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EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY
The Commeneement-CeI TrOus-
GaIs's Address Before The Alumni
The Benefits and Blessings OF
Education.
Knoxville Press and Herald, JuneI6.I

y
Yesterday morning Governor Porter
and Colonel TTOusdale, state suporin-
tendent of public education, arrived in
the city. Governor Porter became the
guest Of Colonel G.. NJ. M'Ghee, and
Colonel TrOusdale OF Mr.. p. Dickinson.
During the day large number Of citi-
zens called upon the distinguished visit
Ors. 1t was intepded that the cadets,
under arms, should receive the governor,
but the rain which fell during the morn
ing interfered with this part OF the pre-
gramme and it was dispensed with.
Hon. Leon fTrOusdaIe, state superin.
tendent of public instruction, addressed
the association OF the Alumni Of the
East Tennessee university, at the opera
house, last night. The exercises were
opened with prayer by Rev. DR.. Teas
dale, and the speaker was introduced by
DIR. Frank Ramsey. Colonel Trousdale
graduated in the class of1S4I, and in his
address last night feelingly alluded to
the time, 0ne-third Of a century ago,
when he went out from its halls to grap-
pie with the realities of life. He argued
in favor of educating the masses
so rs to prevent crime. The welfare Of
the State depends upon the proper
education of the people, II they
are permitted to grow up in idleness
and ignorance, the republic must
fall to pieces, depending as it does
upon the intelligence of the citizen. He
urged the members of the alumni, who
themselves had experienced the benefits
OF education, to see to it that universal
education should be spread abroad. The
health and vigOr of the mind, and the
elevation Of moral sentiments, owe their
proper development to early education.
Power granted to ignorance is 2 sword
given into the hands Of o tyTant, and
our only hope is in the education and in
teiligence Of the people. With the ideS
OF universal education carried out, our
beautiful land will arise from her despair
and We shall be Tedeemed-purified by
the fires through which We have passed. |
enables us to ascertain truth |
and correct error. Every truth asceT- !
talned increases the means of happiness, !
and every error corrected lessons the !
chances Of misery. The speaker enter |
tanned the audience for about thirty |
At the close of the speech, a |
Oenediction was pronounced by Or. Teas
dale.
After the conclusion Of Colonel Trou5- |
1ale's address, an informal reception /
was held at the residence of Colonel c.
NJ. M'Ghee, Many of our prominent
citizens were present, together with the
Judges Of the supreme court, members Of
he bar from distance, and other Wis
tors to the city, drawn hither by the
exercises. A pleasant
lime was spent in social cOmmingIing
md in the enjoyment of the generous
Of Colonel and Mrs. NJ Ghee,
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4 EHEpH!S APPEAL
80, rAIRn d. nEnPHIs.


The Brownsville Bee and Democrat
gives quite full report Of a speech made
IL that place by VIM. J. Sykes, in re-
3, rdto the railroad which it is proposed
Il All be extended from Cairo through
l3-ownsville to Memphis. That portion
o this road between Brownsville and
? iendship, in Crockett county, dis
{, nee OF tweuty-three miles, has been
& AIDED, and il will only require one hum
d 81 and twenty thousand dollars to
iron and equip it. The board Of direct
q g have authorized the Issuance Of first
u 1rtgage bonds 70 the extent Of seven
4 1usand dollars per mile, bearing eight
Dr. cent. interest, to be- used in ironing
aid equipping the road. The coupons,
v lich are payable semi-annually, are
u ade receivable in payment Of freight
a "a passage on the road. It is thought
a large portion Of these bonds will be
Il ken by the citizens Of Brownsville
AID Of Haywood county, thus enabling
4 @ ueople most interested in the road
t. own and control it. While the
= eater portion Of Major Sykes's speech
/. devoted 10 al explanation Of this
p An, and TO an advocacy Of this partic-
Il II road, there is q portion Of it OF a
:, neral nature, and some Of il is signifi-
O. mt from the fact that he has
a ways been an advocate Of cheap
Il les, even on bTosd-gauge roads,
a. source OF profit to them
a well as Of benefit to the country. In
b speech st ElytOn, Alabama, March
4, 1871, a COPY nf which "a before ns. he
n ys: at is therefore important that
T, ilroads to be profitable should foster
local trade and travel by low rates. and
Il ereby build up the country, for in so
Il, ing the roads will reap the benefit by
a. increased business. The crest mis-
fCrtune and error Of many Of our rail-
10 sds has been that they sacrificed the
LEGAL 10 the through business, and there.
To-, without intending it, injured them
se.ves." His opinion on this subject is
therefore entitled to have influence
when he ssys she had no faith in con-
u sssional or legislative enactments to
D, yulate railroad charges. Such at
tsmpts hsd always proved abOrtive, and
had increased the very evils they were
IN ended to remedy" He seems to be
IA isfied that the remedy he proposes is
practicable, and entirely within the
power Of the people, and he expresses
e. eat confidence that it will eventually
b. adopted. He does not hesitate to run
c. inter to opinions generally enter
IL ned in order to accomplish Whist he
considers Of so much Importance,
and to obtain what, in his opinion,
is The only means Of obtaining cheap
Transportation. Whether the plan he
proposes will ever be adopted remains
Il be seen.
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from the sap and deposited in the form
Of crystals. II is noticeable that in all
the dubious plants, for example, these
crystals are most abundant in the fall OF
the year, when the circulation of the sap
Is about to cease, and most hume
rous at the point where the chemical
food OF the plant first enters into the
circulation. Inasmuch as plants are now
conceded to possess q breathing appara-
tus, circulatory system, and even stOm-
achs capable Of digesting animal food,
may 1t not be that they are also provided
with means for eXcreting from the sap
all hurtful or useless ingredients? Just
as in animals various organs eXcrete
from the system effete and injurious
matter. And if bOtanists ere right in
telling us that there are "plants that eat
animals" may we not hope that they
are sometimes Overtaken by retribUtive
justice in the shape of "a torpid
liver" Tor whatever their eXcret-
ing organs may be called? Some
writers have suggested that these crystals
are useful to give support to the struCt-
Ure Of the plant. But this theory seems
untenable when it is remembered that
abundance Of raphides contributes to
brittleness instead Of strength. More
over, they are often found in positions
where no support can be needed; as, for
instance, in the bark and even the pith
of many trees and shrubs. Hence l fall
back upon the idea that they simply
represent the waste of the plants vital
action. An important feature Of plant
crystals is their fixity Of type. II it is
found that one member of any genera
of plants possesses raphides, sph9ra-
phides, or crystal prisms, the same type
Will certainly distinguish all the other
individuals belonging to the same gen.
era. Hence, to the practical botsnist
their study is valuable as afforCing an
additional means of identifying with
certainty the class or natural order to
which any plant may properly belong.
To the microscopic the pursuit OF this
subject, so briefly glanced at here, opens
a wide and interesting field of research.
Many learned professors have spent
years in the study Of protocol, prOtista,
diatOnls, ETC., but until recent period
the beauties and mysteries of plant.life
seem TO have been comparatively neg
lected. The tide is now setting the
other way however, and lovers Of ma
ture are showing an appreciation Of the
fact that in the cOmmonest little plant
that grows by the wayside there are
many beauties hidden from our unaided
vision, many interesting vital processes
going on in methods beyond
the reach of our ordinary senses. Here
the microscope comes to our aid; and to
quote our sOciety's motto, "Occ1tltd
NQtlLTd en- COnSpectu.n
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STANTON, TENN.
The Wheat HaFvest-A Splendid Yield
Corn and COItOn-PerB0naI-
Business Dull.

From an Occasional Correspondent
STANTON, June IS.-The farmers in
this vicinity are now in the midst of
their wheat harvest. Your readers will
be gratified to know that the "crop pros
pectsn in this section are as favorable as
the reports you publish from other To-
calities tributary to Memphis. Your
correspondent having lived in q country
where the smaller grsin was cultivated
exclusively, does not remember ever to
have seen larger yield OF wheat than
the acreage promises which is now be-
ing harvested in West Tennessee. With
results so gratifying, why, oh why, will
ouE people remain in vassalage to the
producers Of cereals, when their lanGs
give such bOuDtiful returns in every
thing required for consumption? The
corn and cotton crop has been thorough
ly worked, and unless the calamity of
such drOuth as visited US last year
should be repeated we feel assured that
our condition will be more prosperous
than it has been since the
war. The closing exercises OF
our female academy were held last night
in the Masonic hall. Music, charades,
and reading of essays furnished pleas
ant evenings entertainment. The lat
ter gave evidence of excellent culture,
and the young ladies may congratulate
themselves on having enjoyed the tut
ton Of instructors so faithful and efficient
as Captain FlOurnOy, and his accom-
plished assistant. Our esteemed fell
low-citizen, Colonel Nathan Adams,
leaves to-day on his annual
tour to England and the continent.
our county-seat, has q
new flOuring-mill Of sufficient capaci-
ty to grind al the wheat; and Memphis
must now buy from the market she has
been selling 60 largely to during the year.
Business is 90 dull with the merchants
that they would try to get the price of
pOstage-stsmps reduced, II our pOstmas-
ter did not represent us so well in good
looks and amiabiIity.
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MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
Byhslia has a minstrel club.

Byhalia has a minstrel club.
Holly Springs has held an immigra-
ton meeting.
Holly Springs enjoys balls and Sun
day-school picnics.
The Tidal-Wave is the name of new
paper to be published at Senatobia.
Mr.. NJ. L. Holland is a candidate for
the unexpired term Of state treasurer
made vacant by the death of his father,
George H. Holland. Thesterm extends
to January l, 1873.
Marshall county is to have a cOnven-
ton, termed Democratic C0nserva-
tive" at Holly Springs, July 3lst.
Mixed drinks are intoxicating, and
straight Democracy:much preferable to
hybridism.
Holly Springs South: It is a public
calamity that person like A. K. Davis,
utterly incapable Of intelligently COM
pretending the duties and RESPONSE
bilities Of the high Office, should e yer
reach the governors chair.
Holly Springs Reporter: One of our
farmers asks, "What is preventive of
cutwOrms in corn?" Ashes, lime or
landplaster spTinkled over the stalk is a
certain remedy. A tablespoonful
sprinkled at the root viii be sufficient.
If any of our readers know a better
remedy we will be glad to hear from
them.
Holly Springs Reporter: During the
late convention of the Mississippi Press
no other member appeared
to rank lower than "cOloneln except
one, and he was q young man that part
ed his hair in the middle and said he
was satisfied with the title of "major."
Then Holland, of the Reporter is no
longer "majaw" but "kernel."
Holly Springs South: We publish in
full, to the exclusion OF editorial matter
which had been prepared for this issue,
the very important and able opinion of
the supreme court, delivered last Mon
day, on the question of the sheTiffalty
Of Grenada county. This opinion set
ties the question Of the demonstrations
atty of the act passed last winter giving
to the governor the appointment OF tax
collectors. Honest men will rejoice that
30 corrupt and partisan a measure has
met its death at the hands of an indie
pendent and able court.
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|
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Upon the
question Of substituting silver coin of
less denomination than the dollar for
the fractional currency now in circuIa-
| ton, the official statement has been
prepared. 1t is cOntended by the oppo-
nents Of the measure that, under the
present condition Of the gold premium,
the silver coins as fast as issued would
disappear from circulation, and that
there can be no prospect of the silver
circulation being retained except under
the condition of gold remaining below
ITO, and there will be strong motives for
bullion dealers and spectators to keep
the quotient above that figure. The
causes leading to the appreciation of the
gold premium have not been fairly con-
sidered by those who predict failure in
the carrying out Of the finance bill.
Germany and France have been the
great arteries into which our gold has
been swept for the last two years, the
first nation accommodating gold for coin
age and the latter boarding it prepara-
tory to the resumption of specie pay
ments. The bank of France within the
past year has increased its stock of bull
lion by about Sl0,000,000, mostly in
gold, and the amount of specie now
in that country is Beloved to be
greater than the total paper
money outstanding. The necessity for
boarding gold having ceased in France,
and everything pointing to the fact that
the demand for Germany will not be so
great in the future as it has been in the
past, it naturally follows that the gold
premium will fall before the close of the
present year, and by that time the gov
eminent will have on hand a stock of
coin sufficient to commence the with |
drawal of the fractional notes. The |
amount of subsidiary silver coin in the |
treasury and mint is about Sc, 600, 900, |
and the additional purchases made with
in the last month will bring it up by the |
first OF September next to about $9,OOO,- |
600. With gold at l13 3-5, and silver at
its present rate, 554 pence, the gold |
value OF dollar in fractional silver coin |
and dollar greenback is about So 1-lOO |
cents. And as it would not pay to ex-
port silver at 554 pence, under a gold |
premium Of lis, the government can, if |
SO minded, circulate its silver without
fear of export whenever the gold pre-
MUM shall have fallen to 113 6.5. But |
The probabilities are that still further
decline in silver will take place before
he government shall see fit to COM
nence the withdrawal Of the FRACTIONAL
notes.
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this lecture by the Pastors association
OF this city, representing some twenty
different pulpits. or the lecturer him
self it is needless % speak. He has been
too long before The public as preacher
and lecturer 70 need any word Of COM
mendation from US. 1t must also be
borne in mind that in the preparation
Of his lecture he enjoyed rare opp5rtuni-
ties. While in Europe he spent several
weeks with Mr.. Spurgeon, and therefore
derives his information from original
sources. He deserves the audience
which We confidently believe be will
haYe.
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WE INVITE the attention Of our read
els to the fact already noticed in our
columns, that Rev. David Walk will
oliver 3 lecture tomorrow night in
Il e Linden-street Christian church, on
"spurgeon and his Work" The relig-
icus public especially will hail this an
nouncement as good news. After the
remarkable unsectsrisn meeting OF
White and Bliss, it is fitting that we
should have an unsectaTian lecture on
the worlds greatest preacher and his
work. We have seen the manuscript,
ard know whereof we speak. There is
not 8 sectarisn sentence in 1t from be-
ginning to end, but it bristles with solid
lscts, the bare recital Of which is as
thrilling as q romance. 1t is also pleas
Al 10 notice the UnsectaTian fact that
hr. Walk has been invited to deliver
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For the Sunday Appeal
THE SOUTH.
SUMMER, 1875.

| oAH u mn 1900
Beneath our clear blue summer sky
Our peaceful cities quiet lie,
And scarce the faintest note OF trade
EnIivens any promenade.
The lazy streets by sunlight mapped
Seem+h a soft siesta wrapped.
The mind in puzzles all unread
Might deem these cities Of the dead.
But mark-the discrowned kings will wake
And soon their proud tiaras take.
For not unguarded do they sleep
Who their loved country's vigils keep.
In every field within our land
Our crops are spread with bounteous hand.
Our soldiers have surrendered now
To that great conqueror, the plOw.
Within each waving field Of wheat
The burnis he'd sickles glistening meet.
And from each tainted streak Of dawn
The sturdy yeOmen lend the corn.
Ten years ago, with hearts of lead,
Our country mourned her patriot dead.
Upon each bitter heart there smote
The rude, triumphant lannon's note.
In scalding tears we mourned as lost
The true hearts blood our war had cost,
Short-SighteI we-a harvest grand
SPrang up, and now il fills our land
A harvest of ty1te nualiness,
That lifted us from deep distress.
The memory of each noble death
Breathed in our hearts at every breath;
And fortified by dire pain,
Corruption launched It's shafts in vain,
Though boIstered with the bayonets
Each vampire stole and robbed with threats.
Thank God! one noble lesson taught
Free souls cannot be scared or bought!
Ten years ago-at last to-day
There comes real ending to the fray.
Peace sends its white-winged doves again
With fitting words from noble men,
" Oh parted brothers in each fght,
Each soldier thought that he t0as right"
All strove to win the bloody fray,
The old true-blue-the gallant gray.
8. Casting aside al Uatn regrets,
The South JoTgtues, The North Jorgets."
And now from each united heart
The loOsened pulses bounding start,
And with patriotic thrill
We all shake hands at Bunker Hill.
IT'S just one Numbered years ago
We Joined to whip the British foe.
Joined in this grand centennial year,
has naught to fear.
To war-wOrn world Wen bring release,
By spreading universal peace,
From Shdckied Europe soon ItiH fall
Ihe grants ciGi1I-the despOl'S lhrdEL.
l.. :. LAKE.
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The GRAvROP GLARIC.
by EDWARD EVERETT.

AttilIu or Alaric, king OF the Nisi
gOths, and plundeTer Of Rome, When
about 10 die, ordered that the river Bus
entiens should be turned from its nstU'
raj course, and his grave TO be dug in the
middle Of its channel: and after bis
burial ordered that the river should bC
made to flow back in its course and Ovel
his grave, so that the spot should nevel
be known,
When am dead, no pageant train
Shall waste their sorrow DER my bier,
Nor worthless pOmp OF homage yain)
stain 10 with hypOcriic tear;
For / will die as did live,
Nor take the boon ] nee could give.
Ye shall not pile with servIIe toll
Your monuments upon my breast,
Nor yet within the common soil
Lay down the wreck of power % rest
Where man can say, that he mas tTOt
on him, who was the "scourse OF God"
But ye the mountain stream shall turn,
And lag It's secret channel bare
And hollow for your sOvereign's urn
A resting place forever there.
Then bid is everlasting springs
Flow back upon the king of kings;
And CeVer be the secret said
Until the grave give up It's dead.
Ny gold and silver ye shall fling
TIE 90 s'i Of 'l llsny captured king,
The ransom OF a conquered earth:
For cen, though dead, will / control
The trophies OF the capitol
And when beneath the mountain tide
You've laid your monarch down 10 rot,
le shall not rear upon It's side
Pillar or mound 20 mark the spot;
For long enough the world has shook
Beneath the terror OF nv look,
And now that l have run my race,
The astonished realms shall rest space.
Nv coursa was like "a river daan
And from the northern hills burst
Across the world in wrath 10 sweep,
Ana where ! went the spot was cursed,
Nor blade Of grass again was seen,
Where Alaric and his host had been.
Across the everlasting Alps
poured the torrent OF my power,
And feeble Caesars shrieked for help
In vain, within their seven-hilled towers,
And 10! the queen Of empires kneels
And grOvels at my chariot wheels.
l drenched in blood the brightest gem
That gllttered in her diadem,
And struck deeper, darker dye
In the purple Of her majesty,
And babe my northern banners shine
Upon the conquered Balatine.
Not for myself did 1 ascend
In vengeance my triumphal car:
Twas God alone on high did send
The avenging Scythian to the war,
To shake alOft, with iron hand,
The appointed scourge OF his command.
With iron hand that scourge 1 reared
Ger guilty kings and guilty realm.
Destruction was the ship steered,
And vengeance sat upon the helm;
When launched in fury on the flood,
l Ploughed my way through seas Of blood;
And in the streams their hands had split,
washed out the long arrears OF guilt.
My race is run, my errand done,
go TO Him from whence came;
But never yet has set the sun
OF glory that adoTns my name.
And Roman hearts shall long be sick,
When men shall speak OF Alaric.
My race is run, my errand done,
But darker ministers of fate
impatient round the imperial throne
And in the course of vengeance wait;
and soon mankind shall blanch away,
Before the name of Attilla.
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THE following caution, published by
tie New York journal Of Commerce,
may be Of use to some readers. 1t is in
Al swer to an inquiry whether, if loss
by fire was two thousand dollars and the
Insurance one thousand dollars, the one
thousand dollars could be obtained:
"Eome policies contain the average
clause, which provides that il case Of
10 the underwater shall pay the same
proportion Of it that his policy bears to-
wsrd the total value Of the property in
sured. In that case, as the insurance il
for half the value, the company would
pc only half the loss, whatever it might
h. -
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Fire at Barre, Ont.

BARRE, ONT, June 1S.-A fire this
morning destroyed the greater portion
OF the business portion Of the town.
One-half Of Dunlap street, both sides,
has been destroyed, and the fire is still
burning. Fire-engines are arriving from
cities and towns,
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The following failures Of bilI-discount-
ers in London are announced: Young,
BOrthwick & Co, John Anderson & Co.,
and J. G.. Foulie. The liabilities Of
Young, BOrthwick d Co., it is stated,
are twelve million five hundred thou
sand dollars, and those OF John Ander-
son 81 Co., one million dollars. J. C..
Foulie's liabilities are not yet given.
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swered In after days, and with PASTORS
aid. 1t presents full, free, finished,
a present, and an assured salvation in
Jesus Christ; and seeks to bring the
sinner to conviction Of his need, and to
an acceptance of this salvation.
LAIMEN
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CEMENT.

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