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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
HOUSE.
TWENTY-THIRD DAY.

SATURDAY, Jan. 81, 1885,
House met pursuant to adjournment Mr.
Speaker Johns in the Chair. Prayer by Rev
Or. Watkins
Present. 50 absent, 37-Messrs. Anderson
Bowman, Buchanan Bufford, Burdine, Byrd
Carroll, Cratin, Davis, Day, Featherston
Field, Of Lowndes, Ford, Eortson. Harkreader
Harris, Hollingeworth, Huddlest6n, Hurt
Lamkin. Lyle, Madison, McGehee, of Wilkin
son, McInhis, Nc Laulin, of Rankin, Mcneil
Mitchell, Morris, Murphy, Pollard, Rainey
Seward, Talbert, Taylor and WeatheFly,
Leave Of absence far ane day was granted
Measrs. McLaurin, of Rankin, Madison Hol
lingsworth, Mcneil, Hurt, Fortson and Bue.
hanan; from day to day TO Messrs. Talbert
Cameron, Seal, Anderson, Field and Harris
and for two days to Messrs. Weatherly and
Sergent-at-Arms Hester.
The Speaker appointed Mr.. Downs of Mad.
ison, on the Judiciary Committee in place OF
Mr. Featherston, excused.
The regular order for the day being the in.
PRODUCTION Of local bills, the roll of counties
was called for that purpose,
Dir. AelleB. Of Adams, introduced
II. B. No. %. An set to provide for the ex.
tension Of the time Of payment Of certain
lands Of the county Of Adams Passed.
Mr.. Chamberlain, of Adams. introduced
D. 3. No. 30 An act to amend an act to reg
ulate the sale Of cotton in the seed, and cot
ton ginned but not bailed, in Adams and
other counties Referred, on motion Of Mr.
Chamberlain. to select committee Of Eve.
Mr. Love, Of Amite intf0dhekd-
Il. M No 81, An act 10 create Bridge Com
miesionere IN Amite county. Passed.
kr. eteTenss of Coahcmas infxQduced-.
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n lumber ).
About Fencing Railroads.

EDITORS CLARION understand that there
| is bill fore the Legislature to compel rail
road companies TO fence their tracks and
suppose the measure will be passed. The cost
of a wire fence on each side of a railroad
+ three strands, viii be 500 per mile now
and more as iron advances Stock guards al
each public crossing will cost $50 per annunl.
| think the total cost would not lie less than
5000 per mile. For every hundred miles OF
railroad the expenditure would be, say $50
600, and the railroads in the State would hv
such legislation, be involved in the expendi-
ture of about s., OU10O3. The railway comma
MES are now barely able to pay a limited in
terest upon their bonded debts, and keen their
roads in repair. The cost Of fencing must ne
added to the tariff of charges for freight and
passengers, or il cannot be provided for. The
proposition, therefore is, to tax the people of
the whole State individuality in order To af
ford protection TO the stock of those who live
along the line of the railroads. Is the Lecis-
iature prepared for thiS2
The rule among the railroad companies is
II estimate and pay half the asceriained value
of all the stock killed, without reference TO
the question of negligence on the part Of their
emplovees This seems TO be fair a. in a.
least half the cases, the railroad employees
are not chargeable with negligence
at all; and besides, the valuation
of stock is usually placed at a high fig
ure. The rule has been objected 10 in certain
quarters and the clamor of oppression raised,
but ii is hardly justifable. Railway compa-
MES, though corporations, are citizens of the
State aggregated into a legal entity for conye-
nienee, and are entitled TO recognition and
protec tion by the law
II fencing railways be desirable it ought TO
he restricted to populous districts, to towns
and cities and other places where stock
abounds, and sufficient time should be given
for the work, SO that the taxation may be dis
tributed through several years An equitable
law Of the kind would not be Objectionable or
oppressive; but experience has not demon
s-rated the fact that fencing will accomplish
the purpose intended. II animals can break
over the fencing in any place they are inevi-
tably doomed, escape being impossible This
is matter which addresses itself to the sound
discretion of the Legislature If the interest
of the people require the law, let it he shaped
so as to accomplish the object, without neccs- I
sary hardship 10 the railroad companies, and /
the least injury to all concerned. The people I
pay the cost of all these improve |
mentS. INQUIRER.
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Find Out your Specially.

one thing remarkably well Whatever ona
has genius for. whether it be music, or law,
or house building, viii generally afford him
the means OF livelihood and make his name
known to many. Therefore. short receipt
for success would be: Find out your speci-
atty. and go ahead. A lifetime spent in
doing poorly what others do well. is life
time thrown away. And as we generally
feel within us the power we really possess,
IL is well to let boy yes, and girl ALSO
choose profession or trade. Many a one
who is a carpenter against his will, would
have made an able clergyman; and many a
clergyman forced into the pulpit By ambi-
tious parents, would have been far more
useful as a carpenter.
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The New Orleans and Meridian Railroad
RediViYus,
Y. 0. Citv Item. I


A letter written by Prof Ed Foutaino.
and recently published in the Meridian
News, setting forth the great commercial
importance of line Of railroad extending
from Meridian to New Orleans, appears to
have attracted considerable attention all
along the proposed route. The Professor
Yesterday received q communication from
w. IL Hardy, Esq, of Meridian, which
mentions the organization of "a company in
1871 for the purpose Of constructing the
road in question Mr.. Hardy states shat
Gen. Lougstreet was president and Mr.. O.
Ingram secretary Of the company, and that
steps will be taken at an early day 10 revive
/ the organization, a complete survey was
made and Mr. Hardy who is now In pos
session Of the map and profile thereof seems
4 very anxious that a new departure may be-
taken and the work prosecuted 70 a success
/ ful issue
4 We have before us "rcpnrt on the add
vantages and connections ofthe New Orleans
I and Northeastern Railroad, and the coal
and iron Of Alabama, etc, as q source of
+ traffic for the line" The inducements for
: its construction were /. That it afforded
cheap and expeditions outlet for the inhab-
itants of New Orleans. =. That it shortened
+ the distance between New Orleans and New
! York fully seventy-four miles, as compared
/ with any other line. 3. That 10 afforded de
rect transportation from the coal and iron
regions of Alabama. These advantages are
all specifically elaborated ia the report before
US.
If the importance Of tho road was appaF-
ent in 1871, it should be infinitely more so
now. Within a few years the iron, coal and
marble deposits Of Alabama as well as 9TH
or valuable minerals, have attracted @ large
measure of attention: consequently all the
reasons for building the road nine years ago
exist to-day in more emphatic shape
We s0Ine time since called attention TO
tAis matter and will continue to do so until
practical men take hold OF The enterprise
and make it what il should be.
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HOUSE.
TWENTIETH DAY.
WrpxEspAY. January %. 1880.


House met pursuant to adjournment Mr.
Speaker Johns IN the Chalr. prayer oy new.
Present III; absent s-Messrs. Atwood, Bur
net, Carter Glass, Huddleston, Seward, lay
lor, of Benton. and Wright
MIR Field. of Lowndes, introduced
H. b. No lS6. An act to facilitate the settle
snent OF all claims of the State OF Mississippi
against the Z. 5. for lands selected and re
xnaining unpatented and for indemnity in
money and scrip growing out of the grant Of
swamp lands in 1850 and the subsequent leg
islation OF Congress in relation thereto.
On motion Of Mr. Field the bill was refer
red to Special Committee of i've, TO act in
conjunction with the Senate Committee on
Swamp Lands.
The following resolution, by Hr, Field, Of
Resolved That the House. the Senate con-
curing, request our Representatives in Con-
gress TO urge the passage of Senator Oglesby s
bill to provide for indemnity due to the sew
eral States under the acts of Congress. ap-
proved March 2 1854, and March 3, 1851, re-
1ating 10 swamp and overlooked lands.
and that the request be transmitted to them
as early as practicable.
Mr.. Russell introduced
II. b. no. 191, An act to repeal an act to re-
claim to the State and from overflow certain
lands hereiB described Referred to Commit
tee on Levees.
Mr.. Anderson introduced
d. b. No. 1872 An act to pay reasonable
compensation to G., NJ. Brooke. for services
rendered by him in behalf of the State in the
trial of certain aggravated criminal cases in
Attala county. Referred to Committee on
Claims.
Mr. Lewis q Claiborne introduced
H. B. No 193. An aat to relieve the tax pay
ers Of Levee District No. !. from the penalties
of decree Of the District Court of the
United States for the Northern District OF
Mississippi. Referred TO the COMMITTEES on
Aevees.
Mr.. BilliHgslea introduced-
IL B. 194, An act to prevent enticement Of
1aborers or servants Whe are under contract.
Referred to Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Cooper introduced
H. B. l95. An act to amend section 5S Of Al
act 10 establish and maintain uniform sys.
fem of Free Public Schools In this Slate, ap-
proved March s, 1878. Referred % Committed
on Education,
Mr. Spears introduced
H.B No. 1856 An act In relation 70 bail il
criminal cases.
1fr. Eaton introduced
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Hanged. but Not Load

A woman in Scotland lived thirty years
after she was hung for the murder Of her
child, born while her husband was serving
a term III prison. The British Medical Jour
nal tells about it: "After she became un-
conscious, the sheriff, thinking she was
dead, gave the body to her friends, who
took it home in a wagon. They stopped at
a wayside tavern 10 drink, and suddenly the
lid Of tho coffin moved. They took took 30
oft and she sat up. Everybody ran away
thinking it a ghost but one man, who in
sisted on bleeding her. The next day she
was well enough 10 walk. The Scotch law
excalpates the convict after she Judgment of
the court has been executed, and they
couldn't legally hang her again. It Gso ab-
solved her from her marriage, and her hul-
band had to marry her again when Do 800
out Of prison.
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Bay St. Louis, Miss.
An Outside Republican View of the
Mississippi Senatorial Election.
MISSISSIPPI sTATEsMANsHTP.
a;4; Co,,oro;o1 fpor,b1;oa


Cincinnati Commercial, (Republican)l
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22.-Gener-
al George, Senator-elect from Mississippi, is
the man who conducted the riHe-club and
shotgun Democratic campaign in Mississip-
pi in 1875, by which the State was by force
y crested from the hands of the Republicans.
Soon after the campaign closed he was re-
warded by being made a Judge, and now he
is elevated to the United States Senate. In
his election Senator Lamar receives a rebuff,
as he was using all his influence to procure
the election ofGeneral Walthall Of Grenada.
Lamar has interested himself very actively
for Walthall, but to no purpose. 1t is said
here that Lamar's influence in Mississippi is
on the decline. Barksdale, who came 50
near being elected, is an uncle of the Banks
dale who killed Dixon in Ya4oO, and Single
ton, who ran up 20 within dozen of election,
is a member Of Congress from the Yazoo
district, and has never found time and an
opportunity to denounce political murder IN
his distric, and particularly tine killing of
Dixon.
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SENATE.
TwENTY-FIRsT DAY.
THURSDAY, January %, 1880.

THURSDAY, January q, 1850.
Senate met pursuant 10 adjournment: Lieu
tenaut-Governor Sims in the Chair. Prayer
Present. sos Absent 7-Messrs. BRENNAN,
Bridges. johnson, King, Magee, Peery and
Singleton.
The Committee on Railroads Recommended
the passage of s. b. No. SO, 20 repeal an act to
amend an act 10 incorporate the Ripley Rail
Tosd Company, approved February !, 1877:
The GoIRmittee on Claims recommsnded the
passage, as amended, or II. -. NO 4VA, Tor tne
relief Of w. HI. Butler.
The Committee on Counties ans County
Boundaries recommended the passage Of a.
B. No. 132 % prohibit the sale 81 .ntqTlcaIan Z
liquors within seven miles OF nopeMsll
Church. in CoviRRtop county.
The COMMITTEES On Public Lands reported Cd
versely On 8. B. No. a. to amend 40 aet g
provide for the sale q lands donated 4y Non'
araas ia aka Rfatn 81 Mississippi fer tie pnr.
7ese u intsEnal inpEnvezpsnh ram aiming ~
| Sold
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Phe Proposed State Institution at Pass
Christian
Columbus Index.1


The Bill before the Legislature to provide
for the education of State cadets at the Mis-
sissippi Military Institute, has much, as
well in the object it has in view as in the
method it embraces for carrying that object
out, to commend it, and we think It likely
it will become law, Il makes the Militia
ry Institute at Pass Christian State insti-
tuition, and provides that each county shall
be entitled to one cadet, to be selected
through competitive examination of appli-
cants whose tnition shatl be paid by the State.
This plan Is pretty much the same as that
adopted by Virginia, Kentucky and South
Carolina, in which States it has worked adj
mirably. The institute AZ Pass Christrian
is now in splendid condition and on a firm
footing, with Col Murfee, who is eminently
fitted for the place, at its head. The advan-
fages to be derived from State militay es
Enlistment Of the kind proposed are many,
and we have no doubt the members Of the
Legislature win take them into cOnsidera-
ton,
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Secure a Homestead.
Brookhayen Ledger.1

Br0okhaven Ledger.
There are thousands of United states
lands in Lincoln and other counties of the
state that could be entered as homesteads
for a small sum- The fees for entering land
at the Office in Jackson is as follows: A tract
Of forty acres will cost Sc; eighty acres, 81 ;
one hundred and twenty acres $I3; one
hundred and sixty acres $14. Applicants
may go before the Chancery Clerk and
make affidavit, or appear in person, at the
land office in Jackson: Where they make
swear that they reside upon the land. If
they 70 To the land Office they have six
months % 90 upon the land,
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The New Senator from Alabama
Chicago Times.

The new Senator from Alabama, Luke
Pryor, is described as plain-looking Liam,
who would pass in crowd for a weIl-to-do
country merchant. It may be hoped that
his presence doesn't belle him. A welI-to-do
country merchant is quite likely to be an
honest, well-meaning, shrewd, bright fellow,
and that style of man will be an improve
ment ON the brilliancy ofsuch legislators as
say Logan.
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The House coneurred in the following SEN

ate Joint resolutions:
Resolved, By the Senate, (the House concur
ring. that il shall be the duty of the joint
Committee on Universities, to inven;igate
The condition of, and to take an account of
what is known the Seminary Fund" and
TO report without delay
Further Resolved That the said Committee
be authorized 10 employ an accountant 10 as
sist them il they deem It necessary.
AT lao, motion of Mr.. Moore, House ad-
journed.
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THE wIsDOM OF THE 8EGRT.
soVTHET

Moments there are iu life-alas. how few
w hen casting cold prudential doubts aside.
W e take a generous impulse for our guide,
And following promptly what the heart thinks
best.
Commit 20 Providence the rest;
sure that no atter-rsckoniug viii arise
Ot shame or sorrow. for the heart is wise
And happy they who thus in faith obey
Their better nature ere sometimes they may.
Such a. by hope deceived are left behind.
But like shadow these viii pass away
From the pure sunshine of the peaceful mind.
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WIF loses its respect with the good whcn
seen in the company with malice and o.
smile at the Jest which plants thorn In rue
others breast, is to become prinelpa in tsa
mischief.
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pdrA wealthy French eenllem

p6rA wealthy French gentleman,
owning an estate at Gonesse, near Paris,
has for some time past devoted his time,
money and attention to soothing the de-
cining years Of superannuated beasts
and birds BY accommodating them with
comfortable residences in his spacious
park. He has already collected strange
assemblage Of venerable creatures, duly
provided with authenticated records of
their respective ages and careers. The
patriarch of this quaint community is a
grizzled old mule, just entering his sew
enty-.hird year, between whom aud an
obese goose, of thirty seven an affec.
tionate intimacy subslsts. Mother Goose
is beset by in6rmities. Her legs are so
distorted that she cannot waddle straight
and ber webbed feet are studded with
huge warts, which sometimes disturb ber
temper; but on the whole, she is cheer
full, and even sprightly, for one of her
years. Among the companions of this
oddly assorted pair OF friends are COW
of thirty six summers and a hog who
will never see his twenty-seventh birth
day again In an aviary overlooking
the park, feebly pipe and twitter a bull
finch of eight and twenty and a srarrow
hatched in the year 1849. Their .actes
de psissance" and other uoimpeaohable
documentary evidence of their antiquity,
such as the French Civil Code prescribes,
are in the possession of their benevo-
lent host, who treats them with the assid-
nous consideration due to their great
age and eminent respectability.
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lie Military Committee in the House of

the Military Committee in the House of
Representatives, introduced bill to re-.
duce the number of Major Generals in
the army, with the avowe1 object of
getting rid of Hancock, and thus punish
nim for his steadiast subordination of
the military to the civil Jurisdiction.
This bill, however, was never pressed to
its passage, being deemed by those
friendly to its object as too likely to ex
cite popular demonstration in favor of
the prosecuted individual.
s'A safer method was adopted. Gen.
eral Grant having been invested by Con-
gress with extraordinary powers, 30 as
TO be no longef responsible 10 the Pres.
ident, his constitutional commander in
|chief. was induced to interfere in such q
kisaener. with General Hancock's Off dal
Iaetion as to iiumiliate. him before the
people he was sent to govern. This
naturally soon led to General Hancock's
application to be relieved of his com.
mand. -
"Abont this time he wrote to friend
in Congress as follows:
y IL hope to be relieved here
soon. The President is no longer able
to protect me- So that l may expect
one humiliation after another, until am
forced to resign. / am prepared for any
event. Nothing can intimidate me from
doing what l believe to be honest and
light"
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sworn truly that he never bad ANYTHING
to do with The stock it was irrelevant for
his counsel TO contend that what be done
was donein ignorance. II he did moth
ing the stress Judge Black laid on the
plea Of ignorance which forms the
whole tissue Of his isfense) was ridicu.
lous.
II is amazing that the friends of Mr..
Garfield should parade Judge Blacks lei
ter as defense. Instead Of defense it
is a confession II was a aconfessicn that
the most skillful counsel be could en-
ploy would not venture to defend him on
his own sworn Statements. That ground
of defense was abandoned entirely and
Judge Black was reduced to ..plead the
baby. act. Mr. Garfield swore that he
had neyefs ned Sbe gun; Judge Black
pfeadtd t6at WheA be handled it De dta
not know that it was loaded. The plain
contradiction between the oath OF the
defendant and the argument OF his coun.
sci makes the republication of Judge
Blacks letter perfect boomerang.
We suppose nobody is quite green
enough to imagine that Judge Black vol
unteered his defensive letter. Mr.. Gar
field found himself in desperate situa
tion and applied to great Democratic
lawyer to extricate him. The Republic
can client mnst have felt that he was hard
pressed when he had recourse to such
all. But the Poland Committee was
then preparing its report, and Mr..
Garfield felt that he was in the crisis
Of his brilliant career. Three days after
Judge Blacks letter the Poland Commit
tee made its report to Congress. The
report, like Judge Blacks letter, dscred-
tied Mr.. Garfield's testimony and certi.
fed that he did make bargain With
Oakes Amss and did receive money on
his Credit Mobilier stock. The commit.
tee-a friendly Republican committee
in spite of Mr.. Garfield's sworn state
ment to the contrary, reported as fo.-
lows:
The facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield, as found
by the committee, are that he agreed with Mr.
Ames to take ten shares of Credit Mobilier
stock, but did not pay for the same Mr.. Ames
received the eighty per cent dividend in bonds.
and sold them for ninety-seven per cent. and
also received the sixty per cent cash dividend.
which, together with the price of the stock and
interest, left a balance of $780, This sum was
paid over to Mr.. Garfield by a check on the
Sergeant-at.Arms, and Mr.. Garfield then un-
>derstood this sum was the balance OF dividends
after paying for the stock.
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~ There was recently q divorce OF
husband and wife on board the Bullion,
an American ship, in the course Of her
voyage from New York to Japan. Il
was pronounced BY her worthy captain,
arrayed for the time with the authority
OF the Cbapcellor, and perhaps might
be said to have been in Marine Court.
The record OF the proceeding, % en-
tered upon the log Of the ship, is as fol.
lows: February 6, at 7 P. NJ, lat. 40 deg.
80 min S Ion. 158 deg 80 min. E
Charles Brown, cook, and Harriet Brown,
stewardess, separated as man and wife,
with their own free will and accord, di-
viding their clothes and signed clear Of
each other forever as man and wife,
each taking separate rooms"
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GEN. HANCOCK INTERVIEWED
He Bears His HOnOrs Meekly--COD-
gratulatOry kilograms.

NEW York, June 24-A reporter
found General Hancock on the verauda
OF his official residence on Governors
Island, surrounded by his military
friends. He shook the reporter heartily
by the hand, and in response to his con-
gratulations, said: "Indeed, have moth
ing to say at present, as have not been
officially notified sofsmy nominasion,''
and smilinglv added, you know it might
all be mistaken. However, l have re-
ceived number of congratulatory tele.
grams which you can see and copv,' and
so saying the General referred the repor.
ter to his Office, where the latte, copied
the following:
II cordially congratulate you on your
nomination. SAMUEL j. TILDEN"
Gen. Joseph E Johnson telegraphs:
The nomination make me feel gladder
than you" And United States Senators
Wallace, White and Daniel Dougherty
also send congratulations.
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THE TICKET.
How the Nominations Were Receiv.
ed.

How the Nominations Were Receiv-
ed.
PITTSBURGH, June 24.-Pittsburgh De-
mocracy jubilant. A meeting was held
this afternoon to arrange for ratiicg-
ton meeting. Victory certain.
A large ratification meeting was held
in Columbus Thurman spoke.
Providence, r. l., Democrats fred 100
guns over the nomination.
Dispatches from the interior of New
York indicate general rejoicing.
In New York city great enthusiasm
prevailed.
From many points in the South comes
the report: "One hundred guns being
fred"
New England rejoices with exceeding
great joy.
An immense meeting was held at IT,
tusvllle.
The Old Dominion sends greeting, and
promises rousing majority.