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-A.. ML. G. RUSSELL,
Editor A Proprietor.
IlUena. Viatn, !Nl nrio 11 C'u., (>at
, WEDNESDAY MORN I SO, JANUARY lit, 1077-
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THE bill ft it 11: v rou
€orXTl.\*i THE EE EC
TUBAL VOTE.
Tlie Joint Committee of the United
State House and Senate liavc drawn
up a bill for the tolutioli of the pres
idential mudd'e:
t For the benefit of those of our read
ers who may not care to road atten
tively the full text of the bill report
ed by the Congressional Committees
for settling the Presidential contest',
we give a concise statement of its
main provisions, .using thojsuminarv
of the Montgomery Advertiser:
£ The bill provides fbr the joint as
sembling of the two Houses of Con
gress in the Ibvll of the House <>l
Representatives. The President of
the Senate; skull preside. , lio will
open all the certificates and paptis
purporting to be certificates of tbe
electoral votes, and j lace them in the
hands of the tellers who shall have
been previously appointed, two by
the Senate amlj two by the House.
The tellers shall count all those votes
and make their report of the result.
The Vice President will then read the
votes as reported, by States iu alpha
betical order, the
letter A. If there is only one return
fiom a State, and objections arc made
(all objections to be in writing, sign
ed by one member of each House)
then the two Houses shall retire and
both must concur.to reject _any such
vote or votes. If there aic two re
turns, ail questions relating to the
returns shall be submitted to a com
mission. This commission to consist
of five members cf each House, to be
elected viva voce, and five of the As
sociate Justices of the Supreme
Court. Four of these,Justices Clif
ford, Strong, Miller and Field, are
indicated m the bill. The fifth is to
be selected by the four named. Ya
canc cs to be filled he the respective
Houses or Justices. The Justice
.Whose appointment is the oldest,
Justice Clifford, to be President ol
the Commission. This Commission
will make its own rules and decide all
questions submitted to !■. Their de
dision to be binding, unless the two
Houses concur in ordering otherwise,
upon objections made in writing,
signed by five members of cacli
House.
PP& Handboi K of Gcergla.
We are indebted to Commissioner
Thomas P. Janes for a most excellent
work, bearing the above title, and
prepared under his direction, by au
thority of the State. We have ex
amined it thoroughly, and arc con
finced that it is a most valuable book.
An extensive circulation of the work
in Europe, would vastly increase im
migration to this State, and it will
be a sensible oconomy on the part of
the Legislature to appropriate an ad
equate sum for the distribution ot
several hundred thousand copies,
throughout Irelu 1, England, France
and Germany. Onr natural resources
are immense, but we have not a suffi
cient population to develope them.
We are an earnest advocate of of
ficial economy, retrenchment, etc.,
out we are unalterably opposed to
saving at the leak, and losing at the
bung-hole. Every legislature wastes
half its time wrangling over insignifi
cant salaries, when they could save
ten times the amount of them by re
solving at the outset to let them re
main as they arc. Hon. Totiphar
Peagreen, of Tugaloo, is a fathom
less “economizer,” but he knows, as
well as all of us do, that every long
speech on retrenching the minutiae
of the government’s expenses he
makes, lines his pockets in a manner
gratifying to his greediness, but fa
tal to the true and real theory of re
trenchment and economy.
<3OV. COLftUIT‘3 APPOINTMENTS.
Gov. Colquitt has mndoTlio fol
lowing appointments up to this
time, which were promptly con
firmed by the Senate :
Associate Justice Bleckley re
appointed to the Supremo Bench.
Judge Cincinnattiu Peoples re
appointed.
Judge Martin J. Crawford re
appointed .
Judge C. D. SlcCathcn reap
pointed.
Maj. 11. N. Ely appoint'd At
torney General. ,
Mr. James P. JlarrLon was
elected State'll Printer.
Howell Jackson, Esq., has been
appointed Warrant Clerk.
THE CONVENTION.
We notice that a .Senator has in
troduced a bill, providing for the
calling of a Constitutional Conven
tion. This is the first practical step,
that has been taken by any member
of the Legislature, towards real, gen
uine economy. We hope that this
move will be carried out, so that the
people's wishes may be gratified aud
the vital interest of the State sub
sen od.
The people of Georgia have been
burdened sufficiently with an oppres
sive, expensive, mongrel-made Con
stitution. Aside from the practical,
beneficial tesuits, that will accrue
from a better Constitution, the pride,
dignity and nobility ot Georgians, as
a free and independent people, will
be vindicated by the repudiation of a
constitution forced. on .them by the
bayonet, lor their enslavement and
humiliation A free and independent,
spirited people will not be governed
by laws which was made in defianee
of their will and approval.
Waft it Over.
“And, 0 God, give our senators
Wisdom, especially!'at this crhieal
time. Letnotthi|£Xiraord'iiary lo ly
of our rulers country imo
war; and change vur rulers, O God,
as soon as possible.”
The aboveTs from a recent prayer
of Spurgeon, over in England. Ah !
Mr. Spurgeon, your prayer, but in
ters the wishes and prayers of millions
of peop’e iu ttiis country.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
.* *■ • .
The following we republish from
the Griffin A T eirs, and we fully endorse
the idea that at present too much pat
ronage is in the hands of the Execu
tive. We care not how pure andjhow
free from selfishness a Governor may
be, one way to keep him so is to free
him from temptation; aside from this,
it is not Democratic to vest too much
power to Executive disposal. The
Neics says: “The feeling in the
Georgia'Legislature isj said to lie
overwhelming in favor of ajConstitu
tional Convention. The programme
is to take away from the Governor*
much of the power he now has, and
reinvest it in the people. Also to re
duce all salaries of public officials and
reduce the homestead. A resolution
has already passed the House, which
in substance asks the Governor to
make as few appointments as possible
for the present,” — Telegram.
I
i If ilio Honorable members of .the
Legislature are honest in their cry
of Retrenchment, let them call a
Convention, and retrench, wheio re
trenchment is possible. The present
Constitution is too leaky for public
safety and too rot'on to be patched.
Now, Honorable Sirs, stop your gar
rulous nonsense and come down to
business. Convention or no conveu
tion? That’s the question of re
trenchment. Stand up like man and
See if you have any of the patriotism
and manhood of your fathers kit.
We have leceived the first nnmber
of the Journal, a handsome and well
edited weekly, published in Bruns
wick, 1
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*\ r OUJt Goods from A! U AH! b PON, on tl o Konlh.sido of Public S'pmro nt H.irvoy d*
I. StoryoU stolid, wlifrc you will find a complete stock of all kinds of
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usually kopt'bi a stow r inenUntr.7 or 0i1.,. wkbtb lows B*a i-#*einUy • nnv
lie wants of thu people Of Wurii o county.
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You will find unum r.iteil of the avii.'deswi-. keep iv;. oa head, which we will
Bell at a very small luluuie; on
till
Oi.r stock consists in part of Staple and Fancy Pry Gaol . ll;otSim a. TT.-iN. lteudv
i:. il.• (‘I Yank. :* X< >!!.•* t.. , v ‘uldles, Bridle- jl. iwu i’ \ family au .l F.iuvy Groceries
i liri tin: ; .s Tricks in .err- variety. A*
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AHERICUS* G-A
--TO THE CITIZENS OF BUEKA VIsTA a- SURROUNDINGdJOVNTRY
UAVIN- t purchased uu and v-hiled the t’hologi'.ijwb I,diary in A.VMBiCOB, lam
prepared to execute evciy style of Picture In th b - manner, ud at moderate
| prices. njl.VLl. PJMTUUK." sop".-1 an t enlarged t0n..,, and" b \ visit tnliinff.il
lcry ami patronage’ rokflftitfc aeiiailoA C W- MIBBIS
Americas, (fa., 1 j o-ll’u Pauto^raplicr.
J. a ANDREWS & 00,.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Staple anti Fane;} Smcerice,
LIQUORS, TOBACCO, U.KOQxf, 12.C-PE
TIBS ScC ,
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decß :jin fiSg-Spfreiai tjucanen'ts to Conn ry &Tenants.
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101 Broad St., Columbus, Ga.,
Gold Watches, Jewelry and Diamonds, Sfc*
AKfi B£A£9; W£ ~A,
(A Spec’alty) wWoli do not the the Eye, n*l last tinny y.airs without change
ENGKAV!MG &E&TLY DONE.
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks repaired Ail ord rswiil r- -.*vc )n mpt attention
A- M. BRANDON*, ”
wpTV ’OYfc rpsp /fjw* *□ -fSB fort
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13-5 .Broad Street, Columbus, Ga.
Tbe old and Well-known
iifiA rm : i| 4%
Efb&a k " £ t? &
V' 'u.. • 'ST y . v 1 f '■
A. M. Bra^koa*
Which has hagn (UapcmSlg mediums IW the tu.mvtMi of t ,if)tind tethe'lni# txfoiilt v.-.r
still contiuites to solicit Jhe pairoupge of it, n.iay fria-Is. It ; )Mlmewq>vy to wanne-ivitc
tho many indnofiments to bny tro:vrnc "imtftb >/.< t,, so; '’ '.rfll >dcjgu jt to KQT T Hlnter.
to buy whatever yon v.-lsh from a KKHM'LVS’? ! : T>'V ST )Hjg cam,- od Mt, me at
lor <*r i:w BvtoAD r r i-vx!.
a# lam rrrpartit now to OfTf-r < Unn- 1 ■ c - .0,, ,;<#>
r,. ltv I.i'csi\VL'.:si:.ao ever Balbra.
Very Respectfully,
der-8-dm A ' vr _ TP, A T Vj () TJ .
lii-M $ mm *'■: i?- & _gj
Importer of anZ Dealer ia
Jxfiulr(Uhina, Cfodirr)) S Jctrimt
(s?vma anti /tcnJt fancij €soodc
J ABLEpU.TLEP x Y, PhANDELTEP v S 8j C.
iff?* 1 have just opened n large stock ol YASMb, TOILET SETS,
Gei nmn China Toys and Fancy Goods. J offer u huge variety of Lnmpsc
at very low figures for cash..
SALESROOM—I2O Broad St., Columbus, Ga.
Columbus, Ga., Decembers, 1876-1 in
r M7.
ISTEW STOBE
No. 08 Broad Street\ Columbus, Ga.
Is well prepared with a full stork of fine and medium FURNITURE, to sup
ply tlie wants of his customers. Bedroom Rirts, Parlor Suits, Office Desks am!
Chairs, Mattresses, Bedsteads, Sofas, Spring Beds, dec., in Low Price*. New
Goods constantly received, Country orders solicited arc! kaffclactiou guaranteed.
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f all attention to flic 'following liuWof Gdofls wliiclf - they have in
store and must he sold to citme.tho business-:
lh |ii'-C'-s .f til.- lii-st lllack (riislitin-nsv fntf tlp> otlt-fcj in this market,
So pieci - I'hic If’uclt Alp n-iis '2."i 1.1 75 cunts per yard — u good a* usually sold from
hie to .5i. 25. LO pieces HlacU Milks utolit cost prices. 150 pieces Futiey Dress
(%<><! I rum 10 to 50 cts pm- yard, similar to those being'sold in this market from
2o' to tjH.tr). 50 pieces of the choicest ilnlllingH. 25 doz findk's rlcgant Mrlk Ties
s'l the new shinies lit lotif prioo. 50 new and handsome Cloak#—
ever kuomi n Coluatlma.
Our Shnwl ftapsi Irueiit. both Colored and R'nok, is siuip'y complete, and at prices lower
t.... ". ■ ti Isi henjlit :t\ N, 5. 25 piece lh-4 blanched -; hixiting just rccuved,' bust brand*
ft"’'• to 111) rls p r yard. 50 pieoes White aud ltd J'tunu .lall woo), cost trow 16 to W)
vAh p>.r ytivA Pm-siock of ChasMicrws and Wool Jeans, th : best V: the city, and prhee
ni-icti 1 ver llfi’i r laiowu in tU^ntarket. choiiv* Block of Wulitf-proof lUh‘tiu;, T*-
4ti v.v~vy mi.j tuad • in // isi* ry tmd (Moves, Under Shirts und Tubk LiiAun
Ir, l! in-ns lov.. 1i 1 1 > ’ I!. ■ rchi< (V. ladies Hollar.: Mt (if idlltc new call •nsSkti'
I> > i) ,ts. (’orsfln. 1! :d fomtorts and A l.ill lineFnrnlMiiug Go odn, Notit n®
, * *'‘ < * 14 P r '- ’’’ l * -h in over ottered ui * olnmbus to c.lihi* out. TUd \attest iifio
oi Id i':u da td Brown Uomestics ever otter.-d nt rot ail iu \ -olurntms at factory prices,
opi, cs standard i’rad . just, opened; best etylcs from 6} to els poryanl.
♦
ISIKOSSif,
Ibo st<v-k >’ 1.-idu-s* and Misses’, Men’s and It. vs’ Rootr i Slices, Servant
•■'l- rv '■* ‘ "inp •(<>. and die goods and jir.o.s ur.< guaranteed. No
' ’ r ’ * l'.t'-i - " pa. er sulu Simas, nil fust-class, from the best hanUinado
•to t t 1 common bn _m>i.
■ \ ■ ) -Mined tn this advertisement, we will si ll seventy-five par cn t
' 'o' ivei'!.,d some weeks since to l-eiiie fioin the Dry GmiJs trade and
\v.. iiiean \viil, a'.. ■. .'.iii-ed. Our goon ninsl bn sold; Ibis is no huiubng
•> itt-ll c m im: In keep onr staple stock in nil dopai tmcnU complete until we can and i
P sof'h. Km *y . iri.il, and wo invite the public to call before buying. Wecl"irgo uo 11
tng to show go*Us, and will l,j pleas .and to see you all.
Cobimlm-, G , IVesn b -r 8. 1 BV(i.
C. A. REDD & CO.
GRfiJSISL
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PL.4STA'TI9.\ m FAMILY SUPPLIES
100,000 pounds Bulk and Bacon Sides,
JuO /Ainvli-. of Flour at sfj,oo to ?8.50,
000 bushels Seed and Feed Oafs,
lo hogsheads New Crop Louisiana Su ar,
50 barrels Florida Syrup,
50 sacks Ilio Coffee,
AMU IB M .Fdfcg,
CALL EE TO S
BEST GOODS IT BOTTOM PRICES.
Wo will not be^Undersold.
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EXCELSIOR!!
CLOTHING AND HAT STONE
THOR & TON & ACEE,
-TSTO. S3 eSc 35 BBOTJZE PBONT,
Room } Building, Broad St., Columbus, Or,
DEyfLEU IN
Men’s Clothing,
Boy's Olothinsr,
Children’s Clothing’.
IVSEN’S HATS, BOYS’ HATS,
M., CHILDREN’S HATS
BN’S and ojb’ Furnisbin.c Goods, Tmnlcs, Knlnes. Umi.ielln. nu.: .'alkiug C-u-r
BJT Me me constantly receiving new goods ol all kiude, and will sell m low as uuv
..rket iu the State. dec , 1676-Om '