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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
The War Upon Silver.

Aberdeen Examiner.
The war upon silver 50 clandestinely COM
menced by an act demonetizing it, that was
struggled through Congress some years ago ,
has never for an instant ceased, although
the Treasury Department which assessed
the value Of the dollar at IS cts. last year,
now comedies it a gold valuation of SO cts.
or an advance of three cents in twelve
months notwithstanding the pressure for
storage room. The truth is that the pres
ence Of this vast accumulation of silver, is
constant menance to the holders of Ma
tienal Bonds, and a menance that every
year becomes more fearful it its import.
In other words the Government which
claims the option Of boarding or circulating
silver, adopted the boarding policy, in the
hope Of discouraging and breaking down
the coinage that was renewed despite its
protesting veto. In 1880 Congress was APP
pealed to to check the coinage, but refused
the appeal was repeated in 1881 with no
better success, and now for the third or
fourth time the White House and the Treas
ury come to the capitol with their plants.
IF they are again rebufsd, and there is no
doubt but that they viii be, the secretgy
Of the Treasury IS almost forced to disbdrse
bis silver hoardingz, for be CANNOT check
the minis that were imperatiyeiy directed
by the legislation Of 1878 -ron-partizan leg
islation that oyerleaped me veto in DEM
ocratic House and : Republican Senate
70 coin two millions silver dollars every
month il eysfy year.
Ifhe refuses to put this money IN cir
eulafion and continues to hoard itin the
vaults that he has or the vaults he shall build,
lie time win come, and ID the near future,
when the people viii demand through their
Congress that these sedulonsly discreditsd
liver dollars Be paid out dollar for dol
ar. ii liquidation Of the interest bearing
lebt Of tie country that IS represented 81
Ter bonds The people are tired Of paying
Interest 60 the men who diseredit their
.oinaee. and still more weary Of paying in
eresE 0n borrowed money. aud almost an
Iualiy renewing she loan while tie Treas
nv reports q go tens 81 aiI2sf coin lying
ale g IS vaults
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

SOMETHING has been said in one 81
two papers about Mr.. Jim Hill, candi-
date for Congress IN the It'll District,
contesting the seat Of the member elect.
Whatever may Be the spirit which has
prompted the suggestion, the proceed
ing would Be greeted with sincere pleas
IRE Is afording the member-eIect an.
excellent opportunity TO show by the
highest Republican, Independent and
Greenback authority, white and colored,
and 81 the reports Of nearly every United
States Supervisors ii the District ap-
pointed IS the instance Of Hill himself.
that tie election Was free. fair, psaes
BE ana Iegal. and that the returns of tie
County Commissioners were neither
.roeksa nor ambiguous
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what .Aeklen Is Driving At.
Washington Letter.1

n ashlngton Letter.
Hon. Jos. E. AekIen, who was beaten for
Congress by Kellogg, is here with his war
paint on. he says he. will contest, not 80
much for the seat, but to show up the
damnable rascality, fraud, corruption, etc,
Of Kellogg and Federal ofice-holders in the
late election He tells q wonderful story
Of the way Kellogg got his votes, and is pre-
pared to prove it before the House Commit
tee on Elections. He says after the House
hears the corrupt manner in which Kellogg
obtained his election it will never seat him.
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Gen. Chalmers In the Role or Assistant
o. 3. Atf0rneY.

0xFoRD, Mss, Dec 21.-Gen. Chalmers
turns up here IN new role, that Of Assist
ant United States Attorney. to prosecute
parties charged with alleged ofenses under
the election laws In his opening speech
here yesterday, in prosecuting the Lafay-
ste county board of election commissioners
Tor failure 10 erase certain names 81 parties
alleged not 70 Be legal voters, be announced
that be had been regularly retained b. the
to assist District Attorney
Chandler il prosecuting such cases The
grand Jury Just discharged il i claimed,
aid not contain 4 supporter Of Col. Manning
il ths late election The petit juKies are
.imilaFIy made Up.
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CONGRESSMAN Springer, of Illinois,
has proposed amendments to the Con-
stitution SO that the President and the
Viee-President will hold their offices
for six years and be ineligible thereafter,
aud make the term of Congressman
three years instead of two. He would
also have the term of the Congressman
commence at the first session after their
election, instead of at the second session,
as is now the ease.
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aThe Old ReliabIe. },

Port Gibson News
We notice with pleasure that the "old relia-
bIe' CLARIoN, so long the able organ of the
Democratic party of Mississippi, has deter
mined to place itself within the reach of all,
and has reduced the subscription price to
81 30 per year. It's to be enlarged and other
wise improved after the first Of January next,
thus evidencing prosperity in which we,
with every Democrat in the State, rejoices.
The GLARIoE has grown to be one Of the in
situations Of the State, and any measure it
may adopt to increase its circulation viii
prove a public benefit.
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More Newsy Than Ever.

Chickasaw Messenger
On the first of January the CLARION will
be enlarged to an eight page paper, and
WILDE more newsy than ever. Published
at the State Capital, it is always posted in
State affairs, is ably edited, and full Of the
latest current news. Send in your orders,
accompanied BY the money and the paper
will be regularly mailed to your Office.
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Civil Service at Washington.

Senator Hawley, in the course of his
speech ON the civil service bill, said
Had 1 son of twenty years of age who
wanted TO enter this service here, or nephew
or other young friend who sought subordinate
service here, l would say: ~ will lend you
twenty-five cents to buy a rope to hang your
self with, but l will not have the responsible.
ty of putting any live, active, good, steady
young American into the government Offices
in Washington until the service shall stand
on q better foundation
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Crookedness of the Ohio Returning
Board

In Ohio the Republican Returning
Board counted all the votes TOR Henry
L. Morey which had been cast for g II.
L. Mercy" which was all right /; but it
refused to count for Jonathan Fl. Wal
lace votes east for Maj. Wallace and
Wallace, giving Mckinley the certif-
cate on a majority of one vote, which
was all wrong. The reason of this ee-
centric action is that Morey is Repub-
lican and Wallace is Democrat We
take it for granted that the Democratic
majority in the House of Representa-
tiyes, which is the supreme arbiter,
will decide all these, and similar cases,
on their merits, without fear, favor or
affection. And, by the way, it is well
settled principle that a canyassing
board in determining as to the forms of
the returns must consider tie substance
and nor Be too technical. # there is a SUD-
staatial compliance ssi4 the law, 1t is
enough. (McCrary's American Law of
Elections.
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A CONVENTION of the members elect
of the Kansas Legislature has been held
at Abilene in advance of the regular SEES
sion of the body to consider the ques-
ton of legislation for supervising cor
porations. A committee has issued an
address from which the following is an
extract
Knowing that there exists in the minds
of the people of this State a standing desire
to check, by reasonable and just legislation,
the growing tendency of railroad managers
to evade their obligations to the public as
common carriers, and to assume powers that
are detrimental to the business interests of
the commonwealth, and believing that many
individual instances of oppressive and I'M
just discrimination in rates of freight and
passenger fare have been practised by the
roads against particular localities, towns
and persons, and in obedience to the resolu-
tions adopted by the Abilene Convention
of the 14th inst, at the appointment of
this subcommittee, we respectfully call
upon the people of the whole State to aid
the committee of nineteen in securing
specific information concerning the discrim-
nations and extortion complained of As
an adjourned meeting of those members of
the next House of Representatives and Sen
ate who favor railroad regulation ill be
held at Topeka January 5, we e.
urge all farmers, shippers, mechanic
other persons who have knowledge
alleged outrages to report at once
members of the committee, il
reliable information may hi
Convention and tle.gislat
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

II is said that Hon. Edward McPher-
son, Chief Clerk Of the House, has pre-,
pared list of Representatives-elect, as
follows: Democrats, 1911; Republi-
cans, 1t9; Independents, 5; Green
hackers, 2; Readjusters, 6. Accord
ing to this classification, the Democrats
have majority of SO over all others.
There are 2 vacancies caused by the
death of Messrs. Heron, of Louisiana,
and Updegraff. of Ohio, to be filed.
One of the vacancies will be filed by
Democrat, and the other by a Repubh
can, and the Democratic majority will
still be 50. Following are the names
of the Independents, according to Mr..
McPherson's classification Msssrs.
Finerty, Illinois; Lyman, Massachu-
setts; Chalmers, Mississippi York,
North Carolina, and Ochiltree, Texas.
The Greenbackers are Messrs, Brumm,
Pennsylvania, and Weller, of Ohio.
The six Readjusters are all from Vir-
ginia. The two Greenbackers were not
elected on that issue, but ran as indie
pendents.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

Mr.. J. C. CLARKE, who recently re-
signed the Presidency of the N. o.
Railroad, has been made the General
Manager of the entire system of the
Illinois Central railway. including the
c. St. L. & n. o. Road and the branch
lines now under construction. Mr..
Clarke, it is stated, viii make his head
quarters at Chicago.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

The proposition of the late Mr.. Gar
field when a candidate for the Pres
icency to prostitute the religious de-
nomination Of which he was a member
to partizan uses, is sad commentary
upon the times and viii try the faith of
some people in human nature.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
survival Of the Fittest.

IF public liberty and corporate mOncp-
oIies are incompatible, and the ques-
ton should arise. which must 90 to the
vail. re would SAY let the iittest sur
vive. Let The liberty OF the people
I've.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
what the Country Doesn't want.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.
Gen. Sherman says he doesn't want "four
years of hell and, therefore, he will not he
candidate for President. The country
doesn't want "four years of hell" either,
and, therefore, it will not elect Gen. sher-
man to the Presidency.
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Publication Notice.

There may be delay Of one day in the
issuance of next paper, in consequence OF
delay in shipment from the paper mil.
We hone. however, to be on usual time.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27
A Good Paper.

Corinth Herald
Tar CLARION is scon to Be enlarged and
otherwise improved, and viii be furnished to
subscribers Al the low price Of $3.50 year.
Il Is good paper those wanting paper
from the Capital that will fully post them in
the Affairs Il the State should subscribe for It
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

4
A PoLTTIcAL assessment Gaze has recent.
" been decided BY the U. S. Supreme
Court as follows: An employee Of the
United States, was indicted in the Cir.
cult Court for the Southern District Of
New York, and convicted under the
sixth section Of the act of August lie.
1876, prohibiting officers and employees
of the United States not appointed by
the President, with the advice and con.
sent Of the Senate, from requesting of,
giving to, or receiving from any other
officer or employee Of the Government
any money or other things of value for
political purposes. Upon his convic-
ton he was sentenced to pay a fine and
stand committed until payment was
made. Under this sentence he was tax
en- into the custody of the Marshal, and
on his application writ was issued by
one of the Justices of this Court, in va
cation returnable at the present term
Of the Supreme Court, to inquire into
the validity of his detention. The Court
refused the writ and held that the law
prohibiting the assessment of Govern
ment employees by Federal officers, for
political purposes, is constitutional.
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Resolutions of the Bar of Yazoo City
Complimentary to Judge T. J.Whar-

Complimentary to Judge T. J.Whar-
YAzoo CITY, MISS, Dec. I'D, 1882.
Hon Thos. J. Warrior:
As secretary of the Yazoo Bar Associa-
ton, it becomes my pleasure to acquaint
you with the fact that at meeting held
yesterday the enclosed resolutions were
passed unanimously and by reclamation.
They speak for themselves. Hoping that
you will excuse me for embracing 50 fitting
an opportunity of expressing my own
hearty and entire concurrence in every line
of them, / am Very Truly Yours,
JOHN S. WILLIAMS
Sec'y Yazoo Bar Association.
As the present term of the Yazoo Circuit
Court is the first held by the Hon. Thomas
j. Wharton, our newly appointed Judge,
we, the members of the Yazoo Bar, deem
it proper, and it is our great pleasure to
give expression to our sentiments in refer
ence to the character, conduct and ability
of his Honor; therefore be it
Resotued, That the members of this Bar
are happy to find in Judge Wharton a faith
full, learned and conscientious magistrate !;
that he has dispatched in satisfactory and
thorough manner an unusually large
amount of civil and criminal business, and
we congratulate the people of the county
and District on the possession of a Circuit
Judge SO capable, courteous and exem-
plary.
Resolued, That the Court be requested
to cause the above to be spread on the min
utes, and that copy of the same be trans
mitted to the Hon. T. ]. Wharton, and that
the same be published in the county papers.
w. H. LUSE, President pro TEN.
JOHN S. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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The main features of Hon. Van III.
Manning's bill for relieving the U. s..
Supreme Court, are that it provides for
division of the present court into
three sections, with no addition to its
force of justices. 1t contemplates that
one section shall have all law cases,
another all equity cases and the third
cases in admiralty and revenue, leaving
constitutional questions, treaty stipula-
tons and cases from the State courts on
writs of error to go before tie full
Bench.
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MISSISSlPPl CONFERENCE.
APPOINTMENTS FOR 1883.
wooDv1LLE DISTRICT

"N0N' 4-HE DASANASAs
D. A. Little, P. Z.
Woodville Station-T. S. West.
Wilkinson-T. NJ. Brown.
North Wilkinson-D A. Owens.
Amite-E. F. Edgar.
Clinton Station--C. A. Powell
East Feliciana-G N. Gilmore.
Bayou Sara and Mission-To be supplied.
East Baton Rouge. w. Brown.
ST. Helena. 5. Parker.
Amite City-B. Jones.
Livingston, Miss--D. Merchant.
Jackson Station-To be supplied.
Pitkins' Chapel and Port Hudson-C. D.
Cecil.
Centenary College-D. NJ, Rush, presi-
dent.
sEAsHoRE DISTRICT.
Moss Point Station. NJ. Weems.
Americus-To be supplied by ]. N. Rob-
erts.
Vancleve--J. II. Holland.
Ocean Springs-R. B. Downer.
Whittington-C F. Gillespie
Pearlington-J. I. Heard.
Franklington-J. J. Loyett.
Covington-N. B. Young, G. T. VickeD,
Iup.
China Grove-To be supplied.
Mt. CARMEL. w. McLaurin.
Westville-To be supplied.
Enon-To be supplied.
Ellisville-L. ]. Jones Zone to be sup
olied.)
Spring Cottage, Miss.-D. F. Guice.
Scranton-Thomas Price.
Hillsboro-L. p. Meader.
Decatur, Miss.-To be supplied on. ].
Miller.)
Homewood-C NJ. Mcdonald.
Vanderbilt Uniyersity-W. r. Sims.
MERIDIAN DIsTRICT
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THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CASE

The Aberdeen Examiner has long
article on this case, written by the edi-
tor in Washington, which is noteworthy
from the statement that "the fact that
the certificate being issued (by the Sec
rotary of State) on the strength of a
clerical error will not be denied by Mr..
Manning if contest is made"-that
"the error will be charged and admit
ted'-and that Mr.. Manning (coneed-
ing, we suppose, Tate county to Chal-
mers) will undertake to prove that "in
certain counties the State authorities
were not permitted to hold an election
in accordance with the requirements OF
our statutes. because their functions
we're usurped by United States Super
visors, Marshals, revenue officers, DC,
to such an extent as to create doubt
as to the result" or, in other words, to
vitiate the election. And the Examin-
er concludes with this significant declar-
ton:
"But we do know that Mr.. Manning has
been more embarrassed than aided in his
fight, by the Tate county error, and its
necessary sequence, the bestowal of the GER
tificate. This certificate has placed him in
a most embarrassing attitude, for the reas-
on that it shadows his contest in public es-
timation, by creating the impression that
his claim to a seat is embodied and COM
prised in its possession"
Mr.. Manning is certainly correct in
his estimate of certificate based upon
the Secretary of States Interpretation
of the Tate county returns. It was a
fatal gift. As for his being placed in
an embarrassing attitude" on that &C
count, it would be wise to extri-
cate himself from it by declining the
certificate and thus eliminating it en-
tirely from the contest. The report
that he had decided to do so, elected a
general expression of approval from
mis- political friends.
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BRooKuAvEN DISTRICT.
J. A. B. Jones, P. E.

y. a. D. JONES, Z T.
Brookhaven Station. A. Ellis.
Hazlehurst-W G.. Millsaps
Wesson and Beauregard-J. L. FOrsythe,
N. NJ. Darlington, sup.
Spring Ridge Circuit-C. NJ. Galway.
Terry. ID. HAYS.
ProVidence-H. p. Lewis.
Fair River Mission-W. J. Backus.
Brandywine-V. d. Skipper.
Bayou Pierre-A. 3. Nicholson.
Scotland-B. f. Jones.
Adams and Boguo Chitto-S. ]. Cotton.
Summit-W. b. Hines.
McComb City and Magnolia. F.
Nicholson.
Sunday School and Tract Agent--W. w.
Hopper.
Whitworth College-H. F. johnson,
President.
G. B. Galloway-Editor New Orleans
Christian Advocate.
w. B. Lewis-Crystal Springs.
B. Carradine-Transferred to the Louis
ina Conference.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-27

RKFoRlE Ir.-The Internal Revenue
law costs upwards Of Eve millions Of
dollars annually n its collection, and
supports standing army Of nearly four
thousand partizans, who are supported
It the expense Of the taxpayers
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As
A strong eff
moval of john
toms at Brownst
collector, Mr.. Co
based on a report M
the treasury, wherein tiiS
malfeasance in office, in havrDg- 80
fusion with smugglers in defrauding the
mitted goods to be smuggled across tie Rio
Grande.-Washington Republican.
Haynes formerly lived in Holmes
county, Mississippi, and emigrated to
Texas before the War. He enlisted on
the Union side, and is Republican.
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FIVE THOUSAND MORE.

No. . NASSAU ST., n. T., sept. II.
DEAR SENATOR DoRsEY-I have your
personal note and am sorry to see that you
are disturbed by the remarks made by some
people. Your friends here have entire con-
fdence in you and the success ofyour labors.
You can. think, safely count upon all the
assistance your estimates call for. I en-
close s., 900 herewith. Keep up your cour-
age. We are bound to carry New York
and to win the race. Very truly.
L. P. MORTON.
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THE LATE Mr.. GARFIELD AS 4
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMER.
Interesting Letter TO Dorsey, the
Chief or the Star-Route Clan.

The Dorsey, the chief Of the indicted
Star-route conspirators, has furnished
the New York Herald mass Of letters
written by the late President Garfield
and some Of his lieutenants, during the
late Presidential campaign, which will
give q view of their true inWardness on
the question of civil service reform at
that time. These letters show that
Dorsey was the generalissimo ofthe cam
paign, and most trusted of all the lead
ers of the Garfield forces, and that the
latter who has since been canonized as
saint was a strong believer in the po-
tency of
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Still another:

l am getting on very well with collec-
tions, and hope you will go on, feeling con-
fident that you will in due time have all
the money your estimates call for--all this
assuming that your former confidence and
courage will ere this have returned. As l
said, am going to Newport this afternoon
for two or three days for needed rest, where
l can attend to some important private and
public matters.
Very truly yours, L. P. MORTON.
SENATOR DORSEY.
HOW GARFIELD WORKED THE "DIsCIPLEs"
IN INDIANA-GARFIELD TO ARTHUR:
From twenty-five thousand to thirty
thousand voters of Indiana are members OF
the denomination of Disciples, and at least
halfofthe are democrats. Aquiet but very
earnest movement wholly outside the State
Committee has been organized and is being
vigorously and judiciously pushed with the
strongest probability that at least two
thousand FIVE hundred changes of votes in
our favor will result
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Jute Culture n Mississippi.

4 convention of the planters and farmers
will be held at jackson, Miss, on the 18th
of January, 1885, to take into consideration
the cultivation of jute in the State of Mis-
sissippi. Mr.. 7. Albee Smith will be pres
ent and will explain bis jute machine.
This convention is called at the reques. Of
manv planters and farmers in Mississippi
and Louisiana. =. 6. WALL
Commissioner Of Agriculture.
The press of the State will oblige by pub
fishing or making mention Of the foregoing.