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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
FOREIGN.

The great engineering project OF canai
through the Caucasus from the Black Sea
TO the Caspian sea, is attracting attention
at St, Petersburg.
The unfavorable weather which has pre-
vailed in Sicily has hindered the coustruc-
ton of The astronomical observatory on tbe
top OF Mount Etna.
British millers are being astonished, a
were American miiers, at the amount 81
metallic substance the magnet will take
from wheat that was supposed 10 be clean
grain.
The Osaka (Japan) hippo informs its rea-
ders that fifty japanese umbreila-makers
have been engaged by manufacturers In
America and will soon take their depart
ure for that country.
woman has died of starvation Ia kil-
kenny, Ireland. There i large iufiax e
Kilkenny of tramps from distressed dis
tricts. and in consequence of the insufficient
cy of the police, numerous burgIarIes are
committed.
ST. Petersburg correspondent, com
mentiug upon the reported Russian arnla-
ment, SAYS that some Of his American
friends who have been there far weeks pas
on business connected with the War De-
partment. have been told that NOS Il single
rifle would be ordered from abroad.
Authentic reports lately received from
the districts in Bosnia where the famine had
preva lied for the past month. describe The
situation as beaTt-Tending. Besides many
other sufferers, over eight thousand people
are actually starving. The number q
highway robberies has increased alarming
y in consequence OF the famine.
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"UNCoNsIDERED TRIPLES

The fuel of the future-Brim stone.
Icemen and coal dealers are happy to- day.
Can there be a bakers dozen of leavened
bread?
The rumor that Gail Hamilton received a
proposal is pronounced false.
The Massath usetts Supreme Court decides
that a woman Is cOmpent to testify rs to her
own age. But it doesn't tell how to make
them do it.
George, dear, don't you think it's rather
eXtravagant to eat butter with that delicious
jam ?" No, love; economical. Same piece
of bread does for BOTH
The policemen, it is rumored. are about
to start benevolent society with the strik
ing title of The Locust Club
Out offlfty strictly honest men only TWEEN
ty-two will return a borrowed book, and
only three will bring your umbrella home.
In mercy spare, from grief and care,
The nation, bobwed in fervent prayer,
Who ask, with reverent love and awe,
God bless and save Americaw.
Il intend that aathem,' says Mr.. Gilmore,
'as an offering to the nation He had bet
ter make it a burnt offering, then.
Ii Fairbanks, the scale man goes 20 the
Senate from Vermont he will be able to out
weigh David Davis.
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SELECTED MISCELLANY.

\ good knight is never at a IS for q
lance.-Italian Proverbs
The secret pleasure OF generous act is
the great mans great bribe.-Dryden.
When frierd corn ects fault in you he
does you the greatest act OF friendship
There cannot be a greater treachery than
first t. raise q confidence and then TO de-
ceive it.-SpecIator.
There are many men whose tongues might
govern muititudes if they could govern their
ngues.-Prentice.
We are sowing seeds of truth or error, OF
dishonesty or late gritty, every day we live
and every where we 30, that will take root
in somebody's life.
Our striving against nature is ike hold
ing q weatHercack with ones hand as soon
as The force is taken off it veers again with
the wind.--Thomas Adam.
Our system of thought is often only the
history IF our heart. Men do not will SO
much according To their reason, as reason
according to their will.--Fichte.
Men saw they can leave off this habit or
that any time they bring to bear the pres
sure IF their Will against il; but would it
not be better - apply that force against the
formation OF bad habits:
Time ought, above all other kinds of pro-
perty. to be free from invasion; and yet
there is no man who does not claim the
power OF wasting that time which is the
right Of oJhers.--JohnsOn.
The shortest and surest way to live with
honor in tie world is to be in reality what
we would appear to be in reality what we
would appear to be; and, if we observe, We
shall find that all human virtues increase and
strengthen themselves by the practice aud
experience o! them.--Socrdtes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

The Supreme court decision, No. 121. E.
T. and l. NJ. Worthington, administrators,
ETC., vs. Matilda w. Mason, in error to the
Circuit Court of the United States for the
Western District of Arkansas. This was a
suit brought by the defendant in error the
natural daughter of Elisha Worthington by
a slave mother, to recover compensation for
services rendered to said Worthington du-
ring:his lifetime, in fulfiIlment ofan alleged
promise made by him to her. Before his
death the defendant in error recovered a
verdict and judgment below for twelve thou
sand dollars Thatjudgmenti is here affirmed
on the ground that the record shows no error
on which the court can take notice.
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supe~vision OF Railroads.
From the Boston Herald. |

r rom tue D0SD0u I1EIAtu
The railroad companies are seeking to
defeat the consideration of the subject of a
national supervision of railroads, by delay
ing the report of the Committee on Com
merce ifthe House Of Representatives. Their
success in this maneuver is matter of doubt,
as most of the Western Congressman are de-
termined that some definite action shall be
taken during the present session; feeling
that has been not little strengthened by the
vast combinations that have recently been
made 1t would be decidedly TO the advan-
tage of the railroad corporations, and also to
the benefit Of the public, if officers of the
former would bring themselves into a con-
dition Of mind that would allow them to
aid instead OF oppose this project. 1t is GER
tain that a plan OF national railroad man
agement viii be adopted, if notthis year, in
a few years from this, and, if the arrange
ment could be made harmonious one, it
would certainly work with much less fric-
tiOn than it possibly could if proposed and
carried through by an antagonistic legisla-
tive BODY. The railroad interest is vast
one, and no one desires TO have it unfairly
treated, for such a course would react on
the entire community; but, if they hold
aloOf IN sullen opposition, railroad officials
/ will have no one To blame but themselves if
/ the national law regulating transportation
/ between States bears down upon the the
railroad corporations in harsh and unjust
/ manner
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
TOR THE CLARION.
"Retrenchment."

In 1876 the cry Of an overtaxed and over
burthened people was "retrenchment and re-
form" Then, the people Of Mississippi were
laboring under a weight of oppression that
would have justified revolution, had relief
been accessible in no other way. But it was,
and manfully they seized it, and brought
down the oppressors and cleared away the OPP
pressions. Under that relief we have i'm
proved until we are on the eve of prosperity,
The dark financial clouds, which overhung
our political sky are breaking away, and if
i'good enough" is let alone, it may not be long
before those gloomy times will be remembered
only as the past.
To go on retrenching and reforming when
are now standing ON a basis of economy
may make Of great virtue a decided evil, a
great benefit decided I'M ury. The complaints
now with some of the Offices are, that they
hardly justify man of established charac
ter and business capacities to hold them, and
the Legislature should be slow to put these
great public trusts below the ambition of
such men.
Surely. no man familiar with the pay of the
Circuit and Chancery Clerks, in some of the
best counties of the State, would cut down the
fees arising therefrom to a lower scale with
out imperiling the ends he wishes to accom-
plish. With the fees of the Circuit Clerk, in
many of the counties they now stand, no
young man of high business capacity would
seek them.
Really, it would be for the best interests of
the people, rather to increase than diminish
them, and yet it is reported that the fees on
marriage license are to be clipped from
three to two dollars. II 1t Is to be done IN
the interest of marriagabie people, it would be
best to raise them beyond his reach entirely ::
for if he cannot pay that much for the sake of
establishing family relations, 1t would be bet
der for him, and his family too, that they were
ignored altogether, and he be allowed to run
awhile longer upon the green fields of single
blessedness The man that is too poor to pay
this for the lifetime partnership with wo-
man, will find 1t company fraught with
many expenses. to which, at the beginning, he
Is stranger, LAYING aside all fears of living
responsibilities in the future.
Reducing the fees of the Circuit Clerks
would be almost equal to an abrogation of the
Office
This sort of legislation is somewhat like
railroad economy in similar matters which be-
gins and ends in cutting down the pay of the
clerks, engineers and brakesmen, while thelfat
offices of president, treasurer, and other rich
pickings are untouched.
Away with such economy.
If the Legislature RiuSt have money by re-
tranching the pay of those who work for the
public, IN the name Of common sense and com
mon justice, LET not begin at the bottom, but
81 the top of the calendar.
COMMON SENSE.
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PROCLAMATION,
$3.50 90 Reward.

WHEREAS, 1t appears by information &
w ceived by me- that on the might of the
Sd January, 1880. in Sardie, in Pamela COUNTY
W. E. CRTM waylaid and shot john S. HARRfs,
and afterwards effected his escape and is still
at large; :
Now, therefore 1, J. II. STONE, Governor of
Mississippi, do offer the a hove reward for the
arrest and delivery of the said W. e. CRIM
to the Sheriff of Pamela county: said reward
IS payable on conviction of said Grim: and is in
addition to the statutory reward And / do
moreover, require all officers of this State to he
dIligent in their efforts to arrest said fu0iti--a
W. E. CRIM. --'e,
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
II. ST OF the State affixed, at Iaok aon. this
9Th day Of Iaauaay. 4. D. 1880.
]. II. STONE.
HEsRr C. MYERS, Secretary of State
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GONE BACK.

Wilson Irwin, an intelligent colored mar
from Lake Providence, La, and Alex
johnson, of Warren County, Mississippi
were met yesterday by Globe Democrat
reporter. They are both on their way back
to the sunny South, having had enough Of
Kansas. Mr.. Twins experience in Kansas
was very discouraging. He could find moth
ing to do, although he walked all over the
State. He reports some of the refugees sick
and dying through want of proper food and
shelter, and advises all colored men to keep
out of the State unless they have money
with which to establish themselves.
Mr.. johnson went to Topeka on the 9TH
of last March, and then out into the coun-
try. He worked on farms, and with his
savings bought little piece of land, but the
outlook was so gloomy that he abandoned
his property and is going back to Mississippi,
where he was doing well. Both men report
that the colored people are still pouring into
Kansas, but predict that a reaction will
set in, and that thousands of them will be
glad toget back to the climate best suited to
them. They both went south on the City
of Helena last night. They claimed that in
a cold climate negro can not work as he
can inthe South
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

Mason Mccarthy, of Virginia, who re-
Gently eloped with General Sickles's daugb-
ter, is a son of Col Mccarthy, who fought q
duel at Bladensbnrg more than forty years
ago with his brother in-law, Colonel Mason,
Of Virginia, in which the latter fell dead
without scarcely groan. The duel was
with the old times mnsket, and the distance
10 short that the muzzles nearly touched.
Col Mccarthy was in early days a famous
land speculator, and bought largely Of
LaFourche lands in Louisiana. We met
him thirty years ago in Philadelphia, and
at that time he told rs of his early visits
South, and Of having s1iourned with the
late Daniel Vertner. q Burlington. Colo
mel Mccarthy VEas . fast man In his day.
Was always heightened, virtue which his.
son ignored Port GibsoA Reveille.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
What Iowa Girls are Taught.

At the Iowa Agricultural College every
girl in the Junior class has learned how 20
make good bread, weighing and measuring
her ingredients, mixing. kneadiug and bak-
ing, and regulating her fire. Eacu has also
been taught to make yeast ana make biscuit,
buildings, pies and cake of various kinds
how To cook roast, brojl a steak, and make
a fragrant cup of coffee; how To s,uh roast
turkey. make oyster soup, prepare stock
for other soups. steam and mash potatoes
so that they will melt in the month, and, in
short. to get up first-class meal, combin-
ing both substantial and fancy dishes, IN
good style. Theory and manual skill have
gone hand in hand. Ii there is anything
that challenges the unlimited respect ard
devotion OF the masculine mind il is ability
in woman to order well her own household.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
SENATOR LAMAR.
Comments Of the Mississippi Press
Mr. LAMAR SHOULD HAVE REMAINED Al
WASHINGTON.

Yazoo Sentinel.
When man is elected by his constitu-
ents, or by Representatives elected by them,
to a position of honor and trust they do so
with the expectation that he is to be faith
full in. and watchful of, the trust reposed iu
him. If he is elected to the Legislature,
they expect him to serve them thereto be
on hand to advocate measures for their ben
eft and oppose such as are against their
interests If he is elected TO the National
House of Representatives or to the Senate
OF the United States the same rule will
apply. and, if possible, with more force,
especially if the balance of power is very
close between the party he represents and
the party to which he Is opposed, and still
more so if the opposite party Is composed of
men who are smart enough to see
an advantage and cunning enough to
profit by it, and require all the watch
ing the entire opposition Is able to give.
Mr.. Lamar Is exercising very bad taste, and
would have pleased his constituents better
had he remained in Washington to look
after the trust committed to his keeping.
Mr.. Lamar may, however, desire the cleo
ton of Gen Ealthall more than he fears
the displeasure of the people, because his
election will be regarded by many as an en-
dorsement of Mr. Lanar's financial views,
as it is generally understood that both
these distinguished gentlemen stand upon
the same financial plank. In this light,
perhaps Mr.. Lamar should be excused also.
Since the above was written Gen.
WaIthalPs name has been Withdrawn, and
those who would have looked upon his cleo
ton as an endorsement of Mr.. Lamar's
course. should look upon his defeat as a con-
demnation OF Mr. Lamar.
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G~% a Month and expense guaranteed to
81 Agents. Outft free. SHAW Co, AU-
GUsTA, MAINE.
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Senator Stewards Bill TO Prevent Cruel
ty to Animals.
West Point Echo. ]

West Point Echo.
A bill has been introduced in the Legis
lature to prevent cruelty to animals. There
is no country in the world so much in need
of such a law, and the rigid enforcement OF
it, as this The class of people dealing with
stock, whose natural instincts are british,
should have rigid law to enforce humane
treatment to dumb brutes. Mr. Bergh, the
kind hearted man of New York, some ten
or twelve years age, had such law passed
by the Legislature of New York, and then
organized, in the city of New York, a socie-
ty to prevent cruelty to animals, and erected
one Of the handsomest buildings in the city
for this society. In his humane work he
has spared no one from the rigid enforce
ment of the law-the high and the low, the
rich and the poor, have had TO pay the pen
altIes of the law, under his enforcement of
it Street car companies. large corporations,
where hundreds of horses are required for
business, have found that they will not be
spared by him. He reports any man for
ill-treatment to stock-driving or riding
poor animals, whipping them or overlooking
them, and by the lash force them to draw
the load under the strain Of every muscle,
until their blood-vessels are almost bursted
This il what is termed cruelty to animals;
and how often do we see it every day Of our
lives, and take no notice Of it, and it il one
of the great causes of the present impOTer-
iahment Of our country. II the money was
I'm che handsof the people. which has been
paid ont for mules TO the West by the in
humane treatment Of the laborers Of this
country, che South would be In q good con-
ditio1 to-day.
Let i become every mans buiness 70 Ee-
port cruelty 70 animals and you win have
p0od stock "a the country.
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THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
The Great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Statesman, HOratiO Seymour.

WHAT THE NEW YORK HERALD SAYS.
New York Herald, 18th.
New York is a doubtful State. Whether
the Republicans can carry it with any can
didate, even the strongest they could nomi-
nate, depends on the wisdom or folly of the
Democrats in selecting their standard
bearer Against Mr.. Tilden almost any
popular Republican candidate would have
reasonable hopes. But suppose the Demo.
cratic candidate should be Horatio Sey-
mour? We do not in the least doubt the
sincerity of Mr.. Seymour's reluctance; but
there is a growing conviction in the Demo
cratic party that he ought TO be its candi-
date. So strong a pressure may be brought
to bear upon him that he will be induced to
yield. He Is tie most popular and respected
Democrat IN the State Of New York, the most
71optlar and respected Democrat IL the United
,Hates. If he could be prevailed on to be
the candidate the whole face Of the stu
alton would be changed. He would reunite
the Democratic party ofthe State thoroughly
and heartily, and would arouse a fervor of
spontaneous enthusiasm which would cleo
trify the Democratic party. Whatever may
be thought of Mr.. Seymour by Republicans,
he is unquestionably the most popular, the
most beloved, the most venerated citizen Of
the Democratict party, especially in the
State Of New York, where he is so well
known and so highly honored. The Demo
cratic party would go wild and crazy in its
loving enthusiasm for such a candidate if he
would but consent to run. Now, supposing
the ardent Democratic hopes to be realized,
what chance would the Republicans have of
carrying New York and electing the Presi-
dent? What Republican candidate that
could be ptted against Mr.. Seymour could
have any hope of carrying New York, this
doubtful and pivotal State
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Woman's Ways.

The Princess Louise makes excellent
bread says the Boston Post. Nothing new
Everybody knows she IS high bred lady.
One of the prettiest girls in Washington
is Senator Carpenters daug litter. One would
expect her to be saw-ter plane, somehow.
Perhaps, says the Birmingham Hawkeye.
it has never occurred to you, woman, that
you might wear q small hat and carry your
umbrella to the theatre. Then You would
be more comfortable, and the stage would
be quite as Invisible to the half-doZcn peo-
pie sitting behind you.
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Hon. S. S. Calhoon
Edwards Bulletin.

JUDGE 5. :. CALHooN has already been
spoken of very favorably our next Supreme
Judge. He would make an admirable and
an excellent one; in fact, within our &C
quaintance over the State, We couldn't Sc
lect man who we think would reflect
more credit on the position than he. He is
a man second in ability as lawyer to none,
in our opinion, and is a gentleman of varied
and extensive attachments, cultivated and
refined in the highest degree.
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From the Coast.

A private letter from the Sea Coast says
''There is little doing just now in the
milling line. The rivers are yet low and nc
logs coming down. The mills have plenty
of orders and if the logs could be had bust
ness would be booming. Our people are sat
isfied with Gen. George as Senator but
would have been great deal better pleased
if Rarksdale had received the appointment.
His action in Withdrawing for the sake OF
preserving harmony and unity in the party
was noble and selfsacrifcing in the extreme.p
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Grand Jurors U. s. District Court.

The following are the names of the Grand
Jurors of the U. S. District Court, now in
session in this city:
Jno. Robinson, Foreman II. II. Hines,
Clerk; Jos. NJ. Jayne, ST., Jno. T. Buck,
Jno. Hart, R. H. Reeves, II. T. Baily, Sam
Davidson, Oliver Barrett, A. l.. Bronson,
R. A. Walker, B. F. Meese, w. f. Yaneey,
w. D. Gordon, J. F. Battley, VIM. Terry,
Jr, and James Atkinson.
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Frequently Married.
AN ILLINOIS MAN WITH SEVERAL MORE
-.-Iz-I-. IL TIL. I = nLl-s

AN ILLINOIS MAN WITH SEVERAL MORE
WIVES THAN THE LAW ALLOWS.
\ Bloomington (Illinois) special says
George Franklin Fauiks was arrested yes
terday at Springfield for bigamy. A year
ago he married Ida Sairdge, daughter of a
widow IN Clinton, H., brought he here, and
deserted her 1t has since appeared that
Faulks has wife in Auburn, one near
Champaign, one at Williams, one at Win
terset. Iowa, and, it is believed, one at Har
ri.bnrg, Pa, where lie has been wanted for
forgery, arson, etc, for some years. lie is
thirty-fye, and good looking. He was ar
rested by the bloomington police, at his
fathers house, in Springfield
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slowly but Steadily.
Philadelphia Ledger.l

Slowly, but surely, women are gaining
new privileges or rights" bat it is curious
to note with what conservative care ad
vances are made It is said that women
are to be admitted now to the Royal Acad-
envy, Great Britain, but they are to be sub
ject to certain disabilities, in that they are
not to vote and are not TO attend the annual
banquet. The voting privilege should, oil
course, 20 along with active membership in
any society or corporation, and as for BAN
quets, woEaen should always attend them,
iffor no other purpose than to keep the
men true 10 themselves. But it is very sell
dom that women are allowed to bound at
one step 10 the exclusive levels occupied BY
men.
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Exodus News.
t. Louis Globe-Democrat, 23d.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 23d.
The Colored Refugee Relief Board yester-
day superintendent the departure of eighty
cofored people from Covington, Mississippi,
bound for Harvey County, Kansas.
Advices from Essaquena and Greenville,
Holmes and Washington Counties, Missis-
sippi, announce that large bodies of emil
grants are on the way. They are mostly
supplied with through tickets to Kansas.
There are twenty destitute negroe fami-
lies in the city depending upon the charita-
bic for support.
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NEW VEGETABLES A s.
-lNTHWI CERELl

JAMES J. II. GREGORY.
Janl4-febI-23. Marblehead Mass