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FULL TEXT OF THE BILL.

The civil rights bill as it passed the
senate reads as follows:
SECTION /. That all citizens and other
persons within the jurisdiction Of the Uni
ted States shall be entitled TO full and
equal enjoyment of accommodations, adj
vantages, facilities and privileges Of inns,
public conveyances on land or water, thea.
tres and other places Of public amusement,
and also of common schools and public
institutions of learning or benevolence
supported in whole or in part by general
taxation, and Of cemeteries 80 supported.
and also institutions known as agricultur-
al colleges endowed by the United States,
subject only to the conditions and liinita-
tons established by law, and applicable
alike to citizens Of every race and color.
regardless of any previous condition Of
servitude,
SEC. 2. That any person who shall
violate the foregoing section by denying
to any person entitled to its benefits, ex-
cept for reasons by law applicable to citi-
zens Of every race and color and regard
less of any previous condition OF seryltude
the full enjoyment of any RECOMMENDATIONS
advantages, facilities or privileges in said
oEStOuJ enumerated OF IHcltiHg Eucn denI-
al, shall for every such ofense, forfeit and
pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the
person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered
In action on the case with full costs. and
shall also for every such offense be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof, shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars, or shall be impris- |
oned not more than one year; provided |
that the party aggrieved shall not recover
more than one penalty, and when the I
otfense is refusal of burial, penalty NAV
be recovered by the heirs at law of the |
person whose body has been refused burr |
al. And provided, further, that all per-
sons may elect to sue for the penaltv
aforesaid, or to proceed under their rights
at common law and State statutes: and |
when they have so elected to proceed in
the one way or the other, their right to
proceed in other jurisdiction shall be
barred; but this proviso shall not apply to
criminal proceedings either under this act |
or the criminal law of any State.
SEC. 3. That the districts and circu;t
courts of the United States shall have
exclusively of the courts Of the several |
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-05-28

A gentleman at Helena, NJ. T., has a
pair of huge mountain lions or cougares
which he has raised from whelps Thes,
beasts are now about two years old, and
are fully as large as good-sized panther.
They do not obtain their full growth un-
til four years of age. They are very fe-
rocious, and give no evidence of becom-
ing tractable; and an ordinary-sized dog
thrown into the cage, did not survive
long enough to give yelp. The owner
says they they have already devoured
some ten or twelve dogs and twenty or
thirty cats, which have been given to
them to play with. Three of the same
species, taken from Montana to the States
last fall, were sold to Chicago museum
for 81, 500.
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senator AIcOrn'. speech on rho
Civil Right HBiII.

Senator Alcorn's speech on tho civil
rights bill created considerable feeling
and surprise II was more mdica. m
tone than Mr. Summers, even III ho v.r.
living, would be. Several times t0.m
was subdued applause from thc g8IIr...
in which were present large number ~
more prominent colorcd people h.ra
The Senate remained in session uu.. Of
late hour in the night having determined
to reach a final vote ON the civil rights
bill before adiOurning There is fHy
doubt but what the bill will pass with .uo
provisions relative 10 schools, etc.. o.
tanned therein. Washington Cor. =.
Louis Globe.
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misrepresentation of Senator AL


The public who have read Senator
AlooIn'o speech and observed his action
ON the proposition to make appropri-
alton for the benefit of the sufferers by
the overflow, cannot fail to have seen
how he has been misrepresented by the
statement that he opposed it. His OBJ
! ject was to guard against abusing the
charity of the government and misappli-
cation of the funds; and 10 this, his Of
fence against the carpet-bag wing of his
party consists. Replying to this mis-
representation, the Vicksburg Times
says:
On the contrary, we affirm that SEN
ator Alcorn from first to last favored the
proposed appropriation and offered an
amendment, as the record shows, increas-
ing the amount from $50, 900 to 800, 900.
I ca, more, he suggested and is the
strong advocate of plan which, if adopt
ed, will afford not only temporary but
permanent relief, and guard against ca
lamties, such as the one we are now suf-
fering from, for all time to come
Senator Alcorn urged that the gener-
al government should take immediate
control of the levees, and when the food
subsidies provide labor, at fair compensa-
ton, for the people who have been thrown
out of employment, in rebuilding them
in substantial manner, in order to pre-
vent a recurrence of the present catas-
trophe. Indeed, he has already laid
before the Senate memorial from citi-
zens of Mississippi, praying for such
action on the part of the General Gov
eminent, and most ably will he press
the claims of the section which he has
the honor to represent. At the same
time he favored as strongly as any other
Senator, the granting of temporary relief
to the suffering people of this locality.
In the language of the Senator:
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Rev. Fountaine i. Pitts, we'll known
Methodist preacher died few days ago
while attending the General Conference.
He was great revivalist in his time.
During the war, though verging on three
score years and ten he raised regiment
for the Confederate service, and bore
arms in its defence to its close. After
wards he resumed his active duties in the
ministry, and died at an advanced age in
the vigor of his mental faculties.
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Referring to Buffers rumored attempt
TO make third experiment for Cover
nor of Massachusetts, the Times, Grants
New York organ, says:
1t is somewhat alarming to be threaten
ed with more of BUTLER, but we find
solace in the belief that he is again mis-
taken, and that he has not the ''inside
track" If he chooses to set himself up
again merely to be knocked down once
more, he will at least do the public the
service of adding interest to what threat
ems to be a dull political year.
Buffers ofense is'his' cooperation with
the West and South on the currency
question.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-05-28

The fifth annual State Fair, which
opened at Houston on the 18Th inst was
a complete success.
Field crops, -four meal. sugar molag.
SEES, canned fruit, tobacco. wine ala soap
candles, medicines, perfumerie. hnts.
clothing. boots, furniture. statuarv. cut.
lery, pianos, machines, iewelry, silver
ware paintings and many other articles
were exhibited. Pitayune.
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The names Of the six members Of the
House judiciary Committee who voted in
committee for the impeachment Of Judge
Durell, are Butler, Poland, Wilson and
White, Republicans, and Eldredge and
Potter, Democrats. 1t is not probable
that this corrupt Judge will be put on tri-
al on this finding But the very fact that
a majority IF a committee Of his own
party, have pronounced him guilty, will
disgrace him forever and deprive him Of
his power Of mischief IN the future.
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The PresbyIeriams.

{ From the s.. Louis Republican.
The simultaneous meeting of the several
Presbyterian general assemblies-that of
the Presbyterian church of the United
States in St, Louis, that of the Presby-
terrain church in the United States at
Columbus Miss, and that of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church at Spring
field, Mo. ATTRACTS attention to this inter
esting body of Christians, for the three
convocations represent mass of persons
who are really one family in origin, in
government, in philosophy, and almost in
doctrine. The assembly sitting in tn 5 city
represents the most powerful branch of
the family, chiefly Nothern in its makeup,
though having important outposts in Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, East Tennessee and
Maryland. 1t is cnmposed of the Old
and New School churches reunited, after
twenty-four years separation, in 1869
The Southern assembly in session at
Columbus repres ents the mass of Old
School Presbyterians in the South separ-
ated from the main body by the war, and
Independent ever since. The Cumberland
assembly also chiefly Southern in its
makeup, represents a growing body of
Presbyterians, separated from the main
stock in the great revival of 1900, pos
sessing milder doctrines, and enjoying
the good fortune of an unbroken peaceful
history.
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The Cairo Bulletin Democratic paper
in principle a. well as profession, has the
following to say about the recent meeting
Of the swallow-taiI Democrats represented
by the Belmont & schells Of Manhattan
Club, New York. Il wants them to IN
derstand-
THAT one Of The nonopolies which
the Democratic-in the best sense
Of that word-wide-awak voter Of to-day
has determined TO put bis heel upon and
crush, is the monopoly when wealth, in
the person OF such men as August
Belmont. has long exercised III the Sc
lection and election Of candidates for
office that the force which is to oppose
and break down the corruption, the greed
of wealth and power now feeding of the
very vitals Of the Government, Il not to
be found acittin the limits Of any eristing
| political organization; that this is the
province of the new party, toward which
| statesmen like Carl Schurz, no less than
/ the Changers and the Anti-Monopolists,
| are tendings the party which the events
/ of each SUCCEEDING day form into a more
perfect whole, and which, when the time
is ripe, will rise in IFS might, the conquer
| ing political organization Of the country
Unfortunatelythere Is too much ground
for the declaration Of the Bulletin. The
recent course of the party leaders Of the
Belmont sort on the currency question, is
full of evi. omen to the people Of the South
and West Without an exception every
| one of their tools in Congress, such men
| as Fernando Wood, Cox, Thurman ct I'd
barons of Wall Street and the East ia IA
vor of contraction Whether they will
be able to control the organization to
which they profess to belong, and in
which they exercise by means OF their
capital and large investments in govern
ment bonds, future Presidential nomina-
tions as they have since the war, remains
to be seen. 1t Is well known that Bel
mont & Co, inspired the nomination of
Seymour and their memorable raid in
the West Immediately preceding the
meeting of the Cincinnati Convention
and their active agency at Baltimore,
cannot he forgotten,
The country is ripe for a change. 1t
is tired OF Grantism but 1t sickens at
the thought of Belmontism. They are
parts and parcels Of the same corrupt
system which looks to the plundering of
the many for the enrichment of the few;
and the prospect for relief depends not
in the success of either but in the organ
ization and triumph of the anti-monopoly
movement Of the Independents (as they
call Themselves which the old parties
have combined 90 far without effect to
strangle in its cradle
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The c. BIS are getting rather the adj
vantage of Pinchback and his colored
friends in the New Orleans primaries.
Hon. Il. q. G. Lamar Cuts Bully
bottom TOOmb'S Comb.
From Washington Dispatch TO Chicago


From Washington Dispatch TO Chicago
paper
A racy bit of political gossip is current,
concerning a dinner party in honor OF
Robert Toombs, of Georgia, given by Sen
ator Gordon, of that State, on last Satur-
day. The invited guests were all Southern
men, among the number being Represent
alive Lamar, of Mississippi, whose eulogy
of Senator Sumner, recently delivered in
the House, has attracted SO much atten-
ton in all parts ofthe country. During
the conversation at the dinner table,
Toombs criticised Lamar severely for the
tone of his eulogy, and said that it was
not sustained by the Southern people.
He finally said to Lamar: 81 have come
up here to take you home," intimating
that he was crazy. Lamar, who had
born Toombs', braggadocioin silence, felt
insulted by this, and replied, loud enough
to be heard by all present: 1.-The man
loho says that is a cosoGrd md poltroon,
and unworthy Of the respect Of decent
gentleman" Toombs cried out, in q
rage: 81 will see you again, sir" which
seemed TO forbode an appeal to the code;
but the merit day he took the cars for home,
and has not been heard from since
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a significant Article from y. w.
Eorney.

The following are the salient para
graphs in an editorial, which, appearing
in the Philadelphia Press, has attracted
no little attention and comments. We
have our own opinion about the motive of
the author, and the object he seeks in di-
rectly to accomplish, but we will hold
it in reserve for the present-With the
simple remark that we feel quite sure, the
writer, Col. Forney, is not in favor of
Grants election to third term, as many
have con- ectured
The article begins by reference to the
Arkansas matter. 1t says that the Presi-
dent satisfies the people there, but offends
his friends here; and it then goes into a
discussion Of Southern affairs. A fter
describing the bad government In South
Carolina, the troubles in Louisiana, etc.,
it SAYS"
ssThe peril Of the South is felt in the
North; sympathy for the sufferings of the
Southern people begins to be common to
all parties. We know how the Republi-
cans of the old free States regard the sit
uation, and we can readily anticipate
where it must end, unless speedy rescue
is found"
1t then claims that the keynote is
sounded in the Presidents decision, and
asks if there is no way to apply the spirit
of this action to Louisiana and South Car
DINA. 1t declares Grant must take the
bold initiative, and adds:
at may seem to be sacrifice, and
yet, boldly seized, the opportunity may
be salvation An appeal to Congress
would be a iustalternative, The crisis in
the South does not affect one race, but
both; not only one section, but all; and to
meet and master it all politics and parti-
sans should be boldly and summarily set
aside. The country certainly would be
honored by the attempt of the Republican
party, and one man would be gratefully
Standardization Grant Every
honest man regards affairs in the South
with dire forebodings, and feels the shad-
ow of it projecting into its own disc"
ut is for Republican President, the
Press concludes, "to cut the Gordian knot
by one bold and determined eff 1rt for the
relief of the whole South, and once more
save his country and his party His pow
ers are vast; the craftsmanship to help |
him ought to be equally vast Where |
there Is much authority, there ought To
be much genius. Perhaps all that is
needed is moral courage, and that ought /
not to be wanting in citizen who broke /
down the rebellion and forgave the very
leaders he had conquered"
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THE CIvuL IIIGmr~ CASES
'Thc Suit nRnfnsS Gtc Academy of
Vgm.Ic Decided.

Ia the case Of Peter Joseph, ys Ut
vid Bidwell, proprietor of the Academy
of Music, wherein plaintiff claimcdSlNNN
damages for having been refused udu.t
tance into said Academy, on account ~
his being colored, Judge Lynch, ou -0t
urday morning, gave Judgment iu nEr
of Peter Joseph and against Mr.. BidwaI,
in the sum Of 81 900.
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She Civil Rights EsiII.

This measure has passed the Senate.
1t opens hotels, public schools, colleges
and universities and all institutions sup
ported by taxation to persons without
regard etc, etc This includes for exam
pie, the Mississippi University at Ok
ford, which was founded by national
gift and derives its support from taxa
ton. The bin will pass the House, aud
thus conclude the last Of the series Of
measures demanded as a result of eman-
cipation It leaves no further pretext
for agitation. Now, let us hide events,
and have peace"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-05-28

w. c. Flagg, President of the Illinois
Farmers Association, has been telling
what the Farmers Movement means.
The sum of his opinion is that it means
mischief to political tricksters and corrup-
tionists, without regard to party associa-
tons. 1t means no quarter to the Repub-
lican and Democratic organization.
Chicago Tribune.
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Example Worthy of Imitation

The young ladies of Whitworth Col
lege, Brookhaven, Mississippi, in conven-
ton on the Doth March last, adoped
sundry resolutions in regard to fine clothes.
They resolved that in view of the sacri-
fees their parents have to make to give
them an education. they regard anv dis
play of Dress during the commencement
exercises, as both unreasonable and in
bad taste, and that they will neither prac-
tice nor countenance it.-Tishomingo
Herald.
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GRUNEWALD HALL,

by amateurs, for the benefit of the over
flown sufferers. The beauty and fashion
of the city were royalty displayed. A
looker-on in Venice, whilst enchanted by
the music and singing, could not have
failed to notice the pride which New
Orleans takes in her prodigies. The
applause, in season and out of season, was
prolonged, tempestuous and indiscrimin-
ate
Merchants and factors speak gloomily
of the prospects ahead. The sugar and
cotton crops must be inevitably short. The
question is, to what extent they will be
reduced. The waters are not receding
from the overlooked districts in time to
make crops of either of these staples And
the news from the hill country as to cotton
is distressing beyond example. In conse-
quence of drouth the stand Is poor, and
the plants which had come late and sickly,
are dying, leaving the prospect of the poor
planter as bleak a. his fields are dreary
and barren.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-05-28

CARPET BAG DoNGs. Bradley and
Hynes were competitors for Congress in
A kansas. Bradley swears that he sold
the scat to Hynes for 81, 500-fve humid
red down and the remainder in two in
stallments.
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Washington quid-nuncs report that the
prince Of Falstatfs, that most cowardly
and conceited Of pot-valiants, Bully Bot
tom Toombs, had his comb well cut the
other day in Washington City by Col.
Lamar.
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THE PRICE OF COTTON

is somewhat remunerative now, but the
misfortune is, that it is nearly all held by
spectators. The people whose toll pro-
duced it have long since transferred it to
other parties to pay for supplies the
past year, or TO get breathing spell on
the mortgages which must sooner or later,
4 times do not improve, sweep away the
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-05-28
HE war Department order
Against the Decoration Of Con.
federaIc Graves

WAsHENGToN, May Ex-senator Pad
terson has addressed Il letter IA the -eora.
tary Of war, deprecating the orders bcra
totore issued forbidding the decoration ot
Confederate graves on memorial day N
Arlington, and urging that tbe order. M
y staholng' he revoked, or II temporary
that it be not renewed.
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ours,
ON-THE- WING.
sale Of Delinquent LANDS ia Kinds
County.

From the Kinds Co. q Zette.
Lands assessed in the name of the
following persons will be sold for the
taxes due thereon on the 18th day of June,
1874
L. s. Former, Jas. Owens, W. IL.
Thompson, John Leavell, Wesley Crlsler,
w. L. Stone, Mary Kavanaugh, w. IL.
Chichester, j. b. Fairchild, ). A. Price,
I. G. Ewin, I. w. Price, f. +. Under
Hill. E. T. Lowe, j. I. McAlpine, ID.
Mahonev, L. j. Futch, Ed. Shippens,
Alkaline Smith, Susan g. Fountaine,
w. ;. Jones, l.. A. Moore, Ed. Smith,
accent. VIM. Goode, T. j. Bolton, y. w.
Moffett. w. f. Dillon, j. w. Coon, Mrs.
NJ. Dillon, j. III. Cox, Mrs. ID. Snow, T.
McGraw. Mrs. NJ. Newman, JOS. T..
Davis, J. +. Bush, A. l.. Mckay, {. T..
Harrison, Mrs. y L. Brown, ID. Brohl-
san. Sallie Wyche, w. z. Garland, j. M.
Selser, A. Yates, G. L. Guion, NJ. A.
Barfield, Thos. Woodcock,G -. w. Welborn,
L. Patrick, A. NJ. Story, l.. B. Hemphill,
A. j. Bracey, Mrs. V. Doty, w. IL.
Thompson, Jas. Owens, w. Crisler, G.
Duryea, III. G. Daniels, W. l.. Hardy,
VIM. Young, John Duncan, J. Il. Boyd,
j. r. Yerger, G. S. Yerger, Robert Eos
ter, 2. O'Leary, John Lee, Gideon Ware,
Robt. Darlington, Mrs. +. G. Hooker,
E. Roy, f. Wilson, j. l.. Power, Z. *.
Clifton, NJ. Cambell, Levi Webster, Mrs
T. NAYS, Robt Austin, VIM. Yerger,
Houston heirs, Anna Olson, and all
delinquent lands assessed to "name UNI
known"
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Have Ezad Their Day.

The Presidents action in the Arkansas
sase, has effectually undoue Clayton, Dor
sey and the other adventures who have
ruled with high hand in Arkansas since
the war. They had abandoned Baxter and
had staked their all on the movement of
Brooks With his failure, their fall is inev-
liable. They will speedily go the way Of
Bullock and other unprincipled scamps
who have hourished for time and then
passed away intoA obscurity and dis
grace. Nothing but the folly Of the Con
servatives in Arkansas, can avert the
threatened doom Of Clayton and his gang.
If they will use their victory with sense
AMI moderation, the future restoration of
good local government is assured
The New York Herald in an editorial
on the subject of the overflow says that
THE lesson Of this disaster is that the
Government should undertake the whole
charge Of the Mississippi levee system.
To establish an efficient safeguard against
such disasters is otherwise impossible"
This idea is growing in favor. The
whole subject Of the interests Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley will occupy prominent
place in the future politics of the country
Strange as it may seem, Mr. John G.
Calhoun, strict constructionist IS he
was, and representative of the Atlantic
region, championed the policy in his
celebrated Report to the [. 5. Senate
nearly thirty years ago. For some years
it has been a favorite scheme with our
Senator, Mr.. Alcorn, and was the subject
of an able speech delivered by him during
the last Congress.
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The opinion seems to be gaining ground
that Gen. Sherman will be proposed Tor
the Presidency as an antidote for Grants
threatened Ciesarism.
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wreck that remains to them. In reference
to quotations in the cotton market, you-
correspondent desires to REMIND your
planting readers of one fact in reference
TO it; the better qualities of cotton have
been in request and commanded the pest
nr;ces the entire season, while there is no
sale scarcely at any price for inferior
grades. The lesson ia, pick your cotton
clean and handle it carefully.
You will see that my letter ia dated
from
THE CITY HOTEL.
The wav-worn traveller seeks this resort
as instinctively as the thirsty waytarer Is
attracted by the shades OF trees and bub-
hing spring in the midst of the desert.
The hospitable host, Col. Morse and his
assistant chief manager, Mr.. Watson,
will give him a cordial welcome, pro
vide him with comforts and Injuries,
and bestow upon him all the attention
which generous natures can suggest. Tell
all your readers who may be called to
he city by business, or pleasure that the
CITY Hotel is emphatically the traveller ;
home. There is no department which Il
not under superb management; and
everybody comes here who wants TO meet
everybody else.