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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-12-01
A GUSHING LETTER FROM
SENATOR MORGAN.
HE IS AGGRTEvED BECAUSE THE
CLAPION AND vICKSBURG HER
AID HAVE PUBLISHED THE
CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF
HIS "SISTER.-
BUT 1T DOES HIM "No LASTING
INJURY"
Nor has it besa able to Break the Faith has
Friends had IN Him.
From the Pilot.
YAzoo Cry. MIss. Nov. IA. Isl

HAzoo CRY, MISS. Nov. IA, 1870.
Editor Pilot: Will you do Mrs. Highgate
the favor of publishing the following article
on the death of my sister, Miss EdmonIa G
Highgate. She requests of me that ask
you TO do so.
1t is quite repugnant to my own feelings
to notice in the slightest degree, the barba-
rous attacks, slurs, and comments of the
Herald, Clarion, and others Ct their sort.
They. were low and contemplate enough
before. but when they seize upon the occa-
sion of my marriage TO her sister, and slur
the character of Miss Edmonia after her
death-when her powers to the undoing OF
the great wrong they have aided, are now
aiding, in perpetuating against her, are
gone-they become vultures, tearing the
hesh-desh only-Of the dove.
Cam Christian community sustain such
If after three months revel over my mar
rage, they have been able to do me no last
ing injury, or break the faith my friends had
in me, was it chivslrous to go down into the
grave of my sister, and, by slandering her.
hope to point the finger of seorn at me !?
The vilest towards could do no more; the
ingenuity of the devil could have been less
choice in the adoption of means, and content
TO stop with slandering me.
The article is clipped from the Syracuse
New York; Journal, where Miss Edmonia
was educated, and where she died and now
lies buried, beyond the powers of these
cowardly vultures to harm her.
Respectfully your ob't servant,
A. I. MORGAN.
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Lee Memorial CeremonIes.

RALEIGH, n. C., Nov. 23.-Memorial OBJ
servances in honor OF General Robert +.
Lee, were celebrated to-day.
According TO the published programme
the procession formed at the Executive
Mansion: Music, chief marshal and assist
ants, soldiers OF the late Confederate army,
clergy, eulogist, ex-Gov. Vance, State
officials, members ofboth houses ofthe Leg
islature, city officials, Masonic fraternity,
Odd Fellows, Friends OF Temperance fire
companies and Sunday schools, and citizens.
The flag over the Capitol was placed at
half-mast by resolution ofeach House OF the
Legislature. Bells were tolled during the
movent OF the procession. and business was
generally suspended. Stores and private
houses were arrayed in the insignia Of
mourning. The turnout Of tbs citizens was
unusually large, and the whole population
seemed to have participated In the solemni-
ties.
Tucker Hall was crowded to its utmost
capacity, about 100 finding seats, while q
far larger number were unable 20 obtain
admittance. A poem by Mrs. Downing
was most beautifully read by Major Seaton
Gales, aud the Grafton by Gov. Vance, was
surprisingly eloquent and most appropriate
70 the subject and the occasion. The whole
ceremonial was a fitting tribute 70 the
memory Of great soldier and good man.
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FlOurmOy ON the War Path..-HHis
Flank Movement against the
Oxford Professors.

- From the Equal Rights.
We have mislaid the law of Congress
passed at the last session touching the en-
forcement of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution. But very intelligent gentle
man informs us that they cover the very
issue the Professors have made-we will
obtaiu the law aud examine ir critically. If
it does cover the issue we intend proceed
ing as follows: We will endeavOr TO find q
colored boy In this State, competent to en-
ter some one of the classes in the Univer-
sity. If such a one cannot be procured at
present he will be in a year or two. We
will present him, and If he is refused admit
lance on account of color. We will proceed
to prosecute in the District Court of the
United States, against each one liable by
such rejection. aud test at once the question,
whether the professors or the Constitution
Is supreme.
limo such law has been enacted to reach
the ease, then we will endeavor to get Con-
gress to supply the deficiency, and then test
tue question as soon as possible. Inere
were once seven wise men of Gotham, We
now nave ten, who have assumed the grave
responsibility over their own signatures 10
Inform the government of the United states
that they VIII not obey its laws. In former
times II proved disastrous undertaking
Tor States TO attempt to defy the power of
the Government, even AFTER an attempt to
withdraw their allegiance. It il reserved
for the present times TO witness the bold at
tempt by ten men, to do that which ten
States could not do, backed by more than
ten million OF people.
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yMmryImmd.

The New York Tribune, on the eve Of
the of the election in Maryland, boosted /:
Thanks TO the Fifteenth Amendment the
Republicans will poll more than fifty thou
sand votes next Tuesday, sharply contest
ing every Congressional district and nearly
every county. We hope 10 announce next
Wednesday the election OF two If not three
Republicans TO COngress-all gsins-and a
Republican Legislature. A United States
Senator in place Of George Vickers (Dem.)
is to be chosen by this Legislature"
After the election the Baltimore Ga
zette, thus stated the result:
The returns we present this morning
from all parts of Maryland are the best an
swer to the intrigues and yaunts Of the
Radicals. In spite OF thirty thousand new
ly registered voters-in spite Of their secret
leagues. their United States Marshal and
his horde Of deputies, and lowering In their
rear a strong force OF Federal bayonets-
in spite of these and of all the influences,
both direct and indirect, which the Federal
Government could bring to bear upon this
election. we have carried every Congress
sional District, I'm as orderly an election as
was ever held In this State.
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A Call for the Reunion Of the
18th Regiment, IisSissipPi
Volunteers
A CARD

At the request of several members of the
late 18th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,
call a meeting of the survivors IF that com
mand at Canton, on Wednesday, the first
day of December next, at II o'clock, NJ, to
take such measures as may be necessary to
perpetuate the memory of their deceased
comrades, and for other purposes.
All Confederate soldiers are cordially in
vited to be present with us on that occasion.
Canton has been selected as the most central
and accessible point for the several compan-
les, and it is earnestly desired that each
company will be fully represented on that
day.
The Brandon Republican, Canton Mail,
Yazoo Democrat, Yazoo Banner, Central
Star, Durant Times, and Lexington Adver-
tiser, are respectfully requested to publish
this notice.
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MISSISSIPPI.

The Iuka Gazette recommends 6 that IN,
officers of the Jackson Fair place the Gov
ernor's name on the next years list o
judges for the baby show.
The Mississippi Conference OF the Metho-
dist Church South, will convene at Crystal
Springs, ON Wednesday. the 14th day of De-
eember next. Bishop Doggett, of Virginia
win preside.
Capt. II. T. Fisher, late editor of the Pilot
has issued the prospectus of magazine &c
be called THE Mississippi Educational
Journal the first number Of which will APP
pear in january.
We are under obligations to Mr.. Barnet
Gibbs, of Yazoo county, a student of the
University Of Virginia, for a copy of the ad-
dress of Hon. Geo. III. Pendleton. delivered
before the Literary Societies of that col
lege.
The remains of the gallant and lamented
Capt. Randall Blewett, were brought to the
city on Friday last, and re-interred in the
Odd Fellows Cemetery. 1t will be remem-
bered that he was killed while serving in
the army of Virginia during the late war
ColumbuG Index.
The Liberty (Amite county, Herald, says !:
A nine year old fifteenth amendment, who
has employed Mr.. Peter Ratcliff TO feed and
clothe him this year, went over to Mrs.
Crawford's, neighbors, few days ago, to
draw bucket OF water. Staying out long
er than was thought necessary, Mrs. c. went
out to see what was the matter. and on call
ing him, lively, cheerful voice from the
bottom of the well replied Here is,down
here" Hewas drawn up, not in the least
injured. The well is seventy-fve feet deep
and he went down headforemost.
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DESTROYING SrUAps.-A little cxca-
walton is made under the stump, between
two Of the large roots, some combustible
material put i'm, and then sot ON FIRE. ---
Previous 10 this, however, some dry ms
terials should be piled around the root,
above the surface ofthe ground, and COW
cred over with q compact layer Of turf
forming sort Of coal pic, IL has been
found. upon experiment, that the stumpa
will burn in this way q number OF days
with a sort Of subterranean Ere; and
when the turf falls In, nearly all Of tho
root "A found consumed below and above
the surface Of the ground.
The hole left by the consumed gtump
viii be found 10 contain a quantity of
ashes, charrod wood, burnt earth, oic. g..
all valuable ferii li1crB--a part Of when
may be thrown onl Cor use elgeWhere, enc
the crater or hole then filled uP 70 tle
level with fresh turf or earih.--7onin
Land
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The Political RevOIutfOn...AS sam.
pie County
From the St. Louis Republican

From the st. Louis Republican.
The result of the election in Madison
county, Illinois, is so clearly indicative of
the political influences now at work, and
the changes they are efiecting everywhere,
that it demands brief notice. This comfy
has always been considered a doubtful one,
and the balance of power has shifted back
wards and forwards so often, that neither
party was justified in claiming absolute
supremacy. The fifteenth amendment gave
the ballot to between seven and nine hum
bred negroes. and the Radicals, knowing
these negroes would 60 solidly with them,
naturally felt sanguine of carrying their
whole ticket. But, to the utter amaze
ment of the faithful, matters took an entirely
different turn. and the Democracy have
swept the county from constable TO MEM
bers of the Legislature by an average ma
jority OF perhaps two hundred. The reason
Of this is just beginning to dawn upon the
minds of the defeated; the colored troops
fought nobly, and voted in a body for the
Radical candidates. but for every negro two
Radical Germans voted the straight Demo-
cratic ticket Madison having large Ger
man population. four-fiths Of whom have
hitherto been Radical. their change Of base
is productive of a substantial Democratic
triumph, and what has been done there. the
returns show has also been done in Mis-
souri,, and throughout the Northwest.
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50 90 PER YEAR.


4 80 - ~ AaRs
Without celebrating the many stronl
points in favor of fall blowing, few o
the prominent benefits may be brief,
stated rs follows:
October and November is an excel.
lent time to break up sod land for fall
planting the following spring.
The weather is then cool and bracinR,
and the team strong and hearty for the
work; while the weather in the spring i
more relaxing and the team less able,
and spring work being always hurrying,
it saves time TO dispatch as much of the
blowing as possible during the previous
autumn.
Sod land broken up early in autumn
will be quite free from growing grass the
following spring; the roots Of the late
overturned sward being so generally
killed by the Immediately succeeding
winter that not much grass will readily
start in the spring.
The frosts of winter disintegrate the
plowed land, so that it readily crumbles
in fine particles in spring, and a deep,
mellow seed bed is easily made. The
chemical changes and notifications re-
sulting from atmospheric action during
the winter develop latent fertility in the
upturned burrows, which, together with
mellowing influences, materially increase
the crop.
Most kinds of insects are wholly de-
stroyed, or their depredations materially
checked by late fan blowing, especially
the common white grub and the cut
worm.
Corn stubble land may be plowed late
in the fall, and thus be all ready for very
early sowing in spring, thereby going far
to insure good catch of grass; the roots
of the new seeding getting hold well, or
being well established before the drouths
of summer comes on.
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DUTY.
The Orchard.

We are satisfied that November is the
best month in all the year to plant fruit
trees. They are now asleep, and If carefully
transplanted, do not feel the change. Dur
ing the winter months they are constantly
throwing out new rootlets, which will be
the feeders Of the tree In spring, and will
help to support the bud, blossom and leai
when spring awakens them. A fruit tree
planted out now will be a full year ahead OF
q tree planted in spring, according to our
experience. Go through the orchard now.
Inspect every tree. Stir the soil around the
roots, and add little compost of woods
earth and good ash es to each. Destroy all
worms and insects. Cut off diseased and de-
elected during the summer it may be safely
done now. This Is a good month 70 make
new strawberry beds, and to dress, manure
and cover old ones.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-12-01

The Radical party claims TO be the
especial friend of the poor deluded negro.
What that party has ever done for the poor
of any race history utterly fails to show.
1t has nurtured the rich, pandered to the
ambitious, courted the aristocrats and
rests its hopes of continuance in power
upon unjust indiscrimination against the
working man and the poor CT all races.
This is clearly shown by the existing
Radical tariff. Taking mere ornamental
products, used alone by the wealthy
classes, and we find the duty levied-we
mean the tax levied by the general gov
eminent for the importation of such arti-
cles-to be as follows:
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Eject OF Luxurfes ON the Charac-

1t Is the common belief that luxuries tend
TO enervate the character. Histo ians trace
the effeminacy and fall OF Carthage TO her
wide commerce and the indulgences Sc
brought. and find the source Of Sparta's
martial glory I'm the autere and rigorous
training OF her children. On the poets page
the land of delight Is always the land Of
sloth, and the men who eat lotus never
figure there as heroes or saints. Milton as
signs the crown Of bays to him who "scorns
greater bards than he warns us that the
sirens who sing so sWeetly from purple
Islands would faln lure ms 20 our ruin, and
that our only safety il 20 turn deaf ear,
and 60 laboring by through the chill, OPP
posing surge.
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Hon. A. &. BrOWn0On the Neces-
sity of Uniting the COnser-
Vativess Elements 10 Beat
the Radicals.
From the Mississippi Central
TERRY, KINDS Co.. MIss..I
November Is, 1870.

From the Mississippi Central.
| TERRY, KINDS Co.. MIss.I
November IL, 1870.
r. NJ. Brown, Esq,
! DEAR SIR: / think you overestimate tie
| Importance of any opinion L may express
on your favorite idea of having a consulta-
ton among ''Old Line Wings with view
to an ultimate union of all the COnserva-
tives in the State against the Radicals.
had about made up my mind not to express
any opinion on any political subject, seeing,
as I have, that my motives are almost
always misconstrued. But if it be-true, as
you seem to suppose, that there are those in
the State who may be willing to listen, if
speak, will so far lay aside my miSgivings
as to say that in my opinion the proposed
consultation, ii conducted in proper Spir-
it, and w it'll an eye single to union and har-
mony, it cannot possibly do harm and may
be productive of great good. When the
proposition wore the appearance of an at
tempt to organize third party in the State
| viewed il without favor, for | saw nothing
but mischief. L have constantly desired
and sought a hearty and thorough union of
every element in the State opposed to Radi-
calism. To bring about this desirable re-
suit, l am and have always been ready to
forego party names and arty predictions.
1t matters little to me under what name we
organize, if the basis of organization is such
as to unite US cordially for the work before
US.
1t must be apparent to every one that
without union and harmony, success is i'm
possible, and while l impugn no mans mo-
tive, may be allowed to say, that distrust
the soundness of any mans judgment who
comes forward at this juncture with propo-
sitions to organize Wing party, Demo-
cratic party, or White Mans party in this
State. We shall need all the votes we can
get to rescue the State from its present
thraldom, and. for one, do not mean to en-
Quire into any mans antecedents, or ask
what is the color of his skin, if he votes
right.
/ cannot better express my views in a few
words, than by repeating what 1 have often
said before, that would vote as cheerfully
for Willard Fillmore or Robt. c. Winthrop
fer President, as l would for Seymour or
Hendricks. 1t is in this spirit we must
unite if we would WOO and win success.
We must have some votes from the color
ed race, and the way to get them is not by
forming White Mans party. 1t was not
through that sort of agency that Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama
have been rescued.
Suppose the colored men have voted with
the Radicals, are we going to win them
over by abusing them l take leave to say,
in the mildest manner possible. that there
has been quite too much of that sort of
work already. At least / think so.
Very truly, your ob't serv't.
A. @. BROWN.
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SOMETHING TO REMEMBER An old Chi
nese proverb says: do not stop in q Gu
cumber field to tie thy shoe.n The mean
ing is very plain. Some one win be likely
20 fancy that you are stealing fruit. Al
ways remember the injunction, "Abstain
from all appearances Of evil Do mot stop
under the saloon porch to rest yourself. how
ever shady the trees may be, or however
easy the chairs. Some enc may fancy you
are common lonnger there. and thus your
liquor saloon TO get n glass Of lemonade,
however refreshing It would seem to you.
Rather buy your lemons and prepare the
cooling beverage nc your home, where 9TH
ers may share it with you, probably too, at
no greater expense than your single glass
would cost you. SomebodT seeing you
drinking nc the bar, wiz be sure 20 e II the
story, and viii not be particular TO state
that you were drinking only Lemonade
Then. too, u you are careless about the sp-
pe2rsRce Of eTlkyou win soon grow equally
careless about Che evil itself.-Y ounE Peo-
PIES Helper.
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Particulars of the Murder AT
TOOmsuDa.
From the Meridian Mercury.

Inc
As stated in our last, 10. Williams, negro
member of Board of County Supervisors.
was killed at his home in ToOmsuba, on
Sunday night last. The killing occurred at
about midnight.
A party of about twenty armed men had
stopped one mile and one fourth from the
village, and were tieing their horses, which
they did with great care TO prevent escape.
young negro man named John Boyd
came upon them while thus engaged. Him
they detained and compelled by fear of in
slant death to pilot them to Williams house,
and when there, to call him out. Boyd
says. when he undertook to call Williams,
who was a friend, to the door, his voice
faltered. In an under tone which told too
surely his own doom he was admonished,
None of that" He called in distinct
voice. Williams heard, and asked who he
was. (For some months he had refused to
come to the door upon call at night until
assured he was asked for by friend. He
came upon getting the answer, and half
opening the door, stood upon the threshold.
" Fire.. said the leader, and instantly he
was riddled with bullets, and fell backwards
on the floor.
The party carried Boyd to where they
had tied their horses, and there formed a
line. and required him to pass them in re-
view and scrutiniZe their faces by the moon
light and determine if he recognized any of
them. He could detect no face that he
ever saw before. They all left their horses
behind in the woods This fact is import
ant in connection with dying declaration
by the deceased.
A contemporary has said, when they left,
they took the road to Livingston, Ala.
We hope the public has jumped at no con-
clusiOn injurious 10 the community in and
about Livingston, from the statement which
was made hastily, no doubt, and without
due reflection. 1t is a long way from.
Toomsuba TO Livingston-more than TWEEN
ty miles-and many divergihg roads. The
way they started off does not Justify public
opinion in connecting Livingston with the
affair. But aside from the reflections above
we have information that body of men,
(the same no doubt) were seen riding two
and two, at about ten, in the direction of
Toomsuba, and not coming from towards
Livingston, but from quite an opposite di-
rectiOn.
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Something the RAIDS Cans Get
Along Without.

Can nobody furnish our friends with a
recipe for holding States after they are
made or made over on the strictest party
plan? Here is West Virginia, cut out of
The side of the Old Dominion for the ex-
press purpose Of being Radical IN secular
secuIoT7nl, gone Democratic By wholesale I;
and hard upon its heels Nevada, lugged in
to the Union for the same purpose. goes the
same way. Then Missouri, made over after
the most approved pattern OF disfranchise-
ment Drake could possibly excogiEate,
s.fops,p following Tennessee. alse made
over. also i.flopped;D and finally here are
once thoroughly reconstructed North Caro-
lina. FLORIDA, Alabama and Arkansas, now
a. had AZ ever, with Texas and Georgia,
chamuinQ on the bit % do likewise. Our
friends can make and remake, but cannot
hold.-N ". World.
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RALK1GH, N. c. Nov. 22-The Leeisla-
ture organized yesterday. Hon. I. y. JAR
Wis, OF Terrell. was elected Speaker. An
the Offices are filed by Democrats. To-day
the Governors message wns read It n q
voluminous document presenting no feature
of general interest.
MoNTGoh ERT, Nov. 23.-The Senate met
to-day and organized. The House will be
fully organized tomorrow, and the vote oil
the State win probably BE- counted Friday
or Saturday, and the new officers installed.