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C LA RI O N
r0L. XlVI.
.Tennessee Railroad Commission
am
.HKIS POINTS OF THE MEASURE IS
IT PASSED THK LiA.iai.AUiu:.
rial to the Appeal.
L6HviLE, March 28. The follow-
gre the material points of the Rail-
Commission bill: The first section
he bill provides for the appointment
kfee Commissioners by the Governor,
i shall hold office until the 1st of Jan-
1885, and their successors shall
jet ted by the people at the Novem-
Llection, 18S4, and every two years
after.
be eighth section gives the Commis-
ere access to the books, records, pa
proceedings and property of the
Bs with power to examine the otli-
I directors and employees under
b, and requires reports from the cor
Lion of the property and business to
Commissioners from time to thne as
may require.
lection 10 authorizes the commission
hake a schedule of the maximum
(for the transportation of passengers
freight.
tction 11 authorizes the coin" mission
Massify freight and make rates for
i class, and reasonable rates for pas-
. ...i. . . . .
tut travel; mace rates to pre-
unnecessary blockade of freight,
to prevent unjust discrimination;
le reasonable rates for the use of ears,
i power to the commission to allow
roads to charge more per mile for
transportation of freight and ears
1 shorter than a longer distance,
he twelfth section authorizes the
Is or the consignor, or me consignees,
lake application to the commission
charge of the maximum rate on
Hit, with power to the commission
Hecide udoii the application, and
les the decision absolute and from
kh there shall be no appeal.
lie act practically puts the railroads
tie State in the hands and under the
rol of the commission without the
ent of the stockholders.
je Additions to Our School Funds
ir COMMISSIONER SMYLIE IS DOIXCi,
r. John Smylie, our indefatigable
Land Commissioner, completed on
24th Inst., the examination of the
tissippi land roll in the Goneral
kl office in Washington, which roll he
necessarily adopted as the basis of
first settlement between the State
the Government. The net result is
is opinion about as follows:
Ifor which the State is en-
ied to patents 187,000 acres.
i indemnity lor lands !
u bv individuals with U.
(Land Warrants, etc., upon
lets (-ranted to the State by
tot 1j0 lio.i oo acres.
Total 297,000 acres.
iiliir Stiitr on nccnunt of
felected" land, sold by U. 8.$ 51,000 00
his is the prima fade showing by the
lernment's own books, and foots up
neat little total of $422,250, esti-
pg the Jands and scrip at the price
r would readily command to-day m a
oping trade."
he next thing in order with Com
moner Smvlie, will be the cominence-
k of a settlement on the basis of the
p of the State, as shown by her own
Ink and substantiated by Federal
liments on file that he believes will
Id incontestible proof in support of
Imand for millions of acres.
pe investigation thus far has not
r iced. the "school lands, nor the
per cent, funds;" these promise to
Ivcrv lareelv to the amount already
td, even upon the basis of the Gov
nent records.
W does this settlement in any way
h upon tbe ground assumed in the
I that was before the 47th Congress,
I claimed for the various Western
les. and the States of the South ex
I Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland,
Virginias, the Carolinas, Georgia
Texas, five per cent., of the valua
of all public lands within their
to upon which locations were made
pulitary Warrants and other scrip,
lry to the covenants of their sevcr-
Ittbling acts, that conceded to them
twentieth of the entire proceeds of
Pies of land within their respective
when they were admitted as
itaember that all these lands, or the
Bds of the land scrip and indemni-
o into the General Scltbol Fund
C State, iinnn which the Common-
Ihh
will pay six per cent, annually
tribution for educational purposes
t the counties, and then our readers
1 able to appreciate the importance
'labor upon which Commissioner
W is now engaged. Aberdeen Ex-
Mr.
bill in the Tennessee Legislature
ythePeabody bonds, has been de-
1 uter a warm discussion.
Mississippi Valley Sanitary Council.
The fifth annual session of the Missis
sippi Valley Sanitary Council convened in
the Hall of the House of Representatives
in Jackson, Miss'., at 10:30 o'clock a. m.
President Gustavus Devron, If. D., of New
Orleans, preaidiug ; J. H. Rouch, M. D.,
of Springfield, 111., Secretary. Forty-five
delegates, representing eleven States, were
present, aa follows :
STAT KB REPRESEXTEI).
Arkansas. Dr. J. A. Debrel'., Secretarv
State Board Health.
Illinois. Drs. B. M. Griffith, J. L. Mel
lion Jas. G. Keernan, W. A. Harkins. P.
A. Barton, A. Schleruitxaaei, members
State Board Health ; J. M. Hall, Chicago
Health Board ; W.H. Doak, Wabash al
ley Association.
Indiana. Dr. II. (
Health.
Jones, State Board
Iowa. fh. Y
Board Health.
II. Dickinson, State
Louisiana. Messrs. Adolph Schfieber,
Jno. Chatle, Cotton Exchange, Ceo. Pur
yes, L,,ulber Exchange ; T. H. Kvan and
V m. Traynor, City Council ; Wffl. Small
wood, Produce Exchange ; Dr. Win. Aus
tin, Orleans Pariidi Medical
Springs and Biloxi Miss.; Dr. J. M.
atkins, Medical and Surgical Associa
tion; W. B. Schmidt, Auxiliary Sanitary
Association of New Orleaus and Ocean
Springs; Drg. W. P. Holliday, Edward
Fenner, L. F.Salomon, Auxiliarv Sanitary
Association; Dr. M. J. Lehman, "of Times
Democrat. Missouri. Drs. Speilgelhalter, Sudel
king, of St. Louis Board of Health ; W.
R Gotten, M. P. A S. W. Railway 3vs-
tern.
Ohio. Dr. Lawrence C. Carr. Cincinnati
Medical Society.
lennessee Dr. G. B. Thornton, State
Board of Health: John K. Soeed. Mer
chants Exchange; Sim L. Barinds, Mem-
pnis ijoiton ivxeiiange ; David r. Madden,
Memphis Board of Health.
V iseonsin. V. M. Daniels. State Board
Health.
Mississippi. Dr. F.W. Dancy, President
State Board of Health ; Dr. Wirt John
ston, Secretiry State Boafd of Health ;
Dm. B. E. Kittrell, J. M. Taylor, S. V. D.
Hill, C. A. Rice, W. F. Hyer, members
Slate Board of Health, Maj. A. M. Pax
ton, Vicksburg.
The Session was opened with prayer by
Rev. Dr. Hunter.
Gov. Robert Lowry, in brief but very
cordial and eloquent terms, welcomed the
Couneil to the City and State, and ex
pressed the belief that its deliberations
Would Ih ehfir.utpri.fMl hv flint fonnnrt nf
action that would inspire confidence among
the people that every proper measnrrf
would be employed to prevent the irJ
troduction and spread ot infectious dis
ease. . !
A committee of one from each State dele
gation was appointed to formulate the bus
iness ot the Couneil ; whereupon Council
took a recess until 2 o'clock p. B.
Letters and dispatches were read ' from
members who could not attend.
It was announced that Col. J. C. Clarke,
Vice-President of the Illinois Central Rail
road, tendered free transportation mem
bers of tbe Council to New Orleans.
A resolution was unanimously, adopted
inviting Col. Clarke to address tide Coun
cil on the question of moment.
St. Louis Cotton Exchange communi
cated its approval and favor of this Coun
cil, and, the river and railroad men of
Memphis expressed approbation and ac
cord. Messrs. Fenner and Ryan, of New Or
leans, made interesting statements of the
sanitary condition of the c'ity, and de
scribed the work that was being done for
the health of the same.
Mr. Hidden, President of the Memphis
Taxing District, detailed the sanitary work
that had been done for that city.
Col. J. C. Clarke, in response to invita
tion, addressed the Council, at some length
in an able, eloquent and most entertain
ing manner.
W. B.Outten, of the Missouri Pacific and
S. W. Railway svsteni, addressed the Coun
cil. A communication from the State Board
of Health of Louisiana Was received and
referred to the committee 6n general busi
ness. Adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing-
THE SANITARY '(COUNCIL.
An Interesting Letter ' from' the Sec
retary of the National Board
of Health.
The meeting of the fciinitary Council
of the Mississippi Vallev?, now in session
in this city, imparts spycial interest to
the following communication:
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES.
National Boaki of Health, )
Washington, Mardh 26, 1883.
Dr. J. H. Purnell, 8ecrtary Board of
Health, Memphis, Tenn. :
Dear Sir Inquries having been re
ceived at this office concerning the action
to be taken by the National Board of
Health during the yellowfever season,
I have been instructed to communicate
to you the intentions of tne board, so far
as they can be formed with certainty
under present conditi ma. '
The law of 1879, under which the
board sustains its refuge stations at
Ship Island, Miss., SapetQ Sound, Ga.,
and Elizabeth river, Virjginia, and its
inspection service at Now Orleans and
on the Mississippi river, will expire on
June 2d next.
There has, however, been appropria
ted by the sundry civil' appropriation
bill of March 3d fast thq sum of $100,
000, to be used by the President in case
of an actual or threatened epidemic, in
aid of State and local boards, or other
wise, in his discretion, for preventing or
suppressing the disease, ana maintaining
quarantine at points of danger.
Jackson, Mississippi, Wednesday, April
As the board has the authority and
the means to open its stations in aid of
State and local boards for the preven
tkn of the introduction and spread id
yellow-fever, it proposes to do so some
time in May next, to Co-operate with the
local authorities as heretofore, and to
continue the work until its authority
shall have expired. If in the meantime
the President should come to the assis
tance of the board with the epidemic
appropriation placed at his disposal, the
work can be continued until the close
of the season of danger; but, should the
board be disappointed in this, its power
to aid will cease, and State and local au
thorities will have to take such action
in the ease as may seem good to them.
1 am. sir, with much respect,
C. 11. Smart,
Major and Surgeon Halted States Army
and Secretary National Board of
Health.
Mississippi State Board of Health.
The Mississippi State Board of Health
Convened in the Senate Chamber on
Monday morning hut, when there were
present: Dr., F. W. Dancy, President,
lbs. El P. Sale, Robert Kelts, J. W.
Bennett, C. A. Rice, K. liver, S. V.
D. Hill, B. Kittrell, S. M. Taylor, John
Wright and Wirt Johnston.
The following resolutions were offered
and unanimously adopted;
By Dr. Hyer:
Wiikruas, By the unfavorable action of
Congress in refusing to make necessary im
propriations to enable the National Board
of Health to perform its fn net ions under tl.e
law, the Board of Health of the State of
Mississippi has been depiiyedof the assis
tance of a valuable ally in their endeavors
to prevent the introduction of epidemic dis
eases into the Staty' of Mississippi; and
WHBREA8, Tlntfe is no other organized
body or forcchaving legal authority to
make the necessary inspections in cities on
the Seaboardylhat has succeeded in obtain
ing that amqnnt of confidence of the people
of the Mississippi Vallev, and of the Mis
sissippi Satc Board of liealth as would jus
tifiy thaliasissipjii State Board of Health
111 relyng on their faithful eo operation la
preventing the spread of epidemic diseases
in iJi Mississippi Vallev : and
ukkkas. The Mississippi State Board of
Health is desirous in time of danger to in-
nifirurate and carry out 11 ouar.intine of res-
n and not one of Instinct, which woulil
ork ta the injury of neighboring States
ml cities; and
Wiikrfas, The prevention of the intro
duction of epidemic diseases into the State
of Mississippi is an object of paramount im
portance in the opinion of this Board; there
fore be it
lirnulvrd. By the Mississippi Stale Board
of Health, that the action of the National
Board of Health in the past demand the un
qualified endorsement of this State Board of
Health ; be it further
Ruoiied, 'J'hat the l'residentof the I'nited
States be and is hereby respectfully reo nest
ed to entrust the expenditure of the on-
ting-'iu epidemic fundot tiUO.ouo.uu to the
National B iard of Health ; be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed
to forward the above preamble and resolu
tions to the President of the United States
by telegraph.
By Dr. Khtrell :
Whkrkas, The intelligent interest mani
fested throughout the country in sanitary
affairs aflbrds gratifying evidence of the
fact that popular sympathy and support
have at last been enlisted in the great cause
of preventive medicine ; and
VVkkkas, This result is due. in a ood
degree, to the self-sacrificing labors of pub
lic spirited citizens, not members of the
medical profession:
lletolred. That it is eminently proper that
Boards of Health should publicly acknowl
edge the value of the services of those earn
est and faithful workers, who serve the
cause of sanitary service, without hope .of
fee or reward other than the approval of
their own consciences and the promotion of
the public welfare.
Sitolved, That it affords us especial pleas
ure to recognize in the New Orleans Auxil
iary Sanitary Association, a prominent and
well organized body of sanitarians, comp.ised
of many private citizens and some member
of the medical profession, who, by their har
monious co-operation, have merited the
public confidence and support on account of
arduous sanitary services,' which have been
characterized by intelligence, efficiency,
probity and patriotic zeal.
Resolved, that a copy of the above pream
ble and resolutions be transmitted to the
New Orleans Auxiliary Sanitary Associa
tion. Hon. J. 0. Hamilton for the Senate.
J. G. Hamilton comes before tin
voters as a candidate for a seat in the
State Senate from district No. r6, which
is composed solely of the county of
Holmes. Four years ago he offered for
the same position, was cbotten by the
Democratic Conservative party as its
standard-bearer, and bore the banner gal-
ianty ana triumphantly, in the face of
the strongest opposition, to a real Water
loo victory. On taking his place in the
Senate Hall, he at once took a leading
position among Senators and maintained
it to the end of each session. Whatever
was for the good of his people he asked
for, and whatever was, in'.his judgment,
detrimental to their interests he opposed
and he only ceased to advocate the
one, or oppose the other, when the mat
ter had passed into law, or had been
finally defeated. Col. Hamilton's past
fidelity to his party and the people, can
be confidently relied on as a sure indica
tion of what his future action will be.
Lexington Bulletin.
With a close observation of Col. Ham
ilton's course in the Senate throughout
the term in which he has served, wc do
not hesitate to express our full concur
rence in the above endorsement. His
legislative career may lie scrutinized
from beginning to end, without the dis
covery of a single flaw.
Judge Holmah of Indiana, has de
clined to enter the race for Speaker.
News and Notes.
Abosri one hundred and fifty Mormon
converts left Nashville for I'tah on Fri
day. ,
Miss Annie Dawes, daughter of the
Jiassachusetts Senator, will it is said,
accept an editorial position oji the Pitts
tield Journal.
A bill has passed the Pennsylvania
Legislature forbidding the issue el
passe- by railroad companies to public
officials of every class and description
whatever.
Among the bills favorably reiwrhnl
in the Pennsylvania House was the fol
lowing: Requiring all persona who may
be elected to the office of District At
torney to have had at least three years
practice as an attorney.
The Association of the Confederate
Army of Tennessee is arranging for the
erection in New Orleans of a monnmental
tomb and equestrian statue oi General
Albert Sidney Johnson, the cost of which
will be at least $15,000. It Is desired to
lay the corner-stone April ti, and to push
the work to Speedy completion.
A Georgia paper says that at a recent
term of the court in Wilkes county,
this State, the Judge went through the
remarks which usually precede bis call
ing attention to special laws, and Com
menced that part, when the foreman,
in a very distinct voice, remarked:
"Judge, you can abbrev iate that part of
your charge. I have heard it so often
that 1 am perfectly familiar with it."
A woman was bunged at Windsor,
Vermont, ( Vermont mind you) on the
80th, named I'meline L. Sleaker, who
horribly maltreated and finally poisoned
a little orphan girl in 1881, the victim
being her husband's half-sister, and the
object being to "get her out of the way."
Mrs. Meaker's own son a voting man
was an accomplice in the crime, of which
he made a full confession.
Mount -Ktna is now in eruption. No
very serious outburst has oeeured so fur ;
but, According to recent cable news, the
activity of the volcano is increaslnff.
and it is said that several villages in the
neighborhood of the mountain are 111
danger. After the extraordinary scries
of storms, Hoods, earthquakes, and other
disastrous events which have marked
the last three months, a great volcanic
eruption would appear to be quite In
the fashion of the year.
At the last session of Congress an ap
priatkmof 135,000 was made to pay the
state of ( leorgia for expenses incurred
in the Revolutionary Int. Judge taiw
renee, comptroller of the treasury, has
decided that as (leorgia owes more than
the amountappropriated by Congress on
account of the direct tax levied in 1861,
the money will be withheld. The sum
of $72,000 was also appropriated for
Oregon for expenses incurred by that
State during the Modoe war, but as
Oregon is delinquent to the tune of
$o0,000, that amount will be kept back.
Attention has recently been drawn to
the fact that the new civil service law is
silent as to any distinction to be made
between male and female applicants for
places in executive departments, and the
problem of reconciling this state of
affairs with the present practice in most
of the departments of giving male appli
cants for office preference in appoint-
urcuw if oon nie suoject 01 considera
tion by the Civil Service Commission.
The rules to be drawn up by the com
mission will, it is understood, contain
some provision bearing upon this (jues
tion, the commissioners being cognisant
of the necessities of the public service
and opposition on the part of heads of
lepartments to any large increase 111 the
number of female clerks.
Controller Lawrence-of the Treasury.
has decided that the language of the
constitution providing that Senators and
llepresentatives in Congress shall re
ceive compensation for their services,
is imperative; wioreiore inat tne salary
of Representative Ochiltree, of Texas,
cannot legally be withheld because of
his indebtedness to the government.
With regard to the two territorial dele
gates, whose accounts as United States
disbursing officers have not yet been set
tled, Judge Lawrence holds that they
stand upon a different footing; their office
are not created by tbe constitution but by
statute, therefore their pay can lie held
as a set-off. This opinion was trans
mitted to the Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, who decided to abide by it.
Hence, Ochiltree will get his pay the
same as otner memtiers 01 i (ingress.
What a Smith County Farmer Can
no.
Brandon Republican : Our old friend
I). A. Wilkinson, one of the solid men of
Smith county, was in town last week,
buying up lands in his neighborhood.
He informed us that he had killed and
put up for his own use, over 0,000
pounds of pork, raised in the swamp
where it cost him a mere trifle. His
neighbor, Win. Halsell, killed 8,000
pounds, Wm. Upton killed 4,000 pounds,
Irvin Floyd 4,000 pounds, and various
others in his neighborhood from three to
five thousand pounds each. Corn is
plentiful at 85 cents per bushel, cash, or
one dollar per bushel on time.
Tue Boston Herald says it is evident
that Governor Cleveland of New York,
has not the clear head, the fund of in
formation, tbe knowledge of men and
affairs, and the sinewy grip upon his
party needed by a man in his position.
The bosses are running tbe party, while
ne is pioauing mrougu wiin nis unac
customed duties.
4, 1883.
Among the Pines.
KI.LISVII.LK AHP ITS CITIZENS.
Eiutors Ci-arios Having just ar
rived at tne Atlanta ol hoist .Mississippi,
better known at present as Ellisville, it
occurred to me that I would write up
1 s ft
tne pinco ior your journal, knowing
11 io oe mrgeiv circulated in mis sec
tion.
Ellisville has a central location on the
line of the New Orleans A Meridian
road: in the heart of one of '.he linest
pine Umbered countries I ever saw.
TLI. . - - t. .
his, 100, is one 01 tne very oesi 01 iruit
ami vegetable counties, and I am of the
opinion that Ellis villa will soon surpass
Crystal Springs aea fruit shipping point.
And lumber: There will be no end 'to
the lumber shipped from Kllisville.
Ellisville can boast of some fine luisi
nessmen, Bmjtiaa 1. Uubose, the larg
est merchant Of the place; Kelly A Mil
ler, Shelly A Myers, Vanslaek and J. i.
Welborn A t'o., nil good merchants.
lr. Lee has also a well Tilled drug store,
and speaks of opening a large drug and
grocery store in a short time. Dr. Pea
cock has a neat office nearlv finished.
The town also has a jeweler in the per
son of Mr. Harbor; also two voting limbs
of tho law, Lamkin and llili, late of the
Review; and last, but by far not least,
of the leading men of tbe place, I must
mention lr. Ia-e, of the Eagle, whose
energy and enterprise has built him up
a first-class paor.
Well, the trains will run to this place
inside of thirty days. Work is being
pushed with a v im.
Candidates are the scarcest article 1
have seen since 1 have been in the coun
ty. I asked ye local of the Kagle, yes
terday the cause of this, and he said it
was because there was so much railroad
excitement up here thev had forgotten
all about the election. Thev will prob
ably wake up in time.
1 leave to-morrow tor (iorden s ( reek,
some thirty miles below here, and will,
perhaps, write you trom that point.
1 ours, in haste, aip.
The Letter of Secretary Frelinghuy-
sen.
EnrroBa Clakiom In TjB Clamor
of the 21st inst., there is a letter from
the chief of the state Department at
Washington, in which it is said that a
declaration of intention does not entitle
a foreign born resident of the United
Slates to protection abroad. Now while
I do not claim to be well posted tia to the
question at issue, or the diplomacy of
the past, I do call to mind from meni
memory only, (for I have nothing to refer
to), that at one time in Jthcjjpast, one
Martin KasitS, an Austrian subject,
made a declaration ol'intention to be
come a cltiaen of the United States, and
n short time afterward was arrested, 1f I
am correct, in the port of Constantinople
by the Austrian authorities, and that
Capt. Ingraham, pf the United States
navy, forced the Austrian authorities to
liberate him, and that the United States
sustained his action in the affair, and if
I recollect correctly, Mr. Webster, who
was then at the head Of the State De
partment, completely floored ChevaJ
lier Hnlseman, the Austrian representa
tive, and probably caused his recall.
I here may have been this question at
issue in the Kas.ta matter, he being ar
rested and taken forcibly from on board
of an American ship, and although in a
foreign port, yet the arrest was ujwn
American soil, and so maintained by the
l imed Matesiroveriiment. At the same
time, I am clear that the doctrine was
also maintaiued that the act of declara
tion of becoming a citizen of the I'nited
States entitled the person making it to
the protection ot the Cnited htates gov
ernment. It may have been abandoned
or differently settled by treaty, and gen
eral diplomacy since, but I recollect very
distinctly, that the government and the
people almost unanimously approved of
the prompt and effective action of Capt.
Ingraham in the allair.
The foreiroine beine only my recollec
tion of that case, I may lie mistaken,
but in my humble opinion, the present
action of the Secretary of State is a
backing down trom the former imisHioiis
01 the government in such cases. It I
am wrong, 1 will lie glad to be corrected.
Respectfully, your ob t serv t,
A. G. Smythe.
There were 170 deatlis in New Or
leans for the week March 24, of which
05 were from small pox! Of this number
there were only 11 deaths in the small
pox hospital, showing that the disease
is scattered throughout the city. New
Orleans is a good place to stay away
from just at this time.
Notice to DBtroonm am Store
keepers. I guarantee Shriner's Indian
Vermifuge to destroy and expel worms
from the human body, where they exist,
if used according to the directions.
You are authorised to sell it on the
the above conditions. David E. Foutz,
Proprietor, Baltimore, Md.
The Natchez Democrat says that the
country roads leading to the line of the
New Orleans A Memphis Railroad are
crowded with laborers, who are going to
the scene of the work now in progress,
seeking-jobs. It is estimated that there
will be within a couple of weeks from
1,500 to 2,000 men on the work between
Port Gibson and the Louisiana State
line.
No.
14.
SUPREME COUET DECISIONS.
RKPORTEP WEEKLY BY C. C. CAMPBELL.
Monday, April2, 1888.
The following eases were Affirmrd:
4088 Walter Denny & Co., v. W. D.
Wheelbrigbt v (
4248 Walker and lkisil (iice v. State of
Mississippi.
The following cases were Hcrertexl ami
AnsaadM :
4240 J. M. Arras v. State of Mississip
pi. 1217 C. st. L tV X. O, R. R. Co. v. M.
Bruning. Reversed, remittitur
and decree here,
Rearguments were granted in the fol
lowing cuses : ""
40f2 Jessie Smith et al, v. E. Richard
son.
II1S- C. St. L. . N. (). R. R. Co., v.
Moss A o.
4182 -Rebecca A. Bock v . Orlando Da
vis.
US" B. E. Ikiurland v. Itawamba county-
SUPREME COURT REPORT 8.
October Term, 1882.
&JTPQ&TBD WEEKLY UY ROUT. S1IOTWKLL.
Ska l
MoNNKI.I.Y.
From the Chancery Court of Harrison
county, Hon. Oeo. Wood, Chancellor.
In 1860 the board of police of Harri
son county granted to B. "the exclusive
right and privilege for twenty-nve year
to keep a ferry over Bayou Hernard at
the place where the public road from
lied 1 reek to Mississippi 1 it v crosses said
stream, with the provision during said
period that DO other person should be pci
mitted to keep a public ferry over said
water course within one mileot the terry
of said B." In 1SS1 the Board of Smier-
visors granted to appellee tho nrivileao
of establishing a ferry within one muo
of saii B, across the said Bayou, and
this lull is tiled by Seal, who has pur-
IiusmiI I rum IV toeuioin defendant Itoin
acting on the license granted.
W. P, and J. B. Harris for appellant.
Ben Lane Posey, ronfra.
Chalmers, J.,
lldd-
Neither our former boards of police:
nor our present Imnrds of supervisors, in
granting 11 ferry privilege, can make a
valid stipulation that 110 rival ferry
shall be established within certain limits
during a specified period or during nil
time, and such stipulation is neither
binding upon them or their successors in
office. .
Affirmed.
(To be reported.)
Hakpie I
vs.
C11RI8MAK. )
From the Circuit Court of Lincoln coun
ty, Hon. S. S. Oalh Judge.
Ejectment judgment ' below for de
fendant. Plaintiff's evidence was a
patent for the lands from the United
States to R. Bardie, brother of tho
plaintiff, who died intestate, unmarried
ami without children. Hwfendant re
lied upon a tax collector's deed dated 1st
July, 1HIJ7, the tax deed reciting erro
neously that the land was sold for the
taxes of 1807, when in matter of fact
they were sold for the taxes of 1860, and
evidence was introduced showing the
clerical error.
Sessions A Cassedy for appellants.
R. H. Thompson and Charles Chris
man, contra.
Cahpbkll, C. J.,
Held
1. The first Monday in July. 1807. was
the time fixed by the act 1803, p. Ill, for
the sale of lands delinquent for taxes,
which act was in operation in 1867 and
governed the sales made in that year.
irk mi 1 . .
4. inc cieeu irom the tax collector to
Chrisman vested, in him a title not as
sailable except for fraud or mistake in
the assessment or sale, or upon proof
that the taxes had been naid on the land
before the sale. Acts 1859,'60, p. 213.
8. The admitted fact that the sale waa
made for the taxes of I860, and not IH67,
as erroneously recited in the deed, freed
it from all objection because of the cler
ical error by which it was made to show
that the safe was made for the taxes of
1867.
4. The effect of tbe deed as evidenco
is to be determined by the law in force
when it was made. Code 1880. Affirmed.
To be reported.
So Much for Port Gibson.
Port Oibson News: We are told by
The Clarion that there is a little town
in North Carolina, of not over 4000 in
habitants, which has raised $60,000 for
a cotton factory.
We know of a little town in Missis
sippi, of not over 1500 inhabitants, which
has recently raised $50,000 for a cotton
factory, $20,000 for an oil mill ami $30,
000 for a railroad. The name of tho
Mississippi little town is Port Gibson.
The Natchez Democrat learns that
the authorities have established a new
postoffice on the N., J. A C. Railroad,
between Red Lick and Fayette, which
is to be known as Stonington.