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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-05-15
From the Riverton Record.
High Taxes --- Who Pays Them.


During the past four five months we
have been Informed by dozen or more diff
ferent colored men, all Of good standlDg.
that it is the expressed purpose of our So
called Radical county officials TO Increase
our taxes each year, until they AFRO so high
that it will be cheaper to abandon our lands
than to pay the enormous taxes levied upon
them. When this point shall have been ar
rived at. the lands are, by some process not
fully explained. to be turned over to the
colored people, who will then have no more
rents TO pay, but cultivate the lands without
let or hindranee from their former owners.
Was there ever before practiced upon the
colOred people so bare-faced a swindle. 1t
is true that taxes may be raised to such a
point that the owners will be competed to
throw out all their uncleared lands; but a
sufficient pressure cannot be brought 10
bear upon the lands in cultivation TO cause
the owners to give them up. Each year, as
the taxes are increased, rents " Ill increase
accordingly, and the poor negro who cultI-
Yates the soil, will then as now, pay every
cent OF the taxes upon every acre OF land
which he cultivates, besides one cent on
every pound of lint cotton which he ships.
for the maintenance of the leyee, or, rather,
the LeVee Board.
Let every colored man in the county turn
his mind away from the delusive snare,
cunningly baited with a gilded bub-
bic, and seriously ask himself the all-im-
p6rtant question: who pays the taxes p
and when he has fully considered it. and
himself that he pays the taxes in
stead Of the owner of the lands. let him
vote for honest men to fill the public offices,
and not for men who, while protesting a
great love for the negro, uses them only as
a stepping-stOne to reach Il position where
they can fill their pockets at their expense.
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Clipping s From E'OEmeroy's RpeEnO-
cTaH-

The Virginia Democrats talk Of nomiHat-
ing General Jubai Early tor Governor. The
loil would have to get "A mighty Early
start to beat him,
Warmoth Is practicing law This Is a
little tardy. Had he practiced some law
while Governor of Louisiana things would
have been better.
An exchange saws "Arllansas proposes to
pay her Legislators by the job There has
been 50 many jobs 10 pay that we fear that
would be poor speculation.
A man who will take i newspaper four or
five years aud then refuse to pay for it.
should begin his name with an h, and end
it with z. AM put an in the middle
Mount Gilead (Ohio) Register.
The editor who will send his paper To a
man four or five years without getting his
pay for it, should begin his name with an f
and end it with and i. and put two os in the
middle.
What an unfortunate thing it was the
mum Der of brigadier generals was reduced
1t would have b. en- So nice 20 have pro-
NOTED Fred Grant to General Canby's
place
Women's rights are getting on yeIy en-
couragngly. Mrs. Partington is now Sc
fected TO deliver the poem at the annual
meeting Of the New York editors.
Frank Blair is reported to have been ar
rested IN Chicago the other sunday for gap
ing in the street They have stringent
law against the opening OF rum holes on
Sundays.
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From the Pamela Star
Seduction.

The gossips of our town have been busy
for the past few days discussing case of
seduction that occurred in our town this
week. The parties TO the affair are j. w.
Bradbury and a school girl. aged about fif-
teen years, whose name we withhold on ac-
count of her family. The man is painter
by occupation. who came here month ago
from some unknown place. and has done
some little work, but has been generally
idle, He i a young man about twenty
eight years old. and not at all good looking
but lisSi pated- worthless scamp He. by
some unknown means, clanGestinelE be-
came acquainted with the girl. who was
boarding in one of our most highly respected
private families, her father being resident
of Tyre.
On "Wednesday of last week. she left the
went to a neighbor's where she remained
until Monday night and where she openly
met the above named party. The gentle
man with whom she had beer boarding.
discovering by her absence that something
was wrong, investigated the matter. and
notified the girls father. On Sunday night
the brother of the girl came down to carry
her home. but she run away with her para
mour that night. They went 10 Batesvllle
and put up at the hotel as man and wife.
The truth was discovered next morning.
and TIE scoundFel ran away. leaving the
girl. She was sent up here, and from here
TO her home The girl has borne an I'M
blemished reputation. and is very pretty
and rather intelligent. but very confding
in her disposition. as has been proven to her
sirreparable injury, by permitting herself to
be made the victim of a rascaps intrigue,
ana losing all that ia sacred TO her by her
folly. This is a terrible warning to sim pie
minded girls who disobey the teachings of
their parents.
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Madem0iSeIIe de MOnGpenSierss
Description of Herself.

Theresse Anne Marie Louise dOrleans
These de Montpensier, but better known
as Mademoiselle, and not unfrequently
spoken of as La Grande Mademoisele
draws the following photograph of herself:
II am tall, neither fat nor thin; of very
fine and graceful figure. My neck is toler-
ably shapely; my arms and hands are not
good, but my skin is fair. My legs are
straight; my feet are well formed; my hair
light, of pretty ash color. Ny face is
long, its contour pretty; my nose large aud
aquline; my mouth is neither large nor
small, but sym metrieai, and with a very
agreeable expression. Ny lips are rosy !;
my teeth not good, but not very bad my
eyes blue, neither large nor small but
bright, soft. and commanding. like my
countenance. have a lofty manner. with
out being conceited, | am civil and famil-
lar; but in a way rather to gain respect
than TO allow. any one 70 fail in il. / ann
very Indifferent about my dress, but never
untidy; hate slovenliness. / am always
neat, and, whether dressed carefully or
carelessly, all put on is in good taste. l
do not mean that do not look incompara-
bly, better when carefully got up; but care
lessness is less injurious 20 me than TO 9TH
ers, because, without fiattering myself,
while do injustice 20 all wear, everything
I put on becomes me. talk "a great dead
without talking nonsence or using bad ex-
pressiOns, and never speak 061whaG do
not understand ,ss4AerI ....ra.sszsa
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From the Charlotte Home.
Seedy Esx-Con fetIera6eS.

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican is a
Giant organ OF great ability and immense
inlia nee. It has become quite disguised
with the p rsistent cry for office, which
southern renegldes are constantly putting
up, aud thus comments upon the rewards
that they ought to have:
There is a swarm of seedy ex-Confede-
rates, who renounced the lost cause and
took the stump for Grant during the late
campaign, clamoring for office, and to these
some of the most unhealthy consulates will
undoubtedly fall
This is coolly contemptuous The new
born converts to Grantism are called see iy
Confederates, their conversion being at
trbuted TO hunger, want and misery. 1t is
suggested that the poor creatures be given
unhealthy consulates. where they may
speedily lose their troubles and cease to an
noy the Administration and disgrace their
native land o, We loyalists of the South !
it is hard to tell whether you are most de-
spised at home or across the Susquehanna'
Look at the rewards given You bV the Gov
eminent ye have bowed down before and
which scorned you while 1t gave the penny
loaf. Holden was offered position a. San
Salvador, the city so often destroyed by
earthquakes Captain Settle was banished
to Peru, and came back, TO the disgust of
everybody, as soon as he had swallowed the
rations. Lewis Z. Odds went 10 Graytown.
but the chills and mosquitoes used him up
in short order. Badham has been Obliged
10 give up his consulate Hes
ter has become consul at some point off
the coast of Africa. This is the dirty dog
the Chester Reporter tells about, who car
ried on with such high hand in that town.
Coleman got some petty consulate on the
North Sea or the German Ocean and had
his loyalty frozen out, while his brother
leagues had their loyalty roasted out.
Coleman was so effectually cured of his
Grantism that he supported Mr.. Greeley
last Summer.
If Grant can only give "unhealthy con
sulates" to the ''seedy Confederates'' who
adore him, we would suggest that he select
these unhealthy consulates" in Africa.
This would be in accordance with the ''eter-
nal fitness of things" Surely there are
places in Congo, Ashantee and Guinea Gun
healthy" enough for these 'seedy Confede-
rates" The President would develop an
i'm mense amount of t.latent Unionism" at
the South by giving all these seedy fellows
snug, warm berths in the land of the fore
fathers of their dusky pets.
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what the DebbiI HOu shake
Hands wild Him Fur

That Ohio carpet Dagger, Robert X. SCOTT.
who was kicked out Of the gubernatorial
chair Of South Carolina last year by his
negro allies, is realizing every day no"
sharper than a serpeut's tooth II u 10 nave
a thankless, "-darkeY constituency. be b.
out of office now. 20. Of course, the negroes
have no use tor him as be cant buy their
votes. and illustrates his forlorR condition
by the following story. which we dnd ~
the Charleston News and Courier Of We'd
nesdav. That paper says:
II. X. scott has had his little feelings"
hurt too, since he has been among the outs.
He tells the story on himself. says the
mortified and disgu-ted doctor: IL was just
after the Inauguration of Moses, when one
dav / was coming out Of the state house
feeling sad and melancholy, with not
friend i'm the world scarcely that ! could
RELY upon. Outside the door 1 noticed
groapof nggers chatting together. aud as
/ passed they looked az me ia al odd sort ~
way. as If undetermined whether 70 speak
to me or not. Finally one Of them came
forward extending his hand, and said very
cordially how'd'ye do, Governor; how are
you to-day? / shook hands with MIN ana
walked on, when ! heard one OF his COM
rades say to him: EWhO dat you call Cub
ner? dat no Gubner; he muffin but eX-
Gubner: he can't do you no good now;
what the debbiI you shake hands wild him
fur?o And until / got clean out Of sight
could hear the ungrateful scoundTel repeat
ing his words louder ana louder every LliuEf
evidently for my qualification.
Here il lesson on the uncertainty Of
worldly honors for the study of the Buck
eye Boy, who has tasted the sweets Of
gubernatorial honors in Mississippi -
signed the Civil Rights Bi1-sung the
grasshopper song-and tripped the fan
tastic toe with darkey partner.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-05-15
50 90 PER YEAR.
THE DEAD POET.

His young bride stood be-ilr his bed.
Her weeping watch % keep;
I Hush . hush! He stirred not; he wa dead
Or did he only Sleep
HIS brow was calm no change was there.
No sigh had filled his breath
Oh. did he wear that smile so fair
In slumber or in death
Reach down his harp" she wildly crieF.
And il one spark remain,
Let him bat hear Loeb ErroCh's side
Hen kiudle mt the strain.
THAT tune e'er held his soul in thrul.
II never breathed in vain;
He'll waken as its echoes fan.
Or never wake again"
The strings were swept; twas sad JO hear
Sweet music floating there;
For every note called forth = tear
OF anguish and despair.
See, see.' she cried, 'the tune is DER.
No orenng eve, no breath;
Hang up his hdrp-he'l wake no more:
He sleeps the sleep of death"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-05-15

II now i awaiting the decision OF the
court on the various claims pending.
On this assignment Mr.. Davis appears
in court and claims that, by virtue OF 1t,
being valid under the laws Of Mississippi,
the property Of Mr.. Elliott vests in him
(Davis), subject to the marital and dow
claims OF Mrs Elliott.
Mr. Davis therefore fights very fierce
" the claims Of the two widows, and Is
the third claimant to the Elliott estate.
The widow lady. Mrs. L. c. Elliott,
completes the quartette Of these sultors,
and her rights to the extent OF the dow
er and marital portion accorded to the
wife by the laws of Mississippi appear to
be conceded by the other parties, and IT
is the residum which is now commended
for bv the widows. Their claim, however,
Is resisted by Mrs Elliott, on the ground
Of the illegality Of such transactions OF
married man with handsome and fasclna-
ting widows.
Thus are the issues made up between
these various claimants of the estate Of
the sociable and genial tesfator. Able
and distinguished counsel have exhausted
their learning and eloquence in behalf OF
their several clients in this condensation.
The arguments of Judge John A.
Campbell f. Bermudez and Mr.. Tissot,
for Mrs Risley, Of Mr.. I. Allen Clark
for Mr.. Davis, of Messrs. Shackleford
and ID. G. Labatt for Mrs. Burke, and
Of Judge Collens and Mr.. McCaleb for
Mrs Elliott, have been marked by
rare ability and eloquence. 1t is hoped
that the erudite young Judge of the
Second District Court will be enabled to
decide the issues involved with the wis
dom and sagacity of Solomon i'll like
judicial exigency.
4 oRTHMTssIssIPPI DUEL.
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The SALARY STEAL
Action Of the Ohio House Of Repre-
sentatives.
ssRepeaI In Demanded by the
People,
HARRY WILDE,
a. COCKERILLE.
T.. t. COOPER.

In the House the following resolution was
adopted by vote of sixty to twenty:
WHEREAS, The action of the last Con-
members thereof. the President of the
United States and other officers, was an-
necessary, uncalled for, and distasteful to
the people of Ohio, and 1t is believed TO the
whole Union, and that repeal is earnestly
demanded by the people; therefore.
Resolved, That our Senators and Repre-
sentatives be requested TO Zealously use all
honorable efforts TO procure the repeal of
said law or so much of it as relates to such
compensation at the earliest possible Pc
riod.
The Senate adopted a joint resolution rat
ifyin. the second of twelve amendments TO
the United States Constitution, submitted
by the First Congress IN 1859, providing
that no law. varying ompensation of MEM
bers of Congress, shall take effect until an
election for Representatives shall have in
tervened. The vote stood Is 20 4. #af
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The following extract is from a letter
dated April 23d, written by Gov. Wood
son (recently elected) Of Missouri:

Had | expected the publicity that has at
tended my letter. | should have said, 40 re-
speet to the possibility OF the assumption Ol
"a new party name, that much as / love the
Democratic party. proud as ] am of 10, auE-
lOus ~ | am for It's preservation la tact, -tiIi
rs 50 many prominent members OF 10 have
declared, and are still declaring i'm favor o..
the foundation Of "A new party, that rather
than fail in the concentration Of the enenic-
of the Radical party, | would be willing to
fight for the accomplishment of the great
objects we have in view under any other
name that this new party of principle m ghL
assume, Such consideration could alone
induce me. even for temporary purposes, 20
90 into either "A State or National contest
outside of our present Democratic Orgaui-
ZatiOn.
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THE LOUISIANA RIOTS.
How the Rioters Treated United States
Colcred Postmaster.
S1atemenG of the u. -. Postmaster.
-. II. Cuny.
From the Picayune.

From the Picayune.
| am a National Republican, and always
have been one. | was member of the Re-
publican Legislature from 1868 to 1872. and
was. and am now, United States postmas-
ter Mt Colfax. Grant parish, having support
ed General Grant and Gov. Kellogg in the
last cam paign. Previous TO this | was
member OF the Constitutional Convention in
1868.
| was quietly pursuing my vocation as
postmaster at Colfax, and was told repeat
edly. from the 9Th of April. by the rioters
that | should be killed. and on the 10th of
April was compelled to leave, they stating
that they would shoot me if stayed, unless
took up arms with them On the morning
OF the 10th | went up to receive the mail,
and was met bv an armed mob of negroes.
who told me 70 get on nv horse and leave.
else | would be killed. They also threat
ened the life of my brother and colored
man named Buck Mckinney; also Ralph
Marcus.
then LETT. and came to Alexandria to
receive instructions. | expected to see a
deputy marshal, to preserve peace; but
finding none. | was told by Mr.. Surls. the
mail contractor, TO bring the mail here,
which did. | made requisition on Daniel
Shaw, supposed 10 be acting Sheriff, as fol-
lows:
To u. w. Shaw. Sheriff of Grant parish, La.
SIK-I demand of YOU in the name of the
State protection for the postmaster at Col
fax. La, and also To protect Government
property. Very respectfully.
S. E. CUNY,
United States Postmaster.
Mr.. Shaw sent two men, but colored
man named Leo Allen came down and said
Shaw had no authority to do so, and that he
was commanding officer.
then made similar requlsition on him
as commanding officer, in writing. the same
as the above. Re replied the Government
property must take care of itself, that he
wanted The men himself. and took them
away This was about the 9Th of April, and
the threats were made after this. NV OBJ
iect was to protect the United States Gov
eminent property. and | remained until my
/ life was threatened. 5. Z. CUNY,
United States Postmaster, Colfax, Grant
parish.
Executed at Alexandria, La, Monday
April q, 1872.
Witnesses: HARRY WILDE,
| 4. CoCKERILLE,
/ e. T. COOPER
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EwWEDDTSG CUSTOM PRoPos ED.-Abba
Goeld WooIson. in her new book entitled
Women in American Society," in speaking
of the marriage ceremony. commiserates
with the bride on the amount of hand-shak-
ing she is obliged to do. Writes the author
ess: "a President on his reception knows
something of 1t; but even he is not the vic
tim OF an indiscriminate OSCILLATION from
one-half his visitors. Since all gentlemen.
young and OLD. handsome and repulsve, can
exae5this OF the bride. we see no reason why
the ladies who file up should not kiss the
bridegroom, and thus compel him to bear
his share in the duties of the time" That
the fair brides considered the congratula-
tions an ordeal is something entirely new to
us. As for the Offset TO the brides labors,
| there is little in it that the young men
would object to. Let somebody inaugurate
the new wedding custom and we will soon
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THE CANVASS.
RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the Anil
Radical Committee OF COPiah.
From the Beauregard HelaIl

From the Beauregard Herald.
WHEREAS. II appears 20 this Committee
that some action is necessary for the pre-
servation of concord and harmony i'm the
Anti-Radical party Of COpiah county and
that some method should be adopted for az
certainug the choice of the people tor the
public offices generally. and particularly for
members of the Executive Committee /;
therefore, be il
Resolved, Ist. That we respectfully sug-
gest to the Anti-Radcal voters OF each pre-
cinct To meet at their respective voting
places on Saturday, the 9Th day Of June.
1873, to elect two members from each Dis
trict to constitute new Executive Com
mftee.
2 To carry out the provisions Of the fore
going resolution, we recommend that two
DUAL fled voters be chosen at the same time
and place, as commissioners 10 conduct said
election. to make returns Of the same and
report the result Of the same 70 this Com
mittee, at their rooms in Hazlehurst, on the
9th day Of jane. 1873.
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Forney's Philadelphia Press gives some
evidence of fairness in its treatment of the
Louisiana trouble. Itsays:
Even now there is civil war raging in.
Grant Parish, and ere another day dawns
much blood may be shed. The white peo-
pie fully believe that they have been euch-
red out Of their rights as citizens by PEesi-
dent Grant and his represented ives. and
knowing their rights have been Grampled
upon by Federal officials without law or
authority. feel FESTIVE under the heel of the
oppressOr. and instead of sunshine pervad-
ing all houses, q general gloom Of despon-
dency seems 70 have settled everywhere in
the State, and ruin and disaster mnst natu-
rally follow. = aas ~ Liza
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Barnum claims patent on his circus ring.
A man in Chicago announces himself as
the Methodist candidate for constable.
The announcement that truth is stranger
than fiction" is said to depend chiefly upon
who tells ID.
Technical query for manufacturers. la
"hop twine' the correct ulnG 10 use lof
skipping ropes
The ladies' car nom Paris to versailles
was placarded unclaimed baggage ny
mistake, recently
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From the vieksburg Times

Another meeting of the Planters Manu-
factnrers' and Mechanics Association has
recently been held at Jackson. The people
are generously responding to the call for as
ETstance. ~and there seems no longer any
room for doubt concerning an exhibition
the approaching fall. We congratulate the
people of the State in view of the fact that
this worthy enterprise has not been per-
mitted to kand that we are to have fair
the present year at least; and it is to be
hoped that the success of the next exhibit
ton will insure the permaneney of the As
ISOLATION. so that doubts. such as have
heretofore been entertained cannot here
after be reasonably INDUCED in. We regard
this as a publie-spirited enterprise, which
should not be considered lightly by the
people of the State. 5fs
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VyhnI the Radicals are Doing.
EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES or THE ExECr-
TIVE COMMITTEE.

Resolved, That the State Executive Com
mittee meet on the third Tuesday of July
next, at their rooms in Jackson, for the pura
pose of calling State Convention, and that
a majority OF the committee shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business at
sasd meeting.
Hon. A. 4. Morgan offered the following
resolution, which was adopted
Resolved, that the committee recommend
that the county conventions Tor tile selcc-
ton ct delegates TO the Stale Convention,
and nomination of county officers DO not be
held until after the call for State C0uyen-
tion has been issued by this committee.
On motion, the committee adjourned TO
m ect in jackson on the 18th daV of July,
1873 A. WARNER, Chairman.
o. G.. FRENCH. Secretary.
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A LEADER HERE AS ELSEWHERE.

In 1852 Mr.. Schurz immigrated to this
country. He naturally became eonspicu-
Gus member of the genuine Republican
party. He was a delegate to the Chicago
Convention in 1860, taking leading part in
the proceedings, and was selected by Presi-
dent Lincoln in 1861 as Minister to Spain.
The whole American people, without dis
tinction of party, win wish him pleasure
and happy return.