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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18. 1875.
TWO SIDES OF LIFE.
There ia e shady aide of life,
And a sonny side ae well,
And 'tis for every one to say
On which he’&chooee to dwell;
For every one onto himself
Commit* a grievous sin
Who bars the blessed sunshine oat,
And shots the shadows in.
Ihe clouds may wear their saddest robes,
The son refuse to smile,
And sorrow with her troop of ills
May threaten os the while;
Bat still the cheerful heart has power
A sunbeam to provide;
And only those whose souls are dark
Dwell on life's shady side.
THE VOICELESS.
We eoont the broken lyres that rest
Where the sweet wailing singers slumber,
Bat o'er their silent sisters breast
The wild flowers who will stop to number ?
A few can touch the magic string,
And noisy Fame is prood to win them ;
Alas for those who never sing.
But die with all their music in them!
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone
Whose song has told their hearts’ sad story;
Wsep for the voiceless, who have known
The cross without the crown of glory!
Not where Lencadiau breezes sweep
Over Sappho's memory-haunted billow;
But where the glistening night dews weep
On nameless sorrow's churchyard pillow.
O hearts that break and give no sign
Have whitening lip arid fading tresses,
Till Death pours out bis cordial wine,
Slow-dropped from misery's clashing presses!
If singing breath or echoing cord
To every hidden pang were given.
What endless melodies were poured,
As sad as earth, as sweet as Heaven! .
O. W. Houses.
FOB THE BAKE OF PEACE.
Bob and I were play mates once,
Together used to laugh and cry :
A youth and maiden are we now—
Oh dear, the years so swiftly fly!
We used to play at lovers, too,
When we were children gay and free ;
And now, the rogue, he quite insists
That he should still my lover be.
I really can't make up my mind
To quarrel with the foolish boy,
For, may be, if he went away,
My life would lose one-half its Joy.
Ami if the question I should try
To argue with him. why, yon see,
In argument, e'en when a child.
Bob always got the best of mo.
Bo now what would yon really do ?
Bob has a word for all I say ;
And, after all, my heart inclines
To let him have his own dear way.
Oh, how persistent men can be!
What can a timid maiden do ?
I think, just for the sake of peaco,
I’d better yield the point—don't you ?
ONLY A BOY.
Only a boy, with his noise and fun,
The veriest mystery under the sun ;
As brimful of mischief and wit and glee,
As ever a human frame can be,
And as hard to manage as—what ? ah me!
'Tis hard to tell,
Yet we love him well.
Only a boy, with his fearless tread,
Who cannot be driven, must be led ;
Who troubles the neighbor’s dogs and cats.
And tears more clothes and spoils more hats.
Loses more kites, and tops, and bats,
Thau would stock a store
For a year or more.
Only a boy. with his wild, strange ways,
With his idle hours or his busy days;
With his queer remarks or his quaint replios,
Sometimes foolish, sometimes wise,
Often brilliant for one of his size,
Asa meteor hurled
From the planet world.
Only a boy, who shall be a man,
If nature goes on with her first great plan ;
If intemperance, or some fatal snare,
Conspiros not to rob us of this our heir,
Our blessing, onr trouble, our rost, and our
sare,
Onr torment, our joy,
“ Only a boy!”
WHAT OF THAT f
Tired well, and what of that ?
Didst fancy life was spent on beds of ease,
Fluttering the rose leaves scattered by the
breeze ?
Come, rouse thee! work while it is called to
day ;
Coward, arise, go forth thy way!
Lonely! and what of that ?
Home mnst be lonely ; 'tis not given to all
To feel a heart responsive rise and fall—
To blend another life into its own;
Work may be done in loneliness; work on!
Dark! well, and what of that 1
Didst fondly dream the sun would never sot ?
Dost fear to loso thy way ? Take courage yet,
Learn thou to walk by faith and not by sight;
Thy steps will guided be, and guided right.
Hard! well, and what of that ?
Didst fancy life one Hummer holiday,
With lessons none to learn, and nanght bat
play ?
Go get thee to thy task. Conquer or die!
It must be learned, learn it, then, patiently.
No holp! nay, 'tis not so;
Though human help be far, thy God is nigh,
Who feels the ravens, hoars His children’s cry;
lie's near thoe wheresoe'er thy footsteps
roam,
And He will guide thoe, light thee, holp thee
homo.
GOOD-BYE.
BY J. BRHKMENS.
Good-bye. good-bye, it is I lie sweetest blessing
That falls from mortal lips on mortal ear.
The weakness of our human love confessing,
Hie promise that a lovo moro stroDg is
uoar —
May God be with you!
Why do we say it when the tears are starting ?
Why mnst a word so sweet bring only pain ?
Our lovo sooms all-sufiicient till tlio parting,
And when we feel it important and vain—
May God be with you!
Oh. may He guide and bless and keep you ever,
He who is strong to battle with your foes ;
Whoever fails, His love can fail you never,
And all you need He in His wisdom knows —
May God bless you!
Better than oarthly presence, e’en tlio dearest
Is the great blessing that our partings bring;
For in the loneliest momonts God is nearest,
And from our sorrows heavenly comforts
spring,
If God be with us.
Good-bye, good-bye, with latest breath wo say
it.
A legacy of hope, and faith, and love ;
l’arting mnst come, we cannot long delay it,
Hat, one in Him, we hope to meet above,
If God bo with us.
Good-bye, ’tie all wo have for one another,
Our love, more strong than death, is helpless
■till
For none o an take the burden from his brother,
Or shield, oxoept by prayer, from any ill—
May God be with you!
MY FRIEND.
Written by Colonel W. S. Hawkins. 0. 8. A.,
(prisoner of war at Camp Chase), a friend of a
fellow-prisoner who was engaged to be mar
ried to a Southern lady. She proved faithless
to him. The letter arrived soon after his
and oath, and was answered by Colonel H. in the
following lines:
Your letter came, but came too late.
For Heaven had claimed His own ;
Ah. sudden chango! from prison bars
Cnto the Great White Throne.
And yet I think he would have stayed.
For one more day of pain,
Could he have read' these tardy words
Which you have sent in vain.
Why did you wait, fair lady,
Through so many a weary hour ?
Had you other lovers with you.
In that silken, dainty bower ?
Did others bow before ydur charms,
And twine bright garlands there ?
And yet, I ween, in all the throng
His spirit had no peer.
I wish that you were by me now
As I draw the sheet aside.
To see how pure the look he wore
Awhile before he died.
Yet the sorrow that you gave him
Still has left its weary trace,
And a meek and saintly badness
Dwells upon that pallid f aoe.
“ Her love,” said he. “ could change for me
The Winter's cold to Spring
Ah! trust of thoughtless maiden's love.
Thou art a bitter thing ;
For when these valleys fair, in May.
Once more with blooms tshall wave.
The Northern violets shall blow
Upon his humble grave.
Your dole of soantv words had been
But one more pang to bear;
Though to the last he kissed with love
This tress of your soft hair.
I did not put it where he said,
For when the angels eeme.
I would not have them find the sign
Of falsehood in his tomb.
I've read your letter, and I know
The wiles that you have wrought
To win that noble heart of his.
And gained it—fearful thought!
What lavish wealth men sometimes give
For a trifle, light and small:
What manly forms are often held
In folly's flimsy thralL
Yon shall not pity him, for now
He's past your hope and fear;
Although 1 wish that you could stand
With me beside his bier.
Still I forgive you. Heaven knows.
For mercy you'll have need.
Since God his awful judgment sends
On each unworthy deed.
To-night the cold wind whistles by.
As I my vigils keep
Within the prison dead house, where
Few mourners come to weep.
A rude, plank coffin holds him now.
Yet death gives ala-ays grace.
And I had rather see him there
Than clasped in year embrace.
To-night your rooms are very gay,
With wit. and wine, and song,
And yon are smiling just as if
Yon never did a wrong.
Your baud, so fair, that uone would think
It penned these words of pain;
Your skin, so white—would God your sonl
Were half so free of stain!
I'd rather be this dear, dead friend
Than you in all your glee,
For vou are held in grievous bond,
Wliile he’s forever free.
Whom serve we in this life we serve
In that which is to come ;
He chose bis way ; yon, vonrs ; let God
Pronounce the fitting doom !
Camp Chase. December, 1861.
THE THIRD GEORGIA.
ECHOES OF THE DECENT BE
UNION.
▲ Glorious Time—Norfolk and Portu
mouth-The Trip to the Capea-Be
ception in Norfolk-A Grand Ova
tion—Speeches and Incident*—Vir
ginia Hospitality.
Beceptlon at Norfolk.
[Norfolk Virginian.]
About three o’clock yesterday after
noon the guns of the battery of the Nor
folk Bines thundered a welcome to the
veterans of the Third Georgia Regiment
as they returned from the excursion
down the harbor on the steamer Ade
laide, of the Old Bay Dine. The
steamer landed her passengers at
Chamberlain’s wharf, where they were
met and received by the committee of
our citizens and onr military, the Blues
under the command of Lieutenant B.
Frank Vaughan and the Gnard under
Lieutenant Robert Freeman. The pro
cession was formed on the wharf as fol
lows:
1. A detachment of police to keep the
Line of march clear. 2. The brass baud
of the Naval Post here. 3. The Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues. 4. Norfolk City
Gnard. 5. Members of the different
committees, on foot and in carriages.
6. The veterans of the Third Georgia,
bearing the State flag and the torn and
tattered battle flag of the regiment. In
this order they marched up Maiu to
Granby, up Granby to Freemason, down
Freemason to Botetourt, up Botetourt
to York, up York to Duke, down Duke
to Bute, up Bute and Charlotte to Bank,
down Bank to the City Hall. Entering
the green the Blues and the Guard were
formed in three sides of a hollow square,
facing inwards, on the east side of the
Court House, the Third Georgia occupy
ing the enclosed space, while the whole
green appeared to be filled with citizens.
The steps were reserved for the commit
tees, officers and the speakers, and were
packed densely. The meeting was call
ed to order by the Hon. John B. White
head, who welcomed the guests to Nor
folk in the following terms:
Bpeecfi of Mayor Whitehead.
Gentlemen of the Third Georgia Regi
,mcnt : .
On behalf of the citizens of Norfolk,
and as their executive officer, I extend
to von a most cordial welcome, and
tender to yon the hospitalies of our city.
Although we have not had the opportu
nity of forming those friendly relations
with yon that the citizens of onr sister
city have enjoyed, we are not the less
gratified with the opportunity of meet
ing and extending to you a friendly
greeting. We can never forget that in
time past, when Virginia was threatened
by invasion, that yon left your homes in
Georgia and settled on our soil to aid
our citizens in defending onr firesides,
our honor and integrity. Bnt, friends,
the war is over, and thank God peace
reigns throughont our land; therefore,
Georgians and Virginians, still more
closely cement that good feeling existing
in all parts of our common country as
inaugurated recently by the Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues and the citizen
soldiers from other Southern States,
and the military and citizens of Massa
chusetts under the shadow of Bunker
Hill Monument. Again, Georgians, I
welcome you to our city, and regret
that your short stay with us will prevent
our citizens, and ladies particularly,
from making your personal acquaint
ance. I hope that the next time you
visit our good friends of Portsmouth
that you will afford us on this side of
the river an opportunity of showing our
appreciation of your noble services in
times past, but not forgotten.
An appropriate air from the band suc
ceeded the burst of applause with which
the remarks were received, after which
Mayor Whitehead introduced the Hon.
John Goode, who, on behalf of the Nor
folk military, would welcome the guests.
His remarks were as follows:
Mr. Goode’s Speech.
Friends and Fellow- Citisens of the
State of Georgia :
As the honored representative of our
citizen soldiery, it becomes my pleasing
duty on this occasion to bid yon in their
name welcome, thrice welcome, to our
ancient borough. When you arrived
on Tuesday evening last the hospitable
gates of our sister city were thrown wide
open to receive yon, and now the peo
ple of Norfolk, and especially her citi
zen soldiers, desire to testify in this
publio manner their high appreciation
of your war record, and the very great
gratification which your visit has oc
casioned.
You come from the State of Georgia,
confessedly the Empire State of the
Uontb, but you come not as strangers to
a strange land. You come rather as
members of a common household, who
return after long years of absence to re
visit scenes rendered hallowed by as
sociations as tender aud as sacred as
ever bound man to his fellow man. The
cause for which you fought has been
lost, but I am one of those who believe
that it is a pious duty to preserve its
noble traditions, and cherish its holy
memories. If Pericles could pronounce
a noble funeral oration over those of his
countrymen who fell in the first year of
the Peloponesian war. If Charles
Francis Adams could make the ancient
hulls of Harvard to ring with his stately
eloquence in rendering his tribute of
praise to those of our countrymen wlio
fonght agaiust ua in our struggle for
independence, why should not we
cherish in our heart of hearts the virtues
and the heroism of those who for fodr
long years followed the torn and
tattered banners of Jacksou aud Lee.
“Let marble shafts ami sculptured um
Their names record, their actions tell,
Let future ages read and learu
How well they fought, how nobly fell.
Like him who at Pompeii’s gate
Stood sentry ou her ls*t dread night,
Who, though ho saw his awful fate,
Yet scorned to stir his foot in flight.”
In the ever memorable Spring of
1861, when Virginia, after full delibera
tion ’ and in the exercise of her sover
eignty, detei mined that every consid
eration of duty aud of honor reqnired
her to take sides with her Southern
sisters, the thunder of hostile cannon
had scarcely begun to reverberate along
our coast before you, my countrymen,
rnslied to the rescue with alacrity and
zeal. You were among the first of that
noble baud of patriots who came hither
from the South to baptize our soil with
their blood. You organized as a regi
ment here in oar midst, and from the
beginning to the end of the nnequfll
struggle, upon almost every battle
field of Virginia, from Seveu Pines to
Appomattox Court House, you illus
trated the prowess and sustained the
honor of Georgia. You came eleven
hundred strong. You came fired by a
spirit of patriotism as pure and as ele
vated as ever nerved a warrior’s arm.
But alas I How many now sleep beneath
the shades of our everlasting mountains,
along our quiet valleys, and beside the
waters of our beautiful rivers ? How
many now repose uncoffined in mother
earth with not even a rude stone to
mark the spot where they fell ? They
have passed over the river to rest under
the shade of the trees, but their names,
their immortal names, were not born to
die. Their memories, their precious
memories, shall remain enshrined in our
heart of hearts.
“ The meanest rill, the mightiest rivet,
801 l mingling with their fame forever.”
While we thus honor the memory of
our martyred dead, it is a matter of
heartfelt congratulation that our gallant
people who survived the war have pre
served a noble record of which any peo
ple might well be proud. Though aban
doned by fortune, they have yet escaped
disgrace. Though forsaken by the ge
nius of pnblio liberty, they have yet
preserved untarnished the shrine of the
publio honor. Instead of abandoning
themselves to despair they have gone to
work with a resolute purpose and in
domitable will, worthy of the heroic
race from which they sprang. Before I
conclude this brief address of-welcome
I desire to submit a single remark upon
a subject which is now attracting a large
share of publio attention. I refer tothe
disposition of our people towards the
National Government. Claiming as I
do to know the people of Virginia from
the seaboard to the mountains, I desire
yon to say when you go back to Georgia
and mingle once more with your friends
and neighbors, that there is an universal
sentiment in Virginia in favor of peace
and reconciliation between the sections
of our common country. The Norfolk
Light Artillery Bluee, whom I have the
honor to represent on this occasion,
have jnst returned from the centennial
celebration of Bunker HilL They went
upon a patriotic mission of peace and
good will, and they were received with
open arms, not only by the people of
Massachusetts, bnt by the soldiers of
the Federal Army. They have returned,
feeling that it was good for them to
have been there, and with the confident
belief that their patriotic mission has
not been in vain. I repeat it is the
earnest aspiration of onr people that the
animosities aud hates of the war shall
be forever buried. There is nothing
which they more ardently desire than a
lasting and enduring peace. ,
Since the fortunes of war have decided
adversely to their claim of separate na
tionality, and it has been decreed that
the Government of the United States
shall be their Government, and the flag
of the American Union shall be their
flag, they feel that it is a high and pa
triotic duty to extinguish the bitterness
and hate of the past and with uplifted
brow to look bravely and hopefully to
the future. They feel that it is no re
flection upon Southern manhood to
imitate in all respects the lofty example
of their immortal chieftain, who, when
the cause was lost, and his sword was
sheathed at Appomattox, inculcated the
idea upon all our people that since they
had acknowledged their allegiance to be
due to the American Constitution, they,
too, had duties to perform as American
citizens. Such is the universal senti
ment of our people. Their heart’s de
sire and prayer to God is that the bonds
of Constitutional Union may be
strengthened, and that the blessings of
free government and civil liberty may
be preserved to them and their children s
children.
Permit me, in conclusion, to renew
the assurances of the gratification which
your visit has occasioned, and to express
the hope that your reunions in our
midst may be often repeated in the
future.
He was also greeted with kind shouts
of applause and by an air from the band,
after which Mr. Whitehead introduced
Colonel Claiborne Snead, of the Third
Georgia, who, on behalf of his com
rades, returned thanks in a few remarks,
of which the following is the substance :
Colonel Claiborne Snead’s Speech.
My Friends of Norfolk :
I do not say it to flatter you or to com
pliment you, but we of Georgia esteem
it a high honor to be thus welcomed to
the Old Dominion, to be welcomed as
we have been by the Chief Magistrate of
your city and by the Hon, John Goode,
a gentleman distinguished for his abili
ties in the forum. We of Georgia love
Virginia, we love her soil and we love
her sons. And why should we not?
Upon her soil we commenced onr mili
tary career, and throughout the State
we marched and fought, finally laying
down onr arms at Appomattox. She is
the grand old mother of the author of
the great Magna Charts of American
Independence and the birthplace of the
immortal Washington, who, more than
any one else, aided in achieving that in
dependence. And still later she gave
birth to the heroic Lee and Jackson, the
god-like of our last and greatest strug
gle. With her sons we marched and
fought, from Seven Pines to Appomat
tox, gloried with them in victory and
wept with them in defeat. We rejoice
witli Virginia in her joys and bewail
with her in her sorrows. We. with her,
have been overthrown, but we thought
then, and we think now, that defeat was
undeserved. With the surrender at Ap
pomattox civilization received the
heaviest blow it had received for centu
ries, and the earth should have been
clothed in sack cloth and the heavens
draped in mourning over such a defeat.
The speaker went on to speak of the
extent aud resources of the United
States, and said that in a brief period it
would eclipse in power and extent the
Roman empire in the zenith of its power
and pride. And this is our country. It
is not all we could wish it, but in its
glorious history we claim a share. To
us belongs a portion of the glory that
surrounds the names of Saratoga and
Yorktown, of Bunker Hill aud Brandy
wine, Chepultepec and Churubusco, and
we claim our rights in them. As I said
before, the country is not all we could
wish, but a change is coming. The era
of good feeling inaugurated at the cen
tennial celebrations of Lexington, Con
cord and Bunker Hill have shown that
all are in favor of a solid and lasting
peace between the sections, and we will
be among the first to hail the time when
we can say with truth that this is
A Union of rivers and a Union of lakes;
A Union of lands and Union of States ;
A Union of hearts and a Union of hands,
And the flag of our Union forever.
The speaker was greeted when he
arose and when he closed with tremen
dous cheers, when the band struck up a
lively air, and the troops forming
marched out of the grounds aud down
Bank street.
At the foot of Hill street the Blues
and City Guard halted, came to a front
and presented arms, as the committee
and Third Georgia filed past, with un
covered heads. Turning into Hill street
they marched into the restaurant of Mr.
C. L. Brown, where a collation and
liqnid refreshments in abundance had
been provided. These, after the fati
gues of the day, were heartily enjoyed,
and over them were many warm friend
ships made, and old battles reviewed
and fought pver. Speeches were made
and toasts offered, and good friendship
prevailed. Late in the afternoon the
commands reformed, and the gallant
Third Georgia marched to the ferry
wharf, escorted by the Blues and the
City Guard. The two companies accom
panied their guests to Portsmouth,
where at Maupin’s Hall they were enter
tained with refreshments. They after
wards returned to the city, formed in
front of their respective armories, and
were dismissed. By invitation of seve
ral gentlemen the members of the two
commands afterwards partook of a col
lation and refreshments at the Virginia
Club Rooms.
The occasion has been a reunion in
deed. The parade attracted a great deal
of attention, and the hearts of our
people warmed towards their early de
fenders. The torn battle flag was also
the focus of all eyes who had once fol
lowed its counterpart, and tears were
seen upon more than one manly cheek
at sight of the old boloved colors.
Elections and Resolutions.
The reunion proceedings of the Third
Georgia Regiment opened at 8 o’clock at
Oxford Hall, Col. Suead presiding.
The Committee on Business reported
the following selection of officers, which
was adopted. President—Colonel Clai
borne Snead. Ist Vich-President—
Captain Stephen A. Corker. 2d Vice-
President —Major J. F. Jones. Secre
tary—Lieutenant A. A. Winn. • Quarter
master —Captain A. Philip. Assistant
Quartermaster—G. N. Dexter. Com
missaay—Captain Thomas Mahood. As
sistant Commissaay—Sergeant Rufus
Reeves. Surgeon—J. Kelly, M. D.
Assistant Surgeon—W. T. Hollings
worth, M. I), Chaplain-rßev. R. B.
Lester. They recommend the adoption
of the following resolutions, whiich were
confirmed:
Resolved, That Commodore T. H.
Stevens, of the United States Navy,
commanding Gosport Navy Yard, is en
titled to our esteem and high regard for
his courtesy and attention whilo visiting
the yard.
Resolved, That Hon. John B. White
head, Mayor of Norfolk, and Daniel S.
Cherry, Chief Engineer of the Ports
mouth Fire Department, are entitled to
our thanks, which are hereby tendered,
for courteous invitations to partake of
their hospitality.
Resolved, That the thanks of the
Third Georgia Regiment are due and
hereby tendered to the citizens of
Portsmouth fojr, tlie magnificent and
heartfelt reception and welcome extend
ed to us on our arrival, resembling as it
did, and even exceeding in character,
any ovation that the mind could con
ceive of as bestowed npon a great con
queror, and that we will cherish in our
hearts the glorious event.*
Resolved, That the officers of the
railroads leading to Georgia have earn
ed our gratitude for acts of a substantial
charaoter, which have greatly aided us
in our excursion to Portsmouth.
Resolved That- Major George W.
Grice, Joe Sam Brown, Captain C. W.
Murdaugh, Judge L. R. Watts, O. N.
Smith, Captain W. H. Murdaugh, Cap
tain Thomas A. Bain, Captain E. G.
Ohio, Major W. C. Wingfield, have our
love and gratitude for their munificent
entertainment and princely bearing and
generosity, and that we, one and all, in
vite them to visit our beloved Georgia,
promising that, if they will, none shall
go away dissatisfied.
Resolved, last but not least, That the
noble, devoted and patriotio women of
Portsmouth are first iu our hearts and
are entitled to the gratitude of the
whole country for tiwir tireless atten
tions to the sick and wounded in their
command during the late war.
Resolved, That our thanks are due
aud are hereby tendered to the follow
ing named gentlemen, of both the local
and visiting press, for valuable services
rendered during our visit to Ports
mouth, viz: Colonel Wir. H. Stewart,
of the Norfolk Landmark; Robert E,
Giassett, Esq., of the Portsmouth En
terprise, and Captain Wm. MacDonald,
of the Norfolk Virginian.
The committee recommended the
adoption of the following memorial,
which was ordered :
Whereas, Private Newton B. Frank
lin, of Covington, Georgia, a member of
Company H, was left in this city sick
with typhoid fever at the time of our
final departure from Portsmouth, and
subsequently died, November 10, 1862,
at the residence of Mrs. Wittekind,
from which he was buried with a de
monstration of respect and sorrow on
the part of the citizens of Portsmouth
so universal and profound that its
meaning could not be mistaken; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That we, the survivors of
the Third Georgia Regiment, while
mourning with a sincere grief the early
death of onr comrade, do iu the most
hearty and tender manner return onr
thanks to the noble people who so faith
fully nursed our sick comrade during
his * last hours, and when death had
claimed him for its own, buried him
with the highest honors that could be
bestowed upon a brave soldier stricken
down by disease iu the early part of the
war.
Resolved, That a copy of this pream
ble and resolutions be sent to the sur
viving members of Mrs. Wittekind’s
family and another copy furnished the
press for publication.
The following interesting letter was
then read:
Georgia Railroad Office, \
Athens, Ga, August 2d, 1875. {
CoL Claiborne Snead, Portsmouth, Va:
Dear Colonel— l need not tell you
that I deeply regret being unable to ac
company my old comrades in arms on
the occasion of their visit to and re
.union amid the never to be forgotton
scenes of our earliest service in the field.
But my pressing official duties make it
impossible for me to leave here at this
season of the year. Assure the “sur
vivors” of the gallant old Third Georgia
that I have not forgotten them, nor the
scenes and associations of the glorious
past, but shall ever hold in dear remem
brance my connection them as
soldiers of the “Lost Cause”—lost bnt
ever dear. Please tell the noble hearted
people of Portsmouth that my heart
yearns to be with yon all again, in their
hospitable and beautiful city, whose
brave sons and lovely daughters have
won for themselves a warm and never to
be vacated place in the heart of every
“survivor of the Third Georgia Regi
ment.” Hoping to be with you at
some future reunion, and wishing you
all a joyous and profitable meeting on
the old camping ground, where, sur
rounded by the warmest and most
generous-hearted of Southerners, yon
will renew old friendships and talk of
other and more eventful days, I sub
scribe myself,
Yours most respectfully,
R. M. McAlpine,
Late Lieut. Cos. K., 3d Ga. Reg’t.
The following committee was then ap
pointed on examination of regimental
history :
Company A, Lieutenant S. J. Beal;
Company B, Captain J. S. Reid; Com
pany C, Lieutenant J. Davidson; Com
pany D, Captain J. T. Wright; Com
pany E, Captain J. M. Mason; Com
pany F, Captain J. A. Mason; Company
G, Lieutenant Matt Rice; Company H,
Captain S. H. Storer; Company I, Ser
geant J. M. Lindsey; Company K, Lieu
tenant S. D. Mitchell; Company L, Ser
geant S. D. Hardegrau.
The thanks of the regiment were
unanimously tendered Colonel Claiborne
Snead for his exertions and untiring
labors in behalf of the same. Several
letters were read from absent officers
and membert of the command regretting
their inability to attend, and extending
sympathy and good wishes for success
of the reunion. On motion the Con
vention adjourned to assemble on the
Excursion Steamer Adelaide.
The members then adjourned to the
street and, forming into line, marched
through the principal streets to the
steamer. They were preceded by the
New Hampshire band, which played
some of the most modern maiches. The
streets, from an early hour, wore crowd
ed with citizens and members of the
Third Georgia, who mixed together in
knots and talked over old matters.—
Everything wore a gala day appearance,
and as the Georgians marched down the
streets they were the observed of all
observers. At length their embarkation
on board the Adelaide takes place. This
beautiful steamer, commanded by Cap
tain Mayo, was already well filled with
ladies and gentlemen from both cities,
being invited guests on the excursion;
and in the midst of introductions, warm
congratulations of old friends, the steam
er’s whistle sounded, the lines were cast
off, and the merry exursionists steamed
off for Fortress Monroe.
The weather, although somewhat
gloomy in the first part of the day,
brightened up about meridian, and but
soon appeared clear skies and fair
weather, and although some inconveni
ence was experienced from the strong
heat of the sun, yet it was considerably
obviated by soft sea breezes, which oc
casionally came over the surface of the
water. On passing the war vessels at
the naval anchorage ground the band
struck up “Yankee Doodle,” and the ex
cursionists were acknowledged by the
men standing on deck and waving their
hats, which was suitably returned. The
Fort was reached without incident unless
that the Georgians seemed delighted
with the sail down the river, and asked
repeated questions about the historic
features of a place made glorious by the
circumstances of war. Arrived at Old
Point, the old Third Georgia, with the
excursionists, debarked and wended
their way to the Fort, entering by the
sally gate. It became known that Gen.
Barry was not at home, and the party was
taken charge of by Lieutenant-Colonel
Roberts, who was commandant during
the temporary absence of Gen. Barry.
This gentleman conducted the Third
Georgians and officers (arm in arm with
Colonel Snead) into the west sally Fort
in order of procession, where they broke
ranks and scattered around for sight
seeing. Col. Roberts still held posses
sion of the prominent .Georgians, and as
there was then a salute of fourteen guns
to be fired, conducted the visitors
around to the water battery. Shot after
shot was watched by the eager multi
tude, amongst which were observed
with considerable gatisfaction shells
from the Rodman Columbiads. The
shots could be distinguished from the
moment they left the muzzle of the guns
until they exploded at two miles distant,
leaving a bright cloudy smoke which
floated away in a spiral shaped form in
in the air.
Solid shots were also fired from the
same guns, which were clearly observed
as they issued forth, finally being lost
in the distance, descended in the water,
ricochetting time after time, and creat
ing a beautiful display on the water.
The mortar battery was also fired and
gave universal satisfaction. Then fol
lowed the visit to the museum and li
brary of the garrison ami the officers’
quarters. During the stay of the dis
tinguished visitors the band of the Ar
tillery School played some delightful
airs, and made the grounds of the Fort
resonant with martial music, and the
officers of the garrison were most assid
uous in their attention to the guests.
The whistle of the Adelaide again
sounded and the excursionists reluc
tantly got aboard. On the wharf the
band of the Artill'ery School played
many beautiful airs, among which were
prominent the soul inspiring march of
old “Dixie.” Then away to the Capes,
and after a very pleasant run the party
returned to Norfolk, and was taken pos
session of by the boys in gray.
Excursion to Petersburg.
[Portsmouth Enterprise,]
Yesterday concluded the stay of the
Georgians in Portsmouth. About se
venty-one members of the regiment went
to Petersburg on the early express, and
spent the day very enjoyably, though it
was at a late hour on Thursday night
that the trip was determined on. The
following correspondence is in relation
to the Petersburg visit:
Portsmouth, Va., August 5, 1875.
Gen. Wm. Mahone, Petersburg:
Owing to a want of time the Third
Georgia Regiment arc compelled to de
cline the excursion to Petersburg. They
highly appreciated the kind offer of their
last general, and send maDy thanks.
Geo. \V. Grice,
Chairman Committee.
Petersbubg, Va., August 5, 1875.
Maj. G. W. Grice, Portsmouth, Va.:
If we had not confidently anticipated
the pleasure of entertaining here your
distinguished visitors, we should have
testified our cofisideration by a presence
at your courtesies to them.
W. F. C. Gregory,
Mayor, and for the people.
Wm. Mahone,
For ex-Oonfederates of Petersburg.
On the arrival of the regiment in
Petersburg they were handsomely re
ceived by Mayor Gregory in a warm and
welcome speech, and MajorS. A. Corker
eloquently responded, after which they
were conveyed around the city in car
riages, and paid a visit to the “Crater”
and other historic battle grounds of the
neighborhood. An elegant dinner af
ter the ride followed at “Jarratt’s.” The
Petersburg Artillery then escorted the
visitors to the depot and fired a salute
of 100 guns. The Georgians came home
thoroughly delighted with their visit to
the “Cockade City,” and the reception
they met with.
It’s all over now, and as John McCul
lough, the actor wrote; “Great celebra
tion—visitors—dining—wining—speech-
es—flags—music—big thing, big time,
big drunk.”
The Georgians in Suffolk.
Yesterday's Sun says; “The surviv
ing members, abont 125 in number, of
the Old Third Georgia Regiment of Con
federate volunteers passed through
here on Tuesday afternoon last. Our
whole population almost turned out to
see them; the Suffolk brass band enli
vened the occasion with sweet music.
Dr. Jno. T. Kilby, their old surgeon,
| met them here and was seized and put
| on a flat car and spoke for five minutes,
; when they dragged him into the car and
: he went off with them to finish his
speech another time. By the by, the
doctor speaks about as smoothly as he
used to amputate limbs in the war, or
as he can roll up pills new.
A little more than fourteen years ago
this regiment organized and passed
through here, the first body of soldiers
arriving from the South, about 7 o’clock
one morning, dirty from the dust on the
road, end hungry. All the tables in
town were emptied of all cooked victuals
and given them. We remember well
riding in our buggy and collecting all
the cold ham, beef, biscuits and loaf
bread we could find, and everybody gave
all they had. The lost tray full was
poured in the car as they moved off.—
CoL Wright after his South Mills fight
was the first to suggest to us that Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Suffolk would
probably be evacuated by the Confeder
i atea."
A Bonquet.
Last evening a member of Grimes'
Battery handled to Colonel Snead a
magnificent bouquet, accompanied with
the following note;
Portsmouth, Va, August 6, 1875.
Colonel Claiborne Snead :
Dear Sir—ln token of the esteem
held by my father (the late Capt. Carey
F. Grimes) for yourself and the Third
Georgia Regiment, permit me to ask
that you wilt accept this floral tribute,
with my best wishes for the happiness of
every gallant Georgian who aided in de
fending our Southern home.
I am sir, very respectfully,
~ Kate Grimes.
THE GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF
, HEALTH.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger :
During the present week the forms
that are to be used in the registration of
births, marriages and deaths, will be
forwarded to all the county Ordinaries
of the State for distribution to physi
cians, coroners, clergymen, magistrates
and heads of families, as they may have
occasion to use them in making the re
turns required of them under the law
passed by the last Legislature, estab
lishing a State Board of Health. In
pursuance of an order of the President
of the Board, the work of registration
will begin simultaneously in all of the
counties on the first day of September,
and for the information and guidance of
all those of your readers on whom the
duty of making returns will devolve, I
will thank you to publish the following
extract from an address recently issued
to the medical profession of the State
by a committee of the Board. Most of
the address was written by that labori
ous student, accomplished physician
and elegant gentleman, Dr. Henry F.
Campbell, of Augusta. Very respect
fully, C. B. Nottingham.
Macon, August 9, 1875.
We are uot unmindful of the difficul
ties and embarrassments that will often
attend your efforts to secure all infor
mation proposed and required in the
blanks submitted. But whilst we trust
you will be resolute in your determina
tion to made full and complete returns
in every case of birth and death, when
practicable, still in those cases in which
you find yourselves unable to do so, we
hope you will, nevertheless, make as full
answers as possible. Not a solitary
case of either birth or death should be
allowed to occur iu your circle of prac
tice without a return of some kind, and
to some extent being made, however
few, meagre, and incomplete may be
the facts you may be able to obtaiu.
And in this connection we beg to sub
mit that the great and important objects
sought in the creation of the Board
may be greatly facilitated, if you will
have the kindness, in your intercourse
with the citizens of your respective
neighborhoods, to impress on them the
obligations that rest ou them to make
these returns—of both births and deaths
—in all cases when no physician is in
attendance. The twelfth section of the
act of the Legislature that established
the Board expressly says: “That when
any birth or death shall take place, no
physician being in attendance, the same
shall be reported to the Ordinary, with
the supposed cause of death, by the pa
rents, or if none, by the next of kin.”
A like obligation to report is imposed,
by the law, on coroners in cases of in
quest. The proper forms will at all
times be furnished you, citizens and
coroners. And now a few words as to
the precise meaning of some terms used
in the forms, and as to the best way of
making answers, and we shall have done.
Ist. In giving the “names” of “chil
dren born,” we ask that you be particu
lar to get middle names in fall, and so
enter them on the form. Do hot return
initial letters instead of names. 2d. In
regard to “color,” state whether the
child is white, black or mulatto. 3d. Iu
giving the “No. of child of the mother,”
state whether it is the first, second,
third, etc., of the mother. 4th. When
you give “the place of birth,” we wish
to know wfiether it occurs in a city or in
the country. sth. In stating age '“of
parents” or of “deceased persons,” give
age at last birthday. 6th. In all cases
of twins or triplets, state the fact. 7th.
In the form for the return of a death,
you will find just under the first ques
tion, within brackets, the following
words: “If unnamed give the names of
the parents.” These words apply to in
fants that die before being named. Bth.
The propriety and object of the eleventh
and last question on this blank may be
illustrated by the death of a person who
has consumption—the primary cause—
but who died of pneumonia, the second
ary cause of death.
Such, gentlemen, are the suggestions
which we are able now to make, and the
considerations which have induced the
State Sanitary Commission, or Board of
Health, through the present committee,
to address you on the subject of regis
tration, on the plan indicated by the ac
companying forms. Determining to do
their appointed duty, wliieh in no wise
frees them from that performed by the
rest of the profession, they respectfully
and earnestly ask that at your faithful
aud friendly hands they may receive a
full, accurately recorded body of facts,
to be the data from which they may
elaborate useful and important results.
Until such data are collected, the real
and active duties of the Board can in
no wise be said to have even begun.
GENERAL GRANT AS THE ONLY
PROBABLE REPUBLICAN CANDI
DATE.
, [AY™ York Herald.]
Collector Casey says General Grant
will take another term if the people
need him, and Senator Carpenter says
he will certainly be nominated and proba
bly defeated. Mr. Carpenter is as good
a prophet as the Western States have
lately produced. As it is now well un
derstood that General Grant will accept
a renomiuation if the Republican party
believes that the country requires his
services it is a matter of some interest
to examine the probability of the party
having that opinion next year.
In the first place, the party’s opinion
will be expressed in the National Con
vention. In that body the Southern
delegates will have one hundred and
thirty-eight votes, and they will be able
to nominate a candidate with the help
of only one or two Northern delegations.
Now, if there were anybody in the field
conspicuously in opposition to General
Grant, it might be possible, with good
management, to make a break in this
solid Southern vote. North Carolina
might send delegates for Blaine, Geor
gia for Wilson, Mississippi for Butler.
But the tendency of the Southern Re
publican, which means chiefly the color
ed voter, is to stick to General Grant;
and as nobody so far has set up any pre
tensions in opposition to him, and as
the Federal office holders in the South—
who number, with their deputies aud
assistants, perhaps two thousand five
hundred in each State—compose, with
their personal following, almost, if not
quite, the whole white Republican vote
in most of those States, they are not un
likely to come to the Convention pre
pared to support General Grant, as their
colored constituents will want them to.
Of the Northern delegation Senator
Conkling would, undoubtedly, do liis
best to carry New York for Grant; Sena
tor Morton would use his great influence
to carry the Indiana delegation; General
Butler, counting, perhaps, on a second
chance, would unhesitatingly throw his
influence in Massachusetts in the same
direction; General Logan would try to
bring votes from Illinois; Senator Sar
gent would help with California; Sena
tor Frelinghuysen would try carry the
New Jersey delegates; and out of all
these there would even be votes to spare.
And who is there to oppose such a
project? No one, so far. The Republi
can party remains to this day fnlly com
mitted to General Grant’s policy. Its
leaders have nowhere, in any way, re
pudiated or even criticised it, but, on
the contrary, have officially approved it.
The Vice President has certainly spoken,
but his opposition was vehemently de
nounced by the party organs and re
ceived in the most complete silence by
the party leaders. So far as the public
has any reason to know Mr. Wilson
stands absolutely alone among the lead
ing Republicans in his opposition to
General Grant's policy, and it if; ay be
fairly said that if the chief Republicans
were dissatisfied with the policy of their
administration they would think it
prudent and necessary to advise the
President to change, or, if he would not,
to make known to the country at once
their differences with him; for either
they believe his policy sonnd and likely
to secure a Republican victory next
year, or they believe it mistaken and
likely to breed defeat, pint in the last
case they would hafdiy conceal their
opinions; for to do so would be to unite
themselves voluntarily in the same
condemnation with him, and that with
out the least reason,
So far, therefore, as now appears, not
only conld the President count upon a
sufficient nnmber of votes in the Con
vention to renominate him, but the par
ty leader? are, with the single exception
of Mr. Wilson, in harmony with Dim,
and would, if any one of them were
chosen in his place, continue his policy.
But if that is so, and if the Republican
party really believes General Grant's
policy right—the best and most likely to
succeed —then it is very likely to unite
npon bis renoipination, and for several
reasons. First, no dount he, better than
any one else, can carry out the policy
which he has begun; second, bis name is
a greater power among the Southern Re
publicans than that of any other man
except, perhaps, General Butler ; third,
he has the machinery of the party and
the Federal patronage in his hands, and,
looking to mere party success, could
probably wield it more expertly and
powerfully than any outsider.
It would seem, then, that all the indi
cations within the Republican party, so
far, point to the renomination next year
of General Grant. The election, of
course, is a different matter; bnt it is
pretty certain that the more desperate
the fortunes of the party appear the
more certain are its leaders to regard
with complacency the renomination of
the President; for, they will say to them
selves, if he is defeated we are rid of
him, and if he wins we are saved with
him. If the Democrats should blander
so greatly as to give a reasonable hope
to the Republicans to beat them then
Grant’s chances would be lessened, for
rivals would appear. But while his
own policy continues to sink his party
he, who iB, perhaps, that party’s shrewd
est politician, cannot fail to see that Ins
chances for a renomination constantly
improve, and that he is really preparing
the contingency under which, as he
frankly remarked in his letter, he would
not decline to serve.
THE PRESIDENCY.
Prominent Candidates Under Review
—Blaine, Hendricks, Wilson, Tilden,
Church, Bayard and Seymour, and
Their Chances for the Succession—
“ Gath’s” Interviews with the Lead
ers.
Saratoga, August 3. —There has been
a spell of cold weather and rain at this
place, which has yet failed to scatter the
crowd, because there is no other place
to go. So we stay in doors, light the
gas fires in the grates, discuss how it
smells, abuse every other spring but our
favorite, and make the acquaintance of
our families. But politics is the worm
that dieth not and the fire that is not
quenched. Around the Congress Spring,
properly named, you may see -any day
the red headed, amiable, high-toned
Hendricks, the bulbous-nosed, marble
eyed Blaine, the great, graceful, bishop’s
figure of Henry Wilson, the little, half
dignified, boyishly old Tilden, and San
ford E. Church, the uneasy Cardiff Giant,
all Presidential aspirants, they say.
Well, they probably would do, but how
it takes the loyalty out of a man to see
his future President familiarly. Of the
above set the best is the least consider
ed ; there is more of the schoolboy’s
moral President in Henry Wilson than
iu all the rest, for the others have been
laying by the wind for this office for
years. Henry has not forgotten that
there is such an office, but he has said
more just and independent things in the
past year than any of the five, and acted
less than any as if the Presidency
frightened his convictions out of him.
As worldly men, either Blaine or Hen
dricks would do as well iu the office as
Fillmore, or Pierce, or Polk. They are
both men of caution amounting to
timidity. Blaine reasons everything out
through his seasons. Hendricks would
much rather derive his opinions
than form them. Tilden is somewhat
too distinguished in the role of Fouclie
to be a great conception of a President.
Church never was a candidate except on
the canal. If he were nominated there
would be but one cry all the campaign:
“Low Bridge ! The mules have muti
nied !” Horatio Seymour, who was
beaten for the Presidency, is still the
best general choice in the Democratic
party. Thurman might be, if he was
not always full of snuff and so indiffer
ent to friendships. He hung on the
bench so long that he is smoked dry.
Yet it is rather interesting to see the
Judge start off in Ohio, repudiate the
platform, push the fighting, and gal
vanize the Pendletonian Frankenstein.
Only once or twice in life has a man
such a personal opportunity. Thur
man’s power to see it shows us that he
is a politician, if a lazy one, equal to
Tilden, without requiring to descend so
low in police matters as Tilden, It is a
mark of power in a high-strung public
man to decline to correct the sewerage
of politics. Where he lives the nausea
does not rise—to that supreme height
of the Presidency. Thurman has never
bothered much with police investiga
tions. He is so much the better quali
fied for taking healthy and elevated
views of his country. The currency
question is not the question as the Pen
dleton men put it, but the national
bank question will become the issue, as
truly as Andrew Jackson made its pre
decessor so. The tendency of the times
is to break up middlemen, middle banks
included, but the amount of currency
for the Government to put out is no is
sue fit to go into a political platform.
How absurd for people to be voting on
how much money they want, when they
don’t know. Judge Jeremiah T. Black
is at the United States Hotel with his
wife, one of those sensible women who
remains on her farm, near the borough
of York, while the Judge attends to his
practice in New York,’ Washington,
Harrisburg, etc. Black is a very fine
specimen, as far as his trunk and facul
ties go, of a hale Pennsylvanian. Like
all very great lawyers, such as O’Conor,
Porter and Choate, he lias peculiarities
of thought. He is almost a bigot in
conservatism. He wears an iron-gray
wig; his nose is large, with bignostrels;
he has eyes where humor and stubborn
ess mingle; his back is straight as a
boy’s, and he is of large and striking
stature. I asked the Judge what the
prospect was for the Democracy to car
ry the Pennsylvania election.
He said that as the nomination now
seemed to be adjusting itself, there was
a good prospect for the Democracy. He
intimated that Bigler seemed the favo
rite for the Governorship. When I
suggested that Eli Slifer might be put
on the ticket for State Treasurer, he
said he saw no objection to that. When
I referred to the Ohio election, he said,
merely : ‘ T am sorry Ohio votes so long
before we, do. If, by any accident,
things out there went bad for Allen, we
should have the disadvantage .of voting
after a disaster.” Col. McCook, of
Steubenville, who ran against Noyes as
the Democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio four years ago, has been in
Saratoga for a fortnight. He speaks
highly of both Hayes and Allen, and
says Hayes has abundant good sense,
and if elected, will probably have a good
chance at the Presidency, because Ohio
is necessary to a Republican national
success. Colonel McCook said that one
month ago the prospects of the cam
paign were rather ominous for Allen’s
election, but that a great revolution had
happened within a fortnight, and he
confidently counted on a Democratic
victory. He gave an entertaining ac
count of Allen’s tall figure, fine hair,
effective apparel, and way of “throwing
himself” into the style of Jackson and
Clay. McCook said Allen’s first term
had been a fine success, but that, as
Ohio had been more economically ad
ministered than New York, Allen could
make no such score of reduction of
State expenses as Tilden. Governor
Tilden looms up much better at a dis
tance than in the foreground. Ido not
find any enthusiasm for him among
New York Democrats, John Morrissey
only expected. A Democratic member
elect said to me yesterday that, knowing
Tilden and his tiresome talk, and very
Ordinary not to say selfish motives, he
could not see what would ever make
him President, except some such
miracle as made him Governor.
This gentleman told me what I
should think to be rather a serious
story affecting a candidate for the
Presidency, viz.: That on a recent occa
sion a bill was passed affecting fees in
the sheriff’s office; Governor Tilden put
it aside the last moment, when the
people in the sheriff’s office grew alarm
ed about the fate of the bill and sent an
agent or a deputy to intercede with the
Executive. The Governor seemed dis
posed to make terms over the bill as to
the amount of support the sheriff’s office
would give him for a renomination,
etc. The person who told me this is a
prudent business man, but he may have
spoken from hearsay only. The Demo
crats of New York city are decidedly in
favor of Tom Bayard, of Delaware, for
the Presidency, and their second choice
is Thurman or Hendricks, the former
preferred. Yet they cannot well afford
not to support Tilden if other States
back him up. Thurman has very dex
terously managed to put himself in the
van of the campaign in Ohio by sup
porting Alien with a virtual repudiation
of Alien's platform, so that the victory,
if it now be won, will appear to be
Thurman’s reinforcement, not Allen’s
strength. This must have been under
stood before, for Mr. YTb&lley, of Cin
cinnati, told ine, before Thurman had
appeared cm the stump at all, that he
was to come, and, said he, “the old fox
taking a hard-money text will settle the
scruples of the Democratic eontrac
tionists.” Thero ape some Democrats
who openly say that Thurman’s repudia
tion of the platform is far from chival
ric and pretty much of a trick. I heard
Roger A. Pryor ask how Judge Thur
man could justify himself as a party
man in kicking over the written prin
ciples of his associates. There has been
no time in our history during a period
of peace where the right of succession
as the Presidential nominee was more un
certainly contested than now.
One of the most interesting incidents
connected with the failure of Messrs.
Duncan, Sherman & Cos. is the transfer
of $886,000 worth of real estate on Mon
day by Mrs. Sarah M. G. Sherman,
widow, and Wm. B. Duncan, of the
firm, to A. Dnncan. The property trans
ferred consists of a two-thirds interest
in the late banking house of the firm, on
the oorner of Nassau and Pine streets.
Upon the withdrawal of Alexander Dun
can, the father of William 8., he issued
a card stating that he had not withdewn
one dollar of the assets of the firm, but
would leave the whole amount with his
successors. Whether the “transfer” as
noticed above is the recording of an old
deed, designed to secnre Mr. Dnncan,
senior, is only a subject of conjecture.
Mr. Alexander Dnncan is at present liv
ing on his estate in Scotland, to which
he retired after having amassed a for
tune in this country. His wealth is es
timated at from one and a half to two
million pound sterling.
WOMEN AS DOCTORS.
The English Medical Council Favor
Giving Them a Chance.
[London Correspondence New York World.]
In the year 1858 an act of Parliament
created what mdy called the Medical
Trades Union of Great Britain. The
official title of this body is the “Gen
eral Medical Council of Education and
Registration.” It consists, in the first
place, of six individuals named by the
Government, and, in the second place,
of a certain number of representatives
of all the medical colleges, licensing
bodies and universities of England, Ire
land and Scotland. A body thus consti
tuted should be able to execute import
ant functions, and those of this General
Council are extremely important. They
have a house of their own in Oxford
street, and there sit to transact their
business. It is one of the duties to
make and keep a register of all legally
qualified practitioners in medicine; to
see that the examination tests provided
by the colleges are sufficient, and to
furnish a standard of drugs and medi
cines for the guidance and control of
chemists. If any one whose name is
not on the register of that Council prac
tices medicine, he cannot recover debts
at law from his patients, nor can suoh a
person be admitted into any of the pub
lic services.
The importance of this Council is
great, its power is extensive, and there
can be but little doubt, I suppose, that
it uses its authority with the wisdom
and to the advantage of the public. So
quietly, however, does the Council con
duct its business that the fact of its ex
istence is scarcely known outside of the
ranks of the medical profession, and
sofne surprise has been caused by the
announcement that Government had ap
pealed to the Council for advice upon a
question now pending before Parlia
ment. This question related to the ad
mission of women as members of the
medical profession, and to the registra
tion of foreign degrees obtained by
women from certain eminent universi
ties. The Government asked the Coun
cil to give its opinion upon the whole
of this matter, and intimated that
the action of Parliament would be
very materially determined by the
answer of the Council. The ques
tion was in the first place referred to a
committee of the Council, including
Professor Turner, of Edinburgh Uni
versity ; Sir Wm, Gull, Sir Dominic
Corrigan, Professor RollCston, of Ox
ford University; Prof. Humphry, of
Cambridge University, and Dr. Bennett,
of London. This committee made a re
port, which, after undergoing a week’s
discussion, was adopted by the Council.
It is to the effect that there are special
hindrances to the practice of medicine
by women which cannot safely bp dis
regarded, but that, nevertheless, the
Council are not willing to say that wo
men should be shut out from the pro
fession. If. any of the nineteen licens
ing bodies iu the kingdom chose to ad
mit women to an examination, the Coun
cill will register a license thus obtained.
If none of these bodies will do this,
then a special examination of women
candidates might be instituted.
The opinion of the Council, when re
duced to its essential elements, appears
to be this: Women had better give up
the idea of becoming doctors; to be suc
cessful in the medical profession re
quires qualities foreign to the female
character—such as strength, endurance
and power to witness unmoved scenes
of suffering and blood; but that if, in
spite of this, women insisted on enter
ing the profession, and could pass the
requisite examination, they should not
be excluded. I suspect that this is not
an unwise decision; and probably the
Government will act upon it. At pres
ent there is only one woman in England
who has the legal status of a registered
practitioner. This is Mrs. Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson, who passed her ex
amination before the Society of Apo
thecaries by means of instruction ob
tained from outside sources. Imme
diately after her admission the Society
resolved to admit no one to examination
who had not attended the lectures in “a
recognized school,” and as none of the
recognized schools admit female pupils
this was fatal to the hopes of others
who had expected to follow Mrs. Ander
son’s example.
Dallas, Texas, sends a natural cu
riosity to the Smithsonian Institute, or
rather promises to send one. A party
of gentlemen got a fine, large, ripe wa
termelon, and sat down to enjoy them
selves. The carver cut the watermelon
through, and in the heart of it, very
nicely embedded, was found a small,
yellow spotted lizzard, about four inches
long. The reptile was alive, but died
soon after exposure to the light and air.
Like the fish in the deep pools of the
mammoth cave, it had no eyes. The
gentlemen making the discovery lost
their appetite for the melon, eat none,
and yet they betrayed melancholic symp
toms. The curious creature was put in
alcohol for preservation, and if the
Smitlisoniau Institute does not receive
it for its cabinet, the manager may rely
upon it, there is no such thing, and set
the story down as a warning to melon
eaters.
A correspondent of the Augusta Con
stitutionalist admits the loss of trade
that Augusta has experienced through
the building of the Air Line and other
railroads. He apprehends still greater
losses, by the building of a road from
Spartanburg to Asheville and thence
down the French Broad to Knoxville
and Cincinnati. He wants Augusta to
flank this project by building a railroad
from Augusta to Greenwood, S. C. It
would cost a million dollars, but would
tap a rich cotton region. —Atlanta Con
stitution.
What I Know About Vegctine.
South Boston, May 9, 1870.
H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir —I liavo had con
siderable experience with the Veoetine. For
dyspepsia, general debility and impure blood,
the Veoetine is superior to anything which I
have ever used. I commenced taking Vf.qe
tine about the middle of last Winter, and. af
ter using a few bottles, it entirely cured mo of
dyspepsia, and my blood never was in so good
condition as at the present time. It will af
ford mo pleasure to give any further particu
lars relative to what I know about this good
medicine to any one who will call or address
me at my residence, 386 Athens street.
.Very respectfully,
MONROE PARKER,
386 Athens street.
Dyspepsia.
SYMPTOMS—Want of appetite, rising of
food and wind from the stomach, acidity of
the stomach, heartburn, dryness and white
ness of the tongue in the morning, seuso of
distention in the stomach and bowels, some
times rumbling and pain; costiveness, which is
occasionally interrupted by diarrhoea; paleness
of the urine. The mouth is clammy, or has a
sour or bitter taste. Other frequent symp
toms are watorbrash, palpitation of the heart,
headacho, and disorders of the senses, as see
ing double, etc. There is general debility,
languor and aversion to motion; dejection of
the spirits, disturbed sleep and frightful
dreams.
Gained Fifteen Pounds of Flesh.
South Berwick. Me., Jan. 17, 1872.
H. E. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir—l have had
dyspepsia in its worst form for the last ten
years, and have taken hundreds of dollars’
worth of medicine, without obtaining any re
lief. In September last I commenced taking
the Yeoetine, since which time my health has
steadily improved. My food digests well, and
I have gained fifteen pounds of flesh. There
are several others in this place taking the
Veoetine, all have obtained relief,
Yourd, truly. THOMAS E. MOORE,
Overseer of card room. Portsmouth Co.’s Mills.
All Diseases of the Blood.
If Veoetine will relieve pain, cleanse, puri
fy and cure such diseases, restoring the patient
to perfect health, after trying different physi
cians, many remedies, suffering for years, is it
not conclusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you
can’t be cured ? Why is this medicine per
forming auoh great cures ? It works in the
blood, in the circulating fluid. It can truly be
called the Great BUxxt Purifier. The great
source of disease originates in the blood; and
no medicine thit does not act directly upon it
to purify and rencivole has any just claim upon
public attention.
Good Evidence.
Cincinnati, Nqv. 26, 1872.
H. E. Stevens : Dear Sir—The two bottles of
Vegetine furnished me by your agent my wife
has used with great benefit. For a long time
she has been tronbled with dizziness and cos
tiveness; these troubles are now entirely re
moved by the use of Veoetine.
She was also tronbled with dyspepsia and
general debility, and has been greatly bene
fittcd. THOMAS GILMORE,
229} Walnut Street.
Reliable Evidence.
Me. H. R. Stevens : Dear Sir—l will most
cheerfully add my testimony to the great num
ber you have already received in favor of your
great and good medicine, Veoetine. for I do
not think enough can be said in its praise, for
I was troubled over thirty years with that
dreadful disease, catarrh, and had such bad
coughing spells that it wonld seem as though
I could never breathe any more, and Veoetine
has cured me; and I do feel to thank God all
the time that there is so good a medicine as
\ eoetine, and I also think it one of the best
medicines for coughs and weak sinking feelings
at the stomach, and advise everybody to take
the Veoetine; for I can assure them it is one
of the best medicines that ever was.
„ „ MRS. L. GORE,
Corner Magazine and Walnut streets, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Appreciation.
Charlestown. Mass., March I*. 1869.
H. h Stevens ; —This is to certify that I
have used your “Blood Preparation" (Yege
itne> in my family for several yearn, and think
* or &tf°fula or Cankerous Humors or
Rheumatic affections, it cannot be excelled;
** a blood purifier and Spring medicine it
l ?“ ie “ e et thing I ever used; and Ihavensed
aanost everything, I can cheerfully recom
mend it to any one in need of such a medicine.
Yours respectfully,
MBS. A. A. DIN3MOBE,
19 Bussell street.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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New Advertisements,
MANY PARTIES -
Within the past six months have professed to see the BOT
TOM in prices. ¥ou cannot really tell that the final bottom is
or has been visible. In many goods it is now to be seen at
JAMES A. GRAY’S, 194 and 196 Broad street, or it never will
be. On Monday morning, July 19th, we will offer Merchandise
at prices below any living man’s experience.
Twenty thousand yards good styles Calicoes at 7 cents per
yard.
Splendid yard wide Bleached Cottons at 11 and 12 cents
per yard.
At the same time, the entire Stock of Summer Goods at
corresponding low prices. Consumers attention is solicited to
the prices of the following specialties in full assortments: Lace
Stripe White Dress Goods, Iron Bareges and Colored Dress
Goods, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Gauze Undervests, Gents’ Supe
rior English 1-2 Hose, Gents’ Suspenders, Marseilles Quilts, Da
mask and Huckaback Towels, Doylies and IVapkius. Immense
bargains in Corsets, all qualities. Pillow Case Cottons and Wide
Sheetings. To wholesale buyers for cash special inducements
offered in seasonable goods in order to reduce a large Stock.
JAMBS A. (GMY.
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Augusta Savings Institution,
No. 249 Broad Street, Augusta, Ca.,
(NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING.)
:x:
Incorporated February 10, 1875.
COMMENCED BUSINESS MAY Ist, 1875.
Deposits Received to July 31st, just Three Months from day of Open
ing, Over $60,000, and Over SIOO,OOO Declined Because not
Offered According to our Terms of Deposit.
THIS INSTITUTION is founded upon the best and only safe principles for savingß and accu
mulations. The management is in the hands of eleven of our best citizens, worth in the
aggregate, over ONE MILLION DOLLARS (*1,000,COO) ; and while all the property in liable for
the deposits, they are prohibited by the charter from borrowing or using a dollar of the funds
of the Institution.
Deposits received in sums of one dollar and upwards. Interest paid on deposits remaining
under six months, and all profits divided amongst permanent denositors, instead of paying them
out to stockholders, aB is done in all other Institutions in this btate.
Mechanics. Laborers, Charitable Institutions, Executors, Administrators, Women and Chil
dren will find it to their interest to deposit their money hero, where it will not only bo safo and
secure against fire and thieves, hut will also he accumulating.
Foreigners and others, wishing to send money abroad, can obtain Sight Drafts here on Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland, in sums of i'l and upwards ; on France, Switzerland. Belgium. Italy
and the Orient in stuns of 10 francs and upwards ; on all the cities of Germany, Holland, Russia
and Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Portugal and Spain, iu small or largo sumß
in the currencies of the various countries.
SAVE YOUR EARNINGS AND BE INDEPENDENT !
ALFRED BAKER, President. J. S. BEAN, Jr., Treasurer.
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. THE PENDLETON & BOARDMAN
Foundry and Machine Works,
KOLLOCK STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, is prepared to fumiHh Machinery of
all descriptions, Iron arrd Brass Castings of the boßt material and workmanship.
I WOULD CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE
LEYER GEORGIA PRESS,
A CHEAP, SIMPLE, BUT POWERFUL HAND COTTON OR HAY PRESS,
STEAM ENGINES
FOR PLANTATION W W " ALL SIZES AND PAT
USE OF ALL SIZES HTTTu r ~ TERNS, COTTON
CONSTANTLY ON II |! PRESSES FOR HAND,
HAND. WATER -3=lJL_z l f|' HORSE OR WATER
WHEELS, SAW AND ' ~jjt ; *fe| POWER. SUOAR
GRIST MILLS, I \ (/ MLLLS, COTTON
HORSE POWERS, _ GINS, Ac.
WM. PENDLETON,
inv2. r ) —corl.VwSm SURVIVING PARTNER.
THE IMPROVED
Winship Cotton Gin ! !
Is ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST BY ALL WHO USE IT, or have
seen it in operation. It is now the LEADING COTTON GIN in the South.
VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES-ONLY $3 50 PER SAW, DE
LIVERED.
THE WINSHIP COTTON PRESS,
The Best and Cheapest WROUGHT IRON COTTON SCREW in the market,
made to work by Hand, Horse, Steam or Water Power. Prices,
reduced to suit the times, and now Very Low.
SIOO EACH AND UPWARDS, according to stylo of Press wanted.
EVERY GIN AND PRESS WARRANTED.
For further information and terms, apply to
C. H. PIIIMZY & CO., Agents,
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THE JAM. I'.Ei/’FE*,
Double Turbine Water Wheel,
4 Manufactured by
POOLE & HUNT,
Baltimore, Md.
7,000 NOW IN VS lit
Simple, Strong, Durable,
always reliable and satis
j ... Manufacturers, also, 0!
eyA Portable & Stationary
awEngines, Steam Boilers,
iPflSaw & Grist Mills, Kin
iHT'ing Machinery .Gearing
Y for Cotton Mills, Flour,
Paint, White Lead and
('ll Mill Machinery, Hydraulic and other
Presses, &c. Shifting, Pulleys and Hangers
a specialty. Machine made Gearing; accn
tate and of very best finish, Send fort'ircuUis
JEWELL’S MILLS?
IF. A.. JKWKLL, JProp’r.
Post Office, Jewell’s, Hancock Cos., Ga.
WOOL WAN'I'ED.
ON and after May the 20th we will CARD
WOOL for One Fourth Toll, or for Ten
Cents Per Pound.
Will pay market valuo for Wool or Exchange
for Goods at redneed prices.
When shipping Wool to uh by Railroad to bo
Carded or Exchanged, mark your name and ad
dress plainly on the bundle and • ship to May
field.
4-4 Sheetings, f Shirtings, 8 ounce Osnabnrgs,
Yarns. Kerseys, and Jeans for sale at Lowest
Market Kates. Orders solicited.
mv2l-w3ra D. A. JEWELL.
DOVER SCHOOL, VA.
THE Twentieth Session, of ten months, will
begin the FIRST MONDAY of SEPTEM
BER, 1875. A quiet home and a practical edu
cation given to Boys. Address B. B. McCor
mick, Principal. References: Gen. Hunter,
Warrenton, Va ; Bev. J. A. Beoadies, D. D.,
Greenville. S. C.; Prof. John Hart. Richmond,
Va.; E. P. Raynolds, San Marcos, Texas.
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Washington Female Seminary.
MISS E. F. ANDREWS,) Pri „ ciDals
MISS E. A. BOWEN, f 1 nucipals ’
THE Fall term of this institution begins on
MONDAY, 23d of August, with a full
corps of teachers. The School iB furnished
with a fine chemical apparatus, geological cabi
net, Ac., and the advantages it offers for mu
sic and the languages are excelled by no insti
tution in the South.
The beautiful homo of the late Judge Gar
nett Andrews has been converted into a board
ing house for the pupils of this School, a place
unsurpassed in healthfulness, convenience
and beauty of situation. For full particulars,
apply to the Principals, at their residence in
Washington, Ga. jy24-dOAwlm
Wool Manufactured
INTO
CLOTH FOR PLANTERS*
HAVING completed our additions to onr
Wool machinery, wo would now offer our
services in making CLOTH for planters’ use.
Our terms are liberal and cloth fine or coarse
as desired. Samples of our goods can bo seen
at Porter Fleming’s —he will also act as onr
agent. Samples sent by mail if desired.
Athens Manufacturing Comp’j,
R. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent.
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Fairbanks’ Scales.
jj
! FAIRBANKS!
The Standard.
ALSO,
Miles* Alarm Cash Drawer.
CYOFFEE and Drug Mills,Letter Presses, Ac.
J Principal Scale Warehouses, Fairbanks
A Cos., 311 Broadway, N. Y.; Fairbanks A
Cos., ICC Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md.;
Fairbanks A Cos., 53 Camp street. Now Or
leans; Fairbanks A Cos.. 9:i Main street, Buf-
Y.; Fairbanks A Cos., 338 Broadway,
Albany, N. Y.; Fairbanks A Cos., 403 St. Paul’s
street, Montreal; Fairbanks A Cos., 34 King
Williams street, ..ondon, England; Fairbanks,
Brown A Cos., 2 Milk street, Boston, Mass.;
Fairbanks A Ewing, Masonic Hall, Philadel
phia. Pa.: Fairbanks, Morse A Cos., 11l Lake
street. Chicago; Fairbanks, Morse A Cos., 139
Walnut street, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fairbanks,
Morse A Cos., 182 Superior street, Cleveland,
Ohio; Fairbanks, Morse A Cos., 48 Wood street,
Pittsburgh; Fairbanks, Morse A Cos., sth A
Main street, Louisville; Fairbanks A Cos., 302
A 304 Washington avenue, St. Louis; Fairbanks
A Hntchinsou, San Francisco, Cal. For sale by
leading Hardware Dealers. jy6-eodAw3m
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS,
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills,)
AUGUSTA, A.
Manufactures flour in *n grades.
The old and well known EXCELSIOR
BRANDS—
Pride of Augusta,
Golden Sheaf,
Extra,
Little Beauty,
Always on band, and their well earned reputa
tion will be faithfully maintained.
CORN MEAL, CRACKED CORN,
CRACKED WHEAT, GRAHAM FLOUR,
MILL FEED, ’BRAN, etc.,
Constantly mado, and orders promptly filled
at the lowest rates.
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Executors’ and Administrators’
Deeds
FOR SALE AT THF/CHRONICLE AND'
SENTINEL OFFICE.
WALSH A WRIGHT,
Proprietors.