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Horrible Outrage Im utuvmmibm
COunty----Hu~t uud speedy
Rehabilitation.
FULToN, MISS.
f...

FULroN. MISS,
Oct. 18Th, 1916. +
Eds CLARIoS-On Friday ui.ht.
October Sth, a negro named sam. Wallace.
entered the house of rTbos.1bour..1
and finding Mrs. Thompson aud he- ~. fI
alone, dragged them out of thc house. .u.
the child's throat, outraged Mrs. Ih.uu.
son, abused her dreldiu.ly otleWi-. ar.
left her for dead. The negro was uy...
taken on Saturday arrested and .,..
convicted aud committed 10 iHil IIa
bslifis and two others started with tLa
negro TO jail, but ou reaching luc lumhig-
by River, y miles from Fulton. they
were met by AN armed body Of men
about thirty in number, who took
possession OF the negro and hung him.
These are substantially the facts of the
case, as / am informed Our hitherto
quiet county has never before been
shocked by the committal of so outrageous
a crime but / desire il 10 be distinctly
understood that the negro was not
resident of Itawamba county. We huve
no such in our county. and do not know
if colored man in the county who does
not deprecate the deed as much as the
the whites DO. Sam Wallace had recently
broke Jail in Corinth.
Yours, etc,
Eli PHuLIrs.
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FOURTH DISTRICT.
SINGLETON AND NILES.
SAILS, Oct. 9th, 1875.

SAILS, Oct 9th, 1876.
EDS CLARIoN-Thinking your readers
and friends of our cause might be pleased
to hear somewhat concerning the first
encounter between the old war horse,
0. r. Singleton, and his present compel
itor, Hon. Jason Niles, which occurred
here yesterday, l will report briefly.
Col. Singleton might have said, after the
discussion yesterday evening, f'Ueni, vidi,
vici, " for surely the Judge felt worsted,
and realized that he was carrying too
much dead weight, and labored under
that consciousness of the great wrong he
had sought to do his State and the South
by his votes for the Force Bill, and in the
State Convention of SO, together with
his inability to clear his skirts of the
odium attaching to his party, on account
of profigate expenditure of public money
and enormous taxation, all of which were
held up by Col. S., in such bold and
glowing style that our sympathy began to
rise for the prisoner at the bar" guilty
though we knew him to be of the fearful
charges.
Those who remember Col. Singleton,
his eloquence in days gone by when equal
foemen met, are forcibly reminded of
those spirited jurists which attracted al
ways the intelligence and beauty of the
land.
The effect of this first rencounter be-
tween the two candidates for Congress
must be most beneficial to our cause in
this section, in convincing the doubtful
and rousing up the lukewarm to proper
action. Several negroes listened to the
debate with marked attention, and after
wards expressed themselves satisfied that
Col. Singleton had told the truth.
Judge Niles was SO hard pressed by
the overwhelming and unanswerable
charges of his opponent, that he was
driven to the pitiabIe plea of the bloody
shirt and Southern patent outrages, read
ing reports of such from Northern pa
pers; also charging the Democratic party
as being always and Persistently revolu,
tionary in character fomenter of
strifes, &C., and referring for proof to
the whisky rebellion in 2 Pennsylvania, the
notification in South Carolina, DORIS
rebellion in Rhode Island, and, worst OF
all, to the late rebellion. He very con-
veniently forgot the little s secesh" con-
vention at Hartford during the war of
1812-thus reminding us that '' those
who live in glass houses ought not to
throw stones" Judge Niles said one
thing very creditable to him and unusual
for one of his party, to-wit, that those
men who go throHgh the country and tell
the negro that any party wishes to re-
mand them to slavery again, is either
fool or has a wicked object to accomplish.
l do not quote his words exactly, but
such was their exact import.
Col Singleton is doing his duty faith
fully, and if any true man who desires
the restoration of peace, prosperity and
economy to our State and country viii
do his part half as well, there will be no
doubt as to the result, and the Ides OF
November will find our State in the
hands of honest and competent men.
Yours hopefully,
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BRAVADO.

Gov. Ames marched his negro militia,
full armed and equipped, to Edwards
through Clinton and back again, without
molestation, and with great flourish of
drums and ffes-and the people for
whom the insult was intended RETAINED
from any hostile demonstration whatevery
thus giving the lie to the charge that
they were seeking to disturb the peace.
Nevertheless, the Pilot, the official organ,
taunts them in this style. Maks note /
Comment is unnecessary: =
elf Capt. Caldwell ever talks Latin,
he can say ueni, vidi, vici, which means !:
1 carried the guns to Edwards Depot
and have returned with twice as many
men as l started with. What an excel
lent recruiting officer the Captain would
make p
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The Ohio EIectIon-The Issues.

1t now turns out, after all the buster
and boasting, that the Hayes majority in
Ohio was merely nominal. A regular
correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune,
which contributed not little to the sup
port of the Republican ticket, confirms
our statement that the " bloody shirt" cut
no figure in the election, and that the
Radical leaders avoided it as a weapon
which would have done them more harm
than benefit. The Tribune correspond
ent of the election wrote:
" 1t ought to be understood by those
who are watching the struggle from the
outside that a Republican victory here
cannot be construed as a triumph of
Grantism' No attempt has been made
to defend the National Administration in
the canvass, and the efforts of the Dem
ocratic leaders to draw the Republicans
on to that ground have been uniformly
unsuccessful. No matter how much
Democratic orators and organs talked
about Grants shortcomings, they could
get no reply from their antagonists, who
kept up their blows unremlttlngly on Cne
one issue of imitation. Mr.. Morton's
feeble attempt to &c wave the bloody
shirt" early in the canvass, threatened
to make diversion, and if the Republi-
can leaders had not been wiser than the
dangerous ally whom they had summoned
from Indiana, the fight would have been
shifted to the very ground where the
Democrats wanted it. The waVering
lines were speedily reformed, however,
and the combatants who went off after
Mr.. Morton were recalled to the column
directed against the chosen point of
attack.
"The school question has played some
part in the canvass, but always in subor-
dination to the currency issue. Of late,
it has been almost lost sight of. There
was good deal of humbug in it, and yet
it had basis of reality"
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Mississippi at the Centenn iaI.


Director G eneral GoshorD has advised
the State Board for Mississippi that sew
eral of the States have secured space in
the Park, for the erection of buildings for
State headquarters, and inquiries if it is
the intention of Mississippi to erect such
building. 1t is certainly very desirable
that Mississippians who may attend the
Centennial shall have the benefit of
central place at which to register, meet
and consult, and we hope that the State
Board will be able to provide suitable
Mississippi Headquarters at the Centen-
NAL. Our State, we have no doubt, will
make credible display of its resources
and Industries.
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Two Dollars a Year.
The COIOred DeEnOcraLIc.COnser
nfiVe Club Of Ice County.
TUPELo, Miss,

IUPELo, Miss,
Oct. 9th, 1870. I
( The colored voters of the vicinity OF
fupelo, Lee county, met at the court
house, in Tupelo, on Saturday, Oct. 9th,
1873, for the purpose of organizing a
colored Democratic and Conservative
Club.
The meeting was organized by the Sc
lection Of Jacob Cummings, COL, tempo
rary chairman, and {. 7. Kimbro,
Secretary. A. L. White, col. Democrat,
and George Williams, col. Republican,
addressed the meeting, after which j. NJ.
Allen, addressed the meeting.
Forty colored voters having enrolled
their names, they proceeded to the per
manent organization of the Club, by the
selection of the following officers
Jacob Cummings, President Nathan
Freeman, LIST Vice President JEFF
Hamilton, I'd Vice-President c. T.
KimbrO, Secretary; Jessie James, Treas
urer.
After the organization stirring, sensible
and patriotic speeches were made by
Jacob Cummings and JEFF Hamilton,
after which the following resolutions were
adopted
1st. Resolved, That the name of this
club shall be the Colored Central Demo-
cratic Conservative Club of Lee county.
2nd. Resolved, That we cooperate
with the white Central Democratic-C Con
sentative club of Lee county, and that
we adopt the bylaws and resolutions of
that club; and plant ourselves squarely
upon the broad and liberal platform of
the Democratic-C Conservative party and
pledge ourselves to vote and act with it
so long as it shows disposition to give
us justice, equal rights and free schools
3rd. Resolved, That every mem Der of
the club be constituted a committee to
muster up recruits by the next meeting.
Resolved, That copy of these pro-
ceedings be furnished the editors of the
jackson CLARION, with the request that
the same be published
Col. w. l.. Clayton was invited to
address the club at its next meeting.
The club adjourned to meet again next
Friday night
JACOB CUMMINGS, Pres't.
G. I. KIMBRo, Secretary.
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WNRscwssfOm mt IA Oac1M&R6O between
AfupIefOu nud NIIee-The Rad
ical Champion Badly
WOrSae6s
r.

KosCIUsKo, MISS, Oct. II, 1875.
DEAR CLARIoN-Attala is enthused.
Saturday last is day never to be for
gotten 6y the people of Attala.
Singleton, our candidate for Congress,
met Niles in Joint discussion, IN Kosci-
usko. before a large crowd, and COM
pletely annihilated him. Niles was re-
minded of what the people OF this locality
had done for him; how he had been
warmed into a successful financial lite,
and how he had gone back upon the very
people who had made him; and how he
had pronounced libel and SANDER in
voting for the Force bill. When Single
tor got through speaking, and Niles
tried to reply, he reminded one OF the
bashful schoolboy, who was forced to
declaim by his teacher. On the
conclusion of the discussion there was
unanimous request that Singleton would
sneak at night, so that the ladies might
attend. True to his cause and party, he
consented. and the Court House was full,
and although the old patriot had spoken
six times during the week, he delivered
an addres on our political situation that
convinced and captivated every one that
heard him. Niles is done for In Attala,
and the I'd of November will demon
strate the fact, and it will be due, In a
large measure, to the skinning our able
Congressional standard-bearer gave him
here on the 9th inst.
We look for Major Barksdale here on
the 10Th; expect to have large crowd
and a good time, as is always the case
when Barksdale gets after these nice,
pure Republicans of Attala.
Yours truly,
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Elsewhere we publish the proceeding:
of the colored Democratic Conservative
Club of Tupelo, Lee county. A promi
nent member of the club, Mr., c. T.
Kimbro, in forwarding the proceedings,
writes:
THE colored people of Lee county are
8 being thoroughly aroused. They are
. determined not to longer support the
present corrupt administration, but
g with one combined effort with the good
/" white citizens of the State, redeem it
from the hands Of the carpet-bagger and
scalawag."
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1nsettle the country, by which they hope
PLAY GRAB

unsettle the country, by which they hope
| TO
PLAY GRAB
at whatever GENES in sight, and they
most always make for the offices. He Is
In favor of Kidding the country of these
disturbers, SO that the quietly-disposed
may pursue their avocatiOns of industry
IN peace. he was pretty severe on some
schOolteachers who have essaved to lead
the colored mind by instiIling into them
more Of politics than of common sense
which always is made use of in the cam
paigns, and by which the aforesaid teach
er Is almost always promoted to some
position where there is
MORE MONEY THAN LABOR,
and by which they are enabled to fill their
pockets with the hard earnings of the
toilers Of the soil, and then HE away to
other and more salubrious chimes. Our
informant dwelt upon this class in about
this vein for some length, which leads to
the conclusion that the colored people
have been greatly imposed upon by the
fanatical school-teacher. He returned
to trlar's Point yesterday evening by the
luickstep, saying, as he parted with us,
that he had come to Memphis on bust
ness, which he had transacted satisfaeto-
rily, and now he was
GOING TO RETURN HOME
where he would pursue his business ac-
cording to his own notion of how it should
be done, and hoped, for the good of all
that no one would attempt to |
modest him in SO doing. He believes that
the next election in Mississippi will result
in glorious victory to the Conservatives,
and himself will be strong supporter of |
Judge Reid for Sheriff of Coahoma
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Got Him There.

The following is related in the Crystal
Springs Monitor:
In his speech at Pine Bluff recently,
g Little Bobbie" said he would like 10 see
a Democratic negro, and requested, #
there was one present, he would rise up
and show himself In response 30 this
call, fine looking negro man rose up.
$50 you are a Democrat y said Bob.
eyes, sir, am, was the reply.
"Well," said Bob, 81 would be asham-
ed to tell it." And then, turning ID bis
crowd, he continued: " Ny cOlored
friends, if were you / wouldn't feed that
Teller any longer" Quick as d fash came
the response BY golly, sir they
don't feed me feed about twenty of
them"
The force of the retort will be apprecia-
ted when it is known that the negro man
making it is a planter, and employs d
good many hands on his farm.
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wesley Johnson lcOIOr'd) Explains.

RANKIN COUNTY, Oct. %, 1875.
EDS. CLARION: Some days ago my
attention was called to an article in your
paper in which a correspondent from
Rankin attributed TO me the most violent
and incendiary language made in speech
recently. Copying the language used by
me, and this violent language has been
added to by the Brandon Argus, in which
it makes me use language too shameful
for me even to repeat in this article. The
speech referred to was made at Spring
Hill, Rankin county, in August-and
fortunately for me there were lOhtte Demo
Gratis present acho heard me, and who have
known me from my boyhoOd in Rankin
county, where / was raised by the late
John b. Lewis, Esq, and who | know
will say no such language was used and
nothing like it. These Democrats were
Mr.. Tandy Warmley, Mr.. Abner Nor
rel, Mr.. John Steen, and others. They
heard what said and talked to me pleas
antly about my remarks after the meet
ing. They are honorable and truthful
men who will do me the justice to say
there is no truth in the remarks attribu-
ted to me.
/ know, Mr. Editor, you do not wish
to do me an injustice. viii you do me
the favor to publish this, and if you wish
further assurance, call on the Democrats
| refer to.
WESLEY JOHNSON.
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YaxOO County.
YAzoo COUNTY, Oct. 18th. 1875.

YAzoo COUNTY, Oct 18th, 1875.
EDITORS CLARION Knowing your
desire to have information of the pros
poets of the Democratic Conservative
party in all parts of our State, l presume
a few items from Yazoo would not be
amiss. You are doubtless aware that we
have been organizing for some weeks
past; that we have a strong ticket in the
field, and are determined, if work and
unity of action will win, to carry this
county for the Democracy. ColoTed
clubs are being organized every few days,
ard many of the strongest Radicals
among the colored people have openly
avowed their intention to vote the Dem
ocrat1c- Conservative ticket, let come what
will. Yours respectfully,
G.. j. DUBUIssON.
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Third District.
Aberdeen Fxaminer.1

Aberdeen Examiner.l
On Thursday Capt. H. d. Money, our
nominee for Congress, challenged Capt.
F. H Little, one Of his opponents, to a
joint discussion at the Court House at
night, but Capt. Little did not meet
him, and Capt Money in a graceful
speech introduced himself to his constit-
uents of Monroe, and discussed the policy
and platform of our party.
After be had concluded, Major A. j..
Sykes and Mr.. J. NJ. Trice, our nominees
for the Legislature, and Gen. Davis, de.
livered short addresses, and were followed
by Mr.. L. H Bristow-whO bore ouI
banner 50 gallantly as candidate for the
Legislature, in the memorable campaign
of 1868-in one Of the finest speeches thai
it has ever been our good fortune Il
listen to.
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A Lost slave.

In the days of African slavery, when
a master lost valuable slave by disease,
he was quite regretful, because of his
pecuniary loss, and because of his real
affection for his servant. This regret,
however, is not comparable to the intense
grief exhibited by your carpet-bag poll
tician, when the finds one of his colored
party slaves severing party allegiance and
asserting manhood and independence, by
joining the Democrats. Verify, this
second slavery of the negro was more
degrading than his first servitude.
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WE can almost hear the shrieks of the
wounded and dying, the roar of artillery,
the rattle of musketry, and "all the
pomp and circumstance of glorious war;"
Pilot.
You may be able to hear all of those
things the next time Ames' illegal negro
militia invades a peaceable community.
We can't say positively, but we have an
impression that the next tramp they take
will afford them more soldierly amuse-
ment than merely cheering as they
march along the road.
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The patience OF our people is exciting
wonder in other States. The Cumber-
land, Illinois, Democrat says:
"We cannot see how any honest man,
let him be Southern or Northern born,
can uphold the infamous bayonet govern
ment of this carpet-bag thief, whom, not
the taxpayers and brains of the State
placed at the head of the Govern
ment of Mississippi, but the ignorant and
vicious elements of society, negroes and
Northern thieving carpet-baggers.
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ntdn,sh, Robbery Advocated.
Aberdeen Examiner

Aberdeen Examiner
At a meeting Of the Radical club Of
Aberdeen, on Monday night called %
order by the Sheriff Of the county, and
presided over by Neal Anderson, lcoI)
superintendent Of city street hands, Field
Bumpass, COLI, one Of the city Alder
men, addressed the meeting, publicly
proclaiming that in the event of the
white people refusing 10 employ colored
men next year because they voted the
Radical ticket, the colored people would
rob the smoke-houses, and he, the speak
er would not starye so long as he Was Il
well man.
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The Clarion.

We have to thank our friend, the Old
Youth of the Forrest Register, for the
following enthusiastic reference to our
paper:
The CLARION, in its daily and weekly
has obtained nitroglycerine, and all the
latest and most improved explosives and
loads its Gatlin Gun Herewith and Lord !!
Lord when she fires how the RAIDS fall.
Her Clarion voice is as clear as the music
of the spheres, and convincing as holy
writ. Everybody and their families
ought to read The CLARION.
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We are glad to see that this young
man, CIV. III. Mannery), has sense and
self-pride enough to go with the white
people, his only true friends.
Argus.
= Not with his ''white friends" only but
good men of both races, who desire to
promote the best interests of the country.
His motive was not TO 90 with friends, y
but for his country.
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a Northern Republican view OF
GInc Situation in mississippi.


n. Y. Tribune. llthl
All accounts agree in placing the rr-
sponsibility for the conflict Of arms at
Friar's Point, Mississippi, upon the color
ed Sheriff, Brown. It's further apparent,
from representations of leading Republi-
cans as well as Democrats, that i'm this
case at least the contestants are arrayod
according to their color or partisan
sympathies. In the words OF Senator
AlcOrn, "good men Of all parties arc
combined to prevent any outbreaks"
Such combination seems unusually
desirable since the State Government, ut
the head Of which Gov. Amcs, makes no
attempt TO preserve tho peace. aud the
ringleaders of the riot are Judicial officers
Of the county which is the scene Of the
disturbance. There Is gIcam of hope
for Mississippi 10 that influential men
of both parties agree a. never before that
the present State Administration Is uu-
worthy Of confidence or respect, and that
it ought to be radically changed. The
best change that could be made would
proceed from the defeat of the party
libelously labeled Republican at the State
election in November next.
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Grand Rally at BrOOkhaVen.

Special to Vicksburg Monitor.I
BRooKHAvEN, MISS, Oct. 10, 1875.
A grand Democratic barbecue was
given at this place to-day. Great enthu-
siasm prevails About one hundred ne
groes joined in the procession tonight.
Col. Ben. King made a speech here to-
day, and excoriated the Radicals most
severely. About three thousand people
took part in the procession. The Sixth
District is alive to its duty, and Roderick
Seal will be our next Congressman.
LEFT FIELD.
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cor does any unlawful act to secure
an opportunity to vote for himself, or
any other person. ~. s. laws as It APP
peared IN the Times.
Get off the ticket or got out of the
Office, and yet nobody is arrested.
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FIOundering.

Break the backbone of viper, and
the reptile is done for, although he will
Wriggle aad founder for a time. The
backbone of the Radical party is broken
now; and we are malicious enough to
witness the death struggles of the mon
ster with feelings of placid enjoyment.
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The Candid IN ties for Senators for
the Counties of LOWndes, Ok
Iibheh0 and COlfAX.
Columbus independently

Columbus independent
In She names of Hon. VIM. III. Sims,
of Columbus, and Fred. Barry, Esq,
of West Point, the Democrats and Con-
servatives of Colfax selected two gallant
men to represent them for the State SEN
ate, and we have no doubt they will
prove acceptable and show a host of
strength in Lowndes and Oktibbeha,
Judge Sims is Democrat of the Con-
servative school, as true in peace as he
was in war, learned, wise and firm.
Fred. Barry is the Prentiss of East Mis-
sissippi, good lawyer, and an honest
man.
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CAPT. C. III. CAMPBELL, of Koscius-
ko, one of the leading Democrats in his
section, is making himself useful to his
party by organizing Democratic clubs In
various parts of his county, and doing
such other things as are required of him
in the premises by his party friends.
That is vel. Yazoo Herald.