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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

Senator Duncan has introduced a reSOlu-
ton instructing the Committee on Printing
to report bill regulating the price of Pub
lie Printing and reducing them TO a lust and
reasonable Standardization.
We are glad to find this item in THE CLA-
RIoN, now that the report has been circulated
that il is to receive portion of the work.
Brandon Republican.
We presume that our friend of the
Republican would never have supposed
that whether the ''rumor" be true or
false, there would have been any change
IN our course or that of the Democratic
and Conservative members of the Legis-
lature, in regard to the reduction of the
rates of compensation to the Printer. Our
business arrangements are matters to
which we are entitled to be the custodi-
ans. We claim and will maintain our
right to employ our materials, labor and
capital in the line of our calling as pub
fishers in any legitimate and legal way
that we may choose-taking care in all
our transactions, whether with the public
or with private parties, to keep our acts
free from the faint of impurity, and
neither to justify, nor to permit, an i'm
pugnment OF our motives. And we will
no longer esteem ourselves worthy of
public confidence, if we permit our per
sonal interests to come in the way of any
reform we have heretofore demonstrated
to be necessary. Let the course of THE
CLARION before as well as since the cleo
ton, in advocating revision of the law
with view to the reduction of rates, and
for dispensing with the printing OF
unnecessary matter, speak for us! We
shall not consent to an adjournment until
this subject receives attention. And we
can speak confidently of the determine
ton Of at least the Democratic and Con-
servative members of the Legislature.
# the Conservatives and Democrats
had encouraged the projected coalition
With Central Brown II ii, would Cen
k~@Nr Nm4ra F,sr141 n,,.reI- Hs~4sr. ~
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

1t seems hard for Senator Duncan TO
please Central" Brown. He voted for
The CLARION firm, and that don't sat
isfy him. He has introduced a resolu-
ton to reduce the rates of printing, and
still he is a grumbler. Probably Sena-
tor Duncan would not support any "co-
alition" with Central" in it, and there
where the misery comes in. The Senator
and Central live in the same county,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

Central Brown, like the Vicksburg
Herald, is exercised about what he calls
the printing coalition" and devotes sew
eral columns to it. Now, will Central
devote one-fourth the space in explain
ing his projected coalition" whether it
was with Radical concern; and all
about ii?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
Make a Note OF This
The Brookhaven Citizen saws:

j. p. Matthew'S, the Radical candidate for
Sheriff Of Copiah county, who contested the
election of the Democrat who was duly
elected. has AZ last given mp the fight and
turned the Office over to Mr. Calhoun Mar
tin. the proper incumbent.
Matthews held the Office Of Sheriff by
the same illegal tenure by which Willing
and Handy hold their seats In tho L.euis.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

Congressman sypher EepuH.u,
louisiana pending the pnmf.
inquire into the causa uftmn..
which prevails in Louisiana m5...
archy % which hcrryomruraI
mcut has been hroualt undo. ..
management. said
Jet mc slY 30 member. I.. H.
Republican Ufy Dr. fl l.E. ........
thc South. Boz thc future .f inns
sen ~ gs Ntc,s' IIH unused. Ma,
pie Of mN State arc huu.. f... ...
able. they are orderly. lu. .H....#
The "purg.ug' operation uI
deprive the party of j.. e>s,,ar. h.
out the elias. so well d.l.UeIb..
themselves and Wha, will un..
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

1t has been remarked that simultaAe-
ously with its little public printing ex-
pertinent, the Vicksburg Herald which
had been constantly abusing Sheriff
FHrlOng, became suddenly silent about
him; and has not wagged its tongue at
him since. Will old Fuss and Feathers
"explain the coincidence while he is
up?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
What the Newton Ledger snys
@bo"d ahe "COde'' Message.
Prom the Ledeer

THE CLARION .goes for Coy. Powers In
an article In over a column Ia length. be-
cause be vetoed the bill 10 reduce the price
OF the New Code from ten 10 six dollars
We said when Mr.. Powers was induct-
ed into the Office OF Governor, that we would
give him credit for ala the good acts he per-
formed, but that We would never b found
backward Nv denpuncinr him whenever he
approved measures thar MonId 49, dnfri
mental 70 tuc people fNe haN approved
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

DocToR DEAsoS, one Of Gov. Alcorn's
favorites. whom he put in charge Of the
Hospital. at Natchez, has gone by the
board. Gov. Powers has removed him,
and appointed ID. Foster, late a. Vickn.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

liticMl nonensIafavs "a flse times a white
man. ~ Southern birth. becomes $calla-
way By Radical af5iIiafien- why should he
escape that distinction because DeInncratic
Representative ard went oyeyr IN crowd
of forty or fifty othFrss
The Democratic Representatives did not
90 over To the Radical party wien they
voted for KimbaII, Raymond & Co.. as
choice of evils, for Public Printers They
could not elect THE CLARION or any other
Democratic paper. as every man OF sense
knows. and i'm order ~ defeat Hook-nosed
Fisher. they voted for kimball, raymond 4
Co. They dill tile same thing in the cleo
ton Of President of the Senate. Seeing
that it was impossible 70 elect one Of their
own party, they all conferred on Bennett,
because ther knew him 10 he better man
than Gibbs. In that case Bennett as an
AIcorn man and Gibbs an Ahes man. yet
their voting for Bennett did not make them
Alcorn men. OF all the Inconsistent men
in the State Central is the most Inconsistent
He bIames the members of the Legislature
for doing just what he has been urging
every body 10 do for years-to defeat RadI-
calism BY dividing the Radical party. and
then making the best terms possible with
one or the other wings of that party
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
Another EsusicaI Omriui ta
sounded.


Farewell. Brulhpr tfHNI.f|f .H
aiu't Crau ford fhis tImr.huf W. Blvd.
County superintendent I'D l"..# Dab"
lion of Lincoln. who hG. HruHu. .r#.
that much talked OF vino H.. T.
where chat o.. we uul iHu tH#. #s
kuaWpth uot-hur they HY . MID.
gDe3 authority. thlt -omo l7"I" -
eIou- money OF these tlN. IIt..H U...0
gone with him--fhc most ui r. U...
ing thc amounts collected lr.W .. "
trrufh section fund.
For SOME time che EnGN HI. .".H H
90 got him 90 % settlement of IIU..
and % secure portion 90 n rI.. r.
an order alioNiHp him fur .rNu. Ia.
fFI.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
The Threatened Rupture EVitls
England.

Within the past two weeks the relations
of the United States and British Gov
ernments have assumed serious aspect,
in consequence of a difference between
the two governments in the construction
Of the Alabama Claims Treaty.
BY this treaty it was stipulated that a
conference should be held at Geneva,
consisting of one member from each OF
the contracting powers, and three from
friendly powers, to adjust the claims in
question between the first two.
The Conference failed of its intention,
on the ground alleged by the British rep
resentatives, that those Of the Uuited
States had preferred claims which were
not embraced in, nor interable from, the
the terms of the treaty. This fact has
been communicated to Parliament in a
speech from the throne.
These recently interpolated pretensions
are for damages resulting from the con-
tinuation of the war after the battle of
Gettysburg, on the assumption that it
would have then closed, but for the sup
port it received from the Confederate
cruisers constructed in British ports 1t
is not to be wondered that an assumption
so preposterous and absurd should be re-
sisted by the British Government.
War will not necessarily, nor probably
even, result from the failure Of the
Geneva Conference. 1t simply leaves
the question where it stood before the ar
bitration commenced. The ungenerous
treatment of the hitherto governing class
in the South, since the civil war, by the
United States Government considered,
and the damages which would result to
her industrial interests from a war with
the English, forbid the idea that they
could invest large amount Of sympathy
with the former in the event the struggle
should be precipitated by the Admins
tration for a cause so manifestly untenable
and absurd.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

The Cincinnati Comme,...,
"Those who affect 10 be IN m.
"the liberal Republican moyem.,.
"us il Is not the purpose b
candidates for the Pre.dsnr
Presidency az the Mas Cony
1t Is To be- IN some Lori d u..
injecting of all WHO are d,...+
"brcak with the ON parties. arI
further Is to be- done tHn 49,.
"way and make tine pstI ,r....
campaign.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

We greatly err if public Indignation does
not induce somebody to rise to an explana-
ton" The longer it is deferred, the greater
win be the punishment of the guilty, and
the more blistering the public scorn.-
Vicksburg Herald.
The foregoing indicates purpose to
precipitate a personal issue with
somebody" The editor of the Her
aid is requested to state to whom he
refers as the :" guilty party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

The Washington Chronicle, the per-
sonal organ of the Administration, as
sumes that Sin many of the Southern
Estates it is not now practicable for a
''loyal citizen to obtain justice in the
courts, on account of the prevalence of
''the secession element and the prejudice
existing against the friends of the Gov
'ternment And therefore this organ
advocates proposition "'for the removal
of civil and criminal causes from certain
State courts to the Federal courts, and
the commencement of such causes there
in, to enforce the provisions of the 18th
article of amendment of the Constitution
of the United States, and for other pur-
poses"
This is the sort of liberality which is
said to be growing in the Radical party
towards the South. 1t is rather veno-
nous.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
she CopiuL Count, Ifomfc.s.


killing OF $. =. Harvey, byR d. Ia
we have extracted the following
second wilnc-4-JO-opu UMHH.
standing iu the shop llkIn. H'. I.
and Thomas Penn, about fh. U".rU
suW Rice uutl he bad approach. H.
Ncy when I saw him, hU U.. n
and whip Boo hi- hand. bud
account 90 settle with sou. I' .'.|
toward Rice. with o lIt.Ir l. t"
ICED hlck towards tun mlIi. .l..
shop. about SIS feet Or au.
Harvey bad nothing but iIU ...
Rice was backing aud tlr a.uI.. r..
] saW pistol iiir; uid Hui In." .N
tired o.; .aW no pistol pAUUI ...N
Iud Zoo hIa hand when ! Hf.E .|. H-U
Harvey when hc fell, No. l,.. H..'t
up, nud Doe said send fuI lI.....
know che character of tl. u..
GO De- about the Size ~ my tUgU.
TOOK the care; did hot htHI
thing. except, FL have Hu aU..U.f pm
with yong Rice hul backed .".U. Ii
before the pistol fired; tbiuL fNUI h
gupplrd when the pistol Ur... I.a"I
thc cane presented toward l'|.l NI
right together, but cannot ..H t..l
Of each other when Rice Hl. H
Harvey fOllOWiugt SAW ua U'..M
FrY's hands, SAW Print MIf..H. M
PISTOLS from the rOCkrI ni II.||..
Harvey bad been shot; dId UH.t N.H
pistols; Harvey Wa- standing
slack tpb, when witness Hr.f "
preaching
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
England ERrepnrfns

a London sIeei;ss.lr .suys that eight regi-
m9nts of British troops are under orders
to sail for Canada.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
- AIS Einrmeef and Able Ada.
% C0u~tiguii0uuI lIsbts

J. rom iur ifIHr.N# .hN..I..
During tlo contest iIr .rH... p-
before the Mississippi lrn. Ur.r..r
rrratir member voted ...i I.
Power a Blrk-lHie ui 600. tIAH.. +.
which they Transferred f..H .H.H.r
Pilot concern us thp IHI" u. ruHu...
determined thH election. IH. .#..
Gao THE CLARION $500. m... u.r
slowed. as thpre i-u.I IH l.. -..r.
earnest and able uIknnlfH U....#
right. aud % more fn1f...a uUI a..
druuuciator OF open H.u. u.
CLARION.
LTho foregoing compliment h-
talented and generous friend Dr. Is
date Of the scooba Spectator.
appreciated. -CLAmoNI
Among the callers at ulr us
pr,-cnt week.. wc hrs r.....l 81 H..
col. Whitaker of Meridian. urH
-a0ia.of Jasper. and Gru -uHU. ...
HOLLY SPRING. North N' -Im Fl
last uamcl is one 30 t1e counsel mh.
.crsr of thr ku klUs pf. uUr.
a-@zE-s
PEH-OSAL.-Ou Saturday a..r..
mo pleasure of meeting 80 .Ir aa..u
offend of wartime. capt IS. G.D.f..
Newton County. The m....e ur Il
more poaccablc surrounding. f'.a
$50 used to See him vitH t.. .HaH
l3h Regiment on thc War.pa.H auas
mountain of Virginia Nuw fHM
g. uuc to every interest 90. H.#...
vas entrusted by tln Democracy
election With tIc Treasury H AM
County UI
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

Col K. A. Peyton, one of the worst
Radicals in the State, a member Of the
constitutional Convention (Black-and-
Tan, )and late United States Marshall, is
on trial in Judge Hills Court, on the
charge of embezzling public moneys. -
For the prosecution U. S. District At
torney jacobson for the defence John
Robb and John Estelle, Esq's.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

The New Hampshire election which
comes off next month, will be the first
gun Of the Presidential campaign. The
Washington Chronicle, the organ Of the
Administration, speaking Of the pros
poets Of its party, says:
Our private information from New Hamp-
shire is not all encouraging as 10 the pros
pect for the coming election.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15

This body has taken a recess until
Thursday; but by agreement among the
two parties it is understood there will be
no quorum before Monday, the 18th inst.
This viii give the members an oPportu-
nifty to look to their private interests at
home; and to devote the balance of
the session exclusively to public business.
It has not escaped our observation
that the malice Of the editor Of the Nicks-
burg Herald has prompted him to copy
all the disparaging illusions which he
has been able to gather up from other
sources in reference to THE CLARION !;
and among other things an especially
scurrilous fling from Stafiords North
Mississippian RADICAL paper. As evi-
dence of the spirit which prompts this
mode of warfare, we have observed that
he has been as careful to exclude what
ever replies we have made to these filings
as he has been industrious to copy them.
Since he has found it agreeable to inaug-
urate this style of warfare and to regale
his readers with that sort Of matter at
what he imagines to be at the expense Of
THE CLARION, we propose to reciprocate
his attentions by drawing upon the files
of the Vicksburg Republican Of pre-
vious canvass in which he was repeatedly
and well photographed.
Fabulous sums of money have been
squandered in Mississippi on public prin-
tiers. The evil was so intOlerable that Gov
ernor Powers inveighed against the laws in
force on the subject and suggested their re-
peal and the execution of the work by the
lowest bidder. The Republican friends of
Gov. Powers and the Democrats cooperating,
might hdUe done all that he asked. Instead,
the Mississippi Central says, the Democrats
and carpet-baggers combined, and the Pilot
again holds the open sesame to the State
treasury. Memphis Appeal.
The Vicksburg Herald copies the fore
going, to crafty its spite against the
Democratic members, knowing it to be a
SANDER Gov. Powers recommended
that part Of the work be let out to con-
tract. The Democratic members voted
unanimously in favor of letting it aH out
to the lowest bidder 1.-The friends of
Gov. Powers" prevented the measure
from being carried through, by inserting
an amendment authorizing Commission
ers to establish minimum and maximum
rates, thus effeetually destroying all the
virtue that was in the propoStion
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
Cotton Statistics.

The past weeks receipts of cotton at
all the ports of the United States, sum
mp ST, 274 bales, compared with 81, 1872
last week, and $50, 166 same time last
year. This makes the total since Sep
TENDER 1st, 2,O01, 1872 bales, against
2,505. 9O2 last year, showing a decrease
Of 507, no bales.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
The Democrat further says:

After this determination had been reach
ed, several kilograms were read from the
Governor, commanding his appointed Sheriff
his claims to the Office, AND PLEDGING THE
MILITARY STRENGTH OF THE STATE TO SUP
PORT HIM.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
CONTINUATION OF THE SUBJECT.

After the foregoing was put IN type,
the Corinth News Major Wofford's pa
per- came to hand, with several articles
on the subject, from which we have culled
the following extracts:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
From the Corinth News.

As we before said, the Leader has been
in every respect more extreme than the
Pilot, without the excuse personally the
Pilot had for being so. We therefore en-
dorSe the action of the conservative legisla-
tors in voting for the Pilot against the
Leader, and the shrewdness of The CLAIR
ION, if it succeeded in getting "wee-bit''
of the perquisites sccruing to the Public
Printer. The vote of its friends. while it
would not elect The CLARION, was worth
all, to either of the others, and THE CLAIR
ION and its friends acted wisely If they sue
ceeded in causing -divide."
Our able cotemporary of the Brandon
Republican has also several articles on
the subject, from which we have copied
as follows:
lFrom the Brandon Republican,
Central Brown has got another hobby. -
His last issue contained no less than ten ar
ticles in reference to the election of Public
Printer, in which he tried to prove that the
Democratic members of the Legislature
prefer Ames TO Alcorn, because they voted
Tor the Pilot after first casting their votes
for Tx CIARIoN, and finding there was no
possible chance or elecfing u. Among 9th
eE pom sefsisaL queationss ne propcnpdA Che
''RfIll Cd l'r.nta' INFORM III III In the po-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-31

THE Mineral Point Democrat of this
week has undertaken to say that some of
our candidates are weak, especially John
I. Jones, against whom il says there are
several circumstances which will work
against him. First, "Ile has lived in
Madison for the past three years with
his family" Second, Chat many think
that this Office should be filed by man
of property" insinuating that John T.
Jones is not man Of property. We
would say to the first circumstance that
operates against him." That while it is
true that Mr.. Jones has been at Madison
for some time, it is not true that his
family have been there for the past three
years. And while at Madison Mr.. Jones
has been employed by the State to fill
very responsible position, 1t is not as
though he had left our county and start
ed business elsewhere for himself but
he has been in the service of the State,
and has done nothing to dsqualify him
for holding Office in our county.
And, to his responsibility, Mr. Jones
is man Of property, and the editors of
the Democrat know that he is the pro.
prietor Of the Miiilin Woolen Mills. His
money built those mills, bought all the
expensive machinery, built the most ex-
pensive mill>dam in the county, and his
money runs the mill Mr.. Jones is fully
qualified, and fully responsible to give all
the security the county can desire.
All the Democrat can say against our
candidate for Clerk of the Board, is,
that many Republicans have grave
doubts as to his qualifications to fill that
important office. Never mind the Re-
publicans, Brother Peck, they are only
fooliag you when they talk in that style,
Every one knows that Mr. Halsrimson
is as fully qualified to perform the duties
Of the Office as the present incumbent
lie is man that even his enemies can
say naught against. He has the adyan
tase OF his opponent, inasmuch as he
has not been an Office seeker and is a
good sound Republican -DodgeuiUe
Chronicle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-31

THE Madison Democrat is a cyphercr,
1t cyphers out s 900 majority for Greeley
in Wisconsin. The process is to esti,
mate majorities by counties, and then
foot up. BY this cypher Iowa county is
accredited with a majority of 800 for II.
&. To secure his 5000 other counties
are as grossly missigured as Iowa, which
everybody residing within her borders
(eyen Peck) admits is swe tor Grant
The originator of the aphorism, Figures
don't lie" could never have seen any
democratic figures.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-31

The Democracy of Iowa County seem
only to aim at electing Barnard, Gill,
man and Strong. They cannot succeed
except by inducing Republicans to bolt.
Let every Republican be prepared to re>
fuse to scratch Little Jones and Hall
crimson, for undoubtedly urgen, appeals
will be made to induce them to do so.
Senator, Treasurer and County Clerk
are the most important Offices in the
county, and consequently most desired
by each party. There is more political
significance attached to these three than
to all other Offices. Both parties under>
stand and admit this, and for this reason.
if for no other, Republicans should be
especially careful to see that the names
Of Little, Jones and lIalgrimson are on
their tickets.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-31

SPEAKING of politics and candidates in
Iowa county, the Madison Journol makes
the following mention of our candidate
for County Treasurer:
Capt Jones, the candidate for Treas.
urer, we have known for years, and take
pleasure in endorsing as patriot who
shouldercd his musket for the country's
defence, true md faithful Republican, n
man of good ability and Of the highest
character tor integrity. Because he has
held clerkship in the Secretary's Office
here for two or three years, leading
object Of his stay here being to have ac-
cess to the State Library and study law,
IN the practice Of which he intends es,
tahlishing himself in Iowa county; the
cry IS raised that he is a Madison can,
dldate though be has never been regis,
tered or voted here, and his PR rpcrty IS
all at Miitlin The TriJune strongly en-.
dorses his nomination. which it SAYS was
made without any previous effort on his
part to obtain it. We are glad to know
that great confidence is felt in his elec,
ton, md that of bis associates.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-31

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. In the same
column with the County Ticket we puts
Iish the names of the Republican can
didates Tor Presidential Electors. Every
voter should look at his ballot before
casting it, and be sure that the names OF
these electors are thereon. Such things
as spurious tickets have been known,
and it is well enough to be on the look-
out for them next Tuesday.