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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-28

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.-TheM A
N members of DAMON LODGE, NO; 7.A&E\
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, are requested tnlsII ~
attend n regular meeting Of their lodge atSSHS&J
their Castle Hall, on Twenty-sixth street, S4S;s9
on THIS friday EVENING at 8 O'Clock. 49, ~,
Rn.iness Of Importance win be brought before t,ie
lodge and the S. w. of the Order VIII be exelnP'i'
ne"' ny '-'0' - JAMES E. RIDDICK,
vos-lt* Keeper Of r. and S.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
OFFICE OF CITY SUP'T OF ScHooLs,3
Is sos MARSHALL STREET,
RICHMOND VA july "a, 1876. }

A PUBLICATIONS. FOR THE Posi-
n TON OF PRINCIPAL Of one of the public
schools will be received until August LIST.
No applications will be considered from non-resi-
dents Of the city of Richmond. ,,-,,o, :,
The examination Will take place on TUESDAY,
= 49, 80 - - - j. III. BINFORD.
~ 24-eodtAugl Superintendent Of Schools.
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IuGusTA FEMALE SEMINARY :

The academic term Of thfs Institution begins nm
the FIRST WEDNESDAY IN SEPTEMBER. and
closes on the corresponding day I'm June following
This is tho largest rst-class Institution IN Virrns
for young ladies. II has corps Of twenty five OF
fcers and teachers; The English course is extensive
drawing, and painting cannot be surpassed Fo,,
catalogue containing fun particulars, apply to
MISS MARY j. BALDWIN.
| jy 1S-1m PRINCIPAL
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CHARLES MILLHISER. JULIUS STRACs.
NILLHISER Il STRAUS,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS,
No. 6 ELEVENTH STREET, RICHMOND, VA.
represent the following frst-class companlcs-vz ::
Royal Canadian Fire Insurance Com
pany. Of Montreal. capital ...........s 6,UOu'Ooo
Franklin Fire, Of Philadelphia, assets. 3.5O0OUO
Farmyille Insurance and Banking Com
pany .oL'ouU
North Carolina Home Fire, of Raleigh, $4,000
New York Life Insurance Company. 32,UOO,O0O
All losses promptly and equitably adjusted
$4,000 deposited with State Treasurer for pro-
lection OF our polcy-holders. y27-lw
N N. WALKER & CO., GENERAL IN.
-. SURANCE AGENTS, 1014 MAIN STREET:
RICHMOND, VA. representing the ~
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE IN
SURANCE COMPANY, of London and Edinburgh
Capital, $40 100000 gold.
AMAZON INSURANCE COMPANY, OF Cincn
natl. OhiO-assets over 81 100000.
MANHATTAN FIRE INSURANCE CONTAIN
of New YOrk-asSets over SSOU,O00
ATLANTIC INSURANCE CONF PAN 7, Oh
Brooklyn, y. Y.-asscts over 950uOOO.
PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY, OF Brook
Ign. n. Y.-Issets over T2.5OO.000.
PORTSMOUTH INSURANCE COMPANY,
Portsmouth,, Va.-:tssets over S5O,00O. 49,.
Deposited with the Treasurer OF virginia, Sl0o :.
300. Losses equitably adjusted and promptly paid al
.als agency. Applications solicited, and mmepate
attention given thereto. &c 10
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HAVING QUALIFIED AS ADMINS
Ill TRAITOR OF MRS. MARY SEBASTIAN, de-
ceased persons having cla against said decedent
will present them, fully authenticated to me for set
Element. Also, those indebted VIII please make I'M
mediate payment JAMES RYAN, -
Administrators Of Mrs. Mary Sebastian, deceased.
ty21-7t ssstsH r,1Fs
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MEETINGS..

MASONIC NOTICE.-The mem e.
lyl hers of RICHMOND RAND OLPH "
LODGE, No. 10, will attend 2 called meeting ~,
at the NIasons Hail. on Franklin between EgnIggns
NOON at O'Clock, to nay the last SAD tribute Oh re-
spec to deceased brother LANES a gspine
ALLEN. Members OF sister 10 lodges anu fl9i'ihs
brethren are invited to unite with US.
BY order OF the w. NJ ,,-,,, e.o.
" 2s-lt* WILLIAM j. R1DD1Ck, Secretary.
THE MEMBERS OF FRATERNITY
LODGE No. 265, KNIGHTS OF HONOR, VIII
attend regular meeting Of their lodge at Harm9ny
Vida Wy EVENING. 2Sth instant, ut O'Clock.
Members in good standing of other lodges OF the
Order are fraternally invited to attend
!. oe.1t " s. b. JACOBS. Reporter.
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EDUe,ArItyJflr.

COUTHERN FEMALE INETTTUTE.
y Mrs. Mania IL CARRfNGToN, PRINCIPAL.
Rev PIKE POWERS, Vice.PnncipaL
This institution, having been thoroughly repaired
win g, commence Jig twenty ,f9nrfh session On he
OF professors. lime. ToGSO has charge OF tfe
French classes For terms, apply to Principal. a
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05
Retrenc hnlemt.
For THE CLARION.1

+
The Act of Feb. Z, 1872, (Acts 1872, p. 63,)
empowers Boards of Supervisors ''to en-
pl6y an Advising Attorney. or law firm, at
a stated salary per annum, not TO exceed
the sum of $500, payable out of the County
Treasury, for objects of general advice as to
current matters in the administration OF
the affairs of their respective counties"
1t was singular omission of the Legis-
lature that they did not, at the same time,
empower Chancellors especially, and some
others, "to employ an Advising Attorney,
or law firm, for objects of general advice as
to current matters in the dministration of
the affairs of their ofice!" Some of these
need help.
When this Act of 1872 was passed, very
many counties of the State were manned
by Boards of Supervisors, who knew no more
of their duties than they knew of the transit
of Venus. They were as ignorant and in
competent set Of men as were those of.
their party brotherhood in the Legislature
That they might protect themselves. If pos
sible, against the punishment of the law, the
Legislature graciously gave them the bene-
fit of this Act. How wonderfully kind to
take money out of the pockets of the tax
payers, and put it in the hands of these
Boards to employ counsel to guide them in
their duties! So ignorance and incompe-
tency have been forced upon the taxpayers
for years at a high premium. Now, this
arrangement is exactly what is not wanted
by those into whose hands almost every de-
partment of the government has heen turn
ed over by the people. Retrenchment at
this point will save to the taxpayers the
handsome item of more than $4,000. If
Boards of Supervisors are utterly ignorant
and incompetent, that is their lookout and
misfortune. To bring themselves TO the
standard of efficiency, If such thing be
possible, they must pay ont Of their 0aCn
pockets for all counsel touching the matters
of the administration of their office Let
the Act be speedily repealed V.
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Anlife County.

The best evidence that the people Of
Amlte county have not intended to resist
the Y. >. authority, nor to make war on
any OF It's representatives exists in the
Iact that soon after the election, when
huhlux testimony was being hunted up
for the establishment of Morton's blood,
shirt, Capt. Lake, the L. s Mar
shal' deputized negro to 90 into the
county, when the excitement consequent
upon the election was highest, to
summon witnesses. There was good
reason to believe the real motive in
sending this colored man was to insult
the whites and provoke them to commit
violence upon him, in accordance with
the Ames theory, that the blood of that
sort would be good for the Radical
party. But the scheme failed. The
negro deputy was kindly received by the
whites who, so far from resisting his
authority, or offering him violence and
obstacles in his way, did all in
their power to aid him in the DISCHARGE
OF the duties which had been imnosed
upon HIM much to the disappointment,
no doubt, of the inventor of tho E,tIo |
trick. VIC niue
1here never was a more Iaw-abid;no
ana peaceable community than the nao
PIE OF Amite county. They have suf
erea long, and endured bravely, the
,ardShips which have been put upon
hem. upon
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.


The Senate was called to order by 1t
Gov. Davis.
Associate Justice Simrall swore in the
new members as follows:
Messrs. Allen. Barry, Catchings, Fewell,
FITZGERALD, Foote, Graham, Griffin, Hooker,
Johnston, Morgan, McCaskill, Oldham'
Pratt, Reynolds, Sims, Sullivan, Terry,
Thompson.
On motion of Mr.. Stone, Mr.. d 2. Porter
was elected Secretary Mr.. J. w. Langley,
Sergeant Arms; and Mr.. Henry Taylor,
(col.) or-Kceper.
On motion the following committee was
appointed on Rules: Messrs Reynolds,
Graham, Taylor, Smith and Everett; and
on motion of Mr. Reynolds, Mr.. Stone was
added to the committee.
Messrs. Everett and Reynolds were APP
pointed a committee TO inform the Cover
nor that the Legislature was organized
Messrs. Taylor, White Ccol.) and -
were appointed committee to inform the
House that the Senate was organized.
Mr.. Allen moved to proceed to the election
of President pro TEN; carried.
Mr.. Sims nominated Hon, J. NJ Stone.
Mr.. Everett moved that Mr.. Stone be
elected by reclamation; carried. Mr.. Stone
in brief and appropriate address accepted
the position.
journed to 10 O'clock A. NJ.
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HE Experiment Of African Self
Government in Liberia.

The Congos of Liberia, the model
African Republic which was born of the
philanthropy Cor whatever else you may
call it, that inspired the colonization pro.
ject half century ago, have drawn the
''color line" on the mulattoes or mixed
breeds in that country. The following
is from the Chicago Times:
Liberia is likely to have a revolution,
growing out Of a ''color line" agitation.
In that happy black republic, no white
men are allowed any political privileges.
This prohibition is not particularly oner-
Gus, tor no white men would go there :;
but when 1t is proposed to apply it to
LIberIan citizens who possess in their
veins even faint of Caucasian blood. be
1t ever so slight, it becomes oppressive
to many Of the Colonization socety's en-
lgrants. 1t seems that the present chief
magistrate Of the republic, President
Roberts, IS not Of pure African blood
ana there is a movement to Gust him from
Office on this account. A negro dema-
gogue from the West Indies is heading
the agitation against President Roberts,
and is seeking to establish political color
test, excluding all mulattoes from office.
The negroes argue that in the United
States a man who had the smallest drop
OF African blood in his veins was regarded
as ''nigger," as much as the blacklist
and most recent importation from Guinea,
and they propose to establish the cores
pondIng rule in their own country, as
regards those who have the least suspi.
zion Of white blood.
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The Election of Pubic Printer

The Public Printing affords equal op-
portunity with other branches of the
public service for the operation Of the
policy of retrenchment to which the
Democratic party is pledged, and which
it intends faithfully to carry out. The
curtailment of expenditure can be made,
not only in the compensation allowed the
Printer, but in the quantity of matter
ordered to be printed.
We presume the Legislature will ap-
point a joint committee, or each House
its separate committee, to institute rigid
inquiry into the business, and by the ex-
animation of experts, and of existing and
previous laws, to report such a schedule
of rates as will secure a reduction of the
cost. Fortunately there are in the Leg
islature gentlemen who have practical
knowledge of the printing business, and no
doubt they will cheerfully undertake the
service of examination and of preparing
such notifications of the laws as will eff
fectually remedy the abuses complained of.
The plan of creating the office o.
Printer and fixing prices, was accepted
as fair and just by both parties before
the war, and the decade from 1850 to
1860 has been held up as a model of ex-
cellence and economy. The CLARION
has stood in the forefront among the adj
vocates of reform. 1t has never wa
vered in It's championship of this cause
1t is pledged to curtaiIment Of
expenditures throughout all the ram
ihcatlons Of the public service
printing among the rest-and it will earn
estly cooperate in such practical steps as
will accomplish the end 1t is the pro-
vince of the Democratic Legislature to
prescribe an economical rate of public
printing, and to elect a competent and
responsible party to perform the work.
Inc lists are open to all corners in the
Democratic ranks, and the choice of the
majority will command our ready acqui-
escence.
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Mississippi Matters at Washing
ton.

a Washington special to the n. o.
Times makes the following revelations
Government agents sent by the De
partment of Justice to investigate the
late election in Mississippi, have returned
and made their report yesterday. They
state that although there was intimida-
ton, that the Ames government was SO
corrupt and worthless that the people
could not longer endure it. The report
will not be printed by the Attorney
General, as the President believes it
would hurt the Republican party more
than the Democrats. One of the agents.
on whose judgment and loyalty to the
Republican party the President especially
depended for report upon which be
could safely base his action, after de-
scribing the iniquities of the Republican
administration in Mississippi, told the
President that were he citizen of Mis-.
sissippi he should act with the Democratic
party.
Now, let US have the report By all
means, especially the report of one Mr.
Huntingdon, which is understood to be
rich, rare and racy.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune
telegraphs as follows:
Having failed with the Executive, the
Ames party have gone to the Senate and
secured the assistance of Senator Morton.
The anti-Ames clique were also ably
represented here before the recess, and
will be back again next week. They are
untiring in their efforts to inform Re
publican Senators, who will listen to them,
of what they assert are the exact facts in
the case, and will probably prevent the
appointment of any investigating com
mittee. They say that the State was
carried by intimidation, and that any
committee that goes there will find ample
proof of it.
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Smith County correspondence.
RALEIGH, Jan. I'd, 1876

RALEIGH, Jan. I'd, 1876.
EDS. CLARION: You are aware of tn
various conflicting opinions afoat regard
ing the cause of our late political revolu
ton, each attributing it to differen
cause or to the superior talent and exer
tlons of It's tavOrite political leader. Blu
such Is not the case. For while to eacE
is conceded his welI-earned laureIs, tt
none can be granted the merit of achiev
Ing, by his individual efforts, so signal 8
triumph as that obtained over ignorance
and prejudice on the I'd of November
last. Some, indeed, think that to this
cause alone may be traced the unusual
number of distinguished aspirants for
Congressional honors.
Here it may be permissible to inquire
to what can this great change in the 30
litical destinies of the country be ascrib-
ed /? Can it be to the misruIe, misgov-
eminent and maladministration of the
laws OF the land, or to the unprecedented
exertions of an oppressed, plundered
and overtaxed people l answer to both
they acted as cause and effect-the one
produced the other, as the sexual will
show.
The people, in order to protect them
selves from further aggressions, became
convinced that they must, by the legiti-
made use of their inherent right at the
oallot-box, expel from office and power
and thereby remove from their midst
the hordes of vicious and characterIess
adventures, who, under the guise of
unconstitutional laws of their own fabri-
cation, were devouring their substance
and robblng them of the fruits of their
labor and industry.
A vicious, ignorant and corrupt gov
eminent an imbeciIe, vaciIlating admin
lstratlon, and dishonest and REGULATING
ofhclals, together with the rapid
lmpoverIshment of the country, awakened
a spirit of investigation, and the tremen-
nous developments of fraud, robbery and
which followed. aroused the
most profound indignation of the oppress-
"a against their oppressors that nothing
out their expulsion from office and power
could either alleviate or subdae. Here lies
he secret of our great and glorious vic
Orv.
The people were intensely alive TO
helr interest. The one mind, the one
DJect and the one absorbing interest,
mpelIed all to action, and nobIy did thew
the task assigned them. Every
IAN did his duty, as the most brilliant
esult has already demonstrated.
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lac Nscs"aGc.
escenCc.

The Message, so far as it relates to the
late election, Is studied Justification of
facts and deliberate insult to the peo.
pie who offended their pIunderers by
turning them out Of office. 1t is rene
tItlon OF the ISLANDERS which have been re-
tailed by the gossips and discounted
demasogues Of the Radical party, and is
designed to furnish capital for partizan
uses at the cost of the good name
OF the white people of the State
In all that is said touching the
causes OF the disturbances alluded 70
lhere Is not syllable of truth. and whom
Gov. Ames, who is himself an interIoror
and soldier of fortune, pretends to denra-
cate race antagoniSm, he knows N h,
ne"r' mat he Is shedding hvpocritical
tears over causes produced bv himself
ana the other peripatetic adventures
who have been turned adrift by the ont
ragged people of the State. With the ex
ception Of the few riots plotted bv the
Radical leaders, there never woo r,ono
peaceful political contest than occrrrod
IN this State in 1875; and there naver
was a more Just and timely verdict pro- |
nounced against the culprits who have
been sentenced 70 Retirement
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05
THE REFORM MEASURES.

We have reproduced, as appropriate
to the assembling of Legislature
pledged to Reform, the address of the
taxpayers, which the wreckers who con-
trolled the previous Legislature treated
with contempt. We congratulate the
people Of the State that this respectful
petition, which still stands as the express
sion of the public sentiment, will meet,
| from those who have the power to grant
relief, far more hospitable reception than
it received at the hands Of those to whom
it was originally addressed. Some of
| these recommendation may need amend
ment, but they are all in the right d.
| rection, and will constitute the ground
work of the changes in our State admin
istration, which are needed for alleviat-
ing the suferings Of the people
There are other matters which will, no
doubt, receive the attention of the Legis-
lature
New CHANCERY DISTRICTS. The
adoption Of the Constitutional amend
ment wipes out the present districts, and
will make the formation of a greatly re-
duced number necessary.
IMPEACHMENT A speedy arraign-
ment and trial of the Governor and
ieut.-Governor, and their removal from
Office
COUNTY BOUNDARIEs.--The re-adiust-
ment of county boundaries, which were
disarranged by the wreckers without ref
erence to geographical propriety, to pro-
mote their partisan purposes.
LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT.-
Te-apportlonment of the Legislative dis
tricts so as to equalize the representation
of the white and black counties, and
especially to secure to each county at
least one Representative as under the old
Constitution.
CONGRESSIONAL DGsTRICTs. The re-
apportionment of the Congressional Dis
trlcts, so as place beyond the hazard of
political changes a just representation of
the taxpaying interests and intelligence
of the State in the national councils.
The STATE INSTITUTIONS in
qulry into the management of the State
Institutions (the Pententiary and the
benevolent establishments to ascertain
what changes Off any can be effected in /
the direction of economy and efficient
management.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.-We are satisfied
that the Legislature will be strictly lust
in its dealings. The obligations of the
State will be sacredly performed, but it
will not be inconsistent with good faith.
nor with the example of other States. TO
inquire whether the interest NAV not he
reduced, if the principal is promptly paid
1T maturity.
COMMISSIONERS OF IMMIGRATION
This Office, as at present organized is
amply dead expense, an obstacle 70 ;
immigration, and a nuisance. Something
'ught to be done to purify and correct it. :
OUTSTANDING WARRANTs.-An in r
uIry into the policy of funding the out. c
landing warrants in 4 or per cent
onds, with view to starting the new
egIme on cash basis, and maintaining t
by rigid economy. t
These measures, in addition to the
'plcs embraced in the Taxpayers me-
lorlal and address, will, no doubt, re. )
eve such consideration by the LegisIa- a
Ire as their Importance demands. i
Amife County. =,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05

aid T Gure S always Offa nights, Leander y
!. r' evo enis opllkins reproachfully the 9th.
Iin v'ening N es, my dear, =" replied Sn; nil
f f.ns, QUILL remember even wbop n 7
Isl 10. proposed you considered me W. eA !
sooa off-er'"-N. Y. CommercS;aip fe 4
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05

Why don't the Democratic House of
Representatives provide for committee
to investigate as to the whereabouts Of
their "strayed or stolen "Boss ?"-Times.
There may be wit, or there may be
fun, IN this coarse squib, but we don't
see 1t, and several persons, ourselves
among the rest, would like to know what
it means.
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enforce the LAWS
Nicksburg Herald. !

Vicksburg Herald
Inc Legislature will have to prime
some OF It's own Senatorial twigs, and to
De sure that it is impartial it shouId At.
lenu 70 these first. Some of the mem
cefs' IN direct violation of the Constitn
;,0n' hold two offices or more at onoo
we 1hlnk the members from Cla1borno
ana bolivar are of this number. nv
tlgate their cause, and if thav houa lnve v.
t 49, tne constitution and the laws. weed
t Iie OUT. But to particularize all tho
~ n causes would take up too much
d our space. The safe, and in our
o ps' the only course to pursue Is 70
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05

HE choice of city in which to hold
the National Democratic Convention ap.
pears to be narrowed down to ST I,oni.
and New York. We are willing to leave
the vote OF Mississippi to be cast by Gen
sharp, her representative in the Nation.
al Executive Committee, for either place
or any other he may deem advisable
without instructions.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05

H. " men man wants plug of tobac
'ne grocery three fourths of mile of
only step, but if his wife wants dri
~ cool water from neighbours well Q
po11'e' by some mysterious agency tb
wen suddenly becomes removed mo
than half mile away
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05

,.n lHE Times is concerning itself about
Doss Tweed" Wouldn't it be we'll for
:le ZINES to exercise itself about some of
on sn,an posses nearer home, who,
:; S'naii salaries, have realized fortunes
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05
eriihent of CoIored Troo,.
10 be Abandoned.
yash H &c. ooL Z, TROOPS DOOMED

Wash in ooLoRED TROOPS DOOMED
I nl"s,on Telegram to n. Y. Herald !
alrr o au9 among the regiments of 90 =
arc th ant infantry to be mustered o~t
a cue 'l I Two regiments of colored oano u. >
c co ehe two remaining regiments a J,
t GO infantry. This wonld tn OF
Of em nPIeriment, for the present, at least
ment pbtoylng colored soldiers, an exnar; '
fed bv ~ sno ene way, which is hardly ipsti
Of o E9 success, judging from the on}n osn
70 6 ba I OF the army who are snpn ,n,o1
y % best informed upon the subject i;ppose0
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-05

"A pair of stairs that ordinarily are 8
Soilu as a rock will straddle in the joins
ana creak and crack together with allth
t OF a thunder clap when one is 81.
tempting to climb them noiselessly late
at nlght.-Fulton Times.