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VOL. 2. T. K, WTXHE, W. 8. PR WOLF, . JOHTt H. MAKTIH, JOUR 8. BTKWABT. Wynne, DeWolf & Cos. FubUiihent and Proinrletom. DAILY, <in advance) par annum, $7 Gu ** six months, 4 00 “ three months 2 00 ■* one month 7# WEEKLY, one yesr 200 (Shorter terms in proportion.) SATES OF AtVEHTMINIi. Square, one week $ * 00 One Bqu*M, one mouth 8 00 One Square, six months 28 00 Transient advertisements SI.OO for first inter* on, and 50 oenta for each subsequent insertion. Fifty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rates to larger advertisements. CON G R ESS I ON A L HRATE. Washington, D. C., Dec. H.—The Senate, in the morning hour, took up the resolution Jo print extra copies of the President’s message and ac companying documents in regard to the late election in Louisiana. Mr. Thurman moved to amend so as to have printed with the message and documents the memorial of Messrs. Bogy, Stevenson and Mo- Dowell, embracing the report of the Democratic committee which wit nessed the count in New Orleans. A lengthy discussion followed. The committees on privileges and elections postponed consideration of the New Jersey case for lack of wit nesses. They informally discussed the law as bearing upon this, the Or egon and Vermont cases. Sherman called up his resolution to print one thousand copies of the President’s message with accompa nying documents. The amendment to print and bind the Democratic report with it was agreed to, and the resolution was adopted. Sherman made a very bitter speech and the debate throughout was an gry and inflammatory. The resolution regarding Oregon comes up to-morrow ns unfinished business. Senate adjourned. nut'r. The House passed Hun ton’a caucus bill resolution appointing a commit tee of seven to enquire into the pow ers of the House, etc., respecting the counting of the Electoral vote. A resolution reported by Mr. Knott, from the Judiciary Commit tee, was adopted without discussion or division, for the appointment of a committee of seven to act in con junction with any similar committee appointed by the Senate, to prepare and report without delay such a measure, either legislative or consti tutional, as may be best calculated to establish a proper mode of count ing the Electoral votes for President and Vice President, and determining questions that may ariso as to the legality and validity of returns made of such votes by the several .States; also, for the appointment of a com mittee of seven members of the House to ascertain and report what are the privileges, powers and duties of the House in counting the Electo ral* votes. Amendments to the Post Boute bill of last session, re-establishing fast mail s’ervices and franking privi leges were rejeotd. The Postofflce appropriation bill was considered, without uction. Adjourned. The Ice-Bound Steamers. St. Louts, Dec. 16. —The Lake Su perior is afloat, but leaking badly. The War Eagle is afloat with a bole in the bottom. The Alex Mitchell is apparently held up by the ice; the Andy Johnson badly hemmed; Da venport sunk to the boiler deck. The Redwing, Minnopolis, Bob Roy and Northwestern are safely moored below the gorge. The Golden Eagle is safe. Fire In Angtixta. Maine. Augusta, Me. Dec. 14.—A fire this morning destroyed the establish ments of J. S. Hendee photographer; Mrs. V. T. Blackwell, milliner; Geo. W. Jones, auctioneer; Vickery & Rogers, printers; Johnson, druggist; Geo. W. Quimby, Gospel Banner of fice; and Fuller & Cos., Pen SewiDg Machine agents, Los# $40,000. Foreign Wew*. London, December 14.—A dispatch from Constantinople to Reuter’s Tel egram Company says: “It is not true that the Marquis of Salisbury and Gen. Ignatieff are not agreed concerning the occupation of Bulgaria. This question has not even been discussed.” Berlin, Dec. 14.— Parliament, by a vote of 206 to 116, has rejected the motion to postpone the abolition of import duties on iron until Ist Janu ary, 1879. The security Life, Btrlarfd Insolvent. New York, Dec. 14.— The President of the Security Life Insurance Cos., appeared before Judge Brady this evening, on an order to show cause why a receiver of the company should not be appointed and acknowledged its insolvency. _ Weather To-Day. Washington, Dec. 14.—For South Atlanticl and Gulf States, colder, northerly to westerly winds, rising barometer, partly cloudy weather, and local rains In the southwest. THE DISPUTED PRESIDENCY Manifesto of the Secretary of War. Hr Declare, that Haye, t* Elected, and hi, Birlit, will be Maintained. Washington, Dec. 14.—A counter statement, signed by Secretary Chan dler, furnished to the press at mid night, concludes: “Hayes and Wheeler are elected, aud tho will of the American people will bo carried out and maintained.’’ Ilaye, Hprak* Attain. he thinks there will be no trouble. Dayton, Ohio, December 14.—Gov. Hayes, responding to a serenade, said: “I have too much faith in the saving common sense of the Ameri can people to think that they desire to see in their country a Mexlcanized government. Whatever may be the result at which the lawful authorities shall arrive, you and I will quietly submit; and I have sufficient respect and confidence in the great majority of the Opposition party, to believe that they will do the same." The Indiana Deninrrury. THtt CALL FOR COUNTY MEETINGS AND A STATE CONVENTION. Indianapolis, Dec. 14.— The Demo cratic Committee has issued an ad dress to the people of Indiana. It calls upon all people, without re spect to party, who make our coun try’s welfare paramount to every other consideration—all who say that the vote of the people shall not be defeated by fraud, and all who stand by fair play and honesty—to meet at their county seats on December 23d, to make an expression of the popu lar judgment that eanDOt bo disre garded ; and to appoint men as their delegates to a State Convention on January Bth. who will fearlessly and prudently make said declaration and take such action as will give our State her proper position and influ ence in maintaining constitutional government and the rights and liber ties of the people. MESSAGE PRESIDENT. An Attempt to Juitll; 11U Sending Troop* to FeMrsfcurg, Va Washington, Dec. 14.— T0 the Sen ate of ike United States ln answer to the-resolution of the Senate of the 6th inst., requesting information as to whether troops of the United States were stationed at the city of Ptersburg, in the State of Virginia, on the 7th of November, 1870, and if so, under what authority and for what purpose, I submit the enclosed letter from the Secretary of War, to whom the resolution was referred, together with the report of the Quartermaster-General of the Army and accompanying papers. These inclosed will give all the information called for by the resolution, and 1 confidently believe will justify the action taken. It is well understood that tho pres ence of United States troops at poll ing places never prevented the free exercise of the franchise by any citi zen of whatsoever political faith. If, then, they have had any effect whatever upon the ballot cast, it has been to insure protection to the citi zens casting in giving it to tho can didate of his unbiased choice, with out fear, thus securing the very essence of liberty. It pay be the presence of twenty four United States soldiers under the command of a captain and lieutenant quartered in the custom-house at Petersburg, Va., on the 7th of No vember, at a considerable distance from any polling place, without any interference on their part whatever, and without going near the polls dur ing the election, may have secured a different result from what would have been obtained if they had not been there to maintain the peace in case of riot on the face of the returns; but if such is the case, it is only proof that in this one Congressional dis trict in the State of Virginia the loyal and constitutional voters have been able to return as elected the candi dates of their choice. U. 8. Grant. Executive Mansion, Dec. 14, 1876. Ship New*. New York, Dec. 14. -Arrived: Ash land, Algiers. Arrived out: Augusta, Elsa, Lu cille, Lillie, J. E. Santberg.eea, Kate Burrin',' Betty Guttenberg, Saren, Edward E. Herbert, Preston, Austin Harald, Vesper, Montana. Homeward: Ellida, Charleston, Kabe for Tybee, Harrisburg for Charleston, 8. C. Barks Emma and Carl from New York for Glatting capsized oft Ork ney Islands, eight drowned. London, Dec. 14. —Bark Hudder fold sunk from collissioa with bark Kelly, off Start Point; fifteen were drowned. Kelly abandoned leak ing . . Nomination*. Washington, Dec. 14. —John Sake was nominated Marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi, Pit kin for Lousiana, Kenney for post master at Austin, Texas. The Senate confirmed a number of postmasters. COLUMBUS, GA., FBI DAY MOKNING, DECEMBER 15, 1876. HAMPTON INAUGURATED. NO DISTURBANCE-IMMENSE CROWD PRESENT. A Part <>( Hampton', Atltlrr,,. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 14.—The in auguration of Governor Hampton took place in front of Columbia Hall this afternoon. The square in front of the hall was densely packed with persons of both races, and the house tops were covered with spectators. At 3:30 Hampton was esoorted to the stand amid demonstrations and great enthusiasm. Members of the General Assembly occupied the space immediately surrounding the stand with the crowd in the rear. Gen. Hampton then road his INAUGURAL ADDRESS, of which the following is an extract: Gentlemen of the Senate and Home of Representatives: It is with feelings of the profound* est. solicitude that I assume the arduous duty and grave responsibili ty of the high position to which the people of South Carolina have called me. It is amid events unprecedented in this Republic that I take the chair as Chief Magistrate of this State. In a time of profound pence, when no legal officer had been resisted in the proper discharge of his fund ions, we have witnessed a spectacle ab horrent to every patriotic heart, and fatal ro Republican institutions— Federal troops used to promote tho success of a political party. Undis mayed, though shocked by this gross violation of the Constitution and of the courts, our people with a deter mination that no force could subdue, no fraud could defeat, kept stead ily and peacefully in the path of duty, resolved to assert their rights as American freeman at the ballot-box—that great court of final resort, before which must be tried the great questions of the su premacy of the Constitution and the stability of our constituency aud of our institutions. That the edict of the jieople of South Carolina has been ignored need not be told, as it has reverberated throughout the State, aud its echoes come back to us from every land where liberty is ven erated, declaring in terms that can not be mistaken that, standing on the Constitution of our country, we propose to obey its laws, to preserve as far as in us lies its peace and its honor, and to carry out in good faith every pledge made by us for reform and honest government. We inteud to prove to the world the sincerity of our declaration that the sole motive which inspired the grand contest we have so successfully made, was not the paltry ambition for party supre macy, bnt the sacred hope of redeem ing our State; and it was sought to wrest the fruits of this victory by a gigantic fraud and a base conspiracy. When the members elect of the Gen eral Assembly repaired to the Capitol to take their seats, AHMED SOLDIERS of the Federal Government confront ed them, and their certificates of election were examined and passed upon by a corporal of the guard. It was amid these appalling scenes that the members of the General Assem bly were called on to assume their duties as the representatives of a free State, and that State one of the origi nal thirteen who won our independ ence and framed our Constitution. Debarred the free exercise of their rights by the presence of an armed force, a legal quorum of the lower House, after placing on record their protest, quietly with draw from the capitoi and proceed to organize that branch of the General Assembly; you have seen a minor ity of the House usurp the powers of the whole body; you have seen the majority expelled from their hall by threats of force; you have seen per sons having no shadow of a claim as members admitted to seats as Repre sentatives by the votes of men who themselves were acting in direct violation of the Constitution, and you have seen the last crowning act of infamy by which a candidate for the office of Governor, defeated by the popular vote, had himself de clared elected by his conspirators. It is due to my position as the Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth to place on record my solemn and indignant protest against acts which I consider as sub versive of civil liberty and destructive to our form of government. A great task is before the Conserva tive party of this State. They intend in this contest with a platform so broad, so strong, so liberal that every honest citizen could stand upon it. They recognized and accepted the amendment of the Constitution in good faith, they pledged themselves to work reform, and to establish good government;they promised to keep up an efficient system of public edu cation, and they declared solemnly that all citizens of South Carolina, of both races and of both parties, should be recognized as equals in the eye of the law—all to be fully protected in the enjoyment of every political right now possessed by them. To theffaithful observance of these pledges we stand committed, and I, as the representative of the Conser vative party, hold myself bound by every dictate of good faith, to use every effort to have the pledges re deemed lully and honestly. Let us show to all of them, that the true Interest of both races can best bo se cured by cultivating peace and pro moting prosperityj among all clas ses of our fellow citizens. I rely confidently on the support of the members of tho General As- I sembly in my efforts to attain these laudable ends, and I trust that all branches of the government will unite cordially in this patriotic work. If so united, and working with resolution aud an earnest de termination, we may hope soon to see the dawn of a brighter day for our State. God in his infinite mercy grant that it may oome speedily, and may He shower the richest blessings of peace and happiness on our whole people. At the close of tho address the oath of office was administered by trial Justice Murshal|to Hampton as Governor, and to U. D. Simpson as Lieutenant Governor. The crowd standing uncovered while the cere mony was being performed. The chair in which Gen. Hampton was seated was theu wrapped in the national colors, and ho was borne on tho shoulders of a dozen men to his hotel and escorted by the entire crowd. Several prominent gentleman ad dressed the multitude from the front of tho hotel, the Congressional Com mittee occupying a prominent posi tion on one of the balconies. After the speaking the crowd quietly dis persed. FROM WASHINGTON ON TIT EMBAY. MILITARY TELEGRAPH TO THE CAPITOL. jßpeelal to Cinciuuati Commercial.] The military are constructing a field telegraph lino from the barracks to the Capitol. This has given a mo mentary spurt to the fast dying ex citement in Washington. THE LATEST TALK OF THE DEMOCRACY is that the Illinois Legislature will elect Grant to be United States Sena tor, so that he can take his seat on the 4th of March, and be at once elected Yico President pro tempore , in order that in case Hayes’ inaugu ration is postpostponed, and until ho is inaugurated. Grant may hold the office of President. GRANT EAGER FOR WAR. Special to the Loaiaville Courier-Journal.) The publication by Grant, pretend ing to give an account of his inter view with Messrs. Hewitt and Ran dolph, is well known to be essential ly false. He is as eager and rampant for war as Boutwell. Military pre parations have been going on for months. Some time before the elec tion, Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylva nia, whose co-operation is deemed specially important,.was summoned here to consult in reference to the military preparations for the coup d'etat. He went home to organize Pennsylvania. He now reports to the President that he has sixty four thousand infantry well armed and a proportionate force of cavalry and artillery. It is given out that all this preparation is to inaugurate Hayes, no matter what the House may say or do; out there are some indications that ho may strike a blow for himself. It has transpired already that there is a considerable secret organization in this city of persons who think the opportunity favorable for a third term, and Republicans are being sounded by the leaders of the plot to ascertain if they are willing to go into it. TII.DEN UNTERRIFIED. At last night’s caucus a speech was made by Speaker Randall, unusually spirited and manly in tone. Mr. Randall’s visit to Mr. Tilden impart ed a special interest to his remarks, and naturally created the impression that he spoke the sentiments of the President-elect. There is no ques tion of the fact that this is a correct conclusion. Mr. Tilden, In this try ing emergency,proves himself worthy of the support given him by his countrymen. He is no coward or trimmer. Having been called by the Eeople to this position of high trust. e is ready to go ftp the front. He says he has not long to live, and is willing to accept the personal risks of defending the course of the peo ple, and that if they are stricken down by a military despotism it shall not be his fault. The letters that came here from tho North are numerous, and all breathe the firmest spirit of resis tance to the counting-out fraud. One of these is from Gov. Blair, of Michigan, who says the people of that State will not allow themselves to be cheated. Citant Completely Under Control of the* Extremists. Washington special to the Chicago Times.] The reversal of position In which the Oregon business places the con spirators has Intensified the solici tude of the Hayes people, and it is now utterly impossible to soe the President save in the presence of a watchful emissary of the ring. Mean while the line of Republican argu ment has been readjusted to meet the new situation. It it now conce ded that the Constitution contem plates an intelligent supervisory function as an essential part of the House and Senate, and tnat is by the exercise of this duty alone that the true will of the people can bo ascer tained. The Democrats make no ar guments. They merely claim that Gov. Grover, as a law-abiding magis trate, had no recourse but the com missioning of Cronin; that if it is wrong in principle Congress may take the point into consideration, and so decide the matter. The non-committal attitude of the Democrats and their temperate ex pressions surprise and perplex the Republican schemers in their South ern programme. They have been counting on bloodshed and outbreaks to cover over and justify their lawless disregard of the people and the Con stitution, and in Congress they have been confident of such unruliness and recklessness as would go far to ward reconciling the Northern mind to the completion of the great wrong begun in South Carolina and intend ed to end in the theft of the Prest- dency. But the controlling spirit among the Demoorats just now is moderation. They mean to koop themselves very far inside the laws In all that is done. They are so not ing as to force tho oonspirators to emphasize their treasonable plotting, ana when the proper time comes lay tho strong arm of power upon every one engaged in the attempt and re sponsible for tho excesses thus far comitted, Tne impulse to impeach Grant, urged by telegrams and press all over the country, has given way to more conservative and shrewder counsels. It is recognized by every member of the majority, it not by the minority, that Grant Ims committed the uttermost violation of the Con stitution, but it is argued that the at tempt to proceed against him by tho House would be seized upon by the schemers to arouse the hatred which Blaine enkindled last session. It would bo claimed that the seventy Confederate Brigadiers in Congress who laid down their arms to Grant in 1865 were seeking revenge by an attempt to disgrace and ruin him while they have the power, so the final conclusion is, that the history of the recent invasions of tho three States shall be recited in an address to the country and a vote of oensure spread upon the records, embalming the memory of the lawless magistrate in the repulsive character he has himself chosen to assume. Till the committees return there will, therefore, be but little done here. The session will be merely perfunctory. The Democrats require time to perfect the organization con templated, and until that is done the public acts will be unimportant. When the plans are perfected and the result recognized, the country will no longer be in doubt as to the peaceful inauguration of Tilden, the lawfully elected chief magistrate, uorof the power of the Representa tives to deal swiftly aud sternly with a conspiring Cabinet and a traitorous President. The Republican leaders are very much gratified at the apparent de termination of the President to carry things with a high hand in South Carolina. They gleefully tell of the rough mannorin which they say he received Messrs. Hewitt and Ran dolph last Wednesday evening. Among other expressions of Grant’s which they quote with muchjgush is one in regard to the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Senator Ran dolph, after making known the con tents of the message he had reoeived from Wade Hamilton, spoke of the fact that the highest legal tribunal of South Carolina had declared that Mackey, Speaker of Chamberlain’s Rump Legislature, was only a pri vate person, and therefore had no right to retain the election re turns for Governor. At this point Grant, with great emphasis, say the Republican gossips, exclaimed, “I don’tcarea damn for tho Supreme Court!” At another period of the interview Senator Randolph referred the Pres ident to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, which says no less than a majority of the members of the lower house shall constitute a quorum, and that without a quorum no business can be transacted. At this point Don Cameron put in aD oar. Ho said that he could conceive of cases where less than a majority would constitute a quorum, the con stitution of the State to the contrary notwithstanding. To this the Presi dent heartily responded. These sto ries of the interview between Messrs. Hewitt, Randolph and the’President, come from Republicans, and are given on the authority of Cameron. They are told everywhere, and the Republicans seem to enjoy them very mneh. “The old man.” said one prominent Republican, ‘‘has got his back up now and means business. He don,t care a damn for the Supreme Court or the constitution of South Carolina, and before long he will make it lively for Wade Hamp ton and his rifle clubs.” The saddest part of all this is the evident relish with which these things are told by men who claim to be statesmen and patriotic also. There is not a word of disapproval, not even regret, implied in the tone of voice with which they|talk about the Pres ident’s half drunken declamations. ARE THE JOINT RULES IN FOHCE T DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN TATIVES ON TUESDAY. Mr. Bland demanded the resump tion of business under tho 21st joint rule, which requires that the second session of Congress the unfinished business of the preceding session shall be taken up in regular order. The Speaker caused the rule to be read and decided that inasmuch as that rule was imperative, the unfin ished business of the last morning hour of tho last session must have been the preference. Mr. Burchard suggested that, while ho had no objection to the resump tion of the business of the last morn ing hour of the last session, it should be resumed under rule 136 of the House. The Speaker remarked that both rules were to tho same effect, except that joint rule 21 was imperative, us ing the word “sfiall.” Mr. Garfield said that ho had no objection to the ruling of the Chair under the 13Gth rule of the House, but that if that ruling implied that the 21st joint rule was in existence and binding upon the House, he should respectfully appeal from the decision. , The Speaker—Tho Chair so de cides. Mr. Burchard—lt is unnecessary to appeal from the decision of the Chair so far as the 12Ctb rule is concerned. Mr. Garfield—l don’t take that ap peal. , , Mr. Garfield said that he agreed perfectly with the ruling of the chair under the 136th rule, but he wanted to call the attention of the chair to the fact that the very joint rule which had been referred to, and which was printed in the House volume of rules or digest, was not printed as a rule of the present Con gress, but as a joint rule. They were headed joint rules and orders of the two Houses as they existed at the close of the Forty-third Congress. ||The Speaker—That was put in there without the authority of any one who had the right to authorize it. Mr. Garfield continued, quoting from the Digest, to the effect that the omission was explained by the reso lution of the Senate of the 22d of Jan uary, 1876, setting out iu full that the resolution asked the concurrence of the House, and it had been referred to the Committee on Rules, but had never been acted 00. This same question had arisen last week in the Senate, and it was then determined, with but four votes dissenting, that there are no joint rules in force. Mr. McCrary sent to the clerk’s desk and had read an extract from the House proceedings of last ses sion, to show that, on a question which then arose, Speaker Kerr ruled that the Constitution gave each House the right to adopt its rules, and that the right could not be sup pressed. The Speaker remarked that the ex tract first read, confirmed in a re markable manner his present judg ment, inasmuch in that discussion the word “point” was not used, but tho whole discussion had reference only to the House rules, properly im plying that the joint rules were to be reached in some otner way than by the simple action of the House. Mr. Garfield argued that no rules, either joint or several, can bind the House except by its consent, and that the proposition that a joint rule oom ing from a former Congress had any more authority in the Forty-Fourth Congress than a House rule had, was, if not absurd, certainly untenable. The Speaker—Has not the gentle man himself frequently in former Congresses, moved to suspend the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rnles without having been formally adopt ed by that Congress. Mr. Garfield—Certainly; I admit that, and for the reason that whenev er the two houses of Congress pro ceed without challenge to act under the rules, aud they are tkcit'y adop ted, but the assumption of the Speaker’s ruling to-day is that the House can bind the Senate to be gov erned by rules to which it does not consent, and of course vice versa. The Congress that sat ten years ago could bind all later Congresses for ever, unless one body chose to re lease the other from the old obliga tion of a dead Congress, thus abso lutely nullifying the constitutional privileges and prerogatives of the Senate and of the House. We have never concurred with the Senate in the rules which it proposed to adopt. The last and the present presiding officer of this House and the pre siding officer of the Senate, our jour nal, our body of rules iu the form of a digest, ail concur in the admission that there are no joint rules of the Forty-fourth Congress. There is no body of rules printed in our books which profess to be the joint rules of the Forty-fourth Congress. Still, I do not wish on an incidental and in formal point to bring the House to a vote on this question without time for consideration. Everybody can see that there oan be no very great public question that will turn on the twenty-first rule, and I prefer that whenever we come to that dis cussion we shall come to it on a di rect issue with full debate. I, there fore, withdraw my appeal. Mr. Springer asked Mr. Garfield whether the joint rules were In exist ence at the close of the Forty-Third Congress. Mr. Garfield declined to answer till he had examined the question. Tho Speaker—The Chair does not wish by any statement pf his to an ticipate that question, except as here in connected with matter of fact. This House, composed of the same gentlemen who now sit here, did, at the end of last session, recognize the fact that the joint rules were in exist ence by adopting unanimously a res olution to suspend joint rules 16 and 17. Mr. Springer—These joint rules have never been re-adopted by any subsequent Congress from the foun dation of the Government to the pres ent time. The twenty-second joint rule was acted on in the counting of Presidential Electors in 1869, and also in 1873, and yet it was never re-adopt ed but once, in 1865. Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Springer whether the rule of action which bad been handed down by tacit consent by Congress to Congress as to the mode of proceedings by the Houses was not necessarily abrogated by a message from one of them to the other that it considered those joint rules no longer in force; otherwise would not the House be bound not merely by the previous House, as in the case of its own rules, but by the act of a previous Senate. Mr. Springer—lf the doctrine be maintained, that when a joint rule is established between the two houses, one of them can abrogate that rule at its will, there is no neces sity for adopting the joint rules, be cause they uo not bind either party. The Speaker said that the history of the two Houses as to the joint rules showed that whenever any proposi tion by one House to amend them failed in the other, the rules continu ed to be recogDized, accepted and acted under as if they were in full force. Mr. Hasson— That only shows that the House in proposing the amend ment, consented that the rules should go on without amendment. The Speaker—The Chais thinks that that which takes two bodies to do, takes two bodies to undo. Mr. Springer—The joint rules were adopted in the form of a resolution and a concurrent resolution, and a concurrent resolution cannot be re pealed by one body without the con sent of the other. Mr. Hoar—Does the gentleman say that a rule adopted by a concurrent resolution at tne beginning of the Government binds the successive Houses of Representatives forever until tne Senate abandons it? Mr. Springer—Until both houses abandon it, Ido certainly. Tbe gen tleman from Massachusetts himself, when the Presidential votes of 1873 were being counted, objected to votes being cast for Horace Greeley be cause be was dead, and his objection was based on the twenty-second ioint rule, which never had beeD re-adopt ed since its adoption in 1865. Mr. Hoar—Both bouses were act ing under the rules by mutual con sent. Mr. Springer—lt never had been readopted and bad no validity at all except that given to it in 1865. Mr. Haskins—lf the gentleman from Illinois holds that these joint rules cannot be abrogated except by consent of the two bouses, I would like to inquire by what law or au thority, after the Benate has re pealed and refused to recognize them, the House or any other body can en force them. Mr. Springer—We cannot compel the Senate to abide by its rule. That body is a law to itself, but we can on our part abide by those rules, and we ohose to do it. (Applause on the Democratic side.) Mr. McCrary said that Speaker Kerr, deciding at tho beginning of last session, said that each House has the absolute right to make the rules which govern its proceedings, and, therefore, the rules which hod been adopted in the Forty-Third Congress were not in force at the be ginning of the Forty-Fourth. That decision covered the whole ground In this controversy, unless the gentle man would say a joint rule was a rule for the government of the House of Representatives. The Speaker—lt does not follow that the House is not governed by the joint rules, especially when the House is reminded of the fact that the two bodies, ca farfas a twenty-second joint rule is concerned, have several limes operated on In counting the electoral vote, aud so far as the Chair is concerned, he is not aware of any reason why that rule should not be executed once more. [Ap plause on the Democratic side.} Mr. Kasson— Can there be a joint rule to which both Honses are not at the time agreed ? Does it not cease to be ajoint rule the moment that either House dissents ? The Speaker-In the judgment of the Chair the joint rules operate to bind both bodies until they are va cated. Mr Kasson—By one body ? The Speaker—The Chafr did not say that. Mr. Hoar remarked that the prop osition advanced on the Democratic side was reductio ad absurdum, and he was willing to have any collection of shool boys, or any collection of statesmen in the country able to un derstand those principles of parlia mentary law whioh every American baby in the cradle was supposed to instinctively, consider such a propo sition as that. Mr. Springer, iu reply to Mr. Hoar’s suggestion as to babies and school boys, referred him to to the opinion of his former colleague (Gen. Butler), given in an interview, to the effect that in an instrument says A and B are to do certain things, as for an ex ample to make award or to enter a judgment, A cannot do it without B, nor can B do it Without A. The discussion here closed, and un der the ruling of the Speaker, the House proceeded to the unfin ished business of the last morn ing hour of the last session, which was the bill reported by Mr. Bland, from the Committee onMines and Mining, to utilize the product of the gold and silver mines. FRENCH CRISIS FASHED. THE PRESIDENT SOLVED IT BY THREAT ENING AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE. Paris, Dec. 14.—A solution of the ministerial crisis has been brought about by President McMahon plainly informing the Ministers that he should not hesitate to issue a mani festo to the nation to explain hi* de termination and dissolve the cham ber of deputies. TIM California Disputed District. San Francisco, Dec. 12.—The clerk of Monterey county, in the Fourth Congressional district, has forwarded to the Secretary of State anew set of election returns, made out in con formity with the original, erroneous footings of the supervisors, which the clerk bad corrected in his first returns. The new returns give Wig ginston, Democrat, one majority. Last night writs were served on the Secretary of State, at the instance of Pacheco, the Republican candidate, prohibiting him from counting any other than the first returns, and di recting him to count and certify the vote in accordance with the flret re turns. LAWYERS. Thomas J. Chappell, Attorney At 3jw. OFFICE OVKB 119 BROAD STREET, Columbus, Ga. mtreha tf BREAK CRAWFORD. J. M.MoNRUX* Crawford & McNeill, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, 111 Brood It., Colombo*. So. _ Jnl* tl CABBY J. THORNTON WO. F. WILLIAMH. Thornton & Williams, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS. OIT ICE UP STAIRS OVER THE STORE OF 0. E. HOCHBTRABSKB. Brcwd traet. Will Broctlc In the conuti*. of Hurria, Tnibot. Taylor, Marion, Ch.lUhoochoe and SWw.it, and Id the Supreme Court of the State, Dietriot and Circuit Oourte of tho United States; alao in the conntiee el Lee end KueeeU, Ala. Will aleo giee .pedal attention to the pturohaee and eale of Real Katate, Examination of Title* and Conveyancing. Aleo, to Renting and Cofleo tlon of Rente. __ _ novlt tf Joseph F. Foil, Attorney A Counsellor ut Law. /OFFICE welt aide Broad .treat ever etore of U W. H. Robert. A Cos. Practice, in State and Federal Courte. Advice and Mrvicee tendered to Administrator., Executor., On.rdiene, Ac. Spe cialty nude of Conveyancing, Examining Title., Ac., In Georgia, or anywhere in the United Statee. Au. atnamu promptly attended to. f*M dtf uom C. LEVY, Jr., Attorney and ContweUor at Law. Commteaioner of Deede N. Y. end other Statee. Office over Georgia r.omo Bank. ESTATES.—SpeciaI attention to keeping acoo rate account*, voucher., Ac., and making an nual returns far Guardians, Administrator, and Executors. .epW-Iy R. JT. MOSES, Attorney at Law. OFFICE over Georgia Home Insurance Ooao pbOT, Office hour, from let October to Ist Jana, 10 to p. m. pt* H W. Id. IaATTTAM. 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