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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S, D. WIKLE <fc 00., Proorietors. CEDARTOWN. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1(5, 1877. VOL IIL NO. 34. NEWS SUMMARY. Ti«r. no cm. Several nickel counterfeiter.* were ar rested in New Orleans, Tliurnlav, together with the machinery far working up the Base material. The number of ships in Charleston harbor had tleerraacd to seventy-five on the •-".'lh, of which four were steamships, six "hips, fifty harks, nine hrigsaml four sclioou- crs. Of those, fourteen wore under the flag of the I'uitcd States, twenty-eight the flag of Groat Britain, eleven of Spain, twelve of Norway, two nr Sweden, three of Germany and two of Russia. Sixteen were loading for Liverpool, three for Havre, four for the United Kingdom, six for the Continent, two for a port in Europe, one for Trieste, two fur Barcelona, and the remainder for ccastwisc ports, ready or waiting. Tito Plnqiicmincs Observer, of Jhiiur- ry 20, says : Our sugar planters nre highly encouraged by the splendid crop of Inst year and the high prices obtained therefor, and will open the planting campaign with re newed confidence and energy. Many sugar plantations heretofore planted in rice will again resume Hie cultivation of cane, and it *" reported that many small rice planters in the upper portion of the parish will plant their front lauds in cane, the produoe there- of to be sold to the sugar planters or he hauled to their mills and ground on shares, on the same system that prevails in Martin- i'luc nnd Guadeloupe, and which has been attended with most brilliant results. I lie Mrmphin Ap|>enl thus headlines its local column: "John H. Jones cuts the thront of I’at. Connell, n fireman, and Alon zo Binning (colored) shoets nt Susan Dale (colored) through a window; Walter Nelson (accidentally) shot and killed by Preston' Jones; attempt nt murder near Central Poiui; several shots fired; John Campbell, assaulted by two negroes, Ims his skull crushed; a negro waylays a belated pedes trian for the purpose of robbery; n myste rious shot on Gnyoso street last night; a fearful list for one .lay, and one that calls for nu effective remedy.” I ho clearances from Charleston port# for the week, ending the 2Ulh, wero throe hundred and thirty-three bags of sea island cotton, 20,887 bales of upland ootton, 1,272 tierces rice, 4,118 barrels resin, 2,000 tons phosphate rock, 2,270 barrels flour Of this amount fifty-one bags sen island rot ton and 9,540 bales of upland cotton wero for Great Britain; forty bugs of sea island cotton and it,110 bales of upland cotton were for France; 3,543 bales of iiplund cotton were for the continent of Europe, 2,050 bar. rels resin to Uottcrdnni, I 500 tons phosphate rock to various European ports,2,270 barrels Hour to MaUiuzas, 3,1 HU bales of cotton, 1,272 tierces rice, four hundred and fifty tons phosphate rock, 1,278 barrels resin and sun dries to coastwise porta. Tin; Kant. The grainhenvers of the Brooklyn warehouse docks nre on a strike. The New York ntate senate unanimous ly favors the speedy resumption of specie payment. It i« no wonder that the revenues of New York city do not pay its expenses. The salary of its mayor (12,000; corpora lion counsel, J(15,000; commissioner of public works, (10,000; president of the board of police, (8,000; president of the fire depart ment, (7,.500: president of the health depart ment, $0,500; president of the common council, ’(5,000; aldermen, each, (3,0(8); chamberlain nnd clerks, (30,000; police jus tices, each, (8,000; judges of the supreme court, each, (15,000; city judge, (15,000; commissioner of juries, (25,000. And so on EOHKII4I*. Uindcr|Kht has appeared among cattle in the snhurhs of London. The king of Hwcdcn, the crown prince and prineo John of Gluckshiirg, hnvc all be come Freemasons. The French senate has pawed a grant for the relief of the famine-stricken inhabi tants of Pondicherry. ft. W. ftriffm has arrived.bringing full powers ns minister from the government of the Haiiman Islands, to treat with our own in their behalf. He has not yet had nu in terview with the secretory of slate, and therefore it is not known whether he will be recognized as minister from that country, he holds a commission as United tttates consul. HlfM'KLLANEOr*. Negotiation* have been commenced be tween the United Plait s and Hpain for vision of the treaty of 1793. 'Hie American spiritualist Slade, tented to three months’ confinement at hard labor, had his sentence .plashed on hi peal «n a legal technicality. Slade follow* Flint to liberty, but probably not to the public resumption of his business. Flint was net locked up for practicing on public credulity, but omitting to pay alimony. There is a very modest Pacific railroad project before congress ft only asks for ten or fifteen thousand dollars to enable survey to be made, under the direction of the war department, of a line from Austin Texas, crossing Mexico, and terminating nt a harbor on the gulf of California called Topo- lovampo Day. The. length of the proposed line is only eight hundred miles. A hill miking <he appropriation is now on the senate calendar, hacked bv a report of the committee on railroads. The route indi cated is the shortest available line for a road connecting the railroad system of the east and south with a good harbor on the reached that figure. The annual export he. fore the war did not exceed eleven mil lions, aud was confined then to standard drills and sheetings; now it includes all the best styles of our manufactures. The inabil ity now to fill orders for the foreign markets arises from the low sta».e in the streams. CONGRESSIONAL. HOUNR. The house on tlio 27th went into com mittee of the whole on the Indian appropri ation bill, Mr. Thatcher in the chair. The committee, without adopting any important ■mendments, rose and reported' the bill to he house, and It was passed. Mr. Hnlmnii, rnm the committee on appropriations, re- 'orte.l a hill authorizing tne secretary of the treasury to deliver to James Eads, or Ids representatives, (500,000 for tho construction >( jetties, etc., nt tho mouth of tho Missis- tlppi river. Adjourned. In tlio house on tho 21)th, tho following bills were introduce.I and referred: Fixing tiie time for the regular meeting of congress. Declaring forfeited to the United States cer tain lands granted Michigan for railroad purposes, and providing for their sale to ac tual settlers. Chartering a freight railroad company from tide water on the Atlantic to the Missouri river. The morning hour hav ing expired the house resumed considera tion of tho bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to pay James B. Ends, construc tor of the jetties at the mouth of the Missis- siypl river, (500,000. Tho pending question was on Mr. Buckner's amendment; directing payment in United Slates bonds, Itejceted —yeas, 68; nays, 172. The hill then went over. A message from the senate, informing (he house Hint the president had signed the electoral bill, was rend, and Mr. Payne gave notice that he would move nt one o'clock to morrow that the house proceed to the elec tion of five members of the commission. The house then adjourned, and a democrat!.* is was announced to take plauo imme diately. In Uu* house, on the 30th, a bill appro- natirt^* five thousand dollars, to bo paid to J. B. Eads, for construction of the Mississippi jetties, etc., passed. The speaker Had before the house a hill abolishing the hoard of commissioners of tho metropolitan police of the District of Columbia. The question ml, "Shall the hill pass, notwithstand ing the president’s vote?" aud was decided in the affirmative—yens, 158, nays, 75. The spenker laid before the house a message troni the president, vetoing joint resolutions returning thanks to tho'Argentiue Republic and the republic of Pretoria. South Africa, for their congratulations to the United Slates on the first eeuteiiuial of its freedom. His reason for vetoing the resolutions is that, under the constitution, congress cannot dic tate to the secretary of state the correspond he shall hold with foreign states. Re ferred. Hie speaker laid before the house a ige from the president stating that the commission appointed to reorganize the army had reported Hint it was not nt this time prepared to submit a plan for its reorgnnizn. tion. Referred. Mr. Payne ..tiered a reso lution Hint Hi.- Iioiis** elect five member* of the commission on hie presidential electoral t. Adopted. Mr. f^imnr nominated Messrs. Payne, Hunt.ui, Abbott,Gnrfield and Hoar, and, to save time, moved Hint the five should he voted for together. Mr. Buckner objected, and demanded a separate vote. The speaker ruled that the matter hhh in the power of the house. He submitted the liiestiou, aud the house decided by a vole •f 70 to 20 to vote on all five nt tho same time. The clerk then proceeded to call the roll, and each member responded, re peating the five names in toeir order. Home of the republican? changed the order, commencing with the republi can candidate. The vote as finally summed up was as follows: Pavne, 273; Huuton, 203 ; Abbott, 243; Garfield. 24 •; Hoar, 204. Three votes were given fo Mc Crary [Iowa], by Buckner, ('handler and Smith: four for Foster (Ohio) by Cook,Hart- •Ige, Sirefor.l nnd Rollers; one each for Mills, Hingleton and Blackburn, by ilodge ; one for Lynde, by Mngoon, two for Wiliard, by John Rielly ]Pn.) and Henklc; one for Townsend (N. Y.], bv I-ong, and one for Wood IN. Y.J.by B. R. Wells (Mo.) The house then took up the hill reported at Hie Inst session, from the committee on judicia ry, in relation to damages for the infringe ment* ot patents, nnd provides that damage* can only ho recovered for infringements which shall have occurred during the term of one year preceding the notice of infringe ment Passed. Adjourned. In the house on tho 31 *t, the senate resolution for the appointment of o dm! men to serve ns special polio capital, during the counting of the electoral vote, was agreed to. Mr. Garfield introduced a bill asking for more thorough Investiga tions nf accident* on railroads. He *aid it referred to the terribic disa*ter which rurred in kis district a few weeks ago, and he asked that it be referred to the commit- toe on rnilronds, with leave to report nt anj time. Ho ordered. Consideration was then resume.I of the resolution reported from the judiciary committee relative to the admis sion cf James B. Belford a* representative from Colorado, lhe resolution of the ma jority declaring that Colorado is a state, and that Mr. Belford is entitled to n sent on the floor of the house, wbs adopted. Adjourned In the house on the l*t, the npeuker laid before the house n communication from Justice Clifford, president of the electoral commission, stating that the members there of had taken the prescribed oath, and that the commission was ready to perform its duties. The senate resolution was agreed for the publication of the proceedings of the commission. Mr. Payne offered a reso lution directing the clerk of the house to inform the senate that it was teady to re ceive that body for the purpose of opening and counting the electoral votes for presl dent and vice-president. Adopted. In the hoiiHc on the 2d, Air. Wood troduced a bill repealing all taxes on bank capital. Referred. The house then into committee of the whole on the legisla tive appropriation bill, Mr. Reagan,of Texas, in the chair. The hill appropriates (14,266,- 155.50. The reading of the hill being dis pensed with, ttie committee considered it by sections, finally the discussion closed, aud subsequently, on Mr. Foster’s motion, an amendment was made in the item of salaries of members af the house. Committee and the house took a recess till 10 a. ni morrow. KKXATK. In the senate on the 27th, during waters of the Pacific ocean. f The prospects of American cotton the morning hour the military academy and manufacturers are brighter than ever they fortification appropriation bills were called were before. The Boston Advertiser states that! "P- The amendment* reported by th there are thousands of bales on order book* mittee on appropriations were agreed to,and that hav. not yet been .tartc.l at the DiUI,. '!“ J™’ tV^'l' 1 The .. ,, . | ' Pacific railroad bill was again called up, About a year ago Mr. Edward Atkinson, of , „ n ,j rea ,j a t length, when Mr. Thurman, that city, in an able paper on the subject, charge of the bill, yielded to executive s calculated that the export of cotton goods \ sion, and when the doors were reopened the would reach fifteen millions and stop, and i “ enn, ‘ fl ‘ J 0Mr,iei to!, r,yrnsnt,3 tin annul .ttrj.ltin at <mr I Jn U* "mote mi the 29th, Mr. Robert fn<q;ufafttttr*rp. Th* ar.nu&l txport hw gov I tfip M J' Mr, Gordon's resolution kuowledging the Hampton government South Carolina as the legal government, and made an address supporting the resolution. The ehalr laid before the senate a message from the president of the United States,giv ing his reasons for approving tho eleotoral ■ |R. After it had been rend, Mr. Coukliug aid ; “ 1 move this important and wise iucn. sago be printed ami lie on tho table." Agreed to. The chair also laid before the senate a message from the president, trans mitting the proceedings of the commission appointed to examine the whole subject of reform and reorganization of the army of the United State. Ordered printed and’ lie on the table. Mr. Sargent, from (lie committee privileges and eleetlotis.Mibmitted a report tho suu-eommitteo which recently made investigation in regard to the election in Florida. Ordered printed nnd lie on tho table. Adjourned. In tho senate, on the 30th, a largo number of positions wero presented asking the adoption of the sixteenth amendment to lhe constitution of the United States, pro hibiting states from disfranchising person* account of sex. .Senator Christiaucy, In presenting the petition, said he was Informed that there was not a single drunkard, gambler, person of vicious life, among tho pell- Honors, and that he believed the statement. His observations in Michigan, where over forty thousand votes were given for female suffrage, satisfied him that the people advo cating this adnioudmenl vero among the unst thoughtful aud intelligent people of the country. Consideration was then resumed of unfinished business, it being the bill to amend the Pacific railroad nets so ns to pro vide for a sinking fund for tho settlement ot the indebtedness due tho government by the said companies, nnd senator Mitchell ontinued his argument against tho hill. The enato nt half-past three o’clock in the after- loon proceeded to select five members of Hint b*dy to represent it on the commission authorized by the electoral eouilt hill. It ordered that each senator ho called, and that he lise in Ids place and announce the of the five senators whom he desired e on the committee. Senator Crngin nominated Edmunds,Morton and Frelinghuy- sen. Senator Stevenson Humiliated Thurman and Bayard. The roll was called, nnd at the lusiou of the roll-cnli tho prcsideMl pro ton. announced that sixty-live votes luul been east, nf which thirty-live wero nceossa- hoice, and dial Edmunds, Morton. I'reliiighuvscn, Thurman and Itayard had received the unanimous vote of the senate, and had therefore been chosen iih members of the electoral commission. The chair laid a message from the presi dent calling the attention of congress to the nceessity of continuing tho hoard for test ing iron and steel, and recommending an appropriation of forty thousand dollars to eontiniiH such hoard. Ordered printed. Minute then went into executive sen- and when the doors were reopened ad journed. In the senuto, on tlio 31*t, at tlio ox- pirntion of the morning hour eonaldorntinn d of the unfinished business. The hill to amend the Pacific road acts, so a sinking fund for the liquida tion of the indebtedness due the govern- neiit, was taken up, and senator Thurman ontinued his address in favor of the judi- iary committee's report. Senator Hogv and Sherman favored the bill. . Pending uiseus- ' in, the senate wrnt into executive scMlou, d soon after adjourned. In the senate on the 1st, Senator Rob ertson presented resolutions which he said adopted at a mass meeting of white and colored citizens at Barnwell courthouse, January tilth, ami asked that they he read and referred to the committee on privi- ledges and elections. Tho chief clerk road Billions, as follows : Resolved, That en hundred colored voters who en rolled their names in democratic clubs, and hundred aud seventy-six who cast their hnllot* for Gen. Wade HnnipH the eaudidales on Ills ticket, did so to secure to their native slate an honest government nnd home rule, aud to free her from the thieving government under which she hint so long sullercd from corrupt carpetbaggers nnd infamous scalawags. Senator Sargent here objected to the further reading, which senator Sargent, lit the request of senator Patterson, withdrew his objec tion, and the reading of the resolutions was the blacks, and support the Hampton gov eminent. The resolution* were then refer red. Senator Haulshury presented a very long printed petition, signed by the bank ers, merchants,'clergymen and others of New Orleans in regard to the conditieu of afiairs in Louisiana, in which the Kellogg govern ment is charged with incoinpetencv, and they appeal to the country not Hi believe the statements of fraud and violence charged against the people of l^Miisiaiin. Referred. Senator Windom called up the house hill 4” proprinting (20,(KM) for the relief of Hie des titute poor of Hie District of Columbia. Passed—yeas, 45; nays, D. After an execu tive session, the senate took a recess until " o’clock to-morrow morning. In the senate on the 2d, recess having been ordered yesterday till 10 o'clock to-day, At that hour half a dozen of senators only in the chambers, and n recess contin ued till noon. The session being resumed luring the morning hour a hill pussed, pro viding for the punishment of persons muk iug or having in possession dies and molds, etc., for counterfeit coin. A bill passed re lating U> public account*, it provides Hint all claims against the United Slates which accounting officers of the treasury or heads of department, or bureau are authorized Hi examine and decide shall be barred, unless presented within six years from the time of Harm; accrued existing claims, which would be barred by the act, or within two years afier it goes into efleot, and may be presented within four years from the passage of the net, and further provides that sureties or any official bonds, may, after expiration of the time of office of the principal, demand ex amination aim settlement of aecouiitsof such principal, and if the principal shall he found to be in default,suit must be brought against the auritiec within two years. After the ex piration of the morning hour, the house proceeded to unfinished business, and the act to amend the Pacific rsilrond act was passed over informally on account of the ab sence of Mr. Thurman, who has charge of the bill, with the electoral commission. The understanding is the bill shall retain its place as unfinished business. Several bills on the calendar were then called up, and passed. Adjourned. must fall by tho v .. New York 7Ymet. Tlio United States Senate After March t. Tho election of ,1 udgo Davis to suc ceed IiOgnn enables tlio Republican to state definitely tlio political complexion of tho United Slates senate on tho foruth day of march next, and nothing indicates more strikingly the wonderful victory achiovod la*t fall by t he democracy. With soventy-fivo seats filled in tlio senate to day tlio republicans Imvo a majority of seventeen, whilo with tlio entire seventy- six scuts filled they will lawfully fx> entitled to but two majority on tho fourth of March. What majority they will actually have depends, of course, to a groat degree upon the extent to which they can use the majority they will have in the portion of tlio senate holding over March 4, 1877, in seating the republicans returned by tho pretenued.log" lute.of lyouisiana and South CarnlinATtmtfuuhy- ing admission to democrats fVom other states. It. will bo into resting to note, however, tlio changes which will occur in tho senate during the next six years, which cover* tlio poriod ot office for which the now class or senators Imvo been chosen. By adopting tho phraseology used in collcgo catalogues nnu classifying the senators according to tlio years in which their terms expire, these changes n lie easily marked. The first changes in the composition of the somite occur on March 4, 1877, and will he as follows: clash oh 1877. Ikiiuorint*. Ifi’iMililU'itii*. A InlmniH Onlrit liwnllo A t kaiiaa*... I'flawlire SnnUhury Colorado.... Omrzla Norwood llllnoi* Knit licit)- Stovonaoil town tlnntom Kanana Kelly Louisiana.., .till,, Toilllf'B*(X>... WmI Virginia... •Cooper Millin' ...Pavia Massai Virginia ...Jnhntlon Mlntilgiiu. IlfM-apIlulatlon. Ri>piildtt'«ii« Ml-*l*alppl... Minnesota Nebraska Illtriicot-k New IlHiiiiudilro Cra- In NJ(irM'y..KrolliiRhii.VHrii Total in Rhode Island Infhnny H. Carolina Iloltortsoii Tho names placed in italics indicate the senators who Imvo Ikoii re-elected. To imiko the change more apparent *■ * I S.. 4l.l- THE ELECTORAl. HILL. Isxl of lit* mil IM It tile Semite. After an all night sessiwu dovotod to delrnto, the senate on the twenty-fifth missed the joint committee's electoral mil by tho overwhelming vote of 47 to 17—more than two-thirds. On tlio 2fith tho house passed the hill by a vote of 101 to 81$. First—It is n temporary measure designed for the settlement of questions at Issue in the jirt'Nont complication only, ami not in tended iih a rule to govern future eleotoral eouut*. Second—Tho time for beginning the elec toral count Is (dimmed from February 14 to February 1, Third—Tho two houses meet in the hall of the house of representatives as heretofore, and everything pretending to ho a certificate is opened by the president of tlio son Ate and handed to the tellerH,of which there are four, two from each house, the certificates being opened in alphabetical order of tho states, beginning with tho letter A. Fourth—When a certificate has boon read the president of the senate calls for objec tions, which burnt ho in writing and argued by nt least one senator nnd one representa tive, whether there ho only ono or two re turns from the state,in the case of whioh ob jection is made. Fifth—If there is only one return, the sen ate withdraws and the ohjeulioiis aroeoasid\ ered in (he following nmniior: I. The presiding ofiieeis state the objec tion*, nud each senator and representative may sneak ton uiinuUis and not ofteuer than once, hut tho main question shall lie put af ter two hours' debate. II. A recess may ho taken until ton o'olook next day, pending tho consideration of nny objection, and the h»uso may transact leg islative liuhiness while waiting the notion of tho other on objections. III. When the two houses have voted they immediately meet again, and the presiding officers announce their decisions. IV. If both oniiottr in the objection Ills sustained, mid if they disagree it is over ruled. Sixth- If there are two returns tho objec tions are referred to a commission, whoso •iiipositiou and mode of action are thus stated : I. Each of the houses elect five members by a viva Voce vote on January 30, and the associate justloos of Hie supremo court as signed to the following districts, first (Jus tice UUll'ord), third (justice Strong), eighth it ninth It will ho seen that the republicans only have a majority of nine in that portion of the senate holding over March ‘*i 1877—ho that a change of five votes will prevent them Healing republican* instead of democrats lawfully chosen. .There is only the remotest iMissihility, (£t|f r 2U’ , SU tf'rtt they will Strop Bolter 'mini nouln Cnrollim,-* Kostin and <J»» democrat yet to he chosen In ijoiiisiuuu, out of their seats. Eustis is entitled to his seat now, nnd he will probably I hi admitted ns booh as the presidential dispute is settled, and certainly if Die decision of tho arbitration commission be in TlldenV favor. In Hint event, the fifty senators who hold over will stand lwenty-oi)0 democrats aud twenty-nino republicans, a majority of only eight for the republicans. Of the twenty-six new senators, sixteen will ho democrats, counting democrats from iAiuisiana and South Carolina; and the account will, therefore, stand thus: Of these seventy-six seniiHirs.the term of twenty-four expire March 4, 1870, o M twenty-six March 4, 1881, and of the re* mainiug twenty-six March 4, 1883, a* will he seen by the following statement* : CLASH OF 1871). ft(i|)iihlirnns. ■(nonecr I) Counocllrut ... Hartiuni Alabama.. ..Gordon Arkan«a* MrOrrory California Kul la Florid*.. ...Pniinls llllnoi* . Ho*y Indiana... Maryland Mlaaoarl. N.Carolina Morrlmou Jowa. ...SnrKoiH • on nnvrr -Oilli’shy C'iiikllng sherman >"H«u M llnhell IVnn.y I van la Cameron H' Carolina i’alteraon Wlsconaln... LAKH OF 1881. McDonald Ma»«a< huaeii* Oawen Mfoyrlaud .Whyto M chlgan ....ClirlHlIancy Loekrill fV/mwola. ijUi P«4doi'k Missouri.. New Jersey Itsndolpb 1’retontioiiR Pests of the Period. Our expenditures must he made m . productive; the dignity of labor must have more recognition, and the gentility of various counterfeits ot work rather less. The country yields enough for all, and we must learn to make all earn their share of its abundant wealth. The able bodied tramp who live* on the earnings of honest toil is no more of a social post than home more pretontious members of society, who live l»y various ingenious devices for levying toil on capital and labor. A good many such have found their natural level of lute, in our progress toward nound husinf-*'* method; many . .J«sImI|iji|.. ■■Km nun Nebraska... human Nevada.. ‘Valines nailer Ohio. Ponnaylvanls WuJIa.s Itbmls Island.3'urnaldo IminnMic* nailer Vsunnn*.., To zss Maioy Wl*on*in. Virginia ...vVithrrs Wmii Virginia..Hereford JtKOA I’FrtJLATIO.V. I Mim<* rat* lUqnihlirnn* Total... CI.AHH OF 1883. Democrats. Kejiubllci A lab’ma Morgan Colorado.., Arkansan... " iisttiiiinii (luailce Miller), and ninth (li cIiooho a fifth justice, who with themselves will form pnrt of tho commission. II. Tho oldest justice (Clilfiml) presides over the commission and administers a spec- i this *‘d oath to its incnihurH to impartially exam ine aud to consider all qucHtioiiH. IIL It Is not in the powor of either lions to dissolvu tho ooiiimlsslon or wlthdrnw any of its members, hut they fill vacanciesenuMid by the death or innhlllty to notof any of their respective members, and tho remaining jus tices in the same iiinnnor replace any of the justices if a vacancy arises among them from the same causes. IV. The noiiimlNsloii is given the same powers, now possessed by tho two house*not ing separately or together, to decide upon the elector 11 votes, and siihinlts its decision In writing to the two housus, which there upon meet again in joint schhIoii. V. The counting of the votes proceed in conformity with the decision of this commis sion. unless, upon objection made to It in writing, signed by five senators und repro- KtiitiuiivrH. thu two hoipes /umourrently or der otherwise. Heventli— the certificates being opened and read in tho alphabetical order of Hiatus, when objection is inndo to the vote of nny slat*, no other cortiflent* Is opened until tho objections aro acted iijjimi and finally dis posed of. Eighth—While In joint session no debate is permitted, ami no motion, oxoent to with draw, allowed. Debate can only no had in separate session, already specified, nnd ad journment only iih provided when tho two house* are considering objections. Ninth Nothing in the net is to lie re garded as impairing or affecting any right under the. constitution or laws to question the right or Htlo of whoever shall lie dr.- lured president by proceeding in tho courts. (JR A NT APPROVES rite r. Iri-lornl Volt* Hill, nml II Is Son l.nw llviilau Ulvva Ills llrnami* lor Kici'iilhs luiloi'semetil nl l.vwisfli. The following is the text of the pres ident's message concerning the electoral hill; Field), tbn S'.'iistc nt the l,'/litt'il Stales : I followed the example heretofore oc casionally presented, of communicating in thin mode my approval of tho net to nniinvcr j )rov j f ] e f,„- and regulate the counting of the votes for president and vice pres ident, and tlio decision of questions aris ing thereon, because of my appreciation of the eminent peril to the institutions ol the country, from which, in iny judg ment, tho act nfibrdH wise and constitu tional means of escape. For the first time in the history ol our country, under the constitution as it is now, dispute ex ists with regard to tho result of the elec tion of a chief magistrate of the nation. It is understood that upon tliodis|>osition of tliedismites touching the electoral votes cast at the late election by one or more ol the states depends the question whether one or the other of tlio candi dates for the presidency is the lawful chief magistrate. The importance of having clearly ascertained by procedure regulated by law which of the two citi zens has been elected, and of who, having the right to this high office, recognized ...Davis Ma**;u.iiii*fli>i. North Carolina... Hampshire Rollln* N«w Jemey...McPherson Rhode Island. Anthony South Carolina .Ibitler Virginia Dsvla RECAPITULATION. Nothing need lx*, plainer than that the republican majority of two will instantly vanish when Tilden takes his seat, so that hi* administration will begin with a good working majority in Isith branches f congress, w|iieli will he greatly in- oereasrd after March 4, JS79.—, l -(. J.on Jfapvblioan, the right to this high office, recognized and cheerfully agreed in by all the peo ple of the republic, cannot ho overesti mated, and leads me to express U> con gross and to the nation my great sntisfac tion at the adoption Of a measure that, afford orderly means of decision ol gravely exciting questions. While the InsHiry o‘ our country in its early period shows that the president of the senate has counted (lie votes and declared their standing, our whole history shows that in no instance of doubt or dispute has lie exercised the power of deciding, and that the two houses of congress have disponed of all such doubts and disputes al though in no instance hitherto nave they been such that their decision could es sentially have affected the result. For the firm time, then, the government ol the United States is now brought to meet the question as one vital to the result, and this under conditions not the best calculated to produce agree ment or to induce a calm feeling in the several branches ot the govern ment or among the people of the couh try. In a case where, as now. the result is involved, it is the highest duty of the law-making power to provide in advance a constitutional, orderly and just method of executing the constitution in this most interesting and critical clause of its provisions. The hill, w> far from be ing a compromise of the right, is forcementof the right and an execution of the power* conferred by the eonstitii- ti. ii on congresw, I think Unit IW*or derly method has been secured by tl o hill, which appealing to tho constitution and law as a guide in ascertaining tho rights, provides mcium ol deciding ques tions of single returns through direct action of congre.'H, aud in congress, and in respect to double returns hv a tribunal of inquiry, Whoso (IouIbIoub stand unless kith houses ol congress shall concur in determining otherwise, tlnm securing a definite disposition of all questions of dispute ill wlintovor aspect they may ariso. With or without this law, as all the states have voted. It Is ImjiosBlDlo, it must ho that ono of tho two candidates has boon elected, nnd it would he do* ploVnhle to witness an irregular contro versy ns to which of tho two should ro- coivo, or which continuo to hold tho oflieo In all records of history contro versies have arisen as to succession or choice of chiefs ol states, nnd no party or -itiv.cn loving their country and * its free institutions can sacrifice too much of mere feeling in preserving, through upright courso of law, their country from tlio smallest dangor to its peace on such an occasion; audit cannot bo linprcRsed too firmly in the hearts of ail IKMiplo that truo liberty and real mogreHH cun exist only through a cheerful ablior- enoe to constitutional law. The hill pur ports to provide only lor tho settlement of questions arising from roccnt elec tions. The fact that such questions can arise demonstrates tho necessity—which 1 cannot doubt will, heforo long—he sup plied, of permanent general legislation to meet eases which have not boon con templated in tho constitution or laws of the country. The hill may not l>o per fect, aud its provisions may not ho sucli ns would he liest applicable to all future Occasions, hut it ts calculated to meet tlio present conditions of tlio questions of tho country. Tlio country is agitated; it needs and it desires iionco and quiet and harmony between all parties und all sections. Its industries arc arrested, labor unemployed, capital idle and enter prise paralyzed by reason of doubt and anxioty attending tho uncertainty of a double claim to the chief magistracy of the nation. It wants to lie assured that the result of the election will bonccoptcd without persistence from tho supporters of the disappointed candidate, and that its highest officer shall not hold his plnco with a questioned title of right. Be lieving that tlio bill will secure those ends, 1 give it my signature. U. S. Grant, Kxocutivo Mansion, January 21), 1877 A Monopoly to he Feared. Under tho above heading a corres pondent of tlio Scientific American says: The monopoly to lie feared l>v farmers is the brains ol other professions. While tlio fariiiersiimnlier (1,000,000 in thiscoun- try, there nre only about 41,000 lawyers, yet one of our best writers on political economy says that lie can select ono him tired lawyers, who exert more influence in public affairs, than all tiie fanners put together. The same is true to only a slightly less degree of manufacturorsaud transportation companion. Yes, they have a monopoly ol brains. Farmors ourselves, wo nre sorry to confess it, hut lonfess it wo must. Who control the iiflUirsofuino-tcnihsof our country towns? Usually tho seconil-rnte lawyers, other professions and trades at tho “eonter.” Yet, it they hut awoke to it, the farmers too might uo a little of tho public think ing. The first step in the uplifting of tit 1h clans to a place of power in society is to place its men nnd women on the same plane, intellectually as the others. In education is the fanner’s bulwark against encroachments and usurpation of power by the low over tlio many. The Nlage uml (lie Pulpit. Without entering any comparison with other means for educating innnkind to a higher standard of morality, it is im- pot-siIde to deny that tho theater is ui powerful lever lor good or evil. Till tendency of the modern stage to meh* drama, to buffoonery, to Indecency, can not he too harshly condemned. Black Crooks and blood-and-thmidcr dramas, with no moral, no idea, no sentiment, but appealing only to tlio eye or to the sensuous emotions, nre productive much Imrni us the most hitter op ponent of the stago can denounce against it. In this category ratty also ho in cluded that peculiar snecios of drama known as tho French school, wherein so la! vices arc depicted in attractive colors, and the sympathy of tho auditor is aroused for tlio impure whon clothed in a "false sentimentality. This {nuy ho candidly ndmitted without any reflection upon the stage, or those who .belong to the actor’s profession. Vice, unfortu nately, is not confined L» any ono class or calling. The stage is no more respon sible for having looso characters upon it, than is nny other jirofcssion. No one dreams of condemning a whole class of persons because some rail by the wayside. If ho, then from the very city from which Dr. Talmadge inveighs against the stage would come tiie most flagrant attacks upon his own sacred calling. Mustard PlustorH. How many people arc there who really know how to make a mustard plaster? Not one in a hundred at the most, perhaps, and yet mustard plasters are used in every family, and pnysieians prescribe the application. Tlio ordinary way is to mix trie mustard with water, tempering it witli a little flour, hut such a plaster as that makes it simply abom- tl»KT-l! RKMIUr HE VIVA I< 111 SIN. Oh! wlinr will wo go w’on Jo groat day rumoa, \VM do Mowin'iiv (lMrmnpet* an' do Imagin' I dodruma? Row many no* alnnrra 'll lio cdtrhrd out Into, An' IIiii* nr. Intrli to do goldon' nito 7 No non for tor wait 'I well lo-morror? n'n aot on jro' aorror, inr|i rz n Imuilmo brier— ! fntcli tlio mo'iirra lip hlglioi t Won do iinaliunn ur do curt la n ataiinlii' nil nroun', U ho'a gwlno tor bo ctiooaou for tor war do Glory Who's ngwlno far tor stnu' stllt'knoed an’ 1k>1' Ah' nilawor to dorr niiiiio nt do rnllia' iiv do roll 7 hoi tor como now of you coiuln'— Olo Satan la looaoana n hiiinmln'— Do wheel* iiv iliatiuoaliuii la a niimmin - Oh, coma along, alimaratf you coinin'. III. De wing iiv aalvntion la n mighty awoot aong, An' do I’arndlvn will' blow till' nil' Mow at rung I An' Ahcrhnm'a htizr.nm I* aaf an' it'a wldn. Alt' list's do plnco wlinr do alnnnra oughtor hid* ! Kt yon fool will Katun you'll get tonic In. You'll hang on do edgo an' got shook In. lit you keep on n ato|i|>ln’ ini' u lookin'. Do time Ih right u ' dlalioro'a do placo— slilnn aqunr' In jro* face, Fight do battle of do Lord, light noon and light lata, An' yhn'll allora fluon latch on do golitln' gala my Uuvo No line for lor wait Mwclltn morror— Dii niin'miia'n'l act on jro' aorror. ' nil Hln’a or almrir or n bamboo brier— Ax do land for torVtch you lip liluhor. * — Atlanta (XwttlltiHun, iimhle. Before it has half done its work it begins to blister the patient, and leaves him finally with a painful flayed spot, after having produced far less effect In a beneficial way than was intended. Now a mustard plaster should never make a blister at all. If a blister is wanted, there are other plasters far better than mustard plaster, then, use no water, but mix the rnnstard with a white of an egg, und the result will be a plaster which will "draw” perfectly, hut will uJt pro duce n blister even upon the skin of an infant, no matter how long it is allowed to remain on the part. For this we have the word of ail old and eminent physi cian, as well as our own experience.— ('hrbtlian Mirror, Uouciu Tiiqcukh.—One ounce .Spanish licorice, two ounces refined sugar, two drams finely [xiwdered gumumbio, and extract of opium, ono sou pie. Beat the whole together, with mucilage of gum tragaenn111, make into small troche-, to lie (lisHoIved iu the mouth when.coilgli in troublfwme. FACTS AN1) FANCIES. Captain Bhunary wan asked by his Turcoman guide which an KnglisniHti likes best, Ills horse or liiM wifo, nut the author answered diplomatically, "That depends on the woman.” Tub ler ciop is enormous this season, nud suggests tlio probability (lint the consumption of water iu a liquid state next summer will ho proportionately less. "If wo can Imvo cheap ice,” said a man with a blossom on his noso, "wo don’t really need nny water.” Among the most recently discovered population of savages, the cannibals of New Ireland, In tho South seas, there is a custom which requires that a chief’m daughter shall ho kept iu a eago within her father’s house until her Introduction into society. Tho cuge scaredy gives her room to move, and she cannot leuvo it luring any part of tiie day, though she is allowed to take n stroll with near rela tives after nightfall. A #R1TER In Fraser’s Magazine says eyeglasses ought nover to magnify much, but merely show the objects clear ana exactly as they are. Every person ought lobe able to read with tluur spectacles at. .lie same distance that he was accus tomed whon his Hight was uninipared. Pebbles are preferred on accout of their ulcarncHH, never becoming dull from moisture, but they nre dearer. To test true eye-glasses hold them obliquely over print, when, if the glass Ih correct, tlio letters will preserve thoir truo character. A man who looked like a countryman was lately walking in the street with a packet in Ii'ih hand, scaled uml addressed, with A memorandum tlmt it contained u thousand dollars in hank notes, As the bearer appeared to he at a loss, ho was accosted by a Bum, who asked him what bo was looking for. The simple country man placed tin packet iu hiH inquirers bunds, and requested that he would read the address, iA ho was tumbled to do so, and had forgotten it. The reply was made as with agreeable surprise: " Why, this letter is for mo! 1 Imvo been ex pecting it lor it long whilo.” The mes senger, upon this, demanded a dollar for tlio carriage of tlio packngo, which was readily paid. Tho now possessor of the packot hastened to an obscure corner to examine his prize; hut, on hrouking the Heal, ho found nothing hut a few sheets of paper, on which was written tho sim ple word "Done!” Tin? artistic scene painter may now puck up his pots and brushes and Inurn another trade. Theatrical managers no longer have need of him. Science, the magic, lantern, photography, anu oxyhydrogen lights have extinguished them. By these appliances' some of the London theatres aro producing their scenery. A blank curtain at one end of tlio theatre, a man sliding a hit of a pic ture in a groovo at the other, and temples, prisons, landscapes, dungeon*, cities, or dark glens for murder, beautiful brook hanks lor love making chase each other across the singe like the phanta sies ol a dream. Worse oven than this, tho parties on the stage who have no part but that of simply putting In an appearance—the armies, tho ghosts, the streot.loutiger, the walking but not tho talking gentlemen—may in tiino all he supplanted by shadows. A little sinful ventriloquism thrown in, und oven these could bo made to perform small parts effectively. A simple stage, six or soven good stock actors, ono g( od ventriloquist, u grst-oInHH hand organ for tho orchestra, ii srxictroseqjio, and wo Imvo tho principle Ijuncts of tlio coming theatre. Searching for Wealth in Arctic Wilds. Amidst tho frozen wastes of '.the urctic regions there urc no doubt, stores enough of mineral wraith to raise half the hu man race from poverty to riches. If wo could only get at them! In the days of good queen Bess, the celebrated navi gator Froman made several expeditions into those inhospitable climes in search of gold. And now wo hear of the return of an American expedition, sent out by Philadelphian merchants, in search of ntica— a litimbler mineral, it is true, but perhaps as profitable. The Americans had proceeded to what is known to wlialo- men as Nialtic valley, and there they had laid a tramway, built shanties, and conducted mining operations for about six weeks. The Eskimo lent them a helping hand, but only for a short time, as they had to set out on their summer’s dter hunting. The miners worked in quarries about 1,300 feet above the level ol the sea. It was impossible to carry the trainway to that height, and tho mica was transported the greater part of tiie distance on the backs of the work men. Some of tiie blocks were remarka bly large and clear, and about fifteen tons of mica were brought away. Tlio mineral was estimated to bo worth from live dollars to twelve dollars a pound. The charms of wealth may thus lure us on nearer and nearer the coveted north polo, And, after all. we must Imvo material gain for an object as welljas the increase of scientific knowledge and the gratification of a pardonable ambition.-? CofM.U's Mayofific,