The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-15

after the records, library and furniture /
| of the supreme Court; to extend rehe1 70
/ 1,or+;os owing debts prior to the war: and 70
| aestabIish separate criminal courts, were an
referred to appropriate committees
St~ FRANCISCO. Feb. 12.-The Nevada
| LEGISLATURE has passed resolutions ndors'
| ing the Monroe doctrine
/ W.sHrxGTOS. Feb l3-Senate.-Mr. Fes-
| sanded from the Reconstruction Committee
| ro,ortrd n ioint resolution to amend the
/ constitution with an article that Congress
| shall have the power to make all the laws
necessary and proper to secure the cltlzens
of each State the privileges and lmmuhltieo ! %
of the citizens of the several States anu 70
all persons of the several States equaI pro,
+action in their rights of life, liberty and
Mr. Browns resolution was adopted, ll-
strnctinp the Committee Un Commerce 10
INQUIRE what legislation was necessary 10
protect the lives of passengers on the West
ern steamers from the explosion Of tubular
The House is considering contested elec-
'iT NV YORK. Feb I3.-The Tribune says
,,reat INDIGNATION was felt by DR.. SundeI-
, lands parishiOners because the trustees "I
his church in Washington consented TO hs
nse for the election of Fred. Douglass
Several pieces of heavy cannon have re-
. oantlv been purchased in New York Tor Cen
: Sweeney.
, The POSTS Washington special says the
: Ways and Means Committee OF the house
> are considering the tax on WHISKY, cotton
: and incomes, and will soon report.
! The Columbian Marine Insurance Com
: pany are to wind up thier affairs.
E B1sTox, Feb. l3-Catholie Bishop EItzpat
: rick died last night after lingering Illness
q AUSTIN, Feb. 13.-Gov. Hamilton mes
{ | save TO the Convention calls attention "a
npn
f Government touching the doctrine OF aDso
q | ! ,te State sovereignty, the abolition OF sla
= very the rights OF blacks to testify IN courts
q of Justice, and to be protected III person ano
n property, and the reputation OF the Con
s federate war debt.
!. In the onvention, Judge Lattimer, from
IS Red river, introduced the following:
:. ssThe people of Texas i'll convention as
- sembled ortlain and declare the so-called OF
n dinance of secession adopted by the so-calie'
convention of the State of Texas, ut the cit!
&c of Austin, Feb. !, 1861, ana all OF lhe ael
u and proceedings of said so-calied convention
III shall be and the same are declared 10 nav
L. been null and void and of no effect Wha'
j, ever from the date of their adoption; AM
they do hereby further declare that heltne
'' the State of Texas nor any other State Oh I'll
IS. Federal Union has the right Ill the cohSt
I'd tuition of the United States to sece"e
Withdraw from the Union.
A motion by Judge Frazier, to lay tn
resolution on the table was lost by 40 10 d
IN A substitute by Judge Hancock, deciaIln
NJ the action revolutionary, and therefore Nol'
AT was referred. at:
Another resolution, enforcing the bndlh
m effect of all the laws passed since the da
i'll of the convention. not in conflict with II
ire constitution of the United States, some IA
IS. ton on education, and proposal TO
Ist crease the number of Supreme Court Judge
EST completed the proceedings
ore LETTERS FROM MEXICO.-With regard
ig- the letters which have recently appeared
on some of our newspapers relative 10 lnduc
cir ment for emigration to Mexico, write
cd. bv Colonel Maury, the New York Times Il
es, the following:
yro "Nerico a Paradise-The country W
lee doubtless be surprised at the anhouhcelhel
the but it is nevertheless our duty to state
his fact, that Maury, the great, the irrepressll
OF Maury NJ Fin other words Deep-St
Is Current Maury-has brother 1t Is s.
,m' isfactiOn to know, however, that TINS Dlot
ter er, R. L. Maury, Colonel, &c" he calls III
self is in Mexico assisting Matthew in t
cen development of the resources Of MaXimlli
and the Empire. Like the rat which cut
its tail as the fable narrates, since he
in i'll Mexico he wants to get other SOut
'ok erners to go there too, and as the D'
oes means of accomplishing this he Is witt
cad letters filled with glowing accounts of t
lCu country.
the The animus of this extract is palpable. Ii
ow to cast contempt and doubt upon the ettol
As of Southern men in Mexico to eStabllSh
We place of refuge for our Respondent citize
gle Although we do not approve of these el
ay, grafton schemes, because we believe I'll
rec peace and prosperity will at no distant d
ms triumph in spite Of fanaticism, we at
the same time place implicit confidence IN
and letters of Commodore Maury, and his s
to mot brother) Col Richard L. Maury. Math
Will | F. Maury is no adventurer; he Is the II
ON scientific man of the world, and has ag
rip and again been offered the highest posltl'
ind by the crowned heads of Europe. He i
to man bevond reproach and suspicion I
as Richard L. Maury is quite a young m
rim whom we knew as a college-mate to be
nall soul of honor He served gallantly as {
t. of a Virginia regiment, and has drag!
bus his shattered limbs to a foreign land to s.
sty that peace of mind which it seems ditfic
his to find in this. He and his illustrl
hem father are beyond the shafts of malice.
and people may implicitly believe whate
e IN they e.-MontgOmery Mail.
his --
It OF WThe Columbus, Ga, Enquirer 50
Rev Br- an old gentleman of ripe experience I
e to observation, who believes strongly
that special provdences, predicts that Pr'
dence will surely interpose to prevent
growing of large cotton crop this y
e,u He prophesies that we will have
IS Ao Of frosts in April. which will kilt cot
ture and that then the land will be planted
corn. And he claims what is ca
DAN "weathpr wisdom"