Senior Class met their lady friends, and such other guests as had been invited, at Dupree’s Hall and engaged in the quadrille, valse, gallop, and lanciers. The beautiful hall was well filled, and the dance kept up until after midnight. Sensational Dispatches. I have noticed several sensational dispatches iu Georgia papers about the number of people in attendance. I do not think exceeding one thousand strangers have been in Athens during this Commencement. This is readily accounted for iu the tightness of money. It costs at least fifty dollars to attend, and not many people are willing to make the outlay these hard times. The number present was ex ceedingly complimentary under the circumstances. I would, just here, say in all kindness to the proprietors of the Newton House, if they would introduce modern furniture and accommodations in their hotel many more people would visit the annual Commencement. In justice to Mr. Clinard, the lessee, I will state be neither owns the building nor its fur niture. To his fare I heard not one single complaint, nor to his attentions to his guests. But everybody objected to the rude rooms, their old bedsteads, granite mattresses, and they in the most scanty supply. I would suggest to my confreres of the press that they had better first know the facts in re gard to Mr. Ciinard’s position in the house before censuring him. Leaving for Home. The train to-night carried away a great many students and visitors, and to-morrow pretty much everybody will ieave foj- home. In Conclusion. I will say in concluding this corres pondence that the Commencement Ex ercises, \yhilat far below others in for mer years, were interesting, neverthe less. I take hope for the future of our great University in the pressure for the abolition of many old ideas for those purely modern. There is to be found among the youuger members of the Board of Trustees a pro gressive spirit, which is truly com mendable. The University unfortunate ly has no endowment, unless wo call tffat an eqclqwnieat drawn frorp the State, not enough with which to make much headway. It is the duty of all friends of the institution to work for this. Jean Valjean. Statistics have been collected iu France, Algeria and Prussia by which it is shown that the Jewish race has a mean average duration of life exceod ing that of Christians by about five years, and that this people enjoy great er immunity from disease than Chris tian races, The eausea asprjbed are the inheritance of a sound physical constitution, and the watchful care of mothers over their offspring. The plagues vyhieh haye visited various countries have left them unscathed. Croup is said to he extremly rare among their children, and they fyaye yery little scrqfu|a owing to their ab stinence‘from. pork, Mrs. Sweetly—“But why are you making so many dolls’ pantaloons, my dear Mrs. Jinxby?” Mrs. Jinxby— “These are not dolls’ clothes, my dear ; they are for the poor frogs, who go ex posed in the water in winter in our ponds.” THE THIRD GEORGIA. ECHOES OF THE REUNION. r f lie Reception Along tlie Route—A Real Old Virginia Welcome—Murie Speeches. [Portsmouth Enterprise.! Franklin had a fine outburst. A large throng was at the depot cheering as the train came in, and the greeting was vociferously responded. A salute was fired from a small piece of ordi nance, and every echo was the signal of an outburst from the Georgians. At Suffolk the streets were filled with men, wo men and children, comprising the en tire population of the town. The Suf folk brass band was stationed on the balcony of Col. Swett’s hotel, and as the train stopped the ears of the visi tors were greeted with stirring music and the most enthusiastic demonstra tions of welcome greeting. It was quite a creditable ovation and entirely unexpected. Dr. J. T. Kilby. tiie old surgeon of the regiment was taken on the shoulders of the men of his regiment and carried to a flat car and being vociferously called on for a speech bid his veteran comrades a hearty weicome to Virginia in words of genuine eloquence and heartfelt warmth. The train moved on amid the resounding cheers of the soldiers and citizens and a cloud of waving hand kerchiefs, while the band rang forth its most stirring and inspiring notes. A short time now and the spires of Portsmouth come in sight. After changing cars the passage of the train along High street was accompanied by one continued out burst of human shouts from east to west and every window and porch was crowded with ladies waving their hand kerchiefs in token of welcome. When the train reached the lower depot at the foot of High street the Chambers Artillery Company were thundering one hundred across the harbor and Countless Acres of people crowded the train and the air rung with shouts and huzzas. The “veterans” were duly received into line according to the programme published and moved off down Crawford sti’eet. The Georgians were in front led by the New Hampshire band; the veteran or ganizations of Virginia followed and the survivors of the war and citizens brought up the rear of the column. Lines of Flags and banners appropriately inscribed were stretched from the American House, Crawford House, Bank of Ports mouth, Maupin’s Hall, Oxford Hall and other prominent places. The march of the procession extended down Craw ford and along North to Middle and up Middle to Oxford Hall, where the for mal welcome took place. All Along the Route fireworks blazed and people cheered, and the outpouring of the ladies tossed their saluting handkerchiefs with a zeal that evinced their hearty appreciation of the visiting Southrons. In fact the ovation was grand almost beyond de scription, and Portsmouth never wit nessed a greeting more warm and en thusiastic. ***** Capt. John H. Gayle, of the late 16tli Virginia, was introduced by Maj, Grice, and spoke as follows : Capt. Gayle's Speech. Veterans of the Late Third Georgia Regiment: By the courtesy of the com mittee of arrangements appointed by our citizens to receive you. it is my privilege also to extend to you the greeting and wel come that Virginia ever holds for the brave and true, to extend to you the hearty hos pitality of our gentry, and the hand clasp of your soldier comrades in which there is the thrill of many memories. Asa citizen ot Portsmorth, and as a former member of the 16th Virginia regiment of “Mahone’s Old Brigade.” I have personally for you an unaffected joyous welcome. After years of separation, it is well that you, comrades, who for four years encoun tered common privations, cherished com mon hopes and shared common joys and common sorrows, be once more brought together if but for this brief season, in social and friendly reunion, and doubly well we feel it, that your first regular reunion should take place here in this city, where upon its borders lies the old camp ground, the scene of your first discipline in the duties of soldier life, which afterwards you so nobly, so gallantly and so unsel fishly performed. It was here, with us; you fed the heart with hope which was so soon to become despair. It was here you first buckled on the armor which at last you laid when your valor could no longer withstand the inexorable power of num bers, and it was here that those of your number who first fell prostrate from the exposure of an unaccustomed life, were tenderly nursed and cared for by the fair women of our city. Surely the occasion of your reunion must gather something of joy from the genius of the place which holds these treasured memories. Fourteen years ago, when you left the comforts and endearments of home, in that genial sunny clime from whence you came you found us in the gloom, cast by the shadow of a fearful impending strife, you entered a city populated by a busy soldiery, in whose harbor ships lay idly anchored in blockaded water, and you came whoie vague unrest and fearful foreboding had taken the place of hopeful labor. And there was a welcome for you then, every hand was open to receive you, and you found comrades ready to share with you the pri vations of a soldier life, whose hearts glow ed with patriotic fervor, and who to the bitter end shared with you an imperishable renown of self-sacrifice and heroic daring. Now you come to find us emerging from the desolations of war and already restored to something of the prosperity of the hap py, peaceful days of the olden time. But we will not impair the joyousness of this re-union by a fruitless sorrow. You have not come to, brood over the misfor tunes of the past, or to keep alive any thing of bitterness or resentment towards any portion of a common country, but you have come to join in friendly and social re union. you come as soldiers now, but each, for a time forsaking the pursuits of daily business life, to enjoy a holiday enlivened by the revival of old association. “Tq take a cup ’o kindness yet, For Auld Lang Syne.” As the years go by, as the scars of a long and bitter conflict are wearing away, you and the cause which you maintained are being better understood, and though the history of the struggle which made you heroes is yet unwritten, the future historian will pay you the tribute of merited praise. Brave men have no resentments—they im pose no degrading terms after the bade is fought and the victory won, and if those wtyo rpet qs in deadly affray had been the power to adjust the affairs of the countr y when the wager of battle had settled the issues whicli precipitated the mighty oon flict, we should havo boen borne for long years with a heroism as much to be ap plauded as that which earned you the knightly plume, But we hail with joy the dawning of a brighter day, and we hear from all quar ters of our oommon country the chorus Which swells the anthem of good will—pro claiming the union of hearts and the union of hands, in the promotion of of tfio glory and re-union of a a mop country, and as the centennial versqry of our country’s independence approaches wo shall see the boys wflo war® the blue and those who wore the gray, in one grand re-union to celebrate their na tion’s birth. Reassuring you my friends of the spon taneous welcome of our entire people, and of our desire one and all to contribute to your pleasures, let me indulge the hope that you may carry with you on your re turn to your homes, pleasant remembran ces of your re-union here on the historic grounds of old Virginia. This speech was responded to by Mr. John D. Cartel - . Captain C. W. Murdaugh was next introduced and amid frequent bursts of applause spoke as follows : Capt. Murdaugli's Speech. Mr. Chairman, Friends and Comrades : After the eloquent addresses that have been made on this interesting occasion, I feel at a loss to how suitably and appropriately to respond, for I can but repeat the words and reiterate the sentiments already expressed by my friends who have preceded me. But, when thus called upon to speak, as it were in the name and in behalf of our dear na tive Virginia, to her beloved Southern sister whose brave sons of the gallant 3d Regi ment have come so many hundred miles to stand again upon her sacred soil, to visit the scenes of their first bivouac, to renew old ties and associations and to perpetuate the friendships formed from a close and in timate association for four long and event ful years, I should be recreant to myself, and to my State and to the honored cause which first brought them and us together, did I not respond by bidding to our distin guished friends and comrades a welcome, a sincere, a cordial and a hearty welcome to our city. Virginia here greets Georgia and we as Virginians, with open hands and out stretched arms welcome you, her sons, to the scenes of your early soldier life. We welcome you a•> former soldiers of a common cause who have stood with us shoulder to shoulder in defense of our dear Southern land, but now as private citizens of a great republic, forgetting and forgiv ing the animosities and harsh asperities of the past. We welcome you as friends and former comrades in arms who have with us a com mon history, a history written on every field of honor by the blood of the sons of Georgia and Virginia mingling together, as it was freely poured out in support of their convictions of duty, and in defense of the “Lost Cause”—now forever lost—but yet honored wherever the spirit oi liberty lives. We welcome you as veterans, for what men can better claim that title than those tried and true of the Army of Northern Virginia—men whose deeds and whose names shall be remembered as long as Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and Cold Harbor, and Peters burg, shall have an existence in fact, in his tory or in song. It has been said, and truly said, that the force of local associations is the potent spring in the system of man, and there fore it seems most proper and appropriate that this, your reunion, should have been held here—here where you were first or ganized as a regiment, here where, on a bright Spring morning, in those early days when our great hopes were the brightest, you were first called upon to pack your knapsacks and prep ire in earnest for “grim visaged war”; here where you brought back from Soutli Mills in triumph, though bullet rent, the flag of the Stars and Bars! Aye, proud memories and glorious recol lections and associations cluster around those days and around that flag—the flag of our Southern cross—for whether in victory or defeat it was never dishonored, never trailed in the dust and never drop ped until the surrender at Appomattox. But with that surrender let us not forget it was folded forever, and as wo were true and faithful then in allegiance to our States and in the performance of our duty so let us be found now—now as then— Georgia and Virginia shoulder to shoulder in solid phalanx, ready to do battle for our country and the proud fiag that iloats over us. Fellow soldiers and comrades from the “Empire State” of the South, I again bid you welcome, thrice welcome to our State and our city. Captain M. P. Carroll, of Augusta, hav ing been introduced by Major Grice, spoke as follows: Capt. Carroll’s Speech. Fellow-citizens of Portsmouth and veterans of the Third Georgia Regiment: I am not a Georgian by birth, but proud of her adoption.. lam from Maryland. I was not even .a member of the veteran 3d Georgia Regiment, which has come back to Virginia to rekindle the sparks of gratitude which should be always kept aflame, but I served upon the staff of Col. A. R. Wright, the peerless soldier and galla t man. T’was here his military fame commenced, where he flrst leaped upon the field of Mars and began to heap up for himself and his regiment a fame which will last longer than brass. You people of Portsmouth knew him as a soldier only, but I want to tell the people of Virginia what he has been to the State of Georgia and the South since the war. He was the most fearless champion of Constitutional Liberty and the rights of States we had seen since the war—Georgia lias her Stephens, her Norwood and her Gor don. He was fearless in debate and upon the hustings. He drove the carpet-bagger from our State. He wielded the pen as fearl ssly as he wielded the sword and the carpet-bagger skulked before his invective. We shook the vermin from the soil of Georgia and sent General Wright to Con gress. He sloops to-day beneath tho sod an honored soldier of the South. His blood was spilled upon the soil of Virginia and I trust the blood of this gallant man will cement the union of Virginia and Georgia as long as they are Sates. Music by the band. The Third Geoi'gla at Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, August s.— The survivors of the Third Georgia Regi ment arrived here on the steamer Adelaide to-day on a visit to the fort. They were met by Gen. Roberts and staff, and escorted inside, where they received a salute of thirteen guns, after whioh they repaired to the ram parts and witnessed the firing of some shot and shell from a fifteen-inch gun. After spending an hour v-ry pleasaut ly they were escorted to the wharf.— The baud played Dixie, when they em barked and proceeded to the Capes. OUR CLARKESVILLE LETTER. True Inwardness of the Revenue Laws —Disgraceful Conduct of U. S. Marshals—Prudence and Good Sense of the Military—Something for Attorney General Pierrepont’s Consideration—The Despotism of Petty Tyrants—Visitors, Etc., Etc. [Special Correspondence Constitutionalist.] j Clarkesyiele, Ga., August 2, 1875. I desire, through your valuable col umns, to give the publio some idea of the manner in whioh the Internal Rev enue laws of the United States are used by means of corrupt Commission ers and irresponsible and unauthorized Deputy United States Marshals, to outrage and annoy the people. On Saturday evening last, great excite ment prevailed here, owing to a lie put in circulation by a pretended Deputy Marshal, to the effect that the citizens were about to rescue a prisoner charg ed with illicit distilling. It seems that a young man by the name of Taylor Willbanks had been arrested under a warrant issued by United States Com missioner John M. Church, upon the affidavit of one Wm. Kano, charging him with aiding and abetting the re moval of liquors upon whioh the tax had not been paid, and he was await ing the arrival of the Commissioner iu order to go into the investigation. As was natural, a large crowd gath ered around to “see the oove.” A drunken fellow sitting in one end of tho piazza was talking to a friend, and said in a voice loud enough to bo heard, “Damn the Yankees, and anybody who is a friend to them.” The Marshal in charge of the prisoner, instead of at tending to his own business, walked over and said that he was a friend to the Yankees, and was told, “We don’t care a damn if you are, and let’s see you help yourself, if you can.” The Marshal replied, and told the crowd if they fooled with him he would have the last one of them handcuffed and sent to Atlanta. Just then a lean, lank-looking boy, with a sallow face and disheveled hair, who hud on a pair of breeches out fn the style usually worn by olownsiu a pantomime, a piece of a shirt and old slouch hat, and a pair of red boots, with the manuer of a flrst class circus fool appeared. Ho had a stone in each pocket, and would -New Series—Vol. 3.." No. 4. walk up and down in front of the crowd hallooing “Hupee, I’se a good un, I’se a good un !” His remarks were not ad dressed to any one, and iiis expression and gait were so comical that the crowd would just whoop every time he broke forth. One of the Marshals then went for Lieutenant Frank O. Briggs, of the second infantry, who is in command of a squad of men here, and asked for troops, saying that the people were cursing him and creating a great disturbance. The Lieutenant told him he could not get troops for any such purpose. The marshal then returned and in a few minutes dispatched a messenger to the lieutenant saying the people were about to rescue the prisoner, and that he was obliged to have assistance to hold him and prevent bloodshed. The lieutenant then ordered out his squad ; they marched to the Court House,, were drawn up iu line and loaded their guns and stood in readiness to defend the majesty of the law against “hoopee I’se a good un,” for that was ail that could bo heard, and the ouly thing that had any appearance of a rescue. The Lieutenant and all his men laughed with the crowd and he seemed to have a very thorough contempt for the proceedings on the part of the Mar shal. As soon as the commissioner ar rived the troops were dismissed and the prisoner put upon trial. The first witness knew nothing about the case, and never saw defendant with any whiskey or knew of his receiving any in his life. The next witness said, “I must tell the same old story, the only whiskey I ever knew defendant to have was about three years ago. I was at his mill and he gave me a drink of bitters and roots out of a jug. Seven other witnesses swore to know ing nothing, and the prisoner was dis charged, the Commissioner remarking that he wished he could get at the fol low who gave the information, so as to make him pay the cost. I asked him where the man was who signed the warrant, and he said, “Well, you know these fellows sometimes swear out these warrants and then go off.” I asked one of the witnesses how he came to be subpoenaed, and he said he had no idea except that he lived as a near neighbor to defendant; that he had never told the Marshal, or any one else, that he knew anything about the case. He further said that the Marshal came to him after he arrived iu Clarkes ville, and told him he wanted him to swear to something that would convict Willbanks, and if he would, that he would not push the case which he knew of against him (witness.) Henry Martin is the regular Deputy Marshal for this district, and it seems that he appointed two fellows—Pinion and Kinsley—as deputies under him, and they are the miserable scullions who are informing and arresting men against whom there is not the shadow of a charge. One of them it is said knows every path in the county and that he learned them stealing hogs, and the other is so low that he is not permitted to take a drink in a bar room in this place. No one has ever heard of the fellow whose name was signed to the warrant. I had a long talk with the Lieutenant whom I found an educated gentlemau, aud one not disposed to countenance for a moment any such proceedings. He said he was thoroughly disgusted with the manner iu which the Marshals had been, proceeding, and that it was only when application was made to him which came strictly within the purview of his written orders, whioh he showed to me, that he ever furnished any aid to them, and said he was going at once to look into the matter as he was satisfied that gross frauds and a regular system of blackmailing were being practiced. This morning he came to me and said that he had found out that tho Wm. Kane whose name was signed to the warrant, was one of his men; that he recognized the name when read, but that he did not for an instant suspect that he was one of the soldiers. Geo. H. Bennett, a Sergeant in his command, he found out has signed five of these warrants. Both of them have made affidavits to the effect that about July 23d, they were called upon to sign some papers as a matter of form by the Marshal, Nelson, and Kane says he signed 14 in blank. The marshal said he would fill them up, and it would be all right. Bennett says the affidavits he signed were filled out, aud he told the Marshal he knew nothing about the men and never heard of them in his life, and that the Marshal replied, “We’ve got the dead wood on them, and you only say you have reason to believe. It is true, and I tell you it is, aud therefore you have reason to be lieve it;” and saying that he had for forgotten to make the informer sigu. And thinking, Bennett says, it was only to cure a clerical defect of the Marshal, he signed. Both of them swear they never were sworn by the Commissioner, or signed a paper in his presence in their lives, nor did they ever give any information to him or to any one else in reference to the subject of any of the warrants. The Lieuten ant is going to send these affidavits to headquarters and have the matter looked into. He says he does not won der that the people are indignant, and expresses surprise that indignation is all. Two men are now under arrest by virtue of warrauts signed by Bennett. The Lieutenant told the Commissioner this morning that he was prostituting his office, and that he would not longer disgrace the uniform he wore by lend ing his aid, uuless ordered to do so by a superior officer, to the execution of any warrant he might issue. Now, I ask iu all seriousness, was ever a more damnable outrage known ? Here, for over a month, men have been arrested, taken from their beds, dragged fifty and sixty miles for trial for offenses that they never heard of, and all done, too, by virtue of war rants never sworn to, or signed by per sons who either desired to or could give any information, and arrests made by officers acting without the shadow of legal right The question naturally arises, how long can human nature stand this system of tyranny aud op pression? The feeling hero is very in tense against the Commissioner and the pretended Deputy Marshals, and many here want those who have been tried to prooeed against them. We had a splendid rain here yester day and to-day. This afternoon it is so cold that a thick coat is comfortable. Farmers feel cheered aud say their oorn is safe. Dr. Henry F. Campbell and wife, and his lovely niece, Miss Campbell, from same city, arrived here Saturday. Tho Augustians here do not intend to bo sick, but now that the doctor has ar i rived, think they could do so with im punity. Gen. Gartrell and John H. James are spoken of for Govornor, but I think i Hardeman seems to have the prefer ence here. J would like to send you a whiff of mountain air but fear it would not reach you fresh. More anon. Lex,