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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11
RADTCAL DEPALCATHONs.


In the pressure of Legislative proceed
iDgs and various matters requiring notice,
many things occur, or are brought to
light, which are necessarily passed over
with brief mention but which are, new
ertbeless, fled away for future attention.
Among other documents is the report
which was elected few days ago, from
the Auditor, containing the names of de
faulting and otherwise delinquent tax
collectors under the irresponsible military
and bogus Carpet-Bag administrations,
which have been forced on the people OF
the State by the bayonet.
This document embraces a list OF
twenty-five names and shows an actual
defalcation of seventy-six thousand dol
lars, besides a number of cases Ill which
no reports at all are made
Among other defalcations reported is
the case of w. H Wood, Sheriff OF
Leake county, for 50, $40 60. This de-
faulter is the same man who was voted
81 1850 by the last Legislature, to indem-
nifty him for a pretended loss of that
anne ant by theft The bill was vetoed
by me Governor, who, however, sent in
a special message to the Legislature dis
claiming any intention to impute dishon-
esty or bad faith to so virtuous Radical
saint as Wood. Engineered by Warren,
(who was one of his securities and
others of the Carpet-bag clan, it was
passed over the veto. The Democratic
members of the Legislature protested
against in vain. The Democratic press
lifted up their warning voices against it
in vain. The denounent of the transac-
ton is this report of his defalcation.
Among the cases in which no reports
have been made at all, and in which an
indefinite amount has been stolen, may
be mentioned that of G.. b. Young of
Pike county. Says the Auditor: ''He
"has made no report of taxes collected,
"nor has he made any payment with the
Treasury. The Auditor has been in
''formed that he has a6scOnded" with all
his stealings.
And in this way the impoverished
people of Missssi ppi have been dealt
with by the military and carpet-bag
governments which have been put in
authority over them. The value of the
taxable basis taken into consideration,
as compared with that of 1860, tares from
sirteen to tacenty times higher than before
the war, haze been imposed. In their
efforts to meet these enormous levies, the
people have toiled without ceasing,
deprived their families of the comforts
of life, and mortgaged their remnant of
property to save it from sale by these
same defaulters and absconders. And
what one portion of the adventures have
not put in their pockets for their own
enrichment, another set has stolen, and
then fed the country. But this is not
the worst. They have entailed a heavy
debt Oh the State on which a large inter
est is to be paid and which the principal
of must be settled, if settled at all, by
oppressive taxation hereafter. 1t is a
sad picture to look upon.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

A new style of lobbyism has been in
troduced in the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture. The Chaplain is in the habit of
taking part in pending discussions by
injecting speeches into the body of his
prayers The innovation became the
subject of consideration in the House !;
and that body finally determined that it
was free country, and as a matter of
conscience he had right to pray as he
pleased.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

Cant GET ALONG WITHOUT IT.
Our friend. of the Brandon Republican,
complains that The CLARION is not received
in due time. Ii is not our fault, the paper
IS mailed regularly and in time to 90 to
Brandon upon the first train af1er its publ
cation. The Republican will have to stir
up the mail agents on the v. & N. Railroad.
The Republican says:
Can't our friends of The CLARION man.
age 60 get their papers East on Tuesday
and Friday nights The paper published
Tuesday evening does not reach us until
Thursday morning We can't get along
without IT. and we think it ought to reach
us in less than forty hours after It's publica-
ton. as the distance is only twelve miles.
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From the Pilot OF 2ist inst.

In the case reported in our Issue 0i yea
terdav, which was decided BY tho 6urram.
Court. against the Mississippi Central Rail.
road Com panys an appeal has been taken pa
the able counsel for appellants, hcu
Yerger and Harris, and che case now goe
60 the Supreme Court Of the Dnlted atutr.
The services OF Messra, y. "a. ~ lampleH
and &. Z. shasklof0rd, in conducting thI
suit for the State viii be duly appreciated
by all.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

The Canton Mail mentions hidden river
discovered Id that county Dy some person.
who were digging well on enc properly
nov owned ~ che Dixie work. lqmn1uI
The bottom ~dr0ppe0 oMtl AnN it Naa NaaM
discovered that thIs wei tapped 2 very cone
aidernhle underground riVnf rnilickInn and
rolling along With q current iIke amy Other
river.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

Yesterday was a field day in the House !;
and the Reformers won Bull Run vic
tory. They reduced the salaries of the
Governor and all the State officers to the
rates of 1857. Let the Senate follow
the example /; and then let us have bill
reducing taxes to twenty-five cents on
the hundred dollars. THE CLARION
will then beat its spear into pruning
hook, and rest from its labors for a season
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

Senator Gibbs, in his 'sBetch on the
printing question last Tuesday, stated
that the cost of printing IIast year
amounted to One-third the expenses of
the State government. If it does not
exceed one-tenth the present year, THE
CLARION will claim some credit for ex-
posing the Printing extravaganza and
inaugurating the reform.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

The CarroIltOn Conservative states tn

The Carrollton Conservative states that
recently colored individual from Madi-
son county, named Calvin Jones, came
to Carroll, hunting school and bringing
certificate from the Superintendent of
Education of Kinds county. This teach
er failing to get employment in Carroll,
returned to Madison where he was as
signed a position in his favorite avoca-
ton; and thereupon he addressed to the
Superintendent of Schools in Carroll the
following letter, verbatim ct Hberatim,
which we present as a specimen of the
choicest literature of this day of Carpet
Bag supremacy. We do not know that
it has its parallel except the famous
Code Message which stands, of course,
unapproached and unapprOachable in the
line which Calvin has attempted to fol-
| low.
The public, if it has not become insen-
sible to Carpet-Bag impositions will not
fail to inquire why such ignorampses as
| the author of this letter, are foisted on
the people as teachers of Public Schools
| at salaries ranging from $50 to 500 per
month? Why are they enormously tax
ed to keep up a system by which such
cheats and humbugs as these are sup
ported in idleness and in the practice of
what is manifestly a mere burlesque on
public instruction? What apology has
the Superintendent of Schools in Kinds
county to offer for having become par
ty to this fraud? What explanation has
the State Superintendent to make? Do
they presume there is no limit to the for
bearance of the people?
CANTON Miss March 21th 1872
Mr. Adoms want to know how is it that
you reqrier of me to Bring the Witness and
the names of the pepell with me and White
man cold came and get the school With a
ExZamanatione or With witnesses / am
EVERY sorry to sa that am not be holding
for any of yOuer schools a tall known the
resins that you did not want me to have
a school because i should be a holding to
You democratic and never Will have a
school hear have hear of your county be-
fore know if a couldardman can nat hold
office in your eaunty and you know how
it is yaur self but van can not sa any Where
els and i never Will have any good blood
for yau Being as have no more TO say to
such men as you.
CALVIN JONES
Canton Miss
PS hope you will Write as soone as,
posibele,
As another specimen of the qualifica-
tions of persons who are put into places
of trust and grave responsibility by the
Party of Learning and Moral Ideas, we
submit the following official order of the
President of the Board of Supervisors of
Warren county, which we have copied
from the Vicksburg Herald;
March Sth 1872
by order OF the board of Supervisors to
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11
EVENING SESSION.

An act TO re-establish the boundary line
between the State OF Mississippi and Ten
nessee.
Passed-Yeas 70; nays 5.
Nays-Currie, Kelly, Mckenzie, Martin
iere. Walker.
Absent and not vOting-37.
Mr. Howe introduced an act supplement
Cal TO, and amendatOrY Of an act which
lpassed the Senate March z, 1872, and passed
the House of Representatives March %,
1862 entitled an act 10 INCORPORATE the
Mississippi Valley Company, not yet APP
proved. Passed.
Mr.. Davis offered the following:
Resolved. That the Clerk of the House H.
hereby authorized TO employ such addition
al clerical force as may be necessary TO en-
roll the Acts that have. or may be- passed
by this House during the present session.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Foley. an act supple
mehtal To an act TO authorize the Board OF
Supervisors of wilkinson county 70 issue
bonds aud fund their outstanding debt, was
taken up and passed.
An act 10 allow the taking Of testimony
in Chancery after three months after the
answer is filed. was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Street. an act 70 auth
oriZe the Board Of Supervisors OF DeoOt0
county to have an index Of the lands OF SAID
county made, was taken up, and passed.
Anact for the relief OF J. y. Whitesides'
former Sheriff Of TIshomingo county, was
passed.
THE AUTHORIZATIONS BILL.
Mr.. Howe moved To take up the general
appropriation bill. Carried.
Mr. Wade moved that the House resolve
| itself into Committee OF the whole Tor
the purpose OF further considering the bill.
/ Carried.
Amer some time taken up in considera-
tion of the bill. IL went over.
The folio ~ing was spread upon the jour
fnal by general consent:
| Mr. Speaker: desire 10 explain my vote
on the Civil Rights Bill. Sir, the doctrine
OF social equality was one Of the leading
| features I'm the last canvass by the Demo
crats against the Republican party. This,
sir, denounced on the stump, and my col
/ eaguc. Mr.. johnson. did the same; my
constituents did not demand it. was pledged
against il. Sir, pledged my honor that
4 would not go back on my constituents nor
4 do now propose 70 do so. / am for equal
rights 10 all men before the law, and will 20
as far "a any man 20 give the colored man
| all his rights. sir, had this measure been
Introduced and advocated In our last can
! vass we should now have five Democrats
on this floor, ia lieu Of five Republicans
| Mr.. Speaker. IL Is a well-known fact In my
county thm have no particular love for
DemOcrac ysDNo, sir, 1 nave always been
against them on principle; but, sir, am
I not wild Republican, am constitutions
al Republican. Sir, see that Congress hai
hesitated long 10 pass this bill, and do
| think we should 90 little slow on this
subject. / deem the passage Of this bill i'm
| polite. imprudent and unwise. even 70 fur
/ tler agitate this subject; and now II Re-
publicans wish 10 make this a test Of my
Republicanism, they have L.; dodge no
| thing. u. +. WEST.
House adjourned.
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In the Southern State, Col. A. J

In the Southern States, Col. A \.
Harper's paper, published at Okolnua, we
find the following mention of one of the
ablest members OF the Legislature. The
last clause in the extract is understood TO
refer TO a bill introduced by Mr.. Mcintosh
regulating the manner in which liquor
licenses are to be obtained:
We had the pleasure this morning OF
meeting the Hon. j. X. Mcintosh. who will
make q brief stay with us. We trust, how
ever. there will soon be cessation of leg
islative hOstilities- and We can welcome
him hack 10 hls family and friends. We
hope friend Bob will settle Els liquor Bill
before he leaves jackson.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

As a spirit of Reform seems to have
stirred the Legislature, would it not be
well to postpone adjournment for a day
or two while the revival is in progress?
1t would be a great thing if the Augean
stable could be thoroughly swept.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

The latest report from Connecticut is
that Jewell, the present Radical Govern
or, has been defeated. If the combined
Republicans can't hold their own now,
how viii it be when the Liberals. draw
off their forces in the Presidential cleo
tion1
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

We find the following in the New
South in reference to the Natchez and
jackson Railroads
We learn that the wages of laborers on
the line of the Natchez and jackson Rail-
road has been increased to fhirty-five dol
lars per month. No deduction TO be made
when prevented from working by rainy
weather. d
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

A report Is going the rounds of the press
that Sergeant Boston Corbetf, the slayer OF
Wilkes Booth Is dead. II he Is not he ought
to be. for he has been In the grave nearly
NO years. ls
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

In a trial before the mayor OF OkOloua, 70
few DAYS since, the question as 90 "whothcr
a wife could sleep with her head upon Bier
husbands arm an night without paralyz'uE
n suflciently 10 wake him up and cause
him % withdraw his arm from under h.f
head, was sprung. 10 proved 700 nail I'i
the young attorneys who were como MtttN NJ
the trial, aud an old physician was called pom
70 decide the question, and De- $40 'rlt
might, and then again she mlkhtn ~
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

A Committee of the Georgia Legisla-
ture, is in New York investigating the
financial operations of Bullock, the
absconding earpet-hag Governor Of thai
State. s
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

WESTERN Town ELECTIONS ON THE
DID The Republicans of Cleveland
elected their ticket by 1000 majority.
The Democrats and Liberals carried Gin
cinnati by 1000. (Great gain.) The
Democrats have also carried. Dubuque.
and made clean swe9p in St. ,Louis.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11
national Democratic Convection.

Early in May, otter The meeting OF thr
Cincinnati Convention, the National hEefu-
tive Democratic Committee VIII hold ID
meeting in New York city, Oh hH tnc tIur
aud place for holding the National Demo
cratic Convention. Leading Democrat.
think and the opinion hns been teir.
grapbed--that the time will bc July z. ani
the place So. Lous.-Moblle Register.
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The Lunatie Asylum Squander.

SPEECH OF THE Hon. A. 5. GAINES. OF
WAYNE. IN THE HOUSE, OF REPREsES-
TATIvEs or THE Bill TO MAKE
SPECIAL AUTHORIZATIONS FoR THE
BENEFIT OF THE Contractors
ON THE LUNATIc
ASYLUM.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11

WEEKLY CLARIos-Two dollars per rear. and
more.
-EMI-WEEKLY CLARIoS-Four dollars ner
year, and an extra copy for club Of six or
more.
In future paper will be discontinued when
lime expires.
Remittances should be by registered letter
money order, draft, or by express. When 9th
erwIse, the ONCE cannot be responsible
All business communications should be adj
dressed TO Power Barksdale. Jackson. Miss
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11
The Iuka Gazette says

From q letter received from General
Tucker. President of the road. . few days
since. we learn that the Vieksburg and
Nashville Railroad IS Q certainty. and he
win start next woek afher iron and loco
motive % commence work In earnest.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-11
From a Ncw York paper.
The Medical college for Women.
Exercises nt the Ntnfh Aunuut
commencement Last Evening.

Exercises mu ane Ntutu Auu wlaN
commencement H.nrt Evening.
The ninth annual commencement af tbr
New York Medical College Tor Women. wH#
held last evening nc Association Hall AH
audience Of very respectable size Dad assem-
blod 10 listen 10 the ekrrrites, which were
interesting, and, 30 judge from the applause
with which most OF the performance uuH
sentiments advanced were krceipi. ihNf.
oughly appreciated. After nu overture 800
the organ by Mr.. a. Morn, % opening
prayer was offered by Rev DR. jrrW..
Mrs. &. s. LOzier. MID, thc Dean of tlr rn..
lege, next read her annual report Boo which
she said the college had received within ODE"
year "A donation Of 5000 from "a lidY tu
Massachusetts, % Doe devoted t0 tHc rfD.uf
ing Of greater facilities Zoo tllr study 90
clinics. Ia addition 90 the graduating cIH."
there were attending the college thirty
students. The degrees were chen conferred
by -. Paine. after which the nIcdictofy
was delivered By Miss Emma Scott ul
Brooklyn. Or. Lilienthal babe thc Glass
farewell in "a few words Of parting advice
and after "a short address by Dr.. bcrm. VINO
defended the practice Of medicine hE WOMEN
on the ground that women take ~ medicine
as other ducks take % water. the audience
was dismissed with The usual benelieIlon.
Lasting H.OvcIfmesa----Twen years
ago, when paint pearl powder and ruam..
were running the cOmplcEidhs and destroy
ing the health Of women of fashion, ia.
CANS MAGNoLiA BALM was brought out aH
"a pure botanical cosmetic, guaranteed t1
restore bloom aud beauty tO tbr skIur-
From that time % the present "a ha boon
continually rising in public estimation "a
the safest and most uneNccT tiouablo prrpI.
ration Of is class Instead Of producing
an artificial, metallic surface. likr tlc dc1d-
| ~ cnamels, or willing the euiiclc likn tHr
poisonous fluids sold under various uamr
a. sbeautincrs" 10 keeps thc Skin "a. spit l.
velvet renders 10 af smooth and glossy a.
satin, and imparts 10 b. thar delicate. rO.y
tinge, which a. The beau idcQt &c complies
| ional lovciness. This exquisite chrOmAfr
effect Is not transient. By applying tIr
Balm daily Il may be prolonged from youth
~ age. 4 lady who purchased The ilrst h0f.
! tie 81 the article nineteen years ago. WrItu
~ say that her complexion go forty D.
| "purer, clearer aud more brilliant thau ~
| has ever been !" and she attribute its brnu
" solely the daily use Of HA0AN.B MADNur
| LA BALM.
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The Legislative Proceedings.

The Kosciusko Leader has the follow
ing in regard to the manner in which the
journal of the Legislature has been fur
nished by the Clerk of the House and
Secretary of the Senate, and published
by the 'Oficial Journal" Oar friend
of the Leader should know that the OBJ
ject to be accomplished by such publica-
ton was not to let country people know
what was being done, but to let Radical
members see their names in print. Did
you never notice how many motions some
of them make?
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CALVIN JONES
Canton Miss
March Sth 1872

by order OF the board of Supervisors to
aptisee the nOtis to all citizens that all dogs
out through the County of Warren running
a large without mussel is liable to be kill
by some Suitable person shall be authorize
by each member IN each district to comply
with the said law who HAYES the power and
also the legale thority to appint any man
that he see proper in his District do GER
TIL that this a true copy.
Henry Hunt member of the board of Su-
pervisors.
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EVENING SESSION

An act defining the limits OF The city of
Jackson.
Motion pending IN reconsider action lnd.
whereby the words zone thousand dOlIHrs
was stricken out.
Mr.. Gleed moved 10 table the motion.
Carried.
by Mr. johnson an act In relation t1 thr
sheriff Of Lehorc county Passed.
by Mr.. Cassidy supplemental % HH HUL
ln rclation&o the election oi 0tatr Printer
Passed.
An act to incorporate Holly Springs, va.
passed.
An act 10 authorize the Board of super.
visors Of Jackson county 10 borrow money
was passed.
An act tO encourage che publication oi u
Digest, was tpken up aud House HWruIs
ment concurnad in, nH follows
Neas-Mcssrs. AlcNandpt, Allen, Bennett
Duncan, Gibbs, GRAY, Hardy, Holloway.
johnson, Little, Lylcs, MllHaps MYEutl
Seal, steele, sullivan. Stone and watts IH.
Nays-Mcssrs. Abbott Barrow. buWlrr.
Caldwell Cassidy. Glord, Mcclure. smy thr
Smith, Williams and Warucr-ll.
rEAsE's SCHOOL mur
An act 90 amend au ACC iu relation tl
public rducafiou was taken zap.
Pending consideration, the senate ut.
journed.
FAIR AT NATeuEz. Tho Second An.
nual Fair Of the Adams County AgrIculm.
raj and Mechanical Association viii Dog held
at Natchez, commencing Thurday May
ith. For premium LETS, address Alton AZ.
Bowie, Jr.. Secretary. We shall pndcay0r
TO be one of the visitors.
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Oh, what happy thing it Is,
And joyful for to see,
Brethren dwell together in
Friendship and Unity.

VII Ntldk happy thAh- ~
And joyful for to see,
Brethren dwell together in
Friendship and Unity.
Puritan Song.
The Pilot bows gracefully to the pas
sage of the bill reducing the printing to
the specie rates of 1857, and intimates
that it was due to a conspiracy of Willing
Morgan and other RAIDS who availed
themselves of the Reform spirit of the
Democrats, to overthrow the virtuous
Pilot and TO build up new Radical
paper to be fostered at exorbitant prices
by ring in the special interest of the
''P0,Uels that be-" Whether this sug-
gestion of the Pilot be correct or not rs
to the revival of the Leader, we can
not say but any attempted jugglery to
fix the prices for the benefit of a Ring
at higher rates than those prescribed by
the Legislature, in the case of failure of
the present Printers to. do the work, can
be easily defeated by the passage of a
supplementary bill prohibiting the exc
cution Of the work at rates lower than
the new rates.
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Owing to the manner in which the pro-
ceedings of the Legislature are published.
it is next To impossible for country reader
to CLEAN anv idea of what Is going on in
that body The bills discussed are not pub
blished; are only mentioned by number.
and a reader of the Jackson papers is left to
guess their nature. We cannot praise or
condemn bills before we know what they
are, and prefer TO keep silent about many
important matters to criticising them with
only indefiDite ideas of their features.
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HOUSE.
MONDAY. ApriIL 1872.


Mr. Hill moved TO reconsider the vote
where by providing for the pay Of Assistant
Postmaster VIM. l.. Parker, passed the
House, and TO table the motion TO reconsid-
er. Carried.
By Mr.. Hyer: A petition from the Com-
nlittee OF the American Medical Association
praying for the establishment in this State
of State Board OF Health.
Referred to the Committee on Public
Health aud Quarantine
THE vIcKsBURG-GREENVu.LE RAILROAD
SOCIAL EQUALITY BILL.
Mr.. SPEAKER Your Special Committee
to whom was referred III. Is. No. 64l. have
considered the same and have instructed
me TO report the bill back with the follow
ing amendment, and recommend its pas
Sage w 4tA sle
H. c. CAKTER, Chairman.
Report received and agreed 70,
MINORITY KkPoKr. 800
Ma. sPxAKrRs- 1.-THE undersigned M esnbcr
Of Special Committees, to whom was referred
III. b." Mo. GA, an, act TO incorporate the
Vicksburg and GreenvilIe Railroad. and for
other purposes, begs leave TO dissent from
the majority report. and ask that Il do not
pass Respectfully,
f7Isg ~ - laBiso8 &c. McKnszEE. !
Mr.. Carter moved that the bin be consfd-
cred enGrossed and placed on IA hnal pas
sage.
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An act 90 amend au uct Gao relation tu
public rducafiou was taken zap.
Pending consideration, the senate ud.
iOurncd.