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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

At meeting of the Natchez, Jackson
and Columbus Railroad Directory, held
yesterday, the contract of the company
with Dabney q Co., FOR the completion
Of the road to Fayette was annulIed. 1t
will be remembered that two extensions
have been already granted on this con-
tract. The first contract was to com
plete the road by the first of November.
The last extension expires to-day. The
company has a reserve on the contract
Of nearly 81, 900, which is forfeited by
the contractors. The President of the
company was authorized to make a new
contract for the completion of the road,
to Fayette, and it is hoped now that all
may be done in six or seven weeks
Natchez Democrat.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

The house resolution calling on At
torney-General Pierrepont for an expIa-
nation OF his letter of instructions TO dis
trict attorneys, IN contravention of the
long established rule concerning the tes-
tilmony OF accomplices in criminal ac-
tons, Will afford the encouragement an
opportunity to clear this letter of the
suspicious it excited. Mr.. Pierrepont
has made one effort to explain it that
was not successful; but he stated that.
when the letter was fairly understood. i
Will be approved. This may be true; at
all events, the encouragement now has
a chance to shaw, if he can, that it was
not intended for the benefit of Babcock
st. Louis Republican.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

THE report of the Committee to inves-
tigate the charges against Coy, Ames, Of
abuse of power, gross violation of the
laws, in some instances, and criminal
neglect to execute them in others, and of
instigating riot, lawlessness, and blood
shed-will be found in another column,
together With the recommendation of the
Committee that he be impeaohed and
put on trial as utterly unfit to be entrust-
ed with the office he is pretending TO fill.
The testimony, which will become a
part of the archives of the State, and an
enduring record of carpet-bag misrule,
left no other alternative but the finding
of the Committee for impeachment.
Now let the House Of Represen-
tatives emulate the example of the Com
mittee in the performance Of the solemn
trust imposed upon them by the people to
take care that the commonwealth suffers
no harm,
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montgomery and WIFE Vs.. q
Walker, No. I77R.
Per Curiau.

Suit was brought mt law against ...
in error TO the December term. Is-. H..
Court of Jefferson county. The I
WAS issued ten days, but was execute
four days, before the first day ofU.h
Der term. At the next July Term
judgment by default was rcuder.
both defendants. On the trial oiHem
error it was insisted that this gumm.
invalid, and am alias writ Should mw
issued returnable to the July term H
]. Under the provisions of MO I.
1871, 869j, this process was un
turnable to the December term
been issued within 1--WE DAYS before
cember term, then It should L4gr
turnable to the July term.
IL. The service OF the summon. m-
before the December term wa, lpt.
served To give notice Of the suit. rr
not have authorized q Judgment
time, bat did authorize ID iulgmcu
next ensuing term held Boz July .a
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

WE are requested by Judge Harris tc
say, that the very fattering recommend
alton by the Vicksburg Herald of him
self for high judicial position is duly
appreciated, but needs a prompt response
lest his position might be misunderstood.
The present opportunity to reconstruct
the Judiciary should net be lost, as he
thinks, nor its transcendent Importance
overlooked; but his resolution not TO ae-
cept office, and especially the one sug-
gested, is infiexible; and the more in
flexible because the materials for making
a good Judiciary are abundant, if the
Senate and Governor shall free them
selves from all obligations except those
of duty TO the State.
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OGGenSes for which an Officer ma v
be Empenched.

Said Senator Howe distinguished Re-
publican authority,) in his opinion on the
| trial of Andrew johnson: can officer
may be impeached, not alone for what
g the law defines to be a crime, but for
what the Court (the Senate may think
" such as immortality, or imbecility, or
g maI-admiRistrdtion az makes him unfit to
g exercise the office. In 1904 Judge of
50 the United States District Court for the
District of New Hampshire, was i'm
"peached and removed from office There
were four articles in the impeachment
three of them presented the defendant
-" for maL-administration IN making certain
" orders IN court, the fourth charged him
with drunkenness. Neither charged an
" ;ndictabIe otense." Now the House Com
mittee have found Gov. Ames guilty of
% NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." in many instances.
He has usurped the functions of the Judi
ciary; set aside the prerogative of the
Senate, in appointing Judges, and pun
ished them by expulsion, for refusing to
comply with his wishes. He has en-
ployed the military to decide questions
which it was the province Of the courts
to determine. He has encouraged riots,
to sacrifice the lives of citizens for parti-
san purposes, and 10 produce troubles,
that g he might quench them IN blood
IF all this, and a thousand offences be-
sides, is not mal-administration in
office, and does not subject the offender
to trial by Impeachment, and removal on
conviction, what, in the name of justice,
and reason, and common sense, does?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

To decline to impeach Ames would be
an acquittal of the charges against him,
SO far as the House of Representatives is
concerned; but that body has no riglt to
pronounce such judgment, and cannot
refuse to put him on trial, if there are
well -grounded evidences of guilt, which
no one can deny. 1t will be for the Senate
to determine whether the facts, when
presented on trial, are sufficient to con-
vict him of having set the Constitution
and laws NJ defanne
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01
THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.
Voice Of the Press ana the People.

| Natchez Democrat
Judging from the composition of the
committee, all able men, and from the
character for cool and sound Judgment of
its chairman, Gen. Featherston, it is
quite reasonable to suppose that if their
report be in favor of impeaching, the inn
parchment will not fail. In this conneo-
ton we can only repeat what we said
several days ago, that we can conceive of
no harm that could possibly come Of i'm
parchment, even though it should fail,
(which We new regard as extremely I'M
likely comparable in magnitude to that
which must come from leaving this pub
lie enemy uDdisturbed to carry out, with
the full powers of Governor, his part of
the Morton ct al. conspiracy against the
peace and welfare of our State. Let
him be impeaehed and removed, and let
him be driven from the State with the
brand of ipfamY upon his brow, that he
may be known of all men as an outcast
from a people to whom he was an alien,
whom he governed while he hated them,
villihed when he should have shielded
them, allowed to be plundered when he
should have protected them, and con-
spired against when they had shown him
magnanfmity.
On Wednesday the House was to con-
slider Cardozo's case and check him off
with Davis. So off he goes. Now for
Ames, the captain of the pirates. the
leading thief, the. dirtiest of them all.
If Davis and Cardozo are disreputable,
Ames is doubly so. His name is ii very
stencil in our nostrils. Let the people |
Of the North hear the whole tale. Ames, |
Davis and Cardozo on trial, what |
sweet detail will be unearthed, to form a |
sequel to the Tale of Shirt
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01
The Remedy by Impeachment.

If an offense, to be impeachable, must
be indictable and punishable in the ordi-
nary judicial tribunals, (said Senator
Yates, in his opinion in the case of An
drew johnson, vol. 3, p. 113) why did
-" not the Constitution leave the whole
g." matter to a grand jury and criminal
courts? The most learned in the law
=" cannot strengthen that view which is
" obvious to the most cursOry student of
1.-the Constitution, viz: that impeach-
''ment is a form Of trial provided for
Z" cases which lack, as well as those which
" do not contain, the features of indicta-
/" BILE crime"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

The horrid news reached town yester-
day, with the order for his coffin, of the
cold-b!ooded murder of Frank Pressly,
step-son of our fellow-citizen, John NJ.
L. Reid, by whose name the unfortunate
young man was known Of late years. A
the information we could obtain yester-
day from Mr.. Reid himself, or any other
source, was that Frank was sitting eating
his supper, on Thursday night, and was
shot through the window and killed by
some unknown assassin. This occurred
on his farm, near Nashville, in Noxubee
county, where he had lived since last
year. He was known to have been very
firm with his laborers, and developments
may show that this fact inspired murder
in the.heart of some worthless scoundrel
in his employment. -Columbu indie
pendent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

Vicksburg Sentinel

Vicksburg aentinel1
IHE CLARION of the 18th had an ed
ltorlai on the centennial appropriation by
our Legislature, in which it dissents
from the report of the committee in favor
OF an additional appropriation, and saws
The State is in debt the people are
impoverished and loaded down with
taxes. 1t is not a question of public
spirit, nor of patriotism, nor of bridging
over the bloody chasm. 1t is simply q
question of ability" These are our SEN
timents
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01
What the People Say.

FRIAR's POINT, Mss, Feb. 20, 1876.
EDITORS CLARION: Please find postoffice
order for subscription for CLARION, to L. l..
Johnson, Esq, Clarksdale, COahoma county,
Miss. We wish to have THE CLARION read
By the friends of our distinguished Sena-
tors, James l.. AIcOrn and James r. ChaI-
mers, both residents of our little city. l
have had the pleasure of seeing Gen. Chal
mers' speech, and am proud of the trust
worthy public servant who is not afraid nor
ashamed to acknowledge the patriotism,
truth and honor of JEFFERSON DAVIS.
j. L. S.
BELLEFONTAINE, Miss, Feb. %, 1876.
EDITORS CLARION: Enclosed find two
dollars. Send WEEKLY CLARION to NJ. d.
l.. Howell, BelIefontaine Miss. The senti-
ment here is Impeachment and no compromise.
Yours truly,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

THE declaration against Grant, Cor s
third term and for Blaine, by the Re,
publicans of Wisconsin, has bad look
for the administration, as we'll as for
Morton-the hope and expectancy of the
carpet-baggers. There is no malice in
Blaine, nor fanaticism-he is simply an
expert demagogue, who revived the war
issues to help himself to the Presidency.
Once in power, something like the spirit
of fairness and moderation, which he
displayed in the Speakers chair, would,
no doubt, be developed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

The steamer MARITIME, Sam. Poitevent
master, landed at our wharf on Sunday
Iast' and left the same evening for
4oungblood's landing, some thirty miles
above this--several of our citizens taxing
passage on her for a pleasure trip. on
Monday she returned with fifty bales of
cotton taken on above. She took on
twenty-seven bales here, and left Tuesday
for New Orleans.-Monticello SUNNI
South, WAY
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

The last news from Washington is
that the Texas and Pacific Railroad Com.
mittee had failed to get a quorum and
adjourned for week on account of the
absence of its members. Good. IF il
will adjourn for an indefinite period-or
say until the 1st Monday of January
1877-so much the better.
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Cases Decided Mondsv D
Ia. - AlOn-lut
Admir-, No a..ougb.

o0'"'o" Of ae coar, By sn.
Moifltt, "a creditor oft,.
hunath, deceased. fr.t.,. ''.4.M
against LOughridgr. A.f...N.'l
hnal settlement ANA accom-.
On Am account, comm.
showing a balance Of Syg M .l.
Administrator was eyca,...i ~. ...a
plalnant, on the toil0tyig., 20 By
the Administrations was r- .'.
eral sums, amounting D.. -t...
was personally chargrIbl. i-'.
its which he could nav. 0l e...
nary dlilgehee; third hr ,h....
charged for the sale off I.-
fourth, because OF pNes..l
commission. The eXcarr. -.r
ruled and the report roufir..r a.
tial facts are as follows. H.. I'D.
IN 1861, leaving iewelfar,. .'.'.
worth about $4,000. Anarr..
made for sale OF thi. sf,..i
sale appears IN the record q
Illustrator insisted ,ugn r.. %"
and lost, and introduced ..Ir.. H..
showing sale for abuuf X
states, was paid Tn torlIM
which persisted IN hl. hand.
Of chooses in action. Imnu
were sold uuCcr au or.i.,
twenty-five cents. Th, lI...
sists, IN his answer tMW
of the estate were iu,o|y..,
mony showed that loa.....'
might have been COLLECTED
The evidence tended d.
appropriated 70 his owg n.I...'.
and had collected spy..r
in good money. He Wa. ......
sions generally on the uou.r.I
per cent. Hcid;
The Judgment against
claimed by Is. =. Monltf Ma. D.
W. NJ. Moilatt and assigned "a.
Martin, creditor OF ". N u
powers OF garuishmeut against
Administrator, but the lrr.-
sweriEg the writ, had uutIra..
meut OF the debt. IEla.
/. The rule as 10 an AIu,i.....
possibility for Confederate m..
received It in good faith. auI...
il either to creditors or di.rr.....
use il for his own purpose. lu..
separate fund, he Is non Ii4lI..l
citation or loss. Where be- (. r.
should only be chargeab.. y
value. lActs lSG5, p. ll2. % NJ.
Miss. OF
H. An Administrator 4. .....
reasonable diligence io collect.
due 20 the estate, and where
of his negligence, he Is personal.
able. Where the claims are .....
sonablc time l. allowed him 0...
to collect. and then thr urr-nm.
that he has collected, or 0ugH....
50, and IL devolves upon Dim ..
himself.
Ill ON the facts OF the ease t.
inoquir1blc To allow the Adm.
commissions at five per cent o.r..
nal value OF the estate d. ,..s.
schedule and Inventory.
Nv. The A Administrator having 4.
the assignment OF the iudgm, I'M.
sWering The writ 81 g4rui-hmp.r /.
pie line 10 have made the dpI.u..
objection cannot prevail against /.
plainHnt's right 20 maintain tlI, n...
Not having paid tile iudgmcnrmH
iual plaintltl or the garui-hreHg
the Court of equity has ample d.
protect the administrator against.
Reversed anil rtmguH.#
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

If our people want peace and the en-
forcement of the laws, they must i'm
peach and remove from office the Gov
ernor who habitually violates the Con-
stitution and laws, foments strife and
encourages riots that he may "queneh
them In blood"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

Mr.. Parsons, of course, thinks
Ames' course "was very mild" in the
Vicksburg troubles Mr. Parsons was a
leading member of the black and tan
convention of 1868.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

DURING the tendency of the impeach-
ment trials, Mississippi expects every
Senator to be "present or accounted for. ]"
1t is no time for lodging. for the eyes of
the whole State are upon this Court of
last resort. Aberdeen Examiner.
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Tribute Of Respect.

To the Eminent Commander ant ~ ~
Of Mississippi Commanders No. i' ....
Your committee appointed 90 " ,..-.. .
lutions i'm memory of our Iala
Knight w. J.. WARE. report: ,r--H.
Whereas, In answer 10 our hra.
challenge, the intelligence is Drou-...0.
Asylum Of the death, on the zl,l W.. ar
Sir Knight WILLIAM Lynch Ah'T
remains we have to-day, Win "Ff'
honors, deposited in the grave .h. elr.
Resolved, That, by his death, ~, ba6t
tie is severed which bound ms lo 80 lrir
companion, whose sword was new vh.
but in defense ct tho right T.. svtelia
knIghtly courtesy was ever Het'1
to both friend and honorable ~ ,,o ts5H
Resolved, That to his fam Kn.as
the sympathy Of sorroWns 9.ib AMI y
and in remembrance OF his Wol s-,.orls
love we bore him, we drape our
banners in mourning. r,,,sroN
r. J.. SAuNpaa'
MATT. r. AsMt,s
Cnmmlle
Resolved by the Commanues,3 tbe n0
above resolutions be spread hPIImo widow
utes, and a copy rendered 70 'N'
the deceased.
From the record. ....rrr. Jr4
JNo' a. 'A''' Recofl''
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

In view of the refutation Of the charges
on which U. S. troops have been quar-
tered in the counties OF Pike and Amite,
thereby conveying an unfounded impu-
tation of Iawlessness against the people
thereof, the House Of Representatives,
on motion of DIR. Walden, mas adopted a
resolution to memorabilia the President
to order the withdrawal Of the said
frnOns
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

CEssoR, the leader of the black line
Legislature of 1875, rallied the black
liners, yesterday, in the House, ON the
vote to sustain the Speakers decision
that the Committee could amend their
report. The black-liners were against
the decision ten strong, viz: Brown,
Cessor, Edwards, Hussey (white), ia
cobs, jenkins, Jones of Issaquena, Mon
roe, Mcneil, Overton and Sanderlin.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

THE House Committee, to whom was
referred the concurrent resolution in ref
erence to refunding the cotton tax and
the joint resolution in regard to the
Texas Pacific Railroad, acted wisely in
recommending that they do not pass.
Let these measures take their places on
the calendar to be attended to next year,
or the year following, or at some other in
definite time, after the more important
matters are disposed Of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

WHEN Adelbert steps down and out,
he will have plenty of leisure time to find
out how much taxes he pays in Mississippi.
His official duties prevented his finding
out in time to tell the Congressional In
yestigatinp Committee
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

The heavy clouds that are gathering
in the House of Representatives, indicate
that the lightning will strike the Execu-
tive Office tomorrow.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

The ''hewling" taxpayers through
their representatives propose to make the
Governor, for his official misconduct.
howl little himself, by way of change.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

THE SATARTIA SENTINEL, is the title
of new Democratic journal, of which
Mr.. Albert G. Morrill,, late of Rankin
county, is the editor. 1t is well gotten
up paper, and the initial number displays
editorial ability and tact. May the Senti-
mel long keep guard over the peoples
rights.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

SOME of the Georgia papers are still
moaning over the departure of SO many
negroes for the Mississippi bottoms. If
the white idlers will now 60 to work the
negro exodus viii soon prove a bles sing
in disguise.-Vicksburg Herald.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

The black-liners, by their votes,
show that they would be as vicious as
ever if they had the power.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

THE Constitution of the United States
guarantees to each State republican
form of government. Now has AIissis-
sippi such a form of government, when
it is administered by a Governor who re-
fuses to regard the laws enacted by the
peoples representatives and sets up his
will as the paramount authority of the
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

WHEN prominent citizen of Vicks-
burg informed his Excellency that the
people Of Warren county would stand
the official thieves no longer, Ames re-
piled that he was placid. Is he placid
vet
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01
Ae. III. BARRY " -, Calvin
naBu.

Opinion Of the Couf Jy Smgul
The case was reviewed 0u b.. a#
question of law being involved /.
held that the facts did not warrant
versal. affirmed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

THE REToRT COURTEOUS This little
incident is related by Sigma" in the
Ripley Advertiser
Dr. Compton, the Superintendent of
the Lunatic Asylum, who is being in
vestigated by the Senate, while rolling
along the street day or two since, met
two worthless, to-wit A. X. Davis and
t. w. Cardozo, who proposed to console
the Doctor with the reflection that they,
too, were about to be " offered up"
Compton replied that he had never in
his widest moments dreamed that he
should ever Re placed in position so
nearly like that of the blessed Saviour
of the world, on Calvary, to be crucified
between two thieves. 1t is said that
Davis and Cardozo needed some conso-
lation about that time.
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~,,o.oI Democratro Committee

The National Democratic Committee
resolved to continue its headquarters at
Washington, and take such steps as may
he necessary to secure the organlIa'ioh
of the several States, and the chairIheh
of committees in respective states are
requested to cooperate. THANKS were
rendered to Col. Coke, OF willard s. lOr
the free use of Willard Hall. senator
Ransom. of North Carolina, offered the
following resolution, which was adoPteu
with applause: "That the unanimous
thanks of the National Democratic Com
mittee are hereby voted to Augustus
Scbell for his able, faithful and ener-
oetic discharge of duties as chairman
for the past year. w
II was said by some of the Western
members of the National Democratic
Committee, Yesterday, that the financial
platform. which will be prepared by the
House Caucus Committee, based on
Representative Payne's bill, Will De such
that the Democracy can safely present II
to the Western voters.
THE ADDRESS.
The National Democratic Commute
to whom is delegated the power OF tlX-
ing the time and place of holding the
National Democratic Convention of 1876,
have appointed Tuesday, the 9th day
of June next as the time, and selected
ST. Louis as the place for holding such
convention.
Each State will be entitled to repre-
sentation equal to double the number OF
its Senators and Representatives IN the
Congress of the United States, ana the
Territory of Colorado, whose admission
in July as State will give 1t vote III
the next Electoral College, is also invited
to send delegates to the Convention.
Democratic, Conservatives and other
citizens of the United States, irrespective
of past political associations, desiring to
cooperate with the Democratic party III
its present efforts and objects, are cor
daily invited to Join in sending dele
gates to the National Convention.
Cooperation is desired from all per-
sons who would change an administra-
ton that has suffered the public credit
to become and remain inferior to other
and less favored nations that has per
mitted commerce to be taken away by
foreign powers has stifled trade by un-
Just, unequaled and pernicious legisla-
ton that has imposed unusual taxation
and rendered it most burthensOme has
changed growing prosperity to wide
spread suffering and want; has squan-
dered the public money recklessly and
defantly, and shamelessly used the
power that should have been swift to
punish crime, to protect it.
For these and other reasons, The Ma
tional Democratic party deems the pub
lie danger imminent, and earnestly de-
sirous of securing to our country the
blessing of an economical, pure and free
government, cordially invite the coop
GRAFTON Of their fellow-citizens in the
effort to attain this object.
Thos. A. Walker, 5. r. Cockrill,
L,..,r,Ir Nh N.,,1,ir, wv IL Rn,rnlrnn