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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
CANVASS ITEMS.

The Summit Times states that at a Re
publican meeting in that place Cyrus
Myers announced himself as candidate
for the Legislature, and announced him
self for Alcorn He was unwilling to trust
" Ames in the matter of his father-in-
" laws eight millions" The meeting was
overwhelmingly for the Eminent Man, and
adjourned with huzzas for Alcorn and
Myers"
In Rankin county, the Brandon Repub-
lican states that Hon. Joseph Bennett,
John Mcfarland, Rev. Paterson, Henry
Bib, and number of other king bees,
have left the Ames hive, and taken hun
dreds of working bees with them into the
new hive. Mcfarland is one of the Re
publican nominees for the Legislature.
The Republican thinks that Ames will
receive not exceeding 100 votes in the
county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

We have said that Davis (colored)
candidate for Lieutenant-G Governor on
the Ames ticket, is an infinitely better
man than the head of the ticket, and
still think so, notwithstanding he is
among the crew of the piratical " boat
elsewhere described, and notwithstanding
the following charge in the Corinth
Courier Republican,, which that paper
promises to make good in response to a
denial from Mr.. Davis:
For two hundred and fifty dollars Mr..
Davis. candidate for Lieutenant Governor
on Ames' ticket, was induced to vote for
the Ship Island Railroad. lie was also pre-
sented with several fat shares in the same
enterprise.
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THE FIRST MATE.

As will be seen in the above letter, o.
c.. + rench was first mate of the "bOat. !"
He was first heard of in this State as a
Freedman's Bureau Agent at Natchez,
and recent developments show that he
was quite successful in jumping the
bounty" of discharged colored soldiers.
He was Radical member of the Legis-
latures of 1S69-71 from Adams county,
and is now a candidate for reelection on
the Ames ticket. His most important
capacity, however, is that of the chair
man of the Ames Executive Committee
and Director General of the Ames or
panzation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

No ELECTION IN THREE COUNTIES.
The registrars of Yazoo county have pub
lished an official notice in the Democrat
that in Pursuance to the Governors proc
lamation they will hold no election in
that county. The registrars of the coun-
ties of Noxubee and Lowndes have also
published proclamations to the same
effect.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

CHICKAsAw CoUNTY.-Judge T. n.
Martin and Hon. J. r. Mcintosh are adj
vertised to speak at Houston on the 18th
inst; and Gen. Reuben Davis and Col.
R. J. Reynolds are announced to speak
at the same place on the Doth. Our
friends in Chickasaw have an excellent
Legislative ticket. The candidates,
Judge Murray and Capt. Naron, are
canvassing the county
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

MAJ. JOHN TIPToN FOR ALCoRN.-
Our townsman, Maj. John Upton, (of
the First regiment Kinds county m:litia)
has engaged in an active canvass for the
Alcorn ticket. To our friends abroad we
can recommend him as one of the most
worthy and prosperous men of his race
in this city. He is doing good bust
ness, is industrious and enterprising, and
depends on his own labor and means, and
not on professional Office seeking for a
support. In politics he is an incorri-
gible Republican.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The latest absurdity of the Pilot is that
the opinion of the Attorney General on
the election laws, is a trick of the Alcorn
Republicans This is charged in view of
the Jealous support of the Addlepate
ticket by the Attorney General and the
selection of that official by the Amesites
to meet Gov. Alcorn in debate at Her.
nando.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

If taxpayers would be informed of the
way in which the machinery of the. State
Government will lie operated by Ames,
French, Gibbs 81 Co. in the event of
their success, they should read the docu-
ments published in this paper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

See the appointments of Messrs Mus
grove, Davis and others. If the people
want to be instructed upon the issues
of the canvass, as well as amused, we
advise them to attend these discussions.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

If anything could be more insulting 90
the State pride and intelligence Of Mis-.
sissippi than the fact Of Addlepato Ame-
candidacy for the Goyernorsbip 81 p
State of which he is not q citizen, it is
the character Of the topics he il intro.
ducing into his harangues-for example.
the impolicy Of secession thirteen years
ago, the question Of slavery, etc. NO
does not seem to have the capacity TO di..
cuss the issues that are now occupying
the public mind.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

1t is said that the Macon speech of
Ames reported in the Memphis Appeal
was not delivered at all but was written
and passed off as his by an attache of the
Memphis Appeal. Ames does not dis
claim it, however, and is responsible
therefore for its contents.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The Missouri Republican thinks "A.
corn's bolt is the best and only promising
one the country has seen since GRAFT
Brown and his follows walked out of tho
State-house in Jefferson City, taking gIH
them forever the scalp Of Missouri Eaa.
calism."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The Enterprise Courier states, and
promises to prove, that Clemens, the
carpet-bagger Ga colored one at that,
Ames' candidate for the Legislature in
Clarke county, has abandoned wife and
four children in Ohio.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The fuglemen of the Ames ticket
attempted at Canton the desperate game
of persuading the colored voters not to
listen to Gov. Alcorn's speech. A cor
says the trick has recoiled
upon its authors Our advice to the
colored people, if they intend to attend
political speaking at all, is to hear both
sides.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

1t is complimentary to Gov. Powers
that the Board of Registration of his own
county of Noxubee was the first to de-
clare its intention to conform to his Proc
lamation in regard to the election.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

A letter of great Importance to cotton
producers will be found ON cur first page
written by DR.. G. NJ. Walden, of Carroll,
one of the most successful planters and
merchants in the State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

THE SENAToBTA TmEs.-This paper
is temporarily in charge ofG. d. shaud.
Esq an able and experienced Journalist
Mr.. Ira ID. Oglesby, of that paper, is
on the regular Anti-Radical county ticket
and an active member Of the Executive
Committee.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The friends Of homes, home rule SIT.
not suspend their preparations for the
election in consequence Of the confusion
in regard to the laws on that subject
" Pray to God and keep your powder
dry."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

Voters, be up and doing. The dime
between now and the election is short
The road to victory over the corruption.
lists is plain if you will take it..
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The Liberty Herald says that one haIt
of the cotton crop Of Amite will have
been picked by the 18th Of October
The ravages Of the worms has cut short
the crop.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

In Clarke, as in other counties, the
Republicans have two tickets in the field.
The Amesites have nominated one
Clemens, a recent Ohio importation, for
the Legislature, and the Alcorn Repub-
licans have nominated A. j. Hyde, home
Republican.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

Next Saturday is the day agreed upon
by the nti-RadicaIs Of Yalobusha and
Claiborne county for a convention to
nominate candidate for the Senate and
IIoater.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

Conservatives, don't fail to vote.
Choose the least of the two evils for State
offices, and stand like a stonewall for
your Legislative nominees.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

w. T. HALEY, announces himself "
the East Mississippian as an indepeudaa.
Republican candidate for RepresentatiGe
from Kemper county.
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THE SECOND MATE.

The same document shows that Capt
Richardson had shipped as second mate
of the piratical craft one Cassius d. Lam
don. lie carpet-bagged to this State
from New York early in 1869, and in
about three weeks after his arrival was
appointed by Gen. Ames District Attor-
ney-in East Mississippi. As this position
did not pay he resigned and was ap-
pointed City Marshal of Vicksburg, and
soon after was promoted to be City At
torney Ames' registrars returned him
as member of the Legislature of 1869.
At the close of his term of office he ''bor-
rowed" money in sums ranging from five
dollars to fifty from his Radical friends
and fled the State, thus ending a brief
but glorious carpet-bag career.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

A correspondent writes that " Niss..
" sippi is in hell Of fix" We hope
she may prove too hot for the carpetbag
thieves.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

In describing a Republican meeting u
Clarke county, on the ID inst, the Eu.
terprise Courier says:
There were present about 500 people
chiefly co,ored. The meeting was addressed
at length by Messrs. MusgrOve Hancock
and Scott. The latter. we are told, literally
drove the little Judge from the field, lely.
ing him no bottom whatever to stand upon
The meeting was la the Interest of doe
Alcorn ticket
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
LOWNDEs COUNTY,


At a meeting OF the Board Of ReRistflI
held at the courthouse on Friday, 80 lls''
the following resolution was adopted Aha
Resolved, That In conformity with ".
proclamation of his EXcellency II. Z. LoaI
ers, Governor Of the state Of MissiasIf
dated jackson, Sept. 3Oth, 1873 there WV
be no election held this year for state -
county officers by the Board OF Regls|'
for Lowndes county. j. w. Made.
President
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
SENATE

1st District-Perry, Green, Jackson, Han
cock, Harrison, Pearl and Marion counties
). p. Carter.
sth District-C ovington, Jones, Smith,
Simpson and Wayne Counties-T. L. Mem
denhall.
9th District-Scott, Newton and Jasper
Il. y. Graham.
Decentralization and Choctaw-
5. w. Smyth.
- Observation-Disclosures and Monroe
}. L. Griffin.
I'D District-Alcorn, Tishomingo and
Prentiss-J. III. Stone.
9th District-Pontotoc and Lafayette
john a. Mcneil.
3lst District-Carroll, Montgomery, and
Ltflore--Simpson PARKS.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

We learn by letter from Coahoma
county that the Republicans have had a
split in that county, and two tickets will
be the result.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

Are you ready for the question, oP'
posers Of the Bond Ring? DO on ia'
alert Every man to his post
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The Republicans are very much SUI
up about the Attorney General'a decision VI
regard TO the election. We think thty n
not trouble themselves, for n an electioh
held, they will stand no show in Cop'A"
Bgaurenard Herald
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

We learn from the Senatobia Time 8
that the Republicans have two tickets in
field in Tate county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

REGISTER Remember that every maa
who has been in the State six months
and in the county thirty days can vote
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

Don't fail to register. Whether an
election is beld or not, you must secure
your right to vote. It will do no harm.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

Push on the column Don't forget I"
register and vote, if the polls are opened
in your county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

MONTGOMERY CoUNTY.-A cores
pondent writes
We are getting walked up in these parts,
and the work goes bravely on. Montgom
cry is all o. X.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
CnrdOzO.

This is a nice man to be placed at 6.
head Of the School Department of tsa
State as the Amesites propose to DO n
reports freely circulated concerning bim
are true. The Rev. A. l.. Scott. IN
colored Republican speaker who is cam.
wasting the State in behalf Of tbe Alc5n
ticket, is reported in the Newton Ledger
to have shown up the action of the Is,a
" Convention, and exposed the yillain.e.
'of Gibbs, French, and other Anne.
"men, and said that Cardozo, the Ane
candidate for Superintendent of Public
F" Education, was pardoned convict
- from the South Carolina l?) penitept.
larry" Other reports represent him as
an ex-conyict from a N. Y. prisou.h5u.e
Which? They all emenate from Repub.
lican sources.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The death of Hon. John B. Baldwin
a distinguished citizen of Virginia, is an
nounced.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The brains of the Republican party on
the Seacost, Judge Chandler, don't seem
to be taking stock in the election one
way or the other.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The Natchez Democrat says the cotton
crop is nearly all gathered.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
AIcOrn Republicans and Con.
ScrVatiVcs Take Warming.

The Pilot. the organ Of the the Elb5e
ticket says:
Republican Amrs) Registrars should pre-
pare AT once for holding am olecttouthis mIl
as required by law. An election uu thr }u
of November cannot and pN not boz defeated.
Ii only one county votes, thar county W.U
elect an entire State ticket.
The victory of 1868 was won for The
Right by vigorous move all along the
line two weeks before the election.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09

The Republicans have divided in Lin
coin county, and nominated two tickets
for the Legislature and county offices.
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The editor Of the Central Republican.
Ames paper, has been to Jackson IN eon.
sultation with the magnates of his party.
and this is his report on the election
question:
The matter of the election was freely DIS.
cussed, and while there was difference o.
opinion as to the correctness OF the opinion
of the Attorney General, aud as 20 the pH.
icy pursued by the Governor, still the gra.t
majority of those we saw, of all parties, %.
vor an election. Let the election be- hr0
and then let the judiciary decide who Shah
hold the offices.
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THE PILOT.

We are left to conjecture that the
Pilot of the BOAT" was no other than the
Pilot that is now trying to engineer the
identical crew into Office.
THE CREW.
TRey Gre Authority TO The Captain and
Second Nate to DrGsU their Prize
Money Before the Vessel Sails.
The first man aboard was A. *. Davis,
of whom we have hitherto spoken kindly.
He was at that time member of the
House from Noxubee county, and is now
the candidate on the Ames ticket for
Lieutenant Governor, and is really the
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
LEGISLATIVE DEPT OF MISSISSIPPI
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
JACKSON, June 18th, lS7O.A

The bearer, Mr.. G. D. Landon, is hereby
authorized, for and in my name and to my
use and benefit, to vote the number of
shares of stock subscribed for by me in the
Mississippi Valley Railroad Company (tifty)
in any election of officers, or for any other
purpose whatever connected with the in
terests OF said road. This, my power of
attorney, to be full and irrevoeable for the
period OF one year from date.
W. G. VAUGHAN
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OF the seventh man we know nothing,
nor can we decipher his autograph,
but presume that he was among the
crowd of hungry vultures that swarmed
like carrion birds around the Capital
when the Forty Thieves met here for
the first time in 1870:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
LEGISLATIVE DEPT OF MiSsISSIPPLl
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JACKSON, June 18Th, lS70.N

The bearer. Mr.. CasoiuS d. LandOn, is
hereby authorized, for and in my name and
to nv use and benefit, TO vote the number
of shares OF stock subscribed for by me in
the Mississippi Valley Railroad Company
(fiftv shares) in any election of officers, or
for any other purpose whatever connected
with the interests of said road. This, my
power of attorney to be full and irrevocable
for the period of one year from date.
GEO. E. HASTE
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
JACKSON, Mss, June 18th, 1870.
LEGISLATIVE DEPT OF MISSISSIPPI
HOUSE OF Representatives,
JACKSON. June l3. 1870.

The bearer, Mr.. G. ID. Landon, is hereby
authorized, for and in my name and to my
use and benefit, to vote the number OF
shares OF stock zone hundred) subscribed
for by me in the Mississippi Valley Rail
road Com pany OF this State in any election
OF officers, for any other purposes what
ever connected with the interests of said
road. This my power of attorney to be
full and irreYocaOle for the period of one
year from date. a. PARKER,
IihrrtY. Amitc county. Miss
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prospective Governor. Before he was
permitted to go on deck he was required
to deposit the following certificate with
the Captain:
JACKSON, Miss. June 18th. 1870.
Tile bearer, Mr.. Jas. Z. Richardson. is
hereby authorized, for and in my name and
to NV use and benefit, to vote the number
of shares Of stock 800 subscribed for in my
name in the Mississippi Valley Railroad
Company OF Mississippi; as also in the
Gulf Coast and Northwestern Railroad
Company of this State go shares). in any
election Of officers. or for any other purpose
whatever connected with the interest of
said roads. This, ny power of attorney,
to be full and irrevocable for one year from
date, ALtXANDER Il. DAVIS.
The second man was James f. Cum
ningham, one of Ames importations from
the slums of New Orleans. He had
rowing commission as detective-was
hanger-on about the purlieus of the Cap
itol-organizer of Loyal Leagues "a
crony of the notorious Swami, and is
now a jail-bird on a charge of forging
State warrants, of which he has been con-
victed. He deposited the following doc
ument:
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LEGISLATIVE DEPT OF MIsSISSIPPLl
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
JACKSON Juue IL 1870

The bearer, Mr. -, is hereby author
and benefit to vote the number of shares of
stock 90 INSCRIBED for by me in the
Mississippi Valley Railroad Company OF
this State, for any election of officers. or for
any other purpose whatever connected with
the interests OF said road. This my power
of attorney to be full and irrevocable for
one year from date. + ii. STILES.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-06-14
4 coon JOKE.

A good joke is told of a little four
year-old fellow who, having disobeyed
his father, was about to incur the pen
atty of Il switching. The father deliber-
ately prepared rod, while his son stood
IA sad and silent spectator. As the parent
approached to the unpleasant duty, the
boy started at brisk run towards a
neighboring hill. The father pursued,
and for time the youngster increased
the distance between them, but gradually
his strength began to fail, and when he
reached the hill and began to ascend he
soon lost his vantage. Nearer and near
er the irate father approached, and as he
came within arms length of the little
fugitive, who was ready to fall from ex-
haustion, the boy quickly faced about,
dropped upon the ground, and with an
indescribable cast of countenance, ex-
claimed:
"Papa, that-makes fellow-blow-
don't it ?"
This " changing the subject was so
extremely ludicrous that the father
laughed heartily over the strategy which
his hopeful son exhibited, and the rod
was not used.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-06-14
A long silence was followed by a deeply
drawn sigh.

n long silence WIS loiIoWeu DN IL ueeply
drawn sigh.
Eyes, yes; see it all the mystery
is solved. There is no dark providence
here. All, how many like her are daily
cut down in the very flower of life; cut
down ere half their work is done ~
1T is melancholy fact, we replied,
." that the whole average of life in this
country is diminished by suicidal dis
regard of the plainest laws of health;
and this sad defective ought to say
criminals chargeable more upon your
sex than our own. 1t gives one the
heart-ache to think of the daily deaths
of young mothers-the sharp sundering
of the tenderest ties that can bind heart
to heart. People clasp their hands,
look grave and mysterious, and say,
What an affective providence" But
there is no providence in the matter
only provision of the divine mercy to
lessen, as far as may be, the evils that
must flow from the disruption, by death,
of the most intimate relations in life.
Here is n solution of the whole mystery
that has so perplexed you, and hundreds
of others.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-06-14
BSORPTION OF GOLD.

What becomes of the many millions
worth of precious metals annually pro-
duced in the world The exports of
gold and silver from the United States
during the last twenty-five years has
amounted to more than a billion of dol
lars. Four-tifths of this go to India,
which has for four years been draining
Europe and the United States of bullion,
there to be boarded or converted into
ornaments, never again to circulate in
the countries from which it was exported
A French writer states that the Egyp-
tians annually conceal twenty millions of
dollars worth of the precious metals !;
and the Emperor of Morocco has filed
seventeen large chambers with gold and
silver. The passion for boarding is
shared by the subjects of those princes,
and is the solution of the absorption of
the precious metals. The absorption
by the Eastern nations has been going
on since the most remote historical
period. A large amount of gold and
silver is investedin ornaments in churches
in Italy, Russia, and other countries of
Europe. Silver p',lpits and other sacred
ornaments are by no means uncommon
in churches, temples. pagodas and
tombs throughout the Eastern hemis-
phere. Remembering these facts, it is
not difficult to account for the absorp-
ton of gold.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-06-14

The English papers contain the re
turns of the cost of the poor Of London
during 1872. The total expenditure for
the relief of metropolitan pauperism
amounted last year to the sum of $S,-
784, ,645, being only -, 900, 900 less than
the sum expended for the support of all
the paupers in the United States, ac
cording to the returns collected by Gen.
Walker. The number of paupers in
London is about 130, 1000, so that their
cost per head is equal to $67.60. Gen.
Walker found that in 1870 the total
number of people dependent on public
charity in the United States was ll6. .102,
showing an average cost per head of
$94. Taking into account the enormous
saving effected by centralized admin
istration, as compared with one spread
over innumerable counties of this Union,
the administration of our pauper relief
fund can fairly enough challenge su-
periority over that of London.