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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-09-10

By an order just issued from
T.. b. Frost, General Manager "
New Orleans, st. Louis and O'fs
Railroad, Capt. L. H. Sellars n' M
appointed Superintendent Of '1e -..1sa
suppl Division Of said road, ana ' 3-i h
tendent of Machinery for Che enu'1T w.
Of the road from New Orleans 70 oe
Capt. Sellars was formerly sup, HI
dent Of the Louisiana division OF ll-
and recently General SuperlpV ,r.
OF road in Florida. = WAFER
Courier.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-09-10

A well informed Yazoo correspondent
says:
Prospect of the cotton crops in this
county, do not now promise more than
half Yield of last year, and is now failing
daily from continued drouth.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-09-10

The places in Louisiana designated for
troops to prevent 1awlessness are New Or
leans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Alexan-
dria, Monroe, Harrisburg and St. Mar
tinsville.
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The Calhoun Times.

The second number of this sterling
paper, has been received. 1t is sound in
politics, and contains q variety Of useful
reading. Success to it.
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Words im Season
LOGAN.

From the Holly Springs Reporter.
In the excited State of the public mind
caused by the unexpected prese ntation OF
the Color Line" question, for discussion,
we earnestly urge all people to exercise
prudence, good judgment and a
conservative course. There is no need
of passionate outburst of bitterness and
hatred between the races, no cause of
threats of war, no reason in bringing
about personal difficulties. We counsel
peace and obedience to the law and good
will between the races. If a man has
tresspassed the law, be he white or black,
use the power Of the law to bring him to
justice, if it takes a posse of a thousand
men. But let that posse be in the
service of the law, not under the direction
of lawless men that may be actuated by
personal hate. This county needs peace,
order and law, and we invoke all men to
use their best endeavors to accomplish this
end
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-09-10

We are informed, reliably, that on the
night Of tuesday the oath ult., crowd
Of colored men went to the house of d
widow lady, who has one or two daugh-
tiers, living in the Moore's Bluff neighbor-
hood. and acted in most shameful and
indecent manner, using profane and
obscene language, making terrible threats,
etc. On Thursday night, the Goth,
another and larger crowd Of the same
class of people came to the house, and
were more boisterous and disrespectful
than ever, cursing, yelling, firing guns,
making open threats to kill all the white
men and marrying or using the white
women, just as they pleased We hope
thereports have been greatly exaggerated,
and that thorough investigation of the
matter will show that our county has not
a man in it who could so far forget himself
as to be guilty of such horrible conduct as
that just mentioned. IF the reports be
true, then let them be arrested and receive
the fullest punishment known to the
law
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-09-10

! EOWEAn F~FN~tN"+
The fourth annual session Of the Mis-
sissippi State Grange convened in TIT
Odd Fellows Hall in this city on Tues
day morning last, at 9 o'clock, the fol
lowing officers being present
A. ]. Vaughan, Master,
A. H. Barley
+. Ct. Wall,-LectuFer,
i ID. l.. Phares, Steward
e. j. jackson, Assistant Steward
r. d. Powell, -Chaplain
III. O. Dixon, Treasurer
w. L. Williams, Secretary
w. H. Boone, - ate-keeper,
Miss Georgia Dean, Flora,
Mrs. Augusta Aby,-L. a. :.
Executive Committee-A. j. Vaughan
w. L. Williams, VIM. Hester, j. r
McLaurin.
The Committee on Credentials, con
sisting of Messrs. NJ. G. Pegues, w. l.
Hemingway, and w. W. Vaught, re
ported the following
LIST OF DELEGATES.
Alcorn-J. F. Thompson, w. L. VIII
Iiams.
Amite-T. j. jackson.
Attala-S. w. Land, l.. S. Terry, j. w
Hanna.
Benton-Robert Hardy.
Bolivar, -
Calhoun,
Carroll-W. l.. Hemingway,
Chickasaw-Frank Burkitt aud lady,
X. Z. Hobson, w. ID. Ried, q. w.
Thornton, S. L. Wilson, j. q. Mil
Choctaw-W. r. Rainy, Proxy.
CIaiborne-T. j. Ably, Calvin Phillips,
G. X. Regan, Proxy.
Clarke-Geo l.. Donald.
Coahoma, -
Copiah-J. w. Mcneil, l.. d. Bridewell,
Geo. Ellis.
Covington- &C. w. Rawles.
Colfax--Robert Hardy.
DeSoto-J. Robertson,
Franklin-Jno. c. King and lady, j.
G.. Guice.
Greene, -
Grenada, --
Hancock,
HarrisOn--C. j. Adams.
Hinds-J. b. Robertson, l.. L. Afford,
ID. Nicholson, T. c. Austin.
Holmes-W. jenkins, j. Il. Stigler, III.
b. MCGEE.
Issaquena-C. McLaurin.
Itawamba-J. r. Stevens, j. b. Glad
JACKSON. B. McRae.
Jasper-J. +. Peak.
jefferson Put Darden, III. j. Coleman,
j. w. Scott, Jno. A. Galbreath, Sr.
Jones.
Kemper-J. r. York, j. w. Morrow, j.
w. Ferrall
Lafayette-G. w. Gill, Thos l.. Avent
Proxy, j. r. York, I. W. Morrow,
j. w. Ferrall, Proxy.
Lauderdale- IL. G. Dear, j. j. Shannon,
j. r. McLaurin and lady,
5. Neil, e. T. Hudnall
Leake-R. S. Rushing, w. b. J. Barnett,
j. w. johnson.
Lee-T. b. Smith.
Lincoln--J. NJ Gerault and lady, J. NJ.
. Grafton.
c. Nelson.
Lehore-A. A. Stodard
G. Smith, j. b. YelIowly, |
Dan'l Sutherland, G. G. Cawthorn,
l.. T. Montgomery.
w. Lewis,
G. Pegues, Miss Georgia
w. Troupe.
|. Allen and lady, II.
d. Palmer.
1eshoba-W. c. Dowd, Proxy.
B. Gilbert.
Ioxubee-Scott Thompson.
)ktibbeha-W. r. Rairey.
'apola-T. p Coleman.
'erry-W. Ct. Morgan.
'ike-W. w. Vaught and lady, NJ. >.
Wilson, r. Regan. 4
'ontotoc-B. +. Asbury.
'rentss-L r. Burress.
.ankin, Joseph B. Berry I. N. Norrel,
j. Ii. Cofer
cott-J. l.. Gresham, W. r. Robertson
G. McLaurin, f. p. Howell,
T. n. Touchstone. {
mith-A. S. Baugh and lady. {
]. Atkins.
unfower-W. II. Baird.
Fl. Fitzgerald. &
ippah-T. J. Pryor
ishomingo-N. ID. Kicks.
unica, {
A. Dean, Il. A. Bowdre.
nion-W A. Funk. {
7arren-Geo. Barnes. O
- /
Iayne-Thos. Chapman. /
l.. Phares. G. N. Meter 1
vile. =
b. Woodruff. ;
allobusha, y
azoo-A. NJ. Hicks and lady, V. II. +
Fugate, w. ID. Gibbs
The sessions are being held with n
osed doors. The result of its proceed y
gs, election Of officers, ETC., will be n
Iblished in orr next il
EN-GOV. A. e.. BROWN. q; -
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MISSISSIPPI MILLS
The Great Manufacturing Establish
ment Of the State.
WEssoN, MISS,
Auousf RI 1874.

august 81, 1914.
DEAR CLARION II am here by acct
dent, rather than design. paid another
visit to Browns Wells on Saturday last,
and remained over Sabbath found a
pleasant company of guests, all enjoying
that quiet and healthy resort. There
have been some remarkable cures effected
at Browns Wells, and some of the guests
there now, have been physically recon-
structed during a few weeks sojourn.
Mr.. Foxworth, formerly member of the
Legi stature, from Marion county, and
who has been afflicted with rheumatism,
for some years, tells me that he finds
more relief at Browns Wells, than at
Hot Springs, Ark. He has recently
come from the latter to the former.
But the special object of this communi-
cation, is to give the readers of The
CLARION some idea of the extent of
manufacturing at this place, that a few
years since was a pine forest My good
friend, r. G.. Latting, Esq, did me the
kindness to goover to Browns Wells last
Sunday evening, and [ came with him
to this place this morning. distance Of
eleven miles. We proceeded at once to
visit
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COMMENT.

We have copied the above from the
Central Republican, Radical official
journal. With that paper, we hope for
the public peace that the report is exag-
gerated, indeed wholly northumberland
further, that if true, the wretches guilty of
the outrage, will be punished. We desire
to say further to those who have the ear,
and are claiming the leadership of the
colored people, that conduct of this
character will do more than all else to
strengthen the "color line. Not all the
arguments and appeals which the Conser
vatives can make, will avail Their
counsels will amount to nothing if con-
fronted by such wanton outlawry and
deliberate insult to the defenceless as are
described by Republican journal. The
miscreants who perpetrate them, equally
with the masked assassins of Trenton and
Coushatta, will become responsible for
the Zine" and it will run red with human
gore.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-09-10

The Aberdeen Republican sends out
an extra with the Presidents letter and
accompanying orders for the employment
of troops in the South as "A cure for the
Color Line" 1t may suppress the disor-
ders and will undoubtedly show what
sort of government the movement is likely
to bring US under. But the surest cure
for the cline, is, as the. Starkville Wing
expresses it, higher standard of legisla-
ton and lower standard of taxation.
The reduction of salaries. The abolition
of sinacures, and introduction of honesty,
and capacity in al the departments of the
government.
The report going the rounds Of our
State exchanges, that Mrs. Gill, the post
mistress of this place, has been arrested
on grave charges" iswithout the slightest
foundation. So far rs is known in our
community, no charges of q criminal
nature have ever been made against Mrs
Gill, or any one connected with the Office.
Independent South.
As we gave currency to the report,
we feel in justice bound to publish the
foregoing correction.
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TIE gUpERTNTENDENr

of the factory is Mr.. G. w. Holbrook,
who has had charge of some of the most
extensive Mills on this continent, and on
each floor, and in each department, are
men and women who are experts in the
business, and who, on account of their
skill and experience, command liberal
- To -;as Ofaoursa
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Acorn. F. Thompson, w. L. VIII
liams.
Amite-T. j. jackson.
Attala-S. w. Land, l.. s. Terry, j. w.
Hanna.
Benton Robert Hardy.
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they can get cloth, or cotton and
wooden yarns, in any quantity desired,
and at wholesale rates. The factory will
allow for wool. unwashed and free from
burr 3Oa31c.: So fa40c. for we'll washed,
and for bury wool, Is to 25c. Shipyour
wool to the Mississippi Mills, at Wesson,
and YOU will receive prompt return, either
In cash or goods
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-06

proceed from Richmond to Charleston,
KanawhA. To-day they continued their
investigations in the vicinity Of this city.
"DREss,v remarks wise man, $50
that no one will remember what you have
on.' Excellent advice; and we may add
to it, for the benefit of the average lady at
the usual evening party, "Dress so that no
one will remember what you don't have
on"
Nor ONLY SCIENCE but any other spe-
cies of learning is nurtured more by Guilt
walton than by authoritative dictation--
hence it is easier to convince or impress q
party with your own ideas by argumenta.
tive persuasion than by fence rail or other
delicate weapon.
A PARTY MAY BE "a truly good
man. like Deacon Roland Smith, of the
Cincinnati Gazette, and go through the
world accompanied by the respect of his
fellow.men, and still sometimes bet on
the wrong card, like the rest of US. In
fact there is no telling what man may
come to il he lives long enough. 81
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INDIANA.

Fatal Flre-A Father and Three Chill.
dren burned tO,Dcath-Others Badly
Burned.
EVANSVILLE, February 5.-Full par
ticulars of the burning of Chris. Mehr's
house and the attending fatality, show that
but four persons were burned to death,
and several others badly burned. The
details show the sufferings of the victims to
have been horrible. There were when the
fire broke out about ten persons in
the house. Mrs. Mehr seized two
Of the children and rushed through
the flames, and boader seized another
of the children. Mr.. Mehr rushed
out and seeing that some of his children
were missing again. ran into the house and
was not again seen alive. When found he
had clasped in. his arms three children
who had been left behind, the four bodies
being burned almost to q cinder. These
four were the only persons burned to death.
Most of the other persons were more OF
less burned.
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STATE NE WIS.

Work in repairing Fort Washington
will be commenced on the 18th inst. d
There are sixteen registered grain dis
tilleries in Virginia, most of them in the
Sixth district.
Rev. Asa Hodnett, aged 70 years,
died Monday last, near Chatham, Pittsyl-
vana county.
The papers of Norfolk. are advocating
with great and commendable zeal, the es-
Enlistment Of cotton factories in their
city.
Mrs. Martha N. Hinton, relict of
Captain John Hinton, died in Peters,
burg Wednesday, in the 84th year of her
age. H. @
Mrs. Mary B. Ballard, of Bedford
county, died on the LIST Of February, at
the residence eff her son, at Salem. SO years
of age.
"A fisherman, named A. H. Durham,
captured q fine iron gray Greenland seal,
Tuesday, in the Elizabeth river, near
Portsmouth.
The Virginia Conference OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal church will meet in Alex
andria on Thursday, the 10th inst. Bishop
Scott will preside.
The residence Of Mr.. Dranes, near
Guilford station, Loudoun county, was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, and one of his
daughters seriously burned.
Col. ]. @. Swami, native of Peters
burg, died in fredericksburg, Wednesday,
in the Saith year of his age. Deceased was
one of Petersburg's most valued citizens.
The street committee of the city coun-
Gil of Danville expended over seventeen
thousand dollars in improving streets and
sidewalks during the past six months, and
and ask an appropriation of sixty-two
thousand five hundred dollars to complete
the improvements proposed.
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TIE GEENRAL ASSEMBLY.
FRIDAY, February

Z
,Senate.-The Senate met at - o'clock,
President in the chair. Prayer by the
Rev. G. III. Reid.
The following bills were reported from
committees:
To provide for more specific reports of the
transportation Of produce on the railroads
and canals of this state, with amendments !;
to amend an act authorizing the erection
of a bridge across Indian creek, in Norfolk
county, without amendments.
Passed Senate bill to provide artificial
limbs for soldiers MANNED in war ayes
80, noes none Senate bill to incorporate
the One Dollar Savings bank, at Charlottes-
vile. .
L Senate bill providing new charter
for the city Of Petersburg being the order
of the day, was taken up, and its passage
advocated until 2 o'clock by Mr.. Kirk
patrick, which was the hour fixed for taxi
ing vote on the bill. On motion Of Mr..
Connally the hour was changed to 8
O'Clock |; ayes 10, noes l9--7the President
casting the deciding vote. .s
Mr.. Kirkpatrick resumed his argument
for about half an hour, when be gave way
to Mr.. Pridemore, who opposed the bill
in a about quarter of an hours speech.
Mr.. kirkpatrick again resumed, and
while ON the floor, the hour of O'Clock
having arrived, the pending question was
called, on the passage of the bill, by Mr..
Hundley.
Mr.. Oonnally demanded the ayes and
noes. The chair ruled it out of order.
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Gpel.itta State SolltMaI.
CApIToL NOTES.

The commissioned officers of this FRS
Virginia regiment, in full dress uniform
but without side arms, will rendezvous al
their armory at s o'clock tonight and
afterwards call on Governor Kemper.
Senate committee on privileges and
elections say they are tired Of Robertson
vs.. Maddox. The committee has met sew
eral times to consider the matter Of con.
test between the parties, and every time
somebody who ought to have been present
has contrived to turn up missing.
The bill by which it is proposed to lease
out the penitentiary has been printed for
the use Of members. The Richmond deli
egation are in favor of the removal of the
institution from this city.
Mr.. Fnney, Of Accomac, is the happy
author Of the bill which the oystermen are
willing to accept and will try to shove
through the Legislature. 1t is claimed
that it will yield more revenue than the
one at present in existence.
Mr.. Stuart, Of the committee appointed
under a resolution adopted yesterday ex-
tending an invitation to General J. G. Bar
nard, Hon. Benjamin II. Latrobe, General
Q. A. Gilmore, Colonel William P. Craig
hill, Lieutenant Thomas Turtle and Gen
eral Godfrey Weitzel to visit the House of
Delegates to-day, introduced these gentle
men to the House, whereupon. after being
assigned suitable seats, the chair was
vacated, on motion of Mr.. Gilman, to en-
able the members TO be introduced indi-
vidually to the visitors. After some time
spent in the House the distinguished gen.
tlemen called on Governor Kemper and
had most agreeable and pleasant inter-
change Of reciprocal courtesies and good
wishes
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Mr.. Thomas appealed from the decision
of the chair and was sustained therein
ayes Is, noes %.
The question then being put, "Shall the
pending question be called 2" was decided
in the affirmative 20, noes Is.
The bill was then passed by the follow
ing vote:
AYEs.-Messrs. Beazley, Bland, Clark,
Duffield, Eastman, Eubank, Finney,
Holiday, Hundley, kirkpatrick, Lawson.
Meem, Moffett, Newberry, Nowlin, Patter-
son, Ragland, Smith of Nelson, Taylor,
Terry, Wynne-21.
NOES. -Messrs. Allan, Cochran, Con.
nally. Dawson, Evans, Greever, Grimsley,
Lakeland, Lathrop, Massey, Penn, PRIDE
more, Quesenberry, Rue, Stephens, Thorn
as, Ward-17. Z Republicans, 10 Conser-
vatives.
Nor voTINa.-C ritcher. Graham,
Herndon, Maddox, Smith of RUSSELL.
House. Called to order by Speaker
Hanger.
The bill to incorporate the bank of
Marion was reported.
Senate bill amending the Code in regard
to superintendent, assistant keepers and
surgeon of the penitentiary, and to declare
the true intent and meaning of the existing
law in regard to extra allowance to assistant
keepers Of the penitentiary, was amended
and passed.
A list of charters granted and recorded
in the office of the secretary Of the COM
monwealth was received.
Two thousand copies of the report of the
state board of health were ordered to be
printed.
A number of bills on the calendar were
ordered to be engrossed Tor third reading
Robert II. Jones, jr., was elected Judge
of Dinwiddie county.
House bill extending the jurisdiction of
justices to one hundred dollars was read
and passed.
Adjourned.
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FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

We make the following extracts from the
annual reports of state officers for the year
ending September 80, 1873:
Two hundred and forty-nine thousand
five hundred and twenty-five males were
assessed in Virginia with a capitation tax
for l73-one hundred and fifty -four
thousand four hundred and fifGy-seven
whites, and ninety five thousand and sixty
nine colored.
The Capitol Square is kept in order by a
squad of penitentiary cOnvicts, for whose
labor the superintendent of that institu-
ton last year charged the state 81 ,534 for
an aggregate of three thousand and sixty
eight days work.
The late Encouragement reports sixty.
one cases pending in the courts OF the
state, and one in the United States circuit
court, in which the commonwealth is o
party.
The public printing account had bal
ance to its credit in the treasury at the
end of the fiscal year of $3,767.54.
The superintendent of public printing
asks for an appropriation of $4,000 for
expenses of his department for the cur
rent year.
The total cost of the public printing and
binding for the past year was $40, 232.46,
being so 500 less than the preceding year,
and more than $4,000 less than under a
former superintendent.
.160,S59 scholars are on the rolls Of the
public schools of the state this session
1929 white and AZ, 500 colored, a falling
off as compared with last session of 5,518.
The daily average attendance--64, 700
whites. 26,466 colored.
The total school population Of the state
between and q years is 424, 1913 OF
whom 1886 are white males and l24,-
444 white females, 81, 1893 colored males
and SO, 1897 colored females. The percentage
of school population enrolled is 1873. The
percentage of school population in attend
ance is 81. g Zone county not included).
There are 1886 public schools of all
grades in the state, occupying 3,42l build
ings-1, 9l4 log, 1929 frame, 143 brick,
and % stone, the estimated value of which
is 1924 ,63S.
al5 new school-houses were built during
the year.
764 of the public sehool.houses are
owned by the districts where located.
The total cost of the public schools Of
the state for the year ending August 81 (,
1878, was $799,9S9.41. Average cost for
each pupil enrolled per month 9s cents.
There are 1857 public school teachers,
whose average pay per month has been
increased the past year from $29S6 to
$32.
Superintendent Ruffner, in his report,
saws: "The number of school-houses
built during the year, and the large in
crease in the aggregate value of school
property, evince the purpose of the people
to build up the public system solidy and
permanently. The platforms Of both po.
iitical parties, and the political speeches
made during the canvass would have
placed the fact beyond doubt, if there
had been no other evidence"
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FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION IN NOR
FOLK COUNTY-FoUR MEN KILLED
papers of to-day contain an account of a
fearful boiler explosion yesterday after
noon, at the fruit and berry box mills of
Messrs. Baird & Roper, located at Deep
creek, on the Dismal Swamp canal, by
which four men were killed outright and
twelve others badly scalded and otherwise
injured. information of the accident was
brought by a colored messenger sent to
Norfolk to obtain surgical aid, and who
arrived about o'clock. He was unable
to give any further particulars of the terri
BILE affair. Two physicians started at once
for tue scene of the disaster. This is the
second explosion at these mills within
year.