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Scientific Daring.

Ohc uilil uilN wv huEuht, IuSt hl-
ter noon, n balloon rose in the all
al the foot of Cleed Hills, ON the
western edge OF the Central plain
Of England 1t was inflated with
the lightest gasses which chemical
skill could produce, aud itrosewith
surprising velocity. "A mile urand
il entered a strata of clouds more
than n thousand feet thick. Finer
ging from this, the sun shono bright
ly on the airiship; the sky overhead
was of the clearest and deepest blue,
and below lay an immeasurable cx-
panse of clouds, whose surface
| looked as solid as that of the earth,
now wholly lost to view. Lofty
mountains and deep dark ravines
appear belox; thcpeak and sides Of
} these cloud mountains nextthe sun
/ glittercd like snow but cnstingshad-
ows as black as if they were solid
rock. Up rose the balloon with
tremendous velocity. Four miles
above the earthIa a pigeon was let
loosel; and il dropped down through
the air az If it had been a stone
the air was too thin tolenable it tc
fly. 1t was as ifa ship, ladcdto thS
deck was to pass from the heavy
waters of the sea into an inland un
alkaline lake; the bnrk would sink
at once in tho thinner water. Up
up still higher :. What b silenc'
profound! The heights Of the sky
D kwere as still as the deepest depths
of the ocean, where, as was founf
during the search for the lost. Attain
tic cable, the fine mud 'liesuas un
stirred from year to year. as thu
dust which imperceptably gather
ON the furniture Of a deserted house
No sound, nor life.--only the brigh
Z Sunshine falling through sky which
lit could not warm. asi@sn g. b
Up five miles above the earth
h-higher than the Inaccessible sum
a nit of Chimborazo or Dawngiri.--
Despite the sunshine, everything
freezes. The air grows too thin 4
support life, even for a few minutes
Two men wcrcin that adventurou
s balloon--athe one steering the al
= ship, the other watching the scier
Il tifiicinstrdments andrecording thel
n swithia rapidity bred by Practice
y Suddenly as the latter looks at b
! instrument, his sight grows dim, b
! takes a lense to help his sight, an
{, onlyiremafks from the falling b.
! rorneterthati they are risngrapidl,
Q A flask OF brandy lies within a io'
le of him; he tries to reach 1t, but i
,r arms refuse to obey his will. i
,e tries to call his comradc, who b
" gone up to the ringabove; aiwhi
d per in that deep solitude would ST
Idfce--.but iIo sound comes from \
n Iips--ne Is voiceless. The stee,
= man comes into the car, he fin
VS. his comrade IN a swooD, and fe,
lis his own senses falling hhmaii N
NH He saw III once lthatIife and dea
W hung upon a few moments ]
NJ tsefzed the valve, ii order to open
j. /. and 1ct out some Of tkc gas. I
~ I, hands are purple with intense &C
~ they are paralized, they WIN y
~ respond to his WIN. He seizes t
IN valve with his teeth, it opened
OK little--once, twice, thrice--thc b
est loon began to degcend. Then
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eisarseisfsies " hsmsalif. lae
lstsit8h aaa l6ys n womah The
wottl fecogbie, Ne ifuft N NJ
file iaihs tpAhef ah,lyeoa dayF
wldeh Il teslows On Seasons n
ptelliaf pestr, and On NJ quct
autI happy iguf, The expression
e al'o artiled iosclsoni " spirit.
usi feposc s''
.p maF.. iar' ~ rmfialatbHd
Thai afeaisa yts lis ifasabi ~ II .hs
mIat
Tn ~ taf5i iai m s'h
The great epic poet has also
pad hi' apprecIaiw > tel ule to the
"a L Ct the lIalyeoa in lis LYNN
to the NATIVITY.
'qlh fraseeil ehttls hish,
Nhere,n ibs rnnctd light
llIs Ieign OF peace upon Garth boksn3
The Winds with wondlr whist
Saoo,hlt NE aatct. hla. I
Mhisferiaa nsv ioysb iie nih ocean,
Who nov hath salis fatgat To fatc.
While binds Of calm ~ broodips w Ihe charm
,dN.ted,
=. .ffoskisHc. tosrtal
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- --.ss
HALYC0N DAYS

The poetic imagination Of the
Greeks threw the pretty myth of
the halycon birds around The short
md dreary days of midiwinter
I'or seven days before and seven
lays after the winter solstice. |
!hese birds brood over their nest
which floats upon the sea, Eolus
guards the winds, and not a zephyr
tuflles the wave ! while they bear
anharined the precious treasure,
committed to their trust. The
;eason is dear to seaman, for over
he placid sea the ship gre safely
borne y their. destined hsfbor no
clouds obscure the sunlight, and
no tempest disturb the deep seren-
'Y 'stlpeaf ygsdgf fiA9Fsfhe.ay=
ms above and on the waters be-,
meath, while in the floating cradle
|sAe myrthic birds are being
sR4rmed into LIE. d.
King of Thessaly and
lsohof Hesperus, Me morning star,
nartiessR Ralycone, the daughter Of
| Epls 5oa Of the winds. They
LIKE each other defotedly, but
E.dtef Their Aappy life a change
fccmes, X hasthe misfortune
Ito loas Y Gi6g ghef, and the sad
sssSs q rSIs~sa W aIlsrGl prodi-
tgies Indicative ofthe aagF of the
cot lie@assstn tninss make a
voyage iona, a llt the
| oracls e = pycone,
Eraa Y Shing III
Istltsdsole hs II kis departure,
and with tears and sohs bids hin
1 tf~eHel. llHer 'prs'ea'ments are
pohtystoo true. A fierce storm
overwhelms the ship, and Cey,
4 sinksbeneatA theswsvesaxxT /.
lsMeapvhailtea lIalycons rwatche
anxiously for hi his return, make
ready for his arrival, dresses her
I Self Ii gay 7 aapparfel, oilers frequen
= incense to the gods but more ths
all to Juno. She prsys teOnstsntl
u for bis return, and that during hi
} absence he may remain true to hi
! tf,2a for kelrl Agfzss We goodies,
! hmoeed AbS her ' distress, sends t
!, her d sission, which reveals to th
sorrowing wife the loss of he
r.. IL u.1.~,.- IL
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" -ssso wSss'ya.N shNsA ksasaa ,'-~sAM :
r. I have il, my oiics npw, ip.sugcssshf, opera
tion, sene of the. latsst improved machines
knowntotife world Tor froducing g ksrNcts Ok
ipE AND oxycEs ExvGttx Gas, i The pure Gas
cmilsed from this machine vii I transpert, as it
were the patient 70 the dteamiar.l whilesbeing
rebbed. OF the Offending tooth without the
Islighieshpain, and Is spsrfeetW haemlesnin its
effeets. Dvnt mistake the name nor place, as
there are other names In the piofessionsp near
,he same they have baen taken Tor mime
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306. Mtln 81. n fr.nsa asaSCuoe hiuBt ct'
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Y Ihave received many testimonials from pro-
tessonal and medical men as my almanacks
and various publications have shown, all Of
which are genuine. The following from a
highly educated and popular PHI ysieian in Geor-
gia, is certainly ono Of the most sensible com.
munications / have ever received. DR.. Diem
ent knows exactly what he speaks Of, and hi.
testimony deserves TO be written in letters o.
gold. Hear what the Doctor says Of BULLS
WORN DETR0YER:f3t ll afaar Ger 2
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thHn trn iinrs -irre hnd uvef fen lines rtafgea
81 rernlat advertising mies
All advcrtlsemepis Of n strictly Personal
character. viii be charged At the rate Of twenty
cents psr bne
Editorial notices In local column, twenty i've
eeH's per line.
JOB WORK Of every description aoht with
neaincss anil dispatch,
AdvettIaenscnispayable IN advance and Job
Work, on delivery. Nl.
To CoRatsroSpESrs--Write plain, with ink.
and on bat one side Of The sheet Ten lines Of
ordinary manuscript m letter paper, v III make
one squire.
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vtLAsow, WALKER Cocsrr, Ga, |
. W. lIr. - June %. 1865. [

N1IIAN0wi WALEEK UUVNTfi NAr [ =
~aNt re 81 June 26, 1855.
Dr. JoHS BuLL~-Dcar SIR have recently
given, youss ,Norms sncstwyef7s several trials,
and find it wonderfully efdcacious. ltihas not
failed in singleDinstance 10 have the wishod-
for effect am doing pretty large country
practice and have daily use for some article of
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no remedy recommended by tho abiest authors
that Is so certain and speedy in its effects. On
the contrary they are uncertain in the extreme.
Ny object in writing to you is to find out upon
what terms can get the medicine directly
from ypuMlf ieanKet it npon easy tewsVl
wi1fusc . 6reat dG of ik | am aware that
fhe ASA Of such artFlss is sc6nrnry to the teach.
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regular line of NJ. DIS, hgst 7saqiast cqpsgs
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ing aiicgory. 1t Sapoetic indur-
ihs hibute, which renewed as off,
'tta'a ten as every succeeding winter
describes les its short Ie0une in
the sky, as often recalls the Greek
appreciation of one Of the noblest
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and with tears and -sohs bids him
tf~esell, llHer ,prsSep'ments are
aohtystoo true. A fierce storm
overwhelms the ship, and Ceyx
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'S:';s S:.;:s v U J =, y ! sls::. I =
since was would ! IzSa skot tkroul ~
hips. Ny general fealth y impaired, and I
need something to assist nature. have more
faith in your Sarsiparilla than in anything
else. T@isA thatlthat 10 genuine. RlSasrlef-
press me half a dozen bottles, and oblige eH
- Cara. G, P, Johnson
go AN Sc Louis, No.
q G Tho folIowino vas written Anril 40
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-10
An Assassination.

The Selma Times, in giving an account
of the killing of Frank Digs, negro
mail agent, between Selma and Meridian,
says:
1t l. an outrage that we have no hesitancy
in denouncing in unmeasured terms. anu
which should excite universal Indignation.
The Times further says that as Diggs
had conducted himself so as to give no
offense to the whites, his murder must
have been a scheme of the Radicals to
make party capital on the eve of the Ala
bama elections, in conformity to the Scott
programme in South Carolina.
The Meridian Mercury has the follow
ing in reference to the affair.
The murdered mans name was Frank
Diggs. During the war he WAS o carpenter
in Selma, and was well beliked. When Will
sons raiders came along. he Joined them
aud went along, and acted as sort OF a
guide to lead the way to numerous deeds OF
blood and devastation. Since the war he
has been foremost in manifestations OF hos
tility TO Southern white men. and i'm tieing
himself on the carpet baggers and their for
tunes.
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General EWcII.

We copy the following from the Green
vile Washington county, Times, which
is owned and edited by J. S. McNeely,
who was during the war member of the
2lst Mississippi Regiment, than whom
there was no better soldier:
We have had the pleasure during the past
week of meeting General Ewell la Green
vile; the old hero il engaged in planting a
few miles above us and is .'iu camp" OH the
River bank there. OF all our commanders
in the late war, none are entitled To more
love and admiration than Is Gen. Ewell !;
no more exalted type of the virtues aud glO-
ries of the lost cause survived the uring
of the conquered banner.
Our old Virginia comrades will be graft
fled to know that Gen. Ewell is looking re-
markably well.
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DEArH Or WIrErAss ID. CHRrrr,fAs,
has again created void II this
community, n depriving It Of one Of ID
most esteemed and valuable citizens.
The remains Of Mr.. w. d. Christman
were followed to the grave on Sabbath
last by one of the largest fnneral process
sions we have ever seen in the city. The
various societies, Masons, Odd Fellows,
and the Fire Department, Of which he
was respected member, and the citizens
generally, united in giving expression TO
the sorrow which they all feel. DIR.
Christman came to this city from Missouri
in the latter part of 1904 short time
before the commencement of the war,
and was among the first to enlist in the
Confederate cause He was member
of the famous 10th Mississippi; and that
regiment of heroes could boast no truer
soldier. When the war was over, he ex-
changed the rifle and knapsack he had so
long borne, for the implements of bis
peaceful and useful ayocation, in the pur-
suit of which he was engaged when pros
trated by the disease to which his manly
form at last succumbed. He was in the
10th year of his age. A large circle of
friends tender their coincidence TO his
family in their bereavement.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-10

TIE revolt of the colored people
aeainst the leadership Of the carpet bag
gers Il Ill the Southern States, Is too
palpable to escape observation The
selfshness and corrupt motives which
have influenced the professions Of these
interlOpeu have become patent to the
blacks themselves
In South Carolina the latter claimed
four-ffths of the Congressional nominal
tons, and dismissed the carpetbag bar
nacles from their service. In Georgia
they have several candidates in the field.
to the excelsior of their carpetbag COM
petitors, and in Florida, they asserted
their right of numbers, and took the
only Congressional nomination that was
to be made. In Alabama, as our read
ers have been informed, the home color
ed folks have sent adrift Buck, the alien
Representative from the Mobile District,
and assigned the place to Ben. Turner,
one of their own number Ben. is har-
arguing his people and holding up the
entire carpetbag fraternity as unworthy
of the confidence which they have here
tofore received from the blacks. The
following extracts of his speech at Grove
Hill, will show how his well-deserved
blows were administered. We copy
from the Mobile Register:
Ben Turner took highly conservative
ground He denounced the carpet Dagger
| as enemies OF our people, and was applaud
| ed throughout TO the echo.
| Turner told the negroes that they weFt
! not liberated by the Yankees. and referred
| in that connection, TO the conference be-
| tween the Confederate and Federal Govern.
ments i'm the Hampton Roads. and told the
| negroes that Mr.. Lincoln told our people
/ that if they would lay down their arms, he
I Uincoln) would secure to the south the in
sritution of slavery. ETC., etc. Turner ard
his friends said the carpet bdggers had stolen
eao7aOh; that they scoHkd not diuide the spoiIs
and they loere determined to put them out dnc
| put in q negro. because he toOuId not steal 81
| much. aud II he dld steal cULOTed men trOlIL
| stan South aud spend their steGiings tciIh heii
| o,cn people, aud not got Ohio GItd other North.
| ern States dad spend their pluMder; but " hat
especially wrIte You this for Is TO give yot
| Ben. Turner'S platform. l give verbatim
what turner said: Il emphatically say tha
my platform is universal pardon. universe
suffrage. al d universal reputation of tn,
| war d.bt.' Let the war debt 20 TO the devil
| the father OF the war" Tiff he repeated
! In the most emphatic terms, an went Oh
| To denoumce tbs. bOndholders of the North
| who were pay ing no tax on their bonds, anC
said ;he way to do was to repudiate the
/ flphf
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= NatronaI EaucaafoD.',


Under this tide, the Chronicle, the
Administration mouth-piece, advocates
the passage of the bill introduced into
Congress, By one Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
to establish what it styles, ga national
system Of education" The object Is to
ceDtralize power in the federal govern
ment and compel the education of the
youths of the cOuRtry in the creed Of the
Republican party, as taught by Sumner,
Beast Butler, Fred. Douglas, Revels, and
other apostles of the Higher Law faith
This end is now sought to be accomplish
ed insidiously by the school laws, which
the Radical usurpers are putting into
operation in the several Southern States.
From these laws, they took especial pains
to reject every provision recognizing dis
tinctions of race. The Mississippi law
does not permit the establishment of sep
rate schools, except on the petition Of
parents or guardians, representing a:
many as twenty five pupils in any sub
district.
1t was in conformity to this general
policy of the Mongrel leaders, that they
seized the State Universities, and placed
them under the patronage of their OWL
partizans-retaining in some instances
teachers in whom the public had reposed
confidence, as a means of gradually work
ing out their plans.
In this national system of education,
the Southern youths of the Caucasian
race, are to be taught to look to Yankee
dom for learning, wisdom, and the foun'
tain source of "moral ideas" They are
to be taught to ignore distinctions of race
in establishing the conventionalities and
relations of life, however sacred. To
revere Beast Butler as a model hero and
patriot, and to despise the memory and
scott the name of Robert E. Lee. 1t is
propable that the Republican propagan-
dists will come to grief before they gel
their system into full blast. The signs
of popular feeling displayed by the cleo.
tions, indicate as much.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-10

A Welch Clergyman once asked a little
girl for the text of his last sermon The
Child gave no ansWer--she only wept He
Hscertained that she had no Bible In which
TO look for the text. And this led him 20 In
quire whether her parents and neighbors
had Bible; and this led 10 that meeting in
London In 1904, ola few devoted ChristiAna,
To devise ways and means TO supply the
poor ia Wales with the Bible, the grand is
sue ofwhich was the formation Of the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible Society-a society
which has already distributed more than %
600 600 copies OF the Bible, It's issues now
reachiHg nearly n million and n half annu-
ally. And this, In turn, led TO the forma-
ton Of the American Bible Society, and the
whole beautiful cluster Of sister institutions
throughout the world, which are so many
trees of life, scattering the golden fruits Of
Immortality among all the nations Of the
earth. This mighty river, 40 deep, so broad,
30 far reaching la its many branches, we
may trace back to the tears OF that little
girl. Behold how great a matter n little
fire kindleth. Reads Hand Of God In His
tory.
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Two years ago Foster Democrat beat
Covode forty-one votes in the twenty-6rsr
Congressional District in Pennsylvania.
The latter contested the election of his
successful opponent, and a Radical
House Of Representatives gave him the
seat. But Covode vas afraid to appeal to
the voters of that district to ratify this &C
ton. He knew that he would would be
condemned. At the recent election Eos
ter was elected by about six hundred ma
iority over his Radical opponent.
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Public Meeting.

At meeting held in Greenwood. Missis-
sippi, on Saturday, Oct. 30, 1870, the follow
ing was adopted:
Whereas we. the people of G Greenwood and
vicinity feel great sOlicitude about the fht-
ure peace and prosperity of Mi~si sippi
and whereas great deal depends upon the
Executive of the Stare la accomplishing
these ends; and whereas We believe that
Governor j. l.. Alcorn during his admins
Iration has given satisfaction TO all parties
more nearly than any one could that We
now know of; and whereas we further be-
lieve that Governor Alcorn dVsires TO pro-
mote the interest of the State, being fully
identified Herewith therefore,
Resolved, That notwithstanding ouroppo-
sitiOn to his election as Governor, we now
most earnestly petition that he will hold the
office during the entire term for which he
was elected. That we believe he can better
serve the people of the State as Governor
than as u. 5. Senator. That in our opinion
it is the wish of nearly every one who OPP
posed his election that he do not resign. As
the party that elected him desire his con-
tinuance, he will meet the wishes of almost
the entire people of the State by 40 doing.
That We trust he will, for the good of the
State. make this sacrifice. aud We call upon
the Conservative people OF the State to give
expression TO their wishes on the subject.
Resolved, further, That we will support
him in the adoption of all just measures for
the benefit OF the people, and in the execu
ton of the laws. That Ia the adoption OF
these resolutions We do not wish to be re-
gXrded as endorsing the entire administers
lion OF Governor Alcorn.
Resolved. That these resolutions be pub
lished IN The CLARION, Pilot, and Conserv-
alive, and that copy be forwarded TO Gov
ernor Alc0rn.
Z. R. MCLEAN,
J. c. MCKENZIE.
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RosKs A LUXURY Of THE ANciEEm,-I,
enjoy the scent 0t roses, 90 meals an iblt.
dance Of roses we're shaken on che ult
80 that the dishes were completely tuuols.
died. By an artificial cOutriynnce pa
during meals, descended on the Rueau Doe
above. HeiiOgabalns, In hls folly, taue
roses TO be showered down upon Bio RuaA
la such quantities that number of hu
being unable 20 eXtricAte themsclfo NH'
suffOcated in flowers. During meal unA
they reclined on cushions stuffed Wiih roe
leaves, or made a couch Of the leaves hn'
selves. The floor, too, WAS HtWWn NiA
roses, ard in this custom great luxury We
displayed. Cleopatra, nc an enormous 'i'
pense, procured roses for q feast, uhIch Oh
gave 70 Anthony, had them laid two eaDg
thick on the floor Of the banquet room al-
then caused netS'tO be spread over tne hos'
ers in order 20 render the footing el,lit
Heliogabalus caused not only The banqls
rooms, but also the colonadee That lel z
them, 10 be covered with roses lnleupn
with lilies, violets, hyaclnths and naIl't
and walked about upon the howey ph
form.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-10

Col. Brown, the candidate of the Lib
erals and Conservatives for Governor of
Missouri against the Administration par
ty, in a recent speech arraigning Grant
for his inconsistencies and tergiversations
stated that that ere he entered Missouri
to take command of Lincoln's troops, he
declared to him, and the other Republi-
can leaders of that State, that if they de-
signed "the abolition of slavery" by the
war then beginning, he would tear off his
epaulettes at once, and not man of his
command should fire shot
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Particulars OF The Murder OF e.
II. Ames, the Snowman.

ALBANY. GA. Nov. 5-The following are
the particulars of fatal ARRAY which occur
REQ at Dawson. Ga, on the % inst, .eeult-
ing In the death of two men and the wound
ing OF LADY,
A man named II r. Russell. who WAS In
an Intoxicated condition, asked the door
keeper Of side show. attached to Colonel
Ames' New York Circus and Mena2erie. the
price of admission. and passed his family in.
inquii. ng at the same time how many there
we're IN the party. The doorkeeper replied
''nine." Russell said there were but four
The doorkeeper answered that he would call
the family back, to prove Russell was mis-
taken. Russell got angry and struck the
doorkecper, nearly knocking him down /;
then drew a pistol and threatened to blow
the doorkeeper's brains out. The latter
said he meant no offence.
Russell. still threatening, cooked his pis-
toll, when the doOrkeeper ran inside the can
vas. Col. Ames. bring near. approached
and remarked TO RESELL, This Is not the
place TO get up difficulty" Russell re-
spOnded, Il viii kill you too" and shot at
Col. Ames. Another circus man remon-
strated with Russell. when the Kelly brc,-
TIERS known as desperate characfers. an
preached and commenced firing. Col AmeS
was shot twice while endeavorinw tn eacnne
A spectator pamed Oxford. holding a child
in his arme- was Instantly killed. and the
child taken from under his dead body
lady was wounded Inside the canvas. Col.
Ames died on the afternoon 0f the 30 inst
His BODY was escorted 20 Macon, Ga. by
thirty OF the Council of Dawson.
The murderers were arrested, and have
been removed TO CuIhbert, Ga, where thew
are confined In secure jail.