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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-24
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College Bills.

OKoLoNA, Miss, April ,. 1873
EDITORS CLARION: The recent session OF
the Trustees of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, reminds me of duty neg
lected. The day before the adjournment of
the last Legislature, an article appeared I'm
your daily, giving Gen. West in the Senate
AMI myself in the House, all the credit at
taching to the passage of the Agricultural
College Bill. 1t is Is true each of us did all
we could to pass the bill through our respec-
tive Houses, but it originated with neither
If us.
a Bill had been introduced in the Lpgis-
lature of 1877, by the Hon. j. b. YellowIey,
of Madison county, to organize an Agricul-
tural College, and was afterwards perfected
by special Committee, of which Gen. Feath-
erston was Chairman. This bill failed sto
pass at that session. At the opening of
the session of 1873 | wrote to Mr.. Yellow
lev for a copy of his Agricultural College
bill, and he kindly sent me the original.
This / re-wrOte, changed in some unim-
portant particulars, and introduced in the
House. Gen. West, being interested, like
to me for il. while it was before the House
Judiciary Committee, copied it, ma ing
changes to suit his views, and introducetsit
in the Senate. The body of the bill, which,
became a law, is the same as was prepared
and introduced by Mr.. Yellowley in 1877.
and to him belongs the credit, if any there
be. / make this disclaimer for myself and
pose to profit by the labors and research of
another, without giving him due credit
therefor. Respectfully,
W. F. TUCKER,
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Democratic Rule and the COIOred
People i'm mississippi.

The Washington Post represents col
ored Senator Bruce to have made this
statement:
All the bitterness and prejudice seems TO
have worn away, and both races are strug
Cling for the common good. You never
hear any OF the antagonisms between the
races that used to exist, and it is eviden,
that there Is a better time coming for the
entire South. | think the colored people
ought to make union with the best whites
ana elect the men to office who will see that
they have good schools.
AS Senator Bruce is the most promi-
nent man of his race in this State, and is
well informed of their condition, his
statement should be accepted as a relia-
bic refutation of the prediction that
the success of the Democratic party
in Mississippi would be followed
by the oppression of the colored
people. He testifes that the reverse has
been the case, and that good feelings
which would never have been disturbed
but for alien and unfriendly influences
has been established between the two
races. His advice that the blacks ought
to act in concert with the chest whites. -
is proper enough, coupled with the addi-
tionai suggestion that they ought to ac-
cept the regular nominations of tho Dem
ocratic party as prim1 fIcie evidence of
their answering to that description.
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vieksburg Herald.l

Vieksburg Herald-l
w. copy the following handsome Eotlcc
ni one of our prominent citizens rom tre
R.ro. Rouge Herald, Gov. sam Bafa
wide-awake journal:
During a Eri..f stay in VicksbuTg, u was
our s.oad fortune tn meet many OF her uiosI
dIstiu yui shed citiZens-among the huuhoel
t,ao ntmt rous TO designate by tame a.
General CIIas F. Furlong. recently re .F.'r-
81 10 the state senate from the Nlcksonrg
Di.tricf. "A position he has filled with iaFge
zen, fit To The people, aud lasting circuit 10
himself Gen Furl1ug Il Nice-P reSIafni"
as we'll as a large stoekholder, IN the Missls
>ippi Valley Bank. OF which our gu a,'u
Distinguished friend. John A. hieln' ihT
merchant prince. Is president GeneFdi
Furlomg is from the North. He rema,heu
south after the war to benefit the south a.
well a himself. The people OF NlckSouiS
appreciate his presence, and recognize ~
him all the old elements which constitute
real manhood. As a large capitalist the
General has done much for Nlcksburg. anu
holds himself in constant readiness TO 40
much more as opportunity may from tune
time offer. Louisiana needs about twenty
thousand Just such Northen men as Ten.
Fnrioug. and we do hope our faithful peo-
DIE may not tire in their constant ana wise
efforts To get them. In our recent " esteTh
trip found many men of capital VINO
desire to come South, but yet fear the uncer-
tainty OF affairs brought about by ambitious
the present aud future hopes OF the south,
than all other evils combined. As General
Furlong cnntemplates visiting Europe tue
coming summer. We trust he may be IN
duced To usg, his great talents in inducing
large immigration To our sunny south.
whose uncultivaIed fields are abundantly
capable of enriching and making wealthy
hundreds of thousands now poor and sorely
oppressed by the crowned tyrants Of the
Old World
To the foregoing we will add that
Gen. Furlong abandoned the Republican
party five or six years ago, and came,
to the aid of the people in their hour of
severest trial-that he has been twice
voted for (once as the regular nominee)
by the Democracy of Warren county,
for the State Senate, and that he has been
faithful to his trust in that responsible
position.
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The Railroad Lobby.

The lobby under the personal chiefs
Huntington. Dillon and Gould fought
desperately in the contest in the
Senate over the Sinking Fund
Bill. The following remarkable pas
sage occurs in one of the speeches of
Senator Thurman TO whom more than
all others the honor of the victory for the
people over the corporations, was won
81 have seen this Senate chamber filled
with the railroad lobby; l have seen the
galleries filled; | have seen the corridors
filled | have seen the mittee-Ioom be-
seiged have seen Senators beseged at
their own houses by the railroad lobby
hnt naver lid I Sae one man or hear OF ofIC
man here urging legislation hostile to these
companies
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The Clinton Dead.

Here is an eloquent extract from the re
cent address of Mr. S. ID. Harper, of the
Kinds County Gazette, in commemora
ton of the ilustrious trio, SivleY, ThOmp
son and Chiffon, whose lives were sacri
feed to the mob,of Radical rioters at Gin
ton, in the memorable September, OF
1873:
Martin Sivley Frank Thompson ! Charley
Chiffon. all three sacrificed their lives for
our honor and safety, aud, were it possible
tor Us to live until earths historic wonders
sh all have been lost ia the dim light OF ira
ditiOn, we will still bear in mind the mar
~ rdom they suff, red, and as each succeed
ing year rolled FOUND, give to them and
their memories the tributes of respect and
love that our hearts teach us should be
given them. The young men taking part
o-night DO not pretend to have any fitness
whatever for miHstTelSy-1o not claim any
talent for the vocation. They are sim ly
lending Il helping hand in accompli- hing
Z worthy purpose. Bearing this in mind. |
am sure, ladies and gentlemen, you will
pass their i'm perfectionS by, giving them
credit Tor doing ONLY the best they know
how.
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Our able and esteemed contemporary,
DIR. Hunter, of the Crystal Springs Mon
itor, having stated upon information that
certain railroad companies had influenced
members of the Legislature by bribery,
18th characteristic sense Of justice and
mauliness, makes the following explana-
ton
We were fully aware OF the gravity OF the
charge IN adt ia last weeks NJ auitor, IN ref
erence To the supposed reception "l orloTs
bv some o! ihr members OF the legislature
| II Is due II ourselves, To the mem oers al the
I,egiSla -ure, and - the public generally. 10
safe that we based it ga Information OF Il
gentleman whose opportunities for knowing
we considered ample, ana whose NeFacit9
Wouid be unque-tlunef ~ any com muhilt-
The statement was made almost in the Tan
guage we used aud iii the presence OF sever
al cunii5etenr witnesses. From comm uni
cation received from the party since GU
article was published, we hnd thar he re-
gardrd the reception OF free passes as bFlDe-
taking, and that he alluded [" that. lie afr
ford- us great qualification To give the toll
loving from his letter, Uerbdtfm q AtsTdtth9-
= don't believe members OF the Le2i-lIJur:
did accept money bribery, aud hope nothing
| said a few DAYS since caused this ref &C
tion.- We are in haste 10 make the dmeRde
h1n0Td5Ie--as 50 serious charge Ought not
to be permitted to 90 an hour without con-
tradictiOn.
While on the subject, we will venture
to suggest that the system of rendering
free passes to members of the Legislature
and their acceptance, would be more
honored in the breach than the observ-
ance The comforting Of pass Is a
benefit to the party accepting II, and
creates an obligation which a public
agent had better not rest under, for the
reason that in his official capacity he can
not possibly discharge it with justice to
himself or to his constituency, or to the
corporations themselves. We have no
information that any of the members Of
the Legislature were the recipients OF
passes. And whether they were or not,
we believe they were all honorable men,
as Mark Anthony said of Brutqs ana his
confederates, but as members of the Leg
islature they should not be only honora-
BILE, but like Caesars wife, they should be
above suspicion, no matter how they vote.
If the answer be made that the same
rule should apply to newspaper conduc-
tors, we will state that they receive passes
purely as a business transaction. They
render gutd pro quo by advertising the
schedule of the roads subject to changes,
and are held bound not only to do this
but to give local advertisements of the
same when required
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In the u. S, Senate on the 18th inst,
Mr.. Herman, of New York, presented
resolutions of the New York Legislature
requesting the Senators and Representa-
tives from that State ''to use their inhu-
enee to secure the enactment of any wise
and equitable law, having for its object
the prevention of violent and injurious
fluctuations and unjust discrimination
IL rates of freight imposed by common
carriers upon property transported by
them in this country 1t is evident that
this matter is destined to be a great and
important issue in National and State
councils; and is one of the most diff
cult of all others to be solved; but it
will be solved. Where there is a wrong
there is remedy.
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GaGh'- SP-cuIafiOn~ sabo0t ahe
Next Presidency.
Special Cor. philadelphia Tunes ]
Graf AND HENDRICKS.


By present Indications, Thomas A Hem
drtrkS will be nominated on the first ballot
in 1850 unless The party organs ami leaders
sell ont for cash in hand and IIideh wins
again. Tiidea and Hendr ckS may eXtIn-
guish each other and Judge thurman sue I
q. -. The Wee President VIII " almost
certain 10 te a Southerner. Tom Bayafd
having a chance. Gordon oT Ransom tn
probability. In this city. Hendricks Is tue
iavarite Of the Kelly wing, 10 which belongs
Lieut.-Gov- D1rshsimer. aud btyard con-
tinues 10 be the pet OF the Belmont wing !;
tie. latter accounts for Belmont personally
arraigning Hendricks on the money qnes-
tion. There Is no Eastern candidate but
Mcclellan. aud his probabilities are not
above the Vice Presidency. Inc certainty
OF Democratic success viii make the next
nomination hard to purchase. 1t was sold
To Tilden before because il wa. not thought
to be worth much. The Presidency, a "A
sure thing, il not prIceablc; in lottery 1t
can be com pured
CoMMENTs.-W do not know that the
South will be especially benefited by Sc
curing the Vice Presidency. Good men
at the head of the column, no matter
where they hail from, is what is most
wanted, and what the Southern Democ-
racy will ask The talk about the nomi-
nation having been purchased for Mr..
Tilden in the last race, is malignant and
stupid SANDER. His nomination resulted
from the. knowledge of the Democracy
that he was good man, and the belief
that he would be available. Their judg-
ment was shown to have been correct by
the result He was elected but by the
base treachery and incapacity Of trusted
agents, the victory, which the people had
won, was lost.
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sunday school Con
VeuIiOn Proceedings.

The delegates at Atlanta, from Mississip-
ii. subscribed for fifty copies OF the full
photographic report OF the proceedings,
which will be published during May, and
will make a volume of several hundred
pages. All Sunday School workers in
Mississippi desiring copies. can obtain
them at the rate of fifty cents per copy, on
sending their orders to the undersigned at
Jack, on. All officers OF the State sunday
School Convention are requested to interest
themselves in securing a general distribu-
ton o the Proceedings.
j. l.. POWER, Chm'n Eek. Com.
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And now comes Capt. Il. j, Williams,
Sheriff Of Franklin, for final settlement
with the Auditor. He has not sold foot
of land to the State, and only few sub
divisions 10 individuals. 1t does seem
that the State of Mississippi is soon to
become dispossessed of all her forfeited
lands. But there is no fact in our cur
rent history that speaks more of hope
for the future financial prosperity of our
State than this The lands heretofore
forfeited are being rapidly purchased, and
thus restored to tax list, and there are
few to take their places on the forfeited
rolls.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-24

The enterprising citizens in the ''fruit
belt" in this State, along the line of the
Chicago, ST. Louis & New Orleans Rail
road, have been shipping strawberries
and vegetables for two weeks, and are
preparing for brisk bqsilass in peaches
as soon as the season opens. Ehey are
assured of quick, as we'll as cheap,
transportation by the railroad company
to the northwest, and these are the great
disideFata. This Trade is becoming more
and more important to the section refer
ed to and will increase. Mr.. Parker
Earle, and other fruit-growers from the
West who haze experimental in the
fruit and berry culture La this belt,
have expressed themselves gratifed with
the result, ana cur older citizens are de-
lighted that they have found s gay by
which they can travel out Of the beaten
groove and diversity their crops with pc
cnniary benefit
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AsREe County.

Mr.. Jno. i. Matthews, a cousin of
the late Governor Matthews, and i'm
bued with the same character of vim
and solidity and strength which charac-
terized the redoubtable "Copperas
Breeches,' brought in his showing from
Tate county, and very satisfactory one
it was. According TO geographical
area he claims that he has got the most
people and pays the most taxes of any
county in the State, and we think he is
about right in this claim.
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The Lee Monument {.
Vicksburg Herald.1

Nicksburg Herald.I
Chas. T. Furlong, Gen. stephen ID. Lee
and Gen. Jos. X Davis, 4aFe been appoint
ed the commissioners of the Lee Monument
for this State. Gov. Stone has shown his
usual sound judgment in the selection OF
the men to fill the positions. Our towns
man Gen. Furlong. is highly com plimented
in having been selected Chairman ola Com
mission com posed of such distinguished
Mississippians, but not more highly than he
deserved, for he has been untiring in his eff
forts to advance this great work.
The appointments were made pursuant
to act of the Virginia Legislature author
izing the Governor of each State to ap-
point Commissioners in behalf of the
same.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-24

BY vote of thirty-eight yeas to seven
teen nays, Senator Burnsde's bill to re.
move all restrictions now existing in re.
gard TO the enlistment Of colored citizens
in any arm of the United States army was
indefinitely postponed. So mueh for a Re-
publican Senate. Even body of that
partisan kind, are not prepared to pass
laws in conflict with the eternal ordinances
of Almighty God.
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Our people have just cause to be
proud of their institutions of learning at
Clinton. They have resplendently shone
out amid the desolation and darkness
of the evil times through which we have
recently passed, and are shining examples
of the success which under all circum
stances wait upon merit. Referring to
these institutions, the Raymond Gazette
says:
Mississippi College. under President
Webb, is in flouri-hing condition-well
pAtronized and atfording entire satisfaction
TO its patrons and friends. Prof. Hillman's
Female Institute, also, usual, is well filled
with pupils. ana supplies exactly the needs
of this section Of the Stat e, in the matter of
female education.
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.Iaencr County.

Sheriff w NJ. Brame was one Of the
official visitors ut the Auditors office
yesterday, aRd he brings up good re-
port from the mighty men OF Jasper. >
Ii Sheriff Brame is fair specimen OF
Jasper men, we are not surprised that
Gov. Foote thought they were mighty"
lie stands six feet in his boots, and his
construction Is Symmetrical from the boots
up. ending in head we'll stocked with Il
large and useful brain. He has been
Sheriff of Jasper county for the last
seven years. and is physically and politi
cally able to hold The office for twenty
years longer if he wants 10, OF course,
he made a full and satisfactory settle
ment Of the financial affairs of his county
with the State, as he always does OF
the whole amount of lands sold for de-
linquent taxes, he reports $50 70. Thus
one by one the counties are falling into
line, and bringing up evidence of return
ing thrift aud prosperity.
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The Right of Supervision by the
Legislature Over Corporations
Extract of a Letter of Judge
billiard of Alabama.

Meridian Mercury
The question of regulating the charges
made by railroads is rapidly coming ia
the front as the most important issue now
engaging the public attention, and there
is bound to be a ''pitched battle, between
the people and the corporations in the
Union as to which one shall give law to
the other. 1t mast be obvious to the
most dnll-witted, that if corporations can
control and manipulate State legislatures
and the Federal Congress, and subsidize
the influential newspapers in the country.
public liberty is in imminent danger of
being subverted, and that it behooves
the people to begin te entreneh and forti-
fy against this danger. This is no new
doctrine with me, but one that has grown
with my growth and strengthened with
my strength; and at this time the danger
Gus power of corporations, arising from
their wealth, their facility of combining.
their proverbial soullessness, their pro.
clivity for carrying their points by bribe-
ry and corruption, and from the number
of men in their employment, renders it
most important that the attention of the
people should be concentrated on this
issue, and that legislators, State and fed
eral, should be narrowly watched where
corporations are to be affected by legisla- |
lion, pro or con.
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RaYmonl Gazefte
Geu. wal.han at Yauoo CITY.
Yazoo Herald

Gen. Walthall was serenaded ut the ras-
ldence Of Col. Andrews, whose guest he
was, during the term OF the Chancerv
Court, which adjourned on Saturday last
ana his speech acknowledging the compli-
place and the occasion The sDeech made
Dy him In the Tucker case before Judge
Peyton, while In attendance at the Court
here. was one of the most learned exposi-
lions of the law of self-defense as viewed
rom ms standpoint, ever delivered In our
else.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-24

THE Southern members of Congress
have at last agreed to act together to Sc
cure needed Southern improvements.
The bill to report suitable plan to pro-
tect the valley of the Mississippi river
from overflow, and to improve the navi.
gation of this great National stream. is
the first result of the understanding. If
the South will go little farther and co.
operate with the West, more good fruit
will be gathered icksburg Herald.
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The Dead Ofthe Isnril.o.,
phrey's ffrIgnde 4ur
Colnmbus independent

N~''''A' 1880 iH.ii.if iIAH
We publish the following ls,,..
our citiZ'Hs will coutr. bur. -o,,.,t a..
OF the patriotic enterprise urrrf..
18th Regiment was cummaUI't
Barksdale and wr cauuIrrfIg
memory IS sufficiently dr4r +, a9N
them 70 aid In prrp .tuuug .H.. -.. ....
the brave men be- braNrfI IrI
Donations will Doe lorvurIcILrl.
Cardle. #N.
Cor. w. III MoCAHDIE.
DEAR SIR:-We have r.prrr.
monument to thu memory of mn. l...
ate deal iu our cemetery. IA r...
whom are from your State. IF..
on one side of thc monument ,r.
the regiments 90 which fut, be.a.... t
among them are named thg I5.I. f--
and 2lst Mississippi.
We are exceedingly AuNilu, a.. biz.
the payment. ON thc mu.rt ...
decoration day ,l-t SATURDAY n .I..
we lack several hundred fu.a.
sistauce that you on any UI yuur I-...
give rs Will Dee gratefully suprr.-.-
viii you please pass tlu -uN...s
To any friends OF the cause.
N.Durs frUTt
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A REPUBLICAN Senate refuses ''to re-
move all restrictions now existing in re-
gard to enlistments of colored citizens in
any arm of the United States army"
Blaine was prominent among the dis
senters.
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Yazoo Herald.l

On last Sunday morning James r.. Tur.
bivtIie, our late Assessor and Collector Of
taxes. shook the dust or our little CITY OF
his feet, and wendell his way to parts nm
Known. He was accompanied by about 81
sOO OF the peoples money, and his bonds
men are mourning his absence "A those who
have no hope ofever laying eyes upon his
form again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-24

Coon READTNG.-On of the resolu-
tons adopted by the Illinois Democratic
Convention last week reads as follows
"We favor United States bonds being
subjected to taxation the same as other
PROPERLY
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jneiaI journal Of the State of Mississippi
congregational Nominations.

Rooms or THE STATE TX Conf
or The DIM Cos PARTY,
JACKSON, April p, 1873. }
the Congressional Executive Commit
tees OF the Democratic Conservative party,
of the several Districts in this state APP
pointed by the District Conventions last
heia, are respectfully requested to meet as
early as practicable, at such times and
places a. may be designated by the Chair
men thereof, for the purpose OF calling
Conventions to nominate candidates for
Congress at the approaching election on the
fret Tuesday the 9Th day Of November
next. +. BARKsDALE.
EIrt-r Sfata EN Gn,p
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Col. Cooper in the Temperate
Role.
Yazoo Herald

Col. +. a. Cooper who, by the way, .l'
retired for the nOnce from the field Of Joli.
naltsm, a fact To be regretted. o. achieving
great success as "A labDier iu the temper
ahee vineyard. When Cooper sheds .N,
light OF his cOuntenance upon an audituc.
that audience never fails 20 be well please
lt Is countenance, 90 use the Language %.
a celebrated character, "that always cheers
but never inebFiates."
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number of our exchanges are publish
Ing statement that majority of the me,n-
Ders OF the State Senate nave signed a letter
written to Senator Lamar, indorking his
course In regard TO the silver bill. I
We are pleased to inform our readers thar
Senator Terry did not sign this
letter, although, personally friend OF Sem
afor Lamar. gas is aearly every eitixen Of
the STATED yet he did not thlnk he could
instruct Mr.. Lamar.