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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

a RAILROAD COMMISSION bill has
passed the New York Assembly to a
third reading The bill provides that
the Commissioners shall be appointed
by the Governor, who happens to be a
Republican, and the Democrats, assum-
ing that he would use the appointing
powing for partisan purposes, voted for
an amendment providing for their cleo
ton by the people. The amendment
failed, and for this insufficient reason
many Of them voted against the meas
ure, though they protested to be in
favor Of State regulation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

The Mississippi river s4,7OO, 900 aP-
preparation bill is occupying the atten-
ton Of the Senate. On Monday, Mr.
Kellogg opened the discussion with a
powerful speech, replete with argu-
ment and statistics, in support of the
measure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
Macon Correspondence.

MACON, Mss, April 18th, 1882.
EDIToRs CLARION: At the regular Munic-
ipal Election, held here yesterday, Jno. r.
Dinsmore, Esq, was elected Mayor; receiv-
ing majority Of 1Os votes over his COM
petitor. the Hon. E. Dismukes. The Mavor
elect will be assisted in his administration
by q most excellent Board of Aldermen.
selected from among the best material Of
the town, all beng business men of the first
order Of talent This inspres to us another
year Of continual prosperity in our munich
pal affairs
T.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
Enumeration 1889.
ny. sun.
T. J.. r.

- = ASAHs
The volume Of immigration continues Il
be greater this year than last, though ID
1881 its magnitude had meyer before beer
e1palled. The total number Of Immigrants
landed at Castle Garden during January
February and March, exceeded The arrivals
for the corresponding months last wear by
over tWenty-three thousand. This Is al ia.
crease Of fifty per cent. The indications are.
therefore, that we shall receive over half I
million immigrants st New York in 1882.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

Gov. CHURCHILL of Arkansas has
been discovered to have been a defaul-
ter while holding the Office of State
Treasurer to a large amount, prior to
election to the Goyernorship. That
came of making the offices monopoly,
androtating the same man from one snug
place into another.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
One of Mississippi's Early Statesmen.

1 w m OOUIItI-JUUIHaI.
David Holmes was a native of Virginia
He represented that State in the popnla,
branch of Congress from 1871 to 1909 Tn
1909 President Madison appointed him
Governor of the Territory Of Mississinn;
lie held that position until 1917, when Mis-.
sissippi was admitted into the Union I'd !
State. In 1917 he was elected the first
Governor Of the State In 1920 he was
elected to the United States Senate lin
place Of Walter Leake, resigned, and
served until the 4th of March, 1895. HOLMES
county, Mississippi, was named in honor Of
him. ~ lie died at Washington, Miss, April
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
Railroad Progress.


We learn from the Yazoo Herald that
Mr.. Clarke, President Of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley Railroad, has
stated that he will advertise for bids for
work to be done fon the road in about
thirty days. In reply to question put
to him as to what route he thought he
would select-the jackson or Canton
he said it would depend greatly upon
the liberality of the people in giving
the rightof way, aud as to the advanta-
ges that one route might have over the
other, this TO be determined aftergiying
a thorough inspection of both surveys
BY himself in person.
Mr.. Clarke is q straightforward man
of business who says what he means,
and the public need have no fear that
he will trife with them.
OF the Natchez and jackson Road,
we presume that about now the whistle
of the locomotive is heard at Utica. 1t
will be at Raymond by June and then
on to jackson by the 1st of October.
On the Meridian and New Orleans
Road work is progressing lively The
following items are from the Enterprise
Courier
Tie contract of Mcssrs. Nicely q Co., Is
to be completed by the first Of July. From
the way they are working and the progress
made by their sub-contractors, we have no
doubt the work will be completed b. the
| time specified.
! Mr.. C. S. Jones has brought large num-
| Der of penitentiary convicts, about 40, we
| believe over to SIR. Muiholapd's work. A
stockade has been erected aud guards en-
ployed to keep them from escaping. Very
| few people here have ever seen the peniten-
/ tiary birds with their "coon-tail" clothes on
before, and the sight was quite novel one
| to a great many.
| The trestIe and bridge work done by so
! far Phelps, Ingalls, & Co. is highly compli-
mented, aud is, We believe, entirely salts
factory to the engineers. They do excellent
work.
| A few Of our young men who came down
with Mr. Phelps have gone back to Cincin-
natl Building trestles was not quite SO
much of frolic as they expected it would
Be We suppose.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

IL the U. S. Senate on the 10th, Mr..
Bayard, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported a bill amending the Anti-Poly-
gamy law, fixing the salaries Of the
Election Commissioner under that law
at S.. 900 per annum in accordance with
the recommendation of the President.
Passed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
The soaLh carolina EIeetIon casea.

CHARLESTON, April I6.-The verdict in
the Acton election cases is that the defend
ans are guilty az to so much of the first
count ~ the Indictment as charged them
with refusing to allow the Tinted g s.,ss..
supervisor to inspect the bailot-bor s, and
that they are recommended to mercy. There
were eight counts ii the Indictment IN ] ]
punishment j. fine and imprisonment,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

The New York Commercial Bulletin
has a statistical article showing that the
worlds supply Of timber IS being ex-
hausted rapidly and viii soon be wholly
inadequate to the demand. It urges the
importance Of economy in the use Of
timber, and repIanting.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

IL Missouri the Ford brothers who
murdered Jesse James, the outlaw, have
been indicted, pleaded guilty on trial,
sentenced to be hung, and pardoned by
Gov. Crittenden.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

SENATOR 7. V. holland and Col. G.
H. Nelson, Of Woodville, are recon-.
mended by their respective friends, for
Congress in the 9th District. Also,
Hon. T. S. Ford, of Marion, Hon. j.
P. Carter, of Perry, Col. Roderick Seal,
of Harrison, Col. Stockdale, of Pike,
Hon. Tom. Mellen, of Natchez, and
Hons. G. w. Webb, and B. F. Johns, Of
Amife.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

By reference to our news columns, it
will be seen there is boom in Euro
pean emigration for the United States;
but most of the emigrants 60 West.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
Sound Doctrine

a New Haven journal announces that at
least one hundred families in that CITY get
their preaching by telephone connection
with the churches Perhaps they are
lovers Of q Sound" doctrine, and can secure
y ~ no other manner Norristown Herald,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

The N. 0. Picayune which seems to
speak from authentic information says
that so far as the bill making direct ap.
priations for levee purposes is concern
ed, to that effectit will fail in the House.
The vote necessary to pass it cannot pos
sibly be secured. It says the Senate
bills for levee appropriations cannot
possibly crys alize into legislation this
year. When they reach the House they
will be referred"to the Committee on
Commerce, and the season is too far adj
vanced to permit them to emerge from
committee before the end of the session.
Its suggestion is that the friends Of the
Mississippi Valley interest should for
the present concentrate their influence
to pass the bill reported by the House
Committee appropriating $4,000, 900,
for repairing the levees from Cairo to
the mouth.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

Mr.. j. W. Dur Is nov the editor
and proprietor Of the Mississippi Farmer
at Forest. Il Is filed with valuable
matter to the farming class. and with
news Of interest to the public generally.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
The Calamities of a Subjugated Peo-
pie.

Reports from the interior of Peru
reveal the deplorable condition in which
that country is left by the war into
which its incapable and faithless rulers
plunged it. Business in the towns and
cultivation of the fields are almost sus-
pended, while bands of robbers prey
upon the inhabitants Recently a
squad of foreigners, numbering not
more than fifteen, passing themselves
off as Gillian soldiers and wearing the
uniform of Chill, went about the Pc.
ruvian villages leyving war eontribu-
tions. They had levied about hun
dred thousand dollars before the impos-
ture was discovered. The chief of the
gang was a Spaniard, who has escaped
with his share of the booty. In the
absence Of organized civil government
in Peru the people are subjected tc
every species of exaction and outrage
from marauders.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

OR ]. ". G0van, 4 cOlored mail
agent Oh the n. and I. Road, between
Grenada and Memphis, has been de-
teeted in deprecating on the mail bags
and applying money letters to his own
maa
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
The Ohio Gerrvmander.

CoLUnBUs, April 1.-THE bill to redis-
trict the State for Congressional purposes,
giving the Republicans Is and the Demo
Gratis s Districts, became Law today.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

! This bureau shall investigate the methods
of farming in the several States and Terri
tories of the Union, and shall collect such
practical Information as shall tend to in
crease the profits of the farmer. lie shall
also collect information rs to the best va
rieties Of seeds, vines, plants, and fruits,
the best implements, and the most suitable
farm buildings and fencing; and to further
this end the Secretary is hereby required
to establish experimental stations IN the
several States and Territories to be coluec-
ted with the agricultural colleges thereof
! 1t shall also collect information concerning
the number and value of the domestic aul-
mails of the United States, their protection,
| growth and use the causes, prevention,
and cure of contagious, communicable, and
other diseases; and the kinds of breeds best
adapted for profitable raising in the several
sections Of the Union; and there shall be a
competent Veterinary surgeon attached to this
bureau. The chief of this bureau shall
have practical knowledge Of agriculture.
SEC. 8. That the Secretary shall publish
information collected as above directed in
reports at least once year; and he is hereby
empowered to adopt such other methods Of
dittusing Information among the industrial
classes as he may approve. And he shall
exchange his reports and other publications
with the publishers Of the agricultural, in
dustrial and live stock journals of the Union,
and all publications thus received shall be
filed in the library of the Agricultural
Department.
SEC. 9. That the Secretary shall organ
ize the bureaus hereby established, and
supervise and direct their operation and he
shall appoint such suporintendents, clerks
and laborers as may be authorized by law
and make such divisions as may be neces-
sary. The officers and employees of the
department shall be taken from the several
sections of the Union, so that all climates
and productions may be represented as far
as practical, and they shall also be taken
from the agricultural classes as far as CON
sistent with the efficiency of the service.
They shall receive their salaries monthly.
SEC TO- That section one hundred and
fifty-eight of the Revised Statute is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the
words: Eighth. The Department Of Agri-
culture" And title four is hereby made
applicable to the Department of Agriculture
and title twelve is hereby continued in force
50 far as it is consistent with this act, and
the provisions thereof relating to the Com
missioner of Agriculture are hereby made
applicable to the Secretary Of Agriculture
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
ALATE California Examiner saws:

The number of Chinese who arrived at
this port from Hongkong on Friday was
So. And still they come. 4 number Of
vessels with large cargoes of Coolies are due
in the near future.
And it adds:
Out of the 4,O0S Chinese who arrived
here during March, there were but two mar
ried women and children, all the rest ex-
cePt six iewd women, being men. This fact
show that such immigration is not desira-
bic. These people are not settlers. Fami-
lies do not come. They are simply nomadiC
laboFers, beastly, dirty and God-defying.
ELSEWHERE we have mentioned that
Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, bravely
rallied against the myriads that
crowded him for appointment on the
Railroad Commission, and sub
miIted three names to the Senate
They were rejected buthe rallied again
and nominated three others, as follows
Courier-Journal
Judge w. VI. B-ckucr, editor of the CLARK
County Democrat, for the f ,Stern district ;
Hon. ID. Howard Smith, ct Henry, for tht
Middle district; and Hon. Willis B.
Muchen, Of Lyon, for the Western These
nominations (ofan editor and lawyer, and
ex-Auditor and exUnited States Senator)
were received with considerable applause !;
indeed such was the manifestation of APP
prevail by the majority of Senators, that the
Speaker was compelled to use the gavel to
suppress it, and, if it means that the nomi-
nations will be likely to go through in day
or two with flying colors and without any
"secFet session"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

Mr.. JAMES P. DEMENT,. late Ct the
Meridian press has succeeded to the con-
troll of the Forest Register. He has
experience in all the departments Of
journalism and viii conduct the Regis.
ter on high plane.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

After the above was put in type, We
received news that q bill with a ten
years restrictive clause. had passed the
House By . vote Of 202 yeas to 81 nays.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

Our lady readers will find something
peculiarly interesting, under the head
of Fashion Notes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

THREE members Of the Ohio Legisla~
ture have been indicted By grand jury
for accepting brides from Lobbyists and
are in the county jaiI. EhameI
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
Teller on Bimetalism.

At any rate. Mr.. Teller, the new Sec.
rotary Of the Interior, has sound views
on one question. They were expressed
in the following resolutions which he
introduced in the q. S. Senate on the
21st of March last:
'ResoIred, That the experience Of men-
kind has demonstrated the necessity of the
use OF both gold and silver as a circulating
medium; th6t the destruction OF the mon.
ey faculty Of silver IS in the interest Of a
few only and not calculated to benefit the
great mass of mankind.
sResofued, That it IS the duty Of the Uni
ted States government to provide mfrtag
capacity equal to the annual domestic pro-
duction Of gold and silver, 50 that the hold
ers Of bullion may freely convert the same
into money without embarrassing delay
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19

The feeling is intense on the Chinese
question in California. One of our con-
temporaries of that State, says
Be the contest one of peace or war, be the
struggle one Of life or death, the Mongolian
race must be expelled from our borders at
any hazard and az any cost.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
AUTHORIZATIONS

OF large maJ0flIy OF IaFMeTs, CTtHVe an
Agricultural Department for the State and
provide that no body but a farmer should
ever be elected to it.
4 .r73T TaNrGDT IN TTON
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-26
AParIl0na Trnde.

The men who drill oil wells become
wonderfully expert at their work; OF
perhaps it would be more accurate TO
say that only those who are very expert
can get work. A correspondent who
has watched the process thus describes
a driller's skill: HE has spent years
learning his trade, aud learns son J.
thing new with each we'll be drill ,,
he knows the qualification of tie
earth more infinitely than any geologi-
cal books teach, and he can tell how
near the bit is to the oil-bearing sand
by the little PARTICLES that cling to it
when he takes it out, or by the few
grains or gravel washed out Of the
biilings. With his hands upon the
cable he marks its quivering as deli
cately as a physician with his finger on
a patients pulse, and by the faint vari-
alton of the tremor understands what
the bit is doing, sometimes almost half
a mile down the narrow hole. Thestyle
of different drillers varies as does the
handwriting of different men, or as the
touch of players upon the piano. They
know each others peculiarities, and
an experienced driller can frequently
tell who is in derrick without seeing
him if he is allowed to watch the work
awhile, or, what is more important in
these days of histories, if he knows
the driller he can guess the depth of
the well within hundred feet if he
gets his eyes on the outside machinery
for short time"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-26
Supremc Court Judges.
Philadelphia Press,


Supreme Court-what jolly old set.
There was the Chief Justice, with iron
gray hair, thick and stiff, and vhiskers
just the same, a big nose and big
mouth, wrapped in his black silk
gown, but looking very like Chief
Justice. But he attends to his bust
ness, leaves politics to the dogs, aad
is respected by his associates. On his
right, oldest in commission of any
one on the bench, is Justice Miller,
round and fat and sixty tour, little
bald and closely shaver face. On the
bench he is as cross as a Ratchet, for
he hates circumlocution and shams
land half the bar is made up of
them); but off the BENCH he is as jolly
and kind and gentle as any man you
ever saw, He has been regarded for
ten years as the ablest man on the
bench. The three last appointments
on the bench may change this, but l
doubt it.
On the Chief Justices left is JUS
tice Field, appointed as Republican,
but now a Democrat. He is tall,
bald headed, specialized, full bearded,
with Jewish cast of countenance.
Smart he is, too, as all the Fields are.
He writes strong opinions, and is
popular. He is most entertaining
companion, and a great traveller and
scholar. Drink? Yes, once in
awhile. Miller and Field, respect
lively, are the two Oldest Judges in
commission on the bench. Justice
Bradley is the next in point Of rank
thin, refined, close shaver, gray
haired, judicially looking old gentle
man, who doesn't seem to have
much to say to any one, Justice
Harlan, fourth in rank excepting,
of course, the Chief JUS,
tice), is a specimen KeLtuckian "a
giant in his way. Big body. big head
big hands, big feet, long legs, long
arms, and long headed, without a
doubt. He is at least six feet SIX
inches in hight. He rents furnished
house from friend of mine, and my
friend has TO have made especially fol
the great Kentuckian, nine foot bed
stead, with mattresses, blankets, sheets
ETC., to correspond, and also one fol
the son of the Judge, who is as tall
Judge Harlan was a strong acquisition
to the bench. and is popular on the
bench and of. Chew tobacco, did you
say? Well, should think so, and he
knows glass Of Bourbon when ht
tastes it There is not much know
of Justice Woods He is grizzly
slouching man, whose personal bear
ing and appearance are not at al
striking. Beis Judge by appoint
meat, but he doesn't look like one
Justice Stanley Matthews is built OF
a big model, physically and mentally
As an intellectual force he scarcely
has a superior on the bench. He il
quiet in his intercourse, and does moi
seem to care TO extend his aequaint
ance. Justice Gray is tall, whit,
headed, peppery old bachelor, VIII,
snaps up everybody, aud had rattle
quarrel than win cause. When h
first came on the bench here hp va
nearly killed with heavy eating an,
drinking, but that time Is over. A
| the old Judges are very tenacious 0
their rights.of seniors, he isn't likely t
be popular. Justice Blatchford, til
last appointment, looks like Geerg
W. Childs, and is, therefore, clear
genial, affahle, we'll dressed, and kind
| " natuFed-else looks do not coun
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-26
Bonner BurgIarlzed,


While Mr., Bonner, the proprietor Of
the New York Ledger, was yot az
work in the library of bic residence, 8
West Fifty.sixth street, few feet
from Fifth avenue, at about / o'clock
yesterday morning, he heard an un-
usual noise. 1t was as if somebody
was prying at woodwork with tool
that tore the wood. Mr.. Bonner walk
ed into the hallway and asked who
was there. The noise instantly ceased.
In order at once to notify the house
hold and give assurance to whoever
might have gained admission that peo-
pie we're about, he opened the front
door and rang the door bell. Mr..
Bonner's son Frederick, who had re-
turned late from an evening enter.
tainment and who was reading in his
room, came down stairs, and, with his
father, descended to the basement,
Some chips Of wood on the floor Of the
hall aud a small circular hole in the
door leading to the cellar confirmed
the suspicion that burglars had en-
tered the house. They had evidently
got no further in than the cellar.
The burglar alarm of the American
District Telegraph Company was
sounded, and watchman and mes
senger boy answered it. The cellar
was searched and no one was found
there. Moreover, the locks and bolts
on the doors had not been disturbed
Nj, Bonner insisted, however, thai