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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

AT the instance of the Railroad cor.
porations, Mr.. George T. Curtis, a law
yer of some distinction in New York
city, has replied to the letter of Judge
Black on the subject of the right of the
State to control Railroads. Whether
right or wrong, the power is being as
serted in many of the States. That the
strongest arguments on both sides of this
important question may be weighed, We
will publish the letter of Mr.. Curtis in
our next number.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

TIE Mississippi River Improvement
Committee of the House has instructed
Mr.. Gibson to report a bill providing
only 1,S00. 900 for the improvement Of
the river. This is 81, 200. 600 less than
the sum called for by the Mississippi
River Commission; and Gen. Gibson
who has change Of the measure, has no
doubt reduced the demand, on the prin-
ciple that half loaf Is better than no
bread.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
A Vile Scheme

THE SCHEME To SEND A COLONY OF Hr.,sr.
TO NEW MEXICO DENOUNCED BY pArrrrs
WHO VISITED THE PROPOSED IorarTrt-
NEW YORK, Dec. 19,-Todav's Tr.bpo,
publishes an interesting interview Mill,
George w. Williams, colorod member ~
the Ohio legislature, who recently returrej
from New Mexico where he went 10 inv
tigate the proposed scheme to promote Inn
exodus of Southern blacks to the ~sb1.ri.,-
Martin land grant in that territory uud.-
the auspices of the New York Land .e3cl.s
Williams warns ms race against The scheme
and presents letters from Gov. Lew Wal
lace and Bradford Prince Chief Justice Do
New Mexico, in support Of his evident s,r,.
viction that it is simply selfish speculation.
which must result in disaster tG those WHO
trust it-at least in It's present shape
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The Day We Celebrate.

Say what We may, the event of the
day we are about celebrating CHRIST
MASS the greatest in the worlds
history. Even he who is so unfortunate
as to be an unbeliever finds in the
advent Of Jesus an influence which has
more profoundly and favorably affected
the destinies of mankind than any other
event which history records; and the
believer finds in the birth of the Son of
God the pledge Of eternal reconciliation
between the human will and the
Divine. The eye of faith sees in the
star of Bethlehem the light that guides
through the dark and stormy scenes of
this world to the life and hope beyond
the portals Of the grave. The true
Christian recognizes in the precepts and
the examples Of Jesus Of Nazareth the
forces from which mankind are drawing
their noblest forms of energy and on
which the world depends for its nearest
approaches to perfectibility. The Chris
tian derives encouragement in the re-
Election that if the nineteenth century
has questioned more boldly than its
predecessors the truths Of the religion
which the Savior was the author, at no
time has there been nearer approach
to the true brotherhood of man, in
feeding the hungry, clothing the naked
and lifting the burdens from the
shoulders Of the weary and heavy
laden.
The readers of THE CLARION will ac-
cept its compliments of the season" in
the fullest sense. May this be TO them
merry Christmas" May joy, peace
and charity abound in their hearts.
1t is fitting that every one should think
less Of self and more of others on the
day which commentaries the birth OF
Him who died to redeem world and
from whose nature all selfseeking was
eliminated
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
1he Grnnt Pension Schcme.
(Mo) Democrat

Sedalia (Mo) Democrat
If the great national pauper, Grant, has
to be pensioaed, pension him according To
the proprieties. DO not brcYet him duke,
or don, or commandante, nor yet marshal
or lord high constable, OF captain general .
but pay him without a title and turn him
loose to roam at will and pranco in with the
band wagon again at the next grand Radical
hippOdroming season, four years hence But
do Democratic Congressman seriously mean
to vote any more money into Grants pocket
or any additional houors upon his head3
If they do each should be branded S ON the
forehead and the world should know that
this stood for slave.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The Kellogg Case-Putting it Right.

There seems to be some probability that
the Senate viii yet do tardy justice to the
people OF Louisiana by bouncing the infa-
nous, usnrping Kellogg and admitting their
rightful representative to the seat which he
disgraces in that body. The Democratic
party needs stalwart members who, when
convinced that they are right, will 90
straight ahead, without stopping to consider
what the opposition is going to say about it.
The Republican party owes its salvation,
to-day, to the pronounced stalwartness of its
leadership, while the Democratic party is
threatened with dissolution on account of
the entire absence of that quality in its
management.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Judge CalhOOn aud District-Attorney
FOOte.
Yazoo Herald1

The circuit court of Yazo5 county adj
journed on Wednesday last, after session
ofabout four weeks duration. Judge Cali
hOon is one Of the best men that ever Oecu-
pied seat on the bench OF this district
He is clear-headed, able, and true Us the Nee
die to the pole, to the spirit of justice Dis
trict Attorney Foote well performed bis du-
ty in looking after the interests Of the State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
slacktwisted Democracy.
Port Gibson ReveilIe.l

Slacktwisted Democracy is just now ram
bling around playing "poor puss wants q
CORNER" That sort of Democrats are aiap-
ted TO sunshine, and, as the clouds are low
ering upon our house just now we shall eN-
pect to hear Of them dancing in tho marble
halls Of Radicalism. The Natchez Demo
crat has already discovered that the priuci-
pies of the Radical party and those oil the
old Wing party arc the same ID may be
SO, but it is nevertheless true, that the man
illness Of the old Wing party had ND resem-
biance to radicalism. Spare the old party
from, sugb ebo,oo
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

SINCE Gen. o. o. Howard of Freed
mems Savings Bank robbery has beer
put in command at West Point, the
question arises: How to protect the col
ored cadets in the possession of their
uocket money.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Southern Remuneration.

CUT T OIIICy . TO. IV77'I
In many respects the South ias shown
amazing improvement since the war; in
manufactures, in the ability Of newspapers,
some of them equal 90 anything in tho
West, and 10 their standard literature.
With their quick intelligence; fine oral0ry,
genial nature, and impressive manners, they
will not be long in the rear. And let mo
add that the more they show these gifts. the
more effective auxiliaries Of the great Dem
ocratic party they will be.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Probable Petal shooting Affair at Macon
Special to the Herald.

MACON, MISS, Dec 1s.-G. NJ billiard
was perhaps fatally shot by Elias Barton on
Ine street here this evening, The diflcultv
grew out OF the presentation of a small az.
count haFtoa assaulted billiard with q
cane, striking him on the head n nil
recovered and advanced upon his asssiIant
unarmed and under fire from Rartonss ,.;s'
toi- One shot entered the breast e,d;no,
I.In.!.0ugh, another entered the breast lodein9s
Diifard was taken offof Barton, and snrsicssi
attention rendered him. He will harIl7 re- 20.
cover. barton Is in Jail awaiting the re-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
'--'7--l7l'---7 ,
Gen. Chalmers.


Gen. Chalmers, the present member from
the 9th Mississippi District is one of the
aolest and most active Southern members
Of the House. He is deservedly popular in
and out Of Mississippi, and no intelligent
Republican who knows him or his district
can even for moment have doubted that
he is honestly the choice of a preat maiori-
ty Of its voters.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Important Discovery in Lnnderdale.
Meridian Mercury.

Mr.. Bates went out on ara exploration ex-
petition Of the IAUdcrdale hills ON Sunday
IN search of precious minerals. His scurch
was successful. He brought back speci-
men OF coal that compares fuvorably with
the best coal to be found i'm this market To
the eye and the touch it appears to surpa-s
the Montevallo. lie found il between Lau,
derdae Station and York, near Bells plat
form, on The A. G. Railroad. We have mo- par
tioulars as to the breadth and depth Of the
stratum.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The Treasury Group.
Courier Journal.

The Treasury group at Washington as
represented by John Jay Knox, John Sher-
man and Others, are bent on decreasing the
circulation Of silver even to decentralization.
and restoring the single standard, with The
consequent advance in the prices of al pro-
duets ana heavy premium on gold, with
the business of the country at the rnarc,, ia
gold and stock speculation Mr.. HAYES
outlines such programme in his mes
age.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

At the last session of the Mississippi Con-
ference, Rev. w. Z. NJ. Lnfeld, d. b., was
granted superanuated relation. DR.. Lin
neid was not present at the Conference.
HIS health has become 50 greatly impaired
that It Is feared he will never recover. This
distinguished servant of the Church will
have the prayers of many friends in his
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Robbery and Murder OF Whole Family
in Northeast Mississippi.
ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS BURNED AT
THE STAKE.

ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS BURNED AT
THE STAKE.
Special to the Picayune.1
TUPELo, Mss, Dec. 2O.-Last Saturday
night witnessed the most diabolical episode
on the history of Mississippi; that of triple
murder and the burning of the victims,
after robbipg them of the pitiful sum of $27.
1t appears that two men named Miller
called, with the pretext of desiring a nights
lodging, at the house of Mr.. Brown Riding,
who lives in Monroe county, some twenty
miles from here. Their request was granted
After retiring, the family having gone to
sleep, the men arose and by administering
chloform placed them beyond the possibility
of molesting their search for booty After
obtaining the money, cotton was spread
broadcast over the floor and bed, coaI-oil
sprinkled thereon, and that ignited; where
upon the men departed in different direo
tions. The neighbors arriving, found it
impossible to save anything After the
flames had spent their force the burned re-
mains, unacceptable, were found with
limbs burned off and otherwise disfigured.
The family consisted of Mr.. Riding, his wife
and two year old daughter. Search was
made for the perpetrators, one of whom was
overtaken some six miles from EveTgreen.
On his person was found nine dollars, Mr..
Rulings watch, a suit of clothes and boots.
de was returned to the scene of his crime,
and there, by seventy-fve resolute men,
fastened to a stake, splintered with fat pine
and permitted to die the death he had so
mercilessly melted to his benefaetors.
Search is being continued for the other
man, who will receive the same punishment
if found.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

THERE will be lively struggle for
the Judgeship of the District embraced
BY the States of Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, L ,uisiana, and Texas, vaca-
ted by the appointment of Judge Wood
to the Supreme bench.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

TBE Democrats of Boston have Just
reelected F. O. Prince Mayor of the
city and seven out of twelve aldermen.
This does not look as If the Democratic
party of tho North was dead.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

THE TATE COUNTY RECORD is a new
candidate for public favor with Mr. w.
T. Medders as editor. Senatobia is a
thriving young city, and deserves as
good paper as the initial number OF
the Record promises.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

The Senators who opposed Judge
Woods confirmation are Messrs. Bay
ard of Delaware, Williams of Kentucky
Jones of Florida, Morgan of Alabama
and Jonas of Louisiana.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

DR.. KEDzIE, the chemist of the Agri-
cultural College of Michigan, has filed
his engagement to lecture before the
pupils of the Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical College. The first of
the series, is published in the Live Stock
Journal. The lectures were remarkable
for the learning and ability of the au-
thor and their practical utility.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23


Col. A. K. MCCLURE, the distin-
guished journalist of the Philadelphia
Times, spent Monday in jackson. He
is on tour of inquiry touching the con-
dition and resources of the South, and
of his visit, nothing extenuating nor
setting down aught in malice. We
ask nothing more. Col, Mcclure
spent a day at Beauvoir with
the Ex-President of the Confeder-
ate States, Hon. Jefferson Davis,
and was delighted with the conversation
and manner of the illustrious statesman
who for so long a time bore the re-
sponsibilities of o great cause.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
| u. $. Assistant District tttOrney FOR the
North Mississippi District
Yazoo IIorald.

II. G. Niles, Esq, prominent young law
yer OF Kosciusko, and Il son Of Hon. Jason
Niles been appointed by the President III
the position of Assistant District Attorney
for the Northern District OF Mississippi. I'D
will fill the position well, as he is a man of
capacity and good lawyer. We had a- soon
see him in the position as any OF bis ppliti-
cal trlbo In the State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

OK our first page will be found a
graphic account Of the Kittie Nye, a
Pearl River steamer below Monticello.
Several passengers (among the rest our
particular friend Capt. J. J. Denson,)
narrowly escaped with their lives. The
following were the principal losers:
e. r. Dale, SO bales of cotton; f.
Pfeifcr d Co., Is bales A. Myer, II
bales j. NJ Benson & Co., 8 bales
j. j. Deason, % bales. As the boat
had been condemned, none of the cargo
was insured.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

Ii the President elect would fill the
vacancies soon TO occur on the Supreme
bench with say. Judge Thurman from
the North, and Judge Wiley P. Harris
from the South. he would go far towards
softening the asperities of politics aud
showing thatbe means to serve his coun-
try and not his party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

Col. FORNEY says in his great paper,
Progress, that in Philadelphia where
there are thousands of colored Republic
can voters "there is not a colored man
in the next Legislature, not one in the
city councils or school boards, not one
in the city trusts, not one in any of the
other departments of the city or State,
save in mental and degrading service
Over one hundred thousand persons
hold Office under the Hayes Admins
tration, and of this number not one
thousand are colored. With rare ex-
ceptions the few that get office are
appointed in the Southern States.
Among the Republicans of the North
their official presence would be a
nuisance The representatives of the
black race are to hold a National Con-
vention to protest against this treatment
by the party which makes the loudest
professions of concern about negro rights
and universal brotherhood, but it will
not avail. Here in the South, the
negro is treated with more consideration
and more justly in all the affairs of
business and of life, by his former
master, than anywhere else in the
Union.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

The BroOkhaven Democrat learns
that Hon. A. T. Magee is recovering
from the nervous debility and prostra.
ton from which he has been suffering.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The Two Brigadiers Pass the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-The Senate, in
Executive Session to-day, confirmed the
nominations of Col. w. B. Hazen as Chief
Signal Officer, with the rank of Rrigadier
General, and of Col. Nelson A. Miles as
Brigadier General.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

M X Worldl
President Hayes has "a short memory
ABOUT the solid South. Was the South sol-
~ 10Y 'Ailden IN 1865 III it was, did not
tne MRpnpl Jeans steal three Southern States
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

The Committee on Military Affairs is
considering resolution calling for the
Secretary of the Treasury to report to
the House the sums of money that have
been paid to Gen. Grant out of the pub
lie Golfers An appropriate enquiry in
view of the repeated attempts commenc-
ed in 1873, to vote him an extrayagant
life pension,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

DIR. WHIT JOHNSTON, Of this city,
was appointed by the Sanitary Council
at New Orleans, a member of the Com
mittee of seven to prepare schedule of
rules and regulations concerning matters
of quarantine and sanitation for ratifca-
ton and adoption, and as the basis of
action for the protection of the public
health.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

TIM consideration Of the electoral
count resolution, has been postponed in
the House Of Representatives until Jan,
nary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

THE speech of Senator Brown, of
Georgia, on the educational bill, humbly
confessing the deficiencies of the people
of his own section and ascribing superb
GRITTY to the New England States, has
won for him unstinted praise from
Northern Republican journals. There
was no occasion for eating this humble
pie, and belittling the people of the
South. The laudation it has elected
from the habitual slanderers of the
South, will no doubt be measured by
the disgust of the constituents whom
he has held up in such an unfavorable
light. His speech contrasts signally
with the manly arguments of Messrs.
Pugh and Morgan, of Alabama, and
Vest, of Missouri It may be states
manship to confess New England supe-
riority and extol New England ideas,
but we don't see it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

A HOPEFUL view of the situation,
coupled with some good suggestions for
making it brighter still, is presented in
the communication Of Rev c. B. Gallo
way to the Planters journal. 1t is re-
printed on our first page.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Sympathy for Ireland.

In the House of Representatives Mr..
Calkins rep, Ind.) offered the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted;
'BesoEreG, That the sympathy of this
House is hereby extended to the unhappy
laborjng class of Ireland in its efforts to
effect reform in the present oppressive
tenant system prevailing in that country"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

Alter . fair test, it has been ascer.
tanned that tie South Carolina census
waa fairlg taken.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
New Judge of the U. S. Supreme
Court.

The Hon. William B. Woods, United
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth
Judicial Circuit, comprised of the States
of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi and Texas, has been
appointed U. S. Supreme Judge in
place of Judge Strong, resigned. Judge
Woods came from Ohio after the war
and settled at Montgomery, Alabama
He was appointed Chancellor under the
carpet-bag regime in that State. Sub
sequently he was made Judge of the
U. s. Circuit Court and removed to
Atlanta, Georgia. His appointment
has been variously commented on, but
the current of opinion is that he is as
good as any Of his political class. 1t is
disappointment that Republican par
tisans are put on the bench, but nothing
else could have been expected. There
are several more yet to come. The
seats on the bench were d part of the
prizes contended for in the Presidential
contests of 1876 and 1880 The man.
agement that lost the victory of the
former year involved the indefinite
postponement ofDemocratic representa-
ton on the Supreme Court Bench.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

IT il said that there are localities
in the Northwest where scarcity of fuel
has forced people 10 burn corn again
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Sunny South Immigrants.

1t is stated on good authority that the
people of Southern Italy are looking
towards our own Southern States for
new homes to their taste Afr E. 0.
Duncan, q. S. Consul at Naples, is
convinced that the emigration from
Italy to the United States, which has
been steadily growing for some time
past, will make unexpected strides next
year particularly if they are encouraged.
He thinks that the italian peasants
would make good class of immigrants
tor the Southern States, finding a eli
mate very similar to their own, and
many of the productions the same as
those raised in their old homes. These
immigrants would introduce, moreover,
many italian industries-such as the
cultivation of the grape-for which the
South is well fitted, and so add greatly
to the wealth and prosperity of the
country. The italian peasants are in
dustrious, economical, and accustomed
to a very close and careful cultivation
of the soil. They now labor for forty
cents day, with all the necessaries of
life commanding heavy prices most of
the taxes being laid on breadstuffs, meat
and provisions. Mr.. Duncan suggests
the establishment of a line of steamers
between Italy and some Southern port.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

THE Grange includes both sexes in
its membership, and they participate
equally in its government and its
benefits. We note with satisfaction
that Mrs. Abey, of Claiborne, has
been elected Secretary of the State
Grange.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The kellogg Case.

The Kellogg Manning contest will be
finally decided in The Senate after the
holidays. 1t was the intention of Mr..
Salisbury, Chairman of the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, to press
the case to a vote the present week.
Mr. Edmunds, on behalf of the Repub-
licans, requested the case to be not
taken up until after the holidays.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

THE vote of Natchez to subscribe
1925, 900 to the stock of the Natchez,
jackson and Columbus road, will insure
its speedy completion to this city; and,
then, on to Columbus The road will
penetrate the heart of Leake county ria
Carthage, and the people of that county
are ripe for liberal subscription. Jack
son can afford to do something handsome
for the extension of the road in that di.
rection.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

THE Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Judge Wood, after a warm dis
CusSIOn.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Railroad Taxes in Georgia.

The Railroad Commissioners of Geor.
gia, from a sense of duty in the exercise
of the powers vested in them by the
Legislature for the protection of the
public, have taken the important step
explained in the following telegram
from Atlanta:
s'The Railroad Commissioners to-day
issued a circular to the railroads of the
State, informing their managers that after
February they would not be allowed to
charge more than three cents per mile for
passengers, which is a reduction of two
cents per mile, the rate now being five cents
per mile. This circular has caused much
feeling against the Commission by the rail
road managers, and it is thought that the
result will be that there will be a railroad
party and an antI-rairoad party in Georgia.
The Commission has the power vested in it
by the State to regulate rates Of freight and
passenger tariff, and its decision is binding"