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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

Among other names mentioned in
connection with the COMPREHENSIVE
of Tennessee, We notice those Of Mr..
P. c. McCowst of this city, and Mr..
c. A. Lefiingwell of Memphis. Mr.. Nc
Cowat is an old citizen of Madison, n
thorough business man, careful, pru-
dent and correct, and familiar with
all the details of the duties of the Of
fee, and would. lill,it most creditabIy.
Mr.. Lcffingwell is also a man of rare
business qualifications, of unquestion-
eel integrity. aud is one OF the best
democrats in Shelby county. Either
of these gentlemen would discharge
the duties of this important Office adj
mirably.
We have printed and delivered TO
the Mayor and Aldermen of this city,
this week, sixty bonds, of the denom-
ination of one thousand dollars each,
to be delivered to the New Orleans,
st. Louis and Chicago Railroad Com
pany, IN consideration of the loca-
ton OF the Machine shops OF the Com
pany within or near the corporate lin
its of Jackson. The bonds are paya-
BILE in four yearly installments, of if
teen thousand dollars each, the first
iustallment being due the 18Th of Au-
gust next. TIE design and printing
OF the bonds was the wora of Mr.. d.
l.. BALcH, who IS in charge Of the
WIG AND TRIBUNE jon OFFICE. and
is as handsome piece of work as can
be executed in any office IN the State.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28
Humboldt Directory.

CJTSAN & B-DpNNELI-. ~ucces-or~ Ia r.
" ]. Hill. Hole! and Restaurant. Meals
nj all hours. Fresh oysters ssTve-l in any
sIyLe. y $50 nrst-rIaSs bar, stocked with
the choicest Liquors. Tobacco and Cigars
Attached to the establishment l. a we'll
assorted Confectionery. Board per day $50
Aes i 81 cents
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

RochefOrt has removed the office
of his paper the LaHts1ne, from Lon
don to Berne, the capital of Switzer-
land, where he can be nearer his great
enemy Marshall Mcmahon, and tor
ment him with his malicious squibs
The French Minister Mt Bcrne has ad-
dressed a note to the Swiss authori-
ties IL the name of the French Gov
ernmcnt, in which he says it is expec-
ted that Rochefort will not be allow
ed to continue his attacks on McMa-
hon. As the liberty of the press is
guaranteed in Switzerland the author
tiles refuse to interfere, and so Ro-
chefort will have it all his own way.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28
" 1 HqRestiOHd6IU the best SUs
tanned York of the kind IN
the UOrId."
HarPer's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

The cveT-lacreaSing circulation 81 this *
cgllGut monthly proves lis continued adsp-
rutl1u TO popular desires and needs In
deed, when We think into how many homes
DO p+usLrafs- every month, we must cOuSll-
.r IL o. one % the educators ns well as enter
tlint--s Of the public mind. for rs vast pop
ularIty has been won bv no appeal 20 stupid
Irt-iutl Ices or tIepraveI Taste L0sfsR Gist.
Inc character which JEIs MAGAz pos
SsSSTS for variety, enterprise, artistic wealth
and literary culture tllaf % has kept pace
with, II 10 has not LED the times, should
cause lis conductors 20 regard 70 with justin
able csmplacency, IL also entities them 10
a great claim upon the public gratitude
The Magazine has done good and not evil
al the days OF its llfe--ErOOElyn Eagle.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

hes into six per cent. gold bonds Of
the United States, while he proposed
to raise the greenback up to par in
gold by contracting il by gradual sta
ges limited by the law. This act.
aud the very first thing done under
this act. separated forever the gold
bonds Of the United States from the
legal tenders, and abandoned ali idea
Of the power, the right, and tie prac-
iicc TO convert the grecuback INTO "a
bond. The law did no: even stipu-
late what bond it should be, whether
it should be a forty or a twenty car
bond, or whether IL should run FIVE
years The only limitation was that
the rate Of interest on the gold bond
shOuld not be over six per cent, but
no duration as to time was prcscriJ-
ed. Under that act the secretary fun
ded the treasury notes, into six per
cent bonds, swelling the amount OF
our six per cent bonds from 300. OOO,-
900 TO about 81 600, 900, 900. All the
treasury notes payable in currency
we're converted into six per cent. gold
bonds"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

"A Com pIyte Pictorial History Of the Times
The best. cheapest and most successful
Family Paper in the Union"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

nIMS Il WILLIAMS, dealers in Drugs, Aedi-
- cines Paints, Olls, Seeds, Toys, Fancy
Goods etc north side Front street.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28


igibility of person to hold Office in
Kentucky, who has been engaged in a
duel, has just been decided by the
State Contrasting Board Of that State
At the general election last August,
Thos. L. Jones received Il majority Of
about $1,000 votes for the Office Of
Clerk Of the Court of Appeals, over
his opponent, Cochran. II was charg-
ell before the Board that Jones was
ineligible by reason OF having accept
ed a challenge to fight q duel, five
years ago, which by the constitution
Of the State of Kentucky, renders any
person 50 accepting ineligible to any
office in tie State, and also makes
him liable for prosecution in the
Criminal Court. Jones is a Democrat
and was elected as such, and the mem
bers of the Contesting Board are all
members of the democratic party,
nd Y he decision, which is a very i'm
poriitAnt one, VIII probably be made a
/ Precedent in future cases Of the sort.
The following is a synopsis of the de-
/ cisiOn of the Board:
l. That Contestant Cochran has not
| q claim TO the Office.
2. 4 majority of the Board three
members) hold that the proof shows
that Jones did accept challenge, and
| is thereby disqualified to hold office,
| and they also hold that the Board has
/ jurisdiction to try and to decide the
question of his guilt on testimony by
| dispositions before them.
! 3. Said minority of the Board 1.-TWO
members) hold that the testimony
fails TO prove that, and the Board has
no authority or jurisdiction to try or
| convict of such crime or offences a.
| gainst the laws on original testimony
| like that in the record.
/ 4. The Board holds that when it has
/ filed its opinion, one copy in the Office
of the Secretary OF State and has sent
one copy to Mr.. John w. Cochran,
the contestant, its functions will cease.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

p. TAYLOR X son, Dealers in Dry
% Goods. Groceries, Boots, shoes and Hats;
also Hardware, Ilnware, QuecnsWare, Cut
lerv, etc. north side OF Front Row.
VIZ W. RICHARDSON Dealer IN Staple g
" . Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing
Roots. Shoes, Hats, etc. Also Hardware, Tin
ware, Queenswarc, etc Liberal advances
made on country produce OF every description.
North side of Front Row
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28
THARLES L. STEW

CHARLES L. STEWART, Proprietor
I J CRYSTAL Palace, Fine Wines and Liquors
Tobacco and Cigars; also Fancy aud Family
Groceries Lunch At all hour. IN al is EI-
Iointm ents equal 10 any estai hshIceat either
Ia jackson or Memphis. North size Front row.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28
Gadsden Directory.

- HARRIS, Dealer IN : APPLE and Fancy
-. Drv Goods. Notions, clothing Boots
shoes, Has, etc, QuvsnsgEurc, Cutlery I'm
ware, etc, north side Front Row All goods
as cheap as they can he bought anyN here Tor
the money
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28
"Fold their tents, like the Arabs
And silently steal uWay.p

ER EE SAMPLES 60 Agent. La
dies, Combination Nee
dle-bOOl, with ChTunos. Sead stamp.
Dean & Co, New Bedford, MATS.
CONSTANT EbPI0YMEhT--At home, Male or
" Female 50 "A week warranted. No capi-
-! required. Particulars and valuable sam
pie sent free, Address with 6 cent return
stamp, e.. Ross, Williamsburg, y. y.
Work 1s " a29 Gsy 9 of s9 or s@a caPP Per
So,, al tai We send valuable package OF
III oil goods by mail Free. Address with
10 cts return stamp, NJ. Young, i73 Green
wich ST, y. y.
MTEn-AGESTS for the beSl Sell
" NV ~ ing Prize Stationery Par kaye
out sample PACKAGE post paid, for sc. Cir
cuiars free. j BRIDE, 767 Roadway, ,. v.
pSYcH0hAkcv or SOUL CHARhlNG.-Hoiv Ell
ther sex may iascfunte and gam the owe
and Affection OF any person they choose in
stantly. This simple, mental requirement
all can possess. f. ee, by mail, for s5c, togeth-
er with a marriage guide, Egyptian Oracle.
Dreams, Hints TO Ladies, Wedding-Ni ght
shirts, etc. a queer book. Address T. Will
LIAM & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

"A Repository OF Fashion. Pleasure; and
instruction"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26

local associations to support and protect each
other from the collection of oppressive taxa
ton.
Resotred, That the executive committee be
empowered to employ eminent counsel of
South Carolina and elsewhere for the purpose
OF bringing civil suits and criminal prosecu-
tlons against such persons in and out of the
State who have improperly and fraudulently
used the funds credit, stocks and bonds of the
State.
ResolCed. That the executive committee.
through their counsel take legal measures to
ascertain by final judicial decision the actual
legal debt ofthe State
Resolced, That to pay the expenses neces-
sary for 80 extensive a prosecution Of fraud,
that the taxpayers of the State be assessed
81 so on each S100 of the taxes paid this year,
and that the delegates from each county organ
ize, and be charged with the collection of
these amounts.
ReSoired, That the executive committee elect
o treasurer, to whom shall be forwarded the
amounts collected, which shall be paid out only
under such regulations as they may deter
mine on.
ReSolred, That the members of the bar of
the State be earnestly invited to join i'll this
movement, and volunteer their services in each
county, to Investigate and bring to public retri-
button the nefarious acts of corrupt persons.
Mr.. McMaster of Rchland offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were referred to the
same committee:
Whereas, the constitution of this State, Sec
ton &c, declares that sail property subject to
taxation shall be taxed in proportion to lts
value;" and whereas, there is great complaint
Of the excessive assessments of real estate
made by the equalization boards throughout
the State, reaching in some cases to ten times
the cash market value, and in multitude OF
instances to three or four times its value; and,
whereas, petitions for reduction of assessments
are ordinarily disregarded, and the opportunity
to rectify these abuses by the courts ID impeded
by unjust restrictions therefore, be it
ResOlred, That this Convention do memorial
iZe the Legislature to relieve the taxpayers
from these evils by passing law
l. To declare that the word value in the
thirty-si1th section of the constitution is con-
strued to mean cash value in United States
currency at the time of the assessment.
9. That any citizen dissatisfied with the as
sessment of his property may appeal from the
decision of the comptroller to a trial justice
court, with u jury of six men, with right to
appeal and the decision of the jury shall be
the assessment for taxation.
3. That when the assessments are completed
in any county, the county auditor shall give
public notice thereof for three weeks, and any
person dissatisfied may apply by petition for a
reduction Of assessment to the comptroller,
with the right of appeal to the court for one
month after he receives the decision OF the
comptroller, and that the collection of taxes in
such case be suspended until determined by
the decision of the court.
The Convention then adjourned to meet
again at 10 4. NJ. on Wednesday.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26
COLUMBIA, February 10.

Others.
COLUMBIA, February 19.
The Taxpayers Convention reassembled this
morning, at ten o'clock, in Irwin's Hall. There
was a large attendance of delegates, and the
proceedings were of more than usual interest,"
Mr.. J. NJ. Williams introduced resolution
providing for the organization OF Central
Taxpayers' Immigration League. This, to-
retber with several other resolutions, was re-
ferred to the executive committee.
An Immigration Bureau.
Gen. NJ. w. Gary, the chairman of the COM
mittee Oh immigration, then submitted the
following report:
We have carefully examined and considered
all resolutions that have been referred to US
touching the subject matter OF white lmmlgra-
lion into this State. We have appointed a SUD-
committe, or which Mr.. E. L. Sell was chairman,
10 confer with the State Grange; Which commitr
tee was informed that the conference muSI 10
respectfully declined, as thc patrons Wt+S anr
stitutionaly debarrcd from acting VIII any
other body. For the information OF the Cohven- r
lion we beg leave to state that we have aScer-
tained that during the past four months MAJOR
F. MelcherS OF the City OF Charleston, mas oeen
Instrumental in introducing 500 Immigrants lnIo
tho State and that he has aL present orders 1or q
iorce additional number, and that he has now II
his possession five thousand dollars, TO be eH-
nendrd in the Introduction or additional lniml-
rrrnnts lie has twenty agencies In various
Towns and cities in Germany and las also m.ae
arrangements with the prof. RI TORS or me lnMaH AZ
line OF steamers to bring out Eu Ii Immigrants as
ms he may secure. lie has an agent III tie Cty ny
of New York to forward them at once 10 tle GllS
0f Charleston. The expense OF bringing an lli-
migrant from the interior OF Swltzerlahu VI 9ei-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26
TAXPAYERS, CONVENTION.
rHEFIRsT DA-FULL REPORT.

Opening Address OF President Porter
The Speeches-A Terrible Arrangement
of the Rings-The Encou, agement OF
Immigration.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26
THE THIRD DAY.

An Interesting Debate-The Speeches OF
Gen. Gary, Mr.. G.. A. Trenholm, and
Others.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-29
MIR. CHAMHERLAIN,s SPEECH.

On Friday last the Republicans Of York
county were addressed by Hon. D. H. Cham
berlain the candidate of the Republican party
for Governor, and Messrs. Minton, Parmele
and Northrop. The attendance of Repubh-
cans at this meeting was larger than at the
Republican meeting held here three weeks
since, but there was considerable diminution
in numbers as compared with similar meetings
held four and two years ago.
Mr.. Chamberlain was the first to speak.
He said it was pleasure to him to discuss
political questions, and to advance arguments
in support of the Republican party, without
resorting to abuse Of any individual or unjust
criticism of other political parties. He urged
the people of York to stand by Republican
principles-the principles he advocated at
this place six years ago, when speaking in BE-
half of the first free government established in
South Carolina. He was here to-day to urge
continued allegiance to the party as in those
early days when the system of government
was first introduced.
True, many mistakes have been committed
by State officials but if the mistakes were
even as great as the enemies of the Republi.
can party represent them to be, they would
not weigh as dust in the balance against the
principles on which the Republican party is
founded.
Such gatherings as this, he regarded as the
very best school for our people, and wished
more of his political opponents were present
to hear him discuss the principles of the party,
which he thought were the only ones designed
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Important Decision In Bankruptcy.

I'm the United States Circuit Court at
Greensboro, N. c., last week, Judge Bond
made the following decision to the effect that
the homestead of debtor is not exempted
from execution and sale for debts contracted
before the adoption of the State Constitution
which allows the homestead. The following
is the opinion delivered by the court:
In re SH1PMAN-IN BANKRUPTCY.-Th
is motion on the part of creditors to set
aside an application for the allowance of a
homestead exemption out of property encum-
bered by judgments upon debts created ante.
cedent to the adoption Of the Constitution Of
North Carolina which provides for that ex-
emption.
1t seems to me that this application is simi.
lar to that in Gum Us. Barry, which was made
under like provision in the Constitution of
Georgia, and which the Supreme Court, in II
Wallace, declared, with some emphasis, could
not be allowed; and it is precisely the case of
billiard, decided in the Eastern District of
Virginia.
The act of Congress of March 3rd, 1873,
which was passed, as is maintained at the bar,
to overrule the decision of Gum Us. Barry,
and to give the homestead exemption para
mount liens of ahtecedent judgments, was
by the same Court, Chief Justice Waite j 'iv-
ering the opinion, in Deckers case, which will
be found in the National Bankrupt Register,
Vol. x, No. l, declared to be unconstitutional.
This application on the part Of the Bankrupt
must, therefore, be refused and the motion to
set aside granted
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GENERAL ELECTION LAW.

AN ACT Providing for the General Elections and
the Manner Of Conducting the Same
Section l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in general as
sembly and by the authority of the same,
That the general elections in this State shall
be held, pursuant to the constitution thereof,
on the third Wednesday in October, eighteen
hundred and seventy, and forever thereafter
on the same day in every second year, and
shall be regulated and conducted according
to the rules, principles and provisions herein
prescribed.
Sec. 2. Every male citizen of the United
States, of the age of twenty.one years and
upward, not laboring under the disabilities
named in the constitution, without distinction
of raceor color or former condition, who shall
have been resident of the State for one year
and in the county in which he offers to vote
for sixty days next preceding any general
election, shall be entitled to vote Provided,
That no person while kept in any aims house
or asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined
to any public prison, shall be allowed to vote.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose OF carrying
on such election, it shall be the duty OF the
governor, and he is hereby authorized and
empowered, at least sixty days prior to any
such election, to appoint in and for each coun-
ty three commissioners of election, whose duty
it shall be, and they are hereby authorized
and empowered, to appoint three managers of
elections for each election precinct of the
county for which they shall respectively be
appointed. The said commissioners of cleo.
tions and said managers ofelections shall take
and subscribe, before any officer authorized to
administer oaths, the oath of Office prescribed
by section 30 of article II of the constitution,