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The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12
a Good WORD for "A Good Man.

We were in Jackson the first three
DAYS of the week. We saw there dis
tingushed gent men from every part of
the State, and We saw mau-stTauee tJ
say-who was not a candidate. lie was
a man who had reached the ripe years of
maturity, and had never offered himself
upon the altar Of bis country for any oi
fee. lie insists that he don't want any
Office, but how he expects people 90 bee
lieve such pre- posterous assertion ns that,
Is more than we canSay. Ncyerthe.eas,
il is certain that he has never been
candidate, and never applied for an
appointment. The gentleman is A. O..
Mayors, a leading and popular lawyer of
Rankin. We hope the new regime bro
Jackson, in their new app0rtionment and
appointment OF judges, will fix mp q
piney woods judicial district, and make
Mayors judge Of it, out Of pure revenge.
In copying the foregoing from the Me-
ridian Gazette, we desire TO supplement
it with our cordial endorsement ln all
that constitutes a true patriot, an able
lawyer, and an upright citizen, a. g.
Mavers is the peer Of the best. We Sec
ond the motion of the Gazette in regard
to to the judgeship, and viii say that if,
in the scramble" the mantle Of Supreme
Judge should fall upon one who never
"scrambles, he would wear it grace
fully and well.
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A Good FseEinninG.

The New York Times, the leading
Republican paper in the Union, admits
that the Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives has made a
good start, and if it moves forward in
the course foreshadowed by the speech of
Col. Lamar, they will deprive their po-
litical opponents of the capital with which
they have expected to be furnished in the
approaching Presidential canvass. The
Times says:
" The Democrats have also succeeded
so far in a reasonable degree in disarm-
ing whatever apprehension was felt as to
the influence Of extreme Southern MEM
bers. In this respect, their management
has been very shrewd. BY putting for.
ward the one Southern man who is not
an extremist, and not even very strong
partisan in his mode of expression and
action, and by keeping the remainder in
the background, the party has at the out
set made the best of the situation. We
have no desire to see party capital made
for the Republicans from Democratic
mistakes on the Southern question. The
fewer that occur the better for the coun-
try. 1t will be Il happy thing for all
concerned if the Southern members so
conduct themselves that no one will re-
member whether or not they are South
ern."
Now let the Democratic members set
their faces like flint against all manner of
claims" that will be trumped up and
urged for payment; let them resoIutely
resolve that the cottOn-tax refunding
scheme shall receive no favor; and de-
monstrate to the country that in forget
ing the past and its wrongs, they are
looking to the future and its hopes,
and all will be we'll
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Hons. j. M. stone and MI. NJ. street

The election of Hon. j. NJ. Stone,
President pro tenn. of the Senate, and of
Hon. III. NJ. Street, Speaker of the
House, from SO large number of able
and worthy members, was distinguished
testimonial to the qualifications and SER
vices of those gentlemen. Nothing ia
cilitates legislation so much as competent
officers, In whose integrity the bodies
over which they preside have confidence.
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- - -
DOubtS.'s

oome Of our best meaning friends, it is
U have doubts about TIE " expedi-
y of impeaching and removing
w. Ames. Doubts about placing
lrSelt beyond the reach of the viper
Il lies coiled ready to strike again with
poisonous fangs, whenever opportuni-
oilers How well does the truth, ut
ca oy the immortal poet Of nature, ap-
7:
= Our doubts are traitors.
saasiAe uiaAe It's lose the good we oft might win,
ieafihg to attempt"
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

PRESIDENT GRANTS circular addressed
TO each of the principal foreign powers,
asking if it is not time for the Admins
tration 10 interfere in the affairs of Cuba,
to stop the war, is severely criticised as a
departure from the Monroe doctrine that
foreign powers should have no voice in
the affairs of this continent. Besides it is
assumed, not without grounds, that the
Administration has its hands full of the
legitimate business of our own govern
ment without intermeddling with the
affairs of another. The country will take
no stock in war with Spain on account
of Cuba.
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Relief for Tax Collectors and Tax
payers.

The bill, under the above head. which
was introduced by Mr.. Hall, of Pamela,
has passed the House. 1t provides lst.
That the time of paying taxes shall be
until the second Monday in February,
1875. I'd. That no damages upon State,
county, school, or other tax, shall be
collected for failure to pay prior to that
date. 3D. That after that date all de-
linquent lands shall be advertised on the
second Monday of March, 1876; pro-
vided that lands, hitherto ad vertised and
sold, shall not again be advertised and
sold. 4th. That owners, or persons 9th
erwise interested, can redeem in twelve
months, by paying taxes and % per cent.
damages; provided that lands sold to the
State on the 1st of January, 1876, can be
redeemed without damages by the second
Monday of March.
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Impeachment Proceedings.

= will be seen by reference to the
OaSe proceedings that resolution, in
Puuced by Mr.. Crum, appointing a
umlttee TO investigate the official con-
q OF Lieut.. Gov. A. K. Davis, and
O'ner by Mr.. Yellowley to inquire into
OlncIal acts of Superintendent of
pOllc instruction, I. w. Cardozo, have
\ 81 adopted. Doubtless the committee
! make rigid investigation and report
early as practicable IN order that
csc officials, if there be sufficient
Ounds OF accusation, may be arraigned
'rlal IN the mode prescribed by the
|rSatutlon. Itis the. bounden duty,
y nigh privilege of the House of Rep
.0u'atlves to institute these proceed
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Impeachment Resolution.

pen. Featherston has introduced in
House a resolution for the appoint
nt OF committee to investigate tn e
elal conduct of Gov. Ames, and re-
I whether it has been such as to re-
pc that he should be impeached of
H crimes and misdemeanors, and put
trlal before the Senate. The resolu-
/ passed by an overwhelming majority.
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Grand total. .


OF the above amount in bonds, the
State holds $3.50, 900, in trust for the
Universities, which reduces the bonded
debt to S507 900, and leaves the State
debt at fraction over million of dol
lars. 1t will not be difficult for fair
minded men to see the difference between
this amount and the palpably false state
ment in circulation.
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ExpungimG RESOLUTIONS.

| cry properly, Mr.. Leigh, of Lowndes,
introduced resolutions in the House
exPunge from the journals the infa-
Rs resolutions which passed the last
ElsIature, approving and indorsing the
lders perpetrated by Gen. Sheridan
n the people Of the South, in his eel
ated g banditti' manifestos.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

A BILL to refund the cotton tax has
turned up again in Congress. We hope
that body will remember that the meas
ure is not asked for by the Southern peo-
pie, who produced the cotton and paid
the tax, but by spectators. who, for
mere song, have bought the chance of
getting the tax refunded 1t is estimated
that the gross sum of the tax collected
exceeds $50, 900, 600. 1t is shrewdlv
suspected that the Rings interest, after
deducting costs and expenses, is proba-
bly, not far from 10000, 600, and they
would cheerfulIy assign half that amount,
no doubt, to the Congressmcn who may
put the measure through. The bill re-
Gently introduced claims that the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury be directed to cause
bonds of the United States to be printed,
in sums Of 800 and upwards to 81 900,
payable at the treasury Of the United
States, at the end Of thirty years, in gold,
bearing interest at the rate of five per
cent, and that the Secretary be author
lied to turn over the amounts due each
State, in Liquidation Of the debt assessed
by the cotton tax, the States to pay in
dividuals. A howl has already been
raised over the measure in the North,
and it is pointed to as evidence that the
Confederates contemplate a system of
raiding on the treasury. We repeat that
if the Federal Government will deal
with the reconstructed States justly in
the future, and will notinterfere with them
in the management of their own local
affairs in their own way, subject, Of
course, to the restrictions imposed by the
Constitution-and treat them as co-equals
of the Northern States in all respects
the people Of these States will be perfect
ly content that the dead past shall bury its
dead in all things. They only ask to be
let alone, and above all things, they do
not desire to be held responsible for the
schemes devised, in their name, by adj
yenturous spectators, Nor.h and South.
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| lEs pet measure authorizing the
ntment of tax-colleetors, went
E the woodbine twineth in the
Ie Saturday. The bill repeating
Aw was introduced by Mr.. Meade,
lassed without opposition.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

No MORE smoking "a the hall Of the
House Of Representative. The rule
against it will be enforced r!sijiy by Mr.
Speaker Street.
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WE ought to have q message from .lo
Governor, so-called, every day-tns
waving Of the bloody shirt !, SO relro-l-
Ing to the Radical party.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

UNDER the new rules Of the Senate
the Standing Committees were elected
heretofore they have been appointed hy
the Lt.-Governor.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

We fully concgr with "Anti-RadicaP
that the selection of Judges and Chan
cellors should be confined to the men
who co-operated with the Democrats and
Conservatives in overthrowing Radical
misrule in the late election, until the
roll of capable and qualified members of
the bar in that party has been exhausted.
1t will be time enough, then, to take up
the men who have been giving aid, COM
fort and support to the most corrupt ad-
ministration that has ever disgraced any
country, and the evils of which the people
of the State viii feel when nothing shall
rem ain of it except disagreeable recol-
lection. Besides, rotation in Office is
cardinal tenet of the Democratic creed,
and the men who have abetted Radical
ism for years and enjoyed the honors
and emoluments of office during the long
and bitter period of Radical domination,
will have no right to object to the appli-
cation of the doctrine to themselves, even
tho they are possessed with learning
"above their fellows"
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

WE regret to see the Meridian Gazette
CCol +. T. Coopsrs paporJ advertised
to be sold under deed Of trust on rhe
goth, for n comparatively small amount
The financial pressure has weighed upon
all the industries Of the State, and upon
none more heavily than the newspaper
business Cooper is "a born Journalist.
good writer, a lirstcIas- gentleman, "ua-
tive and to the manor born, and iu our
heart Of heart, we wish him well u aII
things.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

THE Democrats and Conservatives
must keep up their organizations m luLI
vigor for the fall campaign, and aft.r
that time full Aedged capotnag Radg
cal will be rare sight in Mississippi
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

BY are now counting Mississippi
lg the States which are certain to
Eher votes for the Democratic Pres
Iial ticket next fall and they must
eckon without their host. Boys, 90
hear that?
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

BIZ appointment of Hon. G. w. Har-
of Kinds, Chairman of the House
hing Committee, is peculiarly appro-
le. He has been connected with the
of Mississippi more than twenty
years; is an experienced and able
balist; first,elass expert in the art
eryative of all arts, and what he
/ know about the printing business,
bt worth knowing.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

The House bill to repeal the law
authorizing the publication Of ne jour
nal in the official organ passed the Senate
and goes to the Governor.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

THE negroes in Congress (including
our LYNCH voted against the anti
third term resolutions. The colored
people are not yet much educated in the
traditions of the Republic" They are
for Massa Grant,
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

The Legislature has gene t5wors with
a will. Several important repeaIag aaI
reformitory bills have already passed .ae
House.
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Bill 30 Reduce dhe Expenses
of The SGnte.

|he House bill introduced by Mr..
per, which provides that no compen-
pn shall be allowed to any newspaper
publishing the daily proceedings of
Legislature, passed the Senate and
to the Governor for approval.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

A DISPOSITION was shown Boa both
Houses on the 5th, 10 charge tie Ezuca.
tive Office, ndpull down the bloody shirt
that is waving in the breeze.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

WoRKTNG.-It will be seen in our
legislative reports that the committee oi
both Houses are working with will on
the reiormatory bills.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

THE facetious head liner of the Chic
cago Times describes Ames' message az
an enthusiastic shaking Of the g3ry
under-garment in the breeze.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

Grant Is nominated for a third term,
noble army of carpet-baggers de-
Ames will get all the troops he
want to carry Mississippi for tn e
cal ticket next fail.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

MR. VAUGHN Of Pauola. The cuIar.I
Democratic member OF the House. acts
fully with the party both ou the floor and
in caucus.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

ONE listening to the quiet, chaste,
Impressive debates in the Senate and
! e, it can hardly be realized that
noisy, indecent, and ignorant
as the black line Legislature of
ever met in the halls of the House
representatives. of Mississippi.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

Hons. S. 7. Oldham5 Seuut0r-oIdcI
from this district, and j.. ll. Sbr1cs auI
y. T. Guylon, members Of the House
of Representatives from Attala county
are at their post in Jackson, guarding
with sleeples- vigilance the rights aui
interests Of the people they were elected
TO serve. k osciusko Star.
True, every word. The Attala mem-
bers are at their posts and will render
good account OF themselves
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

THE special Revenue Agents art was
repealed in the House. aud ue.r aa.s.
kicked out of court.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

TIE head Of the blacI, line of the last
Legislature, Ccssor Of jefferson, waqged
considerably yesterday, but SO much of
the tail end Of the line was cut ofi last
November that the wagging viii not do
any harm.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

E municipal election in Brandon, on
az, resulted in the reelection Of
Miller, Esq, to the Office of
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

Ir is demanded 10y the people Chat
there shall be new deal all around i'm
the judicial appointments. There are
exceptions, but like angels visits, they
are few and far between.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

|STEsT IN THE SENATE. Gen. j.
laImers has notified the Senate that
L contest the seat of NJ. B. Sulli-
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

1NTHE Senate, MFR. Reynolds on Satur-
day introduced a bill that will kill the
Gatling gun militia law. Well done.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

The Legislature is progressing well
with its work The Reformers are keep
ing their columns compact and moving
bravely on the works of the corruption
lists. The Augean stable will be
cleansed.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

The pet measures ot the Radical IeaT-
ers are tariug badly 1T the hands OF the
Legislature.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

D. P. PORTER, Esq, Secretary of the
Senate, has appointed Mr.. w. J. Brown,
Jr., assistant.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

The Washington Chronicle prints
letter from John w. Forney, dated Lou-
don, in which he opposes The reelection
Of Grant, and does not believe that the
latter wants q third term. Hc thinks
Blaine or Washburne preferable for tho
Presidency.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

ArE Treasurer Hemmingway has ap.
kd J. II. Nelson, Esq, of Carroll,
|clerk in his Office.
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The Holman Resolution and the
Southern Pacific Es- Hs.

The resolution of Holman, of Indiana,
declaring against Government aid to
corporations and works of improvement,
ought to have been so framed as to have
excepted the Mississippi levees, the Cen
tennial and the Texas Pacific Railroad.
Otherwise it would not have received our
support. They are all National objects,
not the least important Of which is the
Railroad. 1t is needed by the Govern
ment to overcome the Union Pacific mo-
nopoly, which yields to its owners net
profit of 100000 per annum. 1t is
needed for the transportation Of military
stores and troops foP the protection of
exposed frontier settlements and the Pa
cifc coast. 1t is needed for the trans
portation of the u. S. mails. Its loca-
ton is Southern and Western, but its
objects are general and national.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

PRESIDENT Grant opposes reduction
of the army. The country could well
spare the expense of maintaining the
troops now quartered in the Southern
States-particularly after the tremendous
rebellion at Summit, Mississippi, on ac-
count of Redmond, has been squelched.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

CAPT. GEo. NJ. GovAN, Clerk of the
House, has appointed Col. Kinloch Fal-
coner Of Marshall, James Ii Neville.
Esq, Of Kemper, and Col. e. A.
Brougher of Kinds MS his assistants.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12
Gov. Ames as Il Stafistician.

The following is frOmAhat part of Gov.
Ames' message which treats Of the fnan-
cial condition of the State:
The condition of the States finances
is nnprecedentedly favorable.
The real debt Of the State, that is, its
outstanding obligations beyond its ability
to pay at once, with its current and
available funds, (the taxes received for
1879, amounts to about $500, 900.
The State debt amounts &c to about
$500, 000" And yet, in the very next
breath, his Excellency overturns his own
figures, by the following statement, also
contained in his message:
The successful administration of State
finances will be seen in the comparison
of receipts and disbursements during the
past five years:
Disbursements over receipts, for 1871, ,
$500, ,895 IS.
Disbursements over receipts, for 1872,
s347 ,552 So.
Disbursements over receipts, for 1878,
S674, ,128 80.
While, on the other hand, the
Receipts over disbursements were for
1875, $40, ia II.
Total excess of expenditures over
receipts for first years.. $l,412 575
From which deduct excess OF re-
ceipts for 1874. .................. 49,II4
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81, 1868, ,46l
Now if, for four years, the totalaexpen
ditures exceeded the total receipts ST.
363, 461, how does his Excellency reach
the conclusion that the public debt is
only "about $500, 900 ?"
From what source the Governor OBJ
tains his statistics, we are not informed,
but here is a statement we have drawn
from the Auditors Reports of the first
four years of Radical rule:
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Of 4. - Senator.

reference to the proceedings of the
b. Of Democrats and Conserva-
Thursday night, it will be seen that
b.. Q. c. Lamar was nominated for
/ s. Senate by acclamation. Gems.
h Lowry aud Featherston had
previously withdrawn as candidates.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

CARFET-BAeGEEYh has seen ils last days
IN Mississippi.
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United Order orAmerIcnns.

The following is the letter of a promi
nent New England Radical editor and
politician to Ex-Speaker Blaine, which
by an accident was brought to light, re.
vealing a feature of the Republican pro.
gramme in the Presidential compaign.
1t is now certain that the anti-foreign
and Anti-Catholic influence is to be en-.
listed in behalf Of that party in the
Northern States; and this is to be supple
mented by free use Of Outrage mate
rial manufactured toorder by Anes, Kel-
logg & Co.
Coffee OF EVENING COURIER,
NEWARK, n. j., NRg. 9, 1875.
''To Hon. J. g. Blaine:
"MT DEAR SIR: Eighteen months
ago | told you that you could have New
Jersey in 1876. | wish now TO empha-
size that statement. All of our people
are for you, and we can carry the state
beyond peradventure.
''Our danger is that the West will de-
mand the nomination. This can be
averted, of course, by a union OF New
England, the Middle states and stray
votes from the South. A potent factor
in our next convention will be the secret
Anti-Catholic order. Grant is mem.
ber. and it has good deal of strength
in Congress. l think you ought to go
in. 1t can be arranged so that you can
be initiated anywhere by one person.
The order is spreading widely. My OBJ
iig 3tions do not permit me to say more
than this, except that Grant no doubt
relies upon ii to promote his aims.
"With wisdom at Washington and in
the states we have carried, we can surely
hold the country; but to hold it for
hap hazard candidate is hardly worth
the candle For one Of a vast multitude
want to hold it for you.
Excuse this screed, and believe me
yours, very truly.
[Signed. "JNo. T. FOSTER
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

No smoking will be permitted in'the
lobby Of the Senate.
The weekly clarion., 1876-01-12

A drummer iu the wood businoa-A
partridge.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
Explaining The Finances.

Jake and Pete were met by Dan, sort
of negro sharper, at the Capitol building
yesterday, Wheu u general conversation
took place about the hard times.
Oar now" said Pete, holding OF a half
dollar note, "dar is fifty cents, and dal
fifty cents didn't git near 'nuf fur me to
reach him Ontil I'd put in half % good
squar days work =
Oats de feet ob de dismanidzment on
de fnanshil condition OBJ de country,
said Dor, Wisely.
How ddt?', asked Jake "what5 de f.
nancikal condition got ter do viii mig
gers work Tell me dat
Its de eontrackshun OBJ de IA 1ney
question, ye see. 'Sposen we jis redooses
de matter down to de argymiut /" urgel
Dan.
Lemme hear yer arguy dat pint, SAID
Jake, earnestly attentive.
"Weil, now, dar Is fifty cents in Pete 3
hands, yer see!
"Yas I" said both the listeners
"Den Pete lends dat to me dis way,
yer see p taking the note.
''Yas' they answered.
"Now puts dat down IN my flank dat
way, yer soc r. pocketing the money.
~ as ~ said Jake. Pete Is silent
"Next, Pete wants his money back in
his hand, yer see, an l doesn't glib it to
him"
"Whar's de reason you don't?7 De =
manded Pete.
"Kase de finances are contracted byds
proceedin operashun, yer see!" expllin-
ed Dan.
"Well, den, how does Igit my money
back aCain2' persisted Pete,
Oars whar de argymint comes In"
replied Dan, as he began to "circulats"
around the corner in suspiciously live
y way a few minutes after he tol / the
police it WAS only j0ke, but Pete now
has the heel Of the "argyminG atlanta
Constitution