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sntehez Protestant Orphan ASy
lam.-A Grateful a1d Graceful
AcIGnOVV ed 2nent.
NArcHEz, Feb. is, 1871

NATcHEz, Feb. is, 1871
Cor J. l.. POWER, Grand Sec'y Grand Lodge
hiss.
DEAR SIR: 1t gives me much pleasure to
acknowledge on behalf OF the Managers of
the Nutehez Protestant Orphan Asylum the
receipt by the hand of Mr.. c. I Chamber
lain. the sum of three hundred dollars, being
amaunt OF appropriation made by tie Grand
Lodge OF Mississippi Masons, at its recent
session in Nicksburg, for the relief Of this
Asylum. Permit me to say that if the Ma
sons Of Mississippi experienced the pleasure
AMI beessedness of giving to an extent at
all commensurate with the gratitude we
feel toward them for this timely aid they are
already abundantly rewarded Whether
such be the case or not please convey to the
Grand Lodge, aud the Order at large, our
most sincere thanks, for this second evil
deucc, real ana tangible. of their sympathy
for ana with our efforts III the cause of
charity. We desire also, in this connection,
10 assure you of of our high appreciation of
Your personal aid and assistance in urging
hecaims of this Institution upon the at
tention Of the Grand Lodge ia your annual
report as Grand Secretary. Earnestly in
voking the blessings of the Almighty upon
the Order, and more particularly upon It's
members in Mississippi.
remain, very respectfully.
MRs. john FLEMING, Treasurer,
Natchcz Protestant Orphan Asylum.
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L A w S
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
fFUBIIsHED By AUTHORITY
Az ACT for the r.ief Of Charles Dudley.
Or THE

WHEREAS Charles Dudley, having been EN-
ployed on the 23rd OF March, 1876, by the Pen
itentiary Investigating Committee. to go il
quest of and bring before said commit
tee one Alexander Smith, important
witness in the matter Of impeachment of Gov
Ames, the charges against whom said commit
tee were then investigating. and
WHEREAS, Charles Dudley did go in pursuit
OF, and bring before said committee. said Smith.
after long pursuit and heavy expense; there
fore
SECTION 1. BE It enacted By tie Legislature
Of the State Of Mississippi, That the Audi
tor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby
authorized to issue his warrants on the Treas.
urer of the State in favor of Charles Dudley,
for one hundred dollars ($100.)
SEC. ?. Be itfiurther enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED January oath, 1877.
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AN ACT fix the per diem and mileage of Electors 70
Pr esdent and Vice-President and for other purposes
.PPROvED, February 1st, 1871.

AN ACT fix the per diem and mileage of Electors for
President and VcePresident and for other purposes
SECTION l. Be- it enacted by the Legislature
Of tie State Of Mississippi, That the pay
and mileage of Electors for President and
Vice President of the United States in this
State be and the same are hereby fixed as fol
lows -Four dollars per day for every day neces-
sariy consumed in going to and returning from
the Capitol of the State from the respective
residences of said Electors, and twenty cents
per mile for the distance necessarily travelled
in going to and returning from the Capital, by
said Electors, respectively. The amount due
each Elector shall be ascertained by his aft
davit Of the said number Of days and miles of
travel taken before and filed with the Secretary
of State. And the Secretary of State shall is
sue his certificate of the amount due each of
said Electors 70 the Auditor of Public Accounts,
who shall issue his warrant the Treasurer
for the amount due said Electors.
SEC 2. BE 1t further enacted, That the Elec-
tors Of 1876 are hereby declared entitled to
compensation and mileage above provided,
and proof of their claims may be made by aft
davit before the clerks of the chancery courts
Of the counties in which they now respectively
reside, in the manner provided in section one
of this Act and the certificate of such Chan
Gerry Clerks accompanied by the affidavits made
before them, shall be authority to the Auditor
of Public Accounts for the issuance of war
rants therefor.
SEC 3. BE 1t further enacted, That the sum
of five hundred dollars or so much thereof as
may be necessary be and is hereby appropria-
ted out of any monies not otherwise apprOpri-
ated, for the payment of the Electors of 1876
SEC. t. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
APPROVED, January 31st, 1877.
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SECTION 1. BE It enacted By the Legislature
OF the State Of Mississippi, That any per
son or persons of this State now or hereafter
engaged in the growing of grapes. may manu-
facture the same into wine and sell the same
without paying any license tax as required by
law to retail yinous and spirituous liquors pro
aided, that when the same is sold in less guam
tity than one gallon it shall be put up in bot
ties or other packages to contain not less than
one pint.
SEC ,. Be ii further enacted, That if any
person or persons engaged in the manufacture
of wine out of grapes grown in this State, shall
adulterate the same by mixing 1t with water
spirituous liquors of any kind, or other article
used tor adnlteration, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction. in any court
having jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum OF
not more than five hundred dollars or impris-
oned in the county Jail not more than three
months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court.
SEC. g. BE 1t .furtAes enacted, That the
wine manufactured and sold under the provis-
ions of the first section of this Act shall be SUBJ
iect to inspection by chemist other person
appointed by the board of supervisors, and il
found to be impure or adulterated in any way,
the said inspector shall report the fact to the
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SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

Judgments in the following cases were
afmed by the Supreme Court Monday,
Feb 18th:
2137-Seott v Scott.
m.u
z->s-Iatum vs. Preston and Stetson.
-'J2-knotts vs. Bailey.
judgments We're reversed in the follow
ing eases:
here. iN'''''S'
5555gg,,-State, etc, Hull, and remanded.
n,ooe--GrayeS v. Stockdale; reversed IN
pas. and deer ee here.
ss9Ss5oo--Brown vs. Prophet; and remanded.
m,,n,oF'---Dilard vs.. Schrumport; and re-
n, --ys-7State use, etc, vs.. Cooper; and re-
ni [i'95-French vs.. State, use, etc; and dis
MAJ 7g4'-Sterns Fertilizer Mfg Co., VS.. Hen
-1 Sno. and judgment here
ni lsSooGI-Prestige vs.. Cooper; and bill dis
79S 1S- NJ DC IA vs.. MeCaa; and remanded.
-OH'Ld vs.. State; and suit dismissed
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Commissioners Sale.

TTNDER A DECREE of the Chaneery Court
u of Kinds County for the First District
thereof rendered on the llth day Of Deeem5 Der,
1876 in the case of John W Robinson, against
b F. Meore and others, /, as Commissioner,
appointed bv said decree, will, on the It'll day
Of April. 1877, in front of the City Hall, IN
Jackson, Mississippi, sell al public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, and by sub-dlvls-
ions not exceeding leo acres, the following
tract of land in Kinds county, known as the
wilkins tract.) or so much thereof as will sat
;sfy said decree. to-wit: The FL and E1z of
YWJl and E1z of SW14 % section = The :
Of EW1+ of section I. The vs. Of SW14 Of
east corner of said eighth The E14 of NV 4
Of Section /, except 2811 acres off the south
east corner thereof and six acres of Of The
All in township 8. Range l west, contaiRiH G
about GOA acres, with the tenements heredi a
ments and appurtenanees
SHELTON & SHELTON, Soils for Compft
Feb Is i77-tds.
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AN ACT for the benefit of Public Schools in Fasqo Cit

AN ACT for the benefit of Public Schools City
SECTION 1. BE 1t enacted BIZ the Legislature
Of the Suite Of Mississippi, That any child
within the school age prescribed by law, and
resident in 1azoo county, but resident in
Yazoo City, shall be entitled to attend any
public school of said city, and the teacher OF
such school shall certify the place of residence
of such child and the fact of such child's attend
ance at such school to the board of mayor
and aldermen of said city, which certificate
shall be PrtD7a fdct0 evidence Of the facts set
forth therein, and upon its production before the
board Of supervisors of said county, unless dis
proved, said board Of supervisors shall order
the treasurer of said county to pay to the
treasurer Of said city the pro rata share of such
child of the public school fund of said county,
to be ascertained by the treasurer of said coun-
ty, from the assessors list of enumeration of
the educable children of said county, and the
treasurer of said county shall pay the same
accordingly.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That the sala,
ries of the teachers in the city public schools
of Yazoo City shall be fixed by the school trus-
tees of said city annually, prior to the opening
of the school term and that their action hereto
fore in fixing the same is hereby ratified and
legalized
SEC. g. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February 1st, 1877.
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s'eaar, Of sEr. samuel Handy.

Canton Mail.l
Mr. Sam. Handy, the eldest s,n Of
Judge A. II. Handy ans brother Of our
fellow townsmen, George, William, Hor.
ace, Charles and Alex Handy. died
very suddenly LAST Wednesday night
about 8 o'clock. Although his health
had been very delicate for some wears
past, still he was able to attend t. his
every day duties as note clerk at his
brothers bank, AMI was so engaged
throughout the entire dav, Wednesday.
lie left his desk about six o'clock IN the
afternoon aud was engaged in pleasant
conversation with friends on the street
until almost o'clock. when he repaired
to his residence. lie retired 10 bed
rather earlier than usual, but before he
had laid down, or just as he was about
getting into bed, he observed to his wife
that he fell some oppression in his chest,
but the words were scarcely uttered when
he fell upon the bed, and in few mo-
meLts life was extinct. The deceased
was universally beloved in this communi-
ty.
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A Walking Miracle.

Mr.. II. r. STENESs4
Dear Sir-Ihough stranger, ] want O. iu-
form you what NEGETISE has done for !.e.
Last Christmas Scr0tula made IFS appearance
in my system large running ulcers appearing
on me, follows: One on each a. u.s. arms,
one my thigh, which extended o. re teaf.
one on my head. which eat into clio skull bone.
one on my left leg, which became So bad tlat
two physicians came " amputate tLo limb,
though upon consultation concluded mot - 90
80. as ny whole body SO full of S.r9iH.ai
they deemed 10 advisable 10 cat the sore. which
painful beyond descriI zion, and there "-s
quart Of matter run from this one sore.
The physicians all gave me up 10 de and
said they could do no more FOR me. BD.l ut l.iF
legs were drawn up t. my seat, ana 81 HHs
thought il did get up again "odid be "a GRIP
PIE for life.
When Ia this condition ! saw VEGErTNE
advertised and commenced taking it iu Aaft ID
and followed with il until Dad used six
teen bottles, aud this morning / al going ta
plough corn. well man. All my torneiHtu
say IL is a miracle 10 see me round walking ana
working.
In conclusion 1 will add, VIXEN was cul1T-
ing such great suffering. fuEu that dfc1niai
disease. ScTofula, / prayed To tho Lord shore TO
take me out OF this world, but ~ NEGEItNE las
restored to me the BLESSINGS u beaitI- desire
more than ever 80 live, that may De az ftlH1
service 70 ny feiiow-nen, aud know q 40
better way to aid suffering humanity, Than TO
fncIoss you this statenlGut of my case, with hu
earnest hope thar you viii publish 10, aud 10
will afford pleasure to reply TO amy com
munication which may receive ulcrcfroIu.
am, sir, very repeatedly,
WILLIAM PAIN.
Avery, Berrien Co., Mich, July ~. is.-.
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SECTION 1. Be It enacted By tie Legislature
Of tie State Of Mississippi, That the OF
one thousand five hundred ($1,500) dollars be
and the same is hereby appropriated to the
payment to w. L. NugeRt, OF balance due him
for legal service rendered the State and the
sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250)
be and is hereby appropriated to the payment
Of Hiram Cassidy, Sr., of balance due him for
legal service rendered the State by him. The
Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorize
to issue his warrant or warrants on the Treas
urer to the persons above named, for the said
amounts appropriated for them respectively as
above.
SEC. 2. BE 1t further enacted, That if said
attorneys named in the first section Of this Act
shall accept the sum therein appropriated, the
same shall be deemed and taken as full pay
ment of all sums due them by the State fol
legal services heretofore rendered
SEC. 3. BE 1t FURTHER enacted That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
| passage,
APPROVED, February LIST, 1877.
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Citation.

EsrArE OF wM. II. ALLEN. DECEASED.
THE STATE cor MISSISSIPPI, Chancery Court.
[aSl lst Dist. sent.
KINDS COUNTY. Term A. d. 1876
TINE Final Account Of f. Watkins. Admin
Il istrator of said w. II. Aliens Estate hav-
ing been filed with accompRn wing vouchers
and il appearing by affidavit fled. that Flor
ence W. Allen, the only child of said deceased
and Mrs. E. T. Allea his widow. aud guar
dian OF said Florence W, are both uon-rcsi-
dents Of the State Of Mississippi, and reside
at Marion, Alabama, which is their pcetoficc
1t is ordered by the Court thar said uoa-resi-
dennts, and all other persons interested iu the
said estate, do, on or before the first day of
the next Term Of this Court TO be begun and
held at the Chauccrv Court pom. ia Jnc ks.u.
Mississippi. on the Fourth Monday ut March
1871, appear and show cause ii any they CON,
why such account she'll not Doe allowed. and
the Administrator discharged IL is further
ordered that the .Oregoing order ice publish
cd, once a week .or at least thirty days. in
TIE CLARION, a paper. published in the
CITY Of jackson, TO be ended more than one
month before said fourth Monday i'm March
1877, and that the Clerk, by mail send cer-
tilted copy of the foregoing order to each of
the iersona aforesaid, ar Marion, Alabama 4;
but if said parties shall be in Kinds county.
Mississippi, then citation may issue 20 them
according to the statute.
4 true copy from the minutes.
W. 4. RATLIFF, Clerk.
BY A. G. MOORE, d. G.
jan.l0, '17-6w-tprs. fee $4,000
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ACT TO allow the District Attorney of the 4th
Judicial District to compromise a certain suit pend
ing Circuit Court Of Carroll county against the
Sheriff of Holmes county and the surees his bond
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the Legislature
Of tie State Of Mississippi, That the district
attorney for the former 14th judicial district of
the State of Mississippi, be ana he is hereby
authorized. with the consent and approval of
of the court, to compromise certain suit now
pending in the circuit court. OF Carroll county,
first district in which the State of Mississippi
i splaintiff, and IL B. Loverine, late sheriff of
Holmes county. and others, are defendants,
upon such terms he may think most advan
tageOus 10 the State.
SEC. ?. BE 1t further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED February LIST, 1877.
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beha and Holmes counties issue in certain
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by tie Legislature
Of the State Of Mississippi, That the Board Of
supervisors of Oktibbeha and Holmes counties
are authorized to direct the clerk of said board
to issue warrants for all just claims against said
counties known as claims against the school
house fund, for which warrants have not
heretofore been issued to the holders of such
claims Procided, that said board shall deter
mine the just and true amount due in each case
before ordering the issuance of any such war
rant.
SEC. 2 Be itfiurther enacted, That the board
OF supervisors of said counties at the regula r
meeting thereof for levying county taxes for the
year 1877, are authorized to include in their
levy of taxes for county purposes an amount
sufficient to pay the warrant, and issued by
virtue OF this Act and that all such warrants
SO issued shall be received in payment of coun-
ty taxes.
SEC q. Re it further enacted, That =
take effect and be In fnr"~ mis- Act
passage. - from and after IFS
APPROVED, January 80, 1877.
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SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the LEGISLATURE
Of the State Of Mississippi, That the provisions
of "An Act entitled an Act to provide for and
regulate the custody and control of the school
lard fund arising from the 9th section in
Choctaw county and other Counties approved
April 18th, 1876 be and the same are hereby
extended to and made applicable to the coun-
ties of Covington and Jones, and the funds in
said counties belonging to the respective
townships. known the 10th Section Fund as
provided in the above rected Act
SEC. ,. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
APPROVED, February 1st, 1877
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NERVOUS DEBILITY

Vital Weak 0e~s depression
a weak exhausted feeling, no energy or
courage; the result OF Etaentai over
work iza9e~crcEiOs.s OT rxceSae$, or
some drain upon the system, is always
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Specific No. 3s. l. tones up and in
vigoratcs the system. dispels the gloom
anu dependency, imparts strength and
energy.-stops the drain and rejuve-
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Citation.

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Chancery Court
LIST Dist, at Rules,
HINDs COUNTY, J February 5, 1871
Two 7 S and r. d. FORMER, Of Jena, Cata-
L houa parish, Louisiana and all others iu-
terested in the estate of BENZ Fortucr,
deceased
Youare hereby cited 10 he, and PERSONAL APP
pear before said Court, az the Courtroom in the
city Of jackson. Mississippi,On the fourth Mon
day Of March, A. D., 1877, the same being rc-
turn day Of said Court, then and there q answer
the petition of JOS II. Morris, Administrator
de 60nis non, praying for a sale Of the lands OF
said estate, mentioned in said petition 10 pay
the debts Of said estate, and show cause ir any
youcan, why the prayer Of said petition should
not be granted
Ordered at Rules this 9Th day Of February,
A. D., 1877.
" 4. RATLIFF, Clerk.
By A. q. MOORE, ID. c.
A true copy from the minutes
W. 7. RATLIFF, Clerk.
A. G.. Moore, b. G.
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Administrators Notice.

NTHEREAS Mt Rules, on December4th, ls7G
w of Chancery Court of the First District
of Kinds county, letters of admins ration Of
the estate of ). G. Newcomer, deceased, were
granted to the undersigned by the Clerk OF
said county; now all creditors of the deceased
are hereby notified to have their claims duly
pIobated and registered in the Office OF said
Chancesy Court OF said county, within the
time limited by law, or they viii De forever
barred, and AL persons indebted 10 said cs-
tate must come forward and make immediate
payment.
THOS. T. PERSONS Admiu'r.
feb INV
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Notice TO Taxpayers.

MR.. L. F. CHILES, my Deputy, will open
Nj an office in jackson, at the Chancery
Clerks Office, on he 18th day of March, which
will be kept open until the first day of May
1877, for the purpose of receiving the assess
ment of the taxpayers of Jackson and vicinity
for the present year. All who fail to fl W
their blanks and deliver them to MIR. Chlles by
the first dav of MAY, will be consi tered delin-
quent and charged damages as the law directs
D. b. GREAVES,
Assessor of Kinds Co., Miss
Fab - 77-3xr
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Gen. Featherston is the gentleman re-
ported as being the mover of bill to
allow the newspapers Of Marshall county
a larger price for legal advertising than
any others IN the State could receive.
We want no favoritism in the Governors
Office. 80 Gen. Featherston can stand
aside. If he wants the office let Marshall
county give it to him, or the legislators
who adopted his bill. -Brookhaven Led
ger.
The above does Gen. Featherston
great injustice He did all he could to
secure the passage of the bill for the
whole State, and when he failed in that
he showed his devotion to the interests Of
his constituents by introducing similar
bill for his own county. If he had OPP
posed the original bill, and then intro
duced bill to apply only to his own
country, there might be some reason for
the above unjust fling, but that is not the
cAse.-Brandon Republican.
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SECTION l. BE it enacted By the Legislature
Of the STATE Of HissjssiRpi That upon appli-
cation Of the eXecutriX or executor OF the Hon.
w. r. Barksdale, deceased, the Auditor of pub
lie Accounts be and he is hereby authorized
and required to issue his warrant upon the
Treasurer, payable to said eXecutrix or executor
for the full amount OF the salary now allowed
by law for the present session to members OF
the Legislature.
SEC. ?. BE 1t .ftnthel enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, January 24th, 1877.
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H. Your life Worth 10 Gents

Sickness prey ails everywhere, and every
body complains o some disease during their
life. When sick, the object is to get Well !;
now to say plainly that 80 person in this
world that is suffering with Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint and its etf9cts, such as In
digestion, Costivenass, Sick Headache, Sour
stomach, Hart Burn, PAlpitatiOn of the
Heart, Depressed Spirit. BiliousneSS, etc,
can take GREENS AUGUST FLOWER with
ont getting relief and cure. If you doubt
this, Send to W. \. WILKINSON, Drug
and get sample Bottle for 10 cents and
try it. Regular size 70 cents. Two doses
will relieve you.
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ACT to extend the proEiso1s of Act entitled An
Act to incorporate the Aberdeen Guards" volunteer
company Of the city of Aberdeen; Autry Rifles of
Holly Springs Miss; the "DeSoto Blues , 81 Hernando
Miss the Prairie Rifles of Okolona Miss the Oktib-
6eha Rescues. of arkville, Miss: the Lee County
Guards Of BALDWIN, Miss; the Rankin Guards Of
Brandon Miss; the Tunica Guards of Tunica County
Miss; the "Nexubee Rifles of Macon Miss and the
~Senatobia Invincbles of Senatobia Miss approved
January IS, 1877, to the Dixie Guards of Crystal
Springs, Miss.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted 6y the LEGISLATURE
ef the State Of Mississippi, That the provisions
OF an Act to incorporate the Aberdeen
Guards" volunteer company of the city of
Aberdeen; the 1Autry Rifles of Holly Springs,
Miss; the "DeSoto Blues" of fernando. Miss:
the "Prairie Rifles of Okolona, Miss. the
"Oktibbeha Rescues,' of Starkville, Miss; the
Lee County Guards" of Baldwin. Miss: the
Rankin Guards of Brandon, Miss the nTunica
Guards Of Tunica county, Miss, and the ..sen-
January 10, 1877, be and the same are hereby
extended to the Dixie Guards, of Crystal
Springs, Miss, who are hereby created body
corporate and polite under that name
SEC ?. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February 1st, 1877,