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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
THE NEGRO EXODUS.
HUNDREDS OF FREEDMEN ON THE VERGE
OF STARVATION IN KANsAS-A IVES
TERN CONGRESSMAN OPINION OF THE
MOVEMENT.


Special Dispatch to the Boston Herald.
New YORK, Aug. 2.-Hon Thomas Ryan,
Representative in Congress from Kansas, is in
town. Mr.. Rvan's district embraces the -four
ishing city of Topeka, the destination the col
ored people of the South have in view when
they leave for the far West. How are the
colored emigrants faring in your state ?' asked
a reporter A" All that could possibly be
provided for in the way of work in the state
has been provided them, yet, when l left my
home, there were hundreds Of freedmen on the
verge of starvation with little prospect of re-
ceiving any immediate or permanent relief.
Nearly every train from the South brings more
of the deluded people Most of them who go
to Kansas are of the more ignorant class.
Nine-tenths reach Kansas soil without dollar
in their pockets, and become objects of charity
from the day of their arrival among us. When
| left Topeka there were hundreds of them en-
camped on the outskirts of the city who were
being fed through the charity of the citizens of
that city. The colonization societies have
long ago exhausted their sources of relief"
@" What is TO become of these people
eventually ?'
A." 1t is hard to say. 1t is folly for more
to go To Kansas now, but from present appear
ances il would seem that within the next year
l00,O0 colored people will leave the South for
the northern states. Oddly enough the fever
now il to 90 to Iowa and Nebraska, where the
climate Is even more severe than in Kansas"
Mr. Ryan thinks the colored people are not
lettering their condition by wholesale emigra-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
GLEANINGS.

Persons who have taste for rh ubarb
or pie-plant, can pare the stalks, cut
them in pieces an inch long, and dry
them just as apples or peaches are dried,
or stew and can like small fruits, thus
afording an excellent relish out of sea-
son.
1t is a good plan to put little harris
horn in the water with which plants are
to be watered, The hartshorn acts as a
fertilizer. Indeed it is said to be better
than any concentrated manure for this
purpose.
An honest Hibernian, in recommend
ing cow, said she would give milk year
after year without having calves. Be-
cause" said he, '' it runs in the breed !;
for she came of a cow that never had a
calf"
1t is stated that dishes placed on a
pie-plant leaf-are protected from ants.
The leaves must be replaced every morn
ing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
OPEN TO AN ENGAGEMENT.

YEARLY waiting in windy wing,
Ia tunic bespanged and scarlet tights,
Waiting her turn on the stage to spring,
Midst the blare Of music and flare of lights
Who would not pity a girl so fair.
Farming % living by risking q limbo
| spoke the pretty one then and there,
And my voice was choked and my eyes were
dim.
f.Dam-el, p" quoth l. ''will you tell to me Why
In dangerous feats YOU each night engage?
Speak frankly, fearIessly, don't be shy
And tell nae the sum Of your weekly wage"
tTherc'= father and me" the damsel said
He learnt me the business, Of course, you
There. Billy, who walks on his hands and
head
And Polly, who's now with waxwork show.
"There's SAMMY, the clown, You know, Of
course
IT would take a many old sam to lick;
There's Sal who rides on the bare-backed
And LILY, Grstrate at the tightrope trick.
"rherc'- talent The equal can't be got;
Attractions like ours In vain you'll seekt
What terms, old man, for the family LOTT
Make as ana offer uow-how much a week ?
"You're not that line Then what do you mean 2
Who wants our pity Oh hddle-de-dee.
You can't suppose lm So precious green;
But you're not the CHAP that can humbug me
"Wby do ] do itz What's that to you2
That you're ia your senses greatly doubt
II you must know why such things ! do
'Ii- because I like it. So there Get ont Pr
London Fun.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
Longstreet on the Battle of Gettys-
burg.

Philadelphia Times.
"What was the most desperate battle of the
WARP"
''Gettysburg-as far my observation
extended. There never was any fighting done
anywhere to surpass the battle made by my
men on the I'd of July. l led $4,000 men
into that charge. Over one-third of this
number were killed or wounded. These vete-
rams charged the whole Federal army, in
trenched on crest, harassed on each flank
until the line was stretched, and at last
found myself charging $1,000 intrenched men,
in the face of a volcano of artillery, with a
single line of battle Ny two divisions en-
countered and drove back the Third Corps,
the Fifth Corps, the Sixth Corps, the Second
Corps, one division of the Twelfth, and the
Pennsylvania Reserves. As they broke line
after line, they encountered new ones, and
felt the steady shock Of fresh troops. The
FederaIs contend that the bulk of Lees army
was in this charge, and put the strength of the
attacking column at 5000 men, when it was
only my u 1000, with 1000 Of these knocked
out of ranks before they had hardly started
up the slope. / do not think the records Of
the war can show anything to approach this
work.
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A PERFECTLY. AwrUfLY LOVELY gTopv


ihJfe was once perfectly modern girl.
with perfectly modern WAYS.
" ~ saw perfection ia everything
That happened 10 meet her gaze.
such perfectly lovely thing, She saw.
And perfectly wful too.
That none would have dared To doubt her v-,,,i
50 perfectly, perfectly true.
The weather she said, in summer time
Mas perfectly, awfully warm:
me winter wI> perfect. too. when these came
some perfectly terrible storm.
She wentto perfectly horrid school.
ln a perfectly horrid town.
And the perfectly hateful teachers there
bld things mp perfectly brown.
her lessons were perfectly fearfuIv long
But never were perfectly said
Ana when she failed, as often as She did
Her face grew perfectly red
The church she attended is perfectly mag
With perfectly heavenly suire.
And perfect crowds 20 there 10 hear
\ perfectly stunning choir.
| might 80 on with this perfectly" poem
And write 10 the end OF time
but fearing to wear your patience ont
VIII bring to an end my rhyme.
Wasp.
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An Essay on Woman.

after man came woman.
And she has been after him ever
snce.
! She is Il person OF noble extraction,
being made of mans rib.
don't know why Adam wanted to
foo away his ribs in that way, but
suppose he was not accountable for all
b, did.
1t costs more to keep a woman than
tree dogs and shotgun.
But she pays you back with interest
~ giving you house full of chill
ren to keep you awake all night and
smear mOlasses candy over your Sunday
cat.
Besides, wife is a very convenient
article to have about the house.
She is handy to swear at when you
cut yourself with a razor and don't feel
Ike blaming yourself.
Woman is the superior of man in
Massachusetts,.
There are about sixty thousand more
IF her sex than males in the State.
This accounts for the terrified, hunted
down expression Of single men who en-
irrate from the East.
Woman was not created perfect.
She has her faults-such rs false hair,
and false complexion, and SO on.
But she is a great deal better than
her neighbors, and she knows it.
Eve was a woman.
She must have been a model wife, for
il cost Adam nothing to keep her in
dothing.
Still | don't think they were a bit
happy.
She couldn't 90 to sewing circles and
air her information about everything
she knew, nor excite the envy of other
ladies' by wearing her new winter bon
net to church.
Neither could she hang over the back
fence and gossip with her near neigh
hor
All these blessed privileges were de-
MED her.
Poor Eve! she's dead now
And the fashion she inaugurated is
dead now.
If it hadn't been for the COMPOUNDED
"snaik" perhaps the ladies of the pres
ent day would dress as economically as
Eve did.
But the only place where her print
tive style Is emulated Is in q certain
portion of Africa, where the women
consider themselves in full dress when
they have on but postage stamp stuck
in the center of the forehead.
Woman is endowed with a tremen-
dous fund of knowledge and a tongue to
suit.
She has the capacity for learning
everything she was divinely intend
ed to know, and a few extra items
besides.
Young ladies take a great deal of
stock in the classics, and learn fast.
When you see young lady from
Vassar, with an absorbed look in her
eye, and her lips moving, you under
stand at once that she Is memorizing a
passage from Virgil.
But perhaps closer inspection will
reveal the fact that she is only chewing
gum.
a woman may not be able to sharpen
a lead pencil, or hold an umbrella, but
she can pack more articles in a trunk
than man can put in four horse
wagon.
The happiest moment in woman's
life is when she is making her wedding
garments.
The saddest is when her husband
comes home late at night, and yells to
her from the front door steps to throw
out handful of key holes Of different
sizes.
There is some curiosity in feminine
nature.
For instance, l once knew young
lady who could easily pass another one
on the street without looking around to
see what she had on.
Poor thing she was blind.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
American Women.

Many years ago American women used
to be regarded as invalids by profession
and there was reason for so regardino
them They were accused, also. of a
tondness for being considered fragile. as
If they believed physical delicacy to be
evidence of sensibility. They have not
been so accused of late, nor do they de-
sire to be. They have gained greatly in
health and IN common sense. and are
now comparatively robust. The folly
they are said to have displayed seems to
| have passed to many of the Partisan
women, who now certainly indicate a pre-
tJudice in flavor of corporal weakness and
ailments They are very apt to repre-
sent themselves, and to be represented
| by their writer's, as always more or less
| Ill as living on their nerves and will
as lnvalids, chronic and graceful Their
actresses, notably those of the Sara Bern
heardt stamp, play this role, and it is
very unpleasant. They would better
attempt anotherand more welcome part.
Parlsians are inclined to be morbid. as
much of their literature is morbid. The
women of Paris are, as a rule, well en-
ough and strong enough. or would be, if
they should be half natural, ifthey should
loose their corsets, wear shoes sufficient
ly large, and obey the instincts of pru-
denee and intelligence. American ,Yo- |
but Parisians cannot look it with their |
usually thick figures and heavy weight. |
They should give up the impersonation
of invalidism. 1t does not fit them; it I
is not becoming audit is ridiculous as
well as repulsive. They have not, though
they may fancy they have, stepped out
of Balzac's novels, which have well been
called literary museum of morbid ana
tony. Persons who have known Paris
ian women intimately must recall their
tendency TO exaggerate thoir ailments,
to make mountains out Of mole hills.
If they are i'll once III while, they de-
clare they are always i'll. \ headache
is displayed as serious; a touch of rheu
matism is paraded as alarming. They
are forever threatened with death from
heart disease, or apopleXy, or paralysis.
They are born sensationalists and illness
appears to them romantic and alluring
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
Where Yellow Fever Is Generated
Important Suggestions.

According to the statements of DIR. Wander
poel, the Health Officer at quarantine, at
New York, the germs Of yellow fever originate
in the harbor of Havana to a fearful extent,
and from thence are distributed broadcast
along our shores. He is assured, by incontro-
vertible authority-mention of which has been
made in a letter to President Hayes-that the
merchant marine at Havana are compelled,
by the peculiarly of the location, to lie in the
focus Of all the impurities and sitting ex-
halations, and that, as result, no vessel can
remain there any length of time without be
coming herself infected and the crew the vic
Tins OF the malady. The tide being almost
imperceptible, all the emptying Of the sewers
remain in the harbor until they become feted
and revolving mass of corruption, generating
the germs OF almost every kind Of disease. DIR.
V. adds:
From what I have heard of the situation
of the country around Havana | believe a
canal or waterway can can be cut in the
of the city by which the waters OF the ever
flowing Gull Stream, or OF the Gulf itself, can
be introduced into the harbor, which, continu-
ally flowing outward viii carry off the foul
matter before it has time to accumulate and
tester This project is a grander one Tor hui
mainly than all the ship canals across the
Isthmus of Darien or Suez ever conceived
You are aware that the subject has already
been brought before the public and all that
is wanted now Is the appointment Of an Inter
national Joint Commission by the American
and Spanish Governments to test its feasibii-
tv, as well as to examine into all other mat
tiers touching the Improvement OF the hygien-
ic condition OF the fountain-head, 50 far n
this country is concerned, from which you
NAV say the most dreaded endemic evils
flow"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13

THE TICKET-EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE AND
DELEGATES TO DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
Grenada New Sououth.1
For District Attorney, A. H. Whitfield; for
the Legislature, ]. j. Williams for Sheriff, R.
n. Hall; for Chancery Clerk, A. V. B. Thomas ;
for Circuit Clerk, Geo. w. Beard; for Treasur-
er, b. S. Norman; for Assessor, r. II. Hardy
for Coroner ana Ranger, Henry Cooley.
The following constitute the Democratic Con-
sentative Executive Committee to serve for the
ensuing year:
Beat l. r. P Lake and A. K Turner; Beat 2
T. B. Williamson and w. W. TrusseII; Beat 8.
T. Kirkman and I. b. Jones; Beat f. VIM. Nc
Swine and H. H. Barksdale: Beat 5. T. P.
Lamkin and c. II. GUY. q
The following is a list of delegates from Gre.
NADIA county, to east her vote in the District
Convention, to meet in Sardis on the 18th inst.
to nominate a candidate for District Attorney,
in the third Judicial District:
w. III. FitzGerald, W c. Statham, j. j. Gage,
w. P. fowler, r. II. Turner, T. p. Lamkin b.
c. Harrison, Thos Kirkman, L. NJ. Mayes, A.
S. Johnson, b. L. Wright, VIM. McSwine, R. L.
Jones.
Delegates to the Senatorial District Conveu-
ton, including Grenada, Tallahatchie and Sun
flower counties;
f. r. Daily, II. H. Barksdale, J. D. Shelby, j.
w. Gritfiis, J. T. Parker, A. W. Evans, c. H.
Guy, Walter Dement,, Lewis r. Turner and r.
Horton.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE, NOW AND
THEN.

Tell not your secrets in a cornield !;
it has thousands of ears.
An Irishman speaks of popular truth
when he calls the heated term hated
term.
One of the best girls in Pittsburgh is
Allie Ghany, but water mouth she has
Pittsburgh Post.
We have known many a man to sit
around waiting for something to turn
up until that something. was his toes.
The biggest fool in the world is dead.
He told his mother-in-law she lied. She
did it with her little skillet.
Ninety and nine" folks in the hun
dred make mistake when they cut off
dogs tail. They preserve the wrong
end.
Any man who can swap horses or
ketch fish and not lie about it is just
about az plus az men ever git to be in
this world-Josh Billings.
1t is said that coal-scuttle bonnets are
coming into fashion again. Are all
our pretty clippers to be scuttled An
other blow at American commerce.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
If Noah had foreseen the future, and
killed the two mosquitoes which took
refuge in the ark, he would have rem
dered some of the strongest words in
the English language unnecessary.
Virginia Enterprise.
In reply to a person who asked him
the derivation of the word restaurant, "
Bayard Taylor replied jokingly, with a
merry twinkle in his eye, " Restaurant
is derived from res, "a thing and ta,-
rus, "a bulP-a bully thing"
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NOTE.

RSly@As much confusion and many errors
have doubtless grown out of the practice OF
making memoranda on the Land Rolls from
year to year to year, would suggest to Col
lectors the propriety of providing themselves
with duplicate roll or collection list BY
making their private notes on the collection
list, and writing nothing the Lad Roll ex-
cept what is specially authorized by law-that
is to say, changes by the Boards of Supervisors
Rev. Law 1873, Sec. 27) and changes by the
Assessor or. Collector when persons purchase,
release or redeem lands from the Rev Law
1873 Sec so, the Roll would be an intelligi-
bic record when filed in the Clerks office at
the end of the four years.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
The Tragedy in Opelika.

The Opelika (Ala.) Leader publishes the
following verbal statement Of Mr.. j. A. Reid,
which he made just before dying HE went
to visit Col. Grasty at his rooms at the Sledge
House after tea says he merely went for the
purpose of a friendly visit, and have talk
over family matters, and to adjust some differ
ences between Col. Grasty and portion Of
Mr.. Reds family. The conversation pro-
crossed quietly and peaceably for some time,
when, from some remark made by Col.
Grasty flew into passion and said, using an
oath: cam / not good enough to visit in
your family? Mr. Reid replied, q have
heretofore thought so, but after using such
language to me | must insist your keeping
away Col. Grasty then caught me by the
beard and struck me terrible blow with his
fist over the left eye, releasing me about the
-.--- Ia
the room. Thinking ne was trying to secure
weapons, | struck him with my stick, the only
weapon / had Col Grasty succeeded in get
ting his pistol in the bureau, and turning,
firing on me, striking me in the bowels. About
this time my son, Sam r., rushed into the
room, and Col. Grasty, applying some severe
epithet to him, said What have you to do in
this matterp Sam replied, 'As much any
body, as it is my family that is involved.
We together then continued the fight with
Col Grasty until he shot my son, which ended
the row." He afterwards made written
statement before the solicitor. Mr.. Reid's re-
mains were carried to La Grange, Ga, for
interment.
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THE SALE.

6. Great care should be observed in adverts-
ing and selling delinquent lands according to
the requirements of the law The sale should
be completed without delay. The law contem-
plates that it should be continued from day to
dav. only in case OF necessity. In such cases
minutes Of each days proceedings should be
kept. In compiling the list for the Clerk, ar
range the lands in sections, townships and
ranges, in the order that they appear upon the
assessment roll, lSec. - but write opposite to
each piece OF land in the proper column, the
DAY al the month which II uaS sold. BY observ-
ing the last point our records viii show pre-
cisely when each owners right OF redemption
expires, and the people be guarded against dis
putes and litigation.
In selling land describe it eracly according
to the Assessment Roll. Don't abbreviate to
save space. The law abhors authorizations
If YOU would write :. +. ! QfS. + l." don't
write 50 r., s. E. or "S f. /, S. f. | or
IS. Z. KS L. l." Use Of where it belongs
it places the meaning beyond doubt. Too many,
" dittos lead into errors. Put in the acres,
and say whether the range is east west.
The value of these cardinal rules cannot be
exaggerated
Here is the caption and form for the list:
The STATEoF MISSISSIPPI T., Sher-
if and Tax -- County. Collector in
and for raid County, do hereby certify that the
following is a correct list OF lands sold to the
State of Mississippi on the LIST Monday, the
day OF March --, IS, Tor delinquent taxes
due thereon for the fiscal year IS, pursuant
to the requirements of law:
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The Big Case.
Brookhaveu Ledger.

DIpNhtsAt en- l4ttlEtt-
TWenty-seveu persons were tried last week
on charge of conspiracy. Col. Dcason and the
District Attorney prosecuted and the defense
was conducted by Judge Cassidy Mai. Scs-
sions and Mr. Hartley. The jury was empan-
nelled on Thursday and the day was cuusum-
ed in Introduction of testimony, and ON Fri
day the case was argued. 1t elected great in
tercst and was listened 10 closely hv the dense
crowd that filled the court house. Twenty
seven men being tried at one time was spec
tacle not often presented.
Col. Deason opened for the State and was
followed by Major Sessions, Mr. Hartley aud
Judge Cassidy Tor the defense. Each gentle
men did himself credit and spoke for about
an hour each. The District Attorney closed
in ringing and telling speech. IL is gcncr-
ally conceded 10 have been one Of the finest
ever delivered in the court house
Last Friday evening the case was given To
the jury. They retired to the jury box, and it
soon became evident that they were hung.
Friday night passed and ON Saturday they re-
ported that they could not agree. They were
told to retire and think the case over a while
longer. Saturday, Saturday night, Sunday
and Sunday night passed away and on Mon
day they again said they could not agree. IL
was thought advisable to let them think Of
the case a few hours longer and they again re-
tired. On Tuesday evening they were as far
from verdict as ever, and were discharged
1t is understood nine were for conviction
and three for aCquittal
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InQuisitiVeness

Harper's Monthly.]
The man who wants to know every
thing. We have all seen him. Have
all ''been there" as they say in the
beautiful West. A dear son of New
England having piled newcomer in
the mining region of Nevada with every
conceivable question as to why he visit
ed the gold region, his hopes, means,
prospects, etc, finally asked him if he
had a family"
eyes, Sir" was the reply, 81 have a
wife and six children, and | never saw
one of them"
Then there was brief silence, after
which the bore commenced: "was you
ever blind, Sir?"
mo, Sir"
Another pause.
did [ understand you to say you
had wife and six children living in
New York, and had never seen one of
them?'
Fact"
GLOW can that be p
"Why," was the reply, cone of them
was born after | left! !"
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Alfalfa County.
PRIMARY ELECTION.
Iosciusko Star Extra.

kosciusko Star Extra.
For Senator, T. L. Cooper, 1882; 7. J
Saunders, 285; Raymond Reid, 229. For
Representative, c. L. Anderson, All; F. NJ
Glass, SS8; James F. McCOol, 500 +. 9.
CAN'T, 49I NJ. Poole, 373. For Sheriff. II.
Gilliland, 919; John B. Love, 368 w. b.
White, 246; d. L. Smythe, 2l8; W r. Irving,
/. o. Conner, l,099; W. A. Comfort, 517; j.
Q. Buck, 517. For Chancery Clerk, j. P.
Mills, 402 J. w. Woodward, 263 John Ri
ley, 337 J. B. Turnipseed sos; q. c. Ed
wards, 266; 5. H. McAfee, $50; a. q. Noah,
1917 5. w. Land 81. For Treasurer, J. T.
Riley, ,222 NJ \. Clark, 676 +; ]. L. Sanders,
1873 For Assessor, J. II. Wallace, 920; l. =.
Lonsdale, 426; G. r. Conner, POS Jack Ross
332; w. J. Wilson, 80 For Surveyor, W. J..
Clark, 900: J. r. Holland, 881; w. II.
Smith, 297. For Coroner and Ranger, A. J.
Atkinson, 96I