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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16
The Outrage Committee.

This committee organized to manufac-
ture material for Radical use in the next
Northern elections, and particularly the
Presidential canvass, is busily engaged in
its vile work. The Radical Congress
have appropriated large sum to defray
the expenses of the inquisition. Impecu-
NOUS adventures who have been turned
out of profitable employment in the
South are to be transported to Washing
ton at public cost and bonus given them,
for the fabrication of falsehoods to the
prejudice of the Southern people. Their
compensation, we presume, will be regu-
lated according to the enormity of the
stories they may invent, and the effect
they well likely produce on the public
mind. Doubtless they will procure some
well-practiced witnesses in Mississippi.
The pretended testimony before the Re-
construction Committee ON the election in
1868, affords ample evidence of the ex-
pertness of the adventures hereabout in
that line The services of Tarbell,
Gibbs, & Co., ought by all means to be
brought into requisition
And speaking of this committee, we
are reminded by our cotemporary, the
Memphis Appeal, of a precautionary
measure which the Southern people, who
are designed to be the victims of this
atrocious persecution, should adopt. 1t
is that ''every individual having know
ledge of Radical outrage Of whatever
nature, whether by an armed militia or
private parties, prepare a statement
thereof, with affidavits affixed, and for
ward to the Hon. Eugene Casserly,
United States Senator from California, at
Washington. We commend this business
to the local Democratic organizations
throughout the country; and if there are
no organizations, let them be instituted at
once, and be placed in communication
with the Democratic leaders in Washing
ton 1t would be well also to appoint
able persons to write history of Radical
doings in each of the Southern States.
This is a wise measure of defense.
Our people are too apt to rely upon the
justice of their desperate and depraved
antagonists who are constantly undermin-
ing them. A just cause is great point
in a controversy; but cannot stand alone.
1t must be fortified by proper defenses.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16
Ku kIux OuIrages.

A subscriber in Alfalfa writes the par
ticulars of the seizure of negro preacher
in that county, who proved to be wolf
in sleeps clothing among the lambs of
his flock, by party of men of his own
race who conducted the erring saint to a
secluded spot under the cover of night
and handled him quite harshly. The
Meridian Mercury publishes the particu-
lars of another Ku Klux affair, even
richer than the Attala exploit. A certain
Mr.. Price was arrested on the affidavit
of a negro named Adam Kenard, charg-
ing him and others, with abusing the
complainant numerically under Ku
Klux guise. The Mercury relates the
sequel:
We learned from the officer, that just pre-
vious to making the arrest. he had been to
negro quarter of the town where Price
boards, and failed to find him.
Who is Price? He is tchite man regu-
LdrIy employed By the School Board TO teach q
negro school IN this city. He came from Lily
ingston, Alabama, to this city. He had been
similarly employed there for time, and,
at other times held lucrative offices. Since
ever we heard of him we have heard
him spoken of as an intense, incorporating
Lacquer and Rdaicdl in politics
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

In the message of the Governor in
proof of the reckIessness of the Legisla-
ture in the expenditure of public money,
he cited the fact that in 1861 the cost of
the public printing was eight thousand
dollars, while in 1870, it was FIFTY-Twc
THOUSAND.
We have shown that this was due not
to the excess of work, but to the increase
of prices. For instance, the law of 1861
prescribed that for printing two thousand
copies of the pamphlet acts 81 so
per page for the number of pages in one
copy, should be paid. The law of 1870
allows Sc 80 per page for some work
And for printing the Journals of 1861,
the law allowed for one thousand copies
81 50 per page for the number of pages
in one copy. For the same service the
law of 1870, allowed "a 49, Needless
of the executive remonstrance, a resolu-
ton has passed the House authorizing the
printing of number of the Acts and
Journals additional to the number speci-
fed by law, which if executed will be
nothing less than an outrageous fraud on
the people, so far at least as the Journals
are concerned, for their contents are of
little interest to the public and are scarce
ly Ineligible to the mass Of readers.
The movement can have no other design
except to plumber the treasury for the
benefit of the printing ring. In this
combination it is rumored that members
of the Legislature who vote the appro-
priations, are interested.
Since Gov. Alcorn has pointed out
these fragrant abuses, the people have a
right to infer that he will interpose his
authority to arrest them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16
The Repeal of the Test Oath.

The bill which had passed the Senate
and which passed the House on the LIST
inst, not having been signed by the
President nor returned within ten DAYS
with his objections, has become law. 1t
was proposed in the Reconstruction Com
mittee by Mr.. Beck (Democrat), of Ken
lucky, and was reported, by instruction,
by the Chairman, Beast Butler, who
with 80 other Radicals, vehemently op-
posed its passage, though their votes were
overcome by the Democrats and minori-
ty of the Republicans. Pending the dis
cussion Butler, who is the mouth-piece of
the Administration, said:
81 hope the iron-clad oath will never
"be repealed-aye, even after every dis
liability is removed from every rebel in
the South. The abrogation of this in
famous act, is great point gained. 1t
removes the disabilities of that large class
of persons in the South who participated
in the (so-called) rebellion and had never
held Office or taken an oath in
that capacity to support the constitution
of the United States, and this embraces
the vast army of young men who wore
the gray and have since come upon the
stage OF civil action, together with many
other who had never held Office. The
meaning OF the measure was explained
by the malignant Beast in the remark
that ''it simply provides this,
whoever has fought against the country
t(the Union) not having held Office, |
whatever may have been his sins, |
Forest at Fort Pillow, everybody, may |
take an oath and may hold Office ire
''spective of his loyalty"
And so down goes another relic of
Radical prescription and barbarism un-
Ter the advancing tide ofliberal, conserv-
ltiye sentiment.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

The stock gamblers who have been buy
ing up the repudiated Union Bank Bonds,
made poor beginning in their scheme of
reviving the question. The carpet-bag-
gers who undertook to breath life into it
scarcely succeeded in developing a sign of
vitality. The large sums which the gam
blers are reported to have invested for
the purpose of procuring aid to fasten the
fraudulent debt on the people, can be of
no possible avail. They may secure the
influence of all the carpet-baggers COM
bined, and these carpet-baggers may sue
ceed in passing bills recognizing the debt
anew, or imposing additional taxation for
its payment, but there is power behind
the carpet-baggers greater than the car
pet-baggers themselves. 1t is the tax
paying people, the bone and sinew of the
country, who are not to be cajoled nor
dragooned into this measure of fraud and
oppression. The moral influence of their
concentrated opposition to the scheme will
overwhelm every effort to revive it. And
if this fail, they will recompense tax
gathers who may be willing to risk the
peril of collecting a tribute for the gam
blers, with short thrift and long rope.
There is limit to endurance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

In the course of an article somewhat
violently assailing the railroad manage
ment in our State, and invidiously con-
trasting it with the management of
Northern corporations, the Pilot, among
other kindred things, says:
If the well-conducted and elegant rail-
road corporations of New York, to which
we have referred, can make their millions
on low freights and only two cents mile
for passenger fare, why cannot the rough,
rude, rattle-ta-bang roads of Mississippi
make full as great percentage on their
capital if restricted to the same rate of
charges?
Without undertaking to discuss the
problem which practical railway men
have found it so difficult to solve, that of
prescribing maximum rate of fare per
mile, we must nevertheless say that this
fling comes with bad grace from the re-
representatives. of those who a few years
ago burned the station-houses and rolling
stock, tore up the rails, and destroyed
the tracks of our roads, and bankrupted
the corporations to which they belonged !;
and who since the war have crippled
their resources by tyranical military rule
and oppressive taxation of the industries
on which they have relied for recupera-
ton.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16
BY Insfalmenfs.

The Outrage Committee is to report by
instalments. The doses of Ku Klux
horrors are to be administered broken,
according to the requirements of the con-
dition of the patient and the require
ments of his case. In remarking on the
subject the New York Journal of Com
merce says:
Certain Northern spring elections viii
soon take place, and an instalment of car
pet-bag testimony concerning the south
would be very handy for stump-speakers
about that time. Another instalment OF the
same would come in conviently next fall
The committee, we hope, Is above such par
tisan devices; but the impartial and truth
loving men of the country would prefer TO
so see the whole evidence brought out to-
gether; with such conclusions as the COM
mittee may arrive at tackled thereto.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16
That Seat in the Quilted States
Senate

The Revels in the United States Senate
will close on the 4th of next March,
when Senator Alcorn will succeed the
colored individual who now misrepre-
sents the people and disgraces the State
of Mississippi. 1t is an historical error
that Revels occupied the seat once graced
by ex-President Davis. Revels sits in A.
G.. Browns seat, while the seat occupied
by Mr.. Davis is held by Ames, the for
mer military Governor of Mississippi
Memphis Ledger.
We hope our cotemporary does not
mention the fact of Ames, rather than
Revels, occupying the former seat of the
great Jefferson Davis, boastingly. We
of Mississippi believe that it would be
much more credit for Revels, niger as
he is, to fill Mr.. Davis seat, than that it
should be disgraced by the occupancy of
the little shoulder-strapped Jack ass
Ames.-Iuka Gazette.
We understand Gov. Alcorn to be
unreserved in the declaration of his in
tention not to go to the Senate, -CLARIoN
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

FROM the National HlH.l'
Take a quart Of water and pour slowly
into il a half a pint Of sulphuuc acl.
(The mixture will become quite warm
from chemical action, and this H. therea.1l
why the acid should be poured slowly ilD
the water rather shan the water into wv
acid.) Wash the mould-bOard Cor ahi
other iron that is rusty) with this Weah
acid, and let il remain on the iron ulLA
it evaporates. Then wash IL again. lls
object is TO give time for the acid % al'.
solve the rust. Then wash with wais.
and you will see where the worst rusty
spots are. Apply some more acid en- POI
rub those spots with a brick. The a5.l
and the securing will remove most Of ui
rust. Then wash the mould-boail
thoroughly with water TO remove all g..
acid and rub it dry. Brush it over "il 4
petroleum or other oil, and let il be qnul
spring. When you 60 10 blowing axe Z
bottle Of the acid water 10 the field WV
you and apply il 10 every spot Of rust ll w.,
may remain. The acid and the scouf.Iis
of the earth will soon make il peneo1y
bright and smooth. If all iron Work
washed over with petroleum as soon
we put our tools, implements and mA .,I,,
es aside for the winter, Il will keep, W.
from rusting, and save n great deu n
trouble and annoyance, 10 say nothing
and loss.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

A letter addressed by large number
of the citizens of Rankin county, to
Judge Tarbell (of the Supreme Court, }
inquiring if he is the author of the COM
munication which purported to have been
written by member of that community,
rejecting upon them, is published else
where. The signers of the letter refer
" to facts and circumstances pointing to
him as the author" and desire catego-
rical answer from him on the subject. A
frank answer to the interrogatory is due
to both parties. The citizens have right
to know who their masked assailant is,
and if Judge Tarbell is not guilty he
ought to be glad of an opportunity to
clear his skirts of an imputation which
even OF his co-partizans by their
public declarations have aided in casting
upon him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

movals from office; but an evil h,,i,,., ,.,
that under review, its foundation la t.,,,..l'
Ivy cannot De htld IN check but ~ al a.r..-
cy omnipOtedt a. that Of restrtir,f. T., t,..i-
lation. !. therefore, recommend 49,,
that the issue OF credits by Batr,is 81 $500
uisors shall be placed immeginfefp ,.
rigid restrictions; aad that their p0,..r. .
taxation De- limited % two huldruI t.t
cent. on the State taA. i.'
Washington Is, fear, not tle ouIv.,...,
~ In which the assessment may 81. slI..r....I
% be tainted by improper pHfpua-.
quona d., have reason to tuFUrrf t.- ...
only county in which thr local flvarI...
liked az q rate amounting to Ouulps.t.r
The revenue law 81 iast session provides.
that the as-c -smcut- shall begin on ID. ~.
day OF january lu each year. lrlsmu.. .
few or none of thc Assessor bad connie.
their work for last year before tIHf .'.-
few or none OF them may hr -uuu...I b..
have made as yct amy progress Iu t.u ,....
for this year. i recommend. therefor. 4. r.
an act b. passed CAS- soon us possible. t,..t..
ing the l2th section ul che laW suppI.1...
tai thereto, as 10 extend the time IN ~,
mencing this years assessment unu soy
honorable House, shall have given ~. ..s'
ject a searching reconsideration.
/ submit thar IL Us highly cvueffa-..
suspend the futher collection of tayes H-,
the lst OF April next. Thls e. cxpedIsr- +
order 10 give time 70 the Auditor of Pm"
Accounts for thorough review q ~
assessment rolls. lt is cXpedlruf iu .-l.
that the taxes levied ia ignorance IN IN.
amount Of the basis Of taxation may y. n,
viewed now under the light of knoUIrl,.
OF thar amount. lt b. eNprdleut rr t..
purpose of giving time for nu iuqu.r, Irt.
the rates OF local taxation with d Wow b.
determination OF the hmlte proper No uHf
taxation. IL T. eXpedieut so b. ta 4,oIf -..
penalty Of fiuy per cent. Which tL...
effect on the taxpayer aftpr tHs r,1
prOximo, under the law as b. uow .fr.I.
will 10 enforced make tho collection aid fI..
taxes WORK on questionable results tU iHr
Treasury. and OF universal outers ga fI
part OF the people.
y. l.. ALtuug Guyprr.r
ENaquffNa flUise Iph Il I.af
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

By reference to Its article elsewhere
copied, it will be seen that the Vicksburg
Times, a Republican paper, enters stern
remonstrance against the scheme of Radi-
cal tricksters in the Legislature to de-
fraud the people of their right to elect a
new Legislature the present year. AS a
measure of partizan expediency the Times
thinks it fatal to the Republican party in
this State; and viewed as measure of
public policy it holds it in the light of a
monstrous and objectionable injustice to
the people, large numbers of whom were
not permitted to participate in the militia
ry election when the present incumbents
were chosen. AS before stated the Gov
ernor, as the sworn executor of the laws
of the State, has the authority to secure
the privilege of election to to the people,
even if the majority in the Legislature
itself bid defiance to the constitution.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

When the accident involving loss of
life occurred last year at Buckner's tres
tie, near Oxford, on the Mississippi Cen
trail, our Northern brothers of the press
improved the occasion to lecture South
ern Railway Managers, and to boast of
the superiority of their own. In the re-
cent Hudson River railway disaster their
invidious comparisons are fully answered.
For intensity and combination of horrors,
accompanied by circumstances of reck-
lessness on the part of employees, it is
without parallel.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

iExbE8Ct Vi y lGLIEI U1IC4 It CDs Is 4Ca
EDrrcRs CLARIox.-There is some devil
try going on somewhere between this place
and Jackson, and desire your assistance In
ferreting it out. 1t seems to be remarka-
BILE thing we can't find enough honest men
to attend to the mails without having one
self tOrmented to-death with queries from
correspondents, such as this: Il am sur
prise you did not writer "Iour letter con-
tanned no moneys" ''the draft WAS not en-
closed as stated return the envelope Of
your letter, by which you will see that some
curious, thieVing villain has opened il and
extracted the contents and such like. liz
is useless TO surmise where the blame at
taches, but it does seem strange, that al
Ihoughthe United States taxes are collect
ed in this country, that the private CORES
pOndence of persons between here and
Vicksburg ria jackson has to be pried into.
/ have had experience in all the above, but
the point / wish to come at is this:
Some time ago wrote you communica-
ton somewhat to the purport of the extract
from the Brandon Republican Tin relation
TO unlawful allowances by County Boards
of Supervisory as appears In your weekly
issue of the 26rh January. / scarcely ex-
pected a reply from you, but supposed the
General Importance Of the subject was such
as to call forth passing remark at least.
But have my suspicious about the receipt
of that letter by you, and am inclined to be-
lieye that am under the surveillance of a
Radical clique, whose interest it Is 20 hush
mn such matters as best they can, and doubt
less deem it the safest plan To intercept all
communications To your paper from this
quarter of the country, where they can 10
on with their thieving .and Outrages with
out the possibility of its getting TO the pub
lie. They hate the very mention of the
name of Your paper, and If l did not, like
Mark Twain, in No. 10, go a rairing and
pitching and ''cussing" about their failure
TO deliver your paper every week, they
would no doubt, suppress the ubiquitous
rebel sheet but they can not do that well,
and it is the paper of all others land they
know it) that will annihilate their misera.
BILE party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16
From the Natchez Democrat.
The Natchez & jackson Railroad
Company Fully Organized.

A meeting of the Stockholders of the
Natchez Il Jackson Railroad Company was
held at the Board of Trade Rooms, in the
city of Natchez on Saturday, February 4th,
1871, for the purpose of electing Directory.
The meeting was organized with Mr.. Geo.
w. KoOntz in the Chair. Twelve thousand
one hundred and fifty shares were repre-
sented. An election being held, resulted
in the unanimous election of the following
named persons as Directors for the ensuing
year, to-wit:
Geo. w. KoontZ, viii. 7. Martin,
III. Nj. Gastrell. James Archer,
Joshua Green, John Fleming,
). G. Schwartz, VIM. Noonan,
:. NJ. Preston w. +. Mellen,
Ralph North, z. III. McGraw,
S. ID. Stockman.
At three O'Clock of the same day the
above named Directors held meeting for
the purpose of organization, and elected
Gen. w. T. Martin TO be President of the
Board and of the Company.
No better earnest of success could be Civ
en- than the election of this Board. 1t COM
prises the most energetic. able and practical
of our citizens-men of unimpeachable in
tegrity. and incorruptible honesty-and
men who will prosecute this great enter
prise to successful completion with as lit
tie cost and as much expedition as il can
be done. No better Board of Directors, in
our opinion, could have been elected. We
feel confident that all our citizens interested
in the road will sanction the choice and
look forward with great hopefulness to the
result.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16
The Mobile and Northwestern
RAILROAD.

Our readers have seen the proceedings
of the large meeting in Mobile to pro-
mote this enterprise. A bill is now pen
ing in the Alabama Legislature to secure
to it certain important facilities, which if
passed, will add greatly to the chances of
its speedy construction. In any event,
its projectors are determined it shall be
built, provided the people along the route
of the road in Mississippi will give it a
helping hand. Its Importance cannot
be overestimated. 1t will open up large
region now inaccessible to market, and
establish direct communication with the
great markets of the West as well as the
South. To the people of jackson, it
presents rare attractions for the invest
ment of capital, and of labor to make it
a success. They are directly interested.
1t is absolutely needed to make our Capt.
tol what it should be, the great Railroad
centre of the State jackson is directly
on the line contemplated by the projec-
tors of the Road, and her citizens have
abandoned themselves to the belief that
it will come to them even if they sit with
folded arms and do nothing to secure it.
In this they are widely mistaken. The
charter does not require it; and other
are actively working to es-
tablish the line at points in which they
are interested.
We earnestly beseech citizens who are
concerned about the prosperity of Jack
son to give this matter their immediate
attention. Others, more vigilant, are
working while they are sound asleep.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

QUEEN OF PUSDNG. Take one p.a.
Of dry bread-crumbs, one quart Of mlh,
half a cup Of sugar, four eggs laans
only the yolks), butter Of the -zo ui p
walnut, the peel Of one lemon, grated.
Mix well, and bake until done. but ul.
watery. Then spread over the ton Day..
er of iellv or preserves then beat t.a
whites Of the four eggs 10 a still nob
spread it over the pudding, and chen
brown il. Serve cold. II can be- made
without the lemon, by Aayoriug wih
nutmeg. -Centralian.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

A bill has been introduced in the Leg
lature to abolish all Boards of School Di-
rectors; if they viii add 'tand Superin-
tendants, we viii be In favor of it but
they have no idea of doing any such
thing. We viii bet our ears it Is a
scheme of that relentless rascal, Pease,
to get clear of the Directors to give the
Superintendents good chance to assist
him to swindle the State out of as much
money as possible. We hope the Legis-
ture viii put some check ON Mr.. Pease's
power to plumber the 6tate.--Iuka GA
zette.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

THE BOND QUEsTIoN.-They have a
Bond question up in the Alabama Legis-
lature. 1t does not relate to the payment of
claims created more than a generation
back as in this State, but to Bonds cover
ing immense and indefinite sums issued
and endorsed by the Radical rulers who
were elected from Office in the recent
election. The people to whom the legacy
has been left are puzzled to know what to
do with it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-16

The House had before it several bills
yesterday in reference to the revenue
law, one of which passed, repeating tie
imprisonment clause. Another Intro
duced by Mr.. Street, of Tishomingo, }
repeating the so per cent. forfeit for non
payment; was referred. A series of res
olutions of inquiry ON the subject of the
appropriations for the public buildings,
and the repairs, was passed. Several
measures of local interest were introduc-
ed in the Senate.