The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-03-08
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
PLA*T . large grain crop,

104 A.
PLA*T large grain crop.
The Union, of Washington, has
been discontinued.
The Meridian Mercury is offered for
sale. Price, $1,000. Cheap enough.
Don't put NIL your land in cotton.
The farmer that makes his own com
and meet ia the independent man.
THE papers are boring their readers
to death with notices Of Jewell. let
the fellow alone till he tiops up again.
THE man that says the Democracy is
dead is u~nacquainted with the history
OF The party.
THE report that Mr.. Tillen was sworn
in as President last Sunday, in New
York. seems to be without foundation.
The election Of Hayes VIII make but
little difference in business affairs if the
people will hush growing and 60 to
work.
A GOOD many papers are making up
their tickets for State otfcera. How
would R. Walpole, of Koscinsko, do
for Auditor?
In the municipal election in Calves
ton, on the 5th inst the Democratic
ticket was elected bySa nnainrity of three
Thousand. u
AMas named Henry Loeb has been
arrested near Tchula City, charged with
having get fire to that place npon the
recent occasion. Of its destruction By
fire.
WE like the Chester LcadeT, it is a
good paper, but we would like it better
if it would give The LEDGER credit for
the editorials it takes from our columns.
If an article is worth copying it should
be properly credited.
Now is the time for ~croakers to pro
claim the death of the Democracy.
They kill it every few years, but it only
dies to arise, like the fabulous phoenix,
from. its own ashes, more strong and
powerful than ever before.
In last weeks issue appeared q para
graph stating that che capital had
been moved from jackson to Ficks-
burg" The Capital referred to was q
newspaper, not the State Capitol as
some have supposed.
The Natchez Democrat, of the ID
inst, says that $4,000 in Adams county
railroad bonds were sold last week at
seventy-two cents, the purchaser being
a Jackson capitalist. They were
bought as an investment.
SOME unknown Democratic friend
sent Gov. Nichols $l20 to assist in de-
fraying the expenses of his government.
The money came through Il letter with
ont date or name. The sender does not
expect an appointment.
CAMPBELL L SULLIVAN have com
menced The publication Of the Oatts
Commercial III Vicksbur8. Campbell
is an experienced newspaper man. ano
Sullivan f~rmerly on the stall OF the
Uaati, is the most Versatile writer il
ttfe State. We are glad to place tne
Commercial on eur exchange list, anj
wish it success.
VIZ had as we'll make up our minds
to the fact that we are to have a Repub-
lican President for the next four years,
for Hayes has been duly inaugurated
and, by virtue of the National Return
ing Board, is now President Of the
United States; but we can live, even
under Hayes.
THo1E who opposed the Electoral
Commission should form q mutual ad-
miration society. The Commission
knocked the bottom out Of the Democ-
racy, but it was the only known plan to
avert civil wal and settle the great ques-
ton that agitated the public mind for
four months.
A TELEGRAM from Washington says
as soon as Hayes forms his cabinet he
will issue general orders to all com
handing officers in the South to with
draw their troops to the government
reservations. This order will be ex-
planned as relieving the Federal troops,
finally, from all duties incident to the
peculiar civil and political condition Of
the Southern States.
IL the House on the Sd inst, Mr..
Douglass, of Virginia, while drunk,
approached Mr.. Lamar and shaking his
fist at him denounced him as a traitor
to lss party, a nan who had sold out
in order to ecure his title to a seat in
Senate. Lamar was about to infict
summary punishment upon Douglass
when the latter's friends got him away.
Douglass afteryards apologized.