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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The Chinese Question.

SEDALIA DEMOCRAT: 1t is well under
stood that the Eastern monopolists are in
fuencing the President against the move
ment to arrest Chinese immigration. As
usual, the selfish statesmen Of the New Eng
land States are eager to sacrifice all other
interests to the interests of their own local
ity. They talk of the revenue derived from
Chinese importation; yet authentic statls-
tics show that of over $22, 900, ,0O0 importa-
tions from China during the last fiscal year,
only about $3,900,000 paid a tariff duty,
while the expectations to China amounted
to only $5,947,2Sl, nearly $4,000,000 of
which went into the pockets of manufactur-
ers of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut The balance of trade is, there
fore, against the United States to the
amount of nearly 100000. That is,
our people generally pay annually that
much more to the Chinese than the Chinese
purchase of the New England States. But
is it likely the Chinese would interrupt a
commercial intercourse so largely profitable
to them merely because we refuse to degrade
American labor to the level of Chinese la
bor? 1t is not within the bounds OF proba-
bility. If they did, however, is it not GER
tain that the labor of the country would be
benefited to IN extent to greatly compen-
safe us for the few dollars comparatively
the rich manufacturers of Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island and Connecticut would lose
Our treaty with China authorizes the Uni
ted States to regulate the immigration from
that country. II it continues to be thus
regulated, it is only question of time when
labor will become generally degraded and
the seeds of rottenness be deeply planted
throughout the body polite.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Important Railroad Case.
Columbus Index.


The Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany last week filed bill of injunction in
the Superior Court of Atlanta restraining
the Railroad Commission from the enforce
ment of two its circulars so far as they apply
to the Georgia railroad and its branches.
The bill recites that the rates fixed by the
Commission conflicts with certain privi-
leges guaranteed the Georgia road by its
charter, and that thus far the road has sub
mitted to the reductions made by the Com
mission under protest and not because it
believed them right and juss. The bill
prays the Court to declare the act of the
Legislature creating the Commission null
and void, and to perpetually enjoin said
Commission from regulating freight and
passenger charges on the Georgia road. A
temporary injunction was granted, and the
ca Sc will be heard on the 10th of the present
month. 1t promises to be an interesting case,
in thatit will bring abont a decision Of
many points in regard to the claim which
has been set up that States have the right
to regulate railway charges.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
A Love-struck Senator.

Mary Maddox, a beauty, visited the
Senate chamber of the Kentucky Legislature
a few days ago. Senator Stanton's eyes fell
upon her for the first time. ':In less time
than it takes to copy them, says the Louis
vile Courier-Journal correspondent, "he
dashed of the following lines"
"With June-like lips and autumn hair,
With sunset cheek, and brow most fair,
With eyes like stars that haunt the skies,
When in the west the evening dies,
A woman with an angel face
The Senate chamber came to grace
A moment there she filed our sight,
Then passed without, and-all was night. +"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The Grant Pension Bill.

A Washington telegram says the
passage of the bill to put Gen. Grant
on the retired list of the army, has
opened the food-gates in the Senate,
and every few days bills to take ex-
officers from civil life aud put them on
the retired list are brought forward.
Two bills of that sort were passed by
the Senate to-day. The precedent thus
established by the Senate, unless repu'
dated By the House, will result in a
large and extravagant expenditure Of
money in the future. The House must
reject it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Gerrymander.

Jtist now this word is in common use.
Here is the origin of it:
This term came into use in 1911 in Mas
saehusetts, where for several years previous
the Federal and Democratic parties stood
nearly equal. In that year the Democratic
party, having a majority in the Legislature,
determined so to district the State anew
that those sections which gave large
number of Federal votes might be brought
into one district. The result was, that the
Democratic party carried everything before
it at the following election, although II ap-
peared by the votes returned that nearly two
thirds of the voters were Federalists- FL
bridge Gerry was the instigator of this plan
which was therefore called "Gerrymander'
iDg'p
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Presence of Mind .

John Williams, a merchant Of Rutledge, GA,
sued desperate. The defendant entered
the store in furious passion, held out the
summons in one hand, clutched long knife
in the other hand, and said: civilians,
have you sued me p Williams knew that
an immediate 'eyes'' would make him sure
of stab. "Let me get my spectacles Sc
that / can read the paper" he said. He
went behind the counter, and came back,
not with his glasses, but with an ak across
his shoulder. "Yes," he said, / have sued
you" "All right" replied the desperate,
II guess I'll pay the bill"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
T.. l.. Anderson and j. A. Davis Tor appe
Haden & Dodd, contra.
AMERICAN BURIAL CASE COMPANY,
NJ. sHAUGHANEssEY, USE, ETC


NJ. SHAUGHANEssEY, USE, ETC
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren
County, Hon. U. NJ Young, Judge.
This is a suit against appellant on an indem-
nifty bond for the use of Taft. The case was
dismissed because no docket fee was paid and
because not revived at first term after Taft 5
death by his administrator. The cause was
revived at a subsequent term by Taft's admin
istrator, the appellee.
G. Gordon Adam for appellant.
VIM. French and Cowan s. McCabe, contra
CHALMERS, c. j.,
Held
l. The action of the court in dismissing the
suit upon the bond was final and the subsequent
proceedings in reinstating he cause were void
and conferred no jurisdiction though appellants
silently acquiesced in the trial upon the rein
stated cause
9 The order dismissing the cause was erro-
neOus and not void AMI could have been correc-
ted on appeal. Case dismissed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The Chinese.
Bonneville Pleader.

Bonneville Pleader.
New England wants a high protective
tariff-not to protect labor but to protect
wealth and monopoly-to make the rich
richer. But protection does not do the
employees any good 1t does not increase
their wages. That depends upon the will
and caprice of the rich owner. They get
meagre pay all the time. Those rich men
up there that own those large manufactur-
ing establishments are generally Republi-
cans. They want cheap labor and high
price for the manufactured article. They
are opposed to protecting American labor
from the inroads of the Mongolian hordes
from China. They want the Chinese to
come and by competition bring down home
labor Hence their representatives in Con-
gress went against the Chinese bill to stop
the influx of these heathens into our coun-
FRY
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NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, April 20.-The President
sent the following nominations TO the Sem
ate to-day: Alphonse Taft, of Ohio, to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the United States to Austria.
VIM. L. Dayton, of New Jersey, to be Min
lister Resident of the United States to Meth
erlands; Nicholas Fish, of New York, to be
Minister Resident to Belgium; John M.
Frances, of New York, to be Charge de-
Affairs to Portugal J. P. Wickersham, 81
Pennsylvania, to be Charge de- Affairs TO
Denmark, and Adam Badeau, Of New York,
to be Counsel General at Havana.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
A Plucky Widow.
From the Griffin News.1

IUUl IIt OIIIHH NtWo'I
There passed through Griffin yesterday
evening a lady by the name of Ray who
said she had been a widow two years. She
had come all the way from Jefferson county,
Alabama, on foot and carried her youngest
child, about two years and half old, and
a change of clothing, in a sack across her
shoulder Her eldest son, some Ii years
old, had the balance of their clothing in a
second sack. The second son, lad of some
years of age, was leading a pet heifer
which looked to be about Is months old,
and they had fine looking cur dog. All
the crowd seemed to be in good health and
fine spirits. The lady said she was making
her way to Bibb county, where she had
relatives.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Washington City-The Mississippi
River Question.
U. s. Senate April 2Ist.1


The Chair then announced the Mississippi
river improvement bill as the order of busi-
ness, and after statement by Mr.. Miller, of
California, that he would defer pressing the
consideration of the Chinese bill until after
the pending order was disposed of, Mr.
George proceeded to advocate the bill as
proposed to be amended by increasing the
appropriation to $4,000, 900, and applying
the money, in the discretion of the River
Commission, to the rebuilding of the levees.
He said the question was to his constituents
the most important of the session. that the
area covered by the recent overflow, extend
ing East and West on an average of sixty
miles, was larger than that of the States of
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Connecticut and Rhode Island, all COM
bined
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
An Immortal Work.

Noah Webster was celebrated author
He was quick and ready writer, ana y I
one of his inspired moments he das1eu y
a dictionary. He took it to several PuhU. nv
fishers, but they shied at i, saylng ~
style was dull, dry, turgid, hard anu OI,s, ~
teresting and besides that, ne gset .,,c-
many big words. But At la,e Nd dsiIv
ceeded and the immortal ~ork S,nner t,.
nse propping up babies 81 1ne 1'-
hIe'-Stenben Republican.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
How the Presidents Message Strikes
the People of the North.
Special to the Picayune.l

opscIaI % tLIt e. uHtsI
New YoRK.-The Washington cores
pondent Of the Journal of Commerce tele-
graphs that the Presidents message on the
Mississippi River improvement causes much
comment. It is admitted on all hands that
it will have considerable effect on the ac-
tion of Congress regarding appropriations
for the Mississippi
The opponents of the levee system, so far
as national aid is concerned, criticize that
part of the message commenting on the
former tax on cotton and the importance of
cotton exports This is interposed as in
tended to be an argument in favor of the
levee protection to the alluyial lands in the
Mississippi Valley. The effect of the mes
sage will be to bring on a strong controver-
sy in Congress over the levee system ques-
ton.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
stock Breeders, Association.
Meridian Mercury ]

Meridian Mercury.
The Mississippi Stock Breeders Associa-
tion met in this city yesterday morning and
organized by electing the following officers
for the ensuing year: Judge Houston, Alb
erdeeE, President; Mat Mahorner, Macon,
Secretary; NJ L. jenkins, Meridian, Treas
urer; Col. Montgomery, Starkville, DIR.
Oates, Vicksburg, members of the Execu-
tive Committee. The annual meetings were
A. and NJ. College, during Commencement
The day of holding the next meeting was
not settled upon A committee of three
was appointed, however, to confer with the
Trustees Of the College and agree upon a
day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
GRANTED WISHES.
BY JOHN c. WHITTIER


Two little girls let loose from school
Queried what each would be,
One said sI'd be a queen and rule,
And one, "The world I'd see"
The wears went on. Again they met
And quer ed what had been.
"A poor mans wife am !, and yet
said one, "I am queen"
"Nv realm a happy household is,
Nv king a husband true;
I rule bylOying services,
How has il been with you 2
one answered, "stiIl the great world lies
Beyond me as il laid;
O'erio loves and dUty's boundaries
Ny feet have never s'rayed-'
Faint rnurlnurs Of the wide world come
Unheeded to my ear;
Nv widowei mothers sick bedroom
SHfficeth for MY sphere"
They clasped each others hands, with tear
Of solemn JOY they cried,
Good gave the wish OF our young years,
And We are satisfied"
Youths Companion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

A AcoRREsroSDENr asks Il Greenbacks
CTreasury notes) are taxable9 : No,
"All stocks, bonds, Treasury note.
(Greenbacks) and other obligations Of
the United States, shall be exempt
from taxation by or under State OF
municipal or local authority. Revised
Statutes Q. s., Sec. 8. 7Ol.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Interstate Commerce Bills.

There are a number Of bills pending
in Congress to prevent overcharges and
discrimination in the transportation of
passengers an! freight on railways and
extending over more than one State.
The Reagan bill, which forbids discrim-
nations between persons and places, or
the charging Of more for short haul
than for a long haul from the same
starting point; the Henderson bill, for
the creation Of n railroad commission,
with full power to investigate and report
but little power to act; the Townshend
bill, aiming at uniform rates; the
McLane bill, similar to the Henderson
bill, but taking water as well as rail
rates into account: the Beltzhoover bill, ,
like the Henderson bill the Watson
bill, essentially the same as the Reagan
bill the Berry bill, which seeks only
to regulate and fix passenger fares; the
Ward bill, much like the Henderson
bill and the Updegraf bill. which pro-
viies for the appointment by the Presi-
dent Of nine commissioners, three of
whom shall serve for one year, three for
two years, and three for three years !;
and on the 1st Of July Of each succeed
ing year vacancies shall be filed by the
appointment Of three Commissioners.
The Board shall have complete super
vision over that portion Of the business
Of railroads from one State to another,
with power to fix Il schedule Of rates,
with a view to allowing the companies
to earn six per cent. on the cost Of their
roads and equipments. 1t authorizes
the Board to examine the books and
accounts of railroads and requires the
road to make sworn report each
year to the Commissioners Of their busi-
ness, expenditures, etc; empowers the
Board to determine and what
shall be deemed to hear
complaints, and if AIN are sus-
tanned to assess upon raiIEaed, or
railroads thrsn-....s1 -
damage show
which asscsl
any district con
The bill provide
OF violation Of an
States by any rairN
ncy General shall fIe>
trial by jury shall be had, !rffvrrn case of
verdict the fine shall be not less than
$500 or more than $4,000.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The Vegetable Trade at St. Louis.

Globe-Democrat
Strawberries were fairly plentiful, but
the prices were we'll up, the scarlet variety
selling at 40 cents, the Wilson at so cents,
and the Monarch at 60 cents per quart.
At the vegetable stalls brisk trade was
done, particularly by dealers who supplied
hotels, as those tables were securing sup
plies for the Sunday dinner.
New potatoes were quite high enough,
selling at 81 peck or 15c quart; beans
10c quart or 75c peck.
Peas 55@75c peck; spinach 1O@15c a
peck; cauhfower $494 80 p dozen, or 10
@40c head
Rhubarb 25c dozon: new onions 15c
dozen; old onions 40c peck; beets, new,
75c@S1 25 p dozen; tomatoes SOC doz-
en-; carrots 35c a peck; horseradish 5@15c
a root.
Asparagus 50 a dozen; summer squash
81 dozen; cucumbers 1Oc each; butter
beans 15c quart; radishes 20@30c doz-
en-; apples 10c quart or 55@75c peck.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
4 Young Woman Blown sixty Yards
Macon telegraph

During the tornado in Terrell county, on
Monday night, Miss Talbot was in bed in
one OF the rooms of the Mccarthy dwelling,
when the storm struck it. She was aware
that the house was blown away and that she
was being whirled through the air, and was
conscious when she struck the earth, but
remembers nothing more until she heard
her sisters calls. L was Just sixty yards
from where the bed stood to the hole where
she vas found. Tie hole was made BY the
uprooting Of large oak, which was blown
twenty yards away.
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STATE OF Mississippi,
]. G.. FELTON,, EFT AL.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kemper
County, Hon. J. S. Hamm, Judge.
Suit against J. G. FELTON, and sureties on his
regular official bond as treasurer of the county
as required by " 261 and 262 Code 1871 for the
recovery of 81 ,57200 fines and forfeitures
which amount belonged TO the common school
fund. For the protection of this fund and
duties connected Herewith special bond was
required and given under 10, chapt 80, Code
1871. Plaintiffs declaration was demurred to
and demurrer sustained from which this ap-
peal is prosecuted
F. W. Brame and L Brame for appellant.
7. P. Bell, c0dtra
CHALMERS, c. J.
Held
Where the performance of special duty is
protected by a special bond by the sttate
which imposes l. while the general duty is e.
tected by a gener j bond, the remedy for
brea n of the special duty is upon the special
bond and not the general bond. Affirmed.
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ii. w. DAVIS,
VS..

Motion to dismiss an appeal from judgment
of the Circuit our Il Neshoba county for
81 Oh on appeal from a Justices court where
appellee ed for the sum of 5000 and recOv-
cred judgement for said sum.
L. Brame ana T.J O'Eeil for appellant.
JarnagiI, Boyle & Jarnagin, coutra.
CHALMERS, c. j.,
Held
Where on an apnea from Justices court to
Circuit court the amount in controv rsy ex-
elusive of interest does not ex eed 5000 this
court on appeal has no jurisdiction and the
caus, on motion will be smissed. appeal
DisnisSsd
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
A Telephone Enterprise.
oolumbns index

The American Bell Telephone Company
propose to put up line on the New Orleans
and Great Eastern road from New Orleans
to Meridian. Taey will commence the
work at once, and our Mr.. Carter, the
manager Of the exchange here, having been
designated to superintend iS, will go down
to Meridian as soon as instruments arrive
from Boston. Mr.. Carter will at once put
up twenty miles of line, going southwest
from Meridian to the point where the
Engineer and construction corps of the
new road have reached, and will have the
line put up further on as the work Of build
ing the road progresses.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Fhe Mound Builders.
Memphis Avalanche

lLcLl Elllo = , 1lI1lLlNlINssI
ETeryWhers in the Mississippi delta are to
Be found traces of the engineering skill Of
the mysterious race, vaguely called "Mound
Buildersn Artificial elevations, miles of
canals and long stretches Of low protecting
levees are to Be seen in nearly every county
bordering on the river from Cairo to New
Orleans.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
U. 5. Senator Of Foreign Birth.
Virginia States

Virginia States.
The New York Sun, in answer to the
question: Who are the United States SEN
ators of foreign birth? says:
"Five. They are Charles w. Jones, of
Florida, born in Ireland; james B. Beck,
of Kentucky, born in Scotland John P.
Jones, Of Nevada, born in England; james
G. Fair, of Nevada, born in Ireland; Will
liam ]. Sewell, Of New Jersey, born in Ire
land.
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OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL.

The Mississippi Valley Sanitary Council,
represented by IL organizations, met here
to-day at noon with DR.. G. j. Speed, OF
Louisville, President; Drs. r. w. Mitchell,
G. B. Thornton and David Hadden, OF
Memphis; L. F. Solomon and G. Devron,
of New Orleans G. A. Debrow, of Little
Rock; R. E. Strackweather, John Il. Ranch,
and H. A. johnson, of Chicago D. 3. Hol-
les, of Keokuk, Iowa H. B. Baker, of Lam
sing, Michigan; G. c. File, of Shelbyyille,
Tennessee, were present.
A resolution of respect to the late DR.. G.
B. White, ex-President of the Board OF
Health of New Orleans, was passed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

Fat men are always the very essence OF
good nature. Nine out Of ten viii only
laugh when you accidentally poke them in
the stomach with your umbrella, and the
tenth will beg your pardon for being so big.
Rochester Express.
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HAVE the courage to be ignorant Of 4
great number of things, in order to avoid
the calamity Of being ignorant of everything.
Sidney Smith.
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W. II. HUGHsTON, ]
VS.. ,
Z. CORNISH, ET AL

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Att1la
County, Hon. Il, w. Williamson, Chancellor.
Appellant having obtained a jud gment in "A
Justices court againsl one of the sppellees, and
having purchased certain land of one Of the
aDpeliees at execution under said judgme
filed this bill to cancel a conveyance from the
Judgment debt r to his wife the other appellee,
of the lands so bou- ht by him at tire execu ion
sale Appellee demurrer was sustained opOn
the ground that the trJnsc ipt of the justice
certified by the chancery clerk and file / an
exhibit with the bill showed no summons 10 the
husband and no V lid judgment against him
The transcript was a copy of the docke of the
justice and the executi and return certified
by him, with certificate of the cha Gerry clera
that it was a true copy from the ccord The
docket shovel names of parties, issuance and
return Of summons and with return of personal
service summons.
c. L. Anderson and J. A. Davis for appellant
Haden & Dodd, contra.
CAMPBELL, j.,
Held
The docket" prescr bed by the statute con-
tains a record of the proceedings in the Justices
court, of which by the statute he is TO transmit
a certif d copy on appeal to the circuit clerk
and of which certified trans ript is req tired
to be recorded with the conveyance of land
sold under Justices execut on. Reversed and
remaRded.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
APRIL TERM, 1899.

REPORTED WEEKLY FOR THE CLARION. ny
ROBERT sHoTwELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAw.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

To RESTORE commonplace truth to its
first uncommon lnstre, you need only trans
late e into action. ColeFidge,
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Meeting of the Sanitary Council of the
Mississippi Valley.
Special to The Times-Democrat.1

Special to The Times-Democrat.
The Sanitary Council of the Mississippi
Valley convened at Cairo on the 10TH 1t
is composed of members of the National
and State Boards of Health, and meets for
the purpose of uniting upon a course to
pursue during the coming summer months.
The Valley States are mostly represented.
The matter of the establishment of quar-
antine stations, and at what points, was
under consideration that day.