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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-14
CINCINNATI has the second
highest spirasin America p

lorty omltns IN tne new IlIts
burg Directory. Elghty-fve
rejoice in.the name OF John
The Chicago Advance ac-
cuses Dickens of drinking too
much. but the worst it can say
is that he always drank good
liquor.
The Mormons Of Utah have
turned their attention to the
production of gloves that rival
those of Paris in delicacy and
workmanship. The gloves are
made from genuine kid, raised
In the vicinity ofSalt Lake.
A FURIOUS correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer having
demanded the title of the most
successful hog poison, that pa.
per recommends boarding
house pie as %the most satisfy
INCEST agent" it knows of.
PETER A. CLARK, the distin-
guished colored orator Of Gin
cinnati, has been reappointed
Principal of the Colored High
School, of that city, and VIM,
H. Parham Superintendent OF
the Colored Common Schools.
ACCORDING to later advices
from Rome the sitting of the
council will be suspended some
days, pending the preparation
of an amendment to the chap
ter on infallibility. Several
American prelates have pro-
tested against the abrupt close
of the discussion on chapter
three
SEVEN or eight young rowdies
entered a beer saloon on Forty.
third St, New York last week,
and after refusing to pay for
the drinks commenced stoning
the house. Jacob Subeler an
inoffensive German, was struck,
and died in an hour afterward.
Three of the party have been
arresto d.
ST.. LOUIS has just adopted
an ordinance regulating houses
of prostitution. 1t is the first
attempt, We believe, to intro
duce into one of the large
American cities the system al.
ready adopted In several cities
of Europe. The bill practical.
ly tolerates the evil, but aims
to place it under such restric-
tions as will tend to diminish
the worst features now con-
nected with it.
The War Department author
tiles still believe a war witt
the Indians this summer is in
evltable. The peaceful reports
which the Agents sent to the
Indian Bureau are not in keep
ing with the style OF those re-
ceived at the AdJutant Gener
al's Office from army officer
|
familiar with Indian character
Even peaceful agents now ad
nit fears that the Governmen
will have to resort to the stern
est meas ures. " '1
A RIDICULOUS paragraph il
going the rounds of the paper
/ that a subterranean outle
has been found to the Grea
! Salt Lake. The story is Of
! vast maelslrom, from which
schooner with great difficult
escaped. Were there an out
!, let, it would be impossible fo
the lake to remain salt as tn
water flowing into it is fresh. =
All lakes whose only outlet
q by evaporation are salt, thos
d which have an outlet alway
II are aud must be fresh.
g The editor of the Jackso
;. Standard asserts that the vie,
from his sanctum window take
; in the most beautiful lane
= scape and scenery in Americt
i All bosh. We can beat hi
- five to one, with the landscaI
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-14

A HORRIBLE murder was COM
mitted on Thursday last, July
Z. 1tappears that man named
Hoffman, who resides IN Ken
lucky, about four miles south
of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, had
a man work for him named
Peter Blew, whom he dis.
charged a short time ago.
On Thursday, about 3 o'clock,
he came to the house of Mr..
Hoffman, who was absent, and
after having been there a short
time made improper proposals
to Mrs. Hoffman, which she re-.
sisted and ordered him to
leave. He apologized for his
approaches, and soon afterward
went out, asking the son Of
Mrs. Hoffman, a boy six years
old to accompany him. Get
ting the boy behind a pig pen
not far away, he threw him to
the ground, and with great fe'
rocity cut and haggled at his
throat with a dull pocket knife
until the head was almost sew
cred from the body. He ther
returned TO the house and tolC
her the crime he had commit.
ted on her child, and assuring
. her of his intention to violate
her person if he had to take
her life. Mrs. Hoffman strug
gled with the wretch awhile
and finally wreSted hersel
from him. She hastened 70
protection to a cabin, about
quarter of a mile distant, ,whicl
was inhabited by colored peo
pie.
Blew fled to the woods, an,
ali last accounts had not bee
arrested.
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Sci.
oto Gazette goes for our dear
departed Sollars in the follow
ing manner: ~
."The 'two days meeting of
the Democratic Church
known to a few as the Chris
tian Union Church-had oc-
cupied the grounds on Satur>
day and Sunday. Those Doc
tors of the Democratic Divini.
.y-the Nichols Brothers-had
sounded their gongs, while the
young people of their congre-
CATION regaled themselves on
ice cream, lem onade, soda and
cigars, (much as our ances-
tors did in pioneer times, you
knowD On the morning Of
the Fourth the Pioneer big
Meeting was to be merged in.
TO the Pioneer Celebration,
and this was accomplished by
a slashing sermon from one
Sollars, who is said to7be a
carpet.bagger from Louisiana,
and is somewhat celebrated
for his fondness for female so.
ciety. Sollars is evidently a
dignitary of the new Demo
cratic Church, as | am inform
ed the Democrats of London
erry call him 'D--d old
Sollars.' Cd. d., 1 was always
taught, means Doctor of Di'
vinty.) l should find it impos.
sible to report or do justice to
the sermon. 1t was not, how.
ever, greatly burthened with
the message of peace on earth,
and good will to men, from
the meek and lowly Jesus, and
did not come up just to our
ideas of an 'old-fashioned Cos
pei Sermon which we had
been invited to hear. 1t was
rather a bilious rehaSh of old
copperhead anathemas, vile
and low in themselves, insult.
ing alike to the living and the
dead. We shall not attempt
to follow him, but dismiss him
with the remark that a man
who could preach such a SER
on,under such circumstances,
is a fit candidate for the luna
tic asylum or the penitentiary."
I
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This ratio will give the several coun-

&c. SEARL, Scioto Co.
B. L. Cory, Lawrence.
VIM. NASH, Gallia.
A. b. MoNAHAN. Jackson.
SAM'L BURMwELL, Adams,
Ii. C. JONES, .Vinton.
500 Committee,
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Coz. Trrus, a we'll known
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.dlaps IN Arizona.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-14

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w SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. Price
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nN and after May Is, 1870, the Macarthur
OHack will run between Macarthur and the
NJ. 20. R.R. Station to all trains going FAST
or West, TATMAN 4 DILLON,
may5 3m Proprietors.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07

The Republicans in the popular branch
of Congress, have voted to postpone the
bill extending amnesty to number of
Southern people. The movement was
resisted by the Democratic members as
usual, who did not approve oft. because
of its partial operation, and are in favor
of wiping out all disabilities, but were will
ing to do the best they were able. The
majority nevertheless had it all their own
way and the disabilities are continued.
The Republicans in the desperate straits
to which they are reduced, are holding
them over our people for the base purpo-
ses of political prostitution and specula-
ton. Their pledges of Universal Amnes-
ty have been shamefully broken.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07

In his Review" published in
the Pilot, Mr.. Hewson asserts that his
motive in entering thea of journalism
was to break down printing clique; )"
but we apprehend that his congratulations
on having accomplished his object, are
premature. He leaves behind him a
"Clique" as formidable as the one he as
sailed. And in this sense, his failure
and retirement, is defeat of the Govern
or himself in the person of his next friend
whose editorial force was to have been
augmented by effusions from the ''vigo-
rous pen,' of that official.
The retiring editor refers also to his
assault ON the Railroad Ring ;" and
here his success was even less marked.
The ''Ring" lives and blooms in its rot
tenness. On the whole, the ''organ'
under the gubernatorial regime was not q
success only in its triumphant demOnstra-
ton that the Republican majority in the
Legislature is corrupt combination OF
venal spoilsmen and plunderers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
RICHMOND, VA, Nov. Sd, 1861.
r r JOHNSTON

RICHMOND, VA, Nov. Sd, 1861.
GEN. J. E. JOHNSTON
Commanding Department Of the Potomac:
SIR Reports have been and are being
widely circulated to the effect that 1 pre-
vented Gen. Beauregard from pursuing the
enemy after the battle of Manassas, and
had subsequently restrained him from adj
vancing upon Washington City. Though
such statements may have been made merely
for my injury, and in that view their
notice might be postponed to more
convenient season, they have acquir-
ed Importance from the fact that
they have served to create distrust, to
excite disappointment, and must embarrass
the Administration in its further efforts to
reinforce the armies CT the Potomac. and
generally to provide for the public defence.
For these public considerations, l call
upon you as the Commanding General, and
as party to all the conferences held by me
on the 2lst and 22d of July, to say whether
I INSTRUCTED the pursuit of the enemy after
the victory at Manassas, or have ever OBJ
iected to an advance or other active opera
ton which it was feasible for the army to
undertake?
Very respectfully. yours. &C.,
JEFF'N DAVIS.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07

As soon as they received information
of the alleged robbery of A. ID. Jones,
negro Deputy Internal Revenue Collec-
tor, in Ripley, the citizens of that place
instituted an investigation into the facts,
and have published full report Of it in
the Ripley Advertiser. "Many witnesses
(says the Iuka Gazette) were examined
belonging to the household Of Rev. Thos.
Brown, an other negro, at whose house
Jones stopped for the night. Although
Jones was robbed Gin horn at 3 o'clock
in the morning he gave no information OF
the robbery, but left Ripley about sun
rise for Corinth, leaving a letter, with
Brown, for Hon. o. Davis which was not
delivered till II o'clock, nor did Brown
tell any person in Ripley Of the circum-
stance"
No impartial reader can examine the
facts without being convinced that Jones
and Brown themselves were the robbers,
and it is probably true that Emory (whitc
Republican, the principal collector, who
sent Jones on the mission, was concerned
in it, as the Corinth News charges. The
Gazette adds that if another set OF
masked men would take Jones and Rev.
Brown out and hitch them 10 the limb Of
a tree, for a few minutes, the United
States would make a thousand dollars by
the operation"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07

The Legislature has been in session
one hundred and ten days at cost to the
people of probably not less than two hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars for its
own expenses, which are trife compared
to the appropriation already made and
in contemplations for other purposes. 1t
has been in session nearly three months
longer than the Legislature of New York
which convened about the same time and
represents ten times the population and
fifty times the wealth of this State. That
it has done nothing for the public good,
and vast deal to harrass, insult, and
impoverish the people, and yet scarcely
has commenced its work of iniquity, is a
fact patent to the public mind. How
long, Lord, how longl
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07
HEAD-QUARTERs, CENTREvILLE.l
November 10. 1861.
70 HIS ExcELLESCY THE PRESIDENT:

10 Ills E1CELLENCI fHE HRESIDEHTs
SIR: IL have had the honor to receive
your letter of the Sd INST, in which you
call upon me. las the Commanding General
and as a party to all the conferences held
by you on the 2lst and 22d of July, to say:
1whether you obstructed the pursuit az
ter the victory of Manassas,
sOr have ever objected to an advance or
other active operations which it was FEAST
bic tor the army to undertake."
To the first question, reply No. The
pursuit was Constructed" by the enemy 5
troops at Centreville. as / have stated in
my official report. In that report. have
also said why no advance was made upon
the eneany's capitol (for reasons) as follows:
The apparent freshness of the q. s. troops
AT CentreYille, which checked our pursuit;
the strong forces occupying the works near
Georgetown. Arlington and Alexandria,
the certainty, too, that Gen. Patterson, If
needed. would reach Washington with his
army of more than 10000 sooner than we
could, and the condition and inadequate
means of the army in ammunition provi-
sion, and transportation; prevented any Sc
rious thoughts Of advancing against the
Capitol. $500 .t w
To the second question. reply. that g has
never been feasible for the army TO advance
JartAsF tAon % has done--to the line Of Fair
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07

When the Reconstruction laws were
passed defining the political privileges ol
the negroes, and DISTINGUISHING the whites
THE CLARION advised the people to make
the best they could of the circumstances
in which they had been placed by the
vindictive policy of the dominant party
1t is useless to discuss how this suggestion
was met by current of opposition which
no appeal could resist. Events resulted
however, as we predicted. The savage
purpose of the Republican party was
mercilessly executed, and the opposition
which an outraged, high-spirited people
have offered was recompensed by repeated
acts of violence.
The scheme finally eliminated in an
election VIGOROUSLY carried by fraud and
violence which placed in power the pres
ent Mongrel State Administration, Exec
utive and Legislative. But it brought
with it the right of the people in future
to control their own affairs--to choose
their own agents-and to make their own
laws.
No reason exists, therefore, for aequi-
essence in the outrageous abuses of the
Republican party of Mississippi thus
illegitimately clothed with authority.
The people have a right, and it is within
their power to alter, or TO abolish, as
occasion may warrant, the entire system
of oppressive and aggressive measures
enforced by this Administration, loading
them with taxes, violating justice, outra-
ging decency and polluting the fountains
of their civilization.
And to this end, let them form their
unalterable resolves to work with untiring
energy. The whole brood Of measures
Matched by the Republican Legislature are
presented as the point of assault. Built
upon corruption, and intrinsically rotten,
they must be swept like chat before the
storm of popular indignation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07
Who are Voters un der the present
Constitution OF Mississippi, Sec.
=. Art. q.


All male inhabitants, whether native citi-
zens or naturalized, twenty-one years of
age, resident in the State six months, and
in the county one month, and duly register
ed according to Section three (3) Article
seven "a are qualified electors. subject to
sixteen exceptions, viz:
/. Those who fight duels IN or out of the
State.
2. Those who assist in duels. Article 1.
Section
3. Those convicted OF bribery.
4. Those convicted of perjury.
s. Those convicted of other infamous
crimes. Art. 4, Sec. II. Code $50, Art. 3Is)
6. Those convicted of giving brides to
secure their election or appointment.
z. Those convicted of offering brides to
procure their election or appointment.
s. Those convicted of giving or offering
any bride to procure the appointment or
election of another. Art. 4, Sec. Is.
8. Those who are idiots.
10. Those who are insane.
IL. Indians not taxed.
II. Those who have not resided in the
State six moths.
13. Those who have not resided in the
county one month.
IA. Those who fail to register. Art. z.
Sec. 2.
Is. Those convicted OF forgery.
16. Those convicted of other high crimes
or misdemeanors. Art. Il, Sec. 2
All who do not come under some one OF
these sixteen exceptions are legal roters.
The clause in the Ind Section, Article Z.
(under franchise), which reads, "And who
are not disqualified by reason of any crime"
means -crimc' as specified in the foregoing
exceptions. Either that of l. 2, g. 1861,
s. 10 or H. and can mean nothing else.
The clause THAT am not disqualified in
any provisions of the acts known as the
reconstruction acts ofthe Both and 10th Con-
gress, and that admit the political and
civil equality of all men," (Sec. 3, Art. z,
under franchise,) was expunged from the
Constitution by President Grant, aided by
the vote of all parties in the State OF Mis-
sissippi at the election last November and
December. Hence il has no life, vitality or
binding force whatever.
Therefore all persons who were proscrib-
ed from holding Office by the 14th amend
ment can vote under our Constitution, but
cannot hold Office unless Congress remove
their disabilities. The 14th Amendment
does not prohibit any one from voting.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07

To the courtesy of Capt. Paul A. Botto,
Secretary of the Natchez and jackson
Railroad Committee, we are Indebted for
a copy of the report of Chief Engineer,
Maj. B. III. Greene, Of the survey of this
road, as submitted to the Committee. =
1t is an interesting and valuable docu-
ment, and we hope will be thoroughly cir
culated in the counties Immediately in
terested in the success of this great en-
terprise. The survey via Fayette, makes
92.88 miles-the total cost for road and
outfit complete being estimated at S21, :
$40, SO per mile. As to the feasibility and
prospects of this road, Maj. Greene re-
marks:
Hitherto have spoken of generalities, OF
principles, of causes and effects tkat have no
more special reference TO your own road
than to another. / have alluded mainly to
local benefits resulting from railroad i'm
provement. There is much that can be said
in particular reference to the NatcheZ and
jackson road, a link in one great chain, a
part Of one great system. Its geographical
position is singularly important. ii Is such
as to attract To itself and to harmonic va
rlOus interests. by an extension I'D the val
ley of the Pearl, via Columbus, To Decatur
Ala, it will hold an interior position to all
existing lines seeking the great northern
cities, and at the latter point, Decatur
will meet tributary lines radiating to ali
the great producing States Of the East and
West. Looking westward, its career and
impetus need only be bounded and checked
by the great Pacific slope.
The inspiration is not needed to predict for
Mississippi, and especially your city, great
results from the construction of this road
There Is danger that energies and capital
will be dissipated fruitlessly upon multi
tude of projects, which If concentrated upon
one would insure its success. The laws OF
nature and all good policy demand that "a
give health and vigor to branches, the trunk
should first be nurtured. else they would be
sapless and fruitle-s. The main trunk be.
ing once in fair progress, the branch roads
Will attract investments with better pros
poets ofprofitable returns because thew will
rest upon more extended base of country
tributary to the business.
These statistical facts make good founda-
ton tor hope, and this hope can be speedily
realized. The geographical section of the
state trayersed by this road is peculiarly
richly endowed in fruitful soil and genial
climate. 1t is as one great mine, that needs
only the application of the proper energy q
coin its hidden ore into current wealth al
improvement and prosperity. ~-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-07
The Great Steamboat Race--.The
Lee Victorious.

This is the sensation of the hour. Far
and near all classes and occupations have
been drawn into the excitement The two
rival steamers, the most magnificent Of
ali the craft that walk our inland aea.
the Robert E. Lee what magic there is
in the name and the Natchez, steamed
from the port of New Orleans for St.
Louis on the evening of the 3Oth, equip
ped for the trial of speed. Though of
different construction, they are of nearly
equal tonnage and each had her enthusi-
astic hackers. All along the river banks
crowds gathered to witness the race
AT Natchez, the first objective point, the
Lee was ahead eighteen minutes, and to
these she bad added two more when amid
the cheers of the hultitude and the roar
of artillery she arrived at Vicksburg.
The distance was still further widened at
Memphis /; and at Cairo she was ahead
one hour and ten minutes. The Lee
continued to improve her advantage. and
arrived at St. Louis 3 hours and 40 min
utes in advance Of her antagonist-both
making thequickest time before recorded.
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars were
won and lost On the result