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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
TIL E SU n
. NEW YORK.

TINE different editions of The q!
4 the next year will be the same n n
the year that has just passed ,.@
edition will on week days be q aa
pages, and on Sundays sheet OF III
or So broad columns; while the W t'I. .
will be a sheet Of eight pages o. III .ias|
mansions and character that aFs %
miliar to our friends. IND
THE Sun will continue to be tH' INA
aus advocate of reform and re'fenss1
Of the substitution OF statesmalsnTIr
and integrity for hollow pireten4;;ss,,
aud fraud IN the adminlstra'l'-- ,,,gl
affairs. 1t will contend for luz
of the people by the people ana ~ t,,Ta
as opposed to government BY ~ y "a
ballot-box and in the counting vG;1el
forced by military violence. HE, n%lI
to supply its readers "a body nov WI ~
a million Of souls-with the .n,sda|
complete, and Trustworthy aeeUu rprpsg
events, and will employ for t11 ~, P5ffd i
merous and carefully selected s' ssnors
ers and correspondents. lis f If 81
Washington, ESPECIALLY, will O fils.,
and fearless and it will do uDSi If tb
to deserve and enjoy the hatr esrrvorb
thrive by plundering the lreas Eve tbs
ing what the law does not gnofleps
it will endeavor to merit the G S.sof /
public by defending the rlgnls;%a.
against the encroachmentS OF uN~
er. rb
a month or $3.50 year, posi- tai@
Sunday edition $40 a year ,,,,s
The SUNDAY edition alo' Ie elgD'F
a year, post paid. ..f3
The WEEKLY Sun eight page, Il,
columns, will be fu' ..nished dnrlps
rate of 81 year post paid. ,,ion d
The benefit Of this large redu .sn M
previous rate for the WEEkt; liant nj De
by individ'- lal subscribers wll he ssp
~ OF ma King up clubs. "a ~ aid u
any OF our friends choose ~ - crstefD
our circulation, we shall ~ ssepd:d
s-r.d every such person VIM Mace fD
ynore subscribers from one Par or bips
tied to one copy of the paper a = ye't
paid, the the S expense of paper a srins
barely repaid; and, eonsi If is eeo
the sheet and the quaint. viii cea
are confident the people - neNsP,
WEEKLY Sun the cheapes' trust y
lisbed in the world, and we
the very best. A1 Nav York wv
dec .13, '76-6w.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17

The tendency Of the times is to aban-
don the oceans of verbiage in which the
true intent and meaning of legal enact
ments are too disguised instead of ex-
pressed. A writer justly observes that
the public health has suffered long enough
from the eternal prose, prose, prose of
legal formula. Take a good, bright
lawyer; orally he will joke and play upon
words and sparkle with wit like no man
else. Then clap a pen to his hand and
push him down at a table, and behold he
drivels in saids and aforesaids, dog Latin,
ramshackle, Ncrmon- French and abso.
lutely criminal English. The rules OF
prosody will correct all this.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
The Road Law.
Lowndes independently

We hope our immediate Senators and
Representatives in the Legislature will con
slider the advIsability of amending the ex-
isting Road Law. 1t is faulty, does not meet
the wants of the people, and is a source of
constant complaint. Various features are
proposed by parties interested, all of which,
we are satisfied, would better answer the
ends designed than the present statute.
Either let the county road superintendent
be elected or appointed by the Board of
Supervisors with good bond, for COM
pensating salary and make him responsible
for the condition of the roads. Or take the
supervision and control of fines from the
Circuit Court and give it to the Supervisors
who meet oftener and have more direct in
terceurse with overseers. Then the penalty
clause might be improved.
There is nothing more important to
people than good roads
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appointment.

Five hundred dollars and mileage, for
twenty three working days, is pretty fair
ply these hard times, even for d legistor.-
Times.
If the RAIDS of the last Legislature, who
fixed the rate of pay for the present, were
enjoying the Compensation" they would
doubtless think it very moderate. AS
but comparatively few of the Times sort
have to foot the bills, we think that they
might amiably endure their share of the
results of what the present Legislature
can accomplish in long session, ard
what it can also accomplish in a short
session. In getting rid of Ames, and
reducing taxes, they certainly deserve
not only 'fair pay" but the gratitude of
the entire people.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17

II is morally certain that, on the 14th
OF February, the two Houses of Con-
gress will differ as to the electoral vote,
and neither House can hold its position
save by the employment of force. Such
was the point of the argument made in
the Senate yesterday by Mr.. Booth, of
California. 7. Sun.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
E'le AppOrtiOnment Bill.

We regret that this important measure
is delayed. The people are feverishly
impatient. The present apportionment
alone of all the fragrant villianies of the
Radical party remains on the statue
book, and faunts itself in the faces of q
Democratic Legislature pledged above all
things to eradicate its abominable fea-
lures. We can communicate no more
pleasant intelligence to the people than
that the work has been done.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
MARK Ell NEWS,

LONDON, Jan. 16.-NOoN.-Cos
ZIG.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 16 Noon -Co'.l
err; but not quotably lower; ml9ill
lands 6 1916; middling Orleans D
10000; speculation 1000; receIps .
American $4,000. Futures opeael
but since became l-32 dearer: lpi.'
middling clause, now landing %. ).
New YORK, Jan. 16.--GOld opena
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16.-CoitOn "
irregular: sales 3 800 bales; good "
1l4@u15;low middling l2@i93 in-
fair 131s@14; fair 1905; TscI H..
?,2l6; gross $3.50; exports 70 Law
2l26; Havre 929S; stock 266,3@' .
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
In his annual report Attorney General
Taft gives Mr.. Tilden lift by saving:

Iatt gives MIR. Illden lift by saying :,
Il am satisfied that the United States
Marshals and Attorneys, acting in concert
with the Supervisors of Elections under
these instructions in New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, st. Louis, Chicago. New
Orleans, and in several Of the Southern
States, contributed materially to the preser-
vaton of the peace and to the securing to
the citizens freedom in the exercise of the
right of suffrage"
Well, if this was the case, why all
this clamor about intimidation? The
Southern States especially were shingled
all over with United States Marshals
and their deputies, to say nothing of the
United States Army which was stationed
in the counties having the largest negro
majorities.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17

TIE best answer to the prediction of
the Radical leaders that the Democrat
ic party would destroy the public school
system, is found in the fact that DeSoto
county alone has seventy-six schools with
from 26 to 100 pupils in each.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY II, 1877

GOLD down to 100. The lowest diff
ference until the present time between
gold and currency was in 1873, when the
precious metal touched 81 per cent.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17

day ar ard no Notwithstanding n.
to act definitely to.daSy 'ne detero,.
progress towards an aa,.. aud MAJ 'aas
sent to another meeting Teen ,etment a, ! ea
Will certainly be the Ia ;.9''mforroe @s,
situation are absolutely i in" D,tah, vi
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17

Isa party guilty of the crimes attrib-
uted to the carpet bag leaders in Louisi-
ana, by Pinchback, can not be defeated
by an appeal to the moral sense and en-
lightened judgment of the people, with
out resort to bulldozing, what is the use
of popular government,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17

ZACH CHANDLER, of the Grant Cabi,
net and Chairman of the National Re
publican Executive Committee, admitted
on examination by the Congressional
Committee that on the 9Th of November
he telegraphed Gov. Stearns, of Florida,
" to go on with the count, and troops
" would be furnished" They never
bulldoze-never think Of intimidating--
these anointed, innocent saints of Radi-
calism. Not they.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
"AszliNGrO ,rp,
aenafe


so " hs1 GnSi1' Jan. l6 M,
South !, Carolina, presented u H. l. Pstteas.
ID. ii. Chamberlain, S. II en-. me prtbT
doZo, Jno. r. Talbot. ana p.oEer I.
Carolina, and said he wouIt olntrs Of
read, but moved that it be ask 70 h,
record. '' Printed +.
Mr.. Alcorn, of Missi,.,
ed to any thing being printed Ipp, IL
without being read. "'eu latte
The petitioners refer 70 ;,
Wade Hampton and Other TIE pet
many of the Statement, ald l.
and in fact, are calcmjsteda ' e.
lead the Senate and yaira
tant facts omitted. Mr. ", SOU
Ohio, interrupted him whila 'ltfee
said he would suggest that u Lead1.
printed in the record witbon.e Re
have it read. AlcOrn obiectaJ" Ea,s.,
no idea there was anvt6inS IN saying \
memorial, but it should be fir Sp, =
Senate. reli
Mr.. Sherman said when 4 SAM.
ced petition he became the cno1O
it was proper, and for thar rs aalaLie
no. be read Mr.. Aleorn ba JASON 1
to Withdraw his objection. fba y, ,as q
resumed. The petitioners asks .5I'l a
to accept from them full and and : "a
ment OF affairs in Sonth aR
and declare they stand ready "a u
their statements, and, if reonirsdU 4'.
they could charge violence md t 49,. .
of Republican voters at the eIo y;
views at great length the action ,S, ~
turning Board and Supreme ~ =, &
claimed that they were lawlnIIvO UI
their respective offices. The re,5 'V
petition coAtinucd until l2.45n
Alcorn withdrew his objection ~
Davis, of West Virginia, said -.
Senator presenting the petition v rais
he had read it and that it was n oU,,
ument he would renew his obiarrH XIV
Mr.. Patterson, of South taraI.~
that he had not read it, as he orly
it this morning, but he knew a.
berlain to be an honorable man
would put nothing in a petition =
untrue; he had no doubt il wq,s
and respectable document. No6r! /
lection to having it printed wi6an,
read. it was ordered that the naa.
printed in the Record.
Mr.. Patterson submitted a rpSol,...
| claring the State Government nor y.
in South Carolina, and Representa- b L
Cham berlain, the lawful Govern
that the State is Republican, and ay.s
sistance should be given by No 4
States to the end, that the lawsbesS f
executed j; referred to the Comm. T
Privileges and Elections.
Mr.. Withers of Va, in accOrla,r
notices called up the message Of fIe n
dent in regard to the occupation Of p
burg, Va, by the military on Noy !;
day of the general election, and shin
the following resolution for immel- Z
sideratiOn.
ReS0tUed. That the committee On
airy be instructed to ascertain wbtsE
construction of the laws touching,s 1
toral franchise and promulgated byb
torney General in orders No. &c. Of +
Septem Der, Is, 1876, be correct alhg
report by bill or otherwise. After ID
speeches from Senator's Withers and E
ston, in which they denounced the o.
ton of Petersburg by troops durIg
late election, the re '0ution was
adjourned. T
M
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17

canada newspapers are making an out
cry against tax exemptions.
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House,

WASHINGTON, Jan 6-The Jli
Committee reported resolution fort
rest of mem bers of the Returning
aud bringing them before The bar q
House, to answer for contempt and nj
10 produce original returns before Tie
Orleans Investigating COMMITTEE. Al
what excited debate took place lT
the crowds in the galleries rarticPl
the pay of frequent applause and cta
of the Democratic speakers Tabj'
of decOrum was made the subject d
complaint on the Republicans side, M
condemned by the speaker. No VIZ
reached.
, 1877-12-21
The Origin Of the Telescope.

With reference to GaIieo's claim to be
quotes (AHnaLen der Physik and Chemie),
from a manuscript of Scheiner (l6l6) in
library in Zurich, a curious passage, of
which the following is part: "lt must be
allowed first, considering what the tele-
scope does, that Baptista Porta has better
right to be thought the inventor, because
he describes, after his own way, in OBJ
scure words and puzzling expressions, an
instrument like the telescope. But sec
ondy, if we speak of the telescope, as it
is now used after general perfection, we
must say that neither Porta nor Galileo
is the first discoverer of it, but the tele-
scope in this sense was discovered in
Germany, among the Belgians, and that,
accidentally, by one Kramer, who sold
spectacles, and either for amusement or
experimentation combined cOncave and
convex glasses, SO that with glasses he
could see u quite small and distant object
large and near; at which success being
rejOiced, he united several similar pairs
OF glasses in tube, and offered the COM
bination at high price to wealthy peo-
pie. Thereafter they (the telescopes)t
became gradually more common among
the people, and spread to other countries.
In this way two of them were brought
for the first time by a Belgian merchant
to Italy; of these, one remained long in
the college at Rome; the other went first
to Venice, later to Naples; and here the
Italians, and especially Galileo, at that
time Professor OF Mathematics in Pudua,
took the opportunity of improving it, in
order to apply it to astronomical pur-
poses, and extend its use further. Thus
the telescope, as we have it o,day, was
discovered by Germany and perfected by
Italy; the whole world now rejoices in
it."-Ndture.
, 1877-12-21
The Jolly Cnbhlers.

lB Flanders the company Of cobblers
nuJ Uuly tskr prvccd,nJr oi the company
at ,uus makers. but bear Tor their arms a
n,nt With am imperial crown upon L.
They ssJTrbc thus honor 10 the Emperor
Cherries V hn Nas fond oi wandering
iErHggJlS, ant uu a certain night strollei
into cubh.ri.s stall o. get his /, OF
mcudcd he found the Cubhler making
merry Wi'h his friends, aud when he
preferred his request, MAS told that they
aerC Keeping the festival of trlspir, and
that NJ wufk could be done on rlat day
Tor any man. even though he were Charlie,
himself; but that he Mas welcome To
cume 10 and Join them 10 drinking 10 ST.
Crispin, for they we're As merry Ms the
emperor himself could be. As this invi,
,atiun jumped with the emperor's humor,
he accepted 1t, aud joined them in their
drinking
Here's Charles VS. health" said the
cobhler.
"Do you love himl" asked the emperor
Love hint" said the cobbler, "aye,
love his long-nose>hip well enough but
| should love him more if he would tax
us less"
They finished St. Crispin's day very
pleasantly, and on the morrow the EN-.
peror sent for the cobbler to the palace
aud nightly surprised him by thanking
him for his hospitality on the previous
evening, asking him to name what reward
he would like best. The amazed cobbler
took the night to think of it, and on the
next day appeared before the emperor,
aud requested that the cobblers of Elan
ders might bear for their coat -of-arms a
boot with a crown upon it. 1t was such
a moderate request that the emperor told
him he would not only grant that but
another, also; whereupon the son of Girls
pin asked that the Cobblers might also
take precedence of the shoemakers, re-
quest which was also granted to him.
, 1877-12-21
The Chinese Jack the Giant. Killer

In Pekln there was soothsayer of ex-
traordlnary wit and power, who couId
tell from mans face the date or h;a
death, aud could lengthen the days ~
those who needed good advice, whiIa
every skeptic was sure to die at the tina
appointed.
One day an unbcliever passed by, with.
outwaiting to hear the soothsayer's wnrda
ana the latter cried out that he had soma
thing to say TO him. 1t was this. tho
color of his face was very bad, and if he
were to disregard the soothsayer's advice
he would be corpse the third day at
midnight. The man left and went away.
feeling rather uncomfortable. "If |
must die, | must said he, affecting n
stoicism he could not feel. He could
eat no food on account of the struggle
between belief and unbelief, and his ex.
citement became 80 great on the evening
OF the third day, that he could not seep,
lie therefore set to reading. As it was
nearing midnight, he heard rumbling
sound on the roof, and instantly his outer
door opened of its own accord, and
in stalked Il man of terrific appearance.
The scholar was much frightened, but.
having an ebony pipe in his hand, he
struck at the monster, who fell down; aud
lol it was a paper sprite. He read on.
his excitement not much allayed by this
accident. By.and-by he heard another
heavy tread on the roof, and creature
more frightful than the last was with
him. Notwithstanding the aspect of the
newcomer, us the solitary watcher could
command no other weapon, the pipe was
again used, and down fell the monster
peice Of earth. Soon Il rafting tramp
shook the roof, and creature more hid.
eous than the other two entered the room,
The frightened man clutched his trusty
weapon again, and one blow brought
down the giant-a piece of wood. In
short time II groaning voice was heard
outside the door, pleading piteously for
admission. ReasSured by his adventures
the hero asked in a bold tone what the
visitor wanted. He prayed for deliver.
ance, for with cock, crow, if he were not
saved by the giant-killer, he would be
dead man. 1t was the conjuror who bad
accosted him three days before, and had
welded all his power to carry out his own
prophecy and was now fOiled for the first
time in his life. He told how many peo-
pie he had murdered by his black art.
and the next morning the conquerer
handed him over for punishment TO the
district magistrate.
, 1877-12-21

RECENT statistics, compiled by order
of the French Government, give the total
average annual cereal product Of Europe
at 4,095000,000 bushels. OF this Russia
is credited with 1,606,0O0,00O bushels;
Germany, 742,500,000 bushels; Austria,
450,000,000 bushels. The Bureau OF Sta
tistics at Washington estimates the prod
uct of cereals in the United States for the
present year at about 1,60O000,0 bush
els, nearly equal to the annual average In
Russia, and far ahead of the latter's yield
this year, showing the United States to
be the greatest grain-producing country
in the world, supremacy which she VIII
doubtless ever hereafter maintain. Dur
ing the last four years we have exported
wheat, corn and flour to the average OF
more than 800, 100000 per annum. The
exports of wheat from all the ports OF the
United States to all foreign coun"
tries increased from 14,597,595 bushels In
1868, to 52,697, ,39a bushels in 1875, and
the exports of this cereal year will reach,
if not exceed, $4,000, 900 bushels A"big
bonanza" indeed.
, 1877-12-21

A PRACTICAL USE OF DOGs.-It is a
fact perhaps not generally known that
there is firm doing business in San
Francisco who purchase the thousands of
dogs slaughtered by the pound-master OF
that city, or that may have been other
wise killed, for which they pay forty
cents each. The carcasses are conveyed
to their manufactOry at South San Fran
cisco, where the skins are removed and
sold to the tanneries, the hair taken off
and resold to plasterers, the hides tanned;
made into gloves, and sold in the market.
The denuded carcass is then thrown into
huge cauldron and boiled until the
bones are easily separated from the flesh,
when they are removed and sold to the
sugar re6neries, where they are ground
to powder and used TO clarity sugar.
The oil that rises to the surface of the
boiling mass is skinned off and manu-
featured into cod liver oil, and the re-
mainder is used for the purpose of fatten-
ing hogs.
, 1877-12-21

BUSINESS Is BUsINEss.-A reporter on
the local edition of the Danbury Neus
went to see the young lady he is keep.
ing company with, Sunday evening. She
met him at the door with a coloress face
"Oh, Tom" she cried, in an agitated
voice, "we have had such a scare Ma
was coming down stairs and she caught
her foot in the carpet and went the whole
length"
"Hod on!' shouted the excited youth,
diving nervously in his hip pocket for his
notebook, while he whipped out pen.
Gil from another recess. "Now go on
go on, Matilda go on, but be calm For
heavens sake, be calm! Kill her2"
"Gracious, mol"
"Break her back7 Crush her skull3 BE
calm, be calml For the sake of science,
be calml''
"Why, Tom," gasped the girl, fright
ened by his impetuosity, sit wasn't Sc
rious. 1t was"
"Wasn't serious1" he gasped, in turn
"Do you mean to say she didn't break
anything after all that fussl"
"Why, certainly not. She never hurt
herself Bit"
"WeIl," CALCULATED theyoung man, with
an expression Of disgust on his face, as he
sadly restored the book and pencil to
their places, "thats all a woman knows
about business
, 1877-12-21

..r"sr| a yong Y,r-.r. 90 lricri
.. HHF 4. '-4.sH rH'Hs'u Italy,
.r .,suI r. ....r- I'd p. r'."a 90 ~h,' Don,
"- .Ir .a.N rrr-,u.es. -'.Vr'H- ai |".
H.- a..rr i"..-- l-r aisHfui O. H'W
uH.r. f. bot .a. learned au Lr-r.H
...r... ...s tr I.s .bAr. rul a.esN,
.r .r- sr.aH.r f.anri tHe .u.y ua-IFr,
.a.iH VA ....- H. U. uI., .r'H rH'u-I. rHuthlt,
rtH..... r.r A..farr. I1i iN, porter. and
srIs PM ... r.ltu. French aua 'b, ltai.
.4., E.-r.I. D. -.-H De- ha- uhir out
U.E. o. have him 'ur drI,uurr ~
Fsltr. A.r.... What ta- be- learned A,
rn tBr tnua-.,-, irylag,, actual I'c ui
fHr people.
B-,iirs, uH little generalization of the
g.ssl American = ~rm,tm.s effected iu
such travel he d.r. things ABROAD
he would MT dD ~ home, sonnet Be,
lnses that simplicity ~ character which
made him AZ once interesting and amla-
bl,. aud acquires that air ~ information
which sccumpauic, real know ledge, aud
is a sal hiuirsnce toits attainment. How
much did Mis-, Jones learn 10y reading
the Legends OF the Rhine" on an ex.
press boat on that muCh.lauded stream,
that she might not have learnt in her ma
tive Ohioi And OF Germany, which she
now "knows very well" she has ust that
kind of knowledge which her httle broth.
er has acquired in natural history by
throwing cake to the bears at Berne.
We do not feel any great regret, there.
fore, at finding comparatively few Amer
leans ION the Continent though sorry
for the poor people at Lucerne and else
where, who put their money into great
Joint stock hotels for them and are losing
it. Nor do we feel hAttered by the views
of retired courier, who has reached the
summit of his ambition, the ownership OF
an inn, and who does not recognize Us as
Amereecdnes -"they have now bad times
and too leetle money; but they do like
to make a show, and to see areestocracy,
and be with the great people; and again
they will come, surely" That is the av-
erage Continental notion. The morning
paper gives to-day as the only American
news, "Agio d'oro a New York per
cent" TIL we can impress the natives
through other means than American gold,
what harm is it if we do not over.run the
Continentl-ReO. John Hall, in N. Y.
Ledger.
, 1877-12-21

ot islry trrt' -u..ft-1 '.r'.
A'uarr .lal H..rH tUaE tHe".
Ysur si.isrIHs s'srs D 'rraN ua-l
Wh,rfsr SEA ir.F along &C. .arH.
Audauth, a.u,r, -. % A.s.s, -res'
Ssre, Jgunys tsirk.ug fairy .e,t
o.
Oh fairy tr,,' Svss; fairy 'g,i
When through Toe dance .n May Eight
Or DER the croqusi lawn 80 aert,
You dash Ike little twin siars bright
Nv pulses bound and Mildly beat
To Jenuy's iwiuGling fairy feet
III.
Oh fairy feet Sweet fairy feet.
Let others sing of eyes so bright,
ot Beau,y's lips and form complete
I'll worship s,lll the witching light
That darts aud shines withal SO sweet
From Jenny's twnklng fairy feet.
".
oh fairy feetl Sweet fairy feet!
Let Beautys charms fade one by one
With Fate's stern power I'll not compete,
If Fate will spare the pieds miyEons,
Dainty and never indiscreet-
Sweet Jenny's twinkling fairy feet.
John Sheehdn