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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
TRUE TO IT'S PLEDGES
"1 AT rom the Address of Can't. 7
w Buchanan, Chairman of the
Democrat1c Conservative Executive
committee of Chickasaw Count

;. We have never vet seen tn, roo.
SlvlIlon OF the Democratic '1 narfv IoF a
sOd i has been true to ali ~ II.d eag
aiita oi ~ 20 the white and colored ,a9,,
@lih ITS platforms are liberal ins, l l,I
Color %1.] ~ TO all men, irrespective Of ran
reduces taT osioG fo condition Of servitude Il
peace and good will between the the 1 promotes
IT, R ages honesty, economy and ref3r ,'-
tv Of thu u party is emPhaticalr the mar
~ oa one people and only hope for local ,If
us Is i IN ta and permanent home rule with
ists have m sCLld south But the disruption
the lines b nnaG up the issue in this country,
eanntIet . 1--we Deen drawn, and We take nm tbs
fun thrown down by them. and ba,,;p Wy
fai,6 ~ ~ q Jpst and righteous caus. i b5y;r,
49, 1911 ~ the honesty and good sense - nv.
people, We cannot fail to succeed - ''''
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
DeSoto County.
Cor. Memphis Appeal.1

GOT. NeWpHIs AppedI-I
HERNANDo, Miss, May l3.-We farmers
are having a time of it with the cut-worm..
they are eating up cotton ut terrible rate
You go in your field in the morning and think
you have a stand; in the evening the worms
have been there to dinner, and you find long
gaps where there is nothing-uot a sign Al
your good stand. Gardens have suffered aw-
FULLY; cabbages have not a showing: You set
them out and they are Immediately devourcd.
even Irish potato vines are not spared We
are late with our farming operations, but
think we will come out all right No negro
exodus here
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

pla a1sNIE cline the daughter of NIississi,pi
war as rebel spy, and was s',l,lous during inc
HeaLn put finally liberated, Her famii Ice al
nj. Ia,.n, ana she subsequently went to- CaIifor-
S Sia having married William TownseDJ i'i''i In
,1aT fetanelseo she started a mannfactorv NJ
anti anti -C rbs, and did very well until in nm
ed. suit for damages fallen a Was burn i-
te she had disappeared with her dau IN,
- iEIaNFlng letter Indicating tbat a. ,,,'5-,t
MI XII herself and the child. 9Excbanel
we INFER that there is some mistake
ABOUT this romantic historical incident
AT ieast' Its news here in Mississinpi
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

CAPT. w. w. HUMPHREYS, of the Co
lumbus bar, passed over the road last
week, in company with Gen. Robt Low
ry and A. }. McLaurin Esq, en- route
for Jacksonville. Capt II. and Mr.. Nc
Laurin are associate counsel for the pros
erution in the case of the State VS.. Hol-
man.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

JUDGE HARRIS was the Democratic
nominee for the Judgeship of the Ken
lucky Court of Appeals vice Judge
Elliott, killed for rendering decision
adverse to his murderer Kentucky is
a Democratic State with good old Henry
Clay Wing antecedents, and her people
do not think it detracts from the dieni-
ty of the bench to select the Judges by
popular vote; nor do they disdain to
make regular Democratic nominations
and elect them in the regular wav
Judge Harris has been elected.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

Some of the political prosecutions
pending in the United States Court of
Alabama for violations of the election
laws in that State are to be continued
on account of the anticipated injury to
crops should the defendants be called
into Court at this particular season of
the year.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

EIGHT bills have been introduced into
the House Of Representatives from
different sections Of the South, the pres
ent session, for the repeal of the duty
on quinine. 1t is to be hoped that one
viii pull through
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
Vicksburg Herald
William B. Cavanaugb KiI1od


. ~OIIIIIItICIaI
We learn that while atte,npti,,,. &C., ,.
escape 81 last night, VIM Cavanan5,b INK Li7
ton VOTE On The Ship Island road. near w.
LII LILY Vas nred upon by the guard and instaI,i,
i; n,iIed Iayanaugh was convicted Of i',r nnr
His case was county and sentenced to be hung
Thl q affrmed the decision of the 6isaG Courl
Dn inc petition OF number of ctizeng ~ io[''
oel 9 was committed to Imprisonment 80 I:i
I aTiu ne was sent to the penitentiarv I.io
and Co. who are building the Shin T' s
he w e@lroaa sent Cavanaugh over here and
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
Meeting of the Democratic-C onserva-
tive State Executive Committee.
JAcKsoN MIss.. Mnv ~ ]

!" F4777' -'IIa7-1 My TN I5I5.
\ meeting OF the State Executive Commit
tee Of the Democratic-C Conservative Party Of
Mississippi, will be held in the Senate Cham
Der in Jackson, Miss, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, on
Thursday, the 29th day Of Nav. inst. The at
tendance OF the members Is earnestly resouest-
ed. f. BARKSDAIF
Chairman State Executive Committee
MARION SMITH. Sec'v.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

A LETTER from Hon. A. G.. Brown,
discussing at length, the situation of
the country, will appear in the next
number Of THE CLARION also in the
Comet Of next week.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

SHPs from yellow fever afflicted ports
IRE already quarantined at New York,
deaths Of the RsVer having occurred on
The trips to that city, and still Congress
Ilesitates.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

The resolution recently introduced in
the House by Mr.. Garfield, authorizing
the Secretary of War to issue rations
to colored refugees in Kansas, has been
rejected by the Committee to which it
was referred. This action virtually
kills the bill; but it will serve the pre-
text for bloody-shirt speeches and for dis
seminating the idea among the creduIous
colored population that supplies have
been voted for their subsistence if tbev
will leave their homes in the South.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

If it will do any of our Southern peo-
pie good to know Rev. Henry Ward
Beechers' opinion of them, here it it is
Mr.. Beecher-As far as have had an op-
portunlty OF judging, love the Southern peo-
pie. They are noble, kind, considerable and
enthusiastic. l have lectured in Europe and
all over the United States, but never has it
been my lot TO meet with more intelligent and
better people than you Southerners.
Surely this ought to re-establish con-
fdence in ourselves.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

The expression of some ofthe Kansas
emigrants who have had enough of the
promised land, and are returning. Is
related in another column. Experience
is the best cure for the Kansas fever
In fact it is the only certain cure.
Better let those who have it, make the
experiment. without let or hindranca
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
Reduce the Army

oo1 mere are nearly one hundred and fftv Don,-
emf AZ Il gooo' pad and indifferent in the pres
III ~ Honse OF Representative witch 81
rednc; WI e the first to bring forward bill
dnetian sh sne army TO 10000 men. This re-
New s' York sn sn have been made long ago
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

AT last accounts the House was en-
gagged on the bill for the free coinage Of
silver, the Democrats voting almost
unanimously for the bill, and the Re
publicans against it. On the test votes
the silver men have so far been victori-
GUS 1t is believed that it will pass the
Senate and that the President will veto
it; and thus make up for the people to
decide.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
THE HAMPTON ROADS CONMISSIOH.
Correction of Hon. A S Colyar's
Misrepresentation of the Course of
President Davis.

From the Annals of the Army of Te4nessee.l
The following letter was written By the Hon.
EFHELBERT BARKsDALE, in answer to in
quiries addressed 10 him, and is. by his per
mission, submitted TO the Annals Tor pubIica-
ton
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

HE House passed the bill prohibit
ing the use of troops at the polls, over
the veto by thirty majority. The
ureenbackers voted with the Democrats
that time.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

We observe that our young friend,
Mr.. Isaac G. Geiger has become asso-
ciated with Judge Gowan, in the man
agement of the Westville News, He
is bred to the business, and the arrange
ment is . valuable accession to the pa
per.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

THREE GREAT OkAToRs"-an elo-
quent sketch from the flowing pen of
Hon. J. F. II: Claiborne, on our first
f1rorc
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

! 0oPIaIIaI
Up to this time the Kansa. tev..h..
Inc coloEed people Of this count -. al
$500 eA.en1 1t Is believed, however thai ny
aGuus VIII commence in the fan on a. me ne
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21

THE Tennessee State Board of Health
mas recommended that every town and
village IN Tennessee at once organize a
Board of Health.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
BALDWIN. Mss. May 10. l

While Mississippi does not claim to be in
advance, in matters of health and sanitary
sciences, her medical men are alive to the
interests OF her people upon those subjects.
and are making as strenuous efforts in that
direction a. as the very feeble legal power they
possess will permit ; our law-making powers
have been so exceedingly chary, in granting
powers to the State Board of Health, or Of
making appropriations to enable it to carry
out the measures necessary to be of any prac-
teal benefit, that that body is in measure
powerless, either for good or evil, and unless
a more liberal policy is adopted, it would be
as well to abolish the whole thing. and LET the
shotgun department take charge OF it. S.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
The Health Question in mississippi.

There is food for reflection in the
following extract from letter of an
eminent practitioner of medicine in
Northeast Mississippi:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
mississippi Valley Cotton Planters AssO-
citation.
UNITED We STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL

F. C Morehead, President.
John voolfolk, H. R. Lucas, Vice Presidents
DIR. ]. III. D. Bowman, Secretary and Ireasu-
rer Cl.1t
r. Pittman. George e Waddell, B. q. klger;
FINANCE Committee. Wesley Wick, w
X Ingersoll W D. Crandell, D. Mayer
All business Of the Association IS under the
direction al the Executive Committee. Invest
ments in charge of Finance Committee
All communications shonld be addressed 10
DR. J. H. ID. BOWMAN,
Secretary and Treasurer,
Vicksburg, Mississippi
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
Enterprise C,n11r;nr I

Mrs. Anna O'FerralI. wife If mi. C,f....
T. OFerraII, and daughter of The i5to F l'.,,'
robert McLain, D. d. of this place. died NJ
1 6eE home in Virginia on the sth inst, Judrc
= erT T4, Is brother OF our townsmaD Gen
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
Health at the State Universitu

Harrison Co, Miss, goth March I. bA iszq
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
Lexington Advertiser !

+. we regret to record the death of Col w. T..
winch occurred at his residence i'm
TINS county on the 9th inst. CoI Tnn,Ii,,.,n
was an old, influential and highly esterme
citizen and his loss is calamity 10 the com
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16
Facts About the Human Body,

The average man measures about five feet
three and one-half inches.
The weight of the average male adult is
140 pounds.
The human skeleton consists of more than
POO distinct bones.
There are more than 500 separate muscles
in the body and an equal number of nerves
and blood vessels.
The skin contains more thar two million
openings, which are the outlets for an equal
number of sweat glands.
Each respiratory duct is one-fourth of an
inch in length, which will make the aggregate
length of the whole about nine miles.
Every adult mar has fourteen hundred
square feet OF lungs or, rather, the mucous
membrane lining the air cells of his lungs. if
spread upon a smooth, plane surface, would
cover an extent of fourteen hundred square
feet.
About two-thirds of a pint of air is inhaled
at each breath in ordinary respiration.
The full capacity of the lungs is about
three hundred and twenty cubic inches.
A man breathes eighteen times a minute,
and uses three thousand cubic feet. or about
three hundred and seventy-five hogsheads of
air per hour.
The weight of the heart is from eight to
twelve ounces. 1t beats one hundred thou
sand times in twenty-fOur hours.
An amount of blood equal to the whole
quantity of the body passes through the heart
every minute.
h stomach daily produco7 about nine
pounds OF gastric juice for IT,. .igestion of
the food its capacity is about five pints.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16
CHIPS.

The Colorado idea is that the Utes should
be taught to blow into their gunstO see if they
are loaded.
The better way to judge cashiers and trus.
tees is not from their appearances, but from
their disappearance.
A Western editor says: "Some of our sub.
scribers are trying to kill us with Kindness
unremittlng kindness.
A Detroit man was astonished the other
day to find the telephone could talk French.
He said he thought it was an English inven-
ton.
Parisians plug their ears with cotton in cold
weather.
James Russell Lowell will be 70 years old
next February.
Postal cards, now almost universal, started
in Austria in 1865.
The title of Theodore Tilton's new volume
of poems is " Thou and -
The farmers of the North West have made
from S7O,000,000 to 500, 10000 0 by the rise
in the price Of grain this season.
Why was Goliath very much surprised
when David slung the stone at him ? Because
such a thing never entered his head before.
"A pew for sale, commanding a beautiful
view of nearly the whole congregation" is the
wording of all advertisement in a Rochester
paper.
You never see d woman button anything
that she can pln, and you never see a man pin
anything that he can tie with a string. You
would have trouble making some men believe
that they couldn't tie a button-hole into a
wristband with a piece of Irvine string.
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a Female Witness and the Judge.

g.! want to know, Mrs. Uninterrupted
Hubbard, u want to know on which side OF
your house the L is-north, south, east or
west:?"
':It's on this slde,' replied the lady, mo-
tioning with her hand.
''The east side?"
''No.'
The west side?''
NO, it's straight across from Mrs. BIS
parlor window, not twenty feet from where
you-."
"Mrs.-," shouted the captain, twill you
me me if that L is on the east. west, north or
south aside of your house?"
sit amt on any side of the house." replied
the witness, COMPRISING her lips .sit's at the
end. You know it as well as 1 do. You've
seen it many a time, and there amt no use
-"
"Come, come, Mrs. -" interrupted the
Judge, "tell the gentleman where the L of
your house is situated"
|Havent been telling him just as plain
as l could"
"Where is the L situated" said Hubbard,
desperately.
"Right on the lot, back against the end of
the house."
"Wll you answer my question:" shoute
the afiable captain, running up his hair in
desperation.
what question:"
SIS the L on east, west, north, or south
side of the house ~
'Judge, I've told him just as plain as ever
a woman could. l don't come here to be
sassed by no one-horse lawyer. know him
and his father before him. He amt got no
business putting on airs. What kind of a
family,
Silence !" Numbered Cromer. Snow Mrs.
, which side of your house does the sun
rise on?"
THAT one." said the witness indicating.
''Is the L on that side 2"
"Yes."
"Why didn't you say so, then ?:' asked the
exasperated captain.
"'Cause you never asked me, you bald
headed old snipe. know a thing Or"
"That will dos said Hubbard. "Take the
Witness he added, turning to Tom Wren,
be opposing counsel. .-.'j
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MXNEIGMBOR.
7ev7e

aLove thou thy neighbour" I am mute;
He lives across the way.
And plays Upon the German flute
Some twenty hours a day,
lOnh him do not waste my labor,
Nor even try to o my neighboc, .
Glove thou thy neihgbor ?" l am dumb
She lives nexE door to me
A single dame, with years o'ercome
Her age Is fOrIy-three.
All IL were surely foolish labor
For me to try to owe my neighbor.
Glove thou thy neighbour" Heaven forefend
He hath of gold galore,
And at uSuriOus rate doth lend
Me small stores of his store.
All ! wherefore should I %squander labor
Or waste my love on such a neighbor I? .
Glove h thy neighbour" Nay, not so
This were too much to ask
My heart with o is all aglow,
Blu finds o happier task
Ali not in vain my heart hath sought her !;
You SCI? l love my neighbours daughter.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16

lParson Kalloch, the Mayor-elect of San
ancisco, calls on the Police Commissioners
hat city TO revoke the permit granted
Tles De Younge to carry a pistol. He de-
De Young not to be a peaceable citi-
sut quite the contrary, and belligerently
rs: II am not afraid of Charles De
fnor of any other man, and if this
pity is 10 be RENTED to semi-bar-
and governed by force, I can take
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-12-05
Horrible.

A young and respectable looking
couple,' brother and sister, nuined
Fred and Louise Buchanan, son and
daughter of quite u respectable farm
CT, residing in Lone Grove township,
about twenty miles from this city,
boarded the train few days ago
went to st. Louis and were made
man and wife. They remained in the
city q day or two then returned
homcward, getting off The train at
Brownstown, q station eight miles
from this place, and for fear Of being
discovered wandered out in the woo,ls
near the town, remained there until
arrested to day by Constable Joseph
Copeland. The man is about twenty
one years Of age of good appearance
and his sister nineteen nnd rather
good looking. When asked why he
was induct.3' TO commit such an act
he said MY sister loved me so well
we thought to get married." He was
further asked if he did not know it
was wrong ard against the law to do
SO, and also why they hid themselves
in the woods and kept away from
their parents. This he answered by
saying: eve did not know it was
wrong, and only hid in the woods for
fear of being discovered by onr folks,
as they were much opposed to our
marrying" Their parents are very
respectable people and arc very sad
ly gIievcT over tic unparalleled act
of their children. They were tried
this afternoon, were found guilty,
and we've bound over, the mans boAd
being fixed ut $500 and the woman $
ut $500 in default they were commit
ted to the county Jail. The affair has
created great excitement +, this CITY.
-Tunduliu D:$ptch.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-12-05
The Fence Law.
ToEN' Or EDIsTo, Nov. 24, 1879.

IoEE' Or EDIsTo, Nov. 24, 1879.
Editor OiangebuJ Democrat:
| noticed through your columns
sometime ago that you advised the
farmers to plant less cotton anti more
grain, and make their own butter,
hog and hominy at home. You we're
then in the right channel. Now you
strike death blow to all your good
advice by advocating no fence, which
will suit hut few persons. such as /
will name for you. It will snit a
man that raises Gotten only and de-
pends> upon tie Western market for
his bacon ahd' corn, or parsons ,ha,
have accumulated wealth and invest
ed it in lands who expect 10 rent
them out, and spends their quiet t,hys
in towns and villages. say down
with all such question, that is SO
damniny to the interest of the people.
Now to illustrate this question. We
will say that man has TO- head Of
cattle, 90 head hogs, 10 head sheep
and 10 head goats. That would be
about the average man owns. We
will give the above namtd stock two
pastures OF 20 acres each, and in less
Than one month they would have il
eaten off rs clean rs the palm of
your hand. Tne stock would then
die loT the want Of food, for il would
take more than horse and 3 mules
could make to keep them, and the re-
salt would he that We would have to
abandon the idea OF stock raising,
and in consequence bacon would go
SO high tEat poor people would not
get enough to grease cats paw. !
cannot see anything else but slarva-
tiun for. the poor If this fence law is
abolished. This question cannot be
discussed! through the public press
for it would take up every column in
your paper for and against 1t for the
next twelve years to come, and then
the fighting material on both sides
would not have began. l say let's
blow off The dogs aad start new
trail that is not so stale. WArCu.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-12-05
Burnt to Death.

The NC0se Of Jacob kcaton, color
cd, on Mr.. g. Il. Frcnch's Exc, lsior
plantation, ut Rocky Point, Icndcr
County, was accidentally DESTROYED
BY fire on Monday last, about twelve
O'Clock, and his foir chilnren perish
cd III The llamcs. 1t seems that the
father was Off 1T work atir the moth
CT visiting somewhere in The neigh
bol!lool, the children being left alone
III the house, the oldest being boy
about seven years Of age, and the
other three ranging from an infant up
TO live or six years Of age. The body
OF The olG2SG boy was found outside
The honsc, reclining in q corner OF
The fence, while Tic unrccognizcd re-
mains of the other children were
found among the ruins OF the burn,
building. The origin of the fire is
unknown, but it is supposed ,h'at the
clotl4ing OF the hoy ecaught fire, and
Lh' in trying 20 cNlinguish it he set
lire TO the house and finally
escaped into the yard, where lie per-
lslIcI.- IjilMinytcn Star.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-12-05
Love and Suicide.

Yesterday morning quite stir was
made in our city by the remarkable
occurrence Of Il young colorcd man,
about % years old, committing sui
eide for love dt ddsliysdamscl.
There was q surprise party at the
house Of l'en Donaldson, and among
the guests was Reson Collins, the de-
ceased, dhG Sarah Ward, his inan,o-
rata. Rcson, after time, thought
he would go home. Starting, lie sent
his friend Freeman back to tell the
girl he loved her. She replied ii the
same strain. Rcson, it appears, had
been drinking, and in answer to the
message sent by the girl, commenced
cursing, and walked OH in the woods,
followed by Frccr;a:!, wEo,' not sus
pccling that he had any design upon
his life, was surprised to hear q pis-
tol shot. Thinking Reson had fired
in the ali, lie went up TO him as he
lay Oh the ground and called TO him
to rise up and go with him. Upon
placing his hand under his head he
found that lie was shot. The bail en-.
tered his head about half inch i'm
front Of his right ear, and his death
was inslanlancous.-GfccnGHte Nws,
Nor. 2S.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-12-05
Despera.ioea.

A Williamston correspondent of
the Grccnville Daily, under date OF
The 2G!h Instant, says "AL prclim-
laary examination before Trial JUS
ticc Plnson, to-day, Lewis Ellison
confessed to having been an acccsso-
~ or accomplicc in the burning OF
Major G. w. Andcrson's store. lie
made these confessions, he affirmed
without compulsion, dread, fear or
hope Of rcward-implicatin. several
OF The parties. The proof brought
out from the dctccliyc showed an or
ganization Of forty men, pledged to
take cnscancc on any man whom
they might think wrong or oppressed
them that it was the intention OF the
club to rescue any one of their clan
WHO might he arrested, and take sum-
mary vengeance on tile man causing
his arrest. All honor to the chief
detective"