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aEeae.s plus Rather COrnered.

In another column viii be found o
letter of Capt. c. s. Bell to the Column
bus Press Republican,, charging the
Auditor with several serious offences, one
of which was the payment into the Trea-
sury of Auditors Warrants in place of
Greenbacks, which had been collected on
account of the defaulting sheriff of Sun
flower county, a brother spokesman of the
carpet-bag persuasion. Mus reply to
the charge is also published in accord:
ance with our rule to give both sides
hearing. 1t will be seen that he pleads
guilty to the indictment, and offers what
appears to be rather poor excuse. It
will be borne in mind that the statute
made and provided in such cases as the
failure of officers to pay over such cur
rency as they may receive for the collec-
ton of public dues, imposes a severe
punishment on the offender.
The other charges on which Mus is
arraigned in the letter aforesaid, are
passed by without answer, and thus,
tacitly admitted to be true.
While ON the subject, We may remark
that we have in pickle the rod of the
Legislative Report on the Auditors
office submitted at the first session of the
present Legislature, which will be re-
produced should he turn up as the sue
cessful sleepy for Governor. For the
present, it is held in allegiance. No use
wasting powder on dead duck.
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he Wont Promise not to Abd:cate the
Governors Office if Elected Senator.
F." When I am beaten for Governor of Ms
sissippi, I am Politically Dead"

From the Friars Point Delta (Republiean).
After forming the acquaintance OF a great
many gentlemen from different parts OF the
State, and examining the principal novel
and interesting scenes about the Capital
we called on Senator Ames- A few intro
ductory remarks, regarding his sick baby.
the weather. ETC., were made. Then we re-
quesEed the Senator to inform as what Do
sition he was really seeking by running for
Governor. Before answering the question
he made these preliminary Statements, to-
wit: That in case he had concluded not 10
run for Governor, and should be defeated
for the Senate, he would regard himself as
politically dead in Mississippi. That his
friends had advised him and he had deter
mined to run for Governor. That in all his
actions in this State he had tried 70 be GOV
erned by the interests Of the people, and
that Senator Alcorn had always bitterly
opposed him without just cause. That IN he
scGs nominated, and had not already a resi-
dence in this State. he would assurellly OBJ
tain one. Then he said his former actions
had been in harmony with what he had
conceived to be the will of the majority,
and that If he was elected Governor. his
going to the Senate would depend wholly
upon the action OF the Legislature and the
people.
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In order to rid the Southern States of
the misrule of the Mournful Facts, the
Conservatives supported Horace Greeley
in the late canvass, who was the father of
Uni6cation, and had steadily advocated
it for twenty-five years To accomplish
that object in Louisiana, Gen. Beaure-
gard and his associates proposed the Uni
fication movement there. They may
have been right or they may have erred.
We have not assumed to be better judges
of Louisiana affairs, than the citizens
thereof But we do maintain that it
does not sound well for people who voted
for the father and persevering champion /
Of Uni6cation to turn up their nose at
Beauregard and his associates, who have
followed their example with the same
motive precisely. :
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The political issues, and the only 0u" ..-
fore the country, have been made DIP I}
those COngressIhen who were Dl5ri hE
Mobilier stock; by the back pay larceny
by the increase Of salaries; the crimr- eUm-
mitted against Republican government .n
the South; the sale Of the earnings ot .a1"
TO capital without AN equivalent, under ."
pretense Of protection; the ruin of Amor.
can commerce; the blockade of maUh..
the transfer Of all transportation routes D.
the country TO the rich men oft other lt...
the prohibition of our citizens from pure
chasing ships abroad, or the building tu..
al home; tire refusal Co allow Canadian N.
sells To carry from one American port .
another; tie larccnics, embezzI dement's H..
malieasances Ot state aud Federal uIlIe0l
ana tile transfer OF every Interest 4ul ..
dustry to monopoly. These are tbe ISSUES
that must be met.-St. Paul tMuu.l fiuuu..
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The Oranges of Wisconsin will hold a
State convention at Milwaukee, August
21st, to consider plan of independent
political action, irrespective of the action
of either the Democratic or Republican
parties. A similar convention is to be
held by the farmers of Iowa a week
prior to that time at Des Moines. 1t is
believed that both conventions will NOM
mate State tickets.
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The People Tired of Corruption
I'm Office.

The people of all classes, tired a the cor
ruption winch have disgraced our national
halls of legislation, only awaited a move
ment which promised relief to enter into it.
The farmers movement promises this relief,
and springs from a source calculated 10 in
spire confidence in its honesty, and the peo-
pie recognize in it chance 10 rid them
selves of the politicians who have so long
2lundered them, and are docking to its
support. 1t would surprise some of the old
political leaders If they knew how deep a
hold this movement has taken in the pop
ular mind.-Clinton (IlI.) Register.
1t needs no prophets vision to see the re-
suit, If the farmers and others who act with
them are united in demanding change Ia
the condition of the parties and of the policy
of the nation, for a change must then come.
No power can Withstand the onward march
Of 4,0Oo.O 200 votes.-Madison (Wis.) Demo-
cPat.
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The Constitutional Convention of New
Jersey, which was recently in session,
has taken recess until October 7th.
Among the amendments to the State
Constitution proposed, the following are
the principal: To make member of the
Legislature ineligible who accepts free
railroad tickets; that members shall re-
ceive but $500 per annum that no Judge
of court shall ride free or hold railroad
stock; that capital punishment shall be
abolished and imprisonment for life sub
stituted, the pardoning power being dis
allowed; that the Court of Chancery
shall be abolished that no man shall
hold an office who shall have influenced
caucus by money or otherwise; that
any man who has been defaulter to the
State or General Government shall be
deprived of the right of voting; and that
man shall be entitled to vote after sixty
days residence in the county.
With some of the above amendments
into our State Constitution the
Radical party would have to look for new
leaders. The influence of the present
farmers anti-railroad movement is clearly
traceable in many of these changes which
have been proposed.
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Outraged Louisiana.

The results of Kellogg's anarchy in
Louisiana are thus summed up by Mr..
Booth, of New Orleans, prominent
fusion Senator "The State bonds are at
about 80; the city bonds are at about
go. General business is disappearing
/" so fast that there are over 1000 We
+" cant habitable properties and stores
now in New Orleans one auction finn
alone having recently specified by
name and location 295 such, with The
additional words of many Others in
" their hands stores, dwellings, ware
houses and other premises. x x =
&" Eight thousand white mechanics have
left New Orleans during the past few
SO months. No building and little repair
ing is going on; no new business start
ing; no anything but taxes, and suits,
and seizures, and infammatory, false
" appeals"
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FIRsT-J. N. Phipps, of Lafayette; ii. N.
Street, of Prentiss; A. I. Roane, Of CAL
hOun.
SECoND-J. B. Morgan. of DeSoto; +. c..
Walthall of Grenada; Kinloch Falconer,
of Marshall.
THIRD-Reuben o. Reynolds, of Monroe
II. w. Williamson, of Montgomery; Robert
Mcintosh, of Chickasaw.
FoUBTH-S. s. Calhoon, of Madison; Gar
net Andrews, of YazOO; j. j. Shannon, OF
Lauderdale.
FIF1H-W. II. McCardIe, of Warren
Harris Barksdale, of Kinds; Sylvanus Ev-
ans, of Clarke.
SIxrH-Benj. King, Sr- of Copiah; Hi
ram Cassidy, Sr., of Franklin; Z. X. May
crs of Harrison.
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The last Legislature passed joint res
olution proposing the following amend
ment to section six, article eight, of the
Constitution, which is to be voted on at
the general election in November next
All proceeds of lands now or hereafter
vested in this State by escheat or purchase
or forfeiture for taxes, and the clear pro-
ceeds of all fines collected in the several
counties for any breach of the penal laws,
and all moneys received for licenses grant
ed under the laws of the State for the sale
of Intoxicating liquors, or keeping of dram
shops, shall be collected in legal currency
of the United States. and be paid into the
treasury, to be distributed, pro rata, among
the educable children of the Stale, in the
manner to be provided for by law.
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The Vicksburg Times sees something
ofdreadful import in our idea of local
seEgovernment-State Rights-commu-
niB independence, or whatever else you
nay please to call the doctrine that each
State should manage its own affairs, and
that the Federal Government should con-
fi1e its action tothe limitations defined in
tn, Constitution. 1t apprehends that
it is secession resurrected. The same
doctrine is better expressed in the Lib
erd Republican-Democratic Platform of
182-tO-wit:
We demand for the individual the largest
liberty consistent with public oFdeF--for
the state seh-xoyernment--aRd for the ma
tioa q return TO the constitutional umlta-
tioas of power.
Or as more forcibly stated by Mr..
Greeley:
That there shall be no federal subversion
of the Internal polity of the several States;
bus thas each shall be left free 10 enforce
the rights and promote the well being OF its
Inhabitants by such means as the judgment
of is people shall prescribe.
AS or that matter, as if in contradic-
ton of its own practices and in moekery
of its ,ecord of usurpation and unconsti-
tutiornl interference with the rights of
the States, the Radical Republican party
announced the same creed in its Plat
form # 1872-as follows:
TheRepublican party proposes TO respect
the rigNts reserved by the people TO them
selves As carefully rs those delegated by
them to the State and to the Federal Gov
ernmeTt. 1t disapprOVes OF the resort TO
unconstitutional laws for the purpose of re-
moving evils by interference toith rights not
surrendered by the people to either the State on
National Government.
If it be true that the question of
90 State Rights vers.ts Federal Power has
" Oeen settled by the sword" as alleged
by the Times, its own party has set the
example of resurrecting it.
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The latest sensation in a Northern
community is the breaking up of the
peace of a household by the communiea-
ton of a spirit to the lady thereof, that
her liege lord is not as good as he ought
to be. Under the influence of this intel
ligence from the undiscovered country, a
divorce is sued for, and delectable dish
of scandal has been served up for the
newsmongers. All this among the God
and morality people
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The New Hampshire Penitentiary is
managed so well that it is a paying In
stitution. 1t netts the State annually
$50, 900, which is applied to the enlarge
ment of the prison and to providing
modern conveniences for the inmates
There is no reason why prisoners through
out the United States should not by their
labor more than pay for the expenses in
CURED by their incarceration.
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Gen. WaIth0ll.

Until now, an authorized publication
of this distinguished gentleman that he
could not accept nomination for Gov
ernor, has escaped our notice. 1t is
stated that under no circumstances would
it be possible for him to accept the nomi-
nation if rendered him; and further,
that his heart and soul are with his own
people and his voice will be heard in
their behalf in the coming struggle, but
his business engagements make it impos-
sible for him to be candidate for office.
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Gen. Eeeauregard and the UniGca-
diOm scheme.
From the Crystal Springs Monitor.

From the Crystal Springs Monitor.
The new departure Of Gen. Beauregard
has been severely criticised by many of the
Mississippi papers. We cannot from our
standpoint see, and we may be incapable OF
approaching the motives which have in
duced Cen Beauregard to throw himself
into tho chasua that divides the whites and
blacks of Louisiana. We do not believe,
however, as some do, that Gen. Beauregard
has been either bought or sold, We have
our doubts as TO whether 1t was good policy
at the present time to mix up a social COM
promise of such a sweeping character with
State politics. Doubtless it was induced by
that amor pdtrid for which the gifted Gener-
al is so distinguished. AT least this would
be the most charitable construction to put
upon it, And we think Gen. Beauregard
above all men entitled TO our charity.
We can see In the resolutions much that
is calculated to arouse the opposition of the
white race, but nothing to Justify the be-
lief that Gen. Beauregard is not acting un-
der the inspiration Of pure and unselish
patriotism.
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DownGnm Of Miami University.

Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, has
suspended, owing to financial embarrass-
ments. The fact is warning which ought
not to be disregarded. Universities, so
called, which are in fact nothing but board p
ing-schools, are scattered all over the land.
for establishing universities Just as they
have for opera-houses, aud with no better
hope of supporting the one than the other.
They are comparatively useless in an edu-
cational point of view, and nearly always
impecunious. 1t would be the part OF Wis
dom to make those which we have better
rather than to start new one every time
town is started.-Chicago Tribune.
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Hon. j. S. Black, ex-Attorney- Gener-
al under President Buchanan, in his
speech before the Pennsylvania Consti-
tutional Convention, proposed a novel
mode of legislative reform. His plan is
to have each legislator sworn, at the close
of each Legislative session, that he had
not cast any vote in which he was per-
sonally interested, and that he did not,
during said session, support any corrupt
proposition. And in support of the wis
dom of this proposition, Mr.. Black sug-
gested that when a guardian, executor or
trustee is appointed, he is first sworn,
and when his work has been completed
he is again made to swear that he has
done it faithfully.
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a Reply with IN Poor Excuse Goo
One o. the Counts im thc
Indictment and no Au-
sVer 90 the Other
AuD1roU's OrIcr


Jackson, Miss. July 2l. Is,I.
To THE EDToRs or THE Ptor:
My attention h1s been called tn rg.Ia..
cards from Capt. g.. S. EelI, uu.#-.r u.
the columbus Press 90 recent dates. u..
first card purpOrts 40 br reply l9H .uu.
men of facts made by me, -utu. weeks ....
through the "Nick-burg Time" n. .
regard TO said card, have no reply tuuI..
further thun tns--tuar D ueHl tauu u.
every allegation made, so far a- NeF O.U..
from my original statement. tU Nu"0 d.
refers.
In regard to the CASTOR Green m.Hnr .
Is proper 10 state. that he wus 80 Ju. 5000.
a dcfaullug Sheriff aud Tax Collector .-
the county OF SunnOwcr, and that our. u. f..
securities, Mr.. A. Barnett, furnished NJ.
currency 20 which MIR. Bell refers. and Mn.
Sheriff being required under che law tu ur
only one and ouc-half mills OF the Stale uN
in currency, as matter Of justice tU bits
securities, ! suggested thar Doe could increase
his payment % che State, by making Im
strict compliance with the law, and If NIB.
request OF the Shcrin, Mr. Bell himself rIus
the surplus currency, and went ta nh.
Banking House OF Messrs. j. N H. Gr..
and procured the required amount 30 W.r
rants 10 make the settlement; Stating l' NM.
time for what purpose hc wanted ..u.
The payment by this means was IurHU|.
some TWO hundred dollars, the whole amu.U.
pa'd In being $1,000. MIR. Bell k0eH 300 OBJ.
time, as everybody must understand. IHH.
was not benefited by the transaction "a. ...
extent Of one Grthing.
His statement I'm reference to thi. matter
is only in keeping with his reference. u.
relative TO other points m...
TONED i'm his card, which j do uot at.m M.
sufficient Importance 10 notice No. tHI. u.H.
ncction; but thar The good people ul fu.
state OF Mississippi may know wuo rIIs
man Bell il, aud as matter oi protection
TO the Republican party desire u. uua-
Iication OF the following onicA. cummW
cation from the HonJ q. Tracy. Chairman
Of the Stale Executive Committee, of leh...
giving a brief statement OF The CuluU...
and doinps Of Capt, G.. 5. Bell WuUea Io..-
lent of that State, which AFFORD good u.
sufficient reason why / should Cake NIB IUl
Their notice OF him.
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ton oTganl.
Secretary Richardson's decision rs TO
what may be done with the back pay which
is left in the Treasury, is so plain that a
way-faring Congressman, though a fool,
cannot err in interpreting il. The Secre-
against the Government. There Is, there
fore, only one way for Congressman TO
clear themselves absolutely from the faint
of this spoil. Ii il to cancel the debt by
their own motion. There are a great many
who appear TO be in doubt as 70 what ought
to be done in the matter. They now have
an official Interpretation of the law. We
hope they will not be bashful in acting
upon it.
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The Natchez Democrat has been in
formed that the convention of Circuit
and Chancery Clerks and District At
torneys, which was to have been held on
Tuesday, July 10Th, to devise means of
resisting the law passed by the Legisla-
ture declaring their offices vacant after
the next election and ordering them to
be filled at that time, was a failure.
There were too few in attendance to or
ganize, but many letters were received
from parties holding these offices, an
their determination to hold
their offices for the period for which they
were elected, and to appeal if necessary
to the courts.
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THE CATERPILLAR.-T insect has
made its appearance in the cotton crops
throughout all this immediate region. AS
the crops are several weeks later than
usual, and the presence of the worm is
earlier, the worst fears are entertained of
the consequences.
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The New Marshal.

Judge Robert J. Alcorn has been APP
pointed Marshal for the Southern District
of Mississippi. A more acceptable appoint
ment could not possibly have been made.
lie Is gentleman in every sense OF the
ciples into his office. Something that the
office has not known for years.--Natchez
Democrat
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The Raleigh On. O. Sentinel of the
18th inst, has the following:


18th inst. has the following:
Colonel Jefferson c. Davis has been chosen
by the First Mississippi Rifles to serve as
thar representative at the Convention OF
the survivors of the Mexican war of lS47,
which is to be held in Washington, January
15l, 1874.
The Sentinel should be better posted.
Jefferson G. Davis was Brigadier Gen
enl in the Federal army during the war,
ard is Colonel in the regular army now.
HIS principal exploit was the killing OF
Gen. "Bull" Nelson, of the Federal
army, in private fight at the Gait
Huse, Louisville, KY, in 1862, and re-
Gently in defeating Capt. Jack of the
Mdocs and capturing his army of forty
tw. warriors. The "Colonel" Davis
VIII, is spoken of, and will doubtless be
cheen, to represent the Mississippi vete-
rams in the convention referred to, is
better known in this section as JEFF.
Davis. He commanded the gallant 1st
Mississippi regiment during the war with
Mexico, and covered the American arms
VITA glory at Buena Vista by repulsing
a charge of Is, 900 Mexican cavalry with
$40 Mississippians, after the Indiana regi-
nent had thrown down their colors and
feel the field thus snatching victory out
of defeat. Subsequently he represented
Mississippi in both houses of Congress,
wa Secretary of War during President
Pieces administrators, and during the
lat war occupied faithfully and well the
position of President of the Confederate
Sites. While that arch renegade Andy
Johnson was pursuing his policy of
mixing " treason odious," he languished
in ;haiIs in dungeon at Fortress Mon
roc He is now engaged in private bust
mes. All Mississippians, whether vete-
raIs of the Mexican war, the late war or
am other war, and the young men who
hare never feshed their swords, feel that
hewould do honor to Mississippi and the
holy of which he was a member in that
orany other convention.
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According to the Liberty Herald the
county government of Amite is a model
of sound, economical administration
There are on the Board of Supervisors,
says the Herald, three white men and
two colored men-three Democrats ESQ
called) and two Republicans. When
they entered upon the discharge of the
duties of their office the Republicans of
this county were uneasy. They feared
that the Democratic majority on the
Board would lock the wheels of govern
ment so far as county affairs were con-
cerned. In this, however, they were
agreeably disappointed. III. S. Ander-
son was elected President of the Board,
and for nearly two years he has presided
over its deliberations fairly and imparti-
ally. In no instance has any question of
politics been permitted to enter into their
business. The three white Conservatives
and the two colored Republicans agreed
on nearly every question that came before
them. This Board found the county
hugely i'll debt; Amite county warrants
were a drug on the market at fifty cents
on the dollar. Now, after less than two
years of their administration, the county
is entirely relieved from debt, the war
rants are now at par; and all this has
been accomplished, not, as would natu-
rally be supposed, by increasing the
county tax, but by a reduction of it.
They have kept the public schools in
operation they have built all bridges
required in the county; they have made
the court house square park; they have
had 4 wen dug, gates placed around the
Enclosures, fine desks furnished to each
of t''BGUfRTss of the chancery and circuit
telSrks Alld the sheriff All this has been
done without any increase of taxation
and without incupring any debt.
After such record OF faithful service
as this, the Herald justly concludes that
the board of county managers deserves
the plaudit of well done, good and faith
full servants. sf
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EDITORS CLARION
Our friend Of the Meridian Marc,,ru

Our friend of the Meridian Mercury
must not suppose that we intended to
tread on his corns in our allusion to the
men who mount themselves on stills and
ride exceedingly high horses preliminary
to bowling themselves very low. On the
contrary, his whole course has been
as free from atectation as any one we
know of.