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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01
From the Clarion OF yesterday.
The LIegisIatur-e Yesterday.

The Legislature Yesterday.
The Senate committee to whom wal
referred that part of the Governors
message relating to the Peuitentiary
reported in favor Of leasing it out, and
offered joint resolution which. was
adopted by the Senate and concurred
in by the House, providing for the up
pointment of four commissioners to
negotiate with parties who may desire
to lease the Penitentiary for term Of
years
The Senate passed bill to authorize
the Governor to appoint an agent to
secure grant of land for the Gulf d
Ship Island Railroad.
The County Courts question may be
considered settled until the adjourned
session A bill to amend the present
law came up in the Senate, and elected
! considerable discussion. A number OF
amendments were adopted, but finally
a substitute was offered by Mr.. Lowry,
abolishing the whole County Court
system, and providing for the transfer
of pending cases to the Circuit Courts,
when the bill, amendments and substi-
tute were recommitted to the Com
mittee ON County Courts, where they
win remain until the meeting of the
Legislature in January.
Among the important matters con-
sidered in the House yesterday was
the Senate resolution providing for
the leasing Of the Penitentiary. Il The
resolution was adopted, after being 90
amended that the lessees can only
have control ofthe conyicts in work
ing hours--in other words that the
State authorities will continue to exer-
else an immediate supervision over the
institution. Il
A bill passed making appropriations
for repairs on State Capitol and Gov
ernor's Mansion. The further consid-
Grafton Of the appropriation asked for
the University was postponed until
January. Quite a number OF other
important bills are laid over until that
time.
An act was passed prohibiting the
4
publication Of laws Of a private nature
in the pamphlet acts of each session.
While this will somewhat decrease the
business of the State Printer, we con-
graduate the Secretary OF State on the
additional perquisites thus incident to
his Office Corporations and Others,
will, II the bill passes the Senate, be
required 70 get certified transcripts
from that Office at the rate oftwenty
cents per one hundred words. The
measure was introduced on the score
Of economy and we hope it may
prove to be such, although we are un-
able to ito see the point"
A bill passed authorizing the Gov
ernor to employ additional counsel TO
assist in the test case which Is to de- I
eide the vaIi1ily Of cotton bonds
+. There wagsome discussion relative
to the disbursement Of the INDECENT
Fund GOV in the Treasury, and the
mats e was referred TO the Judiciary !
Committee, who win report a bill upon
that subject tO-dag.
The night session Of the House was
occupied mainly in the disposition Of ,
me Senate bills on calendar, all Of 1
which were either passed or apprOPn-
ately referred Hf !;
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

DIR. w. J. Barbee, Of Senatobia
Miss, by request, viii preach at the
Christian Chapel on Sunday next, 2Sth
inst, at the hour Of ii o'clock, AN
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The Georgia freedman, Blind Tom,
is filling an engagement at1Ianchcster,
England.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The prison convicts of New Jersey
are said to publish a weekly paper
called the Sunbeam.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

a PRoTEGE or MRs JEFF. DAVIS
The Boston Christian Register tells
the following:
"a little boy was baptised on Sun
day afternoon, at the church in Indi-
ana Place, Boston, whose history was
interesting. After Jefferson Davis
was taken prisoner, Mrs davis sent
this little oolored boy, (almost white,
however, about seven years old, 10
General Saxton, with alctter, in which
she told him this story. She said that
In 1851, passing n house In Richmond,
she heard n child scream, and going ia
found this child, whose mother was a
free colored woman, who left him al
her death in care of Others who ILL.,
treated him. Mrs. Davis SAID she
took the child home, and they all be-
came very fond OF him. He shared
their fortunes and misfortunes, and
when obliged to fly from Richmond
they took him with them. She re-
questcd General Saxton TO treat him
well. which il IS unnecessary 70 say he
did. But when General Saxton was
removed from the Department, he gave
the child to the care of one Of the
teachers Of the Educational Commits
sion, who brought him North, and
him to Christian institu-
lions last Sunday. The little boy is
very bright and sweet, and is a great
'ayorlte. Who wishes to take him
md bring him up ~
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ing for pr. rata distribution OF the indi.
gent fund now In nc State Treasury report.
cd substitute bill. Pending its oonsidcrA
ton the House adjourned tn O'Clock, r. ~
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His nurse wondered. what the old
gentleman meant, bnt could learn no
thing from the muttsijngs Of Lewis. Z
when the Fall came Louis Pitt
died, still looking flor Estelle and
repeating the names Of Estelle and
Florence.
On the day that he was to be buried,
a lady arrived at the $. Charles Hotel
and anxiously looked over the books,
when she saw the name Of Louis Pitt,
she imm ediately asked for his room,
when the Clerk informed her that the
gentleman whom she inquired after
was to be buried that evening, she
madly laughed and said,
ut il about time the old villain WAS
dead, hated him.
The bystanders were much sur
prised tohear this delicate little lady
speak so rudely Of the dead.
She sought the landlord, and asked
him many questions relative to Louis
Pitts illness, and when she heard
that he died, as II were alone, no rel
alive near him, Mrs. Siniago seemed
delighted, but was astonished when
Lawyer J. informed her that he
had package in his possession
marked for Abgena Pitt, and that this
was an he knew about Mr. Pitts fam
lily or his property.
Mrs Siniago tried to learn some
thing about Louis children. Mr.. g.
her that Louis Pitt had sent
10 France for Estelle and heT husband
who was Count Louis dc j., but
hat nothing had been heard Of them,
nut Of Abgena he could give her no
Lawyer J-----, Immediately inser-
cd an advertisement In all the leading
,apers both North and South.
aIf Abgena Pitt viii apply at the
'flee of G.. II. f., attorney, New
orleans, No. -, Canal street, she
will receive a package left TO her by
he late Louis Pitt, of Mississippi.
fro BE CONTINUED
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THE WEEKLY CLARION. .

Col w. H. Sparks, wen known in
this State and Louisiana, died IN New
Orleans lately, aged 81 years,
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The Philadelphia Ledger. ofthe isth

The Philadelphia Ledger, ofthe 18Th
inst, says that the -four Anderson
lSouth Caroinal prisoners, che
Messrs. Reyes, Senior and Junior,
Byrem and +. j. Showers, convicted at
Charleston, South Carolina, Of The
murder Of Union soldiers, passes
through PHILADELPHIA one Thursday
llth inst, on theig way from the Tol
tpgns, 10 Fort Delaware. They VIC
in charge Of Captain Crabb, 5th Uni
States Artillery.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

We are panied % be, compelled TO
announce the death Of q much esteem
ed friend. William H. Davis, died at
-. - - ~ C~-----l MI. =
the residence o. M oalnaei michel,
in this county, on the 10th inst sfter .
painful and protracted illness.-Kosci-
usko Chronicle
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The Radicals OF New York held a
meeting in that city on Monday eyeu-
ing last, to rejoice over their recent
victories. Among the items OF rejOic-
ing, as announced in the call, was the
triumph in Baltimore a week ago,
where they managed to elect a Mayor
in that metropolis. This is, perhaps,
the coolest performance on record -
They DISTINGUISHED, in the most shame
less manner, thousands OF legal voters,
and in a city that has nearly fifty
thousand qualified electors polled but
Eve thousand votes for their chosen
candidate.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The Buffalo IN ~ Courier gives
the South this sound and sensible adj
vice, which is not likely to be rejected:
We say TO the Southern States, rat
lily these amendments and you appear
before the Northern people as justi-
flying their imposition, with your own
hands you still more closely riyet the
links Of the chains that bind you, you
eat dirt and you receive no price
therefor. And we say to them again,
reject these amendments, not so much
because you refuse ever TO accede to
them, but reject them because basing
yourselves squarely on your constitu-
tional right of representation in the
national councils without conditions,
and you appear before the Northern
people rs knowinH1what justice and
law DEGREES you, and manfully de-
manding it like true Americans. Your
crime was great, and you have admit
ted IT, Here the Courier Is mistaken.
The Southern States confess TO no
crime Your punishment was terri
Bile, and magnanimity should be sat
isfled. But your rights arc inalien-
ablel Uphold them yourselves and
you will never laelV support. Labor
and wait" 1t may be two years, it
may be ten, but sooner or later justice
win be done. Whatever may be its
suferings, however blackly the skies
may lower, woe be to that State
which knowingly yields one iota of
-. II - HI
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We give below bill introduced by
Mr.. Murray, of Chiclasaw, which lies
over until the January session:
- A BILL

ONEA AkiAiA biOI nNNoANAf
A BILL
TO be entitled "GR act 20 proride for ne Yedemp-
ton Of Land aud Real Estate sold under ore
oatiOH or other legal process IN This State.
section /. Be II enacted by the Legislature ofihe
Stats OF Mississippi That hereafter all lands o. real
estate sold under execution, mortgage, deeds Of
trust or by order or decree OF any court Of law or
equity IN this state except for dlstribnton may DO
redeemed BY the original thereof ~ any time
within three years nom the date Of sale, by paying
10 the purchaser the amount Of purchase money and
legal interest thereon and II shall aud may BE- lawful
for tho purchaser Of any such land OF real estate
upon such payment Aforesaid by tbs original owner
10 reo0nvey 70 said owner any such lauda or real
estate, 90 sold, By deed properly Acknowledged thg
party 70 whom such conveyance IL made, paying Al
see. he Il further enacted That In oaas any
purchaser ofands or real estate sold ~ dssnrbsd 10
The foregoing section shall be PRESIDENT Of the
county In which such laRds real estate u situated
then Il shall and may be lawful for such original
Interest a. aforesaid 20 the sheriff Trustee OF Other
party selling tho same, and upon sneh payment
made IL shall BE- the duty OF such oficer or other
deed tbe Land or real estate 70 the original owner
thereof and such deed shall be a. valid and bnding
In law q, II made W the purchaser under sale b.
execution or mortgage and such ofneer or Trustee
shall pay over the money on demand 70 the party
entitled 70 receive the same.
Sec. 8 BE il further enacted, That any rents or
profits accrueing any lands real estate daring
he time allowed for redemption shall 70 ~ the par
y purcbasing tho same Provided that any nscss-
sary permanent improvements made any such /
land or real estate during the occupancy BY the /
former owner thereof shah be deducted nom any
such rents OF pronta 20 aecruslne.
Sec T. Be ID further enacted, That all benefits L
d privileges conferred BY this act to the nor Of
any lands real estate cold described IN the hrst
IeetiOn thereof shall descend 70 the Widows and
Orphans or Executors and Administrators In case q
he death Of the original owner before redsmptiou
See B. De u further enacted. That al deeds Of
conveyance made BY any party, ~ provided In The
foregoing sections Of this act shall be recorded In
Inc Land o. o. real estate q situated the lawful en-
Densea Incurred In making sch record 70 b. paid b
ne party for whose hsneht the sane Il made
Sec 9. Re II further enacted that this act shall
AXE eject and be In force fom and after lie passage
introduced In the House by Murray,
Of Chickasaw, and upon his motion
referred 20 the Joint Select Committee
ON Relief.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

Official returns Of the Ohio election
give a Radical majority for Secretary
Of State, Of fortY-tEo thousand six
hundred and ninety-six. Total nun
Der Of votes cast, four hundred and
sixty-nine thousand nine hundred and
eight
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

On Friday night last, a detectil
Memphis, after a hearty supper
Of the saloons. went home and
Shortly aifervard he walked
wife, told her to look, and delil
" killed himself. by q pisto
through the heart
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-09-20
THE FRIENDS OF .MY POLICY"

President JOHNSON, attended by Secretary SE-
WARD. Gen. GRANT, Admiral FAREAGUT and other
notables is on an extensive tour through the North
Western States; and so far his progress IS marked
with demonstrations of popular regard, unprece-
dented in the history of Executive tours The
President goes on his way to the tomb of the
DOUGLAS, waking enthusiasm ty his presence and
winning votes for the Conservatives by his able and
vigorous speeches. This event will arouse men
from their lethargy and Indifference, cause them to
think, and the effect will be felt in the impending
elections The effect of the Philadelphia Conven-
ton is already visible at the North. The New
York correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
speaking of HENRY WARD BEEcHERs unanswcra-
BILE defence of the Presidents policy, says: "With
the religious part Of the Republican party, no man
in the North can vie in influence with Mr.. Beecher
The moral effects of his course, SO admirably ex-
pressed in his letter, will be worth thousands Of
votes to the President. One by one the great guns
claimed by the opposition are being wheeled into
conservative ramparts. The detection of the
Erenng Post from the Radicals the adhesion given
in by Gen. Grant and Admiral Farragut to the
President, and now the sudden appearance of
Henry Ward Beechcr in the arena, rs friend OF
my policy, are some of the signs of thepeting
away of the Radical faction"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-09-20
AFFAIRS IN EAST TENNESSEE.

We have had goodly number of refugees from
East Tennessee in our midst, during and since the
war, who are no doubt anxions to return, but we
advise them not to do so yet. BY private letter
from reliable gentleman, who resides in Green
vile, ne learn that that portion of the State is the
theatre of fierce political contest between the
Radicals and the friends of the Administration, and
that it would Eot be safe fer q Southern man to
return thither just now. BRowNLow and his Sec
retary of State, have been going through it, max
ing violent and incendiary speeches. and party
feeling runs SO high, that civil war is imminent
This is BRowNLow's intent, for upon his return to
Knoxville he issued manifesto, in which he sub
stantially declared, that there could be no recon-
struction until the Confederate element was killed
out, the lands re-surveyed and rc-settled. Like
JOHN BROWN, BRowNLow is in earnest; like him.
he is playing role gotten up for him by tho kadi-
cal leaders, who will abandon him to his fate tine
gallows, we trust when he has served their pur-
poses The letter referred to expresses the utmost
confdencean the triumph Of the JOHNSON party
and the early restoration of peace. 1t also informs
us that East Tennessee is blessed with abundant
crops Can't the President give BRowNLow mis-
sion to Hayti or to the Feejee Islands?
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.rMMIGRAFIoN.

Mr.. WAGNER, of Charleston, during last year,
addressed letter to Gov Oar, on the subject of
German immigration which we heartily endorsed.
The matter, we trust, has not been lost sight of,
md we hope to learn, at no distant day, that the
State has forwarded prudent Agent to Germany,
to promote immigration to her borders. Beside
the fact that free negro labor ;s demonstrated to
be worthless and unreliable, it must be remember
ed, that population is power and wealth, at one,
and the same time. South Carolina has been
losing this power and wealth at q fearful rate,
since the collapse the Confcderacy, and her popu
lst;on continues, and will continue to flow West,
to an alarming extent, and our authorities should
nj once secure tide of immigration from Ger
many, as compensation. The subject is elcting
much attention in the State of Virginia. and gen.
tlemen of foresight and ability are urging the Leg
islature to act in the matter We endorse the fol-
lowing paragraph as applicable to South Carolina
..The State of Virginia must have German labor
it is upon this she must depend, and whatever
steps shs takes in the future, must be entirely
with an eye to this class of labor. They are in
dustrious and more settled in their habits than
any other people, and, when once pleased, will
hardly shift under any temptation"
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GOOD ADVICE.

The Hon. LAXGDoN c. HAYNES, who was an Or
nameut to the Confederate States Senate, and a
gentleman of spotIess integrity has settled in Mem
phis, having been driven from his home in East
Tennessee, by Radical persecution. We had lost
sight Of him, until we read account of the Con-
servatve meeting in Memphis, over which General
FoRREsT presided. On that occasion, Mr.. HAYNES
was prevailed on to speak, and among the many
sensible thoughts uttered by him, invite the at-
teution of our readers 10 the following: 81 now
think that after all that has transpred in the late
struggle. for the late Confedcratcs Of the South,
private stations are the posts of honor. Deprived
of the rights of suffrage, and intcrdcted the prv
lege of holding official stations, by test cahs franz
ed by those whom they have no power TO challenge
as jurors or except TO as judges; let them devote
their powers to the industrial and professional
pursuits their reason TO the study of philosophy
their intellecs to the acquisition of learning and
the cultivation of literature; their industry to the
adornment of their beautiful and sunny homes
their socitude to the education of their lovely
children; their deccncy and dignity to the refine
ment of social life their hearts to the seat graccs
of the uuobstrusire virtues; their splendid bencyo-
ence to the grand purposes Of Christian charity;
and their allegiance to their country and their
God" Sound advice, if our people will receive it.
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WHATS IN A NAMES

Not much to some people, and great dea' to
Others. Some are indifferent whether they are
called SMITH, BRowE, or JOKES, while others in
sist upon Being called GEORGE WASHINGTON, or
AxpaEw JACKSON The negroes are to be classed
with the latter. Since they have become free, the
Churches have found it necessary to call them up
and record the names by which they wish to be
known. One couple give in that of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gen. BsAuaEeARD; Mr.. and Mrs. Gen. LEE, Mr..
and Mrs. Gea SyoNEwALL JACKSON, and SO on
through the catalogue of distinguished nsmes-
Two worthy Ministers organized the colorcd mem
bers into separate Church, il neighborhood not
far from here. Having completed the organza-
eion satisfactorily, it became necessary to give the
Church a name. One of the brothers proposed
that it be known as ssNt- Ziou." The negroes
looked at each other, said nothing, and hung down
their heads. Seeing that the name did not please
chem, the other brother arose and proposed, mas
uauch as they were free, that the Church be called
Liberty He struck the key note then; in an in
stant every one raised their head, displayed their
ivory, and cried out, .:yes, Massa, dats de name
We call him Liberty"
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DUTY PERFORMED.

The State of North Carolina has discharged
debt due to her limbless herees,-she made an ap-
preparation to supply with artificial limbs all the
soldiers who need them, and numbers of them are
daily seen in Raleigh, availiug themselves OF u e
rnerited munihcence. We take pleasure in record
ing an act that will reflect credit upoa the State
for all time.
What has our Legislature done for the South
Carolina soldiers, Who sacrificed their limbs in de-
fence of their State? 1t should repair the dis
graceful omission, by making au ample appropria-
tion. as soon as the number, whe need limbs, can
be ascertained, and it should at once devise plan
10 ascertain the number. This practical benefit
should, at least be conferred upon the impeverish
ed soldiers of this State
One word more. The wives and children of those
pstrot-heroes of South Carolina, whose blood min
yls with the dust of every battlefield of the lost
but historic Confederacy, are to be found ak ever
she State, poor, forsaken, and nearly hopeless
Legislation caanot suppose, be invoked in their
behalf, but we do invoke al organized private
charity to give them relief. They are the wards
Of society, and should be properly cared for.
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TAX ON COTTON.

By the provisions of the new Internal Revenue
Law. ssthere shall be paid by the producer, owner
or holder, upon oil cotton produced within the
United States, since the first day of August, 1885,
tax of three cents per pound" The said tax
shall be levied by the Assessor, and paid to the
Collector of Internal Revenue, within, and for the
collection district in which such cotton shall have
been produced, by the producer, owner or holder
thereof. and before the same shall have been re-
moved therefrom. The cotton to be brought to one
~ more places in the collection district, designated
hv-the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, weighed,
marked, and the tax paid; the owner to pay the
travelling expenses of the Collector to and from
anoh designated place, where he attends at the
o7ner's house, to assess and collect the tax. Nei-
thar the owner, agent, railroad company, or other
common carrier, is permitted to remove any
cation from the district in which it shall have been
,,.oduced. unless each bale bears the proper marks
of the payment of the revenue tax, and is accom-
pan;ed by permit of the Collector, for such re-
moyal. Any person who shall violate the prOvis-
IONS of this Act in this respect, "shal be liable to
/, sne Of one hundred dollars on each bale OF cot
TOM and to imprisonment for not more than one
year. or both, and the cotton forfeited to the UNI
tsd Ststea.
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WHERE is lTs

Since the Atlantic Cable has been laid, and put
70 york, our readers have read many dispatches
from Valeutia and Hearts Content, and we have
often heard the inquiry made, where are those
places In latitude, forty degrees, fifty minutes,
longitude 6fty-two degrees, twenty minutes, is q
small bay, projecting frem the east side of Trinity
Bay, on the Island Of Newfoundland, arc three
small collections of fishing huts, one of which is
Hearts Content, the American terminus of the At
aantic Cable. Valentia, the Irish terminus of the
Gable, is an Island Of the coast Of Ireland, and IS
about SIX thousand acres in extent, with popuia-
tion of about two thousand souls, who are princl-
Daily devoted to stock raising