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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Hon. ]. F. II. Claiborne.
Natchez Democrat. I


We had yesterday the pleasure of meet
ing in this city with Col. J. F. II. Claiborne,
who, althous h he is known by reputation to
almost every man, woman and child in this
community, has been, by his retiring habits
and manners, almost stranger personally
to most of our people. There is not prob
ably in the South single individual who
is more more thoroughly conversant with
the history of every family in the Southern
States, or who knows more of the local his
tory of Southern communities, yet strange
to say Col Claiborne has for years so lived
among his books that he has become almost
stranger among the men of the present
generation. Whilst he viii live in posteri-
ty by the influence of his flowing and grace
full pen, he has become by his retiring dis
position almost a stranger in the county of
his birth The history of Mississippi which
will soon be published by the CLARION
office at jackson will be a monument to Col
Claiborne's memory, which will embalm
him in the recollection of the people of his
native State. and will place him in the front
rank of the sons of the State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

Marriage OF DR. J. D. GRIrT1rH.-we elm
IN. Inc following from the Kansas City Journal Of
tio Tnasoe ana elegant wedding cards ofinvita-
G Gu are out to the marriage Of Miss saii;e
Uonilngo and DR.: D. Griffith, Of our civ f1
soc;ayy rom rom mississippi. A matter Of gTeafe7
p?iai interest to large number f Friends IL
.nIs CITY ana Independence has NOT for n -
sine occurred Miss Comingo is n voInS- Iolis
PObIS1essing many Of the lovely attributes a1S
t no.ts 4Aahties which form the highest 49, ~
ii ~ ue "omaniy character and Is not oDiyy, 81
cirnIo ~ tsocieiy but an ornament to the homo
IIiIcle' the only child, she has in her f. 49,
boio.s,J All ner life reigRed supreme LOVING ana
his ray,.. ~. Uriloth IS southern gentleman
u us e Putatton IN his profession enviobIa ~
ff u9ure taiTl his friends numerous. and bis
T FL.us 9riIllant career almost a certot,1 ~
rus Ven suited, this couple begin life toa.tR
mon TN . 81 mat ls bright and fair the eere
aIony VIII De performed at the Presb,-tSrio-.
J aVfea ~ Independence, at O'clock Rednes-
uay !AlterRoon, and afterwards an eIesoyt
Sepslon A. the residence Of the bFide's 1o-,t5
i've o,o nIhnoelpendenee, from half-past three 10
dse CLOCK special train for he @ccoT,a ~
I noslon u guests from here, will run IN ~
O'Clock. pehdence at I
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
The Senatorial Contest.

The Pamela Star advocated the nomi-
nation of Gen. Walthall, but its fair
minded editor, Mr.. Bonner, is generous
enough to pay this tribute to one of his
competitors. 1t is appreciated:
Although Hon. Ethel Barksdale was I'M
successful in his candidacy for United States
Senator, he emerged from the long contest
nobly and honorably. Hewa not defeated.
On the contrary he lead on the last ballot of
the caucus as he did on nearly all the pre-
ceding ballots. Major Barksdale's letter of
withdrawal is as patriotic and unselfish as
that of Gen. WaIthall.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
The Great Southern Trunk Road.


The Illinois Central Railroad, it is
announced, has finally and definitely
purchased the New Orleans, St. Louis
and Chicago Railroad, the stock of the
latter Company to be retired and the
stockholders to receive one share of
the Illinois Central stock for every two
shares Of their holding. The Public
says: 'The purchased Company runs
from New Orleans, La, via jackson,
Miss, to Cairo, ILL.,, where it joins the
Illinois Central line. 1t has also a
branch from Durant, Miss, to Koscius-
ko, Miss, and another from Grenada,
Miss, to Memphis. Tenn, and has
length of over $50 miles. The Illinois
Central Road runs from Cairo, H., to
Chicago, H., with branches from Cen
tralia, H., to Sioux City, Ia, and from
Cedar Falls, Ia, to Mona, Ia, and is
over 100 miles in length. The consol-
idated road will consequently have
mileage of oyer 100 miles 1t traver-
ses Iowa eastwardly across the entire
State, and Illinois lin two brapehes),
Tennessee and Mississippi southerly
through their centres, passing through
portions of Kentucky and Louisiana,
and extends from Sioux City and Chic
ago, north, to New Orleans on the
south via Dubuque, Cairo, Memphis,
jackson and other important points,
forming strong rival 10 the new Louis
vile Il Nashville combination for
through Southern business
Another statement contradicts the
foregoing report as to the consolidation
of these two great lines.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Secretary of Agriculture.

A subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Agriculture in the United
States House of Representatives yester.
day, submitted to the full Committee a
rough draft of substitute for Mr..
Muldrow's bill making the Commissioner
Of Agriculture a Cabinet officer. 1t
provides for Secretary of Agriculture,
and includes in his department a bureau
of forestry and an investigation of vet
Urinary diseases.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Gold and Silver Coinage.

We learn from Washington that the
House Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures have agreed to report ia
vorably the Warner bill, which provides
for free coinage of gold and silver, and
for the issue of certificates ON deposits
of gold and silver bullion, and making
such certificates legal tenders for all
purposes. The bill also prohibits any
further issue of national bank notes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Hon. Van. H. Manning.

The Washington City Gazette, of the 25th,
says: We are glad to note that General
Walker, the Superintendent of the Census,
has adopted the suggestion of Representa-
tive Van Manning, of Mississippi, given
publicity in the Gazette, to the effect that in
preparing the labor statistics of the South
the figures in reference to the proportion of
cotton raised by the whites and blacks in
that section shall be SO tabulated as to ena-
bic the people to decide as TO which race
shows the fndustEious habits and upon the
labor of which race depends the success of
the cottan culture of the South.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

MONDAY, February 2, 1850.
The following cases were affirmed:
1858. Elk parte, j. W. Gore.
32Il. Changers Life and Health Insurance
Company vs.. Mary w Brown
3212 {. G. Dibrell VS.. W A. Daniel
The following cases we're reversed and re-
manded: '
Zi98. Thos. y. Davis VS.. H. G.. Avent
'1'o' =; >. MoCaIl' guard'n n, etc. VS.. j. W.
3Zl8- James X. Wilson VS.. Sarah Jones.
3Z82 }. {. Kuykendall VS. Perkins n Jones.
"io0' y. d. brldRes VS.. X. +. Holloway. Dis
missed Accuse. record rms NOT made on
eseording to RUE 4 Of his Court
1z3S. David Lake vs.. City Of Aberdeen Re
versed and dismissed
SIT Z. d. Kelly vs.. n. ID. Brooks ct AL
Affirmed aud remandad
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
The National Democratic Executive
Committee.

A call has been issued for meeting
of this Committee at Washington City,
on Monday, February 23d. 1t will de-
termine the time and place of holding
the next Democratic National Coneen-
ton. E. Barksdale, the member from
Mississippi, has requested Hon. A. B.
Hart, of Winona, who is temporarily
residing in Washington, to act as his
nroxv
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

LAST Sunday morning the residence Of
M Noah Outlaw, near Baldwin, was en-
tered by burglars. A trunk containipe,
S585.OO in gold and $1,000 in silver. and
S3oOo.OO in greenbacks, with about $1,000 Op
III confederate money was taken from the
room IN which Mr.. Outlaw and two chill
dFen We're sleeping. The trunk was after
wards found empty, about one hundred
yards from the house. No clue has vet
been obtained as 10 who is the thief
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
The soon-to-Be Vacant Judgeship.
JANUARY. 80. 1880.

January, 80, 1880. q
EDITORS CLARION the election of
Judge George to the Senate of the United
States being an accomplished fact, the ques-
tion at once comes up, who shall succeed
him on the Supreme Bench While this
election did not fill the expectations and
earnest wishes of the vast majority of the
people of South Mississippi, yet We heartily
acknowledge the fitness of Judge George for
the exalted position. His prominence in
1875, as representative man of this State,
in the downfall of the aliens, is peculiarly
marked and we feel assured that he will
never go back on his splendid record. We
also believe that he will always bow to the
will of his constituents, distinctly expressed
through the Legislature, coming AT least
from the house OF his friends. 5
Who shall be his successor on the Bench?
South Mississippi asks, and is certainly en-
titled to the appointment and confirmation
of a representative man of this District.
We have many men who could fill the place
with credit 10 themselves and honor to the
State; aud while | would not discaim
against any, there are two names that occur
4
District; men too, who, for judicial learn
ing, practice in all the departments of the
profession, age, and business experience
stand vastly ahead of all Others ! refer 10
Judge II. f. Simrall and Hon. BENZ. King
1t may be said that
JUDGE sIMRALL
now resides in Vicksburg and is, therefore
not of the Second District, but he is rep
resentative man of this portion of the State.
Here, even in the extreme Southwestern
part of the State, is the scene of his early
labors aud legal triumphs, and all of his as
sociations in the law peculiarly attach him
to us.
Who stands ahead of him in legal learn
ing, and as clear logical thinker, and phiso-
logical lawyer? We want no precedent
hacks-no lawyer, who is unable to look
beyond the cases, none who plant themselves
immovaby upon the doctrine of stare de
cisis.
But if he is not acceptable, the other is
/ fully and wholly man of US and with us,
/ HON. BENZ. KING,
now of the State Senate, as member for
+ Claiborne and Copiah. a lawyer of twenty
/ five years practice in all departments of the
law; thorough reader, a profound thinker,
a splendid business man, general legal
mind of the first class, and one of the best
/ constitutional lawyers of the country his
| age, position, and ability mark him for the
| place.
/ | have heard others of our lawyers named,
/ gentlemen of ability, fine character and
good lawyers, but Judge Simrall and Col.
King stand out certainly as peculiarly fitted
to the place. No man In Mississippi would
come nearer filling the seat to be vacated by
Judge George, in every respect, than Col.
+ King. Yours,
SECOND DISTRICT.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
The Condition Of The Negro Emf.
grants in Kansas.

The Chicago Times publishes a very plain
tive letter from Gov. st. John, of Kansas 70
Il. n. Rust. ef Chicago. relative TO the con-
dition OF the negroes i'm that State. kansas.
be complains. Is oVerrun with negroes. and
there Is not only no room for more but some
o. those already there must be got rid OF.
The kreedmen's Relief Association han
taken this matter I'm hand and shfpped aev-
erai carloads Of negroes to the African
cline % Nebraska and Iowa. What Gov.
g. John wants Illinois 10 do Is ID subscribe
30 900 for the support 0f these negroes IN
iAe9Aaes ana e take q nv thousand of them
Of les hands and care f6x them. -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

Mr.. THOMAS A. MCWILLIE-Mr Nc
w lille, of Kinds ran ahead of his ticket
before the people, and it was generally I'M
derstood that many Greenbackers and indie
pendents voted for him on account of his
being thought a fair man. They are re-
GREETING their votes, and will proceed to
lock the stable now that the horse is stolen
Mr.. McWillie's record is becoming rough
and ragged He votes with the extremists,
etc.-Independent.
True enough, Mr.. Melville received
the votes of numerous Greenbackers
and Independents, but they were a trib-
ute to his capacity as legislator and
worth as a man. They involved no sac
rifce of his position as a Democratic
nominee and advocate of Democratic
principles. Nor has he cast vote in
consistent with the declarations made
in his canvass. Our friends of the OPP
position who voted for him will have no
cause to regret their choice unless they
expect him to prove untrue to the party
which nominated him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
The Census Supervisors.

The appointments of the President
have hung fire in the Senate. The list
is undergoing thorough overhauling
by subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee. The Washington Post says that
so far Mr.. Hayes has withdrawn but
three of the $50 names sent in-one for
each of the States of Indiana, North
Carolina and Mississippi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

OUR readers have seen that Mr.. Van
Manning has introduced bill in Con
gress providing that the number of Jus
tees of the United States Supreme
Court shall consist of twenty-one mem
bers, divided into three divisions, and
be presided over by Chief Justice and
TWO Assistant Chief Justices, to be ap-
pointed by the President from the As
sociate Justices. 1t is plain that some
such expedient will have to be resorted
to before many wears.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

A DISPATCH states that Gen Malone,
United States Senator-elect from Vir-
ginia, has announced that he would
support Blaine or Conkling for Presi-
dent; but the New York Herald pub
fishes an interview with the General in
which he denies ever having said any
thing of the kind. He is a Democrat.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Water Valley Central
Representative Christmas.

Dr. Henry Christmas. Democratic -.
Der Of the House on Repreeenfatives g.. n.
county OF Holmes, while on short Iasva ~ n
absence, gave US pleasant call. The n,, =.
eor has the interest Of his constitnenta ~. Is
heart and viii leave no proper stone &
g M1en saeh turning win tend "a serva 49,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Tun Lint f,o.an;ttaa &c tho sanato

The Joint Committee of the Senate
and House to consider the question of
calling a Constitutional Convention,
have submitted two reports to the Leg
islature one favorable to, and the other
against, the proposed Convention. We
publish this morning the report in favor
Of the Conyention, and tomorrow viii
give tie other side Of the question,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

THE report Of the New Orleans Lao
Supervisors of Steamboats, shows that
during the past year not single death
was occasioned by steam explosion, a
fact unprecedented in the history of Mis-
sissippi steamboat navigation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
REPORTED by c. C. CAMPBELL.

REPORTED BY C.. C. CAMPBELL.
MONDAY, January y, 1850
The following cases were affirmed:
320l. n. r. Sledge, VS. y. r. Boone Cd. al.
affirmed aud remandcd for answer
3244. John Davis, VS. Hall g. Benson. re-
versed aud new trial granted
32Sl. Elk Parte, A. T. Wimberlv: reversed
aud relatOr discharged
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

WE should very much dislike to lose the
very efficient services of Judge Calhoon-
we should greatly regret it, indeed-but if
he should be appointed, and Samuel NJ.
shelton, Esq, should succeed him on the
bench of this Circuit Court district, we
should be entirely satisfied, and the public
interests would not suffer. We do not pro-
pose to get up Calhoon and Shelton boom
not at all-but we do propose to say that
Calhoon and Shelton would be a mighty pop
ular ticket for the Second District Of Kinds,
though the district may be considered "out-
side Of the United States Kinds Count
Gazette.
And this reminds us that there is stih
another gentleman who, in the qualifi-
cations requisite to a Supreme Judge,
Is second to no other man of the Missis-
sippi Bar. We allude to David Shell
ton. of jackson.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

SENATOR FERRY, ofMichigan, has in
troduced joint resolution into Con-
gress, declaring that suffrage shall not
be withheld from any one ON account Of
sex, or any cause that does not apply to
all citizens of the United States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

THE Trustees of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College ask for S65,000 to put
the institution in efficient operation, and
$50 900 for the year 1881. A bill apPropri-
ating these amounts was introduced in the
House yesterday by Mr.. Featherston, and
referred to a special committee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Hon. A. G. Mayors.

IupeIo Journal.
Judge A. G. Mayors, of Brandon, one of
the ablest lawyers and purest and best men
IN the State, we are glad to notice is being
prominently spoken of as as the proper man
Bench.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

MosT of the 1000 national banks
now in existence were organized under
the act Of 1864, and their charters run
for twenty years from the date Of their
formation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

WE are rejoiced at the prospect of
the passage of the bill to provide for the
education of State Cadets at Pass Chris
tan. The highest duty of the State
owes to the rising generation is to afford
them equal educational facilities with
those afforded by other States. Unless
she does, she cannot expect to keep pace
with the others in the march ofimprove-
ment The scheme we are advocating
will supply what all admit, is absolute
ly requisite to a properly adjusted edu-
cational system.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
MARRTHn

of the brds &. the residence
End Of January 1850 BY Rev 'ffrf y on the
Fanni mr. = a McClintock. Of sailis to Nm
- oN,AiRn-C oNEoRT-At the res;5.
ss s. brides father Mr. D. B. Com ffeStaenee Of
ar ar 81 saIaanary 1850 BY Rev j. Il. 6Ierspe
Miss Nary &. Comfo~t " ~ y mphis, Tenn %
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

THE lower House of Congress has
passed bill granting a pension to the
widow of Lieutenant Benner, the officer
who volunteered for perilous service
agoinst the yellow fever in the South,
and lost his life, 1t is to be hoped that
the bill will not fall short of final pass
ape
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
The Killing of Stock by Railroads.

The following note explains itself, and we
take great pleasure in publishing it, and
adding that the road over which Mr.. Clarke
presides, and also the V and VI road, have
always shown a just disposition in set
Ting for stock killed:
JACKSON, Jan. Both, 1880.
EDITORS CLARION: In to-day's Clarion
don't think the marked article is worded
fairly. You say the two roads pay half OF
the fair valuation of stock killed. We pay
half the assessed value for stock killed,
which is much more than the stock is assess
ed at for taxation purposes. As a general
rule the amount we pay for stock killed is
nearly, if not quite, the full cash value
stock killed or damaged.
Yours truly,
J. C. CLARKE,
Gen'l Manager.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
Warren Circuit Court,

FIChsUuTg OOhmeFclaI
The circuit court will conclude its Ia
bors Saturday. Through the efforts of
Judge Young, Judge Mayors and District
Attorney Fitzgerald, the docket of this
court is about cleared I'D.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

THE preference of the Republican
members of the New York Legislature
on the Presidential nomination has been
obtained, and it stands:
OF "a Senators, II are for Grant, l for
Sherman, for Grant or Blaine, and IL are
non-committal.
OF the Assemblymen, 43 are for Grant
IA for Blaine, for Sherman, 4 for Conk-
ling, for Garfield, while is would not
commit themselves.
The indications all point to the nomi
nation of Gen. Grant, and the leaders
of the Democratic party would act
wisely to make such disposition of their
forces as the grave emergency de-
mands.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

IL the lower house of Congress, on
the DIST, Mr. Herndon, Of Alabama,
presented IA memorial of the National
Cotton Exchange, for the appointment
of a commission of entomologists to in
vestigate the origin and habits Of the
cotton worm, with view to preventing
its ravages upon the cotton crop. The
memorial embodies a statement of the
per centage of the crop that has been
destroyed in the last few years past by
the ravages Of the insect. The loss is
immense.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

As pertinent to the bill introduced
in the Senate by Mr.. Brown, of Clarke,
we have reproduced from a New Orleans
journal, an article in reference to the
New Orleans and Meridian Railroad.
Mr.. Browns bill proposes to amend the
charter of that company.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
English Immigration.

In explanation of the fact that large
number of English farmers are prepar-
ing to remove to the United States,
an intelligent Englishman says ::
The best land of England is now, as it
has been for years, held by the gentry
Such land as they can do without-that
they do not wish TO preserve for hunt
ing purposes or their own farms-they
rent to tenants. These tenants are
generally men whose fathers and grand
fathers have rented and cultivated the
same lands. With them the task has
been one of constant effort to make bad
landsproductive. The contest has been so
laborious that men are living who know
that the tenants are no better off now
than they were forty years ago. Some
of them are poorer 1t has always been
my belief that to spend money and labor
on bad land that was not naturally pro-
ductive at the first must end in loss.
We have been thinking of emigration
for years. Still, we hesitated to break
up our homes, hoping that in time our
landlords would reduce their rents, that
the crops would improve, or that other
circumstances would make the outlook
brighter ne have found that in re-
cent years that while We could raise
good crops of straw we could not pro-
duce large kernels of grain, and that in
spite of all our efforts our grain was
smaller and our labor was becoming less
remunerative"
TO the English farmers who have led
lives of depression and have wrung THEN
scanty subsistence from a barren soil,
which cost them dearly, such States as
Mississippi, with her fertile soil and
Astounding resources, would be land
fowingwith milk and honey.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04

AuousrA, jan. "a.


Special 70 the n 0. Times.l
special from Madison says At the in
stance Of Mayor Thomson, Two emigrans
acents-windley and Huges-were arrested
today. charged with encouraging emigration
from this State TO Mississippi
The law defines that emigrant agents shail
nav a tax Of so for carrying on such busl-
ness. These ents were subjected to trlai
aud End in The aggregate SlS3: Evidence
sho ved that these agents had made quite an
inroad into the working class Of the com
mrnitv causing scores of violations Of con-
tracts between farmers and their Il borers-
Our Legislature nj eht do the State service
BY enacting Il law similar to the one N oper-
alton 10 Georgia. Indeed, the Georgja law
nigh; be improved amen by inserting a6lause-
providing for the recovery Of heavy damages
from anv citizen Of the State " no might be
convicted of the offenss Of -ecoying a tenant
or laborer from the premises Of any land
holder. after contract had been signed be
tween the parties.-Chiekasaw Messenger.
The bill introduced by Senator Jack
son, which has been so consciously com
mented upon by some of our contem
poraries. Is patterned after the Georgli
law above mentioned.