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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

HERNANDO, Oct. 18th, 1871.
EDITOR CLARIoN-To- day we were to
have had discussion between Gen. Lowry
and Gov. Alcorn, but Gen. Lowry'S serious
illness at Holly Springs prevented his
reaching fernando. The Governor was
met, however, by our townsman, Maj. II.
Ii. Chalmers, and met to his hearts content.
In fact. the universal expression is, ''we are
sorry Bob Lowry is sick, but the cause has
lost nothing by it, Indeed, in view of the
peculiar phase of Radical politics in DeSOto
since the last Mondays County Conven-
ton, in which the "AlcOrn wing" was ut
terly routed, the Alcorn influence defied and
every nomination appropriated by the car
pet-baggers and darkies, it perhaps was
fortunate that Lowry was not here to lite
rally skin and roast the party, and the Gov
ernor too as he did get at Holly Springs.
The Radical ticket DOW before DeSoto
Gust such ticket as a committee of AL
corn's bitterest earpet-bag enemies of any
color in the late House would have seleeted),
relieved Chalmers from the necessity of
showing up the meaner side of the Cover
nor's own political record; but the way he
excoriated and showed up in its hidden de-
formity the Governors pet theory (''that
organized opposition to Mississippi Radi-
calism is menace to the Government and
inviting its bayonets') was awful--the very
darkies themselves stared, and showed they
felt with ourselves the insolenee and emp
tiness of the Governors threats on that
head.
The Governor opened with a speech of
one hour and half the Major replying in
a like time, each closing with a short speech.
Want of space utterly precludes the attempt
to sketch the debate, which was listened TO
to the last, in the open air. with intense in
terest; but one inimitable shot of the Ma
ior's must not be omitted. In showing up
in detail the corruptiOns and much of the
unwritten rottenness of the last Legisla-
ture, he gave the Governor full credit for
the many jobs he, by the aid of the Demo-
cratic members defeated, and when he came
to tell of their desperate effort last March to
get rid of Alcorn by forcing him of to the
United States Senate. he actually proved
that, one night, when the whole carpet-bag
strength (still yet the leaders, were in eau
Gus in one part of Jackson against him, the
Governor himself was in midnight caucus
against IncUI, Will CNCI1 DCiONA01AN
Der of the Legislature; and yet the Cover
nor tells us now that the opposition of those
same men to Mississippi Radicalism is
menace to the Federal Government. iEE
The crowd was considerable though NOS
larva and the effect of the debate nnqtIeS-
tionably damaging to the Radical party in
DeSoto. The Governor himself, after leay=
inc fl,e, to,vn but before taking the train,
in conservation with one of his friends,
paid the Major the exalted compliment OF
saving that .aChalmers had made the ablest
speech he had had to answer during the
canvass: ~ and 1 can tell the Governor
that friends of his in DeSoto, admirers to
the extent of thinking it sacrilege when
1t was proposed that Chalmers should meet
him, now say he was literally used up in the
argument. l.
DESoTo.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19
State FairHaem~.

The plank road 20 the Fair Ground has
been completed FROM top OF the hill. near
the engine house.
A. B. Griswold Co, New Orleans. are
coming up with magnificent display from
theirjewelry establishment.
The Mississippi Mills. at Wesson. will be
representa- by variety OF home-manufac-
tured goods thar viii astonish the natives.
A leading machinery house in New Or
leans, telegraphs: "will ship "Wednesday
one twenty-horse and one twelve-horse en-
gine."
Dir. W. p. Smith arrived from New Or
leans this morning, and is now at work con-
>tructing six of his celebrated Drove Wells
at the Fair Grounds.
The Secretary OF Fair IS authorized to
offer ten dollars in gold for the best per-
formaLce on the piano by a boy OF Missis-
Sippi under ten years of age.
One of behring's Horse Engines, for
has been received at the Fair Ground, aud
will be Immediately put in operation
\ A lady of Crystal Springs enters Tor the
special premium offered by Messrs. Lowd
& Raymond, for the best performance on
piano. Wednesday, 18th, Is the time for
musical competition.
Entries for the Fair may now be made
Come up at once before the crowd gets in.
magnificent pyramid of choice plants
nd flowers will be "a feature of the South
ern division of the grand ball at the Fair.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19
The BayOnet Act-A Startling
Picture.

The following is an extract of speech
recently delivered by Gen. Thomas Ew-
ing, of Ohio-one of the rising and most
promising statesmen of the Northwest
Undoubtedly the bold usurpations OF
the party in power have foreshadowed
the events which are here described:
Il would like very much, fellow citizens.
to discuss the differences between the two
parties already developed as to the construc-
ton and execution of the amendments
and especially to show how the Republican,
party, by fragrant misconstruction of the
Constitution as it il, has assumed to confer
on General Grant the power, whenever he
thinks the authorities Of any State fail to
give any person or persons equal protection
of the laws, to suspend the privilege of the
writ of habeaS corpus, stop the functions of
the civil government, and declare and wage
war on the people. This extraordinary
power is vested in General Grant obviously
To enable him to re-elect him self and his par
ty next year by controlling or breaking up
the elections in the Southern States with
the Federal army and the black militi He
combines all the qualities to make him tit
instrument for such designs. He is both
ignorant and careless of the duties and OBJ
legations of his high office-has probably
never read the Constitution. for il is not
published In the Army Regulations or the
stud Books bold, INSCRIPTIONS ambi-
tious, selfish, and as cruel and cold as a
bayonet If he dent use that law next
year with that purpose and effect, it will be
because the Northern people show in the
elections this year returning sense of the
value of constitutional liberty, or becau- e
the ku- klux and carpet-bagger combined
can't concoct sufficiently plausible pretexGs,
or because Horace Greeley beats him for
the Republican nomination. Let Us hope
for the honor of the country, that al these
contingencies will happenr'
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THE WISCONSIN CALAMITY,
Later and More Distressing he
tails of the COnnngrnIions
nI PesihiGO and Green
Fifteen Hundred Human Beings Burned
10 Death, and an immensely Of
Property Destroyed.
TERRIBLE RECORD or SUFFERING AND
DEVAsTATIoN.

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-The latest reports from
the terrible fires in Northern Wisconsin
and Michigan represent the loss of llie as
being fearful. Some seven To eight hum
ed, aud it Is believed that the number will
reach fully one thousand aud the wounded
fully two hundred, This comprises fully
three fOurths of the population.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 1J.-Later accounts
from Northern Wisconsin confirm all pre-
vious reports, There are rumors that the
loss of life la the neighbOrhood of the
burned village of PesthigO will reach over
twelve hundred. or fifteen per cent. OF those
injured cannot recover. The fire tornado
was heard at a distance. like the roaring of
the sea. Balls OF fire were soon observed
to fall like meteors la different parts Of the
town, igniting whatever they touched.
People rushed with their children ia their
arms for place OF safety. but the storm of
lire was upon and enyeloped them in the
flames and smoke, burning sand and Gin
ders and those that were not able to reach
the river were sutioeated and roasted alive.
This scare happened on sunday night, the
Sth Of October, already made famous by the
Chicago horror. A member of the relief
committee Aent from Milwaukee with sup
plies says the only survivors were those
who were fortunate enough to reach the
water. many throwing themselves into the
mill pond and clinging 10 floating logs. 4
number of these were drowned by being
thrown from the logs by maddened horses
and cattle that rushed into the water.
The great cyclone swept over a tract Of
country eight or ten miles wide, every build
ing, fence, aud all OF the timber was licked
up clear by the tongue OF fire. The town of
Peshtigo numbered 1000, one-third Of whom
persisted on that fearful night. Reports fiom
the eastern shore Of Green Bay place the loss
of life fully as high as at Peshtigo. The
same account states that the Immediate
wants OF the people are supplied, and large
amount of provisions and clothing VIII be
required for the coming winter.
Mayor Ludington, of Milwaukee, publish
es the following appeal for aid:
DISPATCH FROM THE MAYOR OF MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 1.-THE calamities that
have betallen our State and some of our
ncighboring States are truly appalling
Over 1900 men, women and children have
been burned TO death in Wisconsin alone.
and their business houses and farms To a
large extent are entirely destroyed. TIe
very soil having been burned, destroying all
their autumn aud root crops. They are ut
terly destitute, and will require full support
at least until another season. Seven cOun-
ties in our own State are thus In great part
utterly desolated. Whole regions of coun-
tro in western Michigan are ia the same
condition, and these fires are still raging and
destroying.
HARRISON LUpINGToN.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

HE GREAT SOUTHERN PIANO MANU-
.A'ioRf.-We refer with special pleasure to
re advertisement of the Great Southern
'1uo Mandatory of Messrs. VIM. Kuabe
NO, of Baltimore
InS factory is now one of the largest in
'u' world; it is a magnificent five story
'uV'ure' fronting an entire block on Eutaw
,'''e" and covering, together with the lum-
VI yards attached, some two and one-half
N'es OF ground. Three hundred and fifty
-'u are constantly employed turning out
s'u i0rty instruments per week. Among
:, thousand and one Pianos offered to the
r-''e' 1t is matter of some difficulty and
p'eAlty to inexperienced persons to Sc
good Instrument of any capacity. We
: ' ~ rely upon the judgment of friends
selection of Piano. and are thus
/, t1'u'ly disappointed. The only sure way
n opinion is TO go to the best maker
he mutation of the Knabe Pianos Is an
ha, .'''oe guaranty of excellence. Fordura
49, We would specially recommend them
- uls made in a Southern city, with spe-
e. view to the trying changes of South
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The Canvas i'm YnzOO.

rom Tile democrat.
The battle goes bravely on. The Con-
servatives are wide awake and are working
like beavers, and with fiatterlng results
Meetings were held in the early part of last
week in the neig hborhoods of Mr.. Ledbetter
and MIR. Fu@ate, and were largely attended
by the colOred men, many of whom broke
faith with the Radicals and Joined the party
of reform and low taxes. They were adj
dressed by Captain Sublett, DIR. j. w. C.
Smith, Wallis johnson and a number OF
colore men. The report of these meetings
and barbecue announcement were handed
Us, but unfortunately have been lost.
At Benton, last Saturday evening. and
YazoO City, Saturday night, large audiences
were addressed by Judge Hudson, of the
anri-radicaf party, and Col. Morgan. the
head centre OF IaZ1O RadIcalism. We re-
greet that we have no report of these meet
ingS.
AT Deasonville, Saturday evening. an aa-
dience, respectable in numbers, of both
colors, was addressed by Wallis johnson
(col-), Robt. Campbell aud Col. w. Ii. Luse.
y fine meeting at Midway Church, on Sat
urday night, was addressed by Robt. Camp
bell, Captain j. NJ. Sublett and Col. w. III.
IuSe.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

Col A. II. MORGAN: Strive learn from
several sources of respectability that you
have recently, in your visits and speeches
among the colored people of this county,
and when no one was present to dispute or
deny your accusations. declared TO and as
sured your colored auditors that the Demo,
Gratis desired and designed. intended and
purposed, or words TO that effect or import,
70 deprive the colored people Of their poiitsio
cal rights as now secured to them oy the
constitution of this State and the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and g put them d,,
back into slavery. WefeeT its due 10 You
and ourselves to give you a full and fair
opportunity at an early day 70 put your
self correctly on the record on this subject,
and now call on you to avOW or disavow
such teachings, statements and matters
over vour own signature, and should you
SsiI 70 do 40 we shall hold you guilty and
act accordingly; We reeSgIla . sn broad and md
liberal disputation 10 polLleS out we ar
one Q the eoIoEed people Ss sSessd 1n inc
xsntions'. Take due notice and governyour-
self accordingly. aEIH - 8
yR0mT. - HUDSON,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

The Liverpool and London and Globe
insurance Company sustained loss OF two
millions by the Chicago fire, as will be seen
by the following telegram Ii to be ''well
shaken before taken" is good advice on
medicine bottles, surely this Company has
been sufficiently well shaken to test It's
strength to the satisfaction of ALL The tel
egram is a pleasing assurance to the many
policy holders in this section:
SAVANNAH. GA, Oct. III, 1871.
CART. w. III. GILLAsPIE, AGENT,
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI:
Company telegraphs: I'VE estimate
Liverpool and London and Globe loss III
Chicago fire, at Two Millions. If every
risk had burned. would not have seriously
impaired Company's strength. E
j. E. JOHNSTON & Co,
General Agents
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

Y accordance uiih Article /. 81 900 Election
Law, Section j. % sturUnl election uill DO
II Ina uiuds county,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

Immense Loss GA Hsffc--Propea-fy
and Towns Destroyed.

DETROIT. Oct i2.-The news from san
Clair ahciluron couatics. In this STATE. 10 OF
the most distressing character. Al that
portion OF the State east Saginaw bay aud
north Ia point forty miles above Port llu-
ron has been completely swept by Dire. aud
number Of lives ascprtaued TO have
persisted. aud the probabilities are that ~
nave not heard the wo-st- The nourishiug
villages ct Eorrsstville. White kSck Elm
Greek. sand Beach and Huron CITY are
cutirely destroyed. ROckiails and Port
Hope are partially burned. Nothing ha-
yet been heard from Port Austin o. Port
Crescent. but it j. hardly possible that they
have escaped AZ all. Ia thee towns were
large stores. many ofwhich were nlicd With
winter stock. extensive saw mill-. shinglc
mills. Rnd docks covered With lumber, ali
% which We're swept away. lt - SAID that
there Is but one dock LETT on the shore
near FOrrcstyiilc- A steamer which left
Port Huron last night for the relief Of the
sufferers, returned last evening, bringing
back some forty men. women aud children,
five Of whom are severely burned. The
Revenue Cutter Fesseuden. which started
for Port Austin, picked up a sail boat on the
Lake containing Mr.. Isaac Green, the prin-
cipai O yner of FOrrestville. together with
his family and Is or 20 others who bad es-
capped the flames al Forestylle. The tcle-
graph operator at Forrestville, whom IL was
feared persisted WAS heard from. he having
escaped through the fire back into the coun-
try All the telegraph offices along the
shore have been destroyed. but communica-
ton will be restored as soon a. the damage
10 the line can be repaired.
Five children are known 70 have persisted
near Rockfalls.
Il. Il. Hubbard. az Huron City, shot all his
fine horses and cattle To prevent them from
perishing by the fire. lie loses very
heavily, having had large store, mills,
docks. etc. destroyed.
JASEsvILLE. Oct. Ex-Governor Fairchild
has telegraphed the following from Green
Bay in relation 10 the Wisconsin fires
The appalling calamity has not been eXag-
gerated. over three thousand men. women
aud children ore now destitute. The loss
of life has been very great; not less than
five hundred person have been burned &C
Peshtigo aud vicinity, and three hundred on
the eastern shore. Scores of men, women
aud little children are now In temporary
hospitals. burned and MANNED, and in want
OF money. clothing. bedding, boots and shoes
and provisions of of all kinds mot cooked
and building materials and everything
needed by family To commence life with.
The people are responding no5ly, but there
is no danger of too much being recciS ed.
The destitute mnst be provided for daring
the winter.
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BEsHsVHI'HES.
,,smphis Fair this week.

Memphis Fair this week.
otorona has a dollar store"
u..vv rains last Sunday night.
,,rsadv are the effects OF the Chicago
- observable on outside country papers
pobinson & Stevens are in receipt OF 3
and varied assortment Of fresh gro
cries.
The register of the City Hotel, New Or
"a. on saturday last, showed 1Gs arrivals
p,npIar hotel, you know "Rube~ Hickle
.gs there.
don L. Fearn, administrator of Thos. c.
I'm deceased requests all persons indebt-
lto or holding claims against the estate,
-scan upon him.
NJ f. P. jacobson, L. 5. District Attor-
- i prepared 20 prosecute the claims OF
p.,.;.b subjects, resident in the South du-
ring the late war
The Directors Of the Natchez and Jack
80 r,iIroaI advertise for sealed proposals
Co. the construction of the first eleven miles
- thar road from NatcheZ. Proposals re-
,afyed until 2lst October.
Col Mann. Vice President of the Mobile
.,d Northwestern Railroad, will shortly
-,o,,,epce an active canvass along the pro-
posed route oil MS ro"l' so'ici'i"S s"oscriP-
,ions 10 stock.
We ,aw a chap passing through our city
,,bo was in Chicago during the great fire
81. acre As a relic of that once gigantic city
,.,iepdid overcoat, picked up on the street.
,,,lgable souvenir at this season of the
year
voter. on being questioned as to his
,refsrence in the contest for sheriff in this
i,oory. replied II have old coats from last
,iotcr that will do me- and as | have no
time to indulge in aquatic sports. have no
nae for the lake"
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What the White People of Kinds
Are Going 10 do abOut Eease's
Public Schools.
From the Raymond Gazette.

We are not advised as to the arrange
ments tor schools in other parts of the
county, but so far as Raymond is concerned
we can say that the indications are that
the whites are disposed to abandon, utterly
and entirely, the free schools, until their
management is placed in other hands. Two
schools started by the citizens, (not by Pease.
Tucker q Coz are already in operation in
the village, and we understand that tw o
others of the same character will also soon
commence. 1t is a great wrong that the
whites should be taxed to the extent that
they are, for the purpose of keeping up
free schools. and that the schools should be
controlled by such men that our parents
cannot send to them, and are compelled To
employ teachers and establish schools at
their own individual expense. And then,
too, 1.-The elegant furniture" paid for from
the taxes levied upon the whites, while every
white child is compelled to furnish his own
hide bottomed chair and rough pine desk
We cannot censure our people for taking the
education of their children into their own
hands, but we have no doubt the movement
vastly pleases the carpetsack school ring
and in this. that there will be more money
for them to embeZZle and pack away in their
carpet-bags. We believe in a free school
system aud hope to see the day when
every child in Mississippi can be educated
at the public eXpenSe-but the ring that
now has control of the school business must
be whipped out" before the whites of the
State can with safety have any thing to do
with it.
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Yankee Fashion i'm social Life

From the n. I. World.
A rapid young lady, who is said to belong
to zone of the first families in Flushing. l..
L.. amused herself on Friday evening by
masauerading in masculine habiliments. and
making calls of an amatory nature upon
other young ladies of the local upper tens.
Ii would appear to o. so customary thing
in Flushing for the daughters of the first
families to receive evening visits from per-
feet strangers, and to have ardent attentions
paid them on first interview, that the fair
intruder's fun was not interrupted until she
had visited several houses without an intro
ductin and mate ferocious love to their Oe-
cmpautS.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-19

EpUCATfoSAL.-The Mississippi Col
laga. and the Central Female Institute, at
our neighboriug town of Clinton, have
orened finely, as will be seen by the follow
Ing extract from letter from heV. waiter
WIJman. who is President of one of the In
,jtutions, and Principal of the other:
ut gives me pleasure to be able to inform
von t6at our Institutions had better open
mg than they even did last year. So far,
therefore, the promise of prosperous year is
very fattering. Let all who intend to pur-
suetheir education here come in with as
little as possible, that they may join their
elasses, and thus obtain the full benefits OF
The wears course.
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The Grinding Tax.
Says the Kinds County Gazette

Says the Kinds County Gazette;
The taxes now payable, must be paid, and
every taxpayer should bear the fact in
mind. by the first day of Decem Der next
Ii not paid by that time. fifty per cent. dam
ages will be assessed. The matter of DANA
ges is not discretionary with the Sheriff.
The law requires him TO collect them, and
to account for them. If lie tails to collect
them. he will be required TO pay them
from his own funds. Hitherto the Legisla-
ture has usually been in session about tax
paying time, and has kindly extended the
time in Kinds county. This year, hswever.
the Legislature will not meet tor month
or more after the time prescribed for the
pay ment of taxes has expired. and hence no
relief can be expected; and the taxes for the
year must be paid by the first day of De-
eember ensuing.
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From the Yazoo Democrat.
res aHe citizens of Benton and vicinity, in
ibgf 81 l q numbers, held political meet
were d benton on Saturday last. Speeches
SubIs,1. ellvered by Col. W. H. Luse, }. M.
Waisa Jno. Z. Prewett, Robert Campbell,
corGSe johnson fcoI.) and Bep. Gerald,
indics,;. considerable enthusiasm prevailed,
The ns.. a wide-awake, earnest spirit on
he t foft OF our party to sweep things for
enhsrserSative party on the 9Th of No
4. 4 respectabie number OF colored men on
fore b ao.t 1e majority of whom have hereto
Ritb pn s meeting we met and conyersed
nan UI n. Gerald, most intelligent colored
aud csn no VIII do brave service for our party
cause In the present canvass.
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transportation Announcements for
Mississippi State Fair.

n. O.. j. & g. n. RAILROAD Company
OFFICE GENERAL FREIGHT AGENT,
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2, lS7l.\
STATION AGENTS,
y. o.. j. & G. n. r. II.
Please give extended notice. that all
Articles. Stock, etc, shipped for Exhibition
at the Mississippi State Fair, to be held at
Jackson, October 23d to 2Sth, inclusive, will
be charged Tariff Rates going; but if own
ership is not changed, will be returned Free
to point of shipment. on Certificate of the
Secretary of the Fair, that they have been
on Exhibition.
The only exception to the above rule is
Cotton, which will be shipped Free to
Jackson, if consigned to Col. J. L. Power,
Secretary; but on reshipment Tariff Rate
will be charged to destination.
Yours Respectfully,
a. BROWN.
General Freight Agent