The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-05
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was Killed near that place recently tina
'.measured four let from tip TO tip"
The Port Gibson Standard says there wa
shipped from that point from LIST September
to ID eember 22d 5,l93 bales of cotton.
The Senatobia Tunes says Mr.. I. B. Cock
burn, cultivated fourteen acres OF land 10
cotton and m a,le fourteen heavy bales.
Five prisoners escaped from the Pamela
cOun y Jail on the night of the 2Oth. None
of them have yet been captured..-Star.
The Crystal Springs Herald says negro
was found dead in his wagon "A few day
since. lie had been t. Haziehurst aud was
on his way home. No particulars as TO tia
cause OF his death.
The Oxford Falcon says, 1--WE were pleas
ed 10 see "A number of our colOred people on
last Tuesday going to the polls and casting
their votes Tor Col. Lyles. thHs openly re-
pudiarug and coudemning the outrages OF
the carpet baggers.
The Index says We have again TO record
the death ofan old and respected citizen o.
Columbus-Mr. Richard sykes. For many
months he has been helpless from paralysis
which first struck him last year, and no
The Crystal Springs Herald says the gin
house on the place NOW occupied BY l.. NJ
Wells was burne To the ground few day
since. A considerable quantity of cotton
was consumed, amongst which was three
bales, the hard and honest toll OF a poor man
Nhe Oktibbeha New Era says a ues 70
child was burned to death about Tour miles
from StarksVille recently. The father and
mother had gone OIL into the woods leaving
two children. aged 3 and years, and, as il
was cod. they went to bed. 1t Is MOI
known how the house caught fire. The rId-
est child walked as the roof was falling IN
and saved itself, the youngest was burned
to death.
unr Of our contemporaries are continu
ally telling "snnc OF our c"trmper iries.
Whattlmy -houId ~ d hnuld u"t publish ot
commrnt upon. We are al the oI'iuiou Iha
the ii It some should begin t. learn that
the last Somc" have the right to conduct
their papers as they please. and in many
cases with gu tie rs much abl ~ to do ST. a
said first named some" Unsought advice
is not generally thankfully received.
Canton had n small fire on the 22d. n"
damage aud no work for the firemen-Mail
The Canton Mail says Major a
T.. slower, a resident OF that place for
several years, having married there
during the war, died on Thurs
day evening after brief illness. He was
at one time since the war n candidate for
State Treasurer. on the Conservative ticket.
He was formerly from Memphis.
Singleton Garrett, Esq. of the Canton
al I,ta n.u,,c,otfa candidate fpi
member of the Leg stature, in the last issu,
of his valuable paper, says: For the friends
who gave me their support, though it WAS
only canvass of three days time had be-
fore me. | return sincere thanks And my
cOlored friends who voted and worked for
me have placed me under many obliga-
tiOnS."
The Winona Democrat in commenting
upon the miserable manner in which tia
mails are conducted says: lC is astonish-
ing that large bundle of at least one hun
dred copies of the Weekly Clarion should
be overlooked and carried past Winona I"
Jackson. Tenn" We trust our subscribers
at winona. and other places, will moi. when
they fail toy t their papers reguarly.chargr
the failure TO Us; mail them re guIarly
The above quoted instance shows how
worthless the mail agents are.
4 SAD ACCIrENT.--An old colored wo-
man, go years I'D, living near Whitfield, iu
this county, was burned To death lat week
by her clothes taking fire while Cooking
Her clothing was entirely burned off Q her.
She lived about - hours in the most M
tense agony before death relieved her suf
fcrings. a little boy about Il years old
was in the house at the time sick, and was
badly burned in endeavoring to tear the
clothes off the old woman. and deserve,
great credit for saving the house by throw
ing the beds and bedding into the yard a.
they caught fire from the old woman, who.
In her agony. would run from bed to bed Ia
her endeavors TO extinguish the flame,
which were consuming her, Oktibbeha
New Era.
The Gazette gives the following account
of the killing of negro at Louder,lale
Springs. An occasional correction admins
tered ia this way will have a tendency tn
prevent the use of firearms upon sligh
provucation>:
On "Wednesday negro named j, fl. i'm the |
employ Of Mrs. Clayton i'm this county |
went Ia Lau,i' riale 10 sell bag Of cotton /
acromI'siu' 10y Mrs. CLAW tutl's sons. aged 1
Is aud l3 resp ctiVeIy. " 10 had an Interest
la the ha. that " ~ 10 be S.l,i. After di-- /
posing of the carton dispute arose be- |
tween tie. u, gro AMI the boys ab.ur m, /
formers sharr. All started home the b.a,s 1
IN the wagon and the nsgrn "n muj, |
When a snort distance fIom town the u gro 1
galIopeti up u the Wagon ami fired "A pi~t,l /
at the BOYS the b ~ striking @ abe Clayton, /
Che odv~il Ia the iarr. i Il citing a very |
i'aIolui aud -..vrtr wound The negro Ma
soon followed hy M ei he citiz s q |
arrested, snd On Thursday lac wa> Y amin. d /
before "A Justice al the Peace and ordereu |
To bs committed To j Ill. lie. WAS placed H. /
charge "i Constable Rivers 10 bring TO M-ri |
dian. and while the s,tfictr WAS az the dppoT
THURSDAY night waiting for the tram. fifteen /
or twenty HaSkel men armed with shot /
guns and pistols, suddenly appeared at the
depot, took tile prisoner from Me- Rivers
carried hun on short distance and sboF
him. MIR. Rivers is unable To identify any
OF them.
We want to see our Young men take more
interest In our State Government The
heavy responsibility will soon fall upon
them Of nlnistering the affairs of govern
msnt and they should be prepared Ia do IL
wisely. judiciOusly and In such manner as
viii Effect credit upon themselves.-Coffee-
vile Times.
There 10 the usual talk OF repeating the
income tax this session. It won't be done |
Inars are too many fellows making 4 good
t0ar ~ nasessingD collectlnS and stealing 10,