The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-01-27

The Southern HERALD icaIL. taat ur~ra
living IN ono of tha WoainIn uHlf hhrthertH
q Amite county, had bis % n broken lgw
days ugO by being thEown fsom Aunle.
The Coiumbun Index Says son Thur
cay eY night the l1ta lnst, nearly one hundred
1 1orelEn immigranla arrived ln CQ.uMlu1
Lrom chicago on the application cf dIlcrrnt
parties ln the city and county.
4 =. LUIS lnhtAlmcut consists of Danes, aWtNn1
horMeEiAnas SWiaa and trish.-fho latter be-
,nk ~ we majority. The men arc all af0ut
brawny- looking fellows divine rVary tnal-
cation OF usage % labor and thr 81 M t6 e0ril
The woman are healthy aud intaIINcuf
oe.12 e- -t ~ teem ngving more than nn
ordinary share 81 good looks.
On their arrival the fmmirrnuta r-rar
shown by MP. Hale 20 the Immlarnntia Homo
on Main street, from whence thcv vim dc-
4 part 20 tho different employer nnA frss,fos5-
ments agreed upon BY contract
| We ball this step a. che dawn Ola new era
In Southern labor and congratulate thn
section on the accession even Of tails manv
working men and women not Joined @ tbo
idols Of sloth and hatred % the white pee
pie Of the country"
The Meridian Mercury Of the 10th ravns
| might before last, one Of the special rail-
| road watchmea heard a suspicious noise
about the railroad cOtton platform and got
another and went 20 see about it. When
they got round there they saw a pair Of cot
ton rollers about 20 yards on travelling with
a bale Of cotton before them. They went
for them and the cotton-etealerg broke and
ran. A few shots were fired az them, with
what effect Is not known"
The Vicksburg Herald learns of another
attempt at Killing At Mount Albion. 81 thr
railroad, seven miles from town. "A negru
going 70 his home Sunday, intoxicated, ore
dered his sister-in-law % perform some DUTY
about the horse, which She refused, Whrru-
upon the colored trooper nobiy seized a gun
and shot her. He d % be presented with
good fat ofiice for his courage and sacrifice.
Captain Charles N. walker. long und
pleasantly known aa q captain on various
steamers plying between New Orleans nnd
Mobile died atOccau springs, Mss On the
18th January.
We learn from the Beacon that Noxubsr
county has Medical Society.
Natchez had a Grand Ma quertdr uud
Fancy Dress Ball ga ths 18Th inst.
The Handsboro Democrat Of che eth says.
"A woman on Red creek in this county
killed one OF the largest buck deer OF thr
season, this week. ltwcighed ld3 Pounda-'
Meridian Is also candidate Tor che capi-
talcy OF the state. The Mercury says no
will be easier 20 10 from Meridian every
where IA the State aud from every where tu
Meridian, than any other place whatever.
Meridian Is the place for the new Capital
The vicksburg Times says; Thompson,
the man stabbed BY Scott on Mulberry street
VI
tainted soon after being conveyed away
from Levee street. whore ne frli from which
grew the report that he was dead. lie viii
| probably recover.
The Kinds county Gazette says that ~
son Of Mr. Geo. Piersoni uf that place was
very seriously injured some days since hN
the accidental discharge Of a gun. His arm
was severely shattered. lt was at one slime
/ thought that amputation would De neccssa-
| ~, but it rs now thought that he may roo
cover the use Of that member.
An Immigrants Home Is TO DO built AZ
| Vicksburg. The City COUNSEL nt recent
meeting appointed a committee 20 select
suitable building for that purpose, and to
| take such other action az might be neccssa-
ry TO establish the Home.
The Meridian Murcury has The follow
ing: ,,-.,
man travelling 70 Texas, who 10 TOO green to
i tart Outin the world alone, was trickod outof
| dfty dollarslast night by sOmodep0t mtamero
| strfpplings. The boys had q card trick. and
hegulled him into bettlng ten on 10. They
| did him out Of ten the first hirt Just al easy
/ as nothing. He didn't have che exact
/ change, and had put down a my. The one
/ experiment had satisfied him that tho boys
| could do what he first believed an lmpolfI-
| bility. and he declined % wager another M
that they couldn't do Il again. he told Gle
| boys 20 come along mp 20 che taNadhlc
/ House, and get the money changed and they
| could have the ten. They started along
/ small bOys-abOut l3-holdlng the dOi but
before they got there be darted on IKE
Il lIttle creased streak Of rnacalty, and our
4 Texas emigrant never saw him moro. no
1 ought 20 70 back toGe0rgla, or % Alabama,
or where ever he came fr0m-LoNaa niu't
good piace for such grccn'una.
Ills understood that Gen. A. m. Wost BE-
about removing nom Oxford % Holly
Springs
The Woodville Republican says. on Bat
| drday, January lst a fatal aiIray took place
| on the plantation Of DR.. LESLEY, near Hor-
cvis Creek, between two colorcd men, Hole
land Canady and Mcrrlck Fuilwood, iu
which Merrick FullwOod received several
dangerous NJ not mortal wounds ln thc
breast and side, inflicted by a knife. H0l-
land has been arrested and u now lodged ln
Jail awaiting an examination. 10 la feared
Merrick FullwOod will not recover from
his wounds. No particulars relative 90 the
difficulty 50 far heard.
The Meridian Gazette Of tbH 20th, says
Yesterday, a negro named Joe, about ni-
teen, was killed Instantly, by the accidental
discharge Of a pistol In the hands Of Mr.
White who, we understand u engineer ot
engine Mo. %, on the a G. Railroad. Tine
ball entered the temple aud logged back 0t
and slightly protruGed the len eye. We
could not gain particulars but We are ahtli-
fled the shooting was purely accidental.
Col. Thos. II. Baker, senior editor OF the
Columbus Index, has gone North on buai-
ness.