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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15
The NohIlit, nrI.nhnr.

Among the Egyptians, the priests. soldiers
and scholars were distinguished by partieu.
lar honOrs; but all professions, TO the mean.
est, had their share in the public esteem. To
despise man whose labols however mean,
was useful 20 the State, was held 10 be a
crime.
There has been too much of the aristocrat
displayed in political. financial and CONNER.
cial eicles in Virginia in years past Me-
ehanical trades have been looked upon as
something beneath the ambition Of our
Young men, and when adversely overlook
the state, since cur people are forced to RELY
upon their own resources instead Of hersadi-
tary fortunes for livelihood, we find any
amount Of shingles stuck ON streets of our
cities, with the nsmes Of individuals there
on IN gold or bronze, as attorneys aud
eounselors at law, whose aspirations have
thus ied them TO make huge mistakes. The
majority of these would-be LAWYERS, doc
tors. aud We viii add, editors aud writer's.
would make very good blacksmiths. carmen
tens, masona ar maehinists, ana, In this /
sphere, they would become real ornaments
to che society in which they live. but thew /
are imbucd more or less. with the idea thai /
they belong to higher order of beings than
mechanics or handwriting farmers. and are
making an effort TO gain livelihood. per
haps honors, in spherfs for which they ar
wholly untitled. They are arisfnsratic. AMI /
'oeupy pretended positions in life. from
which they leok down upon the greasy ma
'hinisi with unieigned contempt Under
ms pressure mechanical trades aud aeri-
ultnre- IN Virgins have been kent dow.
M We arr forced 70 conelulle that Il 4 al,out
me the presare was taken of. We have
tedied history, aud hunted the records or
ncient and modern times for some rrnofl
nal eehieupt for mammal labor ever aecou-
i'sned any thing but dnal ruin fer = people
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

81. LOuis, Nov. Another company Of
galvanized Yankees, aud late Confederate
prisoners of war, arrived to-day froin The
plains. They mostly iclt for Tennessee and
Georgia to-day. having been originally zap
tufed az Mission Ridge.
The election returns are more favorable,
The CONSERVATIVES have carried the Third
aud Ninth Districts, sure, aud probably the
Sixth This will be a gain for the COnser-
yaiivea after dodncting the loss In the First
District Benjamin, Radical, IN the Seventh
District, has heavy majorities 10 the north
east counties, which the Conservative coun-
ties cannot overcome The RADICALS claim
10000 majority in the State, and both
branches Of the Legislature, but the Senate
Ia doubtful
Chas D. Drake, author Of the new consti-
tuition DISTINGUISHING Confederate syrnpa-
thizers, Is already named as Senator to sue
coed Gtatz Brown
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

The ST JAMES. The merits of this
palatial hotel are so we'll known to the
people Of this portion of our State
that commentator from us were need
less, Yet, in the present deplorable
condition of most Southern public
houses, it is cheering to see one rising
superior to those around it, and reach
ing the standard of what would have
been regarded as a first class hotel, in
the good old times before the war, and
it is but just that the praiseworthy ex-
ertions of the managers and proprie-
tors rs public benefactors should be
mentioned in terms of encouragement.
Snch hotel is the st. James, of New
Orleans. We believe it was started
Immediately after the war, by honest
and honorable Southern men, our
"kith aud kim" men whose hearts beat
as ours did in the "great rebellion,
and as it deserved, it has been highly
Gen. Chas. E. smedes,
of Vicksburg, is manager, while Col
Jones y. Hamilton, of Jackson, and
our enterpPising and most highly es-
teemed fellow oitizeu, Mr.. Robert NJ. |
Latimer, are two of the proprietors.-l
Major Bradley, also a Mississippian,
and thorough gentleman, is the chief
,lerk, and we believe there is nobody |
with the establishment, from
he "chief cook and bottle washer" to
he supreme controller in general. but
night be looked upon by the fovol
rhad. Stevens as tinetured with rebel
iousness. The walters in the St
ames are all white. They are well
-ained and as attentive and properly
ehaved as can be. The house is kept |
eat and clean. and on The bills Of fare
IT the table, every thing can be found
AT the markets afford. 1t is needless
} mention that these circumstances 4
.nder the St james the great resort I
I Southern people generally, and es-
eciaily Of Mississippians.-C Canton !
Iail.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15
steadman and Fnllerton aro wnnted

Steadman aud Fullerton are wanted
again in Georgia and Tennessee.
Some of the drawers in that dark
colorcd bureau of the government
need repairing. 1t appears additional
hands are desired in Tennessee to
gather cotton, and gentlemen who have
profitable" understanding with bu.
reau affairs 80 TO Georgia to secure
them. As an induccmont the negro is
furnished with transportation free
Gen. Tillson's order for transporta-
ton for an unlimited number is exhih.
tied, and Sambo throws up his Georgia
contract TO take a ride to Tennessee
at the expense Of the government
This bureau is capital institution
We all help to keep it up by taxation. |
for the benefit OF plantation runners
and others interested in private specu.
lations.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

The Louisville Courier sinks under
the present political gloom. II sees .
dark and murky future for ms, with
scarcely ray OF light 70 dispcl tho
gloom or raise the hope Of better days.
Come, friend Courier, be Of good
cheer You were with us in darker
days-days when the political heavens
were sbrouded in black-when we
thought the gloom Of night had come
and a hopeless darkness settled DER
our future, bnt after graphing with
the surging billOes awhile, hope sbone
out and babe ~ push on. BE Of good
cheer, VIC say again friend Of our bet.
ter days. Nerve yourself to bear the
blow. There is strength deep bedded
In our hearts, and we will yet give this
people the security and rights guaran
teed by the organic law Of the land,
and put our own section "oncc more
upon It's feet that 1t may recover from
it, losses and desolations, and be again
enabled to contribute to the general
welfare. True the threats Of many Of
the radical leaders and presses coming
as they do, from men utterly reckless
and unprincipled with the power in
their hands 10 execute these threats, is
rs the Courier observes, well calcuIa
led to excite alarm. But, dear Courier,
they dare not carry out these threats.
When IL comes TO breaking up this
government socially, politically and
pecuniarily, the thirty millions of PEG
pie dotted throughout the thirty six
States composing the Union. will rise
md crush Jacobinism to the dust
The times are unfavorable, we grant
The prospect Is sad to contemplate,
but we must meet il with "philosophic
'almness and dignity" and look to the
beam of comfort Just beyond "Must
,arth not be rent before her gems are
'ound 2"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

GEN TAYLOR HAS AN INTERVIEW
WITH GEN. GRANT.-WAsHINGroN,
Nov S.-Gen. Taylor, of Louisiana,
had long interview with Gen, Grant
to-d5y. The subject on which they
were engaged is lett entirely to con
lecture. As Gen. Taylor, however,
leaves again In the course of this week
for Fortress Monroe, one of the most
plausible rumors is that the matter in
view is the Imprisonment of Mr. Da-
Wis, and that under all the circum
stances of the case, his early liberation
may now be reasonably expected. A
large class of the community adopt
this idea, and believe that the grounds
on which it is based is irrefragable.-
Many Others hope it will prove correct
who are not quite so satisfied of the
correctness of the arguments advanced
in its favor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

Mr.. Snidcr, the inventor of the latest
and best Improvements in the Enfield
rifle, is in Enfland, paralyzed and in
penury another victim of official neg
lect and ingratitude. The claim he
made for compensation was reduced to
a thousand pounds, and when he got
the pittance it was divided among his
creditors. So much for serving the
public. Inventors will hereafter think
twice before they walk in Mr.. Snider's
footsteps. He is Philadelphian by
birth and residence. When he went
to England he was full OF enthusiasm
and of hope, and confident of his abili-
ty to demonstrate the superiority of
his gun. After years of labor he sue
ceeded. His creditors got the money
which the Government at last doled
out, and his only reward is an attack
Of paralysis.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

There was rumor in Washington
the other day that three members OF
the cabinet, namely, the Secretary OF
the Navy, Mr.. Welles; the Secretary
Of War, Mr.. Stanton, aud the Attor-
ney General Mr.. Stanbery, have uni
ted in advising the President to recon-
mend the Southern States TO adopt
the constitutional amendment
We expect il was q rumor and moth.
ing more. The President will do
nothing oftle kind.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

We have certainly failed IA our eiiorts, and,
we repeat Il Is time that the pressure was
taken on fronl labor.
Under this regime Virginia has been held
down, her mechanics and lab0Tcrs deApised,
until tO-slay, tho wealth 81 the State consists
In miserably conducted public works, half
titled lands unopened mines aud iawning
politicians. Instead VI mechanics, We have
lawyers. and any amount Of idleness. In
stead Of practical statesmen, a. In days Of
old, we have set Of theorists who, ~ their
own eatimation, are public thinkers and
teachers. They have taught the people long
enough they have acted IN the capacity Of
public brains until the State ID ruined, and
now they propose 70 sell it out 10 Baltimore,
aud put their final seal upon their own con
tempt for labor aud the iabOriDg classes
We are willing 70 see this class OF political
aTistocratstake back seats where they belong
aud working men to take their places There
never has been that Tespectability attached
10 labor which belongs to it, There is no
true nobility, save that found among work
ing men. II is working men who build up
marble palaces, great cities, trade and com
meree--tbat fight battles, and give liberty
to the enslaved; and when workingmen rule
the political destinies Of Yirginia--when we
look upon honest toll as an accomplishment
instead of u calamity-we shall see Virginia,
like New York, Boosting of her wealth by
billions, instead OF few hundred millions
Let our mechanics carry the war into AZ
RIGA; bear down every obstacle, and pro-
claim themselves the true nobility of the
soil; and we shall have done with this false
show and miserable pride.--Norfolk Old
Dominion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

The Chicago Tribune says the oppo.
sihon of the Southen press to the
Amendment, manifests bitterness
and insolence never before excelled in
the discussion of political questions.
Is the black sheet of Chicago sur.
prised at thisp Have you not been
driving us from the Government for
eighteen months :? You deprived us
of our property, grind us nearly TO the
dust with taxation, and when we APP
ply for admission into the halls of
Congress are met with an oath that
amounts TO prohibition. Then to cap
the climax, a constitutional amend
ment, SO called, Is sent down for our
ratification, in order that our former
slaves may be placed upon a social
and political equality with ourselves
And for refusing TO accept it, We are
called insolent and rebellious. You
pile insult upon injury, and threaten
something worse" il we complain.
We have endured enough at Radical
hands to make us bitter We made an
honest effort to smooth the troubled
saters, but the priee-our manhood
md honor-was dear, and We now re.
ire from the field altogether.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

The election returns from the North
show a steady growth Of Conservative
sentiment lc the Democrats would
consent 20 give up the old party, radi-
calism can be soon overthrow; but
80 long as Governors, Congressman,
dc, are 10 be taken from its ranks, the
Radicals viii elect their men in Ohio,
Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania.
uymer, Hoffman & Co. are very good
men, but theywill not do now in a sec
ton where the war party are in a ma
jorily.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

The Cairo Democrat. of the Glib saws
. little propeller only eighteen feet
fo,... -. = -. - 4 =. a..
49, 49, titstttttd - nc ON Der al MS
wife, has been bobbine the Ohio for
several DAYS. It's farnanoe is supplied
with coal oil. a an expense Of onlvH
two shilings q day. Il came al tie
way from Lake Ontairo. It's owner
has taken this peculiar way 70 travel
about the couatry and see the sights.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

A letter appears in the Northern
prints from Hon. l.. u, Ingersoll of
Iowa, in which he states some very
startling facts respecting the mischief
done to certain Of the most impor-
tant interests Of the country, by the
unslsilfnl and oppressive methods
taken by our Government TO raise a
revenue, especially by Der tariff of
duties. SO much for radical misrule.
After few years of oppression the
Northern people will learn who are
the sound legislators of the nation
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

We owe an apology 20 our brethren
OF the quill, says the Summit CONNER
cial. for not attending the Press Con
vention at Nicksburg. To excuse our
selves as some, by paramount duties"
or even PRESSURE OF business, Is fat
and improbable, for neither will be
believed. II was the vacuum OF the
pocket. and the mental depressment,
owing 10 the revocation Of the " dead
hea, 1880. aIstem, that made Us re
n ding the
he fiOW Of Pusoh.'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

Monday and Tuesday the Tennessee
Legislature was without a quorum.
Brownlow convened il in extra ses-
sion 20 ratify the odious Constitution
al amendment, but It appears he will
have as much trouble in keeping a
quorum now as he experienced last
spring. when Gen Thomas was about
to arrest the members.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

A SPrcY INQUrRY. The following is
from the last number of the Christian
Waterman:
NoTIcE FOR THE METHODIST. How
is it that the Editor Of this Paper does
not fulfill his promise to notice the ar
ticles on History and Mystery OF
Methodism," since we have given the
name Of the authorY lie charged
that these articles were personal, false
and slanderous," and held us respon-
sible for them, and thus charged us as
well AS the author of them with public
climnality. We have already demand
ed, since he made the charge, that he
made the charge, that he sustain it or
retract it. We renew this demand
And as gentleman and christian he
is compelled to do one or the other.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15
TIKI WEEKLY CLARION.

Reports about Napoleon's prccarious
condition have ceased 70 come by the
cable, and we therefore suppose that
his physicians, together with the chief
Surgeon Of the Pussian army, and
the powerful mineral water Of Biarritz
have dragged him from the jaws Of
death for the present.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

Science Association Of tie North, re
Gently delivered an address in New
Haven, IN which be gave the result o.
his Investigations in industrial agen
cies. He said tho industry Of the coun
try Is in an unnatural and unhealthy
condition, owing to the great enhance.
ment in tho price Of all kinds of labor
aud to the great scarcity Of trained
and well skilled workmcn. Mr.. Wells
declared that, 1860, the advance IN la.
Dor had been from scyenty-Gve to one
hundred Der cent. which explains the
extrayagant prizes Of the necessaries
Of life. This fact, the Philadelphia
Age tells US in an artielc on Mr. Wells
address, may account 4or the deficiency
OF skilled labor, for had that kind of
labor advanced b. atsQeater ratio than
prices generp'.iy, the natural law Of
supply ap2i demand would have fur
nished v the remedy Men will not
.sspcnd years In acquiring high degree
Of skill in a certain branch Of industry
when they are not properly paid for
the same, either owing TO combina-
ton Of capital or governmental causes
Touching the subject Of trained Ia.
Dor, Mr. Wells aycrred that the further
extension Of the iron manufacture In
Pennsylvania was actually impossible,
because Of the scarcity Of skilled laboft
and this can be compensated for by no
amount Of capital In this connection
he made some interesting statements
as TO the almost impossibilty Of get
ting Americans 10 train themselves TO
certain difficult but necessary kinds of
skilled labor, and as to the means
which English capitalists take to re
tain in their own country proGcents in
such labor
The New York Times, In recent
article, noticed this growing evil, and
adduced the experience of not few
leading employers in the various
branches Of manufacturing and me
clanieal industry to fortify its position.
This, the Age says, Is fact noticea-
bic in all our large cities There are
few apprentices to mechanical trades,
but numerous applications for posi-
ions which require less labor, and
promise better compensation in the
md. Thus young man who would
make an excellent carpenter, or brick
aver, or machinist, will avoid these
honorable though slow roads to com I
ctency, and prefer the "last' coach Of q
he more speculative branches. Even
ouths from the country, who come TO =
he city In order TO push their for !.
unes, are to bo seen hanging around I
torres and offices ut starving rates, in |
tead of laying the foundation of fu- (
nre usefulness in foundrics, work ii
hops and other places whore mcchani ;,
nj trades are acquired. A yitated ).
1cial standard has also had much to =,
0 with thinning the ranks of the skill. u
| workmen of this nation. In some .,
aces II is not respectable" to be a .,
mechanic and mothers who migra- .,
d from the market stall to brown
one 'front.' and fathers,i who made
cir money in the blacksmith shop or 81
some kindred occupation, now de a
are that their daughters cannot as AZ
ciate with or marry mechanics. This tn
IS its effects upon the young men, Is
I'd the result is noticed both by Mr., p'
ellis and the New York Times. Oh
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15


TnE EFFEcr or MANUFACTURES UP.
ON LAND.--T'he following extract from
paper read before the Social Science
Congress Of England shows what ef-
feet cotton manufacturers have upon
the value of land:
In 1899 the gross annual value Of
Lancashire was .f92,942; in 1918.
f9,037,T44 and in 1865, ell,4j3,S5I,
orll,6O0 per cent. Noticing the eff.
fects Of protection from 1878 in re.
tariing the progress of manufactures.
there was reduction in the value of
the exports Of cotton manufactures
from flS.l52,1T9 in 1915. to fl3,.
9OI ,SS4 in 1919 The effects OF the
same policy was general. The entire
exports Of commerce Of all kinds.
which were f49, 65s, 245 In 1915. were
only ca, 2Si .9SS in 1912. Under our
new commercial policy Of free trade /
The export Of piece goods had increas.
a from $4,000, 600 in lSl0 to $1,000
poo in 1865. The exports Of British
produce and manufactures had increas-
a from f47,3Sl,023 10 fl65, $50. 4Os
n 1865, or $50 per cent"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

The Detroit (Mchigan) Post has
remarkable facilities for securing "hor
riblc' stories from the " insolont and
rebellious" South II treats its readers
every few days to fresh account Of
the shooting, skinning, or roasting Of
some Northern man who was SO unfor-
tunate as to cast his lot among u.s. In
Texas, the Post says, the murder of
Union men Is "fearfully common. :" In
Blanco county this lying editor has
discovered eighty-thrce indictments
for the murder Of Union men, and then
declares more have been killed then
there are voters in the comfy These
stories will do very well for Radical
stomachs now, but after reflection the
people will see through them. If the
terrible rebels" have such remarkable
facilities for roasting and scalping
Union men, why don't the Radical
Congress give them "bureau ?" No. |
that Is not necessary, they tell us the
remedy is in the Constitutional amend
meat Only swallow that delicious
morsel and these lies, retailed by poll.
,icians, preachers and editors, will
'case. All gents, continue to retail
'our falsehoods; tho remedy is poi
'onous--we cannot touch Il.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

A Harrisburg paper tclls of man who has
FILLED ia business four times. been upset In a
stage coach, and thrown down an embank-
mcnt q sixty feet fallen headforemost through
haiehway IN q store in Reading; has been
married three times, and Is the father Of twcn-
ty-one childoen. "iIe still hves,r j. In bnsi.
ness At Harrisburg. and keeps Rohack's Hit
tiers aud Blood Pills constantly ia his family.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

We see that a great project is now
acknowledgements In Virginia TO so
connect certain railroads In that State
with others extended towards and
reaching to the Mississippi river as to
make connections between st Louis,
and ~ city of Norfolk or such other
harbof city on Hampton Roads MS
mightibest conduce TO the objects in
view Norfolk is beginning to en-.
courage and establish commerce, and
nndef the new state Of things, will
prof. hbly build up IN ten years city
MT rob the eastern merchants
z. much of their present Southern
trade All the Southern States
should avail themselves OF their har
Dor advantages. Mississippi has been
more negligent in this matter than
any of her sister States, but now that
capital can no longer be invested In
negro property, it is reasonable to
suppose internal improvements will be
looked after and "artiilcial highways"
constructed We want the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad built, and then
"genius and enterprise" win give Mis-
sissippi city and harbor where all the
business of the State can be trans
acted.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

The Milwaukee statlnel quotcsfrom
ufc-clarion, ana says We 40 not apprc
ciate the efforts III the Conservative
party North The SeiiIaul Ii d radical
paper and we 10 not therefore cspvct
~ 70 tell the truthy The Southern
people do Jal1y AZ .cceiote the manly
efforts of the Conservatives who have
been laboring IN their behalf, and will
cooperate with them in any measure
clrf~rss ! 20 give peace and unity TO
the nation, and dcnounco that sectional
prejudice engondcred BY radical per
secution.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

Paris kilograms tell Us ships are
ready to convey the French troops in
Mexico to Napoleon's dominion. so
Imperial power in Mexico "a dead.
and the unfortunate Emperor must re
tire. The United States government
Will naintain peace there until an cleo.
ton can be held, and the Mexican
people secure ruler Of their own
choice This probably all the Uni
ted States government viii have to do
with "Mcxican affairs"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

residences, and float about
over the State to avoid the tax gath
erer. and generally when they are
picked up there Is no money. so the
collectors do not know what to do as
IT, law provides no remedy. The
Legislatnrcis now In session, however,
und probably arrangements win be
made FOR 'aamLo" ~ work Il out
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

Brick POmeroy IS great admir-.
Butler. Here is how be styles him
the last number Of the Is Cross De-
oerats
Butler, the Thief. -
Butler, the Traitor
Butler. the Coward
Butler, the Liar.
Better, the Braggartl
Butler. The Beasf,
Butler, the Insslter Of Helplesr
Women.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15

Srz zLED.-The Comptroller OF
orgia Is somewhat puzzled to know
70 collect the taxes from ncgswses