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(col.l Beat 5-H. a. Davis, J D. Lee. J VI
Boswell, l. E. Medley, I'm. Ball and John
Ga motion Judge Wm. Price and Maj. Jas
P Allen we're appointed as delegates Tor the
county at large
Ga motion Of Capt VI. A Metts. all sSurviv-
ing members Of 13Eh Mississippi Regiment
residing IN Winston county, were also APP
pointed as delegates 10 said Convention
which consist Of the following named gentle
men:
". B. Johnson. J. B. Gage. r. E. Yarbrouzh.
L. Liebenfeld ". H. Hudson, :. F. McMIliin,
W. B. Hathern, J. J Woodward. L. L. Moore,
Presley Horton, r. J. Boswell J IL. Cornwell.
Joe Ferguson, J. E. Woodruff, C. D. Eastlaud.
4. D. Wallace, 7. VI. Hindmsn. J. B. Harris.
Hugh HamiIl ODE Barron, and J. c. Hem
phil.
On motion of Judge Wm. Price, the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted
ResotUed, That the course of Hon. H. D.
Money, as the representative of the 81 Con
gressional District Of Mississippi. has been
such as entities him to the confidence and re
spect Of his constituency, while it has been
marked by a n ability that places him in the
front rank Of American statemau
On motion the following gentlemen were
appointed as delegates to the District Con-
gressional Convention ID convene in Walden
Beat James P. Allen, F NJ Ball and
Thos. Cooper (col.} Beat Capt. C. W. Rich
ards, Capt Jno G. Holmes and Jas. Jarnagn
(col.) Beat 3-J. P. Beviu, P B. Whites and
ElCASuS IN hG4 ttDi-f Deaf TT l.. II
K. L. Stewart and Bill Coulter COLI Beat o
Levi Carter, H. y. Boswell and Isam Haynes
lcol-l County at Large-Capt. NJ. A. Metts
and T. Anderson.
The following resolution offered by Maj. JAS
P. Allen was unanimously adopted
RssolUsd, That the Democratic party of Win
ston county tender their thanks ia the Hon.
" m. Price, Chairman OF the Executive Com
mittee of sail county for his valuable services
rendered said party Ter the past three years,
and recognize in him a true and competent
leader.
On motion of Judge VIM. Price the follow
ing resolution was adopted;
Resolvsd That the Democratic party of
Winston county tender their most cordial and
sincere thanks TO the Louisville Brass Band,
for the music which has been so agreeably dis
eoursei by them to-day. free OF charge, in the
interest of the organization Of the meeting.
On motion, the Winston County Index and
THE CLARION and Comet were requested to
publish tie proceedings of tins meeting.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine
die.
HUGH MCQUEEN, Chairman,
W. NJ. CoSNEB, Secretary.
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The Press Convention.

The fifteenth Convention of tho N.-z.r-
slpri Press Association will BE- held in Yagr.
. Clty, Wednesday June "a. 1880
Railroads will extend thc usual c.ur.asf.5
members can either 60 by h1ut from EIaks.
burg or by stage from Vaughn Station
rare for The round trip On eitbcrroute win b..
three dollars. Ia writing for cert.F.af..
please state the route You prefer IH.-a ...
lending 70 60 by FIckzhurg must be there
tuesday morning. June lst Aa thc boat E.Ug.
ly offered by Col. Psrisot vim Ie8yc f.- F.,-.
city thai evening Al i've o. clock
'erubcetos OF membership will Boz f44aaT
% persons engaged in editing yr ruITf.HFr..-
newspapers, and 10 the present member .f
the Association, active and honorary TIN.
constitution requires an initiation f.a- .r .r.
dollar from each applicant and those who
nave NOT heretofore paid The fee. auI ain aesr5-
ing 10 become members are requested fs .-..rF
ne amount when writing Tor certificate.
ASIDE from the regular proceediugs rho ut.
erary feature " Heduesday night viii be-.
An address OF welcome, by Miss NlaIa Bur-
rus.
Response by D. L. Love OF tl.o he Column.
bus Dispatch
n Ann annual grafton, by r B. Murray OF tho
Essay, by F. 7. Cooper Of the Jackson Come
Poem, By Emmett L. Ross. Of the Caato Mail
Poems will also be read 10y Miss Maggie A
Downing " Raymond Miss Louise Clark-
and Homer MaRee, Of jackson.
Inc convention will adjourn t1 H0Ilv gurfrrr
to unveil the monument erected tJ eI-,.-s .g..
qled ot yellow fever ln lsls. memorial ana
dress Will be delivered by Geo p. HeruI.n
OF IdPeio, anu a poem viii be read fv Mas
} JhonnIe Hunt. Of Ficksburg
Applications for membershiB should be
made 70 the undersigned.
RI HENRY.
President Association.
Brookhaven, May p, 1880.
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The meeting was called to order by Hon W
: Anderson, Chairman Of the County EAccu-
live Committee.
On motion. o. r. Doucherty. was elected
permanent chairman and v. A. Heard, Sccre-
tary.
Mr.. F. W. Anderson moved that the chair
appoint committee Of five 10 select two del
egates and two alternates to attend the State
Convention. Carried.
Mr. W. 5. Parish moved 10 amend that the
same committee appoint two delegates and
two alternates to attend the Congressional
Convention. Carried.
The chair appointed =. Scott and F. w. An
derson, A. D. GrambIing X. Spanu and e. W.
Grambling
The committee reported that they had Sc
lected L. Scott of the 9th district, and ". L.
sibiey, Of the 4th district, as delegates, with
Samuel Nelson, Of the lst district and VIM.
L. Balfour of the 3rd, as alteruutes TO attend
the State Convention, and w. :. Anderson. Of
lst district, as delegates with ". ). Farish, %
the 4th district, and John Heath, Of the "A
district, as alternstes, TO attend the Congress
sIonal Convention The report was adopted.
Mr.. W. 5 Parish moved that the Chair ap-
point committee of five to draft Democratic
platform and that the committee report TO this
Convention.
Mr.. f. w. Anderson moved TO amend. that
the committee report at next meeting 10 bc
hXed by this conventIon-the call to he signed
by every member of this Convention. Car
rIed.
The Chair appointed W. 5. Parish, A. j..
Gilkey, W. L. Sibley, A. d. Grambling and F.
W. Anderson.
Adjourned until the lst Wednesday in June.
0. r. DOUGHERTY, Pres't.
W. A. HEARD, Sec'y
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district, and that the delegates appointed to
attend the state Convention are authorized to
attend the Congressional nominating Conven-
ton, whenever and wherever held and are in
said o. K. Singleton
oth' Ihat the Executive Committee Of the
Demooratie party Of Yaz00 county shall con-
slst OF 10 members, two from each Beat and
hFe from the county at large that the mem
oers from each Beat be selected bv me best
delegates IN this Convention and the mem hers
LOT the county at large be selected by this
convention, and that he said Executive Com
miJtee shall select It's Chairman Sacre.a-rv
and Treasurer, and shall be invested with the
power thai usually pertains 10 Executive
Committees.
A vote being taken seriIam On the above
resolutions they were all adopted and the com
DIttee was discharged
". 5. Epperson, ;. Il. Chilires C. 4. Hem
ierson, 5. ). Griffin and NJ r. Payne were
then elected by this Convention as the ave
members OF the Executive Committee from
the county at large, and the following members
were appointed by the delegates from their
re pectiye Beats
Beat "A. j. Moore. J. J. Cowan. beat .
?. Stubblefeld, y. Z. :. Cheatham.-beat
j. T. Posey, D. L. Seal; beat 4-E Thorn
pSon, d. Bunch; beat "a. Peers, J. II Gray.
On motion, the President and Secretery Of
TINS Convention were authorized Go Issue
certificate to each delegate appointed a. above.
On motion, the Chairman OF this convention
was added to the delegates 70 Jackson.
Mr. \, NJ Roach then offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted
Be il
Rssolred, That We, the Democrats OF Yazoo
county IN Convention assembled, extend 10 all
the citizens Of the county, without regard 10
past political athliation, The right hand of fell
lowship and invite them cordially 10 unite
with us against the common enemy. We be-
lleve thar on the eve Of great national con
hlct all local differences should be forgotten
and nothing remembered but the interest
eve cit ha I'm t.- ID n,
tlonal Democracy of the United States.
On motion, the city papers were requested
to publish these proceedings. when the Con-
vention adjourned sine die.
p. }. MCCoRNItK. Chm n.
f SCHAEFER, Seey.
lazoo City, Miss, May Is. 1850.
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Leake County.

Al the Democratic Convention held in Car
thage, Saturday, May y, q. Q. Hall. ESQ., was
chosen Chairman and L. NJ. Garrett, Secre-
tary:
The following resolutions were reported by
the committee appointed for that purpose;
Rss0ireI, That the Chairman OF This Con-
-vention be. and he Is hereby authorized to
appoint two delegates from each Supervisor ;
District, and two from the county at large to
represent Leake county in the State Demo-
cratic Convention To be held at Jackson, on
the 21th inst.
ResoJrsd, That, in the opinion of this Con-
veutioH, the delegates to the National Demo-
cratic Convention should be left uutrammeled
by instructions rs to the choice of Presiden-
tial nominee, and that only men of integrity.
sagacity and patriotism should be sent as del
Democratic Convention 10 be held At Cincin-
natl.
ResoIesd, That the Democratic party Of Leake
county heartily endorse the course in Con-
gress of the Hon. o. h. Singleton, and hereby
declare him to be the choice of Leake for Rep
resentative in Congress from this, the Fourth
Congressional District.
ReS0Ired, That the delegates to the State Con-
vention shall also act as delegates 70 the Con-
gressiOnal District Convention; and they are
hereby instructed TO cast the vote of Leake
county for Hon. .. r. Singleton as the nomi-
nee for Representative in Congress, whenever
and wherever that nomination may be made,
and to use all honorable means to secure his
and reelection.
The resolutions were adopted without dis
senting vote.
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The sixth ConqressioDaI Di,I--l

Ihs members Of the Executive Commftts- ~
tne democratic party for the Sixth C5rrr.-.
sionai District, are requested 90 meet f1 V|st--
s ouIs az * n, on Tuesday the 10Th day 5f JHr.
pro1imo, for the purpose or desivDrffrg -E-
llme ana place for holding a C0nvenrI5r 10
nom bd INA na'e candidate for Congress 10 5uecssd
gentlemen constitute the Committsa
sam j. Cuman. OF Adams
Alex. 1erger. OF Bolivar
). Nee. Martin. OF Claiborne
------, Of aC0ahouR
W. :. Anderson. 0fIsssql.ua
George I1rrey. Of Jefferson
james b Perkins. 5t TIusea
A. ID. AidriEe, Of Sharkev
4. IL smith u Washington
T.. I. Weoh, Of Warren
H. +. S}mraU. Jr.. OF Wf.k#usgr
II. ;. Tucker gf Qgitmau
VIZ u. MeCABulE
" N-iirGaH tousrass.gual C.1-.#...
'toahoma county 81 uut Represented ~. ...
Committee DID ..-
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Judge Price Declines.

LOUISVILLE Index.
Judge Vim. Price who has been solicited TO
become candidate for Congress by citizens
Of all parts of the district, declines offering
for that position, and so announced before the
mass meeting last Saturday. Professional
demands on his time render this course imper-
ative. We are satisfied, from what we know
of Judge Price, that no man in the district
would be more willing to make all reasonable
sacrifices than he, TO advance the interest and
secure the success and permanent perpetua-
ton of Democratic doctrine. We are satisfied
in our own mind that had Judge Price con-
cluded to become a candidate, he would have
carried Winston county at least, almost as
unit. The people of Winston county though
peculiar in some respects, never fail to reeog-
nize meritorious services, or to reward them
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YaZOO County.
(ExrRAcr rkon THE MINUTES


Delegates to the State Coavention-Beat No
1-R. Day, s. d. Robertson S. II. ChiIdress. I
r. Holloman and a. g Norrell. Beat No. q
A. NJ Alexis, c. Bowman, W C. Day c. R.
Henderson and n. P. s. Cheatham. Beat No
&C. J. Burrus, ] w. Holt, H. L. TAYLOR.
W. D. Gibbs and D. 7. Saffarrans Beat No
As. s. Griffin, D. Bunch, J. C. Caruthers. W.
81. Luse and Jno. F. Williams. Beat No. .
u. 7: Love, j. (. Hill, B. S. Kicks, VI. R. Payne
anfMaj. ]. s. Reid.
On motion, any of the above delegates who
are uncable TO attend are authorized to appoint
proxies in their stead.
The Committee on Resolutions here returned
and reported the following:
Resolved, lst, That delegates of this coun.
~ be sent by US uninstructed as to their vote
in the State Convention
End, That Gen. W. s. Hancock is our first
choice for President of the United States.
Ord, That we viii support the nominee of the
Democratic National Convention.
4th. That the Hon. o. r. Singleton is our
aFst choice fer member Of Congress from this
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the duty cast upoa hin. But donbrIess he
viii be pleased to have the benefit of the ad
vice Of those who are most competent TO advise
In this matter, and feel that here will be
no indelicacy or impropriety, (but the utmost
propr1ety) in each lawyer in the State stating
to the Governor in private letter, the name
OF the person who upon his honor, he believes
TO be the fttiest for the Office
SEA-coAsT LAWYER.
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welcome And Well-To-Do.

The Old World immigrants who are daily
at New York are represented as
in most cases comfortably provided with means
and of the better class of workers. Out of the
forty to fifty thousand that have arFiYed in
the last month. only sixteen families, eighty
persons in all are found to be destitute and
objects Of eharity.-Exohsnge.
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PoLTTTCAL NEWs.
GRANT s Political AproHAroz.

GRANT POLITICAL APpoHArON.
SPRNGTIELD, Ill, May 2I-The ReruE-
licau convention adopted the following rss8rI,-
tion by 3Sj 70 307 and the result Was yrgsls.I
with tremendous applause
Resofged That Gen. q s. Grant Of IliDnf-
is the choice Of this convention for PresiIeuE
of the the United States
GRANT GAINS ALABAvA.
= sLLSA' May Z2.-Ihe Grant r1en Of Alabama
got away without any trouble. Thav grr
for Grant. arg
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC covvEyrroy.
. SAN FRASoIsco, May 22.-The Democratic
state convention this morning elected dele
gates to Cincinnati. The delegation goes uu-
lnstruc ted, but directed 10 vote as a uuit.
IIhey ! stand Iilden, q Thurman, 2 Seymour,
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Pamela County.


Ianola star.
The Democratic-Con County Con-
ventiou was well attended last Saturday and
the utmost, harmony and good feeling prevail
ed. No expressions of preference were made
by the Convention, but the two-thirds rule was
recognized and advocated in making nomi-
nation at Cincinnati.
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Kinds County Bonds.

Kinds County Gazette.J
limited amount Of Kinds county Railroad
Bonds were offered in Raymond on the I8th
inst. All were sold that we're offered at 60
cents on the dollar the purchasers being r.
Charlton, DIR. R. L. Boyle and Geo. w. Harper.
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An ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dier.

MEMPHIS, May 23'-William T. Avery. who.
represented this District in Congress two
terms prior to the war, was drowned yootor-
day by the oapsiainR Of q boat ct Ten Nii~
Bayou, Arkansas,
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The next time the "bloody-shirt bureau gets
up an outrage on the poor negro in the West
Point Academy, young colored man who can
cover his tracks better than Whitaker should,
be selected.-Courier-Jsu
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Winston County.
LOUISVILLE, MISS. Nav Is. l88

| LOUISVILLE, MISS, May 10, 1870.
| Pursuant to call of the Chairman of the
| DemOcratic-Executive Committee of Winston
county, the people met at the courthouse on
| the 10th day of May, 1880. The Chairman of the
Executive Committee, Judge Wu Pri e. with
appropriate remarks opened the meeting.
whereupon Hugh Mcqueen, Sr- was called TO
| the Chair and W. NJ. Conner requested to act
| as secretary.
On motion, the Chair appointed the follow
| ing gentlemen to draft resolutions, who report
ed as follows:
1st. Be it resolved by the Democratic party
of Winston county, in mass-meeting assembled
that the administration of the State Of Missis-
sippi under her present able and efficient CORPS
OF omcers, IS such as to command the admira-
ton of the whole country, and the Winston
Democracy endorse in full their official con-
duct, and hold up Gov. Stone and his worthy
coadjutors, as exemplars of economy, retrench-
ment and reform.
ID That the Democracy of Winston renew
their allegiance to the Democratic party of the
whole country, and pledge their best efforts for
the success of the National Democratic ticket
in the canvass of 1880.
Sd. That in view of the centralizing ten
denotes of the times, under Republican admin
istration, and the absorption of the powers
delegated TO the states by the general govern
ment, they recognize the necessity Tor united
effort for the recovery of the control Of the gov
ernment, and reiterate with additional empha-
sis the fact, that the peace, happiness, and
prosperity of the country depend upon the sue
cess of the National Democratic party in the
year 1880.
4th. Ignoring past differences the Demo
cratic party of Winston county cordially in
vite the corporation of all citizens who desire
the perpetuity of home rule, the enforcement
of the laws, and honest and economical ad-
ministration Of the government with the sub
ordination of the military, in time of peace, TO
the civil law.
WM. PRICE Chm,
HESRY LONG,
7. z. WARE
W. NJ. CONNER,
NJ. A. LYNCH,
7. P. METTs,
j. G.. MILLER,
JOHN HUTCHINSON,
]. H. CoREwELL,
A NJ CARR
Committee.
On motion of Judge VIM. Price, the Chair
man appointed the following gentlemen as
delegates to the State Convention to assemble
1t Jackson, Miss, on the 9th day of May $780,
Beat I'D. N. Oakley, NJ. A Metts H Kirk
patrick, II. Long, Sam Hames and R. 7. Broth
srs, (coi.) Beat IN. D. Triplett, John NJ.
Chappen, W. NJ. Conner, G. W. Fulton and
lack Avery (coll Beat 3-Prof. F. B. Brown,
w. A. Lynch, Dan. Foster. G. ". White NJ A.
Morehead and Jack Frazier, (col) Beat Al
John G. Miller, I. C. r. Moore, G. L. Terrell,
Tohn Hutehinsop, VIM. Hooper and Ike Hanna |
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OF the whole number, 27l4 were natives of
Mississippi; 1917 Of other Southern States
l22 of Northern States 400 of foreign coun-
tries remainder not ascertained. S45 were
married when enlisted-4, $50 single. Average
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The Greenback State Mass Meeting
A SMALL ATTENDANCE.

Nevertheless They Go Through the
Forms of a Regular Convention,
Taking Care not to Have Call of
the Counties, or Roll of Delegates
What They Did.
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18TH REGIMES

FIELD ASH SrAFr.-Dr. W P Finley, Cap
tain and Assistant Surgeon; l.. Leibenheld
Commissary Sergeant.
LrxE.-W. B. johnson, Captain Company
A, j. Leibenfeld Company A: Thomas H.
Woods, Captain Company c.; II. NJ. Gill, Of
q. Chas n. Campbell, Captain Of l. r. G.
Kelly, lst Lieutenant of l.; James I. Broach.
of X. No representatives. Of Companies b, d,
h. f, G., and Il.
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age, y years. Casualties, killed and wounded
in action, 2,750; captured in action, 685.
HARRIS AND DAVIS BR1eADEs.

Isucceeded also in compiling the records Of
thirty companies in Davis Brigade and all of
Harris Brigade but the records of the latter
were lost in the evacuation of Petersburg.
The records which have were brought out By
me from Richmond on the night of the evac-
uation Of that city
While engaged in this work, l compiled
from all the data available an approximate
estimate of the total strength and losses fur
nishsd By the State Of Mississippi-making
in the aggregate about 81 regiments of all arms
and it may not be inappropriate, in this
connection, TO give you the summary thus
compiled:
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A RemarkabIo 60 in nr-.......--

ra,,,', bona county % uot represented .a .a.
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And OF this number about thirty per cent.
were absent for various causes at the general
surrender Of the armies
1t Is proper TO remark that farge per cent
Of thos reported as deserters were not such in
the most Odious sense of that term. Indeed
do not think that more than one thousand of
the entire number of volunteers from Missis-
sippi deserted to the Federal lines. Our re-
serves for the the last two years Of the war, the
dependency, speculation and eXtortion in the
rear, the inability of the government to pay
the troops promptly, or to furnish them with
anything like adequate supplies of food and
clothing, the absolute destitution of many fam
lies OF soldiers, and towards the last, the
seeming hopelessness of the struggle, all con-
spired to depress the soldiers heart, and
causes thousands 10 retire from the contest
when there was greatest needed for their ser
vices