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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

Col +. d. Frost, one of the ablest
railroad men in the country, is Presi-
dent Of the Louisiana Construction
Company, an association of capitalists
formed for the purpose of completing
that portion of the New Orleans Pacific
Railroad leading from New Orleans to
ShreyepOrt and Marshall
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25
Thar All.

Blaine's great speech l. nothing more than
an iil-Datured protest because the people Of
the South, white and black. did not vote the
way he desired them 70. That's all.-Har-
Fisburg( Pal PaEriOt.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

GENERAL GARFIELD, the Ohio Re
publican leader, says that "if we are to
ne menaced with an incorrigible South
seeking to impose President upon us by
election violence, we may as well give
them taste of Grant again" Why,
Sir, vas not the South tasting Grant
when she everthrew the carpet-bag gov
ernments and gave a solid vote for
rilden and Hendricks? He vas at their
back proping them with bayonets
What more can he do? If he could not
keep them in power,is it probable that he
can restore them? Probably it is meant
that we are to have "a taste of Grant"
in having the alternative presented of
submitting to a count of the next cleo
toral vote by the Vice President-or to
a hocus pocus s by 7 machine-or the
bayonet. But this game is efectually
blocked. The Republican Senators have
declared by unanimous vote that the
presiding officer of the Senate has no
power to count the vote, and as for the
electoral machine it is smashed into a
thousand fragments. There are none so
poor to do it reverence. Let US have
peace.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

SPECIAL Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
:" ,AssHINGTON, Dec. 49, There is a chance
10, 1 = on the southern question to break
gu SS,. nrreeiy IN the House. Mr. Chalmers, or
,ssslsslppi. has prepared an attack on Mr..
Doubtful whether he will be allowed to de-
liver all oft.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

TIE following is full list of the ex-
perts selected by the joint Congressional
yellow fever committee to aid them in
the prosecution of their labors. They are
all members OF the medical profession
except Col. 7. S. Hardee the able civil
engineer, of New Orleans:
DR.. j. NJ. Woodwork. Superintendent of
Marine Hospital Service, Washington. ID.
c.; DR.. Cnehrane. of Mobile; Dr.. VIM Sell
den. OF Norfolk. Va; Col. Thos. S. Harfiee,
ton; DR.. W. H. Randall, Philadelphia; Dr.
Jacob 5. Mosher. New York; Dr.. w. Ell.
Mursev. Cincinnati; DIR. X. W. Mitchell,
Memphis; DR. T A. FalIegant Savannah.
Ga. DR.. Stanford E ChailIe, New Or.
leans, and Dr. N. S. Craft. of Mississippi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

thar are worthless Mr.. blaine reached 4
cahc!ueion that IL atrOcious. If he means
an thing be means 20 rob the Southern me-
oes o. the privilege Of the suffrage
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

The following Yellow Fever sub Com.
mittees on part of the Senate were ap-
pointed: To visit New Orleans and vi
cinity-E usiis. Lamar, and Paddock.
To visit Memphis and vicinity-Harr
Matthews and Conover.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

WE were very much surprised when tn e
com mittee 70 investigate the yellow fever
epidemic in the South was but lately an
nOunced by the Speaker. 10 note that none
OF the mem bers OF Congress from this State
had rlace on that com mIttee.-Vicksburg
Herald
The Herald has overlooked the APP
pointment of Col. Hooker, the able mem
Der from the 9th District.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

Elk. GOVERNOR HENRY s. FooTE,
formerly of this State, but for the last
twenty years, of Tennessee, has been ap-
pointed and confirmed superintendent
Of the New Orleans Mint.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25
Louisiana Senator.
iSnatch TO the World ]

Special dispatch TO the World.J
WASHINGTON. December l5.-The election
of Unit, States Senator TO sue coed Sena-
tor EustIs, whose term OF office expires on
the h of next March. will b. held by the
Louisiana LEGISLATURE on the 18th of Janr-
airy next. The candidates are Messrs. d. F.
kenn-r, of New Orleans, B. F. Jonas, Of
New Orleans, add Ex-Governor McEuery,
of Ouachita parish.
: with the chances in favor of Mr..
Jonas. might have been added)
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25
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A FRIEND in Washington writes that
Representatives Muldrow and Manning
have both received notices of contesting
their seats. 1t is part of the game of
fraud aud intimidation" that has been
preconcerted for Radical consumption in
the next Congress, and has been practiced
after every Democratic victory in the
South.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

SOME OF our coutem poFaries complain that
Governor Stone is vssfed with a power OF
II Hing official vacancis :. on the ground that
his bower j. the re>u OF Radical iegiSla-
tion under Ames' administ ration. But no"
does thlt alter the nsatEer? II by the pres
ent process, We have good men in otfics,
how are We 10 do better than to avail our
selves of the economical plan, and let we'll
enough alone ? Holly Springs south
If the South includes the CLARION in
its aIusjon, it has not fully apprehended
our meaning We have not ceDsured
Governor Stone for any appointment he
has made; nor condemned the law CON
ferring the general power FILLING vacan-
cies upon the Executive solely because
i originated under the Ames regime for
the purpose Of efecting a partisan pur-
pose when the Radical Sheriff Of War
rem county was deposed for malfeasance.
Our objection was to the law authorizing
the filling of vacancies to supply inter
regnums in county Offices by the EXecu
tive instead of the Boards of Supervi
sors who are directly responsible to the
people Of their respective counties and
are presumed to be better Informed of
their wishes II is the custom we con
demn-f4ot the Executive who is requir
ed to perform a service as unsuted to
his office as it is odious and undemo-
cratic. 1t is a distinguishing fault Of
the present Constitution, in the making
Of which the people of Mississippi had
no hand, that it takes power from the
people who are the legitimate source OF
it, and lodges it in the hands of the
privileged few. This system accorded
with the plan of the adventures TO
make the State government a close cor
poTation for their own benefit, but it out
rsges popular sentiment and violates the
representative principle which lies at the
foundation of free government. The
time is nigh at hand when this instru
ment of alienism and despotism will be
torn up root and branch by the sovereign
people when they remodel their organic
law but in the meantime there are re
forms which the Legislature itself can
accomplish. and the act which We have.
described, is one of them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

The Ohio State Journal, the leading
Republican organ in the Buckeye State,
is frank enough to admit that to carry
that State in the next election, the Re
pubIicans must have General Grant, OF
an Ohio Republican, as their candidate
for President. But suppose one Ohio
man is opposed by another? Thurman for
example. What then?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

Born houses Of Congress adjourned
over for the holiday season from Decem
Der 20th to Tuesday, January 7th; instead
of Monday, January 9th.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

SENATOR Isham q Harris, of Tennes-
see, is chairman of the Senate yellow fe-
yer committee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

TIE CoIEr.-Our good friend and
neigtbor Mr.. F. 7. Cooper announces
that he will soon resume the publication
Of the Comet" in this city. Like its
planetary namesake it will carry a bright
light. It's editor is ATTAINED journal
ist who catches the inspiration of the
times and makes lively, readable and
able paper. We hope it will have
q long aud prosperous career.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

The total number of Deputy U. S.
Marshals to look after the elections in
1876, were II, 599.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

IT will be noIcnd that there will he no
negroes in the next Congress unless 'Hara
OF North Carolina gers n certificate, WbiC h
is doubttul.-Chicago Interocean (Repubi
cau.)
And yet there are one hundred and
thirty Republican Districts in the United
States. What commentary on Repub
Iican professions.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

EssRs- BArAED, WALLACE. GARf.vO
=, 1919. are sbe Democratic Senator,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

IN South Carolina six of the recently
elected members of the Legislature are
colored men of the Democratic persuasion
sachusetts Legislature, the Iowa Legis-
lature, the Maine LegisIature-~or the
Legislature of any other Northern State,
or all others combined, TO find therein one
single citizen of African descent of any
persuasion. An investigation is needed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

CONGRESS- voted 500, 600 for the ex-
ponses of the yellow fever Committees.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25
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Our esteemed neighbor, Maj. Harper
Of the Kinds County Gazette, is pub
fishing in his valuable paper series of
articles entitled Raymond Years Ago"
They are exceedingly interesting. His
mind is a vast storehouse of interesting
memories that would have been lost If he
had not treasured and put them in print
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25
Supplies FW~nfabed - the Fever
Stricken Com I'm u m IgieS.

During the yellow fever scourge in The
Southern States, the Government dis
tributed II3, 267 pounds of bacon, "A,
900 pounds of corn meal, 1926 pound!
of coffee, 81, 426 pounds of sugar, anc
l 1923 pounds of tea. New Orleans re
ceived the largest amount in shipments
Memphis next, with Vicksburg third OF
the list. There was 10 shadow of law to
authorize these appropriations. At leas
it was not found in the statute books. II
was found in the instincts Of human
ity, and in the code which author
izes those in authority to take the respon
sibility in great emergencies happening
occasionally in the life time Of State 81
nation, and for which no human fore
caste could have actually provided.
Without these supplies God only in His
infinite wisdom knows what would have
become of the afflicted people. The hor,
rors of starvation would have been add
ed to the terrors Of the pestilence that
walked in monday and destroyed in
darkness. New Orleans, Memphis and
Vickoburg, were not alone the benefici-
aries Of the bounty which was
furnished by the authorities whose
natures we're moved, and minds en-
enlightened by wisdom from on high.
Those cities were distributing points from
which were sent out 10 other suffering
communities, the euccor which they were
so much in need Of The President and
Secretary of War have both ,aalled the
-ttenlion of Congress to the subject and
have asked that body to make the neces-
sary appropriations to cover the expense.
We can anticipate but one response, and
that is prompt and unanimous endorse
ment Of the action of the Administration,
and an appropriation of whatever
amount is needed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

We ought 10 have mentioned sooner
that Messrs Davis and Dahlgren have
removed the Seashore Gazette to Pass
Christian. 1t is an able paper, devoted
to the advocacy Of sound principles, and
is especially mindful of the interests OF
the Seashore region. Its editors are also
associated in the practice of law.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

ACTING upon the assumption that
(colOred) Republican Congressman, from
South Carolina, Smalls, cannot secure
equal civil rights in that State. and that
his conviction and sentence to the Psni-
Tertiary by the courts thereof is in con-
sequence of failure to secure a fair trial,
Chief il stice Waite has issued a writ of
error arresting proceedings and transfer
ring the case to the Supreme Court of
the United States under section GAL of
the Revised Statutes which was passed
rby the Republicans in violation of the
Constitution, to overthrow local self
government and to cheat justice of her
dues provided the criminal happens to be
a Radical pet.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

TIE colored political element in the
South i. troubling the Northern Republi.
can leaders not only because it nearly
doubles Southern Democratic strength
in the Congress and in the Electoral
College, but it will have potential voice
in the National Republican Convention.
There are, says the N. Y. Times, the
leading Republican psper of that section
which does not happen to approve the
Grant movement, "16 Southern States
whose representatives will cast 276 votes
in the National Republican Convention,
but none of whose votes are likely to be
cast in the Electoral College for a Re
publican. Assuming. what is by no
means improbable, that the Southe IN
deleg tons to the National Convention
were solid for Grant, they would lack but
SO votes of a majority and the eandi
date of the Republican party in 1880
might be forced upon it by the represen
tatives of States that could do nothing
toward electing him." And so exclaims
the Times, negro suffrage 10 to be per
verted into measure of offence against
those by whom it was conferred" An
other example of the engineer hoist
by his own petard."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

AN amendment to the Blaine resolu
ton, requiring the investigating commit
tee to sit with open doors, was rejected
by vote of IS to 20, the Republicans
a voting in the negative. They want a
Star Chamber Inquisition. Free
swearing, and no questions asked.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-25

The Blaine ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

| WAsHINGToN, Dec. 26.-The Select Sem
ate Com mIttee appointed in pursuance Of
| the Blame resolution, met to-day. BaysTd
| o11ered resolution. which was voted down
Oy party vote, requesting the President
! TO furnish the Commit &c cOaies Oh ducu-
! ments aud names OF witnesses furnishing
Information upon which he based his re-
terence to alleged election frauds in his an
nnai message, In order that the Committee
might summon witnesses aud proceed with
the investigation
Bailey, OF Tennessee, submitted a re-oIu-
ton calling on Blaine for specifications
upon which the COMMITTEES might ba-e an
i0quiry. Adopted.
Inc Indications are Lere VIII be no busl-
ness transacted at least until re-couvening
of Congress.
I'm the House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. I9-Mr Cabell asked
lcfVe 10 offer resolution rpeitug the
charges made against Alexander Rives,
Judge OF the United states District Court
Ior the western district Of Virginia. iu rec
Rard 70 his action IN issuing writs OF habsls
corpus for bringing before him two prison
ers now IN custody undrr charge OF murder
and directing the judiciary committee 90
inquire into the facts connected with his
action ana what action should be taken iu
relation thereto
Messrs. White and Hale objected.
noted.
Mr.. Townsend / n. VI inquired Il MEM
Ders were TO be menaced in the discharge
OF their duties. lie understood the gentle
man from Virginia TO call our ia a menacinn
manner THAT he wanted it noted who OBJ
JeS1ed and that was a breach Of privilege.
Inc SPeaker-rhe reporters are bound
to note objections.
MI White-Oh, it did not alarm any body.
MT Caoell-I neither menaced anybody
4 IhIehdeo TO menace anybody, and when
4 Ihtend to do so will make a demouttra-
tioh the gentleman Townsend will not
mistake. [ merely wanted TO nuf on ,rf
VINO objected to a simple resolution OF
BY This time there was a great deal Of
commission in the hall, and Mr. AckIin suy-
Rtsteu mat the riot act should be read
MT' townsend IN VI remarked that IL
t ~, uiu nave been read during the late cleo
Mr. Acklin retorted that the same thing
mlght be said of New York.
1ELLoW-FEvER COMMITTEES.
non. Casey Young, chairman of the house
JoIhIhlttse 10 examine into The report uDon
. ~ cause 81 the yellow fever outbreak in ths
IIOuIneIh states last sunni er, has atno1nted
~. IoloWlng sub-com nIittees To Vfsit he
u. sections. namely Me-ars. Garfield.
JuitCtnden and Morse 20 visit MemDhis ana
..I.cIu'Ly and Mrssrs. Gibson. HooEer and
l nuDg TO visit New Orleans and viciniIv
ne sno-eommittees of the House and SEN
1ee VIII SIT and act Jointly during their
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-10
A Remarkable Name.

About the beginning of the present
century a New England sea captain
having some business, at a public office,
which required him to sign his name,
was rather tedious in performing the
operation, which did not escape the OBJ
servation of the officer, who was a little
impatient at the delay, and curious
.Withal to see what sort of name it
could be that it required so long time
to spread it upon paper. Perhaps the
captain had long string of titles to
grace it, such as honorable, esquire,
colonel of militia, selectman of the
town of -, etc, which he chose to
make an ostentatious parade of; or per-
haps it was his wbim to subscribe the
place of his nativity and that of his
residence, together with his age, height
and complexion. He was mistaken;
for the captain had subscribed nothing
but simply his name, which, when he had
done, the officer, after some trouble in
decyphering, found to read thus
Through Much Tribulaiion We Enter
Into the Kingdom of Heaven Clapp.
" Will you please to tell me, Captain
Clapp," said he, with as demure face
as his violent inclination to indulge
in hearty laugh would allow him to
put on, "what might your mother have
called you in your infancy, TO save her
self the trouble of repeating a sermon
whenever she had occasion to name her
darling?" Why, SIR" replied Cap
tain Clapp, with laughable simplicity,
90 when was little they used to call me
Tribby, for shortness."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-10
Registration of Third-class Natter.
Circulars to Pestmasters.

With the view Of affording public con-
venience and of promoting the efficiency OF
the postal service, the Postmaster G eneral
has ordered that the registry system be eX-
tended to mail matter of the third class, to
| take effect on the LIST October, 1878, and that
the registry fee for each package Of such
matter be fixed at the uniform rate of ten
QO) cents, additional TO the postage now re-
quired by law.
POstmasters will, therefore, on and after
the date mentioned, register to any post
office in the United States, or to any foreign
country within the limits of the Postal
Union, all packages of third-class matter
that may be offered for that purpose.
No packages, however, must be received
for registration as third-class matter until
a proper examination shall show it to he en-
titled to transmission through the mails as
such matter.
Great care must be exercised to prevent
the registration and admission into the mails
OF matter that is unavailable, and also te
prevent the admission at third-class rates of
matter upon which postage is properly
chargeable at first-cla rates under existing
laws and regulations. Postmasters should
require packages to be put up securely so as
TO safely bear transportation, but not in such
manner rs to prevent an examination of
their contents, either at the mailing office or
the office of delivery. Matter offered for
IGSlStIdllOi III NlOlallOD Oh IDeSe require
ments will be treated as now provided by law
and the postal regulations. ~ I-,.-.4
Both postage and registry-fee must be
fully prepaid with postage stamps affixed to
The packages.
Registered packages of third-clas matter
will, as far as practicable, be treated in the
mails the same as registered letters.
1.-The name and address of the sender must
be indOrsed, either in writing or in print,
upon each package of third-class matter
offered for registration; and there may be
added to this brief description, in writing
or in print, Of the number and names of the
articles inclOsed. No additional written
matter, except the address, is permitted by
law. A request to return may also be print
ed, but to write such request would by law
subject the package TO postage at first
Uetter) rates.
Unclaimed registered packages of third
class matter will be treated the same as un-
claimed registered letters.
For the present, at least, the registered
package envelopes, forms and blanks now
provided for registered letters will be used
for the registration of thirdclass matter /;
but when so used, they must be Endorsed,
either in writing or with stamp, with the
words, 4" third-class NATTER" so as to pre-
serve the distinction on the records between
the two different classes of registered mat
ter. When from its form or size package
can not be inclOsed in a registered package
envelope, the envelope may be used as now
provided for similar cases of first mat
ter. 1t must not, however, be so applied as
to conceal the address, or prevent the filling
up of the "record Of transit"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-10
The Spiritual and the Material World,

In that large composition called the
moral world what ideas, as the painters
would say, lie here and therei Stand
ing before the landscape of a great
artist you find a large assemblage of
thought, 4, There is the expanse of blue
sky, there is band of white cloud,
there is the charm of great distance in
the mountain, there is the charm of
nearness in the foreground; the back
ground reminds us Of eternity, the fore
ground of time, the mountain awakens
the sense of the sublime, the grass and
violets in the foreground awaken the
beautiful, the crumbling house or
church appeals to our natural sadness,
the vines on the wall recall US to hope;
the immenseness of the scene proclairns
God, the hunter or fisherman just visil
BILE proclaims man. Thus the picture
bursts upon us with its many truths all
woven into one effect on the soul. Thus
our moral world is a Composition into
which for thousands of years the Gre
ator has been casting His varied and
divine thoughts. What the whole scene
will at last be has been limited at by ex-
allied prophets, but can be fully imagin-
ed by none. Isaiah has seen the desert
rejoice and blossom the rose, the
thorn displaced by the fir tree and the.
myrtle growing where the bramble had
been; but except in such figures the
heart can not approach the ultimate
magniicence of the scene, 1t is thought
enough for the hour that a spiritual
realm is in the hands CT a powerful and,
wise Creator, whose works in the ma
terial universe astronomers have found
to be stupendous We may infer COM
ing vastness of spiritual things.-Prof.
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