The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-02-23

to indefinitely postpone;. tabled. MI
Jarnagin offered substitute repeating
the law and requiring the money 90
be returned to the Treasury. Mr.. Muldrow
moved 70 table :carrled.
YEAs-Messrs. Baker. Barksdale- Blount,
Brown, Byrd of Franklin, Campbell, Car
ter. Chiles, Clifton, Cochran. Cram, Dear,
Drake, Dyer, Edwards, Fairly, Floyd,
Fortune, ellis. Gowan, Guyton. Hicks
Huddleston, Hussey, Jacobs, Jagers, Join-
son of Winston, Jones of Issaquena, Leigh,
Massingale, Monroe, Muldrow. McN nor
ter OYerton, Parsons, Parker, Percy,
Reynolds, Sanderlin. Shattuck, shelby,
Southwortb, Spight, Stebbins, Troup, Tuck
er, Warren, Wilkinson. White, Vaughan
Yellowley. Young, Mr.. Speaker-95-
NAYs-Messrs. Aldrieh. Amacker, BalIey.
Bean, Bridges. Bird of Lawrence, Causey'
Grassland, Dabney, benson, Ervln,F eaLner-
ston, Garrett, Gibson. Guthrie, Harper, He
bron. Horton. Hudson, JaInigan; Jayne
Jenkins Johns, Meade, Miller, McCargo,
Mccormick. McInnis, McLaurin of Jasper,
McLaurin of Smith, Nichols, Pennington,
Pound. Powell, Rogers. Rowan, saunders,
Stands. Shrock, Sykes, Tison, Trice, TURKEY,
Watkins, Vaiden-45.
ABSENT AND NOT VoTING-Messrs. Bas-
sett. Bell. Boyd. Carter of Warren, Cessor,
CLAY Gavden Hall. Hogan, Johnson of Ita-
wanda. Jones of Kinds, Lester, Mallory,
Millsaps, McNair, McNeise-16.
And the bill passed.
THE DAVIS IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES.
Mr.. White, chairman of the committee,
reported the articles of impeachment
against Lieutenant-GoyeI nor Davis, which
we publish, condensed:
ARTICLE lsT. That A. X. Davis, LIeuten-
ant-Governor, etc, while Adelbert Ames,
Governor, was absent from the state,
on June 14th, 1873, did, in Lowndes
county, unmindfnl of his oath, etc.,
did unlawfully, ETC.. receive ana ac'
cent of one w. h. Gibbs, $500, as tribe to
grant pardon TO one Thomas III. Barren
tine. charged with the murder OF Ann
Thomas, in said county, on August 10Th,
1874, which said pardon was granted and
delivered by A. X. Davis, Lieutenant
Governor. etc, to the said Thomas I'll. Bar
rentine, or one Jerry Dowsing. for him, and
that said A. X Davis did thereby felonious-
Iy prostitute, violate and betray the duties
Of his Office to the prostitution of public
Justice; whereby, A. h. Davis, etc, was
guilty of a high crime and misdemeanOr in
| office.
ARTICLE I'd That a. X. Davis, Lieuten-
ant-Governor did, on the same day, receive
| from w. +. Gibbs certain chose in action,
| towit:
$500 COLUMBUS, Miss, May p, 1875.
Received OF Henry Barrentine five nun
! dred dollars cash on deposit, to be paid to
the order of A G. Packer upon return OF
| pardon of Thos. ii. Barrentine charged
| with the killing of Ann Thomas, III
| Lowndes county, Miss.
This receipt given in duplicate.
j. DOWSING.
Witness: w. Z. GIBBS.
This chose in action was presented by A
| X. DAVIS, etc, to the said j. Dowsing, and
| he did receive $500 as bride to grant the
said pardon.
| ARTICLES 3D., 4rH and 9TH reterates the
above charges in different form.
The articles were agreed to and passed by
the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich. Amacker, Bailey,
| Baker, Barksdale, Bean. Bell, Blount, Bridges,
| Byrd of Franklin, Bird of Lawrence
| Campbell, Carter of Holmes, Causey. Cross
| land ,Chiles, Clifton, Cochran, Crum, Dabney.
| Dear, benson, Drake, Dyer, Fairly.
FeatherstOn, Floyd, Fortune, Garrett, Gay
| den, Gibson, ellis, GOwap, Guthrie Guy
| ton, Hall. Harper. Hebron, Hicks. Horton.
| Huddleston, Hussey, Hudson, Jagers, Jarni-
| gan, Jayne, Johns, johnson of Winston, Les
| ter, Massingale, Meade, McCargO, McCor-
mick, McInnis, McLaurin of Jasper, Nc
Laurin of Smith, McWhorter, Nelson
ell, Reynolds, Rogers, Rowan, Stands
| Shattuck, Shelby, Shrock, SOuthworth
| Spi ght, Stebbins, Sykes. Tison, Trice, TrOup
Tucker, Turley, Warren, Watkins, Will
| kinsOn, White, Vaughan, Iellowley, Mr.
| Speaker.-S6.
| NAYs-Messrs. Brown, Edwards. Jones
of Issaquena, Monroe, Overton, Parsons
| Sanderlin.-7.
| ABSENT AND NOT VOTING-Messrs. Bias
sett, Boyd, Carter OF Warren, Cessor
| Erwin, Hogan, Jacobs, Jenkins, johnson o
| Itawamba, Jones of Kinds, Leigh, Mallory
Miller, Millsaps, MuIdrOw, McNair, Nc
Niece, Nichols, Riley, Saunders, Walden
| Young--23.
! Adjourned.