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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21
That Kicker.

Somebody says that somebody else says
that friend of his is reliably Informed that
that full fledged Republican ticket which
created such sensation at the Eariou- yot-
ing places in this county on the l8sh inst,
can truthfuily claim as its father no less a
parsonage than the eminent Chairman oil
the tic-Conservative State Execu-
tive Committee.
It was certainly neatly executed ticket,
purely Republican in appearance, and its
typographical design, its eagle and it's stars
-as well as some of the familiar names on
irs sace-forcibiy recalled Che time when ode
Publican party" carried everything before
It in Mississippi. We would like to know pos
ltiYely who was the father of it, and we will
undertake TO bore the man who W i'll inform
us With weekly visits Of the Citizen for the
next year gratis. We want to congratulate
It's author. His design evidently was to
scare somebody. he succeeded TO degree
that merits favorable notice, and If we can
orly get his name we will contribute on r
mite towards immOrtalizing it.-E1wards
Citizen.
The Citizen is entirely misinformed..
The Chairman of the State Committee
had nothing to do with getting up or dis
tributing a Republican, or any ticket
other than that nominated by the regular
State and county Conventions. It was
as much as he gould do to attend to the
business of his own party; and he is
gratisfed that all tickets that had for
their object the defeat of the regular
nominees failed in their purpose. We
had heard Of similar attempts in Copiah
and other counties.
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The DepredaliOns of GOvernmem
Upon the Gulf Coast Lum.
Der Interests.

The high-handed depredations Of
United States officials upon private, un.
der pretense of Selling government prop
erty, has been brought to the notice OF
the Washington authorities, as will be
seen by the following proceedings in the
United States Senate on the 18th inst
Mr.. Jones, of Florida, submitted the fol-
lowing:
Resolped, That the Attorney General and
the Secretary of the Interior be. and they
are hereby directed, to communicate to the
Senate the instructions given to the agents
and marshals of the United States in the
State, of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi,
touching the seizure of logs, lumber and
naval stores, suspected Of having been ia
ken from the public lands of the United
States. Whether or not under the orders
given to the special agents and marshals.
large amounts of property in possession of
citizens of the United States, held under q
claim of valid title, have been seized with
out warrant, supported by oath or affirma-
ton, and particularly describing the things
to be seized.
Mr.. Edmunds, of Vermont, suggested tho
resolution as woTdC6 was rather broad. He
was fully in sympathy with the Senator
from Florida Mr.. jones' in protecting pri-
vate rights, but the instructions given by
the Government to its officers should not
be made public in this instance, as the
cause ofjnsrice might be injured. The acts
of the officers making the seizure how
ever, were public, and might be INQUIRED
into. He, therefore, thought it would be
best to refer the resolution to the Judicial
ry Committee.
Alter brief discussion, the resolution,
on the motion of Mr.. ConkIing, of New
York. was amended so as 10 request the
President to furnish the information to the
Senate. il in his opinion it would not be
incom patible with the public interest; and
on motion Of Mr.. Chaffee, of COLORADO. il
Was further amended SO as to include the
instructions given to agents and marshals
in all other States and Territories, as we'll
as the States named AS thus amended the
resolution was agreed to-
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Election of school Trustees.


Under the law approved February LIST,
1877, the election of trustees of the pub
lie schools will be held the 1st Saturday
in December. Persons only who have
children attending the schools are entitled
TO vote. Unless the election shall take
place upon the day named the County
Superintendents are required to appoint
the trustees for the schools that fail to
comply with the law. This law does not
apply to cities and towns that are separate
school districts. in such the election is
held at the same time that Boards of
Mayor and Alderman are chosen. Pa
irons of schools will do we'll to remember
the day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

Mr.. Hayes with all his professions Of
civil service reform has taken especial
care to reward the infriguauts, corrup-
tionists and perjurers who were promi-
nentIy in the Electoral Commission frand.
The visiting statesmen" who msnipula-
ted the Returning Board raseals have all
had their reward. John Sherman, the
chief among them who conducted the Lou
isiana correspondence in behalf of Wells
& Co., was appointed to the most impor-
tant position in the Cabinet. McCrAry,
one of the originators Of the plan By
which the people were counted out and
the defeated Presidential candidate was
counted in, was counsellor of Mr.. Hayes
before the 8 by 7 Commission, and was
rewarded with another Cabinet appoint
ment Stoughton, a sharp lawyer from
New York, has received the Russian
mission. Noyes, a noisy demagogue of
OHIO, who, like Sherman, was visiting
statesman" in Louisiana and Florida at
the time the villiany was incubating, has
the mission to England. Kasson, of
has been sent to Austria.
Stanley Matthews, another visiting
statesman" and counsellor in addition, by
the influence of the fraudulent Presi-
dent, was elected Senator, but has since
been rejected by the people of Ohio.
Other lesser lights have been compensated
at the expense of the public treasury,
and to the lasting infamy of the Admins
tration which was born of the disgraceful
intrigue. For example Returning Board
err Wells has been made Surveyor of the
port of New Orleans at 81, 800 a year.
Returning Boarder Anderson has been
made Deputy Collector there at So, 600
ayear. Returning Boarders Kenner and
Casenave have been given customs sine
cures at New Orleans each at So, 900 a
year. The Florida Returning Boarders
have done quite as we'll. Stearns has
been made perpetual Federal Superin-
tendent of the government property at
Hot Springs, Arkansas, at $3.50 a
year. McLin has been made Judge OF
the Territorial Supreme Court of New
Mexico at Sc, 900 year. Cowgirl has
been made United States Marshal of
the Territory of Wyoming at 5000
a year. The reward of these in.
triguants and corruptionists of high and
low degree, was their price for making
Mr.. Hayes President of the United States.
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THE CLARION.

WITH this number, The CLARION
closes the fortieth year of its existence,
during which time, whether in peace
or war, it has never missed its regular
weekly appearance. The total weekly
issues to date are ttOO thousand and eighty.
It is known to most of our readers that
TIE CLARION was originally established
Mt Paulding, whence it was removed to
Meridian, and thence, in 1865, to Jack
son. 1t has been conducted by its pres
ent proprietors for the past ten years.
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Analysis of the Vote ON the silver
Bill.

A Washington correspondent has ana
lyzed the vote on the silver bill. Ninety
four members were absent when the vote
was taken. But thirty four votes were
cast against it, and all, except nine of
them, represent Eastern or New England
States, OF these nine, three were from
the West and six from the South. The
conspicuous anti-silver votes from the
South were Stephens, Of Georgia, Glib
son and Leonard, of Louisiana, and
Schleicher, of Texas. West of New
York and Pennsylvania and South of
Maryland, only eight votes were found
against the bill. The following is list
of the votes by States:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

bkAEON hhfoki5 lCOA)
To the Honorable Board Of Mayor uad AlJsr-
men:
GEETJEMEN: 1 have the honor To- submit
a report of the mortality Of the colored cit-
liens Of Jackson, durlag tho month OF Da-
tober, 1877
Oct. 2-Ella Calhoun, 3 months; fever.
Oct. 7--Patience Sampson, years,
months spasms.
Oct. s--Henry Stanler, 90 years cone
sumption city pauper
Oct. l6-Fanny Hin, nine months
Oct, io--Ada Carnage, 60 years; malarial
fever.
Oct. ls--Katie Mitchell a years; eating
cancer.
Oct 2O--Jano Lewis, 80 years; coBgestye
chils.
Oct. 2s--Inmnt 90 Burrelrs) days
fever.
Oct. 2s.--wm. spriggs, Il years malarial
fever.
Oct. 2s--Jeff Thomas, 25 years; malarlal
fever; city pauper.
Oct 2s--Fred. Wilkinson, 45 years c0u-
sum ption.
Oct. 3l--Child OF Anna Harris, weeks.
fever,city Pauper.
Very respectfully, etc,
ToNEY BARNES.
City Sexton.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

THE ELECTORAL Commission succeed
ed in putting bright Administration
upon the country, if nothing else II
CONSTITUTES its order prohibiting office hold
ers from interfering in elections to mean
that they must not interfere in procuring
nominations, but when nominations are
made they are at full liberty to work for
their election. The truth is, the whole
thing is humbug and a pretence or
worse. Under republican government a
person can not abandon his right to par
ticipate in political canvasses because he
has taken public employment, without
forfeiting his manhood. 1t was never in
tended by the trainers of our political
system that officeholders should become
serfs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

COLUMBIA. g. oven Virgin, coiored,
WHO brnfailg outraged i white lady month
ago, near Crawford, Ala WAS to-day taken
lfUa the Jail sc Scale, Ala BY the people,
said, burned him. His victim fully ldenti-
fed him.
Served him right-the burning Of the
brute, Owen Wright referred t0in0 our news
column We hope the expression does not
gfate TOO harshly on the sensitive nerves OF
Springs south CLARION.
The South sincerely regrets the course of
the CLARION in going ont af its way to give
eountenance TO lawlessness and murder.
The burning 9f Wright By Georgia mob
was an act declared to be murder by the
laws Of every civilized people on the face
of the earth. and especially by the Common
and Statute law OF Great Britain, and every
State OF the Union.-Holly Springs South.
Now it may soothe the sensibilities of
our learned and distinguished friend who
seems to have an attack of Mysteries
whenever q negro fend is brought to
summary punishment for committing on
an unprotected and helpless female,
nameless assault, butchering or Draining
or booming her, if she is unfortunate
enough to survive, to worse condition
than death-to be informed that the
brute, Wright, was not burned after
all Vengeance was tempered with
mercy, and he was hung. The
CLARION sincerely regrets the course of
''the" South in going out of its way to
condemn the summary punishment by the
tthigher law of this revolving crime
which is exceptional in its atrocity and
should be treated accordingly-for the
effect is ''to give countenance to it" and
encourage its commission. Only the
other day, the crime in Georgia was re-
peated in Lowndes county, Mississippi
under circumstances of horrible brutality
We would not presume to say that Its
commission was encouraged by the teach
ings of so influential and eminent citi-
zen as the principal editor of the Holly
Springs South, nor will we undertake to
say that it was not; but this we will say,
if the entire press of the country should
join in its course and create the belief
that the sentiment it expresses is
prevalent and that the crime would not
be punished with the swift vengeance of
the "higher law" our Holly Springs con-
temporary would find that he had turned
loose such demon as hell only knows.
After the foregoing was written we
were glad to find The CLARION re-
inforced in its position by an able and
well considered article in the Vicksburg
Commercial, concluding as follows:
We rejoice that THE CLARION had the
manliness to utter the truth and demand the
only punishment commensurate with the
crime referred to, and that it joins hands
with the Commercial in scouting the pulling
sentimentallty that would arouse a feeling
of pity for the wretch, to whom consuming
flames were mercy compared with The ever
living wrong inflicted upon his victim. If
the South can find no better use for tears,
it should implore heaven to blast and with
err them at their fountain. We pray God
that the punishment awarded to Owen
Wright may fall upon all guilty of his
crime. and that it may follow quickly as
the lightning follows the thunderbolt.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

"RRucE of Mississippi" is reported to
have presented the petition of colored
residents of Mississippi, asking an appro-
nriation of 81 900, 900, to aid them in
emigrating to Liberia, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Commerce.
1t occurs to US that the best plan for the
people who wish to emigrate to Liberia,
is to do as other people who wish to
change their abode, viz furnish the
means for themselves. The government
has no authority to tax the people for
such purpose and it would be robbery.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21
The Army Question.

It is impracticable for Congress to
undertake to usurp the functions of the
COMMANDMENTS Chief to say how many
troops shall be employed at this place
and how many at another-that cavalry
shall be employed here and infantry
there-and that they shall not be trans
ported into any State for this purpose
or for that. The uses and objects of the
Army are defined in the Constitution
and ifthe President violates that instru
ment he is subject to impeachment
What the country demands and expects
Of it, public agents, and what they are
very slow in performing, is a reduction
of the Army and a proportionate reduc-
tion of expenses on account of it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21
A SHINING light of Republicanism hal

A SHINING light OF Repubilcanlsm has
been suddenly extinguished. One Smalls,
a negro Congressman from South Caro-
lima, has been put on trial for bribery
and convicted. The punishment is a
term of years in the Penitentiary. The
crime was committed when he was a
member of the Legislature, He will GO
the way of Cardozo, the ex-State Treas
uler. Still another high Republican Of
fetal, L. Gass Carpenter, has been con-
victed; and indictments are pending
against others. In proof that these pros
ecutions and convictions are not the pro-
duets of partisan trials, it is well to mem
ton that the Judge is Republican, and
the juries which have convicted, had q
majority of Republicans cOlored men at
that
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

The defeat OF Gen. West for the Senate in
MarshaIl county Is somewhat atoned for by
the election Of f. r. Lanneau. Esq, "a
Adams. Both gentlemen have State wide
reputation, and are known IS jealous adj
FnDares Of railroads IS well a. public speak
Lanneau. and would have had another In
the person of Gen. West, had he been
Kinds county Gazette.
But Gen. West, 20 far from having
been defeated was elected without oppo-
sition.
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Mr.. HEATING, of the Memphis APP.
peal writing from Washington saws:

g. Wiley Wells, formerly of Holly
Springs, whose nomination for consul
general to China seems 10 be an offense to
The people of Mississippi. will not be con-
firmed without a protest from Senator
Lamar, in accordance with the general SEN
timent Of the Democrats Of his State.
We are not surprised at this informa-
ton ofour Senator It will be impos-
sible for the Senate to confirm the nomi-
nation of Wells when it is made ac-
quainted with his disreputable charac-
ter.
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CITY SECTIONS REronr (wnIrr].
-. H. hEHERs
City Collector

CITY SECTIONS REPORT twuUE).
TO the Honorable Board Of Mayor amt Alder
men:
GENTLEMEN; hereby submit the follow
ing mOrtuary report for the month OF Oc-
tober, 1877:
October 7th--Abbie Kimbal, years Cone
gestiOn.
October l0--Miss Blanche uilzheim. Oh
years; typhoid malHrial fever.
October ll-Carrie Daniels, years 4
month; Group.
October BINARY Susan Heath 3 weeks
day infancy.
October 23--Alexander Goodridge, died
at Tlckfaw, La, 40 years congestion.
Respectfully submitted,
PA. MCGURE, City Sexton.
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SAN FRANcEsC0.-A san Diego disnafch
To the Chronicle says the rev0lnrionaru
state Of affairs below the line Ia Lower cali
fornIa presents hew aspect lust now il Al
uprising under one ROderiquez and the = 5.
ture Of the party, who have been anthorI.
ties &c faet0 since Nlllagrana's banishmenf.
nearly year ago. III is renorfed tIlnf fvro
persons were killed in an emeute People
on onr side at Campo have been kent con-
stantIy on the alert for several months in
view Of the unsettled condition Of affairs in
their neighborhood.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

Mr.. III. d. MONEY, of this State, is
Chairman of the subcommittee on Mis-
sissippi levees. Mr.. Money is an active
and useful member as well as an infu-
entail one.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

The votes against the bill were most
Republican. The Democrats who voted
with them were Hewitt, of New York.
who betrayed his party in the contest
over the Presidential vote, Hardenbergh,
of New Jersey, and the members from
the South who have already been named
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

The Army Appropriation bill passed
the Senate with an amendment allowing
the army to be recruited to standard
Of $4,000, and striking out the provision
for four Cavalry Regiments ON the Rio
Grande.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

We don't see that the Senate has yet
confirmed the appointment of Harlan for
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
or of Wiley Wells as Consul General to
China.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21
nnd rhe penbosiy


The following specimen Of Yankee
mnlignity and faIsehood has been going
the rounds Of onr Mississippi exchanges
for some time. but has been ignored by
The CLARION in its attention to mat
tiers of more Importance. OF course the
real animus of the snubbing which our
State has received from this small
minded bigot, is due to political causes.
What Is denominated the Mississippi
Plan" has made our State the especial
object of reproach from creatures of that
class and calibre. She has been devas-
tated in war, and plundered by the
wreckers in peace, but she is not poor
enough to sacrifice her self re pect at
the shrine of the hounds who are show
ing their teeth and barking at her.
Our advice to the Superintendent of
Public Instruction and others concerned,
is to try and get along without the Pea
body Fund while the insolent knave,
Sears. has tho management of it. They
will at least spare themselves the insults
which he viii offer if they give him OPP
portunity:
Here is the letter:
STAUNroN. Va, Oct. II, 1877.
Hon. Joseph BordaceH, Superintendent Of
Public Instruction:
DEAR SIR: Our income being reduced 40
| per cent. this year by nop-payment of in
terest on bonds, will be obliged to with
hold funds from Mississippi for the year, in
order to aid States that are doing more and
have received less for schools. We have
been just as liberal to Mississippi as if it
had acknowledged and paid its bonds. We
hope to be in better condition hereafter.
Yours, very respectfully,
b. SEARS, General Agent.
Eve have been just as LIBERAL" etc.
How eve apples swim" To show
the falsehood as well as the malice of
this statement touching the receipts of
Mississippi from the Peabody Fund com
pared with other States, the following
statistics are presented from the Report
of the Treasurer showing the total
amount distributed for educational pur-
poses at the South during the ten years
of the Boards existence. Entire distri-
button 1884, $50. Of this sum Virginia
has received 1902, $50; North Carolina,
$87, 900; South Carolina, $27, $50 !;
Georgia, S71,6O2; Florida, $48, $50
Alabama, S55, $50; Mississippi $58, 578;
Louisiana, $50, $50; Texas, 1880 !;
Arkansas, 100000; Tennessee, $751;
$50; and West Virginia, $1O7, 10. The
total sum distributed last year was $780,
400, of which Virginia received $18, $50;
North Carolina, s., 1900 South Carolina,
$4,000; Georgia, $4,000; Florida, &c.
500; Alabama, $1,000; Mississippi $5,-
$50; Louisiana. $4,000; Texas, &c.,
800; Arkansas, Sc, 300; Tennessee, $1S,-
and West Virginia, $3.50.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

JEFFERs0SvILLE, IND.--In the west end
or the city to-day boy named MeDermats
aged thirteen. IN attempting 70 take load
ca mn ket from his playmate. named, WA
rem aged Eve, accidentally shot him ii thx
LEFT side 81 the face, blowing tie enflr1 Mad
ptk. Warren died Immediately. -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

w. w. HosKINs, Esq, formerly of
the Lexington Advertiser, has purchased
the Corinthian, and succeeded Capt. Mil
Ter as editor of the latter paper. To both
we extend the CLARIoN's best wishes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

GEN. CAssIUs NJ. CLAY, the original
advocate of emancipation in Kentucky,
who became involved in numerous diff
culties on account of the ardent advocacy
of his opinions, takes a rather gloomy
view of the prospect of the colored race
in the condition which he labored so hard
to bring about. In a recent interview, he
said that "the negro is becoming extinct,
that ''none of his former slaves have done
we'll, and that "the outlook for the col
ored man is poor" we are not prepared
to express an opinion one way or the other
upon this subject. 1t should be borne in
mind that great impediment to the i'm
provement of the oolored race after
emancipation was the evil teachings of
the carpet Dagger who sought to make
him mere voting machine to carry out
Ubiquitous projects at the cost Of the we'll
being of both races.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

ELECTION of trustees for the county
schools is held on the first Saturday in
December
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

lie Mississippi State Grange will
hmence its next annual meeting at
LILY Springs, on Tuesday, December
Eh.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

The State tax of Mississippi under
Democratic rule is considerably lower
than the average of other States. In
this State it has been reduced to mills
on the dollar-two of which are appro-
priated to the payment of the debt with
which the State was burthened by the
carpet baggers when the government was
nD61r their control. In Louisiana the
tax ID IL mills; South Carolina Ii mills |:
Arkansas 10 mills Git is proposed to re-
dnce it to 5 mills) Tennessee 10 mills !;
Alabama II mills; California Z $50
mills Florida mills Kansas 81 mills;
Texas mills; Oregon 5 mills; Georgia
5 mills Maine 81 mills; Ohio s 10
mills; New Jersey 8 mills; Illinois 2 As
mills; New York q mills; Michigan p
mills; New Hampshire 2 mills; Mary
land i 10 mills; Connecticut Il mills;
- Massachusetts 4 mill
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

War is known az the iron clad oath,
which Senator Beck proposes to dispense
with, begins as follows:
81, Al. B., do solemnly swear thas / have
never voluntarily borne arms against The
United States since have been 3 citizen
thereof; that have voluntarily given no
aid. countenauce, counsel or encourage
ment 70 persons engaged in armed hostil-
accepted. or attem pied 10 exereise the
functions OF any Office whatever. under
any authority or pretended authority, in
hostility 20 the United States; that have
not yielded 3 voluntary support TO any pre-
ConstitlfIon Within the United states. hos
tile OF infmieal therekoN