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Skipwltli Beyenvllle Isk Pro-ldewo..:.., MMIkeni Mend Moot of Vuo. Vlektburc Wanealon ' low Co-thae Bart Time head Gulf l. Joe Rodney MkHhM BaaBi-er wBiSr:.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::" 1 VnJin. S" lam Boas: US lmIU 4SS fooMOOOVUle Ceatent ajxVNB.:.. K! rfc-mllm XSWOriMM , vr. Oalnmbls 12 OtlBM J? ArkkyolU 'hi. .. fit. . . . lTr 5J Bpolii 2 WbI) Him J trltf.Pi.lnl I" HMhi JJJ BM. III! Rsr i MUUIiil ind TraiNiMM Un. H Mtmbhi". likuu. .....Hll iiiii, point . , 2 luiul yiu.il Una HOT Point PlMMnt '44 Tnhmw am) XntiM kjr Um... 4ji Ktw Mitit f2 lllrim.il 41" OolnmlMM.... JJJ J (Jonunerr jJ Viw (JlnMmu ..- Toww Hock ...v f Chottw Si. (Jonovlcvo , J tr::::::::-::::::::::-:::::::::::: BitotfTaiitloi. For convenience of reference, we herewith publish a tabular state , ment of State and Levee taxes: Oa tseh at,e Vslwttoa of Prepwiy, Btate tax, general purposes, 8 mills, State tax, bonds, 2 mills. Pbiviumm Taxkj. Oa saoh Mors stock nadw It, OM OaasehMonstoekofai.eHtoS.eM Mis Os oaek ttonotook of as.WI to I.OM 1 Oa OMholon steak ofW.too to !,..:. e Os assh stott Hook of S4.00S to ,. . . . Os oook Momatoek of as.SM to U.SN. " Os oaek stors otook of aif.en to M.eis. Oa sack Mors stock of Sit .OM to .o. . . o OsoBtk stors stock of e,nos to ,soe. .iw si Oa csotj MonMoek ottr MS.OJS. AjsesimenU on merchandise hall be made on the stock on baud the first day of February, County taxes joined to above not to exeeed fifteen mills, except interest on bonds, to be levied 1st Monday in September. LxvhTaxbs. Levaa construction -tax. not to exeeed one-half cent per pound on eotton and one dollar per ton on seed. For "10 cents bonds." one quar ter eeut per pound on cotton, and two and one-half ceute per acre on lands. tor "0 cent bouds " two and one-half cents per acre on land. ,-. Louisville, March 28. To-morrow's Courier-Journal will con tain an interview with Hon. John Yoniig Brown, of Kentucky, who says: Herewith I publish the let ter of Hon. Charles Foster and Stanley Matthews, addressed to Hon. J. B. Gordou and myself. The circumstance attending thefr origin are, iu brief, as follows : On the 26th of February last, I sent a page from the House of Rep resentatives to the Senate Cham ber, for my distinguished friend, Gen. Gordon, and he came over in a few minntcs. I told hint that I wanted an Interview with Hon. Charles Foster, at which I desired his preseuee. I ontlined to Gen. Gordon what I intended to say to Mr. Foster, and he said he would, with pleas ure, accompany me. We fouud Mr. Foster iu the room oC the Committee on Appropriations. No one else was present during the interview. I told Mr. Foster that I had, as he knew, been voting against all dilatory mo tions; had in a speech advo cated the inflexible execution of the Electoral Bill ; bad stated in a Democratic aucus that I would so vote, if I were the only man from the South to do so ; that the voto was approved by my judg ment; that I felt under an obliga tion ol honor to stand by the re sult, bitter as it was, feeling that the situation was not chargeable to Ihe Electoral Bill, but to the majority of the Commission, whom we had agreed to trust. I told him 1 had received dispatches ami letters from home from rnerished and trusted trieuds conveying most emuhatic remonstrance ngnluet my course; but that, with my convic tion about the question, if a petl tion, signed by every voter In my district, sl.ould be sent to me, re questing me to support the dilu torv motions, I would not by a l.ulr niter lnv UUlDOSe. I imitl further to him, Hint there was but . .1 U . I. ...... .-. one hunk ma wouiu uiiiugu im-, and it was If I thought by voting l. cninnli'le tho count which was to result in the Inauguration of Mr, Haves, I would be aiding directly or Indirectly of wrpcttintlug Ihe usurpations of Packard nud Chain bcrluin in tho States of Louisiana nud South Carolina, I would re verse my action ami no mv vcrj utmost to defeat the execution ol the bill, regnrdlcss of consequences, calamitous to the country as it Is evident they would be. I further more told htm if 1 changed my position, 1 knew of soveral promi nent gentlemen who would Join me, and in that critical hour, w hotl ine daily and nightly sceuos, sur passing by far In wild excitement and violence anything ever wit nessed in tho legislative history of the country, the line of the Demo crats, who wore voting to oxecute the law, should be broken, It would result in a stampede among them, and Mr. Hayes would uo more be President than ho. (Foster) would bo. Foster said ho believed this. I have tho highest respect for Charles Foster. I believe hi m to be an honorable gentleman, and told hlin that it was my coutldonce In him that had brought mo to him. Ho represented the district of Mr. Haves; ho had just made a mnniv niul untiiotic speech, in iiihui -- a which he said that under Hayes If inaugurated, the flag shall float over States, rot Provluces ; over freemen, not subjects. 1 referred to this speech, and told him I had . t.1... ...IIUM come to request oi mm mmw assurances that if Hayes was inau- irurated he would restore home rule in the States of Louisiana and South Carolina ; that the peoople of these States should control their own affairs in their own way, as free from auy intervention by the Federal authorities as the State of Ohio. This conversation was long and um an mi v his menus " I T tnUl Mr. Foster tliot 1 lliuw -v 1 I r . . i u .1. HIIKB- customers with ny arucie , . no bBrwI1110 aaWeSbX I i. a a? ti that lawl nAftlinnrl E. Y7IRTH, CABINET MAKER A N l UPIIOL8TEUI011. DEAI.KR IN ALLkimlsof r mnltiirB.Mattr- hi n.. Special attention Imid fo nl1 kinds nf repairisall kinds of MuMross as made tn order. Loenst 8t. between Wasliing'on A v. aud Main OKi:KVlLLiE,inR, mcb 1, 187-6 thanking him for the speech to which I have alluded, and en dorsing it. He offered this letter to Gen. Gordon and myself to read, but we declined it. He agreed to give me the desired let ter, and said he would request Hon. Stanley Matthews to sign it. He promised to meet mo that night at my rooms. lie came about mm- night. He said that by reason oi his hitcrvicw with Gen. Gordon and mvsclf he had that evening procured a meeting of some gen tlemen from Louisiana aud South Carollua at Wormley's Hotel, at hlch, also, Hon. Henry Watter- son was present, and at the conclu sion of the conference these gentle men had expressed great satisfac tion at what had been said to them Ou leaving be said I should have the letters next morning. On the next day he came to my desk iu the House of Representatives ana handed mo an unsigned letter. I read it, took my pen and erased one naraffraph : told him that it could be made fuller aud stronger, but that from honorable men, who ... a.a save it tu gooa raun, ii was sui ficicnt. In au hour I went to Ms desk and he delivered me a letter slsued by himsolf and Matthews. I observed that it was in a diner- ent baud writiug ; read it hastily aud remarked to bira that it con tained some generalities I did not like. He replied that Mr. Mat thews had rewritten It, and added : "Brown, it is iuteuded to cover the whole case, aud I can promise you there will bo uo doubt about the fulfillment of all the assurances 1 have uiveu you." I noticed the orMnal letter on his desk and said: "Sign this, also." He re plied, " Certainly, with ploasure." As I was leaving, he called me back and told mo that President Graut would, as soon as the count was completed, issue a certain or der to Gen. Augur, iu Louisiana. He requested me not to mention this fact for several days, but ex pressly gave me permission to make onv use of tho letters I might desire. Tho order referred to was issued bv President G rant. 1 gave copies of the letters to Messrs, Lew, Ellis, aud Burke, of Louisi ana, aud to Gen. M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, with authority lo usothem whenever they pleased When I saw that the Democratic victory, so fairly won, was lost, mv deepest concern was for my Gkkesvillk, Miss. ana and South Carolina a- free as I The IMt Wlkl e FraBtIn- jnQrnev at LdZV, iinifl. tnu uiio iitr iibi: uv. viti . it . v - - - ' i States, not provinces ; over free-1 af 02ct. men, not subjects. If done, the peace and prosperity of tho Re public will be secured. If not done, tho whole rcHnonsibilitv for the consequence, whatever they may be, will rest upon President Hayes. Johx Young Brows. Wtiffll Phillips litrrrkwH. rrv-m tlx rhilaidphJa Times, Murk 17. The interviewer found Mr. Phil lips ready and willing to undergo the operation. The question that most immedi ately interests the public mlud, it was suggested, is the withdrawal of the troops from South Carolina and Louisiana. Said Mr. PhUltps in answer : ' I think if Hayes withdraws the troops he breaks his implied prom ise to the natiou and to the party that elected him. The section of dletou to present the Bible to Mrs. the Republican party that elected iiaycs. Mrs. Hayes was iu the red him was the 'bloody shirt,' and if parlor, surrounded by a large he had announced that he would number of lad v frieuds and callers. From Hit Baltimore Su . A record of the oath privately taken at the White House on Sat urday night by Gov. Hayes was mado bv the Chief Justice at the time and delivered to Mr. Fisk to be placed on file in the State De partment. No official record will be mado of the oath takeu yester day. The Bible on w hlch the oath was taken Saturday waa a hand some new one, purchased especially for the purpose by D. W. Middle ton, Esq., the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is an expensive EugtUh edition, bouud in brown Turkey morocco with gilt edges. This morning Mr. James II. Mo Keuney, the Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court, called at the White House In behalf of Mr. Mid- JOHN SHIELDS, Attorney at Law, Gbeexvilms, Miss. W. U. Ptwlp. Jortoa Sklaaor. Fkelpa d Bkloner, ATTORN EY8 AT LAW Srooavlllo, Hlaa. P A.MONTGOMERY ATTORNEY AT LAW, Flobxtvili.b, Bolivar Co. Miss. , ' W.B.FARI8H, ATTORNEY AT LAw MAYBRBVIU.B, la o ly.HlaoiootBl. W. A. HAYCRAFT, , ATTORNEY AT LAW, UREENVILLE, - . MI88. D 1 IHI H N i-J 3 t Si I i H I t r,-i g ft 8 jj.I PS g -i ! I 1 oi l- ' - i sl m US S 51 t P- a I si H n hi T.O'CONNOE Saddle and Harness Maker Oreenrille, - Hits. TtMnPAtfnllv Informs the public that he has struggled thmgh thi panto, and now oners, as In lietter r. kt. ri-lnmla and olaewhere. Sept. 16, 1876. la re-election to Congress; was iMutafilv urlfliitrawlnir from no. COTTOll SEED. lltlcal life 5 wanted no office that tuc titnUCCT PACH PRIP.F that my object was unselfish; but I nt niutiuw t wow.. . deglr-d wrJ( will be paid for COTTON SEED at the Crecavilli Cottonseed 1311 and . , Ginnery. ' W. W. H. STEAD Jroprs: . G. E. BitxisGSLRY, agt. ; ' becember 16,1876. . - : written assurance from him that the policy of Mr. Hayes would be as indicated; and from t,tm annciallv. bv reason of Lis r verv intimate relations with Mr, nv. His renlv to all this was frank, full, earnest, and satlsfac to'ryto.my friend, Gen. Gordon, niri mvsclf. Indeed Mr. Foster said Jio had in his pocket a letter Inst received fioa iir. naye ufferlng Southern countrymen. To contribute to their deliverance from bondage was tho posslonato aspiration of my licurt. liaa i belicvd the policy of Mr. Hayes (it Inaugurated) would not relieve them from hateful and unrepub- lican supervision by tho army, and tho further plundering nud oppres sion by men alien to them in birth and sympathy,! should never have voted as I did. Hon. Charles 1' os tcr secured the inauguration of the Presideut ; but for his speech aud these letters tho result would never have been reached. The conversation and contents oi tne letters wero made known to many. The confidence of the Democrats in him and his authorization to say what he did, composed represent atives aud caused them to remain unshaken in doing what they bo llfivod was riitht. amid the storm that was 'aging around them, and In the face of remonstrances of tlinlr constituents. If a few had (altered, tho panic would have Iwnn mineral. The work- of tho Commission would have been fruit and before this time, in my opinion, a hurrlcaue of war would have been sweeping over tne lauu, Hope deferred has sickened tne hearts of the Sontheru men. I do not understand, nor do I appreci ate the delay of President Hayes, He ought not to hesitate. The whole country expected this great and tcood work at his hands. Pas sionate mou are heaping iuvectives udou the heads of those Democrats who voted to stand by tne Electo ral Bill. This paines me, but causes uo regret for my action. In conclusion I will say that I have full faith in the fullfillment of the assurances contained in tho letters of Messrs. Foster and Matthews, Thev are honorable men. I cannot bcllevo that they would attempt rinlSherate doceotion. They are the intimate friends of the Prcsl dent. They know his views and expressed them in these letters An honest construction of their lanzuaze means that the autonomy of Louisiana and South Carolina should be restored. It is impossible that the Presi dent, under all the circumstances and in view of his own utterances ami the promises of his friends cau refuse at once to make Louisi- repudiate that section he wouldu't have been elected. There is no practical difference between him and Tilden if he withdraws the troops. Tilden couldn't have done more, and the Southerners could not have asked Tilden to have done any more. " But did not his letter of ac ceptance indicate a wise aud gcuc- rous policy toward the South, of which the withdrawal of the troops would bo an Important partf" " It was never understood that In his letter of acceptance he prom ised to withhold the hand of the United States from the South. If such was the understanding he could never have been elected. It was understood to foreshadow a wise and generous policy, and that is what everybody wishes." ' " What do you understand by a w'sc and generous policy? " " It would bo to give tho South ern men every recognition and share ol oflicrfwho were willing to co-operate with the government, and at the same timo keep tho hold on thcin with the' troops." Being asked whether this bayo net rule did not conflict with every principle of freo government, Mr. Phillips replied: "1 consider the South to be In an abnormal condition In a tran sition state. The reign of law aud order has not begun there, and it is necessary that forco should be used to keop peace in order that the evidence of peace the great lomcnts of civilization, law, capi tal and labor may work their course." " Have we not already had twelvo ears of the government of forco?" "No. We never have had a trial of the experiment. The first mistake was the admitting of the States as States when they should hnve been kept as Territories. They were odmitted ou the pledge that the white Southerners would co-operate with the government heartily in its new course of de stroying all distinctions of race ; unsolicited tho white South prom ised to do so. She has always claimed to be the gonlleinau of the country, aud sho stands perjured and false to these unsolicited oaths. She was never taught to earn her living, but always stole it from somebody else. Her encourage ment of lawless violence has driv en away capital and labor, and she must fill up her empty volns from the national Iressuiy iu the shape of loans to States and railroads without Interest, pensions to Con federate soldiers, cotton damages aud payment of State debts." Silcide Bars Life hsaraicc. Louisville, March 19. In the caso of Susan Jackson against the Mound City Life Insurance Com As soon as she saw Mr. McKen ney she said: "Oh, there's the Bible," recognizing it at once. Mr. McKonnoy then presented it to her with tne compliments of Mr. Middleton. On the fly-leaf is written, "To Mrs. Hayes, from D. M. Middleton, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, used for tho administration of the oath on the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes as Presi dent of the United States. See 118th psalm, 11th, 12th, and 18th verses." Mr. Middleton had marked the vorses at the spot where Gov. Iiaycs had kiased the book. Mrs. Hayes said : "I guess Mr. McKenuey had hotter read us the versos." Tho ladies all crowded around and Mr. McKenney read tho three verses, concluding with tho following: "They compassed me about; yea they compassed me about, but in tho name or me ioru i win destroy tlicm." Mrs. Hayes laughed gaily and said : " Oh, uo, I guess he won't destroy anybody, She then took the Bible and desired that her compliments and thanks should be given to Mr. Middleton. Vomit. Y Humid. J We have never liked the idea of a commission, but since it is de cided on we will not put a straw in tho wav of Its siiceess. If the President Intends to bo governed by the advice of tho commission when it returns he is making a hazardous experiment. If It should advise the recognition of Packard ho will bo in an unpleasant dolem ma. If he recognizes Packard and engages to sustain him it will not be possible to withdraw the feder al troops. No intelligent man be lieves that the Packard govern ment could stand a day without their support. If the Presideut beglus by recognizing him now he is certain to have this trouble on his hands during the whole four years of Packard's term and his own. He surely cannot want this perpetual thorn in this side. He must know, too, thai it he supports Packard tho democrat to House will again defeat tho Army bill, aud that lie will be left without the means of keeping his engagement with Packard if he makes onf; Why should the court certain de feat and humiliation by undertak ing to accomplish impossibilities ? We incli purpose been avowed. Its more probable object is to bring a moral pressure to boar on Packard and induce him to follow the example expect ed to be set by Chamberlain and retire, lie can do this with a bet ter grace and a smaller sacrifice of pride if so advised by a respectable and influential commission than he Makes the payment of taxea, redes: tion, sals and leasing of lands a speciality. Q. EL CLARIX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, POBT AXDXRDOX, BoUvar Conaly, Miss. GODBT Tar. WZSS1 BSTSCT. CIRCUIT COURT. B. F. TBI 14 BUS, Jo4fO. C. W. Clarkt,' Dlot. AHoraoy. Coahoma conutv 2d Monday of September and March eontlnnt twelve days. ... Bolivar county 4th Monday of September and March continue twelve days. Washington county 2d Monday . of October and April continue twenty-four days. Sunflower county 2d Monday of November and May continue six days. .... . m Sharkey county 8d Monday of November ana ay wsi davs. Issaquena county 4th Monday of November and May continno twelve days. CHANCERY COURT. I HA8. t'LAKK, Chsmiollor. . Coahoma county 4th Monday of October and April, and coutinue t ivnlsfii rlsa Vat. Bolivar county 2d Monday of November and May, and continue twelve days. Washington county 4th Mon day of November and May, and coiitlnuo eighteen days. Issaquena county 8d Monday or October and April, aud coutlnuo six days. Sharkey county 2d Monday of Ootobor and April, aud contiune six days. .... . Sunflower county 1st Monday of October and April, and con tinue six days Suprkhi Court. Terms of Supreme Court com mence on tho 8rd Mondays of April aud October. JUDGES Or THE 8UPRXMI COURT. H r Slmr.ll, Chlrf JuMlco, H H ChslSMIS, .1. A. t. Campbell, Aiooefaloj. Clerk, C. 8. CIRCUIT COURT. Bout. A. Hill, Jd?o. Geo. T. Swaon, U Torme be la Is Jackson oa the let. Mon days la May and November. U. S. DISTRICT COURT FOR SOUTHXBX DIBTKICT OF MISS. "cttk. Robt. A. Bill, Geo. T. Hwano. Sessions commence In Jeckaoa oathestk Monday of June and January. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Regular meetings are held by the Ttnar.l of Suoorvtsors on the 1st ne to think that the real Mondays of Jwuary, Marc LJuly, of tho commission ,,as not August, JJPB longer. COUHTT orriciAM. HajIBBBS OP TUB BQABp OP aCrSBTMOSS. B. O. Blme, PreeWent. W. X. Rood, T. C WnMuSaa Waters, W M. WorthtagtoB WYI. Hunt, A. W. Shadd. . I,. P. M. Welkin, B-ihlen IJioae, RhMtff. cSroft Clert! County Twaoarer. County AesoMor. School Supeflatenaent. The Town Council. Town council meets on the 1st Tuesdays of each month. could now. when It would be dlf- pany of St. Louis, the jury to-day flcuit to release himself from his I Eiijak Booker', a.......! k .ni.1 t fnt nafntlnnilTflo I . I a t t . a tila nrthnrtflrl. IT I rKlMsMvU f BIUIV iwi wwivu" CUIIllliltini IV HISJ BMwi v.-. George N. Jackson, plaintiffVhus' he consents to retire wo are will band, was cashier in the offico of ng that ho should be bowed out the United States revenue collector wth alt sorts of federal politeness at this port. In 1875 a defalcation and every mark of distinguished J! .niAiinlliiif IaiItIv tJnH.itnM T etinllllt tint tin thousand dollars. Jackson was difficult to convince him that his wneitajk, suspected, but died before his guilt recoguitlon by the President would A."' j"w. shields, John Uaawar "... . i . f I . . .. ii L I n w I. Walker. could be proven. An cxaminauuu ue m empty, snori-uveu inuwpu. ---- KliriW , HH.loa, Clerk Since it WOUia miaiuoiy ieu 1 1. d. Hoaieoain, iiw-r... other defeat of the army appro- nrtniinn. and utterly cribble the Lbvkb Board, ..iii.ni iitf mi 'which he seeks to The Board of Levee The state of tho Army Ap- revealed arsenic in the stomach, and upon this fact the insurance company contested the payment n, nnllr-v. claiming suicide as v a w j p the grounds for their action, trial of the case caused teutiou. The much at In an obituary discourse the oth er day on a little child that had been burned to death, the speaker toucblngly said : "Her' last scene ou eurth was kerosene.'' lean proprlatlon bill is protty good guarantee that Packard will yet listen to reason and make the best of an utterly hopeless case. The President cannot long help him if the Armv bill docs not pas, and it certaiu'lv will not if Packard w recognized. ,' Commie- X i v w - stoners of Bolivar, Washington and Issaquena Counties meets on the 2nd Mondays of January, aud Ju ly at Greenville. lrvkb orriciAM. CommlMlonere-H W Ferguson, Pretjieat Merrill Williams, WMhmgTon, T. W Jtoye. W 8 frih, Immiucos. Iic Hudson, w. M. tibby. Bolivar Cnumjr. . W. A. Kv-nnn, Seeretary and Treiuror. W. E Cvllin Collector of Cotton la.