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sslish language after fixed prQDatln'a
6 would meet my hearty approval. II
this he adds the qualification which aus,
wers the obvious objection which wouin
Immediately arise-s.f would not make this
..applv, however to those already voters
'sbut [ would to all becoming so after III.
expiration OF the probation fixed upon.
This suggestion in fhe message has, SO Tar
as we have seen il commented on, oeSi,
very favorably received. We do not indeed
recall a word OF opposition to IL Ircil
any quarter The Southern Democrats
naturally enough favor it, and the Repuoii-
cans are wise enough and sagacious enough
TO see that their own party Strength Is IN
the intelligence and not in the Ignorance OF
the masses.
1t must not
be forgotten that the circumstances under
which the acts were passed which conferred
suffrage upon the freedmen with no re-
striction as to intelligence acre far d.Terent
from the present. What looks like biunder
in the changed conditions of to-day may
have been. and did seem to some of the most
patriotic and sagacious men in pubic lie
in 1867. The present
discussion, to be practical and useful, must
be directed not so much TO the question
through whose fault or blander the present
state of things has come about, as to devils
ing.some remedy for it. The circumstances
under eghich unrestricted suffrage aoas granted
haze, zoe hope, changed permanently aad rddt-
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.MISsIsslPPl LEGISLATURE.
sENATE-TENTH DAY.
Friday, January II, 1871

Friday, January II, 1871
Sonata met pursuant to adlournlneu'a
president Sims in the Chair; roll caiIeo
I p,EsENT. -Messrs Allen, Albright par
Sc RiIIs Callicott, Carter. Catchings, Chal-
ners. Currie, Everett, FitzGers1o, roo.e'
Furlong, Gray, Griffin, HookeI. Old
afcCahe' McCaskill, Nets, Morgan, Ola.
hum pratt. Reynolds, Shirley, Stewart
Taylor. Terry, Thompson, Tuttle-3i' ,,o,
SpsRNr--Messrs. Fewell. Mcneil, Men
denhall. Smith, Thornton, Whlte-o. .hot
The Governor informed the Senate .iI'
+ Q has approved the bill for the rellei Vi -
D. Rhodes, sheriff OF Rankin county. ~
The Governor also transmitted conl-
mnnicafion from Messrs. j. I. Green
bankers. and
THE RESIGNATION
Of w. Fl. Gray, as Senator. The resigna.
lion was referred to the Gray investigating
committee. tho Sor-
dis female college; referred ,,
nv Mr.. Carter: For the relief OF MIS-.
Jnlia P. Hammer; referred.
Rv Mr. Albright: To change the name
of q. G. Martin to O. c.. Johnston; inden-
nitly postponed.
SENATE BILLS.
70. 81 to amend the educational laws :;
indefinitely postponed; to amend the char-
ter of Brandon passed; TO lncoTpoIdcc eiio
Aberdeen guards, of Aberdeen; the Autry
Rifles of Holly Springs; the DeSoto Blues
of fernando; the Prairie Rifles OF Okoiona
the Oktlbbeha Rescues Of Starkvllle: the
Lee county Guards of Baldwin: the Kan
kin Guards of Brandon; the Tunlca GUARDS
of Tunica: the Noxubee Rifles of Neon
and the Senatobia Invincibles of Senatobla
passed.
HOUSE BILLS.
A number of House bills were referred.
The following bills were passed: In re-
lation to the support of paupers IN the
towns of Scoot, Rankin and 1alobnsha
COUNTIES amended; TO prohibit the sale OF
LIQUOR in Buena Vista; to encourage the
breeding of good stock; to regulate the Is
suance of certain warrants; amended ano
passed TO aid in supplying lost papers IN
Franklin county; to incorporate Benton, IN
YaZoo county; to secure certain school
funds of Lafayette county 81. }. X. grant
ing leave of absence to Judge F Irimble
to prohibit the sale of liquors in Ellisvilie
Jones county to amend the charter Of Oko
Iona; to authorize the Supervisors of Wash
ington county to employ legal adviser; TO
change the time of holding Chancery Courts
in Marshall county
H. B. 20 S to encourage the introduce
ton of European capital was indefinitely
postponed.
Leave of absence granted Messrs. Pratt
FITZGERALD and Catchings.
By Mr. Pratt: To preserve fish In Pear
River; referred.
The Senate concurred in the resolution o
the House to adjourn sine die 27th inst.
Adjourned.
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HOWARD FALCoNER, ESQ, bearer of
the electoral vote of Mississippi to Wash
ington, has written to the Holly Springs
South giving the result of his observations
on the Presidential question. Speaking
of the programme of the ultra Radicals.
he says:
Ihey have now put forward a new and
dangerous theory. The precedents, and the
law as 1t exists in the twenty second Joint
rule, establish the rule to be that both
houses of Congress participate in the count
ing OF the electoral vote; and that no
vote IS counted except by their concurrent as
sent. Morton, Logan e Co., now claim that
the Vlce-PreStdent opens and presents the
votes; and that they are then counted as a
matter OF coure, unless the tago houses concur
TO reject.
In reference to the probabilities of the
contest, Mr.. Falconer says:
The impression is becoming more and
more general and fixed, that there can bf
no other result than the inauguration o.
Mr. Tilden as President.
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IT seems that some of our public men
at Washington, between the alternatives
of armed resistance to the meditated con-
spiracy of the Radical leaders to install
the minority candidate for the Presiden-
cy, and a new election, have expressed a
preference for the latter. All right
But have it understood that Returning
Boards in the undisputed States are to
have no hand in counting the votes, nor
deciding the result. Otherwise what guar
antee will the country have against a
repetition of the frauds which those
devices of villlainy have perpetrated?
Any arrangement which does not dis
pense with returning boards and the like,
will be to the Radicals a game OF
"heads | win, tails you lose"
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In another column will be found an
extract from the resolutions of the Illinois
Democracy on the Presidential issue.
They were presented by Hon. Lyman
Trumbull, and were unanimously adopt
ed. The resolutions assert the right and
duty of the toOo houses of Congress
to count the electoral votes and
declare the 9esult; the right of the
House to choose the President, and of
the Senate to choose the Vice President,
in case of disagreement in the joint ses-
sion; the right of the House to judge
when the contingency arises that imposes
on it the choice of the President. They
dany the uthority of oithor the Senate
or its presiding officer to count the votes
and declare the result; and they ask
Congress to present plan of settlement
based on these doctrines.
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Il A ~ -
STATEOF MISSISSIPPI.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
THE

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Supervis-
ors of Noxubee county to settle and COM
promise certain judgment rendered in the
Circuit Court of said county against W. NJ
Connor and his sureties on his official bond
as tax collector of said county, and for
other purposes.
SECTION !. BE 1T enacted by the LEGISLATURE of
the State Of Mississippi, That the Board of Su-
pervlsors OF the county of Noxubee be and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to
compromise, settle, and dispose of certain
Judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of
said county on the 9Th day of September
1876, for the use of said county of Noxubee
against I'm. Nj. Connor, late tax collector of
said county, William r. Common, and William
N. Conner, James w. Heron, and Robert W.
HERON, his sureties on his official bond as
tax collector of said Noxubee county. and all
suits now pending in the Circuit Court of said
county for the use of said county of Noxubee
against the said William NJ Conner and his
said sureties on his said official bond, said
BOARD OF Supervisors are hereby empowered
TO adjust, compromise and settle the same
upon such terms as they may believe to be for
the best interest of said county of Noxubee:
proetded said compromise shall be made and
agreed upon on or before the first day of jan
uary next
SEC. 2. Be 1T further enacted. That said BOARD
of Supervisors are hereby authorized and en-
powered to settle or compromise with and re-
lease any one or more of said sureties from
said Judgment, and said suirs now pending in
the Circuit Cour. of Noxubee county, hut such
settlement or release shall not affect the right
or remedy of the said Noxubee county against
the other debtors for the amount remaining
due and unpaid. and shall not operate to re,
lease any Of the other of the said debtors
either of principal or sureties.
SEC g. BE ttfurther enacted, That this act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage. no
APPROVED, January IL, 1877.
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Gen. L0ngstreet.

1t was proposed to put Gen. Long
street at the head of the kellogg militia.
tie couldn't see it. He thinks that
Nichols was fairly elected and has
written the following letter to the Pres
ident:'
NEW ORLEANS, JAN. S.-To President
Grant, Washington, ID. c.: Gen. Nichols
was to-day inaugurated Governor of this
State amid enthusiastic demonstrations OF
patriotism that should be gratifying to
every American citizen. believe him to
be fairly elected to the Office to which he
has been inducted, and that he will main
tam peace and good order throughout the
State l beg, therefore, that you will ma
turely consider the premises notwithstand-
ing adverse sensational dispatches that NAV
reach you.
Most respectfully,
j. LoNGsTREET
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Opinions of PrOminen Men VTnon
The Alternatives Of n New
Election and Civil
War.

washington Cor. n. Y. Worldl
:. what Mr. Hewitt, Chairman of the Ma
ano,al democratic Executive Committee,
DID say was of a wholly different eharactcr
as ne put it this morning. 81 believe that
liiden and Hendricks have been fairly elect
ed ana believe that they will be SO pro-
claimed aud inaugurated. but i'm case there
is contest, and should civil war threaten.
ana only IN case civil war was threatened, [
snouIo prefer = civll TO military contest"
Il would rather appeal to ballots than To
bullets. Not unlike sentiments are express
Ell by other Democrats, and in conversation
on the sabject Mr.. Lamar said this morning
that he deemed a new election preferable to
the Inauguration of two Presidents, or the
attempt TO inaugurate two Presidents.
Inere are nnquestionably many men who
'ook upon new election as possible in the
light OF such contingency.
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Z.
The Mass Meeting at Washing
tom city.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The mass-meet
ing held here to-day was attended by an
immense crowd. A deep feeling over
THE ATTEMPT OF THE CoNsPIRAToRs
To place Hayes in the White House brought
out more opponents to the scheme than
were thought to be in this city of office
holders.
PULITZER's SPEECH.
The most enthusiastically received speech
was made by Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer of St.
Louis. The portions of his speech which
brought out the greatest applause of the
meeting were those which declared that
Tilden had been elected and must be inau-
gurated. The sense OF the meeting seemed
to be that the conspirators must be taught,
in an unmistakable manner. that they can
not pursue their reasonable course with
impunity.
wATTERsoNs SPEECH.
MIR. Watterson declared his belief that the
vote will be counted as it had ever been
counted. Civil liberty cannot be wrested
from the people under any circumstances
All the appliances of peace would be resOr
ted to to settle the questions at issue, but
the people would not submit to usurpation,
ard should they need leader, another
Jackson would stand ready.
THE PACIFIC COAST---THE OREGON DEMOC-
RACY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. "a Portland Press
dispatch says the Democrats held a mass
meeting last night, in accordance with the
call of theNational Committee. The speeches
and resolutions were moderate in tone Sim
liar meetings were held throughout the
State Democrats exhibit firm dispos-
ton to secure the Inauguration OF Tilden
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TEE ILLINOIS RESOLUTIONS.
The Presidential Issue.

At the Democratic convention of lii
nois on the 0th, Hon. Lyman Trumbull
submitted the following resolutions unan-
imously reported by the Committee on
Resolutions, and they were enthusiastically
adopted:
Resolued by the citizens of Illinois. in con-
vention assembled, on the Sth day of Janu-
airy, 1877. That a count of the votes tor
President and VicePresident by the Presi-
dent of the Senate, without the concurrence
and direction of both Houses of Congress,
would be contrary to usage, revolutionary
in character and dangerous TO the rights of
the people.
Resolred, That in the absence of any stat
ute, rule or order regulating the counting OF
the electoral votes. the House of Congress
have the right, under the Constitution to
decide all questions arising thereon. and de-
clare the result, ard that no vote should be
received and counted for President or Vice
President without the concurrence of both
Houses Of Congress; and in the perform
ance of this duty each House is vested with
the authority to inquire into the qualifica-
tons of electors and the manner OF their APP
pointment.
THE FRAUDULENT COUNTS.
Pes0lued, That in case the two Houses, at
| ter exhausting all parliamentary means, are
unable to agree upon such count of the
votes cast for President and Vice-Presldenr
as will secure to any person a majority oil
the whole number of the electors appointed
it shall then become the duty of the House
of Representatives Immediately to choose a
President and Of the Senate a Vice Presi-
dent as provided by the Constitution, and il
the House of Representatives shall choose q
| President or the Senate a Vice president
according to such provisions of the Consti-
tuition, then such constitutional action
must be sustained and all forcible opposi
ton thereto be proceeded against as treason
and revelation.
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Intelligent Suffrage.


From the New Urk tribune, (Rep.)
The discussion of the question of intelli-
gent suffrage is one upon which neither
party seems disposed to enter at present.
This may be because the Presidential sue
cession is the all absorbing political topic,
from which public attention cannot be
drawn, or it may be because it is a knife
that cuts both ways; neither party having
a perfectly clear record upon it. If the Re-
publicans are responsible, as iI cannot be
denied they are, for the extension of suf-
ffage unrestricted by any intelligence test
to the Southern negroes, so also are the
Democrats on record in every State in the
North where this restriction .has been
sought, in determined and solid opposition
to it. A nd yet this is obviously the CUES
ton that lies very near if not nearest the
bottom of all the present political eompli-
cation. The most troublesome factor i'm the
whole problem, the one that has given US
most anxiety, and has been the cause of the
most bitterness and violence, and perhaps
Of the most corruption and fraud, is this Uast
mass of ignorant black voters in the South
What might happen if it should be elmina-
ted is not within the province of political
discussion at the present time We have
1t, cannot get rid of it, and may as well
make the best of it. If it was mistake to
invest the ignorant blacks with the ballot,
we can correct it now by divesting them,
not of the ballor, but of their Ignorance.
That is the only remedy for what is past.
As for the future, we shall not be wise if
we neglect to take such prudent fore
thought in a matter of so great Importance.
as experience plainly enjeins. President
Grant in his last message directed the at
tention of Congress to the subject After
giving it as his opinion that the remedy for
existing difficulties is Gin the enlighten-
ment OF electors" he says-and we believe
It Is the only specific recommendation in
the message-"Thec compulsory support of
$ the free schools and the disfranchise
s. OF all who cannot read and write the Eng
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FROM WASHINGTON
Senate.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. l2-htp,
ate, Chaffe of Colorado, INTRODUCED ali
abolish the use of stoves in paSsergg
road cars. Referred to the COmmhls
Railroads. The sister COMMITTEES Olil
Houses met at P. NJ. for cOnsul@t0
meeting to be somewhat of a naur
joint committee with Senator pres
House.
The Committee Oh Privileges Of B
and Duties of the House will report ID
aition to other points, that 10 vote Shl
counted against the payment of The
ment of the House. The report was 81
ed by strict party vote.
The Judiciary COmmitte Of the D
will report the answer of Barnes, New
leans Telegraph Manager, aud submit
case to the House tor further action
President Orion has not yet beenpE
ed by the Sergeant-at-ArmS.
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The tenants on Mr.. Wallace's place
near town, killed four hundred rabbits
during the late snow, and sailed down
the meat for future use. IN. B. The
colored gentleman who is authority for
the above statement is vouched for
as truthful even beyond the average of
his race, and would not imperil his i'm
mortal soul for the sake few dozen rab.
bits, more or less. HOLLY SPRINGS
South.
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The annual report of the Trustees and
Superintendent of the Asylum for the
Blind will be found on first page.
The report of DR.. Bardwell, State
Superintendent of Education, will APP
pear in to-morrOws issue.
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LOUISVILLE, Jan. 10
dry goods merchants, hav<Derohih 4
bilities $4,000. e gone up
Death of an Ac,,..
New YORK, Jan. l2-rnaV~
actress: is dead. Age 81 Years urlie Vs.
Foreign New.
LONDON, Jan. l2.-The oon.
journed until Monday, when Oii,,leef'ne
that the ultimitum will ba tS&s Il
Turkey. Bismarck Is becon; preSees
as the prolongation of the ', ". "a q. Il
damaging to the dignity of t fUal -
powers. Italy proposed the 'a D, Ii
of the conference to Vienna Pn "ujoa
ing military parations. -'u&a
Louisiana LegisIa,,,.
New YORK. Jan. 12-The
patches from New Orleans sbow als
The Republican Senate ia sin 10
quorum. Three Senators IT ''i n es
house are guarded at their rson lltlAS
Nichols police against capture I r. 4 y
geant-at Arms of the House ats
From Oregon
A dispatch from Salem. Oro.
Republican LAWYER got $30O0 t9so4a1
in favor of Cronin be fore Gov a. ~ N
Cronin got $4,000 for CARRYING S ~.
Washington and the balance Of vac IL "
was return ed.
Degree of Doctor Diyiuit,
aerred,
Rev. A. w. PitZer, pastor of tbo n
Presbyterian Church of this eitvb,ss
gree of doctor OF divinity confqr%
by the Arkansas College DR.. P4,.
author, among other writings. of :.
homo, or Christ the Teacher Of Men
On the Deep.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-The Steamo,
lque's hull is EMBEDDED in twelve feet
and the task of saving her is lO0t.I
as a prodigious one.
Libel Suit.
st. LOUIS Jan. 12.-Rcv. Stuart p,v.
of Louisville, has received S3O0S 81
lawyers fees and cost in the IN.
against Mckee, Fisback and Hams s' l
prietors of the old st. Louis Demos
Weather.
| WATERFOWL, n. Y, Jan. I2-M
nom eter at 10 A. ~, indicated a h,
below zero. 1t changed 80 degrees
hours.
Steamer Sunk.
| CINCINNATTI, Jan. l2.-The new ,ip,
Calumet, loaded for New Orleans, Was
here by the moving of the ice this SAN
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-13

THE House of Representatives has set
apart Wednesday, the Oath inst, at II
o'clock fer the passage of resolutions of
respect to the memory of the late Hon.
w. r. Barksdale, and the delivery of
addresses appropriate to the occasion.
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Gen. E. S. Butts, President of the
Vicksburg Bank, was recently elected
one of the Directors of the Visksburg
and Meridian Railroad. We hardly
think better selection could have been
made, for it is conceded on all hands
that Gen. Butts is one of the clearest-
headed business men in this city,
Vicksburg Herald.
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Charcoal has been discovered to be
cure for burns. By laying a small piece
of cold charcoal upon the burn the main
subsidies Immediately. By leaving tba
charcoal on one hour the wound is healed
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WE are glad to see that Hon. M. A.
Nets, Senator from Winston, is in his
seat. He was detained by the serious
illness of his family.
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NkHnNKGAsT DIsPATCHE
--latest From New Orleaii

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12.-The N
can Legislature had another oaIs y
United States Senator resulting u
back 20, Antoine p, Beattie L, LEV
remainder scattering.
In the House, Delacey, OF RAPIDS
in speech that he had been oneTeu y
to 60 with the Democrats. -
A resolution was introduced ana y
declaring vacant the seats OF b$Tl%
Kennedy who had gone over TO In' "
Gratis.
River News.
Arrived, John H. Hanna, MenlpHsl
parted Frank Pargoud, GreenVlE' =
and damp.
From WashinSiOp
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From Washington
Senate

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-NoMNhnS
Sisson A. Glenn, Postmaster a
Georgia. RI nd
General of North Kentucky. A
Mr.. Frelinghuysen preseI.l :. - :
of persons representing the li1aALr
mercial and manufacturing 0usll's
ests of Newark n. j., .,sklng
counting of the electoral vote ma s'.
considerations be led aside, ana P pgG 4
fish patriotism Guide the aetlopT% II. gs|
The petition h.aying been read N, Nj gis
huysen sai9. that he sympathilTbas "a
sentimer.r of the petitions, and y .t,:ss
there was patriotism enough s tnfiyr:
snip enough in the repre-, enc. . ';a.si1
American people to reaen hrS:sat u
conclusion in regard to the Pt' that p1
BASEMENT, and he hoped that , su
ism and craftsmanship be eA a,nlior
if Congress should reach So su,sc iss
complication, which all men a 1Aj, nd
effect would prove a Doom OH. refers
worthy of. The petition was Ssnsos
special committee of seven ,o%ntisIdS]
pointed to consider the PreSiu ION sni 4
culties. A bill for the correcIlSSJi rs;:s
ion of laws passed. Booth aa lo,lniil
Senate in favor OF his plan ~ 10 noiar
electoral votes, which suDL' nnabep1
which if the two Houses are u 10 The
to submit the whole malIe'
Adjourned to Monday.
House. H
The House had at its bar 70 to' I'D !
Barnes the recusant witness y New Qf1
again assumed control of the y. lsn'1
office and that any teles nroduced' j
of him would be willingly .Pb ,Jt the "
A resolution declaring I nS ~
had not made sufficient ans s tbe srss /
manded him to the custody Oh
alarms was adopted. -, the Conp
Knott, of Kentucky, from ! Ip PSrirtss
on determining Rights aau eIectds
the House in counting tno the Pre-
submitted a report declatln5i eternip', Il
of the senate has no right 60 u .,ssi, 81
electoral votes shall be coula,s Has]
the ' Mowers Of the Senate ana If ibs 4
equal in respect to the u.rnn,,ld BRIG
he gave notice that he W. n
for action Wednes lay heA and La9IasSl
Wilds, of New YORK Ss;tionsl pei
Ohio, were appointed adai'
of that COMMITTEES. asaav.
Adjourned till Weaiiese
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By Telegram.
~ The DAILY cLARlOt
YESTERDAYS Noox
Gone sjn.

zone Up.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. l2-cro,
bilities Sl67 900. 'e gone uD
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Steamer Sunk.

CINCINNATI, Jan. l2.-The new ,ls,
Calumet, loaded for New Orleans, VAS
here by the moving of the ice thsLA