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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
The Euyette q, Gsculty.

FAYETTE, Nov. 9th, 1876.
Editors N0fchez Dem0cydt:-
AS our community for several days.
past has been greatly excited on ac-
count of n most dastardly outrage COM
mltted about seven miles south-ea east of
here, l have concluded to write you a
short account of it. On last Friday
night a colored man by the name of
Charley Chester was shot and badly
wounded by a would. be assassin. On
Saturday evening cur Sheriff deput:zed
Capt. Pat Darden to take q squad Of
men, and try and find the assassin. The
Captain went to the residence of Ches..
ter and was informed that one, Dave
Bingainan,, was suspected Of being the
assassin. Capt. Dardcn then went
about three miles to u house where
there was preaching or singing going
on, and as he rode up with his posse,
the preacher came out, and the Captain
told him not to be uneasy, as he was
only in search Of Sam Bingaman. Theu
the crowd of negroes in the house ran
out in all directions. Capt. Darden
gave orders to surround the house, or
rather the premises, as there were sew
eral houses, aud in surrounding them,
the negroes shot from a cistern house,
MORALLY wounding Henry Darden, and
from another house shots were fired,
seriously w~ounding Walker Harper,
son of Capt. VIM. r. Harper. Young
Harper WAS literally shot IRON head to
foot, but with squirrel shot only. he
was not instantly killed. Our men
were so situated that is was impossible
to- return the fire. The woods and
neighborhood were thoroughly search
ed that night and next day by oyer four
hundred men,. from all portions OF Jefi
ferson and Franklin counties. The
shooting took place within three miles
of the Franklin line. So far we have
captured about uine OF ten OF them; sew
eral more are at large. if...g .i
Henry Darden was q most estlmable
Young man, the only son Of A. j.. Dar>
den. He leaves a young wife and two
little children. The only clue so far
we Cal. get to the matter is one. OF the
negroes remarked, 1--WE got our orders
in town to shoot any white man that
comes this way-that the soldiers were
here now to protect u.s." 1t is all the
effec. of Grant and his policy. i.J
Respectfully.
a r. ri. Truly.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
God 1t.

A telegram says Secretary Fish and
Secretary Cameron were with the Presi-
dent in Philadelphia when his orders
were issued for troops for Florida and
Louisiana, and requesting the presence
of trusted people at New Orleans. 1t
is known that the President took the
reins in his own hands, and it is believ-
ed his ambition is to steer the country
safely through the present danger, and
to see to it that the man rightfully
chosen shall be President. 1t is sig
nifcant that these orders went directly
from the Commander-in-chief to the
General of the Army. If the President
determined that the imam rightfully
chosen shall be President" Tilden will
be inaugnrated.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
CERTAINLY ELECTED
Louisiana, South Carolina and FIofi
d Democratic. W
Radical OfacInI, Concchc TIL.
NNden's Election.
The Returning Boards to be Feared.

Anew Orleans special just received
here says Louisiana has gone Demo
cratic by eight Thousand, Florida by
twelve hundred and Sou.hslC Carolina by
eleven hundred, and adds that. the Res
turning Boards have full control OF the
returns and their decisions are to be
feared They have the power, if they
dare uss it, to declare thai Hayes has
received a majority in all OF tie above
States. 81 at.o4t si aolt.L. oaso.a
The following specials 10 the Picn-
ynle are interesting reading: 4lo t1.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Tha After
ney- General of Florida has photographed
to Baltimore stating that Tilden's ma.
jority there is 1900 -' "hS--"'i'-
. Senator Gordon teiegrsphs from Co
lumbia that Tilden has Carried South
Carolina. B.
Ex-Attorney- General Williams, Com
gresham elect Brown, of Indiana. and
other prominent Republicans, concede
Tilden's election, ;.4s stt45E .ba.
New YORK, Nov. Il, 2:20 F., ma
telegram received from the United
States Marshal at Charleston, says
~"Hampton's majority is 1900, and iii
denis 1000" 5a4 4 s-bg,t @
Col. Ladder, formerly Of the Char
lesion Courier, telegraphs: "Soutl
Carolina is Enthusiastically Democratic
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

The New York T,tbunei q strong
Hayes organ. says:
GIVE ussan honert vote. Let it be
borne in mind in the intense moments
Of this waiting for the final result of
this Presidential election that there. is
one thing of vastly more weight to the
people Of this country than the ohnice
of either of these candidates, or the
success Of either party, and that who
evcr is elected shall be honestly elected.
Neither Governor Tilden nor Governor
Hayes can afford Ia be declared elected
or take the office of President of the
United States anless he has been fairly
and legally chosen by honest ballots
and on honest connt. More than this:
No private citizen can afford to have, at
such a time ms this, any tampering with
ballots or returns The country would
not suffer from either result-the elec>
ton of Hayes. or Tilden-any such last
ing damage as would come from the
successful consummation of any scheme
involving in the least degree the purity
of the ballot box, OF the fairness of The
election, or the g~enrineness OF the
returns. -ysI. Ea+fUaI.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

CO.,
On the Sth inst Mr.. Walter Chandler,
son of Judge Chandler, fired at and at
tempted to kill p. X. Mayors, Esq, as
he was stepping off the train ut Bay
st. Louis. Mayors saw his danger,
and jumped in the car just as Chandler
brought his gun to a level, and the
load intended for Mayors struck and
killed a train boy named Ferguson.
Politics was at the bottom of the ARRAY.
The Grand Jury Of Hancock county has
found a true bill against Chandler for
murder, and he was committed to jail
to await his trial at tho May term OF
the Circuit Court. a. F3a 80
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
Halt Solid SOnth.

1t is very gratifying to the people of
the South to know that all of the six
teen Southern States have cast n solid
and united vote for Tilden and Hen
bricks. The South has marched up in
a solid column and given her support to
the ticket OF honesty and reform. She
has shown to the fanatics OF the North
that she is again united and strong,
ready and willing to do her part in free
ing the country of the party that has
only distinguished itself by it's corrup-
ton. May she always be solid in her
efforts for the right. Look at the fol-
lowing array of States that have given
their electoral votes for Tildenan d Hen
bricks, only four of which are Northern,
and say are You not proud that the
South is your home, and you are n of
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
:shocH:E. We nrGcr of Nouns
E.Idy,

The usually quiet neighborhood of
Charlottesville ias. been thrown into q
most terrible state of excitement, the
occasion being Il of the most terrifying
murders known in the annals of crime.
The particulars are definitely az fol
lows: On the morning of the sth, Mr..
Berry Brittou, residing three miles east
of Charlottesville, went out to q mill pond
near by. He was accompanied by a
Younger daughter The only person
left on the place was Miss Melissa Brit
ton, al elder daughter, IL young lady
Of about twenty. /,
About noon the fishing party return
ed, to find the houses pillaged. Upon
searching about tone hundred yards
from the house. horrible to relate, the
mutilated corpse of the young lady WAS
found. The Weapon used was an axe,
and it was used in the most brutal man
Fer. The head and neck and arm all
bore repeated traces Vi the deadly
weapon, tnf~ E.ah a, -,t,.
The alarm instantly flew over the
country, and the neighbors quickly as
sembled. There is no certain clue to
tIl6 per DtLTdGOi u viz 4thNIou ttCt,
The only possible conclsion is that it
was instigated by mercenary motives,
it having been reported that Mr.. Brit
ton kept a large amounto of gold aud sill
yer in his house. I'D .tfes-.1 u .sa-ra7s1
Suspicion rests upon a man who had
been in the heighborhood for some
time, travelling under two or three diff
ferentsnames, one of which was Jack
son. > He is medium height. rather
stout, heavy black whiskers, black. hair
and eyes, dark complexion, shabbily
dressed; the coat he usually wore had
a hole burn in the right sleeve. He
claimed to be exceedingly piousy and
fond of praying. He had been stay.
ing at B%ritton's for a day OF two. but
left ostensibly, on the morning the fatal
deed was committed. Since he has not
been seen or heard from. Keep look
out for him-Hhte,pyise Courier.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

Solving sac scutttern
TheINew York .Ncth0dist til INKS that
the South Will never be brought into
cordial friendly relations with the
North by the action of any political
party, but only by the work of the re-
united Churches. Here is the position
il takes:
Patriots who want one country, and
q Union in which all sectious and all
races are equal, must see that but one
means of reconciliation rcmains-but
one way tf creating a solid body OF
Southerners allied with Northerners in
lie cultivation of national feeling, and
the defense of all rights-and that is to
summon the National Churches to
oil Ne mean by Natiuunl thUsz
Churches which are spread over the
whole land. Happily, the South has
no sectional Churches-nothiug cor
responding to the congtegationai,sm Of
the North. Their Christians are Meth
odists, Baptists. Preshyteriaps, Eoisco-
p~aljans, etc. These Churches have a
better right to utter the national Will
than any political convention that ever
assembled in the United States. The
duty of settling this awful controversy
will remain after the election. Ii Gov.
Hayes is elected, the self>seeking Re
publican of the Sonth will still shut mp
the seif-respecting native white ITO
Democratic politics. If Gov. Tilden is
elected, the violent Southern Democrat
will still intimidate the moderate men.
We shall be, so far as our main prob
lem is concerned, Just where we are,
only a little deeper in the mud, which
ever party is successful. 1E
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
Hooking After H-oui~ia ma.


In to the call of Hon. Abra-
ham Hewitt, Chairman Of the National
Democratic Committee, the following
named gentlemen have gone to New
Orleans to witness the count OF the Re
turning Board: Hon. Lyman TRANQUIL,
of Illinois, ex- United States Senator;
Hon. J. NJ. Palmer, of Illinois; ex Gov.
A. G. Curtin, of Pa I; ex Gov. and ex-
Senator Hamilton, of Nd Hon. s. P.
Doolittle, of Wisconsin; ex Senator and
and ex-Licut. Governor Colbaugh, OF
Illinois; Judge j. B. Stalls, OF Ohio;
Hon. Oswold Ottendorfer, of New
York; Hon. Henry Watterson, of Ky;
Hon. Theodore Randolph, of New Jer-
sey; Hon. G. B. Smith, of Wisconsin;
Gov. G. Carroll, of Maryland; ex-Gov.
Bigler, of Pennsylvania; Hon. V. Fox,
ex Assistant Secretary of the Navy;
Hon. Samuel J. Randall, Of Pennsyl-
yania; Prof. Sumner, of Yale College,
and Hon. H. d. McEIenry. of Ky.
At the instance of the President the
gentlemen named below will also be on
hand to inspect the counting OF the
vote in Louisiana: Hon. William
Evarts, Judge E. ". Stoughtou, Gener-
u John A. Dix. and General James FL.
Van Alien, OF New York; Senator Sher-
man and Stanley Matthews, of Ohio:
Hon. CORTLAND Parker, of New Jersey;
Senator Elmunds, of Vermont; John
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana; Sena-
tor Logan, of Illinois; Hon. W. d.
Kelly. and Hon. John Schoonberg, OF
Pennsylvania, aid John A. kasson.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

THERE was not a printedRadical ticket
in This town on last Tuesday. The
Radical leaders wilfully neglected the
flock in these parts. Those who hereto
fore provided tickets, it seems. felt no
interest in the vote here and let it go
by default. The negroes could not I'M
derstane it, Many of them came in
town expecting to find Hayes. Wheeler.
and. Shaughnessv tickets ready for
them. Being disappointed, they returns
ed home Without voting. The offer was
made to write out Radical tickets for
them, but they declined. saying that if
.hey couldn' get "~printed" tickets they
would not vote at all. Liberty Herald.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
The Presidency.

The election is over, vet 1t is not def
initely known Who will be our next
President. That Tilden is elected.
there is not the shadow of a doubt. but
the question that o arises is. will he
be counted IN atiil installed? Up to the
hour Of going 10 press last Thursday
we had INFORMATION that he had receiv-
ed one hundred and eighty-fonr elccto-
raj votes, lacking one vote OF an elec'
ton. Since then telegram after tele-
gram has asserted that he had carried
South Carolina. Florida and Louisiana,
thus securing eighteen more votes
han is necessary for his election. But
os each of the States above named has
n Radical Returning Board. it is feared
that they will declare the result in favor
of Hayes. Should they do so, we fear
the consequences Prominent Northern
men of both parties have gona to New
Orleans, and the Returning Board VIII
be closely watched. 81. #' "'5
When the Constitution was framed
the possibility of Grantism was an in
conceivable thing and hence no provis-
ion was made for such an emergency as
the dangers The Radical leaders now
present. The Constitution precludes
the Federal government from having
any thing to do with the appointment
of Presidential electors, who may be
selected in any way the Legislatures OF
the irrespective States nay see fit. Phe
President of the Senate is mada n re.
suruing officer whose duty it is to open,
! count and the returns made
by the Electoral College. It is true n
Republican Congress has assumed the
authority by a ioint rule of order to
raise objections to the counting OF cleo
toral votes of particular States and has
on n number of occasions thrown out
some electoral votes, but in so doirg
Congress assumed an authority not IN
any manner guaranteed by the Consti>
tuition. Nor is there any Constitutional
provision comforting discretionary pow
ers upon the President of the Senate.
AlAlough Republican Senators argue
: that. he possesses such power from the
: necessity of the case. yet nothing eau
be more clear from the language OF the
Constitution on the subject and from
the history of the adoption of the clause,
than that the expectation was that the
States respectively would take the nee
essary %precantion to protect the purity
of their electoral votes. The plain
truth of the matter is, there is no pro-
vision whatever for the contest Of a
Presidential election. fins, then. is
the situation. If the Radical managers
succeed in making up a majority IN
the electoral returns forwarded
to the President of the Senate, it
is difficult to see where the remedy lies.
no matter how gross ana notorious the
fraud by which the majority was made
out. Hence, arises the danger.
There is no question but that Tilden
is elected. but the signs Nre unmissak-
BILE that the INSCRIPTIONS rascals who
manage the Hayes canvass are prepar-
ing to overthrow Tilden's maj rity in
the several States by force and fraud,
and behind them stands the depraved
and dangerous man whom an inscruta-
BILE dispensation of Providence has
!, clothed with the dignity of the Chief
Magistrate of this nation.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
/. SIaushfer In Kemner.

We hear vague reports of a slaughter
in kemper county Oh Wednesday after
noon.in, or near, DeKalb. a difficulty
occurred between Gully and Harper,
which grew out and involved others, re-
sulting in the killing of two men whose
names we failed to get. The difficulty
appears to have been along the high
way, because it is reported that the
firing frightened a team of horses at
tached to q wagon, causing o runaway,
overturning the wagon and seriously
injuring a woman that was in it.
-NpyJIj0D NeycuJN.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
ACrueiE Deed.

MEMPHIS, Nov. It.-Correspondence
from Austin, Mississippi, says that on
Thursday morning. L. NJ. Harvey, of
Louisville, was killed. MI. Harvey got
off the boat and was accosted by a
stranger. who told him he was sent
to meet him. He expressed his pleas
ure. aud he and Mr.. Dunlap, of Ten
nessee, who was also a passenger. start
ed up to Austin. When they had gone
about two hundred yards the stranger
stepped to one side of the road and
came ont from behind trees,
and approaching them asked the muir
dered man: us your name Harvey?"'
He said. Eyes" The man said. II
will kill you," and fired at him, killing
him Instantly. Dunlap was told to
make tracks off. which he did.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
4 sad Ending ola Day. sport.

Yesterday OF noon an incident befell
Mr.. John Bender, aged twenty-three
years, causing his death almost instan-
%taneously. The unfortunate young man
had been ont hunting and was return
ing to his home when. in passing tie
corner of Jefferson and Fourth streets,
Cafrollton, his gun slipped from his
grasp. falling IN such a way as to dis
charge it, lodging the entire load of
buckshot in his right breost.
-New Orleans Times.
A warning to other wild bucks OF
your city who desecrate the holy Sab
bath by cunning.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
Fair E,faY n0c0.

The New Orleans TicdynHe uses
threatening languag". 1t intimatHd a
strong resolve of the people to have
ia;r play. The Cincinnati E~aaHtre1' OF
,he eth is somewhat in the same vein.
It says that the Republican Return
ing Board, it is believed, will attempt
to throw ont enough votes to give
the State to Hayes. AS this u only
be done by the gros7Hst usnrpation. 1t
will be seer at once that if the contest
narrows down to Louisiana a crisis will
be reached in our national affairs. The
people are in no kumor to be swindled
by q political organization which has
long held power in the face Of n popu-
lar majority" 5 ,.
It gays further:
This is Hayes Fighting chance,
that we have heard so much about.
The Radical managers in New Orleans
are preparing to seize the ballot-boxes,
and. under protection of the military,
proceed to count the State against the
Democrats.
GRAFT ordered Sheridan to New Or
leans to tans charge of the troops, and
the man who wasn't afraid" arrived
there Yesterday. In sei,..;ng troops to
Louisiana and Florida Grant has v;alat-
ed his oath of Office, and deserves all
the censure that he has received. We
take It that Grant views tie case TINS,
Notwithstanding the honied words in his
orders: Louisiana and Florida are
Democratic, but the Returning
Boay.ls are disposed to declare them
both Republican. bnt afraid if they do
they vill 10 kiled by an outraged
people. Now to secure those States
for Hayes ] will send dom troops and
protect the Boards in any decision they
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

While the Rev. Aaron Moore (coEored)
was recently preaching at the Mother
Church" he dwelt with great, JUNCTION on
the mercy of God, telling bis hearers,
as a ~cli2cher, that even Judas, who be-
trayed his master, was, through the
saving mercy of Heaven, ever now sit.
ting at the right hand of the Father.
Elder Johnson, who had listened i'm
patiently to such a sermon, closed the
services by saying: my hearers. if
you believe the teachings Of Bro.
Moore, and trust to his doctrines for.
salvation, yon will land in the same
He'll where Judas is. Let us pray"
-IrcL.snn Ti1nee
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
Via ti,e Great .gacksen Eyoute.

The jackson railway transported
many of the eountry's statesmen on
Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. Wat
terson, McHenry. Lamar, Gov. Palmer
and party, Gov. Curtin and panty. and
many Others of our most distinguished
visitors, reached the city via the Jack
son ronte.
In this connection, it will be in order
to note that the connection at Fillmore,
opposite Cairo, has been re-established,
by the completion of a new railway fer
ry landing. Trains are now transport
ed across the Ohio as formerly, and
passengers are sent through from New
Orleans to Chicago end st. Louis,
without change or transfer. Times.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

The destinies of the United States
appear to depend upon the will ofihree
men-the carpet bag Governors of
Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida.
Ne know Kellogg has, on several &C.
casfons, falsified election returns. VIC
know Tint Chamberlain's re election as
Governor depends upon his falsifylng
the returns of South Carolina. We
know little of Stearns OF Florida, PM
can Judge Of his dishonesty from the
dispatch asking for troops to protect
the count of the ballots. These three
men elected by negro votes, thrust upon
tile people by Grants %bayonets, the OF
sconsings Of the North, the froth OF a
idebased suffrage, tho. scum Of accident,
are to-day the arbiters. of forty utlllions
of people. They hold in their lands to-
day the power to decide the electoral
vote for President, By Putting their
names but onceto q slip of paper certI
flying The election of this or that set OF
Electors, they rule forty States for tonr
years, and nullify the viii of the peo>
pie oiesnighty Republic. These three
miserable usurpers, the tools OF igno-
rance AMI knavery, the i~nstigators and
abettors Of fraud, hold in their dirty
ingeps 4 ukase more t6tent than that
of the Gar of Mlsthe Knssias. AT their
feet are ninety Observation-Disclosures.
On theiv words depend the patronage
and th& power which attend an annual
reveanSo f hundreds of millions of dol
lars. - ,ta ~
Will this triumyirate pause before
they reverse the popular verdict and
give to the defeated candidate for Pres-
ident the form of an election2 Did
Kellogg pause when a&Srunken Judge
enabled him to plant The bayonets of
Grant at the door Of the Louisiana
| Legislature?
The Republican party did not fanse
when they needed one vote IN fhe Unit
ed States Senate ooveTcome the vetoes
of President johnson and to put the
South in chains. They expelled that
one Senator, Stockton. from his seat.
They did not pause when they lacked
three States to ratify the last Amend
ment to the Constitution. They re re-
CONSTRUCTED Texas, Georgia and Mis-
sissippi. They did not pause when Al
ALBANIA voted down the Radical Consti-
tuition of 1867. They declqred it rati-
fed Notwithstanding. Nor will they
pause now at any monstrous fraud TO
retain thesgovernment of this republic
in their hands.
The first triumyirs of Rome, Cesar,
Pompey and Crassus, were brave and
enlightened Generals. The second fri
nmvirate, Octavins, Lepidus and An
tony, were statesmen, philosophers and
heroes. But thes. miserable creatures
who now hold in their hands the for
tunes of this Empire, are wretches
whom even the wild beasts of the arena
would have scorned. IF the forty mil>
lions of American people permit Kef-
logg and his conspirators to make a
President as he made n Governor-to
rule the forty States as he has ruled
Louisiana; then the Government of
these United States will have received
a blow from which recovery is impossl-
bic. The Union becomes a rope of sand
when the Presidency is auctioned off
by such men rs Kellogg, Chamberlain
and Stearns.-Ho6 iie Register.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

Ballots Actually Cast.

The President has issued the follow
ing orders. 1t will be observed..thathe
says, Send troops to insure a peacea-
bic count of the.ballots a~ctu4liv cast"
If Grant really means what he suy,, he
must be in favor of right and justice.
1t is we'll known that Louisiana has
given Tilden a large majority, and if the
Returning Board count all the ballots
"actually cast" there can be no further
doubt of his Inauguration. The orders
raoj.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16

vERMosr, it appears, elected q Post
master as a member of the Electoral
College. The Constitution declares
him ineligible. Good-by, Hayes.