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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
President Arthur's StatesmanIike and
Timely Message on the Mississippi
River Question.

-
Itis a brave and timely manifesto
which President Arthur has made %
Congress on the Mississippi River ques
ton. 'The hour and the man have
both come" When others were waver-
ing. uncertain what n do, he has met
the issue squarely. He has taken the
responsibility and has spoken the right
wordat the right time. He admonishes
Congress that the improvement Of the
Mississippi river il the duty Of the gen
eral government that its performance
will not admit Of delay that it should
not stand upon the order Of doing, but
DO at once that it being a government
work. it does not resolve itself into a
question of dollars and cents, and should
be done if it cost thirty millions or
more. Nor does he stop to look at the
subject in its sectional aspects, if any
i. has. lie takes a higher stand and
impresses u with the pleasant reflection
that if the occasion has demanded a
"clear mind, true faith and a ready
hand" he has supplied the need Of the
hour-and that in this emergency, il
never again, he has shown himself:
"A tall mau-sun-cr5wned who lives above
the log,
Ia public duty, and 10 private blinking
When President Arthur delivered hi:
annual message without even so much
a. a%lluding to sectional question, mucl
less following the example of his pre-
decessors, Grant, Hayes and CARTEL,
in upbraiding the South for impute.
shortcomings, we referred to it as a rif
in the clouds, b~etokening ian era o
good feeling between the two sections.
Close upon his message, m ii
timely document with its broad, liberia
aud sla,csmaulike recommendation,
and our hope derives new strength tia
such am era Is indeed dawning, and tina
peace and good viii are once again t
shed their halcyon influences over th
land.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26


The New York Assembly by amend
ing the Railroad bill took the appoint
ment of Commissioners from the Gov
ernor and gave to the people the right
to elect them at the next general
election. The bill thus amended was
then passed by a vote of 106 to 10.
The Democrats made the manner of
choosing the Commissioners a direct
party issue, and every regular Demo
erat present and voting supported the
amendment making the Commissioners
elective. A number of Republicans
voted the same way. And thus amend
ed, the bill notwithstanding the efforts
of the corporations to defeat it, went
through like lightning.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The New State Lunafic AsFIEm-the
Pressing Need Of it.
Yazoo HeraId.1

There are at this moment eleven persons
in our county Jail, who ought to be in the
State Lunatic Asylum, to say nothing Of
scores Of a similar class Of unfortunates now
confined in the jaHs Of other counties Of the
State, for want Of better accommodations.
This viii all be remedied as soon as the new
Iunatic asylum, with Meridian as it, loca-
ton, Is open for the reception Of visitors of
this peculiar class. When will that be9
Viii it be next week, OF the next year. or
the year after that7 The sooner the insti-
tuition prepares itself for the accommodation
Of the re~zson-bereft portion Of our popuIa-
lion, the better it will be for their welfare.
and the more satisfaction given to their
friends and relatives, who are looking for
the going up Of the building in question
with anxious sOlicitude. Let it be built
without delay.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

The Oregon Republican State Con-
vention condemns the Hiawain recipro-
city treaty as an imposition on the
Government and people and should be
abrogated regards the Presidents veto
Ofthe Chinese bill as unwise and unjust,
and condemns the policy which prompt
ed it as opposed to the prime iples of the
Republican party. as expressed in the
platform of the last National Republican
Convention, and demands that their
representatives in Congress persist in
advocating the restriction of Chinese
immigration. The Democrats of Oregon
have passed similar resolutions.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Silver Certificates and Standard Silver
Dollars.

WAsHISGTOS.-A majority of the sub
committee Of the House Committee on Rank
ing and Currency, Representatives DipgIev
Weber and H~ardenbergh. in charge Of fbst
portion Of the Presidents message which r.
lated to silver certificates. has prepared
voluminous report to the aecompauyino hin
agreed upon by the subcommittee and nuh-
lished on the 18th instant entitled a bli to
suspend the issue ofsilver certificates and to
limit the coinage Of standard silver dollars
to the requirements Of the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
THE New York Times Republican,

THE New York Times Republican,
cuts the ground from under the protec-
~tionists in this way:
The ~monopolists are the only ones who
have any real interest in maintaining a
protective tariff, and that they are very
active, persistent, ingenious and unscru-
pulous in furthering their purposes. The
interests of the great body Of the people
are opposed to such a tariff, and the more
completely it Is discussed the more this
will be scertained to be the fact. The
tendency Of public opinion in the United
States must necessarily be in the direction
Of free trade and not toward restriction.
In the very hature of the case protection
is a temporary device. Whether it be 3
.judicous or effective or j~ustifable device
or not, it is nothing else than that, and by
It's terms must have an end somewhere.
The more the people of the county look
into it the more they viii see that the pro-
per time for the end has come, and they
viii end il.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

platform Of which and motives that in
spired, il we have reason to be better
advised was, if possible, lore explicit.
It said: "No more Chinese immigra-
ton except for travel, education and
commerce. Gen. Hancock accepted
the platform With the nomination, and
said be would maintain it. The three
platforms expressed the combined senti
ment of the whole people and Con
gress in passing the bill which says ''nC
more Chinese immigration obeyed
their viii.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

IT will be seen that a report is to be
made from the House Committee on
Currency, in favor of suspending the
coinage of silver and the issue of silver
certificates, in accordance with the re-
commentator of the President and the
Secretary of the Treasury. The mea-
sure will have strong support, and may
probably pass the two houses of Con-
gress as they are now composed
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
How to Swear the Heathon Chinee
From Dobell's Travels.

From Dobelrs Travels.
When they wish to swear a witness, a live
cock and a knife are presented to him and
he is obliged to cut of the cocks mead at the
moment he takes the oath. Indeed, the cut
ting of the cocks head is considered in the
same light as we do kissing the Bible
though doubt much if it be really held
equally sacred in 4 country where moral:
are SO debased.
The \. y. Herald g%ravely remarks
that the subject is not a trivial one, nor
deserving of onlyjocoso consideration in
places where the Chinese are increasing
in numbers and in the intricacy of their
dealings with the rest of the population,
and where the price of poultry is SO
high thatit might be Il very substantial
item Of public expenses in criminal pro-
ceedingg. In civil suits it presumes
that some way could be cortrived to
require the party calling a Chinese wit.
ness to furnish the knife and the cock
at his own cost.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
solid Men Of Utica.
Natchez Democrat

We were pleased yesterday to meet in
this city Dir. Sam'l E. Dudley and Mr..
Geo. w. Mimms, both of Utica. Kinds
county. For a time beyond which the mem
DRY Of the sage of the Gazette runneth not
the Mimms and the Dudleys have been
among the most respected business men Of
Kinds county, and the reputation of their
respected names is we'll sustained today by
the gentlemen whom we had the pleasure Of
meeting.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

THE TupelO Journal errs. We have
not complained of the criticism of Gov.
Lowry's public acts by the newspapers
that have not approved them. W e put
too high an estimate on the freedom Of
the press for that. What we have said
is that he has discharged the delicate and
responsible trusts eonfded to him con-
scientiOusly and to the best of his
ability ; that somebody is bound to be
disappointed /; and that the man who
undertakes to please everybody viii in
the end satisfy nobody.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

The death of Hon. NJ. Surratt, of
Prentiss county, is announced in the
Boonville Pleader. He was an old and
honored citizen Of Tishomingo, which he
represented in the Legislature anumber
Of terms commencing as far back as
1913, before she "a subdivided. In
that body, his diligence in opposing ex-
travagant expenditures gained for him
the soubriquet of watchdog of the
Treasury"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

We are glad to put on our exchange
list the Farmers Journal at Terry. 1t
is published by company consisting of
solid men, and conducted by DR.. E. NJ.
Grant who has experience and ability to
qualify him for the work. Success to
the Journal. It is embarked in good
cause.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
In the Senate on 24th. Senator Geor

In the Senate on oath, Senator George
in accordance with a memorial from the
Mississippi Legislature, introduced a
bill to refund or distribute among the
cotton producing States, for the support
Of common schools, the proceeds of the
cotton tax collected from those States
and kept in the Treasury.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

an. McDnL, 0 fIowa, has introduced
in the U. s. Senate a bill to establish a
board Of railway commissioners to reg
ulate interstate commerce and for
other purposes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

To SHOW that the friends and op-
ponent4 OF the Mississippi River i'm
@proyement question are divided by see
tional and party lines in Con gress, it
is only necessary to mention what is
stated in Washington dispatches, that
Senator Morgan, of Alabama. has made
the strongest speech yet made in opposi-
ton to the building Of leyees to protect
lands from overflow. lie asserted that
the government has no right to inter-
ferc with the levccs constructed by
the States. lie wouldn't vote a dollar
for building leyees if every friend
he had lived on the banks Of the
Mississippi. He did not believe in
tearing down the government in order
to build the levee, hence should vote for
the bill as reported by the committee,
which confined the use of the money to
the improvement of navigation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

Our contemporary, the Greenwood
Flag, has passed under the control of
Mr.. j. NJ. Liddell, Jr., who viii keep
il up to the high standard of an able,
and with all, wide-aWake progressive
newspaper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

THE Boston Herald, an independent
paper, discussing the enormities of the
present high tariff says;
"If the unprotected people Of this
try-niOe-tenths Of all the population-un-
derstood the game from which they suasr,
the protective tariff would be swept away
by a whirlwind of popular Indignation. The
simple fact that nine-tenths of our exports
arc ct unprotected products tells the whole
story. The farmers OF this country are not
prosperous, As a rule, though they supply
the export side IN the balance OF our foreign
commerce. = =
The more protected classes are
bound % see this, s1nner NJ later. The pro
tectionists are utterly foolish in not accept
ing the inevitable, and directing the revis-
ion Of the tariff themselves, instead Of wait
ing for a political earthquake to do it,"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

n AFAGh "a INC AhtA-DiAEbA DCA-AACA9'
a Washington telegram says that
some days ag1 Il bill was passed by the
Senate repeating the law providing for
certain permanent appropriations. 1t
has been discovered that lift had passed
the House and become a law it would
have stopped the coinage of silver dol
lars. Ii was so skillfully wordod as 20
conceal this purpose when it was before
the Senate. The bill was originally
drawn IL is said, by John sherman,
while he was Secretary Of the Treasury,
and u.s. purpose undoubtedly was to stop
the coinage Of silver dollars by the same
kind OF legislation which it is alleged
dcnonctizod silver. The silver men are
Indignant about the trick. II the bill
had passed il would have been necessa-
ry 10 go TO Congress every year for an
appropriation to coin silver dollars. 1t
will be remembered that silver coinage
was surreptiously stopped in 1873 under
cover Of a law the title of which did not
express its intent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

Our columns show that the Mississip
pi Planters Association, and the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange have both
made suitable acknowledgment to Pres
ident Arthur for timely recommending
appropriations for improving the navi-
cation Of the Mississippi river and pro-
tecting the a~liuvial lands from over
flow.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

HE MOeon Beacon states that Governor
Lowry, through his private secretary, has
informed some parties that it is lawful to sell
liquor under the pint Law until the licenses
expire. This sustains the position taken by
the Journal. last week.-Tupelo Journal
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

HoN. J. B. MORGAN, having been
mentioned for Congress in the 2nd Dis
trict, writes the Hon. Ira D. Oglesby
as follows:
hold in the highest esteem the kind
feelings of the good people Of this District
towards me, with many of whom the dis
charge of my official duties for the past four
years has pleasantly thrown me, and would
deem it the greatest ofhonors to be called
to serve such a constituency in any capaci.
ty, but my private affiir5 imperatively de
mand my personal attention and presence
nearer home.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

IT is an awful calamity that has be-
fallen the inhabitants Of Monticello.
No pen can describe the extent of the
misfortune that has overtaken them.
Their condition appeals e~loquently for
aid, aud We trust that it will flow tc
them in such abundance as can be
afforded from all parts of the State.
1t came upon them wholly unexpected
with the suddenness Of a peal of thun-
der. Entire families are plunged into
despair, aud among the lost are some Of
the best citizens of Lawrence county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

Fifteen conductors on the Cincinnati and
Dayton Railroad we're peremptoriIy dis
charged for stealing fares.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26


TuE sudden calamity that has over
taken the population Of Monticello by
the tornado, sweeping away every YES
tigc OF house and home and subsistence
Of nearly all, and -ubjectiug, unless re-.
licyed by charitable contributions, the
living 90 the horrors of starvation, sug-
gcsls chat il would be proper for the
Legislature, Prodtiug by the experience,
TO provide % contingent fund 20 be used
by tho Governor for such emergencies
IL would cqualiza the burden Of such q
charity and would be- the discharge OF a
solemn duty of the Safe to provide for
the relief OF her citizens in such cxcep.
tioual ca7os Of misfortune. Without a
moments hesitation, an appropriation
was nude hy the Legislature for the re
I|efoftac sufferer. by the overflow au,
upon tho me principle, relief shout,
d.. afforded 90 the victims of the dread
iul visitation 100 Monticello but it can
uuf na dome because the Legi4 lature hap
peus 600. J1 ba tu session, aud the Gov
crU.r uD- uo authority 20 use the none,
10. tI. .T.... ,.t.. .I 4.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

"TRUTH," spicy California exchange,
utters what is true indeed when il
says:
There is adisposition and tendency among
monopolists, corporations, and mere politi-
clans to divide society off into the govern
ing classes, as they call them, and the non
governing classes. A disposition to ignore
and exclude particularly the American ar
tisan, mechanic and Iaborer from represent
tative meetings, and especially to exclude
them from the management or control OIL
Government matters or participation there
in. But they are willing that these classe,
shall work and vote, provided that their
work makes the rich richer and their vote
assist the politician to positions Of honor
and profit. The governing classes in thi,
State have given Us monopoly, corporate ex-
t~ortions, Chinese slavery and cheap wages,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26


In last bin to suspend Chinese i'm
migra ion, passed the lower House OF
Congress, by a vote Of POI ayes to 81
nays. I02 Republicans 90 Democrats
and 8 Grcenbackcrs voted for the bill.
50 Republicans and 3 Democrats vot a
against it. The bill suspcnds Chinese
immigration for ten years. 10 begin sixty
days after its passage, prohibits Chinese
naturalization by either State or federal
courts aud CONSTITUTES laborers TO mean
skilled as well rs uuskilled and also
those employed in mining; it provides
for system Of registration on departure
from this country. The oil will be de-
batod aud passed. 1t is not believed
that the President will veto il in its
modified form. To show the feeling
that the veto produced in California
where the experiment Of Chinese impor.
tatiou has been thoroughly tried, we
will quote an extract from the San Fran
cisco Examiner, which so far as we have
seen, voices the sentiment Of every
newspaper in the State:
The news Of the veto Of the anti-Chinese
hill though not altogether unexpected, came
70 the community a. a shock Of painful char
acter for which Il Is difficult to ind Ian
guage TO describe. Our people had built
much confidence on the Chicago platform,
and We were unwilling TO believe that II
would be shamefully ignored by the Presi-
dent-clecicd upon Especially A. both
Houses Of Congress had given Il effect BY
substantial majorties. On al sides the sen
timeni expressed j. that no such calamity
had ever before beallen the Pacific coast.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

New cases of smallpox in Atlanta
and one case at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, have
created considerable excitement in those
cities.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

Is another column we have published
a statement by the members Of the
Legislature from the 9TH Congressional
District, residing in what are known a.
the eastern counties Of the District.
The statement is published for informa-
ton upon a subject which has created
some controversy in the Democratic
household Of the District. If there
should be % ountcr.statemcnt we vii
publish IL also. We have not iel.
called upon to participate in the dis
cu-aion further than to reproduce wha.
b. said for information.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

The following additional items in ref
efence to the Monticello calamity, are
copied from the Brookhaven Free Press.
just received
Immediately upon the receipt of the ter
rible news from Monticello. the citizens of
Brookhaven at once formed relief parti es.
and a large crowd was dispatched in wagons.
with provisions, medicines, and help Of all
kind. Couriers are arriving snd departing
every lew hours.
The L. 0. I. f. club generously donated
$500 to the Monticello sufferers out of the
general fund. Brookhaven should feel proud
of these young men.
The last courier in from Monticello re
ports a sad state of affairs on account Of the
want of provisions. People are starving
They must have help, and that at once
Other towns who wish to contribute, car
send their donations to DIR. J. B. Daughtry
B~rookha7en, Miss.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

THE Sanitary Council Of the Missis-
sippi valley has recommended The re-es-
ta|blishment Of an inspecting service at
the jetties TO keep out the yellow fever.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

HRS are some of the items in the
bill reported for paying the expenses
attendant upon the illness, death and
funeral Of President Garfield:
The following is a schedule Of the claims
passed n allowances made: Allowance
to Ms Luerstia B. Garfield, $4,000 Oess
the amount paid the la:e President on SC
count OF his salary; DR.. ID. Y. Bliss.
s29.Ue0i Dr. D. H. Aen-w, $1,000; DR..
r ID Hamilton, $4,000; DR.. Robert Rev
burn, $1,000; DIS. 4. Boynton. $4,000 F.:
DR.. Susan Edson, $1,000; William j.
CrumP, steward. $4,000; r. J. Jennings
for cooling aPp2ratus,) 81 900; Navy De
p2rtment expenses. S2,22540; NAVY De.
partment expenses Of Marine Band. S527
W. X, Speare, undertaken. SI.S3559: C. A
Benedict, te0fha, &c..1 SSST.9D, Iudepeu-
dSnt Ice Company, SI,5l695; H L. Craw,
10 street sprinkliug; $40; {. l. Jones
bdlTd, carriages, &e-, az Elberon. 1902 -.
William Schoomacker, SIS: George Inman
surgical instruments, *, SS525: W. B
Moses q Son, merchants. S4035 Il. X
Helphenstlne, medicines. S2Ts35: Thoma
Dolan' messenger, $500; A. Simmons
: messenger, 500; Charles Leurd, messenger
Sl20; r. X. Beckjey, Waterman, $50 "
= }. Saith, Waterman, SI44: I. L. Herber
r fireman, Sl20; Beverly Lemos, servant
Sl44; Daniel Spriggs, servant. $50
! George Washington. servant. SI20; Isaia.
I Lancaster, servant, SlI0: Jerry Smith
servant, sl20; Mary White. laundress. $40
Ella White, ~laundress, $40; William CraN
ford, driver, $50.
A minority report was made, and W
presume that no bill with such extra,
agant allowances, will be passed withou
e opposition.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

H.. ...tl.. -. - .lr
Eva "''I '''''."
w w., O'.'
"''''H.l' tI H'0-l'u Ht 'lDclNlllrt ll-
wiling the citizens OF Tuuic1. Quitmau.
Cuah'ma, Suul1wcr, Lell0rc and Tai
loha.chic counties TO unite with those
of l%ss1gueua, ~alrkoy, Washington and
Bolivar Co form % lcycc district. To do
this, itis proposed to hold % convention
on Monday, the 18Th Of june, for the
purpose ofdiscus.iug, considering, and
agreeing upon such q lcvcc district, tax
alton aud representation, as may be
deemed just and proper, and the neces-
stiles of the time require, and for taking
the necessary steps 90 obtain a special
session of the Legislature for the pur-
pose of having such an act made Il law.
The citizens residing in that part of De-
Soto, Pamela, Holmes, Carroll. and va
200 counties. whose lands are subject to
overflow from the waters of the Missis-
sippi, are also invited to b, present by
representation and aid in this very time
ly and necessary movement.
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