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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06
The penffentfaI.y .ToI. a eaITa.

The Governor attempts 10 kill off n.
quiry into this transaction. To the amaze.
ment of everybody he has vetoed the join
resolution which passed the Legislature
without dissent, restraining the Auditor
from issuing the warrants under the
Penitentiary contract, until inquiry could
be made into the matter. This is most
indelicate-not to use a harsher term
proceeding on the part Of the Governor.
He knows the facts attending the passage
of the resolution. He knows that reports
are in circulation, that the alleged pur-
chase was made to promote private inter
ests at the expense of the public treasury.
He knows that these reports were so rife
that they have found their way into a
leading Republican newspaper, which has
stated that they involve parties high in
authority" And yet, he has endeavored
to suppress inquiry, when he ought to
have courted and encouraged, nay, de-
manded it, His message vetoing the
resolution of inquiry is uncandid and
unfair. He assumes that rights have
been vested under the action Of the In
spectors to purchase site for the Peniten-
tiary, and yet he knows that the owner of
the property still holds possession that
no steps have been taken beyond the
agreement of the Inspectors TO pay a GER
tain price. And he knows, above all,
that the Inspectors were mere agents of
the people, who could not transcend the
power vested under the law which ex-
pressly required them to have reference
to % donations" in making the purchase.
This law was an advertisement to the
owner or owners of the property; and if
they have taken the risk Of dealing with
agents who were transcending their au-
thority, they cannot take advantage of
their own wrong. One thing is certain,
they have lost nothing, if they have made
nothing as yeti
The message is uncandid in another
point. 1t asserts that g the citizens of
" Jackson offered to give certain 500
L" acres of Land. or in lieu thereof S3, 900
6 in cash, if the Penitentiary was located
" within five miles of the city True
they have rendered as an absolute gift
800 acres near the city, and on the rail
road where q station could be established
convenient to both Penitentiar, and the
Lunatic Asylum, and they will abide by
their offer; but why does he not state
that the citizens, who have subscribed the
"S3, 900 in cash, viii not be bound by
the purchase which the Inspectors have
made, for the reason that they hold that
the conditions of their subscription have
been violated Hence, if the action of
the Inspectors is confirmed by the Legis-
lature, the State will be clear loser of
81 900 III the purchase of the land of
$50, 900 in the use of the present Peniten-
tiary walls as barracks and in the saving of |
transportation of materials in the con-
'truction of the new building; and large
lnestimated sum to the public and the |
State, attending the location of a rail |
way station convenient to the Asylum |
Let the investigation be had by all means;
md let the Legislature interpose to save
he State from the threatened wrong.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The suggestion that our contemporary
q. w Harper, of the Raymond Gazette,
should be on the Citizens Reform ticket
at the next election, is not a bad one.
We might go farther and fare worse. The
occasion suggests that the ticket ought to
be graced by at least one representative
of the third estate, which, as body, has
never failed of its duty to the people in
their unequal contest with the plunderers;
however delinquent others may have been.
For example, there is Horn of the Meri-
dian Mercury, who nails to the cross the
follies and corruptions of the carpet-bag
usurpers with the precision of Ken
lucky ri1eman, or McCollum of the Good
man Star, modest as he is meritorious, or
our well-beloved brother of the quill,
John Calhoon, of the Holly Springs Re
porter, of whom it may be said q In
peace, as gentle as the gales of spring, in
war, the mountain storm !" or Botto,
of the Natchez Democrat, whose
light is not hid under a bushel
though it flashes way off on the frontier.
These names are but examples taken
at random from a score of others of the
press, who would confer honor on the
ticket representing the cause of Reform,
in which they have battled.
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colored man in Indiana has been SEN
fenced to three years in the penitentiary for
marrying white woman. This is in ac-
cordance with the laws of that State il is
said.-WashingtOn Chronicle.
And Indiana is a trooly loyal Northern
State. Can't we have something of the
kind here? The Chronicle further adds
that equal and exact justice certainly
demands that the woman be sent to-
''gether with the man if the penitentiary
is the place for them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

Mr.. Mcintosh of Chickasaw has in
troduced in the Legislature a bill to
repeal the usury laws, fixing the rate of
interest only in the absence of an agree
ment. Similar measures are pending in
the Georgia and Ohio Legislatures.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

A large number of white emigrants
from the Carolinas are reported passing
through Atlanta, Georgia, seeking deliv-
erance from wicked rule, and land of
promise further West Numbers of
blacks are also reported as leaving Geor-
gla for the lOwlands of Arkansas and
Louisiana.
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POOr Alabama.

Worse than the fate of Louisiana or Ar
kansas, is that of Alabama. The State Is To
De pitled, indeed. Upon the heels of her
Legislative troubles comes the announce
denry Clews, of sweet SAVIOR in the nosfriIs
OF Georglans, has taken the State of Ala
Oama under his fostering care. He is an
nounced as her financial agent. Look for
sudden nuctuation in the value of Alabama
publican. ANo
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Reports of the decisions of the
Supreme Court cost the people of Mis-
sissippi last year, the unprecedented and
astounding sum of THIRTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND LARs-twenty thousand
of which would have been saved to the
taxpayers and margin Of handsome
profit still left to the Reporter, if the act
ing Governor had signed the bill regulat-
ing the pay of that officer at the time it
was passed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

A STENCH.-The Secretary of War
has transmitted message to Congress,
representing the Freedman's Bureau CON
Germ to be in perfectly corrupt and pu-
trid condition. Books missing Money
stolen. Rottenness prevailing. We have
great many graduates Of The Bureau
filling high places in the Reconstructed
States. Our Superintendent of Public
Education served time if we mistake
not, in that establishment.
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Passage of a Social Equality hill
i'm the HOnse.

On Wednesday the House passed bill
forbidding, under heavy penalties, pro-
| prletOrs of hotels, theatres, or other places
| of amusement, common carriers, ETC.,
from making any distinction on account
of color. The bill was offered by ne
gro member, and was passed by an almost
strict party vote. The carpet-baggers
and scallawags obeyed the lash of their
African task-masters, and fell obedientlv
into line. Under this bill, no keeper of
negro hotel is permitted to exclude
Caucasian whose tastes incline him to
that sort of association nor is a keeper
of hotel for the whites permitted to ex-
clude from his house persons of the Afri-
can persuasion. There is no discretion
left to the proprietor
Of course the Conservatives voted
against this proposition, as an unwar-
ranted Interference with private rights,
and dangerous and demoralizing inno-
Walton on the customs of society derived
from natural and irreversible laws which
cannot be violated without the most dis
astrous consequences. All right-think-
ing men are willing that laws shall be
passed securing to hotel keepers, without
regard to race, the right to determine for |
themselves who they will accommodate
and to proprietors of theatres the same
sort of privilege. But when lawmakers
go further, and undertake to decide who |
shall be received as guests by these pro-
prletors, they are usurping authority,
md treading on ground beneath which
volcanic fires are surging. The Legisla-
ure has as much right to decide who the
'roprietors of farm shall employ to cul-
ivate his land, or the merchant who he
hall deal with, as to regulate the matter
# entertaining guests by the keepers of
Iotels.
But this is not the worst feature of the
MEASURE. 1t is the attempt TO compel
ssociation between the races in violation ,
natural laws, and in disregard of the {
eace and good order of society. While
will produce strife. it will not accom- {
lIsh the object designed by its authors, T
'ho insist on legislating colored people i
ito association unnatural with the L
hites. A similar law was passed by the t
of Washington City. 1t was
repulsive to public sentiment that the 5
egroes have never undertaken to avail r
lemselves of it by applying for accom- o
odation at the Arlington, Wizards and c
her hotels kept for the accommodation 7
the whites but it was attempted on a
lie restaurants which were kept for a D
mllar purpose. The law was defed r.
ambitious blackamoor, who would not OF
content to eat at establishments pro- te
ded for the accommodation of his own as
ce, appealed to the courts for a redress q
his alleged grievance, and the SUI
eme tribunal of the District of Column
>, decided the law unconstitutional. %
d asserted the principle that every pro- "a
letor had right to decide for himself III
. guests he viii accommodate. tn
The coloned legislators are doing their tie
e and society great wrong by forcing tn
s character of legislation and the issues tn
ich viii inevitably spring out Of it. to-
Il
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Handboro Democrat discredits the
statement that the Bully Boy makes no
secret of his purpose not to support Ames,
if he should be nominated for Governor.
1t is true, nevertheless. The Democrat
asks if the Seacoast will berepresented on
the Radical ticket or not? Several Sea
coasters are understood to banker after
nominations, but it is doubtful if they
can make the trip.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The N. Y. Herald says that Schuyler
Colfax, since his completely in the Credit
MobiIier villiany, has been brought to
light, after his repeated denials, presents
the appearance of ga sorrowful, detected,
disappointed man." A special Commit
tee is investigating the case of Wilson,
the Vice-President elect
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The latest example of expert fnan-
eeering is the receipt by the acting Gov
ernor of warrants Gin payment of dues
to the State in satisfaction of a loan of a
sacred trust)-which have been pro-
nounced unconstitutional, and therefore
invalid, by the law officer of his Admin
istration.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Cleveland Leader throws John A.
Bingham overheard, to sink with his
Credit Mobilier dividends. Bingham.
Will be remembered, as the man to whom
Subsidy Morris addressed his Lamar
epistle. Birds of feather.
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

IL Il, to enforce collection of taxes by
garnishment Referred.
5 i, to prohibit persons from holding
more than one public office in\this State.--
Referred.
$ b, to incorporate the town of Loves, in
DeSoto county.
5 b, to incorporate the Brandon Dime
Deposit aud Savings Bank.
5 b, to authorize the Governor to appoint
Commissioners to secure certain lands
BY Mr. Little: b, TO establish an in
surance department in the State of Missis-
sippi. Referred.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Memphis Appeal has warning to
Mississippians that the scheme of the
holders of the repudiated debt to effect
the passage of measure through the
Legislature, recognizing its validity and
looking to its payment ultimately-will
be sprung upon them unawares.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

Hon. GEORGE ToRREY's FoREroS
IMMIGRATION SCHEME. The public, and
especially persons directly interested, viii
find elsewhere an interesting letter con-
tainng much valuable information on this
subject, from Hon. George Torrey, writ
ten from his present headquarters in
Liverpool.
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THIRTEENTH DAY.
JAcKsoN, FebruarY 4. ls73.

JACKSON, February 4, 1873.
The Senate opened with prayer by Mr.
Watts. of Newton county.
Mr. Warner presented a petition from the
ladies' of kOsciuskO in relation to the sale of
liquors. Referred with III b on the same
subject.
b, for the better working Of roads was
called up and passed.
Ii, OLD Series, TO amend the charter OF
the city OF Jackson in relation to liquor Ii
cense. Indefinitely postponed.
) b, Old Series, to compel certain officers
10 enforce the laws. Indefinitely postponed.
b, to prevent sale OF liquors near Kos
ciuSkO. Passed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

Texas Immigration Societies are send
ing out agents to Alabama, Georgia and
the Carolinas, in search of white immi-
grafton. Tempting inducements of en-
ployment on good terms, or land at low
rates are held out, and hence their enter
prises have been abdndantly successful.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

1t there has been jobbing in the pur-
chase of the Penitentiary site, let the
Legislature exert its influence to expose
1t. The eyes of the people are on that
body.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Arkansas Senate bill fixes salaries
of State officers of follows: Governor,
$4,000; Lieutenant Governor, $500;
Secretary of State, Auditor and Treasu-
rer, $500 Chief Justice, $500; Asso-
ciate Justices and Judges of Circuit
Courts. $4,000; Attorney General and
Superintendent of Public instruction,
So, 900; Prosecuting Attorneys, 81, 900.
The bill has passed.
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NrRoDUcr1ox or p,,s
THIRTEENTH nav

JACKSON, Feb. A, 1879.
2, ~ relation to Justices Of the Peace
was taken up and passed. oaoe'
2, % amend section 28O5. article IL
III b, 20 authorize reassessr,,ant g., c,.
son county. Passed. Az Slmp-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

Chief among the parties in the Legis-
lature, who were active in DISTINGUISHING
the seashore counties, were Col. j. F. FL.
Claiborne's cultivated gentlemen of
color" The Colonel himself was one of
Cowan's certifers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Louisville Ledger says that the
Lunatic Asylum, at Lexington, Kentuc-
ky, has two patients-one from Missis-
sippi and one from Louisiana-who have
been inmates of that institution, respec-
lively, for thirty-four and twenty-eight
years.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Collectors of the Delinquent Poll
Tax are now on their rounds. We sup
pose that the Indebtedness from freedmen
on account of Poll-Tax will not fall short
of half million of dollars As that class
of our population are required to pay di-
rectly, but little else except this tax, it is
but proper that it should be collected in
order to equalize the burdens of the States
Government. Several hundred thousand
dollars would greatly relieve the State
eXehequer at this time. 1t will start the
schools going again, and furnish an addi-
tional reason for a general reduction of
taxes, so that our industrial classes can
get on their feet again.
The Collectors of this tax will find that
the freedmen, in most cases, lave realized
and expended the balances on their last
years crops, or wages, and that they have
nothing left to pay off their taxes In
this case, their employees can facilitate
and will do the public at large
a benefit, by advancing to the freedmen
On the coming crop the necessary sums for
paying taxes, or by becoming security for
those who have no means of their own by
which the State can collect her dues 1t
should be the business of every one to
zee that meme escape their share of the
burdens of the State administration.
Taxation should go hand in hand with |
representation, The essential principle |
If just government is violated when this |
'ule is not enforced.
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& Il cannot be said that the Warrant
Forgers are the victims of partizan per-
secntion- Nine of the jury which has
just found them guilty, were of the Truly
Loyal color.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

TIE PENITENTIARY LoCATIoN.-Goy-
ernor Powers has defeated the Musgrove
Penitentiary scheme for the purchase of the
Shotwell location.--Vicksburg Herald.
Our contemporary has got the thing
wrong. 1t is the Auditors bull that has
gored the Governors OK in the matter of
the Penitentiary Job.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

Capt. Hardy, agent and attornav eo~ ~.
N. o. q N. E. r. r.. has contrscte1S ~, ,v Sals
Mr.. Brown, the engineer, to complete the
survey from Enterprise to Pearl River. and
ne Is now rapidly pushing forward the
Work.-Raulding Messenger.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

Colfax, Vice President, has been con-
victed of perjury in addition to bribery.
Bis downfall Is topic of general COM
ment By the press.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

The Credit Mobilier exposures which
have startled the country and engulfed
the reputation of some of its hitherto
brightest lights, are not one particle worse
than the Subsidy Scandal and the Peni-
tertiary Job which are engaging the at
tention of the Mississippi Legislature.
For example, Colfax swore point blank
tibet he had not received one cent of the
Mobiier stock; but the circumstances
proved that he had Wilson swore like
wise; but afterwards confessed that his
wife CHS partner) went in and got large
slice
Corruption jobs have all striking
family resemblance
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

In his message vetoing one of the Re
form bills, the Governor (so-called) at
trlbuted the action of the Legislature to
haste. But this is contradicted by the
statement in the same message, that the
bill was passed at the close of the session
of nearly five months. He himself had
declared, in his January message, that
the expenditures were too high, and the
bill was not passed until April. The
members took several months to digest
the subject; and now they are repri-
manded by his Boobyship for having
acted with haste"
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NO PROSPECT oFPEACE WITH THE MODoc ~
DIANs-NEIrHER PARTY WOULD AGREE
TO PLACE OF CONFERENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Fell. , Little prospect
exists OF any peaceable adjustment OF the
Modoc difficulties. Llrt Thursday, Fairchild
Darris and several Others went, by invita-
ton OF Capt. Jack, To have "A big talk. The
place agreed upon was the top OF High Hin
overlooking the lava-bed.
Ihey were accompanied by Squnw Dixie.
She went to Capt. Jack and told him il he
wanted to talk he must 90 10 the top OF the
hill, and he would meet Darris aud Fnir-
child there.
Jack would not 20, He wanted the whites
to come TO his camp. This they would not
do. Jack said they must come half way.
Eairchild refused this also, and sent word
10 Captain Jack to come to his camp within
TWO days, or If not he must fight again
Gen. Gllen's command is half way over
the mountains, and will reach Headquarters
on Tuesday.
Nothing has been heard from the Camp
Gaston company.
snow was deep on the roads Leading to
Lava-bed, but did not obstruct march Of
troops much.
In the last fight of the Modocs and Ber-
nardo Com pany, the Indians did not throw
away their guns, but lost all their horses.
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TWELFTH DAY.

JACKSON, Feb. 3, 1873.
III. b., Old Series, passed the House RI
day. This bill exempts certain lands in T,e
wee District. No. l, from Levee tax.
H. Joint Resolution, to Compensate Messrs
raymond and Bell for services in Auditor,.
office. Referred.
ID; b., to allow tax-collectors in Holme.
Iurther time, &c. Passed
ID: b. Old Series, to incorporate the Ash
Iahd. Holly Springs and Chulahoma PAL
road. Passed. A@Aii-
d. B., to establise Ferry across Rooue
Chitto river. Passed. ue
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
ID. b., In relation to fees Of J sites Of Tho
Peace. Referred. Va tue
d. B. for relief of w. w. Harvey. Re-
=; b, to encourage the agricultural and
Mechanical interests OF this State. ReferraJ
ps b for relief of Hon. j. J. Herhert
?; q, Old Series, to incorporate the Raw
ppPIangs Cotton Mills, In Tishominpo count,3
..,S 2. q, Old Series, to change name Of ParLs-
we notwithstanding Company. Passed.
a.: D., 70 amend section 245O. articIe q a.
, ,c.aslOn 70 corporations and Societies. Re-
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SUMMARY JUsTICE-ARREsT OF INCENBIA-
RIEs-oNE MAN HUNG by THE vIGI-
LANCE COMMITTEE.

ST., LOUIS, Jan. 30-On sunday following
New ears day an incendaTy fire occurred
in Arrow Rock, Mo, destroying large
portion OF the business part of the city. A
few days later the town was fired ia four
places, but only slight damage done Day
before yesterday three colored men, John
Sweeney, Clark Cannon and Reuben Elder
were arrested As The incendiaries and con-
iessed their guilt.
Sweeney wa, tried by the vigilance COM
mittee and hung Wednesday night. Al last
accounts Cannon and Elder were closely
guarded, and it was expected that they
would be hung last night.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-06

There is no hope for the bill refundinr
the Cotton Tax, the present Congress.
It may pass the next.
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The St Louis Globe Rad. refsEring 10
the downfall of Colfax, Wilson, Patterson,
POmery and other shining lights of Radi-
caldom, agonizingly asks where is all
this leading to Are our idols all to be
least down. Is our public life diseased
to the core ? IF so, perhaps honesty
yet remains with the people, whence
''new leaders may spring, worthier Of the
Republic and its exalted trusts.
CIVIL RICHES AT THE UNITED STATES
MILITIA ACADEMY. Another colored
cadet, Sam. Gibbs, so-called, an African
of the pure blood, and son Of the august
Secretary of Slate of Florida, has LETT the
Militia Academy at West Point Cause
The Caucasian cadets would not socialize.
As that Institution is designed to be the
hot-bed OF Loyalty, is not civil rights bill,
with its penalties of imprisonment in the
Penitentiary, or hanging and quartering,
called for?
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MULLER g. HINCKLES
RoStaul.uut
AND
SALOON,
CAPITOL ST, JACKSON. N.-
SALOON

Meals served ut uII rIuur..
BOARDEBS accoi. modified 81. .. H
Week on Month, with or without
FRESH Fish and OYSTERS u.
from New OlouusuuH
OYSTERS sold by the Dozen. D.u. ...
Hundred. Large quluH .u
had On receiving short r......
Hest Attention Given guesr
FURNISHED ROOMS.
"a LOON always stocked wiiH..I.U...
and Domestic Wines lLimu.. HnI N
HENRY MULLER
CHRIS. UlAlhIE
OcH sw5m puU
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EGR A PHO

DEATH OF COMMODORE MATHEW =. MAURY.
RICHMOND, Feb. l.-Commodore Mathew
Fontaine Maury, American hN biography
and naval officer died at Lexington, Va, a.
one O'Clock to-day, aged G. years.
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THE COTTON TAX REFuNpING BILL

WAsBINGroN. Jan. 3l.--The Committee
on Ways and Means to-day discussed Mr..
Beck's bill To refund cotton tax. Mr.
Brooks was absent. The vote stood Kelly,
Burchard, Finklinburg, Ellis. Roberts aud
Dawes against the bill, and Maynard, Beck
and Kerr in favor OF il.