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Hon b. n. HIIL has been laid to

Hos. B. FL. HILL has been laid to
rest amid all the tokens of respect
which talents, learning, patriotism and
public service command. He died in
the maturity of his powers, and while
honors were gathering thick upon his
head. He possessed rare gifts of orato-
ry, and carried his audience along on
his own tempestuous passions. 1t was
never claimed for him that he ranked
among the great statesmen of the day.
He was too much given to moods and
changes. He never touched subject,
however, without dissecting it, and pre-
senting the strongest points in support
of his own side. One of the first pro-
auctions of his pen to give him distinc-
ton was his argument on the territorial
question, preceding the war. He took
the extreme Southern ground that the
territories were held in trust by the gen.
eral government for all the States, and
that in their territorial condition, the
common government was bound to hold
them as property for the benefit of all
the States, and that a Southern man
had right to demand protection for his
slave property if he chose to settle
within them. He was originally OPP
posed to secession, but when the
Southern government was established,
he gave to Mr.. Davis his unwavering
support. The great mistake of his life,
was his refusal to realize that the United
States government had won in the APP
peal to arms, and his passionate call
upon the people of Georgia after the
total overthrow of the confederacy, to
resist the reconstruction measures.
Counsels like his, resulted in turning
the Southern State governments over to
the rule of the alien and the robber,
plunged them into the countless woes
from which they were reclaimed after
years Of suffering, and postponed recon-
Citation between the sections. His con-
troversy with Blaine on questions grow
ing out of the war, were regarded as a
mistake by many conservative men of
both sections, but no one will deny that
he gained signal triumph over this
willy and INSCRIPTIONS antagonist. AS
a Senator, he ranked with the foremost
in body which no longer numbers such
intellectual giants as Clay, Webster,
Calhoun and Benton.
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The State Library.

Since the election of the present accom-
plished Keeper of the Capitol, Mrs. Mary
Morancy, the State Library has steadily i'm
proved, until it now ranks among the first
law libraries in the United States. Valuable
miscellaneous works are ben. g added occa-
sionally, as the appropriations may admit.
The yearly accumulations, by purchase and
exchange, for half century or more, have
brought with all this valuable matter a vast
amount of trash, which, on floors and
alcoves, crowd the space in the upper and
lower rooms. More accommodations will
have to be provided unless some DISPOSE
ton is made Of this useless matter, which,
if sent to the paper mills, would yield a
handsome sum that could be applied in re-
plenishing the Library from time to time.
Nearly all the States have codifed their
laws; hence the preceding pamphlet acts of
each are quite useless in the Library, and
yet there are thousands of these books that
are preserved and catalOgued, and never
opened. There are also several wagon loads
of the Code of 1871 occupying much needed
space in the office of Secretary of State
We hope this matter will receive some con-
sideration when the Legislature meets again.
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A Good Word in a Good Place, for MissiS.
Sippi.

In the report of the Bankers Convention,
at Saratoga, on II inst, we find the follow
ing, which we take pleasure in transferring
to our columns.
paper on the industrial growth of Mis-
sissippi and the cotton States was then read
by Mr.. w. H. Perkins, Cashier of the Cap
ital State Bank, at Jackson, Miss. In the
course of his remarks he said:
"Our crop prospects at this date are good
An abundant crop foats has been gathered and
a fine crop of corn is made. No serious damage
has yet been done to the cotton by worms and
if they will let US alone few days more we
will have better crop than we have had for
years A more favorable climate and soil
for raising stock cannot be found in the
United States, and it is possible that the next
census will report the growth of cotton in Mis-
sissippi confined chiefly TO the alluvial lands
of the Yazoo delta, the Mississippi and the
Tombigbee rivers, and the undulating high
lands appropriated for stock-raising and the
growth of grass and cereals. And, by the
way, did you know that the Yazoo delta, en-
bracing a strip of country from one to two
counties wide and extending from Memphis to
Vicksburg, is said to be capable of pro-
ducing as much cotton as is now raised in the
entire United States In the past two years
railroad enterprises have been begun and are
beir prosecuted that will caAse an expendi-
900 within the next two or three years. We
want money-cheap money. We have one
national bank, with a capital of $4,000, |
and perhaps half a million in various pri-
vate banks scattered throughout the State. |
We need in the central part of the State
national bank with at least half a million cap |
ital, all of which could be proftably employed |
in developing and aiding manufactures of cot |
ton, wool and machinery and in bringing to |
the surface the vast wealth in our mari beds. |
Send us some of your substantial business
men, with some of your vast surplus
capital to aid in developing the natural re.
sources of our State, and they would be just as
safe in their persons and property as any
where in the wofld-not only safe, but most
welcome"
In this connection, we take pleasure in
extracting the following from letter dated
at Saratoga, and just received from friend
in New Orleans:
''Mr. Perkins, of Jackson, Miss, read a care
fully prepared paper on the State of Missis-
sippi which was credit to his State, and an
honor to himself. 1t was received with much
and interest"
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION.
The Allotment Of the Funds.

AS DETERMINED UPON AT THE CONFERENCE
AT NEW YoRK.--THE WORK To BEGIN
ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE YAZoo AMI
MOVE UPWARD.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18-At yesterdays session
OF the Mississippi River Commission deter
mination was reached to recommend approxi.
mate allotment of the sum of 81 123 600, which
is for the improvement of the river below
Cairo, in the following manner:
For continuation of the work at Plum Point
sixty miles above Memphis $SOOOOO.
For continuation of the work now in pro.
gress sixty miles above Vicksburg, at Lake
Providence, 100000
For work at New Madrid, 20 miles below
Cairo, $4,000.
For work near Memphis and for continue
tons OF work on the harbor of Memphis $780,
For various harbor works in addition. to
balance the now available $l23O01.
For repairs of levees by the stoppage of
existing gaps 81. 100000
The sum Of 800, 900 was left uuaIIotted. for
contingencies.
The Commission decided that the work
should begin on the east bank of the river.
some miles above the mouth of the Yazoo,
and should continue upward.
The Commissioners recommend that the sum
of $4,000, which has been raised by local
authorities, be applied in such a way as to Sc
cure, In connection with the work done by the
Government, continuity of the lines of leyees
from below upward
With this end in view the Commi ssion, in
making allotment, took into consideration
the amount of work likely to be done by the
local authorities.
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AT the recent meeting of the Bank
ers Association, in Saratoga, Mr.. w.
H. Perkins, Cashier of the Capital State
Bank, of this city, read paper on the
Industrial growth of Mississippi and the
cotton States. He is reported to have
said Mississippi was rapidly developing
her resources and opening up under its
new era of progress. Railroad enter
prises are being prosecuted which
viii cause the expenditure in the State
of from $4,000, 900 to $50, zoo, 900
within the next two or three years. He
argued that what is most needed is cap
ital to be employed in developing and
aiding manufactures of cotton, wool
and machinery and in bringing to the
surface vast wealth in mari beds and
enabling planters to get out of debt.
We shall lay the paper Of Mr.. Perkins
before our readers as soon as a copy
can be obtained. A brief synopsis ap-
pears in another column.
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Covington County.

The Democracy of Coyington county met in
mass meeting at the Court House in Williams
burg for the purpose of selecting delegates to
the Magnolia Congressional Convention, on
the 18th of August, and for other purposes.
Meeting was called to order by D. c!
Buchanan, Chairman Executive Committee,
and organized by DR.. Alex Fairly, Chairman,
and J. F. N. Huddleston, Jr. Secretary.
The meeting appointed j. R. Webster R. J..
Magee as delegates, and E. Hall and L. B.
McGrew alternates, to the Magnolia Conven-
ton, and instructed the delegates to cast their
votes for Col. T. R. Stockdale for Congress.
J. R. Webster, L. B. McGrew, Calvin Lott,
F. NJ Lowry, W. L. Barnes, A. McPhael, G. C!
Buchanan, W. Rutledge, j. N. Welsh and c..
M. ReddOck appointed Executive Committee
for ensuing year, with J. R. Webster, Chair
man. ALEX. FAIRLY, Chr'n.
J. F. N. HUDDLEsToN, JR., Sec'y.
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WITH a weighty sense of the respon-
sibiIity assume, and with an earnest
determination to make up in zeal and
fidelity what | may lack in experience
and ability, l have consented to be
associated in the editorial conduct Ct
The CLARION, and to occupy for the
time being the chair so long and so ably
filled by the editor who has retired at
the call of his fellow-citizens, and taken
up the standard of duty at another
post. Him | will not be expected to
rival. His long experience, vast infor-
nation, and peculiar adaptabilitY OF
talent to the profession gave him a
pre-eminence in the field of journalism
which few may hope to attain. Sus'
tanned by this reflection, and encouraged
by the hope that my efforts may com
mand the appreciation, and engage the
sympathy of the readers of THE CLARION
| greet them.
JAS. l.. II sRRIs.
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"Greenbacker' Answered.

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. II, 1882
EDITORS CLARION: In last weeks CLARION
''Greenbackern asks for information in refer
ence to a supposed call or meeting of the G. B.
State Elk. Committee.
l viii say far the information of Green
baeker,'' and all others who may be interested,
that at the last State Convention State Ex-
tive Commute was formed, with Mr. Jno.
T. Hull as Chairman and myself as Secretary
Mr. HullIhaving been in Mexico for eight or ten
months, ] was approached upon the subject of
calling meeting of the Committee by Mr.. J.
G.. Carraway of this city. / was very busy
at the time. thought a meeting should be
called and asked him to make the call in nv
name, and let me know the result, and when
the meeting would be held. have heard moth
ing from Mr.. Carraway. Cannot say whether
be called meeting or not. Since Mr.. Cara
way talked to me Mr.. Mcleod, thefOrmer Sec
rotary, asked me if had any objections to his
having the books and as there was nothing of
value to party or indiyidualp among the pa
pers told him that he was welcome to them
Now if Mr.. Garraway made the call, as d.
rected, / would have received the answer, If
any came to his letters. So. on reviewing all
the circumstances, feel compelled to say,
Capt. A. !. Mimberly Is not the Chairman Of
the g. B. State Ex. Committee
deny that quorum of the Committee was
present, at ang meeting during this year. and
If there was quorum present, II was not within
the jurisdiction of the COMMITTEES to form q
asU Executive Committed
also deny, If 3 meeting was called, that Ii
Was properly called w. B. SoRsBr.
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To Subscribers.

We have been so occupied with other de-
partments of eur business since the first OF
January, the usual notices of expiration oil
subscription have not been sent to our
friends until this month, during which a
large number have responded in renewals
and kind words. We hope many others
may find it convenient to dolikewise. The
paper will be continued to all others who
will advise us that they will remit on or
before December 1st A postal caro- to that
effect will be duly noted. After the first Of
January we will return to the strictly
cash-in-advance rule, which has worked
satisfactorily for the past fifteen years.
In this connection, we may state that
The CLARION is nearing the close of its
forty-fifh year of continuous publication,
and on or before the beginning of its forty
sixth year will greet its many readers in a
somewhat enlarged and generally improved
form. In the meantime, we hope our
friends will bear in mind that the best
good will' toward newspaper is to aid in
extending its circulation.
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DAY GLASS
FIVE DOLLARS A DAY
Matrimonial Aid Supplies.

The CLARION OFFICE continues to furnish
all kinds Of supplies for Matrimonial and
other Benevolent Aid AssOciations-such as;
Applications for Membership.
Certificates Of Membership.
Leaflets, or 8 pages, any color paper.
Envelopes-small or large, any color OF quail
ity.
Instructions to Agents.
Notices Of Assessments and Dues.
Postal Card Receipts for Assessments and
Dues.
seals-a frst-class, with suitable device, for
$500.
Wafers-gOld, silver, green or red-from2Oe.
to Doc. per 100.
Register Of Members-ruled for all apprO-
pirate data.
Cash Bo0k-With printed headings.
Orders filed IS promptly as possible; prices
nrnished on application. Address
CLARION OFTIcK, JACKsoN, Mss,
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MATRIMONIAL AID SPECIALS
Large Beneat.

s260l DUCK HILL. MISS Al. j,
Received of the Central Ma,r;u.--. -0'=
Association two hundred and forly.s;v al Aid
IN full payment Of all claims under - uollars
cate No. 70, terminated by the marr; Sae eers'
b. Butt (of Duck Hill, Missy iase Of L.
Witness: II
9. Il. CAMPBELL, (of Witty Bros IT'S d y.
bell, Of Winona.) Camp.
This cost Mr.. Gattis just 5000 Nj,
ship fee $l2; advance assessment 60 % O'''
sessment No. lS2, $500; total, $3.50 ~ ~
Central has been in existence three mo,n tn'
has issued 675 policies paid thirty-,wo I b.s
fits and has made three assessment. T.
the leading day" company, and the or;a;-. :.
day company. They want reliable ensr ga
agents, to whom the usual commission nj; 1,r t
given. Address their Secretary, Mr.. NJ N
Jayne, Jakson, Miss. ~
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The Nomination of James Hill Draw
ing the Color Line.
Wesson Herald.1

Wesson Herald
1t has been years since we have witnessed
SO disgraceful an affair as the Republican
Convention which assembled in Hazlehurst
on the 10Th. Every County in the District
was represented by six or eight negroes
while there were only about five white Re-
publicans present. An effort was made by
our Greenback and Independent friends to
prevent this,-but their efforts were power
less. Incendiary speeches were made BY Re
publicans, who told the negroes to organize
their clubs, and march to the polls; deposit
their ballots openly; that men would be
there to see that this was done, etc., etc.
They denounced what they termed "Bour-
bon Democracy" and rejoiced that the Re-
publicans Of the 7th District had the man.
hood to assert their rights" The whole
tone and temper of the Convention, or mob,
as we term it, was antagonistic to the whites.
Very WE'LL The issue has been made, the
color line has been drawn.
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A CONTRACT has been closed at Co.
lumbus for building a section of %
miles of the Georgia Pacific, east from
the present terminus of 20 miles of the
completed road. This will take the
road to Fayette Courthouse, Alabama.
The work is to be finished ready
for trains by 1st January next. Another
section of 90 miles will be let soon.
leak & Dunn Bros. are the contractors.
The whole road is under contract from
Atlanta to Birmingham, and viii shortly
be under contract through to Columbus.
Nothing is said about the work west of
Columbus, in the direction of Green
vile.
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THERE are no proper distinction between
Democrats in Mississippi-no Bourbons, no
Conservatives. They are as one, though
they may differ in minor matters. Self
preservation is the paramount issue with
the white people of the State, and they are
all necessarily Democrats. When a man
begins mounting about Bourbonism, prating
about purity in elections and sympathizing
with the colored voters because his right to
vote the State back to radicalism is ques-
toned, it need not be a matter of surprise
to see him a full-fedged radical in the
course of a very short while.-Enterprise
Courier.
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Military Notes.

The following companies have been or
ganized and equipped during the admins
tration of Gov. Lowry
"West Point Rifles" West Point, r. NJ.
Levy, Captain; "Natehez Fencibles, F"
Natchez, j. V. LIE Cand, Captain "Cal-
hoon Rifles" Canton, w. L. Craig, Cap
tain; "Raleigh Rescues," Raleigh, w. H.
Jones, Captain Capital Light Guards, !"
Jackson, G. F. Hemingway, Captain.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-08-23

A HORRIBLE plot was discovered last
week in Choctaw county, Alabama.
1t was negro conspiracy organized by
one Turner, colored, for a wholesale
murder of the whites of that section,
and a camp meeting was the time and
place for the execution of the plot. 1t
was discovered, confessions were made
and Turner was hung.
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Chalmette Matrimonial Association, %
CarOndelet Street, New Orleans.

MARRIAGE Policies issued on the "DAT
PLAN"-$3.0O or 5000 per day as applicants
may desire.
Applications should be made to the Secre-
tary at office as above. or to the Vice-Presi-
dent or A. L. BRUNsoN, at Jackson, Miss.
Policies will bear date Of the reception Of the
applications at either place.
ACTIVE AGENTS WANTED-To whom liberal
compensation will be allowed.
James A. Lafitt-New Orleans, LAM. Prest
D. P. Porter-JacksOn, Miss, Vice President.
E. c. Payne-New Orleans, La, .....secretary.
aug.23, Soft.
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Our werd Tariff is derived from
Tarifa, a Spanish town situated in the
province of Cadiz, AndAlusia. A Moor
ISL castle within the walls is now used
as a prison. It is surrounded by walls
and towers, and has a strong for
tress. During the Moorish domination
a band of free-booters established them
selves here and compelled all vessels
passing through the Straits Of Gibralter
to pay duties. The robbery at present
practieed under the system would Of
itself suggest its origin.
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Best Thing Yet for Matrimonial Insn.
ance Companies,

Messrs. Campbell and Smythe, who b,,.
travelled through several of the Sop,h..s
States in the interest of Matrimonial In.a'
ance Companies, and have had access 10 -.
list of agents of many similar orgapizatioa.
are having prepared at this office lie, :,
some tl7O thousand agents, arranged alpb,b.,,
cally as to States and names. This list wi,L.
of great value to all Insurance Comp,ri,.
Matrimonial or otherwise; and TO an ? an. 4,
string to advertise by circulars. For mfr.
nation address to Messrs. Campbell & Smy,b.
Jackson, Miss.
Aug. o. 'S2-2w.
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A Canvass "With Money"
CDR. sTRINGER' SOUNDS THE COLOR LINZ
SLOGAN

CDR. sTRINGER" SOUNDS THE COLOR LINE
SLOGAN.
Copiah Signal.
DR.. Stringer, among the other good things
he promised us Tin his speech before the
black and tan. Convention) said they intend
ed to elect Jim Hill, if it took 800, 900 to
do it, that he had been in Washington four
months and he hadn't been there for muffin.
He also congratulated the RAIDS that the
Nsrth were in sympathy with them and
promised to carry the news to the North,
that the Republicans had at last asserted
themselves and nominated a colored man
and said he would assure them that the
country was safe in the hands of the colored
people.
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THE action of the House Committee
on Elections, though characterized by
the Chairman, Mr.. Calkins, himself a
bitter partisan, as repugnant to every
notion of justice and equity, is begin
ming to bear its fruit. In nearly all the
Southern Congressional Districts there
will be candidates who hope for an cleo
ton not at the polls, but at the hands
of a Committee of the House. Relying
upon the late practice of the Republi-
can party in seating members for their
own party purposes, without regard to
the will of the people, as expressed
through the ballot, and allured by the
hope of the large sums paid even those
who fail in their ambitious projects, we
may expect an unusual number of con-
tested election cases this fall. But the
arms of the wicked shall not always
prevail against the righteous. There
is a power in Israel which these
schemers do not reckon. The sober
sense of the people, both North and
South, has already protested against
this outrage upon the right of the peo-
pie to choose their own Representatives
right preservative of all rights. 1t
is blood-bought right, and in the
language of another "should never be
parted with for price less than what
it cost" In the approaching election
let the people, after a fair discussion,
express their will freely and fully, and
then it should be seen to that the will
of the majority so expressed, prevail
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Notice. Unmarried Peonlel

If you wish to join an Association that
cannot cost you anything, join the NASHVILLE
ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION, just organized and
pays its benefits in months. For terms and
particulars address
NJ. +. MuRDoCH, Secretary.
l3 North Summer St, Nashville, Tenn.
julyl9, S2-4t
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PUBLIC sPEAKING-7TH DIsTRICT.

E. BARKsDALE, Democratic Conservative
candidate for Congress, will speak at
Flower Hill, Claiborne county, Saturday,
September ..
Meadyille, Franklin county, Monday, Sep
TENDER %.
Westville, Simpson county, Monday, octO-
Der 10.
Other appointments viii be announced in
due season.
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We are gratified to state that no case
of yellow fever has occurred in New
Orleans for more than a week, and that
all told, but four cases have occurred in
that city of more than 100000 inhab-
itants, from the beginning of the sea-
son down to the present time. There
is good reason for the belief, therefore,
that an epidemic will be escaped.
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Executive Committee of the 7th Con.
gressional District.

]. J. Whitney, of Jefferson; J. H.
Thompson, of Copiah; w. j. Crisler, Of
Kinds; R. R. Applewhite, CT Lincoln; r.
d. Gage, of Claiborne; I. A. Magee, OF
Franklin; A. G. Berry, Jr., of Simpson
Robt. Powell, of Madison; J. l.. McCaskill,
of Rankin
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The Original Day Comnanr.

The Central Matrimonial Aid Of jackson,
Miss, from August LIST to August 23i has
received 2S9 members an average of over Il
per day, or $50 per month. At this rate by
October LIST, its register will contain over l. COO
names, and by January 1st, over 1000.
The popularity of this Company increases
every day, and it promises to be permanent
institution. Its risks are in great demand
and persons seeking insurance should bear in
mind that the more they swell its numbers
the greater is the assurance of FULL payment
of policies. Address,
NJ. NJ JAYNE, Sec'y,