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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-13

AN ACT to amend sections 1894 and 2795, of
the Code of 1871 relating to the return of
indictments into Court, and for other pur-
poses.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That sections
2794 and 2795, of the Code of 1871, be, and the
same hereby amended, as to read as
follows All indictments must be presented
to the Court by the Foreman of the Grand
Jury, in the presence of at least twelve of such
jury including such Foreman, and must be
marked filed and such fling dated and
signed by the Clerk, and may with the consent
of the Grand Jury or of the Court, he amended
at any time during the term at which it was
found, but such amendment shall not be
made after such term except by the consent of
the defendent with the permission of the
Court. The order of the Court making or al
lowing the amendment shall be entered upon
the minutes, and the Clerk is hereby directed
to attach TO the Indictment copy of the order
of amendment, showing the date of such
order. But, whether such copy be attached or
not, the order of the Court allowing such
amendment shall have the same effect as if
such amendment were actually inserted in
the indictment, and such fling shall be evil
dence of the proper and legal return into
Court of such Indictment and no entry of such
return on the minutes shall be necessary upon
the return of Indictment, and as soon as the
same shall have been marked fled it shall
be the duty of the Clerk, unless otherwise
instructed by the Court or District Attorney
to issue, immediately warrant for the arrest
of the person indicted, and to place the same
in the hands of the Sheriff, and, having issued
such warrant, he shall enter each case, by It's
number, leaving blank for the name of the |
upon the State docket and each |
case, so entered, shall remain upon the docket. |
and be called by IFS number and orders |
taken and made thereon, as in other cases. |
until otherwise ordered by the Court. Upon |
the return ofthe Sheriff that he has arrested |
the defendant, or If the defendant shall be /
upon bail or recogni rance, 10 answer for the 1
offence charged IN the Indictment, the name OF i
the defendant shall be entered in the blank Oh /
the docket.
ArPRovnp, February 1. 1878.
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Changing County Names.
WestUitIe NecS.

Propositions are pending before the Leg
islature to change the names of certain
counties such as Lincoln, Colfax and others
which are odius to our people on account Of
their association with men who were theil
sternest Oppressors during the darkest hour;
of the late unpleasantness. We think this
is nothing but proper. as no doubt those
names were selected with view to perpet-
uate memories which were known at the
time to be distasteful and obnoxious to our
people, as we have power now to blot them
out, it ought to be done.
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a CoIOred CndeI's Grievances.
HOW A NATIONS WARD WAS TREATED AT
THE NATIONS MILITARY ACADEMY.
Ero11 the n ] Tynes

Colored Cadet Minnie, who last year
passed the competitive examination for the
West Point cadetship offered by Congress
man Muller. of the Fifth district, has re-
turned to the city, having failed to pass the
January examination for advancement.
He said yesterday that he felt confident that
he could have passed in mathematics, the
study in which he failed, had he made any
effert to prepare himself for the eXamina-
ton. He had neglected the study, however,
being fairly discouraged with the uninvit-
ing prospect before him if he remained at
the academy. He would have resigned
long ago had not his fellow-students of his
own race prevailed upon him at the time to
abandon his resolution to leave. The treat
ment to which cOloTed students were sub
jected, he said, was enough to sicken the
heart and drown the ambition of any one
whose feelings were at all sensitive. OF the
three hundred white cadets in the institu-
ton there were but three or four that
wOulk speak to colored student, outside of
official communication. The others never
opened their lips to one, except to curse or
reVile him
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The College Presidents are one by one
expressing their opinions on the coeduca-
ton of the sexes President Bas com, of
University of Wisconsin, argues for the
mixing OF boys aud girls in his institution.
He says that the only trouble there arises
from tie fact that the girls stand higher i'm
scholarship, which makes the boys jealous
The girls stand study equally WE'LL.
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Ok Sunday night, two officers arrived
from Orange county. Florida, having in
charge young Wallace Dowsing, against
whom bill OF Indictment was found by n
Grand Jury of LowndeS county as an ac-
complete IN the murder of AIRS. Ann Thorn
as of Caledonia neighborhood, committed in
November, 1S74.-Calumbus Independent.
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DAVID J. CANNON, EFT AIS.

VS.
THE HEIRS w. c. LEMAY, DECEASED
In the Chancery Court of Lawrence County
Mississippi at Rules, December It'll 1877.
ON reading the Bill of Compliments for
~ confirmation Of tax title, and the affidavit
Herewith filed, it appearing that the names of
all persons in interest and their places of resi-
dence are unknown, and that diligent inquiry
has been made for the same, and they cannot
be found, it is therefore ordered that all per-
sons interested be made .parties defendant to
the bill by notice addressed to all persons
having or claiming any legal or equitable in.
terest in the following described land sold for
taxes on the first day of February, A. D., 1875,
viz; Part of SeH, Section 49, Township 8,
Range ii, east, and Fractional Section 80,
Township6 6, Range IL, east, lying in Lawrence
county, Mississippi, sold as the property of
the said W. G. Lemay, and all such persons are
hereby notified to be and appear before the
ChAncery Court Of said county at the court
house thereof to be held on the 4th MONDAY
OF MARCH, A. d. 1878, and show cause, if they
have any, why the prayer of complainants
for the confirmation of their tax title shall not
be granted. And there being no newspaper
published in said county, it is ordered that a
copy Of this order be published in The CLAIR
ION, Jackson, the Capital of the State, for four
consecutive weeks. 1t is also ordered that
copy of this order be posted at the Court House
door in said county for four consecutive weeks.
Ordered and decreed December 7th, 1877.
A. II. LONGING, Clerk.
Dee "a 77--4wl
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"Too Plausible TO be Dismissed
philadelphia Times (Ind.)

The ramors in regard to the proposed In
dictment of Secretary Sherman, Minister
Stoughton and Senator Matthews, for com :
plicity with Wells. Anderson and others in
what is known as the Returning Board con-
spiracY, comes from too many points of the
compass and is altogether too plausible to
be dismissed as the mere gossip of the cor
RESPONDENTS
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NOTICE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER made by the
I'D Board of Supervisors of Kinds County
Mississippi, on the 4th day of December, 1871
directing the sale of certain Sch oil Lands in
said county, &C., &C., the undersigned, who
was by said order appointed, as Sheriff and
Commissioner, to make such sale, will, within
the usual hours of sale, ON
WEDNESDAY, THE 2OTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1873
at the steps in front of the City Hall, in the
City of Jackson, and which is in the Township
hereinafter mentioned, will offer for sale, at
public auction, to the highest bidders, for cash,
and in suitable parcels, the lands described in
said order, as being
Y acres Of South end of W. a, s. E. n
SO acres of North end of 3. \. W. z.
w. u, N.W.L.
w. =, s. w. =.
all in Section Is, in Township 5, of Range /,
East, near Jackson, in said county, and con-
tanning in the aggregate 381 acres, more or
less.
Said sale will be made subject to the lease to
Z. A. Wolfe, of so many of said lands as are
now enclosed, and of which about four years
remain unexpired, and no sale will be made at
a smaller bid per acre, than the value thereof,
as recently settled by Board Of Appraisers,
duly appointed, &c. and Of whose action bid
ders will be fully apptised at the time Of sale.
o. B. THOMAS,
Sheriff and Commissioner.
JAM '7s-7w.
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Death of an Eminent Medical
MAN.
Memphis appeal.

DR.. L. P. Yandell, Sr., celebrated as a
physician, editor and author, and well
known throughout the country, died in
Louisville yesterday, in the seventy third
year of his age. He was the first president
of the Kentucky medical society and also a
member of the American medical associa-
ton and OF other bodies of a similar char
Rcter.
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On Thursday afternoon last, a large num-
Der of ladies, gentlemen and children
crowded the ears of the GreenYiIle, Column
bus and Birmingham Railroad, for an ex-
curstOn to the end ofthe completed track
about two and a half miles from the present
depot.-GreenviIIe Times.
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HAVING learned that a certain party claims
IL State tax title to tho VIZ Of NEL and
E& Of Ell of NWN, Sec. a. Township 8,
Range2, West, about three miles northwest Of
Clinton, being a part of the StovaH estate,
hereby give notice that / hold the title to said,
property, which title is Of record a. Raymond
and that am now, and have been for three
Parties interested will take notice.
SARAH WELLS.
Clinton, Miss. Jan, Is, '78-8we.
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AN ACT to regulate the pay of members of
the LEGISLATURE

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That the annual
salary and mileage now provided by law,
shall be in full compensation for the whole
term Of the present members of the House of
Representatives, and for a corresponding
period of Senator'S, unless there is called
session after the close of the present year, in
which case members may receive three dollars
during such session, and ten cents per mile
to be computed as provided by law.
SEC. 2 Be it further enacted, That after the
expiration of the term of the present Legis
lature, members shall receive as full compen-
salon the sum of thee hundred dollars each
for each regular session, and ten (10) cents
per mile going and returning from their re-
spective homes to the Capital, and for called
sessions, the sum Ofthree dollars per day each
during the whole of said session, and mileage
as aforesaid. The Speaker of the House shall
receive four hundred and fifty dollars for each
regular session, and four dollars and fifty
cents per day for called sessions.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February g. 1878.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
He STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, COUNTY OF !
~

In the Chancery Court of said CovingtOn
County, to the April Term, A. D., 1873.
DEFORE EVANS HALL, Clerk of said Court
ID at Rules, the Second MONDAY in JANUARY
a. d. 1878.
HUsH A. MCLEOD, Bill to quiet
VS. and confirm
MARTHA A. BURKuALrER, ct al. Tax Title.
To Martha A. Burkhalter, Hattie Butler and
L. Butler, her husband, Laura Cowart and
Green Cowart, her husband, John Burkhalier,
and Eliza Burkhalter, defendants IN said Bill
of Complaint, all residents OF Madison Parish
in the State of Louisiana, whose postofice ad-
dress is Delhi, in said Parish and State, and
to Elizabe Speed and George Speed, her hus-
band who are residents of the State of Texas,
(but the County of their residence and their
postoffice address being unknown,) 30 lsa-
bella Howell and Columbus G. Howell of the
County of Covington, in the State or Mis- is
sipp, also defendants in said Bill OF Com
plant, and to all persons having or clalm-
ing any legal or equitable interest in the fol-
lowing described lands sold for taxes on the
First day of February, A. d. 1875, viz: The
Sec No. s, and SwI4 and W a of NwA of Sec
No Is, and NJ and NeA and Se4 Of Sea- Of
Sec. No. II, all in Township number ., north
of Range number 10, west, in Covingtou
County, in the State of Mississippi, containing
720 acres more or less. 1t is ordered by the
undersigned Clerk of said Chancery Court, at
Rules in vacation, that unless you the defend
ants aforesaid, enter your appearance In the
lar term thereof, TO be begun and held at the
Court House, in the town of Williamsburg. in
Covngton county, in the State Of Mississippi,
on the
First Monday in April A. D. 1878,
on the first day OF said term, and plead an
swer or demur to The Bill of tomplaint ofHugh
A. Nc Leod, Complainant filed in said Court
against you, praying that his tax title to the
aforesaid lands may be quieted and confirmed,
that said Bill of Complaint will be taken ms
confessed against said defendants, and de-
cree he rendered in accordance with the prayer
Of said bill of complaint 1t is further or
dered by said Clerk that n copy of this order
be posted at the door of the Court House afore-
said, and be published for fouI weeks consecu-
lively, in The Weekly Clarion, public news
paper printed and published at the Capital, in
the City of Jackson, in the county of Kinds,
in the State Of Mississippi, (there being
no newspaper printed or published in Cow
ington county aforesaid) 1t is further
dcrel that The Clerk of this Court shall trans
nit, by mail, TO the postofiice beforesaid, to-
wit: Delhi, Madison Parish, State Of Louisi-
ana" properly directed to the said defend
ants residing in said Parish respectively, with
the postaga paid a copy of this order.
Ordered, adjudged and decreed, this 18th day
of January, A. D., 1873.
EVANS HALL Clerk.
ian23' 78-4w
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APPROVED, February 6, 1873.

An ACT to amend Fn an Act entitled f hn. Act
from the State to Judges of the Circuit and
Charcery Courts and other officers" ap-
proved March 6, 1873
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That an Act en-
of absence from the State, to Judges of the
Circuit and Chancery Courts, and other off :
GERS" approved March 6, 1913, be, and the
same is hereby amended as to strike out
the word sixty" in section one, of said Act
and insert, in its stead, the word ninety"
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
pa ssage.
APPROVED, February 6, 1873.
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CoMMIssToNER's SALE,
In the Circuit Court of the United States fol
the Southern District of Mississippi.
Washington Jackson,

WAS w1,n,ns @:2, jackson. 3so In Equity
PURSUANT TO Decree rendered in said
i cause, on the Both day Of November A. d.
1877, the unders gned, as Commissioner, will,
en- the
18TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1878,
at the west door of the Capitol, in Jackson
sell to the highest bidder for terms of sale see
nOte.) the following described property ,to-wit:
Lots three, four, five, six, seven and eight, and
the one-eigth of lot number two, of section
Eight in Township Fourteen Range Eight.
West; also lois one, two, three and four, Of
section thirty-four less fifty and half acres
belonging TO J. j. Person; also lot two Of sec
ton thirty-two. less 80 50 l00-acres, belonging
to Wade Hampton; also lot five, of section
thirty-one, less one and 65-lO0 acres belonging
to Wade Hampton; also lots three and six Of
section thirty five, .and end Of section nine
containing in the aggregate, one thousand
three hundred and thirty and 20 100 acres
bounded on the west by Lake Washington on
the south by land Of }. J. Person. on the east
by Steela's Bayou, and the north by lands
of Wade Hampton.
ARCHY Meg EIIEE, COmm'r.
NoTE.-TERMs OF SALE.-One-fourth cash
and the remaining three-fourths payable in
twelve months from the day of said sale with
interest from date at per centum per annum
Lien reserved to secure payment of def rred
ARCHY Meg EHEE
Janl5 lS-wtds. Comm Toner.
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AN ACT to incorporate the Claiborne Light
Artillery

AN ACT to incorporate the Claiborne Light
Artillery.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
| of the State of Mississippi, That H. S, Whe-
less, f. p BriscOe, +. ii. Foote, c. S. Mason, r.
w. Magruder, in the county of Claiborne, in the
State of Mississippi, and such other persons
as may be associated with them, and their sue
cessors, are hereby constituted body polite
and corporate, under the name of the "Clai-
borne Light Artillery.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said
Company may adopt such bylaws and regu-
lStiOns for the government of the Company as
they may deem necessary and expedient; Pro-
vided, 1nat said Company shall at no time
consist OF less than thirty more than one
hundred members exclusive of officers.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the pres
ent officers of the Company, and those who
shall be chosen from time to time, shall be
commissioned by the Governor upon the pro-
duction of proper certificate OF election from
the secretary and commanding officer of said
Company that said officers have been duly
elected according TO the constitution and by
laws of said Company, and such officers shall
take rank with officers of equal rank in the
militia of this State, according to the date of
their respective commissions.
SEC 4. Be it further enacted, That the officers
and members of said Company shall be under
the immediate command of the Governor of the
State, TO be called into service by his COM
mand whenever the State may need their SER
vices; otherwise to be exempt from all other
military sevices, except in case of actual war,
invasion or instruction.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Gov
ernor be, and he is hereby authorized, to issue
to said Company, upon the1 acquisitions and
receipts of the proper officers thereof, such
arms and Announcements, belonging to the
State, are usual and necessary for the pro-
per equipment of such organization; Provid-
ed, That said Company shall file,or cause to be
filed, in the Office of the Secretary of State,
good and sufficient bond, in a sum double the
amount in value of the arms, equipments and
ammunition when received, conditioned for
their safe keeping and delivery to the proper
authorities, when required, and approved by
the Governor.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted That this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and af-
ter its passage.
APpRovED Fehruarv 1873
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THEBE Is so much absenfeeism in Con-
Krees that to secure full houses 10 will be
necessary y re-establish the house gr0x-
Nh0p.
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a xouNG lady III Wisconsin, refused ar
nA9r III marriage on the ground that her
aMkAtr WINS NOT able ID support 1 larger fam-
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between the hours prescribed by law, proceed
TO sell at CLINTON, at public auction, to the
highest bidder Tor cash, AL the interest Of said
minor heirs-bcing one-seventh-in and to the
folio wing described lands tO-wit: 60 acres Of
east side of E14 Of SWA aud E15 of NW14 and
NEH and W = Of SEA, and G6 acres north end
of E1a Of SEX Of Sec u, and 60 acres on
west side OF VIZ Of NWH Of Sec p, all in
I. g. r. l. west, containing sos acres more or
less. ED. G.. BANKS
JAM, 7S4w. Guardian.
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GrIARnrAN,s SALE

DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE
ID Chancery Court of the First District of
Kinds County, Mississippi, made Mt the April
Term, 1915, the undersigned Guard an of the
minor heirs of ANNA L. FORBES, deceased,
viii, on the
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Monday, the 25th day of February, 1873.

between the hours Of III o'clock A. NJ. and 4
o'clock, p. NJ, proceed to sell for cash, 10 the
highest bidder, at public auction, in front of
the City Hall, in the City of Jackson, in lots
or parcels not exceeding 100 acres in any one
lot or parcel, the following described lands, all
of which are situated in said Kinds county,
and in TownshIp6 g, of Range /, East, being the
lands owned by said Nathaniel Moore at the
time of his death, tO-wit: The West half of
the Southwest quarter Of Section 4; South
half of Section 5 the South half the North
east quarter the Southeast quarter, and the
North half Of the Southwest quarter Of Sec
ton 7 the East half of Section 3, and the
Northwest quarter of Section 8.
w. II. CRANE,
Special Commissioner, ste.
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ID o9t ..
APPROVED, February 6, 1873.
AN ACT to prohibit the sale of spi

AN ACT to prohibit the sale of spirituous
and vinous liquors within five miles of the
town of Ashland, in the county of Benton.
SECTION l. Be it enacted BY the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That it shall be
unlawful for any person to sell, barter, give,
or in any manner dispose of, to any person or
persons, any spirtuous or vinous liquors in
the town of Ashland, in the county of Benton,
or within five miles of said town.
SEC. 2 Be it further enacted, That if any
person or persons shall violate the provisions
of this Act, such person or persons SHALL on
conviction thereof before any Court having
competent jurisdiction, be fined not less than
twenty-five nor more than five hundred dol
lars for each offense, or confined in the county
Jail not less than five nor more than thirty
days, at the discretion of the Court.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after it's
passage.
APPROVED February 6 1873.
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APPROVED, February I. 1873.

AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of State
to furnish Mississippi Reports and Georges
Digest to the Circuit Clerk of Noxubee
county.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi, That the Secretary of State be-
and he is hereby authorized and required to
furnish 10 the Circuit Clerk of Noxubee
county, the following Mississippi Reports, to-
wit: Walkers Report and volumes 40 and A
Mississippi Reports also Georges Mississippi
Digest; also Acts of the Legislature for the
years 1872, rs, 10 and one copy of the Re-
vised Code of 1871. Said books to be kept by
the said Circuit Clerk for the use of the Cir
cult Court of Noxubee county.
APPROVED, February 7, 1878.
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coMISSIoNER'S SALE OF LANDS.
DY VIRTUE of Decree of the Chancery
ID Court for the Second District Of Kinds
Counly, Mississippi made on the llth day of
January, 1878 the undersigned as n special
Commissioner Of said Court, will, for the pur-
pose Of paying the debts due by Nathaniel
Moore, deceased, on
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In the Chancery Court of said Covington
County, to the April Term, A. D., 1873
DEFORE EVANS HALL, Clerk of said Court
ID al Rules. the Second MONDAY in JANUARY,
a. D. 1873
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