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WMDMZSDAY, ATOUST 15. 1888.
Anointments of CoamiMicners of
Election
The Aim of the Privileged CUm.
TL tendency of the government to
build up and enrich corporations and
privileged classes at the expense of the
body of the people, is the most alarming
sign of the times. It denotes a fearful
departure from the landmarks of the
fathers. It was a remark of Daniel
Webster that, The best government
will not long exit where the tendency
i cf the law is to create rapid accuxnula-
of ;
pelo Journal, reproduces our denial
bargain, committal, contract or agree
ment of any ort, expressed or implied,
relating to the appointment of Chancel
lor in the first Metrict, and says :
We are not the least disposed to in
sist, ihe face of Tax Ciurion'b state
ment, that the Governor ia a party to a
bargain mroMag theeppetsent of a
Chancellor. But leaving the Governor
out of the question, we firmly believe
iht rmnAina the anoointment of Cir-
, j-w B ar . . t
tion of property In the hands of the few, ; cuit Judges, there was a pooling ot m-
and to render the ma. of the people j "ESSX X uYt SudeTenl
imbued witntms chancellor for this Circuit and Chance
.$. O. Picavune.1
John F. H. Claiborne, the distin
1 statesman and historian, ia
to be a conservative man. He
as the result of experience and
observation, to have arrived at two con-
clusions: 1. That white immigration to
supply the immediate labor wants of the
of public prosoeritv. and that it 'is far
and orderly character of the servants
under the old system as for their fidelity
during the War, and argues that a sys
tem corresponding witn mat wmcn we
call the "Georeia svstem" should be
Tte GoTtrnw. Lieut--GoTtnwr tad aemiu? of J poor and dependent
Stxtm. will mart it the Executive Offlce, In tke OlT i foolintr find tn nrcrpni the concentration rv IMstrict. mainly throuzh the instTU
of jiKkjon, tcewat, scftsmbes TBs Km, tor q( yast egUtea in the hands of a priv-1 mentality of the peroiciou political doc-
ibe Ftujwi cj appointing ComraUcioneri i Elec-1 trine that to the victor belong the
. V.-,.w ,k. awl! tleeed few. our forefathers abolished the ., ... .ia.
rnloiK imI Tvninmrn JitinM .hanld br iMrKifd : svstem nf nrimownit II rp and comneHed ! SP. ' ' j .l- '- -I !. v;.,f o.mi. I adODted thrOUBllOUt the South. Hi?
J- t - i t i, ,ri nni i rit. iMjurr ui iia luici 1 a .w . .
to me t jrkn, sad honid girt the pos-o the division of estate among the heirs of j ment over the Governor, has lefn fully
ana iw poi.uc oi escn weni. i tu. nr:lr;ni r,wnpr9 ... thU hateful i deinomrtrated. and we have not the least
. . .
i douut tnat tne appoiniinem oi u-
. . . . . ' . ... a .
cellorlor this LHstriet win re, m eneoi,
more profitable and much less expensive
to employ moral and intelligent people
M Jacssov, Augsg Wth, 1883.
Editors Clarion- : - Knowing that
there is. a good deal of dissatisfaction
its of fusion, and as
that number myself,
to those Demo-
sOi aloaely sympa
thise.
The late action of the Democratic
party at Eaymond cannot be more dis-
among ns opponeo
llftave beerlamang
'I feel likesatburaword
v. p.
Sec'T Site Board
August lGth, 1S3S-
Porrrs,
l Election
! spirit of favoritism is developing itself
powerfully in the form of legislation to
Tax Clabjon gives its exchange and
correspondent a wide latitude of ex
pression through its columns, but its
own opinions are expressed editorially.
Every intelligent reader understands
this, but the explanation will take from
malicious and cowardly curs a pretext
for mirepresenting and assailing n.
another notice to those who supported
views are entitled to respectful consider
ation.
can I conceive any course of action that
could hare been pursued which would
not have been less objectionable to me.
I opposed the proposition to fuse to the
last moment, both here as a citizen and
at Raymond as a delegate. I am of the
number, too, of those who would vastlv
create monopolies and to confer liounties : gteaM for re-election that they have got
a'special privilege upon classes andcorpo- j no right to expect any favors from the
rations until thevare even aspiring tocon- i present administration. Is the report
J , ' j I u . true that Tur.CLARios, the leading ex-
trol the government .tself and to make , " of 9
the masses of the people sawti vlevt to j j xhe executive ami judiciary depart-
their will. tsentt of our ktate government, is co-
. . ... . .tii i-inir nr nAmLi na ion '
l . r c xamt'lc. int. manuiactusRnsf mo- ; opcrainig " ""r,
a r
II M),
The Clariox lays no claim to the
merit, or demerit, as the case may be,
of the fusion arrangement in this coun
ty. But we desire to say with emphasis
that the agreement gives no sufficient
nopolists have succeeded in defeating
every attempt to adjust the Tariff so as
to make it operate equally upon all the
industries of the country.
The Railroad corporations have suc
ceeded in securing land grants amount-
it lecomf-s our turn to -x.pri-s.-
pain and surprise.
Here, again, without imputing to our
-,rL.r mntmnnrsrr. the Journal, the
wv iuj -j j y
sliehest motive to misrepresent, or to
convey a wrong impression, we beg leave
! to sav that it is eutirely mistaken in
J Mississippi. Two of these corporations
party. The object of the party organi- j are i, to the government $64,000,
zation Is to maintain good government; j 000, money loaned for the purpose of
ing m rouna numoers, two nunarea j ht t a
minions i aero, coinpns.ug o jnfluences in the matter of appointing
enough to embrace ten Mat as large as , , . . chancellor of the
firut or anv other District. W e nave
Another correspondent of your paper ; . fjlt!. Ko "
differs diametricillv with the views of w
Col. Claiborne. Mr. Dennett doubt u"c u" bepuoiiuaas an ainance
and within its lines differences of opinion
SA t what in exptxiiect, ithould l-i.l cr
ated, and subordinated to the will of the
majority. The- differences sink into
insignificance in comparison with the
general purposes and cardinal tenets of
the Democratic party. Their purposes
are the maintenance of honest, econom
ical, and enlightened administration of
public affairs. Anti-fuionists must
remember that if the agreement of the
Democratic and Republican parties to
co-operate in the county canvas does
not stand the test of experiment, the
injury resulting, will be compensated
by the lesson it will teach. If it
stands the test, there w ill be nothing to
regret. In either case, if reason and
moderation guide the helm, the differ
ences between brethren of the same
faith will be speedily reconciled. Above
all things, it must be remembered that
tvo are on the eve of the important
Presidential (l otion of which the
Democracy can win only by complete
harmony in their rani.--. In the pres
ence of that contest, quarrels about
minor matters will surely fade into
nothingness in the minds of all patriotic
men. Li our home affair- the Democrat
ic party i.- the agency through which
the State lias been reclaimed from mis
rule. The CHS. HI Which inspired a
united effort to estabji-h good govern
ment, exist in full force to maintain
it.
Democrat
tion.
-L.nd by your acganiza-
The itrikc of the telegraph operators
continue.-. Mean time the opinion gafaH
strength that Congress should expedite
and cheapen communication by estsh
lisning a postal, telegraph system in con
nection with the mail service. The
power cannot be denied, and the neces
sity is imperative. Let the country
have cheap t olographic communication
S well as cheap postalscrvice.
Let Democrat.-, who are listening to
the overtures of the Independents to
join them because everything hasnot been
done exactly to suit them in their own
party, remember that Tray was a good
dog, but paid the penalty of being found
in bad company.
The latest instance of blind and un
reasonable complaint is furnished by
the ColumbiH Despatch, in saying that
"it is understood that Got. Lowry has
already decided who he will give the
few places (of Railroad Commissioner)
to." This is said six months before the
meeting of the Legislature, and even
before the candidates are in the field
who are to decide the question whether
there shall be Supervision, and in what
form the measure shall be carried out.
Could any more far-fetched and prepos
terous ground of complaint be alleged
against a public officer? We put it to
onr contemporary, is such a line of ac
cusation reasonable: Is it fair; Is it
just?
their construction, and though they are
doing an immensely profitable buisiness,
they have baffled every attempt of the
government to collect either interest or
principal. The People of all the States,
without regard to party, have manifested
their wish that laws should be enacted
to regulate inter-State commerce; but
-uch is the power which the corporations
have been enabled to wield over Con
gress, that the will of the People has
been set at defiance. They are seeking
to control the legislatures of the general
government and of the States. They as
pire to dictate who shall be governors
and legislators, and they have confessed
to the use of large sums to procure the
legislation they wished and to prevent
such as they did not wirh. To secure
a subservient judiciary they extend
their favors liberallv. In consideration
of a large sum contributed tothe election
of Garfield in 1880, (if Stephen W. Dor
soy, the general manager of their cam
paign is to be believed,) they dictated
the appointment of Stanley Matthews, one
of their best paid attorneys, to the bench
of the Supreme Court of the United
States in which they have cases to be ad
judicated involving untold millions.
Bat these are not the only corporation
tli.it have been the beneficiaries of
government favoritism; and are seeking
to increase and to perpetrate their power
and agrandine themselves by controll
ing lesi-dation. The National Hanks come
within the category. The following
secret circular that was ent to all banks
and loan agencies i" the country after
the National Hankers' Convention, held
at Saratoga a few yean since, will ex
plain our mesmtag,
iJear Sir -It i- advisable to do ail in j
your power to sustain such daily and
prominent weekly newspapers, especially
the agricultural and religious press, as :
will oppose the issuing of greenback
paper saoaey, and that you also with-; Koitor.s CLRXfOK: The abnormal)
now pairona"o or nn ors i roin an appu- . ,, , o - J
. i sail . .i mixture called r usiou aeeommislutl
cants who are not willing to oppose the i 1
government issue of money. Let the (by the Raymond Convention on the th
government issue the coin and the bank-j
anv
the highest authority for saying that
each appointment has been made, and
will be made, with reference exclusively
to its own merits as adjudged by the
Executive in whomthe appointment is
vested under the Constitution. Touch
ing the Judgeship of the first District,
we do not lelieve the Governor knows
who are the applicants for Chancel
lor recommended or preferred. We
can assert with absolute certainty that
the parties who recommended the ap
pointment of Judge Buchanan, did so
without the slightest reference to the
appointment of Chancellor; and it is
our belief that the endorsers of Judge
Buchanan have not united in favor of
any particular person for that office.
How, then, could there have been a
combination, or "pooling of influences?"
If there was an agreement to that effect
as our friend of the Journal vainly
imagines, the agreement has not been
carried out, for we find that his predeces
sor's friends and his own friends, arc
wonderfully mixed up in the applica
tions for the vacant Chancellorship.
Turning its batteries on TheCi.ariox.
the Journal mentions "a report" that
wc are co-operating with the alleged
"combination." We plead guilty to the
"soft impeachment" that the conduc
tors of The Cr.ABio.v do like their
friends; and we are prone to believe
that the same human nature is even
more pronounced in the Journal, but we
do solemnly aver that we are not a par
ty to "a combination" involving the
Chancellorship of the first District, or
any other office whatever. Our plain
spoken friend of the Journal, has been
imposed upon; or his own imagination
hits gives birth to "a vain thing."
The Principles of Democracy Abandoned.
whether this character attributed by
CoL Claiborne to his own slaves was gen
erally applicable. He thinks the negro
labor is less to be relied on now man
when compulsory. He alleges that the
negroes are "idle, unsteady and unrelia
ble," and do not perform "two-thirds of
the work a formerly, or as well ;" that
they are very intemperate and violent,
a consequence of which was that "250
negroes have been killed by other ne
groes in the parish of St. Mary, La.,
since the war." While he admit the
probable accuracy of Col. Claiborne as
to negro nature before the war, heclaims
that they no longer display the same
qualities. Both these correspondents
are no doubt correct in their personal
impressions. It is not, however, a ques
tion of negro wickedness or fidelity.
It Ls what shall be done with 6,732,o47
human beings, and their normal increase
since 1880, who speak English and are
by law free and endowed with the rights
of American citizens? Let us look at the
relative numbers of white and black in
the Southern States: In Alabama the
races are as follows: 602,185 white to
600,133 colored. In Georgia as 816,906
white to 600,133 colored. In Arkansas
as 541,531 to 210,666 colored. In Flor
ida as 142,605, white to 126,690 colored.
In LouLsiana as 454.854 white to 483,655
colored. In Mississippi as 479,398 white
to 650,291 colored. In South Carolina
as 391,105 white to 604.332 colored
There is thus in these seven cotton States
6,014,577 people, ot whom the negroes
are onlv in a minoritv of 16,191. In
some of these States they are in a major
ity.
Senator Butler of South Carolina
takes a view of the question similar to
that of Mr. Dennett. In answer to tha
conclusion that the increased products
of the Southern States since the war
are due to the greater efficiency of the
negro as a laborer in freedom than in
slaver ' tan assertion, by-the-way which
no impartial and practical observer in
the South would venture to make) he says
the negro laborers have decreased in
efficiency fifty per cent. He asserts
that the Southern white laborers have
THi: DEMOCRATIC PAB1V MsiiAMoli.
en issue the paper money of the country,
for then we can better protect each
other. To repeal the law creating
National Banks or to restore, to circula
tion the government issue of money will
be to provide the people with money and
will, therefore, seriously ari'eet our indi
vidual profits Us banket- and li ntb ,: Bee
your mrauhnr of Cmgnu at onre and eu
gage him to support our inleretU that trt
may control legislation." Sigued by the
Secretary.
It has come to be a contest between
the accumulated wealth of the privileged
claswOP and corporate power on the one
hand, and, the body of the People on the
other. If the former succeed, (which
!od forbid) we will have in this coun
try, as in despotic nations, privileged
oidcn, and the toiling multitudes serv
ing them as hewers of wood and draw
ers of water.
The Tort Gibson Reveille records the
death of two respected citizens of Clai
borne county, Mrs. Martha Crane, relict
of the late James Crane, at the advanced
age of eighty-eight years, and Mr. Geo.
V Darden aged 65 years.
Major E. A. Bukke, manager of the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, has been
appointed and confirmed as IHrector
General of the World's Industrial and
Cotton Ceutenuial Exposition, which
will open in New Orleans in Ieeeniber,
1S84. Major Burke had twice declined
the appointment, although tendered a
salary of t20,00o. He, however, finally
deferred to the wishes of the public, but
upon his suggestion the salary was re
duced to $10,000 per year, and he has
applied this to the lencfit of the Agri
We have before us a statement of the
earnings of seventeen of the principal
railroads of the United States, for the
month of July (the Illinois Central,
among them.) They all, except 5, show
an increase over the corresponding
period last year.
It is
roads,
down
rates.
manifestly the interest of our rail
as well as of producers to put
freights at the lowest possible
As stated by the St. Louis Rail
way Register, it will encourage fanners
o cultivate fruits and early vegetables
for exportation, and cause more traffic
for the roads, and that, too, of a class in
the carrying of which there is a greater
profit.
cultural and
Baton Rouge.
Mechanical College
The Vicksburg Herald congratulates
Tan Ciariox on the prospects of Dem
ocratic divisions in some lorn 11 lies upon
the question of Supervising Gstpota
tions. The Herald is rather late with
its congratulations. The platform com
mitting the party to Supervision was
adopted by the State Convention six
years ago. Wc imagine, there will bo
no serious divisions; but if so, it will be
the fault of the schismatics, not of the
party whose position was long since
defined; nor of Tax Civbiov which
has simply kept the faith.
P. a Would the Herald like to have
the names of the original Committee
that reported the Hatform f
Call to mind, if yon please, the earn-
at est protest of The Clarion- against the
appointment of Staulev Matthews to
the bench of the Supreme Court of
the Cnned States! Then we saw
through a glass darkly, but
now, face to face. Read the statement
of Dorsey. the late Secretary of the Nat
kmsJ Executive Committee, that the
corporation magnates, Huntington and
Gould, procured the appointment, giviag
one hundred thousand dollars. Says
Drscy; "Thoy paid their
got their man."
The Clarion was right.
inst. virtually disband- the lk-moeratic
party in Hinds county. Based as it was
on fixed fundamental principles, which
cannot exist, in an association of such
incougruoua and antagonistic materials,
made up of part tea and persons of differ
ent opinion", de-ires and shades, direct
ly representing nothing, unless it be, the
machine politician, the office seeker, and
the color line; devoid of, and ignoring
all standards of principles by which they
can agree to act for the common good,
like nnto a ship on the broad ocean,
without compass, or rudder, to be car
ried wherever the force of winds and
waves may drift her. The results in
volved in the present canvass, as affect
ing the great interest of the people
should surely prevent them being en
trusted aboard a craft with such a
crew, and so badly provided with the
necessary means of guidance, as it
would be hopeless to expect her making
a safe port or have under any circum
stances a profitable result to the venture.
The aims of corporate power to domin
ion over the people and State, are being
steadily and quietly advanced, by all
the means that money can hire or buy;
nominations to office are dictated, offi
cers elected, legislation controlled, and
courts corrupted, that these corpora
tions may obtain absolute sway over all
the avenues to wealth and power.
Just in the same ratio, as the princi
ples which underlie free government,
are permitted to be ignored and disre
garded in the representative character
of the officers of government, will this
corporate power be advanced, and the
people's prerogatives usurped. That the
hand of this soulesa power has been busy
in this fusion, there can be little doubt,
when we know its retained attorneys to
have been foremost in advocating it,
among others well known to favor its
claim to special nrivileires. whilst
there were sudden chanaes in others.
who at nrst were its strenuous opposers,
increased in efficiency fifty per cent, and
this accounts for the increased products! tod it shal, not for lackof
of that quarter of the Union. Ihe St.
Louis Republican observes there are
not wanting collateral proofs of the truth
of the opinion of the South Carolina
Senator. Wherever the greatest pre
ponderance of negro population is there
the increase of the products of labor
has been least. Mississippi had, for ex
ample, in 1880, 650,291 negroes and only
479,388 whites. The production of cot
in this State fell off from 1,202,507 bales
in 1860 to 963,111 in 1880. Texas, the
next largest cotton producing State had
in 1S80. 293.384 negroes and 1,197.237
v. hites. The production of cotton in
that State increased f ram 431,463 to 805,
i84. Whereevor the soil of anv State
i- favorable to white labor there the
products have increased, and whereve
the conditions are especially adopted
negro labor, the products have fallen offi
Take the article of rice produced almost
exclusively bv negro labor. In I860
Booth Carolina produced 119,100,52
pounds of rice, while in 1880 it produced
only 52,087.515 pounds. This eorres
ponds very nearly to tle estimate mad
by Senator Butler of the decreased effic
iency of negro labor. The production
of sugar, which is the fruit of negro la
bor, has fallen off in a like manner
The Republican thinks that ordinary
observation ot the emciency ot negro
labor, even under the most favorable cir
cumstances, will go far towards confirm
ing the estimate of Senator Butler. In
the border States the negroes are found
almost exclusively in menial pursuit?
a few taking to farming and mechanical
occupations. It is not the experience of
employers that they are better servants
than they were in other days, or that
the educated young negroes are more
efficient than their elders, who had no
education. These are not pleasant
truths, and they justify the reflection of
the South Carolina Senator that "I think
I see much trouble before us in this la
bor question, in fact in the whole negro
question. "
Speech of Capt. Put Harden at
Vaughn.
which will iitstifv a suspicion of inter
ference that should turn ail who adhere
to the principles of pure Democracy to
look elsewhere for their representatives
in office.
A Fusion of such elements that for
bids the full recognition and force of the
fundamental principles of Democracy,
as a rule of action, is not, and cannot
be, the Democratic Party, and therefore
ha.- no right to the respect or allegiance
of a true Democrat. D.
Disbanded.
A -oi.ro eitien writing: from a solid
money and Democratic county, says: "The people
I in this section are a unii for corporation i
- supervision, and the election of Judges
by the people."
Mississippi Farmer.
Last luesdav was a great dav at
Vaughn Grange. Capt. Put Darden is
said to have made a very fine speech in
behalf of the Grange and the agricultu
ral community generally. We are
pleased to state that not one word was
said by that gentleman that the most
delicate ear, or most refined sensibility
could object to. He made no war upon
other avocations or employments, but
earnestly contended for unity of action
and organization on the part of farmers
for their mutual aid and protection
He showed that there was a necessity
for this, and mentioned especially the
combination of capitalists in the North
and elsewliere, to control the price of
the produtions of the soil. He said he
was no enemv, as charged to him, of
capitalists, nor of railroads, nor manu
factories, but desired equal taxation
upon all and even-handed justice to
shipper and carrier, manufacturer and
consumer.
He favored supervision of railroads,
but not oppression. He was opposed to
exempting corporations from taxation,
on the same principle that the poorest
man in the land should not be exempt
j from contribution to the public treasu-
I r would seem to be a srood Providence ! "e ne,a lual ncn otpMia
The Executive Committee of thcl1 " 'P1 tl Jefierson "ht ? m Portion to the amount
National Grsenhaek Labor party of ! Davis, when so many of his accusers have , the rarest man has to pay. Ilis vie.
Hinds county formally dishanLi hir I fallen like autumnal leaves, to vindicate ; on thls were .ved ap-
t organization at their nicotine in Rav- ' P
' mond on Mondav. ' maintenance of which his State and
country called him, from the aspersion
note- -iiwur lauepeiuients, .reen-;0f ignorance and malice. The Phila-
with alienated friends rather than with
life time enemies. But the party has
acted, and the question now is one of
acquiescence or revolt. As a partici
pant in the late deliberations I myself
feel bound morally to abide the result
and carry out in good faith the pro
gramme oi tne party. -No use so is every
other man who, in consequence of his
participation in the primary Conven
tions of the 4tb was represented in the
County Conventions of the 6th. Some,
it is true, consider themselves absolved
from obligation by real or alleged dis
courtesy and the application of gag-law
at the primaries. To such, therefore,
and to those Democrats who by non-participation
in the primaries are undoubt
edly free to pursue any course their
judgment or inclination may suggest, 1
wish to address myself.
Any attempt to silence fair argument
and a free expression of opinion is, cer
tainly, calculated to arouse indignation.
But should we ierinit the action of
others to drive us out of the party or
precipitate us into a course which we
may afterwards regret ? Would it not
rather be more gratifying to remain and
by acquiescence now, be prepared to
defeat these men and their schemes next
time. A nobler motive for the course I
recommend is that we subordinate our
own personal grievances to the good of
party. Upon all I would urge the
great danger to flow from the dismem
berment or further disintegration of the
party. Divided we can do nothing; it
is only as a unit and in solid phalanx
that we can hope to accomplish victory.
A division now means a division next
year, when questions of national impor
tance will confront us. Let us join
hands with the fusionists and say to
them as we should have wished them
to say to us, "Your course is impolitic
and does not meet our views, but if de-
support
from us." If after a hearty co-operation
from us the fusion ticket should
prevail they will have to acknowledge
that their success is due largely to us,
and hence can prove nothing as to its
advisability, while on the contrary, if
with this .ame support it should be de
feated, vou need have no fears of another
attempt at fusion and our ideas will be
altogether victorious. There are doubt
less many who say that the Convention
of July 16th settled the question definite
ly against fusion. This plea is too late
uow ; the Executive Committee took
another view , and so long a silence was
virtual assent and indorsement of their
action.
The ou!v thiiij left us fo to support
the ticket, carry out the bargain, which
is so distasteful to us, and after securing
a victory, for which the fusionists will
have to aid us, begin an active effort
which will render certain the impossibil
ity of a repitition of fusion in this
county at any future election.
With an exhortation to stay in the
Cnion and fight tinder the flag, I am
Yen truly yours,
Dklegatk.
The Possible Outcome of Fusion.
Editors Clarion: So far as the
Democrats of this Hinds county are con
cerned, of course, fusion is inevitable,
but it is yet an open question in most
the other counties of the State and the
effects of so pernicious an example as
we have set are yet to be seen. That
Hinds couuty Democrats, occupying, as
they do, a cardinal or pivotal position
geographically and influentially should
have taken the step they have, is very
much to be regretted. It has not, as
Okoloxa, August 13th, MIS.
Editors Clarion : The crops both of
corn and cotton will tall far short of
the expectations of our farmers three
weeks ago.
Early corn and cotton in the bottoms,
are moderately good, while on hill and!
this lands, they are almost failures.
Col. Tom Buchanan, Sr., took a trip to
Prentiss county this week, and ia reply
to the question, "how are the crops f
said : "The corn crop is short, and I saw
none but bumble-bee cotton on my
trip" his definition of bumble-bee cot
ton is not nattering to the cotton he
saw.
The people of this county are almost
a unit upon Railroad Supervision. No
man could be elected to office in this
county who did not come squarely out
in favor of Supervision. Could the peo
ple be otherwise, when they are, to
their only road mere "hewers of wood,
and drawers of water" by virtue of the
oppressive freight rates imposed on
them?
Think of this. It costs the people
of this county more to ship goods from
Corinth here 80 miles than it does
from Boston or New York, 1400 miles,
to Corinth. I said the other day to a
prominent citizen of this county, that
in my judgment it would pay the plan
ters of this rich prairie section better to
raise as their primary products, corn
and oats, than as they now do, cotton.
He replied, "what the d 1 good does it
do us to raise more corn and oats than
we need at home? the high freights on
our road absolutely prohibit us from
raising for market anything else but cot
ton. v e may be able to undersell the
West by 10 cents per bushel, neverthe
less, it would pay purchasers in Mobile
and the Southern ports of Alabama and
Mississippi, to buy their corn and oats
in Cairo or St. Louis and pay this differ
ence than to purchase them between
Meridian and Corinth do you blame
us then for making cotton our main
source of revenue? Why, sir, all this
past spring and summer any amount of
corn could have beeu purchased from
Booneville to S. at 35i40 cents laid
down in the cars, yet we could not com
pete with our Western friends, living
hundred and hundreds of miles north of
us, and selling their corn too, at I0(u 20
cjnts per bushel more than we were will
ing and anxious to take for ours don't
talk of a diversity of crops, until we are
ni i 1,
enaoiea oy reasonanie rates to get our
products to market."
An intelligent drummer, living at
Brandon, told me "that a leading firm
at Edwards requested him to buy a half
dozen car loads of corn at any of the
places on the M. & O. Railroad if it
could be had at 35 or 40 cents in the car
that he found no difficulty in finding
the corn at 35 cents, but when he learn
ed what the freight would be, from
above Meridian, he wrote his friends
at Edwards, that it would pay them bet
ter to buy their corn at Cairo or St.
Louis, though they had to pay more per
bushel for it."
Under such management do our rail
roads promote improvement and pros
perity? Do they not virtually prohibit
the growth of a diversity of crops for
market, and without a diversity of
crops, can our State ever become really
and truly prosperous? If this burden
some taxation continue, it may not be
long lefor,j the people exclaim, "How
i i jrt" a t .ii.,
long, on, t-aianne, w in thou abuse our
patience?"' etc., etc.
(Here our correspondent enters into a
long report of local politics which we
are compelled to omit for want of space.)
Well, as I have written too much al
ready on politics, agriculture and super
vision, by way of an episode, w ill say
that Okolona enjoyed this week a most
charming entertainment at the residence
of Col. J. R. Mcintosh, noted through
out North Mississippi for his princely
hospitality. A number of his friends of
both sexes, and the young folks of the
place were present. The Colonel, his ele
gint lady, and charming and accom
plished young daughter, Miss Alice, en
tertained as they know so well how to do.
His handsome residence and fine
grounds were brilliantly illuminated,
ana a tun trainea nana discoursed deli
cious music without, while within doors
frof . (jus and son on piano and violin
rendered the melody that was followed
by fairy forms and flying feet in the
dances of the present day. We felt as
if carried back to ante-bellum days, for
there was an old time charm and ele
gance about the entertainment.
ihere were many beautiful ladies and
Onr. J. R. Dai
become a candidate for District
ney of the 7th Judicial District.
has
Attor-
Mllf Wk li ago Senator Pugh was a
strong Hewitt man. Now he is for Til
den straight. After the Ohio election
he may be for Hoadly.
Mr. Isaac Bokham, who was acciden
tally shot at Vicksburg by Mr. H. H.
Moore, in a fuss between the latter and
Mr. 3. P. Coleman, died on the 13th
inst
Oktibbeha Gouty.
The death of .Capt Wm. McNulty,
Sheriff of Pike county, caused by inju
ries from the railroad train, is an
nounced. He possessed excellent traits
which endeared him a large circle of
friends.
Wk regret that a motive to engage in
other business has tempted Mr. O. H.
Johnson to offer the Hazehurst Signal
for sale. His services cannot be spared
by the friends of good government at
this juncture. The Signal is on a firm
footing and enjoying a good patronage.
Mr. John P. Mumford, 45 years, of
age, a native of Bayou Sara, and a
member of the First Ixmisiana (Scott's)
Cavalry, C. S. A., died in that city on
the 8th inst. He was connected with
the management of the City Hotel, New
Orleans, and was highly esteemed in all
the walks of life.
Senator Bctler, of South Carolina,
has written a letter respecting labor in
that State, in which he claims that "the
white laborer in the State has increased
in efficiency fifty per cent., and that the
negro laborer has decreased in the same
proportion; that the most progressive
and prosperous sections of the country
are where the white labor predominates,
and if the colored race could be gradual
ly withdrawn it would be better for the
State."
The following are the Democratic
nominees:
District Attorney, M. R. Butler; Rep
resentatives, J. S. Montgomery, Wiley
N. Nash; Sheriff, H. T. Saunders ; Chan
cery Clerk, C. E. Gay; Circuit Clerk,
T. M Cummin rs ; Treasurer, & Pierce ;
Assessor, S. B. Crite; Surveyor, A.
Zucker; Coroner and Ranger, M. E.
Owen.
Mr. Montgomery has served several
terms in the Legislature and has proved
himself a useful and efficient member.
He was mentioned for Speaker by his
friends at the hut session.
mite County.
The Democratic Convention which
recently assembled at liberty decided
to have no nominations for Representa
tive and county officers. It instructed
for Hon. F. A. McLain for District At
torney and for Col. Moses Jackson for
Floater, irom Amite and Pike counties.
Messrs. W. F. Love and Theodore
McKnight are candidates for the Legislature.
A bill passed the Legislature of Da
kota authorizing the call of a Conven
tion to erect the southern half of the
Territory into a State. The Governor
vetoed the bill, and it did not become
law. Nevertheless the people of the
counties interested intend holding an
informal Convention and applying to
Coneress for admission as a State. The
idea is to add the 3 votes to the Repub
lican strength in the electoral college
next year. Congress .will hardly lend
itself to a scheme which is both revolu
tionary and partisan.
Tmf editors who are so anxious for
Railroad Supervision in Mississippi, do
not seem to take kindly to our propo
sition to eiecj tne csupervisors airecuy
bv the people, instead of having them
appointed Dy the Governor. We hope
this indisposition to favor an Elective
Board of Railroad Supervisors, does not
arise from a suspicion that the aspirants
for positions are not as "solid" with the
people as they might possibly be with
the Uovernor. oters capable oi select
ing Judges ought to be able to choose
Railroad .supervisors. lckstnirg Her
ald. Who are the editors that "don't take
kindly" to your "proposition." The
matter of selecting Commissioners is
one of detail, which the friends of
Supervision will no doubt arrange satis
factorily. In several States, the Com
missioners are elected by the people.
Speaking of the jaunt of the Presi
dent and party to the Yellowstone Park,
at the expense ot the Railroad Compan
ies, the Washington World suggests
that "when the Pacific Railroad Com
panies have such immense land-grant
interests to be affected by Congressional
action, and the President of the United
States has the veto power, it does not
look well to speak in the mildest terms
it does not look well for President
Arthur to accept the special train ten
dered to him and his party by those
railroads for his big trip next month.
The Railroad Companies do not tender
such costly courteaies for nothing and
no hope of anything, as everybody
knows."
Bv the proceedings of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Jefferson, pub
lished in the Chronicle, we learn that
the Iemocratie voter of the county are
urgently requested to meet on the 4th
Saturday in August at their accustomed
places in in the several Supervisor's Dis
tricts, for the purpose of re-organiring
clubs and attending to the business of
the campaign, as directed in the follow
ing resolutions:
Ee.ohYd. That it is the preference of
this Committee that the Convention for
nominating a candidate for the office of
District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial
District should be held on the 12th day
of September, at Fayette.
Etolvti, That it is the preference of
this Committee that the Convention for
nominating a candidate for the office of
Senator for the counties of Jefferson and
Franklin, should be held on the 1-th
day of September, at Fayette.
Rfnoitrd, That it is the preference of
this Committee that the Convention for
nominating a candidate for the office of
Legislator, to represent jointly the coun
ties of Jefferson and Lincoln, should be
held on the 1st day of September, at
Union Church.
Renolred That there shall be a Conven
tion held at the Court House in Fayette,
on the 24th day of September, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
the legislature and all county offices.
"They Paid Their Money and They
Got Their Man."
Dead-Weighted.
was urged, obviated a fierce political
struggle, but simply drawn the line of j knightly youths present, among whom
division in a new place. The battle is ! Aberdeen, Nashville and St. Louis were
represented. rtetreshments of ices,
creams, cakes etc., were liberally dis
pensed and fully enjoyed.
Okolona will surely record that night
in her archives as one never to be for
gotten. While Capt. 8., Dr. P., Mr. L.
and your correspondent looked at the
young folks as they went round and
round, "first, on the heel tap then upon
the toe," he involuntarily exclaimed
how much he missed in not having the
dances of the present day in vogue when
we were young and tripped the light fan
tastic toe. Yours,
yet to be fought and more fiercely than
would have been the case without the
serious step we have just taken. I do
not make these remarks to throw a dam
per over our efforts for the present cam
paign; off the contrary, I would urge all
parties to the present coalition to be
alive to the magnitude of the effort be
fore them, and work untiringly and un
ceasingly for victory. But I wish, if
possible, to warn other counties, situated
as we are, from the temptation of fol
lowing in our footsteps.
First, I would call attention to the ef
fect upon the next Legislature, if Mon
roe, and Lowndes, and Claiborne,
Leflore and manv other counties with a
population like our own should give the
Republicans three-fourths of the repre
sentatives. With the independents m
the ascendency in several northern coun
ties such a course would most assuredly
jeopardize our majority in the lower
house. .Besides tne tendency is to dis
organize and demoralize our party, while
at the same time it warms and revives
the dormant energies of the Republi
cans, just as the mingling of wine and
water, gives strength to the water but
weakens the wine. The Independents
are given a weapon they have never had
before, and many who might have soon
returned to Democratic ranks will now
be encouraged to remain.
Tf. i rrtjiinK- tn he honed that the
precedent we -have set, will be regarded
as an example to he shunned rather than
followed. There is much to be said
against the policy of fusion, but I am
writing in haste, and shall only call
upon the Democracy throughout the
Mate to stand firm upon a straight ticket
and a square fight
Huntington's Attempted Laud
The Republicans and Independents of
Copiah county had a meeting last
Saturday and nominated the following
ticket: L. O. Bridewell, of Beauregard,
J. W. McNeil, of Crystal Springs, Rep
resentatives; Lion Matthews, of Hazle
hurst, Sheriff; S. C. Enochs, of Crystal
Springs, Chancery Clerk ; John J. Bar
low, of Western Copiah, Circuit Clerk;
W. L. Holly, of Hazlehurst, Treasurer.
The ticket has some good names, but
it has dead-weights that will sink it
deeper than plummet ever sounded.
The meeting was a conglomerate affair,
and was addressed by Messrs. J. R.
Chalmers, Ben. King, Sr., and H. R.
Ware:
5. W. Dorsey, late Secretary of the Nation il
Executive Coiiunitiee in Xhe N. Y. Sun.
"Now, Senator, is it true that n trade wai
made with Garfield by Jsy Gould and C. P.
Hunt ngdon to secure The appointment of
Stanley Matthews for assistant justice of
thf Supreme Court, and that the considera
tion was the payment of a very large sum
into ihe tn-asury of the National Commit
tee?" "Well as to that, I will say th;U Qarfleld
being dead and the men he left behind him
being many of them liars, I hurdty eiire to
trench upon the grass plot of a grnve, or
upon the edge of a falsehood. Still 1 think
it. just to be just. 1 think it wise to be
truthful. Men are living who can defend
the dead if they rare or dare y. 1 will say
then, positively, emphatically, that the trade
intimated by the Sua is true in all it sub
stantial features. I say catogoiiettlly that
Garfield promised tho two greatest monopo
lists in New York, Jay Gould nnd C. P.
Huntingdon, that Stanley Matthews should
jo at the earliest opportunity upon tho Su
preme Ecneh, and he agreed, if the varanoy
occurred before he was inaugurated, that he
would see that Hayes made the appoint
ment. Those interested parties who seemed
anxious to control the ."supreme isenen
promised the Garfield campaign fund ilOO,-
000. Thru paid their money and lury got
their man."
"Do you speak of your own knowledge V
"Why of course ; and I hardly think the
parties to that arrangement will malre any
denial. 7f U absolutely true."
"How do you know this money was
paid ?"
"One of the most eminent men io New
York brought it to me in Imliaoapolii.'
"Mr. Thomas C. Plats?
"Since you name him, he was tin man.
I turned the money over to Mr. Ed.
Stephenson, who is now, I believe, the Pres
ident of a Bank on Sixth Avenue In New
York. I told him we didn't n.-ed so large a
sura in Indiana, and advised him to take a
part of it back to Gov. Poster in Ohio. For
ty thousand dollars was kept for Indiana.
The rest went to Ohio.'
SSJg
The Assessment Law.
Hinds County Deraoer.fi-,
tite Conventioa.
Raymond Gazette.
The Convention of the
v"'"l,,'c party of nA
nipt t ib.. r i. ' inU
"". "urMWU Monday
M. llliannu.n . "
- w cnair, to
er the question of fu.i
Oeo. Harper was elecw
, ..uiana, .-am D. Ran,
Porter temoor
r 3 '-tariet.
Mr. WilJUmaon ,Uted
the meeting.
Credentials of delegate,
wiuccroiiirv. alter .W!-
nent organization w, effected
.v.u ...i hub. uuver Clifum
man.
Mr. Dbney moved an ap.
"-""P ot ten to confw
nnblican Vn i ,
. tul,UB Ma arras.
lor lusion. t arried, md the
were appointed:
C. M. Villisma,-vr, f
.u. Ur6e
ureaves, John Uuh, J.
John w. Todd, K. B. smltk
Judge T.J. Wharton, Hn j
dale, Messrs. H. & iH,ie, Jmet
art, Jones S. Hamilton, and Ra
narMiaii. vt.n. I rthbettr (uidT
Oihtr of lazoo, and all
n-prewinaines ol liewp,,,
invited to seals within the bar.
tn motion oi u. W.Orifitti
teeoi taree,soBtlting of Msaip.
Griffith, W. J. Brown and l y
were appointed as a committee
upon the Rcpuhlicau t'.invfntksj
form them that this convention
pointed a committee of ocaf ;ren
fer with a sdmilar Republican (
tion commute on the
fusion.
.vir. I'snney move! that the
of the nominating convention hj(
from September the 17th to.Sq
Gth, which motion prevailed on i
precincts, by a vote of r.o jm,
Committee appointed to infc
publicans of the appointment of
ence committee, reported !iatt
performed the dun taii.fltoj thi
Adjourned to 2 o'clock I
Conference eomtnitte , riJV
of Convention rapsrted that the
licans demanded two Beptasj
Assessor, Onroaor, Circuit C
Treasurer, one Boperritor, one
ble and Magistrate iu each he
voice in nomination ol the
which was rejected, on motion
McN'eely.
Mr. liabnev offered the folUk
fUl a. . .1.. n
i mmm w vnvi in uie ivepubli
place of their imposition, ibree
seutatives, Assessor, one Soi
Coroner and one Magistrate ana
ble in each Bupervisor'i
Adopted bv vote of U to 4J1.
Mr. Griffith moved thm Mr.
be appointed committee of one
iiiunicate said resolution! to
publican Convention.
Mr. Uubney moved to amend Wl
ing it a committee ol Bra to bi
ed bv the Chairman. Tarried
...II . ?. I ....
nupwiH wen appointed: (
Chicheter, Hart, .McN'eeiv and
Lommntee irom KepuDhea)
vent ion repotted the accepts!
the proxisuion of the lV-mnent
veution.
On motion of Mr. Williamson
were directed to choose three
of the Executive Committee (mm
Supervisors District, nnd that
cnosen nv tne convention tor con
large Carried.
Bv ballot ifesars. Oliver Clif
Dabnev ami J. K. McNeely,irn
from t lie county-at large.
The followi'Lr wen- rieetej bj
tricts:
1st. S. W. Hamilton. Jo, TitLp
W.T. Raskin.
iat J. w. To,i.i, ft'. If. cm
H. a l'ond.
Jlrd T. T. Hart, M. A. rJtewni
Kelly.
4th C. M. Williamson, Stall
W. D.Carmichael.
6th It. K. Jayne, J. A. xm, 1
Dixon.
The convention then tdjoarasi
FcU
The Railroad Robberies
Hampshire,
in
;-rrtt
St. Louis Republican : It is an inter
esting episode of the Southern Pacific's
attempted land grab that the pigeon
holes of the interior department and the
railway committees of Congress are full
of powerful arguments by Mr. Hunting
ton against the very thing he now de
mands. While he was fighting the
Texas Pacific he was very sure it had
forfeited its land grant, but he has re
cently come into the new light on that
subject, and would rejoice if a sudden
conflagration would burn up all the old
documents preserved to work his confusion.
I ours trtilv,
Dkuxjate.
i ntanoA . 1 ,t. A f : . : . tt
compatriots and the eanse to the ! t"TT , a-v
Postal Hotes.
After the 3rd September these
will be ready for use. They will prove I backers, and Republicans who do not en
a srreat public convenience. A contem
porary illustrates it this way: A per
son wants to send three dollar and
seventy-five cents by mail. He hands
the same and 3 cents fee, to the post
master. He will give him an order
with the figure three punched in the
ydollar column, the figure seven in the
column of dimes, and the figure nine in
the column of cents. This is simple
and sy. and offers no chance for
fraud.
io do not cn- delohia Times of the Sth instant con-
dorse the Democratic fusion and dissatis-1 tains s production frees his pen in reply
fled Democrats, held a meeting in the ' to the article published by Judge Black".
Court House. Dr. T. A. Catchings in ; under the title of "Secession Wr
.V. -1. , . ...
me ciuur, ana aaoptea a resolution to
hold what they call a "People's Conven
tion." at Raymond on the 10th of Sep
tember to nominate a ticket.
Tn niainm and Tennessee Rail
road, extending from Memphis to Gren
ada, is 101 miles line. lst year u
earned f 21. 234 net. By its purchase
the Illinois Central will hare a valuable
tAm and win own its own line be
tween Memphis and New Orleans, and
obtain a full connection with the Kansas
Fort Scott & Gulf, soon to oe
to Memphis.
a candi-
City,
MMtaafl
date for District Attorney. m
The action of the Greenback Com
mittee virtually absolves Green hacker
from further allegiance to the Green
back organization and we invite them
all to return to the Democratic fold
where they naturally belong. It ass
been time and again demonstrated in
these columns that the Democratic
party has shown itself to be the true
and only reliable friend of the Green
back currency.
The itimntiriliii Democrats
pause ere they make op their minds to
become parties to a "fusion" the main ob
ject of which is to overthrow the Demo
cratic oaYfsteaaMo. What will they
? ThAr mast see that they cannot
by rashly attaching
Mr. Davis' letter is a complete refutation
of the statements of Jndge Black, and hi a
valuable contribution to a history which
injustice to the living sad the dead,
should be truthful. We will reproduce
it in our next paper.
Tax Natchez Democrat says:
The Republicans of the State have s
decided preference for the able and con
servative Lamar over any other Demo
crat in Mississippi, etc
That may be trite. Neverthless the
record shows that Mr. George Gran ber
ry, the. colored Republican whom the
Democrats of Hinds elected to the Leg
islature two years ago, recorded his vote
against the re-election of Mr. Lamar to
the U. S. Senate.
Tax Ceurier-Jooraal is poshing the
nomination oi McDoaaid to kill oil Hen
dricks in Indiana; aad the N. T. San j
urging the nomination of Holmaaof the
State, to atu otT MaDooaM. j
as represented to us by our reporter.
He discussed the principles of politi
cal economy in the matter of supply
and demand, and showed that, relieved
of extraneous influences and burdensome
taxation, the commercial relations of the
world would be most pleasant, and the
producer and consumer occupy their
natural position to each other, and- the
price oi tne products or tne soil would
be regulated by natural laws of supply
and demand ; hence, we score him down
as anti-protectionist, and bid him God
speed in the promulgation of this idea.
(The foregoing report of Capt. Dar
den s address shows its moderation aad
joaservatissr, and is different from the
distorted versions that have misrepre
sented him to the country.)
AuEBicax BcrrXT: We are a nation
of great wealth, yet practically bank
rupt, for if called upon to pay all debts
of the nation, States, cities, corporations,
counties and townships, it could net be
dona. The advocates of the debt sys
tem know it, bat are quite content that
lTtTr ,nirtM
indefinitely, for the support of an hfiaJ
fixed-income class.
Arocsr cotton returns are less favor-1
able than July, while corn shows an im-
What the Kentucky Republicans Did
With the negro on Their State
Ticket
Montgomery County.
The mass meeting to which was re
ferred the question as to who had re
ceived a majority of the votes iu the
primary election, decided as follows.:
Retoloed, That the following named
persons havinjr received a majority of
all the legal votes cast the county, it is
therefore the sense of this mass meet
ing that the said persons are entitled to
tne nomination lor the several offices to
which thev aspire, to-wit: For Repre
sentative, John r.. r lowers ; tor Mientt,
D. W. Holinan ; for Chancery Clerk, J
H. Drane; for Circuit Clerk, J. S. Cam
eron : for Treasurer, v . T. Townsend
for Assessor, J. Z. Chompion ; and for
Lotton Weigher, wrott lnompson.
And so all is lovely in Montgomerv
again.
Mississippi Delegates to the Inter
State Levee Convention.
Gov. Lowav's Letter to the
EBJfOE OF LOVISIASA.
Gov-
Ool. J, L. Mobphis gives the Aber
deen hxamrner a very encouraging re
port in regard to the Memphis &.Selma j
Railroad, and is confident that work )
will soon be resumed upon it. It is un-
m . . .. .. I
asassooa in Memphis tnat a company is . Ashon- nerro, was placed upon the
In Kentucky, as in the other Southern
States, the bulk of the Republicans are
negroes, and in order to get them to
work well in the traces, the white
bosses pot one of them on their State
ticket in the late election ; but oh, how
thev "scratched" him when it came to
the secret ballot. Dr. Woods, in his
Bowling Green Gazette, tells how it was
The lesson learned from the election
on the 6th inst., relative to the negro, is
full of significance to his pretensions.
negotiating for the purchase of the com
pleted work and franchises with a view
of putting it under contract and push
ing right through.
A WAPHiSGTOJf correspondent says
that there ia no doubt that Judge Hoad
ly, tiie Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Ohio, is Mr. Ti Id en's candidate
for President ia 18S4. He stated to s
friend ia New York last week that
Judge Hoadly was the best man the
Democrats had to make the race, and if
he was elected Governor of Ohio this
fall he could not be defeated for the
nomination or the election. Mr. Tilden
thinks that Judge Hoadly will be elected ,
sod he will aid him all in his power.
Republican State ticket solely noon the
strageric grounds of his race connec
tion. Every enort was made by tie
party to have him recognised at the
ballot box, but the simple facts are that
he wss repudiated openly and pointedly
ana reu xar ornma am ucm.
Now Orleans
Mieatteippi YavL
Owe great objection to the ben law is
that it overlooks the claims of the phy
who gives his services, sad of ton
es, for the cure of pa-
then deprived of compen-
pe ration of the law.
amrietors of the
wpose to chanee
tteste Sb
Times-Democrat.
Up to date over 130 miles of track
have been hud on the J. U. and M. V.
Road between tins city sad kfmsphh.
sas n 0 expeciea un iuuy lorty
will be laid during August. The
pany has about 175 miles more of
ing completed, ready for track, aad the
ajfles k aador good head
way, and will all be ready within the
present year.
(The Hak in this road between Vicks
burg and Port Gibson ia completed.)
Is the fori on arrangement in Issa
quena county, the Democrats are to have
far Sheriff, F. W. Anderson, and for
S. Frih.
to have
and
Jxcksox, August 11, 1883.
Hi Excellency S. J. MeEnery, Governor.
I nvuge, u ;
Sin: I have the honor to inform mnr
Wl . 11 r . M
Excellency mat rton. j. l. Ueorge, Capt.
J. B. Perkins, ex-Go v. J. L. Akom, Col.
W. A. Percy, Capt. George K. Smith.
Dr. Walter Kern, Hon. E. J. Jeffords.
Cant. J. S. Williams, CoL J. F. Stokes
and Capt. J. & Wills, are the delegate
appointed to attend the Inter-State
Levee convention at icksburg on the
first Monday in October next. These
Otlemen are representative mea of the
a, of marked intelligence and high
standing, sad wi II, 1 am sure, co-operate
most cordially in furthering the objects
of the Levee Convention, as indicated
wy me resolution passed on the 29th of
Jiine, st Baton Rouge. I look with
confidence for good results from the
united efforts of ; the several States men-
EASTMan P. O., Itawamba Co., Miss., )
August 8th, 1883.
Editors Clarion: Will you please
publish your views on the law passed at
the Legislature of 1882 creating an
equalization board? Has it, and will it
accomplish the object desired? I find
some opposition to the law in these up
per counties. Please state k fully as
you can, the benefit the law has already
had in securing a more correct valuation
of property. I am
Your- truly,
J. L. Herbert.
We are not prepared to answer our
correspondent fully. The law of 1882
was designed to secure an equitable as
sessment of property, and for that pur
pose five intelligent real estate owners
are selected to look after it. It has been
in force only one year besides the pres
ent, and this is the first year since its
enactment that realty was required to be
assessed. We can judge better how the
law works, when the tax lists are
received. If five real estate owners in
each Supervisor's District are not com
petent to adjust assessments properly,
where are they to be found?
Section 483 Code 1860 Construed.
For the information of parties inter
ested we will state that the Attorney
General has decided that assessors may
receive, in the discretion of the board of
Supervisors, exceeding five cents for
"each individual outraged," whether asses
sed for personaly or realty, or both, or
a poll only. There being two separate
roils, one for if Uind the other fo
personalty, it is crA f&nded rVsorae
ters that assessors are entitled to
cents for the land assessments and five
cents for each personal assessment. This
is an error in the opinion of the Attorney
General.
With assurances of rreat resner i
am your obedient servant,
KOBEET LOWEY.
A Member One Member Wanted
Meridian Mercury: There are strong
reasons why it desirable to have a
number one man in the Senate, if we
ean to achieve a law for railroad regu-
lt was in the Senate the meas
ure failed at the last session, greatly
through the defection of the Senator of
the l(Hh )istrict,VaBd greatly through
tne energy and parliamentary skill of
railroad attorneys ia the Senste. The
dangerous of these old railroad at
torney will be in the Senste again, aad
true to thek clients, the corporations,
ill do powerful work again to detent
the people again in their effort to brin
reuroads into subjection to desist
hatof candidates,
we are glad
The loss by the fire at Meridian last
week, is estimated at $100,000. Among
the sufferers are our former townsman,
W. B. Taylor. Fortunately, his loss of
2,000,' was entirely covered by insurance.
The value of the property belonging to
our townsman, Mr. Con. Shehan, is esti
mated at $20,000 8,000 of which was
covered by insurance.
The railroad power tsaeu t" li
everything its own WSf in New
shire, according to the vivid
ment of it by ISecretarv .'handler
letter he has just written i
against the consolidation of the Bo
& Maine and the I.astern ;itit1 win
the other roads of the J-tut'. The
of the State now forbid surh con
tion. ami the burden of the
objection is, that for the RaynM
now to pass a law permitting it,
surely lose them the next election.
of these roads, the Concord, North
I Montreal, he defines as C CO nappe
I la e-defvina corporation. It h&acf
1 . . i r ... j j .i i.
a comninatioii in oen:uu e n uir u
the State, nnd every step in the p
was marked bv a criminn! di-reei
law, of popular privileges, snd
ngtitR ot HtockhnMi-r-. lue iw
of the State was the President of
these brigand corporation-, audp
ed counselors and judges t" help
ficc the interests and la of the
munitv. The Attorney-! ienersl w
ally of the conspirator-, and ha
taken a tcp to enforce anv law a
them. The Supreme ( burl of the
has had proof of these illeiralitic
it for six years, but it cannot find
to judge and destroy them.
the Boston A Lowell road, n for
corporation, bv "a cro-s. naliisld
iniquitous violation of law, lf aie
owner of several New Hampshin n
This wrong could have been rig!
iii uue uuv uy iijc .aiioi ii ''
he did "not move. With irresi
point the indignant rcprcenut
New Hampshire in the 'abinel
"If the railroads will not olT
present statutes when they are
arate companies, what will they
when they are consolidated,
aoO.000.000 of eankal. which will
tribute to the expense of procuri
resisting legislation : yuite true,
day may be nearer than the rail
think when they will retx'Dt that
who have so immense a mon
stake in law and order, did noi
the exam nlo of lawfulness iaste
of lawlessness. Secretary Cbsa
rlinrhpa bin urinimpnt with thi
ful Question : Where, if the CODsoli
tion bill passes, will stand the Eep
can party witu the maeous
Lowell, Concord, Northern, M
treul. . Eastern SoO.000.000 ,rc
kn... ml nerc
KM II IV
rw.vi.'wcfiwav n ii
uch as we haTe surtercd out West f:
the railroads nothing so dreadful as
rsew Hamp-lure vampire nas
down upon us. Chicago Time-)
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"A Represenatire Man
Public feeling is growing stronger in
favor of a postal telegraph system.
Really, it is getting to be essential to
protect the people against the existing
monopoly snd to keep pace with the
demands of public business. Let us
have a cheap postal, telegraph system.
Thelextorfon.
(colored; IK, imuesaiiii, and wij i i "iPUMe etfedidatea
M Hi! edfcg) i Chancery ffcfM" eral wfaJLm fill t
September, j Circuit Otfk. i mw to a dot) V
ttBMcymi hanJbaiiiiiH
Sheep Wanted.
Mr. J. W. Erwin, Leota Landing,
wants us to furnish him the ad
dress of several planters in the interior
of the State with whom he can corres
pond in regard to sheep. He wants to
purchase several hundred. Those who
hare sheep for sale would do well to cor
respond with him.
A Creed Paper ia Any Snape.
Senator Dslten is New Albany Democrat.
The Jackson Caaaxoa has discarded the
eight page form for its old . Although
agood paper in any aaaee, we taiak the
asm paae form is eseMedly the seat.
Ripley Advertiser.
Dr. Jno. Y. Murrry, Tippah's raadli
ate for Floater, carried every box in I
conntv but 4, and when this was
tained the name of his opponent,
Avers of Benton, was withdrawn and I
nomination of lr. Murrry made una
mous by the convention. It ia general!
coneeoea mat tnis secures lor him ti
nomination for floater and that it
equivalent to an election. This being tk
case, ana as oe win represent i lppan i
Benton in the loser brvnch of our St
Legislature, it will not be out of pli
for us to say that Dr. Murray is truli
reprosenative man. fullv un with tl
times, and fully in line with tho nur
democracy as taught by the founders f
tne party. Ur. Murrry was elected Set.
in ot l ippah countv on the Democrat
ticket before the war, when political ex I
citement was at its height between tb
old whig and democratic parties. Hil
also held the office of Countv Tinnun
and Tippah, county never had a truer, of J
more taitntui officer in the discharge
amy. tie was a delegate to the nation-
si convention at Cincinnati from thai
State, and for the past 12 months chair
man of the democratic county executive
commitee which position he "resigned w
become a candidate for Floater, olppat
county feels justly proud of the service
of Dr. Murry and appreciates the high
compliment paid him on the $$th or
her sister county of Benton in instructiaf
ner defecate to rote for Tippah's car I
j,j . - . m.. I
uiaate over nis ame com neuter. i
convention passed off harmoniously.
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