The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-04-19
THE DAILY CLARION
JACKSON. MISS


JACKSON. MISS
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Thursday ::::: 50: april u, Is92:
-ZThe chapter ofcrime, in late Northern
papers. consists Of three sections the hang
ing Of Grady In New jersey, for the murder
Of Dixon in August 1864; the announcement
that Green. the murderer Of Converse, ia
Massachusetts, is to be hanged and the
particulars Of an atrocious murder IN the
outskirts Of Philadelphia, the particulars Oh
which are not vet fully developed A Ger
| man Iaborer named Antoine, as is supposed
murdered his employer and the entire fam
| ily consisting ofseveu persons ii an anu
| decamped, leaving the house open, but the
cattle shut up in their stalls. As the muir
/ dered family were not Of particularly socI
able habits. the deed was not discovered
until as is supposed, three or four days
afterwards The time Of the murder IS liked
bv one of the victims having on mourning
dress. appearing to have just returned from
/ a funeral at which she was seen Tor the
last time IN life
rz-t new variation of the confidence
game was played the other day in ST Louis
q pretended telegraph operator handing a
gem. s..1u q. dispatch purporting to come
from somebody who had had $500 paid to
him. subject 90 this gentleman's order. lie
Maid the charges. s. 90, and going to the
telegraph office to answer the dispatch, dis
covered that be had been tricked
--zz-tA gentleman of acknowledged integ-
ritr and intelligence" has presented the
Missouri Demorrat with poem OF half a
dozen stauz..s which he asserts is Of spirit
origin. produced through the mediumship
of Mrs Somebody They make poor poetry
in the spirit world, Judging by the following
sample:
Deep love with its gentle breath.
viii sweep oe' the hearts ring warm
] Make sweet music in the soul
| Shutting ont each blighting storm
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An editor of a sensitive ear, says that
among all the important consequences O
the President peace proclamation, not the
least is that we are now defnitively exempt
ed from listening any more to when thi
cruel war is over"
1t seems. from report of commit
tee of the Iowa Legislature, that the gubeI
material power Of that State, for about tw'
wears. has been exercised, not by Gov. Stone
but bv his private Secretary, R. G. Orwig
who has held the great seal, granted pan
dons at discretion, made acquisitions for fl
citlves from justice, granted extraditio
warrants. &c &c. As compensation 70
these little services he has helped himself t
about s34 900 belonging TO the swamp Ian
indemnity fund
N.O.J& G. y. RAILRoAD.-We appen
the list of Directors of this road, chosen b
the Stockholders on Monday last. The vOt
which was unanimous, is said to have bee
unusually large 1t reached l92, 45z I'll
Board met on Tuesday for the election
President. and it is understood that Gei
Beauregard was elected The following
the list:
For Louisiana-C. Fellowes, II.
Schwartz. VIM Henderson, Henry tloranc
Williamson Smith, J. a. Blanc, Geo. Clar
J. J. Warren. c. J Leeds J. NJ. Ried. k. y
Ogden, W. A Gordon
For ssissippi-Joshua Green, R
Saunders, VIM. Hemingway, James Dram
A NJ Carothers, 5. J. Gholson.
p The Natchez Courier contains a We
judicious article upon the poor whites
D the South" a class which has been made t
constant butt for practice by the defame
of our region, as If there were no poor wort
less whites in any other part of the wor
Such has been the condition of our Sout
ern society, says the Courier, that power
= could not exist without either misfortune
> crime The former always found rea
sympathy. and never seriously affected
social status of the individual Such
been. in former times, the ungrudging h
pitality of our Southern homes, that the
titute widow and helpless orphan have
ceived from friends who did not reckon it
charity, but simply duty, not support me
", but the maintenance of a degree of I
gance For any mau then to have remain
in state of poverty furnished such primd
Gle evidence of Incidence or unthritt as na
rally to lead to the inference that the sa
wretched qualities viii be displayed in
the relations Of life
In our altered condition, the poor viii
not poorer now in substance than the ]
of us. has part to act, of which he him
little dreams The exigencies of the pres
and future demand that strong and heal
middle class shall be builded up to deve
the prosperity of our country The mate
for this is already among us. To train
properly. public sentiment must be true
the new order of things Poverty is
longer now what il once was, and we II
recognize the change We must be cont
to forego Iuxuries for bomely comforts.
Is sad sign to behold so many of us striy
to conceal our real indulgence, under
glittering of outward display. Still Il
is cheering feature in the fact, that we
not easily cast down; it is token of
vaIescence not to be despised.
The Zone and Temper for the TIN
!, We have a communication. too Ions
our use, from Northern gentleman
takes a very impartial view of the pre-
state of feeling North and South, and
Gates the injudicious indulgence of the
sions which excited by the events Of
past have not yer subsidized. He says:
1t cannot be expected that the two 9
sections of the country. so recently at
>, will at once settle in peaceable and annie
relations with each other, however desiI
such a c0uSumm2tion may be. The WI
arms is over. but the war of words. with