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The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

WHO Is TO BE CHEATED Senator
Morton says that the civil rights bill
leaves to the States the regulation of the
school system and only requires equal
advantages in the use of the public school
fuuds-not mixed schools except where
this end cannot be attained by separate
schools, which is not the case in any Of
the Southern States, Other advocates
of the measure insist that it meana mixed
public schools, whether separate ones
have been provided by the local auz
thorities or not. Who is te be echeated p
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
An Illinois Farmer E.hpe..
im NOrtil-E:urt vIi--i-- pH.

From the Enm.nrr
We are permitted 10 publish
lowing letter from an lllIu..
who is culdvatug % portion OF .
rcll tract, in ,heprairieof Nom
with white labor:
HONE, MoNHoE to. Nh.
August 9th, .-.
Mr.. w. 4. Bacoa, 1berda,a N
DEAR SIR. Iu reply t0fu.
23rd, J. viii say thutl bav. a.H
fully as a farmer thi- .Wm.
ioyed good health and uf'eI
heat than ] did iu Central l..r
Of the opinion that Northern
tivate this soil with more .a.
fort To- themselves and Teams
greater profit, than they CAIN '.
Central Illinois.
Myself and family hav. ueaa
kindly by the white people,. .."
Very respectfully, yours
O. 81 GRH
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

B. =. c. Brooks, editor. OF the Indepen-
dent Workingman, has received the
nomination for Governor of Tennessee.
be received 148 out of 1873 votes cast.
he says there are 81, ZOO voters in the
labor unions of the State, OF this num-
Der 3, 100 are in Davidson county. Cole
mans Rural World.
Ii this is the charlatan in the person
of quack doctor who lived at Kosciusko.
Mississippi, some years ago, the SOON
er the working men" of Tennessee aun-
load1 themselves Of him the better.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
rhc Crop

These are the sad reports na
exchanges bring us from a.I pf.
cotton regions.
[FrOm the Water Valley Courier
The prospects for a crop In I..
Of the country are gloomy in lla
The farmers say that with an
of rain from this ON, hy etaH|
for half a crop.
From the Tallahatchie News
The drouth i'm this county bas
an immense damage on the cf'.
ton fields that looked well ten d-'
and promised a bale 10 tbe a...
been cut off at least half il 900. u
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

Advertising has created many new
business, enlarged many an old busi-
ness, revived many Il dull business,
rescued many Il failing business, and
preserved many a large business, and
it insures success in any business = Ex-
change.
Unfortunately for the advertising busi-
ness, there are a great many people who
can't see the point Of the foregoing 1t Is
true nevertheless. Even the great mer-
chant A T. Stewart thinks that half a
million year in printers ink is good
Investment.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

from the N. o. Picayune.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. "a. Elaborate
dispatches from Lancaster, KY, indicate
that the white trouble was not strictly
fight between the races. Both chiefs
were white, and the trouble grew from
contest between the candidates for clerk
OF court. Sellers seems to have been
supported by the negroes, who were bar
iTlcaded within his premises, which were
burned IN order to dislodge them. The
Federal soldiers claim they were subject
ed to fire from both parties, and skedad-s
died. The trouble was suppressed by the
Kentucky State troops, acting as posse
to the sheriff. ~.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

FoR causes known to himself, HEN
BY WoRTHINGToN, of the Columbus
Democrat, has repeatedly displayed
his malice towards the editor and proprie-
tors of THE CLARION, without any more
consideration from us than would have
been bestowed upon any other cur. As
the scamp seems to have been long spoil
ing for a notice from this quarter, we win
crafty him for once by telling him that
he is an habitual liar and known cow
ard. IF he wants to prove that he is not
entitled to the latter epithet he now has
opportunity to do so. H. b.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
Washington County.

We learn by the Greenville Times,
that peace meeting, between the two
races, was held at Greenville, last week, in
which Col. W. A Percy and other prom
inent citizens, white and black, participa-
ted The meeting pledged both races
in Washington county g to maintain the
present kindly feeling existing between
= them"
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
The Brooklyn Scandal.

The mutual friend" to whom Beech
er and others implicated with him in the
great scandal of the times, con6ded all
their secrets, correspondence, memoranda,
and whose business it was to keep the
peace and hide the transaction from the
world, has at last spoken and borne full
testimony to the guilt of the renowned
preacher. When Beecher found that
this ''friend" who had served him and
and his paramour faithfully, would
be compelled to reveal all he knew-with
hardihood which paralleled the enormi-
ty of his original crime, he assailed him in
advance of his statement as black-mail-
er, Notwithstanding this ''friend" himself
is millionaire compared to whose for
tune, Beecher's own princely income is
but an atom. The statement, with ac-
companylng correspondence, and other
choice morsels for lustful appetites, would
fill three such papers as ours.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
COIOred NEen Take Notice.

The Washington Chronicle, Republi-
can in politics, well says: @'If the colored
men in the Southern States are to become
useful and worthy citizens, it can never be
done by making the question of color an is
sue in the political canvass. This ofneeessj-
ty arOatSes the loOrSt passions Of both races,
and IN every instance, thus far, has been the
injury of the cOLored men" The Chroui l.
adds: ''The difficulty in these cases is
scarcely ever attributable to the colored
men themselves, or leaders Of their own
race. 1t is generally occasioned by the
selfish course of some debased white dem
agogues, who incite this feeling in the
hope of gaining political Office tor them
selves, and so long as this class Of men
are allowed any influence or control in
public affairs in a city or State, so long
will these unfortunate contests arise.
Peace, harmony and a united desire for
the public good, without reference TO race
or color, is the only security for the pros
perity of the community; and the sooner
the Southern country is rid Of these pes
tilent instigators the better for the citi-
zens, whether white or black; and if they
were to suffer from the summary punish
ment they seek to excite against their
the loss to the community would
be small, and the public benefit incalcula-
bly, great.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

From the Oxford RIcbocbes
ua If the anti-liquor law is put Do
Mississippi, according 10 Hon ~.
Cardozo, State Superintendent q M
ton, the common School fund n
about S6l3,00 in State wail' .r
$56, 900 in cash. About th"1 n II
is derived from licenses gran'eOn H..
dors Of Intoxicating liquors
end justify the meansY
We would say notf
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
VAN. II. MANNING.
w. j. l.. HOLLAND.

Referring to the proceeding Of the
Bovina meeting repudiating incendiary
teachers and teachings, the Vicksburger
says:
"All parties mentioned in the proceed
ings are negroes, except Judge A. w.
Brien. We cannot too highly commend
the spirit of the resolutions, and hope
soon to see all good, law-abiding and
honest negroes getting upon a similar
platform"
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

TRUE.-The \. Y. Herald says, sit
is as much the interest of the negroes as
Of the whites to oyerturn many OF the ex-
isting State governments. But this good
result is to be obtained by iiscouraging
rather than fomenting race issues.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

It will he seen that Cardozo admits
that he got a money letter under name
that did not belong to him and that
proceedings were instituted against him
by the District Attorney. The indict-
ment, of which, strange to say, he never
heard before, charges him with frequent
repetitions of the crime His explanation
is rather thir.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

The Natchez Democrat reproduces the
following record from the Secretary OF
states Office, to remind the voters, that
at the next election in this State (ln
1879 the subjoined resolutions for the
termination of the repudiated debt bust
ness, will be submitted for direct vote
at the polls.
The resolutions were offered in the
House at the extra session of 1873 by II.
P. Jacobs, of Adams, and passed both
branches of the Legislature in the form
required by the Constitution. That
instrument requires that ''public notice
" shall be given by the Secretary of
9 State at least three months preceding
q the next general election, at which
q the qualified electors shall vote direct
6. ly for or against any such change, al
g teration or amendment, and if it shall
q appear-that majority of the quail
- fed electors, voting for members of
. the Legislature, shall have voted for
e the proposed amendment, then it shall
q be inserted by the next succeeding
i" Legislature as part of this constitu-
q ton and not otherwise CART, 13.
In order to secure the necessary vote
on the question and no longer permit it
to remain stalking horse for poll
ticians, nor an inducement for fnan-
cial scheming by the bond-holders and
their agents, to victimize the innocent
taxpayers, it would be advisable for both
parties to insert a clause in their several
platforms approving the proposed amend
ment and pledging it their support at
the polls. Both parties are pledged
against revoking the judgment of the peo-
pie already pronounced on the case, and
now let US have an end and final burial
of the question:
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
THE BROOKHAvEv :,
lFrom the Citizen Extr,

4 Bv tbc..,.
ternoon there were oyor
men in toNn, about e9r.u,l' ,l'
tween whites and black
excitement, but tbcreu8.
feeling among The tHoe ny.
lice should be- mcteI9..
such an universal h..
before manifested hv ar
muuity. Everything ar.
been done without prsv.o.
ing.
4 party of about .eu u..
Jailers hou.e, where D. v
and demanded the k.y. a.H
Of course, refused TO llge l..
they searched the hou.ca.I..
brought them 90 tuc iulW....
oyerpowered the guard a..
them. The doors 0f t.efs.f ...
locked and number. .a.
broughtout Anthony t,m
two large fence posts w#I...
and a wagon was br1u-atur.
thony Grant placed OF r.
around his neck. H. wa. r...
wished 90 say anything ag ..
but that he need ulD I0a...
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for him, and two a1.ueI m....
Vance and TURNER r0ma
sung a hymn and o...s.4a.r.
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said yes; that tHe m.uWI....
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names. He said than ~la.M..
it. lie was then asked It.. .
He said yes, he wa- iu tuer
the woman, but dldu9t a.
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OF the rope fastened ,1 fag
and the wagon moved ...
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The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
THURSDAY. AUGUST Y, 1874.


N SOME QUARTERS a disposition is
shown to make difference of opinion on
grave political topics an occasion for per-
sonal abuse. Conceding that others,
though not concurring with us in opin-
ion, may be equally as correct in mo-
tive as ourselves, we have eschewed that
style of controversy but if precipItated,
and insisted on, by others, we shall not
recoil from its consequences.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
Speaker House ofRepresentati'
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
i l..

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
JACKSON Mississippi.
l, James Hill, Secretary of State, do
certify the hereto attached, entitled ga
Joint Resolution in Relation to the Union
and Planters Bank Bonds, is a true and
correct copy of the original now on file in
this office
Given under my hand and Great Seal
C"@> of the State of Mississippi
sp hereunto affixed, this 18th
day of July, 1874.
N~@1 JAMES HILL,
Secretary Of State.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
The battles of the squirt.
Nnhndu EiIled nnhnlN hnIr-


excepting two of the storming party-(the
darkies)-who were wounded, but not
seriously.
Next we hear of an engagement near
80. k, /" in which the rioters were not 0.
X: for we are told that on the approach
of Capt. Brown, with fifty mounted men,
.'they fed to the swamps after firing at
the column" hitting nobody.
Subsequently scouts reported the assail-
ants ''nine hundred and fifty strong" and
it was deemed best to enter upon an ar
rangement for the surrender of the town
ON condition that life and property should
be protected The white troops conform
ably to the capitulation, marched out,
and ''two hundred and fifty" Gnstead of
"nine hundred and fifty'') colored warriors
marched in One of the merchants protect
ed his premises by locking his front door
.sand handing out tobacco at the back
window" And after the quitting" of an
other establishment, whose proprietor did
not seem to know how to propitiate the
warriors-we are told they Commenced
q running home through the cotton-felds
& and woods" as fast as their legs would
carry them-only about dozen remaining
20 guard the town in accordance with the
terms of the capitulation. This was the
condition in which matters were found
when the Memphis troops appeared upon
the scene.
Result Whites killed, NoNE-woun-
ded, NONE; darkies killed, one--wounded,
two.
Though the affair was not so serious
as apprehended, it is sufficiently so, not
withstanding its ludicrous phases, to
serve as salutary warning to the mis-
guided wretches who brought on the
trouble
1t shows how utterly unable they are
to cope with the whites in a conflict OF
arms; and that their true interest lies in
the paths of peace and obedience to
law
In Tunica and other river counties, the
colored population was herded in large
numbers before the war under charge
of overseers, with but little opportu-
nifty for improvement from the exam
pie of whites, who were few; and not
only has this numerical dispropor
ton increased since their emancipa-
tion, but the blacks have been under
the control of a class of men whose
teachings have been anything but good,
and from whom they have imbibed the
idea that liberty meant license. 1t
will be great misfortune to their race if
they do not make haste to repudiate this
Vandal creed.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

The Tennessee Conservatives have
nominated Judge james D. Potter, of
Henry. county. for Governor, and adopted
an excellent platform. Its financial
plank embodies what is known as Pendle-
tonism- the organs of the Eastern bond
holders and usurers call il repudiation.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

The Democracy of Illinois have split
on the currency" question-one side for
hard money and contraction, the other for
greenbacks and expansion.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
cARB0zO.
I4l- Arre-. on Charge. of Forgery

On Monday T. w. Cardozo, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, was taken
TO Vicksburg in charge Of ofhcer Doil
Adams. to answer the charges contained
in the following affidavit OF II. e : 'F'e'
(colored Republican,
From tie Vicksburg Herald.
Personally appeard before the una,f
signed. Cooley Mann, Justice o. the
pace IN and for the county OF warren
a. aforesaid Hannibal G. Carter, VINO
made oath that Thos w. Cardozo on or
about the 4th day Of May, 1873, telon'-
ouslv and with intent to detraud the state
of Mississippi, did falsely make and en-
ter upon the minute book of the Clfeui'
Court of Warren county, Mississippi
writing being, or purporling to be an or
dor of allowance Of said Court tthe same
heing then and there competent Court)
to divers persons for witness Attendance
and mileage, thereby purporting to be
claimed by them as State witnesses III eer-
tain causes in said court pending, where
bva pecuniary demand and obligation
was, or purported, created against the
State OF Mississippi, by winch Iaise
making and entering, said State WAS IN
tended to be, and was affected IN property.
HANNIBAL G.. CARTER
Sworn and subscribed before me this
22nd day of August, 1874.
COOLEY Mann,
Justice of the Peace.
CARDozo's ARREST.
Constable Doll Adams was sent 10
Jackson with warrant for the arrest OF
Cardozo, on the first train after the atii-
davit was made, and returned 70 the city
Yesterday with his prisoner On his ar
rival here Cardozo WAS taken before jus
tice Mann, and the State not being ready
for trial, he was committed to jail in de
fault OF S5, 600 bond.
The Sheriff was in the act of permit
ting the accused to come to Jackson 10
make up his bond, whereupon +. ID.
Richardson (white Republican, made at-
fidavit that he has good ground 10 sus-
pect and verify believe that Thos W.
Cardozo, did on or about the 4th day OF
May A. ID. 1872 feloniously forge make
and issue a certain certificate 10 one j..
II Graf, of said county, which said Ger
tifcate purported to be witness certiti-
cate or allowance to said l.. ii. Graft
for services as witness in the Circuit
Court Of said county, at the March term,
A. ID. 1872, thereof, which said certif-
cate so issued by T. w. Cardozo, pur-
ported to have been allowed by the said
Circuit Court Of Warren county, when
in truth and in fact said certificate was
not ordered or allowed by said Circuit
Court, etc. Sgnedl
Il. ID. RICHARDSON.
Three men whose signatures, the Nicks-
burg papers allege do not really represent
as much value as the paper on which the
boud Is written, became bailmeu for
Cardozo.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

ALL QUIET.-A correspondent Of the
Memphis Appeal, writing from Middle
ton, Tennessee, says;
Our codnty is peaceable no negro
riots, nor fears entertained Of one TOO
much smoke already for the fire in other
places.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
Meeting of The S1ate Grange.

The State Grange viii meet in this
CITY on the 8th of September. Mr. l..
O. Bridewel Of Copiah viii deliver the
annual address
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
The Tunfca Trouble The Begin.
ming and Ending.

In our last number, we printed what
was nc. doubt a strictly truthful and I'M
partial statement of the causes and cir
cumstances of the Tunica riot by I'd
Carter. cofored citizen of the county,
against whom, Notwithstanding his color
and Republican creed. the fury of the
mob was turned, because he condemned
its lawless proceedings. In the present
number, though we are somewhat behind
the times with it, we have copied sketch
of the war itself from the Austin Cot
ton Plant, a Republican paper published
where the trouble occurred. Now that
the whole affair is seen by what actually
happened, and not by the exaggerated
reports that went out at the time, we
hardly know whether to call it farce or
tragedy. The antics of the dusky
warriors were immensely ludicrous.
Setting out with determination TO de-
vastate the town and SOW it with salt as
a memorial of their wrath, they gathered
together their ragtag and bobtail squad
rons and moved to the bloody work.
Their "pickets" were captured by squad
of mounted men without resistance, and
when they attacked the Courthouse they
were repulsed at the first fire" We
are told that in the stampede ''the darkeys
threw away their guns" and run for dear
life. As for the result of the conflict, the
chronicler relates that it was next thing
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27
JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, !
STATE OF Mississippi.
4 Joint Resolution IN Relation to the Union
and Planters Bank Bonds.

4 Joint Resolution IN Relation to the Union
and Planters Bank Bonds.
Be it Resolved, by the Legislature of the
State of Mississippi, two-thirds of each
House concurring therein. That the fol-
lowing amendment to the constitution of
the State of Mississippi, be and the same
is hereby proposed and submitted to the
electors to be voted upon directly for or
against at the next election held in the
State of Mississippi, subsequent to the
year 1873, viz:
Add to section five of article twelve the
following words, to-wit: Nor shall the
State assume, redeem, secure or pay any
Indebtedness, or pretended indebted
ness claimed to be due by the State
of Mississippi to any person, assO-
citation or corporation whatsoever, claim
ing the same as owner, holders or
assignees of any bond or bonds now gen
orally known as Union Bank bonds or
Planters Bank bonds"
Passed its first reading in the
House Of Representatives October 22d,
1873.
Passed its second reading in the
House of Representatives October 23d,
1873.
Passed its third reading in the House
of Representatives October 24th, 1873.
III. NJ. STREET,
Speaker House of ofRepresentatives
Passed its first reading in the Senate
October 29th, 1873.
Passed its second reading in the Senate
October 31st, 1873.
Passed its third reading in the Senate
November 1st 1873.
Jos. BENNETT,
President of the Senate.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

A SET BACK.-A resolution indorsing
Gen. Grant in the event of his candidacy
for third term was voted down by the
Republican Convention of Pennsylvania,
with loud shouts Of disapproval. a
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

NoN-INTERFERENCE = Recently a
couple of colored factions in Georgetown
county, South Carolina, led on by their
respective leaders, Bowley and Jones,
commenced rending each in furious style
The Jones crowd got the better of the
Bowleyites, and the leader of the latter
found himself in jail without having been
put there by any process known to the
legal fraternity. Gov. Moses was called
upon to keep the peace, but he did not
prove to be as successful a law-giver as
his great namesake, before whose hosts
the waters of the Red sea parted that they
might cross over. His militia would not
come, and his proclamation was no more
needed than the Pope's illumination at
the comet. Thereupon recourse was
had to the federal authority; but Gen.
Grant, as in the cases of Arkansas and
Vieksburg, didn't see it. His reply was
that 1t was "a matter for the action of
the State authorities, and be could not
interfere"
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-27

We would not ojustice to our feelings
if we failed 70 commend the vigilance
and efficiency of the colored citizens in
hunting up and arresting the desperadoes
who committed the horrible crime at
Brookhaven. 1t is probable that but for
their action, the outlaws would have es-
capped punishment Their conduct shows
that they do not intend that their race, as
a class, shall rest under the imputation of
countenancing crimes Of that nature,
which more than all other causes com
bined, sow seeds Of distrust and stirs the
passions of the human heart from its pro-
foundest depths. Letit be understood that
those who perpetrate them shall expiate
their deeds with their lives at the shortest
notice. This must be the supreme law of
every community.