Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-02-16
&c Whom Il Nay Concern.
ITEMS OF E.vTEREsr.

our uepraNed negro
supL OF Education, will certainly be
su-ted Ills carver has been quint-
essence of fraud a a superintcnd.
ent, wrctched burle-que on fitness.
1~The House Committee on the
Hawaiian Treaty reports adversely
20 the passage Of the hill. II IL a
parody on dignity for q nation Of our
grandeur TO treat with such barba-
nans.
~-Congressman Wclls'testimOny
before the Impeachment committee,
Of which Gen. Featherstone IL chair.
man, l. very damaging 30 Ames.
Peaso's testimony, IL il thought, will
be more damaging, and reveals
rottenness little conjcCturcd.
sg-s,i73,O22 ouooes Of silver bul.
lion has been purchased Nv the u. :.
Treasury Department at cost of
$3.50, li6 in gold, 20 redeem irac-
tional currency ,As provided Cor by hall
passed Jan'y 18th, ISIS. We may
now look for the jingling coin We
have been strangers 20 ~ long.
v-Ceugrossman Wells tes,i6es
before the House impeachment com
mittee, that Amos advocated the kill.
ing q negroes rs beneficial to his
party. Here Is the bug under the
chip n rcgards the Clinton affair.
No doubt "Diny 'Delbert" melted
the negroes 10 make capita! Of Nor.
tim nature. Alas. for the schemes Of
knavcs!
- Thcreare great fears OF trouble
IN Louisiana growing ont Of the Nc
ton 81 the lower House IN repeating
what is known as the Returning
Board BILL The Senate will not
approve the House bull of abolish
ment The reforms promised -
heartily by Kellogg and his cohorts
arr very mythical. Metropolitans
guard the State house. They need
Mississippi puck IN Louisiana.
s1-lIon. Rever,ly johnson, the
eminent statesman and jurist, was
found dead in the grounds Of ,he en-
ecuhve mansion at Annapolis, Nd.
Mr.. johnson was the guest Of Gov.
Carroll, and dined ON the day Of his
death, Feb'y 10th, with other gen
tOmen In apparently god health.
IL l. supposed ap oplexy was lhe
cause. lie was born In 1870.
s1- Babcock, the confidential
friend Of the President and agent Of
~. Loais whiskey ring in Washing.
tim, Is on trial for criminal collision
with Mckee, Avery, Mcdonald and
Joyce to dcfraud the revenue. Dis
trict Attorney Dyer il very cent
dent OF eliminating Babcock. All
the evidence thus Car elected points
TO his guilt.
s@-yno Henderson, JnO. A. Walsh
Flash, Lewis 4 Co, BehAn, Thorne a
Co, and others in New Orleans have
been indicted for dealing IN crooked
whiskey. Southern men, IL seems,
sould not withstand the allurements
of sK-iDdling the Government We
hops he same infexible justice that
was meesd sua 20 the ~ Louis swim
dlers viii be awarded 20 these men,
that have cast such q rcproach on
Southern character.
~Billings, one or tive removes
In yillainy from the infamous Du- |
rell, has been CONFIRMED a. the lat |
ier's successor to the jadge-hip Of
the u. \. District Court for LOUIS.
ana. Notwithstanding the petition
at the bar and eminent citizens, ir-
restrictive Of party, this esnsam-
mate triekster end depravd man BY
. ssriet party vote, has been foisted
upon Louisiana 90 administer justice
amer the manner Of Darrell.
sg-In the trial, now pending, u
BASoock, II has been proven that he
received money from the ring In
sums ranging nom s5oo 20 ti 100 |
nj sevep~l different time& And yet |
this man, with the most unblushing |
sffrontery, demanded Q military |
court Of inquiry court Of white |
washing. Grant may not he able 10
clear hIa skuts Of the foul eontamin-
alton Of having harbored and nur.
taerd such an arrant knave.