The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-26

Adams, the able editor, ana Mcl(ae,
the good Governor, have both paid the
last debt Of nature and most Of the
others have joined the iunumerable
throng that have gone to the undiscov-
cred country whence no traveller re-
turns
The knights are dust,
Their swords are rust
Their souls are with the saints, we trust
THE CLARION i'll those days was the
official organ of the seashore counties.
1t contains several columns of legal
citations over the name of w. q. Evans,
Probate Clerk of Harrison county. y
f. Lewis, who still lives to enjoy the
esteem and veneration of his neighbors
and who subsequently represented
jackson county in the Legislature, and
has prospered in spite of the calamities
of the times, advertises a sale as add
ministrator Of the estate of Andrew
Fourier James Overstreet, of New
ton county, asks he public to look out
for a number Of strayed swine. w. G..
Gill, Clerk of the Probate Court of
Kemper county, gives notice Of the final
settlement Of the estate Of William
NJ. Cherry; and VIM. Terry, Jailor of
Neshoba county, advertises that a negro
man named William, had been commit
ted to Jail by Isaac Enloe. Justice of
the Peace, and notifies the owner.
Edward Govan, residing in Louisiana,
to come forward, prove property,
pay charges and take him away, Ed
| itor Adams was in an animated
quarrel, involving an issue Of veracity,
with Judge A. B. Dawson, and produces
certificate to fortify his statement
dated at DeKaIb, Kemper county,
August 9TH, 1847, and by signed Mala
Fox, who has resided in Rankin county
for many years. The Editor and the
Judge have long since taken their
quarrel to a higher than earthly tribu-
nal for arbitrament. As n piece Of in
teresting news, ''the gratifying assur-
ance" is given on the authority Of Mr..
Thos Palmer's famous Southron news
paper at jackson, that ''the Eastern
Railroad will be finished as far as
Brandon the ensuing spring" 1t is
now called the V. and NJ Road. IT.
eastern terminus is Meridian on the
extreme eastern limits Of the State
where a fourishing city has sprung up,
on the site Of what was then a pine
forest. The late DIR. Ed. Pickett, Of
! Jackson, is reported as organizing a
company for the promised land" Of
| California. which was then almost lit
orally terra jncognita. We do not
think the lamented Doctor ever carried
his purpose into execution. A few
years afterwards, he was the editor of
the Flag of the Union, the name which
| the Southron took when it championed
the cause and administration of Coy.
Henry S. Foote, who has also paid the
debt Of nature.
As an item Of political news, it is
announced that Henry Clay has been
nominated by caucus of the Wing
members Of the Legislature for U. S.
Senator and that there was "consid-
cradle opposition manifested to him on
the part of the Taylorites branch
of the Wing party, the leader of which.
Gen. Zachary Taylor, originated the
famous expressions iii his letter an
nouncing his willingness to run for the
Presidency, that he was "a Wing but
not an ultra Whig"--and ''that he had
no enemies to punish, no friends to
reward" The State Treasurer's report
addressed to Gov. Joseph w. Matthews,
is published, signed Richard Griffith,
Treasurer. This superb gentleman and
knightly soldier fell at the head of the
Brigade, which has since become fmmor-
tai as the Griffith Rsarksdale-H Humphreys
Brigade, IN the battles around Rich
mond, In enumerating the expendi-
lures of She State government for the
year 1848, the following among other
items are given in his report Judiciary,
s76, 304.113; Legislative, S4S, 1O1. 81 !;
Interest on Planters Bank Bonds and
coupons, S12,09O.10; Penitentiary,
$40, 1885; Public Printing, 81, 87168.
which is but little more than the
present average annual cost Of that
service, though by reason Of the growth
of population and the vast increase Of
public business, about four times as
much work is done now by the Printer
than at that time.