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The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

The Texas and Pacific railway built
10 miles of new road during the last
twelve months and increased its gross
earnings thirty per cent. in the same pc
riod of time. 1t is L, 400 miles from the
present terminus of the road at Fort
Worth to San Diego on the Pacific.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

INAsMUCH as one of the Senators from
this District, Hon J. L. MeCaskill, is
from Rankin, the Brandon Republican
sis perfectly satisfied to let Kinds name
i" the candidate for the vacant place"
Nevertheless we suggest that Rankin
shall send on her delegates to the Kinds
county convection on the day yet to be
named by our County Executive Com
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The Legislature &.
DEMOCRATIC NoMINATIoNs

TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, Representative
j. S. Bailey.
Senator 3lst District-W. ID. Peery. of
Lefore.
MONROE COUNTY, Rcprcsentatives--J. NJ.
Trice, w. Cunningham, N. w. Hatch.
SIMPSON COUNTY, Representatiye-D Me-
Collum.
ANTE COUNTY, Representative, W. f.
Love.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

SIMPSON county has nominated Capt.D.
McColIum, one of her staunehest and
truest men, for the Legislature. For
the sake of harmony, Hon. j. L. Meade,
who had made a brilliant legislative
record, withdrew his name, and Mr.. Nc
Collum was nominated by reclamation.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

THE Georgia Constitutional Conven-
ton has adopted clause comforting upon
the Legislatures the power to fix freight
and fares upon railroads. AS the Su-
preme Court of the United States had
already affirmed the right of Legisla-
lures to exercise this power, the clause Is
entirely superogative.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

CLAY county has the honor or inaugu-
rating the Democratic campaign. The
mass meeting at West Point on the 25th
was nuherously attended. The speak
ers were Gov. Stone, Hon. I. c. Catch
ings, and Hon. w L. Hemingway.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

THERE are now only seyenty-fve troops,
rank and file, stationed in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and the parts of
Kentucky and Tennessee lying east of
the Tennessee river.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The silver Que.Iion.

The Ohio Republicans are rather del
phic in their eommittals on the silver
question. They are for remonetizing
the silver dollar, but not restoring it un-
conditionally. Like the Maine temper
ance man he was ''for the Liquor law,
4" but opposed to its execution" WHAT
the people want is that silver shall be
remonetized and made a legal tender,
just as gold is, for all debts, private,
municipal, State and national Though
it is not in the Mississippi platform, it is
in the minds of her people, and woe to
the public agent who refuses to carry
out their will.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Hon. H. M. streets Legislative
Career.
Enterprise Courier. !

Enterprise Courier.
Rarely is it the case that such a handsome
and cordial Endorsement Is accorded to any
man, and in this case il has been worthily
bestowed, for, from the time that Radical
oppression began, Col Street has served,
not only Prentiss county, but the entire
State, nobly in the halls of legislation. BY
"A skillful use OF parliamentary tactics, and
an iron nerve. he fOiled the Radicals in
many of their infamous measures, and
saved the State great deal of money.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

AFTER a career as brilliant as it was
brief, our young friend w. w. Hoskins
withdraws from the management Of the
Lexington Advertiser, and is succeeded
by his father J S. Hoskins. We hope
that the lines of the one may fall in more
pleasant places than the treadmill toll of
newspaper life; and that prosperity may
continue to attend the other, who has
just been re-nominated for sheriff of his
county
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
THE BANNER COUNTY.
YazOO Nominations.

Special dispatch to CLARIoN.l
YAzoo CITY, August q, 1877.
Senator, Gibbs; Representatives, Hicks,
Bunch, Day; Sheriff, Taylor; Treasurer,
Doherty.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

TALLAHATOHIE COUNTY has deter
mined to continue in her service, her
able and true Representative, Hon. j.
s. Bailey, who has served well and ably
in the Dast,
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The COIOred Voters Of Lawrence
All for GWim.
Brookhaven Comet.l

Brookhaven Comet.
Henry Mayson, the leading colored Re
publican of Lawrence county, having heard
that the colored people of that county would
not support Gwin for Auditor. wishes US TO
correct the report He says he has encouat-
cred Capt. Gwin In every canvass since '6s
and fought him with all his might, but in
this race he is Gwin man against any
body, and that there is not colored voter
IN Lawrence county who Will not most
cheerfully support him. The same report
comes from the colored people in Pike and
Marion counties.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
sale of iEae Mississippi Central
Railroad.

The public have been advised through
other channels of this important railroad
sale in accordance with the DEGREES Of the
United States Court There were no
bidders except the Illinois Central Rail
road Company, for whose benefit the sale
was made. The length of the road is
325 miles 1t was bid eff at S425, 600
The purchasers, in order to perfect the
title, will have TO assume liabilities for
prior claims, amounting to several mill
lions of dollars. We are informed that
under the new management steps will be
at once taken to improve the condition of
the road and to provide additional rolling
stock so as to expedite transportation and
prevent delays in the shipment Of pro-
duce along the line of the combined roads.
Three hundred additional freight cars
and eleven new locomotives will be
brought into requisition. Referring to
the transfer, the Chicago Tribune was
to say:
The sale Will be merely pro fOrinq, as the
Illinois Central has since concluded arrange
ments 70 assume its managements on the
same terms as that OF the New Orleans,
Jackson and Northern. As soon as the
proper transfer of the property has been
made the Mississippi Central and the
New Orleans, jackson and Northern Will
be consolidated and controlled by the Hi
nois Central, on the same basis as the Penn
sylvania railroad controls the PiLtsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad. Mr.. w.
III, Osborn will be elected president of the
re organized road, and Mr.. j. G.. Clark, sec
Ond vice president of the Illinois Central,
will become the general manager. The
other officials have not yet been designated,
with the exception of general ticket aud
passenger agent, which position will be
illed by Mr.. France Chandler, late assistant
general ticket aud passenger agent of the
Illinois Central railroad.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The IrreVOca BILE Fact.

This is the way the Boston Herald
puts it
Why not recognize the fac that the recon-
struction period is at an end, and that for
better or for worse the people of Louisiana
and South Carolina and all the other South
ern States are TO have just as full control
of their own local affairs, ana just as much
10 say about the conduct of the Federal
Government, in proportion to their num-
bers. as the people OF Maine, Massachusetts
or New York? If the people of these States
govern themselves welLpreserve order, keep
faith with their creditors. ard invite cap
ital and immigration from outside their bor-
ders, they will be prosperous. II not, not.
Their future depends upon themselves, and
not upon the ''policy" of Mr. Hayes, or any
body else.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

Philadelphia Times Nnd)
Postmaster General Key is still playing
the role OF the prodical SON I'm The great la-
minlstratiOn combination now travelling
through New England, and he has made b.
one Of the leading parts.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

The Hinds County Democratic-Con-
servative Executive Committee will meet
at Raymond on next Saturday, 1st inst.
Every member should be present.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

PosTMAsrER-GENERAL KEYS is griey-
ed because he was not born in New Eng
land instead of the South. The latter is
distressed for the same reason.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

IF the colored people should now go
off with few sore,headed, disafected
malcontents under the psuedo name of
"Tndependent Democrats. their last
condition will be worse than the first. 1t
will show that they did not vote the
Democratic ticket in the last two elec-
tions in good faith, and are now willing
to resort any expedient to destroy the
party they joined. If the colored
people are going with the white people,
let them turn deaf ear to disorganizers
and vote the regular ticket. Read what
Judge Stafford SAYS
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
No Standing Army wanted.


Milwaukee News.
We went no standing army. tu he a cone
slant menace TO public liberty. t0 tD Hf.-
stantly at the back Of any usurpar or m.N-
tary chieltain who may command t.0r
obeience, and TO cost the peop.e a hundred
millions Of fdOilars year tor their support.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

COTTON worms are said to be very numer-
Gus in Concordia aud Tensas parishes, in
Louisiana. We he that on the Fish Pond
place. i'm COncorda, a tract of about one
hundred acres OF large cotton is swarming
with the worms. Il ports also come from
Morville and other places. Some reports
of worms also come from the bills IN Adj
ans county.
The foregoing is from the Natchez
Democrat. A planter residing near
Madison Station madison county, has
informed US that the worm has appeared
in full force on the plantations in that
neighborhood. 1t is also in the neigh
borhood of Tugaloo.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
NInr.hnu CounIv Couveu,iou

Monday, August 27th. A. NJ. West nomin-
ated for Senate by acclamation; w. G. War
rem, w. +. Hyer, Ed. Kuhl and ii. o. Rand
for Legislature.
Henry G. Myers. re-nominated for Sheriff
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

IL THIS paper, will be found letter
from Hon. j. B. YeIlowley in expiana-
ton of what is known as the famous
circular"
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

The cotton and corn crops on Honey
Island and the Yazoo valley are said to
be unusually promising.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Hon. .. IL. Singleton.

This gentleman will speak at Kosci-
usko on the 1st, and at Carthage on the
Sd of September.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

Gen. A. M. West ID announced to speak
at okoIona on the 18th of September, upon
National and State politics and Railroad
matters.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

The I.iberian Immigration Society Of
South Carolina proposes 20 purchase q ves-
sci for $4,000, large enough TO carry 500
passengers at time.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
NoX PoPULI.
state SeunIOr---CapG w. a. Mont
EOmery.

EDS. CLARION: Nominations for State
Senator being in order, we beg leave to
place before the Convention the name Of
Capt w. A. Montgomery. Enough said.
BAKERS CREEK.
August 26. 1877
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
A Strong Firm.

Newton Bulletin.
Gen. r. Lowry and Al. McLaurin, ESQ.
have formed law c0partnership. This u
one OF the best law II ms in the State.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

We understand an Independent ticket will
be put in the field as soon as the Democrat
ic ticket Is nominated. We want the best
material on our ticket. Men who arc capa-
BILE and honest, and who will carry the full
vote of the paIty.-HOlly Springs Reporter
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The Way They Have 1t up I'm
Gods Country.
HoRsEwH1Pp1NG A WOMAN.
Dubuque Times.l

Dubuque IImes.
A Mr.. HoleOmb of Cedar Ranids
Iowa, has been in Waterloo in quiet search
OF young woman for three weeks past.
who. he AYERS; has been travelling about
protesting to be his daughter. she is young,
beautiful and well dressed, and this fore
noon he found her in the waiting room of
the Illinois Central Depot. He gave her a
sound horsewhipping then and there. After
some deliberatlon she went up town and
procured the arrest OF Mr.. Holcomb, who
was fined SO and costs.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

The Chicago Tribune advises the public
90 put strychnine or arsenic In the meat an
other supplies furnished tramps.-EX,
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

On the Oath inst, gold stood at 1O4s.
the lowest point In more than fifteen
years.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

The Natchez Telephone is now pub
Iished weekly. 1t large, well-printed
paper.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

THE RIGHT SPIRIT-Col. j. L. Nc
Cullum, of the Yazoo Herald Democrat,
received fattering vote for Secretary of
State, but, as only one of many, was to be
chosen, he failed, with other worthy
competitors to be nominated He ac
cepts the situation gracefully and in the
spirit of a true Democrat, as follows:
As for ourself we have long since sub
mitted with becoming grace to the decis-
ion OF the Convention, which denied ms
the honor of filling one of the States
offices, and il shall be our pleasure, as it
certainly is our duty, to work for the sue
cess of the ticket put forth at Jackson by
the invincibie Democracy of Mississippi.
ana weary not in our endeavors until the
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
THEPresidential tour has been brougl

The Presidential tour has been brought
to a close. In his last performance be-
fore New England audience, Postnaas-
ter General Key put on his most peni-
tential look for having been a Southerner
in the late war, and applied to himself
the following lines:
And while the lamp holds out to burn
The Yilest sinner may return.
THE planters are having a hard time
in Texas fighting the cotton worm.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

Mr.. GRAEME, Secretary of the Work,
ingmen's Union Of New York, says that
the 'white serflom" in the North, against
which the laboring men of that section
recently struck, surpassed in cold, cal
" culating cruelty the widest romances of
" negro slavery" OF course, Mr.. Graeme
is perfectly familiar with the copdition
of the Northern workingmen whose or
gan he is, but he is right in characterizing
the stories of Southern slavery under the
former regime, as "wild romances." In
no age of the world, was ever working
class so well cared for, and so happy in
their lot, as the negroes of the South be-
fore they were emancipated.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

ANTE COUNTY REPREsENTIVE.- In
the recent primary election, w. f. Love,
Esq, was selected as the candidate of the
Democratic and Conservative party to
represent them in the lower branch of
the Legislature. The fact reminds us
that in 1856, the Senatorial District of
Amite and Pike elected the late Hon.
Franklin Love, the father of this gentle
man, to serve them in the State Senate.
The former served his day and genera
ton faithfully and well, and we have no
doubt the mantle of the sire will be wor-
thily worn by the son.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Hurry burIy's done,

Anu the batlIe IouSnC ana won =
permitting none to surpass us in zealand
none TO exceed us in the energy and in
.dnstry which we shall bring TO the dis
charge of our duties AS Democratic Jour
naliet WI o loves his party full well and
who looks forward TO its success with the
tondest antici .atiens
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

ST.. LOUIS papers report that within
the past week there has been break
down in the entire provision market
and reduction in prices of meal, -four
and hog products. This is good news to
Southern consumers.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The Canvass In A.tala County
Central star.1

NtHIIdI sud-
Hon. ID. T. Guyton, Democratic nominee
for the Legislature. will address his fellow
citizens at Spring Hill Church, on Saturday.
September Sth, 1877.
w. Nj. PALMER,
Sec'y y. II. Singleton Club.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

MEssRs. H. V. WALL & Co., have
sold the Farmers Nindicator to the CO.
operative News Company. The edito-
rial management will continue under
Maj. Wall whose ability as a journalist
and devotion to the agricultural interests
of the South are well known.
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The Aged Tramp.

The lady Of a Cottage Hill house,
the nurse-girl and cook, held a
brief consultation, and concluded
that an old man whose toes stuck q
rod out of his boots, and the
crown Of whose summer hat was
held by a single hinge Of straw and
tapped up and down in the wind,
disclosing the fact that the aged
wearer was bald, very bald, must
be really worthy, and they invited
him to n seat in the kitchen while
bis breakfast was being prepared.
The frsgrances Of the frying pan
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How Delos Lost His scalp.

! know'd Just as well as / know'd
anything that my hair was goin' to
be raised in less'n two seconds un-
less some O. the boys seen my fix
and made the devil a present o.
that Injin. / heard some O the
boys give a shout, an knew by the
scatterin' 'mong the squaws and
young ones that some O. 'em were
a comm. ! heard a shot an yell,
and the squaw that bad yanked me
down fell dead with half her body
on me. The big Injin was game,
anyhow. He kicked the dead
squaw off O me, and then set one
O his feet on my chest. The numb
feelin' had almost left me, and
could see the fringe on the leggins
Of the Injin. know what he were
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The 0utcast's Love.
eli! Hold up, sir !"


l was galloping along a lonely
road, returning from a fire that
had broken ont in the village, some
two miles distant. / was not con-
scious of my surroundings-of the
dark wood on either side. or of the
road stretching out before me-but
my thoughts were far away with a
certain wee Daisy-a sweet flower
| had coveted, and when startled
10y the repetition Of "hold up, sir"
uttered by a deep bass voice, l in
voluntarily grasped my whip
tighter as | drew reign, and hastily
pulled Firehy.
There was a rustic in the bushes,
and by the waning light of a sum-
mer's night l saw bronzed face
peeping out which | recognized as
belonging to Surly Dick, hitherto
reputed to be a dangerous char
acter in the neichhorhood.
"Hallo, Dick, what DO you want 2"
/ said, as civilly as | could, not
feeling at all comfortable as i
glanced at his broad shoulders, and
felt that he was not man to meet
alone, especially when in possession
of valuables.
His keen grey eyes flashed, as,
looking carefully around, he re-
piled, in a low tone:
"Ride under cover, Mr.. Belmont,
you'd better not be seen now; be-
sides, I've something important to
say to you"
hesitated-not a soul was in
sight, nor a house within two miles
could l trust this fellow (! What
could he want with me Z his words
were earnest and the half entreat-
ing, wistful look which accom-
panied them, determined me to dis
mount, and tightening the grip on
my whip, led Firely into an open
space behind the bushes, and still
holding the reins in my hand, stood
waiting to hear what he had to
say.
"Don't clutch your whip, Mr..
Belmont, I mean you no harm. /
know I've bad name hereabouts,
and perhaps deserve it, too, but
tonight I'm going to do what may
mean death to me-"
was somewhat startled at this
unexpected declaration, but made
no reply.
"Mr. Belmont" he continued,
"once lay sick with fever; Miss
Ward came to zee me when every
body else Stunned and scorned me
she brought me nice food and
flowers, and saved my life. Yes,
she saved my life," he repeated, in
q softer tone. ~ love the girl
started involuntarily at the
horrible suggestion-he saw IL per-
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after, an if ever man cussed and
swore to himself that man was me,
because none o the boys seemed
to get there, nor TO shoot. Two O
the soldiers war a comm for me
all the time, but the business was
done so quick that they didn't have
time to shoot agin' after KILN the
squaw, till the thing were over;
but it seemed morn week to me.
The lniin bent down quick and
grabbed mel in the scalplock. Lord!
how he jerked. / shut my eyes.
Then it felt as if some one had
ripped cash with a dull pair O
scissors all round the top o. my
head, and then poured a ladel full
o hot lead in it. A sudden fash
of the awfullest, sharpest pain thet
kin be imagined ran through me,
clean to the end o my toes. Then
it seemed as if a horse was hitched
to my hair an he was struck with
a whip, give a sudden spring, an
tore the top O my head off from
side to side. | cud feel my knees
draw up, and my hands go shut
and grab in the snow, and set my
nails clean into the flesh. The sem
sation was jest as if from the top
O my head there had run cords
down through my body, which
were fastened in my flesh all along,
and these had tore loose from my
toes up, and followed the top O my
head when it was jerled off. /
knowed | was scalped, and that
were all knowed for three days.
About the time l lost my hair
the cavity came up, and the Injins
was licked, and they want many
of 'em got away. The boys who
seen the Injin scalp me said they
killed him, but if they did they
didn't get my scalp back. 1t
mought have got lost in the snow,
though. They sent me to Laramie,
an for four or five weeks / had a
leetle the sorest head that ever set
on mans shoulders. They let
me come East to get sound, and
I've seuce been hon'ably discharg-
ed, the gov'ment sayin' that a man
that had been scalped once by the
Injins had done all that cud nat
rally be expected Of him from his
country. I'm itchin' though, to
get 'mong them dirty Nee Purses,
and if the boys had anybody else
handlin' Of 'em but that General
Howard, who don't know no more
bout fightin' Injins than the Prince
O. Wales, I'd be out there, too, as
quick as l could get there. They's
one thing certain, the devils can't
get any more scalp out o me if
they ever have a chance.
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How TO Keep a Situntion.

Lay it down as a foundation rule
that you will be faithful in that
which is least Pick up the loose
nails, bits of twine, clean wrapping
paper, and put them in their places.
Be ready to throw in an odd half
hour or hours time, and don't seem
to make merit of it. Do it
heartily though not word be said,
be sure your employer makes note
of it. Make yourself indespensi-
bic to him, and he viii loose many
of the opposite kind before he
will part with you. Those young
men who watch to see the very
second their working hour is up;
who leave, no matter what state
the work is in, at precisely the in
stant who calculate the amount
OF work they can slight yet not
get reproved, and who are lavish
of their employers goods will al
ways be first to receive notice,
when times are dull, that their SER
vices are no longer required. Re-
member you are not slave, then
serve your employer as a friend
in due time he will be a friend to
you. had d I
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Honor to our WOrkmen.

Whom shall we call our heroesl
To whom our praises sing
The pampered child of fortune
The titled lord or kinel
They live by others labor
Take all and nothing give,
The noblest types of manhood
Are those who work to live.
Who spans the earth with iron,
And rears the palace dome
Who creates for the rich man
The comforts of home
1t is the patient toiler
All honor to him then
The true wealth of the nation
Is in her working men.
For many barren ages
Earth hid her treaures deep,
And all her giant forces
Seemed bound rs If in sleep.
Then labor's 'anvil chorus"
Broke on the startled air,
And 10 ! the earth in rapture
Laid all her riches bare.
'Tis toll that over nature
Gives man his proud control,
And purities and hallows
The tempers of his soul.
1t scatters foul diseases,
With all the CHASTITY train
Puts iron in the muscle,
And crystal In the brain.
The grand Almighty Builder,
Who fashioned out the earth,
Has stamped his seal of honor
On labor from the birth.
In every angel flower
That blossoms from the sod
Behold the Master touches
The handiwork of God
Then honor 20 our workmen,
The hardy sons of toll
The heroes of the workshops
And tnonarchs of the soil