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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

The RIVER TRANSPORTATION SUBsI-
DY.-In a recent number, we exposed
the villianOus nature Of the scheme 10
transfer two hundred and fifty thousand
acres Of land to a company in pretended
consideration Of certain improvements in
the navigation Of the Mississippi river!-
The scheme having previously passed the
Senate, was put through the House, on
Tuesday, by the. Mongrel majority, over
the earnest opposition Of the united Con
servatives and respectable number Of
Republicans. 1t is needless to offer adj
ditional comments upon the measure at
this time. 1t will be taken into account
in the approaching canvass. As the
sands Of the session run out, it may be
expected that measures of this kind will
rapidly accumulate and be hurried
through the forms Of Legislation. -
Wherever the State has an interest wheth-
er of money, land or stocks, the deyour-
ers rush 10 consume it with the greed Of
famished wolves. Nothing escapes their
rapacity.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

HON. JEFFERSON DAy!s--Ahout . year
ago, we received donation of $40 on from
President Davis through Mrs. Laura Reed.
Another gift OF $50 % recently received
from the same source proves that this great
nan. in the midst Of his exacting duties-
does not forget his unfortunate little conn-
trymen. Also received at the came time
$50 90 from Hon. james Phelan of Memphis,
Tenn. A thousand thanks to both, and may
they receive the return, s'good measure,
pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over."-0rphans' Home Banner.
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JACKSON. MISS, April 18th, 1871.
dEssRs. WM. YERGER AND WILEY Z. HAIR

MEssRs. WIN. YERGER AND WILEY Z. HAIR
RIS.
GENTs-I am about to publish the COM
munication which accompanies this note
but before sending it to the press | desire to
have your legal opinion on the single point
whether the construction given to the Act
of Congress by the communication and
therein referred to is correct, and whether
the opinion expressed as to the effect of the
investment in Railroad Stocks of the pro-
ceeds of the lands granted by Congress to
the State for internal improvement is a COM
pliance with the terms of the Act of Con-
gress.
Respectfully, &c,
A. NJ. WEST.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

HIGGINS (SEGRo) SPEAKIsT.-The
following elegant speech was delivered In
the House of Representatives, by Higgins,
negro member from Oktibbeha. 1t was
upon the apportionment clause of the cleo
ton bill. He was opposing proposition to
allow each county a Representative.
Mr.. Speaker-Ise posed to de menment Of
dat gentleman ober dar. 1 think sar IL you
strikes out dis representy district you spiles
de influence oh de whole subject. De State
Of Mississippi amt quite ready yit to glib
cherry county a representer. Oats q berry
ment hadn't orter pass, dar-fo / moves 70
lay 'nm on de table, and moves de prevus
question.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

A rich farmer refused to subscribe
for an iron fence for n cemetery in Ver-
mont, on the plea that it needed no fence,
as those inside cannot get out, and those
who are out do not want to get In.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27
THE LEGESLATURE.
EIGHTY-NINTH DAY.
SENATE.

SIN All.
TUESDAY. April Is. 1871.
INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Gibbs Resolved, by the Senate
the House concurring-That the President
OF the Senate and the Speaker of the House
be, and are hereby required TO adjourn their
respective houses sine die on Saturday. May
9Th, 1871, at the hour of Il IN. Adopted.
BILLS PASSED.
An act TO incorporate the Chickasaw Live
Stock Company.
Joint Resolution memorialiZing Congress
TO refund the cotton tax collected through
OUT the eotton-growing States, during the
year 1865, 1866 and 1867.
The Governor approved the following
bills:
An act to legalize the acts Of the Mayor
and Aldermen of the Town of Woodville,
Miss.
An act to amend the charter of the town
OF RienZi, in the county of Alcorn.
An act to incorporate the officers and
members of ShOngalo X. A. Chapter. No.
30, Free and Accepted Masons.
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The body Of dravman who died at
Atlanta, Ca, few days ago, was fol-
lowed 70 the grave by a long procession
Of empty drays, his fellow-workmen thus
testifying 70 their respect and regard for
him. There may have been more im-
posing funeral professions, but it As
doubtful il there ever was one which
showed more hearty good viii and tender
regret.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

ALBANY, n. Y, Auril 16.-W;nans. a
.epnblican from Chautuoua county, an
s"uneed in the House this morning he would
we hereafter with the Democracy. IL was
%slVed with applause. The Democrats
-se carried clear majority.
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A spirited girl observes that 10 her mind
the women who want female suffrage
because il viii cause division in families,
must be a precious meek lot. A woman
Of any pluck can pick a quarrel with her
husband without waiting % split on
votes
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HOUSE.
BILLS PASSED.

A Joint Resolution relative to publishing
the Acts of the Legislature.
A joint Resolution instructing our mem
bers IN Congress TO use their earnest efforts
to secure an amendment TO that portion OF
Section ?, of All act of Congress entitled an
Act TO secure hOmesteads to actual settlers
on the pablic domain, approved May. 2Oth,
1862.
An Act to incorporate the Mississippi
Valley Navigation Company of the South
and West.
Yeas - Messrs. Balch, Barrow, Bowles,
Charles, Coggeshall. Davis. Foley, Foote,
Griggs Handy, of Copiah, Handy, OF Madi-
son, Harrington, Harrison, Head, Hender-
son, Holmes, Howard. Jacobs, johnson.
Jones,of Marshall. LAndon, Langford. Loo
mis- Manning, Mitchell, of Holmes. Moore.
Morgan, Newsom, Norris, Osborn, Parker,
Phillips, Piles, Ross, Scarborough, Snow
den. Spellman. Stewart, Stewart. Sites.
stone, Underwood Vaughn, Wade, White,
and Wilson'S.
Nays-Messrs. Alexander Bolton. Boul-
den, Boyd, Buchanan, Campbell, Collins,
Currie. Catchings, Foster. ellis, Greer
Graham, Hart, Hatch, Hemingway, Hemp
hill. Herbert Higgins, Hodges, Howe, Hud-
nall, Lewis, Lynch. Lucas, Mayson, Nabers
Owen, Street, Walker, of Simpson, Wood
and Mr.. Speaker.
passage of s. Il. ISL as a scheme for squan-
dering the lands of the State with no cor
responding benefit to the State; and we
further protest against it. being whipped
through under the operation OF the previ-
Gus question, thus cutting off all opportu-
nifty If exposing its iniquity, and evincing
on the part of the advocates of the bill an
indecent haste incompatible with the du-
ties of true representative Of the peo-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

A GENTLEMAN in Boston has sub
scribed 5000 for the endowment of
Liberia College at Monrovia in West
Africa.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

The Governor approved the following
bills:
Revised Code, Chapter XXX, an Act in
relation TO Husband and Wife.
An act to extend the corporate limits of
Natchez, and for other purposes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-27

TIE women of England have 800, 900
majority over tbs men.
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TUESDAY. April Is. 1871.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-06

Holland. Hops were introduced there
in 1924, and potatoes in 1868. Turpips
were grown as garden crops from 1910,
and fifty years later found their way
into field culture. In 1854 it was dis
covered that they could be safely fed to
sheep. DOUBTLESS some sheep of dis.
cursive and inquiring habit of mind
made that discovery for itself) During
the eighteenth century carrots and
beets were introduced into agriculture,
and in 1921 the mangel was first brought
into notice as a useful root. In COM
pairing the advance of agriculture, and
the gradual introduction of useful
plants, grains, and roots which not only
has been, but is now, of almost yearly
occurrence, we cannot but suppose that
the comfort and happiness of our race,
assured as tits by the present high stand.
ard Of this branch of industry, has still
more to gain from the inevitable adj.
vances yet to be made.-HearM and
Home
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-06
Tie Pear Tree Blight.

Does anybody know the cause Of the
blight, and the remedy therefor, which
is destroying so many of our best pear
trees? 1t attacks only branch or a
twig at time, and when it first strikes
the leaves look as if they had been
scalded. The sap speedily dries out of
the leaves, and the limb dies. The
only remedy we know of, thus far, is
amputation of the deceased part. This
does not protect the rest Of the tree,
and makes the owners heart ache.
Who knows of better remedy? Many
an anxious owner Of fine pear trees,
which begin to show signs of the COM
ing fate, would like to know.
Our attention was called to this a
few days ago, by Mr.. Sherwood, whose
trees are suffering severely. One Of his
neighbors had tree attacked in the
same way, and supposed it had been
struck by lightning, so strangely did the
branches wither. More recently Sena-
tor Hubbel showed us six or eight
valuable trees in his fine garden which
are perishing with the blight. From
the way in which a single twig or limb
first begins to wither, we are inclined to
attribute it to some local cause. We
carefully examined several limbs, and
found some of them had been attacked
by very small worm or insect, which
not only perforated the bark, but in
some instances had completely girdled
the limb by eating round it under the
bark, next to the wood. Is this what
causes the blight? If so, will an appli-
cation of carbolc acid, as soap-suds, or
in some other form of wash, prove a
remedy? Will its use early in the
spring and at intervals afterward prove
preventive? Or does the insect or
worm hatch from nit laid in the bark +?
Who can throw any light on the sub
ject? If some remedy and preventive
is not soon discovered, we fear our
pears, and next our apples, will follow
our plums.- Utica Herald.
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Olive and Orange Culture.

Two interesting agricultural enter
prises are in progress-one the cultiva-
ton of oranges in Califoi MIA, and the
other the establishment of an olive
grove on the st. Johns River in Florida.
For California it is claimed that fully
twenty-five out of the fifty counties in
the State are admirably adapted to the
production of oranges. The gentleman
about to undertake the planting of an
olive grove in Florida is Gen. Van
Valkenburgh, who is said to be practi-
cally acquainted with the cultivation of
that fruit, and to have sent abroad for
the choicest varieties. 1t was long the
persuasion of a citizen of South Carroll
ma who had travelled much abroad in
olive producing countries that the wes-
tern part of the State was admirably
adar ted to the same purpose, and if the
Florida experiment succeeds something
in the same way might be attempted in
those sandy districts of South Carolina
lying just east of the Savannah River.
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OF Interest TO Farmers.

In Great Britain and Ireland the
wealthiest and most independent oil
farmers are those who occupy large farms
Of good grass land, and who fatten and
sell annually large numbers of cattle
This class of farmers are called graziers.
They keep very little Of the land in til
lage, do not winter large numbers Of cat
tie, but buy two or three year old heif-
ers and steers in the spring, keep them
on choice pasture during the summer
and autumn, and sell them before the
animals begin to lose flesh late in the
fall. The vast herds of Texan cattle
are sometimes managed in similar
way, being purchased when in low
condition, and driven on the rancho
and succulent prairie grass until they
have become nearly fat. Farmers who
have good grass land should devote at
least portion Of it to fattening stock
good two or three year old heifers and
steers, kept on pasture for six months,
would probably pay better than inferior
tillage. The money would all come to-
gether, and the cost of transportation,
compared with that of cereals, would be
trifling. Every farmer should fatten all
his young stock not required for the
dairy or yoke. Selling stock of any
kind before they are properly made up
for the market is very bad management,
and great deal of money is lost by
farmers every year in this way.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-06
Ancient Farming.

The good old times" that we occa-
sionally hear regretted do not seem to
have existed in connection with farm
ing. For five centuries back the pro-
gress of agriculture has been, instead of
retrograding, steadily though slowly
improving. In the fourteenth century
the average product of wheat per acre,
in Great Britain, was only ten bushels
thus aproximating the product of our
older States at the present time. A
farm of five hundred and seventy two
acres, at that time, could keep but
twenty.six cattle, with very
much smaller proportion of
other stock than might be expected.
Roots were then unknown. 1t was not
until four hundred years since that gar.
dening was commenced, and cabbages
were first introduced into England; but
the gardening must have been some
what limited, for in the year 1909 the
royal family of England, desiring a sal.
adj, were obliged to import one from
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Household Recipes.

To CLEAN LooKING-GLAssEs.-T a
newspaper, fold it small, dip it in a
basin of cold water. When thoroughly
wet, squeeze it out as you do sponge !;
then rub it pretty hard all over the sur
face of the glass, taking care that it is
not so wet as to run down in streams ;
in fact, the paper must only be COM
pletely moistened, or damped all
through. Let it rest few minutes,
then 60 over the glass with fresh, dry
bright. The inside of windows may be
cleaned in the same way also spectacle
glasses, lamp glasses, NC.
To REMOVE FRECKLEs.-Take an ounce
of Venice soap, and dissolve it in half
an ounce Of lemon juice. Add to this
a quarter of an ounce each of bitter
almonde and deliquated oil of tarter.
Put the mixture in the sun till it as
sumes the consistency of ointment.
Then add to it three drops of the oil of
rhodium, and put all away for use.
Apply it in this way, viz. wash the face
at night with elder-hour water, then
anoint with the above JUNCTION. In the
morning wash off the rosewater.
ONION SoUP.-Alexander Dumas re.
commended onion soup as an infallible
remedy for nervous prostration, head
ache and debility. He prepared his
soup, which has become quite famous
among the gournands of the French
capital Of cream and onions.
SUNDERLAND PUDDING.-Six eggs, whites
and yoll<s beaten separately; one pint
of sweet milk or cream three table
spoonsful of wheat -four; little salt.
Add the whites lastly. Bake twenty
five or thirty minutes.
GRAHAM BREAD.-Two cups of sweet
milk, two cups sour OF buttermilk, one
half cup molasses, one teaspoonful
soda, with unbolted wheat meal to
make a stiff batter. This can not be
beaten for bread.
TIP Tor CAKE.-Three cups of -four,
two of sugar, one of sweet milk, two
eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, one
teaspoonful soda, one. teaspoonful es-
sence almund, and one-half teaspoonful
cream tartar.
DOVER CAKE.-One cup sugar, one.
half cup of butter and milk, two cups
flour, two eggs, teaspoonful tream tar
tar, one-half teaspoonful soda, and salt
and spice to suit the taste.
GINGER CooKIEs.-Two cups sugar, two
cups molasses, one cup shortening, one
cup hot water, three teaspoonsful soda,
ginger and nutmeg. Roll thin and cut
into round cakes.
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Morning OH the Mountains.

The pale blue mist lies on the mountain crest.
Wraps the fir forests in a dewy shroud.
And wells the shimmering lake. The red deer
wakes
And rises from his lair and tossing high
His branched head. treads DER the velvet moss
Launching his deep-toned challenge on the air
The harebels quake, sway their blue corOnals
What time the breeze of dawn, piercing and
keen,
Sweeps Ger their heathery bed. The ptarmigan
Springs startled up, as dropping fir-cones fall
Upon his couch ofleaves. The russell hare,
Her long ears pricked, leaps from her last nights
form,
And bounding DER the glade. is lost to sight.
Within the whins the red-legged coveys crouch,
And fear not sportsman's gun. Scarce e'er does
foot
OF man crush down the few green blades that
grow
Upon these distant solitary wilds
Morning breaks DER the mountains keen and
cold.
Bracing the nerves. and sweeping from the brain
The misty cobwebs of continuous thought
Giving to thews and sinews double strength
Once more to bear the burdens of the day.
An the Year Round
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Yale College.

The Freshman class of Yale College
will number between 40 and $50 stu.
dents. The Freshman class at the sci.
entific school will contain nearly GO; and
over GO applications have been made for
admission to tho theological school.
Professor Gilman announced that nu.
cleus of % had already determined to
enter the new advanced courses, while
as many more will, in all likelihood,
join the medical and law departments.
This estimate makes the total number
of accessions in the various departments
of the university from 800 to 325.
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Pure Breeds.

1t seldom occurs that topics of farm
business afford a subject of conversation
among the general public yet this year
the extreme prices for thoroughbred
stock have been continually remarked,
even by those who know scarcely any
thing Of cattle. One thousand five hun
dred guineas for a six.year.old COW, and
TIVE thousand five hundred guineas for
pair of twoyear-old heifers, may we'll
cause surprise. These sums were actu-
ally paid, and with no luck-penny, for
pure short-horns bred by Mr. Booth and
Captain Gunter. At Oxford and York
shire shows, and others, high sums were
paid-the first prize yearling heifer sold
for five hundred guineas, and the second
prize for three hundred and fifty gum
cas-. Twelve guineas were paid for Lei
cester gimmers. Cotswold commanded
similar sums, and even pigs sold as high
as thirty-tive guineas each But these
prices, high as they seem, fall in the
shade when five thousand eight hun
dred guineas were paid for the thorough
bred Gladiateur.
1t may be asked how such prices came
about. Is there q scarcity of stock or
is the axiom of fools and their mo-
ney" discovered to be truer as it grows
older?
Scarcity Of animals of certain pedi-
grees there undoubtedly is, hence the
rise in the market for pure Bates and
Booth tribes but there is not such a
scarcity of thoroughbred stock. The
slaughter of continental cattle may
have caused an increased price for gra-
Tiers, and thus tempted farmers to
breed more than to buy in and Craze.
Moreover, our agriculturists are every
day becoming more enlighted as to the
profits of improved stock, and selection
in breeding the lower animals. Every
huntsman knows the value of propa-
eating certain qualities of scent and en-
durance in the kennel. OF how much
more value, then, is it to the farmer to
breed animals whose very management
alone tends to benefit his business? In
keeping stock, well bred cattle get done
little better than common things; it
is a well-known fact that animals fed
well when young never lose their calf
flesh. The better keeping leaves richer
and larger quantity of manure, which,
in turn, produces better crops of grain
and roots. Many men in our own dis
trict have long since known the benefit
of this. The late Earl Ducie was one of
the first to make it apparent to an eye
witness, and the Royal Agricultural Col
lege still demonstrates it. But, answers
the doubter, who can compete with
lord in buying pedigree stock at such
prices? 1t don't pay. The late Mr..
William Hewer, at Seqenhampton, for
thirty years proved that well bred stock
will pay. He bought large-framed pedi-
gree COWS, showing dairy properties, and
put them to the best bull he could pur-
chase. In this way he produced a class
of cattle that would give their twenty
five quarts of milk day, and when dry,
feed in short time to upwards of one
hundred and fifty stone. The same way
with his stock of Berkshire pigs. BY
judciously selecting, and feeding them
we'll when young, he brought out swine
that won the first prizes at the royal
shows for years in English
Cnl,ntrl GenfIeioo1is Mana -;ue
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Loves Choice.
BY WILLIAM WINTER
~ = s,rolior IN tho nens;ve field

The stroller in the pensive field
Doth many wildering glover descry
Sometimes TO him the Roses yield,
Sometimes the Lilies feed his eye;
Sometimes he takes delight in one.
Sometimes in all. sometimes in none.
But when. in dusky woodland ways.
He sees. beside some dreaming stone,
The fresh, untutored Violet raise
Her pleading eyes for him alone,
Then makes his heart its final choice,
And Nature speaks in PASSIONS voice.
The stroller beauty's garden through,
BY many a hayward impulse led,
Sometimes is charmed by gold and blue,
Sometimes by brown and mantling red;
Sometimes proud dame and maiden small
Please just the same, or not at all.
But when, remote from pleasures whirl,
lie sees. at homes sequestered shrine,
The ardent, cheerful. guileless girl,
0fmortal mould, but soul divine
Too good, to beautiful to know
How fair her worth and beauty show
Then all his rovipg fancies pause.
Entranced by this Overwhelming grace;
II rules him by celestial laws
1t lights splendor in his face.
lis the best good that Heaven can give;
lie wins it-and begins to live.
October GALAXY.