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The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13


A CAREFUL SrRvANr.-General
Rains, late of the Confederate service.
tells an anecdote of the early DAYS of
the war thus:
"An officer when going into battle
charged his servant to stay at his tent
and take care of his property. In the
fluctuations of the battle some of the
enemy's shot fell in the vicinity of tho
tent, and the negro, with great white
eyes, fed away with all his MIGHT
Alter the fight, and when the officer
returned to bis tent, he was vexed TO
learn that his slave had away: but the
boy snon returned, confronting his
master. who threatened to chas,ise
him for disobedience Of orders
'Massa, said Cesar, YOU told me TO
take care of your property. aud dis
property-placing his hand ON his |
breasts WORT fifteen hundred dol. |
lars. He escaped punishment
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

GENERAL SHERMAN's Mission, As
VIEWED BY THE LONDON TnIEs-Gen-
eral Sherman has been sent on an extra
ordinary mission to Mexico. Every
body is asking what he is going to do
there. There need be but little mys-
terry about this business. The tnited
States mean TO driVe not only the
French troops, but Maximilian himself
out Of Mexico, and to lend all the sup.
port they can give to the government
OF Juarcz. This may be very impu
dent on the part Of America, and very
lataI TO the prospects of Mexico; but
there IS, in our day, nobody strong or
'ecdfess e"oa9d to give a decided mo"
o American dictation.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

a special dispatch from Washing.
ton to the St Louis Republican. dated
Nov a0th, says: The last Cabine,
meeting prior to the assembling of
congress commenced to-day, and last
ed nearly four hours. The communi-
cation OF Minister Montholon to Sec
retap Seward. embracing the details
oi the telegram from the French Min.
lister Of Statc. relativeto the sailing Of
Tue transport feet from Brest to Vera
Cruz, to bring awsy the French troons
was laid before the meeting bv the
secretary Of State, as the reply to the
engthy cable telegrams sent on Non.
lay last
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

LIE MAILS FOR THE INTERIoR.-T
Harrlsonburg New Era, oftbe lst inf
mas the following concerning the n
facilities in the interior of the Sta+o,
II our New Orleans contemporar
would put themselves to a little trg
PIE ana take more interest in the p1
al affairs of the interior they would
IL greatly to their benefit. Devo
hail column or so to the mail agents
VINO stay about cities instead of goino
over the State as they formerly did
make them over-say something-a
nouee from one city paper will do
more good than appeals from all the
papers in the interior We have heard
Inc remark frequently that ''if we eould
Dhiy have any regularity in our mails
lhd nave eur request attended to. I
would take New Orleans paper"
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

a MAIL AT LAsT.-Mr. Lutrick. the
contractor for carrying the mail from
here to Williamsburg, has entered up
on the discharge of his duties, and we
viii hereafter have a semi weekly mail
to all the offices on the route We
congratulate our old friends in Simp-
son and Covington on their being
brought from darkness to light
Brandon Republican.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Rev Dr. c. X Marshall has written
a long and earnest appeal in favor of
the education of the ''children of onr
lormer slaves" by our own peonle
ana the cultivation of the kindcsf
feelings towards the freedmen If
appeared in the Vicksburg Herald. of
The Ist, and on the I'd it announces
not only its own approval of it, Int
tlat the United States Gen. Wood
commanding in Mississippi, wonld
send 1t North, to show that the shirt
81 hostility to the freedmen and TO
,helr advancement, usually charged
lpon the South, did not exist
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

IHE PREsfDENT AND JuDGE CHASE.
1t Is generally known that Chief
Justice Chase has been granted two
long private interviews BY the Pres
ldent recently, and much speculation
has arisen thercupon in the minds of
the Washington qujd uuncs. The
correspondent Of the Boston Adver.
tlser states The case as follows. and.
lhoq9h radical, probably az near the
truth as any:
- he first Of these was concerning
judicial matters, and had no connec.
uoh wllll n subsequent informal meet.
ing OF the cabinet ministers. At the
second interview, by appointment for
mat purpose, he was asked and gave
ms opinions upon the questions before
lle country earnestly advising the
PRESIDENT to recommend the adoption
1i the amendment to the Constitution
u a Just basis Of settlement, or. if he
was not prepared for that, 10 take
ground ~ favOr Of substituting for
he second and third sections Of the
amendment universal amnesty and i'm.
'aftlal suffrage. The connscls Of tho
lhei justice have not heretofore been
ollowed, and there are no indications
hat they will be now. In fact Mr.
ohnson yesterday expressed emphat.
,allE ms detcriWlation to abide by
is position
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

inc Menken--as they call the love.
~ Adah in London-is to make n nro.
Sincial starring tour with MANAGER
scarborough, brother of the beanti.
iul Syren of the Strand, before She
comes out at the Theater du Prince
imperial, at Paris, where she is to be
one of the transatlantic features Of
t1e Great Exposition season of 1867
when the Empero? gathers around him
all the Kingdoms of the world and the
glory of them. '' '''0
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

There is much that is beautiful and holy
and hallOwing IN sickness. Its Influences
are purer and better than those Of health.
Indeed the feebleness of the body i the
health Of the soul We see and hear what
We may not in the season Of our physical
strength. Myriad spirits Of the air fiutter
over the dividing line between two worlds.
uttering 70 moral beings the tones they have
learned IN heaven. A we move downward
upon the sombre and mysterious pathway
that leads 20 the deer OF she tomb, We b.
hold, a. from the depths Of q shadowy well
end cavern, the pale serenitics Of floating
sssrs, All Invisible in the glare and sunshine I
% the upper air. and their sacred and bless
% light need never fade from the spirit.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

iHE MosT SOLEMN THING.-"Motb.
er' inquired a little girl few davs
SINCE why is it that people say it is
solemn thing to die? 1t appears to
me 1t is more solemn to live"
why, my child p
" because it is only while we i've
that we do wrong; and to do wrong
things" u All
How far was that child from beino
Ilghtf Ought not people to be more
careful now they live than when thew
shall cease to liyei o" 'ney
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

MASONIC CoURTEsIES.-Some of the
Masons Of Massachusetts have pra-
sehted to their brethren Of Charleston
south Carolina, a case Of Masonic
Jewels, accompanied with a letter of
lratemal greeting. in which the hone
: expressed ''that the Masonic chain
slali he extended over the whole
country, binding the Ststes more firmly
together, and blending their separate
stars in one halo OF light Resolu-
tlQns OF Acknowledgements were sub
initted BY W. Gilmore Simms and
unanimously adopted.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

The Southern Cultivator for Decem
Der IL on our table, This excellent
agricultural monthly is published at
Athens, Ga, and has just completed
Its tventy-ilfth volume. Mr. VIM. A.
White, Its enterprising publisher.
deserves great credit for his porscvcr
ing and successful efforts TO establish
In the South n practical and scientific
journal for the plantation, the garden
and the family circle. The subscrip
tion price is two dollars per annum
For five dollars we will send il and tbe
Weekly Clarion for one year
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13
Matters SIntri.nonIaI.


When I was little alp of Rif.
Too aftless and yo,rg f0f pTudo
lhf men. a. paseod would exelalu pretty dear
Which most say thsught father rlids
rather rude - did
which mat say. h0agh rather rude.
However raid J. whom I'm once In nv tsoua
They'll snfe cease 10 worry ne ther
Bat 40 ! gree older 10 they grew boiler
hueh ,mPudent things ara the men
Afr fhn men are tho mHu
buch impgdeat things arc the mon.
But of all the bolt things you'd ever suppe.A
- how could tiko IL amiss D
wac thh ofmf mpud0nt cousin Last Eight
"hcn b. actually gave me kiss
Ay kiss ~ be- did
Whcn be actually gave me klsa
] gn.eIy rcpr0rof him but al. in snoh topss
ln4l orc He were half tHf8us sh tlte glen.
Ny anger - smother, De- gave roe aHothfr--
such strange coaxDg things are tho men
Are Tie mu1 are the men
such strange coaEiug things are the men.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Buffalo dispatch says, "The Stephens
fehlaas organized here Friday night. Mon.
ty aHd al1is werc donated The Roberta
Fenians present insisted that It was useless
10 q" anything in Ireland at present, and
pHhadd was tho place TO strike at present
gnt generally, al seemed desirous in aiding.l
the cause ~ any way. II was stated tha2c
experienced officers were required for IrI'l
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

SOMETHING NEw,-A project is said
TO be on foot for laying out in Wash
Ington city park fashioned and di.
vlded so as to make a map of the Uni
ted statos. The plan is, we suppose, a
novel one for n park, and it is certain
" a happy one, says an exchange. If
well executed it will be one of the
most interesting objects of the nation
al capital
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Last Thursday Hon. Clement c.
Clay and his wife paid visit to Jef.
ierson Davis. The same day II. Riyes
Pollard and j. Marshall Hama, former.
~ of the Richmond Examiner, arrived
at Fortress Monroe on n visit TO Mr.
Davis, but were refused admission
nto the fortress.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

The engineer of the :N.nes PVer
and kanawha Canal .not foE
$4,000 the water n @ssesso sessorsaa gan II 6'g ~.
creased near Richniond SO as to fnr-
msh 100 factories With water mower
ne SHOWS that there is 1000 feet Of
'front.' on the river between the city of
kichmond and the first lock, and that
oy eniarging the canal there will be of,
.orded facilities for furnishing at least
100 factories with water
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

The Shreveport Gazette mentions
:, tne Killing of E. B. Huff by Fred Tai
~, on the night of the Sd instant The
ollhcnlty originated at gaming table
says that paper. Huff makes the fourth
man ma OF mess No 6 of the Shreveport
urays VINO has met violent death in
tnat city since the surrender. They
were all gamblers. Perhaps the same
late would have overtaken them had
citizens. louS
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

ALABAMA LEGIsLATURE-Mop+oo,,
cry, Dec 6.-In view of the Con9res
sicnal proceedings of to-dav-Gov
Ration, recanting, graYelv uroas the
adoption of the Constitutional amend
ment rejected previously by the Sem
ate-there was an earnest debate and
solemn time in both houses. but no
action. ''o
Inc Senate referred the MESSAGE to
The Committee on Federal Relations
In the House, Mr.. Savage. of Clark
submitted q motion to the effect tbst
no action could be had, eonstitut;on-
ally, on the predicate thst AI.ban.
was practically out ofthe Union :,
PENDING the discussion, the Houss<
Adjourned. -o1Se
Final action viii be taken to-no,-
'ow. - V-1lO =
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

CoTroN FAroRGEs IN SoUrH CARo11.
NA'-Ihe South Carolina journals an
nounce that there are at present in
successful operation in that State
seven cotton factories, which run
1920 spindles and 996 looms. The
largest mill is the Kalmia, with 10, 1000
spindles and 600 looms ; and the smal.
lest the Valley Falls Factory, with
800 spindles.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Among the new bills introduced in
the House of Representatives, vester-
day. was one by Mr., Boutwell,, direct
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to
sell $4,000 900 of gold every Monday,
N N parcels not exceeding $4,000 each.
one-flteenth of one per cent. is the
commission allowed to the ncrson
making the sale-which would give
Sl,333 33 for the half hours work
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

The @atehez Courier approves oi
The purpose Of Gen. Wood TO issue "a.
tions to the destitute Of this State dur.
lug the coming winter While we dis.
sent from the propriety or necessity Of
such a step on the part OF the District
Commander, We cordially approve the
following from the article IN the Cou.
rior.
SO far as General Wood himself is
concerned, the well known harmony Of
all his relations with the State Exocu
tive forbids our believing that he has
any intention Of insulting our people.
As an administrative officer be has du.
ties 10 perform, Many Of these involve
delicate relations 10 our people, and
touch upon matters in which offence
is difficult TO avoid. 10 win the no
pfoyal Of nll Is plainly impossible. |
W here interests and opinions are in 80 |
open n conflict, it would be too much 10
expect Of either party full concur.
renee ~ The views OF the other No
system oflabOr such as ours could bear
destruction without great evil, arising,
Injecting the whole community Let
IL bear patiently with those that are
Unavoidable, and tolerate kindly all
llHerences either in sentiment or nc
ION, which have in view the amciora
ion Of those which can be remcdied"
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13
THg WEEKLY CLARION.
Certain advertisinp agents will aav,

Certain advertising agents will save
rs much annoyance and themselves a great
deal oftrOuble, II they will stop sending ua
propositions for the insertion Of advertise
mcnis and take pay for the same "in trade
We don't do business in that way. We
can't afford TO be humbugged when paper.
ink and tye-sctting arc 90 expensive. SO
please don't bother US. and save your pos.
tage.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

A MrsfERY.--A mystery which
quite surpasses the sphynx is aston.
Ishing the New Workers. 1t is living
human head, resting upon a very
small cushion, and floating in mid air
under strong light It laughs and
talks, and recognizes persons in the
nan but there is no obvious body, and
1t floats at least four feet from the door
puzzle vet.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

VaneonveTs Island, IL l. announced. bas
been proclaimed as united TO British Colum.
bia. At the close Of the year the yaneou.
Yer officials are to retire. The capital IA 10
be New Westminister The people Of Van.
oonycrs Island, IL Is said, have shown a
strong desire 10 be annexed to the United
States
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

A slip from The Office Of the
Enlaula Ala. J News informs US ola
disastrous fire in that city, on the 9th
ut causing loss of S75, 900 to
SlOo,Ooo including the Office of the
News, very little of the material BEING
saved. The proprietors of the News
are particularly unfortunate, their loss
ain nI,t',s7 - from $4,000 to $1,000,
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

The question, "Why printers doI
succeed as well as brewers ? was I'll
answered: "Because printers work I
the head, brewers for the stomach
and where twenty have stomachs onl
one has brains"
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13
Griffin (Ga.) Herald.

EN PRESIDENT DAvIs-A corros.
pondent of the Richmond Examiner
who has recently made a visit 10 For
tresS Monroe, says that Mr. Davis
health has improved very materially
and that, with the exception of occo.
sional fits of despondeucy. he is cheer-
iui and hopeful His personal appeor-
ance is much changed. His hair
which was a dark iron grey when he
was first mcqrcerated, is now almost
white, and his whole body appears n
be very much emaciated. Tie is said
To take great interest in the public
alIalrS Of the country, and shows Inv
MS remarks that he is well posted os
TO what IS transpiring in the outside
world, aad has IN intimate acouaint
ance with all of the public men now |
IN charge of the affairs of the nation
The guard, which formerly attended /
nm, in the daytime, and the sentinel
Who watched him at night. have been
permanently removed, and he is now
tated to be as well situated as pris.
ner could hope to be.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-A difficulty oc

SHOOTING AFFRAr.--A difficulty oc
Cured on Pearl street yesterday be.
tween two Of our citizens, r. c. Kerr
and w. w. Hardy, in which the latter
was seriously IL not moftally wounded.
Several shots with pistols were ex.
changed. We did not learn the cause
OF the rencontre.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

DIR. Mary L. Walker is in Lon
delivering lectures, in trowsers
TO the trowsers the Londoners Il
them very cody. They are acc
tomed to see them worn by 1
bathing women on the coast and
the pretty ballet girls on the staa
and, really, trowsers are not sud,,
dreanlul things when you are used to
them "
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Mn. GREELEY's VIEws.-In respect
to the views Of Mr.. Greeley regarding
The South, the Washington correspon.
dent Of the Baltimore Gazette writes
as follows:
learn to-day that Mr.. Greeley, of
the New York Tribune, has, ,'of late, in
an extensive correspondence, advised
the Union citizens, so o-called, of the
Border and Southern States, greatly
to moderate their demands upon Con
gress' and to forego altogether their
attempt to govern in their States re-
spcetlvely by system fproscription
and test oaths. He reminds them
(EAat universal history provcs) of
the utter impracticabiliSy of an insie
nihcant minority governing. an intel |
llgent majority by mere fraud and |
lorce, for any considerable length of
lime, and instances the result of the
elections in Maryland as confirmation
iIs Is'28ihE 2itEEssS -nroofs Of Holy Writ of
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Jack Hays, a notorious Kentucky
guerilla, and a party Of dcsperadoes,
forced the Jail at Lebanon, Tenn, a
lev nights ago, and released all the
prisoners but two, who refused To 90.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

TnE RIGHTs OF THE Souru -Irndor
this head, the National Intcligencor
remarks
The Radical organs grow fercely
indignant over the idea that the south
has any constitutional rights. They
rant about the crimes of pcriurv
treason and religion, and ask with fri
umphant assurance, what reht. can
men have TO n participation in Coy
ernment against which they have takcn
mp arms But under the Constellation
all that can be claimed about tbn
Southern people is that they are Of
Tending parties. The commission Of
an offence, however, does not deh,r a
man from his political rights He /
must he convicted OF the crime with
which he is charged Now. the parole
Of the Southern armies, the rcnoated
'rotcstation5 of the press. the uniyer.
'm talk Of the people, the amnesty
PROCLAMATION Of the Executive. nh
commit this nation against the mos.
cutlon Of the great mass OF the Seutb.
ru people. We agreed not to punish
they would return TO their allegiance
he abandonment Of the purpose to
~, to convict and to punish is q com.
letc reinstatement in their former
ghts, and Radicals violate tho no.
2nal faith in seeking to impose dis. 2
1llitles now that are retrotractiyc in '
Ieir nature, 7
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Some of the Paris physicians have
prlncely incomes. DR.. Campbell fac
eoucher) makes 100000 per annnm
Neiatin (surgeonj, nearly 5000, 900 &
and Nelpeau and Ricord very laroe
sums, though both too old to do their
patients Justice.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13


"A SCENE IN CoURr-Honorable
David Paul Jones, OF the Philadelnbia
bar relates the following good story
in late work of his:
\ quack had instituted n suit for
medical services against one of his
nelglbors, and, the suit being brouoht
for the use of another, became him.
sell the witness. 4 Mr.. Williams
WHO was employed t. defend the spit
ana to expose the quackerv and worth.
leSsneSs of the services rendered suh
Jeeted the Doctor to the FOLLOWING
crosS-cNamination:
Did You treat the patient accorling.
to the most approved rules Of surgeryY
asked the counsel
by ell means, certainly I did, re-
piled the witness.
did you decapitate him - incurred
the counsel.
Undoubtedly / did-that was a
matter OF course, answered the doe
tor.
Did you perform the Cpsarean
operation upon him =
why. OF course" answered the
witness. his condition required II.
md it was attended with very great
success
did you then" still further queried J
ne counsel, subject his person To )
ntOpsy Z" :
Certainly. replied the witness. !,
mat was the very last remedy adont- Il
We'll. then. doctor. said the conn =
! las Won FIRST cut of the defendants r.
sad. sthen dissected him. and ba st;1l +
.rFiNes Z. l have no more to ask. and st
your claim survives it. quackery de- ii
fVes to be immortal Mobile Tri- m
me. ~
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Has just entered upon Its thirtietll
volume, having been established IN
1881 1t Is not our purpose now to
refer TO its history or to it's merits as
apublic and family newspaper Its
ample pages, and its fifty columns Of
varied reading matter speak for them.
selves. Being desirous Of retaininQ
not only all names now on our books,
but Of increasing the list as much as
possible, we propose, for six dollars
paid us .6ctoyc he .fra day Of Jaapory,
TO send a receipt for two years past or
future subscription TO the Weekly
Clarion And for three dollars paid
us before that time we will credit
present subscribers, who may not be
In arrears, with one years subscrip.
tion In advance And to all others
who may wish the Weekly Clarion.
we will send II on the same terms
After the time specified The PROPOSE. !
Iion win be closed. G
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

The York Herald's Washington cd
respondent thinks that Simon Cam
ron Will be reelected TO the Unite
States Senate from the State of Peni
sylvania on the 18th of January
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Brigham Young, it is said. intend
soon resigning affairs temporarily /.
TO the hands, ofhis son, in order to
test the young mans ability to succeed
TO the administration on his fathers
death. =
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

PoLfriCAL RAscALfrY IN CoYTrMrIA
roN.- The Washington correspondent
Of The Richmond Virginia. Examin.
or thus notes some Of the rascally and
daring schemes the majority in the
knmp Congress entertain. II saws:
"Ihc first act they will pass will bc
one repeating the amnesty act Of July
1867, under which the President Is au.
thoized 10 extend amnesty TO nny per
son engaged in the late rebellion by
his proclamation.
"Ihc proposition for u general am
hesty, either as an independent Execu.
tive act or as coupled with impartial
suffrage, has alarmed the Radical ma.
lorlty They fear that the President
viii steal n march on them
"lhc pardons already granted by
The President they deem an impeach.
able oficusc. They will cripple his
powers over the subject, MS far rs they |
AN, leaving him only the Consiitu
Iohal powers of pardon after con
.iction
The next and chief act of the ses
ion will be one under which the States
ow excluded shall be brought under
he war power of Congress "a power
chnowledging no limitation. The
lan object OF this act will be TO pive
le political power of the States ex.
ndcd to their black population
his mny be done by DISTINGUISHING
e whites and enfranchisng the
acIls."
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

Why are young ladies kissing q J
other like an emblem OF Christianity >
Because they are doing unto each
other as they would that men should
do unto them.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13
HoN. JOHN BELL.--Tbe Nashv;V

HoN. JOHN BELL-The NashyiI
Banner says: u
The many friends of the Hon. J
beil OF Tennessee, will be please
learn that the veneral statesmai
the enjoyment of unusual good
lie is at present ruralizing ir
cinity of Cumberland Iron Wor
occasionally joins in deer hn
a zest and spirit of the younges
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-13

The Memphis Commercial say
that member of the recent Presbs
terlan General Assembly, in Mempm
ieil among thieves, was drugged an
robbed OF three hundred dollars.