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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

The report of Hon. A. B. Hurt,
chairman of the House Committee to in
vestigate the troubles in some of the
Southwestern counties, cannot have es-
capped observation. We learn that the
investigation was complete and searching,
and we need not add, impartial. The
committee state that they have instituted
rigid inquiry into the causes of the
trouble and their conclusion is that they
are due to financial depression and not
to political influence, nor to race antago-
nism.
1t is sad picture which is drawn of
the condition Of affairs which has pro-
duced these disorders. The parties en-
gagged in them, says the Committee,
"have seen their homes and other prop
erty pass, under mortgage and deeds of
trust, into other hands" with families
beggard, the means for their support
taken away, want staring them in the
face, and their little all passing into the
hands of strangers for inadequate con-
sideration, many of them were impelled
to acts of lawlessness and inhumanity.
1t was the outcropping, says the
Committee, Of the same spirit Of commu-
nism born of desperation, which plunged
tens Of thousands of starving operatives
into acts of violence in the Northern and
Middle States last year, that nothing but
the strong arm of the National authority
could suppress. But there was the same
difference in the degrees of violence that
is discovered between the gentle breeze
and the cyclone, which lashes the ocean
into fury and tears up forests by the
roots in its devastating march.
The Committee have attributed the
distress which has resulted in these rep
rehensible acts in the counties named,
to the improvident system of agriculture
which has devoted itself to single crop
(cotton) and the neglect of the products
which sustain animal life. They may, or
may not, have ascrlbed the disorders to
the true cause; but one thing is certain,
lawlessness is not a proper corrective.
Men cannot be permitted to wreak ven
geance upon communities, bring the fair
name of the State into disrepute, and
punish the innocent to crafty their
passions or to compensate them
selves for their personal wrongs, OF
their real or imaginary misf>rtunes.
The Courts will do their duty. The
Sherifs are the custodians Of the peace
of Their several counties. They are EN-
powered to summon the posse cOmmitatus
for this purpose if it takes every man in
the county. Behind the Sherifs is
thoroughly aroused public Indignation
and an awakened spirit which says thus
far, but no farther. And behind all
these instrumentalities for enforcing the
law and putting down violence, will be
the volunteer military companies, ready
to obey the call of the Governor when
their services are needed for putting
down violence and asserting the suprem
acy of the law. We trust it will not be
necessary to call these extraordinary
agencies into requisition.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

TIE Philadelphia Times comments
on the fact that the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature has been in session two months,
and not more than half dozen bills, if
even so many, have gone to the Govern
or for his approval. Our contemporaries
which have been disposed to cavil at the
Mississippi Legislature for not doing
more, will please make a note of it. 1t
should be borne in mind that i'll we'll reg
ulated legislative bodies the work of pre-
pairing bills and getting them ready for
consideration is done by committees
whose labor is performed in silence and
without ostentation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Speaker called the House to order.
BY Mr.. Bassett. Ell. B. in relation to the
Sixteenth Section or school lands, in Nesho-
ba county. Passed
By Mr.. Lewis. HI. B. to amend an act
for the protection and care OF live stock in
Noxubee county. Passed.
By Mr.. Rainey. III. B. to amend an act to
provide for and regulate the custody of the
School Fund in Choctaw and other conn
ties. Passed.
D. B. for the relief of McColIum of
Perry county, was ctlled from the commit
tee and passed.
By Mr.. Street. 81. B to supply the Cir
cult and Chancery Clerks offices OF Prentiss
county, with the Supreme Court Reports.
Passed.
Bg Mr Street, 70 amend The charter Of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

The ablest advocates of the insurance
laws have been heard through our
columns, writers who from their connec-
ton with the business are presumed 10 be
experts aud competent to present them in
the very best light, as they have no doubt
done. But our readers have seen that
no single reason which we have advanced
in favor of repeating, or essentially mod
| flying these laws, has been answered. 1t
is not denied that they were the product
of Radical venality and speculation !;
that they are the putrid Renaissance of
a by-gone Republican administration
| that they were a loan forced out of the
necessities of the companies doing bust
ness in the State, for the benefit of warrant
spectators. Born thus in sin, how was
good, as a rule, Eve do not speak of ex-
ceptons where here and there a few
thousand dollars have been saved to
policy holders at the cost of tens of
thousands policy holders and of the tax
payers at large to come of them Do
men gather grapes from thorns, or figs
from thistles? Does a system which
has driven out of the State more than
one half the companies doing business
with her people, deserve to be perpetu-
ated by party whose fundamental
principle is free trade, fair play, no mo-
nopoly, and equal rights Does
system which wrings from the tax
payers as much in the shape of
interest as it yields of revenue,
deserve to be continued by party which
is pledged to retrenchment and reform?
But, says one of the most experienced
and thoroughly informed insurance men
who has profited by the present law 81
agree with you that the State ought not
to pay interest. Let this law be amend
ed so as not to pay interest, and give
companies option to substitute United
States bonds" This would be an i'm
provement on the present system, but is
1t not seen that it would still operate op-
pressively upon the companies outside |
the State, and have the very prohibitory
effect which we are deprecating and de-
nouncing, and praying to be rid of
Why not return to the system |
which gave so much satisfaction before |
the war, as all experienced insurance
men will remember? Require them to
f,rr1sb ,,rJo,,htoJ o,,;Jonao &c .oJ.-
for the protection of our citizens and pay |
a reasonable tax for the privilege of do
ing business in the State. As it now
stands, large sums are sent out of the
State to pay premiums to companies
which are doing business with our peo-
pie, and are not paying a cent for the
privilege. Where is the security that
these policy holders possess The
same writer above quoted, says that
# a company is not able TO de-
oosit $4,000 in our State Treasury
t is not worthy to be trusted by the pub
ic. Though the $4,000 deposit is an
sxtortion and an injustice, when it is
that there are thirty-six States
n the Union, and if all acted on the
anne rule, the capital of companies
would be largely taken up in deposits,
his does not touch the question of
light, expediency and economy to the
PEOPLE of the State. As well say in
avor Of prOhibitory tariff, that if i'm
'olters are not able 20 pay exorbitant ,
customs dues they are not worthy to be /
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
FoRTY-sEcoND DAY.
SENATE.
MONDAY, February %. /!

MONDAY, February %, 1873.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Lieutenant Governor SIMS in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Hunter. Roll call:
PREsENT--M Allen, Barry, Bills,
Bridges, Calicott, Carter 1st District, Carter
9th District. Carrie, Dowd,, Parish. .Fitz-
Gerald, FOOie, Furlong. GayleS, Gibbs, Glib
ert, Griffin, Hooker, Jackson, King, Lam
neau, Lee, Lowrance, McCaskill, Montgom-
cry. Morgan, Oldham, Peery, Pratt, Rev
nolds, Rogers, Terry, Thorn pson and Vance
"a.
ABsENT-Messrs. Cowan, Jewell and
Vests.
A communication was read from Mr..
Jas. Galceran, Secretary of citizens meet
ing OF jackson thanking the Senate for
confirming the nomination of Dr. T. j.
Mitchell as Superintendent of the Lunatic
Asylum.
A message from the House announced
the passage OF large number OF bills.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Reynolds. To provide for carry
ing into effect the joint resolution passed
February 9Th, for the collection and pres
ervation amongst the archives OF this State
in soma permanent and enduring FORM of a
record OF the part taken by MississiDDians
and others in the services of this State dur
ing the late and unhappy struggle between
the States. Read twice, and third reading
deferred for engrOssmeut.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Peery, from select committee on I'll.
B. 2l3, to regulate the sale OF cotton in the
seed and cOttou ginned but not baled, in
Adams and other counties, recommended
passage as amended.
Dir. j. p. Carter. from Committee on
Public Lands, reported a substl ute for s
B. 203, to provide for the sale of lands
known as the Internal Improvement Lands
donated by Congress to the State of Missis-
sippi for the purposes OF Internal improve
ments, remaining unsold.
Mr. Bills, from Finance Committee, re-
commended passage of III. b. No. 80, for the
relief of E. N Ramsey, Tax oCoilector of
Jackson county.
Mr.. King, from Committee On Claims.
passage Of I'll. B. 3S7 Tor The
relief Of Al. q. FaIfman or Lawrence c0un-
II Also III - 49, for the relief of James
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

The Senate yesterday passed House
Bill providing for new registration of
the voters of Kinds county, with a view
to vote in August next, on the question
OF subscription Of two hundred thous-
and dollars toward the Natchez, jackson
and Columbus Railroad. Messrs. Lam
neau and Montgomery made able
speeches in favor of, and Messrs. Gibbs
and Parish against, the bill. Mr.. Mont
gomery explained that he acted under
what he deemed the expressed will of his
constituents in supporting the bill; but
that he would vote against the subscrip-
ton when that question is submitted to
the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.-The
Governor has appointed, and the Senate
has confirmed, Gen. j. z. George Judge
of the Supreme Court 1t is not neces-
sary to speak of the qualifications of
gentleman so well known as Gen. George
to the people and to the bar of the coun-
try. He is the peer of the ablest and
without superior in the qualities es
sential to a learned, pure and upright
jurist. His appointment to this high po-
sition, will crafty the public in round
ing off the proportions of the
grand victory by which good govern
ment was restored to Mississippi and
will secure to her people an able and en-
lightened Supreme Court for years in
spite of the vicissitudes of parties. To
prevent erroneous inference, it is proper
to add that the term which this appoint
ment is made to fill, does not commence
until May, 1879.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

THE REVENUE BILL reported to the
House by the Committee of Ways and
Means, provides a very thorough and
perfect financial system. 1t proposes a
State tax of only 81 mills on the dollar,
including the bond tax, which will be a
still further reduction of u mills below
the existing law and another step in the
way of economy and reform. a new fea-
ture of the bill is that it requires the
Chancery Clerk of each county to keep
an account of the finances of his county
in the same manner as the Auditor is re-
quired to keep an account of the finances
of the State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

THE bill of Hon. w. d. Bills, of the
Odd District, for Railroad fence in
the counties penetrated by the Road in
his District, for the protection of stock,
failed yesterday from no want Of earnest
and able advocacy on his part. In the
great desire of members to avoid the
appearance of any act which will dis
courage railroad enterprises in the State,
scarcely any measure can be passed
which in their estimation would have
that effect even remotely.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

TIE very able and interesting report
of the House Committee appointed to
inquire into and report upon the gener-
ally discussed subject of hell, on the mo-
tior of a distinguished member from
Tate, will be found in another column.
The committee certainly spared neither
labor, nor time, in the pursuit of their
inquiry, and were intrepid enough to
tread upon the edge of great peril.
They reached the inevitable conclusion
that "both revelation and analogy teach
the doctrine of punishment in hell and
forever"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

NIGHT SESSION

Recess having expired Che i''
sumed business. ,, acf % I.
Bv Mr.. Doekery. To amend uu ir D
cor5orate the town OF Olive Bralne1i
Soto county, approved April i''
Passed. D..arra
The consideration Of che hets
Uhich contains l0i sections. penAl..
the House adjourned tlll to-me.'t
iDg 100 o'clock,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

Mr.. House, of Tennessee, from the
Committee on Pacific Railroads, reported
on the 23d, Texas Pacific Railroad bill,
which was ordered to be printed and re-
committed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
APPROVED.

APPROVED
The Governor, through Mr. ID N...
Assistant Private Secretary InI.,,
House that he has approved tne oI'
ing the charter Of llazlehursL uI
Mr.. Seal called up n. y. for ilf XIII
John POltevant and J a. Fore Ell Hi "
cock, and the bill was tabled .#.
ii. b. 10 reduce che license loi I...
liquors Ia Bay st. Louis, llaneoeA '
Tabled. A.r
Mr.. Field moved to reconsider uIG.a
tabling Ii. B. 60 amend section lifn 4.
CXI, OF the law approved APf' i'
Carried, and the bill passed. a.. -.ar
BY NJ. Field. To Incorporate
Ere Com pany Of ColumbI-. fl''',tar
Mr.. Henry called up II B To- ,IT"'1.5.
Supervisors to employ cOuviet'. 5s ID
cial order for Tuesday, February -'
o'clock.
THE REVENUE BILL I.,l.r
The special order, II B. iu M. srs
public revenue. was taken APP ~ u5.5.
moved to go into Committee % we
Carried. ,..,fr GM
The Committee Of the Whole ii,v .r
son Chairman) took up the rtfen w. 'sae-o
the bill WAS considered stctloh 49, 8a'
and &C 6 80 the House took l'''
z 80 o'clock.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

BIZ correspondence published in the
New York San. it is definitely estab-
lished that Wells, of the Louisiana
Returning Board. offered to sell the vote
of that State to the Chairman of the
National Democratic Executive Com
mittec, through one j. 4. Pickett. But
the Chairman did not think proper 10
negotiate.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

THE bill to authorize the working Of
eonvicts sentenced to the Penitentiary
for over ten years upon railroads, levees
and other public works, passed the Sem
ate yesterday by only two dissenting
votes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

THEaE are seven Democratic candi-
dates for Assessor of Copiah. all subject
g the decision Of nominating COnven
ZION.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

The House Lien Law Bill was de
feated in the Senate yesterday by vote
of seventeen to fifteen.
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Mr. SEQ {. III. B. 260, to repeal an act
to Incorporate the county seat OF Issaquena
county, approved April 5, 1872, aud 60 in
corporate the town Of MayersvIlle. Passed.
BY Mr.. Re'd OF Choctaw. II. b. 261 an
act to change tile time of holding the Chan
Gerry Court in certain counties in the Filth
Cbancery District. Passed.
On motion Of Mr. Dabnev, s. B. LII, to
prevent the carrying OF concealed wrAtons
was made the special order for Tuesday nc
AZ o'clock.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

IN another column, we have published
well digested bill, introduced into the
Senate by Hon. w. G. Dowd, to en-
courage the establishment of High Schools
and Colleges, which is well worthy the at
tention Of the Legislature.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, February %. 1s7s-


House met pursuant to adjournment
Speaker PERCY in the Chair. PRAYER bv
Il Y. DIR. Watkins. Roll call:
PREsENT-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Angus
tus, Bailey, Baker, Ballard, Bassett, Bean.
Bizzell, Brown, Bunch, Cameron, Carter
Catching, Cansey, Cham berlain, Clay, Cook.
Cooper, Cunningham of Marshall, Cunning.
Inn OF Monroe. Dabney, Davidson, DaV.
DeRham, Dockery, Eaton, Edwards, Erwin.
Farmer, Farley, Field, Ford. Gallagher,
Gholson, Gibson, Gimer, Glass, GoOdrum,
Gordon, Gwin, Hall, Hampton, Hatch.
Henry. Hicks of Kinds, Hill, Hoyle, Hurt
johnson. Key, Lewis, Liddell. Love. Lusk,
Marshall of Carroll, Marshall of Holmes.
Marshall of Warren, McCollum, MoGehee
OF Wilkinson. Mckenzie, Mclean, McSwIne.
McWhorter, Metts, Miller of Copiah, Miller
Of Pamela, Montgomery of Marshall, Moody.
Moore, Nelson, Niles, Mum, Parker, Pc
gram, Perkins, Pintard, Rainey, Ramsey,
Reed of Cnoctaw, Reid of Coahoma, Red
head, Richardson, Roane, Roberts. Robin
son, Scott, Seabrook, Seal, Stands, Smith,
Spight, Spinks, Stamper, Showers, Street,
Tarver. Tison, Trest, Tucker, Wall. War
rem, Washington, Whitaker, Wilson. Wood.
Young of Calhoun and Young Of Pamela
100.
ABsENT-Messrs. Applewhite, Bird, Dean,
Dozier, Heathman, Hicks Of Yazoo, HOgin,
Libby, Magee of Franklin, Martin, and
Montgomery Of Oktibbeha-ll
Reading of Saturdays Journal dispensed
with.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-09
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Thisliniment very naturally originated in Ameri-
ca, where Nature provides in her laboratory such
surprising antidotes for the maladies of her chill
drcn. Its fame has been spreading for So years,
until now 1t cncirces the habtable globe.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment is matchless
remedy for all external ailments of man and beast
To stock owners and farmers 1t is invaluable.
A single bottle often saves n human life
stores the usefulness of an excellent horse, OK
cow, or sheep.
1t cures foot-rot, hoof.aiL hollow horn, grub
screw.worm, shouderrot, mango, the bites and
stings of poisonous reptiles and insects and every
such drawback to stock breeding and bush life.
1t cures every external trouble of horses, such
as lameness, scratches swinny, sprains, founder
wind gall, ring bone, etc, etc.
The Mexican Mustang Linimcnt is the quickest
cure in the world for accidents occurring in the
family, in the absence of n physician, such
burns, scads, sprains, cuts, ETC., and for rheuma
tism, and stiffness engendered by exposure. Par
ticularly valuable to Miners
1t is the cheapest remedy in the world, for it
penetrates the muscle to the bone, and single
application is generally sufficient to cure.
Mexican Mustang Llniment is put up in three
sizes of bottles, the larger ones being proportion
ately much the cheapest. Sold everywhere.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-09
From Bel Air to Baltimore.

TVNHE undersigned, having assumed a SsAsWR
l. proprietorshp of the Tri.weekly kS2&Ff "a
Stage Line, between Bel Air and Bati- f7s>xz-s7ss
more, formerly owned by VIM. Anderson, has resumed
regular trips.
Will leave the Changers Hotel Bel Air, on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays, at o'clock, A. M. Return
ing, will leave Browns Hotel High street. Baltimore
ON Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at the same
hour.
Fare from Bel Air to Baltimore, 81 Is, Round TriI
Tickets 81 from Faston Road to Baltimore 81 90 anC
from points along the route, at lowest rates.
Packages carried at moderate prices.
ap12 PETER i. CASEY
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-09
Year Ending June 80,
1878.

Published By Order Of tie CoaInty Commits
sioaers Of said County, IN Pursuance Of
Section Of Article 20 Of the Code Of the
Public General Laus, 1hich prooides that
1.-THE County Commissioners shall make
out and publish annually, in at least two
newspapers published in their respective
counties. if there be two, n DETAILED,
MINUTE and ACCURATE STATEMENT of
the expenses of their said counties, specify
ing therein each particular item of expense,
and for what and to whom paid, and shall
also deliver to the Sheriff Of their respect
i've counties as many copies of such State
ment as there are Election Districts of said
county, at least ten days before each general
election, and the Sheriff shall within six
days after the receipt of such copies set
up one of them at the place of holding
elections in each District"
The Osceola times., 1878-08-17
Newspaper Patronage.

A cotcmrorary prepares the tol
lowing mirror, in which his patrons
"can see themselves reflected" and
which We, in the hope that some of
our patrons who are in the list emu
merated, might see themselves just
as we see them, make room for it :
Many long aud weary years OF
experience IN tho publishing hnsi-
ness have forced the conviction up
on us that newspaper patronage is
Il word OF many definitions, ami
that a great majority of mankind
are ci,ber ignorant of the correct
definition or are dishonest, in a
strict biblical sense of the word
Newspaper patronage Is composed
of as many colors ~ the rainbow,
and Is as chungeablc as a chameleon.
One man comes in and subscribes
far the paper, pays for IT in nd
vance, and goes home and reads il
wlth proud satisfaction, He hands
The Osceola times., 1878-08-17
Democratic Convention
First Congressional
District.

BY ouibority from a majority OF
the Democratic Executive Commit
tee OF the First Congressional Dis
trict of Arkansas, the Undersigned,
as Chairman Of said Committee,
hereby calls a contention of dele
gates from the respective counties
to assemble at Brinkley, in Monroe
county, Arkansas, on Wednesday,
the 2lst. day Of August, 1873, at j |
o'clock, a. m, for the purpose o.
nominating candidate for Con
ercss from said district. The basis
of representation recommended by
the last District Convention held at
Scarcy, in August, 1876, (Which is
hereby recommended as II basis for
the purpose of organizing the cor
vention), is one delegate for each
five hundred votes cast for Tilden
and Hendricks.
ROBERT NELL,
Chairman Democratic Executive
Com, LIST. Cong. DIST. of Ark.
BatcsviIle, An H.. July Is, rs.
The Osceola times., 1878-08-17

lS the way ofnumbcrs and polit-
ical caucusing, the Barbecues in
Bend 35, Oh the 14th. and 18th
was an immense success There
was present, during the two days,
an average Of at least SO people ;
about equally mixed as to color and
previous condition. The candl.
dates were around in full force, ad-
vocating their respective claims
and each babe adieu TO the dear,
dear people, thea and there Assem-
bled, with the frm conviction that
ho was solid with the voters of the
lower end of the county.
Many ladies were present on the
occasion; the rosy, blooming checks
OF some Of whom, announced their
arrival from the hills-we presume,
from the opposite shore of Tonnes
see. Among the mirth loving,
dancing and firing was the order
OF the day. Several of the candi.
bates shot off their oratorical thun-
der from the rostrum, whilst the
others, with they strikers, kept
matters warm among the sover-
eigns. Considering the immense
miscellaneous throng present, and
the fact that there vas some "can-
didate whiskey" freely flowing
everything went off IN as peaccable
a manner, as under the cirenmstan
ces could have been expected.
The Osceola times., 1878-08-17
Foul Play.

A few days since, coronor's IN.
quest was held, in Bend 35, over
the body ofa boy, (step son of ono
BurgctO, II or 10 years old, who
died nnder circumstances, leading
to suspicion ofIoul play. We are
Informed that his body presented
the appearance Of his having been
inhumanly beaten and manned.
One eye was literally gouged cut,
and he was bruised from his head
TO his feet. The perpetrator OF
this tiendIsh outrage is believed 10
be the boys own s,ep-father, and
speedy steps are being taken to
trace the matter up, aud bring the
culprlt to justice.