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Hon. n. n. hell, of EGemper.

We had the pleasure of meeting in our
city Friday, the Hon. Mr.. Bell Representa-
tive OF kemper county, on his way home
from the Capital. Mr.. Bell has re present ed
his people intelligently and faithfully. He
speaks OF the Revenue Bill which has passed
as. in the whole, "A good one. He says he
was as anxious to return TO his home a. any
of the members. but would have been will
ing to have remained longer to have per-
fected some further legislation which he
thinks is demanded. Particularly he was
anxious to have laws passed to restore to
the assessment rolls the large amount OF
lands now held by the State with doubtful
title, and eIfher get it back into the owner
ship of private individuals, or secure good
title to the Statc.-Meridlan Mercury.
This is a deserved tribute to As faith
full and capable Representative as any
county ever had and the present is as
good time as any other to say that the
people of Kemper cannot afford to lose
his services in the Legislature after a
single term; and that moreover we have
learned with pleasure that they will with
voice approaching unanirnity elect him
to the Senate next fall.
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In Justice to Col. j. j. Shannon of the
Meridian Homestead, exTreasurer of
County Gazette states that he has " set
lied his accounts" with the present Treas
urer to the entire satisfaction of all inter
ested. 1t is also our duty to state, that
Col. Shannon thus explains why the set
Element was so long delayed Col. Shan
non had requisite |, or expected, the pres
ent Treasurer (Col. Walpole) to draw on
him through some of the banks for the
amount due, whereas Col. Walpole I'M
derstood that the money was to be for
warded TO him by draft or registered let
ter. We regret that the misunderstood
ing occurred, but as it is explained Col
Shannon is fully exonerated from CEN
sure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-14

AMONG the developments in the
Louisiana case, were those made in the
examination of Littlefield, Clerk of the
Wells Returning Board. When he was
confronted on the Vernon parish, he re-
fused to answer any custom, with regard
to it, because such answers tend to Grim
mate himself. BY his testimony, how
ever, the paper produced last Saturday,
was fully identifi ID as the official return
from Vernon parish, and the changes
we're proved beyond all question.
Mr.. Murphy testified that he knew
Littlefield well; that about the middle
of December he met him and that he,
Littlefield, acknowledged to him that he
had altered the return of Vernon parish
and that he did it at the instance of j
Madison Wells; that the precincts mum
bered l, Z and 10 of the parish aforesaid
were raised to show l78 votes as cast fol
the Hayes electors; and that the original
tally sheets returned were destroyed il
his Gittlefeids) presence by j. Madison
Wells.
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Transfer of the Council Degree.
20 the Grand Chapter.

The undersigned, a Committee of the
Most Excellent Grand Chapter Of ROYAL
Arch Masons in the State of Mississippi
ana Committee Of the Most Puissaat
.Trand Council of Royal end select Masters
In the state Of Mississippi, appointed by
these Grand Bodies respectively, to present
an arrangement by which the degrees of
the Grand Council are to be transferred ~
the Grand Chapter, beg leave to report
that the degrees Of Royal Master and select
Master be and the same are hereby franee
ferred to the Grand Chapter, and shall here
after be conferred as follows:
l. Each Royal Arch Charter shall bere-
after open within its bosom, under its char
ger as a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons a
Council Of Royal and Select Masters and
confer the degrees of ROYAL Master anil
Select Master; the officers of the C,ha,tor
corresponding IN rank to those of the Conn.
ell, to be the officers Of the Council
z All Royal Arch Masons who have NOT
received the degrees of Royal Master and
select Master shall be entitled to have. tbs
same conferred, or communicated, on their
request ana W!taitt charge, but candidates
nIfo shalt hereafter receive the ROYAL
Arch degree shall Immediately thereaffer
and in connection with the ROYAL Arch a. |
gree, receive the degr, cs of ROYAL Mo-
ter and Select Master, without addit;oaaI
charge. 7U's'Otel
, . u nEesent and past Grand Officers Of
.ne GTand Council and all present and |
past thFlce 4iiustrlous Masters Of SubOrdi- /
IA !, councils shall be entitled to participate
u az tlle proceedings of the Grand Chapter,
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Horrible Crime.

Last Wednesday. while two ladies, Miss
III tttle Hlrwin and HiiSs Mollie Aiieman,
who live about six miles from Abbevillc IN
this county, were returning hOueward by
lonely road, they were hailed by two brutcs.
one of whom was armed with gun. The
ladies' imme lately started in a run, but
were soon overtaken and under pain of
death were commanded 10 keep quiet. one
of the negroes, ArmStead Taukersley. was
known To VI IS Ilarwir, and hence by threat
pning swift vengeance she saved herself.
The other fiend who proved to be Wiley
Lewis wreakcd his hcIlish desires upon Miss
Allemqn. After repeated insults and threats
the ladies escaped to their homes. Lewis
and TankerSley were arrested and taken To
Abbevil,e, Friday, where they had pre-
liminary trial be fore hi, honor b. w Collier,
and in default of $4,000 both have been
committed to the Oxford jail.-Oxtord Fall
con.
The strange part of this horrible affair
is that swift punishment was not visited
upon the fiends who made the assault upon
those helpless females, and that they
were not hung to the first tree or burnt
alive. If jails and penitentiaries are to
be the "be all and end all" of brutes who
commit such crimes, their frequent per
petration may be expected.-EDs. ola
RION
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The refusal of the Arbitration Board to
entertain the testimony taken by the two
houses is denounced as Il trick and fraud on
the House Of Representatives. Some prom
inent men urge that the House OF Repre-
sentatives should forthwith pass resolu-
ton to request their members to leave the
commission. If this were done it is pretty
certain that Justices Clifford and Field
would at once quit the commission. 1t is
barely possible that aroused public sen
timent will induce one or two of the Repub-
licans on the commission to do justice in the
case of Loui>iana.---"Observe in n o.
Picayune.
Too late! When you consented to
abandon the Constitution and the plan
by which all the Presidents were chosen
from the beginning Of the Government
down to the present time, and trust to
the shallow subtertuge of treacherous
d" expedient," the pledge was sOlemnly
registered to stand the hazard of the die,
and there can be no retreat from the con-
sequences, whatever they may be.
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"THE Democracy are bound in honor
:" to submit quietly to the final verdict
"of the grand tribunal, however bitter
the disappointment may be; but they
are also bound in honor to put on
record all the facts, as an instruction
" to the present and warming to future
generations" so says the st. Louis Re
publican, an able Democratic paper.
which supported the Arbitration bill.
We suppose the warning" it refers to
is not to be caught in another trap and
to beware of Trojan horses.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-14

There were 2l7 Lodges, "a Chapters and
II Councils represented. The Grand Coun-
Gil transferred the degrees of Royal and
Select Master to the Grand Chapter, and
those degrees will hereafter be under the iu-
risdlction of, and be conferred bv Subordi-
nate Chapters. The details will be officially
made known to the Chapters, until which
time the Chapters will not assume control Of
the degrees. Those eminent Companions.
II. w. Walter and j. NJ. Howrv, were
elected to lay before the General Grand
Chapter of the United States the general
policy of consolidating into one organization
She Capitular and Cryptic degrees, which
has already been effected in Virginia Texas
and several other States
The most important matter before the
Grand Lodge, was the report of the Special
Committee appointed at the previous Com
Observation-Disclosures Speed Chairman-in
reference to the establishment of a Widows
and Orphans Home and Industrial school
The report on this subject was one Of the
best written and best read documents to
which it has ever been our pleasure to listen
The efforts to es ablish such institutions i'm
this and other countries were infinitely set
forth, and while the duty and necessity for
such an enterprise seemed to rest ubon the
Masons of Mississippi. the magnitude of the
undertaking, and the obstacles To success
were set forth with great candor. A series
Of amendments to the Constitution were
proposed, which, with the full Report OF the
Committee, will be sent 10 the Subordinate
Lodges for their consideration. Final action
to be taken at next Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge has more than four
thousand dollars in its treasury. Three
hundred dollars were appropriated to the
Protestant Orphan Asylum at Natchez.
The address Of Grand Master Murry. the
several Reports Of the Committees on Ma.
sonic Law and Jurisprudenca, and Com
plants and Appeals, were all able papers,
and will be read with interest by the Craft.
The next session of the Grand Lodoe viii
be held at Grenada on the arst "Wednesday
in February, 1878, at 10 o'clock A. N. The
Grand Chapter will meet on the dav pre-
ceding.
The Masons and citizens of Vicksburo
deserved, and heartily received the thanks
Of the delegates for the courtesies and hos
FATALITIES rendered them.
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Gov. Tilden Counted Oat in Florida.

The Presidential Arbitration Board, by
strict party votes to 7-decided that
ua,ler the-iaw ereating the Board, it
could not 20 behind the certificates sent up
from the States and inquire which repre-
sented the votes and viii Of the people,
and that the action Of the returning
boards must be held to be final and con-
elusive. Under this ruling the Demo-
Gratis are denied the right to show which
candidate received a majority Of the votes
actually cast; and consequently Florida,
though having given a majority for Til
den, has been counted for Hayes by a
vote Of 8 (RepublicansJ TO (Demc-
crats.)
The ruling in the case Of Florida, we
apprehend will be fatal 70 Mr.. TiIden in
Louisiana. The proof that he carried
the State, and that his majority was over
come by the Wells board in throwing
out Democratic votes, is unquestionable,
but on purely legal grounds his case is
hardly as strong as il Florida, in which
State it was impregnable against every
thing except the predetermination of the
| partisan Board to count him out.
The original canvass in Florida inclu-
ded Presidential electors, the Governor
and State officers. The Supreme Court
Of Florida, by the unanimous judgment
Of the three Republican Judges who com
pose the Court, set aside the canvass, SC
far as related to the Governor ard State
officers, on application of the contesting
candidates, as unlawful, void and in truth
no canvass; and directed true canvass
to be made. 1t was made and Drew, the
Democratic candidate for Governor was
declared elected and is discharging the
the same majority that Gov. Drew re
ceived, and every rule laid down by the
Republican judges in the decision which
pat him in office applied equally to The
electoral vote, and the Legislature passed
an act in conformity with those principle
directing true and lawful canvass to b
made for those Offices also in accordanc,
with the decision Of the Court Thi
count was made and the TiIden elector
were shown to have been chosen; but tn
" Arbitrator" have said not--and so tn
Z people have been cheated out of the
choice by the political leaders who con
ceived that monstrous i2iquty known a
the Joint High Commission.
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The South al nd the Vacancy in tin E
Supreme Court.

Touching our mention of Hon. ]. Il.
George, for the vacant place on the bench
of the United States Supreme Court,
(Which by the way has been warmly en-
dorsed by the press and bar of
the State) it might be stated also that as
the Court is now organized the South is
entirely excluded from its deliberations.
The West has two members New York,
Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, each
has one and the Pacific coast one. In
other words what is usually termed the
North, in speaking of the geographical
divisions Of the Union, has all the
Judges of the Supreme Court, the South
none. Presuming that the installation
of Mr.. Tilden after his election by the
people will not be defeated by the poll
ticans, we have taken it for gran ted
that this unjust and inviduous discrimi-
nation against the twelve millions of
people in the South, will no longer be
tolerated, and that their claims to recog
milton in the judicial department of the
government will be recognized.
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Placing the Responsibility Where
it Belongs

The following is an extract of speech
delivered in the House of Representa-
tiyes or the 18th, by Mr.. Carr, Demo
cratic Representative from Indiana:
Florida should have been rsturned for Til
den, but sir, at the same time, | hold that
the Democratic majority of this House has
no moral right to complain that this Com
mission has rendered a partisan decision in
reporting the four Electoral votes of Flori-
da tor Hayes and Wheeler. While / assert
ti.at Ihe s1seision Is contrary to the will of a
large majority sf tbs people of the United
States, yet, 1 as boldly assert that the wrong
is chargeable to a cause further back than
the commission. The wrong rests upon the
shoulders of those who established this par
tisan tribunal When the Democratic ma
iority of this House adopted this law with
the full knowledge that . majority of the
Commission would be Republicans, biased
and moved by Republican motives, they
deliberately abandoned eyey claim which
the Democratic masses asserted TO the con-
troll OF national aHairs.% =
He coRcIudedi deno4nee the majority of
this House as being responsible fo- fhe
wrong, and recreant, ignorantly or COR
ruptly, recreant to the confidence which
has been imposed on them, and faithless to
che trust eoniided in them. EApplause.l
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PrOceedfnEsO FIlIe bar of EHre.1Giss
C0uuIy.

During the recess of the Court a meeting
of the members of the bar was held tor the
purpose OF recommending Gen. j. L. George
for a position on the Bench of the Suprt III"
Court of the United States, (which we
have been furnished with the following
minutes:
On the 5th day of February. A. D., 1871,
being the first day of the February term OF
the Circuit Court of Pren.iss county, a
meeting OF the members of the bar in at
tendance 1T Circuit Court was held in Court
House.
On motion, j. l. Finley, Esq, vas called
to the Chair ard p NJ Slavery appointed
Secretary.
Chairman sisted object of meeting.
whereupon a Committee on Resolutions
was appointed consisting OF Judge Il. b.
Boone, j. L. Carraway and L. NJ. Slvery,
who submitted the following Resolutions
which were unanimously adopted:
Resolred That the Representatives of the
STATE OF Mississippi, in Congress of the
United States be respectfully solicited 10
recommend and urge the appointment of
| our distinguished fellow citizen, Gen. j. Il
George, TO the position On the Supreme
Bench OF the United States, ma lie vacant by
| the resignation of Judgr ID tvid Davis.
The object of the meeting being accom-
I~plished, on motion, said meeting adj burned
sine die.
j. L. FINLEY. Chairman.
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Hon. J.Z. George and the Supreme
Bench.
Proceeding. of ahe Canton Bar

Alta meeting of the members of the B'r
of Canton Miss. held on the 9Th of teorua
~, 1877, John H.niy, Esq presented the
following resolutions, which we're u1anl-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS. A vacancy on tie supreme
Bench of the United States " i'll SON "ccut;
bv the resi- gnation OF Ii pn. David Davis. of
Illinois; and,
WHEREAS. The State of Mississippi, IN
the person of our fellow citizen j snie> H.
George, possesses a son who, by his high IN
tegrity, his learning ami ability III the sew
eral departments OF the law, and his habits
of laborous industry and r, search, i emf
nently fitted t. be Judgs OF our oupr' me
National Court; therefore,
ReSolued, That We do most eai nestiv de-
sire and request the nember< of the House
of Repres, natives of the United states,
from this State, to their best enur 5 tO
secure his appointment to ii said vacancy
Resolved, That dcopy of these resolutions
be sent Ia the Representatives from MiS>ls-
sipp, at Washington. aud that the same ht
published i'll the CLARION and thu ptpers oil
this place.
RGRERT POWELL. = CIV.
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Catching aI $drnyvs.

A telegram from Washington of the
9th inst, says protest has been present
en- to the Commission against counting
the electoral vote of Mississippi The
protest alleges that the new registration
law requires additional qualification and
oaths for voters in violations of the Con-
stitution Of Mississippi I; that the present
Governor is usurper, and the certif-
Gates given the electors are worthless
As CO.. Hooker would say, the fellow
who drew up the protest should Biscuit
for the simples. "-Brookhaven Ledger.
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Ofthe thirty-seven companies of troops
quartercd in South Carolina during Dc
tober, all have been Withdrawn except
ten companies of the Eighteenth Infan-
try and two companies of the Second In
fantry. The removal Of the company at
the State House is now anxiously looked
for as an indication of the Presidents
neutral position in regard to the two
State governments in South Carolina as
in Louisiana. This action would at once
solve the problem as to who is Governor
of the Palmetto State without any decis
ion of the courts
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-14

It is TO be deplored that the otherwise
very fair record of the last session of the
Mississippi Legislature should have been
cIouded by very disreputable transaction,
the stealing by the .ThiFi House." as It is
called, Of the bill TO regulate kreducel the
&C m pensation of County Treasures, thus
preventing its submission to the Governor
Tor signature and defeating the ends TO r
which both Houses passed it. Such methods
of defeating the action of a Legislature
were almost IL not altogether, unknown in
Mississippi until tile advent of Radicalism
when they became 50 common as &c be con-
sidered egitimate.-N atchez Democrat.
The foregoing is the first intimation we
had of the alleged transaction WHICH our
contemporary justly reprobates as infa :
nous. If the facts as are charged, it is
3 biot upon an otherwise fair escutcheon;
and means should be taken to expose
and punish the perpetrators.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-14

MEssRs. q. w. HARPER, and Sam'l
Shelton, of Raymond, passed through
this city Friday evening, on their way
to Washington to appear as witnesses be
fore the Congressional Committee. Messrs,
VIM. Stewart and w. 7. Holland
left on the same mission Monday night.
And last night, Mr.. E. Barksdale, of this
Office left in answer to a summons. He
will also attend meeting of the Demo
cratic National Committee of which he is
q member
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-14

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 10. 3:35 P. NJ Mr..
John T. MuIherrin, clerk of the Return
ing Board, testifies that a large number
of alfidavits were manufactured in the room
of the Returning 'ard bv clerks. He testi-
fed also to change of 1000 ma ity for
the Democrats on the 81 of Decemte r to a
majority for Hayes. His testimony gives
strong confirmation to Littletield's testimO-
ny Telegram.
But what does it amount to if Congress
has organized commission to decide the
case upon the certificate and not upon
the law and the testimony?
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TIE LAST ACT IN TIE DRAMA.
THE MISSISSIPPI INVESTIGA.
THON
what ID. c. Kearns TesHGes.

WASHINGTON, February Cd. C. kearns,
of Mississippi testified before the Senate
sub-e committee investigating the late cleo
tions in Mississippi that he is clerk OF the
Courts Of Jefferson county at the election
in Noyem her 1875, many OF the eolored Vo-
ters in Jefferson county, did not dare vote
the Republican ticket owing to the fact
that the Republican candidate for Treasurer
of that county, coIored man, had been shot
on the day previous to the election At the
late election the Democrats delayed the
opening of the polls until the middle of the
day, and then made the voters march to the
ballot boz in pairs, a Republican and
a Democrat together. When the pairs had
finished voting il was TIME to close the polls,
and thus the Republicans were kept from
polling a majority of Totes. a large nnm-
Der or colored Republicans were prevent
ed from voting by closing the polls.
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Speech Of Hon. o. II. Singleton.

As promised, when We printed an inn
perfect abstract of Hon. o. R. Single
tons speech against the Arbitration
scheme, we have published the full text
in our present number. In the light of
what is occurring under the law, the
speech seems to have been inspired by a
spirit of prophecy. 1t will strengthen
the conviction that though the result
may be all the same at last, and the Arbi-
traitors may atone for the Florida infamy
by more just ruling in the case of Lou
isiana, and the open day and secret
night villianies of the Wells Returning
Board, still it would have been better for
the Democratic House TO have slQSd w
the Constitution, performed the trust
confded to it by the people, and execu-
ted their decree as registered at the bal
lot-box.
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Good suggestions.

The CLARION has recently made two
good suggestions of distinguished citizen:
of Mississippi for Federal Offices Il
suggests Gen. A. West, for member of
Tilden's cabinet, and Gen. j. Z. George
Tor the Supreme Bench of the United
States to fill the vacancy that will be
occasioped when Judge Davis takes his
seat as Senator from the State of Illinois.
To both these suggestions we say amen
and amen.-Central Star.
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SINGLETON, we guess, was level headed
when he refused to vote for that electoral
bill. He doesn't see the use of compli-
eating plain case or Sinking the duty
of the House of Representatives which
is to confirm the claims of Tilden to the
Presidency. We admire the pluck of
our member from this congressional dis
trict, and only wish that some of those
soft Northern Democrats had some of his
spirit.-Meridian Mercury.
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Echula Destroyed.

The fired fend overlook the town of
TchulA at about half-past eight o'clock
last Monday night, and devastated the
whole business part of the town. Only
the brick cotton-sAed and Godman's sa-
loon are now left as monuments of
Tchula's former busy marts. All the
rest is blackened mass of ashes and
charred timbers.-Lexington Adver-
tiser
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Kenner is the name of the Returning
Roarder of louisiana who yesterday tes-
tilted, among other things, that he had
voted in the board to throw out more than
10, 900 Thden votes, and admitted that
something grossly fraudulent was done
with the return from Vernon parish
n. Y. Sun.
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AT last accounts, the Joint High
Commission, as it is called, was engaged
on the Louisiana case. Each party had
filed objections to the certificates of the
other, and the subject was fairly before
the board. 1t will be several days be-
fore decision will be announced.