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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-16

This truly great medical compound, Invented by
Dr., Thomas Cort EFT, member Of our Society, was
the rst well the best Of all edies called Sar-
sapara, none Of which bear any comparison to it in
the variety, quality and quantity Of its ingredients.
Druggists warrant as genuine every bottle bearing
the signature Of Thos. C0rbett.
Inquire for Corbetts Shakers Sarsaparilla.
In behalf Of the Society,
NICHOLAS A. BRIGGSl
10 'EPH WOODS, Z Trustees.
SHAKER VILLAGE, y. H., Jan, !, 1880.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-16

sold By an Wholesale and Retail Druggists through.
out the United States and Canadas, and by WEEKS 4
POTTER, Proprietor6, Boston, Mass. -.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
The Printing Paper TaEHonorable
Greenbury Z. Fort.

The following is the text of the bill
introduced by the Hon. Greenbury L.
Fort, of Illinois, TO reduce the duty on
printing paper, and to place materials
entering into the manufacture of paper
on the free list:
That on and after the 1st of July, A. d.
1880, all soda ash aud impure carbonate OF
soda imported TO be used in the manufac-
ture OF paper, or of glass, or Of clothes, or
fabrics composed wholly or in part of wool,
shall be admitted free of duty That all
nnsized printing paper used for books pam
phlets, magazines, and newspapers exclusive
~, shall be subject to an import duty of >
per centum ad valorem.
Mr.. Fort says that he introduced the
bill without having consulted with pa
per men or publishers and that he did
50 in the interests of the general public,
and not in the interests of any class.
He says that as practical fact he is Of
opinion that the increase in the price of
printing paper 'has been arbitrarily
made by the manufacturers, and is not
required by any necessity of manufac-
ture, as the essential elements of cost
are practically the same. Foreign rags
are not higher and are duty free, and it
is very doubtful whether the laborers
receive higher wages. In support OF
his bill he also says, that If any article
ought to be free, he thinks it should be
paper. His reason for this view is that
in the present condition of the country
a tax upon education is not needed.
The road ought to be as free and as
open as possible for the youth of the
land and to the poor to buy books and
newspapers, which are our chief engines
of education. People are asking who
is this Mr. Fort that has made himself
famous by an action that is wise because
it is timely and just. The story of his
life is brief one, as told in the Con
gressional Directory.
Greenbury L. Fort, of Lacon, was born
in Ohio, October II, 1925; removed with
his parents to Illinois in April, 1891; was
admitted to the bar, and practised law was
an officer in the Union army from April -,
1861 to March y, 1866; was elected to the
Fort y-third. Forty fourth, and Forty-ffth
Congresses, and was reelected to the Forty
sixth Congress, as Republican, receiving
II, 271 votes against / 1922 votes for T. NJ
Shaw, Democrat, and 500 votes for G. c.
Straun, National.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
The Proposed Reduction of Judicial
Districts.

EDITORS CLARION In the House, it is
proposed to reduce the number of Chancery
Court Districts in this State to seven. This
would about double the work of the Chan
celIors, and make an average of fraction
over ten counties to the district.
Looking over the judicial record of the
State q compiled from the fifty-sixth vol
ume of Mississippi reports, it would seem
that the proposed reduction is not exactly
the reform that Is needed. Men are not
I born Judges, and in order to track the law
and decide correctly, cases require to be
patiently Investigated, and to do this, re-
quires time. fla Judge is on the bench con
tiuuaily how can he command the time for
research that an important case demands ?
. The people suffer under such a system, and
would be willing to pay a competent judge
and give linn ample time to weigh we'll their
/ causes, and look into the law. Even with
I the present number ofdistricts, according to
I ffty-sixth Mississippi, only seven of the
Judges and chanceliors are affirmed more
times than they are reversed and the most
reversals seem to occur in the districts where
the counties are more inaccessible and
where the time Of the Judge and chancellor
is more taken up in travelling TO the differ
emit county sites.
1.-THE Supreme Court decisions represent
the proportion of Justice melted out, then it
+ is shown by tifty-sixth Mississippi, that some
districts only get it in one case out Of six,
and others in only three eases out of eleven.
Now, / do not believe the fault lies altogeth-
cr with the judiciary. We have about n
competent set Of Judges and chancelIors as
could be employed for the same amount OF
money, but even the best lawyers need
time to look into the law and apply it cor
rectiy.
A Judge must needs have books too, and
law books are expensive, but with the pres
ent salaries, by the time his travelling ex-
penses are paid and his family are fed, cloth
ed, and schooled, there is little left with
which to replenish his library.
4 man wants some little time, too, to look
after the interests Of his family, and the pro~
posed reduction Of districts would necessi-
tate an almost continual absence from home
The increase of work, lack of time to inves-
ti1ate, and absence from home and family,
even were the salary increased, would have
the effect TO drive the best men off the
bench, and the people would suffer proper
tionlteIy. Legislators ought to enact whole
some laws-laws to benefit the people, and
it is easy TO see that they cannot le
benefited by having an ill-paid, over-wo. =
ed, or incompetent judiciary.
MFIROSF
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
The Penitentiary Question.

\ Penitentiary bill passed the Senate
yesterday, with but few dissenting
votes, combining some of the leading
features ofboth the antagonistic schemes
that have been before the Legislature.
1t provides for Board Of Public
Works, and secures to objects of inter
nal improvement, when feasible, the
convict labor, and at the same time in
consideration of the benefits therein
named for the State, it extends the
present lease six years. It occurs to
US that this. after all, is the wisest and
best solution of a very vexed and diff
ficult problem.
The only serious objection we have
heard urged against the bill, is that it
does not specifically prohibit the labor
of the eonvicts from being brought into
competition with the industry of the
mechanical classes. This defect can be
by the House.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
&c aulf 90 shIp IsIand Railrond.


GDllOE VI TIE 0hAHiON' am sincerely
eta'lneu 2 noe tne 'nA' my gallant
-. ~. y -. ..'.'.4.-' me veteran
sol-
uie' IN 'be war Win neAlco, as wen az ln our
late fratracidal struggle, he is Known and ALL
Dreciafed nv all and the pluck and rergf-
,1At
- - "''N go IN 90 " s'i3ler,
has been strikingly exempllhed by him as "a
railroad manager In The face Of .h.t.r.
"a .,.,,t
40" ''s1 '"'' '''ie"u' '""' "eN'' "NNe "IFhIl-
en- anu oro@an the spirit almost aar other
mlr col Faufkuer /, t....y .rai if I.. T.
. p:- ,t
''"" ~ Ii'Oe "i7 o""' ''I'''' -l.-s's-. D.
Pl' ma raiirofd connection 30 tHe outside
world, and la spite OfRu opposition amid mann.
obstacles hc succeeded. ou,. suer.-s l....
Il .,,:. - tl
iva '''" '' 'AHtA-
ner tfe4esS energy ana rs soon hs hl~ road
from Ripple y 10 MiddletoWn was COMPLETED LA.
conceived the idea Of coptinr,ir., IL b..
' .. tAe
uull- ana mus IehlI@IhE lot ihe people uf
Mississippi the early dream III some of d..
hest and yyissst of her sons tbs c,,.tr,......
-'."
u a" '''' as 'N quar- NA-i
coast ana penetrating me state through its
ntir, Iept,th from North 10 SouH Wsr
,., IN. ~ r.,.t-,,, a. ..f.
i'"n ''Ae Oo' ~ ''s'''1 'S p" no,
anu ID ms Nocdouiar! thefe Is uo sueh word
fail He has determined no build fIH
Gulf and Shin Island Railroad. bs Ia. 5at.
:1 .l .1 .
ui'"0' 10 50 " i't' "t''' A''
Northern Alsslsslppl the privilege ui having
summer residences on the shores of our fgg|rF
giving coast. where tErv will hc III ..r-....t
aud casv reach of h5m. and tLe Iu-ia..s
cares of life. and he Will do it,
Tine legislature has HOT only relieved Dim
and his road " some very heaN burdens iut
il has manifested p disposition 10 ..l.
him all the aid and encourage ....u.t
consistent with the general welfare gyE..h
have been extended 10 similar eu.,r1.-.-..- ID
internal Imlirovemaur Tn, trarl. ir...Fs,...
along the II e. of This .,retf 1rt r- of ami
travel are prepared AZ assist iu 'it- c1Tsll.,.-
non to the utmost limit of fLe.r sIiIit. aI
The facilities ,Y,y Iii .r. II i,ai4 l., FL.
struction of ruiIsr v,-Ls ,,itb g. .
labor of the State. Offers a STRONG .r.,urj f.r
hope that ibis long deferred cnierrrI.c i. at
last about TO realize the dretu, al U,n-a ,rI,
inauanr,,l ed t}Ir r,.,,,,,..,,t ,,.,,s ,,. L,,
Witnessed with crati6cltiou the W..tlIrgyggI
Of opposition bv The conductors Of tne tse.s
along the ne OF the two GREAT railways iUat
traverse the Stare from North to South Sfu-
atel between the New Orleans. ST. Louis aaI
Chicago Railroad on tbc West and the Mobile
and hio on the East the Gulf and Shin d..
land has heretofore cntouutord the OPPOSITION
Of the friends of each. bur now. with few ANA
rare exceptions, we are glad to see chat tIgir
one time enemies are becoming f..
friends and are ready 10 give liberal en-.
coura cement and material mia. Ina v.rg f.e
localitcs strong opposition is still manifested
mr. SOS .n,. tLe most rarr from r.fror. r...I
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
New York for Grant.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED by THE EEPUBLf-
CAN CONVENTION OF NEW YORK.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED by THE REPUBLIC
CAN CONVENTION OF NEW YORK.
The report the committee on resolutions
We're called for, and was presented bv l.. w
7 Htou@hton, who took the stage and read as
follows
The Republicans Of the state Of New
Ork, assembled to appoint deleratcs to rem
resent them in the National Convention
reafllrm the principles and patriotic nur.
poses Of the Republican party heretofore de-
clared and faithfully acted upon. equally
III pressed WIN the responsibility now de-
N0lE@H upon them, declare that the safety
iol the nation Is again imperlled by the vir-
uient and unlawful efforts of the Dernocrst
&c party TO oyerawe and subvert State gov
erhments as represented by the conduct Of
It's leaders in Maine and in several Soutb.r,,
states thereby intending to secure control
OF the general government by deeds of vio-
fence and fraud, and in defiance of the csre-
Iully constituted Judicial authorities Tn
me Silo presence OF these grave and threatening
dangers it is the duty of Inc Ren,,IIil.i555
party OF the Union in its united strcrstb
70 meet and prevent them and 10 tbis enJ
HlhdIul OF their great responsibility In thc
coming presidential contest. and oftbe c,at
that IL must be determined bv the electoraI
vote OF thelr State, hereby solemulv nIedoo
70 the Republicans Of other States 5ha7~
aolllty to east it for ULYSSES : Gr,,t W
declare that in him we reno.l aT.,f,,.t. we
Tor Tor ms honesty, his fidelity 10 dutv
us serene Judgment and solid intoIi'
gence' ms varied experience. and for otI,a-
virtues that has ever attended his str,~+, T..
securing integrity, perpetuity. grandeur a,i
PIio9PeliIy Of our common country For
.iie9e reasons and because we are satisfied
Sila. "a !, nm the nation, north and south
a
10 IoilIuehce. We present him "a entitlaT
~ ~ the SURFACES Of every patriotic citizen
" also declare that objection To a tLf-j
presidential term applies only To tLi-J
z consecutive term, and is utterly ipan,,i'a
pie TO the reelection of General Grant -
- y ana mas been private citizen abs.rt
ION lne country, destitute of all presiden-
whose election must be bv the r. 1t. anu
o. the people, unaided by those inaHe a-Oaoe
', alone give force, If any there he -
that objection Therefore.
resolved, That the Republican, oe NJ.
= 4 OK * Deheve that the denomination IF 90,
n =. Grant as the presidential capdidote
u urgent Importance, and the deIoerota5
"a. LIS gay assembled are called upon ami T.,
'sr Z. to use their most earnest and 1T;ta5
'norlS 70 secure his nomination.
A motion to substitute the name NJ Ey1,;,..
OF orans' was on motion Of Senator Conk.
ing rejected by decided vote.
VERMONT FOR EDMUNDs.
The Vermont Republican, .5..-4.l a
resolution '91 'Ho
Resolved, That the Republicans Of ver.
,.on y. present to the Republicans Of the conn.
+ 49,. ne name q George +. Edmuuds A 4
y y person to be made the candidate ef
- 1epQnlifan party for the next president,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
Auditors Clerks Salaries.
February %, 1850.

EDITORS CLARION: I have noticed with
approval your article ON the subject of iu-
creaslng the pay Of these clerks The a,v
requires that the clerks shall work from %
A. NJ. to II NJ, and from =. NJ. to > p. NJ.
aggregating six hours per day, aud allows
them one thousand dollars per auuum for
this labor
Now, it is a well known fact that the Au-
dltor recognizes no office hours his Office ~
open and the clerks ready for business from
5 O'Clock IN the morning until the gas IS
lighted in the evening, with q short respite
at noon for dinner.
Thus, according to the States own figures
the clerks donate 10 the state from three 10
four hours work per day
IT the clerks governed themselves by the
statute as they have right 20 do, the pub
lie business could not be attended to. The
fact IS they work not only far past the hours
required by law in the day time, but the work
goes on in the night during the winter season
And even then, with this amount OF labor
given to the State, the Auditor ha. prl-
ployed at his own expense for the last two
years, an additional clerk, in order to per
form the necessary duties of his office.
From October 1868 to 1870, the clerks i'm
the Auditors Office were allowed q salary
each OF 7I2GO per annum; and for the wears
1871, ~, 70 and n $500 per anuum. and
for 1873, $500. Since that time until now
the cost OF living materially decreased. -g
That by the closest economy bare living
has been made out Of their present salaries.
but now the cost Of living is daily increas-
ing and has advanced fully - per cent. since
1873, and the present salaries are made
quate, am an advocate for strict economy
but hold nevertheless, that the laborer Is
worthy of his hire.
FAIR PLAY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
Caucus Committee of Conference
with the Governor.

We have been furnished with the follow
ing names of the Legislative Committee APP
pointed by the Democratic Caucus to con
fer with the Governor in reference to calling
an extra session, to make a Legislative APP
portionment after the enumeration is made,
which is provided for in the bill that has
passed the House of Representatives. In
appointing this committee the Caucus
acted upon the suggestion of the Governor.
who at the proper time will desire to avail
himself of me information and suggestions
with which the representatives Of the peo-
pie Will be able to lay before him. Three
members Of the Committee are taken from
each of the Congressional Districts and two
from the State at large:
FIRST DISTRICT.
David johnson, J. w. Buchanan and w.
W. Humphries
SECOND DISTRICT.
]. ii. Dalton, G. b. Howry and w. S.
Featherston.
THIRD DISTRICT.
w. II. FitzGerald, J. +. Bridges and j. H.
Currie.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
\. VI. Hicks, Matthew Lyle and Frank
G. MCGEE.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Ben. King A. J. McLaurin, and 7. B.
Ford.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
j. 3. Perkins, f. a. Montgomery and J.
Nee. Martin.
STATE At LARGE.
John ID. Bills and J. p Carter
Ben KING CHAIRMAN.
FRANK c. MCGEE, Secretary
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
Census Enumeration.

In the instructions recently sent out
by the Superintendent of the Census to
Supervisors, he says that in no case are
parts of two counties to be included in
the same enumeration district The
districts are to conform where it is prac-
ticable to the civil subdivisions in the
State-towns, townships and school dis
tricts; each of these ought to be made
an enumeration district when its esti-
mated population exceeds 700 or 800.
The districts must be made small enough
to secure the completion of the enumer-
alton during the single month of June.
In cities having over $1,000 inhabitants
the enumeration is to be completed
in two weeks, and to secure this the
districts are to include about 1900 to
3, 800 names; they should rarely exceed
the latter number. Supervisors are in
structed that it is better to have two
good enumerators to complete the work
in district in two weeks than one to do
it in a month. The object is to secure
the enumeration in the shortest time,
so as to avoid the uncertainties incident
to unsettled populations.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
Temperance Meeting at New Albany.
Union County.

At meeting Of the citizens of New Al
bany, Union county, on the 22d day OF
February, 1880, the following resolutions
was upon motion Of J. A. Hill unau-
imously adopted
ResOteed, That the introduction into the
State, or manufacture or sale therein of in
toXIcating liquors as a beverage, should be
totally prohibited by law.
Res0tred, That such prohibition should
not be enacted until public sentiment is
prepared fully to endorse and sustain it.
and that at present prohibitorv laws should
not be made an issue in our elections.
Res0tced, That in the opinion Of this
meeting, the existing legislation of the
state on the subject Of intoxicating liquors
Is as stringent, with two or three modifca-
tlons, as the opinions and views or the peo-
pie require or will justify; and these mod
ifcations are:
l. Druggists should be allowed to sell
liquors rs a medicine, under their license
as druggists, and without the payment of
any additional tax, but with additional
safeguards against the abuse of their privi-
lege.
,. Licenses to retail intoxicants 10 be
drank where sold should be granted as now
authorized by law, with the further condi-I
ton, that the petitioners be required to
publish their petitions and the signatures
thereto attached weekly for not less than
three weeks before action upon them. in
some newspaper published in the county.
if there is a county paper, and if there is no
paper published in the county, then by
posting the same conspicuousy at the
Court House, and in two or more DubIic
places in the town or Supervisors District
Ia which the petitioner may desire to do
business
3. The license to sell by wholesale in
quantities of one gallon or more, should be
granted, as now provided for by law.
Reaoleed, That it IS now the duty of
the friends Of temperance everywhere to be
unceasing and earnest in their efforts. bv
the dissemination Of facts and all other Ie- 1
Ultimate means, to enlighten the public ]
mind and direct and control Alright public /
sentiment ON this subject.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03

We have alarming reports Of the raw
ages Of this dreadful destroyer Of the
human family in the South American
countries. Advices from Rio de Janiero
state that from eight to ten persons are
dying daily from it. There is also
much sickness on shipboard, and yes
sells are consequently removed from the
docks and dispersed throughout the
habor These countries arc in direct
and constant communication with our
Southern ports and nothing but the
utmost vigilance will prevent its intro
duction In view of this appalling dam
ger it is to be hoped that the Legisla-
ture will lose no time in passing the
Public Health bill in order that the
machinery may be put into operation
which has been devised by the best sam
itarians in the country, for warding off
the disease, and preventing its spread if
it should be introduced.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
Letter from Hon. Jefferson Davis On
the "Tramp" Question.

Hon. Francis a. Wolf, Of Tippah, has
kindly placed at our disposal the follow
inc letter to him from Ex-President
Davis. upon subject that has engaged
the attention Of the Legislature. II
was not written for publication, but con
tains nothing that need be held from the
public. Mr.. Wolf, it will be remem-
bered was Of one Of the immortal Isl
Mississippi Regiment who followed the
fortunes Of Mr.. Davis and made the
fame Of Mississippi in the war in which
it PLAYED 30 conspicuous and glorious a
part:
BEAUvoR, Feb 10. 1880.
Hos. FRANCIS A. WoLFF-Dsar Friend:
have read YOUR remarks on the PROPOSE
ton TO amend the article in the Code by
striking out the word Tramp" and substi-
tuting that Of 'Fagrant." was not only
pleased with your speech, but | concur
with YOU entirely as 10 the propriety OF
your proposed amendment. The word
Tramp" has now a temporary signiica-
ton admitted 10 be expressive as all slang
Tor Li4E llt4Ec-Jc4li9 anu siIl4OuZ t44OSC W
whom II Is accepted But one does not look
for slang in legal statute, and with all due
Difference, it does not seem to me it ought
chere be found. Your substitute on the
other hand, IS good English word with 4
fixed meaning, and the use Of it struck at
one OF the great political and social evils OF
our vagraucy. You and l in our
soldier days, 'tramped' over valley and
mountain, and Mississippi seemed to think
our steps had been il the path Of
her honor and glory. and that was a part OF
your adventurous life to (Which you modestly
failed 10 aflude in your telling and sometimes
brilliant speech to the Legislature When
ever one Of the old Mississippi Regiment
does something beautiful or great,it fills my
heart with a JOY few other things could
give.
With cordial regard and best wishes, Il am
Yours, faithfully,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03

CONNECTICUT adopted a Tramp law
last year, and the Hartford Courant
has undertaken the work of collecting
information regarding the effect of the
law. The inquiries had two objects in
view, one TO ascertain whether the law
had had the good effects anticipated,
and second, whether any one had SUI
fered unjustly by the enforcement of
its provisions. Selectmen in all parts
of the State agree in their answers to
these questions, and say that the effect
of the law has been to rid their neigh
borhoods of the tramp nuisance while so
far as their observation shows, no hon
est man in search of work has suffered
by its enforcement. Pennsylvania has
. similar law measure IN force.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03

THE Grant movement Is growing
apaee. The great corporations, the
money oligarehy, the old Rings. annex
ationists of foreign territory, adventur-
ers of every class and cline, specula-
tors, gamblers in politics and stocks
jobbers of all descriptions, the monome-
talists, some of whom even wanted to
pension him for life eve suppose for
signing the bill to demonetize silver
are enlisted in the movement. 1t will
require hard, desperate and united
effort of the patriotic people of the
country to prevent another reign of
Grantism. In the South. the Republic
can masses who have been dormant for
years past, content with the just and
peaceable rule of the Democracy, are
waking up. They are utterly indifer-I
ent whether Grant is standing for the
third, the fourth term, or the fifth
term, Or for life. They only know it is
Massa Grant.
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