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Answer To s'rncdIcnI Questions
Wanted.

IasMGTN 10 EutNheDA
Wanted.
The Southern Field and Factory, Of
this city has addressed the following in
terrogatories to its readers
First-what Is the financial condition Of
your people. AS compared with last yearl
Second-llow are supplies OF provisions
for making crop this ycarg state probable
surplus or deficit Of meat, corn, etc.
Thtrd-What is condition of work-teams
and other stock
Fourth-what Is the condition OF labor I;
how is the supply and demands Note any
special changer.
Fifth-Is there a disposition exhibited 20
improve land, 10 cultivate less, and culti-
vate better?
Sixth-Are your people devotng a great
or acreage 10 grain and forage crops, and
less TO cottonY
Seventh-What grains succeed best2
Note success with clover and grasses.
Eghth-llave improved agricultural i'm
plements been introduced; with what sue
cessy
Ninth-What commercial fertilizers have
been used successiullyy
Eleventh--Is much attention paid TO
fruits with what succcssy
Twelith-What was the yield Of cotton
and corn last year compared with lS70y
Thrteenth-Aboutw what proportion of
cotton crop has been sold, and average
price 10 farmersY
Fourteenth--what Is average price OF
good lands?
Fiftcenth-Please state products best
suited 10 your region; aud any other valu-
able information not included In above
questions.
Sixleenth-Statc character of weather for
month, and progress made In preparation
for crop?
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Wants 20 Back Out--A Leap Year
Story.


A St.JOseph n issOuri) paper OF the 30 ults
gives the following leap year story
"There was "a nice little party un Weduc1-
day night 40 the residence az one of che most
respectable families in South go. Joseph.
and while the festivities were progressing
two charming young ladies, sisters. took
pair OF young men by che arm, remurkinM
that IL WIS leap year, they proposed tO insist
on their prcrORativcs, and desired nt once
10 be married. "A Squire was called for and
one was shortly found in the company, iu
the person Of our worthy cOnacrVutOr az the
peace, Gus. 5eltzman. When thi8 official
presented himself ready for the delicate hus.
iness, one Of the couples forthwith backed
out bat the other stood their ground. aud
the Squire proceeded with the ceremony
aski.g the high contracting parties several
times during its progress whether theY
were really Ia earnest, 10 which question
they gave each time an affirmative reply.
They were thereupon pronounced man and
wife.
AFTER the party commenced 10 break mp
70 60 home, the imprOmptu groom claimed
his bride Ia al earncstncsa and Insisted on
taking her home with him, but she demufs
red, and tried 40 treat the whole matter 8s
joke, but as the young lady IA Of fuil age
aud the marriage appeared % he bona Nae %
al the witnesses, they do say that thia young
lady Is legally and irrevocahly tho young
mans wife, aud the best OF 10 D. thaf rhe
parents Of both sides arc willing % che
match. The young man belongs t0 not only
good, but a wealthy family, and tho young
lady's people, though not ~ well on iu
pecuniary point Of view are com f0rtHbiF
80, however aud are Of the highest rc1pec-
liability. How the affair viii pan out re-
mains % be seem"
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The Presidential <'Indidate of the
Labor EseforImers.

In another column we have copied
from the n Y World, a brief sketch of
the career of Judge Davis, the candidate
of the Labor Reformers, for the Presi-
dency. The browning honor of Judge
Davis's life in not alluded to in this
sketch. 1t was the decision of the Su-
preme Court delivered by him in the eel
ebrated Milligan case, in which the SUI
premacy of civil law over military rule
was declared. Milligan was citizen of
Indiana in 1864. Though neither in
the military nor naval service of the
United States, he was arrested and i'm
prisoned by the Military Commander of
the District of Indiana He was tried
before Court Martial-found guilty
and sentenced to be shot; and the SEN
tenee was approved by the President
The case, meantime, was brought
before the Supreme Court, which decid-
ed that his arrest, and trial, by military
court, were illegal, and his discharge was
ordered
In this opinion, Justice Davis enun-
ciated the great truths contained in the
extracts which We have reproduced:
Every one connected with these branches
of the public service (Army and Navy is
amenable TO the jurisdiction which Con-
gress has created for their govern ment and
while thus serving surrenders his right to
tried by the civil courts. Az other per-
sons, citizeaSof the States tohere the courts are
open, II charged sotfh crime. are granted the in
estimab1ep privilege oftrlal byjWTy. This privil-
eye is a vital principle, underlying the whole
administration of criminal justice; it is not
held by suferonce aud cannot be frittered atoay
or any plea OF state or political necessity
When peace prevails, and the authority of
the government Is undisputed, there is no
difficulty of preserving the safeguards of
liberty, Tor the ordinary modes OF trial are
never neglected, and no one wishes it other
wise. But if society is disturbed by civil
commotion--if the passions of men are
aroused and the restraints Of law are weak
enec, if not disregarded-these safeguards
need, and should receive the watchful care
ofthose intrusted with the guardianship OF
the Constitution and laws. In no other sc0y
can zee transnit to posterity stHfmpaired the
blessings Of liberty ooasecrated by the sacrifices
Of thereUolafi0a.
In considering the proposition that a
military commander could at his Will,
Supported by the approval of the Exec
utive) substitute military force" for
civil government-Judge Davis said:
Martial law established on such basis,
destroys every guarantee Of the Constitution
and effectually renders the military indie
pendent of and superior to the civil power
the attempt TO do which by the King OF
Great Britain was deemed by our fathers
such nm offense that they assigned 1t to the
world as one Of che causes which impelled
them to declare their Independence. CfuQ
liberty and rs kiad 81 1sqrtia i1t1 eaEnot en-
dare to1efha he ualao 1nfm d irysconciIab1s
aad dnkAe % Ilel on 90 ether qssst PERISH
+ -
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From the Field aud Factory.
Wool Growing On Southern Erta=
sissippi.

That sheep husbandry viii become an
important feature in our future iuduaClca.
no one who has given the subject careful
consideration will deny. With our climate
abundant native grasses, and an Increased
acreage Of clover aud grains, our h0ckH
should be increased especially na a means of
improving worn out lands. When our uca-
pie have fairly embarked ln che business.
We viii ind the powers of Che government
evoked for protection Of thla Industry
against dogs Of all kinds.
To show what one man has done, WN rnier
to the success Of Mr.. Alfred ri. LeWis. 90
Jackson county, who now haa about
1000 head Of sheep which De keeps ln diff
ferent nOcks, and d improving by Che intro
ductiOn OF thorough bred Morlno bucks. In
1870, he sold 1900 pounds OF wool at 90
cents per pound. Other parties in the same
section being encouraged by past success are
aoing into the business, 20 that our coast
region Will ere long become noted Tor iu
wool uFOduct.
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From the n. Y. World.
The Refors.S Candidate for the
Presidency.

Judge David Davis was born in Cecil
county, Maryland, on March 8, 1915. He
graduated at Kenyon College. Ohio in 1892
and subsequently, studied law I'm Massaehu-
sets and also at the law school in New
Haven. Connecticut Removing to Illinois
i'm 1885, he was admitted to the bar, and
soon after settled at Bloomington. in the
practice of his profession. In 1874 he was
elected 10 the Legislature, in 1S47 served as
member of the State constitutional con-
vention of that year. and in 1S4S was elect
ed judge of the eighth Judicial district of
the State. In 1855 and again in 1851. he
was reelected TO that position. He had
long been an intimate personal friend of
Mr.. Lincoln. and as a delegate to the
Chicago convention Of 1S60, had a large
share in securing his nomination for the
Presidency. The two had been thrown
much together by the practice of their pro-
fession In thinly populated country. and
the intimaey-hesween them was of the
closest and most confidential character--
just as Judge Davis was entering upon his
third term as circuit judge In Illinois he
was. in 1862, appointed by Mr.. Lincoln TO
the position OF associate judge Of the Su-
preme court of the United States, which
position he still holds
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A Wolf in the Fold.

Editors CLARION
Il As member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, | desire to call public attention to
the fact that by recommendation of Bro.
James Lynch, one Anthony l.. Stanford. late
of Philadelphia, has been appointed Pre-
siding Elder of the jackson District. Who
this person Stanford is; and his fitness for
such position of responsibility and trust,
will best be understood by the following
charges and specifications against him
which are copied from the Philadelphia
Christian Recorder of January 9th. 1872.
| respectfully request the insertion of the
article warning to the public against
this wolf in the fold. The conduct of the
Rev. James Lynch does not require COM
ment. NJ. b.
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The Executive Pr0nunciamenfe
COncernEng the Rankin County
6RunraRe

1t viii take something more than the
bungling and coarse pretenee OF defence
which is set up in the Pilot, of the acting
Governors display of sympathy in his
official capacity for the brute who COM
mitted the outrage on the white girl in
Rankin county, to excuse it in the eyes
Of a well-ordered and ri sht-thinking COM
munity. The fact can neither be denied
nor explained away that he OVERSIGHT the
limits of his authority TO intermeddle
with the matter which in no manner APP
pertained to the duties of the Executive
and that the case in which he exhibited
his super-serviceable zeal was unexam
pied for its inhumanity and shocking bru-
tality.
The Pilot denies that his accidency
has charged that the act of the officer who
was conveying the desperate to jail-and
took his life when be was attempting to
take that of his own to avoid imprison-
ment for trial-was murder" If the
language employed does not admit of
that construction, it places him in a still
worse light. 1t shows that he degraded
himself into the mere echo of an irres-
i ponsible informant from whose lips, he
retailed the calumny secondhand. Why
did not the Pilot copy his letter to the
Sheriff, so that readers judge for them
! selves? Here Is what he said
- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
JACKSON, Feb. II, 1872.
10 the Sheriff Of Rankin County:
| SRI am in receipt of information 10
the effect that on last Thursday. the 18th
instant, one Isaac Curtis, employed on Mr..
/ GOOdyiers place. was murdered while in
the charge OF Mr.. Hemphill, one Of your
deputies, that Mr.. Tillman and a Mr.. Nc
BRIDE were implicated in the murder.
Here, then, he repeats the accusation
of murder" and makes himself party
to the charge against the officer and
his posse who were engaged in the per-
Torrance Of their duty. We will add
that the Mr.. Tillman alluded to was the
brother of the young girl who, on her
way to school, was overtaken and out
ragged by the negro. His abiding the
laws delay for the punishment of the
brute who had destroyed the happiness of
one who stood in so tender a relation to
him, passes comprehension and he finds
his recompense in the stigma which this
carpet-bag Executive edict would affix to
his moderation.
The Pilot comments upon the concern
which we have expressed in regard to
this act of the Governor. If we have
done so, it Is because the VIGOROUSLY bad
and desperately depraved character OF
the rufian who brought death upon him
self, were known to the writer before the
preparation of his last crime and be.
cause we had been made familiar with
the horrible facts attending 1t, by both
black and white, in the community where
it occurred, among whom there is but
one opinion. And for the higher reason
that the species Of intOlerable crime
which was committed, and which is en-.
couraged by this Executive interference,
has become of frequent and appalling
repetition in the Southern communities.
If its abettors are not overtaken by some
sort of retributive Providence, it is be-
cause the guilty are not punished in life
for their misdeeds.
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A Curious story About DIr.. u.iu-
eOlms

From the Ba9e1n Herald, February ~
A few days ago a paragraph in tho Hcfs
aid based upon what was known 10 be good
authority, announced that Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln had recently visited Boston, and
inc0gnitt0 and closely yelled, attended pub
lie SeGHce Of a well-knOwm lady medium Gee
Washington street, on which occasion tha
spirit Of her lamented husband appeared
and, by unavoidable notifications res
vealed 10 all present the Identity ~ Mn-
Lincoln, which she had attempted % Keep
secret We have now the best authority
for saying tina. the report was in 1il 70
spects accurate; that Mrs. Lincoln ala
visit Boston on the fth inst. that lne took
lodging 40 the Parks House, roF.fleEIuT
her name rs Mrs. Llndcrs that che %.
mained there ten days during which tlme
She made frequent visits % The medium
above mentioned, aud that while at tHt
hotel her Identity was discovered 1Y pef-
son who had Often seen her in WnahInGt9u.
She desired 70 have her visit % Boston un-
known, but the Injunction OF secrecy ceased
70 be binding after the revelation nt enc
public scdnoe. IL "a further stated, by those
In position % knox, that che lottery
with the medium were Of mo most .al
tory and conclusive nature a. hANEMil
tests Of the real presence pa tna HAAttA Nt
her husband.
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WATER HALLAD.

"Come hither. gently rowing.
Come, bear me quickly DER
This stream 50 brightly flowing,
To Wonder woodland shore.
But vain were my endeavors
To pay thee. courteous guide;
Row on, row on. forever
I'd have thee by my side.
Good boatman, prithee haste thee,
| seek my fatherland"
"Say, when there have placed thee,
Dare | demand thy handy"
"a maiden's head can never
so hard a point decide;
Row on. row on. forever
I'D have thee by my side
The happy bridal over,
The wanderer ceased 10 roam,
For. seated by her lover,
The boat became her home;
And still they sing together,
As steering DER the tide.
"Row on through wind and weather,
Foroyer by my side
-. I. CoLERIDGE.
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Fanny Eern on women Fashions.


When say that the street dress Of the
majority OF respectable women OF New
York to-day Us disgusting, i but fcebly ex-
press my emotions. | say the respectable
women. and yet, save 20 them who know
them to be such, their appearance leaves a
WIDE margin for doubt. The clown &C a
circus wears not "a more stunning or parti-
colored costume; In fact, his has the advan-
tage OF being sufficiently "taut-tO use "A
nautical phrase-uOt 70 Interfere with loco
motion; while theirs-what with disgust
ing humps upon their backs, and big rO-
settles uDon their shOuldA-. i..lI looms, 40
folds, asd buttons. ahd clasps, and bows
upon their skirts.and striped satin pettlcOats,
all too short % hide often clumsy ankles
and more colors and shades ofcolOrs heaped
upon one poor, little, fashion ridden body
than ever were gathered In one rainbow
andsall this worn without regard 70 tenn
perature, or time, or place. say this pre-
sents a spectacle which Is too dishcartening
even to be cOmlcal. One cannot smile at
the young girls who are, one day-Heaven
help them--to be wives end mothers! / say
10 myself, AS j see the throat and neck with
only the protection Of "A gold lockct be-
tween itself aud the cold autumnal winds.
Wives and motheTs i say, as ! see them
RUNNING their feet and throwing their
ankles out Of shape in the vain endeavOr 10
walk on their heels like corks, fastened far
into the middle of the sole Of their boots
ard those boots 50 high upon the calf Of the
leg. andeso tightly buttoned across it,-that
circulation is stopped, and violent head
aches follow. Wives and mothersl / say.
as see the heating and burdensom9 panier
tackled on the most delicate portion OF a
wOman's frame, 70 make still surer confirm
ed invalidism.
Oh. the relief IL is TO see healthy, firm
stepping, rosy, broad-chested, bright-eyed
woman, clad simply with a dress all Of one
color, aud free from punches and tags! !
turn 10 look at such an one with true res
age and good taste 70 appear on the streets
in dress BETTING the street; leaving e
those poor, wrctched women whose bust
ness il j. 10 advertise their person "A free
field without competition. II ! seem 70
speak harslIly, IL Is because feel earnestly
on this subject.
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A DOCUMENT FOR THECANyASS
Debss OF she southern States under
CarPet-IRag Rule

The following statistics of the South
ern State debts are contained in the
Congressional Report of the Minority of
the Outrage Committee. This Commit
tee, instituted to manufacture capital for
Radical consumption in the pending
canvass, has been useful in bringing the
facts set forth in these figures to light
For all these debts, the plundered and
harrassed people of the South have moth
ing to show but increased poverty and
the distress thereby occasioned. All
classes have felt the blighting curse of
carpet-bag misrule and their condition
must 90 on from bad to worse until they
shall have succeeded in throwing it off
ALABAMA.
Debt and liabilities, July /,
1861. 0,J3J,0J4 -
Present Indebtedness, actual
and contingent, including
railroad bonds, 3S.3S1.967 ~
Increase under Radical rule $32,442- 3l2 so
ARKANSAS.
Debt and liabilities in 1861 -- 4,036, 952 81
Present debt and liabilities,
actual and contingent, in
GLIDING railroad and levee
bonds. 19,761, 265 CO
Increase under Radical rule Sl5.724,3l2 20
FLORIDA.
Debt in 1869. ..--- $22l,OOO 90
Present debt. including rail-
road bonds issued and auth
orized .---..-----.-- 15.763.447 "a
Increase under Radical rule Sl5,542,447 81
GEORGIA.
Debt and liabilities in 1860,
about 3OOOOOO W
Present debt and liabilities,
including railroad bonds.
issued and authorized. de-
Quoting $6,000O00 deemed
fraudulent 44l37,5OO 90
Increase under Radical Iule- -$4I,l37.500 90
LOUISIANA.
Debts and liabilities, Jan'y l,
1861, SlO,l99,074 81
Debts and liabilities, June l,
ISL ---------------- 4l,I44'5 81
Increase under Radical rule 3l,O95,399 81
The excess of expenditures over receipts
in this State, for the year 1871, amounted to
S9,345,733.
NORTH CAROLINA.
| Debts and liabilities. July, '6l S9,699,500 90
Present dc bit aud liabilities ---- 34SS7 ,467 50
Increase under Radical rule -$25 Isl 1861 So
SOUTH CAROLINA.
| Debt in 1861. approximate $4.OUO,UO0 %
| Debt in 1871. including bonds
to railroads. and bonds in
dispute as fraudulent 39l5S,6l4 AZ
/ Increase under Radical rule -S35, 15S 9l4 Il
MISSISSIPPI.
/ In 1860, no debt.
/ Debt incurred under Radical
rule, January l, ISL $l,796,97l 80
TENNESSEE.
Debts and liabilities, Oct, 81 $50, l05, COG &c
Debts and liabilities, JAN, II. 45.GSS,263 46
/ Increase under Radical rule $25,5S2, 656 50
TEXAS.
/ In 1861, no debt.
Present debt and liabilities in
CURED under Radical rule,
! including railroad bonds,es-
timated -S 17,OOO.O00 90
I
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Gbt ddtfkIp Glarior.



The Senate has amended the House
resolution for adjournment ON the 9th
by inserting the 18th. The action indi-
eating disposition to adjourn early is
highly commendable and it is hoped
that both Houses viii COOPERATE In the
movement by speedy despatch of bu-
siness. Among the measures absolutely
requiring action are bills for the control
Of the Penitentiary--for regulating and
reducing fees and salaries, embracing all
officers State and County, high and low,
and including the per diem Of members
Of the Legislature, commencing from the
next session-for reducing taxes to at
least tive nty-five cents on the hundred
dollars-fo limiting the taxing power of
Boards of Supervisors-for reducing
and regulating the rates Of public print
ing-for reforming the abuses in the
public school management, which have
been overlooked by the Legislature-for
reducing the poll tax to one dollar and
adopting a compulsory system of
collecting it for repeating the
law for the management of the
fund donated by Congress for the benefit
of one or more colleges established to pro-
mote learning in Agricultural and Me-
chanic Arts. Under present legislation
concerning that fund, and its existing
management, the conditions of the grant
have been grossly violated, and the State
has morally and legally forfeited her
claim to it.
All these matters require action, and
would have received it ere now, but for
the delays and dillydallying of the Radi-
Gals.
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Old Col. s., one Of the State Senators Of
Minnesota, tells this Of himself:
He was going down 10 St. Paul 10 join
the session, when a train-bOy passed
through the car, and approaching the Old
Colonel and showing his wares into his hap,
ssBuy a deck OF cards, sirS-Oniy half q
dollar ffH
Turning 20 the lad with an expression Of
c0unfenafice calculated 10 impress hum with
the en0rmify OF cine offence, the Colonel
ssiTy s5h, / never play cards 4 ann men-
be-. Of fhe nnurcMn
ssfh y ercinImed the dlsguatnd urchln,
Il fhouahk 700 was member or ne iegis-
IaEnre"
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VOL. XXXy-NO. Is


MIR. Mckee, Representative in Con-
gress from this district, has introduced a
bill providing for the refanding of the
federal tax collected on cotton from 1865
to '6S inclusive The preamble of the
bill sets forth that the Supreme Court,
after two solemn arguments, were divided
In opinion as to the validity Of said tax
and the constitutionality Of the laws
under which they were imposed; that
they were unequal and unjust in their
operation, ETC., and that therefore resti-
tuition should be made to the parties
from whom the tax was collected. 1t
directs the appointment of commission
to adjudicate the claims; and provides
the necessary means by which the rights
of parties may be established This COM
mission is to hold its sessions at Wash
ington. 1t occurs to us that greater
facility would be extended to parties who
have claims to be decided in producing
testimony, If the Commission were re-
quired to sit for fixed term at the CAPT
tails of each of the cotton producing
States, and subsequently, if necessary,
for limited term at Washington, to close
up their unfinished business.
The 7th section of the bill provides
that when decision has been rendered
in favor of a claimant, he shall be entitled
to payment in United States bonds ma
turing at forty years and bearing interest
at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annually, in
gold.
The measure is wise and Just one
and though it will inevitably give rise to
considerable speculation among sharpers,
who will succeed, or may have already
succeeded, in possessing themselves OF
claims held by parties who produced the
cotton and on whom the tax operated OPP
pressively, it will nevertheless be the
means of beneftting the large majority
of those who have not yet parted with
their claims
We do not indulge very sanguine
hope that the measure will pass Never
theless, we desire TO give due credit tc
its author, and at the same time to warn
all parties who are entitled to its benefits
not to dispose Of their claims except upon
terms decidedly advantageous