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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
TWINS. H1 IOVT
Am incident ON the HsnrtGrp
Trnin ifetNs cen SoiunttappF pre-,
and n'ittsbutn.

From the Ohio su.t,.n.
The Pacific express train IN IN, N
Handle Railroad lcft the ColumLn. -
pot on Friday evening lash. ~ ~
O'Clock, under the charge OF Conf.
Drury. Nothing transpircd ro I.
the monotony Of the conductor r.r
drowsy passengers for ticket .
men, until the train was befV....
nison and steubenvillc. Tbep re.
notified that a lady passenger d...... t
presence. lie found the lady ry.. ~
in some trouble and embarras.ms.,
hls affirmative response 8 tbr
whether he was a married man ola.
stated that she was on her way f-... ~.
cinnau - meet her husband B.
YORK, ana thate crisis wa. irr.,I.
involving the appearan,a off ar tI....
al passenger. This startled ~.
tor, Of course, but with "a hatrf a. I..e
an elephant he set 10 work rs n,4L.
lady comfortable. All tho rr-...
were hastily shulliod into another ~.
and such female assistance ns ,.uII
procured On the train wa. br1uss,
requisition. In brief time f., r..
stranger fine, bouncing g.r F.
phrase-put IN an appearance. and N.
conductor congratulated himself ~ +.
happy escape from o delmma. Viii
heart Overlooking with sympathy. h. 81,
ranged an iHPromptu wardrobe M IN.
very young lady from bis own urH..
clothing. 1t WAS not exactly iu tbr..-..
of those Infant outfits" advertised
New York papers, yet 10 served
purpose.
But this was not ALL The ur..
Steubenville on time, and wac .laaf-.
dering through around the bills of W.
Virginia, when the conductor u..a.
another shock This time b. wa- %. ...
bouncing boy" Twins, by Joye' Or..
Buckeye and she other puhgr4..
The remainder Of Drury'- linen w.a. ..
start the little fellow ON h. Ugu..
through the world. Then, for n.r .
what might happen, the train va. lur.
ed up; in due ume IL reached Pumr
and the lady and the two uuuc.apU n.
sengers were tcnderly conveyed Boz e.u.
Portable quarters nj the Union Dep, H.
tel, when a telegram was Forwarded r
the husband in New York, which waa
bly, lifted him out Of his boots 40 at
advices the mother and children Voro d.
ing well.
The twins certainly commenced I..m
der extraordinary circumstance Bon
on a fast-going Pacific truin, tIe 0ae r.
Ohio, and the other in West Virginia H
is safe 10 promise they viii Doe reasonably
fast young people The mothorr par
sented as IA most cstimablc lady but Hr
given 10 the study of almanac.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Election of N new Legislafare
and Of Counfy Omcers tine Press
emit Wear.
Several of our contemporaries have
limited at the possible perpetration, or at
tempted Preparation, of an outrageous
fraud on the people by the Radicals in
the Legislature. 1t is limited that they
will defraud them of their right to elect
new Legislature, and county officers,
the present year, by refusing to pass a
law authorizing such selections to be
held
The constitutional requirement on this
subject is too plain to need argument.
Art. 4, Sec. 2, provides that the House
of Representatives " shall consist OF
members to be chosen every second year
''by the qualified electors of the several
Counties" and Sec. 6 provides that
1.-The political year shall begin on the first
Monday of January, and the Legisla
t'ture shall meet annually on the frs
Tuesday after the first Monday in Jan
quarry" etc.
The present Legislature was elected in
1869, and assembled to hold its first ses
sion at the time prescribed. 1t necessar
ily follows that another election must be-
held the present year, 1871, on the frs
Tuesday after the FIRST Monday in No
vember as declared by Sec. z.
The resort to an expedient to deprive
the people of their right to elect county
officers would be no less an outrage thar
the scheme of defeating an election of {
new Legislature. The right to elect sucf
officers is guaranteed by the Constitution
which clearly contemplates its early exer
else. The electors of Mississippi Whose
qualifications are defined in the Consti
tuition under which they are now living
have not exercised the right of voting
for any of the present offce-holders from
the highest to the lowest 1t is a wronl
for which the federal government is re
sponsible, that they were not permitted
to do SO in 1869. The withholding o
that right is an outrage for which tn
present State rulers are responsible. l
it be persisted in by the Legislature, it i
to be hoped that the Executive in the ex
ercise of his prerogative ''to see that tn,
laws are faithfully executed" including
the supreme law of the Constitution, viii
secure it to them by ordering elections
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

&O4A13AOAs
In the last CLARION "a Lifelong Re
publican whose statement we did not
avouch, bat whose name was at the ser
vice of any one authorized to demand 1t
for practical purposes, published:
1.-THE people may see tangible reason
..why Railroad Manager should covet
1.-THE State stock in certain Roads, but
'sperhaps they don't see why the Cover
''nor should borrow thirty thousand dol
Glars of the managers money"
The last Pilot replying to the commu-
nication of this Republican" thus ad-
mits the truth Of the charge:
The facts, are, that Governor Alcorn did
bOTr0p $4,000 through the kindly Intervention
Of has friend, Gen. a IL. W est. from Me- Combs
d Co.. to secure the pay ment or nlch he
executed a mortgage upon real estate. which
could be sold to-day for twice that sim in
cash. This was TO be paid in two INSTALL
meuts. the last Que of which was settled on
the very day that The CLARION called the
attention of an asUoundrd pubic to 1.-The in
teresIing details furnished by its lean con-
trihutor. by draft through Msssers. Green
& Co, upon his cottOn-broker in New Or
leans.
The truth is thus confessed. The man.
ager did loan his money to the Governor,
and the latter did play into the hands q
the manager IN arhOse interest the State
stock ,ras controlled. A coincidence from
which the public will draw its own conclu-
sions. The time, the circumstances, the
relation of the parties to the public and
to each other all considered, divest the
transaction of the sanctity which ordina-
rily attaches to private matters and rem
ders it a proper subject of investigation
and comment; and the attempt to take re-
fuge under shallow pretence of the kind,
is simply absurd. If the Governors
estate is ''princely," as he boasts, the
scandal is all the greater from his seek,
ing pecuniary Accommodations from Rail
road king who had an immense axe to
grind.
As to the time when; or the mode in
which, the money was to be returned, we
did not understand this prying member Of
the Governors party to make any allu-
sion whatever. Nor did he intimate that
it was not to be returned to the "Rail
road Manager" but mistake is made
in the foregoing, in so far as it is stated
that the "last installment" was paid al
the time mentioned The interest only
was paid, which is quite different thing.
A Lifelong Republican, for whom
we have no more respect than for any
other Of the cormorants who compose the
Republican party, but whose charges
when confessed, are none the less impor
tant) has touched the raw.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

ANOTHER RADICAL THIEF, The Hol-
ly Springs Reporter thus chronicles a
theiving invention of a carpet-bag official
in that section:
Two weeks ago, an unprincipaled North
ern Radical, named +. w. Stickney. Deputy
u. ). Revenue Collector, absconded from
Holly Springs, after stealing all the L. S.
and private funds he could lay hands on.
In our last issue, Jan. 9th. we gave an ac
count Of his rascally conduct. We can as
sure our readers that Stickney has really
abscOnded. and has stolen largely, although
no paper except the Reporter has noticed
the stealing and absconding.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
The Union Bank Bond Move

Lopez" Of the Vicksburg Herald
writes
1t is a notorious fact that ring has been
formed TO put this Reputation debt through.
A gentleman, formerly a prominent menu
Der of the Legislature, was Offered in New
York five thousand dollars to pay the eX-
prnses of the canvass and share of the
spells if he would run for the Legislature
and use his influence to force or procure by
bribery, law assuming payment of the re-
pudiated bonds.
Many members are for sale and its very
likely the people may have to pay the old
debt.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

A lifelong Republican" who knows
more of the secrets of his party leaders
than we do and of the mysteries of Radi-
cal rule in Mississippi than THE CLARION
by its own lights has been able to reveal,
makes some strange revelations elsewhere
to-day, and promises others of a still
more interesting character. In fact he
has said enough to create an intense de-
sire to know more. The revelations in
regard to the Secret Service Fund of
fifty thousand dollars are astounding.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

If lifelong Republican" is to be
credited, the Secret Service Iniquity by a
strange providence has become an in
strument of retributive punishment to its
authors in the Legislature. His state
ment is that large portion of the Fund
has been appropriated to watching their
movements, and detecting their opera
tons. The Governor knows who to
watch. 1t is the only use to which it has
been applied, worthy of favorable men,
ton.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

SMALL BUSINESS. - The Greeville
Times says that Mr.. Winslow "who was
the only one of his race who obtained an
office of profit in his county," was re-
moved for ordering a few dollars worth
of printing at that Office. 1t is strange
that an "eminent man" would strain at
gnat like that and swallow the huge
monster of fraud, and wholesale swindl-
ing and plumber which stalks boldly in
open day and secret night over the State
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
'Gbe daetklp dIarian.
We will not pretend to say what effect

We will not pretend to say what effect
the measure of the Outrage Committee,
organized by the desperate schemer Of
the Radical party, viii have in the North,
but II drives the last nail in its coffin in
the South. AS revival of the agitation
from the consequences of which the
Southern people have SO seriously suffer
ed since the war, it 10 looked upon with
amazement and Indignation. 1t leaves
no ground for Conservative Republi-
cans in this section whe had relied on
a policy of peaee and Cancellation, to
stand upon. In flash phrase, it lets them
out.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Hon. G. c. Chandler was confirmed as
successor TO Rev. J. A. Lyon. ID. D., elected
Pilot.
Wewere doubly astonished by this an
nouncement, viz: that DIR. Lyon, who
went into the University under the Tar
bell-Warner regime with flying colors
should so soon change his base; and that
Green Chandler had discovered fitness
for the chair of Metaphysics.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

CoTToN. is no change to note
in prices which range in this market at
from 123 to 143 cents.
The receipts at all the ports in the U.
S. are considerably in excess of last year
507 900 bales. The exports are 49,
900 bales in excess of last season.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Correspondents must be reminded that
unless their communications are brief and
directly to the point they can not be adj
mitted into our columns in the pressure
and variety of matters that claim atten-
ton. And further that it is an infexible
rule to require that the name of writer's be
left with the editors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

RAILROAD BILL.-Elsewhere will be
found an important bill introduced in the
House by Hon. z. P. Landrum of
Lowndes, to regulate the charges of Rail
road companies. The measure is one of
public necessity; and is founded upon a
right principle. The power which con-
fers exclusive privileges upon corpora
tons should see that they are not abused,
or in any way exercised for the purposes
of extortion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
The Authorized biography of
General Lee.
CARD FROM GENERAL GORDON.

Editor Clarion:
DEAR SIR.-Permit me to reply to the in
quiTy of numerous correspondents in re-
gard to an authentic biography of General
Lee, by saying, through your columns, that
at the request Of General Lees family, Col.
Charles Marshall. his former AiCe-de-C Camp
anu Military Secretary, is now writing a
sketch of his lite from his offic al and per-
sonal papers. furnished by the family for
his exclusive use, which will very soon be
published by the University Publishing
Company. Bond Street, New York. ia the
MEMORIAL VOLUME" now being prepared
by the Faculty of Washington College.
1t will be an additional inducement u the
Southern people to subscribe for this Vol
ume, to know that the entire profit from its
sale will 90 to the Lee Memorial Fund"
Respectfully Yours,
j. b. GORDON.
ATLANTA, GA, Feby 3, 1871.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

The House of Representatives refuse
to seat the newly elected member from
Choctaw, Mr.. Hemphill, upon the
ground that his credentials are not in
proper shape. The certificate of cleo
ton was signed for all the Commission
ers IN one hand sCTitiag. 1t may be that
the other members of the Commission
can not write. They should not be made
to show their ignorance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Gratz Brown, recently elected Gov
ernor of Missouri, pays a high compli-
ment to Gen. Blair the new Senator from
that State, saying that ''for perfect puri-
ty of character and for perfect courage of
character, he has not an equal in the
United States"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

The Holden impeachment trial is pro-
crossing. Hon. w. A. Graham, one of
the counsel for the impeachers, is well
known to the public. He was a member
of the cabinet of President Taylor-a u.
S. Senator Wing candidate for the
Vice Presidency in 1S52-and lastly
Confederate States Senator
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS.

BY Mr.. Davis-Resolved by the House.
That the Committee on Agriculture be, aud
is hereby, instructed to report back to this
House, an act for the effectual fulfillment
of contracts between persons engaged in
agriculture, and tor other purposes, refer
red to said Committee March 25th, 1870.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Foley-Resolved. by the House
(the Senate cOncurring), That a committee
of three on the part of the House, and :
on the part of the Senate, be appointed TO
inquire into the cause of the frequent acct
dents occurring. in which so many valuable
lives are lost on the New Orleans and Jack
son Railroad, and report at their earliest ex-
pediency to this body. Adopted.
Mr.. Boyd, by general consent, introduced
an act TO confer on Chancellors the right to
issue and try writs OF habeas corpus.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
Democratic AcccSsfOns i'm Con
grPSS.

The West Virginia Legislature have
elected Hon. G. Davis, Democrat) to
represent that State in the United States
Senate, and Hill of Georgia, also Dem
ocrat Las been permitted to take his seat
in the Senate.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Company. RAILROAD
Resolved, That our r.,
ana senator m the Legislature bo r. '.'a'
ted to exert their influence n .o.l v lg'.
utmost aid by the State govern,a -', ias
this enterprise. ''A'hl u
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
HOUSE.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Mr.. Norris-An act for the relief of A.
B. Holt.
By Mr. Hodges-An act to repeal so much
of Section II, of an act. entitled an act tO
raise revenues TO defray the expense of the
government of the State of Mississippi and
for other purposes, as requires the annual
assessment OF realty.
BY Mr.. Jones. of Marshall-An act "a
abolish exemptions from Liabilities on bonds
or recogniZances in criminal cases.
By Mr. Jones. of Marshall-An act for
the speedy recovery of school Funds, and
the collection of the School tax.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
Hon. Dos. IEcnnctt andignnsHJ
IscPeI- "a sIandcrou- Imputnhon.
SENATE CuAuuIh
Jackson, Feb. DO lsii

SENATE CuAvun.
Jackson, Feb. Do, 1871.
Editor Brandon Republican.
Dear Sir;--I have been informed dH
there are some persons in Rankin county
who think am the author of tho aH..,
which appeared la the columns of IHt
Jackson Pilot. over thn signature ri
Brandon" How any one, Hh0 know
me, could come 60 this conclusion. ua.
not imagine. / hope thut o. b. % mistake
that there is no one in thr county ma1.
woman or child, who believes mn ha..
enough 10 write and publish u article u
basely slanderous Of The people amuuu
whom have been raised, us thIa ufta.
signed " Brandon b..
The fact is, when / read 90 Brandon
article in the Pilot, was highly inrHl
at it, and denounced IL as % base ..lHIT
an unwarranted assault ON my people
and commenced writing an article u r-
ply % IL, but was interrupted aul nH.
PEELED for the time 10 postpone my .H.n.
ded reply which ! now very much r
gret. / owed it 90 the people o. n.
county 10 answer 4" Brandon, auI n.H.
his slandrous assault upon thom WI ]
greatly regret that did not do 70 be t..
time; especially do ] regret Do, SINCE H.t
has occurred in connection with ia. mI.
ter has transpired. Since these oer
rences have taken place, ] would u1. n."
write this communication, but from On.
fact that / feel called upon Ne no n ..
vindicate myself from the suspicion 'h.
may Turk in the mind of any 0ue iha. ]
am the author Of A" Brandon.
/ hope this denial on my pam of ~"
authorship Of Brandon WI be- o
tirely satisfactory 30 al and chat nou0. ~
Rankin county, or any whore r.sr. ND
for a moment believe me base enough "
write such an article
Respectfully, etc.
JOS. BENNETT.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

1t is said that Hitchcock, Thayer's sue
eessor in the u. S. Senate from Nebras-
ka, is Conservative, and was turned out
of office as Surveyor-General of Nebraska
bv Grant
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY.
SENATE.
MONDAY, Feb. 9th, 1871,

MONDAY, Feb. 9th, 1871,
NOTICE or THE INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
BY Mr. Gibbs-A bill TO repeal an act to
organize the militia of the State; approved
July Is. 1870.
BY Mr.. Gibbs-A bill regulating the OFF,
cial printing in the several counties of the
State. and for other purposes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Attention is especially called to the
card of Col. w. B. Taylor in behalf Of
the Board of Directors Of the Mississippi
State Fair Association.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

How Mr.. LINCOLN REGARDED CAV
PET-BAGGERs. The following cNlr
from letter addressed by cold Abe
Louisiana politician, has often ~ n,
published, but will bear rcpubIislls
He said
"What we do want e. the cluc.ua'.
evidence that respectable citizen
Louisiana are willing 20 be member
Congress and swear 70 support che ~
stitution, and that other respectable ,-
liens there are willing % vote ior W.
and send them. To send a parcel
Northern men here az represeniiai5''...l
elected, as would be understood Y.
perhaps really so) at the point o " N.
bayonet, would be disgraceiul anu 3t
rageous; / would cast my vote
admitting any such man 70 a seat
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

The bill to abolish the test oath has
passed Congress and goes to the Presi-
dent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
The Elected Carpet agsers--A
True Picture.

From all the Southern States in which
the ravenous beasts of prey have been
compelled to release their hold on the
public treasury by popular fiat, the dis
comfted creatures have gathered about
the Capitol at Washington and are filling
its halls with their lamentations. Their
appetites for plumber unappeased, they
have gone thither to croak about their
wrongs and to ask for another ''recon-
struction" in order that they may renew
their occupation. Could anything be
more graphic, and yet present these
knaves in more pitiable and contempt
BILE light, than the following picture,
drawn by friendly hand in the New
York Tribune:
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 22-In one re-
spect, Washington to-day wears an aspect
troubled days of Andy Johnson's efforts to-
ward reconstruction, and that is in the APP
pearance on the streets and in public places
of Southern unionists. They swarm in the
Capitol corridors now as they did then. and
the burden of their complaint is the same
old. old story of murder, intimidation and
prOscriptive oppression. The Rebels have
got the upper hand of us again." they say,
land we suffering more than YOU can
imagine. and more than the Northern peo-
Pile can be made to believe
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Two" highly respectable" woman in
Omaha have started faro bank.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Really the claim of Shoup is so I'M
reasonably preposterous that we cannot
discuss it seriously; nevertheless, it is
characteristic of carpet-bag effrontery.
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RESOLUTIONS.

By Mr.. Smith-Resolved, That the Fl
nance Committee be and are hereby instruct
ed to report to this body at an early day the
expedency of making the several county
Treasures the collectors of taxes. Carried
BY Mr. Packer-Resolved, That the Ju-
dietary Committee are hereby instructed e.
report at an early day bill amending aud
defining the construction of sec. Is of an
act in relation 10 Chancery Courts, approx.
ed May 4th, 1870. Carried.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
" Shoot ON Sight,"

The great Republican leader, Wendell
Phillips, in the National Standard of the
28th January, suggests the following gen
tie mode of dealing with white people in
the South, whose natures revolt against
the embrace of Radicalism. Like an
other Duke of Alva, who beheaded an
obstinate people for protesting their reli-
gion through thick and thin, he is not
willing to leave any means unemployed
for reforming the refractory "rebels.'
Hear him:
Shoot sight, hang By martial Ia,c !-cboos-
ing those of the "first families.- Brutes
come TO love what they first fear The har-
bdriGns Of the South must be treated on the
RGrey principle. Crush them first; gentle
them aiterward- The second policy is never
safe until the first has been most thoroughly
exhausted.
Mild-mannered Wendell ought to know
that this thing of shooting on sight is
wicked advice. 1t viii get up bad blood.
Besides, 1t Is a game that tsoO can plav at !
AMNEsTY.-The pledge of the Repub-
lican leaders to remove political disa-
bilities which they imposed ON the people
of the South in a spirit of cowardly re-
venge and malice, remains unful6lled.-
In an able article on the subject, the N.
Y. Nation says:
Congress has already passed several stat
utes removing these disabilities from desig-
mated individuals. This method of proceed
ure is plainly liable to great abuse II can
he made. and has been made, a means of &c
comprising mere partizan ends and graft
tying partizzn dislikes. Persons who have
undergone . political conversion which
brings them into harmony with the maiori-
ty are easily set free from the rest raints of
the amendment no matter how deeply they
may have been implicated in the rebellion:
while political opponents are subjected 70
q severer scrutinity and escape with diff
Guilty.