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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08
An AnlpOrtan Decision by the Su
--------TFes=A4sRe- laWEI. .

On Monday last, May 9Th, an impor-
tant decision was rendered by the Su-
preme Court, in the case of b. II. Smith
vs.. the State. The facts in the case are
these: Smith, citizen Of Smith county
in this State, applied, in August, 1876,
to Busick, Stevens & Co., merchants in
Brandon, to buy goods on a credit. He
stated that he had a good crop, was not
trading with any other merchants, and
was only indebted elsewhere to the
amount of twenty dollars. In conse-
quence of these representations, he was
trusted to the amount of $3.50 90. His
representations were not true. He was
at the time, indebted much more than
twenty dollars, and was, at the time,
buying goods on credit in the town of
Morton, Scott county. Six weeks after
he bought the goods in Brandon he went
into voluntary bankruptcy, and his cred
itors got nothing. He was indicted and
convicted, in the Circuit Court of Ran
kin county, of obtaining goods under
false pretenses, and was sentenced to
three years confinement in the peDiten-
tiarY.
The case was appealed to the SUI
preme Court, which tribunal, on Mon
day, Chalmers, J., delivering the opin-
ion, affirmed the judgment.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

Our friend and journalistic contempo~
rary, Col. Fleet L. Cooper, on the morn
ing after the delivery of his temperance
grafton, woke up to find himself famous
As a contribution to the sparkling litera-
ture of the day, it has created as wide
a sensation as Bob IngersolIs lectures,
while devoid Of the evil doctrines dissem-
mated in the latter Coopers wit i'm
proves the mind and at the same time in
toxicates it with delight In the course
of private letter, ex-Chancellor Nc
MILAN, a gentleman OF critical taste,
makes this off hand commentary upon the
address:
q have just read Cooper's temperance
address, and | cannot refrain from briefly
expressing tile great pleasure it has afforded
me. The humor OF the thing IS genuinely
exquisite, and the facts irretragible, He
has hit the Old king with all sorts of weap
onS-nOw with the diamond point of wit,
the spear of lthuriel, and anon with the
club of Hercules. His friends here have
generally read the address, and the opinion
of all is that it is worthy of his fame as one
of the abeSt journalists of the South.
In this same connection, we cannot re-
sist copying the following notice as de
served as it is classical, from 50 competent
a critic as the Natchez Democrat:
Col Fleet Cooper has acquired consider
able fame recently by an able speech in
favor of the temperance movement. 1t is
not at ali wonderful that Col. Cooper shoulG
make an able speech upon almost any sub
ject: for the old latin adage may we'll be ap-
piled 10 him, Non teteget, non OrRarit.
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ChOctaW.

We had the pleasure of meeting last
week Mr.. I. ID. Boyd, Sheriff of Choctaw,
and Mr. S. r. Boyd, editor of the In
land Recorder These gentlemen were here
on business, the first bringing a whele-
some report of the financial condition of
his county, and the second, we are glad
to say say, making an encouraging report
of the success of his new paper. The
Recorder, although remote from railroads,
is a fresh and vigorous weekly, redolent
with the local genius of the "Choctaw
nation" We regard it as one of the
most attractive and readable of our State
exchanges.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

The Israelitish organization of R'nai
Birth, whose object and purpose are to
alleviate suffering, provide for the desti-
tute, educate the ignorant, and generally
advance the cause of humanity, is now
in session in New Orleans. Representa-
tives are in attendance from the States
of Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Florida,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana.
The representatives from this city are
Messrs. Henry and Isydore Strauss, and
E. Bloom.
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an Csmpaigu in
.rm States

Nay Tile Republican
Committee have determined
energetic cam paign in the
Ates, aud will devote special at
hose Congressional Districts Ia
tates where colOred people are IA
rance. the committee viii act
assumption that reconciliation Il
Jmplished fact. and that Republicans
G permitted TO hold political NEE Iug-
make all necessary preparations Tor
Quoting their campaign. free from mo-
.tatiOn Of any kind. Fl l. proposed To
est he sincerity OF the Southern Democ-
racy to the fullest extent aud the commit
tee will make aTraT gements for conducting
the cam paign 10 that section with the same
freedom that they have have heretofore ar
ranged for conducting campaigns ~ the
North. and will send number of diStin-
guished Northern Republicans including
Gen. Banks. TO address pnbic meetings.
There are at least II or fourteen districts
that are Republican on a fair count, ans the
Congressional Committee are determined
20 see that the Republicans Of those dis
tricts shall not be DISTINGUISHED by intlmi-
dtt'on and triekery, as they were iG the
campaign OF 1876.
The foregoing notice from Republican
headquarters at Washington has been
telegraphed all over the country. It Is
a notification that the Republican lead
ers have determined to repeat the tactics
which were successfully tried in the
Southern States during the dark days
Of reconstruction The South is to be
invaded by Radical missionaries who
are to preach the gospel of hate to the
blacks to revive the prejudices aud pas
sions by which they were at that time
massed against the whites. Fortunately
they will find a very different state Of al
fairs from what existed in the South
when their former incursion was under
taken. They will find that the colored
people have learned by experience that
the professions of Northern Radical
teachers are deceptive; that the colored
people have learned by the actual re-
suits of Democratic rule in the South
that it administers justice impartially to
every race and class, and the true
friends of their race and the safest Gus
todians Of their welfare, are the white
people of the South, ninety-nine hun
dredths of whom are Democrats. We
are warned that certain Congressional
Districts in the South have been selected
as the field for these enterprises; and
that these Districts are those in which
the blacks numerically preponderate.
This announcement itself Is significant
that race issues are to be introduced and
relied upon as the only hope Of success
by the originators Of the campaign. We
are informed from other sources that
two if not three of the Districts in Mis-
sissippi, have been selected as fields of
operation by these champions of race
antagonism and sectional hate. The
people of our State thus forewarned,
and notified that they will be put on
their good behavior, cannot fail to well
come their visitors with all the honors
to which their benevolent intent Will
entitle them. Nevertheless they will dis
cover that they have embarked upon a
fools errand. Mississippi is not ready
to be herded into the fold Of the Radical
party again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

And now comes our even tempered
and impurturbable friend, w. H. Butler,
the popular and efficient Sheriff of Law
renee to prove that, notwithstanding the
Legislature, under Radical inspiration,
robbed the old Democratic Banner
County," of her most valuable and popu-
lous territory, ''there is life in the old
land yet" He reports only SD of lands
sold to the State, and $50 insolvencies.
Total State tax 50, $50
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

In noticing the settlement of the
Sheriff of Yazoo with the Auditor, we
ought to have stated specifically in evil
dence of the sound financial condition
of that county, that of State tax of
$4,000 charged against him he has
paid into the State Treasury more than
$18,000-his credits for insolvencies,
State lands, erroneous assessments, etc.,
covering the balance. His State deeds,
or sales of lands to the State, amount
only to s19 80 Here is good showing
for the "banner county of 1875.
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The G=cueraI Conference of the
Va He Church South.

TUE Eighth General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
met in Atlanta, Ga, on the 1st, Bish
op Pierce presiding. Two bish-
ops will be chosen, and large
amount of business of importance to the
temporal concerns of the church will be
transacted. The Conference will be in
session nearly month. There are 306
delegates in attendance. The delegates
from Mississippi are;
Mississippi Conference Clerical: c. G..
Andrews, II. F. Johnson, W. II. Watkins,
Il. Abbey, j. 4. Ellis
Igg-C. h. Marshall, :. i. Watts, w. L..
Nugent Il Darlington. +. L. Mellen.
Nord, Mississippi CoRference-Cl Clerical:
Jno Bancroft. W. L. Barton, J. J. Wheat,
James. u. Cameron, VIM Murrah.
Lay-Jno. y. hurry, Jno. b. FAINT w. II i.
Foote, ! Il. Streater.
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The Gaarbor of Fa-caSOUta.


Three years ago an appropriation OF
SO. 900 was made by the Legislature
for deepening the water on the bar at the
mouth of Pascagoula river. The money
has never been applied TO the object, and
a meeting of the citizens resident there
has been held for the adoption OF measures
to secure the benefits Of the appropriation.
For this purpose Hon. +, +. Griffin, L.
\. Danizler and VI. b. Richmond were
appointed committee to draw up
memorial to the Governor, to be present
ed to a subsequent meeting. In looking
over the River and Harbor bill which
recently passed the lower house OF Con
gress. appropriating seven million three
hundred thousands for the improvement
of navigation in almost every part OF the
country, we are utterly amazed that the
port of Pascagoula. second in Importance
to none upon the Gulf shore, was entire
Nv ignored. In the long list of places
which were named for a share of the dis
tribution. from the Canada to the Rio
Grande-from the Atlantic to the Pacific
we find no mention whatever of our
own neglected coast. As a contemporary
satirically expresses it, even ''the sea
ports Of the Rocky mountains in Colorado
and the eastern slopes Of the Sierras in
in Nevada" were not overlooked. They
we're without water, but it was proposed
to supply them with that essential ele-
ment of navigation. The Great
Lakes and their waters from
Duluth to Oswego, New York,
washing the territory of Wisconsin, Hi
nois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and New York got 81, $50, 600. The
waters Immediately around New York
city get $G15,000. The Karawha, one
of the West Virginia tributaries of the
Ohio gets 1922 900, while the Delaware
river and bay get 100000, or, in
Guiding $50, 900 for the SchuyIkill,
S160, 900. New jersey gets $218, 900
for the Raritan and Shrewsbury Vir-
ginia gets Sl20,0 600 for the James and
Appomatox and Norfolk; North Caro-
lima gets the same amount for Cape Fear,
Currituck and the Neuse Alabama and
Georgia get between them S17S, 900; the
entire Pacific coast gets $lS5, 900. In
this distribution while Mississippi stands
shivering in the cold, some of her sister
States of the South were fortunate
enough to obtain liberal shares In adj
dition to the above named, Texas gets
5000, 900 for Galveston htrbor and $685.
900 for Sabine Pass, and Tennes, zee and
Kentucky get 3420,O00 for the Cumber
land and Tennessee, to say nothing of
SIG, 900 for the river at Memphis.
While we have no complaint to make at
the good fortune of our sister Southern
States whose welfare was entirely forgot
ten in the raging desire to Cypress them
while the Radical party held sway in all
the departments of the government, we
can say with perfect sincerity that none
of thell have presented claims for inn
provements at the expense of the federal
treasury, considered in a national point
of view, superior to those of the neglected
harbor and streams of the Gulf Coast in
MiSSisSiDDi
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

THE depression in the cotton market
continues. Messrs w. C. Watt & Co,
Liverpool factors, in their latest circular,
attributed it to the fear Of war between
England and Russia, continued large re
ceipts at tae American ports, and bad
trade at Manchester; also to strikes in
the manufacturing districts When
these causes will be removed, it is i'm
possible to tell. The prospect of an i'm
provement in the price OF cotton is not
hattering and it will be well for South
ern producers TO have an eye 10 the
main chance for subsistence-proyision
crops
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08
MAJ. GEORGE W, HARPER,
Raymond.

i've we may remark in connection with the
OF the Legislature Of 1870 with pe ~ se ACT CT
s s vast bodies of lands. which then $500 ~
tol ,,aI 20 me State for non-payment Of
"a .e and which of course are not ineinded
No t tava anove statement Gas the State paws
nave been solu, all OF which hava 49,
a Oro"ght back to the asse sment rolls. ana
are now paying their due pronortio, "i ~
s s1Aes, ana hence must be added to ~ ~
thus ressor reSi /, The real value OF the lands
winch sum, added to the figures abovs \. an
Tue eoral wealth OF the county. witbin
$6,00O,OOO nave stated II, to-wit;
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THE accounts from Washington show

THE accounts from Washington show
that the Republican party is preparing
for vigorous campaign next fall; and
that this preparation will embrace a
plan to secure the united action of all
the elements of party strength. Even
Mr.. Hayes ode faeto) is in penitential
mood about his civil service reform pro-
LESSONS, and now declares that he is not
only willing that his officeholders shall con
tribute to carry the elections for the Re
pubicans, but he will contribute himself.
The Republicans, in view of the Pres
idential election, are determined to con
tend with desperation for the mastery
in the popular branch of Congress which
may eventually decide the contest. They
are already saying ''if we manen
vered the Democratic party out of
their victory in the last election when
they had seventy majority in the House
of Representatives, what may we not do
with a majority in that body To the
Democracy we would say, forewarned,
forearmed.
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Kind Words.

A subscriber at Forest, whose good
opininion we value, sends us money
order with these kind words
Your system of requiring the price of
the paper in advance like, and hope you
will stop my paper when | don't pay
promptly, for then 90 strong a reminder
sends me to the s'order'' Office and I get the
CLARION. Your paper has now grown with
me to be part of me and my life | hope
it may override the waves of these hard
times and conduct its many friends safe
over the sea-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08
How the ball was Pat im Motion.

1t is said that the case against Hayes
was worked up by one EX-Judge Nor
ton, one of ConkIing's men, who had a
grievance. Never mind who worked it
up, nor what motive prompted it. Ev-
erything comes to light through mystic
rious agencies. 1t IS the way Provi-
denee overtakes the wicked in their
crimes. The question for the peoples
Representatives. to try, and which they
must inquire into is, are the charges
true? Hayes was counted in by one
majority Are the solemn asseverations
of the Republican President of the Flor
ida Returning Board, and his accom-
plices true, that the three votes Of that
State were procured for Hayes through
his own connivance, by throwing out
votes that were actually cast for Tilden
and stuffing the ballot boxes with votes
for Hayes? By erasing figures and
other methods common to experts in
such villianous practices? Let these
facts be demonstrated and they will put
Hayes and his crowd on an emineRoe of
infamy, targets for the scoFn of the
world, from which they will be but too
glad to escape And the example will
be good. To borrow the language of
the Democratic Congressional address,
his fate will serve as warning to par
ties not again ''to attempt the expert
ment of elevating a usurper to the high
est office in the gift of the people,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

KINDS COUNTY. subscriber writing
from Dry Grove on business, incidentally
Says
The present planting season is the best
have sesn siLce have been ia MississipDi
which has been twenty years. Much of the
crop e up and looks we'll Ny hope is that
Mississippi IS now on the upgrade. and thai
Kinds may be the banner county.
Our subscriber concludes with the
benevolent wish that "the CLARION may
be the companion of every family in the
State
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

THE hearts of Southern men and
women will pulsate quicker and their
minds will be elevated by reading the
eloquent and patriotic letter Of Hon.
Jefferson Davis in memory of the Con
federate dead and of the cause to which
they dedicated their lives, addressed to
the Memorial Association at Macon,
Georgia. Whatever others may have
done, the charge will never be laid at his
door that to propitiate the oppressors of
his people he cast reproach upon the
cause with which his name and the fame
of his countrymen of the South are in
absolutely associated.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08
Chick S;IW

We were happy to meet one day last
week Mr.. s. H. Wilson, Sheriff Of Chick
asaw, who was here on official business.
He was one of the new Sheritfs, bat he
has made splendid beginning, and brings
a good report from his county. So we
are informed by the Auditor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

A Washington correspondent attrlo-
utes to Postmaster General Key the re
mark, since the Florida revelations that
he always had believed, that Tilden was
elected, and that Hayes was counted IN
by fraud. He said he held that view
from the first, and Hayes knew he held
such an opinion when he was appointed
Postmaster General. Key is not the
only rat that will leave the sinking
chip.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

CAPT EADs' proposition for the i'm
provement of the navigation Of the Mis-
sissippi briefly stated, is the erection of
a system of jetties, similar to those at
the mouth of the River, and TO guide
its current intelligently. BY this means
he proposes to reclaim large tracts of
land now worse than useless.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

The Next President to be Chosen
by Congress.
Cincinnati Commercially

Cincinnati Commercially
Gentlemen of prominence in both of tho
existing political parties share to a large
degree the sentiments credited 70 Secretary
McCrary, in effect that the next President
of the United States will be elected nv the
House of Representatives, owing to the
failure of either party to have majority Of
all of the electoral votes. That is. thew he
lieve that the side issues which are now he
ing agltated VIII split up the Republican
and Democratic parties to an extent thar
will prevent either of them from controIIino
a majority of the whole number of electors
appointed, and thereby throw the election
into the House of Representatives,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

The last received London Economist
reports an improvement in most Amer
lean securities, both government and
railroad investments. That monstrous
silver bill has had a terribly damaging
effect in destroying American credit
abroad. Oh, the wisdom of the proph-
cts
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

THE HERALD is a new candidate for
public favor, at Michigan City, Benton
county, R. FL. Parham, Esq, editor.
The initial number shows that it will de-
serve success. 1t is ably conducted and
gotten up with typographical taste and
skill.
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Natchez Democrat
The people OF Jefferson county
ing tue preliminary steps r..
rural fair this fam. THE programme.
De out Up short time.
Meadville Banner
Our readers will be surprised "
lhaJ the bonds, books, warrant. ....
from The Ireasurer's safe o. wv.
March is d. have been reeuE.
Magnolia Herald
Next Friday 81 thc dsg ....
hanging of Isaiah Eyru-. ... Ht-
kllltd young Bowen, of ErH..
eNcurslon train last summer. lH."
u VIII be remembered. uH- .H u.HI
ana cold bloOdeI that lefr Hu..
kles would have lynchcu um o. W.
ne VIII be hung 40 Amite l.E.
New Albany Democrat
DIED-At his residence. n. Ju.u.
Mr. Robert McAlli-fcr.ag,. ~ F..-
McAllister was one oi thc u.|e.. ..
nIlghIy respected citizru- u' .H
lie orce represented the county
pa the state Legislature. H.H hN N
anu patriotic course won rue -I.
MS constituents.
Copiahan.
On April Both, DIR. GfIpn wH"
lending court here, left. llIl.,NuHr
morse for Beauregarl. where TN.
resided, but now living Uh.H. ...
east cas- Of that place, with Harvey
ne was thrown from hi- horse. '
SLOW was sent for, aud hj. body .F
the Hotel, where his iuiurics W.r.
ecu latal, the base of hi- skull. bong
fractured; be died in about tWu Hg..
receiving the injury.
Lexington Advertiser.
90 Hugh Sculley, an Irshmau uEN-..
80 years Of age wc should judge, t..'
poor house Of this county la-t wn.n.
ocuiley was a notable character
worked from place 10 place in t.s
from 80 to 80 years. aud was hl.
hieafly every man, woman aui lNN"
~. lie was his own worst enemy
brought him TO want and finally DO
per death. May he rest ia pence.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

AT the last session of the Legislature,
a Joint committee consisting of Hon. A.
NJ. West of the Senate, and Hons. NJ.
III. Whitaker and John Z. Seabrook of
the House, were appointed to investigate
the cost of construction of the Mobile d
Ohio Railroad, and to determine whether
it has realized the eight per cent. interest
upon the cost Of same required by its
charter to render it liable to taxation.
The committee is in session at Mobile.
They were authorized to appoint an eX-
pert to aid them in their labors and
have selected Col. + ID. Frost, one of
the most experienced and thorough rail
road men in the country.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

"NoRTHERN Republicans who may
come to Mississippi for the purpose of
advocating the principles OF the party
will be treated kindly, and given a re-
spectfuI hearing" is the way the Times,
the leading organ of the Republican party
of Mississippi, tells it.
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NJ tEIoN SMITH, 9ec'y.
state exchanges will please notice.

No movement mas yet been made in
Congress to investigate the election
frauds There Is an ominous sound Of
silence among the nations representa-
tiyes. What's the matter? Do the
leaders Of the Democratic party dread to
let the people have light upon the great
est crime Of the age against free govern
meut2 Are there reasons why Demo
Gratis should hesitate to make public the
open day and secret night features of that
iniquitous proceeding?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

w. j. Bynum, Esq, Sheriff of DeSoto
county. apd gentleman of excellent
business and socia! qualities. was among
the visitors to the capital last Monday.
He makes good financial showing foE
his county and brings good report of
the progress of the crops in that sec
tion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

The Pieayune says that the position of
United States Senator Eustis aud Repre-
sentative Ellis in favor of investigating
and laying bare the fraud in the Presi-
dental count, is approved by the people
of Louisiana.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-08

REPORTS are current in Washington
that Mr.. Banning, representative from
Ohio, has in his possession certain docu-
ment duplicating Hayes personally in the
Florida frauds.