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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

The Kosciusko Chronicle states that the
Sheriff of Attala, has received circular
from the Executive Committee of the
Bitter-Enders informing him that the of
fcials of this county were assessed with
the sum of s125 90 as their share of the
expenses of the campaign; ordering the
Sheriff to collect the same, and in case of
any official falling to pay his pro rata
share, to report has name Immediately.
Thus adds the Chronicle) it will be seen
that Ames' pets are compelled to pay a
certain assessment for political purposes,
and upon failure to ''ante up" upon de-
mand, their names are to be reported,
and, of course, off comes the offenders
head.
The Chronicle infers from this black
mail transaction, that Tarbell did not
succeed very well in raising the wind at
the North.
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Superintendent of Public Instruc-
Hons.

EDITOR CLARION Without disparaging
the claims of others that have been named,
desire to second the nomination of THos.
5. GATHRIGHT for Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Great care should be taken in
the selection of this officer, as upon him
will devolve much of the care and respon-
sibility of inaugurating among us system
of instruction with which our people are
almost totally unacquainted. The labor
will be great, requiring n man in the full
vigor of both mind and body, while the i'm
portance and delicacy of the charge, will
evidently demand all the powers of the
highest moral and intellectual endorsement;
superadded to which the incumbent must
bring to his Office a thorough familiarity
with the details of the Common School sys-
tenn, and due share of rim or enthusiasm in
behalf of popular education. Moreover and
above all, in order to be efficient, a man
known to our entire people for his integrity
and worth, and in whome they will not hest
tate to repose the utmost confidence.
believe that Thos. S. Gathright possesses,
in an eminent degree, all these Characters
tics; and in looking to the success of the
system to be devised, and the educational
welfare of our State trust the Convention
will unite upon him as the man.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

WAsHNGToS, Sept. "A special TO the
Times makes Grant say TO the Senter dele
CATION from Tennessee. that he recognized
Mr.. Senter as a republican and considered
that the Republicans who voted for him still
belong to the RepL blican party and In adj
dition, that he would not remove from Office
any Federal official ~ the state Tor having
thrown the weight of his position and per-
sOnal influence against Mr.. Stokes. The
President In conclusion recommended them
TO harmonic and put an end TO their difficult
ties, personal and political, by general am
nesty.
Col. McCrIle, Of YieIesburg, q here.
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A COLLISION.

a correspondent calls our attention to
the fact that the Pilot, in fog, has run
into the Radical platform. The carpet
baggers' organ, speaking Of Chinese i'm
migration, says:
'.Noi we want no Chinese. or coolies. OR
BARBARIANs OF ANY CLINE. BIT we do want
encouragement TO more industry, skilled
and common labor, with unity of purpose
to use our oton means to develop our oto1i re-
sources with our OtgR ldbOT."-Weekly Pilot.
Aug. 2lst.
The Radical CTarbelD Platform is in
these words
The languishing condition of our state
Notwithstanding her genial climate. and
productive soil, capable of sustaining and
inviting population of Fifteen Millions. re-
minds US not only of the necessity of recon-
struetion on proper basis, but OF the need
Of immigration. Schemes designed for class
Immigration, such as laborers ohiy, or ia
vorlng one section, or country, or people, or
portions Of people over another, on account
OF poltlcal or other causes, will meet with no
success; plans to increase our population,
must embrace all countries, cIiBses, pe0DLe
professions, politics, and RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
any plan stopping short Of this, or hesita-
ting 10 give a practical, earnest. cordial well
come TO settlers, without regard to race. color
locality. politics or religion will meet with
merited failure, because indicating the ex-
istence OF Big0tTy and Intolerance ss-RadI-
cal Platform, July LIST
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CARPETsBAGGERS' PLAT
FORM.

PRESCRIPTION proof Of which, see
Franchise clause, No. Z, OF the Eggleston
Constitution, permanently establishing test
oath excluding from suffrage and holding
Office large class of capable and meritori :
aus citizens irrespective of party, who are
nevertheless saddled with the burthens Of
government Consequently il means:
Disfrauchisement;
Glass Legislation;
Exclusive privileges
Taxation WITHOUT Representation.
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The TesI.OntI,.

The Washington Chronicle states that
the Secretary of War has transmitted to
Gen. Candy, for his guidance, the de-
cision of the Attorney General, that the
members of the Virginia Legislature and
other newly elected officials viii not be
required to take any other oath than the
one prescribed in the Constitution just
ratified
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

Judge Dent lett this evening for Missis-
sippi 1t is said he had private interview
with the President last night, and that a
private understanding exists between them
relative to.the Mississippi election. Wash
ington Special TO Memphis Sun.
In an extract of letter published in
fhe Washington Chronicle, the President
said to Judge Dent that if a conservative
Republican is to be elected, he would
greatly prefer him to any other member
of that party. But no matter what may
be the relations of the President to Judge
Dent, the people of the State viii accord
him the welcome to which his generous
aid to defeat the scheme of the Proscrip-
tionists to force the defeated constitution
upon them, and his more recent excoria-
zion of Boutwell,, entitle him. The stone
which the builders have rejected viii be-
come the head of the corner.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

The St. Louis Republican, renlarlIing
on the recent Washington advices, states
that the evidences accumulate that the
President no longer inclines to the Radi-
cal views of Boutwell, and Creswell of his
Cabinet, if indeed, he has ever really
done so, and it seems not improbable that
an open rupture among the executive Off
Gals is imminent in consequence. These
circumstances are likely to have very
important effect in the fall elections.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

AZ Radical journal alleges that there IS
Inconsistency in the present attitude and
past course. of the Democracy on the
question Of negro suffrage, and refers to
the platform of the National Convention
in New York in 1868. But the platform
refutes rather than sustains the allegation.
The Convention was silent in reference
to suffrage further than to declare that
the question belonged to the States. The
Convention declared the reconstruction
acts unconstitutional, but this is nothing
more than had been done by Thad. Ste
vens Of Radical memory; and even
here in Mississippi, II. I. Fisher, a
Radical leader, is ON record that those
measures were unjust ann oppressive.
The National Democracy have never
declared against Negro suffrage. Here
is its creed as defined by Gen. Rosecrans
whom the party nominated for Governor
of Ohio:
Leaving to its opponents fan shades and
grades all narrow and sectional grounds. all
monopolIes and favoritism based on class.
creed, race, color, or national origin, the
Democratic party of the United States ought
to hold high the banner OF URirerSdi freedom,
impartial justice and equality before te lac OF
az arho lire beneath the fGG Of our country.
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1he Meeting a,Rarmond.

The meeting Of National Republicans
and Conservatives at Raymond on Sat
unlay last was a decided success. Hon.
A. II. Johnston garfield his old friends
with powerful address on the political
situation. Able speeches we're delivered
Oh the part Of the National Republicans,
by Gen. Dugan, Col. McCloy, and Mr..
l.. w. Mannaway. Delegates were APP
pointed to the State Convention, which
assemblies Tomorrow.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

A machine, invented by Tennessean,
promises to revolutionize the process of
making cotton goods. The Commercial
Bulletin, of Boston, thus alIudes to this
ingenious implement:
This machine takes the cotton from the
boil and at one operation it is ginned, car
ried to the cards DC, and finally coiIed into
cans. l.. Il. Clements, of Smyrna. Tenn. is
the inventor of this prodigy, only one of
which has as yet been made--that being in
successful operation. He claims that its use
will enable the manufacturer to dispense
with two-thirds of the usual number of OBJ
eratives, and will reduce the cost Of making
goods nc least forty per cent
The results of this contrivance were
displayed at the late exposition of textile
fabrics In Cincinnati.
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LIE PaAIFOatm.

-sstcli Con @tttutIon and Laws "a VIII efTec-
tnasIy secure ttls civil aud political rights ~
ALL persons.--Gen. Grant's Message, April
7th. 1869.
With meags restoration ofcivil govern
men no prescription ;.universal amnesty
a "a Equal Rights before the law TO all. de-
nisd ~ just ce 70 none; no exclusive eHol-
unents or privileges TO any class; taxation
witt representation.
And 20 the end that all persons. white an
black. rich and poor, may enjoy the full
beHefits Of free government, and the fruits
of their toll. we will add Low Taxes and
an economical government.
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How Gen. AIcOrn IL Valued by his
old Friends.
LION the Water YaIley Eagle.

\ former warm personal friend and adj
mirer of Gen. Alcorn said I'm our hearing the
other day ''Since reading Gen. Alcorn's late
speeches and letters, / could not support or
vote for him for aey Office under heaven I:
or in any way act even temporarily with
any party he aifilates with. He is appar-
emily quite as malignant as Eggleston. N.Y.
gait, Amcs, Flournoy, and the rest of the
extreme Radicals" And this. we believe.
Is the sentiment Of ALL Of Gen. Alcorn's old
personal friends among the Conseryatiyesof
North Mississippi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

lMMIGeRANTs ARRTvKD.-A party or near
~ Dams have arrived at Enterprise underr
the conduct Of their countryman. Rev. Mr..
blichefeldt, from the Northwest. where a
great number have settled. Tbs "a under
stood To be first instalment0f a considera-
Die immigration Of those people. Meridian
Mercury. w1E -F'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

The Commissioner of Agriculture has
received information from South Carroll
ma of the appearance of the dreaded and
destructive cotton caterpillar among the
crops on the Sea Islands, but the insects
have not yet appeared in very large num-
bers. It was hoped that the hot and dry
weather would have prevented its ap-
pearance altogether.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY The
responsibility of the escape of Bill Nc
Gowan, Ames' Probate Judge of Rankin,
who was under arrest for theft and other
crimes, is fixed upon Ames himself BY a
correspondent in another column. Nc
Gowan was in custody of the civil authori-
ties, and would have been securely held,
and brought to trial; but he was taken
from their hands by military order and
his escape is the next thing. Does any
body believe that this would have occur
red if MCGOWAN had not been an ap-
pointeo and pet of the military comman-
der2
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

RADICALS DEFEATED IN CALIFoRNIA.
The telegraph reports an overwhelming
defeat of the Radicals in the California
elections on Thursday. The cause of
the reaction is attributable to the report
ed sympathy of the Administration with
the ultras. The people are everywhere
teaching their rulers lesson, and they are
learning II
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

Messrs. Stokes and J. b. Brownlow,
the representatives Of the Radical Ma.
tional Republican parties of Tennessee,
respectively, had interviews with Presi-
dent on the 1st, and neither was able to
ascertain which of the two parties he
favors. All that could be made out of
him, says Washington special, was an
inclination to support both.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

A special b the New York Tines mah
Grant say % the Senter delegation ifp
Tennessee, that ho recognized SIX. scnier
Republican, and considered that the
Pubilcans who voted Cor him still belong
the hepubllcau party. and ln addition
~ would not remove from onco auy lea.
official Ia the State FOR having thrown q.
weight o. his poaltioh and personal llN.
ence against MI Stokes Nv a1hington i-F
gram, ID.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

The news that the Administration, UNI
der pressure of recent results, has deter
mined not to oppose Walker in Virginia,
Senter in Tennessee, and Hamilton in
Texas-all Union Republicans a
pleasant foreboding for Mississippi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

RrcHMoED, Sept 2.--Gov. Walker returned
here this morning, but Il altogether retieent
about his interview with the President
Ii Is understood, however, that advices from
n reliable source. IN Washington have been
received 70 the effect that the test oath will
not he required, and that the Legislature
will soon be convened.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

We note that the Osyka Reporter,
formerly Holmesville Independent,
heretofore neutral with Radical proclivi-
ties, has taken strong ground for the
Union niberal) Republicans.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

1t is stated that Gen. Sherman strongly
supported Gen. Grant in the policy THAI
the test-oath should not be exacted of
newly elected members of the Virginia
egislature-Boutwell and Creswell, dis
sented--taking the most opposite and
radical ground.
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GRANT ABANDoNs THE RADICALS.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Sept. 3.-The repre-
sentatives here of the two Republican wings
in Tennessee are quite Disguised to find that
ter as being as good Republican as Stokes
The friends of the latter say that they do
not understand why he indorses an apos-
tate like Senter, who was supported by the
Democrats, while none but straightout Re-
publicans voted for Stokes.
The President in the last twenty-four
hours, however. has given unmistakable
evidence that he has abandoned the Radical
element in his CabiEet and has decided to
act with the Conservatives. This intelli-
genee comes from Cabinet Minister in
Washington and may be explicitly relied
on.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

The Vicksburg Herald is anxious for a
union ON the ticket of the Liberal Re
Publicans, in order to defeat the Rabid
RAIDS; but complains that the Democratic
Executive Committee is in the way of
this glorious consummation-that its iron
hand is "throtling" the unterrifed who
wish to accomplish it. Our contemporary
does the Committee injustice. They are
to man in favor of the proposed union.
They will not come between the people and
the qualification of their wish. our CO.
temporary may be assured.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

From Skuqualak,- lSuD,mcrrWe hifiiute-
Hqslsuqsla Manufacturing ConPany-it'
Location, Resources aud O9icers--the
Croos-CoI7t Liglt-CottoR - AMOUNT
Of Cro,,-Pic Mic, etc. -I'oiaies-lScr-
oea,a HiUiams-7hc Clarion Endorsed,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

The Columbus Index reports a great
falling off in the prospects of the cotton
crop in that section during the past few
weeks. They indicate that the yield will
be less than last year.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

Referring to Judge Dents Boutwell,
letter, the New York World SAYS that af-
ter this production of his pen, it is mis-
take to call him Gen. Grants brother-in-
law, for the more correct philology would
be that Gen. Grant is Judge Dents
brother-in-law. The Philadelphia Age
says:
The would-be candidate for Presidency
has had no such rasping since Counsellor
Evarts tackled upon his back the title of
'hole-in- the-sky' Boutwell,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

Quite number of delegates to the
National Union Republican Convention
have arrived, and the indications are that
it will be largely attended
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

Mr.. Creswel, Grants Postmaster Gen
eral, who so iercely demands that no
persons elected in the Southern States
shall take Office without first taking the
iron-clad oath, couldn't take it himself
except by committing perjury. After the
commencement of the war he was one of
the first to raise recruits in Maryland for
the Southern Confederacy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

sObediah,n correspondents of the Jack
son Clarion, writing from this place, alludes
70 the sentinel as being suspended. This Is
a mistake-our neighbor still lives, and IL
wagery and carpefbaggery az it ever wass-
Columbus Index.
We cheerfully make the above correc-
ton In behalf Of our correspondent,
whose error was anintenfional.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

The Vicksburg Herald wishes to be in
formed why all the members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, were not consulted
about the Address, and why the names
of other prominent and influential CON
servatives were NOT obtainedi Really
we don't knowl Since its originators
have come to think of it, therewere fifty
or sixty thousand good men, many Of
them prOminentin the State. whose names.
might have been obtained. but then, il
every body had signed ID, there would
have been no occasion to issue ID
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-e&-SNS-
GOOD ADVICE.

The New y ork Freeman's journal, an
able Democratic paper, advises against
the attempt to maintain straightout Dem
oeratic organizations in the unreconstruc-
ted States. They are standing defiance
to the will of the nation, as expressed in
the Presidential election and an OBJ
stacle to the restoration of civil govern
ment. The Journal says:
Virginia and Tennessee have done wei.
We hope, and we feel confident, that Aissis-
sippi, and Teras, s-iI fogIoio the same example.
1t is not choice of position these unhappy
and wronged States have to do whit is
existence. Party Is Of no use, except as It pro
notes ctril scell-beiag. The people, in all the
Southern States, are fools, u they remember
old party names, as tGlismazs for tie present
Let every State look to Us otg5a good .
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Gen. Grant Cutting Loose from
the Ultra Radicals.

The we'll informed Washington Cor
respondence of the Louisville Courier
Journal, gives the following information
touching the purpose of General Grant,
to leave the Radical Destructives to their
fate. The statement is confirmed by the
recent Cabinet decision adverse to the
application of the test oath
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these words /:
WINSTON CoUNTY.-An esteemed sub
scriber writes as follows, under date Of 3Oth

uIL. |-|
The Conservatives will almost entirely
sweep this county. In fact, / scarcely think
there will be any opposition, II there should
be. IL VIII be mere shadow Of n party.
The crops are promising however there
are some sectionK In the county that have
suffered from drouth. Crops In these sec
lions win mos be good. T.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

It is not difficult to see that something
il going to happen in Washington soon,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

Gen. Grant d about 90 remove all %
Senter oaice-holdors IN Tennossec that mH
DC within his rcach.-Pilot.
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POLITICS.

There was meeting of the County Exec
utive Committee of the National Union Re-
publican party to-day to appoint delegates
to the Convention TO be held in Jackson on
the sth inst. Three or four Radicals from
Jackson came up to-day to get up
a Radical meeting, but / think they
have gone back convinced that politics gem
orally were below par on this particular day,
and RadcalisIn especially SO, In Madison
county.
THE PRESS CONVENTION.
Understand that great preparations are
being made to entertain the Press Conven-
ton which convenes here on the 9TH inst.
III. Is.
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KicHMoNp, VA Sept. f--Tb.. 4,
Is Attorney General lioars onipi.i 'IlF
cd this morning By Con. Canbv fg
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

Ii hopes IOf permanent usefulness. must
mind the advice of DIR. HolmeS-''Yet in
opinions look not always back, the past is
nothing, mind your coming track" But,
gentlemen, it Is not for ME TO dictate to the
party, and if my services are of any value
TO you, they are equally at your disposal.
whether require at one end or the other
whether as an officer or as a private in the
ranks. For, according to my notion, the
man is of less consequence than the policy
and principles which he presents, and it is
for that reason that dare to obtrUde upon
your deliberations nav own idea of the fit
ting attitude for Us to assume at this time.
And first of all, upon matters of national
politics. although they do not enter this de-
bate, vet it is proper for us to propose what.
we deem the wisest course to steer. In my
Judgment our defeat in the last election sub
stantially settled the reconstruction and ne
gro suffrage controversy. Much as we may
dislike the decision, there is no way short of
revolution by which it can be reversed, GER
tainly tor four, and considering the COM
plexion of the Senate of the United States.
now the effective government of the coun-
try. probably not for ten years at least This
insures, at any rate, a fair trial of universal,
unqualified suffrage at the South, and even
when its failure is ascertained. 1t Is proba-
bic that all moderate men viii agree thot no
sweeping measure of acknowledgements
would be expedient. The ballot, then, should
be regarded by wise party as no longer a
legitimate subject of discussion, Tf has
passed from the realm OF debdtdb1e questions
and sholsta noe be ciaSssd ia the category Of
facts Arguments for and against its adop-
ton were admissible last autumn, but now
they are out of place; we cannot abrogate
or abolish it; we must accept it as one of
the elements in the problem offered for our
solution, and address ourselves to that as
affected by this inseperable modification.
As things actually stand to-day what meas
ures will most subserve the general welfare
This gentlemen, with great Difference to dif-
ference of opinion, seems TO me the only
course open 20 MS. To act otherwise would
resemble the wisdom of q general who, bea-
ten In a battle which he had Joined in order
to cover certain important points, should
AFTER the victoriyus passage OF his opponents
and occupation of the disputed territory,
rally his army anew ON the old battle field
and there fight an imaginary foe. while he
leaves all behind him 20 the unopposed pro-
gress OF his antagonists. Let as leaUe snch
str0fegfsts 20 bang Of their Big guns dt empty
as0eds and aousee their amnaaHffi0R rgoR tie de-
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I understand that the army worm Is in
many of the fields near here and Is dam
aging the cotton great deal. Ten new
bales of cotton have been brought here and
sold.