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The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-06

In September last Maximillan, by oe-
cree, established the ole Mexican system oil
slavery called peonage. 1t appears that
oonv of the decree was sent to Mr.. Seward,
who requested the opinion of Attorney
General Speed upon the paper. The latter
gave an elaborate response, saying, among
other things, that the broad declaration III
the first regulation, that all men OF color are
free by the fact alone OF having trod on Mex
lean terrilory, it is manifest that III tho SUD
sequent regulations a grinding and odlous
form of slavery is sought to be established
an he concludes as follows: L have no hes-
itation in sayin" that these regulations con-
stitute law which deprives working men OF
rights which we in this country regard, and
which in every well organized community
should be regarded as inestimabie, ihalien
able and indestruet ole, and certainly makes
. 1em slaves The history of the trou'led
from which we are just emerging shows that
no societv "oanized permanently
and remain at peace within It's own DoroeIS
and with the outside world where these great
and important rights are denied to any con-
siderable class Of men.
Secretary Seward had cop. OF the oplE-
ion placed III the hands of NJ. Drouyn Ot
| L'Huys and asked that the attention OF the
French Government be directed Ito the
question which the Attorney General has
discussed with ability and with an anxious
desire to arrive at just conclusions. Inc
subject is now before the committee on For
eipn Affairs. We think it time the United
States took sore decided position in refer
erlce to Mexico. The only excuse she woulC
: have to interfere with that country at al
would be to er rec what is called the Mon
, roe doctrine" This question, at best o
{ poubtful propriety, has been completely lg
d nored by the long acquiescence LOT the Go
. ernment in the establishment of Maxi M
= ian's authority. 1t is rather late now tina
a we have permitted the ''so-called Republic
/. of Mexico and it's chief, Jua.ez to be drive
: from the part Of the country
e when every sensible man in that unhapp
$ land who owns a dollar or eTneetss7
u W nth a cent, desires =. -Iccess OF MAJ
= !nilian's empire, to plunge in a war to forC
e on a neighboring country form OF 10
"a ernment they don understand, and are NJ
'S sufficiently enlightened to appreciate. Ge
Iy Logan refused the Mexican mission becau
ID he did not believe that with less than t
y, 900 men he could find the Republic. II
= whole thing is myth and humbug. II
o. only government in Mexico is Maximlllan
ne and as to whether he establishes peonage
as not is a matter Attorney General Speed h
y, nothing to do with. We know the Attorn
l :; General is very prolific of "opinioNa" It
or telegraph used to call them decisions b
a. we apprehend that they nave been mu
Ia more potential in cases affecting "Rebel
fa- than they viii be when submitted to
rDouyn De LHuys and Louis Napoleon.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-06

A Texas gentleman remarked to us yester-
day: Il tell you, sir, that Texas Will raise
more cotton in 1866 than the other Southern
states combined, and all because we nave
not had Legislature" Pressing him tor an
exclamation, he said that when the war end
ed. and the people saw that the negroes were
freed l;eyond peradventure, much trouble
was anticipated; but instead OF sitting down
and MicaWber-like, waiting for something
to turn up they made the most OF existing
circumstances. 1t was plain to all that the
best thing they could do for themselves was
to raloe big crops, so they made contracts
with the darkies and SC 20 work. They had
a Governor, it is true, not OF their own
choosing, but, philosophically considering
that all governors are al pretty much alike
when once in office, they concluded that It
would be best to take things quietly ana
! wait for better times, permitting the lights
| who were anxious to shine IN Legislative
halls to hide their briliancy for a short
| while longer 'ENow," said our friend, 'ifthe
| people had gone to work like those Of Lou
| isiana and the other late Confederate
States, and chosen a Legislature, Texas
/ would have been as badly Oft as they are
| Our planters instead of pitching in to farm
ino would have held Oft to see what laws
would be made regarding labor, and the
negroes would have been afraid that there
| was some trick to injure or deprive them o
their newly acquired liberty. Others would
have neglect.- .heir plantations to put
through the Legislature some private mat
ter, or defeat another, and we should hay
the devil to play as you have here. Bu
with no laws or expectation OF laws cNcep
those OF the Government, the darLles wer
contented, and whel "a planter found be W.
lowded too hard, he represented his cas-
80 the Freedmen's Bureau, and ifthe remed
could not be obtained, he made up his mln'
to grin and oeal IL I'll" Southern people
sir, have gone into politics too fast and 20
strong, and neglected the main interest-a9
riculture. The race is not always TO til
swift and if we had all taken breathln
spell after the long fight, our progrr@ -O"a-
the goal of civil rule might have Seen mo-
, rapid - True Delta.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-06
PERSONAL.

New Orleans photographer says that
c = anks, during the time of his command
"a tina ity, honored him by taking 1900
ca1.,.s ie visite, not one OF which he has
ever paid for.
A lady in Culpepper, Va, recently gave
birth to, three bouncingEboys, which have
been christened, respectively, Lee. jackson
ard Hi.
IA .dy, of Scarborough, Me-, locally
famous for her many eccentricities, was
burned to death on Sunday by her clothes
taking fire She was SO years old.
Cen Butler, it is reported, will make his
reply to Gen. Graut in faw days, in a
speech at Lowell.
Mr.. Harlan, it is now stated, has no in
tention of resigning the Secretaryship OF
the Interior.
Provisional Governor Holden. of North
Carolina, was relieved by Gov Worth,
Dec. %
Mr.. Theirs, the celebrated French states
man and historian, is seriously i'll,
Gottschalk at latest accounts. was giving
musical entertainments at Lima and Calloa
At his second ccncert in Lima, the crowd
was so great that the building gave signs
ofnot being able to sustain the weight, and
at an examination the next day, the struc
ture was found to have been so much weak
eued as to be dangerous Tor third attempt
Consequently it was closed by Government
order, and the other concerts would be giver
in another hall.
CoN.c1ZNDABLE ENTERPRISE.-We learI
that Major G.. P. Theobald, who he's haC
charge of the transportation across the gar
In the Souther nrailroad, at Big Black, an6
who, as every one knows who has Travelled
that road, attended to his business as few
could have done, to the entire satisfaction
of the public, has purchased the steam ferry
boat, DeSoto, for the purpose of running he
across the Big Black, at the railroad bridg
The poontoons were washed away by the
freshets several days ago, and transportation
offreight was at an end. The DeSoto there
as ferry-boat, viii set all right agoin. We
understand she was at the ferry last evening
ACATHoLIc SP1RT.-The Natchez papers
contain a correspondence between Mrs. 0
Metclfe, President of the Natchez Protest
ant) Orphan Asylum, and the Catholic Bish
on of Natchez, in which she acknowledges
the receipt of one hundred and eighteen dol
lars, being portion of tive hundred dollGrS
transmitted to him by Archbishop Spalding
of Baltimore, for the benefit of the suffering
moor of the Eeuth without regard to creed :.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-06
REsOEUTEON


Authorizing the Auditor to Audit Accounts
ofTax Collectors il certain cases.
Resolved nv ~ Legislature of the state
of Mississ. { the Auditor is authorizs
ed to credit the account of each tax collec-
tor for the amount Of money deposited III
his Office, and paw the same i,3tss -'ll treasury
by receipt warrant, an0 : -..ssney lett Wltii
him for redemption of land, be returned to
the owner.
Approved, Nou %, 1865.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-06
LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
RESOIUTTON
In relation TO DefaultinG Officers.

In relation to Defaulting Officers.
Resolved, by the Legislature Of the State
of Mississippi, that the G vernon of the State
be, and is hereby required, after consultation
with the Attorney G neral to take such
steps as in his opii ion may be advisable fer
the immediate col ecti )n from the securities
and representatives of N. D. Haynes, late
State Treasures md from those of any other
officer in default t. the Treasury of any
amount justly due to the State from them,
or either of them.
Approved Nov. %, 1865.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-06
WRARING OF THE GR ZEN.

The following is the celebrated song which
created sach intense excitement throughout
Great Britain, and for the incorporation of
which in his piece, Mr. Bourcicault's play of
Arrah ma PCgue," had to be withdrawn
from the London stage.
Oh, Paddy dear and did you hear the news
that's gcing round
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on
Irish ground.
No more ST Patrick's day We'll keep, his
color can't be seen,
Fol there's a bloody law agin the wearin' OF
the green.
1 met with >apper Tandy, and he TUX me by
the hand,
| And he SAID how's poor ould Ireland and
how does she stand F!
| She's the most distressful country that
! ever you have seen,
They're hangin' men and women there for
! wearin' of the green"
lien since the color we must wear is Eng
lands cruel red,
Sure Ireland's sons viii ne'er forget the
blood that they have shed.
You may take the shamrock from your hat
and cast it on the sod,
It will take root and flourish there though
under foot it's trod.
When the law can stop the blades OF grass
frc-r lowing as they grow,
And when the leaves in summer time then
verdure dare not show,
Then l will change the color wear III my
corbeen,
But till that day, plaze God, I'll stick tt
weaTin- of the green.
III
Bnt if at last our color shcald be torn from
Irelaud's heart,
Her sons with shame and sorrow from tn
) dear ould soil viii part
| I've heard whisper of countr-- that hes ia
beyant the say; :. :,
Where rich and poor stand equal il ne ligh
of freedoms day.
s Oh, Erin, must we lave you, driven by tn
+ tyrant's hand,
Must we ask mothers welcome from
+ strange but happier land,
Where the ~~--, cross of England's thraIdol
: never snail he seen,
And where, thank God, we'll live and dl
still wearin' of the green!
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-30
nNAanv11Ir. ronn sentnmher s0. 1as4.

"NAsBvILLR, Tenn September 30 1884.
"J President Lin DIN MIR Giers Is gentleman
OF integrity and respectahity; he 10 one OF 70 few
in that country who stood firm TO the Union. Any
kindness you may show him will confer personal
favor upon me- ANDREW JoHSsoN"
Yet MIR. Giers was not appointed, and Mr..
Sykes, member of the Rebel Legislature of
Alabama, was. Other cases might be cited
but it can scarcely be necessary to pile up
proof in order TO show that the preteXt OF ne
cessity for violation of the law breaks down
the same ground, is lett without leg to stand
on. While there are thousands aud tens of
thousands of loyal men in the Rebel States
who have served in the Union armies, and are
capable to 6ll Union offices, the North Will not
listen with patieLce to proposition TO repeal
the test oath in order to pass over these loyal
lists and smooth the path of traitors to prefer
m ent and power. - ------ ------------ -
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-30
The Great Game of European RecOnstruc
tiOn-DiplOmacy versus War.
Ernm the TYnes
From the Herald.

from he Herald.
Count Bismark last summer spent a number
of days with the Emperor Napoleon at BiaTitz.
The ruler of France and the first man in the
kingdom of Prussia did not meet to exchange
the commonplaces OF eegSnt ciyility, or to dis
cuss the trivialities Of polite life They dis
cussed the map of Europe, They went over it
thoroughly, and settled and determined upon a
definite plan for the rearIaDgement Of every
continental frontier. That conference was the
real starting point of the grand game that Bis
mark IS now playing in Germany. Every point
OF the game Was either suggested to the auda
cous Minister oy the deepest strategIst IN d Olo-
macy that Europe has seen Tor centuries, or,
from whatever side suggested it was fully ex.
amined between the two. At the same time
the Emperor of France had some cause for un.
! easiness IN the situation on this side of the AT
| lantic. The Rebellion was PROSTATE; the great
| insuTection that had neutralized the DO wer of
the United States, that bad made the French
expedition to Mexico safe, existed no LONGER;
Lee had surrendered in April and any steamer
might have carried the news that our armies
were being concentrated on the Rio Grande
II his Mexican expedition had induced such a
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-30
LEGAL NOTICES.
DYEING, SECURING, ETC.

NEW YORK DYEING AND PRINTING
~ ESTABLiisliMEN'T, i Staten Island, No. 40 N
This Company, SO long and favorably known in New
York tor the pnst ory-six wears have opened ofcC
above Ladies and gontlemens garments and wear
ing apparel of every kind Dyed ard Cleaned in the most
pelect manner stains and spots removed garment
without being Ripped. Il.
MeTch ants having goods OF eoors have
them redY ed IN superior style. l29 mwl3m
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-30
H9Y OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL
80 AND NAVIGATION COMPANY

70. Z
The Stated Annual n Letting OC the stockholders OF
this Company will be held at the Board OF Trade
ROOMS north side OF CHksNUT Street above Fifth
on TUEsp1AaH MORNING. the lst day q May next, at
malt past lO O'Clock, after which election will be
held at the same place for ocers of the Company or
me ensuing year The election to close at r. NJ. of
the same day. . ..
42aT JAMES S. cox, President.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-30

80 PAN " The Annual Meeting of the Stock
no no Gsrs q this 99m69ny WI be heS their office No
O'Clock M Tor the election Of Directors or the ensuing
year IL, G.. TRASBL,
a26 lOr Secretary.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-06-07

The GOLD WATCH QUESTION:
The Journal of Commerce publishes
Commissioner Rollins report of only
1896 gold watches returned to be
taxed in the United States. Where
upon Tempus, feeling his conscience
pricking, says: a ..
Editors Journal Of Commyce-
Your remarks about gold watches
were evidently intended for me. Per-
nit me to explain by saying, that
collector relieved me of all response
bility, by taking charge of my
watch, one night last July, as / was
leaving the Fourth Avenue cars,
near the Bible House. He has made
no return to me, although | watch
daily. AS soon as he comes up to
time | shall hand in my list to the
assessor, to be licked off. 81.
Your friend, L. FUGIT.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-06-07
FURNITURE WARE-ROOMS,
Main ST., between Third and Church,
EATON ROUGE, Ia.
FRESH GROUND CORN MEAL.

LsAMILIEs and Planters in want of choice
L. article of fresh ground Corn Meal or strictly
chsice article Of White Corn, would do well to call
upon tmayl2l JOSHUA BEAL.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-06-07
New SECRETARY TO THE FL.

New SECRETARY TO THE FL.
NANCE CoMMITTEE.-Mr. w. J. Nc
Cullogh, the attentive and accom-
plished Secretary of the Finance
Committee of the Common Council,
having received the appointment Of
the City Water Works, resigned his
position as Secretary Of the meeting
of the committee last evening. Maj.
G. Il. Carr, formerly an officer in the
United States army, agentleman of
fine attainments and in every way
competent for the position, was
elected to fill the vacancy.--Plca,
yaae, I'd inst. -.,faE Bra .rsrHa5
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-06-07
NO. SO.
Gazette &Gp1aet

The PoET ALEXANDER SMITH
Upon THE PoET BuRNs.-- OF Burns,
the man and poet, what is there left
to be said? During his lifetime he.
was regarded as phenomenon; and
now, when he has been 79 years In
his grave, he is phenomenon still.d
He came up from Ayershire with all
the sense and shrewdness Of its
peasantry, the passion of its lovers,
the piety of its circles of family I
worship, the wild mirths of its kirns
and halloweens. OF all the great
men of the north, his was incom-
parably the fullest soul. What fun
he had, whatmelancholy, what piety, Il
what anger, what passion, what
homely sagacity, what sensitiyenessl
Of everything he was brimful and
oyerhowing. IL is difficult to carry
full cup and not to spill it. He had
his errors, but they arose out Of his
splendid and perilous richness. As
q man he was full of natural good
ness, but he was unreticent even
amongst poets. We know the best
and worst of him, and that he has
himself frankly told us that best and
worst. Had he to fight with adverse
circumstances, he died before he had
run his race, and his fane--greater
than that of any other poet OF his
eountry--rests upon poems written
swiftly, as men write their letters,
and songs which came to him nat
urally, as its carol comes to the,
blackbird. |I'5 a."'
Of all poets, Burns was, perhaps,
the most directly inspired. His
poems did not grow-like stalac-
tltes-by the slow process of accre-
ton; like Adam, they had no child
hood--they awoke completely. I'm
bis best things there is an impetus,
a hurry which gives one the idea of
boundless resources. TO him song
was the occupation of morning;
bis poetical epistles drive along in d
fiery sleet Of words and images; his
Tam OShanter was written in O.
day-since Bruce fought Bannock- ,
burn, the best single days work
done in Scotland. Burns was never
taken by surprise; he was ready for
all calls and emergencies. He had
not only-like Addison g1O00
note at home, but he had--to carry
out the image-plenty Of loose in
tellectual .e coin in his pocket, A rich
rpan-with plenty Of money in his
purse, and able to get money out of
his purse when swift occasion re-
quired mature has seldom sent, into
the world.
Born and bred as he was in the
country, we find in Burns the finest
pictures of rural life. We smell con-
tinually the newly-turned earth, the
hawthorn blossom, the breath of kline.
His shepherds and shepherdesses are
not those who pine and make love in
Already and on Sevres china-they
actually y work and receive wages, at
tend markets, hear sermons, go
sweet-hearting, and at times, before
the congregation endure rebuke. The
world he depicts is a real world, and
the men aud women are also real.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-16

"A COURT ANswER.-Some years ago,
an old sign painter, who was very cross,
very gruff and little deaf, was engaged
to paint the Ten Commandments on some
tablets in a church not five miles from
buffalo. lie worked two days a. it, and
at the end of the second day the pastor
OF the church come to see how the work
progressed. The old man stood by smo.
king short pipe, as the reverend gen.
teman ran his eyes over the tablets.
"On !" said the pastor, as his familiar eve
detected something wrong in the wording
o. the precepts why, you careless old
person, you have left part OF one OF the
commandments entirely out don't you
see :"
"No such thing" said the old m an,
putting on his spec.acles mo, nothing
left out-where 7"
"Why there " persisted the pastor:
look at them in the Bible ; you have left
some Of the commandments out"
"Well, what if l have 7 said the old
Obstinaey. as lie ran his eye complacent.
ly over his work "what if have I
Ifere is more tLsre now than You'll
keep !"
Another and more correct artist was
employed the next dav.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-16
The Losses of the South by the
War. ....

Commodore Maury, who is now in
Paris, has written letter to the London
Morning Herald, in which he estimates
the losses of the South, caused by the war,
as follows:
81 estimatethe amount Of the pecuniary
losses Ct the Southern Confederacy, in
their late attempt at independence, 10 be
no less than $7,ooo,ooo,ooo (se-en thou.
sand millions OF dolIars)-viz:
BY emancipation, $4,000, 100000
expenses Of the War, 81 2,oO0.oO0oOo +;
Destruction Of Private Property, 81 ,0oO,,
600 600; additional imposed by the vic.
tor for payment Of Federal war debt, say
Slo,ooo,00o per annum, equal to six per
cent. interest on 81, 100000, 900. Total,
s7,ooo,ooo,ooo.
"This loss falls upon less than eight
millions Of whites. who have, moreover, in
addition, to contribute largely towards the
support Of the four millions of blacks who
have been suddenly turned loose among
them, and who, for the present at least,
are incapable Of caring for themselves.
This $7,OO0,oOo,oOo of money was
the accumulated wealth Of centuries it
constituted nearly the whole industrial
plant and capital Of the South"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-16

A Dn'chman had two pigs, large one
and small one. The smaller ore being
the elder, he was trying 20 explain to
customer, and he did it in ,hise wise -
"The little pig is the biggest" Upon
which his wife assuming to correc: him,
said: "You will excuse him, he no speak
as good English as me; he no mean that
the little pig is the biggest, but that the
youngest pig is the oldest"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-16
LANCASTER G. H., S. c., MAY 16, 1866

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that poundsd ics Th.
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and iuduIoed IN Soma .,o
m-n,;,r;no .rd ,,;l 49,
monev ird -,
stealing cb,.ou from ,,l.,,.,;.a ..,,"'
a widow lady lived 7 had ooo.,
nipuers TO ~, aw,r .us Lou -,
dead now. Whs, ~. ,... ,,I
came bone TO W;scors;, I'm, .o,n,.
stav there. SoJc.ns,o - Cn;oo A.,
grew sick And
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-16

gu''h Daniel from the lion, as the former
wore swallow tail coat, and had cot.
ton umbrella under his arm. ..
Q-What did she sayl
A.-Af,sr looking into the cage, she
said, very spitefully. that Daniel looked
like mean Yankee, AMI she wished the
lion would chsw him up.
MACK.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-16

One of the Western papers gives ,b e
following notice: GAL notices Of mar
r'agss, where no bride cake is sent, will
be sst up'in small type. and poked in an
on'landi'h corner Of the paper. Where
a handsome piece Of cake 10 seat il will
be put consp'cuoasIy in large letters
when gloves or other brief favors are ad
ded, piece OF illustrated poetry will be
given in addition. When, however, the
editor attends the ceremony in person,
and kisses the bride, it will have especial
notics-vsry large type, and the mos,
appropriate poetry tfst can be begged,
borrowed or stolen from the brain edito,
rial"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-16

An lrishman recently stopped at
hotel out West where pretty high bills
we're charged. In tie morning the lsnd-
lord made ont the amount of damage"
and presented it to Pat. After he bad
glanced over it, the latter looked the land.
lord in the face and exclaimed, "Ye put
me in mind uva snipe." "Wby," asked
the Landlord. "8ekass ysre very nigh
oil bal'.