The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-03-07

The Natchez Courier learns that both the
city and county Representatives of Adams
Major Hillyer and Capt. Pope. were admit
ted few days ago, in Jackson, to practice
in the United States courts. The test oath
was neitber required nor administered. Both
the gentlemen have been lawyers for num-
Der of years-though neither has recently
taken an active part in the profession.
BURIAL OF GEN. MoTT-The Holly Springs
Reporter of the LIST sketches the ceremonies
of the re-interment of the remains of this
brave son of Mississippi, in that city. 1t
says: On Thursday evening, February DIST.
the corpse of Col Christopher Haynes Mott,
who fell in the battle of Williamsburg, Va,
whilst calamity leading his glorious 10Th in
a charge against the enemy, were received
at the depot by the Masonic brothers and
escorted to his late residence in this city,
and there placed in charge of guard of Sir
Knights Templars during the night. Friday
morning the remains were taken to the
Methodist church, where, at II o'clock, the
Masonic Fraternity and large concourse of
citizens generally were assembled. After a
beautiful hymn by the choir, the Rev. Henry
II. Paine opened the funeral services with a
most solemn and impressive prayer. Col
Thomas w. Harris then delivered an adj
dress. which, for beauty and appropriate
ness, we have never heard surpassed.
The Greensboro Miss Yidette learns
that Messrs. Seward and Cook, are making
efforts to rebuild the Bankston cotton mills
d
House of Representatives to repeal the law
prohibiting negroes from holding Office and
serving on jurles was lost 10y three majority
LONDON, March dublin dispatches an
nounce the capture of Col. OConor, the
leader of the Fenian revolt He was cap
tured 200 miles from the scene of the insur
rection.
PARIS March 4-Strikes for higher wages
now frequent in France, are traoeabIe to the
increased price offood.
The Bonham : Texas) News says of the
crops
Wheat crops throughout this section OF
country is looking exceedingly fine, and I'll
we can only have a little rain said an old
farmer, such another wheat crop was
never gathered as we Will have this year
Our farmers are going into corn planting
largely, to have bread for those who are
coming from the old States There viii be
some cotton planted butt 1.-THE of what
was in days of yore. Wheat, corn, fruits.
etc. have and will hereafter take the place
of King Cotton-so-called.
The editor of the Huntsville (Ala) Advo-
cate has recently visited the dark corner
of Madison county, whereof he reports;
Most of the farmers we found busy break
ing up ground for the corn and cotton.
what little wheat there is in that neighbor-
hood looks We'll but We are sorry to say but
little was sown last fall
Horace Greeley, in recent lecture in
Washington, thus argued
Punishment for dislovaltv sto,,1s
summary and limited; but when n,s+ro,,,.3
the justice ceased. The spirit of the aao !
against inficting further punishment ~
the impoverished and ehastened South ana
in conclusion, he said he knew that even.
soldier of the victorious army reioiced that
not another drop of blood had been added in
punishment for.an evil which at most was
but the conflict of sectional ideas