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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-17

From the Capital ]


The painful aud distressing intelli-
gence reached Jackson Yesterday of he
death of the Hon. WILLIAM X. BARi1s
DALE, late Representative from Grenada
county IN the Lower House. Some one
better fitted and more able than ourselves
will discharge the mournful task of To
nouncing his eulagy and OF writing pro
per tribute to his memory. We mourn
with those so cruelty bereft and mlngle
our tears with those which fall on the
grave of friend of other days-an old
companion in arms Day by day the
honored sons of Mississippi are being
gathered to their Fathers. They are
| leaving their State when she needs their
counsels most, but We reverently trust
that in the infinite mercy and wisdom oil
Omnipotence, they are being gathered
| home-home TO the mansions not made
with hands-eternal in the heavens.
When the editor of the Capital first
knew WILL BARKsDALE, he was AdJu
| tant-General of Featherstone'S Brigade,
and a better or Drawer soldier never rode
down the red valley of danger, or faced
with unquling heart death in its most
appalling forms From the Seven Days
H2ulS dIOuH0 1G4CtliDObd ~ iAS bApoNy
| field of Sharpsburg, he rode at the head
of the dauntless Mississippi Brigade, aud
after the disastrous defeat of Burnside
at Fredericksburg he accompanied his
leader to his new field of labor in the
| West, to which he had been transferred.
Through the varying fortunes of the War,
| BARKsDALE was true Is steel to the va
| rying fortunes of the Confederate cause,
and when its star went down, accepted in
| good faith the stern and memorable logic
of events, and in the gentler walks Of
peace, he was as brave, as honest and as
useful as when he barred his bosom to the
storms of battle and fought for what he
deemed the right. But he is gone, and
soon all that Is mortal of the heroic and
| lior hearted BARKsDALE will rest iii
mother earth. Winter will wrap his
grave in its winding sheet of white and
summer deck it with lis fairest flowers,
but beyond the winters SHOWS and sum
mer's flowers, the gallant soldier and the
honest citizen is at rest in the bosom of
his Father and his God. Death is robbed
of its sting-the grave of its victory,
when men like BARKsDALE pass from
the scenes of earth away. Illustrating in
their lives all those exalted qualities
which can adorn a man, we know that as
the Lord is just, they are gone to receive
their reward.
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sENATE-THIRTEENTH DAY
Tuesday, Jan l6, 1871.

Tuesday, Jan. 10, $50
senate met pursuant TO adjournment
President Sims in the Chair; roll called.
PREsHNT = Messrs. Allen. Bury.
RiIls C1llicotf. Carter CatchinSs. Chat
mrrs, Currie. Everett. Fewell, FiizGerald'
Foote. Furlnug Griffin, Hooker, Johnston
McCab' McCaskill. Mcneil, Metts Morgan
Oldham. Pratt, Reynolds, Shirley SieMaIt
TAYLOR, Terry, Thompson, Thornton I",ue
-32
An.ENr-Mes.r Albright, Gray, Mcnden-
hall. smith, White-5.
A large mum Der OF reports from Commit
tees received.
By M. Allen: The petition Of citizens OF
Verona relative to IL. B. repeating the anti
liquor law. -. 80
the Brandon charter bill which was adop.cd
and the bill passed.
By NJ Thompson: TO re-euact section 9O'
chapter g. Code % 1857; referred.
Bv Mr.. Catchngs: To amend section 100
Code ct 1871 referred.
BY Mr.. Reynolds; For relief OFF. G.. X M
die OF Monroe county; referred.
Dv Mr. CAtchingS: To incorporate the
Vicksburg building association; referred.
BY Mr.. McCaskill: To amend section 212s
:, ode 1871; referred.
BY MIR. Griffin: To re-charter Natchcz
referred.
NEw COUNTY
Mr.. Morgan moved To indefinitely post
Mr.. Terry moved to refer. Mr.. CatchingS
to table the motion; carricd-Ieas Is; nays
10. aud the bill passed;
NEAs-Mcssrs Allen, Bills, Carter, Catch
ing. Chalmers. Fitztierald, Foote, Griiin,
McCab". McCasAtl, Pratt, REYNOLDS
Stewart. TAYLOR, Terry, ThOraton, futile
White and Mr.. President.
NAYS -Mcssis. Barry, Jewell, Furlong'
Johnston. Mcneil, Nets, Morgan, Oldham
Shirley, Thorn psOn.-l0
ABSENT AND NOT NOTING.-Messrs. Al
bright, Callicott. Currie, Everett, Gray,
Hooker. Mendenhall, Smith-S.
Mr.. Reynolds moved to strike out Quitman
and insert Chalmers; and the vote passing
the bill was rceousidered and tabled.
Mr.. Reynolds, chairman of the joint
committee on constitutional amendments,
reported a Joint resolution amending the
constitution. The resolution will be found
in another column.
SENATE BILLS.
To anenl section 1850 code OF ISL;
passed.
To repcll the act t. provide against the
evils resu ting from the sale OF intoNica
ting liquors was ind tinitcly postponed.
The privilege tax bill was considered
section hv srcii ~ and passed
The bill regulating the license for retail
ing liquors was made special order for
ii O'Clock tomorrow. Adjourned.
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The Negroes in the SOURh.

q en-. j. NJ. futile as expressed him sell
TO a reporter of the Des Mones [Iowa) Reg
t-ter, who interviewed him concerning his
observations in New Orleans, as convinced
that the colored Nen of the South are
aroused to the danger OF their position and
to the duty Of self defense. The Genera
added: They mean fight. If they had
arms they would protect them selves, and
have an opportunity 10 vote peaceably
and as they like. The whole coloIed race
is aroused now, and means buSinesS.'-EX-
change.
Don't reckon without your host, Mr.
futile ''The business" the E'colored
people mean now, is to rid themselves
Of carpet-bag control, and to live in peace
and good will with the resident white
population under just and equal laws.
They don't ''mean fight" since they have
discovered to their sorrow that they have
been 700 often led into sporting of that
sort by the political adventures in ac
cordance with the Ames- Kellogg pro
gramme that the "blood Of negroes is
good for the Republican party" In
the event the Republican usurping spoils
men precipate war to prevent the will
of the people in the Presidential election
from being carried out, the colored
element will remain at home and attend to
their peaceful avocations unless called in
to the service by the legitimate authori
ties to execute the decision of the major
ity as expressed through the ballot-box.
They will know that the fight" is be-
tween white men, a majority of them
Northern, who were in the Union army
in the civil war; and in a contest OF
that kind, not involving the liberties of
their own race any more than the white
race, their attitude if not aggressive to
wards the conspiratOrs; would be one of
neutrality. In the meantime, they
would perform patriotic service to the
country and remunerative one to them
selves, by cultivat;ng the crops which
would be required for the subsistence of
the army enlisted against the revolution
lists and in defense of the Constitution,
the Union and the laws.
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Commissioner of migration.

We beg leave to remind the members
of the Legislature that the present Com
missioner of Immigration was elected on
the 18th of April, 1873, in pursuance of
law, for the term of four years. Conse-
quently his term of Office will soon ex-
pire, and fit is the intention of the
Legislature to elect his successor and to
provide means for the performance of
the duties of the office after his functions
commence, it is time the subject was re
ceiving attention. Article y, section
% of the Constitution provides that
- there shall be a Commissioner of I'M
4" migration and Agriculture who shall
q be elected by the Legislature on joint
g ballot, who shall hold his office for the
q term of four years" At the last ses-
sion in consequence of the incompetency
of the present incumbent, his compen-
sation was reduced to a nominal sum.
As his term is about expiring, it is for
the Legislature to determine what action
should be taken in the premises.
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Death of william II. Bark-daIe.

Died, Wednesday, (the 10TH at 3
o'clock P. N, after brief but severe ILL
ness, of pneumonia, William r. Banks
dale.
The late hour at which the sad intelli-
gence was received, prevents such trib-
ute to his memory as should accompany
the melancholy announcement. In his
death, our Legislature has lost an able
and useful memb&; the bar a shining
ornament; the State loyal and devoted
son and his bereaved family, prot ect-
or, whose loss can not be repaired.
BY this inscrutabIe decree, the deceas-
ed was struck down in the prime, We
might almost say, the Threshold of
life, when he had but just laid the
foundations of career Of use
fullness and success. His virtue;
were pre-eminent, and he was clear in al
the offices which he had filled, whet
in the tented field or as prosecuting at
torney indicating the majesty of The
laws and bringing their offenders to pun
ishment; or in the halls Of legislation
1t is not the language of hyperbole, fol-
one who knew him well to say, that HI
had no superior at the bar of the State
that there was no citizen more devoted
to civic'duties-no voice more eloquent
no intellect more cultivated and more
quick to discern the limits and distinc
tons of moral right-no heart more true
to the obligations of friendship and love.
He bore with exemplary fortitude hi:
severe illness; and surrounded by de
voted and sorrowing friends, amid
anxious inquiries throughout the wide
circle in which he was known, the great,
the brave, the noble spirit passed away
from the scenes of earth, to the presence
of Him who gave it.
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nv Mr.. prey: To authorize the, paw
ment 81 the salary OF II IN. Wm. L. Banks
dale, deceased; passed
nv Mr.. Ne l.on: t. repeal the act reSu
lafin0 Tho contr ! Of he l6 Ia section school
fund OF Winston county: lies over.
By M. Featherston: To change the sec
ond. third, and fourth judicial pisu1cts'
To speciaI committee -Messrs. Spi2ht. rS-
ter. Raines, Bailey, Percy, an1 Jones Of Is
saqucna. -, -.
Bv Mr.. Bailey To provide for the pay
rnent of the clerk of the penitentiary re-
nv Mr. Featherston A petition from the
board Of supervisors OF Marshall county :
referred. t .,
). G. X. To pr,'Tide for the election ct
Cor missioner of Immigration on me l1th
inst, was amended So a 10 have me elec
tjon come off on Monday, 22i inst, and
adopted. Adjourned.
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The Legislature.

We have no fear that the prestige
which the Legislature by its measures of
reform, won in its first session, will be
los: at its present session. The people
are not Indifferent to its laudable efforts
to make the session a short one but this
desire is subordinated to the wish that
the needed work will be finished and
that whatever is done shall be done well.
Adjournment is matter to be regulated
entirely by the condition of the public
business. The subjects which cannot be
neglected are the Revenue, the Appor-
tionment, the Election, the Public
School laws, the forfeited lands and the
Benevolent Institutions. There are
other matters requiring attention but the
foregoing cannot be neglected without
causing great public disappointment.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-17

The report of Mr.. John H. Echols,
State Revenue Agent, contains valuable
information, and some of it is of kind
almost startling. He has discovered
discrepancies in the accounts of county
revenue officers amounting to S119, 900,
and reports the sale of large quantities OF
land for which current taxes have been
paid, which were held by the State at
the time of payment. The revenue
laws are shown to be vague and contra
dictory, and liable, unless reformed, to a
continuation of gross abuses at the cost
of the State and the taxpayers. The
subject is engaging the serious attention
of the Committees to whom it properly
belongs, and they will doubtless report
such changes as the case demands.
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WAsmINGUO IrEus
SENATE


WAsHINGTON, Jan. IG 80. i.'..
south Carolina, presented M" w..
ID. II. Chamber'aiu, >. 10. br...f.
dOzo, JuO. \. Talbot and U...-
Carolina. and said hr would ar@ IT,
read, but moved that DC be- HaH..+
record. ..-
Mr. AIcorn. OF Mississippi.
ed to any thing being printed .N l".
without being read. .....
The petitioners refer b. '.'
Vale Hampton and otn"r., a.4
many of the statement.
aud In fact, are cI'"I.#.'a r
lead the Senate aud yafuH-
tant facts omitted. Mr.. 0.''
Ohio, interrupted him while i''.- F.
said he would suggest thHt I.r I'.r 4.
printed ia the record WIllON.
have IL read. Alcoru objected -'} I.- On.
no idea there was anything iWp'"F ..
memorial, but it should bs first rem
Senate. --.I.
Mr.. Sherman said when % senate. ,...
ced a petition he became thc guar st.
1t was proper, aud for thar rrat. f.r..aa
no: be read Mr.. Alcorn hlNh- a.s
to Withdraw his objection. the rt1al.- .....
resumed. The p, titioucr. ash. o .fI.s-
TO accept from them % fun aua I--t r...rl
ment of affairs in SCUM r.dI
and declare they stand ready W 08 H
their statements, and, 10 requllg. .'g,.iat.a
they could charge violence ahu l..t...g. Itf..
OF Republican voters at the t'' tGs be-
views at great length the actio" va" g.. ard
turning Board and supreme 'oi.e.ai 20
claimed thar they were i2 T,r reading Of y.
petition continued until IL go "
Alcorn withdrew his objection, .,tass ilt
Davis, of West Virginia, -alu u,r5ll sat
Senator presenting the petition "-o.,..r Doe
he had read It ana that 10 was p''rr9
ument he would renew his on ti.ge td
Mr.. Patterson, OF south rseifil
that he had not read 60, as he olly fhln.
IL this morning, but be knew erl
oerlaln 70 be an honorable hAn'
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The ApportiOnInent lsiII.

We regret that this important measure
is delayed. The people are feverishly
impatient. The present apportionment
alone of all the fragrant villianies of the
Radical party remains on the statue
book, and faunts itself in the faces of
Democratic Legislature pledged above all
things to eradicate its abominable fea-
lures. We can communicate no more
pleasant intelligence to the people than
that the work has been done.
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Party RuIeS

THE House has amended the Senate
resolution to meet in joint session to
eject a Commissioner of Immigration
and Agriculture, so as to provide for the
election on Monday, the 22d inst, instead
of the 18th inst, as was at first proposed
The amendment is subject of course to
the concurrence of the Senate. To a
body of Democrats so we'll apprised of
the necessity of adhering in all cases to
the usages of the party, and maintaining
It's organization, it would be supereroga-
tive to address a word in addition of
what we have said upon the Importance
of making a nomination in this in
stance. In the coming fall, the State
officials, and the canvassers of the par
ty will unite in calling upon the
people to stand by the regular ticket
from Governor to constable, and there
should be 10 precedent to justify the con-
duct of boilers, independents, or dis
organizers. The hope of the State is in
the Democratic party. The hope of the
party is in the preservation of its dis
cipline and the enforcement of its rules.
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We are informed by Hon. James Hill,
Secretary of State, that inquiries are
frequently addressed to that Department
in reference to State lands-w whether
they are for sale, who is authorized to
sell, AID the price per acre. While ii
is true, that the choicest of these lands
have been entered long since, yet there
are persons who would purchase them
if they were thrown upon the market.
We are credibly informed that much of
this land is now being cultivated, and the
timber, cut off, leaving the lan1 almost
valueless. These lands could be readily
brought into market by simply revising
the Act of March 18th, 1852, for the re-
clamation of swamp and overflowed lands.
The Act should be so amended as to re-
quire the commissioner appointed in each
county to report monthly or quarterly to
the Secretary of State the number of
acres sold by them and the proceeds of
the sales to be paid into the Treasury for
the benefit of the Common School Fund,
as provided by the Constitution; whereas,
under the Act of 1852. the proceeds
could be used for county purposes.
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THE LAST SAD RITES.
Captain BarL<sdaIc's Funeral.
Grenada Sentinel

Grenada Sentinel.
The funeral services of Capt. Bark Sdale
took place from the Methodist Church, on
the 18th inst. at ] o'clock. By request of
the citizens his remains were carried to the
Church at IL O'Clock, in order that they
might have an opportunity to look upon the
face of the iIlustriOus dead for the last time.
Many people were there from all parts of
the county, and to see the immense crowd.
com posed of both white and colOred, male
and female, Young and old. as they filed by
and took last farewell of their leader, was
truly Impressive and affecting in the ex-
treme
The Rev. Mr.. Dye officiated, and his re-
marks on the character and the death of
Capt. Barksdale We're appropriate and fnll
of feeling The choir sang some beautiful
HYMNS, among which that sweet hymn, 81
Would not Live Always MesSrs. } b
Crowtler. j. +. Hughes, John Griflis, b. G..
Adams, ir G. Y. Freeman and w. &. Nc
Lean, were pail bearers. The band played
some beautiful dirges as the funeral cortege
moved off, and at the grave. The bells all
tolle1 and the cannon was fired at intervals
as the procession took up line of march
10 the grave. Several Of the Democratic
clubs OF this county were in the procession,
with their organizations complete, with
their banners draped in mourning. The
stores Were all closed, aud Grape was sus-
pended TO each door knob & lpt. Banks
dale's office was heavily draped. and the flag
in our square was bordered with black and
hung at half mast. The procession to the
grave was the largest we have ever witness
sed in Grenadl. The entire community
turned out TO pay the last sal tribdte of
respect to the man they loved and honor
ed in life, and low deeply mourn in death.
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a True Picture.

p. B. S. Pinchback, the leader of the
colored people in Louisiana, in his ad
dress before the Nichols Legislature, de-
nounced the corruption of the cabal who
have control of the bogus Republican
Legislature and stated that it was under
the control of ''two monster rings demand.
/" ing prices for every vote. tell you
!" (said he) that there can be passed in
g that body to-day no bill, no law and
Is no measure without bribe."
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AN OPEN LETTER justice to Hon.

An OPEN LErTER-In justice to Hon. Z.
Barksdale, we publish his letter, in his own
vindication. He inadvertently addressed
it to Hon. JAS. A. Bayard, instead of to
Hon. Tfos. F Bayard- Hon. JAS. a. Bay
ard is the father of the present Senator.
and retired to give place 10 his son. The
old Senator yet lives, in the enjoyment of
his own great reputation a statesman.
and in the contemplation of the growing
greatness of his noble son, the present Sem
ator. The latter is the fourth Senator Bay
ard, from Delaware, since the formation of
the government.-Port Gibson Reveile.
We are indebted to our cotemporary for
the courtesy of republishing the letter, as
well as for the correction. The inten-
ton of the writer was to address himself
to the present Senator Hon. Thos. F.
Bayard, who bears an honored and his
toric name.
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commissioner of Ammi GratiOn--
Democratic Caucus

A joiat resolution, offered by Hon. J..
r. Chalmers, has passed the Senate, to
hold an election for Commissioner of I'M
migration, on the 18th inst. We pre-
sumo the resolution will pass the House,
with an amendment, naming later day,
and we would take this occasion to urge
the Democratic members to adhere
strictly to the usages of the party and to
select in caucus, a person to be elected.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-17

ZACH CHANDLER, of the Grant Cabi-
net and Chairman of the National Re
publican Executive Comm; ties, admitted
on examination by the Congressional
Committee that on the 9Th of November
he telegraphed Gov. Stearns, of Florida.
q to go on with the count, and troops
8 would be furnished" They never
bulIdoze-never think of intimidat ing
these anointed, innocent saints of Radi-
calism. Not they
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-17

THE best answer to the prediction of
the Radical leaders that the Democrat
ic party would destroy the public school
system, is found in the fact that DeSoto
county alone has seventy-six schools with
from 26 to 16O pupils in each.
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THE carpet bag government in Louisi-

THE carpet bag government in Louisi'
ana is rapidly falling to pieces. On
Saturday, three colored Senators left the
kellogg Packard concern, and joined the
legitimate Legislature; and Pinchback,
the leader of the colored element in the
State, addressed the latter giving in his
adhesion to it and repudiating the for
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THE Winona Advance, speaking of
Capt. J. NJ. Liddell, who has just taken
his seat in the Legislature vacated by
the able and efficient DIR. G. NJ. Walden,
says that he Capt. LiddelD sis man
of the people and will ever be found Oh
the side of the honest struggling masses
in this time of their need" IF he were
not. he would not be true to the traditions
of his patriotic family.
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Tributes 40 the Late William e
Bark slaIe.

The following are among the many
graceful and touching tributes to the
memory Of the late William r. Banks
dale:
Canton Mail
The Hon. WIN. r. b lr<S lale, IN ember
of the House of Representatives from Gre
NADIA county, died on the 1911 inst, after a
! brief but severe Illness, of pneumonia. Mr..
Barksdae was among the truest and pureSt
of MissiSSippis sons; he was a patriot and
a Statesman of genuine heart and great
ability. He was an horror to the honOred
name he bore. H hal no superior at the
bar of our State. he was learned, and his
voice was eloquent. a good man has pass
ed away. his eloquence il huShed in the ST.
lence OF the grave, but his noble acts sur
vive him, his wisdom and learning are cary
&c upon the tablets of IA State that honored
him and are written in the hearts of a peo-
pie who loved him. Peace to his ashes.
Memphis Appeal
One who has known the late William
Robert Barksdale from early life, first as a
SchooImate and afterwarl as the accom-
plished scholar, the polished gentleman, the
learned lawyer and the incorruptble 0tf-
cial, in letter to the Appeal testifieS to his
answering integrity and h gh sense of hon
or, from the earliest period OF his life to the
day of his death. Captain BarkS'!ale was
no ordinary man. In youth he mantle ted
a great distaSte for the amusements and fri
volitips which attract the young, ard gave
himself wholly to the acquisition of knowl-
ed ge and the search for truth. He was one
Of the few who seemed to have no boy hood.
lie graduated from the University of Mis-
siSSippi with the highest honOrS of his class.
and after thorough preparation entered
upon the practice of law, establishing for
him self in a few years Il reputation as a
Constitutional LAWYER second to none other
i'm the Safe. He lived a philosopher, and
died as he had lived, displaying to the last
hour of his life that sublime capacity to rea-
SON which is the essence OF all philosophy,
and that calm, dignified resignation to the
will of Deity which is the sequence of
yirtuouS life