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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Mrss1ssIpPI NEWS.

IT. r,o,r;er learns that the storehouse OF
No. Wm Black & Son, and also the sa-
1oen IF Mr.. Cranberry, at Oakland, was
DESTROYED by fire on Thursday morning
rha CofaeviIle Standard chronicles the
daa,h Of Mr.. John E. Holly, an old anu
.',hstsntial citizen of Yalobusha county.
The ladies of walthall are deylslng means
of building a church in that place
Cant Martin, the efficient road master
has been promoted to the position OF $50 tbe
tant Superintendent OF this division S., .me
- St I, and n. o. r. R., with heaoqu al'
terSat Water Valley.
The merchants of Liberty are now run
n;ng their teams to the jackson rallroau,
/ the road to Clinton, Louisiana, being ain'OS'
/ impossible.
The Rosedale Leader announces the deatn
of Mr. q. w. Walton, in the seventy-ntIn
wear of his age He was one OF the pioneers
of this country.
The Pamela Star says that one or two .S,
anxious Republican patriots, who are VIII
inc to serve their country, are casting long
/ ING ewes on the Sardis postottice
The incumbent of the chancery CLERK
office of Holmes, refuses to give up ths
Office tn Mr.. Meade who was duly elected
| bv some eight hundred majority, and some
trouble is apprehended before he can ge'
possession of his office.
The Copiahan announces the death JOSIAH
Hester. in Martinville, Copiah county, De
cember Sth, 1850, aged sixty~nlne years. IN
his death another of the old landmarks OF
the county has disappeared.
The Tupelo Journal says that Mr.. Thos;;
Balm. a very clever man, was shot ana
instantly killed, near Ellisville, Union
county, by man named }. ). Klch, oil
Tate county. Rich was travelling IN com
pany with a man named Atkinson, ana they
stopped at the house of Mrs. Halcomb, a
woman of bad repute, where they found
Rain and where the killing occurred Rich
claims to have acted in self-defense, but the
woman, we learn, says that 1t was an I'M
provoked murder Rich was arrested and
confined in the Union county jail.
While digging we'll near Air Mount,
Yalobusha county, L. f. Jones, at the depth
of 90 feet, found a small animal resem blng
mouse and about half as large-having
very small eyes near the end of the nose
and a head measuring three-quarters OF an
inch in length.
Shubuta has elected for mayor Mr.. John
Watts, and for aldermen, Messrs E. Parker,
A. J. Weems, G. NJ. Hodges and w. IL.
Patton.
Mr. James Hunt, an esteemed citizen OF
Jefferson county, died on the 28th of No
vember, 1880, at the family plantation,
"Georgana," Sharkey county, Mississippi,
of congestion of the lungs.
Tramps are arrested in Water Valley and
put to work on the streets.
Kosciusl1o will not ship so much cotton
this season by 1000 bales as she did last
year.
From the Mayersville Spectator we learn
that in less than six months the railroad Of
which c. p. Huntington is president will
have been completed to Rolling Fork.
stated that the Columbus cotton seed oil
mills were idle for want of seed, and that
other mills had suspended on the same ac>
count.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

CoIored Republican National o.
fion Called 20 Demand a Division ~ q. eH'
Spells.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. I5-The Rennti;-
Union of Missouri, an organization er,bse4A
ing in its membership the most pror1;..e ac-
and Influential negro men of ST. L9ni1
a regular meeting tonight issued tho I'm az
ing call for a National Convention.
The negro has reached a significant io-
ture in citizenship: the hour is prar.Jt t t-
tor the enhancement of that citilta.i.ll
Our vote is an indispensable factor r.
grant triumph or secure defeat. r. Ii -i
receive the respect due its power. W..
ever is less is not the dignity of citizaDsb;.
whatever Is less than citizenship is rao,,.P
and serfdom. With our party in No..
our advancement should be assured W.
council and prompt action are paaf.I
The fair recognition of a race I'm the ,:-t
regulations of the Government + tn h.. II
complished. Again, in an entire saot5|-
the new amendments are practically aE--
gated. Labor is unremuuerated. jfE .-I
property insecure and terrorism pr.str-,--
the American ballot With a view h. N,
importance Of these great questions. and mi
opportunity to make representation M III
cause, the Republican Union of NTis.ar.;
urgently calls upon the patriotic and mi.
lie spirited negro men OF the United Sia,s.
to assemble in council at Washington en-
March 8, 1881.
J. Milton TURNER, President
Z. Ill. MURRY, Nice-Presilent
ALFRED BURGESS, Secretary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

A TIMELY REMINDER is that of the
Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot to the few
Southern newspapers that have en-
braced the idea of dissolving partner
ship with the Northern Democrats that
it is not so long that the memory ofman
runneth not to the contrary, since
Northern Democratic votes in Congress
were needed and given to prevent the
passage of the "Force Bill" to pass bills
of amnesty, to restore the writ of habeds
corpus and to protect the people of the
Southern States in their right of local
self-government. If they have forgot
ten these things they will probably be
recalled to their senses when the Repub-
licans in the next Congress shall seek to
thrust few dozen Southern Congress
men cut of their seats and to enact laws
RELOCATING some Of the Southern States
to their former condition of cong uered
provinces.
The Northern Democrats have been
engaged in a continuous battle for the
constitutional rights of the people OF
the South, ever since the reconstruction
era when Thad. Stevens, and Sumner
and Morton preached the gospel of con-
fiscation and eternal hate. They have
not yet struck their flag, and until an
irreconcileable difference in principle
Is developed between the two wings
of the party we shall insist on
preserving the only party which is or
ganized for battle against the schemes
of the imperialists.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
County Representation.

Whenever new legislative appor-
tionment is framed. there is one thing
that should be made stne qgg non. 1t
is that every county shall have at least
one Representative. This was an invio-
liable provision ofthe Constitution which
was in force when the present organic
law was framed by aliens and usuFpers
under the shadow of the bayonet and
which the people were compelled to
adopt or take the alternative ofmilitary
rule. The carpet-bag rulers departed
from this system in their plan of plae-
ing the State perpetually under their
yoke by means of the present Ubiquitous
and discriminating apportionment, but
when the Democrats. came into power,
the wrong was righted to the extent of
giving to each county Representative,
though in other respects the inequalities
Of Che carpet-bag superintendent have
remained uncorreeted as the reader who
~ examined the census table and the
present Legislative apportionmant, viii
go
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

Now would he n favorable time for
procuring immigration from ireland.
The poor, down-trodden, landless and suf-
fering people of that unfortunate coun-
try would gladly flee from their Cypress
ors and come in shoals to this country if
means were furnished for that purpose.
Here in Mississippi. tens Of thousands
could find abundance Unemployment and
thousands upon thousand of acres on
which they could live and prosper and
be happy and contribute to the produe-
tive resources, population and wealth of
the State, might be placed at their dis
posal, either by rent, or lease or cultiva-
tion on shares until they could become
purchasers What pity the opportu.
nifty cannot be seized at once, lest it be
lost forever.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The Tramps.

The Cincinnati Times says that the
Eastern and Middle States have as a
general thing enforced their anti-tramp
law. They allow professional tramps no
peace or rest outside the jail or the
workhouse. Hence burglaries, thefts
and felonious assaults upon unprotected
females often worse THAI death-are
extremely rare. The sagacious tramp
has migrated to more tolerant States,
where the statutes aginst his special
calling, if any exists, are treated as a
dead letter. 1t says that the Ohio Leg
islature have passed law providing
that wherever male person, physical
ly able to perform some manual labor,
who has not made reasonable efforts to
procure employment, or who has refused
to labor at reasonable prices, is found
in a state of vagraneyor praeticing com
mon begging, he shall sbe fined not more
than $50, and set to hard work at hard
labor in the county Jail until the fine
and costs are worked out at the rate of
seventy-fve cents per day. And it is
further provided that any tramp of the
masculine species who shall enter a
Westinghouse against the will or with
out the permission Of the owner or occu-
pant, or who doesnot Immediately leave
when requested, or is found carrying
a fre-arm or dangerous weapon, or who
does or threatens to do any injury to the
person or the personal or real property
of another, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not more than three years,
or less than one. Any person, in view
of such offense, is authorized to arrest
the culprit and take him. before the
proper examining officer.
Mississippi, too, has stringent anti
tramp law and it should be energetic
ally enforced. The tramp nuisance must
be suppressed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
ALAw exists in New York prescribing

A Law exists in New York prescribing
that "all ballots shall he on plain white
printing paper and without any impress.
ion, device, mark or other popularity
whatever upon or about them to distin-
guish one ballot from another in appear
ance except the names of the several can
didates, and they shall be printed with
plain black ink" The violation of this
law is prohibited under severe penalties.
1t was passed by the Republicans on
the pretense that it was designed to
guard the voters from intimidation.
Nevertheless, at the late election, thou
sands of ballots were used by the Repub-
licans in the State with the word "Elec-
tors" printed on the back. 1t was dis
tinguishipg mark, and clearly a viola
ton of the law, The Democrats faith
fully observed it, and are insisting that
the ballots cast in violation of it we're IL
legal. The difference between the New
York law and the Mississippi law, is
that the latter prescribes that ballots
net in conformity to it shall not be
counted, and the New York law pro-
vides that persons violating its proyis-
ions shall be punished by term of not
exceeding one year in the penitentiary
or county jail aad fined not exceeding
$3.50.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The washington County Democratic
Address-A Change OF Programme.

We bespeak for the address of the
Democratic Executive Committee of
Washington county a careful reading.
1t is lucid and forcible and perfectly
correct statement of the good results OF
Democratic rule The statement would
apply as well to any other county IN the
State. Taxes have been reduced. just
laws have been passed and impartially
executed and on every hand are seen
the benefcent results of Democratic
administration The significant feature
of the address is the declaration of a
change in the management of the Pollt-
zeal affairs of the county. Heretofore
the color line has been recognized by a
division Of Offices Colored men have
been taken up and elected not solely on
account of their qualifications but of
their race. Their official bonds have
been made by Democratic property
holders, and though Republicans, they
have been treated with the same consid-
Grafton so far as official favors are con-
cerned as if they had been Democrats
Of the white race. These concessions,
we are led to infer, have not produced
the good effects which were anticipated.
The seed was cast upon stony ground
and have not brought fruit. The
Greenville Times, the able organ of the
Democracy of the county, in publishing
the address remarks that it Indicates a
change in our local political manage
ment" -and appropriately adds:
Justice will be rigidly continued and a
maintenance and increase Of friendly rela
tions between the races assiduOusly guarded
and cultivated. But to guard and strength
en- that party organization which Is the
safe guard, the very life of our local county
interests, there will be less liberality ex-
tended in future toward the office-seeking
members of the colored race. While we
regret this movement for reasons of a gen.
eral and theoreIic nature, we are reconciled
to it by two facts apart from the party
necessity above stated. 1st. Those office
seekers who will suffer from it are self
responsible for what they incur. ID. The
real interests and benefit of the negroes
themselves are in no way served by keeping
such persons of their own race in official
power.
1t is needless for us to express our
belief that the policy thus foreshadowed
will win in the long run, no matter
where tried, if it is coupled with an
invincible determination to deal justly.
Let Democrats nominate straight men.
Keep up their organization. Place
their reliance in a strict adherence to
principle and not on temporary COM
promises and dividing spoils. Observe
scrupulous fairness in appointing cleo
ton managers and holding elections.
Protect the secrecy of the ballot. Give
to every vote its due weight, and defend
the inviolability of the ballot-box. A
strict observance of this rule, viii bring
victory to the Democratic banner every
where, and when it comes it will come
to stay.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
A Good Measure.

The Educational bill which passed
the Senate last week sets apart the pro-
ceeds of the sale of public lands and of
patents to the support of common
schools in the several States, the same
to be divided in proportion to illiteracy
in the States respectively. For a few
years the amount to be distributed will
be small, but with increased sales of
lands the fund will grow Four per
cent. per annum is to be divided among
the States as above. One-third of the
income from the said fund is to be an
nually appropriated to complete the
endowment and support Of colleges es-
tablished, or which may be established,
under the act of 1862, (the A. and M.
Colleges,) until the amount ANNUALLY
thus accruing to each of said colleges in
each State shall reach $4,000, after
which the whole income of said fund
shall be appropriated by said States,
Territories and districts to the educa-
ton of all children between the ages of
six and sixteen years. To be entitled
TO the benefit of this act, any State,
ETC., must maintain for at least three
months in each year, until January 1,
1885, and thereafter four months in
each year, a system of free public
schools for all children between six and
si~taa,, xaar- IF ora
The bill also authorizes colleges es-
tablished under the act of 1852 to es-
tablish schools for the technical educa-
ton of women This last feature of
the bill was introduced by Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, who supported
it by en- able argument in favor Of the
practical education of women and of
the duty of the government to afford
them equal opportunities with men for
preparation in the various industrial
avocations and Learned professions. 1t
is merit of the bill that it requires that
its benefits shall be shared by both sexes.
1t is to be regretted that the Teller
amendment providing that the proceeds
should be distributed among the States
for the purposes named instead of
dribbling the interest, was rejected.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
ClaibOrne's History of Mississippi-COm
mentS of the Press.
brandon Rapubl;con I

We have only had time to glance at it.,
and to see that the typographical execution
and general get up of the book is excellent,
and reflects credit upon the publishers 1t
IS now ready foT delivery to subscribers, and
the agents for the several counties will de-
liver it in a few days. As soon as VIC have
time to examine the work we will give it a
more extended notice. In the meantime
we can assure our readers that the book is
worth i've times the subscription price, and
that every family in Mississippi oaght to
have copy.
COpiahan.
We would not do without this history for
twice the amount of the subscription price
Vicksburg Commercially
We have had no opportunity for more
than hasty glance at its contents, but those
who know the distinguished author. Col.
Claiborne, and the resources at his COM
mand, may be assured in advance, that they
have rich treat in store for them. We
shall have occasion to refer to this rich
magazine of historic facts again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
For the Attention of our Mississippi
Exchanges.
The followingis from the Washington
City National Republican


A case comes to us from Mississippi
which may be regarded as typical of South
ern spirit and methods. This relates 10
young man by the name of G. s w Nc
Campbell, OF Knox county, Tenn, WHO a
little over year ago went to Mississippi
for the purpose of teaching school He
prospered until the elections began to loom
up, and then change for the worse became
quickly apparent. He never talked politics.
bat never denied that he was a Republican.
On the day of the election he saw many
strange sights, and he was moved to write
of them to the Chronicle This he did in
short, newsy letter, in which he described
the Mississippi idea of a Stree ballot and
fair count" and also a free fight which took
place at the polls between some Bourbons
and independents. Some one in Knoxville
sent marked copies of the Chronicle to Lex
ington, and it soon became known that he
was the writer of the letter. From that
time on his lot became an uneviable one.
Men who had been his friends passed him
by without notice, or with that notice which
is worse than none. His patrons began TO
desert him, and, although some of the more
independent ones came to him and offered
to pay him % per cent. more for the tuition
of their children, it soon became apparent
that he could do no good there. While he
was making up his mind how to act the
famous Red7Shirt Company gave him notice
that he was no longer wanted in that coun-
try, and he accordingly didn't stay much
longer He is now in Knoxville, and says
he feels great relief in being in communi-
ty where free speech can be safely INDUCED
in. These facts and circumstances are
CLEANED from the Knoxville Wing and
Chronicle.
eve submit the foregoing to the at
tention of our Mississippi contempora-
ries. With all our observation of what
is going on in our State, we have failed
to note anything out of which such a
story as the foregoing could have been
manufactured. We presume if any
thing of the kind has occurred, only
part of the story has been told. Posi-
bly, some of our brethren can relate all
the particularly
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The Yazoo Circuit Court.

The Yazoo Circuit Court adjourned on
Thursday, after a very lengthy session.
The following is "a summary of its work:
w. II. Swayze was convicted of the
murder of Ormsby Clarke, his brotherin-
law, and sentenced to the penitentiary for
life. The extenuating circumstances were,
that the deceased attempted to outrage
Swayze's wife.
eve may remark that but for the
inadmissibility OF the testimony of Mrs.
Swayze, the only witness to the attemp-
ted outrage, the verdict would have
been different. The right and the duty
of every man to protect his family altar
from pollution is the higher law of all
civilized communities. -EDs. CLARION
w. A. Brullard, who killed J. NJ Smith,
was convicted of manslaughter, sentenced
to the penitentiary for twelve years.
w. S. Shannon, about seventy years of
age, charged with killing a man named
Stokes, was acquitted.
In addition to the above, seven negroes
were convicted of felony and sent to the
penitentiary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Congress-.
BOTH HOUSES DECIDE TO TAKE RECESS FOR
THE HOLIDAYS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Senators Conk.
ling and Lamar appeared in the Senate to-
day and occupied their seats for the FIRST
time this session.
Senator Lamar says he is entirely restored
to his usual health
After much discussion, on motion of Mr..
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, the vote by
which the Senate disagreed to the adiourn-
ment resolution was reconsidered-yea 8.
NAYS 90
Mn Edmunds moved to amend so as TO adj
journ from December 23d to January 9Th.
Further discu ssion ensued
Mr.. Fdmunds' amendment to the adjourn
ment resolution was lost
Mr.. Thurman moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Lost-yeas %, NAYS 81.
The resolution was then passed as it came
from the House-yeas 80, nays 26.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Railroad Taxation by Towns and
Cities.

Section 606 of the Code of 1880 is as
follows:
"The property of any railroad company,
lying or being in any city or incorporated
town, may be taxed for city or town purpo-
ses upon valuation thereof made upon the
same basis as the property belonging to
individuals and no more, and this section
shall apply alike to the foregoing and fol-
lowing modes of taxation
This law is in force for the present year.
The railroads are paying up the tax levied
by the State under sections COZ and COS of
the Code. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad
has paid S24,330 y, and the Alabama Cen
trail $541 10. Only a small portion of the
latter road is within this State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
A Fair Proposition,
n. O. Democrat

The st. Louis Times thinks the silver dol.
lar is good enough for the South and West
and asks Congress to appropriate just $40
000,0D0 in that sort Of currency for uIe
improvement Of the Mississippi river. There
would bo no disposition ON the part of the
contractors and laborers To sit down and
try to figure out how much they were losing
on coin which has all tbe PURCHASING
power of the much-yauuted gold dollar.
which, by the way, nobody but theorists
seem to want We think about ten million
standard silver dollars would do a great deal
of good if applied to making "a respectable
channel between here and ST. Louis
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
The Case Of Mr.. SWayze,


Petitions are being circulated in different
partitions of the county calling upon Gov.
stone to exercise executive clemency in the
case of w. III. Swayze, who was sentenced
to the penitentiary for life at the last term
of the Circuit Court for the killing Of q
Clark If the evidence of Mr.. Swavzess
wife had been admitted the Jury would IN
Is believed, have acquitted him. JUDGE
Caihoon has written a favorable letter In
the Governor, and the same was Endorsed nv
District attorney Foote. Much Interest
and word Of sympathy is being manifested
in favor of Mr.. Swayze.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23
Citizens Of East Mississippi Indicted I'm.
der Federal Election Laws,

MORE POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS.
Enterprise Courier
Last Wednesday morning, Mr.. w. E.
Cage, of jackson, U. s. Deputy Marshall,
appeared in Enterprise armed with warrants
for the arrest of ten of our citizens, to-wit
T: ID: Lee, Chas: A. LyerIy, James MCGEE,
HI. III. Warren, q. r. Durant, w. A. LIVER,
", Thos. Oubley, NJ. L. Buckley, Charlie
Harris and Manuel Smith. They are
charged with obstructing the right of suf-
frage, upon information filed by u. S. Dis,
trict- Attorney, and each required to give
bond in the sum of five hundred dollars for
his appearance before the q. s. Court at
jackson on the fourth Monday in January
Several were absent but all those arrested
gave bond at once.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

Asa fixed and irrevocable proposition,
the Democrats in Congress should vote
against any funding proposition which pays
more than three per cent. interest.-Ex-
change.
But before funding at any rate of in
terest, the millions of silver coin which
are now in the treasury and in which the
bonds are made payable by the letter of
the contract, should be used in cancel
ing the debt.