The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-06-30
IIoIme. Coanty Corre.pondenee.


Holmes County Correspondence.
HOLMES County, MIss-l
June 10Th, 1870.
Editor Clarion ~ have been for years q
constant reader Of our valuable paper, and
el pect TO continue as such, as long a. your
editorials eyince their present manlincss,
and foresight. do not intend the above
as fulsome adulation, nor A. vulgar praise,
my object being simply 10 do Justice 10 b
public journal which the people Of missile
sippi could not well dispense with. Contln-
ue, Mr.. Editor, your present course towards
the dominant party, Of "war 20 tho knife,
and knife 10 the hiltn aud though some
weak kneed brethren belonging ~ tho
''res pectability" class, may say that YOU are
making smoke where there h no FIRE. tho
right-feeling aud thinking denizons Of the
FORESTS off old Holmes Will see that you are
battleIng for the rights not only Of your
section, but Of all lovers Of Liberty, the
world over, In endeavorlng 90 turn the cur
rent of perverted political and social TASTE.
see that ID. MICA. williams, protesting to
hail from this county h candidate Er
Commissioner OF lmm grafton. ~ bad
vote don't think ! should vote iur him
You may want % know my trnsun. bu' am
ashamed 20 give H.. The Pilot may thiuk
am AZ old fOgy, and may clp-s mr itl
Judge Falcouer. of the Holly suFifua Ift.
porter. Ny chief reason Is that ~. M. "A
Williams don't live 90 Lhl8 State. and doe.
net own one cent Of property Wirhiu fi.
state. My next rrisoH b. 'hnt Whrir .r
lives (ONGrd. ludi.ua.J they rak tLut thts
would not Elect htm dog wiipprr; hat ns
T. n notorious rcuuuhrrl hud 80 tudlrr. ~
Me. williams sold place tfur " hirh d.
had never pdh) o. very worty ouug mtu
In this county for 80 much cn-h. aud with
"A eli a. rN..
20 lifJ a mortgage then hanging over the
place which Williams said amounted 20
$1,000. Williams agreed 90 pay tiir Interest
on the mortgage. TIE young mhu paid che
amount stipulated 20 b. paid iu each, and
set about in good faith 10 lllt the murtgaVr.
| l. pom inquiry he found that the mortgage
/ amounted 70 90 500 and that Williams had
not paid the interest a. he md agreed tu DO.
lie therefore took The cars for WilliamH
home in Indiana He got on the cars Ht
Lafayette and Travelled thirty-tWu miles by
private conveyance % Oxford. where b. iu-
quircd the way "a Willinmt house, then "a
mile or 30 distant. lie was directed 90 "a
little twO-rOOm cabin. aud found ~. Nc. A.
Williams, once a candidate for Treasurer 0f
the State Of Mississippi aud now "a candidate
for Commissioner Of Immigration, in
barn Smelling corn. The young man told
him he meant business; Williams thus pressed
did the square hflg. lie inquired very ten-
DERBY about bis prospects " b,inR elected
ia Mississippi, and said that be would visit
Jackson soon for elrctiOnccrug purposes.
lie preferred holding Office 10 Smelling corn.
Mr.. Editor, do you think be ought 30 be-
electedf Az Oxford Indiana, where be
lives, our young FREUD wns told that The
Southern people must be hard up for some
one 20 serve them, II they SELECT such men
as Williams. They asserted that Do could
not be- elected 20 any Office where b. ia
known-that be had borrowed money - buy
| a plantation IN Mississippi. aud bad never
paid IL back thar he had bought mules tO
take 70 Mississippi aud had never paid for
| them; besides charging other pecuuturY
delinquencies upon him. Sol.
-~s-~s~-
THE TUsKEEGEE MORO RIor MEAN
WHITES THE INsTGOAToRs Capt Dag
gett, u. S. A., who commanded the he
tachment Of federal soldiers who we're
called TO the aid Of the civil authorities
Of Alabama in suppressiDg the negro not
at Tuskeegee, has made a report Of which
the following is an extract:
There Il no doubt but that a crowd 81 ne
| groes armed with shot gum, pistols, &c. %
| the number Of about one hundred and MY
assembled repeatedly near AlstOn'a house
| and made threats ~ burn the town; sud
that they refused 20 disperse AZ che orders
/ Of the sheriff until he called out "a posse
cOmitatus b. enforce bis order Picket and
guard duty had been performed BY the eher-
/ in's posse until the arrival Of the troops,
/ when their services were dispensed with
/ Soldiers mere ast0fied % ala ne Sheriff Ia ar
resting he Jour negroes charged Wih ne shoot
ing II Alton.
Of the negroes Of the idea that ~, a. soldiers
would always support them. whether right
or wrong. And 4 attach great importance
TO this. There e no doubt that one ~ peThdpG
ttoo, 1shhe persons fHSttQated the tohoie q0alr.