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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

In the Senate of Ohio, bill was in
troduced making it penitentiary offence
for banks to lend their paper on credit
in any manner unless they have sufficient
money in theirvaults to make that paper
or credit good.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
County Names.

True, rose by any other name viii
smell as sweet; but names are sometimes
disagreeable reminders. Besides there
is fitness in things. While the Legis-
lature is attending to the weightier mat
tiers of the law, we would say chat the
names affixed to several counties during
the saturnalia Of RadicaIisni, possess
an unsavory odor. They were intended
as standing insult and reproach to the
people of the State; and We do not see
why their representatives should not OBJ
lilerate them and substitute others more
arcordant with the sentiment and spirit
Of her people
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
Corporations SupervisabIe by the
LeGfsIafure.

Foremost of the new provisions in the
Constitution ratified by the voters of
Georgia last week, is the power confer
red on the Legislature to regulate rail
road tariffs and prevent unjust discrimi-
nations.
1t will be borne in mind that the
platform of the Democratic-C Conservative
party of Mississippi declares that corpo-
rations, including railroads, are super
visable by the Legislative authority.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided that the power to regulate
freights and fares is vested in the State
authorities. The power is unquestioned.
The duty to protect the people is unmis-
taxable. 1t is for the Legislature to de-
termine the mode and measure of doing
so. In a recent Granger case" in
dealing with the law of Wisconsin, the
Supreme Court of the United States de-
cided that the Legislature has the power
to provide by law for maximum charges
of fare and freight by the railroads with
in the State. Chief Justice Waite, in
his decision, shows that the Constitution
of Wisconsin, when The Chicago and
Northwestern Company was chartered,
gave the Legislature the power of alter
ing or repairing all charters, and that
under the decision in the Illinois case
the present one must be similarly dis,
posed Of As to the effect of the statute
as a regulation of Interstate commerce
it is a sufficient answer to say that the
law is confined to State commerce, or
such interstate commerce as directly af-
fects the people of Wisconsin. Says the
Chief Justice
With the people of Wisconsin this com-
pany has domestic relations. Incidentally
these may reach beyond the State But
until Congress undertakes to leg
islate for those who are without the State. |
Wisconsin may provide for those within. |
even though it may indirectly affect them |
If the question ever arises wheth- |
er the company can be compelled to con- |
Iinue its business at the prices fxed IL will /
be time enough for us to pass upon il when |
il reaches here IN due course of proceeding. I
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

IT will be seen that Hon. Ben. King,
of Copiah, has given notice of the intro
duction of several important matters for
the consideration of the Senate-among
others, the great fraud by which Missis-
sippi and other States were deprived of
their choice for President and Vice Pres
ident at the last election.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

THE PRESIDENTIAL FRAUD The most
significant movement of the day is the
memorial introduced into the Maryland
Legislature by Hon. Montgomery Blair,
who was member of the Lincoln cabi-
net. The body in which it was offered
by vote of 81 to Is refused to lay it on
the table.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

The resolutions of Gen. West in the
Senate, and Mr.. Street in the House,
will bring up for definite action at an
early day, the question of calling a Con
stitutional State Convention. Until this
matter is disposed of, we presume but
little business of general interest will be
transacted.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

A VERY able letter from Hon. H. d.
Money on the subject of the Southern
Pacific Railway, which is occupying a
large share of public attention, will be
found in another column. 1t comes in
appropriate time, as an answer to the
observations of our correspondent ''B. :"
on the same subject. We intend to give
both sides fair hearing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

TIE Franklin Banner, in the absence
of Hon. j. 8. Magee, its editor, in at
tending to his duties as member Of the
Legislature, will be conducted by j. r.
Morgan, Esq,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

Nc Comb City IHteihgeHcff' Id
The DAILY CLARION, bright ana I.
10 received promptly every moID'r.s r.r
hours ahead Of the New orleans
IL contains full proceeding Of the Ls.
tures and the latest Geographic di'P-
Only 81 per month.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

TIE Legislature will not be without a
contested election case Mr.. Miller of
Pamela, presented yesterday in the
House the papers of J. F. Buchanan,
Independent, who is contrasting the seat
of Mr. Moody of Pamela, Democrat.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

Courier journal

Isham DeltOn and wife, OF Ballard '.....
separated, she taking an only child VII
girl Of eight summer. and a mule,
only live stock Last week he Dfoue
tor the possession OF the child, put ast
the tender OF the mule as comn-----
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

A WASHINGTON dispatch says that the
President and the Republican Senators
have determined to heal the breach be
tween them. So much for the cohesive
power of public plumber.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
The Governors Message.

Governor Stones Annual Message is a
practical, straightforward paper, pre-
senting with clearness and vigor infor-
nation of the affairs of the State, and
recommending such measures as ARE
deemed essential by its author to the pub
lie welfare. A document which speaks
so forcibly and plainly for itself, needs
no explanation. The numerous recon-
mendations which it contains will doubtless
engage the attention of the Legislature.
The message states that, with the excep-
ton of single locality, the people have
exhibited law abiding spirit, and due
respect for the civil authorities. As we
have frequently shown in these columns
the alleged lawless occurrences, in the
counties of Pike and Amite, have been
greatly exaggerated ; and we are graft
fed to know that the troubles in that
region are subsiding. The people them
selves have shown a determination to
maintain the majesty of the laws, and to
enforce order. While Mississippi pre-
sents this example of peacefulness and
obedience to law, other States are not
so fortunate. The messages of the
Governors of Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Maryland abound in recitals
of terrible riots in those States
during the past year, resulting in the
destruction of millions of property-the
tearing up of railroads.&c. burning of
cities-the slaughter of inhabitants and
similar acts of vandalism in the presence
of which the governments thereof con-
fessed their impotency, and called upon
the Federal power for protection.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

THE Legislature has counted the re
turns and ascerlained definitely that the
Democratic candidates for State officers
were elected in November.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

In another column will be found the
address, to the people of the State, of
Gen. Furlong, the representative of the
Lee Monumental Association. Read it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

THE Grenada Sentinel argues in favor
of the establishment of State Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

GOLD is quoted in New York at 1929.
Make the bonds and customs dues pay
able in greenbacks as well as "coin," and
Presumption" is virtually accomplished.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

A RESOLUTION has been introduced in
the Ohio Legislature instructing the
Senators from that State TO vote for the
Bland silver bill, without amendment.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

SENATOR'S CARTER, of Perry, and
Hooker, of Holmes, having been de
tanned at home in the earlier days of the
session, are both in their seats.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
The Public Printing.

THE CLARION has been "a consistent
advocate of retrenchment in all the
branches of the State Administrations
aud especially the printing depart
ment. 1t was the first to point
out the way by which large
sums could be saved to the taxpayers,
and it has reason to Congratulate itself
that its efforts in this line have been
successful. The cost of public print
ing annually, under the six years of
Republican rule, amounted to about
$40, 600. The annual cost under the
two years of Democratic rule has not
exceeded one-fourth Of tlfat sum. No
other branch of the public service pre-
sents a similar example of retrench.
meAt and reform.
We are grAtifed that the Honse of
Representatives has taken the subject in
hand, in order to ascertain if sill
further reductions cannot be made, and
with this view has appointed a committee
of which Nj. Gallagher of Lauderdale,
is chairman, composed of able and prac-
teal members, to institute an investiga
ton and report to that body. In the in
terest of economy, we trust they will make
a full and searching investigation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

The legislative mills are grinding.
Eleven State Legislatures are now il
session.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

The New York House, by a vote of
los to 1O2, has passed resolution
against remonetizing silver.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
The Democrats Went 90 SLEEP
and WgPhoId.

CHARLEsToN, S. C.--The returns KY,
special election for comfy officers
Georgetown county, on the sth INST MI.
cate che election of the white bePl.-
ticket, composed exclusively oil
men. The negro vote was as soHl -r
any election held since the reCOus-iAs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

The Governor Of Ohio recommends
that the salaries of the Supreme Judges
thereof be increased.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
EX-TreaSurer Spin ner's View of
Ihe Money Question.


Ex-Treasurer Spinner, who so long
and faithfully watched the money bags
of the Government, and who under
stands the workings and necessities of
our financial machine as well as any
other man, in a recent interview with
newspaper reporter, said:
The financial question is, really, not so
difficult as many suppose. L was brought
up bullion Democrat, and am quite will
ling there should be metallic currency for
those who wish one: but l think paper is
best. VIM. d. Kelley has the true idea,
but it is not original with him. A metallic
currency is wanting in elacticity. At
times an expansion OF the Girculatin 9 medi-
UNI is unnecessary for the purchase OF crops,
transportation, etc. What we want is an
issue of legal tender notes, convertible at
any time into an interest-beariD bond of
the United States-a bond for which the
holder could get currency with accrued in
terest whenever he should desire. At a
rate of interest no higher than 3.G5 per
cent, the desired amount of circulation
would be absorbed when not used for COM
mereiaI purposes, and the bonds would be
converted when the business of the country
required a large amount of currency.
Such currency would soon be on par with
gold, and it would be the parent
of a new prosperity, and of a new
era of patriotism. The present plan
of resum ption will have no other
effect, than to Cypress the people and
cripple the energies of government. The
power to issue notes should be taken from
banks and vested in the government.
Without a change in the financial policy
the worst is yet to be apprehended. The
people will not stand too much opposition.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
Gen. wade HAMPTON.

We are gratifed to learn that this
illustrious Southern hero and statesman
has been selected to deliver the annual
address at the approaching Commence
ment of the University of Mississippi.
The selection is eminently proper and
will meet the hearty concurrence of our
people who feel an interest in the Uni
versity which has again become the pride
and ornament of the Commonwealth.
THE Jackson papers are beginning to
awake to the necessity of the completion of
the Natchez, Jackson & Columbus Railroad.
-Natchez Democrat.
We don't know why our contemporary
should say the Jackson papers are fbe-
ginning to wake up" to the Importance of
the road. So far as The CLARION is
concerned, it has been a jealous advo-
cate of the enterprise from its inception
to the present time, and it does not in
tend to weary in well-doing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16
ssmrImruIL"


The DAILY CLARION comes "brim.
news, laden with many wise sugg' t...
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

Mr.. LUsK, of Kinds, introduced
an important resolution looking to
the passage of an act submitting to
the people constitutional amendment,
making the payment of poll tax pre-
requisite to voting.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-16

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-Sen
ator Cowan of Warren, has introduced
a resolution declaratory of the sense of
the Mississippi Legislature in favor of
the construction of competing railroad
to the Pacific on the line of the 32d
parallel, terminating at Vicksburg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
Watchmakers Abroad and at Home.

Watchmakers are a people who as a
class do not make much noise in the
world. Their occupation is essentially
sedentary-too much so, if it could be
avoided, and requires an exceptional
amount Of attention. Medical students
are known to be extra buoyant, so that
they have grown to be too much for
even the London music halls, and most
trades and professions are often brought
to public notice as participants in some
more or less social festivity. Watch
makers in this country have very little
esprit de corps. If they are German
as most of them are-they are Germans
first of all !; perhaps they are Suabians,
or Odd Fellows, but they are only
watchmakers in business, and incident
ally, and they seldom come together
eregariously. The isolated native watch
maker most generally has his work done
for him vicariously, and has little Of the
knowledge or traditions of the craft he
ostensibly belongs to. The whole
brotherhood of watchmakers in Europe,
especially on the continent, live on
another footing. Every second adult is
O matchmaker in Geneva, and the pro'
portion of time men in Besancon, Neu-
chatel. and some other places is so great
that the attraction Of craft and the
jealousy of trade lose their power. In
every town in Germany the jewellers
have a union for the transaction of trade,
seIf-protection and social enjoyment
.Leweler, SilversmiM and y atch'naker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
The New Process Of Flour Making.

Almost everybody knows of the flour,
but, not every one understands what it
is. Stripped of technicalities, this is per-
haps about the story of its manufacture.
The best -four used to be made of winter
wheat. Spring wheat yielded either
much less in quantity or else so much
of the bran got into the -four in it's man.
u~facture that its color was intolerably
dark. The wheat would be ground and
then bolted. In the refuse-the bran
and middlings-would be included a
large proportion Of the weight OF the
spring wheat, and this would sell more
particularly for feed for horses. Now
the best of -four, and the most expen-
sive, is..made Of this very refuse OF the
old-fashioned process. It all came out
of the discovery of a way to drawssou the
bran. Under the new process the wheat
is ground about as before. The first
result is an ordinary flour sold TOR ex-
portation. Then the remainder is taken
and put upon great horizontal sleeves,
and, while agitation is going on there,
an ingenious system of draughts, rush
ing up through carries off the bran.
What is left is the glutinous portion of
the wheat, the most nutritious and most
productive, and out of this, purified now
by the drawing off of the bran, We get
our new process -four.
The result of the discovery of the pro-
cess has been to make the poor spring
wheat Of Minnesota and upper Wiscon-
sin the most valuable kind of grain, and
to make the fortunes of the inventors Of
the method. Courant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
An Intelligent Hipp0potamus.

A famous naturalist says that animals
have much more capacity to understand
human speech than is generally sup
posed. The Hindoos invariably talk to
their elephants, and it is amazing how
much the latter comprehend. The
Arabs, he says, govern their camels with
O few cries, and his associates in the
African desert were always amused
whenever he addressed a remark to the
big dromedary who wat his property for
two months; yet OF the end of that time
the beast evidently knew the meaning
of a number of simple sentences. "Some
years ago, seeing the hippopotamus in a
menagerie looking very. stolid and de-
iected, T spoke to him in English, but
he did not even open his eyes. Then I
went to the opposite corner of the cage,
and said in Arabic, Il know you; come
here to me- BE instantly turned his
head toward me; I repeated the words,
and thereupon he came to the corner
where I was standing, pressed his
huge, ungainly head against the bars
of the cage, and looked in my face with
q touch Of delight while I stroked his
muzzle. I have two or three times
found q lion who recognized the same
language, and the expression OF his eyes
for an instant seemed positively human.
All animals seem to have the home in
stinct implanted in them, and languish IN
CAPTIVITY"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
A Musical Tramp.

A lady residing in the vicinity of the
Lady Bryan Mine, in Six-Mile Canon,
New, while attending to her household
duties the other morning, was addressed
by a seedy-looking man, who asked for
a drink of water, He was evidently a
tramp; yet there was an air about him
that bespoke gentle breeding. He
drank the cup of water handed him,
and, looking into the house, saw IN
opened piano. Apologizing for the lib
erty, he asked permiss On to play on the
instrument. His request was granted
by the somewhat astonished lady. Seat
ing himself at the piano, and removing
the music-book from the rack, he
opened with the overture of "Tancredi, "
which he followed With half e dozen
gems from grand operas. Without even
a pause he changed off into sparkling
airs from the Grand Duchess" Cir
ole Giroha, and other comic operas,
finally winding up with the allegretto of
B~eethoven's symphony in A. He
played for nearly an hour, yet, during
that time, the lady of the house, once a
music teacher in this city, sat amazed
and, as she says, "~entranced." She en-
deavored to lead him into conversation
over his past history and askedhim why
he did not practice a profession for
which he was so eminently fit, but he
refused to speak, and in reply to inqui-
ries merely said that he was poor and in
search of work. After partaking of a
good meal, in payment for which he
split a few logs of wood in the yard, he
continued on his way down the canon.
-UrgSnia city Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
FOE YOUNG PEOPLE.
A Long Journey.

",we sail to-day" said the captain gay,
As he stepped on board the boat that lay
So high and dry. "Come now, be spry;
Wen land at Jerusalem by and by O"
Away they sailed, and each craft they hailed;
While down in the cabin they bailed and bailed;
For the sea was rough, and they had to luf
And tack. till the captain cried ont Enough"
They stopped at Peru, this jolly crew,
And went to Paris and Timbuctoo;
And after a while they found the Nile,
And watched the sports OF the crocodile.
They called on the Shah, and the mighty Car,
And on all the crowned heads near and far;
Shook hands with the Cid-they really did!
And lunched on top of the pyramid!
To Afric's strand or northern land,
They steer as the captain gives command;
And fly 80 fast that the tender mast
Goes quivering, shivering in the blast!
Then on to the ground with a sudden bound,
Leaps Jack-t was a mercy he WASH. drowned!
The sail is furled, the anchor hurled,
We've BEEN" cry the children, all round thu
world !"
BY pillows tossed, by tempests crossed,
Yet never q soul on board was lost
Though the boat be a sieve, I do not grieve,
They sail on the ocean Of " Make believe"
Josephine Pollard in st. Nicholas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
The Coal Beds Of China.

Baron Won R%ichthofen, ina communi-
cation to an Austrian journal, calculates
the coal product of the Chinese empire
at three million tons annually. All the
eighteen provinces of the empire, he
says, contain coal, and although the
extent of the coal fields and the age and
quality of the coal vary. yet China may
be regarded as one of the first coal coun-
tries Of the world. The area OF its coal
fields exceeds the extent of those OF
North America, and with that Of Shansi
no other coal region can be compared in
the union of the most fortunate condi-
tions as regards position, quality and
quantity. With a yearly output OF
300. 600, 900 ton s this extensive bed OF
anthracite alone could eoyer the whole
present demand of the world for 2,4OO
poora
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-03
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

MIR. Voorhees,, Of Indiana, presented a petit
ton Of Peter Cooper, Of New York, and others,
praying for the repeal Of the. specie resumption
act, and demonstrating against the PROPOSED
adjournment Of Congress until some legislative
measures for financial relief shall have been
passed. Referred to the committee on finance.
by a vote Of 81 to Is further consideration
OF the Senate committees adverse report on.the
House joint resolution providing for the en-
forcement of the eight hour law in government
departments WAS postponed to December next.
The Senate bill to regulate the hours Of labor
was also postponed to that date: Adjourned.
The motion Of Mr.. Voorhees, to take up the
bill to repeal the specie resumption act was
agreed to by 80 to %. The Senate substitute
for the House bill repeating the resumption
act was accepted by so to 90, after which the
bill WAS considered in committee OF the whole
and passed by As to Is. The bill as finally
passed provides that United States notes shall
Be receivable the same as com in payment for
the four per cent. bonds, ana hat On and