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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

GEN. S. ID. LEE was a member OF
the Teachers Convention. He is now
giving lis whole mind and bending
all his efforts to the success OF the A.
& NJ. College. Elsewhere we publish
his circular in relation to this institu-
ton. He has visited several agricul-
tural colleges of the North and West
with view of familiarizing himself
with their workings, and to select a
corps of assistants competent to aid
him in the work before him. The
Board of Trustees have clothed him
with the authority and made it his
duty to select the faculty beyond the
three already elected. subject, ofcourse,
to the confirmation of the Board. Gen.
Lee is endeavoring to discharge this
important trust with an eye single TO
the best interests of the college, and
we believe he is able to do it better
than anyone else after having carefully
surveyed the field and studied out the
needs of the College. He does not eX-
pect to be able to put the whole College
machinery to work without making
some mistake, but he stands ready and
willing to rectify them as fast as they
are discovered. We have no misgiv-
ing about the success of the A. & M.
College, and do not doubt the right
man is President.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

THE Triennial Committee knights
Templar, have arranged for a grand
Reception Musicale ct Dansdnte, to
be given at the Grand Exposition
Building, ON Lake Front Park, Tues
day August IL, 1880, at O'Clock p. NJ,
under the auspices Of Apollo. Chicago
and st. Bernard Communicates, sta
toned at Chicago, Ill. 1t promises TO
be one Of the grandest things Of the
kind, ever projected. The Orchestral
and Reed Band is composed Of one
hundred and sixty solo musicians.
The Dance programme is arranged by
John Hand, and he has sought 20
select dances universally known, as
forty 10 fifty thousand people are ex-
pected n move in the giddy mazes at
the same time, ON the same floor, 10
the same music. The editor Of The
COMET il indebted 20 the Triennial
Committee for an invitation for him
self and two ladies, and he rather
thinks he'll 60.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
sECEDING REPUBLICANS.

Among the leading Republicans OF
Pennsylvania, who have Joined the
army Of seeding Republicans, and
are aligning themselves in the Han
cock column, we may mention Jno.
w. Forney, Of the Free Press; John
J. Smith, the historian J. l.. Win
gold; General Hoffman, of the Loyal
Legion; Stephen Winslow, of the
Commercial List William Stewart,
merchant; Charles Wistar, leading
Republican,. and man of wealth in
Germantown George Bollock, lead
ing manufacturer of Conshohocken,
Montgomery county; Rev. DIR. Ma
COON, Baptist clergyman Of great
prominence Mr.. Bennett of Tower
Hill, Mr.. Charles J. Peterson, the well
known publisher; and Gen. Pearson,
of Pittsburg.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
A TRUE PATRIOT.

Hon. George Williamson, a leading
Republican Of Louisiana, and former
Minister TO Central America under
Grant, in a private letter published in
the Shreveport Times of the 18th, has
that to say which proves that he is a
true patriot and a man ofintelligence.
We quote his own golden words:
81 have made up my mind to decline
a Republican nomination for Congrcss,
and to support Hancock, and to sever
forever, hope, my connection with
the Republican party.
My reasons for 50 doing may be
made public when / return home.
The principal one is that I believe
Hancock better than any other man,
except Grant, who can bring about
real reconstruction.
"He represents the m0g',animity
and honor Of tho military and ciUH
ejeD1eit OF the North that UiSheS By
cones to be IJggones. md that really
longs for Peace CF'pH good 1Cil betWeeH
the sections.
Garfield, on the contrary, repre-
sents the political eIementof the North
that lives upon the past and giories in
Northern sectionalism, while it de-
nounces yet fosters and lives upon
Southern sectiOnalism. -
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
LAURA A. CARSON,
VS..
/ THOMAS A. LEATHERs. |

| lhOmAo a. bEAIHERS.
Error to the Circuit Court of Warner
county, Hon. U. NJ. Young Judge.
Plaintiff in error sued defendant in error
to recover damages for breach of duty on
his part as a common carrier.
The former, with her two little daughters.
embarked at Yicksburg, on the steamboat
Natchez, for Palmyra Landing, upon the
assurance that she would be landed there.
Being without male escort, she placed
herself under the care of the clerk of the
boat.
She was landed at o'clock in the MORN
ing, at Point Pleasant Landing, mile dis
tant from Palmyra, and was forced to
spend the night with her children in an
open warehouse, almost without fire, and
to procure transportation next morning to
her proper destination. The night was
dark and old. She was induced TO disem-
bark at Point Pleasant, by one Hickey and
one O'Kelly, that she had arrived at her
Landing, and the boat pushed of before
she had time. after discovering her error, to
re-embark.
Hickey was a personal friend Of the
officers Of the boat, travelling free, and in
return for the favor assisted the clerk in
various ways, especially in the matter Of
eseOrting ladies on and of the boat He
was supposed by Mrs. Carson 10 be one OF
the clerks.
O'keily was passenger, and an acquaint-
anee Of Mrs. Carson, and the clerk, ON re-
firing for the night requested him to see
her safely on shore when her landing was
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17


THE two or three Greenback organs
in this State are trying to make feas-
able objection to the Cincinnati ticket
because English, the candidate for
Vice President is a banker. 1t APP
pears, however, that Greenbackers of
his own State do not object to him,
but will cordially support him. 1t
would seem that this ought to over
come the objection of that class of mon
in other States. Either the Indiana
G. BIS are unfaithful to the principle,
which nobody believes, or the Green
back howl against English as a pecu-
liar enemy of theirs is wholly uncalled
fnp
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
CHANGE OF ELECTORS.

We respectfully call the attention OF
our brethren of the press to the change
in the Presidential Electors of the
State, made by the Executive Com
mittee at its session last Wednesday
The resignation of Capt. Stands, for
the Second District, and of Mr..
Ellis, for the Third, brings their re-
spective alternates to the first posi-
tions, viz: Capt. Spight for the Sec
ond, and Judge Price for the Third. 1t
will be very important when voting
time comes, to have this matter well
understood and regulated, and wesug-
gest that our contemporaries reconstruct
the ticket in accordance with the
changes.
There is a so Il slight change in the
State Executive Committee, OCCASION
ed by the resignation of Col. King,
which will be seen by reference to our
report of the Committees proceedings
last Wednesday. ....... ..
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

THE Republicans affect to believe
that because the South has gotten
to be solidly Democratic that there is
no free ballot here. They don't seem
to be able to grasp the idea that the
terrible maladministration of Radical
ism in the days of carpetbaggery,
which created a stencil in the whole
nation had anything to do with this
result. They overlook the fact that
the operations of this same scandalous
and mendacious and redemptionless
class of political blatherskites and
harlequins came monstrous near max
ing a solid Democratic North in 1874.
The South is solid against plundering
tramps, and mere unprincipled pap
suckers, and the time is coming when
the North will also solidify against
these consuming vermin.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

HFrHERE must be a streak of lunacy
in Weaver, or he is just trying his
hand to see il he can't beat Kearney
in spreading the blanket. The tel
egraph quotes him as having said to
"a Chattanooga Times reporter that he
had no doubt of carrying Alabama,
Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, West Virginia and Arkansas ;
and that Kearney will give him Cali
fornia beyond a doubt. Is Weaver
trying to rob Geo. Francis Train of his
laureIs
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

THERE il sound sense and food for
reflection in this paragraph from the
Nicksburg Herald:
"Some Of our State papers have gone
off half-cocked about the President of
the A. and NJ. College at Starkville.
They have censured Gen. Lee on a
rumoT that he had secured two pro-
fessors from the North for the College.
IL is not known whether he has taken
two Northern Professors or not, and
his side Of the question has not been
heard at all All things being equal
the College should employ Mississippi
men, hut IL the highest grade Of talent
rannot I've secured in the State, Pres
ident Lee should not hesitate to seek
for il outside Of the State. The College
was not endowed 10 make places for
men because they happen to live in
Mississippi; il was endowed to build
ap the very best College that could be
secured. With all our dragging asser-
tons about breaking down sectional
ism, these attacks ON President Lee
fOr this cause make us appear some
what Ridiculous"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

COMMENTING upon the expressions
of THE COMET, in reference to Gen.
Featherston, the Chickasaw Messen-
ger makes this addition Chickasaw
endorses every word THE COMET says
of her once favorite son. She knows
his worth, and in times past, loved to
honor him she has always known
him zone of the truest, best, ablest
and most gallant sons of Mississippi, F"
and only regrets that he does not occu-
by a position in the national govern
ment, which his great talent and
worth so we'll fit him for"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

DIR. TANNER, Of New York, has
been fasting for two or more weeks,
and intends to eat nothing for forty
days. His object is scientific. He
wishes to prove that homeopathy in
eating is practicable and desirable, the
same as in medicine. The scientific
world, and the newspapers in every
part of the country, are making a fuss
about DIR. Tanners experiment. We
don't regard it as extraordinary at
all. We knew a man in Meridian to
fast thirty days without creating any
notoriety or winning any fame by it.
The thing can be done easy enough.
This Meridian faster had tried all the
wise doctors in the east and tested all
the patent medicines in vogue to get
his stomach regulated, and concluded
finally that medicine and: doctors
were humbugs and went deliberately
TO work to get the department Of his
interior in healthy state by just let
ting it alone. He performed this feat
Of fasting without losing any flesh as
DR.. Tanner has, proving that he UNI
derstOOd the business better than Doc
tor Tanner. However, he had no
flesh to lose when he commenced the
job, and that may account for his keep
ing up This is no sensational story.
1t can be established by number Of
creditable witnesses in Meridian. The
man finally got TO eating again, how
ever, and died a few years after this
feat.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

10 the Editor Of the Comet
My attention was attracted to the
meeting of this body, by the an
nouncementin THE CoMETa few issues
since, wherein was contained aipro-
gramme of exercises prepared blythe
Executive Committee Judging from
subjects mentioned nthis programme,
and the gentlemen and ladies selected
to handle them, that the exercises
would be of more than ordinary in
terest, determined to devote as much
attention to the proceedings of the AS
ISOLATION as my limited time would
permit. II is with me a subject of re-
gret that cannot make M elaborate
report of its proceedings. The Execu-
tive Committee, whose duty tappears
to have been to arrange an order OF
business, thought fortunate in the
selection of subjects for papers to be
read on the occasion, as well as IN the
persons chosen to treat them, and it
was Il subject of regret that all APP
pointed could not have been present.
Several papers of much interest were
read by persons present, their authors
being unable to be in attendance.
But to proceed more directly to the
meeting, so far rs | could observe it.
You Mr.. Editor, know how it opened,
being yourself the appointed party to
put the ball in motion. 1t isnot my pur-
pose or desire to turn your venerable
head, but / think it due to the author
of that address, to say that it was full
of wisdom, sound practical sense, and
well adapted to the occasion. 1t is
subject of regret that more were not
present to hear it. A reproduction of
it in The COMET would be gratifying,
not only to those who heard it, but to
the thousands Of other readers of that
paper.
Owing to other engagements, ]
could not be present at all the sittings
of the Association, very much to my
regret, but must say that the papers
presented and read, so far as | could
hear them, were creditable in the
highest degree to their authors.
Without particularizing, would
mention that of General Stewart, on
Public Education, Prof. r. w. Jones,
on Natural Science, Mr.. Timothy
Moroney, on Teachers Institutes,
Prof. P H. Mckay, on General
Mathematics, as productions worthy
of special mention. General s. d.
Lee, at the instance of the Association,
gave an elaborate and interesting
statement as to the A. & M. College,
its aims, objects, prospects &c.
These and other subjects pertinent
to the occasion, were ably discussed.
1t was observable that nearly all these
discussions drifted more or less into
the system of public education of the
State thereby evincing a growing
interest among the people in this i'm
portant subject. 1t should be dis
cussed, that it's merits and defects
may be made known, and the latter
Though the attendance was not as
large as was desirable, those present
were Jealous and earnest workers in
the cause of education, and it is
believed much was accomplished to
further that great and much desired
end. Before adjournment, the Asso-
citation proceeded to the election of
officers for the ensuing year, which
resulted in the choice of Gen. S. ID.
Lee, for President, Prof. G. w. Smith,
Secretary, and Prof (name not
Treasurer
OBSERVER
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

JUDGE CALHOUN is justly popular
with all classes Of people, and especi-
ally is he appreciated by the officers
of the Court in every county where
he presides. Last week the vigi-
LIANT attaches Of the shrievaltyo Of Kinds
county, paid him the compliment Of
Of presenting him a fine gold pen and
an elegant ink-stand. The presenta-
ton was gracefully made by Mr.. Nor
risoB, Jr., and as gracefully accepted
by His Honor. It is pleasant to out
siders 70 note the harmony and hearty
cooperation and mutual esteem which
exists between the Judge and his
faithful coadjutors in uphOldiRg the
majesty Of the law.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

The Grrcnbackers in Indiana are II
sensible set Of fellows According TO
Senator Mcdonald, "They are no
longer distinct element in indiana
politics. They have joined the Demo-
Gratis in their own State ticket and
will vote with them in the National
election. They have come to the sensi-
Die conclusion that their objects can
be best secured by legislation and that
IN the restoration of the Demo cratic
party to power, the interests Of the
people will be best subserved."
This is exactly what we have been
trying to infuse into the Grecnback
idea Of this State, and we have reason
to believe that honest Grecnbackers
wi yet be able to take hold of this
view of the case.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
RepOrted weekly bv w. Jenk Ins
Attorney at Law,
APRIL TERM. 1850.


STATE, use etc.,
vs..
S. A. STORY, adminis'r ct al.
Error to the Circuit of Tippah county
Hon. Jno. W. G. Watson, Judge.
The sole question presented in this case
is, whether the settlement of disputed
claim, due to several joint creditors, by
payment TO one of them of II sum less than
the demand, which is received as payment
in full of the debt, is bar to an action on
such claims.
Ealkncr a. Frederick for plaintiff in error.
b. +. WOrsham and Charles Carter for
defendant in error.
CAMPBELL, j,
Held
/. A compromise of Il disputed matter
binds both parties.
.. A payment to one of several joint
creditors, or an accord and satisfaction
with one OF the plaintiffs is good, without
showing that the plUntilf who made the set
Element had authority to make it.
3. Mrs. Furdick, with whom it appears
that the settlement of the Judgment was
made, was not merely nominal plaintiff,
but was one OF the uses, being one of the
payees of the note sued on, and the settle
ment made with her of the judgment eN-
tinguished it rs cause of action.
Sudgment affirmed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

GEN. WEAVER, who, by the way,
is the Greenback candidate for Presi-
dent, boasts that his party " has moth
ing to conceal" If anybody ever
happens to find it we hope he will
certify TO General Viewers varacity
in this statement. Once a little four
year old boy saturated his clothes from
his mothers cologne bottle, and
bounded into the parlor where there
was great number Of visitors. He
eapered around considerably but failed
to attract attention. Finally, losing
patience, he exclaimed: "If any Of
you fo.kses smells smell, tlat's me ~
II any section Of any State is suddenly
bounced down on by a Presidential
candidate, that's not George Francis
Train, but Gen. Weaver.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
E. p. GORDON, ct ALL
VS..
NJ. MCEACHIM, Ext.

W. hSLhShlm, I'm l.
Appeal from the Chancery Court
Lafayette county, Hon. A. Il. Fly lNl
cellor.
Appellee, as executor of VIM GOIO@
deceased, paid the claims of several pau'
against the estate of said decedcnl' WIZ
out their having been prObated, allow
and registered as required by law og0]
lions were filed by appellants to the ll
account of said executor, in which De Nl
credited himself with said payments ihl
also with a clam of his own against
estate. In support of the proprcly o. \
paying the said claims, the executor Y
duced the testimony of the parties lowe
he made the payments. In support U
own claim, he testified himself.
1t is insisted that all of the parties "0l
incompetent to so testify. j
Phipps & Barney and II. j. Guthrie
appellants.
Lamar Mayes ~ Branham for appel''
CAMPBELL, j.,
He'd
1. The creditors of the teStatOf ~
lifetime, whose demands had been pay
the executor. without their haNlns
probated, allowed and Registered, mr
yided for by law, were competent WIN a"ra
fOr the executor to testify to the pivr
of his disbursement in paying sI'
mands. They are not excluded y!
the Code, or by the amendment, S
section by the act of 1873, Acts =. ii%
g To exclude witness, un lias
statutes cited, he must be sesA~
establish his own clam against IH1 No
of Il deceased person, OF QUE .sslept
assigned since the death OF the u O,5Sr.
in a suit between himself ana anO ~ n
which the estate of the deeedeh'' "
part of it, is involved. .nt of
3. The object of the amendnenes rii 4
referred to, was to prevent lhe
transfer of claim, after the dea. msers
deeedent, and in a suit by the u ;%aut VI
the proving it by the original cla'u nf lci
had assigned for the purposo
made thereby competent wltnesT of
4. So much of the tostlmon! ,,iUa
executor as related to his clam n. " iii,ts
estate of the testatOr existing IN l l,.nt 0
of the decedent, was incohl''
should have been excluded. .,,8d
Decree reversed and caus reili'D'
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
WHAT A SAILOR SAW
Two Columns of Fire R .,.s IS.
Hundred Feet out OF '"'

Halifax, n. S., July ,M'Lii1.,pf
dard, second mate of the IND
Fortune, which arrived on ~ b
from the West Indies, repor,see""s /
one night while passing S ,,oysrs
coast of Florida ON a recent VI D
singular phenomenon appesIsrS "a
after dark. Two columns o. ~ snl
seen, seemingly about mn n1.d 2
They were about fifty yards q = b.
rose TO the hight of nearly togs
dred feet, when they reaeneu Il
each other, but did not ea',laS
burned with steady dull req ~ ~ 4 4
did not emit any sparks, Ous
arching portions emitted .[,snr,gls 1
rays or pencils Of light s', s,,pss
an aurora borealis. They , HEfb
i'm sight all night and graa.I,alla,. 80
away as daylight came. I 4 y
was beautifully clear and nV 10 NJ
was visible during the enl US
On the following day there 800
mendous thunder STORM rsin.
Ell by a gale Of wind, but no
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

HERMAN, HJelice, has got brave
again, and sent two columns of COM
pressed thunder, and liquid, lurid
lightning, to the Chicago Tribune. We
don't blame Herman for hating the
South and the Southern people. We
would hate any section too, thatquiet-
ly folded its arms and allowed us TO be
cow-hided in public by one of its
prominent, representative men, Ker-
nan has cause for his bitterness against
Southern people; and he has his own
peculiar way of trying to revenge him
self against them. l.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
EG parte,
,uaLsI HIrrTN

EG pdHe,
MICHAEL HIGGINS.
Appeal from the judgment of Hon. U. M.
Young, Judge.
Warren county has no contractor for
the county prisoners. The Board of Super
pervisOrs Thereof made 4 contract with the
contractor of Kinds county, for the pris-
oners of Warren county, under the provis-
ions of the Act of 1878. The appellant, a
prisoner of Warren county, was turned
over to said contractor and taken to Kinds
county to be worked. He sued out writ
of AaJea8 corpus claiming that he cannot be
worked out of the county IN which he was
imprisoned.
The petition was dismissed by the Cir
cult Judge, and the petitioner appealed.
A. w. Bricn, and II. V. Booth, for ap-
pellant.
CHALMERS, j.,
Held
l. The 18th section of an Act to reduce
the Judiciary expenses of this State, claws
of 1873, PIP. 1919, provides that where no
one viii contract with the Board of Super
visors of Il county for the labor of the pris-
oners confined in the county Jail, the Board
may contract with the contractor of any
adjoining county.
2. This gives the right to such contractor
of the adjoining county to remove the pris-
oners to the county where his first contract
was made. 1t is not incumbent on him to
work the prisoners of each county within
the limits of the county where they were
convicted.
Judgment affirmed.