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became partner in the house. A.
break of The war. the Ni-.l.IH.
Railroad had owed MDtoHH. .u.."
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wv 10 the Mississippi Central Ii.
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legislation was required. tH....
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Why did the Inspectors refuse to ac-
cept the land donated for the Penitentiary
and agree to give $1,000 for tract pos
sessing not one-fourth the value for the
purposes designed? And why did the
acting Governor approve the transaction
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An esteemed subscriber, L. j. Capel.
Esq, of Rose Hill. Amite county. writes
US that he had just received two immi-
grants-young men-sent by Mr.. Geo.
Torrey, Esq. Mr.. c. is well pleased
with them. They report that there is no
difficulty in getting any quantity of first
class laborers-girls, boys, men and wo-
men. We infer from a reference in Mr..
e. letter that the young men are from
the vicinity of Birmingham, England.
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= CLEAN SWEET
The Entire Faxes Of "a County
Gene Where the NVOOdbine
'E'NVineth.

We have information that J. f. John
son, Sheriff of Lefore county, has alb
sounded. taking with him about $50, 900,
embracing the full amount of his
tax collections for the past year. A
warrant has been issued for his arrest by
the Auditor; and legal proceedings have
been instituted against his securities.
johnson was appointed Sheriff by Ames
and re-appointed by Alcorn-and in 1871
was elected by the Radicals to the same
Office
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A proposition will be submitted to the
voters of Arkansas at an early day to
change the Constitution of that State
repeating all DISTINGUISHING features. It's
adoption viii admit 10, 600 white citizens
to the polls, who have heretofore been
excluded.
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District Attorney Stiles, of the 3rd
District, has arraigned Judge Anderson,
Of that District, before the Legislature on
a series Of charges which if true involves
him in the deepest crimes as a Judge.
He is charged not only with ''incompeten.
cy' but ''wilful corruption" and specifi-
cationsare ma e in support of the accu-
sation. Among the specifications are
taking sides from the Bench in the trial
of criminal cases-of making false entries
OF granting new trials after conviction
and releasing prisoners ON straw bail
and other corrupt and infamous practices
tending 10 violate the purity of the
Judiciary and defeating the ends of JUS
tice, The Legislature will doubtless
order an investigation, and if the charges
are established there Is but one course to
pursue. The address of the District At
torney will be found elsewhere in this
Oum her
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The WARRANT FoRGERs.
ham has been sentenced to fifteen years
Imprisonment in the Penitentiary, and
the trial of Swan, Considine and compa-
ny is progressing.
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The following is from late fernando


The following is from late Hernand,
Press:
/ We notice the arrival at Senafobia, CT
Saturday last. OF several families OF emmi-
grants from South Carolina. They We're
brought By G D. Shan3s. who reports to Us
that they viii make good. honest citizens
Our farmers should follow Mr.. SIS exam pie
and then they could have their farms cuiti-
waited by people OF sense, and possessed
witk honesty.
This reminds US that sometime ago, al
the suggestion of practical, well-inform-
ed citizen, we observed that no field
better than South Carolina offered itself
for the enterprise of parties who desired
to increase our population with thrifty
and intelligent people. The foregoing is
the announcement Of a movement in that
direction South Carolina under Mon.
grel rule, is as hopelessly lost to civiliza-
ton and republican government as San
Domingo, whose condition was 50 well
described by Fred. Douglass, one of Mr..
/ Grants Commissioners to the Island, in a
recent address at St. Louis. 1t is pre-
posterous 10 suppose that the whites Of
that down-trodden community would not
gladly flee it if they were assisted and
the inducement Of permanent homes
where protection could be extended to
liberty, life and property, were held out
to them. This inducement our large
landowners can easily offer in order to
secure the labor which i essential TO the
cultivation of their estates. To give
efficiency 10 the scheme, whole communi-
ties ought to act on a concerted plan, the
details Of which could be readily arrang-
ed. It's execution would secure acces-
sions of the best description to our popu-
/ tation, homogeneous and intelligent
Besides, it would be humane movement
for the relief Of people who are expert
encing the fortunes OF bondage than
which nothing could be conceived more
humilitating and loathesome. We trust
Mr., Stands will continue his enterprise,
and that it is really the beginning Of a
grand movement which cannot fail Of
success, if prosecuted in the right way
While we are writing, the Columbia
Is. G. Phoenix has come tc. hand with
testimony confirming our impression Of
the general desire of South CaroIinians
to leave the State. That paper says:
Our own people old aud young are Icav-
ing If toT more favored regions. Here i the
practical effect of the want OF good and 4
honest Nta IN, tEas -.
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Not single copy of last weeks CLARION
caue TO this post office, and we presume
thew were either stolen or sent on To WaSLo
ington. This is very annoying.as we yonId
rather go without our breakfast. dinner
supper and spiritual rations all day, than to
fall 10 receive HE CLARION on Thursday
morning--Brando on Republican.
We assure our friend that the fault was
not at this office. The paper is mailed to
all our subscribers regularly.
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We are in receipt of the Star, new
paper published at Meridian, by Messrs.
Campbell, Powell and Carroll-to whom
We extend our good wishes.
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Lcttcr= from Two Of the Faculty
Of the State University.

1t affords Us far more pleasure to pub
lish tie following letters from DIR. Little
and Prof Guthrie, OF the Mississippi
University, than we derived from the pub
LEGATION OF the report to which we gave
currency. We want the contradiction, as
to them, TO be a. broad and as full as the
original statement II any of the other
members Of the Faculty wish to be heard,
our columns are open to them:
FROM DR.. LITTLE,
OXFORD, Miss Jan. %, 1873.
EDIroRs or CLARION:
IN the editorial, ON the " Lafayette COun-
ty Election of Jan. sd, sentence occurs
which I cannot allow to pass without corret-
ton. You say tHat Ii is significant that
the whole University influence was cast for
the Mougrcl candidate"
Or. Archrr the Conservative candidate,
wa@ elected by three majority.
! happen 20 know that siN votes were cast
for him by members OF the Faculty
So have given his opponent three times as
great majority as he has, il they had been
cast ON the other side
Now propose tIat your Informant con
ic~s his error, over his own signature, and
write nothing but facts In future.
Very -pectluily yours, etc,
GEORGE LITTLE.
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Denah OF. Col. Geo. :. Gnines.

Died at State Line on the Dist inst.
Col. George s Gaines. in the 85th wear
Of his age. Few men have passed a
more honored and eventful life and at
Its close, have occasion to regret as few
incidents as this venerable and respected
citizen. He was Il connecting link be-
tween the past generations and the pres
ent. In Alabama he had filled numer
Gus places Of distinction, and had been
member of the Legislature of this State.
Whether as public officer, or private
citizen, he had acted we'll his part. and
has descended to the grave and thence to
a brighter world beyond, full of honors
and of years
His son, Maj. A. S Gaines, who rep
resents Wayne county in the Legislature.
was called from his seat by this sad event.
Too Much OF Coon THING. The
recommendation Of the acting Governor
that ten Commissioners be sent to the |
Vienna Exposition at public expense
is running the thing into the ground. 1t |
certainly grows out of the benevolent
of his Accidency to accommo-
date a half-score of persons with a free
ride, and all expenses paid, across the
ocean at the cost of the taxpayers. The
idea is simply preposterous. tits a BOBBY
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What is the first thing young lady looks
for In church! Nhe hi,iss
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+ from the Times,

\ SUSPECTED JOB" IN HIGH QUARTERS
In AN article some days ago captioued
NV hat lie Governor Ill Recemraend.' .
$50" stated that an investigation should be
had into the location of the Penitentiary.
four miles from the capital. on lands costing
$1,000. when lands were rendered within
half "a mile Of the town without cost to the
State.
IL appears that the site selected by the
Commissioners is on Il tract of land contain
ing l5G0 acres well i'm proved with dwell
inn, out houses. etc, and that the entire
property was offered for $4,000. Notwith-
standing a better property wa offered in a
more desirable location. free of cost to the
STATE. Tie Commissioners recommended the
purchase OF five hundred acres OF the poor
est and unimproved portion OF this fifteen
hundred acre tract, tor which they We're to
pay seven thousand dollars. Judge AlcOrD.
one or the Commissioners. refused to sign
the recommendation. in consequence of
which, the Auditor declined to issue the
warrants. The matter has been referred TO
the Attorney General, who. it is thought,
viii support the Auditor The transaction
has the smell of corruption, and it ought to
be Investigated. We learn that there is a
probability of its receiving the attention Of
J4g Legislature at an early day.
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l will be able soon, | am in hopes, to give
our people such information as may be of
some service inthe treatment of farm labor
erS and servants. | have been informed that
the feeling against the Southern States was
fast passiL g away, and that it would not be
long before capital would be seeking invest
ment amongst US. | am of the opinion that
with the proper effort that emigration can
easily be turned South. | am sending quite a
number of emigrantS to north Mississippi
and some to west Tennessee. Any person
can address me at Liverpool. care of Messrs
Finn, Main s. Montgomery.
Yours truly,
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George Ripley, of the New York Tri-
bune, was Greeley's senior. He is now
seventy-one years old.
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1t Is rumored that the Attorney Gen
cral decided that the Auditor should
issue warrants in payment for the site
elected by majority Of the Inspectors
for the new Penitentiary, on the requsi-
ton Of a majority Of the Board but
Egeleston happened, luckily, to be out
ofthe State, and Judge Alcorn refused
to sign the application. Meantime, the
Legislature took the matter in hand +;
ordered a halt; and spoilt the nice little
game.
If it be true, as held by the Attorney
Genera, that the Subsidy Warrants issued
10 the Ripley Railroad Company, are
Illegal and in violation Of the Constitu-
ton, so far from being a valid claim
against the State, they are not worth
pinch Of snuff In this event, the Gov
ernor is responsible to the State for the
eighty odd thousand dollars Of the said
warrants which he ha, received in pay
ment Of dues to the State, in defiance Of
the opinion OF his legal adviser. Big
Ingun me, who ,r7ud take the respon-
sibility, seems to have put his foot into
it--provided the opinion Of the Attorney
General Is wen founded
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-01-30

Hon. George Torrey, ofJefferson coun-
ty, who as our readers are aware, is in
England on Emigration business, writes
as follows to the Raymond Gazette:
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The acting Governor makes very un.
satisfactory statement to the Legislature
in regard to the purchase of site for
the Penitentiary. All he says is that
+ 800 acres Of land, four and half miles
north of jackson, on the n. o., j. d G.
+ IN. +. r., have been purchased for the
location of the new Penitentiary. These
lands are fertile, eligibly located, and
''wen supplied with timber and water
The plan and specifications for the new
'Penitentiary, approved by the Board of
INSPECTORS, is submitted to your consid-
''eration. The main part Of the trans
action IS suppressed. 1t is not stated
that in making this purchase Judge
Alcorn dissenting the Inspectors agreed
to pay $1,000 for tract of land Of no
better quality, and less eligibly situated,
than one which had been rendered with
the money on deposit in bank for its pur-
chase free of cost to the State. The
rejection of this donation, (the Executive
being a party to the proceeding was
fraud on the people and Il violation of the
law which prescribes that the Board Of
inspectors shall proceed to select and
purchase, with the approval of the Gov
''ernor, suitable site for Penitentiary
''o not less than 500 acres,
''5aving reference to the greatest induce
''a,ents offered By donations on odtsr,cise.
Now, the Inspectors and the Governor
have not only criminally disregarded this
law, but they have thrown away the
other valuable considerations to the State
attending the selection of the site which
had been donated.
The outrage is so fragrant that the
Auditor refused to issue warrants in
accordance with the sale, and the Legis-
lature has appointed committee to in
vestigate the matter. This committee
VIII doubtless inquire why the law was
was violated? Why was the gift rejected I
IL order to obtain an Ineligible location |
i. an extravagant price? Who were the
owners Of the land ? What prompted |
the Inspectors to enter into a transaction
ofso questionable a character, and why did
the Governor approve it? An explana-
ton Of these points will throw food of
light over a business which calls loudly
for thorough investigation. To show
that the call for an investigation is not a
p4rtizln movement, we will copy what
our Republican neighbor of the Vicks-
burg Times says about it:
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MISSISSIPPI Legislature
SYNOPSIS OF PRo5zacIysg
SIXTH
SENATE.


jackson. january ~ .--.
senate met pur-u to Hdjuuruu...
, 1873-06-06
PERSONAL,

T0EhsoNAL-B. X. NlOKERSON, or NICHOLSON;
L Did not get your lottes III tne VIII 10 At KulnS
Hotel Friday oulonk. II you cannot 10 tAoso
hAdsIss BOWLER. TFiauno Atlcu,
, 1873-06-06
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.

T0H gA1T~I1V r :, GG1 "e>1,,IeS>,,<> ~ - 81
y aonst. let on Harrison, noar Roboy; Acre On
st'} on Arteslanay, Waaternav. Grand ~ lots
E'0R SALls-A FARM OF 160 AOIlEB, WITH M.
prote'nonts. Ia Deisvan, Tazowoll Co., i1l Tho lan
y Gf tae bpst 9usIty Ts[s OF sale very oaT Apply 10
CLARK and Whshlngton. ata. ~''A''
, 1873-06-06

ons that will 10 paronizad BY al railway and stroot-
Gar to DO sold II bargain; just patpnted
1O1LVlN Co., a South ClArk.st.
WANTED-To BUY OR RENT-A MEAT MARKET
~, nnd nxtH5os and lease with room to pack moat.
, 1873-06-06

Country.
THREE ROOMS ON SECOND FLOOR. FURNISH
ct or to rpnt with board, In EvAston.
Addr0sa Post OHlcu Boz 2C9l Evanston.
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NJ XII. 49, tx&ks.,.s ,,;oa .~,d t;adl.,
III c;ve no Names. remember 81 the
time IN ne lam xrod WHEN 4. Too. was,
Young. and oura suils nv the side Of one of
Sammy VelIer's diversions. and didn't find
4 4 Terrible Aversion uithpr names. in
deed / Whv,rsll-th cr romsnce Il in the Incl.
dents not nsmesr
q dIli,iP f;iA1lS a N nm c.pg ra.i
s 's.'s ny Il fsiished 81 every man % =
And the color.ed servants xsr were at The
station, ready to carry the bundles and
bird-cages. the traps and .trinkets: and
thew were all ioliy. the iolliest Of tie ioI-
" They saw NJ YOU ee.oantl thew ii.
WAYS know. Won know. And their greet
ings with their own were amusing enough.
One sober Old fellow-sshow Is YOU Ar.
old Oman. and vounp ones. AZ Home ?';
ssDev am ali right we'll. tsnE yo,i--how y, il
Won sllY1"Dev3re All crewlinp; cent de col,
erv n tha ch;ckens - and HSef 4 renera
hearty vaws vsw All round. happvF eno,lch
THEW ssem to he the happiest people Ri the
world thriftless. but contented under al
most any circumstances. II not imnroberlv
influenced bv otl,ersed Theys wjls Ssnfh at
anv tina. atsd were thew nfit al cRaar7nllv
constituted thew wmld he more trouble.
Some. FT,Ga lE
aWhat is all that bright torch-lieht.
ahead pO exclaims half a dozen. as we are
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BaNKRuPr NOTICES.

44J6
In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
j TED ESTATES for the Eastern District of yir-
ginia.
In the matter of Eliza O. Weber, bankrupt
IN bankruptcy.
At Richmond. on the 10th day of April.
a. d., 1878.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that petition has
been, TO wit on the 10th day of April 1873 filed
in said District Court by Eliza q. Weber, of
doochland county in said district, WHO has
keen heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
the act OF Congress entitled IAN act to establish
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" approved March I'd, 1867, for
discharge and certificate thereof from all her
debts and other claims proyable under said act
and that the nth day of July, 1873, at 10
O'Clock a. IN, before W. w. Forbes, one of
the registers of said court In bankruptcy at his
office in Richmond, Va, in said district,
is the time and place assigned for the hearing OF
the same, when and where you may attend and
show cause, il any you have, why the prayer
of the said petitioner should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings Of the creditors of the said
bankrupt will be held at the same time and
place. W. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
syS-Th2w Sd Cong'l Dist. of Va.
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41l0
N THE DISTRtCf COURT OF THE UNI
lTED STATES for The Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter of Henry Beal, bank
rupt--n bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the 10th day of May, a. d,
1873
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please TO take notice hereby, that petition
has been, to wit: the 10th day of May,
1873, filed in said District court by Henry Beal,
of Westmoreland county, in said district,
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under act of Congress entitled IAN act to establish
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" approved March 3D. 1867, for II
discharge and crtiflcate thereof from all his debts
and other claims provable under said act, and
that the llih day of July, a. d 1873 at 10
O'Clock II. m, before W. W. Forbes, of the
registers of said court in bankruptcy, at his
office, in Richmond in said district, is the
time and place assigned Tor the hearing of
the same; when and where You may attend
and show cause, if any you have, why the
prayer of the said petition should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
zzind third meetings of the creditors of the said
bankrupt will be held ut the same time and
place. w. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for the
y3-Th2w 3rd Cone'l Dist. of Va.
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l66--inpOl
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter l.. NJ. Peterson VS. A1pheus
Boiling, q bankfupt--in bankruptcy.
AT Richmond, on the 27ih day of May, a. d.,
1873.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
Please TO take notice hereby, that petition has
been, to wit: on the 9th day of May, 1873, filed
in said District Court by Alpheus Boiling, of
Richmond city in said district. who has been
heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
the act of Congress, entitled IAN act TO establish
a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" approved March 2, 1867, for
discharge and certificate thereof from all his
debts and other claims proyab!e under said act,
and that the 1ith day of July, 1873, at IL
O'Clock. a. m. before w. W. Forbes, one OF
the registers of said court in bankruptcy, at his
office la Richmond, Va, in said district,
is the time and p ace assigned for the hearing Of
the same, when and where You may attend and
show cause, ii any you have, why the prayer
of the said petitioner should not be granted
You are also hereby notified. that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of the said
bankrupt will be held at the said time and place.
W. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
~ S-Th2w Sd Cong'i Dist of Va.