The Chickasaw messenger., January 06, 1881, Image 2

About The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900

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EVERY THURSDAY
MOUSING
,
I RtlK II 1 Kkllr,
lll.ltt II I. at 1.1,
tlllor
Gem. R. K. Scutt. once carpet bag
Governtr of South Caro.i:sa, kub-J a
youDg man named Druryat Nipoleon
Ohio, (the place ivott nut lives) a
few days since, and bail to be huuled
out of town by the ollieers of the law, I in
to keep the indignant community
from lynching the murderer cn the j
innL Verilr. "the wav of the trans
i . j -. . .
pressor it hard," and Justice, thon'gh
fleu Urdy, it likely to oveilikc the
thoroughly bad man even iu litis I
world.
Wi are reliably'informcd that tht
scoundrel McKcnna, one of the uur
ilercrs of the Ridings family, was
uinmarily dealt with by bis infuri-1
ted captors. He was carried back I
near the scene of bis latest crime,!
where after oroducine at least a tor-1
lion of the property taken from the
house of Mr. Ridings, and making s I
full confession, was Lanced. The
rooe broke before tha villain was I
thoroughly strangled. With a view I
therefore of aarini the trouble o! I
winging him again, and at the saint
time give him a taste of the horrid I
death be meted out to bit unfortu- I
nate victim, rails were piled upon I
hit writhing bod v as it lav on the I
ground, lightwood splinters sdjusted I
a ' I
at kindling, and the torch applied. I
Gilmore, the accomplice of McKennal
in the murder.'has oot yet been up-1
pruhecded. I
Tub Aberdoen Weekly publishes I
M.a "good joke on Okolona" acir-
.
cumstance which that paper asserts I
occurred in this city not long since.
It says a gentleman from Egypt came
here with the earoploa ot five bales ol
cotton and after trying the market I
sold to an Alcrdcen merchant who!
happened to be here on busiuess, at s
quarter of a cent advsuce on Okolona
prices. Now granting the facta as
tatcd thus far by our eotemporary.
it occurs to us the loke is on tin
Weekly, for thst paper by giving theLQ(j on, consisting of the counties
Aberdeen merchant a free advertise
ment in its editorial columns, has
doubly reimbursed him for h t $6 23
thus expended. From our knowledge
of the shrewed business character
of the merchant, whom the Wcekl)
uaa oeen pulling, we scarcely enter-
tain a doubt, that he calculated
that the blowiug over his little trans-
action would be ample compensation
for the investment he saw proper to
make, for be well knew that the prices
psid by Okoloua merchants were at
least half cent Ifyond the Mohili
and New Orleans quotations, freight
insurance etc., oft'. In conclusion,
we suggest to that Aberdeen cotton
buyer, that the Mkssknoi.u as well
as well as the Weekly is a first class
advertising medium, and if he will
pay un "a quarter of a cent advance.''
on five bales of cotton, we will pub
lish the article of the Weekly In the
oir.ssKNCKR and tlms give him the
lull lanefit of his Okolona specula
tion.
4- ihe uauioaii election In Aior-nx
f . T 't
county was held on the 21at ukiiuo
but, to far as we have at en, the re
ult bas sot been published in detail
The Weekly and Examiner announce
with great flourish that the tax. was
voted by more than a two third rut
jority, but they do cot tell the pub
lic at what precincts this (to them)
very gratifyiug vote was cast. Ol
course the friends of the railroad
project will fume, look ugly, and use
cuss words about the "insolent in
tcrfercuce" of the Messhngui, bnt
we trust they will charge what we
now esy to a pardonable amount of
curiosity, which the editors of thi
paper auiuit mcy possess, and re
Iieve their own and our embarrass
ment by giving the public a portion
of which are interested tax payers ol
Monroe county the lull and com
llete return of the luto railroad
election. -
The census of 18S0 showt that
Monroe county contains 6,0:15, elec
tors. Then to levy tax to aid in
the const) uction rf 4 inilrosd in that
county 4,02 1 legal votes must be cast
in the affirmative. We do not make
the assertion ourselves, for we do
not know, but we hear it intimated
that no such vote was cast, and this
is given as one reason why the pub
lic has not been enlightened by
detailed statement of the result of
the election on the 21st of Decombir
If such showing should be made.
as to relieve the suspicion of hocm
poou$ in the count, speaking for our
friends in the Fifth Beat, who op
posed the tax, we vouch for their
ihrful acquicscet ci . in tha result
'though there were but ttca hundred
and ieventy on Vutet in a total of
more than (welre hundred cast in
- favor of the Railroad tax. It is ai i
the vote in the First and Third Dit
trictt of the county was light. If
this be true, how the lequisite num
ber of votes could have bpen pro
cured ia the Second and Fourth to
make a two-thirds majoiily, with
four or five hendred to spare, msy
!e demonstrated by tha tnle of "addi
tion, division md silence," but it
cannot be by any rule laid down by
Davie, Robinson, or any other math
fmatieian, 1
i: riiH(tNiu,
Missis-tippi ii gfcat State, con-
taming t t oi u'ation of ncarlv l,2,H-,
"). Abjutfe f!cvcntli of tlicpP
illation is white siitl the retuaindir
Ooloinl The State it divided into
vcnty fcur rouiitict, which send to
the legislature one ahundrcd anil
twenty member. Tbecseventy-fotr
counties are grouped into thirty thiee
Senatorial districts, but four of Hum
are allowed double delegation), and
the we have thirty tcten members
the Senate.
The total ote of the Sute It about
2 10,000, divided at followt : 130,000
colored and 110,000 whites. Thirty
two counlict of the State hare col-
orcd majorities and forty-two have
white majorities Notwithstanding
the fact that justice bat been done
t'bo poorer and more scarcely eetilcd
counties, by allowing each a repre
sentative, the lact it thirty-two black
counties of thie State are allowed
under lhe present Iniquitous appor-
lionment to choose sixty seven and
one half of the one hundred and
twentT member in the House. The
inequality in the Senate is still more
glaring. The carpet baggers who in
Tested this State ten yea't ago, though
knsve. all of them, were not fools.
and they fully realized the necessity
of haviua Senate which would be
the subservient Uh : jf the Radical
Executive, hence th Senatorial Dis-
trictt were to gern wandered as to
enable the thirty two negro counties
to control the election of twintt
rom of the tiiiitt-seveh Senators
These black and tan raacals so appor
tioned'tho Senatorial Districte, that
in Warren county 3,728 voters could
be represented by a Senator, 5,83 J
in Hinds and Raukin are allowed the
same reDresenUtion, 4.925 in Mon-
roe and Chickasaw CU.another seat
nd a Ipsa number in DcSoto. Tate
nd Tunica enjoys the tame incsti-
mable privilege. All these countief
mark you havelargo black majorities
But how is it with the white belt
Of the thirteen Senatorial Districts
vouchsafed to the white race of Mis
sissippl by the carpet bag apportion
ejs the:eare but two whose vot'n
norjulation falls below 6000. Five
nnr fifion mi hnva over 7000
of Harrison. Hancock, Jaeksjn
Grceue, Marion and Perry contains
8,156 electors
This outrageously unjust condi
tion of affairs exists to-day and the
tax paying portion of the people of
tie State of Mississippi finding them
selves in this year of Grace 18S1, on
tueeve of an election for State officers
sej . Legislature, are asked to hold
still and allow the election to be held
under such disadvantages to them as
will permit the the negroes, if or
ganizel on the color-line, to elect
sixty-seven and ft half mombcrs ol
the Lower House and twenty-four
members of the Senate, while they
content themselves with fifty two and
one half Representatives and thirteen
Senators, and take the lisk of loosing
our State ticket. Shall such a suicidal
policy be adopted because it may
cost $20,000 or 8:10,000 or shill we
havean extra session which will a
iortion the State in accordance with
law, equity and justice, is the ques
tion our estimable Governor and the
people of the State are called upon
to answer ?
It nay be supposed and believed
bv those, who look at the situation
f,om a partisan standpoint, that the
Republican will not attempt in or
ganization this year, and therefore
they argue an extra session will be
a useless expense, but that is
not the question. TUc point we make
it, it it right, ia it just to the owner
or the soil, that th non-tax-paying
tenants shall have more voice in the
government of the State than they
The Misssaotu answers, no ! And
that so great ft wrong imposed
upon the people by the aliens, who
ruled and robbed tbcm from '68 to
'75, , may he undone, we renew our
demand for call session of the Leg
islaturr.
Till Lower House of the Tennes
see Legislature organized by electing
Bepublican Speaker by one majori
ty. The Senate It Democratic, but,
at nsual, nnable to agree upon a pre
tiding officer.
Ak exchange speaking of the extra
session, payt the following compli-
pliment to Gov. Stone :
"The matter restt altogether wilh
Gov. Stone, and we have do doubt
be will dispose of it wisely. We are
quite willing to leave it in bit hands
Our State never bad better, purer,
more ouselfish, more patriotic Exic
utive, nor one who bat possessed in
larger degree the confidents of the
peop.e than Gov. fetone. In deter
mining this queslioa which hat been
presented to htm we have no doubt
whatever that he will be governed bv
the best motive and considerations
havinz tolely in view the interests ol
Mississippi."
All of which, the Mmiiioh, as
the leading advocate of call session.
fully endorses. We do oot. know
Gov. Stone't viewt upon the uhj.'ct
of an extra session, but if they tbou'd
prove to be of a character at variant
with, our own, we feel absolutely
certain of the honesty of his coovic
ti'jftt.. W7 hall,,however, continue
to txlieve be hat made mistake io
not calling the Legislature together.
unless time should vindicate the wis
dom of his course.
ill:
Okolona I t in ate t oltesr.
The lixnmloalloia
Of the rlas'cs occurred on the 22nd
and 2:tid ult As usual, the pupil
passed this severe ordeal to which
they were subjected, w ith great cred.t
to thcmi-etvi sand to their earnest and
devoted t aeher. The classes of
examined upon the ground over
which they had passed during the
Fu'dTeiracf four months; and, by
the way it insy be said, that Prof.
Denpree iu his elf baud inode ol
questioning, never confines himsell
to the method a:id matter of the
text-book ; but aided by I'rof. Turn
or, propounded any and all questions
suggealeU by the occasion, the an
swers to which could be legitimately
leduced from the principles of the
text-book. At the cloie of the
school on Thursday afternoon, was
read a lint of those pupils who Lad
neen iter feet in deiortintnt. The
list would have contained several
other names, Lad not the mumps and
chills keot man? pupils away from
school during the last week of the
term and thus kept them out of the
following :
IIOIOIl HOI.I..
Lula Abcrnetby. Jessie Brooks,
Era Aberthy, Lucie Cole,
Willie Aliernetbv. Ellla Cain,
Corinne Deupree, V ilhe Darden,
Fannie Harden, Lulu fzell,
Ellen Fanning, Ollie tares,
Florence Gannon, AdJie Hill,
Annie Hightowerr, Maltie .Ilogun
Addie Hurlbert, Ida Knowles,
Julia Knox, Cora Lagrone.
Katie McCurley. Anuio Knox
Lula Mnrdoch, rannie Mclver
Wade Kiehardson, Julia Owen,
Ceclle Ralalsky, Mary Owen,
Laura Richardson, Maria Sadier,
Mattio Stovall, Clura Sansom,
Pauline Townsend, Rose Tucker,
Katie Weddell, Funuie Turner
Annie i razee. Isanuie V Uite,
Gertrude Worshatu.
Several of the girls have only one
demerit, and iu some instances, that
was incurred by whispering in the
h?ll during the Examination, and
thus thev lost their place in the
Honor Roll. All in all, for the lust
two months the rch vol rooms have
been more quiet and orderly than
ever before, and the pupils deserve
congratulation.
out KOI. I. OF uotou
Begins with the New Year, and we
trust wo" may be able to publish as
many names each issue Anno Domini
1881. Since our last the lollowing
named subscribers have shown their
appreciation of the Messekokh in the
mot substantial way possiblo, and to
them we tender ourheaity acknowl
edgement and wish them happy
New Year, and many, many more yet
to come :
A. K. Crafg 2 00
J. C. Grillln 3 00
Winston Mi.tdlebrooks 2 40
T. G. Randle 6 00
W. A Harrill 2 00
Andy McCondy 6 00
R L Russeil a
D. II. Gilliam 2
J.Y. Hull 2
Win. Spence 3
J. A. Rusjell 2
J. W. Justice 4
T. B. Muil! 4
K. B. ll.ukingliHiii 4
J. A. Hanner 2
J. M. Mull hews 2
A. J. MeKumey 2
J M Peden.
John B. Peden
Mrs. Jas. Powell...
J. W. Kingsley . . . .
J. J. Donaldson
J. (J. Deupree . , ,
Alford Ford
James McCutchcn I
Chc.ter Lucas 4
B. E. Dale 2
T. L. Baker 2
J. R. Spraggint 2
R. D. Allen 2
A. Crighton 2 00
Overton Harris 2 00
R. M. Gunn 2 00
Capo Fortson 2 00
Tom Moore ; . . 1 00
Dr. H. S. Tucker 2 00
R. L. Shannon 3 00
Ntuad from I aider.
The most conservative financia
authorities in New York believe that
the whole railroad stock list will
break within ft few months 20 per
cent, at least. 1 bey reach this no-
tion on account of the prevailing qw
rates of dividend. Following the
example of the refunding of Gov
ernment bonds, the prices of railroad
stocks have been pushed up to a fig
ure that, even wnu the large divi
dends now current, would bring on
ly 3 or 4 per cent, a year. There i
a consequent uneasiness in the in
come class, which have been living
on tue precedent oi a and iu per
cent. Kstates and trust funds now
seeking investment are greatly per
plexed to find anything that will
yield respectable Interest which hss
not been marked up to a f gure sev
eral years ahead of its real credit.-
N. l. Special to Cincinnati Enquir
er.
f'aaat I'rojerl.
M. dc Lesseps' efforts to build
sea level canal are obstructed in this
country not materially, however
by two projects, one being about as
Impracticable and idiotic as the oth
er, captain r.aus wants to build a
ship railroad that no ship owner
would use if he cared anything for
tue ruiure condition or bis bulls, and
General Grant wants to build ft ca
nal across Nicaragua, about 250
miles long, and rrciuirinz about a
week's time to pass a vessel from
ooesn to ocean. Fortunately no one
in this or any other country is ready
to put dollar of money in either of
the two last named projects, and the
indomitable Do Lesseps hss, there
fore, practically clear track. The
hangers-on of the other schrm
may pester Lira some, but they arc
powerless for serijui harm Atlao
U Constitution.
WAI4'.'I I.I IT I IC.
a.ni;i". i.'.. lawnaWriil, ls.
Thiee ambi'ious gentlemen who
propose to C"nie here for cilice undt r
Gen. Girfield will apparently have to
apply to Senator ltiuine. A', any
rale, all the papers put Illaiue into
the position ol Secretary of Stute,
with full power as to Hie d spot-al ol
patronage. How the impressiou has
got abroad that Ii'.aine is to run the
new tilniinUtrstion puzJcs a great
mm, v. ltut tuose who know the
Senator well have ro doubt that bis
thorough knowlciiire of newspaper
matters throughout the country has
enabled biu to thus put himself before
the country sad before (iartieid as
man universally thought of for the
place. It is Blaice, the politician,
all over, to dp so.
Evidence accuinlates that Mr
Wood's funding bill will meet wilh
much opposition certainly in the
Senate, if uot in the House. New
York and other Eastern lufluence is
ainst so low interest as three per
cent. Opposition from this quarter
and of this kind was uot anticipated
until lately
Mr. Reagan, oflexa.i, will proba
bly be one of the most conspicuous
Congressmen during the remainder
of this session, providing he can get
up lor consideration bis inter State
Commercial bill. Public interest in
this measure bas grown wonderfully
during the last month. Railroad
companies which seemed to bsve
from the Government everything that
conld be asked for are committing
flagrant outrages upon the people
and in such a way thst nearly every
Congressman must experience incon
vcnience in reluming liere. In so
important a mstter as the Reigan
lull, involving almost sn enure
change in the relations of govern
ment to the great system of railroads
there will not, as there should not, be
any undue haste. But discussion
is in order and inevitable. Snow and
col 1 weather are mciefbting to Min
ncsola or Maine than to the genial
climate of Washington hr.ve prevail
ed here for a week, snd promise a
furthet stay. Bentom.
i
ItUlrlct t'oairl Indlctmeata.
Sheriff E L. Syket, and Messrs.
W. T Evans and Jack Gathings, ol
the Mul Ion Prairie, all of Monroe
county, were indicted by the Un ted
S'ales Grand Jury, recently in ses
sion at Oxford, and process bss been
served upon them commanding their
appearance at the rederal District
Court on Monday next. Tfh"y are
charged wilh having intimidated
United States Supervisors at the No
vember election. We do not think
the charges can hi sustained, but the
parties may be suhjected to anv
amount of Inconvenience in being
compelled to appear from day to duy
at the Court, besides having to pay.
in all prohaiiilily, a small line and a
heavy schedule of costs. Aberdeen
Examiner.
Kekoskne Kikes It ougiit to be
more generally known that wheat
Hour is probably the best possible
articli) to throw over a fire caused
by the spilling ano igniting of kero
sene. Ii ought to be known because
flour is always in convenient reach
yWe are in receipt from the
Punlisheis, Messrs. Power k Barks
dale, of th! First Volume of "Clai
home's History of Mississippi. The
Typograpliic.il and erh.'Miical exeat
lion otitic work iseqiiul to that of any
we have seen is-oied from the great
Northern publishing Iioiits, and ts
aliko cieibtableto the olllcc from
which it was issued, and the work
men engaged upon the book. We
have not had the time to give as
thorough and critical an C!aiiijii!-
Hon ol the woikus we would like to
do, but from the portions of the
work we havu hud time to peruse,
we are very much p eased wilh, aud
interested in it As a writer Col.
Claiborne is too well known through
out the State to need sny commeuda
tion as to his style. Easy, graceful
and learned he ha made one of the
tuost readable lxjoks we have met
with in many days. It is a book every
Misaissippian ought to have. The
History will be completed in two
volumes. Muslin binding, $3,00 per
vol. ; Library, 1J,50 per vol. D. r,
Black is the agent for this county.
jf"Christmas week in Okolona,
was one of the liveliest we have ever
seen in the place. The rain and mud
had caused trade to about play out,
and old and young seemed to vie
with each other in, having s ''gay and
festive time," of it. Dinners, balls,
parties and hops, drove dull care
away, and '-all went merry as a mar
riage bell." But the grand climax
was reached on the first night of the
New Year, when a'most the entire
male population of the city, engaged
in grand battle with "Roman can
dles." Tlis "fu,n grew fas.t ftnd
furious," and we suppose compensa
ted the parties engaged, for burns
on skin, coats, and in pockets, where
lighted bunches of fire crackers had
been'surriptitiously concealed. Al
together it Wat a very lively time.
One of the coldest spelie ever
experienced by oqr citizens was the
universal verdict as tu the weather
Christmss brought in its train. Our
citizens, as ft general thing, were but
poorly supplied witli wood, and
great deal of suffering was the result.
Wood readily commanded six dol
lars per cord, and little could be pro
cured at that price. This week scv
era! car loads have been brought
down from Shannon, which has had
l!iC effect of lowering the price, nd
removing considerable anxiety felt
on ttie subject.
Xtrllis Honor, the Mayor, had
more than bis usual share of business'
during the holidays. Joe "Decati'
James for trying to bend a piece ot
iron round a brtbcr freedman's
head, Leonard Herndon tried his "lit
tie hstehet" on another one t bead
and Jim Montgomery for "toHing'
concealed pistol, all helped bis
Honor to bear bis Christuus expen-
. . . l .,.:
ses, WUU Uis usuii - esse ami inani
ty." On Christmas Eve Santa
CUuse, in person, visited the achool
room of Mrs. J. u. Msttuewt and
distributed to the children assera
bled a nice lot of fruits a id confec-
lionaries flirs. at. nat a nne scuooi
nd is deservedly popular wnu Der
pupils-
ThtSfnlaoIr klar; fUranli,
Among the Seminole Indians th -re
is a singular traoilion regsrdir the
winie man a origin ami superiority
They say llmt when the Gieat Spiiit
made, the earth be also niude three
men, ail of whom were ot f:,m,-n.
plexion, and thai afier making Hum,
he led llieru to the margin of a sinsli
HKe and Pa le tlieni ran therein
The second did not leso until the
water became slitfljtly muddy, and
whoa he balded bo came out copper
colored. The nird did not lean un
td the water became black with mud.
an I came out wii.li its own color
Then the Great Spiiit laid bcfoie
them tluee packages of hark, snd
bade them choose, and out of pity
for hs misfortune of color, he gave
the black tnau the first choice. He
took hold of each of the packages.
and, having felt them, took the heav
iest; tue oopper colorcd one then
chose the second heaviest, leaving
the white man the lightest. When
the packages were opened the first
was tound to contain spades, boes
and all the implements of labor; the
second enwrapped hunting, fishing
and warlike apparatus; the third
gave the white man pen, ink and pa
per the engiuet of the mind, the
moral, menial improvement; the so
cial link of humanity ; the foundation
or the white man s superiority.
Klfthlajai Africa.
In the very heart of Central Af
rica it the paradise that many wom
en are vainly atriving for in Ameri
ca, and the right she clamors for
here are already granted in this far-
off couutry to woman, and by what
we call au ''uncivilized people." The
Bolanda negroes believe in the su
p-emocy of women. It is wilh them
the law that women shall sit in the
councils of the nation; that a young
man entering upon the matrimonii!
state shall remove Irom his own vd
luge to that of bis wife, and in form
ing his relatio.1 he shall biud himself
to provide for bis mother with lood
so long as she shall live. Here, too,
the wife alone can divorce the but
band, and the children, in that event,
become the property of the mother
The men cannot enter into the most
ordinary contract without the per
mission of the lady superior of the
domesiie circle. A few delegates
from liolauda might be of good to
(lit) cause, for they at least can speak
from experience of what to us are un
tried laws.
Drinking is increasing rapidly
The ofllcial report of the ir.terual
revenue bureau thows the Immense
increase in the quantity of ferrrcnted
liquors returned for taxation in this
country. Thus, while it appear
that in 1870 the quantity of fermeut-
ed liquors returned for taxation to
the commissioner of internal revenue
was 6,574,000 barrels of thirty-one
gallons each, there was returned dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30
1830, 13,317,000 barrels. Reduced
to gallons, these figures shew that
duricg the last fiscal year there was
manufactured and consumed In the
United Statet nearly 4 14,000,000 gal
Ions of fermented liquors Assum
ing that the population is 50,000,000
this would allow consumption of
fermented domestic liquors last year
equal to about eight and a quaite
gallons per capita, or more than ohm
fourth of ft barrel for every man,
woman or child in tho country. Or,
estimating as the saloon keepers are
said to do, that each gallon ot
beer contains twenty-five glasses of
the size sold over bars, these figures
again show that every eighteen hours
every man, woman and child in the
country assumes its thirst, with a
draught of U;:d p qnilar Teutonic
huvuMgt, Memphis Appeal.
They had some sport in the lower
nraneb of Congress on tho Sst. Gen.
Weaver, the late ('residential candi
date, made a speech, arraigning the
Democratic party in severe terms.
Sparks, of Illinois, lost his temper
and said Weaver hadn't the instincts
of gentleman, and had shown it in
the late campaign. Hot blood came
into Weaver a face instantly, yet be
deliberately and with apparent cool
ness denounced "that man before the
House as a wilful liar." Sparks
shaking hit long arm towards
Weaver, laid he was an unmitigated
scoundrel. The word "scoundrel"
had no sooner biased from the lips
of Sparks than Weaver stepped out
Irom hchj.id the desk and walked
around in front of Sparks. Friends
Interfered, and the gentlemen were
kept apart. Apologies were then
in order, after w'jicb the House passed
on to other important business Ex
No fewer than eighteen United
States Senators are to bi elected
next month. Nevada and Tennessee
will lead off on the 11th, by electing
two Democrats. On the lain (Jon
neclicut, Delsware, Florida. Indiana
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New York, Pensylvania, and Texas
will each select a Senator a field
day for that kind of sport. New
Jersey, West Virginia anJ Wiscon
sin will wind op the month's labors
in this direction, on the 25th. The
elections in Rhode Island, Ohio ami
California will piobably occur in
February, dependant la one cuo at
least upon the calling of an extra
session bv the Governor. Mobile
Register.
Charlie Walker, oolored, who was
released from Jail to work out a fine
imposed upon hira for some of his
rascality, for wuicti ne it noted ; and
an accomplice who made bis escape
and whose name is nuKnown to us
played the other day sore sharp
practice on an unsuspecting colored
man, Simon Former, who had come
in from, the country and told a bale
of cotton for which he received tht
money. Chsrlie and this other fel
low, seeing Simon with some money
ent'eed bun behind a bouse under
the pretense of ehowlng him some
Kansas papers. Simon held 810 in
bis hand and Just when he wss busy
taking in the Kansas viewt with his
luminous vision, Charlie snatched
the 1 10 and passed it to the other
Mlowwbo shot o(I like a bullet and
made his escape but Charlie was o
turedand lsnowlnjail. StarksTiUeJin8tolbenUmbCr 01 ot roJ
SAILING THROUGH THE AIR.
Thf Litest .i:rial ivlsilor
Crfjt Epirtatloni.
With
A It.tlloi a ll.nt Will rial Mut'r
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Among the verv inanv who
n. icve they have di-c iveie 1 the se-
l of u-rial navigation, is a Krt in h
u named C Kttss, who I. as pub
Untie I in Marseilles a small pamphlet
selling forth his plans for an air
ship To those who may be dispris
I to greet his scheme ss I't'Jplan.
he answers by the questions : "Whi.l
was Ihe steam engine before its prsc
tieal realization 't Utopian. The
railroad? Utopian. The telegraph V
Utopian. All of them were Utopi
an. He thinks the idea be proposes
deserves at least to be tested, and an
ticipating the objection of the ex
pense of such test, recites the ben
efits success would eive. Amonir
the results of successful a-r'.al navi
gation, he says, would be the devel
opment of manufactures, cf com
merce, of science, of the arts, of civ
ilizalion, over the earlh. At an ex
ample, he cites the progress follow
ing the invention of steamboats and
railroads. What wou'd the United
States be without those inventions?
he asks. To tftem, be says, ibis
country owes its wealth, its oower
and its great vitality as much as to the
enterpusing character of its people.
He believes that uriul navigation in
the shape proposed by himsell is
desiiucd to replace all other methods
of transpori ing both passengers anil
merchandise over long distances.
Merchandise, be claims, can he -pise
ed in bis a-rial cars on the spot in
which it is manufactured and trans
ported to the farthest regions of the
eaila. All cit'esand towns will then
become seaports.
-hi iid navigation will thns become
the necessary complement to our
ocean highways and railroads. It
will contribute to the material well
beiug of the jwopleby the abundance
tnd variety of the products of nmuj
try and of the toil it will bring to
eveiy door. It will also en tire the
organization of unpeople! regions
which arc new deprived ofme.anaof
approach. It will facilitate the
spread of Intelligence by the increas
ed communication it will bring about
among all nations. By it journeys
can be made in less timo, at reduced
expense, ard without the fatigues to
which travellers are now obliged to
suhirit. The unknown regions ol
Africa and Australia, as well as the
poles, ran be explored with ease
Asia, and especially India, China
snd Japan, ran lo placed in rapid
communication Europe and America
by regular lines ot air ships. In
warfare, ariai navigation will open
communication with places hospied
uy the enemy, and they can p-o-
vldeu witu rood, men and mu' imis
of war. Capitulations, awn those
of Paris and of Metz, me t no longer
be feared.
In the presence of inch great and
numerous advantages, says M. riess
o man who calls himself the sincere
iriend of progress is at liberty to re
main inditlerent while such an impor
tant question awaits solution I' is
every one't duty to encourage, as
much at lie in their power, the labor
and teats tending to bring .Trial nsvi
gstion into the domain of realisation
After thus sketching the promised
benefit, to acorua from successful
iviial navigation, M. Fiess proceeds
to U-ll bow, in his opinion, it ma I
accomplished.
The following is i dcsetintion t
the principal features of the propos
el uir ship, or U:idoon : H is to I
coin'Muud of a cylindiicul balloon
wilh couical ends, so formed that the
lower portion can be divided from
the upper, thus practically forming
two balloons. The up(cr chamber
ii to be filled with hydrogen, while
the lower one will only contain air
The car is to be made of osier work
and will bang twenty meters belo
the balloon. It is to be roofed i
and covered with waterpioof mated
al for the purpose of preserving the
passengers from rain and dampness,
Light and air will be admitted throim
windows in the side. It will be di
vided into compartments, and ihose
intended for passengers are to be
lined with fur.
In addition to the cylindrical ha
loon there ia to be another of.tqual
diameter tnd spherical in form. This
is to be connected with its compan
ion and it iuU nde l to hang beneath
it. The object of the inventor
constructing two balloons, separate
although counected witn each other
ia to enable one of them to ascend to
the upper strata of an atmospheric
current while the other ia still in the
lower one. By this means he intends
to obtain both a motive and a guid
ing power from the force with which
the atmospheric current moves. II
two balloons, be says, will enable
him to take the same advantage of
the foroe supplied by tho movement
of the curreul as Is taken by a ship
of that of the wind
M. Fiess hat not neglected to give
ample details in regard to his intend
ed constructioa of steering gear,
snchors, mode, of filling Uis balloons
wilh gat and air, and the material of
which their coverings are to be made
nor does he fail to give what may be
called sailing directions. 1 he man
ner in wtucti every tacK and move
ment Is to be made is fully describ
ed, but to most people it would be
more interesting to see them actual
ly performed with a real balloon, or
pair of balloons. M. Fiess is very
confident of the final success of his
invention, and, in his opinion, it will
not be ! ng uutll there are lines ol
air ships running to the interior of
Asia, the inmost recesses of Africa,
and the long sealed portals of the
North Pole.
The Jackson Clarion says that the
Mobilo and Ohio railroad company
and that -o( the Alabama Central
road bsve each paid its "privilege
tax" into the Mississippi treasury
the former 24.330.7i, and the latter
54110. Filly per cent, is to b
placed to the general fund of the
Slate, and fifty per cent, to be dis
tributed to the counties through
which the roads tun pro rata accord
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