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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

EDITORS OF THE CLARION: No part Of
Mississippi has resources and interests of
more value to the whole State than that
which borders on the Gulf which embraces
the only harbor of the State includes near
ly all its lumber, its fisheries, oyster beds,
semitropcal fruits. and a great variety of
other resources, needing only development
to render them valuable. Yet the sea-coast
counties have been almost uniformly over
looked and ignored in their claims to repre-
sentation in Congress, as well as in other
respects. Is it not time for some recogni-
ton to be accorded them?
Permit me, Mr.. Editor, to present this
thought to the consideration of the an
preaching convention for the nomination of
a candidates for this congressional district.
and without any dsparagement to the
claims of others, to suggest the name Of
Gen. JOSEF r. DAVIS, of Harrison county,
as worthy of their choice.
Gen. Davis has always been true and
faithful to his people, both in war and IN
peace. lie has rendered efficient service in
the redemption of his State from Radical
rule. In the late war he was the leader of
one of the first neutrality-suspicious. the
very frst-to tender its services to the Con-
federate Government for the defense of the
south, dis military services continued TO
the close Of the war.
, Since the war Gen. Davis has been Quiet
~ performing the duties OF a citizen, taxing
part In pubic affairs only when there has
been toOrk to do, and then doing It we'll aud
without reward. He is now editing the
"Sea Shore Gazette'-a paper which has AL
ready made its mark as an able advocate Of
sound principles and material progress. His
nomination would give eminent satisfaction
TO the people Of the "piney-woods'' conn
ties, and it Is believed would be acceptable
70 '"e "noie DlsCrlct. SEA-CoAsr.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
The Railroad Question.

The Natchez Sun need not give itself
apprehension that the CLARION medl-
tates fatal blow against subscription
a. the last day." When it comes to know
US better, it will learn that We do not
move to the objects we have in view by
circuitious ways; and although We may
not be as loud and pretentious as some
others, we are just as firm. The posi-
ton of the CLARION was taken after
due elaboration In favor of county sub
scription to the Natchez and jackson
railroad, and it has not wavered in its
support, nor of the method provi-
ded in the bill of the present Legis-
lature for accomplishing the object. To
the taxpayers of the county, who have
entertained a different opinion, we have
given the free use of our columns. because
we believed it was due to them to be heard
upon the question; and if subscription is
carried there will be no ground of COM
plant that opportunity was given to but
one side of the question to be discussed
through the press. The friends of sub
scription have, of course, had access to
our columns, and among others the able
President of the company has been heard
at length in defense of the measure and
in explanation of the condition of the
the company. The friends of subscrip-
ton, if they have faith in the justice and
soundness of their position, will not OBJ
ject to free discussion.
The advantages of narrow guage
road running through the center of our
county to the Mississippi river, and offer
ing reduction of freights and fares of
from fifty to one hundred per cent. less
than are charged by roads now in opera
ton, will be too manifest to require ar
ton will be enjoyed by the people
of the entire county whether they live
on the line of the projected road, or con-
venient to those already in operation, or
remote from any of them. Moreover,
the material wealth and tax-paying re-
sources of the county will be enhanced,
and though the subscription will increase
the debt of the county, the means to pay
it will be also increased. To contract our
vision to the town of jackson, which we
have not done because we have drawn
our convictions from a more enlarged
view of the subjecD it is unquestionablY
true that the completion of the road to
this place will be good thing for the
town, especially the mercantile, mechan
zeal and laboring interests; and if her
people are influenced, as other communi-
ties are, by local considerations, they will
give booming majority in favor of
subscription. One thing is certain, if
they want to get out of the old ruts-if
they want the road-they must help to
build it. When the WAGNER asked Her
cules to roll his wagon out of the mud,
he was told to put his own shoulder to
the wheel. There is moral fer the peo-
pie of Kinds county in this fable.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
The Monetary Congress.

The International Monetary Congress
will assemble at an early day. The Gin
cinnati Commercial corrects a general
impression that the international None
tary Congress is called for the purpose of
discussing the question whether silver
shall be coined as money-whether the
double standard shall be retained. This
is not the question at all. The Congress
is held under the double standard, and
is participated in only by nations recog-
nizing it, and any debate of the stand
ards will be out of order. The business
of the Congress will be ''to adopt COM
mon ratio between gold and silver, for
the purpose of establishing information
ally the use of bi-metallic money, and se-
curing a fxity of relative value between
these metals" Beyond this the Congress
cannot 90.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
Compensation of Postmasters.

Frequent inquiries having been re-
ceived at the Postoffice Department
whether the law fixing the compensation
of postmasters of the fourth class had
been changed, the Postmaster General
has authorized the following statement
The compensation of postmasters of the
fourth class is now based upon the value
of stamps Cancelled at their offices, in
stead of, as before, the amount sold
These now receive as compensation so
per cent. upon the first one hundred
dollars worth cancelled in each quarter,
90 per cent. on the next 5000, and 40 per
cent upon all over $500. Forms of re-
lures under the new law, which went in
to effect July l, have been prepared, and
will be distributed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

CRYSTAL SPRiB0s. July ~ lsls.
EDS. CLARION-EOr the benefit or your
readers, who arc anxious 90 embark Zoo iho
vegetable business, we answer the above boz
quiries as far as we are able
Green peas for market should De
planted in our climate during Christmas
week the earlier you get them into market
the better. The ground should Dog tlof-
oughly prepared and well MANFRED. Any
OF the phosphates are good; cotton seed ist
most excellent fertilizer, but should be
ploughed In, during the months of october
or November. The rows should bee at lel..
three feet apart, and sow thickIy at lease
two to three bushels Of peas Co thc acre.
McLean's Little Gem and Laudreth-'s EZiU
Early are the finest market vlrIcti.s; tbo
former is most prolific bearer and grows
about one foot IN height. shir Boz 5u.le.
boxes; from one hundred % one bu1-
dred and fifty bushels Is m0dn-
ate yield per acre. Peas should go.
be gathered till the dews disappear, BIS they
VIII be apt TO heat In shipping. Old land
better adapted to peas than new land
Beans should be planted as soon as you
think there is no danger Of Frost as they
are very tender aud won't staud much fr0s.
The ground should be equally well prepared
and manfred for the bean as for Che pea.
Inc black wax Is a splendid market variety
ana Is planted hero, although the German
white wax has a good reputation-hays no.
tried It. Like peas they should Doe shppel
In hushel boxes,
tomatoes pay well, but It Is necessary q
nAye them into market very early iu
vI1er 10 DO this, you must have both uo.
,lu covered with glass, and a cold frame y
root.
In preparing your hot bed you shol.4
use fresh manure. Sow your tomato see.
ABOUT the middle Of January air your oul-
pants frequently 10 Is best 20 regulate ~.
TEN Perature Of your hOt-bed with 9 mo-
InOmeters About the middle of FeOfuli4
transplant your young plants INTO "a w.
soeao OF glass, Il is much cheaper W. t-
CUT IN your cold frames about SIX lne-
part the further apart you plant them w
more room you will have for taking upt --
CUR plants will have body and root. tl-.T
our IN the open field about the lst OF AP
ano support them by fastening then ~
single stake tied with strings. 1t Is PEI.
Rut out your stake when you plant ~.
rake up your plant with as much dirt on y.
loots az possible. We have tried this go
she improved Trophy, Early RichmoN (. 49,
Landi eth's Extra Early. There Is no na
tauety than the Trophy; the otle.
sAfiler pnt not 80 large. Ship in ptrr
$500 anu gather your tomatoes WheN
9eGin % color.
Yours respectfully
e M, 6TAcEHol
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

The following is the substance of the
platforms that have recently been adopted
in several of the Democratic State Con-
ventions that have been recently held:
The strict subordination of the militia
ny to the civil authority; opposi ton to a
large standing army in time of peace;
freedom of cleo tons from federal in
reference; the exposure of political
frauds; universal education; arraigns the
electoral commission OF 1877 as faithless
to its trust; approving the inquiry into
the fraud connected with the Presidential
election; declaring the national bank sys-
tenn oppressive, and demand its abolition,
and the retirement of all national bank
notes and the issue of greenbacks in the
place of them-the new greenbacks to be
used in the purchase of bonds, and to be
legal tender for all debts except such as,
by the original contract, were payable in
coin; declaring for the reconciliation of
silver; and demanding the unlimited
coinage of gold and silver; demanding
the unconditional repeal of the resump
ton act; opposition to all protective du-
ties; tariff for revenue only; sympathy
for the laboring classes; a limitation of
the jurisdiction of federal courts; con-
graduating the Southern States upon
their regaining home selfgovernment
and the right to Iegislate uncontrolled by
bayonets.
If any man calling himself Demo
crat desires to break up the national or
ganization, ninety hundredths of whose
members stand upon this platform,
Against all tenn ptatons as a rock
OF adamant and as center firm
we can only say of him in sadness,
'Ephraim is joined to his idols, let him
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

The Texas Democratic Convention,
after four days exciting balloting between
Gov. Hubbard, the present incumbent,
ex-Gov. Throckmorton and w. w. Lang,
Master of the State Grange, and Judge
Devine, laid them all aside and nominal
ed Chief Justice O. M. Roberts for Gov
ernor. Joseph D. Savers, of Bastrop
county, was then nominated for Lieuten-
ent-Governor, and George Mccormack
of Colorado county, for Attorrey-Gener-
al, and Stephen Darden, formerly of JEFF
ferson County, Mississippi, was re n6mi-
mated for Comptroller.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
THE AGRICULTURAU.,.
CHIANICAL COTrp|.,.n iiR
Meeting OF she Trustees a.,
dian. eFh
The Bids for Loca,Io,
Meridian homestead

Meridian Homestead
The Board OF Trustees of rLo
raj and Mechanical COLLEGE. nv. AsHeuH
dian on wednesday, the 2Itl iu.t Aef.
the bids and decide on what me- 90 op.r
Eastern part OF the State DIV 81, 1 %.
ent: se' Ffs.
Coy. J. NJ. stone, President: Pr.o,
kit, Secretary; a NJ. West. 4 l""e Bus
w. 3. Montgomery, TIC. Boet,.. I.lue-.
Augustus, i. b. Brown, j. NJ. Ca,'.sr W. B
Phares. '''!f d. L
The following bids We're then oro..
LAuderdAle Springs. throuub
.. McWhOrter, offers to sell ~. IlI b
the Orphans Home property Ion set',1...sa
Macon donates 100 acres an E.
site, and her citizen, propose d. lf
when they have personal conference ,..i.s
starkyiI!e offers 1880 dollars o......
subscription. t.IsM
Sessum offers 100 acres of land
Aberdeen oilers l6,5ljdulIar. t...t
four years, ana school buIdir5 'v n.y. q
Verona offers college BUILDING ,.5.,
valued at $4,000, aud So 900. ca.I '"' aad
West Point offers $4,000 cify .rl....
ton, and $4,000, private sub,cfiutr' ..'sHF
Meridian oilers Tor ID location M
three tracts of land, lst, $40 acre. N s 0
from Meridian; 2d, 100 acres, iu rhe ,,,l que
3rd, 200 acre. "a miles from town. ''@.A
TupelO offers $40, 900 Coz cash.
Okolona, school building and gron.,.
$4,000; 10000 iu cash. -'''0l'
Quitman Offers 100 acres oi lr9..,t...
00O cash. '"N f.-
Motion to visit the following plar,. ..,
examine localities was adopted. A.-
Macon, Sarkville, West Point a.
deem, Okolona, Verona, Tupp.o. Out.,,..'
Meridian. N'''Na-
On motion il was resolved u.,.t...
should be received or present bfl, gr'... '.'
any time before the next meeting ,l IN.
Board Of Trustees, and comprtiuo f
were allowed to increase or rlu.,. tlll..
bids up 10 tie day OF meeting. Tle p'..
then decided TO visit the different r.gsa. '-
the NJ. q o. Railroad, that were on,r.l ~
sites and TO visit Tupclo first and rss ..
turning stop at the other town, tbnf i.l
made proposals.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
MIR. DAVIS SPEECu.
The Voice Of the Hammer COUNT.

NAzoo CITY, July Do. l,-s
EDS. CLARfoN-It gives me great pIo.....
to know that the patriotic speech of NM,
jefferson Davis at Mississippi CITY meet. M.
concurrence OF almost every body m MA.
part OF the world. Mr. Davis wa, ourcu.t
and he is now our hero. He was scIecta1..
the leader Of eight millions of freemea f
the grandest political movement the woH5
has ever witnessed, aud because that move.
meut was not crowned with success. .boIH
we abandon the leader of our choice. ANA
stink, like whipped hounds, into tuc kc0n.
OF self-ab3sement and sclf-dcgmdatlors
God forbid! When we rcpudute Tine prfra
pies for which more than one hundred tbaa.
sand OF our brave men dtcd-when we. rr.
real or Imaginary political advantage. 500
back OF, our convictions when we can
stand above the desolate graves ofourmlIer
heroes and say, by inuculo, by silence. or
by outspoken expressions that Chose bravo
men died to establish lie, let our rght
hands forget their cunning and our tangup
cleave To the roof OF our mouth Ifps0.
the Apostle OF the Gentiles, could glor.g
himself that he had fought with the beasts
oil EpheSus' so may we, with equul pride
remember that our soldiers breasted ue
bullet, the shell and the grape--hot. rhatthe
encountered hunger, cold aud every puYa.
ton, to prove the sincerity Of their coayc,
transformations as enduring ns the ever.
lasting hills.
All honor to JeT Davis! All tonor 90 tns
heroic men of the South who liaI f,r .fIaI.
principles 1t may rot be polite, but there
IS a deal OF satisfaction ia uttering your .er.
tiinehts' At all events, that's the homes.
OPTION in the banner county.
700
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
The Democracy of the First Dis
Grict and the Fraud.

The Aberdeen Examiner calls special
attention to the following clause in the
platform of the Democracy of the 1st
District, and says sit is peculiarly ac-
" ceptable, inasmuch as it is presumed to
g thoroughly reflect the sentiments of the
" Democracy of a District, who, it was
" claimed by several conscientious jour
g nalists, were opposed to it; and fur
" Their, because it breathes no word of
" gratitude to the usurper who, with
:" his $780, 900 a year, accepted the inev
90 liable in the matter of the Liberation of
" Louisiana and South Carolina.
owe approve the investigation into the
frauds by which the will of the people as eX-
pressed at the late Presidential election,
was set aside, and Rutherford B. Hayes, who
was not elected, installed as President, with
a view to the proper punishment of the
guilty parties and to prevent the repetition
of such frauds in the future.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

The pusillanimous pretext upon
which Congress based its failure to count
in the duly elected candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President at the last cleo
ton, was that President Grant stood
ready with the Army to open FIRE and
prevent the will of the people from be.
ing executed. ''Gath' &c. w. Town
send the famous newspaper oorrespon-
DENT in q letter to the Philadelphia
Times thus explodes this silly idea as to
the late Presidents intentions in the
matter:
am told on good authority that Mr.
George W- Childs said day or two ago
that Gen. Grant said ATflden was elected
President and ought to have been inaugu-
rated. More than this, hear certain lead
NmM DnnNnerats say that Grant never lifted
Nae hand ~ asslst Hayes and had no In
teuA'0n e interfere except to prevent anar-
NMM that any notions I'd tie CONTRARY
MHHNEHaA rated through Cue fears Df tw0
nHNN N1en ap4 es1raan Hewitt and
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
Commercial Convention at New
Orleans.

Merchants and citizens of New Orleans
have resolved to invite a National and
International Commercial and River
Convention" to be held in that city on
the 18th of November next. All cities
interested in the commerce of the Missis-
sippi, the improvement of the great riv-
.er, the establishment of steamship lines
connecting Southern ports with those of
Spanish America, the building of a
Southern Pacific Railroad land espec-
tally cities of Mexico and South Ameri
ca are expected to be represented.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

Dir. Hayes entered into the pledges above
named, and secured the cooperation of
sufficient number of Democrats with the
entire Republican vote in the House, IN
permitting the count to go on to the end,
which was the installation of thedefe1ted
and the triumph of usurpation over the
Constitution, laws and the will of the
neoDle.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
Fried in the Fire IL will e,oU,o
out pure Gold,
=,
Holly Springs Soulful

AtUIIJ foOULl.I
The address of Mr.. Davis, tried in the Fl re
South at least, has any occasion ~ h.. .ia '
ed or to go into any spasms about il. iSvnr
say It Is brass they of the North who viii
WIN quarrel with you; and ityou saw it is
iron I1; tney WIN quarrel still. Though YOU
drink from tue stream below them. like an
many lambs, the northern foxes viii 60
you disturb their water. If we are sisveSS
we had better all cease talking, and M NJ
Wis had better never spoken. But If we q :.
fTe ay yet free people we may speak in de-
sicklv cOusent, the right, the privile0e ~ .,
Ihe duty of fres utterance of his opinions 2
denied 20 Mr.. Davis, and our peonie cease 30
defend that right, are there no avn ntomS ~ 70
uecline, no reason to apprehend they are ~.
own? ~ W Ns0ionu Shelr
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

Gen. Martin and Senator Lanneau
have nearly completed a very thorough
canvass of the county on the railroad
question. Where opportunity afforded
they have courteously divided time with
the opponents of subscription, who have
been represented by Capt Frank Johnston
and others of their ablest representatives..
We are assured that the people after
listening to both sides, will give the re
quisite majority for subscription.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31


An able letter from Gen. A NJ. West,
on the political situation, is published on
on our first page Il is a severe ar
raignment of the Republican party
which is solely responsible for the bad
measures which he depicts. The Ma
tional Democracy opposed the whole
brood, which in reality are the results of
an unholy combination between the
Republican lawmakers and the priv
legged classes. The Democracy are
pledged to their correction, and Gen.
West, with every other patriotic and right
thinking man. recognizes in the regular
organization of the Democratic party
the most efficient means of effecting that
object
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

THE testimony just taken, by the Potter
committee in relation to the dilatory pro
ceedings to defeat the count of the Presi-
dental vote by the electoral commission
has revived the interest felt as to the
course of the Democratic portion of the
Mississippi delegation. On that question
there was wide difference, as follows
For going on with the count, Messrs. La
mar and Singleton; for preventing the
count by dilatory motions, Messrs. Hooker
and Money.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

The Supreme Court of Alabama has
decided an important question affecting
the rights of married woman. 1t is to
effect that she cannot mortgage or convey
her statutory estate in payment of the
husbands debt; and whatever shape the
transaction may is made to assume, if its
purpose and effect are an appropriation
of the statuatory estate in payment of
such debt, the transaction is void as to
all persons not occupying the relation of
bona .fde purchaser for value without
notice.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
The Vfcksburg and Memphis
Road.

The friends of this enterprise are to
be congratulated for two reasons: first,
upon effecting contract with firm as
pushing and reliable as Messrs. j. s..
Hamilton & Co. and second, upon con-
fding the Presidency of the company to
Gen. A. III. West, whose integrity. ex-
perience and prestige viii give the enter
prise unususl advantages. Gen. West,
in this labor, win be in his congenial
element, and with him there win be no
such word as fail.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31
VEGETABLE GGIsDENIvG.
Interesripg Correspondent.

MERIDIAN, Miss July stb, 1885,
s. II. Stackhouse, Esq:
DEAR SR-In your communication 0r
the CLARION, which, by the wsy, are read
with much interest in this parto bc State,
you speak of growing beans, peas and toms.
toes for the Western market win y0u
please tell as in your nextwhat Kind of seed
OF each you plant; about what time you gel.
your first OF each into market: ubout Vbat
you raise to the aero, and how do you bn
In boxes or barrols2 Several persons ar
thinking of going into the bu.iug.. ueU
this point, and are anxious to get AIN the boz
formation they can on the subject Tho
German wax bunch bean g. the earliest 10
our gardens, but we doubt it. standing trans
pOrtation, hence we desire to know wha.
kind OF seed you use. HavOyou tried other
kinds Of vegetable? Trusting you w.I.
continue to give us experience through
the CLARION.
am, sir, your obedieut scrvaal.
q. w. GAtlAoHW.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

The name of Jefferson Davis has no
terrors for DR.. H. f. johnson, President
of Whitworth College. The Brookhaven
Ledger learns that the corner stone of the
new College building will be laid about
the 23d or oath of August, and that he
has been invited to deliver an address
on that occasion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

Mr.. Shermrn said he sent for me to con-
suit with me concerning the condition of
things then prevailing in the House. What
he saw there was a fixed determination to
defeat the count, to throw obstacles in the
way of peaceful settlement ofthe count
that they were informed it was caused by
apprehensions existing in the. minds of
members of the House with refsFence TO the
course of Mr.. Hayes towards Louisiana and
and South Carolina.
Messrs. Sherman, Matthews and
Dennison then proceeded to make the
statements explained above as to Mr..
Hayes policy. It was that he would
follow the line of non. inteFference which
has already been inaugurated by Presi-
dent Grant.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

THE Meadville Banner is in mourn
ing for the death of its estimable editor,
Hon. j. S. Magee, Representative from
Franklin county. He was only thirty
years of age and has succumbed to
consumption which had long preyed up
or, Lila constitution
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-31

we are Informed that Major Tsuprr -
sew orleans has made up his mind ~ MAJ
clean breast Of Il and tell the whoi sf...,
"a n NJ sne fraud which put Mr.. HArns I'M fhn
AZ ~ saHAss, ana Of che corrupt bargaina
aganta.-N, II Sun. f-toN4A hia