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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-11
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NJ. Berger, candidate for the Assembly in
the Department OF Main-ei-Loire. has issued
an address TO the electors, boldly ayowing hi.
devotion TO Imperialism and the Bonaparte
dynasty. and advocating plebiscitum.
A Madrid telegram Of the Goth says: over
200 Carlists have been killed and many
wounded in the attack on Puycerda The
Republican garrison have nineteen barrels OF
dynamite, with which they will blow up the
place the Carlists succeed in carrying IL. A
force OF Carlists entered Calaharra. twenty
four miles southeast Of Lagrono. on the 18th
inst, and sacked houses, levied a contribu-
ton Of eli 900 from the clergy, shot four vol
unteers, freed soDyicts and burned a railway
station.
Additional correspondence between the
British Government and it, representative at
Madrid. concerning the yirginius outrage, l.
published. Mr.. MacDonnel. British Charge
d'Afiaire, writes 10 Lord Derby. July 9th.
that the Spanish Government appeals 10 Eng
land to defer pressing a settlement Of her
claims, on account of negotiations pending
with the United States. Spain viii be ham
pered in dealing with the latter power. if the
American Government i able 10 cite as a
precedent the payment Of indemnity to Eng
land. Lori Derby replies. July 18th. de-
handing that settlement be made by fixed.
and not too distant. date Mr.. MacDonnel
telegraphs TO Lord Derby, August eth. that
Senior Ulloa. the spanish Minister Of Foreign
Affairs, agrees that the indemnity shall be
settled Immediately, under certain reserya-
tons.
A Madrid dispatch Of the 3lst states that
the Carlists had made two determined a.
ssults upon Puycerda, but were repulsed in
both eases.
Mark smith. the wellknown American &C
tor. died suddenly in Paris, from an apoplec-
tic attack, short time ago.
A Paris dispatch Of the 2d SAYS that the
sale Of ten Bonapartist journals, all published
in the provinces, has been prohibited by an
order issued from the Minister Of the Interior.
The anniversary of the surrender Of Sedan
was generally celebrated throughout Ger
many on September 2.
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ference 20 the great scandal. in which he states
that he notified the Investigating Committee
that he was ready TO be cross-examined AT any
time, but the committee took no notice OF the
offer. He further says: II have sought for
four years, for the sake OF the innocent chill
dren Of two families, to shield Beecher from
the exposure Of his crime Of adultery. but
Mr.. Beecher, his committee and his Church
have united 10 compel me, for my own self
protection, 10 reveal him 10 the world, rs
shall shortly do IL, in still more guilty light
than that in which he now stands"
President Grant visited the camp-meeting
at Martha's Vineyard on the 30th, where he
was the guest of Bishop Haven.
Five hundred Mennonites arrived in New
York by the steamer Richmond on the Slst.
The Republicans have carried Vermont by
a majority probably somewhat smaller than
that Of ls7a.
A negro who grossly assaulted and then
killed white girl five years Of age, was taken
from wagon by party of masked men
while being conveyed TO Jail at Towanda,
Pa, a few days ago, and completely riddled
with bullets.
Congressman Poland has been badly defeat
ed In the Second Vermont District.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-11

Tomato Cho,cdcr.-Soak peck Of green
tomatoes for - hours in salt water. Chop
them quite fine in the chopping-bowl. adj
ding or four onions. Mix with them a
teacupful Of white mustard seed. Scald
sufficient good vinegar to cover them.
splicing il with pcppcr-corns, cloves and
allspicr. tied loosely in thin muslin bag.
Pour the vinegar over the tomatoes and
tie up the mouths of the jars in which IL
is put away. One Of the best pickles ever
made. -GermantoicH Telegraph.
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Gold closed in New York, on the lst, at
100 "a.
Henry G. Bowen has commenced suits for
libel against the publishers of the BROOKLYN
Eagle and the Brooklyn Argus, for state
ments made derogatory TO his character in
connection with the Beecher-Tilton scandal
Hon. John A. Hasey has been nominated
for Governor by the New Jersey Republicans.
The Convention adopted resolutions express
ing unabated confidence in President Grant;
fayoring speedy resumption Of specie pay
ments; and approving such tariff and such
equal internal taxation as will afford protec-
tion TO domestic manufactures, and best pro-
mote and encourage the industrial interests of
the State
The Democrats Of Pennsylvania have NOM
mated Hon. John Latta for Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, Hon. Warren j. Woodward for SUI
preme Judge, and Justice +. Temple for Au-
dior. Their platform favors a return TO spe-
Gle payment at the earliest practicable mo-
ment; opposes Government grants of public
lands To corporations; and opposes mixed
schools for white and black, as provided for
by the Ciyil-rights bill.
John +. Cochran is the Democratic nominee
or Governor OF Delaware.
Following is the comparative cotton state
ment for the week ending Aug. 2s:
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Rates Of subscription.
A CALL FOR A STATE CON
VENHEON OF TAXPAYERS.

To lie Tar-Payers Of the State Of Mssis-
siRpi.
The Taxpayers Of the first district Of
Kinds county, looking with concern upon
the alarming condition of affairs resulting
from cnerous taxation, and the license
given by law TO the boards of Supervisors
in the imposition of burdens upon an i'm
poverished people, have organized them
selves into League, to secure retrench-
ment and reform As no isolated move
ment of the kind can result in any general
good, they have appointed committee
t. call upon the whole people, white and
colored, taxpayers in every county, TO
organize Leagues, and lend delegates to
a Convention to assemble at jackson, on
MONDAY, THE Urn DAY OF JANUARY
NEXT,
to take counsel together in this matter OF
supreme trial, and petition the Legisla-
ture in respect to the reform needed and
the mode and MEASURE Of redress. They
desire a firm, patient, well organized,
distinct and fair movement, in which all
can participate, and which shall in It's
inception and consummation carry NOR
al power that be ignored. We urge ativ-
ity and cooperation on the part of our
fellow citizens, as unless prompt action be
taken we have nothing to expect but
conGscation, impoverishment and ruin.
w. l.. NUGENT,
J. H. GEORGE,
HENRY MUsGRoYE,
WM. PALMER.
The newspapers of the State are res
pectfully requested to publish the forego
ing call.
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a state Convention.
From the Holly Springs south. 1

From the Holly Springs South.
We see with regret that q proposition
was adopted mt recent Democratic meet
ing in Meridian for the assemblage OF n
! State Convention Of the Democratic and
/ Conservative party at Nicksburg, on the
8th Of January, 1875. We shall deem
| it unfortunate if this proposition is CARR d
out Party conventions are necessary
evils which are to be avoided save when
necessity demands them We see no
possible good to be accomplish d b. one
at this time, and much possible harm
No general election Is to BE- held in thi.
State until Novem Der, 1877: lust three
years Distant 1t is true tlat the election
next fall will transpire throughout the
entire State, but it is essentially local in
its character being confined TO the coun-
ty officers, members If The Legislature
and Repres ntative in Congress. With
regard to the Members VI Congress we
are sure, in any ev' Mt, Of sticcc.s in the
first (Lamar's) district, and while We viii
hope for the bet in some Others, we fail
to see how our chances in any of thcs.
can &c promoted by a State Conven-
ton.
With regard 10 the county canvasses
we do not think ii admits Of doubt that
1t Will be best to leave our friends in each
county 10 manage their local affairs in
their own way. unembarrdssed by INV plat.
form or proceedings of a State Convention
We feel sure that the Democrats OF Iar
rison can manage county canvass with
far better judgment in their own county
than we can exercise in their behalfat "A
distance Of four hundred miles, and we
believe that we in turn can derive but
little assistance from their deliberations.
1t is of'the most vital importance 10 the
interest Of the State that we should gain
control Of the next legislature, and every
nerve should be strained to effect that end.
The result of the struggle will depend
upon the vote Of about a half dozen
counties. Our friends in those counties
should be left to shape their canvass n
their own way. Surely they will know
better the necessities of their own position
than. any. stranger can possibly know
them. When they have chosen their
candidates and arranged their plan Of
battle, the balance of the State should |
pour into these doubtful counties an the
money and all the talent necessary % /
insure success.
For our part, we have sufficient con-
ddence, both in the loyalty and wisdom
Of our friends ia these doubtful counties.
to be willing to work earnestly for their
success, without regard 70 he peculiar
line Of policy which each may have adop-
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The, blood of the people who we're killed
in the fight at yieksburg, and all The con-
sequences of the interruption Of business
and the disturbance of society, are on the
head Of Gov. Ames. His fooIishly wick
ed and libellous so-ealled Proclamation
disappearing the cause of the trouble,
and addressed TO the ignorance and cred
ulity Of the negroes, impelled them 10
leave their homes and to precipitate upon
themselves the cold steel aud bullets of the
tax payers Of Warren county, whose on
" offense was determination to uphold
the majesty of the laws and protect them
selves from robbery.
The misguided people who have paid
the penalty of their rashness with their
lives, drew their fatal inspiration from
that infamous Proclamation. They
were falsely told that the proceedings OF
the taxpayers against the county officials
were instituted because they were men OF
"color," when it is as well known that no
such motive entered into the acts of the
taxpayers. The Sheriff, not having
given bond, was no more authorized than
an inhabitant of Nova Scotia to collect
taxes from the people of the county. The
other officials having been indicted for
criminal ofenses and VIGOROUSLY guilty,
had forfeited their right to the trusts they
II he ilad
no objection to the ''color" of the officials.
Their uprising was against fraud and
villainy, and to protect themselves against
wholesale robbery.
But for this mischievous and calumni-
Gus Proclamation" of Gov. Ames, the
whole difficulty would have been settled
without further trouble. The Sheriff
would have either given bond and placed
the business of his office in the hands of a
competent and trustworthy deputy, OF
resigned, as he clearly ought to have done
in default of his failure to qualify and
his guilty associates would have gladly
sought shelter in obscurity from the pub
| lie wrath and indignation engendered by
their own misdeeds Peace, law and
order would have been the consequence.
All this strife and bloodshed have come
of installing corruption and ignorance
into Office in the first place, and in the
second place of confding the administra-
ton of the State to the hands of an alien
who has no sympathy with her people in
their misfortunes, and is an utter and
complete failure as an executive officer.
The worst Of it is, there are causes to
apprehend that the affair between the
taxpayers of Warren county and the
plundering officials, is but the beginning
of the end. The Taxpayers of the State
are being goaded TO point of desperation.
They are now bearing their expressions,
trusting to petition and remonstrance; but
there is a limit to forbearance. The people
have yielded up their substance and devo-
ted the sweat of their brows to satisfy the
irrevocable and Unsuitable demands of
their oppressors, until their patience has
been exhausted.
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Reckoning without Their Host.

The guilty plotters who imposed upon
the ignorant and credulous negroes of
Warren county and carried them into
the jaws of death, in the belief that the
outraged taxpayers could be overawed
and that if blood should flow reaction
airy movement will take place at the
North should undeceive themselves. =
The uprising of the Louisiana taxpayers
against their oppressors occurred month
before the Northern elections; but it had
no perceptible effect unless to intensity
the popular determination to put an end to
Radical rule. New Y ork by fifty-odd thou
sand majority answered the Louisiana pa
triots, "well done" Ohio answered in
the same way with her eighteen thousand
majority. Illinois with her fifteen thous-
and, and Indiana with her twenty thous-
and. The people of the North think it
is about time these outrages on the tax
payers of the South were stopped, and
the authors of the wrongs are reckoning
without their host if they count upon a
reactionary movement in their favor.
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Tax PAYERS of Kinds County.

On next Saturday a meeting of the
Tax-League of the I'd District, will be
held at the City Hall to receive the report
of the Committee of Investigation of
which Judge Potter is Chairman, and to
transact other important business-among
the rest the appointment of delegates to
the Taxpayers State Convention.
On Monday the 18th, meeting of the
League of the ID District will be held at
Raymond; and in order ts secure coop
Grafton and concert of action in all mea-
sures of Reform, we would suggest the pro-
priety of the jackson League appointing
a delegation to attend the meeting of the
League at Raymond.
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The "Sore-Heads," as the Pilot calls
the Republican Club of this city, have
given forth no uncertain sound. They
have uttered a manly protest against the
oppressive tax laws and an emphatic de-
mand for reform. We had marked them
for insertion, but they have been post
poned by press of matter to future num-
her.
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The Elections ln ahe LineOIn and
Carroll Districts.

It seems that our announcement Of the
almost ceftain election of Judge Hurst in
the Lincoln, and Capt West in the Car
roll District, was premature. The race
was cldse in both, but from presentC ac'
counts both their opponents We're elected
by small majorities. ~v8e
The entrance of Judge Hurst INTO the
field only few days before the election,
together with the, fact that the contest
was only for fragment of term, and
the pledge of his personally popular and
gentlemaply competitor, Maj, Sessions,
(who had had the field TO himself for a
month"; to vote in favor of cuttingsdown
expenditures and reducing taxes, will
account for his defeat, which we never
theless regard as a public misfortune
under the circumstances. Nevertheless
the District has Democratic and Con-
sentative majority and will be reclaimed
at the election next fall. ..
Capt. West, We learn, made splendid
fight but in addressing his arguments
to the negro voters, which he did with
good effect before the close of the canvass,
he was necessarily trammelled by the color
line drawn by the meeting which origin
ally put him in nomination. Standing
on his own merits as Democrat and a
reformer, 'the line" could not have &C.
cured fer him single additional white
vote, while it served as stumbling b ock,
which his adroit competitor kept rolling
between him and the darkies. The result
in that district is to be deplored the more
because the choice was made for an unex-
PRED term of three years.
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The grange department Of our present
number is taken up mostly with extracts
from an able and instructive address OF
DR.. Walden, of Carroll. Within our ac-
quaintance, there is no man better quail
fed to counsel his fellow planters than
DIR. Walden. If success is the standard
of merit, he has won his right to beheard.
He is man of deeds as well as of words.
Some portions of his address are really
eloquent. The whole of it is character
lied by the sound, practical sense of its
author
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Important News Direct.

"a Mississippan" Rev. Il. Abbey,
we presume) writing from Washington
City to the Yazoo Banner, learns directly
from party who is in full confidence with
the President that che would have veto
q ed the Civil Rights Bill if it had passed
!" Congress last session-that his opposi-
g ton TO it was well known it the Cabi-
net. "Mississippian" says that "Mr.
Fish told my informant that every
member of the Cabinet was opposed to
the bill, and so advised the President"
These things (says the writer ought to
be known in the South. The colored
people ought to be dealt with fairly and
candidly.
They can not afford to make an issue
with Gen. Grant As we have before
said, the colored masses are satisfied with
the present laws. The selfish dema-
gogues would lead them to destruction.
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Dernfer Resort,

We hear Of quite number of taxpay-
ers who rather than have their property
cOnfscated under the present exorbitant
tax system, are deeding it to minor heirs,
who will have the privilege Of redemption
within two years after they become of age.
This is a desperate alternative, but it is
preferable to the entire loss of their estates.
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Louisiana congressman.

The Board of Canvassers have pro-
mulgated the result in two of the Con
gressionaT districts of Louisiana as fol-
lows
First Congressional District. H.
Sypher, 11,121; r. l.. Gibson, 1920.
Majority, 1899.
Second Congressional District-H. c..
Dibble, II, 033; E. J. Ellis, 13,864.-
Majority 27S1.
Messrs. Gibson and Ellis are Demo
Gratis and Conservatives. The former
was General in the Confederate SER
vice, Mssissippian, we believe, by birth,
and brother of the lamented Capt Tul-
Illus Gibson whose tragical fate in a rem
counter with Federal soldiers at his own
door steps in Sunfower county several
years ago, is well remembered. Gen.
Gibson, the Congressman elect was promi-
nently associated with Gen. Beauregard
in what was known as the unifica-
ton movement last year, and is con-
sentative in the strictest sense of the
term. Col. Lamar, Gen Gordon and
other representative Southern Democrats
at Washington, will find in him very
able coadjutor.
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Victory AT COLUMBUS. A CORES
pondent from Columbus writes Of the
contested election in that city
Billups democrat and Conservative
elected Mayor by los majority and
Sharpe elected School Trustee without
opposition.
Gen Sharpe, it will be remembered, is
the Mississippi member Of the Democrat
ic National Executive Committee.
George G. Smith Republican, of Boil
war, has been elected to fill the Senatori-
al vacancy in the 2Sth District, Gen. j..
r. Chalmers received complimentary
vote.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-12-10

In addition to the responses from the
press heretofore copied, we had eulied
for insertion, stirring articles endorsing
the call for the
TAX PAYERS STATE CONVENTION,
from the fernando Press, the Kinds
County Gazette, the Holly Springs Re-
porter, Chiekasaw Messenger, East
Mississippian, Louisville Banner, Starks-
vile Wing. Calhoun Democrat,
Greenyille Times, Copiahan and other
well-known journals, but our. foreman
has called a halt in consequence of the
pressure on our columns. Suffice it to
say, the articles breathe nothing but the
true spirit, and reflect the sentiment
which animatea our whole people, from
the Tennessee line to the Gulf, from the.
Alabama line to the Mississippi.
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We pity from the bottom of our souls
the poor, ignorant negroes who aocked to
Vicksburg at the instance of Gub'ner
Ames, to bully and browbeat the tax
payers who were as intent upon pro
tecting the blacks from robbery as them
selves. They we're the dupes of selfish
and designing men and have realized
the old maxim that experience is a hard
teacher, but fools viii learn from no other.
They viii know better next time.
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The Executive Committee of the Tax
Payers League of Washington have
issued call on the Tax payers of other
counties to Join the people of that county
in refusing to pay tax upon real estate
FIR the present fiscal year, and in con-
testing the consequence through the
Courts and in seeking relief from future
Legislatures. A good move which We
would like to see generally adopted.
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The Democracy, or the allied Opposi-
ton to Radical misrule, differ among
themselves about hard money and paper
money, contraction and imitation, free
trade and protection but in one matter.
they are of one mind, and that is, accept
ance of the Constitutional Amendments,
as permanent settlement of the war
questions.
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Don't fail to attend the meeting in
jackson on next Saturday, the 18th, inst.
See the call of President Kells. Import.
ant business will require your attention.
Among other matters to be considered
will be the report of the Committee Of
Investigation, Judge Potter, Chairman.
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Madison County.

The Canton papers have been requested
to give notice that therewiil be a meeting
of the taxpayers of Madison county in
Canton on Saturday, the 18th inst, to
appoint delegates to the State Convention
which assemblies at jackson on the 4th
day of January. The American Citizen
adds:
Let everybody attend who pays tax
es on real estate, colored as well as
white.