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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-03-24
TRIPLES.

A woman who has four sons, all sail
ors, compares herself with year
because she has four seasons.
The fool hath said in his heart, "Any
one can write for the paper" Try it,
o fool, try it.--Yonkers Gazette.
A sleeping-car costs, on an average,
about s12, 900, and earn about 81 900 q
month. Pretty good profit.
When Vennor makes a hit in his pre-
dictions he writes to newspaper calling
attention to the fact. When he makes
a miss he don't write to newspaper
calling attention to the fact. He don't
write many more times than he does
write -Norristow Herald.
He who diffuses the most happiness
and mitigates the most distress within
his own circle is undoubtedly the best
friend to his country and the world,
since nothing more is necessary than for
all men 70 initiate his conduct, to make
the greatest part of the misery of the
world cease ina moment. -Robert Hall.
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The pending canvas of 1sel.

EDITORS CLARIoE:-The Democratic par
tive of the people in opposition to all meas
ures initiating against their rights and in
terests.
The money power through corporation
and other organized capital for several year.
has controlled the legislation of the country
both national and State, through retained
attorneys and subsidized machine politicians
whom it has placed in Office without regard
to party, and is gradually absorbing all the
Po'oers of government that legitimately be-
long to the people only.
The offices to be filled were created by
the people for the purpose of carrying on a
Government for the protection and benefit
of the people in mass, no individual has a
preferred claim to any Office, the fitness by
capacity and integrity, supported by the acill,
to conduct the Office in accord with the in
tention Of its creation, should alone influence
the selection
BH-Shall this continue to be a govern
ment of the people, or be converted into a
monied oligarchy? is the all-absorbing
question that is compelled to enter the can
vass of 1881, and will prove to be stronger
than party ties. What will the Democratic
party and the people do about it |? 1t is to be
answered in accordance with the professions
of that party, and should be made a test
question in the primary meetings and all
subsequent conventions for selecting cand-
dates and no person should receive a nomi-
nation, or a vote for Office, who can not, or
will not, give the fullest assurance of acting
in accord with the rights and interests of
the people, on the following named meas
of legislation, which on account of the
encroachment of the money power on the
fundamental principles of our institutions
have become pressingly necessary, to check
its advance to the subversion of a govern
ment of the people, and the establishment
of monied Oligarchy on its ruins:
l. A law to supervise and control Rail-
roads with such provisions as will protect
the people from their unjust exactions and
determinations Ito be enacted by both
United States and State).
=. n law to prevent free passes of railroads
from being given to or received by all off,
GERS of State and county.
3. The repeal of the 18th section of the
agricultural lien law by virtue of which
law the money power has since its enact
ment been controlling the agriculture Of the
State, by debating in the interest of rail
roads and bondholders the planting of cot
ton to the exclusion of all other products,
thereby preventing that independence
which is necessary to prosperity.
Retained attorneys of corporations and
the machine politicians under their in
fuence are peculiarly untitled to fill the of
dition of affairs for it is through their as
sistance the money power is making success
full war on our free institutions and should
in every instance, be made to stand aside, as
improper persons to be intrusted with Of
flee. D.
March 10, 1881.
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"Tha Tie OF Masonrr.,,

We find the following in the Masonic Re
view, published at Cincinnati, for February,
extracted from the Foreign correspondence
Report of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky,
for 1879:
awe see our old whilom friend, Frederic
Speed, is Grand King. We first met him
under flag of truce at Viczsburg-he a
Federal and your chairman Johnny Reb.'
He treated us like a Mason then, when blue
and gray confronted each other. Being, the
latter part of the war, commissioner for the
exchange of prisnners, we observed many
amenities between soldiers of the two armies
inspired by Masonry. We will recite two
in our experience:
"In the prison at CahabA was man some
what advanced in years, a citizen of Ohio,
who came South to recover the body of a
widows son, and was captured. He was held as
a hostage for Southern citizens in Northern
prisons. We visited the prison, and Mr.. ST.
John made himself known to me as Mason,
told his history, and expressed his wishes
under the five points, aud succeeded in inter
esting US in his behalf made this propo-
sition | have a venerable friend and BROTH
er, Capt. Sharp, Georgia militia captain,
at Camp Chase I'll take you to Memphis
and parole you to secure an exchange for
brother Sharp, and in case you fail, within
forty days you are to retara and report your
self as my prisoner. He plighted his Ma
sonic honor aud accepted the terms, which
were endorsed by General Washburne, U.
S. A, then commanding officer at Memphis.
He went to Camp Chase and was repulsed.
Nothing daunted, he went to Washington
and could get nothing from the Secretary Of
War; be advised him to 60 home and let
the rebels catch him if they could. True to
bis Masonic obligation, he tried to obtain an
interview with President Lincoln, and after
three weeks delay he was granted an audi
enee and his request, the nOble-hearted
President honoring him for his fidelity, and
saying It viii never do to diaappoint Col.
Henderson, for it wnuId stop the granting
Of all similar faFors, and il Is our interest as
well as our obligation to meet the terms Of
your parole The time Waxed and waned,
and had nearly expired, and we had despair
ed of happy issue. But few days before
the end Of the allotted time we crossed the
BlackwateS river aud found Capt. Sharp on
the other side, who threw his arms about IA
and wept ON orr neck. His emotion sub
siding, he told Us the story, and how Broth
q st. John had clothed him and furnished
him with money 70 prosecute his journey.
be second incident i q follows Hay.
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The Origin OF the Bang.
~ ~1 5414 - E11O 1St118'
New York Herald

New i 0fk Herald.
America has so seldom given Europe
a new fashion in return for the many it
has received that great deal of quiet
comfort has been taken cut of the sup
position that the feminine custom of
asbanging" the hair was borrowed from
the Indian squaws of our Western
plains. True, the feminine Indian is a
marvel of hideousness, while her hang,
if she has one, lends to her ugliness an
air of irredeemable animalism and alb
ject depravity; but if only becoming
devices were fashionable, there would
be little new to record in ladies' jour
nails, or to display at churches and
theaters. It now appears, however,
that the bang is not peculiar to the
American Indians, it being quite com,
mon among the New Zealanders. This
fact being admitted, the advent Of the
fashion into England may easily be sur
missed. Returned convicts brought this
latest sweet thing in hair to their lady
friends. who were glad TO adopt Il for
the very reason, probably, that New
Zealand,s bellies did-it saved them the
trouble of combing and arranging their
front hair. How the fashion spread to
the higher orders need not be asked, for
whatever il Wild, peculiar and unnatu-
raj in woman's appearance may always
be safely trusted to make ite way in the
world.
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VARIETY.

The United States Post Office Depart
ment has a larger revenue than any
postal department in the world, and its
expenditure is nearly double that Of
any.
The corner loafer win never visit the
phrenologist to find out what he is best
fitted far. He does not want TO know.
New Orleans Picayune.
Mercenary marriages which result az
they should, in divorce, may be COM
pared like adiectives. as follows Posi-
tive, money comparative, matrimony;
superlatiye, alimony. - Steubenville
Herald.
THE ex-Khedive Of Egypt has been
abandoned by al the inmates os his
harem, with the exception of two coal-
black girls Of Nubian origin. His fundl
having been curtailed, he found il im-
possible 90 retain bis hold upon Che
airer.complexionsd ladies.
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4 ing known Of the preliminary arran gements
\ for the Wilson raid, we shipped our silver.
\ ware and other valuables TO Jackson. Tt 80
happened that a raid from Vicksburg cap
tured them in the express office Among
these effects was an elegant Royal Arch re-
gala, which was presented TO NE, and which
cost $50. IL fell into the hands OF q soldier.
WHO carried it for several weeks in his KNAPP
sack. His colonel, a Mason, took possession
of il, and about fifteen months after the
close OF the war, he saw our name mentioned
in connection with the steamer Sultana dis
aSter, concerning which was a witness be-
fore court martial at Vicksburg. He re,
turned our regalia with a statement of the
facts.
These incidents serve 10 illustrate how
strong Is the tie OF Masonry. WeEave seer.
It lend to the grim visaged aspect of war q
beauty which seemed born of heaven. and
no agency has contributed more 20 heal the
hurts OF the civil strife than Masonry. And
now, turning over we see that Capt Fred
eric Speed, Adjutant General Of the depart
ment at Nicksburg, L. S A, in 1865. WAS
elected by constituency Of rebel an
tecedents Deputy Grand High Priest of the
Grand Chapter of Mississippi, and he will in
turn be Grand High Priest by the same suf-
frages, and we say speed the plow.'"
Comp. Speed was not only elected Grand
High Priest, as predicted above but wasre.
elected at last Grand Convocation, by an
almost unanimous vote, on first ballot. And
N this column, il will be seen how very
highly he is esteemed by the Grand Lodge.
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tlesnakes and other uncongenial crea-
lures, he ever saw were assembled. A
terrible norther began to blow, and he
was without fire or adequate covering.
Finding he was in danger of perishing
with cold, he cut his horses throat ripp.
ed him open, and having removed the
intestines, crawled into the warm car
cass. He said he was never certain
whether he slept one or two nights but
when he awoke the waters had subsidized,
the wild beasts and reptiles were gone,
and friendly turkey buzzard was peck
ing at his feet in order to let him know
it was time to turn out.
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Mr.. Gladstone as an Orator.

The Londen Telegraph describes as foi,
lows Mr.. GladstOne's speech in the Housaof
Commons after the removal of the Uoma
Rule members on February 8. seThe Prs-
mier's effort was worthy Of his best davs
/ His speech perfectly balanced in all its parts.
was made impressive by all the arts of the
accomplished orator. Rarely has the musical
voice OF this old man eloquent been mora
exquisitely m0dulated, his persuasive power
exerted for better effect or his impassioned
outburts more powerful to replace criticism
by admiration. The House listened in Dro-
found silence and with strained regard save
when, from both sides, stentorian cheers
rang out, giving the practiced speaker time
to arrange another c0lIr de force IL seemed
as though there were but one mind in the
crowded assembly as Mr.. Gladstone ENLARGED
upon the precious boon OF true liberty of
speech and the unequalled responsibilities
Commons; as he insisted upon the
consequent value of the Houses
time and the power Of mischief of
those who would obstruct its action as he
pointed out that a sixth of the session had
gone with scarcely anything to show for il.
and argued that, though the quality Of
speech must not be questioned, an absolute
need exists under present circumstances to
limit its quantity. Members were agreed.
too, when the orator paid warm tribute tn
the opposition for their patriotic conduct.
while as he expressed his gratitude to the
Speaker loud and long continued cheers
burst forth. How the House followed Mr..
Gladstone in his remarks upon the nature
of recent obstruction and its origin in a
minority Of purely Irish members, is easily
Imagined, but hardly can the sensation be
estimated which arose when the Premier
asked, "What man of spirit is there 30 low
as to come here and sit as the simulacium
of legislator or when he protested that
the House stood on the verge Of Just ridi,
Guile, disgrace and contempt The perora-
ton of this fine speech was worthy of all
that had gone before; the part especially
which suggested that as the speakers life
was almost run, he had little prospective
interest in Parliamentary efficiency. being
in Its way consummate."
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The pins used in the United States
are made BY fourteen factories, some
what scattered as to locality, bnt chiefly
in New England. Their annual produc-
ton for several years past has been
7, OO0, O00, 900 pins This number has
not varied much for some years, the de-
mand remaining about the same. "A
few Of these I, 200, 900, 900 are swallow
ed by children, number are bent up
in schools and placed in vacant and in
viting chairs, and some millions get
into the cracks Of floors, and the rest
for the most part are scattered along
the byways and highways where they
have dropped from dresses and been
left 10 work their way into the earth
The raw material--tke brass and iron
wire from which al American pins are
made-is from the wire mills Of this
country, and much Of the machinery
81 tlheif nssnufacture is Of American in
vention and patent.
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The total area of Mississippi is 47,156
50 uare miles, and of this vast territory not
quite 3,172 square miles vas devoted to the
culture of cotton 10 1879, aud yet her crop,
was over a hundred thousand bales
greater than that of Georgia or Texas, and
equal 10 nearly 10th of the entire Ameri-
can product, yielding SIS 147, 600 or over
eighty-one dollars to every male of every
ace. color or condition in the State.
The cotton crop Mississippi in 1879, ex-
exceeded that Of 1870 by 35S, 002 bales. and
only lacked 2z9,567 bales of equaling the
famous harvest of 1860, the largest crop
ever made upon our soil It is also inter
esting to remember that in 1860 Mississip-
81 reported 665,959 pounds of wool /; o..
657 $50 bushels Of corn; 500 .0S2 pounds Of
rice: I59. III pounds Of tobacco; 81. 901
tons of hav: sos hogsheads Of sugar +; ,97S,-
l93 bushels Of potatoes; 1854 $50 bushels
Of peast 42,e03 pounds Of bees-wax; 70s,-
600 pounds ofhsasyI 1000 gallons Of wine
8. IS2 bushels ofgPass seed 68l ,926 bushels
Of wheat; 22I ,2S5 bushels Of oats and every
thing else in proportion.
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/ To these pleas demurrers were sustained
Issue being joined on other pleas. plaintiff
recovered judgment.
| Defendants appealed, and assigned for err
ror the action of the court in sustaining de-
murrers to the above mentioned pleas.
COOPER, ].
Held
/. The demurrer to the plea of the statute
of limitations was properly sustained.
2. The other plea alleges that the officer
was legally required to give a new bond,
which he failed to do. In some of the
authorities it is held that such failure does
not of itself vacate the Office, and, being
responsible for the acts of the officer until
the office is declared vacant. A statement
to this effect is made in the case of The
State y. Cooper, So Miss, 615, but the exact
question here was not before the court.
The statute. I 346, Code 1871, provides
that in case the officer when required shall
fail to comply by giving new bond, chs
office shall thereby become vaeant." This
language is plain. The failure to give the
new bond ipsO factO vacates the Office.
Nothing is required to be done to give
effect to the statutory declaration.
3. The sureties, in such case, are under
no obligation to put in motion the machin-
cry of the law to fill the vacancy. Their
obi. zion ceases when the vacancy occurs,
and hey can not be held responsible for the
acts of one permitted wrongfully to remain
in Office.
OF course it is assumed on demurrer that
the facts averred in the plea are true if not
true, plaintiff should have replied. The
plea sets up good defense, the demurrer
thereto was improperly sustained
Reversed and reminded.
A. G. McNair, for appellants.
r. H. Thompson, contra.
ITO be reported.l
II. L. PHILLIPS,
V. No. 1854.
The STATE.
Pending an appeal from conviction of
manslaughter, appellant was pardoned. A
motion was made in the Supreme Court to
enter judgment on the appeal bond for all
costs in both courts.
COOPER, J.
Held
The punishment of imprisonment is abro-
gated by the pardon; but the appeal is not
successfully prosecuted as to the costs, and
appellant and sureties are liable therefor.
1nlS Is mere CIVIL LIABILITY. AppclldH
could not be held in custody for paymen
of the costs. ExpGrte Gregory, 90 Miss.
Motion sustained.
T. C. Catchings, Attorney General, for
motion.
NJ. Green, contra.
ITO be reported.
NoTE--A similar decision was made where
the party died pending an appeal Whitley a.
Murphy, 5 Oregon, 1923, % Am. X. 74l.
Court adjourned sine die March 10th. The
next term commences on the first Monday in
April, when the docket of the First (middle)
District will be taken up and called until
the fourth Monday in April, when the
docket of the Third (northern) District will
be taken up and proceeded with until the
second Monday in May, when the docket of
the Second (southern) District will be dis
posed of. l.. b.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
OCTOBER TERM, 1880

JoHS A. x KLEIN No. $3.50.
SMITH COUNTY,
F,rar to the Circuit Court of Smith
ca-,nty Hon. A. e. Mayors, Judge
n consequence Of a failure of the bread
oror n, $50. an act Of the Legislature OF
that wear authorized the boards of county
noIics to purchase supplies for the destitute
in counties where want prevailed.
The board Of police of Smith County
a,,,-,rriatei 8. 900, and appointed an agent
to purchase supplies for those who were III
need in that county, a special tax being
levied to meet the appropriation.
County warrants in different denomlna
,ion. were By authority of the board issued
and delivered to the agent, to be used by
him in making the purchases.
4 warrant for $500, dated February y,
1861. was delivered to the plaintiff Klein IN
r,ymspt for corn. The board of supervi-
-o-. successors of the board of police,
refused to allow or pay the claim, where
pn,n this action was brought on the warrant.
A demurrer was interposed, setting up:
1t that the warrant was issued without
authority. 2ud, that an action could not
ha maintained on a county warrant.
The demurrer was sustained, and the suit
dismissed. Plaintiff appealed.
COOPER, j.
He'll
There was sufficient authority for max
I faI n
In Klein q. Supervisors, 81 Miss, 254,
and in .S40erris1rs D. Klein, 81 Miss, SCI,
actions on county warrants were disallOwed,
because the warrants upon which the
actions were based were issued in payment of
claims passed upon and duly adjudicated by
the board. the order of allowance being it
self judgment.
In G.reea q. The State, So Miss, 148, it
was decided that a suit upon an auditors
warrant could not be maintained, for the
State through its highest accounting officer,
had admitted the claim, and there was no
mode Of obtaining satisfaction except
through legislative action.
The case ut bar is distinguishable from
the foregoing Here the warrant was not
allowed in payment of a claim judicially
established against the county. 1t is only
when the acts of the board are judicial in
their character that they will be final and
conclusive Beansan Z. Board Of Police, AZ
Miss, 237
The right Of the plaintiff to maintain the
action Is not affected by reason of the fact
that he holds an instrument like those or
dinarily issued in payment of claims judi
cialIy allowed.
Reversed and remdnded.
VI. F. Smith and j. L. McCaskill, for
plaintiff in error.
Lowry & McLaurin, contra.
ITO be reported
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INAuaURATIoN IEcTDEET.-She is an
old-tiIne aarvapt from Mississippi, and lives
here IN the family af nan who is called
Colonel because ha cnce commanded regi-
inert CT soldiers. On inauguration sze.
while the snow was falling, she was aston
ished By Cash Of lightning and the roll Of
thunder Sitting DORM The coalscuttles
rayerently removing her tlfban end lifting
her forefnRaF, she said nDaeB de LaWdg
ColoneI. dStla 7e lzaud An he say, Gent
Ga1aeld rot nj oYe o. ypu !, - ash
ton sl6F
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]. W. BENNETT. ET AL,

J. W. BENNETT, ET AL,
v. No. S6l2
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Appeal from Circuit Court Of Lincoln
County. Hon. A. G. Mayors, Judge, pFesi-
ded by interchange.
Suit was brought for the use of Lincoln
County on the bond of Moore, sheriff, it
being assigned As a breach the failure of
Moore 70 pay over county taxes collected in
among other things the suretiea plead the
statute Of limitations Of sig years also that
IN 1872, prior to the collection az d. t.rea.
on the application Of two Of the snret;s-. ~
aaid Moore was, by order Of tie hoars ran.
pervisora, required to give new bond with
other anretiea, which he failed q a. 1900.
ny fhs Office became vacant ana dafsosanls
we're Nc longer responsible I. snresis. q IS !,
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INTERESTING STATISTICS.
Aberdeen Examiner.
Mississippi Cotton Crop and Cotton
Acreage, in 1879.

The following report by counties of the
cotton acreage and product of our State in
1879, is furnished from the Census Office
under date of February 25th. In an &C
companying note, Gen. Walker, Superin-
tendent of Census, says:
this statement is made up from the returns
of the Enumerators, prior to revision and
correction. An extensive correspondence
is now being conducted, which will result
in large additions to the reported product :"
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his men named Francois for engaging in
q plot to rob and murder a Mr.. Kuy.
kendall, who. it is quite probable, visit
ed the island 70: the purpose of purchas-
. few of Capt Laftte's likely Africans.
The United States becoming tired of
Lafitte's establishment owing to the
numerous complaints of depredations on
American vessels determined to break
e up, and dispatched naval force un-
der Lieut.. Kearney, with orders to see
that Capt. Laftte left. The pirate
chief received the officer courteouslv,
entertained him sumptuously at the
BED House, and issued instructions to
his followers to prepare to depart The
buccaneers having everything in readi-
ness, La6tte ordered the town to be set
on fire, and embarking on the Pride, his
favorite vessel, sailed from the island
on the 18th of May, 1920, never to re-
turn. After cruising in the Caribbean
sea for several years he located on the
island of Mugeres, off the coast of Yu-
catan, where, according to the traveller
Stevens, he died in 1926. leaving
widow and a hecatomb of turtle shells
to honor his memory
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To these pleas demurrers were sustained
Issue being joined on other pleas, plaintiff
recovered judgment.
Defendants appealed, and assigned for err
ror the action of the court in sustaining de-
murrers to the above mentioned pleas.
COOPER, ].
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II. L. PHILLIPS,
V. No. 1854.
Tue STATE

Pending an appeal from conviction of
manslaughter, appellant was pardoned. A
motion was made in the Supreme Court to
enter judgment on the appeal bond for all
costs in both courts.
COOPER J.