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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19

The following amendment offered by
Mr.. Cook of Benton, t" the resolutions
censuring Senator Acorn, do not appear
in the journal. If Senator Alcorn is to
have judgment pronounced against him
for official misdemeanor trumped up, and
vaguely alleged" several years after he
had vacated his office, what is to be done
with Pease who was under the charge of
peculation brought against him by the
Attorney General of the State and CO.
member of the school board And yet
Pease has been elected to the u. s. Senate.
and that, too, by the same vote that passed
the resolutions in relation to Senator
Alcorn:
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The New United States Senator
From w iSsis~ippI.

Bruce was formerly a slave, and wa;
owned by Pettis Parkinson, who resided
near Brunswick, Missouri, for anumber Of
years. Branch K. Bruce, when a slave,
hired his time, as did several of his broth.
ers, and were considered smar. and relia,
Bile. Since the war B. K. Bruce was
employed as porter on the steamer Co
lumbia for several years, and until she
sunk. He then went to school at Oberlin,
Ohio, and finally worked his way to Mis-.
sissippi; was appointed Sheriff by Gov.
Alcorn, and served two terms. Previous
to this he was Sergeant-at-Arms of
this House of Representatives of Missis-
sippi.
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Wount ~InmI HDi-eovereh.

LONDON, Feb. I'D Beeke, tho
English traveller, reports that he has dis
covered the true Mount Sinai. IL is sit
uated days journey northeast of the vii
lage of Akabaruba, at an altitude of 5OC
feet above the Level of the sea. DR.
Beeke says he found the remains of ami
mails that has been sacrificed. He alsC
discovered Sinaite Inscriptions, which he
copied.
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BENTON, YAzoo Co., Miss. 4,
February 10Th, 1874.

EDITOR CLARION II read with interest
your late article on the cotton crop of
1878, and the advice therein given to the
planters, and suggestions as to the proper
course for 1874 That the crop is much
larger than was expected, none can deny;
yet tone important fact seems to be overlook
ed by editors, viz; the great number of
light bales. think it is within bounds
to say that one fourth of the bales do not
reach 400 lbs. net, thereby running the
number largely above what it really is.
The bales are visible but the pounds are
minus, which important fact will not be
found out in time, however, [ am afraid,
to benefit the planter. The great num-
Der of very light bales has msled the pub
lie, and if The CLARION would look into
the matter a little and give warning
note, it would do great service to the
planter, even at this late hour.
Yours very Respectfully.
j. w. c..
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1t is shameful that notwithstanding
the refusal of the Senate to adjourn for
participation in the Carnival reyel in New
Orleans this week, the House did ad-
journ from the 14th to the 18th for that
purPese-thus virtually suspending pub
lie business for nearly, if not quite, a
week. This action betrays scandalous
frivolity, and criminal Indifference on the
part Of its authors to their obligations to
the public 1t viii cost the taxpayers
not less than $4,000 The worst of ii
il. the Governor himself, after all
his homilies to the Legislature on the
subject of economy and short session,
joined in the junketing expedition. A
special car was set apart for the use of
himself and train, of which, we learn,
none of the colored State officials, with
their wives and daughters, were members
Its hardly necessary to state that the
Conservative members voted in q BODY
against adjournment.
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TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.
The VVornan'- Campaign.

RIPLEY, Ohio, Feb. 1.-THE temper
or two dealers 80 were pledged To sell
no more liquor ave undertaken to renew
their old business quietly.
The ladies have renewed their efforts
with these, although new suburban sa.
looms are now receiving the most atteu-
ton. y vigilant eye IL kept on dealers
who have surrendered.
JEFFERsoNvILLE, IND, Feb. IA
The action taken by the women Of this
place for the suppression oil the liquor
traffic, was fully developed to-day.
The organization, composed Of about
TWO hundred ladies, met at the Methods
Church, and, after preliminary arrange
ments, marched quietly to the mos
prominent saloons. At the first saloon
they were refused admttance, AMI ser
vices were held on the pavement.
AT two other saloons visited, they were
invited i'll, and the prOpretors agreed L,
quit the business if bought out An i'm
mense crowd coBgregated, aud drinking
continued during the services. The la
dies will make another offensive denon--
tration on Monday.
nc "Oihah CIu5auS az tllNl WHibhh
traffic opened to-day. Devotional exer
cises were held at eight different saloons
and the police protected the women from.
the jam of the immence crowl that CON.
gregated at each saloon. Business is par
italy suspended, and the streets arc lineo
with citizens of every class. The saloon
keepers refuse to sign the pledge.
The excitement over the movement II
this city has reached Louisville, and thu.
evening at least two thousand persons.
mostly Germans, from that city, arrived
here. Exercises on the street have been
abandoned for to-day. Divine service,
Will continue IN the saloons to morrow.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 14.-One hundred
and fifty postal cards were mailed through
the Covington (Ky.) post Office to the sa-
loon keepers, which read as follows:
Dear Sir.-You are requested and en-
treated to abandon the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors, for your own welfare and
that of humanity.
Remember that it is degrading to your
self, and spreads vice and poverty among
us. If you do not do this we will unite
our prayers and visit you aud every sa
loon in body, fervently pleading until
our object is attained.
THE LADIES COMMITTEE ON TEMPER
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The Changers were handsomely re-
ceived ut the Merchants Exchange, St.
Louis, where appropriate addresses were
delivered, and mutual pledges were given
by the classes represented for co-opera-
ton in all righteous undertakings. The
object of the Farmers Movement is to
pull down no other business which is fe-
ultimately conducted. They propose to
level up, not down. Their maxim is to
let live, and Ire themselves, and this
henceforth they intend to do
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One Of the most important bills of the
Session is the one introduced by Mr..
Archer of Lafayette, 70 regulate the rev.
enues of the State and providing that all
taxes shall hereafter be paid in United
States currency, or coin, except dues for
the fiscal year 1873. and delinqnencies
prior to that time, which may be paid in
warrants. "a
Dir. 6pelman has also introduced an
important bill fixing the fees and salaries
ofofHcsrs. State, County, and judicial.
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On account of severe indisposition
our Senator, DR.. j. s. Smythe, has not
been able to take his seat in the BODY Of
which he is member, during the pres
ent session. We hope it viii soon be
ours to announce his entire recovery
Central Star.
Senator Smythe's absence is an occa-
sion Of sincere regret. He is an able
and earnest representative, and his servi-
ces cannot be dispensed with. without
public loss.
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The editors Of the Winona Advance
have heen presented with copy Of .
New York paper. Published in 1900,
containing among other advertisements
the following:
1oHN scHooNMAKER, OF ROCHESTER.
81 adyeFtises for sale mill with plt MY oi
Pine wood. lying IN the town of Rochester.
a,ldfals0 stoas healthy, dctfve MICRO wENcH.
The Advance supposes that John, the
advertiser, got good price for his
sschattel, and some of his grand chill
dren are now carPet-bagging in Missis-
siDai.
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Ch,nec,y C.crls ia, iuuul

[ From the Shulua IHm.-.
ENTFEPHsE Miss, Ee0U. fl.
E,ijtor Times
The case of Elmous3u y-. Pork.
disposed Of to-day 10y Judge 10
Theplaiuliilwa~ Represented Uy Nr.
1T Pauiding, and tue drl,uItu. ...
Evans, &. a. Smith. and Mr. - N
Steele. Ona fuI hearing uI
gument Of counsel. thc loH. I.
inasmurh a. Parker ua- H....
general election lH 1871, H.Nu
@ hold the office of Clcu. ,.ua
years from the l-t AlluIU U JIM.
1872.
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WAsHINGToN, FEBRUARY l7.-Senator
Gordon introduced bill to repeal all laws
which deprived the widows aud children
of old soldiers at the South of pension,
because Of their participation in the rebel
lion. 1t makes it the duty Of the Sec.
rotary Of the Interior to restore to the pen
sion rolls the names of all who were
dropped from the rolls during the war,
and to all their rights under the pension
laws
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The Assassination in Covfngton

In our La / Issue we stated that Mr.. H.
g. Williams. of Mt. Carmel, had heen
assassinated on the Monday night pre-
vious, by some unknown person. The
assassin went 10 his gate about 3 O'Clock
and called him. lie stepped to the door
10 see what was wanted, when the man
at the gate fred two loads Of buck-shot
into him, nineo which pierced his breast.
and he expired in about fifteen minutes.
Brandon Republican.
A person who was suspected of the
deed, has, on preliminary trial, proved
an abb, and been acquitted.
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The tiermnn Colon,

The Germany Colony hayar...
in this county. rs hera.o0.
They have land both iu Laul.,.
Newton counties, but their c....
in Lnuderdale. Their land
E,st Chunkey river. They .r.
at work erecting tcmporarybm
balance of the colony. wi1aa.
soon. lhey have -uppIv00
'noh'ils' an" almost every tm0.
represented among them Ihg
plate manufacturing paper r.
day.--Newton Ledger
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We see from the papers at the Capital
that ourSenator, Col. T. B. Graham, has
tcen assigned 70 several Committees, but
our establishment is great that he was not
placed On the Judiciary Committee Few
lawyers in the State, we venture to say,
are more sensible of the imperfection of
our Code, (1671) J. and we don't want to see
any more legal cobblers at work trying to
set fright He ought 20 have been on
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From Keussfm-The CNnr "a Con
serVatOr Of GAe Peace.

ST.. PETERSBURG, Feb ia grand
dinner was given last evening Ey. the
Car to his Imperial and Royal visitors.
In his speech His Majesty said that the
Emperor of Germany, the Queen Of Eng
land, the. Emperor of Austria and him.
self would preserve the peace of the world.
The Prince of Wales, as the representa-
tive of the Queen, bowed his thanks and
the Emperor Francis Joseph responded,
reiterating the sentiments of the Cur.
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The National Grange Convention

This body adjourned last Friday to
meet next at Charleston. In this num-
Der we have published a sketch of the
address of the Executive Committee, and
the Platform of the Order. 1t is an
earnest and straightforward declaration
of the members TO be true to themselves
and to wrong no one. They propose
to cooperate in all things industrial,
economical and social for mutual benefit,
and in promoting the public good. The
pledge for the rights of woman cannot
fail to enlist for the Order the sympathies
of the gentler sex.
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New GRANGE. "A new Grange has
just been organized at Augusta, Perry
county, with Capt j. M. Bradley rs Mas
ter, }. M. McCallum as Overseer, l.. ,.
Myers, Lecturer, and Nj. V. Stevens n
Secretary. The Grange opens un Ter thu
most fiattering auspices. Enterprise Cou-
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Grange membership.

This mooted question was settled at
the late National Convention, by the
adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
national grange that the expression I'm
terest in agricultural pursuits" In article
5 of the constitution, means, engiged IN
agricultural pursuits, and having no in
terest in conflict with our purposes.
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MIR. COOKS AMENDMENT.

Amend by adding to said Resolution:
That as Hon. H. r. Pease the late Sen
ator elect, is lahoring under various
charges of corruption in official position
as State Superintendent, such as specula-
tons in map sales, and as being CON
nected with the Pearl River Navigation
Company, and other nefarious schemes
Therefore,
Be 1t resolved, that H. f. Pease be re-
quested to join j. L. AIcorn in resigning
his seat in the L. s. Senate.
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Farmers C"-oprrution
HIIInof-.

Special Dispatch 10 Chie7qo Ya
Rock ISLAND, ILL., FubI3-m
ers of this and adjoining cuuu,...
ling themselves iutoast0.,rm.
s25, 600 capinlstock fJruem..
of agricultural implement
ground, with free ua.pr-p.r
years, has been given tl,umD
Henry County, when the Gonna
its start. Nearly 81, 600 aa.mn
subscribed. A committee h...
pointed TO purchase m lchuev
preparations for bull ling
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One Wilton llllr. .r,.m

The receipts of cotton af Uhr
10 date, are one million of Ua0..
more than were received aJ .l..
last year, and the largest raa.
The war. The value III obi.
exceed eight millions of d...M
cotton presses are crammel nu
and overflow on the sidewalks. u
occupies two large presses v..Hl.
ments, aud il is not tho largest
the city.-N. O. Picuvunc.
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Mr.. A. IL. Higgins in a letter to
the Aberdeen Examiner says that the
Governor aud the Legislature are all
right on the question of reducing the
expenses of the State and county govern
ments to the lowest practicable basis
A fair promise. Now for the perform
ance. Bring upyour Republican column.
The Conservatives are all in a line.
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From rh" Rochester tN.G-l Tun
Credit MohiIier back pay m
pay, &c render ita bad time .u...
-idy ring and Congressman. H...
rally. The explosion of Jay C..
COS Northern Pacific, LiuIi.Unb.
Midland. and other jobs for building
'oads for some people with orIar Pr
money, cause It to be a very uUuH
time 90 mention the bonding u"
And the vagaboHd, beggarly. lnI
rupt Governments of LOu-un
Carolina, and other CoDgra
-tructcd States make 10 % very U.I
Jay the old, old Republican gum
success. Heuce-heace, 30 -. ...
administration ut Washington ei..
Davis, Of Texas, the coil shoulder
ience it is that Gov. Davis wH
Town, and the people will Dee aIl.a
ule the State.
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sEi--i-.ippI Manual of Forms.

Newly elected justices of the Peace
Clerk, and other officials, viii find this All
iuvaluatle assistant. Price. by mail, post
age paid, $500 per copy. Apply early, as
the edition Is nearly exhausted. Address,
POWER & BARKsDALE,
Jackson, Miss.
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In Illinois the people are holding i'm
mense macs meetings to advance the
cause of the Anti Monoplists. The Demo
cratic party has quietly subsidized before
the tide, while the Republicans are
vainly tying Do zA~azk -
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NEW YoRK, Feb. 14.-The women'i
temperance movement is under headway
in Brooklyn, and a committee was ap
pointed yesterday to importune the Leg
islature for amendments TO the excise
law. The superintendent of the SOUL
Side Long Island Road has been reques-
ted to issue orders refusing to receive a
freight Intoxicating liquors.
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~rEmE OUTr,

BE- Subscribers who find ''IIME OrT''
stamped on the margin Of their paper, are
thus notified that their subscription has ex-
= pircd, and that We would be pleased to have
them renew-our inyariabIe rule being to
Discontinue unless otherwise requested
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Senator Fur ong, from Warren county,
gave NJ tiee in our State Senate the other
day that be would, at an early day, intro
duce bill TO be entitled Fan act to re-
duce the expenses of the State govern
ment,'" and for other purposes. senator
Furiong has the vim and the popularity
to effect wonders in this behalf, and it is
greatly desired that he viii press his
movement to successful termination. -
Kinds Co. Gazette.
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Legislative Hills.

Members Of the Legislature intro duc-
ing bills of a general character, will do
us favor by furnishing us with copies
of the same, or synopses of the contents,
for public use.
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The movement OF the ladies against
the rurnshops is contagious 1t has
spread into Indiana, Ohio, and else
where; and gains strength, and crowns
Itself with new victories as it progresses.
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The Louisiana funding bill has stirred
up a stew among the bondholders, for
eign and home. Injunctions, impreca-
lions and threats are the order of the day
Good for them! They'll be little eau
tious hereafter how they dabble in the
securities issued by Carpet-Bag admins
trations.
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Could anything be more insulting
than the resolution passed by the House
inviting Senator Alcorn to resign And
could anything be more trifinF, INSULT
'clent and contemptible than the reasons
alleged IN the resolutions T Advance.
And could anything have been more
eheetnal, than the manner in which it
was squelnhed by the Senatef
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The colored Repubublicans in the Sen
ate, broke the leading strings of the Car
pet-baggers and showed their good sense
and manhood by voting, with one ex-
ception, against the House resolutions
censuring Gov. Alcorn.
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RICHMOND, Feb. I7.-Governor KEN
per has p .rdon ID Page McCarty, who was
sentenced to confinement for participating
in duel. His physicians certify that fur
Their confinement would be fatal
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LONDox, Feb. 1.-THE minister has
resolved to resign. Gladstone goes to
Windsor. The House OF Commons now
stands 343 Conservatives ami 800 Liberals
and Home Rulers. The journals general
" approve of the determination OF the
Gladstone government to resign The
Times slys that only one member opposed
the decision
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Lien and supply BInnIss.

We are new ready - fiji orders for rner-
chants lien and mortgage blanks conform
ingto tie Act Of April 1873. SAlso, Deeds
of Trust for Rent or Supplies. See list OF
1a.t me-.
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1t costs much less to build house here
than in the North that will. meet every
requirement, and half the expense to
keep out the cold;" and they can raise
with little care most of their fruits and
vegetables. Now is the time for enter
prising men to come in and secure the
benefits that always are received by those
who emigrate to new country, but the
advantage in this case s they obtain places
already improved while 10 the West they
have to provide all the improvements
themselves TO greatinconvenience and cost.
Here the purchaser can move In and CON-
mence work TO advantage At once while in
the West he must work the first year to
put up such buildings as viii protect his
family from the cold weather which 10
sure to come.
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The Meridian Mercury pledges It's sup
port to the Governor il the event he viii
adjourn the Legislature. The tx paying
Poovas aro q sms mina sa dis sahisoe
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Fred. Douglas, in his paper, the Ma
tiOnal Era, Cat Washington City,) de-
nounces the i'll treatment which Pinch
back, the colored Louisiana Senator
claimant, has received at the hands of
the Republican lead RS at Washington,
and suggests that it foreshadows like
reception of the newly elected colored
man from this State. He asks:
Mr.. Bruce, "a colored man, has been
elected to the United States Senate from
Mississippi for the long term. The
question is asked, will the Senate en-
deavor to keep him from his seat in def
ance of its own established precedents, as
it does Senator-elect Pinchback, colored
man, from Louisiana /"
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Mr.. PREsmENT:-One portion says
that the interests of Mississippi languish
by reason of the fact that Senator Alcorn
is not in accord or sympathy with the
the people. Well, Sir, if James L.
Alcorn does not represent the interests of
Mississippi, we are in bad condition
for the next six or eight years. Why,
Mr.. President, / venture to say that the
records of the State to-day will show that
he has more interest at stake than the en-
tire fifty-six members who voted for the
passage of the Resolution. Another
portion reads that certain charges have
been made against Senator Alcorn which
were not to the satisfaction of the State
fully disproved. Why, Mr.. President,
if charges which have been made
from time to time, and not disproved,
against certain members of the house
which passed these Resolutions, are cor
rect, they would not have quorum there
to-day. Oh! virtuous indignationI
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The action Of colored Senators on the
stupidity malignant resolutions Of the
House, means that they have called a
halt on The carpet bag persecution of Gov.
Alcorn.
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The United States Circuit Court in
Chicago has decided that married women
may torn valid business partnerships
with their husbands, and that individual
claims against the estate Of the husband
must wait until the partnership claims
are exhausted
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LoNDoN, Feb. 17.-Gladstone was re-
ceived By the Queea. The designations
o. himself and colleagues were received.
Disraeli has been summoned TO Windsor.
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LONDON, Feb. 16.-The Standard has
a dispatch from Rome, stating that the
Pope will hold another consistory in June
next, when eight more cardinals will be
created, including Archbishop. Manning.