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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-27

In another column we have exposed
the conduct of the Attorney Gen
eral on the subsidy business. Let any
impartial reader peruse the exposition,
free from passion, or prejudice, and say
if the person who is thus arraigned is fit
for the responsible Office he holds, and
does not deserve impeachment and re-
,,o1yol
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GENERAL Law. No AL

AN ACT to repeal section 995 of the Re.
vised Code of 1871, and for other mr.
poses.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Lerisla-
5ure OF the State Of Mississippi, That section
$50 OF the Revised Code of 1871, be. and the
same Is hereby repealed; and hereafter ali
allowances made tor supplying the offices of
the several Chancery Clerks in the Srata
with the necessary books, stationery and
furniture, shall be 6rst approved 6v the
Chancellor of the District, and audited and
allowed BY the Board of Supervisors OF the
when so allowed shall be pad ont of the
county Treasury upon warrant issued bv
said Board of Supervisors
Sec. 2. Be IL further enacted. That ALI aeta
or parts OF acts 10 conflict with this act are
hsreDy repealed, and this act shall take
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[GENERAL Law. No. 81

AN ACT TO enable the Auditor of Public
Accounts to apportion the Common
School Income Fund.
Section l. BE it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That the
Auditor of Public Accounts Is hereby au-
thorized and required to apportion 20 the
several counties of the State the Common
School Income Fund in the manner pre-
scrbed by law.
Provided, That in all cases where the
County Superinteudents Of E1ncatiOn have
failed to report the scholastic enumeration
of the county for the year 1872, the Auditor
may substitute the enumeration returns
for the year 1871, for such county or cOun-
ties.
Sec. ,. Be It further enacted. That this
Act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved February 10. 1873.
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did EBe HDe4 % Much IeHFnkng As pUyBs
II IL bat a few yearssinee 4 high school
vas established for girls in Boston.
Everybody was. astOnished because the
girls "wanfad to know, you know, tor II
fheY began 10 learn, it was asked, the
higher branches, where would they stop.
It seemed to be feared that the
Boston women might in time come to
know more than Boston men, The as
constituent of the women of former times,
could they come again from the grave,
was strongly depicted by the lecturer,
and the advantages of education to woman
elaborately explained. Why should men
and women be, everywhere together ex-
eept in the school room? If the women
could stand the intimate amount OF cloth
ing put upon them, they could certainly
stand little Latin and Greek. Mixed
education is nothing new. The professors
in the Spanish-Arabi schools were
women. Even in the time of Sir Philip
Sydney, professors chair was offered to
an Italian lady by German College.
Cornell University, and the school at
Ann Arbor, the first of which will be
the finest school in the Middle States have
already adopted the principle of co-educa-
ton. The schools that refuse the educa-
ton give diplomas, but they should say;
eve are ashamed to offer you diploma
where we refuse to permit you to study.
Mr. Curtis closed with a general review
of the subject, showing how much better
is the true respect now entertained for
women than the chivalrous regard of the
middle ages, and proving to the satistac-
ton of his auditory that woman is really
in a better and happier condition now
than at any other period of the worlds
history.
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Criminal Trials and Convictions
i'm Rankin.

From the Republican.
Elvin Logan, the negro who killed John
Young last summer, was tried on Friday
last, and found guilty of murder in the first
degree, The jury was composed of five ne
groes and seven white men, and we UNDER
stand they were unanimous for conviction.
without "A moments hesitation.
The case of the State VS.. Wash. Vance,
alias Wash. Williams. charged with the
murder of John Fletcher, (both colored. }
was concluded by the jury bringing in a
verdict OF guilty.
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PLATFORM OF THE CONNECTICUT
DEMocRACY.-TheD Democracy of Con-
necticut assembled on the 18th and NOM
mated Hon. Chas. j. Ingersoll for Gov
ernor. They passed resolutions reaffirm-
ing the Cincinnati Baltimore Platform.
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In another part of this paper VII be
found the Report of the House Commit
tee TO INQUIRE into the conduct Of the
Governor in the settlement Of the debt
due to the State from the 3 o. 81
R. r. Co. BY certain parties therein
named. The Report Is made BY Repub-
lieans, and can not be attributed to par
tizan influence It is a most damaging
Judgment on the action of the Governor.
He is condemned for usurpation and vio-
lation of the laws be was sworn to sup
port. And these acts, it is alleged, have
been committed to promote private inte-
rests at the expense of the State. He Is
convicted of having withheld currency
from the Treasury, which, according to
his own showing, belonged to it, that
favorite parties might have the oppor-
tunity of making large speculation.
But for this action, it is alleged by the
Committee, State warrants, which are
worth but seventy-five cents on the dollar,
would be at par The Governor, in his
answer, dissents from this conclusion but
he will not gainsay that his failure to
collect the currency has cost the tax
payers from $50, 900 to $50, 900.
The Governor is a. so severely censured
for receiving portion of this indebted
ness in the Subsidy warrants which had
been dishonored through the agency of
the law officer of the State Administra-
ton. That he assumed great respon-
sibility in this action will not be ques-
toned but we doubt if the Committee
was justified in pronouncing the warrants
legal nullity" They are the strong
est evidences that can be offered of the
pledged faith of the State, and it is dis
graceful to talk of repudiating them on
the ipse DIRT Of an officer whose whole
action smells of corruption. 1t is one
thing to disapprove the action of the
Governor in receiving the warrants; but
it is quite another to give countenance to
the idea that they are to be repudiated.
The question now arises, what is to be
done about this scandalous affair? The
Governor, whose explanation we have
also printed, makes an attempt to extri-
cate himself from the dilemma into which
his cupidity Cor stupidity has involved
him; but it is feeble and utterly ineffec-
tual.
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The Columbus Index is informed by
"a Republican friend" that THE
CLARToNs report of the Acting Govern
or's Social Equality fandango was ex-
agerated." We are informed by Re
publican friends" that the report was not
il" exaggerated" The Index must have
noticed that the Pilot has taken excep-
ton to no part of our description.
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Referring to the rumor that the At
torney General loaded the gun which
Hill, of Marshall, fred at the acting
Governor in the matter of the Railroad
Indebtedness, and which. in consequence,
kicked harder behind than before, the
Meridian Mercury says:
Now, the Attorney General himself is
8 undergoing investigation at the hands of
" q special committee. and it is surmised
"that he was ambitious to kill two birds
:" with one stone when he shot off the Leg
: islator from Marsbal-to make point in
: the coming State election, and to divert
9 attention from his own case. =
:. This recent blunderbus shot was aimed at
. His Accidencv. It's effect in killing him
!" OF out OF their way, remains TO be seen.
!" As to the other bird the Hon. Attorney
!" meant TO kin, we guess he didn't even sec
. it from his perch. Fact is, If we were the
" confidential friendly adviser Of the Attor-
"ney, we would recommend him to learn
wisdom from Anderson. as big fool as he
z Is reputed TO be-"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-27

COMING HOME TO RoosT.-Lewis E.
Parsons, and Laddie ]. Williams, leading
Radicals in the Alabama Legislature,
have been arrested and carried before
Judge Busted, charged with violation
of the enforcement acts Of Congress,
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The Memphis Appeal is disposed to
champion the cause Of the holders of the
repudiated Mississippi Bonds. 1t says
that the '1iability of the people to pay
''them is perfect" On the contrary it is
emphatically imperfect. They were not
executed in conformity to the constitu-
ton of the State, and were never an OBJ
legation of her people. Nor did the
money ever find its way into their treas
ury vaults, but into the Golfers of a soul
less and faithless corporation, which long
since passed out of existence. Two gen
erations, and nearly third, have passed
away since the bonds were created. The
present people of Mississippi know moth
ing about them, are not responsible for
them, and will never recognize the debt.
When the Appeal tells the present bond
holders ito be patient, and intimates
they will be paid after while, it is tax
ing upon itself more than is warranted
by the possibilities Of the case. When
the sky falls, bountiful supply of larks
will be caught
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Josh Morris boasts that he is the cap
tain to lead our people out of the wilder
ness of carpet-baggers' misrule. If the
way which he contemplates taking them,
is as crooked as his course on the Subsi-
dy question, when would he get to the
end
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The Legislature has passed law sub
hitting the location of the Court House
of Clarke to vote Of the people. The
Courier says rightly that the question
ought TO be decided strictly on its merits,
and not be dragged into the election of
member of the Legislature.
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SENATE.
TWENTY SEVENTH DAY.
JACKS on, Feb. ~, 1873.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Castle.

JAthrONs req, ~, 1875.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Castle.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS.
BY Mr. Bennett: A petition from Ola.
Board of Trade of Columbus praying for
repeal of the insurance deposit Law.
Committee on Finance.
MIR. PRECEDENT
am Instructed by His Excellency. lbe
Governor, TO inform the Senate that Doe ba'
approved the following entitled Acts. orig.
mating IN the Senate:
SB No 81, an Act To incorporate the Mo-
bile and Little Rock Railroad Company.
> b No l2l, An Act TO incorporate ODE
Union Life Association Of America.
SB No Gl, All Act TO amend an Act en-
titled an Act TO incorporate the town %
Pleasant Hill, DeSOto county, approved
March IL, 1872.
Governors Private Secretary
INTRODUCTION or BILLS.
The following bills were introduced, arI
referred as follows:
BY Mr. Little: An Act 70 amend spc.0
1888 of the Revised Code Of 1871.
Finance.
BY Mr. Cassidy: An Act to repeal section
l240 of the Revised Code Of 1871.
Judiciary.
BY Mr. Warner: An Act TO incorpon,
the Kosciusko Planters Mercantile Asscol.
ton.
Corporations.
BY Mr. Steele: An Act to ucou0rp
Meridian Lodge No 80, | q o r. a1d Ooh
other purposes.
Corporations.
BY Mr. Alexander: An Act for the r..a
of the State Hospital at NatchrZ-Pas.eL
An Act To empower the Board of super
visors OF YazOo City To order an election 40
fill the vacancy in the office Of ChNag
Clerk of said county, and for other g..-
pOses-Passed.
An Act Tor the relief of the MeridauSlF
ings Institution, In Lauderdale COUNTY
Passed.
An Act for the relief Of the Ycksba--
Hospital-passed Yeas, %; nays, Mr. C..
sidy, i.
Adjourned.
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INQUIRER.
REPLY.

The same complaint is common with
members of the bar; and we have had
occasion to verify the statement by in
curry The law, after STIMULATING to pay
the Reporter 81 per page for every page
contained in single volume, and requir-
ing him to deliver 400 copies to the State
-prescribes farther CART. s, sec. 1856,
Code of 1922:
The Reporter shall not sell the reports au-
thoriZed to be published by this article for
a greater price than sic dollars per rOtu1ae.
UNDER PENALTY OF REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
BY SAID COURT on PROOF OF THE VIOLA
TIoN OF THIS SECTION, WITHIN THE STATE.
But it seems that the Reporter is whip
ping the devil round the stump, and vio-
lating the law in the manner described
by our correspondents. The duty of the
Court is plain; but if the Court fail to
perform it, the Legislature will owe it to
its own self respect to take the matter in
hand, and see that the laws which it has
passed for the protection of the people can
not be violated with impunity. The same
body which passed the law and'prescribed
the penalty, is now in session.
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anDssR HswRsFRGsATaON gWmm
The :. Ways Thnt Are Dark" in
ahe State Mgepoa ter's OAace.

EDITORS CLARION:
In n recent number OF your paper, you
made timely exposure of the enormous
sums paid by the State TO Joshua Morris
for the last four volumes of the State Re
ports and for the two volumes OF that
worthless compilation. :" Morris State
Cases
In the course o. your article, you state
that the Reporter. after being paid the
enormous sum of seven dollars per page, is
given the exclusive right TO sell the books
at six dollars per volume.
Did you know that the last two volumes
of the Reports were being sold at 81 30 per
volume and that not a copy can be had for
less: Do you know the way it is managed
The Reporter has sold or pretended TO sell
the entire edition to CALLAHAN a Co., pub
fishers, of Chicago, and they of course can
charge what they please. The consequence
is, that a book the true cost of publishing
which, is / suppose, 81 or So per volume, and
the entire cost of which has been paid by the
State about twice over, is now being peddled
out by Chicago publishing house Query /:
and by the State Reporter? p at nearly dou-
BILE its cost
Amt that dainty dish to set before "
the people?'
Can't the Legislature give us committee
of investigation on it?
INorTpFp
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Col. j. l.. Power, of the Clarion, is
soon to take tour to Europe as a Mis-
sissippi Commissioner. We don't be-
grudge him this favor for he has been
about the hardest worked public servant
in Mississippi, and he merits the comPli-
ment bestowed by the State.-Canton
Mail
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-27

The Yazoo Banner announces the
death, from pneumonia, after short ILL.,
ness, Of Col. VIM. Battaile, a respected
citizen of that county. He was a native
of Caroline county, Virginia.
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what the Radicals Propose so HDO
NJ They Continue 10 Hold Power
in lEIssfSSinDf.


They intend to saddle the people with
the payment of the twenty millions of
repudiated Union Bank Bond debt. The
issue is unequivoeally presented by the
Pilot the official organ of the Radical
party--whieh says:
That this debt (the Union Bank bonds,)
VIII ultimately be paid by our State, proui-
ted The Republican party remain ia peaceT, there
cannot erist The shadolo Of a doubt. Ii IS a
stain upon the escutcheon of Mississippi that
must be wiped out before we can look the
world firmly. squarely and honestly in the
face, or expect recognition of our claims
TO front rank among the commercially
and financially trustworthy people of the
common national family.
The land of the RepudatOrs,' is the igno-
minious title by which our State is known,
and heaven speed the day when we can
thrown the accusation back in the teeth of
those who utter IL, by shotoiRg a clear receipt
forthts obligation" -
Forewarned, Forearmed. Keep it be-
fore the people
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The Legislature took a recess from
Saturday until Wednesday. Many of
the members went to New Orleans to par
ticipate in the Mardi Gras festivities.
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The North Carolina bond holders have
determined to institute legal proceedings
to SECURE payment of the interest on their
bends.
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The congregational Investigations.


The Congregational Investigations.
The Credit Mobilier Committee have
submitted report severely censuring
Dawes, Scho6eld, Bingham and Kelly,
and recommending the expulsion Of
Ames (briber) and Brooks (bribee.)
The Committee to investigate the case
of Caldwell, Senator from Kansas,
charged with buying votes to obtain his
seat, have recommended that it be de-
clared vacant
The House Committee of Ways and
Means have reported T. S. Circuit
Judge, @. T. Sherman, Of Ohio, (brother
of the Senator and the General guilty Of
receiving a fee for arguing in favor of
the repeal Of the tax on borrowed capital
before the Senate Finance Committee.
1t is proven that he levied blackmail and
realized $40, 900. He viii be saved
from impeachment for want of time
beforeadjournment a g SO
The investigation in the case Of shrek
ing Pomeroy, i still progressing with
every probability that il will result in On
UnEhyorAbiO report. s -
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February II,
MESSAGE FROM rne oovEnxoR.

Mr.. SPEAKER:
1 am directed by His ExcclleHcy, tha
| Governor, TO inform the House of Repre-.
sentatives that he has approved the fol-
lowing entitled acts, originating Boz t.t
House:
II B No 3. an Act to incorporate the town
of BoOnvile in the county Of Prentiss
ii b No l24, an Act % amend an Aci lo
incorporate the town OF Rodney, jefferson
county.
ii b No 80, an Act TO dispense with %.
necessity Of aiiidavits and bonds, by '0.
State or any county, In cases OF appeals
II B No 30, an Act 70 authorize the Boan
Of Supervisors OF Montgomery county 90
have transcribed that part OF the record "
Choctaw county appertaining 20 hon.'
gomery county.
IL Il NO 50, an Act in relation 90 publi.4'
ton or notices To non-Iesidcuts iu alta .-
ment suits before Justices OF the Peace.
Is No 10, an Act 10 repeal an Act Wv
Titled an Act 10 prohibit The sale of yIu'l'
and Intoxicating liquors in the town
S&rePta, within Calhoun county and bon oNr
mile thereof, approved August 2, 1861.
II ) No 2, a Joint Resolution menont-
lzing Congress TO change the law Of prov
ing titles TO hOmesteads.
Governors Private Secretary
A number Of local bills we're introduce
and referred.
Adjourned
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THE MOBILE CoMMIssIoN.-Col A.
G. Horn, the originator of the PROPOSE
ton for the acquisition of the city and
county of Mobile, has been appointed on
the Commission to negotiate for the ces-
sion, in place of Hon. j. r. Mcintosh,
declined. As the latter gentleman was
the mover of the resolution in the House,
and is fitted by his talents and address
for the duty, his declension is regretted.
The fitness Of both these gentlemen is
recognized, and their services as members
of the Commission desirable.
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TwENTY-sEVENTH DAY.

JACKSON, Feb. 20 1919
Mr. street moved that the Committee 60
Education be allowed 70 print the bl. ..
Education now before them.
Carried.
To the Hon. j. d. Webster, Chairman SUI
Committees
Sir-Under the advice Of my friends .a-
form you and the committee that shall lm-
medlately tender my resignation OF mi
office as Judge Of the Third Judicial Ds-
trict OF Mississippi, for reasons that / shsI.
assign to the Governor TO take effect b.
soon as the Governor shall appoint 10Y sa.-
cessOr.
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When is the Attorney General to make
his forthcoming disclosures about the
assing Gevsrnori
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Report of the state treasurer


This document, except the accompany
ing tables, is published elsewhere. 1t
describes in brief the financial status of
the State, and presents matter for seri-
Gus reflection by the taxpayers. By
this document it will be seen that the
expenses of the State Government for
the past year were in round numbers
81 1865, 900, which is nearly million of
dollars in excess of the disbursement
before the war when the property basis
of the State was four times what it now
is; that the taxes are largely in excess
of former years-and that the condition
of her finances is growing from bad to
worse. The outstanding debt represent
ed by Warrants was only about 5000, 900
when the Carpet-Bag regime commenced,
now it is nearly 1900, 900 exclusive of
the Chickasaw School Fund, notwith-
standing the increased taxation. For
all this expenditure, there is scarcely
anything to show. To remedy this
growing evil, the Treasurer submits
some wholesome suggestions which will
be found in the concluding paragraphs
of his report
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-27

The total number of cases Of smallpox
IN New Orleans since November, is 3O6.
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No. 3

1t is briefly stated. The Attorney
General supplements his instructions to
the Auditor. The lock is taken off the
wheels; they run as if they had been
doctored with Lubricating Oil of the
most approved patent. The Ripley Rail
road Company gets its warrants. Nuff
sed
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Another scene and probably the stran-
gest of all, in this disgraceful perform
ance. Look on the letter No. l about
the rights with which the railroad compa-
mics had been vested-and then on this /:
ABERDEEN. October ID, 1872.
HoN. W. H. VAssER, TREASURER:
You are not authorized to receive or re-
cognize any warrant for Railroad Subsidy
to the Ripley Railroad, or TO any other, that
subsidy being In my opinion, uNccNsTlTu-
TToNAL, J. 8. MoRREs,
Attorney General.
Here, then, we have the Attorney
General performing four distinct parts in
reference to single measure Of public
policy and that 100 under aiycnEnpeApeas
which naturally suggest suspisieas Of n
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Another investigation.


in the Senate on the 21st, by Mr. Gibbs,
and adopted:
Whereas, it appears ftom the vouchers on
file in the Auditors office that certain ac-
counts have been paid to NJ. B. HewsOn and
F. j. Mead, as Adjutant General and
Quarter Master General of the State, in OBJ
position to the opinion ofthe Attorney Cen
eral, and that the claim of L. s. Hardy.
State Engineer, for maps furnished, was
also paid in opposition TO the opinion of the
Attorney General and the protest of the
Governor of the State; therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate 1.-THE House of
Representatives concurringl, That a joint
select committee of tw on the part of the
Senate, and . the part of the House.
be appointed to investigate the payment of
said accounts, and all circumstances con-
nected Herewith. with power to send for
persons and papers.
Committee, Messrs. Gibbs and Cassidy.
As the resolutions are joint, they re-
quire the concurrence of the House,
which they viii no doubt receive
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Removal OF Troops.

Forewarned, Forearmed. Keep it be-
fore the people.