The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1860-04-25
FEN AND SCISSORS.
The annual Convention of the Episco-
pal Church for the Diocese Of Mississippi
l. TO convene in Nicksburg tomorrow.

pal Church for the Diocese of Mississippi 1
Is to convene in Vicksburg tomorrow.
Fred Douglas says that he could hang
upon the interest of Uncle Toms Cabin |
for hours" He could hang upon some
thing much more substantial by visiting
the South.
The.notorious DIR. Hines, who has done /
several States some service in his day, has
just been sent to the Tennessee peniten- /
tiary for three years. from Memphis, for
obtaining goods under false pretences.
General Concha, late Captain General
OF Cuba, has been killed in Spain in a
duel with the Marquis Pezuela.
\ resolution introduced into tho SEN
ate by Senator Fitzpatrick of Alabama,
has been passed. instructing the Commit
tee on the Judiciary to inquire into the ex-
pediency of increasing the salary of the
Judge Of the District Court of the State of
Alabama.
Cur or THE OLD BLocE.-The English
papers announce that the Princess Fred
erick William. the daughter of Queen
Victoria, is expected to make another adj
dition to her family within a couple of
months. She evidently thinks well Of her
mothers illustrious example in this line.
As early as the It'll inst, a fine lot of
strawberries, lettuce, radishes, &s., was
sent by a steamer from Savannah to the
New Yorkmarket.
The Richmond Dispatch says that Home
! spun clothes are becoming so fashionable
with business men in Virginia that the
factories in different parts of the State
find it impossible with their present facili-
ties, to fill the numerous orders tha pour
in upon them.
HICH LIFE IN WAsuINGToN.-Wese it
| stated that il costs Messrs. Douglas, 5idell,
Bright, and Gyin, about $4,000 year
| each, to live in Washington. The Presi-
| dent saves money at a salary of thst ex-
| tent. but in supporting the simple dRnity
of the imperial republics e9atofs at
| least -, OOO per annum requisite. As the
/ salary OF a Congressman is $1,000 a year,
! the people will see the propriety Of send
| ing no one to Washington who has not
! private incometo fall back upon.-Rict-
m0ad Wing.
| Four Persons DRoWNED.-The Latay-
cite (La.) Courier of the 10th inst says
that on the evening previous, and after
dark, a farmer named Reed while at
| tempting to ford Wea Creek, near that
city, with two horses and a arse farm
wagon, in which himself. a rehtiye, and
two children were seated, was swept down
10y force Of the current, and the entire
party was drowned.
GEORGIA MmsTARY ENCANFNENT.-Sa-
vanah has been chosen as the place, and
June first as the time, for having the
Georgia State Encampment.
The Boston LiJtrator gives list of the
petitions presented to the Legs ature at it,
present session against slave hunting in
Massachusetts, or in plain English. to null
lily the Constitution OF the United States.
that agreement with hell as the aboli-
tionists call it, The number Of petition
crs is nearly FIRE thousand.
The President, it is said by the Wash
ington papers, has received a large num-
Der of letters from leading statesmen in
different sections of the country. notiden-
tilted with his administration or party, ap-
proving in strong terms his recent pro
test message to the House of Representa-
tives.
Hon. JEfr. DAvIs.-The National Htsl;-
g,7,r,r says: I'VE are glad to be atle to
remove the anxiety which publications
yesterday respecting the health q this
distinguished senator were calculated to
impart to his numerous friends at lone
and elsewhere. A severe inflammation in
his eyes rendered a surgical operation in
one of them necessary. This operation
was successfully performed by DIR. stone,
on Saturday last, and we are happy to state
that Mr.. Davis has so far recovered from
its effects that he hopes to assume his place
in the Senate in two or three days"
q MIssoURI.-At the Missouri democratic
State Convention. ClayGorne +. jackson
was nominated for Governor. and Thona.
! c. Reynolds for Lieutenant Governor
+, The present Secretary of State and Treas
urer were renominated. The resolution,
; adopted, deny the right Of either CongnS
e or a territorial Legislature to exclud,
: slavery from territory: favor the fugi
/, tiYe slaYe act; repudiate the charge Of Dis
3 ,."is,'. - o.. I.asace7I7s ~
/ ton Of Cuba. The main features of Mr.
I Buchanan's administration were also en-
dorsed. The railroad question is referre,
= to the people for settlement at the mex
IS election.
n SENATOR SIIDELL AND TIE PREsIDENcY.-
c The Washington correspondent of tn
New York Tines says: 1t is rumored O
o. the streets that Hon. John Slidell Is
IS Presidential candidate but will not b
J. brought forward until after Hunter, Brecl
inridge and Lane have run down, whe
:. his New York friends will start him as
If compromise candidate.
n Newstead Abbey, the venerable HON
C. OF Lord Byron, Is to be sold by auotio
)t next June. to settle the estate OF Co
'd whitman, its last owner. The domai
contains about 5000 acres, Of which ii
park. enclosed with a stone wall, occupi'
u about ssh acres the woods and plant
Is tions within the park are about l96acre
ct stored with game of every description
ny and the extensive lakes, together aboI
e Is acres. are well stocked with fish, an
" abound with fowl.
en- The CAPTURED MEXICAN WARSTEANERS.-
v. The Government has decided to hold Il
It's Mexican war steamers captured of We
Cruz, and allow the Federal Courts at Ne
T. Orleans to deal with them according
~ the law Of nations and the evidence pI
re- sented, recognizing at the same time Il
ag interest of our naval commanders wi
nd were engaged in the capture. In rega
on to their respective crews, the Governme
"a will not hold them for trial, but perm
Iu- them to depart when and where tn
choose.
fiji II has been intimated that our Cover
his ment will be called upon for explanalio
10 in this affair. not only by France al
- Spain, but also by England, as high
rh- colored statements Of the affair la
we been laid before their governments
ma their respective commanders in the Gu
Congress on the 18th, refused tc a
iourn during the sitting Of the Cha'l
a. ton Convention.
an HEAVY RoBBERY.-A dispatch from Bird,
the port, Connecticut, dated the 18th il.
md SAYS the safe of the Adams 4 Co.'S Expie
cit. placed on the baggage car, and bound
ted a neighboring city, was thrown off 4
the robbed Of 100000.
L. JoHN BRowN, JR. Protected N Ca
4 Geographic dispatch from WashiHgt,
r, Of the 18th inst, saws that the Unit
"e States Martial Of Ohio, has sent messa
y, to the Harper's Ferry investigating Co
mittee of the Senate, in which he sta
that the inhabitants of Ashtabula oour
'''e are ready to resist by force of arms the
gu thority Of the Senate in the arrest
i'"' job Brown, Jr., the contumacious II
IL per's Ferry witness.
re- Ths Legislature of Virginia, has pas,
, of a bill exempting the Mt. Vernon est
from taxation. This is a praisewort
adj and patriotic act.