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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 direct
party issue, and every regular Demo-
crat present and voting supported the
making the Commissioners
elective. A plumber 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
Silver Certificates and Standard Silver.
Dollars.

WAsHINGToS.-A majority of the sub
committee Of the House Committee ON Bank
ing and Currency, Representatives Dingley.
Weber and Hardenbergh, in charge of that
portion of the Presidents message which re
lated to silver certificates, has prepared =
Voluminous report to the ACCOMPANYING bill
agreed upon by the subcommittee and pub
ilshed on the 18th instant entitled bill IN
suspend the issue ofsilver certificates and TO
unit the coinage Of standard silver dollars
70 the requirements Of the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

ST. LOUIS REPUBLICAN, (Dem.) Presi-
dent Arthur has done one polite thing
among the innumerable impolitic acts that
are to be accredited to him during the brief
period be has been President His message
On the Mississippi leyses is bold move in
defiance of the dominant sentiment of bis
party, but his recommendations are justified
By the circumstances, and the position
which be has assumed is enc that VIII
strengthen bis parry if il can bring itself to
follow his lead. We can honor him as
statesman for rising superior to the rarrow
sectional prejudice which has made 50 many
men Of the Eastern and Northern States an
tagonistic to any and al measures directed
70 tie amelioration and benefit 81 the people
Of the South.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The New State Lunafic Asylum-the
Pressing Need OF it.
YazOo Herald

There are at this moment eleven person~
u our county Jail, who ought to be ii the
State Lunatic. Asylum, to saw notbino -
scores Of similar class Of unfortunates nos.
confined in the jails Of other counties az tba
State, for want of better accommodat;ons
This will all be remedied as soon q tha nav
lunatic asylum, with Meridian AZ ia loea.
ton, u open for the reception Of visitors ~
THIS g. peculiar class. When will that be ?
Viii It be next week, or the next wear. -
the year after that The sooner the insti-
tuition prepares itself for the accommodation
q the reason-bereft portion Of our popuIa-
Ion, the better it will be for their welfare.
ana the more satisfaction given TO their
friends and relatives, who are looking far
TIE going up Of the building ia Question
With anxious solicitude, Let it Sc builtI
without delay.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

IN another column we have published
the circular Of the Board of Levee Com
missjouers in session ut Greenville, in
wiling the citizens of Tunica, Quitman,
Coahoma, Sundower, LeAore and Tai
lahafchic counties to unite with those
of Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington and
Bolivar to form Il levee district. To do
this. is proposed to hald convention
on NJ 'nday, the 18Th of June, for the
purpose "fdiscussing, considering, and
ayr ling upon such a levee district, tax
alton and representation, as may be
deemed just and proper, aud the neces-
sites of the time require, and for taking
the necessary steps to obtain a special
session Of he Legislature for the pur-
pose Of having such an act made a law.
The citizens residing in that part of De-
Soto, Panel Holmes, Carroll, and va
zoo counties, whose lands are subject to
overflow from the waters of the Missis-
sippi, are also invited to be present by
representation and aid in this very time
ly and necessary movement.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The Tupelo journal errs. We have

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. We put
too high an estimate on the freedom Of
the press for that. What We have said
is that be has discharged the delieate and
responsible trusts eonfded to him con-
seientiously and to the best Of his
ability that somebody IS bound to be
disappointed and that the man who
undertakes to please everybody viii 10
the end satisfy nobody.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

THE death of Hon. M. 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
1S48, before she was 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

TIE great poet Of nature has said
that Dreams are the children of an
idle brain, begot of nothing but vain
phantasy" Elsewhere, we have pub
Iished a communication written by Rev
Inman Williams Cooper, relating some
practical experiences on the subject,
which would seem u put The sentiment
Of the immortal Shakespeare to the
blush.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Solid Men Of utIOn.
Natchez Democrat

We were pleased yesterday to meet in
this city Mr.. Sam1 E. Dudley and Mr..
Geo. W. Mimms, both Of Utica. Kinds
county. For 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
A Trick of the Anti.silver schemors.

A Washington telegram says that
some days ag1 bill was passed by the
Senate repeating the law providing for
certain permanent appropriations. 1t
has been discovered that fit had passed
the House and become a law it would
have stopped the coinage of silver dol
lars. 1t was so skillfully worded as TO
conceal this purpose when it was before
the Senate. The bill was originally
drawn it is said, by John Sherman,
while he was Secretary of the Treasury,
and its purpose undoubtedly was to stop
the coinage of silver dollars by the same
kind Of legislation which it is alleged
demonetized silver. The silver men are
indignant about the trick If the bill
had passed it would have been necessa-
ry TO 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 law the title Of which did not
express its intent.
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. 1t is embarked in a good
cause.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

The election trials in South Carolina
have elected a remarkable statement
from some of the defendants who have
pleaded guilty. 1t is that, not knowing
the law, they obtained from lawyers Of
reputed standing and ability in whose
opinion they trusted implicitly, the adj
vice by which they were controlled in
their official duties as managers of the
election. This advice proved the snare
that led them into unconscious and I'M
intentional violation of the law they had
sworn to obey. The men who prostitu-
ted an honorable profession by giving
this misleading advice are morally
guilty of the crimes for which the ac-
cused were put on trial. A feature of
this wretched performance, not be
overlooked, is that the innocent dupes
who were prosecuted and dragged from
their homes and endangered of their
liberties by Imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary of distant State, were not
the benefciaries of their unintentional
wrong-doing, but designing men who
made eatspaws of them for their own
advantage.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

IT will be seen that 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

IL the Senate on Oath, Senator George
in accordance with a memorial from the
Mississippi Legislature, introduced
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
THE New York Times Republican.

The New York Times Republican, J
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 yery
active, persistent, ingenious and unscru-
pulous in furthering their purposes. The
interests of the great body of the people
are opposed to such tariff, and the more
completely it is discussed the more this
will be ascertained to be the fact. The
tendency of pLblic 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 temporary device. Whether IT be 4
judicous or effective or justifable device
or not, it is nothing else than that. and bv
its terms must have an end somewhere.
The more the people of the country look
into it the more they viii see that the pro-
per time for the end has come. and thew
will end it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

The last bill to suspend Chinese inn
migration, passed the lower House of
Congress. by vote of POI ayes to 81
nays. I02 Republicans 81 Democrats
and Greenbackers voted for the bill,
81 Republicans and Democrats voted
against it. The bill suspends Chinese
immigration for ten years, to begin sixty
days after Its passage. prohibits Chinese
naturalization by either State or federal
courts and eonstrues 1aborers to mean
skilled as well as unskilled and also
those employed in mining; it provides
for system Of registration on departure
from this country. The bill will be de-
bated and passed 1t is not believed
that the President viii veto it in its
modified form. To show the feeling
that the veto produced III California
where the experiment of Chinese impor
tation has been thoroughly tried, we
viii 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:
Tie news Of the veto Of the nti-ChineseI
bill, though n0taltogether unexpected, came
to the community as q shock Of painful char
aeter for which It IS difficult TO mud Ian
guage TO describe. Our people had built
much confidence on the Chicago platform,
and we were unwilling to believe that It
would Be shamefully ignored b. the Presi-
dent-elected upon Especially is both
Houses Of Congress had given it effect By
substantial majorities. 0nall sides the sem
timent expressed is that no such calamity
had ever before beiallen the Pacific coasf
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Correspondence from Byram.

BYRAM, April %, 1882.
EDITORS CLARION: dare say you know
where Byram is. 1t is in Kinds county,
Mississippi, on the C. ST. L. & N. 0. Railroad,
and what's more particularly in fish time)
is on the right bank of the classic Pearl, has
five stores, doing quite good business, one
church, two mills, about fifteen families
and something some where in the neigh
borhood of 80 children. We have
a Mayor, one Marshal, and five AL
dermen, and that seems to me to be
putting on airs terribly for as small place
as Byram. Still we might progress more
rapidly in the scale of human advancement,
if We had two or three more Mayors and
about ten more Marshals, but understand
me, we don't need any more Aldermen A
portion Of our citizens have at last come to
the conclusion that q more appropriate
place, than a dismantled stable could be
found in which the "Byram School" could
be conducted, and so a,College was built and
to-day there stands in our midst, building
dedicated to the sublime work OF educating
the youth of our land, its polished dome
catching and rejecting back to Heaven the
giints OF Gods own Sunlight and towering
its majestic head nearly to the top of the
twenty foot ''pine sapIings" that surround it.
The aforesaid school is under the manage
ment of Mr. d. J. Abbott. The depot.
which short time since was SO nearly de-
has been rebuilt, at least that por-
ton OF il, which was not blown skyward.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

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

Hon. J. B. MORGAN, having been
mentioned for Congress in the End 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 affairs imperatively de-
mand my personal attention and presence
nearer home.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

Ma McDnL. Of Iowa has introduced
il the y. S. Senate i bill to establish !
board Of railway commissioners to reg
ulate interstate commerce and for
other purposes
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

"TRUTH, spicy California exchange,
utters what is true indeed when it
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 nom
governing classes, A disposition to ignore
and exclude particularly the American ar
tisan, mechanic and laborer from represent
tatiye meetings, and especially to exclude
them from the management or control OF
Government matters or participation there
in. But they are willing that these classes
shall work and vote, provided that their
work makes the rich richer and their votes
assist the politician to positions of honor
and profit. The governing classes in this
State have given US monopoly, corporate ex-
tortions, Chinese slavery and cheap wages.
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 eloquently for
aid, and we trust that it will flow to
them in such abundance as can be
from ali parts of the State.
It came upon them wholly unexpected
with the suddenness of a peal Of thun-
der. Entire families are plunged into
despair, and among the lost are some Of
the best citizens of Lawrence county.
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 he navi.
cation Of the Mississippi river and pro-
Ieeting the alluvial lands from over
How.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

HE Mocon Beacon states that Governor
Lowry, through his private secretary. has
INFORMED some parties that it is lawflito sell
liquor under the pint law until the licenses
expire. Ihls snstains the position taken by
tne Journal, last week. -Tupelo Journal.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

HERE 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 and allowances made. Allowance
to Mrs. Lueretia B. Garfield, $50, 600 (less
the amount paid the Ia:e President on ac-
count of his salary; DIR. D. w. Bliss.
$4,000; DR.. D. II. Aenaw, SIS, 900; DIR.
T. III. Hamilton, $4,000; DIR. Robert Rev
burn, $4,000; Dr. S. A. Boynton, SIT. 600 !:
DR.. Susan Edison, $4,000; William J..
Crump, steward, $1,000; r. J. Jennings
flor cooling apparatus.) $1,000; Navy De
paTtment expenses, g, 225.40; Navy De
partment expenses of Marine Band, S527 ;
w. r. Speare, undertaken, 81 ,S35 50; C. A.
Benedict, (cotin, &e.,) S8ST.40; Indepen-
dent Ice Company, 81 1855; II. L. Craw-
ford, street sprinkling, $40; c. |. Jones,
board, carriages, &c, at Elber0u, 81 ,092 % ;
William Sch0omacker, SIG; George Inman,
surgical instruments, &c, SS5.26; w. B.
Moses Il Son, merchants. S4035 e. K.
Helphenstine, medicines, SIS. 35; Thomas
D0lan, messenger, $500; A. Simmons,
messenger, 5000; Charles Leurd, messenger,
$3.50; E. r. Beckley, watchman, $3.50 w.
J. Smith, Waterman, S144; l. L. Herber.
fireman, 1920; Beverly Lemos, servant,
S144; Daniel Spriggs, servant. $3.50;
George Washington, servant, Sl20; Isaiah
Lancaster, servant, $40: Jerry Smith.
servant, $40; Mary White, laundress, $40 !;
Ella White, laundress, $40; William Craw
ford, driver, $50.
\ minority report was made, and we
presume that no bill with such extrav-
agant allowances, will be passed without
opposition.
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 coun-
try-nine-tenths of all the population-un-
derstood the game from which they suffer,
the protective tariff would be swept away
by whirlwind of popular indignation. The
simple fact that nine-tenths of our exports
are of 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 to see this, sooner or later. The pro-
teetionists are utterly foolish in not accept
ing the inevitable, and directing the reyis-
ion of the tariff themselves, instead of wait
ing for political earthquake to do it,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

| 20 Se--4lAalai11E yves TO the court. The
| Government of the United States is not
seeking to punish. 1t is seeking to achieve
the great purpose Of vindicating the integ-
rity of the ballot box. Enough has been
done in this case; /, therefore, move that
the case be transferred to the contingent
docket and ask that the judgment OF the
court be suspended indefinitely, and have
made an agreement under the sanction of
my Office that l shall move that this case is
not to be called up for judgment unless
hereafter these people shall be convicted in
this court of crimes against the election
laws"
Judge Bond then said "The court takes
pleasure in saying that this is the proper
termination OF this case. hope that every
citizen in the United States knows that the
United States Government has no malice
against its citizens, and that the sole object
OF the Governments to vindcate the purity
Of the ballot box. | have heen looking at
the statute to see whether there could not
be some nominal fine imposed, but / find
that the costs will be too much. The court
will accept your suggestion, and if it is de-
sired the court will take pleasure in signing
an application to the Executive for a par
don altogether"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

The following additional items in ref
erence 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 parties,
and a large crowd was dispatched in wagons,
with provisions, medicines, and help of all
kind. Couriers are arriving and departing
every few 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, can
send their donations to DR.. j. B. Daughtry,
Brookhaven, Miss.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
How to Swear the Heather chinee
From Dobell's Travels.

FROM D0DelIs travels,
When they wish to swear a witness, a live
cock and knife are presented to him and
he is Obliged to cut off the cocks head at the
moment he takes the OATH Indeed, the cut.
ting off the cocks head is considered in the
same light as we do kissing the Bible /;
though l doubt much if it be really held
equally sacred in a country where morals
are so debased
The n. Y. Herald gravely remarks
that the subject is not trivial one, nor
deserving of only jocose 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 that it might be very substantial
item of public expenses in criminal pro-
ceedings. In civil suits it presumes
that some way could be eontrived to
require the party calling 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

Is another column We have published
n statement by the members Of the
Legislature from the 5th Congressional
District, residing in what are known as
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 reinstatement, we will
publish it also. We have not felt
called upon to participate in the dis
cussion further than to reproduce what
is said for information.
THE sudden calamity that has over
taken the population of Monticello by
the tornado, sweeping away every YES
tige Of house and home and subsistence
Of nearly all, and subjecting, unless re-
lieved by charitable contributions, the
living to the horrors of starvation, sug-
gests that it would be proper for the
Legislature, Profting by the experience,
to provide n contingent fund to be used
by the Governor for such emergencies.
1t would equalizo the burden of such a
charity and would be the discharge of a
solemn duty of the State to provide for
the relief Of her citizens in such excep-
tional cases of misfortune. Without a
moments hesitation, an appropriation
was made by the Legislature for the re-
lief of the sufferers by the overflow and
upon the same principle, relief should
be afforded to the victims of the dread
full visitation at Monticello but it can
not be done because the Legislature hap
pens not to be in session, and the Gov
ernor has no authority to use the money
in the Treasury unless authorized by
law. The lesson should not be forgot
ten Meantime let our people every
where, remember the duty which we
owe To- the afflicted community.