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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1872)
(Chronicle anb WEDNESDAY MARCH 6. THE FIRST Ol'N. The charter election which took place a few (lays since in Syracuse, New York, is the first gun which has been fired in the great contest now waging between the Constitutional Democracy and the Radical Consolidationalists. Francis E. Corrall, Democrat, is elected Mayor by a majority of 188 rotes. The Radical majority in the city last Fall was 397. HON. B. H. HILL'S LATE ADDRESS. The Columbus Sun has the following review of Mr. Hill's address, made in Atlanta in January last. It will repay perusal : The Atlanta Constitution, of the 24th, publishes a late address of Hon. B. H. Hill, formerly “ Our Ben. ” It fills seven columns of that paper. We have had time only to give it a glance and catch a hasty impression of its facts and spirit. But for its length, and the nettlesome temper of its author, we would be pleased to lay a corrected copy before our readers. Mr. Hill complained of the report made by the Era of his Alnmni Address, and, before we made it, the subject of unjust criticism, we waited in vain for a corrected copy. We were never honored with one, and con sequently we have been groping in the dark ever since, in want of that brilliant light which the Athens luminary deigns occasionally, if not oftener, to illumine our dull and cheerless orb. If now he should class us among the “toothless hounds, yellow curs and little fice,” all barking “at me,” Big Injun ! we hope he will practice charity for our motives, tolerance for those he has “despised and defied,” and when he comes to take that “upward flight,” and catch the sound of lamentation from a free and j prosperous people at the departure of j his mighty soul heavenward, that he j will pity our ignorance, and pardon our j unintentional injustice and wrongs. Come our once beloved Whig brother !! let us not wait for that indefinite time ' when your spirit shall start’ on its way 1 to Paradise, but now, now, kiss, embrace, and smoko in the flesh, the calumet of an everlasting political peace. We have, brother, now only space to notice one or two points in your speech, i Yon say you felt badly when Georgia de termined to secede. You say it was the saddest hohr of your life and felt that! “ my people were hurrying themselves and their property to destruction.”— “ What,” you ask, “should I do? To go against secession was to go against my own people. I finally arrived at the conclusion that I would go with my own people to ruin, and go to the gallows and to death, if need bo, rather than go against them and go anywhere. [Ap plause.] I had resisted secession as long as it was possible to resist it.” These, Mr. Hill, are bravo words, brave ly spoken, but your acts on that occasion were the acts of a moral coward ! You did not answer the description of the brave man as sung by Horace, who was not moved from his just purpose neither by the tyrant’s frown, the wicked ardor of the multitude, nor even the thunder bolt of Jove. You did not personify the hero in the following couplet : “ Better alone, stand up with conscious pride, Than err, with millions ou your side.” You voted for the ordinance of seces sion ; and, against yourdeclared convic tion, yon led your people, who loved you so well, to ruin, and you, yourself, never went either to the “ gallows, death,” or army, but straight to the Congress at Montgomery, and from thence to the Senate Chamber at Rich mond. You, from there, saw men as wise, as honest and os honorable as yourself, with their muskets on their shoulders, who you deserted in their ex tremity as Whigs and patriots, and who you dare now denounce as “ skunks, dogs and puppies.” Was this the kind of backing o brave man would give to a distressed friend ? Why did you not emulate the heroism of Doctor Neal, of Talbotton, and others, and perish your self, rather than assist and see a loved country to hideous ruin and combustion hurled ? Your egotism and vanity here crops out in huge proportions. You, *' big me,” (lid not lead, but follow this and others of the press in the “ Notes on the Situation,” and now because we will not follow you in the “ Accept-the- Situation,” we are told we wag “ slan derous tongues.” How did your acts then compare with your language now ? I had rather bo the humblest of (hose who would save you, and perish amid your curses, than be the ehiefest architect of your ruin and live forever the unworthy recipient of your deluded huzzas. [Applause.] One other point in Mr. Hill's address and we are done. Speaking of the Re construction measures he says : I did give those measures a calm, dis passionate, thorough examination and investigation. I compared them with the Constitution of the country ; I com pared them with the terms of the sur render aud with the issues made during the war; I compared them with the laws of nations ; I looked at them in every light and from every stand-point, and I came to the conclusion that the whole history of the world’s revolutions furnished nothing more infamous than were those measures proposed to the Southern people. And yet, in an address to the people of Georgia, he commended those “infa mous measures" to be accepted os law, and parts of the Constitution. He now says : “We will abide and obey your amendments to the Constitution, uot as rightful laws, but as accomplished facts," and tells the young men, in con clusion : I do not ask you to approve of those results. I do uot say they are right. I would lose my right arm before I would say they are all right, but I tell you there is no greater truth iu history than that power is the chief element of law, and power has wrought results, and he can never be a wise statesman to guide the future destinies of this coun try and build up its prosperity, who Joes not recognize these facts and go to work aeoordinglv. Why, fellow-citizens, there is scarcely a government ou the face of the earth that is not the result of usurpation. Wo had been taught that no power could legalize a usurpation and make that a right which was essentially a wrong, and convert an “infamy” to be denounced into law, whose “voice is the harmony of the world, to be loved, re spected and reverenced, and to whom all, both great and little, should do a cheerful homage. Verily, Mr. Hill's political life is an enigma, and his law learning is like the wisdom of God— past finding out. Tj;f. Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says : “It has leaked out here to-day that the Administration Senators are meditating a coup d'etat in their opposition to the sale of arms to j France resolution. Senator Wright, of lowa, who, though he has taken no part in the present discussion, is known to be fully in accord with Messrs. Morton j and Conkling, is preparing a speech, in which he will advocate voting the reso lution down, on the ground that the Senate has already so far investigated 1 all the charges made as to satisfy any- , body that there is nothing in them, and ! that to appoint a committee now would | be a farce. They are understood to have put forward Senator Wright for! this purpose, because he has as yet made no speeches on the subject, and has not committed himself to the sup- . port of the resolution. If his proposi tion is well received, they can all fall in and support it, but if it should rouse the indignation of the press and the eountry. they can pass his speech over without acting on his suggestions. The New York Tribune makes this sweet allusion to a Radical ex-Clerk of the New York Senate, whose maiden name was Cushman : The red postage stamp thief, recom mended by Conkling & Cos., is still, so far os we can hum, drawing pay under the Clerk of the House of Bepresenta t’i ren. TRL'.MBUIL ON MORTON. The Debate in the Senate. At the expiration of the morning hour j the Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution to investigate the alleged sales of arms to French agents. Mr. Cole (Rad., Cal.) moved that the fin vl vote on the resolution be taken at ’ *AIr. Harlan ( Rad., Iowa), objected. Mr. Cole asked him to suggest some other hour «t which this interminable discussion should be brought to an end. Mr. Harlan said he was willing that tbe vote should be taken now. Mr. Cole said that proposition was im practicable, because it was evident sev eral Senators intended to speak on the subject to-day. Mr. Trumbull < Repub., IlLj then ad dressed the Senate. He said every effort at reform made in this body is met by assaults upon those who made the effort by aspersions upon their motives, and by charges of bad party faith. Ques tions affecting the purity of the Govern- j ment and the welfare of the public are, in the opinion of some members of this body who assume to be the peculiar ex ponents of the Republican party, no longer to be decided on their merits, but only with a view to their bearing upon the” party. Chief among those who I would subordinate the public welfare to , party stands the Senator from Indiana (Morton). In the discussion of the reso-; lution under consideration he has de- j voted two or three hours to assaults [ upon those who have felt it to be their • duty to move this investigation ; and ! not content with that, he has taken occa- 1 sion to wander away from the subject j and talk about a Senatorial cabal. Ido j not know by what authority any member j of this body assumes to be the peculiar i exponent of the Republican party, or ( even of the administration. I intend to | say something in reply to the repeated ; assaults that have been made by those who assume to be better Republicans j than their fellow-Senators. I intend to show the course of these Senators, and before I have done, unless I misunder stand what the principles of the Repub lican party are, I think I shall be able to show that he who stands foremost here on all occasions to denounce others as assaulting the party has himself I forgotten the principles on which the Republican party were * founded, and is , himself at war with them. Mr. Trum , bull then reviewed the course of the majority in the Senate on the question i of removing Mr. Sumnerfrom the Chair j manship of the Committee on Foreign j Relations, on the resolution to investigate the management of the New York Custom ; House, and on the pending resolution ; and insisted that on each and all of these i questions the majority had avowedly I acted, not with reference to the right or wrong involved, but wholly with refer \ ence to the supposed interests of the | party. The Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton ), speaking of the position of i Mr. Sumner, had boldly said that the ( question was not as to the propriety of | the act, but was whether the majority | intended to stand by the c rganization and usages of the party. That was a standard of duty for Senators acting un der oath. When it was proposed to in vestigate the abuses in the New York Custom House, the Senator from In diana did all he could to defeat it, but now he boasts that it has vindicated it self from the suspicion that it was a whitewashing committee. That com mittee had not yet made its report, and lie (Mr. Trumbull j would not assail it, | but its conduct in making the investiga j tion was public, and was somewhat re -1 markable. The committee had been in- I stmeted to inquire into the official abuses in the Custom House ; to inquire whether ! the officials had improperly interfered | with the freedom of election ; whether j they had not interfered improperly in | the organization of conventions, &c. ; I but it had undertaken to inquire into the | conduct of the people. Witnesses who j testified that the Custom House officers | had interfered with the Legislature of | New York were asked whether they were i not the co themselves for the same pur | pose, as if the people had not a right to ! take part in politics, and as if the com j mittee could call the people to account I for their political action. He had seen it stated, too, that notice had been given 1 that the witnesses brought before the committee for the purpose of exposing I corruption and malfeasance in office | were themselves to be prosecuted—a good way to encourage witnesses to tes tify ! Again, upon the pending resolu tion, the same old cry of “party! par ty !” had been raised, and the Senators who moved the resolution were threaten ed with fine and imprisonment. He would not comment on the motives of Senators, but the people were thorough ly aroused against corruption every where, and they would understand the motives of these Senators very well. The Senator from Indiana (Morton), not content with speaking for the Republi can party, assumed to know all about what all the political parties were going to do. He had foretold-what would be the course of the Democratic party and of the Liberal Republican party, though j if the latter had any existence at all as a j distinct organization, he (Trumbull) was j not aware of it. He denied Mr. Morton’s authority to speak for the Liberal Re publicans or for the Republican party ; but the Senator from Indiana had also denounced the platform of the Liberal Republicans as anti-Repnblican and es sentially Democratic, and he would now undertake to show that the man who held that view did not know the mean ing of Republicanism. He then went over the resolutions in the platform one by one, and insisted that they were all j in complete accord with the principles |of the party. They were the principles | he had contended for through all his public life, and, God helping him, he I would contend for them to the end. Mr. Morton (Rad., Ind.) said Mr. Trumbull had come into the Senate’ with n prepared speech containing two things —an assault upon him (Mr. Morton) and a defense of the Missouri Liberal Republican movement anil its platform. It was unnecessary for him to show fur ther than lie had shown already, that that was a movement designed to di vide and defeat the Republican party. He was sorry that Mr. Trumbull had identified himself with it, but as he had done so others could not but recognize ! the fact. Mr. Trumbull had pretended that there was no evidence that the Cin cinnati convention was to make a nomi nation for the Presidency. He (Mr. Morton) thought there was no doubt about that ; but he would have tlio Secretary read from the speech of Gov ernor Gratz Brown, of Missouri—the leader of the movement—to show that a nomination was to be made by that con vention. Governor Brown in that speech delicately intimated that he ex pected the nomination himself ; but at the same time expressed a willingness to stand aside for a stronger man from another State, and he (Mr. Morton) be lieved it was generally understood that the Senator (Mr. Trumbull) was to. be the candidate. The people generally un derstood that the Senator had stepped out of the Republican party—stepping, however, within easy returning distance —and with his back all chalked over “ Barkis is willin'.” (Laughter.) If that impression was wrong this was a good opportunity to correct it ; but the Senator had not availed himself of it. The Senator ltad reviewed the Liberal Republican platform ami endorsed it, and had expressed astonishment that he (Mr. Morton) called it essentially Dem ocratic. Those who remembered what he had said on that subject knew that he had based his criticism on the pivotal resolution of the platform which de clared the Ku-Klux law unconstitutional and upon which the Ku-Klux them selves would be willing to stand. Speak ing of the causes for suspending the habeas corpus act, Mr. Morton said that there was still a rebellion existing at the South with a regular military or ganization, armed with better arms than those that were sold by the chief of or dnance, and which afterwards passed into the hands of the French. He had heard it said, and he believed that more men had been killed and wounded by the Ku-Klux in the South during the last four years than were killed in the war of lslfi. Mr. Morton then criticised Mr. Trumbull's votes on the Amnesty bill, and insisted that if ho and Mr. Tipton had voted for the bill as amend ed, instead of against it, it would have , passed by a three-fourths vote. The Senator (Mr. Trumbull) talked much about civil-service reform, but he had been informed to-day that that very Senator had made one hundred and three recommendations to office since j the administration came into power. Mr. Trumbull said he had no means of knowing exactly how many he had made, but he was satisfied that in the last five years he had not made a dozen recommendations, and that there was no men in office who had been placed there at his request. Mr. Morton said he was authorized to say that Mr. Trumbull had made 103 recommendations. Mr. Trumbull said he would like to see the evidence of it. He hoped Mr. Morton would offer a resolution which would let them see who had made most recommendations. Mr. Morton said he would not offer that resolution, but if Mr. Trumbull would offer it, he wonLd vote for it. Hus afternoon he had seen a tabulated ■ tatement which showed that Mr. Trum bull had made one hundred and three recommendations to office. The Sena tor had charged that he (Mr. Morton) had attempted to defeat investigation !by raising the cry of “party.” That charge was not true, and no evidence could be adduced to support it. But he acknowledged that he was a party man —not for the sake of the party, but be; cause the party was an indispensable in strument for the enforcement of the principles which he believed necessary for the salvation and preservation of the country. The Senator from Hlinois had for many years been as good a party man as any one. He had repeatedly received nomiations at the hands of a Republican caucus, and been raised by the party to the highest office but one in the Govern ment. What had changed him? Was it the prospect of receiving a higher office at the hands of another party ? If so let him declare his disposition. He lias been honored (said slr. Morton) with the confidence of the Republican party for nearly twenty years. If he never intends to desert it let him say so. or if he intends to come forward and support the nominee of the sth of June, now is a good time to say it. If he says he will support that nominee it will give me much joy. Ido not want the Sena tor or any man to leave us, but if he in tends to leave us I want to know it. As I said the other day, I don’t want to be cheated and I don’t want my party to be cheated. Breckinridge and Toombs and Slidell, having decided to go into rebellion, stayed behind in this cham ber to betray the Grovemment and the country. I hope their example will not be followed by others. If they mean to leave us I can bid them a kind good-by ; but I am not willing that they should remain and fight us from our own camp. Mr. Nye (Rad., Nev.) obtained the floor, but yielded to a motion to go into executive session. At 3:45 p. m., the Senate went into executive session, and soon after ad journed until Monday. COMMENCEMENT. Closing Exercises of the (Georgia Modi- ! cal College-—Address by Dr. Eve and Valedictory by Dr. Campbell. On yesterday the exercises of the Georgia Medical College closed with the 1 usual commencement exercises at Ma sonic Hall. By twelve o’clock the Hall was filled with a large and brilliant au dience —most of whom were ladies. Half an hour later the procession enter ed the Hall from the Medical College. In front came the Trustees of the Col lege, then the Faculty and after them the Graduating Class and the Students. The Faculty and the Trustees sat upon the platform, the Graduates occupying the first row of seats in the Hall. The exercises were opened with a touching prayer by Rev. Dr. Dixon. Mr. Wm. H. Hull then read the following report from the Dean of the College : Medical College of Georgia, t Augusta, Ga., March 1, 1872. \ The Faculty beg leave to report that the closing session of the College has been eminently characterized by the | gentlemanly deportment and diligent application of the class. Not the slight i est incident has occurred to mar the harmony and good feelirig between the Faculty and Students. The number of i full students was fifty-two, and of par tial ones forty-five, making an aggregate lof ninety-seven in the class. Os these I eighty-two were from Georgia, nine j from South Carolina, four from Ala j barna, one from North Carolina, and one j from Texas. Twenty-one of these gentlemen have j complied with the rules of the institu : tion, have been duly examined by the Faculty, and are now recommended by j the Board of Trustees for the Degree of I Doctor of Medicine. These candidates I are : j William Madison Acton, of Jefferson I county, Ala. j Edward Vance Branham, of Newton ' oounty, Ga. i Amory Sibley Campbell, of Augusta, j Ga. I Judson Davie, of Barbour county, Ala. j Joseph Edward Eve, of Augusta, Ga. Robert Smith Edwards, of Jefferson ! county, Ala. ! Eugene Foster, of Augusta, Ga. Edward Sullivan Harrison, of Colum -1 bin county, Ga. | Tames Madison Johnson, of Greene ! county, Ga. ! Daniel Tucker McCall, of Seriven i county, Ga. Isliam Luther McCurry, of Hart coun ty, Ga. j James Thomas Mullins, of Pike coun ty, Ala. Samuel Clark Rheney, of Richmond county, Ga. James Wynne Rhodes, of Taliaferro county, Ga. Edward Hamilton Richardson, Jr., of Polk county, Ga. James Neal Shinholser, of Irwinton, Ga. John Wesley Starr, Campbell county, Ga. Newel Gibson Tullis, of Webster ! county, Ga. George Pate Turner, of Thomasville, j Ga. : Joshua Greene White, of Crawford t county, Ga. | John Jerry Winter, of Richmond | county, Ga. L. A. Dugas, Dean. ! The Honorary Degree of Doctor of i Medicine was also conferred upon Dr. i Willis Willington, of Oglethorpe coun -1 ty, Ga. j Mr. Hull, in a few eloquent remarks, j presented the diplomas, after which the j orator of the day—Dr. Edward A. Eve— arose and spoke as follows : Gentlemen—l am here to welcome you into the lists of our time-honored profession. The examination you have passed before the Faculty entitles you to all its privileges and immunities. I congratulate you on having passed that ordeal which stamps you worthy of, the highest trust that could be com mitted to you. Henceforth, upon the clearness of your intellect, upon the soundness of your judgment, and upon the accuracy of your tact, are to depend decisions which may result in the life | or death of those who entrust tliem | selves to your skill. See to it, that that | intellect is kept ever clear and vigorous I by wholesome theories, and enlightened | by all that can be gleaned from the field of science ; that that judgment is well informed, and that that tact is so trained and cultivated as to discrimi nate with unerring certainty in those momentous crises in which not only your reputation as medical men, but the well-being of those committed to your care may be so deeply involved. Hence forth you are the custodians of the house of life. The constituted guard of that tabernacle which, being the habi tation of an immortal spirit, gives it a value that cannot pertain to the proud est castle ever reared in the days of imperial magnificence. The Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Colliseum, are due but to the ingenuity of man. That temple of which you are the guardians, is the workmanship, the master-piece of God. This harmonious and complex organ ism—fearfully and wonderfully made — with its nerves stretching like silver lines through every tissue, swift con ductors of joy or sorrow to the heart, and through which we enjoy life in its most subtle luxury, or become victims of pain and anguish more than can be endured. Then its delicate air cells, through which the blood gathers its new life, importing fresli impulse to the heart which, in turn, sends it coursing through the system, till every fibre dances to the jubilant music of health. Anon some disturbing cause, some morbific agent, enters this drama of life and health. All is changed. Some nerve or set of nerves refuses to perform its wonted function ; some organ fails to act. These sentient extremities, these air cells, soft avenues through which, but now, we drank in all the joy and health the green earth and the blue heavens could give, become the gates and alleys of disease and death. This complex and sensitive organism, yon, armed with all the efficient garniture of science, are to relieve from the effects, not only of the too rude buffettings of the winds of Heaven, but of the subtile, yet not less fatal, poison that comes in on the wings of the morning. It may not be inappropriate here, on the threshold of your practical career, to be reminded of the claims the profes sion you have chosen has upon your respect. your untiring zeal, and your entire devotion. In the first place, does age challenge reverence ? What profession or calling has claims superior to ours ? Would von seek its origin ? Go ransack the annals of the most remote antiquity, and vou will find it there. Nor have its claims been acknowledged by any one nation or particular class of men. On one hand philosophers, the most illus trious of all ages, have been its eager votaries : kings have done us obeisance. And on the other hand, the uncultured savage this deni zen of the forest, with instincts often truer than reason—has ever regarded, al most with superstitutions awe, tic great medicine man. Do we ask ac knowledgment from a higher source . j We have but to turn to the pages of ] Holv Writ, and in what gentle tones of , recognition does the Apostle speak of | Luke, the beloved physician ? Do we j seek authority ? We have it from the lips of Him who spake as never man spake, in his charge to Jiis chosen fol lowers : “Heal the sick, cleans* the lep ers, cast out devils.” And not satisfied with having given this authority to our humane vocation, behold this snblime Personage absenting Himself for a time from the glories of Heaven and going I about healing the sick and curing all : manner of diseases. Surely, young gentlemen, with precept | and example Buen as this, yon will per- j •us your humane mi*»ion with no fal- j tering step ; you will lay hold with no uncertain hand ! Consecrate yourselves to it, mind and body, time and talents. Asa jealous mistress, it will accept no divided heart. It is worthy your entire devotion. If gain is your object, it may fall short of your expectation. But if con tent with an honorable competence, and looking to nobler bullion than dollars and cents, your desire is to be useful, the prospect is an unbounded one. For God is your paymaster, and see to it that you lay up a deposit in that bank that never, never fails. This parting hour is not the time to tire your ears or fatigue. your under standing!- with systems of medicine and modes of cure. With all this you have been ably and thoroughly plied during your collegiate course, and all that per tains to the shop may well be laid aside on an occasion like this. I will only here enjoin upon yon, in the practice of your profession, to bear in mind a whole some maxim, which yon will prob ably find in the last Latin author you laid aside to take up your medical books : In medio tutisimus ibis. This was given utterance to by the Roman poet many years ago. And there is as much wisdom in it now as then. Keep the middle path. On the one hand, avoid old fogyism. And on the other, be not carried away by new-fangled, transcendental theories and infinitesimal absurdities. Pursue the tiue eclectic system. Have for your guide the fa miliar motto, “Je prends le bien ou je le trouve." Impress in your service what you find good in all systems. And even if consulted, as we sometimes are, by one who is not ill, but will be treated, let him have the full benefit of the true Homoeopathic treatment. It is the very best you can do for him. “ E converso .” They borrow from us, and I am glad they do so. It must not be concealed, young gen tlemen, the course before you is not one of flowers. On the contrary, it is often steep and thorny. The physician’s life is truly one of toil and self-abnegation. Often, even after the way-faring man has secured his lodgings for the night, your labor begins afresh ; and sleep, “tired Nature’s sweet restorer,” may be thought of but not enjoyed. And j that day, hallowed and set apart since ei'eation’s dawn as a day of rest, “shines I for you no Sabbath day.” I And your best services are often eon [ ferred upon the thankless and unworthy. ' When called upon to discharge the fune | tions of your humane vocation, it is not j the merits of the patient, but the wants | of the sufferer that are to be considered, j And the best efforts of your skill must jbe put in requisition, irrespective of class or condition. It will be easting j your bread upon the waters. The ex | perience you acquire in treating such j cases will more than compensate for the | time and labor expended. And in so i doing you will be acting in unison with j Him who maketh His sun to rise upon | the evil and the good, and sendetii rain upon the just and on the unjust. Espe j cially if called to the poor and father ! less, and to him that hath none to help | him, obey the summons, that the bless i ing of Him that is ready to perish may ) come upon you. ! I take pleasure in recording here, to the honor of our noble profession, that the most redeeming feature of our late war— indeed, the only bright spot in the Cim merian darkness that enveloped it—was the truly catholic spirit of the surgeons. Nor was this confined to either side in this great struggle, but was characteris tic of the whole fraternity. Even where the strife was deadliest, the moment a soldier was wounded his nationality was lost. To the eye of the surgeon, the blood that flowed was not from North ern or Southern veins, but from the heart of humanity, and was to he staunched if human skill or effort could accomplish it. “ Forgot were hatred, wrongs and tears, Alone the plaintive voice ho hears, Sees hut the dying man.” Happy are we that, in looking over this scene of fatricidal carnage —this Aceldama of modern times—the appalled heart and the aching eye have one green spot, one oasis to rest upon. As one who has been your pioneer these many years, I feel it incumbent upon me to forewarn you, that in the faithful pursuance of your profession you will meet with much to perplex —to tax your patience, and to try the temper of your spirit. At times your best de vised plans of treatment will be foiled by the carelessness or incapacity of those who are to carry them out, and often your most successful efforts will be met with indifference and ingratitude. Let not this damp your ardor, or abate your zeal, but press on in the path of duty. Expect, after weary days of toil, to spend long nights in anxious, wearing vigils at the couch of pain and suffering. It will not be always thus. These exer cises of your skill—these tasks of mercy will not be always for the thankless and the unappreciative. Sometimes, even in this fallen world of ours, “ the heart leaps kindly back to kindness,” and “as the ocean returns again to the fountain,” for these ministrations of kindness; these gentle offices of skill, rendered in fainting nature’s greatest need, there will boa well spring of friendship, flooding the heart and refreshing the arid path of life with a happiness which gold cannot purchase, and which can only grow out of the peculiar and sacred relation existing between the physician and his patient. And oh 1 in a world like this, where there is so little to enjoy, and so much to suffer and to bear, who can estimate the value of a friend ? Friends are not like leaves on the trees—each bough does not grow thick with friends. If the experience of a life time affords one true friend, that experience is a rich one, and more fortunate than falls to the lot of every one. I speak not now of that friendship that gilds the early days of youth, when life is of the color of the rose, and heart delights to fuse with heart. Who of us has not, in this joyous time, on Summer’s longest day, with a congenial friend, talked down the sun, and found the day, too, too short for half the pleasant thoughts that came crowding up for utterance. But as wine improves by age, so friendship, the wine of life, though it lose somewhat the glitter and sparkle of that early day, becomes richer in substantial worth and more precious as the sands grow less in the hour glass 1 And what was a luxury in the spring tide of life, be comes a necessity “in the sear, the yel low leaf 1” Are there not times in jour neying through this vale of tears, oft times field of strife, when the spirit flags and the heart droops, and we feel that we need the countenance of a friend, the kindly voice of a friend to minister to a mind o’er charged ? And when the pelted, tired spirit is bruised and wounded by coming too closely in con tact with the world, until the silver cord is almost severed, oh ! then how do these gentle ministrations come, and, as it were, with fairy fingers knit togeth er its raveled fibres, and with a sweet, oblivious antitode, steep the senses in forgetfulness of all the shocks and ills of life. And who of us has not risen from these interviews with the heart new strengthened, and the loins of the spirit girded afresh for the battle of life ? And thus do we receive new strength for each coming strife, until the last enenly approaches, until the final conflict comes, when “On some fond breast the parting boul relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires. ” At this parting hour there is much that might be said, and much that we feel disposed to say, but we fear we have already detained you too long. We will therefore compress all in an earnest wish for your welfare. May the principles yon have been taught in the Medical College of Georgia conduct you on to fortune and distinc tion, and in turn, may you reflect honor on the profession you have chosen. You are now before the world. With each of von the seal of character will ere long be set. Be content with no tame mediocrity. The arena on which you are now about to engage is a glorious field for your ambition. Lot yonr aim be a lofty one—emulate the good and i the great of your profession who have gone before yon, and aspire to leave examples worthy the imitation of those who are to follow in your foot-steps. •• Lives of great men all remind us. V."e may make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints on the sands of time. ’ Remember you are now before the j world. Remember, especially, that the 1 eye of your Alma Mater is upon you and will ever exult in your good fortune. j And now farewell. God speed you. At the conclusion of the address the valedictory was delivered by a member i of the graduating class—Dr. A. S. j Campbell—as follows : With these, the closing exercises of her fortieth session, the Medical College of Georgia once more, doubtless, wel comes a respite from her arduous and j ceaseless labors of the four long months past ; once more she sends forth another class, privileged to name her Alma j Mater, and entrusted with the high com- J mission to alleviate suffering and to , battle with disease. j Passing as we now do from beneath i her immediate supervision into the j actualities of life—there to put in prac- j tice those principles which she has ever j striven so earnestly and so faithfully to j inculcate into the minds and hearts of j her pupils —it is well to east a retro- i spective glance over her teachings of the past, and from the myriad truths which have’ been marshaled in review before j our eves, to obtain in brief a single re-' sultant, to cull one floweret, which shall serve hereafter to remind ns of the j beautv of all its sister truths, and to | cheer us amid the perplexities of the | future, if by us it is ever kept in view. ; If I were asked the question, why j Medical Science had attained to that ] high position of dignity and confidence which if now enjoys in the mind of an : enlightened world ; standing to-day upon the threshold of the Medical Pro fession, should I cast but a superficial glance at the mere exterior of the noble edifice, I could not but reply—because of the beauty and accuracy of its structure ; the harmony, yet diversity of its parts ; the humanity that glitters from every scroll emblazoned on its portals ; and the solidity of the founda tions upon which it rests. The time of its building is not num bered by days or by years, but by de cades and by centuries. From the time that intellect first took cognizance of the material and sought to unravel the mys teries of its laws and relations with it self ; from the time that the ancient fathers, pioneers and architects com bined, first strove to pierce the veil of doubt that intervened, and bring forth their rude blocks from the field of truth upon the other side—then, though some did labor for other ends—even then, they were preparing material afterwards to be farther elaborated, hewn and polished, to aid in the eoastrucrion of this now lofty fabric. And this generous contribution to Medicine from all science still goes on— every discovery of the natural philoso pher, tried and demonstrated by the severest tests of inductive reasoning, is ever tending to the more thorough un derstanding of human physiology, and to the clearer elucidation of the nature of disease. And the perfecting of the structure now goes much more rapidly on, the modem laborer in the inductive sciences enjoying many advantages over the ancient philosophers, the latter having inherited but few substantial data from any who had gone before, and upon his mind and heart rested the murky clould of paganism and superstition, shutting out from his perception those wide ex tended fields of research, whoso exist ence may be suspected even before dis covery by the believer in an All-wise and Almighty Creator. In every sphere of thought and action Christianity is an essential element to steady, certain and enduring progress. Well hath it been said : ■ • Acquaint thyself with God. if thou would’st taste His works. Admitted once to His embrace. Tliou shalt perceive that thou wast blind be fore ; Thiue eye shall be instructed, and thine heart Made pure, shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.” | How lofty, how ennobling, with what glory crowned, are the successful labors of the modam philosopher 1 No longer, as the ancients vainly searching for such absurdities as the substance by whose mystic touch, like Midas, all they wish ed might be changed into coveted gold ; no mere curious pryer into the myste ries of nature —we behold in him one of the most efficient ministers to the wel fare and happiness of man, the firm sup ! porter oi his country’s power, and the ! favored interpreter of that sacred tongue, the voice of God, as He speaks I in the works of His creation. But to return. Each elementary part | of our Medical fabric has been subject- I ed to the test, both of time and of ex j perience, and before consignment to its ! appropriate place, has been careful- Ily weighed and measured. If form jer builders, through the dimness of the lights that shone upon them, have i erred in placing one unworthy block within its walls, detected by the bril liancy of after investigations, it has been l hurled from its high position, its weak ness made known to the world, and its ! place supplied by a more reliablo, a ! more meritorious substitute. Every nation, upon which shines the | bright star of civilization, wittingly or j unwittingly, lias been in the past and is ! now, year by year, in the present, labor j ing in the great, the honorable service ! of adding to the strength, or of beauti- I fying the apartments of this extensive, i this hospitable mansion. Here, all alike, [ whether lofty or lowly, whether filled j J with earth’s richest blessings or sunk in J i the depths of indigence and misery— S all, without distinction, come to its lios- ; | pitable board, and take of its healing I cheer. j Medical science, like all science, be j longs to no name, no nation ; but is the j common property of all, and is an in | visible bond which binds the minds of | all in sympathy. All are co-laborers in J this vast field, where the only aim is the | correct translation of the truth. Let a S striking fact or combination of facts be j brought to light, either in Europe or i in America, and if but partially*under ! stood as to its ultimate analysis, or its | benefits known but empirically in the j land of its birth, and immediately, per | haps, it is caught up on this or the other side, and farther investigated and thor oughly unfolded, even to its most min j ute ramifications. j And it is gratifying to know that | neither name, nor race, nor ocean’s | breadth, nor continent’s extent, can form j a barrier to the unity of aim, the har | mony of action of those who labor for J the advancement of so useful a branch j of science. It is not my purpose to invite you to i accompany me in the unnecessary and | perhaps irksome task of entering this i time-honored edifice—to read the names, j the lives, the struggles, the successes and j the praises recorded there of its master j builders—to inquire the exact history | of its growth, or to examine particularly I the' interior of its several departments : and the memorials of all the triumphs j engraven on its walls—we have paused j at the gateway, and are but glancing at i a few of the prime features which adorn | its architecture —at one or two of the | sources from which it derives its I strength. Besides those branches which consti tute the essential elements of Medicine, and which are the Medical sciences prop er, there are others which, though truly essential also to its existence and per fection, have existences also in them selves. All these act as the allies and auxiliaries of Medicine, and are ever offer ing their invaluable aid of mental or material form. The chemist in his laboratory is labor ing with head and hand and heart, not only to perform the requirements of pure chemistry, but is also ever on the alert for the appearance of some new agent, either wholly unknown, or which he may form by the combination of known elements —whether from the or ganic or the inorganic worlds—to serve a another able instrument in the hands of the physician for the amelioration of dis ease. From far and near, from around us or from abroad—by the hands of the hardy mariner—the agents of cure are gathered in. The forests yield their perfumed stores; the ocean, searched for the vegetation which it nurtures, of | fers up its soothing tributes ; the mines ! are summoned, and give forth theirtreas j ures in abundance. The various arts j are from time to time proffering some ! new instrument, some new suggestion j or device to stop the inroads of diswwes-. j or to aid other means employed for the J j relief of the suffering. Flora comes with all her frag-i rant train, and with willing hand tenders her homage and her aid.— j My province, she says to Medicine, j is thine; my subjects, be they tend- i er herb or towering tree their j fruits and flowers, roots, leaves and | bark—are all at thy command. After nourishing and strengthening man in ; health—after teaching wisdom to the ! 1 atheist by the wonderful unfolding of j their leaves—after aiding in pointing | him, with other physical evidences, to j the existence of the Great First Cause— their high destiny then is to be em- ! ployed by thee in the healing of the na- ; tions. Take, select, dispense! Ml:ore the plague rageth, take of my store and soothe the tortured frame; where the j fever tossetli, stand with thy ready: weapon near and stay its next approach. My contributions, though numbered among the most important and potent of thy treasure house, may be still in creased—many priceless plants are still, perhaps, unknown to thee ; search far, search deeply—the woods are wide, my j garden is the world ! In fine, without enlarging farther by dwelling upon particulars, all science— for convenience of study, for that in crease of product which characterizes all divisions of labor, and for the accom plishment of ends peculiar to each— has been divided into separate depart ments, and called by different names. Yet these different branches are like the varied hues of the solar spectrum, in the centre of each band, peculiar and distinct, but on their borders gliding into each other by imperceptible gradations ; and the partial chromatic rays that stream forth from the individ ual sciences, collected by the prismatic influence of Medical reasoning, are thus concentrated upon each subtle point of Medical investigation, elucidating its mazes, as the pure white light from an unclouded sun. by the single, brilliant, perfect beam of harmonized natural truth. . We have thus, gentlemen, roughly re viewed together a few of the familiar facts in connection with onr future vo cation, whieh have aided in raising it to j the high position which it commands at j tli* present time. We have glanced at: the foundations npon which its pillars rest—such as neither time, nor seasons, , nor wars, nor convulsions of nature can ■ injure in their integrity ; more lasting! than adamant, they know no change or 1 deeav, immutable except by Him who ! moulded them—for it is founded upon ; the laws of nature, correctly expounded 1 and fitted for its use. The enlightened, the true physician of ; to-day—unlike his predecessors of the olden time—no longer “ wandering ; amid the tenets of a visionary philoso phy,” has finally climbed the hill of diffi culty and, with head uplifted and eyes opened to the light, welcomes the splen dor of the true. His pathway up the rugged mount was partly hewn step by step away by former successive genera tions of explorers—the man of to-day still toils on in his zeal to ascend still higher—the summit is nearly reached, and happy they who shall mount the little intervening space and elucidate the few remaining points which still are slightly shaded. He who battles for a cause is often generally influenced by a conciousness of the justice or injustice, the necessity or uselessness, the worth or nnworthli ness of that for which he strives—and we, like the warrior battling for all that is dear and saered. with the firm con viction of the strength of the cause he supports, shall have no reason to hesi tate, either on account of the validity of onr guiding principles, or the objects they seek to accomplish—the only goal they strive to attain. When a traveler goes forth into anew and unknown country, with naught upon it but the wild beast and the howling wilderness-—nothing to delight, nothing to cheer him in his solitude—his lot in deed is hard ; but to-day we enter a fair and cultivated field, a garden spot filled with the choicest plants, both indi genous and exotic, culled from the va rious parts of earth by careful and un tiring hands, and implanted there to beautify and enrich its wide domain. Our duties, then, though of grave re sponsibility, will be greatly lightened if we hold to the leading precepts which have been entrusted to our keeping. The accuracy of the data which we have to employ should encourage at the outset —should be an earnest of success ; and ; f each laborer will but do his part, all things assure him that the profession itself will not he wanting in conferring its meed of praise and honor. When the Mantuan bard iu martial strains sang the story of iEneas and liis wanderings in its capital features, he gave us in brief three points, in which is involved the success or failure of every life’s history. As the classic hero, we must leave the past, which, like Ilium was, but is no more to be reclaimed ; I if our aim is to accomplish anything hereafter, we must turn a deaf ear to every allurement, even of Carthaginian splendor, which would draw us from our prescribed course, pushing onward with full sail and purpose unalterable to search out and to build up the Latium of the future. It is cot given to every one, and especially is it so in regard to the mem bers of our profession, to attain to such a height in the minds of men as to cause their names to be tossed about upon the tongue of fame with the attachment of that envied little adjective great. But still there is a greatness—a success —in the full performance of duty, whether in great or little things, that brings with it its own reward. A physician ! what does the name summon up in the minds of some ? A writer of prescriptions, a compounder of drugs, a book-worm, perhaps, who sits in his office, reads, waits for calls, and rides about here and there dispensing his pills, powders and potions of fanci ful efficacy. But let us go to the field of his labors -—let us view him there. When the fever parcheth the frame, and amid all the ' wild imagery of a temporary frenzy the brain is whirled in the mad vortex of ! unmanageable delirium ; who is then . called upon to calm the storm ? When i the murderer’s knife or the bullet of his country’s foe strikes down to earth the 1 noble and the brave, and with the stroke ! “ ebbs the life-tide fast away,” who is f first looked to as the instrument of re lief ? Who is consulted by whole com munities to direct the preparation of .sanative measures to protect them from the ravages of some approaching epi demic, or to weaken the blow if its stroke cannot be staid ? When the pestilence rageth, before whose coming the strong, the boldest tremble ; when like a fiery demon it runs exultant riot in its cruel work of desolation ; when death and destruction seem to stand like watchful sentinels about the beleagured city, ready to strike down all who dare bring aid and comfort to their victims-—who then bold y , devotedly, though most alive to the danger, though, perhaps, himself old and stricken in years, and with long service, ventures in to bring succor and relief to the smitten, or words of cheer and counsel to those yet untouched, or to calm the weary, agonizing frame of him to whom mortal aid can render naught, whose spirit is fast fleeting from “ this vale of tears to realms of everlasting life ?” By whose direct or indirect influence are hospitals founded, where the poor lame, halt and blind—where the uncared for of earth's children come in and find a home ? Who bestows upon these, often without emolument, his time, his interest, his warmest sympathy, and his professional skill, product of a life-long study and devotion ? To each and all of these you have, doubtless, in your minds, already answered— the physi cian ! Such are a few of the thoughts, fel low-graduates, w'hich may urge them selves upon you, as we pause and look both at the past and at the future, while upon the point of entering the profes sion of medicine ; for to-day we stand at the line of demarcation, separating our college course from the earnest work in which it may be our lot to engage hereaf ter. To-day we bid adieu to the pleasant associations which in onr daily inter course we have enjoyed with each other, while stimulated by a common impulse, while imbibing the principles of medi cine from the same fountain of knowl edge. To-day, not only is the last tie severed that binds us together, but, as a class, we also bid adieu to these gentle men, who have labored to impress upon us the true principles and the worth of that profession to which their lives and study have been devoted. And while this constant association which we have so long enjoyed with each other shall hereafter serve to stamp upon the mind of each the faces and friendships of his fellow-students ; the teachings of each professor—whether derived from the general principles of medicine, or in liis own earnest investi gations brought forth to light and to usefulness—they shall ever serve as lasting mementoes of him from whom they were received. And hereafter, let ns ever remember True Medicine as the offspring of all the sciences, the child of their youth, the still accredited heiress of tlieir honor able age. From them in her feeble in fancy did she draw her vital aliment, thence does she now look for her life’s blood and support. Child at once and equal of all the sciences, she grows with their growth and strengthens with their strength. Highest type of physical science, though on every side supported by their friendly advice and aid, she herself ever labors on witli her special aim in view of lessening the miseries of our race. And as she sends her follow ers forth into the scenes of sickness and of death, methinks I see her beaming j face lit up with love for humanity, while with a look of mingled hope and sad-1 ness, she proclaims : “The paths of pain are thine. Go forth With healing and with hope ; The suffering of a sin-sick earth Shall give thee ample scope. Smite down the dragons, fell and strong, Whose breath is fever lire : No knight of fable or of song Encountered foes more dire. The holiest task by heaven decreed. An errand all divine, The burden of our mortal need To render less, is thine. No crusade thine for cross or grave, But for the living man. Go forth to succor and to save All that thy skilled hands can. Before the unveiled mysteries Os life and death, go stand With guarded lips and reverent eyes, And pure of heart and hand. So shalt thou be with power endued Prom Hun who went about The Syrian hill paths, doing good And casting devils out. That holy helper liveth yet. Thyfriand and guide to be : The healer by Gennesaret Shall walk the rounds with thee ! The exercises were closed by a bene diction from Dr. Dixon. The order in which the muscles lose their power is worth knowing. The muscles which move the arms and legs usually become relaxed before those which maintain the body in an erect position. In relation to the social senses, that of sight is first lost, the eyelids forming a barrier between the retina and external world; but independently of eyelids, if they had been removed by the surgeon, or could not be closed by disease, this is still the first sense whose function is abolished. Some animals, as the hare, do not shut their «res when asleep : and in case of somnambulism, the eyes remain open, although the sense of sight is temporarily abolished, but their acuteness is much lessened. Taste is the first to disappear, and touch is the most persistent of the senses. So, conversely, a person is most easily awakened by the sense of touch ; next n order by "sound, and then by smell. If you wish success in life, make per severance your bosom friend, experience yonr wise counsellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. — [Addison. A pound of energy with an ounce of talent will achieve greater results than a pound of talent with an ounce of en ergy. WHY RAILROAD ACCIDENTSDOJi’T HAPPEN IN GERMANY. That most railway accidents, and es pecially those which are the result of collision, can be avoided by proper care and foresight, is undeniable. This is shown by the comparative exemption from accident which some railroads in in that country, conducted on proper principle, enjoy. Even in regard to the breaking of a rail, as in the Lehigh ac cident, which the coroner’s jury in that case treats ns an “ unforeseen and un avoidable” thing, it is said that in Ger many an accident has never. occurred from the breaking of rails. The New York Erening Post says that not a per son in that couutry has lost his life nor a person been mutilated from this cause in all the thirty or more years that steam carriages have been running on iron ways. The reason is plain. It is determined by scientific experiment how long iron will resist, on the average, the beating of wheels, and then the law re quires the railroad companies to put down rails periodically, whether those in use exhibit signs of weakness or not. While this involves expense, it is so managed as to be gradually distributed over a period of years, a small part of the road being renewed each year until the whole is completed within the given time. Here, on the contrary, upon many railroad lines, little attention is given to the selection of rails, and less to their renewals at certain periods. Few companies incur the expense of substituting steel for iron rails, though the former are far more durable. In like manner the same false economy in all that would give increased security to the public is one of the chief causes of the frightful perils of railway traveling. [communicated. ] Count de Chambord. Editors Chronicle A Sentinel : During the past two or three days reference lias been casually made to the movements of Count de Cliambord. This lias created a desire in the minds of the curious to know who the Count is. Wo find in Chambers’ New Encyclopedia (published by J. B. Lippincott & Cos.) a succinct history of the Count’s life. Chambord is the representative of the elder branch of the House of Bourbon and of its claims to the French throne. He was born in Paris, September 29th, 1820. He is the grandson of Charles X. and the son of the Duke of Berri, who was murdered bv Louvel, February 14th, 1820. The Duke of Augouleme, Charles X. eldest son, being childless, the Duke of Berri was heir presumptive; and as, at his death, he left only a daughter, the joy was great when, seven months after, his widow give birth to a Prince? who received the title of Duke of Bordeaux —that of Count de C., by which lie is now known, being derived from the castle presented him at liis baptism. He was baptized, amid cir cumstances of great pomp, with water brought from the River Jordan by M. de Chateaubriand, and received the appel lation of Venfant du miracle. When Charles X. abdicated the throne, in 1830, lie did so in favor of Chambord. The people, however, insisted on the “ Citi zen King,’’ and the elder Bourbons were banished. On the death of Charles X., the Duke of Augouleme assumed the title of Louis XIX., and another party proclaimed Chambord king. A reconciliation was effected by Prince Metternich. In 1839 Chambord, accompanied by his mother, visited Italy, and was received with distinction. In 1844, after the death of the Duke of Augouleme, Cliambord received the homage of the different factions of legiti mists. Iu 1850 he met a council of his friends who had assembled at Wiesbad en to consult as to their future policy. Here, as on other occasions, the Count de clared for peace. The general belief obtains that the Count is too effeminate to grapple successfully with the logic of facts. Heretofore liis appearances in public have been pompous drawing room levees. As usual, he is now here and then yonder. We shall see if he is equal to the creation of an occasion, and the turning that occasion to success ful account. Loraine. Death of Col. B. T. Harris. Sparta, Ga., February 25, 1872. Editors Atlanta Sun : Colonel B. T. Harris died here this morning, at 8[ o’clock, after a lingering illness of five or six weeks. He was in his 59tli year. For the last forty years he has been a prominent man in the county. Few men have ever been more closely identified with the interests of the community than lie. Few men have done more for it. Several times he represented the county in the Legislature; was once Senator from this district; was a mem ber of the Secession Convention, in 1861 —and though decidedly opposed to the policy of secession up to the last mo ment, yet gave his acquiescence when the State finally seceeded. , He was one of the leading agricultu ralists in the county, and up to the war one of the most successful. Through liis long public career he en joyed the confidence of the people ; was looked upon as the friend of all classes ; bold in his purposes, firm in his opin ions and upright in all his dealings. He bore his long sickness with Chris tian fortitude, ever forgetting his suffer ing in his thought for the comfort of others. His burial occurs on Wednesday, at 10 o’clock. lie will be buried with Masonic honors. His loss to the com munity cannot be estimated. Causes of Choi- Failures.— A writer in the Nashville Union and American, who is strongly endorsed by that jour nal as a “ gentleman of elegant accom plishments, discriminating judgment and sound common sense,” assigns four principal reasons why Southern crops have for the past few years been fail ures. The first is that too large a sur face is taken in hand. The writer says the true way is to take but half the quantity and begin by thoroughly pre paring, enriching and generally break ing and sub-soiling the Fall before the seed are to be sown. The second is late planting. He thinks that the corn crop of this whole section of country was reduced fully one-third by inatten tion last Spring.' The third is, that our farming implements are generally lie hind the age. The writer says : “Our plows go in the|furrows rusty, dull and mis-shapen. They are often drawn lazily along by an animal which ought never to be accepted as a gift by a sensible farmer. It were the height of folly for a mechanic to economize on the first cost of his tools by picking up at half price a rusty saw here, a dull jack-plane there and a broken chisel yonder ; and equally so for a farmer to put up with poor tools or poor stock. Better have two good strong horses than four poor, weak ones.” The fourth is poor seed. The writer says on this point : “If it pays—and it surely does—to in vest thousands in animals for breeding purposes, will it not pay as well as to get good seed V Buy at homo, if pos sible, abroad if necessary. Tricky ad vertisers and dealers are of course con stantly before the people, trying to get large prices for worthless seed, and we should use, thei'efore, the more care to get a genuine article. It will never do to fall behind in this important item.” My remarks, then, might be summed < up thus : Deal in the best only, pre pare and cultivate the soil thoroughly , and we will be apt next Thanksgiving day to thank the Lord for about twice our usual harvests. Efficacy of OnA>ns. — A writer says : We are troubled often with severe coughs, the result of colds of long stand ing, which may turn to consumption or premature death. Hard coughs cause sleepless nights by constant irritation in the throat and a strong effort to throw off offensive matter from the lungs. The remedy I propose has been tried by me, and recommended by me -noth good results, which is simply to take into the stomach, before retiring for the night, a piece of raw onion, after chewing. The esculent, in an uncooked state, is very heating, and collects water from the lungs and throat, causing immediate re lief to the patient. Cunning has only private, selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extensive views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon ; cun ning is a kind of short sightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it; cunning, when it is once detected, loses its force, and makes a man incapa ble of bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man. SorTH Carolina Taxes.—The list of lands upon which the State tax is un paid takes up two and a half columns.of the Edgefield Advertiser and one col umn of the Lexington Dispatch. Ac cording to Neagle & Cos. this is another proof that the people can stand a higher tax than that of ISJ7I ! GEORGIA NEWS. Warrenton has a town marshal again, and is happy. Mrs. Oates is drawing large houses in Kimball ville. The Atlanta society reporters now de scribe ladies’ dresses when they go to “ sociables.” A lot of alleged smuggled tobacco found its way into Savannah, but has been seized. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley has removed to Beaufort, South Carolina, and com menced the practice of law. The Savannah City Council—all mar ried men—met at 8 at night, aud ad journed at 2 in the morning. Fatty Harriss is reported to have turned State's evidence and given some interesting items to the committee. The mails between Charleston and Sa vannah go very irregularly on account of the acoident to the bridge across the river. A trio of colored citizens in Savan nah, after stealing a large quantity of tools from mechanics, have been ar rested. H. O. Hoyt, the Atlanta developer, re mains at his house in the custody of an officer, and is unable to give bond. He is slowly recovering. Mayor Screven, of Savannah, has re signed on account of private interests. Council requests him to withdraw the resignation. Mr. Hiram Sibley, a reported million aire, is said to have six hundred thou sand dollars invested in the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Abbeville is doing a brisk trade in horses and mules. Wilson C. Gossett died suddenly in Spartanburg last week. The citizens of Laurens contemplate establishing a national bank. * A number of stores were robbed of money and goods in Union last week. Several cases of meningetis have oc curred in the vicinity of Spartanburg. The Israelites of Columbia are taking steps for the erection of a Synagogue in that city. The Newberry City Council are about to prohibit the storage of guano in that town. The Senate confirmed J. K. Wagner as Trial Justice for York. He isa hunch back black man. The Metropolitan Police bill, which the thieves were trying to get up for Charleston, has been killed. Aiken, with a resident population of of two thousand, contains seven churches —five white and two colored. Mr. W. Colmes, of Newberry, recent ly died from the effects of a cut on the hand, received while opening a sardine box. General W. K. Easley delivered an eulogy on General Leo, in the Court House at Greenville, on last Thursday evening. Serial candidates, says the Journal, are already in the field for the Sheriff’s office of Kershaw, and the cry is “still they come.” The Legislature has passed a bill re quiring County Commissioners to givo bond for the faithful discharge of their official duty. t W. B. Williams, Esq., Tria 1 Justice of York, has been removed. Too honest and descent a man to suit the present administration. A bill is before the Legislature to charter a railroad from Laurens to Asheville, North Carolina, by the way of Greenville. Grand Master R. S. Bruns has ap pointed Major S. A. Durham, of Ma rion, Deputy Grand Master for the 10th Masonic District of that State, com prising the counties of Marion, Horry mi<l Marlboro. Laurens is to have a National Bank, and is also to be put in railroad com munication again with the balance of the world, by the South Carolina Rail road repairing and putting in’jrunning order the branch from Newberry to that town. The Marion Crescent says : Wo learn that a stabbing affray took place last Thursday, near Davis’ turpentine dis tillery, in that county, between a white man named Hog, and a colored man named Jim Wlioelcr. Wheeler was stabbed in the left side, from the effects of which he died on Friday night. Extensive Fires in Savannah. —On Saturday evening the saw mill of Messrs. Bradley k Sons, at Eastern wharf, Savan nah, Georgia, took fire and was burned to the ground. The fire originated with in the mill, and spread rapidly, being fed by a largo amount of lumber, some 400,000 feet, in the vicinity. Some ten or twelve vessels lying at the wharf only escaped destruction by cutting their moorings and hauling out into 'the stream. The schooners Eagle, Carrie Heyer, Mary and Eliza were, notwith standing, damaged by the flames in their rigging. The mill, known as Boss Mill, and lately fitted up with new and expensive machinery, was entirely des troyed, entailing a loss of $05,000 — SIO,OOO of which was insured. Two hundred thousand feet of lumber were burned. Many of the employees of the mill suffered also in the loss of their tools and other personal property. At 12 o’clock on Sunday night follow- I ing another fire broke out in a two-story j frame building at the corner of West | Broad and River streets, in the same city. Owing to the combustible mate rials. the flames spread with great rapid ity, and the building was soon burnt to the ground. It was owned by Messrs. .T. Paulsen & Cos., was valued at $2,000 and insured for SI,OOO. The adjoining building, owned by Policeman Keys, took fire in the roof but was saved by the efforts of tlie firemen. It was dam- j aged to the oxtertt of SSOO, which is fully I covered by insurance. The fire depart- ! anent labored at these fires with but lit- j tie intermission, and the papers aye ( loud in praise of their devotion. Bavan- ! nail is also troubled about her short i supply of hose, which has been reduced j to an eighth of the regular quota by | these unusual and hard-fought battles j against the fire king. The French Spoliation' Claims.— The House Committee on Foreign Af fairs has appointed Hon. Leonard Myers, of Pennsylvania, sub-committee on the French spoliation claims. Ho will report to the committee favorably. Gen.eral Morgan, of Ohio, of the same committee, is averse to them. The cot imittee as a whole are favorable, and will probably, when they report, ask a day of this session to be set aside for consideration of their report. The Senate committee are also favorable, an and some consolation may be given to claimants in the fact that action will p robably be taken in Congress regard ing their case at the present session.— ■Journal of Commerce. It is to be hoped that the Journal of Commerce has not been misinformed on this subject. For many years past these claims have been before Congress, and it is certainly time that a decision was reached. That the claims are just there can be no doubt, and their payment will help many in the South, who should have received their money long ago. We understand that several of these claims are held by citizens of Augusta. A Federal Grand Jcry in Texas has found indictments against five members of the State Criminal Court Grand Jury under the Ku-Klux laws. The charges are that the parties “ bothered Justice Richard Nelson because he is a colored man, and . interfered with the admin istration of justice in his Court.” Com mentiug on this action, the Galveston News says : “It is little funny to ob serve the strange uses to which the Ku- Klux law is applied. One Grand Jury < goes for’ another with all the vengeance of a ‘ Kilkenny oat.’” Telegraphic Nummary* Washington, February 27.—1n the I Court of Claims, the Court—acting un der the recent decision of the Supreme Court declaring Drake’s amendment un constitutional—decidel, in Simon Wit kowski vs. The Unite ’ States, for pro ceeds of cotton captured at Savannah, as follows : “ In the case of Witkowski, the Court of Claims found, as a fact, that the claimant lmd not proved that at all times he had borne true allegiance to the Government of the United States, and never gave aid or comfort to the re bellion against the said Government,” but decided, as a matter of law, that the j proclamation of President Johnson, of December 25tli, 18ti8, granting uncondi tional pardon and amnesty to nil who had directly or indirectly participated in the rebellion, released the claimant from any proof of loyalty. In answer to many applications for seeds from the Caroliuas and Gulf States, the Agricultural Department requests the restatement that the advanced sea son would render further distribution there comparatively valnless. The capacity of the Department lias been almost exclusively worked for that sec tion for several months past. Washington, January 29.—A saloon keeper at Hamilton, Ohio, shot fatally a colored till-tapper. Johnny Devine, the pugilist, has been convicted of murder at San Francisco. The Apaehee Indians captured Dulo Creek Station, Arizona, killing three men and capturing the stage horses. The Germans of San Francisco are or ganizing for independent action in the coming Presidential campaign. A Matamoras special says that the San Juan left Brownsville for Caicorgo with bonded goods. The Mexican au thorities have abandoned the idea of capturing her en route, but propose to start a force to aid Cortina in the capture of Camargo before the San Juans ar rival. Reports from Tampico state that the revolutionists have captured San Louis Potosi. A dispatch from Albany says that the Judiciary Committee will recommend the impeachment of Judges Cardozo and Bernard. Grovas’ cotton factory, at Craigville, has been burned. Loss, twenty thou sand dollars. Baltimore, February 29.—Bcnj. F. Johnson, for eleven years a faithful op erator in the Western Union Telegraph Office in this city—one of the best oper ators in the country—died last night from consumption, aged twenty-two years. Boston, February 29.—One hundred and fifty choral societies have applied to participate in the International Festi val Chorus. Concord, February 29.—80th parties are confident of a favorable result on the 16th. There is an army of speak ers in the field and more coming. St. Louis, February 29.—The libel suit of Spencer Ball vs. The Evening Dispatch, for ten thousand dollars, for publishing a police item, resulted in a verdict of one cent for the plaintiff. New Orleans, February 29.—The upper stories of 164 and 166, Canal street, were burned this morning. The buildings were occupied by Wagner & Meyer, Ernest & Prayst, and Dolbear’s Commercial College. Loss estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. Insured in home companies. Washington, February 29. — Senate. —The House bill exempting canned fruits, &e., passed, and goes to the President. Sawyer, from the C’ommitteo on Edu cation and Labor, reported adversely upon the educational suffrage test. Chandler rose to a personal explana tion, and read a letter from a gentleman in Jackson, Michigan, stating that some body had sent him certain reform move ment and Liberal Republican docu ments under his (Chandler's) frank and that of Senator Morton. The writer expressed liis astonishment that these two distinguished Senators should cir culate such publications, ami asked Chandler to send him no more docu ments unless they had the true ring. Chandler said that liis frank on these documents was a forgery, but as the whole Liberal Republican movement was a fraud, he was not suprised that those who were engaged iu it resorted to forgery. Morton also stated that the use of liis frank on these documents or on any such was a fraud and a forgery. Tipton rose to a personal explanation, and said that lie had been almost as un fortunate as Chandler. He had sent one of that Senator’s speeches to a con stituent aud had had it indignantly re turned, with a request that if he en dorsed such sentiments he would never send his frank to that constituent again. [Laughter. ] The bill admitting six Japs to West Point passed. The Halo of arms was resumed. The preamble was rejected and the resolu lution of inquiry adopted. House. —The St. Croix Railroad pro voked a long discussion, and many calls for the yeas and nays. It was stated during the debate that bills were pend ing giving two hundred millions of acres of land to railroad companies. A pro longed debate followed, when, finally, the bill was recommitted to the Com mittee on Public Lands by 102 to 77. Adjourned. Washington, February 29, noon.—Tlio Senate Judiciary Committee reported adversely, and asked tlio indefinite post ponement of the bill allowing accused persons to testify in their behalf. Mor ton said he had protests from two South ern District Attorneys, that the passage of the bill would work great advantage to certain persons whom they were about to try. Hamlin objected to indefinite postponement, and the bill went on the calendar. The bill placing obstacles in tlio way r of former owners of lands sold for taxes in insurrectionary States went over un der objections from Johnston, of Vir ginia. The House is considering the St. Croix Railroad. Washington, February 29, evening.— The Japs have arrived. The six Prin cesses proceeded immediately to George town. The males went to the Arling ton Hotel. Gov. Cooke and Delegate Chipman received them. Belknap, before the House Commit tee on Investigation of Sale of Arms, stated that he never, to his knowledge, sold arms to the French Government or to French agents, and made a long ex planation regarding the handling of funds. Ho was before the committee an hour and a half, when it adjourned to March 12th. London, February 29, noon.—lt is re ported that Victoria will visit the Impe rial Princess of Germany. The Lord Mayor of London has pre ! sgnted a congratulatory address to the Prince of Wales. Five people were killed and thirty in jured by the pressure at the thanksgiv ing ceremonies. London, February 29, evening.—The Times says that England will pay noth ing save what she is required to, in obe dience to the decision of the Geneva tribunal of arbitration. Who lias never dreamed of offering any composition of j difficulties outside of the treaty. H the I treaty is a failure, it is the fault of the American Government. 1 A miscreant fired a pistol at Queen ; Victoria wliilo driving on Constitution I Hill. No damage. The miscreant has ' been arrested. New York, February 29.- It is under stood that Loot & Cos. will continue to hold the bonded warehouses, but have lost the general order business. The statute forbids the prosecution of merchants for bribery based upon their evidence before the committee. Seward thinks the demand for conse quential damage beneath the dignity of the United States, which should demand an apology instead of money. He thinks warjjimpossible. Two hundred and fifty canary birds, belonging to Fisk, were sold at auction for three thousand dollars. London, March J, evening.—All ap proaches to Jiow street, where O’Con ner is held, is jammed. Nothing has been found to connect others with O’Conner. Frankfort, March I, evening.—A building, wherein a largo number of persons resided, fell, burying the in mates. Fourteen corpses have been found. The search continues. Washington, March 2.—The Wiscon sin Assembly, by a vote of 4p to 38, tabled resolutions endorsing Sumner’s one term amendment. Charles Manly presides over the South Baptist Educational Convention at Nash ville. Nearly all the Southern States are represented. The steamer Japan took one million and a half in specie from San Francisco for China. i The Rev. Win. H. Day, for thirty-five ; years connected with the Bethel Mis | sion, at Cleveland, is dead. Savannah, March 2.—A severe rain and wind storm occurred last night.— Two ships, two barks and five schooners were driven from their moorings. Ihe damage was very slight, excepting o the hoisting machine on the Baltimor . I steamship wharf, which was totally He iht Richmond, March 2. -The severest stom since January, 1857, .snow pre vafftag H has been snowing heavily for twelve hours and still continues, with wind from the northwest blowing a hurricane and the snow drifting accord “fbOOS March 2, evening.—Should Ladm.rault resign the Governorship of Paris it is probably he will be succeed ed by General Clinchaut,
