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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16
NATIONAL TEMPERANCE CONVEN-
TON.

A CALL FOR JUNE l, 1875, AT CHICAGO.
Believing that the time has fully come
for another national gathering, the board of
managers of the national temperance So
ciety have unanimously voted to call such
convention at Chicago, June l, 1875.
We do, therefore, earnestly and cordially
invite all associations of ministers and
churches, all general assemblies and SYMBOLS.
all general and annual conferences, classes
presby teries ami religious conventions, all
national and state temperance organizations.
all women's national and state unions
grand divisions Sons of Temperance, grand
lodges Of Good Templars, grand temples OF
honor and temperance, and other state tenn
perance bodies, TO send delegates to ma
tiOnal temperance convention TO be held in
the Hall Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, AS Madison street,
city of Chicago, on Tuesday, June L.
1915, at 10 o'clock A. N. Each body shall be
entitled to send seven delegates, of which
the presiding officer and secretary shall be
two. In case any presbyteTy, association,
conference or organization shall not be in
session after the issue of this call and prior
to the meeting Of the convention, or shall
fail to appoint delegates, the presiding
officer, or, in his absence or failure 10 do So
the secretary may appoint the same. All
delegates must have credentials duly signed
by one or both the officers of their respective
bodies. Vacancies in delegations may be
filled by the remaining delegates. 1t is
proposed that this convention shall be COM
pesed entirely Of delegates from delsgative
bodies and not from subordinate organiza-
tians. Al no period in the history OF this
reform has the call been louder, or the en-
couragement greater, for the assem- bling of
Christian men and patriots TO deliberate
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16
COLORED OBJECTIONS.

UNCLE BILLY's OBJECTIONS TO CIVIL RIGHTS
Wallace Putnam Reed gives the following
conversation in the Independents: l "inter.
viewed' Uncle Billy, good old colored
friend of mine, the other day, on the cues
ton of civil rights.
Don't want muffin no." said Uncle Billy
"Got to much already fur dis nlggah.n
"dow is that, Uncle Billy? Is il not a
good thing to be equal before the lawg"
"Now, Marse Boss" grunted Billy. plain.
lively, "dar's jist whar dc misery comes in,
We're ekal befo' de law, am dar yer hit our
weak pint. Befo' de waw, eff niggah stole
chicken an pig, yer jerked him up, guy him
thirty-nine lashes. an let him 60 But lis;
let & cullud pusson try it nowi Yer hauIs
him fore court and sens him to de peniten.
tiary, jist like he wus one OF yer poor white
trash: OATS what tits to be ekal fore de
lawr
suggested to Uncle Billy that this might
be obvisted by being a little more honest.
"Marse Boss" interrupted Billy,"we can't
run agin natur'. It's nat'ral fur niggah to
steal pig and chicken. fryin' sizs. Yer
knows it is, an faint no use tryin' to stop
us. Now we uns are willin' to let you uus
alone, and you all just let us alone on this
pint. We're powerful weak on dis pint,
Marse Boss"
Just here a perverse and disloyel spirit
temyted me to hint to Uncle Billy that the
colored people were indebted to their re.
publican friends for this change in their
status.
"Well, den, Marss Boss" said he. call Ise
got to say Is, de laws got to be changed.
Mus hab law tor de white man and a law
for de black man."
Strange as 1t may seem, some of our best
citizens echo Uncle Rilly's sentiment. They
are inclined to view the negro's minor trans
gressions in a lenient light, and L know that
some or our democratic judges impose
lighter penalties upon colored men for small
offe1ses than they would do in cases where
the guilty parties were white
Before Uncle Billy left asked him bow
he would like tosit down at the table with
white folks at the hotels.
"Great Goddlemighty exclaimed the
good old man. 81 allow youse irwin to
yourself dat no cullud pusson ebber lets a
white man see 'em eat of dey kin holp it,
This is strictly true. The ordinary South
ern negro viii not eat in the presence of a
white spectator.
"Well Uncle Billy" said, at is very
evident that you don't want any civil
rights"
mot anything, mo-, l tank you, replied
Billy; NEARLY done ruined now. Hev to
Gay my own doctors bills: lost all my
money in dc Freedmen's Bank: nebber got
no forty acres an de mule Gey promised me:
an can't help myself to a little chicken,
fryin' size, widout gwine to the penitentiarY.
Use got huff cibbil rightsiD
The above is no production of the fancy.
1t IS true incident, honestly told, and it is
impossible to talk TO the country negroes
without hearing just such things as 1 have
related.
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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY MARCH IS 1875

hopes 10 break down that which its rivals
have right.ully earned. To attain this end
il has employed the most despicable means.
which, however, have failed to be produc.
tive of the success it anticipated. AS it at
tacks have, for the most part, been
against men who were. like Caesar's
wife. above suspicion, the folly of the course
pursued, is still more gIaring. Nevertbe-
less the animus is so apparent that its fail
ure viii not save it. What little influence
the Enquirer may have once possessed in
Indiana is lost by its malicious attempts
during tbs present winter. It has in fact
been "hoiSt by its OWE petard."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

upon the methods best calculated to free the
isnd and the church from this great curse of
lntemDerancs. The convention will discuss
papers prepared by some cf the ablest wri-
;Sls IN the country, touching the ever vary
ing aspects of the Temperance Question, and
especially those that now agitste the people
anu bear upon the vital interests OF social
lie, the home, the church, and the nation.
Let the strength and character of this con-
vehtion bespeak the intensity of our devo-
ZION 10 temperance, patriotism and religion,
WIN. L. DODGE, PRIEST.
j. n. SrEARNs, Cor. Sec.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

The Albany Law Journal says: In Nc
Laughlin VS.. city of Cory, Leg. Gazette,
ID, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held
that municipal corporation is responsible
for injuries to foot passenger caused by
dangerous accumulation of ice and snow on
the sidewalk. The principle laid down is
this: A municipality can not prevent the
general slipperiness of its streets caused by
the snow and ice during the winter; but it
can prevent the accumulation thereof, in the
shape Of rides and bills, as render the pas
sage dangerous" This point is sustained bv
Collins VS.. Council Bluff, So Iowa, 1924; city
of Providence vs.. Clspp, II Howardr Lu-
Their IS. Worcester, 81 Mess, 500.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery viii
cure cough in one-half the time necessary to
cure it with any other medicine, and It does il,
not by drying it up, but by removing the cause
-subduing the irritation and healing the
affected parts. For all cases of Laryngitis,
Hoarseness, Suppression or Loss OF Voice, Bron-
chitis, Severe Chronic or Lingering Coughs, It
viii be found to surpaSs any medicine that has
ever before been offered to the public. Ii IS
sold by all dealers in medicines.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

The GAINESVILLE Courier gives the follow
ing unique Improvement in quick tele-
graphing: a young man in the employ of
one of the railway lines leading to Column
bus, as telegraph operator, has novel
way of getting his rest al night. The ar
rangement is not patented. we believe, but
is nevertheless one OF the indispensibles in a
we'll regulated telegraph Office, where the
operator desires to sleep about four-fiiths of
the time. Railroad operators are required
TO report all passing trains, and of course
can only do so by keeping awake all night,
or waking up at the proper time. The inven-
ton OF this ingenious manipulation of
The lightning is simple and inexpensive.
When he gets ready to take a - snooze'-
they never sleep on duty-he takes stout
piece of Irvine, stretches it across the track,
one end tied to tree and the other to coal
bucket filled with car links, coupling pins,
old oyster cans, and such other metallic sub
stances as come handy. The bucket is
nicely adjusted on top of stool or bench, SO
that slight jerk OF the string will pull il
off, and then the railroad employee stretches
himself out contentedly to await the COM
ing Of train. He receives the first intima-
ton that his services are needed by a crash
that would almost startle dead man, gets
up, notifies the other offices that such q
train has passed " o X" fixes up his ma
chine, and then relapses into the arms OF
Morpheus to await the next cali, and thus
he stands guard all night. In the morn
ing the machine IS taken to pieces, distrib-
uted about the room, and nobody is the
wiser.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

A method has been discovered for making
more than the usual quantity OF tea from
any given quantity of the leaf. The whole
secret consists of steaming the leaf before
stepping. By this process fourteen pints of
good quality may be brewed from one
pound of tea.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia offers
three prizes. respectively of 81 900, s.. 400 and
$1,000, for the best works concerning the
history OF military operations on horseback,
the functions, attributes, growth, develop
ment and mutations of the cavalry in all
ages and countries; and the general and par
ticalar theories and practices of cavalry on
erations.". Foreigners are invited TO COM
pete, and January l, 1877, is the last day for
receiving the manuscripts
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

Gen. Sherman will publish his diary, and
the Appletons viii have it about May 1. 1t
dates back to July l, 1910, his appointment
as second-lieutenaDt. Eour-ffths of the book
which will be in two volumes of 375 pages
each, will relate to tho late war.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

The Financial Chronicle estimates that
there is now over $500. OOO, coo of specie in the
United States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-02-04
HAND-SPUN SILK.

The frequent disappointments which la
dies experience in the wear of black silks
are partly attributable to the use of loaded
chemical dyes (Which cause the fabric to cut)
instead of pure vegetable dyes and partly to
the increasing tendency of late years to pro-
duee silk goods in factories by means of
power looms. Every effort, however, to
make silks by purely mechanical process.
has been attended with but doubtful success.
and it has been found almost impossible to
produce them free from that crisp, harsh
touch so comm on TO the ordinary makes of
silks. Moreover, it is foreign to the charac-
ter of the French weaver TO work in facto-
ries, and all attempts of manufacturers to
induce the best workmen to do so have
proved unavailing. This accounts for the
superior excellence of the hand-spun cache
mire silks, each piece of which is made in
the good old fashioned way by skilled
weayers on looms at their own homes, thus
fulfilling the true conditions under which
fine silks can alone be produced, insurihg
more reliable wear, rendering them less apt
to wear shiny, and giving them that soft,
mellow. satin finish so sought after by all
coDsumers.-Paris Journal.
A complete assortment of the above for
sale at B. Lowenstein & Bros, 242, pa and
246 Main street. Memphis, Tennessee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-02-04
Letter No. H.
SYMPTOMS OF THE THROAT.

A collection of tenacious Shiny secretion
falling down into the throat and thrown out
tickling, rasping, hoarseness and scraping to
keep open the wind pipe; difficult breathing,
oppression and soreness under the breast
bone; tenderness in the left side rheumatic
pains between the shoulders stiff neck on
taking cold palPitatioR of the heart; torpid
liver; sometimes yellow complexion general
dull and heavy feeling extreme shortness of
breath soreness Of stomach pit; bloated SEN
sationi belching Of wind; yawning, gaping,
keeping mouth open TO breathe; distress,
sleepless nights; worse when lying down
and it now terminates either in Consumption
of tho Lungs, or follows the mucous mem
brane through the whole alimentary and
urinal canal, causing Dyspepsia Costiveness
Piles, Inflammation eff the Bladder, trouble
in the Urinary Organs, (aAd in women, near
~ the whole train of female Diseases and
general Consumption, emaciation, complete
prostr alton, ETC., with all Of which, and many
other symptoms, called by twenty different
names, the sufferer may exist for Q while. DR..
Jones cures this dangerous and insidious dis
ease by the Ellen Safeguarding specific
medicines known only 10 himself applied TO
the diseased surface, in the form of spray. He
relieves the sufferer in n few minutes and
supplies the patient with all that 10 required
to finish the cure at home.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-02-04

We have been much interested in peru
sal of the proceedings of the B'nai Birth
Grand Lodge, District No. Z, which recent
|ly held a five days session in New Orleans.
Five Lodges from Mississippi were repre-
scented. The Order is confined to members
OF the Hebrew faith, and seems to be thor
|oughly practical in its workings. In the
event of the death OF n member all the 9TH
ers are taxed one dollar and fifty cents, and
the aggregate is paid to the family of the
deceased. We observe that in the selection
OF the General Committee, our townsman,
IsydOre Strauss, was appointed Chairman.
The next session of District Lodge No.
win be held at Montgomery.
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NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL.
sENATE-TwENTY-FIFTH DAY.
TUESDAY, Feb. 2. 1875.

TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 1875.
a JOINT resolution authorizing the paw
mcnt os salaries to txo or three Chancellors
appointed during vacation, was taken up.
The Committee reported unlayorably, upon
the ground that the appointments were un-
constitutional, and the resolution was indef-
initely postponed; yeas IA, nays ID.
THE bill to reduce the salaries of county
SuperintenIents of Education about % per
cent, was taken up. Messrs. Glced, (eol J
Benuc Hen and Taylor favored the bill
Upot. rs..e'on Of Mr.. Price. the bill, and also
one H. need by Dir. ThorntoQ en- the
same ~. t, was referred.
BILLS Incorporating Artesia, Lowndes
county prohibiting the sale OF liquors in
Iuka chartering Manufacturing Compa-
ny in Corinth, and ceding the land occupied
By national cemeteries to the L. s.; were
passed.
A BILL authorizing the Governor to en-
ploy two aids to arrest criminals, and ap-
propriatinG 5000 90 was Indefinitely post
poned.
a BILL TO authorize Circuit Judges to
pass sentences upon parties convicted
during term time where the sentence had
not been enforced ut the proper time
Messrs. Sessions and Graham favored the
bill. Mr. Taylor opposed and the bill was
postponed; reconsidered, and
recommittcd
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Mississippi Legislature.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DAY.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1875.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY /, 1875.
INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr. GIee1-
Resolved by the Senate. the House concur
ring, That committee of two on the part
of the Senate, and - on the part of the
House. be appointed to investigate the con-
tracing Of the conyicts now in the Penitenti-
airy. aud the death ola convict while under
going discipline, with full power to send for
persons and papers adopted.
The President appointed as the committee,
Messrs. Gleed and Holloway.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Stone-An Act in relation to the
charter of the Manchester Manufacturing
Company at Corinth, Miss.
SENATE BILLS.
An Act TO incorporate the State Peniten-
tiary Company was taken up and indefi-
nirely postponed.
To repeal an Act to aid in the construc-
ton of the VIcksburg aud Nashville Rail-
road
Mr.. Allen moved to commit the bill to
the Judiciary Committee. Carried by the
following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Barrow, Bennett,
Bridges, Caldwell. Campbell. Carter,
Everett, Furlong, Gleed, Graham, Holto-
way, Mcclure, McNiel, Mendenhall, Packer,
Price. Shirley. :Stone, Stuart, Taylor, futile,
Nays-Messrs. Albright, Smith of Clai.
The Senate then went into Executive seS-
sion.
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Observation-Disclosures DAY

MONDAY, Feb. /, 1875.
The Committee on Corporations-An Act
| to amend an Act Incorporating the city OF
Natchez, approved July 20, 1870, and for de-
cIaring valid the exercise of certain powers
of the Mayor and Aldermen, with II. B. No.
S94 an Act declaring valid the exercise of
certain powers by the Mayor and Aldermen
OF the city OF NatcheZ, as substitute;
passed.
Mr.. Harris moved to reconsider the vote
whereby S. j. Res, relative to an amend
ment of the Constitution of the State Of
Mississippi. providing for biennial sessions
of the Legislature, failed to pass its first
reading.
The motion was lost by the following
vote-a twO-thirds vote being required:
Yeas Messrs. Atkins, Applewhite. Avery,
Byrd OF Pearl, Boyd of Attala, Boyd OF
Warren. Bufkin. Cook, Chamberlin. Chan
der. Cam bell, Crecelius, Deval, benson,
Feemster, Ford French, Gill. Greer. Ora
ham, Horton of Pontotoc, Handy, Harris
johnson of Itawamba, Johnston, of DeSOto,
Jones, Mackey. Martin, McNeese, Palmer,
Peal, Peyton. Reese, Rogers of Yalobusha,
Richards of Y azoo, Spight, Smith of Tunica
Smith of Jasper, StOckstill, Street, Spelman,
Stubs, Svuthworth, Tison, Walker of AL
corn-45.
NAYs-Messrs. Brunt, Boyd of Yazoo,
Cessor, Cotton, Chiles, Chavis, Davis, Fitz-
hugh, Harrison. Kendrick, Lynch, Landers,
Mcfarland. Monroe. n athan, Patterson, Ran
dolph, RlcnafdS OF Lo"hues' omltn vi Olal-
borne, Smothers, Sykes, Truehart, ThOmp-
son of Lowndes, Weatherly, White, Walker
of MonrCe-26.
The following bills were introduced and
referredl
By Mr.. Sullivan.-An Act to secure to
the State of Mississippi certain lands under
grants of Congress.
BY. Mr.. Sullivan.-An Act to change and
fix the time of holding Court in certain ooun-
ties in the Eleventh judicial district; passed
By Mr.. Tison-An Act to secure the State
certain lands heretofore granted, to provide
tor the appraisement and sale Of same, and
for other purposes.
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HOUSE.

THE Metropolitan Police bin came up as
the special order Mr.. Harris [col.) moved
to consider it section by section lost.
Mr. KENDRIcK (col.) moved to place the
bill upon its final passage. Mr.. Spight
moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. He
said that he opposed the bill for the expense
il entailed, for the injustice it did one coun-
ty. and to the whole people. He believed
that the people of this State were upon q
slumbering volcano; he did not believe that
members realized the situation. The people
were getting terribly in earnest; they want
ed no strife, but there was a point beyond
endurance. He wanted to see peace and
good will between the races. He appealed
to the cOlored members TO think before they
acted he believed the majority of them
wanted peace and goodwill to their neigh
bors he warned them to pause and reflect
before they passed such a measure. He
spoke what he believed, and from his heart
he loved Mississippi, and he warned them
to take such course that would ward off
the impending danger He again warned
them that such measures as this would do
nothing bat embltter the races against each
other.
Mr.. PAcKwooD said he was opposed to the
bill on various reasons; he was opposed to
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-02-04
The last, The Greatest.

Should any ''doubting Thomas" still cling
to the absurd idea that there will be another
pOstpenement OF the last Library Gift Con-
cert, let him remember that Mr.. Briggs, the
new manager, fully endorses the promise
of Gov. Bramlette, the former one, that If
the concert does not take place at the time
specified, the money will be refunded, at
once, to the ticket-holders. Let him further
observe that Mr.. Briggs has secured, of
course at an enormous expense, the SER
vices of Gilmore, the greatest leader in
America, with his orchestra of 100 select
performers, who will conclude the series of
concerts with such a burst OF harmony as
has never before awakened our Western
homes. And, by the way, let him also re-
member that If he does not possess at least
a coupon ticket, this music viii never reach
his ears
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DAY.

WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1875.
Mr., HOLLOWAY introduced u resolution in
relation to the Levee Boards in District No
l ; referred.
the laws in relation to collection of State,
County and Lcvee taxes" ITO change the
boundary lines of Marion and Pearl coun-
ties ;" and I'm relation to bills of exceptions
in the Chancerv Courts :" referred.
Mr.. SESSIONS introduced bills "In relation
to recording evidence; = an relation to bail
after conviction" also, ITO provide for the
selection of Grand Jurors" referred.
THE bills to change the time of holding
courts in the Sth District, and in relation to
appointments of guardians to minors, were
passed.
THE bill to fund the floating debt was in
definitely postponed.
A LARGE number of House bills were read
and referred, and number of House local
and private bills were passed.
THE Governor has approved the joint res
olutions amendatory to the Constitution for
q reduction of the number of Chancellors;
also the bill incorporating the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows
THE House resolution to adjourn sine die
on February 18th was discussed and indefi-
nitely postponed; yeas Is, nays IA.
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j. l.. PowKR,
Gran1 Saoraf0rv

The Greeks believed that the nearest APP
proach to the Divinity was Il successful
physician. and they apotheosized Aesculapi-
ns, and Appolonius OF Tyona for their cures.
The moro scientific moderns testify their
appreciation of skill in the healing arts
Father by patronizing the living than Defy
ing the dead; and this explains the crowd
of patients who have sought the Office of
DR. Jones, at the Edwards House, IN this
Pity, coming, sometimes, hundreds of miles
for his treatment, and returning cured and
rejoicing. The Doctor has extended his
stay until the twentieth OF February.
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A Correspondence Concerning Mississippi
Affairs and Inducements to I'm.
migrants from the North
and West.
CHICAGO, Jan. %, 1875.

CHICAGO, Jan. 81, 1875.
j. L. PoaOer, Esq, Jackson, Mss:
DEAR SIR: have often thought that
would like to live in the South, for il seems
to me that the climate must be more
desirable, and that the opportunities for
making money are better there than they
are here at the North. However, have
not thought very seriously of the matter.
for the reason that we hear of such awful
stories about the terrible condition of So
ciety there.
My attention has been called to the
matter now from reading letters published
in the Chicago Tribune, which give
very fattering description Of that eoun-
try and its resources, and says that it is a
good country to immigrate to for men of
industrious habits, who have some money
The writer says that good land, two or
three miles from Jackson, can be bought
for from IS 90 to so 90 per acre. He
mentioned farm of over 200 acres, two
miles from jackson. good house. gin
house, gin, (not Holland gin, that could
be bong ht for 81 500. How is this, and
are taxes no higher there than here?
Now would like your opinion Can
decent whites live in that country in
peace? If a man has $4,000, has he
got capital enough to give him a fair
start, either at farming or in trade? If
he wants to till the SOIL can he depend on
the blacks to work An early reply to |
this will be looked for.
Yours truly,