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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
The Public Health Laws.

Mr.. Cowan, of Warren has introduced
in the Senate bill for amending the
sanitary laws of the State. 1t has
been carefully digested and prepared BY
the State Board of Health. The pres
ent organization of the Board is pre-
served in the bill. It requires the
Board to take cognizance of matters OF
health and life among the people, make
inquiries in respect to causes of diseases
and especially epidemics, and the best
means of preventing disease. The
Board shall give information to the
health officers of the State when epidem-
les are threatened and suggest the means
of prevention Health officers are re-
quired to cooperate to prevent the
spread of disease. The State Board shall
make report to the Governor preceding
the meeting of the Legislature upon the
sanitary condition of the State and give
such information and make such recon-
mendations as may be deemed neeessa-
~ to preserve the public health. The
bill defines the duties Of Health officers
of the several counties. The State
Board is authorized to take steps to
abate nuisances upon information that
it is a necessary means of preventing
diseases All incorporated towns are
authorized to pass sanitary laws, create
Boards of Health and suppress NUS
ances A chief Health officer in each
county is to be appointed by the
Governor on the recommendation of
the State Board, in lieu of County
Boards, which the Board proposes to
abolish. The salary to be the same as
that of County Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction. Interior counties, re-
mote from railroads and navigable
rivers may be exempt from this provi-
sion. The State Board shall have
sole power to establish guarantees, and
they shall exercise this power when
they may deem necessary. For said
purpose contingent Iund OF SZo,OOo
is set apart. When contagious or in
fictitious disease breaks out in any town
or place, $4,000 is set apart for pre-
venting its spread.
Reasonable compensation is provided
for the Secretary of the State Board,
whose duties are onerous and indispen-
sable; and for defraying the ex-
penses of the members OF the Board
The central idea of the bill is to clothe
the State Board with the necessary
power to protect the public health. We
regard it as a wise and proper measure.
Experience has demonstrated its neces-
sity
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Senator Stewards Bill.
~-Ao@O N1A &c " OF . A444s
Natchez Democrat.

Natchez Democrat.
It is to be hoped that the bill for the
prevention of Cruelty to Animals . lately
introduced in the Mississippi Senate, will
become law, and be enforced after it is
placed on The statute books Not a week
elapses that We do not see the necessity for
such law upon the streets of our city.
Poor, oyerworked dray mules, falling under
the immense burdens put upon them, or
being whipped numerically until they
strain every nerve to carry load that
would tax the strength of two animals.
Let the law be passed by all means, fol
humanity's sake.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Rest from Sectional Agitation.

There is wisdom in the fixed determi-
nation of the Democrats in Congress,
North and South, and especially South,
to avoid a renewal Of sectional agitation
in any form. What the country needs,
and especially the South, is a radiance
of the quarrel between the two sections.
The struggle was ended on the field
fifteen years ago. The good sense OF
the people of both sections should re
quire of their politicians that they
should end it in the forum. Let it be
well understood that the bloody shirt
when waved before the eyes of South
ern Congressman is not to be regarded
as an invitation to war Of tongues,
but as a sign that the man who waves it
is a fool or a lunatic fit only for a
straight jacket and the lunatic asylum.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
GESEgAIIY New Jersey goes Demo

GENERALLY New Jersey goes Demo.
cratic. She is naturally Democratic
State. She has now a Democratic Gov
ernor, but the Republicans have the
Legislature, and majority of the Con-
gressional Districts, and hence they
propose to elect the Presidential Elec-
tors BY Districts which win secure them
an advantage ofone or two in the cleo
tion. Fhey talk Of doing the same
thing in New York. Il il bold
scheme, but the Republican leaders are
equal 10 any emergency, and do not
scruple It the means when they have
"a end ii view They intend % hold On
q flis power # they en-.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

"a. B. c." a jackson correspondent
of the Natchez Democrat, makes the
following deserved mention of the Sena-
tor from that city:
DR.. BRENNAN, or as he should now be
styled, the Hon. Senator BRENNAN, of Ad-
ans, is making friends rapidly. Yesterday
he was made Chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Public Health and Quarantine,
besides being placed on that of Humane
and Benevolent Institutions. The selection
in beth cases was eminently judicious.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

IT is not correct that ''an ungenerous
attempt, among portion of the Press
is made 10 bespatter Senator Lamar
with sPiteful criticisms on account of
his espousal of the cause of Gen. Wal
thall." The criticisms is not upon Mr.
Lamar's support of Gen. Walthall
They would have been the same if he
had espoused the cause of any other
gentleman. The public indignation
which is deeper than it is loud, is occa-
stoned by his abandonment of his official
duties at Washington for weeks to
manipulate public sentiment and to
control the action of the Legislature
(whose instructions upon great public
measure he had defed, y in the selection
of his colleague. His punishment is in
his signal failure and in the widespread
and almost universal Reproduction the
public have stamped upon has conduct
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

The Senator-elec from Mississippi, Gene
raj j. 2. George. has s RECORD which en-.
dearShim to the heart ofthe Southern bull.
dozer and shotgun regulator He is the
man who conducted the Democratic cam
paign in Mississippi in 1875, when the
State was wrested by fraud and force from
the control of the Republicans. For this
he vas made Judge, and is now Senator
elect.-C Chicago Journal
This shows how utterly impossible it
would have been to have conciliated
the enemies of our people in the seIec-
ton Of . Senator. The truth, neverthe-
less remains, that the senator-elect.
Judge George, will prove himself ID
able, conservative, and safe Senator for
bis State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Caucus Nomination for u. s. Senator.

BY reference to the proceedings Of
the Democratic Caucus, it will be seen
that the protracted contest was brought
toa close last night by the withdrawal Of
Mr.. Barksdale on the 18th ballot. which
stood as follows: +. Barksdale 46 /; j.
4. George 40; 0. II. Singleton SO. The
reasons for the course adopted by
Mr.. b. when he had still a plurality,
are set forth in his letter ANNOUNCING
his withdrawal The nominee Of the
Caucus, Chief Justice George, Is a gem
ilemap of distinguished ability, who will
reflect honor upon the State and faith
fully discharge the great trust eonfded
to him. We congratulate the Caucus
upon the suspicious termination Of its
labors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Gen. Fitzgerald and His Bride.

Cen, William f. Fitzgerald and Mrs.
Nellie l.. Myrick, the youngest daughter OF
DIR. q. : Knapp, deceased, were married on
the evening of the 18th inst, by Bishop
Adams at the residence OF the brides mother,
Mrs DR. Knapp, in Kinds county. The
bride is one of Mississippi's fairest and most
accomplished ladies Gen Fitzgerald STANDS
foremost in the ranks of the States prose
cutting attorneys, and, as an advocate, has
no superior in the State.-Vicksburg Her
add.
We join the Herald in tender
ing congratulations to our friend and
his beautiful and accomplished bride.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Speech of Hon. w. w. Humphries,
withdrawing the Name of Hon. E.
Barksdale.

Mr.. PREsIDENT.-I arise for the purpose
Of withdrawing from this Senatorial con-
test the name of that distinguished citizen,
statesman, patriot and leader, who in
eighteea hundred and seventy-five not only
Sindled the camp-fres of Democracy, but
has kept them brightly burning from then
until now-that man, sir, to whom the peo-
pie of Mississippi owe, perhaps, more than
~ any other for achieving their deliverance
from misrule and oppression-that man
who, when the dark clouds of adversely
hung like a pail over us, and rained down
al the ills ano evils of an outrageous civil
government, fearIessly and boldly came to
ths rescue of this down-trodden and op-
pr sssed people. / allude, Ar, President, to
tho Honorable Ethelbert Barksdais. who is
NO longer candidate for the United States
Selatorship.
Vow, sir, without consultation with him,
anil Of my own accord, desire to second the
no piRatiOn Of another Of A[ississippi's most
ill strinnn and distinguished sons-one who
a hs councils ~ the nation win reflect
ere ne md honor npon tie State T alIude'
mir Vi Tue present eminent Chief Justice, J.
~ aeoEge.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
The New Code.

The Code Committee is pros ressing as
rapidly with their work as the many de-
mands upon the time of the members just
now will allow. The following Chapters
have been agreed upon:
II In relation to the limits and divisions
oft the State of Mississippi.
V In relation to the Organization Of the
Legislature
VI. In relation to certain public officers.
VII In relation 60 the fees of certain
officers.
VIII. Ia relation to the salaries OF certain
officers
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Death of Col James Brown.

Col. James Brown, an honored and es-
teemed citizens of Lafayette county since
1885, died near Victoria Texas, last Friday,
in the eighty-fourth year of his age, and
his remains were inferred in the Oxford
Cemetery yesterday, and were followed to
their last resting place by one of the largest
professions ever witnessed in our city
Oxford Eagle.
Thus has passed from time to eternity
one of the best men that ever lived in
Mississippi. He was one of the pioneers
of the University of Mississippi, and
served as a member of the Board of
Trustees He also served his county
several terms in the State Legislature.
The deceased was the father-in-law of
the late honored H. w Walter, the IL
lustrious philanthropist and patriot;
and the grandfather of Mrs. Henry c.
Myers, the wife of our worthy Secretary
of State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

Mr. MONEY, Chairman of the Com
mfttee on PostOfice and Post Roads, has
introduced bill in the House of Rep
resentatives to facilitate the speedy re-
turn OF undelivered letters. It author
ICES the Postmaster-General to, estab-
liSh not less than three, nor more than
ten' Postoflces as return letter Offices.
as he may deem necessary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
The Caucus System.

The straight way is the best way.
The Democrats who opposed Il caucus
nomination for Senator and virtually
advocated the disarmament Of the Dem
ocratic organization, have now seen the
error Of their way. The Democratic
party of Mississippi will still live and
prosper in the determination of its
members to maintain its organization
and adhere to its Indispensable usages.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE Senate Committee on the Cen
sus has received the list of nominations
made for supervisors and are consider
ing them The Democrats complain
that the President has not given them
an equal share as the laws intends.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE widow of President Tyler asks
Congress for a pension, and the very
idea is secuted. Congress might as
well pension the widow Of Mr.. Tyler,
as the husband Of Mrs. Grant. This lat
ter proposition was once seriously enter
tanned, and Democratic Senator from
Mississippi voted for it,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE bill for the abolition of slavery
IN Cuba has finally passed both houses
OF the Spanish Legislature, the Cham
Der of Deputies voting in IA
vor OF the measure-23O for and 10
against Nearly all the Deputies from
Cuba declined to vote. The measure
provides for the freedom of the slavav
prospectfvely and gradually.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

A DECISION of the Supreme Court
Yesterday denies the jurisdiction Of
Chancellor Fly in the case of "A. T.
Wimberly, who claims to have been
elected Chancery Clerk Of Yalobusha
county; and restores him to whatever
rights he acquired under the decision
Of the Justice of the Peace. In other
words, the said Wimberly will hold the
office unless he is ousted by an appeal
to the higher Courts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Hon. w. B. Gunn.
Test Point Echo. /

" NoO UIHt ICHU.
We notice from THE CLARION that Hon.
W. b. Gum has beer placed upon one OF
the most important Committees that ~
Railroads. Mr.. Gum will reflect credit
upon any committee he may be placed
de Is also upon another very important
committee, Fees and Salaries" His an
pointment upon these important commit.
tees goes TO show that his superior abilities
are being recognized by the speaker.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE bank reserve bill was defeated
in the United States House of Repre-
sentatives on Friday, by the decisive
vote of rs yeas to 148 nays All the
Mississippi delegates who were present
voted against it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE anniversary of the birth of Gen.
Robt. E. Lee was celebrated by the
Lee Association in Mobile There was
a parade in which the foreign consuls
and city officials took part, and BAN
quet, al which ex-Union as well as ex-
Confederate officers were present.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE cotton crop of 1879 is estimated
by the Government Department of Ag-
riculture at 5000, 387 bales of $50
pounds each, and its value in round
numbers 1921, 900, 900, against $780,
900, 900 the year previous.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Playing with Fire.

The Appropriation Committee Of the
lower house of Congress reported the
Deficiency bill for the pay of marshals
and deputy marshals in the following
shape:
Be it enacted &c, That the sum of 5000,
600 is hereby appropriated for the pay
ment for the fiscal year ending June Both
1880, of the fees of the United States Mar
shals and their general deputies, bit no part
Of the money hereby appropriated to pay any
compensation, fees or expenses Of nlarshaLs on
nection aoith registration or elections under
any Of the provisions Of title 20 Of the RECESSED
Statutes Of the United States
1t is evident that the proviso which
we have italicised will revive the sec
tional agitation which consumed so
much of the last session, audit is alleged
contributed to the Democratic reverses
in the Summer and Fall elections The
Democratic members who are active
participants in public affairs, and have
the interest Of the party in their keep
ing, are presumed to know better than
outsiders, what ought to be done, and
we therefore venture to submit with
Difference that it would have been bet
ter to vote the appropriation, and to
present the clause designed to guard
against improper interference in cleo
tions, in separate bill. The issue of
Federal interference in elections could
thus have been presented 70 tho ooun-
try. disconnected from the insane and
irritating ptetence that the Democrats
having failed to shoot the government
to death, are bent upon starving it to
death.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

SENATOR HUMPHREYS introduced
thoroughly digested and elaborate bill
yesterday, regulating railroad transpor-
tation in this State. The right and du-
ty Of the Legislature to pass such %
measure were demonstrated in the argu-
ment Of Senator Humphries
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

Hon. j. ID. bills, Chairman Of the
Democratic Caucus, has won universal
and unstinted praise for the able and
impartial manner with which he has con
Quoted it, deliberations throughout the
trying scenes through which it has
passed All honor to him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Representative Wolff az Deaor;haa
By His Home Organ.

Our representative in the Legislature
Capt- Frank Wolff" it is stated. sis now
recognized among the finest looking and
pest dressed gentlemen in the House, wear
ing me ring and sporting an elegant
cane, q lady's man with all the sa,a0 F,,,;J
of an old member, ever watehing inc 4 ,, ~
Argus eyes every interest of his conafif.
uency.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
SHINING example.

THE official returns from France
showing decrease Of -, 900 tons in
the production of beet sugar in Decem-
Der, compared with the same time in
1873, has caused more inquiry here for
Austrian.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE debate in Congress has commenced
in earnest on questions of finance. The
pending question in the Senate is the
proposition to deprive greenbacks of
their legal tender functions.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

A SPECIAL dispatch from this city to
the Memphis Appeal, says that oval
thall, Lamar, and all the leading law
yers of the State have united in such
an earnest application to Governor
Stone for the appointment Of Judge
Houston so the Supreme Court as to
render his appointment and its accep-
lance almost certain"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
The Senator Elect-The Caucus Sys-
tenn.

While the friends of the unsuccess
full candidates for the Senate have nat
urally experienced disappointment that
their favorites were not nominated
nothing but unqualified endorsement
of the merits and unquestioned fitness
of Judge George, the Senator elect, is
heard. 1t was a nomination eminently
fit to be made and was product of the
caucus system which after the severe
test to which it has been put, has come
out victorious, and viii henceforward be
accepted as the true and only road to
Democratic harmony and success. Good
men fell by the way, but the Democrat
ic party of Mississippi will live and
prosper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

Mr.. WEsT's Resolutions Recently
we published without comment, the
resolutions of Mr. West defining what
what is understood to be the financial
creed of the Greenbackers. 1t is not
too late to say that these resolutions, for
the most part. meet our approval, with
the exception of the impracticable prop
osition to repeal the resumption act,
which ought never to have been passed.
They formulate sound financial policy
and show how narrow is the difference
between the position occupied by the
Greenbackers and the bulk of the De
mocracy upon the financial issues; and
the mistaken policy of the former to
keep up an organization separate from
the great party of the constitution and
the eountry-the Democratic party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THERE seems to be q probability that
the plan of Hon. A. j. McLauFin for
the Legislature to transact the business
before it, other than the Code, and
then take a recess for the Committee in
charge of the work to complete it, will
be adopted. 1t wiz economic time and
expense.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

SINCE greenbacks have been brought
TO par with gold, itwould be wrong to
demonetize them as proposed by the
advocates Of the measure 10 deprive
them of their legal tender functions
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

MAINE rejoices in two Governors and
an indefinite number Of legisla-
tors. Maine is the centre Of Northern
civilization and conservatism. A
shining example.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE Rankin County Board of Super
yisors have acted wisely in giving the
county printing to the Republican. It
has labored long and faithfully in the
public service; and there is 20 honor
nor emolgment too great for It.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

CorroN statistics show that Of last
years crop, there had come into sight
by the 31st Of December, at the various
shigping ports and railway crossings,
3 $50, sos bales, or an excess over the
wear before Of 636, go bales.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE lower hoUse of the Kentucky
general assembly has passed bill by 81
to 80 reviving the whipping-post law.
The same bill passed the house of the
last assembly, but was defeated in the
Senate by the casting vote of Lieut-Gov-
ernor Underwood.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

AMONG the special investigations to
be conducted under the auspices ofthe
tenth census there is none more impor-
tart 20 the South than that affecting
the production Of cotton. Prof
Eugene W. Hilgard, former State Ge-
ologlst of Mississippi, and now of the
the University of California, is the
commissioner in charge of this Depart
mbnt.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Col. Lamar-What the Mississinn;
Press is Saying.
Brandon Republican.

A good many people are outspoken thai
Col Lamar was at the wrong Capital. anC
did his friend and himself no good. HI,
big influence" did not pan out'' as much
as that of Col. Singleton or Barksdale. And
some people, too, are rash enough to think
that IAN irish hoist-a buttonhole lower
might be given to politicians of "big infIu.
ence," as well as common men.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE rumor Of the consolidation of
the Illinois Central and the Chicago.
St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Companies is authoritatively contradict
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28

THE Secretary of War has sent
communication to Congress urging am
appropriation for completing the Ma
tional Cemetery Road at Vicksburg.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-28
Giving the Dollar of the Daddies a
Chance.

In Congress the House Committee
on Coinage, Weights aI,d Measures has
/ instructed its chairman to report ii, the
following iorm bill originally intro
duced by Representative Weaver, OF
Iowa
That the Secretary of the Treasury be
and he is hereby directed and required to
disburse gold and standard silver coin of
the United States equally in payment of all
interest obligations accruing on the funded
debt of the United States, and in payment
of matured coin obligations of the Govern
ment and IN payment of current expenses.
This measure VIII PIT a stop to Mr..
Sherman'> insidious scheme 10 prevent
the effect designed by the silver bill. He
has complained that be cannot get the
silver coin in the treasury INTO circula-'
ton, and consequently it is accumulat-
ing there to an extent that causes incon-l
venience. This is all a sham. He
has tried how not to do it by allowing
the public creditors to choose the kind
OF money they will be paid in, and as
SoIu = NoIth IloIS lHdH sIlNeI, theN
demand the former. Fhe present bill
recognizes the principle that the option
is with the debtor of deciding which of
two kinds of standard coin ha viii pay
his obligations in, and would compel all /
persons to whom the government owes
including holders of its bonds, |
to take part in silver. In other words,
it will put step to Mr.. Sherman's
against silver, and give
the dollar of the daddies fair chance. /