Daily clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-06-10
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and writing from Ripley in this State,
sends apetition to which forty or fifty
names are attached, to Gen. Stone
man, at Memphis, Tenn, asking that
speedy military protection be afforded
the loyal men in Tippah county
whose lives and property are both OBJ
jects of destruction with the South ern
people living there Gen. Stoneman
refers this paper to Gen. Thomas, who
sends it to Gen. Wood 1t finally
reaches the Sheriff of Tippah county
through the Governor, who asks the
Sheriff for report of the condition
of affairs there. This report states
that this man Prince is a notorious
law breaker, drunkard and liar; and
at the time he forwarded this petition
to Gen. StOneman he was under in
dictment for violation of law. 1t is
further shown that some of the men
whose signatures purpOrt to be gen
uine, have been dead for months.
They must have been shocked at the
enormities practiced upon the "loyar'
men, and risen ''in the flesh" from
their graves to protest against them.
The signatures of forty odd names to
the petition were written by this man
Prince. The only genuine signature
in the batch is that of the writer of
the petition, and it represents the
only scoundrel in the lot We have
taken the trouble to ventilate this pc
tition of the loyal men, because We
believe it to be only sample of the
way in which these petitions are got
ten up. We would warn our military
authorities of the danger of being i'm
posed upon by men whose loyalty"
is a convenient cloak for the covering
of their rascality. We never see a
man whose loyalty" is so severe as
to need the protection of "the old
flag" without guessing at the number
of times he has been in Jail or won
dering what statute he has violated
Col GILES NJ HILLYER-This dis
tinguished Mississippi journalist, hav-
ing been unable to attend the Press
Convention. sent his greeting as fol
lows;
OFFICE OF DAILY CoURIER,i
Natchez, Miss, June 4th, 1866.
To tie Officers and -Hem5ersQf tie Press
CoHpeation, at Jackson, Mss:
GENTLEMEN Il regret exceedingly
that it will be out of my power to be
present at your friendly and business
gathering. As conductor, l believe,
of the oldest living press in the State,
and rs one of its oldest laborers, (hav-
ing donned the editorial harness in
Mississippi in 1S49, it would give me
unalloyed pleasure to meet with you.
As it is. hope l will not be altogether
aforementioned. Many of old-time
associates have passed away; with
many others have not met for years :;
while many still are nobly conducting
professional life, who are strangers to
me except in name
Ny old editorial friend and contrere,
Gen W. W. " Wood, will probably
be able to be present He dates back
to editorial life to almost boyish days,
and is yet incidentally and occasion
ally connected with it. | have urged
him to attend, and trust you will let
him share your business labors, and
your hours of pleasant re union. Up
on any business matters, which may
require the expression of opinion, |
think his judgment is excellent, and
would be willing that he may be con-
sldered as my iocum teneRs for the oc
/ casion.