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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24
a Little of the Old Lenvc..

We have noticed in the Louisville
(Ky.) Christian Observer a letter from
Rev. j. A. Lyon, OF the University of
Mississippi, giving a hauering report of
the prospects OF that Institution under
the new regime, from which we have
copied the following
Several causes may be assigned for This
graf Increase of students Ia tho +i-.t
place lt Indicates that the fears entertained
20 p-rsistrhtlN by many, that the institution
"oul1 DC "TQltca{fzsd.' have subsidized The
fact Is there HeUer teas the slightest 71nosr II
saeh aIt issue The ts1th IS thar this in,q5ind y
LeGf tr9S q party = 5ag5sar. a string harmed on
by political pdTttsaHs in the one part, ana
rival Institutions drumming ia our terrific
~ on the other.
The Rev. Mr.. Lyon, as the mouth
piece of the University, had better have
left that arrow in its culver. Its not
the part Of wisdom, much less Of the
professional peace maker, to revive set
tied disputes, and reopen old sores. He
may asperse the class whom he chooses to
term political partizans," as much as
he pleases, but the fact nevertheless re
mains that but for their labors the govern
ment Of the State would have been at this
moment under the rule Of ignorance,
barbarism and corruption We do not
understand how the class who were
playing go,between and crying good
Lord, good Devil, in the same breath.
when the Radicals bore sway in thi,
State, reasoned; but to other people il
did look like conspiracy to "radi
cali7e' tho University, when old citizen;
Or the State who did not bow the hu,,
to the Republican Baal, were set aside
by the authorities in power, and THEN
places i'll the Board Of Trustees anG
offices Of the school, were assigned moi
only to Republican ''partisans" but tc
some of the worst class Of carpet-bagger,
that infested the South. We had
thought that an entirely new order OF
things had been introduced at the Uni
versity since the reformation of our State
administration, but the foregoing extract
shows that it still has small ingredient
of the malignant element left. The
sooner it is eliminated from the institu-
ton the better
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a address Of the Dem acraGic Con-
~ervaGive Candidates Cor Ihe
Leg sIafur-. q" Iae Voters
.fEAini- County


tIISDs O.. Oct Is, ~.
In view OF the fact that the people
nave become >urfeitrd Of political ex ike
meut In the two campaigns OF 1875 g, in
Consequence ot which there are M political
meetings and no political IN .husia,sn ia our
county during the present c8mp45gn, aud.
also since cur county ticket wa~ nominated
so late in the season that hut lit,le time wil.
have interviewed before The election, we the
nominees of the DemocrAr IL Conservative
party tor Representative Of H5nI- couI-r.
have had no opportunities 70 - the pso3'c
aBd pr sent Ia them our views. plans aud
pnr . lseS \ in reference To our cour-e iu the
Le-i,l sturr, il elected We jHere.r-r, ia
lieu Of seeiug the people. re poet ully To-
qae>t thar you VIII preset o. mem through
the columns OF Nour valuable paper. few
suggestions, which We would make -
them in person had We the opportunities !:
1T. We agree that the proposed Ma ehtz
Il jackson Railroad viii Dc great benefit
to our eouaty bringing 70 The whole conn
t. iunUIuera bic blessings, which. without IL
we may and prob tblv VIII never eui y
We Is Representatives Viii therefore. IAvor
any plan for tutheraUce OF The building OF
said road coming before the Legislature.
2ud. " - favor icgi~lt limiting and
making uniform railroad tariff rd-es.
THIS we believe TO a be public utcesS rs, and
We viii use every effort 10 effect the pass
aGa Of bill having that purpose.
3rd, We are not prciudiced nor biased
=
but feel free To act, touching the same, in ac-
cordance with what we shall dctm the wish
aud will OF majority OF the good citizen,
of the county. be it tire amendment, re-
peal or continuance OF IL.
4th. We favor some plan by which the
G,000, 600 of acres of land which have been
forfeited for taxes and which are now the
State under tax titles. shall be made tax
paving, thereby relieving, to that extent.
the taxi payers OF the state. We think
these lands. some of which have been thus
non-tax-payiug tor many years, should oe
made AZ alIstDlU IUI 60 pay ing, eEsn thou -U
it should become necessary 10 restore them
to the original owners, their heirs or ASST gu
ees free OF lncumbrauce in the way OF taxes
OF the past, rather than that they should
continue 4 burden TO the State and its peO-
pie.
9th We strongly favor and will advo-
cate law which Will make it highly penal
TOR any Representative or Senator or any
other State or county officer 70 accept or
receive any free pass or free ride from or
upon any railroad, during the time such
persons shall iii such office, which law we
think should extend the penalty thereof 10
any railroad employee or officer who shall
give or offer a free pass 20 any officer OF
State or coanty.
Very Truly ours,
c. \. LUsK,
MARIE DABNEY.
ID. NJ. BALLARD,
WELDON Hicks,
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The Thirty First senatorial Dis
IriCt.

The Democrats and Conservatives of
this District have made the nomination of
a candidate (Mr. Perry who is respected
for his ability, integrity, devotion to the
Democratic canse, and his services in
retaining the State from misrule and
he deserves to receive the support of the
friends of reform, and the most sensible
and patriotic thing they can do is to give
it to him without stint, and to keep the
head of their party level. They are not
out of the woods yet.
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II is due to the retiring Postmaster at
this place, Mr. T. d. Fisher, to say that
he has made most competent and faith
full officer, to whom we will take this oc
casion TO tender our grateful acknowledge
ment for numerous courtesies. For the
young gentlemen, Messrs. VIM. s and
Emmett Parker, natives Of our town, who
have been employed and trained by him
ia the duties Of the Office, and who have
been aaexceptionablY attentive and polite
there is but one feeling of good will and
sympathy in the community, and of de-
sire that their services may be retained.
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Note from NIr. E.II-ic.

EDroRs CLARION With the concur
renee Of my colleagues on the Legislative
ticket, | ask space in the columns of your
valuable journal for the publication of the
following amendments to the above ad-
dress:
With regard to the question Of the coun-
ty subscription to the proposed railroad,
we deem it proper to say that we will have
no more to do with that question candi-
dates, than any other voter of the county,
inasmuch as it will have been settled at the
general election, before the Legislature
convenes. As the pcrpetuity Of free gov
eminent depends upon the virtue aud in
tellgence OF the people, we favor the main
tenance of an efficient system of common
schools, in order that the poor children OF
the state, white and colored alike, may en-
JOY the privilege ofacquiring good educa.
ton thereby qualifying them for the re-
sponsible duties of American citizenship.
Very truly pours,
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AT Clinton, when the bloody-handed
rioters were pursuing with murderous
weapons the young men who were en-
trapped in order that they might be
shot and butohered, Capt. Will Mont
gomery counting his life as nothing,
interposed his own person between the
murderers and their intended victims,
and rolled back the tide. BE is now the
candidate of his party for the State SEN
ate. Let him be remembered at the
polls.
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LETTER FKO1s y. Va, SbER.TON.
zse IL Not "a Candidate Nor "a Sore
head, and Will Vote Ihe Reg
uIaT Ticket.

From the Times.
JACKSON, Miss, Oct Il, 1877.
MIR. EDITOR: | notice in to-day's issue Of
the Times my name announced as one of
the nominees for the Legislature on what
i called the Peoples Ticket | beg leave
TO say that such nomination was without
my knowledge or approval. | thank the
large number of citizens" whoever they
may be. for such az expression OF conf
dcnce In my ability 10 serve the county in
such capacity; but desire unequivocal
" to say can't accept n nomination for
Office from any party or number of citizens,
be they Democrats, Independents O. Sepub-
licans. Politics are not 20 NY taste, having
been engaged In by me, when | did take
part in them purely as a matter OF duty.
The necessity past, | find it consistent
alike with my inclination and interest to
leave the field to that large number OF gen
tlemen whose patriotism, superior in its
spirit OF self abnegation to any | can boast
Of, iuclnes them To spend and be spent in
the service Of their country. / expect to
vote the regular ticket. | see but one is
sue in this canVaSs-whD shall hold the ON
ces, and As ana no otl.ce-seekpr | ind no
inducement to be either an ''Indepe ndent."
or that other modern political invention, a
Dissatisfied VoCer," formerly known in
political parlauce as "a Sore-head''
Very re- pectfully,
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Is an article which appeared in the
New Orleans Times, of October 18th,
headed "Affairs in Mississippi" the fol-
lowing appears, referring to outrages al
lodged to have been committed in Pike
county:
I'VE have the authority of gentlemen
who were present at the interview for the
statement that Gov. Stone was requested TO
authorize the formation of company of
State militia by the citizens of Osyka, and
that he refused TO grant the permission In
fact, he declined to take any action what
ever until otter the election"
We are. authorized to state that there is
not the slightest semblance of truth in the
above extract, nor was there ever the
slightest foundation for the two state
ments made, or for either of them.
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Adams County.

A fusion ticket on which both parties
are represented has been adopted by both
in Adams county. The following are
the Legislative candidates nominated on
behalf of the Democracy. Better selec-
tions could not have been made:
For Senator-K. Palmer Lanneau
For members of the House Of Representa-
tiYes-J, w. Chamberlain and T. OTIS Baker.
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The Supreme Court Vacancy

Gen. J. NJ. Harlan has been appointed
to the vacant judgeship on the United
States Supreme Bench, and it is said
that the South, which has 10 representa-
ton on the Bench, is to be delighted
with the appointment. Gen. Harlan is
known not SO much as lawyer as a Rad
zeal partisan who is not in sympathy with
the mass of the Southern people; and
the appointment Is an affront instead
of a concession to the South If the
Democratic Senators do their duty they
will use their utmost endeavors to defeat
his confirmation The partisans of his
class more than others are unfit custodi-
ans Of the high trust which Mr. Hayes
has conferred upon him. They have
constantly advocated the most extreme
centralizing doctrine, and have claimed
for the federal government unlimited
power OF control with the bayonet over
the affairs Of the Southern States. In
asmuch as the appointment is life time,
il would be better 10 stave it off until
Democratic President Is elected three
years hence when the place can be filled
by member of the bar Of capability and
integrity, and whose mind is not imbued
with the heresics, and the irradicable
prGud;ces peculiar to partisans of the
Republican school.
TO show the purely partisan and alb
surd grounds on which the appointment
of this Gen. Harlan are urged, we viii
reprint the following from the National
Union, the new Administration paper
recently started at Washington:
His vigorous canyasses have made him
the leader of the Republican party in the
State. In 1871, Gen. Harlan was the Re
publican candidate for Governor, and
p0lled s9,294 votes against l2G,447 for the
Democratic candidate. In 1875 he was
again the Republican candidate, and then
he increased his vote to 9O.195 against l26,-
91G for Governor McCreary, General Har
Ian is about six feet high, and weighs per
haps, 225 pounds. He has good humOred,
expressive blue eyes, etc.
This is the sort of qualification that is
sought fer the most august tribunal and
the court of last resort in the government
Of the United States. No objection to
the large commodity of flesh, though
Kentucky produces swine that far exceed
him in that qualifcation-nor to his Saul
like statue-nor his expressive blue
eyes-alI good enough in their way
but when his vigorous canvasses" as a
Republican stump orator are presented |
as the grounds of his promotion to the
Supreme Court Bench, we think it is
time for the Senate to order halt.
The Democratic members will entite
themselves to the severest censure if they /
do not employ all their energies to de
feat his confirmation
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'She Sort of Wan That has A~pcrS-
cd tIe Character Of the EeO-
pie OF Pike County.

Summit Sentinel
OsYKA, Miss, Oct. 18th, 1877.
EditOrs Summit Sentinel:
l send you enclosed certificate OF sun
dry citizens of Osyka, showing the charac-
ter of Lewis Nulry, upon whose letter and
affidavit w. {. lIlrre!l make his charge Of
lawlesSGesz ana Outrage chiefly against this
community, rs set forth in tho Summit
Time, of the / Ian inst.--lnd / will add that
the character OF Mulry il as well known TO
Mr.. Harrcll a 70 any cody else. Tins the
adage is verified that birds OF a feather viii
flock together
Very respectfully,
+. II. NARNADO.
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Important Decision Of Supreme
Court 30 Taxpayers.

On Monday last, the Supreme Court
delivered most important decision, in
relation to tax titles The Court held
Chief Justice Simrall delivering the
opinion, and concurring opinions being
delivered by Judges Chalmers and Camp
bell) that, by virtue of sec. 100, Code
1871, tax collectors deed impaired
prima tacia a perfect title, and relieved
the purchaser from offering any proof
touching assessment on sale. If the
owner assumes the burden Of proof, rs he
is compelled to do, he can only defeat the
title by showing payment Of the taxes
before sale, or by showing that there were
invalidities in the assessment or sale.
What circumstances constitute such in
validities, is matter for construction,
and by the Constitution CART. II, sec. s.
the same liberalty OF construction is to
be extended to tax sales as to sales
under execution. Neither the fact tina.
the owner had personal property in the
county. nor that no personal demand
was made upon him for the taxes, nor
that the sheriff had failed to advertise
the sale, would invalidate the tax sale,
inasmuch as none of these things would
invalidate an execution sale.
The case came up from Madison coun-
ty, (E. Nirden vs. +, J. Bowers and by
the decision the purchaser at tax sale be
comes the owner of valuable plantation
with the rents since day of sale,
This decision is destined to mark a new
era in the Jurisprudence of this State on
the subject of tax titles.
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Henry Mason Promoted.

After writing the above, We learned
that the Committee of the Bob Tail
Convention in which Henry Mason
fgured, have changed the Legislative
ticket SO as to give him place upon If,
so that he is On one of the malcontent
tickets and Harvey ON the other. Worse
and worse
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If the Independents and their Radi-
cal allies could get control of the Legis-
Iature they would make things as lively
for the taxpayers as they did in 1870
2-'73-'74 and '75-but fortunately
they will fail to get in power.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24

CAPT. F. w. MERRIN, after years of
faithful labor on the Water Valley COu-
rier, has withdrawn from the paper and
is succeeded by Messrs. Levy Woods
and Albert Caldwell-to whom, as well
as to the retiring editor, We tender our
best wishes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24

SENATOR BECE, Democrat Of Ken
lucky, has introduced bill TO remove all
political disabilities imposed by the Four
teenth Amendment, and another re-
pealing the act of 1862 which enacted
the iron-clad oath.
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IT is said that Mr. Hayes intends to
give the South another judicial appoint
ment. This time it is a Mr.. Baxter CD
a Republican lawyer in East Tennessee,
for the place in the U. 5. District Court
vacated by the death Of EmmOns.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24

JUDGE HAsIM's charge to the KEN
per county Grand Jury will be found on
our first page. 1t Is an invaluable con
tribation to the Jurisprudence of the State;
and, indeed, viii form separate and
distinct chapter in its history. No mem
Der OF society, no matter what his avoca
ton, can fail to be benefited by reading
1t, 1t IS profitable for doctrine, for re
proof, for correction, for instruction.
The Northern partisan press which, for
getting the beam in its own eyes, haveds
covered no respect for law and order in
Mississippi, will DO our State justice and
their readers benefit by copying this
mastery paper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24

The county that sends Independents,
so-cslled, to the Legislature might as well
send nobody. They will have no more
influence than the Radicals had in the
last Legislature. The Democrats will
be in an overwhelming majority and will
not pay much attention to the wishes or
the opinions of those who by Radical and
sore-head votes have defeated regular
Democratie. Conservative tickets.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24

WIrH Metropolitan Police Bill Ed
wards, from Warren, and Harvey and
Mason, the black, liners from Kinds, and
their white allies controlling the Legisa-
ture. it would look like the old Radical
times. God forbid,
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NcrY respectfuliY.

Holly Springs South

The next Legislature will be in the hands
of Democratic and Conservative party, and
Independents there will be without inAu-
ence. or the power to do good. Let our
people then act in unison with the domi-
nant party in the State, and elect the Tequ-
lars. and not the Representatives OF a small
minority of the Democrats, Conservatives e,
and taxpayers OF the county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24

The Democrats and Conservatives of
Holmes county nominated the only cOlored
man that offered himself as a candidate for
the Legislature at the primary election :
vet when the Executive Com mttee of the
Radical party met the other day, although
a Tar as we can learn there were only
about two whites present m0ig Niger was
nominated or indorsed.-Lexington
That's pretty much the way with the
independents" in this county after ma
king loud complaints that Justice had
g not been done to the colored people. 3"
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THE Jasper Herald says. 'In Jasper
90 county the Democratic nominees will
g have no opposition, and from the fact
g that there is no contest, very little
g interest is taken in the canvass. The
60 Independent movement has assumed
g no importance IN this part of the
q State"
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If the Independents are not allied
with the Radicals how does it happen
that the latter are to a man supporting
the Independent ticket?
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CAPT. MONTGOMERY, the Democratic
Conservative candidate Tor Senator, has
been detained at home by the illness of
his family. He will give the balance of
the time to the canvass, and wherever he
goes will be welcomed by the boys with
a cheer and God speed.
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The EEaye>-GarIieId Intrigue

Rev. Hon. Gen. Garfield, c. NJ. (gen-
eral manager) of the Hayes forces in the
House of Representatives, having denied
that the President induced him to with
draw from the Senatorial race against his
other man Friday, Stanley Matthews,
who worked the wires for the Returning
Board forgers in New Orleans, upon an
implied promise of helping to elect him
Speaker-the following copy of letter
on that subject has been produced
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THE Newton Bulletin is assured by
Hon. A. r. Carter, of Jasper, and regu-
lar nominee for Senator in the 9th Dis
trict, that the Independent movement
has but few followers in Jasper.
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THE man who votes an Independent
ticket would not mind seeing Ames, Car
dozo & Co. again in power if the firm
would guarantee him an Office.
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THE Black-liners and their white allies
who used every effort to keep Ames q
Co., in office in 1875, are now standing
"solid" for the Independent ticket.
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Not with his Consent.

Hlnds 90. TaZette.
EDITORS GAZETTE PLEASE say that it
was not with nv consent or approval that
my name was called rs delegate at the
Independent Convention held in RAYMOND
on yesterday. CALvIT JOHNS.
Bolton, Oct. Is, 1877
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THE Independents, so-called, nomina-
ted two separate tickets in Kinds Lass
week, and it wasn't good week for nom
nations either. Look out for several
new broods this week
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The journal IS the title of a new paper
started by our talented Young friend, j.
W. Robb. Jr.. at Rosedaie, Bolivar
county-Democratic in politics, of
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Stephen Johnson

The above il an exact copy of a letter
written by the Independent candidate TOR
Senator from this District TO a prominent
colOred man OF this county. We give i;
that the voters Of the District may see how
well quail fed" he is for "Eny" office.
Wouldn't Leflore be nObly represented
should she send this euphuistic parson TO
the Senate and the champion "cusseT' Of
the county To the House, What one failed
to preach through the other could " cuss
through Swallow this dose, gentlemen,
and You can safely gulp down anything in
the future.
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UNLESS you wish a Temperance OF
the Black-line influence in politics you
will vote the regular Democratic ticket.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24

PINCHBACK has called the attention
of the U. S. Senate to his credentials, and
claims that they are valid for seat in
that body.
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Bonn the "Independent" tickets are
dependent on the deiunet Radical party.
Therefore they stand just ghost Of a
chance and no more.