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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-10-13
When Committees shall tePOrt%
CLINTON, Miss, Sept. 2Sth, 1870.

CLINTON, Miss, Sept. 2Sth, 1870.
Vor. j. L. Po,csr, Grand Secretary etc.
DEAR SIR AND BRo:-Your letter with
Masonic question is received and duly con-
sidercd
The rule requiring petition 10 lie over
month and be referred to a Committee of
Investigation, who shall report a5 the merit
meeting. intends that there shall be ample
time allowed to the Committee to make the
investigation, therefore, if the Committee
to attend to their duty or do not attend at fail
the next meeting, or for any other good
cause, they or any one of them, may be dis
charged and others appointed in their stead
which Retc Committee. Is allowed the same
time to make their report. If the Rep com
mttee could report inStdRteF why could not
the first one, aud whence the necessity OF
the petitions lying over But the aw con
templates that the Committee shall make
the investigation and scrutiniZe the charac-
ter and shall report at the end ~ the month
before ballot can be had on the case. In
slant reports are not admissible, as we can
not do indirectly, that, which the law lorDluS
being done directly, and the neto committee
can no more report Instanter, tnah coulu
the first, and as they were required to report
at the merit meeting-the inference is just
that they could not report before that time
The error OF reporting instantly is frequent
Iy practiced, but should not be tolerated.
In fact the law should require the Commit
tee to make their report In writing, signed
bv the members and hand it to the Secreta-
nv before the case is called up. In that
case the presence of the committee would not
be required, as the report would be read by
the Secretary, and the delay occasioned by
the appointment of new committee would
be avoided.
Very Respectfully,
aud fraternally,
GEO. III. GRAY.
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Home Again

1
Having just returned from rather ex-
tended trip North. few notes. by the way
may not be uninteresting TO the readers OF
+ the CLARION.
Having attended the great International
Boat Race between the Tyne and PariS
crews, held at Lachine, near Montreal, Can
ada, l soon made my preparations 10 steer
Southwark.
| From Buffalo to New York City the jour
ney was performed in one of the eleg Mt
4 Drawing Room ears Of the Erie Road, which
are the perfection of comfort in Rail way
! travelling. The road is exceedingly smooth
! and the cars being wide and provided with
patent springs, no perccptible jar is felt-a
/ laborious railway journey is converted into
| a pleasant trip which is recalled with pleas
ure.
A week about New York was pleasantly
spent, principally among the beautiful
and picturesque regions of New Jersey.
Preferring TO take a short sea trip, To the
tedious rail route, 1 applied to Mr.. Hasell,
the gentlemanly agent of the Charleston
Steamship Company, VINO put a state-room
at my disposal on the steamer "South caro-
lima" which left New York on Thursday,
Sept. 30. Left New York in the evening
passing numberless steamships and other
vessels from all parts of the world, passed the
quarantine station, where lay the steamers
of the New Orleans and Panama route.
which have to endure a forced delay until
passed By the Health Officers; meeting the
Yacht Squadron, of NewiYork, which was
holding its annual regatta; past the mas
l..r., If ha NJ
tropolis, which seem well calculated 70 keep
out any hostile fleet, and out into the open
sea- Night fell as we were opposite Long
Branch, and morning found us out of
sight of land, with the wind dead ahead
and a nasty cross~sea rolling, which made
almost all the passengers, with the eNcep-
ton of myself and one or two others. pay
involuntary homage to the god Neptune.
Alter a very pleasant trip altogether we
arrived in Charleston, ). c., about midnight
on Sunday-and a few words about this
line Where time is not pressing, there can
be no pleasanter route South, and as freight
line, it cannot be surpassed Through bills
Of lading are signed from New FORK to any
Southern point, and rates are rs low and
time as quick or quicker than any other.
The steamship ''South Carolina" Is very
fine boat, and her Captain, ''old Sim" Ad-
kns, is a clever gentleman, as is also the
Purser. Mr.. Jackson. Her cabin accommO-
dations are all on deck, which is fact wor-
thy of notice, it is decidedly comfort. In
Charleston 1 stopped at the Charleston Ho-
tel, which is kept in g style worthy of the
palmetto City" The city bears the marks
of the long and continued Smelling which il
received during the late war, and no doubt
will for many years.
In the evening OF Monday. Oct. 81, left
on the South Carolina Road for home, and
on yesterday arrived here, passing through
Augusta, Atlanta, Selma and Meridian; but
of this part of the journey, / shall not
speak, as my notes here already spun out 70
too great length. CHARLEY.
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of every Mason never TO deviate from the
minUtest principles thereof.


CLISToS, Miss, Sept. 3, 1870.
Dear Bro. P0tcer Please allow me 10 say
a word about a word. Demit Is the HsdSoft.c
word. Dimit is the ecclesiastical woru.
Both are reported by Webster as not no e
in use But Masons hold on TO. housenolo
words that are not continued in use by Lex
ocographers For instance, should Masons
droD the word ..cabletow" because nc ls not
used by Webster and others: No more
should they drop the masonic word -deinlt
and substitute for it the word din II, ~h1ch
does not belong to them. Dimlt Is an &c
clesiastical word, as l. ''dimissIon- anu
signifies that permission is granted, the per-
son is dismissed with recommendation 10
another jurisdiction or diocese.
Demit is masonic word, TO let IAN, 70
put away. as an office, which was ADOPTED
and used by Masons in the records OF the
oldest Lodges OF which we have any Kho"l-
edge. 10 express the act of voluntarily WIN
drawing, or putting away their mem persnlp
and is used in that sense In the olu euiIl0h
of Anderson's Constitution publlshed III
1856. The difference between the TWO
words is this: Dimit means that Wheh
person is about to leave the diocese ne Is
dismissed and sent array with a recommehua-
LiOn to another diocese or jurisdiction: Dc-
nit means that Mason remaining III the
Jurisdiction NAV tcsthdrd,7 his membership
at pleasure. There is no recommendation
attached to a demit. 1t is merely the ceIIn-
cate OF the Secretary that he has WITHDRAWN
his membership, had paid all Lodge uues'
and was in good standing at the time
Diploma is certificate OF the stahulns anu
a Recommendation of the Brother ana may
be obtained, without Withdrawing MS
With this explanation nope
Won will print the word demiC as L write In
NV communication and have no objection
to your publishing the within II you choose
Yours truly aud fraternally,
q. III. GRAY, 81.
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So 90 PER YEAR
Progress OF the CooIIe labor
MoNeme1t---Ha- HntrOducaGom
I'm New Jersey.


The arrival Of $50 coolies in .New-Jer
sey Wednesday. Is an event that excite,
great deal OF interest among all classe,
Of white laborers. particularly among
those who have held monopoly Of rail.
road labor, a field Of industry that the
Chinese will enter immetlistelv. The
company now on the grounds j. the firsr
installment of a gang OF 500 coolies 20 bs
furnished, according 10 contract. by Mr.
koOpmanchap 10 Messrs. :. Z. Simpson
q Co, who are contractors for the build
ing of a section of the Midland Railway
Arrival OF Another Gang orNcnr.
~ One Hundred COOIie. az
BeIIevIIie.
At midnight on Tuesday night tho
village of Belleville, north Of Newark.
was disturbed in its slumbers by the roll
of dozen wagons over the road an an.
usual noise for the hour in the quiet
town. Two hours before, a gang of near
/ y one hundred citizens Of tho Celestial
Empire had landed from an Erie train
at Santiago Park, taking from "A freight
ear which accompanied their train. boxes
and bundles enough 10 supply a regiment.
The strangers, as they moved noiselcsslv
about gathering together their Luggage
spoke To each other only in "A lanpuag.
that could not be interpreted by the per
sons connected with the railroad service
at the depot. They were dressed in the
national costume, their blue blouses.
pigtails and pointed wooden shoes form.
ing marked contrast 10 the STYLE of
dress worn by the lookers-on. They are
"A q IN, H..
Belleville, the proprietor, Capt Hervcv.
having contracted with Mr.. Koopman.
schap for their services for term OF
pears. The establishment of Capt. Her
vey is one Of the largest in the country.
and gives employment TO eighty or ninety
hands. The proprietor retired sea.
captain, who has for fifteen or twenty
years followed his present business, and
has made large fortune thereby-hud
learned by long experience that the labor
OF white girls and men was unsteady and
unreliable, and that great saving could
be effected by engaging hands at stated
price tor lengthy period Learning
OF The efforts that were being made 20 in.
trodGce Chinese labor into the Eastern
and Southern States he became interested
in the subject, and made diligent inquiry
relative to the capacity, adaptability and
industry Of the Chinese laborers. The
result of his inquiries was most satisfac-
tory, and he entered into u contract with
Mr. Koopmanschap for seventy hands,
for whose services he agreed to pay IS
per month and rations Of rice, bread.
pork, &c, amounting in cost 10 an equal
sum. Quarters will be provided for the
new help near the large laundry building
and the newly-imported laborers will have
things their own way.
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A short Sermon.

There's nine men a standin' at the dOre,
an they all sed they'd take sugar in
ther'n. Sich, friends and bretherihg,
was the talk, in a worldly Gems, wonsn't
common in this our ainshunt land but
the dais is gone by and the sans run dry,
and no man can say to his nabur, hoo art
thou, man, and will you take emmy more
shugar in your kaughey? But the wurds
of our tex has ditrunt and more per-
tickeler meenin than this Thar they
stood at the dore on cold winters morn
in. two Baptiss and two Methodiss and
FIVE Luthurians, and the tother one was a
pubIikin. And they all with one voice
sed they wouldn't dirty their feet in
dram shop, but if the publikin would 60
and get the drinks they'd pay for en-
And they all cried out anG very man
sed, ''Tll take mine with shugar-tor 1t
won't feel good to drink the stuff without
sweetenin'.
So the pubIikin h. marched in and the
bar-keeper said, ''What want ye ?" and
he answered and said: "a drink. How
will We have it ?" ''Plain and strate, says
he ''for it AIM no use wastin shugar to
circumsalivate akafortis. But there's
nine more a standin' at the dore, and
they all sed they'd take shugar in ther'n.
Friends and brethering, it amt only the
likker or sperits that is drunk in this
roundabout and undetermined way, but
its the Iikker of all sorts of human wick
edness in like manner, Theirs the ikker
of MALLS that menny you drinks to the
dregs; but yure sure to sweaten 1t with
the shugar of selfjustifcation. Theirs
the likker of avriss that some keeps be-
hind the curtain for constant use, but
they always has it well MKT with the
sweetin of prudens and ekonimy. Theirs
the llkker of self-luv that sum men drink
by the gallon, but they always put in lots
of the shugar of take keer of No. /.
An lastly, thar's the hkker Nv extor-
shun, which the man sweetens accordin
to circumstances. If he's is the flour
line, he'll say the poor'n be better off a
eatin' corn bread; if he's in the cloth
line, why it's good thing to larn EN- to
make their cloth at home; if he's in the
leather line, it'll larn 'em the necessity NV
takIn' better keer Nv Their shoes An
thar's nine men stan'in' at the door, an
they all said they'd take sugar in thern.
But frien's an brethering, thar's time
comm an place fixin' whar Their Ii be
no ''stan'in' at the door" to call for sugar
in ther'n. But they'll have to 60 right IN
an take the drink square up to the front;
an the bar-keeper'll be ole Satan, an no
body else; an he'll give 'em sugar IN
thern," you'd better believe it-an' it'll be
sugar O. lead, an red hot lead at that, as
suTe as YOUR names Conscience D0dger.
An You'll be entitled to your rations three
times day, if not more frequentlier; an
if YOU don't like it you'll have to lump 1t.
And so, may ole nick close down ON all
your slick palaverin' aroun' the plain ole
people of brotherly luv an generosity an
fellerfeelin' an fair play! Amen.
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CIlnnrr. E.nrlnnr.

a correspondent writes 90 suy fhat ..v
teen months ago ho SAW Hon. A. %. H..
Nicholson, colleague of Andrew John.
son in the Senate boo 1861. boo Mompbs.
an oppressed and suspected man. of Joss
account in the State government tHHH Huy
one Of that stouudral sYIdlury Brown.
low then had about tho halI of tha -u.
promo Court of the State t1 OgDHne IH
deliberations. On thc l2tl iu.l, Mr
Nicholson wa- sworn boo 3D. th.cfJuur.
of the Supreme Court OF Ie1ue ea
and who minds that langIo ODD g.U.r
ParsOn Brownlow, now lt !. good
sometimes 10 take cheerful yInw I,HI.
calism b. not Che Almighty thuf DO ruuuI
be overthrow. N. s. World.
The writer might have added hat s.t
years ngo TIE present Ch0olJwHar %
Tennessee was luugushiug boz % federal
prison nj the bidding of Andrew Jahu-
son, who b. now nn ouioat and "a sam.
derer dcspising both parl.as aud neglected
by both, aud Of Br9anIaH, who +. from.
bling on the verge of eternity loaded
with bitter remembrance Of his criminal
life Time bring 3D. ravongoa
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From the Philadelphia Age.
The Income Tax.

The people Of this country are heavi-
ly taxed race. None more so. Taxes
sit like birds Of i'll omen upon all branches
of industry. They eat like a cancer into
the proceeds of capital, the products Of
industry. The rich man is feeced by the
tax-collector. The poor man is robbed
of heavy per centage Of his hard earn
ings. The merchants is compelled TO pay
a tax upon all goods sold the manufac-
turers, upon all articles fabricated. Tax
es increase the rent of houses, and the
price of necessaries of lite. If man
is forced to contribute heavy sums each
year for governmental purposes, if his in
come is reduced by levies made by fnan-
cial agents of a party in power, he will
be compelled either to increase the price
of his labor, or the cost of goods sold by
him. This creates an unnatural con1i-
ton of business, which, in the end, must
act disastrously upon both individuals
and the community. When the cost OF
production is too high, we cannot COM
pete with other nations in the markets
of the world, and hence the demand for
labor is not brisk or steady. Reasonable
wages, fair prices for all articles sold,
and exemption from high taxes and ru-
nous demands for national purposes,
constitute a platform, on which people
can stand, with certainty of success and
prosperity at home, and fair chance
with other nations in foreign markets.
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james l.. orr writes letter foo which
he says he rs not q candidate, a1l uasas
can b. o candidato f9r tbo lnItrd eHuH
Senate from South Carolina. Whars1p.
on the Charleston Nov apdy romafk-
The coyne.- of old stager BOO political
campaigns g. something like thc pro.nu.
tion- Of the fair Julia, who, "y0Hirs Hn
would nccr consent, consented. agd
Judge Orr know we'll enough that Dob.
refusal ~ be candilufa would uol pre-.
vent him from serving BIZ bo Unr. elected.
The smiling ColGx announce. h.a tuW
retirement from public I'e. and b. H
shrewdly guessed that he b.. therefore. a
candidate for the White House Boo 1872
A similar strategy probably direct .H.
declaration IF James J.. orr -un.e. fHHt
a-tuto political tumbler has come Obj t."
conclusion shat, under uJ po-.o.. cir
cumstanccs. can hc attain. through tHr
South Carolina Legislature, flr raa. aI
his desires.
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An EnrnEed Negro A Clergy man
Narrowly Escapes with HHk
Life.

At Lauderdale, on yesterday, as TIN
freight train was about leaving the depot
on her downward schedule, bully freed
man, whose name we did not obtain, ap-
preached the cars, armed with a revolver,
and calling aloud-''w where are then
damned s-b-s ?" referring TO a difficulty
which had occurred the dav before, II
the same hour. Another freedman had
previousl Y been severely beaten for using
the same expressions.
The person addressed, seizing CUR
and observing the first named freedman
about to shoot, raised it, when tn,
freedman fred two shots, taking effect in
rear car, and barely missing the open
door of the car, en- line with which the
Rev. w. G. Stickney was standing. He
had just entered and was the only pas.
senger and having just fulfilled his ap
pointment.
Had it not been for the defective aim
of the freedman, recklessly firing into a
car, and endangering the lives of passen.
gers, we should be compelled to chroni-
Gle much sadder incident The freed
man should he Immediately arrested, for
the end is not yet.-Meridian Mercury.
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The Bright Side.

Look on the bright side. 1t is the
right side. The times may be hard, but
it will make them no easier To wear a
gloomy and sad countenanoe. 1t is the
sunshine, and not the cloud, that makes
the flowers. The sky is blue ten times
where it is black once. You have trou-
BILE, so have others. None are free from
them. Troubles give sinew and the tone
to life-fortitude and courage to man.
That would be a dull sea, and the sailor
would never get skill, where there was
nothing to disturb the surface of the
ocean. What though things do look a
little dark? The lane will turn and night
will end in broad dayl Men are not made
to hang down their heads. There is
more virtue in one sunbeam than q whole
hemisphere Of clouds and gloom. Let
Christ, the son Of righteousness. shine in
10 your souls.
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a Leading Republican Tells what
HHe Knows About Hni- Party.

Says Don Piatt, of the Cincinnati Com
mercial
"But, my friends, as the sun breeds
maggots, in a dead dog, the sun Of our
Republicanism seems 10 have called up
from the bogs and fens and swamps all
the vile things that crawl, and hiss and
fatten on the public veal. There never
was period in the history Of this or any
other people, that foul corruption so Pois-
oned humanity. 1t is no longer az II
afraid. Itstalks about in the noon-ide
sun, making day itself SICK ana hiueous'
ed profits disappear, while taxation grinds
us down, thieves, with brassy faces and
greedy hands. fill Offices and fatten on
the spoils. Rings surround every de-
partment, corrupting the ballot-box and
debasing the trusts, while all over the
land the poison extends, until peace and
private life have disappeared, and rogues
hold high carnival"
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Encouraging Reports of the Fro
Eress Of the Campaign.
Special Dispatch to the Western Pres.
Co~k

WASHINGTON, Sept. %.
The Congressional Democratic Com
mittee continues to receive most eneour
aging advices from all parts of the coun
try. In Pennsylvania the Republican;
concede that the Democrats will cleo
twelves members of Congress. In Vir
ginia gain of five is expected, while il
Maryland the probability is that there
will be loss of one member. In Ar
kansas two, if not three, Democratic
members will be elected. In Wisconsin
a gain of one in the Milwaukee district
is expected. New York politicians wrIe
that the Democrats will gain seven, and
possibly nine, members of Congress at
the November election, and carry he
State by over eighty thousand majority
for Hoffman for governor. The Alabama
Democrats write that they expect to carry
all but one district, and Louisianians
predict the loss of but one district in that
State. Letters from Ohio anticipate
decided gain in Congressman.
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a Market COIIOquy.

Among the people who came to the
Philadelphia market the other afternoon,
was a citizen of West jersey. He
brought stock of eggs and butter In a
big coopin the rearmOst part of his wag-
on he had splendid peacock, whose tail
spread out beautifully, even to gorgeous
ness, like the trail of lady's An Irish
man passing, he observed the splendid
plumage of the bird, and asked its price.
"Thee can have it for fifteen dollars, "
was the reply of the owner, whose garb
indicated him as a member of the Society
of Friends. That's good price," was
the interrogative remark of the Celt, as
he smoothed the ample tail of the feath-
cred biped. There are plenty ofpeople
who will give that for him." was the
placid and very true rejOinder The
Celt surveyed the bird, admired his pro-
portions, but still endeavo4ed to cheapen
him. "Mister," said he at last, to the
grave gentleman who held the bird for
sale, "Mister, people say these birds
have very bad voice" | have nothing
to say about their voices, was the quiet
reply. ''If thee wants the fowl thee can
take it if thee doesn't the voice doesn't
make any matter to thee" ''But," says
the Celt, "don't them birds boiler like the.
devil? Friend" was the placid reply
''thee probably, in that respect, has AM
advantage over me. Thee evidently has.
acquaintance that l have not. 1t thee
thinks that the scream of this bird is like.
that of thy friend, l, in my ignorance.
will not presume to contradict thee.
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The Holly SPRING. Reporter draws the
following pen picture of affairs industri.
ally so far as they relate to the colored
population In that section. Unforu.
nately, it will apply to almost any other
Southern locality:
We hear complaints Of the negro in
every section OF our county. In town il
is almost an impossiblity 10 get negro
cooks; and when obtained they leave on
the slightest pretext and when the
slightest pretext is not given, they attend
meetings" every night, shout and
scream until next morning, and arc I'M
fitted for work during the day. In the
country many negroes are neglecting
their crops, and cotton and corn are ruin.
ing in the fields. A great many have
gone in debt for supplies, clothing and
gewgaws, and owe more than their crops
will realize. They therefore argue that
it is folly 10 pick out cotton and gather
corn for other men TO enjoy. Our crops
are poor enough, i'm all conscience, and
the Incidence and wOrthlcssnesa OF the
negro are making them fye-fold worse. -
We learn that in one neighbOrhOod the
negroes leave their work for whole days to-
gether TO attend negro militia meetings
and negro funerals. a friend informs
us that they are preaching the funerals Of
negroes who died fifteen and twenty
years ago. If negroes do not improve,
and bitter experience tells US there Is lit
tie hope, other labor will have 10 be in
troduced, or farmers will be compelled 10
cease their efforts to make crops. The
condition Of the entire Southern country
illustrates forcihly the tendency and ef
fects of Radical reconstruction and negro
legislation.
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Tho conductor, engineer, cle.s gu
our passenger trains, Mississippi Central
rairoad, have presented C0lDua. =lm
Tate with a gold.hcadel cane. We ar
most gratifed 20 learn that there viii Boz
no changes made in the management .I
our Mississippi Central road except boo
the President. Colonel III. Is. MclumH
is now President OF both the Contra. and
New Orleans roads. a gentleman 5y tho
name Of SeweIl is 10 be operating mana.
ger Of both roads Colonel Frost remains
As General Superintendent oi thH f1ii.
and we learn that for the present ai lH'
operatives viii be retained. 'l''aI'n'
oath.