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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
From the Carroll Conservative.
SUNFLOWER COUNTY

Outrd0es StU Coaansiftesg- NioreI t-g,, NJ e..
torting Money from dR Oppressed PeoDle-
Wooden Aufpaegs Lsid IN ne Sh09s-TA,
ConSlnnldft0R ~ d dllkee lShrcfnr3aess--.Try
fiwdfed RdScdity Prac'iced ia Omen Dan
We have heretofore noticed the OUTRAGE
Gus calumnies circulated about the cItI1ens
OF Snnfiower. upon the statements OF a Iv-
ing earpet-baR deputy sheriff, selected 6y
Ames nom among the gutter-snipes of 81
LOUIS BUT we now understand why these
Infamous falsehoOds have been published
and perslstently adhered to. We'haye Iust
seer gentleman who lately visited McNutt
ana learn from him that a Col. Rice. with
ABOUT 70 Federal soldiers have been sent 10
that county with general orders. as the
So!onei says, 70 consult Martin. the Clerk /:
and Quinn, the Probate Judge-the former
carpet Dagger from Michigan. and the lat
.eI a sSsiaWag-as 10 all Of his movements
Anu the result Is that Col. Rice sends out
his troops and arrests every citizen either
one OF SAID Nultures designate. aud brings
nim up Tor examination. After consulta-
tloh with Quinn and Martin the Colonel
invariably requires bond of the citizens
CONDITIONED TO appear at any time i'm future
70 answer any charges thai may be preferred
asallst hltn' either before a military com
mlssaop oil civil court, and will moi IN the
meantime use any disloyal language or
"cuss-words,' and then turns the Arrested
party over 10 Martin, TO give the bond.
Nhlch Martin of course writes and cboroas
the party from 81 80 to $40 for vritino I7he
revenue thus derived Is divided OF eourse
Ana these two-Martin and Ouinn-are ~
pectihg 20 get very rich. Ii Is a money!
u una business but only one Of the hume
carpet-baggers in Office have devised In ,,,r
unfortunate State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

In the examination before the House
military committee on the matter of the
sale Of cadetships one of the witnesses, p.
III. Kegler, of New York, produced what
he swore was an original letter from
Whittemore, a South Carolina member
of the present House, offering his nomi-
nation for cadetship to the Military
Academy for $500. Edward p. Books,
of Prince Georges county, Maryland who
gave his evidence, testified to purchasing
a cadetship of Jasper Blackburn, a mem
Der Of the last Congress, for 81, 800, and
to negotiating with another Louisiana
member, but failing to consumate on ac-
count of the high price. This witness
was asked if he knew of any other trans
action of the kind, but declined to answer.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

] -tNf@N N0A.AtElAaA
Ahs. bin iOF the reno4ui oF bolitioaI diaa-
s o,'' ~, introduced IA the houaoat WashinR-
| zee on reoonserdctlong. iaa shrSd Sruorted
/ oack without amendment. When II rrne
i ilsipuu1Su' Inc Times polluted out ~ OBJ
one Of great interest, further iis,,,'ti,., ~ +.
/ will be OF benefit. Nv - ~
All cOnfrderates who had beld co-,..,t..t,....
In the army OF navy, or had BEEN me1,ber-
Of Congress before the war, are denied H.
benefit OF the provisions 81 the bin Pc
sons desiring amnesty must make nppiirs-
4 ton 10 the United States district CONN a.
the state la which they reside. The petition
must state what Office the petitioner held
under the United states prior 20 April 1,
1901, which by Law required him 20 support
tile constitution; what manner OF AID no
he rendered 70 the rebellion: whether hr
held any Office under the Confederate gov
ernment; whether. since the close OF the
rebellion, he has been guilty Of any act OF
hostility toward the United States or COM
mitted any crime against the laws thereof.
ana that he Is a well-disposed aud good cit
izen; aud prays that he may be restored 10
his political rights. This petition q % 81
sworn 10 In open court and advertised FOR
thirty days, at the end OF which time parties
may appear and controvort any OF the state
ments OF the petitioner, and the Judge may.
IN his discretion. withhold OF grant pardon
The bill u intended 20 humfliate nupiI-
cants for amnesty. Ii places on the records
OF the courts. 20 remain forever, what Is in-
tended 20 betestimony against the petitioner
and his memory, and which may be- em-
ployed ~ reproach against hia children
and his children's chhdrcn 20 the rctnotest
generation. IL makes the work Of obtain
ing amnesty one Of much vcxatl0n and ex-
pense. IL transfers the pardOnlnr power
from Congress, where Il l. lodged bv The
~ section Of the Fourteenth amendment OF
the constitution, 10 judges Of district courts.
Applicant for pardon, however remote they
may live from the courts, must appear III
person and II any opposition be- made 10
their PetitiOn, must be ~ the expense Of
bringing witnesses 60 sustain their state
ments.
chief purpose Of the bill Is 10 clog am
nesty with conditions 40 expensive. vcKa-
tious, ana humiliating that but few persona
VIII take ada antage Of H. and thus exclude
the best aud most intelligent men in the
southern States from all particitatlon Ia
the federal and State governments. Under
the pretence Of being AN act Of grace and
generosity, u eNacts from the person deal
rous Of availinR himself OF the benents or
the bill a confession that be has been crlmi-
nal In that In which he may have been not
only honest but actuatsd By pure and un-
selfish love Of the State and section I'm be-
halt Of which he took up arms.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
Best Way 90 Feed Calves of Choice
Rreeds---HOv to Cook Feed
fnr Animals.
orreoMrnr Co. ISp. Feb.

Harry of Pleasant Valley, Highland
county, Ohio, asks in the Gazette, of Eebru-
airy 2, the best feed and mode OF feeding 10
make the greatest growth and weight on
thorough short-horned calves until they are
a year old.
In the first place, see that they are in warm
shelters in all damp, cold weather. Put
them In stalls or tie them separately when
at meals. See that they are fed regularly
three times a day. In the morning feed
them bran and shorts, mixed in equal parts,
or oat meal. At noon feed them sugar beets.
steamed until they are well cooked. Or. If
you have not got beets, potatoes or turnips
will answer; but some kinds of roots seem
always advantageous. In the evening feed
a mess of chop feed; either bright straw or
hay cut and mixed with shorts or oat meal.
Al good groom will soon learn how 70 regu-
late the quantity OF each kind of food re-
ouired better than can tell him. This
mode of feeding should be continued until
the grass Ia of sufficient size and substance
| 70 turn on then omit all but the bran, and
give them all the bran they will eat while
on the grass.
Now, If you have not got the beets, be
sure and raise them this summer, that you
NAV have them when you take your calves
off OF the grass next fall. I have expert
merted enough with sugar beets in feeding
and fattenfnR cattle and sheep 70 knovsthal
one acre Of heets Is equal to SIX acres O
corn, E : sszs 81 Il
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

Gen. Reynolds, Military Commander
of Texas, having found that his chances
were growing by degrees beautifully
less for a Senatorship, writes a
letter declining to accept if elected
He says: THE proper discharge of my
''duties has required of me the perform
ssance of many acts of political charac-
''ter, but my convictions of right and
sssense of propriety would preclude the
acceptance on my part of any political
ssoffice at the present time and under the
''existing circumstances at the hands Of
ssthe Legislature of Texas"
In that sentence Ames receives raj
over the shoulders, but he viii not be at
fected by it. A man that could so con
duct an election over which he had abso
lutte control as to place himself in Office
would not blush at any thing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
The His Cx) Mark Explained.

~ a statement appears In some of our ex-
conlst Of Richmond, worth over 100000,
VINO has to make his ..X,'s being incapable
~ ~ writing his own name. It is well to call
mind how this story originated. When
II' Jefferson Davis gave his bail bond here,
Ar. James Thomas, one of the bondsmen,
vas quite ill, and so very nervous that he
oouid scarcely hold pen or paper at all. Ac-
cOrdingly he had his name written and then
T 5Txed his mark, as the law required. Mr..
IL t,n1omas r. Price, ITiow deceased,) who was
a o1nnd had his name signed to the same bond
asso by another, likewise appending his
thharK. 1t Is well known here that both OF
saese gentlemen were abundantly able 70
skn their names, except that they were
PnysicalIy incapacitated at the time. Tbs
ZINC Dono referred to has been scattered TO all
r pSaLIs OF the world, with no commentary ex-
pp.alnlng the curious appearance Of two cross
h%arSs among the signatures 70 the bal
S Sonc OF the famous ex-President Of the
ooutnern Confederacy, and heuce the mis-
apprehension In regard to the facts.-Rich.
tnand (Va.) Enquirer.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

The New York Herald publishes a list
of the murders committed in January last
throughout the United States The total
is fifty-four. OF these seven were COM
mitted in New York city and Brooklyn
and twenty within the area of the South
ern States, including Kentucky and Mis-
souri, and counting the executions of
Judge Lynch.
1t is far from being correct, but it is
sufficiently so to show that there is more
lawlessness in the North than in the
South.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
HE Is 40 BETTER THAN A WHITE CARPET
BAGGER.
Letter from John H. Morris (CoIOred) TO
the Editor Of the Louisville Courier
Journal.
LEAvENwoRrH. Feb. II. 1877

4 A~EAf Oklhs Gu. III 1otOs
| My attention has been called to an article
| in your Issue of the Sd under the dc
plume of "A Colored Man. in which the
writer lauds III. r. Reyels and grossly SLAM
! ders me.
In consequence of an old quarrel. and that
| strange freak of fortune. the election of Rev
| els 10 the senate, l am called upon 10 endure
/ private slander and public detraction-
! ms must endure in silence. after having
/ Deen Vindlcated in court of Justice orby a
I public defense, place myself in seeming an
tagonism to my race and color and party.
representation is the first law of ma
ture, and no good cause can be served by
sacrificing an honest man TO gloss the crimes
off notorious scoundrel. And now for this
adventurous ass who volunteers gratuitous
kick.
Mr.. "Colored Man." why do you, like a
skulking savage, shoot your poisoned ar
rows OF detractlon at me from behind the
covert of nom de plume
Own thy name and face me in the sun
shine. You say that
Z" Morris is as keen as Damascus blade, AS
vindictiVe as Camanchie. as unrelenting in
pursuit of his object as a sleuth-hound. He
attacked Revels private character. his fam
lily relations, his standing as d minister from
the stump and through the pox. erful instru-
mentality of the press. Revels bore it until
forbearance ceased to be a virtue. when he
appealed to the law. But he got no redress,
for the jury was packed / have seen a
letter from the judge presiding at the trial
and legal gentlemen of undoubted respecta-
bility, who unite in saying that justice was
not done Revels in the case and that the find
ing of the jury was at variance with the facts
aCduced. All fair-minded men were salts
fled that the charge of malfeasance was
prompted through malice, was not sustained
and that Morris was guilty of gross libel"
As a general and mprehensible denial of
the above, submit the following document:
LEAvENwoRTH CITY, Feb. Il 1870.
John II. Morris, Esq:
DEAR SIR: Having been shown COM
munication in the Louisville Courier Jour
nal, over the signature of a COloTed Man.
in which certain falsehoods are freely in
dulged in, feel called upon, in simple JUS
tice to myself, having been the Judge pre-
siding at the trial. to deny that the jury
was packed and that / at that time. or ut
any time since. wrote letter to Mr.. Reveis.
or to any one for him, in respect to the said
trial or that | at any time, either directly
or Indirectly intimated to any one that JUS
tice was not done Revels in the case, and
that the finding of the jury was at variance
with the facts adduced.
JAMES kETNEK.H
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

ALABAMA.-The carpet-baggers and
scallawags who are running the State gov
eminent of Alabama, are determined not
to loose the hold they have on the State
treasury. The constitution, which they
manufactured, provides that Senators
shall be elected for four years, but that
the first Senate (the present. shall be
equally divided by lot, into two and four
years terms. The short terms expire this
fall, but on Monday last they refused to
divide, the majority contending that all
are to hold over until 1875.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
Fehruarv & $50.

One of the principal drawbacks has prob
ably been the want of suitable machinery
for the preparation of the seed as food, but
we apprehend that this was supplied by the
invention of Shaw's cotton seed huller, made
by the Diamond Mill Manufacturing Com
pany. of this city, which we notice was late
II patented and introduced to the South
From what we understand Of the operations
Of this machine, it Is well adapted for the
work for which it Is designed It is claimed
that it win hull and clean from fifteen to
eighteen bushels ofcotton seed per hour. 1t
may be driven by steam or horse power,
and we believe its cost Is trifiing; certainly
very small compared with the gains TO the
planter. If we are correct In suPposing that
this machine Is known in the South, We
know of no excuse that any planter can put
forward for the great waste witnessed In the
neglect TO render cotton seed as valuable at
home as the more important staple Of cotton
Is rendered abroad, and the one should not
receive all care, while the other, which Is
highly valuable, should be entirely neglect
ed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
EMIGRATION STATISTICS.

The annual report of the Commission
ers of Emigration of the State of New
York, has been published and contains
matter of special interest to the country
at large.
The port of New York is the point
whence three-fourths of the emigrants are
landed, and take their new departure.
The number landed at that port for the
year 1869, was 307, asa, larger number
than has arrived during any year since
1854. Germany, Ireland and England
have contributed lin the order named)
the largest number. Germany sent SO,
600, Ireland $4,000, England $1,000.
Sweden sent %, 900, which shows rapid
increase from that country. Prior to
1863, the annual arrivals from that
country were about 1 200.
These statistics are worthy of note be-
cause they demonstrate the impracticabil-
ity of combining our efforts to procure
immigrants to the Scandinavian race.
We do not assume that in the qualities
that constitute good citizens and valuable
laborers they are inferior to the German,
Irish, Scotch or English but the Stats
ties show that they will not probably af-
ford the requisite supply for the present
demands of the South. Twenty-Five
thousand, or fifty thousand, or even one
hundred thousand will not supply the
annual demand of this section, much less
other portions of the country where an
attraction has already been created by the
friends who have gone before. Besides,
the direction of emigration is apt toI
be greatly controlled by climatic infuen-
ces. The Europeans who are accustomed
to cold climate are prone to think that
the dangers from sickness increase as ther
approach the tropics. This belief is
barrier to Scandinavian emigration IL
the South until the adaptibility of our
climate to the people of that race shall
have been established by the actual ex
perience of those who may be induced tc
test it. But these causes do not operate
in the case of German emigrants. Ac-l
customed to mild climate, they have no
dread of ours and they will furnish a
source of supply which will prove as mex
haustible as it will be useful in enlarging
the productive force of the South.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Democrat says, on the 10Th
the negro Senator held his reception on
the floor of the Senate, nearly all the
"big-wig" visitors seeking an introduce
tion-among others, Bancroft Davis, As
sistant Secretary of State, was brought
forward by Senator Fenton, and extended
his elegantly-gloved hand to the grasp of
his black paw. Gen. Ames occupied a
seat on the same sofa with Revels and as
sisted him in his reception.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
Enforcement Of she Fifteenth
| Amendment.
' ashinRtOn iFeb. Id Dispatch % the New
York Herald.


Judge Bingham, IN the House, to-day.
tried 20 Introduce a bill 20 enforce the right
Of citizens Of the United States 10 vote In
the several states Ia the Union, who have
hitherto been denied that right on account
Of race, color, or previous condition of SER
vitude. The first section provides that all
colored citizens Of the United States resi-
dent In the several States shall BE- entitled
20 vote nc all elections On the State Of their
residence, subject only 20 the same condl-
lions which are now or may hereafter b.
required 10 qualify white citizens % vote
therein. The second section enacts that
where the constitution or law Of any State
requires the payment Of a tax as n Qunll6-
cation Of an electOr, any assessor acting
under the Law OF such State. who shall refuse
or neglect 20 assess the person or pronartv
Of any colored citizen Of the United States
shall for every such offence pay the sum OF
$500 20 any person who will sue for the same.
and, In addition, be fined not less than $500.
and be imprisoned one month. Tho third
section provides for n similar penalty, b be-
enforced upon the members Of any levy
court required by the laws Of any State %
make or correct any assessment on persons
or property who neglect or refuse 10 treat
the colOred citlzeis qualified 70 vote % the
same manner the whites. The fourth and
hfth sections are Of similar import, eNcept
that they apply 20 clerks and collectors 81
taxes who overlook or refuse 20 recognize
Sambo as a full fiedged citizen Of the United
states and Of the State wherein be 10 b roal-
dent. The Sixth secti0n lnhiets a like peu-
atty upon the presiding officer or Judge 81
/ elections who refuses 70 receive the vote OF
colored citizens. The seventh section gives
the Circuit Courts 81 the United states lu-
risdiction 10 all causes arising under Che
act
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

In the Washington Chronicle Of the
21st we find the following explanation OF
the Mississippi delegations visit to the
President, and their asking him to delay
the signing of the Bill. admitting the
State into the Union
The men, who have betrayed the peo-
pie who had before the war honored them
with Office, had not vet been repaid
for so doing, and the wheels of
the State government must be clogged,
and the whole people of State were to
be kept under the iron heel of a military
despotism until these traitors received
their thirty pieces of silver
And yet we have another and more po-
tent reason; Gov. Alcorn was enjoying
the pleasures and the designations of New
York, and he must have time to prepare
his message. He, the scion of a military
election, was the lion of the great me-
tropolis after Arthur, the scion Of roy
atty, had departed. 1t could not be ex-
pected that he would yield such honors
within week to return to the duties of
inaugurating civil government in lit
tie, out-of-the-way Military District.
The Chronicle SAYS;
The members elect to Congress from Mis-
sissippi, with the addition of Senator-elect
Revels. made another visit to the Executive
Mansion, on Saturday, for the purpose of re-
questing the President TO delay signing the
bill for the admission of Mississippi until
after the bill removing political disabilities.
which contains the names of certain MEM
6ers of the delegation, shall have passed |
Congress.
The reasons for this request which were |
because of the fact that the admission of the |
state before the removal of the disabilities |
OF portion of the delegation would deprive /
them OF their seats and in order to DELAY |
the assembling of the Legislature for one |
week To enable Governor Alcorn, who Is |
now In New ork, to return home and pre- |
pare his message to the Legislature were /
stated TO the President, who, in response to /
the request, expressed his willingness TO |
conform to the wishes of the delegation |
and consequently the Mississippi bill has not |
yet been signed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03

BRAINS VS.. SHoULDER-STRAPs.-
Sherman, the commander-in-chief of the
Armies of the United States, receives
S18, $50 per annum. Phil. Sheridan,
who during the war, in the Valley of
Virginia, exhibited so much skill in burn
ing houses and barns, and in turning
women and children, whose husbands and
fathers were with Lees army in front Of
Richmond, upon the commons to starve,
and who is now head butcher Of Indians
in the United States, gets over s12, 000
The Presidents Brevet Brigadier Cen
erals and Lackeys 1.-TWO in NUMBER get
about 81, 900 each, while the Chief JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court has salary of
only s6, 500, and the associate Justices
receive less than 5000.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
Agricultural Report.

Returns to the department of agriculture
during January indicate decrease in the
average of winter wheat ia Illinois, Indi-
ana Michigan, New York, and New Eng
land, and the cotton belt. The decrease In
Illinois IL 6 per cent. The area ia Califor-
MIA Il nearly the same as last year. aud little
difference is reported from Ohio, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Missouri. Kansas has in
creased her acreage very largely, and Ar
kansas, kentucky, and West Virginia have
also made material increase.
The acreage Of other winter grains Is re-
duced slightly. The report Of the condition
OF winter wheat Is not generally favorable
In the Ohio valley. The reduction is below
an average appearance at this period Of the
year. and ranges from 9 to 20 per cent. IN
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas. Texas, and
California. An average condition is indlea-
ted In most Of the remaining states: The
appearance ofthe plant Is com paratively I'M
promising, and the pa liabilities az present
are opposed 10 the prospect OF another year
OF marked productiveness.
An increased acreage Ia bailey Is reported
from Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana. Wiscon-
sin. and Kansas It's condition is little bet
ter than that OF the wheat throughout the
Ohio valley and the northwest The reduc-
tion d represented 20 be 10 per cent. In Mis-
souri, . IN Indiana, in Illinois, In Ohio
and in Michigan.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
The analysis is of hulled cotton seed.
Which economically gives

From the above analysis it is shown that
cotton seed is highly concentrated food,
and is richer in flesh producing elements
than either corn or cake meal, but somewhat
inferior to corn as fat producer, but as a
fat producer is fully equal to linseed cake
The large amount of oil in the cotton seed
must make it valuable food for winter use.
and i'm the use of it one point should not be
overlooked, and that is overlooking with
such rich and concentrated food. 1t should
be given in proper proportions with coarse
fodder, and thus used, / can see no reason
why it may not be used to the exclusion of
corn, and thus save and utilize what has
been up to the present, as it were. waste
product or one regarded as of little or no
value, except for the purposes of oil manu-
facture.
Iwould further say that the foregoing re-
port is based upon the hulled cotton seed,
aud will not hold good for the unhulled
seed, nor for the cake of the unhulled seed,
the husks of which become impacted in the
intestines of the animals fed with it, causing
Inflammation and death, and is consequent
| ly unfit for food.
= & WAYNE.