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The New York herald., 1866-05-22
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY MAY o. lsee-TRlPLE SHEET

ynve silk coaks and forty lace mantlas valued In all
~ ysio The burglars escaped with the goods and
n0sning more WAS heard OF them ti day two since
when Captain Jourdan. OF the sixth precinct received
Information that the cloaks and mantlas stolen from
M van CoIen were concealed In the premises OF julius
0esx1er No. oil Broome street A search was accord
ingy made which resulted nndins nearly all the stolen
goods hetzer was taken IN charge by Captain Jourdan
and Justice Bowling held him To bail for examination
Mr. Metxier denies stealing goods having them In
his possession with guilty knowledge that they had
been stoen
A BURGLAR CAUGHT IN THE ACT-HIs FLIGHT,
PURSUIT AND CAPTURE.
Thomas Corcoran bricklaycr twenty,o one years Of
age forced an entrance TO the dwelling house OF Nc
William Boordman, No. 29s East Tenth street. yes,or.
to-day morning early hour and after securing a
quantity OF siIvcrwsrc, ATTEMPTED to escape with it.
While stsathy leaving the house corcoran was obsorved
by oicer McIIlhargy, OF the Seventeenth precinct.
whercupon he fed, dropping his piunder at different
points he Tho officsr followed In pursuit, and
succeeded In arresting Corcoran after sharp chase Of
several blocks Yesterday the prisoner was taken befor,
Jnstoc Mansfield and committed for trial N default o.
600 bail Most Of the property stolen ny tue aceusc'
was recovered ana restored 10 the owner.
The New York herald., 1866-05-22

vetoes and proclamstions and his speeches recently
bureau iI bin vetoed .Ss Civil Rights S vetoed, ana
passed over the veto and the newly reported plan 70
construction by the Committee Of Fifteen candor and 10.
te1igence force say that the double endorsement
Is impossible and absurd II Governor Peass con per
form this feat Ia that extent he too good gy mnast
too much for our people He oontrassd the two poll
cies The Presidents policy just and yet adequate
TO the resoratios Of the States to their normal and full
relations to each other He sacrificed federal interests
ana yet he Imposed conditions Incompatible with tho
honor and dignity of the revou tonary States " their
people. He admits the integrity Of the masses,
while believing they were mistaken and credits their
sincerity, while he reprehends their conduct In the
called rebellion, and he believes and has said they are
now To be trusted He does not require tho men OF the
South 10 admit themselves scoundrcls In order 10 show
themselves loyal The adequacy Of his policy to con-
the causes Of separation and thus prevents the
future recurrence Of similar strife The primary cause
Of our attempt a. separation was conoep,ionai crfin
tained between the two sections the south locating
sovereigniy in the States, and the North
locating in the federal government Tho proxi-
mate stimulating was the institution OF
slavery. The President requires us, condition OF re-
construction accept the Of the war including
abandonment Of theory State sovereignty and the
institution Of slavery and requires such collateral action
may be necessary to enforce these All ths we
have done aud will continue to do in good faith The
radical policy Of Congress- the other hand denies the
honesty OF the Southern both In the fight and in
their submission; and assumes that they are neither
capable OF self-government entitled 70 Il II holds
them III subjects OF pun nshment In their persona In
their property and in their political rights IL does not
look TO immediate reconstruction nor desire H. On
the contrary, presents In Its admirably
connected scheme for their immediate humiliation and
their indefinite exclusion Making estimate OF their
policy from She vetoed Freedmcns Bureau b tho Civil
Rights bill md the lately reported plan reconstruction
from the Committee OF Fifteen, lind unconsiitu-
ons oppressive change The basis Of representation;
an interference In the face OF the constitution and ~ the
safety OF The country on The part of the federal govern
ment with the right OF suffrage; the exclusion OF
our best from Office; the disfrapch scment OF
than nintenths of the South for ten years TO come,
.l l.xstv
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hir "a --,ssepA hsvss~ w. wsuss~ A. rsrn~rr.h -
This was an action 10 recover the value os assmsus
known as the May Qussn which had bssn chartered 70
The defendant In November 1884, proceed from New
YORK 10 the Delaware Breskwassr and back The plain
an claimed that the vessel chartered for the par.
psse Of relieving the bark Antetam which xn ashore
the break and that the defenoans seye>A 10
pat nsi class coast pilot aboard 70 insure the sAfsty of
the tug On the voyage the May Queen came In
collision with the United states gusboas wamsutsa ssd
was 90 badly injured that chs was abandoned BY the cap
occurred through the Ignorance and earslesns Of The
pilot svvsdsd By The Aefsodasf a0d prayed dam
age 10 Ne san q eis,oQ
ne defence up thss The tos not properly
SlDcsvs1 ~ masped, tbet - ys ds6rtssf IN pumps
asd coal ed sss tbsl hr sban1>pmsus - wholly
hln ssA sseW bn1 bees peD0pse Of ssdinsv ia1snsss
sa1 sepnD ~ csss 10 asn - n
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Installation Of the Falcon Admtaistra .
tion at Caraeas-The Claims OF Am~ri-
cans Agstnst the Rspweiic-vensxuela
Declines so Join the Cheis = n- Peruvian
Alliance. Having NO Asvy TO Protect
Her seahos rd-Re In the
Int rior. 6se.
m. .ap.vc. ...,xgs.x,yx..
coRn.ssoSpEscE.
i.AorAysI, Nav J.

LsorArss, May ]. 1909
TIE hrst steamer IN The ne~ line between vonexuela
tho United states, lhc tictshuro Captain scandea
sryed At this port yesterday HE dates Porto Ca
b.llo Aptil 2s I9gusyn Nav T. aud o. Thomas May ~
We inseb,ed Ia the pursor M v. D. Waterman
fof the early reception of or Giles sSl dispatches
The mt trip Of the yressours has tcsn decided
ccs.
The main from NenesuslA bv this arrival
1. the ins,sIlu ION Of the
Genera. CuEmsn who hs- been the soing Presdont for
nearly two years has et!ied from shcs and General
with a new cabinet resumed the adfsnirrston of the
government General tplns hai beoh elected Iir~t and
General NaIqucz SccoEd Vice lres1snL Congress is
nov IN session
Judge Culver the United States Minister 20 venezuala
has concluded an agreement, vAeb vN signed on the
25th of April st, foT ie saiile nent 81 all claims due
American citizens by means ~ joint sJnmissiob.
Venezuela has declined for 10 pressrt enter
ssnoe onsb-iye snd defensive with csis and Peru for
bsv M no naval force With which 10 defend her So.
board all her ror,s would fall Al easy prey ~ The
Spanish vesses Malta the Chilean, nisief
Who has been several months czrsc for The purpose
Of p-rfecting such alliance has lett the coanify
Local revolutions the order Of the day many II
the States 10 Apgre the state government he's been
overthrowp In the stsics OF B.rcsossA Msfgrn Goa.
REQ Bsrqniseni Csrsbobo, husraibo and ohsrr
outon. c1ssing great dipguieiude ard alarm. 10
M.noabo q 10 said thu Genera Sutherland the Cover.
Our Minister al Csscs bss dsns Dds,i the trial. .asd
punishment u the nsirsctonAsv wbo murdered CAP.
tain Hsmnsr and bis nen ~ The Upper ortnoro ara
o.ppsnssf ion for th.s fsrnilt~
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Artistic Inssiiigsnes.

hr. rumof.d 10 Psfs tbs, Napoleon s,prsssc.
murh sBy.iy" lsEt ihe .igcnci., a ssr IN Earos,s
should compel him 70 postpone the sr.si Erbibiton.
An ecoenirf prodnclion q the painter cssrb,t snti
tied Ia Dame Peuoqus, sit.Gts stssatiob. bat M
baysrs, OF the Arr Erhibtss IN Paris.
Ths ssiopsI British Gsilsry Of EhEisad has had sny.
eight donsiions Of psntnss sine, the formation Of the
cosct,on a london seven hundred pounds ssri,sg
have bern .rpsndei 10 th. psrchss ~ anssH psrrss
Among them those Of Dshsi oconbsn. ysih.
nslhs~, Samuel Pepys Lord W. Pa,ssn sns Kiss
Georss If
hand that whole rsiscs % ,o he removed. sohs
By from Florence 70 PARA n ts rebuilt IN 10
sinsl rs,s asd become part Of ID, ss.i Erh stsa y
ISi
The hfst prss for engraving a. Eons ts. tsss $3.50
I'd 70 " - gsiIiermie, q very yogbg br.-
The New York herald., 1866-05-22

4 roLfTrciAS AND AN OFFICER IMPLICATED
rngr ARg BOrH ARRESTED AND HELD TO BAIL.
William byach psopricsor Of gift enterprise jewery
establishment No, <2c Broadway yesterday appeared
bscss Justo> Dowsns. at the Tombs Pesoe Court and
sntsrsd . complaint against James p. walker, polt
clan - ne Enctcenth ward, and John H wright an
onhcer attached 10 tho Broadway qua1 From the
compaansnts sfBdavit Bsppcars that che 18th inst
walker has place. and bought aguiia percba pen
ell cAss Ger one dollar hs Walker then psoposed play
Ing .s,,s r aS, fn9~n ...as .ar~ card cart monte 70
dollars fsxn Walker The latter shen Ief.
the place, bsi soon sstursei with osrsr wrsht, whom
be directed . ssre. him Gyschl md hs dsrk John
the onoer, KAissa rem renasHsd Sss. ne sSoSsn,
the thing could ~ scScd wbsreupon Lynch aakAd hov
i could be- done, when walker rpnsd, BY payAg e2oo
0Brien, Of the Twenty art ward and thst he kved
No 1l6 East Forty-ui street. Lynch smi he could
not pay 20 much money, when Walker said che sscst
he conId take was 500, which amouns pad him,
money paid Lypfh subsequently, learned u Vt there
such prison Captain Jamos 'Brien 81 u there
fore charges walker and ofeer Wright With Wafapg
e00 frcm him BY OF false snd fraudulent rspes
senis tons
john Meade, cf 40 Broadway, deposcd 70 esans
present and witnessing the transscou stated sove
Before ,hs paoe walker requested Meade to'ea
At the Brsudrsih House, which request he comp Ned
With, sed while thsSs tofncer wright being prssei w.
walker gave the witness ten dollars, which he sad -
paid hin 70 keep his mouth shut.
walker and Wright who had been taken o. charge by
sergeapt Vas Hogan OF the Broadway SQUAD were 70
quired ny the agistrzfe TO give ball IN the o 81 900
each 70 answer the complaint Mr. James w. Culver of
l51 Nassau street, bccame bondsnan for walker and
Bcnjsmln wright living ISL East riity.shIrd street.
rendered smda service for oncsv Wright Both the
defendants deny N 10 guilt They thirty years Of
Ne and natives OF his city walker lives Al No 90
Wet Forty fourth street, and ocscer wright 81 40
br~one street.
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Rosnrrp, Nay a. 1888
The damage ~ the storm here yesterday afternoon
VI. very great The ioss may BE- ssimsted By
tens Of thcasAp1s q doilsn Buildings were unroofss
windows ssssscyed, young trees and plants op,
down BY The hail, end gardens wholly ruined
Tue nurseries ssd Csenhousss suffered much
The storm covered m Of four miles but the hail
vas limited 70 sbout two miles Haissonss Of more hss
an inch IN diameter covered tbe ground They cut the
limbs from The sess I'D killed housssds os birds ~hs
had taken rsfsss 10 The foliage s~vspl ehndfsa
we're injured BY the hall aud sanssr
Of animals we're killed The lightning struck ihs stone
chapel n Mount hope cemsssry -hsrs msby peopi.
hsd Ahsn refuge sut we're severely mjur-s The
suildins vas semswhss 1smssed 81 Mays Hospital
uss partly uprcofed. me sIa4s nsssfseiafins sslsb
hsAnsns on The Rochssses ChsmIoal works parity
demolished, isvoiviss large loss of sss The store
heepss cpsssd their stoves % ssp1sy svessr q, esss.
shs ei,ssns 70 sss .sisriss 70 nsss their bssse
bic fer ihS ssbt
The New York herald., 1866-05-22


rHr QUESTION os rsas AND rsHHirs-rnr ~
crrIgsr rsAcEs % rar BROADWAY RAILROAD
NV oFricsEs Ios TrE DErAkrnKsr or cnAs-
TISs ASn c0hHycTios.
The Board met si two oclock yesterday Afternoon.
rresiissi B~oe n the chair
The fyuo-ins resolution wa. adopted
Rssel,sd. rhs, the cayp,rsr bs .ss No I. hereby
1rsa 70 's A. -. s.'s -. ':,'. 49,
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:s. Sa s.".s; s q. a. s... s .S & 49, &:s''H''''' '''A
Ibe following referred " the Commits on i4s-
n;.e,.a re., q. iI.I.s, .lIo.d cg.s.sy :, "a ,h.I
s h.fey dif-esi ~ rsuso,s ~. -. 'fs,s Af ~ th@
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-. 49, - ... .s. o ~ r. ~ :. . %
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A re-oiailon ssthm,ins and d,scss The comt,roiI~s
70 psrchsss sits fsf the on.s - The b.t~rn.ss ~
BIs~, 81 ,ire-t 90 Ia sogt TssniY third 90 iss
north, sec,nd the east and rirtk s,eous
,bs f~f.fsa ~ ~ tornnitse on HspAlfs ssd
aprssnl.gs and '.-ol leb orsres, sssilns ssru
lhsi the tw ofsaHirns 'he Cetnmisonsrs n hs rsshis
pund sfstctiy f-qBr.s hs, ufon the prussetion sf
osrrA,.s ~sssa W n-~r'y ef ssid somfnissssssss.
Il .ns,s ne Cqmp,rOllsr hal - one. shall ~ fs~
ei 10 sr..sls saeh upsr, their hard
ths atty <sss 10 b. ssbmitisi 10 ths dnmoa Coss-
ell 10 hsr s@feit"t b~fors bsing sreeuis1 showiss
that the f0mptrosr hss failed n submit sask
iss-~- fof N. ~ tks c0uaon CosD<fi, ssd n
reeilhs that onea hsfssf~ Va cosfc~n 70 tbs lsv,
% rsos,r ,Gs BD~rd ssiyarns1 10 xonssy snusosa
sent s tvg eieek
frs rporossp sssovAs 90 rosrs vnon yAssAr
prassr
m Assrmsas so1nnsAiss sytoanisf ts oDssAass The
sfted sset - removing ffss Masses street A<tws~r
ns more ihsn sassss ls~6ss 81 sdas- slss met
yfstsfdsy Gtsfcavu 10 hs cAsnh~f ~ ths M~rd Aa.f
nsn ~ snf HTsrs a. the e1nn nuss bslns p.sssst
NJ I~srr D.Lr sho spp~.ssa cosnsss IN bshslf
a many Of NE eco1rsn,s ~ prsmis~s 10 Nsss ss.sS
utsnye Pfe'sr ss..as' ths p,cvesss sssssrs. Hs
tbsn ost~sish sny t~Ssas The ysbhc rsxb, derive
from Ne saopAsa - tAs ssss- Oss n tse k~s plsns
" wbFt v fsibsrs ths usss bs street voa1 10 70
itrnf sii 'eaouts.s rr.nihg psr.9es psrmisssn 10
vouh - .nplgysd 10 rssins os prspas~d slssrsissrs
voss oes.yJ many rosnih' daf'ns 'h',h ssds se-h
bs aimos; Destroyed
sd~msh yIT sss.s -hss y'oy.orhs u ~. ssasr, 70
Nss strsst oeeapss W Dnsss shs di net have
ths hrss fo-s ~ tie gslldnS
NJ Dsl, ,sossh, thsi -r.s,y svs -, e&ri ~ As
osiiss on the sfrst wsrs SofuYss W tsnssss ~he
nsf On lb~n sIiifs bus nsss thsfs
Aissrmsa NV b.nsres ihsi 10 thea fny per cent 9
Ne osss- ,hs svess ssrs tbas c>oyA-d AZ " vss
the esnnh,ss ssrssa saJosrn iss hearing ansl fh.ss
o., srt is. As sss.,...ss tr.'ss.e
cssu CsissAss-TSis bsy.
svrssss Cocss- s-nHevw. .--rsu i--oyss go veDns
Ne c,se.a osIsssss rsr s-AAtevsssA o. ~ ssga
rsn 3 r.s sN ies ~. - 1871, ssl. yvA n. -,
ga lc.f sf u. 81, sss =, - -, -,
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Police 1sssessasass.
BrasLAay Ah.7 sossnRv IN sfssra lvsSrs-
rms sAoLsH eooDe apcovsasp.
rhs store u Lsvf yss csk~s 10 rsh,h svesss. ss
fove'sy sstsssd - a. sisAs ~ me fs,b ssssss W
SsAss sf ssDssss sss y,s<ss go rottss " sssss
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The : Cs.ssrvsuvs Usisa Piassssn IN
Tsras.

III Reass radical cAndidsts for covsmes of reSss,
made spsech On the isth Inst ~ Galveston He was
followed ~ Col q. W. Carter Of the oo6ksvsss Union
parry viii " soppcts the frssdsnts policy. To speooh
Of Colonel rArsv ID thus reported In the Galveston
cy,dse~ s.S \Icssssss--
The prsssnts psl,csi campaign 10 Important css 10
hs influence - cus Ieasf fsAllcns and ocr aensssc
ndsnee and vot Sf tbs people should be determiscd
mot upon pcrsoNai eoassdsratIons but The ground
vanes the~s Intevssla Assuming that The esndi-
dasss pssssst squa psssosa ciaims he should prefer
the soeserve1ye huSz nscsess - - .usssa snsy
nLnissrssisn g Aenss vc sGar. ed vcan ~ ths
ums fs<sssAs ths ~ tovaon u The stss v ns eGt-
vriusa piafcsn 81 NE pastS Of Gevsvnor IesS hu<h
NE PSsstasns ssd conkre@ vfp sntorssd. naneun1
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c..u Cs,.sssi-TSis bsy.

cssvt CsissAss-rAts Day.
ervssss Corss -fsHrxw - rsu i--Oyss 60 vouwn~
=. -. "a, 80 =, =. =. ,s5 =, 81 r Hs, ., =. "a
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state enent OF George Glsdwin, one OF tho
Recently Pardoned sing sing Con-
vfcts-Charge OF False Arrest and Im-
prison me ment-Letter from iadwin-iiis
Desert option, &c., Sc.
The following letter received in this once on
saturdav last
The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-10
From the Standard Of Wednesday,
The Voice Of ths People.

The voice of the people most gen
orally, in one way or another, finds
expression through the press. This
is significant fact, and when the
press, speaking for the people, urge
the Governor unanimously to con-
vene the Legislature, it is sufficient
evidence that it is their wish.
We know that Gov. Humphreys
desires to do right-that, indeed, he
cannot be swerved by mere clamOr
into doing thing which his honest
conviction does not endorse. But at
the same time, no man cherishes a
livelier sympathy for the distresses
of our people than he does. And
even though he may not be entirely
convinced of the practicability or pro
priety of some relief measure, still,
aside from this, there are sufficient
causes to justifo him in calling an ex-
ira session of the Legislature and
on the relief question, little defer
ence to the almost universal wishes of
our people would not be unbecoming
or wrong in any sense.
If it be found impracticable to
adopt relief measure, the people will
be satisfied that an honest effort was
made for them, and accept their situa-
ton as one of the dire calamities of
the war. They will cease to expect or
hope for anything of the kind, and
quietly surrender their possessions to
the rapacious creditor, rub out, and
begin life anew.
But aside from this relief measure,
as we have just remarked, there are
other matters demanding speedy leg
islation, The principal laws enacted
by the last Legislature in reference to
the Freedmen are dead letters. They
cannot be enforced-no tribunal un-
dertakes to enforce them. For the
honor of the State they should be re
pealed or modified at once. A great
change has come over the minds of
the people since last year, as CORES
pondent of the Clarion justly re
marks We don't believes there will
he any difficulty in so changing our
laws in reference to Freedmen as to
conform to the justice of the case and
our new relations with the Federal
Government
The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-10

The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
mentions the fact that the different
government offices in that city were
closed during the hour set apart for
the floral tribute to the Confederate
dead in our City Cemetery, and very
Justly remarks chat this touching and
tender recognition of our great be
reavement will be treasured by our
sorrOwful citizens, and the fair maidens
and matrons of the land will hold in
kindly recollection the gentlemanly
officers on duty at this post
awe hesitate not to say that if the
officers of the United States Govern
ment throughout the South will, in dis
charge of their official duties, and in
their general intercourse with our PEG
pie, be guided and influenced by such
feelings as prompted this act of cour-
tesy, it will do more to restore good
feeling towards the North and cement
the bonds of our Union than all the
display of military which can be made.
This is one step in the right direction,
and we are greatly at fault if its good
effects are not seen and felt by all our
people"
The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-10

1t appears that Judge Downer, of
the Wisconsin Supreme Court, stretch
ed a point to reach a party end in his
recent decision, that by the law Of 1S49,
blacks as well as whites were entitled
to the right Of suffrage in that State.
The Legislature enacted that if "a ma
jority of the vote cast was in favor
of it, it should become law. 1t APP
pears that there was no such ''ma-
jority." On the contrary, large num-
Der of voters, in order to defeat the
law, did not vote on the question at
all, while others voted ''for" and
against it. The majority" was not
obtained for it, and the State officers
so announced, and the decision has
been acquiesced in ever since. Lately
however, an ambitious African offered
his vote in Milwaukee, and it was re-
fused. He appealed to the Court
that was against him. He then APP
pealed to the Supreme Court, and two
of the three Justices-being anxious
to attain a cheap notoriety-set aside
the plain meaning of the law, and dis
covered to the Wisconsin people that
blacks had a right to suffrage-the
very thing the people of that State
fondly imagined they had expressly
withheld
The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-10

The Legislature of Mississippi has
apparently, but perhaps unwittingly,
set itself up in opposition to the Gen
eral Government. Col. Robt w.
James, of Biloxi, Mississippi, repre-
senting the citizens of that place, ar
rived in the city yesterday for the pur-
pose of consulting Hon. w. p Kel-
logg, Collector of the Port of New
Orleans, the object of his mission
being to submit to him the following
facts, and ask his advice and assis
lance in the matter The Legislature
of Mississippi recently passed a law,
which the Colonel informs us levies a
tonnage tax of $3.50 per annum upon
all steamers plying to her ports, and
of 800 upon all sailing vessels OF
above one hundred tons burden. The
| Sheriffs Of the different counties, il
seems, are charged with the execution
of the law, and at Biloxi the steamers
Creole and Camelia were seized for re
fusing to pay the tax. They were not
tied up, after protesting against and
refusing to pay the taxes, but 6
Sheriff's deputy was put on board Of
each as a keeper. Some Of the sail
ing vessels now refuse to go to Biloxi
and great commotion exists among
the captains of the schooners which
usually ply in the Lake.
The opposition to the law is baseC
upon it's illegality, the third proviso
section ten, of the first Article, Con
stitution of the United States, saying
mo State shall, without the consen
Of Congress, lay any duty on ton
mage"
The business interest of Biloxi
must suffer greatly, Col. James in
forms US, if the enforcement of the
law is not suspended, and it was tC
effect this object that he has visited
our city. His interview with Judge
Kellogg yesterday was in the highes
degree satisfactory, and a full state
ment of the case, drawn up by Col
James and endorsed by Judge Kellogg
we understand, is to be at once for
warded to Warrington. 1t is Certain
| ly mystcry how a law such WI
understand this one to be-for we have
never seen it-could have passed Sc
enlightened a body as the Mississippi
Legislature.-N. o. Times.
The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-10

ES- The virtue of the vagrant law
was tried yesterday by the Mayor in
the detention of couple of individ-
uals, one of whom answers to the
name of Joe Robinson at present, the
others name is unknown, but he is
evidently Of Teutonic origin. These
persons have been in town some days
and seem to be in "cohoot' in some
sort of business which cannot be as
certained. Robinson has been here
before, and strangely enough, his ar
rival has been, on each occasion, ;
forerunner Of the departure of val
uables in different localities. Las
night pair Of pants containing a pis
tol and about fifty dollars in money
was missing from one of the room:
of the Dickson House, and suspicion
fell upon Robinson. The proof thi:
morning was not sufficient to com
nit these worthless, but His Hono1
insisted upon their favoring our city
with short stay of ten days, and they
accordingly-staid.