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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

WAsHINGToN. July 29.-The Radical Mis-
sissippi delegation is reported to have had
an interview recently with the President on
the Mississippi question, and to have told
him that Judge Dent, his brother-in-law
was a tool of the old rebels, and had received
sums of money in times past TO influence
votes in Congress. The President listened
attentively. and agreed that If they could
prove their assertion, he would do his part
toward giving the support CT the Admins
tration to the other candidates. The dele
cation are now supplied with proof, which
they will lay before him.
A delegation" that can do the swear
ing which we find in the Report of Re
construction Committee, can very readily
manufacture any kind of "proof" their
purposes may require. In their former
efforts in that line they incurred the ICON
tempt of Congress" They are evidently
hard up for something to swear about.
The idea of "old rebels" having money
to influence votes in Congress! None
but a member of the delegation" could
entertain an idea so preposterous.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

Lowndes county voted upon the ques-
ton of taxation for the benefit of the
Memphis & Selma Railroad, on the oath
The canvass was an excited one. We
have no returns except from Columbus,
which voted twenty-five hundred for the
tax, and thirty against it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

In to-days paper we again give the
Conservative sentiments uttered by our
brethren Of the press, and win continue
to do 90 that our readers may know. how
the movement is prospering throughout
the State. Sfss ro;Iss i j
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The prospects now are, that hardly a
single decent colored man in Mississippi
will vote with the scallawags. In all the
counties, the colored people are leaving
the sinking ship of the Cloths and Van
dals in great crowds. As for the white
people, it is safe to say that they will, to a
man, vote for the National Union Re
Dublicans.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

I The Winona Democrat has the name
Of Judge Dent at the head of its columns
for Governor And that Of Judge Jo-
seph w. Field. for representative in Con-
gr@s from the Third District. Ae,.a
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

L. c. Norvcll Esq, in letter to the
Bay St. Louis Gazette, favors "grand
union convention" in the State, ''to which
all union men, regardless of old or new
party, should be invited" The action Of
which we presume he would not abide by
unless it nominated him for Governor
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

THE Walden TINES. pleasure
we add to our exchange list a new con-
servatve paper published at Walden, and
called the 'Times." 1t floats at the head
of its columns for Governor the name of
Judge Dent. and that of DIR. Walden for
Lieutenant Governor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

1t Is not iInprobably that some errors
occurred in classifying these names, but
all was done to make the list aecurate that
careful investigation could accomplish.
The friends of the lamented dead who
are buried here, may be assured that their
graves receive all the attention which even
the love of mother, sister, or wife could
suggest. Though they are sleeping their
last sleep far away from their youths
home and those who made it blest; they
ere reposing appropriately on the field of
their glory
'sOn flames eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
While memory guards with ceaseless round.
The bivouac of the dead"
Fairy hands have adorned their narrow
beds with floral tributes which yield their
sweet incense to the signing breeze; and
though unknown" they are not forgot
ten. God bless the women of the good
Old Dominion! The war may have left
them poor in the goods of the world, but
it has left them rich in the treasures of
generous, unselfsh, devoted hearts.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

1t is reported at Water Valley, we learn
from the Eagle, that the nomination of
Lieutenant Governor upon the Conserva-
tive Republican ticket, has been endtered
to Rev. james Lynch. Nothing has been
heard of such report here.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

WINCHESTER, VA, July 10Th, so.
| Many of the most sacred memories of
the war cluster around this place. 1t was
the scene of the earliest military opera
tons. 1t was at this point that Gen. Pat
terson and Gen. j. E. Johnston were con-
fronting each other, when the latter, re-
sponsive to instructions from Richmond,
suddenly evaded his adversary, and by
an adroit movement, reached the battle
field of first Manassas in time to take part
in the struggle and to contribute to the
victory which crowned the Southern
armies with imperishable Iustre. Within
view of the room in which / am writing,
is the position from which Nlillroy was
routed by Early. Many of his command
were captured, and he himself barely es-
capped under cover of darkness. And in
this vicinity, was subsequently joined the
unequal battle between Early and Sheri-
dan, the former with force of Is, 900,
and the latter with 10000. BY the same
commanders, the battle of Belle Grove
was fought on the the 10Th October, 1864.
And here almost within the limits of the
town, was fought the celebrated battle of
Winchester, ON the 10Th September of
that year.
The CONFEDERATE CEMETERY is an
object ofreverential Interest. 1t deserves
to be recorded, and to be ever remem-
bered, to the honor of the noble women
of Winchester, that when the Southern
cause was lost, they gathered up the re-
mains of those who had dedicated their
lives to it in the hospitals and on the bat
tle-felds in the vicinity, and deposited
them in a cemetery occupying beautiful
and commanding situation near their city.
The site of this tsilent city of the dead, I"
is part of the ground on which the bat
tie of the 18th September, 1854, was
fought. The grounds are tastefully and
regularly arranged, and to the dead of
each State is assigned separate square,
with column bearing its appropriate in
scription. In the centre of the cemetery,
which is approached under broad arch,
inscribed sSroNEwALL, is mound
from which rises shaft with this inscrip-
ton: q .eea 1n7 IL
''EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN
U,aknO,cn oasd Uarecorded Dead p
Lie Beneath this Mo1Ind.s
Where it was possible to obtain the
names of the deceased, and the States
whence they came they were buried
separately, and each grave is indicated by
head-board on which is written his name
and command.
Mississippi occupies prominent posi-
ton in this resting place of heroes, and
have esteemed it melancholy privilege,
to print the names of her sons here re-
s>faz-flod
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The Natchez Courier of the 2Sth says,
the Clarion has heisted the name Of Judge
Dent for Governor In this the Courier
is mistaken; but we do earnestly advise
the conservative people TO acceptand vote
for the ticket to be nominated by the Con-
servative Republican party in their con-
vehtion to be held ON the 10th of August
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

ATTALA CoUNTY.-The energy with
which the Conservatives of Attala county
have gone to work, leads us to believe
that it will be redeemed from the hands
of the Radicals. In another column will
be found an account of the barbecue at
Wallace's Bridge. in that county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The Summit Times wishes to know
what Ames would take for his Senatorial
prospects-about as much We presume a.
Alcorn could get for his
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

Judge Advocate Barr reports that
''there is great deal of lawlcssness in
Mississippi, which Gen. Ames has not
troops enough to suppress" Or, rather,
which the proscriptive and oppressive pol
icy pursued by Gen. Ames tends to en-
cCurago.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The latest political move ofthc discom-
fted Radicals, il to shuttle their own gang
to the bottom, and turn up some "home
folks TO catch the offices, so that il tho
RAIDS cannot sit at the feast of loaves and
fishes, they can, at least, like hungry
CANNES, set on their launches at dis
tance, with eager eyes and dripping muz-
lies, and catch some of the SCRAPS
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The LIBERTY ADVOCATE That
sprightly South Mississippi journal edited
by Miss Piney w. Forsythc, comes to rs
this week with Judge Louis Dents uamc
for Governor, at the head Of its columns.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The Holly Springs Reporter insists that
the Conservative Republicans are 50 few
in numbers-"but bakers dozen Of un-
satisfied office-seekers' that they do not
deserve the attention Of the Democratic
party Of this State Yet the Reporter
gives them its exclusive attention 1T was
so much occupied with them and their
past records in its last issue that il had
not word to say about, or against the
Radical party or its supporters.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The editor of the Port Gibson Standard
wishes US to inform him Unto what par
"tieular hands the white men Of the State
cor, in other words, the Democrats, have
placed the disposal of their elective priv
"ileges."
We Prcsume the editor above referred
to has control Of his own vote. We Ger
taJ,ty have control Of ours, and will use
it a. we think best.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

SPIRIT or THE Pass. That our read
ers may know what is thought of the Con-
servative movement, we give extracts from
Democratic papers throughout the State.
The ball is in motion. ss9.a is 1zsH +
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

How ABour THAr.-Jim Lynch, Ii seems,
goes In for Dent. and has been assuring tlse
Washington people that the white people
of Mississippi :. do not feel an interest In
the National Democratic party y
What says the Clarion TO that?-Port q ID
son Standard.
The Clarion's record as a Democratic
paper we think will compare favorbly with
that Of the Standard, but THE CLARION,
unlike some of the Democratic papers in
this State does not claim to be the only Sim
no pure We accord the same devotion to
the principles of the National Democratic
party TO those who have labored with us
for the success of those principles that
we claim for ourselves.
But we do not think the National Dem.
ocratic party, as party, has anything &c
do with the election that is soon to come
off in this State
The issue is f: shall Mississippi recon
struct or not? And if we do reconstruct,
shall it be under a liberal constitution
with gentlemen TO administer it: or shall
it be under proscriptive constitution with
the carpet-baggers and scalawags who
now I'll the offices by grace of Ames to
administer it.
THE CLARION is well known TO have adj
vocated liberal reconstruction two years
ago, and having seen nothing to alter our
convictions then formed and expressed,
that it was the best course Mississippi
could pursue, we stand now exactly where
we did then, and we are in favor of recon
structing under a liberal constitution
giving political and civil rights to all
men"
To accomplish this great end which will
relieve us of military oppression, and
again give the true people of Mississippi
control of her State government, We are
willing, aye, and gladly, accept aid from
whatever source it may come. If Rev.
James Lynch intends to stand upon a
conservative platform in the coming cleo
ton which will give political rights to
every man within the borders of Mississip-
pi, and will use his influence with the col
ored people to defeat the the carpet-bag-
gers and scallawags who attempted to in
duce Congress to place the defeated con
stitution upon us and the allies of these
men, we will certainly be upon the same
platform with him, though he is a Repub-
lican and we Democrat.
Does the Standard understand us?
The Brandon Republican gives a beau
tiful specimen of the literary and legal
attainments of one of Ames appointees,
a member of the Rankin county Board of
Police. He is notorious horse thief,
and should be in the penitentiary. In
explanation, the Republican says that
Capt Marshall, the keeper, had recently
discharged a negro woman from
the county poor house. Two years
before, she had been received into
it in very bad and helpless condition,
and had now recovered, and was able to
earn living, and that Capt. Marshall had
secured place for her before she was dis
charged. Upon her way to which place
she happened to meet this negro Charles
Townsend, who sent her back to Capt
Marshall with the following:
Mr. marctel
You have no law writes to wright to turn
any person of. frome, the poor. house want
you to Keep her theree un till the next ses-
ion of the Board and then, make. you com
Dlaint rpainst her C. G.. TOWnsen
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

!. Mr.: Colonel cclt's income q 100000 per
s1gas- J@--r SEHs A1s4 vrnAT
! .anIo. ~. 4 y
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05
Mr. lnarctel

You have no law writes to wright to turn
any person of. frome, the poor. house want
you to Keep her theree un till the next ses-
ion of the Board and then, make. you COM
plant rgainst her &. G.. Townsen
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05


The Central Star says a score or moro Of.
biue-coats, have again been on the hunt lof
mythical body Of murderer ga AraIa
county. After staying over the river a
night and the next day, and arresting ST.
casper Ball. 81 Attalavilie, on suspicI0n of
hAvipg FURNISHED Information OF their OPP
proach' tthey afterwards released him. thcy
marched slowly back, and took tic evening
train not having discovered Il tfnce OF DE
nythical murderers Of Henry. the c0l0ft
lndlFluuM tnat attempted ~ pnrpetrate 81
rape upon the person Of u worthy and beau
thu lady Of our sister county.
From the Prairie News we learn tbat lhe
young men arrested and carried ID COriHh
~ the military from Houston. have return.
eu. They had no trial, a. no ono apprirtd
against uleun' but were bound over i tle
sum OF I'VE hundred dollars 10 keep DE
peace and serenade no more
Nicksburg papers announce The death C'
isaac ". Holt long a resident of that ely
IN Tough and Ready, Nebraska.
From the Columbus Index we learn ihr
the police attempted to arrest an lntOxicatcl
mau recently, when he drew IA pistol and
would probably have shot ono of thc police
men had ne not been quick enough 10 shoe.
hrst-,. 1he Dali entered the eye, bat nOtwii--
ss1sg1inE mere - no great danger Of its re-
A dillculty occurred In the northern part
OF the city, on wednesday inet befwoon I've
Rentemcn, whose names we Withhold. They
were up before the Recorder. and dealt VIII
aecsorqing 20 the evidence "a tire case. enc
Water Valley, "A thls time Il Che heathlci
so@n " ~ ulHe in Che State. With a nopa'
lstlgn hnV1, thero Az not a single serious carl
ny aa'mRnnh An haq pineus-#4iGnals
The New York herald., 1869-06-06
Tho French Channel Race.

In an article we recently quoted from the
Field it is said that the American yachts
Meteor, Sappho and Dauntless are entered Tor
the French Channel race Of July 10. we
believe this is incorrect in regard to all tue
yachts named, and, 30 far as we know, no Anne
rican yacht is entered for that race Neither
is any likely to be. The reason OF this Is that
American yachtmen, like spOrtsmen the world
around, In going into race, like to go into one
where there is chance to win, and the appear
ances are that they would have no such chance
in this contest The course from Havre to
but pilot. 1t is not one in which the speed
of the boat will tell on the result nor the
ability Of sailors to handle their craft; but 1t
is one in which knowledge of the eddies, the
shore currents, the points at which, from the
conformation of the land, breeze is certainly
to be counted upon; and knowledge of this sort
generally is of all possible value. This Is
commonly true Of races along line Of shore.
1t is pre-eminently 80 Of the present course.
But even in such race the better boat might
VIII IL ou SVuAu UO H"No O4u"A IA AO6"AN
to this knowledge by the pilots This,
however, cannot be. A few pilots are
first rate, the majority quite Indifferent
in knowledge and sagacity, and all the first
rates were secured last year for the English
yachts. Nay, one Of these pilots, the best of
all, was secured for q favorite English yacht
before the course was determined upon, and
was even consulted in regard to the course.
If he advised that the race should be made so
as to make his own especial superiority more
conspicuous he was only human. Some games
are never played to the close because it Is 80
evident who is to win that 1t would be ridicu-
lous to go on. II this spoils sport, who is to
blame? We fancy the Channel race will be q
game of this class if the English yachts
count upon Americans as their principal COM
petitors. We understand that it is earnestly
desired that the American yachts should con-
test the prize to be given by the Empress.
They who arrange the particulars Of that race
may do much to secure this result by stretch
ing the course across the Channel-from any
French port-say to Cowes and return. In the
open sea no races are cut and dried.
The New York herald., 1869-06-06

THERE is one more reason against the omni-
buses satisfactorily seen on one Of the few
remaining omnibus lines. On the line that
goes to the Tenth street ferry passengers who
take the bus at Broadway must change At
the corner Of avenue 6. They must take
two ohnibuss. e q % from broadway Bx 20 %
the East river-that is, make one more
change than is necessary between Jer-
sey City and Washington. This is not con-
venient especially for women with children,
more especially in rainy weather. The reason
is that the stables are somewhere up avenue
c., and the driver, instead Of taking his pas
sengers to the ferry and then returning to his
stable, drops his passengers and lets the next
bus take them up. We suppose the company
will build waiting station at that corner by
and by.
The New York herald., 1869-06-06
o y I = y Ar z.
Mr.. llama nIarchant FisEer Vernon.

Mrs. Jane vIarchant Fisher Vernon.
This estimable actress, whose stage popularity and
experience In this country date back for nearly
forty.two years, and whose name has long since be-
come household word In this crts In her particular
line OF acting, died at her residence IN the meropo
ls ~ EEyday evening, In the seventy-seventh year
q her age. e Her bIrssgsss yg Brighton, England.
and her debut in America Sss ~ the Bowery thes-
tre September II, 1927 The first rje saf UNDERTOOK
was that Of Cicely Homespun in the "Heii g tsw."
We have seen an old play bill announcing the dG"uq
of Miss Fisher In this old play. She married Mr.
George Vernon, English actor, In the same year.
lie was 1--WE years younger than she, and died
within three years after their marriage. Mrs
Vernon appeared successfully at the Bowery, the
Chatham theatre, the Park, Burtons the old Broad
way and finally at wallack's, with which theatre tire
she mas been long connected. After the death Of her
husband she devoted herself entirely TO her proes-
sion. Her range OF characters was almost as , ex-
tended as the limits Of legitimate drama and comeuys
aud In every role which she Undertook her rnro
talents made II an entire success r,.
There was one peculiarly ABOUT mrs on te ans
dience. she had the great art Of dentiiyng nefse.
SO thoroughly with each character as sbani I sba a
OF the play bin. Il will be long before we nave an
other Mrs Hardcaste, Tabtha stork Tx OF , MIS- s MAI
npnnIar,tv to the last In this age, when the drama
is threatened with dissolution at the hands OF nude
an an" eslimsbe lady and distinguished actress
10 indeed great loss to the profession.
The nriyate life OF Mrs. Vernon was
cbaracterized by that beautiful simple, genuine,
tender grace which she carried to the stare and
which made her as lady In society and an actress
on the stage so universally beloved. Her last ap-
pearance on the stage was exactly two months ago
at walack's IN the character OF the prim Mrs. SUIT
clifre the fashionable "schoo' mistress. The death
Of Mrs. Vernon Will bring pang TO the heart Oh
many an old theatre poer who las seen her and her
sister Mrs. Maeder Clara Fisher, and her br0ther
John Fisher ut the Park theatre and also those VINO
for many years past have welcomed her each sea
son TO her accustomed place In Wallack'a MIS-
Gilbert Ii her successor.
The New York herald., 1869-06-06
Opera BouGe, Opera Comiaue and EnsiisA
Opera.

Opera BouGe, Opera Comique and Engiisk
Opera.
Madame de Sta6 said truly that the gayety
even that 50uts music is so capable of excit-
ing is not vulgar gayety which says nothing
to the Imagination. Beneath the joy which it
gives there are pOetical sensations, an
agreeable revery, which spoken pleasantries
could never inspire. This is undeniable. 1t
partly accounts for the extraordinary popu-
larity won by French opera bouts on its first
introduction into this country by Mr.. Bateman,
and sustained by it to degree beyond all res-
sonable anticipations under the management Of
Mr. Grau and that of Mr.. Fisk. After all,
however, it seems that Mr.. Bateman retired
from the field at q lucky moment. He had
swallowed the oyster and left only the two
half shells to his successors. Neither in
Paris nor in London has opera 6oufs
been SO fully and fairly tried as in
New York. Here, at last, as in both the
former cities, it has been found wanting in
certain essential elements Of permanent sue
cess. As an occasional stimulant. by way
of variety, it is delicious, but the most
sparkling champagne will not do for q steady
drink. Something with more body to il 10
requisite. The music Of Herve is, indeed,
superior in some respects to that of Often
bach. Utterly nonsensical as is the libretto OF
'Chilperic, the music, particularly in certain
finals, full of breadth and treated with sure
and mastery hand, often reveals Herve a. .
grand composer. Like Byron, in ''Don Juan,
Herve not unseldom rises towards the sublime
only to leap back abruptly into the trivial, the
grotesque and the ridiculous. Barring these
sudden and intentional transitions to the usual
sphere of opera 6omfe, almost all his music
more properly belongs to opera comique.
The idea of naturalizing opera consSque in
this country has been seriously entertained.
But with few signal exceptions it is mani
fest that for the present, at least, the idea
must be abandoned. So that Italian opera
having lost long ago, through wretched mis-
management, its early prestige, opera 6o'.fs
being played out, and opera comsQue being
hopeless, and the leg and-blonde drama having
received its final coup de gr1ce, winding up
it's closing act with knock down and drag
out scene, more effective than beautiful, moth
ing remains but to ask our managers to pro-
vide some more legitimate entertainments than
those with which they have vainly tried to
satisfy the public. In this connection
we may well congratulate Mr.. Grau on his
intention to reopen the Fourteenth street
theatre in September, with English opera,
under the auspices of Madame Parepa-R Rosa
and other eminent artists. Ours is de-
cidedly music-loving public, and it cannot be
unwilling to applaud music with which it
thoroughly sympathizes, married to words
which it understands.