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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-07-18
Ehe STATE COnvenGiOn--.Trnn
IaIiOn Arrangements

The State Executive Committee appointed
Hon. II. NJ. Street committee TO CORES
pond with the several Railroads with view
to securing reduced rates of fare to State
Convention. Marion Smith, Esq, Secretary
OF the Committee, also interested himself
in that behalf and the following is the re-
suit of the arrangements they have been able
10 effect:
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad-Wi i'll
issue round trip tickets at one fare.
Mobile and Olio II tilroad-Will sell round
trip tickets on 30.h and Sit insf., at three
cents per mile each way, provided that not
less than ten tickets are purchased ut any
one station.
Mississippi Central r lilrOad-Wlll sell
round trip tickets at Is fare from Grand
junction, Oxford, Water Valley, Grenada
Winona. Ddrant and Vlughn's. Tickets
will be sold July 30th and 3lst. Good til
August 9th.
New Orleans, jackson and Great North
ern RailroId-Will sell round trip tickets at
l-5 fare from kosciusko, at all stations be-
tween Can1ol AMI Osykl, aud AT New Or
leans for parties from the coast.
Mississippi and Tennessee Rdlroad-lf
five or more will take train at any one sta
ton between Memphis and Grenada, they
will be furnished excursion tickets to Gren-
ada at is fare tor round trip.
Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Rail
road--Will pass delegates from Ripley
20 Middleton at one fare for the round
trip
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Agents will sell round trip tickets To Grand
Junction at excursion rates.
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THE prosecution of the Louisiana Re-
turning Boarders with view to the de-
velopment of the frauds practiced by the
Republican managers in that State, is
due to the Democratic Congressman who
vere charged with hasty action in the
passage of resolution latter the by z
Commission rendered its decisiou,) that
Samuel ], Tilden :" having received a
" majority of the votes of the duly ap-
pointed Electors was thereby elected
Z" President of the United States from
:: the 4th of March, 1871" we will
venture to say that the testimony adduced
in the trial will fully establish the truth
of what was set forth in this resolution.
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DEPUTY CoLLECToRs.-W are not
prepared to speak of all OF Ex-Governor
Powers appointments of Deputy Collec-
tors; but there are several of whom we
can speak in the highest commentators.
Among the Republicans, We find the
names of Col. Victor W. Thompson and
Judge w. NJ. Hancock The latter has
rendered long and faithful service on the
bench, both under Democratic rule in
the Olden time, and modern Republican
rule. Then, again, there is the appoint
ment of Edgar West, of the third divis-
ion. He is ',native and to the manor
born'-a son of our distinguished citi-
zen Gen. A. NJ. West-possessing SUI
periOr business qualification and of I'M
blemished life. He is a Democrat in
politics. but it will not be expected of
him to disregard the Presidents order
forbidding men who have the duties OF
public Office to discharge to perform the
role of political managers. We COM
mend Mr. West to the people of the
counties composing his district, viz:
Amte, Pike, Lawrence, Simpson and
Lincoln, as a courteous gentleman and
excellent business man.
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Col. W. N, McCardIc Announces
Himself as "a Candidate for
Secretary Of state.
10 the Public.

At the solicitation OF few friends, have
consented to submit my name to the Demo-
cratic Convention as candidate for nomi-
nation for the Office of Secretary Of State.
l have no claims upon the party or
upon the people, for that or any other office,
but if | should be nominated and elected, /
shall be none the less grateful.
Believing that the success Of the Demo-
cratic party afforded the only hope for the
redemption Of the people of Mississippi
from the rule of rapne and robbery; that to
it alone we could look for a return to the
paths Of honesty, economy and pure gov
eminent, have lab)red with unwearied
zeal aud unfaltering fidelity to win for the
Democracy an assured and enduring tri-
umph.
If, now, in the day of their power, the
people o.: Mississippi should esteem worthy
81 some mark OF recognition, one who, for
ten dark and weary years, stood firmly by
them, regardless of all personal conse-
quences, aud who never lowered their FLAG
in the presence of the enemy, | shall be
most grateful for the honor. If, on the CON
trary. The Convention shall conclude TO
nominate some one better qualified. some
one whose services to the State and to the
party are more deserving OF reward, be It
80, | shall derive consolation from the re-
Election that Sparta hath worthier sons"
Very respectfully,
WIN. ii. MCCARpLE.
July, 10, 1877.
Democratic papers will oblige me by
giving this card an insertion.
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WHAT Ex- Gov Brown, OF TENNEs
SEE. SAYS ABOUT IT.-Ex-Gov. j. G,
Brown, one of the Hayes Commissioners
to reconcile the Packard crew in Louisi
ana to the removal of the troops, says in
reference to the endorsement of the Re
turning Boarders for forgery and perjury,
that there was no agreement with the
Commission tlIat w ellis and Anderson
should be exempt from prosecution, nor
was such proposition brought forward.
At one time it was reported that mem
bers of the Returning Board had been in
dicted, but upon being questioned, Attor-
ney Gen .ral Ogden denied the report.
This was the only reference made to this
subject during the sessions of the Com
mission at New Orleans although Gov
ernor Brown says there was tact un
derstandng that the settlement agreed up
on would terminate the entire controver
sy, and no further proceedings were to
be instituted based on anything that oc-
Cured during the election and canvass
of the vote of Louisiana"
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Gloomy Republican Prospect. On
Pcnnsy and Ohio

WAsn1NGroN.-J Harry White. af Penn.
sylvania, member OF the ucXt House ..
representatives, 20 whom Grant Wuu| II.
celebrated third-tcrm letter last year. ..
this city, and is spending the evening H..
President Hayes. lie j. one of t.r n..
prominent Republicans ofhis State. and ...
Travelled in IT, much of late. Ilasuy. H.
the dissatisfaction with the Administered.
does not come from the machiuuioUs NJ W..
Camerons. lie finds that rhp people ...
apathrtic without distinction of urrIr.U..
does not think that either side wifi g.I m.
"A full vote next fall. lie coufp--u-. N0Nr...
that the dissatisfaction BIS very g.u...
among the Republicans, and -uy- It .. .uH...
tul whether they can carry che State. Is
are profoundly impressed VirI rIr n..ur...
the party To maintain its hold Uu u. ul .a
Northern States. and remarks WuaI .-....
dent in other states, that thr di--lII-H.-u
is not merely with Hayes and Dis aHmIu..
tration, but with the general result u u.
past eight years.
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In conformity with instructions by the
County Executive Committee at its last
meeting held on the 1G,h of april last Con-
vention Of the Democratic Conservative
party OF Kinds county Is hereby called to
assemble at the courthouse in the town of
Raymond, on Monday, July D I, 1877, at II
o'clock, A. NJ, for the purpose Of appointing
delegates to represent the county in the
state Convention oflS77, and tor the trans
action of such other business "a may prop
crly be acted upon. The several election
precincts of the county as constituted by the
Registrars in 1876, viii be entitled in the
county convention to the number of dele
gates a. stated below, unless the convention
shall otherwise order, tO-wit:
Auburn precinct, , delegates; Bolton,
Brownsville, .; Byram ,; Cayuga, /; Gin
ton, /; Dry Grove 5 ; Edwards, .: Raymond,
s; Terry, 3; Tinuin, I; Utica, ,; city of
Jackson, .. Total, 60 delegates.
And it is recommended that the. Demo
Cratic-C Conservative voters i'm each election
precinct that has not already appointed its
delegates assemble ut their voting place not
later than Saturday, July 18th, at II O'Clock
NJ, for the purpose of selecting delegates to
the County Convention.
W. 7. RATLIFF, Chairman.
GEO. w. HARPER, Secretary.
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The Natchex and jackson Rail
road.
N1tchez Dem ocrat !

NftcheZ Democrat.
The Raymond Gazette is correctly in
formed that Gen. Martin and the Directory
are evidently in favor of immediate opera
tions, and we have reason to believe that
| they have fully determined upon the follow
ing points.
l. To contract for the building of the road
as soon rs the location can be made, north
ward from Fayette to the Rodney and Port
Gibson dirt road, near Red Lick, not far
from the Claiborne line.
, To locate and cross section the line to
the Claiborne county line.
3. To make complete survey on the new
line to Jackson as soon As the subscriptions
made on this route will authorize it.
4. To send the engineers to Raymond to
locate the line from Raymond To Jackson,
and then from Raymond to Utica.
This looks like business, and affords
the public an assurance that business Is in
tended.
The Natchcz and Jackson Railroad is
purely Il Mississippi enterprise, and il, per-
haps the only truly Southern railroad in
the Southern States Not dollar of North
crn money is in the twenty-siX miles al
ready built, Eor does any foreign bank
ing company of capitalists hold mortgage
on the road or anything it possesses
In the same paper from which the
foregoing is copied, we find the follow
ing:
The surveying party recently organized
By Engineer BAbbtt for the extension OF
the Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Rail
road left for the scene of its lab1rs on Sun.
day evening aud yesterday morning COM
menced work in the direction of Red Lick
The party was selected with care by Capt.
Babbitt aud will doubtless do the work for
which it has been chosen promptly and
thoroughly.
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MAJOR ,.EO. VI. GOVAN.
shall the Office Seek the Wan. or
the 3Iam Ihe Office?

EDS. CLARION From the list of candi-
dates for State Auditor, we notice with ex.
IRENE regret the withdrawal Of Mai. Geo
NJ Govan of Marshall county. With char
teriAtic manliness he assigns as the reason
that his candidacy might conflict with the
claims of Others from his section who are
seeking political preferment, and that, as he
modestly asserts, are more entitled to recog-
milton by the people than his own. Now
TINS action on the part Of Major Govan is
exceedingly clever and considerate. and
doubtless is fully app reciated BIZ those
Tor whom he Is willing to sacrifice himself
Let, While we recognize the fact that mod
esty is merit, and as characteristic-es-
pecially in Holly Springs mans as rare
as IL IS commendable, we protest against
his withdrawal from the race for the reasons
assigned.
The first announcement of His na,na for
the position was received with enthusiasm in
many parts of the State where he was ner-
sonally known, and with equal satisfaction
oy All VINO gained knowledge of his char
acCer ana qualifications from those who
hhe" MIN as gallant soldier or the field of
oattie' an estimable citizen in the privata
walks OF Ike, or a faithful officer in the
mouse OF Representatives. If energy. and
capacity and honesty are qualifications for
,lnce' we nnhesitatingly assert that If tho
ieiegates that go to jackson 10 represent
he people in the selection of their ppbIic |
servants, desire to secure the services Of
nan that combines all the necessary ouali6-
.atlons OF head and heart in a pre.eminen,
legree' they cannot do a better or Wiz
h'ng than nominate Major Govan, regard.
ess OF his praiseworthy Difference re tho
laims of others. SouTn M,s.,ss - '"e
July 18th, l8f7.
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"THE times change aud men change
with them" is a saying which we have
seen illustrated every day. Our excel
lent Holly Springs contemporary, the
South, Is a case in point. That paper
took THE CLARION to task for urging
the impeachment and removal of Ames,
and combatted our Argument not only
with legal opinion, but with spice of in
vective. Nooo We find it holding such
language as this upon that subject:
Ames was Governor. aud a such, would
have the nomiuation of all the ChancelIors
and Circuit Judges Of the State, and the op-
portuuity to call upon the President for
the military, and by the aid of the bayonet
to control or greatly Influence the Presi-
Dental ana Congressional elections of 1876.
and the general State election of 1877
His course had shown him TO be reckless
arbitrary and yin1ictive, if not positively
corrupt. And his being Governor was the
greatest drawback upon the Democratic
Conservative victory of 1915. The most sa-
gacious and bode>t OF our citizens regarded
our SITUATION " ltl1 serious Alarm. ne o.
flee of Governor, with the immense patron
re with which Radicalism had designedlv
invested it. was seen and felt to be a great
power in the State. With this power un-
scrupulously welded by Gov. Ames, our
entire Judiciary, and the result of the Con-
gressional and Presidential elections of
1876, might have been disastrously adverse
to our true and best interests
In this connection, the South pays a
deserved tribute to Gen. Featherston
for the boldness, courage and sagacity
which he displayed in prosecuting the
Ames investigation and impeachment
Time works wonders and we are graft
fed that it has worked so complete a
change in the convictions of our Holly
Springs friend in reference to the most
important chapter in the political history
of Mississippi since the reconstruction
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We woull like for the CLARION to tell us
the fraud Lhll was perpetrateI, and who
perpetrated it Our well-informed contem-
pofdry vii! surely acknowledge that the
fraud was peTpetrated by the Electoral
Commission, aud not by those who voted
for the law.-Nicksburg Herald.
The fraud" was committed by the
Commission and the INSCRIPTIONS schem-
ers of the Radical party who concocted and
supported it with a design to install the
defeated candidate. Senator Edmunds. of
Vermont, the author of the scheme, said,
after it passed. that it chad lifted the Rad
zeal party out of the valley of the shadow
of death, to which it had been consigned
by the people. The "blunder" was COM
mitted by Democratic leaders, North and
South, in favoring the measure, and lie
Of the number confessed as much when
they changed front, and fillibustered to
defeat the count after the law had been
put into execution, at the hazard of being
charged with violating AN agreement
which they had claimed the credit CD
of making. Mr.. Watterson, one of the
most prominent of them, said: "The
=" Republicans have set trap for Us and
g we have walked into it" or words to
that effect Wasn't that blunder or a
or any other mild term you may
choose to apply to it If it wasn't, it
must have been a good thing, and the in
evitable logic oft is that there should be |
a repetition of it in the Presidential cleo
ton, else the proverb ''prove ali things
and hold fast to that which is good" is |
a delus.on and q snare
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DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE
STATE CONVENTION.
70 be held Wednesday, Aug. !. 1877

ROoMs STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE !
DEM Cos. PARTY OF MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON, June 2Jtn, 1871
At meeting Of the Executive Committee
held this day, it was, on motion,
Resolced, That a Convention of the Dem
ocratic- Conservative Party of the State OF
Mississippi be held at the Capitol. III the
city Of Jackson on Wednesday, August l,t,
1877, tor the purpose Of nominating candi-
dates for the offices OF Governor, Lieuten-
anti Governor, Secretary Of State, Auditor
Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney Cen
eral, and State Superintendent of Public
Education, and for the transaction OF such
other business as may be deemed proper
Eesofced, That until otherwise ordered by
said Convention, each county in the State
shall be entitled to double the number o.
votes in said Convention to which it is en-
titled IN the lower branch of the Lcgisla-
ture.
ResolUed, That the State Executive Com
mittce recommend the early and thorough
reorganization of the Clubs of the Demo-
cratic Conservative party in the different
counties Of the State.
j. L. GEORGE,
MARION SMITH, Chairman.
Sapratary-
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Gov. Brown was as good, as patriotic,
as sincerely devoted to the State and to
all the people that live in it, white and
black, eight years ago when the Repub
licans elected j. L. Alcorn to the office
of Governor; or four years ago when
they elected the adventurer Adelbert
Ames--he is as now--and why did the
Republican managers not then tender
him their support? They are in the mud
now, and only want Hercules to assist in
rolling them out.
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STANLEY MATTHEWS, one of the Visit
ing statesmen who went to Louisiana to
give the Returning Boarders who are
standing on the edge of the Penitentiary
for perjury and forgery, aid and comfort
in their nefarious work, denies that he
"nas ever made a bargain with anybody
about anything concerning Louisiana >
but says he will say something when the
time comes. Thereupon it has been sug-
gested that it would be well to arrest the
progress Of events until Stanley can be
heard from.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-07-18

The New York Sun publishes the fac
simile of two certificates of deposit at the
Second National Bank, New York, by
Z. Chandler, Chairman of the National
Republican Executive Committee, TO the
credit of r. b. Hayes, during the last
canvass. The money was collected from
the Custom House and other employees
of the government, and is understood to
have been expended for election purposes
II Mr.. Hayes is civil service reformer,
it is evident that he has been regenerated
since his Inauguration. The thing has Il
bad look.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-07-18

''PRIvATE advices" from jackson to
Washington, in Republican circles, con
firm our statement that the disarmament
of the Republican party in this State
was made necessary by the order of Mr..
Hayes forbidding officeholders to serve
as political managers. Says an associat-
ed Washington dispatch:
The Committee resolved to make no NOM
nations for the State election next fall, for
the reason that the Presidents civil service
letter forbidding Federal officials to engage
in campaign work, let them without or
ganization. majority of the Committee be-
ing of1ice:hoders.
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Mr.. HAYES is seriously compromising
himself by rewarding the Returning
Board knaves who were instrumental in
the Presidential fraud, with important
appointments. He gave Wells and An
derson two of the best Federal offices in
Louisiana to a Florida Returning
Boarder he gave another; and report now
SAYS that he has conferred a like distino-
ton upon still another.
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CovINGToN.-The Summit Times gives
this report from the good old county of
Covington
Covington county, thanks to a judicious
and economical administration of its affairs
by their Board of Supervisors, is entirely
out of dett. and the county warrants can
not be bought for less than ninety five cents
on the dollar-the only inducements at all
being a desire to convert them into cash be-
fore the time arrives for re 1eeming them.
The rule adopted by the b 1ard of Supervi-
sors is, that there shall be only as many dol
lars in warrants issued, as the county will
be able to redeem in money at the end OF
the year, and this, with the absence OF debt,
is what has inspired that vigorous tone of
confidence already mentioned as observable
among the people.
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WILLIAM.

The railroad engineers have run the trial
track to Coles creek, on the Red Lick ex-
tension. Gen Martin and consulting engi-
neer Richardson have gone carefully over
the route to Red Lick, and found location
even more favorable than that presented by
Maj. Green.
In about ten days portions Of the Red
Lick extension will be put under contract.
Contracts for cross ties are already called
for We would notify the people OF Jefters
son that DIR. Richardson. of Eayette, Is au-
fhorized 10 attend to this busfness.-Natchez
Telephone.
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No doubt of wholesome change in
Northern opinion on the subject of
Southern politics. For example, the
Chicago Tribune Republican, says
''There have been no political murders in
Louisiana and South Carolina since
Packard and Chamberlain steppe d aside,
and the negroes have not made any com
plant of being maltreat ed and abused"
And the N. Y. Tribune, also Republican,
says: 1.-THE Republican Bourbons will
never forget the act of justice and neces-
sity that sent Packard and Chamberlain
10 the North"
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Hon. Jas. 5. Fl ANN. of Meridian, Miss
has been rendered the law profeSsorship in
the State University at OXf 'rd. Judge
Hamm is not surpassed in pro ound lvgal
ter by any iurst in the who South. His
splendid qualifications would adorn the
highest iu1cial station in the government,
and when reason walks abroad. as i'm she
better days of the Republic. Judge Hamm
viii surely wear the highest national judi
cial ermine.-Glasgow (ky.) Tines.
The last Oxford Eagle states ;hat
Judge Hamm has declined the position
and that it has been rendered Judge
Watson, of Holly Springs, whose eminent
fitness for the position will be universally
admitted.
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IF the Louisiana Returning Boarders
are convicted OF forgery and perjury. and
are consigned to the Penitentiary
under the laws of that State. Mr.. Hayes
viii be under the necessity of appointing
a Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans,
and Collector of Customs, in place of
Wells and Anderson, two of the accused.
Tie truth is, their appointment was in
bal taste, under the circumstances,
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Choctaw LEADER
Natchez Telephone !
appointment Of Isegi-trur-

The following appointments were made
by the State Board on 18th inst:
Amits-Ridley Gordon, vice Robert Hood
declined.
clined.
Grenada--Roland Collins, vice Giles smith,
declined.
Madison--Lee Jones, vice }. G.. Fellowes'
removed,
Adia1ms--James w Alexander, vice Henry
wilson, resigned.
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IT will not have escaped attention that
the New Hampshire House of Representa-
tives Republican, has passed resolutions
denouncing government aid to internal
which means government
aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad and
to the protection or tie lands Of the Mis-
sissippi river and its tributaries liable TO
overflow.
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| understand the conflict in your State to
arise on a murder committed by a Federal
officer upon a citizen. L pon what pretenoe
can it be claimed by the courts of the United
States 1t is not among the cases enumer-
atel by the Constitution to which the Fed
eral power shall extend | do not say that
question may not be raised on the trial
which might authorize a review on writ OF
error ny the supreme Court But murder
by whomsoever done o. suffered is an Of
fence against the Stare alone, and the accus
ed is triable only in the State courts. There
can be no removal of such canse for trial.
| speak with reference to the Constitution
without examining other authorities. De-
csioDs which agree with The Constitution
are useless-those who oppose it are false
| am. yours truly,
]. 5. BLACK.
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THE pretended disbandment of the
Radical party means that Independents
are invited to declare themselves as can
didates against regular Democratic nom