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Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03
Letter From jackson.

Jackson, Miss, May 25, 10.
The most important measure
before the Legislature at this
time is the General Revenue
Bill. The House has been en-
gagged in considering it for five
or six days, and bids fair to oc-
cupy several more, before the
Bill is put upon its final passage.
Amendments have been adap.
ted to almost every section
many of which l do not consid.
er any improvement on the
original bill, as reported from
the committee on ways and
means. The Senate has been
occupied principally in passing
a number OF local bills, which
have been before their commit
tees for some time. The most
important being the bill incor-
porating the Elyton and Aber.
deem Railroad Co, anu the act
in relation to Justices of the
Peace. The latter bill was
amended and returned to the
House for concurrence. The
supreme court was organized
ON the 23rd inst. Judge E. 9.
Peyton was chosen chief JUS
tice, J. M. Mckee clerk and at.
torney general Morris, Report
er. The docket Of the first
(middle) district was taken up
on the Oath inst. The nomina-
tions sent in this week have
been for county officers. In
some instances all for the coun-
ty, and in others only for sher-
if or clerk. The counties for
which appointments of officers
have been made are-Rankin,
Neshoba, Franklin, Tallahatch-
lie and Oktibbeha. The two
last on nly for sheriffS and chan
Gerry clerks. AT a meeting of
the Directors of the Pilot stock
company, Mr.. M. B. Hewson
was elected Editor, and has er'
tered upon his duties in that
capacity. There is some dis
satisfaction in consequence of
his election, but not so much as
it was supposed there would be-
The question of adjournment
was tested in the Senate yester.
day, a motion was made thai
the Legislature adjourn on the
10Th Of June, which motion
together with several amend
ments in respect to the time
was laid on the table.
We have had several rough
and tumble fights recently
among the members-all quiet
however at present.
ATVA
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

Will Mr.. Representative Clarke
inform the public why he, a S
chairman of the committee on
Public Education has not as yet
reported general school bill to
the Houses Propositions to ad
journ on the Goth of June have
been introduced, and if the Leg
islature adjourn at that time i,
will be utterly impossible to
frame a bill between now and
then which will suit the
changed condition of affairs
The general features of Capt.
Pease's Bill are commendable
and should be adopted. Th g
'toiling masses, s,-the wealth pro
ducers of the state, those living
in the isolated sections as wei
as those in our cities and town S
demand that q good com NOR
school law shall be enacted
Gentlemen of the Legislature,
you are now making your re
cord, and upon the school ques
ton your votes will be severely
scrutinized.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

H Gov. AlcorA has appoint
ed Hon. J. j. Hooker Chancel.
!or of this District. Every one
who knoacs Judge Hooker will
agree with us when we say,
that we consider this, one of
the best appointments the Gov.
has made.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

Z. P. Jacobson, Esq, of Wash.
ington City, has been confirmed
BY the United States Senators
as Attorney for the United
Statas for the Southern District
of Mississippi, vice Hon. A. Bur.
we'll, of Vicksburg, resigned.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03
SHERIFF SALE.

H.
DY virtue Of the above stated weits to
Id me directed from the office of the
clerk of the Circuit Court of Holmes
County. I will on Monday the 4th day
day of July next in front Of the Court
house intthe town Of Lexington within
Legal hours expose to sole at puqlic
auction TO the highest bidder for cash,
all the right title and interest the defen-
dant has In and to the following lands
lying and being In Holmes county to
wit: the West half of South East quar-
ter and South half OF South West quar-
ter, Section 10 Township IA RAM Q 2
East Levied upon as the property Of
defendant VIM I. Courts, and will be
sold to Ga isfy the above Gtated cases
anc all costs.
,.. o. 8. LEE, Sheriff.
Tune fst 1870 --Sw.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

The receipts of internal reve.
nue for the current year to date
are $155,0O0,O0O - indicating
that the commissioners esti.
mate of S175,OOO,O0O will be
reached by the end of June.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

wGeneral Geo. G. Mckee,
member of Congress from this
District, has appointed John A.
Bate, of Brandon, cadet to
the West Point Military Acade.
NY.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

The laying Of the cornerstone
of a new Jewish synagogue at
Vicksburg, on Friday, was made
the occasion for demonstration
not only new and novel to the
people of that city, but imposing
and grand.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

We are indebted to General
Mckee, NJ. =, lrcm this district
for valuable public documents
among them Gen. Schenk's bill
for the reduction of the Inter.
nal Revenue Taxes. 1t is very
doubtful if the contemplated re.
ductiop takes place this session
as Ahe bill was not reported to
the House from the Committee
Of Ways and Means until the
18th Of May.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03
les vi some of the
fre had been some-

| ward SO manipulated by politicians, as
to endeavor TO orepudiate the same; thus
causing long, expensive and bitter leg
islation, and tending no little to bring
the entire State into disrepute in mon
eyed circles as also, to most seriously
retard the progress Of the road.
TO obviatc all this, Iowa made it first
q condition Of county aid, that an ac-
tual aud sworn survey, with estimates,
be filed in each county, with petition
of one hundred voters, praying an cleo
ton to decide upon the matter of CIV
ing or not giving such aid as might be
asked.
Instead of bare majority of voerst
being required to grant the issuance of
bonds, it was made q requisite that two
thirds of the voters should so decide.
Once issued, by a two-thlrd vote, the
bonds were so guarded as to forever set
at rest all doubt upon the matter Of tie
prinbipal and interest being promptly
met when due.
The State, in fact, while not made of
itself responsible, was yet made the
custodian of the honor and credit of the
county.
1t was provided that any bond, the
interest of which might be protested
for non-payment by tie county, should
be filed with the State Auditor, whose
duty it became in the premises to see
that the amount due, with all costs, be
extended in the tax lists of that county,
to be collected in the same manner as
other taxes, and returned to the Aud
itor, who in turn satisfied the holder of
the bond. By this means all the trou-
Bile experienced In the issuance of coun-
ty bon4s in other States were obviated.
In the first place, being issued by au-
thority Of two-teirds Of the voters
there was no chance for local politicians
to make the subject of their reputation
matter of manipulation at all. In
the second place, being thus guarded,
they were readily disposed Of at very
nearly their par value.
This portion of the General Railroad
Incorporation law, thus introduced,
has been found to work most success
fully, and to the Satisfaction .ot all in
terested. ,--.
By its aid counties have been able to
secure more local roads for their own
accommodation than could have been
built by any other process in long
course of years.
Some two years since the main fea-
tnres of the law, as here presented,
We're introduced into Arkansas. As
an almost immediate effect, we see
some six hundred miles Of railroad in
process of construction in that State;
and it is said that as much more will be
under way during the coming summer.
1t may be said that this is due to the
a'd granted by the State. To be sure
this has been great inducement, but
it is claimed tina far more is due to the
provisions ofthc general railroad incor-
poration law, pRooF Of which is seen
in the fact that some Of the most ex-
pensive roads in the State, which are
now being constructed, have no allott-
ment OF State aid at all, but rely ON
county aid and donations of lands, az
provided for in this bill.
The States of Ohio, Illinois, iowa
and Nh souri, too, grant no State aid,
but tender instead the chief provisions
Of this bill.
| have thus briefly sketched the risc,
progress, al d effect Of the general rail
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

Sargent S. Prentiss, jr., a son
Of the lamented Prentiss of Mis-.
sissippi history, was ADMITTED to
the bar at Natchez few days
ago.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

The town of Bovina, Warren
Co, was somewhat damaged by
the storm on Tuesday night
The two churches in the course
of erection were blown down,
and also the Masonic Lodge,
which was carried away bodily
and the side bursted through.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

A meeting of the survivors Of
the 18th Mississippi regiment,
was to be held at Winona on
the 2Sth, of May to take measur-
eg for erecting monument to
their old commander, Col. Far.
rell
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03
& FANCY GOODS.
, A. B. CRISWOLD & co.

A. B. tRISWOLD & co.
Old firm of Hyde 81 Goodrich, .Estab-
lished over so years
MI WANUFACTURERS aud Importers
IH Of Watches and Jewelry, Silver
ware. Cutlery, Guns and Pistols, cor
ner Canal aud Royal Streets, New Or
leans. - Z.
The largest stock In the South.
Nov Gu III lY.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

The municipal election in
Richmond Va, on the eth of
May, resulted in a sweeping
Republican victory, Cahoon
vas elected Mayor by 1000 ma,
jority, a gain of 1900 over last
year.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

a.
upon this matter than the
House.
1t is surprising how readily
both houses and the country
acquiesce in the postponement
of the Tariff bill. The fact is
that a revision of the entire
Tariff, item by item by 25O men
is almost impossible at any time;
and, even if it were feasible,
the result would be most unsat,
isfactory, Particular interests
which have friends in Congress
will be taken care of, while a
multitude of others which have
nobody to aid them will be sac,
rificed. The bill can still be
sent to the Senate, so that it
can be considered there next
winter, ifit is thought desirable;
but it is extremely doubtful #
a general bill will pass during
this Congress.
The Georgia bill still waits in
the House. Gen. Butler hasthe
authority Of his committee to
call it up when and in the nan.
ner he chooses. He will pipba-
bly, call the previous question;
and, if the House seconds it. de.
bate and amendments will be
cut of. If the questiopsis LETT
open, Mr.. Binghamy AN
amendp,ept bstantially1th bat
which the House once acc to
but which the Senate rejscfed,
Bingham is persistent, andiso is
Butler, and both make their
points we'll. Both are strong
men intellectually, aud b9Irare
obstinate in their adherance to
convictions OF duty, Bingham
wants Georgia admitted atonce,
but with a provision that there
shall be an election next Fall OF
members of the state legisla.
ture. The Reconstruction Com
mittee bill admits the state on
the usual conditions, but is 81
lent in regard to state elections.
1t is understood that, if the But,
ler bill passes, the present Geor.
gia legislature will hold over till
the Fall Of 1872. Many mem
bers who, if they were satisfied
that Congress had any right to
interfere in the mater, would
vote for an election next Fall
will vote for the Committee bill
on the ground that tis the bus
iness of Congress to admit the
state and leaves the time Of
holding local elections to the
courts. The vote, doubtless,
will Lex So. as-tha Denac
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

q Mr.. John Owens, who lives
with his son, DR.. W. A. Ownes,
two miles east OF Fulton, Miss,
will be, if he lives until the 18th
day of October next, one hun
dred and eleven years old.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

The President has appointed
General Marston, ex-member of
Congress from New Hamshire,
to be Governor of Idaho, vice
Samuel Bard, resigned,
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03
J.C. BIRKHEAD
Cabinet Maker,
LEXINGTON, MISS.

1A7A1ANOIO1V, MION.
TEEPS always on hand full supplv
IN of household furniture.
Bureaus Dining Tables
Wardrobes Chairs
Reasteads Dining-room Safes
Centre Tables Picture Frames
Washstands Bookcases
Secretaries. &c.
!, lie has the best articles and will sell
mem on the most reasonable terms. A
STOCK just received of Metallic Burial Ca
yes ana Caskets at reduced prices All
furniture repaired on short notice.
March u ly
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

q M2rce,aS- Coleman, five wiles
east of Meridian, Mississippi, has
cotton in the square and waist
high.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

WAsHrNoToN May 26.-Both
houses having agreed that the
session shall close July 18th,
there isa disposition for enerI
getic work in Congress. The
Senate started out bravely on
Friday. Having agreed to til
adjournment resolution, it tooH
up the important bill to enforce
the Fifteenth Amendment and
sat all night to pass it. AtteI
midnight Mr.. Thurman gave nQ
tice that he intended TO "speaI
till SUNRISE" but the majority
had the pluck to sit him opIl
The morning sun found ths
Senate still in session, and DID
termined to pass the bill befo5|
adjourning; and courage Of tk4
kind always triumphs. | viii
not go into the details Of VI
bill, for it is very long and col
prehensive, and it may be chsQ
ged in the House; but the pi
ciple which 'underlies it evd
good Republican must sust
The title of the bill tells
story-it is Q n
farce the FifteeHth
Everybody knows thN 4
States the constitutional provis.
ion, standing by itself, isn't
worth q straw. Besides the
Fifteenth Amendment itself
gives the power to Congress to
pass laws for its enforcement
The Democratic senators made
their usual cry over the Consti
tuition. They, did it when ar
attempt was made to save the
Union from destruction, when
slavery was abolished, when ne
gro suffrage was established
and now they do it again when
Congress attempts to protect
the colored voters.
The House is getting rid of
the large Appropriation bills
which cumber its calendar. An
other week will see them all on
their way to the Senate. And
then Gen. Schenck, whose long
Tariff bill! has been laid aside.
can bring up his Tax bill. He
expects to pass it in q week;
but to do it he will have to en-,
gineer it better than lie did the
Tariff bill. The House would
like to debate the Income Tax
for three days; but probably.an
hour or two is all that will be
granted. 1 seeno ;reasonA for
changing.thf "a
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

Masonic Hall, at Summit, Mis-.
sissippiwas destroyed by fire
recently.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

By recent changes, Iuka has
been made the county seat of
,Tishomingo.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

Crop advices from all portions
Of the State are cheering. The
late rains have been general.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

Congress has agreed to adjourn
sine die on the 18th of July.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

q the Bingham
there would
doubt as to the
he Senate inves-
the alleaged at
fibe members of
eject all PROPOSE
to an election in
kt Fall, given rise to
that the means re-
BY Gov. Bullock were
tifiable.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03


The new man who is running
the Jackson Pilot has a great
deal to say about the "Old Line
Wings" It strikes US that the
editor of that sheet has been
taking a Rip V an Winkle nap
for the past eighteen y ears
Some of his friends shoul d whis-
per in his ear that the Whig
Party died with its illustrious
leaders, Henry Clay and Daniel
Webster. The protective tariff
policy of the Republican party
will sufficiently commend itself
to-day to the former members
of the Whig party without al:
tempting to wheedle them by
stale worn-out party-catch
words of a quartee of century
ago.
EInformation received from
different portions Of the County
indicate the prospect Of a large
yield of cotton and -camanthis
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

&c. The wagon which was at
once recognized, was found in a
ravine in the vicinity OF Jor-
dams blacksmith shop on the
road between here and Durant;
and shovel unmistakable evi.
dence of the deadly struggle,
The criminals are still at large,
and we are glad to note the
prompt efforts making by the
officers Of this county to effect
their capture.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

The Jackson Clarion of Fri
day says: On yesterday a
small detachment of Scandina-
Wan emigrants consisting of
young men and women, intelli-
gent and well-to-do, arrived
here through the agency of
Messrs. Barksdale. They EN-.
barked at Copenhagen for A.
merica on the 9th OF April.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03
SPEECH
~ OF
S'ASSIUS ID. LANDOA,
of wARREN,
General RAILROAD BIZ, Deliver
the HOUSE Of Representatives OF
assippl, May l7th' 1870.
SPEAKER:

~ VI T. 1hLRs
hour has now arrived for the con-
atlsn Of the General Railroad bill,
n was introduced into this House
n, ,..eS gentleman from Adams, Mr..
nenci 1fsSHhich entities him, in our
(dgein w Of having intro
way OF developlls ssolrces of Mis-
lsissippl than any other that can at pres
kent be offered.
The committee was obliged to report
Ihill as s.substitute, 4 for the rea-
I sol that the sheet upon which the Clerk
of the House had made memorandum
was gone, ,land he, therefore, could not
receive it as the original. After the in
PRODUCTION Of the bill, the gentleman
from Adams made some slight altera-
ton In the latter part oft, and thereby
the memorandum OF the Clerk was lost.
! say this by way Of explanation, that
the House may not in any manner be
mlsled by the report Of the committee,
and also for the purpose of according TO
the gentleman from Adams the full
credit to which we deem him entitled.
am glad that occasionally during
the progress of this session, questions
arise, the cosideration Of which is not in
fiuenced BY party preference, and Is not
controlled by partisan feeling.
I am sure that, In considering the
bill now before the House, we can all
lay aside our political character, ana
discuss this great question upon its na
ked merits.
In my Judgment, there Is nothing
(unlcss indeed it be the subject of edu-
cation,) which Is of more vital impor-
tance to the material interests of the col
ored man and the white-The Northern
and the Southern man, and ALL the
people, than Is the subject of Railroads.
The present demands of our State
her vast undeveloped resources, her
genial climate, and fertil soil, all assure
us that enterprise, aud activity, and la
Dor will make for her a bright and glori-
Gus future.
The question Of Railroads Is no NEW
question. We have but to glance our
eye over the map of most parts Of our
country and We find the different Sec
tiohs knis 5aher by grand lines OF
Rf6 hg the different States,
q together as the bo-
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

On the night Of the 30th of
May there was stolen from the
premises of Mr.. William Elmore
of this county a large brown
horse mule, blind in one eye;
and a gray pony, with short
name, considerably marked,
and crestfallen, from fstula.
Horse, stealing has again be-
came quite common in our
county and it is about time a
stop was put to it, without as,
sistance from the citizens how
ever-in the way of pointing
out the haunts, and wherea-
bouts of these rascals, the off.
GERS of the law can do but lit
411
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03


said before Of one Thousand dollars per
mile, file the article with the Secretary
of state, and the work Is accomplished
the charter Is effected. M
Ifwith within two years prelimina-
ry survey be made, five per cent. Of
stock subscribed be paid into the direc-
tors, and the work of construction be
commenced, the charter holds for 80
years.
If at the expiration of two years, the
five per cent. be not paid In, the pre-
liminary survey made, and the work be-
gun; or if after begun, 1t be not finish
ed in ten years, the Charter lapses to
the State,
The State is thus, while extending
the most liberal offers to all who desire
to build road, secured at the same
time, from placing in the hands Of
mere spectators, who do not propose
to ever build, but to merely hold for
future buyer, or to prevent Others from
building-a perpetual charter.
Nor are we called upon to pass upon
a law, that is mere experiment. On
the contrary, this law, as here present.
ed, is complete digest, or compendi-
um, of the various laws existing in the
States of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missou-
RI and Arkansas.
The incorporating clauses were, we
believe, originally drawn by no less
distinguished parsonage than Senator
Trumbull, of Illinois. At that time,
the Illinois Central Company arrogated
to itself, the right to control the rail-
road Legislation of that State.
By those various processes of fraud,
manipulation and bribery, which have
disgraced most railroad legislation,
and which this bill ettectually wiped
out, the Central Company were under
stood to defeat all chapters for comre-
ting lines.
Senator Trumbull conceived the idea
of General Incorporation law, which
by throwing open, under certain neces-
sary restrictions, the railroad field, to
all. should act as a check on all such
gigantic monopolies, and at the same
time preserve the Legislature Of that
State, from the charge of corruption,
in railroad legislation. Here, then,
was the origin of the general railroad
incorporation law, since introduced in
most of the Western States, and desti-
ned to yet do away with all special rail-
road legislation. Its introduction into
the State Of Illinois, Is said to have
worked new and wonderful era in the
progress of railroads in that State. 1t
has remained fixed law upon her stat
ute books ever since. Such general
satisfaction has it given, that as under
stood, late ConstitHt Htional Convention
has forbidden its repeal; and it is said
that no less than forty railroads are now
in process OF construction, in that
State, under the provisions of this law. /.
lis success in Illinois caused it to be
introduced into OHIO, where no effort
has ever been made for its repeal.
Just prior. to the war, lin 1858, we
believe,) thNprincipal features Of the
bill were introduced into the State Of
Missouri. Here too it has been found
to work admirably, and has undoubt-
edly added hundreds of millions to the
taxable. wealth of that State.
I, IaMaS pFofiting by experience Of the
aS,ssxt took up the new law
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03
Theft.

high on the 25th of May.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

JUNE 3,::;::::::::I 1870.
Lexington advertiser., 1870-06-03

probably act more generouslVS( vi
upon this matter than the ,hn s:. M ~ % Wv T., @ tS M M
The New York herald., 1870-02-14

11Aister Ierdo tns weex vas defeated ~ the vH:.
lance. .of the oneiala Tho NinDter being informed
that ig WAS the ,nfenrson I'd take MN from hw cur
riagc the Palace SUNDAY evening iilled the coaeA
wnh police. ~N0tWyug happened however. Monoas
nlpht the police again occupied tho coach fortu-
nakpy, for Is Was stoppsd NJ the street an three or
The ass ssihs presented themselves az eac DOOR.
whicn they opened, Instead Of nnding the oojecL OF
their search they avere con lonted with hal dozea
rcvolvers. which was sufficient induccment for an
unconditional surrender. Four accompices wee
also secured aud taken on to prison. This occurrsd
IN one q The principal streets oi ihis capital ,