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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

Gov. Antoine considered that the report
expressed all that the cOlOred man asked,
and that its adoption would at once estab-
lish unity between the two races.
Previous to this several of the white gen.
tlemen insisted that when the vote was
taken every member of the committee
should participate.
The previous question was then called
and the majority report was unanimously
adopted.
On motion of DR.. Roudanez, the Presi-
dent was authorized to appoint committee
of fifteen to call a mass meeting of the citi-
zens of New Orleans at such time and place
as they might select. To this committee
was assigned the duty of having printed
and prepared for the signatures the above
report
Upon motion, unanimously adopted. ev-
cry member of the committee affixed their
signatures to the document.
The list is a long one and embraces
many of the most prominent names in
New Orleans, including those at the
head Of this article.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

Lovers of good eating in Paris have a
fresh blessing in the shape of a new
kind Of game. This is the marmot, the
little creature carried about Europe by
the Piedmontese showmen IL is stated
that the marmot has long been eaten in
Italy. The meat is said to have the flavor
of wild boar, rather strong, and demand
ing highly spiced sauce.
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Customs of Lhe EsOIman Stage.

The customs of the Roman stage il
Cicero's time have been hkened of late
and not inaptly, to those of the French
theatre at the present day. The genera
public of Cicero's time was swayed by al
extraordinary passion for what we might
now call the ballet, firm of entertain
ment adapted by its licentious pranks and
| iests to the very lowest strata of the Ro-
man population, from which indeed many
of its peculiarities were taken. The
classic tragedy and comedy still existed,
it is true, but was little to the taste OF
the masses-vitiated as that taste was by
| triumphal professions and gladiatorial
combats unless rendered attractive by
gorgeous scenery and dresses, and mag
niticent decorations. This is evident
enough from Ciceros letter to his friend
Marlus in which he alludes to the play of
Pompeius, and among other things men
tons that his pleasure in it was entirely
destroyed by the fact that it was so over
loaded with scenic splendor. "NO less
than SIX hundred mules" he says, zap
peared upon the stage in 'Clytemnestra,
and both cavalry and infantry in the
Trojan Horse with the greatest variety
Of weapons. The public fairly revelled
in wonderment. This passion for shows
was even more Unsuitable later, when
Horace lamented the degenerate taste of
the public. In Rosciuss time, cultiva-
ted people took an interest in the plays
of Plautus and Terence-indeed, most of
them knew the dramas by heart. They
did not go to the theatre therefore to
witness the development of the plot, but
sought their pleasure purely in a fine
artistic rendering of the different parts.
Cicero's letters show not only how great
was his own enthusiasm for the perform
ance of great actors, but also the lively
interest his correspondents felt in the
Roman theatre. Caesar gave great of
fence to many people by his habits Of in
attention in the theatre, and by reading
and answering dispatches there; and
Octavius studlously avoided falling into
the same mistake.
Long listening to orators of consum-
mate excellence had cultivated the Ro-
man ear to such pitch of delicacy and
precision, that, like the Athenians, they
could detect the slightest fault in enunci-
alton and rhythm. Cicero says in his
"Paradoxes" eff an actor lose the
measure of a passage in the slightest de-
gree, or make the line he utters sYlla-
Bile too short or too long by his declama-
ton, he is instantly Kissed of the stage.
Misconception of the authors meaning
was punished quite as severely, however.
Rome's Greatest Actor, in July Galaxy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
THE WIDOW AND HER gou.


The following touching verses from tho
Dublin Freeman-wondermlly pathetic iu
their simple fidelity 10 one OF the uoble.t
relations aud emotions In human uatur,-
| represent an Irish mothers message 90 her
omigrant son in America, by another em.-
grant just about to SAIL and will duJ an-
preciative echo Ia all kind hearts:
Remember, Dennis. an babe Won zav.
Tell him we're well and happy, thank che
! Lord
But OF our troubles since he went away
You'll mind, aylck, and never Say NarI.
VI cares and troubles, sure we've aH oIr
share.
The dnest Summer isn't always nlr
Tell him the spotted heller calycd DOB NHr.
She died, poor thing; buttaatyou needn't
Nor how the constant rain destroyed che
hay;
But tell him God TO us was ever kind.
And when the fever spread the country 0..r
His merry kept the thickness" from oar
door.
Be sure YOU tell him how the neighbor.
came
And cut the corn and stored &c Go bc
barn.
'TwOuld De as well to mention them by
Pat Murphy, Ned MccaJo and ~hamas
earn,
And big Tim Daley from behind behm
And say, agrai-oh, say, 1 miss bin -..0I
They came with reaoy hands our TOLLS o.,
Twas then missed him most-my own
right hand;
felt although kind hearts were round mc
there
The kindest heart beat in foreign land
Strong hand! brave heart lone severed
far from me
By many weary league Of shore aud sea-.
And then tell him with us-helI kuou.wUo.
MavOurneen, hasn't she the wius0me aVr.
The darkest deepest, brightest bouuIest hlue
l ever saw, except In Summer skies,
And such black hair lit is the blacklist
hair
That ever rippled over neck go hlr
FELL him old Plncher fretted many a dIv.
"And moped," poor dog twas Wei Er
didn't die.
5rouched by the roadside how DE watched
And smiled the travellers as they passed
him by
Hail. rain, or sunshine, sure twas am tlc
same,
He listened for the foot that neycr came
ell him the house is loncsomc-liko anI
cold,
The fire Itself seems robbed Of halfi-
light;
Tut may be tits my eyes are growing OLD.
And things look dim before NV nflInr
sight
For all that .ell him twas myself th9t
spun
The shirts you bring, aud stitched them
every one.
i've him my blessing; morning, noon and
night.
Tell him my prayers are offered for hs
good.
hat he may keep his Maker still iu sight
And firmly stand a. his brave father
stood
True TO his name, his country aud hIs God.
Faithful 70 home, and stcadflst FtuI
abroad.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

The wild man in the woods has made
his annual appearance once more, and
very early, he being this time in Fannin
county, Georgia. He is represented to
be eight feet high, and in recent fight
with some of the citizens who attempted
to capture him, he killed one of them, as
represented, and tore off the tail of
horse
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
From the West Point Citizen
Distressing AccIdenG.

We learn that a youth named Tommy
Cook, a drummer for the Commercial Hotel
in Aberdeen, was killed Monday evening by
falling from the cars near Muldon Station.
The body was horribly mangled, and death
was instantaneous. The deceased was well
known to passengers over the Aberdeen
branch road He leaves q sister and widowed
mother to mourn his untimely death.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

Il live for those who love me,
| Whose hearts are kind and tue;
| For the Heaven that smiles above me
And awaits my spirit too.
| For the human ties that bind me;
For the task by God assigned me;
For the bright hopes left behind me.
And Tor the good can do"
This is land of milk and honey, fruit
and melons. Peach pie hot, and peach
pie cold, abound-and ''done brown
| with the incest adjustment of heat The
housekeeper's department appears to be
carefully looked after, and every time
we drew winning ticket in pot-luck lot
terry. To the above mentioned families
we are under obligations that brighten
with receding time.
We fly off here at tangent eastwardly
some twenty-odd miles, and pull the
check-rein at the residence of
COL. GEO. W. WILLIAMS,
On Strong river. Business and pleasure
again-and the religious preference still
running in the cold water channel. Here
is another fine specimen of the Baptist
gentleman and lady, too. He had the
misfortune to lose by fire, since the sur
render, a splendid residence. His in
dom;table energy has, in measure, over
come this disaster, and the ashes have
produced a phoenix. There are some
valuable plantations, remunerating the
proprietors, who either lend hand in
cultivating them or superintend the farm
ing operations There are some never
falling streams, excellent mill sites, and
several mills, saw, grist and rice. Among
the settlers are the Williamses, Bishops,
Berrys, ct al. The 'flaborer is worthy of
his hire"-and on that score we are even
yet we feel under especial obligations
to the parties named, and to none more
so than Col. Williams and the agreeable
ladies of the household. Taking a lead
ing part in establishing a Baptist High
School, he subscribed largely towards
making it a success. His hand and purse
are foremost in every good work; he is
christian and a philanthropist; and al
though not portly, may his shadow never
grow less and may his heart always be
warmed with the same spiritual inhu-
ences and patriotic impulses He is one
of the old landmarks, being among the
few survivors of the old and better days.
The good that men do live after them,
and Times great volume will not be COM
plete unless he has q paragraph ON its
page. He seems to have realized the
truth of the maxim that ''they who rock
the cradle rule the world, " and has there
fore endeavored to educate his daughters
in those useful and domestic arts, 50
necessary in household economy, as well
as in the intellectual and ornamental
branches, now more than ever requisite
IN the changed condition of society. A
man of unfagging energy, as his success
50 amply testi6es; and his philosophy of
life alphabetically is-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

Several of our town men went to Oxford
last week to attend Federal Court. They
have all returned. Nothing was done ex-
cept when parties agreed to pay certain
fee and have their cases dismissed. So the
farce continues an outrage upon the people
and disgrace to the Rovernment.-Ponto-
toe 1ntelligencer.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

The New York Graphic thinks that
with Bingham in japan and FarnsWorth
at the bar, and Butler administering the
government of Massachusetts,, the next
Congress viii be quiet As Quaker meet
ing and exemplary as graveyard. In
fact, Washington bids fair to be dull o. .
deserted village next winter.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
The Patrons Of IHusbamdry Im
KaZOO.


FROM the L azoo Clty democrat.
YazOo City Grange No. 90, OF the Order
of Patrons Of Husbandry Of the State OF
Mississippi was formally instituted at Me-
chanicsburg, on Saturday, the 9TH inst. by
Maj. +. G.. Wall, an officer of the State
Grange, duly authorized for the purpose.
This Grange was organized and a charter
applied for in February last, and, although
its formal institution has been delayed, II
promises to be a very full and active organ
iZation of this new and rapidly increasing
order OF the agricultural classes Of our
whole country. We are informed that the
number already organized in our State Is
about one hundred and fifty.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

On the sd of August next there will be
sold by the Circuit Clerk OF Adams county,
for delinquent taxes OF 1871 TO 1872, inclu-
sive, forty-nine thousand six hundred and
eighty acres of land in the county, and
twenty-nine city lOts.-NaJcheZ Democrat.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

Acknowledgement Junkerman mustered
the Columbus Riflemen into service yester-
day.
Another company, got up In two days,
was also mustered, with the following
officers: w. w. HUMPHREYS, Captain; G,
II. Tucker, LIST Lieutenant; Il. F.. Hudson.
"a Lieutenant; j. Jordan, Jr., 81 Lieuten-
ant.-Columbus Index.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

The late DIR. Marshall Hall, Of Eng
land, said: eff were seriously IN Of
consumption, would live out doors day
and night, except in rainy weather or
mid-winter; then I would sleep in an
upholstered log house. Physic has no
nutriment, gasping for air cannot cure
you, monkey capers in q gymnasium
cannot cure. What cOnsumptives want
10 air, not Phyaic-pure air, not medicfE
ted air-plenty Of meat and bread.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
One Young Negro XIII. Another.
From the Macon Beacon.

Two little negroes were hoeing by them
selves on the Madison place, near Brooks
vile. One chopped out the cotton instead
OF the weeds, and the other said he would
knock him with the hoe If he did it again.
ped the cotton, aud received q blow on the
head which caused his death several days
altar.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
Important Movement Of Leading White
and Colored Citizens in Louisiam
to Put Down Race Antagonist.

MeSsrs. BeaureEard. Harry Hays,
G. WI. Conrad, II. N Marks, IT. y.
Semmes, and others, ON the
Part of the whites.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

John A. Bingham who bore the most
rat, n appointed Minister % japan,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
PEARL RIVER

From jackson 10 the Louisiana
Line.
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ADVERTISING AGENTS

g,s- None others are authorized to solicit
BUSINESS for THE CLARION.
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THOMAS MCINTYRE. -.....-..-.-.-..---New orleans
Reulttauces should be by registered letter,
money order, draft, or by express. N hen 9TH
.rwise the off &c cannot be responsible.
All business communications should be ad-
,resssd to Power Barksdale, Jackson Miss
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
Personal RECOLLECTIONs.
Something about the Country, and
more about Men, Society, etc.

To the Editor of the Mercury:
Last summer your correspondent COM
menced the navigation of Pearl river BY
land. from the city of Jackson to the
Louisiana line. Down stream, taking
the road at the Fearn old fields, across
Richland creek; and the valley of this
creek is certainly unexcelled as a stock
carpeting the entire bottom,
all, luxurious, succulent, and abundance
Of cane for winter grazing. My first
halting place was in the neighborhood of
Byram's ferry -rendezvousing few days
at the plantation of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
MIR. NELSON BARRON,

One of natures noblemen-a good fell
low in every sense of the word. He is
finely located i'll the river fiat, has a
splendid estate of some nine hundred
acres, and owns the ferry, which is the
principal crossing place for the produc-
tive country east of him. The lands
here are generally fertile and the summer
range very good and with little atten-
ton in winter stock would be astonish-
ingly profitable. Water and health fine.
A stay at his plantation reminded US of
ante beIlum times, there being frequently
visitors enough to fill his capacious table
the third time; especially was this the
case when religious services were held at
Palestine Church. 1t was in some sort a
convocation of members and neighbors,
and partook of the nature of a reunion,
in which there was not single discord-
ant element. What a pleasant thing
for community to be influenced by cor
rect ideas of what is due from one to an
other. This is to be largely attributed
to the influence of the Church. The
office of justice of the peace is sinecure.
l venture the assertion, that no more
agreeable society can be found in the
State than in this locality. The motto
of each one seems to be:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

But OF our troubles since hc went away
You'll mind, aylck, and never say ,gorI.
VI cares and troubles, sure we've uI uur
share
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26
NEVILLE SMITH.

Here was old-fashioned hospitality, so
fresh and home like as to captiyate the
heart and make one feel it was good to
be there. This is a fine neighborhood,
the land productive, tolerably well cult
waited, and therefore the community is
thriving. Lingering along at other
places, we broke bread with
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

Remember, Dennis, an babe you s8ys
Tell him we're well and happy thank che
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

But tell him God TO US was ever kind.
And when the fever spread the country o..r
His merry kept the sickness" from oer
dOOr
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

/. N. Marks, Chairman.
G.. L. Beauregard,
G.. e. Antoine,
George Y. KelsO,
Charles III. Thorn psOn,
James /. Day.
Auguste Bohn.
Aristide Mary,
DIR. l.. G.. RoudaneZ,
w. NJ. Randolph.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-26

The finest Summer isn't always a.r
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-05
The State Ticket.

THE radical press throughout the
State is constrained to admit, howev-
-er reluctantly, the eminent fitness of
James r. Ludlow and Francis NJ.
Hutchinson for the positions to which
they have been nominated by the
Democratic State Convention. It is
peculiarly gratifying to know that the
convention acquitted itself so hOnOra~
bly, and with such entire satisfaction.
Judge Ludlow is known as man
of distinguished legal ability-a pure
and upright judge, and citizen whose
character is without reproach. In
Philadelphia, where he is best known
as an able and accomplished Judge, he
enjoys the respect and confidence of
the community in a much greater de
gree than any other of her judicial
officers, and while allegations have
been made against the partisanship of
some Of them and the incompetencv
Of others, no taint OF suspicion has
ever attached to the purity and intcg-
rity of Judge Ludlow Philadelphia.
a radical city, has heretofore hOnored
him with the generous support of her
citizens, and, at the election in Octo
her, win again extend to him the ex-
preston of their respect and conf
dence
Frank NJ. Hutchinson, of Allegheny,
is an active business man and has
clean and untarnished record. He is
Il totally different man from Robert
w. Mackey, the radical candidate for
State Treasurer, whose official integ-
rity has more than once been ques-
toned, and who for three years has
been the head and front Of the corrupt
treasury ring which has systematical-
ly debauched the Legislature of this
State.
The Democracy have a right to be
proud of their candidates They are
worthy of the support of every man
who desires a pure and unsupported
judiciary and an honest and faithful
administration Of the finances of the
commonwealth
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-05

IT may be true, as the HOLIDAYS
burg Standard seemingly intends to
intimate in its somewhat ambiguous
article about Men" that a few of
the delegates to the Wilkesbarre Con
vention sought to humiliate Hon. r.
Milton Speer through a spirit of envy
and malice, and it may also be true
that nine men out of every ten would
do as Mr. Speer did on the back-pay
question; but no one who witnessed,
as we did, the scene which presented
itself when Mr.. Speer was suggested
as permanent chairman of the cOnven-
ton, could fail to be impressed with
the belief that great majority of the
delegates felt it to be their honest
duty, for the sake of the party, to OPP
pose the selection made by the Com
mittee on Permanent Organization.
Nor was this feeling prompted by
anger or i'll will towards Mr. Speer
On the contrary, sincere sorrow. for
the course they felt constrained to
take was plainly visible on every face,
and in doing as the majority would
undoubtedly have done had the mat
ter been pushed to a vote, few, if anv,
we feel sure, would have gloried in
the verdict. In striking down so true
a Democrat and so honest and bril-
liant statesman as Mr.. Speer, whose
record in all but this one unfortunate
particular is without blemish and
above the shadow Of suspicion, there
could certainly have been no cause
for gladness or self-glorifica5ion. Had
those who stood behind Mr.. Spcer,
and who hoped to be shielded if not
endorsed by his success, been placed
in like position, there might and no
doubt would have been pleasure in
administering to them a weil-deserved
rebuke, but we are confident the con
Vehtion as a whole would have been
glad to avoid such a duty so far rs
Mr.. Speer was concerned. The mis-
take that gentleman made was in per
Tllttlng his name to be used. for the
condemnation Of the salary grab was,
u our mind, one OF the most sacred
duties the convention had To perform.
and no man or no motive should have
been permitted to stand in the way or
tend to the neglect Of such duty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-05

HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.-The st. Louis
REPUBLICAN has a special from Sedalia,
NO. giving an account of a horrible
tragedy which occurred at KRightly's Sta
tiou, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroad, six miles west of Sedalia on Sat
urday last 1t appears that VIM. Knightlv,
who has been laboring under mental de-
rangement for some time, killed or caused
the death Of his sister, Adelaide, aged
forty, and his nephew, Louis Stobbs lie
then set fire to his house and killed him
self. The house occupied an isolated po-
sition, and when the peighboTs reached
the place it was mass OF ruins, and the
charrcd remains of Kuightly were found
near a window. with a shotgun partly
burned at his feet The bodies of his sis
ter and Stobbs were lying near the front
door. but so badly burned that it could not
be determined whether they had been
killed by knightly, or whether they We're
suffocated. The Coroner's jury inclined
to the latter opinion. although the neigh
bors testified to having heard three shots
fred while the house was burning.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-05

MURDER AND SUICIDE u
Another example was i..i,-., s.-- -
morning. a few minutes ai'e- ail'e-l-s.
the frenzy and depravity PIse- ~. =
CiviousneSs and a life oi -
the second floor of tenenleI,,y..-.ff ,,...ff-.d
tire street dwelt Christina .,rssia
has lived apart from her -,-rr's
time. The other night he Ia
and entered his wife 5 room -. 50
utes later several pistol s5 sho,55 ,rii-,..
and Mrs. wisbrecht was lu--, ,-- ,r,--3 Us
floor, blood yelling from wv las
face and one in the left knee. I'd {.
ing room WisbreCht was ~ in ~
dying. He had shot I,5gir.
the ball passing upward. - II r6s
in the brain. The Stateine.r.,z ,z..lrss'
result of a continued lIie ' - tj'
take many words 20 tel I- - =
in most others. it was the n,-- ~ s.
murder. and then the 49, ~ rIir-s 2
But there is long story y. ..-rsts :.
and patient endurance 70 HII.1i u
cuIminatiou of the evil te.us. ~ u
be murderer was Ifa,N,,5,-.s. ,
crime. and the story WON" "a Turc
as seventeen years ago 1;is ssd
to travel through a ta.' - .... r-'s
one OF two persons. from He, s- .
womanhood; and for ii,, f--r
daily life 81 dshaueh',N. H.. . r.
hood 20 the hour De sL'' --.
meBt room.