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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

submit, for / received blow from the butt
Of the fellows pistol that multiplied the
stars that | saw in the heavens a hundred
fold
Completely discouraged, gave myself up
in despair. | resisted no longer, closing
my eyes to shut out, as it were, the gloomy
prospect before me. Somewhat surprised
at the prolonged delay of the robber in
perfecting my pinioning | opened my eyes.
Uncle Toby stood over me. Stretched
upon the grass by my side was the fellow
who had secured me, gaping wound in his
head afording an explanation of the sudden
ending of his attempt upon my liberty.
A dozen determined and well-armed men
were with him. The masked robbers at
first showed ii disposition To resist, but on
reflection, seeing the hopelessness of any
such attempt, they surrendered unco1di-
tlOnally. At the next term of the court
they were each sentenced to fifteen years
imprisonment
Uncle Toby was making his final round
of his grounds on the night in question:
when the rustlng of birds wings attracted
his attention. 1t entered the pigeon-cote.
Unable TO control his curiosity, and
anxious to ascertain the cause OF such
peculiar proceeding, he procured a ladder,
assembled to the cote, and there to his sur
prise, he found that the carrier-pigeon had
already returned, and with a message He
read it, summoned his neighbors, and ar
rived just in time to bag the fellows.
The old bird is dead now, but while it
lived there was not money enough in our
town to buy it from me.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26
THE BRIDE

Her finger was 50 small the ring
Would not stay on which they did bring
1t was TOO wide peck
And, to say truth (for out it must1.
1t looked like the great collar, Just.
Above our young colts neck
Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stole n and ont.
As If they feared the light:
Bur oh she dances such a way
No sun upon an Easter day
Is halfso fine a sight
Her checks so rare as white was on
No daisy makes comparison
Who sees them Is nndone4:
For streaks of ed were mingled there.
Such as are on on Katharine pear,
The side that's next the sun.
Her lips were red, and one was thin
Compared to that was next her chin,
Some bee had stung it newly);-
But Dick, her eyes so guard her face,
| burst no more upon them gaze
Than on the sun in July.
Sir John Sucking.
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The Epidemic at Concordia.
Concordia Leader.

Concordia Leader.
During the prevalence of the epidemic az
this place our citizens were we'll supplied with
eminent physicians from abroad-Dr NJ =.
Craft of the United States Board of Medical
experts, DIR. Banks of the State Board and
DR.. Currell Of Greenville. These gentlemen,
doubtless done all in their power, but the
death roll will clearly show that their skill
in the treatment Of this disease (yelloW
fever) was batied. OF the thirty or thirty
five cases among the whites twenty-five now
repOse in mother earth a fearful per cen
tage. 1t appears that the disease assumes
different phases yearly and thus the treat
ment or theory practice of former years does
not answer the purpose.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

The Cincinnati Enquirer suggests Potter
and Hendricks as the probable candidates
on the Democratic side, and thinks il is
only "a matter for future discussion wheth-
er the ticket shall read Potterand Hendricks,
or Hendricks and Potter. We are now sim
ply engaged in getting out raw material. If
the States are to be considered in the order
of their Importance, then Potter's claims
seem to surpass those of Hendricks; If the
nominations go by rules Of personal promo
ton, then Hendricks marches 10 the front.
Porter's political achievements are the latest,
but Hendricks has the longest standing as
a patriotic Democrat. Potter has been a
champion Of the Democrats in attacking the
Republicans for their counting i'm tricks
in 1876; but Hendricks was himself one Of
the Counted out"
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THE PALE REAPER.
Pamela Start

EahOia star.
Again we are called upon to announce the
death of two old and esteemed citizens Of
our county. Col. Ed. F. McGehee died az
his residence six miles west Of Como, Mon
day the 10th inst, and Mr.. Terrell Jones,
familiarity known As Uncle Terrell" died
at his residence four miles northeast Of Sar-
dis, Wednesday morning the 18th mss.
Mississippi Central
We deeply regret to hear Of the death Of
Prof. w. y. Thatcher of Oakland. He died.
As we learn, ON Sunday last, after protrac-
ted case of typhoid fever. Prof Thatcher
for the last several years, has been filling the
position of principal of the Oakland Insti-
tute.
Copiahan
We learn that f. A. Durr, of Georgetown,
this county, his life at home, on the morn
ing Of November 18th. Copiah has lost an
other good citizen.
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I DIDN'T MEAN TO TELL,

les, my lips tonight have spoken
WORKS | said / should not speak ;
And | would | could recall them
Would had not been SO weak.
Oh. that one unguarded momentl
We're it mine to live again,
All the strength of its temptation
Would appeal to me in vain.
True. my lips have only uttered
What is ever in my heart,
| am happy when beside you,
Wretched when we are apart;
Though | listen to your praises
Always longer than | should,
ct my heart can never hear them
Half as often as it wouldl
l would not, could not, pain you;
Would not for the world offend
| would have you know / like you
As brother. as friend;
But | meant to keep one secret
In my bosom always hid,
For | never meant te tell You
That | loved you-but | did.
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NUMBER As.
Benz. Franklin on Death.
LETTER TO MISS f. HUBBARD ON THE
DEATH OF HIS BROTHER, JOHN FRANKLIN.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. "a. 1856.


PHILADELPHIA, Feb. "a, 1856.
condole with you. We have lost a
most dear and valuable relation. But
II is the will of God and nature that
these mortal bodies be laid aside when
the soul Is to enter into real life. This
Is rather an embryo state, preparation
for living. A man is not completely
born until he be dead Why then should
We grleve, that new child is born
among the immortals, new member
added to their happy society? We are
spirits. That bodies should be lent us
while they can afford us pleasure, assist
US IN acquiring knowledge, or in doing
good TO our fellow-ereatures, is a kind
and benevolent act of God. When they
become unfit for these purposes, and
afford us pain, instead of an aid become
an incumberance, and answer none of
the intentions for which they were Civ
en-, it is equally kind and benevolent
that a way is provided by which We NAV
get rid of them. Death is that way.
We ourselves, in some cases, prudently
choose a partial death. A mangled,
painful limb which cannot be restored.
We willingly cut off He who plucks
out tooth parts with it freely since
the pain goes with it; and he who quits
the whole body parts at once with all
pains and possibilities of pains and dis !
eases which it was liable to or capable /
of making him suffer
Our friend and we were invited
abroad on party of pleasure which is
to last forever. His chair was ready /
first and he is gone before us. We
could not all conveniently start togeth-
er, and why should you and be grieved |
at this, since we are soon to follow and
know where to find him Adieu
B. FRANKLIN.
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A Bridegroom Up a Tree.
m the Macon Enterprise. ]

FROM the macon enterprise.
A negro widow of Brunswick Ga,
captured a beau. He pretended to
love her, and she joyfully accepted his
affection. The wedding day and hour
were fixed, and the ebony bride, attired
in the height of Georgia African fash
ion, anxiously awaited her equally ebo-
ny bridegroom. The e. b. &. didn't
come, and the guests whose appetites
were ravenous, went in search of him,
saying: well find dat niger, dead or
alive" All through that long and
weary night they they did seek without
finding, but the next morning they
caught him up a plum tree. dragged
him down, conducted him to the bride,
and were about TO send for the preacher,
when she interrupted the proceeding !:
Use got enough specimen wild dat
nigger, and administered to him q
lively drubbing with a broomstielx.
Thon she told him TO ssgit out Of her
sight for ebah mo- He got,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

Those vulgar New Yorkersi IF they
knew how it Jared upon the cultured
ears of Boston they would at once and
forever abstain from that expression,
"A bobtail car" Allow rs to suggest
this formula, which il both terse and
elegant, to-wit: A Robert-fnal vehicle. :
-Rnsfnn TRANSCRIPT.
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Horatio Seymour.


" ashlngtOn TOSt.
"There is not Il statesman Of any party in
this republic, nor has there been one ia re-
cent years, whose eminent fitness for the
highest office was more apparent or more
generally conceded than HoratiO SeymOur's
Malice and detraction could strike no assail-
able point in his armor Of integrity, while
in all the resources of enlightened statesman
ship he would fill the highest conception of
what belongs to the Presidency. 1t would
be suggestive coincidence if Horatio Sey-
mour should be the Democratic and Ulysses
5. Grant the Republican Presidential candi-
date in 1880 Ii would be the campaign Of
1865 over again, with the result exactly re-
versed"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26
Stealing the Presidency.

New York Sun.
We can assure the Times, and all others
disturbed by Mr.. Carpenters attempt to
cover the last Presidential fraud by start
ing hue and cry after the swindled Dem
ocracy, that n second attempt to steal the
Presidency by any party will not succeed;
nor will the first one be forgotten or forgiv-
en-.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

An cid man who had been badly hurt
IN railway collision, being advised to
sue the company for damages, said,
stWell, no, not for damages I've had
enough Of them, but FL just sue EN- for
repairs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Never expose your disappointment to
the world.
value his own character.
Humility is of all graces the chiefest
when it doesn't know itself to be grace
at all ALL
Though charity may make your purse
lighter one day, yet it will make it
heavier another.
Good taste is the modesty of the
mind that is why it cannot be either
initiated or acquired.
The superiority of some men is mere
ly local. They are great because their
associations are little
Nature breaches cheerfulness in her
saddest moods she covers even for
gotten graves with flowers.
If man can be happy and contented
in his own company, he will generally
be good company for others.
Learn in childhood, if you can, that
happiness is not outside, but inside. A
good heart and clear conscience bring
happiness, which no riches and no cir
cumstanees alone ever do.
Unselfsh and noble acts are the most
radiant epochs in the biography of souls.
When wrought in earliest youth they
lie in the memory of age like the coral
islands, green and sunny amidst the
melancholy waste of ocean.
a good, honest laugh at a good, hon
est joke or bit of sarcasm rubs ont the
gathering wrinkles of care, but an i'll
tempered joke is like poisoned arrow,
which makes wound, and leaves its
poison after it has been withdrawn.
Courage is always greatest when
blended with meekness. Intellectual
ability is most admired when it sparkles
in the setting of modest self-distrust.
And never does the human soul appear
so strong as when it foregoes revenge
and dares to forgive injury,
The wise man has his foibles as well
as the fool. But the difference between
them is that the foibles of the one are
known to himself and concealed from
the rest of the world, and the foibles of
the other known to the world and con-
cealed from himself.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26
It Was . Time to Weep.

He was telling her of bis hast poem,
and she was naturally interested and
asked him IN what journal it had APP
peared. He told her in the pleased
manner common TO young men under
such circumstances, but when she asked
IN her next question if it were prose or
poetry, the poor fellow turned his tear
full eyes to heaven, and hasn't spoken to
that girl since.-Steubenyilla Herald.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

VIZ know man who married q sec
ond time before his first wife was buried,
and no one thought it very awful. Boo.
ton Post.
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The Now Representative From Goa
homa.
CoahOmian. !

The result of the election places Hon. d.
M. Russell in the Legislature AS the Repre-
sentative of Coahoma. Mr.. Russell is an
affable, honorable gentleman and will make
All able Representative for our ,V,ssts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

lien who make money rarely sauntaF
pen who aaye money rarely sWaggaE.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

Whenever lightning begins to play it
Eaisea thuAdeE.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26
probabilities from Josh Billings

Josh Billings, who is as usual passing
his summer in the White Mountains,
has put in the way of the editor of the
White Mountain Echo to print few of
the component parts of his new book,
to be published in the fall. Its title
will be "Old Probabilities: Perhaps
Rain-Perhaps Not; :" and it will have
for its leading motto: "Truth IL said to
be stranger than fckshurp-it is
to most pholks." The selections are
these:
ABBOTT the hardest thing fellow kan
do is to spark 2 gals at one time and
preserve good average. Try it.
Don't dispize your poor relashuns.
They may be taken suddenly ritch sum
day, and then it will be awkard to ex-
plain things to them; undoubtedly so.
Next to klear konshience for sclid
comfort Gums an easy boot Try both.
If a young man hain't got we'll
balanced head, like to see him part
his hair in the middle. Don't you?
| don't take any foolish chances. If
| wuz called upon to mourn over dead
mule, | should stand in front NV him
and do my weeping.
There is no man so poor but what he
can afford to keep one dog, and have
seen them so poor that they could afford
to keep three.
| say to thirds of the rich people in
this world, make the most of your
money, for it makes the most of you.
Happy thought.
l never argy agin a success when
rattle-snaix's heads sticking out of
hole. | bear off to the left and say to
miself that hole belongs to that snaix.
The infdel argys just az bull duz
chained to post. He bellows and saws,
but he don't get loose from the post,
notiss Not much.
| thank the Lord that there is one
thing in this world that money kant
buy, and that is the wag ov a dogs
tail Yure unkle
| have seen men so fond ov argument
that they would dispute with a guide
board at the forks Ov kuntry road
about the distance to the next town.
What fools.
Thare are but flu sights in this life
more sublime and pathetick than tn
see poor but virtuous young man
with mustach.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-26

| Scarcely had the bird started on its home
ward flight when the robbers reached my
door and tried to force it; but had pushed
nv bedstead against the door, and with my
personal efforts to prevent them from enter
| ing ] had improvised barricade that prom
| ised to resist all attacks made against it.
/ The prolonged defence | was making in
censed and exasperated the fellows to such
a degree that they poured forth threats of
vengeance upon me. Their patience became
exhausted at last, and a pistol-shot which
/ grazed my cheek warned me of the danger of
/ longer remaining in that position. 1t had
! been fred through the panel of the door.
! / rushed to the window and gazed out
upon the lawn below. The distance was
/ great, and it seemed to me that while tor
/ ture awaited me if captured by the robbers,
1 there was certain death IN leap from the
window.
| What should dot The distance to I'm
Gle Toby's house was but FIVE miles, which
/ the pigeon must have covered by this time.
| But suppose the bird should not be discoY
cred? Suppose Uncle Toby had gone to his
room for the night, and my message would
not be seen and read before morning? The
very thought was so agonizing to me that
refused to entertain it.
All this time the fellows were working at
the door. The bolt was forced, and slowly
but surely, the barricade was yielding to the
mower outside. / saw q masked face peer
through the opening thus made, and the
glimmer of the dark lantern outside.
could remain no longer. Death itself seem
ed preferable to the uncertainty Of my fate
al the hands of these desperate fellows
! rushed to the window, and, without
hesitation, jumped. Ii seemed TO me TO
he ! lifetime before I struck the ground,
and when did, ] rolled oyer upon the grass
temporarily paralyzed from the shock I had
received. When attempted TO rise the
grip of an iron hand pressed my throat and
/ I felt the cold steel of apistol ~ IL was
pressed against my temple
To resist meant death The house was
aurroundpd. sssid my peace while the
| robbers proceeded to bind me- for whenever
| displayed anH rest Aessness that eQad steel
| vas pressed against my head. The only
strpgeEe i made liaa when he attempted %
insert gag ii INV mouth but had %
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-03-19
News Iiems.

Eleven buildings in the village Of
Hannibal. Oswego county, y. y,
were burned Tuesday night.
John Wey was shot dead near Alien.
town, Pa, Tuesday night, by Paul
Blame, who alleges that he cought him
in the act Of robbing a hen roOst.
\ witness in the Hoyt parricide trial
at Bridgeport. Conn.,. yesterday tesll-
fed that the prisoner declared the rea-
son for killing his father was that the
old man had lived long enough. and
when he had killed two or three others
he would be ready to die himself
Maj. Gen. Thos. W. Sherman died at
his residence, IN Newport, II. l., yes
terday afternoon, after a severe illness,
OF pneumonia. His wife died of con-
sumption only a few days ago.
\ Mrs, Rebecca \. Bcgard, who has
been travelling, with her four chiidr n.
by wagon aud camping out aIo 2 the
Daltim IRE andOhio railroad, was turnover
and instantly killed Friday night. Sic
attempted to cross tha track IN front Of
the train,
The tramp who outraged Mrs. True
dale, near Newport, Ky, recently. WIS
arrested Saturday. lie confessed hi
crime. and yesterday mob marched
to the Jail. overpowerod The jai,or
knocked down the mayor and two po-
lcemcn. aud marched oil with KleIn.
They toak him to Mrs. Truc,dalc, whr
identified him and then dragged HIM to
the woods and hanged him.
The struggle between the white man
and the Monaghan las become very
serious question. and to the poor il Is
full Of The grAyest meaning. They can
not compete with the Chinese, and
lower rates Of wages than are paid now
would b. wealth to the MOngoliaus bat
starvation to the native white mau.-
Capital must make this concession to
the latter. and Afr. Goode vii. find ms
vote cordially approved by his constitr-
nts.-%oJoN Landmark.
The United ,tales Circuit Cont a
;, Lou, yesterday decided the cas- =
Of American 'iiIdlIngs Purifier G M
pauy against the m llrr, of that city
N favor Of tn deieud.utS, on the
ground that the reIsoued patent does
Mt coporm to the erlgInal, aud, there
FIRE, : iuvAinl. he Niaue.-o', cas-
es follow The st. Loui. cas-. The
plnuuff, will pr bAb Y appeal to the
United state, Supreme Court.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-03-19

A special dispatch to the Richmond
State says furthey discoveries relative
TO the late fire al Yancesyille, Va,
prove concluSiVely that young Walton
was murdered, an6 that the store was
fred by the same meG. The money
drawer was found Tuesday evening
near an clubhouse, land it was net in any
way deiaced. 1t was not seen there
sunday evenissSaence it ;..sssslent thai
it was brought there since the fire. The
watch and ring Of Walton were found in
the ruins. The ring was not damaged
PIECES of the head ana body have beeu
found.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-03-19

A deputy United States marshal on
Friday last arrested Judge J. d. Coles,
of the CoUnty Court Of Pittsylvania
county, Va. Judge Coles is one Of the
five judges recently indicted IN the
United States District Court for failure
to place cOiOred men on juries. The
arrested judge informed the marshal
that he would offer neither bail nor
personal recognizsnce, but at the same
time would offer no resistance, and was
his prisoner, ready TO be dealt with as
such. The marshal then said he would
not imprison the judge, but would hold
him as his prisoner, allowing him the
freedom Of the county. The judge i'm.
mediately signed an application, which
had been already prepared, to Chief
Justice Waite, of the United States
Supreme Court, for writ OF habeas
corpus, and forwarded it to Attorney
General Fields, at Richmond. Judge
Rives telegraphed to Danville on Fri
day expressing great surprise that the
marshal should have been so hasty in
serving the warrant.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-03-19

Mr.. RANDALL AND THE PREsI-
pENcY.-Hon. Frank II. Hurd, demo-
cratic member Of Congress from Ohio.
saws. he has talked with Speaker
Randall upon the subject ofreports that
have been in circulation regarding his
views for the presidency, and that the
SPEAKER says he Is not Tiden man or
committed to any man for the presi-
dental nomination; that the presiden-
tial fight does not enter and should not
enter into tbe:speakership controversy.
Mr.. Hurd, who is strong advocate of
the nomination Of Senator Thurman
for the presidency, whilst entertaining
a high opinion of Mr.. Blackburn's
abilities says he will vote for Speaker
Randall for the reason that he has been
tried and found capable, whilst the
election of any other man wodld be
an experiment. and, says Mr.. Hurd
experiments are dangerous in crisis
like the present."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-03-19
The New Senate.


A new United States Senate COM
menced its existence Tuesday, James
T. Farley; Democrat. succeeds Sargent
Republican, Of California U. II. Plat,
Republican, succeeds Barnum; Demo
crat, of Connecticut, w. Call, Demo
crat succeeds Conoyer, Republican, oi
Florida; Logan, Republican, succeeds
Oglesby. Republican, of Illisnols Will
liams, Democrat, succeeds McCreery,
Democrat, of Kentucky. Vest, Demo
Graf. succeeds Nerrimon, Democrat, OF
Missouri; Vance, Democrat, succeeds
Merrimon, Democrat, OF North Carroll
ma; Slater, Democrat, succeeds Mitch
ell, Republican, OF Oregon; Walker,
Democrat, succeeds Dorsey, Republican,
of Arkansas; Hill, Republican, succeeds
Chaffee, Republican, of Colorado; Jonas
Democrat, succeeds Eustls, Democrat,
of Louisiana; Groome, Democrat, sue
ceeds, Dennis, Democrat, of Maryland
Pendleton, Democrat, succeeds Mat
thews, Republican, Of Ohio; Hampton
Democrat, succeeds Patterson, Republi
can, of South Carolina; Carpenter, Re
publican, succeeds Howe, Republican
of Wisconsin.
The Senate will consist OF iorty-twt
Democrats, thirty-three Radicals, anC
ore Independent. New Hampshire
will be represented by but one Senator
until June, when the vacancy will b'
filed by the election of a Radical, Wad
leigh's term being out.