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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-04
THE dArIroL.

In Governor Browns time, the furniture
in the Executive office consisted of a
plain carpet, few plain chairs, and such
plain desks as were absolutely needed for
use, the whole costing not over two hun
bred dollars and it was not replenished
during his four years. The same Demo
cratic simplicity prevailed throughout the
Capitol. How does this compare with
the thirty dollar desks-the luxurious
seats-the gorgeous carpeting shades
and pictures-damask curtains and cor
nices-and all the splendid and costly
paraphernalia that now adorns the build
ing from floor to dome
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-04

Tie BrookhaYen Herald wants good
primer. None who are very fond Of s'the
'sard sntY need apply.
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When Governor Brown went into
Office, in January, 1874, the Indebtedness
of the State on account of Auditors war
rants, as shown by the Auditors official
report, was $614,743 S3R. In two years,
to-wit: by January LIST, 1916, this sum
had been reduced to s271, 7O7 OF. And
at the end of two years more January l,
1913, he was enabled to make the fol
lowing exhibit in his message to the
Legislature:
The treasury, having recovered from its
embarrassmentS, has continued for two
years past. without intermissiOn, to par all
authorized demands Upon it, and now con-
tains a surplus of $lI5755 Al, exclusive OF
the two and three per cent. funds. A sum-
mary of the biennial receipts and disburse-
ments, on account of taxes presents the
4.kIt NxwvfR, IL
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On the 23d inst, there was held an
election in heAuburn District, of the coun-
ty, for two magistrates, and in the Raymond
District an election for one magistrate
We take the following returns from the
Kinds County Gazette:
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Taxes for 1916, re-
ceived in 1916 1851 ,27S ~
Taxes for 1876, re-
ceived in 1917 32S4O7 l6
--- s679,6s5 IS
Disbursed in 1916 s3sO,43 81
9 - 1877 ~ 233,52I 70
-- S613,959 20
Excess of receipts over disburse-
ments .......... 80. 65.726 Is
Exclusive of S5O,O29 2l, received from mis-
cellaneous sources in money, and $4,000 in
Planters Bank bonds.
The Auditors reports show warrants is
sued prior to and outstanding
January /. 1916 -. $27I ,749 II
Issued in 1916 Observation-Disclosures. 227.055 81
1917 .-.-....... .-..... l52,l91 81
l, Is4s ,,........-...' 65O,996 43
Whole amount redeemed from
January, 1916 to l84S $500. GI3,959 20
Exhibiting warrants outstanding
this day ..'.'.....' 81 ,O36 81
Against surplus in the treasury of
$l15,755 Al. or an excess of present ileanS.
over present liabilities Of $7S,7lS 60.
In other words, when the administra-
ton of Governor Brown commenced, the
State was in debt six hundred thousand
dollars. When he went out Of office,
the balance in the Treasury to the credit
of the State, after paying all liabilities,
was seventy-eight thousand dollars. And
yet Gov Brown is accused, along with
other Democratic Governors Governor
Alcorn in his TRADES makes no EXCEPTIONS
of having mismanaged affairs and brought
financial ruin ON the State. The Adven-
turers' party, when they seized the State
government by bayonet influence, found
the outstanding Liabilities only 5000, 900.
Now the floating debt for the ordinary
purposes of the State government, is
largely above one million on a quintupled
rate of taxation
On this exposition, the party of oppesi-
ton to Radical misrule and plumber will
go before the people for trial upon the
merits of Carpet-bag and Citizens admin
istrations. We are even willing to give
the former the benefit of this arraign-
ment and the warning which it conveys
in advance of the time. We apprehend
that in the pursuit of their partisan ends
they will be deaf to every remonstrance,
and will persist in heaping up wrath
against the day of wrath.
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THE corINGENT FUND.

Governor Brown was allowed four
thousand dollars. With this he paid
every needful contingent expense, and
had surplus left, both of his first two
years, and would have had his last two
but for extra expenses incurred in fitting
out troops for the war in Mexico. As it
was, he kept the expenditures within the
allowance. Compare this with the
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SECRET SERVICE
FUND.
which, together with the contingent fund
of four thousand dollars, was spent, God
only knows how--besides rwENrY-FoUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS set down under the
head of Executive disbursements-i4 the
Auditors Report, January, 1S71-mak-
ing in all
EIGHTY-EIGHr THOUSAND DOLLARS,
When will we have statement from
the Radical squanderers of this money,
how it was spent?
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THE LEGISLATURE

During the Administration Of Govern
or, Brown, and of those of his ante-bell,ena
successors, members of the Legislature
were paid four dollars per day, and there
was as earnest competition for seats then
as now. Then, however, the candidates,
with rare exceptions, cared little for pay.
1t was their ambition TO serve their coun-
try honestly and well, and in such man
ner as to merit and receive the applause
Of grateful constituency. When il is
remembered that such men as Bingaman,
McNutt, Chiffon, Quitman, Matthews,
McRae, Ellet, Barry, West and Alcorn
himself-when he bore the honored name
of Whig-were willing to serve, and did
serve the country for four dollars day,
it were an insult to ask if we received the
qtid - quo when the per diem was
raised u favor of the present members to
seven dollars. 1t is humiliating enough
to have ignorance and venality usurp the
places once proudly held by lofty intelli-
gence and incorruptible integrity but
when we are required 10 pay for our own
degradation, the thing becomes intoler-
able
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AUBURN DISTRICT.

Vote at Auburn-Brock 80; Haffa 66
Martin IA; Betiegheimer %; Foote 2.
Utiea-Martin 90; Foote Al Brock 100;
Haffa IA; Betiegheimer q Constable-A.
Miller 81.
Martin and Brock probably elected.
RAYMOND DISTRICT.
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In Governor Browns time, the Gov
ernor's salary was THREE THOUSAND dol
lars. Now it is SIX THOUSAND. And
the Radical rulers think they are doing a
great thing in consenting that the salary
of the present BOBBY incumbent of the
office, shall be FIVE THOUSAND!
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THE JUDICIARY.

In Governor Browns time, Judges
were amply paid. Their salaries, which
were little over half what is now paid,
commanded as high an order of talent
on the bench as we have 4now at the
greatly increased rates. Whoever viii
compare suchjudicial Mminaries rs VIM
L. Sharkey, @. p. Smith and A. NJ.
Clayton, on the High Court Bench. and
John J. Guion, Shall Yerger, w. T..
Harris, w. P. Harris, John Watts. c. c.
Cage, William Cothran and Stanhope
Possy, with the men who now hold the
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places once occupied BY them. Will be at
no loss to determine on which side the
superiority lies. In Governor Browns
time, the cost on account of the Judiciary
was about SO, 900 per annum. Now it
has run up under the Alcorn-Booby
regime to nearly $500, OOOl-(See Audi
tor Musgrove's Report
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15

mission on the subject Of prohibitory legislation
for the suppression Of intemperance II ne annual
Pension bill, appropriating over $WvU.Oo, wa
reported from committee, with amendments, ana
passed. . A resolution was adopted directing In
auiry a. to whether any United States Senator has
received money. under cover OF counsel fees
or otherwi.e, from the Treasury OF the
United States in violation Of law The Amnesty
bill was taken up. and Mr.. Carpenters substitute
for Mr. Summers Civil Rights bill was rejected
yeas II; nays, 49, motion was made 70 etiKe
ont the seventh section OF Mr. Summers Dill. winch
would repeal all laws. whether State or National
which discriminate against race and color ny the
us.. OF the word white; to this Mr.. sumner con
sented, but objection being made, the question
went over. Adjourned
In the House, on the 18th, the Educa-
,ionaI bill was taken up, and amendments were
agreed to-that the bill shall not abrd.c the power
of Congress to interfere with granting bounty
lands requiring distribution to be made on the basis
of school age OF the population also, on the OASIS
of iteracy: against requiring mixed schools: pro-
viding that the bill thall not AFFECT exIstlng
laws and regulations in regard to the
adjustment and payment to states upon Their sd-
mission into the Union Of five per cent OF the net
proceeds of sales of public lands within their re
spectiye limits that the act shall not impair or
suspend any Presumption or Homestead law. All
OF The substitutes on which votes were taken were
rejected but pending the consideration OF mo
ton to reconsider one OF them the House al
journed
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15
The South.

TIL children of John Slidell have
broupt suit, at New Orleans, to recover
theifather's estate, confiscated during
the var.
Psident Grant and Nice-Presidcnt
Colfx visited Baltimore on the Sd. In
the eening they visited the Union Or
pharAsylum Fair, at Masonic Temple,
for tie benefit of the orphans of Union
soldirs. The President was presented
by tt ladies with splendid chair, and
alsoyith gift for Mrs. Grant. Mr.. Col
fax as presented with an elegant afghan
for Iaster Schuyler Colfax. The Presi-
denand Vice President briefly, but APP
proriately, acknowledged the compll-
meB.
Th United States steamer Guerrero ar
rive, at Fortress Monroe from Norfolk on
the sening of the 9th, with the remains
of tie late Gen. Robert Anderson.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15
Guard Your Health ana

How inconsistent is human nature u.
revolvers to protect themselves against rrs.
wel-polished cities, where the precau,jon y
necessary, often neglect to fortify thei,
against disease in the most unbes,tbv 9ss,
Thousands of dyspeptics and other inv.,,a
now languishing in sick rooms, or feeblv s.1
lessly moving through our streets, who a..
forlorn condition solely to want Of conmo,
dence. Far more inimical than the ron,s.
rowdies, against whose possible attacks -. -.
arm themselves, are the morbid element. r..
wade the atmosphere at this time of III. y... \
vet although it is an undenied and under;.t.. y
that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters afford .os q
feet protection against these causes of di.aaoee
any weapon Of offense can afford apsinSt y
violence the reckless and inconsiderata' ~, As
to brave the danger with positive safepps,dy ~.
their reach.
Every day, however, the number NJ ,ho..
tyrs TO their own want of forecast dim is as1
Each succeeding season demonstrates mo,s ~ i
the inestimable value Of the Bitters, both y a
tidote for the causes of disease, and $50
its consequences. The miasma which ON coaa.
periodic disorders, rheumatism, liver comsa.
regularity of the bowels and other nb,p;oaI n
turbances, produce no effect whatever nn ,Ca'
tens toned, strengthened and regulated p Sn
powerful vegetable medicine, and dyspensis ~.
Gus debility, constipation, intermittent and ,as
tent fevers, bliousness, and in fact nearly sn
maladies which the Bitters, il taken in tina a. ~.
1,reuent, are cured by the perseyerng u.s ~ 4
great remedy.
The genuine Bitters sold in bottles orv :.
never by the barrel, keg or gallon, as is repisss-
ed by some unprincipled dealers.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15

Speakership of the House of Commons
on accoun, of ill-health.
A Madrid dispatch of the eth says two
Thousand troops, asked for by Nalmaseda,
had sailed from Cadiz for Cuba.
The Augsburg AOgsmaine Zeafung says
that the attempt of England to forestall
the European judgment, and gain an
opinion in her favor, is as foolish as it is
unjust. The Zsitung contrasts the silence
and moderation of the American press
with the ill-considered clamor of the En-
clish. The Vienna Nse1 Freie Press says
that England assumes to be party and
Judge at one and the same time.
A Toronto dispatch Of the 9TH says
papers throughout the Dominion contain
ed articles on the Alabama Treaty. Their
general tone Was moderate, although the
American terms were considered mad
missable. No serious difficulty was APP
pretended
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15
The West.

The Governor of Indiana has announced
the appointment of the Hon. }. IL. Far
uuhar, President of the Meridian National
Bank of indianapolis, as Secretary OF
State, gice Colonel Eddy, deceased. Mr..
Farquhar has accepted the position, and
the son of the late Secretary has been re
appointed Deputy, and the salary will be
paid to the widow of Colonel Eddy for
the support of herself and family.
The Executive Committee of the Mich
igan Agricultural Society have decided
that the next fair is to be held at Kalama-
ZOO, if they will raise, within thirty days,
the $4,000 for the Society, promised by
prominent Kalamazoo citizens. The time
for holding the fair is fixed for September
II to 90, the same as the Northern Mich
igan Fair, at Grand Rapids.
Another Chicago Alderman, Gustave
A. Busse, has been tried and convicted on
the charge of bribery in office.
Chief-Justice Mexican, of the United
States Court of Utah, recently refused to
release on bail the prisoners in custody
there charged with murder Much ex-
element followed, as it was understood
that the Attorney. General NJ washington
had instructed the release of the prisoners.
A mass meeting was held in Salt Lake
City on the I'd, at which resolutions were
adopted approving of the action of Judge
Mexican, declaring him to be faithful,
impartial, and incorruptible Judge, gov
eined by conscientious sense of duty
beyond all other consideration; and re.
questing the President to appoint sue
cessor to United States Attorney General
G. Bates.
Mrs Fair has been granted new trial
by the Supreme Court, on the ground
that the court erred in not allowing the
counsel for the defense the closing argu-
ment, and permitting evidence of former
bad character.
Five powder houses belonging to the
Miami Powder Company, located between
Xenia and Yellow Springs, on the Little
Miami Railroad, exploded on the morning
of the 9Th. Five men were killed, and
one was missing.
The passenger train going to st. Louis
on the Rockford, Rock Island u st. Louis
Railroad, when about three-quarters of
mile below Upper Alton station, on the
morning of the 18th, collided with freigh!
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15
FINANCIAL.
Investment Securities

inf
JAY Cooke & Co. are now seiiins, ...n5|
ommend as profitable ana saie 20 6S
for all classes, the First Mortgas '..s5Cvs|
Bonds of the Northern Pacific hai ..ats; g|
pany, bearing Seven and Three .sp. o.
cent. gold interest tmore than p. arlr nj
rency), and secured by first ana v 81
gage on the entire road and equip "a eel
on more than 5000 Acres OF Lahu 70 se|
mile of track, or 500 Acres of LAM n,icss5
81 600 Bond. The highest cnrres and alOias
be paid for U. s. Five TwentleS; T. elchsnsE
marketable Securities received II n,stion "
Pamphlets, maps and full iniG ~ Jaf Ceop y
be furnished, on application, y and va
d. Co., Philadelphia, New ioin and BsnA''
ington, and by most Banks
throughout the country.
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$19,O2f.428.61


A Washington telegram of the 9th says
1.-The Cabinet to-day discussed, in an in
formal manner, the recent reports from
England, with reference to the Treaty of
Washington. There was a unanimity of
sentiment to adhere to the sentiments Of
the Government, relative to the so-called
Alabama claims. There was throughout
the day many inquiries in all circles as to
the tone of the speech toward the United
States, and general satisfaction was ex-
pressed when it was ascertained to be
friendly. There is no disposition, how
ever, in any quarter to consent to modi-
fication of the position our Government
has taken"
The President sent the following nom-
nations to the Senate on the 9th: II. r.
Halburd, Comptroller Of the Currency;
Edwin s. McCook, Secretary for Dakota
Territory; Thomas b. Catoon, United
States Attorney for New Mexico.
A recent Washington dispatch denies
that there had been an estrangement be-
tween Secretary Fish and General Sickles
On the contrary, the best of feelings ex-
listed between these gentlemen.
The American case, as submitted to the
Geneva Arbitrators, recites the following
headings of claims which should be
awarded to the United States: First.
Claims for direct losses growing out of
the destruction of vessels and their car
goes by insurgent cruisers. Second. Ma
tional expenditures in pursuit. OF those
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Miscellaneous.
Indian Reservations-Scalps.
= The Net to Catch Wife with-A coro

Indian Reservations-Scalps.
= The Net to Catch Wife with-A coro-
net.
"A Pine Bush, n. Y, bedquilt con-
tains 2, 040 blocks.
Farmers daughters are the best kind
of agricultural fairs.
"A debt for which there is no attach
ment-The debt of nature.
-" Come anu Kiss Me" is the name OF
a small Vicksburg steamboat
-Crumple your money as much as pos
sible, and you will always find 1T In
creases.
-Flattery is like fail, which, if not
adroitly used will box your own ears In
stead of tickling those OF the corn.
An epicure once asserted that two
were required to make a meal OF a
chicken-himself and the chicken.
"A DR.. Mcmahon, of Mankato, Mimi,
claims to have discovered that the use OF
glycerine will prevent pitting from small
pOx.
There are eight million tobacco users
in the United States who each use twelve
pounds of tobacco and 1877 cigars annu-
ally.
Husband, if an honest man is Gods
noblest work, what is an honest woman?"
His rarest, DEAR" was the uncivil re-
ply.
Insure in the Washington Life In
surance Company, tor the benefit of your
family. No creditor can touch the pro-
ceeds.
Smart young schoOl-ma ans, entirely
without the aid of a sewing machine, fire.
auently collar and cuff a small boy ia less
than thirty seconds.
-Glashier, the aeronaut, has noticed
that the voice Of a woman is audible in
balloon at the height Of about two miles,
while that Of man has never reached
higher than mile.
"A new English edition Of the Prayer
Book changes, by Typographical error,
the verse. in Psalms, Thou hast broken
my bonds" into "Thou hast broken my
bones"
The New Bedford Mercury says
''The following Is a gerbot1m copy OF
note sent to one of the teachers in the
public schools of this city 'plese tx kuse
henry at 3 o'clox." ~
"A certain clergyman, speaking of
young lady whom d friend of his was
about to marry, exclaimed, SHOULD as
soon think of marrying the daughter of
Beelzebub, and goirg home TO hoe aoih the
old tolks !"
The Second Adventists of Chicopee,
Mass, while confidently predicting the
speedy wiping out Of all mundane things,
commit the transparent absurdity OF re-
newing the lease of their camp-meeting
ground for ten years.
"A lady correspondent, as some of
the newspapers say, writes us from Lex
ington "At the head of your New York
dispatches Of the Goth. inst, you say: "A
Boston Girl Suicides Is that good Eng
lish, or is it not ~ 1t is not. But it was
written by mere youth. 1t first attracted
our attention at the breakfast-table, and
we Immediately sent down to the Office
and had the young man shot-LoutsriAe
| Courier-.jou,rnt.
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"FIGHT 1T OUT on THIS IF yo

"FIGHT 1T OUT on THIS LINE."-If you
are dyspeptic, bilious, rheumatic, equity, de-
bilitated, consumptive, constipated, or in
anywse out Of sorts, eight it out on this
line" viz : provide yourself with half doz-
en- bottles Of DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BIT
TIERS; take them according to the pro-
gramme twice or thrice a day, and keep fight
ing disease out on this line, until you have
not an ache, pain, or a physical trouble of
any kind remaining. The result is sure, and
it won't take "all summer to achieve it,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15

A MELANCHOLY BREAK-DowN.-There are Nv1
break-downs that make an audience laugh.
there are sad and sorrowful break-downs that u
the kind-hearted grieve. To the latter class beg
the enervation of body and mind which is usg
called s. general debility, or nervous weskls
atrophy and death. A wholesome medcated sai
liant is the one thing needed in cases Of this der,
ton. and science and experience unite in pointaB
that it combines the properties OF an invisorsnEa
those of regulator and Alternative, In exactly aw
portions necessary to produce radical chngeha
tone of the system, and the action Of the digestive q.
secretive organs, IL an unanswerable argument i d
favor as general restorative.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15

MANY persons say that they have tried smo.
every remedy that has been Recommended n, H.
mors, and they are no better now than when ~.
commenced them, and they have no conftsnce |. /
anything that is advertised to cure sst Ps1n,
Erysipelas, and all similar humors. We WorS ~
to these that there is now remedy that 4. YET ~
never failed of curing those diseases tS:.Tnn1
an entirely different principle from snrbDs sys1
offered for them it throws humor out dbe Mi
through the skin, which is the osly ehs,rs
through which the system can be ensrsI, iresi
from them, If you viii try it, you viii noi ny
We refer to DIR. Weaver's Salt Rheum Syrup IL
sale by all Druggists.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15

cruisers. Third. Loss in the transfer Of
American commercial marine TO the
British flag Fourth. Enhanced pay
ments of insurance Fifth. Prolongaiion
of the war, and the addition of large
sum TO the cost of the war and suppress
sion Of the rebellion
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15

train ping north. The baggage car and
first each telescoped, and then almost In
stantl took fire. Four passengers were
burne to death, and thirteen others
wouned,