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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
The South and the West on the
Financial Issue.

During the discussion of the Funding
Bill, in Congress, Mr.. Belford (Repub
lican) of Colorado, alongside with his
declared opposition to the measure, ex-
pressed himself in the following manner
upon another important point. 1t is
evident that if the Southern Democracy
are not sold out to the bond-holders on
the financial question, it will soon bring
an opportunity for union of the South
and West upon that issue. They are
geographically united. Their material
interests are the same and they will
unite politically if the causes which
viii bring them together are permitted
to work out their legitimate results:
Mr.. Bedford (Col.) expressed his opposi-
ton to the funding bill, as presenting a
scheme of gross imposition on the people.
After making some remarks on the silver
question. Mr. Bedford said: / want to say
to nv Republican friends of the East, that
the time has come when, if the single-
standard theory is to be the policy of the
Republican party, we in the West will re-
volt against their banner. Applause on
the Democratic side. We recognize silver
as money of the Constitution, the money
which was honored and respected in States
before the Constitution was adopted. 1t 1t
is right to protect pig iron in Pennsylvania,
sugar in Louisiana, copper in Michigan, 1t
is right to protect the silver products OF the
West. We will bow neither to the golden
headed image of New York, nor to the
iron-footed image of Pennsylvania, and if
our rights are not respected we will march
under the banner of that party which ac-
cords to the great silver interests of the
West q decent and honest recognition.
TApplause on the Democratic side
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

Bruce Thinks His Race Ought to Have
a Cabinet Appointment.

C. E. NJ. in Courier-Journal.
"But do you not think your race is en-
titled to this recognition p
81 do, indeed" said Mr.. Bruce II think
to appoint one of my color to a cabinet
position would be very graceful and CRATE
full thing for Mr.. Garfield to do. Mind, l
do not refer to myself, but to some other
representative colored man, one skilled in
public affairs Ny race has stood Loyalty,
heroically, by the Republican party, and
without our efforts in the last campaign,
Mr.. Garfield would have been defeated. /
thiuk such recognition is due US"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

TIE political discussions of the day
have produced nothing clearer nor ADLER
than the disquisition Of Senator Wal
lace, of Pennsylvania, copied on our
first page from the North American
Review, defining the fundamental issues
Of the Democratic and the Republican
parties, and setting forth the principles
ofthe former. Itmay be read with profit,
especially by the young, who lack in
formation upon the subjects treated in
his very able paper.
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Fire at Edwards.
Vicksburg Herald.

Yesterday morning flames were discovered
issuing from the restaurant offs ii. Mackey,
at Edwards, which were quickly commuui-
caied to several buildings adjoining among
them the Nixon House, LAIR & Hudspeth's
Livery Stable, Dickerson & Co.'S baf-room
and grocery, and the barber-shop Of Mr..
Brooks. With the exception Of the Nixon
House all the buildings burned were frame
ones and belonged to J. H. OdeneaI. Of
Jackson. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000, With less than 81 900 insurance,
which was held by 5. f. Mackey, who
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Bruce in the Cabinet.
Says Redfeld, the newspaper cores

Says Redfeld, the newspaper cores
pendent
The suggestion that Senator Bruce, of
Mississippi, be called into the Cabinet OF
Garfield, has been suggested to the Presi-
dent-elect, and he thinks well of it, but is
reported as saying that there is plenty OF
time for reflection. 1t has been represented
to Senator Bruce that certain parties have
told Gen. Garfield that his (Bruce's) APP
pontment to the Cabinet would make a
row in the South, and injure the Republi-
can party there step toward social
equality Senator Bruce thinks this is a
very unmanly warfare; that he has been
long in public life and never yet went any
where he wasn't invited. He wishes a dis
tinction drawn between equality before the
law and social equality. 1t is a singular
fact, and illustrates the high standing of
Senator Bruce, that a majority of the Mis-
sissippi delegation say they would prefer
Bruce in the Cabinet to any white Republi-
can from that State. Senator Lamar is re-
ported as saying that the white people of
his State would rather see Bruce in the
Cabinet than any white Republican in all
Mississippi.
$50 far as the "white people Of Missis-
sippi" are concerned, we don't think
they are much exercised about the mat
ter.)
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

GENERAL GARFIELD is reported to
have said that the Federal service in
the Southern States should be thorough
" purified and that all just causes Of
complaint for which the General Gov
ernment is responsible should be re
moved. We do not know that the
present Republican Office holders in the
South are any worse class than in the
Northern States, always excepting the
scoundrels whom Hayes rewarded for
their services in the preparation Of the
fraud by which he secured the Presi-
dency in the place of the man whom the
people had elected.
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The Railroad Commission Bill Before
the Alabama Legislature.

We have copied before the provisions
of bill which has been introduced in
the Alabama House of Representatives.
The Montgomery Advertiser states that
it was reported from the Committee on
Commerce aud Common Carriers and
was prepared after the committee had
procured the views of railroad men and
is probably as complete, fair and effec-
tive as it is possible to make a law of
the character intended.
1t provides Board of Commissioners
consisting of three members, to be APP
pointed by the Governor and confirmed
by the Senate. One, who is to be chair
man, is to be experienced in railway
matters, and one is to be learned in the
law. The Commission is to have al
office in the Capitol, and Secretary
1t is to have general supervision of rail
roads in the State, and common carriers
doing business over these roads The
railroads are allowed to establish THEN
own schedules and tariffs in the first
instance, but the same may be revised
and altered by the Commission, after
giving all sides hearing.
The Commission shall establish rules
and regulations for the government OF
the roads. The roads may be heard in
objection to the same. The decision OF
the Commission is final after such hear
ing,
Private persons may complain to the
Commission and have their grievances
investigated.
Rules, regulations and tariffs, as es-
tablished by the Commission, are to be
binding on the roads, and forfeitures are
to be given to the State for violations of
the same, to be recovered in suits in
Circuit Courts.
The expenses of the Board of Com
missioners are to be paid from the State
Treasury in the first instance, but to be
returned in the shape of a license tax
on roads to be paid into the Treasury.
No Commissioner can be an attorney
for railroad, nor own any bonds, stock,
or other interest in railroad
The bill was made the special order
for Wednesday, February I'd, when the
will reassemble to make an
under the new census,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

IT is said that Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford will probably be removed from the
office of United States District Attorney
for the Eastern District of New York.
Is this his reward for coming to Mis-
sippi and returning North to publish
his mammoth lie about the Kemper
trials?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

NOTHING seems certain as to the Gar
field slate, except that Mr.. Blaine viii
be Secretary of State, and that the
Grant Conkling crowd viii have the
Secretary of the Treasury, which means
that the financial department win be
handed over to the money ring.
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NEW YORK, December is. 1880.

EDITORS CLARION: In reply to your
favor just received we beg to say that Hon.
Jefferson Davis Memoirs of the War, will
probably be ready for publication within
ninety days. The first volume il now being
printed. The Mss. of the second volume we
expect to have in hand next month, when
the prospectus and order books, with full
particulars for agents, will be made public.
Yours truly,
n AppT I-roN q 10
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NOTES, NEWS AND NOTIONS.
Sarah Bernhardt has realized over
s175, 900 clear of expenses, since she
has been in America.

Sarah Bernhard has realized over
s175, 900 clear of expenses, since she
has been in America.
The Kinds county Gazette speaks OF
1881, assuming the place just vacated
by the hoary old fellow 1890" We
don't see why it should have been called
"hoary old fellow" when it was aged
just twelve months.
New Year cards have only been il
use eleven years. They were first in
troduced IN 1869
On New Years day Mrs President
Hayes was assisted by Misses Cook and
Heron, of Ohio, Miss Scott, of New Or
leans, Misses Morgan and Russell, OF
New York and Miss Mills, of California
Our eolored Senator. Bruce and wife were
among the callers.
An exchange says .'the pews of Ply
mouth Church, (Beecher's) Brooklyn
were sold at auction last evening, real
izing $40, 362." By which we are, in
voluntarily reminded of the camel Mss
ing through the eye of needle.
On Friday last man and woman
were hung in Newark, New Jersey, fol
man murder, and two men in Philadel
phia for wife murder.
Senator Pendleton has introduced a
resolution requiring the Navy Depart
ment to test the various devices for the
abatement of the smoke nuisance in
burning coal, as if Congress mad any
business with such subject Some
thing to abate the gas nuisance would
be more to the point
According TO the new census Kansas
has a population of $50, 900, of whom
only $1,000 are colored people, which
shows that there is room for at least
90, 900 more. On with the exodus.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
Political Prosecutions
Holly Springs South

Several gentlemen Of this and surround
Ing counties were dragged to Oxford last
week 10 answer before the United States
Court for merely technical violation Of the
election laws No matter how innocent iu
intention, they are convicted of course on
small showing. Criminal intent is not a
necessary ingredient Of proof for conviction
under the very humane laws of the United
States as administered in this quarter.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

Col. MCCLURE, of the Philadelphia
Times, in the extract of his letter pub
lished in another column, shows how
much better the colored man is treated
in the South under Democratic rule
than in the North under Republican
rule. The attention of the voters of
color who read THE CLARION is called to
the extract. They can draw their own
conclusions.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

PENDING the discussion of the Fund.
ing Bill, Mr.. Chalmers said he would
vote for the shortest bond possible, and
then vote against the whole bill. He
was opposed to the refunding, because
it might change the terms of contract
under which the bonds were payable in
gold and silver IF the bill can be con-
strued so as to evade the payment
of the debt according to contract, it
ought to be defeated.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

THE City Council of Galena, H., has
distinguished itself by eIecting Mrs.
Sarah C. Harris a member of the Board
of School Directors. She is the first
lady who ever held office in that city.
and Is homeopathic physician of emf
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
Mr.. Davis Memoirs of the War.

Having received many inquiries from per,
sons desiring agencies for the sale of this
work, the following from Messrs. Appleton
& Co., is published for the information Of
all interested
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
Late News.

INDIANS CAPTURE A STAGE COACH AND
KILL THE DRIVER.
Fort DAVIS, Texas, jan, 8, 1SS1.-The
FL Paso stage while in Qustman Canon. ten
miles west OF here, was attacked by Indians,
the driver and team killed, and the mail
pouches cut and destroyed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

In letter to Col Forney, dated
January 10Th, 1868, Horace Greeley
uttered this truth in regard to journal
ism:
You know my inveterate conviction that
journal that cannot support itself can
support nothin- else that is good that all
journals that nsSd bolstering ought to die,
and % strengthen those that have Inherent
vitality. If every journal that does not
pay from its legitimate income were annihi-
lated tomorrow, I feel sure that it would
be q blessed thing for the country, al it
would restoFs to live journals patronage
that they are now unfairly deprived lof.
These are very old conclusions. I cannot
change them
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

If the Republican candidates want
the votes cast for them to be received
and counted, let them take care in
future that their ballots are printed as
the law directs. 1t seems evident that
the distinguishing marks" on the
Lynch ballots at the, last election were
put upon them by the design of Lynch
and his managers. What was their
motive?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
A Constant Reminder.
Exchange

New Orleans has a constant reminder of
KePnbllcan carPet-bag misrule in a debt or
woman, and child in the city. And vet
Northern Republicans wonder why the
South Is solid
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

THE Memphis Avalanche says ''while
reputation is material issue'in Ten
nessee, it must be conceded that it is an
immaterial issue in Mississippi" Never
theless Mississippi is paying her bonds
at maturity and they are worth a pre-
MUM, while according to the Avalanche
one class of Tennessee Democrats are in
favor of repudiating one-half the State
debt, and the other class are in favor of
repudiating the whole of it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

AFTER all, the Vicksburg Herald was
mistaken in supposing that the town
election of Port Gibson afforded the
least encouragement for the belief in
the probability of a Dolly Warden party
superseding the Democratic party in
control of Mississippi affairs. The
Reveille punctures the bubble, by say
ing that the election referred to had no
political significance whatever, that it
was wholly in the interest of the Vicks-
burg and Ship Island Railroad, and was
supported by ffteen-twentieths of the
citizens of the town-among the num-
Der the editor of the Reveille himself,
about whose democracy there is no faint
of heresy, no sign of Dolly Vardenism.
Doubtless in the coming contest the
Democracy will have to confront a
ticket made up of ringed, streaked and
speckIed Materials but it 10 not 1i+vpIr
that its first onslaught will be against
the granite bulwarks of the party in
old Claiborne.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

CALUMNIAToRs of the South would
learn something to stop their clamor
about the failure of the Southern State
governments to provide for the educa-
ton of the negroes, if they will ex anime
the statements published by the State
School Commissioner of Georgia and are
fair enough to give them due weight.
The expense of the public school system
in these States is borne principally by
the whites, who have not recovered
from the impoverishment caused by the
wal, and its benefits are dispensed i'm
partially to both races.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

The N. Y. Truth has confessed that
the Morey letter was 3 forgery, but il
does not reveal the name of the guilty
person. Who knows but that Truth
was bribed to say it was forgery
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

GEN. LEE has notified the public
that no more students can be taken at
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, the capacity Of the institution be-
inc full
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

SENATOR JONAS, of Louisiana, has
been promoted to the craftsmanship of
the Committee on the Improvement of
the Mississippi River and it, tributaries.
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Senator George.

The Winona Advance Advance learns
directly from Hon. J. 4. George that
he will resign the Judgeship about the
1st Of February and will 90 on to Wash
ington about the 10th Of February,so as
to be present in the Executive session
of the new Senate after the 4th of
March
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

a LADY, Mrs. GRzard. has been
elected engrOssiDg clerk Of the Tennss-
see House Of. Representatives. And
another, Mrs. Love. has been elected
engrOssing ell 4 enc Senate
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR
Capt J. ". Buchanan, of Chickasaw, Brig
sdier-General Of Militia in place of General
J. l.. Finley, resigned.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

WAsTHNGToN kilograms say that it is
growing daily more evident that Malone
has made a combination with Republi-
cans as to the organization Of the Senate.
In this event, the political Importance
Of assigning the seat usurped by Kellogg
10 the rightful claimant, will be felt.
IT would seem that Mississippi viii
gain one member Of Congress under the
new apportionment. This reminds US
that among other duties to be performed
by the next Legislature will be the re-
districting Of the State. There are Sc
rious objections to some Of the Districts
as they now stand.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

tsFARMzR, in the Winona Advance,
pays q high tribute to the services Of
Hon. r. f. Holloway, of Winona. for
the Democratic ticket in the late canvass.
a. list Of the names of those g whom
credit il due for psryiee " the good
calss. would IL a. Il ent without his.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
THE Mississippi river is falling.

The Army Appropriation bill has
passed the House Of Representatives
without riders, forbidding the use of
troops in elections. Appropriation,
S26 600 900
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
CongnessIonal-sanalo-
A PENSION ar For anlrr

WAsHINeToE, Jan. IO--Ags. Logan iD.
troduced q bill 70 authorize the appoint
men ment ot Gen. y, y, Grant "a Tie retired
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
ONE W. q. MOORE ACCUSES KELLOGG OF.
BRIBERY TO GET HIMSELF ELECTED

WAsHINGToN, y. g., Jan. Mr. Jonas
presented tn the Senate to-day the petition
OF w. 5. Moore, dated New Orleans. De-
cember ID, 1880, accusing Senator Kellogg
of bribery, in securing his seat ion the sem
ate. Moore in the petition states that he
was member Of the Louisiana Legislature
In 1876, and alleges the follow q facts ia
connection with the election of/Kcllogg d
the Senate, duplicating that worthy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

THE Governor of New York in his
message presents the subject of railroad
transportation for action by the Legisia-
ture. He lays down this principle. but
leaves the mode of application to the
Legislature
Unjust Determinations in the rates Of
Transportation cause embarrassment and I'M
natural competition. Favoritism for one
interest results in hardship to another.
Stability and uniformity in freight tariffs
are necessary for the safe conduct of bust
ness. Not only should equality of service
be rendered to all citizens, but as well to all
communities. For like service all patrons
should be placed upon an equal footing, and,
as far as practicable, general publicity
should be given to freight tariffs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

Mr.. N. II. MARaa0N has become as-
sociated with Hon. Thomas spight ln
tha citizenship q the Ripley Sentinel.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

If Joe Brown, of Georgia, lived in Mis-
sissippi he would be cursed by the extre-
mists, and sustained by the Conservative s.
-Vicksburg Herald.
And if Joe Brown had lived in Mis-
sissippi in 1868, he would have repre-
scented this State in the Radical
Convention which nominated Grant,
and would have supported him over
Seymour. He would also have
been appointed Supreme Judge by
a carpet-bag Governor, and been sus-
tanned by Radical Senate. At least we
presume so, as that was the case with
him in Georgia.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

THE Vicksburg Herald asserts that il
is in favor of Democratic organization
and discipline, but protests against unfair
elections As to the latter, THE
CLARION will go as far as the Herald.
We shall insist upon free election, an
honest count, and the right of the
other side to be fairly represented in
the management of the election. Sys-
tematic corruption of the ballot-box is
worse than the loss of county. It's
effect is to poison the fountains of our
political system, corrupt public morals,
and destroy the preventative feature
of the government. AS we have before
said, the present ballot law is objection
able, but while it is the law, it is the
bounden duty of the officers to obey it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13
FAIRS TRIUMPH rs NEVADA.

san FEANcIsCQ.- Jah- IA dispatch
from Carson City, Nevada say '"gha
Democrats held a caucus last night and
nominated j. &. Fair, for United States
Senator. 1t is claimed, however by anti
Fair interest, that there WITS no quorum
present.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

AUHJ7TA, Mo JAN. N-TT0 T0UTI"TI
caucus to nominate a United States Senator
was largely attended, this evening Hona
Eugene Hale received the unanimous uc Iu-
nation.
A PRISONER TAKEN FROM JAIL AND WNEa
on THE sCAFFOLD IS THE COuEr-Uods
SQUARE.
LAKE Providence, Jan. 7.-Jamcs b.
Brown, charged with the murder of Bar.
nard Mcclure, late city marshal, on the
night Of January 4, 1880, WA. was taken
out Of the Jail at Lake Providence last night
by persons unknown, and hung on the Inc
scatfoid on the courthouse square. The
coroners jury is now investigating the mat
ter.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

A1VI WIS 10 OIIO 'sOIOIIIH PI0US0 VI VI
government to the note holder.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

On Friday last man and woman
were hung in Newark, New Jersey, for
man murder, and two men in Philadel-
phia for wife murder