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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

Board of Supervisors of Simpson county tc
publish their proceedings. Passed
a bill to prohibit the sale of liquor,
within four miles of Stoncwal. Rail,
Creek Baptist, and Pleasant Hill churches
. III simpson county, was passed.
II. B. 40, was tabled.
Mr.. Torrcy, of SuntlOwer called up the
following bills which were passed.
"A bill in reference to the county seat of
SunflOWer county.
"A bill to provide for Il new general and
complete registration Of the legal voters in
SuniloWer county.
For the relief of Abraham Barrett. of
SunnOWer county.
10 confer certain powers upon the Chan
Gerry Court of SunlOwer county.
Mr.. Tankersly called up Il bin to repeal
AN Act to amend the charter of the town of
luka. Passed.
Mr.. Wilson called up bill to limit the
time of bringing actions to dispossess plr-
chaserS of liquidating levee lands. Passed,
Mr: Nelson called up bill, to confer on
certain officers of the State and the Board
OF Supervisors of Tunica county, power to
settle all claims against the estate OF NJ. j.
deceased. Passed.
Mr Nelson called up Il bill in relation to
public school in Tunica county. Passed.
On motion. the House adjourned.
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FORTI-EIGHTH DAY.


Senate met pursuant to adjournment
Lieut.. .-GOVCrnOr Sims in the chair.
Prayer by DR.. Hunter.
Roll called and quorum present.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs
Jarni%in, Griffin, Anderson, aud the Ser
| gcant-at- Arms.
Mr.. Bills presented petition from citf.
zcns Of Corinth, praying tor prohibitory
liquor law. Referred.
On motion of Mr.. Gibbs, the Senate
| agreed to committee Of Conference asked
| for by the House, on Chapters 20. and - of
the Code, and the committee was appointed
by the Chair.
IL. b. 2G1, TO amend an Act to appoint an
Agent to investigate frauds and collect
revenues due the State, Counties and
LcIce Boards. was taken up, and passed
with the amendment of Mr.. FitzGerald.
An ACT TO make an appropriation for the
erection Of a tire-prO0f building for the
Asylum for the Blind, was taken up.
The bill passed by Il vote of II yeas. to
l5 nays the vote was afterwards reconsd-
cred, and the bin rccommitted to Commit
tee on Humane and Benevolent lnsti-
tutionS.
Chapter :. of the Code, in relation to
fees of certain officers. was taken up, and
the report of the Conference Committee
was adopted.
Senate Joint Resolution in relation to
lnhuman treatment of cOmvict>, was taken
up, and on motion Of Mr.. Gibbs. tabled /
subject to call.
An Act for the relief Of II. c. Powers, |
former sheriff of Oktibbcha county. Pass
ed is amended.
An Act in rclelati0n to public roads in
Warren county, was referred.
An Act to provide for the enumeration Of
he whole number of inhabitants and of the
qualified electors of this state. Passed.
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FORTY-SIXTH DAY.
SENATE

Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Lieut.-GOvernOr Sims in the chair.
Prayer by DIR. Watkins.
Quorum present.
Leave Of absence was granted to Messrs.
Brennan and Perkins.
A report was received from W. l.. Hem
ingway, State Treasurer, i'm relation to the
Three per cent. Fund. which was referred
Mr.. Singleton, from Committee on Fed
eral Relations. reported Joint Resolution
Congress and asking an ap-
for the Improvement of the
Western rivers, which was adopted.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

House met pursuant to adjournment,
: Speaker Johns in the chair.
= Prayer by DR.. Hunter.
Roll called and quorum present.
A joint resolution to amend section L,
article s, Of the Constitution was taken up.
The resolution laile to pass.
Joint resolution No. ,. to amend section
6, article s, of the Constitution, failed to
pass.
The following bills were called up and
passed:
A bill to confer upon the Chancery Court
OF Tunica county, jurisdiction in a certain
cause.
A bill to incorporate the Helena and
Pamela Railroad Company.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors
OF Union county to dispose Of certain real
estate belonging to said county. Passed
! as amended.
For the relief of j. j. Anderson, Sheriff
of Union county.
To incorporate the town of New Albany,
| in Union county.
a bill to authorize the Board of MissiS-
sippi LeVce Commissioners to use for any
construction purposes, etc, any balance
that may remain in their hands, of the |
taxes appropriated, to pay old debts Of the |
Board.
A bill for the relief of L. Il. Wortham. |
of Washington county.
For the relief Of Caldwell McGrath of |
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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06
PROPOSITION TO ABOLISH THE
COUNTY OF CHICKASAW,

A few days ago the Senate adopted a
rule that no new business should be
introduced during the present session.
The Senator from Chickasaw, Gen'l
Griffin, insisted upon the rule being
strictly adhered to, and strenuously
objected to every motion for its sus-
pension for the introduction of new
business. Yesterday the bill to abol-
ish the county Of Chickasaw, being
new business, coming on, Gov. Sims
called Gen. Griffin to the chair, in
order to put him where he couldn't
object. Then the Senate agreed to
consider the bill without dissenting
voice. 1t was introduced by Senator
Wilcox. The following is the text of
the bill.
An Act to repeal the charter of the
town of Houston, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of |
the State of Mississippi: That an Act
entitled an Act to incorporate the |
UOWD OF f1OuSUOu, D0 anu Jue same Is
hereby, repealed; and that all the
territory east Of the Natchez Trace
within the limits of the county Of
Chickasaw be and the same is equally
divided between the counties of Mon
roe and Clay, and that all that por-
ton of the territory of said county of
lying west of said Natchez
Trace be, and the same is hereby
divided equally between Calhoun and
sumner counties.
Sec. q Be it further enacted That
jhe county of Chickasaw, be and the
anne is hereby abolished and that this
Act take effect and be in force sixty {
lays after its passage.
Several Senators made speeches on
he necessity of passing this bill, and
t seemed to meet with a unanimous
But the Senator in the
hair was sharp enough to see the :
Oke, and as he is man who enjoys a :
ttle fun, gave the Senators ample
cope to put themselves on record. n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

THE star of Roscoe COnkling is still
in the ascendant. Last year he brought
the Administration to its knees at his
feet. He compelled Hayes to declare
for, and made Secretaries Sherman
and Evarts go to New York and make
speeches for Cornell, for Governor,
after all three had declared him unfit
for the position of Collector of the
Port of New York. At the recent
Republican Convention at Utica, Mr..
Conkling again triumphed, and the
Empire State declared for Grant.
There is nothing in the politics or i'm
the personal bearing of the New York
Senator for us to fall in love with, but
we can, and we do admire the gran
deur of his intellect, and the audacity
and vim of his imperious nature. Lord
Roscoe is a trump.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

THE amiable Lo family are again
raising the ancient Cain in Western
Texas. A telegram from San Antonio,
dated 18th inst, says:
An Express Eagle Pass special says
a large body of Indians are depredat-
ing in the country between Piedras
Negras and Laredo.
Cavalry have gone in pursuit from
both sides of the Rio Grande.
Mexican and American troops will
cooperate.
A private dispatch from Lerdo, says
a man just in reports that the Indians,
seventy strong, are raiding the cavalry
above Lerdo. They have killed eight
men and seven women.
1t. Ellis, of the Eighth Cavalry,
with thirty men, is following them.
This LO family is getting to be con-
siderable of a nuisance and ought to
be talked to.
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Attempt at the Degradation of nm
Important State Onice.

lhere is disposition manifested to
actually abolish the office of State
commissioner of immigration, by
placing the salary at a figure that
would scarcely supply the postage
stamps to the office, for what purpose,
we are unable to say unless it is for
want of information on the mart of
some as to what has been done. True.
The waste fields all over the state have
not yet been reclaimed, through its
lnstrumentality; true, the country has
not been showered with a new and
vigorous labor, fresh from other fields
OF industry; true, every needy farmer
mas not been supplied with every
lapofer his wants called for; but in
certain sections thrifty and ener-
getlc workers have been through the
lnstrumentality of the Bureau brought
TO Mississippi and are now silently
helping to build up the material in
terests of our State. And the work.
100, has only just begun; letters being
received daily from every portion of
the country, looking to an early ac-
cession of thousands of immigrants
20 our population. We hope the sound
sense and deliberate judgment of the
Legislature Will prevail in this
natter.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
FORT Y-FIFTII DAY,
SENATE.
EVENING SESSION.

senate met at O'Clock, quorum present
Mr. Rogers introduced bill to amen,
section Of an Act in relation to publi
revenue, approved March 5, 1878, for th,
oeneht of Ialobusha county. Passed.
DIsPosITITIoN OF BILLS.
=, A bill to incorporate the Oxford Mill.
Company. Passed.
A bill to authorize the Board of Supervi.
sors OF Pike county to purchase Il safe, and
for other purposes. Passed.
An Act to prohibit the sale of vinous
ana Splrltllous liquors in Lafayette Springs,
Lafayette county. Passed
An Act to prohibit the sale of liquors
within two miles Of the public square of
thc town of Sarepta, and to repeal existing
laws on that subject. Passed.
On motion of Mr.. Singleton, the Senate
TOOK up bill to pay reasonable compensa-
lloh TO Z. NJ. Brooke, attorney. for services
rendered by him on behalf of the State in
certain criminal cases. Passed.
MI. Bridges called up bill for the relief
of j. w. Picrson, Of Choctaw county,
look up a bill to ascertain the outstanding
Indebtedness of Bolivar county. Passed
as amended.
An Act to transfer certain State lands to
The Deaf and Dumb Institute, was taken
up.
The substitute offered by Committee on
humane and Benevolent Institutions, was
'dopted and read third time and passed.
A bill to incorporate the Commercial |
sank of Meridian, was passed as amended. |
A bill for the relief of the Mobile and |
northwestern r. r. Company, was passed |
5 amended.
Mr.. Anderson called up bill to incorpo-
ate the Greenville Cemetery Company.
'assed.
Bills were introduced by Messrs. Birch
tt, Humphries, Singleton, Cowan, Ander-
IN, and Gayles, which were referred to
ppropriate Committees.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Fitzgerald,
relation to business of the Senate, were
lopted, and the Senate adjourned.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06
ExEMPTING FACTORIES. FROM
TAXATION.

2 Abstractly we believe in taxing
every species Of property, but induce
ments must be extended to capitalists
to bring their capital here to embark
in manufactures in our State, especially
Cotton Factories. We believe the pres
ent Legislature could not pass a better
law than one eXempting the capital
that may be invested in machinery
III cotton manufactures in Mississippi
during the years 1850 and 1881. At
! the West many instances are on record
where small cities have actually made
gifts of from $4,000 to $4,000 in cash,
to large manufacturing companies to
locate in their midst, and made money
by the operation, by the increased
population and the enhancement Of
property which the location of those
large factories brought with them to
the towns where established. We
have made one great step in the right
dlrcction-thc establishment Of an
extensive bagging factory in the Peni-
tertiary has been provided for in the
new lease Of that institution,- let
the Legislature offer Il bonus, in eX-
emption from taxation for ten years.
to all who will establish cotton manu-
factories in Mississippi FOR the next
TWO years, and another step in the
light direction will have been taken.
It will stimulate capitalists to action
ma give life to several manufacturing
Enterprises that are projected, but
Which are making but slow progress
Il assuming form and shape. Men of
money will see that now is their time,
they do not act promptly they will
li,s splendid opportunity to put
heir money in investments where
ley Will have no taxes to pay for
Efficient period of time to enable
lem to realize good dividends before
'Xes will be required Of them.
We grow the cotton, let Us, gentle
zen of the Legislature, have cotton
ctories all over the State to manu-
cture it, and retain in our midst the
difference between the
W staple and the manufactured arti-
e. Let us have the cotton factories.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

In private letter to Senator Stew
art, DIR G. X. Marshall has this to saw
about the bill to prevent cruelty to
animals: " am greatly pleased with
the bill to prevent cruelty to dumb
animals. If properly enforced it will
save ten millions of dollars to our
State i'll few years. Thanks for the
noble work.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

7 seems to us that railway trains
getting into some very ugly habits
i ought to be amended straitway.
prefer to the habit of falling through
IN bridges and trestles, and off of
Fyembankments. A telegram from
Panta, of the 25th inst, relates the
IT recent performance of the kind
pred to. 1t says:
Wednesday night a passenger train
the North and South railroad, near
umbus, fell through a trestle a dis
|ce of l35 feet. The coaches were
"a with passengers, many of whom
limbs broken and received other
lries, but none were killed. The
u was totally demolished.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

The Republicans of Vermont, in
state convention, have declared for
Senator Edmunds as their candidate
for the Presidency. The Radical par
ty might go much farther and fare a
great worse, than in nominating the
sturdy Senator from the green noun
tain State. Mr.. Edmunds, is a man
of first rate ability, and we have never
heard his integrity, which is the "im-
mediate jewel of the SOUL" called in
question.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06
A WICKED JUDGE.

NY Maryland" is the possessor of a
festive and lively Judge, if we
draw an inference from the allie
pms contained in a memorial from
Citizens of Cumberland and Ale
Ply counties, preferring grave
fges against Judge George A.
&c, of the Fourth Judicial District
lat State. The charges allege that
ige Pierce has received counsel
while acting as Judge; has decid-
'ses in which he had a personal
'est; has made an assignatiOn
e of the court consulting room,
has been guilty of profanity, in
ney and violent and immoral con-
!" The charges were referred to a
lal '9loniiie of seven.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06


\ the Senate, OH Saturday, a
Porty and a minority report was
FlVed from the committee ap-
'lled to examine and report upon
special message of the Governor
|elatlon to the Union and Planters
PA Bonds. The majority of the
mlttee recommended that no ac-
oe taken, upon the.ground that
as unconstitutional. The minority
'rt recommended the appointment
commissioner by the Governor,
rOpose a settlement with the bond
Iers, by sale of State lands for
Us In their possession.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

THE Grand Jury of the Second Dis
trct of this county, in making its re-
port at the close Of the recent term of
Circuit -Cort, said: "It is our pleasure
to state that crime in this District is
on the decrease, and that acts of vio-
Ience and murder and death are al
ready beginning to disappear like
nists before the rising sun of law and
rider and Justice"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06
VOL. Ill.
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY, MARCH g. 1880

THE computation of the death SEN
tence of a murderer named Lanham,
10 'he State prison for life, bF Cover
nor Roberts of Texas, is bitterly de-
hounced by the people of the state,
and is regarded as an actual and abso-
lutte abolishment of the death penalty
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06
NO.. 20.

10 authorize Board of Supervisors 0
lazOo county to contract for a term a
years for building and repairing BRIDGES
10 authorize the Board Of supervisors o
Adams county to pay out money in repair
ing public roads in said county during
years lSSO-Sl.
+. An Act for the preservation Of partridge,
in Adams county
,, PHI to amend and reduce into one Act
lhe Act incorporating the City Of Natchez.
| ana the several Acts amendatOry thereto
several Dllls We're called up and indeti-
| postponed.
Mr. Mcl.anrin presented petition from
ierrcd '"' ~
House took rcces, until 1880 p.m.
EVENING SESSION.
House met at $3.50 O'Clock, quorum
r. Leave of absence was granted to N[essrs.
CurI1e and Robertson.
ar: Chamberlain called up Il bin for the
Tellef n,Ilef Of RoIla Washington and Carter
Gibson, of Adams county. Passed.
The, following bills were taken up and
passed. ''
Company No. /. ~
An Act creating an additional Justice of
the Peace District in Iazoo county,
An Act to Incorporate the Trustees of
a,J +,i'tIrGpal ~ una ana Church property, /
any 10 denhe thelr powers; as amended.
pnntn,, n,'i ,l IoI tne FeiIci OF >. IL. Kidd, Of
"C"toH county,
oi, ,IIHlc tIt alnenuiHehts to an Act to aSceI-
"t' ar. ,Ir VutStunulllS inde3tcdness Of Boil
Ir nv county were conclIrred in.
me following bills were taken up and
'aS'td
Il s1m 9gm@te Dlll TO incorporate the Coahoma
'lIIH,tiactIlin@ Company. {
o,,.,' rtU'SG @ oi 10 repeal the charter Of the
'mn iInnSo "i l1hiiiTrPlltc' iIiii pr i
>, itouHe blll to Incorporate the town OF t
-TIeII'riTf;; Io,I I';;, +
v inn of T'tl tI,,. 10 ugmnt the western bounda-
snme+ nme VI El@y county +
3Vh"te "hi'i pIln lor the protection of Swine
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

REFERRING to the proposition of Mr.
ices to amend the Constitution by
making the Judges elective, the Meri.
dian Mercury says:
1.-The Committee on Constitutional
Amendment will probably report
favorably, and it will go through
both Houses, and be submitted to the
voters at the next general election in
November, 1882. The Mercury wishes
TO express an opinion on it now
merely an opinion without argument.
Ihe Mercury is unalterably opposed
TO the election of judicial officers by
the people. 1t is also opposed to the
present system of appointments. The
change that the Mercury favors, is an
election by joint convention of the
TWO Houses of the Legislature, a con-
servative middle ground between n
popular election and the one-man
power Of appointment, successfully
avoiding the evils of both systems.
"And, we submit our plan to the
of the House Committee
N Amendments as the better plan.
md ask their favorable consideration
# the same.
"And again: Experience has de-
nonstrated that at general election
he attention of the people cannot be
ad to consider the question of con-
amendment. Therefore, we
dvise that the Legislature, when one
proposed, order special election
" the people to vote and decide on
lem."
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STANDS AS THE GOD OF BAT
TLES.''

Gen1 Grant had fnriously frantic
friend at the Republican convention
in Utica, New York the other day
one Pierson by name. A Mr.. Foster
had modestly suggested that "he
should have presidential candi-
date before whom the rebellion dare
not raise its horrid head" and be-
lieved that "James G. Blaine, is such
a man."
This reused and riled the afore-
said Pierson, who frantically fulmi-
mated as follows:
awe need not go out of New York
to find nominee. Long and contin-
ued applause. We can find one in
OHIO but among all these-peer among
peers-there is name | hold above
all others Applause and mingled cries
of Conkling and Blaine II mean that
name which stands as the God of
battles, Ulysses S. Grant" rGreat
L believe it will be Grant, | believe
that the imperial State of New York !
will go, and ought to go to Chicago
and express its imperial will as unit.
(Applause.)
"God of battles" is good, and it is
gratifying to know that Mr.. Pierson
realized his wish, and that New York
goes to Chicago to "express it's impe-
'ial will" for the "God of battles.n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06
NOT A BAD IDEA.

f'Uncle George" Harper, the veteran
the Raymond Gazette, suggested a
ution of our vexed bond question.
4 proposes that "the bond holders
|ne to Mississippi and invest the
pount the bonds cost them in facto-
s, and that the factories, be not
fed for thirty years" Level headed
Il venerable Uncle George, we
pond your motion. If the bond
|ders refuse to accede to our propo.
Pon-it is ours now by adoption
ey can go to themselves and do
\ as much better as they can.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

FOUR immediate Representative in
pngress, Col. Hooker, is out in let
i to the Raymond Gazette on the
lbject of cotton mills in Kinds coun-
|. He truthfully says "that one es-
|blished at Raymond, and another at
dwards, or in that vicinity, the form
on the contemplated line of the
Rtchez, Jackson and Columbus,
Ailroad,. and the latter on the line of
e Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
tween Edwards and Big Black,
puld give an impetus to the devel-
ment of the prosperity of the cotton
1t, which nothing else Will.u
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

Some gentleman has been writing
IN THE COMET an amusing biography
bf our friend Col. Horn of the Meri-
lian Mercury. The first thing that
THE COMET knows, there will be a
blast from Horn, that will make its
lail quiver.-Vicksburg Herald.
Well, the "blast from Horn" has
been heard, and THE COMET continues
10 soar serenely on "its way.n If there
any "quiver" i'll "its tail, ;" it is only
be slight motion that tight, radiant
g the moon, ALWAYS makes.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

CAPT. VIM. G. WALKER, an ex-
United States soldier, is agent for the
sale of the photograph of Gen. Hoods
Children, the proceeds to go to the
Hood children fund. Parties desiring
TO contribute to this most worthy
cause, and at the same time secure a
lovely picture should buy copy.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-06

JUDGE Alcorn requests us to say
that the Brandon Republican is fight
ing the wrong man when he larrups
nm for the sins of the Jackson Repub-
Hcan, as he has shaken the dust of
that Institution from off his feet, re-
tlred in good order, and no longer in
spires lis sins and sinuosities.