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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
THE WNoSA DEMocRAr.-we OIL

The WINoNA DEMOCRAT. OBJ
serve that our old friend, Capt. B. +.
Jones, has taken the entire management
of this paper and is devoting himself to it
with characteristic energy. Long expe-
rience and an aptitude for the profession,
have made him an excellent journalist,
and the Democrat cannot fail to be a
welcome visitor to its many readers. His
salutatory contains long review of his
journalistic career, but as the times de-
mand that we should look before instead of
behind, we have been more interested in
what he promises to do in the future than
in what he has SO well done in the past.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
ssIhc titizcn~ Of Meridian showed
mO hhiHrr~prct So Use u4 uu Ums
Ger. buG Welded DbtdIs
emCc uf Once"
rEsrlMoNY on smmI No.u1, W"H

TESTIMONY on suuuT NosaI ma
On Tuesday Evening. Judge I...
presiding, un investigation Uf U.. .. ..
fair in this city, wherein oHa WUI.. m..
six negr es lost their iINrs. H.. I...
the court house.
Harry Mayson, negro .Hou-m...
made an affidavit bcibr JUN.. I#..
ia effect, that Doe bad reason Iu H.H.. .
james Brautlry. uu tho G.h daN U. N
aud others, To The number OF I'D U..
made "A riot in the court huu.., I.I.I
murdered The siA negroes N...ula.. ..
toned as Killed.
james Bruntcy, upon tHI. 1855 ln...
and put upon Dis trial
District Attorney NuIh.r aH. d. A.
Brown, "a young Attorney oft jackson. .
OF Governor Brown, scut hF Governor A
corn. 10 assist boo the prosecution. .U..
for the prosecution, aud Coleman N.H
Whitaker and Steele arc representing
fence conformity.
Mr.. Brown, before beginning m
made some apt remarks about H.
by whom he was sent aud II. UI.H...
charge his duty fairly Hul IMPARTIAL.
Interest of law, order and IrIr.
The Court preferred % request I...
press abstain from making mrHH.
Of testimony, and waituntl it I.H' ...
before publishing any We conform 4.
wish Of the Court without hesitation.
As the trial progressed other p
been put cuder arrest o.. thU l..H
seemed 90 implicatc parties. Vs. m.I
II. W. Wilson, W. Brautry. D.. D.. '.
The trial is progressing Jointly
We should have mentioned tNIi .H .N..
ganization of the Court MUef.. D. D. t..
and Burns McCa-kill were uppu.uI.. .#
20 write down the testimony
Al noon. to-day, about iu U|H" OF
f0olscap Of testimony has boon UHH.
written down, and about iUu HI..
white and black. examined.
Sheriff Mosely was Uu ihr .UHa
II to-day, aud, 90 question
"the citizens OF Meridian showed bog.
spect To- nae AZ an officer, but yielded
encc at once"
In the examination, thr 'r..t H.0
timOny seems 20 have been Ul' @
consent, 30 as 90 give thc widest H..
telling all facts.
We can give no guess nov HN"N W. 81.
"a a. hn FaneNFINI
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

RALEIGH, n. c. March 14.-In the House
Of Representatives to-day Mr.. Justice, Re
publican. introduced a resolution 70 appoint
q committee to investigate alleged charges
of disgraeefuI nature made against n. n.
trict OF this State. The resolution received
a unanimous vote IN the House, and a COM
mittee was appointed 70 investigate the
charges, with power to send tor persons and
papers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
Heavy Verdict Against IN Railroad
Com pamy.

In recent reports of suits for damages
against Railroad Companies, we notice
that of Mrs. Ramsey against the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis r. r. in
which verdict of $4,000 was returned.
The suit was a suit to recover damages
for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in
1869, while passenger on defendants
road by the overturning of the car.
The Court instructed the jury substan-
TALLY that if the accident was caused by
the negligence of the defendants servants
in failing to employ all known and reason
able means and precautions to keep its
road in a safe condition for the passage OF
trains and to guard against accidents,
then the Company should be found guilty
and if the plaintiff, inconsequence of such
negligence, sustained injuries, and was
permanently disabled from performing
the labor which she has before been ac-
customed to perform, and by which she
had supported her child, then she should
be awarded compensation for her loss and
injuries as well as compensation for the
suffering endured and which she must
still endure, inconsequence of such in
juries.
The facts of this case, and the princi-
pies involved, as well as the verdict rem
dered, are worthy of special note.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
Says the New York Democrat /:

THE beauty of electing carpet-baggers
20 office In the South is illustrated in a re-
cent case at Meridian, Miss"
The Democrat ought to know that the
case is worse than this. The people of
this State are not permitted to hold
elections. nor even to 60 through the
form of electing the persons who hold
office.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

We observe that the darkies in Con-
gress are voting with Beast Butler in IA
of the most proscriptive and vindictive
measures against the Southern whites.
They are as obedient to his lash as Aaron
Moore and company are to the call
of French, their carpet-bag leader, in
the so-called Legislature of this State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
MERIDIAN MATrERs.-

MERIDIAN MATTERS. Leach
man is progressing with his inquiries into
the Meridian disturbances. The prose
cution is conducted by the States Attor-
ney, j. P. Walker, Esq, assisted by j.
A. Brown, Esq, of this city (son and
partner of Hon. A. G. Brown) who has
been retained by the Governor to assist
in the prosecution. The prosecuting
lawyers are able and efficient, and the
investigation will be rigid and impartial.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
GIeed and BOuIden COntrnsted'
From the Columbus Index.

In striking contrast with the conduct ofthe
Infamous Gleed on the question OF Social
Equality is the modesty and good sense OF
his colleague, Parson Boulder. when nc
gets upon n train whether there Is asuitablt
car provided for the negroes or not, ne al
There Is Something good ia the man who Il
not ashamed OF his race. He who attempts
to eradicate the lines drawn by nature shows
himself either a knave or "A fool.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
The Imporerfshment of orr sta te.


The hardship of the so-called Revenue
Laws by which it is proposed by our
Radical oppressors to collect five times as
much taxes from the people of the State
than was collected in 1860 under the
laws then in force, will be better under
stDd when contemplated in connection
with the fact that in 1860 Mississippi had
s6O7, 1924, GIL against s174, 305, 548 in
1870. Coupled with this appalling
decrease of property is the increase
of taxes from FIVE hundred to
one thousand per cent. The decrease
of property is the inevitable effect of the
war from which there is no escape except
in patient toll to retrieve the loss. But
the terrible burden of the tax is cruel
and unjust infection for the benefit of
vagrant adventures who have come hith-
er to enrich themselves by the arbitrary
exercise of their ill-gotten power.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

1t was recently autographed far and
wide to the horror of Radicaldom that
Lacey, the Mayor Of Aberdeen, had fall.
len a victim of the Ku Klux and mysteri-
ously disappeared, no one knew whittier.
His arrival here has been announced, and
il turns out according to our correspon-
dent, that he left of his own accord, be.
tween two days, in consequence Of sundry
indictments BY the grand jury of Monroe
county. I
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
Executive appointments.

From the list published elsewhere it
wiz be seen that large number of APP
pointments have recently been made to
Office. We are without the means of
speaking positively Of the competency
and fitness Of all the persons appointed,
1,uf : have heard some Of them highly
commende,Il in quarters entitled to credit.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
ESubIGc Meeting in Iuiiuhnifhi
COUNTY

IhIN ...
At n public meeting hrIH IH D..r
on Tuesday the 2Sth OF luHu
w. Knew, was called ~ thn .NUr
Hall, ir. requested tO acc 1. -H.r...
Col. w. II. FitzGprald rEp.IIu.
object Of the meeting Wlt lD rh UI
timents OF our people. lud lNr ..N
in regard 10 the formation uf I.H ...
new County Of Webster
On motion. the following COMMITTEE
appointed TO draft resolution ..N.
the sense Of the meeting. 10. l.g
II. FitzGerald, ). 5. Bailey d. N
and !. Is. BoOthe.
resolutions which were unanimous.
ed.
whereas. We the citzpHs ~ TH..
County without regard Iu party
the particular portion ui fI.
which we respectively T'..... ..|
OF the bill now pending I.l" '..
ture OF the State 90 e-UiDI.
out Of "a portion 90 iuuHI fI.|.
Tallahatchie COuntic- tU Do. .I....
Is OF Webster, deem Dc prop.I "a" .N
DC expression at our We've ..
that respect aud take tho necessary
ascertain, in an entirely HIt-i.''D.
the desire, Ia that behalf Ui OBJ. N
our people, therefore he IN .....
Resolved, That we regard t.r
ment OF the proposed ueW county
and impracticaDle iu ODE 'h..N
while the scheme if adopted HI. %.
I've Of no good t0 any con.ar
Of the people 81 our county lNlN&
proposed limits OF said coutHmI.
twill be- detrimental % tIr mII'.t
and will be- ruinOus t0 tIH N..'"
county Of Taliahaichirf
Resolved; That petition 70.
PRAYING the Legislature uni gap
bin or any other bin which NI'
feet the dismembermrut ui nI
That the same boz carried 800 Oyer Wy.
for the signature of our rUHpI..
twenty or more good reliable I'.
pointed by the chairman pl iN|- a.
circulate the said petitions among
pie. ......0a. -
Resolved That the chaIr apI
more persons from each -uI.i'i
In this county a. delegate t7
committee on county affairs NJ .A' .
this state o. present. ln driih .'.. I.
Of our people n the passage o' .'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

Now since the the carpet-bag men have
been beaten in their attempt to get CON
troll of the Executive Department of the
Government, let US see what they are GO
ing to do in the matter Of reducing the
enormoustax of the present year, which
was imposed on the basis..of cotton at 20
cents per lb.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

Turned UP.-Sturgis, the ex-Mayor
of Meridian, has turned up in New York,
and regales the readers of the Tribune
with long description Of the deeds OF
the ''Ku Klux" in Meridian, and urges
in conclusion that martial law be pro-
claimed. We may give this letter q
more extended notice.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

Dir. Beck, Democrat of Kentucky, has
introduced in Congress, a general bill for
the removal of political disabilities. The
measure is supported by all the Demo
cratic members, and few Radicals.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

We hear great deal FROM Radicals about
mississippi reputation, but they have moth
Ing % say about the bonds repudlated bg
Minnesota More than ten years mR0 thai
State issued 06.000OO0 Of bonds to aid in the
construction Of certain railroads, and new
this Radical State refuses TO redeem these
b0ndss-Exchange.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
South CarOIima---NegrO Militia
DfaanK-muSd

CHAKLEsToE, March 15.-The conference
Of leading citizens with Gov. Scott, YesteT-
day, on the subject OF the disturbance in
Chester and York counties, resulted most
satisfactorily. The Governor has Withdrawn
the state arms from the negro militia, and
perfect quiet now reigns In both counties.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

The Higgins (NHIscegenaGor) Cnsc
The True story or IS-DIrefsrI
Threats OF Radical Negroes
80 Burn and EIander the
TOwn-Ehe People ON
Guard - They are
Peacefully Dis
posed
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

b Thursday night the men Seaton and Rob
erts. would be robbers, were taken out by a
large body of men, given n hundred lashes
apiece, and told 60 ~ges further" before an
other moon shone upon them. It is proba-
BILE they Rot.-Columbus Index.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

The MARKETs.-Cotton has advanced
and then receded There is no ma
terial change to note in the provision
markets, except that the tendency is
slightly downward
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

1t will be seen by reference to proceed
ings in the Legislature that the carpet
baggers having been defeated in their
attempt to get control of the Executive
Department of the State government,
now propose virtually to restore military
rule by filling the State with Federal
soldiers. They are longing for the return
Of the despotism of Ames when they
can insult, harrass, plumber and muir
der our people with IMMUNITY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

ANOTHER VICTORY OVER RADICALS.
j. NJ Johnston, the Conservative can
dinate for the U. s. Senate in Virginia,
has been elected by vote of 108 to 90
over his Republican competitor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23
The MURDERER OF JUDGE BRAN
LETTE.-Referring to Warren Tyler,
the Radical negro who murdered Judge
Bramlette, the Meridian Gazette saws.

Warren Tyler, whose fatal shot initiated
the bloody scenes Of Monday, preparatory
to going to the Court House, shaved and
dressed himself carefully, buckled on his
skill and to be killed" When IeaTino tbe
school-house, he remarked to some of ihe
colored children that he wanted to be bnriej
decently.. These things, taken with the IA
ciiity with which he made his escape from
q second story window, shows that he had
and that the tragic part ne enacted was not
unprecedented. =. = =
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

The Senatobia Times says that the inn
ported negro school teachers in that sec
ton are specializing in the school books,
requiring purchasers to pay double their
original cost. Is there no way to put a
stop to these swindling operations?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

Swiftly following the announcement OF
Mr.. Summers displacement from the
Craftsmanship of an important committee,
appears the following paragraph in the
Cincinnati Commercial
A ticket honest men could support in
1872: For President, Charles Sumner, OF
Massachusetts; for Vice President, b. Gratz
Brown, of Missouri.
1t is understood that Gratz Brown will
take ticket on the other line in the
Presidential race.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

1t is not probable that the Radicals will
pass Ku Klux bin the present session Of
Congress. They have taken alesson from
New Hampshire.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

The New Hampshire election shows
that the Outrage InquisitiOn against the
South, by the Grant Administration, was
a bad investment.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

THE SCooBA SPECTATOR. 1t is again
our pleasure to welcome this sterling
Conservative Democratic journal to our
table. 1t was suspended month or two
since owing to a difference of opinion
between the publisher and the editor. 1t
has been revived under the management
of DIR. John ID. Woods and Mr. John
McCaughey, who so successfully and
tremendously published it upon its first
establishment, and we have no fears of
any further suspension.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

An interesting letter giving a true
statement of affairs at Aberdeen, will be
found elsewhere. The writer has truly
said that there is no more peaceful and
well-ordered community in the Union
than that city. The punishment inflicted
upon Higgins, even according to his own
statement, was light compared to the treat
ment which the people of Evanston in
Northern Illinois few weeks ago visited
upon a person guilty of like offences,
though of less degree, in that town. 1t
will be seen that the Meridian game of
retaliation by incendiarism has been
threatened by the avengers of Higgins,
but doubtless they will by thwarted by the
precautionary measures which have been
adopted by the citizens.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

SOCIAL EQUALITY IN THE WEST
A mulatto man named Mark DeMortic,
who married quadroon daughter of
George T. Downing, the colored caterer
and Republican leader of Washington
city, with his wife was recently elected
from Chicago restaurant on the ground
of Objectionable color. He brought suit
against the restaurant keeper for 5000
damages and got verdict of one cent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

Gonnecticut comes next IN order. Let
Us listen to what she has. to say at the
polls.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

erwise, the Office cannot be responsible
All business communications should De ad-
dressed to Power & Barksdale, Jackson Miss.
The Carpet-Baggers Call for Fed.
eral Tr0Ops.--The Governor
Despatch that they are mot
Needed..-A sober Word
10 Whom IL may
Concern.
We desire to call the attention Of the
public to the resolutions of the carpet
baggers and their allies in the Legislature
applying to the Government at Wash
iAgton to send Federal troops to the
State under pretense of preserving order.
The application is based upon a gross
calunny on the people of the State and
!. is an imputation on the Executive who
ID charged with the execution of the laws.
this connection, we would also refer
report telegraphed from Washing
- verified by the knowledge of
ctually been done, that Gov.
has notified the Washington
administration that Federal soldiery are
not needed in the State and that what
ever crimes exist can be suppressed and
punished by the legally constituted au-
thorities of Mississippi.
The scenes of these reported distur-
Dances are laid in two or three counties
in the Eastern or Northeastern part of
the State. Undoubtedly if violent and
extra-legal measures have been resorted
to they are the natural product of the
outrages, exactions and impositions of
corrupt, incompetent and vicious men
who are temporarily filling Offices of trust
which the Legislature has not permitted
the people to exercise their constitution
al right to supply with agents of their
own choice.
The prompt action of the Governor in
addressing the authorities at Washington
in the manner indicated, is an appeal to
the "sober reason thought of the men
who compose, and have voice, with these
alleged defensive combinations, which we
trust they will not be slow to heed. In
reliance upon his pledge to reform the
abuses which have justly created discon-
tent, and approaching the responsibility
which he has assumed in throwing the
weight of his official character against the
sending of troops into our State to uphold
wrong and for the vidictive punishment
of her people, the persons engaged in
these alleged movements will act consid.
erately and properly if they will suspend
them at once, and we appeal to them sc
to act We have no knowledge of what
are termed Ku Klux combinations in this
State. And, if they really exist We
could not recommend their disbandmen
so long as the Loyal League conspiracie
whose operations they must have beer
designed to circumvent, are in full blast
But we do earnestly appeal to all concern
ed to pause and await the result of Exec
utive interposition to correct the evil!
complained of. Let them throw them
selves upon his assurance, as he has trust
ed to their reason and law-abiding deter
mination.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

A MAYOR RUNNING FROM INDICT
MENTS.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-23

WEEKLY CLAEIox-Two dollars per year, and
an extra copy to getter up Of club Of ten
or more.
SEMI-WEEKLY CLARIoE-Four dollars per
year, and an extra copy for club Of six or
more.
In future paper will be discontinued when
time expires.
Remittances should be by registered letter,
money order, draft or by express. When 9TH
erwise, the Office cannot be responsible.
All business communications should be ad-
dressed to Power & Barksdale, Jackson, Miss.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1871-09-27
How to Make Bows Farmers,

Induce them to take an interest in the
farm, in the implements, in the stock; tell
them all your plans, your successes and fail
ures; give them history of your life, and
what you did and how you lived when boy;
but do not harp too much on the degenerate
character of The young men of the present
age; praise tssll when you can, and encour-
age them to do still better. Let them dress
up for the evening, instead of sitting down
in their dirty clothes in dingy room. Pro-
vide plenty Of light; thanks to kerosene, our
country homes can be as brilliantly and as
cheaply lighted as the gaslit houses in the
city. Encourage the neighbors to drop in
evenings. Talk agriculture rather than pol
itics; speak more of the Importance Of large
crops, of good stock, of liberal feeding, and
of the advantages of making animals CON-
Portable, rather than of the hard times, low
prices, and high wages. Above all, encour-
age the boys TO read good agricultural books.
Papers are all well enough, but an intelli-
gent boy wants something more and better.
Get him some good agricultural book to study.
Read it with him, and give him the benefit
of your experience and criticism. When he
has mastered this, buy him another. In our
own case, we owe our love for farming prin-
cipally to the fact that our father talked to
us of everything that was doing on the farm ;
answering all our questions and enCourag-
ing, rather than refusing, our child-like de
sire to help him to pillow, to chop, to let off
water, and fire the brush heap.-Amerioan
Aqraculturist.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1871-09-27
Farmers Wives.

Did you ever think of the amount of
thought requisite to plan three meals day
for three hundred and sixty five days in sue
cession? To prepare enough and not too
much, and for those living distance from
town to remember that the stock of flour,
tea, sugar, ETC., are replenished in due time?
Do you ever think of the multitude of her
cares and duties? She must rise early to
prepare breakfast or oversee it. Perhaps
there are children to wash, dress and feed,
or get ready for school with their dinners.
There is bak g, sweeping, busting, making
beds, IN re men, maybe, dinner and
supper ready at the proper time,
the :, folding and ironing
of ae milk, including the
eese, and the inevi
he Autumn.
Ealing, pre-
81 49,, drying apples,
boil. apple-sauce, with the
still i task which falls to her
lot at ice. Then there is hay
ing, harves, sheep shearing, etc., when
more help i needed, bringing an increase
of her labors Twice year comes house
cleaning.
By the way, of all the foes hou8e-keeper
has to contend with, dirt is the greatest
She may gain complete victory, and think
to repose upon Der laurelS after her semi
annual enga sements, but it is only Temporal
ry. The enemy soon returns, and even Skin
mishes do not keep it at bay. There is the
mending, too. Sewing machines are great
blessings, but they can't set in patch or
darn stockings. II do not mention these
things by way Of complaining of woman's lot
in general, or asking for her any rights she
does not possess. don't know that there is
any remedy in. thepresent state of the world.
1t seems to me one of the evils Of life, which
must be borne as we bear no other ills-but
what do ask Is due appreciation of the
important part that woman acts, and con-
cession thai oer labors, mental and physical,
are as great al things considered, as those
of the Other sex. Women are not so child
ish that Little sympathy now and then, or
acknowledgment of their efforts and sacri-
fees, MAKE them think their case worse than
it is. l tel you, men and husbands, cit
doeth good like medicine, and many a
poor, crushed, broken-down wife and mother
is dying for want of it"