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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07
Jefferson County Correspondence.
HOW BLACK LINERS AND soREHEADs AT
TEMPTED TO UTILIZE THE EXODUS QUESTION.
FAYFTTE MISS

FAYETTE, Mss April 30, 1879.
| EDITORS CLARION: Knowing that Gov Stone
and others had recommended the Convention
| to take into consideration the colored exodus
TO Kansas and the labor question, our friend
Maj. Reed made call for a meeting Of cur
citizens, irrespective of political feelings and
color, to meet at our Court House on SATURDAY.
last. The Major on hand TO en-
gage IN the good work and to enlighten
the poor kansas stricken sutfragans" who
might desire to learn something OF that
glorious country, but to his surprise the meet
ing was highly coiored and upon motion of the
Hon and ex-senator Mcclure Capt Thomson
was called to the chair and Mike Howard. son
eX-Sherlf Howard, was made secretary of the
meeting. Whereupon several and divers mo-
lions etc, resolutions cut and dried for the oc-
caslon, asking that all of the civil and politi-
cal rights etc, OF the colored man be guaran-
teed to him, &c. just about that time
Maj. Reed found out that he was in the
wrong boy and remarked that he had
enough and left the room. These resolutions |
were adopted in whole and FIVE dele |
gates were appointed to attend said Con |
ventlon VIZ: Capt. Thos w. Hunt, A. ]. |
Melton, Lewis Robinson, (cold) and Walter |
coleman, tcoFd) and Capt Thompson the |
Chairman, was added. These delegates will /
now go to Nicksburg asserting that these res
olutioRs adopted and passed at this small
gathering OF o9lored people, manipulated bv
Mcclure, ct al, are the expressions and senti-
ments of onr people. write to you that YOU
look out for this delegation with their resoiu-
tons, &c, as this captured meeting of Major
Reeds savored of the old Rodical viands We
believe that there is more than was anticipated
ana that the Radicals are trying this exodus
excitement Tor partlzan purposes and il is
we'll for Democrats and Conservatives to be ON
heir guard. N.Y.
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Death Of walter n C75o7dTsr.

''-VVtIt
r CSa 1rS deeply panied to hear, that Walter
Gay. Mr.. Chandler was the b fse1 in fhe Of.
nee nee OF Judge Henderson, Collector Of the Gus
Ill oohus. ne was intelligent prompt and c0ur.e-
GUS IN the discharge Of his duties.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07
Negro Emirrn4ia-

to-dax 70 oelphla, May "A meeting VIZ.
the Sor 70 promote colored immierst; was ned
citizens an,, Inc names of several Ia. rom
appear as endOrsers of the proie leading
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07
UREA. Miss, April Il, 1879.

UTICA, Miss, ApFII II, IoIa.
Mr.. W. B. Sorsby, Secretary Executive Com
mittee &c.
DEAR SIR-Yours of the 11th inst, asking
my consent for my name to go before Con-
vention of the National Greenback party for
Representative of the county in the next
Legislature, has been received.
Not being aware that | had, by any word or
act of mine, given cause for my fealty to the
Conservative party to be suspected,
l was at loss to know why should be called
upon To aid in its overthrow
Believing as l do that the welfare of the
country is involved in its continued suprem
acy, could not think of lending myself to
any party in an effort to destroy it.
Respectfully, &c,
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Kinds County Politics.
GreenBaCk Ba1t =
NOT ANY, THANK YOU.
Couldn't Think of Such a Thing.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.

INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.
April II, 1879.
Geo w Mimms, Esq, Utica:
DEAR SIR write to solicit your aid and
influence in favor the National Greenback
party, and to ascertain whether you will sub
nit your name before the National Greenback
Convention to assemble at an early day foI
Representative. An early reply will greatly
obIige. WN B. SoRsBY,
Chairman County Executive Committee.
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Tx GOVERNOR DIX, of New York.
died on the 22d, inst, aged eighty-one
years.
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In the absence Of committee author
lied to call Judicial District Conven.
ton, the Democratic committee of
Chickasaw county adopted the following
resolution:
Hesotred That we recommend that the Chair
men OF the Executive Committee of the sever
al counties OF this Judicial District meet in
conference Tor the purpose of fixing the time
and place for holding "A Convention to nomi
nate candidate for District Attorney.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07

WE hear that all the Davis Bend fugitives
are on the return, the paroxysm will soon be
over-the experiment of the negro will do
him good, and, if it don't put the Southern
people at work, to profit by this lesson-and
look for substantial labor supply, nothing
vlll--Port Gibson Reveille.
This is true. Experience will best
dispose of the matter; and the lesson
may be turned to good account on all
sides.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07

YESTERDAY, May 6, convention of
colored people met at Nashville, Tenn,
to consider the "exodus" question.
John r. Lynch, of Mississippi, among
other cOlored leaders, is in attendance.
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Meeting of the Democratic-Conser
tive State Executive Committee.
Jackson Mss Nav 9TH. 1879

JACKSON Mss May 9TH 1873
A meeting Of the State Executive Commit
tee Of the acknowledgements Party OF
Mississippi, will be held in the Senate Cham
Der, in Jackson, Miss, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. on
Thursday, the 18th day Of May inst The at
tendance Of the members is earnestly resquest-
Cd. L. BARKSDAIF
Chairman State Executive Committee.
MARION SMITH, Sec'y.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
J. c. Prewett, w. w. HUMPHREYS, w. \.
Percy, 7. W Harris, r. H. Allen, L. D. Nc
Dowell, T. Fl. Taylor A. NJ West, A J. Ba-
ker, VI. f. Berry, VIM. Melville, f. f. Crit
fin, Tim +. Cooper, r. Otis Baker, G. NJ
Klein, +. Barksdale
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07
POLITICAL!
SUMNER COUNTY.

MEETING OF THE DMoCEArIc-ca>-..
VATIVE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE A..
SUMNER COUNTY.
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The Exodus.

AT meeting of negroes held in New
Orleans last week, a committee reported
as follows:
To-day this organization, your committee
has definitely learned, numbers on Its rolls
9S,SOo names-men, women, and children over
twelve years of age-in Louisiana, northwest
ern Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ala
bama. Sixty-nine thousand of these are rep
resented IN the different parishes of this State.
The eohensiveness of this organization In its
secrecy and management is entirely committed
70 plantation iaborers and their direct repre-
sentatiyes secured its potency.
Not exceeding 5000, all told. have
yet left They represent an agrieultu-
raj labor force of not more than 200
THERE is a universal desire that
measures for the financial relief of the
country will engage the attention of
Congress. The Southern members es-
pecially are committed to it, and their
constituents expect it.
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II learn that last week Mr. Benson shot
ana Killed DIR; McGee at Mt. Carmel, Coving-
ION county The difficulty grew out Of the in
tImacy OF MCGEE with Benson's wife. but we
could not learn the full articulars-Democrat-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07

Messrs. Lowry and McLaurln, we
learn, have been retained for the de-
fence.
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Thomas. S. Gathright- A. g. M
College.

A writer in the Chickasaw Messenger
makes a suggestion in reference to the
faculty of the Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal College of Mississippi, which will
meet with a hearty response from the
public He saws:
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The same writer suggests Prof. Du-
pree, of Okolona, and Prof Turner. of
Boonville, as suitable persons for mem
bership in the faculty The Board of
Trustees consists of prudent, practical
men who have the welfare of the enter
prise at heart. and will act with DELHI
GRAFTON and wisdom.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

But the project of further utilizing
the balloon in military operations has
by no means been abandoned, and IN
ventors are cudgeling their brains to
devise an air machine which will force
itself on the favorable consideration of
the warriors. The telegraph, the tele-
phone, the railroad in portable form,
and the electric light have all been
adapted to military uses, and all either
have played or will play important
parts in the most scientific development
of the barbarous business of wholesale
killing. So, also, must the balloon and
the flying machine be recognized as ad-
juncts of the sword, the musket and
the cannon, say the ,eronautic enthu-
siasts. We do not know that they fore
cast the time when we shall do our
fighting up in the clouds, which might
be very good place for it, since the
butchery of war; is SO hideous thing
that enlightened men ought to be
spared the sight of it; but they do con-
tend that we have not yet got half the
work we might out of balloons as mill
tary engines.
The latest device is that of a balloon
constructed after the manner of mod
ern vessels of war, with compartments,
so that a chance shot penetrating one
section shall not destroy the whole ma
chine. 1t is the invention of Mr..
Board of Bristol, England, and we are
told that Sir Garnet Wolseley, before
he went to fight the Zulus, spoke favor
ably of it, and Mr.. Glaisher, who is an
authority on balloons, has recorded his
opinion, according to London Engi-
neerinq, that Mr.. Boards suggestions
constituted the most important ad-
vance that has been made of late in the
science of aeronautics." The new bal
loon is constructed, not, as is usual, in
one piece, but in parts like the separ-
ate portions or carpets of an orange, SO
that they may be comparatively porta-
BILE, even when inflated, and put to-
gether at a few minutes notice. By
filling them with pure, or nearly pure,
hydrogen, the lifting power of which
gas, a much smaller balloon will be
able to carry the same load as one of
the ordinary dimensions. The idea is
to initiate the sections and carry them
about thus ready for use on being
joined together. Mr.. Board affirms
that they could be transported wherever
wagon could pass, or even across
country traversed only by foot paths,
none of the cumbersome appliances for
making the gas being necessary. for the
sections of the balloon might be kept
inflated for months.
Even if you can SO construct and
transport balloon, past experience
does not indicate that it will prove of
high importance in ordinary military
operations. Still, it is an interesting
experiment.-M Y. Sun.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Distance Of the Stars.

Every star in the sky seems, when
seen from the earth, to describe each
year in the sky an orbit precisely the
same rs that of the earth herself seen
from the star, an enormous circle, more
than $50. OOO, 900 of miles in diameter,
which. as viewed by the stellar observ-
er, will be more or less elliptical ac-
cording to the angle at which he looks
down upon the plane of our movement.
OF course, as the motion of the star in
this apparent orbit is continually con-
trary to the real motion of the earth,
the star must always be in that point
of its path just opposite to the earth 8
position, and it will take six months for
it to go from one side to the other. The
radius or semi-diameter of this appar-
ent annual orbit of the star, expressed
in seconds of arc, is called its pdrGlldI,
and when this is found it is perfectly
simple thing to compute its distance.
Now, at first, one would think there
ought to be no difficulty in detecting a
motion of 1S0, ,0O0, 900 of miles in six
months; but such are the celestial
spaces that even this distance, vast as
it is, shrinks almost to nothing. In the
case of our nearest neighbor, Gem
ta,lri, before mentioned, the whole an
nual displacement amounts only to 1.SO
seconds of an arc, and its parallax is
O. 900 seconds of an arc. The pole star,
on the other hand, has a. parallax of
only O.O46 seconds of an arc. Of the
minuteness of this angle, very few per-
sons have any idea. At a distance of
twenty miles, second would be lit
tie less than six inches, so that at that
distance the pole stars parallaN would
be but a little more than a quarter of
an inch (more exactly, o. % of an inch).
An ordinary human hair would subtend
the same at distance of q quarter of a
mile.-Journal of Chemistry.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

matters not what he may give her she
is always ragged and hard up. He may
furnish her lodge to-day with fresh
meat, bacon, bread, flour, robes, blank
cts, by night it will be barren as a
grave stone. She will give away every
thing he provides to her family. and
friends, and look to him for more.
At the Yankton station there is a
young white man who has worked hard
for years, and saved little money. He
fell in love with a young squaw, mar
ried her, spent his last dollar trying to
keep her in some kind of shape, and
now he is a lunatic while his wife is on
the plains, the companion of some
young Indian, who will never do for
her what her white husband did, but
whom she loves more passionately than
she ever could a man with pallid skin.
Cor. Chicago Paper.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

A VERY uncommon, and in some re-
spects amusing, trial came off in Paris
the other day. Two deaf mutes had
differences, and instead of having re-
course to an ordinary court of Justice,
where they would have understood
nothing that was going on, they re-
solved to refer their case to a court
composed exclusively of deaf mutes.
Consequently the Judge, lawyers, de-
fendant, plaintiff, and witnesses were
all deaf and dumb. The accused was
condemned in fine of 200 francs for
his misdemeanor, which he agreed to
pay without any protestation. 1t was
quite a novel court for silence, and it
would be well if some of the noisy
courts of Paris were to take q lesson
from If
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
What Ais Jupiter2

One of the most remarkable spots
that has ever appeared on the streaked
disk of Jupiter can now be seen with
telescopes of moderate power. 1t is in
shape a very eccentric ellipse, being
seven or eight times broader than long,
and it lies south of the southern equa-
torial belt, making a sharp contrast
with the white expanse around it. This
spot made its appearance several
months ago, and it has before been
briefly noticed in the sun. A close in
spection reveals some remarkable
things about it. In the first place, its
color, light maroon, differs strikingly
from that of any other part of the disk,
although resembling the purplish hue
of the northern belt. This color is so
pronounced that it Immediately strikes
the eye even of one who is unaccustomed
to the use of a telescope. 1t is not fiery,
but somewhat resembles the red glow
observed in clots of molten metal when
cooling.
The position of the spot is hardly less
remarkable than its color. There is a
striking difference in the tint of the two
equatorial belts, the northern being of
reddish purple, and the southern
gray. Curiously enough the spot ad-
joins the southern belt instead of the
one that it most resembles in color, and
this gives it a striking appearance of
isolation. 1t is as if piece of the north
ern belt had been carried across its gray
neighbor, and thrown down upon the
white surface far beyond it, undergoing
at the same time considerable change
of hue.
The enormous size of the strange spot
is another marvellous circumstance,
especially when, it is remembered that
it made its appearance quite suddenly,
and, as may be inferred from the history
of previous great spots on Jupiter, is
liable to disappear with equal swiftness.
A simple measurement shows that this
spot probably covers not less than sixty
million square miles, an area far ex-
ceeding that of all the continents and
islands of our globe combined.
Another peculiar feature is the SEEM
ing repu,sion between the spot and the
great south belt. In the longitude of the
spot there is a perceptible narrowing of
the belt and bending away from the
of the spot, as if in obe-
dience to some repellant force. If the
spot were assumed to be the culmina-
ting point of an extensive elevation of
the planets surface, this appearance
might be accounted for by the tipping
of the belt in passing across one face Of
the elevation.
What this great spot is, and precisely
what form of physical activity it repre-
sents, are questions to which astrono-
mers would probably hesitate to give a
decided answer. r.-NeaO York Su,a, Sept.
Is.
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Balloons rs Aids to Fighting.

1t will be remembe that early in
the war of the rebellion costly attempts
were made to bring balloons to the aid
of military operations. Mr.. Lowe, who
then had fame as a traveller among the
clouds, was attached to General McClel-
lan's headquarters, and moved along
with the Army Of the Potomac in
charge of a ponderous balloon train,
whose importance in the work of crush
ing out the rebellion he was fond of
extolling. But his balloons proved of
comparatively little service, though the
typographical engineers made use of
them frequently, and they were also
employed to some effect in obtaining
views of the enemy's positions. The
wooded country, however, interfered
with such serial observations, and Mr..
loves balloons, balloon train and
sronautic lore were not very highly
esteemed in the army.
In truth, we cannot say that the bal
loon was an ally which much helped
the Union troops to victories or saved
them from defeats. 1t cost more than
it came to, and before the war was over
it had ceased to be much talked about.
Yet before that conflict, and especially
in France, where eronautics have been
most studied, the practicability of util-
izing balloons in military operations
was discussed for half a century, and
during the French revolution an aro-
nautic school was founded at Mendon.
Louis Napoleon also put balloon to
use in the reconnoissances just before
the battle of Solferino, but it did him
service of insignificant value. During
the siege of Paris by the Germans in
1901, however, balloons were of the
highest importance to the beleaguered
city. They enabled it to communi-
cate with the outside world by
carrying away the pigeons. which
afterward brought back to it news
from the provinces. Sixty-four al
looms were sent up during the siege, in
one of which Gambetta made the es-
cape from Paris which has now become
historic, and of the whole number only
two were lost. 1t has thus been estab-
lished beyond question that the balloon,
as an aid to a besieged city, can be
made of inestimable advantage, but so
far it has proved itself of comparatively
little value for any other purpose in
war. Very recently experiments, which
are reported as successful, have been
made in France to test the feasibility of
using an anchored balloon as an ele-
waited signal station for besieged city,
and by means of mirrors the signals
have been read at great distance.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
H0LLOWIY'S OINTMENT!

Possessed of this remedy, every man may
be his own doctor. 1t may be rubbed into
the syetem SO as to reach any Internal com
rIaint. by these means it cures sores or ul-
GERS in the throat, stomach, liver, spine, or
other parts. 1t is an iDfallible remedy for
bad legs, bad breasts, contracted or stiff
joints, gout, rheumatism and all skin dis
eases.
IxroxrASr CAurroN-None are genuine unless
the signnture Of J. HAYDoCK. agent for the United
Staten. surrounds each box of Pills and Ointment
Boxes at 25 cents. g cents, and sI each.
EThere Is considerable saving BY taking the larger
HOLLOWAY CO., New York.
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THAT Quinine will cure Chills and Fever 10
well known. But it is strange that the other feb
rfuge principles contained in Peruvian bark are
more powerful than Quinine, and do not pro-
duce any annoying head symptoms like buzz
ing in the ears. This fact is proved by DR..
Tonic, which is . preparation of Peruvian
bark, without Quinine, according to the decla-
ration Of its proprietors, Wheelock, Finlay q
Co, of New Orleans.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

ga PRETTY style of hair ir-dressing for
the morning." says a fashionable jour
nal, sis to wave all the hair" We agree
with the above. In the morning it is
not only pretty but a useful fashion
for women to snatch all their hair of
the back of the chair, where it has re-
poseds during the night, and wave il
around the room to chase out the flies.
PHILADELPHIA Herald,
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his prediction. our capitalists should
subscribe that amount at once. And
probably when we add that there is to
be " two years of fire raging with fury
in every part of the globe, :" the ice men
and coal dealers will Immediately move
in the -Norristo,cn Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

A LADY in Cincinnati attempted to
commit suicide because she could not
master the Italian language. 1t does
seem hard that the young ladies of
America cannot be placed on an equal
footing with organ-grinders. Stree
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

THE STERLING BAKING POWDER. Smith &
Curtiss, manufacturers, Cleveland, Ohio, be-
ing pure and nutritious, is the favorite with
all ladies. Any grocer has 1t.
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Just out. STUDENTS LIFE IN SONG.
($l 50), with introduction by CHARLES DUDLEY
WARMER. 115 Of the jolest Of College Songs. cap
hal book for social singing.
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The Rest Remedy Known to Ma,

Dr. CLARK johnson having associated himself with II.
Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, long siavo Y
Wakametkla. the medicine man Of tho COm1ncne4 -
prepared to lend bis aid in the Introduction OF NJ
wonderful remedy OF that tribe.
The experiences Of Mr Eastman being similar to thas
of Mrs. Chas. Jones and son, Of Washington County
Iowa. OF whose suherfnRS were thrtlllngy
narrated in the Neso York Herald Of Dec 18TH 1873
facts Of which widely known. and SO neaT1y
parallel that but little mention Of Mr. EastmAns e
will be given here They however, pub
iished in neat volume Of 300 pages entitled Seven
and Nine Years Among the ComAnches and Apacheets
say that for several years Mr. Eastman while captive
was compelled to gather the roots gums barks hero
and berries Of which WakametklaS medicine Wa
made, and Is still prepared to provide the sAMs ma.
to world and the public that the remedy
the same now as when Wakametkla compelled him -
make it
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Remember also THE VOICE OF WORSHIP, 5000
per dozrnl recently advertised; JOHNSONS NEW
METHOD FOR SINGING CLASSES. an excellent book,
($6 90 per dozen), aud l. o. Emersons ONWARD,
(S7 80 dozen) Send for specimens, Catalogues or
Circulars.
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Just out The last number Of the MUSICAL REC
ORD. Send cts. for one number, 1900 for the year
s.WOuldnt be without 1t for i've times the price,"