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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
Hedge TaRBELL.

The following resolutions complimentary
this gentleman were passed by the mem
bers ofthe Aberdeen bar on the 23ru INST
Whereas. In consequence of Judge Lo<-
eringls inability TO hold the present term q
this Court because Of his sicknesssEhe huaA'
j. TarbPll consented to hold said term at INC
request of the Bar of this city, and the otneI
officers OF the Court :,
And Whereas. Judge Tarbell in compI-
ance with said request has presided up ~
the present time. and Is now compelled 20
leave for the purpose of holding Courts ln
his own Judicial District: Therefore &c
it
Resolved 1St. That we cannot in justice
70 our feelings allow him to close the labors
of the present term and depart from among
US. without thus publicly expressing the
sentiments of personal respect and esteem
with which Judge Tarbell has inspired us
by his courteous, refined and dignified bear
ing as a gentleman, and by his fairness
patience and ability as the presiding officer
of this Court during the term now about &c
close.
Resolved End. That as well on account OF
our pleasant official intercourse with him
while among us, as because of our desire
that he should continue to dispatch the ac-
cumulated business of the Dockets as he has
done this far, we sincerely regret he is calleo
away so soon; aud we will always remem'
Der the Courtroom experiences of the pres
ent term with pleasure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
From the Meridian Gazette.
The Emigranfs---The Planters.

We are glad to see, as we do BY recent
issue of the Aberdeen Examiner that the
Farmers are highly pleased with their i'm
migrant labOrers. Whether used to field
work or not they go at 10 with the stubborn
determination TO succeed that characteriZes
the German and the Scandinavian, in every
walk of life. One planter, who is working
ten of them, and has had them In the field
tor about two months, informs us that one
is tailor, and another a baker by trade but
that both OF these men went to work with a
vim. to master their new trade, and now
make as good plow hands as can be found
anywhere. On a plantation in Monroe
county two English piano makers. who
never spent day in the fields before they
came South. and who know as much about
driving a mule as they did about trappinp
an elephant are rapidly learning the mys-
teries incident to beading land for cotton.
These industrious. hardy and frugal people
are pouring into the State &C a very rapid
rate, and will, in short time, convert many
a waste place into fertile fields The white
immigrant forms our chief reliance in the
future and every POSSIBLE encouragement
should be extended to secure his residence
with US. We should treat Il em fairly: aid
them In getting a start and render their
lonesome condition as cheerful and comfort
able as possible. There Is nothing we want
so much as population. It will build up
wealth. cultivate our broad acres, sustain
home manufactures and rescue the State
fiom her present slavish thraldom.
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The Disability bill.

Beast Buffers disability measure which
has been proposed in lieu of the ''Univer-
sal Amnesty" promised by Alcorn & Co.,
in the late canvass, excites the disgust of
all the decent Republican papers in the
country. The Chicago Tribune, for ex-
ample, thus emphatically reprobates it as
a measure of injustice which is calculated
to foster instead of to allay sectional an
mostly:
There is a bill pending before Congress for
the removal of political disabilities of citi-
zens in those States which have ratified the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments -
This bill exercises the power given to Con-
gress under the Fourteenth Amendment 10
remove such disabilities by the affirmative
vote eff two thirds of the members of each
house; but it excerpts all those who, previ-
Gus to engaging in the rebellion. held office
as members of Congress. or as officers of the
army and navy. Mr.. Farnsworth. of Hi
nois, has proposed, as substitute for this
bill, the fOllOwingg
That the political disabilities of all citi-
Zens of those STATES, whose Legislatures
have ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Articles of Amendments to the Constitution
of the United States, whose disabilities were
imposed by, or incurred under, the third
section of the said fourteenth article of
amendments, are hereby removed
We hope that Mr.. Farnsworth's amend
ment will prevail. The disqualitications OF
the Fourteenth Amendment apply not only
to those who were adults in 1860, but to near
| ly all able-bOdied men at the South who
were 10 years of age at that time. This lat
ter class now constitute the active popula-
ton of those States; and to keep them un-
der the pains of treason, committed in their
minority, accomplishes no good result. but
tends DerDpfuHLR a los nd ha
treds, which, otherwise, might be forgotten
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From the New Orleans Picayune.
THE LOUISIANA VENDETTA
ANOTHER sHooTING-ATTESfPTo OF A son
OF GENERAL LDDELL TO KILL COL
oSEL JONES.

Thursday afternoon last. Just as the Allen
was backing out from Harrisonburg. Col.
Charles Il. Jones. who had been placed Ina
the custody ola deputy sheriff for the kill
ing OF General Liddell on board the steamer
st. Mary, appeared suddenly on the bank of
the river. when Judge Liddell, a son OF the
late Gen. Liddell. who was "A passenger on
the Allen, seizinRa double-barrelled shotgun
fired both barrels from the boiler deck az
him. Col. Jones at once took refuge Ia a
house near the river, and as the Allen left
immediately = having no communication
with the shore-it Is not known whether
Col. Jones received any injuries or not.
Judge Liddell had taken passage on the
Allen at Monroe for the purpose OF visiting
the plantation of hisfather, on Black river,
where he left the steamer.
Immediately on hearing the reports Of the
gun. Captain SinnoIt- of the Allen, rushed
70 where Liddell stood, took charge Of the
gun, and demonstrated with Liddell for viO-
lating the rules of the boats, and for com
hitting breach of the peace. Judge Lid
dell stated that the extraordinary circum-
stances connected with the killing Of his
father must be his excuse for his action
He was utterly unable to control himself on
seeing Col. Jones 80 near him. We learn
from Captain Sinnott that the funeral Of
Gen. Liddell, which took place on Tuesday
last on his plantation, was largely attended
by the people Of Catahoula and the neigh
boring parishes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

In this line q brisk business has bean
done in our State within the past few
months, and it is sfiH progressing
Several thousand emigrants have been
transported over the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad since the LIST of November. In
Chickasaw county alone probably two
thousand have obtained employment
"OkoIona," where the first Society in the
State to encourage their settlement was
formed, has become quite a famous place
among those who are looking out for
homes in the Southern Eldorado. The
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, in addition to
other facilities, transports emigrants free
Of charge, thus giving great advantage
to the people of the portion of the State
penetrated by If, over other sections, in
obtaining labor. These facilities lessen
the risk to the planter and reduce the cost
of removal to the emigrant Other parts
of the State, nevertheless, are not idle.
Notwithstanding the disadvantages under
which they labor, good beginning has
been made in several localities. Two lots
of emigrants are announced as having ar
rived at Batesville, in Pamela, under the
management of DIR. Samuel Martin, of
that county. DIR. Armistead, of Carroll
has established an Emigranfs Home, at
Walden, and several parties have arrived
and found employment. Under the man
agement of Capt helms, of Lafayette,
two detachments have been received al
Oxford. A party of twenty-five were
landed at Holly Springs, by Capt Town
send, on Sunday last. Mr.. Palmer rep
resenting a Society at Canton, has sem
several families to that point. Messrs
Bing, Ware and others, have secured sew
eral hundred for Vicksburg and the coun
try surrounding.
Our readers have been advised from tins
to time of the progress which has beer
made by the Central Society, at jackson
The work under its guidance viii be con
tinued with redoubled energy. Chicag'
has been the principal point of operation
for the employment of emigrants, blu
Milwaukee, Rockford, Racine and othe
places in the West have been actively can
vaSsed.
1t should be mentioned in this conneC
ton that during the present month, NOR
than a hundred emigrants have bee
brought directly from Sweden, by tn
Mississippi Central Railroad Company TO
employment on the Road, and that tn
enterprise has been attended with success
in every particular.
So far as our information extends two
thirds of the planters are fully satisfied
with the experiment they have mad
though some losses and disappointment
have occurred.
By properly directed efforts of individ
ual and societies, an immense accession
to the population of the State can b
made in time for the next planting season
but all that is attainable for the presen
season has not been accomplished. Thi
subject, which more than any other, en-
crosses public attention will receive fror
THE CLARION the consideration it de
serves.
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The extraordinary interest felt by the
Empress Engine in everthinRconnected will
Marie Antoinette Is well known, and IA Der.
haps only paralleled by the Interest Ioui,
XVI took Ia the history OF Charles "A
commemorative service was celebrated on
Friday. the 2lst Of January, very probabIv
at the instance Of the Empress, Ia the chapel
Of the TuIleries-
The number twenty-one was curIousIv
linked with the fate ofthe unhappy French
on April II. 1870, he was married; on
June ~, IN me same year, magnificent hctc
10 nonor "a MS nuptlals took place &C Paris
IN the course, which by the fall OF some
LAtA1 Woodwork, a number Of spectators
were Killed. On the 2ist OF January, 1871,
tnere was famous (cte At the Hotel dc vile
W celenrate tho birth OF the Danphin. on
the 2Ist OF June, 1893, che light "a Varen-
ness began, and on the 2Iet OF January, l7D8,
ne was put 70 death In Conformity with the
report OF the Committee ofTwenty-one.
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THE RAnLRnAD HORROR.

Our news columns contain all the par
ticulars which we have been enabled to
obtain of the disaster which occurred in
the neighborhood of Oxford on Friday
last. That an awful responsibility rests
somewhere for this terrible loss of life
and suffering, is not to be questioned !;
but justice forbids too hasty judgement.
None have suffered more than the officers,
attaches and employees of the company.
1t so happened, that the worthy President
of the Road himself was injured Though
not seriously, we rejoice and narrowly
escaped with his life. Our commissera-
ton is especially extended 70 the unfor-
tunate emigrants who were seeking their
fortunes among strangers, and were sud
denly precipitated upon death when they
were looking forward to a long future of
prosperity in the new land of promise.
To visit censure, perhaps upon the limo
cent, will not bring back the dead. But
the calamity should teach a profitable
lesson to those in whose charge are COM
mitted the lives of the millions who travel
upon our public highways.
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ENOcH Arden IN HEAE Errr
A German Rcappears Adrr TbuhSu DIV
AJscRce, and Fmds III wit NgrIH
Another Nan.

(From the st. Louis Republican. F0a. 4.
A ease has been developed ig tb.
which illustrates how fully within
bounds OF the possible was the surf0H
Tennyson's Enoch Arden About U.H"
years ago "A German named kUOp .DH
Louis for the western ~ Dorado tO Has.
fortune. Ia order 10 be completely .lHf
barrassed he left his family behind hIn.
sisting Of his wife, a handsome Young
man, and four sons. lis adventure. IHHs
ifOrnia were varied and exciting lla
not have t0rRottOn the wife of hI- IH.
and his children, but. 30 all event. HrU.-
ed 10 write, and. M the years rellodou
word came from the wanderpr h.a iH
concluded that he was dead ll
doubtless. through dark passage, Ul Y
arrived at the same conclusion. Hul s..
longer sorrOwed AZ without hope. a 0I
ing widow II seldom without friends
Ia the nature Of things no feminine
hardly be expected % cvcrlustiugIy
over dead husband when there .aI.
one TO be had. In course Of tlmD fr..
table German, named Louis kripHU
known ns proprietor Of "a toy stand. a.
lac has carried on for thc last Ten yrr
the corner OF Fourth street aud avenue"
posed honorable marriage a. enc aupr
widow aud was accepted, and they Wen
y united about three years after h0op
disappeared from The scene.
Years passed on aud nothing occurred
mar the happiness Of the KrIcgcr h0u...9.
One Of Hoops sons died, aud tho thr.g oA
ers advanced towards manhood aud Deco
able 10 take care 81 themselVps Uurt
these years, the blessing OF heaven WH ~
slowed Oh the second marriage iu thc sN
Of three children. Whether OF not Ste
bad any visions Ia winter night of hrff
is.hed hrst love does not appear. M0.t p.
ably not for surely she felt assured y.
mortal extinction ere che SURRENDERED p.
self 70 second wcdlOck.
Now cOt1es the EuOch Arden part D.
business. After thirteen years a.
hoop mas recently reappcared on thc
Having had reasonable success iu tMiloH-
lac came % st. Louis 10 look ancr hIf
and children. He soon learned thc po
OF matters, and was doubles sOmeH
surprised. Being, however, "a part
man. he did not pursue the course 0i lfaH
sons hero
heating Il Ca upon bis weary brain
As tho IL were the burthen Of % onE
Not 10 tell her, never 10 let her knoa.
He determined not 10 disturb the blF
ness OF his wife, but be insisted upon pay.
his children. As the boys are now :"
up % an ago when they decide question
themselves, lac had Of course 90 apply
them, and IN endeavOring % persuade t
~ return with him 10 California. lloW
matter will terminate will probably N
Veloped In little time.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

In tho history Of the Bitter-End party
as represented by that beastliest Of all
monaters III human shape, Butler Of
Massachusests, there Is nothing to eclipse
the meanness of il conduct in the matter
of removing political disabilities.
The pledges of the Radical leaders in
the event of the success Of their cause IN
this State in the late election, are not for
gotten. 1t was the constant declaration
of Alcorn & Co., that the triumph of the
mongrels would placate the powers at
Washington and that by an act of grace a
sweeping measure of political enfranchise-
ment would follow. All that they asked
to be accomplished as condition prece-
dent to the measure, was done. The
triumph of mongrelism was complete
was elected Secretary of State. A Legis-
lature ringed, streaked and striped, as ia
cob's cattle, was chosen to make laws for the
people. Ames and Revels, par mobile fra
tuns-were chosen to FILL the Senatorial
vacancies. But where is the " universal
amnesty" that was promised? Did the
men who made the pledges, even attempt
to secure their fulflment? On the con-
trary, bill has passed Congress, or will
be passed, removing their disabilities from
chosen few, on the humble petition thai
the measure is absolutely required, &c
give locomotive power to the mongre
State government which has recently beer
set up. 1t simply organizes close cor
poration for the especial benefit of tina
concern. What have our duped and un
fortunate friends, Bennett, Chandler q
Co., who joined the mongrels on the pie;
that their conduct would be justified b,
the quick passage of bill restoring al
the people of the State to their politica
rights, il the Radical party were success
full to say? Their sacrifice of principle to ex
pediencyhas been compensated by their de
liverance from their own disabilities, bu
where is the universal amnesty whic
in the name of the prophets of mOngre
ism they were assured, would come like
food of sunlight upon all the enslave
people of the State? Echo answer.
Wherei
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Editorial Correspondence.
CThe following letter was delayed in the

mails.)
CHICAGO, Feb. Goth, 1870.
In previous letter / have mentioned
that the efforts which have been made to
secure labor for the South, and the rep
reservations that have been made of its
scarcity, coupled with accounts of large
quantities of fertile lands lying idle and
returning to a state of nature-have
awakened a strong disposition among
small farmers in this part of the North
west to dispose of their possessions and
purchase homes in our State. l have re-
ceived applications from many of this
class, and have readily assured them that
by making cash payments bargains could
be had and investments made which in
the culture of the various productions of
which our soil is capable, would yield
four-fold the profit resulting from the
same amount in the West, where improv-
ed lands, convenient to market, sell at
what we regard, enormous prices.
If this disposition be encouraged, as it
ought to be, We may confidently antici-
pate large accessions to our population at
no distant day from this class of sturdy
settlers.
Our large landowners would act pru-
IDENTIFY to dispose of a portion of their es-
tates which are now dead capital, for
READY MONEY with which they could i'm
prove and utilize the remainder. The
effect of the operation would be two-fold.
Their lands would be enhanced in value
proportionately to the increase of the la
boring population, and the capital now
idle could be brought into the uses of i'm
proved methods of agriculture, or invest
ed in other enterprises.
To this extent, and with these motives.
every true friend of his State should en-
courage the division and sale of lands. -
But no further. Projects of colonization
which look to the abandonment of their
homes by the present landowners of Mis-
sissippi, are not to be countenanced. If
our State is not fit for the occupation of
the generation which has inherited the
lands, or of the class who purchased
them in the days when industry flourish
ed and the wilderness blossomed as the
rose, it is not fit to invite others to. Mis-
sissippi is the home of Mississippians.-
All the attractions of cherished memories
and of genial and salubrious climate, and
productive and varied soil are hers; and
her true sons and daughters loving her
and clinging to her in life, viii commit
their bodies to her keeping, in DEATH
They should remember that there are no
skies brighter than hers-that there is no
soil more capable Of repaying labor than
hers-and that go wherever they may
they viii be compelled to look upon the
same iisagreeable facts which now stare
them in the faces and they should also
remember that these unpleasant objects
are mere shadows upon their pathway,
which win ere long fit away and be gone
forever. e. b.
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the following:

the IOllONlnS.
A few days ago the Honorable Jefferson
Davis entered a store IN the city. and asked
the keeper-a quiet little man--if he could
match an ear-drop which he produced. The
shop-keeper told him, in his usual polite
manner, that he had no odd pieces, but that
he had some cheap sets Of the same style, and
took out a very bright set which he offered
for the sum of one dollar, and explained
that it was a cheap imitation which would
sell, but that really he would not RECON-
mend it as of any permanent use. Mr..
Davis seemed surprised, and told him he was
no judge ofjewelry. and would not have
been surprised If the price had been dfty
dollars, and left the cheap store, as IL han
pened to be, without purchasing The
shop-keeper turned 70 a by-stander and in
quired: 8Who is that old gentleman ?''-
That, sir, is jeff. Davis" Mr.. Shopkeener
was amazed, aud the breath was Knocked
clean out of him for a moment
-And that was JEFF Davis! You're not
fooiing memo! He's a man / always rev
erenced and wanted to see; and to think
that was Offering TO sell him pinchbeck
jewelry Jehosaphat!" and he turned him
self almost wrong side out ssWelL. / must
apologize to him for Offering him the d.
stun" AND ont he went, and soon vas bow
ing and blushing and apologizing to Mr..
Davis on the street. When he returned he
was smiling from ear to ear, and a greater
aumlrer OF Mr., Davis than ever.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

Mr.. a. Marschalk, now connected with
the Tensas Gazette, published at st. Joseph,
La. has sent us q copy of a very ancient
looking paper published by his father, An
drew Marschalk. at Natchez Miss on Fri
day, Nov. 30 1904. The paper is called the
Mississippi Herald and NatcheZ Gazette, and
though not of very formidable proportions
yet seems to have been a well conducted and
spicy sheet. In the number before US a
New Orleans paper, called the Union. is TAX
en- to task for attrbuting to the Herald,
instead OF the Natchez Messenger, a state
ment to the effect that Robert Williams,
Esq, one of the Commissioners of the Land
Office. had been appointed Governor OF the
then Territory of Mississippi. Mr. Williams,
il was declared. had not been appointed.
One of the ordinances passed by the Com
mon Council of the city of Natchez is Illus
trative of the condition of NatcheZ OF the
beginning OF this century. 1t ordains and
orders, "that no wooden chimneys be built
within the limits of the city. and that such
of this description, which may at present be
erected. be removed within three months
from this date" This ordinance has pas
sed i'm consequence of the frequency of acct
dents caused by imperfect chimneys.
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Important Order with Regard 40
CanceIinE Revenue stamps.

The following circular has been issued
by the Commissioner of Internal Reyen-
ne:
Owing to the extensive frauds committed
upon the revenues by the washing, restora-
tion and reuse of srch Internal Revenue
adhesive stamps as have been used and can
celed by the machine known as the ribbon
stamp. it is hereby ordered and prescribed,
that on and after May 1870, all adhesive
stamps used upon the Instruments, docu-
ments. writing and papers, mentioned and
described in Schedule b of the Internal
laws. shall be Cancelled by the person affiix-
ing the same, either by writing upon each
and every stamp, in ink, the initials of his
name. and the date, (year, month, and day.
upon which the same is attached or used or
by cutting and canceling the same with the
machine called "Wheeler's Patent Cancelor."
or such other machine or instrument as NAV
hereafter be designated and prescribed by
said Commissioner; and that no other meth
cd of canceling such stamps, employed on
and after that date, shall be recognized as
legal and sufficient, until otherwise prescrib-
ed and ordered.