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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02
CENTR4L
EEMALE INSTITUTE
Clinton, EHind> County. Isi>s.

The Twenty-Fourth Collegiate Year
will begin Thursday, the 2Gth day of Sep
tember, SIS. For Catalogues, address the
President of the Faculty, REV. WALTER
HILLMAN, Ii. d.
Possessed of the abundant facilities
which it has acquired during its long and
prosperous existence, the Central Eemale
A"-titha.o 1.finrs. at a i"naerata expense; "-i-'
cationul sdranfdyes cqnaled by few and not
cxcc!led by any similar Institution OF
Learning. R0Br KELIs, Prest. b. t.
L. W. CABANIss, Sec'y. July 27-3m.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02
The Female Lobbyist.

Celia Logan writes from Washington
concerning this much-talked-of person
as follows:
She is always painted in the roseate
hues of health aid beauty, and repre-
sented as rioting in ill-gotten gains. 10
read Don Piatt's description OF these
women one would think they always sue
ceeded in getting through any bill or
claim they might have an interest in,
and are paid such large sums that they
can live sumptuously, but he tells US
nothing of the poor wretch who loses all
and gains nothing. Such one died
here the other day. She came to Wash
ington few years ago as pretty and as
good a young girl as ever lived. She
was brought in one of the Western
States, and when her parents died and
tai to find some man of influence whom
she knew,to try and persuade him to gel
her clerkship. He did 80. She made an
able clerk and was liked and respected
by all. 1t was this period of her life
that I made her acquaintance. Seeing
her death in the papers the other day,
made inquiries as to her fate in the
intervening years. By one of those
senseless and wholesale dismissals OF
clerks she had been left without means
of subsistence, and at last after trying
what is so we'll known here as to "get
back, she was persuaded by a bad
friend to try her luck at lobbying. For
awhile she had little run of prosperi-
ty, but soon succumbed to the fatal
and pestiferous influence of 80 much
male society. With an infant in her
arms she fell into the direst need, de-
serted by the man who had betrayed
her. Her child died-she broke her
leg and became a cripple-grief, shame,
remorse and want soon destroyed her
beauty, and her career had lost all her
friends. Comforted and supported by
some kind-hearted colored people, the
once dashing lobbyist breathed her
last. In describing her end the darky
said: 'She lost her conscientiousness
only few hours before she died" Poor
little prairie flower, ,scorched and wither-
ed in Washington heats, methinks you
lost yonr "conscientiousness" long be-
fore your melancholy dissolution-else
you had not died like this.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02
An EOitAnh for HayeS.

Now that the time is drawing neal
when epitaphs and h,c facets for Hayes
will be in order. we suggest the follow
ing, altered from Gray, as competition
for the honor of appearing above his
political tomb. We expect, by the 7tf
of November to amend and improve it.
SO it will exactly suit the case of a mar
who, with only record of one theft
and one lie to sustain him, dared to en-
ter the contest for President of the
United States:
3 EPITAPH.
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
A true Knownothing heretofore un'
known,
Bob Ingersoll was midwife at his birth,
Then Grant and Chandler. claimed him
as their own.
Large was his wealth-his taxes wond'rous
light,
How paradoxical these facts do look F.
81 i'll we reflect--he stole widows mite.
And lied. point blank, ON the assessors
book. 1853
No further seek to show his crooked ways,
Nor draw his odors from their charnal-
hole,
With party filth strewn DER him restcth
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02

He that lends an easy and credulous
ear to calumny is either . man Of very
i'll morals or has no more sense and un.
derstanding than a child. y5ne
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02
Martha IV0SkingtOn
ale Col1cSe.

WARREN DCPRE, L. L. D., late Professor OF
Natural Science III HorUrd College, s. c., has
been elected President OF the above institution.
ii is assisted by 4 full and able corps of profess
kors IN all the departments.
The situation is one of the most delightful In
the mountains OF Virginia, and aoounds III valu-
able mineral waters.
1t has been for years the summer resort for
many OF the best families in tAe Southern States.
The College is endorsed and commended by
many eminent scholars, whose daughters are
numbered among its q aduateS.
7s-Two HUNDRED AND Ten DOLLARS will pay
for board and tuition for ten months. EXtrts
moderate,
Next session begins SEPTEMBER 21.
toi further pa. tlculars send for catalogue.
Aug. lU-3m.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02

NEVER forsake friend until you
know he is unworthy Of your confidence.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02

CHAs. VI ERWIN, Secretary.
Insures OIL the new and popular In
stallment plan. No more life premi-
ums: No more loose payments to wJrry
the life ont of Il man trying to keep up II
policy. In the Cooperative, your pay
ments are graduated according to age.
and YOU never pay an assessment unless
a death actually occurs, and then
never more than six dollars even by the
oldest members, while younger ones
pay much less.
Healthy women taken ON as favorable
terms as men. We defy comparison
ofprices with any company in Missis
sippi.
Our company is large and has stood
the test of f0uI years successful bust
ness. For full particulars send to the
Secretary OF apply to your local agent
for pamphlets. oc.o-tf
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02

eye to read her sad secret, her sma
hands clasped in agony, and her fai
head bent to the very dust-was he nc
avenged.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-02
AISSTSSIPPI COLLEGE,

Clinton, Minds County. fsi-~.
viii open its 10th Annual session,
September -, 1876, and close June -.
1SIl.
i iun Faculty; rigid discipline; tho
ough instruction and low terms.
Board in College Hall, Sl0 30 per
month.
Send to REV. W. :. WEBB, President
OF the College, for Catalogue.
W. +. RATLIFF,
President Board Trustees.
Clinton, Miss, july 21-3m
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One square, first insertion. $3.50; each
subsequent insertion 10 cents.
. One square one year, Sl5; TWO osPusfcs
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local Notices twenty cents line. II
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McROY's CHANGERS SOAP.
80 lbs for 80 cts,

The ingredients to make fifty pounds
will cost but fifty cents and can be had
anywhere. No grease or lye required,
and can be made by child in ten min
utes. NY one sending me fifty cents
will receive, postpaid, family right,
with fun directions for IN aking the above
excellent soap. Address
tIsyasr III WM. A. HENRY, Ag't.
- Brookhayen, .diss.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-04-05

Under the Supervision of competent Assayers.
No quantity If ore, however srnSsll, Will be
worked for Less than SIS.
ID. VAN IENNEP, Manager.
winnemucca, August 20, ls75.-tf
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01

BUFFALO, y. T., Dec. 30-,Ioseph
Hork, city Treasurer. left for New Ork
yesterday, giving "a his reason that he
wanted To raise money To meet personal
obligations, but in fact, rs was subsC-
qucnily learned, 10 escape the immediate
consequence ola heavy delalcalion. 1t
Is impossible at present To determine the
extent Of tht dclalcaiou. but il is
thought to be about a quarter of u mil
lion dollars, His second term was ju,t
draw ing to close, so that for four years
h. has had control OF the city's funds.
Ills bonds for $4,000 are secured by
thirty-liye of the most prominent and
wealthy citizens. Before taking his de-
pariGro Bork made. n general assign
mont of his property, which
Is csi mated at cG1O,uOO. 1t Ia thought
his assets VII fall short OF the amount of
the dciulcaiion. lie has been u vely cN-
tcnsivc real estate operator and built up
the eastern part of the city, knowh rs
East Buffalo. He was prominently named
MS the Republican candidate for mayor
last term.
LATER -Fui ihcr developments in the
case OF Joseph Bork. the absconding
treasurer, show bis declarations to foot
zap TO between $500. 900 and $ 100000. II
j. now learned that he has fled TO Cam
ada. lie has confessed to several per-
sons here that system Of dctalcatioi has
been crrried on during his two terms oi
Office as city treasurer, using ihc cash on
hand for his individual checks on BOrl, ~
Co., bankers. The city will not suffer.
~ his boulsHon are cousi Tered ample So
| curly Tor any deficiency.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Quincy Wing says there is on
impression abroad that Bishop IIayen
should be muzzlcd.
"A new Masonic hall was dedicated ut
Paris, H., Monday night, Grand Mast. I
Lounsberry, OF this city, officiating.
-Ex-Vice-Presidcnt Coliax would IKE
to be governor of Indiana. but il afraid
his parry will be beaten in the next con-
test, and refuses to be named as candi-
date.
Chicago Tribune Washington dis.
patch: A number OF Re-
publicans are preparing to make yigor-
Gus opposition to the PROPOSE ion of the
Democrats to reduce the army. The po-
li'ical Argument used quietly among
members will be that IL Is device of the
Democrats to deplele the army while it
Is strongly Republican, aul to MI II up
again II the Democrats carry the next
election, mainly iron the South.
Chicago Journal. On Christmas
night one Philip Gs'lagar. who lives at
Westerly, Rhode Island, attempted to
kick his wife lie hit their infant IN her
arms. The child was instantly killed by
the blow. The coioner's jury returned
verdict to the effect that the person from
whom the liquor was purchased which
made the father drunk, was guilty Of the
murder Of the child. The father, how
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01

ever, was held to hail in the amount OF
81 900.
The predecessors of VIM. u. Noiri.
son as Chairman of the Committee OF
Ways and Means were: Robert uoodloe
Harper, ofthc first Committee Of Ways
and Means appointed; John Randolph,
Geo. w. Campbell, John W. Epps. Lang
don Chevcs, william Low hdcs, George
McDufiic. Louis McIsne, Julian &. Ncr-
plank, Churchill G. Cambrel'ing. Mil
lard Fillmore, Robert {. Schenk. Thad.
Stevens and Henry l.. Dawes.
Here il what the Chicago Tribmc
| (RadicaD, tells the Democratic House
of Representative to do: "Iet the Dem
ocratic House. representing the American
people. put the currency OF the country
at par /; let II retl,ice the expenditures o
the country Si0,0O0,0OO annually; let
restore the purcly-rcvcnuc tax on tie;
aud coffee let Il use the knife freely by
relieving the t'riil from the parasite pro
| lection, aud il will do more ~ a singh
session 10 restore the cOrn.ry to hcPlth
full prosperity and permanent wealtl
than has been done by congress snc'
the war closed, ten yeats ago. Let TIN
House do It's duty by passing these inca
sircs. aud we are satisfied that the Re
publican senate WI heart 'ly respond u.
an active cooperation in the thorough
aud long-ncedcd correction Of abuses an,
IMPRESSIONS"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01

Inc religious antcccdeuts M
speaker Blaine are just now rerniyi,i-. =
large amount of attention. Ho - : a
pronounced Presbyterian Of the strict
est sect, by birth, and it has been strongly
limited that lie was brought mp Roman
catholic ana has Catholic procliyi;ics.
There is no doubt that President Grant
would like 10 see the latter version OF
Balne's religious experience widely dis.
sewinaicd, Since he Grant has i1ned
the .. y. |. and come out rs the Ancri-
eau Gladstone and general defender of
Professionalism. The Rochester Union
processes TO give the ''true story about
Blaine, derived from the highest author
lty, and ~ the subject is Interesting We
give the tHtOR's statement, rs follows
squire Bla'ne, rs he was called, the
father of eX-Spcaker James Gillespie
Blaine, was a resident of layctte county,
Pennsylvania He was not a Catholic.
but married Miss Gillespie, q member
of an old Catholic family who were once
wealthy, but who. meeting " .th rc'erscs.
emi9rated West. some 10 Texas ano some
to Southern Hlinois. Squire Blaine be-
came convert to the religious filth of
his wife, and lived aud died iirn BE-.
lever in il. lie had five sons ami two
daushters-James, Ephraim, Neil, Rob.
ert and John, and Mary and Eliza and
all were brought up strict and practical
Catholics. Neil is dead /; Ephrailn was last
heard from in the Southwestern Texas
or Mexico; Robert is clerk in one of
the departments at Washington John is
or Was an agent of the postOillce DEPART
ment: Mary is dead, and Eliza is the wife
OF Robert {. Walker, paymaster in the
army. Paymas'er Walker was not a
Cathode when he married Miss Blaine.
but sic converted him, and the whole
family are Catholic. Two of the daugh.
tiers Became nuns. One is dead and The
otheris somewhere in Western Perusvl. |
vania near Pittsburg. Rev. y. II. Gil
lespla a professor in Notre Dame Unycr-
sity, 81. Joscphs county, Indiana. /, n
cousin OF eX-Speakcr Blaine: 50 also Is |
MothT Angela, the authoress Of the
Me 'ololian Readcrs-a series of Catho- |
lie sclpol books. James Gillespie. or
Jim Blaine, as the ex-spcaker i TREY |
erenilyca'led was born on the last day |
OF Janhry, 1880. lie emi.rated from |
the fanny honfin Western Pennsylvania |
shortly a,er Attaining his majority aud |
graduating at Washington College. Pa.
and took up his psidence in Maine, where |
bis religion WA not popular and hc |
changed It; onlefd polii cs 1; took an eli
tOrial chair at otland, and then at Ken
ncbcc; was IN thd legislature from 1859 |
to lSG2-thc last tyo years speaker: and
has since been in tong ross.
Has jim caircly renowned his |
former faith!
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
A NEW FAs.IOS IN CHINA.

As an enterprisiug public journal,
always on the lookout % keep is read.
ers Informed Of everything new in the
wide, wide world round about us, aud
not forgetting our lady readers of
the BULLETIN, We feel 1t to be q duty
and pleasure to make record, for
their dedication, of one of the latest
fashions which prevails in china. Not
China over the ssos, where pig =
tails among the mascu''ncs aud
pinched toes among the females have
been the custom ever since the world was
young. When we say "the latest fashion
which prevails in china We mean china
-chinawarc, such rs our enter prising
inctciiaut, MI. Hartman. de2is IL. ""d
with whom our lady rc's"S are shout to
tell them Of, will have to
deal. The new fashion in china
Is dcnominatcd "the sentimental
tea set" Thus: A lady announces
her intention Of setting up "scniimen-
tal tea SET" This means that she desires
each Of her friends to present her " It'll u
cup and saucer, whose size, quality and
costliness are TO be left 10 the tastes of
tho donor. When a sufficient number
has been presented, the nondescript col
lection is cbrlstened sentimental tea set.
The lady Is then in duty bound to give q
tea party to her contributors and friends
in which the cheering weed is served in
the mstley china, gathered together in
this polite aud Ingenious way of putting
ones friends under contribution.
We presume that q few rules are nee
essary to be observed among ladies intend
Ing 10 "set up sentimental tea sets :" one
Of the most important Is that too many
ladies should not make the announce
ment OF such purpose simultaneously,
for Obvious reasons. Naturally, the heav-
Ter the tax upon the pockets Of
their friends the poorer the
quality of the cups aud sauccrs
would be. An arrangement made
among certain number of ladies' to take
turns in setting up tea sets would result
In each lady getting finer collection
than If half a dozen OF them levied o
tax on their friends at once. We
throw out these hints for the benefit of
our lady readers, as we are assured that
the sentimental tea set fashion, will
be followed extensively in the East this
winter, and that like the Star OF Empire,
1t will shortly take It's way westward.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
WINE On NEW YEARS, DAY.

We have been informed that many of
the ladies Of Cairo will receiv. ti,cIr
friends to-day aud snto, tain them ia the
manner which custom has prescribed as
the proper one for the first day Of the
year. We believe few ladies of this city
are In the habit Of Including wine among
the other refreshments they offer their
guests, and therefore we do not intend
to indulgein Temperance lecture on
this occasion. We are glad to note the
fact that the habit Of Offering wine to
callers on this day Is one which those
who "set the fashions In our
large cities In this as In other
matters, are now discourasiug.
In the city Of Washington,
where receptions are the order OF
the day from the executive mansion dow
to the lower round Of what Is called
good society the ladies of many Of the
most influential families. both in and cut
" official circles, scrupu'ously Danish
everything intoxicating from their
tables. The Washington ladies set an
example In this which every lady In the
land, who "receives" to-day, would dc
well to emulate.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
Senator stevenson, Succcssor.

LOUISVILLE, Dcccmbcr 30.-rhe Log
stature oi hcWdchy viii convene NJ
Iuul 'oIt. the s. jic capitol. to morrow.
iut0mut pn irom that place say ihat the
members arc ar.,l ug fast, quotums of
the House and Senate now being there.
As the Legislature has not been in scs.
sion for two years, the present session j,
anticipated With interest by the whole
State. The election Of n United states
senator 10 'u' 'r"d ilp pr'.oul Incumbent.
.cX-Guye nor -. 'ycusDU. has awakened
'gtncri Interest, and i. causing very
warm I,dg@ic Besides senator steven
SON. tie Hon. James 3. Beck, eN-GOyor-
nor Leslie. "Ceiro GOrdn' Williams and
isr1c Caldwell are candidates for .onalo.
iil hOnors. Public opinion = very much
divided regarding who VIII be- elected
though the race Is evidently between
Stevenson. Beck and Williams.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
MORTON's MIsTAxE.

Senator Norton not only did not make
q ten-strike when he proposed congress
SIGNAL investigation into the Mississippi
election, but the ball rolled of the alley
Before 1t struck the pins. The senator's
proppsition, by the press of his own
p4fty has met with reception which
ought to convince him that he made a
fanr pas when he asked to have the Mis-
sissippi election looked into In the hope of
uncovering ballot-stufling, intimidation,
and ether illegal means OF carrying the
election by the Democrats. The resolu-
mony that the victory was victory Of the
better ever the worse elements in the
State, and that any attempt to weaken
the moral force Of the result by investi.
cations organized to prove it to have
been the result Of fraud, can only end in
disaster to the State aud In a deeper in
famy to the Senator's own party.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
O. A. U.
what the Po..ticiams = rOfess tor III
OGu "a the West.
Ist. Louis Cor. New York Herald |

Isl. Louis tof' New York Herald
The exposure of the SO. A, L." has
stirred up the politicians in this sec ion.
because it Is hnov n that branches af the
order exist 0t they do not llou, .sh) about
here. Few people paid any al N, ON t.
the local orgaolzai Gus but now that the
order Is demonstrated to be 40 s,rorg in
New York and Ohio, much cur.osily is
ielt respecting our home soc.or cs.
have heard the opinlon Of u good many
prominent men, hut | have only Tine 10
hastily sketch some OF them.
The Times, in Conheci ,on with clip
pings OF the Tuesday bombshcl' IT, the
Herald, published an ao cunt OF Il lodge
or society here witch it claims is an OF
shoot Of the so. A. T." I'd 10 which. it
alleges, T.. w. Fox. the TO. mer cl ''rmon
OF The Republican Cen al com IA, a =, be
longs. This gentlemen, who h b. II a
hard worker for the Rcpubl'can pa. =
here for years, denies thu, he belongs to
the local organ'zation and expresses -
approval OF al such so"'cicS - work ~
the dark.
Ex-Govci nor Thomas G. R"ynolds, cx-
pressed similar views.
I lEN-Gov. Thomas &. Fletcher says he
does not believe such IN orgp"'Ta on ex-
lists here. lie said HAT he / ID rod he
Herald carefully, and he doub' i not but
that there w9s an Orgr liza on IN the
East, conn rolled by amb Gus men of no
ability, most of them mere oil :, .kers.
lie says that over year ago g. inpo-
litical shys' ,rs here, hadappro; rl, / R'm
on the subject and that he r. iscd Z ,
have anything 10 do ~ them. lie gave
it as his opinion TINT secret ore n'zq, .ons
connected With n pol al pa y ~ 4 ~
| ways bcen and would ever prove - be Il
burden to wliatevc" pc y gave them
countenance.
Lieutenant Governor Charles i. John
son. in speak 'ng of the Hcraid's expose,
said that lie had read the repoi.s ard
that he believed such m .or~W[i1eneN
HiIyilt have had was dc coyed by the OK.
posure. lie denounced any 81 cret organ.
| iZatOn IN the Interests of any political
parry. Any party linked with IT could
not but suffer an ignomiuious defeat.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
AOT 4 IAN suGaEarI0N.

A late Issue OF the Chicago Tmes ell
terislly remarked mat "if Mr.. William
X. Morrison distinguishes himself at the
head OF the ways aud means committee
this winter he will loom up graudly next
year a. compromise Democratic presi-
dentisl candidate" And We wish to re-
mark right here that whether the words
Of the Times are verified or not, the de-
mocracy could not get better material
for presidential candidate than 1t would
lind iu VIM. Il. Morrison. II has been
urged against him that he is no talker. 1t
cannot be urged with equal truth that he
Is no thinker. The silent man
now In the White House
has proved himself, ON more than one
occasion, la political sagacily, tho CON-
peer Of all the oratorical statesmen in his
party. Our belief Is that the Illinois con.
krsssman new 1t the head of the ways
and means committee, as a Democratic
president would hssdie the affairs OF the
nation ~ ably and as discreetly os any
man the Democracy have to choose
from.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-01
N'rrrs Dctei mined 90 I.yueh.

WHEEL NJ. W. ", Dec 30.--A special
to the Ltei{igeacDr says that since the
murder of Thomas Lee, OF Madden,
krnawha county, IN tbs state, by Rpm.
Ea, " and John Dawson. The miners
aud laborerS employed in The Sa'ines.
have organized band for the purpose of
lynch'ng the mrrderers. Tbs evening
n mob OF masked men number 'ng f'oin
three to five hundred marched into
Charleston. turned out the gas and pro
cccdcd to the jill. End demanded end pro
cured the keys of the jail but The pris-
oncrs had been removed by the sheriff,
who anticipated the mob's appcr -ance.
They captrrod the jai'or, swca NC to
hang him IL he did not inform them OF
the whereabouts of The mprdercrs. They
dispatched body of mount ID men TO
lind the sheriff and the pr,sonc,s. The
supposition Is that the jailor HIS d'yr'gcd
the whereabouts OF the murdcrcrs,