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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

ooh, Lordy p exclaimed Rice, his face
livid with fright.
"What's the matter ?" asked everybody
in breath.
cts shark! It's shark! He's got me
all over Save me men for Gods sake
save me-" cried poor Rice, expecting every
second to be split open and swallowed by
the shark.
ooh, it's nothing but rope" said one,
and then there followed unanimous burst
of merriment at Rices expense, that didn't
thoroughly subside until the tug steamed up
to take the party ashore.
ENTERPRISE.
At 8 o'clock, Friday evening, with a
goodly number of genial souls, we left the
hospitable shores of Pascagoula, and had
cool night ride to Enterprise by way of
Mobile. Here we stopped and spent Sat-
urday, meeting number of good old
friends, and adding quite number to The
CoMET's subscription list Enterprise has
been twice burnt up lately, but each time
she has risen from her ashes, and every
time she rises she improves herself. The
business portion of the town is now mainly
built with brick, and there is reason to hope
that she may escape the flames hereafter.
1t is fine business point, and many excel
lent business men are there.
We spent the Lords day at
MERIDIAN,
not, perhaps, SO much because we have con-
scientious scruples against travelling on
Sunday, nor because it is an old stamping
ground of ours, but chiefly because there
was no train till half after o'clock p. NJ,
under the new schedule. However, we fell
into good hands at the "Grand Central,
which is successor to The European,
and which changed its name under de-
cree of Judge Stones Justice Court. 1t is
a good house, all the same, no matter under
what flag it sails, kept DIR. by W. M.
Clements.
THE CROP PROSPECTS
in the East are most encouraging There
IS bouyancy among our Eastern friends,
which is a precursor of better times. They
hink they have got to the bottom, and
clicked the bottom out of hard times, and
rom this time forward, they are going to
limb up the hill again. Meridian and
Enterprise are improving, and both towns
ire full of hope for the future.
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New ORLEANS church goers complain
| lat they are disturbed by brass bands fol-
wed by secular people in professions to
aces of amusement.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

On Juno the fifth CINCINNATI had fire
,ich destroyed $150,O00 worth of prop
ty. A fireman jumped from two story
indow and broke his arm.
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Miss COOPER, daughter of the Mayor of
CIV York, was married recently to Mr.. L.
Bryce, merchant of that place. News
apers say it was noisy affair.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

MEXICAN troops are deserting because
ley have been six months without pay
Id have nothing to eat.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

When a person cannot even say Nil
desperandum, without having "Harl-
ly ever" lCvolrd at llm, 1T Is time to
level the shot gun and him. The Ma
ton.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

Col. CLAIBORNE not only lost his resi-
ence by fire, but his valuable library was
|so consumed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

lTHE Manhattan bank robbers have been
In down and captured One of them
lakes full confession.
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THE Arkansas Press Association met at
title Rock. Over fifty papers were rep>
scented.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

THE Emperor of Germany was reported
cad on the fifth instant.
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A PART of Governor Browns letter has
bund its way into the Washington papers.
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EMPEROR WILLIAM has had golden
Kedding
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

THE Clareosophic society:of Walden played
Zen knights in a Bar room" on the 9th ult
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

GEN. CHALMERS will deliver the address
efore the Southern Historical Society.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

No ACTION will be had on the Warner
yiver Bill this session.
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WHAT has become of the migratory Maj.
Sheets
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-14

The prospect for an abundant crop in
he west arc Aattering.
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The Kanas fever has abated entirely.
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THE EXCURSION.

There were, perhaps, thousand persons
in this memorable excursion. A string
band of music was on board the '1at,
and dancing was kept up throughout the
trip. off Horne Island tho fleet anchored
and the vessels were lashed together. Here
bounteous picnic banquet was spread
and partaken of with keen relish.
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GRANT is ''home- ward bound.'
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And now tho time had come to pronounce
that dear, sad word, goodbye. The peo-
pie of Pascagoula had won the hearts of the
editors, and they came away full of graft
tude and thanks for happy associations.
As fast as the trains came the crowd melt
ed. Some flew east and some tiew west,
and some fingered fondly upon The seaside.
AN HOUR OF PERIL.
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On wenesdny evening quite an exciting
, 1879-07-02

The money. give It IN dotncthlng Of hurry,
anil Il wns pcrhspa not worried as prccisefy ~
leisure. lie has ha.s son4c tlinIculty IL Retttnz
It completed 1t Washington, a,ul whosi1cr. lie
la. obtained tr lease or not ID not know"
"What was The Governncnss real interest in
WI - 4 w. i,y,ea ,,'s,, iur.,taxns nd nssess.
mcnss a4atust tho uld diet!!lng firm of Singer d
i,trkurl,kc. Alni The 'luvrrnmcns sold 4,
through Collector .fucaten. some time in 1870.
,hr rccos,ts and everything, wcre burned up in
The great fire. Whhln ,tir last rear t,lr Rcyenus
Agent was detailed 10 l1bsu!uu lie real.tsiate Q
matters Of the Rcyenue department. lie looked
tint Tie had no title In anr Of lt.,n u,
tl,at could bc enforced; itiat ,hcy might get 4
littlu somc.htnx bs quttf'pitn from ,autnebody
that had ttsr; a,nl IN itat salt, u leHsnr, Ia
conway any title, hut simply Whatever Interest II
might hare haI III it.''
, 1879-07-02
CIVIL ENGIE EERS.


Of the Civil Engineers Club Of the Northwest was
held Ut the Athennuu yesterday afternoon, Gen.
sooy Smith presiding. Thora .wera afteeDRcntle-
men preseat. hA.nong 7othtt proeeedtbss| Oen.
Ga,ith rend scientific md detailed description
Of the Glasgow, No., steel bridge which he
built. The General said this bridge was OF the
usual form Of tile best recent American bridges.
1t WAS only tho fact that this was the first great
alI.steel bridge In the world, and that 1t WAS
lIkaiy to bc tho pioneer Of many noble strsct.
utes made Of thtx excellent material, hat.wRs
Consideflng It in this light. engineers would
naturally be intercsted In knowing the Quantl.
ties Of tile steel used, and thr pecultarlties OF
the letatls OF construction rendered necessary
BY the charasLerstacs Of the new matcriat;
fsior to the introduction Of the BcBsemcr und
other processes, steel .wns confined 10 ttH uses
almost altogether to aucil purposes as required
great hardness, with moderate touGhncss and
strength. rather than moderate hnrtlless with
great toughneRs alIl strength. There was IN
absolute nerrsaity for Abandoning t1c ola tleo-
rcs and examining ths new. Th's bridge had
been IN use since April %. 1877, having been
completed sn ons Ysar from ths bsg,nnlpE ,c Of
traffic a,d while subjected 10 very heavy
wind strains had been most satisfactory
Il had happened once since the bridge hau be en-
throughout It's whuIa length WITH box a,nl
passenger cars during heavy gale blowing At
EIQbt angles with the axis q The bridge, aud
no lateral motion was percepttble- When the
u,adc up Of locomotive ard tender and two
rurs heaytly loaded. p(nrcd 1t the centre, t'ls
detection OF the through &pans varied only trotn
1.bB Inches to 1.80 luctes, uld the vaEtAtlon 10
the dtdcct1ony Of the tTo deck spans Was hua
about 10 inrhrs ~ compared With each Other,
and but little more when compared Win
tile through spalsa. Each span weighs o0out
l00 tons less tnan an Iron span Of lhs same
, 1879-07-02
".FREE FKOM TAXES"

A TRIBUNE reporter succeeded yesterday 10
getting some further particulars from Collector
Harvey in reference 10 the sale OF the Govern
nlcnt'a interest or claims |. tint piece OF prop,
erty next to the North Branch Ruiling-alills.
formerly occupied BY tho Great Western Dis
t,llng Company, aul to which considerable
space WAS devoted III yesterdays TRIBUNE III
connection with the objections Of Francts a.
Ogden to being taxed therefor Inasmueh as t'lr
property. a. he represented matters. was
leased by him fron, the United States,
mud was not, therefore, properly SUBJ
tect to taxatlob. Iu response TO a request
from the reporter for eouo further light on ihr
subject Of tho sale nnt tlls Goveruneuts in.
"My Arat correspondence with shs Depart.
mcnt on this subject began last yoar, when
gut letter fruln Washington statmg tlnat Jucou
Singer had appled to purchase ~ property;
il II 10 could ect it. ! Was directed
to adserslso. It for sale At public
sSso sse sss t; A. .ag ass r S' IL d " sees: S:a
| ber waa to be The day Of the salc. 1t rane
around. Singer, although preseut, togethcr
| with sou,c purity who wsB stranger to tne, dtu
oue ono ess els M ran i, i,up to so This WI ta highest
BID rac1red, aud tte PROPERTY va struck oit te !;
this party, subject, Of CouEsv 10 the approval OF
| the Secretary OF the Treasury AUD lhe C0m"
| missioner OF Internal Revenue. It afterwards
| proved that Ogden WAS Interested with th,s
unrty,--tat tho property VIA lid for on thy
iolut account Of Ogden md this other man.- |
tn4do a report Of thu salu aud aent It 10 WASH
lngtop, recommending llmt tho bid be not nc-
copied, anu asating that Singer had not bid At
tho saia. There was considerable colrest,und-
ence. After tt,at sn,Ger went to Washhsstol'.
| sud heard nothing more IT It for lung time*
/ THEN OGDEN WENT 70 WARRINGTON,
II he told me, 10 try to ret the sale confirmed.
Later, III January, received letter from the
Commissioner stating IIat Singer bud deposit.
Cd s200,-whtcl was paFt VI The $500 be had
offered for lcuse of tie ti0yefnnlent's interest
~ thss ptopsrty.-a1ll directing mt to advise
Ogdsa ot iuat faci did 10. ata! ! think he
went to Washington asa,u. After some
1slay ! was directed by letter from
tiW Comintsaloper 10 nattfy both Singer
anu osuen lsaf, IN = certaI1 day md at GER
tai0 AouE 70 % nsmsd BY nc. tile bids for ,he
leasing y thG uavosnlnunt's Interest In thu
property would ba vloseu. 50 notified them.
1!le uaE, s4iuk, wa4 tha sDti. ot February.
On lllat day s.lxcs, with hl& attorney appeared
with tIle tnoney. Osleu alsu appesrse. hey
I'D IRON 8A0 vt arst up " 81, ,ioO and, ~ iii,
lsster was slls hlRae.t old received, It wal
clu.el at that agurt. 1ays oGduu tcrsipt fol
, 1879-07-02
THE WHEAT DEAL.

Ths sl,ores Very Much I,tsEusted.
Tho aggregate Of the defaults In lhc June
wheat deal, which closed Monday, turned cut
to bo mitch less than MAS originally expected.
Whom tile balance was struck It was found TINT
the smount fall little abort OF 0,000 bushels.
and for thta The combination ycsteriay morning
sent around bills on the basis OF si.07. The re-
cclpta were about 10000 bushels. 10 CARLOAD
lots, and these we're picked up carly bv tho
brokers OF the combination at $i0o@t. t.G.
About noon there waa m apparently active do
maud for round lots, and the purchasers bid up
to $1.09 without getting moro than ono or two
"avcs.n An asfor Of lilo brought out seVera!
blocks. which the sele fn tile afternoon 10
formed the reporter had been lid awny III
tho taies Of two or three old customers,
who expected that wheat would sell higher IN
july than III June. This same explanation had
found It's way on 'Change, and was not received
With that credeuee which commercial tnfor1na-
tton usually cllclts. In faet, thcro wero soma
who. put their fingers to theft noses md e1astl.
lated tl,* monos7lable. Wash" AZ ntutsrvlew
whom was told the reporta current In the
"aiicy,n nnd they promptly and energetically
denied that there was tarttrlo OF truth IN tue
allegation. It NAV be said tlat the kc!er of the
round lots was not anxious to enter into any
dctsicu explanation relative 70 tue ecctntricity
Of the s+ old customers" who held On to their
wheat until alter tile expiration Of tho oDtfon-
q thing which Tile olHeAt operator OIL 'CHnuRo
does not remember TO bave ever happened.
That those In dofault were incenscd at tho
course Of the deal ts mild way Of putting Il.
Like the Captain Ut the Plnafore, they tudulgcd
In numerous great biz DIS, and svure TINT they
would never settle on the basis Of 10. no mat
ter how willing they .nlght be to adjust the Dill
ference on thu basis Of &1.07. lis ltke1r that
Efforts will ba made tn the next day or two to
arbItrate the matter; failing In that, suits will
be entered In tic courts. $780,.
There was higher range for tho future op'
tions, though the market was very unsettled.
for the reason that It was current belief
among the great bulk Of tho operators thai
the combination was selling out on the July op'
tion. A careful inquiry failed to Indicate any
| movement Of this character, but ncyrrtiielcsl
tie impression largely prevailed. Seller July
fetched 071<@03 cents, closing at about g7st
| cents. August option sold at G9.9G cents. Sep
at s014 @o0 cents. closing at 8o9< cents, aud sell
er The year At 881{GeS8e9 ccnts.
FalEowng IL The ruc Of the Board under
whfch the del*uats wcrc bought In:
In cass auy properly contracted for future lelLv'
purchaser may At his option considcF the contsac
forfeited or he may purchase tho pTnpefty on nj
market for account OF the seller By O'Clock Of th
next busEnesa.dar, Notifying him at once Of sucl
purchase. Or be EnAy require settlement with tot
oe!lcr At the ayetage market Price OH the day 0
| maturity Of contract
, 1879-07-02
PERSONAL

Knowles Insect i'u~asr Jun Il By far ths be.t,
, 1879-07-02

Du.neet's cocoaluo kseps hair soft aud glossy
, 1879-07-02

EaUdEKW VNNVEUs
nOANn-!k 4, ,l:EFtSEt. PRIVATE FAMILY on
ID kniN boarding tInuac by ynLMR ErnllfntkHs on
e!thsE NnEth s,sat slhc. within n few minutes ~
busfncss ette; BAtr terms. which Nas se low. Al.
drras 7 ~. Tribune uf!cr,
t)tIAlil-stlIS-W WiTiIiH M MILES 1F CIIiCAHti,
~ summer ana wIuteE for lazy. tArer 5Uiic ch-
hrrM nltf servant. Adlrtss, stating Ill particulars,
Tta. Trtliuho olce.. .-.----
1}OAHJ-NiliiTH UF CiH,AGU, .lS COUNTRY,
- for Een!!eman and two 'ltlt Rira. Apply ~ nr
I'd T. II Dr.. WILLIAMSON, ll3 AfadaUn.es.. bctuecn
u And l.
, 1879-07-02

4 man At Chapmans.Ilo. Va, bad chance to
l,obhcrs took hts uopey, hanged him 10 ssur,
a.lI !cit him. ly pressing lila ,ars on ll.s
ground he could reltye tho cnuka,g Ut the
i.ooss around tlIs acck, and In that way he
s,oud for thirtGun houry, but was On the poIut
OF giving UP when belp came.
, 1879-07-02
CITY REAL ESTATE,

fAtt criu1n. fhrfs ttnss or ittx - esrla efr IN.
N. Eidch additional tine. 10 cents.
, 1879-07-02

nf,t1a{tnrk frnm the mAmb1f1 OIL tile EQfs
r,a,.a Do.... .rcs.rvcd hi. uauul dignity,
uuau xS. 'e. .,,.s nccu,,ar em,Ie a, he h,s,mv
tnooen 40 smnca "u"s p.su nar n"1 and m tho,,1ht
hts hat up on its accustomed peg, anu .nousat
that h' was privileged to asus there s'a ssaf.
a % trioa mo more rubicund than usual Us he took hls
seat ~ a ne" eoa,s "a'sn n. ~. h,u, o,t
9'assa 9nrina u The e'a nsst haliSozeu M years.
cr;mtnol o I court. and DISPOSED Of some routine
SE.a"a' eo "a usa"tus5 auH .<'a.. tna,o.n,.n,. ~
scalpers from the Grand jury.
Judge Tulcy goes to the Criminal Court Mon
aay for atx weeks, and Judge Barnum follows
him: n ,,.o,,xr =, Il. .,.n r,n..
Judge Rogers mas tlscaas2ea h's jury s'lnuts'
day he ~ haye pereptory eaIor @nIoas a ~
Jutgc McA lllisterwtl have no further call until
hondav. Thcn he will hear the motion to aside
tie SIS, 600 judgment IN tho case Of Dic.ztch,
use, ete., vs.. Jonn D. Drake. This Is the case 10
which Edwin Walker was charGed With eon.
tempt for entering up judgment. Tuesday the
judge will have peEsmpfory call Or motlona
Tor new trials. which will contluue daily until
all srt disposcu OF. :.
M deeiaion has yet tcen reached as to the
why in which to u!yde the cl'aneerJ cases, anu IL
is probaolg me gu way, o{ oda Mlsu even num-
ne's' Will oe fess'aea 'oF oa. ne psssvas'
.z,...,... Mon....n el.d I'M ,o.,.-a.-t,
r,e Er",ts Go,st aronai H. i11inn Wns,ai ~,
III Gssv.. 1,rs,cn Tnmnsnv ~ 81 .s's cinuH ~
very large proportions that exists on her prop.
erty She inys that in juno, 1875 she owned
lot In Block i Of thc School SECTION Addition,
npothtr lot tp thu original. Town Of Chirauo.
and hftY.btx{aeres Oh the boulevard tu Hyd0
Park, worth ii all about sl5o0o0. Thers
were tneumbrances for about $4,000
on % # to tho Insurance Com
papy, About that time she made =
contract with one Weston 10 sell twenty-sx
acres o{ the boulevard prorerty for $1,a50 an
acre, Wnlch Woulo nhse ptpuueeu snAlceHt
sum to haye pnlu o4 ~ the inenmntances.
Dttole es.a i,I i -. t,,1ar - fkrcrI Sno; an, hn,
G!alm 70 ueE la'ta 4nur. t"IkE,4 ~, oGeus A.u "'cu
tac oaeeas % =. LIZ sanroI az" tnMysd ~. "
.M.s 'sJ ,,,or dnsa ~ Iii III cnnvsvns III
h,aNo ;a,n nFainist;T Il ff;c sa,ns ny
~ ~ nsy iii taxcH M; rsnCc1. ntT '1nTmar
tm" ~ Ky Thcw fa,,ed IN 1n th,s how.yrr
s,'h Il I'LL. 1a77 ao,l liza two lota ant undet
, 1879-07-02

'
IN ths ra!uup, 1atf4 thks "f ss<, - rsass psf
sxyt.pn. Eteh tda4iuHal Ina. 10 ctHta.
1lEHsONAL-WiLL THE TWO Y0uNa LADIES
ljos nuticea kwv Jopx KcHte n EaIi4un. u. cara
TursisY esculuk aul wtL lpwn rsoFla.s. send their
A4lrtss u J. b. Wkss. &sat4 sias l'0sk orc1.
L home ayan npxt seek, Eona md spsad 1AIuflay
cysllux And hunlxy sGe l:th mn tsta.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-07
The Democratic Caucus Versus the Su-
preme Court.

THE intentions of the Democratic
party with regard to the laws for the
protection of the electoral franchise
will be plainly enough displayed by the
action of its Senators on the Edmunds
and Morgan resolutions. MIR. Edmunds
proposed to reatfirm the validity of the
Constitutional Amendments, to declare
that all the people have a common in
terest in the enforcement of their pro-
visions, and to instruct the Judiciary
Committee to report bill for the equal
protection of all qualified citizens in
the right to vote for Representatives in
Congress. His resolutions have no ref
erence to the comforting of any new
rights or obligations; they relate only
to constitutional principles about which
there is no dispute; they amount TO a
syllOgism whose premises cannot be
denied, and whose conclusion is ire
sistible. The Democrats in the Senate,
however, will not accept them, but,
after two weeks consideration, they
present substitute.
Mr.. MOrgan's first three resolutions,
so far as they differ from those of Mr..
Edmunds, consist principally of sem
tences copied from the decisions of the
Supreme Court in the Kentucky and
Louisiana election cases. Those de-
cisions, pronounced in 1876, upset GER
tain sections of the Enforcement Act,
and laid down the principles: l. That
the Fifteenth Amendment does not con-
fer suffrage upon any one, but only
forbids the States or the United States
to exclude any one from voting son
account of race, color or previous con-
dition of servitude"; 2. That Federal
statute for the protection of citizens
generally in the right to vote does not
fall within the limits of the "appropri-
ate legislation" by which Congress is
empowered to enforce this amend
ment. But Mr.. Morgan's fourth reso-
luton" That when such right to vote
is denied or abridged by the conduct of
a person who is not so acting by the
authority and in obedience to the laws
of State, the jurisdiction 10 punish
such conduct is in the State Govern
ment, and is not in the Government of
the United States'-is not justified by
anything in these decisions; on the con-
trary, it is inconsistent with the evident
opinion of the Court.
In the Kentucky case the Court held
that the third and fourth sections of the
Enforcement Act were void because they
went too far, and the Chief Justice used
this significant language: "It has not
been contended, nor can it be, that the
Amendment confers authority to impose
peualty for every wrongful refusal to
receive the vote of qualified elector
at State elections. 1t is only where the
wrongful refusal at such an election is
because of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude, that Congress can
interfere and provide TOR its punish
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-07
The Confederate Plea.

By the almost superhuman efforts OF
the cooler heads among them. supple
mented by vigorous exercise of the
Southern Brigadiers have been con-
strained to raise the siege of General
Bragg to wash off their war paint and
bury the hatchet. But they have bur-
ried it as the man did who said he had
but the handle sticking up and could
pick it up devilish quick at any minute.
The bill which was the occasion of Gen
eral Bragg's speech is still in the order
of business where the debate of We'd
nesday left it, and will come up again
whenever that order of business is
reached, which is likely to be next
Tuesday. 1t will need but a hint, a
suggestion, very little stirring up, to
bring Mills, Hooker, Chalmers and
some others their legs brandishing
tomahawks, warclubs and all manner
of Democratic weapons over the head
of the quiet little member from Wis
consin.
They are making great efforts to
break the force and effect of the whole
sale truths spoken by Bragg, by pre-
tending that what made them mad was
not his forcible argument against Con-
federate war claims, but his waving of
the bloody shirt. They do not wish
Congress TO allow any Southern war
claims. They say they are as much
opposed to them as any Northern men
are. They only introduce them and
make speeches for them and vote for
them because their constituents expect
them to, and they are afraid to provoke
the terrible wrath of their constituents,
lest they should come back TO Congress
no more forever. They ardently desire 10