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SELFISH ANh MEAN WHITE MEN

And here is another picture, found not
among ignorant and worthless negroes,
but among rich and pretentious white
people, not less discreditable to human
nature:
A most serious drain on the Commissarv
is the supply of the servants of rich people.
These weli-to-do citizens fed and left their
houses in charge of black servants But
the majority OF these housewares left nei-
ther money nor provisions for the support
of their help. The charity of the world has
been called upon to keep our people from
starvation. Men worth hundreds of thous
auds of dollars have left their property in
charge of blacks, and never provided dol
lar for their support. And yet. if the Citi-
zens Relief Committee cut off the supply
from these servants of rich men, what in
Gods naa1e will they do? They faithfully
guard the property of their employers 1t
their EN- ployers do NOT feed them the Re-
lief Committee must do it. There is no
other alternative. The Committee cannot
and viii not see them stdrve. The "old
man" begins to think there will be no day
of reckoning.
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IRIS apprehended that the disorgaai-
zation consequent upon the "little trouble
of Representative Acklin of Louisiana,
which has caused his withdrawal from
the Democratic ticket by the Committee
appointed to investigate him, will result
Ia the loss Of the District. and gain for
che Opposition.
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the nation. Florida, which l.,
all her executive, lemsatiy. 1 ll.a
powers to testify Co Congre.. lD' lll-
the count who were he7 gsr. a.
who had by statute caused as.
and the issue OF new cerjif.a,. '-1l
en- formal sovereign agtt...
the right of true eicctar. t9.'.
votes entitled 70 be cuuuftfo. .
incapable of commumeluuy ~,
fact which cannot moss l.
Congress, though vested bv r.
ton with authority % eoultM..
votes though unrestricted e..a..
the time when 10 should r.ca.g..
or as to the nature of .aaa
though subject to uo app... .... D..
cision, was declared ta hav. r..-
guide lis own count los aay NIX.
il could obtain or by any aur.....
it might accept from tha Nr.
betrayed State whose W.. e..
be la!.ifed
The mous.rou, conclusion r.
reached that the act ut a.m.,.
the deciding vote 500 "a board ...,..
vassers Cor without hi, cuB.r.,
L., 81. 81 9' ~ Ig.u'n.as oo'rd.
haV W, l t... ~ s'N,Hs es5.lhsa,s. kr
ed, to be false and fraudulent A..
fessed to have been obtained h,r..
.. oince, &C., I'i'J Il ".''. cawa"rr.
hno"u '''ou'l ,. '''l .. '''-T'.. e.....
gan tHe count must prevail aa
remedial powers of tue ~4,o I'D. b.
and the Congress of the UarH
combined, and must ii.nr-. o.r 4.
Magistrlcy Of this republic.
Sd TLDrN
New YoRK. October DIS. ISL,
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Republican.

REv. CHAs- 3. GALLOWAY visited
Canton last week 70 administer to the sick
and suffering In that town, bat was speeds
ly recalled 70 Vieksburg by telegram that
his father-in-law, Mr.. Bryant Willis. 8
respected citizen OF Warren county, had
been ttaeked by The prevailing disease.
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Death of Judge ScruSgs.
Mem phis Appeal. !

Memphis Appeal
Jud ge r. L. Scruggs, recently elected to
the criminal court bench az the fusion can
didate for that office, died on Friday night,
at Goodettts Station, where he had gone to
escape the fever. The judge had passed his
three-score years, and made reputation as
preacher as well as a LAWYER
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NEGRO LAZARONI,
Avalanche. |

Crowds of negroes are daily at the medi-
cal headquarters, asking for the services OF
a physician, representing persons as being
in the last stages of illness and it is mat
ter of constant occurrence that physicians
have to go three four and five miles in the
country only to find the person represented
i'll to be perfectly well, and whose only
want is rations. Doctors are continually
stopped while on their way to visit the sick,
and their buggies are surrounded by q
clamoring mob, begging and demanding
orders for provisions ard clothing. This is
a nuisance that should be promptly abated.
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~. Nexx York Statesman ana t"'
Cipher DIsP"Iche~-

All Connection with any
90 Purchase an Elect"r :"
da or south Carolina Sen
and Specifically Denied "a
Powerful Letter showing
were the Real B~neGctaTieS OF
the Electoral Frauds
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LAST Day FOR PAYING PoLL-TAx.-One
of the qualifica tions fo- voting in this State
(Pennsylvania) is the payment OF State or
county (city) tax thin the two years next
preceding election day and this tax must
have been assessed at least two months
prior to the election, and must be paid az
least one month prior To-day Is the last
day for payment. Every body, therefore,
who has not paid taxes for tie years 1877 or
1873, should attend to that business to-day.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Now, let it be understood that Pennsyl
vania which requires the payment of
poll tax as a prerequisite of voting is a
Republican State, and has been for these
many years. Should Mississippi adopt
similar measure, which is entirely just
for man who refuses to pay his poll tax
is not fit to participate in making the laws
of a common wealth--letit be remem ber-
ed that she has followed in the footsteps
of a Northern State as loyal as PennsyI-
Vania
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y 7 sun
When Chicago was in ashes, more than
one Southera city forgot al about the wal
in its generous sympathy for the sufferers.
Louisville alone sent them $50, 900. New
Orleans also contributed to the relief fund
how much, we do not at this moment
remember, but enough, at all events, to
show its good viii. At this time, when the
North is giving so lavishly 10 the South, it
is nor inopportune 70 remind our readers in
this part OF the country Of the gifts that
these Southern cities made, cut of their
great poverty, TO the roo1ess and dtstifute
people of Chicago,
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GENERAL NEWS.
MISCELLANEOUS

DEATH OF AN EMINENT ECCLEsIAsTIC.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, October Is -Rev. J. B.
Hemsteger, vicar general Of the diocese and
one OF the most Influential leaders of the
Catholic Church here, died this evening.
FIENDIsH OUTRAGE AND SWIFT RETRIBuT1oN
SAVANNAH. October 10 Thursday, while
the wife of Houston Demere, a planter in
Bryan county, Is miles from this city, was
retu[hihg from visit to neighbOr, she
was followed by a well-known negro nam
ed Giles, who beat and attempted to ont
rage her, but was prevented by the timely
arrival of a gentleman, when the fiend fled
he was captured Friday, and while in
charge of constable Mr.. Demere shot him.
and then surrendered himself The negro
died this morning -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-23

Hos. GREEN G. CHANDLER has been
appointed United States attorney fox the
northern district of Mississippi, vice
Thomas Walton, deeeaeed. The admin
sstration could not have found in the
sanks Of It's party in this State, a gentle
81, an more capable of diseharging the du-
. les 81 the office.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-23

WELCOME back the Crystal Springs
Monitor after short suspension in con.
sequence ofthe epidemic-looking bright
and fresh rs usual
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-23

WHAT'S got into our old friend Gen.
Griffin, of Chickasaw, that he is working
in the harness of the malcontents?
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The Party of Retrenchment.

The Republican appropriation bills, and
the Democratic appropriation bills as pass
ed by the lover House of Congress for the
years named. are as follows:
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The timely recommendations of the
State Board Of Health, to the authorities
of cities and towns where the fever is
prevailing, should be observed by all.
They will be found in another column
Copies Of this circular should be mailed
10 ali abseutees. They will be distribu-
ted TO The several towns for that purpose.
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Another Martyr.

We record with profound regret the
death of Dr. j. +. sample, Of Tunica
county, who volunteered to assist at
Memphis, and was assigned to duty by
the Howords of that city. lie was a
good citizen and his name deserves to be
written high on the roll Of the Heroes
of Humanity"
THE wide circle Of friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jefferson Davis viii sincerely sym
pathize with them in the death of their
only son. Jefferson Davis. Jr., in the
dawn of his promising manhood. Ii
their prayers could have awaited against
the inscrutable will Of an all wise Provi-
dauce this bitter affiiction would have
beeu spared them.
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Memnhis Anneal.l

The death on Wednesday last, OF Miss
Sallie Eola Renean, Was acknowledged the
gTeatrst ea,9mity thar has befallen the little
town OF GermantpwR, WheFe she proved
herself among the most ca pabie o. nnsses,
the Erpask and Il annehesl Of friends, AND Al
angel Of neEeF t9 The fever-stFieken POOR
dqTipg the epEdeEaic.
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ABOUT the lst of October the Chicago
Inter Ocean published a furious appeal
to its readers, calling upon them to
witness the "ingratitude of the Southern
people, who, in spite of the charity dis
pensed by the North in The hour of their
atflction continued their Hbarbarous'
slaughter Of Republicans for opinion
sake We have not heard from the In
ter Ocean since Col. Peck, prominent
Democrat Of Louisiana, was murdered in
cold blood by party of Radicals while
on mission of peace and with no evil
intent to any human being earth.
The Inter Ocean and its kindred spirits
may understand that though the South
has been sorey afflicted by pestiIence
and famine, war and public pIunderers,
and is duly sensible to the kindness of
which she has been the recipient in her
trials, her people have not lost their
manhood and as far as Chicago is con
cerned, they are not unforgetful of the
fact that when Chicago was in ashes q
few years ago, the South in her poverty,
contributed $3.50, 600 to her relief That
debt, if it is counted in dollars and cents,
has not been overpaid yet.
CIPHER kilograms (real or imaginary,
weare not prepared to say) having been
translated and published, duplicating
some of Gov. Tilden's friends in parley-
ing with Returning Board knaves in Flor
ida and South Carolina, who proposed
to sell the votes of those States which
fairly belonged to him, he has answer
ed with the triumphant letter which will
be found in another column, fully and
emphatically clearing his skirts of any
connection with, or knowledge of, the
matter. Having done this much he pro-
ceeds to show that the votes of those
States were bought and paid for by the
Republican candidate who, to the dis
grace of the government, is now occupy
ing the seat which had been assigned by
the people to another.
Gov. Tilden is statesman of unim-
peacaed purity, as we'll as of great abil-
ity, but it was his misfortune to be sur
rounded by weaklings and fools in the
Presidential canvass, and to have his
cause in the hands of Congressional lead
ers wholly unequal to their trust
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-23

Ia the money marts of the United
States foreign and other coins are quoted
as folIows.
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LETTFP LIST.

List OF Letters remaining m the Postoiiie'
at Jackson Kinds county, Miss, for Lho
week ending Cos. p 1873:
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These orders we're issued on the
eve Of the October election u the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

ply and emphnticnlly the discipline
which fits for society. Through more
than half that period manners were the
thing Ia q,lestion--rr1aunerB, and how to
improve them for elsarly there was
everywhere great falling off from
what had been, whether In France or
England. We find Madame de Mantle
non in 17o7) conflding to her friend, the
Princess des Ursins, In very plain Ian
guage. her feelings on this point. II
confess TO you that the females Of the
present day nre to mo insupport-
able; their ridiculous and fmmodest
dress-their snuff, wine, gluttony.
coarssness and Incidence are all so OPP
posite to my taste that IL Ia natural for
mo to dislike them" The Spectator ut
a date two or three years later, remarks
upon the same characteristics and
breads the conclusion OF the war for the
Influence peaoe may have upon English
ladies. "The whole discourse and be-
havior.". he writes. "of the French 10 to
make the sex more fantastieal, or, as
they are pleased to term 1t, more 'awak
ened' than ID convenient either with
virtue or discretion. To speak loud
in public assemblies. to lot every one
hear you talk OF things that should
only be mentioned Ia private or In o
whisper are looked upon as part of
u refined education. AT the same
time, blush 10 questionable
and silence moro ill-bred than any
thing that can be spoken" Under this
teaching he records the behavior Of
flne lady, newly returned from France.
at the performance OF IN acbeth,", who,
before the rising OF the curtain, breaks
out in o loud soliloquy, when will the
dear witches .enter2" and before the
play was half through has formed a
little audience for herself. "This pretty
childishness," he says, "is not TO be at
tanned Ia perfection by ladies who do
not travel for their Improvement" to
odd. es Y were. point to their ignorance;
of France who thought 1t ill-breedlng to
pronounce hard word right for which
reason they took frequent. occasion to
use hard words that they might murder
them. This authority further odds:
THAT lady Of some quality at court
having accidentally made use OF hard
word In proper place and pronounced
It right. the whole assembly was out of
countenaDce for her.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
Death or the King OF the !.epers.

Honolulu papers announce the death
In December of William p. Ragsdale,
Governor OF the Leper Settlement on
the island OF Molokai, Sandwich
Islands. bill Ragsdale," as he was
popularity known, was a Hawaiian by
birth, his mother having been native
an 1 his father an American. He was q
lawyer, speaking English as huently as
Hawaiian, and the most noted orator OF
the Hawaiian kingdom. The manner
In which Ragsdale discovered that he
had the leprosy, as told by himself, Is
interesting. He resided for a number Of
years on the island Of Hawaii, and had
an office at Hilo, the capital Of the
island. One night he was studying
up q law case in which he was
very deeply interested, when the
chimney from his lamp fell on
the table. Although the chimney was
hot as fire, BILL" In his excitement,
picked it up and set it In its place
without experiencing Inconvenience,
such as would naturally result to real
ly sound person handling hot lamp
chimney. He reflected for q moment,
looked at his hand, but could not dis
cover the least sign that 1t had been
burned. He then took off and put on
the chimney repeatedly, and with the
same result. This experience WINGED
him that he was among the afflicted,
and he lost no time in communicating
with the authorities. An examination
was made, and medical authority de-
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A Rose with a Thorn.
tI,ondon Truth


A lady, as we'll known for her artistic
abilities rs for her want Of punctuality
In the payment OF her debts, was q
Upright particular star at Her Maies-
tvs Theatre during the operate season
which has just come to an end. She
was wanted I" by Mr.. r, o solicitor,
who was anxious to serve her with
process. The lady was coy and could
not be- interviewed. Mr.. p, therefore,
took stage box on the pit tier. and
when the lady had finished q well exc
cuted air he gallantly threw to her o
beautiful bouquet, which had figured IN
front OF his box. The lady took it up and
smiled graciously upon her admirer.
rer. Nesting in the flowers was note.
Was it q billet dourp The lady drew 1t
forth. She opened 1t. Alas 1t was not
tender OF q. heart and hand. 1t COM
menoed, "Victoria. She started
back, for her name was not Victoria.
The missiye was from her Majesty to
the artist. It bore q seal, but notoof
Hymen. 1t was, indeed, a writ. The
lady treated the matter asa theatrical
Joke. The Court OF Queens's Bench did
not. Judgment was obtained, and the
lady was arrested as she was leaving
the theatre with her weekly salary. and
her daughter by her side. She was
taken to sponging house. That even
ing she was to appear In one of her best
parts. A gallant nobleman. hearing OF
what had occurred, came to the rescue,
and. providing himself with sovereigns,
obtained her relief. No one, under the
circumstances. could have done more.
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Perseverance, u Great Power.
Denver NeWs.l


A lady hired an old negro woman
named Charlotte, who had the most ex-
allied opinion Of her own individuality.
Whenever q subject was under discus
sion IN the family Charlotte would be
sure TO state her own superior method
Of proceeding in such matters. On one
occasion the lady was talking OF send
ing the children to school. when Char
lotte put In her oar as usual:
''Lorl missus," she said, what mex
you pay money to send the chile to
SCHOOL, / got one smart boy name
Jonus, but / larns him myself.
But, Aunt Charlotte" replied the
lady, chow con you teach your child
when you don't know one letter from
another2" g.
How ] teach him2 I jist mex him
TEX do book and set down on de flo, and
den say, 'Jonus, you tex We eye from
dat book, much less leggo him, an /
skins you alivel"
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SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK LIFE insurance. COMPANY
). s. COPIES, GENERAL AGENT, .
NO. 46 CARONDELET STREET, NEW ORLEANS
Grants Life Term, Non-Forfeiture, Tontine and EN-
dowment Policies. CO

Of
Of New
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

While policeman was making his
rounds In ambridgeport Sundayo1ight
he was startled by suceesson-of hide
GUS shrieks and diabolical yowlings.
With his teeth chattering and his hair
standing on end with horror. he ex-
plored the interior Of an old shed near
by, where he found that the Internal din
proceeded from barrel which was
rolling across the floor with furious
speed. This barrel was securely headed
and filled with cats, and through o
small aperture ia one Of the slaves half
q dozen hairless tails protruded, lash
ing the air with frenzy. The supposi-
ton Is that some inhuman boys had
Gagged the wretched creatures with tho
intention OF exhibiting them at the
Music Hall. or that they had opened
negotiations with the proprietor OF u
certain restaurant.-B Boston Globe.
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olared that he was afflicted with lep.
rosy. The police did not arrest him,
however. owing to his exalted position,
as was common with those suspected
OF being lepers, 30 he voluntarily deity.
cred himself up as q victim Of the ter
rible disease. He was then sent to
Molokai and installed as. Governor of
the Leper Settlement, which position
he held up to the time of his death.
During his administration Of affairs he
was as successful as he was popular.
the settlement. but by his tact and kind
heartedness Kagsdafe made the most
extraordinary and saddest community
on the face OF the earth as cheerful and
happy as the unfortunates could be.
BY his advice tho government made
many reforms and the lepers recog@
nized him as o father.
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tany. tober 4 177 O
through
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tha Dartmsnt tho .oenoy THY.
5 Gs & e s' % % % a y s
Jsy anonnne s te a
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S"0 LIABILITIES
o n ast
% % no Chez sss
The MGa Actuarial and
Their
principal furnishing
by detailed
pfhy wif ew 4ms 81 where Life n M
onina
entitled
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RAILROADS..
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS, AND NEW ORLEANf
RAILROAD

DOUBLE DAILY THROUGH TRAINS
will depart from. and arrive ut the Calliope
street depot from r November 49, ls11 % follows:
Express No. /. 90 pm. Express No.a, 10 40 am.
Express Mo- 9. 100 am. Express. MOI 1ooe pm,
Nos. and q run daily. and daily except
Sunday.
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING OARS
without, ohangs and for 81 Louis sleeper is
attached at Milan. enabling passengers to go
Through WITHOUT leaving the train. ,,.u
Friday evenings train makes no connection
Accommodation trains between New Orleans
az Leave NV VVrlteens s4s .. m. saturday and
Arrive at New Orleans at e:go a. m. and 1000
p Ills f. 2 Z tss only line running double daily
through trains to md from oil points North and
Tickets tor sale and Information given at 90
Camp street, corner e d IF g? } nma h., - .
CHANDLER Con Pass. AGENT n'eke' AGENT nj
I'VE sEK K6 Sn5EASg hEP }f MOBILE RAIL
THE GREAT A1aT TH hHRgH J h9 WrEr 10 THE
VI" 19JAl1yRFif s VI 4ffH r. re- Yh1A II Louis
r. Trains arrive end depart from Depot. foot Of
DEPART. ARRIVE
Express, Sun Express. g:s5 q. m
day only. -. 7:65 n. m. Express. Sun
Express "a. 500 p. III. day only $3.50 b. m
Passenger. e1- Passenger. eK.
cept Sunday Z 80 d. m. cept Sunday .45 .. m
Pullman Palace Ours daily to Cincinnati
Louisville. Nashville. st. Louis, Washington,
Baltimore and Pbiladelphia, Without change
and only one change TO New York and Eastern
cities.
Ticket Office. corner Of Camp and Common
''~ go b. b. ROBINSON. Superintendent.
mh2tf J. W. COLEMAN. Ticket Agent.
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The Advantages Of Being Dynamited.
IWinnepeg Standgrd1

We chronicled but lately poor fellow
dynamited out OF existence on the q. P.
Il. The painful fact would seem to be
one quite barren, nor to afford much
room for compensation, but lin u CONVEX
Bation with d friend few evenings
since, who met recently while travelling
q manufacturer Of nitro-glyoerine, we
find our error. He was remarking to
the manufacturer Of this playful explo-
sive something about its deadly risk.
why, yes," said he, 1T Ia o sort of
resky. but then, you see, It has It's good
pints. When q man gifts sit up by
dynamite, there amt anything left Of
him, 80 to speak at least not enough
for his friends to CRY over. He goes out
sudden, and stays out. There
ain'to no long sickness, a-wearing
his wife's life out nursing
him; no DOCTORS bill, no casket. no
hearse and carriages, no choice lots in a
fashionable cemetery. nor q fancy tomb
stone. His wilder gets all this outlay,
and perhaps she wants 1t bad to get
along with. poor creter. Then, there
amt no crowdin Of the house with peo-
pie to SEQ how you look; you're layin'
round loose enough, but you amt on
view-not my" Here the dynamite
man paused d moment, and then broke
out~"And that amt all it just sails
man, this does, when 1t hits him. He
goes upas fine as sand, and when he
comes down he may fell into u field
that they are going to put In wheat and
the next thing that happens 10, he
comes up In the grain, and It's just as
like rs not when he gets into the flour
they'll serve him up ut his own break
fast table, in o batch OF hot rolls" and
here the disciple of explosive evolution
laughed softly. But your wife, she
must suffer from apprehension" ooh,
mol Mary AIMS none OF your faint
away kind. She says I'm born fool,
that's all. She's safe on chances, that
woman. She knows how to take risk,
she does