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-'^r^irTioN s - si**- 1 M #iooo 0 00 *&&>’■ '-""'.'".v:. * 00 X&ZZ*** « “*■ “ ™- r *‘”“ Y ,"z si the erplration ■ ,. x p>' rs * * ...V -rithont farther H'-tico, £e DJ« ■.,*,.jfjtnc olmorta the fiaty* on the P»? r txzZte* te ®» I ypjr r • &»» lbc:r orrt9rs “SX^ ttW remlWE * the “ a0 “‘ |r > 555 ehtisin o. ^gUta, mo««0 »w» of Nonpareil IA 8* ‘ ‘ UJW3. I * ,Ih *7,dvem«meat* and special notices I 40-*°“ „ , r each insertion. . fiMi inwttioa, *1 MS pci ' ’^beejaent lneorlion (if inserted e5C .. cents per square. notices, 20 cents pur aserted n*| af*«r d«S'. to** 11 I jJKitW®® ^ charged *1 OO per square £<» J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1877. ESTABLISHED 1850. I u*A- Llj iBBert' Dj coo6*^ ct rates allowed »«p£ "P*^ i c . uber-fi discounts imi ‘ to ‘ arg ’ 1 **■ I^Vh CHEAP COLUMN KATES. 1, waste-! by, or offered to. Clerks, ‘' TcKhert. Workmen, Mechanic **"*1. Porters, Dope, Cooke, Ac.; Board 8«*‘ '• ’anted or offered; Apartments and eilkoPn Houser, Stores, Ac., for or tvairu'-l; articles, lost or found, ,’i-a ,a wanted or to rent, and mis- *ffir«wAo! a u tillds ’ teQ “■*“ “ Une f °‘ jjiinKTUOb rbm1X TANCES ■ tion? or advertising can be made M "Z order, ltegistered Letter, or Kx ^11 iAter» should be ad I -Li, at J. 11. KSTILL, Savannah, Ga. 1.01'IS* TO QES. FRANCIS T. NICHOLLS. from where the broad Pacific BoiU a*, the tro’den gates, ^wecSetorm-cr.twned round the States, There is no laud divinely fair or beauteous as thou art, gubriaed lire tome rare jewel lu every S'outhrufl s heart. t, m vast like some dead beauty WUb.weei 'Zitl, And the ct Tbt ■ect crown upon thy brow VVV dim aud overcast; a« a sound of wailing, ,er sister States all said : n.*en enchained and desolate— she is dead.” ,vu-t redden- Gulf waves But the warm resistless Gt Flowed ui> with measured beat, And brought the quick life pulses Unto her 1'Ulsele-s jeet. While the mocking birds kept calling From out her orange groves, H w could she die, aud break the hearts Of all her ardent loves ? ^1 gee ; s he moves her chained hands, ^ Abash is on the sea, Her tetters fall—from out the land Goa up a cry, “She’s free!” Ilow freshly bioom her gardens now, tin highland aud on plain. Exultant her great river lolls Amid her fields of canc. \ shout goes up from every heart * That bled for her before, And echoes back from strand to strand, Free! free! forevermore. Her children fiom the hone Star State Cry to her sons, “Well done! flow nobly you Lave worn your chains, How bravely you have won.” Shine, Crescent, shine, to all the earth; Across the waiting sea Come ships and bear her treasures forth, Bring her prosperity. Her happy heart?, with willing hands, Now cheerfully will toil, Aud poverty aud want shall dwell No more upon her soil. Elizabeth J. Hereford, Dallas, Texas. Georgia Affairs. Mr. Lloyd Gouiding, son of Rev. F. R. I Gouldiug, residing noar Roswell, was &d- I mitted into tho signal service in Washing- ■ ton city at the instance of the Georgia | delegation in t'ODgress. Scip Hall, colored, was accidentally killed I while palling down the old academy in Oglo- therptf cue day last week. The Quitman Reporter is glad to note tho I fact that the os! crop of Lowndes county I hti not been very seriously injured by tho I cold, and now give promise of an abundant 1 yield. The resignation of Dr. Pendleton, as I !'resident of the Georgia Agricultural Col- I ioge, calls for the electioa of a new oflicer to I fid the vacancy, and the name of Dr. J. P. I Stevecs, of Lee, is mentioned favorably to I fill it Dr. Stevens has tho reputation ot teing one of the most intelligent farmers in I the Sooth. Mrs. Martha SutlilT, of Griffin, died sud- I denly Wednesday morning. She was goiD, I about the house, and as soon as she got to her bed expire J. She had been in feeble health for some time, but no one expocted J that she would pas3 off so suddenly. At the recent municipal election at Tal- botton, Mr. 0. D. Gorman was elected Mayor an 1 Messrs. Garrard, Smith, Burd- wel!, Ragland, Dozier and Baldwin, Coun- | cilmeu. The Quitman Reporter says: “We hear that there lias been in the past few weeks j “ore vacant town lots sold to actual settlers f rthe purpose of improvement than for "j\ c ral years past, aud still tho demand lias Lot been supplied, aud the cry is more lots I to build upou. The Aeics and Farmer has changed | hindg, Mr. S. W. Roberts retiring and Mr. ■i*. J. Boyd assuming the proprietorship and editorial labors of the same. We heartily welcome the coming and speod tho parting | editor. I i ^* r ‘ ^' d,n Hiddon on Captain - ins place, in Jefferson ccnnty, gave | 'rth to three children on Wednesday night, the 10th lost., two boys aud a girl. Tho 1 are all living and bid fair to do I children i well. The body of a negro named Allen O’Ban- • wa 3 found in the Oconee swamp frozen 4Q partly hidden in a hollow log. The --r ^ jury came to the conclusion from c evidence presented on the inquest that I - *ith another negro lost thoir way in the ■ J am ‘ ) ^ ari ng the severe weather. His ^mpanion is supposed to have drowned in | • emp.ing to cross a creek, as his ooat was found the log death. °o tho banks, and Allen crawled into out of the cold and was frozen to 7i* Q k° use * m iH, steam engine, build- _ 13 several bales of cotton, belongin; ^t^ne! Robert Wayne of Laurens, were to i r V ^ ^ re a ^ evv nj g Ut s ago. Supposed Tt/p e ” U w ork of an incendiary, trial 6 1 lrCa3 KUd meu:l " : -* rie at Augusta, its »• tnbuiatioug and financial difficulties, v P. a large space in tho Augusta papers. Jos i n . I cnui:! > ^ a te of the Geneva Lamp, md p re , & ^ er con duct the mechanical StarZd t e , PattmeatS 0f ,UoT ' llbo Iqj. ' •* bus wo see that although the sunt)'-* ■ S ° ne out ’ DcnQi!j able to <Jeo r 0i a Standard quality for tho u rgia pre 33 . •troved Urt h9USe at Lee3blir K ’ B ’ as de ' ^ re from' h sevoral n igbts ago. It caught had , " 1 e Car eleasuess of negroes who themselves there far tho the ffl0 g t lla8 ‘ bo re Putation of being one cf where t .^ aCea ! ) ' e t0VTUS Georgia or any- ^ever ° 18 attr ibutable to the fact or her qI ° r » e °f c ^ tizenB attends to his that of 0*1° iQ;3 “ leHB » aQ d meddles not with ^ ki ;^ Cities and towns, as ouihv f l! UlJual:J » Krow rich and prosper- Aiaemi g ° Ut tUia golden idea - fell iLwr !f f tii0 legislature slipped and ®0Uoe w f of stairs at the Cannon bcuistfi C . nc?da - v - Iie was considerably tad bfc, . 118 DOt 8tated whether or not he ^ to any bail or such. doiaeati a * nla ’ ^ a '’ nc '6 ro has succeeded in pa y tritl s b “. »«<i now has ftoofi’, a n 'fj' 1 ! 12 ^ lr ds hatched out in the weIL Tb ey are tamo, ^ ^'ointon l( 0 re is a field ^vintage of. ^ 8b ouid hasto to take r ^e bn Stephens had a hemor- Ihe ft,:. ! y las t—the first in his life. S^sy Zms^n l ‘ PI ‘t r B1 - Va : “Last Wed- h; ^chiih.,, 0 ;^? b een an unfortunate * «e repon thls cou ? t !'. leas than »nd tw„ ? i 49 T !ctlma o f fire—two {paw to d e .trt r&i -° ne of the latter , J«ie» er . „ iniong the former was i[ LP. on of our fellow-townsman, M 1 “*i c *eyer th»?S 0W “ from tbiB geot 1 ®- ® is little 8 * nonB injury result- £aL 0,) ».bat ,ho UeBted S lle thus J erk ed backwards J di«fi K aSf. d „ Uc poeaession ot a Be- ^^^ace^ few to the lull. The late oats in Mitchell county have escaped injury from the recent severe cold weather. The Rome Courier says : “\y e are in formed that the oats sowed in the fall are not all dead, as some had thought.” The Mitchell Reformer thus speaks of the natural advanthges of Baker county for manufactures, which nee Is only capital to develop : “Baker abounds in fine sites Jor running machinery by water power, amoDg which there are none superior to the site at which Conch’s (formerly Hog- gard’s) Mills now stand. At this site, the bluffs of the Notchaway creek, on which the mills are located on either side, are very high and steep, thus giving full control of tho water, and rendering the site the most available for a factory*of any kind of any place with which wo are acquainted. With a capital employed of $25,000, we are satis fied there could be erected machinery suffi cient to pay a profit of at least fifty per cent, per annum.” The Columbus Enquirer furnishes this item: “Yesterday afternoon Jerry Dear- heart, colored, was suffocated by gas, as is supposed, unto death in a well on the premi ses of Mr. Henry Henes, known as the De- Wolf lot, situated on the southeast inter section of Randolph and McIntosh streets. He had gone down into the well for the pur pose of cleaning it out, and had filled and sent up about six buckets full, when the drawer discovered that he was dead by wait ing so long for him to fill the bucket. The drawer immediately spread tho intelligence, and many were soon around tho fatal well. Mr. Willie Slade, after first testing with a light, went down iuto tho well aud tied tho uulortunate mau that he might be drawn eut.” The Columbus Times makes this honorable mention of a heroic act on tho part of Mr. Willie Slade, the reporter for that paper: Yesterday afternoon Mr. F. H. Lummus hurriedly entered our office and asked where he could find a police station, stating that a man was in a well and overpowered by gas, on the lot corner Forsyth and Ran dolph streets, and that no one present could be induced to go down into the well and help him out. Mr. Willie Klade, our reporter, wont immediately to the piace designated, and found a large number of persons present, but none of them would consent to enter tho well. Whereupon,with a courage and a noble instinct of humanity, which do him present honor and promise well for the future man, ho volunteered to go down, aud, though too lato to save tho unfortunate mau from death, he fastened ropes about the body so ii could bo drawn out. The self-forgetful bravery of this act finds its fellow virtue in the modesty with which he details the par ticulars of the occurrence in another place. In his report he gives no intimation that the young man who voluutocred to go down was* himself. We therefore take it upon ourselves—and without his knowledge—to tell on him. Mr. Fry’s bill in the House to amend the Constitution of Georgia proposes eomo sweeping changes. The bill makes the term of cffice of the Governor two years instead of four; of Supreme Court Judges six years instead ot twelve; Superior Court Judges four instead of eight years; makes Solici tors General elected by the people; abol ishes the office of notaries public and ex- officio justices of tho peace; increases tho number of Supremo Court Judges from three to five; creates fivo district courts of appeal to be composed of four or more judges of contiguous circuits aud one Judge of Supreme Court; reduces tho homestead from $2,000 to $500 realty, and from $1,000 to $250 personalty; kills all bonds issued or to be issued under any pretence, establishes salaries, otc. As a majority of the Legisla ture are in favor of a Constitutional Con vention, we presume that these reforms in the organic law will be left for that body to pass upou when it assembles. The Albany Neics has these sensible re marks in connection with the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad fare bills, which wo endorse: “We do not see wherein the business men of Albany are justified in their positive refusal to accept the change bills of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad inpayment of goods or merchandise, so suddenly and at so late a day. These bills are certainly more soundly valuable now than tliey ever were before, since such a large per cent, of the $70,000 (the total amount issued) has been de stroyed. They were first issued and ac cepted as freight or passenger bills; and only intended as local currency; and the face o' them to-day is good for the amount called for at the office of the company. When President Screven informed the Gov ernor of his inability to pay intorest on the bonds endorsed by the Slate, it was perfectly natural that a light panic should occur among tho holders of tho bills. But now we have it, that forty thousand dollars has been derdroyod, leaving only thirty thousand in circulation, with a promise on the nart of the officials to burn as fast as it goes into their hands. In Tliomasville, Bainbridge, and other points on tho line of tho road, these bills have all along been readily accepted, while in Albany, where tho citizens reap a richer reward from the labors of the road, it has been refused. The Atlantic BDd Gulf and Brunswick and Albany Railroads are worth to our citizens and the people who trado with us over one hundred thousand dollars per annum. It therefore behooves every business man, planter, property holder and resident of Albany to at least give to the Atlantic aud Gulf Company fair business dealing.” A correspondent of tho Sandersville Hcr- ald and Georgian thus discourses of Middle and «oath Georgia, especially Washington 'county : “It cannot be surpassed tor the healthfulness of its climate, which is of a very mild temperature. With a dry atmos phere very favorable to tho health of per sons with weak lungs or predisposed to pul monary affections. The winters are mi.d aud short, and in tho hottest summer mouths tho thermometer never scores as high on au average as it does in Now York, St Louis or other more northern latitudes. Agriculturists have a longer season to mature their various crops, and a much shorter winter to carry thoir stock through than favors many other more northern or western locals ties, and in every portion of our county the very best, and purest sort, clear, cool drink- tog water can Le had at a depth of from Ju to 40 feet below the surface of the soil. Directly west of tliia city, at a distance of some ei»ht or nine miles, there is a good mineral spring, the waters of which are said to contain great healing properties, and there are others of the kind in other parts of the county. The soil of tho county is for the most part a loam milted with sand in sufficient quantity to keep it open loose and easy to cultivate, and beneath this loam is a stratum of red clay, and every good planter know3 a loam resting on such a foundation is susceptible of the highest improvement, and will retain anv fertilizers that may be put on it. The land of this county is capable of producing verv large crops of corn, oatB, wheat and cotton. As a proot ot the high state of its productiveness under good management, 4 will cite one or two instances, viz.: ilon. Bryant Watkins, whose plantation is three miles east of this city, raised last year a fraction over seventy-nine bushels of corn to the acre, and some few years back the same land would not produce over five bush els to the acre, with tho most favora ble seasons and equal cultivation and other lands in many instances h&ie pro duced 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of lint cotton to the acre. Our markets are good and trans portation cheap, and good imprinved land can be bought on an average from 55 to Sio ner acre according to location and conve nience to market, schools and churches. In m? next article I will mention many other “ops that may be grown profitably. But tho 1 productions of this county, and tho man^advantages it offers the emigrant in the cnUtoiticn of the various crops best adapted to this section, and the opening it oilers to the capitalist, merchant and me chanic are too numerous .‘o 'neatmn tn one article, so 4 wifi continue it in “ BXt - Tho following is a summary of the opera lions of ths public schools in Emanuel county for toe past year : Number ofwb.te hi* h no Is 33’ number of <t >lor©d schools, ^number of school, 37; Number of p«- pits ip ottendance-whtto ma s, 445 white “mates ' £3: colored females G3; total colored, 140; total whKo and otooredj 1 002* average daily attc-ndauco, -9 • .. fund for 1876—Balance in treasury fro:m po tax of 1S7C. $296 99; State school fund, *851, poll tax 1870, $700; total Boho "‘ f . U " f d9 ^1876 $1,877 99. Disbursement school fund to -Average attendance, 599; prorata, $2 55Jx 593 *1 5'*0 22; County Oommiseionets com mis’sion 1876, $290 12; balanoe in treasury t i.nn.r, ik77 Site 65; total disbursement, 1st January,i877, $69 05; total ( 51,877 99. Florida Affairs. The wife of the ltigbt Itev. Bishop Young died at Jacksonville on Wednesday last- The celebration of Franklin’s birthday by the Typographical Union of Jacksonville, on Wednesday evening, was an enjoyable affair. The supper was to Lyman’s best style, and the Union office was closed about 6 o’clock, for toe purpose of allowing the printers an opportunity to attend tho cole- Mr. E. Scott Brown, of Beresford, Volnsia county, recently dug a sweet potato which measured four feet seven inches in l en S‘L vouched for by respoctablo people, and the potato can be aeen at Mr. Browns home That’s a large potato, and we suppose but The Jacksonville Uuiun says : “The coro ner’s inquest, on the body of the colored man found on the railroad track yesterdav, resulted in developing the fact* that hia name was Charles Etto, an aged colored man who lived at Lake City, and who left that place on the 26th of December to come here, and was seen no more until Saturday moruing before light, when he was seen sit ting by a tree near a small fire and next day fouud dead and lying on his face, which was covered with a coat. The jury exam ined a number of witneseea, and returned a verdict, the purport of which was tbat he was murdered. He had in his possession about eighteen dollars in money when he left Lake City. The following from the Union Betties definitely the whereabouts of Bennett, whose movements are as much a source of secrecy as was Tweed’s when he escaped from prison : “James Gordon Bennett and ser vant, Mr. Bininger, of New York, and Mr. O’Kelley, an attache of the New York Her ald. arrived in this city yesterday by way of Macon and Augusta. Oa amviug here, they wtnt to the $t. Jame3 Hotel, where the party were registered, and, as it subse quently appeared, against the wish of Mr. Bennett. The names of the party were then erased from the hotel registry, and they all left the St. James and procured a snite of four rooms at the Windsor, where they did not book their namep. The best rooms of the Windsor were asked for, and the party very quietly occupied the same until late in the afternoon, a very bountiful lunch, with champagne aud other luxuries, being pro vided by Mr. Gould. It was ascertained that Mr. Bennett and party Lad arrived at tho St. James,and quiteauuwbor of persons called, more out of curiosity than other wise, to got a look at tho Herald proprietor, and one of the actors in tbe famous duel. It was then reported tnat Mr. Bennett’s ar rival wan a canard, and on that account the names which had been put on the registry book by some idle joker were erased. Subse quent inquiry, however, proved that there was not so much of a canard after all in the report, but that a party had arrived, aud among them Mr al L°riilard, of New York, who was recognized nvy several Northern gentlemen, and that tho party had mysteri ously disappeared. Lato last evening the party went aboard Mr. iVstor’s yacht, the “Atul^ta,” aud an abundant supply of good cheer was sent on board, including sundry baskets and boxes from Messrs. Child & 3Ii. : nor’s. After eleven o’clock a boat with the fivo persons named pulled down the river accompanied with sundry traveling equippage and baskets, but whither they were bound was uot to be found out. The whole affair was very strangely conducted, and from all tho information gathered,there seems to bo little doubt tbat Mr. Bennett was one of the party, and that it was not considered desirable to have the movements of the party published.” Tho following is an extract from a letter from Mr. W. Dickson, the intelligent Ser- geant-at-Arms, who accompanied the Inves tigating Committee to Florid*, in tho Wash ington Union: “In Jefferson county scores of witnesses were summoned, and many strange characters were thrown to tho sur face. One bright moruing, shortly after daylight, your correspondent discovered an odd-looking figure slowly moving along the road, approaching tho town of Mouticello. Solemn in his appearance, came an individ ual attired iu a faded suit of Confederate gray, a cloth talma—a relic of by-goDe days —thrown carelessly around his shoulders, with a wide-brimmed palmetto hat orna menting his unkempt locks, rawhide boots and spurs, sitting astride of a big, red, short-horned buil, and gracefully holding a rein made of a clothe lino, with a wooden bit aud bridle. He slowly ap proached in a dignified and pompous man ner, guiding the animal to an adjacent post, tossed the rein over it, dismounted*^ true cavalier fashion, and strode across the road to the town pump, “Have you entered the trotter for tho spring races?” I inquired. A withering look of contempt and scorn on the part of the rider created suspicion that a silent tongue might prove valuable, if one did not care to hasten his natural gait over a sandy soil. Later developments proved tbe sanguinary-looking individual to be au important witness from Raccoon Bottom. The darkles swartued around the court house, cvinciug a lively interest in tho pro- cee4n gs of the committee, ami numbers of them were summoned to testify, aud those who we: e sworn and examined at onco be came the centre of attraction among the fellows. “H&b you bin befo’ de ’mitte, sure eauff?” asked one of a crowd, addressing a ministerial looking citizen, whoae classical appellation was Nero. Straightening him self out to his fullest height, appreciating his self-importance, ho replied: “Yes, gen’lom, de ’mitte extended a preasing invi tation to hear from de ole rabbit, and I were too servillioua not to pay my respecs, au’ I guv ’em de benefit of my valuable coasiderehun, sure’s your bom.” The State was infested with a precious set of white men, all of whom held office under Stearns. To retain control of the counties, aud continuo in place, thoy had urged tbe colored men to form organizations, supplied them with fire-arms, and made incendiary addresses to them to keep alive tho bitter ness of feeling against the Democrats, by exhibiting at public meeting-i a pair of manacles and chains, and appealing to pre judice by improssiug their hearers with the statement that if Tilden was elected they would ho cast iuto slavery. Due of this number (a resident of Mouticello) was deploring the fact that he was es tranged from certain classes of society, and that he was stigmatiz ’d as a “carpot- baggor.” ne was asked tho definition of tho term, applied from the Florida standpoint. “Well, sir,” ho replied, “to bo candid, a car pet-bagger is a man wlio is hated by tho South, despised by tho North, and uot trust ed by tho niggers.” A sentiment we most heartily endorse. A ball was given at Mou ticello in honor of the Congressional Repre sentatives, which was atteudad by the elite and fashion of this beautiful town. To the melodious strain of the fiddle, banjo, and guitar, dancing was kept up till a late hour, all present participating in tho terpsicho- rean pleasure. The following are the confirmations aud removals of civil officers in Florida since last report: Senate confirmations—C. A. Sheldon, to be Aeecssor of Madison county; T. W. Faulkner, to be County Judge for Dade county; Richard B. Cutler, tT be Clerk of Circuit Court for Dade county; A lam C. Richard, to be Assessor and Collector of Dade county; John T. Peacock, to be Sheriff of Dade county; W. H. Sebring,to be County Judge lor Levy county; J. C. Dupont, to be Sheriff of Gadsden county; Norman T. Scott,to be Assessor of Revenue for Gadsden county ;R.M. Witherspoon to be County Judge of Madison county; F.B.Smith to bo Assessor and Collector of Revenue for Baker county; John R. Herndon to be County Judge of Baker countv; F. J. Pons to be Clerk of Cir cuit Court of Baker county. Removals—R. S. Tucker from office of Sheriff oi Gadsdpn county; B. F. Tidwell from tho office of Count} -‘Judge of Madison county;Seth Sterns from the office of Assessor of Lafayette coun ty; W. H. Hunt, from the office of County J'udge, Dade county; Wm. H. Gleason, from the office of Clerk of Circuit Court, Dade County. Lafavette—J. B McCarty, W. M. Sanders, T. S. Walker, T. 8. Good- bread aud Seth Stephens to be County Com missioners, vice W. J. Discow, T. J. Walker, J. E. Best, B. A. Driggers and J. M. Hall, removed ; J. J. Painter to be County Treas urer, J. C. Ramsey to be Superintendent of Countv Schools, vice J. A. Shiver removed. Leon—A. H. Crowder and James D. Pepper to be Justices of the Peace ; Isham M. Blake to bo County Surveyor; George Lewis, Green D. Chairos, John Bradford, M. Lively and Frank Aiken to be County Commission ers ; H. N. FelLel to be Superintendent of County Schools ; Peter Hurst aad James Pago removed as Justices ot the Peace ; James Munro removed as County Commis sioner ; D. B. Farmer to be Justice of tho Peace ; H. C. Rippey to be Notary Public for the State at large. Levy.—H. V. Snell, S. B. Folks, Jaa. M. Stephens, J&s. Mason, N. R. Carter and Beuj. A. Coachman to be Justices of the Peace ; Miko Young, Ed. F. Oneal, O. H. P. Kirkland, William W. Clvatt and L. B. Lewis, to be County Commissioners, vice W. B. Wimberly, Wm. C-onty, F. E. Miller and John E. M. Tedder, removta; Benjamin A. Anderson, to be In spector Lumber; N. R. Carter, to be County Treasurer; G. H. Worthington, to be County Surveyor; Ed. C. Lutterloh, to bo Auc tioneer; B. A. Coachman, to be Notary Pub lic* John G. Williams removed as Justice of’the Peace; W. B. Wimberly, removed as Superintendent of Schools; S. S. Moore, to be County Superintendent of Schools; Madison.—C. W.Grambliug, to bo Justice of the Peace; John L. Inglis to be County Com missioner vice B. W. Tedder declined; B. F Tidwell removed as Superintendent of County Schools; Geo. W. Bogue romoved as Notary Public. Monroe.—Diego Audri re moved as Justice of the Peace. Aassau — James McGifiiu, Lewis Davis, C. F. Condry aud John Owens to bo County Commission- c-s vice John Friend, John Gordon, Lewis Wade and F. C. Suhrer removed. Orange.— J G Speir, L M. Auld, J. M. Owens, Geo. H. Packwood and John M. Bryan to be County Commissioners, vice Geo. H. Packwood, H. T Phelps, Robert Ivey, John R. Mizell and James M. Owens, removed; Charles W. Jacocks to be County Treasurer; D. L. Mo- Nab to be Timber Agent; E. A. Richards, Cbarlos F. Heirs, E. S. Dann, Sr., John L. Moore, B. R. Swoope and H. 8. Partin to be Tnaticos of the Peace. Putnam —James L. LeGallez to be Notary Public. St. John's.— Wm M. DeGrove to be Justice of tho Peace. Volusia.—George J. Alden removed as Su- perinteudent of County Schools; George J. Alden removed as County Commissioner, Washington.—P. L. Horn io bo Justice of tffe Peace. -TO - fUE MORNING NEWS. THE GEOKHIA LEGISLATIVE. Important Bills Presented. EEFORM IN THE HOUSE RULES. THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. TUK SENATORIAL. CONTEST WAXES HOT. Judge Schley .llukes n Denial. [Special Telegram to the Morning News.] Atlanta, Ga., January 19.—Senate.—The resolution to request the Governor to defer the appointments was amended so as to simply endorse his views on retrenchment, and pledge the co-operation of the Senate. Senator W. M. Reese, of the Second dis trict, offered a bill appointing a physician to visit the convict camps every two months and inspect tho convicts, the sanitary condi tion of camps, aud the conduct of resident physicians, was passed. Judge Reese made a noble speech in be half of humanity and State protection to convicts. Senators Wm. Harrison, of the Ono hundred and twenty-first District, and J. E. Godfrey, ot tho Twenty-eighth Dis trict, endorsed tho hill in forcible terms. The Senate is engaged in reading hills. A memorial was read from the National Board of Trade, rocommeuding tho estab lishment of schools of art’aud science in all tho States for the education of skilled work men. House.—Mr. W. T. Wade, of Scriven, in troduced a bill to amend section 4423 of tho Code of 1873, making it felony to appropri ate farm produce or any article from an em ployer. • Mr. M. J. Wall, or Schley, introduced a bill to prevent the obstruction of creeks in Marion, Schley and Macon counties. Mr. W. D. Davidson, of Snmter county, introduced a bill to amend section 4 of the revenue laws. Mr. J. D. Stewart, of Spalding, introduced au important bill reducing the fees of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and making other chauges. Mr. W. H. Pilcher, of Warren, introduced a bill to prevent the sale of liquor within one mile of any voting precinct. Mr. W. D. Davidson introduced a bill to amend section 3971 of the Code, in regard to the sale of mortgaged property. The Judiciary Committee reported favor ably on a bill consolidating and incorporating Bainbridge. Also, on the bill incorporating tho Middle Georgia Mineral Association Committee. The Committee on Contested Elections reported in favor of Bme (colored), member from Glynn. He retains his seat, amidst many congratulations. Speaker Bacon has inaugurated a reform in the rules of tho House, which will save thousands of dollars to the State. Bills aro now referred on the first reading, aud un less reported upon favorably are not read again, excent tbe house so order. This saves an immense amount of time, labor and expense. Several important homestead bills are now before the House. In the Board of Health, Dr. LeHardv’s small pox paper to the Savannah Medical Society, has been referred to a committee to examine the law aud proposed amend ments, and report the same to Hon. W. W. Paine, of Chatham, to submit to the Legis lature. Dr. H. F. Campbell, of Augusta, read an elaborate and able report on railroad trans portation of disease, giving a graphic de scription of several yellow fever epidemics. This valuable paper will be printed with tho paper of Dr. McClellan’s and Dr. Logan’s re port. Judge Schley denies distributing a Radical edition of Bon. Hill’s speech hero. Norwood aud Schley are now called upon through the Constitution to give positive denial to tho Gath interview. The Senatorial war is getting sharp. Noon Telegrams. ROCMAXIA HFCLARES FOR Xtl- TRALITT. ENTHUSIASM IN THE TURKISH COUNCIL. The London Times on the Eastern Situation. IS IT PEACE OR WAR? FLORIDA LEGISLATURE. The Gadsden Contested Election. THE WITNESS APPROPRIATION RILL DENNIS AND CESSNA INVESTIGA TION. Bill in Relation to Jurom. [Special Telegram to the Morning News.] Tallahassee, January 19.—In the Assem bly, the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions, iu the Gadsden county contested election case, reported unanimously that Martin, the sitting member, is entitled to hold his seat. The witness appropriation bill comes up on the third reading to-morrow. It pro vides for the payment of witnesses on the written order of the Chairman of the com mittee making the 3nmmons at the rate of two dollars per diem, and ten cents per mile for mileage. The Dennis and Cessna in vestigation is awaiting the passage of this hill. The Jadiciary Committee reports a good bill in relation to jurors. The grand jury is to bo composed of not more than fifteen nor less than twelve. Tho petit jury, in capital cases, to be composed of twelve men ; in other cases of six only. The Senate is in executive session. When the Santo Domingo people got hold of Grant’s message, and read his touching reference to the blight which fell upon his Santo DomiDgo annexation scheme, they concluded that he still pro posed to materialize that project, the sud den return of Baez to power only con firming them in their apprehensions. Baez aud Graut aro no doubt on friendly terms, and Grant and Babcock are both ready to attempt the grab game again should “circumstances make it necessary” for Grant to overthrow the republic end Diazizs the country.—Courier-Journal. The reappointment of tho fellow Mur- tagh to tbe control of the police force, which he has employed in his conspira cies against private character, is an act in every way worthy of the President who sent Boss Shepherd’s name to the Senate after the exposure of the ring rascalities, and whose first choice for Chief Justice of the United States was Landaulet Wil liams. The name of General Joseph E. John ston has been mentioned iu connection with the next Gubernatorial nomination in Virginia, but not having resided in the State the requisite three years, he is said to be constitutionally ineligible. The defunct Security Life Insurance Company, of New York, leaves over nine hundred policy holders in Iowa alone to mourn its collapse. Their aggregate in surance is $1,321,026, on which the pre miums amount to $50,455. Murat Halstead thinks the most alarm ing feature of the situation is the fact Ben. Butler has been noiseless for four weeks. There were 4,867 persons in confine ment in the prison of Massachusetts last year. Galveston, Texas, had 555 deaths last year. THE TIMES OX TEE EASTERN SITUATION. London, January 19.—The Times to-day, referring to the result of the conference, say?: “This event will surprise nobody. Those whom it will disappoint are fewer than they may have been even at the opening of the new year. The friends of the Turks are naturally delighted at the spirit and courage displayed by the Porte, and the supposed humiliation which has befallen diplomatists who pre sumed to trespass on tne sovereign rights of the Sultan. What will be.the effo t of the Porte’s decision on the peace of Europe ? There are tnose who declare them selves absoluttlv certain that Rus sia will not attack Turkey. There are those on the other hand who pro fess to detect consummate astuteness iu General IgnatielFs moderation, and who will now say that h-3 knew from the first that the fanaticism of Constantinople would force the Porto to opsn de fiance. Oa tbe subject we shall be content to form a judgment ou events as they occur without speculation or predic tion, There can be no doubt tbat Russia is iu a most difficult position botweeu war, from which it can expect no perma nent advantage, and tbe pledge which if not redeemed will discredit the throne. In any case it is not to be assumed that a decision for peace or war will ne cessarily be made at once. It is quite possible that weeks may pass amid now diplomatic overtures before Russia thinks it convenient to announce her final resolution. Perhaps tho dissolution of the conference marks the beginning of a new phase in which tho Western powers will bo for a time inactive, and three Imperial courts will once moro concern theraselvos with the business. SCENE AT THE COUNCIL GENERAL. Constantinople, January 19.—The only dissenting voice iu the grand council was that of the American Protestant Bishop, who suggested that the decision should be left to tbe desideration of the government. Ho was shouted down, the Council beiDg all of the opinion that the government was not entitled to decide such a momentous ques tion. It was rumored that Midbat was the principal obstacle to tho acceptance of the proposals and the whole business was re hearsed beforehand to intimidate the Sultan, who really wished to yield. ROUMANIAN NEUTRALITY. London, January 19.—Tho Standard's Vienna correspondent says Roum&nia is re solved to declare neutrality in case cf a ltussian-Turkish war. The Texas Pacific Raid on the Treasury. [From tbe New York San.] The more that is learned regarding the Texas Pacific compromise bill, which is said to have received the unanimous ap proval of the House Committee on Pacific Railroads,the more clearly it is seen to be the most iniquitous measure of the kind that was ever forced upon Congress. In order to get the 6chem$ favorably re ported in committee, the most extraor dinary log rolling has been employed, and not only was Mr. Huntington, of the Central Pacific Road, let into the job on his own terms, but provision was also made for holders of depreciated or en tirely worthless railroad stock in real and imaginary branch roads to the amouut of many millions of dollars, thus affording an ample basis for a corruption fund of enormous dimensions. It would seem that from tho beginning tbe most troublesome questions arising iu the committee did not relate to the neces sity of the proposed road and the wisdom of voting a subsidy, but to the best means of distributing the spoils among the hun gry crowd of expectants. This misun- detstanding between Col. Scott and Mr. Huntington have been settled by giving the latter all he asked; another cause of difference aroso from the pertinacity of Senator West, of Louisiana, who de manded a subsidy in the shape of a guar antee of interest upou some $11,000,000 of bonds for a defunct con cern known as the Backbone Railroad, for which the carpet-bag ring in New Orleans got a charter six years ago, and which, of course, was never built. This imaginary road was regarded in Louisiana as merely a swindling scheme, and it probably would never have been heard of again had it not been for the opportunity afforded to galvanize its bonds by the ex pected passage of tho Texas Pacific!ill. The proposition to subsidize this paper railroad was vigorously opposed by the managers of the New Orleans Pacific Road, a bona fide enterprise conducted by citizens of Louisiana, who propose building with private caji'.al a road to connect the Texas Pacific with New Or leans, but insist that if any such connec tion is to have government aid, their line is entitled to preference. In this matter it is said that a compromise was finally effected by leaving the question as to the conflicting New Orleans branches open for the action of the House. It would seem almost incredible that the proposal to grant a subsidy to such a notorious concern as the dead Backbone Railroad should receive the slightest at tention from the committee; but it ap pears to have been the policy of those having the bill iu charge to enlist iu its favor ail the corrupt influences possible; and Senator West, who is the Chairmau of the Senate Committee on Railroad?, and Kellogg, who has just been elected Senator to succeed West by Packard’s spurious Legislature, are both believed to be largely interested in the bonds of that suppositious road. Indeed, the New Orleans Democrat distinctly asserts that a large number of the Backbone bonds are deposited with a trust compa ny in this city, to be paid over to West and Kellogg in case they succeed in hav ing the defunct coacern included in the Texas and Pacific bill; and that $600,- 000 is the share that will fall to Kellogg alone. There ia nothing in the charac ter of either West or Kellogg to render this story improbable. It seems that there aro three Zach Chandlers. Zach Chandler, the Republi can politician and conspirator, does things which Zich Chandler, the Cabinet officer, declines to reveal, on the ground of privilege ; while the third Zach Chan dler wanders around the streets of Wash ington late at night, armed with a horse pistol and calling in a terror-inspiring voice for Dion Pott.—N. T. Sun. The Boston Board of Health has issued an order forbidding any child attending school from any family in which a case of scarlet fever has occurred until four weeks have elapsed since the last case has been pronounced at an end. The soreness of the mouths of babes is frequently attributable to the India-rub ber rings and toys upon which tbe youngsters bite, the rings, in many in stances, containing lead and other poison ous minerals. The eucalyptus, or Australian forest tree, which is so great a success in point of rapid growth and beautiful foliage in California, has proved a failure in South Carolina recently on account of heavy frosts. Massachusetts has sixty-six militia companies and her military expenditures last year were $165,700. A son of Mr. Sankey, aged thirteen years, has commenced the work of evan gelization among youths of his own age. Thirty thousand arrests of intoxicated persons were made in London during the recent holiday season. The ^Fourth National Bank of New York has reduced its capital $1,250,000 (from $5,000,000 to $3,750,000). 1 MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL. Mnttera and Thin«;n In General—Some Minor Topics—The Board of Health Report—The Inaugural Ball—A 3lo»t Brilliant Affair—The Kimball House Radiant with Beauty and Chivalr: — Gathered Fragmenta. [Special Correspocdence of the Morning News.] Atlanta, Ga., January 18, 1877.—To use a phrase common in the Presbyte rian Church, office seekers are still mak ing “overtures’ to Governor Colquitt, and he will give a few “dileverances” to morrow, so report says. The Sunday Herald thinks it is a “de fect” in the organic law of the State that women can’t held office, and wants the Legislature to “destroy a silly distinc tion” by opening a way for females to hold office. The rush of office seekers and lobby ists has compelled the retrenchment members to vote for two side door keepers to protect the house from what has become an almost unbearable nui* nee. SOME MINOR TOPIC3. Our ex-Congresemen are proving ex cellent legislators. Hon. S. A. Corker, of Burke, presided in the House yesterday in an excellent manner, and to-day Hon. W. P. Price presided in committee of the whole with ability and dignity. He is Chairman of Committee on Rules for the House, and has presented a very care fully prepared report, which was adopted. Col. J. L. Swea f , iu his circular letter to the members-elect, when he was a can didate for Clerk, took occasion to point out several needed reforms in the manner of conducting the busiuess of the House, if a more econominal session was to be aimed at. The Committee on Rules to day presented a report embodying the suggestions so appropriately made by the late Clerk of tho House. As Senator Black’s eulogy will reach you in print by the same mail that carries this letter,it is not necessary to refer to it at length in this connection. Its delivery has added greatly to the already high repu tation of Senator Black as a graceful and polished speaker. He makes but little “noise” in the Senate, yet few members are more alive to a steady, faithful per formance of their official duties. THE BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT. The Constitution of this morning con tains a very carefully and accurately pre pared synopsis of Dr. Logan’s report on the yellow fever epidemic, by Mr. W. G. Whidby. Your readers will find it more interesting than anything I can write in regard to it in the brief space allowed me, and I can onlv commend it to their careful perusal. It bears rather hard upon Savannah, but every blow is struck in the interest of humanity and sanitary science. As I telegraphed last night, the most learned men here class the report among the most valuable and comprehensive papers on the subject of epidemics ever prepared. JUDICIOUS RETRENCHMENT. The discussionsin the Houseto-c’ay we e stirring and eloquent, and give the best idea yet presented of the line of retrench ment that is ta be finally adopted for the relief of the tax payers. Major R. J. Moses, of Muscogee, made a very pointed and forcible appeal to the members, tell - ing them to commence with themselves first, cutting down their own pay, which i3 now too high, aud not dodge the main question, and reduce the pay of the holy aud virtuous man who every morning in vokes the divine wisdom that should pre side over their deliberations. Hon. J. D. Stewart, of Spalding, Hon. John II. James, of Fulton, and Hon. G. T. Fry, author of the bill under discussion, fol lowed in the same line, and every mem ber could see that there is no escape from a thorough reform wherever it can wisely and justly be made. The Chap lain and pages are not to bo left alone in tho reduction of salaries. THE INAUGURAL BALL. If the inauguration of Gov. Colquitt was a grand aff air, the inaugural ball last night, under the auspices of leading citizens, was a still grander affair, and has never been surpassed in this State on any similar occasion. Mr. George McGinley, the proprietor of the Kimball House, entered with all his heart into the affair, and, to the last moment of preparation, he gave his per sonal supervision to every detail, ably assisted by the energy and experience #f his partner, Mr. W. P. Cox, of Baltimore, thus forming a most effective alliance. Tho rotundas of the hotel, extending to the third story, were profusely deco rated with evergreens, hanging baskets and fligs and bunting, producing a varied and striking effect when the brilliant gas c4andiliers were lighted. The ball room and dining rooms were decorated in the same style, and being spacious and lofty in their dimensions, presented a most striking appearance. Of the attendance it is hard to speak in such brief space. Lovlier ladies and more elegant gentlemen from all parts of the State never graced an inaugural ball, and their toilets were marvels of richness and exquisite taste. Not a few were from Europe, and the wearers graced them like genuine queens and princes. With Prof, Schultz to preside over the splendid orchestra, there was no lack of dancing of the most approved style. Every portion of this mammoth hotel was densely crowded not only by the young and gay, but every where were to be seen our oldest, most staid and honored citizens. Of these I might mention ex-Governor H. V. John son, General Robert Toombs, ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, Judge Wm. Schley, Senator T. M. Norwood, President R. E. Lester, Speaker A. O. Bacon, General Alfred Austell, Mayor N. L. Angier and others, who were present to pay their respects to the gallant son of Georgia who now occupies tbe proud position of her Chief Executive. Perhaps one of tho most impor.ant features of the occasion was the superb supper which McGinly and Cox pre pared for six hundred and seventy guests. Your correspondent took a glance at the tables before the vast crowd poured into the room, and the scene was one of the most striking he has ever witnessed. In tbe centre of the room, placed upon a circular table, stood a beautiful Temple of Liberty, surmounted by the “Liberty Boll of 1776,” above which the American Eagle spread his wings, as if to protect the Goddess of Liberty, who stood forth in all her beauty near the entrance of the temple. The edifice was deco rated with fligs, and bore on every side the motto of the State, 44 Wis dom, Justice, ModerationInnumerable tables surrounded this appropriate centre piece, and they were loaded down with every luxury which such an occasion could suggest, and everything was under McGin- ly’s strict personal supervision, when the wide doors were thrown open and a bril liant throng was ushered in, and in a few moments filled every foot of space in that spacious room. As no wines or cham pagne were on the bill of fare, their place being wisely supplied by tea aud coffee, the banquet contained no feature that could be objectionable, and everything passed off without a jar. Governor Colquitt and his estima ble lady were heartily congratulated upon this excellent feature of the occasion, and were assured that such a magnificent demonstration had never before been witnessed at an inaugural ball in this State. True it is, that the many strangers here from New York and other Northern cities, from whom any expres sion was heard, declared themselves utterly amazed at the array of beautiful ladies present, whose rich and elegant toilettes were fit to adorn the courts of Europe, as their own grace and loveli ness would challenge that of the belles of the most favored of European courts. GATHERED FRAGMENTS. Senator Godfrey, with an eye to re trenchment, wants to know what the duties are of tho Inspector of Public Buildings, and under what law his office was created. Senator Clifton ha3troduced a bf.ll to prevent the obstruct.^ ^ftocky crec k in Tatnall county, in ar novCs.interfe.ve seriously with transportation of timber in that stream. J. E Bryant came here with his pocket fall of proxies to vote in and preside over the investigation of his own case. Dis- sentions prevailed in the ranks of the Radical officials, and nothing was done. Another attack is soon to be made upon the unfortunate J. £. B. The city authorities of Atlanta are after the Georgia State Lottery with a sharp stick, having prepared an ordinance to prohibit the sale of tickets in the city. Mr. E. S. Mon is, the manager seleoted by the late Octavus Cohen in behalf of Mrs. T. Y. Pember, of Savannah, of the Board of Directors, denies the right of the city to interfere, as the lottery has violated no 1 iw. A lively contest may be looked for in the matter. Your correspondent was wrong in stating that Hon. J. R. Suiith, of Coffee, recently elected Messenger of the House, was a “new” man. He is new to me, but to old legislators he is well known, as his flattering vote against Col. Jones, of Troup, clearly shows. Mr. Smith has twice been a member of the House, and wa3 elected Messenger to succeed the well known Uncle Jesse Odin, and is said by old members to be the best Messenger the House has had since the good old days of that universally popular gentleman. In this age of fast living and office seek ing hordes, neither the position of Mes senger nor Door-Keeper are enviable places. Like the “wicked,” of whom the Bible speaks, there is no rest for them from the opening to the close of the daily sessions. Chatham. PLAIN WORDS. Governor Hubbard, of Connecticut* I't- tero Some Giant Truth* In Hi* .>Ien*u«e Touching .Military Interference In the Stated. [From Gov. Hubbard’s Message to the Connec ticut Legislature.! I should be unfaithful to my best con viction of duty were I to close this com munication without calling your atten tion to another subject Let me speak freely and without offense. Nothing which concerns any of the States in its relations to the Federal Government can be a matter of indifference to any other State, for the rights of all are bound up in one. Power is naturally aggressive, and tends to abuse and centralization, especially if it have control of standing armies. Tho sovereign prerogatives reserved to the States, ^specially that of home govern ment, were intended under our political system for the protection of the people’s liberties against the usurpations of the central and war-making power. And, as the General Government is, when duly administered, the creature of popular suffrage, and as suffrage has no existence under Federal law, but is the product of State law alone, I know of no more dan gerous encroachment than that which should undertake to fill the States iu an electoral campaign with Federal agents, armed with -full quivers of warrants, to arrest and surround the ballot boxes, on which the liberties and existence of the State depend, with Fed eral soldiery. I know of no mere deadly exercise of power by the national executive than that which should -presume to enter tho Legislature of a State by a General of the army, lay hold of its presiding officer and members op posed to the administration whose seats were in dispute, and eject them by files of soldiery with fixed bayonets; or that which should assume to lend the army to an out going State executive, himself a candidate for his own succession, f jt use iu a contested election, take midnight possession of the halls of legislation, and bar out by armed sentinels tbe political adversaries of the administration whoso seats were in dispute, but whose prima fade right had been adjudicated by the supremo judicial tribunal of the State, obstruct the process of the State courts in the enforcement of their judgments against the officers of the State by nullifying orders of a Federal circuit judge; and thus in effect suppress tho State and pack its Legisla ture with the political followers of a party. An administration permitted to exercise these powers, or which can find in tho subserviency or political ambition of u State executive the pretext for their exer cise, is a master of the people, and lacks nothiug but the will to become a tyrant. It can elect Congre3sioaal representatives, and thus control the nation’s puree; Presidential electors, and thus secure its own succession; State Legislatures, and through them Senators in Congress, and thus disarm the power of impeach ment, if, indeed, that power h-.s not already been silenced. I do not forget that the chief magistrate of a State may borrow power from the Na tional Government, but not in case of do mestic violence merely, and only in case of actual insurrection against the State beyond the power of the State to control, nor even then when tho Legislature of the State can be convened, nor in any case w’hatever excfq>fc the extremesfc emergency of self-defence. The borrower is servant of the lender, and the ruler of a State who undertakes to borrow power from the Federal ruler, and thus stiffs the do mestic authority of his own State, will fiad excuse for neither borrower nor lender to accept in the strict case pro vided for by law and in the necessity, not of himself or of a party canvass, but of the State. It is in vain to say, even if it were true, that tho military interference of the gov ernment—which has been confined not to a single State on the call of its executive, but has been practiced whenever and wherever the administration has seen fit, in the heat of a political canvass, to order its battalions—has wrought no harm, or that the troops have acted with modera tion and forbearance. Such instrumen talities are unfit to be u^ed in a free coun try eyen by a good ruler, much less by a bad one, for, unfortunately, the use by tbe one becomes a preoedent for the other. A standing army at the polls is, in the nature of things and on the universal tes timony of history, incompatible with free suffrage. Its presence there ia poisonous. The liberties of the people wither before it. Universal suffrage, and a standing army to control it, are modern inventions for the attainment of absolute power. These inventions have twice within the present century brought in imperialism in France. A hatred of military politics is hereditary with the sturdy race from which we sprang. A century and a half ago the Commons of England, affronted by the spectacle of arms at the election polls of Westmins ter, resolved “that the presence or a regular body of soldiers at the election of a member to serve in Parliament is a high infringement of the liberties of the subject, a manifest violation of the free dom of elections, and an open defiance of the laws and constitution ot this king dom.” These truths aro old, but not ob solete. They are vital still, as vital as liberty itself, and need enforcement, if I mistake not, line upon line. To 9ay that the government has blun dered through its subordinate generals does not purge tho offense. One snch mistake is hardly excusable. A second becomes something worse. To disclaim the offense aud possess its effects, and re peat both in one short term, without censure to any one, savors of something worse than a blunder. If the people of the Southern States are unfit for self government, better—if it were possible—create there a dictator, who, being dependenent on no party, would have no party to serve ; or accept an equally lawless alternative, remand the States into a condition of territorial de pendence, and attempt another experi ment of reconstruction, than to tolerate usages aud methods which are fatal to all the traditions of liberty, and which, if continued, cannot fail in the end to de stroy our whole system of free govern ment ; for bad examples are contagious, aud the military enginery which is trained on one State to-day at the caprice of a single man, may be trained on another to-morrow. I am unwilling to admit that the peo ple’s ballots and the right of local self- government are at the mercy of Federal artiliery; and, therefore, as the executive of a State whose election is dependent in one event on the Legislature, and in al others on a legislative declaration of the people’s choice, I feel bound to protest against any and all manner of Federal in terference, or claim even of interference, in determining.either the people’s choice, or* the organization, credentials or mem bership of the Legislature. As a legisla tive assembly, representing the freedom and reserved sovereignties of the State, aud clothed by its constitution with the power of determining the election returns and the qualifications of its own mem bers, it is lor you to judge whether duty on your part requires silence. I beg to suggest in this connection one other consideration. It has been much debated of late whether the President should not be made, by a constitutional amendment, ineligible for a second term. Holding control, as he does, not only of the army, but of a network of civil in strumentalities which embrace the whole country in their reach, and which, from the lowest officials to his constitutional advisers and heads of departments, are liable to be converted into party machines to control elections, it has been urged by many thouehtful men, that the opportu nity of perpetuating his power should not be permitted to any one possessing these means and instrumentalities. However this may be, recent events have demor- strated, in my judgment, that the com - mander-in-chief of the army should, un der no circumstances, be r. candidate for his own succession. I recommend that our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to propose an amendment to the Federal Constitution, making the President ineli gible for two consecutive terms. If popular opinion has already become, or shall hereafter become, so blind and so infirm as to tolerate the perversion of the whole enginery of the government to party uses in elections, let us. at least, avoid the indecent policy of a President attempting to inaugurate himself in a disputed sue session by the use of a stand ing army. For myself, I believe tbat the President and bin Cabinet, holding in hand the whole executive power of the government, should keep themselves aloof from the activities of a political canvass, as do the members of the Supreme Court, upon a simple sense of honor and propriety; and all the more so as, in a Presidential election, Congress is not in session, and the only efficient curb on executive power is thus removed at a time when the strongest motive exists for abuse and usurpation. The spectacle of a Chief of a great department of the government becoming the chief of a party, levying contributions upon government ap pointees for party use, and issuing proc lamations and orders to party followers, is as indecent as it is unwholesome. But in any event, let us be permitted to hope for better things in the future, and that the usages of the camp will dis appear from civil administration with tho eminent soldier who has introduced them, and whose faithful service rendered to the republic in time of peril, have eaused to be accepted with indulgent acquiescence by many what would otherwise have been regarded with abhorrence and indignation by all. In conclusion, let us also hope that, in spite of the dangers that now beset us, affairs may go well with the republic in this most critical juncture of its history; and that under the incoming administra fcion of the General Government some thing may be done for the morals of pub lic life by the purification of the civil service—this service needs a radical cleansing; something for the prosperity and integrity of trade by financial re forms, and especially by retrenchment in public expenditures, and by a resumption of specie payments with all prudent haste, and with no more cowardly delays of pre paration ; something to allay the hateful and hurtful frictions existing between different sections of our common country —these irritations exist without cause, and are inflamed by bad men for the most sordid party purposes; something to restore to the people of the Southern States their hereditary rights of self government—they are confronted with a terrible social and political problem from within, the solution of which must be lef. to intelligence and moral force, and not to brute ignorance of Federal arms; something in a word to honest govern ment, the reign of constitutional law and the peace and prosperity of the people. I do not suppose that any government can, by any function it exercises, make a people prosperous or virtuous. This must depend chiefly on the enterprise, intelligence and morals of the people themselves. It can, however, on the one hand, hinder and embarrass; or on the other, encourage aud give play to the activities of trade and commerce, and bet. ter, the morals of public administration. The Great Conspiracy. [From the Baltimore Gazette.] We now know exactly what General Grant meant when he said some time ago that “We would have peace if we bad to fight for it.” That is just precisely what he wants. Civil discord is his thought by day aud dream by night. A. peaceful so lution of the Presidential question would utterly destroy his ambitious hopes, and consign him to merited obscurity. Against such a consummation he and his pen- s ; oned satellites are steadily setting their faces. At a time when the true and hon est men of all parties are counseling mod eration and calmness; when the whole count'y is startled and appalled at tho commission of the greatest crime on record; a Legislature known to be con trolled by bis wily Minister of War, pro poses to put the State of Pennsylvania upon a war footing, and insolently flings a cowardly menace in the face of the peace- loving citizens of the republic. That this wanton assault upon the peace of the na tion was inspired directly by Grant and Cameron there is not the slightest doubt. As tLe great conspiracy nears the hour of its completion the gnilty wretches en gaged in this daring crime against the rights and liberties of a free people be come bolder and more defiant in their insolence. They have never hesitated or wavered in their wicked purpose to count Hayes m by fraud and inaugurate him by force, and they will unhesitatingly do this in the full and positive knowledge they all possess that Tilden was fairly and honestly elected. The action of Grant yesterday in recognizing the spurious Packard government m only one step fur ther in the infamous game he is playing, and the only reason ot its being so long delayed is tho hope that the time and manner of doing it, after a shameless and hollow pretence of neutrality, will pro voke such open hostility as may justify him in carrying out his darling project to 4 -cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war” is doubtful if history presents, on all its blistered pages, a name that has clus tered around it more crqelty, craft and meanness than that of Grant. Utterly insensible to the cries which spring from the hearts of the suffering masses, he ha^ permitted every appeal of reason and common sense to fall upon his ear like waves upon the ;ock, only to be thrown off without leaving the slighest impress of their presence. Surrounded by his miserable henchmen he has been deaf to every call to duty Un,t has been sounded in his presence by a perishing people. In his name the right of suffrago ha3 been destroyed, and tho ballot- bex has been surrounded by brist ling bayonet? to prevent a free and fair expression of the people’s will. After an election was held, and the popular voice had decided by an overwhelming major ity against Republican rule, he aided and abetted a great conspiracy to defraud the people of their choice and change the known and positive result by fraud arid force. But in the midst of the general gloom and darkness which surround the nation to-day, it is a joy to know and feel assured that on the 4 th of March next the tainted thing called Grantism will pass away forever. On that day the head and front of its effending will fall, like Lucifer, “never to hope again.” In after years, hated and despised by those who were once ready to lov* aud honor it, the name of Grant will L j merM with bated breath and bring thejiec- shame to generations yet uuboiotfon -for Milt. state oTfloIda: Sale of the Jacksonville, PENSACOLA Mobile Railroad. Public Works Of the Slate ” nnrJZJt ! 1 * he 186,1 “?a«i aVi'dltorythSfto is provided tUat in case the .lacksonvlll!.^. i' cof.andMopiIe h.il™,. Compn“°Si i. W.'ltoerprincip* or intenat of the bonds £ sued the said company n„d„ ard bv virtie o( toe Mid act, or any pjrt thereof, for twelve months alter the Mine shall beconn i i, e be lawinl for the uoveraoTS?h er tote possession of the prope-ty and franchis ed toe Mid company, and « U the Mmeit STb e auction, after hvving first given ninety dav-' . \ lice by public advertisement “f or Nwri L ot^toe United State.,*La for iototegX” WuanEAs.tiie Mid Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Raiiroad Company has failed to pay the interest due on its said bonds dor twelve mpnth. after the same oecame due. Now, therefore, I, MarcelluaL. Stearne Cover nor of the btale of Klorida,in accordai.ee tritb the said act have enter,-d upon a„ d taken poaresei™ of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Hal! road, extending lrum Lake City to the Apalachi cola nver, with its branches and all th- prone—7 thereto,“loShS with all toe > ighla, fraoch'ees and powers thereto belonging, and hereby give ; oblic notice that I will cause the same to be sold at public auction for lawful money of tbe Upitcd States, at toe pjincipal office of the company, in the citv of Tallahassee, Florida, on y Monday, 2d Bay of April, A. D. 1877, AT TWELVE O’CLOCK JI„ It being understood, and no’ice being hereby given, that the naid road, property and franchises will he sold subject to the vendor’s lien held by the Board ot Trustees of the Internal Improve ment Fund of the State of Florida, for the un paid purchase money doe for said rood. Given at Tallahassee, the Capita', this thirtieth day ot December, A. D. 1ST«. • , MARC&LLUS L. STEARNS, janl-d&wtd ^ Governor. STATE OF FLORIDA. SALE —OF THE— Florida Central RAILROAD. W HEREAS, the Florida Central Railroad Company has failed tor more than twelve months to pay the interest due on the; bonds is- «aed by said company in exchange for bo ds of the State of Florida, under and by virtue of an act of the Legislature of the State, entitled “An Act to Perfect the Public Works of the State,” approved June ‘24th, lsG9, and the several acts amendatory thereol; and Whereas, demand liaa been made by bona fide holders of State bOLds bo exchanged upon the Governor of the State for the enforcement of the lien on said railroad. Now, therefore, I, Marcellos L. Stearns, Gov ernor of the Sta'e of Florida, under and by vir tue of the authority vested in the Governor by the said acts, have entered upon and taken pos session of all and singular the railroad and prop erty of the Florida Central Railroad Company, lying between Lake City and Jacksonville, and hereby give public notice that 1 will cause tho tame to be sold at pub ic auction, for lawful money of the United States, at the railroad depot at Tallahassee, on Monday, 2d Day of April, A. D. 1877, AT TWELVE O’CLOCK M. Given at Tallahassee this thirtieth day of De cember, A. D. 1876. MARCELLU8 L. STEARNS, janl-d&wtd Governor. Plantation for Sale. J N Washington county, Georgia, en the waters of Lamar and Buffalo Creeks, containing twenty-three hundred and forty-two acres of pine and hickory lands, in complete state of cultiva tion; nine mile* from No. 13 and six miles from No. 14, Central Railroad, and eight miles from Sandersville. 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