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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-09-27
NUMBER 80
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syracase Journai1
Ihe first step made by President Frank
I'm PIERCE ta9ard distinction il thus lel,,t. i
0ae man had Stabhrd aH1thei ia an .fFeav
tie kniie entering the left side below (at
rleseiftilgrtt, and. ia c,aiseguener. the IL,
JnFvd nsan had dle,l. Thr murderer was 1,
oe liied, aud some tyro c0uld avail himself
nf the ssppTiunity To defend tia. dunn. 4
man. Tue task fell to ysiung Paercr, ia~,
then entering the i.rsiesSi0R of law. The
cs,Se was 20 clear that the must LAWYERS al
even na',re experience would have b. en- eall.
tent With a nluvins appeal o. the jgr NuI
site embryo pxecative. who set aL.t la
grsd earnest. despite all evidence 10 prny
ihe mtn iBRicea'. Fsrs,. he adroitl,
manssed 10 have the trial postI oned lhr. e
ifionth'. de tiien went 10 The off = ,,f a
llNy.ieiaH, aiGl asked him it lie would tlke
a student, intimatiHg his desire IL tsursus a.
cHursr ai study IN phys.olngy. TIE prar-
tiuner staTled AT the proposition, Int :
slN'i,ird IN the affirm tilve aud Pierce lie .ar
tu study, and he l,rr,evervd fur the inter.
srnms three months. takins care To max,
hlmStlf thoroughly eohy -Tstpt with m,
human tramr. nm Chargins his memnr,
n.nn At his ton-ue'S end The trial com
m-nceA la tae usual furm Three surgeon.
" re swl,rt.. who /, $ ltied that the man thu.
wounded must have died ~ the wound
! q rIed. Al ngIh Pirrc,. was permlied
u crn-s cx mine the surgeons. H., de
IA ,lIsled what tissues and membranes lb.
knife must have passed. The sur
s ons wlo bad MT suppose it nrum-
Uent upon them la study up" could nul
fxplain, they We're, "f eourSe, positive thai
The victim wa, murdered, aId the tri,nnp,
ausht ta be Puni-hrd; but under the
slo>e questioning uf P.erc they halted and
btundered. THIS prepared way for tie
letnce Ia make an Elective plea. Elt-
the jury against being Nwayed by
nan so isnnrant that thy could not tel
he names fcrttlhl tissues, and then Gnu
nngly arsee'l that the victim did not die
# the wound, and the prisoner was moi
hereinre gus ity os murder. Thus he won
lpon the jary, and to the nnazsment of all,
he guilty man WAS acquitted.
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SELECTED KI;cELLANY.
4 ra1Exp.s Valve.

7
Not on the store of sprirh'ly wine,
Nor plenty OF frlicius NJ Pats.
Though gracious Naiure d ID design
To q mt as with perpetutl taeats;
'Tis not On these we cal for CO tt@nt depend
60 much ug on the shadow of fiieHd
-AIenAudyr.
Every man is occasionally what he
ought to be perpetually.
The man who is always right finds
every one else always wrong.
Stones and sticks are aang only at
fruit-bearing trees. From the Persian.
There is. a great art in knowing how
to give without creating an obligation,
Style is the gossamer on which the
seeds of truth f0at through the world.
Bancroft.
It is tedious thing to be always be.
ginning life. They live badly who
always begin to live. Seneca.
He who obeys with modesty, appears
worthy some day or other of being al
lowed to command. Cicero.
The morning of life, like the dawn Of
dag. has most of purity, of imagery and
harmony -Chateaubriand
There is always some one object which
is the main spring of life; and when
that is removed, the wheels stand still.
p B. Power.
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible
wealth of nature. She shows US only
surfaces. bat she Is million fathoms
deep. Emerson.
No way has been fund for making
heroisn easy. even for the scholar.
Labor, iron labor, IS for him. The
world was created an audience fir him ;
the atoms Of which it is made, opportu,
mites.
Show me the man you honor.
knnw by that symptom, better thar
any other, what you are yourself. Fol
you show me then what your ideal d
manhood is, what kind Of man you
long inexpressibIv ID be. = Carlyle.
Doubtless the human face is tbs
gran,lest Of all mysteries; yet fixed II
canvas it Gun hardly tell IF more than
one sensation: no Struggle, no success
siVe cn1trasts accessible to dramatic ar
can painting give. as neither time moi
motion exist f,r her Madame de StaeI.
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A Blind Pool.
Dr.. Galloway in the n. 0. Christian Ad,
V,lcHit

Dr.. Galloway in the n. O.. Christian Ad
vocate
But are there not ''blind pools" outsid,
| of Wall street aud other stuck markets! On,
or two Others, at least, we have seen ano
will describe.
To many, party politics is "blind pool. y
They let others manipulate and eontrol
caueuses and couvenIiuns, nominations
and elecIiun~, without any personal aclivi-
ty or responsibility. In its successes they
want to share, but when fraud aud peeula-
tion are changed they are content to join ia,
the cry anu complaint against corrupt
leaders and schemeTs. But that il unm. .nly
and mean. II is the duty of every ctiz N,
in order Ia tile Intelligent discharge nf his
sacred obligations, To- fully aud accurately
infnrm himself on all public que.t0ns, aud
the character and qualifications OF the mtn
who are or ought to represent them. To sit
qHielly ut home-the silent members of a
= nd IDpl'-ani wait for others To run
tic machinery OF government is a Sinking
of grave responsibility. No man has right
To condemn the politics of the day if he has
made no tfEIrt To purify and elevate
il. And it is alike unseemly for him tn
huzzi in any grand success ii he has con
tributed neither voice nor Influence To it,
achievement. The ideal republic is that in
which each city u feels his Obligation, and
endeavurs Ia meet it. In the palmy DAYS of
Athpn- citz4n who refused To v0te twice
had to pay the severest penalty. The theu-
ry was: II muI WIN had lLrle interest In
the YoveI nment is not tO cast II ballot for il
did NOS lies rye its protection.
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which win You choose.
Rrookharen L,eger.l

Brookhaven Lsdgef.
In less thsn twn mnnths the people Of this
District will decide by ballot whethera white
ilan or n negro shall represent them intCon-
gress. The Candidates are the aggressive
aud Il luntless Blsksdale and James Hill.
The former is we'll known to our readers and
seeds no eulugy from Us. The latter is a
tnulatto who has succeeded in holding some
Sifiee for many years past. He Is superior,
We pr sume to many OF his race, and is cnn-
petent to ill clerical positions, but he is not
prepared for the halls at Congress, and II
white men do their duty he will nat be sent
there. The day Of negro supremacy iS0ver
IN Mississippi, rs Hill AMI his believers will
realiz. the day alter the election. Hill has
,lways been Republican and was connected
With the crew of despoilers when the white
.+nple arase in their might and overthrew
Rspublicanism. We want no more Of the
femmanis OF that corrupt class, and we viii
! we n me. Hill Is nat fit tor CingFess and
le cannnt y there. The dignity anil man
.,n,d Of The white Pc aple will not t.llerate il.
fhe Republicans IN putting him forward 4
shrir candidate. seem anxiuus for u return 81
The dark and trunblaus days ri 1879. They
1ould array The negr, a-ainst the whine
nm and rub the cnuniry over the p.nstFats
stfflS ot y SuA1tAilS krts PIX = ttc ANo uust-
nv far office aud wauId regain Ii at any
rice. They have drawn The ..cnior line
mi We sn.ass except the cllaIlengs il Implies.
Let up press the hght AMI Ne will win the
sieipTy.
Maj. BlrksdaIe, the Democratic NOMINEE
Il oae 81 tue abse.t men iu the 5 ate. n
laIlar i greater tllkn he deserves. de Is j
Representative msn uT the 8 .ath and his
lection wauII RED ctcreiit on the country
de isa g.ntiem ii of high character, knows
be wants uf our people anI wauli servs q
aithfuIlv He has made many llaFa q sllts
zsssiu.t 3 ,publie.Bisin, and th- Dsmncrdtic
4 ssses nov have The appartunity q rewaTsl
ssin, III / measure. Tar his wprksol the past
II they fail ta eume up ta the polls % cleo
i0ti day and appf1vs By tlleir acts iii ser
fIees. they desrfve nothing better than I
irrrn Representative. : ia question nol
snsy of tlistr baspf race snd every man. We
trust, will do his part.
jim Hills nulninatinn i an Insult p I
f.,rbeafina people. and sllnnId bs resented IS
every white man ii The Disrsica. Ask yuar.
elves whether ynu want white man q
negro Is yonF B pEe.enlatire, and respsnd
With tie III that autualasi y0a in tllB mem:
ofable contest 0f 1873.
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Progress.
Memphis Avalanche. ]

Memphis Avalanche
Progress is rapidly extending sou'hwaFd.
The lrv,e at New Orleans is now 80 brilliant
with electric tights that work can be done
there just As we'll ut night as ly day. Gal.
Srston is following the example. of The Cres-
:rnt City, and those who desire bath in
the warm waters nf The gulf or drive
upop The e ,ch, which Galveslopsns claim
uhrivaIltd III Amcrica may snon eijoy
thtss pleasures in the co0l o, the evening
IN Ter a Il ht ~ brilliInt rs the sJH. NJ M
ts.ley nnw boasts iis .lec' ric lights. o. u c
18th three trains l..tt Z Pssi i,,r the city of
'ihuahua in Nor h IN Mesi ~, with about
so excnrsinnisIs IN h InuI 0fthe compl,t OF
i The iotd To tia pnini. The tran were
t., ofated viii, Unilrd $ at aud Mexicnn
A rgs On their arrival liver spike WIS
10 b. driven aud ihe ancient Mexican city
connected with the Unued States. A line
of street cars is in operation there, ard
'ther improvements are pr''g re- sIns rapid
ly. Chihuahua il noted for lis beautiful
cathedral bnil by the franciscan mi.siui-
iries who have lift their record in the mis-
inns nn the san Antonio riveI. The callr-
Iral in question, like the mission, is n
VI s,rish nrchit, cturs and has been Kept ia
slate of perfect preservation.
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when Scot apd Burns Met.

Edinburgh D,ily R vew.l
| A local link between Robert Burn,
! aid Sir Walter Scott is about to disap
pear. The two great Scattisl poet;
! net only once. Their meeting was ii
the house Of Principal Ferguson, the
j historian of the Z lmaI RsnubIie, and a
leading spirit of the Iiterai of E lia,
| burgh in bis day. The house was largo
and handsome mansion ut the south
end OF the SCHEMES, with c0ach-hnuse
and well stocked fruit and q lwer garden
| attached. Tho dining u ID drawing
room wetc approached by a double out
side staircase IF broad steps, guarded
| BY a massive balastradr. Until lately
| the house remained the finest in the
| heighborhood. But few years ago the
garden ground was freed for building
purposes, aud last year tie house itse +,
with its three fats was sub divided into
workmen's houses. The west gable
with the drawing window still femain.
but now this gable is to be closed in by
a tenement rising be lie it, aud in o
short time the p ace where Burns aud
Scott met may be forgot. In the mean.
time it will interest our Elinburg
readers aud others to be reminded of
Sir Walters account of his interview
with his ''elder brother of the Muses..
Writing TO Lackhart. he says; ''as for
Burns, l may truly say, 'Virgillum vidi
tantum.' was lad of Is in 1885,
when he came first to Elinburgh, but
had sense and feeling enough to be much |
interested in his poetry, and would have
given the werld to know him but l
had very little acqu ,intanca with any |
literary peope, aud ill less with the |
gentry of the wess country, the twJ |
sets whom he much trequented
Mr.. Thomas Grierson was at that
time clerk Of my fathers. He knew
Burns, and promised to ask him to his
lodgings 10 dinner, but had no opportu-
nifty to keep his word. otherwise might
have seen more of this distinguished
man As it was, | saw him one day at
the late venerable Prof. Ferguson's
where there were several gentlemen Of
i erary reputation, among whom IRE
member the celebrated Mr. Dugald
) Yart. OF course we youngsters
;at silent, looked and listened The
1nly thing l rememb r which was mem
,raDle IN BIrns's manner was the effect
produced up,n him by a prinr of Bun
bury representing soldier lying dead
IN the sDow, his Dig sitting in misery
IN one side, on III, other his widow
with child III her arms. These lines
A ere written benpath
+, Id on Canadiln hills or Ninden's pl4in,
aet il ps that parent wept her 50 dier slain;
'ent ser her t,abe, Ter eyes dissolved Nm dew,
fhe drops NJ giing wifh TIE milk he drew,
1--we the ID lr..age OF his fn ure We ,rs,
Phe chi Of mis- ry b,ptiz d in tears"
Burns seemed much affected by the
print. or rather the ideas which it sug-
rested to his mind He actually shed
ears. He asked from whom the lines
we're, and it chanced that nobody re
nembered bat myself that ahey occur
n half forgotten poem of fLlnghorn's,
allied by the unpromising title of "The
Justice of the Peace" / whispered my
to friend present, who
nention+d it t. Burns, who rewarded ,,
ne with a look and a word, which,
hough of mere ciyility, / then received :
nd still recollect with great pleasure. :
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The New Compress FinIstod.
ommer ial 18th inst.

The last pirce of the ponderous machinery
f the new compress was put in place to- Il Y,
nd the rr etnrs oi the enterprise can rnw
est from their lab IRA aad proudly c,ntem.
,,late IN, j ic proportions in iis complete
lnG finished .Iate. The undertaking was
mrculsun task, but it was begun by deter
mined men whose eI gy was equal to its
achievement At four O'Clock Tomorrow
evening the machinery will BE- put tn work
pr the first time aud compress it, fr hile
Tho pubic id especially the ladhs . in
vii,-i Ia " 81 the Proce 9 ina see y con
summation uf the enterprise and energy {
The builders OF one of the most iinportant
,diancts to the tature commc:cial greatness
of v cs$burg The spectacle will be one Of
interest and will no doubt be viewed with
lelight by all our citizens.
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Competitive Drill at thu Aoo-do9n
Fair.
tnlnmhns Index.1

The Aberdeen Fair Association offers a
pirse Of SI50 in addition 10 the entrance
ee, to the best drilled Of the companies
that enter the competitive drill during Fair
week. Il is hoped that all Of tile companies
~ the State will enter. The Columbus
Rifpmen are anxious to go up and will hold
meeting this evening to take the mItter
in consideration.
Nearly all lnf the members of the c0mpiny
IRE engaged in busi Iess 10 Columbus, and
If our merchants generally express a willing.
,ess " let them go up We have no doubt
iIey will do 20. II il is dcci led 10 enter
the drill they will at ones com nence the
work of preparing them@elves aud we htve
very reason to believe that they will MAXI
gued record.
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Lave.

And a. yau knnw e y 4 rpleniid thing
t. think that tie w,nan vug really lnst
will never gr-w old to ysu TiIruugh the
mFinklea AZ tiInrs thn.ush The mask pf veafs.
II yuu really love her. ynu will always SER
the Etee yna loved and won. Ansi stinah
who really Ioses i man dues ms see tlias hr
gross ald he y not decrepif b hrr; hs
dues nnt trsmbir: he iauntulds she stes tie
sslne gallant gentleman WIN uan her heari
aud hand. ] like - thfnk thar Iuve i eier-
naE And = luve III that way and then ~,
s. down hear, rPrhaps, the laughter q
grandchi ildren, while tie birds nf jov an
lsVs 8 4 ones mars II tho LEST - brancae
II taa tTeo ef lngersnll
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-09-27

OUR excellent contemporary. the Enter
prise C,nrlsr, hits The nail squlrely ou th'
head with lis laVorite hammer, when y
-ayr: .'Hheil Il mau begins nIaitliiBg ab .
BsnFiAnsisnl, pfaIing about purify ~ elry
I0ns aud ryG-paih ziHg with the cnlare.,
vutrr b raare his right u tote the Sat.
lllrk g. B tdscaiisa. Is qurxtHmedS it teeo
MT he 4 surprise ID him q falLh dge
Rrpuhiican in The enurss uf 4 very rll1r
ulsile.n Tnis il tha way we lack ~ tlr
nlatler. Scraps = Russian once said Nnpo
lessr, aud sou will discnvrra caAack ana
r0 sie SIS, nrlnpe I f,ensnn It The rsrt men
toned by our ON templry, and yon Twill fnf.
fersoa ready to dance q Eepnhlicap
music ID the slightest provoeatiop. - uxoo
EsraId
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The Financial Chronicles statements
show that in 18S0-S1 the Northern II ills
Goa umed $40, coo bales, and in 1881
81, 1.748, 900, while the Southern mills
all lold, used 205, 900 bales in the for
mer year and 238 900 in the latter.
The transportation of the raw material
North, and the manufactured article
back South again, must have cost at
least sc, 900, 900 All this could be
saved to the South by usctories at
home.
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IBaAHm TEwrIk PAsaA reports that
Arab Pasha was in the habit Of parad.
ing the natives thrsuga the streets of
Cairo with torn and bloody clothing.
and firing the mob and melting the pop
qlace with the cry: "See how the
English treat Us. The Khediye in
tends. on his return TO Cairo. TO cele-
brate the restoration Of order BY series
of fetes.
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Co.Education.
Hon. H. NJ. Sullivan in the vicksburr
Clmmercial

Hon. II. n. Sullivan in the Vicksburg
Commercial.
Inthe minds 0f the majority Of the edu-
Gators and great thinkers of ibis country
cu-eiucation i per Sc all right. Its correct-
ness and preprIety il no L,ngsr an open
question. But ia the Slulhr-in Mississip-
pi--tle questisn has been. are We ready for
Il? Ia the state of our civilization, traditions,
prrja.Iices aud nudes Of thought Is il now
feasible? The balrl Ut trnstresaf The Uni-
versity. after -everai ysalrs of rrH .efinn upon
the subject, conclude HAT We are ready
judge 4. u. Ciayton, (wIln has been an
haa1red member Of the bard far more than
quarter ct Il century and WIN was one ul
The original charter members in IS44ll made.
an abs and z-aluls argument b-iare the
h,ard In favor 81 the resolution opening the
University 10 The girls; il passed. aImo-t
unaninnaslv. The Faculty approve the
measure. TIE press generally elialorse il
aud The great number of letters OF inquiry
from young ladies aud III -ir parents and
friends in rrgarl t. eentranee int, the ual-
rersity attest the faet that 81 s.:ssippi Il
ready for cs,-eduratiin aud that her dangh-
ters are giiug 10 avail themselves &c lhir
splendid .ipplFlunit5 II gather aurels upon
bruader fields uf higher education.
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The Highlanders in the East.

The appearance of.tbe Highland regiment
in Egypt will doubtless BE- as great sur
prise to The Bedouins of Arabi P,,ha as to
their grandtathers in 1898. When the
Highlan,lers oi Sir Ralph Abecrombs s ar.
my landed in Alexandria in that wear, the
Arabs OF the town, after wondering SUR
vey of the Stalwart Celts, ran TO announce
to their friends the arrival IF a host of
giants so hure that heclotIies which they
wore were all Ia short f,r them. 81 In the Sa-
poy muiiny Of 1857 the Highlanl regiments
did priceless service bmLh 1T Luckaow AMI
Cawnpnre, stnrmins on one OCCASION high
walled gar.len defended by five times their
numler Of seppys. and annili ing the
whsle garrist1li When Nina Sihb's sol.
dieEs first caught sight ei the pIeiis and
kiltsthey exclaimed jayfully that iaII the
English soldiers must have been killed, and
that the Sirka(G ,vernmetit) hui to call out
the women. Bat after their first taste OF Il
Highland bayonet charge they abandoned
this belief once f0r all, and fell back upon
the theory that these terrible fighters bad
deliberately adopted this female garb in or
der to remind them of the wrong which
they came to revenge, viz; the massacre Of
the English ladies by Mana Sahib.-London
GaZstte,
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A certificate Of incnity has hem issued
in the ca.e nf Mrs. Melville, wife Of Oh ef
e. neer Melville, aud she has b e. pl~"od
in The N0rristnwn insane asyl, m Ee'
hildren accompanied hrr to the asyInin
mi then rrturn,sl hDmc. Chief Ergipe'r
N-lsiIle telegrHphed for hs sister ia New
York, who will hereafter take care Of his
t,r,e and children
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CHIfF JUsTfcG JAMES JACKSON has
consented to the use of his name for
the United States Srnatorship, TO sue
ceed the late Senator Hill, if it shou d
be thought by the Democrats of the
Georgia Legislature that his election
will promote the public good by restor
ing the real cons ituency of Georgia to
their won ed harmony. Judge Jackson
declines making personal canvass for
the nlace.
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TIEF ouTL.ooK FoR Ks.

What is yenr opinion as regards the
ouiInok for 1882"
1T is too early to express an opinion
abnut the presidential campaign OF 1884.
II The Democrats are successful in the eiec-
tiOns OF this year, it will of course give
them great deal OF prestige for the next
campaign, and these elections will probably
afford Us much light in hooking for the can
didate who can best unite the party and
lead US to success. The Democratic party
is the maturity arty of the country and
can only luse tie approaching Presidential
election: as it has lost the two last by want
of leadership and bad partisan manage
mentn Hc
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We learn from the Commercial hat
a large and fine locomo i've for the Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad arrived at
Vicksburg recently over the V. & NJ.
RJilroad, and that it will be taken to
Kleinston and there transferred 10 a
barge and towed up the Yazoo river TO
Anlhony's ferry and landed on the west
or north bank of the YazOo river, from
which pbint track laying will be COM
menced in the next ten daYs.