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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01
The TrinI Of Mr. paws.

The New York Herald, n recen
convert 10 RPdiealism, still occasion
ally deals It's new allies severe blows
I'm recent number abiding 20 tbs
reasons why Mr. Davis was not tried
it ccnsures severely Chief justice
Chase for raising pretended Difficult
" about holding Court in Virginia, on
account of Congress having passed
an act last July, changing certain
judicial districts and making n new
allotment of the duties Of the judges.
The Herald adds
This change docs not take away Wiz.
ginia from the circuit of Chief Justice
Chase, and, as the Attorney General ro-
marked Inc was fully competent TO hold
his court and to try the prisoner. IL
appears TO us that this is n miserable
bubble on the part Of Mr.. Chase TO
shirk the responsibility of trying Mr.
Davis or for the purpose Of making
political capital out of the victim and
the administration. IL " clear now
that the Presidents Is not TO blame, and
we think it Is equally clear that the
Chief Justice Is, for thus violating the
Constitution, which guarantees every
man speedy and an impartial trial
We hope, for the sake Of justice and
the reputation of the country, this
disgraceful state Of things will soon be
brought TO an end either by the trial of
the prisoner or by his release.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01
YHB WEEKLY VElEION.
TI,c Dlndery

Connected with the Clarion Office is
one Of the most complete establish
ments Of the kind in the South, and
the work which is being daily turned
out thercfrom is fully equal to that Of
the best binderies in the North and
East. We keep the first class work
men constantly employed, and our ma
chinery and stock being all new, ena.
bles US TO I'll orders promptly and in q
satisfactory manner Record books
for courts, made at short notice, law
books, statutes OF the State, music and
miscellaneous books bound or re.
bound in the very best style at low
prices. ...
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wEEFzLY CIARIoN, NOVEMBER l. 1856.


An exchange makes the following
true remarks uponthe question of ne
gro suffrage:
There Is a disposition on the part
Of few In the South 10 favor negro
suffrage. These men are good and
solid citizens In the main. and wish
well 10 the South, but imagine that by
taking the bull by the horns, and
voluntarily comforting that which may
be forced from us, that we will escape
trouble and gain power among the
sable substrRtum. Principles surren-
dered because Of imaginary policy gain
for Us nothing, We. are right we
know that we are, and all the world
sustains ns, except that portion OF
England which worships at Exeter
Hall, who, whilst scorDing TO confer
power upon their own race, rail at MS
because We do not confer suffrage
upon the blacks All may be lost
save honor--and the latter is yet main
tanned, even If we were covered by
obloquy and social ruin thrust upon
Ms by the hand of power Never by
our own consent will the South confer
suffrage upon the negro race. Our
sober common sense, our natural an.
tipatbies, all revolt at the idea, and If
the sacrifice must be made, let US not
attempt to ofiiciate as false priests
before an altar upon which is laid, in
the rights Of the white race, all that is
sacred to u.s.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

COUNTIES WHITE POPULATION INCREASED 1860
Carroll 103 Choctaw S2 Copi Ll09 DeSoto 1920 Franklin 34
$780, ake 1922 Monroe 23 Noxubee 622 Pnoa 1000
Pike Tuna 263 Washington, ITS; Wayne 354 Wilkinson 2SS
Winston, 63l Yalobasha, 729-17 counties, 10,906.
Deere AsEnAdans 951
Amite Attaa 5O6; Bolivar Coahoma 1OS6 Claiborne
Clarke Covngton 199;
Laudeae Lowes Madison 803 Marshall 7s9
Neshoba Newton Simpson Smith,
Sunhowe Taahatchie IA; Tppah 1885 Tshomngo 1851
Deduct 1O906 Decrease
white population since 1860 in Al countless 6,799.t
INCREASED 1861
1O7S Coahoma Chottaw 36i Copah Liza Laudere
Pamela, $685. Pike, S. Tunca5 Sob counties, 1893
BLACK POPULATION DECREASED 1862
Adams 247S Anite 1862 Alfalfa % Carroll 2424 Claiborne os0
Clarke l CovingOn AIS DeSoto 1888 Franklin 1882 Hnds 549
wamba 6l5 Jasper o6l JeeEson 3e Madison 93$ Marshall
Monroe 1SS; Neshoba $685. Rankin 2o14 Scott 7l Simpson,
50 Smith III Sqnfowr 49, Talahah 296 Ippah 6O Tisho
1921; Washington 2559 Wayne q; Wilkinson $685. Winston
Yaobusha 1852 556s31 counties 1894 Deduct increase
Total decrease in black population in "A counties 1915
population counties 1860 2799T
Present white population M 212SsS
Decrease 600
black population of the counties in 1860 35S72
Present black population .. SO6667
Decrease. 452o5
decrease population compared $780, per
cent that of the whites, q per cent =.
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PhIIIipg vicIng vI1h IluiIcr.

Wendell Phillips, who In 1861 said
the constitution Of the United States
was d league with hell and a covenant
with the devil, delivered a lecture on
the peril Of the hour, in the fremont
House, Boston, on the 18th. This
prominent enemy Of Union followed
In the strain ofBoast Butler and clam
ored with great eagerncss for the I'm.
parchment Of President johnson In
the course ofhis remarks he took oc-
oasion 70 denounce Gen. Grant DC a
traitor, and wanted the party TO follow
his example II The radical programme
is not complied with. lie would have
the President thrown aside and tie
President Of the Senate placed In his
stead, so that the people (he meant his
party could run the machine. We
cannot take the reader through all the
tortuous paths and windings Of this
influential advocate Of another civil
war, but to show how he feels on the
subject ofroeonstruction, we will take
up few more sentences. They might
ill tho House Of Representatives
with men like Alexander II. Stephens,
observes Phillips. and reconstruction
would not commence He would have
tho South aud Southwest made like the
victorious North. There was no lur.
ry. The South would wait. Speaking
Of the constitutional amendment, he
denounced the insertion OF the word
"malc" as libel on the nineteenth
century, The dcsertion Of the negro
made II not only nm unjust but infa
nous proposition. lie asked whose
fault IL was that there had been such
Dloodshed and persecution in the
streets Of Memphis and New Orleans
md limited the policy Of the President
lad something 20 do with IT, But that
was not all The most humiliating
position occupied on this continent, |
nc said, was by Ulysses s. Grant |
lie proclaimed his theory TO be that |
here is no Prcsiicak Said he "Pres-
dent Johnson is dcscrtcr The log
slatiye power Is the only power left
Dur James III. has abdicntod, and Par
lament rules the nation, he wdnied
Compress 10 commence lis merit session as
, perpetaql ope. Every moment that
L was not in session the South was rul
ng the government and he would
nave the next Congress enact that
hey should rcassemble in March, 1867, |
md he themselves the government.
THIS speech compares fayorably |
With Buffers 1t forshadows to
What extremes the radicals will 40 |
n order to hold the reins of political
owcr and prosecute the Southern peo-
lie. The frightful, fearful programme
lay ongulph the party yet Radicals
an rave and move to ovcrleap the bar
Ter Of thelaw to perpctuate power, but
he great masses of the people will
ordly look on and see the work ofruin
tH |
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The. RAILROAD EXTENSION BELOW
UNION SPRINGs.-Ne were informed
yesterday, by authority, that l ,00S tons
of Trail to extend the Girard road be
low Union Springs are en- route from
New York to Savannah, and will most
probably he here next week. This iron
viii be sufficient to. extend the road
twelve or thirteen miles. More iron
is expected and the reasonable prsba-
hility is that the road viii be cOmplet-
ed twenty miles below Union Springs
by the last of December. The grad
ing is already completed and cross
tics ready. OF soon win be for the re
ception of the iron.-Columbus Sun
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

We are getting news of very VA.
ried character from Mexico. One
day we are told Maximilians reign Il
drawing TO a close, and lie Is pre-
pariug TO withdraw all his troops at
an carly day Next we hear that m
important ba:tle has been fought, and
all the Rio Grandc country restored
to the Empire Eseobedo il defeated,
the Liberals defeated, and the Impc.
rialsts in full march upon Matamoras.
We find ourselves specializing about
the turning point in the fortunes Of
Macmillan and Mexico, and congrat-
ulating that country upon form Of
government which may look to the
wants of the people, when 10 another
telegram tells us Macmillan is pre-.
pairing. TO abdicato, and has asked fur.
Their time TO withdraw his troops,
promising they shall all be removed
by the first OF January
At this moment I'VE are wondering
who is going TO take charge of the
Government, for there are four fac.
tons contending for IL in the name OF
a Legitimate republican government
when in comes another telegram in.
forming us long dispatch was
received from Napoleon which had
the effect Of hating some French
troops about cmharking for France,
and preparing others for active SER
vice. Then we are told the Imperi-
alists defeated the Liberals near Sal.
tillo, which places that city in the
hands of the French. And we are
told too that Juarez and his followers
have fallen out, and Canales and
Others have been arrested Again
we hear that the United States Gov.
ernmcnt and Macmillan have entered
into treaties under which the French
troops are all TO be withdrawn, while
the United States, in consideration Of
the cession OF Lower California and
other territory beyond our present
boundary on the southwest, assumes
The protection of the Mexican Repub
lie, guaranteeing the French claims
A very strange arrangement indeed.
So it will be seen that at present it is
impossible to predict with any degree
of certainty what is going to lie done
in this unfortunate country. Max
imilian might prove . blessing to the
land, but unless he can govern The
tions arrayed in opposition, the
pch should leave il to the rival rob
and thenperhaps the United States
give peace and prosperity 10 the
The country is tired of the
Of Santa Anna, CABRERA, AL
Comonfort, Juarez, Cortina,
dc. They have ruined
mud TO give her tranquility
eauire the strong arm Of
hdly power. The Upited
ever will not be warranted
ng b give peace TO Mex
gives representation
- the States Of the
hsed by radical
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

Mayor Monroe was serenaded few
nights since, by company of simon
pure negro Ministries, composed of dis
charged colored soldiers, belonging to
a regiment which has been stationed
for some time in the vicinity of New
Orleans The mihstrels subsequently
serenaded the officer who had com
manded them during their term OF ser
vice The performers most Of whom
hail from Rochester, New York, have
since then left for their homes in the
North. A delegation consisting Of
three Of the number waited upon the
Mayor, in the first instance, to know
whether the serenade would be agreea-
HE. 4.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

We publish elsewhere a very sens-
ble letter from our old friend Blanton
Duncan, upon the subject of the Con-
federate debt What he says is I'M
mistakahly true-there is no Confede-
rate debt The debt has matured. 1t
was conditioned TO be paid "two years
after the ratification of peace between
the Confederate States and the United
States Those who took the bonds
took them with the full knowledge of
this condition, and were careful to
charge a heavy per cent for the haz-
ard. Now that it is gone against them
they have no right to complain either
of the South or of the United States
IL is certainly not our business to pay
the losses of spectators who gambled
In such stocks to our detriment, and
not the business of the Southern States
to pay debts not due, Mr.. Duncan's
letter, we think, very efFeetuallv set
ties the radical cry of an intention of
the conservatives to assume the Con-
federate debt-Louisville Democrat
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

General Sherman was at Fort Dodge
on the 7th and remained over Sunday.
The General gave the Indians eighteen
days in which 10 hiring in the other
three white women they have If they
DO not return them without delay he
told them it would be war, The In
dians started home and had a council
amoBg themselves. On leaving they
sid II we did not hear from them IN
FIVE dsys we might look out for some
thing The five days expired last Mon
day.
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How Congress will stand on Ihc
Question OfASImisriOn Ofs$Oudh.
eru Representatives.

When Congress assemblies next win
ter, the first question for them to de-
eide will he whether or not the Repre-
sentatives Of the ten Southern States
shall be admitted. On this question
the House will stand rs follows; For
their admission--from Delaware, | (;
Kentucky, s Maryland, ?; Illinois, 3 ;
Indiana, ! Missouri, 2 New Jersey,
1; New York, 10; Ohio, 4 Pennsyl
vania, IL, Tennessee, 4 West Vir-
GINA, 3 Wisconsin, | total Ga. The
members elected and entitled to take
their seats are as follows From Ala.
bama, ii; Arkansas, 2, Florida, l.;
Georgia, 8 Louisiana, 4 Mississippi
8 North Carolina, s; South Carolina,
6; Texas, 9; Virginia, 6; total, SO.
This, with the GA Democratic conserv-
ative members from the North, as
above, makes 1l6 members It isnot
quite quorum, or majority The
law requires the House to consist of
Cd members, of whom lei are quo.
rum. This requires only 10 members
more. There Is good reason TO hope
that among the twenty.six Northern
States 10 Republican members can be
found honest enough to desert the rad.
icals and stand by their country.
Now for the Senate. The Senate
will stand on the question ms follows
From California, Il Connecticut,
Delaware, 3 Indiana, / +; New Jersey,
/; Oregon, /; Pennsylvania, 2; Ten.
nessee | (; West Virginia, ,; Wiscon.
sin, l Vermont, | total II. The 90
Senators from the 10 Southern States
make 81 Senators, which is majority
of the whole number, ~. IL is true
that in this list of II Northern Sena
tors are included Mr., Edmunds, Of
Vermont, aud Messrs. Wiley and Van
Wrinkle, of West Virginia--all three
Republicans. There is good reason
TO believe, however, that they will all
desert the radicals, and vote with the
conservatives and Democrats. Here
will be, then, the lega and constitu-
tioul Congress, .....
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The case of Lieut. Braines, OF the
c. ). navy, indicted for privacy and
murder on the high seas, in Selling
the steamer Chesapeake, in December,
1852, and killing one Of her officers
was to have been tried before Com
missioner Newton, in New York on
the 10th. bat on motion of prisoners
counsel il was postpOded to allOw Aim
time to procure testimony for his de
fence from the South. The case viii
come up again on the 30th inst
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01
Census of Mis.l--'Dp' IN 1860 ana reGc:

give Mississippi distinguishing the white
black the
has been reported the Secretary Of States office
counties from which had
of702 black population OF S5532
population should similar the other counties the number
the white population from 900 to 45000makng
population State
whites aud 81 900 blacks. - =
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rhc I.crl.ln,urc Yc.,.r.ln,.

There was muchimportant business intro.
duced in the House yesterday, Among other
measures, bin amendatory Of the revenue
law, which imposes, among other items, q
tax of one dollar per bale upon cotton pro.
luced this year A bill was passed appro.
priating thirty Thousand dollars for procur.
ing artificial llmhs formaimed soldiers also,
u bill to Incorporate the Chattanooga Manu-.
featuring Company, and bill TO charter "a
insurance and savings institution In this city.
Colonel llillyer introduced u very interest
ing report plative TO the University of Mis-
sissippi, the further consideration Of which
was postponed The rcport will be found at
length elsewhere, .. ..........
A bill passed for the relief Of parties hay-
ing claims against the State Treasury; also
bill providing that all Auditors warrants
issued under the act Of November Ii. 1885
may bo received in payment of the special
State tax.
A hill passed, providing fer the redemption
Of lands sold TO the State for taxes
In the Senate the House bill 10 regulate
final process ON judgments was passed by
vote OF l6 to a.
The hill 10 amend the statutes of hmita-
ton was indefinitely postponed.
The House amendments 90 Senate bill ere
ating the county of Lee. were concuued in,
and as there is no doubt Of the Executive
approval it may bo considered fact that We
have siXty-one counties in the State An
effort was made in the evening 60 rescind
the Joint resolution for adjournment. and
considerable discussion onsued. Mrssrs. Lyles
\ a 4. A. -.
debate, but the President decided that il
was out Of order to attempt to rcscind the
Rdiouming resolution and ON an appeal 20
the senate his decision was sustained
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01


The letter Of the ex-Attorney Gen
eral Bates TO Col Broadhead, of St
Louis, printed by us few days ago,
in relation to the admission of West
Virginia, is but another link of the
chain ofproof that the administration
Of President Lincoln and Congress
were unqualihedly committed to the
doctrine that the rebellious States were
STATES in the Union, notwithstanding
thei. revolt In the last OF December
1862, Mr.. Lincoln asked the written
opinion of all the members Of his Cabi
net on the question of the admission
of West Virginia into the Union His
inquiries were as to the constitutional
ity and expediency of her admission.
He received from all the members an
affirmative answer on both points
Mr. Bates says: CAS- l have no time
now either to analyze the opinions or
copy them, l can only say that one Of
Of them contains a single paragraph
tending TO the conclusion that a state
ordinance Of secession, or the fact OF
open rebellion within State, dill or
could take State out Of the Uuion.-
The very contrary was assumed as
mdisputed doctrine and argued upon
as a postulate." Had Mr. Lincoln
lived he would have been compelled
10 repudiste his unvarying position up
on this point or to suhmittO such in
veetive aud denunciatiOn a. the Radi.
Gals heap on AR johnson.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

WHAT Nm YALLANDIGHAM SAYS
In a recent speech delivered in Ohio,
Mr. G, L. Vallandigham, referring to
the proposed attempt to impeach the
President, said
But no matter let me warn all con
cerned that this pretended impeach-
mont, this intended deposing the Pres
ident, will be resisted to the last ex-
tremity. He is President under the
Constitution, and has precisely the
same right to exercise the duties of the
Office to the end of his term, March 4,
1869 that the members Of the Senate
or House or any other Of the officers
Of the Government have, and these
men viii find million hearts of oak
and arms Of steel TO defend him in the
of thatright We want no
more war above all, no more civil
war; but if they will force it, IL shall
he, il will be "war to the knife, and
knife to the hilt"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

Col II. w Bent, agent OF the Asso
ciated Press at Nashville, was killed
in that city on the 22d by Hugh Nc
Gavock. The difficulty originated in a
publication abont improper intimacy
between Bent and McGavoek's moth
er. Speaking Of the tragedy, the
Louisville Courier says:
To those who are aware Of the late
exploit OF the deceased and the moth,
CT Of the homicide ut the hotels in this
city, the desperate circumstance is not
surprising. IL was a dreadful vista
ton upon the author Of immoralitics
that his otherwise hnblemished char
acter should have deferred him nom
committing Mr. Bent has hecn cut
of from a highly respected wife, chill.
dren and sisters. His premature
death, how just sOevcr, is lamontable,
and viii excite the pity OF all who
knew him and his Interesting family.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The GOVERNOR or TEXAs.--The
Louisville journal says:
Gov. ThroclImorton, of Texas, has
sent a special message to the Legisla-
ture Of that State, a copy Of which has
been sent to us, which breathes spir
it at once loyal and conciliatory. We
can hardly see how it would be i'm
proved. 1t is chiefly occupied of
course with domestic matters which
concern that State only but touches
upon some matters of interest to the
people Of the country generally.
After quoting from the Governors
message the passages on the subjects
of establishing by law proper domes-
tic relations between persons of color,
and of requiring the counties to pro-
vide for aged and destitute negroes,
etc, the Journal adds; f....
That seems Ike taecepting the sit
uation' in good faith-like tue desire
for peace and concord and unity.
There is not n word of vituperation
In the whole message, not word even
against the Radicals, nothing that
could in the remotest degree offend
those SUPERFICIAL, self-inflated persons
whose meat and drink and life it is to |
abuse everything and everybody
Southern
Solomon, we believe, inculcated the |
idea that very wise men may learn
something from foolish ones, and it is
barely possible that, in respect to
moderation, certain very loyal people !
might take profitable hiatt from the |
Governor of a Southern State lately in |
revolt Sinners of decided type |
have sometimes been found to make |
better disciples than the overnight |
eous
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The editor fthe Baton Rouge SUI
gar Planter has been travelling over
the sugar districts aud says the esti-
mates which, while they fall laments-
bly, short Of the crops Of the olden
time. are, nevertheless, under the cir
cumstances, encouraging. Some OF
these estimates reach 10000 hogs
heads, while Others. less sanguine, are
not willing 10 concede more than 40,
600 hogsheads. To give some sup
port 10 the latter estimate, he admits
thstthe cane IS very small, but little
juice and not cultivated with the care
and patience cane should have. These
arc defects easily remedied in another
years planting, II the labor csn only
be made available.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

To esther pearls from Oceans vases
Divers 10 down In divers places.
But az cur mouths o. streams and hsvs.
Ne pearls DO Asian swimmers raise
Ike those in heaufv's mcuth that shine
Made By he SOZODONT divine.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

TUE KSIGHrs OF ARABIA TO TAKE
CUBA.--The IIerald's Mobile CORES
pondent claims to have ascertained tile
object Of the secret order ofthe Knights
Of Arabia, Of which Captain Braine,
capturor Of the Chesapeake, is the al
legged Grand Commander lie says:
am assured, however, by n high
officer Of the X. AS that they eontem-
plate the conquest of some country
which needs to be ChristanizeG and
civilized, and that they proposed
doing it in such n manner as not to EN-
broil the United States in international
difficulty. They declare emphatically
that the grand object has nothing to do
with Mexico that il is entirely distinct
from our national politics and the re-
bellion, and numbers in its encamp-
ments many eX- Northern soldiers and
Union men. ] presume it VIII not be
difficult for your readers to place the
destination oft the expedition Cuba is
unquestlonably the spot but as Braine
is under arrest, and the organization
is not prospecting, the Captain General
need not be in hurry about packing
his trunks and valises for a flank
movement from the island
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-01

The Texas House Of Represents
tives has killed the scheme 10 sell a
portion OF the State TO the United
States.