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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-28
Monthly Report Of Ihe Agric"I-
turnI Bureau.

" AsHINNToN, Nov. 23.-The report
of the Statician Department Of Agricul-
ture gives the cotton prospects substan-
TALLY some Interpretation as the October
statement, while the returns of the con
dition since August have been much be-
low the average. They have been high
er than corresponding months the previ-
Gus season, averaging in October 50
against rs, and in September 81 against
so; November returns give an average
increase over 1871 Of about 8 per cent,
with an al ca in cultivation Of y to -
per cent. The comparison by States
with the last years crop is as follows ::
North Carolina, 121; South Carolina,
1874; Georgia, 119 Florida, l02 Ala
bama, III; Mississippi, 112; Louis
lana, 121; Texas, 1876; Arkansas, 1l5 :;
Tennessee, 10; Missouri, Virginia, IL
lionis and other States, which produced
80, 600 bales in 1860, and which cotton
culture was stimulated in several subse-
quent years, now scarcely yield ten per
cent. of that amount. The total pro-
duction, as indicated by returns the first
week in November is made very nearly
3, 100000 commercial bales.
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Necessarily The CLARION must some
times speak of ::matters of public inn
portance which it catches on the breeze
not being in the secrets of those in au-
thority. For example, we referred in
our last to rumor that the acting Gov
ernor was buying up the Subsidy War
rants, which have been dishonored by
the opinion of the Attorney General,
with the proceeds of the Land Scrip which
the law directs shall be invested in 'fsafe
stock" The latter phase of this report is
said to be incorrect The former is not.
The rumor now is that he is buying them
up on private decount-which is rather
strange proceeding.
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A romantic and somewhat tragical
event, involving love and possibly murder
"a funeral and marriages. reported
as having occurred in Lawrence, Kansas,
last Wednesday. A young mulatto
named William Drake, whose course of
true love was somewhat roughened by
the opposition Of his proposed father-in-
law, waylaid funeral cortege on its re-
turn from the cemetery, and, with the
assistance Of three Of his brothers, shot
the old man, abducted the girl, took her
to Lawrence, and was married in the
street.-the constable who had him in ar
rest kindly waiting until the ceremony
was performed before taking the bride
groom to the calaboose. Jordan
Cownch, the girls father, is seriously
wounded. Drake has evidently been a
a reader Of dime novels, or he would have
contrived some less sensational mode of
getting possession of his sweetheart. st
Louis Democrat.
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Judge Orlando Davis's Decision
i'm the Case of TiShOmimEO
Savings Institution. vs.
Mask.

AT the recent term of the Circuit Court
of Alcorn county, Judge Orlando Davis
decided that while the charter of ''The
Tishomingo Savings Institution" confer
ed upon it authority to invest" its CAPT
tai and profits in lands, notes, bank
notes, etc, it conferred no power on the
company to loan the same-and that,
therefore, the company coull not collect
by law note payable to it, the consider
alton of which was loaned money. The
decision was referred to in the editorial
correspondence of THE CLARION in
terms which Judge Davis thinks did him
injustice, and which he alleges created
an obligation on our part to publish his
opinion in order that the public and the
bar may Judge it upon its own merits.
The opinion will be found in another
column. The Importance of the subject
and the magnitude of the interests in
volved in the decision, will secure for it
an attentive reading. We presume the
case will be taken up to the Supreme
Court
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Boston has had destroying fire. She had
iust voted, when it came upon her, to keep
The South under a despotism no less terrible
than the scourge of the angry element turn
ed loose. She will now ''know how it is
heTself.n-CLARIoN, l2th.
But, did not your own city of Jackson
vote just as Boston did-a majority for
Grant Kinds county Gazette.
We think it doubtful if majority in
the corporate limits of Jackson voted
AS Boston did" and if they did, it was
under the lead of adventures sent here
by Boston and her ilk to rule and ruin.
Besides, Boston never sent dollar here
to repair the places which she had laid
waste in violation of the usages of civil
led warfare and wanton spirit of cruel
~.
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lSebn nc Ek1ng the BalIOt@BOx by 1he
WTSa Of Money.

The Vicksburg News, sprightly Rad
zeal paper, has turned States evidence
against its party leaders In an article
on the approaching Mongrel nomination
for Governor, it testifies to their prae-
tee of using money 10 corrupt the col
"ored people and control the deliberations
''of State and county conventions. "
Having made the charge, the News says ::
No party can long maintain its existence
based upon bribery and corruption. Many
Of the coIored roters hare already been so cor
rILpted By c0TrUpt men, that they look 10 an
election as they lc0uld in old times to Christmas
or hOg-lilling time, lcleR they sc0ald get enough
to eat aud drink. These INSCRIPTIONS lead :
ers must be put down. They are the worst
enemies OF the cOlored race. Instead OF
trying 10 elevate them, they sink them still
lower in the scale of humanity Whoever
is to be our next Governor. let him at least
be an honest and conscientious man.
This is plain speech, and it must be
received as strictly true. 1t emanates
from a Republican source. 1t fixes the
crime of debauching the balIot-box and
violating the laws enacted by Congress
under pretext of protecting it, on the
leaders of the Rad cal party. 1t will be
observed that the News does not refer to
exceptional cases, but to the pervading
element of corruption in It's party organ
ization. We propose to amend the testi-
mony taken by the Outrage Committee,
with the evidence of the News.
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Good Manners.

Young folks should be mannerly.
How to be so, is the question? Many a
good girl and boy feels that they can't
behave themselves In the presence of
company. They feel timid, bashful and
self-distrustful the moment they are adj
dressed by stranger, or appear in COM
pany. There is but one way to get over
this feeling and to acquire easy and
graceful manners that is, to do the best
they can all the time at home, as well as
abroad. Good manners are not learned
by arbitrary teaching so much as ac-
quired by habit. They grow upon us by
use. We must be courteous, agreeable,
civil, kind, gentlemanly and womanly at
home, and then it will become kind of
second nature to be so everywhere. A
coarse, rough manner at home begets a
habit of roughness, which we cannot lay
aside if we try, when we go among
strangers. The most agreeable people
we have ever known in company, are
those who are perfectly agreeable at home.
Home is the school for all good things,
especially for good manners.
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Very Much Like n Ring.

Are the acting Governor and the At
torney General in accord on the Subsidy
Warrant matter? Whether they agree
or not, the opinion of the latter has rul-
ed. The Warrants have been dishonor-
ed. They are not receivable for taxes
and yet the acting Governor is buying
them up. What does all this mean: II
the Governor believes that the law au-
thorizing the issuance of the Warrants,
was constitutional why did he permit
them to be discredited? The opinion OF
the Attorney General is simply advise
~, not mandatory. 1t is queer pro
ceeding. One member of the State AID
ministration knocks them down; an
other buys them up, on private account,
on the idea that they will yet be made
good 1t looks very much like specu-
latiOn
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Sad Death.

Miss Lou +. Hightower, daughter of
the late DIR. r. Il. Hightower of VIII
Hanson county, died at the residence of
her grandfather, Robert G. Foster, ESQ.
IN Haywood county, October 81, from
the effects OF milk she had drank, sup
posed to have been poisoned by some
thing the COW had eaten. What adds to
the painful nature Of this death is that
she was to have been married; on the
day she was buried; and what was in
tended for her bridal dress became her
burial dress.-Memphis Ledger.
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Am Editor in Luck..Framtzss Good
Fortune.
From the brandon Rennblioo,


We feel good. We are rich. We have
had a handsome fortune given to us by one
of the greatest men in the State. and all be-
cause we have denounced corrupt Garnet
bag thieves and scoundrels as they deserve
TO be denounced. We don't intend to crow
over, or cut the acquaintance of our moor
lean. lank. half-starved contemporaries. bnf
such a compliment, from such a source ia
calculated to make us feel good all over, and
we are bound 70 tell them of our good luck
On Thursday last a couple of our LEGAL
friends received letter from 'Citizen'' Geo
Work, of Jackson, stating that he had will
ed us 10000 acres of land on Green River IN
the State of Kentucky. These lands are
very valuable, and as soon as we get posses
sion of them we intend to hire LAWYERS To
prosecute every carpet-bag official i'm the
State, have them sent to the penitentiarv
and then turn the State government over ~
honest, intelligent white men, and tbnS
makeievery decent man woman and child in
the State sing the praise of our big hearted
benefactor.
Citizen Work is lawyer by profession
brother-in-law of Ex-Governor MornhaaT
of Kentucky, an old personal friend Of o.
Jackson, and has been a worthy -citizan =:
Jackson, Misa, for many years. Vi
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-28
Political Movements.

The Liberal Republicans of Ohio have
held a Convention and resolved to main
tain their organization. They have adj
ded free trade--or rather tariff strict
ly for revenue-plank to the platform
adopted at Cincinnati. The Liberal
Republicans at Brooklyn, n. Y, have
also held a meeting and reorganized for
future operations. In both instances the
opposers of Radicalism were advised to
drop all other designations and adopt
that of the Liberal PARTY. In the
Brooklyn meeting addresses were deliv-
cred in which the orators responding to
the Liberal Republican sentiment said that
they had burned the bridges behind them
and propose to stand by the Cincinnati
platform. Resolutions inviting all who
wished for the success of the Cincinnati
platform to unite with them, and order
ing a committee of thirteen to mark out
a future course, were adopted. Also a
resolution that party which at the early
age of six months has polled 5000, 900
votes is too vigorous to die until it shall
have accomplished the work for which it
was organized.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-28

The taxpayers are complaining about
their oppressive taxes, and doing all they
are able to save their little remnant from
confscation, but theyssmust bear in mind
the worst is yet come. Under the act
of April 4th, 1872, a special tax of one
half OF one mill on the dollar, in addi-
ton to the other special enormities, is
levied for the years 1872 and 3, to pay
the interest on the entire funded debt
but for all the years subsequent to that
time, this special tax is increased to one
and one-half mills, Oh the dollar until
the said debt, principal and interest, is
paid. If they are not in favor of Shout
dering this burden for an indefinite pc
riod they must choose an Administration
next year which will economic expendi-
tupes and relieve them of it. Let the
peoples press see that the people are
warned in time
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ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
It's Just RetribuiioH.

Mayfeld tKy.) Democrat, l4th.
On last Saturday, Deputy Sheriff
Wood Morrow, of McCracken county,
lodged in Jail at Blandville a negro man
named Ross Brandon, charged with COM
hitting a rape on the person Of a respect
able young lady living near Woodville,
in Ballard county. About 10 o'clock
Sunday night body Of men numbering
about seventy-five entered the the town
and demanded the keys from the jailor
which were refused. They then com
menced at the door with tools brought
with them for that purpose. After they
had forced open one door, the jailor,
convinced that they would force an en-
trance, gave up the keys, when they
entered and took the negro from the jail
and carried him to the outskirts of the
town and hung him from bending tree.
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a Whole FamiIyLOst.


rom the Saline County MOI PROGRESS
Though rare occurrence, it somatir,os
happens that man wanders off and no
comes lost to his family; but on the otber
day we heard of family who have ,van-
dered and become lost to the busband
There is a railroad hand whose name +
stephens, now stopping with Mr.. Dow
snort, south of Marshall, whose faDoiI,,
consisting of wife and several cb;IJrayy'
have been lost for more than q vaon
more than year ago they left him wbero
ne was at work on the Lexington and g.
Louis railroad to go to the State of Tndi.
ana, he furnishing them money to tra,.aI
on. 1t was his intention to reioin IT,
so soon as he had completed his wort -, nn
the above named railroad. They how
ever; nave never turned up in indiana
and ne is greatly distressed about tbanl
he has no idea what could have beconn n,
OF them, and fear that thew have hem
foully dealt with somehow. He reoue Dted
that we would make the matter hnbi;o
and obtain the assistance of the newsna o,e,
press of this country, in aiding him dnd
family to find out each Others where
abouts.
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JA'h~oNs MleSa O.f. d. s.
lIessrs AHdrelg McCam.bsIL y "
u. q. Brotgp, q. Pt1,g, IY. U. I'LL.
~ Hurts, anil r. y. torlt
GENTLEMEN Yours of Che r-4
presenting me with 70 cane. made I..
vOur mum Der, from portion M
Ramage printing press used hvmr....
than forty years ago, iu ur.rr..
Herald" at Paris, Tenn. ms
Yesterday. On the same duy. NV M.
/ received the "Canc." 20 moss ta.
fashioned and Ornamentcd auirI. 81.
pIopriate inscriptions.
can hardly find words, rIu. Nv.
olden time To suitably express H.
tiOus OF deep gratitude ana n.r.r
wi II which this gift has inspired b.
shall cherish this "Caue' as mfn.....
cious treasure, during the tcw U......
remain on earth, and when / demr r..
| shall transmit it 20 my son. a.anI....
more valus Die than diamond. and III.
When 1 look upon this gin, thery.-
my early and obscure lie 20, pHr
long years ago. come zap Doc review
mc. with singular vivilun T.. -
little village is pictured iu tnp m.r|....
distinct as an actual and vi,ibIs m-.
and the hundreds OF iuhubilut UH...
70 W NAN ill 4 az Us h''AIN AAI'"| 'II WHOM.
now dwell in the silent city 90 H....
old aud young an pass before Doe \. ....-
procession. ] can see their form. s..
most hear their voices, And of H.
seems, my friends. that you and T.H...
sole male survivors. IN Gods own .-.
(and not long hence. we. tN0, mu.f'd.n.
thronging multitude. who have rr..s. II.
OZARK river before us, and realize bag.
mysteries of the ncver-rudiug Doe nar
Gentlemen, / remember Very WcH. u..
one of yOu, whose names / srr UH H.r.
sentatiOn letter before me, alfh0Ugh ...
met few Of YOU since left Paris. mIIr
joice to know that you -til. Dive U.w
with health and prosperity, mag SOU.
realize many years of these yujOlmH..
And my friend. W. W. Gate. zone 0.r.
number how well DO / remember LH.a
curly headed, bright-Cycd h0v. .armg-.
in the Herald office, and pul'MgMe...
of the same old wooden press from a.
my cane is fashioned. And. how caumr
DRY fail in this connection, tO rrgprn
liz /ollicon5r my friend and a.u...
the Herald office; Zolliconpr Ho tH
the pure, the intellectual, thc HONORABLE
He who stood iu the front rank of RI.
ncss"c's pTOudest Sous, "thC uObIp.t n
OF them ALL and who yielded uphtg.
soul on liberty's battlefield, uui drH ..
ever had lived, without fear and HH.
reproach."
Gentlemen, your estimate of my GAP.
and position, as expressed BOD thr lo.'H b.
me, Is not fully merited by MYSELF .H
have always eudeavurrd 10 ac. che WrH
signed me in the drama OF Dice, % aO.
extent Of such capacity and such 0nu
mites as Providence had pleased t0a..
me.
This occasion is so very suggestive ar.
Election, that / might write yon q yo.u.
reply; but | now conclude, with @ Hr
ton OF my thanks for your heuHH.
precious gilt, aud my best wishes .r
happiness and prosperity of "yDH I
yours"
As ever your friend,
AMOS II. J0HNI0,
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Mr. Gladstone has again reiusdlv
quest to release the remaining FuIm
soners.
Mile olga, who executes such au
ishing aerial flights every evening r n.
Paris circus, belong- iu reality " OBJ
male sex.
1t is asserted that the city of N7
has secured a site near 20 the LiHng
with the intention Of establishing B lI
scum Of the fine arts.
A watering-place correspondent FHe
that Every few bather- battle q, tde vol
end;' whereupon Mrs. harrington 4'
she chad an idea they bathed all oyer
Man and wife are genrlIy %.
Some people, though reckon them i'.
But ten is the proper calculation Oh sou.
couples-the wife one, and the ha''l-.
a cypher.
The conclusion at which che fg'
arrives is that "Rabagas' must have "
duced to its author, VI. Nictorien 'aFl..
capital sufficient 10 return an n'o"s0
6OOOf a year.
An Irish advertisement "IfLe e.
tleman who keeps a shoe store with a ~.
head, will return the umbrella Of a w.
lady with the ivory handle be VIII h'-
something to her advantage.
A sarcastic lady says the only .a-s
which keeps Lent is her best s'IA W
brella.
One Of the newest novels speaks o. -
heroine as returning to her humble NV 7.
when evening approached cIola"
the habiliments Of woe.
Young lady: "And so Adam 0as W.
happy. Now can you tell me what IN.
sorrow came over him. ae'"'
"Please, miss, he got a Wife
Louisville husbands are well T'l.
One OF them lately submitted 20 3
hiding from his wife at his place OF N,
ness, and when she had finished ~g
picked up the baby and walked home W
her.
A young woman has poisoned la M
IN Vienna, and in a note which enc m
left on the table near the bed on W.
she lay, she had written my last IN
draws very badly, therefore ! am ''''
life. Good night"
A young Georgia lady, whose P-.'1 ~
shut her up to keep her away from u \,
noxious lover, jumped from a secolal
ry window into the arms other 5eIo.l',,
who carried her off and married hel
the teeth Of her enraged papa.
"Wife do you know that ] have N
the pneumonia" ''New monia, lno..
such extravaganza You're the . -
man / ever did see W WA
and lay out money for such trash
| need a new bonnet so much.
Among the emigrants who arrive 80
Knoxville city on Sunday morning va.
vivacious and handsome young e.om
Miss Moss, who came ell the way -
England to wed her afianced lover Is. "a
came across the water several monIn' -
lnd is now residing in Knoxville
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-28

Parson Brownlow says: IF the popu-
clarity of the President shall continue,
''as, doubt not, it will, it is more prob
liable he will be reelected for a third
term. Indeed, rather than put in pow
''er the corrupt old democratic party
''would favor the election of Grant for
''life."
The press is attaching too much i'm
portance to the maudlin utterances of
this insane old man. 1t is wrong to hold
any man or party, responsible for his
opinion.
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Snec5aI YaXes.

The special tax to pay the interest and
principal Of the funded debt of this
State, is to be increased to one and a
half mills on the dollar after 1873, until
the whole debt is paid. This increase is
in addition to the other specialties which
have been saddled by the Carpet-Bag
regime on the people, and which consti-
tutes in the aggregate an enormous and
intolerable burden
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Texas Election.

The result of the election in this State
Is Democratic victory by large ma
jority. Greeley has perhaps %, 900 ma
Jority, and the Democratic candidates for
Congressman at large, Messrs. Asa III .
Willie and Roger Q. Mills, will be re-
turned by still larger majority. Dallas
Herald.
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Strange news comes from Washington
through Radical as well as Anti-Radical
channels. 1t is alleged that the Presi-
dent has pointedly snubbed the Cameron,
Hartranft ring of corruptionists in Penn
sylvania. The story goes-and it is YER
flied by the Administration press-that
representatives of the ring comprising a
large committee, with Gov. Hartranft
and the Mayor of Philadelphia at their
head, waited on the President with an
urgent demand for the appointment of
one of their gang to the vacant Post
Mastership of Philadelphia. The Presi-
dent replied in effect that he was pledged
to civil service reform in the canvass,
and that duty required him to disregard
the demand, and make an appointment
other than the one recommended by the
ring. Whereupon the conference was
dissolved, and the corruptionists adjourn
ed in high dudgeon, swearing that Grant
had gone back upon them, and if he
meant business in the matter of reform,
he ought to apply to himself the rules
which he proposes for others.
This is the story as it is told. Wheth-
er it indicates new departure for the
President; or is a mere sensation of an
hour, time will reveal.
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Is there any division, fraction, or con-
siderable number Of the Republican party
in ibis State, willing and brave
enough, to enlist in popular movement
to rescue It's administration from the
hands of the Destructives who are hurry
ing it to perdition?
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The Chickasaw Contested Case.

The Chickasaw Messenger states that
the committee appointed to investigate
the claims of Ambrose Henderson to the
seat Of Col. Mcintosh in the Legislature,
after taking the testimony Of many wit
nesses, adjourned on last Saturday SIN
die. The grounds alleged for contesting
the election (says the Messenger proved
to be so entirely unfounded, that the
committee were thoroughly Disguised
with the whole proceeding
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Figures OF the Election.

Exclusive Of the negro vote, it turns
out that Gen. Grant, Notwithstanding
his large majority, received fewer votes
in 1872 than in 1868. Greeley's ma
iority among the whites is 1000,
Grants majority among the blacks is
about 500, 900.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-28

A GLORIOUS TRIo.-Gratz Brown, OF
Missouri; Walker, Of Virginia; War
moth, Of Louisiana, Republicans, who
threw themselves in the breach to save
their States from the rule Of plunderers
and procriptionists. Their places in the
confidence Of the people they have serv-
ed, is assured. When there have been
50 many opportunities for the exhibition
Of qualities like theirs, the only wonder
is that so few have come forward to seize
them.
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William" treats our readers of this
number to one of his best letters. The
views of the venerable matron, Mrs. Cor
nelia, touching the Boston retribution,
and the folly Of these poor, plundered, per-
secuted Southern people attempting to
overrule decree Of Providence-will
produce a profound impression.
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After tie 1st Of December the poll
tax viii be doubled and ten per cent adj
ded to all other taxes due. After the 1st
Of January the property of delinquents
will be sold to the highest bidder, and
the tide viii vest absolutely and forever