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THE CLARION.-
By POWEB BABKSDALE.
Official Journal or fte State of Mississippi
On Year
Six Months..
$3 00
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ESTIUD AT THE PosT-Orrics at Jackso
as Secoks-clasi Mattes.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27,1882.
The Forty-Fifth Tear Completed.
With this issue, The Clarion com. j
plctes the forty-fifth year of its history. refused to obey the order granted upon
The paper was established at Paulding j the 1st petition, and prayed he be pro-
1837, and was known for many year. Ueeded against a. in conte-npt
. , ... To that plea a demurrer was filed and
a, "The Eastern Clarion and argoi aof CoW U We mmtained
Palladium." During the war period, j Tbe groun(j of the piea jn abatement
it was published at Meridian, and im-,( wa3 tnat the whole matter in issue was
mediately thereafter removed to Jack-. fully presented in the 1st petition, and
n ... Wn under its present would be disposed of by the judgment
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management since I860. UI its useiui-,
inana0eieni..iui.c j
ness to the State since that time it may 1
not become us to speak, but we enter
noi & future with the firm pr-pose ;
to profit bv past experience, and with a :
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determinatir)n more than ever to ma.se 1
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Ihe a nouuu.u ' -
To the many friends who have cnoerci
us, in shade and sunshine, we again re
turn our grateful acknowledgements,
and it will not be our fault if the circle
of our patrons is not more widely ex
tended during the coming year.
As already announced, the price of
subscription has been reduced to $1.50
per annum, snd this reduction extended
... .1 ia.U ..n in arrcar. most of
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h ail return to the etrict'y cash - in -
ad Vance rale, aod the paper will be dis-
continued to all who have overlooked the
statements of account sent them.
Publication Notice.
There may be a delay of one day in the
issuance of next paper, in consequence of
Hflsiv in sliinmen t from the paper mil'.
Wa hnno however, to boon usual time
The Christmas Holiday.
All the Christian world rejoices in the
Christmas holiday. Every people have
a commemoration peculiar to themselves
but they all unite iu celebrating sMjfgtarj f State) on the strength of a
advent of the carpenter's son over whom j (.erjt.a error will not be denied by Mr.
shone the star in the East, and who was! rnn:nr :r a contest is made" that
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born to lead mankind from darkness into
the joyous liglit of eternal day. The
essence ot goodness is in the words
"Love thy neighbor as thyself." The
essence of justice is in the words :
"Whatsoever ye would that, others
should do to you, do ye even so to them,
The fitting illustration of these divine
precepts i the brotherly greeting of
friends, the interchange of gifts, the
disjiensing of charity, and the exercise
of good will to all, on the day comraora
tive of His birth.
Tiiis year, Christmas fiuds our coun-
try at large geaerally prosperous ; and
11 .n it
our le!oved commonweailtt still rallying
from the slough of despond into which
ill fortune had plunged her. Let our
resolve be renewed to still strive for a
happy issue out of our troubles, and a
still brighter day for the future
From the altar of every
Christian
heart will arise the incense of gratitude
for a life spared, and for the blessings
J which are within the reach of all who
struinrle to attain them. Nevertheless
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impressive lesson which the fable oil
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iii'.ionus teaeucs, 01 a oauuui ucniij bh
dowed with iramoriality and surviving ftn Meinbarrasiig attitude" on that ac
every old comrade, every cherished af-, M fc would tQ extri.
fection, and everySmanly attribute, and te hini?olf from it hy declining the
finally praying for death The fable certificate anJ thu8 elimiuatiug it en.
tells how life itself if extended beywnd The repQrt
its allotted time would become a 1 that'ho had decided t0 do B0, elicited a
den. But wh.le we live let ui Hive in 1 espMttioil of approval from
the rational emovment of the good cneer if. r
. , I, l- , nis political friends,
which the Christmas holiday brings. r
' It is said that Hon. Edward McPher-
Crookedness oMheOhio Returning' chief Clerk of the House, has pre
pared a list of Representatives-elect, as
Iu Ohio the Republican Returning I follows : Democrats, 191; Republi
Board coun ted all the votes for Henry j 1, 119. Iudependeuts, 5; Green
1 L. Morey which had been cast for " H. j backers, 2 ; Readjusters, 6. Accord
L. Morey," which was all right ; but it iug t0 this classification, the Democrats
refused to count for Jonathan H. Wal- j,ave a majority of 59 over all others.
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ace votes cast lor Jiaj. auace ana
. .: ... giving McKinley the certifi-
i .'teon a mujority of one vote, which ;
was ail wrong. The reason of this ec-;
centric action is that Morey is a Repub- j
lican and Wallace is a Democrat. Wei
take it for granted that the Democratic i
majority in the House of Representa
tives, 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 a well
settled principle that a canvassing
board in determining as to the forms of
the returns mud consider the subttanee
and not be too technical- If there is a sub
stantial oomplianct with the lave, it is
enough. (McCrary's American Law of
Elections.)
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Mb. 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, will make his head
quarters at Chicago.
Jute Culture la Mississippi.
A convention of the planters and farmers
will be held at Jackson, Miss., on the 17th
of January, 1883,'to take into consideration
the cultivation of jute in the State of Mis
sissippi. Mr. T. Albee Smith wilt be pres
ent and will explain his jute machine.
This convention is called at the request of
many planters and farmers in Mississippi
and Louisiana. E. G. Wall,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The press of the State will oblige by pub
lishing or making mention of the foregoing.
Reform it. The Internal Revenue
law costs upwards of fire millions of
dollars annually in its collection, and
supports a standing army of nearly four
thousand partisans, who are supported
at the expense of tbe tax-payers.
The Legislature of. South Carolina j
-fcas ratified by a large majority a pro-
tutional amendment dis- j
oters for minor felonious!
3k
h is calculated largely
The Mandamus CMC.
Yesterday was the day fixed for hear
ing the petition filed by the District At
torney on the relation of J. R. Chal
mers counsel for Chalmers, Messrs.
Nugent & Mc Willie, and for Manning,
Messrs. E. M. Watson and L. Brame.
The court having convened Judge
Whatton presiding, counsel for Chal
mers read the petition, to which coun
sel for the Secretary of State filed a
plea in abatement. To that plea the
petitioner filed a demurrer. The plea
in abatement to the 2d petition, in ad-
dition to the facts stated in 1st petition,
recited tuat the Secretary of State had
Inf the court on that petition. For
which reason, the demurrer was sus-
couft gtated -a delivering
jt8 Opinj011 oa the demurrer that the
whole matter in issue was presented in
the 1st petition, and would arise upon
the auction of jurisdiction to grant the
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ordar which was granted, in the first
imt retraining the Secretary of
; nroceedine with the count of
the
votes returned from Tate county
until it WW ascertained how the dU
erepaaey arose between the certificat
of tm Commissioners of Election, which
showed that JaiaM It. Chalmers re
ceived 1472 votes, ?.nd the tally-sheet
Rttclicil thereto, which showed that
j K.-Chambless received 1472 votes ;
j that if it should be decided that the
! court had 110 such jurisdiction, then the
Sfcretarv of State was justifiable in dis-
,...,..,. -f nlli,i M
fiuCil juriauiuitoii mm a win w vuu .
! tau Upn the Secretary f r being in
leoatompt of its process. The count
further staled that, in the latter ques
tion, no intimation of opinion would be
Driven until full argument was. had.
jThe case will be decided at the ensuing
term of the court beginning the 1st Mon-
(jay
f January.
THE MANNING-CHALMERS CASE
The Aberdeen Examiner has a long
' am 1 1 T -1 JtneA ri f on ht
tor ja Washington, which is noteworthy
from the. statement that "the fact that
j the certifiCate being issued (by the Sec-
o
; ..tic crror j,e charged and admit
ted" and that Mr. Manning (conced
in", we suppose, late coumy to vni-
j meri) will undertake to prove that "in
certain counties the State authorities!
j were not permitted to hold an election
j ju acCi)rdaiice with the requirements of
. our statutes, because their functions
, were usurped by United States Super
j viSOrs, Marshals, revenue officers, Ac
to such an ex'ent as to create a doubt
as to the result," or, in other words, to
' vi'iate the election. And the Examin-
j er concludes with this significant declar
j t;on .
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R , . . that Mr Manniue hss
j more embarassed than aided in his
fight, by the Tate county error, and its
necessary seauence. the bestowal of the cer
tificate. This certificate has placed him in
a most embarrassing attitude, for the reas-
oa bliauows ins uouicat iu puum- a-
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ti matiou, by creatmg the impression tnai
hi. claim to a seat is embodied and com
prised in its possession."
Mr. Manning is certainly correct in
his estimate of a certificate based upon
the Secretary of States interpretation
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or l ie 1 ate county returus. it nus n
If-iin! rifi A fir his lieinc placed in
here are 2 vacancies caused by tne
death of Messrs. Herron, of Louisiana,
and TJpdegraff, of Ohio, to le filled,
One of the vacancies will be filled by a
Democrat, and the other by a Republi
can, and the Democratic n.ajority will
stillje 59. Following are the names
of thendependents, 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 Inde
pendents.
When rouges fell out, the truth
comes to light. The prominent lead
ers of the Star-route clan by the Ad
ministration, has verified the saying.
The letters which Dorsey has printed
in the N. Y. Herald, some of which are
copied elsewhere, are decidedly racy.
They show that money was regarded
by Garfield and his compatriots as a
potent agent in carrying the election
1830. Garfield's letters will not ele
him in the nich of purified patriots
reformers. His appeal to
(another Star-router; for campaign
money bis desire to know if "tbe de
partments" were coming down with
material in defiance of the law forbid
ding government employees from con
tributing money for political purposes;
and above all, his proposition to "work"
the members of bis religious denomina
tion, known aa the "Disciples"
very suggestive.
Staunch, Reliable and Ably Conducted
Bon. Frank McGee in tbe Enterprise
Courier.
Tax Claeiox can now be bad by sub
scriber? for f 1.50 per annum. On the first
of January it is to be enlarged and greatly
improved. It is a sUancfc, rstieMe ana
couaactea journ ,
way into tne naaoa
iseawef Misfits
u formation of tbe doings at oar
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Death of Ex-Governer Benjamin G. Ham- j
pttrejS.
Died at his home in Leflore county, on j
Wednesday. December 22d, Ex-Governor
Benjamin O. Humphreys. Disease had ,
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ration that hu sojourn among them could the New York Herald a mass of letters following passage of the address, by m
not be long. "He had lived a lifs of nsefiil- written by the late Praideot Garfield j ertence m not accompany the
new and honor, and died, without reproach, 1 , lieutenants, during the main bod7 wne sent to us for publica-
oniversally beloved and lamented. He presidential campaign, which wUl'ctio,l and was not received until the
w" "f'TF' .leive a view oftheir true inwardness on ; outride page which contains it, had been
year isus, ana naa nveu juuu 1.
2 K,.m,n life .Hatted bv the psalmist He
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was a caaet m uae miaurv staucwj a. v
Point, with Hon. Jefferson Davis, between
whom and himself there existed a warm
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friendship from that early period until the
close of hit life. H? served his nati?e
county of Claiborne in the Legislature be
fore the war, and afterwards, his btate in
her Chief Executive office. While in the
discbarge of the duties of the latter office,
he was dismissed from it by the military
power of the government wielded by Geo.
Ames, who afterwards occupied the office,
and as a just retribution, was exp-jlled from
it under charges of high crimes ana mis
demeanors preferred by the representatives
of the people after they had obUined con
trol of their State government.
Bright as wsre Qen. Humphreys' civic
record, it was on the field of battle
that he won his hignsst renown. He
entered the Confederate service as Col
onel of the 21st Mississippi Rigiment
in the brigade which was first command
ed by Gen. Richard Griffith, who fell
mortally wounded at Malvern Hill, and
next by Gen. William Barksdale, who fell
on the heights of GwUysbur. On the death
of the latter, he assumed command of the
brigads aul led it through many of the
K-ipHmL fniiffht hatt'.es of th? war. With
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the exception of his s-rvicf as Governor of
the Sute, after the war, ha lived on hi
farm, and devoted himself to agricultural
pursuits, alwayshowever taking profound
interest iu public affairs. A truer patriot,
a nobler, braver, mire generous spirit,
never ascended from Its earthly tabernacle to
its God.
Something has been said in one
two papers about Mr. Jim Hill, candi
date for Congress in the 7th 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
ure as affording the member-elect an
excellent opportunity to show by the
highest Republican, Independent and
Greenback authority, white and colored,
and by the reports of nearly e very United
States Supervisors in the District ap
pointed at the instance of Hill himself,
that the election was free, fair, peaces- j
ble and legal, and that the e turns of
County Commissioners were neither I
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UIVIAi BSAVIVA juruaana.
Interesting tetter ifej'
The Dorsey, the chief of the indicted
Srr.rm,t. nniratnrs has furniihed !
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tbe question of civil serv.ee reform at
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tnat time, mese letters snow tnai
Dorsey.was the generalissimo of the cam- J
paign, and most trusted of all the lead- j
ers of the Garfield forces, and that the j
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latter who has since been canonized as
a saint was a strong believer in the po
tency of
MOSEY IN ELECTIONS.
Garfield to Arthur, August t0th, 1380 :
Our friends have the full census reports
to aid them in checking importations.
They say they will be able to secure the
friendly co-opsration of nearly all the rail
roads running into the- State. They will
have Dnited States Supervisors appointed
for tbe first time. They propose 10 sta
tion active and trustworthy Republicans
in all the border counties to watch the im
porting movements of the Democrats. All
these plan require the employment of a
large number of men and much money. And
thi brings me to the chief point. It is indis
pensably necessary that the means for put
ting these plans into rigorous execution be
furnished at once.
GARFIELD TO HUBBELL.
Private.
Men-tor, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1880.
My Dear Hubbell: Yours of the 19th
iuitt. received and contents are noted.
Please say to Brady that I hope he will
give us ail the assistance he can. I think
he can help effectively. Please tell me how
the Departments generally are doing,
s As ever yours,
J. A. Garfield.
Hon. J. A. Hcdbell, Washington, D. C.
l. p. morton oarfield's financial
agent, to "dear senator dorsey.
Fair Lawk, Newport, E. L, Sept, C,
I860. Bear Senator Dorsey : I expect to
Smd you $5,000 more in a day or two. I
have already called a meeting or my com
mittee (which has been largely increased)
for Thursday, and after that I hope to be
able to go on (in response to General Gar
field's request) to Mentor for a conference
and to learn more details of your proposed
campaign in the West. I want Mr. Hub
bed in New York at my meeting on the 9th,
at eleven A. M. Yours, L. P. Morton.
And here is oue of marked interest and
importance :
THIRTY THOUSAND IN THE POT.
Newport, Sept. 7, 1880.
Dear Mr. Dorsey I wrote you on the
1st (on receipt of yours of the 29th), en
closing my check for the amount you asked
($5,000) and now enclose my check for $5,-
000 additional. This makes my personal
advances thirty thousand, without hav
ing collected a dollar from any one. Sev
eral of the gentlemen we asked to serve
upon the Finance Committee declined ;
others were out of town ; so that it has seem
ed worse than useless to call a meeting be
fore Thursday of this week, when I hope to
have a committee of some fifteen (or more)
members present. I go back to-morrow at
one o'clock, and you may count upon my
cordial co-operation. He said Mr. New
must stop short unless Mr. Jewell could
send him $10,000. I finally gave him a
check for $4,000 (to Mr. New's order), and
also send $5,000 more to Senator Blaine,
who was in distress. L. P. Morton.
five thousand more.
No. 25 Nassau St., N. Y., Sept. 17.
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
fidence in you and the success of your labors.
You can, I think, safely count upon all the
assistance your estimates call fur. I en
close $5,000 herewith. Keep up your cour
age. We are bound to carry New York
and to win the race. Very truly.
L. P. Morton.
Still another:
I 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 I
said, I am going to Newport this afternoon
for two or three days for needed rest, where
1 can attend to some important private and
public matters.
Very truly yours, L. P. Morton.
Senator Dorsey.
HOW GARFIELD WORKED THE "DISCIPl.Es"
1 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
half of them are democrats. A quiet but very
earnest movement wholly outside the State
Committee has been organized and is being
vigorously and judiciously pushed w;tu tne
strongest probability that at least two
thousand nve hundred changes or votes m
our favor will result.
J. A. Garfield.
garfield wanted to know.
Mentor, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1880.
Dear Senator Our friends are waking
up in New York, as you have heard by this
time. think you will be cordially sup
ported. Have you any special reports from White
county, Ind.?
I have received a private letter which
seems to indicate that there is not as thor
ough an organization there as in many other
parts of the State. Please have it inquired
into and let me know how things are going
with you.
Let me hear occasionally how the battle
goes. Very truly yours,
J. A. Garfield.
$100,000.
1880 New York State Committee, "1
Republican Campaign, State of 2kw
York,
Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, Sept. 30, 1880. J
Dear Sir Mr. Morton desires me to in
form you that he arrived this morning, and
hashad conferences with SenatorAUison,Mr.
Hubbell, and others.
He does not see any prospect for securing
any money in time for your use from Mr.
Gould, but as he has a telegram from Sena
tor Cameron saying that his father goes to
Philadelphia to-day, and that he goes to
Pittsburg himself. Mr. Morton feels confi
dent that we shall be able to certainly send
you altogether one hundred thousand (in
cluding the (10,000 he sent from Cleveland)
and he hopes to increase this amount.
Very truly yours, W. F? Peddrick,
Private Secretary.
GARFIELD AND DORSET'S EQUIPOISE.
Mentor, Ohio, Sept 29, 1880.
DEAR Senator Major Swaim and Sen
ator Allison went to New York yesterday
morning and Morton goes this morning.
Yon will hear from them in time. Don't
relax any grip anywhere. There are touch
es of panicky talk in various quarters,
whicn arise nacorauy irom me anxiety ana
earnest of a close contest I rely greatly
on your calm equipoise which has shown it
self so often ana so wen nitnerto.
I know bow yon are harried, bat I hope
you will find time to wri te me a few words
on tne outioor. very irniy yours,
J. A. Garfield,
Hob. S. W. Dorsey, Indianapolis.
The Execution of L. F. Jones.
LotnsVTULK, Dec. 22d, 1882.
Eos. Clarion:
L. F. Jones was executed here on the
120th. 3:40 P. M. He was taken from the
cage to the gallows by the sheriff sod ait
deputies; the gallows was in a few yards of
the cage inside af the jail and only a few
persons were admitted as witnesses. He
was very calm and exhibited no excitement
or dread of death and stepped on the scaf
fold with a Arm tread. Be then asked the
sheriff to be quick and submitted to his
fate without a quiver. Quite a nice coffin
had been prepared for him and after hang
in taaatv minutes be was pronounced
dead bv Dr. Woodward and Kirk; be was
cut down, placed in his coffin and bis re
main rarnHl bv some ot tne citizens to hc
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none grave-yaru wuere mi
interred after services coed acted by the
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Capt. Pat Darden's Address.
Odour first page will be found the very
able, instructive sad practical address
delivered by Capt Put Darden, the
Worthy Master of the State Grange,
its recent session in this city.
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wu auu co-uperanon among
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c" on "aiaea D? cons"
edccatios,
""n boae, education in our schools
and colleges and granges. 'It is common-
piace but true that, "as the twig is bent the
tree will incline." Deprecate vour calling
and your boy will undervalue it too. Be
shiftless and careless and old fogyish, and
b? sure your son will not be thrifty nor
careful or progressive. If intelligent and
ambitious he will soon desert a calling
which does not yield a just reward for his
labor. The Grange has long been exerting
its influence to have agriculture taught in
our schools and colleges. I recommend the
consideration of this question as one of
muea importance. At tne last State
Grange a resolution was adopted insisting
upon our Legislature to establish and en
dow a college for the education of the
white females of the State. Bro. J. J.
Whitney, of Jefferson county, offered a bill
for this purpose, which after considerable
agitation was lost. I am satisfied that
if we continue the agitation we will suc
ceed in building up a public sentiment
wnicn win give to girls the same advanta
ges now enjoyed by the boys of our State.
SUBORDINATE GRANGES.
While these advanced movements in edu
cation are for the benefit of the rising gen
eration is there no opening for those who
nave long since passed their youth who
have little time for self-culture and vet
possess ambition to acquire knowledge and
improve their talents. In my judgment
there never was a school better adapted to
educate people who have hopes and aspira
tions beyond the drudgery and routine of
every day work, than the Subordinate
Grange. Its ritualistic work serves to
inspire confidence and ease which farm
ers nave nau utile opportunity to ac
quire. The exercises are of such lati
tude that members even acquire proficien
cy in reading, composition, oratory, par
liamentary law and music. Hundreds
are taking advantages of these oppor
tunities all over the country and the
result is a new class of men, fitted for public
duties, are coming to tbe surface and the
indications are that the exigencies of the
times will soon require their services.
Subordinate Grangres are the foundation of
the Order strengthen and build them up
and there need be no fears of its permanency.
Resolutions of the Bar of Yazoo City
Complimentary to Judge T. J. Whar-
ton.
Yazoo City, Miss., Dec. 22d, 1882.
Hon. Thos. J. Warton :
As secretary of the Yazoo Bar Associa
tion, it becomes my pleasure to acquaint
you with the fact that at a meeting held
yesterday the enclosed resolutions were
passed unanimously and by acclamation
They speak for themselves. Hoping that
you will excuse me for embracing so fitting
an opportunity of expressing my own
hearty and entire concurence in every line
of them, I am Very Truly Yours,
John S. Williams
Sec'y Yazoo Bar Association.
As the present terra of the Yazoo Circuit
Court is the first held by the Hon. Thomas
J. Wharton, our newiy appointed Judge,
we, tne members ot the Yazoo Uar, deem
it proper, and it is our great pleasure to
give expression to our sentiments in refer
ence to the character, conduct and ability
or ins nonor; tnererore be it
Resolved, That the members of this Bar
are happy to find in Judge Wharton a faith
ful, learned and conscientious magistrate :
that he has dispatched in a satisfactory and
thorough manner an unusually large
amount or 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. Resolved, That the Court be requested
to cause the above to be spread on the min
utes, and that a copy of the same be trans
mitted to the Hon. I.J. Wharton, and that
the same be published in the county papers.
w. n. L.USK, President pre tem.
John S. Williams, Secretary.
A Deserved Tribute.
Southwestern Presbyterian.
It is among the current announcements
of the day, that Mr. J. U. Ularke, the Vice
President of the New Orleans & Chicago
Railroad, has resigned his position. Wheth
er this will lead to a permanent seperation
from the road which he has managed with
such consummate ability, or whether it is
only a step to a reorganization which will
place him in a higher position, we have not
ascertained. But in either case, it would
be proper to pay a tribute to the ability
and energy which Mr. Clarke has infused
into the road, and to the high state of effi
ciency into which his management has
brought it. From being one of the worst
roads in the country, it has been made one
of the best. The common complaint nsed
to be, that it was an institution run to tbe
disadvantage of all who live along the line.
We do not hear that complaint now. On
the contrary, the wise policy of the road
seems to be to advance the material pros
perity of all the country through which it
passes. Personally, Mr. Clarke enjoys the
respect and confidence of all. His intense
energy and conscientious devotion to the
road, may have inpaired his health so much
as to render it necessary. But any change
which would withdraw him permanently
from this section of the country, would be
considered little short of a calamity. The
loss would be felt throughout the whole
business community.
More Sewsy Than Ever.
Chickasaw Messenger.
On the first of January the Clarion will
be enlarged to an eight page paper, and
will be 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.
"The Old Reliable."
Port Gibson News.
We notice with pleasnre that the "old relia
ble" Clabiojt, so long the able organ of the
Democratic party of Mississippi, ha. deter
mined to place itself within the reach of all,
and has reduced the subscription price to
$1.50 per year. It is to be enlarged and other
wise improved after the first of January next,
thus evidencing a prosperity in which we,
with every Democrat in the State, rejoices.
In Clarios has grown to be one of the in
stitutions of the State, and any measure it
may adopt to increase its circulation will
prove a public benefit. 4J
A Good Paper.
Corinth Herald.
Tea Clakios is aeon to be enlarged sad
otherwise improved, and will be furni.hed to
subseribers at tke low price ef $1.50 a year.
It is a good paper; those wanting a paper
from the Capital that will folly poet them is
the affairs ef the State should subscribe for it.
Qen. Chalmers la tke Bale or Assistant
C. S. Attorney.
Oxford, Miss., Dec. 21. Geo. Chalmers
tarns op here in a new role, that of Assist
ant United States Attorney to prosecute
parties charged with alleged offenses under
the election laws. In his opening speech
here yesterday, in prosecuting the Lafay
ette conoty board of election commissioners
for failure to erase certain names of parties
alleged not to be legal voters, he announced
that be had been regutany retained oy tne
government to assist District Attorney
Chandler in Drosecutiae each eases The
grand jury just discharged, it it claimed,
did not coa tain a supporter of Col. Manning
at the late election. The petit juries are
similarly made up.
.a e 1 "
Who Informed It, t
r -j;.- c i
M!"du SaDj
The Raymond Gazette has information
at Bui will contest we seat ex sub. a.
.Miuu war .Tensions JefffeMAn
Davis.
.
A BUX JJL JUSTICE to old soldiers
WITH THE BUGABOO OMITTFD
'
Washington, Dc. 19. The Committee
on Tensions this morning agreed
which will be offered on the third
in January, and its passage urged ui.Ji.i- a
suspension of the rules, to grant pensions to
the survivors of the Mexican war, Mr. Jef
ferson Davis, of Mississippi to be excluded.
A bill has been approved heretofore to pen
sion soldiers, but it has met with defeat
because Jefferson Davis would be a bene-,
fieiary. It is thought the bill can be passed
if tbe ex-President of the Confederacy is
denied its benefits.
Upon the foregoing the New Orleans
States give expression to a feeling of
indignation which we fully endors :
It may be that Mr. Davis is utterly indif
ferent to the contemptible "animosity so pit
ifully displayed toward him by these un
worthy representatives. But the few vet
erans of the Mexican War who are dragging
out the narrow remnants of their lives are
old, decrepit, and many of them in great
poverty, and that these heroes, who so faith
fully served their country in their vigorous
prime should be thus neglected in their in
firm years, simply to spite the illustrious
head of the Southern Confederacy, is an
act of such infamy, that the most brazen
partisan should blush to be thought to coun
tenance it.
At any rate, we are glad to know that,
even at this late day and under these un
pleasant circumstance?, those old soldiers
of the Republic are to be cared for. In the
long years that roll between tliaMxican
War and the present time, these venerable
men have been nearly if not entirely for
gotten or overlooked. They who fought
our foreign enemies have been made to give
place to those who in civil strife slaughter
ed our own people, burnt our own homes
and pillaged our own country.
It is not, therefore, inappropriate to re
freshen our veneration for the old heroes by
recurring to the estimation in which their
services, when their services wero fresh,
were held; and it cannot but quicken Uta
patriotic impulses of our own hearts to re
open once more the fountains of graticu le
which gushed so copious a stream from
those of our ancestors, to cheer and honor
those who fought the battles of the Repub
lic. In 1847, when the Mexican volunteers
were returning from their campaign's, a
grand public reception was given them iu
this city. Old and young, men, women,
and children, all races and all classes of our
population, issued forth to welcome those
scarred heroes. No demonstration was too
extravagant to manifest the common grati-J
tude, no words were too fervent to embody
the general love, and there was but one
tongue whose eloquence, sweet as the arch
angel's song, wa3 capable of interpteting
the emotions of a whole people. On that
occasion S. S. Prentiss was appointed to de
liver the address of welcome. Only a frag
ment of that oration has been preserved to
us. We accidentally fell upon it this
morning after we had read the dispatch at
the head of this article, and we reproduce
one brief passage from it that our readers
may contrast the noble eloquence in which
the love of a former generatiou for our he
roes was embodied with the sterile sentences
in which alone the low and ignoble spirit
of partisauism and selectionalism can be
bodied forth. In the course of his speech,
Mr. Prentiss said:
"Welcome, citizen soldiers, soldier cit
izens. Your neighbors will regard you
with respect and affection. Your children
will feel proud whenever they hear the
names of Monterey and Buena Vista, and a
grateful nation has already inscribed your
names upon its annals. Indeed, it is a
noble sight, worthy of the genius of this
great republic, to behold, at the call of the
country, whole armies leap forth in battle
array, and then, when their services are no
longer needed, fall quietly back and co
mingle again with the communities from
whence they came. Thus the dark thunder-cloud,
at nature's summons, marshals
its black battalions and lower in the hori
zon; but at length, its lightnings spent, its
dread artillery silenced, its mission finished,
disbanding its frowning ranks, it melts
away into the blue ether, and next morn
ing you will find it glittering in the dew
drops among the flowers, or assisting, with
its kindly mosisture, the young and tender
plants. "Gallant gentlemen, you will soon
leave us for your respective homes. Every
where fond and grateful hearts await you.
You will have to tul the gauntlet of friend
ship and affection. The bonfires are already
kindling upon tbe hills. In every grove
and pleasant arbor the feast is spread.
Thousands of sparkling eyes are watching
eagerly for your return. Tears wiil fill
them when, they seek in vain among your
thinned ranks for many a loved and famil
iar face; but through those tears will shine
the smiles of joy and welcom", even s the
rays of the. morning sun glitters through the
dew drops which the sad night hath wept.'
What the Country Doesn't Want.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.
Gpn. fihprmnn kavs hr rlrwfin't- want "fAitr
years of hell,'' and, therefore, he will not be
a candidate for President. The country
doesn't want "four years of bell," either,
and, therefore, it will not elect Gen. Slier -
man to the Presidency.
The proposition of the late Mr. Gar
field when a candidate for the Pres.
iuency to prostitute the religious de
nomination ef which he was a member
to partizan uses, is a sad commentary
upon the times and will try the faith of
some people in human nature.
The War Upon Silver.
Aberdeen Examiner.J
The war upon silver so clandestinely com
menced by an act demonetizing it, that was
smuggled through Congress some years ago,
has never for an instant ceased, although
the Treasury Department which assessed
the value of the dollar at 85 cts. last year,
now concedes it a gold valuation of 83 cts.
or an advance of three cents in twelve
months notwithstanding the pressure for
storage room. The troth is that the pres
ence of this vast accnmnlation of silver, is
a constant me nance to the holders of Na
tional Bonds, and a menauce that every
year becomes more fearful it its import.
In other words the Government which
claims the option of hoarding or circulating
silver, adopted the hoarding policy, in the
hope of discouraging and breaking down
the coinage that was renewed despite its
protesting veto. In 1880 Congress was ap
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 tbe Treas
ury come to the capital with their plaints.
If they are again rebuffed, and there is no
doubt but that they will be, tbe Secretary
of the Treasury is almost forced to disburse
his silver hoardings, for he canne check
the mints that were imperatively directed
by tbe legislation of 1878 on-parttxan leg
islation that overleaped ne veto in a Dem
ocratic House and Republican Senate
to coin two minions silver dollars every
month in every year.
If be refuses to put this money in cir
culation and continues to hoard itia the
vaults that he has or the vaults he shall bnild,
the lime will come, and in the near future,
when tbe people will deaaaad through their
Congress that these sedulously discredited
silver dollars be paid oat, "dollar for dol
lar," ia liquidation of tbe interest bearing
debt of the country that is represented by
her bonds. The people are tired of paying
tate rest to tbe men who discredit their,..
coinage, and still more weary of paying in-
terest on borrowed money, and almost an-.
nnallv renewing the loan, while the Treas
ury reports 2,400 tons of silver coin lying
idle is its vaults.
a , .
i ""'"- ssasament cae has recent-
lybeen decided by the U. 8. Supreme
Court as follows : An employee of the
t- - , P -7CT: 01
j United States, was indicted in the Or.
' cuit Court for the Southern District of
New York, and convicted under the
sixth section of the act of August 16.
1876, prohibiting officers and employes
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 employe of the Government
any money or other things of value for
, .
pomieai purposes. upon ms convic
tion he was sentenced to pay a fine and
j . . . , ..
siauu committea until payment was
made. Under this sentence he was tak
en into the custody of the Marshal, and
on his application a 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 tha assessment of Govern
ment employes by Federal officers, for
political purposes, is constitutional.
The main features of Hon. VaD H.
Manning's bill for relieving the U. S
Supreme Court, are that it provides for
a division of the present court into
three sections, with no addition to its
force of justices. It 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
tious and cases from the State courts on
writs of
Bench.
error to go bel r
full
A Convention of the members elect
of the Kansas Legislature has been held
at Abilene in advance of the regularses
sion of the body to consider the ques
tion 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 un
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 sub-committee, we respectfully call
upon the people of the whole State to aid
the committee of nineteen in securing
specific information concerning the discrim
inations and extortion complained of. As
an adjourned meeting of those members of
the next Mouse of liepresentati'js and ben
ate who favor railroad reeulatidnfcill be
field at lopeka January o, we
urge all farmers, shippers, mechani
other persons who have knowledge
alleged outrages to report at once
members of the committee, UbS
reliable information may
Convention a
A strong
moval of Job
toms at Brow
collector, Mr
based on a report
the treasury, wherein t
malfeasance in onice, in h.TVn. ... jiirTnSf
lusion with smugglers in defrauding that
government, in that they, knowingly, per
mitted goods to be smuggled across the Rio
Grande. Washington Republican.
Haynes formerly lived in Holmes
county, Mississippi, and emigrated to
Texss before the War. He enlisted on
the Union side, and is a Republican.
Civil Service at Washington.
Senator Hawley, in the course of his
speech on the civil service bill, said :
Had I a son of twenty years of age who
wanted to enter this service here, or a nephew
or other young friend who sought subordinate
service here, I would say: "I will lend you
twenty-fiTC cents to buy a rope to hang Your
self with, but I will not have the re.ponsibil
ty of putfing nny lire, nctiye, good, steady
young American into tie government offices
iu Washington until the service shall stand
on a better foundation."
Coxgressman Springer, of Illinois,
has proposed amendments to the Con
stitution so that the President and the
Vke-President will hold their offices
for six years and be ineligible thereafter,
and make the term of Congressmen
three years instead of two. He would
j also have the term of the Congressmen
commence at the first session after their
j election, instead of at the second session,
! as is now the case.
THE BISHOPRIC.
Dr. Hngh Miller Thompson's Reply to the
Committee of the Diocese of Missis
sippi. The Rectory, Trinity Parish,
New Orleans, St. Andrew's Day, 1882. j
The Bey. Alexander Marks, Rev. Melville
Maury Moore, Rev. Henry Sansom, and
Bey. J. L. Tucker, Committee :
Gentlemen I have this day at hand
your letter of the 23th inst., officially in
forming me that the special Council of tbe
diocese of Mississippi, assembled in St. An
drew's Church, Jackson, has presented me
to the Bishops and standing committees as
its choice for tbe office of Assistant Bishop
of Mississippi.
The information is received with profound
humility and a frank sense of my unwor
thiness of the great office you desire to lay
upon me, going out and coming in among
you.
At present, while awaiting tbe action of
the Church, 1 ask your prayers for her that
her officers may be guided to a wise decis
ion, and for myself, that I may have the
grace given, neither rashly to assume nor
cowardly to decline soy responsibility wnicn
our Lord, through His SpouK and Body,
may (should His will be ) order me to
bear.
I so leave the subject now, commending
you, dear brethren, to the goodness and
grace of God, trusting meanwhile, that the
faithful will remember in their devotions
the diocese of Mississippi, that he may pro
vide for it in His wisdom, according to its
needs.
When the church has taken action upon
your choice, should it be my doty to give
you my decision, I will do so, I hope, in
the fear of God, and under the leading of
His gvace, earnestly sought and given to me
onrfortby.
fours, faithfully, in the Catholic Church
and faith, Hugh Miller Thompsojt.
What Aeklea is Driving At.
Washington Letter.
Hon. Jos. & Acklen, who was beaten for
Congress by Kellogg, is hen with his war
paint on. He says he. will contest, not so
much for the seat, bat to show op the
damnable rascality, fraud, corruption, etc,
of Kellogg and Federal office-holders in the
late election. He tells a wonderful story
of tbe wsy Kellogg got his votes, and is pre
pared to prove it before the House Commit
tee on Elections. He aays after the House
hears the corrupt manner in which Kellogg
obtained his election it will never seat him.
Survival of tbe Fittest.
If public liberty and corporate monop
olies are incomnatible. and the an es
, . ... k"'ii
n wn,cn musl V lo
wall, we would say let the fittest sur-
Let the liberty of the people
A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT
tWw,1 Ul-th, U month im Ut.
WhatrWKM.w"
bouih, t oa um
UI in tke wood., Une.th th. fmt-ki-.d
The hollj
rose
- - - t
lights
the path-Decembtr
AaAifdtnUr"efth Cmrlet STOW!
As if to UU a love U living iVlU ! ' row''
Lirinv !k; .Mj . ..
--m "ucr ruaer (KIM
And iV L?', r!"h o ,17,2
txr : . l . 7 " J v. mc Tear DC r.mml
ioun me glad lor, of the yr h.
" r uioisom at
nevtr dits
'Tit nured with thought, thai eon,
Chruumas chime
ith
"ar.roiwnediMe''WheB.
Wbedarown:d; W S Wt4
Tho summer of tht soul i. ChrmmM-tim..
I. it bat f.ocy ? On the midnight air
?"trK,OUnd 'hMe 7ild """noniiu. bell.
Through vacant y.l lo,
Mysttrious anthem, echo everywhere.
In deepen solitude the Christian, toul
"vine'11"" of some slrn touch di
Apart from shrine., be heed. th aacrl
IffO
That hold, il
the world in Love', .ubli
trol.
me con-
A. T. L., in Harper s Maga.ine for Jann-
MISSISSIPPI eOXFEREME.
APPOINTMENTS FOB 1883.
WOODVILLE DISTBICT.
D. A. Little, P. E.
Woodville Station T. S. West.
Wilkinsoti T. M. Brown.
North Wilkinson D. A. Givens.
Amite E. F. Edgar.
Clinton Station C. A. Powell.
East Feliciana O. M. Gilmore.
Bayou Sara and Mission To be supplied.
East Baton Rouge J. W. Brown.
St. Helena J. S. Parker.
Amite City B. Jones.
Livingston, Miss D. Merchant.
Jackson Station To be supplied.
Pilkins' Chapel and Port Hudson C. D
Cecil.
Centenary College D. M. Rush,
presi-
oent.
EEASIlOBL DISTRICT.
Moss Point Station J. M. Weems.
Americus To be supplied by J. M. Rob
erts. Vancleve J. H. Holland.
Ocean Springs R. B. Downer.
Whittingtou C. F. Gille.pie.
Pearlington J. T. Heard.
Franklington J. J. Lovett.
Covington N. B. Young, G. T. Vickers,
sup.
China Grove To be supplied.
Mt. Carmel J. W. McLauriu.
Westville To be" supplied.
Enon To be supplied".
Ellisville L. J. Jones (one to be sup
plied.) Spring Cottage, Miss. D. F. Guice.
Scranton Thomas Price.
Hillsboro L. P. Meader.
Decatur, Miss. To be supplied (M. J.
Miller.)
Homewood C. M. McDonald.
Vanderbilt University W. R. Sims.
MKltllU AN PItTRICT.
VICK8BURO DISTRICT.
C. G. Andrews, P. E.
Vicksburg Station R. S. Woodward.
Warren W. W. Hurst.
Mayersville and Skipwitb L. Carley.
Rolling Fork J. H. Shelton.
Jackson District W. L. C. Hunnicutt
Jackson Station Chai". B. Qalloway.
Madison P. A. Johnson.
Hinds Mission Henry Lee Scarbrough.
Sharon H. R. Caldwell.
Benton and Midway J. W. Cooper.
Dover T. W. Adams.
Tranquil R. T. Davis.
Silver Creek -M. A. Bell.
Camden J. W. Chambers.
Yazoo City Station T. B. Holloman, B.
Abby, huo.
Edward. E. If. Mounger.
Raymond D. P. Bradlbrd, J. Lusk, sup.
Canton Station H. R. Singleton.
Missionary to China J. W. Lambuth.
BRANDON DISTRICT.
J. M. Gann, P. E.
Brandon Station R. J. Jones.
Fannin J. W. Ellis.
Marvin G. F. Thompson.
Cato- R. A. Siblev.
Trenton A. D. Miller.
Raleigh J. Healey.
Lake I. L. Peebles.
Walnut Grove J. H. Evans.
Carthage N. M. Clark.
Newton G. Bancroft.
Forest and Morton F. M. Williams.
Mount Olivet P. Howard.
Rocky Springs R. Bradley.
Cayuga J. S. Calhoun.
Port Gibson W. E. Ballard.
Fayette J. P. Drake.
Kingston To be supplied by A. F. Wat
kins. Natchez Station W. C. Black.
Natchez Missions To be supplied by T.
L. Mellen.
Meadvilie J. W. Sandoll.
Port Gibxon Female College T. C. Brad
ford, President.
BROOK HAVEN DISTRICT.
J. A. B. Jones, P. E.
Brookhaven Station J. A. Ellis.
Hazlehurst W. G. Millsaps.
Wesson and Beauregard J. L. Forsyths,
N. M. Barrington, sup.
Spring Ridge Circuit C. M. Callaway.
Terry J. D. Hays.
Providence H. P. Lewis.
Fair River Mission W. J. Backus.
Brandywine V. Dl Skipper.
Bayou' Pierre A. B Nicholson.
Scotland B. F. JotK-
Adams and Bogno Ciiitto S. J. Cotton.
Summit W- B. Hicies.
McComb City and Magnolia J. F.
Nicho'on.
Sunday School and Tract Agent W. W.
Hopper.
Whitworth College II. F. Johnson,
President.
C. B. Galloway Elitor New Orleani
Christian Advocate.
W. B. Lewis Crystal Springs.
B. Carradine Transferred to the Louis
ina Conference.
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