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Maday, htoverti so. -i Szw ar. AltIough the Senath tsaletidai re Corded at noon to-day nearly thirty ToasurqsO all...Igt hpl(a dozen were I isposed of before two o'cloek. 'There Was very little speskiog. Nobody geems to have been tho oughly thawed but yet. Debate iv at a liscotnt. There actually was not . A:rd of Argum$nt on the joint resolution pro posingt'Wicastitut1ogI convention. Thu special order for the day was the second reading of Senator You lnan's joint resolution calling a Cott stitntlonal ConVention. The report of the committee had been, favorable. There was no debate. The yeas and nave were demanded, .and the vote resulted: Yeas, 17; nays, 14; not voting, 4. The Chair announced that the joint resolution had passed its second read. ing. Senator Smythe made inquiry wheth or the resolution could come up for a third readiig, hiviiig fai!ed to aectrb the two-thir s constitutional majority. The Chair stated thpt in his view the constitutional provision applied only to the final passage of the resolution. The yeas and payp lad. not been called to-day under the constittutional man date, but at the demand of two mem bers. On the final"reading the Chair would order the vote by yeas and nays as required by the Co;stitution. In the view of the Chair the requirement of a two-thirds majority did not apply tp the votes during the transit of the resolution through the Senate, but ottly to the last vote when the question of passing it'umust arise. Aftei- 'a short executive session, in which the Qovernor's nomination of a supervistor of registration for Aiken county was confirmed, the Senate ad journed. liousa of RRPREE5ENTATRvE*S. The entire day was spent after the usual formula o' the morning hour in the discussion of the bill to utilize the labor of prisoners condlned in county jails and the insurance bill. The first named was passed and the latter de feated. The convict bill was taken up first. 'rho bill in brief provides that all courts and municipal authorities which uinder existing laws l)ave power to sentence convicts to confinement in prisons other than the penitentiary, shall within their discretion impose the further punishment of hard labor, and the convict so sentenced shall be required to labor npun the hijghwavs, roads, bridges and other publbc works of the county, or upon the streets or other public works within the limits of the city, the work to be under the supervision of the county cotnmission era or the municipal authorities, as the case may be. Mr. G. V. Brown, the author of the bill, supported it in a short speech, in which he showed the advantages of the mReasure. Then followed a long discussion and the usual tinkering of the bill. Mr. Douglass, of Fairfield, advocated its passage in a very clever and earnest speech, in which he pointed out the necessity which existed for the passage of such a law. It would give, he urged, to the counties and nunicipali ties an increased laboring force, and if the House passed the bill lie wonld seek so to amend it that the peniteln ciary' would be relieved of quite a number of short termn convicts, who could be utilixed to solve the vexed question of public roads, which had so long agitated the public mind inl Sohith Carolina. .Mr. Ansel, of Greenville, who has just arrived at the capital, opposed the bill in his usual vehement style. It would, lhe said, encumbier thie counities with the cost of building stockades, hiring guarde, etc., and( its prRacticaRl result after all wonuld be to commit the State to the p)riniciple of wor'kinmg the public roads by taxatioRn, and1 he (lidn't believe that the peole of the State were ready yet to commit themselves to the theory. Mr. Hask'ell, of Columbia, said that the more he looked into the bill the inore he was convin'eed that it would be a fruitful source of trouble to the State. lie moved to recommit it. Mr. Brawley doubted whether the measure would be of econlomic value in its practical operation ; that, lhe said, wee the judgment of the judiciarv oommittee last session, and that wa's the reason it had beenm reported uin favorably. With certain amendments, howey.er, he thought the scheme migit be rvorth trying. The amlendmlentL he suggested provided that such convicts shiould be employed as labor only in thlose conRties or towns where it s'hall be made to appear to the satisfactiona of the Court that suitable p)rovisioni cani be made for the use of such iabor. The amendment was lost. Mr. Douglass off'ered an amendment authorizing the superinendmenat of the penitentiary to turn over to the sheriff of a counRty unch convicts as are seRn fenced to termse of less than oRne year, uiponi the demianid of tihe counitv coml'. nilssioners. Areed to.' After some further discusssioni thle motion to kill the bill was lost, ayes 46, nays 57, and after unRdergoing~ so'mec additional ammnendmlents the bill was passed andl order'ed to be engrossed or a third reading.. After tin extended (discussion, in which a imber of Representatives participated, a mnotioni to fable a mtotioni to reconsider. the vote was then adopt ed-yeas 87, niaya 5Which put a Parhiamenitary estop)pel on tihe valued policy bill, so far as the Hous~e of' ep resenitatives is concerned, for this session at least. Tuesday, D)ecean).r 1. SENATE. 'T:e nesi, mReasur-e up for' a iird read ing was Senator Youmian's .joinit reso lut-ion proposing a constitutionial eon vention,. its author made a strong and ingenlo to ::.hech in its favor, lie cx. ulaineud that, the p'nrport of the resolu tiona ,* Riot to gall a convention, but to (lvethe people an opportunity to sav' whether the'- favor oneC or not. lie elevftly a ealed to thle sympathies of thogonin me rs who desired such reforims as have recently bee ts proposed in the Cornstitution and law., indicat n< qp haL the jbrmationi of a stat&tution eilbodyig the do. WWgt' tp.roul b6 a short ent to tbe attaineuent of their desires, Hie argoedq rae Ma4inet the contino anco of aConsitutfon wbIch the while die~ the tMa h,ad id noQ pbrt in ..,which was a botchi-potcha of u~tsnaitedt to our' p lpe and not g dJi5Mb themn. *1 claimed that' pfA oissitutonaloonventlti ~otbe ecessivo and n"'ed that t moereby of Souith Enfinda were t Armly, in conted of the State t r indueipee in the cneto ra:Un* oe farther discussion by Ii pv hem b . 4Is WIon,alhough the vtet11 was rit 6 *1ly close,i t is doubted If ay of the her bill will pas, utthere cens to a growling iceling that there is .aI, ady suffleent Ppibiiona legislation~ tthe statue books sin that in htavig 0 privilege oif ordering at .election any mtlcij>al incorpioration, as ey have .now, the Prohibitionist, gve all that they coul reasonbly e. ct he Abbeville bill, which wa un fr 80U5siOlt3 sought, to order ana election the whole county to determinet hethear the town ct untch of Abbevill ould be allowed to grant licenses tes the voters of the town hai al ady decided by aen election to license o .sale of liquors. The whole lay was consumed in the hcusiotn of tis measure. The Abbe lIe deelegation was itself divided on is subject. Thureiday, Decemibor 8. SENATK. The Senate to-day worked hard to tppress its gradually rising Calendar, id succeeded fully. A great many eastres of minor interest were dis used of. On half a dozen bills there as a good deal of debate. The tax exemption section in the [ason Cotton Gin Company's charter ussed by a vote of nineteen to thir en despite Senator Bobo's opposition. his looks like a test vote on the ex uption of nanufactories from taxa on, but Senator Bobo is confidet at the Senate will later repeal the w. The proposition for a constitutional nendment allowing Judges to charge ries on questions of fact was defeated to23. The stenographers' bill for the Third ld Fourth circuits was unexpectedly ccesful by a two-thirds majority. The forfeited land bill was poetpon I until to-morrow. New bills continue to pour in. Prop idtions to amend the Constitution have enl Very numerHCtOUN. The Senate concurred in the House solution to elect Judges in joint sembly at 1 o'clock to-morrow. The House devoted five hours to-day the disposition of work on its Cal tr. No measures of public interest ere considered. The Phohibitionists evidently realize eiar defeat and to day made a formal trrender by withdrawing the bill to ovide for a Prohibition election in iken county. The judiciary committee of the State Ht night. answered the Governor's re mmendatlons in regard to the num r of Circuit Judges, and agreed to port a bill increasing the number um eight to ten. A sub-committee as appointed to draught a bill. In me way the House resolution pro ding for an election of Judges to orrow was concurred in by the mate before the sub-connitte could rest action. The Senate had pre ously declined to enter into an elec )n until the Governor's recommenda mns as to an increase of Judges should considered by that body. The ection to-uorrow will be for Chief istice and for Judges of the 1st, 2d, h, 7th and 8th circuits, now presided rer by Judges Presley, Aldrich, udsona, Witherspoon, Wallace and jthran. No op)positlon is manifested .the incumbents in any of the cir aits exceptL the 2d, where Judge Idrich wIll have an honorable comn titor In Geni. James W. Moore, the ~nator fromilamnpton. Gen. Moore's ends think that he will have a large >te, and are hopeful. It is imnpossi e, however, to say what is the rela roestrenagth of the candidate, because cembers are, as a rule, very reticenit, ad many have not made up their The following hills received their cond reading: To p)rescribe the idlth of public highways (twenty Dt) ; to change the dates fixed for thme eeting of boards of equalization so to conform to the time of listing operty for taxation;- amending the 3neral S3tatutes relating to railroad rporations by adding a section; to thorize defendants in actions to re vet' land to set up claim for imnprove ont; relating to the formation and oceedings of the College of Electors; iatt resolution to amtend( tIhe Constitu m relative to justices of the peace d constables; to repeal Section 804 (1 amnend Section 311 of thme Code of ocedutre with respect to lien Of jtudg ants and executions anad the mnode of forcing the same. The cotncurrentt resoint Ion to adjourn me die D)ecetmbear 19 was p)ostponecd npotrarilv--yeas 18. Unifavorale rep)orts were made on 3 bill to r'e-establish the tlnnry law, .bill to establish the office of cotyt icitor, the bill to abolish the depari mnt of agrictultuire, and the lloutse utt ibze the labor of jail and munnici I conivicts, and they were plIaced1 ont Calenadar. loU:sE OF lIEPnEsKNTATIVE~S. L'hme llouse det ted five houtrs to 'ak and mnagd 1 . that t ime to get lof four puages a the t hirteen-page ledrwihnow confronts it. ete were o e bates of a startling aracter ad no measures of great ilie interest piassed. air. Massey prtesenltedI the prtesenit nit of thte granad jury of Lanicaster mity.(on the subject of thte sa!e of uor int the towvn. 'Te report asks ci ethor the sale of liquoir by druig s be stopp)ed or that the Prohibitioni he repealed. A bill will be itro ed shortly repealing the lawv, the p)le of Lancaster' having evidenitly nd that Prohilbitiotn doeb ntot pr~ it. A petitioni was also pr'esenited2 n the citizens of the town of CIhes prayinag the repeal of the Act pro ting the sale of liquor in that tow;, hie tollowinig wore among the most ~ ortant nuew b)ills intiroduced: 1 r. Pope, bill to repeal the Act reg-| Ig thhiring out of' convIcts. r. Rlichardason, bill to charter the I dbournti and Coniway Rlailroad in E ry couny, e r'. D)osaldson, bill to provide for lectionu in Greenville county on the aibitiotn of the sale of spirituous ar. a. Thompsoh. bill to aipportio iat h1 -ibutte the school tax be tweent the e ohs for' white and colored children y~ to school districts. p r. Brown, bill prescribing a mode e ovising the right of dower of in. ri I mnarried women, a a I the bIlls on the Calendar disposed h tose of public Interest were: A bill hatter the Greenwood Abbeville Elberton ItallroA; to lucor.porate" rroy' Cottola B3eed Oil Company, -b Icor.pornte the towrii of Waterloo, Uaurente county;t to charter the ii tnntah Valley and E1ber(od Rai'-u I, and fo prescribe the p)riOrlties of ti ain liens. ., at a Nosi follows: teas 7; nays, 14; nbt vote tII Al 010 bt'1$b t irdrebding bills *dre fo passed and work *it5 te dn on the A f uoral orders, when the hotfr for the re JolAt. peembly . prrived. Tjo Senate cm repaired to the I1alt of' the Itouse of of Represeta,ive, whore the president bi of t%j Senate presided over- the joint r( pleoting. The business before the 01 Assembly was the election of a coin- t nissioner of agriculture, two members it of, the.boaut of.agriculture, two diree- tl tors of the penitentiary and a registrar h of inosne conveyance for Charleston. T First came the election of a corm- d missioner of agriculture: It Mit'. Mclver, of Darlington, in very % fitting remarks, nominated the present al intimnber, Col. A. P. Butler, which al was seconded by Senator Youmans. ri Senator Moody nominated Mr. H1. L. ti Donalson, of Greenville, seconded by Mr. Boggs, of Pickens. The roll of d the Senate was first called. Commis- v sioner Butler's strength was soon ti shown by the drift of the vote. Twen ty-four Senators said "Butler," while only seven said "Donaldson." A larger proportion of Representatives voted for Mr. Donaldson, but even in the [louse Commissioner Butler re- a ceived seventy-three votes, against a forty-two for his opponent. The total p vote was: Butler 97, Donaldson 49. Necessary to a choice 74. President Shep tpard announced the election of the lion. A. P. Butler to the office of commissioi.ner of agriculture for the t ensuing term of two years. Nominations for two members of the e board of agriculture being in order i Mr. Hutson, of Hampton, nominate tl the Hon. W. D. Johnson, of Marion, 1V one of the incumbents. Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, nominated for re-elec tion the ion. A. S. J. Perry, of Charleston. There were no other 9 nominations, and the two gentlemen received the total vote of the General al Assembly-137. Next in order came the election of two directors of the penitentiary. et The nominating speeches were very brief. Mr. G. W. Brown, of Darlington, b nominated Mr. John S. Scott, of Marion. Mr. Spencer, of Chesterfield, rt and Mr. Blue, ot Marion, seconded the aE nomination. Col. Simonton, of Charleston, n1om- to inated Mr. E. B. Murray, of Ander- di son. Mr. Aldrich, of Aiken, seconded w the nomination. Mr. Thomson, of Spartanburg, non- tl 'inated Mr. E. S. Allen, of Spartan- s burg, formerly an effilcient director. Mr. Massey, of York, seconded the A nomination. As his name was called each member in voted for two of the nominees. There were 142 members voting and hi 72 votes were necessary to a choice. re Mr. Scott received 119 votes, Mr. Allen ft. 89 and Mr. Murray 74. The two high- w est were elected. The election of a registrar of nesne yi conveyance for Charleston followed. m Senator Builet nominated the incum- Si bent, Mr. Charles Kerrison, .Jr., and at Mr. Burke seconded the nomination. ,.i Mr. Kerrison was unanimously re elected, receiving 127 votes. t' At the dissolution of the joint as- h seinbly the Senators returned to their e chamber. lIoUSR OF RIlREsENTATIVE9. 4t At 12.16 the special ordoer for- the 0' day caine up, this being the bill to pirovide for the submission to the qual- C Ifiedi elector-s of Abbevile county of te the question of license or no license in ei the incorplor-ated towns anid villages A of the county. After the Sirst sect ion j)i of the blil had beena recad Mir. ,J. An- Si ci-um Simoins imove-d to ainendi the bill fr by add(ing Oconee county to the bill. vi T'his -was pr-oiiptl.v laid uploin the bI table. Mr. Simnoni then moved to ti r,.nend( the bill so as to include all the m counties in the State. and obtained at the floor for the purpos8e of urging his in amennenit. We have, lie salid, a law in this State which prohibits the sa)e se of liquo-s outside of incor-porated w towns. Hie saw no reasoii why Abbe- fe ville should be accorded tis special in pr-ivilege.a A mnotiona to table the ainenment l was carried. G Mr. Kennedy, of Charleston, moved cC to amend the bill so as to p)rovide tior at the payment of election expenses by cC the county Instead of by the towns. m Amendmeont was tabled,.p ,Mr. Gi-ayden the only A nti-Pirohibi- Jo" tion representative from Abbeville, tii moved to stirike out the enacting clause ai thus biringing it up on its mer-its. lHe ati was opp)osed to the bill because a ma- IPi jority of the voters of his county did m not desire its passage. lie opposed It enl because "prohibiticn dloes not prohibit," and in suppor-t of this p)rop)ositionl, cited 8Zh an umber- i ot States and~ conuties nomi- te nally pirohibitive, bnt r-eally under the domination ormen who sold liquor-with- th ont liense. lie sid( he was a temper- thi aiice umai, but be'!evcd that this tein- so doncy to leg islatet pateranatlly anid to in-~ mi terfere with the irights of 'the. 'people to would icsult in reaction, which would pa (10 the catuse more hiarm than good. thin Mr-. Pai-ker- said that wivale lie was inot a Pirohibitlonist, hie had und(e taken to engineer- this bill, and lie wt wvonId not shirk the responsibiilitv. lie rid admitted that on' sale days' It wa's nec- Ca esaary' to employ an extr-a police force T1h to keep order when the barrooms clh: were cr-owdIed with p)eople. Hie re- pn1 viewed the courae of prohi bt ive Ilegis ation anti stated that inh no case had a me repeal been asked for' A t the close of cei Mdr. Pairker's speech the flouse ad(- liqi oiurned till 10 a. im. Wednesday. tha Wedanesday, Dedember 3. laiu 8ENATE. dn<i Tfhe Seiiate to-day wvas distinguished l(i. noi-e for the work it postponecd than lou or that which It accomplished, and abt there was a session.fr Many new measures were introduc- ter d1 in the Seinate to-day, IncludIng ahb lsuiry bill, a bill to give the Chai es- In~ on police jurlsdictioni over Charleston hek as far as the county line two obtit Nsolutions to amend thie dcn s-t.i.lat ution by allowing the Federal census Cm .) be takeh for the apportionmnent of Chi 6eresenhation, and .a bill to appro- "" ag foV- continuing the work i oumtia Canal. A bill to an C red4ie 4~ Lietftenant (*overbaor's sal- prol und nieage was k ile1 y a aa-e na ority vote. The Patterson bill re-disti Irf- to forf,lted lads ag eta-sh o-morow.Onlyhalf te bills onth M -alendar were 'disposed o(a and the of d Manate will hereafter meet at 11 a. mn. sane >' earlier-O if~sE OF RIUPRgUMNT TYRS- of ti A p!t bed battle was fbught.n the ep loor of (li hlottab of Reopresentatlrqs te tmday between the Prohaibjtienit* an~d to hI he Antl-Prohibiti>ntats. The speces in) f the advocates of both sides were Say haracterized by earnestpeuq and ve- roai emnn and waee 1=tanta to wIth . cert P'lnut flou'P i .No doubt, etre long, "peanut floti" II be an 1inport,aut product of the * South. Virginia is set down this ytar t for 2,100,000 buohels, Tennessee for $50,000, and North Carolina at 135,000 g bush@ls, these buidng the , chitt States j engaged iii theircniltivatidn, atnd those g 'inl which it wa litfrst introduced from, Africa. In ,irginiia they are called < "peanuts ;" inrNorth Carolina, "ground peas;" in Tennessee, "goobers;" and in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi "plnders." Virginians are begiuing to turn the peanut into flour, and say a It makes a palatable "biacuiit." In Georgia there is a custon, now grow ing old, of gfinding or poundiinn the shelled peanuts and turning them into past rv, which has some resemnblance, both in looks and taste, to thatof cocoa nut, but the peanut pastry is more oily and richer, and we think healthier and better every way. If as some people believe, A4'riea sgnt a curse to Amer lea in slavery, sie certalily conferred upon her a blessing in the universally popular peanut, which grows so well throughout the Southern regions that we shall soqu be able to cut off the now large importation altogether.-' Savannah Teleqran. Peanuts prodnce as well in Missis sippi and Alabama as anywhere, yet we import from other States nacarly all the peanuts sold by venders in these two States. In the aggregate, the sum paid out is large. 'eanuts are rarely raised in the Sections named, except iii very small patches; very rarely do we hear of as much as an acre or even a half acre being planted. The crop caln be raised at little cost and with prolit, upon land that is too poor to nake cottbn ill pa%yinl; gnantity. Why not raise more peanuts? Why should Tennessee and Virginia aid North Carolina monopolize the peanut busi ness? Let us at least raise enough for home constlmption, and a few bushels to sell. In these small crops, proper ly managed, there Is monev, anid it is money we are all striving for. Try an acre itn peanuts and see it you cannot find a nice prolit in this crop.-E. M. in Live Stock Journal. The South as a Dairy section. Northern people have never vet got all accurate colceptionl ot the possi bilities of the South. This may be partly owing to the pre judices wiiiclh the war engendered, and which make it next to impossible for those who eu tertain stch prejudices to Jorm a can did investigation of the resources of that really fertile section. There have appeared inl our columns from time to time, letters from the South extolling it as a dairy region. Then we have had letters which rather ridiculed tihe iuea. The fact Is that the South is en tering upon a new life. Things have changed since the war. The people have been compelled to adju.t them selves to the nlew order of things, and in a measure they have had their prog ress retarded because their surrounld ings were new and strange. It has been a very natural thing for miany of them to fe:el irritated over the einanei pation of their slaves and no doubt that, many of them have spent valua ble time in chafing when they should have devoted themselves to improving their condition. But they have made p)overishmlent ol' thle SothI, a,s thme re suit of tile war, has noL heei an un mixedl curse to them a' they will vet see, if theCy haive not alread'y seen ~ii. Their sections is nletuIrally kertile Nat ulrally they have a great'deal of goodt lanld. LBuIt much o,f it has hmer- abuised, and it has niot been mande to lprodutce its best. Cotton and( tobacco hmave~ beeni the ruinl of the Sotuth. TIhat is a cu rio us remark to make ini view of genera liy recogaiizedl facts, butt we bi. eve it its trueC. Ant~t irther amani ini the Soath have been led to see it'. TIher have seeni that genieral tarminlg w~-i pay thlem better than eternmal cot tonl andi ,tobacco gro wing. More will see it, and the live stock of' the Soutth will iiin-t prove greatly in the next twenaty-fivec years as a consequenlce. A mong the indcustries that are to t prove p)rofitable in that sect ioan is th ia (dairv. They hlave all the sulrr'ound- s ings to make dlairy profitable ; anId c having a climate thalt favors a luxurous s growth of grass, and1( a soil which can' be madle to grow it lulxuriantly even though ini sections it many anon'be run downl, why should the diary not find a comtoartable home11 there? 'It is asesert ed that there is now better grass there than there is at the North. Th'lere crab grass grows wvell, grows every where that it hlas the chlance, and makes ex cellent pasture aand excellenlt hav. Clover anld timnothay. IIenry~ Stewaart recenutly said in thne American Agricul turalist, dlo better t hall they (10'in thle North,. Oat grass tlouIrishecs. Eanouigh hats been said to show why the dairv' shmouald (10 well inl thait sectionl. t'he~y can grow all that is aneeded to feed the cow; she cain runa out In. the larger plortiona of tile sectlotn, all tile y'ear rolund ; food cani be p)rodutced cheaply and~ if tile busi ness of dlairyinag cannaot be made to pay t hiere, if p)roperly m lia algedl, it cannaot be aiade to part Iani where. Bt, the SouthI, takinig 'ii alto gether, tmust get bettetr stock, and1( here will be onle of the most ltuer:t ive fields to oplerato in that our breedlers have ever found.-8o. Live Stock Journal. "WYhat.'s the Miatter With, Yo,u." "'Wetl, not muchel i part icetaar. fu tt Pmi a little ailing aill over. 1 don,i't leap well,*.1( an y kidn ,eys are out of~ >rder, and( I cani't enjoy imly meials, alnd 'ye a t'ouch of rheumat isma, aand once n a while ai twVinge of nent alli.' ~ow, neighbor, you seem to wanit a enaeral fixing upl, anld the thing t odo t. is Brown's Iron-Bitters. AIr. A. J. ~Ickrell, of Eninis Texas, says, "I was sickly man.. Brown's Irona Bit.ters adc "me healthy and stronig."* ghtened in, Sing Sin;r. Iniste'ada of ritndig stove etaigs lag acts as aan rrandl boy or' porter, carryllng cast - age from place to plae in the bulb'i, ig.. A 3BIIad and De.af Woman. Miss MInnIe Wallace, of Atlanta, lost nr hearing, heor sight and( SeInse of laste.. u ores covered her body anId limbs. 14er i ilnts were swollen spd paInful, her lImbs iralyzed, appetite dat., and she was eking it a mIserable life. $Ix bottles of 1, B. 11. stred her sight tand hearing, relieved all thes and paIns, addted flesh and strength id she is new a Well woman. Write to ir. A pr'emlnent Alaibama physIeian saId: & PatIent whp was'almost dyIng froan the g fects of Tert.iary YMyphillIts and who had s sen treated by several noted physicIans ithout boeient, tsed one dozen bot*.les of B. B. atnd was entirely cured. lie had ee on hIs arms and the bones protrudedl i rough the otlesh and skin at the elbow, b id death senmed inevItale." Ai'ttng Ybxtr4ets froni tt,eumnte k ei pared or tll, Uue of Congres 'The annual report of the third as isthlit postmoeter-geueral Shows that he total revenues during thm year wero 142,PG0,843, expeliditures, ucltlal and stitlated, iniclinig Comnpensation to aeltc IRailroa-t, $f0,84d,415, lentvini ti Xcs of' the estinnttt cos t ot the erVice over ihe ;;ro.,N reipt.y of $8, $1,571. The estit euien tticicovu for he next fiscal year is $7,443,914. The ross rece ilts t e $765,114 or 1.7 per cut. less thiut Ihe ear ctuliut, Juno 0, 1884. A part of theI decrease is ttribtted to (ihe inc:rease of h t it it of veight oil seconuI class matter fron wo ounces to loiur ounces without hange inl tir rto a t' postag:e; but the nore potent fictor was the s iigtation if business twitOghout. the country. Clie ainoutit r(luied r t,the compen ation of no,tlasters during the year XCee(eit the ttount appropliated by F243,848, which taust be provided for n the deficiency approptiation bill, vhile in other itettus Ihere were ex esses of appropriations over expendi ures agregating $1,074,361. The oss that will realut 'roti the reduction f postage on sccotuilclas; matter (inailed by publishers) dur"ing the next Isc:tl year is estituated at $1,200,568. SUGAR IlLIANG. The annual report of the coumtiis ioner"t' a tgricuIture states that the experiments undertakei with the pur pese of checking the present enor mous waste of sugur-fully one-half itnl-i the millinffg 1iocess, met wit Ii high ly gratifying results So fatr as the di rect purpose was cotncerted, ninety eight per ceit. of the stgar present in the platits subjected to expetitntnts having been secured. FOOt) ADtLT;rI:ATION. An imptOl(alit sertiesot'itiyve'tigautiouns in 100(1 aiulteratiots hias beett cotn inencel. ''hi; worl: so fIr has been chiefly with butter .tid honey, but it is Proposed to extend it util uniforn tethols of eximinatiott it( standards of cotupariison are established. Tril:I 1'ATrioN (U:TT'in F1Li)Ug:. ''The c( unlnissioner" describes thie re suits of the work ot' liroscopical di vision iu the discovery of a method of detecting countcrfeit butter, and in this cottiect ion says: The unparalleled increase ill thie past few year3 of the iiannfacttre atnd stle o1' various cotn pounids of anitmal fat-4, ve:getable oils antd other Substances, which are fraud tilently reireseited to the public as butter, threatetis the destruction of the legitimate dairy interests, which are of lite largest iagnitude an( affects all sectionis of thte cautrv. It is not, he says, Coll,etit.iil witI dair.ring that it tieprec:ateI, but the st(imulation of true (Iar rtodulicts, the deception of a tiisleadiih g naie, the use of impure substtinces andI the (islhotiest sale at high raltes of )ro(lucts otherwiso of little vit, e, wactices which denoral ize t'ade delraud hottest industry and :1ca the buyer. To protect the p)ublic frotn these deceptive practices tle eariest lv.recotnneI ds the pronpt )assatge of a stringent. law by Congress to prevent the colttiuatnce of this bus ness, except under such regulation as he lecessities of the case dettand. 1'he enforcemientof this law, if thought tdvisable by Congress, is to be placed ilidetr tie cotriol of thte initernal reve i11e depiatrttnent. Fl'OIEIUN MEDICINAL PLANTS. The cotuissionier, ireferintg to the .equtest ol' the Amer'icant Phairmtaceuiti. al Association that the c'otiinissionter )f agtricul ture take itneasuresC foir ithe trodu ct iont ittto culItivationo int this ~ountriy of.51uch1i mpotrtatit foreign mued nitti ltatits as5 would be adiapted to mur elittnte itt ordeir that thler tnighit >e treadilyv obtaintable itt a fresh state, Itid thait antothear itidusttry tiitrht bo >e C141led( to ou' couite's reCsottrees, ays therie is tao dou11bt i hat matiy of' hte tiuost impotant m led ici naI plantts tre adatpted to onei climiate antd could Ie cihlated~~tC itt perftcCttin; andiC it voul seemi wcell thait meants should be akeni to give them a pi'opei' tiail. Cears arte expri0ee, lie adds, that ome of thlese plats arte becomtintg ex. ermii inted in tirb native stations, and ci respect to) some1 of thletm, ats fot' ini tantce the ginsinig lanitt, thle time has otme wheat they' miay pr'obably be indo ob)jets of' pi'ofitable cultivation. OH! 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