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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13

may say this life Is barren. drcar, and cold.
xvcr the same sad song was snng q old,
uver the same long weary tale A. told,
And a. our lips Il held the cup Of strife,
And yct-a little love can sweeten life.
they say cnr hands may grasp but Joys de-
stroyed.
Youth has but dreams. and age AN aching
whose Dead Sea fruit long, long ago has
wAo.s nlsh; with Wild. compositions storms
And yet 4 little hope can brighten life.
Thcy say We ding ourselves in wild despair
AMID the broken treasures scattered there.
WHERE MI Is wrecked, where all once promssed
And stab ourselves with sorrows two. edged
And yet 4 little patience strengthens life.
IN II. then. true this tale Of bitter grief.
N mortal anguish finding no rcliefy
Tot 'Dislst the winter shines the ianreis lear |,
Thrce Angels share the lot OF human strife,
Thrcc Angels glorify the path Of life
low. Hope, and Patience cheer US on our
Knve. Hope, and Patience form our spirits
Love. Hope. and Patience watch Us day by
And bid me desert bloom with beauty vernal,
Temple Bav.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13

The Methodist i Of the opinion that
the Methodist General Conference which
meets in May will elect five Bishops. II
saws: .Thcrc will be- an effort to stop
nj two. but the distribution 81 choices
among several candidates tends 20 in-
crease the number Among the more
prominent candidates mentioned are
Chancellor Haven If syracuse Iniver-
sity. President Foss ~ Wesleyan Univcr-
sity, President Hurst II Drew Theology
cal Seminary, and Dr. Charles II.
Fowler.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
Democratic County Conventions.
Sumner.

In pursuance to call of 5. NJ Roane, Chair
man cf Executive Committee. the Democratic
party OF Samner county met a mass Wal
thalL on the 241h Gay OF April, 1880, when the
10 glowing proceedings were had
On motion OF A. T. Fox, Allen Moore was
elected Chairman, who explained the object OF
the meeting.
On motion Of G. W. Dudley one man from
each Supervisors District was appointed by
the Chairman a committee on resolutions.
Beat &c. ". Dudley, beat samuel
Parker; beat 3-W. 4. Davis; beat 4-Dr j.
(. Greer: beat 5-S. G. Hunter who retired,
and on their return presented the following
Resoipef, That the Democracy OF Sumner
county. in mass meeting assembled, solemnIy
proclaim our adherence to the Democratic
doctrines as enunciated by The par Y for years
past, and especially deHounee the Grant move
ment developed in certain portions Of the
South.
RssoIred. That we VIII support faithfully
any man that the Democratic party may nom
mate
Committee further recommended the follow
ing delegates to the State Convention
District ]. A. F. Fox and DR.. A H. Bavs.
District , 8 f. Parker and Terrell Rose
District 3. ". 4. Davis and Dudley Peoples.
District I. j. 4. Pierce ana Dr. T. {. Ram
dali.
District ). John Williams and II 4 Gould
ALLEN MOORE, Chairman,
7. NJ. GORE, Secretary.
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Pursuant to call of,Executive Committee
the County Convention met the Court House
Capt. r. W. Banks, Chairman Of the County
Executive Committee. called the Convention
TO order.
On motion, Mr. c. Cooke was made perman-
ent Chairman, and Mr.. J. IL. Lawrence, Score
tary.
The following delegates were elected BY the
Convention TO represent L0wndes county IN
the State Convention:
J. H. Field. for county at large; v. 4. Har-
ris, district l J. A. Orr, district ,; DR.. G. y.
Quinn, district >; A. J. Erwin, district / H.
W. Banks, district >.
The following resolutions were adopted by
the Convention:
ReSotced, That we approve the acton of the
Democratic Executive Committee in separa-
ting the call for committee 50 select delegates
to the District ami State Convention.
fRes0teea That this Convention has observed
with pride and qualification the singular una
nimity Of the people of Lowndes county IN
their expression Of the wish that cur distiu-
guished fellow citizen, Col. s NJ Meek should
represent this CongreS sioual District in the
next Congress of the United States and that
we heartily endorse their choice, and recon-
mend to the County Convention to be called
specifically for that purpose 10 give him for
NAL nomination OF the county for thai office.
Res0iced, That the Secretary Of lhis Con-
veution be instructed to request Of the Chair
man Of Executive Committee q copy Of his
address before this body on this occasion for
publication along with 10 days Proceedings
On motion, the Convention adjourned.
G. Il COOKE, Pref.
}. ii. LAWRENCE, See'y.
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Philip q. Gully.

1t would seem that if Mississippi has
anv right which Northern Radical inter
meddlers are bound to respect, it is her
right to select her own agents for the
transaction of her own business which in
no manner concerns the Intermediates
aforesaid. The last and the loudest
howl is over the appointment by Cover
nor Stone of that worthy and substantial
old citizen Of Kemper, Mr.. Philip H.
Gully, as Commissioner Of Enumeration
under the late act passed by the Legis-
lature. OF course our worthy Cover
nor pursues the even tenor Of his way
and is serene under the furious assaults
of the intermediates, but inasmuch as
their souls are sorely vexed at (what
they profess to believe) his appointment
Of Iaw-defying man Of blood, into
whom their imaginations have trans
formed our inotfensIve and mild-man-
nered friend, we will take it upon our
selves to inform them that though Philip
II. Gully was present on the day Chisolm
and others were killed, and is under
indictment, ne one pretends that he
committed any crime, or that he had
any weapon with which to commit any.
He was shown on the trial of the Sep
TENDER term, 1879, to have quietly
walked about the village, as hundred:
of others persons did, on that day, and
he was proven to have had in his hands
an old walking stick which he has car
ried always This, and nothing more
His tongue, too, was silent, for no one
was produced to swear that he said one
word TO encourage any one to any deco
Of violence. If with this statement o
facts, the disturbed passions Of the in
termeddIers can be soothed to rest, W,
Will be gratifed. But if not, we cal
only say, let them how'll Mississippi
ans intend to manage their own affair
III their own way, all the same.
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with honor, fidelity and satisfaction to the
people In times that tried mems souls he for
four long years was always at the front with
the boys IN gray
Resolved. I'd. That in Capt Thos. II. Woods
we recognize high-toned honorable gentle
man Of Intellectual ability equal to any other
Representative that Mississippi will or can
send 10 Congress.
Rss0lred, 3D. That our delegates to the Con-
gressional Convention be ana are hereby in
srructed TO vote as a amt for Thos. II. Woods,
our candidate for Congress, 50 long As IN
their judgment, the same mAy appear likely
TO secure his nomination.
On motion Of Mr. McLemore, The chair APP
pointed Capt. J. z. Walker a one OF the dele
gates 70 the Congress oral Convention.
Motion bv Cbi. VI. II. Whitaker. that the
chairman be added TO each delegation. Car
riej
On motion the Secretary was ordered to read
the following communication:
MERIDIAN, May IL. lScb.
To the Chairman OF the County Convention OF
Lauderdale county Of the Democratic party
SRI hereby lender my resignation Of my
position on the Congress !oual Executive Com
mittee, IS one OF the members Tor Lauderdale
county, aud request the body over which you
preside TO appoint my successor
Very respectfully,
THos H. WGoDs.
The resi- gnation was accepted and on motion
j. Walker was appointed to fill the vacancy
occasioneo thereby.
Motion that the chair appoint county
Executive Committee carried.
On motion OF Col. NJ. H. Whitaker, J. W
FewelI was by the convention unanimously
elected chairman Of the Executive Committee
The chair appointed the following as mem
bers of the committee:
Beat No. ii ". Fewell, chairman; ". 4.
Brown, Or. E. Spinks.
Beat No. -. c Porter, " R. NuAnery,
john Sapderford.
Beat No. 81 W Cunningham, John Ne
Laugblin, j. b. Hambrick.
n. pf.L-a N
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Central Democratic Club.


pursuant TO call Of the President ..s
central Democratic Club met Ing TING Hall
OF representatives on saturday night Hon.
OhNer C''i'on IN the CHAIR ON motion.
Ar. l.. +. ChIIes was requested 90 aas..
secretary.
oh motion OF Col. Nusent Ill was resolved
% hold mass meetings ia the d.H.ran.
wards on saturday night next --I .H.t.
Tor The purpose of selecting delegates ..'r.a
from each Ward) 10 represent jackson in
the County Convention e be held q, Eav-
mond ON Monday oath inst, for tile pure
pose OF selecting delegates Go the State ,.u-
ventlon
On further motion, the President or ...
meeting was authorized, ia the event a.r
any Ward or Wards should fail 10 select
delegates, to appoint delegates tlr such
Ward or Wards with fun power and aa.h.r.
ity to act.
On motion of Mr. Webb lbc ez.,ta.
constitution and rule. OF Iraytrr.f,...,.- ,.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

As the Democrats have a very frail
tenure Of power in the Senate, the party
generally feel a very deep interest in
the Kellogg case, apart from that which
is awakened by the fact that he is an
interloper, and was not elected to that
body by the Legislature of Louisiana.
On our first page, we have printed ex-
tracts from the able speech Of Senator
Vest, showing the insuticiency of the
plea Of res adjtdjcata urged in favor of
Kellogg, and of the bogus character Of
the body which pretended to elect him,
but which was not recognized by the
Hayes Administration, and which van
ished into thin air Immediately after
the performance of that farce, and has
not been heard Of since except in con-
nection with the Kellogg case. Sena-
tors Bailey, Of Tennessee, Jonas, of
Louisiana. Vest, of Missouri, Pryor, of
Alabama, Hill, Of Georgia, and Vance
of North Carolina, have all delivered
arguments in support of the right
Of the State Of Louisiana to be rep
resented by Judge Spoford, who
was elected to the place Kellogg has
usurped, by the legal and only recog-
nized Legislature of the State. The
question upon which the whole case
turns is, has Louisiana right to be
represented by Senators chosen by her
Legislature? The Republicans have
taken the ground that the Nichols
Legislature was not lawful body and
are consistent because they hold the
same opinion with regard to all the
Southern Legislatures, but their cor
porafs guard of Democratic allies rest
their support upon silly sentiment and
a ridiculous bubble.
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Circular of the Health Officer of Kinds
County.
OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICER,

Jackson, Miss, May Is, 1880.
As the sickly season is approaching, the
physicians of Kinds county are respectfully
requested to cooperate with me in protect
ing the Public Health And to this end,
| request them, to inform me without delay
of any case of infectious or contagious di-
sease, or of any disease of an unusually
dangerous or malignant character that may
occur in their practice. They will also
please inform me of the existence of any local
cause calculated to breed disease in their lo-
cality so that steps may be taken to remove
it. would also suggest to the authorities of
evey town in the county, the importance of
establishing Board of Health, and adopt
ing such sanitary measures as will prevent
the introduction and spread of contagious
and infectious diseases. Teachers of schools,
superintendent of benevolent institutions,
hotel keepers, keepers of market houses, and
citizens generally are urged to. keep their
premises clean and to use disintectants and
deodorants, and to observe the sanitary
regulations that have been adopted and dis
tributed by the State Board of Health.
For the information of all concerned, I
herewith submit section 9, of the Public
Health Law of the State, approved March
4th, 1880:
SECTION 9. Be it further enacted, That
in all eases where such County Health
Officer may make report of any matter
in his county calculated in his opinion to
produce or TO aggravate or cause the
spread of any epidemic endemic or CON
taglOus disease, or in any way injurious
ly affect public health, the State Board
of Health may declare the same a NUS
ance, and upon the request of said
Board, it shall be the duty of the Dis
trict Attorney of that District To immedi-
ately commence proceedings by an informa-
ton, in the name of the State, in the Cir
cult Court Of the county, TO have the same
abated as a nuisance, and if in the opinion
of the State Board of Health, the same Is
urgent, said Board shall so state in its re-
quest to the District Attorney, and also in
a communication to the Judge of he Cir
cult Court OF the District, who may try the
information on five days notice to the par
ties interested, in vacation and may sup
press the same as Il nuisance, allowing Il
writ OF error, as if the case had been tried
III term time, but there shall be no super
cedeas, unless the Judge in vacation, or the
court, shall expressly allow the same by
special order, and no supercedeas shall be
granted where the public health, in the
opinion OF the court or Judge, would there
by be injuriously affected.
GEORGE X. HARRINGTON.
Il
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District Nc 4-fon. 7. a. Mazee and
W. Herring. -N D.
McGehee - " ID.
E2 oG motion The o Sserea5y Democratic
added TO the delegation from this county VAS
On motion Of Hon 4. A. Magee tba r...
ing recommended the Hon. Geo. f WeLT IT,
Amlte county. rs tEeir choice for Pre.ii.-'
ual Elector for this district.
On further motion, the delegates I'd tba s....
Convention were also elected 10 the Con-
sional Convention -'e-
T cee5ings ,,r tl,;s -. .'-lt'''7. lAe pro-
/ franklin Banner. the Jackson CrtPrr,-" .-1
Brookhaven Ledger the Southern Herar5 .
the Summit Times anu
/ On motion. adjourned
Fl. II. MAGE CI4frr..
e, 4. PRICHARp Secretary
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

IT would seem that Congress is about
to adjourn without passing a bill pre-
scribing the manner Of performing the
duty devolved upon it by the Constitu-
ton of counting the electoral votes. A
fair plan would be to give to the two
Houses in joint session the right of
counting the votes and of determining
the sutheiency of the certificates to
give the two Houses authority to go
behind the certificates, when there Is
more than one certificate from State,
and TO decide which shall be received /;
and to provide when there is only one
certificate from State, and it shall be
objected to, that it shall be received I'M
less rejected by the concurrent vote of
both Houses; and where a certificate
shall be judieially Endorsed by the high
est tribunal in the State, that it shall
require the concurrent vote of both
Houses to reject it.
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The Silver Question-The Conspiracy
of the Monometalists

1t was a timely resolution OF Repre-
sentative Chalmers declaring it unlaw-
full for the Secretary of the Treasury to
purchase bonds for the use of the gov
eminent without giving due notice by
proclamation etc, ETC., the object be-
ing to prevent stock.jobbing and specula-
ton in the departments for the benefit OF
the Secretary and his favorites. Senator
Wallace Of Pennsylvania, has formula
ted the same object in a bill entitled
"an act to define the amount and man
ner Of purchases Of the public loans to
be made by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury.' Now, if Representative Chalmers
and Senator Wallace, or some other
faithful guardians Of the public interest,
would originate and have passed meas
ure making it unlawful for the Secreta-
~ to discriminate against silver and to
discredit and destroy it as a money
metal, they would do the public valu-
able service. In the interest Of the I'M
taxed bondhoIders silver was fraudu-
lentIv demonetized in 1873. Mr.. John
Sherman himself was the engineer OF
the fraud in the Senate. When the
Bland bill for restoring to silver It's
constitutional functions was pending,
the whole weight Of the Administration
under his lead was thrown against it
and the object was accomplished in part
only. The bill was passed with limi
tation on the coinage Of silver when il
ought to have been unlimited, thu:
placing it on the same footing with gold
/ The next step was TO defeat the measure
by discrediting silver and throwing oh
stacles in the way Of its circulation
! An association Of banks, known as tht
! New York Clearing House, was selected
as a financial agent Of the government
BY the rules Of the association sllve
dollars are received mot as other lega
tender only upon deposit under specia
contract to withdraw the same in kind
and the payment Of balances in silve
and silver certificates is also prohibited
The government has become a party t
this arrangement and abdicated its RICH
to pay balances to the association il
that coin. The effect is to discredi
silver money, and to surrender the RICH
Of the government to pay its creditors il
any kind Of lawful money at its option
Transactions of this kind, taken i
connection with the recommendation Q
- the President backed by the appeal c
the Secretary that the coinage Of silve
| be discontinued entirely, reveal tn
, conspiracy Of the bondholding oligarch
to destroy silver as a circulating med
. UNI and TO constitute gold the onl
t money metal, thus returning to tn
) policy which the silver bill was designe
r. to change.
q There IS nomember Of either branch {
E Congress whowould have the temerity
. defy public opinion by supporting tn
? recommendation of the Administratio
= to discontinue the coinage Of silver
But this Is not enough. The law ougl
to be so changed so as to make its coli
, age unlimited. And especially ough
:. the Iaw-making power to interpose it
authority to block the insidious gam
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury t
discredit and to destroy silvor a. mono
metal.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

Being unable to give the information
desired in the following communication
of an esteemed subscriber, we publish
the same with the remark that all of
the points indicated will doubtless be
fully set forth in early publications by
the Trustees of the College. The Board
was recently in session at Starkville,
and no doubt determined upon all the
details incident to the opening Of the
College
NEWPORT, Miss, May 18th, 1880.
EDITORS CLARION will you favor the
many readers of your most excellent paper
by publishing through its columns
lst. What time the A. and NJ College
will open at Starkville?
I'd. State infinitely what occupations will
be taught at same?
Sd. What amount of labor and Of study
per day?
18th. What will it cost young man to
enter?
9TH. VIII the State furnish rooms, board
and bedding, fuel, lights, etc, free of charge
or will applicants have to pay for them, if
so, how much, etc
9th Can a young man enter now and get
business of some kind to do until school
opens? Please give me the z. O. address of
Gen. S. d. Lee, President a. and NJ. Col
lege.
Please answer the above through your pa
per or letter and oblige. May the CLARION
Ire Tong and its Editors be happy.
r. SD
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

ONE hundred and eight delegates to
the Chicago Convention are yet to be
chosen-from Illinois 40, Minnesota 10,
Nebraska 6, Alabama 20, Louisiana 10,
Colorado 5, and 2 from the Terrific
ries of Dakota, Idaho, New Mexico and
Wyoming. OF this number Gen.
Grant will have to receive about So, ac-
cordiag to the estimates of his partizans.
1t is supposed that Illinois will furnish
the bulk of these.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

WE have seen a letter from Capt
W. H.. Hardy, attorney of the New
Orleans and Northeastern (Meridian)
Railroad Company, stating that the
company has sufficient means to build
the Road through in two years. 1t will
be great enterprise for the portion of
our State through which the Road will
YrI1D
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
THE Flag of the Union, published

THE Flag of the Union, published at
Terry, insists on being exercised about
Sheriff Morrison's bond Any one who
will take the trouble to examine this
bond must come to the conclusion that
it should be elassed as gilt edge" The
Board Of Supervisors, and the people of
Kinds, appear to be well satisfied with
our new Sheriff. and we regret to see
that our clever contemporary is not
reconciled.
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JACKSON, MISS, May 6, 1880

WE learn that Gen. Writ Adams,
the present State Revenue Agent, has
secured the services of Mr.. J. III. EchOls,
and they have entered vigorously upon
the work of hunting up and prosecuting
claims due the State by defaulting tax
collectors No doubt a considerable
sum will be realized to the State from
these investigations in addition to what
has already been saved.
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A Noble Band of Civil Service Re-
formers.

Mr.. Henry Carroll, in his New York
Times correspondence, gives a list OF
twenty-four government officials most Of
them holding their appointments under
Sherman, and Jealous partizans of that
immaculate reformer, who were active
participants in the Mississippi Republi-
can Convention. As a matter of BUSH
ness they devoted themselves energeti-
cally to the task Of showing how worthy
they were Of the confdenc he had re
posed in them, and how anxious they
were to repay it on the principle of
''you tickle me, and I'll tickle you. ,
But they seemed to be utterly oblivious
of the following order which the head OF
the Administration under which they
are serving, had addressed to the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, and which that
worthy, their lord and master himself,
made haste to repeat to his subordinates :
''No officer shall be required, or permitted
to take part in the management of political
organizations, caucuses, conventions or cleo
ton campaigns"
Since the most conspicuous leaders
and manipulators in the late Convention
are office holders under the Administra-
ton. it will be curious to note what it is
going to do about it.
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'3GEETLEMAN GEORGE" (Pendleton) {,
of Ohio, undertook to defend Kellogg's
case in the Senate the other day; but it
was noticed that he kept his gloves on.
He couldn't afford to fondle the putrid
without them.
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THE Greenback State Convention viii
assemble in this city tomorrow (20th).
Gems. A. NJ. West and Reubin Davis,
Col. 7. w. Harris, Hons. NJ D. l..
Stephens, J. H. Amacker, and other
shining lights of the party. will be in
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

IF the Judges in their charges do not
admonish Grand Juries to make diligent
inquiry into any violation of the law
imposing penalties for cruel treatment
of dumb beasts, they will neglect one of
the most important duties devolving
upon them.
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IF Congress adjourn under the House
resolution on the 31st, there will be no
appropriation for the posecution of the
important work suggested by the Mis-
sissippi River Commission.