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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
JACKSON, MISS, July 21st, 1880.

JACkSON, MISS, Jull Alsl, lcou'
Col. + T. Cooper
Your note asking that we read Governor
stones statement of the interview between
himself, and Capt A. T. Wimberly and
other gentlemen, upon the subject of the
appointment of one commissioner of cleo
ton in each county, from the Greenback
party, is received, and in reply will say:
That we were in Governor Stones office
on some business with him when the COM
mittee came in and we retired into the
private secretary's office and took seats.
The statement of the Governor is sub
stantially correct in every particular,
though some portions of the interview mot
material perhaps) are omitted, when
speaking upon the appointment of two
Democrats on the Board. Mr.. Bevins said
the law said that no tw0 of the commits
sioners should be of the same political
party. To which, Governor Stone replied,
that is not what the law says-but that all
the commissioners should not be of the
same political party. To which Captain
Wimberly assented, saying that that was
the law.
When Captain Wimberly said ''you are
the Governor of the whole people," he
went on to say that he had never heard
any complaint of him, but that he was
regarded as Il just and honorable man, and
that he had acted fairly and justly without
prejudice with them, in his county, and
with him in his troubles there. That he
regarded him as their Governor, that they
were Mississippians, and most of them had
been Democrats, and had helped as much
as others to defeat the Radicals in the
State. That now he thought they had a
party, and organization in this State, and
were entitled to protection, and right to
have representation on the Boards.
To which the>G overnor replied as stated
in the next to the last response.
Respectfully,
JONES s. HAMILTON,
D. p. PORTER.
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THE spider may have more cunning
and malice in him than any other
beast, but we enjoyed the satisfaction
of seeing dirt-dobber the other day
have one in tow that was twice his
size. We tried to learn from the val
liant d. d. how he managed to entrap
the INSCRIPTIONS sharper, but he didn't
have time to stop and tell us. He SEEM
ed to be in a hurry to get his prisoner
safely lodged in Jail. We couldn't
even ascertain whether he was going
to give the vile culprit constitutional
trial by jury, or subject him to the ter
rors of an arbitrary court-martial.
But it was quite evident from the an
linus displayed by the D. D. that the
sly old scoundrel would get little or no
mercy from him, and we indulge the
hope that this notorious and heartless
met with the fate that all
upon the lives and in
dustries of Others deserve. We hope
the Court of dirt-dobbers had him
drawn and quartered, and divided in
to steaks for banquet among them
selves. We have no sympathy for a
spider.
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THE FIRST DISTRICT.

The solution of the triangular con-
test in the. First District is, upon
the whole, satisfactory one. Mr..
Muldrow has made faithful, jealous
and effective representative, and as
events have shown that this is bad
year for the rotation idea to work in
the making of Mississippi Congress-
men, there was, perhaps, no sufficient
reason to single out Col. Muldrow as
the sole victim of rotation.
The large number of ballotings at
Corinth, show what a strong hold
the three candidates had upon their
respective friends. The gallant Capt.
J. NJ. Allen lead the field for 26S bal
lots, and would undoubtedly have
received the nomination but for the
unit ruling of the convention. He
had more friends than anybody else,
and a good deal of strength which was
neutralized by this unlucky unit rule.
However, he and Col. Meek, seeing
that the convention would have to
adjourn without a nomination, came
and in eloquent speeches
their names, and thus the
lead lock was broken. After this,
Hon. r. III. Allen placed in nominal
lion the name of Hon. III. L. MuldrOw.
who was nominated on the next ballot,
by vote Of q to Is for Gen. Tucker.
The action Of Capt. Allen in this
'ase is worthy Of the highest praise.
the foremost man, and the
,nly man Of the trio, probably, who
TODD any chance for the nomination.
m account of the complications into
which the contest had drifted. vet TO
void all chronic dissatisfaction and 10
estore harmony to the party he retired
rom the race aud threw his strength
o Muldrow. It Is an act which
ught to be remembered, and no doubt
viii be. There is a bright future be-
pre- him.
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TIE Philadelphia Times says Wea-
yer has carried another state. He
crossed the Alabama line, footed his
horn, and down came the old parties
with a crash. Straightway the state
was ON fire for the greenbackers, and
AN immense majority for Weaver is
certainly to be polled. Says the
Times:
If this thing goes on it will hardly
be necessary to hold an election. Let
Garfield and Hancock withdraw,
and then Col. Lee Crandall may cast
the unanimous vote of the electoral
llege for Weaverand Chambers. Ii
viii bc great relief to the country to
have it all over with so little trouble.
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fective and insufficient to coo,
End. That she was coerced W., Tue
the deed by her husband ond LUZ, "'o M
ney of the grantees. W uc
Ord. That the homeseo1 ,
record title was IN the hush,n, '"oOS|
bong lit with her means. th, nag
titled to n resulting trust i" She W
she had been induced to convo, ~ and
quence of having been mislod o,' y"
as to her legal rights by her h', uc'|
the attorney of the grantees, "'0a0
Ihe certificate of acknowledges,
reciting the appearance of th" ',
proceeds; "who aftera private o,. "lc|
separate and apart from her s,id r''
acknowledged that she signed, sa "us
delivered the foregoing deed, as Lo"
tary act, freely and for the p,lrnoooa j..
expressed, without any fear, hs'
compulsion o, her said husband my
lection made is that, while if st,to. ~
wife appeared separately, it doe. na W
that she acknowledged seporotor
claim of the resulting trust rests ~ ~
alleged fact that the land was hoI pU1
the wife and paid for by wood o,'
the husbands land by the wire,s ola
hauled by the husbands wagons and =,
The claim is that because the ,o,.
done by the wife's slaves She is
under 3 1779 of the Code of 1871 to .a "'
resulting trust in the property,
Nugent and Melville and 7 NJ IN
for appellants. u
W.P. Harris and II. A. Barr for anna,
CHALMERS. J. ''
Held
/. The objection to the certidcoto .,
acknowledgements is hypercriticaI wv VI
stantial and not Il literal comnlinoa
the requirements of the statute i" al
is necessary.
2. There is no proof of anvthin,
amounts to coercion on the bart If
husband or of the attorney of tbc oro NJ
The husband is shown to hayGs ' %o.
his wife to sign, and to have ' ~,
her to do so, but certainly nom1
like duress or intimidation i " U%d
Apart from this, the certificotc S ns
officer is conclusive of the vo"n,
nature of the wife's act, it not h p%',
tablished that the grantees or the g ,ttoS
had notice Ofany undue influence cyor,i
by the husband. ''1
3. The claim of the resulting truy
inadmissible. The statute do"Io
that off the husband shall purchase M"
erty in his own name with the mOnov
the wife, he shall hold the same in trny
her use," and while we will not saw N
the investment of her property Other M
money would not have the same off"
we certainly cannot hold that because A
services of her slaves have been utilized
delivering and making more valuable nj
'onal property belonging to the husbarl
ne thereby becomes trustee for her
he realty thereby acquired. 1t is Show
by the proof that the gronte
n the conveyance We're ignorant of H
lain, and therefore by the express IeH
If the statute she is estopped to assert
against them.
Decree affirmed.
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LEASING OF THE PENITENT1ARY'

Next Monday the Board OF Public
Works will proceed to lease the PEN
itentiary for term of six years be-
ginning the LIST of January 1881. by
the terms of the law they are to lease
this institution to the highest and best
bidder, or they are authorized, II none
of the bids are satisfactory, to reject
any and all bids, and then proceed to
contract with responsible parties for
this lease. The gentlemen composing
the Board are intelligent and sagacious
business men, and we have faith that
they will be able to make a contract
which will protect the State and be
lust to the lessee and the convlcts.
There are some important points to
consider in closing the lease; among
which is the success of the transact
ton, protecting the State, and guaran-
.teeing humane and proper treatment
to the convicts. 1t is not every man
who can manage successfully large
plantation, to say nothing of thous-
and or twelve hundred convicts, al
though the woods are full of men who
think they can. 1t is too big a thing
to experiment with unnecessarily. 1t
would be good plan to let well enough
alone, if its condition and management
be found well enough. All other
things being equal, the bid of the pres
ent manager, Col. Hamilton, ought to
have preference, because he has the
benefit of experience, and has given
unmistakable proofs of humanity and
administrative capacity in the conduct
of this institution. In other words,
with him it is not an experiment, and
he has proved himself to be safe man
for this contract, The convicts under |
his charge are carefully guarded, prop
erly clothed and fed, and furnished
with skillful medical attention when
sick. There are comparatively few es-
capes, and as little sickness as the Cir
and situation of the con-
victs will permit. These are important
and the lessee, whoever
he may be, ought to be able to satisfy
the Board that he would faithfully
look to them.
The discussion of this lease at our
last Legislature, brought out the fact
that the State had expended over
$780, 900 on account of the Penitentiary
since its establishment 1t has always
been great drag and load for the
State to carry. Appropriations for it's
support were made every year, and
zach Legislature was called ON for a
leficit, except during the years Col E.
Richardson, was paid by the State
$4,000 a year to take it. The
present lessees, for the first time
II all the history of the Peniten- +
iary, have managed to conduct it |
lot only without loss but with small |
'rofit to the State. They have work. {
ID it with satisfaction, and without /
alling back on the State for support l.
other and untried homogeneous might
lot be so successful, and this bother
ONE elephant might again fall back ;
pom the State, as it has heretofore.
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WE met our old friend Col. j. b.
Dcason in Jackson the other day.
He has sly look about him, as much
as to say: "If this little congressional
crumb should happen to fall in my
way, I'll be dinged if don't pick it
up" But the Colonel is Il shrewd one,
and values his head too highly to split
il open against stone wall. Conse-
queHtly he has not made up his mind
TO run against Hooker.
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Commissioners Sale.


JAMES II. YERGER, et al.
QY VIRTUE OF the final decree rcndere 10 lhf
" cause by the Chaneery Court Of Kinds coun!
Miss, list District, Twill, on
MONDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER A. D lN
in front Of the City Hail. in the city of laks y,
within legal hours, proceed 10 sell, for cash Din
highest bidder, at public auction, the loly V'
property, to-wit That certain real estate slllF y
the city OF Jackson, Kinds county, Mississippi, ~.
square eleven South in said city, heing tue NJ I
lot OF ground and parcel of said square Of aa WIZ
Daniel Mays died seized and possessed, ana IN IN
Is particularly described in the decd oil ~ N
Shelton conveying the same to said Nay M
also certain other tract or parcel Of land o. Iua
the same, and part Of the residence OF ala slI
X. Yerger, purchased by him Of one 4. "u Tl
and particularly described in the decd Of ~
Robbins to said Ierger; said last parcel wv 49,
square Of eighty feet, situated in the s9u u,, 4
corner OF said square eleven, south, in Suu w j
Jackson, fronting eighty feet on Pearl stItgl ipf
eighty feet ON President street, and the uN I'VE.
house and appurtenances on the said land o. xxx.
ground. said sale made fOr the purpose o. IN ~
ing the Decree made in favor OF complainant
cests of suit. al,
The Commissioner will only convey sleh - ~ Ia
he is authorized TO convey under said dee'"'
A. q. MOoEE
July 24-Iw.l Commls'luup-
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
BRUNT SMITH

BRUNT SMITH
| VS..
| THE STATE.
Error to the Circuit Court of Lincoln
county, Hon. j. b. Chrisman, Judge.
Plaintiff in error, jointly with several
others, was indicted for burglariously
breaking and entering the house of one
Monk Newman, with intent to commit the
crime of assault and battery upon said
Monk Newman, Wash Decell and Miles
King then and there being. The indict-
ment also charged that the defendant did
then and there beat and wound the. said
persons named. A motion was made to
quash the indictment upon the ground that
it charged two distinct Oflenses-burglary
and assault and battery-in the same count,
but the motion was overruled. This is as
signed as error. On the trial of the case
against the parties jointly the Court re-
fused to allow each ofthem four peremptory
challenges, and allowed them all together
only four such challenges. This ruling is
also assigned for error.
j. f. Sessions and II. ii. Thompson, for
plaintiff in error.
T. c. Catchings, Atty. Gen. for the State.
GEORGE, c.. j.
He'd
1. We do not regard the objection to the
Indictment as good.
Larceny is held to be properly charged
in count for burglary, upon the ground |
"that whether the breaking be burglary or |
not depends upon the intent, and the act |
nj In affar fha
proof of the intent with which the breaking |
was done. The larceny is therefore |
not as substituted Offense, but |
as demonstrating the burglarious intent"
The same reasoning applies to the case at
bar.
2. At common law, in trials for felonies
only, prisoners were allowed peremptOry
challenges, but it seems to be well settled
that in such trials, in case several defendants
are jointly tried, each is entitled to the full
number of challenges. rs if he had been
ried separately.
Our statute, 2 2761 Of the Code of 1871,
FLOWS four peremptOry challenges in trials
or misdemeanors and in felOnies not cap
tai. The language is, SIN all cases not
apital the accused snail be allowed four
,eremptOry challenges and the State two"
well recognized rule is that, in con-
trueing statutes changing the common
lw, the latter shall not be considered as
ltered further than the plain provisions
4 the statute require. So far, therefore.
5 felonies are concerned, we are Obliged
0 hold that no other change was made as
0 peremptOry challenges than reducing
heir number from thirty-iive to four. Re .
arding this as a trial for felony, Though
he defendants were acquitted of the felony
nd convicted of a misdemeanOrl as we
link we must, it results that the ruling Of
he Court was wrong.
Reversed and new trial awarded.
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CITATION

Estate OF Mrs. Elizabeth O'Sullivan- ChAncdy
Court, list District, Kinds county, Mis-
ITO MRS. ELLEN 0'SULLIVAN, Of RtinOfr
l. Maryland, and Vincent de Paul OSuliM
minor, son of W. r. O'Sullivan OF Memena Nlt
of L0uisiana, and all others interested in said Nt
of Mrs. Elizabeth O'Suliivan, deceased.
You are hereby cited to be and personally y
pear before the Chancery Court. LIST District lilnf
County Mississippi, at the Chancery Court BO'A
in the city of Jackson, said STATE on the Sound
Monday of September A. d. 1880, the same beiasi
regular Term of said Chancery Court then and thsf
to show cause, fanny they can why the pellllon@I'
Z. Julienne, executor of the estate Of said Nh
Elizabeth O'SulIivan, deceased, should mol u
granted, and his action as executor confirmed n
the Court.
Ordered, further, that this order he publhbdh
The Comet, newspaper printed and published
Jackson, Mississippi, once week for four Sl .
sive weeks, and a copy mailed by the CLERK d uh
Court, properly directed, postage prepaid 70 eal
OF said above mentioned parties. Orderd uh
July 22nd. 1889
By A. q. NooRE. d. G. Jyh
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THE GREENBACK PARTY OF
LINCOLN.

The Greenback party in Lincoll
county, to-wit, J. NJ. Fl. Martin
knows more about finances than he is
able to tell in month, and is unhappy
because he has not, up to this date
been able to find an audience to un.
load his wealth of knowledge on that
subject upon. 1t is said that he cor
nered Il man at the st. Elmo hotel
who had missed the train and had to
lie over in BroOkhaven twenty four
hours, and was keen to find some plan
of putting in the time. This was the
Greenback party's opportunity and he
fastened to improve it. He had been
looking for chance like this-for a
man who had days leisure to listen.
He prepared for action, - hedging
around with glittering platitudes, he
skirmished upon the outskirts of the
enemy; skillfully weaved an ambus-
cade for him; threw up intrenchments
in his front, rear and on his TANKS !;
engirdled him with fiat Notifications :;
fired a volley of statistics at him and
then, warming up, paralyzed him with
a battery of startling figures dischar-
ged in such rapid succession that the
poor victim was powerless to protect
himself from the deluge. In the
course of few hours the G.. B. party
was ready for the main charge, but
the audience had broken down, the
victory was virtually won already.
"For Gods sake" remarked the
audience imploringly, "let up a min
ute, or half a minute, or at the least
three seconds, to give me a chance to
catch breath. You are smothering me
to death with logic and figures"
"But," quickly returned the Green
back party, "this is point in the
argument you must understand before
you are ready for the long list of ex-
plantations which are to follow"
oh the argument! On the
Damnation generally
Hi, fury and botheration | can't
stand everything! | am not cast
iron segar man. I'm flesh and blood,
bone and sinew, and there is Il limit |
to my powers of indurance.n And |
the enthusiastic audience rushed for
the back room where CantOni keeps |
restOratives. But the party followed
him.
81 simply wanted to explain to
YOU" he began
ooh, don't start again, I pray you.
It's all right. I'll take it for granted.
I'll admit everything. But for heavens
ake don't start again"
"But"-observed the party with his
ndeX finger shaking out the points
"There! there! stop! stop! stop! see
hat you are wound up, and there's
,reat danger in starting. My dear
ir," said the audience so0thingly,
the truth is life is too short for me to
Undertake thia job; besides, l am
eligiOus man and don't want to lose
ny chances for Heaven. Let us post
one this discussion until this life's
tful fever is over, and then if we are
lcky, will have time to listen to a
Ill explanation of your financial |
leories; but as long as I stay in this
'orld l have to work for a living, !
nd really cannot afford to devote ,
~ life to the hearing of your expla-
atoms. l have no doubt you have 4
lastered the subject-that you have a
)t to the bottom of it--know all its
tricacies-and could tell all about it, n
you had time-but ] can't afford to +
~ board at this hotel to hear you out" c
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THE Governor Interviewed.
A True Version of the Interview
Between Governor stone and the
Greenbaek Committee.
COMET OFFICE.

JAUkSUN, NIIHS,y July 70, 1851. J
To His Excelleney Governor Stone.
DEAR SR-Calling your attention to a
reported interview between yourself and
the Greenback Committee in reference to
appointment of Greenbacker on County
Election Commissions, published in the
Yalobusha Standard of the 10th inst, de-
sire to obtain for publication in the COMET
the real facts of that interview as you
understand them. If you will kindly favor
me am sure the public generally will be
fairly and without bias presented to the
people. With great respect am
Yours truly,
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COL. HOOKER NOMINATED BY
ACCLAMATION.

At the District Convention which
assembled in Hazlehurst last Monday,
Col. G. +. Hooker was nominated for
Congress by reclamation, a high aud
deserved tribute 10 a faithful and tai
ent"d Congressman. Hon. A. j. Nc
Laurinr Capt. Sessions and Col. Stock
dale withdrew their names, and left
the field open 10 the siver-tongued
orator. The nomination is equivalent
10 an election.
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JONES s. HAMILTON,
D. p. PORTER.

A London physician has recently
said, "when you feel like sneezing, in
stantly fall fiat on your back" and
yet there are some people who believe
that they can sneeze just as well stand
ing up.-Echange.
If DR.. Tanner can go forty days
without eating, he will probably start
Il country newspaper. Exchange.
A minister preached long sermon,
and suddenly hating, said: And
what shall say more % "Amen W
shouted one of the brethren.
Curran said to Father O'Leary: az
wish you were st. Peter, because being
master of the keys, you might let me
in" He replied: at were better for
you 1 had the keys of the other
place, for then I could let you out"
A beggar asked Brummel for farth-
ing, "Fellow," said he ~ don't know
the conn.,
Sheridan excused himself from walk
ing with an elderly lady on account of
the bad weather. Soon afterward she
met him alone. $50, Mr.. Sheridan"
said she, at has cleared up !" "Just
little, ma'am; enough for one, but not
enough tor two"
An Irishman charged with an as
saut was asked whether he was guilty.
" How can 1 tell, your honor, till Ihave
heard the evidence" was his reply.
When intoxicated, a Frenchman
wants to dance, German to sing, a
Spaniard to gamble, an Englishman
to eat, an Irishmam to fight, and an
to make speech.
A clergyman gave out the hymn,
~ love to steal while away" The
choir got the wrong tune and repeated
three times, ~ love to steal" The
clergyman relieved them by saying:
1T is very much to be regretted; let
is pray"
Josh Billings says: "There is two
,hings in this life for which we are
never prepared, and that is twins"
Josh is a grammarian as well as a phi
Osopher.
A fop, speaking of the opera, said
Oh, there was one air so enchanting
carried me away" "Can any one
whistle it? n said Jerrold.
A tourist was found at Mt. Vernon,
Weeping over the supposed tomb of
Washington, but which turned out to
e the ice house.
Are you the mate of this ship?u
sked passenger of the cook. "No, ,
ir; Pm the man that cooks the
late," said the Irishman.
Holmes, being bored by a dull pub
C lecturer, asked: "What are YOU
bout at this timer" The answer was
Lecturing, as usual. / hold forth I
his evening at Roxbury." The Pro-
ssor, clapping his hands, exclaimed: l
l am glad Of it, 1 never did like i
lose Roxbury people. I
" Please, sir, 1 don't think that Mr.. q
tubbs takes his physic reg'lar," said b
Doctors boy to his employer. "Why 4
!" "Cause he's getting nell so !,
-ecious fastp
II lawyer is in danger of starving 8
a small town, he invites another, II
ID they both thrive.
A man was flogging his son ON his
lee, when the small boy bit him. 70
What are you biting me for?p he ex- Z
aimed. The son replied, who be- an
nned this war ?"
II shouldn't care so much about m
e bugs" said a pale thin lOdger to AZ
J landlady, " but the fact is, ma'am, "a
hain't got the blood to spare.D ST
A gentleman who had been unbappy o.
marriage took asecOpd wife shortly
er the death Of the first. DR.. John
said Of his conduct, at was the ~,
nmPh Of hope over experience" tn
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24

Hon. CHAs. B. HOWRY, of Oxford,
and Miss. Halle Harris, were married
at the residence Of Judge J. A. Orr, in
Columbus, Wednesday morning, and
took the train Immediately for the
Nprtb
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24

WE caught Il glimpse Of Capt. Rus
sell, general attorney for the NJ. & O..
II. k. in Jackson last Thursday. We
regard him as once Of the best attorneys
for one Of the best roads in the country.