, 1879-08-19
YAZOO.

IHe Snnpreseed 'ChnHluatG N6feIt, nhn 1es
clnrs4 that lIe II still In tho Field aud
Mems tn Hun.
ny Telegraph to Stte Tork Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Ttere arc somc new
developments fn the Yazoo nffn1r. Adyfccs re-
ceiscd hero to-dav promise renewal Ut trouble.
1t scctna that Capt. II. II. Dixon, the Demo-
cratic cx.ba!llozcr Of that county. repudlatcs
the agreement which he was forced to sign at
the n,uxzic OF the rerolvcrs Of a Democratic
tnoh three weeks ago. Capt. Dixon says that
that agreement Is not considered binding or
valid BY hfmsclf or his friends. lie continues:
"It was nerrr my intention to abide by 1t, and
ain now free TO say that | am still n candidate
n,nl will continue to be, and II elected, which
fully Expect to be, l will tako charge Of the
oi!iee upon filing mt bomd and oath Of Office, ur
test my rights under the laws of tho land"
1t is gail on excellent authority thnt this
Can't. Dixnn was III lsGj one ofn bd,nl OF outlaws
In South Caroltnn who tllurtiered three soldiers
Df Mntne regiment. Dixon escaDed, but three
0t his comrades were cauv1lt, tried bY military
commission. aul sont to thc Dry Tortpgas.
mM1licr OF "D!xol's Sc&nts," In Ynxoo County,
IN which capacity ha won hts title Ut Captain.
Tho services Ut himself md Ills command wc1o
very ;Eh'y nnprceated ' i+ lqrnE ts T. Shotgun @
oretl BY IN extensive nrusent, publicly given.
This was proner reward for the "intrcpld
Cant. Dixon," who marched at the head ot his
eonoany Of tlity men to Vaarhan's statlon
County by tho militia Of the State, Hut
times hnvo changed III Mississippi. There arc
not n!lire8 enough to Eh nrolnd, a1l 80 Cant.
Dixon has announced himself, as he has prr-
for q county o!icct md Capt. D!Sur, the npos-
tic OF builduz'IIg, whaso Democracy no ono
questions. finds hllnso!t bnlltozed. An old Mis-
sissppan. Democrat, remarked today In con.
if,,a1t 10 f+t %,jrx, ~
ueer hoist by Ills own pctaryl."
.II'e Democratic party is trying hur'l TO make
1t Rpprar That t!e IazoO aflar is only loral
disturbance, and that 1t IL regretted bv the
.soea nat receive tM'r rout.cnanrc, rilers arc
fsets which contradict this assumption. I!elFc-
sentative Singleton visltsd Tint COUNTY
ylth Alaj. Barksaals, Chairman Of ths
y consultation with the "rruuiarh Democratic
leaders. They represented to ttusc lcalera tf!at
II woua4 naycs do to allow an independent marty
to ne torn,ot in Yazoo: that It !nuat be ntppcs!
must hy kept "soiii.'' Not mauy days Sa,i passsi
bctore tho atlvlcc given bora frslt In the Yazoo
uprising. On his return To Jackson. Chairman
llavksale tssuet circular to tlts . Democratic
Guiding paragraph Of which reads aa follows:
'.ltetuytsl tsnm tlc lnelIaca OF organized oppo
Bl,iul. naoritfes nre npt tn f'ccDnlu Indifferent
to The lnhintenacS nf tilclr uwn organization,
n[iH u Ntftuc n1nol1E tnrtIlheIFcs IL 8lt0ltH Qa
remembered that the reforms which laye been
inaugnrated can be perfected aud carried out
unlY lY rigid adherence 10 lhs discipline
victories Of 1875, I'll, nu,l II were woa.''
OnlY ono newspaper IN tic Stntc. 80 far an
helnl frum, Ind 1hu colrayu to discuss tho
iuxoo outrage frcely. Thu tlancsr OF doing SO
!. shown by the following resolution adopscd hy
Yazoa County" held OH tic Eth inst.: "Un
Iinl!on ul nr. j. .. lsurcl, tllc rieksburg Herald
was luclarcl an eNcnly to TIL. community"
ta,n @ ls.' Me IoW u ' 's,o Is
for Congressman Singleton and Tho Aur,1lern
Dclnncratic press tn trY to pnftn o!f thu fazoo
/ affair as a nero lucal ciforvrsrnrt, lDr which
tnu D"norratie leaders Ut Mississippi nre mt
responsible.