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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-30

THE Word NEGRp.-Some of the
colored people object to the use of this
term, regarding it as one of reproach. But
Forney's Chronicle, which is good Radi-
cal authority, shows that it is not. Saws
that paper: ~
Considerable sensitiveness Is manifested
at every colored convention about the use
of the word negro. This body now sitting
form no exception, discussion having aris-
en- the other day concerning its appearance
in an official document. Mr.. Langston.
apparently, was the only defender OF the
obnoxious adjective. This feeling, we think
is uncalled for and mistaken. Negro i q
good Latin word transfer ed TO English.
meaning black. IL the word is Shameful.
the fact mast be more 50, and the colored
men make an admission against themselves
In Directing to it This word came into the
English language long before America was
discovered, and consequently cannot be
looked on Is a tern ofderision or reproach.
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WAsHINGTON, Dec. Ia 60
says the order promulVates ti.ne Chfor.-,
war Department Assigning IlaE bra
duty as military communal n. Ten,
pending the reOrRanlzation toi Ga6i,4
lure OF the state remands IN hi n ,Ae lef.r
IL occupied under the oid Ae c0n6f
acts, and Is Issued under autlo e-lo.niirus..
from them. 'iotiiy der.
The administration cop.tr,,.
act OF congress on the subject NJ .le teen.
repeal OF all laws passed since nv oe VIA.
war. ''ieht ahfra
The Tribune says adyices from NJ
ton represent that the intcutiog- Welt.
ministration as favorable ~ s.a az tdt II
milton Of Cuban belligcranev ~ Y fea.
ner.s views are believed 10 bavo Af So
with respect 20 the anti-slayery Il. lti.
Gen. Cespedes and his g0veruf,a,,, 'Altie
Markets.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.-Cotto.
ga 4l6c sales of5,OOO bales. ,3u Illifnt'r
friday' 1917 bales; Sugar. prin,. ttl.,5
MolAsscs, prime, Gsd7O. WLj.tt<els
Coffee; fair l5}4@l5l; prime
NEW YoRK. Dec. 27.-Cotto,
unchanged sales Of 500 bales nj 9 r
firmer at 233s. ~'s. q.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-Flour. spr..s
4 %; Wheat, No. z spring al ~ 'll' o.
@90. Oats 5Sa50. Whisky nm lor
Better feeling Ia provisions. pens
bulk shoulders. ~ clear sidrs l-i "
l7a+ lard, tierce II. Et
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2O.-Tba b,.t,
offered In the House by Pollard i'.,l.f
introduced by him in March.d III.
yidcs for the issue OF coupautor pr ID.
bonds 20 the amount OF one tbopi'
lions at thirty and tfty years. MI t.. q.
bear four per cent. Interest, the isi,t-
and sixty five huudrcdths. TLo t o.
To be exempt from taxation. ana ~ ~ All
place Of the present outstuudlpg '' a
SO, provides for the reducing H. o.. A.
ing treasury notes 70 one hundred .s
All banks are 70 deposit new bomb 5.aI
of the old as security for circulate, ~
" days after the Treasury begins h -
coin and banking associations win w %
tied 20 receive circulating notes Nj a. t.
ner now provided by lAw. lt
Fish has rcopened negotiations ,.a
ALBANIA claim aud he will proceed o,.l A.
sis laid down la sumner spesef
thought, however, that the Alabsr.
have been thrown away by lg-H
Spanish gunboat 90.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-An cYpeNs.
sailed from New York. consi.fir.. A
well armed boats, for the purpose oit 'o
up the Spanish gunboats Wid tor.-,
Three hundred determined men ara 49,.
In the adventure. htA
MEMPHIS, Dec. 20.-On last Tncsiay
uel Whitley. Of Henderson couDty Si.
"A fit OF insanity, threw two of III slal.a
down well, and jumped after Chem N
children were drowned. and White y W
injured. -
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 20.-GcB lstt.t
ordered that one Ter cent. Of the iuter.., y
on January list, 1869, on thc state \.
bonds, and one per cent. on the rs,l.,
bonds shall be paid on the lst proY
RALEIGH, n. o., Dec. 20-Ihe Cs....
Assembly adjourned this morning M II.
10th OF January.
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They are trees grated on slow-grow-
ing stock which would not attain 30 large
a size as the kind grated on il. Dwarf
pears are now grated only upon ounces;
but, formerly, the thorn was used. They
are less hardy than upon pear stocks, and
require higher cultivation; and are there
fore less adapted for orchard than for
garden culture. For the latter, they pos
sess many advantages, the greatest Of
which is, that they come into bearing
much sooner than standards. --Southern
Horticulturist.
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HEADQUARTERS I
4th Military District.
DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI
Iacksnn Miss Dncan1llnr % 1890

Jackson, Miss, December %, 1869
|. The following named persons are here
by appointed to office in the State of Missis-
sippi:
James L. Alcorn, Governor.
James Lynch. Secretary of State, uice
Henrg Musgrove, whose resignation is here
by accepted.
Henry Musgrove. Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, Uice ThOs. I. Swami, whose resig-
nation is hereby accepted.
Joshua ). Morris, Attorney General.
Apprentices must file with the proper Off
Ger such bonds and other recogniZances as
may be required by the statute laws of the
state of Mississippi, and take and subscribe
70 the oath of office prescribed by the Act
congress of July I'd, 1862.
Official notification from the officer who
approves the bonds, that the law imposing
has been faithfully complied with aud that
the bondsmen are known to him as reliable
and responsible men, together with the oath
of Office, will be forwerded to the Acting
Assistant Adjutant General at these Head
quarters. Upon their receipt, ii satisfacto-
ry, they will be furnished with written au-
thOrity from these Headquarters to enter
upon the discharge of the duties of the office
to which they have been appointed.
BY Command of Brevet Major Gen. AMEs :
WILLIAM ATWOOD.
Aided de Camp,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
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OXFORD MISS, Dec. 81, 1863.
Editor Clarion: have the pleasure OF an
nouncing that Union Female College is en-
joying increasing prosperity. This is truly
an industrious school, in which the young
ladies are assiduously striving to gain
knowledge and to render themselves accom-
plished In the various Sciences and Arts
thus encouraging the Faculty in their indc-
fatigable labors.
College exercises will be suspended du-
ring Christmas holidays. but will be resum-
ed on Monday, January 80, 1870. New pu-
pills can enter then, or at any time during
the session. Very truly,
c. III. BELL President
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From the Mobile Register.
Judge of the 5th u. y. Circuit.

The Telegraph has advised us of the
nomination to the Senate Of Chancellor
w. b. Wood, for the Judgship of the 9Th
(new) Circuit. Judge Wood is not I'M
known in this community. He was sta
toned in this city after the war, while
his brother, Maj. Gen. Wood, was in
command, and won the respect of those
who had intercourse with him. He was
before the war lawyer in Ohio, and, at
one time, the Democratic Speaker of the
Lower House of the Ohio Legislature.
He will also be remembered as the presi-
dent of the court martial in the trial of
Mr.. Dexter, of the Cotton Bureau. Soon
after that he resigned from the army and
settled on a plan tation in Marengo coun-
ty. For the present position he was re-
commended by the leading lawyers of the
State, and nearly all of them of standing
in Mobile and Montgomery. Judge
Wood has enjoyed the reputation of a
thoroughly upright man, and of cult
waited gentleman in all the circles in which
he has moved since his settlement in this
State.
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A Census Bill has passed the House
Of Representatives by vote of eighty-six
yeas to forty-seven nays, under the amend
ed title of can act to provide TOR taking
the ninth census of the United States. ,
The Judiciary Committee reported a bill
annulling the existing basis of represen-
tation and proposing that members Of the
next Congress shall be elected under the
new census.
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A YANKEE WFE-rRADE SP0mu-
In the Superior Court, at Lawen
Mass, recently, the case Of Ge0rg
Godsoe and Annie r. Godsoc, and o.
III. Lowell and Sarah J.. Lowell, 3
raigned on a charge Of wife and husha
swapping, a pro 6oT7na verdict Of gl
was rendered by the jury Gods0
Lowell resided in Amesbury, and 2
changed wives with the free aHel.
Mrs. Godsoe and Mrs. Lowell, and
were married at the same time. Ia.
lived together, before any one iniehg
satisfactorily.
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Deferred Telegram.
A FLORIDA DELEGATION

WAsnINGToN,D Dec. 1s.-A dcloratfss ,,.-
Florida, consisting Of Rcprcsrntatg.
Hamilton, Bishop Pierce. "a col0rcd ma-,g
of the State Senate, COL Cass. AdiufartE.
eral ofthe State, and j. G.. Gibbs ssT-..-
Of State, accompanied by Senator SSH.
called on the President this morning o- \.
purpose Of getting troops sent b. FIorf, F.
aid the authorities In executing the law 4.
protecting the lives aud property 0fhfu.
liens. The party claims that large rr
Der OF assassinatlons have occurred later
President Grant In response 90 thlf q
quest stated that he would confer with
Secretary Of War on the subject and ~.
should be- taken to ellcctually carry Oh.
laws.
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Speaking Of Drummers, a letter in the
Atlanta Constitution from Augusta saws /:
''Tidings Of the South's recuperation have
result is a perfect swarm OF sDrumners'' ;,
whose practice, In great majority OF in
stances, make them very similar Ia Fgvnl-
ian frogs-so bard are they 10 shake Of
rome. they win not take sno, fnrS a., ansuSer
rules Of propriety." '''s
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The Condition of Morals i'm the
Hub.

The following description of the crimes
that are running riot, at the very head
centre of Puritan honesty and morality,
is copied from the Boston Advertiser, a
leading Radical paper. With no such
motive to misrepresent as the expectation
of reward INDUCED by the satrap in charge
of the ''District" of Mississippi, and with
no malignant passion to crafty, the Bos-
ton writer describes state of things ex-
isting in that community far exceeding
the ''lawlessness'' attributed to the white
people of Mississippi by that officer.
Therefore, the Louisville Courier-Journal
asks why should the South be governed
by satraps and the North not?
At the proper interval after the last great
bank robbery we have the usual crop of the
reports about the robbers and the detectives
which experience has made familiar. The
burglars are known, but they are not to be
punished. The officers of justice are after
the thieves, but they are not to be expected
TO treat them uncivilly If we are to be-
lleve half of what we read on every side,
nothing is so easy as to find out who are the
the Boy lston Bank, and nothing is so absurd
as TO expect that they will pay any penalty
for what they have done. Nothing follows
according to Old-fashioned ideas OF the re-
lations of policeman and thief SNego-
tiations are opened" instead of traps being
set. No such ugly word as ''crinle''' is ut
tered. An arrest would be an insult to
man carrying in his pocket what entities
him to respect. "A web ofmystery is woven.
All parties concerned 60 about with their
fingers on their lips. And by-and-by, when
the hurried public has forgotten the matter.
the man who has been plundered receives
back a small share of his property and
thinks himself lucky; the police officer gets
his share and thinks himself hero: and the
burglar plunges into riotous living with
his share, knowing there are more strong
boxes TO be plundered when that is gone
The detectives of his city know his eomings
and goings; but IL he disappears from the
surface for willis they do not follow and
capture him at his work, bit make a note of
the fact, to be used in op6ning Negotiations
when they are again NEEDED
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The RndicaI Outrage i'm Georgia

The Radical Outrage i'm Georgia.
~sA7U N0UIgIa, TIC ASauICaI
party has committed another of those in
| EQUITIES which have made it an object of
loathing to the intelligent people of the
South who have been the victims of its
cruelty and perfdy. Under the lead of
Joe. Brown and sundry carpet-bag adj
venturers. reconstruction was accomplish
ed in that State after the plan OF Con-
gress. The constitution which was de-
clared ratified was the handiwork of mon
grelized convention According to Brown
and others, while it conferred the priv
lege of suffrage upon the negro, it with
held that of holding Office. Still, the
the State was received into the Union and
her members were admitted into the
House of Representatives Meantime,
the Legislature purged itself of the Afri-
can element, because according to the
terms of the new constitution and the
Radical authority referred to, it was not
entitled to be there: but the act was ac-
companied by an implied pledge to abide
the decision of the Supreme Court of the
State. This decision has been rendered;
and it overturns the action of the Leg
islature. In advance, however, of the
time of its meeting, the law is passed vir-
tually reducing the State to territorial
condition, restoring military authority
over it, investing the Radical provision
al Governor with extraordinary powers
and placing an army at his back to exc
cute them, reseating the expelled men,
bers of the Legislature, and containing an
additional provision that the State should
have free government and representatives
in Congress, when she shall have adopt
ed the 18th amendment, and not sooner.
Referring to the stringent features of
the law, and to the intermeddling of Con-
gress after its solemn pledge to maintain
the sOveringty of the State, Mr.. Bingham,
leading Republican member who protest
ed against the iniquitous proceeding, truly
said, that it was 9" in conflict with every
letter of the past legislation of Congress
ION the subject of reconstruction. In con-
=" flict with the express order of the Presi-
" dent when he was general of the army, |
g acting under law Of reconstruction in
" in 1868 in relation to Georgia. In con-
g fiict with the utterance of the Attorney
a. General of the United States in refer
g ence to Virginia under the operation of
g all the reconstruction acts. In conflict |
g with all past legislation, and of the in
" depreciation of the constitution
But this appeal was of no more weight
than feather against the tempest of pas
sion that swayed the deliberations of the
Jacobin majority.
The action of the Legislature was .
blunder. Yet ii furnished no warrant for
this partizan action which was really de-
signed to secure another vote for the 18th
amendment. Georgia once admitted.
stood upon the same footing of Northern
States, in most of which the negro not
'nly is not permitted to hold Office, but is
prohibited from voting. Nay more, by
he law of public sentiment which is
tronger than legal enactments, he is
:ept not only out of Office In those States
ut the doors of all but the most meniaI
are closed against him.
4
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From the Record.
The Election Inn ChicIxasaw COun-

With clear registered majority OF one
hundred and six in favor of the whites, the
people of this county by their culpable in
difference, have suffered the few carpet
baggeTs and scalawags to control the cleo
ton and send their candidates to the Legis-
lature. Ofthe forty-two hundred registered
voters in the county, but twenty-seven hun
dred voted, showing that fifteen hundred
stayed at home; TO them belongs the honor
wood.
The Commission, in at least two of the
beats, failed to comply with the election order
in some very important particulars, and had
the county gone Democratic, we have no
doubt the vote would have been rejected.
but as it has gone Radical, we suppose the
vote will be allowed to stand.
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THE REASON OF THE THING.- his
speech in advocacy of the Georgia infamy,
Senator Morton acknowledged that the
18th amendment would probably fail I'M
less that State were compelled to ratify
it. Senator Edmunds radical of Yer
mont replied that this act of ratifying
by compulsion would furnish reason for
undoing it after it had been done and
hence he opposed 1t.
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The tone of the press Of the State Is >
fair reflex of the concern with which the
people look forward to the administration
of Gen. Alcorn. The first inquiry is,
will he hold the Office of Governor, or
abandon it to the adventures who joined
their fortunes to his with view to obtain
control of the State; and the minds of
thousands who opposed him in the cleo
ton find relief in the belief that he viii.
And this belief implies that they are not
without hope, that he viii exercise the
enormous power with which he has been
invested to promote the substantial vel
fare of the State.
A sound, able, and upright Judiciary
to expound the laws and to administer
justice, is the object of the first imPor-
lance and paramount desire. On this
subject, "a Lawyer" has submitted some
excellent observations in our columns.
The range from which selections can be
made is ample enough, even if Gen. Al
corn chose to crafty resentments against
his former opposers of the Democratic
party. They viii have sufficient occasion
for congratulation if scrupulously discrim-
mating against them, he shall make
choice of the bright ornaments of the
legal profession who were attached to
the party to which he steadfastly adhered
until the moment of secession. In the
same spirit an able article is conceived,
which we reproduce from the fernando
Press. Our whole population except the
miserable agents of mischief who hope to
live, move, and have their wretched ex-
istences in strife, are anxious above all
things for just and peaceful administra-
ton of their State government. After
these long years of turmoil and trouble,
they yearn for it as the hart panteth for
the refreshing fountain. To them it will
be as the shadow of great rock in
weary land. We are sure that in che joy
which they will derive from this source,
the animosities of the late contest will be
forgotten.
Still, while hoping for the best, let all
prepare for the worst. 1t is not the part
of wisdom to look only to one side of the
picture. There should be no pledges or
committals, hypothecated on a supposed
state of facts. With the disappointments
of the election has also come the consola-
ton that the last military election has
been held in this State. The anti-Rad-
icals representing ninety-nine hundredths
of the intelligence capacity and property
of the State, are numerically stronger
than all opposition. While they can af-
ford to be just and give their support
wherever it is deserved, it is also within
their power to become the rulers of the
State whenever opportunity is offered.
louisiana was Radically reconstructed by
a military commander as INSCRIPTIONS as
Ames, by from 4O,O to 10000; but in
twelve months, the position of parties
was completely reversed. Radicalism
there simply ekes out its infamous exist
ence in virtue of the tenure of Office pre-
scribed by the laws of that State. 1t is a
bitter memory to the people of the South;
and can only prosper here when nurtured
in corruption and propped by the bayo-
net.
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TIE CAPTAINS THEORY.

Captain Allen thinks that the monster
came from the regions of Florida, where
he has often heard of similar creatures
from other shipmasters, and by following
the warm current of the Gulf Stream il
reached the position where he found it
In his opinion, it is a deep water animal:
and he accounts for its appearance so
near the surface by the fact of the dark
day, and the monster not knowing how
high up he was.
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We understand that the Radical niYnns and
thieves who fled the af1davffs ,,1,o-, tv,bich
a large number Of young men of Choctaw
were arrested, are sicker OF it than IL they
had swallowed a strong emetic. They are
SO sick o. the fun, we understand they do
think IL wise determination On their mart.
We nope the young men who~succeeded i'm
releasing themselves from jail. and who, we
are informed, have not left the county, will
oe permi1sed 70 return to their homes and
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CLARK CoUErY.-Mr. Robert Scales has
been appointed Probate Judge, vice Hon.
Ira Carter removed. 1t is understood that
the late Incumbent who make a pood officer
and so acceptable to the bar that he would
not resign at their request, though wishing
TO be relieved Of the office for some time
past has DOW been thrust out because he
voted the Dentticket in the late election
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The Carlo Price Current gives the follow
ing statement of the amount Of cotton shin
PED North and East oSer the Illinois Central
Railroad
We give below q statement of cotton shin
PED East by the Illinois Central Railroad
from september TO December i. 1888: pre-
vlously reported, 4691 bales; shipped during
November, 5,472 bales; total for three
months, l0,le3 bales; same time Lass year,
LIZ oales increase this year, 1850 bales
tember LIST. -
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IHE LEGISLATURE AND rmE Cmcrs~I
dignity Of the South Carolina LegIti
was thrown of its equipOise the othf
by the arrival Of circus in C0ue
Ihereupon DE Large. the eol0rcd ltal
the House, rose and addressed that bo
follows mr.. Speaker, de Circus hD y
rove and dar fore moves dat we ndjol1
which was dOdo accordingly. lIlet
nevertheless and Notwithstanding.
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KILLED ON ACCOUNT or TEX CEHTs -.
Padncah Kentucklan oftho 28tb insEa ~
that on Monday last two brother ni
Martin and John johnson. living in Mar
county, kentucky,were making q setil
Mhen q dispute arose over the trhlha
or ten cents, and this led % 4 frac.
which John was beaten % death y
chair. Martin made his escape ~
learn that the wife 81 a prominent aoc.
that county committed suicide very
by hanging herself
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SMITH CoUNTY.-This county was ac-
cidentally omitted in printing the Election
Proclamation of the District Commander
Mr.. E. CuERIE (anti-RadicaD is the
member elect.
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The Falcon says that about ! 900 white
registered voters in Lafayette county did
not vote at the late election. The Rad
icals voted I; and hence carried the county
by seventy-fve majority.
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LM.hIshATf0N TO THE SoUTH.--An imml-
9rauon agent tells Tribune Washington
corISs pendent that he has settled eighty
- c n,eS o. Danes near Okolona, Miss, and
NJ VIII have introduced 10000 Goandina-
Wan families Into Mississippi and AIabana.