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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-04-16
Disappearance of VIM. HI. Allen,
Esn.

our community was greatly shocked a
aa carly hour yesterday morning BY the
8uueuu cement that our old and respected
ownSuan, VIM. II. Allen, Esq, disappeared
st dssha5tLe, from his reside nee, about two
hours before daylight. Blr. Allen has been
feeble health for several months, and
auerIv it was feared that his mind was be
coming impaired. His condition for the
past week required the constant attendance
al friends, day and night. Two friends were
H his room or Tuesday night, and Mr.. Allen
was IN bis bed as late as three o'clock
e-terday morning, at which tine his attend
uts thought iJ safe to rest forawhile on a
sofa ia thereon. Awaking however. before
our o'clock. they found their patient gone.
He door un locked and the front gate ajar.
The a,arm wa at once given, and citizens in
s4uadr and singly started outin every direc-
zion. But up to the hour of going to press,
he search, we regret to say, has proved
ruthless.
The sad occurrence has cast profound
Gloom on the entire community and in the
uncertainty As to his fate, the sorrow-strickeD
wife and child have the hearty sympathy Of
.u our people
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BANKRUPT SALE.

In the District Court of the United States
southern District of Mississippi.
In the Matter Of
Z. Moody, In Bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy
DY VIRTUE of Decree of the District,
ID Court Of the United States, for the South
ern District of Mississippi, rendered on the
10Th day of February. \. ID. 1874, in the
above cause, the undersig ned. ass gnee, etc,
will proceed to sell, To the highest bidder for
cash, in front of the State House, in the City
of Jackson. State and District aforesaid, on
Thursday. the 2lst day of May, 1874, the
following described lots and parcels of land
belonging 70 the Estate of the said Z. Moody,
Bankrupt, to-wit:
Ten acre Lots, Nos. u, -, IA and 10
and Lots, Nos. 10, 20. 81, %, % and "A, in
NORTH Jackson; Lots l, and T. in section
&c. township 6, range l east; Lot /, in SEC
ton 2 township ), range | east, and three
acres 81 the southwest corner OF south invest
quarter. and the east half Of southeast quar-
ter, in section 50. township 6, range l east.
containing, in the aggregate, 81 acres,
more or less.
Further particulars of the Decree will be
made known on day OF sale. Sale within
legal bours.
This Is very desirable property. All of
the above described lands are adjacent TO
the City; very productive, and suited tor
building lots and stock farms
JAS. ID. STEW
Assignee.
March Is. 1874. Imr1S-tds
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rhe state University.

-, April 1874.
EDITOR CLARIoN: It would have
seemed but natural for the Legislature to
have inquired into the cause of the failure
of their mnnifcent annual appropriation
to the University to produce any adequate
results. The last session closed with
about Is Seniors, 20 Juniors, % Sophie
,nores, so Freshmen and 143 Grammar
boys-say 260 al told; and this Is all We
have for an annual appropriation Of some
$58, o0o 1t is being rapidly dwarfed to
the Dimensions of a village academy.
We have now about 19 seniors, Il Jun
Tors, p sophomores, and % freshmen and
some 10 grammar boys, say $50 all told,
though | am told there were 200 the first
Of the session. At this rate Of diminu-
ton, it viii dwindle to nothing in a very
short time
The still higher classes, require pro
fessors for their instruction. The average
for TWO years is 81, the appropriation sos
900, or 81, 600 for the instruction Of each
pupil not counting the freshmen and
grammar boys usually taught by tutors.
Including the little grammar boysand all,
the State pays, the munifcent sum OF
1914, for the instruction OF each pupn!!
Why is it that this well paid corps of
professors have so little employment?
Ii we add the rent Of the BUSINESS, to
the salaries Of the professors, the State
pays 1854 for the instruction of each pu-
pill, including grammar boys
In the University of Va, there are no
drones, their salaries depend in great
measure, upon the number Of pupils
Our State is destroying the University by
pursuing the opposite. And when the
professors ind the fewer pupils the less
work they will have 10 do with, they are
just mere human beings, nothing more.
No institution, at the present day, can
long survive the system Of discipline in use
in this institution. Il might have an
swered some purpose a century ago when
it was supposed that the only way to i'm
press an idea was with blrcA ROD, or
ferule II a spy reports that boy has
been in some mischief, the faculty do not
even give him notice that an accusation
has been made against him. He is tried
in secret-convicted and the first notice he
has of any punishment, is letter from
his parent or guardian calling him home.
This was the accepted mode eff managing
such things in the days Of the inquisi
ton, but the system seems 10 survive on
ly in Oxford University.
The institution is becoming small by
degrees and beautifully less and unless
something is done to change the whole
system, it will soon cease to exist
OBSERVER.
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THE NATIONAL QUESTION OF
THE BAY
AExcit1aS scenes I'm Congress ON the
Currency Quarrel.
(From the Chicago Tribune.

(From tue Chicago Tribune.
Washington The House was en-
gagged during its entire session TODAY.
with the struggle on the financial question.
There was most intense excitement an
parent, r1anifestiHg itself more in close.
alert watchfuiness than in any noisy
ebullltions, although occasionally the
ceaseless hum Of conversation would
gather strength and break out into a roar.
l he roll was called almost necessarily, as
the ayes and noes were taken on various
minor amendments or fiIibustering pro-
positions. Maynard, having charge Of
the bill, displayed great deal Of nerve,
and kept his head admirably, although
his nervous excitement was great, as was
testified by his trembling hands and
anxious expression. Kelley grew almost
pale. as be watched the rise and fall Of his
much-loved 3.65 proposition. Even Ben
Butler lost a good part of his robust
swagger, and quoted down in his eager
attention to the work in hand
BENJAMIN BECAME IRAscIBLE
under the influence Of the batting to
which he was and is subjected. In reply
to a question from his old friend, Sunset
Cox, who had not CAUGHT the meaning of
one of Buffers remarks, he said, if his
COOKS ears were as acute as they were
long, he would hear the remark distinctly.
Hale, of New York, also rose 10 request
an explanation of some sort, but sat down
again amidst peal Of laughter, when
Butler retorted that he had made that
matter comprehensive to even the most
ordinary minds.
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THE NEW TEMPERANCE LAW
what Outside Papers says of 1t

From the St. LOUIS Republican.
Here we have another, or, rather, orig
inal phase of the temperance movement,
coupled with very distinct recognition
Of female suffrage. How they will work
together remains To be seen. There is
probably hardly any community, even in
Mississippi, where, if the temperance men
and women unite, they cannot shut out an
application for license-and a refusal to
sign on the part Of the women has the
same effect as a negative vote. At last,
then, in one state at least, the fair sex
hold the balance Of power on the whisky
question, and there is scarcely room for
doubt as to how they will use it.
From tie Washington Chronicle.
The Legislature of Mississippi, at its
recent session, passed an excellent tenn
perance law. 1t embraces the principles
of the so-called "local option iucorpora-
ted in the laws on this subject, which have
been enacted in the several States of the
Northwest. These laws provide for the
license or refuse to license retail traffic in
intoxicating liquors in any township or
Incorporated city, according. as amajority
Of the legal voters may decide. The Mis-
sissippi statute requires the signature Of
majority of men over twenty-one years
Of age, and OF women over eighteen years
Of age, in any locality, to a petition ask
ing for a license be ore it can issue. This
recognition Of the rights Of the women in
such cases is most commendable.
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Dr. ScheRclx's Standard Remedies.

The standard RENE dies for all diseases of
the lungs are SCHENCK's PULMoNIC SYRUP,
SCHENCK's SEA WEED Tonic, and SCHENCK's
MANDRAKE PILLS. and If taken before the
lungs are destroyed, a peedy cure is effect
ed
To these three medicines DIR. j. H. Schenck
at Philadelphia, owes his unrivaied success
in the treatment of pulmonary diseases
The PulmOmie Syrup ripens the morbid
matter in the lungs; nature throws ii OF by
an easy pectoration, TOR when the phiegm
or matter is ripe a slight cough will throw
it off. the patient has rest and the lungs be-
gin TO heal.
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this,
Schenck's Mandrake Pills and Shenck's Sea
Weed Tonic must be freely used To clean sc
The stomach aud liver. Schenck's Mandrake
Pills act on the liver, removing all obstruc-
lions, relax the gall bladder, and bile
starts freely, and the liver Is soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle slim
ulant and Alternative; the alkali of which it
is composed, mixes with the food and pre-
vents souring. 1t assists the digestion by
toniug up the stomach to a healthy condi-
tion. so that the food and the Pulmonic
Syrup will make good blood then the lungs
heal. and the patient will surely get well if
care is taken to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult DIR. Schenek,
either personally or by letter, can do so at
his principal office, corner of Sixth and
ARCH Sis, Philadelphia, every Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all drug
gists throughout the country.
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The AIIiance EseTweem the South
uud West.

For once the West and the South
worked together and won a complete vic
tory. This lesson should not be forgotten.
The interests of the West and Sout,I are
one and the same, and by coalition be
tween the two sections, New England can
be routed in her chosen field In many
respects the war between the States was
war for an idea. The Southern idea Of
government and of federal policy was OPP
posed to the New England idea. The
producer and the consumer, the agricul-
turist and the manufacture, the free
trader and the protectjonist, the debtor
and the creditor, were arrayed against
each other; and the South has the power,
by uniting with the West, to obtain in the
National Legislature what she could not
win by force of arms. New England no.
tons have had their day. The time of the
South and West has come.-Charlesto
:. G.. News
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What Gen. Chalmers says abOu1
the Charges against Nudge
ShacI&TeforGf.

tFrom the Cotton Plant.
The charges against Judge Shackleford
were, in my Judgment, fully sustained
by the proof now on file. But when [
saw that the lawyers of Tuuica and
Coahoma al ne joined in the prosecution,
and when long petitions We're sent from
some of the counties to retain him, signed
in part by lawyers; and after Colonel
Bolton, witness for the defence, stated
that he ,cds authorized to say that the lawyers
of Greenville, who knew him as well as |
did, desired to retain Judge Shackleford,
I accepted the compromise offered
This relieved the lawyers who had pros
eeuted him, for his administration, and /
did not feel disposed to risk the uncer-
tainty of getting a two-third vote to re-
lieve others who did not seem to desire such
| relief. The Legislature had nothing do
with the compromise, and were in no way
bound by it-and learn have since re
fused to recognize it.
One of the counsel for defence stated
to me that he could succeed with The
defence if I would withdraw from the
prosecution. This finally agreed TO dc
upon the passage of the Act putting
| Tunica and Coahoma into the 18th
District. This not only relieved me Of
an Objectionable judge, but relieved me
from the danger ofanother bad appoint
ment, and placed me under one whose
established reputation gave me assurance
of an honest and fair administration of thu
law.
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1t will doubtless take Gen. Schenck, and
most other leading Republicans who have
been out Of the country for some years,
good while to find out-what they are find
ing very rapidly in Boston-that the Re
publican party is not now in power, and
that, if it is not already in direct conflict
with the party that Is in power, it is liable
to find itself in that predicament at any
moment. New York Tribune
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MARSH County Taxpayer.

From the Reporter
At meeting of Taxpayers held in
Holly Springs, at the office Of Messrs.
Falconer Bros, Tuesday, 7th inst, at 4
o'clock p. NJ, John D. Fennell, Esq,
was made Chairman and j. w. Mclean,
Secretary. The objects of the meeting
were explained, to be the organization OF
the Taxpayers of Marshall county to
take steps to prevent illegal acts of Off
Gals and to tighten the burden Of taxa
ton.
On motion, it was resolved, That a
committee Of five be appointed 10 draft a
Constitution and Bylaw to be submit
ted to an adjourned meeting to de held
in the Court House at Holly Springs,
Saturday 18th inst, at - o'clock NJ
The Chairman appointed Howard Fal-
coner, Chairman, DR. F. B. Shuford j.
II. Athey and w. 4. Roberts
On motion, it was resolved that Hon.
Dewitt Stearns be requested to act as
one of the committee.
Resolved, that the Independent South
and Reporter be requested TO publish these
proceedings
Attest, j. w. MCLEAN, See'y.
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NOTICE.

Supreme Court-Oetober Term, \. b. 1873,
Saturday, March l4th, 1874.
ORDERED, That N the April Term, 1874
" of this Court. the Docket OF the First
District be taken mp the Third Monday.
the 10Th day of April. and the cases thereon
called until Monday. the Ilth day of May
when the Docket OF the Third District will
be taken up and the cases thereon called
until Monday, the 10Th day OF May, when
the Docket Of the Second District will be
aiken up, and the cases thereon called until
Monday, the Slh day of June, A. ID. 1874.
A true copy from the minutes.
Attest: JAS. Nj. MCKEE,
Il. =. Clerk.
by THos. A. MCWILLIE, D. c.
March Is. 1874. Tmr1S-1m
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Chancellor Walton.

A petition has been recently circulated
in Yazoo county, addressed to Hon.
Thomas Walton, the newly appointed
Chancellor for that District, asking him
to reconsider his determination to resign
his office. Among the signers of the
document, we understand, are the emf
nent counsel who prosecuted in the late
hearing of the habeas corpus case, en- par
te-A. 7. Morgan.-Pilot.
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The West and SOufh Natural Al
lies.

From the Wilmington IN. c. Journal.
tits especially gratifying to US TO see
how rapidly the Southern and Western
States relearning to look forreliefto amore
perfect union between them. If this idea
shall once possess the minds of the people
of the two sections the work Of regenera-
ton will be well nigh COMPLETE.
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Among the callers on the President to-
day was Ex-Governor Hebert, of Louis
lana, who had an interesting conversation
relating to the improvement of the mouth
of the Mississippi. The President evinced
great interest in the purpose, and hoped
Congress would push it through. Of
course he did not commit himself to either
the canal or the jetty plan.-Wsshington
Cor. St Louis Globe.
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The Southern Side, of Anderson
willie Prison.

This is the title of work soon to be
issued by DR.. Randolph Stevenson, late
Medical Director of the Prison Hospitals
at Andersonvilfe. Its object is, by means
ofdocumentary evidence, to show how false
have been the charges of cruelty made
against the management of the Anderson
vile Prison. The work promises to be
valuable contribution to truth, and as such
should be welcome to the public of what
ever section.
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ga EEenEoFiaHEI.

DmD.-In Edwards February 18th, MISS.
OLIVIA L. LEWIS in the 23d year OF her
aye.
OLIVIA was the daughter of Mrs. E. Brock.
was born in Vick-bu z. but removed to this
.ounty when very young where she had the
misfortune to lose her father. To her tender
owing nature this was a most bitter bereave-
mcut. and tArouS bout her whole life memo
rs g., sweetest floral offerings, watered by her
tear, were laid upon his grave. Blessed with
sue kndest Of mothers. a loving brotherto
whom she&aS devotodly attached, a fond si-
ter ina whose home her gentle presence was as
d ray ofsummer sunlight diffusing JOY on all
who came wjJhin her influence, espec-
Ial fIvorile of a large circle of friends. the
loved companion Of one from whom
size was rarely separated, admired, caressed,
her lie was as one long summer day. Her
Illness was painful and long, but she endured
10 with foriiCude exhibiting o those around
her bedside the graces ola SURPRISING patienc
aud christian meekness. Her mind was calm
and composed as she addressed her friends.
giving each her dying counsel, and at last
a- The faint grey shadows of the dawn was
er.eping up the eastern sky her soul gladly
..ascd Is earthly tenement and flew away
.a meet It's Hi ndred in the vast hey ond.
Over our hearts and into our lives
Shadows viii sometimes tall,
But HE sunshine Is never wholly dead,
Ana heaven Is shadowless over our head,
And GOD Is over ali.
EDWARDS, March 25th.1 1874. l.. II.
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The Legislature of North Carolina has

The Legislature of North Carolina has
passed an act entitled an act for the better
security of human life. 1t provides that
any person who manufactures, sells or
deals in spirituous liquors as drink, Ct
any name or kind, containing foreign
properties or ingredients poisonous to the
system, shall be punished with five years
imprisonment in the penitentiay. The
certificate of competent chemist shall
be prima tacie evidence against the often
der
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RAILROAD DIRECTORY.

TRIBUTEs OF REsPEcT.-The NJ. Z.
sabbath School o this city have passed APP
.raprta5e tribute Of respect to the memory
Z TWO OF It's members, recently deceased
Cla=. I. Knight and Miss Fam Mar
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TIME FINE RESIDENCE of W. l.. Ware is
L offered for sale. cheap, and on easy terms.
The improvements are excellent an / capacious
The dwelling is situated about one mile and a
quarter from the Capitol. Either 20 or so
acres surrounding the dwelling (as the pur-
chaser may PREFER win be sold with the
dwelling.
For terms. apply to
JOHNSTON s JOHNSTON,
febl2 3m Agents.
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The United States during the war very
properly refused to pay balances due to
disloyal contractors for carrying the mails
in the States involved in the rebellion
prior to the beginning of the war. Since
its close many people begin to doubt the
justice and wisdom of longer Withholding
this compensation. The question, at
least, deserves to be dispassionately consid-
cred by Congress.-Washington Chron-
icIe, (Repl
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Ia ibis city, on Monday night, April 18th,
1874, Of typhoid fever, WIN 6. MORGAN. sou
. Austin and Lucy \. Morgan, in the 9th
year of his age.e \ native OF Jackson.
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Mrs. VIM. PIcKETT.-Just as we 90
to press we hear of the death of Mrs.
VIM. Pickett. We regret that we can
not notice at length the beautiful life and
christian death of this most excellent
lady.-Yazoo Democrat.
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Industrial Revolution i'm GII
south.
From the Memphis Appeal.

From the Memphis Appeal.
Colonel f. f. Whitfield, of Corinth,
Mississippi, has devoted many years to
thestudy ofquestions involved III the man
ufacture of cotton cloth. Not long ago,
while in Middle Tennessee, he fonnd Il
machine, Of which he had heard, devised
uv one Clemens, Mr. Whitfield examined
and com pretended its mode and purpose
1i construction, and bought of Clemens
heirs half interest in the revised ma
chine. He caused one to be- made, ana
it is now in operation at Corlnth. The
cotton is taken from the fields and re-
ginned; Is converted by this machine into
thread. Specimens of this thread have
been sent to all northern mills, and man.
ayers Of these have uniformly written to
Mr. Whitfield to learn where the silken,
iustrous, tenacious cotton grew from
which such thread was made. A thread
made BY Mr. Whitfeld's machine will
-ustain fully one-third more weight than
an equal thread made of cotton that has
undergone the ordinary processes Of com
preston and of the complicated machin-
cry Of common cotton mills. The inven-
ton OF tins gin and spinning machine be-
gets the absolute necessity for the transfer
Tor cotton manufactures to the cotton
fields. There can be no competition be-
tween northern and southern mills when
the latter make goods worth twenty-five
or thirty per cent. more than cloth from
Lowell or Leeds, and at the same time
save the cost of transporting the cotton &c
Leeds, and thence back to New York and
the South. Manufacturers from all parts
OF the United States have visited CorintL
to witness the operation of this Clemens
machine, and none deny or doubt the ulti
mate results here destined.
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The Best L. the Cheapest.

The Non-explosive Petro OH sold by VIM.
J. Brown, Sr., Jackson. Mississippi, makes
the cheapest. cleanest and most beautiful
hight OF any oil or burning fiuid i use- It has
stood the most severe tests vii III expio-
sion (febl2 om