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Family CourtcsIc.

In the family, the law of pleasing
ought 70 extend from tho highest DO thp
lowest You are bound 10 please your
children, and your children are bound tu
please your servants 1T you expect them
70 please you Some men are pleasant
in the household and nowhere elise. W.
all know such men. They are good
fathers and kind husbands n you hud
seen them in their own homes YOU would
have thought they were almost angels.
but if YOU had seen them In the street,
in their stores, in the couutiug-hou-c. 0r
anywhere else outside of their own homes.
You would have thought them almost
savage
But the opposite is apt 10 hc the caso
with others. When among strangers 0r
neighbor- they cudeavor 10 act with pro-
Priety; but when they get home thoy
say 10 themselves, II have played o par.
long enough and now ! am going b hr
natural They sit down and are ugly
and snappish, and blunt and disagree.
able They lay aside those little caUr
tesies that make the toughest floor smooth
and make the hardest things look Ike
velvet, and that make life pleasant They
eXpend all their politcucss iu places
whore il viii bring silver and gold,
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CREDIT HIOIBEE-IE:ES.
Whnf Is 9Fean~.

From the Chicago Tribune
A correspondent asks the meaning OF
the words "Credit Mobilier." Several
Congressman have asked the same ques-
tom We presume he wishes to be in
formed concerning the original derivation
and use Of the term. We will endeavor
to explain it. The Credit Foncier" has
long been the general title in France for
associations that advance money on landed
or inl1nOc1bie securities. The Credit
Mobilier" was the name given to power
full corporation, organized in France in
1852, for advancing money on m0Uoble
property. The name was adopted evil
IDENTIFY with the purpose Of atfording a
ready definition of the object Of the asso-
citation. The "SCciete Generate de Credit
Mobilier' became a great and profitable
enterprise. 1t had special privileges
under It's charter. 1t assisted materially
in the construction OF railways and the
promotion of mining schemes. Among
other enterprises III which ii was notably
interested were the Government loan on
account Of the Russian war. and Grand
Central Railway Company, and the Gen
eral Omnibus Company Of Paris. At
one time, it advanced 250 600 600 francs,
and at another time 375, 900, 900 francs,
to the French Government Its business
was so great in 1885 that it declared
dividend Of 40 per cent on It's capital.
While it was manitestly the means Of
doing much good in France, it eventually
failed.
The introduction Of the terms Credit
Foncier' and Credit Mobilier" into
America are due to Mr. George Francis
Train He established a Credit Fon-
cier" with Omaha lands, which he hawked
about the country some years ago. He
gave the name of Credit MObilier of
America" TO a corporation with universal
privileges, which was organized in Penn
sylvania. 1t was appropriated by Messr-.
Cakes Ames, Durant d Co, to serve a.
the party of the third part in the tsmou,
"triplicate agreement" by which the
managers of the Union Pacific Railroad
let out the contract for building the road
to themselves, in payment for which they
modestly took the road itself, all the
United States bonds, all the first mort
gage bonds, all the United States lands,
etc, at a profit Of over /, 900 per cent,
on an entirely fictitious capital. This is
what Credit Mobilier" means, in the
modern American and Congressional use
of the word. The title Is not inapprO-
pirate. The transaction WAS literally
Credit on Movables,- United States
Government furnishing the credit and
the money, and Messrs. Cakes Ames &
Co taking the ables,-that is, the
securities and the profits.
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To authorize the Auditor to apportion and
pay to several counties the funds belonging
to public schools. by Dir. Gibbs.
RELAXING to Justices of the Peace in Adams
county, by Mr.. Williams.
To amend chapter 80, Code, by Mr.. Will
liams.
To amend the charter of Jackson, Natchez
and Columbus Railroad Company, by Mr..
Mcclure. Passed.
To protect the rights of tenants, by Mr..
Sullivan.
To prohibit introduction of liquors into
OktibDeha, by Mr.. Sullivan.
Senate joint Resolution. providing tor the
distribution OF Georges Digests and other
books, by Mr.. Gibbs.
House Joint Resolution, relating to the
location OF tie Penitentary, was called up
and passed, when the Senate adjourned
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a Father with Fifty Children.

The Waco (Texas) Advance publishes
the following statement by a correspond
ent, who, it says, is one of the most trust
worthy and respected citizens of the place;
There lives in our midst a man who is
the father of fifty children. lie has
been married to five different women.
By wife No. /, thirteen boys; by No ?,
eighteen children; No 8 ten No. +, six !;
No. ), three. Thirty-five children are
still living-or were year ago-eight
were killed or lost in the Confederate
army, and seven have died natural
deaths
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Nol quito IN Enoch Arden

Schenectady has fhc latest Eu0ch AL
denism. Husband va- gone Us years
wife became the third spouse OF "a wealthy
citizen, and when her first husband ro-
turned 10 look into the window, Uigum-
lively, for be went squarely into thodo0rT
she asked the wealthy citizen o. whom hu
should leave his property. "ro my
children, said he. children by my frs.
wife. Chen l shall have 10 leave YOU.
and she did, in company with her fins.
and earliest
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HOUSE.
JACKSON, Janu.

JACKSON, January u, 1873.
The House was called to order by the
Speaker, John r. Lynch. at II O'Clock NJ.
Eodcrick seal presented his credentials,
and asked to be sworn in as a member.
Il seems that this seat was filled last SEES
sion By DR.. Lindsay, he having received the
next 70 the highest number of votes, and
MIR. seal was then laboring under dsabli-
ties M. seal claimed his seat on the
ground that he had no disabilities at that
time.
The matter was referred TO Committee on
Elections.
Mr.. Fisher, OF Kinds, presented the ere
denrlal- Of MIR. Buifkiu, Of COpiah, and Mr..
Archer, of Lafayette, and the motion to
swear these members IN prevailed
The credentials of the new mem bers from
Harrison and Pearl were referred 10 the
proper committee.
M Ford moved that committee Of three
be- appointed 10 draw suitable resolutions III
relation 20 the drceaSe OF members, which
Wa adopted.
on motion Of Mr.. Barrett. the House al
lHurued out of resi- ert to deceased mem beers.
90 meet aJ II u'clocl, tomorrow morning.
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AmoRRIIIE AFFAuR.


The Bel-Air( Hartford county Md
Kgi- SAYS; On Saturday night, about ~
O'Clock, Mrs Mcconnell left the house
of neighbor TO go to her home, which
was located in the yard Of the Hartford
house. She made her way there with
difficulty, having been indulging too
freely in drink. Finally, however, che
managed 10 enter the door. and was peen
no more alive,
At the same time, her husband, David
Mcconnell, was spending his week wages
with some boon companions IN a tavern
close BY. About ten o'clock he was car
ried home drunk by his friends, who
found the door locked on the inside, and
no reponse was made 10 their urgent
knocking. On looking in al the window
the room appeared 10 be on fire, and an
alarm was raised, the door broken open,
when a horrible sight was witnessed
The room was filled with smoke Of a
sickening odor, and on "A chair near the
stove, the door Of which was open, were
the charred and burning remains Of the
unfortunate woman. Her clothing was
nearly entirely consumed, and even the
chair upon which she had seated herself
was in IA light blaze. Her limbs were
burned 70 a crisp, and from one Of her
arms the flesh was almost entirely con-
sumed. Her face was burned and black
ened almost beyond recognition. Upon
moving the chair from the stove, the
dead body rolled to the floor a mass Of
charred and burned flesh. The fire was
speedily extinguished.
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A petition Is being gotten uu by our
citizens, praying our Legislature tl pas.
such laws as are requisite and necessary
70 foster and protect the growing trade of
this place % memorable Congress for
an appropriation 10 cuta channel through
the bar az the mouth 0f Sur river. H.
erect light house ON Horn Island. and
10 declare PascagouIa % port of eutrr
\ consideration of the trade off tnl.
place, which has -o rapidly increased u
the last few vears--n0w extending a.
Texas, South America. Yves. India
Islands, and Northern and European
ports, when only three Oh four wears ADO
it was confined 10 New OrIcaus-wiII bod.
press we trust, our Legislature with tha
Importance of fostering 10. and dgtanu.u.
them 10 iavorably consider aud grant IN.
PRAYER OF the petitioners
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rom TIE IdSCdPOuId Nldf.
MOSS POINT AND ITS MILLS.
Moss Point shows evident and cheering
signs Of prosperity in the buildings which,
being built, completed and just begun,
thickly dot the piney woods at that
locality.
Turn which way soever you may, one
encounters these indisputable proofs of
progress and success. Not a mushroom,
growth from a false and unstable founda-
ton, but the result of an accumulation
from successful and thriving trade
Principally they are the homes of those
who by energy and economy are thus en-
abled to secure for themselves and fami-
lies what should be the desire of every
mans heart-a home of his own.
Perseverance, energy and thrift are the
chief characteristics of the neighborhood,
and the colored element, there so strongly
represented, forms no exception to the
general rule, but to an extent we have
no where else witnessed, have they dis
played provident forethought in max
ing this provision for their families.
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THE LIEN LAW.
What "a Correspondent says.
PALo ALTO. Miss. Jannarx. 1s12

PALo ALTO. Miss, January, 1873.
EDITORS CLARION: | your paper of the
~ inft., in reply 10 Mr.. Hawkins, on the
lien law. you say the claim of b.. who fur
nishes the supplies for making the crop, has
preference over the claim of A.. who rents
the land 10 B.; and you quote the following
ciause%to-Wit: THE lien hereby created ITO
secure collection for labor or supplies, as
the case may be- shall take precedence and
priority over rent aud every other species
of lien. Sec. II. The above quotation d re
the words of the law, it is true. but the law,
as published by you. is simply a lien in favor
of the labOrer against the employer, except
section 10, which is lien in favor OF the
employer against the laboreT, and the lien
which takes precedence of rent is The lien
OF the labOrer against the crop which he
makes on the land rented by the party en-
pIoying him. There is nothing in the law
as Published by you to warrant the sup
position that outside parties furnishing
supplies are entitled To prior lien
against the landlord for rert;
neither is there anything in the
statute--thatI can find-and Mr.. Johns ton
in his introductory remarks, says that all
laws applicable to the present condition OF
the State are embodied in the work.
Whence, then, comes the law? By giving
Us more light on the subject you will con-
fer favor on many other farmers who.
like myself, are in the dark. FARMER.
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a 7HucI,-sumrricd woman.

There is "A woman i'm Washington who
ha, buried five husbands Recently she
married n sixth. Upon the day of the
wedding, "a man called no the house of
the groom, asked for that gentleman, and
then proceeded TO measure his body with
a tape line The infatuated groom en-
tanned an idea that this might perhaps
be man sent around by his tailor AT
ter the ceremony in church, however.
the husband was surprised to observe
this same person standing i'm the vestibuic
and winking furiOusly az the bride 49, the
party came out a. the carriages just us
they were starting oil the mysterious De-
ing put his head into the carriage window
and whispered 10 the bride "Cot 60
ready-made one thatll Just suit him
Beautiful ht-beautiul !" When tho
happy man demanded the name of the
intruder, the bride blushcd and said She
believed be was some kind Of i'm under
takcr Then the man was not SO happy
lie was hardly happy at all, and Ger
tain gloom seemed 10 overcast the honey
moon Perhaps the undertaken was too
prompt but We like To see man take Bn
interest in his business.
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SECOND DAY.
SENATE.
January 22l, 1873.

January 22I, 1873.
Nessrs Cassidy and Price were placed on
the Judiciary Committee.
y VI. Wells was elected Minute Clerk.
THE Governors message was received and
read. aud "a bill for the relief of j. l. Her
bert Introduced and the Senate adjourned.
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The Bogus Alabama ROnds...NO

We learn that poor Lewis two radical
ENJOYS to Wall street, financial agent
Mitchell and the little Treasurer Bing-
ham, have returned from their mission
to Montgomery, withouta dollar in hand :
Montgomery Advertiser.
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SSIPPI LEGISLATURE
SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE,
JACKSON, January q, 1873.

JACKSON, January q, 1873.
Senate met at u NJ.
Mr.. ). +. GiImer presented his credentials
and vas sworn in Is Senator from the Sew
euteen'h District.
Mr.. +. II. Clover was elected Secretary.
a committee was appointed to wait on
the Governor and inform him of the organi-
cation Of the Senate.
Adiourned until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
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What a Legal Friend Prompts the
NatcheZ Democrat 10 Say.
from the Demncrat.

GTOlu TIE DeIlUCGdJ.
We recently republished an explanation
of the new agricultural lien law of this
State, approved in April. 1872 taken from
the JACKSON CLARION. We are now in
formed by legal friend. who has given the
matter careful consideration, that THE CLA-
RION's explanation is not the correct one,
and is liable 70 induce the landlord and
merchant into Il mistaken sense of security.
The lieu under the new law is given upon
the crop, first to the employer as against the
laborer for ali necessary supplies, and sec
ond to the labOrer, aS against all parties on
the crop for his wages. The employer for
necessary supplies furnished and the iabOrer
for his wages in producing the crop, are the
only two classes in any way affected by the
new statute. In all other respects the law
is the same as formerly. All the parties ex-
cept the employer, who supplies, and the
laborer, depend for their rights upon The
tenor of their contracts and the order of
their status upon the record. No lien can
be created, By the act of any party, which
will affect or impair the priority OF right
given by this statute to the employer for
supplies and the labOrer for wages. The
merchant as such has no lien, and the land
lord such has no lien, except such as
either of them may acquire in the usual
way, but no lien can be acquired by either
the merchant or the landlord which will no
be subject To the prior liens given by the
new law, first to the employer for supplies
furnished, and second to the laberer for
wages earned i'll producing thecrop.
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Tie laws still require the use of stamps
upon checks, matches, and certain pro
prietary articles, patent medicines, per
fumery, DC, and a movement has been
nc Washington 10 procure their repeal.
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Another Candidate Bought of f:r .5,ooc
An Ex-Governor and Newly Elected
Governor Implicated.
AN EDITORS PRICE.

WAsHINGToN. Januarv-The sen
ate Committee on Elections yesterda,
morning resumed their investigation int
the election Of Senator Caldwell, o
Kansas.
TESTIMONY on Kx-Gov. CARNEY--HE SELL:
oUr As CANDIDATE.
Ex-Governor Carney was examined at
great length. He corroborated the testi
mony heretofore given bv Samuel +.
Smith, Ca,dwelfs partner, to the effect
that AT private interview between Cald-
well, Smith and himself, Caldwell offered
him Carney SO, 900 if he would with
draw from the contest for Senator This
offer he soon afterward ACCEPTED, and
signed Il paper pledging himself that h
would in no case become q candidate, in
return for which he Carney received
| Smiths note at thirty days for $40, 600,
| given unconditionally, and Smiths due
bill for $4,000, conditioned on Caldwel's
election The consideration named in
the agreement was for the expenses in
| CURED and assistance to be rendered by
Carney. Smiths note for $40. 600 was
paid Carney NJ maturity. The due bill
for $4,000 was paid the spring after the
election, and while Caldwell was IN his
way to Washington to take his seat in the
Senate, Carney met him in the railroad
car, and Caldwell told witness that he
was aware that the due bill had not been
paid, but, as soon as he got to Philadel-
phia he would remit to witness the $4,000
to pay it. Caldwell did not keep this
promise, but spoke to Carney on the sub
ject four or five times during the summer,
aud just before he came to Washington
last winter, he told Carney he should
soon arrange to get some money from the
Kansas Pacific railroad with which to pay
the due bill.
THE KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD INVESTS IN
CALDWELL.
Caldwell said the Kansas Pacific Com
pany had promised to pay him some
money to assist in his election that they
had not yet done 50; that, 50 far as he
was concerned, they could get no legisla-
ton till they kept their promise and paid
the money. Witness testified that dur
ing the Senatorial canvass, one day V.
J. Anderson, an employee Of the Pacific
Railroad Company, came to Smith in his /
presence and asked for $1,000 to be used |
in the contest. Witness endorsed Smiths I
check for the amount, in order that An /
dersOn might get it cashed Witness be- /
lleved Anderson got the money and used I.
it for political purposes in Caldweps T.
interest.
GOVERNOR OSBORN IMPLICATED.
Witness also testified that Hon. Thos.
A. Osborn, who was yeste day inaugu-
OF the managing committee Of Cald- /.
wells friends which conducted his can
vass and purchased votes Of members Of ,
the Legislature.
An EDITORS PRICE.
w. ;. Burke, editor Of the Leaven-
worth Times, testified that Caldwell gave
him $1,000 for the support Of his paper
during the campaign. Also, that Cald-
well told him his election had cost
$50, 900.
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The report Of the Committee on Elec-
tons in the case Of Christopher Q. Bowen,
contesting the seat Of Robert Z. Delargo,
from the Second Congressional District
Of South Carolina, says: The committee
find, upon the whole evidence, that De
large did not receive a majority Of votes
legally cast and is not entitled 10 uaa
seat
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ELorEMENr on AN ENGLIsH Lem
AND LADY Fashionable circles rs
England have just been scandalized by
the elopemeut of Lady Towushcud with
Lord Thyme. The foolish woman, who
is only - years Of aye was married al z
to the husband whom she has deserted.
lie was IL Jealous philanthropi-t, and
spent most Of his time in visiting tho
poor Ills wife ON the other hand, uu-
gay, and a constant attendant on balls
and parties. She finally fell iu with
Lord Thyme, "a professional liberlno.
and generally one Of those rascals whose
polished manners conceal their heart
les-ness He leaves "a wife behind him.
and his companion has for7akeu wealth
and reputation for "a man bankrupt u
reputation and fortune. The circum-
stances show that IL was only by a sudden
impulse that she consented ~ Gy with
him. The step has been taken, aud her
good name is gone forever. Society may
tolerate her scducer, but for his poor
victim there Is small chance ~ human
forgiveness.
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ADVERTFsKNa A6ENTH.
- None others are authorized 10 solicit
business for The CLARION

on this extraordinary ease. demand tHrf
President Thiers should Insist uusa thr
eXtmdition OF kcrycI on The parl uI t-r
Egyptian authorities. Hcryel rs said r9
be quite a tavorite OF the Khed.pe.- aud
man OF the most dosperale .Mnml---
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He that blows the Goals in Quarrels ne
has nothing to do with, has no right to
complain If the sparks fly in his face.
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RESOLUTIONS.

BY Mr.. Lowry: Resolved, That com
miJtcC OF five be appointed by the Chair TO
inquire whether acquisitions have been
made by railroad com panies on the Auditor
OF Public Accounts for warrants under the
act approved March ii, 1872, appropriating
four thousand dollars per mile out of the
State Treasury, on conditions therein named
whether warrants have been issued on such
acquisitions ana what amount and what nc
tou was taken by the Attorney General on
the application OF the Ripley and Tennessee
Railroad for the amount claimed by said
company to be due ucder said act; that the
committee be authorized to send tor persons
and papers To take testimony, and that they
are hereby instructed To report the result of
said investigation to this House Adopted.
BY Mr., McIntosh: il. r.. No. l. Inquir-
ing into the purchase of the site for the
new Peuiteutiary. Passed.
BY Mr.. Martinere; a joint resolution TO
adjourn sine lie on March lst 1873.
House adjourned without taking action
upon it,
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EESRESE.

January %, 1873.
The Governors message received, read
aud referred.
BILLS INTEoDUCED AND REFERRED.
Ia relation to public ferries, toll bridges
etc, by Mr., Spelmau.
70 amend sections 213l and 2735 Of Code
by Mr.. Carter.
To re-iucorpnrate Boonville, by Mr.Street.
70 incorporate the Iazoo city and Iazno
Valley Railroad, 10y Sir, Everett.
For the relief OF the Assessor of Warren
county, by Mr.. ShHdd
To amend partitions of lands, by Mr.. Gill.
To amend rules of practice in criminal
cases. by Mr., Gill
To amend tie charter of the University OF
Mississippi, by Mr.. Hassey.
Eelating TO practicinG physicians, by Mr..
Holloway.
Relating 70 the destruction of stock and
fencing OF railroads, by Mr.. Sullivan.
Toward Incorporating Oxford, by Mr..
Mchie.
To amend relating to issuing bonds by
Supervisors in Wilkinson, LOwndes. and
Warren counties. by MIR. Carter.
To enable X. II. Allen to make a deed, BY
Mr.. SAWYER.
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THE KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD INVESTS IN
CALDWELL.
GovEKHoR OSBORN I,frLicArrp.

Witness also testified that Hon. Thos
A. Osborn, who was yeste day inaugu-
rated Governor Of Kansas. was u member
of the managing committee Of Cald-
wells friends which conducted his can
vass and purchased votes Of members Of
the Legislature.
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Eow = Candidate Bought his VS. into
the Y. S. Senate.
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r A DIG LIS NJ
Astounding Corruption in High Places.

II SMELLS TO HEAVEN !
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An EDITORS PRICE.

w. 5. Burke, editor Of the Leaven-
worth Times, testified that Caldwell gave
him $1,000 for the support Of his paper
during the campaign. Also, that Cald-
we'll told him his election had cost
$50. 900.
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Our Sea.hore Region.
From the Pascagoula 5

JOHN w. AVERY, Secretary.