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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
WARREN COUNTY.

Much unnecessary objection Is made
to the form Of the ballot required 10y
the New Code in this State The same
law prevails in several Northern
States. The purpose of the law Is to
afford absolute protection 10 the voter,
requiring uniform width and color,
and the printing or writing to be
without marks or devices by which
! the folded ballot could be recognized,
thus making it impossible for the in
spectors or any one else to tell for
whom the sufl'ragan voted. So far the
object of the law is II good one and II
very proper one.
The law may he open to complaint
ON the ground of leaving too small Il
margin for the width and space be-
tween the names. But ii is eminently
IA wise and just provision to give all
classes of voters Il chance to vote eN-
actly as they wish without the re-
st aiming influence of anybody's NOR
al coercion or physical intimidation.
But the action of the Commission
rs of Warren county in throwing out
over two thousand votes because II
few dash rules We're inserted, sepa-
rating the lines at the head and foot
of the ticket, we do ot believe will
stand the test of judicial decision
or of just public sentiment. These
or "devices" in the spirit of the
law or in the spirit Of common sense.
They afford no more clue for the de-
lection of the ticket than the printed
names do, and, therefore, are not dis
tinguishimg "mark,' rs the law con-
templates. And to call them ode
vicesn of any kind would be an alb
surdity. y "device,n according to
Webster, is % "lhat which is de-
yistd or formed by design; a contriv-
ance an invention; strategem." 1t
is palpable that there could be no
design" in the insertion of these
rules, because they could perform no
office. The printer alone is respon-
sible for them, and their appearance
is simply the result Of his taste. In
no sense can they be considered Il
"contrivamcp, or "strategem," still
less an 'invention.n The rules used
are such rs are universally employed
by printers in the same manner in
which they are utilized in this ticket.
The fact that they were not distin-
guished and rejected by the inspect
ors as they were placed in the box is
proof that they Were not afflicted
with such "marksn or "devices" as
the law condemned.
We regret very much that the Com
missioners of Warren county have
taken this course. We do not wish to
be understood rs impugning their
or good faith, but we think
they have made grave mistake, and
inflicted Il palpable and damaging |
wrong upon the ballot-box and the
of the law.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
"A SMALL THING.

We are somewhat surprised and
rather panied to see the manifestation
of Il disposition on the part of the
Vicksburg Herald to join the little
squad of Radical reprobates and mali
cious pimps of other political complex
ions in an effort to bcsmirch the editor
of TIE COMET for his supposed defec-
ton in 1874. We have had respect
for the Herald, and though not always
agreeing with its editor, there are
many points on which we did har-
monte with his paper, and we have
never sought to break the force of its
positions or arguments by impugning
his motives. While number Of
other papers in the State were quite
free with epithets, and suspicious in
uendoes of disrcputable political COM
plications in connection with the
Herald editor, it cannot be charged
against THE COMET that it ever gave
circulation to II word of that kind.
We have, therefore, given that jour
nal no cause or provocation what
ever to bring our motives, past or
present, into question. And it is with
regret that we have to say its COM
ments on our article of last Saturdays
issue have not tended to increase our
respect for its manliness or judgment.
OF course, it is not Il pleasant task
to talk about ourselves. This paper
is in no sense personal organ. 1t
was not established, nor is it now pub
lished, for the purpose of personal
vindicatiOn and we have maintained
a dignilied silence in the midst of ven
OmOus impugnments on the part of nu-
merous small minds, incapable of COM
pretending the dignity ola principle or
the moral grandeur of a laudable pur-
pose Let THE COMET rasp Radi-
cal emisSary, or stir up Il monkey in
some other forest, und they set up an
imbrcile howl, pointing to our So
called departure of 1874. Like the
carriOn crows, ever on the scent for
sore places, they can peck only at Il
decayed spot, though all the balance
Of the body may he sound.
Admit, for the sake of the argu-
meIt, and only for the argument,
that the editor of The COMET did
make political mistake six or seven
years ago. He had the sense to see
it, and the courage to relinquish it.
Does it or can it detract from the in
tegrity or force of his views today?
How many men in Mississippi can
ook back upon a record free from
mistakes? Suppose it was a false step,
was any true man Of Mississippi hurt |
by it, and has it not been sufficiently |
,toned for?
We shall take occasion in future /
sSue TO explain again the true prompt
ngs of that episode of ours, to silence |
he Iarking of little creatures, who,
mike the Herald, have thrown
malice and venom into their STRIFE
urcs upon it. Meantime, in all honest
,ffOrts to preserve the purity and fair
ness Of the ballot box, and to hold the
government i'm unstained and con-
iervative hands, the Herald will find
! faithful coadjutor in THE COMET
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

ROBERT G. BOWMAN, Trustee,
VS..
b. s. ROBERTS. Agent.
Error to the Circuit Court of YaZoo county
Hon. S. S. CalhOOn, Judge.
Fisher executed deed of trust to Nose
by, trustee, to secure an Indebtedness to
Gilruth due Dec. LIST 1877, in which plain
tiff in error was afterwards substituted
as trustee in place of MOseby. Said deed
embraced "a light bay mule" and ga white
faced horse mule" and the condition was,
that if the grantOr "fail to pay and satisfy
said Indebtedness at maturity, then it shall
be the duty of the trustee, at the request
of the party of the third part (Gilruth) to
take possession of the property conveyed,
and after giving ten days notice, sell the
same," &c.
1t was claimed (but which was disputed)
that in January, 1879, Fisher sold ga light
gray mule" TO defendant in error. After
wards it was discovered there was a mis-
description as to one of the mules in the
deed of trust, and Fisher and the trustee
changed the word ebay" into "gray" i'm
the original deed, and caused the Chancery
Clerk to make the same change on the
record in his office, and then (to-wit ia
May 1879 the trustee, Bowman, sued cut
writ of Repleyin against Roberts for the
gray mule. A trial resulted in favor of the
defendant.
1t is assigned as error, list. The Court
improperly refused the following instruc-
ton for plaintiff:
eff the jury believe from the evidence
that Fisher executed a deed in trust to Gill
ruth embracing the mule in controversy,
aud conveying the same TO MOseby in trust
TO secure an indebtedness due said Gil
ruth, then the legal title to said property
was thereby vested in Moseby, and said
ton Of tile deed in trust, and il before salts
faction Of said trust said Fisher sold
traded or disposed Of said mule TO Roberts.
then such sale was void and could not
divest MOseby Of his legal title to said
property. 2. That the court improperly
gave the following instruction for the de-
PENDANT:
"If the deed Of trust had embraced the
mule in controversy aud there bad been an
alteration Of IT, and IL under the deed Of
trust, MOseby, by it, provisions, had the
right Of possession on the 1st Of Dee. 1877.
still the action could not have been main
tanned by said original trustee after the ex-
piratiOn Of one year from Dec. LIT 1S77; aud
an action which could not be maintained
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
AN OLD FRIEND HEARD FROM.

OUR old friend Brick Pomcroy has
favored THE COMET with copy of
his great paper, The Great West. 1t
is published at Denver, Col, and is
just about as red-hOt as ever. Brick
is brick-an irrcpressble brick. He
can make more noise and lose more
money in given space of time than
any man of the same size in America.
But if he loses like prince he replen-
ishes like prince. Just now he is
king of the mines of Colorado, and has
Il bonanza in view amounting to sew
eral millions. His Great West is not
inferior to his Lacrosse Democrat, or
to Pomcroy's Democrat in New York.
1t has the same ear-marks, the same
hOttentOtncss, the same distinct indi-
viduality, and the inevitable and ever
lasting Saturday Night" sermons.
Brick writes in sluice. He pOurs
himself out. His words flow in vol
umes-sOmetimes in torrents. There is
no such thing as stopping man like
Brick. AS well undertake to check
the tide of empire or to defeat Rad
zeal for President. We had INDUCED
the hope, however, that brick would
run out of soap on the " Saturday
Night" literature. We read Il few Of
these mastery productions from his
pen in our youthful day s-only few
1t takes a strong stomach to stand
many of them, and we are not an alder
man. However, as if determined
to see how much misery the world
could endure these saturday Night"
yarns have been continued. They are
among the things that never fail.
They began twenty years ago, and
fifty-two of them have been ground
out each year, making 1910 in all. If
they were to stop nOw-but no man
need to hope for that-there would be
more of them than the thousand and
one tales of the Arabian Knights.
We have been haunted with a fear
for twenty years that we could yet be
doomed to encounter these medita-
tons and stories all collected together
in the form of a huge book. In the
face of such an impending calamity
as that life is not as vrluable to us as
it ought to be. We wish our friend
Brick success in all things, but if he
has any love left for us we hope he
will be satisfied with his book on
NONSENSE" and not write any more
- saturday Night Reyeries.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
saturday, November I3 1880.
TRIB UTE TO THE LATE HON A. @
BROWN,

We are requested 10 state that there
wi bea public meeting of the citizens
of the State of Mississippi who may
Ike sojourning ut Jackson, in the Rep
rcsentatve Hall, Wednesday evening,
the 18th inst. After the organization
OF the meeting
GEN j. Il. GEORGE
will deliver eulogy on the life, char
actcr and public services of the late
lamrnted Albert Gallatin Brown.
From the recognized ability of the
eulogist and the illustrious worth of
his subject, the public are justified in
expecting rich discourse.
The ladies are expected, and espc-
cially invited. The rights of visiting
citizens of the State will be equally
and fully recognized in the proceed
ings of this meeting, and they are cor
daily invited to share in a suitable
hibute to name which is the COM
mon property of the State.
In our neXt Saturday issue we will
give the address of Judge George in
full, and it is likely the meeting will
order it to be printed in more cndur-
ing form.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

THE man who has lost in the recent
Presidential tournament is Gen. W.
>. Hancock He deserved better
fate. He Is a soldier, "A statesman,
and gentleman. He has come out OF
the contest unsmirched Few men,
whether in the military or civil walks
have shown 50 clean record and 50
clear a head. Hc has lost something
ia the race, because he had much 10
expect from success. As for English,
the biggest thing for him in the whole
matter was the nomination. That
was enough for him An election
meant nothing to him. lie has got
better thing Of it shaving notes
than 10 he Vice President. He can
make more than the V. P.'s salary
on deeds Of trust. The defeat don't
set English back any, aud he didn't
throw away any considerable amount
on the canvass. English We take
Comfort ia believing, j. fright side up."
He Is heeled, IL Indiana did 60 hell
bent ngaint him. We are not Ia favor
Of English's nomination next time.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

1t is the opinion Of 4 few ,agaciOus Mis-
slssippians, whose Judgment is not blinded
by AN intense partisanship, thai Mississippi
VIII lose large proportion Of its labor I'M
less some efforts are made to retain it,
Mrmphi, Avalanche.
1t is also the opinion of many saga
clous Mississippians, that if enough of
the discontinued aud res tless colored
cement emigrutcd TO other climes to
reduce its numerical strength 20 that it
would cease to he standing menace
to good and intelligent government, it
would open the way for cmigrants of
a different and better class and add
greatly to the peace, quiet, and pros
ptrity of the State. If cOlOred people
can be satisfied to remain only on the
condition hat the government is to
he turned over to them, they need not
delay the exodus any longer, for this
will never be done again.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

Lowry w. GOoDE, Il Mississippi
boy of talent and brilliant PROMISE
the son of our old friend Coz. T.. j.
Goodr, has purchased the Des Moines
News, and has converted it into II
clear, spicy and attractive weekly.
He takes hold OF the pen and scissors
like man born to the business, and
brought up in the atmosphere of
types. The paper is Il free lance in
politics, being, in a broad sense, an
Independent journal. We predict for
the News and its editor bright and
useful future.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

THE Presidential Electors chosen
in the various States, will meet at the
State capitals ON the first Wednesday
in Decembel-the lst inst.--and cast
their votes for President and Vice
President Congress will begin to
count the votes on the second We'd
nesduy of February.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

Hon. JOIN r. LYNCH was in town
Thursday, and filed with the Govern
or his protest against the issuance of II
certificate Ia Hon. Jas. r. Chalmers
as congressman-elec. Of the sixth dis
trirt. Mr.. Lynch claims that from
the returns he has majority of the
votes ranging from 800 to 1000. There
is evidently a lively contest in sight
for this scat when Congress meets.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
GENERAL HANCOCK.

The subjoined dispatch is in keeping
with the record Of the man. It will
increase The admiration oi true Ameri-
cans for genuine and unselfish patriot:
WAsHINGTOS, ID. c., Nov. ia letter
was received here to-day from Gen. Han
cock. l'y an officer Of the army who was
formerly on his stah. in which Gen. Han
cock says emphatieally that be has no Dot
or part in the agitation relative 10 throwing
out the vote Of New York. and that be will
not have any. lie says be- j. opposed to
the agitati0n and believes that ten. Car
held Was elected and should be- inauaIIrated
without auy fuss.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

The manufactures of New Orleans
in 1870 employed $40 persons, and
the aggregate product was worth So
go, rs. In 1880 1855 persons are
employed, and the product i worth
S30,009, O47. An increase Of 100 per
cent. during the decade is not 50 bad,
considering all the circumstances.
During the next ten year, however,
the increase should lie 100 per cent.
We have the facilities and the labor,
and " the proper effort - made the
necessary capital will lie found.-N.
o. Democrat.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

THE party that elected Garfield in
1850 can elect Grant in 1884, but then
there is the gutter which may save
the Republic of our fathers yet.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

PETER A. QUINN, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Pike
county, Miss, died at his residence
near McComb City, last Sunday.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
FOR SALE OR RENT.

A HOUSE and LOT in north jackson. Lot GO q
Il. tanning five acres Of ground, embracing u u
orchard and garden, house convenient ana Id
nished.
Also, small House, three rooms and lhPe ",
of laEd with fruit trees, suitable for lnaLke, "
den, One-half mile from the city, ion sale cIeaP
Apply at Comet office. ~iO-"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

WHY do people continually harp on
the "Solid SOUTH with Col. Clarke, Of
Greenville, in the office of District
Attorney.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

A FULL and truthful account Of the
late unfortunate killing in Lexington
is given i'll another column of TIE
COMET to-day, from an eyewitness.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

Now, gentlemen OF the q. b. per-
suasion, tell us, if you can, where
Weaver stands?
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

THERE doesn't seem to be much
love lost between the Times and
Democrat of New Orleans.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

THERE is chance for Grant in
1851 if he don't fall into the gutter be
fore the time comes.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

SARA BERNHARDT was greeted at
Booths theatre in New York, by an
audience of 5000.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

TIE late storm proved very dam
aging west of Terry.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

GRANT has moved to New York,
but there are cutters in that city.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

My Lord Conkling is the biggest
man among the staIwarts after all.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13

WnIBERLY says it is Il bright day
for Greenbackers. 1t looks that way.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-13
NOTICE.

THE next session of the Mississippi lnslllu'pl
i for the education of the Blind will conii'''
ON Monday, the fourth day Of October, ,,,,
Sept. 25, 1880. W. ). LANGLEl' ""r'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09
The European Situation.

In the reports by cable of the open
ing of the German reichstag, Thursday,
the speech from the throne justified
the military law as a measure Of secu-
rity made necessary by the increased
ornaments of neighboring countries.
The people in the United States who
have a standing army of something
ike twenty thousand men, can hardly
realize what was meant by the dis
tinguished statesman who said that
"al Europe is dying in armor." The
nations of the continent are by their
jealousies compelled to maintain large
standing armies so as to be ready to
prevent any advantage being taken by
an enemy who is better prepared for
war. Count Won Moltke is reported as
saying that the expense of keeping
Germany in readiness for war is small
compared with the loss she would sui
fer if attacked while unprepared for
war. This is the theory upon which
Europe Continues to exhaust itself in
the fearful drain of constant military
expenditure. On this shallow argu-
ment Germany must in time of peace
keep under arms, year after year, near
ly half a million men, lest some day
there should be war. Russia must
keep a million for the same reason, and
France must keep as many rs Ger
many. In our telegraph reports of
Friday is a statement that while the
French army estimates of 1870 were
barely five hundred million francs,
they will now exceed nine hundred
million francs. Tue French army is
numerically stronger and probably
better armed than the German army.
The Russian army has also been CON
slderably increased. From the Ian
gua3e of some of the French monar-
chial journals it would appear certain
that if the parties they represent OBJ
tanned power, they would Immediately
plunge France into war. In view OF
this, Germany. though desiring peace,
must follow the example of her neigh
bors III their immense armament.
The position taken by Germany is
not altogether correct in theory. 1t is
not cheaper to keep a nation prepared
for war, rs preparation is now under
stood in Europe, than it is to endure
The destruction of war when it comes
No loss the war can lptlict, not all the
destruction and waste of war con
tinued for one year is so costly as thir.
ty years of preparation and peace.
Germany has spent more since her late
wal with France to put herself in pc
sition to make revenge impossible than
France lost by that war, aud it seldo
happens that war IS so uninterrupte''
ly unfortunate to the arms of one 81
as the late FIR. German war Was.
rhe expenditures Will be kept up aud
the people will he compelled to yield
to the demands of the rulers, although
the governments protest that nothing
but peaceful relations are maintained
with other powers. While this policy
remains millions of men in arms will
be taken from agricultural and indus
trial pursuits, and various nations will
be kept watching each other with vigi'
lance, and keep their armies at the
largest footing in order not to be taken
by surprise. H'~k~ue.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09
Growing Old.

Yes, we are all growing old, though
unconsciously, and the current of life
flows on as smoothly as ever; indeed,
the fuller the current, the more noise.
less the flow. And months and years
are, after ull. so very much alike that
they p .ss without special observation.
and we begin to get old before we
think of it. Aud when we sit down to
q simple sum in arithmetic-the sub.
traction of the year of our birth from
the current year-we are astonished at
the answer, and are so doubtful of its
correctness that we go over it second
time, but always with the same result.
Children grow up around us, but we
get used to that, and seldom stop to
compute their ages and realize the
swift fight of years. In fact. our chill
dren never get old to us. The wife
who has stood lovingly and faithfully
at our side 80 long never changes, and
is always the fair young bride of the
old and happy days. Aud 80 with hus-
band--to the wife. Though his hair
might have grown gray in some way
which we do not understand, and his
firm step may seem little less elastic
or firm than it was, the husband does
not seem to have changed much after
all. He il to US the same strong,
manly one whom we loved so much,
and to whom we contided 80 much
just little while ago. 10 be sure, the
few friends Of our youth that remain
are all gray headed, but We do not
think much of that, for we all seem to
be using the same fashionable hair
dye. There is nothing in that to at
tract special attention. Some one
he may have been philosopher-has
said that if we doubt whether we are
really growing old we should look in
the face of friend whom we have not
seen for twenty years. The preacher
tried that few days ago. He did
more; he looked in the face of friend
whom he had not seen for nearly forty
years. What his thought of him was
he does not know. They were both too
polite to express their thoughts. He
knows that he kept wondering, and
wonders yet, what had happened to his
friend that tie should look 40 very old.