The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
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cipal election will occur il
on the 9Th inst. The Dem.
ocrats pre- ,oso - u,;n -
turn thanks to Hons. o. T.
oins ION and g. e. Hooker for impor.
'"n' congressional matter.
EX-SENATOR HENRY s. FooTE is about
" issue a book to be called Memoirs OF
the Mississippi Bar.
THE telegraph says Senator Twitchell
is in danger. So is all the Radical
party.
The Democratic ticket was elected in
Richmond, Va, by two thousand ma
jority on the 26th ult.
Hon. JOHN W. G. WATSON has retired
from the editorial charge of the Holly
Springs South.
"HIGH PRIVATE" in the Meridian
Gazette, dominates Gen. Ben. Hum
phreys for Governor.
JNo. ELI SNEEDUM, alias John Cam
nady, was hung at Holly Springs on
9th inst, for the murder of Marcus
Lewis.
THE Jackson Times wants J. L. Al
corn for Vice-P President. That's a good
joke On the Sage. What has he done
that the Times should ridicule him?
THE trial of d. L. Love for killing OF
Lewis A. Middleton took place at West
Point on Thursday, and resulted in the
acquittal of Love.
SENATOR BAYARD is looking up, and
the indications now are that his chances
for the Presidential nomination at st.
Louis are good.
A MR. HARMoND, of Alfalfa county,
mysteriously disappeared a few days
ago. His friends fear he has commit
ted suicide.
The Senate, by a majority of eight,
has decided they have power to try the
Belknap impeachment case. The trial
commences at one o'clock to-day.
ALL of the Congressional Investiga-
ting Committee have arrived at New
Orleans, except New. They will at once
commence their work.
ONE Harvey says he at one time
bribed Speaker Kerr for $500. Kerr
denies the statement in toto. "Let nc
guilty man escape"
SINCE Ames told his tale before the
Mississippi investigating committee,
probably the members of the Legisla-
ture who voted in favor of his acquittal,
are ashamed of their action,
Ell. r. REvE1s, formerly United
States Senator from Mississippi, has
been elected editor of the Southwestern
Christian Adoocate, published at New
Orleans, by the Baltimore Conference.
The platform of the Kentucky Dem
ocrats declares for the immediate and
unconditional repeal of the resumption
act, but regards silver and gold as the
rue basis of circulation.
On the 2Sth ult., in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Bloss, n of the editors of the En-
qaire'', was struck by an engine and in
stantly killed. May be the imitation
question will not be SO v~ehemently uro-
ed in future.
LEVIN GRANT, a negro, was hung in
Port Gibson last week for attempting
to ravlsh . respectable lady. Every
brute who attempts to commit similar
crimes should be lynched.
THE Baptists of Kentucky celebrated,
the n hundreth anniversary of the
first Baptist sermon preached in the
state, with interesting ceremonies at
Louisville, on the 25th ult.
In naming gentlemen who would
make good Vice-Presidents, the New
York Herald mentions Lamar and AL
corn, Of this State. Neither will be
nominated.
AIR. r. d. WILSON, while riding
through Summit on the Oath ult., was
instantly killed by lightning. His
horse Was also killed, and several peo-
pie were shocked.
In Yazoo City, on the 9th ult., T.
IL. Russell was declared guilty of the
murder of Chas. e. Fawn, and senten-
ced to the ~penitentiary for life. The
trial lasted five days.
F. 7. SANFORD and C. H. Williams.
of Meridian, have been indicted for ar
son. They gave bond each in the sum of
$4,000. They were charged with hiring
negro to burn the Phoenix Hotel, in
which both had shares.
The Walden Record notifies us by
postal card that it can't longer ex-
change with The LEDGER, and we
cheerfully erase it from our book. As
we seldom read the Record, we will
not lose any thing by failing to receive it.
A Row occurred at a Democratic club
meeting in New Orleans on the night OF
the 2Sth ult. Several shots were fired,
and a man named Roberts was shot aud
instantly killed. The murderer is I'M
known.
WILL Col. McCullum let us know
4vho advised him to postpone the Press
Convention? Give us the editors name.
We trust the Colonel will reconsider
his action, and caaa the Convention,