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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
The Canning Schemcrs.
Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat. I

1t is said the Eastern banks are boarding
gold and bank nota- and tloodiug tine rural
districts throughout the country with silver
certificates, The object is supposed to Doe
not only to make silver unpopular Lt
compel the country to assist i'm its dcurs.
| citation by requiring a premium when cx-
changing it for gold or paper. The Eastern
banks may make a fine point if the plan
succeeds, but it j, unlikely that amy lcgi-u-
ton depreciatiue thc silver now lu circuIa-
ton vii bG secured.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Bruce for the Cnhinnt

Pittsburg Post.l
It IS rgmored that Conkling will press Tho
claims OF senator Bruce, Of IIississipDi r-s
place in the Cabinet, on the ground f,ol
y MeAld be recognition of tbe SoIltb XIII
: collphRent to race. The dfaicUitv ~
me me- ~ = rs sbe female fraction Of govern.
recoenzed o ana minister's wife must B,
anu Va@sh lntO society
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
How TO Checkmate the Treason orWobo,.
St. Louis Republican.

y I7'71II7 e 81 y III1iIIs ]
senator Kellogg Of Louisiana NAV thank
ta IN tn, hlgh, mighty and mystic independent
Oh virginia Senator Malone, if these df,-
a Iet pc ghosts, OF the past will rise NJ
into the United States senate The t1a.,,'.-
OF Malone can be checkmated bv fbe er.
pulsion Of Kellogg. ~ '"e OK
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
The Mississippi Improvement

Messrs. Gibson, Of Louisiana. and Hool,a,
Of mississippi, made arguments before the
House Committee On Commerce in favor ~
the Mississippi river improvement appro1.
prIation. The friends of this improvement
no" claim to have a majority of one in the
eommltte in favor of the appropriation
Washington Post
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

A GOOD BILL-that of Mr.. Price, Of
Iowa, declaring silver certificates shall
possess the same legal tender quality as
the coin for which they were issued.
The government ought to circulate
nothing as money which it j. not willing
to make legal tender.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

We indorse the language Of the
Washington Post that the Inauguration
Of the improvement Of the Mississippi
river are works that this Democratic
Congress should not leave to it, success
sor. If they would give one-tenth Of
the time TO this work that they are
wasting upon the funding bill, for which
there Is no pressing need, it would be
accommodated.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

The ApportiOnment bill introduced
in the House by Mr.. Cox, from the
-Apportionment Committee, fixes the
number of Representatives at 301. IT
gives a gain of one member to Missis-
sippi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
NOTES. NEWS AND NOTIONS.
There are three or four negro mem
bers of the Tennessee Legislature.

A negro perpetrated brutal outrage
upon a young lady in Lee county, Ark,
last week. He was taken from Jail by
citizens and shot to death. A very
good method, but the Monroe county
plan; l. e. a stake, some coal oil, faggots
and FIRE would have been better.
A bill has passed the Tennessee Sen
ate to increase the Governors salary
from s., 900 TO 81 900
The Western Union, American Union,
and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com
panies have consolidated and there will
no further competition.
The Chicago Journal deSignates Mrs
Garfield as e'the first lady of the land. ="
How is that , We thought Grant was
''the first citizen Of the Republic" and
ergo Mrs. Grant must be 1.-THE first
lady"
\ meeting of the colored citizens of
Cleveland, Ohio, held a short time
since, went back on their fellow towns
man Bruce, and adopted a resolu-
ton ''that it was not advisable for any
. one to urge claims for office but that
8" Gen. Garfield should be left to make
4" his own selections"
/ If you want to know whether the but
| ter you have bought is butter, melt
some and saturate a cotton wick in it.
Burn the wick, and if it smells ike a
tallow candle you haven't bought but
/ ter, but oleomargarine.
+ \ sad fate has befallen Gen. Long
street; the papers are filed with accounts
of his being in Turkey. We are not
informed whether the turkey enjoyed
his thanksgiving dinner or not.
/ Port Gibson boasts of one thousand
dollars in her treasury and all debts
paid.
/ T. Dewitt Talmage, Jr. son of the
famous Minister, died few days since.
He was but twenty two years of age.
The British garrison in Ireland is
composed of artillery, ten batteries i;
cavalry, seven regiments; engineers,
three companies; infantry, twenty
eight battalions, thirty thousand men,
and yet we are told by some people that
the English government is the best in
the world.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Stick to the Old Plan.

Pascagoula DemocratStar.
Let the Democracy stick to the old plan
a State Convention. Nominate our best
men and then give them the united support
of the Democratic party.
(The Crystal Springs Monitor aud the
Aberdeen Examiner both have strong arti-
cles on the same line.)
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
STAND BY THE ORGANIZATION.
The Old Usage.

Winona Advance.
We publish the following from THE CLAIR
ION for the purpose of fully endorsing the
sentiment therein contained, as to the ne
cessity of the Democratic party adhering to
its old usages The only two parties in
Mississippi are the Democratic aud Repub-
lican, and the only way for the Democratic
party to hold its power is for it to adhere
strictly to its old customs and usages. Have
primary, beat, county, district and State
meetings, and get the clearly expressed will
OF the majority, and then all unite on the
result, and victory is sure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Struck Me Wrong Nan.
n. o. States.

The Northern Republicans who Thought
Old Joe Johnston would favor a capts;n
genefaishIp for Grant, for political effect
Malone i to gain conservative (?l notoriety,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

GEN. CHALMERS has authorized a
correspondent Capt. Merrill of the
Courier-Journal, to say that the n. Y.
Tribune misrepresents his remark about
the Kellogg case. What he did say was
that he did not see how Kellogg could
be unseated, since so many Democratic
Senators had given their sacred promise
to help retain him." 'sProfane" would
have been a more suitable word in de-
scribing a 'promise" to such creature
as Kellogg, who occupies a seat he is
no more entitled to than the man in the
moon But can it be true that prom
ises of the kind were ever made2
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

Mr. w. r. LAxIER, Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee of
oktibbeha county, calls the committee
to meet in Starkville on Saturday the
22d inst, for the purpose Of transacting
very important business,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

TUESDAY, the 18th, was field day in
electing United States Senators
OHIO elected John Sherman, (Repub-
lican.
Indiana, Benjamin w. Harrison,
Republican,
Florida, c. w. Jones, Democrat
Connecticut, J. r. Hawley, Repub-
lican.)
Delaware, T. F. Bayard, Democrat
California, John F. Miller, (Republi-
cam
Nevada, d. G.. Fair, Democrat
New York, Thomas Platt, (Republi-
can
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Hits the NAH on the Head

III lItI ]
head DIV wS GLA !. on hits the nail ripbt
party mna, II IL insists that the USAGE on the
never Do or n ~ strictly adhered % n on
ignore convention this Wy -. OF This State 10
State is lost to us. ''''S year If we do Nv
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
A Move in the Right Direction.

The question of establishing a State Col.
lege for the education of girls will be pressed
upon the next legislature. It is a move II
the right direction, and we hope the effort
will be crowned with snccess WV
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

The lock in the organization of the
Indiana Senate was broken by the Demo-
Gratis uniting with the Greenbackers and
giving the latter share of the Offices.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
This is the way the Louisville
puts it 4:

Lets make another lie today
About the South, Ohio sail,
No sooner said than done, sing hay
The lie was ready to be read.
All round the Nation sped the lie,
For twas The sort Ohio matches,
And every Buckeye son did cry
s.No railroad ever ran 10 hatcher e.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

TIE SIGNAL Is the name Messrs.
Hight q Newsom have given their pa
per. late the Louisville Index.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Died in Kane i'
Canton Mall

We regret to learn oea
county eon. He was la soS Circuit CLERK Of .
inot e ssien. office. oo IA man an and made
his 5o - topeka, Kansas. Wbe uleq 4 On the
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Taking Deposltio1--
Natehez Dance.

= ne DeInocrat
= Ex-Congressman Lob, p
f ,vTehhYtil l. Miss, taking ~ lynch is at
III N I'ILliiaimers contest Hs .Gs'.ce in the
stenosra M counsel, Judge Mor r;ccompan-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

Remedy by Attachment in Mississip-
pi-Foreign Creditors Have an Inn
portant Ground of Attachment in
the Federal Court, Which is De-
MED TO Home Creditors in the State
Courts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
More Failures.
Memphis Appeal. j

/ 1Ac4a1E1HE8 APE'caI-J
Morris Bros, doing business at Green
vile, Miss, and s. Calm, at Lake Provi-
dence, La, are reported among the late
failures.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

Harris NJ Plaisted, the Greenback-
Democratic Governor of Maine, was In.
augurated on the 18th inst.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
VIII support a Democrat If ~
Him.
Kemper Herald

r ~ 9lIfI
In his race for Tressr-..
clearly demonstrated the fsct ~. tl9qly Duke
would support a Democrat ''i - y ING negroes
MIN, even though the Pad;o-Ii they liked
Yised to the contrary i'Aulcal leaders ADJ
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
1elloeg's Bad f575o5..

senator Kellogg Ia.
c oasls q Judge BiiIir-. eu1ed ne appo
w. w. created 81 ~ g the judicial
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

THK colored politicians still continue
to raid the President elect, Garfield.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Vote the Ticket, Whether You Like the
Nominee or Not.
Brandon Republican. !

Brandon hepubIIcah
We know the Democratic party will nom
mate a good and capable man for Governor,
aud we also know that the running of an
/ Independent ticket would secure the election
of the Radical candidate, therefore we will
vote the ticket whether We like the men or
not. We will not set up our individual
opinion. and preferences against those of the
great Democratic party. We do not like
| the position of the Herald, because it is not
Democratic and we like the position of tn e
/ Commercial on this subject still less.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
The Republican Programme as 10
Mississippi FOreshadOWeds
LashingLon %. y. O. TImes. ]

Washington Cor y. O. Times.
''But this much YOU may set down as ccr-
tain: Men identified with the interests ut
Mississippi will be given Federal offices.
condition of their acceptance these uc
oficehodcrs will be required To re0rLau.a.
the Republican party. They will manage
its local caucuses and conventions and Seq
that none but honest men are nominated ,a
office Conservative Democrats will Ie
urged to break loose from the Bourbon c'a-
ment and identify themselves with the Re-
pblican party The negro vote will be no.
couraged, aud means will be adopted 10 pre-
vent election frauds. No effort will be spared
to establish RepubIicanism south ON tae
footing il now occupies North. "Aud D. tdH
policy decided upon ?' asked the Times man.
1t is the policy a majority of Garfield trust.
ed advisers favor" replied the interviewed
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

+" NATCHEz, one OF the oldest cities iB
the country, has never had q railroad
Something or somebody has been waking
the people up, and they have now subs
scribed to the building of one to jackson.
which will connect with the Chicago aud
New Orleans road Good for Natchcz. "-
Toledo Blade.
You are mistaken. NItchez had % rail-
road in operation forty years ago, long be-
fore Telodo had one II was constructed
from Natchez toa point beyond Washington,
Miss, and did rushing little business
The present road is simply the carrying oUl
of the original plan of the old projectors ul
the Y. and w raiIroad. Onurier Lnuru.L
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
No Cause to Waive Time HOnOred Custom
Grenada Sentinel

The Vickshurg Herald and Commercial,
though not often on the same plane have
somewhat agreed to an Independent action
in reference to the next Governor We do
not know what speciality there is in the he x t
Governors election, that should cause the
Democratic party to waive its usual and
time honored custom of nomination To
meet for the purpose of nominating minor
offices, while the main one is to go by de-
fault, would seem a piece of business wholly
unususl in its practice, even though it were
polite in the present instance. But that
is just the point we would like to get at
If our respected contemporaries are against
any nomination, let them say 50, and then
we can announce their position
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

If YOU want to know whether the but
ter you have bought is butter, melt
some and saturate cotton wick in it.
Burn the wick, and if it smells like q
tallow candle you haven't bought but
ter, but oleomargarine.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

Judge Luke Lea was confirmed Q. s.
District Attorney for the Southern Dis
trict, by the Senate on the 18th inst.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

A bin has passed the Tennessee Sen
ate To increase the Governors salary
from So 900 TO 81, 900
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

The kilograms tells Us that Grant has
been appointed President of the Worlds
Fair, which is to be held New York In
1888, and that he has accepted" The
latter information was entirely unneces-
sary; it is generally understood that he
never declines anything.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
The Sabbath.

We give in the legal column this week
extracts from the excellent charge Of
the Hon. J. NJ Arnold to the Grand
jury Of Lowndes county. Judge Ar
mold treats the important subject with
learning, ability and comprehensive
ness. We commend his views to the
citizens Of the State, and especially To
those whose duty it i in official posi-
ton. 70 enforce the laws.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
No Time for A Scrub Race.

Meridian Homestead.
We do not believe the time has come for
the Democratic party of Mississippi to dis
band and have a scrub race for Governor
and the other State officers. There can be
no doubt, but convention will be held to
nominate a State ticket, and that ticket will
be triumphantly elected.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Strange Democracy.
Yazoo Sentinel. ]

! Our Vicksburg contemporaries, the Com
mercial and Herald are taking strange
grounds in regard to the next State election.
! 1t seems to US they both occupy the same
/ position the question, the Commercial
claiming that the people should take up its
favotite, and elect him if the Democratic
State Convention does not see fit to nominate
/ him. The Herald says it will pledge itself
| to no man in advance, which means, If the
Convention does not nominate a man of its
choice it will not support the nominee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

Tm State Executive Committee Of
the Greenback Labor Party viii meet
in Jackson on the 25th day Of January
1881. 4 numerous delegation has been
appointed in Gaiobuzha county to meet
and confer with the Committee. The
Grecubacll party viii not grow in this
State if the Democrats ia Congress will
continue to prove to the country that
the Democratic party is pledged to rep
resent the interests Of labor and o
agriculture as we'll as of the money
power and monopolies in dealing Will
questions of finance and taxation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

And now comes the colored mems
Protective Union of New Orleans, and
thrusts P. B. S. Pinchbaek forward for
a place in Garfelds Cabinet. Too bad
too bad, to interfere just as We had il
all fixed with Mr.. Garfield to give the
place to our Bruce
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

A National Convention of the Ameri-
can branch of the Irish Land League
was held at Buffalo, New York last
week. 1t occurs to us that the Conven-
TONERS could have been of more assis-
tance to their oppressed eountrymen in
Ireland by sending them the money it
took to transport them to Buffalo and
nav board bills while there.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

BIZ referring to another column it
will be seen that several Democrats III
the Senate on the 18th voted with the
Republicans against taking up the case
Of Kellogg, and a. it vas intended
to be n test vote, the inference is that
Kellogg, an intruder, without a shadow
of title, viii be kept in the seat which
justly belongs to a Democrat represent
ing the sovereign people Of Louisiana.
The vote may decide the political com
plexion Of the Senate for the next two
years, possibly for a longer period.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-21
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH

Is being fought over again, At the re.
union last week at Cincinnati, of the
Army of the Tennessee, Gen. Sherman
denied that the army at Shiloh was sur.
prised. Whitelaw Reid Of the New
York Tribune, takes up the Cudgels
against Sherman. It seems Reid was
war correspondent, and on the ground,
and Sherman seems to have met his
match.
An interview is published with w. J.
B. MCCullogh, of the st. Louis Globe.
D1moCrat, in regard to the controversy
between Gen. Sherman and Whitelaw
Reid, in regard to the battle of Shiloh.
MCCullogh said; II am glad Sherman
has met his match in one thing, at least"
What is thatP" "Why, in the effront.
cry of sublime egotism. To read Sher.
mans memoirs one would think the war
had but one general; and to read Reid's
article one would think the war had but
one historian. Sherman's reference was
to the majority or generality of the re-
ports of the battle of Shiloh. He men.
toned no name of correspondent or
newspaper. White!aw Reid takes it for
granted that he is the only person refer.
red to, and then proceeds to write his mil.
itary autobiography. The accounts of the
battle were not made up from stories of
fugitives and deserters at PaduCah and
Cairo. In most cases they were the sto.
ries of wounded officers who had been
through the battle, and by selecting half
dozen of them, one could get a better
account of the battle than any one could
write from his own observation. You
see the battle of Pittsburgh Landing was
not expected, 1t was not believed there
would be any battle in that vicinity un-
til junction had been effected between
Buell. and Sherman. For this reason
there were not many correspondents at
Pittsburgh Landing. Whitelaw Reid
was, however, by no means the only
correspondent. He perhaps wrote the
most elaborate and in literary point of
view, the best account of the battle, but
it was neither the most accurate nor the
earliest, W. Chapman of Chicago, who
worked for the'New York World, got off
the first report. Reid seems to have
been with Gen. Lew Wallace, whose
headquarters we're always safe place in
time of battle. Reid had no experience
as war correspondent, and went to
Washington after Shiloh. The battle of
Shiloh was a perfect surprise to Sher-
man, and a sacrifice Of the bigotry Of
West Point on both the federal and con-
federate Sides" ar g.p.rg ..,.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-21
JOHNNY APPLEsEED,

There is still another character who
assists in making Mansfield and Rich.
land county Of some historical conse-
quence. Years ago among the forests in
this neighborhoOd trsmped half-nude
specimen of humanity, a regular Old
Mortality in sone respects, whom the
struggling settlers knew as Johnny Ap.
pleseed. Protected from the winter
blasts and summer storms by nothing
save coffee sack he traversed the
whole Of Central and Eastern Ohio, time
and again, planting apple seeds as he
went.
He was first seen in Ohio in 1901, and
with him was an old blind horse, draw.
ing in an aged and infrmed wagon a
quantity of apple seeds. These seeds he
planted in Eastern Ohio, along the
banks of rivers and creeks. On return
ing to Pennsylvania Johnny disposed of
his steed and equipments, and gathering
up several bushels of seeds at the cider
presses in Western Pennsylvania, he
started for Ohio with them on his back.
For years he kept on in the even tenor
of his way, starting orchards all over this
part Of the State, but when emigrants
from other States began to pour in and
take up the land in Ohio poor Johnny
found his occupation gone, and taking
up his coffee sack moved into Indiana,
where he continued to plant apple seeds
for some time, when death overlook
him, and he was laid away in country
ChurChyard few miles from Fort
Wayne.
His name was John Chapman, and it
is thought he was born in MassaChu-
setts. Hs was regularly constituted
minister in the Swedenborgian Church,
and always carried with him several
books on pious subjects, which he would
leave with q settler whom he thought
needed spiritual braCingup. During the
coolest weather her, fused to wear shoes,
and upon one occasion, when forced to
accept pair from kind hearted farmer,
he came to Mansfield, which was then
but a small village, and gave them to a
poor family who were going West.
When he first came to Ohio he accepted
the cast off clothing of the settlers, but
afterwards became convinced he was
getting too proud and worldly, and
finally he adopted the coffee sack suit, in
which he died. His head was protected
from Old Soils smiles by tin pan, n,whiCh
was also used as a culinary utensil
when he was overtaken by hunger in
the woods. He believed it a sin to tread
upon worm or eat fish of any kind,
hence he never took turkey on Thanks.
giving or fish during Lent. His wounds
he would sew up with a red hot iron and
then apply the juice of certain weeds to
cure the burns.
His apple trees he sold to the settlers,
and if they were too poor to pay him he
would give them a receipt in full up to
date. He was small, wiry man, with
black eyes and long, unkempt hair and
whiskers. He has left several monu.
ments Of his good deeds in the shape of
huge apple trees near this city, which
still continue to bear fruit and protect
the weary and footsoi traveller from the
scorching rays of the sum- Cleveland
Leader
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-21

The Khediye of Egypt has struck a
blow at the religious customs Of his
country which has called down upon his
regal head the anathemas Of the priest
hood. He has issued decree forbidding
the priests to cut and hack themselves
with knives or pound themselves into
jelly, or howl themselves into epilectic
fits, or eat living snakes or swallow Goals
of fire, or chew glass, or perform such
other like acts Of devotion which come
within their ritual.