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WILL NOT HAMPER THE PRESIDENT.
The Herads Washington special Soy
he remainder of the cabinet will be col
irmed as soon as reported. The democrat
hlnk the president ought not to be haml
rad
A SOUTHERN COMMISSION.

The Suns Washington special reports
that commission will be sen. south to
barter with democrats and carpet bsggers,
giving the democrats the state governments
and the republicans the senators. The
commission is to recommend also internal
improvements.
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sentiment OF the senate.

The extreme Democrats, !: who want to
smash up things generally and defeat the
announcement Of Hayes's election appa-
rentlY forget that if the House undertakes
to carry things with high hand the Senate
will certainly follow its example and go one
better, II tile House lays down the. policy
Of delay the Senate will meet it at once by
proceeding with the count in the Senate
chamber and completing. it, whether the
House chooses TO attend or not. At least
that such course will be pursued was posi-
lively stated to me this afternoon by Repub-
lican senator's, who say that they do not
propose to be bulldozed. IT is said that
they Will ,inaugurate Hayes OH the 5th Of
March if it takes bayonets to do it, and that
the official heads OF the. army here in this
city will have no hesitation in furnishing
the, bayonets If they are needed. But it is
the belief OF the more discreet Of, both par
ties that no such calamity as would be In
volved in such action OF the. two houses is
IMPENDING Washington Special- Balti-
WOTC DUIs A....a
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by. released fromany forfeiture OF It's char
ter that may have occurred for the cause
stated in the preamble, or for any other
cause. and said charter shall be and remain
In full force and effect TO the same extent as
II no such forfeiture had occurred, II, III
fact, any such forfeiture has occurred. But
the Legislature expressly reserves the right,
by a seneraf law applicable to all the rail-
roads In the State, to regulate the charges
for freights and passengers transported ofef
the railroad Of said company.
2. That, subject to the provisions OF the
preceding section, the second section OF the
act passed January 49, 1870, entitled " An
oct confirming and amending the charter OF
the Chesnneake. and Ohio Railroad Com
pany,n be and the same is hereby amended
and resnacted so as to read as follows:
"2. That the Chesapeake and Ohio Kali
road COMPANY, formed and organized ,un-
der said contract, shall have oil the rights,
benefits, and privileges, and be subject to
all the duties and responsibilities, provided
for and declared in the said contract and In
the legislation OF the States OF Virginia and
West Virginia therein referred TO-, except
only that the said company shall be allowed
for the completion OF that part OF its railroad
from Huntington, in the county OF Cabell,
to Big Sandy river, In the county OF Wayne,
until the first day of january, 1882; and 1t
shall be the duty OF said company to SO
complete its; said road within that period
Provided, that the terminus of said railroad
on the Big Sandy river aforesaid may be at
any point thereon not above that at which
its railroad bridge across said rlyer has been
located. EUsTACE GIBSON, IF
Speaker OF the House OF Delegates;
49,. -. U. N ARNETT,
-, .r....., President Of the Senate. =.
Approved February %, 1871 .'a &
John j. Jacob, Governor.
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Views of Senator Bayard and Others.

Speaker Randall came over to the Senate
chamber and had q conversation with Sena-
tor Bayard on the subject. Mr.. Bayard told
him that il every other member OF the De-
mocratic party in both houses should con-
sent to such action as would prevent the
completion OF the count it would not cause
him to depart from what he believed to be
his duty, and that duty, as he considered it,
was to stand fairly and honorably by the
provisions OF the electoral bill. 4 canvass
of the Democratic side Of the Senate shows
that at the outside there are not half dozen
senators Of that faith who favor anything
that looks like filibustering. ...-,....'
A northern Democratic senator, Ia con-
versation with your correspondent to-day,
said that he did not favor dIatory proceed
ings, and more particularly would be op-
pose any such scheme as new election, rs
proposed by the bill suggested by certain
members OF the House. He said this would
never do, but If the House was determined
that Hayes should not be counted in, let it
take the bull by the horns. declare the ac-
ton of the Commission illegal, aud exercise
its constitutional power by proceeding to
elect TiIden. He said that the whole trou-
bic through this long suspense, beginning
with the meeting Of Congress, was that the
Democratic party had no policy, but were
waiting in vain for Mr.. Tilden to shape one
for them. ..
A southern Democratic senator Shove d
me letters which he had just received from
prominent men in his State counseling an
adherence to the agreement on which the
electoral bill was passed as the desire OF
the people OF the South. ..
The northern Democrats in both houses
are still in the receipt OF inflammatory tele-
grams from their constituents, urging them
to put a stop to the count. Senator Wal
lace, OF Pennsylvania, has received q great
many OF such kilograms, of which the fol-
lowing, received by him this afternoon
from leading Democrat OF Philadelphia,
is fair sample: I" All power is inherent in
the people. The Electoral Commission is a
fraud. Carry tue election Of President by
a writ of error up to the people and try it
again. Washington SDcctdt-BaEtlmore
Sam ..
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could not get some great feat out OF man,
why. this country mtst be sadly OF Tor .
great public impulse. He was right. ana
he proceeded to devise the way, and most
ielicitously he discovered thatthe "punen !"
was the tbingfwhich would, like an electrle
battery, transmit the force Of the spirit Of
. & good fellow to the public debt, making
his deed IN a enabling act" which, Wnile
making him happy, would help to pay tue
public debt and save the; State from
dishonor. The device is admirable. 10
think Of SO much personal connfortabieness
and 50 much public benefcence II, one act
The habit Of drinking, may thus be exalted
10 higher place In history than any OF the
actions OF the ancients, which went toiele-
.yate vain and absurd things, while here In
virginia our social friends Of the festive
board win be paying a noble devotion to
the State and shielding the public credit
from the stain of dishonor. '@ 'sE@" II
TO drink the State out Of dishonor will
dignity the ceremony OF social ,joviality,
and be turning habit Of pleasure into
means Of helping to do more for the pubfc
good thun ever was done by temple or pyra'
mid. =, .,,...s t..sr ..f,.s.s.::2 .
! DIR. MoFFETT will be immortalized, we
presume. His billwillpass, we think, and
It will bring in fine revenue for the rellel
OF the State and for restoring the public
credit and the private credit also; for the
,o ,,,,ot eh.ra yy;f n the State i'm the mat
ter OF that good name which belongs to all
who keep faith with the creditor. !"
We honor DR.. MoFFErr for finding out
how to employ universal habit, with all
the sentiments and emotions it inspires, for
the good OF the State. Who knows what
moral revolution may be wrought by the
expedient of "drinking, the State gut OF
debt" 1t may implant in the public breast
sentiment of public devotion more earn
est and unselfish than at any former period.
All honor to the s'punch."
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Morton or sherman as President.

II the House Democrats resort to aXoWed
measures to. delay the electoral count the
Senate Republicans say tonight that the
time has come when they will be ipecessi-
tated to make a change in the Office OF pre-
sident lot. the Senate. They say they will
put in the man who has thenerye to, doany-
thing that may. be, necessary to preserve to
them tbe fruits Of, the triumph which they
have achieved through the Electoral Conn
mission. Either, Senator Morton or sher-
man win gil the, bill, but Tor obvious rea-
sons the formeriis likely. to be preferred. II
the exigency shall require i by the develop
mentsl In the early part OF, next week the
movement fora change IN the presidency OF
the Senate will take immme date shape
Washington spscialf y fillmore ,San.i ~
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& FLOR the Dispatch.l
The Suit Against the Canal.

-. TIC SUI ARaIHsC tHe NHHWf'
The Board of Public Works have called
the attention OF the Legislature at the
eleventh hour to the States interest in the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. Better late
than never. -......... ..,,.....
Now, why do they not call the attention
OF the same body to the suit or suits against
the James River and Kanawha canal? That
company in ut least one OF the suits against
it-that to sell it out-has three Of the very
best lawyers in Virginia to defend it. AS a
lawyer, Governor Kemper, for one, ought
to know that means danger; Very few
companies employ three tirst-class lawyers
unless there is danger.
Can't they look into that matter and see
that the canal is not forfeited to the bond
holders? PRO CANAL.
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The Canal and Railway.

It being very evident that the present ses-
sion OF the Legislature is to be unlimited,
/. we trust that the members will take plenty
OF time to consider the question OF the CO.
nal and proposed tail-piece OF. q railroad
from Buchanan to Clifton Forge. =
We cannot dismiss from our minds the
belief that the building Of railroad over
this short gapswill be an act decisive OF the
q fate of the canal; because halt million OF
dollars have been expended beyond Bu-
chanan which can never be utilized save by
building the canal to Clifton Forge, and
because The canal cannot reach q proper
connecting point with the Chesapeake and
, Ohio railroad unless it is completed to Gill;
ton Forge. That would give to the canal
sort, Of terminus, and short Of that point
any etopping-place must be, as it were, out
in the woods.
Now, were the General Assembly to pass
an act authorizing the canal.to build rail-
: road from buchanan to Clifton Forge after
!, defeating, one for the extension OF the canal
to Clifton Forge, it would be decisive. 1t
would be tantamount to the abandonment
OF the partially constructed work. and
declaration that the canal must stop where
1T is. AS everybody knows that the value
OF the canal depends upon giving it termi-
nus where large transportation may be
thrown upon it, q decision by the peoples
Representatives that it shall not have such q
terminus, and that all the money spent in
the unfinished part shall be lost, will be
a Judgment against the canal and notice
that it is to be abandoned altogether.
II the canal is to be abandoned, let us at
once proceed to fashion some project that
shall succeed it, and do so with an eye ieal-
Gus for the welfare OF the people and the
interests of Virginia. The bit OF railway is
no fit bantling to bring into the world as
heir to the project that has been SO long re-
garded the grandest measure ever conceived
in Virginia-one hallewed by the jealous
support OF the Father Of his Country. Oh,
no! the "tail-piece" will not answer for
that. Let us try something else, by all
means.
The subject is Of the highest dignity. 1t
deserves the most deliberate consideration
the patriotic consideration OF the members
OF the Legislature. There should be no
/, little rings and lobby-currying about this
majestic matter OF State concern. -,
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One wees-.The End--The Beginning.

One week--The End--The beginning.
To-day week HAYES will be inaugurstea
President OF, the United States. GRANTS
reign win have ended, and he will have
hidden adieu to official authority. A re-
narkable event, since it Will confer more =
general felicity than any other event ''''
ever happened In this land
We have, not the slightest apprenens,on
about any interruption OF the prepara.,o..
For The Inauguration, or Of the inauguratioh
/. Itself. and look forward with entire certainty
20 their accomplishment !,
Wa ohs,l therefore soon bid goodbye 70
General, GRANT and hail HAYES as Rresi-
sen. We shall know from ms own ups
something more rs to his dispos"1tt'lo 9 anu
nol;cv. and be better able to form opinions
mon chen, than from the promises that his
nar,,sans have been so freely making for
him. We are not preiudiced against y GOV v
ernor HAYES, but we have not been ready
10 put faith in all that has been said icr
him. He will be the exponent OF his own
opinions. and his measures will best set the
fashion OF his administration,
yexed beyond measure at the frauds, ana
ritlsinies, and periuries of the presidential
election, 1t cannot be expected that the
people should be in very arniable meod IN
view of the Inauguration OF President
HAYES. But the American people are TOO
practical, too sagacious as to what is for the
public good, to withhold from the incoming
President the acknowledgment Of the good
)! he may do, or propose to do, for them. he
has the chance OF making himself the most
renowned OF presidents. So had GRANT;
but he threw away the priceless pearl, and
sinks below respect. We can only regard
HAYES with the hope that he may make his
predecessors abominable follies and usur-
pations beacon light to guard him against
disaster and ruin alike to himself and his
country. ..
All this, as the matter is settled, we can
patiently wait fer; but we cannot refrain
from expressing our bounding delight that
GRANTS presidential life is so near its end.
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~ .itH ~ -. r. ~ >.
The WhiSkev-Tax.

1t Is to national sentiment or religion
acting as motive power that we must at
{ tribute all great achievements OF nations,
especially those giant public edi1ces and
!. monuments OF antiquity which are still the
wonder OF the civilized world. I'm this
country ,nationalism is too broadly spread
and too much subdivided by sectional and
State boundaries to be efficiently concen-
trated for, any grand achievement as mani
festation OF sentiment and opinion, while.
the many differing communions Of the pre-
yailing religion are, from their disunited
condition, incapable OF combining upon
any great physical work.
Therefore here we lack the controlling
and prevailing motive that in ages past gave
evidence of the wonderful energies and
constructive capabilities. Of man. With
some such agency-some such impulse Of
q community directed to any measure OF
public good--it is agreeable to speculate
upon what might be done in matters
wherein we now seem almost powerless. ID
{ And let us See if we may not muster into
service some sentiment or habit in which
there is popular union and harmony. Take
the social habit OF drinking ardent spirits:
Is there any habit which is more general
than that faot any habit in which there is
I engenderedt a. larger amount OF sentiment
and generosity Doesit not elevate mans
seli-complacency and self-suficiency to the,
degree Of the conviction that he can do any
thingY is not this social habit, then, one
which, haraessed to good cause,
would likely aecomplish;a great deal?
Clearly so, we think. y 1t. lis Soiten
over the festive bowl that the spirit OF men
is poured forth in noblest and most unset
fish manner. 10 10 under the generous in
SEPARATION OF wine that native land and pub
lie duty rise, as It were, unbfadsn in che
language OF eloguence, poetry, and song,
that puts the heart -agnsh and binds the
company in indissoluble bonds 81 mutual
devotion in common cause. We know.
that The memory Of persons sometimes cam
not exactly recall the very nature dof the
common cause; but they never forget the
generous emotions they have felt, and can
not 3ail 10 appreciate the grand things that
insight have been achieved under the divine
inspi
sMoyfRTT bad no doubt Diagnosed this
genfai and generous phase Of life, and per-
ceiYed that If through this condition we
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For the Dispatch.l

Esop tells story OF a child and "a SER
pent. The child was playing in a garden,
and the serpent bit him. The child died,
and his father knocked the serpent's tail
off with stick. The serpent retired into
his hole, but the next day sent messenger
to the man proposing to make peace. The
man replied: Chow can we make peace
while my child lies dead and you have no
tail" .... .-s.....-.... -.........
The fable is worth the study of amiable
Republicans. ........ .-,,.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
H5- COHEN BROTHERS ARE NOW

opening full stock Of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
embracing all the novelties and every variety OF
goods for the coming season. They take pleasurei in
stating that owing 10 increased facilities, they have
been enabled this season to not only enlarsethe va
rious lines Of goods kept by them heretofore, but add
many other lines. They have also added good
number Of attendants, so that the heretofore diff
Guilty owing to the iowds viii In greater part be
obYiatcd. AS heretofore, every advantage In the
purchase of goods will be given to their customers
Give them IN early call and see their great list Of
GOODS, among which are hundreds at lower prices
than ever offered before. fe ZA-Zt
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THE South Case

! rItis said that the Democratic objections
to thetVote Of South Carolina are already
prepared. 1t wiIlilbe: asked that the whole
vote OF the State be thrown out on the
ground that the election was illegal through
the failure 81. the Leg Stature to pass regis.
tration law, as required by the Constitu-
tion: Wdsaingt g; Baftiaors Sun:
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DEATHS.

Died. on. Friday, at IN O'Clock A. d., Dir. ISAAC
age. sss r,,rn,p,.onr
ING MT 10. o'clock from the residence of his SON
in-iaw. Mr.. William Loyenstein, No. $40 north
Fifth street The friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend without further notice.
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MEETINGS.

TIME REGULAR MEETING OF THE
L WEsT-END BUILDING ASSOCIATION will
+. E. THOLL'S, ia east Broad street. All menu
bers and parties desiring 10 take shares are requested
to be present BY order of the President.
i. +. TTOLL,
fe 2e.1ts Secretary.
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T CHAMPAGNE beg to inform
my friends that am again receiving small lot Of
that celebrated PREMIERE SERRE," and would
be pleased to have their early orders for 1t.
fe22-3t OSCAR CRAM.
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lsutCHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD, !
RECEIVERS OFFICE, 1,1at

Ae'SAt0ot'|S - 6s, - SoA o<l4 1ctts j
TO the Editors Of the Richmond Dispatch,
: Z. Richmond, EVd.: !"tSiGG - tI'.7 =
Dear Sirs, AS bearing upon the affairs of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com:
pany, in which very many Of your readers
take q deep interest, / askeyou:to publish
the annexed copy Of a7laW recently passed
by the Legislature OF west Virginia, a GER
titled copy of which has been furnished me
by the keeper: OF the roiial Of that State. y.
Hts proper that Il should state that this
bill was passed by. the Legislature Of West
Virginia, not upon any request or solicita-
ton nstlie part -of this company, but be-
canse1certain parties ihimical to sthe Ghes.
apeake and Ohio Railroad Company had
raised alquestion aof fort eiture, and the LIE:
gislat,lre deemed tit to the interest OF the
State to treat the matter as they have done
in this act. Yours truly f51fz IS
WILLIAMS G. WICKnAAi, Receiver. III
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II,Tpy well filed his place in life, be has gone
q death with stainless reputation. 81

we are indebted to Messrs. WooDHousE d
PARHAa, agents Tor the American publish
era. for,the January No. Of the Westn'''S-
lei. Reuietp ...-...s-, -.
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:nIssOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
.CE BUSINESS

5 The partnership for one year between. JANE
KING and JAMES C. SMITH, under the name OF
JANE KING. terminated on the 9Th OF February,
1877. All persons having claims against The late
inrm will present the same to me for payment: ~,
Thanking my friends for past favors, take this
mode OF Informing them chat Twill continue the
ICE BUSINESS in my own name and on my own
account aud will be thankful for continuation OF
their patronage. MRS. JANE KING, Z. 4
f1tfe 20~lw srsi, Lag mo. 1Slll Cary street. a
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MILITARY NOTICES.

HEADQUARTERS RICHMOND CITY GUARD,}
$3.50 - IT. February 20, 1877.
A SSEMBLE AT YOUR ARMORY on Il
ia MONDAY NIGHT, February 26th, to at q
tend full-dress drill and inspection. 81 U
BY command of CHARLES f. TAYLOR, Cap II
tain. A. L. ELLETI, JR.,
Re 2e-1t +. Orderly Sergeant.
DICHMOND LIGHT, INFANTRY 4
N BLUES ASSOCIATION.-Am meeting Of this p
Association Will be neld MONDAY EYENlNG,n
February 26, 1877, ut 8 O'CLOCK, ut the Virginia II
House for organization. adoption Of bylaws,
election OF officers, &c. All members are specially
requested to be present for important business.
= GEORGE WYTHE MUNFOIsD, President.
I'll BLANKHNSIIIP Secretary. fe Colt
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WILLIAMS c. W1cknaM, Receiver.
An act ReUivia1 ana, Afsendiag the Char
q. tes~of tie Cl9eSdpedkcs and Oi sioi Railroad

n ter Of the C!seSaped ics and Ohio tRoiirodd
fs Company: tsas &. s:.i32,ts ),
VI w hereas It ID claimed by persons, not In
the interest Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company that the chnrter of said
company has been forfeited by reason OF the
failure Of said company to complete ,ts rail-
road to the mouth OF the Big Sandy river,
In the county of w ayna,, thin the time
required by its contract; and whereas it Is
otideemed 1egp edient. 10 enfofee such for
fixture Hit has occurred. as claimed th ere
fore si.ift sts3'
Be IL enacted By The .Legisla azure Nest
Nisginia, i. That the Chesapeake and Ohio.
Railroad Company be, and the same is here
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OF CO-PARTNERsHIp

The co-partnership concern of JARVIS, GLINN
& Co.. consisting Of George w. Jarvis, =. ID. CHM.
and j. Il. Moore, which has been engaged In the bust
ness of aPLANISG-M1I.L and SASH and BLIND
FACTORY, is THIS DAY dissolved by mutual con-
sent Jarvis and CHM selling out their interest to j.
b. Moore, who will pay Ill debts of the late concern
>. 49, GEORGE w. JARVIS,
...f..-s.. .'-sr. .'.. p ID. GLIEN, '-.sr.--
fe 22-tt* J. 3. MOORE. .-f..