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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13
EXemptinS Capital Employed Inn
manufacturing

EDS. CLARION 1t seems that certain in
terested parties are much exercised about
preserving the exemption from taxation of
the property of cotton factories.
The Constitution OF the State says (arti-
Gle II, section 49,: "Ihe property Of all cor
pordtionS for pecuniary profit shall be subject
10 taxation, the same as that OF Individuals =
Section 20 of the same article says: s'AH
property shall be taxed in proportion to its
value"
Is it not, therefore. plain to any man with
sound brains, that it is glaringly unconsti-
tutional TO exempt manufacturing corpora
tions from taxation?
1t Is a snug thing for a CAPT talist to put
his money into manufacturing at great
profit, and escape paying taxes, while all
others are paying enormous taxes; but the
attempt TO justify such an easement, is
disgusting, as u constitutional question.
To THE POINT.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

proof of the causes of d;soo
Andersonvilie; They are now and dss
Richmond. and it is to be hon. N~, 6es
LEGATION will not be much I oIped Tie,
have no taste for recriminsstear deIs
the sad recitals made by nnna sn, L
turned from northern ur soldl.,
never be forgotten. And VOL Prisons
Der the excitement those ny ny viii n
censorious publications whiooIH ueed n
against me because | wonId Were n
helpless prisoners i'm orr baa not vs
barbarities as, according to flu viii
been inflicted on our men "T fepOrt i
is a hard lot at best. ana mpfs0Ds
prone to eXaggerate their - ggrs0ass
such was probably the case 81 eafias
but we dld not seek by reports o gOa
sioners, with Photographic ~; n. co..
to inflame the passions of n,astfas
How was it with our enemr 9uf IA
example suffice. You NAV =. LEI
published report of a i;esIne9ae
United States congress, which n s'ee
Annapolis to visit some eyrba"as 81
ers, and which had appended - pts
graphs of some emaciated Snhs. II
were offered as samples of 80. Vi
turned from the south. Wbamn sonss
that report was received. sent "a eal
Ould, commissioner for the on .9 "a
prisoners, and learned. as tsNcasna
that the photographs had been s.agselse|
men who were in our hospitals , ~ss
were liberated for exchange. " "a j
the surgeon regarded as corr my
but too weak TO be removed Will
themselves. The anxiety of tbs " @s1
| TO be sent TO their homes hoS ps7sj
over the objections of the snro pte'G
this is not all, for | have recen9sj1o9 j
from priest, who was then at e'al
| that the most wretched lookipn
| photographs were taken from q ~
had never been prisoner of wor SO
| had been left on the sick list Of O~a
when the command to which bo Haala
tached had passed that place on =, WI
ward march. Whatever may be ssi5 ]
tenuation of such imposture, bersns.
eXigences of war, there can be no se3
cuse now tor the attempt of Mr.. Hs%
gross misrepresentation and sland",a
| cusation, to revive the worst pasSion' Y
war; and it is to be hoped that. mnnS Y
event is to be regretted, it will hayea.a
effect of awaking truthful statemen,.
gard to this little understood subiao Y .
men who would have preferred "a
their sorrowful story untold if tho ~
could have been allowed peaeefulIv y
into oblivion. Mutual respect X n ~
for common interests is essential .
friendly feeling; but when sande, y
from high places. the public wels,.
mands that truth should strip falsebo,
its power for evil. | am, respectfnIiy
truly, your friend, JEFFERSON nv
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13
NEORTON'S RLUNbIR
What the Republican and l.,
pendent Press saw of II
n. Y. Times [Ren.l

N. Y. Times (Rep.)
We have already pointed out thai
our judgment, Senator Morton ppsl
upon a wrong basis in his defense Of
recent scandals connected with theSI
Government Of Mississippi. Gov A1
is one of the chief persons whose coDjI
has been impugned, and it will na
to accept his unsupported statements
a final disproof of the charges bpp.
against him and his rule. The eyiis1
on the other side must be examines
weighed. There may be good anv
to that evidence, but quotations from
reports or Gov. Ames to the LegRl
will necessarily be received as nca
sive. Senator Morton is far too u
man to deal with the case as it'd
were only one side to it-that
method in which the "Brooklyn Sali
was so long treated by many Fa
and of course it did more harm
good. Both sides must be heard
are glad to find the Buffalo Comnat
taking the same view, and demaH
that the proposed Investigation shall
thorough in every direction" I'd
that course is adopted, Senator MOI
will injure his cause, and certain!
increase his own reputation.
N. Y. Tribune, Independently
No Committee Reports are neea
to satisfy the people of the UnitedA
as to the true condition of Missi&r
Alabama, Louisiana and South Cmll
They understand how those and o
States have been misgoverned, Mdu
lamentable results misgovernment
produced on all parties and factions
what is more, they understand both
cause and the remedy. These arenOlq
open questions. Senator Mortons bul
is that he remains about year q
half behind the times.
st. Louis Globe Democrat. (Radical
Senatorial Intervention now is OPEL
the same objections which preyai
Presidential Intervention a few nal
ago. The people are not only tlfa
these annual autumnal outbreaks,
are still more tired of the annual by
nal investigations which follow %
Even if there should be some sub'laa1
ground of cause for an investigate
would be barred by the undOubted 4
of the State of Mississippi to hoa
own elections. But when the stfo1
argument in its favor is that, in . ''>
which had previously cast 4, 43I keP e,
can vote, there were but seven Repan1
votes at the last election, "and
said that these seven Republican J,
were given under compulsion, ID h. Y
that it might be shown that RepuiaAJJ
could vote there" the climax OF sp \,
ty has been reached, and there IS ~
left to do but to laugh the clalmal' !
of court.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

30, who were unarmed) against Redmond
s an1 hat thereupon considerable exci5emens
d I'''. .,@,nsad gad Redmond absented hlm-
va q fron thq town that night under an I'M
s,,'ind aeIiei that hr won!d Re atfacked-
ana hat On the next day ne returned anu
t4hgra Pied for troops which were l =,
~ 'rhe Mayor of Summit, who Joined IN
~, annlication for troops. testifles that
.t tbe time he was drunk; that the next cay
r,iid not know that he had telegraphed
inthe premises and that he would not nave
dme so if sober. Your committee Ilhu
Tint the charges alleged were false, ana the
demand for troops unWarranteu Wy INC
snfs and they so report accordingly.
10 - J. +. LEIGH, chairman,
Z. 4. Rowan,
A. c. MCNAIR,
JAMES w. SHArTUCK.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

THE Water Valley Courier states that
Col. Niles Meriwether, occupies the po-
sition of Chief Engineer (civiD of
the entire line of the N. o., St.
l.. q c. Railway, from New Or
leans to Cairo. The Courier thinks
the authorities of the road are exceed
ingly fortunate in securing the services
of Col. Meriwether, to look after the
road-bed, bridges, TRUSTEES, and all mat
tiers looking to the thorough repairs of
the line. The magnificent iron bridge
across the Yalobusha river, at Grenada,
is one evidence of the engineering capac-
ity of Col. Meriwether.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13
Holding the Mirror mp to Nature

Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina,
holds the mirror up to nature and it re-
fleets such persons as the following who
were elected by the Republican Legisla-
ture, to the Bench of the State:
"Of Whipper, it can be said that he
seems to have lacked only opportunity to
prove himself the equal of Moses in in
fanny. Ignorant of law, ignorant of
morals, gambler by open practice, an
embezzler of public funds, he is as unfit
for judicial position as any man whom
by possibility you could name"
These are dark portraits, but not less
hideous than the description which the
Times, edited by U. S. Marshal Lake,
mas drawn of the men who have had
control OF the Republican organization
in this State. Realities like these have
moved the \. Y. Times, in ability and
influence, the foremost Republican paper
in the United States, to scout the idea
that the Southern State administrations
have been wrested from the control of the
Radical party by intimidation, and TO
attribute the true cause to the corruption
and incompetency of its leaders. Here
is what the New York Times says:
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE SOUTH.
That the vote of the Southern States has
| constituted since the close of-the war very
| important element in the strength of the
| RepUDllcaD party II very familiar fact
but that this element of strength has been
constantly declining is fact which does
| not seem to be so familiar as it ought to be
to a great many Republicans. South Caro-
lima was until recently the only Southern
State which the Republicans had any reason
to expect to carry with ease or certainty
And now it is the opinion of those most
likely to know that we are in serious danger
of losing that last foot hold in the South.
IL 1t is useless to deny that the one cause
which, more than all others, has led to a
constant drain npon the Republican
strength, and which has gradually under
mined the sources of its permanent Suprem-
acv, has been the misgovernment which To-
cal leaders have practiced in its name. lt Is
to this point that the managers of the Ma
tional organization must direct their atten-
ton if they hope to recover their lost
ground. The intimidation which is Drac-
ticed in the South now is for the most part
within the bounds of law. 1t is of a kind
which the United States Government is
practically untitled to reach. 1t can only
be resisted by recruiting into the Repub-
lican party a sufficient number of white men
of energy, honesty and fair intelligence tC
give that party in the South a real and et-
fective moral force. Reliance upon United
States bayonets or appeals TO Congress
one body of which is already Democratic
il worse than foolish.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

Mr.. BAILY, Of Tallahatchie, has in
troduced a bill providing for the election
by the Legislature a State purchasing
agent, whose duty shall be to purchase
all the supplies for the asylums, educa-
tional institutions and the penitentiary.
He is to receive . per cent. on purchases,
and is to give a bond.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

WELL PUr.-The Vicksburg Herald,
commenting on the confession of the
Times, that it was the villainy of carpet
bag rule that had brought disgrace and
defeat on the Republican party in this
State, pertiDently asks:
If it was the concentrated cussedness OF
the Radical party which caused its defeat,
and the Times says it was (and if the Times
hadn't said it, we do, which is still better
evidence), how can the Times and other
Radical papers dare sustain old Morton,
who so glories in slandering the patriotic
Democrats of Mississippi?
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

The bill which has passed the House
to repeal the law allowing the convicts of
the penitentiary to be leased out, will
stop any further contracts being made
until there is additional legislation on the
subject,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

THE LETTER OF Hon. JEFFERSON
DAVIS, in reply to ex-Speaker Blaine,
will be found in another column. As a
yindication from the SANDERS of his ac-
cuser, it is unanswerable, but We wish
the discussion could have been postponed
to a future day,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

LAWS which provide for the election
of officials by the Legislature are i'm
provements upon those that confer the
power of appointment by the Governor.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

THERE will be good many heart
aches among certain Radical county
school superintendent when they hear
of the list of reflections, by the SEN
ate (see Legislative notes. but, neverthe-
less, they will have to step down and
ont
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

THE New York Times, and St. Louis
be-Democrat, both decided Repub-
lican papers, and the New York Tribune,
Independent Republican, all dissent
from Morton's revolutionary programme
in regard to Mississippi. The first says
that his premises are drawn from unfair &c
partestatements of interested parties. The
second is tired of these annual hibernal
Investigations" and thinks that from
Morton's own presentation, the discom-
fitted carpet-bag claimant ought to be
laughed out of court; and the third says
the people well understand that the pOlit
cal revolution in Mississippi was pro-
duced by the extravaganza, corruption
and miserable failure of the vagabond
element that have ruled the State with
high hand.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

SENATOR ALcoRN voted against con-
frming the appointment of Billings a
corruptionist of the Kellogg gang, =. .
District Attorney for Louisiana. Right
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

A BILL has passed the House proyid-
ing for the election of the superintendent
and inspectors of the penitentiary by
the Legislature, within ten days after
the bill becomes law.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

The Lynchburg Virginian is 1 Ss'
we're on Toombs on account OF nt
blatherskite and crazy sort of speed.
speaks for the whole south when = .
"What sense is there in ToOmbs spl
What is the use of his talking !
what he fought for when, as e : /.
knows, he did little or no fighting
the opportunity was furnished air'
only the inclination was wanting !,
deny the right of Mr.. ToomOs'i
life has been a signal failure, a 4as,,
with great natural talents, is ul't .,r
void of wisdom, to keep his cou !. ii
ferment, and simply to CRAFTY ~ .,,t
taste for playing bully and DTIS' I
lniure the people that it shou!u M
chief objectto serve. "-MemPhls -
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

WITH one or two exceptions the Dem
ocratic press OF the otalo 10 q ~"it for M
peachment, and who will say that in this
instance the press does not reflect public
opinion
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

A DEMOCRATIC meeting is to be held
at Macon, on the 10th inst, to nominate
candidate for the vacant Office OF treas
urer of Noxubee County.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

THE Water Valley Courier will find
no one to dispute its assertion that Col
F. D. Frost is without doubt the great
est practical railroad manager Of the
South
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

" OFFICIAL journal of the city is al
the head of Peoples Defense.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

If the the telegraph has reported our
colored Senator, Bruce, correctly, he has
said one thing which should be placed to
his credit, viz, that the welfare of his
race in the South will be promoted by
their total abandonment of the carpet
Dagger, and permanent alliance with the
resident white population.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

ET TIL BRUTE! Now since Bruce has
declared against Grant and proclaimed
him no friend of the colored people, the
latter, like his illustrious prototype when
rent by treacherous friends, may as
we'll draw his mantle around him and
yield up the ghost with dignity.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

DAVIS, 'Dozy and Ames must step
down and out.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

Col. Shelby Harris, OF -. -
Springs, has purchased the PHI phi
material of the late Copiah Hefa aSse
removed the same to that city, W. l
a few weeks, he will have a pap nj
dering to admiring thousanus .osIs
ronage. Shelby is a good lOu''
Copiahan.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

THEY are after the whisky thieves in
New Orleans.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb. Jefferson Davis
hos written the following letter TO Judge
LYONS. of Richmond, Virginia:
NEW ORLEANS. January 2l
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-13

Mr.. Speaker Street in the chair Present
"a absent %. Leaves of absence We're
granted to Messrs. Walden, Shrock, Baker,
Jayne, Byrd of Franklin, Leigh and Trce.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26

Uncle Billy Raymond. noted through put the Coast as one of the most successful nlning men We have, came in by A. and W. M. stage, on Saturday, direct from San Francisco, to look at the mines of this sec ion. He went out with C. c. Bean to the dassayampa, took look at the Davis and Ind other locations and returned very favor loly impressed with what he saw. On Mon- lay evening he again took the same stage or Florence, intending to visit the Final and Flobe distric.s, when he will return here ma go to the Peck and Bradshaw dis res, the tunnel on the Peck having cached the shaft so that the bad air is driv- h out and an opportunity given to examine ne lead without danger from damps. After htisfying himself hereabouts, his destina- on Will be the mines of Mohave county here he has already some valuable inter ts' We are not advised as to the precise ''ect of his coming to Arizona, but hope he
 ay conclude 10 take hold of some of the ca and extensive deposits of mineral and An up Q mining operation, such as he is so
 mpesent to seeea foot and keep going.
 opinion of Arizona will have as much
 aosnce on California Street as tbat of any
 snea could have come here,
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26

The funeral of the late Mrs. Cook, which took place on Friday afternoon last, after onr paper had gone 10 press, was attended by almost the entire population of Prescott. Every business house, of whatever kind, was closed, the District Court adjourned, and the people, as if they were one sOrrowing family, left their usual avOcations tO follow to their last earthly resting place, in the Ma sonic cemetery, the remains of one who while living had commanded the love of all who knew her, and whose good influence had extended through her friends to those whom she had never met. Did an entire stranger stand in that grave yard at that hour he must have been impressed with the solemnity of the occasion, and had he not seen the expression of deep feeling manifest ed on the countenances of relatives and friends, the spectacle of school children weeping bitterly at the grave would have told him that friend of humanity was dead, and that she had been kind to these, at least, whose silent honest tears are better tesi- mony than untitled drums or monuments of stone.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26
Arrivals and Departures for the Week end-
 ing May 26th.

C. & X. .STAGE-ARRIvALS: Henry Clan sen, F Stockwell, Hop Kee, F G Stanton, E P Nichols, Jas Lynch, N H Herrick.
 DEPARTURES: Wm Berns, $ Grain, B C Wright, Edward Pomeroy, Paul Martin, \ H Herrick, Capt Wm F. Dove, F c stanton, Hop kee, Geo Little, k r Nichols, $ w Craigue, Mrs E Auberry, Prof A Fischer.
 X. ,S x. NJ. EXPRESS Co.-ARRIvALs: Geo Smith, w H Raymond, D B Seaver, Jno F Mcader (meSsengcrl, Mrs \ Ellis and two children, Henry Buck, Mrs C A Luke, Miss C Holshue, l. Giovanni, c II Veil, Gra ham.
 DEPARTURES: X Welch, Fred Hagenbuck, w H Lee, M Brooks, John Rodgers, w H Raymond, D B Seaver, II Waterman, P Barbier, S w Craigue, Dennis Farrell, Mrs E Auberry.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26

SCHOOL REPoRT.-Mr. Sherman hands us the following report of the Prescott Public School for the term ending May Eth, 1876: For great improvement in conduct, special mention is made of Mary Ann Buckman, Faustine Jackson, Reuben Waterman, John Roberts and Elisha Hill.
 OF THE FIRST GRADE.-In spelling, the most proficient are Emma GuiIIoz, Amelia Rush, Josie Blount, John Stephens, John Bourke. James Alexander, Ida Burnett, and Rose Osborn.
 SECOND GRADE.-Spelling, Clara Town send Argalus Walker. Frank Schuneman, Joseph Roberts and Julia Schuneman. THIRD GRADE.-Francisco Orduno, Birdie Davis, Jose Castillo and Alice Green.
 FOURTH GRADE.--Lu Barnum, Christie Woods, John Alexander and Annie Drake. FIFTH GRADE.-katie Miles, Dee Town send and Willie Miles.
 SIXTH GRADE.-Henrietta Behan, Manford Cartright and John Miles.
 The greatest improvement in Geography is credited to Lillie Bashford and Gussie Chaf- fee, and in Speaking, to George English, John Jackson, Edward Roberts and Frank Eng fish.
 Best Essay-Marion Wilson.
 The school closes for the term this D. m. with an Exhibition at the Church, the three days Examination having closed yesterday afternoon.
 There will be a School Children's dance this evening at the Courthouse.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26

FORT WHIPccE MISsTREIs.-The per |formance of this troupe, advertised for Mon- I day evening at the Courthouse, promises to be rare entertainment. We have seen their Programme, aRd it embraces a choice selec- Dion of popular sentimental, comic and negro melodies that cannot fail to please. We un- Ederstand. from those who have heard Ethem rehearse, that the 'OlG Log Cabin in Ethe lane" is alone worth more than the price of admission, as rendered by one of
 fhe soldier boys. The 'tSkid,nore Guards
 Ps highly spoken of as fine piece of bur Pesque acting. Turn out and encourage the Eboys to do their best. Ladies and their es-
 ports will be provided with front seats
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26

Mrs. Auberry, daughter of Judge Tweed of the District Court, who is travelling in the interest of tbe Land Department of the Southern Psei6c Railroad Co.,, paid our sanctum visit on Monday. She is "a very intelligent lady, and from long experience in the office of the Surveyor General of Cali fornia, is thoroughly posted in all matters pertaining to land After examining the records in the Land Office here she proceed ed 10 Florence, from whence she will go to Tucson, and after searching records in the Surveyor Generals office will return to San Francisco and report
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26

FIRST OF THE SEAsoN.-The first train of immigrants overland from the East, arrived on Monday from Wichita, Kansas, and con- sisted of A. A. Moore, wife and two children, Miss N. Hogan, John Sherwood, Ed Long. bottom, ". Lawrence, w. Gentry, Horace Mathews and MT. Holmes. The party left Wichita March 18th, and reached Prescott May 22d. A company was to leave Junc- ton Cigy April lst, and detachment of 50 more of the Boston colony were said to be close bekind tEem.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-05-26

| MATTERS AT THE PECK MINE.-A report
 came in from the Peck last week that there
 was likely to be some trouble between the owners and the contractors in the tunnel. It
 will be remembered that Bigelow & Thomp- son were to run the tunnel for the ore that came out of it in the process of its construc- tion. The report was that Thompson, one of the parties to the contract, had concluded, in- asmuch as they had run by body of good ore, that he would back -stOpe and pick it up
 to which the mine owners objected, etc. We interviewed some of the parties, or tried to, including Col. Bigelow, but they seemed dis inclined to speak of the matter, and we let it drop until day-before yesterday when Thompson came to town and we went after him to find out whSt. if anything, was the matter. He said everything was all right, that they bad finished up the tunnel, struck the shaft some distance from the bottom, and he Company had gone to work; all the foul air has left the shaft since the tunnel tapped it. and the mineral in the bottom of the shaft lOoiIs better than ever. As to the trouble, he says il announced 10 nothing, that finding they mad run the tunnel some 2S0 feet, in barren rock most of the way, and that it was not going to pay them he concluded, after running through the pay streak, to go back and work it up closer, which he did, and in doing so secured four sacks, and no more, of good ore that they had left behind them. This he says is the extent of the trouble.