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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-02

mittee of Invitation
EUREKA:
Capt J. NJ. Mason,
Cassidy. Capt Il. NJ. Beatty,
Major David Msnheim,
fisk, Lieut.. VIM. Tyler,
. Smith, Lieut.. Budd Reynolds,
y Kives, Lieut.. J. Horn,
. Cole, Serg't. w. s. Dyer,
Baily, Serg't. p. It. Walsh,
. Hillhouse, Serg't. J. G. Duffy,
:. Bishop, Serg't. c. T.. Adisson,
lansing, DR.. George A. Thoms,
Harmon. DR.. A. G. Bishop,
DR.. Owens,
Cromer, DR.. j. Williams,
DIR. j. A.. Nesbitt,
II. Buttlar Dir. L. b. Joseph,
Hoadley. DIR. Il. Thiele.
obinson. DR.. NJ. Roekman,
DR.. G. Hamilton.
DIR. Chamblin,
ker, Paxton Il Co.,
speyre. Sheriff NJ. Kyle,
Merrill, i. X. Dodge,
I Co., Ben. C. Levy,
4 W. =. Steichleman,
A.. Jackson,
!, W. H Remington,
l., ii. Kind,
ell, Lesser Bros,
an, p. st. Ter,
j. Straus,
Ed. Wilhelm,
nd, NJ. Davidson.
II. Mau,
,ureux, Luther clark.
ger, II. Vorberg,
a, J.V. b Perry.
Father Hyacinthe,
er, II. Donnelly,
e, Vim. Stephens.
.y, Robert Read,
lin, Henry Bishop,
j, W. II. Stowell,
Gabriel Cohn.
Chas. Lautenschlager,
son. Thos. Haley,
L. w. Davis.
son. Vim. limerick,
r, A.. W. Campbell,
ore. Vim. Sweeney,
NJ. b. Bartlett,
Dick Ryland,
lder, Sam. Cooper,
,ton, N. Westeoatt,
ider, Ed. Dean,
Jack Godfrey.
as, j. X. Colerick,
ant, Marion Terrell,
son, j. 8. Wh1tton,
b, ]. L. Hinckley,
Max MRller,
!, George W. Terry,
d. w. Levan,
+. Hasten.
olinelli. Ed. Clute.
RUBY HILL.
ert, Thos. Pearson,
Bros. Jos. Seney,
A. j. Atkins,
o. Deans,
+. j. Mette,
r, Chas. Cady,
John McCauley,
Vim. Harris,
lgstone, d. j. J.. MacLauglin,
G.. J. Griffith,
j. W. Brown,
Seth Longabaugh,
- II D.&olsSf
ou' 49,.
Is, VIM. Roberts,
8, Jack Richards,
Jas "af"eA.
fAlsADH.
or, L. X. Jewell,
W. s. Mcclellan.
--nu
,itte,. Of Arranreruenfs:
10 "fe-' en~..'
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-02

Wall Papersi Wall Papers! Great
Reduction in PricesI
W. P. Haskell is receiving a large lot of the
latest styles Of Wall Paper and Borders, and
has put down prices within the reach OF all.
Gifts. from so cents to 81 90.
Satins, rs cents.
Blanks. 12A cents to 20 cents. jyl3
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-02

A FINE lot of Millinery. the best ever offered
in Eureka. at 90 cents on the dollar.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
The New Orleans Times vs. Hon. O.
3. Singleton.

The New Orleans Times of the 9th
inst. has bitter TRADE against Hon. o.
r. Singleton because he opposed the
Brazilian Steamship bill, the merits of
which it is foreign from our present
purpose to discuss. From its article we
extract the following:
We do not know enough about Mr.. Single
ton 10 enab u TO conjecture the causes OF MS
luminosity. Mr.. Singleton was never heard OF
in these parts until an unlucky chance flung
him into Congress. He may be a genius or 4
tramp. poet or a hummer, 4 statesman or an
| idiot. We know nothing about him further
than that he has made himself conspicuous
| bv his hostility 10 the Brazilian subsidy, and
| that in this way he has secured a notoriety
which he never could have earned, or, at
| least never has earned by deeds OF worth or
value To the people OF has section we nave
taken no pains 10 inquire into Mr.. Singleton 5
| motives. II Is presumable that they are not
motives OF regard Tor his constituents, since
| the steamship line between New Orleans and
Brazil could not possibly attack any interest
of Mississippi but would on the contrary be
in the line OF Mississippi's welfare.
The Times but shows its own igno-
rance when it acknowledges that il
knows nothing of Mr.. Singleton. Fol-
its information we will state that Mr..
Singleton represented Mississippi in the
United States Congress with distinction
| before the war; served during the first
year as Captain!!of accompany in the 18th
Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, par
ticipating with it in the battles of First
Manassas and Leesburg, and only left
the army when he had been elected to
| the Confederate Congress, where he was
! faithful in every respect 10 the cause
most dear to the hearts of the Southern
people. When in 1875 the Radicals
were expelled from power and MississiP
pi came to her own again, MIR. Singleton
was returned to the seat he vacated il
washington in 1861. We do not know
what his :" motives were for voting
against the Brazilian bill. In any even
his constituents are more likely to accep
his statement in regard to the measure
than they are to listen to the TRADE of
lnewspaper Of whom it is said the princi
nal proprietor is ex-Auditor of Louis
lana under the Radical regime of Kellos
and who was put into office by the bay
Ionet after he had been defeated at tn,
polls in 1874.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
The True Cause of Hard Times.
WEsrvrLLE, Miss, Feb. 25, 1879

EDITORS CLARION: In your article in a
recent number OF THE CLARION" Negro Nj
grafton you assign, and | think correctly,
too, the reasons for negro emigration from the
State of Mississippi, general hard times
with the low price of cotton, :" but failed to
mention or specify the principal or chief cause
of those hard times apart from the low price
of cotton. Every citizen who has the material
good of the State at heart knows full well
that all of these hard times" are attributa-
bic either directly or indirectly to the work
ings of the agricultural lien law" In nine
| ty-nine cases out of every hundred where liens
are given, are for corn and bacon, for which to
pay cotton must be made, hence not only the
necessity but the cOmpulsion to plant cotton
Every man in the State nearly, whether white
or black, who rents land have lienover them
with many also who are not rentors. The
merchant says, "secure me with lien and
will furnish you. At the end of the year look
over this mans accounts, and what do you
see? corn and bacon, bacon and corn and vet
more corn and bacon with few non-essentials
on to the end of the chapter. A settlement is
made A balance struck With the lien law
man several dollars behind, his cotton all
gone, his corn, too, if he has made any, his
stock and too often his land, all, all gone to
fill the cormorant jaws of the inevitable
lien law. Year in, and year out, this
is repeated. No wonder then, after
several wears of toll and labor-cultivatinr as
to show for it growing poorer every day, there
is disposition not only among the Freed
men but whites also to emigrate. What be-
comes of the millions of dollars worth OF cot
ton grown every year in the State, ali echo
answers where, gone to pay for corn and ba-
con and that too, urder the direct encourage
ment and authority of the "Agricultur al Lien
Law" Is it any wonder then that m oney is
scarce, that We have hard times-that there is
spirit of restlessness and discomfort among our
people-that judging the future by the past,
dark clouds of poverty and uncertainty stare us
up on every hand. am almost willing to ven
ture the assertion, without fear of successful
contradiction, that the workings of the "agri-
cultural lien law" have injured the material
interest of the State of Mississippi since it.
enactment, more than the war with all of its
results-the freedom of the negro included
This to some may seem pretty bold decara-
tion nevertheless | doubt not, the statistics
will support it. As this is a matter which
viii largely enter the coming canvass for
members of the Legislature it behooves
every citizen to be on his guard, and see to it.
that no man of doubtful status on the repeal
of this odious and oppressive law goes to the
Legislature. Let the mark of Cain be put up
on every member of both the Senate and
House who voted against its repeal at the last
Legislature. Don't forget this. CrTIzEs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12

MONROE CoUNTY.-Capt. J. w. Howard
opened the ball" at the Auditors Office on
Monday morning last by making the first final
settlement for the State taxes of 1873. Hi
collections were close, thus rendering his sales
to the State, very small in comparison with
other years, the whole list, including printers
fees for advertising, amounting to only
S10l 81. His entire settlement was most sat
isfactory and creditable The captain
thoroughly understands the duties appertain-
ing to his office and discharges them with
efficiency and promptness.
When his uncle, Maj. A. J. Gillespie, was
Auditor of Public Accounts, Capt. Howard,
then a boy of seventeen, served as Clerk in
the Land department, until the war broke out,
when he resigned his position, girded on his
sword and went forth to battle in defense OF
his country. He elected Sheriff and tax
collector of Monroe county in 1875, and has
so managed his Office as to change it from one
of the ''hardest" counties (as the boys in the
Auditors Office formerly termed it, to one OF
the best in the State, and bringing as it were
almost order out of chaos
He is a man of sterling integrity industrious
and strictly temperate, never leaving his bus
mess to go out 10 warm his hands, F" in other
words TO get a drink-loves his wife and
children, goes to church, talks sensibly, is a
good citizen and makes good settlements with
the Auditor. Howard it is to find a better
man or more efficient officer anywhere.
CONVICTION CoUNTY.-Mr. W. L. Strahan,
Sheriff and Tax collector and Assessor, was
standing at the door, " impatiently awaiting
the discharge of Capt. Howard, so as to enable
him to make his final settlement for the taxes
of 1873, which was effected in very short
time after it was commenced, his papers being
all in ship shape" and ready. He reported
no insolvencies, sold no lands TO the State, and
claimed credit for but one solitary item Tex
cept his commissions, that being for State
lands, and amounting to the small sum of
81 o. Can any other Tax Collector make a
better showing? We doubt it. Mr. Strahan
not only makes a good collector, but is one OF
the best assessors in the State, his Personal
Roll for 1873 now on file in the Auditors of
fee, being an evidence of this facts Honest
and correct in his transactions as a public of
fcer, he will doubtless hold and adorn his pres
ent position just as long as he wishes to do so.
So mote it be.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
The Extra Session.

In consequence of the refusal of the
late Republican Senate to pass the aP-
preparation bills with the riders repeal
ing the odious United States jury test,
and Federal supervisors laws, and the
persistence with which it insisted upon
the rejection of the clause forbidding the
use Of troops in elections, an extra ses-
sion of the 10th Congress has been
made necessary. Both houses are Dem
ocratc. We presume they will proceed
to pass bills repeating the infamous laws
referred to, and that if vetoed by the
President, they will attach them to the
appropriation bills, so that if the wheels
of government are blocked the response
bility will rest upon the Administration.
At all hazards the country will expect
the Democratic Senate and House of
Representatives to stick.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
Failure of the Political Prosecutions
in Louisiana.


It IL exceedingly Urati6uine ia all
lovers of constitutional liberty to know
that the government signally failed in
the prosecution of the Natchitoches po-
Htical prisoners, whose trial has been
going on in the Federal Courts in New
Orleans, for the past month. The
prisoners, forty-eight in number, com
posed of the very best citizens of the
Parish, who were indicted upon the
perjured testimony of half dozen or
more negro and white Radicals were ac-
quilted on Friday last, the jury bring
ing in Il verdict of not guilty, as to all
of them The verdict had hardly been
delivered in Court, before the glad
tidings were announced to the people Of
New Orleans by salute of fifty guns in
honor of the event by the 9TH Company
Orleans artillery. Upon the same day
one hundred guns were fired by the
Washington artillery. On the follow
by large concourse of citizens of New
Orleans headed by brass band to the
steamboat upon which they were to re-
turn home. There yet remains large
number of Louisianans from other
Parishes, under indictments for the same
offense Whether or not the govern
ment viii continue the persecution after
the signal failure in the above mention
ed cases, or mol. pros the indictments, re-
mains to be seen.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
Starkville Citizen.
THE POOR MANS BOND.
A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW TEly DofTA
CERTIFICATES.

A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW TE'y DDIIAu
CERTIFICATES.
New York Express.
The model for the proposed ten-doIlar GER
tihcate has been designed by the Bureau M
Printing and Engraving and recently received
the approval Of Secretary Sherman Ii will
be little larger than legal-tcnder note. I'M
the left-hand corner of the diverse side ais
pears appropriately a vignette OF BENJAMIN
Franklin. In the centre is the legend " Or
,. retunding certificate, $40, with handsome,
square and other fancy figures Below FIN
script, is the legend: "This ccrtifes that tbs
holder has deposited with the United States
Treasurer $40, according to act OF CONGRESS
February 26, 1879, for refundine the debt
On the reverse side the border is made up af
scroll and geometrical lathe work Thel legend
Is displayed. "One cent for nine DAYS ten
cents Tor three months, and forty cents far one
year" Also, in script that these certificate.
when presented 10 the number of five or muI-
tlples thereof, will be exchanged for four ppr
cent. bonds. The bureau will ba able t3 dc
liver these certificates in the conr4eof "a couple
OF weeks. The bill authorizing their issue
originated in the House and received two
amendments ia the Senate One change2 fTa
rate OF interest from 800 to four per cont and
the other extended the use of u 'o pr4r.,,l- .f
the sales OF these certificates to tbe 1910
bonds as well as the 5-2c's.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
State Liabilities Incurred During the
War.

In a former issue, we published
the Supreme Court of the United States
that debts created by the State govern
ment during the interruption of their
relations with the United States by Sc
cessiou and war, not incurred in aid of
q rebellion are binding and legal oh
legations. The Court held that there
was nothing in the record of the case to
show that the notes of the Tennessee
Bank rendered by the plaintiff, had been
issued in aid of the rebellion or for any
unlawful purpose or consideration what
ever There was no such plea inter
posed by the defendant, who grounded
his refusal 10 receive the notes solely
upon the prohibition in the State Con-
stitution of 1865, and there was no
question OF the kind submitted to the
jury which tried the case. Under these
circumstances a majority of the Supreme
Court Judges have decided that the
constitutional amendment of 1865 was
itself void as being in violation of the
obligation of contraets-of the express
contract entered into by the State with
the bank, and contained in the charter
ofthe latter granted in 1888, and that
the notes were granted in 1888, and that
the notes acre valid notes of the bank,
and that the defendants were bound to
receive them from the plaintiffs for
taxes.
We suppose the opinion viii have the
eiRsst OF reviving the . Cotton Money
qgsetion IN this State. If 50 the decis-
viii hinge upon whether the said
hnoney vas issued IN cid of the rebellion,
~ tho Court has plainly affirmed the
binding obligation of contracts made By
the States during secession, except only
ulhen tiaey were incurred spr that pur-
poe.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
The Treatment of the oolorod People.
THE CONDUCT OF THE YANKEE AND or TIE
SOUTHERN STATES coNTEAsTED.
Capt. 6. d. Merrill in Washinrton -

SCL AEAEi~H SAAAES7 A'JN lltA 1I ED
Capt. c. E. Merrill in Washington Post.7
In Massachusetts negroes were not allowed
to entertain any negro or mulatto, " and uu
negro or mulattO could be set free until li-
owner gave " bond and security " to indemnify
the public against his shiftless habits, Reyi.-
ION o. Massachusetts laws, 1914, page $780,
In the same volume, page 74S. il Is enacted
mat II negro or mulattO should strike amy
person Of the English or Christian nation. DE-
shall be punished by a severe whining
Has Massachusetts ever repealed this law for
maliy, like Mississippi and the other Southern
States l very much donbt 10. III may De
that the law Is, in fact, a dead letter: bun Why
does she not make formal rescissiou beiar.
plueking at the mote in the eye Of her sister
States?
In Rhode Island no negro Or muiatto
was allowed license 10 keep a hotel, ale-Lou-e
or eating house, and while slavery was abgI-
ished in 1874, the children of slaves were 90
continue under the control Of their owners
until twenty-one years Of age.
In Connecticut negro cannot now vote save
by virtue OF the Constitution of the United
states; the State Constitution prohibits it
The same Is true Of Maine the state of Blaine
In pennsylvania negroes were not allowed t8
serve on the jury until 1872, though this was
required Of all the Southern States six wears
before. In New Jersey only whites are allow
ed to vote. In 1868 Ohio passed am aet
against negroes voting or serving jurors
nor could they be Witnesses in cases where 90
white person was interested. Has this aeg
ever been repealed?
At an early day negroes we're prohibited
from settling in Illinois Indiana Iowa Mich
gan and other Northern States nor gguId
those there, as late as 1870 sit on irrie- or
vote. The same is true of Wisconsin Min
nesota, Oregon, Nebraska, Nera ada Kansas.
etc, etc What paradise me North would
indeed be for the negroesl A paradise where
even poor wnlte meP. (who are allowed to vote
d!'9f lasiioh j must stand ON their feet
eighteen hours out of twenty-four on starva-
ton wages, and are afraid to open their
mouths, even through benevolent Bergh In
a mid protest against their wrongs Take
state for State, North, and South, and the ne
gro has ten times more privileges, and twenty
loFmer section G. i. ~
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
Southern Cotton Mills.
A Georgia correspondent of the New
York Tribune says

A Georgia correspondent Of the New
York Tribune says:
| 1t is Just coming to be realized that the cheap
| abundance OF steam making coal almost in
the very fields where lint is produced together
with the superior climate and superabundanee
| OF that class OF people who make the most ef-
| fcient mill operatives, renders the central
| South the most favored section for the success
| full operation of cotton mills. The mills in
Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama have
| been uniformity profitable. The latest mill re-
port | have at hand Is that of the factory of
Nashville, Tenn, which Uses bituminous coal,
and is run by steam power. For the year end
ing September 30 last the mill full time
every working dav. With 1900 spindles and
corresponding outfit OF looms, etc, the mill
earned net profit on its operation Of over
$50 900 in year ! do not think this show
ing has been equalled during the year by any
mill in New England The steam cotton mill
at Atlanta, Ga, has not yet been put in full
operation, but | have reason to look for as good
results in 1879 as Nashville has shown in
1879.
IF the researches Of the writer had ex-
tended to Mississippi similar results
would have been ascertained. 1t has
been demonstrated that no investment
pays better than manufacturing in this
State, if so well. The principal stock
holder in the largest mill in the State,
Is also extensively engaged in cotton
planting on the rich Mississippi bottom
lands, and in the commission business,
and with all his practical knowledge and
experience, says that none of his enter
prises are as prosperous as his manufac-
turing interests. The true field for sue
cessful cotton manufacturing is in the
region of the cotton fields.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
Auditorial Items.

The total valuation of personally, as shoTn
nv the assessment rolls for the year 1878, DoN
on file in the Auditors Office, is SS3, SO e51, and
the State tax thereon at 81 mills the State
levy) is S116.798 50.
For the year 1877, the total personally was
49,. IS6, 4S0, and the State tax, the levy being
5 mills. was $3.50, 1872 40 From this 1t VIII
be seen that there was increase OF valuation
in 1873, over the previous year OF Sl,lSS,4as
but decrease OF State tax OF S44, l34 %, or
in the proportion OF i've to three and one-half.
The six counties reporting the largest vaiu-
alton of personal property Tor 1873, together
with the amounts reported for 1877, are the
following viz:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12

SKETCHES OF THE ABLE AND TRI-
umphant replies of Senators Lamar,
Thurman, Harris, Garland, Coke and
Others to the mean and vindictive assault
upon Hon. Jefferson Davis in the United
States Senate, will be found on our first
page. His exclusion from the pension
list of Mexican war veterans was not only
a cowardly and impotent attack upon
his irreproachable fame as a soldier, but
robbery Of what was confessed by the
passage Of the bill to be due him for
services to the government.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
FHE champion falsitier has been il

THIS champion IalSIner has been III
Iuka recently. He sent a Geographic
special to the Memphis Avalanche from
Iuka giving an account of an awful
murder near that place recently. In
which Messrs. T. L. MeNatt and A. V.
Hutchins figured as the unfortunate
persons who were murdered for money.
This dispatch was copied throughout the
Union. The last issue of the Iuka
Mirror has a letter from Mr.. A. Y.
Hutchens In which he says the whole
story is false from beginning to end.
That both he and Mr. McNatt are in
good health and have not been molested
by any one. The Avalanche should give
the name of its CORES Ondent to the
public % that the press might " pass
him around.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
DEMOCRATS and Conservatives. don't

DEMOCRATS and Conservatives, don't
wrangle over personal aspirations to the
injury of your cause. The Z" claims of
individuals are nothing. The success Of
your party which represents great pria-
ciples and involves the public welfare is
everything. Unite upon good men when
the time for action arrives, and put your
ticket through. Rekindle the fires Of
1875 and '76.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12

Nh. JOS. F. PARKER, proprietor Of the
Paulding Herald, has sold his Office 10
Capt. f. c. McGee, Of the Enterprise
Courier. The Courier office was recent
" destroyed by fire. The Herald ma
terial will be removed to Enterprise, and
will be used TO redress the Courier.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12

THE Washington Republican says !;
Jeff Davis fought for the glory and ag-
grandisement of the South and South
ern Territory in the Mexican war. He
was equally patriotic in our civil war. .
Mr.. Davis needs no better record to in
dear him to all true Mississippians.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
THE following interesting tabular state

THE following interesting tabular state
ment is taken from the reports of the
Chicago market, which is a fair illustra-
ton of the prices of produce and pro-
visions in the Western markets on the
first of October of each year from 1870
to 1873 inclusive. They show great
reduction in the prices of the staples of
that section, and that the producers of
cotton in the reduced price of their staple
have suffered in common with the far
mers of the West:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
A constitutional Convention.
n. o. Democrat.7

The Mississippi papers are continuing t,
agitate the question of a constitutional con
vention, and when such Journals as the Jack.
son CLARION take up the subject and advocate
il, the necessity for change in the organi,
law must soon become apparent to the people
The same reasons, with some notifications
apply TO Mississippi as rendered constitn
tional convention imperative in Louisiana
South Cardinals turn viii come next.