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Acss chat Have Become Laws.


The Governor has approved the following
acts:
To incorporate the New Market Female
Institute Association.
To extend the charter of the Wythe Wa.
tering Company.
To authorize the trustees of the property
n the city of Petersburg known as Masonic
Hall to borrow money on the same for the
purpose of its improvement.
Granting loan of arms of the State to the
principal of the Fredericksburg Military
Academy, and to the faculty of the Bethel
Academy, near Warrenton.
Authorizing the trustees of Magnolia Bap-
list church in Nansemond county to borro "
money.
TO incorporate the Masonic Mutual Life
Assurance Association of Norfolk.
To amend section II of chapter SO of the
Code of 1873, for the protection of wild fowl
in the counties bordering on the Potomac
and Rappahannock.
To amend section 81 of chapter 113 of
the Code of 1878, in regard to the recordation
of wills.
To amend an act approved February IL,
1875, entitled an act to amend section OF
the act approved March 81, 1878, entitled an
act to prescribe the times for holding the
terms of the circuit courts of this Common
wealth, aud to repeal the 10Th section of the
155th chapter of the Code of 1873, which
authorizes the judges of said courts to nix
said terms.
To appropriate certain sum annually to
the University of Virginia.
To provide for the disposition of the pro.
ceeds of Norfolk county ferries.
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The Party Question.

Will the editor of the Wing press the
question of the right Of the Federal Govern.
ment to appropriate money to internal inn
provements of national characterI He is
chairman of the State Executive Committee.
He would be fit person to present that
issue. We should like to see him try it.
Why, the great body Of the Democratic
party is embraced by the very district that is
most DESTROYS that the Government shall aid
in building the Texas Pacific railroad.
What an act Of party suicide it would be to
attempt to force the Democratic party to
deny the power Of the General Government
to help great national works or to vote sab.
sides to them, as the Wing and other papers
who wish to make it offensive call it..
No, no; "thapll not do" Such an attempt
would be aouted at the threshold. Demo-
Gratis and Republicans join n appropriating
money to great national works. ..
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The world needs less of law.making and
governing than rs generally supposed, and
SO great philosopher as Herbert Spencer
has laid down the grave proposition that the
best thing any Parliament can do is to repeal
what previous Parliaments have done, and
that the next best thing it can do is to do
just nothing at ALL Petersburg appeal.
This is true. Nor is Mr.. Spencer alone in
his opinion. Buckle expressed the same, and
the conclusions of Mill and Adam Smith
in short, OF the whole mass OF thinkers upon
government and law-tend in the same
direction.-NoJok Vuginian.
HERBERT SPENCER says that the principal
business of each Parliament is to repeal or
amend the acts passed by its predecessors.
That's witty. But suppose we say that that
Is just what We want the Legislature to do.
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The Constitutional Amendments

The Assembly has decided to submit the
Constitutional amendments together-in a
lump, so to speak.
This is doubtless mistake. The amend
ments are as diverse as could well be, touch
on wholly different points, are grounded on
wholly different principles, and in short,
are such as eau by no means be taken
together.
Biennial sessions and reduced membership
OF the Assembly are, for example, the two
proposed changes which are most capable of
being considered together ); and yet they are
essentially diverse, though intended both for
economy. When we come 10 look at the dis
franchisng clauses We encounter matter SO
utterly foreign to the other changes that no
possible joinder or even conjunction between
them can be Imagined.
The Assembly should surely reconsider its
decision and submit the amendments sepa'
rately for, as now proposed, their plan is
one that smotbers the free choice of the
people under pretcnce of consulting lf.-N0r.
folk TtrgiWan.
The Vtrginian fayors biennial sessions,
yet writes. the above. 1t takes the right
view Of the case. Whilst we are not in
favor of biennial sessions, we are for all the
other amendments, and do not wish to sec
them defeated. Every one Of them would
be ratified On it's own merits, but by diff.
ferens set of voters. Tied together, how.
ever, all msy be defeated. We arc sur.
prised that the Appeal and the Lynch
burg VUgtnion should not see that there is
much less prospect of biennial sessions than
there would be if hundred thousand negro
voters were not banded against that amend
ment because it is Tied to the others.
About three.sevenths Of the voters are ne
groes. There are-let us saY-224, 900 voters
in the State; $4,000 are negroes. All these
are against Acknowledgement for petty lar
ceny. $1,000 white men pay no capitation-
tax. They will all vote against the amend
ment making its payment prerequisite to
voting. Thus we already find majority
against all the amendments, and without
counting the voters opposed to biennial ses.
sions and the other amendments.
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mittee. submitted paper coDcurripg in the
statementof the committee 40 to facts proved,
but dissenting from The resolutions.
Mr.. GoRpcN moved to reeommit the report
aid evidence to the judiciary Committee.
kr. CcsHILL moved to pass by and print.
Rejected.
Messrs. SrARKE, MASSEY, CLARKE OF Lou
doup, ana STUART spoke in favor OF the
course of acton suggested By the committee,
and 1t was opposed by Messrs. ALLEN, GoR'
DON, and PopHiA. :,
The report was agreed to By vote Of 81
to 4 BoHAsNos, CARrENTER, CECIL, and GoR'
DOM.
On melton of Mr.. TALrAFERRo of Glouces'
ter, it was ordered that the report and testl'
mony be printed for the use of the House.
PASSED.
Senate bill 70 incorporate the Milton and
Sutherlin Narrow.Gauge railroad.
CANAL Oh RAILR DAD.
The canal bill came up as unfinished busl-
ness, and after some discussion upon amend
meuts the House adjourned until 10 O'Clock
Monday morning.
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REApJUsTERs.-What q molly crowd they
are, composed largely OF negroes. Radicals,
Independents, southwestern greens, and
regulators. OF course our section consti-
,uted very large proportion Of this read.
justiug, wiseacre caucus. For the reason
that gudgeon can always be found among
new and inexperienced such members from
this end of the State were caught up In that
poor mans crowd. Well venture to say
Watts. or Ronald, or Shelley were not among
the rea5justers. No public maa OF long ex.
perience or comprehensive views was in that
molly cretT. Colonel Penn could not be
inveigled by such demagogism, nor any
other senator, except from McMullin's
satrapy.
Well. rea1justers, your aims may be good
and worthy, but we do not like your crowd.
When you take into your councils Radicals,
Independents, and negroes, don't expect
anything but grave doubts and serious sus-
picions.
We had anti-funders in the last House,
but they were led by men of ability-by
Fulkerson, Armstrong, and Lacy. These
rea busters have yet such ability to exhibit.
Giristiansburg Messenger.
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Federalism.

The Whig Of Saturday drew comparison
between itself and this paper In the matter
OF Federal opinions quite favorable to Itself
in the eyes Of "strict construetionists -; but
sioce they are grown few in number. we do
not suppose we shall be damaged BY the
comparison. The Wings faal touch at the
Federalism of our character runs thus:
"Again the Dispatch is an advocate oil
Federal doctrines such as would have as
founded the old "blue lights Of the Johu
Adams school,"
This rather knocks" Us. But this "blue-
light" comparison comes of our advocating
the right and wisdom of the Government In
building great works, beyond the power and
means OF individ uals, for the maintenance oil
its power aud authority, and for the pro
lection and benefit of its people.
10 the early part of the session OF Com
gress Mr.. HOLMAN introduced resolution
in opposition to this doctrine. The Whis
showed very kind feeling to yards that reso.
lutiou. The Dispatch asked, "Would any
Virginian oppose an appropriation to the
Improvement vi ca6aSS alfCly Va CFCa W the
voting of a liberal sum to the Kanawha i'm
provement ?" Aud we further asked, who
would stop appropriations while the North
was so vas lily ahead of the South in the mill
lions it had received from the Federal Gov
ernment &? The Wing, Of December 231,
responded
owe have 40 hesitation in saying. after
the South has been put upon an equality 10
respect to appropriations for works OF In
ternal Improvements, we should be pleased
to see the spirit Of the Holman resolution
| rigidly adhered to-
If this doesn't doom our contemporary to
the ranks Of Federalism (as be under
stands it) for the remainder of his I" natural
lifev we know nothing about it. And if
the State of Virginia lays By district con-
structiou " while she gets even with the
North to the tune of several hundred mill
lions Of appropriations she will hardly re.
turn 10 district construction" ever again.
There will be none Of that sort Of virtue left
in her. Our neighbor, we submit, has no
serious ground of complaint against our
Federalism" Ee is like the gambler who
has lost and demands Of bis adversary the
chance to /" get even 'bcfore the game stops.
That game will not end soon.
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General Assembly of Virginia
SATURDAY, February &c, 1876.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Lieutenant Governor THOMAS in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. j. R. Garlck, D. D., of the
Leigh-Street Baptist church. '
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. DANIEL, from the Committee on Privi.
leges aud Elections, reported, without
amendment, Senate bill to provide for q
general registration of the voters Of the city
Of Richmond; which was passed. .
He also reported House bill to amend and
reenact section of chapter of the Code,
in relation to petitions of parties in contest
ed-election cases, with the recommendation
that it do not pass. i. .;
Mr.. NEwBERRy, from the Committee on
General Laws, reported Senate bill to pre-
vent the taking of oysters on RusselPs Rock,
in Rappabannock river.
He also reported that it WAS unnecessary
to legisIate on a joint resolution as to erection
of fish way over Great Falls, In the Potomac
river, a resolution In relation to the same
subject having already passed the Senate.
Mr.. ELLroTT, from the Committee on I'm
migration, reported Senate bill to amend
sections l, 2, 8, 4, s, s, 7, and of an act to
encourage immigration and actual land set
tiers in Virginia.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. GAYLE: A bill to incorporate the
Commercial Bank.
By Mr.. PENN: A bill to provide for work
ing the penitentiary conyicts on the Danville
aad New River railroad. ...
n. .... LEAVE OF ABSENCE. ..
On motion of Mr.. STEVENS, Mr.. POWELL
was granted leave of absence for five days
PASSED.
House bill to amend section of an acl
approved March 20, 1875, to incorporate the
Greene Humane Society, and for other pur.
poses. -.-.......
Senate bill to authorize the payment OIL
certain bonds of the old James River Com.
pany due to the estate of Mrs. Mary f. Big
ginbotham-ayes, % noes, none.
ANOTHER WAY TO THE SENATE.
Mr.. GR1MsLEY presented resolution au'
tboriZing the Superintendent of Public
Buildings, If practicable, to cause an entrance
to be made to the gallery Of the Senate Out
side of the Senate chamber, and from the
yestibule leading to the rotunda, il practica'
BILE. Agreed to. .-.s
..a ENGRossEE. .... 81.
A number of Senate bills were taken uI
uuu oIutIcU w NC CuSlOosCu oo0 1SaA
third time. 1903
On motion of Mr.. SINCLAIR the Senate ad.
journed. a-. .a' III.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at II o'clock A. M
Speaker HANGER in the chair. Prayer by
Rev. Edward Wall, of the Episcopal
Church. -
.,,, REPORTED FAyoRABLY.t - -
Senate bill to amend the charter of the city
Of Stanton. ----~-~----------- -
House bill to incorporate the town OF
Franklin, ia Southampton county. ef' 4l
House. bill to appropriate certain sumau.
nnally to the Hampton Normal and Agricul.
tural Institute. t9ozs.A af.t<"tlJ s't@lf
I'D ~ REPORT AGAINST JUDGE STEVENS. -
The special committee appointed to hives.
'tigate the conduct Of Judge Stevens, through
Mr. MASSEY, chairman, reported resolutions
looking to the removal OF Judge Stevens for
conduct derogatory to his judicial station.
As. RoSALD,,a member Of the same COM
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
MT NEW CAMBRIA EDGINGS AND
JNSERTIEES.

. NE NEW CAMBRIA EDGINGS AND
INsERTINGs;
NEW CROCHET and COTTON TRIMMINGS
NEW GERMAN and LINEN LACES;
NEW COVENTRY and MAGIC RUFFLINGS
NEW vALENCIENNES EDGES and INSERT.
INGS;
NEW GUIPURE and THREAD LACES;
NEW STANDARD TRIMMINGS;
NEW CACHEMERE LACEs;
A fresh supply of KID GLOVES;
A fresh supply of STRIPED HOSE;
A fresh supply of NECK-RUFFS;
A fresh supply of LACE TIES;
A fresh supply of NECK. RIBBONS;
A fresh supply of CACHEMERE LACE SCARFS ;
A fresh supply of COLLARS and CUFFS;
The largest stock of DRESS GOODS in the city;
The largest stock of DOMESTIC GOODS in the
The largest stock of CAssIAEREs in the city;
The largest stock of ALPACAS In the city;
The largest stock of MOURNING GOODS In The
| city; ..-.
The largest stock of WHITE GOODS in the city ;
| 500 pieces NEW DRESS CALICOES;
500 pieces NEW SHIFTING PRINTS;
100 pieces NEW WRAPPER CALICOES;
200 pieces NEW SHIFTING CAMBRICS;
| 100 pieces CENTENNIAL BLUES;
| Great reduction In BLANKETS;
| Great reduction in COMFORTS ...,
| Great reduction In QUILTS; -
| Great reduction In SHAWLS;
| CARPETS al cost;
| OIL-CLOTHS at cost;
RUGS and HASSOCKS at cost;
| Bargains in LACE CURTAINS;
| Bargains In CORSETS. "
Great Inducements offered In all the above goods,
which have just been received from the Ia test New
| York auctions, which enables us to sell them at
| about one half their value.
Come at once, and secure he best bargains ever
offered In this city. Don't delay, or you will repent
| of being too Late.
| SYCLE BROTHERS,
! 429 Broad street. between Fourth and Fifth.
| fe 26 ...
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Then What =?

The New York Tribune goes with the
New York Chamber of Commerce against
that sor. of preparation for resumption that
includes boarding" of gold by the Gov
eminent. 1t declares thus /" AS to boarded
"gold, we have no faith in its existence.
"Whatever gold is boarded now will stay
"hoarded. We have the experience of the
Shank of England to show that resump-
"ton, when it comes, will be attended5 for
<ssome years at least, by an increase ofhoard.
cling rather than the dispersion of existing
" boards"
And yet the so-caled "hard.money"
congressman have been complaining that in
passing law for resumption clause re-
Auiripg the Government TO accumulate gold
with sufficient activity was foolshly omit
ted. Now that the highest financial author.
tiles Of our greatest commercial city show
that the process Of boarding would be dis.
astrous, what are they going to do about
it,"
Exactly. We tell these sharp.sighted
economists that their schemes are destruc-
tive of that principle which is the foundation
Of order, peace, and prosperity in commerce,
and without the support of which no coun-
try In this world can maintain specie-pay.
ments. it matters not what sort of financial
system it may have. That principle is Con.
EIDKNcE. Now, the New York fnanciers
admit this in effect, and yet what do they
propose that is calculate to lure confidence
back to the walks whence it was sc
rudely driven, in great degree by
themselves, with their vile abuses of credit
their rings, their speculations, and their dis.
honest practices of various kindS3 We have
seen little wisdom from them. They are toe
cunning, too sharp, too sordid for wisdom
and as for generosity, outside of selishness,-
generosity that is not expected to pay that
is virtue they know not.
Well, Confidence is best conciliated and
Invited back from her exile by measures
that show some trust and kindness towards
mainly in them. Hoarding gold, as the
fnanclers say, is out Of the question. What
then: Repeal your resumption law, and
give the people rest. Neither initiate nor
contract, nor tell the people that If they are
not ready TO resume by given day there
will be the devil to pay, distraining and dis
tressing, and settling and selling out,
amidst shrinkage, and wailing, and bowling
through the land. That will exile conf.
dence ad snfnitum. But, as we say,
leave the people little rest-make the
Government "honest," and thus its money
"honest," by requiring it to receive all dues
to it In its OWN money. Do this, and conf.
dense will come back-wlll come to stay
peace and the energetic and prosperous fol-
lowing OF the daily pursuits will ensue, and
the country will be ready to resume specie
payments sooner than under any other fnan.
cial policy. Confidence alone can bring US
to resumption-eonfden alone cam make
resumption permanent by preventing 'shoard-
Ing " after resumption. ". 81. so ~ q q
But the grad-grinds seem to be learning
soinstning, Or iratner something is being
beaten into their "pig-heads.,
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der that. he rpay appear ID person Or

DER t1at. nE slDay HPPenkTTAIHH -
counsel.
Governor Kellogg has Issued q procla MS
tien converting the Senate 10 extra session,
to commence Immediately on the expiration
of the present regular session, on Thursday
week, March I'd, and continue for and during
the space of ten days, for the purpose OF con-
sldering any executive or other business that
may be brought before them, or for the pur.
pose Of sitting as court Of impeachment, If
necessary. The impression among Repuoli..
cans seems to be that it was the purpose OF
the House TO prefer articles of impeachment
against the Governor and Lieutenant Cover
nor on the last day of the session, which
would suspend them from Office and leave
the Speaker of the House acting Governor,
under the Constitution.
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MARRIAGES.

Married, on the 23d instant, at the residence Of
the brides father. by Rev. Charles Il. Read d. p,
eldest daughter of Robert a. Lancaster, ESD; all
Of this city.
Married. on the evening Of the 23d instant at the
residence of the BRIDES parents, By the Rev. NJ j.
MicheIbacher, CAROLINE. daughter of Julius
Bear, ESQ, TO JACOB LEVY, of Lexington, N.
C., formerly of Philadelphia.
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The Clifton Forge Link.

We regret to see the bill for building the
Clifton Forge link moving SO slowly through
the Legislature. 1t il the most important
one next to the tax bill in the House. We
believe that the bill in its present form pre-
sents the best of the plans that have been
suggested. Surely gentlemen whose con-
stituents are so deeply interested in the COM
pleton Of the link should compromise their
differences and unite upon that plan which is
easiest and cheapest Of accomplishment. 1t
Is to Virginia vital improvement.
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Our Whis neighbor binds himself to
e Federalism until Virginia gets even sl,i; with
the NoSth In Federal appropriations. That
will take about two hundred and fifty years,
during which Observation-Disclosures
should live. Ben voyage.
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Pausani,aS, the Spartan. An Unfinished
Historical Romance. By Lord LYTToN.
Edited by his son. New York: HARPER
& BROTHERS.
Especially interesting to the scholar but
the general public will desire to see these
unfinished labors of great mind cut off in
their midst.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
We have the above work also from G. f.
JOHNSTON, newsdealer.
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Could our friend Of the Norfolk Virginian
possibly consent to bea member of Legis.
lature which only met once In TWO years ?
How much would ne all not lose were be
sienced tor so long Q period .tz: Lii
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w ANOTHER CASE OF THOSE RICH.
ARDSON LINENS, to be retailed at whole
sale prices;
A large variety Of LINEN sHIRT.BOsoMs very
cheap;
LARGE-sIZE WHITE QUILTS at 81, $3.50. and
So, worth $3.50, 81, and So;
CALICO COMFORTABLES at $1.5e, %, and
$3.50, all made in this city and filled with cot
ton, at LEVY BROTHERS..
KID GLOVES, KID GLOVES, KID GLOVES.
fc "a n
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nEATHS-

Died. in this city Friday night 25th instant, after
| brief Illness, J. 4. DOWELL, In the ffty.fourth
| year of his aye.
laws John Poe, Jr.-are respectfully invited
to attend his funeral from the Broad Street Me
| dist church SUNDAY, February 9th, al 5 O'Clock
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Especial to the National Republican,

New ORLEANS, February 25.-The New
Orleans Democrat of this morning published
a rev dictionary article headed "MoVe Com
mencing-Tell A, P. Hill to prepare for
sction-Pass the infantry rapidly to the
'front.'" and saying: "The war upon Radi-
Gals begun in 1874 must go on, or Louisiana
is lost. Timid counsels are of that class of
mistakes which amount to crimes" In ODE.
dience to the whip thus applied the reyolu-
tionists in the House proceed to pass reso.
luton under the guise of motion without
suspension of the rules or other legal facili.
ties calling for committee to inquire if there
are any reasons for the preparation of arti.
Giles of impeachment against the Governor.
The Speaker ruled arbitrarily this was a
motion, Hot resolution, and declared it car
ried. The design is to attempt to capture
the Government By coup d'etat. The State
Government are taking all possible precau.
tons to resist the revolution. ssB
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IMPEACHMENT cHECKAATRD.

NEW ORLEANS, February 25.-In, the
House this morning q committee OF seven
was appointed to investigate what charged
anE, there are against William T. Kellogg
demanding bis impeachment, and to report
as early as practicable. Of the members OF
the committee all but one signed the Wheeler
adjustment. This. movement took She Re-
puhlIcans By surprise, as, they did not an tic.
pate any Impact until after tns Maardt',
: Governor =; Kellogg Tonight addresysd to
the committee formal communication ask.
Ing to be informed when the committee pro-
poses to enter upon this investigation, in or.
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We BLACK HORN AND INDIA-RUB-
Der JEwELRY, new styles, elegant goods, a,
lower prices than ever
A large assortment Of HIGH-TOP COMBS;
JOAN-OF-ARC GIRDLES;
RUFFS and RUFFLES, at
fe "a LEVY BROTHERS.
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A CAUTION.

Our lahal and brand "PRr4R OF KEY WEST y
are being extensively Initiated BY INSCRIPTIONS
manufacturers, who, with labels aud brands re.
sembling or copying ours. seek to palm of their
spurious cigars under cover OF the earned pop uar-
ty of the above Brand This notice is specially to
warn the public against these receptions.
STEPHEN FUQUET & SONS,
fe 26-1w Manufacturers.
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wLANCAsTER AND CoCHECC

MEL ASTER AND COCHECO
CAMBRICS;
PACIFIC, AMERICAN, and KNICKERBOCKER
PERCALES;
WAsH-POPLINS at 10, 2h, and 1896 per yard |;
GINGHAMS at 10, 12k Is, and 1870. per yard;
BED-TICK from 0 TO SOC. per yard;
CHEVIOT SHIRTINGS in all qualities;
SHIFTING CALICOES in great variety;
WAMSUTTA, PRIDE-OF-THE-NES NEW
YORK MILLS, AUBURN, ANDROSCOGGIN'
FRUIT. oF-THE-LOOM, and HILLS SHIRT
ING COTTONS;
COTTON SHEETINGS, ga, 9 4, 1914, and IL 4,
of the popular makes;
LINEN SHEETINGS, very cheap, at
LEVY BROTHERS..
KID GLOVES In great variety. fe "a