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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09
a Sad Accident.
Rilnxi MirrOr.l

Biloxi Mirror.l
Last Wednesday night our community
was startled by the announcement that
an aged and highly respected lady, Mrs.
S. L, Thomas, Of New Orleans, was
crushed to death by falling between the
ears of the night express train OF the n.
O. & NJ. Railroad. 1t appeared, before
the cororer's inquest; that Mrs. Thomas
had got on the cass at Biloxi, in company
with Mr. Ross, to visit EasL alabama,
and entered sleeping car, but finding
that Mr.. Ross had a lady friend in the
ladies' cas-, determined to go with
him into said coach, and in crossing
from one car to the other, lost her
balance and fell between the cars, and,
as was afterwards proven, upon the rail,
and was literally crushed to death. Her
escost, Sir. Ross, is an invalid, and she
being quite stout. t1e was lnahle to make
any effort to save her. This occurred
only about one hundred yards from the
depot, and as soon as the fact was made
known to the conductor, DR.. Yard, the
train was stopped aud backed up to the
spot where she YVES found, and vita the
assistance of Mr.. O'Shea and his meu,
the BODY was carried to the City Hotel,
where She was stopping, and there the
inquest was held, and the verdict rendered
in accordance with the facts.
She was member of the NJ. E. Church
and had been in attendance upon the
Camp Meeting. She had attained the
ripe old age of 81 years. We learn that
she is the aunt-in-law Of Judge L. /.
Merrick, Of New Orleans. Our sym
pathies are With the family and friends
Of the DECEASED, and We trust that He
H. ,l~ath all things we'll will reconcile
. Mno "a - ,ho;r Id bereavement. May
she rest in peace.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09
GRANTISM.
.,,r.,IVaGASCE. REED TAPE
AND CORRUPTION.
NnrL, World.L

X4.g York World
y,-ulxGrox, July 2l.-No general
..s,.tes can give an ilea Of The con
..I, increasing burden Of the system
fC-cernmeut which exists here. The
s'... must 81 seen in detail to be under
....d and appreciated. With the
..no.rv poorer than it ever was before
I'd roaming uader the weight Of unjust
.sy.s with Congress making reductions
~ axysu-es for years past Ia obedience
b, the demands and the necessities OF the
,..nIa we see the departments and the bu-
L.,a. continually increasing their expen-
g.,,a. and continually demanding more
r,,n4y Tor the not very faithful discharge
a yaTy ordinary duties. No reform will
-m,u1t 10 anything which does not 90
,rr.rob these nests Of red tape and
.,rrnptign with the newest and stifest
LirJ Of broom Grantism, like a cancer,
has sent its poisonous roots through our
,L.la administrative system. The in
,,,a.r on the public debt, WINCH Was
eIl0 900 900 in the fiscal year 1868, has
f,rle1 tn SOB. 900, 900 in 1876, and this
includes. in addition, the interest Oh the
p,rGe Railroad bonds; but the per
mquent appropriations" for the fiscal year
1878 we're $40, 600, 900.
In 1Sjg-6O the expenses of the civil
r.t where $6.O77, OO8, and the "miscel-
is,a5a," expenses $50, 708, 233 In 1861
e, the civil list cost $I3,I27,783 and
she miscellaneous expenses T36. O92, 81
IN lSG9-70 Grants first year, the civil
list WAS 81 S67 336, the miscellaneous
expenses $36, sos. Ia 1918 the
r;n list rose to SIT, 346, 529 and the
miscellaneous to $50, Dps, 536. In 1875
rs there was appropriated for the civil
establishment $26, SOC, 900; for public
works. SIG. 755, 600: for miscellaneous,
s53 600 600 and the Secretary of the
Treasury, "reformer' as he was. asked
S2l 900, 900 over and above the sum %
these appropriations for the year 1876
II
lis only by Il careful analysis of the ac-
counts l4at we are able to detect how the
bureaus aod departments contrive to
'piIeup" these expenses, but the mystery
disappears rs soon as the analysis Is made.
TIE CITY THAT SHEPHERD BUILT.
Washington is a leading source of
expense to tAe people. The expenditures
on behalf of tine city for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1875, were as follows,
FROM the books Of the Register;
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

Ex-Judge Jeffrey o. Phelps, Of the
Connecticut bench, who is eightysix years
old, made a successful argument for
client last Wednesday in Simsbury III
that State, where he lives.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

Only one hotel at Cape May has
regular band this season, and that is the
Columbia.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

Miss Lee, niece of the late Gen. II. +.
Lee, is among the reigning bellies at Cape
May.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

In the matter of fine dressing, New
York ladies at Saratoga carry off the
palm as usual.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

Cheat River, Maryland, is full of bass.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

Tins IS, 800, 900 does not cover all the
costs OF printing by good deal, since a
iafge proportion of 1t Is covered up in the
contingent expenses of the depart
ments and bureaus. 1t is enough IN
snow, however, that under Grantism the
printing bills alone have come to ex-
coed one per cent Of the total expenses
Of the United States Government.
COLLECTING THE REvENUE.
In lS67-68, under the cumbrous old
system, the internal revenue was s1gI :
Vs. .3S9, and the cost Of its collection
50, 81 301. The revenue from custom,
was Sl64, 464 599, and the cost Of the
collection was Sc, 700, 900. In I87I-72
the revenue from customs Was SIZE. 80
26O; from internal revenue Sl30 642
~; the cost of collecting internal rove
nue. was 81, 41S, ll8, and of collecting
custo ns-the fetal cost was $40. 49,. 1863,
In l614-13 the revenue from customs
was SI57, 167,722, and from internal
revenue SllO, 007, 493. The costs Of
collecting were as follows:
Expenditures custom service .$I2. 1919 500 &c
Marine Hospital service 471 AS ~
Gus ON House buildings 3 $50 ii "a
Lighthouse establishment 3,l47,I53 Sc
once Commissioner OF Gu toms 49I59O2
1om missioner Internal Revenue 33j 1855 so
1dAeS Iliegaily collected S93 90
Collecting internal revenue 5ISS, 5I33I
Iotal-----. -.........-...... .$25. 2s3, 3l7 so
This Is within a fraction of 10 per
cent. When it costs government 10
per cent. to collect It's revenue, the sys-
TEN may be assumed as near the point of
Il II
The seeds Of death are terminating in
It, The United States is dying of the
best developed case Of Bureaucracy in all
history. Already there is a "permanent
OF So, 800, 900 for the col
lection Of customs, nucleus around
which abusive charges may gather ad
libitum. This permanent" sum has
got into the Revised Statutes" where
it may be expected to survive the death
Of the republic unless Governor Tilden
and the coming Democratic regime i'm
medlately expunge it.
THE BUREAUS.
The bureaus are Republican inven-
ton, perfected under Grant and Grant
ism. The chief wonder is how so many
bureaus find any work to do, and the
only explanation at all plausible is that
they send accounts to one another for
the sake Of mutual instruction in book
keeping We append statement of the
cost Of the bureaus, regarded entirely as
clerical bodies, and eliminating every
item of the taxes levied by them upon
the country for the particular branches
Of the public service which they pretend
to represent In this case we give the
actually appropriated for the
FISCAL year 1876, and the amounts
asked ty Secretary Bristow for the fiscal
year 1876-77:
BUREAU APPROPRIATELY 1876. ASKED 1877.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

The number of day laborers in the
United States is estimated at 1,OOO,VOo.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

TG1 appropriations for u. c. s. 962, Ill
Now there j. not an item in all this
miscellaneous list ier the benefit of the
Government or the public buildings or
grounds OF the Government. 1t Is ali for
the benefit r the people of the District In
Ex-Governor Shepherds last report TO his
friend Grant, in has capacity as President
q the Board of Public Works, the
report bearing date of November /,
1913, thst model exponent Of Grantisn:
complained that while, SINCE the gear
!o12, the citizens Of the District have
expended for the improvements Of streets
ana avenues and for sewerage SIS, ~
40 81, tie total appropriations gra'lted oy
congress f7r these purposes reach the com
g1rGtirs'y small sum Of s4,476, 706 40,
Il follows from this that Grantism takes
NJ Ok gear 3, 962 POI IL to do what
Previously cost only 81, 476, 700 10 in
serenity tears. Up - Grants time, ny
Shepherds figures, Washington and the
District cost the people $4,000 a yGaF.
Once Grantism has been inaugurated II
cost the people $4,000 year, while
he citizens Of the District suffer from
oppressive taxation besides.
PUBLIC FEgETING.
The cost of the public printing has in
creased with the utmost rapidity since
1FantiSm became our system of govern
Ment. In 1872 the cost Of public print
ing, paper, binding, ETC., was Sl,61l,-
@09.2l In 1S74-75 it was as follows :
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

Blind Tom plays 1000 pieces,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10

1t is related of Curran, the famous
Irish orator and wit, that he was one
evening sitting in box at the French
opera between an Irish noblewoman
whom he had accompanied there and
very young French woman. The ladies
soon manifested a strong desire to con-
verse, but neither Of them knew word
of the others language. Curran, of
course, volunteered to interpret, or in
his own word, "to be the carrier of their
thoughts, and accountable for their safe
deliverance." They went at it at once,
with all the ardor and zest the Irish and
French nature combined; but the in
terpreter took the liberty of substituting
his own thoughts for theirs, and instead
of remarks upon the dresses and the
play, he introduced 80 many finely
turned compliments that the two ladies
soon became completely infatuated with
each other. At last, their enthusiasm
become sufficiently great, the willy in
terpreter, in conveying some very limo,
cent questions from his countrywoman,
asked the French lady eff she would
favor her with kiss" Instantly spring
ing across the orator, she imprinted kiss
on each cheek of the Irish lady, who wal
amazed at her sudden attack, and Otter
afterward asked Mr.. Curran, "what il
the world could that French girl hav,
meant by such conduct in such place p
He never revealed the secret, and tn,
Irish lady always thought French girl
were very ardent and sudden in their at
tachments.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10
A Genuine Silver Ton.

During one of our State campaigns
considerable was said about the "silver
tops" The veritable article is said to
live in Lima. His story is told by a
Count Paul de Gabriac. 1t isn't pleasant
to doubt the veracity of man with such
fine name, but we would not dare to
vouch for his story and simply give it in
order to see if anybody will believe it:
One day when dining with the French
Consul, "the man with the silver head !"
was announced. He was a FrenchmaD,
owning small property near the city.
While taking walk some months ago he
heard cries of agony, and Fastening in
the direction from which they came, sur
prised three brigands, one of whom held
a travellers head between his knees while
another cut his ears of and third
stabbed him. The undaunted French.
man killed one of the Williams, where
upon the two others fed. At this
moment, and while attending to the
dying traveller, Peruvian gendarmes APP
peared, one of whom thinking the French
man murderer. with a powerful hOr-
izontal blow of his sword cut the top
part of his head clean of, laying the
brain bare. The Frenchman, after laying
an hour unconscious, revived, picked up
the upper part of his head, walked home
in the broiliDg sun, and had silver plate
made in lieu of the original scalp, which
had shrunk too much.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10
An Execution in Japan.

An execution by decapitation has
taken place within the walls OF the
prison-yard at lobe. The man who SUI
fered death was Amamiya Chuyemon,
who on the 1st Of March last, enticed Jap
anese boy fifteen years old into his house
in Minami Nakadori, Sanchome, and
there strangled him, in order to rob him,
of gen three thousand in japanese paper
money, which the boy had been sent to
change into gold at bank in Honcho-
dori. The execution ground is small
square Enclosure, divided from the rest
of the prison-yard by fence of boards
about fifteen feet high. 1t contains only
a small open shed and post for strang-
ling those who are condemned to be ex-
ecuted in that way. At one side of the
Enclosure lay a small straw mat about
three feet square, and on this the execu-
TONERS sword, wrapped up in a yellow
cotton cloth. Next to the mat stood the
executioner, a stalwart, middle-aged
man, dressed in blue uniform, with
cap. Presently Amamiva was led in,
blindfolded, dressed in new sky-blue
robe, with white tassels, his legs and
heads bare, and his hands tied behind his
back. He was made to kneel on the mat,
and in that position he muttered short
prayer, the executioner's assistant to his
right. The prayer over, the assistant
pulled the doomed mans rope down his
shoulders, and put his head in right
position; down came the sword with
flash, a slight thud was heard as it struck
the neck, and Amamiva's head rolled on
the ground, while the trunk fell forward,
the warm blood pulsating from the
severed neck. The assistant executioner
seized the head by the hair, took off the
cloth from the face, threw from BUCKET
standing near him couple of ladies of
water on the neck, and held up the livid
face to the gaze of the spectators.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10

ScmENcK's SEA WEED ToNIc.-In the atmosphere
OK perienced here during the summer msnths, tie
lethargy produced by the heat takes away the desire
for wholesome food, and frequent preparations re-
duce bodily energy, particularly those suffering from
the effects of facilitating diseases. In order to keep
natural healthful activity of the SYSTEM we must
resort to artificial For this purpose Schencks
Sea Weed Tonic is very effeotual. few doses will
create an appetite and give fresh vigor to the
enervated body. For dyspepsia, it is invaluable.
Many eminent physicians have doubted whether
dyspepsia can be permanently cured by the drugs
ch are generally employed for that purpose. The
Sea Weed Tonic In its nature is totally different from
such drugs. 1t contains no corrosive minerals or
acids in fact assists the regular operations of
ture, and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic in its
nature much resembles the gastric juice that it is
almost identical with that fluid. The gastric juice
Is the natural solvent which, In healthy condition
of the body the food to be dgested and when
this juice is not excreted in sufficient guam
digestion, with all its distressing symptoms fol.
lows. The Sea Weed Tonic performs the duty of the
gastric juice when the latter is deficient Schenck's
Sea Weed Tonic sold by all Druggists.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10
The luxembourg Lady Problem.

Scientific Miscellany, in the GALAXY
for August, has the following: The Lon
don Mathematical Society lately occu-
pied itself with a discussion of the fol-
lowing problem: "In a school of fifteen
girls rule has been laid down that they
shall walk out every day in rows of threes,
but that the same two girls shall never
come together twice in the same row.
The rule is supposed to have been carried
cut correctly during the six working
days of the week, but when Sunday
comes it is found impossible to send the
girls to church without break
ing the rule" This problem was au-
nOunced more than quarter of GEN.
fury ago, and has engaged the attention
of distinguished mathematicians, for the
reason that its solution involves the Use
of mathematical synthesis. DIR. Sylves.
ter's paper, in which the subject was dis
cussed, was "on the fifteen young ladies
problem and a general mathematical
theory of pure syntax."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10
Gossip of the English Metropolis.

ILondon Correspondence New York Graphic.I
The Sultan of Zanzibar, whose visit
to England will be remembered, and who
was regarded as a far more respectable
person than the Shah of Persia, recently
signed with England treaty for the
suppression of the slave trade, and he
has lately shown his zeal in the execu-
ton of this compact by hanging the cap
tain Of vessel who had received on
board some slaves whom an Arab mer.
chant wished to send to Muscat. But
now it turns out that the other day this
good Sultan himself bought four white
slaves for his harem. There are slaves
and slaves; to deal in black ones is a
crime, but traffic in white ones is legal
here as well as in Zanzibar.
A mysterious affair happened here on
on the night of the 30th Of June, which
reminds me of an attempt to assassinate
Mr.. Dorman b. Eaton in New York "a
few years ago. On the night of the Both
Mr.. Bateson, brother of Sir Thomas
BatesOn, was walking through Jermyn
street in the West End when some one
came behind him and dealt him power
full blow, which felled him to the ground
He was taken up for dead, but he re-
vived and is still alive, although his re-
covery is doubtful. No reason is known
for the attack; it was not for robbery
rs his money and iewelry were not
touched.
There is a report that the King of
Denmark is about to abdicate his throne,
being weary of fighting the radicals in
his kingdom on very small pay. But if
His Majesty resigns Prussia will gobble
up Denmark with the same vivacity
which a hawk displays in swallowing a
June-bug.
The tone of London journals upon
the question of the war now raging in
the East is curious. The most of them
are strongly on the side of the Turks.
The Telegraph, the Morning Post, and the
Standard are all intensely Mohammedan
the Times is rather inclined in that way,
and the Daily Me,os stands alone sup
porter of the insurgents. The provin-
cial journals, however, are for the most
part on the side of the insurgents, and
they probably best represent the feeling
of the country.
Would you be surprised to hear that
for a young man to make love to
young lady in England is under certain
circumstances an offense punishable by
fine and imprisonment? Such is the de-
plorable fact. A young gentleman
named Marshall not long ago fell in love
with a young lady who was a ward in
chancery, and the Lord Chancellor
issued an order forbidding him from
communicating with her. He disobeyed
the order and was sent to prison for con-
tempt of court. After being in prison
for some time he obtained an order for
his discharge on payment of the costs.
But the costs were so heavy that he could
not pay them, and then he was made
bankrupt. He applied yesterday for
his discharge again, pleading that W
he was detained only for debt and not
fo- contempt; but the cruel Chancellor
held that he was still in contempt, not
having complied with the conditions of
the order for his release. So the poor
lover still languishes in prison. won
der that the young lady does not pay
The bill and set him free.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10

walls of Bilek. Corpses were thick In the
road before the Citadel. Besides the artillery
and trains, the Montenegrins captured four
hundred horses and an immense number OF
arms. The Turks were greatly outnum'
bered. ........T The Turks have penetrated into |
Servia, and again assumed the offensive.
The Montenegrins have been defeated ut
Antivar, and four hundred prisoners have
been released at Philippoli........The ship
Geltwood, from Liverpool to Melbourne,
was lost with all on board off Cape North
cumberland. on the south coast Of Australia.
The London Times's special of August 3,
says of the Turkish plans of the campaign:
The Turkish commander endeavors to pos
sess the Timok valley by which he can turn
Aixinats and belgrade, two points prepared
for defense in the Maravia valley. The Ser
| vians are evidently aware OF this, Tor since
their retreat they have concentrated the
main portion Of their forces in that direc-
ton. The chief point of strategical impor.
lance in the Tmok valley are Saitschar and
Krugazevatz, as they lie at the Junction OF
the only two practicable roads from Timok
into the Maravia valley. The next opera
tons must, therefore, be to possess these
| places, which are being strongly fortified,
and cannot well be left in the rear .........
The Paris correspondent of the London
Standard reports that Austria has been
strengthening the garrison of Semlin in view
of possible events. Russia is sending troops
to the frontier. The Eastern prospect again
looks gloomy.....A Paris dispatch says: 1t
is stated that Murad has signed his abdica.
ton of the Ottoman throne. The Old Turk
ish party, led by the Sultan presumptive, is
showing hostility to the proposed Constitu-
ton. Midhat Pasha threatens to resign. An
other revolution in the Divan is anticipated.
Abdul Hamed has declared that as soon as
he has assembled the throne, he Will take the
supreme command of the armies against the
Sclaves ...... Intelligence has been received
from Morocco of fresh disturbances. The
Ghilan tribe refused to furnish their mil.
itary quota, and the Emperor marched
against them. His forces were surprised at
night in ambuscades and the Emperor him.
self narrowly escaped capture. His army
subsequently returned to the scene OF ythe
disaster, and devastated the country OF the
Ghilans, and sold the wounded and children
captured into slavery.
The Standards Paris dispatch reports that
nine thousand men and twelve Krupp can
non left Egypt for the Porte, and eleven
thousand more men and twenty.four krupI
guns will soon be dispatched to complete
the contingent, which the Khedive is bound
to furnish the Sultan. The Presse publishes
under reserve, and as not yet confirmed, the
statement that France has been advised by
Russia to take part with the other Powers in
efforts at mediation, and has replied that II
would be better, first, that the Powers un
derstOod what are to be the points OF in
tervention. Russia evidently wishes for i'm
mediate Intervention in Turkey.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10

The HOusekeeper" Of Our Health.
The liver is the great depurating or blood
cleansing organ of the system. Set the great
housek eeper of our health at work, and the
foul corruptions which gender in the blood
and rot out, as it were, the machinery of
life, are gradually expelled from the system.
For this purpose DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, with small daily doses of DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are pre-
eminently the articles needed. They cure
every kind Of humor from the worst scrofula
to the common pimple, blotch or eruption.
Great eating ulcers kindly heal under their
mighty curative influence. Viruient blood
poisons that Turk in the system are by them
robbed of their terrors, and by their per-
severing and somewhat protrac.ed u.e the
most tainted system may be completely
renovated and built up anew. Enlarged
glands, tumors, and swellings dwindle away
and disappear under the influence of their
great resOlvents. Sold by all dealers in
medicines.
"Claude, child about three years old,
was greatly afflicted with sores on his legs
and feet, so that he could not wear his shoes
and stockings. Had great deal of trouble
with him. Had tried many remedies inef-
fectually. At last we tried the Golden Medi.
cal Discovery, and in about three weeks he
was entirely cured, his sores were all healed,
and health much improved.
Respectfully yours, J. w. BOYER,
"Vermillion, Edgar Co., ILL.,, Jan. 20, 1876"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-10

AN Irishman called at drug store TO get
bottle Of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for
the Rheumatism the druggist asked him in
what part of the body IL troubled him most,
Z" Be me soul" said he, 81 have il in livery
houl and corner err me-"