The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-07-14

!. uizht Kept many away who wished 20 40
, tend and in order to give them an oppor
tunity, Mr.. Potter decided to defer the lee
ture.
= The merchants and bushes, men @
Jackson held meeting Monday, "a repor
Of which l. published clsewhere,) 10 devil,
ways and means Of protection against ex
tortionate charges by railroads for shipping
cotton. \ committee was appointed to cor
respond with the Railroads-al-o one to
consider the practicability Of establishing a
Board Of Trade. There viii be another
meeting on the 26th inst.
The concert given in aid Of the Irish
sufferers, under the direction Of the IIiber-
mans, on Thursday last, was in all respects
financially and in point Of excellence and
pleasure, a perfect success. Upwards Of
$3.50 90 was realised. The concert was the
/ finest performance by amateurs it has ever
been our pleasure 10 witness. All the par
Elephants, who kindly offered their services
won the appreciation Of the large audience.
! Our enterpri-ing druggists, Hunter &
Harrington inform Us that they have made
arrangements to supply the citizens or Jack
son with water from Coopers Well. 1t
Will he brought fresh every Monday, and
will be sold by the glass, con ice" or in
quantities to snit. This arrangement
brings this excellent water within reach of.
every one, and its medicinal qualities are
too well-known to need further comment at /
our hands
Some Of our towns and cities are rails
ing howl over the way the census was
taken. The Vicksburg papers charge open
violation of the law and inexcusable neg
Iect on part Of some Of the census takers IN
that city. Though disappointed somewhat
at the result in this city the character and
recognized integrity Of the gentlemen in
charge OF the work precludes even the pos
sibility Of a suspicion of neglect or fraud.
We hope our neighbors will get their just
descrts
-Eliza Piuk-ton, the notorious Louisiana
negress, who figured conspicuousIy before
Radical investigating committees, and was
a valuable witness before the fraudulent
electoral commission of 1876, has been in
this city for a few days past, and has been +
the object of considerable notice. The idea
we had formed from reading 50 much of her, q
was that she was a large, handsome mulat- !
to. educated and wel-dressed, but instead q
we found the loquacious Eliza to be a short, |
fat, shabbjly~dressed, old black woman, bare +
footed and dirty.
Friday evening, July 9th, was the
scene of the most joyous festivity at the
e
in many a day. Ii was the birthday party I
Of little Miss Anna Belle; and her numer- 7
lus little friends had been invited to meet "
ler. and partake of her inequalities Not 81
e,s than one hundred and fifty little girls g
md boys, decked and adorned for the occa~ u
ion. were out in their glorious beauty and 7'
ovclness; and from to 10 p. NJ, the fes-
ivities were kept up. Nothing had been ?
eft undone to contribute to the enjoyment
f the little ones, and all went merry as a
marriage bell b.
Henry Barnes (col.) to whom suspicion n,
ointed as the murderer of Mr.. Boyle, at B
'ugaloo, two weeks since, was arrested, and W
he attention of the Grand Jury called to his
ase, but there being no convincing evidence '
gainst him he was released 1t was sus-
ected that Barnes Boyle, and another man
al planned to throw the south-bound pass
anger train from the track. and during the -;
likely to follow, to rob the passen- W
ers, and also the depot house, (of which our AZ
,rmer townsman, Mr. James Galceran, is
irector,) and that Boyle having lost courage II
efore the time for action arrived, was es
He'd by his co-conspirators Investigation, II
s we have said above resulted in his re- co
'ase. Go
One OF the most brutal and hellish NJ
-imes that has ever darkened the criminal nidi
cords Of our State, was the murder of Mr.. CO
Il Hill, 4 respectable and well-to-do al al
anter. by Henry Washington. negro boy III
10 wears, in the Mississippi Springs
miles from Jackson, on ~,
ridav last. The negro who was at time
the tragedy in Mr.. Hills employ, was on on
cused by the latter Of stealing. Nothing
rther was thought of the circumstance by
r. II. until next day when he saw Wash
eton approaching him with gun, and be -
re he'could speak to him or say word, ito
ceived the contents Of both barrels of the ers
IN in his breast Death was isstsntane- ia
5. Washington escaped and is still at ,ai
rye, but diligent efforts are being made
r his capture. He ought to swing.
Have the fires of patriotism, which
eled the veins of our foTefathers, and IN. Ing
ired them to wondrous deeds Of vaior "a nil
e great struggle which gave America its BILE
edom. and wrote Columbias name in let aSt
5 of blood and fire upon the worlds his ais
" in characters undying and immoyable H'o
the everlasting hills-have they, we ask, tho
We these holy fires been forever extin- ma ma
ished, and do We stand confessed untrue hun
d faithess to the dearest, holiest princi- to
5 and traditions of this dear land OF ours Ere
rish the thought! No. never-hardl-!. dte
e great American eagle shall still soar Va,
1T. high and still higher. Proud bird,
IT our fathers and foIefathers worshiped
tn an Eastern devotion, thou shall not be NJ
fled We still bow with holy reverence I
the alter Of patriotism, liberty and s
nerican. But what cal We 90 at the 7
,sent crisis, viz the American eagles bel
.ich have faithfully stood, like the SEN Hu
eel at the gate of Pompeii, guarding our the
tie Capitol, have been stripped of their inc
den plumage and Invested Of all their des
1itional glory. In short, the painters AH'
. have tt~7en repsiriHg the Capitol, made a..
=. buzzards or hawks, out of our eagles D..
,,sintieg them bi%@@k' x
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CoLLEGE.-Cien- y u T
! saws of Rev. Prof Thos. Ward White o.,
ne who was true to our cause to the very con
can be trusted any,ehers and ought to lars
- bo,ored ereruaphere" erei
tiers