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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

LONDON. Nov 26 Passengers Of the
! wrecked steamer Pomerania who have ar
| rived here give a graphic account OF the col
/ llSlon anu OF their rescue. They all unite II
/ prAislng the conduct of Capt. Schwesen,
/ Wiio- unhappily, went down with his shin
/ but whose courage, GOODNESS and command
/ over the crew contributed largely To the
! rescue Of the survivors.
! The Pomerapia having touched at Ply
/ mouth proceeded TO Cherbouru. and then
! aEeAplCt ,s69V1Y, t5fe, a tbu, q souu lOUtCOuu
| was kept, and ne uneasiness was felt by the
! passengers. 1t appears, however that some
miscalcuatiou had been made as To the ex-
act course Of the ship, for when tile coils
| ion occurred she was only three miles or
DungeSs Point. while her right course
would have placed her at least ten miles
from shore. The shock of the collision was
severe. The other vessel was sailing YES
sci, the Mol Titan, a Welsh ship. coming
from ROtterdam, and bound for Cardiff, ia
ballast
she struck the Pomerania on her star
board side, nearly amid-hipS, aud stove in
her upper and lower framework. There
were some passengers in the saloon, but
most OF them were in their berths and
asleep. The shock awoke them, but they
were scarcely aware of their danger before
they were apprised OF il by eXclamatiOus
OF the passenger and employees of the vcs-
sci. The captain behaved most splendidly,
and there was com paratiVely little cOnfu-
sion. The boats on the port side OF the ship
were manned and lowered away in good
order. There was, OF course, pushing and
crOwding, but the excellent example Of the
! captain aided greatly in maintaining order
aud discipline. He sent for rockets are AL
ways kept ready for sigual purposes, and
! in few moments the dense fog was pierced
| by these signals. The steamer Glenghrry,
which was fortunately near AT hand, saw
the signals and came TO the rescue of the
sinking ship. The sea was cain and this
! aided the efforts to save life
| In lowering one OF the boats the bow was
permitted to strike the water too soon, and
She filled and sank. The boats on the star
| board side had either been crushed by the
! collision or had become so damned that
they could not be lowered away.
Nothing could DC seen OF the Welsh bark
until some time after the collision. She
did not run away, as IL was reported, but
| she was severely injured. and being under
| sail, could not be handled very expedite
| ously. The wind was from the northeast
| The crew behaved very well, aud there
was "a general disposition among the pas
! sengers, with some few exceptions, TO save
| the women aud children first. The cap
| tain absolutely refused TO leave tie ship
| until everyone else had got off, and as this
| could not be done, he went down with her.
| When last seen he was standing on the
| ined voice. The ship sank slowly, going
down by the head and settling gradually.
! The survivors all speak Ia the highest
| terms OF the officers and crew OF the Pom
erania, and OF the kindness they have re-
| ceved at Dover and here.
1t is now believed that only fifty eight
= IA .rAuS Et hn '4arnar rail
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

MRs.JENKs' husband is atreasuryclerk.
A Washington correspondent draws a
blood curdliDg portrait of him; He Is
70 a quiet, unassumiDg manner, but he
wears a furtive, downcast look, that
throws out feelers of apprehension as to
how he is regarded his face is deadly
pale, and his hair of dense blAcknessi
he has a nose like the beak of bird oil
prey, revised and corrected; his eyes
are intensely black and searching, filed
with cautious scenting.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
A CAROL FOR THE YOUNG WIFE.

Come forth, thou pretty bridel With dainty
feet
Tread tiny fair world, where sun-driven
shadows fleet;
Tai. earth j. thine, with thine own sky
above,
And these Thy flowers. wherewith the earth
blooms love.
Come forth, where all things wait.
see, this Is not the world, where thou vast
born;
Ttist. 40 world thou sawest yestermorn
The mead, the water, rock, and height, and
tree.
4 new lite wear, this day, sweet bride, for
thee,
Come. ere the hours wear late,
Robert Lowell
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

THE balance of trade is slightly
against the farmer who comes to town
with q load of new wheat and returns
home loaded down with ssold rye
Venango Citizen.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
A Most Remark. BILE Old Woman
THE LAST CHILD OF THIRTY DYING AT
Ito YEARS

n. Y. World.I
Mrs. Mary Pardo Sanchez, of Malaga,
Spain, died on Wednesday morning at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Mesea, No SO Middagh street, Brooklyn,
at theiag of 10 years months and l6
days. She. was the thirtieth daughter,
her mother having had sixteen boys and
fourteen girls. She came from Spain
fourteen years ago, and was married
seventy three years ago. Both her faith
er and husband were architects. When
she was ninety years of age she lost her
sight At ninety-seven she recovered
it, and could see much better than her
daughter. She was smart and did the
housework until after she was 100 years
old. She was up and about the house
until within few days of her death.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
Naughty .Cieax Relles.

New York Herald Quebec Telegram.l
Fashionable society in this city is con
siderably seandalized over an incident
which occurred a night or two ago at the
Governor Generals residence at the Cit
adel. His Excellency Sir Patrick Nc
Dougall, the incumbent of the Vice Re-
gal chair until the arrival of the Marquis
of Lorne, gave an official dinner follow
ed by a dance, to which a number of
leading ladies and gentlemen of the best
Quebec society were invited. During
the progress of a waltz, four or five
couples, including some of the bellies of
the place, entangled themselves in the
agreeable mazes of the Boston reverse,
which, as danced in this Dominion, does
not always present the appearance OF a
strictly heightened performance The
General, who, notwithstanding the esca
pades told of his younger days, always
wears the air of stern discipline and strict
morality, at once instructed his aid de
camp to request the couples already re
ferred to to change the Programme. No
sooner was the order given than all the
parties concerned repaired to the cloak
room and dressed ard disappeared. The
matter creates quite sensation among
The upper ten.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

HE JEWS AND THE KEYS OF JERu-
SALEM From early times the Jews al
ways enjoyed large measure Of self
government: they Also cherish certain
Old and curious privileges. One of these
is the coming of sort of money
"small squares of brass foil, stamped
with the Hebrew words meaning visiting
the sick The practice seems to have
originated in adopting a fictitious cur
rency, on temporary occasions, as a
means of almsgiving, in anticipation of
real money coming to hand. In the
Jewish bazaar these pieces are current
for all purposes Of trade, and are some
tunes accepted and passed among other
Inhabitants of the city as paras, though
inferior in value to even that small coin.
and now and then take the trouble 70
prohibit it. The Jews, however, are
proud of their show of independent roy
atty, and even if willing to discontinue
it, would find it difficult to call in thes e
tokens so long as their heavy debt re
mains, for they do actually represent a
certain amount of metallic value. The
other custom is that of getting possession
of the great keys of the city gates on
the decease of each Sultan of COnstan-
tinople, and after religious service of
prayer, and amounting them with mys
FERROUS preparation of oil and spices,
allowing them to be returned to the civic
authorities on behalf of the new mon
arch, For the exercise of this tradition
al custom they make heavy presents to
the local Governors, who allow of a
harmless practice that has prescription
to show on its behalf. 1t is a matter OF
'bakhsheesh' to them, and there is always
class of superstitious people to be
found in Palestine who think that the
benediction of the ancient children OF
Israel is worth having the Jewish feel
ings are gratifed, for their expectation
Of the future is refreshed, and the Jeru
salem rsbbis are enabled to boast all the
world over among their people that they
suffer the Sultan of Turkey to KEEP
possession of the Holy City."-Finn
Records from Jerusalem.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

Horatio C. King has left New York
journalism and is Low G. King to earn
his bread as a lawyer. New York
Times, Temperance journal. But this
is better than Office G. King. Bench
and Bar.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
When DR.. Blackburn gets to be Gov

When DR.. Blackburn gets to be Gov
ernor of Kentucky he will make the
doctors all -Courier-JOurEal.
Then what will we do for doctors?-Pa-
ducah News. Why, he'll make all col
onels doctors, of course.-Padncah Sun
Don't do it. Don't do it, or else you'll
have to make the fools colonies to supply
the deficiency. Then what would become
of us?-Louisville Leader. You'd be-
come a colonel -Paducah Sun
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

The repor. of DR.. E. O. Brown, of the
Louisville yellow fever hospital, shows
that during the late epidemic in the
South fifty one or more eases of vel
low fever originated in that eitys TWEEN
ty-eight resulting fatally. - Memphis
AYalanche,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
a Swiss Colony In Tennessee.

A0OAYIIG AEIUIut'
Elk Mayor Staub has just returned
from visit to the Swiss colony in
Grundy county. He reports the thirty
ing people of the little colony as pros
porous beyond precedent. All are &C
lively engaged in agricultural or me-
chanical pursuits, improving each year in
farm PRODUCES and general business pros
perity..
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
solemn and ReauGifnl TrIbute.

Utica Observer
He lay upon his dying bed. Calling
his weeping son to him he said; RE
member that industry and perseverance
are the ia tore of success, but if you
have occasion to enter bank vault after
Office hours let Yonkers mosquito dc
your drilling
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w~anea from Hi. Cup..

young wife in Michigan had lust 90
settled Ia her new home All seemed
fair and promising, for she did not know
her husband was a druDkard. Rut ON,
night be came home at a very late houl
and much the worse for liquor. Wher
ne staggered into the house the wife.
who was greatly shocked. told him
he was sick and to lie down ut once and
IN u moment OF two he was comfortably
settled on the sofa in a drunken sleep.
His face Was reddish purple, his breath
ing heavy, and altogether be was pitia-
bic object. The doctor was sent for.
post haste, and mustard applied to his
feet and hands. When the doctor came
he felt his pulse aud examined him and
found that he was only drunk. and said ::
''He will be all right in the morEing."
But the wife insisted that he was very
sick, and that severe remedies must be
used.
"You must shave his head and apply
blisters," she urged" or | will send for
some one who will"
The husbands head was accordingly
shaved closely and bllsters applied The
patient lay all night in drunken sleep,
and Notwithstanding the blisters were
eating into the flesh it was not till near
morning that he began to beat about, dis
turbed by pain.
About daylight be walked up to most
uncomfortable consciousness of blistered
agonies.
"What does this mean ?'' he said,
putting his hands to his bandaged head.
Lie stiil-you musn't stir,' said the
wife; you have been taken very sick. "
Il m not sick"
20 yes, you are you have brain fever.
We have worked with you all night"
Il should think you had, groaned the
victim; whats the matter with my
.eet p
They are bIistered."
"WelI, I'm better now-take off the
bisters, do !" he pleaded piteously.
He was in most uncomfortable state
his head covered with sores, and his
feet aud hands we're still worse.
Dear he said, grooming, ''if should
ever get sick in this way again, don't be
aud send for the doctor, and
above all don't blister me again"
90, indeed l will--all that saved you
were the blisters, and if you ever should
have another such spell, | should be
more frightened than ever, for the ten
dency am sure is to apoplexy, and
from the next attack you would be likely
to die, unless there were the severest
used.
He made 10 further defence suffice
to say he never had another attack.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

when tramp demands meal Of an Ar.
kansas woman. she sticks 4 pistol under
his nose and tells him TO ''eat that"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04

SAMPSON was the greatest tragedian OF
his day, because in his last act he brought
down she hOuse.--OshkOsh Christian Advo-
catea
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
AN OCEAN HORROR.
THE WRECK OF THE STE
SHIP POWERANuA.

Graphic Description Ofthe DTsmr-
1er-Ehe Skill and Camrmwa ~
the Lost CAPtnfn-HHOVvG he Col
IisiOn Occurred
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
Friday, September ~. ISIS s y y N''A =

The letter was addressed to Mrs. j. F.
LOOMS, Miss Ackerman's near and
trusted friend. 1t was sealed, and on
the envelope is indorsed, "To be opened
only in case of my death in this work y
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02
Senator Dorsey.

In justice to Senator S. W. Dorsey,
we will publish from the Washington
Daily Post, of the DIST a democratic pa
per, the following in regard to the "Hot
Springs Waterworks Company" 1t
seems that Senator Garland had as much
to do with the malteras did Senator Dor
sey. The following we copy from the
Post
Some days ago, when the Senate
passed the bill extending the time for
the adjustment OF the complications on
the Hot Springs reservation in Arkan-
sas, Senator Dorsey aud his colleague,
Senator Garland, secured the adoption Of
an amendment, authorizing corpora
ton known as the Hot Springs Noun
tain Water Working Company" to erect
a reservoir upon Government territory,
in order to supply the village of Hot
Springs with water. A Now York pa
per Immediately attacked Dorsey for
trying to get Congressional authority for
Il corporation to secure control of all the
hot water from the Springs and his enc.
mics here, Selling upon it as a good bit
Of mud to ding at him, tclegraphed to
Hot Springs to the same effect, and arou-
sed an excitement second to that occas-
toned by the lato fire thore. Not be-
cause he felt that he was injured person.
ally, but because he feared the passage
OF the bill, which is of great consequence
to his constituents, would be endanger-
ed, Dorsey made aspeech IN the Sehate,
yesterday-an unusual thing for him.
He alluded to the attacks upon him, and
pronounced them falschood-, and malic-
ious ones at that. Then he went on to
explain the matter. The Hot.Springs
Mountain Water Working Company"
he said, does not intend to have any
thing to do with hot water, but it pro
poses, and is authorized by the bill as it
passed the Senate to erect n reservoir
upon Hot Springs Mountain, from which
they propose to supply tho town with
drinking water, laying pipes in the
streets. erecting hydrants, and doing
other necessary work under the direc-
ton Of the Secretary of the Interior.
The reservoir is to be supplied from a
stream on the other side of the noun
tain from that on which the town lies,
and the object of erecting it upon the
mountain is to secure force enough to
distribute the water through the town.
Dorsey had kilograms and letters to him
self and his colleagues in Congress from
citizens of Hot Springs, urging the pas
sage Of the bill, and knew of no one who
opposed it except the New York paper
alluded to"
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02
Be Consistent.

1t is hut empty sound for Northwest
paper TO claim a fair share Of the State
offices, and at the same time refuse to
support the men from that section that
are candidates. and who are in every re
spect deserving. Show your sincerity
by your practice,-I Ozark Democrat
Actions speak louder than words, and
our contemporaries in the great North
west had better ncve, have said a word
about demanding what they deemed
right toward that section than TO turn
right around and subject themselves to
ridicule by acting directly contrary to
the doctrine they advocate.-L Russell
vile Democrat
The great trouble is, gentlemen, the
f." great Northwest does not reach much
beyond the bounds of Benton and Wash
ington counties. 1t is always best forall
sections of the State TO present their
best mon for office, in a spirit of fairness
and Cancellation, and their claims will
then, universally, receive due considera-
tion
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1878.
Democratic Convention.
Rooms. DEMOCRATIC STATE Cen. Cow
LITTLE Rock, March 20, 1878.

LITTLE Rock, March 20, 1878.
At meeting of this committee, held pu y
sltant to adjournment, in the city OF Little
Rock. March 90 1878 in was resolved by the
committee that a Convention Of the Demo-
cratic party of the State of Arkansas be called
to assemble at the City of Little Rock, on
Thursday, the 18th day of July, 1873, for the
purpose OF nominating candidates for the
State offices to be- voted for at the general
election to be held on Monday; the ID day
of September. in said year, and tor the trans
action of such other business as may be deem-
cd advisable.
II was resolved by the committee that the
basis of representation in said Convention
and until said Convention may otherwise or
der, shall be one vote for each 400 votes and
one vote for such fraction over 200 votes, As
cast for William r. Miller, candidate for Gov
ernor at the last election, held on the ith
September, 1876
And inasmuch as it has been the practice
heretofore To send from the counties adjacent
To the place of holding the Convention large
number of delegates. who, by the moral
weight Of their numbers In excess ofthe votes
to which they are entitled, give advantage
over the distant counties In the choice of can
didates, and thereby produce confusion in the
Convention and want of harmony In the par
ty. 1t was resolved by the committee that tue
number of delegates allowed to the several
counties should be limited to the number OF
votes which they are entitled to cast In the
Convention In compliance with which action
Of the committee, | hereby announce that the
Democratic State Convention at the time
n tmed by said committee. to wit the 18th day
ofJnly next, will meet at the city Of Little
Rock.
Sot. i, CLARK, Chaim'n.
JOHN NJ. HARRELL, Secretary.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02
A Strange Tradition.

Among the Seminole Indians there is a
singular tradition regarding the white
mans origin and superiority. They say
when the Great Spirit made the earth nc
also made three men, all of whom was fair
complexioned, and that after making them
he led them into margin Of a small lake,
and babe them leap III and wash. One
obeyed, and came out purer and falrer
than before the second hesitated mo
ment, during which time the water, aslta-
ted by the first, had become muddled,
and when he bathed, he came up copper
colored the third did not leap Until the
water became black with mud, and he
came out with his own color. Then tho
Great spirit laid before them three pack
ages, and out o. pity for his misfortunes
in color, gave him the black man the first
choice. He took hold of each Of the
packages, and having felt the weight
chose the heaviest; the copper colored
man chose the next heaviest, leaving the
white man the lightest When the pack
ages were opened che tirst was found to
contain spades, hoes, ahd all these imple'
ments of labor; tae second unwrapped
hunting, fishing, and "arIike apparatus
the third gave the white man pens, inks,
and paper, the engine Of the mind-the
means of mutual, mental improvement
the social lnkof humanity, the. founda
ton OF the white mans superiority
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02

Es- The st. Louis Republican special
in speaking of Senator Howe's speech
in the Senate, Monday, says: Senator
Ilowo's speech yesterday, was more even
than it promised to be. II was very able
very bitter, and, in very many respects
very unfair and untruthful. Mr. Howe
rcpudiates the president, his cabinet ant
his policy, but not content with this, he
assails them individually. His illusions
to the Democratic party are, Of course
what might have been expected from an
extreme partisan and a dcmagogue."
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02

Ts- 1t is amusing to see the terrible
writing and twisting which the un.
fedged and helpless goslings," Of the
Herald arc compelled to undergo in THEN
efforts to palm off on the public the ven
ON and vitupcrations Of Sparks as their
own. We are not in the least surprised
they should want to ignore the " old
fraud" and throw him overheard, but
why two SO apparently clever young
men should want to father his prejudices
and spleen IS n mystery. We can only
say to the boys, in the language of the
poet, you may squirm and twist and
deny as you will, but the perfume of the
carcass WILL cling to you STILL
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Take Notice.
All persons indebted to the Es-
tate of VIM. WHITFIELD,
decd, Take Due Notice.

NOUR Notes and Accounts due said de.
L ceased, have been placed in our hands by
the Administrators for IMMEDIATE SETTLE
MENT Those who can. must pay at once
those who cannot, must settle by Note, and
on all notes such security as you can furnish
must be given for payment:
You will save trouble and costs. and il is ia
your interest, as also that of said Estate that
you do not delay action in this matter We
Will not have time give you other or further
notice; the next Will be by an officer IL
such Us may propose to schedule If pushed
let Us say that h!iug schedule does rot FAY
DEBT. only gives temporary relief,
Colonel Whitfield was very kind. giving
credit to many who could not help them
selves, aud 1t is hoped and believed that ali
viii come forward and do what they can
ethe* in paying or securing their debts.
cave this matter carly attention. We are
In earnest,
d. J BROWN or
l.. III. SOUTHWARK.
Law Office Of Brown & Southmayd.,
Jan. u, 1875,
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02
Hon. w. D. Jaecoway.

Among the announcements which ap-
pear in this issue will be found a card
from the above named gentleman, de-
claring himself II candidate for the high
and responsible position of Circuit Judge
for this District. We know of no man
in this District who is more eminently
qualified to succeed our present worthy
Judge than Col. Jacoway. As harris
ter he has ranked with the foremost of
the profession throughout number of
years. lie commenced the practice of
law when quite a young man in Yell
county, and has, on all occasions, won
laurels. He has been identified with the
direct interests of our people from his
boyhood up, and there is no man III
whom our people would place more con-
tidenco than Dodge Jacoway. Being u
gentleman of culture he would fill the
position with that dignity so essential to
maintain the high standing ofour courts,
Mr. Jaeoway will have other good men
for opponents, no doubt, but we only
hope to see him receive the support he
justly merits. That he is known to our
people is a sufficient guaranty that he
wsll find favor in their eyes. Our peo.
pie love to do honor to good men,
[Lewisburg State.
We concur with the State. It's com
mendatious are worthily bestowed. We
hope the Colonel may " DODGE" into the
position.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-02

The Saline County Digest says: " 1t
is rumorcd that Hon. r l. Kerr, OF So.
bastlan county, will be candidate for
Congress from this District. He would
make a good member"
$50 away from home to learn the
news" This is the first whisper of Mr..
Kerr, or any one else, beinga candidate
lie is member of the State Senate, aid
we don't think there is anything in
your rnmor, gentlemen of the Digest.