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Year: 1873

Our usually fair-dealing contemporary, the
Prairie News. says that Father-in-law But
ler's letter to Governor Powers, inquiring
about the Mississippi debt, is n forgery >
Son-in-law Ames will not say it is not genu-
ine.-Clarion.


THE CLARION evidently misco astrued our
article. We charg ed that the date of the let
ter was forgery" and still maintain that
our assertion is true. We admit that Gen.
Butler did write the letter to Governor Pow
ers last August one year ago, and if the De-
mocraey were disposed to act honestly
about the matter, they would have inserted
the proper date.-Prairie News.


The News is still wrong. The "date"
is not "a forgery" The letter was writ
ten August Is, 1873. The original is in
our possession, and is subject to the in
spection of any one whom the News will
designate. We will compel it to admit
that the Fatner-in-law of its candidate
did write the letter, and that he wrote it
the year and date above mentioned. Will
the News accept our proposition?
Year: 1873

strict construction OF ueItSaUeu pO"SIS, {,
self-rule for the States; the supremacy of
the civil over military authority; hands of
the people by the Federal authorities in the
exercise of their right of local self-gOvern-
ment.


A reduction of taxes.


Retrenchment to lessen the burden of
taxation, and consequently, reduction of
salaries, which are disproportioned to the
Iabors performed, in the various depart
ments of the State government.


The necessity of a thorough scrutiny into
the conduct of public agents, and expulsion
from Office on conviction of crime.


No legislation insidiOusly to aggrandize
individuals and classes at the expense of
the many.


The public domain should be held sacred
from the touch of landgrabbers, no matter
what their plausible pretencc of public i'm
provement.


No more Railroad subsidies except by
consent of the people first ascertained.


Good faith in the disposition of the grants
by Congress for educational purposes.


No payment, nor recognition in any form
whatever, of Bonds created during former
generations and repudiate1 by the people
concerned as unconstitutional and not bind
ing upon them.


Opposition to all Credit Moblier transac-
tions; to the increase of the pay of the
President and of Congressman, and to the
Back Salary Grab by which Congress seized
from the Treasury large sums in excess Of
the amount for which it contracted to serve.


No agitation of the questions settled by
A II -
Rights, without regard to race or nativity !;
and good will to all but the fomenters of
strife and the spoliators of our people.
Year: 1873

The Vicksburg Times has hauled the
Ames ticket, and run up the Alcorn. The
reason assigned is its superior confidence
in the integrity and merits of the latter,
and its dissatisfaction with the former,
not only on account Of its personnel, but
the Objectionable method by which its
nomination was effected. The Times is an
influential Republican paper and its ac-
ton has occasioned no little sensrtion in
political circles.
Year: 1873

HEALTH OF JACKsoN.-The public are
aware that heretofore we have been scru-
pulous in reporting the precise facts in
regard to the health of our city when the
pestilence is abroad. And so at the pre-
sent critical juncture, they will look with
perfect confidence to our columns for cor
rect information. We are happy to state
that while other cities are scourged with
Yellow Fever, our own community has
thus far entirely escaped. At this late
day in the season, we need have no ap-
prehension of the pestilence if proper pre-
caution is observed by the citizens.
Year: 1873

Capt. c. r. Wharton's name is announced
this week Tor FlOater. He has been two
years in the Legislature, and made good
Representative. His experience will enable
him TO do better work than heretofore and
he may be always counted on as a true man.
He was the nominee of the joint convention
iron POntatOc and Union, which met at
Cherry Creek.-PontotOc Intelligeneer.


The political associates of Capt Whar-
ton, in the last Legislature, will be graft
fed by the announcement that his con-
stituents have displayed the good judg-
ment to call him again into branch of
the public service in which he acquitted
himself as a capable and faithful public
agent
Year: 1873

In confirmation of the statement that
the candidacy of Ames means hostility tC
all Southern men the perpetuatiOn OF
strife between the races the infusion OF
Massachusetts, ideas to the exclusion OF
everything Southern in the administra-
ton of the State government, and the
discredit and distrust Of Southern men in
all their acts and professiOns-we have
the testimony of his Senatorial colleague
who, in his fernando speech, makes the
following statement:


Ames is no friend of the colored race; he
LCiH my OtoR ears declare that the Southern
whites who had sympathised with the re-
belliOn, no matter what their profession of
loyalty, were unsafe as custodians of the
State Government; that the col
ored men were without necessary inteIli-
gence, and that hence Northern men must
be maintained in office to the exclusion of
both Southern whites and colored men.


In other words, that the class of in
terlopers known as carpet-baggers, who
have come here to live by office, are the
only people fit to administer the State
government, and that none of the others
by reason of their hypocrisy and ignor-
ance are fit to be trusted. This is what
Addlepate Ames says! Is he fit to be
trusted BY these people in the office of
Governor?
Year: 1873

A FALLEN LUcIFER.-A Washington
dispatch says that a petition is being cir
culated, and extensively signed, by the
Republican members of the Wisconsin
Legislature, inviting Senator Carpenter
to resign on account Of his unftness for
the Senate, politically and morally
What does he think of his advice to the
people of Louisiana, to Let the id
nnlitics alone y
Year: 1873

AT last accounts the President and
Secretary of the Treasury were in New
York consulting with the money lords as
to what could be done by the government
to relieve the financial pressure.
Year: 1873

1t is not necessary to say that in this
contest between Alcorn, Ames and Car
fer-a three-cornered contest among Re
publicans-THE CLARION cannot, from
the nature of the case, be partisan of
either. In the matter of the State ticket,
we will conduct strictly independent
paper, and shall strike right and left, free
from the trammels which too often gov
ern journals strictly partisan. In this
fight, we shall not be restrained by the
boundaries of any pent-up Utica. We
will think freely and express ourselves
impartially concerning men and measures.
Year: 1873

DEAR SIR:-Please oblige me by stating
as near as you can, what is the debt OF your
State bearing interest, and at what average
rate, say on the first of July last.
If you will oblige me with an answer, l
will remain


Grafaf1Ilxy
Year: 1873

The foregoing is a most consummate
piece of arrogance. The Grangers will
be very apt to give its authors wide
berth. But they ought not to be content
with doing that much. They owe it to
themselves to refuse to deal with any
merchant who is known to trade with
Shryock d Rowland. The farmers are
not all mortgaged to the merchants; and
while it is their interest to cultivate good
relations with the home dealers, they
should manifest sufficient independence
to rebuke this open declaration against
them in the promptest and most signal
manner.
Year: 1873

Two months ago a lady travelled
southwark from here, on the A. ].
White, and on the trip lost a ring val
ued at one hundred dollars. She no
ticed that one of "thOse women was on
the boat, who got off at Helena. She
subsequently sent description Of the
ring and Of that woman to the Office of
the Chief Of Police here. The detect
ives at once ascertained who the two
man" was; but could make no further
progress in the case until yesterday,
when the "fellow" OF the woman was
noticed sporting a new ring; the detect
ives took particular notice of that new
ring, and satisfied themselves that the
ring wss the same as the one lost by the
lady two months ago on the A. j..
White. That ring was recovered.
Year: 1873

The following is from financial ar
ticle Of the Journal of Commerce, New
York: "People who sit nervously in
contingencies or behind their goods,
waiting for customers to take them by
storm, and making no effort to let the
world know the bargains they have to
offer, will find the seasons very unpro-
pitious. Many Of those who have spent
large sums in hiring drummers, and
paying for other well-known appliances
of trade, have effected large sales, but
swallowed up too large q share of the re-
ceipts in such enormous attendant ex-
penses. The best remuneration has
been found by those who have returned
to the more legitimate, old-fashioned
methods Of pushing their business. We
say it, not simply because we are inter
ested in this line Of expenditure, but as
our best advice to all who wish to be en-
teTprising, or to secure q large custom,
there is nothing now 30 effective to this
end as judiciOus advertising. We do not
believe that sny man who has valuable
service or desirable property to offer, can
fail of rich harvest by continuous ad-
Vertising on large scale.
Year: 1873

The president seemed to be desirous Of
getting something done that would put the
specie basis, yet be seemed to believe in the
expression made use of by Secretary Bout
well in one of his reports to Congress, name
ly, that specie payment will come from nat-
ural causes, and not through any special
legislation by congress.
Year: 1873

New Years Day was gala time for
the light-ingersd profession of Paris,
though like the bee so greedy for honey
that he slipped too much to get away
with, and thereby met sad fate, they
occasionally over-bHrdened themselves,
and thus fell into the hands of the po-
lice. Between the hours Of ten in the
morning and at eight at night no less
than 3700 individuals were arrested.
Two thousand were taken in for drunk
enness and s35 for picking pockets,
amosg the latter being one John Cool,
according to his own pretensions, an
American He was literally burdened
with spoils when caught, and had about
him enough watches, pocket books and
other goods to have literally stocked
variety store. The portly ap-
pearance which his well-pocketed
raiment stuffed with all its plumber Gre
ated, excited detective inquisitiveness,
and Just as he was slipping 5000 francs
from the welllined coat of a country
proprietor, an official in plain clothes
tapped him on the shoulder. Mr.. Cool
was good as his name at this Interrupt
ton, and made an attempt to deny his
profession, even going so far as to show
the official what he had done that day
and how he had done it. Another case,
sad as this was impudent, was that Of a
little child seven years old. pale and wan,
who, seeing a tempting array Of dolls,
slyly took one. The proprietor called
the police, and when the mother in agony
cried for mercy, pleading the childs
tender age, the enraged shepman accused
her OF being an accomplice and had them
both imprisoned.
Year: 1873

/


Knowing we would have ample time


IN which to accomplish the eighteen


miles, we made frequent halts, and trav
! eled at al easy gait. At about A o clock
| in the afternoon we rode up to the halt
way house, where was assembled hun
dred natives to meet us, and, perchance
| sell something. The house was OF the
usual native kind, but neat and clean; a
splendid dinner was dispatched, and we
lolled on q carpet of grass until bed


time. We we're up betimes next morn
ing and under way before sunrise. My


m ,Tle was the best animal in the party


for mountain work, and pushed ahead
and arrived first at the brink of the great


crater. The reader who has been IN the
habit of associating mountains and era
ters together, and of reading annual ac-
connts of accents of Vesuvius, will won
,Jer why degcribe no steep roads and
difficult climbing. ] describe none be-
canse our crater is not or 0 mountain,
but is an immense hole in the ground,
with capacity to contain VesnyIHs,
Naples and the bay, and then not be
half full. AS at Niagara, you experience
a feeling of disappointment. The mind
does not take the thing in at the hrst
impression. You must wait and Jet
n grow on you. You ride npsto the


brink of a hole more than a thousand


feet deem and fifteen miles in cireum-
ference. and this is within an extinct
crater of four or five times the exterior
dimensions given. The walls of this
great sink are generally perpendicular.
The bottom is fiat in pl aces, looking
much like frozen lake; in others 1t IS


broken and hilly; and here in this crater
saw the only stone, other than lava,
which is to be found on the Islands.
You see the smoking assures and smell
snlphur and hear steam escaping as
from, the "blow off Of steamship.


Fhis is what you see and hear on riding
up. We dismonnted and determined
TO descend at once and do the
lower regions before dinner. The guide
provided each OF us with calabash OF


water aud q good stout staff, with which


we we're to punch the ground ahead oi
us when in doubt as to the strength oil
the crust. The reader must know that
this was happening in the month OF
June; that we were Just exactly hhdef
the sun at noon; that 1t was about noon,
and we were gong into a hole heated
bv Gre. and that there never Was blown
a breath Of cool air into it. Down We
went. however. Following a path to a


bench on the side Of the crater, some
hundreds Of feet from the top, we found
berries Of excellent favor and great sue
culence. Thence the road vas more pre-


cipitous, but not q bad one. Finally We


are at the bottom. on the level part and


boldly push across the plain toward the
billy portion, where was q lake Of molten


lava. Lava is exceedingly brittle, and
brOkeunder our feet someWhatlike frozen
now. As We progressed the route be-
=. me perilous st each step. We oeea-
30, ially developed q hole or assure With
a Al, q crust over il, which We found BY
Year: 1873




A poet toiled over q song for the maid
Who had plighted her troth TO him,
And he leaned and wrote in the gathering


Till his eyes were dim. ,e'
But the maiden. strolled on the distant beach
Aud listed another's tender speech.
Tho poet sang Of her loye-lit eye.
SO softly and deeply bluei
How It's soulful gaze, half arch, halfshy,
He only knew,
But the maids blue eyes were shedding theil
On the face Of tall. dark man that night.
He sang Of her hand so white and fair,
And soft as a hand could be;
And " the ring" no sang. that is cleaning


Binds her to me-"
But the maid to her tall companion said.
"This ring2 IT'S the gift of a friend that's


dead"
He sang Of her ripe, and dewy lips,


"They are roses before they blow;
And the taste Of the nectar that from them
/. only, know"
But the maid. rs she walked in the moonlight
Lifted her head and was lovingly kissed.
Hs sang of her voice. sit ia sweet and clear
AS the voice Of the geS tie dove
So tender that alone can SeaT


Her words Of love-"
But the maiden whispered. to one by the sea.
" love thee, darling, and only thee"
All, poet finish your last light strains,
An. maid shall we give you praise or biamel
You are wringing heart with bitter pain.
Yet helping to laurel brow with fame.
For out of the depths of a master woe,
And through the valley Of dark despair,
The soul of a singer must grope and go
Ere he wear the purple true poets wear.
Year: 1873

cation to find it in state Of tumultuous
eruption; but so long as it is hopelessly
extinct, nobody cares very much about
it in any way, and its disappearance is
certainly great gain, whether one in
ours danger from it in the way Of busi-
ness or of curiosity. Besides, gambling
places will flourish in other parts of Eu-
rope perhaps more than ever.
Year: 1873

At LeamingtOn, England, recently,
the death Of an infant was found to have
been caused by the presence in the
stomach Of compact and hard ball Of
cheesy matter, nearly the size OF q man 5
fist Two medical men gave II as their
opinion that the ball had been accumu-
lating for some time, and was caused By
the milk having become changed TO
cheese in the stomach.
Year: 1873

knocked on the head. Being only stunned
by the blow, she recovered her senses, and saw
herself surrounded by dead bodies She ran
into the town, found the mobiles sitting in coun-
Gil, told them she had been to the land of the
dead, and that she had been sent back because
she had no clothes. They must dress her hne'
" and kill her over again which was accor-
dinghy done. This happened in small king
dom adjoining Ashantee, the laws and customs
of which are the same.


One noble who had committed some crime
offered large ransom for his life, and finally
his weight in gold. But the King cut Oft
his head and also took possession of his gold,
which Just amounted in weight to that of the
corpse have myself seen coast native OF
no great Importance with thousand pounds
worth of gold upon him, and most of that
gold came from the mines Of Ashantee.


Finally, as to war. The Ashantee army is
the nation. When the order for the march
is given all able.bodied men join their respec-
tive companies and leave the town, carrying
with them kind of meal as food. The wo-
men then parade the streets, and, if they de-
tcct man skulking behind, beat him unn'er-
cifully. In battle the generals occupy the
rear, and cut down all those who retreat If
the battle is lost they kill themselves. One
suicide of this kind I witnessed on the Volta.
A battle took place between our allies and
some allies ofthe Ashantees. The latter were
defeated, and the Ashantee chief who was
present, threw the insignia of his rank into
the river and then, sitting on barrel of pow
der, blew himself into the air.
Year: 1873

A SNAKE SToRy.-In Fayette county, near
the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
there is a famous rattlesnake den, which has
always been a source of terror and fear to
those who have looked over its precincts, as
we'll as to those who have even heard Of the
fearful revelations regarding the size and the
number of the venomous reptiles which infest
this poson-stricken cavern. In number their
name is legion, and in age, size and downright
Radicalism, there are no figures or names to
represent them. A short time ago two daring
young men resolved to make an experiment,
by way of forming some insight as regarded
their numbers, and clothing themselves from
head to foot in suits of thick buckskin (such
as our friend Donnally uses to make his best
gloves,) with large, sharp knives in hand,
they sailed forth into the poison.infected re-
gion. They entered, cutting and slashing,
the snakes rattling, kissing and striking at
their adversaries, and when those enter
prising youths landed on the other side,
their clothes were sight to see! AS a snake
would strike, his fangs would be deeply and
firmly implanted in the buckskin, and off
would 20 his head by well-directed blow by
the hand and knife By making fair count
it was found that two hundred and forty snake
heads were attached to the clothes of one of
the party, and one hundred and sixty heads
firmly fastened to the other. More would
have been secured, but it was not a good day
for snakes. But any one who does not be-
lieve the foregoing true story, will be con-
vinced of its entire correctness by inquiring
at this office for the name Of our Informant
Greenbrier (Va.) Independent.
Year: 1873

THE KINGS UMBRELLA.-When the King
of Ashantee takes the field, his presence is de-
noted by his state umbrella, which is always
carried near him or over him by one Of the
other mobiles of his household, the kings um-
brella bearer being always person Of very
high rank. The kings umbrella is Of great
size. 1t is constructed of alternate triangles
of red and black velvet, and is splendidly or
namented with gold. To give an idea Of the
value Of these umbrellas, the umbrella Of a
chief not of the first rank often costs 5000.


The loss Of the kings umbrella in battle
would be considered the greatest disgrace
and defeat an Ashantee army could meet
with and in like manner the chief to lose his
umbrella in battle is considered great dis.
honor for him. The chiefs all carry umbrel-
las varying in splendor and costliness, accor-
ding to the rank Of their owner; but no Ash.
antee chief may have any umbrella as large
as the kings, or with the same arrangement
of colors, which are especially reserved for
royalty.
Year: 1873

How TO REsr.-The best mode Of resting,
when fatiuged, depends upon the cause of the
fatigue and the condition of the person at
the time. There is one thing, however, which
will always rest tired person, and that is
sponge or towel bath over the entire surface
of the body, followed by thorough rubbing
and friction of the surface. Of course the
temperature of the water and the vigor and
amount of the rubbing must be gradua-
ted to the strength of the person. 1t is gen
orally best ifgiven by second person. When
the fatigue is mental, arising from over ,exer'
ton of the brain, the muscles should be
called into action as walking, horse back
riding, rowing, playing ball, pitching euoit:s,
gymnastics, etc. General muscular fatigue is
quickly relieved by lying on the face and
having some one to rub the back vigorously.
Also, but less readily, by lying flat upon the
floor, with the hands back or under the
head, but the head not otherwise raised,
and taking full, deep breathes Local mus.
cular fatigue may be relieved by rubbing and
percussing the part, or by changing position
and bringing other parts Of the body into &C
tion.
Year: 1873

SELECTING A WIFE.-We have heard Of
this test being applied to several girls, but
John Starkley was the man who applied it to
the selection of wife. The Starkleys and the
Belknaps had been friends through several
generations. In the present generation there
was in the Starkley family, one son, and
in the family of Belknaps there were five
daughters and it had been arranged between
the parents that the heir of the Starkleys
should take him wife from among the
daughters of Belknap John. the heir afOre-
said, at the age of FIVE and twenty, had re-
turned from his travels, when his father bade
him select from the daughters Of the friendly
house the one he would have for wife
John was a dutiful son, and his heart was
whole, and as the maidens were all fair to look
upon he accepted the situation and determln'
ed to master it if possible.


John spent several evenings in the company
of the young ladies, and it was difficult to de-
eide which was the most charming, though
his fancy rested most lingeringly upon the
youngest-not that she was the handsomest,
but she appeared the most sensible.


One day John was invited to dinner, and
in advance of the family he made his way to
the hall and threw broom upon the floor,
directly across the passage to the dining-room.
By and by the summons sounded tor the meal,
John watched for the result. The eldest
daughter stepped over the broom loftlly.
The second went around it. The fourth gave
it an extra kick. The ifth-and the young.
est-stooped and picked the broom up and
set it carefully out of the way.


And John selected the meek-eyed, fair
haired maiden who had thus stood the test,
and he never had occasion to regret the
choice. She proved to be wife who looked
we'll to the ways of her household, and her
heart had no lack of faith and love.