davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New York herald., 1876-12-14
HONORABLE RETRACTION.

THE EMINENT HISTORIAN, TIE COMTE D1
PARIS, GENEROUSLY CoRRECTs AN ERROR IN
HIS HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMER
CHATEAU D'Eu. SEINE ISyERIEuRx
Oct y, 1875
JAxEs MILLKES, Esq, PhiladcphM:-
DEAR SIR--As promised 10 you have carefully
studied the volume published by General Patterson
the Shenandoah campaign, and compared tho account
which II contains with the other documents upon
which prepared my description OF the military events
OF July 1861 regret that had opportunity 10
that book before published my FIRST volume, Tor n
modifcs In serious way tho judgment passed upon
General Patterson's conduct upon the faith OF the
Impressions had received nt the headquarters Of the
army III the last Two months OF General SCOTS COM
mand.
profess the gr.atest respect for that eminent
patriot ana soder lor one VINO was justly CONSIDERED
the father OF the American army. IL 10. therefore,
most reluctantly that am compelled TO expose tho
military errors which be committed IN July, 1861;
these can be excused account his advanced
age and his inhrmes; but tney had too great tnnu-
ence on the course Of events to be ignored BY me
Therefore. IN answer TO your communication, have
to state after due consideration, that was mistaken
IN charging General Patterson with having let johnson
slip away before him from Winchester without bscom-
taking in account tho situation Of General Pattsr-
son, with soldiers whose service was TO expire IN .
few days. the INSTRUCTIONS which he received from
Washington and the ignorance In which ho was
len OF the posiponemcnt Of the attack Of Manassas
could do. The most serious charge which could be
brought against him was, IN my opinion, not that
Johnston had been able TO leave winchester but that
he had Jeff without General Patterson suspcctng IT,
and advising General Scott Of that important fact
That charge tails 10 the ground before the telegram
by the former to the lattcr Jelly 20, quoted
page IS. although it should NOS be turned against
General Scott as likely that be received that
formation too late 10 communicate u to Mcdowell at
Ccntrevile before tho morning Of the 2lsl IL my
work reaches another edition 1t viii be correcssd
cordngly AT all events you can put this letter at
General Pattersons disposition Believe, sir, yours
Wuly, l. 7. D'ORLEANS, Comte do Para
The New York herald., 1876-12-14
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Mr. HALE. trep.) Of Me-, asked leave to Introduce
bill authorizing citizens OF Colorado to cut and
timber the public domain for building, agricultural
mining and domestic purposes, and was proceeding
state that by tho action of tho House Colorado
excluded from representation, but he was called to
ordor by tho Speaker and Mr.. Luttrcl or California.
Mr. SpRISGKR, (dem.) OF Ill, objected to the intro
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

Tho following is tho vote on tho passage Of Ihs sl
bill -
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
Eyucls's

A few days ago J. R. Lych said te
a reporter of the Natchez Democrat,
"if the Democrats should have a ma.
iority in the next Congress, he would
unless fairly defeated, be seated, ever
though Gen. Chalmers shonld present
credentials signed by Governor Stone,
but that if the Republicans should
elect Hayes and a Republican House,
even though he Lynch should have
Gov. Stones credentials, neither he nor
any of the other of the Mississippi
Congressman ELECT, nor Senator elect
Lamar, would be seated. He thinks
that in the latter case the Congress will
ignore the present State government of
Mississippi entirely, and what further
steps they may take he does not pre-
tend to say"
Lynch has spoken more boldly than
any other member of his party. Now
to prevent Mississippi from being
ted out, we should elect. Tilden Demo
crats, Conservatives, Reformers, re-
member what is at stake, and do your
duty on election day.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
A SENSIBLE EEESF..
'EIr Es1ys Cant Eogne so See
Rser GHgeas they ksa2tSfeT.

~ sv ~
Rscr an!ess they s~snai&aeT.
A girl has o very sensible article in the
Pdnoio Star, upon the subject of reg
istration, q portion of which we publish
below. Read it girls and adopt the
sentiment
Being a woman, and justly deprived
OF this greatest of privileges, there is
one thing we can do, and if tho girls
were of my mind, there would not be a
name to PIT upon the 'bIack list
dfach HSt IS what call the unregistcr
ed. Ny mind is this All the voters
are not married men-many of item
arc married men, and some of tie latter
"a we'll as the former, have failsd to put
their names upon the scroll Of honor
Now, girls, don't you allow one of these
chaps to come about you give them the
cold shoulder, and make it . point to ask
your "feller" the question the very next
time he calls, if he has registered? and
if not registered, to tell him plump that,
his room IS better than his company.
If he sends his card, thus:
accomplishments Of Mr., who would
be pleased to call this evening, and es-
cort Miss-to the concert, or church,
etc-iust Won answer it thus
II Mr.-has availed himself of the
privilege of boing called a man, a gen
tleman, by registering, .Miss-would
be more than pleased to receive his at
tention. Ii not registered, the less she
is annoyed by his cards and self, tbs
better would she be gratitiea.
This kind of treatment viii bring
them to taw" as the marble boys
say, and it will not. be impolite or in the
least discourteous to use this means to
compel them to acknowledge their wor-
thy or unworthiness OF your society.
Unregistered, they are not fit compan.
:ons under any circumstances, and more
particular at thia crisis, for any lady.
Your honor is at stake your welfare is
at stake, and your country's future may
be forever dimmed and b!ackened by
this negligence.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
Disturbance At HzernI NGO.

In our last issue we alluded to the
disturbance at fernando, on the 18th
inst, but wer: unable to give any par
ticulars. Manning and Walton, nomi-
nees for Congress, had arranged q pub
lie discussion for that day, and seats
had been prepared in a grove, an equal
number being set apart for the white
people and negroes. Early III the morn
ing the negroes commenced to assemble
in large numbers, and rode round the
public square shouting and yelling at a
furious rate, Just before the speaking
was to commence they stopped their
demonstrations, marched to the grove,
took possession of ali the seats, and
refusedto yield any to the whites.
This action of the colored men, who
seemed to have appeared there to Gre
ate a disturbance, led to a fight in which
two members of each ace were wound
ed, bat the officers of the law succeeded
in restoring order before any actual
killing took place.
Officers arrested the turbulent men,
and ordered the crowd to dispense, and
the discussion was not made.
Manning, the Radical candidate for
Congress, fastened to the telegraph Of
fee and sent the Marshal instruction
Taft, the following dispatch
Gas Manning and myself. nominees
for Congress, wei eabout beginning our
nineteenth joint discussion here to-day,
n white man cudgled a negro, and the
whites opened fire on a large colored
crowd in the audience. Five colored
and two whites are reported shot. After
the shooting 1 offered to speak, but de-
clared [ should, rs usual, denounce
Democratic violence. The officers then
advised the crowd to disperse and they
did 90"
1t would seem Manning had changed
his tactics, and if he gets to Congress
we don't believe he would do as he said
he would in the opening Of the nvas
Refuse to sit by and hear the South
slanderea. He is a slanderer himself OF
his people and State. Mr.. John Woods,
one of the white men wounded III the
affray has since died.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28

SS5s No.

The Hayes and Wheeler Club Of
Jackson is mad. It don't think Grant
Knows what he is about and from a
resolution condemning his action in
suspending Redmond and re-instating
Lake, as Marshal Of this district, we
extract the following sentence:
"This act on the part of the Pre- idelt,
of the United States has not only given
great encouragement TO the Democracy
of the State but has had a correspond
ingly depressing effect upon the Repub
licans."
The Club is certainly mistaken
when it says ''this act has given
great encouragement to the Democra-
cy." The Democracy of this State
needs no encouragement from the Radi-
calls. Is commenced the canvass with tie
denomination of carrying the State, and
nothing the Radical party could do
would increase or diminish the enthusi-
asm of the people who will h%enceforth
rule Mississippi.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
A SANDER disposed OF.

1t must have occurred to every man
who is not q fool, or whose vision is
not blinded by prejudice, that the Re-
publican politicians aud organs are in a
bad way. They have resorted to all
manner of despicable and disreputable
tricks to make it appear that Gov. Til.
den made q false return of his income
in 1862, and now this last poor straw is
snatched from the grasp of the drown
ing party. Judge Sinnott, at, the re-
quest of Mr.. Hewitt, Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, has
5Saniined this matter in all iss length,
bredth and bearing, and shows most
clearly and conclusively that the huge
calumny Las not the least foundation in
fact, bnt was conceived in knavery and
brought forth in falsehood and malice
Judge Sinnott's facts and figure sare as
clear aud concise as tho nature of the
subject will admit and should be in the
hands Of all lovers of truth and justice.
TIE New York Sun says that the
Statement OF Judge Siunott fatty con-
tradicts the charge set afoat by the
Times. Taking up the different items
stated by the Times. amounting in the
aggregate to $l08, 600, Judge Sinnott
shows that most of them are entirely
destitute Of truth; that Mr.. Tilden was
not employed in that ysar by the cor
porations alleged by the Times, and
received nothing whatever from them;
that out of, thirteen different items nine
were purely fictitious; that one item
of $25,0 600 was true only to tho extent
of one 81, 600; and that tho other two
Items of $40. 600 each were true, but
that money was mostly earned in years
before the income tax was imposed,
and accordingly, was not subject tc
taxation; and finally he reafirms that
after deducting interest and losses
which accrued during that year, Mr.
Tilden's whole income was S7,ll8, an(
10 more.
This Outrageous SANDER originated
with Chandler, Secretary Of the Interi-
or, and WAS seconded by the Secretary
of the Treasury, who prostituted his Of
fee to the lowest purposes by sending
the New York Times grabbed extract:
from the public archives to be used il
giving color to the malicious false
hoods published for party purposes.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
NOTTCE. NOTICE!

Those planting friends TO whom have
made advances to make crops, / must urge
to come forward promptly with their cot
ton and settle their accounts. Experience
teaches that early settlements are easiest
made, and he who moves earliest in picking
and selling cotton gets better samples, bet
ter prices and enjoys better spirits, and
n better name. There are some who habit
ually lose a large percentage OF their crops
by delays in the fall. Some Of their cot
ton is wasted, some Of it a dirty sample
and sold on a late market, at 4 low pilce,
and when credited n a protracted a count,
it falls short, when a better management,
With the same labor, might have seulcd in
full and had some hing left out OF the
same crop. -,
Come forward, friends, promptlr, with
your cotton. The p,ice is low, bat not
likely to be any better. Bring all your
cotton 10 your merchant whem pledged.
Shining cotton wi BE r%uinons to charac.
ter, and surely bling bitter returns in the
end. lave . new stock Of goods bought
for cab. those Of my customers who
come forward early, ard buy for c;sh, sLa'l
have goods at special rates. Come carly
with your cotton and ave the eEpei+e OF
riding round. r. w. MlLLSAlS'
B~rookhay-n, Miss, sept. u, lo1G-2m.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
Bale. S~tuIlers Wanted.

The campaign in Indiana grows
warmer every day, and both parties are
doing their utmost. It is a death stru-
gle with the Republicans, and they stop
at nothing however corrupt and fraud
ulent to accomplish their purposes. A
letter from Philadelphi, published in
the New York World, gives a detailed
statement OF facts concerning the over
lures that have been made to parties IN
that city. experts i'll s%tufing ballot box
es, and the like frauds, inviting them
to go to Indiana and assist in the com
ing election Judge Niblack of that
State, who is most excellent authority,
says that Old Blue Jeans Williams will
carry the State by fully fifty thousand
majority, and if the Philadelphia stuff
fers can lie kept away there is no doubt
that the event will justify his predic-
tion
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
Religious Work.

Brookhaven St. James Baptist Associa'
ton met at Spring Hill, Lawrence county,
September 22d, 1876. All the churches in
the Association were represented. Rev
Jesse Jordan reelected Moderator Ed
ward Seibles, clerk Rev. S. ] ordan, Cor
responding Secretary , r. H. Armstrong,
Treasurer. Next meeting of the Associa-
ton will be held at Greenwood Church,
Lincoln county, Friday and Saturday, be-
fore the fourth Sabbath in September, 1877.
This Association is composed of colored
chu. chez, and its meetings are always we'll
attended, and are harmonious and inter.
estiGz,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28

The Democratic candidate for Cover
nor of New York puts this pertinen
question in his Albany speech:
els it anywhere recorded in the pc
litical history of this country that on.
party, corrupted by the long possession
of power, ever reformed itself and cor
rected its own abuses? 1t has never
been done, and will not be without 8
of Administration"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
COAsa:giSsiNases.'s SIZE.
SRPgfG'.s SAFE,

j. A. Price, In the Justice Court
VS.. Of Lincoln County.
Sylvester Ames and Vendi from Circuit
Margaret Morris. Court.
By virtue of a writ of vehIi;ioni expo
u 20 NE directed from the Circuit Court
of Lincoln county, Mississippi, | will on
MONDAY, M~0vEM5Ea;S, '76,
at the Courthouse door, in the town of
Brookh&ven, proceed 10 sell, to The highest
bidder, for cash, the following described
property, to-wit: All the west side of
Halls branch in the scu,h-wes quarter of
section 81, and the southwest qnarter OF
northwest quarter Of section "a, in town
ship 6, range s, East, in Ljncol county,
Miss, levied on as the property of Sylvester
Ames and Margaret Norris, and will be
sold to satisfy the judgment and costsin the
above stated case.
This The 28th day Of September, 4. D.
1876. 40. COX.
sep EST Sheriff.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28

GEN. JOHN A. DIX says he should ere
gard the success of Tilden and Hen
bricks as one of the greatest caiamities
that can befall us.'ICh5cdgo Tribune.
As a matter of fact, the greatest ca
lamity known to the calamity known to
the politics of the country occurred in
New York in 1874. One Samuel J.
Tilden beat one John A. Dix for Cover
nor by a. majority of 50, 200. Since that
time MIR. Dix has been a mar OF sorrow
and acquainted with calamities. Gin
ctnn0ti Enquirer.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
County REGENERATION.

The general registration of the coun.
ty is now completed. Below we give
the result, showing the number of voters
at each box, and also the number of
whites ana colored.
The white majority in the county is
254. 1t will be seen that only 1852 vo-
ters have registered. This is ABS loss
than TIE highest number of votes cast
at the last election. 1t is no answer to
this that the colored men have not reg
issered; the contrary is the fact.
We suggest that each Democratic
club appoint a committee to examine
the new registration roll, compare it
with the old one and report the white
men who have not registered. In the
two election districts of Brookhavea there
are quite a number of white men who
have not registered. They are noted,
md their names will soon be pre- seated
tothe Democratic club. Some of our a J.
paren5}y gallant young men, who desire
the approving smiles of our young IL
dies, have shown by falling TO register
that they care but little for their coun-
try.
But to the examination. It is easily
made, as you have only to compare the
poll book of former years with the new
one. In both, the names are placed il
alphabetical order, ana two men in al
hour can easily prepare a list Of Al
white men in the coauty who have no
registered. Elch club should have thu
list, first, that they may see who have
not registered from want Of information
inadvertanca, sickness Or other cZcusa
bic cause, and that they maybe inlace,
TO register on the five days of registra
ton inst before the election !; second
that he who has 50 little interest IN TIN
honest and gool government of TIL
country may be known by his neighbors
There are a few who have fliled t.
register because OF prejudice to the TAX
ing of oaths before the exercise Of til
elective franchise. To such we say
your preiudices may be the ruin of you
country. The miserable Radicals, whoI
we ask you to assist in defeating, b
their constitution imposed this hateful
restriction with q view to keep You fror
voting, and it is not in the power of on
Legislature to change it, besides if
were now changed the Repubiica
whelps would vote every ignorant an
dishonest negro in the land, two, thre
or four times at each election. Homes
men when they calmly think Of this
can have no objection to stating wler
they live, their occupation, etc. Thes
questions are not asked, nor are the
, intended, to be meddlesome in the bus
ness of honest men, but are designe
TO prevent loafng straglers and Scout
drels from voting more than once. Thi
registration requirement Was introduce
into orr constitution when one half tn
Southern men were disfranchsed, an
when the carpet>baggers thought the
always would be; and while it is dis
J tasteful to many good men, yot it
now a safety and protection to us. Loo
at it in this light and cease to be preju
J diced against it. The last Legislatul
did a sood thing and removed the 'pas
business by dispensing with registr'
t%ration papers.
Here is the statement of registration
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
WORDS OF WISDOM.
H.etterer from .E. H. Sessions Civ
ing His Reasons for Sup.
porting Tilden and
Hendricks.


BRooKHAvEN, MISS, Aug. 1876.
GeneralJ H.. George:
DEAR SIR:-Your very kind letter OF
the Goth has been received.
The statement which you have seen
that I am supporting Tilden and Hen
bricks is correct.
My earnest desire is to see a Federal
Administration installed which will not
only reform existing abuses in the Ma
tional Government, but which will
make no distinction in it's conduct to-
wards the different sections of the I'm
oin-which will occupy. not a hostile,
but a friendly attitude toward the i'm
povished States of the South. Both of
these objects, in my humble Judgment.
will be attained by the election of Gov.
Tilden.
Gov. Hayes is, I have no doubt, sin
cere in his declarations for reform;
but surrounded as he will be, if cleo
ted, by the same political leaders under
whose management has grown up the
existing extravaganza. he will find it
impossible to avoid the controlling in>
fuence which they will exert on his Ad-
mi~nistration. It is safer, | take it, to
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28

The New York Sun says that while
Tweed used to claim of the Democrats
in the New York Legislature a support
of his schemes as party measures, mot
suspecting his thieving Objects" the
party voted with him with some ex-
ceptions," but he usually bought
enough Republicans to make up the
necessary majority to pass whatever
schemes he wanted. .
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
They Come, Tliey Come Rapidly


Frank Heiderhoff, of Bay st. Louis,
well known in this section. has come out
squarely for Tilden and Hendricks.
That's awful. Unless a stop is put to
this Radical influx, we'll feel ike leav-
ing the Democratic party. These bed
fellows are getting too numerous and
spontaneous. A stop must be put to
the thing. Give us q rest, at least of a
day or too. Give us a breathing spell.
If you will come, do SO, we beg, by de-
grees, that we may be better able to get
used to the thing. Don't all try to
get ON the wagon at once. Be moder-
ate about it-come gradually. Plenty
of time to get aboard before the train
starts. Slowly!
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28

THE telegraph reports serious riots
in New Hamhshire and Ohio. In the
one case, houses are ransacked and
burned, and in the other, public meet
ings are rotten egged and otherwise dis
turbed. Are no troops to be sent to
these localities p Clarion.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28

There are probably three OF .foul
white Radicals left III the county. We
have probably go colored Democrats
about one hundred in our club. Keep
the ball rolling.
Lincoln county must give 1000 Demo
cratic majority
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
MONDAY, ~sEpTEsBERs,'7e
sen02-t,
no THE

Having just built a large and complete
gin in the town Of ~Brookhaven, | announce
to tho public that ! am now preparedcd to
gin all cotton offered. | am using the
celebrated Pratt Gin formerly owned by
Daniel McLaurin, which has produced the
best sample of any gin in this whole coun-
try. By honest dealings and close atten-
ton to business, | hope to merit a share Of
the public patronage.
r. r. PARSONS.
Brookhaven, Sept. %, 1875. Pm.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
SherW''s SAFE.

Zo9.
/. Bloom & Co. C;rcnit Court Lincoln
W. county.
J. A. Hoskins. judgment, s2l3,5-.
SOB.
Ely, Meluis { Co., Lincoln county Cir
v9. cult Cont.
J. A. Noskins. judo mert. S9-0 90.
$50
Leeds 4 Co. Lincoln EQUITY Circuii
VI. Court.
J. A. Hos&ins. Judgment, 3lo5o,o3
and costs.
By virtue Of writs of yendi and execu-
ton in the above stated eases to me diTec:-
ed from tie Circuit Court of Linco!u coun-
ly, | will, on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER s, 70
at the Courthouse door, in the town Of
Brookhaven, | vii! sell, TO the higest bid
der, for cash, the following described prop
erty, t0-wit: All of blocks 10 and Is, in
the town of Btookhaven, th the appur
tenances thereon and thereto belonging
levied on as the property Of j. a. Hoskins
and will he sold to satisfy the judgments
and costs in the above stated cases.
\. O. Cox,
Sept. q, 1S7S,-4t Sheriff.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-28
Midday. N0EssaaER s. rs:
SNei'iff''S Sale.

M0NnAY, M0vEMBER o,'76.
at The Courthouse door, in the town OF
~Broohhayen. proceed to sell, to the high
est bidder for cash, the following described
property, to wit; North West quarter Of
North East quarter and North East quar-
Ter Of North West quarter of Sec. II, T. 5,
R. 7, East, and South West quarter'of South
East quarter Sec. Is, r, 7, East, levied no
as the properly ofD. A. Patrick and will
be sold to Certify the judgment and costs
in TIE above statedcase.
This the %, day of September A. D.
1876. 4. O. COX
sep 2S-4t Sheriff.