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The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

The Commission held that the power OF
deciding who had been the duly chosen
electors was in the States -Hoar's Defense
of the Electoral Fraud.
Then why did the Commission disregard
the protest of the State of Florida, which
by her Legislature and Supreme Court de-
cided that the men who prOfessed to repre-
sent her in the Electoral College were not
duly chosen electors? Judge Hoar palters
with the public intelligence-New York
Sun.
Make record of this. In the next
Presidential election, the Southern States
for whose dislranchisement in the Elec
toral College, the Returning Boards
played their successful game, will guard
against its repetition Republican rev.
erence for State authority will then
be invoked on the Democratic side. The
day of Radical Returning Boards in
these States is over. Count 13S votes
''solid" against the Republican ticket.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
WILKINSON COUNTY.
Mai. Van EatOn's Patriotic He-
spOnsc to "a Letter Inviting
Him 40 Canvass the County.

WoopvILLE, Miss, Sept, 18th 1917
AesSrs. Jn9 4. Redhead, Geo. T. Nc Ghee
and +. b. Lea7iS-
GENTLEMEN: YOur note Of the 18th inst,
has Just been handed me. In reply, will say
at once, that my poor abilities now, rs ever
i'm the past. are freely at the service Of the
Democratic party. | consider it no more
than the simple duty OF every Democrat TO
support his party, and To do what in him
lies TO promote It's success ; and now more
especially is this true. We are all rejoicing
that we are to have canvass-the first
since our deliverance from the rule of the
alien aud the arpet-bagger-in which the
people can speak and act freely, untram-
meled by bayonets, reconstruction acts. and
hostile local Governments. To the DemOc-
racy we owe this freedom and this deliver
ance, and it seems to me that we should be
very uuwise and ungratefu, 10 say tn
least, were we not willing TO do our utmost
that these should be made complete and per-
manent, by keeping our organization IN
tact.
Whatever success we have achieved, in
either the recent or remote past, has been
secured by means of thorough organization,
fected by the people, through their prima-
ry meetings and State, district and county
conventions. When these have spoken,
the rule has ever been TO acquiesce, and
cheerfully to work and vote for the nomi-
nees, whether personally acceptable to the
individual or not. | know of no other rule
now, hence as a Democrat, feel it to be
my duty, from the performance of which
cannot escape, to vote for every nominee of
our State, district, aud county conventions.
While feel that you Overrate my abili-
ty, am free to say you do not over-esti-
mate my readiness to use such as have :" in
defense Of the interests of the Democratic
party | therefore readily accept your
invitation to cooperate with you i'm your
proposed canvass of the county, aud l will
assist you all | can, in your endeavors to
promote our principles, unite cur people
and strengthen our organization. beg
leave To subscribe myself, Gentlemen, Very
respectfully, your friend and obedient SER
want. II. S. VAN EATON.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
Wu IItsru
First Senatorial District Conyru-
uiOu,
Handsboro Democrat.

HaudsbOro Dem Ocratl
The Senatorial District Convention mar
at Mississippi CITY, Oetuler l-f, lisa. af 3D.
NJ; Hon, Sam Lawson called thr Convention
TO order.
Capt. +. n. Mayors and Judge rau-ou.
were placed iu nomination ior permanent
Chairman Capt. Mayer receiving fUe mH-
jorty OF vote, was declared elected. j. No.
Favre was elected secretary.
Moved and seconded th1r 70 committee au
credentials be appointed. The ,H.Ir Hp-
pointed the following grut.rmDn. i. E.
Ramsay. =. - Henry. j. y. Iug.m.. II D..
Lee ana W. n Mcintosh
The committee ou credentials r.U.r.a. I#.
following delegate present. leH|I County,.
+. h. Mavers, proxy; Hauco.a. o.. t.Fra
aud J. Y. TOulmcs Harrison. - Lawson. A A.
G.. Lopos-er, n. Bufcarrt, O.. N. Walker
aud j. B. Ramsay; Jackson. 3d. E. E..H-
mond, >. >. Henry, proxy for Jnti. Reeves.
ii. II. Minor, proxy Tor =. bradford Greene.
w. w. Avcra aud w. III. Mcintosh. Perry.
II. T.. Lee, VIM. Farley aud W. q. orl.u5
Marion, not represented.
Capt. TOnlme moved that tha basis oi rr-
presentation IN this Convention. be.maIe
according 20 the number Of voters iu each
county. Lost.
Nominations being in order, Mc-sr-.. D. w..
Carter, X. Seal, +. T.. Griffin and r.. q. Safe
fold we're placed iu nomination. Col. -aI-
fold respectfully declined.
Ballotiug was had with the following ra-
suit: Cartcr-Pearl county, 3. Hancock. g..
jackson, l23; Perry, . Greene, 5-TuAI,
2O2,.
Seal-Harrison, 2; Hancock, l.-I0uI 8.
Grifiu-JacksOn, 3
Scatteriug-2.
On motion, the nomination of Mr. Carter
was made unanimous.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
THE CANVASS.
Marshall County

Gen. T ". Harris, Chairman Of the
County Executive Committee, has issued
an able address % the Democrats aud
Conservative of Marshall county, urs-
ing them g. stand by their colar-.
The Reporter says ot q meeting I'm
Holly SPRING:
Geu. Fetrher-'#H Icing announced ~ the
orator ior t'c evening there was very
large gul eUtu .I-.as-.c audience DO tue Gene
tru Club meeting Monday night, tH bear
TIE distinguished -u,aItr aud -tatc-uau.
His speech was brm uI OF wisdom and
political ph ln,. phg. Taking Tor DIS iuau-
dAtinu, Reform, a. matt ,lc ut tur u.u-'
profound aud -ttr-muu-Ifhc arguments
ever delivered here. ms impression UH the
audience was marked aud issgug.
Again:
The Depot club bad very enthusiasts.
meeting 90 last Friday o. .gHf The -iuaarr
OF the evening was A4r H. NJ. Nat.uu. who
dclivcd very able atj eloquent address Io
u large and aVprDgiut.Nr au#ltHur. TH.u
followed speeches by Mu.-r-. Iu-. o. Wat
/ son, 4. p. Moore ana Wm. NJ. strickland.
/ with marked cilfpf.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
& Text Book for Mississippi
schools.

We learn with pleasure that Col. w.
II. McCardle has been solicited to pre-
pare history of Mississippi as text
book for the public schools of the State,
and that he will have the assistance of
Col j. f. H. Claiborne, who like himself
is a writer of almost unequaled merit,
and is trained journalist and historian.
This latter gentleman is collecting a vast
fund of material il the preparation of
his own work which will be at the dispes
al of Col McCardle. The latter will
perform the task as one of love for the
State to whose advancement he has de-
voted many years of iabori0us life.
His extensive information and varied
resources qualify him admirably for the
task; and we are pleased to notify our
school authorities of his enterprise in ad
vance.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
TUNICA COUNTY.
Democratic Nomination..
Cotton Plant.l

Cotton Plant.l
The Democratic Convention to-day mat
in obedience 70 the call Of the Chairman ut
the County Executive Committee, made
August 2lst, and nominated "a straighr-ou-
Democratic ticket as follows:
For Representatives J. Perkins,
For Sheriff, /. /. Mckee.
For County Treasurer, T. w. J.. AskeW.
For County Assessor, K. i. May.
For Coroner aud Ranger VIM T. BIyuc.
For County Surveyor, $. NJ. White.
The Republicans were in convention here
to-day also. The two conventions tried t1
agree on a fusion ticket, or division orths
county offices between the two parties.
Nothing Of the kind could be eAected
The Republicans offered the Democrats ann
the county offices except sheriff. This was
not agreed 10. Afternoon, the Democrats
proceeded to do away with the old County
Executive Committee, Chairman aud sccrs-
tary, and selected new officers TO nm their
places.
The Republican convention adjourned
without making any nominations,
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
Railroad Taxation in Iowa

The Iowa law provides that all rail
road property within the state shall be
valued by State Census Board, and
the valuation of each company appor-
toned among the several towns through
which its road runs, according to the
length of the track in each. In the city
of Dubuque are five miles of track, and
its share of taxable value under the act is
$50, 600, whereas, assessing the railroad
property within the city on the same
scale as other city property, it would be
$1,000, 900. The city appealed to the
Supreme Court to vindicate rs right to
tax the property on this basis, on the
ground that the State Constitution sub
jects the property of corporations to the
same taxation as that Of individuals
The Supreme Court, however, has, for
the second time, decided that the act is
valid.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

CONE TO GRIEF.-Another eonspic
uous member of the carpet-bag clan,
who once Iorded it over the South, has
come to grief, Ex-senator and Ex-Assis-
tant Secretary of the Treasury, Sawyer,
of South Carolina. He and two accom-
plices have been convicted of conspiracy
in presenting and obtaining payment of a
false and fraudulent cotton claim to the
amount of of s57, 900 The penalty is
imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a
term of years.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

STANLEY MATTHEW'S, the Presidents
next friend, in a recent speech, declared
that it was neither fair nor right 'to un-
dertake to deprive President Hayes Of
the honor and grace of first conceiving
and originating the [Southernl policy
which he himself carried out. 1t was
born of his own good sense and his own
good heart" Now, if this be so why
should the Presidents Secretary Nc
Crarv have taken such pains to show that
the policy originated with Grant? 1t is
evidence that somebody has strayed from
the truth.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

THE election in Connecticut, recently,
on two Constitutional Amendments, is
believed to have resulted in their adop-
ton. They prohibit extra compensation
to public officers, and town aid to rail
roads. This may do for communities
where no more railroads are to be built.
But after all would it not be wiser for
the people themselves to determine
whether they are willing to extend such
aid7 They are the best judges of their
own affairs,
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

The Ficksburg Leader Is a new paper
edited by Capt. W. r Spears, the prin-
cipal object of which seems to be The de
feat Of Col. Furlong, nominee for State
Senator Capt. Spears is the opposing
candidate. He Is experienced in jour
nalism, and writes as fuently and well As
he speaks. Ii we remember right, lie
was educated in a school the first les
son Of which was to stand by the regular
ticket. Therefore we were not prepared
for his present action. Under other cir
cumstances we would have been gratified
to encourage his candidacy. The Her
aid in the following sentences clearly
shows why his objections to Col. Furioag
have come too late and why he is preclu-
ded from urging them:
He saws Mr. Furlong made quite barge
qmount OF money while sheriff say 500,
0O0" lie had just n well say haii nil
lion. or any other amount that hts aer IS
his mind He charges thai the Tribune
said certain things about Mr. turith-- aad
proved terrible thingS on hun, etc, &c.
| DO you know that the editor of the Iil3-
une walked up 20 the polls on the ua} oi
! the Primary Election. and voted Tor TINS
| terrible Furloug? Aud CAPTAIN. dfd you
not 90 over this county -tHnPil1 10 ioI
vCur friend and partner udGe B.leA' auu
far Your friend. t'p-aln Andrews. Aht
/ knowing all this stuff Jua- appeared mon f!t-
/ 4ro in rIIa Tribune. did you open your lips
{ i'm regard tOiI? You claimed t" be good
! Democrat; why did you not then expose
/ thi. terrible man: Judge Brien spoke oI
( Col. Furlong in the very highest term. OF
! q r..r--s q L
/ him We say then that after the white
! peoDlc have decided upon their standard
| bearers, YOU display bad Judgment and
raShue-s in thus attempting To defeat any
one of them. These are no new char2+s
against this Democratic nominee. 1Hey
have been made often before. and they
! have always been met by the trends OF lle
| gentleman, bv them Offering on hi, author
itv 10 pay every dollar OF the indebted ue2'
that can be discovered against him. IN al
dirion to this, the people OF The county nave
endorsed the gentleman, and lJ - 100 ia.t
To attempt 10 convince them that tney olu
not know what they were dong, or thAI
they allowed themselves 10 be brlDeI &c
make the nomination.
In addition, it may be urged that from
the very first entrance Of Col. Furione
into the Senate, and during foul
years Of the most trying crisis, hn
course as Democrat and a Reformel
was absolutely uuassailable. There wa
no measure having for its object the re
demption of our State from misruIe
which did not find in him a Jealous anC
efficient champion. 1t is upon this unim
peachabIe record that the people Of War
reu will ratify at the polls their previou
decision in his favor.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

a CLAUSE of the constitution requires
the first Legislature of the State of Col
orado to enact law submitting the
question of woman's suffrage to the legal
voters of the State at the first general
election following the adjournment of
the Legislature. That election occurs
this month and the question necessarily
intensihes the interest usually manifested
on such occasions. The fair ones have
entered the field valiantly in their own
S: behalf and are making brave fight.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

THE COLUMBUS INDEPENDENT has a
new attraction for the public, Gen. ia
cob H. Sharp will hereafter conduct its
political department and share its busi-
ness management. He wields a power
tul pen. and the press of the State will
be largely the gamer by his permanent
connection it. We always had fancy
for the Independent, and it now has an
other claim on our good WILL
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

Hon. G. E. HOOKER spoke in Cincin-
natl recently. Senator Thurman made
the following pleasant allusion to his ad-
dress on the same occasion:
There was one thought that came through
my mind while my friend Col. Hooker was
speaking While l was listening to the
earnest, true and patriotic remarks OF that
man, who had been an honorable soldier on
the Confederate side, but who is now as true
a Union man as walks this earth-when L
heard the tributes he paid to our army and
peoule-when | heard him speak OF the dis"
tresses of the Southern people since the war,
and their disposition to do Justice, thought
had ! been one of these malignant Radicais'
make speech breathe denunciauon ana
hatred of one section against the other, |
should have hung my head in shame and
modification.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
Hon. y. n. Carter.

This gentleman has received the nomi-
nation for Senator in the Seashore Dis
trict. He has served the people one
term in that capacity with rare zeal and
ability, and his reelection will secure the
services of faithful and efficient men,
hor
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

NEssRs. SMITH AND GwIN, candidates
for Auditor of Public Accounts and Su-
perintendent Of Public Education, were
not IN the conference with the other can
didates on the State ticket when they ar
ranged lhe appointments announced in
this paper Gen. Falconer, in the alb
sence Of the Governor, will lie confined L.
public duties in the Executive office.
They will all meet thepeople when oppor
tunitv offers.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

The Rocky Hill CLAY county Dem
ocratic Conservative Club, deprecates
the attempt to divide the Reform party
aud resolves that
We will treat with contempt any man
offering for office as Independent candi-
date
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

IN recent conversation ex-President
Grant charged the deceased Charles
Sumner with having been deliberate
falsifer. In an effort to vindicate the
dead, Mr.. Forney, of the Philadelphia
Press, practically sustained the charges,
His explanation will be found on our
first page. 1t is interesting history.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

THE FARMERS NIsrroE is the tide If
a new paper just started by Maj. /. q.
Wall and an able corps Of assistants.
Its name indicates It's mission; and its
ability and usefulness are guaranteed by
the connection Of Maj. Wall with it. We
welcome the Visitor to the newspaper fra
teruity, and trust that its prosperity may
be commensurate with its merits.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

The Union League in New York is
warning upon the Republican State
Convention Of that State with Senator
Conkling at its head. Don't care if they
make Kilkenny cat fight of it.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

in the assertion Of the right, and denur-
citation of the wrong, it is the very salt Of
the earth.
The appearance Of Aberdeen is a pleas
ant reminder that the iron storm of war
did not visit her as roughly as some other
places Her fine churches (and, by the
way. here Is the home Of that venerated
father in Israel, Bishop Payne aud
palatial residences, are pleasant raminis
ences of the brighter and better days
but Aberdeen does not place her trust I'd
the glories of the past. She is alive
with the spirit Of the present ami the
future.
The demonstration to-day was grand
affair. The meeting commenced in the
( forenoon, and, with a brief interval, was
I kept up to a late hour in the night, with
undated interest. Gov. Stone, 1t GOV.
Sims, the next Attorney General, 7.
! {. Catchings, and Senator Barry deliver
ed able addresses and made fine imprcs
sons upon their audience. The Democrats
and Conservatives have a good ticket in
the field with Gen. Gholson at the head.
The ball is fairly opened and we may
look out for a good report from old Mon
roe in November. +. b.
y. Q. CorToN MARKET.-Advauc
cent. Prices from 1Ol to 1lS cents
! T,,,,,c,,s, =, ,IT;,,r "a -, r,.a;pts
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

The Louisiana Returning Board forg-
ers and perjurers will soon be put upon
trial. Hon. J. S. Black will assist IN
the prosecution.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

HINDs COUNTY FINANCEs.-On our
first page will be found correspondence
between Hon. n. r. Jones aud John
Shelton, Esq, full of interest to the tax
PAYERS OF Hinds county. The former
gentleman has charged that the Board of
Supervisors have exceeded their authori-
ty in levyiug the county; ana the latter
Joins issue. and argues that the tax was
both lawful and necessary. Without par
ticipating in the controversy, we will state
that one conclusion, if no other, can be
drawn from Fit. 1t is thst the statute
should be 50 amended as TO declare, in
terms that will not admit of two oPin-
ions, what the powers of the Board shall
be in the premises. The people want the
lowest taxation for State and county pur-
poses compatible with the execution of
the laws and the maintenance OF the
public faith.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

II another column we have copied
from our Republican neighbor, the Times,
the letter of Mr.. William Hester present
ing the grounds on which he is making
the race against the regular nominees in
Kinds county. The first is (not that
there is a cause of objection to the present
Reform State Administration that there
ought to be ''two parties in Mississippi"
We believe the sapent originator of this
proposition voted to overthrow the Re
publican party but we suppose that he
didn't intend to strike it hard enough to
kill-onIy meant to cripple it. Let us
hasten to undeceive him. The serpent
is only scotched, not killed and the
effect Of the Independent movement will
be, if any, to restore it to active life.
Another brilliant idea Is that thoro is
" now necessity for a National or
| d" Union party to breek up the Demo.
! cratic and Republican parties, etc"
How the author of this bright idea is ''to
break up" the National Democratic party
with his little "Independent' arrange
n.eat here in Mississippi, passes our com
prehension. His scheme will have to
take its place IN the limaJ of absurdiues
with dame Partington's proposition tQ
wipe out the Atlantic ocean with mop.
But pray, didn't Mr.. Hester vote TO put
the National Democracy in power last
wear and does he intend. like another
Saturn, to devour his own children?
| But really Mr. Hester's reasons in
favor of an 'Independent movement is
the most sensible we have seen, and if
the Democrats and Conservatives can't
crack that nut of his, they are gone up.
-+ -s--
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

H. P. REID, Esq, an able man. was
unanimously nominated for Representa-
tive from Coahoma county,
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
New York Politics.

The reputation of the Hayes Admin
istration by the Republican State Con
vention of New York and Senator Conk-
ling's bold defiance to the "powers that
be-" have produced split in the Repub-
lcan ranks, which will render assurance
Of Democratic victory in the fall cleo
tions doubly sure. Here is a straw from
the \. Y. Tribune (Republican) showing
the way the wind is blowing:
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
"wAR TO THE KNIFE" "

Mr.. Conkling has made of the gathering
at Rochester a demonstration against the
President not only hostile, but fierce and
contemptuous. Not a minute was lost in
formal cjvities; the attack began with the
first speech and lasted all day it was ag-
gravated IN every possible manner by ran
c1r and studied insults; made so malignant
that no friend of the Administration could
avoid resenJiug it; made with vast parade
and trumpeting as if the universe were in
vted to come and see how a Republican
Convention could have a Republican Presi-
dent.
And while the "rogues are quarreling
honest people will get their dues"
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10

y. Q. CorroN MARKET.-Advauce
J cent Prices from 10l to 1lS cents.
Immense falling Oft in receipts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
ANCESTERY OF THE PEN.

The earliest mode of writing was
on bricks, tiles, oyster shells, stones,
ivory, bark, and leaves of trees; and
from the latter term leaves of a book
is probably derived. Copper and brass
plates were very early in use; and a
feofment on copper was some years
since discovered in India, bearing date
one hundred years B. G.
Leather was also used, as well as
wooden tablets. Then the papyrus
came into vogue, and about the eighth
century the papyrus was superseded
by parchment. Paper, however, is OF
great antiquity. especially among the
Chrnecs but the first paper mill in
England was built in 1886 by a Ger.
man, at hartford in Kent. Neverthe.
less, it was nearly a century and 9
half-namely, in 17l3-before Thorn.
as Watkins, a stationer brought paper
making to anything like perfection.
The first approach to a pen was th'
stylus, a kind of iron bodkin; bu
the Romans farbade its use on &C
count of its frequent and even fata
use in quarrels, and then it was mad,
of bone. Subsequently, reeds, point
ed and split, like pens of the presen
day, were used.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
IN CALLAWAY HILLS.

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800. sS''aN " I'm
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NJ n>i .S,pr"1.5 nga ,,
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' 'en =, e'sas NV nueo' max
nINuf RssIniy al VI Que
Dleeo-he lorest oreeo. Inc Juseh en-
iies were oiiowes..py aeauht, saiiron'
coinpieAloneu Wonlen on pou iofty'
ny COOKING ior mahy years before al I
open fe1piace, she hao pe'o"e -
enectuaiiy smoKeo-eureo as any ner'
rirg'
40 INC won "n,"n VINO mus "ppe"''
the agent maze known ms business
wan, III "ieeie" Je
come 10 the wrong place. el yer 20
h u'' oooNs " SCH. FL ye
hSo po"'ef VI capS' or su'h'n In III
"n'' 9ei "'sh' SCH SOU
10 my Ole ihah. AS o DOCKS
stranger we re not much ON the rea
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
SHE TOOK WOOD.

When a middle-aged housewife
halted at Bassford's grocery, yester-
day, to ask the price of currants, she
was told that they sold for a dollar a
peck.
"sFour dollar a bush-e-e-l!" she
almost shrieked.
sYes'em."
And do you think I'll buy 'em at
that rate"
"Yes'em."
SWELL, l won't !! it's a shame, sir,
a burning shame, and I for one won't
stand it Why, sir, the idea of cur
rants being four dollars per bushel
when wood is only four dollars per
cord ! I'll buy wool, sir &
You don't have to saw and split and
pile ~currants, remarked the grocer.
"Can't help it, can't help it," she
replied as she moved on. 81 like
current jelly as well as anybody else,
but you can't cord it up in the alley,
and go out and look at it, and have
forty men asking for a job, an warm
your feet by it, and--why, I won't
talk another minute, sir. Bub, where
is there a woodward around here p"