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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

b CKOPs, ETC-FroIn what we can learn
from persons living in different parts of the
country the crops are in fiattering cOndi-
ton, bidding fair to make a most excellent
yield. The recent cold spell did not, as an
ticipated, interiors with the crop now grow
ing nOridid it injure the fruit trees, q fact
which we take pleasure in recording The
freedmen are doing as well as could be ex-
lpected under the circumstances; not work
Ing rs well Of course, as they did when IN 4
state OF seryitude, but, taking everything
into considers ion, performing their duty in
= manner that gives pretty general satisfac-
tion to their employers. There is q DISPOSE
ton, 1t is true, among the negro women to
eschew anything like field work, considering
IT uniady-like and not in accordance with
the hsages which sohtain, among their late
'mistressess But we think it more than urob-
able they will get the better Of their 4 high
falutin !" notions in this. regard. and make
themselves serviceable members of society
Every negro has some white person ii his
eye whom he would fain act like limitation
being one OF the predominant traits Of The
African character -Carrollton Conservative
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~ THE eiehteenth annualmeetine of |

n The eighteenth annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Mobile and Ohio Rail
read was held at Mobile on the 18th inst.
The Tribune and the Register and Adyer-
tiser of Wednesday contain the Presidents
] Annual Report A vote of thanks to the
President, Hon. Milton Brown, was passed
with but one dissenting voice. A unani-
NOUS resolution of thanks was passed to
Maj. L. j. Fleming, the indefatigable Chief
Engineer and General Superintendent.
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THE LAST MAN OF THE RETRRATfNG ARMY.
The Petersburg Index, speaking of the desc
Grafton of burial lot in Pocahontas, near
that city, makes the following interesting
mention of the last devoted North Caro-
inian: Haoa4 8pals aAfli. s@a laln9 81 ;
There is buried here one soldiers North
Carolina Curtius-who. on the night of the
evacuation, was left at Pocahontas bridge to
fire it, and was killed there, the last man of
the retreatiDg army He was found dead by
the Federal forces in advancing, and by
them Inferred in blanket, his only coffin,
and the apron of d woman who came there
to weep, his only shroud. - e Iii.sS9 s
rs We add, disturb him not, but let q monu-
ilent be erected to heroic memory.
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~ Hong-Kong correspondent. of the
Cincinnati Commercial speaks of Risrvoyage
from San Francisco, as being made with a
Malay or Lasear crew, the captain giving
his orders in Bengalee, and naively remarks,
~ never heard profane word on the voy-
age" A little further on, the same intel
ligent correspondent speaks of Capt. Cooks
death as having occurred in 1857, or as he
afterwards remarks, seventy-eight years
ago showing that tie blunder is his own,
not that of the types
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~ The Louisville Journal publishes a
letter from Starkville, in this State of
which the following is portion: "a 7ah 3a'
have seen it stated in some of the North
ern papers that Yankee could not live in
the South. Well, / am q olive Yankee"
town, and have worn the blue about three
and half years, and, after coming ont of
the army, / came South to raise old skiing
Cotton" / lived in Tennessee last year, and
came to this place last December, and found
here number of mon whom faced in more
than one hard-fought battle; and yet better
treatment was never given to q stranger than
i have received at their hands. Some may
say that ]. only live in one portion of the
South, and cannot be able to judge of the
other portions. j can state for the benefit
of those that have been in, some four of
the Southern States, and have travelled from
eight to ten hundred miles, and my observa-
ton leads me to say that the Southern peo-
pie can be trusted, and will do better by
themselves than when guarded by the boys
in blue We have good example of this
in fhis county, We do not have one OF
those fine pieces of government furniture
here that our honorable President GALL honor
to his namel so lately married the beauty of,
and the freedmen are all doing well, and
you cannot see any of them loafing about,
as you do where the bureau provides for
them. Here they are all getting along well
and getting good wages and as long as the
demand for labor is as great as it is all over
the South, there need be no fear that the
freedmen viii not be treated well. #@a
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5ze nohi.ed. Iatelr the

We noticed, lateiy, the appearance of
Meininger's requiem" A young lady to
whom We are sometimes Indebted for an
idea about music, informs us that il is an
admirable piece, the passage, in particular,
which represents the services at tie chapel,
with tollipg bells and choral lamentations,
being very effective. .,.f,l the piece, as q
whole, theaathorsesalas to haxeeallght and
expressed the idea of Sir Walter Scott 5.
Z 1.-THE hafp's wild notes, though hush'd the song,
The mimic march OF death proIong;
Now poems it far, and now anear
Now meets and now eludes the ear -
Now seems some mountain side to sweep
Now fading dies In valley deep,
Tilllastly, DER the warriors grave
Swells the full choir in choral stave.n sl,a.ss
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

n The hop at the Dickson House, on
Thursday evening, was q most complete sue
cess. Although it was largely attended, 1.-The
house was not crowded, land all seemed to en-
joy themselves with q vehement energy.
The liberal and gentlemanly proprietor,
Rank Dickson, did his utmost to contribute
to the enjoyment of the evening, and had
the satisfaction of seeing that his efforts
were not in vain.
Some of our most distinguished citizens
were to be seen in quiet groups about the
hall, showing by their presence and genial
smiles their kind appreciation of the time
.5 when youth and beauty meet
To chase the glowing hOllrs-n
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The.mineral wealth off our State. saws h

The,mineral wealth of our State says the
New Orleans Times, is attracting the atten-
tion of Northern capitalists. A gentleman
of large experience, both in prospecting and
mining, who has spent several months in
the Ouachita country, has jisst returned to
this city, and thinks that unearthing the
mineral wealth of that section would
prove a very profitable undertaking. He has
in his possession very fine specimens of
silver, lead and copper ore, the former being
particularly rich in PARTICLES of the pure
metal .. ll.lE lAs -. ~ -. 10 - -.
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OLD TIMES REVIVED IN VIRGINIA.
correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
gives an account of a lynching operation
performed at Christianburg by party OF
negroes upon one of their own color for
beating woman. Hesays: ez..l,
They first appointed an executioner, who
was armed with . good hickory, and took
off his coat for the free use of his arms
The victim was then ordered to take off his
shirt To this The made violent objections,
but was overruled by the unanswersble ar
gument of q swarthy litigant, who said,
Eyes, sir, you got to take it off. My old
marse never whipped none of rs doubt Ia
kin off de shirt This was decisive, and he
was at once rendered saiss cssIotte, when the
whipping commenced. At the first lick, the
victim writhed, one Of the murky bystand-
ers gave ongdrawn exclamation, and SAID:
don't dat sound like ole times?" Suffice it
to say, they laid it Oh heartily, as only me-
gro or a. Yankee can lash negro, to the tune
Of nine and thirty, and bade him sgO to his
own business and letthe old colored women
al0ne.n sat f5HN ~ ss 2
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

1"Has you any enyelopesa" inquired .
ward (not Artemns but one of the wards)
of the F. b. yesterday, at the counter Of our
friends Titcomb 81 Powell "Do you want
white or coloredar sWell, it's d cplorsd
lady Use writing to; . htEcomplected gal
that used to belong to old master up in
Yallerbpshey Dish yer ones about right, I
picking up one of aslemon-like hue. In
this connection we would state that
it is not fact that. manufacturer Of
white aud colored envelopes has been in
dicted under the civil rights act for making
uhlaufu1 distinctions lbefween his cpsto-
l1efa of Epr5psan md African descent
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26
CLARION
OFFICIAL JouRgALoF THE STATE

n The speech Of President johnson
which we published yesterday morning il
another Of his characteistically bold and
honest demonstrations While we were
committing to paper our thoughts on the
question Of "how: Ear the, South should sup.
port the President, )" we did not know how
powerful Il, Reinforcement was. advancing
along the telegraph wires to the support Of
our views. We utterly repudiate the con-
siderations of the purblind, mole.eyed policy
which in such times, and under such cir
cumstances as the present, would counsel
reticenee. and reserve. We must speak
plainly what we think We do not repent
I've speak not merely in our Individual
person, but in the name of the Southern
people-we do not repent of the course
which four years ago we entered upon we
leave it to posterity to say that we did
right. Why Providence denied rs success
we know not now, bnt we shall know here
after, and even now we wateh with in
terest almost from day to day unfolding
of the divine purposes cofsssser1s the coun-
try which He Las uscfeed MALL be one,
though many wise. and. good men thought
different. How. singular the turn that at
fairs have taken, and how completely Prov
idential. The good.natureds buffoon whom
the people of the North chose % place in the
chair of Washington and jackson, was re-
moved when his mission was accomplished,
and the hearts OF Southern men, already de-
pressed by the great misfortune that was
fresh upon them, sank deeper at the thought
that q ruler was then set over. them whose
little finger would be thicker than his pre-
Slecessor's loins, We well recollect the fe-
mark frequently made year ago, that the
death of Lincoln was the greatest disaster
that could have happened to the South
But instead of the despotA whose lae
cession to power was so much dreaded, we gee
a man with all the honesty of Henry Clay,
the firmness Of Andrew Jackson, and the
beldness of William Pitt, -coh,bned with
characteristics peculiarly his own, which
stamp hsm the man for the times. There is
In President Johnson a disregard for con-
Ventionalities that makes him PERFECTLY at
home in novel circumstances where the
cautious inquirer after presidents would be |
|completely lost forwant of red-tape clue
Ito guide him. Conservatism itself stands |
|bewildered at situation for which the ira |
|ditions OF conservatism supply no formula |
but radical of the radicals, steps forth as
the preseryer and restorer of the Union |
under the constitution. ~
IfSouthern men do not admire and APP
plaud such a man as this, it is because the
God that made them. has reconstructed them
n q way hitherto unheard Of taking away
their old heart and giving them instead |
heart of dirt. They are not the people tod
give halfhearted approval, nor if they |
we're. are these the times for it, or is Andrew
johnson the man to whom it is due.
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n The 'bloody duer in Mississippi, an
account of which was sent to the New York
Tribune, and of which we made mention
yesterday in q paragraph between "Col.
of Vermont, late of the u. s. Volunteers,
was probably hoax. Northern papers say.
there was no such personals Major Tomlins,
of Vermont. II Mobile Register.
& And Southern persons say there was no
snch person as Col MeIyor.. ss -'ssr
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

There are many ways, says the Cincinnati
Commercial, of killing negroes in Kentucky.
Here is one of the latest methods. :. The par
agraph is clipped from the Paris Citizen of
the 18th:
''On Saturday morning last some workmen
lot in Paris, when a rock was thrown up and
fell upon the head of colored girl, in Mrs.
Webb's yard, killing her instantly. The
girl was named Laura formerly belonged to
Major S. NJ. Hibler and was about eleven or
twelve years old"
What punishment do not such villains de-
serve! But-they must have aimed re-
markably we'll
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

ANOTHER. INSURANCE C0MPANY-They
have started in Louisville National
Horse Insurance Company"-against theft
In case of loss, if the animal is recovered
within twenty days, it is returned to the
owner If the animal is not recovered, the
company pay the amount insured. The
next thing will be insurance on pins lost in
the hay-mOW. 'st''1 ''' ''-''+
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

u A Radical paper copies a story from
be Memphis Post about man who made
is mark to a contract with a freedman,
be latter signing his name The ground
FOrk Of the story may besrus -who knowsa
as the pastry said to Sam Weller
bout the Kitten pies, sits all in the
|easHing";; "a slight sprinkl ing-jnst, q
|inchor so--ef lone of the scions of chiv-
|lry," &C., adds an agreeable zest. But it
Jas occurred to us, that as the Radicals
hust have this sort of stories, and of course
Pc willing to pay literally for them, it
Fould be we'll for Southern workmen to
axe hold of the manufacture From their
'etter understanding Of the ACTUAL trnth
hey could dress up the stories with more
latural air, and quite exclude the Yankee
rticle from the market.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

The theory of Mr.. Gerald Massey's new
book, soon to be published, on ShakspeaRe's
sOnnets, is that instead of shedding any
light on the life and feelings of Shakespeare
himself, as many suppose, they were really
written for pay for other people, chiefly for
his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in re-
latioh to his progress at court and his court
ship of Elizabeth Vernon, who afterwards
became his countess.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

HA London paper commences an article
on small subject (Bancroft's Oration) by
saying, America does great things" So
does the water that tumbles over Niagara
Falls, but it struck us, several years ago, as
we were contemplating the catastrophe from
the Terrapin bridge. that however unpatri-
otto the idea may seem, the water was not
entitled to any particular credit for it. tsl J
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

=" AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.-A country
friend informs ms that upon calling on yes
terday, at one of the principal stores in this
city, for thessale of agricultural implements
he was astonished when the tradesman in.
formed him that there had been very
great advance in the prices of almost every
farming implement and labor saving ma
chine, which was imperatively1 required by
the Impoverished Southern farmer. Corn
planters, shovels, hoes, axes, .plows, in a
word, everything needed by our poverty
stricken people, he was told had advanced,
while il the pride of gold and of almost
everything else, there is q very great de-
cline. a1 ase =
The tradesman in question laid the blame
at the doors Of the Northern manufacturers
of these articles, who, he said, have recently
advanced their prices for the very honest
and honorable reason that they could, with
the utmost diffieulty, supply the Southern
demand. They do not pretend that they
are paying more for either material or labor
than heretofore, for it seems to be conceded
that the cost of manufacturing agricultural
implements is twenty per cent. less than it
was year ago. .N latt
The Increased demand" furnishes no hon
est, reputable execute for the advance. Moth
ing can be more disreputab1e than this cold
bl0oded conspiracy to extort unrighteous
profits out0f the impoverished and unfor-
tlnate Southern people asss1 a. xfss
! Hthis continuation of the Northern man.
ufacturcEs cam be punished by the encour-
agement0f ouReWn manufacturers, we sim
cerely hope that oufI farmers win take inn
mediate steps TO project themselves Rich.
mond Times - S.
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II From rinderpest, hog cholera and Pc
Eoleum fever, good Lord, deliver us. An
|xehange paper says: l-;.:.. IT,.
The petroleum fever has reached Havana,
nd it is reported that many persons are
barring with success. ss-s ..-5 e.t.F
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III THE JACKSON RAILRoAD,-At a meeting
of the Directors of the New Orleans, Jack
son and Gaeat Northern Railroad last eve
ming, the following choice of officers was
made: CT. Beauregard, President; T. s.
Williams. General Superintendent; b. H.
Greene, Chief Engineer; r. S. Charles Soc
Rotary and Treasurer; Augustus Wang,
Storekeeper. The choice, in each case, was
unanimous. This shows harmony in the
Board, and confidence in these gentlemen,
who have done so much towards placing our
great trunk road to the West and North in
an effective working condition. and who
have since so ably carried it On.a, Under the
management of Gen. Beauregard, the. most
active and accomplished engineer of the
South, if not of the whole country, we shall
soon see the Jackson railroad in more than
its former state of efficiency, and contributing
more than any other of, our public enter
prises towards bearing us on to fortune.
-Picayune, 18th. i 72i'" n'2 ,f'Ho1
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YThe excavation of the lake tunnel at
Chicago has been pushed to a distance of S.
902 feet from the shore end, and about GAS
feet from the crib, giving total of 6,447
feet, and leaving Alb yet to be run. The
work is going forward rapidly, the recent es-
cape of gas having been but temporary, and
the clay is in as good condition as ever, T
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

At Yreka, California, they do things fast
A woman there was divorced at noon, and
married again at p NJ on the same day
On the main street of this town is q skeleton
sign, bearing the name of the town, termi
mated in letter B.; SO that passers-by read
YREKAB sAKERY.
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70 KisEP BEDS WELL IRKD-Nothine

!. To KEEP BEDS Well. AIRED. Nothing is
more necessary than to iii 81 large stone
bottle with boiling water, and to put it into
the bed, which, with the bolster and Flows
should be pressed round it ii q heap. It is
astonishing the number,pf hours it viii be
found warm. By this simple contrivance no
one need fear giving q friend q damp bed =
even ifitis only done once fortnight Care
fnnat be. taken Ia have the bottle corksd, and,
to prevent accidents 1t WOuld be rs well TO
tie is down. Cotton Planter.
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y
a The vitality of some men is immense
Ne see paragraph in paper to the effect
hat the health of Lewis Cass is rapidly
|ailing; he scarcely sits up at all, and his
leath is daily expected. Since that para
|raph started, q number of notabilities have
lied, including Daniel S. Dickinson, but Gen.
ass still survives
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

We have to record two more designations
of county officers this week the Assessor of
taxes, Jacob Holland, and j. p. Lewis, Pres
ident of the Board of Police. What does all
this mean This inquiry is frequently made.
Is it supposed that ifw have no tax assess
or that we will be exempt from taxation?
We opine not; for long since we have
learned that taxes, like DEATH are certain.
Greensboro Vidette.
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81 When in Jacksonville, Illinois, Anna Dick
inson refused to stop at a hotel because the
landlord, few days previous had declined
to entertain Fred. Douglass. Poor girl 1t
is too bad that the lion and the lamb cannot
lie down together, and have little child to
lead them.-Brick Pomeroy. s'!' 1878
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New ORLEANS RAcEs.vAt the Fair Grounds
oarse, on Wednesday, the first race-mile
heats, three in fve-was won by Gilroy,
ime- scandalous the second-two miles
By Charley Armstrong, in 4:O6.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

WRoNG CREDTT-The Columbus (Ga.)
Enquirer copies our description of DR.. J
w, Hutchins0n's new invention for pack
ing cotton in barrels, and credits it to- the
Atlantic Bulletin. The editor should be
more careful-Mobile Tribune. ~.
The Bulletin seems to be remarkably
lucky in getting credit 4 2A1
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u The Messenger publishes the resolu-
tions of q meeting of the citizens of Meridian
complimentary to Col. George N. Zeiglef,
who is about to leave that place.
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a It is somewhere stated that New York
Jill have thirty theatres in Twelve months
(welve months is "a long look ahead" in
hese times 20: f,,,-. ..-..-.---.
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~ The Mobiles Tribune's local reports a
piece of disorderly conduct of three of the
colored gentry-Hercules Taylor, London
Porter and another whom We expected to
find named Brown Stout, but he wasn MT
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The Adams Express Office at Waynesboro
was entered by burglars Saturday night and
robbed We understand the loss to have
been Observation-Disclosures
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n Belleville, Illinois, the home of Sena-
pr Trumbull and Gov Koerner, has gone
gainst the Radicals by twohundred major
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~ 1t is proposed in the Courier, to erect
monument at Natchez to Capt. Richard A.
Inge.
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U The Paraja California; Times says
that the great lost silver mine of Monterey
has been discovered. 1t is a wide belt of
rich ore thirty-five miles long. lslg 81 4
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

70 The once popular song of sally in
our Alley" is now pronounced to be mere,
fiction, new one having come out under
the title of There's no such girl as Sally"
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y EeJ D. Stewart, Esq. has been appoint
ed agent ut this place for the Mississippi
Central Railroad. fss.g -
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On complimenting the lady on her success
be replied, proudly, my husband gave me
check for Thousand dollars, with special
rections and applications that / should
et myself up worthy ofmyself and worthy
the occasion, and he assures me / have
Pne so, though bought nothing new bnt
y gloves and my slippers and the magnolias
my hair. 80. ~. =. I'D F,-.=F.+s5e :
o, Shoday and Petroleum ill ii
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n Four columns of the New York Times
Re devoted to q recent masked ball at the
cademy of Music. One paragraph will
hfice to give an idea of the style of the
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HThe Washington correspondent of Il

NbW IUTk LApT6SS SHyS:1
: IMPEAcHM ENT OF THE PRESIDENT
This is certainly in contemplation, and is
certain to take place, if the August, October
and November elections, justify the hazard.
The work is to be done next--not this
winter, and thus Congress is to sit this ses-
sion as long as the members can be held to-
gether H-hf -e .tt