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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19
Ravages OF the Recent Storm In Lou.
isiana.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. Sit would
appear that the hurricane struck the Louis
lana coast along the southern shore line ~
Terrebcnne, Il. Mary and vcrmillion Par
ishes. II then took northeastcriy course.
sweeping over that portion q the state
bounded on the southeast by line running
from A;rhsfala,a BAY directly east e. the
river. and thence north along the cs'iirsc ~
Pearl River. The northwest boundary
seems 10 have commenced IN the
western portion IL Ncrmnlinn Par
III. tending north and crossing
the river below Nafchcz. Included
within the limits thus assumed IT, the par
ishs- ~ Terrel,onne. -. Mary. vermillion.
Lafnmrche. Assumption, Lafayette. Iberia,
~ Landry. -. Martin. part ~ Jefferson.
Aoseiles. puinfe Coupe. West Baton Rouge,
lhcnilIe. Ascension. =. James. -. John. -.
Charles. orleans. - TaminamN. Tangipahoa,
=. Helena. Losing~ion. Ea-i Baton Rouge.
Ea~f and West Fsliciaua. There j. NOR. or
le>> DAMAGE IN III these parishes The adj
vice. received ~ prominent = IN ~ this
city Indicate that crops Ia all The parishes be-
twcrnihi< city and the mouth ~ the lied River
have becn devastated The PicdyHne special
correspondent, sent 20 Morgan City. sends
distressing accounts ~ the devastation IN the
southern section " the State, but II j. mere
repetition on a larger scale ~ what has al
ready been iclegraphed You. One instance
shows the power u the gale. Al Berwick.
opposite Morgan City, ~ dwellings Mere
moved bodily from their supports and -
houses demolished. Al Faurnc Point. near
New Iberia. fsc lives were sacrificed % the
fury ~ the tornado. Congressman Acklin
say II there j. an early frost the sugar crop
will Yield nothing. The last number ~ the
Baton Rouge idr0c0fe. besides XIV ing long
IT. u houses blown down and property de-
strmr states that the los on the cotton
and corn crops will reach fully 81 per cent.
There i not a plantation between Baton
Rouge and New Orleans which escaped with
on some damage. X correspondent from the
rice district says the rice crop will l,c failure.
IN Lafourche Parish a large planter dis
charged l95 rice cutters on the day following
The storm. and his loss alone will be SO. 90.
correspondents from the lowlands Of Niissis-
sirpi agree in asserting that the cotton and
corn crops will be damaged 70 per cent. NJ
least. From summit. Miss. the report comes
That the negroes are very much discouraged
a the ruin ~ their crops, and there are grave
Tears that II will increase the Kansas exodus
fever.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

THE reason Why medical practitioners do
not hesitate to prescribe DR.. +. Wilhoft's
Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic is -
follows: Messrs. Wheelock, Finlay & Co. Of
it, composition, and physicians have approved
II because II contains no dangerous drug. and
because II invariably proves successful. IL Il
for sale BY all Druggists.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

ryucssn Henry County. Ind feh ~ 80. 49,.
fvsr SgyIws suffering with VIA ttr d.er $40.
fsrlr,a n heaifh and cnu1d ~ ~ rrihri Nv. 49,
xais.nlr INDIAN BIoed syrup Ail so.n i".,,,.
wrt ~''~'' CATHERINE hiNhiiAkI-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

Wcory.s suF~Fn pafkr ca, Ind. Juno .. lstN.
rsrr SIR Ms little daughter VAS ~IriN anctru VII
Chs ara Fever fnr thirteen mNtl.. AMI VIC ayclo.s
faiie \, give heg ans relief gave hcI s"fne ~ yonI
Indian uIood ~yrup. which sFtrtlD .nn 1890, rnrt.
rlsly cured her can fectsnncld y Z. ~ sinSsr
rtfnfOy I" tr af<~--<--
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

WHEN WHITING no ADVERTISERS,
please say you saw the Advertisement In
this paper. Advertisers like 70 know
when and where their Advertiser
are paying best.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

y,1~ <lr--r rsnT3Ig,pr ~ clark iunr@n> tn"ssU
0ioof syrup IA exrellelft medicine Tor v 1870
.n liver f1,nrlsinf w wife IA bnft -frstiy hvAvtr1
- s'.@,, ,,f nnd trsaAAr tA2tlrS i1sn 1gW
sr.at p IA Neaxer and obtained ~ IN I.nc,.., -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

CHICKEN SALAD. Boil or roast 4 nice
fowl. When cold chop off all the meat
and chop Il little. not very small; cut
W large bunch ~ celery and mix with
The chicken: boil four eggs hard, mash
and mix them with olive oil, pepper,
ialt. mustard and gill ~ vinegar.
beat this mixture together. and just be
sore serving pour Il over the chicken.
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AGENTS. READ THIS.

WeWfl pay Agents . SAlnFJ n f1U0 peF month md
erper<<- allow . iafge csnfn<Sion 10 sell our No.
De free Addssn SHERMAN CO. MarhalL AleA
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oCssnnR WOW for n MUucAL RDcunp. ~ rsealvl
See1ly Al ths nsu4 nd paenp = good nnac. %
j. ?s.. WHITE Bosa . CHARMING ~ sunAas
school 6oog Bod
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

while Containing large and valuable collecfiun q
Church Nude ~ tbe form q TunW and Anthema. & y
perieclly 0t1ed for the sning School and C0nvenon
. shs iaFgs nnm6sr G sone. Dusz. 0hsa r. and ~
: PFice. 600 psf dossn sDecinn ooDss mailed fu
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JuEJ 80 ceneA - 10 conslans dsnnn4
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05


THE appointment Of Mr. James Hill
(colored Republican, Internal Revenue
Collector Of Mississippi in place Of Ex-
Gov. Powers, has created surprise Gov
Powers was endorsed by the Admins
tration, and the duties of the office were
understood To have been faithfully per
formed; besides, he is an Ohio man who
came into the State and invested in
planting soon after the war He be-
longs to that class Of Republicans
whom the Democrats of the South have
been most bitterly assailed in the North
on the charge of prosecuting and ostra-
cising. The Hayes administration, now
dispenses with his services for no other
than considerations OF partizan policy.
To borrow the language of Gov. Pow
ers on Il recent occasion, IF the North
understood this thing as it is, there
would be a solid North, and an indig-
nant solid North at that" But it is the
other mans bull that is goring the OK
this time. So far as the new appointee
is concerned, we have the best evidence
of his qualification in the excellent man
ner in which he conducted The office OF
Secretary Of State.
1t was admitted that in he late Re
publican administration, James Hill was
the best of the lot.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05

TIE Grenada Board of Health and City
Authorities have adopted stringent sanitary
measures, not satisfactory 10 all, but necessary.
The city authorities of Holly Spring have
done much the same thing. Quarantine in
future will be al right-IIolly Springs South.
This is certainly gratifying intelligence,
and we are glad tosupplementitw with the
fact (hitherto published that the author
tiles of jackson have adopted stringent
measures for cleaning up the town and
destroying household effects that were
infected by contact with the plague last
season. The health officer selected is
invested with large powers, and we are
sure that he will exercise them without
stint.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
NATIONALIST IN CONGRESS.
The Organization Complete What thu
Third Party Proposes to Do.
lgton Special TO the ENQUIRER !

Washington Special TO the Enquirer.
1t is settled that there will be a third party
in the next congress. The Representative
elect to the Forty-sixth congress of the Nation
al party have perfected a thorough organiza-
ton, and have pledged themselves to stand to-
gether in that organization in the next Congress
The exact language OF their resolution, which
was offered by Congressman elect De La Matyr
is as follows:
"Resoteed, That we now pledge ourselves that
we will stand together in the National party
organization, in the organization Of the next
House OF Representatives, and maintain our
party organization"
This was adopted unanimously, by a rising
vote OF twelve COngressmen-elect who were
present at to-day's conference These twelve
were: Messrs. Murch and Ladd OF Maine, f.
Moody Boynton of Massachusetts, Seth H. Yo-
cum and Hendrick B. Wright of Pennsylvania
DE La Matyr of Indiana, Forsythe of Illinois
Ford OF Missouri, Weaver and Gillett of Iowa.
and Russell OF North Carolina
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05

NOTWITHSTANDING the entire destruc-
ton of the printing material of the En-
terprise Courier by the recent fire, it is
promptly on hand, and will be issued
regularly from the Office of Messrs.
Shannon & Powell, of the Meridian
Homestead, until it is supplied with new
material of its own. The Courier pub
fishes full account of the fire, and a
list of the sufferers, as follows:
R. c. BOYD, S1,35O-no insurance; c..
Kramer, SIS, 000-insurance s., 200: ]. J..
Sampson, 81 ,500-no insurance; F. W. Volk-
ing, part of hotel furniture; E. A. Lyerly &
Co., stock ,000-insurance about 81 500 /;
w III. Woolverton, stock So O00-insurance
$4,000; w. III. Woolverton, c. A. Lyerly E.
A. Lyerly and James Patrick corner building.
mostly covered by insurance except Patrick
interest; F. S. Pickel, S2,000-no insurance !;
Holman & Co., S4,000-mostly covered by
insurance; E. P. Harris, 81 ,6O0-insurance
81 200; w. P. Davis. $1,000 greater part
was covered by insurance; White & Shaw.
=, 5OO-covered by insurance; Evans & Nc
Gee, office S350-no insurance; s. Evans, law
library s. 000-no insurance; A. F. MCGEE.
office, furniture, books and part of building,
about S5OO-no insurance; Frank c. McGee
Courier Office, furniture, library, ETC., 81, OO0-
no Insurance; Mrs. J. III. Drummer, $1,000
no Insurance; DR.. Rencher, about S250-no
insurance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
Our New Dress.

This number Of our paper Is printed
with new type. In dispensing with the
old dress. our feelings are akin TO the
warrior who bids adieu to the battered
and weather-beaten armor in which he
has passed through many an eventful
and stormy contest. 1t was in this ar
NOR that our journal went forth eleven
years ago to do battle against the odious
DISTINGUISHING Constitution, through
which the adveuturers who had seized the
State government, sought 10 bind the
people permanently in the chains
which they had forged. From that time
forward in all our efforts to dislodge the
the foes Of our commonwealth from the
citadel in which they had entrenched
themselves and to place where itproper-
" belonged, in the keeping Of her own
sons-it served us well and faithfully.
With us the chief consolation has been
that in following the convictions Of duty,
we have been encouraged and strength
ened by a generous and approving pub
lie. Never have we addressed "A lar
ger concourse Of readers, then it is now
our privilege to do; and a. token Of
our appreciation Of a confidence that
has never abated, but has grown with
our growth, we have presented our jour
nal in q new and attractive garb. 1t is
typical Of our renewed determination to
publish a paper worthy Of the cause 70
which its best efforts have been dedica-
ted The past is behind rs. Our deal
ingS are with the future. Our journal
shall be racy of the times, and redolent
of current events in the hurly-burly
era in which our lines have been cast.
And not forgetting that a share Of at
tentiou is due to matters Of general inn
port, our chief labor viii be the advance
ment of Mississippi in all elements Of in
tclIectual and material progress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
Starkville Correspondence.

STAKvILLE MISS FEBRUARY 26, 1879
EDITORS CLARION: A report having been
published in papers in and out of the State.
that one of our citizens had absconded with
part of the funds subscribed by the citi-
zens of this place and county, TO the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College of Mis-
sissippi. 1 write this to correct the false
statement that has been communicated to
those papers in referencet hereto. l am
chairman of the Finance Committee to
raise money for the College, and can state,
with certainty, that none OF the money collect
ed by the committee has been lost, but that
every dollar they have collected is in safe
hands. You will confer favor and relieve
the apprehension of the many friends of the in
stitution by publishing the foregoing corrections
Very truly,
J. D. BEATTIE.
Chairman Citizens Finance Committee Of
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
nba Proposed United States Building
at Jackson.


The following from the Congressional Re
cord. OF the 25th viii be OF especial Interest
to our local readers
Mr. Hooker. I move that the rules la sl--
ra1ded and that the bill which L send I'd The
desk be passed
The Clerk read rs follows
bin 10 provide for the erection of certain
nublic buildings therein named.
One Of the items in the bill was au aFur.-
nriation of 100000 for the erection o..
building for court house and other purposes.
in Jackson.)
Mr.. Eden lof H. Mr.. Speaker is this HL
1 introduced for present action
The speaker Ii is. The motion is d. -..-
mend the rules and pass the bill
Mr. Eden. This bill docs mot come fr.u
the Committee ON Public BuilainE- and
/ Grounds, l understand.
The Speaker The Chair is uot advised. .r
that subject. ,..
has ever been approved by the Commute. .u
/ Public Buildings and Grounds N-Ht ...
House 10 understand that.
Mr.. HarnelI 1 would like tu know h.#
much money Is appropriated in this BILL
Mr.. Eden. This bill has Not been examine
ed bv or reported from amy committee. .H#
nob6dv can tell the extent OF expenditure.
from the public Treasury that lt MlN "...s..
II NAV ultimately involve u- lu tHg .NH....-
ture of S5oOO0,0OO.
Mr. Hooker III will NOT Involve auE -...
LARGE expenditure as tile gentleman Iua-....
Mr. Fort. / submit 1t j. proper ..r ..
House To- know something in rglgr.n.. q. -..-
proposition before 10 IS passed
Mr. Harris Of Virginia. The I"u-.-.....
not be required To vote bhntIE un sue. ..
| as this.
2 The speaker. When the House ..a. F..
{ order proceeding win go ou regularly
, Mr. Harris, ot Virginia. Nu.n.u. t. ...r
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
An Extra Session.

When our paper went to press an ex-
ira session of Congress seemed to be
inevitable in consequence of the dead
lock upon the appropriation bills with
the riders repeating the test oath and
the odious features of the force bill.
Down to the latest hour. the Democrats
had stood their ground untalteringly, and
there was no sign of weakening on the
part of the Repubicans.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
The Census.

We hope the bill reported by Mr..
Cox Of New York to the House Of Rep
resentatives, for taking census next
year, has passed. 1t provides for the
appointment of Superintendents of the
work by the Governor of the several
States and is antagonised by the Rad
zeal scheme of concentrating the entire
management in the federal administra-
ton at Washington. Mr.. Manning OF
this State delivered an able speech in
favor of the bill, framed by the commit
tee
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05

OUR citizens will be disappointed by
the failure of the bill for the erection of
a government building in this city.
The official report of the Congressional
proceedings will be found in another
column We shall confidently look for
the ultimate success Of the measure
There is no doubt of the necessity of a
building in Jackson for the transaction
of the business of the federal govern
ment. The business ofthe United States,
here Is more than sufficient to warrant
the expenditure of from one hundred to
two hundred thousand dollars for that
object. The land offices are in the State
capitol the revenue office is in a
private building; the post-office is in
another, and the federal court is held
in the City Hall. 1t is shame that a
great and wealthy government like the
United States, does not furnish suti-
cient accommodation for the dispatch Of
its own business.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
The Electoral College Under the New
Apportionment.

At present the electoral College has
500 votes, requiring 185 10 elect, the
Southern States having 138 and the
Northern 231 In the next apportion-
ment, according to the estimates made,
the Southern States viii increase from
138 to 157, and the Northern States
from 231 to PSI, an increase of nineteen
in the Southern States and forty-seven
in the Northern States. So says the
Washington Post.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05

TuE current number OF the North American
Review contains i groupof brief articles on the
subject OF negro suffrage. The subject Is IN
troduced BY the two questions: Ought the ne
pro to be disfranchiscd?" Ought he to have
been enfranehised?" The articles are from
Senator Blaine Senator Lamar, Senator-elect
HAMPTON Representatives Garfield and \. Ill.
Stephens, Wendell Phillips, Montgomery Blair,
and ex-senator Hendricks, Senator blaine wind
inc up the discussion with second article.
One peculiarly of the writers, who are certain
lv chosen from every known variety OF existing
parties. is the singular accord with which all
but two of them regard the leading question
ought the negro TO be disfranchised?- Of no
possible practical value or pertinenee. Mr.
Blaine saws he cannot be DISTINGUISHED; Messrs
Lamar and Stephens say he would not be
ii he could be; Mr.. Phillips inveighs with has
usual brilliant assortment Of epithets against
the purely imaginary party which seeks dis
franchisment, while Mr. Montgomery Blair IN
solitary insanity, bravely argues in favor OF
acknowledgements.
Singular enough, Judge Blair was a
member of the Lincoln Cabinet and gave
his support to emancipation. The arti-
Gle of Mr.. Blaine is peculiarly character
istic of the man, bitter and aggressive.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
The Issue Joined.

Pending the amendment to the APP
priation bill for the repeal Of the infa-
nous Federal election law, Mr. Hale, a
Republican leader in the House of Rep
resentatives, said
The gentleman from New York Mr. Hew-
it'll had taken the position this morning that
the Democratic party stood here to-day, and
would stand, in favor of sweeping from the
statute books all that body of laws which he
| said interfered with the operation of State
Governments and State laws in the matter OF
elections There was a plain and distinct
challenge. As strong as the feeling was on the
Democratic side of the House, equally strong
was it on the Republican side. These laws for
the protection of the ballot-box would not and
should not be repealed in an appropriation
bill. This side of the House (the Republi-
cans) would never consent to any project
being pushed forward and carried through to
repeal.
Here the issue was distinctly joined
between the united Northern and South
ern Democracy and the Republicans
the former for repeating the arbitrary and
unconstitutional measures which were
passed in a spirit of hatred and revenge
towards the South, and it has been square
ly fought. 1t settles the question in favor
of Democratic unity, and also of a
united South. The solid South cannot
afford TO disband and destroy their ALI
ance with the Northern Democracy at
the bidding of soreheads and renegades,
in view of the record which the Northern
Democracy by their undivided votes
have made upon questions compared
to which all others sink into insignii-
canoe
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
Threatened Secession in California

\ great sensation has been created by
an article in a leading California paper
declaring for the secession of that State
from the Union, if the General Govern
ment refuse to put stop to Chinese
immigration No doubt that would be
the predominant sentiment of the State
1t is question with which the South
ern States could have nothing to do.
They would certainly take no part in a
policy of coercion. 1t is contrary to the
doctrine of free government, and to the
intention Of the trainers of the Constitu-
ton. They voted down without dis
senting voice, a resolution authorizing
the use of force against State. In
discussing it, Mr.. Madison said: can
union of the States containing such an
ingredient seemed to provide for its own
destruction" 1t might preserve the
law, but would kill the spirit of it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
Spelling Reform.

An able and interesting report upon
the spelling reform movement, by a
Committee of the Faculty Of the Uni
yersity of Mississippi, viii be found on
our first page. 1t presents the origin
and progress of the movement; the
arguments of its advocates; and the argu-
ments Of its opposers; showing a deci-
ded weight of authority understanding in
favor of it. and concludes with a reso.
luton in that behalf, which was adopted
by the Faculty.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05

THE House of Representatives adopt
ed by party vote the proviso to the
Legislative appropriation bill repeating
the law which excludes every man from
the United States jury who will not
make oath that he gave no aid and
comfort to the confederate cause. The
Democrats North and South, voted for
repeal, the Republicans voted against it.
Talk about breaking up the Democratic
party
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
KINDS COUNTY ITEMS.

Kinds County Gazette
The following persons wereseur.r..H Friday
afternoon by Judge Calhoun tn ta. -.... H....
Tertiary: james Brown, Z years \Em. W.....
years Robt, Harris, years AI.e. Smith
years; Jerry Riley, vear-. With ... .
sentenced previously and noted incur. .-..
fourteen are sent To Jackson Dos Oh. Dr
Court at this session
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05

EVERY Democrat North and South,
in the u s. Senate voted for Mr. Beck's
amendment to the deficiency bill reducing
the appropriation of $3.50, 900 asked for
by the administration to employ armed
forces and spies to control elections, to
$50, 900 to defray the legitimate expen-
ses of the department of justice. The
country cannot afford for a party which
is thus solid for the right, to dis
solve.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
The Next Reapportionment of Con-
gressional Representation.

The sixteen Southern States now send
one hundred and six Congressman to
Washington. They will gain nineteen
members by the re-apportionment.
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ken
lucky and Tennessee will increase their
delegations by one, Alabama by two,
while Missouri and Texas will rejoice in
addition of four each. Of the other
Southern States, some will lose and 9th.
ers remain in statu quo There will be
large increase of representation from
the Northwest and a decided falling
off from New England the Yankee
States proper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
A Radical House.

Washington Republican,
After a struggle of eighteen years in war and
in politics, the Confederacy has at last captur
ed the Capitol. Ten days hence the flag of the
Union will be appropriately hauled down from
that building to wave more for two years
at least, over Congress devoted to the mainten
ance of its integrity
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
ne Democratic party !

THE Indictment, in obedience to the
instructions of United Judge Rivers, OF
five of the State judges Of Virginia for
failure to place eolored men ON juries,
has created great excitement in that
State because it is a direct interference
with matters outside the jurisdiction OF
the federal judiciary. An appeal will
be taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States.