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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

IN stronger form, for going Oh with the
count Why pass the bill to prevent
evil consequences, and then strapgle it at
the hazard Of giving your enemies the
advantage of charging you with aban-
doning the agreement you claim to have
had the principal part in making? The
pretence that the bill was devised
Tor preventing civil war, which
was held up as bugaboo by the Repub-
lican sehemers, or depriying Gen.
Grant of pretext for using the bayonet,
was certainly as cogent after the bill had
been passed as it was before. And vet
we find that 1l6 out of 15I Democrats
in the House voted to defeat the count
after it begun, which according to their
own logic would have precipitated the
very catastrophe which they assert the
| electoral bill was designed to prevent
Such are the Inconsistencies and absurd
ties into which public agents swamp
themselves when they leave the highway
of the Constitution to follow strange
gods and grope in the dark and devious
paths Of expediency.
Mr.. Hayes, by his own conduct in
recognizing Nichols in Louisiana, has
| admitted that the claim of the Demo-
cratic party to the Presidency was just :;
and Gen. Gordon, who supported the
Electoral bill, is correct in saying since
the consummAtion of The fraud which the
Democratic members of Congress have
urged the people to "agitate" without
ceasing that if their representatives
has stood their ground and asserted
their prerogative to install the duly
elected President, there would have been
no resistance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
The NascheZ, jackson and Co
Iumbu- HIHilrOId.

The following items of interest in ref
erence to this important work, OF which
our own county of Kinds and city of
jackson, are directly concerned, are from
the NatcheZ Democrat:
Gen. Martin. as President of the Natchcz,
jackson AMI Columbus Railroad, with the
advice OF prominent citizens. interested in
the extension of the road is arranging for a
public railroad meeting at FIyette, Red
Lick. ST. Elmo. BurtontOn, | fica, Ray
mond and other points along the route Oh
the proposed extension. Gen. Martin, ac
com paniedby Mr.. &. W. Blbbit, Civil En-.
gineer, will start about June or 18th, to
meet these appointments.
Gen. Martin has Il letter from promi-
neut citizen, extensive planter and large
land owner of Hind county, speaking in
very encouraging terms of the strong feel
irg now prevailing in the ) putheastern
part of that county tor the extension of the
NatcheZ jackson and Columbus Railroad
To Jackson. This writer says there Is not
lust now much ready money t. put up, but
that he and others are willing 10 manifest
their desire to aid by giving notes amply
secured by mortgage for the amount OF
their subscriptions respectively. As that
part of Kinds county is said TO be the most
solid and solvent part of the State, this ar
rangement will no doubt be satisfactory To
the company. The strong general interest
which is nov being manifested along the
whole route of the proposed extension rs
quite encouraging. aud Gen. Martin feels
assured that the eX euSiOn will assume tan
Vible shape very soon.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
New York Tribune (Rep j
-
HE Lien Law

Extract of letter of Representative
from Hinds-ilon. Marye Dabney in the
Raymond Gazette:
There are four distinct liens provided for
in law, viz: That of the landlord for rent
The landlords for supplies. farming stock,
&c. The employers for supplies furnished
the employee. upon the share or interest OF
the employee; and the laborers lien for la
Dor done in raising crops. These liens ex
ist by law without deed on trust or mortgage
or even written contract, upon the crops
raised during the year, for which the rent is
claimed or during which the supplies or la
Dor was furnished.
In addition to these liens any person NAV
give deed Of trust or mortgage on his
crops to be raised within fifteen months
from the date of the instrument, but the
lien will be secured to any one of the four
named.
The lien for rent is prior to all others,
but exists only on the crops raised on the
land for which rent is claimed
The lien of the landlord for " supplies -
embraces necessary family supplies, farm
ing i'm elements and stock advances, during
the year when the crops are raised.
The lien of the employer. exists in cases
where the crop Is raised on f'shares," that IS
where the laborer is employed or hired and
Is not tenant. | think that all sshare"
contracts come within the meaning and
scrope Of this provision, and the lien is up-
on the laborerS portion or share for family
and farming supplies stock, &c.
The lien of the lab0rer exists uDou all
crops which he assis ed in raising, rather
ing, handling or hauling.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
Wore Ghan thu sGempcr AG',ir.

Ii Is stated by telegram from Wash
ington that Senator Gordon, of Georgia,
has laid before the President evidence
touching them is conduct of United States
Marshal and Internal Revenue officers in
Georgia, which far exceeds in atrocity
the worst that has been said by the Rad
zeal partisans concerning the kemper
troubles The testimony" says Mr.. l..
Q Washington in the \. o. Picayune,
''shows that private property was de-
stroyed, innocent men i'll large numbers
taken from their homes, marched hun
dreds of miles on foot, and after paying
fees to lawyer who seemed to have
been suggested by the government off
GERS for this purpose, were discharged
without ever having had a warrant
served upon them or a regular hearing
of their cases. Women were msulted
and a reign of terror inaugurated all
through this part OF the State
These facts as to the conduct of L. S.
government officials have been laid be
fore the President for correction, but who
does not see that if this lawlessness is not
discontinued the people may be driven
by the instinct of selfpreservation to
take the defence of their lives, property
and homes in their own hands? 1t i to
be hoped that the President, as he has
promised, viii look into the matter and
apply a correction.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

The New York Tribune's account OF
the Mississippi massacre is cheerful read
ing for the friends of ''the new policy.
st Louis Globe-Democrat { Rep.
But is there nothing cheerful about
the account which the Globe Democrat
prints Of what it calls tie "mgrderous
mob" near cleveland, Ohio, which is as
follows: Erred. Luca was killed out
Fright, and John Skorey was left on the
ground in a helpless condition He
" died OF bis injuries late TO night. Luca,
I" the man killed, leaves wife and four
" children. Skorey also leaves a large
g family. The affair created great ex-
&c element in the village"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

1t is an undi>puted tact that Packard re-
ceived more votes than Hayes in Louisiana,
vet Packard is elected from the Office of
Governor while HAYES holds the Presidency
by being awarded the electoral vote. 1t is
impossible, therefore, not t. ask the question
rs Hayes title any better than Packard's?'
And Republicans are pcrplrNed how to an
swer.-Albany Times Rep-)
OF course it is no better. Neither was
worth cent, so far as right is concerned.
Packard, a fraud, goes down Hayes,
another fraud, prospers. Therefore, in
the estimation of many, he is not fraud ::
Plate sin with gold, and the strong lance of
justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, and pigmy's straw doth
pierce it,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

Commenting upon the failure Of the
African experiment in Liberia, the St.
Louis Republican says:
Liberia was founded for the xpreSs pur-
pose Of giving the African race an opportu-
nifty to try the experiment of self-govern-
meni. That experiment has been tried un-
der the most favorable circum stances posi-
Bile. The settlers, though emigrants from a
foreign land, were yet '-native and to the
manner born Born in America, and ear
rying with them, of course, more or less of
the culture derived from association with
the whites, they were African in blood aud
breeding, and therefore could easily adapt
them selves to African surroundings From
England as well rs this country they re-
ceived generous assistance, and from all
quarters of ChristeAdom cordial encourage
ment Everybody hoped they would sue
ceed, and all the obstacles in their path
were, as far as practicable, removed. They
closed the doors against white migration
and set up business on their own account,
and for their own exclusive benefit. The
soil of their new home was the richest, the
climate suited them, the outside world stood
ready to purchase the fruits of their labor,
and there was none to modest or make
them afraid
Now, after fifty years, trial, how does the
ent tells US.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

II j. the duty of the southern press 10 OPP
d 80 the agitation OF the wei!-worn Scht me
IN refund what j. known As the cot ~ TAX
levied and collected by the GaverniDehI lot
several wears after the war. Ii is their duty
10 oppose it because ID wheth'r the tax
WIS const 'tutinnal or unconstitutional. the
scheme is utterly impossible. and % be-
eau e pressing il upon Congress viii weak en-
IN ch inces of securing Government AID Tor
needed internal improvements la the Sonth
Memphis Avalanche Administration
paper
Nevertheless, if Mr.. Hayes will re
commend the refunding of the tax, con.
sidering its injustice and uneonstItutlon
ality, and enough of his partizan friends
at the North will support it, to guarantee
that it will not be made pretext for
renewing sectional agitation to the injury
of the South, we would advise her Rep
resentetives and Senators to support the
measure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

CoRRECrIoN.-Ihe Wcodville Repub
lican contradicts with emphasis the re
port that the grand jury of Wilkinson
had indicted several members of the
board of supervisors, the sheriff, VIM.
H. Noble, and several other officers fol
alleged malfeasance in office. No such
indictments were found. The Republican,
in contradicting the unfounded statement.
adds:
In times, not far removed, Mr.. Noble,
by his conservative and patriotic course,
endeared himself to great majority of
his fellow citizens in this county and We
are sorry to see the above going the
rounds Of the press, and hope this will be
noticed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
1.-The Solid south"

The Augusta Chronicle, Georgia, views
the attempts to revive the old Wing par
ty as a Radical plan in disguise, and
says "the South will support the Presi-
dent in his peace and union programme,
but will not break her solidarity" Con-
gresham Whithorne, of Tennessee,
made speech to his constituents the
other day, and said that Sin the unity of
the Democratic party lies the safety of
constitutional liberty in our land, and,
with constitutional liberty assured, the
rights of the people are established"
His speech was warmly endorsed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
What the Papers Say.
St. Louis Republican

St. Louis Republican
There is no disposition on the part of tho
Southern whites to Cypress their black fell
| low -citiz ems. They are willing TO give
them every right to which they are entitled
! by the constitution and laws, but they did
not intend to be saddel and ridden by
them. This is the whole Southern question
in a nutshell.
New Y ork World.l
The way in which the Republican party
In Arkansas, Mississippi. Georgia, Alabama
and Texas collapsed after the General Gov
eminent ceased TO maintain it with the bay
onet and feed it on public plumber is the
best proof that it had nothing good about
it. If it had been fit to live it would not
have died so cOntemptibly.
Gen. d. II. Hills Southern Home
Just after the war, the watch words
adopted by certain newspapers were: Let
politics qlone,1 ATTEND to the industrial
interests of the South, and don't bother
your heads about the government" etc
The advice was needed, and the carpet
baggers took control of every Southern
State, and robbed an already impoverished
people of two hundred and fifty million
dollars.
New York Tribune (Rep)l
The greatest danger is that the carpet
baggers will attempt to create disturbances
in South Carolina and Louisiana between
this time and the meeting of Congress. in
order t. bring the Presidents Southern
policy into disrepdte, and thus lay the
foundation for more vigorous warfare
against it in the extra session. This they
may possibly do. Outrages by the score
were invented in 1874, and there are as bad
men in South Carolina to- day as there ever
have been in the Gulf States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
Important 60 Circuit Judges and
District Attorneys.

In the recent case Of Greer and
Barnes VS.. the State. on trial before the
Supreme Court, it was developed that by
some oversightin the publication of the
Code of 1871 Il most important section OF
this work was omitted, to-wit; the SD
section Of the 21st chapter, being the act
regulating criminal procedure.
The section omitted, as shown by the
enrolled bill in the Secretary of States
office. i in these words: "When two or
more persons are joined in one indici-
ment for any offense, the court shall, on
application, grant severance, and per-
init them to be tried separately"
The effect of this section is to give
parties Jointly indicted an absolute right
to separate trials, aud al! cases where it
is refused must be reversed ia the Su-
preme Court
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
Packard's Howl.


Tx Governor Packard sent the follow
ing dispatch to Senator Blaine:
''The overthrow of the lawful State
government was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to day. Detachments of the United
States army and navy participated with
the White League of Alabama and
Louisiana in this celebration of Demo
cratic success. Did poetic justice require
that the honors of this achievement
should thus be equally divided in the
absence of the Commission The gray
accorded a post of honor to the blue, and
asked no apology. The Customhouse
and Postoffice are closed in homer of tie
event. 1t is probable that United States
will not be required hereaf-
ter.
rs. B. PACKARD"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

Hon. S. S. Cox returns from his tour
of observation in the South to say that
+" she will stand by the Democratic party
" and its members will all go into the
" Democratic caucus without hesitation
:" and in full force. The idea that Hayes
" policy would draw any strength from
" the Democratic ranks was false one.
" 1t would rather strengthen the party,
by causing a split in the Republican
g faction"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

The Pamela County Democratic Com
mittee, in view of local questions threat
ening to impair the Democratic organiza-
tons of the county, have adopted a
resolution declaring that all good
and patriotic citizens should consid-
er their own individual preferences ard
prejudices, subordinate to the harmony
and unity of the Conservative party. and
that he is no friend TO his fellow-citizens
or his country who will try to drag local
issues into the approaching canvass,
thereby endangering the integrity of that
political organization in which our safety
lies"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
THE ItEMPER ,r.
Letter FROM judge a.,

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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
rs. B. PACKARD
The cincinnati Enou;rer sav. Mill;

The Cincinnati Enquirer says million
people think what Charles Francis
Adams wrote: that HAYES g must for
eyer carry upon bis brow the stamp of
ffaud.' The brand grows there like the
scarlet letter on Hester Prynne's bosom.
The damned spot" will not out There
it is, and there it will stay in history
forever. The concentrated gaze of the
world is upon it. The good deeds Mr..
Hayes may do may obscure, but they
can never hide Il ubt,terate 1t. Its
sotdFtiloas faint will affect every act of
his official life in Washington.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

CENTENARY CoLLEGE.-We have q
letter FROM Rev. C. G. Andrews, Presi-
dent of Centenary College, jackson,
Louisiana, stating that Hon. JEFFERSON
DAVIS has been invited to deliver the
annual address at the approaching com
meaeement of that Institution. IF the
invitation is accepted, the young men of
the college viii hear something ION the
duties of the young men of the AeRgb-
9 lie in the near future worth listening
to.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
Denth Of .luGgo WIN rl,or.u-

Another of our best ci-iaaua Ha. gYu. O.
the better world. Judge NH .a.Ht-
aged about Ga years, died at The r.-.Ht..
OF Z. \. Thomas. near Clinton. uu Monday
last. where he had gone few alY- pn-
Gus to visit his relative Judge IUuH1-
was a native OF Tennessee. ami t,I- born .H
1872. We believe d. came tp ibis -a''
when young man. lived iu Ili4I- County
Tor many years. From there ue moved .'
Texas, where lac was elected I'ro5li. Judge.
IL returned to Mississippi ufnr r. " "'
and settled in Brandon in l-1I.-jr h.""
Republican
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

IT is known that Hon. Ben. King, of
Copiah, is disinclined to be a candidate
for any office, but correspondent of
the Copiahian insists on his nomination
for the State Senate and thinks che
will hardly decline when he sees they
are in earnest in putting him where she
will do the most good" Other good and
true men have also been mentioned
Among them Tim Cooper, Esq, Judge
Bridewell, Hon. J. H. Thompson and DIR.
Hunter, of the Crystal Springs Monitor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
Methodist Districl Conreronre

This assembly convened On yesterday
at the NJ. f.. Cburcb-Bi.bep Wight
man presiding. Some fifteen or twenty
ministers are present and Rev. G.. r.
Galloway filled the pulpit on wednesday
night.
The following is list Of The ministers
present: Rev. bishop w. NJ. Wighman.
presiding, W. b. Jones, Presiding Elder
=, q. Galloway ID. G. LluglJrd, "
Hicks Nelson, Jas. II. Shelton, Il. j.
Noteworthy and J.. ID. Langtorl---
I azoO Herald Democrat, 1lth.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

REFERRING to the disinterested advice
of the Radical leaders to the Democratic
party to disband in its hour of triumph,
the Vicksburg Herald says that ''Presi-
"dent Hayes is taking care of all the old
g Radical leaders in Louisiana that
"ruined that State and made the name
g of the Radical party odious. He is do
"ing the same in this State, and we pre-
..sume he is doing the same all over the
6 South. The South, therefore, prefers
''not to split for few years yet.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

1t will always be remembered To me
glory of William w. Eaton, Of Connect
cut, that he not only saw that the elec'oi
raj tribunal was unconstitutional, bat sang
so firmly, and refused to the last to bow
the knee 10 Baal. The true and W.
great statesman is he who stands by '"o
Constitution under all circumstance.
N. Y. Sun.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
ADMINISTRATION MaNpUv
ERHNG.
setting 1Ae Net In Sight of the
Bird
Washington Letter. !

ashlnSton letter.
Inc object of the Administration In nost
ponl2g the extra session until the i5tb -,
,Ia po Is positively announced TO he with
organize the NJ II house Of Represents tvs
~ ltS Interests 1t has been ascertained ths,
y called together sooner there wouId he nc
NOW sil Ior BRINGING about sufficient sDIit IL
i 1,S niocratlc pIrty to enable the Repub
compromise. Fo'"oI on
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

ToUcHING the card of Judge Cha!'
mers, we will state that the selection OF
an ultra bloody-shirt declaimer and de
famer Of the Southern people, like
United States District Attorney. Stew
art l.. Woodford, of New York, ''to adj
minister to the young men" of our Uni
versity, "a few, frank hearty words on
:. the needs and duties of the young men
g of the Republic not & greater
surprise to ourselves than 10 such non
partisan newspapers as the New York
Herald and Philadelphia Times. both of
which expressed establishment. The
former published the correspondence an
nounciug the selection under flaming
head lines "Washing the bloody shirt"
and the Times, in mentioning his selec-
ton, spoke Of his having waved the
sl,loody shirt efIectually in times past"
CAS- late AS IN 1870
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

TIE Adm nistraiion Is MT quite as
sweet on the 'Old Line Wig as It was.
lis kitchen organ. the National kePub.
Iicsn. of late date, refers to them sheer
ipoly as follows since the discoy cry that
thew are not in the market:
The O'd Line Whigs are getting on Z" me
Republican string with on alacrity worthy
OF their ancestors. They want all the
Offices
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

We were at DeKalb last Monday. and
found the town remarkably quiet. We
were gratifed to learn that there i No
probability 9f any future disturbance and
no likelihood Of any attack on Cbisolm
u IN. ne should recover Meridian Home.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

Hoy. STEPHEN A HURLBURT, of ILL.,
MOS, is among the Republicans who think
their party obtained the Presidency and
and a defeat after all. A Washington tel
egram reports him as saying that the
Republicans there are thoroughly dissat-
is6ed with the Presidents policy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
SOMETHING FOR THE HAN.
PIES TO FEAST ON.
Row at Cleveland Ohio

Cleveland, May IL; A nuRhes az la
porers engaged in 6ght at Berea, Ohio,
last evening, In which Frederick Lucca
was instantly killed and John Sharkv
fatally injured.