The weekly clarion., 1876-02-02


A glance at the. names comprising the
present Legislature shows the care with
winch the people selected their ablest and
pest men for the great work OF brinpino
order out of chaos. Every profession. oce,t-
patton and interest of the Commonwealth
seems to be represented by men Whose
names are the synonym Of honesty and 90.
paclty. Those who look in upon tl,e Ssnate
and House, as now constituted. must neca~-
sarlly be delighted with the transformation
that has taken place In the Legislative de-
partment of the Government.
In the Senate, tor instance, the Pres
ident pro TEN, beara dignity equal to the
position. He is as solid as a Stone. The
Senate is well able to Foote all the House
bills, and when occasion demands there "a
an abundance of Fssce1 for warm debate
According to the arithmetic It takes efsh,
FAriongs to make a mile, but one of the
senators from Warren is equal to any ten
miles. Should BUSINESS accumulate, an
able Garter is on hand to make a
move in the right direction. should
the Senate need refreshment, a Stearort is Al.
ways ready TO prepare this staple supplies
being Oldham and Porter. One of the colored
Senators Is a White man, another Grou and
another is Al bright. Should matters be-
come disjOinted, an experienced TayEoy is
ready to mead them up. Should any
proposition be introduced to Hooker the
people, 1t may depend on Cdtehtno fits
from the Senators from Holmes and
Warren. When Erer EFT becomes neces-
sary to pass a good MEASURE regard
less of his party Affiliation, tile Senator from
Yazoo Is usually in the right company All
things are done decently and orderly In
this august body, and the record of their
transactions is kept by one who knows how
to do il up Broom. OF course, the great
Smith family is represented in the Senate.
The fsouse is peculiarly fortunate in the
variety of its resources. 1t has, to COM
mence with, not merely Pound, but a For
tune, and a South t0orth par in the market
1t mas a well. stored Garrett, an inviting
Hall, and Street that is always in excellent
conditiOn-well paved according to parlia-
mentary law and usage. The musical notes oil
Its Hdrper have long been sounded through
his Gazette, and are now heard on printing,
and other questions where retrenchment
and reform are demanded. That all things
may be done Fairly, we have an assurance
in the representative from Covington and
Jones Monroe has sent IrOup OF her best
material. The House, like the Senate, has
ample supplies on hand--an excellent quail
ity of Bean, a good-siEed Cr1tm, a Drake
two BwdS, plenty of Meade, and a
No. l Baker, from Duck-Hill. Should
anything additional be required, it Is
only necessary to make a requisition on
the accommodating MtHr from Cnpiah
Kemper furnishes a clear-ringing Bel, oi
true metal. For agricultural experiments
there ia an abundance of Green CIGs
weIl-temperea. with good snb-soil
One might suppose that Lauderdale
wanted to have things rather Dear al
the Capitol, and Adams seemed tc
think that a Hussey was indispensable le
Tippah certainly did good thing to Spighi
the Radicals, and "eyery man, woman and
child'' in that county have just Gauge to be
proud of their Representative. Calhoun ha;
sent Representative who is decidedly
Blount, but eiear-he beaded and polite. Chec-
taw has furnished substantial bridges
The complexion of the House is decidedly
White, with here and there Young coloree
men, one of the latter class being rather
BYoton Qens are not usually inviting
places but the House has a very GGy-den
Itawamba has again returned her faithfus
re representative, but it is to be hoped, fol
"Williaul's" sake, that his constituents
will keep the "fishrtrap" in good
condition. The House is even better
off than the Senate in the way
of Carers, and when they cannot move
matters, they can press Campbell into ser
vice. Holmes has furnished an expert Dyer
Chickasaw rapid Tacker, and Feathers by
the ton, and of the best quality, is contrib
uted by The Empire county. The Assistan
Sergeant-at-Arm Is ali the way from Hot
land Of course, body so large, so impos-
ing, would not be complete without at leas
two Renrasa ntatiyes of the Jones family.