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VOL. I—NO. 2. THE FREE PRESS, Published Every Morning (Mondays Excepted) —BY THE— Free Press Publishing Company. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Pally, (by Carriers), One Year, - • - $4 00 “ “ Six Months, - - 200 “ “ Three Months, - 100 “ “ One Month, - -40 “ “ One Week, - - 10 “ (by Mall), One Year, - - 500 " “ Six Months - - 250 “ “ Three Months, - 125 Payable in Advance. The above rates Include postage, which is prepaid at this office. RATES OF APVERTISING: One Square, one insertion. - - - - 8 50 A liberal discount made to Contract Ad vertisers. All Business Communications should be addressed to .the FREE PRESS PUBLISHING CO., GEORG IVNEWS. Judge Luther Bivins, of Marion county, has had an attack of paralysis. Judge B. is one of the most prom inent men <©f his section. Mr. David Averitt, of Columbus, Ga., ha-ssuspended. Liabilitiessß,ooo, assets $1,500. The ladies are determined to erect a monument in Columbus to the mem ory of the Confederate dead. Dr. T. J. Brooks, ©f Marion county, has not only raised enough corn, but enough meat to run his entire planta tion. Green T. B. Mallett, who wsa in dicted for the murder of Ben Edmon son, colored., in Chattooga county., has been acquitted. The Marietta Journal says of the failure of Cook -& Cheek; “The firm at this place did an aunual business, of a million dollars, turning out four hundred barrels of flour per day. Miss. Carrie 4 Williams, of Columbus, Secretary of tbo Confederate Moon merit Association of that city, invites proposals for the next twenty days to build in that city a Confederate Mon ument* of Southern stone, to be forty fee* high. A gentleman in this city, says 'the Darien Gazette, informs us that .% pessr tree in his yard has had petos on it as large as bird’s egg ten daws ago, ..and that the tree is now covered wifi, blossoms, and young pears .ap pearing every day. One of our best -planters; says the Early News, who keeps a regular ac count-of the expenses of liis farming operations, informs us that he run seven, plows last year',; and made 44 bales of cotton. The expense of ■makingihese 44 bales of cotton was $2,208,67.. He sold the drop for $2,- 181,0G"2aking a loss g£ $22,67. During .the cottqn week ending March llt-'h, the Western R. R. of Alabama brought to Cohambus en 'i route for Savannah and New York. 1 1,059 hales of cotton. The total V.movement last season was .33,609. jDuring same time the Mobile and Gi rprd Railroad" has brought up 7,339 ijhrougli, against 4,001. Columbus Vas received 47,643 bales, 6,791 less tkqii last season to same date, March 10th. The factory takings show 8,933 bales, against 6,791 last year, an in crease of 2,197. There is talk in Bainbridge and Tallahassee, of having a direct rail road connection with Louisville, Cin cinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis and other cities of the North and West. The plan is for a route from Tallahassee via Bainbridge to Eufau i.la. There it will connect with the Montgomery aud Eufaula Railroad, and then at Montgomery with the and Great Southern. FREE J| PRESS. BY TELEGRAPH —TO— THE FREE PRKSS. —BY THE— American Press Association. IMPORTANT CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. HE A VY BANK FAIL ÜBK ANOTHER BRIBERY CASE. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. HONORS AND GIFTS. Washington, March 14— Senate. The following bills passed the Senate: A joint resolution authorizingß ear Admiral John J, Ally, of the United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of the Hawiian Islands. A House joint resolution au thorizing Edwin James, Consular Agent at San Jose, to accept a piece of plate from the Queen of Great Britain. electoral vote. The unfinished business being the bill to provide for and reguiate the counting of votes for President and the decision of questions arising there on, was taken up. The amendment of Mr. Sherman •making it ainandaiory for each house to terminate debates on disputed ■questions at the end of two hours was agreed to. The next question was on the amendment <rf Mr. Cdtoper provid ing that where the Senate and the 1 House do not agree as to which set if electoral votes -shall be counted, an the event of there being two sets, that the question shall be decided by House voting-fey States as when it is called on to elect a President. Mr. Johnston moved a substiftue. i That when the two houses do notoon ! cur the vote shall be taken in joint j convention of the two houses, the wote ito be by States; and wherein the | joint convention the vote of a State is j equally divided, it shall not be eount j ed. Mr. Thurniau said he was not now prepared to vote for any of the | propositions ; he thought they should ' all be .printed, find moved then-fore to postpone the further consideration , of the subject till to-morrow. president's salary. MR. Wtight then called up the bill : fixing the salary of the President at $25,000 after March 4th, 1877. Mr. | .Sargent, thongfetat Would be , very iiu j expedient to reduce the salary of .the j President tp a figure, below that :re •ceived by the English Minister in i this city. He called for. the ayes and nays on the bill. The bill was then I passed ; ayes ’24. naves 19. Mr. Sar | gent said perhaps lie might as well | emulate other Senators in this rush fot 'popularity by cutting dpjvn salaries, j The President of the republic of j France received $125'000 per annum besides an allowance of SIO,OOO for , entertainments, etc., but here the Senate' of the United States puts down the salary of the President to 1 the figure fixed at the very foliuda-; tion of the government when one dol- j lar was worth as much as $8 is now. | Mr. Ghristiancy made a motion to J reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed Mr. Dawes demanded the manner ! by which in 1873 the combination 1 had been foriAed for a general in- j crease of salaries. He said if there was. any one thing that the people had disapproved of it was the increase of salaries, Presidents and all. It SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15. 1876. was nothing to the point what presi dents of French Republics got. He regretted that there should be any objection to retracing every step which the constitution permitted in that unwise, pernicious and unfortu nate legislation. Mr. Edmunds said, had lie been present when the vote was'taken, he should have voted against the bill- He was not aware that the people had exprossed any disapproval of that part of the salary grab business which included the increase of the President’s salary. What the people thought rather tough, was that mem bers of Congress who were about to leave Washington forever, should take that means of replenishing their pockets. But the people of this country were not a mean people ; they wanted their President to receive a compensation adequate to the digni ty and responsibility of the office, and he did not think that they thought the present amount too much. Mr. Conkling said he did not mean to express by his vote, any opinion as to the size of the President’s salary : he voted against the original bill for the increase and voted against the ap propriation bill which contained that increase, although he knew the fail ure of that bill would necessitate an extra session, as fee had voted against ■all original propositions, he had of course been cousistent enough to vote whenever the opportunity offered to put the matter hack in statu quo. He had not taken pay as it was called,but had not thought it worth while to write any letters on tV v subject. Mn nowe, saiJ that as it seemed to be a free inquiry, he would say that ! he had voted, tor the increase of the ; President’s salary because he did not I think $50,600 too much, j Mr. Chirstaincy withdrew his mo- I tion to reconsider, and the Senate | went-into executive'session and then j adjourned. CONGRESSIONAL. House. —Mr. Sparks, of Illinois, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, ! reported a bill to transfer the Indian Bureau to the War Department, and j asked that a day be assigned for its | consideration. Mr. Cpcfc, qf Georgia, having re- I ported ‘ a Pill of a" similar character | yesterday, from the Commit teee on J Military Affairs, a controversy sprung , up as to which committee ■ had the I Custody of the subject, and which bill , should have precedence, each com , mittee seeming anxious to retain con trol of the measure. Finally the bill was referred to .the Committee of the Whole, 1 and made the special order for two weeks from Thursday next. REFUSES TO ANSWER. Mr. Glover, of Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on the Real Estate Pool and Jay Cooke & Co.’s Indebt edness, submitted a report concerning the refusal of Hallett Kilbourn to answer certain questions put to him by the committee. The report em btaces the original resolution under which the committee was appointed and the subpoena which sum moned Killborn, and his testimony up to the point where he refused to reply to the question put him. The committee, further report that for the effectual prosecution of the inquiry Killborn should be required to re spond to the subpeena duces tecum, and answer, the question he had de- clined to answer, and that by his re fusal to testify, he is in contempt of the House. Mr. Glover said he presumed the House was fully in possession of the facts and understood the position of the witness to the House. He therefore offered the following, on which he de manded the previous question: That the Speaker issue his warrant direct ing the Sergeant-at-Arms to take into custody forthwith, wherever found, the body o£ Hallett Killborn, and bring him before the bar of the House to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt, and in the meantime to keep said Hallet Kil bourn in his custody to await orders. The order was made without dis sent. SAVANNAH COLLECTOR. Washington, March 14. The President sent the following nomina tions to the Senate to-day: James Atkins, Collector of Customs at the Port of Savannah, Ga. The grand jury have examined no additional witnesses in the case of ex- Secretary of War Belknap this week, and the case may be regarded so far as a criminal prosecutionhs concerned, as in statu quo, if not finally termi nated. MORE BRIBERY. New York, March 14.—A Wash ington special says : It is stated that a member of one of the investigating committees of the House of Represen tatives has an autograph letter pf ex- Attorney Williams, which is of itself proof that he accepted, in one in- BUinci;, u. -Uiioc ui $3,000 The sub ject will doubtless be investigated. BANK FAILURE. New York, Maich 14.—The Na tional Bank of the State of New York was thrown out of the Clearing House this morning. It thereupon closed its doors to prevent a run. The matter is referred to the whole Clearing House, which meets to-day, when it is supposed some arrangement will be entered into by which they can resume. Their capital is $2,000,- 000, and their stock recently sold at 114. The suspended bank was ex amined on Saturday, and its affairs found in a very bad condition. The matter was, however, kept quiet until to-day. One gentleman, it is reported, paid in $30,000 just before the bank closed. RIFLE ASSOCIATION. London, March 14.—The National Rifle Association has decided that the Wimbledon meeting shall come on July 10th. Captain Henry Halford says he believes that a united British team will not go to America: The Scotch having determined to send a separate team. THE CRISPINS. New York, March 14.—The forty Crispins indicted for conspiracy were arraigned before Judge Gildersleeve to-day. Soma discussson occurred between counsel, and the case was finally adjourned until to-morrow. the printers. New York, March 14.—The offi cers of the Typographical Union say there are only 200 men out on the strike up to the present moment. FINANCIAL. Washington, March 14.—Bank notes received for redemption to-day, $443,486 ; custom receipts $549,612 ; internal revenue $273,179. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Within a few days the great Ameri can Emperor will start on his visit to the great American Republic. Be fore the end of this month the citi zens of Rio Janeiro will crowd the shores of their beautiful bay to bid an enthusiastic adieu to Dom Pedro 11, whose steamer will pass rapidly by the Brazilian forts en route for New York. Lieut. Governor Antoine and six teen other prominent colored Repub licans have signed a card addressed to Senator Ferry, protesting against his action in ordering the exclusion of Mr. Pinchback, an ex-Governor, from the floor of the Senate. They say : “This action seems hasty, unjust, and a painful reflection on our race through its highly honored represen tative.” In the House of Commons Mr. Geo. Anderson, one of the members from Glasgow, asked the Government if it were true that Gen. Schenck, the American Minister, had withdrawn at the demand of Great Britain. The Hon. Robert Burke, one of the. Under Secretaries for the Foreign Depart ment, replied that there was not the slightest foundation for the report that the British Government had de manded the recall of Mr. Schenck. This declaration was greeted with loud cheers. On Friday, says the Bath county (Kentucky) News, a shower of meat fell near the house of Allen Grouch, who lived some two or three miles from the Olympian Springs, in the northern portion of the county, :-e> fG-irv nf OTOlind about IQG yards in length and 50 wide. Mrs. Crouch was out in the yard at the time; engaged in making soap, when meat, which looked like beef, began to fall around her. The sky was per fectly clear at the time, and she said it fell like large snow flakes,, the pieces, as a general thing, not being much larger. One piece fell near her which was three or four inches square. Mr. Harrison Gill, whose veracity is unquestionable, and from whom we obtained the above facts, hearing of the occurrence visited the locality I the next day, and says he saw parti cles of meat sticking to the fences and 1 scattered over the ground. The meat when it first fell appeared to be per fectly fresh. The Bkain. — One of (he radiest roads to th3 brain is through the lungs. You may reach tbe brain in a minute with chloroform, for example The power of this drug is something marvelous When under its influence a man may have his limb cut off with out any sensation whatever ; and even when he recovers from the artificial trance he may still have neither pain nor uneasiness. But mark what may happen afrer amputation performed on a patient under chloroform. The same man who felt no pain in the stump either during or after the Oper ation may continue for many months to be attacked with the indentica! local symptoms for which his limbs was removed at the hour of the day or night when he was wont to suffer martyrdom before its removal. And more than this —if seized by the old enemy durning sleep, he may awake exclaimming, ’Ob, my leg, my leg ! it pains me the same as when it was on ! More curious still, he may tell you he as far as his feelling are concerned, actually move his foot of the ampu tated limb. What do these facts prove? They prove: 1. That the brain is the source of all motion and sensation, morbid or same. 2 That the brain is the source of all puroxj-s --mal recurrence whether the prominent symptoms be general or local.