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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-04-23

SOPHIE PIEoFFSKY, Roussakoff,
Kibaltschitisch, Jeliaboff, and Michaeloff,
the Russian Nihilists condemned for connec-
tion with the recent assassination, were
hanged at st. Petersburg on the 18th, in the
, presence of an immense assemblage.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-04-23
| WAsn1NoroN. dispatch says:s A

A WASHINGTON. dispasch Says: A
movement to unite the Republicans, Green
hackers and Independents Of Mississippi in
opposition TO the Democrats In the approach.
ing STATE election has been organized. Ex-
Congressman Mckee has been appointed to
organize the Fusion Committee and he will
be its Chairman Ex-Governor Aleorn will
be the candidate Of the Fusionists for Gov
ernor, and they count upon getting many
Democratic votes. The President sustains
the movement and will give IL his counte-
nance and support. Similar movements
are being organized in North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas,
and 1t Is expected to make it general in the
South.
IT is estimated from the official rec
ords in the Surveyor Generals Office that
227 900 acres Of land have been submerged
on the Dakota side of the Missouri River
during the recent overflow. The region in
undated embraces portions OF Yanktou,
Clay and Union Counties, and Is thickly set
tied. being the oldest occupied land in the
Territory. The War Department has been
authorized TO issue army rations for two
weeks, and clothing and supplies. An ar
raDfement was also made by which salt meat,
which can net be furnished at needed points
\ rpntttht 4uAntitics tHc tJtpuTt-
meef, will be furnished through the Interior
Department from indian supplies, to be re-
placed eventually by the War Department.
SECRETARY WINDOWS plan of ex-
tending The matured 6-per-cent. bonds at
Q 1-2 per-cep interest Is said to receive the
almost unanimous concurrence OF the banks
and other holders Of the bonds. Any holder
of these securities can have Them continued
Mt the pleasure Of the Government, at the
rate OF l2 percent. interest. by forward
ing them to the Treasury Department TO be
stamped, semi annual interest payments to
be made by check to the holders address.
The Government will pay no expense Of
transportation OH bonds received, but will
return such securities by prepaid registered
mai. II is believed the same course will be
pursued with the maturing 5-per-cent.
bonds.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-04-23

What kind Of wood is a tadpole
made out Of?
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
CampbelI's Code.

We were glad to see in the last
CoMET an able defense of Campbelri
Code. which has excited the very Ire
of quite a number of the quill-driver:
Of ihe State. The learned Judges OF
the tripod, have scattered their wrath
40 promiscuously and lavishly, that
we are inclined to think most Of them
lineal decendents OF Scion, and are
simply giving vent to their great tai
ents for knowledge inherited from their
ancestral lawgiyer. :,
Campbell's Code passed through all
the forms Of legislative detail, receiv-
ing the attention Of all members as
their best judgment directed. Those
members not professionally acquainted
with law, bad to determine their votes
more or less, by the light ELECTED by
discussion, to, which they were often
compelIed TO osesten for hours In close
attention, T are was not a man In
the body vh0afd not feel assured that
the code wouilrnave TO be practically
tested before it merits and dement's
are A1Ily known and this would have
been the case with the work Of any
other Codifier or any legislature. We
Question. IL any code of laws origina-
ting ss this did, ever received the en-
tire sanction Of the public In any state
in the union on Its first appearance
and the defects of this code can be cor
rected at the next meeting OF our legis-
lative body, or so far changed as ex-
pediency sbaiI suggest, and we see no
use In trying 10 convict Judge Camp
belI a. a skinfiInt and fraud, and the
legislature as q set Of corruptiouists
ca fools.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

WHEN ii is understood that Wayne
Mcveagh is the man whom ex-Presi-
dent Grant denounced as liar, and
that Grant Is the man whom Wayne
Mcveigh proved to be liar; and.
further, that of all men living or dead,
foreign or native born, most obnoxious
to Senator Cameron, Wayne Mac
Veagh is the very chief,-the follow
ing squib from the Philadelphia Times
can be appreciated:
at will be just like some people, +"
says the Times, ITO want to know II
Senator Cameron went all the way
out TO Mentor last December Just to
get Wayne Macveagh into the Cabi-
net. Any little impertinences Of this
sort, however, win not be pleasantly
received until things have calmed
down some"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

EVERYBODY seems to pe satisfied
with Garfield's Cabinet, as far as we
have been able to hear. There is onl ly
one thing which disturbs the harmony
Of national politics after the success
full construction Of this main article
Of Presidential furniture, and that Ia
the difficulty Of providing suitably for
ex-senator Bruce. If this Bruce OF
ours is to.get any chicken-pie 1t must
be in a foreign ministership to San
Domingo, OF a consulship to Terre del
Fuego. Bruce must have something
or we intend to make fuss about It.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12


The time has come for Spring poetry al
last. Begin 20 rack your brains for the
measures that lie within, ye sons and daugh-
ters Of MUSES. and let US have a supply al
once.-Ripley Sentinel.
Now, stop that. You are doing wrong
Dout stir up the Spring poets. Let
them alone. They are already sufii-
ciently steamed up. They need no ad-
ditioral mechanical contrivances.
They are going to grind enough with
out being reminded Of editorial expec-
tstion. Genius demands room. You
needn't say word. Spare your types.
1t win come. Spring poetry is thing
that can't be suppressed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Herman, the man with the wild
eyes and shaggy name Is again at
large. He is' hunting up another Job
In the fire eating line. His last ven-
ture, in Tennessee, the Bartlett News
is defunct, and Is the third newspaper
this "untamed ass Of the prairies" has
killed. Before he enters upon an
other crusade we would recommend
q little careful treatment in soms
insane asylum, or at least something
that would work Off the gall prodDc-
ed by the over doee Of raw hide
administered by our friend, Col. Har.
per. We suggest Vinegar Bitten.-
Crystal Springs Monitor.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
A GAMBLING EPISODE ON THE
JACKSON RAILROAD.
How the Tables Were Turned ON Two
Highland sharks.

Some ten years ago two shan pers
piled their vocation on the Great Jack.
son railroad route. A favorite trick of
theirs was to set down on seats front
ing each other, and open a game OF
cards. On most trains there are found
men who are quite ready to become
parties to game of Euchre or an in
nocent cent ante of Poker, merely to
while away the time. Our sharpers
were amiable and whenever d gentle
man looked on as il he was smother
ing his inclination, they generally in
vited him to participate.
"Just a matter Of amusement" said
Sharper No. l.
"Can we get four handed game ?'
put In Sharper No. 2.
Generally there was no loss of time
In obtaining the two gudgeons to
make up the quartet. And the game
gradually fell to draw poker. And
very soon Gudgeon No. recsived a
terrific hand--four Jacks, for instance.
Gudgeon No. 2, got four Kings. Sharp
er No. l would get a "full." Sharper
No. had the "age," and he opened
with a "feeler," which is "chip."
Sharper No. 2, raised to. five dollars.
The Gudgeons, looking into their
hands, felt that the time had come
for the making Of their fortunes.
Gudgeon No. l, with his four Jacks
saw" the V and went IS better.
Gudgeon No. 2, of the four Kings, went
so on 1t. Sharper No. 2 come down
with cool hundred. Gudgeon No. l
passed" because his pile had been
diversified. Gudgeon No. 2 had such q
dead thing Of it however, that In the
absence Of stamps he ''called" by
putting up his $500 chronomiter to
represent 500. Sharper No. 2 pulled
down the pile with the watch on
four aces.
1t was an easy going game. Among
their victims on one occasion was q
sanctimonious-looEing Baptist preach
er, who was q great revivalist, and a
paie-faced editor who was q slashing
writer CT leaders and wore the ali. of
inoffenslve harmlessness. Both had
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
How n woman Identified.


DeAoit n ftt feSss
A few days ago a man called at a
house on Fort street east and asked
for a bite to eat. He was refused, and
shortly after he left cloak was mis-
sing, from the hall-tree. The police
were notified, and the other day,
when they arrested man ON suspi-
cion, they sent for the woman to come
down to the City Hall and identify
him. When she was as ked il she was
certain that she could indentify the
man who had called, she somewhat
Indignantly replied: Identify him
Why l could pick him out from among
ten thousand
She was then confronted by the pris-
oner. She gave him a good looking
over and called out:
'tOh you can't fool me. You've
had your hair dyed from black to red,
since you asked for cold pancakes, but
I'd know you if l saw you in Texas"
The captain here observed that he
never heard of black hair being dyed
red, and after brief examination he
asserted that the prisoners hair had
not been dyed at all.
"Well, may possibly be mistaken
about his hair" said the woman,
but I'll swear to that overcoat. /
took good look at 1t as he went off
the steps, and 1 know it's the coat and
the man. particularly noticed that
the third button from the top was
missing"
The captain quietly informed: her
that it was an overcoat he had bor-
rowed within the hour, and asked the
prisoner to slip on. The woman
wouldn't give in for some time, but
finally said
"Well, 1 might have been mistak-
en-, but looked square into his eyes,
and know that this Is the man."
"What color did. you say his eyes
were9n
"Blue, sir, light blue"
"But this mans eyes are black
coal black |"
So they were. The woman was
dumb with astonishment for time,
but finally rallied and said:
"Didn't this man wear a slouch hat
when arrested ?n
"No, ma'am he wore a cap"
"And don't you think he is the
man9"
al don't think anything about it, as
/ never saw him until an hour ago.
Is 1t positively necessary that /
identify him as the man?n
No, ma'am.n
"Then I guess won't. Fact Is, I
was little fiurriei that morning,
and don't think got fair sight Of
the fellow. Besides that, / think the
cloak was stolen the day before /
missed 1t by an old woman who was
selling notions."
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
WAS IT A JOKEP

1t would seem as if the cOdifier and
the legislature had set a trap to catch
such of the editorial fraternity as were
verdant enough to go into it. Some
of our brethren have INDUCED i'm what
seemed to us unwarranted assailmeni
of the new code, sometimes called "the
Campbell Code" or "Campbell's
Code" We were aware that it had
been submitted TO the legislature by
Judge Campbell, and by it referred
to a joint select committee, and adopt
ed on the report of that committee.
But until lately we did not know what
colossal joke had been perpetrated
on the brethren of the fourth estate
in reference to it. In our efforts to
find out what there is in the code to
have raised the hue and cry of SO
large portion of the press, We have
learned that more than nine-tenths OF
it was the law before; that the codi-
fier merely brought together the stat
utory provisions found in the former
code and the different session acts of
the legislature since, and that the
new provisions in the code are very
few indeed, and that to these OBJ
lection has rarely been made, but
that part of it which was the law be-
fore has been the object Of attack,
where specific objections, were made
Thus itappears that fierce and venge-
full assaults have been made on the
code for what was the law before it
was thought of, and some in their
eagerness to find fault, have exposed
their own innocency OF knowledge
and recklessness of statement, by
complaining of what has been the
law of the. State unobjected to for
years before it found place it the code.
This makes pretty good joke on
those who have gone it blind and
pitched into the code for what they
never found any fault with before.
We are assured by those, who know,
that the code is, for the most part,
reproduction, in convenient shape, of
the statutes in force before, with some
valuable additions in the interest of
the people; that it is good code, and
that its new provisions generally are
highly commended by those compe-
tent to judge of their value. 1t de-
serves fair trial, which it has not yet
had. Few are familiar with it, and
those who have made the most clam
or about it, know the least about it.
The people desire to know what the
judges and lawyers think Of it, and
how Its practical operation effects
their lnterest before they riddle it into
fits. They don't look to editorial doc
tors for proper estimates ofa law book.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

"Ferg," the Washington cores
pondent of the Columbus Dispatch,
don't seem to put a high estimation
on the Brookhaven Ledger. In re-
senting its criticism upon the Hon.
Beverly Matthews 1t styles the Ledger
hide--bound," obscure" and then
says: Every article like that Of
the Brookhaven paper, though PEN
ned by a man whose mind is so small
that it would rattle within the shell
of mustard seed, is copied and re-
copied until 1t penetrates even the
remote districts Of the north.n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
BOOK PUBLISHING 0Fn
Paramount Considerations which
should Influence the COnsci-
entiOus Voter.

To the Editor Of the Comet
The note of preparation for the in
coming State election is being sound
ed throughout the State. This is as
it should be. A State election is a
matter of great moment to the people,
and if every voter will cast his ballot
conscientiously and with an eye single
to the peace and good order and we'll
being of the State at large, there will
no longer be room to doubt our ca
pacity for self-government. But upon
this subject am not without serious
apprehensions. or the many para
graphs l have seen in the newspapers
tOuchiGg the oo6fi1g election, n0s one
has called upon the people to put in
office only honest, capable, sober and
good men. The prospect is that the
political party now controlling the
State will be confronted by a most
formidable opposition, and to secure
its continuance in power, if from no
higher motive, its candidates, from
the highest to the lowest. should be
of sound morals, perfect sobriety, and
unquestionable ability and fitness for
the place to be filled. We are the
more earnest upon this point since we
have seen brought forward in the
public prints for high positions the
names Of persons who, in our judg-
ment, would not command the zeal
Gus support of many of our best cti-
zens. No citizen has any claim to
Office apart from his special fitness
therefor, and to bestow places of re-
sponsibility and trust for party SER
vices rendered, or from purely per-
sonal considerations, is a gross abuse
of the elective franchise, which is
trust to be exercised for the public
good and not for the qualification of
private or personal feeling. Would
that the principles which guided
Washington in making appointments
to office were acted on by every citizen
in casting vote! Washington's Ian
guage was :
"Asa public man, acting only with
reference to the public good, l must
be allowed to decide upon all points of
my duty, aoithoa consulting my l'ri-
Vdte incLinations and Wishes. | must
be permitted, with the best lights
can obtain, and upon general view
of characters and circumstances, to
such persons alone to office
as, in my judgment, shall be the best
qualified to discharge the functions of
the departments to which they shall
be appointed" CITIZEN.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
A FRIEND Of ours declares that he

A FRIEND of ours declares that he
took in enough of Mardi Gras in New
Orleans last week to last lifetime.
He is willing TO admit that he enjoyed
it, IL that admission will stop the in-
vestigation. But when 1t comes to
probing for minor details, such as pay
ing 81 day for so-called bedroom
about the size of full grown wardrobe
with a single bunk in it, he grows
furious, and swears that he wants a
battalion of artillery turned loose upon
him whenever he looses his senses so
completely as to place himself In a po-
sition to be robbed In that style again.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Rev. ID. ID. Moore, founder of the Gren.
ada New South, retires from that paper Ia
engage in the edtration of the Central
Christian Advocate, the publication OF
which viii be begun in Memphis about the
10th hinst.-Greenwood Valley Flag.
Editration ~ The Meriams will
have to put out new Unabridged
Webster to get in that word.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

We have vague suspicion that our
Republican friend, Maj. Gibbs,of this
city, is more interested in the Jackson
postoffice than he is in electing James
l.. Alcorn Governor of Mississippi,
whatever the Memphis Conference
may have to say about it.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

According to the Corinth Herald
the editor of the Brandon Republican
is well calculated to be leader, il he
only had following. The Herald,
probably, would be able to say that
about several newspaper men and
politicians of this country who seem
to hold the destinies of mankind in a
swing.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

THE appeal of Mr.. Parnell to Victor
Hugo is brief of the Irish case. 1t il
an eloquent plea in behalf or an OPP
pressed and desparing people. 1t will
without doubt, thrill the enthusiastic
heart Of the great Frenchman, who
will in turn say such burning words as
will carry over to the cause of Ireland
the sympathy and moral support of
the French republic. Ireland's oppor-
tunity is certainly at hand.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

BROTHER JONES of the Advance
congratulated the citizens of Winona
on the growth of their town. twould
be hard for any. town to avoid growing
with brother Jones in it to work for it.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

JUDGE UPTON YOUNG is mentioned
for Goyernor by the Columbus Index.
The Democratic party might go long
way, and do good deal worse than
to take Judge Young. We regard
him as first class man and sterling
trin
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

JUDGE RoBT. J. ALCoRN is at Wash.
ington,. and you may just bet your
bottom dollar that he will find way
to let the ruling and appointing ele-
ments know thing or two about Re-
publicanism as it pans out and has
panned out in Mississippi.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

"STALwARTs TO THE 'FRONT.'" says
the Globe of st. Louis, wifi be the
motto under Garfield, and "sneaks to
the rear" But which is which, will
probably be the trouble Garfield will
have TO face
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Naichez Now Era.

A bale of cotton sold at four cents per
pound in jackson. Adams county has not
produced anything quite as bad as this.
But it took only nine cents to raise
It, and consequently the loss is not
much over 100 per cent,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

The Meridian Mercury, lowing to
the failing health of the editor-in-
chief and the prostration Of one of his
sons on bed of affiiction," has been
discontinued as daily and will be
published as tri-weekly. The daily
publication will be resumed in the
Fall.-Vicksburg Herald.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

THE procession of statesmen at
Washington to-day will be rivalled
only by the procession in Philadelphia
of ballot-stuffers on their way to the
penitentiary. - Philadelphia Times,
March 4th.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

THE Mayersville Spectator recon-
ends Frank. w. Anderson for Auditor
and he is a man who could undoubt-
edly fill the position with credit to
himself and the State.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
NEW CONGRESSIONAL APPoR.
TIONMENT.

The following table exhibits the
gains and losses of the now appor-
tionment made by the House of Rep
resentatives on a basis of 3l9 men,
bers. Those figures in the gain col
umn designated by an asterisk show
the losses of the States opposite them !:
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Col. A. j. FRANTz spent last Sat.
urday in our city moving around shak'
ing hands with his old friends, and
gathering in shekles from men who
don't know how to live without the
Ranuhlicnn
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

ONLY eight candidates for the
vacancy in the Chancery Clerks office
of Madison county were announced
up to last Saturday.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Vice President Arthur Is properly
enough John Kelly's chaperon in
Washington. If it hadn't been for
Kelly Arthur's birthplace never would
have stood in his Way
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

THE Aberdeen Weekly hoists the
name Of j. NJ. Stone at its masthead
for reelection 10 the once Of Govern
or. He'll suit us.-Carrollton Conser-
xnfIve.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
TO the Editor of the Comet

TO the Editor Of the Comet
send you the following lines, in hopes
that some reader of your paper will be
taught by them, how cruel is the practice
SO common in this country of capturing
and caging for selfish qualification, the
fedglings of our native and noblest song
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

tLOss.
The North gains 10 and looses 3; net
gain, II. The South gains l3 and loses
none,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

MR. p. p. ODUM has resumed bis
control of the Sea Shore Gazette.
We are glad TO welcome him tack to
the profession.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Square umbrellas have been intro
duced In Paris. As they have fewer
points for putting out the eyes Of pedes-
TRANS. they are quite m improvement
on the oldfashioned kiRd.-Philadel-
phia News.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

THE Shubuta Messenger, by G. A.
Stovall, is one of the best printed and
best edited paper in the State.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

The RAYMOND eiazette is right. Mr..
lamar viii, and ought 20 be his own
sucosreor. He Is an honor 10 his State
liberal, fair and Just.-Memphis Ap-
peal.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Mr.. NJ. Eiseman, an old and highly
respected Citizen of Jefferson County,
died in Fayette on the 1st of March.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY, MARCH l2. 1881.

Father Ryan will lecture in Vicks-
burg on the 18th.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
The Gagged MOcking Bird.

DEDICATED TO WILLIE DEMO, SON OF
HEMAE DEMO OE yICKSCURG.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-21
DR1MfJIC NOTES

1t is made known that the noted German sctres,
Katherine Sohratt will appear AT the 'Tl,ol;a re-
ire IN tins city. and fulfil "A long engagement he
ginning on January Is, next YEAR
Play-goes will remember that an extra matinee is
announced for to-day to occur at the Union Sonare
Rivals =" 40
Miss Lolita has bought from Air. Frederick Mars
den, for $1,000. play entitled Bobu which IN,
viii produce for the first time early in October AZ
the Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia The
name of Bob in this piece is understood 10 be a d.
minutive for Roberta. the name of the heroine. The
information of this purchase, with the terms. etc.
comes from Miss Lotta's business manager. Mr.. Ed.
ward +. Kidder.