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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17
Re 10 rms ia the Grand Jury &yS-
fem-SensibEe Views OF Com
temporary.
McComb City Intelllgeneer.

McComb City IutelI gencer.
We notice the CLARION and South have
gotten up sometju- OF . fuSsl adc over 4 >ug-
gest;on of the former that certain maditica-
tione al the Grand Jury system, aboli >hin-
its secret iHquiSItorial features might b.
CHASED among the needed reforms. We have
no disposition 10 participate 10 the c0a-
/ troyerSy further than u express our rea4i-
ness ~ al. times II assist ia bru~hing away
al! Gillette forms of administration where
/ better can be devised, having no sympathy
with the theory that because a thing Is ia,
it must necessarily eNhale benefits.
Age may impart aroma to Tie wine. but
the trace 81 uuripeued truitage or imperfect
fermentation viii iutuSe bitterness To the
taste, Notwithstanding it, mellow fra
GRANGE.
some OF these old forms. like the grand
jury system, have tipatei down To rs
| through the centuries, bristliag like many
other Old hulks with haruacics, III the shape
OF abuses, all the more seriously retarliug
progress because of concealment beneath
the water line
Shall a feeling of veneration for old age
prevent an occasional scraping away OF these
beSattIng Secrrtions<
The CLARION proposes to open the grand
! Jury room 10 the accused a. well a. To the
aeeaser, thereby confronting the offender
With The IatpHneT and abollsEIu1 all or pJrse
findings In the light of the experience OF
the past few wears. during which many
wrongs were committed through the agency
1 of partisan grand iurie>. more notably in
the Federal courts, the question Is worth
considering.
The contemplation OF the law is to be
sure that only good men shall I'LL these
places; that no partisan bias, or personal
animosity shall ever invade the sacred pre-
cincts OF tie grand jury room that the otli-
GERS Of the courts under whom they minis
ter, constitute but the seasoned. solid frame
work, from which the scales OF justice hang
ever in uaerriug equipuisr.
But put the theory IN practice. rs we have
seen it under radical dispensation, and we
find the whole scheme distortion. Grand
jurors are not always good men and true,
and behind their screened impenttralia
many wrongs have been set on foot. Court
officers are not always unSetish, and in
stances may occur where the grand jury in
It's present form could be used as a personal
appliance for procurement OF fees or glori-
iication OF self, a sort OF Matching house TOR
leeches 10 be applied whenever individual
o party practice may prescribe; a sort OF
laboratory for the manufacture OF all man
ner Of blis,ering plasters intended to cure
By irritation.
There is room for Improvement, Sound
your note again, Mr.. CLARION, discussion
can do no harm.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17

The Republican Executive Committee
in Warren resolved itssl into an Iud
pendent meeting. Nearly all the par
Elephants were pronounced Republicans !;
and it is worthy Of especial note that in
making up their Legislative ticket they
nominated for the Legislature ". ".
Edwards, the colored black liner. who a.
member Of the Legislature in 1874 intro
duced Ames' pet measure the infamous
Metropolitan Police Bill, for putting down
the 'Nicksburg rioters, a the revolving
taxpayers and white leaguers Of that city
were called. Ii they do not resent the IN
suit IN the offer Of a ticket with this name
on it for their support, we are very much
mistaken. We observe that the names
Of several Democratic nominees vino
were not present at the meeting, are
used, and no doubt they will, if neces-
sary, disayow all responsibility for its pro-
ceedings.
Meantime it will be remembered that
Gen. Furlong, against whom the move
ment seems 10 BE- principally aimed, res
olutely opposed the Ames-E Edwards Me-
tropolitan monstrosity and its kindred
measures
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A Republican faction in Holmes
county under the name of Independent,
in order to divide the Democratic Con
sentative party and defeat at least a part
of their ticket, resorted to the shallow
pretext Of adopting a portion Of it.
Among the Democrats upon which they
conferred this questionable honor q
was c. Y. Gwin, Esq, one of the reg
ular candidates for the Legislature In
the following publication he has spurned
the offering and declines the mongrel as
ISOLATION rendered him, and thereby has
set q good example for others
To the Adosyttysr-
| learned from rumor 81 Monday last
that the County Republican Executive
Committee at it, meeting on the Both ult,,
endorsed myself as a candidate for the leg
i~laturc. Now If this be true, and while |
desire and will be glad TO receive che sup
port of every good citizen OF the county. re-
gardess Of his political creed; still it such
endorsement can by any possibility oe con-
scrUed as a nomination by that party, l
cannot give Jay consent to it, and ifintend
ed as d nomination by that Committee | alb
sOiutely decline 10 accept II.
have been nominated by the Democratic
Conservative party. ] VIII stand steady to
its c0lOTS.
(. Y. GwIN.
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1t is we'll known that in the dark DAYS

1t is well known that in the dark days
OF the Confederacy the Texas, Mississippi
and other Southern boys were the recipients
of numerous hospitalities from "mne hosts
of the City Hotel, New Orleans. Ia fact the
doors Of that superb hosiery were open to
the weary and sore footed soldier with
out price Recently some Texas boys con-
ceived The idea OF rendering the proprietors
IA token which was executed in the manner
here recorded in the New Orleans Demo-
crat:
Mes-rs. Mulnford q Watson were ycsser-
day the recipients Of one Of the most bear
tiful pre4euts We have inspected for many a
day.
Texas friends, remembering kindly SER
vices and generous hospitality, put their
heads together, and the product was an arm
chair which tas nor its like in this country
The back is formed Of two eXquisiteiy poll
shed horns from some descendant of the old
Spanish bulls.
In symmetrical curvature both meet In
the centre OF the back of the chair, the
points being artistcaly ornamented. A.
arms, another pair reach from the larger
one, forming The back. aud turn downward
toward the seat The legs are also Of horn
and the tips, turning upward, present
round. polished surface 10 10 the floor over
which the chair moves as easily as II on
castors. The upholstery is In damask, and
elegantly wrought, and does credit to the
originator of the idea.
As a curiosity thi, chair j. well worthy OIL
inspection: as Il work OF real art It Is most
novel aud chaste. We congratulate Messrs.
Mum ford & Watson on the compliment paid
them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17

The death of Col. T. J. Hump nries,
long we'll known and respected citizen
Of Harrison county, is announced. The
Handsboro Democrat in its tribute to his
memory, says:
The deceased was an native of Chester
District. South Carolina; seventy -four years
OF age at the time OF his death removed to
this Coast oyer thirty years ago; engaged
first in merchandising, then milling. and
spent the last ten years of bis life engaged
in the practice ofiaw, at which ke was quite
successful.
Courteous, gentlemanlY and possessed of
a naturally vigorous and analytical mind,
he was prominently identihed with all pub
lie movements, uniformly acting with the
Democratic party. We sympathze deeply
with the afflicted son, and large number
of mourning friends.
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GN GwIN.

On our first page will be found a point
ed letter from this gentleman, who is the
regular nominee for Senator in the vii
kinson and AmIte district. Col. jackson
has met ali the objections urged against
him--and they are purely politioai-with
characteristic manliness. He was, if we
mistake not, born and reared among the
people of that district. They have tried
him under all circumstances-in private
life, in war and in peace, and they have
always found him worthy and true. If
such a man as Moses Jackson can't be
trusted with the interests of the people
in the councils of the State, We had as
we'll dispair Of finding men who are
worthy of trust, and abandon the princi-
pie of popular representation as failure
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17

II is said that the fact will be brought
out in the trial of the Returning Board
perjurers and forgers in New Orleans who
haye been rewarded with office by Mr..
Hayes as hush money, that Packard re-
ceived more votes for Governor than the
Republican candidate for President; and
vet the vote of the State was counted for
the latter who refused to recognize the
former. 1t follows that if Packard was
not elected Governor (and he certainly
was mott Hayes could not have received
a majority of the votes of the State for
President and yet it was Sc counted by
the Electoral Commission. One good
effect of the trial will be to let the eoun-
thy see precisely how it was.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17

Coz. LIVINGSTON MINIS, Of the great
life and fire insurance firm Of General jos
seph Johnston & Co., late Of Savannah. ha.
removed his family, Office and entire corps
Of clerks with their families 10 reside more
manently a. Atlanta. Col. Minis and h5s
highly accomplished lady have taken rooms
at Judge Campbell's beautiful cottage Oil
Peachtree street, where they will ada neW
interest to the refined circles Of Atlanta So
ciety. Mr.. Harry Daniel. his chief CLERK. +.
also Mississippi Confederate soldier % the
heroic caste, but fell III his first encounter
with pair OF Georgia blue eyes, and iE now
another Sampson shorn Of his locks.-sauuv
South (Atlanta.)
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Franklin county has never faltered.
In the darkest times she sent good and
true men to represent her in the Legs
lature-the Sessions and ByrdS, when
Democrats were scarce in that body.
If in any county it would be expected
the discipline Of the Democratic party
would become lax, it would be naturally
in such a community, for its members
might with some show Of reason ask them
selves, if we were invincibIe in the days
Of Radical power and insolence, why may
we not sleep at our posts now when our
columns are victorious all along the line?
But they do not reason in that way. They
know the uses Of organization and Of
sleepless vigilance. Read the following
address Of their County Executive Com
mittce:
We are told that the Republican party is
dead, disbauded This was the same aryH-
ment used ia 1875 in favor OF general
race See the tallacy of such an argum ent
when republican ticket did dppear and re-
ceiyed 1dttering support? W e say To you
that the Republican party may be dead and
diSbaDdtd, but sc assure yOH that all the
individual members of the party are alice,
anG 4 thousand dIshandments won't check
their greed for Office or prevent many Of
their old party associates from casting their
votes for them. All OF this can. auG will he
done, so secretly and quietly that YOU viii
not be aware of Republican, ca1sdldates till
you are confronted with Republican o1icials.
An opportunity Is all that is wanted 10 ac-
c0mplish this. The tiGIe has not yet ar
rived for rs TO Tepose so much confidence in
our former political enemy.
We suggest the organization of the usual
clubs, ana vigorous cam paign. 1t can do
no harm. while TO relax our hold on the
enemy will only invite renewal OF the des
perate sLruggIe.
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Support the Nominees.

Every Democrat and Conservative in
Grenada county promised through Their
Beat delegates to support the nominees OF
the county Convention-nothing more
nothing less. Ii the action of the Cnnven-
ton was dissatisf factory To few, or did any
wrong (Which we do not believe and by no
means admit). there is no help for it row,
Is far as The coming election is concerned
the thing is settled hevord all question,
and there is only one legitimate course for
all honest Dem oerars and Conservatives to
pursue, and that is-to cote for every cdRdt-
date on the Democrdtic- Conservative ticket
G renada Sentinel.
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A Republican View Of The Situa
6IOm as so tEae GOIOrcd EReO-
pie ina IAIc south.

Mr. L. Y. Smalley, the well known
correspondent Of the New York Trib-
une, Republican, gives the following as
the result Of his observations of the con-
dtion Of the African in the South. 1t
is proper to correct his figures as to the
Mississippi Penitontiary. The number
Of convicts is only one half as large as he
reports it !; but the proportion as to the
races is properly stated and it is also
true that the proportion under Republl-
can and Democratic rule is about the
same-showlng that justice is fairly adj
ministered and that no discrimination be-
tween the races is made by the Demo
cratic party The statement Of the wri-
ter that the colored people are in bet
ter condition where the whites Predomi-
nate, will not escape notice:
Southern prisons and penitentiaries are
full ofnegroes, and in more than one South
rtn State t-e ere is a serious agitation IN IA
vor Of rcvivjng tie wkipping-po as pun
ishment for theft, TO relieve the aommuni-
t. Of the heavy burden OF SUPPORTING so
many prisoners have found convincing
evidence that the heavy pFeponde-anoe OF
blacks over whites in country iails and
State prisons is not the result of any I'M
fairness on the part of the judges and juries
in the trial of the former. In addition to
proofs of this given IN fnr!aAr iatt r11.,, mas
cite the Mississippi State prison, which,
under Republican administration, had on
its rolls about one thousand cpnv cts, only
oue-tenth of whom are whites, and now
has about two thousand effect Of improved
administration of JUSTICE, but shows no
change in the proportion of blacks and
whites, ten to one-being still the ratio.
at NAV be doubted, as l said before, if, on
the whole, the negroes are making any
substantial progress. They are in the best
condition where the whites predomiaate
while in regions where the black popula-
ton is prop0rtioHateIy heagiesG they are
barely one remove from African barba-
riSm,
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Keep before the people the following
extract from the address Of the black
liners urging their followers to support
Independent tickets:
Ifan Independent State ticket should be
nominated between this and the election,
then our advice TO you is to support the In
dependent movement if the ticket is made
up of men who are known to be honest.
competent and conservatives In the differ
ent counties we would suggest that Won
make such combinations with substantial
and reliable citizens "a is best calculated to
advance the Interests OF respective counties.
secure a fair election and an honest count.
and defeat what is called the regular Demo
cratic ticket. In counties where YOU can
not make such combinations ana no indie
pendent State ticket is brought ont, then
our advice is 10 take no part ia the canvass
and abstain from voting.
Very respectfully, your obd't servant,
JOHN K. LYNCH,
JAMES ID. CEsSOR,
j. NJ. Z. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAM LANDERs,
IL. w. WEISINGER.
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IT is worthy of note that without ex-
ception the Northern Democratic Con
ventions, while denouncing The fraud by
which the nation was cheated out of It's
choice for President, have applauded Mr..
Hayes for carrying out the Democratic
policy of removing the troops from the
South and leaving her to the ma 1agement
of her own affairs.
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we are panied by the death Of A. G.
Ellis, Esq, editor Of the Scooba Herald
aud member Of the bar Of kemper coun-
ty. He was cut down by maiarial fever
in the vigor Of early manhood and with
the promises Of a bright and promising
career before him. He was an active
member Of the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee. \ native Aississippian,
he was born in Smith county resided in
Rankin for time-and removed thence
to kemper, where he resided when he
died.
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Summit Times. !

Summit Iimes.J
We are under obligations to our friends
Power Il BarkSdale OF the CLARION office
for a copy OF "BRIDEwRLL's MISSISSIPPI
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE" The most magnifi-
cent manual for magistrates, attorneys
planters, merchants and business men gen
orally, that we have ever seen. Ii is per.
feet law library condensed into one elegant
aud conveniently arranged volume by Judge
J.. d. Rrid0weii' of Copiah county. The
volume contains 430 large and closely print
ed pages, and can be had OF the publishers
for $500 in half binding, and R3 so in full
law sheep free of postage. We will give
next week a table of the contents of this
book which fills so completely the great
want of the country on the eubjects OF
which its treats,
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Ohio.

At last accounts the Democratic ma
iority in Ohio was %, 900. The Demo
Gratis will have from 80 to 40 majority in
the Legislature-which secures the de-
feat Of Stanley Matthews, one of Hayes
visiting statesman and Returning Board
manipulators,
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s.THE SOUTHERN man who seeks to de-
moralize the Democratic party by loaning
himself out to its enemy at this crisis, sim
nlv because he or his friends have been dis
faneed in the race for office, is guilty of
treason against his family. his country, and
his God. He should be spotted, and his po-
litical power should he remorselessly de-
stroyed ."-Southern States.
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FIRE Ar EDwAEDs.--A good portion
oIthe town Of Edwards was destroyed hr
hre last Thurday morning. including H.
railroad depot and d large number 81 -rUr..
well stocked with goods. The Io.4 Is r,.....
100000; insurance abou. $4,000. We .-.
pleased to learn that che uO-ahe4d bu..aa..
men who have been burned out arc rIear.
ing away the rubbish, aud t6at several
brick buildings will soon take che place 81
the frame houses DESTROYED.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17

In the misfortune that overlook our
fourishing neighboring town, Edwards,
the following were the principal sufferers:
Currie q Co; L. A. Moss n. thinner
man; Charles Mackey; J. L. jenkins
G. B. Brumby; Messrs. Hale, Mallet
Creiger, Hal5ert, Newman, Malone,
Ben. Davis, and the V. Il NJ. Railroad
Company.
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SOME dissatisfaction having been eA'
pressed in Kemper on the alleged
ground of illegal voting in the Sheriff :
election at the Scooba box, the managers
and clerks have published the following
in the Herald, which seems to us should
be conclusive:
To the Members Of the Democratic party d
kemper:
We, the undersigned, managers and clerks
ofthe election held at this place on 18th Au-
gust last for the purpose of electing candi-
dates for the Democratic party in the coun-
ty, having been informed it is reported that
a number of fraudulent votes were polled
at this box. take this method of stating 10
the mem bers of the party that in orr ppin-
ion said report is groundless. and that said
election was as fair and impartial as any
ever held in Kemper county.
JAS. E. HART,
J. G. MCBEE.
JNo. A. MINNIECE,
Managers.
II WOODS,
NJ HOLZ,
Clerks
SCooBA. Oct. l. 1877
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THE vacancy in the Legislative ticket
in Claiborne has been filled by the nomi-
nation Of John McCaleb Martin, Esq,
Of the Port Gibson bar The Reveille
says of MIN that he is bold, fearless and
able, and was prominent among tie many
who aided in bringing about the great
reformation Of the last two years.
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ExTREAs UREK Csrdozo, Of South
Carolina, is still in Jail for stealing. His
brother who was guilty of forgery and
enlightenment in this State, was more
lucky in escaping punishment. They
are noble pair of brothers.
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THE colored republican teachers APP
pointed in Pamela county, have published
a card advising the eolored people to vote
for the regular Democratic ticket, as
against the disorganizers, alias Independ-
ents, in that county.
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Congressional Exemption from
Arrest

Philadelphia Ledger
Ii - an error 20 suppose that the privi-
lege' of a Senator or Representative ia Com
gre>s eNempts him from arrest in all cases
when he Is in attendance during "A session Of
Congress or Is on his way to or has return
home from the place Of meeting. There are
three Glasses Of crimes or offences that are
not embraced by the "privilrge" which ex
empts them from arr. st-viz treason, any
felony and breach Of the peace, and these
classes are thought 70 include all indictaLle
offences. The "privIlege" set forth Ia shc
Constitution was ordained dGria9 the pr-
riod when Imprisonment Tor debt prevailed
everywhere, aud was chiefly designed to
prevent she use of process for arrest for
debt being used to harrass mem beers OF Con-
gress for political purposes by preventing
their attendance when political object
was to be gained BY their absence.
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EIGHT young ladies are setting the
type for the Sunny South at Atlanta
the only exclusively literary paper in the
South. 1t is needless to say that its typo
graphy is amodel of neatness and beauty.
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u Radical Leader OF Ghe African
Persuasion Come 40 Grief
n. y Herald.I

COLUMBIA, 5. G , Oct. G, 1877.
Hon. Robert Small lcolored), Representa-
tive from the Fifth Congressional district
Of south Carolina. was arrested in Beaufort
Yesterday aud brought to Columbia last
night in custody. The proceedings against
bin are based upon an affidavit made by the
Chairman of the Joint IEVestigating Com
mittce charging Small with having acccp-
ted a hribe OF 81. 900
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THE State ticket viii 60 through with
out opposition, which is As it should be.
But there must be a good working major
lily of regularly nominated members IN
the Legislature to secure co operation anG
harmony between the Executive and
Legislative departments in the work Of
reform.
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None NO Poor as 80 do ia Revcr.
ence.
Yazoo Herald- DenIocrat.

T IHVW IIUI II-IIIWII n
By information received from yarion,
portions of the county we learn that the
Independent movement, which at one time
threatened to assume large proportions, has
gone the way of all things Of the earth
earthY-and that now there is none 50 poor
as to DO its memory any but the smallest
reverence,
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THE ELECTORAL FRAUD.

Resolved. That we look upon the ina.ssf-.
ration of K. b HAYES u The high Office OF
President OF the United States. in spite Of a
majority OF the electoral and poruiar vote
given by the people 10 Samuel J. TilIen. a.
The most dangerous eucraachment anon
popular rights that has been attempted in
this or any other free country. aud that a
repetition OF the fraud viii not be tolera-
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Democr2tio-consarvativo Ticket,
KINDS COUNT
r0R SENATOR IlTH DISTRICT.
W. a. MONTGOMERY
rom HOUSE or EErEEsE NrATIvEs:
1IA4RE DABNEY. CONRAD A. LUsK,
WELDEN HICKS d. NJ BALLARD.
FOR SHERIFF,
SAMUEL b. THOMAS.
- E TEEAsUEEK:
GEO. IL ROBERTSON.
FOR ASSESSOR:
b. ". HENRY.
FOR SURVEYOR:
HENRY q. DANIELS.
ron CoHoNEB AND RANGER:
j. W. BEA4-
FOR SUPERVISORS.
Frp-r pr.ru4cr THOMAS ATKINSON.
SECOND DI-ERICr-
ImHu DISTRICT
Farfru Uusuugr-E. 3. SMITH.
FIrru Dg-ruler-T A. CATGHIAGS.
ron JusrIeEs or THE rEACE:
FIrrH pl-raur.-JOHN w. PATTON, D. n
NICHOLSON.
FOR Co>srABLEs:
r,.,,f,.... emo 4lTrn1o< II ( CTTNGAN