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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-13

From the Meridian Mercury.

A judicial terrorism prevails in North
Mississippi, having its head center in OK
ford, where Judge Hill. with the aid of a
negro grand jury, and many negro "swift
witnesses" marshaled and trained by Hug
gins and other pimps of tyranny, is relent-
lessly executing the ku-Klux law of Con-
gress. Car loads OF prisoners ARE sent up
from Monroe and other counties and car
loads OF witnesses are forwarded, many of
them women and children summoned and
constrained to go by the straits defendants
are in to defend against the peTjuries OF
Higgins drilled negro witnesses. Day be-
fore yesterday, our latest accounts from
Macon, give about Is prisoners under guard
of soldiers in an upper room Of the hotel.
where some of them have been for a week.
A man named Reed, carpet-bagger, i'm the
express Office here after the close of the
war, and then military sherin and tax col
lector in Neshoba, is deputy u, 5. Marshal,
and is securing Noxubee and Winston max
ing these collections. lie has had smallpox
which has marked him considerably. He
is said to carry with him blank warrants
which he fills mp TO suit his own malignities
and negro spites. Reed had a self-sealing
carpet-bag when he was collecting taxes ia
NeshOba. Ii shut down on all he put In IL,
so they say who told us, and IL never open
ed to empty its contents in the public treas
ury.
The Mercury mentions a rumor that
both the agents of villainy, Reed and
Higgins, have been arrested for perjury.
As there are laws in this State for the
punishment of persons guilty of that
crime they will undoubtedly come to
grief sooner or later. Time makes all
things even.
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The Radical rulers in their cowardly
and vindictive persecution Of Southern
whites under pretence of Furnishing Ku-
Kluxism, at the instigation of carpet-bae
plunderers and their aiders and abettors,
to the manor born-are over-shooting the
mark. They are not only confirming the
detestation of Radicalism in all its forms
by the better class of our citizens, but
exciting the profound disgust of right
thinking and just-dealing men of all par
ties in the North. The effect will he to
give impetus to the popular reaction
against the dominant party, and speed
the combination of all the conservative
elements in the country for its over.
throw.
Commenting upon this atrocious pro
ceeding the New York Herald, a neutral
paper, with proclivities decidedly for
Grant, says:
"No doubt the South Is IN n more disor-
gained stat than before the war. IL would
be strange if IL were not 50. Indeed, look
ing at the utter disruption of the social and
domestic life of the Southerners, al the
dreadful ordeal they have passed through,
at the crushing disabilities they suffer. aud
at the elevation of their own slaves-bruta
and ignorant Legroes-ns well rs host OF
corrupt carpet-baggers to be their political
masters. can we wonder that some disorders
exist? The wonder Is that so few exist, and
this is the best evidence that the mass of the
Southern people are law-abiding. When a
brave and high-spirited people submit so
and MAKE the best of their humiliating sit
uation We have the best guarantee Of their
future good conduct and of peace. Let US
be just and magnanimous. Let US have
some consideration for the people of our own
race and blood, and not crush them beneath
the ignorant aud semi-barbarous negroes
and the carpet-b bag scum of the North. We
have the testimony of General Sherman
and of many other superior men who have
been over the South that the pretended ku-
Klux outrages are greatly exaggerated and
that the Southerne-s want to live in peace
and maintain order. Then look at the sur
prising industry of the South--at the valu-
able cotton crop and other productions since
the war raised under the most trying disad-
vantages. This alone shows the practical,
industrious and high character of the peo-
pie. If the government would cease its Ell
forts to make the South political arena for
party purposes, would proclaim universal
amnesty and endeavor to- give the control
of affairs to the intelligent whites who have
the largest interest in their country, we
should soon hear no more of the Ku-KluX."
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~ -. kANfL,
w. BUCHANAN, Secretaries.
j. WILLIAMS,
DEMOCRATIC coSvEsrION ~ CONVICTION.

Pursuant to previous notice, the Demo
cracy Of COvingtOn county assembled In the
Courthouse, IN Williamsburg. on Saturday.
July lst, 1871, for the purpose OF nomina-
ting candidates for county offices and APP
pointing delegates 70 district COnyen-
ton.
On motion, Hon. A. $. Harper was called
TO the chair, and DIR. Peter Fairly appointed
secretary.
on motion, It was resolved that the Office.
Of Assessor and Collector be divided.
On motion. IL was resolved that the Con.
vention proceed TO nominate. by ballot can
didates for the several county Offices when
the following named gentlemen were nomi-
ted:
For Representative-Geo. G. Buchanan.
For Sherin-N. w. Lott.
For Chancery and Circuit Clerk-A. j
Thompson, (by acclamatiOn.)
For Assessor-Jno. n. McInnis.
For County Treasurer-N. g. BlOunt.
For Coroner and Ranger-Albert VIII
Hanson, (by acelamatiOn.)
For Surveyor-Jno. II. Davis.
3. Gilbert, ESQ, offered the following res
olutionss which were unanimously adOp-
ted
Whereas, There are a plurality Of Demo
cratic candidates for District Attorney OF
the 9TH Judicial District, who are seeking
the nomination Of Democratic District
Convention for that Office. And
whereas, IL - eXpedient ana proper u
hold said District Convention at Westville
on the I'D Of July, or such other time a.
may agreed upon, and announced in the
newspapers Of the District. Therefore,
Resolved, That this Convention proceed
now TO ballot for District Attorney, and the
candidate receiving majority OF votes shall
be declared the choice Of the Democracy OF
Covington county.
Resolved, That when the result Of said
ballot is announced, the President Of this
Convention shall appoint two delegates and
two alternates 10 the District Convention,
who are hereby instructed 20 vote for the
nominee OF this Convention.
The Convention thereupon proceeded h
ballot for District Attorney, when Richard
Cooper and A. j. McLaurin being In nOmi.
nation, Richard Cooper having received 4
majority Of the votes cast, was declared %
be duly nomInated as the choice Of the
Democracy OF Covington county.
The President then appointed A. j
Thompson and j. NJ McNalr, a. delegates
TO the District Convention, aud L. &. Blunt
and Alex Fairly as alternates.
On motion, the President appointed the
following committee TO confer with the De-
m0eracy Of Jones county and urge the &C
ceptance by them of the nomination Of q
g. Buchanan for Representative tO-wit
Stanley Gilbert, Il. N. Watts. Alex Fairly.
M. ApplewhIte, and as alternates, A. &
Fairman, N. w. Lott, J. ". McInnis, s, }
Harper.
Resolved, THAT the proceedings Of thin
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A Learned Woman.

Miss Estha Greatbatch, who has just
passed the second Especially examination
for women at the University of London,
in French and in Harmony and Counter
point, also took the second prize at the
examination which followed Professor
Guthrie's lectures on Physics at the Lon
don Institute, in February, 1870, and
out Of seventy-four candidates the first
prize for the examination in physical
geography, which followed Professor
Huxley's lectures ON that subject in 1869,
In 1868 Miss Greatbatch passed as a
junior with first class honors, and gained
prize for mathematics at the Cambridge
local examination. In December. 1870,
she passed as senior, with first class
honors, gaining the Mill-Taylor
Scholarship and a prize for political
economy. Miss Greatbatch did not take
up the Mill-Taylor' Scholarship, which
can only be held at Cambridge. She ia
a pupil Of the North London Collegiate
Schaol for Girls, where she has received
her whole education
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A correspondent Of the N. 7. Journal
Commerce inquiries of that paper what
hnnrtion Of those who succeed In acquIr-
competency in business pursuits
;mateIv retain il. This is an old pro-
~. which has been worked at by many
tisticians, with about the same results.
he Journal says: 'Of those who en-
De in business on their own account,
LIZ three out of hundred escap efal-
IL. and only five out Of hundred succeed
avoiding an entire collapse OF their
4 'st effort. OF those who at some time
nN other have in hand a reasonable COM
hence, and may be said to have sue
eded in business, ninety per cent are
|tll the subject of after reyerses Of some
n, so that only ten per cent, of the
accessful ones keep their fortune un-
kaken. Two things ought to be strongly
bpressed upon the young people of our
..intry-the insecurity Of riches, even
hen acquired, and their unsatisfying
aracter. There is no fallacy so univer-
liz cherished as the notion that wealth
surely a means of happiness. The
Nv material good which comes. of any
hate is to be made out of moderate in
srne far more easily than from a large
La. and with fewer attendant disadvan-
Noe. Few thoughtful men would un-
|srtake the entire stewardship of a large
hate on positive bargain, they should
hceive no more for taking caro- Of it than
tdinarily falls into the cup of its owner.
ne scramble after wealth is due to a
&rong estimate of the good to be acquired
Iom it when it is gained. We speak not
now of the immense sacrifices made in its
Inrsuit, such as the waste Of health, char
eter, peace of mind, and even life itself;
ND of the little to come from it in the way
II reward even should the pursuer be sue
hssful And the corroding care which
hch large addition brings cannot be es-
Aped by the wisest use of il"
E'sWealth, of itself, is but an empty and
Ihsatisfying trouble, and the conscientious
|Dssessor of it always feels the burden of
Ne stewardship. The purest enjoyments
liz has are not those Of ostentatious enter
&inments, display and self-glorification;
hat in the quiet dispensation of wisely
ERECTED and just bounty and charity, and
|fen these, when dispensed from the pur-
Nd motives and mostelevated standpoint,
hing with them cares, responsibilities
Id determinations that are often painful,
Nd sometimes, perhaps, unwise. Every
he knows more or less of the anxiety and
Iexation attendant ON the care of property
here it is to be held sacredly in trust for
hers The burdens involved in the care
n. property and the responsibilities i'm
tsed by the wise and conscientious dis
bution of charity show that on its most
kvored side overgrown wealth, which is
great moral trusteeship, is not a posi-
'Dn to be eagerly coveted.
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Good Advice.

DIR. FAINT, in his West Point Citizen
concludes an article on national politics,
with this wise suggestion:
Meantime, we would entreat the people
of Mississippi to devote themselves to the
redemption of their State from the Radi-
cal Fly-up-the-Creeks, and save themsel-
YES from bankruptcy and political slavery;
obey the laws, and labor to so reform the
farming interests of their State as to reap
the benefit Of their hard-earned money,
instead of strengthening the power of
their Northern enemies by expanding
money for articles which should be made
at home. Remember that the redemp-
ton of your State from the vandals is
your first and most important duty; the
Northern Democracy will arrange the
Presidential programme.
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4 Given six or ten well-selected, judi
Aiously grouped people, round table, a
Moderate temperature, sufficient light,
nd a good dinner, and what further
asks writer in Scribner's
Monthly, does mortal man need to make
Inn agreeable IF agreeability within
Nm lies. The dinner need by no means
Ne elaborate. Soup, fish, a joint, or
poultry, and pretty dessert, with bright
by way Of sauce, is sufficient
De any small party. And these DINNERS,
hose of us who are not Aladdins, can af-
|brd to give not infrequently. And a
IOzen such in the course of a year do
bore toward cementing friendliness and
Extending our hospitable influence than
NY number of "'swell" repasts from a
.Dnfectioners or even than a biannual jam
Vi the most recherche kind, presided over
NJ Brown or furnished by LAUGH.
"A Every table should have a centre-and
hat centre should not stand too high.
Be it fruit, flowers, or confectionery, its
|bp should be below the level of the eye.
Nothing interferes with talk so much as
10 be forced to dodge this way and that
10 catch glimpse of ones opposite neigh
8Or. There should not be too much on
he table at time. A crowded look
Nestroys elegance. The eye demands
space as well as the elbow. Two vegetab-
he with each course are sufficient.
Hot plates, iced water. Blessed duo
should be studied by every
1t is all important and
Nithin the reach'of all. A cold plate
makes a good dinner bad and bad one
NDrrible. A hot plate (which costs no.
|hing) improves everything. A hot room
bills and stupefies. Conversation willis
Nth the flowers.
To give coloring to the table is a diff.
anlt art now that white china is so gener-
Ny used. Much may be said in favor
of this china. 1t is neat and pure-look-
ne, it conflicts with nothing, it can al.
tays be matched. On the other hand il
Iefaoes easily, and gives a colorless effect
hitch is difficult to overcome. Our own
Reference is for the English china,
shich is cheap, extremely strong, remark
hly convenient in shape and size, quaint
and beautifully decorated, and not
ifficult of replacement is broken. This,
|sbwever, is a matter of taste. If the
inner service be white, it can be enliv-
med by various little touches. The nap
Nins may boast scarlet initial or mono
ram. Folded napkins with similar let
Ars in the centre may be laid to receive
ne dishes in lieu of table-mats. Finger
owls may be arranged to form groups
ma prettily contrasted tint. Flowers in the
entire, or beside the plate of each guest,
Ire prettiest all. Nothing lends such
.race to food as flowers.
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The Nashville Banner in Publishing
some rcminesccnccs of that city relate.
the following particulars of tho me d.G
Guilty between Gen. jackson aud tHa
Bentons which IN consequence DIFF Ue
distinguished characters engaged Boo b.
and the relation Of friendship which cub.
sequcntly subsisted between tho pau.u.
has become historic;
II WAS ia the Talbot Hotel lslA tuH...
queutly the site Of che city Halo tItI fT-
famous rencOuutsr occurred between hU.
drew jackson aud the HCufuna. IhH I.iI.
Guilty originated remotely from o. duo. Ur.
tween General Carroll and Je.srr Hru.nHl
in which General Jackson bad been tUr .U..
ond Of the former, aud from bitter rOrrn.-
pOndencc subsequently bad between Colonel
Thomas n. Benton aud General Jackson.
though the two had been warm personal
friends. The circumstance which I|I IH
the rencouuter have become matter Ui HI..
tory, aud we propose only tu recall IIr
particulars Of thg light luelL ts locally
connected with the annals of che HpuL uH
which the CITY Hotel now stands.
On che Bird Of september lslj the Benton.
were registered at the Talbot Hotel HUI
General Jackson a. che Nashville lnu. tI"I'
located on Lhe northeastern corner uf MARKET
street aud the Public square, thc sire uHW
D
Gardner a. Go. The next morning about 20
o'clock General Coffee and General Jackson
| started around the square, via ihe Talbot
! Hotel, 10 the pOst-Ofilcc, which wa. In.u
| located where the house Of Bolivar III. Goods
! now stands. with the ostnusible purpose uI
obtaining their mail. On returning General
jackson attacked Colonel IhOmas III NHuIuur
/ who was standing in tho doorway ui IHI-
| bots Hotel. Benton iumbIDd iu NH#
pocket for "A pistol, and rctrratUd slow .t
/ backward, jackson close upon hIm With
| pistol nt his heart until they Dad reached
| The back door Of the hotel. 40 that mumnUH
Jesse Benton, seeing bis mthrrs dauKUH
shot a slug into JackaOu'H loit shoulder
shattering u IN q fearful manner Ihr IfI.
| Ter fell across the entry and remained
PROSTATE, bleeding promsely. AZ tI..
iuncture General Coffee hrtd nt colonel
Benton aud missed him. Tie then "elul1Ui
his pistol and was about ~ strike. when
| Colonel Benton, Boo stepping utekWnrAt
came 70 some stairs Of which De Wa. u..
aware. and fell hcadlOng to thc bottom.
StOkely Hays then coming upon thr scene
\ OF action, made 10 lunRe ht Jesse Benton
i with a sword. auatChed out ~ ga cane. NuI
/ the point struck "A button and Gee sword
/ broke In pieces. Ho then drew o. dIrk. Hu.
\ jesse Benton upon the floor, hrld hIm down
with one hand aud was about tO plunge IT,
! into his heart when a spectator caught hIm
/ by the arm. This ended the rcncouutDr
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-13

This gallant liliputIan cram has "a gain saI..
/ ly crossed the Atlantic. Although tHN POM.
son OF her voy age just completed IsahUNU
by the storm chart to Doe thC most prDuIUuu.
for such an Undertaking as hers Do md.i HH
confessed she has solved au Important HuN
deeply practical problem. An eminent
English geographcr has Hrt the fashion uI
calling the waste of waters between tlr old
and the New World the "Atlaufir Canal '-
The title Is suggestive. Halt Is century AGO
Il was matter Of no light consequence Ia
make n transatlantic voyage. NOW lT I#
nothing thoughtof, and che day Dr. perhaH.
not distant when the shlp-laues laII down
by nayigntOrs will b. thrOuupl witch IIU
both sides the Atlantic mon VIII irrI flIt
the stormy ocean D. but narrow canal tu Ur
passed over at pleasure.
The problem OF life security lu small
boats l. the problem which the city uI ltH-
gusa has now successfully solved Some
months ago "a raft constructed ni pipe" uE
light material aud Inflated aO OIL t0 bU Yrrf
buoyant, actually made thc passage from
shore 20 shore OF che Atlantic aud WuH rur
Enthusiastically welcomed 90 Southampton ilr
tile light which her brave exploit nHN
thrown on The question OF navigating tHr
ocean under the worst circumstance t.HL
can befall seamrer. The protector. of thI.
ran commended that an sfHUuiuW Steamer.
might provide themselves with material i0r
RATS sufficient 90 rescue thCir passenger Iu
case Of shlpwreck, aud store them In small
compass, ready for use ln my cmrf HfHNN.-
But the experience Of the City ui lHHuH
suggests something better. a largo number
OF small vessels Of her construction, almost
a. light as paper, and as buu}nrt nH rurNI
might at email expense, be- supplied II
steamers, aud, in the event of dIaHttrr. uI.
most the entire crew might bo rescued. Iu
say the least, without the fearful and often
fatal eN posure and hardship which general.
/ ~ follow shlpwrcck.
The OrlginatOrs and sailors az tho city off
Ragusa deserve the thanks off thc trape.r
! ing world for their bold aud benevolent rE-
pertinent. It's true the experiment. has HuU.
! ceeded NO time Of year when ola Ocean
! Il Ia one Of his calmist and sorCurst WUuI. f.
| but IL Il also true that the first experiment
has suggested the means Of making uII iI.
ture voyages in small craft safer mud moro
/ eXpeditiOus.-N. Y. Herald.
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When the female mind aaH aluH.
making the female body cool and c1mi1r-
table, fun sets in. III Che subject hoIuuE
10 the better class-the upper twodDlcn
she has on a delicate linen garment nest
the person CALLED never mind
what Il Il called. II isa garment worry
low in the neck, brief in the skirt. and
deficient In the arms. IL BE- deliberately
worked In the bosom. We Owe chat
description % Browne young man, who.
roaming about a mile from The cIty, looks
down upon the grounds of the Hon. #.
where an Monday the wearing apparo. %.
the family hutter up On the lines while
the naughty breezes take liberties with
them.
Over this delicate indicate garment
a pair Of French corsets or ataya ore
clasped. The cOrdago and rigging of
this article are really wonderful What
whalebones, what steel clasps, what cords
cross and recross, gathering p0wTin iHe
Arrangement, until the delicate hands oi
the fair owner can bring about forty
pound 20 the square inch.
Over this Is thrown the muslin wrap
per. And Il looks cool and comfortable.
But we VIII wager our beat pair OFF glasses
against a seneca sandstone that q man
cannot be found capable of bearing lhat
aummer dress one hour. However. thc
female form and constitution differ mater
iallv from the male. We suppose our
fair friends know what they ere about
and II they do not q cannot b. helped by
s.-Waahin9l0n Capital
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sThe Latest New York Fashion,
The chatty lady correspondent of the
Washington Patriot writes from New
York as follows:
Summer has made a decided change
h arranging the hair, and there is now
possibility of obtaining some idea of
be shape of lady's head. The defor-
hing chignons are doomed and already
begin to disappear. AT one of the late
Feddings the prettiest girls appeared with
heir own hair simply braided and pin
ned up in loops behind. A few, with
|hxuriant locks, wear two hanging braids
led an inch or two from the end with a
ibbon. The style is prettier for demoi-
Giles than their more advanced sisters,
but even this is preferable to the artificial
arrangements of the last ten years. A
decided taste for blue is now taking
possession of the masculine and feminine
Hearts. Ecru and buff have quite exhaust
M eyesight and patience, and now the
hplor Htterdteltrs is destined to win. First
anne with the spring the daintiest and
brettiest blue parasols, then the tie, later
dresses, and now rise, Shade of Albion's
|uAkuty Oa0kutCAp WIZ IISt gave Dluc
bookings to literature, for lol blue boots
Ire actually creeping into fashion. La
lies as vet have contented themselves
with gloves, but the younger generation
have placed before our eyes these APP
proximations, and soon their elders will
but them on their own feet in boudoirs
md drawing-rooms. For gentlemen the
most stylish coat is blue, and for seaside
wear no straw hat is complete without its
band of s'bonny blue"
One of the prettiest of the new Leg
horn fats has the rim cut in points,
bound in dark blue velvet, under which
Is a shading of of black lace. The only
outside trimming is crepe de chene scarf,
with long ends, trimmed with fringe.
The new hair powder In blush gray
color, making the hair that exquisite gray,
70 effectively becoming. The number Of
youthful faces now crowned BY creped
locks Of this color IL really startling, and,
whether dyes for the hair. or ruinous on
Dy dressing rOoms are able 20 reveal.
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Our town was thrown into a deep
gloom on last Monday evening by the sad
intelligence of the death of Mr.. Hiram s.
Davis, who departed this life on Monday
26th inst, about half past seven O'Clock
at his residence in Cofeeville, after a
lingering illness of SO days, of typhoid
hux, aged 43 years moRths and 4
days
Mr.. Hiram s. Davis was born in Perry
county Tenn, Nov. 22d., A. ID. 1927,
and was strict member of the church for
20 years.-Cofeeville Times.
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The state Palace.

We have shown how $4,000 were squan-
dered on the Governors mansion.-Jackson
Clarion.
We are inclined to agree with The Cla-
rion that the money expended on the Gov
ernor's mansion, even though IL might have
been for necessary repairs, was ''squander-
ed."-Vicksburg Times, (Radical.)
And yet your party in the Legislature
passed the bill and your Governor signed
it. 1t was cruel and outrageous extor
ton upon an impoverished and tax-rid
den people.