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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

insert 21s p. A.; tabled '''lAe Ou.
insert o; tabled. 'sIlAe OIL.
Mr.. White moved TO strilo M
sert 81 tabled. '@e on,
Mr.. teathersfon moved t,s
adjournment at O'Clock r ~ uA Deb,
Mr.. Guytou moved 10 fslla., lte
lost, and the ro.ol4tio1 W .'''e Iler..
Mr.. Fortune, cbsirr.-, "19F.
bill to raise the ,tandarI 'g IeF-.
ty and independence. wins. O'uc.-. y.
ton that il DO uof pI-. wig fl1..
BY Mr.. Hudson. 4 .uh.-...
prohibit free pa-.e, or fr. '.'. !. a.e Q. ...
officials, on railroads. Tb. t..bhg..
tute were referred. A.ia,rs1
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26
Impeachment.

Chickasaw Messenger.
THE CLARION speaking of the impeach-
ment of Ames, Davis and Cardoza, uses
the familiar quotation: eff it were done
when It's done, then it 'twere well it were
done quickly" To which we say, amen.
Ames expects and knows he deserves it,
so does Davis and Doza Morton expects
it, Butler expects it, Blaine expects it,
and the people of Mississippi demand it
then "'twere we'll it were done quickly"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

IT is reported that strong tide of negro
emigration has begun to flow from mid
die Tennessee to Kansas, Mississippi and
Arkansas. Additional trains have to be
attached to the railroads leading to those
points to accommodate the multitude
seeking homes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

THE indianapolis journal, the leading
organ of the Indiana Radicals, dominates
Morton for President. Nobody talks OF
Grant now, except his bread-and-butter
brigade here in the South, and the hot
oospeller Gill Haven.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

The Legislature is working with order,
decorum and industry. 1t finds i'm
mense business in undoing the mis-
chievous work of its predecessors and
building anew. 1t will take years of in
telligent and economical rule to reclaim
the State from the difficulties and per-
plexities of carpet-bag administration;
but whatever can be accomplished in
that way, will be done by the able body
now in session.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

The Yazoo Herald suggests that the
office of County Treasurer is a constitu-
tional office, and can 10 more be abol-
ished by the Legislature than the office
of Governor or Attorney-General.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

A SPECIAL election tor Circuit Clerk
of Lincoln county will be held on the
29th February. Mr.. b. T. Atkins, a
gentleman of integrity and capacity, has
been nominated for the office. The vo-
tiers must now see that he is elected.
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Evidently Wants The Clarion.
Moopv1LLn. Jan. 10Th. 1szf-

WOoDvILLE, Jan. 10Th, 1876.
EDITORS CLARION; Enclosed find five
dollars, prospective and retrospective. Dun
me by every mail, but don't stop The
CLARION. Very truly,
p. L. FERGUSON.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

The Republicans of Maine have
brought out their Presidential candidate.
His name is Blaine.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

HARPER's WEEKLY meets the ques-
ton squarely and says it will not sup
port Grant, even if its own party should
nominate him. Bad for the third
termers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

THE bill to abolish tne otate Board OF
Equalization has become law by limi-
tation, the Governor having declined to
sign it. 1t was prolific source Of plum
der while it lived, but became imperative
from its own enormities even before the
formal act of repeal was passed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

Hon. J. VI. CAUsEY, Representative
from Pike, has been elected Worthy
Master Of Pike county Grange, No. z,
for the year Of 1876.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26
Impeachment.

There is intense anxiety everywhere in
reference to the impeachment of Gov.
Ames 1t is in all mems minds and the
wool and warp of all their conservations.
They are asking why this silence in the
Legislature? We can pardon to the i'm
mense public consequences involved in
the matter, the profound interest that is
felt. But We plead for patience. The
Committee with Gen Featherston at the
head, TO whom the duty of inquiring
into the charges was entrusted, is busily
at work, and is giving the subject thor
ough, laborious and impartial investiga-
ton. Meantime the House having full
confidence in its capacity and fidelity, is
content, for the present, to leave the sub
iect with them, while it is industriously
engaged in the general business of the
session. The public may be assured that
the great matter of impeachment will
not be neglected.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

THE Vicksburg Herald endorses as
excellent" the plan Of Hon. j. NJ. Yves
son for leveeing the Mississippi river.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

Upon the whole, | regard impeach-
ment as dead already.-O. Davis.
What! ''Dead" before the case is
tried? dead" without an investigation /?
Not quite so fast Stand firm and wait.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

JUDGE ORLANDO DAVIS reference to
:" Democratic sympathies, reminds US
that, staunch Republican as he is, he
too claimed TO be Democrat once upon
time. He was delegate to the Dem
ocratie Presidential Convention of 1868,
and was so much of Bourbon that he
opposed the selection Of member of the
delegation TO serve on the Platform Com
nlittee, on the ground that the said mem
Der might not be in favor of incorpora-
ting in the platform of the party. plank
denouacing and repudiating negro suf-
frage. The delegation did not sustain
the Judges objection, but nevertheless
it stands as part of his political record
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

The Democracy of Lincoln have re-or-
ganized for the campaign. Committees
have been appointed for each of the
beats. DIR. II. P Atkins, firm and
jealous Democrat, has been selected as
Chairman.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

EEKLY CLAR1oy-Two dollars per year, and
an extra copy TO getJer up Of club OF ten
more.
Is future paper will be discontinued when
time expires
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

GEN. S. J. GHoLsoN, and Gen. G. T..
Beauregard have petitioned Congress for
the removal of their disabilities. This is
the true way. Let each case be taken
up on its merits as occasion arises, until
after the Presidential election; and then
the year 1877 will be a splendid time for
the passage of universal amnesty bill.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

Mr.. KNOTT, of Kentucky, from the
Judiciary Committee, has reported a
constitutional amendment, making the
President ineligible to second term.
THEY have civil rights case in Phila-
deIphia. So much the better. Let it
work.
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.
Mr.. Mcneil, chairman r.,'..t+L,
repeal the cotton wpigbar. ti'.l .,
Holmes and laiobu-ha COIN. A.
mending its passage. '''..7 nv
Mr.. McCaskill, chairman
bill to amend 'ecriOu 5JU I'll I'-
relation To the official No.. r
Clerks of certain cOuulIe. e.5. T" ~
ing the passage OF the ,rts.'.'.
b. to define the BOUNDARY I.r..
ton and Marion counties. r..' ~.
passage.
Mr.. Reynolds, chairman r.
To repeal the act iu rt4fi.r
tious, that As similar biU t.. ie
Houses, the bill be iuGtHGtt.
IL. Is. TO incorporate lhp Nu...
Company Of Mississippi. N B......
ate Marshall County 'N4ru..".
pany also. 10 repeal the AZ
tax on privileges II b rs rt
act the several acts iuuorDorst..,u
Kinds county, aud II. b. t5 i...-.'.
state Grange, with thy r..-l
that they do pass.
SPECIAL ORDER
10 80 o'clock, AN.
The contested election c9sa.,.
vs.. sullivan.
Mr.. Pratt. from the commm.u.
ted Il minority report di,seo..r.
report OF the committee.
The evidence taken I'm t6s...
Then followed % lengthy
which McSsrs CATCHING. qrH nj
Vored the report OF the ropra.''
Pratt favored the minority r.r...
At , 40 D.. VI. the Senate aFf'r..
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

THE Oxford Ricochet had better wait
until their record is finished before it ar
raigns the Representatives Of Lafayette
III the matter Of the public printing.
They will be able to show that they CO.
operated in reducing the rates to a just
and economical standard, and that that
branch of the service will present, under
Democratic rule, a more signal example
Of reform that any other.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

ABOUT forty of the best citizens of
Amite county are here in attendance up
on the U. S. Court, to answer various
and sundry charges preferred by U. S.
officials. As we have before stated these
charges are manufactured for political
effect. 1t is a grievous hardship that
men should be thus called away from
their homes on such pretenses but this
is in keeping with the Radical pro-
gramme. 1t will not be so always
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26


We intend to do justice to Mr.. James
Hill, Secretary of State, who was charged
in the Times with dereliction o. duty, if
it takes all winter. The facts are as fol-
lows: Mr. Huddleston introduced a res
olution referring to the statement in the
Times, and providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate the
same. The resolution, on motion, was
referred to the Committee on PROPOSE
tions and Grievances, who reported to
the House and recommended that it do
not pass and also, through their chair
man, Mr.. Leigh, made a verbal
statement that Mr. Hill had appeared
before the committee and produced evil
dence that the charge was unfounded,
and therefore the committee was of opin-
ion that the appointment of special
committee to investigate it was unneces-
sary. On motion of Mr. Featherston,
the report was recommitted, so that the
reasons for making it might be presented
in writing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26
Observation-Disclosures,

Irf'DAr.Jarua-r
It. Gov. Davis colo iu tbs 4.
4. 'Nl els
The bill 70 amend section I,s,
was taken up and after .ii..'e5lsg
an amendment by Mr. ~
passed. D1''! {.
By Mr.. Johnston. 4 pa...i..
ers Of the state 10 reference y
lege tax; referred. V g. y
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-26

Now. l have to refer to two or three pre-
cedents, which think little more germane
than those which have been cited on the
other side, In l701 Lord Chancellor SOM
ers was impeached for putting the great seal
to the PARTITION treaties between England
and France for succession to the throne of
Spain, and for partition of a considerable
part OF Spanish territory to France. He
was impeached for putting the great seal TO
the treaties. He had gone out of the office
of Chancellor in 100, yet be vas impeached
in April, 170l 50 that the GfeJlSe OF me Chan
ce{tor trGs committed during q term OF oIfce
totich had expired, and yet he tcas impedched
for IT. He was a devoted friend of William
the Third he had done more than any other
British Statesmen to put him upon the
throne; he had been the great advocate of
popular rights; he had been a great favorite
of the English people; he was the author
of the great bill of rights of 1863
he was the author of the act of
judicial tenure; yet Re res iBlpeached for an
act done IN his precious tern or Office, al
though the king icGS anxious TO sare him.
The able Manager continued to pile
up authority. He proceeded:
refer, also, to the csss Of Lord Chancel-
lor Macelesfield, who was impeaehed in
l725. for various misdemeanors in his office,
in dealing with suitorS' moneys, in the sale
Of masterships, in the distribution of mon
eys betEe suItors, etc
Lord Campbell says that the ministers
became afraid of being suspeGted of wishing
to screen guilty colleague, and Lord Aacr
clesfield Was compelled TO surrender the
office of Lord Chancellor on the It'll of jan
nary, lbs. In the month of February fol-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17

these sweet lines which we take from
his line eplstse ''Under the
mellowing Influences of time. and
occasional demonstrations at the North
of desire for the restoration of peace
and good VIII, the Southern people
have forgotten much, have forgiven
much of the wounds they bore of it. y
Now, how pleasant it is for the
naughty North to contemplate forgiv-
ness by men who deserved only halters
but who are becoming the recipients of
nations tenderest mercies, who
have been restored to full citizenship
and clothed with amnesty to make
laws for loyal men, when, if Justice
had not been tempered with mercy,
they would to-day be wearing worm
eaten shrouds in respectable collins, as
dead as the unholy cause they espous-
ed with so much of "pomp and cir
cumstance' only few brief years ago.
There is something touching in Mr..
Davis emphatic cry of injured inno-
cence." If we didn't know him We
should be inclined to pity, but when
we remember the starved and sick, the
emaciated and the idiotic, the long
suffering 'boys' who were tortured
upon the Confederate rack and there
were some from our own city-return-
ing to us after the war had liberated
them from Southerns bells improvised
by the whining, and yet defiant traitor,
our pity loses itself in a hatred which,
if not entirely holy is far from being
unjast. Mr., Davis letter will not
tend to raise him in the estimation of
loyal men, it will rather give emphasis
TO the utterances of Mr.. Blaine and
make loyalty prouder name through
out all the Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, Feb'y s, 1876.
Nessrs. Editors:-On Friday eve
ming last, the Wisconsin Republican
Association of Washington, D. c.,
gave their Annual Reception at Ma
sonic Temple. Hon. Chas. G. Will
hams gave us an eloquent and thrill
ing address of welcome, which, for the
time being, carried us back to our
homes beyond the lakes. Senators
Howe and Cameron, Representatives
Williams, Lynde, Rusk, with their
ladies; Caswell, Commissioner Gill
and most of the citizens of Wisconsin,
temporarily residing here, were present.
The principal amusement at these So
cables is dancing, but at this one,
there was inaugurated for those who
do not "trip the light fantastic toe"
separate room for sociability. with
fine piano and card-tables for those
who enjoy music and playing social
games. Mrs. Daniels, accompanied by
Mrs. Mute, entertained the company
with some fine singing also, Mrs Jones,
a teacher of music in Howard Univer-
sity, which was a great treat to all
lovers of music. 1t was a gathering
of Badgers that one may well be proud
of.
The appointment and confirmation
during last week, of Hon. Chas. r.
Gill, ex-Attorney General, as Commits
sioner of Pensions, gives general sat
isfaction and will reflect honor upon
our state, he fulfilling the Jeffersonian
test of honesty, capability and faith
fulness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17

considered by itself What shall the
U. 5. Treasury now do with all this
pile of greeDbacks it has taken in this
grand swap? Pay them out again :?
1t this is done, wont they all come
right back again to be turned into
more bonds? And can anybody see
the end of our bonded debt at this
rate? On the other hand, suppose
they are cancelled when exchanged for
bonds. This wipes out our paper cur
rency clean, for our reform starts with
the abolition of National banks. Now
our query is this !: Why don't these
gentlemen bravely take the name of
hard money convention. Why so
modestly call themselves ':currency
reforme1s" when they are nothing
less than paper currency e.ctinguish-
ers?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
More Timber for the Centennial.

Last week we mentioned that Mr..
A. d. Lunt, Land Examiner Of the
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
had secured a cut from large pine,
for the purpose of sending it to the
Centennial but it seems that our Wis
consln timber is to be more fully rep
resented than our paragraph of last
week intimated. Mr.. Lunt has been
Instructed by Chas. L. Colby, Land
Commissioner of the Central Compa-
ny, to procure cuts three feet long, of
pine, white oak, white ash, butternut,
and birds-eye maple logs; also a SAM
pie in boards Of all kinds of timber
growing along the line Of the Central,
all of which are to be sent to the Cen
tennial for exhibition. He has pro-
cured at Wcstboro, Section So, a cut
Of pine log 6 feet in diameter, that
is entirely free from shake or rot, and
will get from near Junction City, cnt
of birds-eye maple, three feet in d.
ameter
Mr.. Saul Mason, of Nasonville,
Wood county, and who has saw mill
IA miles southwest of Marshfeld, has
promised to furnish an oak 4 feet in
diameter, and white ash and butternut,
each 3 IL feet in diameter. Also
samples in boards of all kinds of hard
wood timber growing in his section of
the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
A Query.

The following upon one of the vital
and most absorbing topics of the day
and which is threatening largely to en-
ter into politics, we clip from that ex-
cellent paper the Green Bay Gazette.
Our national history shows nothing
more ridiculous, or reveals nothing
more absurd, proving the truth of that
oft quoted line of the poet
THAT fools rush in where angels fear to tread
that the attempt Of little minds to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
SheriFs Sale.

State of Wisconsin-In Circuit Court of Wood
County.
Gerard B. Allen, Plaintiff, VS. Henry Reed, de-
PENDANT.
ID the Circuit Court of said Wood County, to,
me directed and delivered upon judgment in
favor ct the above named plaintiff. Gerard B.
Henry Reed, l. 4. B. Case, Sheriff Of sail Wood
County, have, on the 18th day Of January. A.
D. lSl6, at o'clock p m, of said day. seized
which the said Henry Reed had on the 10Th day
May D. 1867. OF, in and to the following de,-
cribed lands and tenements, which | shall eI-
pose to sale and sell to the highest bidder as tho
law directs at the front door of the Court House
in the city of Grand Rapids. in the County OF
Wood, IN the State of Wisconsin. on Saturday
the 10th day of February, A. d. 1876 at 3 O'Clock
p. M OF that day, or so much thereof as shall be-
sufficient to satisfy the of 81 2SS. IL together
with costs and Disbursements o-wit:
East halt Of the northeast quarter and south
west quarter OF the northeast quarter and east
half OF the northwest quarter and southwest
quarter OF the northwest quarter and west half
| OF the southwest quarter and northeast quarter
| OF the southwest quarter of Section 5 Town az
Range 3 East, and -noIrF half of the northeast
quarter and northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter and southeast quarter ofthe southeast
| quarter OF Section - Town "a Range East.
and southwest quarter and southeast quarter
! and northwest quarter of thenortheast quarter
and southeast Nuarter of the northwest quarter
| of Section 70 Town "a Range . East and north
east or artcr of the northeast quarter and south
east quarter o. the southeast quarter of Section
| 33 Town q Range East, and sout h half of the
| northeast quarter and southeast quarter md
south half st the southwest quarter of Section
| sc Town 24Range East, and west half of the
northeast quarter and northwest qu:. rter Of
Section Town 23 Range East, and north
half Of the northeast quarter md northeast
| OF the southeast quarter OF Section Town %
Ranges East, AMI north half of the north
east quarter and southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter and southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of Section IL Town - Range
5 East.
Dated at Sheriff. Office IN the city Of Grand
Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, this 18th day
I OF January, A. y. 1876
I. B. CASE,
Sheriff.
JAMES O. RAYMOND-
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
Republican Assembly Dis
1T7iat GgNmvnTp4IOrg

Republican Assembly District Convention
Tor the District comprising the counties of Adj
ANS and Wood. is hereby called to meet at the
Rablin House, in Grand Rapids, Wood County,
at l. o'ciock NJ, n the Is day or February
1876, to choose two delegates to the Republican
State Convention to be held in Madison on the
ID instant, seven delegates to a Republican
Senatorial District Conv to be hereafter
called for the 10Th District, and for the transac-
ton Of such other business as may be deemed
proper. Dated Feb /. 1876.
S. w. HOLINESS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17

Hon. ELLIS Il. ROBERTS says in
the Utica Herald that reconciliation
must come on the basis of victorious
Union, and not on the basis of a mar
tyred South.
That's Gods truth if it does SAVIOR
Of politics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17

JUDGE CATE has presented a bill
authorizing the furnishing Of the Dis
trict of Columbia with geological spec
linens, and the Judge has sent for
Swavze to come right down if the bill
passes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17

JEFFERSON DAVIS than whom no
man in the nation is more to be des-
pissed by loyal men. has written a long
letter to Hon. James Lyons, of New
Orleans, the purport of which is to ex-
cuse, if not deny en- toto, the allega-
tions made by Blaine and Garfield rela-
tive to the treatment of Union prison
ers in Southern prisons.
1t is evident that Mr. Davis does
not love Mr. Blaine, we sincerely be-
lieye such to be the fact from the tone
Of this letter, and we as sincerely be-
lieye that Congress has done very
proper thing in denying amnestv to the
arch traitor We are constrained to
50 believe after reading Mr.. Davis
eplstle which is as full of NORWOOD
as Vermont sheen pasture, and there
IS no measurement of the tgall Of bit
terness" which flows as natural from
the ex-President's pen as did treason
IN its purest essence from his lips in
the early years of the war. The
whole document is virtually an arrafgn-
ment of the men who labored by voice
and zen. by means and bodily pres
ence, TO thwart treason and save the
ration. jefferson" was in a forgiiu-
ing mood we Judge when he framed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
Senatorial Convention.

tOrial District will be held at the Rabln House
in the city of Grand Rapids, on
Thursday, February 18th, 1876 at clock P NJ
for the purpose OF electing two delegates to rep
resent said District in the Republican State
Convention, to be held at Madison on the end
of the same month.
By Order of COMMITTEES
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
-=<Hl s[De

LANDS who shot Carruth at Vim
land, n. J., was acquitted of the
charge Of murder on the ground of
insanity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
The LEGIsLATURE will receive no
new business after Feb'y 10th.

SOLD SEsEsH" would like to
CD Hill-Blaine's hopes for the presi-
dency.