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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06
NO. 4.
THE Gypsy KING.
osh, the American Monarch of the
Wandering Zingaras.

Gosh, the American Monarch of the
Wandering Zingaras.
From the New York Star, Nov. "a.
A few days ago a Star reporter visit
eel the Glpsy encampment at JERSEY
City, near the boundary line of West
Hoboken, He was kindly received by
the singular people, and introduced to
their chief, Yosh, tall, dark-complex-
loned man, with whiskers like a bri-
gand and fearless and defiant mein.
After short, desultory conversation.
the Gipsy chief kindly furnished the
following facts relating to his past life:
He stated that though now a Gipsy, he
was not always one, as by both birth
and descent he was Scotch. He was
born IN Morven, on the western coast
of Scotland, in the year 1926. His pa
rents subsisted by fishing and cult
vating a small plot Of ground
At the age of fifteen, being of a wild
and untamable disposition, he enlisted
as soldier and remained in the service
but three years, when, becoming tired
OF the life of a soldier, he deserted
from the garrison at Carlisle, in the
north OF England. He succeeded in
escaping to the Cheviot Hills, separat-
ing England and Scotland, where he
fell in with an encampment of Gipsies.
He joined the tribe, and being thor
oughly disguised, escaped arrest as a
deserter. He married in the tribe, and,
being initiated into the mysteries of
the nomads, has remained with them
ever since, sharing in all the vicissi
tudes of their unsettled life. He won
the confidence of the tribe, and rose
higher and higher in their ranks, until
he was finally recognized as their lead
er. Since then he has visited nearly
every country in Europe, and been all
through America, and has accumulated
a snug fortune. He is quite satisfied
with his wandering mode of life, and
would not change it for life in a pal
ace. The Gipsies look upon him as
father, and he is supreme in all matters
themselves alone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06
Criticism.
SabA5tne
RY JOHN &. ArTcurso<y

M 5oNs s. AITCHFsoN
A little bird, whose heart Was fun of song
Peresed on bough and poured his notes along
Awhile to listen, pensve as a maid.
Ana 10, a moping ewi, whose cell was near
Forgot his revery, and dsigned to hear
His load of learning thus he lightly eased:
&c Think not, vain singer, that your song is new.
Three thousand years ago, in Greece there few
And sang bird, the counterpart Of you!
And we who spend our hours in classic tell
And burrow deep in 1earning's musey soil,
Know all about that ancient, borrowed strata:
So, sing new songs, or never sing again !"
The simple singer, innocent of art,
Who only knew his song came from the heart,
Made no reply, but hushed his modest note
And Hew, to sing from wisdom more remote,
While Zephyr, swelling to tempest howl,
At loss Of song smote the pedantie owl
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06

A BLUE gum tree II feet high and
girting nine inches, which stands IN
garden of Alvarado, Cal, started from
the seed last spring. Near it was
raised table beet weighing 20 pounds,
which came from seed planted in May.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06
4 Court Mystery.

For some time past extensive altera-
tlons have been going on in the drain
age of Hampton Court Palace, for which
it has been necessary to take up the
pavement of some of the old courts
On Wednesday some of the men en-
gagged in the work discovered two hu-
man skeletons lying within short dis
tance OF the surface. The bones which
are those OF two male adults, are in
good preservation, considering it is es-
timated that they have been buried not
less than $50 or 200 years The part of
the palace In which they have been
found, however, was rebuilt by Sir
Christopher Wren about the year 1890,
and had these bones been in their pres
ent position at that time they must
have been disturbed in the progress of
the work. After the rebuilding of the
palace 1t was occupied by William LIT.
and Mary, who frequently made this
the residence of their court Indeed,
it was, as is well known, at Hampton
Court that King William met with the
accident that caused his death in 1902.
It seems reasonable, therefore, to haz
ard the conjecture that the skeletons
date from about this period. That the
interment, whenever it took place, was
performed secretly and hastily is eyi-
dent from the position in which the
skeletons were found, as we'll as from
the fact of lime having been used to
hasten the decomposition of the bodies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06

TIE mother of Hine, the Great Bar-
rington bank robber, has become in
sane in consequence of her sons crime.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06

ONE Of the largest planters of the
South is Col G. B. Lockett, of Georgia.
He has planted this year 1871 5000
acres OF cotton and 5000 acres of corn,
and small grains. At the lowest esti-
mabe, his cotton crop viii sell for $3.50,
000 Col. Lockett employs 800 hands,
all black, and has no trouble with his
help, who are orderly and toleraoly in
dustrious. Throwing out the value of
increase of slaves he thinks that cotton
can now be raised more cheaply than
before the war.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06

The policeman Ballads or 'oWa1
and the Military, " just out in London
has the following sharp distinctions
which strike US as being the old story
of Alexander the Great and the robbel
versifed:
" By a generalship's requited
He who brings a lot to grief
Kill ten thousand he'll be knighted
Double that, commander-in-chief. ...
Fifty thousand, through thi s herego
Long hen have his praises sung
Half a million gets peerage:
Kill but one and you gets hang"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-06

BULwER is to dramatiza his "Last
Days of PomeeM."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22
Indignation Meeting.

An Indignation Meeting Of the citizens Of
that portion OF territory recently detached
from Marshall and attached TO Benton coun-
ty, known as the Fork between Tlppah and
Tallahatcbie Rivers, was held &C Jones'
Creek School House on the 2Jth day Of May,
1871.
A. Jones was called TO the chain, and Jas.
II. Avis requested 10 act as Secretary, when
the Chairman arose aud explained the OBJ
ject of the meeting.
on motion, IL was resolved that a COM
mittee OF five be appointed TO DRAFT rcsolu-
tiOns expressing the sense OF the meeting,
when the chairman appointed as said com
mittee, w. II. Montgomery, j. w. BrannOn,
A. Greer, A. Whaley, and Il. j. Marett, who
after retiring for short time, submitted
the following preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted
Whereas, The Legislature Of Mississippi.
just before its adjournment without petit
tion or request, and without our knowledge
or consent for personal ahd political pur-
poses, did cede back TO Marshall county one
mile In breadth along the entire Western
boundary Of Benton county, and In lieu
thereof annexed 70 the county Of Benton
the Fork; and
Whereas, The citizens who lived IN the
detached portion Of Benton were about as
near TO Ashland as TO Holly Springs, and
those OF the Fork are from seven TO fifteen
miles farther from Ashland than from Hol-
ly Springs, causing the citizens Of the Fork,
III OThCE W NNdCu butAE 70 hFANEENt "a
country i'm practicable for direct roads, and
AZ distance from them greater than four
other County Sites, to-wit HOLLY Springs,
Ripley. New Albany and Oxford and
Whereas, We believe that IL was done 10
conserve the interest OF the party Ia power,
by an attempt to radIcalize Marshall county,
when IL was. prior TO the change. sure 10
give a Conservative majority in the coming
election; while the political status OF BEN
ton county remains unchanged; thus Civ
ing TO the Radicals In Marshall q better
chance TO elect their county officers with
four Representatives, thereby augmentinR
that party which has already fastened upon
ms burdens onerous and oppressive. There
fore,
Resolved, That we look with perfect soorn
contempt and Indignation upon the c0ncOe-
tor Of the plan and that party In our State
Legislature that passed the act.
Resolved, That we regard it one "a the
mOat studied and ingenious devices, one un-
paralleled In the history Of civil leglsla-
tiOn.
Resolved, That we call upon the good
people everywhere 70 Join ne Ia the coming
election In hurting from power that party
which for their own personal and political
aRgrandixem ent would not only Sacrifices
the interests OF single community, bui
those OF a whole state.
Resolved, That the papers I'm Holly
Springs and also Tnm CLARION and Pilot Il
Jackson. be requested 70 publish these pro.
A. JONES, Chairman.
JA9. r. ALvzss Secretary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22

every shade of color; but I do wish to
mean this: In breeding, always breed
the best, for it costs no more in any sense.
The white horse is usually of good consti-
tuition, and docile the spotted horse is
usually very hardy, but by most persons
objected to on account of color only. As
to size, black horses are perhaps the lar
gest all over the world except our Ameri-
can Black Hawk; chestnufs, brown and
bays are among the largest; some grays
are large, but not az rule.
During my twenty years professional
experience, I have had seven idiots
(termed among the horse fraternity of
jockies dumbies); six of these were black
and roam. / keep two thoroughbred
dark chegRuts allow no one to go faster
in day than l Do, peither do know of
any one who can go long journey in less
time than / can, and do, in ali roads and
all weather.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22

Remarking upon our exposition Of the
exorbitant charges for the assessment of
taxes in this county, the Brandon Re
publican says:
Three thousand and thirty-seven dollars
commissions for gathering mp @1aS6l, or
that Is nothing pared to other counties,
where the assessor was paid IA per cent for
assessing--7 for State and for county, as
was the case In Warren Simpson and many
other counties. The game was attempted
lowed by the Board OF Supervisors, but .
litEle article In the Republican, pointing out
che lnw on the subjeck and the penalties ar
tached. saved our people the additional
seTen Per cent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22
G. ID. BUsTAMASTE, Secretary. 4.
Proceedings Of Conservative Meet
ing ma lPOnIOIOc.

At. Conservative meeting held at the
Court House, in Pontotoc, June 18th, the fol-
lowing proceedings were had:
On motion OF A. Y. Donaldson, Esq,
Elijah Smith, ESQ., was called to the chair
and explained the object of the meeting-
On motion of A. Y. Donaldson, Esq.
Laurence L. Miller, Esq, was appointed
Secretary.
On motion of Henry Duke, Esq, the
chair appointed delegation of five, to-wit
j. +. Duncan, and - Gregory, TO meet dele
gates at Houston, for the purpose of select
ing candidates for District Attorney of the
Sth Judicial District.
On motion of III. Duke, the chair appoin-
ted delegation of ten, tO-wit: LIST Dist.
Henry Pitts, Esq, and j. NJ. G. Tueker.--2d
Dist. ID. G.. Smith and DIR. Swafford. 81
Dist. I. j. Kennedy, and X. A. Bell. 4th
Dist. A. Y. Donaldson and Jefferson Wilson.
9th Dist. G.. G.. Horton and q. j. Crawford.
to meet delegates from Union county, at
Cherry Creek, the 1st Monday in August for
the purpose of selecting candidates to re-
present the two counties in the lower branch
of the Legislature.
On motion of Jas. Helms, the 81 Satur-
day. of July was fixed as the day for hold
ing the county convention, at the Court
House in Pontotoc, to select candidates for
county offices.
On motion of c.. b. Mitchell, it was re-
solved that public meetings be held i'm each
Supervisors District, between this and 81
Saturday in July for the purpose of select
ing delegates TO send to the County Cen
vention, to be holden at the Court House in
Pontotoc, on the Sd Saturday in July, 70
select candidates for the various offices OF
the county.
On motion of A. Y. Donaldson, the Secre-
tary be requested to furnish copy OF the
proceedings OF this meeting to The CLARION
and Prairie News for publication.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
ELIJAH SMITH, Pres't.
LAWRENCE f MILLER, Secretary.
June 18th. 1871.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22
From the Memphis Appeal.
JUSTICE IN MISSISSIPPI.
A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE FLYING FRoA
THE OFFICER OF THE LAW.

A rich and rare case of the pursuit OF
Justice under difficulties, which occurred In
our neIghboring State, was told to us by a
fellow-jOurnalist yesterday. IL seems that,
during the vacation of the courts, the Judge
of the fernando district, for the accommo-
dalton of attorneys. witnesses, etc, OCCASION
ally goes to points on the lines of railroads
in the district for the purpose OF hearing
cases of babeas corpus. A member of the
Mississippi Legislature. one j. B. COggeshall,
having been arrested, tried, and ordered, by
the magistrate at Harrison's station. on the
M. and T. railroad, to be committed 10 Jail,
to await a formal trial, applied for the writ
TO inquire by what legal right he was held
in custody. When the Judge arrived at his
destination, he found the accused about
taking the train, with his baggage, and, in
stead of getting of. continued on with him
to this city. He proceeded to inquire how
1t could be that Coggeshall was not In Gus
tody, and compelled to remain for trial.
Asking il he was escaping from ar officer,
he said no, but he had concluded TO go on 70
Memphis. WhereupOn, on further Inquiry.
he produced the original mittimus, made
out in regular form. but charging him only
with using deadly weapons which for
aught appeared might have been used on
some of the bear. which are said TO inhabit
the swamps and steal pigs with his constit-
uents, and the writ being directed TO him
self deputising for the purpose and COM
handing John B. COggeshall 70 take John
B. Coggeshall and hand him over to the
jailOr OF - county. TO be safely kept for
trial. AS the Judge would not issue a writ
to the carpet-bag legislator requiring him
to produce the body himself before his Honor
for a hearing, the specimen of Legislative
dignity went on his way rejoicing. We
understand he is making tracks for Califor-
MIA. What is Mississlppi's loss 10 his gain
There are several more. it is likely, Missis-
sippians would be willing to get rid OF on
the same terms.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22

In the pressure of matter we have over
looked the following manifesto from the
Autocrat of the Tax-Eating Ring:
OFFICE AUDITOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTED
JACKSON. Miss, May 81, 1871.
To the Tar Collector of Pike County, Miss:
SIR:-As some misunderstanding exists
as TO the form of advertising lands delin-
quent for Taxes of fiscal year 1870, for sale.
| would state that you will be guided by the
following instructions:
lst. You will distrain for taxes unpaid on
Ist ofJune, 1871. The fifty per cent. DANA
ges have been reduced to Is per cent. under
act MAY 18th, 1871.
I'd. You will advertise lands delinquent
for taxes on first Monday of July. 1871.
3rd. You will sell said lands on the first
Monday of August 1871.
4th. Your final settlement of taxes for
fiscal year, 1870, will be due at this Office on
first Monday of September. 1871.
Yours respectfully,
II. MUsGRoVE.
Auditor Public Accounts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22
Color ms an Indication of tine
Qualities of IN Horse,

Color ms an Indication of tine
Qualities of N Horse,
A correspondent of the Country Gen.
tleman writes:
In the first place I must apparently
contradict myself, for color has really
nothing whatever to do with either good
or bad qualities, instead of which, tenn
permanent has all to do with color, or
nearly so. Now as to the dark chestnut
and the dark brown so far as my expert
ence goes, they and the blood bay are more
exempt from disease than any other color
except the dun-or, as it is enormously
called, the cream-which is much object
ed. Dapple or dark grays are subjected
to fungus excrescences, commonly called
warts. Black horses are, according to
my experience, more subject to affections
of the eyes than any other color; also in
the feet they are as a rule faulty, and,
though pretty, are not of q vigorous, rud-
dy constitution. What horseman does
not, of his own experience, know what the
different shades Of the sorrel are subject
ed to? They are, as q rule, the most
skittish. Who among experienced, good
horsemen, does not know that, of all the
baulky horses he has known, at least
more than half were light sorrels. For
or general usefulness, for
beauty, and for all purposes for which
the horse may be required, the above
three colors win fill the bill. Let no per-
son for am6ment understand me 10 affirm
that there are no good horses Of Ell and
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22
The Grave of Capt. Addison
Harvey.


From the Columbus (Ga.) Sun.
COLUMBUS, GA, June 5, 1871.
Messrs. Editor Below Is a quotation
from a speech of Col. s. S. Calhoon, of Cam
ton, Miss, made last Decoration Day, in
reference to the brave and gallant Captain
Harvey. whose grave find in a private
burying ground in the Columbus cemetery ;
and though no relatives hand Is near to
strew flowers sweet DER his resting place.
am glad to know that it Is well cared for by
some kind, though no doubt stranger hand,
who can be assured that, while they are
thus cherishing the graves OF the fallen he
roes in a strange land, that they are blessed
by the prayers and most sincere gratitude
from the devoted family of him whose char
is so meritoriously eulogized.
A FRIEND.
The following is the quotation alluded to
above:
s.Read me of gallant deeds from the book
of history, and which are taught In schools.
and will point you for parallel TO the un =
written history of Addison Harvey. The
intimate friend of my boy hood, the close as
sOciate Of the studies of my youth, the loved
companion of my early manhood, and a
messmate during the opening experience
him well. With that high order of talent
which palled not upon intimacy, but steadi-
ly grew upon continued and close acquain-
tanee. i hesitate not 70 say that. bat for the
war, he would now De the peer OF the proud
est in y0J.r State. His every heart-throb
was for truth. sActuated by q nobN ambi-
ton to deserve rather than win applause,
he was endowed alike with the ehfvalry Of
the Paladins of old and the keen eye Of pro-
gress. Hardly yet Of matured manhood,
he had, ms captain Of a company, won, you
may say, q national reputation, exhibited
capabilities for the highest command. As
cautious as Massena in plans, rs brave rs
Murat in the fight, as gentle as q woman TO
his friends, as true TO truth and honor as the
needle to the pole, what q loss was his!
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22

So much has been said and written OF
the wonderful grandeur of this "Garden
of Eden," situated on the summit of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, that We deem
worthy of reproductions the following ex-
tracts from lecture by Mr.. j. NJ.
Hutchins, the first settler of the valley.
The Yosemite Valley is a deep
mountain-walled gorge, sleeping in the
very heart of the Sierra Nevadas, about
80 miles east of San Francisco, and
within twenty-five miles of their topmost
crest. 1t is little over seven miles in
length, and from half mile to a mile
and quarter in width, exclusive of the
debris at the foot Of its walls. Its total
area, according to the report of the Com
missioner of the General Land Office at
Washington, comprises $3.50 acres, g.
100 of which are meadow land.
"The altitude of the bottom or meadow
is 4, 060 feet above the sea, while on either
side the walls, which are beautiful gray
granite of many shades, rise to the height
valley. Its general course is northeaster-
ly and southwesterly-a fortunate circum-
stance, as it allows the delightfully."- brac-
ing northwest wind from the Pacific to
sweep pleasantly through and keep it
exceedingly temperate on the hottest Of
days, and permits the sun to look in upon
us from six o'clock in the morning until
half-p past four in the afternoon.
"A remarkably picturesque and
beautiful river, the MERGED, clear as
crystal just from the melting SHOWS of the
Sierras, runs through the valley. And
waterfalls from $50 feet in height to 3,
$50 feet leap over the precipices, and
forms of inexpressible beauty that change
with every instant or with every breeze
that plays with them, add their volume
to the river and their majesty to the scene.
Trees, from the shade giving oak to the
stately pine, are in tolerable abundance
from one end of the valley to the other.
Patches and stretches of fertile meadow
covered with grass and ferns and flowers
of endless beauty and variety, their
margins set with perfume, are at inter-
walls on both sides of the river.
The Yosemite Valley has been coded
by the general government to the State
of California with view to its conversion
into a public park. Large numbers of
visitors go there annually and the number
each year increases as is shown by the
following figures: Number ofvisitors in
1864, 147; '65, 273; &c, 1913; 81,
sol; '68, 483; $50, 1,122; 10, 1,735.
Visitors to the Valley leave the Union
Pacific railroad at Stockton, thence ff-
teen miles by stage. through the Big
Tree Groves of Mariposa and Calaveres.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22

Perception of beauty is one of the most
decided characteristics by which man is
distinguished from the brute. We dis
cover no symptoms of admiration in ami
mails of lower grade than ourselves. The
peacock excites no Difference from the
splendor of his plumage, nor the swan
from her snow-white feathers; and the
verdant fields, in their summer bloom,
attract no more than as their howery
sheets allure the insect tribe, who i'm their
turn are followed by their foes. To man
alone belongs the prerogative of apprecia-
ting beauty, because admiration il
praciously designed as the means Of lead
ing him on to moral excellence.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-22
published by request
GENERAL ARANGO.

fGensral Arrange was Cuban Chief who,
when proceeding to Puerto Principe 10
complete negotiations for peace with the
Spanfards, was set upon by his escort and,
with ''safe conduct" in his pocket. foulIy
murdered. The following lines on his
Heath appeared at the time in Frank Leslfe's
Weekly, and are said to be from the pen of
M. b. Hewson, the present Adjutant Gen.
eral of Mississippi
Oh! rifieitrue,Iyour death work dol
And you. then sharp Machete r.
Remember both, that veDgefui wrOth
Your aim and edge has setI
That ev'Ty brand in Cuban hand
A two-fold count must keep,
In warrior-fight for Cuba's right,
In vengence fierce at dead of night
For General Arangoi
Col save your pelf, you things OF self
Make Cuba not absurder;
And mark you, cease your pirate OF peace,
With organized murderl
No parley true, you growing few,
With immemorial crime,
save that which whets the long Mdchetes,
Tbsf deep II. Spanish hearts 1t sets
For General arrange!
On Bonded knee, for Cuba free
With trigger cooked TO pull it.
Your parley hold, guerilla bold,
With faith-assuring bullet!
And while full true, TO die or do,
You aim Tor native land,
Take one sight more to pierce the core,
To keep ith Spain Stygian score
For General Arangoi
For you, for you, then brave and true
No conduct safe will vouch,
Save that made good in Spanish blood
BY Camaguayt cartouche,
Till steel, cold steel, shall wcltring feel
Ten thousand Spanish hearts,
And Spanish sOoth and Spanish ruth,
Plutonian vengence pledge to truth
For General arrange!
sThe Machete is the long knife which con-
stitutes the ordinary instrument of VEN
gence amongst people OfSpanish decent.
+Camaguay Is a district of Cuba between
Nuevitas and Puerto Principe; it was the
birth place of General Arrange.