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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
" THE YAZOO PLAN"
The Press Convention Meeting Of the
People and Authorities OF YaZOO CITY,
Our lazoo Exchanges

Our 1azoo Exchanges.l
Pursuant to call a meeting of the Board
Of Trade and Town Council was held at The
City Hall, on w Wednesday night the I1th inst.
Ar II. harrison was called to the Chair and
Mr. }. Nolersteln requested 70 act as Score
tary.
The object of the meeting was stated bv the
Chairman 20 be to take action in references 70
the meeting of the coming Press Convention
TO be held here on the u Of June and more
especially to take action in regard to securing
transportation for it, members from Vicks-
burg aud return.
On motion, n committee of twelve four
from the Board Of Trade, four from the Town
Council and four from outside citizens was
appointed 10 confer with the "P" Line in re-
gard to transportation, and to take such other
steps they thought proper, and report to a
general meeting Of citizens, to be held at Iy-
ceum Hall. on Tuendav, the 10Th inst. 7:3O
o'clock Committee On part of citizens
Messrs. r. Walpole, Robt. bowman. Garnetf
Andrews and A. NJ. Roach; on part of Roe rd
Of Trade. Messrs. E. Shaefer. F. Barksdale. N
II. Luse and L. H. Kelley. o.. part of CouuciI
Messrs. r. G. Shepherd, II. Halder, j. From
herr and George Quekemeyer
On motion, Messrs II. Harrison. w s En-
person, W. A. Henry and J. Wolerstein were
added 10 the committee.
On motion. the committee was requested to
meet at the City Hall, this Thursday even.
ing, at clock sharp.
j. WoLERsTEIS, Sec'y
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Petty Reputation.

In tie proceedings Of the lower house
of Congress, We find the following
among other petitions, reported on adj
versely.
The petition ofJohn A. Gwin, of Mar
shall county, Mississippi, for quartermaater
stores and subsistence supplies;
The petition of Nancy p. Garrison, OF
Benton county, Mississippi, for quarter
master tires aud supplies taken by the
United states Army during the late war;
The petition of Jordan Broadway, OF
Marshall county, Mississippi, for quarter
master stores taken b. the United States
Army during the war;
The position Of Andrew Cathey, Of Tisho-
mingo yeunty, Mississippi;
The ,etitjou Of Thomas Is. Smith, admin
istrator. for property taken by the United
States ARMY during the war;
The p.tirion of Calvin Cheairs, of Benton
county, Mississippi, for quartermaster snp~
plies taken during the late war by the
United States Army.
The presumption IS altogether favor
able t. the Justice Of these claims, as
there Is scarcely a probability that they
would have been brought unless they
had been real. They are rejected in
Difference to 4 political sentimentaganst
paving any Southern demands whatever
on the United States government. The
Constitution declares that private prop
erty shall not be taken for public use
without just compensation ;" and if these
petitions set forth the truth that they
are for the paymentofsupplies taken for
the use Of the United States army, their
rejection is in violation Of that instru-
ment and nothing less than Reputation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Why The Northern StalWarts Are
CIamorons for Grants Nomination.

At the Grant meeting in Chicago
last week, Robert Lincoln, son of Abra-
ham Lincoln, presided, and gave the fol-
lowing, among other reasons, why the
stalwarts desire the nomination of the
ex-President
Ne know the lawful methods of procedure
to install and elect President of the nited
State, but the unla wful methods are not laid
down, and to eircumvent them will require all
our vigilance. To prevent them we need not
only determined work, that our candidate
shall stand before this country and before the
world so clearly elected that even the better
portion of the Democratic party can not be
drsgooned into an attempt to overthrow the
popular Will, but need as Our candidate a
leader who, if he is elected President will be
President. lGreat cheering.l Weneed man
who has before this faced often and as often
cowed the hosts of rebellion. 1Cheers We
need man who has never quailsd before any
danger that has confronted him Teheers
whose resolution is incarnate, whose courage
and ability are known to all the world to be
equal to every emergency, and therefore it is
that we are here tonight uuitedly to urge the
nomination of Gen. Grant. [Great cheering
Which means, that as Grant trained
his guns on the Capitol, to secure the
Inauguration of fraudulent President
in 1877, he will see to his own Inaugural
ton, elected or not, in 1891.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
REPUBLICAN RULE
INrEREsrED politicians and schemers


INTERESTED politicians and schemers
are circulating the report that Horatio
Seymour will not accept a Presidential
nomination because he will not seek II,
and modestIy distrusts his fitness for the
great office, a. Washington and Madl-
son and Jefferson, and others before
him. have done, But here is what the
Utica Observer, published at his home
says:
The Democratic caucuses in Utica, while
they showed great diversity of opinion IN
regard % the choice of delegates, were per
fectlv united in one essential point. All
the candidates and all the voters were UNI
uudualifiedlv in favor of the nomination OF
Horatio Seymour for President. 1t Is no
pride of place nor prejudice of locality
which prompts this feeling 1t Ia as strong
in Erie a. in Oneida; it extends from the
ocean to the lakes, covering the whole state,
and not the state alone, but the Union.
Whatever divisions may exist in our ranks,
there j. no division on the question of Ho~
ratio SeymOurs standing in the party. lie
Is the foremost Democrat in the United
States to-day. He represents no cliqucs, he
engages in no quarrel, he stands above the
level of faction teuds The certainty of
Grant denomination III IooV makes 0oN'
Sevmonr the most available and appropriate
candidate of the Democracy
We are moi the partizan of any man,
and viii support either Of the prominent
aspirants, aud thousand Others who
might be named, but we will repeat
what we have said before, that if this
great statesman with his unsuilied es-
cutcheon and spotless record, should be
nominated, his election would follow as
sure as night the dav
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Gen. Hancock.

A correspondent at Washington in
whose political orthodoxy we have full
faith, and whose judgment Is not often
at fault. says in reference to Han
cock that cit will not do t. run a
lieutenant against his captain" on the
supposition that Grant will be the Re
publican candidate. There is no force
in the objection, and it is historically
fallacious. In 1852, the old Wing
American party nominated Gen. Win
field Scott, the conqueror Of Mexico and
reputed the greatest military chieftain
then living The Democrats nominated
Franklin Pierce one of his lieutenants.
and not a conspicuous one At that.
Scott was badly beaten. Why? Be
cause the nomination Of Pierce repre-
scented an idea-a great principle, just
us the nomination Of Hancock would in
the pending contest. What is that
principle? 1t was illustrated by Han
cock, when as commander Of the 9TH
District, in 1867, he subordinated the
military to the civil power, and in his
celebrated order Of November 29th,
1867, when he proclaimed it in these
memorable words:
"The right Of trial by JlUy, the H1beas
Corpus the Liberty Of tie Press, Tire Freedom
Of Speech, the Natural Rights Of Persons.
and the Rights Of Property, must be pre-
se5Jed"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

THE Democrats IN Congress who are
Sinking the tariff question, will please
bear IN mind that they have subscribed
to Il platform, containing the following
plank:
I'VE denounce the present tariff levied
upon nearly four thousand articles as a mas
tCrpiece of injustice inequality and false
pretense. IL yields dwindling, not year
ly rising revenue. 1t has impoverished
many industries to subsidize a few. 1t pro-
hibits imports that might purchase the pro-
duets of American labor. 1t has degraded
American commerce from the first to an in
ferior rank on the high seas. 1t has cut
down the sales of American manufacture at
home and abroad. and depleted the returns
of American agriculture-an industry fol-
lowed by half our people. 1t costs the peo-
ple FIVE times more than it produces to the
Treasury, obstructs the processes of pro-
duction aud wastes the fruits of labor 1t
promotes fraud and fosters smuggling, en-
riches dishonest officials and hankrupts
honest merchants. We demand that al
custom house taxation shall be only for
revenue
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

Mr. j. w BARTLETT, Secretary OF
the Blaine Literary Bureau at Wash.
ington, furnishes the following against
Gen. Grant for publication, with the
request that editors friendly to Sena-
tor Blaine's candidacy use these facts
freely" We are not very friendly to
Blaine, but will nevertheless help to
keep the ball rolling
1t may be disagreeable, but it is a fact.
that the prejudices against a third term
President, coupled with the very general
impression that the men who used to con-
troll Gen. Grant for their own personal ad-
vantage are bent upon forcing him back
into power whether the masses will or not.
are so strong that it would ieopardize Re
publican success in Ohio, California New
Jersey, Connecticut, and even Pennsylva-
MIA, while rendering hopelessly Democratic
Indiana and New York Must we sacrifice
the election for the mistaken idea that there
is but one man in the Republican party
who is capable of asserting his rights as
President? .
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Mr.. CHALMERS RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS, The recent purchases of
United States bonds by the Secretary of the
( Treasury have produced marked and sud
den fluctuations in the stock market of
New York and
WHEREAS The secret manipulation of
such purchases is calculated to excite sus-
picions of stock jobbing in the departments.
and to bring discredit on the Government
ResotUed, That it shallS be unlawful for
the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase
any bonds for the use of Government or for
any sinking fund without giving one weeks
notice by publication of the time and place
OF purchase, and the exact amount of bonds
to be purchased
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Manning stin warming Up sDrinror.

WASHINGTON. April 15-TLo rT.,g.
Elections Committee had apofbnr I.r,.,,.
time. A resolution was introduced r.,i,,,.
that, whereas Springer had mad cLa.ra,.s
against Doaelly on the floor If the U4r..
they ought to be INVESTIGATED M rag,r,,'
tloh was supported by several members of
the committee, but SPrin ger deprecated ac-
eloh OF that sort, as his wife's name would
necessarily be dragged into the matte r.
this Manning declared that mo- one had
dragged Mrs. Springer in except her hus-
oand, and charged the latter with doing il
loT the deliberate purpose Of shielding him
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
AUDIToRIAL ITEMS.

MONROE CoUNTY.-Major E. l., Sykes,
the incoming Tax Collector made his final
settlement with the Auditor, on the 9Th
inst. for the uncollected taxes turned over
10 him by his predecessor. The Auditor
thinks that Mr.. sykes exhibits all the eje-
ments necessary to make one of the very
best county officers IN the State-and lacks
nothing now except little experience to
place him in the front rank oftax collectors.
He made a mighty good" impression at the
Auditors Office.
OKTIRBEHA CoUNrY.-Captain ii. I.
Saunders, the good-looking incoming tax
gatherer made his very polite bow AT the
Auditors officers last week, and accounted
/ for ALI the taxes charged against him. His
papers were 50 we'll "fxed-up" that his set
Element was completed before he had time
+ to invite the boys out to take-lemonade.
+ He is not only good officer, but good
Temperance man.
I GRENADA CoUNrY.-Mr. Thomas the
excellent Deputy Tax Collector, came down
last week and made his final settlement
with the Auditor for the State tax of 1879
and so well and so closely did he make hi,
collections that he paid over the whole
amount with which he was charged, save
the two small items of personal insolyen-
/ cies and State LANDS. We intended TO give
Mr. Thomas a Flaming notice but we
said so many good things about him last
year that we Will defer it until some other
time, suffice it to say that he ranks second
1 to none as a good Tax Collector.
Pamela CoUNTY-Jas. T. Farthing, the
handsome, genial, accomplished Deputy to
the incoming Tax-collector enlivened the
Auditors office last week with his presence
for the purpose Of closing up his account
for the State taxes Of 1879 that is for the
uncollected taxes turned over to him by his
worthy predecessor, Capt. Martin He made
a most favorable impression on Capt. Gwin
and his assistants who are always ready
and glad to help those who try to help
themselves in arranging for their settle
meuts. Mr.. Farthing's are all Q. X.
QUTTMAN CoUNTY-Dr. Phipps who sits
at the receipt of custom showed his hand
sonnet } phiz at the Auditors Office Il few
days since and accounted for all the State
Taxes with which he was charged in most
satisfactory manner. The DR.. Is the pos
SCISSOR of an immense amount of good humor
which makes it pleasant and agreeable to
transact business with him. His settlement
was easily and agreeably made.
CARROLL CoUNrY.-Mr w f. Hamil-
ton, the popular tax-gatherer, made his an
nuaI pilgrimage to the Temple of Mecca, j"
on yesterday, and made As usual, a most
satisfactory settlement with Auditor Gwin,
for the taxes OF 1879. lie was charged on
the rolls with $5,774 "a, all of which he
wrung from the honest yeomanry of cold
Carroll" save the small sum Of Sl95 - al
lowed on insolvencies, State deeds, State
lands, &c, &c He makes first-rate Off
Ger as evidenced by his being Tax Collector
"a third-termer,o
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Hon. c. E. Hooker on the Indian
Question.
Washington correspondent ST. Lou

Washington correspondent St. Louis Re-
publican.
Hooker, Of Mississippi, who spent good
deal OF time on the plains last year. "a. "a
member OF the subcommittee OF the COM
mlttee on Indian Affairs, also took strong
grounds against the administration IT
Indian affairs by civilians, and insisted that
1no I"ie management OF the Indian service
ment; Gen. Hooker, in the course of bis
speech, paid very eloquent tribute 10
Ueh' crook, now stationed at Omaha
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

"A CoLoRED DEMOCRAT" (the sigma
ture is genuine and the authorship is
what it purports to be-, gives some I'M
answerable reasons why colored men can
be and ought to be members Of the
Democratic party. Educated colored
men would do we'll to read it for them
selves, and then summon their friends
and read it in circles, 80 that all may
profit by its wholesome arguments.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

JUDGE PRICE, Chairman Of the Win
ston county Democratic Executive Com
mittee, has issued a stirring call upon the
Democracy Of that county. He says;
1 cordially invite ali Democrats, Conserv-
atives, patriots, and opponents of Grautism
and Radicalism, ignoring past differences,
to come out on the 9th day of May next
and unite with US in re-kindling the fires of
Democracy in our county for the great bat
tie of 1850, with an enthusiasm unPrece-
dented in her former history.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
-$4~N%

THE failure of the prosecutions against
the Virginia County Judges, after the
United States Supreme Court had pro-
nounced the law under which they had
been indicted in the Federal Courts,
constitutional, is fit response to the
decision of that partizan tribunal. 1t
shows the folly of attempting to legis-
late against the consciences of the peo-
pie, and to override the principle of local
gelfgovernment which is planted deep
down and irradicably In their hearts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
So We Say.

Mississippi Republican,
Willis Hawkins, a Kinds county boy, has
applied for the appointment of Enumgator
for the county of Kinds, and has received
the Endorsement Of good men of all parties
Willis would make an efficient and consci-
entious officer.
Capt. Hawkins has a large and nu-
merously signed petition by all parties,
and will make an efficient enumerator.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
The Treatment COlored Cadet Receives
at West Point.

Extract from the Minutes iu Whitaker
Case.
Mr. Townsend questioned Whitaker at
length upon bis social standing in the corps.
lie said he had no associates in the CORPS
lie never had social conversation with any
OF them and has been so ever since he arr.v-
ed at the post in 1876. The Cadet. have
outdoor sports but he never participated
IN them, and the young men III bis cIa-7
also told Mr.. Townsend how he had been
ignored in the mess room by walters. Dish
es, on being passed around would Doe passed
by him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Cotton Statistics.

At last dates the total receipts since
September l, in 1S79-S0, were 4,777,-
$40 bales; in 1S7S-79 were 4,319,7O
bale. in 1S77-7S were 1896, $50 bales.
Middling upland cotton at Liverpool
last week was I'D; in 1879 81; 1878,
Cd; and in 1877 6 Lied
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
TIE GRANT HiPPODROME AT CAIRO
Gen. McMackia's Immortal Sentiment
Reproduced by the Ex-President.
GIVE ARE a GREAT PEOPLE"

C.,1-- -
- 10, - = pm eherai NrAht ar
80 ~ IT ii 100 ~ erh"oh anu
fIiotI t ~ " ~ 1llt
- - III VI IooI ~" 'Hous
90; - ;; go; ma ~ con- pa
~ y, ~ il,si an "utieSS l9r
orJ s4IpnI ~" - 81 H. s'l,. " o9l
ana 4 an ~, a1iIes7 IN oehai OF the people by
$3.50 y = - ,ln 1 - pIeen' Creuerai "Iaht was
q TT,F,,ry Ela,Exn. .IU c,r,
zFvsAft4r nm sis.ca Of so,a,t.o,,
from, Cai,o The ,ni,t f, Il,fl, "" ''srS
rlont Gtii o. 'HI ION. rom "Hic" might al
-. - MI - iny ia,e n.iil'ary
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
The Third District.

The Calhoun Reporter has an article
urging the Hon A f. Roane for Con
gress in the Sd District The Louis
vile Index has another for Judge
William Price and the Carrollton
Courier-C conservative is for the re-nom-
ination of Hon. H. D. Money.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
The Federal Election Laws.

The odious machinery Of federal IN
reference in elections, will not be ma
terialIy changed during the present ses-
sion Of Congress. At the extra session
all the attempts Of the Democrats to
erase them from the statutes, we're de-
f.ated bv the veto of the President,
who owes the place he occupies to
stupeDdous fraud on the American peo-
nle, Both Houses have recently passed
amendments to appropriation bills
making the deputy marshals for election
purposes appointable by the United
States Circuit Court Judges, and re-
curing that they shall not all be taken
from the same political party, but these
are Of small account compared with the
remaining enormities Of the system Of
which they are a part. The power Of
appointing an unlimited number Of depu-
ties remains; and also the supervisors
section" This clause provides for the
supervision Of the State ballot-boxes, by
federal deputy marshals. 1t takes from
the people, to a great extent, the con
troll over their own ballot boxes, and
places it in the hands Of the central
power. Ii authorizes federal deputy
marshaIs to surround every ballot-box,
and 10 arrest any State officer who in
the least interferes with them; and it
provides that such State officers may
be heavily fined or imprisoned for three
years 1t authorizes the arrest Of State
officers, who are placed in charge of the
baIlot-boxes, without any warrant what
ever. These powers conferred upon
deputy United States marshals, who
are generally political runners or suffers,
and who are sworn in at election time,
overpower all local authority, and in
fact place the elections in the hands OF
the central authority. All this IS al
variance with the spirit Of our free in
stitutions. Its Capitalization, making
the freemen Of the republic subjects O
the central power. Thousands upon
thousands Of these deputies have beer
appointed to supervise" the people.
ballots; to intimidate peaceful citizens
and TO trample upon the officers appoint
ed by the people and the people have
no direct remedy for such abuses. II
our own State many innocent and peace
ful citizens have been arrested and car
ried many miles for examination. This /.
done to ''buIldoze" voters, and to pre-
vent a free and fair ballot These
force-laws were passed over President
Johnsons able vetoes, when Thad
Stevens, was procIaiming that his party
was acting outside Of the Constitu
/ ton" and that if one Of these harsh
measures did not bring the South to the
point he desired, the Republican party
would give them "more Of it," They
were born of the passions Of the war,
and were designed to keep the Republican
party in power, and have been potent
agencies for that purpose. The Demo
cratic party--the party of the Constitu-
ton and Of free ballot-are pledged
not to abandon the struggle until they
are reDcaled
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
The Fifth District.
Brookhaven Ledger. 7

Brookhaven Ledger
Inc probable Congressional candidates.
IN TINS district are Q. E. Hooker, Of Kinds
a. ). McLaurin, Of Rankin; r. Seal, o
M MaTIlso n :. 4. Carter, Of Perry; r. N
I = G, Of Coplah II. III. Thompson and =
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

THERE has been a decline in the cot
ton market, and the situation is not en-
couraging for an advance. The increase
of receipts for last years crop over the
previous year, Is 314,03l bales. The
present stock in port is 229,770 bales
more than at the corresponding period
last year, and the quantity in sight is
282, 703 bales more than a year AGO.
Besides, there Is Il quantity Of cotton
seckinn sale
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

GEN. GRANT has captured Kentucky
and Missouri, which viii not give him
vote in the electoral college; but he
has been fearfully "sot back in Massa-
chusetts and Iowa.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

Is the triumph Of the Liberals in
England, the policy Of the Beaconsfeld
ministry has been emphaticaIly disaP-
proved bv the people, and it Is under
stood that they will formally resign.
Even in Great Britain the public agent
acknowledges his accountability to the
people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

DIR. J. S. MCCAIN, Chairman, has
called meeting of the Democratic Con-
sentative party of Holmes County, on
the 18th day of May, for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the State Conven-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21
Radical Meeting at Macon.

There was an old fashioned gathering
of the Radical clans at Macon on the
18th. twenty-five hundred negroes
were present. Reverend exit. Gov
ernor A. X. Davis, was chairman. AL
good and Cavett, white Republicans,
engineered the affair. Grant resolu-
tons were adopted, and incendiary
speeches delivered.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

THE q. S. Senate has unanimously
agreed to report 'favorably the joint res
olution introduced by Mr.. Cameron, pro-
viding for commission to consider what
legislation is needed for the better regu-
ulation of railroad fares where two or
more States are interested.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-21

THE taxpayers would be delighted
if Congress would reduce the exorbi-
tant duties on salt and some other arti-
Giles, to say nothing Of the duty on
paper, which Is an outrageous tax upon
KNOWLEDGE.