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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
REFORM. Indeed.

The Memphis Avalanche charges
openly that money is used to subsidise
the Southern press in favor of Tilden.
Some weeks since the Avalanche used
the following language:
Tilden's strikers have money to spend
in the South. They are temperine
with the professional politicians to Sc.
cure delegates in his interest, and the
editor of every newspaper whose sup
port can be purchased, knows that he
can obtain money to "whoop up" fol
Tilden. The Southern masses are moi
in sympathy with any Eastern candi
dates. They desire Tilden least of all.
Friday morning this paragraph was
reprinted in the editorial columns of the
paper, and the following was appended
The above, which appeared in the
Acalanche several weeks since, is re.
printed, in order to give specifications,
Editors in that line of business, who
desire to print sweet little. articles puff.
fling Tilden-two for ten dollars should
address, in haste, Messrs. Bates &
Locke, Advertising Agents, "a Park
Row, New York. Mr.. TiIden is the
anti-corruption candidate. as it were.
If it is true that Ti!den has been
buying up the Southern press, we hope
he will be defeated in the st. Louis
Convention.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
Col. Shauuou.s Denial.

Col. j. J. Shannon, of the Southern
Homestead, published at Meridian,
having been indicted jointly with San
ford and Williams, for alleged conspira-
cy to suppress the evidence of n Jack
Myatt in the arson case by which Me.
ridian has been greatly agitated, prints
n his journal of the 9th the following;
As soon AS this Indictment was return
ed into court ! demanded a trial. But
| Judge Hamm having been of counsel
for Messrs. Williams and Sanford on
account of their names being joined
with mine in the indictment was unwil-
ling to preside. and against my wish,
THE case has been continued to the Au-
gust term. AS some notice of the in
dictment has appeared in a number of
papers, and was made the occasion of a
dispatch in the Vicksburg We,old. I
take this occasion to assert my entire
innocence of the charge and to de-
nounce the accusation as false and ma
~licious.
1t would perhaps be improper for me,
as the case will be iudicially investiga-
ted, to say any more at this. time than
that l desire the fullest investigation at
the earliest possible moment, and that
I defy the prosecution to show that I
have committed any act. or have sane
toned any proceedingf in the defense
of Messrs. sWilliams and Sanford incon-
sistent with professional Epropriety or
personal integrity. J.J. SHANNON.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
Navigation or Pearl River.

It is with pleasure we give below the
resolution Silver Greek Grange, in ref
erence to the navigation of Pearl river,
and the furnishing Of. supplies by Cap
tain VIM. J. P~oitevent, during the
coming winter and spring, at cost and
carriage:
Resolved by Silver Creek Grange, No.
1926, That all the Subordinate Oranges
of Lawrence, Simpson, Covington, Ma
rion and Copiah are requested to meet
in Monticello, on Wednesday, June
18th, 1876, for the purpose of contrac-
ting with w. J Poitevent in regard to
navigating Pearl river during the COM
ing winter and spring, and furnish us
with supplies at cost and freight, which
he proposes to do.
Resolved further, That a copy of this
resolution be sent to the Sunny South
for publication; and that all papers
friendly to the enterprise be requested
to copy. j. s. NEAL, Master.
J, SPURLoCK, Sec'y.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
r....,,...,. narl swsnaIe.

The Freedman's Bank investigation
discloses o case of Us we'll devised and
ably perfected swindling as can well be
imagined. This institutions was char
tered by Congress with the best inten-
tions to afford advantages and facilities
to former slaves who felt disposed to
lay up money or engage in mercantile
affairs. Its first managers were men OF
unblemished reputation who used every
.exersion 10 carry out the views OF the
originators of the project. Sec. 9th of
the charter expressly provided that the
money received on deposit should be
invested only in U. s. Securities. But
when the small sums brought in by the
poor, ignorant and confiding freedmen
began in the aggregate to assume gigan-
tic proportions, it attracted the ever
watcbful eye Of the Washington ring Of
cormorants who delight to fatten on
plumber, no matter where found or how
acquired. Their great political infiu-
ence with the dominant party enabled
them at once to get the original mana
gers removed and some of their chosen
and we'll tried associates appointed in
their stead. Then 20 get the charter so
altered as to allow them to deal in any
kind of stocks they might please was
but the work of o moment and the
thing was accomplished. The most
reckless robbery and barefaced stealing
that the annals of time has eve dis
closed was now commenced in good
earnest, and this too under the guise of
friendship. Some idea of the heartless
villainy of these men may be formed
when it is stated that 70, 600 poor, hard
working freedmen have been robbed of
the earnings accumulated by years of
toll. Some of these men, it seems, in
1873 went to New York with a warrant
issued from Washington to arrest Mr..
Dana of the Sun, who saw their object
in seeking a change in the charter, and
at once exposed them. They were de-
feated in their designs and returned
crest-fallen to Washington. Four of
them have been designated by the
House Committee as fit subjects for in
dictment by the Grand Jury.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
a Proclamation.

His Excellency, the President of the
United States, has issued the following
proclamation:
Whereas, A joint resolution of the
Senate and House of Representative
was duly approved on the 18th day Of
March last, which resolution is as fol
lows:
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assem-
bled, That it be and is hereby recon
mended by the Senate and House Of
Representatives to the people of the
several States that they assemble il
their several counties, or towns in the
approaching Centennial anniversary
of our national independence and thai
there to be delivered on snch day al
historical sketch of said county, OF
town, from its formation, and that
copy of said sketch may be filed in
print or manuscript in the Clerks office
of said county, and an additional copy
in print or manuscript be filed in the
office of the Librarian of Congress to the
intent that a complete record may thus
be obtained of the progress of II in
stitution during the first Centennial Of
their existence; and
Whereas, It is deemed proper that
such recommendation be brought to the
notice and knowledge of the people OF
the United States, now, therefore, ]
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the Uni.
ted States, do hereby declare and make
known the same, in the hope that the
object of such resolution may meet the
approval of the people of the United
States, and that proper steps may be
taken to carry the same into effect.
Given under my hand, at the City
of Washington this 25th day of May, III
the year of our Lord, 1876, and of the
independence of the United States the
me hundreth. By the President
U. S. GRANT.
HAMILTON FIcu Senratarv of State.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
Fapatical Weed.

Thurlow Weed is in favor of shaking
the bloody shirt for all time. He does
not think that the memory of the war,
its lates and it's passions, should be
buried out of sight, but that they
should be kept fresh and green. In an
interview with a Herald reporter he
used the following language:
Invent to the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Convention because I thought the
name attached to the call were guaran-
tees of sound, sensible suggestion, Be-
ing known as a politician, and not de-
string to intrude myself upaskel upon
the meeting, | took an unconspiuous
seat. [ listened with interest and salts
faction to the address, which was adj
mirable, patriotic, sensible and to the
point. But after awhile, when young
Mr.. Adams was called upon and spoke,
l felt it was no place for me, aud retired.
7 differed from Mr.. Adams radically
upon important points. He animad-
verified severely upon the course OF Re-
publicans who brought jeff Davis into
the present discussion, with the inten-
ton, also, of using him in the campaign.
He thinks it unwise to do so. [ disa-
gree to that. [ propose not only now.
but all my life, to utilize JEFF Davis and
all men of his stripe, like Slidell, Mason,
Benjamin and the rest, Senators and
Representatives and officers of the Re-
public. In this way I think jeff Davis
may be made to do some compensation
for the crimes he committed.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
The War in Cuba.

The New York Tribune of last Sun.
day has the following in regard to the
progress of the wal in Cuba:
In Cuba the spring campaign is md
ing with the Spanish assurances com
pletely falsifed. The insurgents are
acting on the offensive in the central de-
partment, where they are steadily en-
croaching upon districts hitherto deem
ed secure from their attacks. While
the Cubans ore thus aggressive and de-
faint, the Government is trying vanity
to meet the war expenses. The attempt
to collect an income tax of thirty per
cent. having failed, Gen. Joyellar pro-
poses increasing the export duty on SUI
gar and leaf tobacco. This will, of
course. press heavily on the planters,
while it will enable our producers to
undersell them. With a scanty treas
ury and gold at two hundred and TWEEN
ty-nipe, it is no wonder tho Captain
General wants to go home.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
Mississippi EnycStI"aGiom.

A Washington correspondent Of the
Jackson Times, speaking Of the Mis-
sissippi Investigation, says of Senator
Bayard:
Bayard has been through the South
before, on the Ku-KluX investigations,
and not only possessed a thorough
knowledge of Southern affairs in gener-
al, and the situation there, but he has
shown since this investigation began, q
wonderfully intimate acquaintance with
the history of Mississippi politics, and
with the situation as it now exists.
Lamar, Singleton and other Mississippi
Democratic members are by his side
constantly 10 advise, assist and instruct.
They realize, even more wildly than
Bayard can, the Importance to the De-
mocracy, and the difficulty and magni-
tude of the work which he has to per-
form to beat back the truth. and save
the Democracy of Mississippi the dis
grace, and the Democracy of the Nation
the defeat, which must follow the reye-
~lation. = q
1t is not my place to criticise, but it
is my place to express the opinion
which prevails largely in Republican
circles here, and that is, that Bayard.
Of Delaware, intends, not improbably,
to u the Investigation, and that if he
does, all agree that the truth of last
falls history in Mississippi, will never
he known. The Committee expects 10
remain a month or six weeks in the
State.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

Said a colored individual a few days
ago, looking in at Snlder's bank:
81 wonder whar.. all dis money been
all de time. dat it amt used afore now?'
"Well, I'll tell you,' replied a broth
er by-stander. "Dat silver has been
up yonder at Washington, locked up>in
dat big iron chist, cause dey couldn't
trust de Publican party wild it down dis
way-dar's whar' it's been, niger! And
now, de Democrats rules, and we hab's
muffin but honesty in Office, de chist
has been opened, and silver now jingles
ober de State like dem spoons Butler
got away wild. You hear me, brudder?
Can't fool dis niger wild paper money
no more, now" and he walked off jing-
ling a few pieces in his pocket,-Gre-
ndda Sentinel.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

Now, it makes Jim Garfield mad to
see an honest rebel trying to save the
country from Republican thieves. Gar,
field belongs to the class of men who
insist that it was the Republicans who
saved the country, and because they
have a right to steal it, Singleton be-
longs to the men who tried to disrupt
the Union. By accepting the situation,
he confesses his error, and now las as
much and more interest in the welfare
of this Republic than Garfield more,
because he is honest and Garfield is not.
But nevertheless it is bloody-shirt out-
rage for an honest eX-rebel to attack a
.hieving Republican office holder. This
is what brought about the row.
Taking a position in the main aisle,
in front of the Speaker, Singleton began
a speech in favor of the majority report
on the investigation of the Public Prln-
ter. Clapp. His remarks were well
s%prinkled with potash, and were not cal
culated to soothe any irritation in Re
publican bosoms. During his speech
he was interrupted by a Republican
member of the Committee, Ballou, of
Rhode Island, the latter making some
allusion to Senator Anthony. The lat
ter gentleman is well known to be the
champion of Clapp's ~rascality, and has
embarrassed the Committee not a little
in the investigation, and it is thought
that he is the person who advised Clapp
to ignore the Committee entirely.
Knowing this, Singleton dropped Ian
guage rejecting on Senator Anthony,
his name having been mentioned by
Ballou first. At this, Garfield jumped
to his feet and called the gentleman to
order, for referring to q Senator in de-
hate. Singleton thought it would have
been mor appropriate for the member
from Ohio to have called Ballou to order
first. The Speakerpounded vigorously,
and Singleton and Garfield, who We're
only a short distance from each other,
continued to exchange short sentences
of a red-hOt nature. Many members
began moving toward them, and the con
fusion became so great that the Ian
guage that passed between them was
vicinity. Garfield made a statatement
not strictly in accordance with truth "a
thing which he is very capableo of doing,)
and Singleton gave him the lie indirect
~. Garfield said he was prepared to
defend himself, Singleton said he had
seen bigger men than Garfield and not
been scared. This school-boy exhibit
ton, which was both serious and ludi-
crous, was finally cut short by the
Speaker, who scared ~screeching above
the scene like a young eagle above a
storm cloud. Order was restored. No
apologies were made. Business moved
on, and another pleasant episode had
been contributed to the history of the
American Congress. PIcKAwAY.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
had Start.

We congratulate the pupils of Stark
vile Female College upon their good
fortune in getting the consent of Capt.
W. HI. Hardy. of Meridian, to deliyel
an address before their commencement
occasion.-StdrkUiUe Times.
Wa it necessary to get his consent
before they could deliver an address?
-Brookhaven Ledger.
No, and equally plain it is that we
don't want THE LEDGER's consent that
we may write pure english, but, with its
consent would take pride and pleasure
in introducing it to Mr.. Fowler, and
will say by way of parentheses, that we
are partial to Mr.. Fowler, for that's
where we got our start.-StarkviYe
Times.
Did he "start" you to spell English
with alittle e, hnd parenthesis, (singular)
parentheses? If so. we don't want to
know him.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
Not Southern Sentiment.

The utterances of DR.. s. Taylor Mar
tin, of Charlotte, N. c., are not those OF
the Southern people, and for n we
record our protest against them. The
following sentences of Mr.. Martin sound
ike the rawlings of a maniac, and should
be repudiated:
Slavery was a divine institution, and
we must have that institution or the
South will ever be bankrupt. In the
next political campaign we must, even
if in the minority, support a southern
man who will build up our interests
and hurl the Yankee pickpockets from
orr midst"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
One Thousand Savages on the
War Path.
The Sultan of Turkey Dethroned,
Etc.

OHMAHA City, May Boa citizen of
this place. j~ust.arfived from Custer City,
says ON the night Of the 10Th hat place
was attacked by Indians, who burned
the ammunition house, in the centre of
the city, which in blowing up destroyed
several houses. His party, numbering
So, left at daylight next morning and
cannot give particulars.
On the 18th the Indians attacked q
miners cabin at midnight at Rose Bud,
between Custer and Deadwood, and
surprised and killed all the occupants
literally hacked themto pieces. There
are fonr thousand people in Custer and
twelve hundred houses. rs
Nothing can be done on account OF
the Indians. If a man goes a mile from
camp alone he losses his scalp.
CHEYENNE, w. t., May 30.-Captain
Edgar returned to Fort Laramie to-day,
after scouting the country from Fort
Laramie to Custer, over a travelled road
and returning via the Agency road on
Sage Greek.
He overhauled q band OF six hundred
Indians in midst of an attact on Hech's
OK train, en- route for the Hills, and
succeeded in driving them off.
They are taking a northerly direction,
and are intent ON joining Sitting Bull.
A man says that fully 1000 young war
xiors have left their reservation.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 30.-The
Turkish minister has received
the following telegram from the Grand
Vizer:
In the presence of the unanimous will
of all the people, Abaul Azig Khan has
been dethroned to-day and his majesty
Sultan Nimrod, heir presumptive to the
imperial throne, has been proclaimed
Emperor of Turkey.
The foreign committee of the Senate
will hear tomorrow the combined dele.
cation from New Orleans. Charleston
and Savannah in opposition to the Ha.
waiian treaty. which admits rice and
sugar free of duty.
Vanderbilt was worse last night and
his death is looked upon as near.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

THURMAN's defeat by Allen in Ohio
puts him entirely out of the Presidential
race. Tildenites expected to secure
Thurman's vote finally in the st. Louis
Convention, and Humans friends ex.
pected to get Tilden's strength in the
event Thurman should have proved
stronger than Tilden. Tilden will not
be able to carry the nomination, and
Senator Bayard is likely to fall heir to
his votes. A better man or an ADLER
statesman than Bayard does not live to-
day on the American continent. He is
the man for the St. Louis Convention.
-Jefers0pion Democrat.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

The result of the recent ~insurrection
has taught the colored people of the
county a lesson which they will not
soon forget. Under the leadership OF
boasting scoundrels of their own race,
they have been taught to believe them
selves ~invincible, and trusted to their
numbers to uphold them in their curse
however lawless, and at last this over.
confidence has resulted in murder and
riot. p
The riot was promtly and vigorously
suppressed, and some paid the forfeit
with their lives. As usual, most of the
leaders have escaped, and it was only
then dupes that suffered.
=W0OduiLe R~epu6ltcdn.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
NeWspaper Laws.

We call particular attention to the fol.
lowing newspaper laws:
Amy person who takes a paper
regularly from the post-ofice whether
directed to his name or not-is respon-
sible for the payment.
2-If any person orders his paper dis
continued he must pay all arrearages,
or the publisher may continue to send
it, until payment is made, and collect
the whole amount, whether the paper is
taken from the Office or not.
3-The courts have decided that re-
fusing to take newspapers and periodi-
calls from the post Office. or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is prima
facia evidence of intentional fraud.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State

STEVENS, of the Columbus indie.
pendent, thinks the rates established by
the Legislature are enough for legal
printing. We think the rates are high
enough for such a paper as the hide
pendent. With its patent outside ii
can afford to sell it's space cheaper than
frst-class home papers. Probably it
will place some Importance on this
opinion.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

We see a statement that Senator
Thurman wants to get the greenback
question out of the National Democrat
ic Convention, and has written a letter
suggesting the subject be referred to
the various Congressional Districts. 1t
is to be hoped that the finance ques-
ton will not enter into the Presidential
contest,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

r. B. AVERY has revived the Sea
Coast Republican. The editor says
he will utter his sentiments with candor
and fairness alike to friend and oppo-
nent, and OF all times favoring what he
conscientiously believes to be right.
Then Ire is no longer a Republican.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
Railroad Rate. Reduced.

Don't be in a hurry to go to the Cen.
tennial. Railroad rates are .tumbling.
On the 30th ult. the New York Central,
and Hudson River Railroads reduced
passenger rates to the following figures:
New York to Chicago, SIT; to Cinciu.
natl, $l5; to st. Louis, $22; to Louis
vile, $40; to Detroit, $l3. A similar
reduction has been announced by the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

We regret to learn, as we do from
many sources, that the wheat in this
section is not at all promising. On
many patches the rust has set in, and
the damage will be serious. We are
having a protracted spell of dry weather,
and our farmers are beginning to wish
for rain. The corn and cotton are Just
beginning to need it, while the gardens
are suffering considerably .-Kosciasko
Star.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

In their platform the California
Democrats favor the honest payment Of
the public debt; gold and silver the
only legal tender; tariff for revenue
only, and prohibition Of Chinese immi-
grafton. The resolutions strongly en-
dorse Tilden, but the delegates are un-
instructed beyond that to vote as AUNT.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

WILL somebody tell us something
about the Miss Perkins, report said
would have charge Of the Ladies' De
partment of Mississippi Headquarters
at the Centennial? So much has been
said about her we are anxious to know
who she is. st
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01

A FEW nights ago while three white
men of Iberville parish, La. McCardle,
Graham and Dumonville were sleeping
in camp, they we're attacked by a negro,
who killed McCardle end Graham with
an axe, and wounded Dumonville. The
plundered the camp and fed.