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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
A TouchIng Picture of Di.tres.

The following extract from private
letter received by lady of - city
from a young lady friend, now residing
at Shreveport, viii be read with interest.
OF course the letter was only intended
for private perusal. but it so touehingly
portrays the condition Of affairs in the
plague-strieken city, that the liberty OF
publishing few passages has been takeL:
SHREVEPORT, La, Sept %, 1873.
have managed to snatch minutes time
to write lust line or two, for IL IS physl-
cal impossibillty TO do more. We keep wen
as yer, but are exhausted from loss Of rest
ana hard work. Last night was my nrst
night in bed for a week, but | could not
sleep even then the horrors through which
have passed, and am passiDg, are burned
ia my brain. and never can forget THEM.
From the first breaking out OF the FEVER,
we have been called upon TO nurse sick
friends, and have not been able 10 take much
rest since; to crown all, our servants are
sick, aud there is the cooking, etc.. TO De
done No one outside of shreveport can
imagine the terror and desolation here;
there are not half enough nurses. nor col
inns, nor grave diggers; every night corpses
are left unburied III the grave9 ard, because
they come TOO late, and the diggers are TOO
exhausted TO raise their hands.
have just Sen dear young friend DE |
She was so good and beautiful. Her death |
was one OF agony, and you can imagine |
what my feelings were when tell GU thaL |
L was atone With her, and she Was lying |
from eight at night until seven in the /
morning; there Was other sickness In The
house. aud L was Obliged to close the door |
TO stifie her dying cries. She was delirious,
in commissions, and the black yomit lasted
a full hour. 1t was too much for me, and l
feel crushed this morning. | have been
with seven different families during their
sickness, but most or them recovered.
l wonder at myself (now that sitting
down alone thought must GOMEZ, that
could witness so much horror aud live. i
have laid out the dead, waited on gentlemen
who were dependent on the charity OF
strangers; have gone without sleep for
days, until l feel as if it lasts much longer
my mind cannot support its burden.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
TIE BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE


we translate this little chanSon iron
Nine Mislelet's exquisite work, The Stor.
OF my Childhood. Toe bridegroom am
bride Introduced are supposed to be peasant
of the extreme south of France, and TIL
spirit OF the song, if not its precise lang uage
is national ana characteristic
He took her by the hand
dainty little hand y
Gently took aud led her
Where tue priest did stand
Smiliugly 10 wed her.
"Cone. little bride,
Tripping by my side
Win little steps Of little feet,
Each a football soft and sweet,
Come little bride! -
Hetakcs her by the hand
(FrrVid little hand y
Warmly takes and leads her
Where the dancers stand;
4 nd he whispers, sweet,
Yonr fairy, twinkling feet
The tinirsC feet i'm Franco
Were made TO dance, dance;
Yet YOU must not glide too far,
Lest these eyes should miss their star,
But little one,
Hold Armand by the hand
Till the merry dance is done :"
He claspnd her by the hand
(Palptating little hand ,
Warmly cIasped and led
Where The wedding feast was spread,
And" Eat and drink" he said,
Little one!
But beware the spiky bone,
Lest your tender, pretty throat,
Made To set love signs afioat
dove signs alone)
Be choked, my little one,
Ere the wedding-feast is done
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
From the Memphis Appeal.
The One-TerIn Principle and Few
Elections.

The effort to postpone the election of
State officers in Mississippi until next
year will, if successful, have one good
effect-it will give the State an extension
of that repose from political log-rolling
and canvassing excitement which she so
much needs, and which a general cleo
ton entails upon her. Governor Powers
in this, while looking out for the main
chance, will do the State a greater SER
vice than either he or his friends dream
Of One OF the defects in our system Of
government is to be found in the multi
plication and frequency of elections. The
States are hardly ever out of the keeping
of candidates for office. There is scarcely
IA year in which a political contest Of
some kind is not pending somewhere.
Every four years the thunders of the
Presidential election disturb the peace Of
society, interfere with the steady flow Of
trade and commerce, beget brawls, sec
tional amin )sities and local differences OF
opinion, the evil effects of which every
man confesses and condemns. The men
who framed the Constitution for the Con
federate States appreciated these evils
and provided against them. By that in
strument the office of President of the
Confederacy was to have continued for
six years instead of four, and, if we re
member rightly, the one-term principle
was fixed by constitutional limits.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

Port Arthur, Tasmania, is to be aban-
doned as penal settlement by the British
Government.
A Norwich lady has sued citizen for
$500 damages, for dropping a piece of
lead pipe on her toe.
The population of Denison, Texas, is
said to have increased from forty to four
thousand in one year.
Photographs of the building in which
the Geneva tribunal was held are sold
throughout Europe.
It is said that nine-tenths of the minis
tiers in the country are not as well paid as
baseball professionals.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Smith County Matters.
From the Brandon Republican.

TUT N'1N 1II I9'1N31A
the cotton cron Is very short in that
county, but most of the people have made
corn enough to do them, aud II cotton
brings a good price the people generally
will get out OF debt.
With the exception OF a small squat Of
hard headed, iuipractcable. died -in-the-
wool Democrats, who would rather see the
State sold To pay the bonds than vote for a
man they don't like, ard few white man
hating negroes-say one hundred In all
the whole voting population will go for Al
corn. He will carry the county by at least
| 1000 majority.
There are quite a number OF candidates
for local offices, but there appears to be but
little interest taken In the result.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Southern Cotton Manufacture

The Augusta Chronicle furnishes some
new facts relative to the cotton manufac-
turing interest in Georgia:
The Augusta Factory, a cotton mill
situated in the city of Augusta, was pur-
chased by the present company for $780,
600. on ten years credit, at seven per
centum interest, the stockholders paying
in $50, 900 as commercial capital. This
amount was nearly all expended in
putting the establishment in a working
condition and improving it. Since then,
without calling on the stockholders for
another dollar, the property has been
paid for, additional land has been pur-
chased and new buildings have been put
up, 800, 900 worth of new machinery
has been added, the capital stock has
been increased to $500, 900, quarterly
dividends of five per cent. have been
paid for eight consecutive years, and the
property Is now worth the par value
$500, 900 in gold. During the five
years and half ending on the 7th June,
1873, the company have paid out as
wages 1909, 401 81, and their sales have
amounted to s., 17S, 612 So. The net
earnings were $3.50, 500 So, and the diyi-
dends paid amounted to $500, 900.
These figures indicate very profitable
business. This Is mainly due to the fact
that the cotton used in the factories was
procured in the cotton fields of the sec
ton and the cost of transportation saved.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

A man went home in bad temper. His
supper wasn't ready. what in thunder's
the matter !" he asked, though thunder
wasn't the word he used The fire isn't as
hot as your temper, my dear" was the re-
ply. He didn't ask any more conundrums
that evening.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

One rainy Sunday number of strangers
crowded into Surrey Chapel, whereupon the
eccentric Rowland Hill said: "Some people
are blamed for making religion CLOAK but
don't think those are much better who
make it an umbrella"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

The brightest crowns that are won in
Heaven have been tried, and smelted, and
polished, and glori6ed through the furnace
of tribulation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

The first attempt at Italian opera in
this country is said to have been made In
New York in 1927 by the Garcia family.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

A Michigan paper recently closed an
obituary notice with the misquotation
"He is not dead, but squeaketh."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

"Who are the peaeemakers ?" asked a
young Sunday-scho0l teacher of her class oil
boys. THE police quickly replied one Of
the Lads. GA
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

would you like 10 subscribe for Dick
ems Household Words p" inquired O maya
zine agent guess not, household words
have played the dickens with me long
enough"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

The desk used by Nathanial Haw-
thorne. in the Salem Custom House, was
recently placed in the Essex Institute in
that city as a relic.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

The patrons of Husbandry in Wiscon-
sin have started newspaper entitled the
Moving Machine.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

A little girl sent out 20 hunt eggs came
back unsuccessful, complaining that lots oi
hens we're standing round doing nothing
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

An honest old farmer, on being informed
the other day that one Of his neighbou owed
him grudge, growled out, ono matter, hl
never pays anything"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

A writer in the Macon Telegraph sug-
gests the name of Jefferson Davis as a
successor to DIR. A. A Lipscomb in the
chancellorship of the university of Geor-
gia, whereupon the Atlanta Herald says:
" We sincerely hope that DR.. Lipscomb
will not resign; but if he persists in his
determination, we should consider it a
capital move to get ex-President Davis to
succeed him. With Mr.. Davis presiding
over the University, and Mr.. Leroy
Broun managing the affairs of the State
College, old Franklin would soon rank
any college in the South. Let DR.. Lips
comb decide positively as to his inten-
tions, and if he cannot be induced to
reconsider his intention, then let the
trustees at once correspond with Mr.
Davis. Having just resigned the Presi-
dency of the Carolina Insurance Com
pany, the present would most proba-
bly, be propitious time to approach him
on the subject"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
The Uprising against Early
Rising.

Early rising has been very rudely and
successfully shaken. Charles Lamb has
shown that there is as much excess in
rising with the lark and lying down with
the lamb as there is in the practice re-
ferred to in Moore's song, which recon-
mends the lengthening of our days by
taking ga few hours from the night, my
dear" That philosophy was shaken in
the early days of the world by two sleepy
children who came under the rebuke OF
vigilant fathers. "My son" remarked
one sire, Il once found a piece of gold
by rising early" AYE" rejoined the
young hopeful, "but the man who lost it
was up before you" MY son, said the
other worthy parent, ''observe that it is
the early bird that catches the worm. "
II do, oh my father" replied the excel
lent boy, "also that the worm was caught
by getting up earlier than the bird.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

Corn dodgers-Sensible folks who veal
big boots.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23

After hearing Gov. Alcorn's powerful
anti bond-paying, anti-stealing and anti
Ames speech of last Friday, Col. Gram
ford, one of the Bourbon delegates to the
Meridian Democratic Convention, swore
that he was going to vote for Jim Alcorn,
if the Tombigbee river ran up stream in
consequence.-Col Columbus Index.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
ADVE.TESING AGENTS.

zg- None others are authorized 10 solicit
baslness for THE CLARIoS.
> X. ASAA-
s. NJ PErTISG LII q Boston
s. ". PEFTISGtLL * Co, .-..----......-New oFk-
W ". SHARPE Y Co, -..--.--------N New ork Cliy
GEO. F. R0wELL * Co, .....--......-New ork.
BATES d LOCKE, -..-..--.-..-. view loFk
CRTrvry 4 HoYFMAg....... $1,000. baltimore.
Coz WEThERtLL 4 Co.,......--...--. Ph! ladelphla
r l DIBBLE q Co. ..---.-' LOUISVILLE
NAME MARCHASD Y Co, ..---.-...-. Louisville
DEGoLYER 4 kICHEN, .....-..-........ CINCINNATI
THoMAs AIcIyTYaE..........-... New Orleans
RemittaHcss should be by registered letter,
money order, draft, or by express When 9th
erwise, the once cannot be responsible.
All business communications should be al
dressed TO Power & Barksdale, Jackson, Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-25
TIE LOUISIANA" RAILROAD BRIDGE,
4 SJNGULAR SERIES or ARRESTS.
An OH. SPECTATORS EFFORTS 10 RECOVER GOLD
CERTIFICATES.

An Oh. SPECTATORS EFFORTS 10 RECOVER GOLD
CERTIFICATES.
According to detectives story, Burr s.
Craft an OIL specuator ROlson Princess Ann County
Va formed the acquaintance, several months ago OF
Mrs Isabella Aud of Varckst, and OF her daughter.
Miss Alice Aud Of HoboEenst. Graft tells the detec-
tivos that no was frequently blackmailed,
and becoming weary of the prosecutions
of tho women, he demanded that agree
ment should be made by which he should be obliged
TO nav TO Mrs. Aud and her daughter certain sum
every year. This agreement accepted and signsd,
and Mr.. Craft went back to his home. About month
ago the woman followed and visited him at his house
and soon after their departure he missed the written
agreement spoken OF above, with other papers Of value
Mr. Craft came back to NewYork TO recover the papers
and while in the house of Mrs. Aud Dec IS he
arrested by Deputy shers william Conkn and Charles
LYONS on a charge Of seduction He taken to
the order % Arrest Department in the Sherifs Office
where he was held in default OF 5000 bail subse-
ouenty Mr. Graft exhibited four gold certificates OF
s. 900 each aud at his solicitation, Mr.. Jarvis agreed
accept one of the certificates a deposit until bail
cond be obtained Mr.. Craft handed over certificate
and was Immediately given his liberty. In company with
the Deputy sherifs Mr. Craft then went TO Delnoncos
where he became very much intoxicated. One Of the
bartendeIs learning that Craft had $4,000 worth OF
certificates. procured his arrest. When Craft
awoke in the police station next morning ne
the Deputysherf Conklin and Lyons the
persons last in Crafts company: After being
ragned AT the Tombs the charge OF drunkenness and
dischar ged Craft communicated With Detective Samp-
son the Central Office who at once stopped payment
of the certificates at the snbTreasury On
Monday. Mr.. Craft having procured the requisite
amount of ball. 81 OOO went 10 the Order OF Arrest De
parmen and released the IS 900 certificate he had left
on deposit there on the same day one Of the eod
tdcaes stopped at the SubTressury and by Detec
live Sampson Ninth National Bank, then
the Union Dime Savings Bank. and finally 10 Thomas K.
smith, doing business at Canal and Laight-sts.. who
gave such unsatisfactory account Of how IL came
INTO his hands, that he arrested and held
10 bail IN 5000 Deputy Shergs Conklin and lyons
were arresd yesterday, charged with grand larceny
and committed 10 the Tombs in default OF bail. Conkn
and LYONS are regular attaches Of the Sherihs Office
having been employed lately only AZ sssstaE6.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-25
LECTURES AND MEETINGS.

DR.. j. May commences series of lectures
Lyme Hall, Saturday evening, the subject OF the
hrst being The Dramas OF Schiller and Goethe" The
second lecture will be Dreams and their Meaning"
~ be delivered Wednesday, JAN IA.
The annual bali of the 10Th Regiment,
Rigblanders. was held last night in the regiments
nrnory in West Twenty third ST The ball under
the management OF Company +, who had previously
decorated the drillTOom with flags very handsome
manner.
A circular has been issued asking persons
engaged the naval stores trade TO meet on Monday
next IN the Managers OF the Produce Exchange
and some rules which have been prepared
y committee OF that body III regard TO the sale and
sbipment VI naval stores.
At the next meeting of the MedicO-Lcgal So
seiy tomorrow evening, DIR. Eugene Peugnet will read
o paper " Tue Medical Jurisprudence OF the Stokes
ssse" at The College OF Physicians and sur This
x~per will occasion considerable discussion, IL
st,cIsm the management Of the medical testimony
on boil sdes but especially Of the prosecution Clark
-Bel III preside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-25
4 SrRIOUs CHARGE AGAINST ATTORNEY
GENERAL HILLIAkS.

AN OREGON CORRESPONDENT CHARGES HIN WITH
COMPLETELY IN AN INFAMOUS hiN" Cohhof ION
letter from Portland, Oregon, to The
SuriHQfeid Republican contains tohe ud'h"e'ns us
o,,,rcs ,oncerning Attorney-tieneral Williams. The
an tets ALLEGED are az follows: At the election held
IN October TO choose successor TO the late Congress
nan yobn q Wilson the Republican candidate was de-
toaod chiefly because he stood on platform indorsng
tho notorions Senator Hpple-Mitchel In order that
tbo vote I'm Mitches own county might be in favor OF
his IL il charged that there was the most bare
fced bribery and corruption When the United States
instruct Court met Judge Deadly charged them IN very
main language 10 investigate the alleged frauds. The
urv hacked by the Mitchell ring whitewashed the mat
ter T. Attorney Gibbs petitioned the court for an
o,dor calling new Grand,Ju the order was issued
and an honest Jury selected. At this point Attorney
General Williams telegraphed to Mr. GibDs 10 rescnd
,, orler for new iury he satisfied that the old
,r,v coul do the business of the Court Mr. Gibbs tel
epraphed back Washington giving the reasons why
new iury was necessary. lie heard nothing more from
MI Williams until Dec. Q, when Senator Mitchell teie-
cranhed TO Rufus Mallory, tool OF the Ring, informing
him of his appointment as DstrctAtorney IN place Of
H. ennis The new Grand Jury has found seven in
dctmeats for Illegal voting but IL is expected that the
new Attorney will dismiss them all. Commenting upon
these disclosures The Portland Ore0onidn Rep) says
We have admitted Attorney General Williams, and
have reioiced step OF his promotion through
which he mas reached high position he occupies;
and we we're glad 10 sec the announcements OF MS
,robable exataon the first place In the national
Judiciary But do not hesitate To say that, unless ne
can explain away his apparent completely IN this most
nefarious TRANSACTION Of long series OF 0urages per
pefrated by ring OF c0rruptonsts, he IL an unft ana
dangerous man hold the position OF CheiJustice oil
he limited States and his confirmation nv the Senate
would be a positive calamity. and menace TO civil
liberty throughout the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-25
rnE rgIBuNE's COURSE IN ~.

10 the razor Or me IrtbUne.
SIR: When a chunk of a boy read in The
TE,BUsE ny newspaper article 10 relation TO ola
John Brown at Barpers Ferry; and from that time 10
THE The TRIBUNE has exercised very important innu-
.Dce upon may say that all my ideas in relation
10 Marty tarD International policy were derived
from II. see by articles thai your former
course wss suuned opinion, ny your course
during The lasl Presidential campaign. AZ stated in
b<sppins most OF my first ideas in political
.ostters from THE TRIBUNE, and take THE IRIBI NJ
Dov an rratBed receiving just such counsel III rea-
sioB 20 The labor question, connected as u IL 20
~ n.tanal import a. yon give usL Still, for saii
sLst' sspaot yslnys nst u following tbe sVSstIed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-25
PUBLIC OPINION.
LIE YIRGINIUS DECISION.

The present Administration can found n
clam TO pubic confidence upon It's e0nducto OF the
case of the Vlrginus-l Boston Advertiser.
The upshot of the Virginius matter shows
how we might have gone TO war for stupid hcuon,
fiction just criminal as shat under whch two men
stand M TO kill each other III "a duel TO sitisIy the
code.-lSpringfeld Republican.
This tragedy will never be fully closed until
Government at least improves the event TO protest
that involved the lives Of American citizens WIN the
Department manifest an equal s0citade Tor leset
-lBoston Post.
II remains TO be seen what course of action
shall he taken against the parties 10 this fraud upon the
Government. TheY deserve nothing short OF the ex-
wpongcd friendly nation but ;hey have sclfsy ex
posed IL to the hazards OF war Boston Journal,
The broad principle is laid down, on which
the surrender o the Virgnius was demanded and com
done part taking the first step toward redressing
the insult to the national honor; now That the Nirgnus
is IA Our possession 1t behooyes tne Governnen 10 rec
y the wrong which the oicers and owners OF mat yes
committed 10 sailing her under Neg aud with papers
| TO which they had no right.-tN. y. Evening fost.
HINTS TO CONGRESS-.
Under cover of trifing and with every pre-
tense Of piayfune,s Congres Is daily nsurpns power
ment Let the people make themselves heard again
! while the members are mtngli1g with them. and let
them prefgure what Is TO be doue at the baloDoK neit
year Boston Post tDemJ
One OF the most remarkable discoveries OF
the Is that made oy Secretary Richardson lie has,
debt increased s5oOOOoO durine the last days.
this rate where VIII he In II nOnthsi 1ids startling
discovery will IL is fair 10 presume. materially assist the
financial minister with MS increased taxation project
| before COncresS-(Vicksburg Herald (DenI.l
The CHIEF-JUsTICEsup.
| As Chiei-Justice Williams is not acceptable
to 'he senate the Bar or the Press which represents
people lac ought to take himself out O the way
| once sacramento Union (Ind. RepJ
| If Mr.. Williams had a. much delicacy of
feeling canal horse, he would request tie
President withdraw his nomination ChieiJ nstice
! OF the supreme COurt.-iChIcago Times und.l
| The President, who has "DO policy to en-
force against will of the people" has chance to
il Dy Withdrawing the nomination Of hr. Williams
! for Chie Justice.-- Boston Herald 0nd)
| If the statement Charging personal expenses
to the Government Mr. WDims II not correct. II
gross Injustice II 10 be true, the ChcfJusticeship
had better be conferred upon somebody else Albany
Journal QtepB
There are not five men in the United States
who ought To be- seriously Thought Oi an connection with
the office OF Chief Justice bat there are ~ least 500
VINO would MAKE Just ds good Judge as Mr. Nlllldns-
milwaukee Sentinel (R.pD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-25
. srw.HAMpsmRE STATE GRANGE ORGANIZED

MANCHESTER, Dec. A.-The Masters of the
suhordnate oranges throughout the State, accompanied
by their wives assembled al the g. A. r. Hall here this
morning and organized State Grange. Resolutions
were adopted against special privileges asking no more
for themselves than they are willing to grant Tor other
industries denouncng trickery, bribery, and corrup
ton IL elections: favoTiDR equal and just taxation
calling upon the state TO give It's children moral and
liberal education acknowledging the rights OF woman
by admitting her az equal in the ORDER demanding
justice aud economy in the pubic ana)rt ana rceotD
Lnending the order a bond OF union stronger tban
There were 10 or 20 oranges represented and
eral speakers denounced the idea that there WAS any
psfy pVutes " tAe movement UD0ies T. CsaNe 81