Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

a One square one month.... One square three months...... ........ One square eiz months— - Ono square twelve months..-.- ...... Onq-fourth column ono month......... One-iaurth column tnreo months-.. One-fourth column six months- One-fourth column twelve months. * Quo-half column one mouth..—.... One-half column three months........ One-naif column six months— One-half column twelve monthn.-.. One column one month.. One column three months..— — One column six months —- One column twelve months —• 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 The clause is au unconsti tutional one and ought to he repealed at once.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 ragi* S3JL7 hjjs 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.