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Cfmmicie and £nUinel. Wb UN ESP AY, FEBRUARY 28, 1877. A PRAYER FOR LENT. ‘•And when He had fasted forty day* *nd forty night*. He waa alterwaril. hu “B And 7 when the tempted came to Him. he eaid If I'hou be the Son of God. command that tbeae stones be made bread. Prayer and f anting. oh, my Father, Nearer let me come to Thee ; Let the angels whisper ever In my ear, Getheemane. Ah. mv baffled heart hath fmated Till it faints with hungry pain; Vet. if Thou will feed me. Saviour, All my loss I count ae gain. Humblv let me kneel before Thee, With" affection crucified. With mv spirit contrite, broken, Healed of all its human pnde. Keep my tongue from evil speaking, Keep my ears from foolish praise, Keep my heart from Satin s whispers, Keep my teet in wisdom’s ways. Thou. Who seest all my weakness, Thou, Who knoweet I am dust, Pitv me, and keep my treasures „ all untouched by "moth and rust. Clo-e and closer, oh. my Saviour, ••I n the shadow of Ihv wing, I.*t mv weary spirit nestle * With the peace that faith can bring . THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Smith kept a bank well filled with gold. And neither fire nor burglar feared. But Jones, a man both bad and bold. Broke in. A million disappeared. Says Jones to Smith, "Why prosecute ? Conviction won’t supply your lack. An arbitration inetitnte, You may, perhaps, get something back. Out of our families combined. Let each two arbiters provide. Who likewise shall a fifth man find, Or else the voting may be tied. "Agreed,” said Smith. "I choose my wife Ad son toy arbiters to be. „ “Mv wife and son, upon my life, „ Said‘Jones, ‘abaU arbitrate for me. The wives and sons together run , Another arbiter to scan. Poor Smith has got no other son, Jones’ other son’s the man. The Wives and son. a council hold Thev arbitrate the golden claim. They give. f eonrae, to Jones >he gold, And lay on Smith a world of blame. • Aha!’’ said Jones, “I ww a thief Ere arbitration wise begad. But now it’s overy ones behef „ That I’m a rich and honest man. THE WORTHY BANK PRESIDENT. [ New York World.l •tv, . n.nt President to-day I shall sing, Who°had got his Clerks down to a Pretty #ine For he'knew well the fact when the Clerk is (As safth\he old Adige) he’s very apt. to play. * Chords, expressive of the Presidents great knowledge of human Character— Hinging, tooral, li looral, li looral U If a Cashier or Teller spends more than his No President's transcending his duty who Keep'* 7 lose Eye on him in a Fatherly Way. He kept ten Detectives due Knowledge)io win Of their goings out—aud on—and of the oominga-in. .. . And about once a month he and call in one of And say, clearing his Throat with a dignified “hem! w Cnoncß. testifying to the imposing presence of this eminent financier— Singing tooral, li looral. li looral, li lay, etc. “Young Man, I've no doubt that your Cash is Still, as you may not think that Detectives detect, , • Let me show you here, written in Black and in White, „ , . What yon did after leaving the office last Chobcs, representing tho Perfection of the President’s System— , Hinging, tooral, li looral, li looral, li lay, etc. Then a paper an long a hi* Arm hod unfold, Wherein in due Order the Story waa told Of all that young Man had suffered, been, From bin Office-hours at 4 f till hie Bedtime at Ohobus, allowing how complete waa the Sur veillance of the Bank dotectiyea— Hinging, tooral, li looral, h looral, li lay, etc. The Cocktails he drank, and the Billiards he The (fiAkt he smoked and the Treats The Shots that he missed and the Fluke* that ho made. Were in this comprehensive Memorandum arrayed. Chorus, pursing the same Subject— Hinging, tooral, li looral, li looral, li lay, etc. The Hour and the Place where and when ho did dine. _ .. _ The Soup, Fish. Moats, Game, Fruit, Cheese, Pastry and Wine, ...... Were set down, and even on tho Inst did ap pear .. The Number of the Noto that lie gave the Caßhier, Choucs, still further elaborating it— Singing, tooral, li looral, li looral, li lay, etc. The TimOß in the Gambler’s gilt Palace of Sin That he coppered the Ace or the Niue played to win, And Hie Sums that he lost at the gay Game of F*r O, all ihose the Detectives had written down there. , _ . Chorus, describing the Oriental Pastime of bucking the Tiger— Singing, tooral, li looral, U looral, li lay, e'c. The Girls that he courted, the presents he bought Them—Gloves, Theatre Tiokets, Rings, Bou onets. what not. The Hands that he clasped aud the Lips that he kissed, . . , _. All all were inscribed on this inexorable Inst. Chorcs, indicating that not even the Privacy of the Fun ly Circle was respected— Singing, tooral, li looral, li looral, li lay, etc. The President would say, when the Reading was o’er: . , “Mv Eye’s on you—go, and embezzle no more!" And the Clerk be so terrified that be conldn t And heYl steal nothing more for as much ae a Week. Chorus, pointing out the salutary Effects of this System of Surveillance— Singing, tooral, li looral, li looral, h lay. etc. As the President was sitting in his Office one Day, He called anew Clerk in aud before him did lav All his Deeds of the Eve. With a Wink of Re spect The new Clerk heard him through and made answer. "Keerect !" Chorus, telling how the new Clerk testified to its General Efficiency- Singing, tooral, li loorai, U looral, li lay, etc. “Ke©rct on the Whole, so to Trifles % Truce. And, as Sauce for the Gander s also Sauce for the Goose, Allow me a Moment that tell you I may What you did after leaving the Bank Yester day. <CAord). Obobc* (con motto expressions), portraying tho Standing on End of the President's Hair— Singing, tooral, li looral, li looral, li lay,etc. Then that new Clerk went on and tho Presi dent told Of hla gambling Operations in Stocks aud in Gold- How be borrowed Bank Funds so that lie might pull through And put up more margin on his W. U. Chores. making it evident to the meßnest capacity that the President knew how it was himself— .... * , , Singing, tooral. li looral, li looral, h lay, etc. Further, how he a Diecouut had given the same Day To a “Cos." of his own in a very shaky Way ; ‘■And.” said he, "to your Wife you at Dinner time did. In the language of Burns, vend a most rousing Wilid— CHoars conveying an Imputation that the President did not make his Wife his Confidante tn all his Affairs— Singing, tooral. li looral. li looral, h lay, etc. “For you well know the Clearing House Board does not meet Asa general Rule on West Fortieth street. Aud that Widows" "Imprudent young man. bay no more. Hut draw your Chair up aud just please shut that door. Chords, letting the Cat out of the Bag- Singing. tooral, li looral, li moral, li lay. etc. “Your Conduct'a disgraceful—how mom U the Spv _ . Who casts on another’s private Business his But your luexperience pleads for you, and hence , . _ 111 for this time only, overlook your oneuse. Chorus, disclosing the Fact that in Wrath the President siill renumbered Mercy— Sinning, tooral. li looral, li looial ti lay. etc. * Your salary’s doubled —I do what I can The future to assure of a worthy young Man— That’s all. Mill, that ideal Widow you spoke Of—just keep her mum. for a Joke is a Joke.” Chobcs. manifesting the President’s inten tion of furthering the new Clerk’s fortunes — Singing, tooral, h looral, li looral. li lay,etc Of gratitud > on that Clerk’s evelid, I think. As he weut to his desk, there just quivered a Wink, And the President good at the End of the Year. When the Cashier defaulted, made him the Cashier. Causes, displaying the sometime Advantage of minding other People’s Business— Singing, tooral. li looral, li looral. U lay. If a Cashier or Teller spends more than lus Ko'presideut'a transcending his duty who BUf Seep* a close eye on him in a fatherly way. •One of the clerks—not one of the detec lives. tp. m ♦a. m. Odd (ka( lie Wasn’i Feund Out Belere* (from the Springfield Republican ] We have no doubt that Republican Congressman Purman, of Florida, is as disreputable a fellow as the Republican organs are now saying; but it does seem as if his true character ought to hava been found out before he had been elected by Republicans a member of the Florida " Constitutional Convention, State Senator, Secretory of State, Judge of the Jackson County Court, State Ser ator again, Chairman of the Repub lican State Committee, member of the Fortv-tbird and Forty-fourth Congress, and candidate for the Forty-fifth, FOOD FOR MANKIND. VVhal Wr Da Eat—What We *buuld Eat— The Wondera al Chsmlatry—What the Dal. ly l>aor at t arfcaa nad Nitrogen Shaald Be —Family Breakfast* nud What They Can* tain. [From tlw London Times .] Carefnl experiments made by different observe!*, during the last twenty years, have gradually led to what seems to be now really trustworthy knowledge of the daily amount of carbon and nitrogen which the food of a healthy man should contain while be is doing muse lar work. We do not yet know mneb about what is nee* ed for brain work, nor do we yet know much about the needed supplies of the other elements, beside carbon and nitrogen, that are present in the body—nor even what difference it makes whether they are supplied with regularity or not. Bat, as regards car bon and nitrogen, it is known that there should be a regular daily supply of about 300 gratis of nitrogen and 4,800 grains of carbon. Further, it has been' shown that the amount of carbon needed varies in proportion to the amonut of muscular work done. This knowledge has been obtained by weighing the amounts of carbon and of nitrogen eaten during specially ar'aDged experiments, and ascertaining bow mnch has been “used up” in rest, in light work and in severe work. The results obtained have been practically confirmed by having diets, arranged in accordance, tested on soldiers and convicts in their ordinary work. Among badly fed operatives, subsistence has been known to be main tained on 170 grams of nitrogeD and 3,600 grains of carboD, but that waa at tended with feeble health. The amounts required in health may vary according to circumstances, such as temperature, the moisture of the air, and the amount of work done. The nitrogen required may vary from 250 to 350 grains, and the carbon from 4,000 to 6,000 grains. The average, however, to be maintained, as mentioned above, is : Nitrogen, 300 giaius; carbon, 4,800. The establishment of this fact has been of great practical importance to those who have the direc tion of the dietaries for troops, ships, workhouses and prisons. It has beeu tated by one high authority on foods that some of the outbreaks in our convict prisons have been largely attributable to a superabundance of en ergy or to the diet being above the work set to be done. It is worth mentioning, as it has not perhaps been noticed by everybody, that in the table of dietaries for convicts, printed twenty years agob order of the House of Commons, the quantities a e given as bread, meat, Ac. Ur. Edward Smith’s tables, printed in the filth and si; th reports (1862 and 1863), Medical Officer of Health to the Privy Council, give the diets of artisans employed in different trades in quanti ties of carbon and nitrogen. It was claimed at th? time that it was the first attempt to give on a ohymioal basis any statistics of national diet. Sinoe that time all, or nearly all, public dietaries have been framed on this form, and fre quent testimony ha'j been given to the improvement in the generai health of the inmates of prisons and workhouses iu cou-equetiPP of the dietary being sa arranged. The tables in the collection .set forth how much carbon, nitrogen and other elements each kind of food contains. It is no doubt the better educated people who have the control of public dietaries whom Professor Church has in wind when he says that those who studied the tables wilt “be in a position so to adjust tha proportion < f tho several articles of food to o{}6 an other as to construct useful dietaries in which there will be no marked excess of carbon over nitrogen, or of nitrogen oyer oarbon —that is, no excess be yond the quantities , respectively re qnircil of each element.” But how ‘bout the ertisaus and the very poor ? With rare exeeutioß.s they have not the requisite knowledge to tqrs to practical use the data furnished by the tables, aud they have no educated Board oi Committee to direct their faffidy diet ing The smaller a man's means are the more does he need the benefit of the Ik In that scientific research can give him to use the means to the best advantage. It is the well to do who can afford with impunity to neglect such teaching. People who do not know how for them selves to make se of the tables want the facts put before them ib some form as Dr. E Smith gave it in (dig Privy Council reports already mentioned. He divided the needed daily amount of par bou aud nitrogen into three weals, and then gave a series of examples for break fasts, dinners and teas at different prices. The amounts of the foods he mentions were expiaese-d iu pounds and ounces or pints of each, and then he gives in grains what is the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the meal. For example [table 176), he gives a break fast, calculated for a family, fit lid. a head, consisting of skimmed milk, oat meal, water, bread stud fat, which gives to each ration, if equally divided, car bon 1,478 grains, mtrogpn *6 grains. Another breakfast, at the same price, table 177, somewhat different, and in cluding bacon, gives carbon 1,564, ni trogcu 69; and another, table 182, also at the same price, carbon 1,190, nitro gen 56 For dinner, at 2d. a head, ta ble 187 gives carbon J,f>l6, nitrogen 71; table 190 gives, for the aam e P rice > csr ‘ bon 1,513, nitrogen 14; table abo at the same price, carbon 2,144. We quote, also, three tables for tea at Id. a head—(l9B), carbon 670, nitrogen {29; (201) carbon 1,034, nitrogen 71; (262) oarbon 1,250, nitrogen 43. There are also other examples at slightly different cost. Thh* i,s, however, sufficient to show that the poet of a meal has no re lation to its value as wßnmpnt. In an article headed “ Domestic Esoaojjrv. which appeared in our columns on De cember 28, we rneutioimd that (the girls in our board schools who wa being taught cooking make their own renlpes from what, they see their teachers do, They are found to be fully capable of doiug this. L would not be much more difficult to ftdd the amount of carbon and ni-trogofl fh at different dishes contain. If we expect the present grown up generctiofi io adopt this way of considering the se lection of material for its food, we may hope that, in connection with the preeast rapid progress in teaching food cooking, something useful may be taught about 14m fit selection of food. The health of the uatlflu generally, the stature and chest girth pf pipn for public service, largely depends qn ju dicious diet. It is a hopeful sign to see a government Department putting iu a firm for convenient study the more important taste known up to the present time about foous, unless those who have the training of the young the knowledge thus placed ready for them, sHI! teach it in a prac tical form, the beneffi‘ki effects will fall far short of what they igb be. In teaching, in ft practical way, two important considerations must be kept in view: the one to taka aaye that the calculated quantities of ear bou and nitrogen are really available for nutrition, gild the other to make prominent the ittpt that the calcula tions refer to digestion gnd assimila tion in health. To medical mas who have not leisure to consult all the sonreea from which the facts were culled the eoiiectjpns is also oi great use. Before leaving the gubioct of the practical value of a knowledge of the chymistry of foods, it may be men tioned that during the Fr anc °-G erman war, the French Government appointed Dr. See to lecture at the School of Medicine on the subject iu relation to food supply, and it is well known that the efficient way in which ‘.he German army was provisioned was due to she knowledge of physiology and >rv brought to beat of the men of science in Germany. PAKOLINt AMD LOUISIANA • The Extsiiu* Slats* ia the OinpmtM States. Washington, February 18.—Represen tative Sayler will make the South Caro lina report to-morrow. Ii will say that the present State government of Cham berlain, like its predeceseors, has 'no power to protect the people, and is so utterly weak that nothing but the mbral power of the support of the General Government keeps it in existence a sin gle dav. Take this wrongful support from Chamberlain’s unlawful govern ment, and it will quickly vanish like the dew before the sun, and will no longer disturb the peace of an oppressed and long suffering people, A delegation of Democratic Senators and Representatives and prominent gen tlemen from South Carolina and Louis iana will wait on the President to-mor row. There seems to be neither appre hension nor hope .that President Grant will interfere in the affairs of either of these States. His present intention is to shift the solution of these questions to bis successor. If the leaders can be believed, this is the wish of both par ties. Gen. Augur has been instructed to be vigilant in preserving the pence and maintaining the statu quo. ttr. Kat.a’a Opinio*. jfYom the WaMtington Star ] Senator Eaton, the only Democratic Senator who voted against the Electoral bill, on being asked if he was sorry hg so voted, replied; “I am not usually sorry for anything I do on conviction. I voted against the bill oe principle, and not because I believed it elect Haves or would elect Tilden. The Be-1 publicans thought* would elect Tilden, suggested a Star representative. oftbem a," said the Senator; botl , thought it was framed to elect Hayes. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. JOINT SESSION AND SEPARATE ACTION. The (’•■■alnslaa’s Decision Objected to By Gtbeon, of Losi.l .na—The Hesslon DU aolreo and tho Hone Adfonrno-Aetlon In the Kennle—Tharman and Bayard Paar Hot Shot lato (he lnloaltr—Morton Beslob ber* Himself, as Usual, and the laUnlty U Sustained. Joint Mesaion. Washington, February 19.— 0n as sembling at 10 o’clock the House took a recess until 11 precisely. At 11 the Senate arrived at the hall of the House and took the seats allotted to it on the right of the Chamber. The presiding officer then handed to the tellers the de cision of the Electoral Commission giv ing the votes of Louisiana to Hayes and Wheeler. He then asked if there were objections to the decision. Gibson, of Louisiana, presented ob jection signed by nearly all the Demo cratic Senators and Representatives. Other objections were submitted by Senator Wallace, of Pennsylvania, and by Representative Cochrane, of Penn sylvania. These having been read, the Senate retired. On motion of Mr. Wood, of New York, the House took a recess until ten o’clock to-morrow —yeas, 140; nays. 130. The House is in caucus to-night. Senate. No business previous to a return of the Senate from the House, when Sher man submitted a resolution that the de cision of the Commission upon the elec toral vote of the State of Louisiana stand as the judgment ef the Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Reman submitted a substitute for the resolntion of Mr. Sherman, as fol lows : “Ordered, that the votes pur porting to be electoral votes for Presi dent and Vice-President, and which were given by Wm. P. Kellogg, J. H. Burch, Peter Joseph, L. A. Sheldon, Morris Marks, A. B Levissee, O. H. Brewster, ©soar Jeffroin, claiming to be electors for the State of Louisiana, be not counted, the decision of the Com mission to the contrary notwithstand ing.” The question being on the substitute of Mr. Kernan, Mr. Thurman, of Ohio, said the statute of Louisiana created a Returning Board consisting of five per sons, who were to hold office indefinite ly, and with power to fill all vacancies that might occur. It devolved upon these five men to say who should hold office in the State. The question of who should hold office depended not upon the will of the people, but upon the will of the Returning Board. He believed such a Board was utterly destructive of a republican form of government. The State of Louisiana, under our Constitu tion, had no power to create such a Board. The acts of that Board were un constitutional, null and void ; even if its acts were not unconstitutional, they were not legal in oanvassing the vote of the 7th of November last, because the statute required that the Board should be composed of five persons of different politieal parties. But iu fact it was composed of but four persons, all of the same party and they steadily re fused to fill the vacancy. The duty of that Board was to canvass and compile the returns of the commissioners of elections, but the testimony showed they did not do so. The proof which counsel offered before the Commission should have been accepted, and in that opinion he was fortified by the action of Loth houses of Congress four years ago iu rejecting the vote of Louisiana. He then referred to the alleged ineli gibility of certain electors in that State, and said he could not regard that other than as a nullification of the constitu tiopal provision on that subject under this decision. Jjo matter by whatfraud a man might Le elected President or Vice- President, or how ineligible an elector might be, there was no power to in quire into it. The vote of an ineligible elector must bo poupted, and neither the State nor Congress oould right the wroug, He utterly dissented from such a decision as being destructive to a re publican government, The decision would have the effeot of a proclamation to dishonest Returning Boards to perpe trate whatever villainy their interests might dictate, with the absolute oer taintv that they would be successful. Morton followed at length i suppot of tbp petion of the Commission. He saiij tfip gfaifitp pf Louisiana creating the Betnrninj; Bftsfdpfofides in express terms that a majority should constitute a quorum io do RIJSi'PPSS and make the returns. The Board was to consist of five persons to be elected by the Senate. Three of that number by the express terms of theaet are a quorum todobusi ness There were four in number upon the Boarcf, ett tffftte than a majority. The Electorla Commission pig decided that the Board was properly constitut ed. On the other hand it was argued that the existence of a single vacancy destroys tfip Bofifd. The Commission said not, upon Hip ye/ry hast settled principles °f *#w. The fjonstitu tioo provider tl|® so#ato shall con sist of two Senators from each State, yet vacancies from half a doaen States will not destroy the legal character of the Senate. The law provides that the Su preme Court shall consist of a certain number of Judges—two or three vacau cies wjll not destroy the legal character of the Supromp Qourt. So he oould run through tj&a lay ip yegsrd to cor porations and special t)ibpnai,— There arc cart(H commissions ere ated for speeiflo ministerial purposes, sometimes where the law requires that the Commission shall be full to enable it to perform an act, but here the act creating this tribunal guards against tha* hy Specially providing that a ma jority of the shall constitute a quorum, and if tfaerp'bp jpppji ft midofity present it makes no difference fropr what cause fhPFP BfP yhether there are vacancies PJf V&epj# lumbers are wilfully absent, if there be m&jqfity present the law is oomplied with. Now in regard to the eligibility of electors. The Commission decided that it jyag not competent to prove that cer tain plectp/rg fpfg ineligible on t!> 7th of November, 4W Iff fttS ela tion. They dpcidpd tb# upon tyo grounds i First, because in any point of view the proof o#ld b e im material, because tne substance of the Constitution aud the spirit and meaning of it is that the electors shall be eligible yfien they come to act, when they come to vote, ami pot at the time when they are elected. Gerfsiu pejacnj are ineligi ble to be members of this Senate, &epa tors must have certain qualifications, If lie has them when the time comes to be shqpn jn that is enough; it is immate rial whe(he* up bps them on the day of his eleotion. That is weji But the Commission decided that tn'e proof Was immaterial upon other grounds. If it were jscfjppded that an eleotor was in eligible fipop thp dgy ftp T oted . can that fact be proyeq to strike opt hip yqtp. Jf it can. it is pyertqrnipg the yery best set tled principles of law- A man may be ineligible to a seat in this body, he may not be thirty years old, he may be un der the disabilities of the fourteenth amendment, but if he comes here and is sworn iq and takes his seat, he may af terwftrds b tgrned out upon proof of the fact; but every Jpat he casts has the same validity with every otbqr Senator. A man may be ineligible to be appointed a Judge under the four teenth apiendffieiifi, pf for want of age, or from any ca.uke pjrowdje/i by the law of the State in which he lives, yet if be fs appointed, notwith standing his ineligipdjty, pyery act of his as Judge is just as valid aa if he bad been eligible. He may be turned out upon a quo warranto, but until that is done hi* act is valid, and can there be an exception found to this rule ? He knew af none. In applying it to elec tor* we aepG *ig>ple, well settled rule of law, and fidw fireilfd ft lfP^ and h®. 10 overturn that rule ill • case a dis covery is made after the vote is oast, when it is past remedy, that an elector was ineligible, and strikejout his vote. If the Commission had decided tP “ would bg?e o?er-ruled a settled principle of lw. Who si* months ago contended for any each principle as that ? This tribunal decided that you could not outer into proof and contradict the returns made by the proper returning officer* of the State those—appointed by the State to decide and to declare who baa been elected. It seemed to him that if any principle of eonaii fictional * wae claimed that must be the Constitution gives to each House the right to judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members. If it were not for that provision of the Constitution each Hour* could gof do that. If a Senatorial election were contested R would have to be by the Legislature of the State that sends the Senator here; but that power has been given to each Ho ise and it was not given is regard tip electors. It ia claimed that to* two Houses have the same power in regard to electors that the Hqusai have in regard to their members. The answer is, Thu power was not given. If the framers of the Constitution had in tended to give that power they would have said so. To infer the existence of so great power is to overrule every prin ciple of construction in regard to the Constitution that was adopted in the very beginning. To give to Congress the power to judge of the election re turns is for the legislative to absorb the executive and to place the aqntyol of an eleotion of Preaident absolutely ia the powepr of the two Houses. We know that w#s pot intended. We know, if anything fs clear, it was intendf 4 to make the election of a Presi dent independent of Congress. Thp Constitution, say* the certificates shall be opened by tho President of the Senate in the presence of the two Houses. Whether he is to count the votes or whether the two Houses are to connt the votes, and I assume under this law the two Houses are to do it, or in certain cases this Electoral Commission, what can they do ? They have but one duty to perform, and that is to ascertain that these certificates came from the electors of the State, and when that is done “the vote shall then be counted.” They must ascertain the fact whether they came from the electors of the State, and when they have ascertained that their duty is at an end. There is no time, there is no place to try any question of ineligi bility, and how are we to know that the certificates come from the electors of the State ? In the first place the act of Congress provides the prima facie evi dence of the Governor’s certificate, but that is not conclusive. That is the re sult of an act of Congresss. Congress may repeal that act; it may provide by another to go behind it; bat when you go behind that aud come to the aotion of the officers of the State, there your inquiry is at end. Whenever the offi cers appointed by a State to declare who have been chosen electors, have acted and made that declaration, it is final so far as Congress concerned. The action of the State officers is the act of the State. Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, said as a member of the Electoral Commission he had given all that he conld give of earn est stQdy, patient labor and devotion to secure a just execution of the law under which he was appointed. His labors and his efforts had been crowned by fail ure. Deep as was his sorrow and poignant as was his disappointment, he mourn ed his failure for his country’s sake, for it seemed to him not only did this decis ion of the eight members of the Com mission level in the dust all the essen tial safeguards thrown around tne elec tion of Chief Magistrate, but it an nounced to the people of this land that troth and justice, honesty and morality were no longer the central bases of their political power. Sherman’s resolution was adopted by a strict party vote —4l to 28. Recess. A GREAT SOCIAL DISCOVERY. A New Imrention lu New York—lts Peculiar Effects and Great Advantaffes—An Inval uable Secret for Husbands and Wives—lt is also Good for Babies and Life Insnrance Agents. . [ New York World.\ No one knows a tithe of the peculiar trades, avowedly such, that exist in a groat city. “Avowedly such” is written with intention; for how many readers of the World know that one man in New York makes a comfortable living by giving greenbacks for nickels, pennies, &e.; that another enjoys com fortable living through picking up daily papers past date at the news-stalls, keep ing them till the year has expired and selling them to the people desirour of completing their files; and that a third makes a oomfortable living by repairing hand-organs, having a monopoly of the business. But infinitely more remark able are the industries not openly ac knowledged by those who practice them. Rumor darkly hints at a fascinating youDg man who earns an ample income by making violent love to every girl who has a devoted lover, and then selling out to the lover, agreeing for a consid eration, the amount of which is govern ed by the lady’s eligibility, personally and financially, and the genuineness of of the lover’s passion, to withdraw in his favor. Another social speculator makes it his business to know every body, and is prepared to introduce any body to anv one else, his tariff varying from $lO to SSO. A third lets himself out by the night or week to play the role of a Oalif rnia millionaire or Italian count passionately devoted to her, when a young woman with a timid or back ward lover desires to spur him into a declaration, and so on. On West Sixty-flftb street, for in stanoe, there is a “professor”—of course he is a “professor”—who announces his business in a modest card as follows: ; To the Married or those about to Marry : ; Professor -, '. \ No.—West Sixty-fifth street ; ; Every Lady Her Own Mesmerist. : No More Husbands’ Secrets! No more Cry-: ; ing Babies ? : ; Full Course—Ten Lessons. ; A Term May Commence at Any Time. : ; Prices Reasonable. Btrupjj By tßp singular nature of this advertisement, a reporter pa'led on the professor to aspertain the charac ter of his business and its extent. “My dear sir,” said the professor, “I can trust to your indiscretion. You are married ? No. Then you do not know, but can readily imagine, that there are many things which a prudent husband does pot desire to confide with his wife. Woman, as tpe opppnept pf female suf frage say, is too bigji, too jaojy a phing to be dragged down into the mire of every 4 a y iffp- 4tril e W9 n will exalt his wife upon a pedestal, an(j tel} jpgenious lies to her abon* mopt thjngs, pnd these things are the very opes she is dying to learu of. Ne*t to maternal love and terror of thunder storms and mice, the instinct of curiosity is the strongest divinely implanted in the female bosom. Now, a lady comes to me, and in a few lessons I make her an expert mesmerist, maintaining, of course, the strictest segj-pey, since popular acquaintance with heroppplt probably detract from her jpatrimohial ya*Hb- W®M> 8 “ e marries, and soj" day or other her hus band comes home with an alien hair on his coat shoulder, or a handkerchief in bis pocket scented and marked ‘Clara,’ clearly not his own; or, being restless in his sleep, breathes with ineffable ten derness the name ‘Eliza.’ hey’§ Ijeipg Mafilija; of'haying ap’iinp'ortapt engage ment at’the office or store with a country custoprer or hisadvooate, he goes down, town ep grande fenue, and returns at 1, a, W-j lyith gome theatye-checks in his pooketj br ait “emergent meeting of his lodge or consistory having unexpectedly been called be makes his way home at what the society-reporters call ‘a late, or rather, an early hour,’ with chalk all over big sleeves, another man’s hat, and an jjppedipfept in b}B spepoh. Let us suppose any one of tbeep pase@. His wife [rafts tjll JfP is asleep, majres a few mesmeric passes, takes possession of bis will, and without his knowledge or con sent, obtains from him the complete recital of his occupations, plans, and sentiments ? Why, sir, it is the great idea of the age. I have reams upon reams of testimonials. Odo lady writes me: “I have tried JOflF patent mesmeric process and it works like'a charm. I am the happiest and the most miserable of women. I know all about my husband now. 4-ad tp think that all along he pretended and believed-?—-. J found out who Julia was. My thinks we have a good case.” And here is a testimonial from an othey, qnp of Nf>% York ! s fpirest daugh ters : ’ “Deab Processor: I can never suffi ciently express my thanks to yoo How wonderful are the works of nature I reached the lodge—O yes, a mee sort of lodge it was ! —and met his friend from the country, and I friend-from-the coun tried her. I always knew her hair was false, and it all came off at the first pas sage is pur interview. Pray accept the enclosed as a testimonial of my regards. “P. S. —Of course, I coul(| not resist making my triumph complete, and tell ing my husband bow I had been en abled to detepf pjs IJe has your address, apd may shoof you, but I think he will seek a ’ deadlier reveDge, and endeavor to learn from you how to mesmerize me ! Of course this will do him no good, for I have nothing I would not say to his face, or, for that matter, to his back; but still I would prefer that you shouldn’t let him know how.” “Yes, sir,” continued the Professor, with pardonable pride, “since my bene ficent idea has bppo generally adopted the divorce Business* has brisked up; half f;he husbands and wives up town maintain a position of armed neutrality towards each other, and there have been' 'more broken off than I could count ip a week* I expect every day to see a shooting affray or a fePPlbi® husband murder on Murray Hill, ana if I only have the luck to be called as a witness and can ring in my testimony a puff of my system and and business —why, it’ll make my for tune. , , . ~ “Then there is the minor item or crying babies. There are, say, 8,000,- 000 in the United States and there is a baby* in ai least 8.W00.000 of them. Of these, at least 8,000,- 000 families possess babies liable to cry at night, with or without provocation, and social scientists, after mature de liberation, have agreed that each such baby will consume the sleep of each of its average parents 7,264 8 working days annually. The woman’s time dpesn t amount to so much, as yon cap readily see, for it is women’s business to be kept awake with crying babies; besides they can always take jt out of the cat or the servant girl ojr something pegt day. But my heart especially aches for them husbands and fathers. They waste well nigh 23,000,000 working days s year; say they earn a dollar a day each—and I suppose you earn that youraelf—there s $22,000,000 a year withdrawn from the productive capacity of the oountry. Now add on to that the cost of paregoric and soothing syrup and doctors called in, and flannels scorched while heating them before the fire, and wear-and-tear of carpets while you carry the baby up and down, and I tell you the sum total is something not to be despised. , “Here, behold the advantages of my plan; then make a few passes before its nose, and there it is, calm as a stone quarry. You may shake, you may scatter the babe it you will, But the mesmeric slumber will hang round it stfil. “All you have to bear in mind is the necessity of and proper process for awakeumg it. Then again, just fancy the advantages of my system if it is only judiciously carried ont in all the rela tions of life. A life insnrance canvasser molests yon or makes yon afraid. Yon just, while apparently discussing with him the relative merits of the tontine and limited endowment schemes, make magnetic passes before his eyes, and send him off to tell every one that the Security was a secure company com pared to his. A highway robber seeks to interview you. While apparently de fending yourself against him, you cast him into an iron-clad slumber, order him to report at suoh and such a station and tell the whole of his criminal story, then go on your peaceful wav. I tell yon, sir, that though yet in ita in fancy, this art of mine is destined to revolutionize the world." A TRAGEDY AFTER AN ELOPEMENT. A Bride af a Few Months, Who Eloped from Baltimore, Murdered In Texas. Baltimore, February 15.—Something of a sensation was produced this even ing by a rumor that the mutilated corpse of the girl recently murdered at Jeffer son, Texas, had been identified as that of Mrs. Kirby, of Baltimore, who eloped with her brother-in-law, John Fergu son, a few weeks ago. The face was horribly disfigured to prevent recogni tion, the eyes gonged from their sockets, the flesh torn away from the mouth, ex posing a set of glittering teeth. Mrs. Kirby’s aister, Mrs. Ferguson, Mr. Kir by, husband of the runaway, and also her father, carefully examined the pic ture and accompanying description to day. Her father thought it answered her description, particularly the teeth. Mr. Kirby said the description coires ponded with that of his wife as to physi que, dress, hair, &c., and notably the scar on her left breast. All of them unite in the opinion that the description of the murderer corresponds precisely with that of Ferguson as to features, clothing, and general appearance. Mrs. Kirby was a bride of only a few months when she eloped with her sister’s hus band. The Texas Tro*edy. The New York Herald yesterday con tained a very sensational narrative of the murder of a young woman near Jef ferson, Texas, under circumstances indi cating that she had been murdered by her husband or paramour; and the dis patches this morning give the informa tion that the bodv had been identified as that of a Mrs. Kirby, a young bride from Baltimore, who eloped from that city with her brother-in-law a few weeks ago. The story of the Herald corres pondent is to the effect that the (the man about 28 and the woman 20 years old) arrived at Jefferson January 19, with a heavy trunk marked “A. O. Moore, N. 0.,” and registered at the hotel as A. Monroe and wife, St. Louis, Mo. On the night of the 20th they were overheard by a person in an ad joining room quarreling. On the 21st, between 10 o’clock and 11 o’clock, a. m , they walked out to a restaurant and call ed for coffee, a lunch, and finally beer. On the beer being brought it was notice able that the lady would not allow her companion to draw the cork of the bot tle from which she drank, and caused the waiter to bring a glass for her and pour her liquor. A spectator observed that the lady was apparently afraid of the gentleman, and that he was endeav oring to get her intoxicated. After about an hour they took a bottle of beer each and went out across the bayou, being being met by several parties on the bridge and in the road. The face of the country is covered with timber, and very hilly and broken just across from the city. Late in the afternoon the man came back to the hotel alone, and, when asked where he had left his wife, replied, “With some of her relatives across the river.” He was asked who his wife’s relatives were over the river, and replied he did not know. It was observed by the servants that the man hud on two diamond rings worn by the lady in the morning. That night he was engaged in burning letters and papers taken from the trunk, the remnants and ashes of which were par ticularly noticed by the servants, and paced his room nearly the whole night. On the next day (3 o’clock, a. m., Tues day, the 22d) he left. On the 6th day of February the body of the lady, with a bullet hole iu the left teWPIPj dOWfl, was dioO°v ered less than a mile from the bayou, and just over a knoll in the timf er, scarcely 50 yards from the road. The pistol had been placed so near that the hair was signed. She had been evi dently seated on a rock, and the pistol put to her head and fired. Not a jewel, a pocket handkerchief or any article ex cept legitimate clothing was found about her. ghe had jseep }ais oyejr anjj her head pla'peq jji suffii a pocitiqn tfcat the hat could be Jajd on and hide the bullet hole and trace of blood. Within 40 feet were the remnants of the lunch and the paper in which it was wrapped, and an empty beer bottle, the debris of what they took with them. The body of the lady was well preserved. A coro ner’s inquest was held, which, fiom the abundance of evidence adduced, deter mined the jury that she was murdered by the above described man. A pout mortem, revealed thp faeji that she'vftts all appearauces sfte was of good family, hed never done hard work, and was from the higher walks of life. SENATOR r SUIT. A Way •“ Wf l, ‘ [Ne>o York Sun.] The issure bitween the venerable Si mon Cameron, United States Senator from Pennsylvania,and the widow Oliver, lately connected wifh the administration of this national finances, la "one which might properly be referred to a tribunal for settlement by the new North Ameri can method. If carried into the ordina ry Courts of law, the dispute, from the nature of the case, woul(f bp apt to re ipjreftsplf into afi unpleasant question pf veracity. ft is not probable that there were witnesses to the alleged manifestations of tenderness on the pat tof Simon. The am' rous yet respect ful glances, he play of love-light in the eyes, the stolen pressures of the hand, the whispered assurances of honorable intentions—all these points are in the highest degree relevant, and yet exceed ingly difficult either of legal substantia tion of of legal 'fhe trial, we say, would turn Ppfffi the comparative credibility of Sinpou and the widow. Since one or tbg other tousl necessarily be lyfng, it is dpeipb'P f°T thp credit of fhe Senate anfi pf the Treasury department that th s issue be ayoidefi. Now, suppqse that a cpgimieeion of fifteen fip pQpstituted, seypn to be chosen by Biffiop, seven by tjie Widow, and the odd map by the side which plays the sharpest game* Suppose, for instance, that Simon puts forward Morton, as an expert likely to stand by him in such an emergency, and fills his quota with Senators and Representatives and Penn sylvania legislators of whose partisan ship he feels sure. Suppose that the Widow trusts her cause to Senator Christiancy, whose indignation at the alleged m>o6°R (1 Hf >t fif Camgron fcnows no boundf, §nd to six otn r statesmen naturally inclined (o' sympathise with the Trpa ß ßty Pppartmept in disputes of the kind, Suppose that after much plot ting on one side and counter-plotting on the other, the Commissien is completed by the choice of Justice Joe Bradley as the fifteenth man, and that his unrival led acumen and undisputed impartiality are brought to bear upon the question. The tribunal meets, and ‘with mnch s tlemnity announces its rcadia as to hear both side*, 'fhe Wi^ ow t shedding many fears, fella her afofy. AP<* aston ishes everybody by submitting letters in Simon’s own handwriting, containing explicit offers o! matrimoyr. Morton, struggling tp tys feet, moves that these be not admitted as evidence. The Sena tor, he argues, is (1) plainly not a mar ried man, aiid thig undisputed fact is prima fqcie proof tha the never intended to be married; (2) the Senator is, on his own declaration, not a fool, and nobody bnt a fool would think of marrying at his time of life— prima fucie evidence again that the Widow ia a fraud. The Commission, by a vote of eight to seven, Justice Joe Bradley throwing the de cisive vote, hoffis that )t eannot go back of Simon Cameron’s present status as an unmarried man, and on this basis gives judgment against the Widow, without so much as having read the let ters. Would not such a decision, by such a tribunal, be accepted as conclu sive by every fair-minded statesman and widow in the United States? And would ft not be highly satisfactory to pld Si mon? COUNTERFEIT PIECES. 4 Little Came of queer in Catkam. New Yob*, February 20. —The polioe early this morning arrested August Sohn, driving a wagon whioh contained stolen property. Detectives went to Sohn’s residence, and found a woman, who, on seeing them, threw a cigar box into the fire; they rescued it. In it counterfeit fifty cent pieces were found, and a search was made, when a great quantity of fifty cent counterfeit pieces, done up in ten foliar packages, were found. A number of counterfeit ten dollar bills were also found. The wo man had six hundred in her pocket when arrested. WILSON’S TEI CK-FAE.M. An Industry t Karr Promise. It is a cardinal rale of the Chbonioub and Sentinel to contribute to the great est possible extent to the enooaragement of every enterprise calonlated to benefit our immediate locality, or the State at large, that is started in our midst. This feeling, like charity, begins at home, goes out over Georgia and embraces the South. It has long been claimed that, south of Virginia, no better field for profitable ruck-farming can be found than in the immediate vicinage of Au gusta. Despite the failures made in tbe endeavor to establish this fact, we have stiadfastly believed it to be demon strable. Yesterday afternoon, we visit ed the truck-farm of the Messrs. Wil son, located on the southeast corner of East Boundary and Carolina avenue, better known as ihe “Easterling place.” We found Mi. John Wilson engaged filling an order for lettuce and celery, and had the pleasure shortly thereafter of making the acquaintance of his two sons, John M. and William, and shak ing hands with one of our schoolmates, Mr. Willi m Morris. Each of these gentlemen is interrested in the farm, and is hard at work from early morn till dewv eve. Having made very unsatisfactory and costly experiments in truck - farming near Allen’s Station, the Messrs. Wilson resolved, two years ago, to test the ques tion at the place above mentioned. The seventeen acres whioh they and their new associate (Mr. Morris) are now cul tivating was formerly planted in cotton and corn. Mr. Wilson, Sr., served a seven years apprenticeship in England at his chosen vocation, and his sons have followed in his footsteps. No wonder, then, that in a short time after they took hold of the property named, a great metamorphosis was effected. Crop succeeded crop of tender vegetables— lettuce, cabbagps, beets, etc. The first year’s sales amounted to $3,000, so that the expenses of improvements and living were met and profits highly encouraging. The first attempts in oelery cul ture have been nicely rewarded. The present crop is good; another year the yield will in all probability be equal to local demand, with a lot for shipment. The Wilson farm has been supplying our market with choice radishes for two weeks past; has now a second crop of lettuce ready for the table. And such lettuce! Raised under glass, it is so tender that it melts in one's mouth. To matoes, squashes and cucumbers are put on the market as soon aB those entered from the farms near Savannah and Chariest >n. A sup ly of Winter beets remain, with Spring beets in early ex pectancy. The transplanting of toma toes is now in progress. Two acres of green peas promise well, and will prob ably yield their increase by the latter part of April. Last year great success attended the efforts of the gentlemen re ferred to in the culture of cabbages, turnips and Irish potatoes. They have disposed of large quantities of the best rutabaga turnips, and have yet a sup ply cn hand. Last year they raised cabbages weighing twenty pounds, and have at this time twenty-five thou sand head under cultivation. They have realized from S4OO to SSOO from tbe sale of lettuce a season, and have 4,000 head ready for market. Last year, they sold from 600 to 800 bushels of Irish po tatoes, and this year plant twenty-five barrels. About two acres are planted in rows five feet apart, it being the pur pose of the proprietors, at the proper time, to plant cotton in the spaces. The potatoes will more than pay for the cul tivation of both crops, so that the three bales of cotton, that will probably be made, will be clear money. On their thirty acre farm on South Boundary, they made last year proven der enough for their stock and to spare —selling six or seven tons of hay and large quauties of oats. They have now in their truck-farm proper about one thousand asparagus roots of two years’ growth and brimful of promise; another year, and they will be ready to supply all demands at this point, with aspara gus as fine as any produoed near New York. The first yield will be about one thousand bunches, worth twenty-five cents each. Once established by the careful, patient mode followed by the Messrs. Wilson and Morris, the bed will continue for twenty years a little bo nanza, whose returns will increase an nually. Six regular hands and four horses are kepi employed throughout the year, and it is often found necessary to employ a few strikers. Domestic fertilizers are used exclusive, and thoroughness ob served in every detail. This firm sup plies our hotels and leading boarding houses, and sends from one to two wagon loads of the freshest, choicest vegetables to meet the market demand daily. Mr. Wilson, Sr., is taxing an expe rience of thirty-seven years to es tablish beyond a peradventure a truck farm that will satisfy all our as to vegetables. He jjnd his worthy qo-JafjoyjejVLaYe already demon strated the scheme to be practicable. AH that they need is the hearty encourage ment of this epmmunity. This should be given them; because they are worthy of It and are ready, at short notiqe, to give a quid pro quo. Patronizing them, one will be sure to get fresh vegetables at living rates. They are prepared to fill orders great and small. We rejoice at the success iw, prp.wned their efforts, and Wft Ifrqst they pray g on, prospering and \o prosper- ' GRANT AND THIS SOUTH. He Thinks That Chamberlain lllust Give Up South Carolina—For Lack of Support—-If Would Take the Whole Army •** the ppired State to Enforce ÜbMUiT-Fackard Will Washington, D. C., February 18.— Au unauthorized statement having teen made to the effect that the President hsd decided to recognize the Packard gov ernment in it can be stated that tbp President has reached no con clusion on this subject, at and he stated to-night that it was extremely doubtful whether he would da anything more than simply preserve the peace. He added that quqer certain contingencies he might be compelled to grant execu tive recognition. Of course were that the case the Returning Board of the State of Louisiana having deolared Paokard elected, and their action having been recognised by the Electoral Tribu nal in the oontest over the el- etoral vote in Louisiana, there could be but one course, and that would be to recognize Packard. He belie red, however, that the Packard government could only be sustained by the presence af troops, and as there remained but two weeks of his Admiuatratian, be hardly feels justified in taking any action, for his snccessor might not entertain the same views aa to the use of the military in support of the State's authority, in which event it would place hia act in a very unpleasant light. Besides, when he recognized the Eellogg government, four years ago, he received no support from a Republican Congress, the place where he had the most right to expect it; and for these reasons, and to prevent any embarrass ment to himself or his successor, he would take no action unless it was forced upon him. The President, in speaking of the political status of South Carolina and Louisiana, sa'd the cases were ex tremely dissimilar, and could hardly be treated under qpc general line of aotion. In South Carolina the contest had as sumed such a phase that The Whale Army of the United .States Would be inadequat ■ to enforce the au thority of Governor Chamberlain. The people of that State had resolved not to resort to violence, but adopted a inode of resistance much more formidable and effective than armed d<i*ttßßtration. They have refused to pay their State taxes, and if be useless to sell out their property, as no one would b.ny it; and unless Chamberlain could compel the collection of taxes it ytftulii be utter ly useless for biia ta expect to maintain his authority for any length of time. This state of affairs must inevitably re sult in tee abandonment of all efforts by Governor Chamberlain to maintain him setf in the exercise of the gubernatorial funotiona of the State of Sontb Carolina. In regard to Louisiana, the President will not undertake to decide as between Messrs. Packard and Nicholls, unless he is compelled to do so iD consequence of some open demonstrations against the peace of the State. 4 NEW COTTON PLANT. What An Austrian Consular Agent Has Dis covered. New York, February 18. —The Her alds London special says Giacomo Bqa si, the Austrian Consular at Alex andria, has found a, pew cotton plant wtyoh is **n<Jerfully prolific. He says that sbout two years ago he accidentally came across the new plant on the prop erty of a captain in tfee Menatja Dis trict, who collected the seed and sold it to his neighborhood at twelve cents in gold, the price fie could obtain for the ordinary kind. The plant has a long stem, and being without branches, much spaoe is saved. It bears an overage of fifty pods on each bush, while the usual yield of the plant is about thirty. It yields from 375 to 675 pounds per fed dan, thus doubling the crop. A smaller quantity of seed is wanted, but the great drawback in Egypt is that it requires much more water, which necessitates the concentrating of crops with grain and vegetables. In the sea island dis tricts of the Atlantic coast or along the lower Mississippi it would prove won derfully prolific. A man is what his wife makes him. BUYING A WIFE. How an Indiana Farmer of 70 Purchased a Girl of 17 Far 95,000. Liberty, Ind., February 14. —A sin gular case of a purohase of a wife occur red here recently. An old man named W. M. Smith, aged 70, who lived neat here, became a widower some two years ago, and has since lived in entire seclu sion. Deaf, demented, and hideous in appearance, he, though reported wealthy, was shunned by nearly every one, until finally a few weeks ago he announced his desire to marry again, and offered $5,000 to any one who would furnish him with a wife. . The announcement created some little merriment at the time, but nothing further was thought of it till this morniDg, when it was an nounced that the old man was married to Miss Phoebe Johns, a highly respeot ed young lady, aged 17, living in the neighborhood. Inquiry to dav develops the fact that the old man’s offer, made several weeks ago, was at once taken up, and by Powell Slade, with whoso family the young woman lived, and who com menced negotiations by which the pur chase was made. Slade receiving the $5,000, $2,000 of which was paid to the girl’s father, thegirl herself receiving as an inducement a deed from the old man for his farm of 200 acres, very valuable land. The negotiations, which had been pending some time, were com pleted last week, and the weddiDg oc curred last night in the presence of a number of guests, a grand supper being one of the conditions imposed by the bride before consenting to the sale. The Dehate in Secret Session on the Florida Case. [Cincinnati Enquirer .] I am told by a gentleman who was present during the discussion in private session on the case that it was intensely exciting. Now that it is over, I suppose there is no wrong done in telling of something that occurred. Thurman and Abbott had the discussion on the Demo cratic side—Morton and Garfield on the part of the conspirators. The parties in the heat of debate got somewhat be yond parliamentary etiquette. The three indecent old men of the Supreme Court who not only refused to inquire into the charge of fraud in the so-called electoral return, but endeavored to so frame the decision as to cover in advance the Lou isiana fraud, were told in rather plain language that they were regarding □either law nor equity in their haste to aid their party. Judge Thurman said that he had some knowledge of law and no little experience in its administra tration, and he had no hesitation in stigmatizing the finding proposed as simply monstrous. Should such prevail, he said, there would be no security in any relation of life calling for legal in terference. It removed all barriers to wrong and destroyed the very founda tions of justice. ALLCOCK’S POROUS PLASTERS! Ask for ALLCOCK’S, and obtain them, and so avoid miserable IMITA TIONS. B. BRANDRETH, Pres’t, Office, 294 Canal St,, New York. nov29-d<fcw.3m Is the most beautiful work of the kind in tbe world. It contains nearly 160 pages, hun dreds of flue illustrations and six Chromo Platis of Flowers, beautifully drawn and colored from nature. Price 50 cents in paper covers ; $1 in elegant doth. Printed in Ger man and English. Vick’s Fli ral Guide, Quarterly, 26 cents a year. Vick’s Catalogue—3oo Illustrations, only 2 cents. Address JAMES VICK. jan!6-w2-12 Rochester, N. Y. SUCCESS THE Test of Merit. VEGETINE I THE great successs of Vegetine in curing such diseases as Scrofula, inherited in the blood, together with the increasing de mand of the mecfiuine, i* conclusive evidence of its nctu&l No medicine was ever pUced before the public with bq much positive pruof of its real value as the Vegetine, which has cured many eases of Scrofula of five, ten and twenty years’ standing, where the patient has had many physicians, tried many of the known remedies; and. after trying the Vege tine, the common remark is, "It acts different ly, works differently, from any medicine I have overtaken.” Vegetinb will cleanse Scrofula from the system. T- y It. Unprecedented merit Boston, January 1,1876. H. K. BafXXBK*, Fsq— Dear Sir : For many I have been afflicted with a humor in the blo,od which finally developed into Scald Head, and qniy those who are similarly afflicted can realise the disagreeable suffering one is com pelled to endure with this complaint. For a long time my head was in a dreadful condition- I used various kinds of remedies and modi- i cines. some of which was prep-. e( j tor me. I got W>. V.e.ter—indeed, ee; ußtan tly greff tha surface of HIV being en _ (Loy covered With SOMI (ho most aggra vated nature. This my condition when I commenced taking i be Vegetine, which lam pleased to inform you and the public (if you choose to make it public) has made a com plete and satisfactory cure of my disease; and I shall always deem it a great pleasure to ißUfiji oll the unprecedented merit of Vegetine. I remain, very thankfully, CHARLES R SMITH, 338 Fourth street, South Boston. All Diseases of the Blood. If Vegetine will relieve pai it, cleanse, purify and cure suob diseases, restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different physi oians, maity remedies, suffering for years, is it not conclusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you can be cured ? Why is this medicine perform ing such great cures ? It works in the blood, in the circulating fluid. It can truly be called the GREAT BLO jD PUKIFIER. The great source of disease originates in the blood; and no medicine that does not act directly upon it, to purify and renovate, has any just claim up a on public attention. Seventy-one Years of Age. East Mabshfield, August 22, 1870. Mb. Stevens— Dear Sir: I am seventy-one years of ave; have suffered many years with Kidney Complaint, weakness in my back and stomach. I was induced by friends to try your Veoetine, and I think it is the best medicine for weakness of the kidneys I ever used. I have tried many remedies for the complaint, and never found so much relief as from the Vegetine. It strengthens and invigorates the whole system. Many of my acquaintances have taken it, and I believe it to be good for all the complaints for which it is recommended. Tours truly, JOSEPH A. SHERMAN. Reliable Evidence. Mb. H. B. Stevens— Dear Sir; I will most cheerfully add my testimony to the great num ber you have already received in favor of your great and good medicine, Vegetine, for I do not think enough can be said in its praise, for I was troubled over 30 years with that dread’ul disease, Catarrh, and had such bad ooughing spells that it would seem as though I never could breathe any more, and Vegetine has cured me, and I do feel to thank God all the time that there is so good a medicine as Veve tine, and I also think it one of the best medi cines for coughs and weak, sinking feelings at the stomach, and advise everybody to take the Vetgetine, for I can assure them it is one of the best medicines th.t ever was. Mbs. L. GOBE, eor. Magaine and Walnut sts., Cambridge, Mass. Appreciation. ChabeertowN, Mass., March 19, 1869. H. R. Steven si-Dear Birs This is to certify that I have used your “Blood Preparation (Veuetixe) in my family for several years, and I think thaa for Scrofula and Cankerous Hu mors or Rheumatic Affections it cannot be ex celled; and as a Blood Purifier and spring medi cine it is the bosk thing I have ever used, and I have used almost everything. I cui cheer fully recommend it to anv one in need of such a medicine. 19 Bussell street. Preparedly H. 8. Steuns, Baitos, lass. Vegetine is Sffli by All Draggles. f ebl-wl XR A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOKTOKB !—THIRD GRAND DRAWING, 1877. At New Orleans, TUESDAY, MARCH 6. Louisiana State Lottery Company. This Institution wan regularly Inoorjereted by the Legislature of the State {or MacaMoaal purpose* in 18M. with a Capital of *1,000,04, to which it has iTd addedipm land of meUOSO 11. ttrnnS single Nmaker Drawings will tie place monthly. It never scales or postpones, look t the following scheme: CAPITAL PRISE, 040,000. 40,000 Ticket* at Tea Dollars Each. Fractions of Ticket* in proportion. LIST of prizes. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE S4O/00 J “ 20,000 i • io.ojo 1 PRIZE S,*> o PiOZES OF *2,500 5,000 5 “ 1,000 5,000 25 “ 500 12.500 100 “ 200 •-0,000 goo lOO 00,00 ft 4000 “ 10 4M“ approximation prizes, 9 Approximation Prize* of *300... 2,700 Q " * 900... 1,800 “ 100... 900 4RD Pnaea, amounting to 4221,90) Write for Circular*, at *eud order*, to 11. A. DAUPHIN, P. O. Box *92, New Orleans, La. Crawl Dollar Drawing, TUESDAY, APRIL * Capi al Prize, *20,000. Ticket*, *1 each. jn3o-tuth*kwlm MERCHANTS and others who desire Legal Forma for MertHtf* °* Peronalty oaa * * *• RqMn CHRISTOPHER 6RAY 4 C(l Will offer during tbe week, a lot of: 200 Pieces Real Valenciennes at about one-half usual prices. 1,000 Pieces Italian and laitatien Laces, at prices that will cause our customers to examine and buy them. A large line of Wbite and Black Blonde Laces, Black aud White Brusssels Net, Cashmere and Embroidered Scarf Laces, &c. 1,000 Prize Medal Quilts, the greatest bargain ever offered lithe city of Augusta. 5,000 Pairs Corsets, best value ever offered for the money. M-4-tf C. GRAY & 00. Beautiful Spring Goods! ABE DAILY ARRIVING AT THE 1 OLD FREDERICKSBURG DRY GOODS STORE. Corner by theJPlanters’ Hotel. Our agents in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore are now carefully selecting for our sales, choice SPRUNG GOOD', which we are daily in re ceipt of, and to which we Invite the attention of purchasers. We have fuH assortments of choice Calicoes, from 6 l-4c. up; Percales and Cam brics, Wbite Goods. Piques, Embroideries, Bleached .shirtings and Sheet ings of all the brands, and at factory prices Pillow Case, Cottons, Bed- Ticks, Table Damask, Towelings, Crashes, Choice Dress Goods for early Spring wear, Neck-Ties, Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Cottonades, Cas simeres, Tweeds, &c. MERCHANTS Who buy close for cash, or thort time city acceptance, would do well to give our large stock an examination. Wholesale Rooms on 2d and 4th floors. SAMPLES. To our friends in the country we will, upon application, send samples of any goods we can sample. Also, a fine list of the leading articles we keep, and if the} send ns an order to the amount of TEN DOLLARS, Or over, we wlil pay the express freights on the package to their nearest express office. We at all times keep on hand one of the largest stocks of Dry Goods in the city, aud always at the lowest prices. V. RICHARDS & BRO., feh!B -d&wtf CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL. AN ENDLESS VARIETY OF NEW SPRING GOODS AT MULLARKY BEOS'. THE Largest, Cheapest and Best Seleoted Stock of “SPRING BRY GOODS’ ever ottered m this city will be displayed on to morrow morning. 20 Cases Assorted Spring Prints, in the newest and prettiest patterns. Bleached Sheetings. Shirtings, and Pillow Casings, in all the favorite brands. Marseilles, Honey Comb and Crochet Quilts, beautiful and cheap. Table Linen*, Doylies, Napkins and Toweds. in large quantities. “ Norma^ ,e at a ®? llment ° f < '' orßeta ' * rom O'® cheapest to the finest made, and also the favorite Ladies’ and Misses’ Hose, Ladies’ and Misses' Landkerohiefs. Gents’ Half Hose and Gents’ Handkerchiefs, cheaper than ever. AND ALSO, 100 Bales Factory Sheetings. Shirtings and Drills, wili be*eoW at Gie°very ioivest^prioeH U for CMh* 0 * 1 ' et^Br with the above mentioned articles, MULLARKY BROTHERS’, 162 BROAD STREET. L. RICHARDS’ Augusta Dry Goods Niore IS TBE PLATE TO G.7T BEAL BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS THIS WEEK ! THE CEE ARA]>fCE ! AND THE BARGAIN COUNTERS WILL CONTINUE, Dress goods.black cashmeres, black alpacas, white goods, buchj ngs, Hamburg Edgings. Table Damasks, Doylies. Hosiery, Neck Tioß, Jet Jewelry, Neel. Lace and thousands of little articles will be offered on the Bargain Counters. THIS WEEK NEW SPRING GOODS JUST RECEIVED ! Prints, Cambrics, Picques; one Case Corded Ficques Hill be sold out at 100. per yard—a great bargain. Real Lonsdale 4-4 Bhirting, Beal Fruit of the Loom 4-4 Shirting, Beal Semper Idem 4-4 Shirting, Real Wamsutta 4-4 whirling just received. To secure bargains in these Goods now is Ihe time. L. RICHARDS, 209 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. feb4-d<fewtf FINE BLANKETS, VERY_CHEAP. We desire to close out about fifty pair of FINE BLANKETS, which are slightly soiled .from carrying over. We offer Blankets sold last Sea son at sl£ for $7 50, and those sold at $lO for $6. Parties desiring good Blankets Cheap will find them in this lot. JAMES A. GRAY & CO. jan2s tf AAV ASS 1 014 NO CO., WILMINGTON, N. 0. /fANUFACTUBERS OF 80LD I <lSr J toll Acia Phosphate. We are agents for ■ ' 11 the products of this reliable Company, 11*1 which we guarantee to be standard in f fIU —!>n ||M I every particular. iFlf shipping point from the city, without K|/ SOLUBLE NAVASSA GUANO,Novem \fJtpQ j her Ist. 15 cents, eotten op- SALUTED ACID PHOSPHATE, Ne- yember Ist, 16 cents, ootton op- Parties desiring to pay cash will bn x M I lb supplied at lowest current prices, for 1 || j fertilizers of equal merit. WALTON ft CLARE, 302 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. PLANTERS LOAN AMD SAYINGS BANK, 223 Broad Street, CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY* so: Interest Allowed on Deposits, T. r. BRANCH, President. J.* NEWBEHY, Oaahier. X. r. DIRECTORS: THOS W. OOSKERY. GEN. M. W. GABY, G. VOLGEB. JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, JAMES L. GOW, JanaO-tf
