The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
MIS- SIS SIP Pr.


/ lature. lie was hoole, generous ma
and NJ one time the most popular man III
the county.
From The Starkville Wing.
crazy white woman, was committed
70 the county Jail, last Monday, there
/ being no room for her in the State Insane
/ Asvin,n 1t is burning shame that the
unfortunate have to be incarcerated IN
/ our common iails for want OF more sulta-
BILE quarters.
/ From the Southern Herald.
There is great CONSERVATION among
/ the planters in the southern and south
western portion of the county on account OF
! the ravages of the Charlton. 1t IS gradu
ally extending all over the county, ana
is carrying havoc TO horses and cattle al
along its path. A large number OF val
liable horses have been killed by 1t.
From the Central Star.
Mr.. William b. Little, an old citizen
of this county, departed this life on the
| 25th dav of the month just past, at his
| residence a few miles from kosciusko, IN
the 5Oth wear of his age. He was kind
neighbor. true friend and and good
citizen, and his death is generally regret
ted.
From the Water Valley Courier.
Mr.. ID. r. Wagner, Mr.. L. Bailey and
Mr.. VIM. Robinson, left Water Valley
on Tuesday of this week for an extended
visit westward even to the Paclhc coast.
These gentlemen are going out to me
Western Territories and States principally
with the view Of seeking pleasure for "A
season but at the same time they viii,
see and note things for themselves with IA
view to probable benefit hereafter.
From the Pamela Star.
MANY Of our readers remember Il. ii.
Strauss, who lived in Sardis few years
since, and who disappeared very sud
denly ON the same night that the safe OF
Drs. Kinchloe q Wright was broken
open and robbed. Drs. X. d w. re-
ceived a telegram from the sheriff OF Dali
las county, Texas, informing them that
said Strauss killed himself "A few days
since, to prevent being arrested.
From the Natchez Democra..
We hear from Port Gibson that that vii
Iage has been ever since last Thursday in
perfect uproar of excitement over case
of miscegenation. 1t seems that negro
named Haskin Smith, formerly "A waiter
in the Gibson House, but now a legislator,
married "A Miss Helen Smith, white,
daughter of the proprietor of the hotel.
Abe young lady's father and friends have
threatened to make short work of Haskin
Smith if he came back TO Port Gibson;
and on the other hand, some Of the colord
people swear they will burn the town
down if any harm is done him. Mean
ii me the bride and groom are parading the
streets of Vicksburg az man and wife
From the Vickshurger.
1t is easy to see that the money ques
ton will be the prominent one before the
people in the state elections this fall.
Party leaders have tried to avoid it by
shrewd resolutions, and in one way and
another, but they have invariably failed.
We believe a great majority Of the West
and South want more mOney--more cur
rency. They wish their railroads to be
built, their rivers to be improved, and
they are bitterly opposed to that state of
affairs by which the gold and the bonds
OF the capitalists are made oppressively
valuable ut the expense Of the labor and
lands of the poor. The South is in debt;
she wants to get out, and if money is
made plentiful, enterprises Of all kinds
Will be carried to completion within her
borders, she will grow rich and be able to
pay off her debts.
From the Beauregard Times
1t seems that some kind of difference
had occurred between young Joseph |
Dickerson, son of our old and worthy cit |
izen, Mr.. j. 5. Dickerson, and his late |
employer, Mr.. A. Queant, merchant of |
this place, and that the merchant had |
made some very disparaging remarks
about his former clerk. The charge COM
ing to the ears Of young Dickerson, he |
called upon Mr.. Gilbert, and Mr. Wheel
er, our town Marshal, to 90 with him to |
see Mr.. Queant, and have the matter adj |
justed. These gentlemen, with the father,
called at the store, and the charges were
reiterated, when young Dickerson de- |
nouncing Queant as liar, pistols were
brought into requisition Dickerson
passed out of the side door into the ward
when both commenced firing. -Four or
five shots were fired in rapid succession.
Queant striking DickeTson in the head .
above the right eye. Dickerson lived
about three hours, and Queant was arrest
ed
From the Natchez Democrat.
The liquor crusade has virtually been
and other methods are being
resorted to in order to stop the sale Of
Intoxicating drinks. Many of the reli-
gious journals of the country took issue
with the crusaders as to the manner in
which they attempted to crush out intern
perance. One of these-The Churcbman
contends that the movement was mis-
and says:
" 1t started with radical confusion of
Ideas. 1t made liquor selling the crime.
and not Intemperance. Now, no amount
OF reasoning can ever establish this, which
Is the very cornerstone of the Prohibition
movement. 1t is founded on the false
that it is crime to use intoxi-
eating drinks in any shape. 1t is not a
crime 1t may he a very dangerous
practice, but it must be shown to be abso-
Iutely and not relatively fatal to human
welfare before it can be prohibited. The
law has right TO punish a man for being
trunk, hut not for running the risk Of
BENG drunk. 1t has a right to punish
drunkenness where it is a nuisance to the
and not otherwise"