The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

Milhurn, the blind lecturer ha7 re.gHr
delivered lecture in Memphis tIe uiInu-
Ing summary 0fwlieh sppelr in uc hu.
peal. twin be read n.th interests
:. =. frcniiss MIGRATED nam fE. r..a .r
ehl.,nf on Z, thg ~ oi Ngy.uurr -le. Ir HH.
ooFl ln Portland, DIP Main. 'u I..
cors ~ cotl.s
bid uot Ahe luuchiul oa.ar. NJ. f.. I.g
mr. lA "iutrr Iime. llr h4l l ...I aU.I.
/ 'uloh~. no NiN Lat 1850. n. N... ... .... .#
manual labor. he u4s b u.r.n d. ....I
\ ictfi and to Dee resolved 81. ~. u. ...|
even DO De- hll .H M-t. H.. .r t..H. BID. q.
tan-yatd % pAy tar rs u.a....
MOVES 10 ruE .arluuur
WHOM he vot thrqugh eoil,s. ls moved is
. aspiring aud ambitloua Young mra.
On the way De stopped D.. l.a.
elnnath No man gave bm
hand nor woman smile ot welcome. II.
pigs aud getting ae well as struggling boo
manity might from bare llu sHarttea uIfn
I unhcW n furniture Into framr uu.. u|.I
planed bed posts and close l0iufrI n..#.
They bad, therefore, no tlmo Hud I... Iu.U.
I uatlvn Z" bonner about thr Wt.Hur.u Prone
tiss, then in embryo Dc lru tHr place H
disgust aUd ever ult,INaId called 4. U.U
metropolis of pork
nE nEufNs no rrA,U rDuoof.
lie began 70 teach school BOO Mississippi
ihmtdlately alter getting WrI WtI ..#
state. lie was Wei HffDI I'M fH## EU.H.....
inasmuch us Dee had studied fHU IU.IUH
language 20 considerable advantage. II.
looked into the English version DOB. IH..E
BODY OF English composition ehIHUI. IIH
also uipptd iuto Shakespeare aUl A....N
ana other refined author ol Irrufe. .I fIII.
he became What may he eaiIrI H.a a.
| qualnted with the hpluuU HI fHT.U..
I powers OF THIS our worry % tutIHfIF tANr..H
hngil lnnguAgc. liy made ller.uF
81 tLts MitcrW ard. As teacher NU N.
/ unsettled; hc ruamcI about FROM
| 10 another, remaining nowhere
was received well cycy where.
! the stamp OF natures nobility
upon him. Besides, Fcnius is iaua
OF Heaven 60 places 3f human V.ei.TmoN.
and honor. When he Joined tE Uar D." HL
| once stepped to tic front rauh. lu short
/ time he became the leading spirit Ui INU
| legal profession iu Mississippi. aud perhaps
| the most astoui.hingly eloquent advocate.
/ star, hc hlAgsot out NltH a. pOfitutNNs NIII. .
ho sank Ike comet. Tue lgciufDr dHg'i HL
| eloquent length upon how difficult H thing
/ IL Is for the triumphs OF orIt0Tl tl Doe trtu.-
/ sculptor, the musician and thp poet rau give
/ a body, form, pcfmaurugr Gao choir tI.#
/ atiOns that D. denied Che orator. iOr tHHl IU.
/ describable power of the eye. that uuduHnH-
l hAA anu AAAAAAAstNAN a atIi NNN' N'.II go
the magnetism that movca thrills DtuU
| yates an audience, j. Lost WHOM Dos rlufIH HIr
| over. The soul thut animate hls dNUuHf."
dies upon thr uirt prurHrH iufrftft TT IH
| true we may have the dead form ui hI-
speech Lett us; hut 10 l- only dead inrW.
/ charm oi voice; there is no moving power
/ IL Is eloquence, but living rIuuurure uH
more. the effort oi n great orator cam dof.
OF be reproduced.
/ a..
! lived. lie was rot n puarrolsDmu urrunr
/ not puHnhctOus, But a. tiuhtuu was INr
] orucf OF Tie day iu Mississippi, INuiI. 1000
not shrink from any re. possibility thHt
might fail upon him 10 that Way.
DE u0nIs.
lie fought only two ducls; one was with
| FoOte. When everything was iu rUIIIur#
for the little ceremony. and thc great crowd
was gathered around ON the ground, .u dense
that there was "a lane lee fort passage UI
the bullets Preuti.s heard O. noise behind
him, and turning round, he saw a hali-cnd
urchin climbing tree not Car lu hIs rrHrt
the fine instincts and wit 81 thr mHu WpFr
evineed h. his almost iathefly udmomuou i9
70 that youngetcr "gtt down. .OHuys. 5000
he, "you are loo a dangerous hX there, lOote
Is shooting quite Wild to-day
"a JEWEL"
lie had another or one that came very
near WtlliE AAhNfltIH TIC WA" 300 II|" II''..
ana a crude half savage came t0 hIu, aud
entering his room, said That hc bad .hDuIu
that he was a very brave man hr jesse want"
ed 10 show him be- was Drawer. Hud hH
wanted % light right thar frruii iIUli-
ed him very RcntlpmHulyt giNr Him tINII..
n few drops Of brandy, hut finding hrUUu.N
not be mOliiiCd, hc told hum 90 come uU.I
day and lac would see what could hU NUUw
for him. The bcllirusc Individual retired.
not half satisfied, aud after some hour.
arffa arHtIH I'd
tensified his bclligcrcnt propcuritie-. he re-
turned. IL was then three O'Clock Do lIH
morning. He reused Freuti 0ut of hI"
bed aud Insisted on "that ar light llf
could not be put on. So lrcutfe called up
his c0lored factOtum loaded hls pistol rlfn-
fully and then the trio went ont ou the pl-
aILa 10 fight. The Negroes cuisines.
was 10 stand Boo che rehr ni lhr
center OF the scene, holding candle
aud 10 give the word according Iu
the requirements of the code. Iie wu
overcome with vanity when ho considered
the splendor Of The situation. ana WhilH tIH
principals we're cycling each other and mrue
tally measuring and aiming, thc giurd.I
black was viewing himself hll over With Ny"
candle, and saying % himself iu audible
tones, yah, yah dis var chile Dr. uo iUkrF
dis var chile is a. gum ~ ere Jewel, ulI fu
hisself; dis var chile ANA dc che two seconds
In dis yur big jcWcl-yuh. YAH The mlu
who had come 10 slaV Frcutisa. for fhe Uura
pose Of convincing BIN that he was che
Drawer man, slung hH pistol away Iu lH-
gust and said: "PrcntisE are we going tI
shoot AZ each other here on dis littlr stOuU
in the dark, with no one tO look 0u but tIIH
yer niggerY ~ The situation was too rIdIru-
lous for him. There was no glory iu DO. aud
be could not bear the Thought uf being
shot unless half The State was There to look
on.
Prentiss glarcd down o. rutlian whom hu
was prosecuting Boa some court for murder
Glared him down -o cfIrctulIly UHt hr
cowardly dog, had to rest d. face iu hI.
hands. Wei, there was not much bog Chat.
HOW HE LAsHuD poo.
But he undertook to prosecute thc clso 81
some orphans whose property bad been
seized BY an uuscrupuluu- vlRlbOud nrd
bully, desperate character who had su el-
feclually terrified che Bar that 10 one duI.t
undertake 10 fight against him bob thp courts.
Prentiss went into court 90 % dO Cos thr
bully had sworn tlhL hc would shoot tHH
first man on sight who should DO De- auI
went 10 the court on the day the case wHH
called up with his big black spanish hat
drawn oyer his eyes, and his arms crossed
upon his breast, displaying r. small paris Ul
artillery hung around DIS gigantic hips
The Judge grew pale, The jury trcubIeinui
the witnesses became weak in Tho knerHl-
Prentis alone was cool, aud went 0u Wlth
the case o. m there were no deadly enemy
present. When tho proper time came ho
turned upon the scgundra aud poured such
a torrent OF luvectiye and abuse npOu him.
that the big bully actually covered aud
| whlned like a cur, aud finally len che court.
bowie-kniYes, pistols and on, yclpiug 900
| took 70 drinking, and died in ~ WcekH.-
! The eye OF Prentiss was fearful lt was
/ ike "A gulvanic battery Of thoutHud cells
il swelled and glowed Zoe DIE head Ike % fur
mace, and not only shot forth sparks but
whole sheets Of flame.
AZ cONVfcrs THE WHONG MAS.
The lecturer gave an account or a murder
ease la which he was thc counsel fuF dies