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i" HE SCHOONER ". II. MYERS, NOW
living at Yesler's wharf, will sail for San
Francisco on Saturday next. A few passengers
can be well accommodated on reasonable terms,
IN applving on board. As qTlick a passage guar
teed as by any sailirg vessel on this coast.
E. NJ. NORDBERG, Master
Seattle, Feb. '33, 1e'E3.t 4 '5f. HiifNLl lfiisE
, 1874-02-26
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n HAVE APPOINTED THOMAS S RUSSELL
d my Deputy, who is authorized to collect and
receipt for unpaid and Delinquent Taxes.
H. A. ATKINS, Sheriff.
Seattle, King County, Washington Territory,
Feb. 26, 1874. 4w
, 1874-02-26
NOTICE

III HE proprietors of the Seattle House re-
lspectfully announce TO the public that their
House viii be kept open day and night, in con-
sequence Of the increased requirements of the
urtiie Jiss 1L.Il az
, 1874-02-26

~- DON'T FORGET
Hot Coffee, Chocolate and Mince Pies at the
SEATTLE HOUSE, Mill Street.
, 1874-02-26
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL =

"O--
A first-class house and a
chance for everybody to live
during the hard times.
r. The best table and the
best rooms and beds of any
house in the Territory.
. Guests treated with po-
litaness and attention. sSs>->4a
Free coach to and from the
house.
]. COLLINS & Co., Proprietors.
Seattle, W. T., Nov. l, 1S73.-tf0
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09

The Virginia press are discussing with
considerable warmth the relations exist
| ing between Gov. Kemper, President
Grant and Col. Mosby The charge is
that Gov Kemper. has in some way
pledged his cooperation with Mosby in
support Of the President for third term,
and that his visit to the White House last
winter related to that matter.
To these allegations Gov. Kemper has
responded at length In reference to the
first point, he plainly intimates eontin-
gency in which he would support Gen.
Grant, for a third term, as follows;
eff the future should bring forward a
candidate impersonating the third term
principle, if he should cut loose from
old party trammels and take his
stand on our safe. conservative ground of
universal reconciliation and peace under
the constitution, and if, so standing, he
should be opposed by any champion Of
the ciyil-rights iniquity, then, IN contest
between the two, the conservative party
ought in my opinion, to 20 decide lily but as
an organized party, aud not otherwise, for
the third term, vet with protest on their
lips against the third term principle and
in spite Of that principle.
So far as his influence has saved US
from the degradation of test oaths and
the Civil Rights law; so far as he has
abstained from exercising the centralizing
and dangerous powers Of the Enforcement
Act, he is entitled to our gratitude and
support. But | emphatically do not in
dorse a great part of his policy in respect
to national currency; and ii he adopts,
as a rule of his administration, such inter
meddIing In local affairs as that just re-
sorted to at Petersburg by the Attorney
General of the United States, then he
will establish between Us and himself a
gulf as impossible as that which sep
arates good from evil in other life.
On the subject of his visit to the Presi-
dent, he says:
went, because under my convictions
Of duty and propriety, L made up my
mind to 90, and under circumstances to
Justify it again, | should go again. L
went and had a manly, square talk with
the President, and while | shall not so
violate propriety as to allude to its partlc-
ulars, yet | regret that every word of it
could not have been taken down and
published, for, although | say it, its
publication would have done credit to
him and to me, and no discredit and no
harm to any part Of the country or the
people. AS to the Federal Executive
head, | shall render him, not tactious
hostility, but fair and unprecedented
judgment.
In conclusion, Governor Kemper trans
mits copies ofhis letters to Colonel Mosby
written during the Gubernatorial cam
paign last autumn. The only noticeable
passage in these is the following:
1t were better to elect Grant the third
and the seventh tern. than 90 under
Hughes and his negroes. To us the de-
feat of negro rule here is to save society
and decent existence, to save Us from
barbarism and ruin.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09

The farmers whose opposition TO the
monopolies that were crushing the life
blood out of them, inspired the formation
of the new party of Independents in the
West, have through their Executive
Committee, called State Convention in
Missouri. The St. Louis Republican,
Conservative, says their nomination OF a
State ticket will depend on the way their
call is treated by the old parties; that the
Farmers are resolved 10 impress their
ideas on the politics of the state IN one
way or another-either by debating the
character and material of the Democratic
ticket, or by presenting ticket OF their
own. If the Democratic convention, TO
meet August 26, should throw over the
Bourbons, proclaim a liberal platforms
and nominate a ticket in harmony with it,
the Farmers might be placated; If 1t re-
fuses to do this, the Farmers will make
their own nominations, and the third
party in Missouri will be an accomplished
fact
The Democratic party is in the ascen-
dant many thousand in Missouri, and II
it is true to the traditional idea that made
it glorious and successful in the past,
equal rights and opposition to class legis-
lation in all its phases, it will have no diff
Guilty in placing itself in position to
command the support of the anti-monop-
olists. But the very fact Of such
movement springing up in " State so
decidedly Democratic as Missouri, IS sig
nifcant of its growth.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09

Whatever may be said of Chancellor
Christians qualifications, which are emil
nent, and whatever may be said of the
impregnability of (acting) Governor
Davis course in continuing him in office,
which the public Of both parties so uni
versally approve, candor mustrequire the
admission that no objection can be urged
against his competitor on the ground of
| his being ga carpet-bagger, in any sense
of the term, offensive or otherwise. In
deed his antecedents, as related by the
StarkviIle Wing, should commend him
to the confidence and sympathy of the
class to whom his appointment was sup
posed to be most Objectionable. Says the
Wing:
Capt Dennis was born in Kentucky,
and was a promising young lawyer IN
that State at the opening OF the late war.
He Joined the Confederate army under
the thrilling appeals in the latter part of
1861 Here he soon rose to the rank Of
Captain, i'll which capacity he served with
gallantry and distinction through the war.
Being at Houston, Miss, when the war
closed, and not considering it safe to re-
turn home at that time, he opened law
office at Houston. In 1868 he married
in this place, daughter of the late w.
S. James, who, up to his death, in 1867,
had served for ten years as Sheriff OF this
county. Soon after his marriage the
Captain moved to Starkville, since which
time he has been constantly rising in his
profession, and his career among US has
been a brilliant and successful one
There can be no objection to Capt. Den
mis- on the ground of hisnot being identified
in feeling and interest with the people Of
the State. He has given the highest
evidence mortal man could do, OF his
loyaItyto Mississippi The protestations
of Ruth to Naomi could not be stronger.
Both the rivals are Mis5issippians.
Both occupy the same ground politically.
Both are presumed to be qualified. The
question at issue is purely legal, and the
right of the people of the District to have
their wishes consulted in the selection of
a person to serve them on the bench. By
the concurrence of all reasoning minds,
the appointee of the 1t. Governor, Chan
cellor Christian, occupies the advantage
ground. Speaking of him, the Meridian
Gazette, the prospective official journal Of
the District, says:
Never was Judge more highly com
plimented by the people of his own Dis
trict, all of achom, lohite and coI0red, Re
publican and Democratic, united ,Uih the
bar IN urging his re-aPpointneeft. He en-
joyed State reputation and stood con-
fessedly at the head of all Of Alcorns
Chancellors as an appointment emminent-
ly fit to be made and entirely satisfactory
to verybody. Perhaps he ought to hare
been re-appOinted.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
The Farmers

In two weeks more, farmers will have
laid by their crops By frugal manage
ment and purchasing nothing but bare
necessaries to subsist on, they will have
gotten through the wilderness and in sight
of the promised land, with smaller ac-
counts than in previous years. Thev
will thus be enabled to devote a larger
proportion than usual of their crops, if
III debt, to the lifting of mortgages and
ii out of debt, to the improvement of
their farms and of supplying them
selves with improved labor-saving
machinery, which though costly at first,
is cheapest in the end
Our information is that in the uplands
Of this State, the acreage of cotton has
been decreased, while that of corn has
been proportionately increased and that
by using the latter economically a sup
ply will in most cases be saved to carry
the farmers sthorugh independently of
the merchants, the next season. This
will be a Gods blessing to the far
mers.
Cotton has taken a downward turn
and the present outlook does not prom
ise the high prices which producers in the
spring INDUCED hopes of realizing; but
careful handling will secure such a quail
ity of staple as will assure good prices in
any event, On the whole, our upland
farmers, have occasion to be satisfied
with the propects this far.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
Through by Rail.

On the Bird inst, the cars resumed
their trips on the n o., j. & G. n. r.
t. through to New Orleans from Pass
Manchac, after an interruption of trans
portation for two months at heavy cost to
the company. A suit for damages in the
sum Of $500, 900, against the Louisiana
Levee Company for its failure to perform
IFS contract to keep up the entertainments
and contne the river to its channel, has
been instituted by the Railroad Compa-
ny. From what we learn this is very
moderate estimate of the injury sus-
tanned by the Railroad which has spared
neither trouble nor expense to protect
the public from loss and inconvenience
which would otherwise have resulted
from the ineficiency and imbecility of the
Levee Company.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
cor
The Iowa Anti.HHOnoDoIfsts.

The platform adopted by the Anti
Monopoly party of Iowa, on Wednesday
last, Is the best declaration of principles,
both political and financial, that has been
put forth by any State Convention this
year. l. is a sober and clear statement
of the existing evils of public admins
tratIon, and it betrays a master hand in
Its keen perceptions and its incisive Ian
guage. Its recital of the numerous and
glaring invasions of the rights of the
Southern States, and of the repeated acts
OF fraud and favOritism, prodigalty and
extravaganza, on the part of the Federal
Administration, Is most pointed and
forcible. Chicago Tribune.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
q Generous Act.

Gen. Grant has done another thing in
Arkansas, that has puzzled the quid-
nuncs He has appointed Gen. j. F.
Fagin, U. s Marshal of the Western
District of that State Gen. Fagin was
the COMMUNICATIVE chief of the Brooks
forces in the late civil disturbance. But
he was more than that, he was a Demo
crat AS member from Arkansas IN
the late Democratic Convention, he
served his delegation in the Committee
on Resolutions In the war, he COM
manded the first Arkansas regiment in
the Confederate army, which after serving
nearly year re-enlisted and was distin-
guished for its bravery and good conduct.
Gen. Fagin was promoted to brigadier
and major general for his gallantry, and
commanded cavalry force in Arkansas
from 1862 to the close of the war His
forces in the late trouble, seeing that
Brooks was a tool Of Clayton and other
adventures; but this error was due to his
having been strong supporter of Brooks
in the canvass when he was the candidate
of the Liberals
The President has done well in making
the appointment Acts of confidence and
goodwill which have been recently per-
formed in the appointment of such men as
Fagin of Arkansas and Rayner of Mis-
sissippi, will do more towards restoring
fraternity and goodwill and re-establish-
ing the Union on a solid basis, than all
the proscriptive measures that car be
crowded into the statute book.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09

A coalition of the Temperate. ...
Woman Suffrage parties j. oa. .. ...
perplexing and di.agreoab.o poHU
that confront the modern pu.H..
Definite shape ha, been given to f. ri.
the proceedings of the Prohibition O
vention NJ Auburn, n. ~. y.tcrI
This Convention was under obligations.
recognize the service, Of the wom..
the late crusade, and when pressed
adopt n resolution iu t,vor OF woman .f
frage had not the heart to refuse =,
the Prohibition party Iu New Y..
stands pledged "to put thc baI.o.m M
hand Of woman when it has tdo n1w.
do SO. Chicago Tribune.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
what the Leading Conservative
Paper in Louisiana says abOut
the Independent Movement.
From the n. o. Picayune

From the n. o. Pieayune.
The Western people are moving in III.
organization of Independent Reform par.
ties Is IN view of approaching elections.
There have been two great conventions
In Indiana and Illinois of the narty
which proposes to solve the present 5olit;-
cal problem and effect the reform Of
government and of legislation.
This party is called the Independent
reform party. These conventions en-
oraced large representation of the best
Ialen G and largest political influence in
DESCENDANT and crude as NAV seem
these views or the new party which threat
ems to swallow up all the various floatino-
factions, and good portion of the tive
ola parties, the spirit and entbus;ssno
evinced In their conventions give promise
OF an eventual concentration Tnon certain
leading ideas which will bring together a.
majority Of the people, at least of the
Nest In behalf of thorough and radical
reform of our Government and the entire
overthrow and extinction of false and
corrupt "Republicanism" and an efFete
and lmpotent Democracy"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09

ting them there, yet being there, we may
feel equally honest, in feeling the obliga-
tons to sustain them. Every public
functionary swears to sustain them. 10
every man, the constitution Is the
supreme law Of the land" Governor
Alcorn did not favor the adoption OF
these amendments Ia his speech, be dis
tinctIy declares, that he is unwilling that
those who did put them in the constitu-
tion, should apply them in merely. ex-
perimenting with how much the Southern
people can bear, and vet treat them as
imperative in their own section.
Now, this is really the rationale OF
Gov. Alcorn's course. He saved us in
Mississippi, from the curse of nl'red
schools -for Il curse they would have
proved. to both races. He now says to
the people of the North they must either
provide the very same educational, and
other civil conveniences, facilities and
privileges, for both races, in separate
institutions, or else, they must mar them,
if that be necessary to secure the en-
forcement of the constitution.
CONSISTENCY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
The New Orleans, St. Louis and
Chicago Railroad.

The Railroad consolidation commenced
at Water Valley on the 1st was con
summated at New Orleans on the 4th.
The titles of the New Orleans, jackson
~ Great Northern and the Mississippi
Central are among the things that were,
and henceforward the combined Roads will
be known by the above style, which more
fully indicates the termini of the great
Railroad line, which, without break or
change of cars, stretches across the
Ohio and connects the emporium Of the
South with the populous and thriving
cities and productive regions of the
West
Between the South and the West, this
Railroad connection forms another chord
which binds with bonds as enduring as
time, two sections whose interests are
henceforward and forevermore indissolu-
bly, interviewer. The traditional lines of
the sections are eradicated The West
and the South are no longer separate,
but parts of a grand whole
1t Is unnecessary to say that Col H. S.
NlcComb, through whose instrumentality
this scheme has been carried out, will re-
main at the head of the consolidated Roads.
Gen. West, who originated the move
ment which has eliminated, continues
his active connection with the enterprise;
and Col. Frost is retained in the position
of General Manager.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
The Fifteenth Senatorial District.

| We are surprised to learn from the
Carthagenian that there are parties in the
Leake and Attala Senatorial District who
are opposed to the election of a Senator
to fill the vacancy caused by DR.. Smyth's
resignation. We cannot imagine a
plausible reason for such course. The
Conservative element in the State needs
all the representation it is possibly able
to secure in the Legislature. Often the
fate of measures having an important
bearing on the welfare Of the State, has de-
pended upon single vote. And it has
too often been the case that obnoxious
measures have been passed in consequence
of the delinquency of members selected to
represent conservative constituencies.
Ought this to be? What right have this
class of ourpeople to complain of misrule,
if they, for want of interest in public
affairs, voluntarily abstain from participa-
ton in the State government? The fatal
policy of non-action and abstention from
the polls, which was advised by certain
committee here in jackson, when the Re
construction Convention was first called
in 1868, cannot have been forgotten.
The next session of the Senate will be
an important one. That body, IN
der the Constitution, is associated with
the Governor in the appointment of chan
cellors, and as the Executive has thought |
proper to defer action on his nominations |
until that time, the whole subject includ- |
ing the important constitutional questions
that have arisen in consequence of his |
action, will require consideration.
By all means, let the good people of the
Fifteenth District take care that they are
by competent and faithful
person in that body.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
Railroad Consolidation.

The stockholders of the Mississippi
Central Railroad, at their meeting at
Water Valley on the 1stinst, carried into
effect the legislative act consolidating the
Mississippi Central and New Orleans and
jackson Railroads.
The consolidated Roads will hencefor-
ward be called the New Orleans, St.
Louis q Chicago Railroad Company.
For sometime past, as the public are
aware, these Roads have been under the
same management; and the action at
Water Valley really does not effect ma
terial change in the control and working
Of the Roads, which now comprise an es-
sential part Of one Of the most important
railway connections in the Union.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09
The Freedmen atanI. Gso...
Liquidation -"i"

WAsmNGroN, D. c., july 3d..
large number of depo.itors. p.a....
colored men, were at the Fn....
Bank to-day, TO draw their ur|.
without success, the uniform m..
being that the institution bad r4r.
liquidation, and the ucmuy mIL
instructed TO pay out no murrmun..
was intended by The trustees o. kg.rr.
proceedings as To the winduguu a. ...
bank and its branches private r... p.
Secretary of the Treasury had a....
oflhe persons assigned by them +. ...
commissioners, which has u1r v., I...
done.
The trustees of the Freedman. r..
have nominated Robert Puryi- ...I.-..
ofPhiladelphia, Postmaster Geuam. d.
well and X. Leopold, Commission.
settle up the concern. The ME. .
require three years Iti- thought NH.
proper management SD cents on tH.r.
lar can be realized.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-07-09

The n. Y. Herald prints numerous
extracts from leading journals showing
the development of the Third Term pro-
gramme. The Presidents approval OF
the Currency bill which received the
support of the infationists, though there
was little in it, seems to have somewhat
moderated the opposition of that class,
while the money barons have not had
their confidence shaken.
In the South, there are few expressions
by the press on either side. The Rich
mond Wing intlmates that under some
circumstances it might be induced to
forego its veneration for the traditions Of
the government in the matter of the third
term-and says:
''Our judgment is decidedly against
accepting Gen. Grant as the Conservative
candidate, though he should cut loose
from his present allies; but we would not
hesitate moment between Grant on our
platform and Butler, or Conkling, or
Morton, and such like on the Radical
platform. We would vastly prefer an
out-and-out mar of our own ilk-such a
man as Bayard, Beck, Pendleton, Thur
man, Hendricks or Hancock we
would not, failing these, refuse our sup
port to Mr.. Grant or Mr.. Anybody Else,
hitherto against us, if it can be made
manifest that they are now thoroughly
with US, and that they alone can rid US of
the pestiferous crew that has first cor
rupted and is now about to destroy the
whole fabric of free republican govern
ment."