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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-07

We were told by Gov. Alien, while
canyassing the State last fall, for himself
and pariy. that we were going TO the
dogs about as fast as need be, all on ac-
count of Republican prohigacy. The
look ahead TO those who believed bis
renresentations, was sombre one, in
deed. Why. it was quite apparent that
the centennial year would witness the
depletion of every mans pocket of the
last dollar, and the ghost of bankruptcy
would be rattling his dry bones in the
presence Of every business man in the
State. The Governor now gives US
less frightiul and hopeless picture, anf
offers us a little encouragement to KEEP
along awhile longer, as things look tol
erabiy comfortable, after all No de
spending friend of the Governor should
incontinently go and hang himself from
sheer apprehension. In his message, th,
Governor tells US, after statistical set
ting forth of the taxable valuations o.
Ohio. that
s'This is a most gratifying exhibit
showing an increase in the taxable valu
ations of the State of FIVE millions, ninty
one thousand, nine hundred and thre
dollars greater Than the increase OF las
year 1t is evidence that the thrift of ou
people and the wealth of our soil are ell
ements of prosperity strong enough t.
breast the adverse currents of busines
adversely, which have been bearing dow
upon the country with such force durln!
the past two years.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
AMES as A TESEIEzER-

The readers of The CLAlEDS have
seen that after Ames had tssHhed that
the white people of Mississippi had been
guilty of murder and every other species
of wrong against the lnegtoez.i The fen
white Republicans of the State and the
peace and good order of society generally,
this admission was wrung from his re-
luctant lips by Senator Bayard
@. You have referred to various acts of
violence. have you any personal knowledge
of any Of these acts?
AMEs. meter so,c an act of-rtoleHce per
formed.
Q. Did you see an act of midaliOn per-
formed?
AMEs. No Imerer sase an act Of rto'ence
performed
Q. Then, what you have said is derived
from the information of other people?
AMts. Yes. sir.
This testimony reminds us, as the late
lamented President Lincoln would say
in the midst of grave deliberations upon
matters of moment, of ga little story.
Jones was having his preliminary trial
for shooting Squire Williams OK. Smith,
witness, was called, and after being
duly impressed with the solemnity OF
an oath, by Judge w. Fale, the prose
cutting attorney began: "You know,
Mr.. Smith, that Squire Williams OK was
killed." 81 do" says Smith. Your
honor" says the prosecuting attorney,
'the testimony is sufficiently clear and tc
the point to justify commitment" Gone
moment" says the counsel on the other
side, "before you retire, Mr.. Smith, you
say that my client killed the ox?' 81
do" Glow far were you off when the
OK was killed." "About six hundred
yards" ''Did you see Jones kill the ox:?'
mo" Did Jones tell you he killed the
OK" "No." "Did you hear the repor
of the rifle when the bull was shot?'
fNo, | never heard the report of thu
rifle" "Then, Mr.. Smith, if you wer,
six hundred yards from where the o,
was killed, didn't see him, wasn't told b,
Jones that he did the killing, and didn'
hear the report of the gun, please inform
this court how you know my client
Jones, killed The OK" "Why, sir, SAT-
the witness drawing deep breath), g
heard him drop."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
The Clarion for the Campaign.

The proprietors of The CLARION, de-
string to obtain for it the widest possible
circulation during the ensuing six months,
so az to increase its usefulness for the
success of the Democratic party and the
people in the approaching Presidential
campaign, and thus to insure the perma-
nency of Honest Government in our own
State and freedom from Bayonet Rule,
have concluded to place the price OF sub
scription from this date until January 1St,
1877, at the small sum of One DOLLAR.
We call upon each of our several thou
sand regular subscribers, to aid us in
making this announcement generally
known. and ask each to consider himself
an agent in extending the circulation OF
THE CLARION. Amy person sending
us a club Of ten or more, will be entitled
to an extra copy. Executive Commit
tees. or Democratic Clubs, ordering one
hundred or more copies, will be supplied
at the rate of eighty cents a copy
barely sufficient to pay for the white pa,
per and postage. Rsmittances should
be by registered letter, postal ORDER OF
in sums of ten dollars and upwards, by
express. When entrusted to the mail;
in the ordinary way, we cannot be re
sponsible for loss. All remittance
should be addressed to
Power & BARKsDALE,
Drrn1 1aIIrps CI AXIOM lack son Miss
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
Speaking by the Card.

The Times is wonderfully virtuous of
late. 1t has seen an annual rush for
Washington by office seekers for the last
eight years and has, if We mistake not,
participated with other hungry and i'm
pecunious Radicals in demanding office
of the government-for loyal services in
the rebelIious South. 1t has seen bit
ter contest between the factions of its
own party in convention assembled
which was nothing more or less than
fight oyer government patronage. 1t re-
members well the great number of Rad
icals who had been ousted from lucrative
State and county offices last November,
that hurried to the National Capitol
screaming murder" murder all seek
ing Office, and publishing approvingly,
butts few weeks since, from Washing
ton correspondent the following:
The recent political earthquake" in
Mississippi left many Republicans who
had labored faithfully and with self
oaSIihSLu3 1C1l AOA tue parry HltilOul pO-
sition and with means exhausted. These
naturally have hocked to Washington to
ask of the Administration assistance in
the hour of unfair and undeseryed de,
feat and disaster. All such, who were
deserving, and known by him to possess
the confidence of the party in Mississippi,
have found in Col. Wells a powerful and
sympathetic friend.
Sitting as it does in the easy chair of
a Federal official, and leyying support
from the people, whom it daily misfep-
resents and abuses, by securing the ad
vertising of litigants in the United States
courts through It's occupancy of the first
position, it has yet the temerity to get off
this interesting remark
The election of a Democratic President
if such an event were possible, would
bring thousands of hungry FitZhugh's
with their sous and innumerable impecu-
NOUS friends to the front, each demand
ing a government carriage to ride in and
an attendant to take charge of his super
fuous wearing apparel. From such
affections we know that the good LORD
will deliver us. x <
Aye, there's the rub, from the loss of
our fat Office good Lord deliver us.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
MODEST MUS.
Hon. w. M. Sims.

Hon. w. H. Sims publishes clrd in
the Starkville News, declining to run for
Congress. Xxx.
The First Congressional District could
not have furnished a more worthy and
accomplished gentleman, nor one who
would have reflected more honor upon
Mississippi as her representative in the
National Legislature, than the gentleman
whose name heads this article.
In every vocation of life, to WHICH he
has been called, he has proven himself
equal to its duties, faithful to its trusts
snd the pride of his friends. As lawyer,
he stands among the first of his profess
sion, and is an ornament to the bar. As
soldier, rising through all the grades
from Lieutenant to Colonel, he shared
the fortunes of the army of Tennessee,
almost to the end, and attested his devo-
ton to the cause in which he was enlisted
by the sacrifice of limb and a libation
of his blood upon the fields of Franklin.
III the last CdukdSS ne WAS CI4OSc4 Will
Hon. Fred. Barry to carry the standard
ofreform in the Senatorial District, and
they were planted in the halls of the State
capitol. As legislator, he was always at
his post, and actively participated in the
enactment of the reform measures which
will cause the Legislature of 1876 to be
ever spoken of with pleasure by the
Democratic Conservatives and tax payers
of the State. As President pro tenn. of
the Senate, (aeting Lieutenant-G oyernor)
called, unexpectedly as he was to this
exalted position, the dignity and the
impartiality with which he presided, and
his thorough knowledge of parliamentary
law, added additional laurels to those al
ready won. With manly courage and
fortitude, and wofnaniy modesty and
gentleness, W. H. Sims viii grace any
position to which he may be assigned by
bis fellow-citizens.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24

AFTER Ames abandoned his Office and
surrendered under fire of Gen. Feather
ston's Investigating Committee, we de-
termined to stop our discussion of his
official acts. But since he has underta-
ken to play the martyr, and to defame
the people who threw off the yoke of the
corruptionists last fall, We shall make
free use of the material at our hand in
the shape of the unpublished testimony
taken by the Impeachment Committee.
Our motive is not to kill dead dog, but
to show up Radicalism and vindicate the
State from the calumnies of the discomfit-
ted spoilsmen.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
The difference.

The difference between an alien, car
pet-bag Governor and home Governor
representing the people, and not plum
dering rings, is seen in the cases of
Gov. Kellogg of Louisiana, who hid
himself away at Washington and be-
seeched the President to furnish Federal
troops to quell the race disturbance on
the line Of Louisiana and Mississippi,
and Gov Stone who, in twenty four
hours, could have mustered into the ser
vice for the maintenance of peace and
the enforcement of order, FIVE thousand
of the pick and. flower of Mississipp1s
chiyalry. Fortunately Sheriff Noble,
backed by the support of the good people
of Wilkinson county. was equal TO the
emergency, and there Was no occasion
for action by our Governor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
REVELATIONS FOR THE IN
vEsTKGATIyG COFssAETTEE-

The testimony of DIR. j. H. ID. Bow
mar, relating the particulars of the con-
ference which he sought with Gov. Ames
in the, interest of peace and order, is a
terrific revelation. He was the foreman
Of the grand jury, Composed of q major
ity of RepubIicans,) which indicted the
Warren county thieves. and stated the
wrongs of the people plainly to Ames.
He showed him that Crosby had given
no legal bond as sheriff and tax collector,
and had persistently refused to do so.
That the people were aggrieved at the
open defiance of law by the county Off
Gals who were robbing them with a
high hand; that this was the sole
cause of the difficulty and beseeched
him, as the head of the ruling party, with
unlimited control over the negroes, and
the chief executive officer Of the State,
sworn to see the laws faithfully exc
cuted, to exercise his influence for that
purpose and stay the hand of threatened
violence which could have been easily
done by word from him. To this appeal,
with the heartlessness of Nero, who fid-
died when Rome was burning, and who
wished that the necks of all the people
were combined into one so he might sever
them at a blow, Ames answered with
sheer that the accusations against the
thieves were caused by race prejudice,
though they were detected by Republi-
cans and indicted by jury of majority
of the same party-that, so far as blood
shedding was concerned, let it come, he
was "placid" -that the taxpayers, whose
necks were CALLED by the yoke Of Crosby,
Cardozo, Davenport & company, could
have fighting to their hearts content; hut
the depredations of the lawless officials
must go on if his interpostion was re-
quired to stop it.
Thus encouraged by the Executive,
whom they were taught to reverence as
the vicegerent of Grant, and the omnip-
otent ruler of the State, is it wonder
that ignorant and vicious negroes defied
the law, and at the call of Crosby, who
| forfeited his office and resigned in conse-
quence of failure to qualify, rushed upon
Vicksburg to subdue the taxpayers and
seize upon its "booty and beauty ?"
1t is in the face of recorded facts like
these, that Ames testified that mo man
"can point to single line that l have
written, nor word that | have spoken
calculated to arouse the hostility of
Grace. On the contrary, l have used
ali my influence, both personal and off
"cial, to produce a sentiment of harmo-
"ny on the basis of eqIal and eraet jus
"tice"
After reading the testimony of DR..
Bomar, that the chief official and Repub-
lican leader Of the State, not only dis
couraged the arraignment of Radical
office-holders for their crimes, but in
cited the blacks to riot and murder, in
order that partisan ends might be sub
served, who will not admit that the blood
that was shed in the canvass was upon
the skirts of the Radical leaders, and who
will not agree that not to have impeached
| Ames and driven. him from the trusts he
had violated, by the terrors of the Of
Tended law, would have been be
trayal of the people who won the victory
| for Reform
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24

We are glad to learn that the Lauder
dale county Grand Jury is to investigate
the case of Tob;n, the NJ & o. r. r.
conductor, who put Mr.: Horn off the
train at night, thereby causing his death.
We have hitherto carefully refrained
from saying anything about the aft rir be-
You'd extending our sincerest sympathies
to Col. Horn of the Mercury, because we
knew Mr.. Horn was Mason and We
heard that the Masonic Lodge at Me-
ridian was TO investigate il and we
waited for the result.-Columbus Index.
Having carefully read the publications
on this subject, we are prepared to en-
dorse what is said about the inhuman
conduct of the conductor and to express
the hope that if there is justice in The
land, it will bring the mscreant, and the
corporation which sustainq him, to pun
ishment. Our heartfelt sympathies are
extended to Col. Horn, the surviving
brother of the brutally murdered man.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
Press Convention Postponed.

Col. J. L. McQullum, President of
the Mississippi Press Association, has
announced the postponement of the
Press Convention which was to have as
sembled at Holly Springs, on the 7th
prov, as follows:
WHEREAS, 1t has come to my knowl-
edge that it is the determination of many
editors and publishers belonging to our
Association to indulge in Centennial
trip during the summer, and whereas, /
have reason to believe that their absence
would eclipse more or less the pleasure
which is the usual accompaniment of our
annual reunions, TO say nothing of the
other draw backs that such ahsenteeism
would occasion, have resolved to post
pone the June meeting of our Associa.
ton, until otherwise ordered, of which
due notice will be given.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
Hon. L.. q. G.. Lunar.

The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times says that this gentleman
will, in refutation of the charges of Ames
and his crew, present to the country the
exact status of Mississippi affairs. He
is armed with the documents, and has
among others ga remarkable letter adj
dressed last fall to President Grant by the
Attorney General of the State of Missis-
sippi." The correspondent of the Times,
writing of this letter, says:
The Attorney GoVeral sets out by declar-
ing that he feels constrained to acquaint the
President with tue cadses WHICH brought
about the overwhelming Republican defeat
in 1875 Corruption and misgovernment he
declares were the main causes, and to Ames
and his administration these causes were to
be assigned. He then goes on to relate in
detail the criminalities and blunnders which
alieniated the Republican vote of Mississippi
pi rom the Amcs' corruptionists, and threw
the election into the hands of the DemOcra-
cy. Among the persistent disre2ards of law
On the part, of Ames he cites his insolent
disregard oil legal presidents, his favoriLi>m !,
and his n tempted debauchery of the supreme
bench. The letter fills 10 or 16 pages OF FOOLS
cap. aud bristleS with charges of law break
ing and venalitv ON Ames' part and on the
part of his principal upholders- He sums
up by showing that the negroes. disguSted
and terrorized by Ames' own people, either
stayed away FROM the polls or voted the
ID mocratic ticket. 1t WAS this letter from
Attorney General Harris which cooled
Grants ardOr last fall when Ames called
upon him for troops. A more complete
vindicatlon of the dominant party in tbs
State from the charges made by Morton
could not he presented by member OF the
party itself 1t is believed here that the
publication Of this singular document will
strip the Committee OF any pretext for in
Vrstigation. ta
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
Ohio.

The contest in Ohio between the
friends of Thurman and Allen, in which
the latter won, destroys the prospects of
both for the Presidential nomination.
Either would have been good nomina-
ton SO far as the South is concerned, and
would have received her enthusiastic sup
port. Whatever my be said about their
differences, and the position they occupy
on the currency question, they are I'M
questionably sound upon the issues which
vitality concern the Southern States-viz !:
The restoration of integrity in govern
ment and the right TO manage their
affairs subject to- the Limitations of
the Constitution of the United States, in
their own way
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
AEalcs vs.. AIcOrn.

In our last nuiaber We published 6 in
advance of all contemporaries, the tes-
timony delivered in secret by Ames before
the Senatorial Committee, in which he
charged Alcorn with having been the
chief instrument of the alleged bloody
prosecutions of the blacks in this State
OF course Alcorn will not remain silent
under this accusation but will swear
back at his assailant. A correspondent
of the Chicago Times says:
The committees sessions are all secret.
but it was made known TO Alcorn that he
was being made the Scapegoat for Ames'
criminaitcs and imbeeilities, and he broke
out in violent Indignation and denounced
the committee for permitting an impeached
and diSgracei fellow like Ames to 90 before
Il star-ehamher tribunal to blacken the
character of his betters. The consequence
Is that Morton and his blood and bones
brood are considerably perplexed. The tes-
timony of Alcorn will go to show that it
was through the corruptions and crimes of
Ames that the State WAS lost to the party.
while Ames, who is by no means without
following, will show that Alcorn is the
cause of all the mischief. When the facts
are all presented the Ames-Alcorn rule in
Mississippi will be proved the most cruel
rapac!ous, and criminal of any of the over
turned States.
On the whole, we may expect that the
dull summer hours will be relieved by
refreshing Kilkenny cat-fght between
these prominent Republican leaders.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
The Voice OrLhe People spoken
r.- by the Press.
Holly Springs Reporter3

Holly Springs Reporter.j
After charaeteriztng, very appropriately,
the testimony of ex-Gov. Ames, before the
Investigating Committee at Washington, rs
IA tissue of the grossest Misrepresentation
and caumnies THE CLARION urges our
Representatives in Congress to 90 before said
committee without fail and refute these
calnmnics and misrepresentation, and thus
yindleate their State and prevent the injury
that she must sustain if the arch calu,nDia
tor Is not effectualy answered. TIE
CLARION Is in this Instance, as it usuallvis
exactly right. Testimony delivered bv our
Representatives under all the solemnities Of
an oath IS what we most need now. And
we trust Senator Alcorn and our Immediate
representatives, Hon. e. Wiley Wells.
though Republicans, will do tile people Of
mississippi the justice to add their testimo-
tiVes
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
LINCOLN COUNTY
Delegates Appointed 20 the A'A'
and District Convention


Broekhaven Ledger .a.s
The Democratic Executive Comm.
mot at the Courteous, 30 Buok.ls.'... .
The 18th inst, pursuant 90 tlr r'.
Chairman, DR. ri. z. Atkins. El0A nv.
visor's District being represented. oI ....
ton, the committee proceeded % D.
ON motion the following re-''a'.-.
adopted; That this CommIt.c. ~.
five delegates to repre-cn, thi- count. .rrs
Democratic state Convention 81 "e NY.
jackson on the 18th day of Jme neA.' r..
also the same number to thr Io,e-.
Nominating Convention To ba he.d q. M.
future time, An election wa. thsn ...
each of said Conventions, one II2" ~.
Supervisor Beat, and resulted ih lH'
ton Of the following gentlemen:
FOR STATE CONyENuJS,
.,N. 4
Beat NO. ], II. J. Atklh' ~ ~ lrgral
RRal1n M B iSI no. %. IN .,t No. g. Eb
Applewhite.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24

The Louisiana Investigating Commit
tee of the National House of Represen-
tatives has developed the fact that Mo-
rey, the Republican member of Congress,
had absolute control over the deputy U.
S. Marshals and the military authorities.
That at his diction prominent Democrats
were arrested and thrown into prison, SO
that his (Moreys) election would be as
sured. The testimony condensed from
our daily exchanges will be found else
where.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24

While the prophets are prOphesying evil
concerning Capt. Ead's great scheme
which promises to open the products of
the valley of the Mississippi to the sea,
he is working silently in the full faith of
ultimate success, and experiments are
demonstrating that his faith is well
founded. Within the past two weeks,
two vessels, each drawing fifteen feet
water, has made the trip over the channel
he has deepened, and which. last year,
contained depth of but seven feet. All
hail, Capt. Eads and his splendid
achievement,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
Gen. Robt. Lowry will not be candi.

Gen. Robt. Lowry will not be candi.
date for Congress in this District.
-Handsboro Democrat.
Gen. Lowry has troops of friends
throughout the State, who, admitting
his courage, his ability, his unselfish de-
votion to the cause of reform and his Ia
bors in its behalf in the darkest hours
Of the State, viii palIy to his name
whenever it is proposed for any Office.
In this connection, we are reminded
that the eminent law Arm of Mayors d
Lowry, after an existence of many years,
has been dissolved by the elevation of
the senior member TO the bench, which.
he viii adorn. s. 1.....
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24

THE senior editor is under special obli-
cations to his friends of the Peoples
Defense for courtesies. The Defense is
an excellent paper, under the editorial
control of Gen. Joe Bell, an old
hand in the editorial business. He de-
livers any amount of wit and wisdom for
the grown people through its columns,
and fun for the children. We again
wish our old friend, Gen. Bell, and
our young friend, Sam Knight, sue
cess in their journalistic enterprise.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24

Raymond Gazette,

raymond Ga1ette.
In Raymond, on Saturday afternoon last
tue Y. >; Flag was hoisted 90 the top of the
Liberty Pole, the Gornet Band discoursed
hvely music on the public square, and the
cannon roared out in repeated discharges to
advise the surrounding country that the
Democratic-Conservative Club was re-or0an-
1zed. New officers, (the old ones askins 10
be reiIeved,) were elected, and the whole
thing set up for as lively campaign in this
centennial year, as Kinds county has
ever S .!a witnessed i. An anti-Radical majority
o. ooO at the Raymond box, and 1000 n
the county, are the lowest figures at which
the boys are now willing to Compromise Ss''N-