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The daily gazette., 1874-11-02

Out Of the twenty-five States and
Territories in which elections will be
held ON Tuesday next, only one will
meet squarely a question which is just
now in the "lulr'-woman suffrage
The WoMAN's JOURNAL refers to the
subject thus enthusiastically "The
most important day in its possibilities
that has dawned upon America since
the Declaration of Independence will
be that on which the men of Michigan
by their votes, will establish or defeat
impartial suffrage and equal rights for
women" And yet for all this the sky
looks dark for this branch of woman's
rights on the Lake Peninsula. .-PREss.
The daily gazette., 1874-11-02
For the Gasette.
She1'iH0ZtN.

Mr.. JOHNSON II would take this last
opportunity of saying that all persocs
who are in favor of fair and honest no-a-
nations, should contribute their quota
towards the election Of William H. Lamb
son tomorrow, and thus give rebuke
to the manner in which Mr.. Martin was
placed in nomination over VIM. A. Huk-
i'll, that will be remembered by both per-
ties for years to come. There is scarcely
q fair dealing Republican to be found.
on the subject. that HafilI lIrecsGgafea rece;ss5
large majority Of the legal votes polIed at
the nominating election, and ought to
have been declared the nominee, and the
only justification made is, that it is par
ty usage. We say therefore to honestly
inclined men vote for Mr.. Lambson. and
especially do we say 80 to the outraged
friends Of Hukill.
The daily gazette., 1874-11-02
"COLD WATER DID TT"

Nothing else had such an influence
on the Ohio election as cold water,
thinks the Times, which says.
"There is no room for doubt that
much of the gain made by. the Demo-
cracy in Ohio is due to thepronounced
position taken by the Republican party
in favor OF temperance legislation
The party includes the great mass of
the voters of the State who are engaged
In the temperance movement. 1t also
includes a'great many Germans who
oppose and despise, the temperance
movement. The temperance plank in
the platform retrained the former, who
might have boltcd if it had not been
put in, and lost lis the latter. This was
one cause, and very powerful cause
for the change which the election shows
has taken place."
Cold water is manifestly a danger
GUS element, useful mainly for naviga-
tion, but there are few issues besides
cold water which have had something
to do with the recent rout of Radical
ism and Grantism. There is the scan
dal and disgrace that the whole South
should be kept under the iron heels of
Grant and his man Friday, alias Ian
daulet Williams, and the stories of muir
der, rapinc, and outrage, manufactured
to order by such creatures as Hays, of
Alabama, and ,vouched for by such
trustworthy statesmen as Centennial
Hawley, have not inspired the people
with confidence in Radicalism. A free
people do not delight to contemplate
the miserable state of affairs in Louisi-
ana.
Even the Netherlands, under Alba,
and his master Philip the Fourth were
less plundered and less ruined than
have been Louisiana and South Caro-
lima under Grant and his agents, Moses
and Kellogg. These facts are stronger
than cold water, and they assert them
selves at the polls. Under Republican
rule, corruption for the last five years
has like pest, been stalking about the
land in open sunshine. Butler had his
Secretary of the Treasury, his Assis-
tant Secretary, his. detectives prcying
upon the commerce of the country, in
Richardson, Sawyer, Jayne, and San
borne; merchants We're blackmailed in
hundreds of thousands of dollars, un-
der the faint preteXt of law, and the
spOils were divided.
The revenues of the Govcrement, as
in the case of the Sanborn robbery,
were farmed out to be collected at the
rate of 80 per cent. profit-a swindlc
and robbery that was only equalled
hundred years ago in France, and led
to the greatFrench Revolution. w orld.
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LIST OF PERSONS

CONVICTED OF FELONY IN NEW CASTLE
COUNTY, SINCE MAY 2, 1868.
The daily gazette., 1874-11-02

COUNTY, SINCE MAY 2, 1868.
Allen, George Anderson, John
Allen, Perry Anderson, Jacob
| Anderson, Joseph
B
Bordley, Arthur Bullock, Charles
Blean, jeremiah Brinton, James
Brinton, Howard Bowen, Thomas
Biddle, Elijah Blain, Samuel
Butcher, 9. w. L. BOUCHER, Isaiah
Brown, Henry Brinton, Edward
Boyer, James W. Boyle, Peter
Bush, John Boyce, Alfred
Brison, William Benton, William
Bayard, Charles -....-.
Conner, John Cooper, Amos w.
Craig, Benjamin Clutch, George
Clayton, Charles Colley, Prettyfoot
Chambers, Andrew Carpenter, John
Camphor, William Collins, James
Conner, Aaron Case, Samuel
Collins, Lewis Campbell, Henry
D
Davis, Harrison, ali Deputy, John
as Charles Brown, Dorman, James
Dennis, Isaac Davis, John ID.
Davis, Chas. or Jno. Dovan, Timothy
paws, Henry Dunbar, Stephen W.
Doyle, Thomas Dixon, BENJAMIN
Darius, Joseph Dixon, Thomas
E
Emory, Thomas Empson, Andrew
Il
Fisher, John A. Frans, Charles
f1mey, Levi Purchase, John
Freeman, William Purchase, Elijah
G
Glasgow, Thomas Goldsborough, Pete
eiassaway. Thomas Gassaway, Henry
Golden, Samuel Graves, Henry
etraves, John Graves, Clinton
liordon, James Golden, Samuel
Graves, Jonathan II Golden, James
doldsborough, Fhos. Green, Edward
H
Herman, Joshua Howard, Alfred
Hinson, Charles Howell, Allen
Harlan, Henry, or Harris, Robert ]
Dan oil Harman, Benjamin
hudson, Thomas Harris, Frederick
Hamilton, Joseph Howdron, John
Hartman, J: Francis Hamilton, James
Hickman, Elias Hyman, Morris
Harman, Andrew Harris, joseph
Hemsley, Joshua
I&J
Irons, James Johnson. Reuben
Jefferson, David Jackson, George W.
Johnson, w. II. johnson, Samuel
Jefferson, Israel johnson, VIM. A.
X
Kelly, Lewis Kenton, James
King, Benjamin ..t
Long, Samuel Lally, William
Laws, John Leonard, Sandy
Lee, Charles II.
NJ
Morris, James III. Myers, John
Martin, James Myer, William
Morris, John Maherd, John
Maurer, Joseph Maherd, George
N
Muse, Henry Nickols, Samuel
P
Prnor, Henry Pierce, John w.
Ponzo, Jerry Parker, James
Ponzo, Dick Perry. Matthew
Price, John Peterson, John
Perkins, James Pierce. John
r
Really, John Ringgold, Edward
raymond, William Ringgold, Rosuell
Rider, Charles Robins, John
Richards, Caleb Robins, Lewis
Silsby, Nathan Smith, John Lewis
Sykes, James Suggest, Mahlon
Sordon, Robert Smith. George
Smith, Edward Stickney. Henry
Scott, George Smith, Joseph
Sluby, Joseph Sykes, John
Sudler, James
Il
Iraus, Charles Tippet, Charles H.
Taylor, William H. Trusty, Joshua
Taylor, Lewis Taylor, George
I'LL, John Trusty, Shadrick
Thomas, William
..i
Ventriss, Thomas
w
Williams, James Wilson, George
Williams, Andy Williams, Charles
Watson, James Willis, John
Williams, George Wright, Alex, alias
Wilmer Henry Alex. Hawkins.
Woodward, John White, Andy
Washington, James
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-08

s. veral of the largest New England
cotton manufacturing companies have
decided. to reduce the quality of raw
material consumed in their establishments
for the next three months. This is done
IN order to bring down the price of the
staple and to increase the price of the
manufactured article
The combination suggests the idea of a
similar agreement among the producers
Of cotton the coming season. As the
supply regulates the price, would it not
be well for them to agree to decrease the
probationary one-third Three
millions Of bales will yield as much
money rs four millions; and the labor
and capital which are taken from the
culture of cotton can be proftably
employed in the production of corn,
wheat, oats, hay; the raising of stock,
and the improvement of farms.
Cooperation to accomplish this plan,
can be effected by the Changers, acting
first in subordinate bodies, and ultimately
through their State Executive Commit
tees. Now is the time to take the subject in
hand, and to work upon it with system
and effect
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Am Incident.
b.

For THE CLARION.
In the bitter biting days of the Confeder-
acy, | remem Der to have witnessed scene
that was strange and singularly expressive
of human character in one of its phases.
In one of the terrible blttes around Rich
mond, bright and beautiful boy was shot in
the head. There was nothing strange in
that, but wait. That boy was brought to the
city he was taken to the house of a friend
aud placed on couch to die. His father
and his fathers friends stood over him as
his young life was slowly but surely ebbing
away. With every breath it was more and
more apparent that the Young hero was
giving up his life. Poor boy we may hope
at least that he was insensble to pain.
His father, man of years and full OF
noble cause. | can never forget that fathers
look. To say it was agony, does not half
express the idea. He was pale, care worn
and yet resigned. He had given his son to
his country; and with a sublime trust in an
overriding Providence, he did not allow
himself to doubt that it would be all well
with the boy whom he had raised up in the
admonition of the Lord.
While we sat around the dying boy, the
father suddenly Disappeared; his heart was
too full for utterance; his grief was of that
painful kind that never finds relief in tears,
or in vain lamentations; his precious boy
was nearly gone.
In an hour afterwards, and while that boy
still breathed, saw that father in his seat
in the Confederate Senate Still pale, ago
niZed, and heart-broken. he was at the post
of duty. Not all the love he bore an almost
idolized son could draw him even in that
terrible time, from his country's service.
The little beardless hero died We laid
him away with all the honors that were due
the memory ola youthful maryland with
all the reverentiai regard that was due a
father who had the sublime moral courage
to lift his patriotism above his grief for a
dying son.
May | not add utinvadng the sane
tuary of parental sorrow that the father of
whom l speak is JOHN w. c. WATSON.
And may not ask if a man who stood
by his country in such an hour, can be false
to any cause?
SpN-
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cratic Counties Id the Secession Oonven-
ton, and proved his faith BY his works,
when the tug OF war came. And he Of
the Prairie News, another soldier of the
lost cause? And the editor of the
Ricochet, who in the same manner bore
testimony to the faith that was in him ?
What say you of the Columbus Press
and Holly Springs Tribune? OF the
Grenada Republican and Aberdeen True
Republican, whose editors are members
of the Legislature and can put into exc
cution so far as their votes will count,
whatever professions they may make. Will
they join in advocating such measures as
will alleviate the suferings of the people?
The Legislature viii soon re-assemble;
and the work of reform ought then to be
commenced. Meantime let the Repub-
lican organs be hearl, and we adiure
them give forth no uncertain sound.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-08

The Vicksburger has erred in connect
ing Col. Musgrove with the State Immi-
grafton Bureau. His enterprise has no
connection whatever with that establish
ment. In his contemplated visit to the
North and West to induce immigration
and capital to Mississippi, he is Endorsed
and recommended by the State Grange
under whose auspices, if anybody's, he
will go. His enterprise, if successful.
will inure to the public advantage, but
it is undertaken solely on his own private
account. He will pay his own expenses,
and neither asks nor expects any indem-
nifty from the State. As former resi-
dent of the West, but a citizen of Mis-
sissippi, for the last nine years, perma-
nently settled here, he is fully prepared
to describe the advantages which it offers
to immigrants, with or without capital.
and to invite them in the name of her
solid and intelligent people speaking
through the State Grange, and assure
them of cordial welcome and hospitable
treatment.
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OLD TECUNISEHH.
The Movement 10 make Him the
Peace and ARecOmcAAlmt iOm
Candidate
rCincinnati Enquirer.

WAsHrNaroN, Sept. 25.-The Wash
ington Chronicle of this morning con-
tains leader specially eulogistic Of the
character and services of Gen. VIM. t.
Sherman, which excites much attention.
The memorable Johnston-Sherman COM
pact of April, 1865, is commented on as
an act of liberal and enlightened states
manship, which was drawn in accord
ance with the deliberate instructions Of
Mr.. Lincoln, but stupidity and unpardon-
ably disapproved and set aside by his
successor in Office. The article goes on
to state that Gen. Sherman has never
since the war been heard to utter one
unkind or illiberal sentiment toward those
of his felloW-citizens who had been over
come in arms, and has never hesitated to
expose his ardent desire for a general
amnesty. The article goes on to praise
Gen. Sherman for his ability and facility
in public speaking, and, while it does
not condemn Grant, it commends Gen.
Sherman for all those qualities in which
Grant is notably deficient. There has
been considerable talk of late among
Sherman's friends of Infringing him forward
as Presidential candidate for 1876, and
it would seem from this elaborate article,
that it is their programme to run him rs
the peoples candidate ON the basis Of
reconciliation and peace, as OPP
posed to the Grant idea of military sub
jugation and an enduring sectional ha-
tired.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-08

Our study of the characters Of the pub
lie men of this country, has not revealed
to our mind a statesman who is so capa-
bic of elevating himself above the sordid
motives of the demagogue, and Of taking
an impartial view of public QUESTIONS, rs
Senator Schurz.
He has especial claims upon the conf
dence and sympathy of two classes of
Southern people-the white conservatives
and the blacks.
A Republican, occupying command
ing position in his party, the Senator
placed it at hazard, and finally sacrificed
it, by his unyielding opposition to the
proscriptive policy of the Radicals to-
wards the Confederates. In 1870 he led
the movement for their enfranchisement
in Missouri, Notwithstanding the over
throw of his own party's ascendency in
that State, was sure to follow. In 1872,
he was the leader of the Liberal Repub-
licans who carried the banner of Univer-
sal Amnesty, with its symbols of peace
and good will to the down. rodden South
ern communities. In the Senate he has
been the constant foe Of federal usurpa-
ton, and has manfully championed the
cause of local self-government.
To the colored peop.e, Mr.. Schurz is
recommended by his Jealous advocacy of
all the measures that were needed to pro-
tect them in the equal rights to which
they were entitled when the fortunes of
war gave them their freedom.
From an unselfsh, unpartizan stand
point, high above the mists of prejudice
and falsehood, this pureminded states
man has surveyed the situation in the
South and presented the result of his
investigation and reflections in the re-
marks which we have copied. This much
we have said, by way of introducing them
to our readers.
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How the Phrase ''Gserrymandcr,,
Started.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
When Elbridge Gerry, after being
twice defeated, became Governor Of Mas,
sachnsetts in 1910, he planned, or at least
sanctioned, law for carving the State
into acute-angled districts, the majority
OF which could be depended upon to re-
turn Democratic legislators. One of the
means used to oppose the measure was
the publication and circulation Of "A sketch
OF the long-drawn, distorted districts Of
Eastern Massachusetts. A COPY Of II
was posted on the wall of a Newburyport
newspaper office. A casual visitor added
mead and claws to it, and said TO the
editor: ''See this salamander. The
latter, filled with sudden inspiration. re-
Piled: I'D call it Gerrymander, D.
and Elbridge Gerry was damned 10 ever
lasting fame. When he died. Two wears
later, as Vice-President of the United
States, ne knew that gerrymander was
already common word, and that the
practice it denoted was rapidly becoming
common.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-08
The Planters Prospects.

With short crop of cotton and the
price down below expectations, the con-
dition of planters would be gloomy in
deed if they had not practised economy
the present year, and taken the precau
ton to increase their acreage in corn.
1t is common saying that crop has
never been raised in this State, with as
little expense. or by mourning as small
debt. as the present year, The
planters, thanks to the salutary influences
of the Oranges where the doctrine of
economy and pay as you go, or do with
outs taught-set out with determin-
alton to become indepe dent and they
have advanced rapidly ill that direction,
notwithstanding the unpropitious season.
Encouraged by their success they will
enter upon the business of the next year
with renewed determination to press
forward in the career they have inaugu-
rated 1t leads to prosperity. 1t leads
to victory over monopolies. 1t viii carry
them to a point where they can battle
the spectators and laugh to scorn their
eunningly devised schemes. Tillers of
the soil yours is the great parent occu-
patton. 1t gives birth and sustenance
to all others. Commerce and manufac-
lures are but hand-maids of agriculture;
and the last ought to require homage as
the naramol4nt master iudusfrv of the
world. You have only to practise self
denial and persevere unitedly and
bravely for brief season, and you viii
come off more than conquerorg.
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In his farewell address of 1887, An
drew Jackson delivered the following
pure and unauthorized Grange doctrine:
The planter, the farmer, the me-
chanic, all know that their success de-
Pends upon their own industry and econ
omy, and that they must not expect to
become suddenly rich by the fruits of
their toll. Yet these classes of society
form the great body of the people of the
United States; they are the bone and
slnew OF the country; men who love lib
erty and desire nothing but equal rights
and equal laws; and who moreover hold
The great mass of our national wealth.
although it is distributed in moderate
amounts among the millions of freemen
who possess it. But, with overwhelming
numbers and wealth on their side. thew
are in constant danger of losing their
fair influence in the government. and
with difficulty maintain their Just rights
against the incessant efforts daily made to
encroach upon them.
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South CarOIiua.
The N. Y. Tribune Liberal Republi

The N. Y. Tribune Liberal Republic
CAM says:
"The South Carolina Republican Con
vention has at last found bidder. Mr..
ID. Ill. Chamberlain, carpet bigger and
corruptionist, has carried off the prize.
The convention could have done one
worse thing-renomina Moses-but
it refrained, probably because Moses had
no money The scene at the last session
was on a par with the nomination-abso
lutely disgraceful. The convention reas-
sembles this morning to adopt Il platform.
The trouble seems entirely unnecessary.
The ticket they have nominated will run
most consistently without any principles.
There is chance, so slim that it is hardly
worth mentioning, that Chamberlain is
not so black as he has been painted.
Every true friend of South Carolina and
of the colOred race will pray that he may
prove himself to be so. If not, dark
ness blacker than Egyptian will settle up
on the State"
After reading this description of
Chamberlain, our readers will be pleased
to learn that large number of colorod
voters have revolted against his nominf-
ton and intend to put another ticket in
the field.
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The State Fair.

The State Fair opens two weeks from
next Monday-26th inst, and will be
continued until the 31st. The buildings
and grounds will be in perfect order in a
few days The health of our section has
never been better and the weather prom
ises to be pleasant. Altogether, the indi-
dications are favorable to perfect success.
Let everybody send something fer ex-
hbition, and come themselves to partic-
pate in the grand social gathering Of the
week. The display Of agricultural
machinery promises to be unusually large,
and the patrons of the turf are offered a
very attractive programme for the week.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Washington, Sept. 80, 1874.

SIR: l would suggest that at those
points where United States troops are or
may be stationed in your district, some
prudent and fearless persons, in whose
judgement you have confidence, and
whom the people respect, may be appoin.
ted Deputy Marshal to act at once in the
arrest of parties committing outrages in
the vicinity, so that it NAV not he
necessary IN such cases to send for Won
before troops can be used for the PURPOSE
of arresting those who are guilty of
violating the laws Of the United States
This, of course, will not be necessary
where you are easily accessible, but where
troops are placed at remote points. before
the necessary communication as to crimes
committed can be made, the offenders. as
general rule, have an opportunity to
escape You will give the Deputies the
necessary Instructions as to procuring
warrants, and need not repeat that Il s
important that you should delegate this
power to none but careful and responsible
persons. Very respectfully.
George H. Williams.
Acknowledgement.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-08

was attracted this morning to a gentleman
advanced in years, sitting in the parlor of
the hotel, reading a newspaper without the
aid OF glasses A second glance revealed
to him the well-remembered features of one
whom he had known from his earliest
childhood The person alluded to was
MAI. JOHN NELSON
large sugar planter of Lafourche, Louisi-
ana, whom we had not met for more than
twenty years. Maj. Nelson was born in
North Carolina efghty-tsco years ago. He
came to Middle Tennessee in 1896, and in
1898, he settled in Rutherford county of that
State. About the year 1896, he removed to
Holmes county, Mississippi, and remained
there some twelve or fifteen years. He then
became citizen of Lafourehe, where he in
vested in a large sugar estate which heowned
together with upwards OF 800 slaves, at the
commencement of the war, and which he
still cultivates and personally superintends.
Maj Nelson is a remarkable example of
well-preserved manhood. His faculties are
unimpaired His frame is but slightly
bent. His mind is unclouded. His con-
versation has all its wonted vivacity. His
eye is undimed Four years ago, he was
elected by tie people of his Parish to seat
in the Legislature, without solicitation, and
was one of the most active and efficient
members of the body. And yet notwith-
standing all the blessings which nature has
lavished upon him, there is something sad
in the contem plation of this venerable man.
He stands a spared monument among the
graves of his early friends, his children and
his family.-and witness of his country's
growth and greatness and wreck. This
summer he visited Tennessee, and on en-
quiry could not learn that a single one of
his contemporaries, and friends OF his early
days survived
You will see that my letter is dated
FROM THE CITY HOTEL,
the most popular and best conducted of the
hotels of this city. Two-thirds of the trav-
cling public who visit New Orleans seek
this famed establishment, and all depart
with purpose to < come again. Col.
Morse is absent, but the office of host is well
supplied by Mr.. E. Watson, who is a fixture
of the hotel and is always obliging and at
tentive.
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A correspondent contributes to our
columns can Incident" which presents
in strong point the character Of Hon. John
w. G. Watson, of Holly Springs, and
which shows the public that in him the
readers of the Independent South have
an editor with the moral courage and self
possession to stand firmly to what he may
conscienciously regard as his post of duty,
no matter what are the trials he may have
to undergo.