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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

PROGRESS OF THE WHITE HAT.

FELLow-CITIzKNs You see before you
one who Is just now the object of much vi
Imperative denunciation. 1t is proclaimed
that have been a secessionist, Know Moth
ing, and even a negro trader. Whatever
seems likely 10 produce prejudice against
me Is freely uttered without any regard TO
truth. have been repeatedly asked to re-
fute these calumnies, but have thought IL
| best not 70 attempt TO do so, inasmuch as
any denial 1 might make would fail 10 ST.
lence the tongue of Islander. | am one Of
those who believe political parties ought not
10 be permitted To exist too long in a gov
eminent such rs ours; that they should
flourish and pass away when they have
served the purpose for which they were ere
ated. | do not believe that this country
would continue to flourish long under the
exclusive control of any political party OF
scheming and corrupt politicians; selling
upon the organizations OF political parties.
they soon learn to run the machine, rs they
say. and they take good care TO run IL So
that all the oil dripS into their pockets l
trust that we shall see frequent changes OF
parties in this country. What we most need
just now Is that independent spirit which
leads men in their love OF country TO rise
superior To all prejudices of political asso-
citation aud all ties of party. | am tree 10
confess, aud in no way ashamed Ia admit
that my party associations are not the same
now that they were some years ago. The
dangers which threatened our nation in the
past are gone; we struggled aud suffered to-
gether 10 preserve the Union of these States,
and not in the next hundred years will any
attempt to divide il be made. What is need |
ed now Is such government as will enable
all parts of the country TO reap the fruits of
victory. We want genuine peace and COM
plete restoration of frateInal relations. Ii
Is time for US to forget In our local, State,
and National governments, this Is the great
work now set before us; it Is for you To say
through what instrumentalities this can be
accomplished
Amidst tremendous cheering, Mr.. Greeley
bowed to to the people aud proceeded west
ward.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Patent leather boots are coming into style
again.
Ohio produced 9,O7l, 6O3 pounds of cheese
last year.
Harry Bassett whiskey'' is the latest al
coholic novelty in the bar-rOoms.
The Concord still remains the favorite
grape with New England culturists.
a heifer with three legs and two udders
has been sold for $1,000 in Nevada.
An ugly and ignorant Waterman of Har-
lem, n. Y, has married "A 100000 widow.
Billiard tables are being manufactured in
larger NUN ers than ever in this country.
The Swiss Times asks if there is an inch
of Switzerland that has not been sketchcd
Cowboys are adding to the alternating
marrow of black bears in some parts of the
Dominion.
Some of the fashionable women Of New
York wear stockings that cost ten dollars a
pair.
A common scold in Dunkirk. N. Y, has
been fined $40 under very old but unre-
pealed statute.
An Arizona man has been made crazy at
finding piece OF quartz which he supposed
was worth $5,O00OO0.
An Indian woman Of Canada, los years
old, has son OF SO who can lay out all the
young fry OF sixty in the hay field.
When a Boston man tries to wind his
watch with dOcr-key he is only a little
eccentric. They don't sell whskey there.
General Birney's daughter is learning TO
be n compositor in the Gazette office, Boston,
in order to qualify herself to edit a paper in
the South.
The Napoleons give as much trouble at
Brighton, with their lackeys, their police,
their barouche, and their fnnkies, as ever
they did in the Tulleries.
Mr.. o. Bull, fiddler, punches the spotted
ball on "A private table in his Norway home.
Ii Ole had tiddled as badly as he plays bill
lizards he would never have had home.
Greeleyism, like lightning, sometimes
strikes in the most unexpected places.
Gen ,ral Il. NJ. Henry, Of North Carolina,
who was one of Caldwell's ablest advocates
in the late canvass, has taken the stump for
Greeley and Brown.
Josh Billings says: "Give the devil his
due reads well enough in a proverb; but
what will become Of me and you il this ar
rangement is carried Out?"
The Respondent looking man who sud-
denly started on seeing new apples for sale,
and cried Now, my children shall have
bread" was doctor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

The Pilot ''rises for information in
reference to the Greeley and Brown Flee
toral ticket in this State. While the
Pilot is up, we would be glad if it would
give some information" about which the
taxpayers are interested. Soon after the
adjournment of the Legislature it an
nounced, by authority of acting Govern
or Powers, that he would certainly APP
prove the bills reducing salaries and de-
creasing the number of judicial officers,
and curtailing expenditures, as soon as
the spring courts were over. Spring has
passed. Summer is over, and the first
month of Autumn is waning, and yet the
bills have not been signed. The expen-
ditures which they were designed to re-
duce, still continue, and the public are
anxious to know why the Bully Boy has
stood in the way of accomplishing these
reforms; and what he meant by making
his pledge and failing to redeem it
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The Presidents HBFOGher's-iM-E4sl w
as Office Brokers.
From the New York Sun


Judge Lewis Dent, brother-in-law of
President Grant, attacked on Monday, in
Washington, Mr.. Henry Reed, one Of the
editors of the Capital newspaper. Mr.. Reed
is an elderly gentleman, AID not strong.
The assault was committed without warn
ing, with a hickory cane and Mr.. Reed, who
received many blows, was injured about
the head.
The occasion for this brutal attack was
the publication in the Capital of some of
the facts respecting the sale by the Dents to
ID. w. Farrand of the appointment of Con-
sui at Callao. Farrand paid the two broth
ers three thousand five hundred dollars, of
which Lewis Dent received two thousand
five hundred dollars, and Gen. +. I. Dent
one thousand dollars, and then Grant made
the appointment just after the adjournment
of Congress. This he did on the solicitation
of Judge Dents wife. But afterward Sen
atOr Cole. of California, objected to the APP
pOintment of George Dent, Democrat,
another member of this interesting family,
as Appraiser of Customs at San Francisco,
and TO appease Cole and make all easy for
George. the appointment of Farrand was
not confirmed by the Senate. and one ID. j.
Williamson, Il friend of Coles was appoint
ed by the President in his place. when Con-
gress met again and thus Geo. Dent became
Appraiser.
Next Farrand bargained with the Dents
for the appointment of j. A. Whitney, of
Port Byron, New York, as a Commissioner
TO settle claims against Peru; and for this
$4,000 was paid at the Aston House, in this
city, the money being drawn for the pur
pose from the Shoe and Leather Bank.
Whitney did not get rhe appointment as the
Dents had engaged; but when Judge Dent
did not return a cent of the money, and
when Farrand complained of the failure to
keep the bargain. Dent told him it would be
better to say nothing on the subject, and
that they would make it right in some other
way.
These are some of the main facts in the
case. They constitute a sale Of appoint
ments by the Presidents brothers in law,
and in one case a delivery of the appoint
ment by the President after the money had
been paid.
The legal evidence on this whole matter is
easily attainable
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

We exhort the opposers Of Radical
misrule to be up and doing. Don't wait
for mass meetings, nor speakers TO come
around. Begin the work of organization
at your own homes, and in your beat
meetings. The least influential citizen
can do good part. All should take a
hand. Every friend of Greeley should
strive to add one to the cause of peace
and honest government. The viii and
the determined effort alone are needed.
--~~-~@D~~-
A Northern Grant paper appeals to
the sectional hate of the North by saying
that Horace Greeley wants the rebel
''chiefs, with the blood Of half a million
''of murdered citizens on their hands,
returned to the halls of Congress and to
''places in the Government service, and
s'made eligible to the Presidency" We
are not apprized that Horace Greeley
ever expressed such wish in regard To
''rebel chiefs. He has only insisted
that there should be perfect equality be-
fore the law, Of all men, and that they
should be allowed the freeman's privilege
of making their own choice of public
servants. Isn't this republicanism, and
do not the Northern people exercise that
right with none to modest or make them
afraid?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

The Yazoo Democrat proposes Major
SyIvanus I. Oldham, of Attala, on the
Liberal and Democratic candidate for
Congress in the 4th District, and suggests
that his name be placed at the head OF
the Liberal and Democratic newspapers
of the District as the adopted candidate.
This is good suggestion, unless con-
vention be held Immediately. There is
no time for delay.
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1,s.e Coston Market.

Heavy failures in Liverpool and Man
chester combined with aconcerted scheme
of interested parties, to depress the cot
ton market, has had that effect. and il
has fallen from / to cents and frac-
ton per pound. If planters would con-
suit their interest, they viii, after meet
ing their obligations to the merchants
who have generously stood by them and
risked their own credit in doing so, keep
their cotton at home, and await until the
pressure is over. They are only sacrificing
their means and labor to put their crops on
the market under existing circumstances.
The crop is short one, and far below the
requirements of manufacturers. We
hope our contemporaries will unite in urg-
ing this plan on the planting community
If the crop does not exceed the yield of
last year. it is safe to predict that the
market will reach % cents per pound for
average qualities before spring.
The following extract from a late cir
cular of Smith, Edwards Il Co., Liver
pool, will throw some light on this re-
markable decline of the market:
The key TO the whole position is the opin-
ion prevailing about the American crop
The expectation Of Gerry large one has been
diTaSed al 0Uef the ac0rla, and while that
view remains We need not expect either
home or foreign markets to show any vital
ity; but If unavoidable views ABOUT the
crop got into the ascendant the wheel of
business would revolve much quicker, and
the large stocks of cotton held in Europe
would run down fast,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26
Oueer Couple "A ChimRman
VARIES "a White Woman.
-ss st Louis Globe, says

r,s st Louis Globe, says:
H. Seventh street, two doors north OF
A third police station, there dwell, in
,arent contentment and happiness, a
.srly matched couple. The husband
4 Cbinaman, the wife an American wo-
4, and the pair were married in this
by Justice Walthier, about nine
d ago. They are now running a
niry, and from the woman's story are
be we'll
/ short time ago, the woman, then a
law. and named Margaret Compton,
wing sick at her house, on Washing
avenue, where she was attended by a
n5er Of friends, and among them Jo-
b Son, the celestial. AS she became
raescent, Son became attentive, and
ID her to marry him. She was alone
the world, he said, and he was well
agh off to take care of her. She at
1t declined, on the ground that she
ind difficulty in understanding what
aid, but at last, listening with more
sifed attention to his opportunities,
consented to became his wife. Since
.g marriage she has lived happily, she
avs, and has learned to understand her
a,band and his way of conveying his
as.
Mrs. Son was born in Madison county,
lsoari, and is now thirty-three years
t age. Son is forty-five years old, and
as been in this country about three
5ars
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From the Pilot.


The question has been put to US several
times within the last few days whether
Congress will remove Col. Lamar's disabili-
ties, should he chance to be elected i'll No
vember? We can only answer, that we do
not know, and inasmuch as it requires two
thirds of Congress to remove them, we
suppose that nobody knows. We are free
to say, however, that if the Republican
party is Onc-half as VindictiVe and pro-
scriptive as Col. Lamar and his party friends
represent it to be, he and they are silly to
suppose that his disabilities will be removed.
1t is no affair of ours, but we do think that
lie committed a grand mistake when he
decided to thrust his case upon Congress.
Now the GRANTEES must take oneor the
other horn of the dilemma in which de-
clarations Of this kind place them. They
were either insincere in pledging them
selves tor Universal Amnesty; or have
resorted to cunning device to force Col.
Lamar from the Congressional race. 1t
matters not which position they take.
They dread and hate him for his ability !;
for his great capacity of service to his
down trodden countrymen whose paths
he will seek to make smooth on the field
of duty to which they intend to assign
him. The Radical warfare upon him
will renew the vigor of his friends and
swell his majority by thousands
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

IL is strange that Senator Wilson, In his
speeches. never refers TO his chaplain BILL
with which he graced the statutes OF the
United States at the outbreak of the war.
Ia his piety and patriotism, the Senator then
proposed bill, and pressed it through
Congress in hurry, in which IL was enact
ed, that the regiments should be given
Christian chaplains, and that all Jewish
clergymen should be excluded from those
appointments. Many of our readers must
recOllect the indignation which that bill
produced, and what trouble il gave TO Jew
ish soldiers TO have 1t repealed, and give
them the benefit of a clergyman in the field
or hospital. Senator Wilson then most like
ly ignorant of the existence of Jews In this
country proposed the unjust and unconsti-
tutionaI law, bat knowing now that there
are some jews somewhere, 1t is strange that
he has not explained. how and why lac came
to make thar blunder, to expose his intol-
erance and his disregard OF constitutional
rights In so blunt and uDdisguIsed man-
ner. Somebody might ask him the CUES
tions is q gentleman fit to be Vice PRESIDENT
OF the United States who does not care TOR
the constitutional rights of citizens s-Ihe
IsEaelite.
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Medley Thompson. eolored, in the course
of his remarks before the Greeley and
Brown Club of this place. said
Il thiHk it the duty of the colored man TO
vote for Greeley from the fact that he has
been their friend for the last twenty years
while he was advocating the emancipation
of the colOred race Mr.. Grant declared that
ssif the fight was made to tree the negro he
would strip off his uniform and go home"
This is the correct view, and if the eyes OF
the colored people were open. and they were
not so completely under the control OF the
arpet-baggers, they could see who were
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Facfs for Rnnmera.

\ series of experiments, instituted to
lest the average loss in weight by drying,
shows that corn losses one-ffth, and
Wheat one fourteenth by the process.
FROM this statement is made that, farm
ers will make more by selling unshelled
corn IN the fall at seventy-five cents than
me following summer at one dollar a
oushel, and that wheat at 81 80 in De-
ce,mber, is equal to 81 90 for the same
Wheat in June following. This estimate
y made on the basis of interest at per
cent, and takes no account of loss from
Vermln. These facts are worthy of con-
sideration.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

From the columbus ID

From the Column bus lGa.) Sun.
The heavy receipts at Southern points has
had the tendency 20 depreciate the price of
cotton. This was naturally to be expected.
We heard one of our largest cotton buyers,
saw his outside estimate for the incoming
crop was three and quarter millions. In
this, however, we believe he is mistaken.
We see no reason 10 believe that the crop
will exceed that of last year. Prices under
the influence of heavy receipts, may De con-
tinuaIlv lowered until after December In
the latter part of January when receipts
grow small, figures will move upwards.
MANY think the crop will be gathered by
December 1st. In 1873 cotton mounted
from I2Isc during Christmas to SOC. by the
last of March. More important revolutions
In prices may be noted this year.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-09-26

The Head Centre Of the Gang in Rankin
County,
Canton Miss Mail. 18th.

Our town was in lively state of excite
ment last Monday, on account of the arrest
of David Finn, who now comes to light as
the king of the coupterfeters. lie has been
living for the past six years in Rankin coun-
tV, near Ratliff's ferry, and is known to
many of the citizens of Canton. We had
two hours conversation with the old man,
and his story sounds more like a romance
than anything we ever heard. He Is eighty
five years old, but would pass for sixty five
or seventy; has keen, penetrating black
eye, and, although unable TO read, is re-
markably well informed man, especially in
all things relating TO chemistry. Although
he is able to counterfeit gold coin IN a nan
ner which absolutely detieS detection !;
although he has been in the business for
forty years and has been the owner of
hundreds of thousands of dollars, he is now
and has been for six years, in extreme
poverty.
He declares that he has not for years
has been in the power OF an extensive clan
which extends from Georgia to Texas,
many Of whom he has never seen, but for
whom he has been at work.
He says that he taught the art OF counter
feiting to Beecham, Cradick, Blanton, Null
Inns, Crabtree aud Richie, men who became
famous in the art. and have eXpiated their
offenses by weary years of Imprisonment.
He mace a clear confession, giving the
names of nearly a hundred of the elan; and,
of course, the detective made good use of
the telegraph. At Winona, man by the
name of Gibson, with his four daughters,
have been arrested. and also Columbus
Finn and Hezekiah Walker. This man
Walker is we'll known in this county as
cow Walker. He was overseer for Mr.. Brit.
Pritehard for ten years, and so arranged
the business that nearly all of Mr.. Prit-
chard's cows were in Walkers mark, hence
the name of COW Walker. He also lived
two years with Kicks We thersby.
Two Bephews of the old man are still at
large, in Louisiana, and have complete set
of dies /, %, 5 and 10 denominations All
these dies were made by old man Finn. and
sold for SIS.
These prisoners were all under the charge
of q. Wiley Wells, United States District
Attorney for the Northern District Of Mis-
sissippi, aud j. III. Pierce, United states
Marshal.
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Walk

The "Mournful Facts" in Mississippi
are not so confident after all, OF keeping
their bread and butter which they think
depends upon the Presidential election.
The Pilot publishes a long list of APP
pointments for the Bully Boy-James
Lynch-O. G. French-the Radical
Ring master in the Legislature-carpet-
baggers together with others, show
ing that there is considerable consterna-
ton in the Mongrel camp. But the big
gest guns are still silent; and the bulk of
brains and honesty of the Republican
party Hancock--Bennett--Jeffords-
Brady-W oford-R. J. Alcorn-Mont-
gomery and Sanders-are supporting
Horace Greeley.
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LATE TELEGRAMS.
COMPLETION OF TIE SOUTH AND NORTH
ALABAMA RAILROAD.

COMPLETION OF TIE SOUTH AND NORTH
ALABAMA RAILROAD.
MONTGOMERY. Sept I6.-The South ana
North Alabama Railroad, from Montgom-
cry to Decatur, is completed through. Trains
will run to Louisville in a few DAYS There
Is great rejoicing here over it. The formal
celebration of the opening will take place
on the 10Th, under the auspices of the Lou
isville and Nashville Railroad.
LOYAL KU KLUx--A GREELEY NEGRO KILLED.
At Grant meeting at Columbus, Ohio. a
Greeley colOred man was killed by "A Gran
negro. They can't carry this county Tor
Ulysses in that way.
WHAT SUMNER SAYS ABOUT MAssACHUsErTs.
LONDON, Sept. Ex-senator Sumner ar
rived here to-day. He declares positively
that the Gubernatorial nomination OF the
Liberals and Democrats of Massachusetts,
will be elected.
HORACE GREELEY's WESTERN TOUR.
New YORK, Sept l6.--Coach drivers had
meeting and demand two dollars per week
strike.
The number of spectators present at the
great Greeley ratification meeting in New
York on Thursday is computed by the Sun
to have been 100000.
Wednesday morning Horace Greeley
starts on his Western tour, embracing Pitts
burg, Columbus, Cincinnati, indianapolis,
Louisville, Nashville, Chicago, Toledo,
Cleveland, Detroit, Erie and the coal mine
region of Pennsylvania. He will be absent
about two weeks and will make several
speeches on the route.
FEARFUL CRIME AND A FEARFUL VEN
GEANCE.
NASHVILLE, September l6.--A party of
masked men went to the residence Of Henry
Miller, colOred, in Christiana, Rutherford
county, Sunday morning before day aud on
his attempting TO escape, shot him dead.
His otfense was the begetting of child by
white woman. A colOred woman recog-
nized two of them, who raised their masks.
as Elisha Lynch and Joe Elliott, the latter
relation OF the woman who bore the child.
Warrants were issued for their arrest but
they escaped.
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From the BraurtG IrI llU..N.
1t is reported that q. y. Mortimer doI..-
cred an inccndiaTy haWauguc to tUu moe
grOes on Mrs. Mitchcll'- place. .iE mII.
west, one night last week. llr ipiI Them
that il Greeley was elected tIry would H'I
be put back into slavery, thr children would
be put to hOeiug, and as there Wa uu f0c..
in the country, the negro women would Doe
made TO pillow their husband. Ah.a Mr.
Mortimer u "a ParsOn, e County 0uUnEfu-
tendent, etc, who was never known tN U.-
part from the truth. No, and he never WI||
depart from the truth; Tor lhr TRUTH 4. D|N
Nick will get him for hi- Vile conduct.
There is no heaven for such "a ilrauu q. UH
iG