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AWAKE.

Calm a that mooube1m on the wall
Sleep brood- on haby's eye;
Arms. hu~hed and tjll, but pui-iug quick
Eutuii INN "A he lies;
Ms brain is full of thr0ngiug thoughts.
Strange passions thriil my breast:
My heart aches with Load Of love.
That will not let me rest.
The dim years stand about my bed,
They neither smile nor weep;
Like sOttr~t kisses on my face
The little fingers creep.
! hear slow foot falls in the night
OF fate~ upon the track;
. love, | cannot iet you go,
! cannot keep you back.
Lord, let him shelter in nv arms.
Or take Us hoth TO thine;
Or if troublous life must come,
Make all the troubles nine:
Or let Thy sharp swords pierce my heart
To blunt fhem for the child
What care |, Lord. Tor stain or shame
80 he keep indebted,
Nay. Lord, | know not what | ask,
know NOT how to pray;
Hear Thon the crying m0thcr-sOul
And not the words | say.
Do Thou what seemeth good to Thee,
So he be- spared from sin;
And OH, if love can au9ht avail,
Let mine he counted in
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Fhed, and they would dud thcmFelvfa Ca fT.
enviable position held BY the mrmar- Ir
those sections Of the country which have
not known slavery. More especially is tHIr
necessary where the laborers were but ~
Gently slaves and where a system 0f uoaa-
Ahtry or tenauiry might 30 readily and
naturally result
win population of nearly o. million we
nave none mparatiVCly speaking. enc
RaRed IN manufactures. With unlimited
| supplles OF raw material 90 our doors. $50
| SEM ABROAD Tor our farming imUItmrrf..
| our household furniture. and the tH.u.auG
! and one articles used iu daily life Tho .ur-
ton W. raise II returned 20 as us mauufre-
tured goods for which we pay. Doc addition
| 10 the cost of manufacture. me frIU.r Ur..-
| ton 10 and fro. and The charge Of the
many agents through whose hand. DO Uu...s.
Mississippi might become au imr.rr..f
manuiacturiug state 10 che UeoplrW .IIpU IL
capital and skill are necessary and .lI|I
come II properly encouraged But IH.U a
no encouragement which invites them H.ru
ana Imposes unnatural restrictions. While
all are ready 20 make changes imagine. ra
DC 10 their own advantage. DO TRUE Au.r.-
can can consent o. "a forced silence as fH I.I.
political convictions, nor will CUpIuI N..-
ture on uncertain ground, whether Justly
or unJusuy, the idea BE- abroad, due fH I|r
action OF small number, chat oull thu-uuf
ante oellum residence are OBJ Doe regarded Us
genuine citizens aud entitled Co prosperity
or preierment. Mississippi has Been mu.-
W tAHhNf ttuN some OF HtF rIr.r| STATES.
The preludiced few who, unconscious of ono
present, would have caste rule aEd exclude
the outer world az by "A Chinese wall. have
tailed 10 control her desUuies She cam
and heartily Invite all tu come,
especially manufacturers, and assure theu
)t her sympathy aud cooperation, with
he conviction that all hostility OF fcUIne
will speedily pass away.
! shall endeaVOr, feHrlessIy and ruu-ritr-
lousy 20 administer the affairs OF Stale.
hall strive 10 secure 90 every citizen. hove
ver humble and poor, bis rights. aud sHe
hat none, however rich and powerful. over
ide the laws.
Rigid economy and a strict agcouutl.
'ility In all expenditures OF public monies
re due the people who are taxed 90 support
he Government.
All transactions of the past or present ur
which may take place in the future. .Nur
erninR which there may be just cause f0r
oubt or suspicion should be- mcrcilps-IE u-
let the consequences of exposure
All upon whom they may. Political OFF,
can no better Afford thtu iuN|-
iduals TO screen or shield corruption ur
In office.
| invite all good citizens 20 Join mc DOB Wy
1nrts at an economical, impartial and Ih.
-al administration of the laws
On motion, the Joilt Convention HI-
urned sine die, AMI the Senate retired lu
le Senate Chamber.
House adjourned.
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SENATE
THIRD DAY
THURSDAY. Jan -. ls74
MESSAGE FROM THE GaVERNuR.

THURSDAY. Jan -. 1874
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
Mr.. PREsIDENT-The enclose3 copies 81
( contracts made with counsel b. t.prrsanf
the State of Mississippi. IN the fol wing de-
scribed cases. to-wit:
James NJ. Watt -. The state III Nis>i~-
sippi. pending at the time III the Chancrr4
Court OF Kinds county. Gamble. and Cal
noun counsel for the State.
The State Of Mississippi vS. Kimbali Raw
mohd Co. Public Printers pending in the
! Circuit Court of Kinds county. Shelton a
Shelton. counsel for the state
Harvey q. Moore vs.. The STATE 81 Siis~is-
/ Sippi ana Samuel b. Thomas. sheriff aud
/ TaX-Collector of Kinds county, -. VIM. B.
! Taylor both pending in the Supreme Court
/ the State.
/ His Exccllency has approved the follow
ing entitled bills. originating in the Sem
ate:
ton to information and proceedings in quo
warranto.
5. ban Act for the relief Of JOHN IL
Sloan, of Newton county.
INTRODUCTION or RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. Allen
Resolved by the Senate. the, House con-
cnrrlng. That the President OF the senate
and the Speaker OF the House be, aud they
are hereby authorized and required to ad- /
jouru their respective bodies sine die AT / , 1
O'Clock M. on Saturday. the 2ISt day Of |
March, A. d., 1874.
On motion OF Mr.. Stone. the resolution /
was laid upon the table subject TO be called I
up.
The hour for the reasSem bling OF the
Joint Convention of the two Houses of the
Legislature, the Senate proceeded in "A body
to the Hall of the House of Representatives
for the purpose of completing the work of
the Joint Convention begun on yesterday.
Upon the completion of the business o:
the Joint Convention, the Senate returned
to their cham Der at IL o'clock, A. NJ.
On motion of Mr.. Bennett a recess was
taken for ten minutes, at which time the
Senate reasSem bled, and in a body pro-
ceeded to the House OF Representatives 10
witness the Inauguration of the Governor
elect, to whom the oath of Office was adj
by Chief Justice +. q. Peyton.
The oath Of office was also administered I
TO the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS elect, Hon. 4.
X. Davis, and other State officers.
After which the Senate rea>-embled In its /
chamber
On motion of Mr.. Caldv ell a committee of {
wo was appointed to wait on the Ideuten- {
mt Governor, Mr.. Davis. and escort him 10
his seat.
The President appointed McS-rs. Cald-
ven and Allen on said committee.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS being escorted J
o his seat, made a few remarks appropriate :
o the occasion.
Senate adjourned. e
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Sl23.150

To enable the Trustees of Acorn Univer-
>Ity TO purchase the Oakland College prop
erty SIS,2o was exchanged with Them for
an equal amount of State warrants ont of
the annual appropriation, and the additional
sum of $l3,650 in currency was advanced to
them
Under the provisions of the law BY which
the grants of lands were made TO the State,
the priacipal of this fund cannot be en-
craached upon. Provisions should there
Tore be made Tor its re-investm ent rs fast
as the bonds now on deposit, mature, or
they should be submitted by Iong-term
bonds
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Messrs. Warner. Gleed and Cassidy were
appointed as a Committee on Inauguration,
on the part of the Senate.
On motion of Caldwell. Committee was
ordered To be appointed TO wait on the Gov
ernor and inform him that the Legislature
was organized and ready to receive any
communicate II that he may be pleased to
make.
On motion of Mr.. Warner. the clergymen
of Jackson were invited To open the morn
ing sessions with prayer.
Recess until 2 80 P. NJ
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SENATE.
SECOND DAY
WEDNESDAY. Jan. u. 1874.

President Bennett. in few remarks
thanked the Senate for the honor they had
conferred upon him, resigned his position as
F. II. Little be elected President pro tenn,
of the Senate by reclamation. Carried.
Mr.. Little. on taking the Chair, briefly
thanked the Senate for the honor confer
red.
Mr.. Allen presented the credentials of j.
A. Mcneil of the 18th Senatorial District.
Committee on Credentials repoI ted that T.
B. Graham had been duly elected from the
9Th District, and j. T. Carter from the 1st
District. "a
The three Senators went forward and took
the oath Of ONCE. - - ts@+A4N'A4 49,
w. B. Redmond was elected Sergeant-at-
Arms; Pinkney Ross. Door Keeper; Major
John Williams, Reading Clerk; George B.
Pickett, Engrossing Clerk; r. A. Simmons,
Enrolling Clerk.
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80 CLOCK. p. NJ.
On re- assembling. J. G. bell was elected
Journa Clerk, and Pope Scruggs Minute
Clerk.
Senate Messages were received from the
House
The Annual Message of the Governor WIS
received.
Senate took recess until Z 30; aud on re-
assembling. proceeded in body TO the
ouse of Representatives to witness the
canvass of the votes for State officers
Adjourned.
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RAILROAD INDEBTEDNESS.

have the satisfaction OF announcing to
YOU that the State Indebtedness of the New
Orleans jackson and Great Northern Rail-
road Company has been paid. and the war
rants received on account thereof turned
over to the Treasurer. In some of the
statements heretofore made in regard to
the amount of this debt, no notice was
made of the paid up interest, and this grew
cut of the fact that no Endorsements had
been made upon the notes of the company
The State Treasurer's receipts, however,
show full payment OF interest up to October
lst, 1862. From this date, up to the time of
the withdrawal of Warrants from the mar
ket for the purposes of settlement, interest
has been included.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY. Jan. 20. 1874.

TUESDAY, Jan. 20, 1874.
House was called to order at II NJ, by
Hon. ii. NJ. Street. Speaker OF the last
House. \ quorum was present. Prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Thompson.
On motion of Mr.. Avery. George Pease
was appointed temorary Sergrant-at-arms,
and - Pollard, tenn orary DOor-KeeI er.
The following were appointed as
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS;
Messrs. Spellman, Tyson, Cessor sullivan,
Champlin. Lynch, Leggetr. Stone, Boyd.
Recess until 2 80 p. NJ.
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Mississippi Legislature.
SENATE.
Tuesday. Jan. %. 1874.

TUESDAY, Jan. 20. 1874.
Senate was called to order at II N, by
Hon. Joseph Bennett. F. NJ. Abbott elected
temporary Secretary.
The following were appointed as
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS:
GRAY, Cassidy, Mcclure, Williams and
Cam pbell,
The following recently elected msmbers
presented credentials
ID District-G w. White.
9th DiStrict--J. J. Smith.
9TH Dstrict-C. E. Furlong.
S:h Di>trict-T. l.. MenIenhall.
18th District-J. E. Everett.
16fh Districts. w. Smythe.
18th District-Isham stewart.
18th Di>trict-G, K. Thornton.
p Di>trict-J. VI. Stone.
23Fd Observation-Disclosures Cullens.
o..,, Di-..;.l J T. Shirley.
Nathan Shirley.
25th District--George Albright.
26rh District-R. Fl. Taylor.
29th District-William Gray.
Dist District-W. II Parker.
Recess until o'clock.
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Luuatic Blind ID. Il ID
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND

The condition of the Agricultural College
Land Script fund is as follows
Amount received in currency for the land
scrip, POI. 920 acres. at 80 cents per acre. SlSS-
92S 90. This amount was invested IN State
bonds. which were deposited in the Treas
urv, and assigned, as required by law, 10 the
State University, as foll9ws
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John r. Lynch, colored, is the young
est man in the United States House of
Representatives. He was a slave, with
out education, at Natchez, until the Union
army entered that town. He is but twenty
six years old.
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8 O'CLOCK P. NJ.

On reassembling, tie Committee on Gre
dentials reported in favor of seating the
foregoing, except Contestants from the 24th
District. and Senator from the 9TH District /;
and the oath of Office was administered by
Judge Simrall of the supreme Court.
On motion OF Mr.. Everett Mr.. Furlong
was seated.
Mr.. W c. White was elected Secre' ary-
receiving IA votes on joint ballot; F. NJ.
Abbott 8; r. q. Simmons, 2: w. j. Well
ing, =; Jones 5. Hamilton, /.
Adjourned at 80 P. NJ.
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On the 1Oth instant the Postmaster
General appointed Eldridge macarthur
postmaster az Shieldsboro', Miss spec
ial agent Of the Post Office Department
vice William I'll. Parker resigned.
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The Farmer Grange
PHnApELPnIA. Jan. 8. -.

A meeting of the New Jersey State
Grange of the Patrons Of Husbandry was
held today at Camden. Thirty-five
oranges we're represented, either by their
masters, overseers or delegates, ana the
wives of several of the masters were pres
ent. together with other lady members of
the order, and a great number Of fourth
degree members, who are entitled 20 the
privilege of the floor, without the
votes.
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FIRST BALLOT.

Mr. Shadd was declared elected
II. w. Warren was elected Clerk Geo
r. PesSp, Sergeant-at-arms. and Il. Pollard.
Doorkeeper.
\ committee of seven was appointed to
investigate all contested election cases:
COmmittee.--J. NJ. Stone, w Fl. Lynch, r.
r, Applewhite. H. NJ. Street, Robert
Thorn pson. B Z. Archer. f. Wilhourne,
Adjourned at 4 80, until 10 A. M, to-mor-
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ADVERrasING AGENTS.

~ None others are authorized TO solicit
f..siness for THE CLARION.
; p NtGEs ......... 80. go. .......... Boston
: NJ prrTrva IL 4 ........ ....... Boston
!. VI PErrIsGTLL Co, ......-....-..~New York
II SHARPE & New York City.
Gro F. RowELL & Co., ..-.......-.--New York.
CRTFrTy 4 HOFFMAN ....-.. Baltimore.
Coz. WETdEKILL & Co.,-............P Philadelphia
DIBBLE q Co, ............. ...-..... Louisville
NAsrz MARCHAND & Co., .............. Louisville
UEG0LYER s. kICHEN, .................. Cincinnati.
TgoHAs MCINTYRE, .........- New Orleans
Remittances should be by registered letter,
money order, draft, or by express. hen 9TH
q wise, the Office cannot be responsible.
All business communications should be adj
dressed fa Power & Barksdale, jackson Miss
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An old time rock-"Rock me to sleep.
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The Chair appointed ~ such committee.
Me>srS. Harris, Street and Shorter.
Adjourned until 10 A. NJ Io-morrnw
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PUBLIC REVENUE.

The revenue realized from all sources Gu-
II ing the past four years has not been Sutli-
c'eht =" meet the expenses of the Govern
ment, rs will appear from the following
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT:
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EXHIBIT OF SETTLEMENT.

Messrs. Murdoch, HUMPHREYS & Smith, on
account OF said railroad Indebtedness, 70
State of Mississippi.
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w arTantS can

DEBT STATEMENT.
Above total excess --......-... 1871 947 10
Warrants outstanding January
l. 1870 ....e. 2ll,735 50
State indebtedness 10 Chicka-
rs, saw School Fund ....-. sI4743 %
Warrants cancelled by Treas
urer, now represented by State
w bonds ....... 63465O 90
Warrants cancelled. represents
ed by certificates of indebted
VI mes. .....,,, ......... 2a4,l5O 90
Warrants cancelled, for which III
the State is Indebted TO the
Common School Fund SIX aga 40
Total liability of the State s9437eo 90
Ane amounts above reported as belonging
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CONCLUS SION.
FEMALE SgFEEe AGE.

r.. G. POWERS.
Governor
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to the Chickasaw and Common School
funds, together with $2l8.l50 90 in State
bonds, which belong to the Agricultural
Departments of Oxford and Alcorn Uni
versities, are held as trust funds, the princi
pal of which the State is not required To
pay. Deduct these items from the total liza
bilitv. and there remains State debt Of
81 794 332 81 distributed a. follows:
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Report received and agreed to. and oath
of office administered by Judge 1arbell, of
Supreme Court.
Nominations for Speaker being in order,
Mr.. Sullivan. of Bolivar. nominated I. D.
ShAdd. OF Warren; Mr.. Garrett, of Tate.
nominated II, NJ. street, of Prentiss MIR
Lynch, of Adams, nominated J. j. Spelman,
of Madison.
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Sunday.

THE attack lately made by the New
York police upon Sunday beer-gardens
must provoke some thought regarding the
Sabbatic laws of modern Christendom.
In England, four years ago, the Lords
Day Rest Society unearthed the act Of
Charles Ii. forbidding Sunday trading,
and began TO prosecute the cOstermongers
under it. Though this method Of reform
failed, the society still strives by persua-
sion to check the Dissertation Ot Sunday.
Its leaders waited upon the Archbishop
of Canterbury at Lambeth place last
autumn, andasked him to preside over
one Of their meetings at the Lambeth
Baths and to walk, in company with
few friends of the association, through
the New-cut on some Sunday morning,
and on the spot address a few words to
the people upon the subject Of Sunday
trading" and to invite "clergymen and
the ministers of ali denominations
throughout Great Britain to set apart
Sunday, February 16, for sermons against
misunderstanding. 1t is said that his
Grace agreed to these measures, though
the walk, at least, was given up. To the
Bishop Of London the society only assign
ed the task of making Sunday journey
afoOt to st. PauPs, there to preach against
Sunday cab-driving. so basing his precept
on personal example. But when Mr.
Girdlestone, after lamenting the use OF
Sunday cabs by protested Christians,
asked the Bishop himself to take up the
cross, the Mortified prelate exclaimed,
"Why, should have to walk all the way
from Fulham !" and sympathizing critic
adds that it is ''as sinful to work bishop
as a horse on the Sabbath, and the sight
of bishop covered with mud ascending
the pulpit at St. PauPs in a state of exhaus,
ton will do more harm than good to the
object of the association. The only
method of making things comfortable
would be for the bishop to arrive on 8
bicycle" The society further denounce
the opening of the British Museum on
Sunday, and all kindred misuses of the
day.-Galaxy.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

A resolution to have night sessions was
tabled.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Mr.. SPEAKER: | am directed by the Gov
ernOr, TO inform the House that he has APP
proved the following bills.
An Act to extend the corporate limits of
the town of West Point, in the county of
Colfax.
An Act to be entitled an Act 10 establish
Il public ferry in the county of Yazoo at
the town Sartartia, and for other purposes
A bill to be entitled an Act TO change the
time of holding Circuit Court in Green
Private Secretary.
ton: Resolved, That the seat of Mr.. Byrd
OF Franklin be declared vacant, and that
the matter be referred back to the people !;
carried yeas 81 nays 80
Mr. Gill offered the following resolution !;
Resolved, That Redding Byrd, OF Pearl,
be confirmed in his seat. and that the Speak
er be authorized TO issue certificates to Ew-
ing Cowan, contestant. for $3.50: carried
Mr.. CesSoT offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That the Speaker of the House
be authorized to tissue his warrant in ia
vor of Mr.. Horton for the sum of one hum
bred and fifty dollars as contestant in the
case of Horton vs.. Thompson tabled.
Resolved, that the Speaker of the House
be authorized to issue to J. c. Mcleod. a GER
tificate to pay TO the amount of $3.50 carried !;
Yeas A, Nays, 40.
Adjourned.
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JACKSON, March %, 1874.


From the Courier Journal.
The South was thepower in the Govern
ment. 1t produced the Presidents, the
warriors, the statemen, the men and wo-
men Of affairs. Why? Because it had
the leisure and the means. Whilst the
sterile North, OF rather East, was digging
into stones for bread, and emitting ideas
from the same hard foundations, the
South, with its easy climate and slaves,
led the life of the aristocrat and gentle
man, patrician and voluptuary. 1t sent
its best men 10 congress whilst the North,
whose best men could not afford to go to
Congress, sent its worst. You could buy
Northern Congressman by the dozen, for
they We're, as al rule, picayune poor devils,
to whom dollar looked as biz rs "A cart
wheel. You could not buy "A Southern Con-
gresham for the reason that, "a a rule
he had plantation and a hundred nig-
gers, and did not need money. The
South was used TO firearms, and the laws
and customs Of the country had not
thrown the arguments OF the muscle and
the muzzle into that perilous disrcpute
and absurdity by which they are now en-
virOned. Thus the South possessed Il
bullying udsn, WHICH, ~ the aDscucc OF
a repressive public opinion, i always an
advantage. But the South let go its hold;
wenC TO war; lost its negroes, It's money
and its prestige. The present finds all
its conditions reversed; and he who takes
his counsel by the old lessons merely pro-
poses TO cut his cloth with a claw-ham-
mer Times change and men change
with them. The South, as "A
section, is blot ted from the
map. The West is now what the South
was, and, in order to count in the scales,
the South must throw its weight into the
sum total of the West. In 10 other way
can we work out Of the political wilder
ness in which We fipd ourselves. We
cannot hope to lead. But we may dis
solve ourselves into one intcr-Allegheny
Confederacy, the mover and controller
of the seaboard, before which Boston
with her gifts, and New York with her
treasures, must go down. Sectional
lines in large territories are inevitable.
1t was the North and South 1t is the
East and West. The OLD has passed
away. The New is regulated by differ
ent standards and permeated by different
IDEAS.