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a Father OFFiGty Legitimate Chill
dHem.

The Waco (Texas) Advance publishes
the following statement by coucspon-
dent, who it says, is one Of the most
Trustworthy and respected citizens of the
place:
"There lives in our midst man who
is the father of fifty legitimate children
he has been married 10 five different wO-
men. BY wife No. |, thirteen boys hy
No. 2, eighteen children No. 3, ten; SO.
4, six; by No. 3, three. Thrty-fyc of
these children are still living -or were 90
few years ago-eght were killed on lost
in the Confederate Army, andscycu have
died natural deaths.
Thirteen of the boys-all children
of No. 1, held Office in the Galloway
brigade Platte county, Missouri ro0psi
Burns, commanding OF the children
by No. 2, there were four in the Coulod-
crate army, in different brigade By
wife No. 3, there was one in the Couiod.
crate States army and two in the Heel
Flies, making twenty sons in the Com
federate service. The man Is hale,
healthy and hearty. / know him we'll
rs also his wife No. D, and her children.
She is young, with mountain of wealth
Of hair, fne-looking, pleasant, and prom
ises to still add 10 the population OF tho
country. / will, if required, produce
the affidavit Of the father of this numor-
Gus progeny to the truth OF this slate-
ment."
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Is not the numbeF prescribed. Men who are
not under this ban feel themselves pro-
seTibed because Others are. for an offense
which was their Offense as well. SO long
a. you have prescribed class in the coun-
try. men all around you, honorable, gener-
Gus men. will feel, Il ought to be prescribed
the same as that man. The difference was
anly by accident He happened 10 take an
oath or fill Office before the struggle that
did not but his guilt was more than
mine Accident only makes him prescribed
and leaves me free"
So that so long as there shall be pro-
Seribed class in this country, prescription
will rankle in the hearts of millions of
Americans who feel that they themselves
are condemned and banned in the act which
dooms their leaders. Il is not for the sake
of the prescribed alone that / speak. Every
community has the right to the best servi
ces of all its citizens. Men say to me. "Why,
you don't want to elect Governor Wise or
Toombs, or SOMEBODY else, do you? No, /
don't want to elect any of those men, but
suppose other people do? Who are you:
who am l to say whether they shall or not
1t is not question for me; but whether
American citizens whom you say have the
same rights to vote and hold Office for You
shall be at liberty to vote for the men you
prefer. The question reaches not several
hundreds, but millions of our people. Well
they say: what do the people care about
this? The banks are making money, the
people are prospecting, manufactures are
thrifty. Who cares that few hundred or
thousand men are disfranehised ?"
/ care. | say a war which ended hearty
eight years ago ought to have had nearly
all its bloody traces wiped out before this
time. Great applause.l | say that while
We have often been amused with promises
of general amnesty the government of the
country has practically been controlled by
men like Senators Morton aid Chandler
and General Rutlpr
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see Mlssissi ppians--Inerchants and newspa-
per men particularly. The latter class
could not possibly fall into better hands,
and the other class seems 10 be perfectly
satisfied. judging from tile liberal supplies
they are purchasing. Stepping into the
great hat house ofHenry w Duryee & Co.
| found my friend Capt. Stevens there ma
king selections to such an extent that it
seemed as If ne We're determined to buv ont
the entire establishment. If | should be
found wearing new style beaver. on my
return, the Captain is responsible for the
innovation. The house of Durvee &, Go.
does exclusively Southern business, and
one feels quite at home in coming in contact
with the proprietors and gentleTnanIy sales
men, This house displays its public spirit
and its appreciation of representative
Southern men in giving to their new sty les
such names as the Richardson hat, and the
Walthall hat, etc--the inside being adorned
with a faithful likeness of the party thus
complimentcd. 1t might be well for the
gentlemen named to purchase large in
voice OF these hats, and distribute to their
friends, commencing with THE CLARION
establishment.
1 was much pleased TO meet the genial
Harry Moss. whose capacity as a versatile,
fluent writer, is well known and who con
tributes, for livelihood, to the literature of
the metropolis.
LEAVING NEW YORK.
Tuesday evening at eight O'Clock, nine
hours ride by rail delivered friend LemIy
and self in Boston. There he tarried to
buy fish, pickles, and other things for which
that market is peculiar, and all for the hun
cry people Of Jackson. | had ten hours
ride yesterday through Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Vermont. Heard but
little said o. the political situation; but at
every town the flags of the opposing parties
are flying, and at several places Greeley and
Brown have the tsllest poles and the biggest
flags. The Democrats anG Liberal Rcpub-
licans up here with whom have conversed.
so far from being discouraged by recent
elections, seem To be gathering fresh zeal
for the Presidential contest. They will do
their full duty, and though greatly in the
minority in some of these New England
States, they will poll a vote sufficiently
large even in Vermont and Maine to dem
onstrate to the people of the country that
the leaven of conservatism and the spirit Of
reconciliation are healthy and active in
New England.
am writing this at small village twelve
miles from the Capital OF Vermont. To-
morrow | will visit Montpelier, thence TO
Burlington. and thence, Via Saratoga, to
Western New York.
Yours,
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An EccIcSia>GicnI View of the Rad.
fcaI Persecution Of the South.

From an article in the Baltimore Epis-
copal Methodist, on this subject, we make
the following extract:
There is no record of Roman vengeance,
nor of Russian and Austrian vindictiyeness,
more loathsome and horrible than that
which the triumphant party in this war has
visited upon the South. And we doubt
whether there is any as mean, cowardly ana
contemplate.
Whatever conquerors have done to the
vanquished in tie OLD World, whether in
ancient or modern times has been done
openly and promptly. Even Spain, cruel
as she is. strikes as the rattiesnake strikes,
with an instant and fatal resentment. When
'.Ve Nictis' was the watchWord OF OLD
times or modern 0eSpotS, il meant the ven
geance of lions, not OF eats. But mark the
contrast of the sneaking, whining, pusIllan-
imous aud wicked uitralsts That Weld the
scepter of this part of the Amarlcan eontl-
nent.
As soon as Radicalism found out how
thoroughly exhausted the South was by the
contest, il set itself TO work to glut its mai
ice and hatred with a deiiberation anu lhge-
nuitY which threw completely INTO The
shade the inventive genius OF tue Spanish
Inquisition. 1t did not venture TO put 70
Death even the ''head traitor, Jefferson la
Wis, but it hung a poor old lady from Mary
land on the foul and ta.Se charge OF being
privy 10 the assassination OF Abraham LIN
coin: iU chokeu TO death poor WIFI ON the
equally groundless allegation OF killing
| Federal prisoners, and it visited upon Davis
| in his cell such vile indignities as only the
| basest and most ignobie OF mankind know
how TO visit upon the fallen objects of their
envy and their hate. From that time out it
| has subjected the South TO living death,
| now protracted through seven mortal years
| with no signs of abatement. Their state
governments have been given over TO the
| worst white men OF the Norttl-evii beasts.
| so venomous and siekenjng that even North
| ern society could not bear them upon its
| foul stomach. The negro slaves OF the south
have been placed over the heads of their
masters, not because of the degradtlon to
| whice their elevation would reduce the
Southern people, and the political power it
| would give their Oppressor. Horrible to re-
/ late, white women have been subjected to
/ a fate worse than death, and when Southern
( meh formed associations to defend their
( homes, Kuklux bills were passed by Com
gress to hunt them down, and send them TO
| penitentiaries, where many of them now
/ are, innocent and good men, wearing the
| garb and doing the work Of feIons. This
/ horrible work has lately been renewed in
i North Carolina. where deputy United States
marshals are said Co be about to start out to
| make arrests under the enforcement act.
They are reported to have two or three
hundred names on the black list. This Is
the inauguration of a fresh campaign
against q miserable and helpless people.
What kind Of Union Is thise
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OF Pneumonia. at Coucordia, tu Bolivar
county, Miss, on the Sth OF September, JE.
GKO Il. HOBsoN, IN the 10th year pt Ibis age.
The bOyhOOd Of DR.. II. was spent boz tIis
city, where he left many friend who rr-
member with kindly regret the cheerful aud
warm heart Of ono who was Cutcarrd tD
them by many noble traits of character.
Soon after graduating ia bis profession hc
removed 70 COncOrdia ana made that place
his home. Here for years he was engaged
In a most labOriOus practice, and iu hIs It-
tention TO the wants aud -ulleriuIs uf others.
Needed to- little the mrOad-, which aApo-
sure and fatigue were making on 20 guuetI-
tuition naturally delicate. Sufficient for
him 10 know that suffering humanity re-
quired his assistance, and no Thought OF scli
detained hum a moment The pecuuiury
condition Of patient, or the prospect oi
remuneration for bis services, was d Thought
/ am confident which never entered Ibis
mind In fact, he kept no accounts, aud
simply and literally belonged % che COM
munitv. Ii would require one cOuYcrsHut
cine in so new and sparscly settled "a CONE
muuity, TO appreciate the labOrs Of tbe con-
scientiOus physician. Roads were thc exc
ceDtiOn-mere trail, just Wide enough for
man and horse through the cane che gene
eral rule, and In time of overflow thc dug
out or canoe, furnished the only means uT
travel. Here DIR. ii. pTacticed his DrUics-
sion until death claimed him ~ it5 own
Possessing medical attainmouis OF The iir-t
order, bold and self reliant, Dr. III. could
have gained for himself The honors oi pug
profession In any community. but preferred
his swamp home. where, in doing acts of
kindness and contributing tO the comfort of
all, so far as ia his power, DE closed his
earthly career. As warm ana generous
heart As ever beat ceased ~ thrOb when
CsToFeK HoBsoN breathed his last.
Brandon Republican please copy.
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LOGAN.
The Congressional Bribery Case

LETTER FROM CAKES AMEs.
To the People of the Second
Congressional District
FELLOW CITIZENS Charges of a serious
character, in reference to the discharge OF
my trust your representative in Congress
published in the New York sun, and extern
sively circulated, seem to demand notice.
To you, who know me so well aud have hon
ored me so long with a seat in Congress,
trust it is not necessary TO reftte such inia-
nous charges. If / alone were concerned
l could not, for the first time in my life, ap-
pear in public print to Vindicate myself
against foul and wicked SANDER; but these
charges involve the good name and mteg-
rity of some IF the best men in the nation.
The charges referred to, made against me
and some OF my associates in Congress, with
others equally false against the company
were first made by Henry S. McComb, in a
suit against the Credit Mobilier, in the State
of Pennsy lvania, for the purpose of obtain
ing money wrongfuily from the company,
as every one of the stockholders believed
then and now.
All the executive officers of the company
and several of the largest stockholders, in
Guiding myself, have answered in said suit
long since under oath, that the charges were
entirely false, that not a single share of the
stock of that company was ever given to
any member OF Congress, directly or indi-
rectly, by me, or any one else TO my knOwl-
edge.
i now reiterate and reatllrm the statement,
with the further declaration that | never
gave a share OF stock of that or any other
company, directly or indirectly, to any
member of Congress. The sworn answers
of myself and these .other gentlemea, made
and filed in the same suit, lying side by
side in the same record, could have been
published with the charges and it suited the
political purposes of the New York sun,
| am willing to place the sworn declara-
lions of any one of these individuals, of the
highest character and reputation, against
the aflidavits of Mr.. McCOmb, wherever he
is well known, with no fear of an adverse
opinion ON the integrity of any one of them
as against him.
Tie list of names given by McComb as
Endorsed on my letter and published were
written by himself. as h stated when under
oath at the hearing in Pennsylvania. He
had no authority from me for making any
such statement.
Signed, OAhES AMES.
Nevertheless the charge of McCombs
is substantiated by Ames' own letter to
him, \ lie is out, it is evident, and
McComb didn't tell it.
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Joint Appointments
FOR IuE
9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

GEN. GEO. G. MCKEE and COZ. w. B.
SHELBY, opposing candidates for Cone
gress will speak at the following times
ana places
Wayncsboro Wayne county, Monday,
October 18th.
Quitman, Clarke county, Tuesday, Octo-
Der 10Th.
Paulding, Jasper Coz Wednesday, Oct. l0.
Ellisville, Jones co.. Friday, Oct. 18th.
Williamsburg, COyinRtuu Coo, saturday.
October l9th.
Monticello, Lawrence CO.. Monday, Oct.
2lst.
Westvillc, Simpson co., Tuesday, Oct 2lJ,
Raleigh, smith co., "wednesday, Oct. 2Il,
Brandon, Rankin co.., FRIDAY. oct 35ln
Jackson, Kinds CO., saturday night Oct.
10Th.
Vieksburg, Warren co., Monday night
October 18th.
Meyersville, l,saqucna co., Wednesday,
October 30th
ROBT. LOWRY,
Chairman Democratic and Conservative
Executive State Committee.
4. WARMER.
Chairman Repub. State Committee.
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GREELEY SPEECHES.
INDIANApoLIs. IND. September 23l.

iNDIANAPoLIs, IND. September 23l.
Horace Greeley arrived here 1T 30 T. A..
ana was enthusiastically received BY large
crowd In waiting at she depot. Mr.. Gree
ley was met in Louisville bv the Reception
committee from Indiana polls. At o'elk
thIs morning he crossed the river at Jetfer-
sonTiile, where he met with an enthusiastic
reception.
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ComPTfmenf 10 Col. shelby by n
-sso Grant Paper.

This convention whichopened &C Brandon
on Monday last, nominated Col. w. b. Shell
by, of Rankin, as their candidate for Con-
gress in this district Col, ShOl6y Is ac-
knowIedged by both parties to pe gentle
man OF very great ability, an old eitizsn Of
high character and great influence. Ths
selection Is perhaps the strongest that could
have been made. .aiya
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coLoRED PEOPLE OF This COUNTRY.

COLOKED PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
for though they know that we all admit
that their rights are perfectly secured by
the Constitution, and that no one can go
back of that, it is stiIlIher real interest that
those rights shall not be merely accorded,
but that they shall be cheerfully accorded !;
that there shall be no opposition, no obiec-
ton to their enjoying just the same political
and civil rights that we do. 1t is their in
terest more than ours or mine that all
contention concerning black men or white
men
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District Electors and County tauyJ--rr-.
who have not other engagements, are In-
vited to assist Judge Jcnords, GO such col the
foregoing meetings as may Doe convenient.
RoHERr LOWRY,
Chairman Of Democratic aud Conservative
State Executive Committee.
r. j. ALCoHN,
Chairman Of Liberal Republican State Tx
ecutiVe Committee.
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Brandon Republican please copy.

In Paulding, Miss, on the 10th inst. Mas.
SALLIE HARDY, wife Of Capt. w. II. Hardy
OF congestIVe fever, IN the 3Oth year OF her
age.
She was a devOut member Of the bhpLlaL
church. and a true follower OF Christ. Her
husband and six little children have tho
heartfelt sympathies Of many friends iu
this vicinity Newton Ledger,
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Am old Mans NHrrinEc---Onc o.
HIS Alleged Consequence.

We learn from unqucstioncd authority
that Mr.. John c. Fenters, of this c0uu-
ty, aged seventy-eight, has recently taken
himself IN marriage a young and BLUSH
ing bride Of not quite fourteen years. and
very white, is rapidly assuming the black
color of his youth We have heard Of
hair growing white IN single night, but
we do not know that we have ever before
heard Of cappillaccous ornament which
adorns the head, taking the back track,
and turning from gray 70 black Our
informant assures MS that the old gentle
man has used no hair dye, and chat the
change is attributable entirely to the now
state into which he has entered. George
town Is. CD Times.
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EXTRACT.

Now, fellow-citizenS. wish to call your
attention to one aspect of this struggle
which has not yet been presented. There is
no class of our citizens no part of the
American people who have SO real and
great an interest in the success OF our move
ment as the.
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Departed this life at the residence of DIS
grandfather, at COOper's Well. Monday
Sept. 10th, 1872, at O'clock, p. H., AFTER
protracted illness, little ROBERT H., son OF
". A.. and Elizabeth Rayne-aBed three
wears and two months,
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SHALL ABSOLUTELY CEASE,

that every individual shall be judged and
estimated according to his WORTH with no
respect whatever To color or condition. If
our movement succeeds. there is no party,
there is no considerable faction, really
there is nobody left in the field opposing or
Directing to their standing on a common
platform of American nationality. Great
applause.l | say, then, that it is their clear
Interest that our movement shall be well
coined and ratified and approved by the
entire American people, and yet it is very
discouraSIng fact presenter to us that there
is no other class so generally and so bitterly
opposing us as they are. There is no other
class, who insist so thoroughly on misappre-
hending and misrepresenting us, | say not
this to excite prejudice against them. They
are ignorant, and their ignorance is not
their own fault, though IL is their and our
misfortune. They are misled. and we are
illuminated in their ears. Why. l have
been repeatedly asked to contradict asseP-
tions that have been negro trader. Even
on my way to this place, one quadroOn girl,
after hearing me speak, said: Il would
like to stick knife into his heart. He sold
my mother in Richmond, Va" [Great
applause.
/ can imagine no reason why lies like
that should be told. | can imagine no rea-
son Why good men and women should not
every where diScountCnance and refute them.
1t is, say, a misfortune of the colored peO-
pie misfortune of our people, that they,
as class, are steeled against us. They will
not hear us. They do not believe us. They
are told that this movement is a contrivance
to get them enslaved again, virtually, ifnot
absolutely, and that all the pretensions of
the Cincinnati platform and Baltimore in
dorsement in favor of equal rights are
frauds, are lies. If this party succeeds.
says Mr.. Wendell Phillips, you must conceal
your property and take care of your arms
Now, fellow citizens, ! state these facts
here not that | would have you think any
worse of this misguided people; state
them because l want you kentuckians to
realize that ignorance is a public peril !;
that you cannot well afford to have any
part of your people growing up in that
dense unacquaiutance with public order
and public affairs that they can be deceived
and misled as this people are.
GOn want TO take care that
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RADICAL RULE.

From the Copiahan.
In 1871 the State and county taxes were
as follows:
State tax, 40 cts on 500 or 81 on $1,000
County tax Ice 9 - 81 60
Special tax Sc q so
School tax Coo Sc 90
Making total 81 30 cents on 500 or sl3 20
on $1,000.
This year t1s72) the State and County tax
es will be
state tax s5c on 500, or IS so on $1,000.
County tax l7c 81 40 9
special tax Size !" S5c
school tx 4oc - 20
Making total 81 5454 cents on 500 or
SIS ALL cents on $1,000.
So it will be seen by the taxpayers that
they owe the increase of their taxes to the
act of the last Radical Legislature, raising
the State tax from 81 on the $1,000 to 50 so
on the $1OO0-more than doubling the State
tax; and they have besides. issued near $2s-
coo. GOO of bonds of the State, drawing per
cent. interest. If the people do not put
the Radicals out of power, they viii be tax
ed out of their property and earnings.
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THEY SHALL BE EDUCATED,

so that they shall be too wise, too well in
formed TO be thus deceived and misguided.
Fellow citizens, if our movement shall pre-
vail. As | trust it viii prevail, we will sweep
away all his refuse of lies in three months.
We will say TO the colored men: We proffer
you nothing except the protection of the
laws.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.
GEN. JAMES "a. CmALuUns

GEN. JAMES ~. CGHAEHERs
DISTRICT ELECroE
For Greeley and Brown, will address tIy
voters of the Second Cuugrr,- iouu District
ut the following time, and places.
North Mt. Pleasant Tuesday. October 0
Byhalia, --.....- . "Wednesday
thulahoma ---.-.-.-. Thursday.
Holly Springs, Friday.
Friars Point, ---. Gee. Monday,
There being as yet NO Grant clcetor flr
this District. these appointments have been
made To suit the professional engagement.
OF our own elector. IL is hoped chat they
Will suit the convenience ct tho Grant
elector 10 be hereafter named. a fair DIE
vision of time Will be- granted tn any plcytUr
or candidate on the Grant ticket Further
appointments will hG made hereafter.
+. q. WAITtALI-
kINLoCU IAIDoNIE,
y. b. MOUGAN.
Executive Committee Second Congressional
District.
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The registered white majority IN Pike
county is 23l.
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Hon. B. JeEOrds'. Appointments.

The following appointments have been
made for the Hon. T. Jcflori-, Greeley and
Brown elector for the State 40 large:
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First Congregational District.
Coils. l.. @. G. LAMAR and II. w. FLUR-
NOY, Conservative and Republican Candi-
dates for Congress, will address their fell
low-citizens at the following places and
times, viz:
ASHLAND, Friday, Oct. 4th.
FULTON, Monday, Oct. 9TH.
PONTOTOC, Thursday, Oct. 10th.
OXFORD, Saturday, Oct. 18th.
COFFEEVILLE, Monday, Oct, Il.
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Other appointments VIII be made beyond
these until the end Of the canvass.
BY order Of the District Eek. COmnittee,
j. B. CHRLSMAN,
Chairman.
i Conservative papers In the District are
requested b copy. II. - .--..-
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PRESCRIPTION.

Now, fellow4citizens, why do we condemn
prescription? They mistake who say that
there are only two or three hundred left,
now forbidden 20 exercise the common
rights of American citizens It is not so.
There are thousands. There are i've thous-
and DISTINGUISHED in the State of Arkansas
alone, and the men who hold them disfran-
chised expect to carry that State against us
By virtue Of that Acknowledgement. But &C.