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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON
DISCUSSING TUE DECISION OF THE coMMIs


SION.
No bus ness previous TO return OF the SEN
att from the House, when Sherman submit
ted resolution thar the decision of the
Commission upon the Electoral vote of the
State OF l. uisiaua, stands as The judgme ut
of the Senate, the objections made thereto
10 The contrary notwithstanding.
herman submitted substitute for tie
resolution OF Sherman, AZ follows:
Ordered, That The votes purporting Ia De
The Electoral votes for President and Vie
President. and which were given by Wi
liam T.. Kellogg, j ii. Burch, Peter Joseph
L. A. SheldOn, Morris Marks, A. b Levissee,
A IL. Brewster, aud Oscar JEFF .r-on. claim
my TO tie electors for the State uf Louisiana
be rtjec-ed, the decision OF the Commission
TO the contrary Notwithstanding
The question being on the substitute OF
Mr. Herman, Thurman said the statute OF
Louisiana created a returning board consist
ing OF five persons, who were to hold office
indefinitely ard with power 10 MI all va
caucieS that might occur. IL devolVed upon
thee five men to say who should hold Office
in the state. The question OF who should
holI ofi G IL pended not upon the will OF
the people. but upon the viii of the Re-
turning Board. He believed such Board
was utterly destructive OF republican
form OF governments The State OF Louisi-
ana. unticr cur Constitution, had no power
10 create such "A Board. The acts OF that
Board were unconstitutional. null and void
Even ii its acts were not unconstitutional
they were not legal in caAvassing the vote
of the 9Th of November last, because the
statute required that the Board should be
composed OF five persons OF different pollt'
ic;d parties, hut in fact il was composed oil
but four persons, all of the same party. and
they stead ly refused 10 fill the vacancy
The duty OF that Board WAS to canvass aud
compiI. the returns OF The Commissioners ol
Elections but the testimony showed they
did not do so. The proof which the coun-
SCI oflefe. before the Commission SHOULD
have been accerted, and i'm that opinion h'
was fortified by the action OF both houses
OF Cougr, IS four years ago, in respect q
the vote OF Louisiana. He then referred Il
the alleged iut Eligibility of certain Elector:
in that State, and said he could nor REGARD
that other than A. "A notification of the Con-
s.iiutional prov isiou ON .hat SUI ject. Under
this decision, no matter by what fraud Z
man NAV be elected President or Vice Pres
idcut, or hpw Ineligible an Elector might b'
there was no power to inquire into n. Inc
vote Of an ineligible Eli Ctor must toe count
ed. aud rritncr the STATE, or Congress could
right tn wrong. He utterly Gissentec
from such "A decision ~ being destructive &
Il Republican Government. The decision
wculd have the fl. ct Of a proclamation tt
dishonest Returning Boards TO perpetrate
whatever viliaiuy their interest might die
tate. with the absolute certainty that they
would be sustained.
Senator Morton replied after which sen
ator Shermaus resolution was adopted. Al
10 2S--I strict party vote.
Edmunds is sick. Frelinghuyscn did moi
speak
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

Trust DEEDS FOR SUPPLIES. - The
unusual number of orders received at
this office recently from merchants in va
rious parts of TIE State, for trust deeds
for supplies, does not indicate easy times
with the planting class. And when they
are financially pinched, all classes are di-
rectly affected. The material prosperity
of a people comes out of the soil.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

Col. A. G.. HORN offers his paper, the
Meridian Mercury, for sale, for the rea-
son stated in the following:
| will listen to propositions to buy the
Mercury newspaper for a limited time, to-
wit: until the 5th OF March. The single
reason why | would sell is TO be found in
the fatigue from long and arduous work,
and phy steal 3ufYmiJieS coupled with the
tagging energies of old age.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

WAsAINSToN, Feb. 2O.-The debate in
the House Is threatening. and it is becomin@
possible the 4th of March may pass without
an Inauguration. "''ioul
mr.. Seelye said, "In the Louisiana eIao
ton it seems the charges made nv aaob
party against the other, were in the moi
true There was fraud and corruption nm
one side and intimidation on the ot1os y !,
lie W thought the vote should not be counted
being ensnared but urged subm issio,, "OoiO
me debate clio ell at one O'clock. and a
GaI! OF the yeas and nays on Gibson's reso a
luton Is progressing. The FEELING r. ~
peT bi,n ana there is great uneasiness i'm Re-
sinni e ab frees. Ihe contest over Missis-
II may delay the count P ensioh Ihat
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

viii the partisan anaconda swallow Lou
isiana? That IS the fredericksburg
Herald.
Yes, it swallowed it, Returning Board
and all, by to Z. We are not in the
habit of doing so, yet upon this occasion
we are inclined to say, friend Herald,
we told Won so
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

Those DUPLICATE KEYS. - Major
Harper, Of the Raymond Gazette, thus
refers to the telegram relating to Testers
testimony;
Since reading the above we have con-
versed with a number of prominent and in
fiuential gentlemen from all points of the
county and not one of them attended or
even heard of a meeting at which it was
proposed to furnish duplicate keys to the
ballot boxes. We have also talked with
several election Judges and not one received
any ssextra key'' from Mr.. Lester or any one
else-~bat all agree that his story is a base
fabrication from beginning TO end"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
Ran Over and KILLED

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 6-Peter Ger
Quincy, scale inspector for the PennsyI-
vania Railway Co., was run over and
killed by the ears in this city yesterday.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

THE members of the recent Legsla-
ture who supported the act allowing not
more than fifty cents per square for the
publication of the proceedings cf the
Adams county Board of Supervisors.
are not especially entitled to the graft
tude of the printers, however much they
may be to that of the Board Of Super
visors The Democrats regular price for
printing is one dollar and a half square
By special contract the Board of Super
visOrs, is now paying sixty cents per
square, which is, in all conscience, little
enough. That there is always sound
economy in making official publications
of the proceedings of all bodies which
collect and disburse public revenues is
nearly everywhere conceded, but wheth-
er these bodies ought to reasonably ex-
pect to have these things done for n
third of what it would cost a business
man is another question. If the Legis-
lature had been wiser it would let the
prices of all publications required by
law be regulated by contract on business
principles. -Natchez Democrat.
The Democrat should not complain.
1t was this provision of the hill-allow-
ing Supervisors to publish their proceed
ings at any price-that partly defeated
the general advertising bill. Adams,
Claiborne, and Harrison counties had
special bills passed, allowing the Boards
of Supervisors to have their proceedings
published. We concur with the Demo
crat in the economy" to the public, in
having such proceedings published, and
that the rate of compensation should be
regulated by contract on business prin-
Giples.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

Who struck Billy Patterson In
duire of the Democrats who voted for the
Electoral Bill.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

THE memorial of our State Legislature
to Congress fer he deepening of the
water at the mouth OF Pascagoula River
was presented by Mr.. Wells on the 18th
and ordered to be printed in the accord,
and referred to the Committee on Coma
merca
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
Ohio Speaks Out.

,;eo =" ORR, Feb. 2O.-A Columbus. Ohio
11Ispatch announces that ~ out of tbe 90
bIg 1l h"i1 members of the General Assem-
ABOUT he political situation A rasoi H,,Iult
wa was offered insirnrt'ng the Ohio deIegotn.
IN congress to prevent by all lawful 1920 $3.50
a., count o. the klectoral vote until after tbs
WORD "lawful' was defeated onI,, Ie me
Votes being cast for it. After yeTy len
u1|l. sion. the resolution as Offered Wy
adopted by vote of 20 to Is. e'eu' was
After the adjournment of the caucus uo
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

WE wonder if Hewitt thinks that ma
tional bonds will rise again since Louisi-
ana has been counted for Hays.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

OAKLAND CoLLEGE.-The remnant
of the assets of Oakland College, will be
transferred to the trustees of the "Cham-
berlin Hunt Academy" which is to be
established within the territory from
which the original endowment was OBJ
tanned. The Democrat, of Natchez, calls
the attention of the community, to the
propriety of taking steps to secure its To-
cation in that city, and the Southern
Reveille suggests that inasmuch as Oak
land College was Claiborne county in
stitution, that the remnant of the
assets" should be invested in Port Glib
son.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
PreparIng for Oregon.

The Democratic counsel have mean.
completed their preparations for l .n ' ..,o
test over Oregon, and say they WI ~"
there or utterly disgrace the Comm
sion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

THE Grand Central Hotel, New ' In
Offers its guests the privilege o. 40
the location Oftheir rooms ana Hoyi7
Dave mndr reduction Do TaLeb on nI,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
Mar.haII County.

Marshall has dways been justly styled
the Empire Couny Of Mississippi. Great
in her material -esources, her citizeLs
have always been conspicuous for their
thrift, intelligence and patriotism. In
the field and in tln forum, her gallant
and talented sons ave achieved honor
and distinction for themselves, and glory
for the State. In recent political cam
paigns, when the libeties of our people
were imperilej, they have done their
full duty, aad they will always be ready
to battle for the right. Their energy,
their enthusiasm, and their unity, stand
out conspicuously, and challenge our
respect and admiration This estimate,
long since formed, is not impaired by the
pleasantries in which some of our breth
rem Of the press are indu!gng at the ex-
pense of the people of Marshall county.
1t is alleged that she is yielding toe
large crop of aspirants for office, and
that her press sought special legislation
for its benefit. To seek offi.e is every
citizens privilege in this county, and We
venture to say that by the time the State
Convention meets, Marshall county viii
not have more than her proportion o
candidates for the offices to be filled
The special printing act for Marshal
county was lot passed until after tn,
general bill he'd failel, and had it becom,
"a law the newspapers of that count,
would receive only fair compensation
under it. We are very certain that tn
press, IS well as the people of Marshal
county, are not setting up any preferred
claims to the patronage or sufrages 0
the public They richly deserve all tina
they can get.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

The NATCHEz, JACKSON AND COLUM-
BUS RAILRoAD.-We are much gratified
to learn that an early survey of the line
for extending this road from Fayette to
point within few miles of Utica in
Kinds county, is contemplated. Why
not make the survey to Jackson? The
extension of the road to this city would
be of immense advantage to that portion
of Hints county between Utica and
Jackson. The substantial benefits to
jackson are too apparent to require ar
gument The road from Natchez to
I'ayette is well built and equipped, and
is doing a paying business.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

A BILL to remove the political disabil
tiles of Gen. Reuben Davis has passed
both houses of Congress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

THE report was to the effect that the 8
votes of Louisiana should be counted for
Hayes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
Proposed Democratic Policy.

WAsHISGToN, Feb. l9-Q ,ite a number
of Influential Democrats propose the follow
til Nichols and Hampton are recognized ;
or, second, to make appropriations cOndi-
tional upon such recognition.
The Democratic caucus tonight was
quite strong, but without taking vote add
journed until after the Oregon count. 4
proposition by Capt Ellis, member of Con-
withheld until self government Is rcsto ed
gre>s from Louisiana, that appropriations be
10 Louisiana aud South Carolina, was re-
ceived with storm of appreciation. The
Southern mem berz OF Congress, backed by
numbers of Northern Democrats, seem in
earnest in the matter.
The speakers in caucus tonight range
themselves as follows: For resistance out
right-Randall, Mills, Knott, Mcmahon,
Poppleton, willing and zones, Of Ky. Sub
mission, contingent on recognition OF
Hampton an, Nicholls-Repres natives
Ellis, Hooker and Springer Against any
acton-Brown and Durham, OF Ky.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21

The presiding officer then handed 70 the
Tellers the decision of the Electoral Com
mission, giving the votes of Louisiana 10
HAYES aud Wheeler. He then asked If there
were objections 10 the decision, and Glib on,
of Louisiana, presented objections signed
by nearly all OF the Democratic Senators
and representatives. Other objections were
submitted 10y Senator Wallace, Of Fennsyl-
vania.
These having been read, the Senate re-
tired
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
So@Ih CaroIina'- Condition.

WAsuINGroN, Feb. 1S.-Represcutattves
Say Ter will make the South Carolina report
To morrow. IL will say that the present
State Government, Cham berlaln',) like its
predecessors, mas 40 power to protect the
people, and is utterly weak that nothing
but the moral power OF the support OF the
General Government keeps il IN existence "A
single day. Take this wrongful support
from CnambeTlaiu's unlawful Government.
and it will quickly vanish like the dew be-
fore the sun and will no longer disturb the
peace of an oppressed and long suffering
people,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
JOINT SION.

WAsHIN CT, n. Feb. 19.-On assembling at
10 o'clock. the House took recess until II
Precisely at Il, the senate arrived at he
Hall ul he House, and took the seats aiot-
ted to il on the right OF the Chamber.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21
Riot ut Guthrie,

We have to record a disgracefuI
and fatal riot in Kentucky close to
the borders of our own State. The
facts, as faras we can ascertain them,
are that, last Sunday there was a
large assembly of colored people at
Guthrie to hear an Open-air funeral
sermon. Soon after the congrega-
ton began assembling a number of
men brought cigars, cOnfectionaries,
and some say whiskey on the ground
which the owners soon began ped
ding to the crowd. Mr.. Nathan
johnson, City Marshal of Guthrie,
undertook to stop the traffic, which
was in fact illegal, on two consider
alton: the vendors were not licens-
ed, and it was Sunday. Marshal
Johnson called upon some four or
five citizens to act as a posse with
him, and so little was there any
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21

THE Knoxville Tribune very ap-
propriately remarks /" If you want
to give your trade to business
house it is at once the the part of
economy and common sense, saws
an observing dealer, to select one
that advertises. Itindicates a sound
ness of Judgment, liberality of
spirit, and an honesty of purpose
that is characteristic Of good bust
ness men. You can always get bar
gains at the establishment that adj
Vertises. 1t can afford it ON the
same principle that a dozen of any
thing can be sold cheaper than one,
The advertising firm is healthy,
strong and enterprising, and able to
do a liberal part by its customers,
The firm that never advertises is
cramped, close and behind the
times. A choice between the two is
easily made on the very best bust
ness principles"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21
An 1mnOrtnnt Point for Bankers.

The United States Circuit Court at
New Orleans decided a case recent
Iv. in which the Southern Express
| Company was the plaintiff and the
Citizens Bank of Louisiana the de-
PENDANT, and which is ofconsiderable
importance to bankers and other
large shippers of money by express.
This was a suit to collect express
charges on moneys sent and under
valued. 1t seems it had been a Gus
tom with the bank, in forwarding
money packages by express, not to
state the true value thereof, in order
to save the difference in express
charges. For instance, package
containing $4,000 would be val
ued at 81, 900, and charges paid
on the latter amount. This fact be-
ing discovered by the Southern Ex-
press Company, suit was instituted
against the bank and judgment rem
dered in favor of the Express Com
pany for $4,000 and costs. The
bank contended that it had right
to value it's money packages the
same as ordinary freight packages.
while the Express Company insisted
that the letter and spirit of the con-
tract, as well as universal custom,
now having the force of law, re-
quired full and true statement of
the contents of money packages,
and payment of charges on every
dollar shipped; that they had made
very expensive arrangements for the
safe conveyance of money, and were
entitled to full compensation
Nash. american.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21

THE Lynchburg News, reviewing
thepolitical outlook i'm Virginia, con-
cludes that Daniel has two hundred
and ten delegates Ofthose elected, and
Mahon is thenexton the list. Itsays
e" We now change our mapa little.
Since the Richmond meeting Col
onel Holiday has exhibited less
strength east than we expected, and
General Malone has shown more.
Several county meetings indicate
that Daniel and Malone will lead
all the others, Fitzhugh Lee, in all
probability, being a good third.
All reports, public and private, in
dictate that Daniel has more general
strength with the people, and Ma
hone the best organized party of all
the candidates"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21

expectation of a disturbance that
Mr.. johnson himself was the only
man in the posse who was armed.
One of his posse was Mr.. Jas. M.
Wilcox. On arriving at the ground
Mr.. johnson proceeded to order the
traffic to stop, and, when this was
refused, proceeded to arrest the Of
tenders.
Upon this there was a general cry
among the negroes of "kill the
damned seoundrel," and a rush was
made at Mr.. johnson who was soon
PROSTATE in the mud and trampled
under foot. Mr.. Wilcox ard the
posse soon rallied around him and
succeeded in dispensing the crowd
who had fallen upon him, but the
Infatuated crowd rallied and were
pushing towards the still PROSTATE
Mr.. johnson, when Mr.. Wilcox
pushed back the boy Marx. J johnson,
who was advancing again on the
PROSTATE Marshal pistol in hand, Mr..
Wilcox managed to possess himself
of the Marshal's pistol and, when
Mark Johnson advancedagai with
his pistol cooked, shot him through
the body, butnOt before he had been
himself shot in the arm by some
unknown person in the crowd. This
seemed to stop the riot and some
mere white people arriving the
Marshal and his posse were rescued
from the crowd and the wounded
negroe brought into town; he has
since died. Wilcox is not danger
Ously wounded but, it is feared, will
lose the use of his arm. Mr.. John
son, the Marshall, is suffering Sc
verely from bruises. These are all
the serious casualties and it is evil
dent that the injured white men
were acting in the plain course of
duty.
POsTCRTPT.-In justice to Rev.
J. H. Bell, the colored preacher on
the ground during the riot on Sun
day, at Guthrie, it is our duty to cor
rect a statement which has appear
ed in some Of the Kentucky papers.
He took no part in it and knew
nothing about it, till the crowd be
gan to disperse. Mr.. Bell is quiet
orderly citizen, and an active and
Jealous preacher of the gospel, much
looked up to by his congregation in
this city.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21

WE are happy to learn from the
New orleans Times that, as a result
of the success of the Nichols gov
eminent, when the next election APP
proaches in Louisiana, the Republi-
can party will makeno nominations,
but appoint a committee to confer
with conservative leaders and secure
the selection of men of liberal views
as candidates for the legislature and
other offices. The only principle
they ask to have embodied is for
NAL declaration that the American
flag protects every American citizen
on each square foot of American
soil, If the sentiments of quite a
number of the leaders of the negro
race be any indication of the ideas
of all, there is a tendency to pre-
serve the closest relations with the
and form an union be-
tween owners and cultivators of the
soil.-MenlphtS appeal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21
Hard on the Eyes.

Will not some of our cOntempora-
ries follow our example and get
some new type? 1t is actual des-
truction to ones eyes to read some
of their Iucubrations, and our read
ers must accept our apologies for a
smaller amount of original matter
than usual, the cause being that we
are compelled for the present to alb
stain from reading and writing eX-
cept by daylight. Some of the very
ablest of our exchanges come to us
in type which will very soon qualify
us for a berth in the blind asylum,
unless they reform their Typography.
We are proud to observe that no
paper in the United States stands
higher in this respect than the
GAINESVILLE CHRONICLE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21

fice-holder and has nevertheless been
fooling and tinkering with State af-
fairs ever since he has been Presi-
dent; witness Ohio and Illinois es-
pecially. Rutherford is a very queer
reformer-he wants to reform every
one except himself If he is con-
sistent he will henceforth abstain
rigidly even from expressingan OPP
inon on State elections or State can
didacies. Wonder whether his friend
Garfield does not think so too.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, &C.

The President is of the opinion
that Federal Office-hOlders have
nothing to do with the political af-
fairs of the State in which their
official duties may cause them to re-
side, nor in those of any other State
whatever. Very well, we have con-
tended for the same thing for a long
time, only Mr.. Hayes seems to for
get that he himself is a Federal of
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21
Nonresident Notice.
R. H. weakley VS.. James T. connell.

A7T7is not easily earned in these times,
tbut il can be made in three months
n by any one of either sex, i'm any part
VI of the country, who is willing TO
work steadily at the employment that we
furnish. SG6 per week in your own town.
You need not be away from your home over
night You can give your whole time to
the work, or only your spare moments. We
have agents who are making over $40 per
day. All who engage at once can make
money fast. At the present time money
cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any
other business. 1t costs nothing 10 try the
business. Terms and IS outfit free. Adj
dress at once, II. HALLETT a. Co., Portland,
Maine. jy2l ,77-ly