The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-08
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS,

The negro vote in the South will exceed
half million.
1t is ascertained that Louis Napoleon can
put five armies of one hundred Thousand
men each in the field at once.
There are 1898 pupils in the freedmen
schools Of the South, including the District
of Columbia. There are 972 white and ass
colored teachers
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that wagons, carts and drays,
made to be used for farming or lumber pur-
poses. and baggage or express wagons made
for carrying freight exclusively, and not to
be used as pleasure carriages, are, by act of
May 2, 1867, exempt from taxation.
Hon. George r. Clayton, of Columbus, one
of the most prominent citizens of northeast
Mississippi died suddenly at Athens, Ga, his
native town, on the gath ult
Accounts from Southwestern Georgia con-
tinue to represent the crops as growing fine
ly, and the freedmen as generally faithfully
observing their contracts. Nearly all the
corn has been planted and is doing well, and
from some sections the report is that cotton
planting is also finished.
WORSE THAN REPORTED Tho Mobile
Times of Friday says the outrage committed
by four negroes, near Mobile, the description
OF which was published in yesterdays Cres-
cent, was far more horrible and disgusting
than was first represented
The colored population in and about Mo-
bile are terribly incensed against the perpe
traitors, and have Joined the citizens and the
military in their efforts to ferret them ont
Queen Victoria recently presented por-
trait of Her Royal Highness to Mr.. Peabody.
1t cost over $4,000. Mr.. Peabody intends
to exhibit it, probably in New York and the
provinces-one-half the proceeds to go to
the Southern Relief Fund, and the remand
er to some local charity.
Sturgeon, the well known London preach.
er, occasionally gets off good thing. A re-
port of q late sermon delivered by him con-
tains sentence which will be as much APP
preciated here as in England: Brethren"
said Spurgeon, "if God had referred the ark
to Committee on Naval Affairs, in my opin-
ion, itlwould not have been built yet"
4 correspondent of the Port Gibson Stand
ard, says that "being in Liberty, not long
since, he fonnd the most influential citizens
of that county have project in view which |
looks to me feasible, and in which the people |
of tits county, Jefferson and Claiborne are |
interested. They have organized Society |
for the purpose of promoting Internal I'M
provements and immigration, and propose
to make a railroad from some point on the |
N. o., J. & G. N. R. R., at or near A ite
Station, on that road, by the way of Liberty,
Meadyille and Port Gibson, to Vicksburg, as
the most certain means Of accomplishing the
ends of their organization"
A regular bounty is paid by the English
Government for every authenticated case of
triple birth. The Court Journal complains
that they are becoming too frequent, and |
calls for an investigation.
There are now buried in the Memorial
Cemetery, at Raleigh, N. c., 3l2 North Caro-
linians, 46 South Carolinians, "A Georgians,
Alabamians, 8 Mississippians, A Virginians,
- Il NoAiutancJ q AenHesceeaubb 1tAaug
Louisianian, l Arkansian, 3 Confederate
States Navy men, and log unknown dead
Total $50.
A wax. doll in the Virginia Memorial Ba-
zaar is inscribed as presented by Julia
child of the South, daughter of Stonewall
Jackson"
Gen. Ewell is residing near Spring Hill,
Tennessee where he has a farm of several
thousand acres, but is not putting any of it
in cotton. Last year he began stocking it,
aud has now near thousand head of sheep,
cattle, hogs and other farm stock. He is
to take care of them by putting
down great deal of grass land for pastures
and meadows. He is very kind to the freed
men aud has been remarkably successful in
them. He has also the best crops
of wheat in the country, and his good wife
expects to take premium or two for her 9
work at the next az ricultural fair of the |
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