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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

In Gov. Albert g. Browns second an
nual message 10 tie Legislature, Janu-
AIRY 9Th, 1916, he referred to the loan Of
what vas known Is the two per cent.
fund for building railroad from Jack
son TO Brandon, and described the road
as forming = link ii the great chain
which Is ultimately to connect the Mis-
sissippi river with the Atlantic, and in
that view fsaid the Governor) It swelIs
into an importance far beyond anything
connected with the mere existence of q
road from Jackson to Brandon.
The scheme Of connecting the Atlantic
with the Mississippi river BY means Of
q railroad Is one Of vast magnitude, and
viii doubtless engage the early attention
Of the Legislature He argued thai
the work was Of sufficient general and
national importance to justify the Legs
Iature in asking aid from Congress II
build it.
How times have changed The roat
from Jackson to Brandon is not only ,
link between the Atlantic and the grea
river, but between the two oceans
The prophetic mind of the great states
man did not forecast such result. Tha
very year, however, the war with Mexi
con began, and ended by the acquisition
of the Pacific Coast, and soon thereafte
another illustrious statesman of Missis
lsippi, Jefferson Davis, as Secretary 0
War, ordered the survey of the 80
parallel route to the Pacific and demon
strated its praeticability and superio
advantages.
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NEW York TINES: The situation il
that great moneyed corporations go to
the State Capital and use all their power
and resources to secure legislation that
suits their purposes and to prevent that
which would interfere with their de-
signs. They concern themselves in pol
itics sufficiently to secure representa-
tives of their interests in the Legisla-
ture and to place upon the bench Judges
that will be serviceable to them, and
when case goes from one of these
Judges to the tribunal of final appeal it
finds a part of the occupants of the
bench disqualified to sit in the case be-
cause they have been secured as stock
holders of the corporation, and the
others ready to hold themselves bound
by the afndings'' of the Judge before
whom the case was tried.
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IMMEDIATE forfeiture Of all unearned
land grants" says the Washington Post
will be the maxim of good many states
men in both ends of the Capitol when
Congress conyenes. Well, that ought to
depend on circumstances. If the lands
were donated to wealthy corporations
that have lost the opportunity by their
own fault, they should be recovered by
the general government. Butifthey were
donated to the States which were pre-
vented from utilizing them by the war,
or other unforeseen and uncomfortable
causes, the grants should be renewed, if
the objects for which they were origi-
nally donated are not accomplished.
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state Regulation of Railway Rates.

Railway World.
Some of the latest steps toward gov
ernmental regulation of railway opera
tons have been taken in Dakota ana
Tennessee, A convention was recently
held in Dakota for the purpose of fran
ing preliminary State Constitution and
one Of the clauses favored was as fol
lows; "All railroads, canals and other
transportation companies are declared
to be common carriers and subject to
legislative control, and the Legislature
shall have power to enact laws regulat-
ing and controlling the rates of charges
for transportation of passengers or
freight of such common carriers from
one point to another in the State, 10
The Railroad Commissioners Of Ten
nessee recently returned from a tour
through number of counties Of that
State, which had as one of its main OBJ
jeets consultations with the people of
the regions visited in reference TO their
views Of the justice of the railway freight
and passenger charges to which they,
we're subjected. These inquiries are to
be followed BY the preparation of gen
eral schedule ef railway charges for
all the lines of the State, but their
officers are to be permitted to suggest
such changes as they may consider Just
and necessary. q
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The Civil Rights Act Unconstlfu
finnsI and Void.


On March Ist, 1875, bill which had
pss,ed Congress, was approved, entitled,
'.an set to protect al citizens Il their
eiYil and legal rights" Hence i has
been known Is the Civil Rights Bill.
It's preamble read: aWhereas, i i e.
sential to Just government that We re-
coenizs the equality Of all men before
the law, and hold that it is the duty Of
government in its dealings with the peo-
pie to mete out equal and exact justice
to all persons of whatever nativity, race,
color or persuasion, religious or Politi-
cal; and it being the appropriate object
of legislation to enact great fundamen-
tai principles into law; therefore be
it enacted" etc. And then followed
the clauses which were designed to COM
pei innkeepers, public carriers, and pro-
prietors Of places of public amusement,
to disregard color in the conduct of
their business. There we're numerous
violations of the Law by citizens who
preferred to take the consequences
rather than have their private rights in
vaded and their business destroyed by
unnatural and improper innovations.
Among the indictments found were the
following:
One case Is an indictment in tht
United States Circuit Court for the Dis
trict Of Kansas, VS.. Murray Stanley
based on occurrences in April, 1876
when, it is alleged that Stanley denieC
to one Bird Gee, person of African
descent, the privileges of an inn on tn,
ground Of his color. The indictmen
was based on the civil rights act 0
March 8, 1875. The defense denied tn
constitutionality of the law and tn
case was certified on a division of opin
| ion between the two Federal judges.
The case against Sam1 Nichols wa
based on a similar allegation of occur
rences in May, 1876. That Nichols, a
inn keeper, had denied the privileges {
his house to one Agee, a negro, on al
count of his color. The Circuit Coul
here divided as to the constituti0nalit
of the act of Sd of March, 1875.
The case OF United States vs. Nicha'
Ryan, was that said Ryan in Januar!
1876, denied to one Geo. Tyler, negr,
! the enjoyment of a parquette seat o
/ the ground Of his color
The cases were all tried in the Unite
. States Circuit Courts, and finally reacf
ed the Supreme Court, which, in a carr
! fully prepared opinion, pronounced b
5 Justice Bradley, has decided that tn
. above recited act of Congress of Marc
D l, 1875, entitled an act to protect a
: citizens in their civil and legal right
is unconstitutional and r0id, and ths
Judgment should be rendered upon il
9 dietments accordingly.
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Board of Supervisors.


This Board is not inaptly termed the
County Legislature. It's functions ap-
pertain especially to the local concerns
Of the people. II exercises great power
and is capable Of much good, or evil,
as the case may be. The Democrats of
Kinds have been fortunate in their
nominations for members of the Board.
Messrs. Chichester and Middleton are
men of tried and approved fidelity.
Mr. Isydore Strauss, of Jackson, is a
thorough expert in business matters.
He is a successful merchant, and has
large planting interests besides. Capt.
7. n. McClslland is also a popular and
successful merchant and planter, honest
and capable, and is the equal of his col
leagues in fitness for the office.
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Death of Gen. Samuel J. GhOlsOn

The Aberdeen Examiner of yesterday
brings US the news of the death of Gen
Samuel j. Gholson. The event occurred
at Aberdeen on the evening of the 16tI
inst.
Gen. Gholson was in the 10th year OF
his age. He occupied during his life a
large share of public notice, and was at
one time one of the most prominent men
in Mississippi. He was a compeer of
Prentiss, and with Col. Claiborne con-
tested with the distinguished orator the
two seats in Congress which after hot
and memorable struggle were given to
him and his Democratic colleague.
For a number of years previous to the
war he held the position of Judge of the
United States Court of the Northern
District of this State, having been APP
pointed, if we mistake not, to that posi-
ton by President Pierce.
He entered the war with all his heart
and soul, going into the service as Cap
tain of a Company. Later he became a
General, and lost an arm in a calvary
engagement somewhere in North Missis-
sippi.
He vas a man of strong and marked
character, an able lawyer, an upright
citizen, and q christian gentleman. In
his death the whole State sustains loss.
Columbus Index.
Gen. GhoIson lost his arm in an en-
gagement few miles west of Jackson
in the summer of 1864 when the Federal
forces were commanded by Gen. Slo-
cumb, and the Confederates by Gen.
Writ Adams. He was taken to the Bar
rett residence, where this writer saw
him few minutes after his arm was
In war and in peace, he
was brave and noble son of Mississippi.
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The New Orleans and Northeastern
Railroad.

In our last paper, We mentioned that
this road, penetrating the rich pine for.
ests diagonaIy across our State from
Meridian to New Orleans, had been com
pleted and opened for freight traffic. Il
is an extension of the Alabama Great
Southern, and is controlled by the Ala
bama, New Orleans & Texas and Pacific
Junction Railway Company, which also
holds majority of stock in the Cincin
natl, New Orleans & Texas Pacific, the
lessee of the Cincinnati Southern. This
same organization controls the Vicks
burg & Meridian and the Vicksburg
Shreveport & Pacific, which latter is to
complete the connection between Meri.
dian and Shreveport.
Work has Jagged on the western ex-
tension of the Vicksburg, Shreveport &
Pacific, from causes with which we are
not acquainted. In due time, however,
it will be finished. and will constitute
an essential link of the most direct route
from. the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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ms state Fair.


Should the weather prove favorable
all the other indications are that ths
State Fair, which opens next Monday,
win Be q gratifying success. The pub.
lie spirited citizens Who hare 80 Iiber.
ally expended their money in TIE eree.
ton of buildings and Improving the
grounds, ought to have 3 rsturn sum
cient not only 70 ssFe them fran los.
but 70 encourage then to So ahes and
establiah the Fair Association n5sn :
permanent baais. There win s. lheus
anas Of visitors ffem dilIsrinf paris q
che elale, and some from other s.ni
and we hope the display e asE.elIIzEs
prodne machinery and handiWofk
WI baench q 70 lsrclsbly inpzszs al
Who nay coma pE95ranms for
che fscelftek 8 'eIIf slii1 lixs,
hat ts1 IS nj - .hfi1I i.sfa1s g
81. str q S. 1fi11||4I1I ES|t
and 1e. ~ u<azztIs have <<
|E<|1 |E|1 b 4.<1 s.. ~ s...z|.z. 81.
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The War Taxes.

AS soon as practicable let the odiOu'
war taxes be repealed. The so-called
protective tariff is war tax The in,
ternal revenue system is war tax. The
expensive machinery by which the latter
is collected-its army of collectors, detee-
tives, gaugers and gougers-might be
done away with at once; and the whisky
and tobacco tax could be collected by
officials in other branches of the service.
1t now costs the government $4,000, 900
annually. Nine-tenths of that SUM
might be saved to the taxpayers by
Jud1c1ous legislation.
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Macon Wanta public artesian well
Rev. HI. r. Revels has resigned the
presidency Of Alcorn University and
has moved to Holly Springs.
Col. w. L. CLAYTON has been elected
president Of the Lee Mutual Fire In
surance Company Of Tupelo, instead of
Mai. + "a. Goar, resigned.
Columbus Is getting coal from the
coal mines on the Georgia Pacific Pail
road ia Alabama
Leroy Smith, colored, who killed Levy
Reading with brick in Meridian a few
days since, has been examined before
Justice Patton and discharged. his action
appearing to be one of self-defense.
A young man named Gibson lost his
arm from the effects Of injuries received
from saw In the Meridian Sash and
Blind Factory on the 10Th.
Tie Columbus Dispatch suggests that
sewing be taught in the public schools.
Other industrial features might be added
to the public school curriculum. OF
course the character and extent of them
would be controlled by the locality and
circumstances Of each case.
A special election was held in Meri-
dian on the 18th TO see whether the city
would vote to issue bonds for water
works and sewers. Very little interest
was shown, the proposition being lost by
vote Of SO to lO7.
Mr.. Melville d. Landon (Eh Per
kins) of New. York, is to lecture in
Natchez some time in January under
the auspices Of the Library Association
of that city.
Centerville, or as it is now called
Conchatta, in Newton county, had fire
on the night of October Il, which de
stroyed the stores of Thornton 4 Co.
and Frank Smith. Insurance small.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad la.
reduced the rate on cotton from Macor
to Mobile to S2.75 per bale, and tn,
Beacon says the Macon cotton marEe
is much improved in consequence.
Governor Alcorn has recently had 1
new honor thrust upon him, He ha
been nominated for member of tn,
Board of Supervisors of Coahoma coun
ty.- Mayersyille Spectator.
The gin house of Graham & Simp
son, at Bolton, burned on the night o.
the 10th, together with about 20 bales o
cotton belonging to persons of the neigh
borhood. Loss, $1,000, no insurance
iFhe FIRE originated through the care
lessness of negro boy who knocked ,
bracket candlestick from the wall int
/ the lint cotton.
The following is the Adams county
compromise, or Fusion ticket; Fol
State Senator, DIR. A. H. Branham; FOL
Representatives, Charles d. Foules, anC
Felix L. Corey; for Sheriff, Jas w. Lam
bert; for Treasurer, Cassius L. Tillman
| for District Attorney, Frank X. Win
chester; for Chancery Clerk, Allison II
Foster; for Circuit Clerk, Louis j. Win
ston for Assessor, Robt. "a. Wood fol
Coroner and Ranger, Geo, r. Washing
ton "a
The Tombeckee Presbytery which be
gan here on last Thursday, closed on
Sunday night. They had a very pleas
| ant, profitable and agreeable session. A
| good deal of business was transacted
and satisfactorily disposed of after some
animated discussion. There were nine
ministers, eleven ruling elders and
twenty delegates present, Rev, r, p
McAlphine, Of Columbus was elected
moderator and Rev. J. ID. West, OF
Aberdeen, temporary clerk. The next
Presbytery meets in April at West
Point.-Starkville Citizen.
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- rxpen Rkpt.nucAs RulE.

The State tax, including tax for teach
er's fund, in the last year of Republican
rule, was 81 mills on the dollar. The
reduction, however, was more apparent
than real. The IA mills originally i'm.
posed paid all the expenses of the Ju-
dietary, Except Judges and District
Attorneys including Jail fees. After
the reduction, these expenses were
thrown on the counties, and came, as
before, out of the pockets of the people.
The burden was merely shifted from
the State to the counties.
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General Van DOrn's Sword.

We are in receipt of letter from Mr..
E D. Kefner, editor of the Lenox hide
pendent, Lenox, Iowa, stating that he
knows of the existence of a sword in
his county presented at the breaking
out of the war by citizens of the State
of Mississippi to Major Earl Van Dorm. =
lie had heard that the family desired to
get it, and thinks the person who has it
might be induced to surrender it for a
valuable consideration.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.
Register.

Parties wishing to register Al jackson
should do so this week, as the books viii
be at Raymond next Monday for re-
vision by the election commissioners.
While the county board is In session
for this purpose any one not registered
can register at Raymond (the time Is
usually three days., bat when they have
adjourned, the poll books are sent to
the different precincts and the registra-
ton Is Of necessity closed.
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% c0ming ous.tion i 81 ssna.s

Senator Edmunds Of Vermont ha.
signified his purpose to resign the Presi.
dency Of the Senate as soon IS Congress.
meets IN December next. This will
make situation. The Senate consists
Of 81 Democrats, IS Republicans and
Virginia Readjusters, Malone and Rid
dleberger Exchange.
Why not say 81 once that the Senate
win consist Of 40 Republicans and 81
Democratsg
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

Replying to a journal that objected to
Federal aid to education because it would
discourage local and State efforts, the
Boston Herald pithily says:
Did the liberal land grants have a
tendency to prevent or encourage local
New York and the other States which
used the income from the United States
deposit fund for school purposes been
hindered in the development of their
school systems by this 'snbsidy"2 The
truth is that general government has
granted aid to State schools, in one form
or another, from the meeting of the
first Congress down to a very recent
time, and always with the result of
stimulating local support.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24
A Good Sentiment.


The rulers of our armies have peeu
liar ideas. They propose to punish an
officer who married his mistress, on the
ground that it was conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman. To the
average mind it would seem that the
marriage was an honorable reparation
for the wrong dene-a wrong which,
perhaps, did not strike the courtmar-
tial as an unbecoming piece of conduct.
Boston Herald.
We are glad to be able to add that
Mr.. Lincoln, the Secretary of War, and
the President dissented from the find
ing of the court martial alluded to,
and ordered the officer to be restored to
duty, with the remark, that though the
officer had erred at first he was to be
commended for his attempt to repair
the injury done.
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The Gazette, Washington, D. c., is
indeed a fearless, independent Republi-
can journal. The issue of the 18th
inst. contains an exposure of certain
public wrong doings, Among these il
comments upon the praise Secretary Of
the Treasury Folger is receiving on ac.
count of his display of sympathy fol
certain sick Waterman, and adds that
this kindness of heart would be more
consistent and possibly more genuine
if he had not allowed Mrs. Mary Nc
Culloch, the wife of soldier killed in
the war, to be dropped from the roll OF
department clerks without any com.
plant against her, and had not, so far
refused to restore her in spite Of strong
petitions, and did not keep in position
as appointment clerk the notorious But,
Ter who took advantage of his place to
insult other women than Miss Horton.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

W. T. MAGRUDRR, Esq, the Demo
cratic nominee for the Legislature in
Claiborne county, is an educated plan
ter and an able writer on the science of
political economy. His position upon
various questions of State policy, may
be inferred by his active .participa-
ton in the meeting which passed the
celebrated Claiborne County Grange res
olntions.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

Mn. G. A. BRAND has retired from
the Neshoba Democrat. We regret K
lose him from the profession, but still
moredo we regret to have him leave the
State. We hear he intends to 60 to
Texas to practice law.
We extend welcome and the right
hand Of fellowship to his successor, Mr..
Z. Stanton.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

The per cent. bends amounting to
$7S4, 200 were issued to pay the expenses
of the Republican administration, which
yearly exceeded the collections and were
an accommodating debt when the Demo
Gratis came into power. They here been
all paid except one thousand dollars, aehieh
been prese,ate1 for payment
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

SENATOR PUGH of Alabama, and Re
preventative Bnckner of Missouri are
trying to give Mr.. Hewitt of New York
a Presidential boom. Il New York is
to furnish the candidate, why not Sam
eul J. Tilden7 No other man has won
q Presidential victory for the Demo-
crazy since 1856.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

In answer to the argument that the
Government cannot find storage room
for 50 large quantity of silver, Mr..
Henry Carey Baird shows that $114 ,OOO,-
900, the quantity now on storage, and
weighing 5,257 tons, could all be stored
in room sixty-fve feet long, twenty
feet wide and fifteen feet high.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

La gracefuiIy written valedictory
Mr. j.. x. Vardeman retires from the
editorship 81 the Winona Advance
Mesars. Apologize & Moore. are now The
editors and proprietofs, 70 whom The
CLARI0N exteads best wishes
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24
COUNTY TAXES.

Under Republican rule there was no
limit 70 county TazatioH. Under DEM
ocratic rule Boards of Supervisors, only
for specific and essential purposes, are
not permitted to levy taxes for county
purposes which added to the State tax
will exceed 12I mills on the dollar.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

CAPT. PUT DARDEN's speech at Vicks-
burg was an agreeable surprise to many
of the citizens who had formed their
imnressinns from -sacnnd hand. P.ei..-
diced reports. 1t was sufficiently ag.
gressiye, and yet conservative and mod.
crate in style and manner.
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The Civil Rights Decision.

y 2 q ?. VI = y
One of the indignant big negroes cut
ting up about the late civil rights de
cision of the o. s. Supreme Court ex.
presses an opinion that the civilization
Of the age cannot be turned back by q
Supreme Court decision. The self-same
decision has proved that the civilization
Of the age Was not to be turned back by
an unnatural attempt to coerce the
equality Of the negro BY the enactment
of the civil rights laws.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

MAJ. E. G. WALL, the efficient Com
missioner of immigration and Agrieul-
ture, makes fine exhibit of the work
Of his department, in letter to Hon.
A. J. Baker, of Oxford, which will be
found in this issue.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-24

Nh. JULIAN w. HADDES has retired
from the POntotOc Democrat, which he
has ably conducted, and i succeeded b.
Mr. John IL Crawford, who has consid-
cradle experience and skill Is pub
Usher. Our best wishes.
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How is this? 1t costs $3.50 to ship a
bale of cotton from YaEoo City TO New
Orleans by river. It costs $500 to ship
a bale by railroad from Vaughan's Sta
ton. The distance is about the same,
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DENncRATIc RrLE

Ii speaks volumes IN favor Of Demo-
cratic honesty and economy Is compared
with Republican proaigacy. to state that
under the rule of the Republicans State
warrants were at an average discount Of
IS per cent; and that under Democratic
rule they are on . par with coin Or greens
backs.
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The English Land Syndicate
Noxubee.
Macon Bnacon.l

Macon Beacon.
1t looks very much as if the Eng
Syndicate" that proposes to Purl
such a large amount Of land in
county, and has INDUCED in such
voking delay, is on the eve Of cone
ing the contracts. Several compel
gentlemen have been employed by
asents of the "Syndicates' to prep
abstracts of titles to all the lands
fered for sale and they are now at "
In the Chancery Clerk's Office. Certai
money would not have been sent b
to pay for this service, unless the
ties mean business.