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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

In the midst of other matters now
commanding public attention, we trust
the State Fair announced for the llth
November, will not be lost sight of. Inc
Managers of the Association are ener-
getically working to make the Fourth
Annual Exhibition success in every
particular. The Association premium
list and programme are quite liberal and
attractive, and a very respectable install
ment of special premiums appears in our
paper to-day.
We observe with pleasure an increase
in the number of County Agricultural
and Mechanical Associations in our State,
the annual exhibitions of which will take
place during this and next month. We
hope that all will be well attended, &c
the end that those who labor so faithfully
for the development of home industry
and skill may be encouraged in theii
| good work.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
Letter from General Zee to hl.
Daughter.

CoosAwATCHE, $. a.. Dec.2l l..
Ny DEAR DAUGHTER :-Ilayiug d..eH.
ted such poor Christmas gifts a- h.
those around me, / have been looking
something for you Irifr- rypuurUNI.
ret these war times, and You mUstnUt r..
fore, expect more, have sent yuu W..
thought most useful iu youI-p separation. b
me. aud hope it will he OF SOME s.r
Though s.igmatiZcd a- "yIlc Ir1--. J.. .
never been a drug with me. lu. huW
lie will it purchase! That You m.l I..
want for II. restrict you wants t0 fu..
cc-sitics. To compensate for such .....
/ send you some sweet viUlci4 tNHf u.
cred for you this morning while r.I
with dense white frost, whose erysta.
tered i'm the bright sun like diamond.
formed "A brooch OF rare beauty aUI #.
ness. which could not hC fabricated Dis
expenditure OF a " orld. of money I'D
how God provides for our wants 'TiEr
way. May he guard and prc.ertrGa
me, my dear daughter. Among .IU ..H
tiles of the war the hardest t1 uUr .f
hAps, Is the separation OF HW.O.
friends. Yet all must Dee endured .0N....
plish our independence aud maintain
government. lu nay absence f.m
have thought Of you very 0ium u| "
gtcttcd that ! could dO nothing Cow I
comfort Your old home, ii mot d.'-
by our enemies, has been So dr.c.m... n.
/ cannot bear 20 think OF TO- -Iua" FL.
preferred il 10 have been wiped i"H
earth, its beautiful hin sank. nHI
trees buried, rather thaH to bay" u...
graded by the presence OF those "Hn N.
In the ill they do for their own selfish N.
poses. You see what poor simmer ] b.
and how unworthy 20 possess WulIW
ON me. for that reason 70 Il- been .H.
away. ! pray for better p.Dn tn.
the our enemies may be- changed. I.."
houselcss condition, hope you m.hr
self contented and useful, Occupy 500"
in aiding those more hclpirs lHanI
Think always ul
Your father,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

The Land Grab affair of the Wreckers,
related in the letter of Gen. Lowry to his
Accideney, the Bully Boy, will astound
many persons whose attention has been
wholly absorbed by their personal con-
Germs, and who have been Indifferent to
passing events. In the boldness of its
execution and unblushing hardihood, it
is the most stupendous swindle of the
times. Gov. Alcorn did right in refus-
ing to sign the bill under which the game
has been played but he would have
done better if he had vetoed it outright
His refusal to sign it was proof that he
thought it an Ubiquitous contrivance and
we are at loss to understand why he
did not veto it. The fraud for which it
has served as a thin covering, will amaze
the public.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

lawful purposes" of any such combina-
ton; and the single question remains,
did there, at the time, exist in those nine
counties, or had the President good rea-
son to believe there existed: unlawful
organized and armed,
and, so numerous and powerful as to- be
able, by violence, to either overthrow, or
set at defiance the constituted authorities
of such State, and of the United States
within such State?"
He does not pretend there was any
such combinations; but only claims there
were combinations active and power
full, embracing a sufficient portion OF cit
liens to control the local authority" He
does not claim that they did, in fact,
control" or attempt to control even
''the local authority :" nor does he say
they were armed" Much less does he
claim that they were, not only "organ-
lied and armed" but $50 numerous and
powerful, as to be able, by violence, to
6IIHcI ONcIlHEOM VI SCI Ut NShSlnCS lAlC
constituted authorities" of South Carroll
ma, 'and of the United States within
that State. There is a vast difference
between "the local authority" of few
counties, and ''the constituted authori
| ties" of the whole State "and of the Uni
ted States within such State"
The notorious fact is, that very small
Federal force was employed in those nine
counties, to repress disorder and make
arrests; that few soldiers arrested the
multitude of prisoners, and that not {
man resisted nor was a band OF men,
much less any 'organized and armed
force of the people, seen or even heard
of, in all those nine counties.
Thus, President Grant, by his owl
confession, stands self convicted, before
the American people, as a wilful violatol
of an act of Congress, and guilty of FAY Isl
imprisonment Of American citizens. The
act itself was in violation of the Coasti
tuition, but he has rendered it doubly
cruel and unjust by his manner OF exc
cutting it. 1t is for deliverance from tyr
amy like this, that the prescribed people
of the South are expected to emplo.
their active efforts in the pending election
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

The New Orleans Times gives an ac-
count of horrible crime in Tangipahoa
Parish, in which an abortion and double
murder wore committed, and the family
of the victim implicated. The murder
ed woman was the daughter of Judge
Hiestand, Radical. j. III. Collier, one
of the perpetrators of the deed, and the
cause of the woman's shame, made his
first appearance in Tangipahoa Parish
as ga carpet-bag teacher of a colored
school. He, with Mrs. Heistead, and a
younger sister of the victim have been
arrested.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

The Pilot is rather late in the day in
disavowing a knowledge of the Govern
or's intention in reference to the bills
curtailing salaries and reducing the num-
Der of Judicial Districts which in a
single term would save several hundred
thousand dollars to the State treasury.
The organ now says it is mot the keeper
nor Trainer of the Governors judgment
But it came to say last spring that he
would certainly sign the bills ''as soon
Gas the spring terms of the Courts are
cover ?" Will it answer that?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

THE MERIDIAN GAZETTE. q
career of twelve years in journalism,
in which profession he has enjoyed the
respect of his contemporaries who will bid
him adieu with regret, Col. ]. J. Shan
non has retired from this staunch paper.
1t will hereafter be conducted by Mr.. F.
I. Cooper who by his long and successful
journalistic experience is well and favor
ably known to the public. The Gazette
win hereafter be issued Semi-WeeLly.
instead of Daily and viii be enlarged and
otherwise improved.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

The first week of the Meetings APP
pointed by the Greeley Executive Com
mittees, have been hell, with good results
as far as we have heard Let the people
turn out everywhere and let each man
do what he is able for the advancement
of the common cause. The speakers
who have been assigned to the meetings
ought by all means to attend but they
should be assured of hearty welcome
by those in whose cause they are toiling.
The Committees have done their duty,
and will continue to do it. But after all,
the real work depends on the masses.
Committees may plant. Orators may
water but the rank and file must give
the increase.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
The interruptions GRANTEES.

1t is stated that Mr.. Shotwell, of North
Carolina, one of the political prisoners,
confined by the Administration in the
Albany Pententiary, was informed that
he would be released on condition that he
would furnish such evidence as would
tend to implicate Vance and other prom
inent men in the South as leaders of the
Ku Klux organization. Shotwell indig-
nantly refused the bargain, and is still
under confinement, with but few chances
for liberation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
DISTRICTS :

First District. NJ. Phipps, of Lafay-
ftte, ii. M. Street, of Prentiss A. L. Roaner
OF Calhoun.
second District-J. Il. Morgan, of DeSOtoi
u. G. Walthall, of Grenada, kinloch Falco-
neT,-of Marshall.
Third Decentralization o. Reynolds, OF
Monroe, II. w. Williamson, of Montgomery,
Robert Mcintosh, of Chickasaw.
Fourth Districts. ). Calhoon, of Madl-
son, Garnett Andrews, of IaZoO, j. D
shannon, OF Lauderdalc.
Fifth District-W. ii. McCardle, of War
ren, Harris Barksdale, of Kinds, Sylvanus
Evans, of Clarke.
Sixth District-Benj. King, ST., of COpiah
Hiram Cassidy, Sr, of Franklin, Z. X
Mayors, of Harrison.
Appointed by direction of the Convention
j. w. G. WATSON. President.
JACKSON, Miss. June 20, 1872.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
How DrInIeIng cnuscs Apopleg

II is the essential nature of a.I "u
and spirits to send au increased a
Of blood 10 the brain. The Gr ".
Of taking a glass Of wincor stronger
Of alcohol, is to send the blood there
or than common hence the a"..
that gives the red face. H. iurral
activity Of the brain, and it war. ..-
and so does the tongue. But a. .H0 ID
goes TO the brain faster than common
returns faster, and no special T.aa
harm results. But suppose g man IS.
on drinking, the blood is sent -o .ae ...
50 last, in such large quantif.a. .I
order to make room for 10 rh. a
have 10 enlarge thcmselyl .H.N
crease in size, and in doing p tl.H
against the more yielding aae#d
which carry the blood out of faa .
and thus diminish their size, their
the result being that the blood De- 0..
carried to the arteries Of the brain .-.
than is natural or healthful, aut 10 =.
vented from leaving IL as fr-- as -.i.
hence a double set Of causes o. I.a..
set in operation. Hence, maa
drink enough Of brandy or other
IN few hours, or even minute q.
on fatal attack Of apopIeNy l
literally being dead drunk
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
The Reform BILLS,

Gov. Powers admitted the necessity of
these bills. Reiterating what his prede-
cessor had said before him he confessed
the expenditures of the State government
were exorbitant and ought to be curtailed.
The superior management of the Demo
cratic and Conservative members of the
Legislature, effected the passage of bills
which in a single term would have re-
duced the expenditures several hundred
thousand dollars The Pilot, the official
organ of the State government, COM
planned when we expressed our suspicion
several weeks after that body adjourned,
that the so-called Governor would act in
bad faith and refuse to sign the bills In
its issue of April Goth, 1872, the follow
ing appeared:
THE CLARION says: 1--WE have heard a
suggestion that Gov. Powers may have in
''structions from Washington to pocket the
"bill looking to retrenchment and reform"
What will THE CLARION have to say FOR
itself when it is assured that the biz lciU be
signed. We cannot understand why every
issue of that sheet should TEEN with denun-
Citations of Gov. Z. when we are assured by
Democrats every dav that the people
meaning the native born people-are fully
satisfied that the Executive is acting con-
scientiously and well.-Pilot, April both,
1872.
The official paper furthermore pledged
for the acting Governor that he would
certainly sign the bills "as soon as the
"Spring courts were over" What the
"Spring courts" had to do with the bill
reducing his own salary among others,
we have no means of knowing. Be that
as it may, the bills are not signed and
the tax-collectors are calling on the peo-
pie to pay the levies to meet the enor-
nous expenditures under penalty of
having their estates confiscated.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

When the carpet-bag regime commenc-
ed in Georgia, the State debt in round
numbers, was $4,000, 900 In 1871, it
had increased to $40, 900, 600 and there
was nothing whatever to show for the
money which had been borrowed on the
credit of the State. The carpet-baggers
had stolen it all And not only that !;
but all they were enabled to grind out of
the people by oppressive tax laws. This
accounts for the overwhelming verdict
against the Grant Administration last
week.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
The Georgia Election.

The New York Tribune in speaking OF
the election in Georgia, says: 1.-The mag
''niticent triumph in Georgia is chiefly
valuable as demonstrating the strength
of Liberalism in the South when free to
manifest itself without the interference
of Administration agents and the cor
''rupting influences of Administration
money"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

We have strong hope that the elections
to be held this day TUESDAY, the 9Th, }
in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, will
result favorably to the Liberal cause; but
our efforts to redeem Mississippi must not
depend on their actson. Her people
must remember that they themselves
must strike the blow, if they would be
free from carpet-bag thraldom.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

In three months after the Inauguration
of Horace Greeley, the colored people
who are now misled will have perfect
assurance of protection in all their rights
under his Administration-and the
whites of the South will realize a sense of
relief from the corrupt carpet-bag admin
istrations which have grown up and
flourished under the patronage of the
Grant Administration. To all classes,
except the Wreckers, the change will be
a God-send for which a heartfelt thanks
giving will be offered up.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
EDIToRs CLARION =

EDITORS CLARION =
Enclosed you will find Circular from
the Grant State Executive Committee, with
envelope Gas franked by Geo. {. Mckee, NJ.
G. of Your district.) stating that as member
of the Board of Supervisors of this county,
am expected 70 contribute 70 fund To de-
fray the expenses of the campaign, and IT
further stated that they would be pleased II
| would remit for the above purpose, &c.
They have missed their man. | am not a
Radical Office holder, although Jefferson IS
counted Republican. There are three blacks
TO one white voter, but live in district
that is Democratic by 60 majority, aud in
the Presidential election we will roll up a
majority for Greeley and Brown, aud Cas-
sedy.
Yours, Respectfully.
M.EnGMI(k
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

/ have received the advance sheets of some
fifty pages, of the new Digest of the Deci-
sions of the Court Of last resort in this State
by Gen. George. The work will cover the
entire period from the organization Of that
tribunal. through all its changes, to the
present time.
1.-THE entire work shall fulfill the promise
OF the present sheets, it will be a most val
liable contribution to the legal learning OF
the State.
In its Arrangement, it is most uneXception-
able. 1t confines each title to its peculiar
and appropriate subject. 1t avoids all un-
necessary repetition by fit and proper ref
erences. The sub divisions are numerous,
yet do not at all embarrass the design, but
rather aid, in making il easily understood.
As an instance, take the title, Executors
and Administrators. 1t is sub-dividcd into
more thar thirty heads, but by judicious
treatment there is no repetition, and you
find at glance the thing you want, with
out pouring over various matters, which AT
the time you do not want.
1t comes rs near filling all the uses and
purposes of a Digest, as any work could do.
BY its judicious arrangement by its careful
analysis, and by its brief yet clear state
ment, it is not only great saving Of labor,
to the lawyer, but it presents him the point,
often with greater precision than the Re
porter himself does
In the long period over which the work
extends, many changes in the decisions
have been made by legislation, and not a
few by contrary or over-ruling decisions.
These changes are carefully noted, so that
the work presents an historical view of the
progress of the law, and sets forth its pres
ent status in unmistakable terms.
In a word, the practitioner, who, does not,
at once, make it his handbook. will soon
find himself compelled to DO so, or be hope
lessly outstripped in his career.
A RETIRED LAWYER.
A,,r,~+ 10
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
The Cotton Market.

The market has been steadily advanc.
ing for the past ten days. Better quail
ties in New Orleans are quoted from 184
10 194c. The effect. of the impression OF
a large crop, by its early opening on &C
count of drouth and rust, is passing
away. Planters who are in a condition
TO hold their crops may be assured of a
good price in the spring.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

The Meridian Mercury sketches Gen.
Lowry's speech at Lauderdale on the 4th.
It was devoted principally to State issues
and the exposition of the system of legal
lied plumber by which the people OF
Mississippi have been victimized under
the regime of the Adventures who were
imported into the State by the Grant
Administration to rule and plumber.
This is the keynote.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

Georgia, with population In which
the races are nearly balanced, has given
an immense majority for the Greeley
ticket, Notwithstanding the wheels of
Liberalism were clogged by the Bourbons
under Stephens and Toombs, once popu-
lar leaders in that State. The majority
is variously estimated at from thirty to
fifty thousand. The Augean stable viii
be thoroughly cleansed There isscarce-
ly anything of Grantism left. The Lib
eral tornado has swept the tall oaks-the
scrubby timber-the saplings and the I'M
derbrush all away; and the field is clear.
The lesson is significant. Carpet-Bag-
ism was installed in Georgia as in the
other Southern States, with pomp and
circumstance Federal bayonets were
brought into requisition; and its advent
was celebrated, as elsewhere, by the roar
of cannon, the music of drums, and all
the parapharnalia of the military power
of the government. With bound, it
started on its race Of plumber. High
taxes and legalized stealing were the or
der of the day. The carr et-baggers and
their scalawag allies skinned, while the
Administration, with its shoulder-straps,
held. The first revolt of the people
against this order of things, was instan-
taneously thwarted by the Washington
ruIers-who, after having formally re-
admitted the State into the Union, or
pledge of respecting her rights equally
with the most favored-remanded her tC
a provinciate condition under a military
satrap. She was denied her representa-
ton in Congress and her Legislature wai
dispersed. In the Presidential election
| of 1868 they notified her that if her vote
was cast against Grant it should not b,
counted, provided it would decide thu
contest against him.
Meantime, all the deviltry which ha
signalized the carpet baggery regimes o
other States, was carried on with higl
hand. State institutions were seized ant
: run for the private gain of rings. Stat
paper was manufactured and state credi
was strained to the last dollar. Take
equivalent to confiscation, were imposed
Bullock and Blodget, and their gang, Gel
: ebrated their internal orgies. The
danced merrily, and the poor taxpayer
were required, in the name of loyalty, t
pay tbs piper. Blu
why pursue the story? 1t has been toll,
over and over again in all the Southern
communities, Mississippi among the rest
The sequel is explained in the news 0
the late election, which we have record
ed. The carpet-bag bubble has burst
Bullock has left the State with his steal
ings, a fugitive from justice. His clan;
men are scattered in every direction
: The peoi lie are again in authority; an
the scheme of the Grant barty to hol
d Georgia to the Administration by sys
tenn of strife-stirring, of hate and of rot
/ berry, has resulted in its own complet
and overwhelming discontinue. 1t
. buried in grave of unfathomable infa
my. The few thousand majority of CO.
ored voters boosted in Mississippi by tn
: carpet-bag and scalawag office-holder
+ who wear the Grant collar, will not saw
e them from a like deserved fate in thi
State. This is the lesson which Georgi
. teaches Mark our words
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

The State Of Alabama g. ID f.Ue cNlu..
the dominion OF the carpct-uag2'r
1861 the debt of this State was e5HI
In 1867, when "recOnstructIuu b.-Ht
debt was s. 100000. Ia 1871 tHp aO..
so 100000. Increase 100 tour }er ".
pct-bag rule Sl7,OOO,OOO. Tho l'
publicly announced it, us iI..r polio
iniict such system OF taxation a-
amount 10 coniiscatiOu.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
HVhat Ibc Georgia Election VI.
\ At
Nav York Herald Special O....
The President and tIic IEouri,..

The precincts Of the White House ......
most entirely free from UoIIUr.. .
The President places a high c-fIma.a6.
nominations OF the Louisville Conra-.
and would not be surprised So k,rf..
was carried by the Republican. m
advised that the Bourbon Democracy f....
State is very strong ANA win dot ya.
Greeley. s similar report bias aI.. I..
received from Virginia, and c.peciU-f-
tiIe-W water counties.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

By reference to another column it will
be seen that the Mongrel State Admins
tration has repudiated their own issues
under their favorite Railroad Subsidy
act. Taxpayers are warned not to
procure warrants issued to the Ripley
Railroad Company. Here is a pretty
kettle of fish. What's in the wind2
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

The Khedive Of Egypt is probably
richest man in the world His
income is fifty million dollars, and ~
twenty-five richly furnished palaces
in the walls Of Cairo. Hcis vastly p
progressive than the Sultan, bis a.a
master, is rapidly extending DOG l'.-
ions, building railroads, and mlA
commercial improvements, and wy
mately become independent OF uI NJ.
domination, He is at present m'A...
arrangements for the construction ..0
railroad up the Nile to Dong2la'
thence across the desert 10 L'uaai
which country he will make one %.
own provinces. 1t Ihas been reil''' .--
Of him that ''the Viceroy upon ~
throne in Europe, would be the gil'I
monarch Of the age He is not gDF
prince but a merchant, a capIta''l5., rs
statesman, and a cultivator. lie a s.,,
only four hours out of the twenty IN, I'm.
and at his desk center his railroads So. ..r
ship lines, telegraphs, postal scr III.
private estates, sugar-mills, coltoN
ture, army, navy and civil service
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10

We are converted. We confess it.
We believe in the Darwinian theory, that
men are descendants of monkies. But
we insist we never would have believed
it had we not heard Ames last Saturday
night. OH that we were a Darwin, so
that we might calculate to a fraction
when his ancestry began to drop their
fa1IS
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-10
Lynch's AtrOciOus Speech at Carr
landsviIIe.

A reliable correspondent reports the
atrocious utterances of James Lynch
(colored carpet-bagger) at Charlottesville
to the men of his race. We appeal to
the public to read the report not for the
purpose of stirring up ill-blood-but to
show the spirit of the class whose rule
the people of the State are cursed with.
If this speech Of Lynch means anything,
it means war of races-it means blood
shed 1t not only squints at this hOrri-
BILE result but it darkly and diabolically
hints at the assassination of Mr.. Greeley
in the event Of his election. What else
the boast that he twill die before the
first of January" signify?