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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.
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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