t ta tVio same that existed The Judicial Appointments. MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. AFTEBXOON SESSION. The House resumed consideration of the Asylum bill, a motion to indefinitely post- pone pending. Mr. Tison favored. Mr. feowan opposed. Mr. Clay called the pre- vious question, and the bill was indefinite- ly postponed. Yeas Messrs. Aldrich, Brown, Campbell, Causey, Cessor, Clay, Cochran, Crum, Dear, Courage, trothetT7 TIic Daily Clarion. Official Journal of the State of Mississippi. By E. Barbdslt, J.LPower Harris Barksdale. SUNDAY - - APRIL 9, 1876. O nice Ol Vuauucnui o ""A: before the amendment, then there is no , nnn o r.n n Vlf m 3 lift hv vacancy, ana no reiuu" uu uux"""j J the joint Sdress of two-thir- ds of each branch a therefore no anDOint- - But, on the other ments are necessary. hand, if said office of Chancellor of said 1st District, under.the new .system, is not the -- 7 ?efori tiAfnre the amendment. chansre wai made by the present Legislature. The office of Chancellor is a office, and it springs into existence um" the creation of the District. It cannot be said with any propriety of language that the office of Chancellor of the 1st Dis- trict, under the present system, existed be- fore that District was created by the present Leo-hlature- . Whether the emoluments of theVffice of Chancellor under the new sys- tem has been increased or not, I do not know, but the present Legislature has a riht so to do, and perhaps should. I sub- mit these views, imperfect as they are, for what they are worth, and with due defier-enc- e and genuine respect lor the high order of legal talent of which the Legisla- ture is in great part composed. Democrat Junior. REFIGE IX DEATH. To Escape Insanity,:, well-know- n JIiisissiipin ielilerately Suicides. From the Louisville Commercial: Edward P. Jones, formerly of Can- ton, Miss., but who has been a resident of Jefferson ville, Iud., for the past four months, committed suicide by taking a dose of laudanum and morphine, yester- day, at the Falls City Hotel, in Jeffer-sonvill- e. The circumstance of his suicide is a most melancholy affair. He has been a guest at the Falls City Hotel since he came to Jeflersonville, some months ago. During his stay there nothing . peculiar had been noticed in his habits or conver- sation which would lead to the belief that he was insane. The deceased was formerly a Colonel in the Confederate Army, and is said to have been wpll con- nected and highly respected at his home in Mississippi. Col. Jone3 left three letters one to Mr. Kleespies, proprietor of the hotel, one to Dr. A. J. Phelps, Louisville, and another to Coroner Koose. lhe letters show no evidence of mental weakness, although he states that the reason of his taking his own lite was the lear ot lm pending insanity. In his letter to Mr. Kleespies he states that for months past he has been con scious of partial insanity, resulting from his pecuniary embarrassment and trouble, caused entirely by the late war. He also states that in consequence of his mental distress, he has been compelled to dul the sense of such sufferings at times by the use of alcoholic drinks to save himself We have published in another column an argument on the unconstitutionality of the 'appointment of members of the Legislature under the new judicial law. Without pausing to discus3 this point, the fact h indisputable that there is a strong sentiment against making selections from that body, and the public are gratified by the assurance that Governor Stone will plant himself firmly upon the deter- mination not to make appointments from that quarter. This intention can have no reference to the legal talent and emi- nent virtue of the legal profession in our Legislature, because all the essential requisites of an excellent Judiciary are to be found there; but it is based upon other grounds. The present State administra- tion is the result of a Reform movement, and it must not only be pure in its acts, but above suspicion. There should be no taint of self-seekin- g in any of the meas- ures it may adopt. The reasons why, under the circumstances, such appoint- ments should not bemade, are cogently set forth in the following extract of a let- ter from one of the most sagacious and purest and best men in Mississippi : The Governor ought not to appoint any member of the present Legislature to any important office, or for that matter to any office at all. Especially ought he , not to appoint any member to a judicial station, and most especially ought he not to appoint any member to any office who has been at all conspicuous in the business of impeach- ment. I am not mistaken in supposing that every movement in Mississippi is watched at Washington with an eyesingle to an advan- tage over us. Already it is charged that the whole business of impeachment was but the outgrowth of a conspiracy to displace Ames & Co., and thus open the way for the pro- motion of the conspirators. We cannot af- ford in view of the immediate future to im- pose on ourselves the necessity of refuting charges like this. To appoint members of the Legislature to office and especially prominent members, to high offices will give plausibility to the charge, and outside of tlie State will, in my judgment, do us incalculable mischief. In expressing this opinion, I cannot be suspected of any inter- ested motive, since there is nothing, and in the accidents of life there never will be, anything in the gift of the Governor that I desire or would accept. A. G. B. Hon. .J. 1a. IVIcCaskill. The Brandon Republican pays one of our Senators, Hon. J. L. McCaskill, a deserved compliment in saying that he has shown himself a most efficient legis lator, always at his post and watchful of the interests of the people. He has never been absent at roll-cal- l, but alwavs in his place. And the Republican takes occasion to assure him that his course is fully appreciated by his constituents. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. First Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prentiss, Ponto- toc, Lee, Itawamba, Monroe, Chickasaw, Colfax, Oktibbeha and Lowndes. Second Tippah, Union, Benton, Marshall, Lafayette, .Yalobusha, DeSoto, Tate, Panola and Tallahatchie. Thir Leflore, Sunflower, Grenada, Carroll, Montgomery, Calhoun, Sumner, Choctaw, Winston, .Noxubee, Kemper, Neshoba and Attala. ForitTii Holmes, Madison, Leake, Scott, New ton, Lauderdale, bnuth, Jasper, Clarke, Wayne and Jones. Fifth Hinds, Rankin, Copiah, Simpson, Cov ington, Lawrence, Amite, i'ranklin, Tike and Lincoln. Sixth Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washing ton, Issaquena, lazoo, narren, Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams and Wilkinson. Circuit and Chancery Court IMs. tricts. First Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prentiss, Itawam- - 1 T r i m r i oa-- , jjee, iuonroe ana vnicKasaw. Second Tippah, Benton, Marshall, Lafayette. Yalobusha, U nion, Pontotoc and Calhoun. Third DeSoto, Tate, Panola, Tallahatchie, f!.,i T., ; ,i rii Fourth Bolivar, Washington, Issaquena. Warren and Sunflower. Fifth Leflore, Carroll, Montgomery, Choc- taw, Sumner. Holmes and Attala. Sixth Colfax, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Noxubee and Winston. Seventh Kemper, Lauderdale, Clarke, Wayne, Perry, Green, Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, Tearl and Marion. Eighth Rankin, Leake, Neshoba, Scott, New- ton, Jasper, Smith, Simpson, Covington, Janes and Lawrence. Ninth Yazoo, Madison, Ilinds and Copiah. Tenth Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, Wilkin- son, Amite, Franklin, Lincoln and Pike. COMMUNICATED. The Sixth Congressional listrict The people of Yazoo want their county put in the Fourth Congressional District. As at present constituted, what are the facts ? , Dividing the population of the State, as shown by the census of 1S70, by six, the number of Congressmen allowed the State, each District should have about 133,000. But the river District the sixth has, with Yazoo, about 147,000; and the Fourth Dis- trict has, without Yazoo, 113,181. Add Yazoo to it, and the Fourth District will have only 130,460 not its quota. It will have a Democratic majority of about 8,000, and only one Republican county Madison in it. The colored majority in the Dis- trict will not exceed 1,300. Is there any reason why justice should not be done to Yazoo, which is as reliably Democratic as any county in the State? lias she not en- titled hersell to be considered so as to have a moderate request granted ? Yazoo,. The railroad work (Natchez & Jack- son) is still going on. The train now runs to Stampley's, nearly nineteen miles. Natchez Democrat. SEXATE-SEVEXTY-NI- NTH DAY Saturday, April 8, 1876. Mr. President Sims in the chair. Absent o. -- Mr. Metts, chairman, reported a bill for the relief of J. W. Dwyer, late Treasurer of Coahoma county, and recommended that it do pass. Mr. Chalmers, chairman, reported a large number of bills. Mr. Hooker, chairman, reported the pre- sentation to the Governor of a large num- ber of bills. S. B. for the relief of J. W. Dwyer, late County Treasurer of Coahoma county, passed. S. B. to incorporate the Forest Park, of Jackson, passed. S. B. to amend the charter of the city of Jackson was taken up, amended and yassed. S. B. to incorporate the Summit Manufac- turing Company passed. II. C-- R. in relation to adjournment was taken up, and "Thursday, 13th," stricken out and "Saturday, 15th," was inserted, and the resolution wa3 adopted. S. B. to amend the charter of Summit, Pike county ; passed, II. B. to incorporate the Panola Grange Leather Manufacturing company passed. By Mr. Reynolds: To amend section 726, code of 1871, in relation to the selection of Grand Jurors, passed. S. B. in reference to certain State war- rants known as the Railroad warrants passed S. B. to attach Sharkey county to the 4th Judicial District passed. By Mr. Griffin : To repeal the amend- ment to the charter of Xatchez passed. II. J. II to amend the constitution in re- lation to biennial sessions passed yeas 20, nays 1. II. B, defining the remedies of Courts of Equity passed. II. B. to amend section 2312, code of 1871, in relation to acknowledgments of deeds, etc.; passed. II. B. to regulate the enrollment of chat- tel deeds was indefinitely postponed. II. B. to amend an act to protect the crops in certain districts of Warren county passed. II. B. For the protection of stock raisers in Hancock and Pearl counties was amend- ed and lies over. By Mr. Furlong: To extend the privi- leges of the Senate to Ex-Gover- B. G Humphries was adopted. FAREWELL, COLFAX ! H. B. to change the name of Colfax coun- ty to Clay county passed. EXECUTIVE SESSION. The Senate went into executive session and confirmed Wm. Cothran, Circuit Judge of the 5th District; J. M. Smylie, Circuit Judge ot the 10th District, and Li. VV. VVH liam&on, Chancellor of the 5th District. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS. II. B, for the relief of John Brady, of Clarke county, passed. II. B. to amend the charter of State Line passed. II. B. to amend the charter of Brooksville passed. Tne Senate concurred in the House aamendmenfcs to the bill for the relief of R. J. Sharp, Sheriff of Benton county. II. B. ta incorporate the Edwards Saving and Manufacturing Co. passed. II, B. to incorrorate the Meridian Oil Works passed. II. B. to incorporate the Mississippi Mer- chants' Transfer Co., with amendments, passed. II. B. to repeal the anti-liqu- or law of Meadville passed. LAWS BY API'KOVAL. The Governor informed the Senate that he has approved S. B, to protect the tax- payers of Holmes against the pajrment of certain warrants. II. B. to locate the seat of justice of Clarke county was indefinitely postponed. II. li.to limit the Board of Supervisors of DeSoto county in the matter of taxation was indefinitely postponed, II. B. to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in Cumberland passed. II. B. to amend the charter of Port Gib- son, with amendments, passed. II. B. to incorporate Houlka Grange, Chickasaw county, passed. By Mr. FitzGerald: To extend the privi- leges of the Senate to Judge Wm. Cochran; adopted. II. B. to aid the Assessor of Jefferson county in his duties passed. II. B. to declare Bogue Plialia in Bolivar county a navigable stream, was indefinitely postponed. Tlie House memorial iu relation to the ag- ricultural land script fund was indefinitely postponed. II. J. R. in relation to the Texas and Pa- cific Railroad passed. S. B. to levy a tax by Boards ot Supervi- sors on cotton was indefinitely postponed. S. B. to repeal the act to authorize the State Treasurer to transfer the indebtedness of the Mississippi Central R. R. to the State to the Greenville R. R. passed. S. B. for the relief ot Ellis Benson, of It awamba county, passed. II. B. to extend the privileges of the man- ufacturing bill to the foundry of A. M. Pax-to- n & Co. was indefinitely postponed. Ad- journed. IIOUSE-SEVEXTY-EIG- HTII DAY. Saturday, April 8, 1876. Mr. Speaker Street in the chair; present 74, absent 42. Leaves of absence were granted to Messrs. Miller, Hogan, Guthrie, and McLaurin of Jasper. II. B. to incorporate the Port Gibson Manufacturing company passed. By Mr. Watkins : A memorial of the Me- ridian bar iu relation to the Supplemental Court Bill ; referred. Five member were added to the committee Messrs. Byrd of Franklin, Dear, McLaurin of Smith, Saun- ders and Massingale. By Mr. Yaiden : To provide for agricultu- ral liens and for other purposes. Mr. Sykei moved to indefinitely postpone; carried. H. B. to protect wool growers in the coun- ties of Colfax, Claiborne -- and Franklin failed to pass yeas 22, nays 39. KILLED. The following House bills were indefi- nitely postponed : To prevent the illegal traffic in seed cotton at night; to change the time of holding courts and S. B. to in- corporate the Yazoo Pass Xavigation com- pany. II. B. to confer on Justices of the Peace jurisdiction in cases relating to the distur bances of religious worship; passed. H. B. to provide for the valuation of all agricultural, real ana personal property was indefinitely postponed. The House bills to create the office of State Supply and Purchasing Agent, and to establish an asylum for inebriates were in- definitely postponed. THE ASYLUM BILL, The bill to amend the Code of 1871 relat- ing to the control of the Lunatic Asylum was taken up. The committee reported it with the recommendation that it do not pass. Mr. Tison moved to indefinitely postpone. Messrs. Tison, Tucker, Young (col.), Brown (col.) and Muldrow, favored the motion, and Messrs. Rowan, Baker, Bell and White opposed. Mr. Tison moved to adjourn until Mon- day ; lost. Mr. Leigh moved to adjourn un- til three o'clock; carried. Drake, Dyer, i ainy, reaiueisiuu, Garrett, Guy ton, Horton, Johns, Johnson or Winston, Jones of Issaquena, Lester, Mil-sap- s. Monroe, Muldrow, McXair, McNeise, McWhorter, Xeilson, Overton, Parker, Shattuck, Shelby,"! Spight, Tison, Tucker, Warren, Wilkinson, ellowley and oung. 39. XAYS-Me- ssrs. Bailey, Baker, Bassett, Bean, Bell, Blount, Byrd of Franklin, Clif- ton, Dabney, Floyd, Hall, Harper, Hebron, Huddleston, Hudson, Jagers, Jarnigan, Miller, McCargo, Mclnnis, Nichols, Percr, T.-.n- TCowan. Saunders, Stebbins. Turley', Watkins, White and Vaughn 31. Absent and not voting AmacKe r, Barksdale, Boyd, Bridges, Bird of Lawrence, Carter of Holmes, Carter ot Warren, Cros-lan- d, Chiles, Denson, Edwards, Ervin, Gay-de- n, Gibson, GMis.Gowan, Guthrie, Hicks, Hogan, Hussey, Jacobs, Jayne, Jenkins, Johnson of Itawamba, Jones of Hinds, Leigh, Mallory, Massingale, Meade, McCor-mic- k, McLaurin of Jasper, McLaurin of Smith, Parsons, Pennington, Reynolds, Riley, Rogers, Sanderlln, Shands, Shrock, Southworth, Sykes, Trice, Troup, Vaiden and Mr. Speaker 46. Mr. Byrd, of Franklin, presented a pe- tition of citizens of Franklin ; referred. SINE DIE. The House concurred in the Senate amendment to adjourn sine die on Saturday next, 15th inst. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Mr. Muldrow : To authorize the Au- ditor to issue warrants for salaries o Judges ; referred. Bv Mr. Saunders: To reduce and fix the bonds of the officers of Pearl county passed. By Mr. Clay: To encourage stock raising in Bolivar county passed. By Mr. Hudson : To incorporate Benton, Yazoo county; referred. By Mr. Hudson : To create an additional justice of the peace in District 4, Yazoo county; passed. Bv Mr. Hudson : In relation to the May term of the Circuit Court of Yazoo county; passed. By Mr. Tucker: To reorganize the Uni versitv of Mississippi; referred. By Mr. Tucker : To amend the act requi ring Chancery Clerks to keep books in which to record chattel deeds; referred. Bv Mr. Campbell: To remove the disa bilities of Robert J. Bell and James A. Paul, of Yazoo county: lies over. By Mr. Clay: Supplemental to an act for the preservation of grame; lies over. By Mr. Mclnnis: To amend the chatter of Pass Christian ; referred. By Mr. Percy : To change the rule of practice in tjnancery uourts as prescriDeu bv section 1013, Code ot l$7l; reierreu. By Mr. Denson : To provide for the reg istration ana payment ot outscanuing war rants in Wilkinson county; referred. Bv Mr. Jones, of Issaquena: To author ize Issaquena county to provide for the payment of outstanding school teaciiers warrants; referred. Bv Mr. Campbell : A memorial in rela tion to a mail route between Vicksburg, Johnstonville and Faisonia, on Sunflower river; referred. By Mr. Dabney: A memorial of citizens residing along the lino ol the V. & M. Rail road; referred. By Mr. Spight: That the Sergeant-a- t- Atluo Uc lusti uislcU tvf rcpo tn tho t'.OQtin- - gent expense committe all purchases and disbursements by him on account of the Legislature; adopted. Adjourned. m i Appointment of JIeinbcr.s ol tlie Les:iIatiirc to Iuriici:il Offices. Editors Clarion : As a very important duty is soon to be performed by the Gov ernor and Senate, to-w- it : filling the Jirdi- - ciary with incumbents, I ask permission to submit the following views with reference thereto, which have been, in part, elicited by the report that the offices of Circuit Judges and Chancellors, were, in the main to be filled by present members of the Leg islature, and. in the language of your cor respondent upon the same subject,who signs himself "Democrat," under date of March 31st, these are the views of one "who see ks no appointment and has no private interest to subserve," claiming neither, the qualifi cations for nor entertaining the desire to fill either the office of Circuit or Chancerv Judge. Aside from the and policy . . . taste . of j t !! 1 VI inus nmng mese omces, wnicn questions are viewed in aais-mnft- i . mnnnst nun lmnnrt manner oy tne aoove correspondent, 1 enter lidiii Luc auuiLiuiidi tjwiiiiiiii shim hiv pointments involve a constitutional question. oec - ost An. 4, scace uonscitution, says: "Xo Senator or Representative, during the term for which he was elected, shall be appointed to any office of profit under this k 4 i 1 1 1 1 ntaie, wnicn snau nave oeen created, or the emoluments of which have heen Increased during the time such Senator or Represen tative was in oinee, except to such offices as may be filled by an election of the people." Without attempting an elaborate argument to establish the leal fact. that, under the constitutional amendment, and the' act passed in pursuance thereof, abolish; nor the old and making a new Chancery system, me omee oi ijuanceiior was created by the present Legislature. T r1i.i1 1 in support thereof by quoting from the upiuiou oi 4reyion, jn, j., in the case of Brady, etc., vs. West, 50 Miss., p. 7G. One Of th Questions involved in that, oaca woo that West, having been appointed to the ouiue oi nancery uierK ot tne newly made county of Tate, could not. 1 said office, "because he was a . member of the T ! a 1 - i - A 1 a r, 1 xcisiaiure at uie time oi tne creation of the office of Clerk of the Chancery Court of said eoantv of Tate. To the distinguished lawyers, Harris & George, aiucjfs iur tresi, maae mis answer in substance: MThat the act creatine Tate county did not ipse facto create the office of Chancery Clerk; that the office owes its existence to the Constitution and not to the act creatincr the. nmmtv . ' Tot; n j v Peyton, speaking for the court on that occa- - S.IUU, anu in reierenceto this question, says: "That the Constitution rlnps tint . ota tho .W - V. IA tj lillQ office of Chancery Clerk, but pre-suppos- es the office to exist . The office of Chan cery Cleric is a county office, and in the na- ture of things, cannot exist until the county exists. It springs into existence upon the creation of the county and the extension of the Chancery system to it. It caanot be said with any propriety of language that the office of Clerk of the Chancery Court of Tate county existed before that county was cre-ated,et- Now let us adopt that line of rea- - uu"'k mm reierence to unanceilors un- der the new system. The office of Chancel- lor, say of the First T system, did not exist till the First District w s created, l hat District w as created by the Present Legislature RaM nffina lor of said 1st District (for example) sprung Vt-4- . VV0-- 3 upon me creation of said 1st TiT : 11 13 conceded, I believe,' by tne best leCAl mlnHa . nf V cut. it. J.iJ r .o vi uie Clitic. iuat tne effect of the amendment to the Constitution. V,lSrenC-e.t- o Cnancellors,- - is to wine out of hSSicr?-181106.11- 6 piesent Chancellors, they under the Constitution before the amendment. If the present Foot it bravely,0 W Trust in Got iS PerisEalWa Whether losing Slle1 Some will Some. wiUfl0A"ee' som- e-, Cease from maTaSd8,?? Trust in God.Vndft.1 Simple rule and Inward peace and iifo Star upon our path Trust imp..: r1,1' ""u CO the r:,; . ONE DAI' OuTSTr Birds cannot alwavs sin. Silence at times they ad-- . feeling; Nw To see some new, brM,t a fresh burst er vealing. fa: Flowers cannot SomeSabbath-ren"- . Ere from its sheath below Shoots up a small, earth to splinter. e Hi Tongues cannot always De.lt. Save us this onee-a-wee- k To let the sown seetU-ov- , scatter. 0 He Iiel for j:e, A traveler in one of the Suuth-- of America came one dav to a nr-grav- lie saw a man sta:: turf and planting flowers, w' .' flowed freely from his eyes! "You have lost, I supjusex-wife- " said the traveler, ace-- "No, " said he, " I have n wife." " Perhaps it is a dear cEi buried there," said the stracr iNo said the mourner, i lost no wife and no child." " Why, then, are you pb nowers on that grave, aud you plant them ? " " I am doing tins for one for me. "But how was this?" said!:; eler. " I was called, "said tiie c . if - IT Til 10 serve as a soiuier. 1 naa t and children. A friend came i he said : " I have no wife and ac I will go instead of ycu." E. and was mortally wounded. Ik-ting- I went to the hospital whore. Ere I reached it he was gone ; t he lies buried. He died for rje. these flowers in nienurr flant Afterward a tombstone was s:: on it were carved the simple f.:: " " HE DIED FOR ME. Such is the love of man tot friend to friend. " Greater lev:: man than this : that a man lad life for hi3 friend ; but God cos: his love toward us, in that while ' yet sinners Christ died for E mans v, 8. What will prove that Christ t my reader ? His quitting both : and his righteousness, and ? Jesus. " The ransomed of the Lori and come." Remember, res:--: must here be led to Jesus, or perish in your sins. IM((r:t Therefore, if you aspire to be 1 consolation if you would pp priestly gift of sympathy if P pour something beyond cog: consolation into a tempted wnnhl n.nss through the inte- r- daily life with the delicate tic: never inflicts pain if, to that 1; of human ailments, mental s-ar- e ever to give effectual miisf hr onntpnt. ff) 1)37 the P- '- costly education. Like bin, ouuci (Jtiuii ertsoii. observed ho; Have you never tempt to this subtle self-in- f l;' art ofdevolion? It is full ing of - thought and effl- - j?reat obiects of desire, g.1, and great perils. Alter therefore, pray . ca, Phelps. noted M The daughter of a said to me: "My dear - . tell us that he prayed uaj , be patient with stupeopi in PV i Xlie Tax Question Brandon Republicau. . ; , .i. - hai l- - We learn mat a - t? du ced in the lrwc tax mudcUe" in this cu- -- thorize the collection ot j . i 1... tnai. " med JnmonAP( as to P93 l lection until next JNOVt .1. pass in this shape, and will be a great benefit w ? Rankin, who could not po;- - , taxes this spring. ... .i.ifj Hi Davt0fiUrUt We are iiu iv".- - owing blanks: .Rent'3' No. 41. Deed of Trust fo $ No. iVA. DeedofTrus P No. 42. Deed of Trust to ; w Merch fiefler ' 1 No. 43. Deed of Trust for ,1, In ordering, state tw '" l Price, i.W per quire v. - hich t-- per . 43, w t n m.' .lit f A 1 f- "1 hundred, $3.00, which inc tiiC Addres3, i-- o tjc- - Electing of tlie Democratic and Consci-rallT- State Excctive Committee. Jackson, Miss., March 23th, 187G. A mcctins of the Executive Committee is hereby called for Tuesday, the 11th day of April next, for' the purpose of calling a State Convention of the Democratic-Conservativ- e purty, and for the transaction of such other business as may be deemed proper. A full attendance is earnestly requested. The Committee will meet at 10 o'clock a. m., in room No. 11 in the Neal building, in the city 0l Jackson. j.oUGLV Chairman. Attest : Marion Smith, Secretary. Our telegrams announce the death of Benj. F. Butler. As he has passed away, we have nothing more to say than " rest in pence." It will be seen that the two Houses have concurred in a resolution to adjourn on the 15th instant. The Democratic majority in the Con- necticut Legislature on joint ballot is only eighty-seven- . BELKNAr and his accomplices have done the country one good service. They have furnished the best of reasons why the party which put them in office is no longer to be trusted. Mr. Daeney, of Hinds, yesterday introduced in the House a petition of citizens along the line of the Vicksburg and Meridian llailroad, in relation to the rates of freight charged by that road. "Yazoo " puts the question of figures strongly. There is no reason on earth why the glorious banner county should be put under Radical dominion. Is she to be slaughtered in the house of her friends and forced under the yoke for rolling up four thousand majority for the Democratic ticket ? Tlie Yiit to Wesson. The special train, which will convey the members of the Legislature and in- vited guests to the Mississippi Mills, on the 12th inst., will leave Jackson at 12 M. and return at 5 r. m. A deb'shtful trip may be anticipated. Tlie Senatorial Investigation. The Senatorial Mississippi investiga- tion is delayed until a bill can be put through Congress, making an appropria- tion to pay the expenses of the Commit- tee. This will be speedily done. The object of the inquisition is to manufacture electioneering capital for the Radicals, and to give a coloring of truth to the charge in ex-Go- v. Ames' regular message, that the present Legis- lature is an illegal body, and all its acts are binding only so far as they can be put into execution by brute force. But as our people will not shun investigation, and only ask that it be full and impar- tial, the Legislature, whose legal exist- ence is assailed, will, we trust, take such measures as will facilitate the investiVa-tio- n that the ends of justice may be sub- served. Logically and necessarily, the in- quiry will include the conduct of the Rad- ical party which led to its overthrow at the ballot box, and will expose to the gaze of the nation a mass of villainy such as no people on earth were ever before in flicted with by their rulers. To the end that the efforts of the Le--islatur- e to secure a full investigation may be seconded, we would earnestly advise the Chairmen of the Democratic and Conservative county and beat orean- - izations in localities where the investiga- tion will most likely be made, to busy themselves in getting up witnesses and arranging for the deliverance of testi. mony. Let it be from credible sources, and without regard to color or previous condition, etc. Morton's committee are hunting for wool, but will be badly shorn before they get through with their labors. ; Tlie Connecticut lMntfonu. This is the sign by which the Democ- racy of Connecticut fought and conquer- ed in the late election : This party declares in favor of state self-governm- ent and against Federal interfer- ence by the undue use of patronage and military force in the affairs of a soveregn commonwealth. Extravagance in the ad- ministration of the government is deprecat- ed and reform promised ; a Uriff for revenue only is advocated, and it is held that taxa- tion should be only imposed for the neces- sary expenses of government and for a gradual reduction of the national debt; subsidies to corporations and speculators are condemned ; the course of Democrats in ongress is approved ; a currency based on gold and silver is declared to be the only one known to the Constitution, and Con- gress is asked to adopt such measures as will lead to a speedy resumption of specie pay- ments ; but the act of lS75,fixing upon 1S79 a3 the date of resumption, is denounced a3 mere- ly a measure of expendience, intended to catch the votes of the unthinking, and injur- ious in its effects upon the business interests of the nation. from suicide. He said that he had hoped to obtain enough money in Louisville on Thursday to pay him the small balance which he owed him ior board, but, being disappointed in this, he became wild with despair, and concluded to take his life. He states emphatically in his letter that his desperate resolution wTas not caused by any family troubles. On the contrary, lo adds "I have a wife near Canton. Miss., whom I most devotedly love,, and to whom I have been true during all this long separation." He begs Mr. Kleespies to faithfully comply with the requests which he makes, which are that as soon as he ha3 found his remains that he will communicate with Dr. A. J. Phelps, No. 52G Third street, Louisville. If he could not be found, he requested that his "old trieud," U. W. Sanders, Esq., corner Ueuter and (jrreen streets, LiouiS' ville, be advised of his death. He final- ly requests that his gold rings on his little ringer, left hand, and I1I3 sleeve buttons be buried with him, as his wife purchased them for him in Paris. France. He asked that the daguerreotype ot his ua iam upon ins oreasi in his grave. His bacrgare. papers, etc.. he requests to keep carefully till his menus m iviississippi can send for his trunk. He enioins Mr. Kleesnies to have the particulars of his death kept as quiet as possible. As soon as it was known by the in mates that he had attempted suicide, Drs. Fouts and Mr.Cln - w x J. l--J and did everything that medical skill could do to restore him to consciousness, Ki,f l. 4. ;i tt f 1 . uut nuuuui avan. xie lingered in an unconscious condition till 5 o'clock p. m., When his pulse ceased to beat. His Inends in Canton, Miss., were immerli ately advised by telegraph of the sad unair, ana a telegram m answer was re- ceived, instructing that the body be for- warded to Canton, which was complied with, and the body was forwarded last night on the midnight train from this city, lhe body was placed in a neat coffin by order of his friend, Dr. Phelps, who was present, and instructed as to how his remains should be disposed of. - The Coroner of Clark county, Mr. Ropse, being requested not to hold a jury of inquest, complied with the same. The following is a conv oftholpftpr addressed to the Coroner : " Dear Sir : L P.t trip sflr thof if :il 11 Mill be utterly useless for jury of inquest as to the cause of my uclui j- - ueiioerateiy end my own life on account of business disappointments uu pecuniary trouDles, and conscious- ness of approaching, if not. PYlstincr in- - sanity. Edwar p. Jones" . The reauesta mad hv fVl complied with by Mr. Kleesnsies in PWrv respect. ' Col. Jones was a wpll-frliino- ri man, and is said to have been quite wealthy beforp thp. war n j.. w ---- --- - , mu iuai ail uu- - ring that time, although his wife is said to be quite wealthv at plantation near Canton, Mississippi. " o scajr m uenersonviue ne had been enp-ao-pr- l in ucwrl!-;- r 4. attachment to harness on buggies and vevmagea, uui 1a Deiieved not to have made much money. He was not in debt to Mr. Kleensips mnra than aon tu:t. he could obtain at any time from his friends in Louisville, but his pride and peculiar temperament forbade him askin" Tftvnra frrm hia T.:.l G s Col. Jones Was . nhmif. flWfl.,. WVMV itr xx v u years of age, and was a man of fine appeaiance and menial liienna nn Q wuatiiyu, tf.