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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

An act TO provide for representation from
the counties of Perry, Sunfower Green,
jackson and Jones, and for other purposes,
was taken up.
And the report of the Judiciary Commit
tee (Which was uniavorable 10 the passage
OF the bill) agreed TO.
An act To amend the charter OF the eity
of Vickssura, in relation to the ighing
cotton by the city weigher, was taken up
and the question occurring on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Haste to the senate
amendment, Mr.. Hasis's amendme mt was
lost.
Mr.. Webster moved that the House do
concur in the Senate amendment to the bill.
Lost.
An act supplemental to and commentator
~ of an act 10 secure and protect all citizens
in the right TO travel upou all public con-
veyaDces In this State, approved July 10,
1870. was taken up.
Mr.. Street moved TO postpone, for the
present, the further consideration OF the
bill.
Mr.. Avery moved to amend Mr.. Streets
motion to postpone. by making the bill
special order for Friday next at IL o'clock,
a. m.
Mr.. Griggs moved % table the amendment
and the amendment to the amendment.
Carried.
Mr.. Spelman moved the previous CUES
ton. which was sustained; and undef the
operation thereof. the bill passed.
Yeas A; nays 33.
Yeas-Messrs. Barrett, Bell. Bush, Brooks,
Corcoran, Cessor. Chandler, Cooke, Carter,
Dixon, Fisher, Foley, Feemster, Gill.Griggs,
Gayles, Hill, Handy OF Copiah, Handy of
Madison, Higgins, Holmes, Holland. Haste.
Houston, johnson of Kinds, johnson of
DeSOto, Jacobs, kendrick, Lindsey. Nc
Cawley, Mallory, Morgan, Piles. Reese,
Shadd, Stewart of Holmes. Stewart Of Nox-
ubee, Spelman, Smothers sullivan Willing,
Webster, White and Mr.. Speaker "A.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Avery, Baker Bal
bridge, Benson, Bolton, Calhoun. Currie,
Curlee, Evans, Ford, Grace, Gaddis, Gaines
Goar, Hudnall. Hyer. Lravell. Lopez. Lowry,
Mckie, McInnIs. Nets, Martiniere. Nisbett
Reed, Robbins, Roane, Ross, Street, Street
er, Sawyer, Wharton-33.
Absent and not voting-37.
Mr.. White moved to reconsider the vote
last taken. and to table the motion TO recon-
slider. Carried.
An act TO relieve the disabilities of minor
ity of Robert A. Cowlen, minor of Scott
county, was taken up, and the report OF the
Judiciary Committee (which was favorable
to the passage of the blD agreed to.
And the bill passed.
Mr.. Huggins gave notice that he would
move 20 reconsiderathe vote whereby Ii B
No 297, an act To amend an act To incorpor-
ate the Mobile and Northwestern Railroad
Company, approved, July 20, passed the
House.
House adjourned
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Defeat of the Judiciary Reform
bill.

On Tuesday the proposition to reduce
the number of judicial Districts so as to
curtail the enormous expenditures of the
Judiciary Department, was defeated in
the House by an almost partisan vote
the Republicans with a few honorable
exceptions, having voted against it.
The necessity for this reform will be
understood when it is remembered that
the expenses on account Of the Judiciary
have increased from $125,000 before
the war under citizens rule to 1882, 900
under Carpet-Bag rule, auditors Re
port, January 1872.
The introduction of measures by Dem
ocratic members for effecting this reduc-
ton, was the signal for general rush of
Judges learned in the law to the Cap
ital who came bowling like a pack of
hungry wolves to resist the movement.
The vote on Tuesday shows that these judi
cial stipendiaries were entirely successful.
Their department, for while longer at
least, is to cost the people as much as
the expense of the entire State govern
ment when the taxable basis was four
times as large.
When the Legislature met, loud were
the professions of the leading Radicals in
favor of economy. Admitting the reck-
less extravaganza and wholesale plumber
ing of the last two years, they proclaim
ed that the great necessity of the
State government was a reduction of its
expenditures And yet when their pro-
fessions have been put to the test, they
have vanished into thin air as in the case
above recited. Let the taxpayers take
notice.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
The Experimental Farm Fand
aHfsaPPIied---Wha Will the
Legislature DO AbO1t Ii?

I
Public spirited citizens are urging the
Legislature to execute the act of Con-
gress setting apart ten per cent. OF the
amount OF the sales Of the land scrip
donated by Congress, for the purchase OF
site for an experimental farm" Their
petition is based on the exact terms OF
the grant as set forth in the law of 1862,
wherein it is provided that the capital
of the fund derived from the sale of the
lands donated ''shall remain forever atn-
diminished" but that 10 per cent. of the
principal ''may be expended for the
purchase of lands for an experimental
''farm." The amount thus authorized
to be expended is SIS, 900 which is 10
per cent. of the proceeds of the land
scrip.
But the petition is met by the reply
that the money liable tObe thus employed,
has already been appropriated ! Gov.
Alcorn in his Report states that he used
not only that sum but upwards of eleven
thousand dollars besides, in the purchase
of the Oakland College property" He
says:
The sum total of the sale of the land scrip
being $ls9,000 would give $4,000, which
by the terms of the grant could be invested
! in land. The University at Oxford holds
in its own right a section of land. Her
wants in this behalf are supplied. The
whole sum subject TO this character of
investment proper TO be applied TO the ptr-
chase of land for the benefit Of Acorn Untuer-
SitE. The Trustees of the latter University
proposed to the Trustees of Oakland College
the purchase Of the entire property. The
proposition was made, it is proper TO say. at
Try suggestion, and was favorably received
by the representatives of Oakland. 10 tCds
tIus agreed THAT THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN CASH SHOULD BE PAID
ON THE PURCHASE OUT OF THE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND
iov. Alcorn's Report.
1t is not true that the whole" or any
part Of the sum was proper to be APP
"plied" as here stated. The law expli-
city declared that 10 per cent. might be
applied to the purchase "of lands for an
experimental farm" And it further de-
clared that "no portion Of said fund, nor
''the interest thereon, shall be applied
"directly or indirectly UNDER ANY PRE-
TENCE WHATEVER TO THE PURCHASE,
ERECTION, PRESERVATION OR REPAIR OF
ANY BUILDING OR BUILDINGS. ~ Sec. 5.
Therefore the "thirty thousand dollars"
above mentioned were misapplied. The
State is in duty bound to cancel the
transaction or to make good the fund
which her agents have misused; other
wise her honor will be furnished by the
violation of her plighted faith. Her ac-
ceptance of the grant was a solemn pledge
to carry out its conditions and its vio-
lation will be an act of shameless repudi-
alton. If the Legislature is determined
to appropriate thirty thousand dollars to
the purchase of buildings and other pro-
perty for the use of Alcorn University,
let it do 50, but let the State be spared
the discredit of recognizing the miscon-
duct of her agents in laying violent hands
upon the fund set forth specifically for
an experimental farm" and forbidden
to be expended for any other purpose
whatever.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

Elsewhere we publish an extract from
the Canton Mail disclosing the manner
in which the Methodists of that city, and
the community in general, have been
imposed upon by a scoundrel who came
among them and was received as Min
lister of the Gospel. Communities should
be careful how they receive stranger:
upon letters of introduction, particularly
into so sacred place as the pulpit. The
papers of the whole country are filled
with accounts of the villianies Of men
who have imposed upon communities il
the guise of ministers by forged letters
We congratulate Canton upon this fellow
being so soon unmasked.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

The Vicksburg Herald of yesterday
announces the withdrawal of the distin-
tinguished veteran (yeteran in the sense
Of long and able service in the journals
tic profession, but young in vigor and
strength from that paper. The regret
with which we return his "adieu" is not
umixed with the hope that we will be
permitted to greet him again ere long in
his congenial and accustomed field of
labor where his services to the common
cause of liberty and honest government
are so much needed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
The Delinquency of the SuPerin-
Hendemf Of Public Education.

The Delinquency of the Superin-
tendenf Of Public Education.
Certainly the Legislature is a patient
and torbearing body or it would not sub
NIT without even a murmur to the
gross delinquency of the Superintendent
of Public Education. The law requires
that che shall annually, on or before the
"15th day of January, prepare and sub
Unit a report to the Legislature of all
''such matters relating to his Office and the
educational interests of the State as
''may be deemed expedient to commu-
''nicate" 1t is now the fifteenth day
of March, two months after the time pre-
scribed by law, and the sixty-third day
of the session, and yet no report has been
made to the Legislature by the Superin-
tendent of Education. To our certain
knowledge many of the members of the
Legislature are pledged to an effort to ac-
complish important reforms in the exist
ing system, and others are awaiting a
report to determine what further legisla-
ton is required. They all need light to
enable them to move Understandings
and wisely. One thing they know, and
it is that the system is a complicated and
bungling contrivance, potent as an engine
to exhaust an immense fund which is
drained almost exclusively from the
pockets of one class of the taxpayers,
but feeble as a means of education.
Some weeks ago the apology was pub
lished by the Superintendent for not
making his report, that the County Su-
perintendents had not been prompt to
send In their reports to him. But we
have searched the law in vain to find
that the performance of this duty is con-
tingent upon the acts of sub-Superin-
tendents. The unfaithfulness and in
competency of his subordinates, furnish
no sufficient ground for delinquency on
his part. He surely knows something
about the workings of his Department,
and he might afford to tell it even if it
be but little. He might at least furnish
the Legislature with the names of the
delinquent County Superintendents SO
that wholesome public opinion, if moth
ing else, might be brought to bear upon
them.
P. S.-Since the above was put in type
we have observed that resolution of in
quiry concerning the failure of the SUI
perintendent to report, has passed the
Senate, on motion of Mr.. Cassidy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

The SUMMIT TIMES. F. T. Cooper, Esq,
has sold this paper, which he has con-
Quoted with ability since it was founded
by him in 1867, to Mr.. G. II. Rowan.
We infer from an intimation at the close
Of Mr.. Coopers valedictory, that he will
resume his connection with the press at
an early day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

New HAMPSHIRE has elected the Re
publican candidate for Governor, by a
small majority. Until last year, when a
Democrat was elected by the Legislature
Ono candidate having received popular
majority, the State has gone Republican
for every consecutive year since 1854.
Grants majority was 5000. The result
does not certainly foreshadow that he
win lose the State, but it shows the pro-
gress of great reaction against him.
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HOUSE.
TUESDAY. N[areh l2. ls72.


Absent-Messrs. Boyd, Buchanan, Davis
of Lafay ette. Davis of Noxubee, Everett.
French. Gaddis, Horton, Holland, Hyer.
Howe, Kimbrougn, Lindsey, Lowry, Ian
ders, Mccain. Morgan, Nettles, Piles, Pot
ter, Quinn, Smith of DeSotO. Stone, Spelman,
Sessions, Truehart, Wroton, West, Wade
and w Walker 81.
Leave of absence was granted to the fol-
lowing gentlemen:
Mr.. Hyer, from day to day; Mr.. Wade,
from day to day.
By Mr.. Leavell: A petition from certain
citizens of Monroe county, praying that
the lands therein described, be detached
from and added to Lee county.
Referred u special committee composed
of the members from Itawamba, Monroe
and Lee counties.
By Mr.. Lowry: petition from certain
residents of the town of Summit, praying
for an amendment of the charter of said
town, by the addition thereto of a section
prohibiting the Mayor aud Aldermen, I'M
der any circumstances. from granting
license for the sale OF vinops and spurious
liquors IN quantities less Than one gallon,
within the eeFPofate limits Of said town.
Referred tatfle member FROM Pike coun-
ty-
BY Mr.. Hill: petition from certain eiti-
Zens of Lafayette county, praying for the
relief Of Robt. McGregor, for services as
teacher, as therein SET forth.
Referred TO the Committee on Education.
An act 70 Incorporate the Corinth. Kos
suth and KosciuskO Railroad Company. =
Amend by inserting the names Of K. G..
Gillenwaters, +. N. Marbin, A. r. Black j.
r. Mcintosh, and j. Il. Griffin, of Chicka-
saw county. Passed.
An act topr@vide for holding an election
in certain counties in this State TO vote on
the question Of levying tax 70 aid In the
construction of the Grenada, Louisville and
Meridian Railroad, and for other purposes
was passed. i-ti
Mr. SPEAKKR: an act to amend an act en-
titled an act to encourage internal improve
ments IN the State OF Mississippi, with
Senate amendments thereto, have hal the
same under consideration, and instructed
me to report said bill back TO the House. as
amended by the Senate with the recon-
mendation that IL do pass, with the follow
ing amendment GO Senate amendment to-
wit: .s t.fA ..
Strike out In fourth line Of second pro-
Tis0 ofSenate amendment the word Aewo,''
and insert In lieu thereof the word 'one.n
Respectfully,
.ii1 s1-G ssfd 5-ss w. Y. BAxxx.
s.., 80 es.4I-. Of COMMITTEES,
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s. God save ms from that Glass. -
From the Iuka Gazette.

From the Iuka Gazette.
We had hoped that Governor Powers,
would so conduct himself throughout his
administration that all might zt least ac-
cord to him honesty and purity Of purpose
but it seems impossible for Radical TO do
q half dozen consecutive acts without ma
jority being influenced by partisan or mer-
cenary objects. The late conduct or the
Governor in the Rankin county affairs
shows him 60 possess the same arbitrary
and Illegal proclivities which characterize
the whole carpGt-bag fraternity when par
" is TO be subserved or money 20 Be 'siug
cut In the whole pAndect Of villainy
some time, does not dit before the gaze Of
the Yankee adgenturer. His restless grip
b ever kr1sping &C something b carry TO
hum, p and which win ultimately carry him
60 he'll God save Ms from that clmss Of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
The Reign OF Terror,

The following late dispatches fore
shadow the plan of the campaign which
has been determined upon by the Radi-
cal rulers, from now until the Presiden-
tial election, against the prescribed peo-
pie of the South. The Federal army is
to be employed to hunt down and arrest
persons who are opposed to the continu-
ance of the present despotic and corrupt
dynasty.
CHARLESTON, March 10.-The Unionville
Times reports that arrests for kuIluxism
Were commenceu in Union county last
week by Deputy u 5. Marshal. Williams,
NnN that much excitement exists through
MMf 4nA country, where complete quiet and
MMKmNny had prevailed for many months.
MAAHHEs Of all kinds was suddenly sus-
XNNM M&a. and on many plantations work had
MfH# Ah8udoned and laborers discharged.
NN Mexs being unwilling to risk plant
0zon oWing TO the prevailing uncer-
E1oN. March - General r.. w.
H1EN1 States Marshal at Mont
4 has applied to Attorney Gen
NN M Enr troops to aid him in ar
MsliGlpd ut the late term of
I# District Court, held at
ENM HAi-Alnx 0ntrages, CON-
AMIlMpo0sa. Clay, Ran
N NNNnkEees The Attorney
". AM ~ fhe@Secretary OF
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
EVENING SESSION.

Mr.. Bennett gave nosice that he would,
On to4morr0W, move reconsideration OF
the action OF the Senate o. the passage Of
Senate bin No. 115. entitled an set % en-
courge the introduction Of machinery and
on MfnalRmfppf.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
Conservative Victory i'm Hancock
County.

The following despatch announces the
triumph of the Conservatives N the spe-
cial election for Representative from
Hancock county:
BAY ST. LOUIS. March IL, 1872.
Leonard one hundred votes ahead.
j. 7. DAVIDSON.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

An act % facilitate the construction OF
the Selma, Marion and Memphis railroad
was taken up. and. after she adoption and
rejection OF "a number Of amendment fhr
bin was passed.
Teas, TO; nays. ~.
senate adjourned.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
CoRREcrIoN.-After our outside went

CoRRECTIoN.-After our outside went
to press we were furnished with a
corrected copy of the, protest entered
on the Journals in the Copiah county
election case by the Conservatives
and Democrats. Among other errors
the name of Ma. J. l.. EVANS of Chick
asaw, is omitted and that of J. L. Ces-
sor substituted The corrections will be
made in our Weekly.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

Two ladies received diplomas among
other graduates Of the Medical Depart
ment Of the Iowa State University, on
the 18th.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21

The sonaherm Claims Commission
have considered IL 600 claims. representing
$50 LOCO 900. OF this amount they will allow
rs coming within their rules about $s,000,-
900 or 990O0,O00. The total amount Of all
filed and 60 be fled, which they deem Jest
and equitable, 10 estimated nc sac 0O0O 00s-
Wanhfngnnm Patriot.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
Mansion Receptions

In expressing its distaste at the opin-
ions expressed by us upon. the propriety
of the colored Honorables making their
first demand for social recognition at the
Mansion, the Pilot very widely oversteps
the bounds of courteous journalism.
When it says THE CLARION ''insinuates
''that the colored people had made a
''demand to be admitted to these re-
''ceptions," it misstates the fact.
Nothing has beer insinuated by us
but rumor which was upon our streets
to that effect was spoken of. 1t also
misstates the fact when it charges that
we have invaded the ''sacred precincts"
of the Governors family. So far from
doing so, we were not even apprised that
he has family but were under the i'm
preston that he was a bachelor. We
have said nothing derogatory of the
manner in which those much compliment
ted receptions were conducted; we have
no reason to doubt that they were very
recherche. But we have said, and we
expect to continue to say, that if Radi-
calism has the right to force its ends and
desires upon persons who oppose both,
by legislating an admixture of races into
hotels, theaters, halls of amusement, and
churches; the private property of indi-
viduals, built by private enterprise and
used in private interests, then it has the
right to legislate the same admixture of
races into the Mansion, which was built
by the State, is owned by the State, fur
nished by the State, and used presump-
lively in the interest of the State. We
did say that is the proper place to begin
this most abominable of all Radical doc
trines. That those who preach the doc
trine should be the first made to practice
it. The Pilots remarks as to what it
pleases to call the prying inquisition
''of bitterly partisan journals" and what
they will be, or viii not be, permitted to
do are entirely gratuitous. So far as
THE CLARION is concerned, it intends to
comment in its own way and at its own
time upon any subject that it may see fit.
Should it by chance unintentionally re-
fer to any person or any persons family,
Gin the reception matter we have made
no reference to family, we are ready to
make amends; if we do so Intentionally
we are responsible, and therefore pro-
pose to pursue our course regardless of
any protests the Pilot may see fit to utter.
The following is Horace Greeley's let
ter declining to participate in the call for
Grant National Republican Convention.
1t is Insignificant, coming from the foun-
der of the Republican party
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u. nAKEA ~
Of Committee.
nj &L-I---A

Mr.. Street moved to amend the amend
ment 10 the Senate ameudmene recom-
mended by the commektee, nv striking OUT
eone and halfn Carried ~ ,iitFissssass'
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The following is Horace Greeley's let
ter declining to participate in the call for
Grant National Republican Convention.
1t is Insignificant, coming from the foun-
der of the Republican party
FRIEND CHANDLER PLEASE SoT to attach
my name to the call tor the National Con-
vention- / stayed away from your meeting
on purpose to keep position of indepeu-
dence. If we have trustworthy assurances
of reform from the White House. all right;
but am not inclined TO help our Leets and
Stockings to another half million ofplunder.
Yours.
lei RACE GREELEY.
NEW YoRK, January ID 1S73.
Hon. William T.. Chandler. Washington
City, ID. @.
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SUPREME C0UaT-SpEClAL TERM.
Andrew y. Garvey's Madison Avenue Pros
perty--A Legal Sqnabble About 1t.

Andrew y. Garvey's Madison Avenue Pro-
perty--A Legal sqnabble About 1t.
Before Judge Barnard.
One OF the series Of suits promising to be OF inter-
minablc length growing out OF the expose OF the
financial transactions OF the New Court House
ring came up for trial yesterday morning be-
fore Judge Barnard ut the Special Term OF
the Supreme Court The suit is one involv
ing an inquiry as to the property OF Andrew J.
t:arvey. In addition to the court room being
crowded there was large array of counsel on both
Sides Judges Edmonds and Dittenholrcr and Messrs.
Runkie n Engehardt appearing for the prosecution,
and Messrs. Luther r. Marsh and Messrs. Elliot &
Lindlcy ON the other side. The PLAINTIFF In the suit
T. Isador Morrison, and the defendant Isabella Gar
vey, wife OF Andrew J. Garvcy.
WHAT THE PLAINTIFF WANTS
II Is charged by the plaintiff that In August last,
when Mr.. Andrew J. Garvey fed the city, he con-
eyed his property to his brother John Garvey, for
= nominal consideration, and that the latter recon-
vcyed the same to the defendant. Some time after
this the plaintiff further alleges that he made con-
.rect with John Garvey, as the attorney OF MS.
Andrew J. Garvey, for the sale Of sixteen lots on
Madison avenue, between Sixty-seventh and sixty
eighth streets, for s2l500O IL was stipulated that
she deed should be delivered within u week. When
the deed, however, was ready the PLAINTIFFS coun-
gei raised an objection that under the bankrupt
LAW u Within Six month"; after the contract \ petit