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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
FIFTfETH DAY.
NIGHT sT.H.v.

NIGHT sSsJ3S.
WgbsYsn4Y Aarcb 9. 1880
Senar met a, iask. T. ID iesumed the
Consideration Of House bills.
HOUSE Bills PASSED.
No. 80, 10 prohibit the sale Of ia-oxic4ti ug
liquors ia the town 0! Msadville Franklin
county.
No. 155, to incorporate the West Point Semi
nary.
No. $50, 10 incorporate the Eureka Springs,
Pamela county.
No. 3.5, to prohibit the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors in Lawrrnee county.
no PSI to authorize the Board Of Supervisors
Of wilkinson county 10 waive the bar Of limi-
tayi0n in favor Of outstanding bonded in
dehtedness Of said county.
No. lSS, 10 incorporate the Meridian Grange
! Co-Ope alive Association.
No. 31S, to incorporate the Port Gibson
Mills.
No. 447, for the relief Of j. G. Cole, of Lee
county.
No $40, to incorporate the town of Newton,
l Newton county.
No 1856 to Incorporate Tchula Ferry Co.,
J in Holmes county.
( No AIS, to allow the people of Coahoma
county TO locate the county site Of said coun-
( ~.
/
town Of Lake, Scott county.
/ No. go, TO authorize the Board Of Supervis-
ors Of Lafayette county to have the roads Of
said county, worked by contract.
! Ne. Az, to authorize the Boards of Super
yisors Il Jefferson, Wilkinson, Clarke, Clai-
borne, Chickasaw and Grenada counties, ia
hays their proceedings published
No. 3OS' for the protection of wool grower:
in his State.
No. 3j7, for the relief of c. II. Cole, Of
/ Wayne county.
Various House bills were read and referred
to the appropriate Senate Committees.
The Senate ieceded from its amendment tC
chapter u Of tne code, in relation to prisoners
in a county jai.
On motion of Mr.. HUMPHREYS, the Senate
went into executive session, with closed doors
and after some lime spent therein the doors
were thrown OPEN and legislative bushes;
| was resumed.
On motion OF Mr.. Rogers. the Senate ad.
jourDed at 1910 clock.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Senate met at $50 o'clock. Lt.-GO sernor
Sims in The chair.
The Governor returned to the Senate with
his approval, the following Senat e bills;
No I6i, to authorize the com .,romise of GER.
tain litgatiOns in Issaqueua county; No. go.
TO authorize the compromise. of d claim of the
county of Warren VS.. the 'oondsmen of w r
Davol; No 2l, to authorize the sale of certain
lands belonging to frenklin county: No. ~.
IN relation to public schools in Punica county:
No zoo 10 authorize the levy of a special tax
to pay on certain Indebtedness of the town of
water valley; No. 2l2 to amend and reduce
INTO one act the several acts Incorporating the
city OF Natehez; No. 81, in relation to the
ponds OF county officers; No II, to center on
certain State officers and the Board of Super
vlsors OF Ienica county, power to settle all
claims vs.. the estate of NJ. j. Manning, de-
ceased; No. IS, to amend an act to INCORPORATE
the town Of Water Valley No. 100. to create
an additional Justice of the Peace in Winston
county, No. III to incorporate George Wash
lngton Lodge, X. of p, of Vieksburg; No. l24.
70 amend an act to incorporate the Planters
Cotton fress, Compress and Storage Associa-
ton Of Fickshurg No. l7S, with reference to
the county seat of Sunfower county; No. $50
toauihorize the payment of money for repair
ing the public roads Of Adams county; No
ZOs, for the protection Of swine in Chickasav
county.
Mr., Rogers introduced
:. d. No. 2ISi an act supplemental to an act
TO repeal section S9l of the Revised Code of
1871, in relation to contested elections. and 20
establish section in lieu thereof; which VS.
read three times and passed
BILLS PASSED.
H. B. No. $50, for the relief of Pete.e Hamil-
ton and others.
H. b. No: AS to authorize the lev v of a spee-
TAI tax sufficient to pay the outstanding in
deotedness Of Lincoln county, OIL accoust of
the outstanding School Fund.
H. B. No. l6 TO create an additional Just;ce
of the Peace in Itawsmba eou ntv.
II. No. 2S0, in relation ~ he sale of co,-
ton seed in certain counties.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

JUST now while some of our law-mak-
ers are thinking seriously of abolishing
the Office of Commissioner of lmmigra-
ton, and while many are disposed to do
nothing substantially for encouraging
immigration into our State, Rev. DR..
c. X. Marshall comes opportunely
before the public with a paper on the
subject teeming with practical ideas ex-
pressed in the original and terse style
peculiarly his own. II will be found in
another column.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

TuE Lauderdale Review thinks it "a
pretty well settled fact that the choice
of this State lies between Seymour and
Hancock" The Review is not far
wrong; but above this feeling is still an
other, and it is that any Democrat who
has been named in connection with the
nomination would be preferable to an
other reign of Grantism. BY the way,
there is good Presidential timber in
Speaker Randall
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

Cor. VIM HANDY, of Canton, has
been appointed, and confirmed by Con
gress, Supervisor ofthc Second district,
which embraces the following counties;
Second district. --Noxubee, Winston, At,
tala, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson,
Lawrence, Marion, Leake, Ncshoba, Kem-
per, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith
Jasper, Clarke, Wayne, Jones Gown gton
Perry, Greene, jackson, Harrison and
Hancock-26.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05
What the Third Termers Intend.
New York SUM-

tNVW I UIh CUH
1t cannot be complained that the Third
term men at Utica have disguised their pur
pose in pressing the nomination Of Gen
Grant ON the National Republican Con.
vention That purpose is to seize the Coy.
eminent, to take forcible possession of the
office of President, in the event that the re
suit of the election should be in doubt alta
it has taken place, The strong POINT made Il
favor Of Cen Grant ,rds that after election h,
Would take possession of the Office.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05
SENATE,
FIFTY.FlRsT DAY.
THURSDAY. March 4

THURSDAY, March 4, 1881.
Senate met; Lieut.-Gov. Sims in the chair
Prayer by Rev Dr. Hunter
The privileges Of the Senate, on motion OF
Mr. Reynolds, were extended to Ex-Governor
Alcern.
The Committee on Corporations recommend
ed the passage of bill to amend the charter
Of Vieksburg.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

"OH, dearw groaned Mr.. Tilden, omy
term of office is fast drawing to close, and
that man Hayes has not marked it with q
single solitary act of craftsmanship |
would have been much better President
in my own place" -Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

COUP Nor STAND THE RAoREr. The
President has Withdrawn the nomina-
ton of Governor Pinchback to be naval
officer at New Orleans.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

THE announcement of the hegira of
the Chinese, of California, for the At
lantic States, has led the Natchez Demo
crat to inditc sensible article in favor
of experimenting with Chinese labor in
the South rs an offset to the negro exc
dus to the West. A good suggestion.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05
A Live Town.
Kinds COUNTY Gazette. l

Kinds County Gazette.
Yazoo city has shipped $1,000 bales OF
the crop of lS79-S0, worth over one mil
lion of dollars. A pretty sharp place is
Yazoo city. An oil mill has Just been put
up there, and further material improve
ments are contemplated.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

GENERAL CHALMERS, of Mississippi, has
gone on a three weeks visit to his home.
He took with him his wife and daughter.
whodo not expect to return during the pres
ent season.-Washington Telegraph.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

THE velocipede used on railroad tracks
in Kansas by telegraph repairers has two
wheels, like bicycle, which run on one
track, and over which the rider sits, while
smaller wheel, for steadying, rests on the
other track. Twenty miles an hour is
practicable with it,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

PENDING the revenue BILL Mr.. Car.
roll, ofOktibbcha, introducedan amend.
ment to strike out the clause imposing
n privilege tax Of ten dollars on physi-
clans. The types Gin our Tuesdays
daily, enormously credited Mr.. Cowan
with the motion,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05
Grant as a Conservative.

II is strange, but true, that under
this heading, the New York Tribune,
one of the Republican newspapers
which oppose the nomination Of Gen.
Grant, has reproduced the following
passages from his record to show that
in the event of his election for another
term. his course towards the South
will not be what the stalwarts Of his
party might desire The first extract
is taken from his report to President
johnson in 1865, when he was instruct
ed to make a tour ofinspection through
the Southern States, and report the re-
suit. He said
am satisfied that the mass Of thinking
men Of the South accept the present itua
ton ofaiIairs in good faith. The question,
which have heretofore divided the senti
ments Of the people oithe two sections
they regard rs having been set
tied forever by the highest tribunal--arms
There Il such universal &C
guie.ence in the authority Of the Genera
Government that tht
mere presence of military force without
regard 10 numbers, IL sufficient 10 maintain
order. Ny observation,
lead me 10 the conclusion that the citizen,
of the Southern States are anxious TO return
TO sclfgoyenment within the Union a.
soon MS possible; that
! a Ia. la. al
they think is required by the Government
This was written when Cen Grant
was a simple-minded soldier, untaught
in the methods Of the cunning and un,
scrupulous demagogue. When he be-
came President, and fell into the hands
Of agitators and corruptionists, he went
back upon his own evidence, and by his
treatment Of the South evinced his un.
willingness 80 stand by his declaration.
But here il something more to the
point it is his latest official action
his famous letter to Packard the usurp.
ing Governor Of Louisiana, refusing tC
support him in his prelensons to the
governorship Of that State with the
United States army. II is this position
Of President Grant, which, according t,
the late Senator Morton, rendered tn,
situation for fraudulent Presiden
! Hayes, "inevitablc" in dealing with tn,
South. Gen. Grant, he said had Sc
the example of disseminating hepolic,
of armed interference with her affairs
and Hayes had no other alternative bu
to follow it, The language o
! General Grant shows that hi
determination had been formed
"by the force of public opinion" moi
from his own sense of right, nor his OBJ
legations to refrain from doing what was
not authorized by the constitution he
had sworn TO support. 1t will be easy
for him to discover another change in
"pubic opinion if he should be elected
for third term, from which calamity
may the sober, second thought Of the
country, and the will of the good Lord
deliver us:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

REPRESENTATIVE Lowe, Of Alabama
has introduced bill in the lower house
of Congress TO refund the cotton tax.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

The Democratic Conservative State Exec
utiye Committee at meeting on the ID Of
March, have named Wednesday June %,
at Il o'clock, a. NJ, in The city Of Jackson,
as the time and place for holding a State
Convention to appoint delegates 70 the Ma.
tional Democratic Convention and nomi.
mating Presidential electoral ticket
All mocratic.-Conseryativ citizens.
OF Mississippi, irrespective Of past polit--
ical associations, and differences who
can unite with us in the effort for pure,
economical and constitutional government,
are cordially invited to join in sending del.
egates TO the Convention. The basis Of rep
resen,ation will be the same "a heretofore
fixed unless otherwise ordered by the Con.
vention, viz: Zach county viii be entitled
10 double the number of delegates that It has
Representatives in the State Legislature.
The Committee recommend SATUR-
DAY, MAY Dist, A. the day upon
which the counties shall hold their
Conventions to appoint delegates to the
State Convention unless the County Com
mttees shall otherwise order. It is re-
quested that thorough organization Of the
Dcmocratic-C Conservative party, be effected
in each county preparatory to the Noyem-
Der elections.
T.. BARRspALE, Il. T. kmBRoUGH,
!. G. PREwITT. X. G. PATTY
w. w HUMPHREYS, A. J. BAKER,
w. A. PERCY, NJ f. BERRY,
G.. ID. SHAEDs, WM. McWILME,
r. II. ALLEN, T.. f. GRIFFIN,
l.. ID. MCDOWELL, TIM H. COOPER,
r. n TAYLOR, r. OTIS BAKER
G. VI. KLEIN
f. BARkSDALE, Chairman.
JACKSON, March %, 1880.
The Democratic newspapers Of the STATE
are requested To publish the foregoing.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

TIM Kemper trials will be resumed
this week. This time for the killing of
j. 7. Gilmer
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsHlNGToN, March /, 1877.

To Governor $. b. Packard, New Orleans,
La:
In answer to your dispatch of this date
the President directs me to say that he feels
it his duty to state frankly that he does not
believe public opinion will longer support
the maintenance OF State Government in
Louisiana by the use of the military, and
that he must concur in the manifest feel.
ing. The troops will hereafter, as in the
past, protect life and property from mob
violence when the State authorities fail,
but, under The remaining days of his official
life, they will not be used to establish or
pull down either claimant for the control Of
the State 1t is not his purpose to recog.
nize either claimant.
c. Q. SNIFFEN, Secretary.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-05

T.. BARkSDALE Chairman
JACKSON, March %, 1880.
The Democratic newspapers Of the Stat
are requested TO publish the foregoing.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-12
SHARON IN coxGsEss.

Senator Sharon was never much noted
a. Q speech maker. therefore any speech
from him on the floor Of the Senate,
possesses . degree Of isolated interest
not possessed BY even the more noted
men in that body whose speeches and
arguments are Of daily and hourly occur
renee. Yesterday Mr.. Sharon presented
q petition from residents Of this State.
praying for q reduction Of the duty on
certain kinds Of paper materials and
chemicals used in printing. and made
remarks iavoring the object Of the psti.
ton. This duty on paper material has
caused the present high prize Of paper.
which operates a. . serious hardship on
all newspaper propristors throughout
the Union, for. notwithstanding the
heavy increase in the price Of paper and
printing material, 1t 10 NO easy matter
to raise the prices Of newspapers and
advertising. With the duties on paper
materials modified or removed. Ameri-
can paper mills can come into successful
competition with foreign manufactures.
and il 10 to DO hoped that promp. and
proper action will DO ct ono taken in
shis matter by Congress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-12
The Blood. Red Knight"
London Tsisgraph.

Burglary Is. however. Q much less
common crime among the Celtic race
than violence and robbery Of the person
and. despite the multiplicity Of agrarian
outrages, for which Ireland has always
been Infamous. II has often been boosted
on the Green Isle that house robbery ID
an English rather than an Irish offense.
An attempted burglary. which happened
not far from Donersils. in the County OF
Cork, is. indeed. still spoken Of. 30 that
the story has become historical, although
the event occurred nearly seventy years
ago.
On the morning OF March II, 1911. q
gentleman named Purcell was In bed on
the ground floor Of . house OF which he
was the sole occupant. He was an
eccentric old man and reputed to be very
wealthy. As he lay in bed he heard a
noise 10 the next room. and through the
open door he saw = man jump from tho
window sill into the apartment. The
intruder was followed by another. and
ALTOGETHER Mr.. Purcell sscertained by
listening acutely that ak robbers had got
into the house. The moon Was shining
brightly. and the brave old man. belisv-
ing that his life would be forfeited, deter
mined to sell II dearly. he concealed
himself in the shade by the side Of the
doorway between the bedroom and sit
ting room, and. knife in hand, awaited
the first conner. who fell fatally stabbed
10 the heart. A second thief advanced
and thrust his gun into the room. Mr..
Purcell Jaw that the muzzle was not
pointed at his body. and. as the gun was
discharge. struck its holder dead just
below the collar bone. As the third OF
the band crept cautiously ncross the
threshold, Mr.. Purcell discovered that
his knife was bent and calmly straight.
ened i. between his teeth previous to
pluuging 1t into his third victims heart.
The rest Of the band. daunted BY the
intrepid resistance offered to them BY .
single old man. retreated to the open
window and. getting out Of It with all
speed. turned their backs on q house
which already contained three Of their
dead companions. Mr.. Purcell. when
the story was told to Mr.. Perceval. then
Prime Minister. was kuightrd for his
bravery, and went ever afterwards by
the name Of the Blood.Red Knight"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-12
Chlna's Young Emperor.
Nec York Tribune,

Nsio York Tribune.
The Emperor of China IL Just now In
serious difficulty. Young though he Is,
be has already to maintain some seventy
women In his establishment in various
capacities, and their extravaganza ID
pronounced to DO beyond all bounds.
Three hundred and seventy.fvs thou.
sand dollars. which is more than one.
half the land tax Of the Empire, were
expended last year In silk, satin, gauze,
velvet, red and gilt paper and pearls. II
10 said that n dress which Is in the pos.
session OF an Empress was covered last
year with seed pearls worked In 80 Pc.
culisr q fashion ~ to have cost q fabulous
sum-. With respect to this robe there
are great searchings Of heart. The
Empress 10 aged, though the dress ID
new. II she dies. according to custom
il must be burned, s~upposipg II to Be In
her possession at the time OF her demise.
She refuses to part with 1t. and the idea
OF this was~teiulnsss, coupled with the
prospect OF increased e%xtravaganos In the
coming year, troubles the owner OF the
vsrmilion pencil exceedingly. Contsm.
plating the position OF this illustrious
parsonage. and remembering that as YET
be 10 too young to be practically married.
II Is curious to speculate a. to what his
position will be when he arrives at mans
estate and finds himself tho lord Of sew.
snty additional wives.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-12
The State Orphans Home.
Car.on Tribune MareA 10.

IufsoH <FtouHe .HuTc1 I've
There is no doubt but that the righI
persons are in control OF that best oI
Nevada's public institutions. Mrs
Mills is wearing her life away In
controlling tbs inside portion oil
the Home. and her husband, The
Colonel. 10 doing all that his mechanical
genius enables him to make the outside
arrangements what they ought to be.
Nr. Mills has made an entire change In
the outside arrangements Of the Orphans
Home. All the old shanties have been
removed. The tickle grass that wa,
permitted to eat up the clover, alfalfa
and grain. has been killed. and . crop
OF oats. sufficient to keep ten cows oil
through this hard winter, was raised and
husbsnded last fall.
A ins bath.house has been built 100
feet cost Of the house by Mr.. Mills, and
hot and cold water brought in at Q small
expense to the State. A bath.tub large
enough to hold 20 children at . time,
with . splendid shower bath, q dressing
room and all necessary for cleanliness
Of the waits has been fxsd by Mr.. II.
In the rear Of this building 10 the work.
shop Of the Superintendent and the
wash.room Of the establishment. The
water works are 30 arranged that q
stream . be thrown on the large build.
ing in case Of FIRE. and the large grounds
irrigated at all times. There is not q
spot in the whole Of the Orphans Home
that Is not at al times ready for the
inspection Of visitors.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-12
The Nan Who Breathes Fire.
PUG PUG lNiehiaanl Courier.

rue fu" kh'cH'Jo"l co"'to.
A. W. Underwood. the colored mar
whose breath sets c~ombustibles on fire,
was interviewed bya Courier reporter on
Tuesday evening. He says hs il "a
years old. When about IL years old be
held his handkerchief to his mouth and
blew upon 1t and II took IRE. He says
hs il unable to account for IL; that
physicians have examined him and they
are rs much in the dark a. himself.
He set Q piece Of paper on fire at the
Dyckman House recently before . large
crowd. A respectable citizen Of Paw
Paw says that this % was out with
him on Q hunting party last Summer
and none OF the party had any matches,
and that Underwood took up both hands
full Of dry leaves. brssthsd upon them
awhile and set them on fire. from which
they then built o fire In the woods. he
seemed much exhausted last evening
after his effort, and says he could not
endure IL more than twice in one day.
Parties present last evening said that
they had examined his hands. had him
rinse his mouth out and drink . glass Of
water, and then saw him set paper or
cloth ON fire with his breath.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-12

New York Tribune: There 10 q fresh
outbreak Of Southern hostility. to Til.
den. The old reason IL advanced again
that hs lacked backbone in the electoral
controversy, but the real cause Of oppo-
sition IL kept in the background in
almost all cases. II came out the other
day In . New Orleans journal with the
remark: "Mr. Tildsn il not regarded
- favorsbly disposed toward the inter
ssts Of the South" That brings the
question back to his letter on Southern
war claims. which ID the only cause Of
the trouble. The South prefers for
President Q man who il not pledged so
openly against il ''intsrssts" Is Tildsn
10. They are more troubled about his
supsrluous backbone on that question
than about . lack Of II on any other; but
the barrel will sooths them.