The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-30
GranI's Arrival,
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

WASHINGTON, May "a According to pre-
viOus arrangement, I secret meeting was
held in Washington last night for the pur-
pose of organizing a national party. About
one hundred and fifty persons from differ
ent States Were present. Those from the
north expressed themselves strongly against
the course of the President and his cabinet,
alleging that they retained in office men
who are opposed TO the principles OF the
Republican party, To the exclusion of IS
tried and true adherents. The Republicans
from the south declared that the President
has discarded the States which had elected
him, and given off ce to enemies OF tbs
party.
NAsHvILLE.-Jack Wilson, colored, was
hung ut 10 o'clock 10 day at Dover, Stewart
county, for the murder of Wiley McClish
(whitel, near that place last August lie
confessed the crime and implicated Bill
Mockbee who was lyuched there three weeks
ago.
WASHINGTON -Eidgley Q. Powers has
been retained as Internal REVENUE Collec
tor for Mississippi.
POstmaster'S Clerk Arrested.
San FRANcIsco--Geo NJ Piney. the re-
turned Paymaster's Clerk, has been arrested
and held in $4,000 bail for forgery.
ELIZABETH, y. J The jury i'm the case
| of DR.. Warren G. Westlake, on trial for
Manslaughter with chloroform while ex-
| tracing tooth, returned a verdict of not
| guilty.
LYNCHBURG, May 25.--The Democrats
| elected their entire municipal ticket Bal
| ~ Democrat, beats Burch, Radical, for Nav
/ or, 260 votes.
HARTFORD, May 2a.-In the II. s. Circuit
| Court. Jas. l.. Chapman, Cashier, and Iohn
| G. Tracey. Fresldent of the Farmers and
! Mechanics National Bank, were sentenced
10 six and five years in the Penitentiary,
with hard labor. for false representa- on,
forgery and embeZzlement whereby the
bank lost over 100000.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Ex-Auditor Rob
ert I. Smith has been appointed Collector
of Customs at Mobile: Mrs. Tbompson
daughter of Rev Alex. Campbell, Postmas-
ter at Louisville; ami Gen. +. Is Tyler
| Postu, aSteI at Baltimore.
CAlRo.-On Sunday night a party of dis
gntSed men went TO the Jail at Blanville.
| Ky, and with drawn pistols demanded and
| received the keys. They then seized the
negro, Levi Pike, who attem pied to outrage
and murder Mrs c. r, Pile last week They
| tied a rope around his neck, tied hin, to a
mule, and dragged him away to the woods.
Nothing further is known except that his
| dead body was found hanging to tree with
several bullet holes in it and the clothing
| burned. AT last accounts tho body was still
| hanging.
NEW YoRk.-Judge Barrett to-day dis
| MISSED the naDeaS corpus procured by JO-
seph Lopez, who recently clandestinelv
married the daughter of Frederick Morri-
son, and who claimed his wife was Illegally
kept from him The daughter made afr
davit that Lopez has another wife, and she
does not live with him. Judge Barrett re-
manded the LADY to the custody of her faith
err.
! WARSAW, IND.-Samuel Luce a we'll
| known farmer, sixty years old, died very
suddenly at noon to-day of heart disease
He was talking to q friend on the street
when he fell on his face am, died INSTANTLY
He leaves 9 large FAMILY.
WASHINGTON. = Posmasters South and
West complain of silver aceumulatinp On
their hands. They are compelled TO take II
in sums of five dollars for stamps, and a..
not disburse. Sa'i'
NEW 1oRK.-Mrs. Stembacher died Mon.
day, from poison, which she took In conse
qaence of quarrel with her husband. To
day shot himself fatally.
SiNcocK, \. H.--Wm. Flanders. aged II
Wills Intoxicated, shot his STEP fatiier f.
tally. The same sabt blew his mothers hans
off. A