davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE,
THIRTY-FoURRH DAY.

T sDAY, April S, 1870.

7 sDAY, April 5, 1870.
Notices Of the introduction of bills wer
given as follows:
BY Mr.. Caldwell-To repeal part of art
LIST. sec: LIST. Chap. 16. Revised Code.
BY Mr.. Ballard-For the benefit OF thu
Planters insurance Company.
BY Mr.. Mygatt-To fix uniform time fol
holding elections in cities and important
towns IN this State. prescribing the mode
OF registration and holding elections.
BY Mr.. Stringer-TO regulate the bearing
and use OF arms for self-defence to FURNISH
the crime of libel; certain peace officers to
hear the charges of the Circuit Judge to the
Grand Jury.
By Mr.. Hancock, for judiciary Commit
tee, reported favOrably on bill to relieve
persons against escheat in certain cases
Bill passed.
n bill passed to incorporate the Tisho-
mlngo Savings In. titution.
Bills were introduced and appropriately
referred as follows:
By MIR. Leachman--To reduce the tax on
auction sales; also, to reduce the special tax
on barber shops.
By Mr.. Seal-To provide for the appoint
ment of Jurors.
BY Mr., Gleed-To encourage agriculture
and labor
House bill appropriating twenty five
thousand dollars to furnish, repair and inn
prove the Governors Mansion and grounds,
was taken up and passed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14

AiSG OF THE STEAM SHIP South CARO-
This cOmmodious and elegantly ap-
iron steam ship left her dock
uay afternoon with q fair amount of
including ia bales of cotton, and
iorty passengers, mostly from Flori-
LAen, 5. c.; and the West, even as far
sttanooga. was also represented on her
~ Promenade deck as she steamed of.
me South Carolina and her consort,
iendid Tennessee, have experienced
~ the worst of the bad weather which
evailed on the coast during the past
months, and both ships have come out
raging elements in safety ana good
lOn. In size, construction and mate
csc IRON steam ships have no superi0rs
aliantic coast; and the admirable
MenI Of the cabins and saloons,
are all on deck and newly furnished,
attracting the attention OF the
49, pubic. Another conspicuous con-
III these popular vessels is their
water, which enables either to cross
sOn Lar at mean low tide, With this
~ advantage the agents are akle To
aour Of sailing, without regard 70
SCI OF low water, and they announce
~ nouR OF departure viii be I'VE
~ ~ tne afternoon during the month
which enables travellers leaving
Aiken or Columbia by the mora
~ as % reach Charleston in good time
close connection, and gives 70 the
y slaveler 3 day IN Charleston, dining
% ct s P. IL.
we ADVENT Of April we may expect
s4lner and smooth seas, and So
IN our sunny South seeking theiI
MONIES, and wanting . COM nrta-
pointed out to journey By, we re-
IL them to take Charleston en- route
~ see the historic points in and
We city and take passage on one oi
slala New York steam l1eot for home
assson q. CD Courier, April lst.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
By Mr.. Davis-To incorporate the town

By Mr.. Dayis-To incorporate the tow
of Macon.
BY Mr.. Gibbs-To remove the civil disa
bilIties of Samuel Dickson Paris.
BY Mr.. Cunningham-For the relief o
John Robinson OF Madison county.
By Mr.. JacObs-To protect all persons il
their constitutional rights i'm attending pub
lie institutions in this State.
BY Mr.. Chandler-To incorporate Enter
prise Lodge No. 20, j. o, Oh
| BY Mr.. Hodges4To incorporate the town
of Greenwood Springs, Monroe county.
By Mr.. Clark-An act concerning private
corporations.
BY Dir; Nabers-To incorporate Saltillo
Lodge in Lee county.
By Mr.. Maxey-To incorporate the town
OF Cato. in Rankin county.
An act to create Lincoln county was re-
ported as having been presented TO the Gov
ernor for approval.
AIr. Niles, for Judiciary committee, re-
ported adversely to bill relating to the re-
eording ofreal estate. Agreed to.
Also. adversely to bill to punish Migrants
and for other purposes. Agreed to.
A bill for the relief of VIM. b. Cooper, a
minor of Copiah county, passed.
Also, an act to change the name of Mary
II. Rambo, of Lafayette county, to Mary ii.
Taylor.
Also, an act for the relief of John Walter
and Olivia Gaines, minors.
Also, an act for the relief of Marion Eek
ford, minor. of Monroe county.
A message from the Senate announced the
passageof:
An act to remove the civil disabilities of
Henry Bascom Stewart.
An act to relieve persons against eScheats
in certain cases.
An act to authorize the Governor to COM
mute the death penalty in capital cases.
House bill in relation to circuit courts,
with amendments.
An act to remove the seat of Justice of
Lauderdale county was taken up and passed.
The further consideration of an act relat-
ing to the removal of the seat of justice of
Jackson county was postponed until the
first Tuesday in May.
The committee on county affairs reported
to bill for the creation of Marion
county. Agreed to.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14

EEE.-The Republic of Peru has lost
per customer for the supply Of quinine.
Stand of st. Helena is now growi z
bona trees of the best and most prolific
tieS--nO fewer than four thousand of
having lately been planted, with ev-
Promise of success. The islanders are
uY proving themselves adopts in the
patton of the tree, from which they
re layer after layer of the bark, cover
ne abradsd surface with moss, and
pg OF slip after slip with all the skill
celebrated Scotch cinchona culturists
n Neilgherries and Himalayas. Gu n
drug so indispensable to the European
Fnt In the tropics. may now be procured
the British possessions in those lati-
at a most reasonable rate, and the
hlp telt IN the MauritiuS. when, during
aiarlous epidemic of 1867, that specific
~ scarce as TO sell for IS an ounce, will
repeated. 1t would never have &C.
10 BRUSH or Dutch Governments to
n the drug for themselves, had not
oy the internal disorders to which Gas
hlSh American Republic) she is as
IA 10 earthquakes, neglected to culti-
tue einchona tree and rendered its
&c SO dear as practically to put ir be-
tue reaeh of all but the wealthy few.
Per example OF the Nemesis that fol.
iemocratle governments is seen in the
PSe gwen to the cotton cultivation of
oy the American war. The commod-
now produced in our great Eastern
~ such quantities that only better
u conveyance is required to make us
ANY independent of the plantations in
ea' The Suez Canal is already being
. % this end, the passage of the large
steamer Leith through the isthmus
lAiowed up by active preparations at
pool for extending the trade with Bonn
way of Port Said. American mis-.
Is indeed our colonial opportunity.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
HOUSE.

Petitions were laid on Clerks desk as fol-
lows:
By Mr.. Mayson--A petition from the
members of Hope Fire Company No. 3 of
jackson, praying for an appropriation to
purchase hose. Referred.
By Mr.. Lynch-From directors'of D, EV-
ereux Hall Asylum, praying for assistance.
Referred.
By Mr. CHARACTERIZATION of Thos. s. Gath
right. President Board of Trustees of the
Orphans Home of Mississippi, asking assis-
lance for the same. Referred
The bill to regulate the per diem and
MILEAGE of members, was considered and
referred to the judiciary Committee
The bill in relation to the Supreme Court
was considered and pending amendments
the House adjourned.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14


The Vicksburg Herald says: A negro
named A: 5. jackson, supposed to be from
st. Louis OF Louisville, shot John Goffney.
stevedore on the Belle Yazoo, in the head an
Sunday night, at Mike Haszinger's saloon
1t appears that Ganfney and a few other
were In the saloon and preparing TO leave
for home as 1t was about / O'clock, A. NJ
The negro jackson came I'm and proposed
telling the fortunes Of the white men for I
drink 20 which they consented. Afterward
the negro wished another drink, but the bar
keeper denied him, saying that all must 20
home. jackson then drew a pistol, remark
ing that -that would get hima drink" He
was directed to put mp his pistol and go ont,
but refused. and while being forced out by
the bartender, assisted by Others, the pistel
IN bis hand was discharged lodging bullet
in the temple Of GaffneY. The fellow now
pleads that IL was an accident
Officer VIM. H Mallory arrested jackson
on the Bell YazoO yesterday morning. OF
ficer Mallory, by the way, though a coIored
officer, Is regarded as q very efficient mem
bsRof our police force.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
THIRTY-FIF DAY.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY,, April 9th, $50.

Mr.. Hancock. from judiciary Committee
recommended the passage of substitute bill
for the relief of Robert ). Adams and others.
Report received.
Also recommended the passage of bill
chartering the North Mississippi Cotton and
Wooden Manufacturing Company with 18th
section stricken out. Report received.
Mr.. Sullivan, for Committee on County
Boundaries, reported adversely to bill for
the location of the Seat of Justice of Scott
county.
Also adversely to bill to locate the Seat of
Justice of Jackson county; and favorably
on bill to change the boundaries of Clarke,
and create the county OF Chandler. Reports
received.
Mr.. Leachman gave notice of his purpose
to introduce bill tor the revision and codi-
fication of the laws of Mississippi.
Mr.. Seal-That he would present bills to
legalize the assessment rolls OF Marion
county for 1868, and to make the Sheriff and
Tax Collector of Hancock county, also As
SCISSOR of taxes.
The remainder of the session was occupied
in the consideration of Circuit Court BiIl-a
substitute for House bill being adopted.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
rYRAxS1cAL IMBEcIL1rY,

As a general rule, the men of society paint
their own images upon the women around
them. and the man of our own period has
created the girl upon whom so much abu-
siVe criticism has been bestowed. If she Is
coarse in her manners, and addicted to
slang. it is because she feels that refinement
and delicacy would be to him as pearls be-
fore swine if her dress is as false and indie
cent as it is vulgar and eXtravagant; if her
conduct Is bold and-loOse. and her inter-
coarse with men q trife too familiar it is
because he tells her he admires pluck and
''dash," and what he means by these words.
she is left TO guess from his devotion to the
delai monde. If her conversation is frivOl-
Gus and inane, it is because his feeble pow
ers are incapable of sustaining any other
Too weak, or too lazy for mental eXertiOn
himself he will not tolerate in others the
own contracted intellect. He shrinks in
terror from the most distant allusion to lit
erature or high art. His mind is tyrannical
in proportion to his imbecility. To let him
find that you know more then he does. Oh
any subject whatever, is to offend him past
all forgiveness, especially, if Won are a wO-
man, for a clever woman is his adherence
He effects to despise what he cannot under
stand ; and yet, he is jealous of intellect in
others in proportion as he is deficient in it
himself. He knows that men of sense des-
pise him that his only chance to cut \ fig
ure in the world, is by imposing on foolish
women. and so, the only way for woman
to please him is to be fool. With all this,
he is as vain and cOnceited rs he is ignorant,
and fancieS himself as much above, as lie
really is below, the appreciation of the
world.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
rnr cRAsn on ruE sruNNINa roILErs.

At no stage of his career do modesty and
decorum meet with any announcement
from the man of the period. The belle of
orr fashionable bathrooms is not the timid.
soft-voiced maiden, so charming in poetry
and romance, but the bold, dashing girl
with the stunning tOilette-the girl who
does not walt to be drawn out, but kindly
spares You the trouble, and gives you ban
ter now and then to boot. If that flair
young English girl of the past, with her
quiet manners and simple dress, to whose
ideal virtues modern men pay the tribute
of theoretical alteration, were suddenly to
her appearance in a Belgravian or Fifth ave-
nue. drawing-room. she would be greeted by
the man Of society with a stare or s s1 teo
dashing creature at his side. The gentle
maid in the modest dress would first begin
to wonder why she is neglected. then to see
why the other is courted, and her next im-
pulse is to go and do likewise, for even good
girls do not enjoy being neglected In ball
rooms, and prOpriety itself sometimes wear
les of sitting against the wall. The very
men who theoretically condemn the girl of
the period, give practical encouragement to
her fOllieS.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
HOW II Is
SUCCEEDING.
Encouraging Reports.

= = 4
From the Walden Times.
The immigration movement has been in
nmental in enhancing the value OF lands
pur community greatly. While the far
.Fs are being supplied with laDorers, i'm
grants have been brought here who have
pght lanes and have returned to the
Arthwest and brought laborers themselves.
Nnr or five Germans have bought lands in
Immediate neighborhood, and paid cash
Nrefor, and have stocked their farms with
krything. Mr.. Gustave Niensteadt and
He whose father is Teacher in one of the
colleges in Germany, came down as a
prer, with the last lot of Immigrants, and
kd TO Mr.. II. L. Wade, and has bargained
Pie purchase of 40 acres of his land He
returned to Chicago, to consult with a
pa who has agreed to go in partnership.
u Is right he informs us, he will bring
him labOrors, close the trade and 90 to
.k. =
e extend TO these one and all hearty
come. Come on gentleman we have
enough for all who wish to come and
among us, with the intention of help
ns to build up our beloved and down
'den country.
From the Holly Springs Reporter.
yISG SATIsFACTIoN.-We learn that
Immigrants employed by Major w. B.
!, near Lamar, ten in number, are work
pei. We hear no complaint from any
er Of Marshall SO far, who has white
ferS in his employ.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
LAWS OF THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI.
AN ACT appropriating fifty thousand dol |
lars to the Executive Contingent Fund.

AN ACT appropriating fifty thousand dol
lars to the Executive Contingent Fund.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That the
sum of fifty thousand dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated and added to
the Contingent Fund of the Executive De-
partment, TO be expended under the direc-
ton of the Governor, and to be accounted
for by him to the Legislature at its next
regular session, or at any time the Leglsla-
ture may require and the Auditor shall is
sue his warrants on the Treasurer therefor
in such sums and at such times as the Gov
ernor may order in writing,
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
money appropriated by the preceding sec
ton shall be used by the Governor in such
manner as, in his Judgment he may deem
best in the enforcement of the Criminal
Laws of the State, and for no other purpo-
ses.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved, April 6, 1870.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
HOUSE.

Mr.. Chandler presented q petition from
the citizens Of Pont1toc, and other counties,
for new county. Referred.
Mr.. Mckenzie presented petition from
the eitizeus Of Carrollton, Carroll County,
nravinr that no law may be enacted chang
Fl - fhe present law in regard to the sale OF
snirituous liquors. Sheltered.
Mr. Lynch presented petition Of the
Board Oh Administrators OF the State Hos
nifai AZ Nafchex. praying for and appropri-
rstirn ~ f;ffeen hundred dollars. Referred.
Mr.. NiIes introduced an act the better @
seen r. and preserve certain contr1c1ss and
for other purposes. Referred.
Bills were introduced as follows and APP
pria2ely referred.
By Mr.. Chandler-To create new coun-
~ 10 be called A1furns.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
THIRTY SIX DAY.
SENATE.

THURSDAY, April Z, 1870.
Mr.. Stringer gave notice of his purpose to
Introduce a bill for the collection of the
Common school fund.
Several bills were introduced in accord
ance with previous notice.
Passed-An aN to provide for holding
special elections to fill vacancies in the Leg
isIature.
journal by thsi- respective members. Not
being able to give the title of these bills, We
are compelled to make brief mention.
Several House bills were taken up and
read the first time.
migration and Aid Society, was called up
and ordered placed upon the calender for
tomorrow.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
migrants Arrived AT this Port
During the Month Of
March. 1870.

We are obliged to the gentlemanly Com
Missioner ofImmigration for his last MONTH
report, which shows that the whole num-
II ofimmigrants who have arrived at this
brt during the past months has been 673 {;
This number 50 are from Europe, namely |:
lermany Il, France S, Austria ?. and Italy
The rest are from the following States,
hmely Mississippi 235, Alabama l23, Flori-
i 81, Georgia 50, Missouri "a, Ohio -.
kchigan H. Maryland IL, Indiana 0, Penn
|lyInis !. Tennessee s, Arkansas 6, Virgin
i 3 Illinois r. South Carolina ), New York
=. Louisiana l5.-GalvestoD News.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14

The Corinth New Era, (RadicaD in an
article. upon the division of Tishomingo
county, says it "has 1000 registered
voters. The registered vote of the entire
estate of Mississippi is about so, 600
''Iishomingo ought, therefore, in proper
'tion to population, have in the Legisla-
'ture, one in twenty. By actual repre-
'sentation, we have two out of one hun
"dred and seven, or one in fifty-three.
1.-The division will give fair repre-
''sentation, and stronger voice in the
estate"
This is rather plain talk for Radical
paper, when it is an Acknowledgement
of the rascality and knavery of the fra
mers of the Constitution which contained
that browning act Of infamy, the appor-
tionment clause.
We have no objection TO the division of
Tishomingo county if the people who
reside there desire it, But the contempt
able jerrymandering which deprived her
people Of proper representation was not
occasioned by the dimensions of the
county, but by the white majority.
Under the old Constitution Tishomingo
had four representatives in the lower
branch of the Legislature and one Senator,
now she has but two and divides her
senatorial honors with another county,
while Warren county, whose excess Of
voters is not over a thousand, has five
representatives.
The miserable gerymadidlers who con-
cocted this scheme in the Convention are
the leading spirits in the Legislature
which the Era and other papers in the
State are praising as a high-toned, tai
ented, honorable body.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
THE WOMAN NATURE

Whether man be good or bad, woman
must still desire to please him; she cannot
help il, it Is part of her nature, as typified
in the old story of her creation. out of the
rib of man, as secondary and supplement-
airy to him. Call it vanity, friyolty. what
you will, but right or wrong, it is woman's
nature to love the admiration and attention
of man. and she instinctively seeks to secure
them by moulding her life in conformity
to his will, whatever that willmay be. She
may buster about political rights, protest
against the tyranny of the opposite sex,
and raise row generally, by setting herself
up the rival and opponent rather than the
helpmate of her natural master, yet for all
this, if everything were granted that the
most clamorOus of them contend for, woman
would still be much more sOlicitous for the
love of men than for a seat in Congress, or
University Professorship.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14

The testimony before the jury of in
quest in the case of the killing of Jane.
Tuck by III. +. Sizer, will be found else
where. Mr.. Sizer Mt once surrendered
himself to the authorities, and should
have fair trial before the legal tribunals
of the State. The article of the Pilot
accompanying portion Of the testimony,
is prejudgme9t Of the case. and is TO be
reprehended because tits calculated to pref
udice the cause of the accused in advance
of the fair and impartial trial TO which he
is entitled. Notwithstanding the provo
cation of menacing approach by the de-
ceased and the harrassing annoyances to
which ii is shown the accused had been
subjected, the act is pronounced an "atro-
cious, deliberate, cold-blooded murder.
for which no palliation or excuse can be
rendered." and the affair is made pre-
text for commentary on the "moral sem
timent of this community. 1t is a ques-
ton whether the display of the materials
on sale by Mr.. Sizer were really obstruc-
tons on the sidewalk. For neglecting
to remove them, it is proved that the City
Marshal had expressed his intention 10
''arrest" him, which was not the remedy
prescribed by the City Ordinances. The
unfortunate man, according to the testi-
mony was in the act of executing this un.
authorized intention, at the door-sill of
MIR. Sizer, when he was killed.
To other extenuating circumstances II
is due to Mr.. Sizer to state what il uni |
versally known in this community. that
his reason had been so unbalanced for
years as to render him at times lunatic
that he had repeatedly attempted the life
Of his dearest relatives while in state of
mental alteration. OF this infrmity. Mr..
Tuck was warned before he approached
him in the threatening attitude described
in the testimony to 'arrest" him for not
obeying a mandate which Mr.. Sizer had
'ause TO think unusual and harsh.
In any event, it is due to the accused
hat his right to fair, impartial trial,
without prejudgment, or prejudice, be
secured to him; and the article in the
'ilot so far from subscribing this purpose,
II promoting the ends ofpeace, will serve
keep alive the very passions by which
Ieplorable scenes of this kind are pro-
luced.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14

The Yazoo Democrat ssCan't see the
beauties Of the Yicksbnrg Heraids ssatur-
day Nights."
Mr.. M. Walrayen, who died recently In
Water Valley held 4 Life Policy Of $4,000 in
the Globe Mutual Of New York, for the be-
neflt Of q widowed sister living at Calhouns
Georgia. ses5 -.s9 80
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14

In BIT. WASHES WINDOW we see some
nice styles ofGoods for Gentlemen; samples
ofhis Premium Shirts, besides choice and
new Neck Ties, Bows, Collars, ETC. etc.
and as usual, the most stylish Boys and
Children's Goods In this city. Our country
friends alone need Captain Washes address
for all our resident citizens know the At
fractions Of his store, No. ITO Canal street,
near St. Charless-N. o, Times, Sunday
April 3rd, 1870.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14
THE MAN OF THE PERIOD.

He is 1fereilessly Orerhauied by the Girl
of the Period Womdn's Nature-1y-
rannical Insbecility- Why Women Don't
Easy-iSociol Prigs.
From the Nashville Ladies Pearl for April
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-14

The Meridian Mercury says: On dit. that
Anne: and Ben Buffers daughter are to be
young pe0ple up In house keeping with any
amount Of silver plate, and never feel It.