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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

OUTSIDE of Mississippi, the Democrat
ic press is unanimous in opposing the
Grant bill. There is some diversity
here, but for the most part the argu-
meRt is conducted with due regard to
the courtesies of the profession, Who
is Grant that Southern Democrats
should quarrel about him?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

GENERAL WEAVER, late Greenback
candidate for President, in the House
of Representatives the other day said,
that Southern bull-dozing is as nothing
compared with the intimidation of vo-
tiers practiced by the Republican mill
owners and manufacturers of Massachu-
sets, and General Weaver said what is
strictly true.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

The Senate Committee on the Judi
ciary is as follows;
Messrs. Thurman, (ehairman,) Mcdonald
Bayard, Garland, Lamar, Davis, of Illinois,
Edmunds, Conkling, and Carpenter.
Washington correspondents state that
the Committee stands as follows on the
question of confirming Stanley Mat
thews:
For :-Messrs. Mcdonald, Lamar, and
Carpenter.
AGAINST :-Messrs. Thurman, BayaFd,
Garland, Davis, Edmunds, and Conkling.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

The Arkansas Legislature is passing.
bill for branch Normal colored school
at Pine Bluff; and yet the Southern adj
mlnlstrations are charged with doing
nothing for the education OF the colored
race.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

WHEN Mind and Body are out of sorts.
VIZ WIN cola extremities, a yelIowness in the
ssk :l, costiveness, dull headache, and an in,
eel4po7ltIon to stir about, be sure YOU are in
LOT Bilious Attack, springing from a more
7. - ~; i.35iisordered Liver. DR. Jaynes San
o.rs ms VIII bring the Liver to healthy
J5G;Iulslon' and speedily remove all hillary
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
Col. Hooker Hits the Nail on the
Head.

Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot.
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi, hit the nail
on the head when he stated in the House OF
Representatives at Washington the other
day that the negroes of the South, as soon
as they learned that Democracy means cheap
government, began to vote the Democratic
ticket This fact, he declared, accounts for
the disappearance of the Republican vote
in Mississippi and other Southern States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

ST. LOUIS REPUBLICAN "There are
some things that ought not to be passed
over without condemnation-and Mat
thews' conduct in Louisiana in 1876 and
Billings conduct in the same State in
1873, belong to the same category"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
The Poverty-stricken Grants Blazing
with Diamonds
Exchange

A14OlduSU'J
cat the Peabody dinner on the I'd in
stant," says a Washington correspondent,
General Grants wife was royalty attired
in rich velvet, superb black pearls, and q
blaze of diamonds"
(Surely an appropriation must be
made, and made quickly, to enable the
Grants to present a respectable appear
anee in society,"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

THE San Francisco Examiner says
that Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, the
last nomination of Hayes for the United
States Supreme Court els known as a
strong partisan and very narrow poll
tician. He was one of the visiting
statesmen to Louisiana, and no one man
is more responsible than he for the
contamination of the gigantic fraud by
which his friend Hayes was counted into
the Presidential chair. For his share
in that transaction Stanley Matthews
now comes in for his reward. The
public may well wish that it had been
conferred upon him in some other
shape" The st. Louis Republican says
"that his share in the Presidential fraud
may be recommendation in the eyes of
Republicans, but it ought to make the
Democratic majority in the Senate solid
against him."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

JUDGE ARSoLD's charge to the Grand
Jury on the Sunday Laws, has elected
from Rev. G. B. Galloway someappropr-
late observations on the same subject
They are on our first page.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

THE Legislature of Illinois is regulat-
ing charges for berths and sections on
sleeping cars. This is really the only
extortion in railroad travelling, and q
great point win be gained for the public
ifthe right of the Legislature to correct
it is established,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

THE annual report Of the Sun.
tendent of Public Instruction fr
State of Florida shows that duriB,
four years of Democratic rule iu,tc
she has built twenty-five per cent IN.
school-houses, operated fifty per s
more schools, greatly increased the.
rollment of the school population.
given longer average term, with n
efficient teachers, than had preyi.a.
been provided. Large amounts of
standing indebtedncss in many of +.
counties have also been paid and +
credit re-established under citz-
rule.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

LOUISIANA has got the Southern
Colored University in running order
The State is to devote $4,000 yearI,
to the institution, which is meant to 4.
for the colored people what the Stat,
University is for the whites. And M
according to Northern Republican tc,ti-
mony the Southern Democratic govern.
ments wont make provision for edua.
ting the blacks.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
Remembering the Fallen Heroes and
Their Loved Ones.
Port Gibson ReveiIle. !

Port Gibson ReveiIle.
Mr. Davis forthcoming book will be ded-
icated to the widows and orphans of the
Confederate dead While Others are toadys
ing to the'scoming E mperor," the grand old
man on the seashore never forgets the fallen
heroes and their loved ones.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

WISCONSIN seems likely soon 60 ,-
the experiment Of woman suffrage. +
resolution amending the Constitution
as to allow women TO vote, was HAS.
by the last Legislature, and is about
receive the sanction of the present or.
when it will be submitted 10 vor.
the people. New York and lIassac5r
sets allow women To vote for school inf
ficers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
Bridal COuches for Sara.

V7V'
At her hotel in New Orleans. and IN fact
MIS- MIS- % tne western and Southern cities.
tj tit Dernnardt has been granted the dis.
~ tbo t ~ wen as the comforts which attach
inc sc Sc orluaI chambers. If the enterpris.
favor With its usual legitimate accass s,il
I nI OF years ago, she would have ok.
changed large stock of unpleasant noto'
rlety Tor a first rate quantity of reputstion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
THE SENATE.
An Appeal for Contributions.

Scooba Herald.
The Mayor of Scooba has issued and sent
70 the different corporate authorities orthi-
State the following address:
OFFICE MAYOR or SCooBA.
February 3, 1881.
SIR: A disastrous fire has visited our
town aud eight stores are in ruins. There
IS IS considerable suffering among the losers by
the fire fiend ali the money belonging 4,
the town has met the same fate and IN be-
comes my duty to appeal to your generous
people through you for aid. All contribu-
tons may be sent to me, and the same win
De pr9perlly disbursed upon the order Of the
board Of Aldermen. Relying upon the
generosity Of the people Of Mississippi.
which has never been called upon without
avail, [ remain,
Yours truly,
JAS. j.. HART
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

MAJOR NoRDoN' OF Georgia. bias bro.
ken dirt at Columbus, Missi~-ippi. ap NJ,
Columbus, Fayette and Decatur railroad
This road Will connect with the coal fields
of Alabama, and will terminate m Bfr-
mingham or Decatur, and is to DE COM
pleted inside Of three years.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

o. our first page is copied from the
Planters Journal a valuable article
from Rev. DIR. G.. X. Marshall on I'm
migration, showing its necessity to the
material prosperity Of Mississippi, and
presenting the details of a practical
plan.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

THE eloquent and deserved tribute to
the late Judge VIM. Cothran by Mr.. a.
H. Brantly, will be found on our first
page. The address delivered by Col
W. b. Helm, Of Carrollton, on the same
occasion viii also bepublished in accord
ance with the resolutions of the Bar As
ISOLATION.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

FOR the information Of their friends
we will mention that those eminent law
yers, Gen. w. +. Tucker and Col J. r.
Mcintosh have formed a copartnership
for the practice Of law at Okolona. 1t
is Il strong law firm, and in politics
would furnish frst-class material for
Senator, Congress, Governor, or what
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

REPRESENTATIVES RAEDoLPH, free
trade Democrat. of Virginia, will sue
coed Fernando Wood as Chairman Of
Committee Of Ways and Means.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

LYMAN TRUMBuLL, of Illinois. adj
vises the party to crystalize around the
principles of free trade and opposition
to corporate monopoly.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
LATE NEWS.
EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE on THE ,n--I-sp-
PI COAST BY THE LATE STORM

EXTENT or THE DAMAGE on THE Ml--I-srp-
PG COAST BY THE LATE STORM
HANDsBoRo. Feb. I2.-The estimated
damage done by the storm Of the fore part
of the week ut Biloxi, Mississippi City, and
the coast between two places including
Handsboro, in the loss of wharves. lumber.
logs, etc, is between $2j, 900 and $50 600.
Lumber manufactures have resumed opera
tions.
DEATH OF hon. FERNANDO WOOD, or NEW
YORK.
LITTLE Rock, Feb. l4-Hou. Fernando
Wood, Chairman of Committee of Ways
and Means, died at Hot Springs last night.
STANLEY MATTHEWS.
WAsHTNGToN, Feb 15.-It is understood
that the majority OF the Judiciary Commit
tee prefer to let the nomination of Stanley
Matthews for the Supreme bench die with
this administration, but that Bayard wants
it reported 20 the Senate at once. Matthews
returned TO Cincinnati tonight, dishearten-
ed, and without hope of success.
DEFEAT OF THE OCEAN MAIL SUBSIDY ~
THE SENATE.
WAsHIN0ToN, Feb. I5.-Mr. Blyarl
spoke in opposition to steamship subsidies
on the ground that they were contrary t0
DeuIoCIdllC uOcIflne ana usage.
Mr.. Morgan said he could zee nothing
ooJectlohaDIe IN paying steamship compI-
mics for services rendered.
Mr. White spoke at length in opposition
to the pending amendment and to subsidy
legislation generally.
Mr.. Morgan replied that the Southern
ports had been closed to United States
mails by the policy Of the governments and
the South now asked that postal facilities
be extended to her.
10.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

The Democrats Of the Senate Judicial
ry are solid against confirming Billings
Good.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

Howell Z. JAcKsoN, recently elected
g the United States Senate from Ten
Elicit. 49, =:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

The granting Of brevet rank ior gaiIan.
services on the battlefield may be oonsid
cred as part Of our national policy, sane
toned by practiced and BY the appreciation
of the country. AS to titles such as an,
granted elsewhere, thank God We have none
to bestow, and I trust I shall never live To
see the day when any pecuniary REGARDS wall
be conferred upon military men, excep.
pensions for injuries sustained in the line q.
their duty.-Extract from speech ofa -,ns,
Lewis Cass, December p, 1852 Go %
Globe, Vol. 20, p. l04- oa.t
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
court House Of ChOctaW County Burned.

-, Inc court house Of Choctaw county. AZ
0 ~ 5St, was completely destroyed by fire
On "a thursday night 1t is therefore thought
1naG lt must have been the work of an in
eenoiary. All the records and court papers
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

The Examiner says, eff the bill as
amended is passed now, Grant is dis
opposed of forever so far as legislation
sis concerned" Why so If the econ
spiratOrs'' really intend to substitute
Grant for Sherman, all they will have
to do, according to your reasoning, will
be to pass the second section as an orig
inal bill and the end is accomplished.
Their work will already have been half
done by Democratic Congress. They
will be able to go before the people and
say the Democrats gave Gen. Grant
large pay and no work. We found
Gen. Sherman of the age when all
officers should be ''retired" to keep the
army efficient, and we "retired" him
and called Gen. Grant to the command
where he might perform duties equal
to his rank "as the greatest military
hero" of the country, and earn his pay.
Democrats gave him the money, Re
publicans will give him the work as
well as the pay.
But the true plan is to give him
neither.
He has already been complimented
with the highest honors the people
ofthe United States could bestow, and as
his toadies and funkies are wont to say,
crowned heads have bowed down be-
fore him."
Therefore, he needs no more honors
as token of his country's gratitude.
He has already received nearly a mil
lion of dollars from the public treasury,
in addition to the gifts of $500, 900 or
$780, 900. Therefore he needs no more
money. And certainly he is entitled to
no more at the expense of the people
and their agents have no right to vote
it to him. 1t is but another step in
the march towards Imperialism and the
of privileged orders in
imitation of the royal governments of
Europe. In the name Of the Democracy,
We have entered our solemn protest
against the measure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

The House Of Representatives Is con.
sidering the River and Harhor bill. in-
GLIDING the Mississippi river appropria-
ton.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

SENATOR GEORGE has reached Wash
ington.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
Department. of Agriculture.

A bill is pending before the House of
Representatives to create a Department
of Agriculture. 1t is Il measure for
which the agricultural interests have
petitioned. On the 18th inst, motion
was made by Mr.. Aiken, of South Caro-
lima, to suspend the rules and put the
bill on its passage. 1t required two
thirds vote, and the motion failed, but
the majority in favor of suspension was
large enough to have assured its passage
if the bill could have been brought be-
fore the House The Mississippi delega-
ton stood as follows:
AYEs-Messrs. Chalmers, Hooker, Null
drow and Singleton.
RAYs-Messrs. Manning and Money.
Messrs. Muldrow and Money spoke
upon the merits of the question. The
former in favor of, the latter against,
the bill. The speeches are brief and
pointed, and we will publish both in our
next paper. Mr.. Muldrow was the origi-
nal introducer of the measure.
NOT TRUE.-E. ]. Taylor, of WestoWn,
Pa, who recently returned from Mississippi,
states that the report put in circulation to
the effect that he and those who aceompa-
MED him to Mississippi, did not like the
country and returned because they could
not procure employment, was not correct.
They all liked the country, and could get
plenty of work, ard the only reason they
returned was that it was and had been for
a long time raining almost necessarily, and
they were unable 10 work, which was the
only reason for their return.-West Chester
(Pa-) Local Naws.
We welcomed the arrival of Mr.. Tay-
Ior and his comrades at the time, and
are glad to know that they were favor.
ably impressed with the South, and
especially this community. The past
season was exceptionally inclement and
unfavorable for outdoor employment
a plenty of which was at their COM
mand. Another such season may not
occur for twenty years, and We hope
they will come again. They will find
as much employment as they may want
ut remuneratiYe wages.
The News also says:
John G. Taylor, Of Darlington's Corner,
tells us that after be harvests his grain next
summer he intends taking trip TO Missis-
sippi, and if he likes the country viii locate.
We hope Mr.. Taylor will come ky all
means. He viii be accorded a generous
hearted welcome, and we feel assured
viii like the country and the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
Inc tennessee Legislature Elects a Dol.
y warden Set Of State On8cers.

EEIx-Congressman David A. Num- CRe-
Puoilca1) was elected Secretary of State,
lanes n. Nolen (Republican) Controller,
anu Marsh L. Polk (Democrat) was Re.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
Col. A. Y. Harper.

Colonel A. Y. Harper, for reasons
given below in card which he sends
US, has suspended the Okolona Southern
States:
"By reason of financial embarrassment,
the Southern States has been compelled to
suspend.
81 have done battle for the cause of good
government mainly at my own expense, as
long as I can do so.
'For a number of years | have devoted
myself to the defense of the rights of the
States South.
'tNow the last dollar has been expended.
[ must leave tbs cause in other and stronger
hands.
''In retiring from the field of journalism
| beg leave to return my most profound
thanks to the brethren of the Mississippi
Press for their constant and untiring kind
ness and courtesy Respectfully, y
Okolona, Miss, Feb. 2, 1881.
Col. H. made his reputation as bril-
liant journalist, no doubt at considerable
pecuniary loss. He will devote himself
in future to the practice of his profes
sion, the law, in which he had acquired
before embarking in his
venture. We wish him sue
cess.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

Last year over 300, 900 immigrants
landed at New York. over 10000 at
Baltimore, 5000 at Galveston for Texas
direct, and with those who landed at
other points, and come from Canada the
United States received over half q mil
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

SENATOR LAMAR and Henry Watterson
are reported to be working in Stanley Mat
thew's interest, and to have the aid of other
equally influential Democrats.-Memphi
Appeal.
(The brilliant editor of the Courier
Journal, we will premise, is a near rela-
tive of Stanley Matthews.)
We are reminded by the foregoing
that the Vicksburg Commercial has
again and again declared that the APP
pointment of Stanley Matthews was not
fit to have been made, and is unfit to be
confirmed Can opinion in which we con-
eur as Matthews is stalwart Radical,
a sectional agitator and the chief accom-
plice in the theft of the Presidency in
1877 but is not the Commercial appre-
hensive that some its contemporaries
whom it uncharitably arraigned for de-
nouncing the Grant bill will now retort
its charge against them, that it is
bouncing Lamar" for having an
opinion of its own in reference to the
Stanley Matthews business?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

THE CLARION accidentally no doubt
omits part of our theory as to what would
/ be a fair appOrtionment of the State for the
/ election of members of the Legislature.
/ 'In the formation of the popular branch of
! the Legislature, every county should have
one representative for territory, and after
that fair app0rtionment should be made
on population to bring the House to meme
bership of 100" Such is our proposition
for the House, and it is correctly copied by
| THE CLARION; but, it omits entirely the
remainder of the proposition, which pro-
yides for the Senate, and our theory is this:
The House representing territory and pop
ulation combined, the Senate should repre-
sent tax-paying and population combined,
and hence, in making up the p or SO mem
bers of the Senate, territory shonld be
ignored and tax tables and population re
ports taken as the basis,-Hinds County
Gazette.
The feature that we particularly
commended was the allowance of at
least one Representative to eac h county
and the reduction of the whole number
of Representatives TO one hundred.
Promising that we are in favor of
reducing the number of Senators to
twenty-five 1.-THE constitution prescrlDes
that the Senate shall be composed of
not more than one-third nor less than
one-fourth of the popular branch) we
endorse the Gazette's plan in so far as
it provides that it shall represent pop
ulation, but not "tax tables" Persons,
not property, should be the basis of
in government profess
ing to be government of the people.
While tearing up root and branch the
present apportiOnment which is the
worst legacy left to the State by the
carpet bag adventures, We would abol-
ish what our friend, the Gazette, once
styled "the double barreled Senatorial
District system" which he rightly said
was a peculiar feature of the carpet
bag plan of overriding white counties
with black ones"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

All of the Northwestern States distrib-
ute innumerable pamphlets and circulars
annually, inviting immigration Texas
and Missouri do the same, and they are
reaping the benefits. In these days
Immigrants worth having do not go to
places of which they know nothing.
IF Mississippi desires to compete for
this trade, and it has gotten to be a
trade, she must do like other States,
and like any successful man would do,
advertise.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17

IF any reader of this owned as much
land as there is in Mississippi, or as
much as there is in any one county, or
. plantation, or lot. and desired to sell,
the first thing he would do would be to
advertise in some newspaper, and have
hand bills printed, which he would cir
culate where he thought he could find
purchaser. IF he did not he would not
be apt to sell his land. So it must be
with the State. IF thrifty farmers are
wanted to occupy these vacant lands,
she must make an effort to get them.
She must mite immigration. We do
not mean invite it with free 'spufs," in
home newspapers for they are not read
10 any great extent out of the State. |
But she must invite it as other States
lo-with circulars, with pamphlets.
With books, and by agents.