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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
MILITIA.

lowing words The Legislature shall provide for the
organizing arming equipping and discipline of the Militia
and for paying the same" and Section made it the
duty of the first Legislature to make such laws shall
be necessary to Immediately effective Militia in
this State Chapter 46, of the Code provides for the
enrolment and organization During the present adms
traton necessity has existed for the services of the
State Militia The civil power has at all times been sui-
to enforce law and preserve the public peace But
had there been any necessity for organizing the Mill
tia powerless to do anything the Legislature made
provision for that purpose l trust there will be nc
necessity in the future but feel it to be my duty to
call your attention to the Constitution and laws on the
subject, for such action you may seem proper.
There many Arms in the hands of private in
diyiduals which, different times, distributed TO
officers of the Militia by my predecessors. Some legsa-
ton is necessary compel parties to surrender these
most of the efforts heretofore taken to accomplish that
object having failed The Adutant General of the State
reports that he has succeeded through the assist
ance of Gen. Will T. Martin, in securing Adams county
100 breechloading altered Springfield Rifle Muskets,
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Institute for the Blind.

Since the opening of the present session. October LIST,
81 pupils have been received the Institute for the
Blind The average attendance during the past year
IS OF this number 13 white females, 10 white
males, and colored males No provision has been made
for the admission of coored females l recommend such
legislation may be to provide for the recep
appropriated your last session for the support of this
Institution during 1876 about $4,000 used pay
outstanding debt which had been carried year
year for several years That diversion of the annual
appropriation made additional of about $4,000
necessary meet the current expenses of the past year.
which the State Treasurer by order of the State Board Of
Finance authorized to advance mbursng himself
out of the appropriation for 1871 The main building of
the Institute is very dapdaed condition year
hence, it will not be habitable without large
of money expended in repairs Even then, the policy of
patching old building at heavy expense say the
least of it. doubtful call your attention this subject
and recommend such legislation S to you may seem
proper in the premises
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REGISTRATION

During the recent in this State the rogistra
ton of voters unusually large In only count
was there any complaint the working of the Re zs
trauon Law of your last session. As there some
doubt 70 the intention of the Legislature one point
submitted to the Attorney General early i'm the sum
mer the question to whether member the County
Board OF Registration could go alone the different
election precincts and register the voters whether I'm
every act OF registration the law required quorum of
the Board to be present On the 30th of June the AT.
torney General gave il his opinion that the law re-
CURED the County Board be session during the regis
tration of voters. informed that most il am 81
the County Boards ccnormed their action the views of
the Attorney General.
recommend such legislation at your present session
as will place beyond question uncertainty The inten-
ton OF the Legislature. The Act SIG requires chad
ali of the county board shall be members of the
same political party" Certainly that requirement is de-
eaed II one member discharge all the important du
ties of registration In partial special registrations
1t may not be matter of much moment but i'm general
registrations, the Board should be i'm at each pre-
cnct and every act should be the the Board and
not of member.
also call your attention to the fact that the law of
1876 makes provision for the payment of the expenses
OF the State Board No provision is made for the APP
pontment or payment of Clerk Secretary, and the
Board is forced to have one, there is little clerical
labor required. There other items, for which You
should make some provision among which is that on
the travelling expenses of the member who does not rel
side at the State Capitol 1t is just 10 require any
one to discharge public duties at his expense.
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Two Dollars a Year.

packed in boxes in good order 20 loose guns rused p
considerable lot of Announcements. These arms and
Announcements stored in Natchez subject TO my order
Foryone guns and bayonets yet in the possession Of
citizens who refuse TO surrender them 10 the Agent APP
pointed by 50 boxes OF arms, ~ boxes of ammuni
on and boxes of hayersacks deposited in the United
States camp at jackson in 1873 by order Of Governor
Ames. recently moved by the Adiuunt General TO
the Capitol Armory. and there stored the L. - officer
in command having given notice that the post at Jack
son had been abolished, and the government buildings
ordered to be sold.
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Inspectors Of the Penitentiary.

The act of april 15th to provide for leasing the Peni
Tertiary, appoints the Inspectors Commissioners to
make the lease Section II abolishes the office upon the
closing of the but section continue
the Inspectors in office Commissioners, and empowers
them with certain duties in the the bond of the
lessees shall become insovent insufficient As the
lease has been perfected and the Commissioners have
duties discharge except in the condition named
commend that the office of Inspector Commissioner be
abolished altogether and that the duties required of them
by section H. be devolved upon the State Superntend
The latter resides the State Capitol and the du-
ties be discharged at less expense to the State.
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At your last session. you made appropriation of
$500 for roofing and protecting the unfinished wing Of
the Asylum This work has been competed and the
the Board of Trustees Many applications for the admis
sion of patients have been refused lately
the want of accommodation. The wing will
modate between eighty and one hundred | recommend
that make the necessary appropriation for the pur
pOse and that the Trustees be authorized have the
wing completed and furnished the earliest practicable
In its present condition, is of service and
the money heretofore expended it is much dead
capital. Humanity requires that the State should do all
power provide and its unfortunate insane
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Regenue agent.

On the 10th of April last appointed John H. Echols,
of Kinds county, Revenue Agent, under the Act of
ApriI 18th, 1876 entitled An Act to appoint Agent
investigate frauds and collect due the State
counties and evee boards of the Stae The gen teman
named is peculiarly fitted for the important position To
great industry he adds many years of valuable experience
duties connected with the financial affairs of the State
Mr. Echos entered at upon the discharge of the
duties imposed upon him by the Act mentioned He has
had statements made, and has re-eXamned all the
and settlements made under what is known the
Abatement Act Of 1875. He has made a speciality of
connected with sales of lands for taxes and has
been enabled to correct many sales and to
cumulate much valuable information in regard to the col
lection of taxes lands held by the State
For statement of the transactions of the Revenue
gent and suggestions regard to needed changes in
the laws the subjects pertaining to his office respect
fully refer to the Report of that officer, which will be
transmitted to you.
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Institution for Deqf Mute8.

The number of pupils in attendance at the Institution
for Deaf Mutes, during the past year, 40. The
average attendance S. There were pupils in
tendance the Goth of December with good prospect of
increase during the winter months Dr. Carter, who
Principal for many years. and managed the affairs of
the Institution with eminent success resigned during the
past The Board of Trustees elected Prof Chas
H. Talbot to fill the vacancy. Prof T. is gentleman of
experience and under his management the Institution is
sustaining its reputation frstcass school for Mutes
At the beginning OF the past year. this Institution was
carrying from year year This debt paid out
of the annual appropriation for 1876, which caused
deficiency As the of the Institute for the Blind,
the Treasurer was authorized advance the
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

The Code of 1851 (Sec. vii, Art 43, D. 9S) fixes tho
compensation OF Electors Of President and Vice Pres
dent OF the United States going returning from
the State Capitol TO cast their votes but your session
made no appropriation for their payment The amount
due the Electors who met in Jackson December 9th is
about $4OO recommend the appropriation TO pay IT,.
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THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

Agreeably an Act passed at your last session, the
Centennial Board of Managers for this State,
gained Fifteen gentlemen representing various indus
trial pursuits residing in different portions of the
State commissioned The former Board had already
contracted for the of building Paramount
Park intended as headquarters for visitors from Assis
sippi The new Board ratified the contract, and The
building ready at the opening of the Exhibition
the 10th of May. This building was erected by the
CONTINUED on Fourth Page1
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PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Since your last session, Hon Thomas S. Gathrght, hav
ing been appointed to the Presidency of the Estate Agr
cultural and Mechanical College of Texas, has resigned
the position of State Superintendent of Public Education
position which he had filled for nearly five months with
distinguished credit himsefand to the State On the
9TH day of August last appointed Hon. Joseph Bard
WELL of Lauderdale county, to the position made vacant
bv the resignation of Prof Gathright DR.. B. entered
upon the discharge of his duties the 1s day of Sep
tember A gentlemen of intelligence and refinement,
peculiarly fitted for the position under his nagement
the Department of Education is conducted with ability
and satisfaction
The system of Public Education has become part OF
orr State Government and in every section the people
seem to alive to the importance of free and liberal
education for youth of both Few, if any, OBJ
saces are interposed by any class of citizens, and
soon it is confidently believed the Free School System
of Mississippi will compare avoraby with that of older,
richer and more experienced States.
The following statistics 1876 will prove of interest
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In 1876, you levied for State purposes tax OF 81 mill
on the $1,000 OF property In 1872 the lew was 80 De
cent greater than the levy for $40: in fs73 a. pe
cent greater; in 1874 Is per cent greater and IL SIS
= per cent greater So will be that the
eFs nave directly and sensiby experienced the pracfca
results OF the economy nauguraed by your session OF
last year.
The foregoing furnishes ger commentary than
any words and shows the result of substantial and visible
ana economy under the wise and judieous
legislation OF last winter Not Department has suffered
since you met in January, 1876 for means to meet its
necessary expenses, yet the cost of administering the
derent branches OF the Government was in 1876 less
than one half OF what it in 1875
during 1876. to the LIST day of December, the State
interest on the Certificates of Indebtedness
to amount Of sl22504, cancelled during the
same period. Auditors warrants were outsfand
ing to November 30th, 1876 to the amount of
$590,368.52 of which $227718.36 were Insurance war
rants on deposit and $185 26977 known as Railroad
warrants: a. e., Ripley and n. O.. j. & G. n R. Rs
which were ordered cancelled by the Acts of April 18th
1876, but which the State Treasurer was enioned from
canceng Injunction suits, in relation thereto, are still
penang. Amount due Chickasaw School Fund, the
lst day Of December, 1876, $814,74323; to same
date interest said debt of $40 S09O4 had
been paid leaving $2o67I66 Of interest due the day
named.
hnde5tedness Of tie State.
The following was the Indebtedness of the State on
the 1st day Of December, 1876:
Due Chickasaw School Fund ..-. $814743 %
Due Interest 20,671 sci
Due Common School Fund, ...-.... S7S.572 81
Due Interest same (Distrbutive, 65327 SO
Warrants Outstanding 590,36S 50
Certificates of Indebtedness, ........... 268S2 90
Bonds Due Jan. 1, 1877, -.......... ... $30765O
1, 1875, ....~. ........ 10000
l. 1879, ... $500
/, 1896, .-.... ........ 22715O-69O30 300 OOI
Interest Bonds January l. 1877, ...... 321S9 sol
Railroad Tax, for Distribution. S.579 35
Interest Insurance osts,...~...... 144T6 GIL
Interest Bonds, mot yet audited, S4736 COL
Total amount Indebtedness, ,226 SIT 10
From the foregoing, should be deducted the following
amounts:
Chickasaw School Fund and Common School
Fund, debts upon which the State is only
required to pay interest (ess $60,926 81,
on latter, in L. S. Bonds, counted below
balance i'll Treasury .......$ 632,3S9 60
Cash balance in Treasury, Dec. 1, 1S76,. 3OS,5S2 55
Warrants in Treasury owned by State, and
included in Outstanding Warrants ..-.. 1S5,269 II
Total Deductions, 126, 242 21
Leaving as the Indebtedness of the State
proper December 1st 1876 the Of. 81 ,100605 %
For a detailed statement of the Finances of the
State, refer to the Annual Reports of the Auditor of
Public Accounts and State Treasurer, which will be shortly
transmitted to you.
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Tile L21aat5c A8ylune.

The Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Luz
matte Asylum, shows that the past year the most
successful of that Institution under its present
ment; that more patients accommodated than in
any year since 1869, and that, too, relatively with
smaller outlay of money The Appropriation for 1875
was drawn and expended The Appropriation for 1876
100000. Notwithstanding the appropriation
sixth less, the affairs of the Institution we'll
aged in 1876 that only the of 100000 sui
cient, but the entire appropriation, am informed
not expended. During the past year, there
ecoveres and fewer deaths comparatively than during
any preceding year, and Notwithstanding the walls
crowded beyond their legitimate capacity there
accidents alamities
The following statement shows the number Of patients
etc, the 31st December;
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THE STATES CHARITABLE INSTITUTION

1t is with little pleasure report to you that the
Charitable Institutions of the are in most satisac
tory and hourishing condition.
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necessary current expenses and reimburse him
self of the appropriation for 1877 This thought
be better for the State than to borrow the money,
which would increase the amount | recommend that
separate appropriations be made pay the deficiencies
thus created the Institutions that their affairs
will hereafter be embarrassed by debts hanging
them from year to year. l also recommend that the
Board Trustees be authorized to employ physician
by the year for the Institute Deaf Mutes Dr. Carter
did the medical practice during the period he Prnc
pal 1t is necessary to employ physician.
The State has made ample provision for the education
of its blind and deaf and dumb, but informed by
Principals of the two Institutions that many pupils
prevented from attending account of the inability Of
their parents friends pay travelling charges from
their homes to the State Capitol | recommend such
legislation may be deemed proper to enable the /
blind and deaf and dumb youth reach the L
Institutions The required in the would
be small, and provision mil ht be made by which the
State counties would furnish transportation upon
factory proof that the parents friends able
do
For detailed statement of the operations of the Char
liable Institutions during the past year, their needs and
wants. refer you the Annual Reports Superinten-
dents and Boards of Trustees, which will be transmitted
to you.
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Acorn Uniuersitu.

,d 70 ba able to state that Acorn University
to become what its founders designed 1t be- to
t rselass University for the education OF the col
ored youth of Mississippi The University NAG na0
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Lndebtedness Of tie State.

The following the Indebtedness of the State on
he 1st day of December, 1876:
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The counties of Alcorn Greene Marion ana hye
are not embraced in the valuation OF personai's ro
gwen, the Assessment Rolls from those counties 70
been returned for correction, and not yet rere'ueN
The Auditory
The subjoined statement will show, at gIahce Of
u The substantial results accomplished by your '
1876:
Disbursements By Warrants IN 1915 dna io'0' w
18fIl rim decrease for 1876
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I Teport1eSS, o {eHis1si'e 422 so
Expenditures for scholastic year, from %
counties reported, exclusive OF Universe 80 -
ties and Normal Schools )....-.--...-.$ 96V -
Average number days taught during scholastic year.
boois outside Incorporated cities and towns, is So
Average monthly salary paid teachers as reported IN
so counties, is, white, $43 co. colored, $50 90.
The State Universities and Normal Schools are report
ID 10 he in iourshng condition The number of stu
dents in attendance the University OF Mississippi is at
resent IA in Normal Department OF Iougaloo UnlVer
TO and in Preparatory Department, 100; IN the
Normal school at Holly Springs, TO- The two latter
are schools for colored students
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-20
Look for Him.

You are sure 10 see him, and you
had better look out for him. He is
always slipping around peeping
into private windows, and crouch
ing into some dark corner, or be
hind the door, or under the bed.
He is a horrible monster as he
crouches in that dark hall listening
for your footsteps. In his long
skeleton fingers he clutches n big
knife, and the rafting links OF a
chain may be heard now and then.
He binds his victims with this. He
has no eyes, but the horrid boDy
sockets peer through the gloom
while his long jagged teeth, without
any lips TO hide their ugly deform
ity, grind with rage. Look out!
If you pass through that dark hall
while he is there that knife will go
through you and that chain will be
fastened to your reck, and he will
drag you by the neck, until all the
flesh is worn of Of your bones and
you are as ugly and hateful looking
as he is. Look for him, he is al
ways slipping around where he Is
not expected, surprising folks who
don't want TO see him. His name
is Death. He may be at the door
now, ready to square that little ac.
count due the printer Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-20
The Uses of the Lemon.

As a writer in the London Lancet
remarks, few people know the value
of lemon juice. A piece of lemon
bound upon corn will cure it in a
few days; it should be renewed
night and morning. A free use of
lemon juice and sugar will always
relieve cough. Most people feel
poorly in the spring, but if they
would eat lemon before breakfast
every day for a week, with or with
out sugar as they like, they would
find it better than any medicine.
Lemon juice used according to this
recipe will sometimes cure con
sumption: Put a dozen lemons into
cold water and slowly bring to q
boil; boil slowly until the lemons
are soft, but not too soft, then
squeeze until all the juice is ex.
tracted, add sugar to your taste
and drink. In this way use one
dozen lemons day. If they cause
pain or loosen the bowels too much
lessen the quantity and use only
five or six day until you are bet
ter, and then begin again with q
dozen day. After using five oil
six dozen the patient will begin tc
gain flesh and enjoy food. Hold on
to the lemons, and still use them
very freely several weeks more.
Another use of lemons is for 9
refreshing drink in summer, or-ir
sickness at any time. Prepare al
directed above, and add water and
sugar. But in order to have this
keep well, after boiling the lemons
squeeze them and strain carefully
then to every half pint of juice
add one pound of loaf or crushed
sugar, boil and stir a few minute!
more until the sugar is dissolved
skim carefully and bottle. You
will get moro Juice from the lemons
by boiling them, and the prepara
tion keeps better.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-20
Hard Times in California.

News from California is not en-
couraging. In the rich valley of
Napa many a5le-bodied men are
working on farms for their mere
board, and many others, according
to report, would be glad of the op-
portunity. Excellent farm hands
are working for $40 to $13 per
month. 1t seems to be a matter of
fact that hard times prevail in the
Golden State. A sad case of star
vation is reported as having oc
Cured in San Jose and another at
Oakland. In both instances, accord
ing to the California papers, the un-
fortunates made every effort they
could TO get labor and failed.
What should we think of the
times in Tennessee if laboring men
and women were starved to death,
failing to find employment? Califor-
MIA has been greatly overestimated
as an easy country to live in, while
the rich export wheat by the mil
lion bushels. Where laboring peo-
pie work for their board or starve
from the unequal distribution of
property, social trouble is not far
ahead. American.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-20
Patronize Your Neighbor.

The growth of neighborhood,
village or town is simply the aggre-
gated Improvement of its individual
members. If every citizen would
give the preference to the people Of
his own town in his outlay, quite an
addition might be made TO the mum
ber of successful men in each neigh
borhood. Patronize your own vii
lage blacksmith, mechanic and
storekeeper; help each other along,
cultivate pride in the progress and
thrifty appearance ofyour own com
munity; cast out that selfish Jeal-
ousy in a neighbor's prosperity.
There is sufficient competition in
every calling to keep prices as low
as can be afforded, and in nothing
can the citizens of county exer-
else a more benign influence than
in the encouragement Of home
trade and patronage. 1t is the mu-
tual interest of all TO have the lar
gest possible number Of busy, pros
porous men in each community. A
successful man soon shows his sue
cess in his surroundings; he paints
his house, erects new fences, sets
out shade trees, prepares a flower
plot for his wife, improves his land
and culture, every item Of which
change necessitates an outlay of
money and labor. These improve
ments not only benefit the fortunate
protector, but add TO the character
and appearance of the whole village,
attract the attention and admiration
of every stranger who enters the
place, induces new families TO move
into town, and, best of all, stimu-
lates the neighborhood to a rivalry
in the same line Of improving their
surroundings. Let every citizen
determine to patronize his neigh
bors, and watch the good effect on
the whole community.