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NATIONAL GRANGE.
PrececaInxs efu,e Annual s~ssten NJ
Ckarfe~ton.

FF0CeE2tnES nj ttfe ABuuAt SFseA31, -
Ckarie>ton.
CHARLEsToS, s. C., Feb. 9.--I.ast
night the National Grange adopted
resolutions declaring the existing pat
ent laws oppressive, and requesting
Congress to grant no more extension,
AID to amend the Laws 50 as to allow
anv PERSIA to use or manuf .cture any
patented article on p ,yment Of a rea-
sauaIie royalty.
The invit.ti n to visit Flefida was
accepted. The choice of the next
pl zee Of meeting of the National
orange is left with the Execuiiv-
Committee. San Frsarisco will he
he ,a.sce it the cost does not exceed
sI5. 0Oe. The National Granse
agreed { loan each Site Grarge a
-um of money equal to sl2 for each
subordinate Grange liz such States,
which Loan shall not lie dis rI'uied
Among SulrGranges.
CHARLESTON. ;. g., Feb. 1.-The
Nation ii Grange, yesterday, auih1iH-
ed the Executive committee to select
Locations for Offices OF the boiy and
to lease the necessary buildings. The
action with reference to loan OF mon-
ey by the National Grange TO State
Oranges was 40 2mended,as b. make
the loan free of interest. Two ml'il-
iional- members of the Executive
Committee were elected, viz: ID. +,
Chase, of New Hampshire. and John
I. jones, of A. ,ns;,s. for three years
elch- { :ff =
%. w. Aiken, of 'outh Clrolil :.
WIS reelected for three years, an! i /.
sanders, of Washington, and +. Is.
Shankl,nd, of Iowa, he'd over, max
ing the cn1lniitec five in all.
A.n appropriation WAS made to-day
! forth Oranges ofkansss and ArksG-
Ssls. ~
CHARLESTON, S. c., Fell. l2.-Tht
n .tionl Grange List night adopte !.
the reporr Of the Committee on Annu-
ii Address of Master Adams, endors-
ing his recommendations that subogdi
nate oranges be fosteIed by the Ma
tinnal Grange, and that manEfactur-
ers ia the South he encouraged.
CHARLEsToN, feb. l3.-ihe M
tionul Grange last night adapted til II
part of the report OF the Committee
on the Centennial Exposition, declir-
ing that no provision his been made;
whereby the Patrons of Husbandry
can lie represented as All associ .tion At
that exposition. The committee sng-
gests that there lie afu lexhitiIion II
plants, products, stock. wool, silk, II d
agricultural publications., and sly III
cunciusi II: ~ deem it part OF
our mission rs Patrons of Hus'and!y,
to produce among our people Il proper
interest in the approaching exhl'ILon
Of the one-hundredth anniversary ut
American independence, and 10 use
our best endeavors 10 have il do the
most guod possible, not only by exhih-
hing the progress and pow OF great
nation during the first century Of It's
ext .tsnce, tut bv cemsnting the bond
which shall unite oui people for the fu-
tuIe. In futherance of these view,
we trust the entire m Insgement % I :,
grand exposition will be conducted on
such broad, liseral and upright lrin-
ciples as shall best tend to harmonize
the States and aid in spreading the
peace of the millenill age among our
people and among the nations OF the
earth" :-..-- -.
The following report was adopted:
Your committee, to whom was re-
felred the resoluti MS of the Texas
State Grange, and of numerous other
bodies in different sections of the
Uni.ed- States, to extend its aid-to the
ieXas and Pmrifc Eailroad, have had
the same under consideration, and ASH
to make the following report:
Your committee have received with
great interest the expression fapprov-
al and appeals to Congress to forward
this great work, emsnating from State
Oranges and boards of trade from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, ard ere im-
pressed with the great and Obvious
benefits wlich woyld result TO this
whole nation hv the speedy completion
of this road, and as il is All enterprise
too vast 10 depend alone for its success
upon private capital, equal justice TO
al sections of our common country re-
quirps the aid Of the haiti, nal Govern
ment to push forward this work, un-
der proper restriction and safeguards,
intuIing the Government against loss,
and the people against unjust impos-
tors and Discrimination, Your conf
mittee, thei eiore, submit the following:
! liesoised. that this National Grange
earnestly invites the attention OF Con
gress to the nevessity of the speedy
comp ction of the Texas Pacific rail-
road, and asks of. that body reasonable
aid Ia the company which hasinaagu-
rated this great national enterprise,
under such safeguards as theprudence
aud wisdom of Congress MY devise,
to guarantee the Government against
loss, and protect the agriealturalinter-
e>ts of the country against unjust dis
elimination in transportation.
lhe report OF. the Committee OIL
tr ,nSport ltion vas adopted The COM
mittee say several IMPORTANT plans for
providing more extensive and cheaper
Aexns OF transportation have Teen pre-
scented 10 them, including the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, and the plan fol
;ie improvement IF the mouth Of the