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WPP .'1U O.. J.-Jq?..JlJJUL..MJ.Al?ai(LUilliiLJl ?.jj??W?flj<W?fl?l^ ^liiiMiM.il n.?,ij in I M > i !> I. ii.ii-i.,iL..L.i.j...ijiI " . . - t <. ro Mtne own ?// be trw? and it must follow, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^P^^^^i^SS^^^^^^^ <?* Ma myA/ the day, Mot* can'?rWj. M*n<o? /?/M ?, any wan/* . f-M-L-i-J-LL-t---i--T- i '-U--UJ1- ? '.iii] - '-. - ? - 1 <r^~~<?*ZZu-4L~.in i i . - it' ni- r ii. iijin ,ii ,,",, ,-,.r?',nf"--?ir, j . 0MSi rr,, BY KEITH, HOYT & CO, . WALHALLA, S. C., PR1?DAY,-FBB^UAMv'l8;,vl870. ^^^ffiSfiSs^^ X?rofbssiongbl Oar?jg> ?w??FrNKit & SB?ME5= Attorneys at Law, WALHALLA, S. 0. Offico on tho Public Square. February 1, 1870_10_tf k MCGOWAN, H. A. THOMPSON, -^bbevillo, S. 0. Walhalla, S. 0. i'GOWAN TTIIOMPSON, Attorneys at Law & Solicitors in Equity, Will givo etriot attention to all business confi ded to thom for Oconeo County. Tho junior partner, Ma THOMPSON, will bavo immediate oontrol of tho offico business, mak ing collections, settlements, oto., and will alono bo rospoiiBiblo for the same. 'Hlo will also prac tice in tho Courts of Piekens, Groonvillo i. An derson. J un uaw, 1870 tf JOSEPH J. N011T0?T Attorney eft Law, WACHAIJEIA, ?. C5. AU business for Piekens County loft with J. li. 11AGOOD, ESQ., lUCKEWS C. BI., WILL BE PROMPTLY ATTENDED 'M Ootober 26. <?08 _4 tf J. P. HEED, 1 ? W. C. KEITH, Anderson C. H. j I Walhalla. REED & KEITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors in 33 equity, llavo rented thoir Co partnership in tho prac tice of Law, and extended it to nil Civil and Criminal hueuieas in the Counties of Ooonco and Piekens. ALSO, AM, nSSINESS IN Tilv UNITED STATES COURTS. ?ST Office on Pubjio Square. Walhalla, S. 0. T..iy m. in ip. 4t tf S. D. GOODLETT, Attorney at JLIPVV AND SOLICITOR I? EQUITY, HASLOCATED AT THE N1?W TOWN OF PICKKN8, S. C. Not. 10, 1808 7 tf EASLEY & McBEE, Attorneys nt Law, &c" WILL PUACTICE IN THE Courts of the Eighth Cirouit. OFFICE AT NEW PICKENS. W. K. EASLEY, I F. B. McBEE, Groonvillo C. U 1 Ptekons C. H. March 10,1869 23 AL'X. 8. ERVIN, I f O: C. BENTLY. Athens, Ga. j ( Clayton, Ga. ERVIN & BENTLY, Attorneys a/t Letw, WILL PUACTICE IN PARTNERSHIP IN THE COUNTY OF RABUN, STATJH OF GEORGIA Cot 6, I860- 62 tf ~ J. H. WHITNEY Attorney at Law AND Wt JR Ai I J ESTATE AGE KT, WALHALLA, SO. OA., HAS in charco for salo the following'LOTS and FARMS ; Jbot, i th Aoro, in Walhalla, near Court House.1 M 2 Aores in Walhalla, fine building site, * 00 M 210 foot, bolow Walhalla, fino build? ing site. * . ?t? ? 180 H 210 feet, bolow Walhalla, fino build ing site. * 10 Acres, below Walhalla, fine building site. ** 200 Aores, unimproved, 2 miles fr:>m Walhalla. i* 620 Aores, improved, 4 miles from Wal halla, um " 1850 Aeres, 260 aores Bottom, improved, 18 miles from Walhalla; d > f ,imj : * 420 Aores, Blue Ridge- Railroad, Perry* ville Dopot, 0 miles from Walhalla,; 600 Aores, near Perry ville Depot. 0 mjles from Walhalla*. ' iii .". " OOO Aeres. Sonooa Crook, noar Porry wllle Depot. " .? 46 Aores, In Walhalla,. . ? ( ? t ?? 106 acres, 30 aores of bottom, Improved, ? miles of Walhalla. ^ ' ,r ', ,*, < ?* }700 ?ores, oh' Little Uiver, 10 milos o Walhalla, 100 acres pf bottom, well im proved. A 'J* V ** ?200 aores, 140 acres of .OVesa1 Bottom^ Improved, fine steok farm, M milos from Walhalla.,* ' , 70, ,?^r**. ?uoflland, NrfeU ttmbrrfldj on* S^WtacoonPublio.^nre.^ May % i860 -o.- W ni^ficdd if 3? O g? T IR/ Y Thor o is No Death. UV 8Itl BULWER LYTTOK. Thora is no death ? Tho stars go down To riso upon Borne falror shore ; And bright in Heaven's jewelled crown Thora shiue for evermore There is no death 1 Tho dust ire tread Shall ohange beneath tho summer showers To goldon grain or mellow fruit, Or rain-bow* tiutcd flowers. Thc granite rooks disorganize To food tho hungry plants thoy boar ; The forest loaves drink daily lito Prom out tho voiceless air. Thcro is no death ! Tho loavos may fall, Tho leaves may fado and pass away ; Thoy only wait through wintry hours Tho coming of tho May. There is no death t An angel form Walks o'er tho earth in silent tread ; Ho hears our best loved things away, And then wc call thom 'dead.' Ho leaves our hearts all deso?alo, Helpless our fairest, sweetest flowers ; Transplur ed into bliss, thoy now Adorn immortal' bowers. Tho bird-like- voice, whoso joyous tonos Made glad these scenes of aln and strife, ' Bings now an everlasting song Amid tho tree of life <. til And whore he sees a; smile so bright . ; Or heart too pura for si a and vice, Ho bears it. to that world of light, To dwell in Paradise. .. f'i !id . '' a ! ?mi '? J'J h? ' ' itv. Born unto that undying lifo, They leavo us but to como again With joy wo welcoiuo them-tho same, Except in sin and pain. And ever near us, though unpoen, Tho dear immortal spirits tread; For all tho boundless Universe Is lifo-there ara no doad. From the Pall Mall {Fnglinh) Gazette. Government by Neff?**?* A NEW viriW OP RADICAL TACTICS. * * * Exoopt in the ouso of tho Uni ted States, there has boen great uniformity in the history of tho suppression of rebellions in modern times. First, thoro has been so vero and ofton sanguinary punishment inflio tod on tho ohiefs of tho revolt ; thon has suc ceeded a period during which tho suooessful ompiro bas enforced striot obocioooo to itself from its subjugated dopondonoy ; and finally has como a strong desire, growing .sometimes out of policy, .sometime out of a sense of jus tice, aud sometimes out of a mero omotiou, to win its affections, or at all events its volunta ry ncquio8oeuoo in accoinplishod fuots. Jftig land is just at prosont fooling an almost pas sionatc wish to bo reconciled to Ireland and to bo beloved by tho natives of India j Aus tria has done her best to cotvo to terms with Hungary, aud there aro s'^ns that tho suffer ings of Poland aro boanning to cause discom fort and oompun^ion evcu in Russia. Tho United Stutopsecni destined to on experience of a diff?r?t kind. On tho morrow of tilo conquit their treatment of tho Southern louvers was marked by a gentleness which will always be remembered to their honor. But in the next stage of their relations with the South, tho necessity for combining des potic rule with something like the forms of local self-government foreed them to adopt a polioy Which has more than made up for their abstinence from bloodshed. Nobody whoso intelligence has not been impaired by the habit of repeating formulas about universal suffrage can doubt that the punishment inflio ted on the Southern whites is far tho severest which one community lias over i nfl io tod on another. ' England governed Ireland through ti minority which tho mass of tho Celtic pop? ulation, however it might hate, never dreamed Of despisingtho United States'rnle? the S'outH through a oiajdrlty of1 negroes, cpnteuipt for whom was almost n religion. with the planter before tho attorn pt al s?cession. Wo ?re not considering who thor tho punishment was doservod, or whether the, ^.o^vWo $tjaf}08 could possibly help' inflicting it ; wo merely Bay that, after.the capacity of the negro ?br .$mpwvou)fint'qaa os highly an,pos siblo, nod after all r o.ssiblo ded ito tiona bavo been modo from tho orcdibi 1 tty of tho stories I pub)ishe4 W thp bemooratip press, '?taifeot remains that t/ovomtnont of wbito mon by colored ox-slavcs is tho aoutosttVy. \\ moral torturo wMoh has OVIDr boau applied to ? oom muhHy\ ' How ^fortunato it has boon that tho punishment of 'tho S?^ ^, R*V ta?o?.'t^U'j ehapo tho United States aro not likely to feel until the tiin* c^ S" mo) wh/m "tho peppin of/.thei^^ ^U W imirtod' wMh> tb o strongest wish to be rooor oiled to ovon tito'most obstin?te'zealots of tb at thu Ut.i Lfc-d- g Wtw?; w0n\? bavo duno Wc\ tb ?lied Hood'like water in tho first'-m6?n?h? of their triumph if only they could havo do? vised somo less degrading contrivance for tho provisional govormnortt of tho South. Yot lt is quito cortain that bloodshed is easily for gottou ; personal outrage with tho greatest difficulty. Tho Hungarian nobles appear to have forgiven tho Emperor Franois Josoph for his wholesale oxecution of their brethren ; but nobody oau fail to seo that tho "irrecon cilability" of Bo'tHO of tho most imminent of Fronoh politicians is greatly duo to tho recol lections of the personal dishonor to which they wore subjected on tho memorable morn ing of tho cou}) d'etat. At tho proscot nio i mopt wo aro well awaro that nothing seems less important to tho groat majority of tho Northern people than that tho experiment which they aro trying in thc South causes exocssivo discomfort to a parcel of conquered rebels; but they will probably horcaftor view this exporiment with other eyes when there comes tho inevitable waking to sympathy and pity, and when, much about tho samo time, it appears that the negroes, who aro the instruments of puuishuiont, havo become not only a Southern, but a Northern power, weighing heavily in tho Ronlo whenever a na tional decision hos to bc taken. A LITTLE BIT OF KOMANCK.'-Although, so far this Wlritnr the skie? have beon un usually compassionate in bot aggravating with continuous, in tense cold tho hunger and rags of poverty, yet an occasional bleak, shaft from the North transfixes a houseless wan derer at tho cruel corner bf some of our strode. Karly on Friday morang a poor young waif, apparently'of the past night, with bor delicate linger sculptured relentlessly through a thin cotton dress, wns found, td most furn ished, leaning ngniust a lamp-post in a street lending into ono of our principal thorough, fares. Her ?uuditton, having been recognized by a kiudly bouse maid who had been dusting mots ac a neighboring door, tho wretched sulfurer was humanely lcd into tho basement, where, after sonic time, she was restored to lifo and animation. ?..Take her up tenderly.'' Subsequent inquiries rovcalcd thc fact UMt she was tho daughter of once rcspectublo und wealthy parents who had lost over/thing pride, virtue mid fortuno-in tl*? wine-cup, uud who, recently dying papers, bad loft her on that bitter Fridnv morning without a homo, a hope or a cru-t Iii thc world. When discovered sho wai? blindly groping her way toward tho riv??' to ond her miseries rather chun ontor ?pon a career of shanie. Her ?ouohing arid painful story renching tho <snr of tho lady of the bouse, she was sum Kionod to her prosoncc, when, strnngo to tell, it was ascertained beyond a shndow.of doubt, that she was tho only child of a once dear friend, who had boon lost sight of for years, but who, through a strnngo interposition of| Providonoo, wns now restored in thc person of her daughter.-JV. Y. Post. HABIT.-"I trust everything, under God," said Lord Brougham, "to habit, upon which, tn all ages, tho lawgiver, as well as tho school master, has mainly placed his relianoo; ha bit, which makes everything easy, and casts all difficulties upon tho deviation from a won ted course. Moko sobriety a habit, and in temperance will bo hateful ; muko prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will bens contrary to tho child grown or adult, as the most ntrooious crimes aro to any of your lord ships. Give a child tho habit of sacredly re garding truth, of carefully respecting tho pro perty of others,, of scrupulously abstaining from all aots of jmprovidenco which ohu io volvo him in distress, and bo will just as like ly think of rushing into an element in wbioh ho oannot breathe ns ??? lying, or cheating or stoaling." ihvV .:! . iv i d Marriod woroon in South Cnrolin^'WllI soon acquiro control of. their own property. Tho Legislature has jnft't pnssc?V? bill'whioh. .provides that no real or porsouui ' broporty hold by a wori?nn atibo tim? bf her morrloge shall bo' subj cot to lovy or Bale for her hus band's debts, but ?ball be bur sup?rate prop erty, and thot sho rimy lhubng? and disposd of ] th6 samo in nil respects ns though .sho wore a '?a??f. Pl o) td .I;- Jh&fejj } ut??$ Kl R&r A distinguished physician who died il^rr^^SflMn^lir1 i$}y^?r1^-',IKff l^?? b* Jioyejbat during tho twenyty;six years. Ir)iavo practice^, my profestfion in Al^pit^iWenU^ oomotorios, a 'sacrifico to tho absurd custom of exposing tho arms and legs naked." ft) >;? umi^frtlA*nrTrr*r"ifr.*-?r:--:--') -"(sjg; | u,fto?l^m Mi* -"^^otfagp^nora but in doing right from right motives. Wa?pington> Carriage. It waa tu tho spring of 1758. Mr. ?mty a plantar residing at his estate culled tho "Whi toulouse," wrisoutonb motht'?g, whon 1)0 mot, coming frotn tho northward, a Voudg gcntlo?ift'n of military appooranoo, exeollohtly mounted, and accompanied'Vy . good old Ser vant, ?or sorgo?nt, who 'rodo respectfully a few paejt "behind hisniastor. Tho now oornet was Col.\Wrgc Washington', o? l^V^ay, from Winchester Ho Williamsburg, and his atten dant, Bit-hop, formerly Br??dook's body ser. vant, uo\fr his own. , . . Wushington was twouty five at that tinao, aud a young tuan of great t^dutcness and, f< nity. -Ho i was in chief command, oa' jtho frontior, pud saw, or thought little of' tho.l'air sex. But, on this spring morning of, 1759, his "timo had como." Mr.t rjast jsrgrcctcd him, and invited him to stop at tim Whi'to House. His busin'oss was pressing; he must hasten on to soo his excel lency .pi \yityiauisburg. And conversing, they rpdij fyack and reached tho White House Hero Washington dismounted, and delivered his horse to Bishop,, wjth.erdors io wait liim there; bo would continuo his journey in hall an hour, j 'Bishop saluted gravely, with hand rmsed to bis bat ; his master ' entered the hodso}' ?nd'tho hulf hour passed--tho old scrvaht' vaiting patiently. 1 His mhstcr^did not, however, make his ap pearan?e.^ The event wah Unheard of. Ool Wbshin?teu was thc Soul of punctuality; h( Was on prcGsiug publio business ; what coule be the meaning of this strango and uuwoutct delay? U An behr passed1-two ho?rs passed. - Col Washington did not re-appbar, I But a Ber vant caine out and delivered no order fron him to tlc motionless old body-guard, il would cdnduct tho -horses'to tho1 stable j hi master would dino, and possibly pass the nigh with My. C?stis. Bishop obeyed-the worb was clearly coming to an end-^-rind Gol Washington was the guest of tho owner of th White HmiHo. On tho^.oxt morning, Bishop, in obedicno to ordore to tr. t effect, saddled tho horse and waited before tho door for tho Colone who designed setting out, hp said immediate ly. An hour passed; tho Colonel did nc appear. Two hours afterward, thore was sti no sign of him. Thon the servant came agait and directed that tho horses bo lod back Col. Washington would remain to dinner, an then continue his journoy. Tho day was far spent whoo tho young so dior made hi? appearanco and vaulted int ho saddle. Tall, vigorous, graceful, and wit a certain loftiness of bearing, oven then di; tiuguishuble, Jip was a gallunt-looking oavi lior-ouo whom nuy woman might admiro. Ono was gazing ot him through tho wit dow-a young lady of about his own agi with rosy cheeks, bright oyes, huir oarrie book from tho. forehead, and a nook resend ling snow, above tho square out bodioo. Tl young colonel reined his high spirited hors nearly throwing him on his haunches, mac a courteous salute with his right hand, (it wi pearly tho attitude of a bronze statue of hil afterwards,) and galloped away, thuddi probably of tho bright oyes and rod lips. "Colonol George . Washington, of Mput Vernon," hod, seen for his first timo Mr Martha Custis,- tho^boautiful young widoi who, a yoar after>?w?8 to bqoonio his wife. Tradition relates that tho ooromony, toe place in old .St. TotQr.'s ?huroh in ISTew Koi pqunty. The ^soppe, ,wfls, a brilliant, ono, at may interest tho reader. It was in Japuar 17i>9. Tho Hov. Dr. Mossum, parspp of t! parish, ottonded in full canonicals,,and tl pair.advaqQ.od, iollp\ypd by a bevy of boauti and groomsuicpi Wasjdng^on was, clad in suit pf bluo and sjlycr, lined with rod sill lfis,w(a?8tooat was embroidered; hie knoo at ,8^00 b.upkJps.jWero pf ?gold ; bis hair wac .poi dorcd and, be ,wprp a dress .sword^ Tho bri? was dressed in whito. satin wtyh rip.h poin lacjo i rufllcs j .?pparl, orpamonts in ,ho,r hair poarj, n^plilaoo, oa,r.'rjng8 aiirl braoo?o^ j/whi ?sa^n, *?$Y. J$?n. "cols and, ?ujyot b^pk^pp; ani.^f.^jWejd, ns been ??i hy.aa ^raj:, %Mwmi^'m^A gij?ls^oauyi^^poa,^^, ^ws o^^roowme in postume^ as^^qg,,.,; ". ^ IR The {rio^re^lflOjVernpr Pf I MI*gtoW *?i suit of ?carlet, embroidered with gold, wi tn? roicjst of a hur?borof offloors of the JSe and routions of the bride and c.r..om-filh i /> v/b} Iii ,/?fmiflo Hf.Vi *..'... ?i .nj ,M tU'??ji tho church ; oil intqiit upon tho mtcrcstti n bef fewgott, attendants as could do so, outorcd tho great ohatiot, widen rolled pff, drawn by its Bi?' spirited horses ; wliito ?hp bridegroom, fonder1 vf riding on horse-back, mounted tho splen did English charger bequeathed to bim by Braddook, nod eautored after tho coaob, at tended by a nunibef of gallant youths. Suon was that picturesque soeoe in tn? Ufo gf tho '?Fathbrof hla OPttotty.?' , ' MARK TWAIN'S HOTEL.-Having daWly opened a lundicry I send you theao, my rules .abdregulations?'i: > : :i "'' l" ''? This houso shall bo oonsidored strictly iun>< totnperttto. -v "' ! Nbne b?ttn^br?ve des?rv?thtf f???. larsons owing bills' for board will bo boreel fpV bills. . \ i '1 Boarders who do not w Isl? to poy In ad vaneo are requested tb advance and pay. Boarder? ato expected to wait oh th? oo?of?d cook-for meals.'' 4 Sl?e?ts will bo; changed bnoo in six thoriths, oV moro 'if uc'eoss?ty\ Doublo boarders can have two beds'with a room in it, or two roocis. with a, bcd in it, as they choose. Boarders aro requested to pull. of their boots before retiring, if thoy can convcuiontly do.so. Beds with or without bugs. All money and Other i valuables aro to bo left in care of . tho proprietor. This in insis ted p.p., aa hp will bo responsible for no othef losses. II .1 In?ido matter will not bo furniscd for edi tors under any consideration. Relatives coming to moko a six month's vi&Jt will bo wplopmed j but when thoy bring their household furniture, virtue will ocaso to* bo a forbearance. . i ( TUE WAY THE MONEY ?OEB -From all accounts, Washington is a gay pince (hts win ter. What with balls, dinners, lunches, and what not, the extravagance and display in dress and equipage wore never before equalled. Tho President, and bis Cabinet and certain Senators aro living in a stylo of imperial lux ury winch the paltry j salaries they re?oive do not bogin to warrant There is no difficulty in ascertaining where tho money comes from to support all this magnificence. The Presi dent's salary would not pay his wife's milli nery and confectionery bills. Tho oariages and horses in tho stables of tho Whito House could not bo bought for his year's salary. Tho insignificant pay of his different Secre taries is not equal to their modo of lifo. The samo may bo said of most of tho oiboo hold ing gontry. They aro all living beyond their legit?malo incomes, and sober folks oannotbut think that tho over-taxed people ate paying, through tho tuxes, for tho music, oysters, boned turkeys, salads, sweet meats, wines, and flowers required every night in the "upper oirolcs" of the capitol. All is not "lovely" whoo a Secretary gets eight and spends twenty thousand a year. No wonder the investiga tion of thc gold ring corruption brings to view so muoh executive shame. Tho capital is, indeed, an Augoan stable. A NOBLE DISPLAY O? CHARITY.-Incl dont Uko tho following exert n marvellously healing power ou tho warm Southern heart. A writer, from Nashville, Tennessee, to ono of tho Now York papers, says : "Tho Confederate orphans, sixty in num ber, from their Homo in Clarksvillo, were brought here, on Tuesday last, to givo a ppp. oort in aid of their Home, the institution be ing ontiroly depondont upon private charity. At tho railroad depot, they were mot by tho Federal post bands, in full uniform, which preoodod thom into tho city, playing sweetly and mournfully, therofore most appropriately, commanding tho admiration and constraining tho enthusiastic applause of thousands. . This prac tied tact, wi til tho culmination of that bogtpning,ip tho Fcrorol posf pffipew aHpDp\ ing tho oonoort in tho evening in full uniform, where honors givon wore responded to by tears of sympathy shed nod ooo tri butions bestowed, bas prc: jbod tho Union with- - deci ded powor in j td I this quarter, > mid boon ao ?ooptod as nu oar nest pf penco and good-will to ?W?" K ?(tilo jP fr'Ifl'quUe ?S VjTpor??rm our1 ttutioBwovu they ?rp pleasant and imply nd self ?ftorinp? ) tho tesVpf prtQoij)l? is to porform thom with dbagi^o^ble. 11-;tJ ., j j tU M AN V promises in tho Bible are given on thooondition that something bo done. Let that b o dono as 'reqtiirod, and I tho prom iso will always bo fuHlllod. ' < <-'! rodstOPidl 'd< t"?'A ^^ifurtfti-i" ._? nli v?n? *?rIt?8 easy to go down bill after yon once start. Eve ry body is' willing to gi vn you.' ? propelli^Wolf ?bortl^hi?) limo; I Mil ~'<W'A*ttiN<iTONf February ? 9;^$he Now England S onators will join with tho Sou thc rn Senators io opposing. Brad loy'a confirmation, in ,t>V0f, oj* froiM the South. Tho Ju diciary Committee beard, t\fl|eoi?, Georgian* to-day? The oposoryatives took; grouud that tho present Legislature waa illognUy constitu ted, on account, of admUting t^o; n??Ujf candidates, and demanded a rc organizations 1 Jul look nud others spoke briefly i u opposition1. Senators Carpenter, Edmunds and Conkling remembered that, at a formel; hoar?ug, .Gov ernor Hull?ok Haid that tho expulsion of tho negroes ian* tho sooting of tho minority can didates in their stead wnB ehecr usurpation. Tho oonnnU'tee^w?lHfea^ mattor ignin. on.Saturday, when Bullock viii bo al lowed to ?xpjajn, nb? nfl?nrpnttyj contradictory positions. , The, House is ponsidpring t|te Oo v?d?o contest. It is presumed 'that'along'?1U oussion will tuko place. ''' ? , i ' Itt tho Senate, a bill was ' introduced, in? creasing the number inf Supremo and Circuit Couria , ?TbenJi}diciary Committee '.waa dU rec ted to inquire whether tho Georgia Legis lature Wiis reconstructed in accordance with tho Reconstruction' Acts'. ' In tho Sonate, a resolution was introduced^ directing tho Judiciary Committee td inquiro whether there has been any violation of tho reconstruction law by tho Georgia Legislature. Morton' spoke on his bill to prevent military aid in time bf War to revolted subjcots of for eign powers. Tho Census bill was laid od the table. .?,t:, Tho House seated Covodo by a. strict party Vote. The legislation and judicial appropri ation bill Was discussed, without fiiiul action'. The President was requested to tarnish infor mation concerning tho recent murder1 'ofr Americans in Havana. .... Internal revenue receipts to-day 6247,000. Thc Retrenchment .Committee will report tn favor of placing the educational portion of the Freedman's Rureau itt thc banda of tho Commissioner of Education. :; WASHINGTON, February 8.--The election Com m i r.teo considered tho claims of Segar, os Congressman at largo for Virginia ; and will voto,ou Friday. Tho contested elections have been postponed until tho House sots on the new system of. trying by jury drawn from the House by ballot. The Reconstructio Committee reported a bill for general relief by application through the courts; and another relieving some 3,000 persons. Tho Ways and Means Coinmittco favor throe per cont, tax on incomes and an exemp tion of 02,000 on salaries. Tho Om mi tto on Foreign Affairs report in favor of Sickles' com urination as Minister to Spain. RICHMOND, February S.-Tho Legislature' met at noon. Tho House adopted a resolu tion, asking Congress to rouiove thc political disabilities of Virginie-109 to 10. The oolorcd members voted f?r it-the negatives hoing white members of tho Porter extreme faotion. A message from tho Governor was received, lt congratulates the Legislature that they arc tho lawfully constituted General Assembly pf the sovereign State of Virginia -a S tato that, notwithstanding fundamental conditions as futile *s unnecessary, ie co equal io all her rights and prerogatives, with any and every state in tho American Union. You and I have qualified by taking thc samo oath of oOicu ; we have solemnly pledged ourselves before Heaven to support and maintain ai? well tho constitution and laws of tho United States as of the State of Virginia ; that wo recognise and accept the civil and political equality of all men before tho law, and that wo will faithfully porform our offioial dutieo to tho boat of our ability. A strict and con scientious observance of this solemn obligation will redound to tho peape and prosperity of the Stato and the vindication of the just ex pectations of the people ' and' our friends ev erywhere. It is your duty to make the laws s f minc to oxoouto them. Fulfill your duty, an? I pledge you A faithful and fearless execution; of mino. Of the State Constitution, ho says, that ita provisions shall have a fair and im partial trial, and when, if over, experience Shall demonstrate tho inutil'ty or inpractica bility ui any of them, wo witt proceed to iwiko suoh modifications as necessity may demand. Tho manifestation of a Punic faith by oth ers will afford ho justification for a ddparturo' from ibo path bf right by us, tho ancient'ami proverbial reputation of tho people of this commonwealth for honor and integrity will bo maintained, regardless of selfish and fanat ical vi tuperu tton of our o nom i os nt boni o or abroad. Tho.Qoyoruor advocates $he onopuf-' agoment of immigration into tho Stato, and says any attempt td r&-bp?tt th? B?rcs' ?r'?Ke war for garty pt?rnoso?, ;should bo frowned down t enu concedes himself tdwnys a dkin and consistent U monist, nnd oxpcots to iivo and dio ono. Beyond this, tho chlof tenets' of tny political faith aro tho maintenance of public Taith^Siat? a'na ?ait?l^Hi.aTnfsn. ed; honesty ind econofny in tho administra tion of publi 6 affairs ] the equal ?zn tioh < ?td reduction of tariffs and taxation to the lowost dogroo co4a?5lent'.;withy the malutenanoo of lae pub|lo o?edit) free, oduoatioo for all ; a itatWftl y?rfl} encpnrapnmnt at^tatf to pf Ub?fr and, untH fully.- finally and porma-. nontly aeoompllshod, uni versal nmhOsty and1 impartial Bu'ffrago. These aro the fundamos tat pr* incl pies In ?n'y political ?reed, n n d i \ i mattera not what you niny eil) tb eui-wheth _? ii? -r._1% : \ itt '? C' it_.y or nopuuiicun, uemooraup, or tinorm, sp par to tn nw administration of tho i. ital ra of tho BnS^wri ww ^^mi^m??m^ naturally fmstntti and uphold tb'o administra tion; whilo those who disagree with thom, may oppose it?-- *. m fl .The- foegiabauro :adjoufhddi , at>t\; fixing Auditor, Treasu^^^or?tar^&c.j; ^