, 1875-10-10
MISSISSIPPI.

A VexY Dem0TallZcd Condition at
Affairs - Serious Charges 4.airsT
Gov. Ame1-The Cotton Suffering Il.
Want OF Lno0Fers TO Gather 1t.
Special D,spat-A to 7he chteaoo 1Hssat.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. 9--Ths following
are some Of the specific charges which Atsorref
General Harris ex-senator Peasa, and uriM
States District Attorney Welles, OF Mlsssari
make against Gov. Ames- They presented liza
charges to-day to Attorney-GonerA Ra.1eeeass
who recommended that they wait ar2 sh
nit their views TO the President Ths ch1ga
are: Men are appointed to important o6ess
who are destitute Of moral and msatal ftnea
Men who are noeoriously bad, soms Of Asa
being covered by criminal indictments, u
named through Ames' influence for the Lesia!sr
cure and other State Offices In Desoso Caan:7!
one negro, q nominee On the A1nes dekss n
the Legislature, has been iocareeratet IN hs
County Jail for \ greater portion OF tho pm
two years, and now Stands Indicted II
suoornation Of perjury. Another Of the and
dates Was recently pardoned from the reaits-
tiary by the Governor. CardozA the stass s.
pefintendent OF Education, uas indicted a S.F
YORK soma years ago for purloining saonsy f1en
letters, but by some means escaped trial. Go~
to Warner County, Mies-. he succeeded n s&E-
ing himself elected Clerk Of the Circuit cdus
and subsequently,, through Amer intl7sncs NJ
nominated and elected State Superintendent
Education. He has no qualifications fof TN
important position County Superintendent
are appointed BY him to promote the perscs:!
anbiton Of Ames. Indictments Tor forgery Nd
embezzlement Of the public funds Of Wt:'n
County whi1e Circuit Clerk arc now lerdf
against Cardoza, and his administration Of 10
public schoo1s ia notor1ously imbecile and a.
rupt. Anes has appointed as Chancery JcaEs
men who are incompetent, corrupt, RUG lfa1af1@
At the last session Of the Legislature A1oea SO
ceeded in having bill passed aathonzne
him to appoint aeventy-three ta1-collsctoss, -
appointments to be made in January ne.t dse
the meeting Of tho Legislature. The rutFes
Of this Was to enable Ames to giTa out neee
lucrative appointments go as tn secure 1otes1&
himself as United States Senator,
Under the State Constitution tho bhern
counties are charged With the collection o. aA
and upon an appeal the courts decided ns y"
creating ta1-co1]ectors unconstitutional
IN ths Aaeocsatsd Press.l
WAeHNaToS, D. c.. Oct. 9.--The ATTORNEY ueF
eral resumed his official duties to-day As@s
the callers were ex-United States Senator fe4'
and United States Attorney Wells, Of MISSISSIPPI,
and the State Attorney General Of Mss'ss'p.
4 lGuEkl1Y CpuFEI6dt10tA I1HuIke%1 ~
Of which the delegation assured the Atsol.s'
General that any departure from tae Fo,
cy Of the Admic istratlon already : mr. =.
Gated BY the Attorney General "oola =.
disastrous to the interests OF the stass, aaa =
pecialy would it's best citizens deplore ~ teas
ing Of troops. These gantlenan assufea e@.ss ss
P,orrepout that il matters we're left "a tne5 Mj
are. without any Interference by ths asns ueosn
Government. the result would be the 1eaSsx ss.
tion OF the Stata from many serious dnae1Is -
now existing, not among the lesst q W 10.
would be the election Of = patrioto ano 0"'aD'
Ing Legislature. ,.;.x
MExrH1s, Tenn, Oct 9.-The lAsest aa',< -:
from Friar'a Point report DO more ngna7s. w.
every thing unsettled, md the agElcue1ta .u'I n
est paralyzed. The negroes there ta!esssr .s,x,
bang Brown, the Sheriff, and Smith tns n, t.t.
date for Chancerv Clerk. If they return. n III =.
log caused the disturbance. Brown W. -
Helena at last accounts, and aln1s1t ,u..s
here. Reports from other paris OF tne ~
show great decentralization amo6g toe h~ 49,
aud great danger Of large portion Of .1es' ~,
crop being lost for want Of hands 70 psca ~ .t
In addition to the shooting adan feposI
Charleston last night among rsvai iseof ss..tf
gentleman from Grenad1 says LIST ess1"s -
an indiscrinainsts shooting oecafIss serssa
the public square there YESTERDAY I'd
Sheriff Fraock and his SOD On tho one e~1 =, IL
Htata Senator Price and his son-ln"nt ~ :" ~
other, during which some fifteen s19. s3a. ~:
fred, but no one wAs hurt Al the :ass.ca
kapuhlicAna but belonged to dl6a1eos u