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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17
The B'nai Firth.
Memphis Appeal 18th.

One of the largest ard most influential
societies in the Union is just now in e, ssion
in Memphis. 1t represents the Jewish race
resident in six of the leading States of the
republic, and is composed of men who are
among the first in trade, commerce, manu-
facures, banking and traffic. This society
has strict relation to the welfare of the
Jews, and charged particularly with the
care and protection of Hebrew widows and
orphans. From the presidents address,
which we publish as part of very full re-
port of the proceedings of yesterday, it
will be seen that the B'nai Birth is in a
Furnishing condition, that it last year full
filled all the duties it had assumed and is
well prepared to carry its burden of benevo-
lence for the next. A proud race, the Jews
do not, and never have, burdened the
world with their poor. Even when strip
ped by persecution, and driven forth to
seek asylums from oppression, they have
made no moan over their misfortunes, but
beginning at the foot of the ladder, have
taken comfort in the bread of independence.
In this they have set an example worthy of
imitation by the ignorant bigots who, by
their prosecutions, so long denied to the
world the benefits of their philosophic
lnOuBnt; their discoveries on Ine roau 10
scientific truth, their rich resources of
mind in commerce, and an unfailng cour-
age that death itself could not stamp out.
In this free country, where all men
are equal before the law, where peTsecu~
ton for conscience sake is impossible, all
the noble qualities of the Jews have had
freest play, and the result is before us in
their unexampled successi in ell the walks of
life, in their intelligence and wealth, in
their noble institutions, their magnificent
places of worship, their colleges and
schools, in the benevolent and benefcent
order whose grand council is in convention
in Memphis, to provide support for another
year for all who are dependent upon them.
We need not say that these members have
been well received and handsomely enter
tanned. The hospitality of our Jewish fol
low-citizens is proverbiaL But not TO these
alone should be left the duty Of welcoming
gentlemen distinguished as representatives
Of so respectable people. All classes of
our citizens should unite to testify the
respect we have for them and the pride we
have in a progress whose benefits We
share.
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UNION SCENES.

A colored man of influence and
property went up to the Union Demo-
cratic meeting, and after the exercises
were over asked Genl Dave Dixon,
"Who's dat good looking young man
dat made de speech?"
"That is Tom MoWillie, son OF Ex-
Governor McWillie," replied uncle
Dave.
"Well, he's q RATHER. Use bin Re-
publican ever since Use bin free, but
dat speech kinder discumbobbles me.
I'm like Judge Agripper when Mr..
Paul was pleadin his case before him,
almost he pursuadeth me to be Dim
ocrat' Anither SIGH speech, and Pm
gone up-I shill bid farewell to every
fear and wipe my wecpin eyes.
A colored brother standing by and
hearing these remarks, responded:
"Jist so brudder, l wants to hear some
m ore jist SIGH, fur fact.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17
LETTER FROM DORIAN.
what He Thinks About the green
back Party In Minds County

To the Editor of The Comet
see my name mentioned in connection
with the Democratic party of Union Church
by some one signing himself "Independ-
emit am obliged to the writer for put
inc me in print. have grown foot taller
since he did it. have bought new plug
of the bee,gum style of battery. Mr. Vir-
den, the gentlemanly merchant with whom
l deal, suggests new suit of clothes, and
| guess I'll have to come to it. The young
ladies' bow when this august presence OF
mine meets them on the banquet.
But, notwithstanding all this glory, am
satisfied in the old Democratic ship l
am happy here, and wish no other party
listen patiently when Greenback man
makes a speech, but he puts me very much
in mind of the story told on the mules re-
spected father, when that patriarch of hum
buggery put on the lions skin, In this
parb the mules forefather moved among
the other cattle, and they fled at his ap-
proach, believing him to be the king OF the
forest. But when he opened his mouth to
make stump speech, the scare and flight
were over. They recognized the subject
even in the concealment of the ears.
was alarmed little for the grand old
Democratic party when this e. b. poney
sailed out in the lions wardrobe, but upon
a close examination of the disguised party,
| find that the fright was occasioned by
very much smaller animal than my friend
the mules ancestor-an animal of cotempt-
ible proportions, in fact, who excelled the
mules sire in only one quality-that of
volume and range of breath. This animal
looks comely when he is not engaged III
war. but when he is aroused, and turns his
battery upon the enemy, the best plan is to
retreat out of his range. Experience has
shown that there is no armor that can resist
his missiles. His body looks beautiful. but
his smell is awful. This is the situation OF
the so-called Greenback party of Kinds
county. Its dimensions are small, and its
body is beautiful, but it has fatal smell to
it. Upon close nasal approach, there
fumes up decayed Radical exhalations
which is a moral shock to the organs OF
scent Like rotten mackerel in moon
shine, it strikes the nose, and while 1t
shines it smells fearful smell. DoRAM.
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G. j. WATSON, Administrator.

VS.. No. 3O9S.
P. NJ. DoHERTY, County Treas'r.
Error to the Circuit Court of Yazoo
county, Hon. S. S. Calhoon, Judge.
The Legislature of Mississippi, on 31st
Janury; 1876, passed an act requiring all
persons holding unpaid warrants or other
certificate of indebtedness, or claims of
of any kind, issued or allowed prior to
January LIST, 1876, against Yazoo county,
should present the same to the Treasurer of
said county on or before July Isl, 1876;
and provided that all warrants, certificates
and claims against said county issued and
allowed as aforesaid, and not presented and
registered within the time prescribed by
said Act should be forever barred against
said county.
Plaintiff in error held warrant which
was not registered as required, and after it
became barred under the provisions of said
Act, payment was demanded and refused
Thereupon, he brought mandamus against
the County Treasurer to compel payment.
His petition being dismissed by the Cir
cult Court, writ of error was prosecuted.
CAMPBELL, J.
He'd
1. The Act entitled ''an Act to ascertain
the outstanding indebted of Yazoo county,"
etc, passed January 3lst, 1876, (session
Acts, p. 3020 was valid exercise of
Legislative power. II has an authoritative
precedent in the case of Tarpley vs.. Hamer
ct al, 8 S. & N. 80, in which an Act pass
ed on the 9TH February, 1841, which de-
prived precedent judgments of their lien
unless by the LIST of July thereafter, an abb
stract of such Judgment should be filed in
the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the county in which the property
was situated was held to be constitutional.
Judgment affirmed.
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MIR. Herman Must Rise"

Philadelphia Times.
The correspondent of the Columbus
Democrat, at Kenton, O., furnishes the
following copy of letter alleged to have
been written by the fiery young man who
edits the Okolona States to the chairman OF
of the Republican State committee OF Ohio,
whose home is ut Kenton;
Coffee OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
"OKoLoNA, MISS, April 80, 1872
Seen. j. s. Robinson:
'sThe papers have been sent agreeable to
instructions The points are made red-hot
this week, and all of them will hit hard.
1t is advisable to have them as extensively
copied as possible. We will mark them
for our Northern exchanges. Congressman
FRYE regards it as great success. We,
will give then hell according to the extenf
of the circulation. The larger the sub
scription list the louder the thunder. Yours
with respect 'W1LL Fl. HERMAN"
This seems to call for an explanation from
Gen. Robinson, and he certainly will not
allow it to 90 uncontradicted if the case has
been made up against him without cause
The relations which this idiotic editor has
borne towards congressman Frye and that
gentlemans repuied use of the Mississippi
paper Ill OouSreSS udfe gwen SlouAu lol
the statement, and even belief, that it
was printing good deal of its stuff at the
instigation of smart republicans. They,
no doubt, found it cheap and easy way to
keep the war going, and it would be diff
cult to account for such mass of nonsense
on any other ground If the work is now
to be taken up by Republican State com
mittees it will no doubt prove very profit
able to the newspaper which will be able to
warm up "according to circulation" but
it will hardly help the party. Any organ
is bad enough; this the worst possible
Ii is due to Mr.. Herman to say that
he branded the above letter as for
gerry, though we think he ought to have
permitted it to 90 uncontradicted, mere
ly as an evidence that there was some
method in his lunacy.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Reported Weekly by JenkiAs
~ Little, Attorneys at Law.
MONDAY, May -, 1879.

= L. Bower,
1895 VS..
G. HENsHAw & Sons.
Error to Circuit Court of Yazoo county,
Hon. S. s. Calhoon, Judge.
Henshaw & Sons, residents of tho State
of Ohio, placed in the hands of their agents
in Yazoo City, Mississippi, an account dat
ed in 1861, against Bower, who had for
merly lived there, but had removed
to New Orleans, Louisiana. The agent
gave tho account to H. Il N, attorneys
for collection. Afterwards one of the
attorneys, IN } while in New Orleans, took
from Bonner, in settlement of the account
of II. IL Sons in his hands for collec-
ton, judment in. favor of Bower
AGAINST one Hudson. The money due II. u
Sons was not realized; they were not IN
formed of this arrangement, and when no
tilted of it, did not ratify the transaction,
and brought attachment suit in 1873 on
their account. There was demurrer to
replication to the plea of statute OF hmlta-
ton, alleging that the averment as to PLAIN
tiff's residence in Ohio, if true, creates no
disability, and does not prevent the barr.
That the averrment that defendant is now
and has been since the - dayof 1861 a res
ident of Louisiana, is not sufficient to barr
the statute if true, The demurrer was
overruled.
CAMPBELL, j.,
.H8M-
l. The demurrer to the replication to the
plea of the statute of limitations was prop
erly oyerruled. -Trotterv vs.. Erwin, "a Miss.
772; Fisher VS.. Fisher, 43 Miss, 2l2.
There is no distinction between an attach
ment by a nonresident creditor against
resident debtor and an attachment by
a resident creditor against such debtor.
2. The we'll established rule that an at
torney without express authorization can
not receive anything except money i'll pay
ment of a claim intrusted to him for colt c.
ton was recognized in the trial, and the
effort was to show ratification by acqules-
cence, on the part of the plaintiffs, of the
action of their attorneys. The question
was fairly submitted to the jury, and it il
not apparent that it was misled by the in
structi0ns, and we are not disposed to dis
turb the verdict which is warranted by the
evidence, and was approved by the Circuit
Court Judgment affirmed.
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3O97-F. Fl. Olive VS. State of Mississippi,
use, ETC., affirmed.
3O74-Waddy Ross, ct al, VS. Attala county;
reversed and remanded
3111-Edward Vance, ct al, VS. Ihomas
Bishop; affirmed.
3Os2-S. 7. Pope, VS. Stale Of Mississippi;
reversed, etc. =,
3O9S-G. J. Watson, admir- etc, VS. L. nj.
Doherty, County Treasurer; affirmed.
3O49-John Wallace, OF al. VIZ Ernestine
Kohn; affirmed.
3O69-R. d. Thweatt, use etc, vs. Board OF
Supervisors Leake county; reversed
and remanded.
3OS6--Jeff Wilson vs. q. Mosely; affirmed.
3O4S-H NJ. Porter, ct al, VS. E. Casper ct
al; reversed and decree here.
2S2O-Thomas Cole VS. State of Mississippi;
affirmed.
3O75- Samuel Wick vs. Jos. Ayers; affirmed.
3OS9-W. w. Hall vs. Meridian Savings ms
stitution affirmed.
3095-A. England, VS. State of Mississippi;
reversed and remanded.
3O5S-Geo. Mcdonald VS. State of Missis-
sippi; affirmed.
2766-Thos. S. Redd, Jr., VS. p. II. Thonp~
SON. motion to correct Judgment oyer
ruled.
1904 - Robert Armstrong and wife, VI
Sarah NJ Moore; affirmed.
3076-F. Brutine, vs. j. 9. CLARK, Super
intendent, etc; affirmed,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17

DIR. ]. F. PHIPPs, Sheriff of Quitman
county, visited this city a week ago to set
tie his account with the State. He spent
several days in the work, and was assidu-
ously aided by the auditorial corps, as we
are informed. The county of Quitman is
Radical creation, carved ont of several
neighboring counties in the "Levee Dis
trict" 1t is fearfully mixed and confused
with the tax rolls of surrounding counties,
levee obligations and complications-so
much so that it was exceedingly difficult to
decide whether the State owed DR.. Phipps,
or whether Dr. Phipps ought to pay taxes
to the State. But after great deal of pa
tient research there was partial disentan-
clement, and the Doctor has left an honor
able record, and a favorable impression
upon all the gentlemen of the State House.
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The Union Democratic Club o
Kinds county, is moving forward sue
cessfully. Last Saturday they had q
good meeting, at which Mr.. Thos. A,
Melville was the chief spokesman.
His address is highly complimented,
and, we learn, had the effect to bring foul
colored men into the club as Democrats
Mr.. Ford ChiIes, is the founder and
fighting man of the club and Gen.
David Dixon is the John Alden. The
Club will be written up in good style,
and if there is any fighting to do that
will be done in equally good style. But
from the way things are moving it ap-
pears that the Union Club is about to
capture the entire surrounding country
without firing gun, by the irresistible
force of good humor and righteous
cause. To night Col. Stewart is book
ed for lecture to this Club.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17

GAIT. 4 J. FLANAGAN, Sheriff of
Warren county, was in jackson this
week. He contributes more to the
State Treasury Of Mississippi than any
other man, not even excepting Vice
President and General Manager Clark
of TIE Great n o., st. L. & c. Rail-
road. Mr.. Clarke pays an annual tax
of something over $2G,O 900, and Sheriff
Flanagan pays in the course Of year
from thirty to forty thousand dollars.
He is an accurate aud competent bust
ness man, and worthy OF the high trust
reposed in him by his people. His
accounts and settlements with the State
are always regular, timely, in business
shape, and satisfactory. Warren coun-
ty deserves a good Sheriff and tax col
loctor and she has got him.
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SHERIFF Pillow, of Lefore county,
is one of the best looking collectors of
revenue the State has, and, we may
add, he is a thoroughly accurate and
competent business man. The gentle
men of the State Treasury department
put him down as "a. l." on their
books. Maj. Pillow was in town on
Thursday, and whenever he deals with
q man he wins his confidence and re-
spect, because he makes it rule to
deal on the square.
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Last Thursday night about O'Clock
a fire alarm startled and started every.
body. 1t emanated from the parson-
age of the A. NJ. e. Church and was
caused by the turning over of a lamp
in the sick room of "old uncle Billy
a native of Africa, who is supposed to
be nearly, if not quite, a centenarian.
He has been sick for long time and
almost helpless. While alone he i'm
some way caused the table on which
the lamp stood, to fall, an explosion
followed, and the old man was dread
fully, but we trust not fatally burned
He is known only as "Unce Billy" is a
member OF the A. NJ. E. Church, and
has largely contributed to build both
church and parsonage.
P. S.-Since writing the above we
learn that old Uncle Billy is dead
Port Gibson Reville.
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S. Y. Pope
VS.. mo. 30S2] 7
The STATE,

Error to the Circuit Court of Leake
county, Hon. A. G. Mayors, Judge.
Plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and
convicted of arson and sentenced to i'm
prisonment in the Penitentiary for the pc
riod of eight years,
The evidence was wholly circumstantlal'
Motion for new trial being overuled,
writ of error was prosecuted.
CAMPBELL, j.
Held
The vague, inconclusive and unsatisfac-
tory character of the evidence in this case,
and the giving of the third instruction for
the state have determined us to reverse the
Judgment. This instruction is in effect,
that if the hypothesis of guilt consists with
all the facts proved, and accounts for their
existfnce, the jury should convict. This
is not correct. The supposition of guilt
may be consistent with all the facts
in evidence, and may account for their
existence, and yet all the facts in
evidence may fall far short of that con
vincng proof of guilt necessary to convict
ON circumstantial evidence.
Reversed and remanded.
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entirely content with the verdict found
?. The exclusion of the testimony must
have been based upon the idea that the law
imposed an insuperable barrier to such a
transaction as was here offered to beprovei,
to-wit. the renting of land from husband
by his wife, and the making of crop there
on the ownership of which belonged In the
wife. This is erroneous
8. Such transactions must always DO re-
garded with suspicion, and are highly cal
culated to produce fraudulent results.
L. We know of no principle of law thaV
forbids wife to grow and to own a crop
on land rented by her from her husband,
he takingno part whatever in its production
For the error in the exclusion OF testi-
mony, the judgment is reversed and cause
remanded.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17

VIZ paid a short visit to Hazlehurst
last Tuesday. Judge Calhoun seems
to be, by common consent, the biggest
man in Copiah county at present. He
is holding his semi-annual Circuit
Court in Hazlehurst and he has created
the impression in that country that he
is emphaticalIy on the side Of law and
order. The good people love him, and
those who have slipped up on the
law have a wholesome fear Of him.
The bar honor him. In short, every
man in Copiah is Calhoun man. They
are ready to vote for Calhoun for Pres
ident or any other position that may be
acceptable to him. 1t is not improper
to say that the esteem and friendship
which Copiah county has for her Judge
is deserved in every respect and to any
extent,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17

DURING the first week of the Copiah Cir
cult Court, Judge Ohrisman, from the dis
trict below, presided. The Circuit Court
of Lincoln county was in session at the
same time, and an exchange was effected
with Judge Calhoon, at Chrisman's instance,
because the latter had been attorney for
one side in many of the cases to be tried in
Lincoln. In describing the charge to the
Grand Jury of Copah by Judge Chrisman,
Judge Mcmillan, Of Monticello, says:
1.-THE charge consumed two hours, during
which time Chrisman never faltered for
second he never opened a lawsbook; but
his words followed one another with re-
sistless currents every application was lucid
and vigorous; his language was fluent, for
chile and eloquent; for the entire two hours
the drop of pin might have been heard.
l never saw anything like it before. never
saw a promiscuous audience absolutely
motionless- entranced, if I may use the
word-for two mortal hours, over a law
lecture from the bench. 1 have seen crowds
swayed and carried away by the resistless
power of eloquence when the speaker stood
erect upon conspicuous stand, and was
aided by powerful sympathy or an all
exciting subject. But the Judge who can
sit in his chair for two hours, and hold
large assembly hanging on his words, upon
the dry subject Of law, without a motion,
without single whisper OF stir, has made
an achievement that finds no parallel in the |
judcature of the State. II can come only |
from combination of accurate concep- |
ton, intense earneastness and unbrdled |
enthusiasm in the great cause of justice, on
the part of the Judge
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE that on the 2nd day
of May, A. d. 1879, Warrant in bankruptcy
was issued against the estate OF W. j.. Manning
in the county OF Rankin, and the State Of Mis-.
sissppi, who has been adjudged Bankrupt on
his own petition; that the payment of any debtsand
the delivery Of any property belonging to such
Bankrupt, to him or for his use and the transfer Of
any property by him, are forbidden by law that's
meeting of the creditors of the said Bankrupt, to
prove their debts and to choose one or more Assig
nces of his estate, will be held at Court OF Bank
ruptcy, TO be holden at Jackson, before J. NJ Mckee
Register on the 10Th day Of May, A. d. 1879, at Ii
o'clock A. NJ. TllOS. w. HUNT,
Oo-0t II s Marshal and Messenger
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Defeat or the Army Appropriation
Bill.

After the reading of the message OF
the President vetoing the bill to pre-
vent army interference. at elections,
the Army Appropriation bill with the
Objectionable clauses stricken ont, was
introduced by Deering of Iowa, where
upon Knott of Kentucky, moved the
House adjourn. The yeas and nays
were ordered and the House refused
to adiourn--yeas 96 nays ia. The
bill introduced by Deering was then
read and put upon its passage. 1t was
defeated-yeas 101, nays 100, All the
Greenbackers, excepting La id, of
Maine, voted in the affirmative on the
bill introduced by Deering. The re-
suit of the vote was greeted with clap
ping of hands ON the Democratic side,
and with counter demonstrations on
the Republican side.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17

In letter to the Clarion the Hon.
George W. Harper, of the Raymond
Gazette, has declared his willingness to
submit himself upon the sacrifcial altar
of Senatorial ambition, and will agree
to serYe the people in the Senate if
the Convention for Kinds and Rankin
desire it. The State has no son more
faithful, and its press has no greater
ornament
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IMPORTANT TO CANDIDATES

The COMET will announce the name oi
any candidate for any Office from President
of the United States down to Beat Consta-
bIe for AS in advance. Provided the an
nouncement does not occupy more than
Ave lines of space. All candidates are
placed on the same footing, and charged
according to the space desired, without
reference to the value or size of the cthce.
Here is a rare chance to get your name pe>
fore the people for mere trhe.
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It is impossible not to DO struck by tbs
originality and cleverness of the Spanish
oypsies, even in their vices. A gypsy mar
Vas recently at confession one day and
while he was confessing, he spied in tbs
monks habit silver snuff box, and stoIs
il, "Father," he said Immediately, 81
accuse myself of having stolen silver
snuff box ''Then, my son, you must
certainly restore it, "Will you have Il
Father?S 'Ip Certainly not, my SON.
'The fact is" proceeded the gypsy, that
7 have offered it to the owner and lie has
refused it" "Then you can keep it with
A good conscience" answered the father
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17

The Washington Post, says: The
report of Ben Hills great speech, as
sent by the Associated Press, Saturday
night, was unjust and partisan in the
extreme. Conkling's speech was sent
in full, and only a meagre, partisan alb
stract of Hills; and Chambers, which
followed, was sent entire"
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Mr. I. L. Mckee, Sheriff of Tunica, ar
rived in jackson Wednesday evening, and
we regret to say, was confined to his room
at the Spengler House by severe illness.
He is now improving, and in a short time
will be himself again.