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j®- The joregoina rates are for either Weeklj
Tri-Weekly. When published in both paper?,
SO per caL ^iditione! upon table rate*.
Public opinion preponderates in favor
of the electoral count bill.
It looks as if Norwood was not to be
bis own successor after all. The State
of Georgia is not so ready to endorse the
salary grab. ^ ^
Hurrah for “ Key-Stone,” our Penn
sylvania correspondent! He is a brick,
and no mistake. If we had a few more
such patriotic men as he at the North,
the day of reconciliation would not be
far away.
“A Jew,” in a temperate ard well written
article, enters a protest against the secta
rian clause in the act regulating the ap
pointments to the Faculty of the State
University. The clause is au unconsti
tutional one and ought to he repealed at
once. We direct the attentiou of the
Legislature to the subject.
Poor old Morton, with his head blos
soming for the grave aud his soul ripe
for hell, is raviDg like a maniac over the
arrest of his treasonable designs. He
knows that au honest couut will give the
Presidency to Tilden, and he is furious at
the idea of an honest couut. But the
people heed not his raving, aud eveu his
(juoudam friends are becoming disgusted
with his indecency.
The Senatorial contest in Atlanta is
lively. .Mr. Reese votes for the salary
grabber, Norwood, so does our distin
guished Senator Gamble. These gentle
men will find this a load they cannot well
ca.-rv. Our people do not want such
patriotism. The votes stood : First bal
lot—Norwood, 104 ; Hill, 80; Smith,
22; scattering, 4. Second ballot—Nor
wood, 98 ; Ilill, 78 ; Smith, 27 ; John
son. 11 ; Walker, 4.
Home, Georgia, has a successful plow
factory, turning out a hundred plows
per week. Wouldn't the proprietors
like to work it on shares? Wouldn’t
they run the risk of becoming furrow
ed by care?—Sac York Commercial
Advertiser.
This pun is so /unw-fetched that
we have to rebuke it, even though
we have to plow over the prostrate form
of Lindley Murray to get at it. They
do work it on shares—profitable sham,
at that, for they enjoy a full share of
public confidence—and they know how
to handle their stocks. They drive to the
point.
Macmillan & Co., are now publish
ing the “South Kensington Science
Lectures,” carefully tevised by the au
thors, and copiously illustrated, recent
ly delivered to science teachers at the
Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus.
They comprise; Photograph} - , by
Capt. Abney, I!. E., F. K. S ; Light by
Prof. Stokes, F. R. S; .Metallurgical
Processes, by Prof. A. W. Williamson,
F. R. S ; Physiological Apparatus, by
Prof. Bunion Sanderson, M. D., L. L.
D., F. R. S., and Dr. Lauder Brunton,
F. 11. S ; Electrometers, by James Bot-
tomley, F. R. S. E; Kinematic Models,
by I’rof. Kennedy, C. E; Sound and
Music, by Dr. W. II. Stone; Field Geol
ogy, by Prof. Geikie, F. R. S.
POSTAL TELEURAPIIY.
There is in circulation a Etrong pe
tition to Congress for the Government to
take charge of the telegraph, and, pay
ing a fair valuation for the lines now in
operation, to run them on government
account, as tire Postotlice Department
is now run. The experiment has been
tried in England, and proved eminently
successful and convenient. We have
not thoroughly examined the proposi
tion, but, in the light of English ex
perience, are inclined to favor it. The
following is a copy of the petition ;
PETITION FOli CHEAP TELEGRAPHY.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives in Congress assembled:
We, the undersigned, citizens of the
United States, do humbly petition your
honorable body to pass such a law as
shall enforce the provisions of the Act
passed by Congress on July 24th, lSfiC,
viz:
24th July, 1SGG, c. 230, s. 78, v. 14, p.
221, Sec. 5027.
The United States may for postal,
military, or -other purposes, purchase
all the telegraph lines, property and
effect of any or all companies acting
under the provisions of the act of July
24th 1SGG, entitled, “An act to aid in
construction of telegraph lines, and to
secure to the Government the use of the
same for postal, military and other
purpoces," or under this title, at an ap
praised value to be ascertained by five
competent disinterested persons, two
of whom shall De selected by the Post
master-General of the United States,
two by the company interested, and
one by the four so previously selected.
To these provisions the Western
Union Telegraph Company has filed
its assent.
We believe that the telegraph belongs
properly to the Post Office Department;
that it should be incorparated therewith
and worked for the benefit alike of the
Government and the people.
The Government alone can secure to
us the freedom of the press and the
sanctity of private correspondent.
We believe that the privileges extend
ed to the Western Union Telegraph
Company have been grievously abused;
that its exactions have become unreas
onable; that the enormous extent to
which its Share capital has been in
creased, and the creation of a large
bonded debt, have necessitated the high
rates charged, notwithstanding the re
ductions made by other companies.
It is evident that the Government
could not be obliged to pay more for
these lines than it would cost to dupli
cate them.
We believe that a Uniform Rate, as
low as 25 cents, can be made for mes
sages throughout the United States—
the same being the rate in Canada and
England—and that with an increase of
business such as has followed cheaper
postage and the postal cards, a still low
er rate can be made.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR. .
• i ’ (ft him v^ot
VOLUME XXXL f v eS
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Pennsylvania Correspondence.
The Jacohin Programme Nearly Foil-
Duties and Intentions of the Democracy
—Miscellaneous.
IdGONIER V ALLEY, Pa., 1
January 17, 1877. j
To the Editor of The Courier: J
The political situation isjnow rapidly
approaching the juncture when the peo
ple must either inglorious!? surrender ur
peremptorily demand th sir God jriveu
rights. It remains to be seen which they
will do; but one of the alternatives must
be accepted. There are a great m.any Bur-
mises up this way in regard to the final
disposition to be made of the great ques
tion now agitating the country. Some,
for instance, propose to make a compro
mise of some kind, but these milk and
water patriots who propose to step in with
a compromise as mediators between out
raged justice and those who have perpe
trated the outrage, had better reserve
their mediatorial functions for some other
occasion. There is nojeompromise to be
made between palpable fraud and un
swerving patriotism. There is no com
promise to he made between the rights
of the people, on the one hand, and a de
termined effort to subvert them on the
other. The compromise champions,
therefore, have made a fatal mistake.
But there are others who tagine that
Grant will, when the proper lime arrives,
make the attempt to “ hold over” until
next fall, when another election will take
place. So far a3 the Const: - ctional au
thority for taking such a step is concern
ed, Grant would be just about as justifia
ble as the Radical leaders would in in
sisting on the inauguration of Hayes, un
der existing circumstances. Both prop
ositions are without Constitutional au
thority ; but that is no reason why the
Radical leaders will not insist upon the
perpetration of either of them. We
think there is hut one method by which
the Presidential problem can be satistori-
Iy solved and that is by inaugurating tne
man that the peaple have elected. But
the man who fails to see that the Radical
leaders are making a desperate effort to
prevent this and inaugurate a man who
was not elected at all must be either
blind or simple. The programme of the
Jacobin leaders was mapped out early in
the late canvass, and it is now well-nigh
full. It was a part of the programme in
the beginning to elect Hayes if possible
by fair means or foul, and in the event
of Tilden receiving more electoral votes,
t» inaugurate Hayes by force with the
Radical Senate and the Federal army.
This was a part, and the principal part, uf
the programme in the beginning, and we
can see no symptoms of a disposition on
the part of the Radical leaders to retract.
They seem determined to fill out the pro-
rammu fully.
DUTIES AND INTENTIONS OE TIIE DEMOC
RACY.
The duty of the Democracy, under ex
isting circumstances, is plain. And not
ly is the duty of the Democacy plain,
hut the duty of every patriot in the laud,of
all parties. When the sacred rights of the
people of a Republic are trampled under
foot; when the verdict of the people at
the ballot-box in at least three sovereign
Mates is ignored; when the Radical
leaders are engaged in a persistent effort
to inaugurate a man President who was
never elected ; it is superfluous to ask the
question, “ What is our duty,?” When
a city is on fire aud conflagration threat
ening to sweep everything before it, the
men who would ask the question, “What
is our duty,’’ is a consummate simpleton.
It is too late for such que-ti •: -. Prompt,
energetic determined, de j • .e action is
what is needed now. The time to strike
for our liberties is upon us again. Every
patriot in the country will now naturally
float to the surface and not only talk but
ACT. The time for inaction has passed by.
The great Democratic party of the coun
try is now thoroughly arouseii. The lib
erties of the people are in imminent peril
and who ever refuses to act is a traitor
and a coward. The Democratic party
here, we are happy to announce, is not
idle. Our party here has been holding
conventions all over this section, deliber
ating in regard to this situation and the
ptoper course to be pursued to bring mat
ters to a satisfactory consummation.
This is our duty, our preregative and our
determination. There seems to be no
doubt of Northern Democracy insisting
upon their rights when the proper time
arrives. And that the opportunity will
present itself, we feel almost morally
certain. But it is our duty and our in
tentions to maintain our rights, and this
we shall do. However, we wish to be
fairly understood in regard to the matter.
As a matter of course we most devoutly
hope for a peaceful solution of the Presi
dential problem. No man on earth de
plores war more deeply thaD we; there
fore we are most emphatically in favor of
peace so long as it cau he honorably
maintained, but if force must come, then
we are ready for our share of the fun at
any moment. We say, “ Let us have
peace,” hut let us have justice also,
“ though the heavens fall.”
MISCELLANEOUS.
Verily, this is a progressive age. The
people of the United States, it seems,
have three Presidents, and South Carolina,
at last accounts, had two Governors.
Who will dare say that the Radical par
ty is not a progressive party ? This na
tion is one hundred years old, and the like
never was heard of before. This is at
least one evidence of the progressive na
ture of the Radical party, so vauntingly
referred to by Radical orators during the
late canvass, and the Radical press is even
yet instructing its credulous readers, in
the same political tenets, namely, that it
would be exceedingly dangerous to inau
gurate Tilden; because this would be
bond ha* ..'i --hrj fgw ex£
-gflidaaY/ h'v
i
EOSIR; GEORG.
virtually “restoring the old rebel clement
of the South lb power,’’ &c. The-.SHne
authority has succeeded - in working-’the
rank and file of the Radical party up to
the point of believing that, in the event
of Tilden’s inauguration, the “Rebel
war claims’” will be adjusted and the
“ Rebel soldiers pensioned.” As a mat
ter of course, tuts t ait Radical cam
paign clap-ira|>; bu. tu-s rank ami file of
tne party believe titoaiuau. Ot course,
nothing of the kind will be doue, and
yet . we can see no reason- why it should
not be done. The Federal army was
fighting to abolish slavery, make money,
and pave the way to future political pat
ronage and power, by making use of the
emancipated slaves for political purposes.
The Federal soldiers who became disar
bled in makiug this crusade against the
rights of the South, are pensioned ; and
we cau see no reason why the people of
the South—we mean the soldiers—should
not be pensioned, also, if they were disa
bled whild bravely defending their rights,
for this is ail they were doing. If we
were “running the machine’’ we would
say, give them a pension. . There has
been enough stolen the last sixteen years
to pension all uf them.
Key-Stone.
MODERATION.”
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
to ’uitii-rrj . 7 i;.. . 5 ~
V
•di ! till
-dm act:
G, JANUARY 31, 1877.
NEW SERIES-NO. 22
The Legislative.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 22,1877.
The ninth annual session of the woman
suffrage convention closed with a very
largely attended evening session on the
17th inst. Three of the old pioneers,
Miss Authouy, Mrs. Cady Stanton and
Mrs. Gage, were present with many re
cruits who have acquired more or less
prominence by their zeal and endurance
iu the cause. Whatever our convictions
may he of tlie good taste, or wisdom
prompting these workers, one cannot
withhold a feeling of admiration for the
pluck and singleness of purpose which
sustained those three leaders under the
storm of ridicule and misrepresentation
which every where greeted them in the
earlier days of the movement, for the per
severance that forced a hearing for them,
and for the able advocacy which has ren
dered their complete victory one of the
probabilities of the immediate future
They have endured hardness as good sol
diers; and to the spectator of the pro
ceedings admirable moral displayed by
the leaders was the mast convincing evi
dence of their early success, in connec
tion with the great revolution of public
sentiment which they have brought about
in one brief quarter of a century.
Dr. Mary Walker, who labored zeal
ously for the bachelor candidate during
the late political campaign, managed to
xtort an expression of the preferences
of her audience by referring, iu a speech
before the convention, to ** Samuel J.Til-
deu, our next Ficsident.” Cheers aud
hissess greeted the allusion, but the naes
appeared to have it iu the opinion of dis
interested listeners. Mrs. Lockwood,
who has came to he recognized as a pret-
tv good lawyer in the courts of this Dis
trict caused a good bit of merriment at
Mr. Wattersou’s expense and which, had
he been present, must have covered that
impetuous gentleman with confusion, by
the introduction of a resolution calling
for the appointment of a committee of
five women to ! count and declare the
electoral vote, and for a hundred thousand
to capture or otherwise dispose of the
similar number of male Democrats with
whom it was proposed to invade this city
at the time of counting the vote.
Ti.e plan of compromise almost unani
mously adopted by the Joint Committee,
is the chief topic of conversation in every
circle high and low of our city. The re
sult arrived at by the members of that
committee has brought almost general re
lief from forebodings of disaster to Re
publican government, which were shared
by reflecting and patriotic men of every
shade of political opinion ; and although
it remains to be adopted by the two
houses, and is certain to meet with deter
mined opposition irom extreme men, yet
there is a feeling of confidence manifest
ed that it will he overwhelmingly adopted.
It is also generally conceded that busi
ness interests of all kind have become so
adjusted that with the uncertainties rela
tive to the Presidency removed, there
would be au almost instantaneous im
provement throughout the country, and
that the lapse of only a few months would
be necessary to a return of individual
and national prosperity.
The soft weather and rain of the past
four days have created serious apprehen
sions of a calamitous freshet Advices
from Harper’s Ferry show the ice to be
breaking up and the river rising Much
snow remains cove ring the country adja
cent to the upper Potomac, and the ground
is saturated like a sponge; and the mer
chants of Georgetown warned by former
experience and late disasters in the West,
and completing arrangements for the
hasty removal of goods from the store
houses on the docks, to places of safety in
case of flood. Soup houses have been open
ed at several points in this city, partiallyrc-
lieving the extreme suffering and destitu
tion which are more general than for
many years, and sorely aggravated by
the extreme cold of the present season.
Knox.
• Eleventh Dmy>e Proceeding*;
' ' senate.
The Senate was called to order by
President Lester. oT
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev - . J. P,
Duncan. - - • ;:
Bills on First Reading.
By Mr. Bryau—Tb amend the set
appointing a stenographer for the su
perior courts. - r ~ ■’ j : ~ .
By Mr. DuBose—To authorize the
Dade county coal company to call in
their twelve per cent, bonds and to is
sue new bonds in lieu thereof. ' _ r
By Mr. Lester—To further prescribe
the duties of the supreme court.
-Also, to regulate the law of insurance
in the State of Georgia. ’’ , ,
Mr. Black introduced a-- bill j^gt
ting the filing ttf affidavits of illegality.
Bills on Third Reading.
To better protect the setting apart of
widows and orphans’ year’s support.
The bill was amended by the judiciary
committee so as to include all estates
and was passed.
To better enable persons to fill cer
tain county offices’ reducing bonds, the.
Recommitted.
To amend the claim laws of the State.
Amended by the judiciary committee
aud then passed.
To amend section 4712 of the code,
providing for the punishment, of at
tempts to commit suicide. Passed.
To amend the law governing the
office of State printer, his duties, emol
ument and privileges. Mr. Reese moved
that the bill be mada the special order
for Thursday. Passed.
Resolution, Etc.
Mr. Cabiniss moved a resolution re
questing the judiciary committee to de
cide whether or not the compensation
for State printer could not be modified
after the said printer had been elected,
and had qualified, Passed.
HOUSE.
The house was called at 10 A. M. by
Speaker Baco->.
Prayer by Rev. A. E. Cloud, repre
sentative front Clayton.
' Bills on First Reading.
Mr. Smith, of Butts—To prevent the
obstructing of the public roads in this
State. Referred to committee on in
ternal improvements.
The special commsttee to examine
the executive mansion reported that the
mansion needed repairing and refurn
ishing, and recommended the appro
priation of 81,500 for that purpose.
Referred to finance committee
Major R. W. Hunter, editor of the
Winchester (Va.,) Times, who has been
acting as secretary of the House Louis
iana investigating committee, in a letter
from New Orleans ta his paper Bays:
“I may he too saguine, but my belief
is that the facts in regard to the elec
tion in Louisiana, as shown by the tes
timony, will establish the claim of the
Democrats to the Eleetorial vote of the
State so clearly and conclusively that
all decent Republicans will admit it,
and abandon their opposition to Til
den’s peaceable inauguration.”
Twelttb Day’s Proceedings.
SENATE.
The Senate met at the usual hour,
Mr. Lester presiding.
Prayer by Rev. J. P. Duncan, Chap
lain. — — ■*-*- ■
After the reading of the journal, Mr.
Godfrey gave notice that he would move
to reconsider the action of the Senate
in regard to the insuring of the public
ouildings. :
A message was received from the
House embracing the passage of a
number of local bills.
A message was received from the
Governor containing communications
in a seated package, which he asked
the Senate to consider in executive ses
sion.
Bills on Third Reading.
Referring to the payment of monies
to school teachers. Reported adverse
ly from committee on education. Lost.
To provide for the more definite and
particular return of income, or gross re
ceipts, from corporations, companies,
Ac., that are required to .report the
same to the Comptroller General. The
bill provides that where the Comptrol
ler General 6hall deem said returns too
small, he shall fix the amount himself,
bis decision to be subject to the arbitra
tion of three persons—one chosen by
each of the parties at issue, and the
third by these two. The finance com
mittee reported the bill back with
-light amendment-, and recommended
its passage. Passed.
To require the county school com
missioner of each county to make an
nual report of the school operations of
his county, and to furnish a copy of the
same to the grand jury at the Bpring
term of the court. Passed.
To amend the garnishment laws of
this State, requiring that the original
sums of gamishmet to the affidavits
served upon the parties garnished. Ju
diciary committee reported adversely.
Lost.
To fix compensation of tax colllec-
tor and receiver of Dade, Walker and
Catoosa counties, provining that the
per cent on the State tax alone be al-.
lowed. The committee amended by
allowing that the per centage be divi-
deu equally between the State and
county tax. The bill as amended was
passed.
Senator Black asked a suspension
of the rules to introduce a resolution,
fixing the hour of 12 m. as the time for
electing a Senator.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and confirmed the appoint
ments.; ".
A House resolution, making the
printing committee of the House and
Senate a joint committee, was con
curred in. gf.
Mr. Godfrey moved that a commit-
ttee of three from each House he ap
pointed to consider the propriety of im
proving the public buildings.
Bills on lirst Reading.
Mr. Black—To better protect credi
tors in cases of assignment of dower.
Mr. Iteese—To provide for the com
pensation of the comptroller general.
Also, to define whatare private fer
ries.
Also, to provide for the impartial se
lectmen of jurors.
Bills on Third Reading.
A hill relating to the carrying of con
cealed weapons, and excepting sheriffs
and deputy sheriffs from provisions of
the same. Judiciary committee recom
mend that it do not pass. Lost
A hill to change the time of meeting
of the general assembly. Reported ad
versely. Lost
A bill to amend section 3514 of the
code by striking out the words “three
days” after “the subpoena shall be serv
ed,” and inserting “where parties live
in the" county ten days, where they do
not twenty days.” Passed.
The senate in executive session con
firmed the iollowing appointments:
Hugh Bnchanan, judge Coweta cir
cuit.
J.'K. Hines, solicitor Middle cir
cuit.
A. L. Mitchell, solicitor Western cir
cuit
F. D. Dismuke, solicitor Flint cir
cuit •
HOUSE.
Tbs house was called to order at 10
A. M. by Speaker Bacon.
' Prayer by Rev. John Jones, Chap
lain.
Mr. Whittle offered a resolution that
the house meet at noon to-day and pro
ceed to elect a United States Senator
for the term beginning on the 4th of
March next for six years, which was
agreed to.
Mr. Awtry, offered a resolution that
the committees of the House and Sen
ate on public printing be made a joint
committee, which was agreed to.
W Bills on First Reading
TI.2 rales were suspended the follow
ing bills were read the first time:
Mr. Russell—To amend section 4692
of the code. Referred to judiciary
committee.
A tea, to prescribe the penalty for as
sault and assault and battery. Refer
red tzi judiciary committee.
Tha Senate bill to amend section
3216 of the code and make it applicable
to cases of mandamus, was read the
second time.
The committee on privileges and
elections in the contested case from
Camden county, reported Mr. G. A. Mal-
lette legally elected and entitled to his
seat. .They offered a resolution that
G. A. Mallette was elected and entitled
to his seat. The resolution was agreed
to.
i committee on enrollment re
ported a resolution that it was the sense
of ti# committee that the clerk has
sufficient force, and that no more be
employed unless certified to by the clerk
as netcessary, and that the clerk of the
enrollment committee be considered as
one ofihe clerks of the House,
to.
—
Thirteenth Day’s Proceedings.
f, SENATE.
Atlanta, January 24,1877.
TheSenate met pursuant to adjourn
ment I
President Lester in the chair. Prayer
by the Rev. J. P. Duncan, Chaplain.
Bills were read a second time and re
ferred. 1
. Bills on First Reading.
By Mr. McDaniel—To amend section
1635 of the code, so far as relates to fees
cf solicitors general.
Also, to change the time of calling
the fall term of the Supreme Court
A message from the Governor, ac
companied by a sealed communication,
which he desired to be considered it
executive session.
The following appointments were
of the county
of SuotiCT, judge of the Southwestern
circuit.
Robert G. Mitchell, of the county oJ
Thomas, solicitor general of the South-
western circuit
James Flewellen, of the county of
Randolph Pataula circuit.
Cicero T. Clements, of the county of
Walker, to be solicitor general of the
Rome circuit
T. F. Grier, of the county of Gilmer,
to be solicitor general of the Blue Ridge
circuit
it Bills on Third Reading.
To prohibit the sate of intoxicating
liquors in the 432d district of Irwin
county. Passed.
To limit the time for the enforcement
of liens. Lost.
To fix the per diem pay of jurors
and constables in the couoties of Paul
(ling and Haralson. Passed.
To better enable the person elected
to county offices to give security.
Pissed by substitute.
To amend the act providing for waiv
er of the homestead. Laid on the ta
ttle.
TVprevent the dismissal of suit it.
the Supreme Cour . ..Laid oh the utt-1-
To provide for lhe aubihitting of iht
~ tax to the vdjhrs of the coun ty.
Laid on the table. I . . 4
To provide for the Appointment of
hod trustees for snb-di&ricts in the
counties. Passed.
To alter the Constitution so far as it
relate to per capita or poll tax. Laid
on the table.
On motion of Mr. Howell, the time
of adjournment of the Senate for this
day was extended indefinitely.
On motion of Mr. Black, the hour of
12 o’clock having arrived, the Senate
repaired to the hall of the House of re
presentatives for the election of United
States S.enator.
After the vote was taken, the Senate
paired to its chamber.
The Senate then adjourned until to
morrow at ten o’clock.-
At 12 M. the Senate proceeded to
the hall of the House of Representa
tives, and, after casting their ballot re
turned and adjourned until 10A. M.
to-morrow.
The joint committee on deaf and
dumb asylum report that they had
visited the asylum. The condition of
the asylum discloses a state of facts im
peratively demanding a change in the
system of management. Th, manage
ment of its affaire is an anomalous ore
—that of hydra-headed authority with
co principal exercising control. This
State of affairs has created confusion
and entailed unnecessary expense. The
office of steward they considered unnec
essary. The discreditable condition of
the building and the want of qnalfica-
tion of its officers is a drawback. They
recommend the reorganization of the
board of trustees by the present legis.
lature. They recommend the appro
priation of 816,500,812.000 for support
of the institution, 81,000 for repairs,
81,000 for repairs on the building of
the colored department, 82,000 for the
support of the colored department, and
8500 for apparatus for the educational
department.
HOUSE.
The House was called to order at
ten A. M. by Speaker Bacon. Prayer
by John Jones, D. D., chaplain.
Read Third Time.
The Senate bill to amend section
.3216 of the code so as to make it ap-
plecable to cases of mandamus, was
read the the third time and passed.
The committee on privaleges and
elections in the contested elections case
Grom Habersham reported that J. H.
Grant, the sitting member, received
the highest number of votes legally
cast, and was thereon. entitled to his
seat. They offered a resolution that J.
H. Grant was entitled to his seat
The special order being the bill to
reduce salaries, was taken up.
Mr. Fry moved to go into the com
mittee of the whole to consider it.
Mr. Jordon, of Hancock moved to re
fer it to the joint finance, committee,
which motion prevailed,
On motion Mr. Chandler, the rules
were suspended and the call of the
counties for the introduction of new
matter continued.
Also, to amend the act to prevent
the sale of liquor to minors. Referred
to judiciary committee.
Also, to repeal the act for the pay
ment of minors from fines and forfeit-
urers into the county treasurer. Re
ferred to judiciary committee.
Mr. Kennon—To preventjthe dis
missal of writs of error from the supreme
court. Referred to judiciary commit
tee.
Mr. Strickland—To authorize the
lerks of the court of ordidary to ad-
u mister all the oaths appertaining to
the office. Referred -.to judiciary com-
**^Mr? Wolihin^-4o'olefine the duties
•f the supreme eourt Referred to ju
diciary committee.
Also, to repeal the act to amend
section 1,700 of the code. Referred to
judiciary committee.
Mr. Reece—To amend the act regu
lating the sale of liquors in Floyd
county. Engrossed.
Also, to appropriate 8900 to finance
committee,
Also, to prevent the earn ing on ot
lotteries aud sale of lottery tickets.
Referred to judiciary committee.
Mr. Fry—To rtqure the inspection 01
■Hearn betiit-rs. Itslered to judiciary
committee.
Also, to amend section 1,979 to make
the lien of lumbermen apply to arch
itects. Referred to judiciary commit-
tee
Mr Hillyer—To provide the manner
jf tax sates in municipal corporations.
Referred tojudiciary committee.
Also, to appropriate money to J. I.
Miller. Referred to judiciary commit
tee.
Mr. Dudly—To prohibit the sale of
iquor within three miles of Sugar
Valiev Baptist church in Gordon couu-
y. Referred to judiciary committee.
Mr. Grant to exempt Irom taxation
$100 of proverty of the head of each
family. Referred to judiciary com-
HOUSE.
The House was called to order at 10
A. M by speaker Bacon,
Prayer by Rev. John Jones, D. D.,
chaplain.
A communication was received from
the comptroller general stating that his
salary was 82,000 and the fees of office
about the some amount.
Fourteenth Day’s Proceedings,
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at 10
A. M. by President Lester.
Prayer by Rev. J. P. Duncan, Chap
lain.
Mr. Black moved to reconsider the
action relative to the action of the
committee on joint rules, winch motion
prevailed. He subsequently offered
roles for the government of the Gener
al Assembly in joint session, which
were agreed to.
Mr. Mattox presented a petition
from the citizens of Glynn county ask
ing that the State tax for 1877 be remit
ted, which was referred to a committee
consisting of Messrs, Mattox, McDan
iel Wessalowaki.
Bilk on First reading.
Mr. Asbniy—To amend the law rela
tive to selling or furnishing liquor on
election days.
Mr. Cabaoisa—To amend paragraph
7 of the 2535th section of the code.
Mr. Graham—To amend section 3907
of the code.
Mr. Hudson—To amend section 3792
of the code.
The Senate, in executive session,
confirmed the appointed eni of Hon. G,
J,On as State school commissioner.
The Washington correspondent of
Baltimore Gazette narrates the follow
ing incident as showing the determi
nation of the Radical conspirators to
count in Hayes at every hazard. On
Thursday last there was a reception
given by one of the Cabinet ladies,
which was attended, as in customary,
by the wives of Democratic Senators
and Rrepresentatives. It happened
that in the general gossip, which nat-
ually is’largelv engaged in such occa
sions, that the conversation turned on
the dignity, and grace with which cer
tain ladies had presided over the
White House. Some one of the ladies
remarked that Mrs. Secretary Fish
would have filled the difficulty posi
tion with great credit, whereupon the
wife of one of the Cabinet minesters
present said that Mrs. Hayes wonldnot
be second to even Mrs. Fish in this
high station. A lady, the wife of a
Democratic Congressman, said, langh-
ingly, that Mrs. Pelton,the sister of Sir.
Tilden was a very accomplished lady,
and would grace the Whate House,
whereupon Mrs. Secretary Morril said,
with considerable heat, “Tilden will
never occupy the White House. We
have the army and the navy, and if
force is neccessary to inaugurate Hayes
it will.be used.” This was said with
rude pointedness of speech, and the
manner of Mrs. Secretary was so brus
que and unladylike that the Democrat
ic ladies present felt that it was not
proper for them to tarry longer and
they immediately withdrew.
A New York letter of Friday aaya:
“A conference of prominent bankers,
merchants, and others, is to be held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, this evening, to con
sider the propriety of calling a mass
meeting at the Academy of Music, some
evening next week, in support of the
joint committee’! plan for counting the
electoral vote. It is intended that the list
of officers shall embrace the names of
the representative men of both the great
parties, and the venerable Governor Dix
or Peter Cooper, Esq., will be naked to
preride. Persons engaged in the move
ment assert that, if need be, at least twen
ty thousand signatures could be obtained
to the call in one day, if t rey set anybody
to £0 about to solicit them. Modi sur
prise is expressed that to many of our
Representatives should be unfavorable to
the compromise.” £ . . .
The Tennessee Snakes.
It was in Kentucky that a shower of
meat fell not long ago and frightened
the bntchers of the whole Blue Grass
region. It is from Tennessee that we
here to-day of “a fall of small live
snakes during a heavy rain-storm on
Tuesday.” It i3 not exactly a coinci
dence, but it is near enough to In cu
rious. The famous product of Bour
bon county, Kentncky, that takes the
telegraph operator prisoner, is accessi
ble in Memphis, and these are its’ re
sults. People not familiar with inci
dents of this description will wonder
that a telegraph operator conld envolve
so many snakes ont of his inner
consciousness. He says there was thou
sands. Still readers will gaze and still
the wonder grow, that small boats conld
carrv all he saw; but it is not so very
surprising. A reliable gentleman at
present in hospital on Blackwell’s Is
land states that he has seen millions
at a time in this city, and it is a histo
rical fact that Mr. Chaldler has seen
185 electoral votes in one nighf^a much
more surprising performance than that
of the Memphis operator, and much
better attested. The wonderful thing
is not in the numbers. When a man
is in that condition that be can see one
snake which droppetb, as the gentle
dew drop from heaven, upon the boot
beneath, he has acheived the really
marvellous portion of the performance
The increase of numbers is not an in
crease in wonderfulness. The fact that
the operator saw any snakes at all we
admitto be remarkable. As the police
reports say of the suicides, no cause is
assigned for the rash act, and we are
left to the mercy of conjecture.
Another point made for a correct
count of the Florida Electoral vote.
The lower House of the Florida Legis
lature, yesterday, passed an act declar
ing the true condition of the vote at the
November election, and awarding the
majority to Tilden Electors. This is a
solemn confirmation by the sovereign
legislative authority, of the only honest
count of the vote, that has yet been
had_. This is the second link in the
chain of events touching the Electoral
vote in Florida, since that State passed
under an honest Government. The
next will be to send the real returns,
confirmation by the Legislature, togeth
er with all the facta, to Washington,
end have the whole record filed with
Mr. Ferry. Then we shall see whether
there is not some way for a State to pre
vent a lot of thieves from stealing her lo
cal Government and her Electoral vote
at one sweep. Wheeler, Sherman & Co.
to the contrary notwithstanding, we
are of the opinion that the doctrine that
fraud and perjury, if only they are per
petrated in legal form, are final and
conclusive, is not to be incorporated in
to our politics. Nor do we think the
monstrous claim that a State has no
power to. cure or contact frond, of any
kindy will-be allowed: to pass Unchal
lenged by the people of this country.
This is one set of facts Morton & Co.
don’t want looked into by the Joint
Convention; least of all do they desire
these records shall be refen ed to such a
Board of Arbitration as is provided for
in the Electoral Count bill. Natural
ly they, therefore, oppose that bill, and
11 otr-.i r. which do not turn the whole
count.!»{,- to the creatureof their party
to the Senate.
The unexpected rise of the price of
illuntinaiiug oil is said to be the sud
den demand upon our market from
abroad Foreign bupers held offi sup
posing that they could dictate their own
terms, but finding they could not they
have sent in their orders in the midst
of a brisk local business. The daily re-
cepit of petroleum is about 58000barrels
which aboatooe-balfgoes abroad. This
is tibout 10,000 barrels per diem less
;hari what was obtained two years ago.
The increased demand, it is thought,
will lead to the discovery of new wells
-is was the case five years ago, when the
wells of Butler county, Penn., were
found, which sre the most productive
In the country.
John Sherman should come to the
rescue of his old friend, Eliza Pinkston.
Here comes so earnest a Republican as
Representative Crapo, of Massachusetts,
and says there is abundant evidence of
Mrs. Pinkston’s bad character. It was
proved that she was guilty of infanti
cide on at least tiro occasions, and of
other crimes. The white men who were
accused by Mrs. Pinkston of having
participated in the murder of her hus
band proved alibis to Mr. Crapo’s satis
faction, and the weight of the evi
dence went to show beyond a doubt
that Pinkston was killeid by a negro
named Brooks and his associates.
The February “ Galaxy" will’be a
unusually bright number. In this
number will be commenced a new Se
rial story by Justin McCarthy, called
/‘Miss Misanthrope.” It will run
‘through the year. Henry James, Jr.,
will contribute an article called “The
Letters of Honore de Balzac.” Walter
Burlingame writes on the “ Murder of
Margary.” Secretary Welles’ article on
the “ Lincoln Administration” will be
continued. “Applied Sciences” willjte
treated on by Charles Barnard. Poems
by Bret Harte, W. Winter, and - Mary
Ainge DeVere will be fouud in this
number. _■
Col. Hunt, who was relieved of the
command of the Federal troops in South
Carolina because he simply preserved
the peace against the assaults of the
savage negro republicans from the Sea
Islands, has made his official report to
the Department at Washingto-*. Col.
Hnnt shows that Charleston nuts were
caused by the Republican leaders, who
inflamed the passions of the blacks,
and his report establishes the fact that
he was removed because he would not
use the United States troops under his
command for political purposes, at the
bidding of Collector of the Port
In a short time Mt. Holley, the well
known mechanical engineer, will at
tempt to heat the entire City of Lock-
port, N. Y., by steam. The city is di
vided into districts, each district is to
have its separate boiler. Mains from
each boiler are run to the different hous
es, and all the occupant has to do is to
turn a faucit and obtain all the heat
he wants.
« m » . .—- •
At the National Woman; Suffrage
Convention Mrs. Lockwood introduced
a resolution in favor of the assembling
inWashingtoQ of 100/XX) women to
keep the peace. The idea of keeping
the peace with 100,000 women together
is rich.
FOB THE TRI-WEEKLY.
Om year *100
Six months J 0J
rhreo - 1 00
If not paid strictly in advaneo, tho price oi
Sot™** -will bo $2 30 a year, and
ihoTu-winxLT $5 00.
So or mure, ono copy wilt ’h* fur-
Ponltry on the Farm.
! Poultry on the farm is a source uf
profit fn proportion to the care aud at
ten tion bestowed upon them. If only
common scrub chickens are kept and
allowed to pick for themselves, the
supply of eggs they give in spring and
summer when eggs are cheap, and t tre
few eggs sold, will not more than pay
for the food they waste and what Hu y
eat, while on the other ban 1. if trS
improved breeds are adopted, they
will with proper attention give a good
supply of eggs the year through; tvtti
when eggs are high and scarce they
continue to lay as well as in midsuuu:
mer. They will not waste the grain
and fly everywhere, as any common
tight fence four feet high will keep
the Asiatics within bonds, and your
garden will not be so ruthlessly de
stroyed. You can market the chich-
ens younger, they grow larger, and arq
about as healthy and hard' - as the u-in-
mon chickens with ordinary .
Every farmer should it..ye aj poultry-*
house and sitoulJ keep ;fs>S. dTcsnc-3
and whitewashed io keep out vc-nrur.-
a little coal oil on the roots occasion
ally .will keep them free. "
But you say the terrible high price
of these imported breeds of poultry
keeps the farmer from getting them.
What matters it what the price is, so
long as it pays to have them at the
price? Are our farmers going to quit
raising the improved breeds of hogs
because the fine choice breeding hogs
are high and from 8100 to 81,000 each.
The standard supply of even the im
proved breeds of pigs or poultry is not
exorbitantly high, since it is regulated
by the supply and demand, aud the
large number of breeders now baye a
good supply even for the rapidly in
creasing demand and the competition
of trade regulates the prices to corres
pond with the trouble and expense of
breeding the best class of pure stock.
Western larmers want to rais all the
stuck they can to consume the products
of the farm, and poultry pays a better
profit in proportion to the expense than
either cattle, hogs or horses.
Hoe-
Sweet Potatoes Without
inff.
A correspondent of the Rural South-;
Land gives his.plan for making sweet
potatoes: — v •
Heretofore it has been the custom
with fanners to plough up a high bed,
then rake up with the hoe still higher,
open and plant with the hoe, and after
the potato has come up, scrape the en
tire bed, then hill, and finally dig with
the hoe. Too much hoe work entirely
for the white man, and since the black
or colored man has forty acres and a
mule, it-is entirely too much for him.
My plan is to flat-break, with two
horses, early in April or May, lay off
.four feet with’dTsub-soil plow,
ioh makes nothing more than a
mole trace; drop the potato and sink it
into the trace with the foot then run a
harrow and continue to run olten
enough to keep down the grass nntill
the potatoes are up. when up to a
good stand, throw two furrows with a
turning plow; covering them up entire
ly. Let them remain until they com
mence coming through, then run a sub
soil in the last furrows with the turning
plow, which will cover them slightly,
and cover up the grass, leaving them
in a nicely hilled condition. Before
they com ’ r running, break out the
remainii. . J . with a turning plow,
and abou. "tee furrows T-- :‘ ,v > - .i- ^
soil. When yo>’d a. :
say nothing u: >ue tu-. b£ nltuMUe , *
course a liberal supply of that is indis
pensable.
What I Have Seen.
An old man of experience says:
I have seen a young man sell a good,
farm, turn merchant and die in the in-,
sane asylum.
I have seen a farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking at.
I have seen a man spend mors money
in folly than would support his family
in comfort and independence.
I have seen a young girl marry a
man of dissolute habits, and repent for
it as long as she lived.
I have seen a man depart from truth
where candor and veracity would have
served him to a much better purpose.
I have seen the extravagance and fol
ly of children bringing their parents to
poverty and want, and themselves to
disgrace. — *■ ~
i I have seen a prudent and industri
ous wife retrieve jthe fortune of a fami
ly, when the husband pulled at the
other end of the rope.
I have’seen a’young man who dispis-
ed the counsel of the wise and the ad
vice of the good, and-his career end in
poverty and wretchedness.
The Hark Lane Express, the organ of
the British com trade, says that farming
as a business is certainly at as low an
ebb as any other branch of prodpr'i- n
can be, and that those farmers will be
fortunate wKo do not find th mselves at
the end df the agricultural > tar poorer
than at the beginning, as t. u many of
them did last year. There are two al
ternatives—reduction of price of labor
or reduction of rent. That rents will
come down unless farming as a busi
ness improves there can be no donbt.
But even now land only pays 2} to 3
per cent, oil its value. This problem
will have to be solved pretty soon.
The-situation grows pmre serious for
all parties. Farms are being thrown
up all oyer the country, and there is a
loud and general outcry of the extent
to which tenants are sacrificed to the
sporting mama of their landlords. The
English Laborer says there are plenty ef
farms on which the damage done by
ground game is nearly equel to the
whole labor bilL The gilded youth of
to-day bad better make the most of
their battnes this season, for it doe3
not look as if they would have a great
many more.
The Spanish ladies, use the Allowing
Ipreparatjon togiye a polished whi -
ness to the neck and arms: Intu.-u
wheat bran, well sifted, for four hours
in white wine vinegar.; add to it five
yolks of eggs and two gains of amber
gris, and distil the whole. It should
be tightly corked for twelve or fifteen
years, when itwill be fit f^xr.pse. It is
an excellent preparation to give a 1ns-
J&TOthe sum. A. Chicago man has
tried it on a pimple, and what was
obde an unsightly object is now so pol
ished that it shines ont like R head
light on a locomotive.