The Legislature

Tho military bilí w&s put on its passage ft oconií timo, in the House, on the 9th. Tho voto stood 50 to 39, ono less tbau the necessaly Voto, but beforo being annouücod Mr. Watkins, ehairnittn of tho military committeo, clmnged lus vote, and then moved a reoonsideration, wliich waa agreed to by ycas, 48 ; naya, 43; and theo tho bill was laid on the tablo, to be taken up whenevor thó necceesary votes can bo seoured to paee it-. We have on our tablo Houno fiill No. 225, being " bill to cstab:ish a unifonnity of text books in public schools," which hos boen reported upon favorably by the committee on education of that body. It provideg for o County Board, to bo composed of the county superintendent of schools as chairiuan, but without a voto exoept ia case of a tic, of tho superintendente of tho uuion schcola, and of ono person in each town to be electod by tho township board of school inspectora ; suth board to mot on or before the first day of September 1871, to inako the first soleotlon; the books deeignatcd uot to bc changed oftener tban onoe in five yoars, unless publishors shall charge exorbitunt prices. Notioe is to be given of tho desiguatcd books, and public moneys to be withheld from any distriot negleoting or refueing to use the prescribed books. Tho first section is defeotive in providing for but a single electiou of the township members oi the board, and the desiguation of "uperintendonts of the union schools" in each oounty is indefioite. The primary school laws know no "unión schook" but "graded or high sobools," and superintendents, where legally oxistiug, are eleotcd uuder special legislation ; liko the act goveroing tho schools of this city, and whioh does not speak of a "unión school." This eeotion needs revieing beforo the bill is actcd upon. Ie the House, on Mouday, Mr. Cambrón, from the comniitteo on state affuirsj reported back 'a bill to o.itublich a homeopathie hospital, and for the appoiotment of two professors in the Uuivcrsity of Michigan," with the reconimoadutioa that it do not pass. Also, a bill to amend the University uid bill of 1869, with the eame recotnmondntion. This bill, if we mistake not, is the one providing for a homeopathie department of the TTnivorsity. Both bilis woro laid on the table. This probably eods tbe hopes of tho homeopathists for this sesHion. A bill bas paböetl the Sonate, and is now pcuding in the House, huviug been referred to tho committee on education on Monday, amending 15 sectionx of the primary sohool laws. Not haring tho bill before us, wc are bound to presume thiit the school laws are to be improvod, but it is singular how muoh tinkeriag these laws do nood evory seasion. Wouldn't it bo well to let thcni alone long cnough for sohool boards aud the peoplo to learn thoir provisions ? The Senate has paseod a bill creating the 17 th judicial circuit, and another creating the 18th circuit, and tho same are uow pending in tbe House. Wouldn't it save tbc time both of this and successive Legiülaturcs to at onoe malie as many circuits as thure are oounties, and perhaps it niight be well to divide the larger oounties while tliey nre about it, and have dono with it. - A constitutional amendment upon this subject has been matured by the Senato judiciary committee. It limita tho nuniber of circuits uutil 1875, to 18 ; in 1875 the Legislatura to divide the State iuto not more tban 16 circuits ; but in 1881 or thereofter it may créate any number of circuits. The salary to be 83,000. We wam the originators and friends of tbis amendment that they must limit the number of circuits to nol moro than twelve, or the circuits to say not less than 100,000 inhabitants, if they want the peoplo to ratify it. The ono proposed will not bo accoptable. Mr. Sutuerland, of the Sixth Michigan district, bas thrown himself square ly into the ranks of the proteotionists In the House, on the lOtb, he votoc agaicst free salt and free ooal, and again on Monday of this week bis n&me is re corded among the noes, with " Our Blair's" and Concier'b, agaiust Mr Hale's bill putting salt on the free lisc agaiost Mr. Farnswortii's bill putting coal on the freo list ; and in favor o Mr. Rasdall's bill - intreduoed as an offset to the íree salt and ooal bilis - putting tea and coffce on the free list. We don't objeot to his vote on this lasi bill, if the duty can bo parod, but let the peoplo undorstand that every dollar and cent of the duty paid on toa anc coffee goes into tho treasury, while much the largor share of the tax on coal anc salt goes into the peckets of the minors and manufacturera. Mr. Sutiierland may represent a very small number o: salt makers and lumber cutters in the Saginaw Valleyand Northwestern Michigan, but he does not represent by his votes one in ODe thousand of the Democracy of Michigan, nor ono in fivo of the Domoeracy of his own distriot. The Republicana have lost their twothirds raajority in tho lower branch of Congress, and so are powerless to do a great deal of evil ■ but thcre is still a famttical third, relies of t'uo dark ages, who bclieve that good-feoling can be restorcd in the Southern States by keeping tho leading citizens disfranchised, so that carpet-baggers and negroes can hold the offices. This third preventod, on Tuesday, tho passage of the bill rcmoving all disabilities imposed by the XlVth amendment, except of a limited clasa. The vote stood, yeas, 120; nays, 80, less than two-thlrds for the bill. The four Michigan Republicana voted no. Tbere were 23 absent members or ?acancies; and while the roll was being oalled New Hampshire was filling three of tbe vacant seats witb Domocrat. That blocking: one-third bood be whittlcd awayv