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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Senator David Davis for Hancock.

One Of the best letters the campaign
has produced, is from the pen of Judge
David Davis, the able jurist, who at
present represents the State Of Illinois
in the United States Senate, in answer
to letter written in reference to the
Presidential contest. He praises Gen,
Hancock's course when in command of
Louisiana and Texas, and says: ''The
man who in the midst Of the excite
ments of that stormy period was cool
enough to see his duty clearly, and cour-
ageous enough to execute it firmly, may
be well trusted in any crisis" After
referring to Gen Hancock's letter to
Gen. Sherman, which he pronounces the
best proof Of Hancock's civil ability
and craftsmanship, he concludes by Civ
ing the following reasons for electing
the Democratic ticket
A long and unchecked possession of power
by any party leads to extra vagance, corrup-
ton, aud loose practices. After twenty years
of domination by the Republicans, chronic
abuses have become fastened the public
service, like barnacles /the bottom of
stranded ship. There is Dh hope of reform
by leaders who have created a system Of mall
admins trati0n, and who interested in
its evils Nothing short of the
sternest remedy gives any promise of effective
reform, and the first step toward it is in Il
change Of rulers. The Government must be
got out of the ruts in which it has too long
been run. New blood must be Infused into
the management of public affairs before re-
lief can be experienced The people demand
a change, and, being in earnest, are likely to
be gratihed-
Very sincerely, DAVID DAVIS.
To Hon. James E. Harvey, Washington City.
BY the way, we would remind our
1reenback friends that Judge Davis
was one of the favorites Of their party
OR the Presidency, in a previous cam
oaign; and that they might afford to
ollow where he leads.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Consumption and Supply of Cotton.

The amount of cotton consumed by
the mills of Great Britain during the
month of May, as reported by Mr. Eli
son, was 90, 900 bales, of 400 pounds
each, per week, and on the continent
the consumption was %, 900 bales per
week. This is the same rate Of con-
sumption as for several preceding
months. From October l, 1879, the
consumption in Great Britain was at the
average rate Of 81, 0S5 bales per week,
and on the Continent 81 800 bales, ma
king 113, 740 bales per week for Europe,
against 100, 542 last year. The surplus
stock in spipners' hands June LIST, was
estimated at 10000 in Great Britain,
and 260, 900 on the Continent, showing
a decrease during the month Of May of
$4,000 in Great Britain, and an increase
of $4,000 on the Continent the total
being only 5000 bales less than on Nav
1st. Meanwhile, the worlds visible
supply has decreased, but as compared
with last year, it is now over $40, 900 in
excess of what it then was. If the law
of demand and supply is to control the
cotton market the coming season, the
foregoing statistics do not encourage
a hore for unusually high prices. But
what wiz be the supply from the grow
ing crop? ThSt's the important ques-
ton. We regret to say that there are
discouraging signs Of fearful destruc-
ton BY the worm.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
The Georgia Democracy.

The Democratic Convention of Geor-
gia, after repeated efforts to nominate a
candidate for Governor, failed to agree,
and adjourned without making a nomi-
nation for that office. With that ex-
ception, full State ticket and Han
cock electoral ticket were nominated.
The obstacle to union upon a candi-
date for the office of Governor, was the
present incumbent, Gov. Colquit, who
had rendered himself odious to a con-
siderable number of the true men of
the party, by his alleged participation
in what was styled the Gordon-Brown
combination, by which Gen. Gordon
was transferred from the Senate to pro-
fitable employment in Railroad Com
pany, and Gov. Brown was appointed,
by the Governor, to the United States
Senate. To say nothing of Browns
course during the war, he had recently
been a member of the Republican party
and his nomination was thought unfit
to be made.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Got What He Deserved.

Early Monday morning, a colored man
named Dave Ball, was shot and killed on
Capt. Shandy's plantation, two miles from
Senatobia, Miss. He had made several at
tempts to enter the rooms of ladies in the
house. A Mr.. McNorton and a friend, both
armed, were watching for him. On coming
back, Dave approached the window of a
room occupied by two young ladies. He
was ordered to halt, and answered the sum-
mons by running, when a load of buckshot
penetrated his back, causing death in few
minutes-Memphis Avalanche.
The Senatobia Express publishes a
detailed account of the affair The YER
diet of the jury of inquest was that the
scoundrel was killed ''while attempting
to force an entrance into the house of
w. q. Wilson, where the said McNor-
ion was then boarding, for the purpose
and with the intent of committing a
felony therein, to-wit rape, and we
therefore find that the homicide was,
under the law and under the facts, jus
tifable.o
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Garfield in Favor Perpetual Dlsfran-
chiSement,

In December 1866, Gen. Hancock
was sent to Louisiana and Texas as Mil
itary commander, with almost unlimited
control over the lives and property, and
political fortunes, of the people of those
States. Withstanding a temptation to
which weak men would have Welded, he
proclaimed to the people that it was
time 1.-THE civil administration should
assume It's natural and rightful domin-
len :" that free institutions ALWAYS fur
nsh the strongest inducements to peace
and ORDER" that the right of trial by
jury, the liberty of the press, the free
DIM of speech, the natural rights of
PERSONS and rights Of property must be
preserved. "
Now behold the contrast In May
1866 (the same year in which Gen
Hancock made the above proclamation
Gen. Garfield was in Congress On the
18th of May, pending the consideration
f the 18th Amendment he said:
:" Now, Mr.. Speaker ii the gentlemen who
report this bill lcHt put az u section thde all rho
participated IN the rebellion shaU forsUer Be er
GUIDED from the right Of eIectige franchise Ia al
cIses relating to National offices then I trU san
the proposition scHk be jusf and one 1ee could
saud upon Is matter Of principle ANY thing
i Just which excludes from privilege and
power all those infamous men who participa-
ted in rebellion. The proposition, without
any modification, without any limitation,
would meet with my approval Is one eminent
" just, II II could be practically carried out.
But when you attempt to make il extend only
br n limited period, you thereby acknowledge
mat principle they ought not TO be ex-
Guided except for limited period. L am
Wiling TO admit that proposition. As a mat
ter of principle they should either be forever
excluded allowed to come in when they
comply with such conditions the loyal peo-
pie Of this country, through their repres enta-
t1ves IN Congress, may prescribe. | do not
think we well stand a mixed PROPOSE
ton like this.'-( Congressional Globe, part 3
page 2,463, 1st session 39th Congress-
The author of this declaration that
all who participated on the Southern
side of the war. should be perpetuallv
is the Republican candi-
late for the Presidency.
Hancock is the Democratic candi-
late. Choose We!
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18

CAPT. w. r. SPEARS, who went fresh
from the Legislative caucus last winter
into the Republican Convention, and
was put on the Republican Electoral
Ticket, delivered a speech at Vicksburg
the other night, remarkable for the ex-
travagance of its statements, charging
the Democratic party with ballot-stuf-
fling, and classifying returns, and charg-
ing that the present State officers owe
their election to these agencies. The
Vicksburg Commercial has a scathing
review of the speech, and defes the au-
thor of these charges to the proof, which
Of course, will never be forthcoming.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Garfield Opposed to the Silver Dol
lar.

We have seen that a portion of the
Republicans in Gen. Garfield's district.
censured him severely by formal resolu-
ton for voting against the restoration of
the silver dollar in the States from which
it was struck down by the eonnivance of
the bondholding oligarchy. That he
was in favor Of destroying silver as a
coin money, his votes in Congress album
dainty prove. In addition, here is an
extract from an article contributed by
him to the Atlantic Monthly for Febru-
airy, 1876, in which he left no doubt of
his advocacy of single standard of
gold;
BY every consideration of national honor,
of public justice and of sound policy, let
stand fast in the resolution to restore our cur
rency othe standard Of gold
The monometalists say that the only
way to reach this standard is to get the
legal tender promissory notes Green
backs) of the Government out of the
way, and by preventing what they call
a deluge of silver.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
THE Birmingham. Alabama True

THE Birmingham, Alabama, True
Issue, independently says: at is be-
lieved by many, and with good reason,
that the illjudged address of General
Reuben Davis, (of Mississippi two
weeks ago at our barbecue, caused de-
lection of at least one hundred Indepen.
dent votes in this county. Foreign i'm
portations do not always pay" What
dreadful thing General Reuben Davis
has done to work such havoc in the
ranks of the opposers of the Democracy,
we are not advised but would suggest
that he do so again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Col. j. J. Williams.
A WORTHY son OF 4 NOBLE SIRE


Washington Post.
The editor of the Grenada Sentinel, Col.
j Williams, is the son of the late cee-
brated Col. John Williams, who distinguish
ed himself in the Indian war of 1912, at
the battle of Autessa, Alabama, and who,
as Treasurer of the State of Georgia, forty
years ago, after balancing his accounts on
retiring, deposited one dollar over in the
treasury, as an earnest evidence of his in
tegrity, and which still remains there to his
credit.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Gen. Chalmers in New York.

This gentleman delivered an able
speech at Yonkers, New York, on the
9th. The World publishes it with the
remark that it should be read by every
voter who is in doubt of the intentions
of the Solid South. It contains food
for reflection in both sections, and will
appear in the next number of The
CLARION.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
R.K. JAYNE, Secretary r
Gen. Hancock at Home to the Lady
Suffrage Champions

New YORK, Angus I3.-Ara6nr General
Hancock callers 20 day vas o band OF sf.-
man Suffrage seekers. Niss Lille beycreIt
Blake opened the nall by saying chat they
wanted TO know. la case auy question which
pore upon Voidan's Use Of the ballot came te.
lore Lin. what ne would do about it 10 Prs-I-
demt. Ire General replied that the woman
spitrage movement was growing one aud
that everything that tended toward the am"l-
lOratlon OF woman Is condition haI ul- -FmIl-
thy. In the course of conversation hr -i.t
that women should be paid equally with mem
/ for the same kind Of work equally well per-
formed, and observed that whom he first went
to school in Norrist ,wu. Pr. no public schools
existed. His brothers and himself attended
private academy. AS soon however "s puelia
schools became established bis father sent hiS
boys to one Of them. and several wealthy
neighbOrs did the same, as am example 10
those who might feel ashamed 10 seek
free education for their children. The gem
eral remarked that the teachers were then eN-
clusively men, and he was pleased 90 see bow
extensively women had since become employed
as such, and how efficient they generally were.
Mrs. Slocum said that the delegation desired
a decided expression from him to whether
he would or would not veto any measure iay-
orabe to woman suffrage that might come be-
fore him as President
The General replied that If such measure
was voted upon by Congress as a constitution
al amendment it would not come before the
President. IT, however Congress accorded
suffrage TO women in the District of Columbia
he certainly would offer no obstruction.
Mrs Blake asked the General if he consil-
cred women as people Undoubtedly, re-
piled the General. "He would be a bold man
who would undertake to say they were not.
eThen, General" said Mrs Blake, I'VE ask
nothing more than what you say in your letter
of acceptance. Il is only by full vote free
ballot and fair count that the people can rule
in fact required by the theory of our gov
81 am perfectly willing said Gen. Han
cock, that pou should say take my stand on
that paragraph in my letter Of acceptance
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18

Mr.. HENRY LOSER is now connected
with DR.. Hunter, in the publication of
his excellent paper, the Crystal Springs
Monitor. The East Feliciana Patriot
gives him this strong endorsement
Mr.. Henry Loser, who had been in our en-
ploy as Publisher, for nearly two years. took
his departure for Crystal Springs, Miss
where he proposes to enter into co-partne-ship
with DR.. A. Hunter, in the publication of the
Crystal Springs Monitor Mr.. Loser is a good
printer, a genial and industrious young man,
and one who made many warm friends in our
mi 1st.
Our best wishes attend Mr.. Loser
in his new field of labor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Gen. Garfield's Record on the Silver
Question.

! It is evident that if Gen. Garfield
should be elected, step backward will
have been taken on the silver question.
| In recent number we reproduced the
resolutions passed by meeting of indie
pendent Republicans in his own district
denouncing him for his opposition to
the bill providing for the remonetiza-
ton of silver. His language was quoted
characterizing that measure of justice
as "a scheme of raScality and colossal
swindling" In addition to the forego-
ing, we have reproduced the following
statement of his record ON the silver
question as compiled by the Washing
ton Post;
On December 9, 1879, Mr. Durham, of
Kentucky, moved to suspend the rules and
pass bin 10 provide for the exchange and
recoinage Of trade dollars. The bill received
a large majority-153 to ninety-two, but as
a two-thirds vote was required, it was not
passed Gen. Garfield voted in the mega
tive
On the same day Mr. Foote, of Illinois,
offered a resolution ''that the legal tender
quality of silver dollars of 4l2l of standard
silver shall be maintained and enforced, and
that any discrimination against said silver
dollars by any National banking association
by refusing to receive them and treat them
as legal dollars shall be deemed a defiance
of the laws of the United States" There
was a majority of this also-l5l to 90-but
the required two-thirds were lacking.
Garfield again voted no. [Record, volume
s, part l, 18th Congress 81 session, pages
81 and GO
On February 3, 1879, Mr.. Whitthorne
offered bill providing that gold and silver
coins Of the United States shall be inter
changeable at their lawful value when pre-
scented in sums of 500 or any multiple
thereof, etc. The bill was defeated, not
getting the necessary two-thirds. Gfr. Gar
field voted against it. Record, vol :. part
,, Sd session 10th Congress.
On February Z, bill was reported by Mr.. (
Muldrow, from the. Committee on Coinage, /
authorizing the Treasurer Of the United
States TO receive the coins of the United
States to the extent to which such coins /
have been declared a legal tender, in ex-
change for United States notes The object !
of the bill was stated to be to make all new
currency, whether gold, silver or paper,
equal by law. Mr.. Garfield opposed it with
all his power, and finally moved to lay the
bill on the table, and that motion prevailed.
{ Did, pages 1112 and also 113l.l
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18

SENATOR DAVID DAVIS well saws
General Hancock's letter to General
Sherman 90 marks him as one of the
wisest of his time, with a statesman's
grasp of mind, and with the integrity
of patriot, whom no sense of expedi-
ency could swerve from MS honest con
victions
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Holmes County in Line.

A Democratic Convention was held in
Lexington, on the 10th, Hon. S. S. Car
ter, of Goodman, in the chair J. +.
Asheraft was nominated for Sheriff over
r. NJ. Murphy, by a vote Of seventy
one to fifty, and j. S. StiIger was nomin-
ated for Coroner, Stirring speeches
were made by Senator j. G. Hamilton,
j. j. Hooker, w. w Hoskins, L. War
field and others.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18

UNITED STATES Census Enumerator,
Mr.. John B. Buck, of Noxubee, suicided
by drowning in the Tombigbee river,
near Gainesville, Alabama. Exposure
to the sun, while in the discharge of his
official duties, is supposed to have de-
ranged his mind. His body has not yet
been found. He was good citizen.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18

THE next State election to be held
this year will be in Arkansas, on Sep
TENDER 9th. Vermont will vote on the
day following, September 9TH Maine,
September 18th; Georgia, October 9th,
and Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia,
October 18th.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Foreign Coins.

GOLD from Europe is pouring into
this country in immense quantities,
The steamship DOMAIN, which arrived in
New York recently from Bremen, via
Southampton, brought S1,357, $50 in
specie, and it is estimated $4,000, 600
more is now on the ocean bound hither.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
The South-Ihe Census.

The Census Returns thus far do not seem to
Dear out the Often-preferred claim that the
south has been standing still during the past
decade and We fancy that the change in the
redistribution of political power will not be
quite as startling has been predicted The
last table we have seen circulated gives the
population of twenty-four Southern cities and
towns net including Louisville, ST. Louis. Gal
weston, Atlanta and other large and growing
centres ofpopulation, and it shows an increa se
between 1870 and 1880 from 405, 500 souls to
513641, or ever 80 per cent
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
The National Bankers Lament.

The National Bankers are having n pro-
tracted chin-chin a Saratoga. Their greatest
trouble now is the silver dollar. People gen
trouble in that form.-New York Express
The monopolists are also very anxious
to Withdraw and cancel the whole green
back currency.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Death of a Son of Gen, POsey.
New Orleans states1

NOW UFIedns Stat6s.
Jefferson Posey, who was killed Yesterday
by the explosion of the boiler of the Bonnie
Lee, of which steamer he was second clerk.
was the son of the late igadier-GeneraI Car
not Posey; OF wilkinson county Miss, and
who died during the war, at CharlottsyiiIe If
wound received in the fight at Bristow Sta
ton, in Virginia. Jefferson Posey served in
the Confederate Army as Abide Camp to his
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18

HoN. C. E. HOOKER after canvassing
his District, will go to Ohio, BY invita-,
ton, and tell about the ''solid South, :"
and why it is s'solid." Gen. Chalmers
has also accepted an invitation to can
vass in the North.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
southern Census Returns.
Atlanta Constitution

IL
The census returns thus far do not indicate
that the South will suffer any serious loss in
representation under the new apportionment
The general gains throughout the South, with
the exception of South Carolina are far in ex-
cess of the estimates, and show that in spite
of every drawback, this section has fairly held
its own with the rest of the country.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18

IT is stated that the Company which
ownes the Alabama Great Southern,
running from Meridian to Chattanooga,
will, at an early day, commence the
construction of the New Orleans and
Northeastern, to connect with the A.
and G. s., at Meridian. A correspond
ent, Capt. Ben Lane Posey, treats at
length of this important enterprise, in
his communication printed on the first
page of this paper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
The Proposed New Federal Build
ing in Jackson.

For several sessions Of Congress our
immediate Representative, Hon. c. E.
Hooker, has Iabored indefatigably for an
appropriation to erect federal building,
with courtroom, post-office, land office,
etc. in this city. 1t was on the House
calendar. and at the close Of the session,
during Col. Hooker's absence on ac-
count Of Illness, Hon O. r. Singleton,
watching his opportunity, called up the
bill and had it passed. 1t is now on
the Senate calendar. and only needs to be
called up in that body to become a law.
1t will meet with no opposition; and
will become Il law if looked after, i'm
meGiately upon the assembling Of Con-
oress. Col. Hooker deserves credit for
his unremitting attention to this meas
ure, and the praise Of our entire com
munitv cannot go ont too warmly to
Col Singleton for his timely lift He
had, in ante-beIlum days, secured IN
appropriation for the building i'll which
the United States Court Is now held,
and his cooperation with our immediate
Representative in the present instance,
enhances the debt Of gratitude the com
mupity owes him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
Another Nero Exodns.

ST. LOUIS, August I1-Charles Fl. Tandv.
President of the Colored Relief Board of this
city, has advices that 10000 negroes will i'm
migrate from Mississippi and Louisiana with
IN the next two months, and will arrive here
en- route for Kansas and other Northern States.
About forty per day for the past month have
been cared for here by the hoard and forward
ed to their various destinations
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-08-18
How. the Kansas Emigrants are GETTING
Along,
st. Louis Globe Democrat

st. Louis Globe Democrat
Mr. Robert Kimb-ough returned Yesterday
morning from flying trip to the colored colo
mes IN Kansas lie reports that the emigrants
who settled cut there are doing excae5ine,Ir
well, many of the exodusters who went ont =
year ago last spring having been verv success.
full and accumulated property. Everything he
prosperous and fiourishinO