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The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

The Presidents of the East Tennes-
see and Virginia, the East Tennessee
ana Georgia, and the Superintendent
of the Orange road, were in Lynch
burg on tuesday, for the purpose of
conferrlng with the President of the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad, as to
the plan to be adopted to prevent the
break of connection on the line be,
tween New York and New Orleans
which now exists on the latter road.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

The monument to the Confeesrate
dead of Amite county, Miss, to be
erected at Liberty, says the Southern
Journal, of Brookhaven, is to be put
up by Mr.. A. J. Lewis, Of the latter
place, and is to be of pure italian
marble, and will stand twenty feet
high; the style is Corinthian, is to be
richly carved with appropriate devices,
and to contain the names of all those
who died or were killed in the service
of their country. Messrs. A. j. Lew
is & Co. have taken the contract for
three thousand dollars, and expect to
have it completed by the 22d of Feb
ruary next.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

The New York Evening Post has a
long letter on the origin and progress
of our pension system. From this
letter we learn that during the month
following the Declaration of fIndepen-
dence the first rudiment of the Pension
laws, which practically include land
bounties, appeared in resolutions OF
the Continental Congress. 1T is re-
markable that the very earliest of all
was a resolution of August IA, 1776,
granting lands to Hessians and others
in the service of the enemy who might
desert. The next was the earliest
proper Pension law-the resolution
of August 26, 1776, in which provis-
ion was promised for the support of
soldiers and seamen who might be dis
abled in service. On the 10th Sep
tember-just eleven years before the
Constitution was framed-the first
Bounty Land ordinance in favor of
our national soldiery was passed
Subsequently, at various dates, the
numerous resolves were passed prom
Using half pay, etc, in consideration
of military service. In 1919 the Pen
sion Office was desk in the war office.
Congress Immediately passed law
creating the office of Commissioner of
Pensions, and when the laws were
liberalized, the Pension Office was
placed under the supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

NICARAGUA RoUrE.-The London
correspondence of the Richmond
Whie, has the following notice OF a
meeting to reopen this important
transit -
An influential meeting of merchants
and others was held yesterday III 'lle
Law Association Rooms, Liverpool, III
connection with the movement Tor es-
tablishing inter oceanic communlca-
ton between the Atlantic and the "a
cific, through Nicaragua, by when IL
is thought saving of twelve days
will be made in the passage to Austria
liza, matter of great importance 10
British commerce. Captain Bealoru
PIN, gentleman who has devoIeo
muchltime and attention to the sub]ect'
addressed the meeting at some length
in support of the scheme for estao-
fishing a railway from Gordon Bay, on
the Atlantic coast, to Port FealeJo' on
the Pacific The whole length OF the
line will be but 275 miles, and it pre-
sents, according to Capt. Prlm' no
greater difficulties than had to be en-
countered by the construction OF the
construction of the great Northern
Railway between London and Daring
ton The land has been conceded by
the Nicaraguan and Mosquitian Gov
ernments, on the terms of ninety
nine years lease, and the sum required
is estimated at one million of pounds
sterling. This scheme would shorten
the distance between Great Britain and
British Columbia by 1000 miles, and
generally to North western America
by from 5000 to 1000 miles
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

The Richmond Enquirer of the 9th
charges Judge Underwood, of Virgin
ia, with issuing judgment of confsca-
ton against the fee simple of the prop
erty OF Virginian, in order to obtain
the residence he now occupies, and
then by underhand practices, obtain
ing the house at great deal less than
its real value
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

PROPERTY REsToRED.-A Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun states that Mr.. Richard A. Cox,
whose residence and grounds on the
heights of Georgetown were taken
possession of during the war, while
he was in the South, and occupied fol
a colored orphan asylum, under au-
thority of the war office, recently made
an effort to take possession of his
property, but was denied by the white
women in charge. 1t had been indi-
Gated to him by Mr.. Stanton that the
building was to be given up, as it had
not been confscated, but the occu-
pants still delaying, he finally gained
&C cess to the house, and, with the aid
of friends, attempted to hold posses
sion. The matrons, however, took
the matter before Justice Walter,
who, after examination, gavejudgment
in behalf of Mr.. Cox, confirming his
right to the property.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16
STOLEN

"A y Iron Grey Mare, fifteen and half hands
"A high, six years old, and in foal, was stolen
from me ON the night of the 10th inst, by 4
man calling himself Pines. Said man weigh.
aged twenty-one years. I offe. one hundred
dollals for arresting the man and mare, or fifty
for the mare alone.
Lake Station Dec 13-dtf B. f. MCGOWAN.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

w. Parker Snow, in the New York
Times, questions the truthfullness of
Mr.. Z. f, Halls reports of his d;scov-
cries touching the fate of Sir John
Franklin, Dr. Rae thrice trayersed
the ground now claimed to have been
explored by Hail.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

The strangest evidence yet adduced
of the nearness of Napoleon to his
end is the fact that he is turning his
attention to religious matters. He has
established a department of religion
at the approaching Paris Exhibition.
A commendable idea.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

Advices from Orizaba, Mexico, state
that, at the solicitation of meeting
OF Mexican Conservatives, Maximilian
has agreed not to abdicate. Miramon,
the ex-President, is to have command
OF all the Imperial forces 1t is also
stated that General Douay, with 5000
French troops, has lately commenced
a new campaign against the Juarists
in Northern Mexico.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

WEDDINGs.-Day by day says the
Memphis Ledger, we are called upon
to record the marriage of some of our
most beautiful young ladies. We like
this, as it exhibits an appreciation OF
the sublime and beautiful which char
acterizes every refined people Moth
ing so purifes mans moral nature,
as the admonitions of pure, sensible
woman--nothing so stimulates him to
fight life's great battle with renewed
energy and vigor as the encouraging
smiles of her who is sharing his joys
and dividing his sorrows.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

Col. Stephen j. Nancy, who was re
Gently arrested in London and placed
in jail as a suspected Fenian, was at
one time editor of the Toledo Com
mer ;ial and Senator from Ohio to the
Fenian Congress. He was one of the
delegation who waited on the President
to secure the release of John Mitchell
after the close of the war.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

MATRIMONY IN MARsHALL.-The
Holly Springs Reporter states that
there have been upwards of one hun
dred and eighty marriage licenses is
sued in Marshall county, since the first
day of January, 1866.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

We learn that regular semi weekly
mail has been established between
Brookhaven and Natchez-leavino
Brookhaven onTuesdays and Fridays,
and going by way of Caseyville, Union
Church, Fayette and Church Hill
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

1R0 ACRES of splendid land for sale,
sOO four miles west of Jackson. Good
doubted title. Terms $4,000 cash
For further information call on T. f. owen.
Jackson, Miss, Dec Il Mtf
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16
RECEIVING AND FORWA
Tract of Land For :"

THE undersigned offers for Salv aalnvnthainips /.
i land on which he resides INA IN q stsi'
and 51-100 acres, of which 4oo aId 5 the RED "
cultivation, and 80 in new-yro ~ are coed
der woodlands and lots, on Wllci ciit,'1.ated ll@e
ins, cisterns and orchard. II 1n sls west oo 4
north of Jackson, Miss, ana wv ~ Mr. B. y
gallo station. For terms Apply - On the pap
iel, jackson, or to j. I. sorspy az
tation. : r. sORsD'
Dec II wits
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

From Liverpool we learn that two cavalry
regiments have been sent to Ireland to sup
press the insurrectionary movement in pro-
gress there.
Our Paris dispatch again announces that
Maximilian will land at Gibraher on the
Goth inst By way of New York we have
City of Mexico dates to the 22d and Vera
Cruz to the 2Sth. 1t is stated that Maxi
milan had agreed to abdicate, and had APP
pointed Marquee Miramon Morin~ Il triuIn-
virate, subject to vote of the people. The
Imperialists were evacuating all the North
ern outposts, and the Liberals were concen-
trating some $4,000 men to attack San Luis
Potos. Also, that the arrival of Hon. Louis
D. Campbell and Gen. Sherman was anxious
" expected by Gen. BaZaine and Gen. Cas-
tleman at Vera Cruz; and that, upon their
arrival, they were to be received with the
customary salutes, and provided with a
suitable escort. Our latest advices from
Vera Cruz, dated the 1st inst, are to the
effect that the church party have offered
Maximilian twenty millions to remain in
Mexico, and that the offer has been accepted.
Slightly contradictory intelligence, but just
what is expected from Mexico at this time.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

There is now but one Revolutionary
soldier inscribed on the rolls of the
Pension office-Samuel Downino. who
enlisted from Carroll county, New
hampshire, but who now resides at
Edinburg, in Saratoga county, New
York.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16
A violent type of Brazil fever seems

A violent type of Brazil fever seems
to have broken out in Wilcox county,
in the southern part of it particularly.
The Wilcox Times says: alt is seri-
ously contemplated by many good
citizens of that community to expa-
trlate themselves from a country
which no longer offers them the bles-
sings of peace. The desideratum
among this class of people is that OF
a knowledge of the country to which
they desire to go, and of the manner
of going. The fact is too glaring to
admit Of denial, that one-third, perhaps
half, of the people of this section be
long to this class. Several of our
friends are among the number Of those
who purpose to go in January next.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

john Mitchell has returned to Rich
modd from Paris, and formed an ed
itortal connection with the Dispatch
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16
Lo, "a Daniel come to Judgment.

xG
Gen. Thos. j. Wood, the comman-
der of this Department-and a very
good one he is-has turned eXpounder
ofvery intricate questions of law. In
his Report published among the doc
uments submitted to Congress with
the President S message, he ventures
his opinion upon the constitutionality
of some of the laws of Mississippi. He
says the statute prohibiting negroes
from bearing arms without special IL
cense; the law prohibiting negroes
from purchasing.or leasing real es-
tate except in corporate towns or
cities, and the statute requiring all ne
eroes to make a contract on or before
the 10th day of January of each year,
are unjust, oppressive and unconstitu-
tjonal! So we have the General in a
new role-judge of the constitutional
ity of the laws of the State of Missis-
sippi! In justice to our people, Gen,
Wood should have said the three laws
he pronounces unconstitutional, were
not enforced-that negroes are per-
mitted to bear arms without any Ii
cense, are permitted to lease real estate
beyond the limit of corporations, and
are not compelled to make contracts
on or before the first of January OF
each year. Justice to our people de
manded that this much should have
been said. We would remind the
| General, too, that a bill was reported
at the last session of the Legislature
covering the objections he points out.
No opposition was urged against it,
and the bill will undoubtedly become a
law in January. Gen. Woods report,
together with that of Sickles and Sher-
idan, draw forth considerable abuse
from the press. The New York
Evening Post devotes an article of a
column and a half in length to the
subject. Here are few choice sen
tences which we commend to the Gen
erals attention:
The result is that justice is denied,
and the supreme law of the land viola
ted and despised in Mississippi with
impunity. Have Northern men done
their duty in this case? They (the
negroes) are freemen, their faithful
ness is as we'll remembered by the
friends as we'll rs the enemies of the
Union. It is the duty of the blacks
to defend themselves, to strike back
when they are struck, to show that
they will not be oppressed or wronged,
that they will have justice.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16
It ELEGRAPIc . PHILOSOPHICAL


WILL be sold on Saturday the 10Th inst.
w in front of the Capitol, at IL O'Clock.
Furniture, Hardware, one chest of Carpenters
tools. Clothing; Shoes, &c, besides other arti-
cles. All will be Sold without reserve
<af j. III. BOYD,
Dec IA, 1866 2t. Auctioneer.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

Gen. Preston, of South Carolina, is in Lon.
don, en- route for America.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

The Ladies of fernando have or
ganized society, for the purpose of
soliciting funds for the relief of the
family of ex-President Davis, and
have succeeded in raising very re
spectacle sum for that object.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16
SEWING MACHINES.

SEWING MACHINES.
WHEELER & WILSON'S Sewing Machines,
w with all the latest improvements have
Just been received, and are now offered for sale
by
HI. IL: EVANS & SON, Agents,
CAPITOL STREET. .......... JACKSON. Miss.
As these Machines are second to none, par
ties wishing to purchase would do well to call
examine and price, before purchasing else
where.
An assortment of Needles always on hand
Dee. Ia d3m.
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

Bakery! Bakery
VUSHE undersigned respectfully announces
IL to the citizens of jackson, that she is
again prepared to furnish the citizens of Jack
son with fresh light bread every morning, at
their residences, beginning on Monday, the 18th
instant.
Dec IA dim MRS. NJ. WEBER
The Daily clarion., 1866-12-16

NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS J!

TUST received by Owen Bracy d Co., at NO.
- CheaDside, "A large quantity of Western
Produce for sale as low the lowest; consist
ing in part of New Flour, all grades, Sugar
Coffee, Molasses, Liquors, Fish, Fancy Groce-
ries and supplies of all kinds. The public
generally are invited to call and themselves
jackson, Miss, Dec 10 div
East Saginaw courier., 1866-06-13
An Appeal to the People.

The National Iatellgencv, speaking
of the approaching election, says:
The effort of Congress to utterly
resist Andrew johnson and his Cabi-
net, in their policy, has no precedent
in its wanton, reckless, and proaigate
hostility to constitutional and legal
forms, in the history of the delibera-
tive bodies in the governments of the
fixed powers the world over, at any
period. .3,
The issue is now directly Joined
between the President and Congress.
The tribunal of appeal is the people.
Under these circumstances it cannot,
Of course, be expected by the people
of tho country that the enemies Of
the President in Congress are to con-
troll his appointments or dispense his
patronage. The control of such mat
ters has now reverted TO the people.
As of old, the leading men in the
States, such as Governors who are
friendly to the President, distinguish
ed, members of State Legislatures,
eminent members of tho bar and
bench, and prominent citizens in other
callings, not inpublic life, will be able
to exert that influence in respect to
national appointments, which cannot
but be hoalthful and purifying in
politics. At any rate, the control of
Congress will, of course, be for the
most part suspended, except as it re-
CARDS those members who seek to re-
store union, peace, and general pros
perity,
East Saginaw courier., 1866-06-13
Tl)c Gonrier


LEFr-nANpED = The following notice
from the radical Detroit Adsertisef E.
T1ime Of tho puny Senator from tho
prny State oss Rhode Island is more
just than complimentary. A precious
smirky snob is this airy autocrat of
the loom and spindle, and it is well
that he should be appreciated in the
house Of his friends.
SGyAToR SPRAGUY, Of Rhode Islarss'
who half represents y constituff9, =
not quite as largo as tho First Ges,-
gressioaal DRts;pt Of Michigan, would
appear to lRbor under n very .erono-
estimate OF his importance individual
ly, or a. a member, Of the United
S;etee teHate, i the follow ing remarke
which Occur in one of his receut
speeches, were uttered when he knew
what no was saying:
'lnow feol bold in the advocacy Of
the principles that are ia me, and /
do not desire 70 affect other than the
minds Of tho Senate. l trust tho re-
polters viii not diguify lao 10y any
rcpiagks in thoir Rble aul valuable
papers My rem arss arc intended
exclusively to the Senate"
/ Gaeers at the tRo press como with
an oXceeaugly grace, from Con
gro7mcn. They aye servants Of tho
reoile, they have a right 10 know what
they are saying Gpd doing in their Of
foil capacity and tAqy expect to OH
tain that lnoledgo through the every
able and valuable papers" in which.
the Rhode Island Senator does NC
wish his remarks to be "dignified" ~
appearing IIay.aS tho advantage of
living in State as large as a mode
rate sized county in other States, Sem
ator Sprogue may have made himself
personally acquainted with majority
Of it's inhabitants so that he was able
70 pursuado them to send him to the
Senate without any newspaper assist
anee; but there arc good many of
his brother Senators who were not SO
fortunate, and he would have done
well to have rehnined from his sneers
at the press, out of mere respect for
tho gratitude which they doubtless
feel To the "ablo-aad valuable journ-
ais" Of their respective States. 4t
East Saginaw courier., 1866-06-13
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

A grateful mind IS great mlnd.
AS grace begins in Gods love to us,
soft ends in our love to Him.
Christianity both makes our COM
forts greater and our crowns brighter.
1t is far better to be innocent than
penitent; to prevent the malady, than
invent the remedy.
How careful should we shoot, who
have but one arrow to direct at the
mark sver
The enjoyment of the world Is
neither an evidence Of the Divine fa7
vor nor anger.
1t is an unseemly thing to put on
the fair suit of profession to do the
foul work of corruption.
The time is approaching when God
will burn up those vines which bear
only sour grapes.
INFLUENCE OF Hymns. --Magdeburg
is memorable in the story of hymns,
for it was at the cruel sacking OF it by
lilly that the school children marched
across the market place singing, and
------ey..I- him thnt ha hid tham all
to be slain and from that day, say
the chroniclers, the fortune departed
from him, nor did he smile again. -
Other hymns were more fortunate,
for we read of certain rough cap
tain who would not bate a crown of
the thirty thousand he levied off a
captured town, till at last the arch
deacon summoned the people together,
saying, "Come my children, we have
no more either audience or grace with
men, let us plead with God;' and
when they had entered the church
and sung hymn, the fine was re-
mitted to thousand. The same hymn
played as merciful a part in another
town, which was to be burnt for con-
tumacy. When mercy had been asked
in vain, the clergyman marched out
with twelve boys to the generals tent,
and sang there before him, when, TO
their amazement he foil upon the pas
tors neck and embraced him. Ia
had discovered in him an old stlt1E-s
friend, and spared the place; sSzts
still the afternoon service at Pegan is
commenced with the memorable hymn
that saved it. OF another, it is said
that famous robber having been
changed himself, sang it among his
men, so that many were changed also
Rough hearts, indeed seem often the
most susceptible. A major in COM
inand Of thirty dragons entered a
quiet vicarage, and demanded within
three hours more than the vicar could
give within year. To cheer her
father, one of his daughters took hoe
guitar, and sang to it one of dsEs
lardts hymns. Presently the doc
softly opened !; the officer stood at it,
and motioned her to continue and
when the hymn was sung thanked
lIer for the lesson, ordered out the
dragons, and rode off --Mdcaillm's
Uayorine.
East Saginaw courier., 1866-06-13
Ws.s@=.vzrmru-.


to the fatal abys'."
Tho present Emperor Napoleon, in
the hca-inning-of his reign, chose an
English alliance, and in that respect
WAS directly antagonistic TO his uncle's
policy, Vito never had any terms but
hrtr d Of that Court. 1t has been OF
reat support to the French ruler. -
j., in fact, secured him on the throne,
aaliiyst gave him political and social
prestige rs European sovereign =
Tie continental powers, might, per-
hals, have carried into effect the
sripulnton of the Treaty of 1915,
that no descendant of Napoleon should
be permitted by them to occupy the
Frcnrh throne, had it not been for
the dy,ided attitude of England
.liust it. Lord Palmerston was not
only The political but the personal
ienl of Napoleon. and actively de-
! ado h 5 comp d'etat in his place in
Parliament. J Together France and
J lgluul went through the Crimean
cammign, and, united, they saved
! rkcy from the grasp of Russia
4 'ey checked the encroachment of
Russia in the Black Sea. In the
,.caty of Peace, Napoleon, however,
somewhat Tilted England, concluding
it earlier and upon terms that we9e
not exactly satisfactory to the English
q vernment. Since then the two
nations have not been in open alli-
ance. Napoleon then had some CO.
quoting with Russia, and afterward
with Austria, but did not adopt either
at them as allies. Prussia, under the
J. ad of Count Bismark, suits him
exactly. He is able, unscrupulous
aud ambitious. He rules the Prus-
san King as Richelieu ruled Louis
Nil. of France in the seventeenth
cr..tury. In order TO be the head Of
thr tiermanic Confederation, to crush
cut Austria and swallow up SaXony,
denmark and other adjoining States,
l'russia, under Bismark, would con-
p mt that France should have the
thine provinc S, and that Italy and
Spain should be wholly French, -
Years ago, NJ. Theirs demonstrated
that Prussia was, among the Great
lowers, the natural ally of France on
the Continent, and Napoleon has now
adopted the views of this great leader
of the opposition to him in the French
Chambers.
East Saginaw courier., 1866-06-13

MEN ONE Would RATHER NoT
Mnuv.-Men who mix salad better
than any other men.
Men who ask you TO listen while
they read aloud something they have
written themselves.
Men who tell stories that run one
into another, SO that you find it very
difficult TO get away at the end of any
of them.
Hero worshippers of the common
stamp, by whom such pure minded,
earnest persons as Garibaldi are ren.
dcred ridiculous.
Men who have quarreled with all
their relations.
Men who have been betrayed and
abandoned in the most heartess man
ner by all their friends.
Men who have hcel prosecuted and
Hwindled by general conspiracy of
everybody.
Men who initiate popular actors
Men who are always asking, ''Don't
you think so -
Men who are always "putting q
case"
Men who agree with you too much.
Men who 'feel impelIed to join is
sue with you there
Men who arc technically enthusi-
astic on the subject of art without
having any practical knowledge Of it
whatever.
Men who will 60 on drinking Tho
hest wine You can Tut before d.f1a.
and, when asked how they like il,
reply, ooh, pretty we'll but the fact
is, you know, IT'S perfectly immaterial
70 me what ! drink
Mon who have received testi-
moniaI