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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
EsplG for Murder.

We learn from Col. j. B. Chrisman,
who went to Amite City, La, and press
eeuted in the case, that the negro
Evans, who killed young Edward Bow
en- of this place, at Manchac, La, on
the 25th day of July, was arraigped for
a preliminary trial, and was held for
murder, without bail. 1t was ordered
that the prisoner be taken to the city of
New Orleans, for safe keeping, until
the regular term of thu. District Court,
at WHICH time he will have to answer
to the Indictment of murder.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
The Democratic State ExecH.
tive Committee.

Delegates at Large-E Barksdale, of
Kinds: j G Prewett, of Yazoo; W W
Humphreys, of Lowndes: j w Harris,
of Marshall; W A Percy, of Washing
ton.
First District, Congressioual-R H
Allen, of Lee county, and d Mellow
ell, of Oktibbeha county.
Second District-R FL Taylor, of
Pamela county, and A NJ West, of Mar
shall.
Third Ddstrict-A e E&is, of Kem-
per County, and A j Baker, of Montgo-
rmery.
I Fourth Distriet-M F Berry, Of 5as-
per c&laty, and ". MoWlile, OF !Madi-
son.
Fifth Distriet-E T Griffin, of Jack
son county, and T Z Cooper, Of Gopiah.
Sixth Distriet-Geo NJ Klein, Of
Warre1 county. aud 7 Otis'Baker, of
Adams.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
EsibcrnIan Convention.

The Hibernian Association met il
State Convention at Jackson on the I'll
inst, and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: G. t. Payne
Natchez, President; G. Cummings, Jack.
son, Vice President; Martin Nalty.
Brookhaven, Recording Secretary; W
w. Ash, Holly Springs, Corresponding
Secretary; John McGill, Jackson,
Treasurer; JAS. T. Swan. Brookhaven.
Sergeant-at Arms; d. Sullivan, Jack
son, Doorkeeper. The next Convention
will be held in Jackson, August 7, 1878
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

Referring to the late State Conven.
ton. the Meridian Nercmy says:
The first ballot stood-Featherston
30, Humphreys Sc, Stone II, Lowry Sc.
This first ballot may be assumed to ex.
hibit tie real honest strength of the
candidates. The b%alloting went on
merrily with varying results, but Low
ry all the time ahead with an increased
vote, until adjournment towards dark
Upon reassembIing, the balloting was
resumed, and, at about half past ten q
result was reached, Stone receiving 135,
while Lowry was left behind with 100.
The first ballot showed "A votes thrown
for Humphreys and Featherston that
were to be conteGded for i'll the future
balIoting. OF these Lowry only at.
tanned Is, on the final vote. We do not
undertake, certainly, to state the req.
son for his obtaining less than his fail
share of that vote, but we ascribe it il
large part to the acrimony of the can
vass between Humphreys and Lowry,
which ought not to have been.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

NOTHING has been heard about enc
Clellan," the British subject" who
killed in the Kemper ARRAY. The
inquiry made by the agent of the adj
ninistration and the United States Dis
trict Attorney. and their reports, have
no doubt satisfied the authorities that
it was a mere p~retence gotten up by
seheming partisans for political effect
and to produce trouble. Clarion.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

THE disturbances in America ore ex-
citing intense interest throughout
France. The Republicans are appre-
.hensive that the effect may be favorable
to MacMahon's scheme, on the plea
that Republicanism necessarily means
communism and bloodshed and the ut
ter disorder of society.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

THERE is a cry all over the country
that the United States should have a re-
spectacle army-not q tumble>down
skeleton Of broken boues.-Rdd. Er.
The South is getting along very well
without troops, and isn't begging for
an increase in the army.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Sudden Death.

Mr.. Gardner Linder died very sud
denly on night before last III the neigh.
berhood of John Lees in northeast part
of this county. 1t is told us that he
had gone to Union Church for medicine
and on his way back stopped at a house
to get a spoon to take some in. 1t was
handed him and he took the medicine
The party giving him the spoon shut
the door and retired, supposing him
gone, but found him dead on the gale
~ next morning, and the Coroner has
gone to hold an inquest. This is the
story as told to us.-frankliR Banner.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

The Atlanta Constitution says that
the negroes of Ebert county are firmly
convinced that the Constitutional Con-
vention will put them back into slav>
cry, and several of them were in Elder
ton the other day for the purpose OF
picking out their masters. The carpet
baggers were ignored, but the old
bosses were il demand,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

SALT LAKE has had q cremation. Il
was the body of DR.. G. T. Winslow that
was committed to the flames. The
process. occupied about three hours.
The heart had been taken out and sent
to his birthplace, Nantucket. TIE
ashes are to be sent to the grave Of his
wife, near Boston.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

TIE Commercial says Tom Mona.
mar, of Vicksburg, in u of his Graz,
fits, at the City Hospital, threw n Of
the male nurses employed in that insti>
tuition, out of a thiFd-story window.
and it is thought by the attending ply
sician that the injuries received by the
fall, will probably result in the death OF
the unfortunate man.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
ssfnnI hY the Nominees.

We are sorry to see the Meridian
Mercury is attacking the late State
Convention. Our choice for the head
of the ticket was defeated, but we
but we bow to the will of the majority,
and shall support Gov. Stones nomina-
.tion with all the energy we possess.
Majorities rule and we do not propose
to fight them. Gov. Stone should be
supported and elected.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

We publish in to-day's paper a com
munication favoring the election of
Gov. A. G. Brown on an Independent
Democratic ticket. We do not endorse
the suggestion made by u correspon-
| Iopt
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

MoRAL1rY is getting at a low ebb in
this country. Can't our preachers and
leaders in the churches make a bold
strike and revive a christian feeling
among the people?- Wfa0na A drdnce.
Why don't Bro. Jones take the lead?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
An EsnDOsrOr.

An individual calling himself j. r.
Mason is travelling through this coun>
try, and when he gets short which seems
often to be the. case. attempts to i'm
pose upon the Masonic Lodges to pro-
cure charity of them. He is not a Ma
son, and we hereby publish him to the
world as q liar of the first class and an
impostor. He is about five feet, eight
inches high, has dark gray hair, blue
eyes, is about forty or forty five years
old (may look older than he is, due to
dissipation; carries himself erect; is a
Doctor; talks faently on most subjects:
All papers friendly to the Order will
please copy. J. N. COLLIER,
A. A. AfoBsoN,
Ct. b. WHIMoT.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

L. R. LAUN, the defaulting cotton
merchant, and Edward Fulton, the de-
faulting Tax Collector of, New Orleans,
were arrested in San Francisco on the
Sd inst. They are now on their way to
New Orleans.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
ARcoLA, Washington county, Miss

DID you eve notice that most of the
difficulties, nowadays terminate fa>
tally? An insignificant quarrel can
hardly occur without some one being
kilhd.-Le1ington AdUert,ser.
Then you had better let Bonney
alone, or your days Of usefulness might
be cut short.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

Stones nomination for Governor will
make Gen. Lowry's chances for the
United States Senate very good. Wal
thai has thrown his chance away, and in
doing SO improved the prospect of Gems.
Lowry and George. = Vtcks6urg Com
merciat.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

BRICK PoAIEkoY is ~lecturing in Texas.
At Sherman be remarked of the local
paper, the Register, that he cared
nothing for its. criticism, since he could
walk outside of its circulation in half an
hoTir
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

A RICH vein of silver ore has been dis
covered five miles northwest OF the
town of Montague, Miss. Good judges
says the ore contains sixty-five per
cent. of silver with enough gold to pay
all expenses.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

THE Enterprise Courier says we
asked for Lowry and they gave us a
Stone. Well, one thing is certain, the
Radicals aud Independents will have q
hard time in trying to break this Stone,
for if they run against it they are very
apt to be dashed to pieces.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

WE heard the remark in the late
State Convention that in voting against
Geu. Lowry the Warren county delega>
ton endorsed Josh Morris letters.
That was amistake. They voted against
him because the Yazoo delegation had
ongcred them. Gen. Lowry will sur
vive, and we hope his true friends from
Yazoo will. continue to enjoy good
health and happiness.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

THE Vicksburg Herald goes into &c
stacies over a box Of grapes from Jacob
Miller, of Forest. Well never believe
Jacob raises better grapes than u
Lincoln county friends until we are
convinced to the contrary.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

Gov. HARTBANTr, of Pennsylvania.
proposed to raise one hundred thou =
sand men to seat Hayes, but he
couldn't get men enough to hold the
strikers in check while they were hold
ing cities in terror, blocking commerce,
and destroying millions Of dollars worth
Of property with axe and torch.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

JENNY LIND at ffty-six is hale and
merry. She is singing lullabies to her
four-months-ol old daughter. No extra
charge forreserved seats.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

The Russians were badly;whipped at
pleyna last week. The Gar has. or
dcred ont his home guard. 1t is evil
dent be has found Turkey much strong
er than he imagined her to be when he
issued his proclamation Of war, Since
the defeat at Pleyna the Gar has ask
ed the Emperor of Austria to withdraw
his former protest against the Russians
entering Servia and conformity with
S%ervians operating on theleft Of Turks.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

New YORK does not allow organ grim
ders to make music before nine in the
morning or after nine in the evening.
The grinders are disguised and threat
en- to leave the unmusical city.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

II so, send it to this office and get
TnE Ledger until January Isl, 1873.
Livery person should be posted during
the campaign, and an opportunity fol
cheap reading is now offered. Send US
your name and dollar. In no ease
VIII a campaign subscriber be entered
npon or books unless payment is made
il advance.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

A GRAND State musical jubilee will be
held in Jackson, Sept. 4th. Bands
will be present from all over the State
ard a blowing time is anticipated.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

On Friday last a man named Jack
Wilson was arrested in New Orleans.
He murdered John Wilson in Vicksburg
last February about a game of cards.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

The newspapers are playing havoc
with the name of Mississippi's next Au-
Gitor. Some are calling him ". II.
Gwyn. some Wynn, some Y. Quinn, etc.
S. Gwin will answer to roll call the LIST
Of January, 1878, it makes no difference
what he is called now.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

AN exchange counsels mothers not
to let their children associate with
black snakes. That fellow must have
had delri4M tremeHS.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

The New York Herald says it is very
probable that Ohio, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania will go Demo
cratic in the fall.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
EEvQ0EE d<baN ES TEGEG EE'

For Floater, L. L. TARVER.
Representative, Il. r. APPLEWdlTE
Sheriff, a. O. con-
Treasurer S. p. MtREF.
Assessor, A. !. MARTIN.
Surveyor, LUTHER BLUE.
Coroner and Ranger, W.H.HARTLEY
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

| CoNsTANTINoPLE has three hundred
and forty-five mosques. -PhiladelpAia
Press.
Any mosque,itoess
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

j. ". RoBB, JR., of NebIett's, Land:
ing, Bolivar county, Miss, wants to
purchase a secondhand press and outfit
for a seven column paper. Parties hay>
ing such material to dispose of should
address him without delay. giving full
description and price.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

Mr.. Walls, Superintendent Railway
Postal Service, reports that during the
strike it was sometimes necessary to
transport the mail ten miles in wagons
to save it from the fire and the mob;
but owing to faithful and intelligent
labors Of the employees of the railway
postal service, not a single letter OF
newspaper was lost.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

DEAR SIR:-We trust that you will do
your utmost to get a majority of far
mers on the delegation from your coun-
ty to the State Convention. If you
cannot do this got, as many as possible
who will cooperate with us. Attend to
the Legislative ticket.
We will soon have nearly the entire
State organized, Yours truly,
J. B. YELLowLEY.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

We are sacrificing a lot Of cOrsers ar -, Sill IS.
I 40 and l IS. These corsets are fully worth
three times the amount.
Other jobs that must positively he closed ont
before we move, among which, 20 cases bes:
brand ~Calicoes at only 81 a yard.
We have the very finest grades OF all kinds Of
goods suitable for h~rst-Ci5Ss trade and have In-
Guided them an in this grand sacrifice.
our country friends viii md us prompt and
reliable. Samples AMI price list sent to M parts
of the country free of charge and we will take
pleasure in refunding the money for any article
not giving fun satisfaction.
THEO. DANZlGER'S SONS,
NJ 3l-Sml Post office lock box, ls6, New Orleans
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
The Votes.

In last weeks Issue we put Gen.
LoWry's vote on the tenth ballot at 101;
il should have been 100.
We publish below the votes of other
candidates for the respective Offices:
o LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Sims, ......129S-9 Montgomery so
Drake. 251 . Horne. ...... Il
Stephens. 80
Nh. Sims, having received q majority
of all the votes was declared elected.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Democratic Nominees.

We this week put at our masthead
the gentlemen nominated for the State
offices by the Democratic Convention in
jackson last week. They are all good
and true inch and will worthily and
honorably fiji the Offices to which the
people viii elect them.
Gov. j. VI. Stone is q man of IN
daunted courage, classic learning and
fine intellect. He made q gallant sol
der, a fine Senator and has ably filed
the Office of Governor since the resigna
ton of Ames.
Hon. W. H. Sims, present Senator
from Lowndes, was nominated for
Lieutenant-G Governor on the first bal
lot. lie boasts of a pure record and is
one of the soundest thinkers and most
astute statesmen in the State.
Every body knows Col. Kinlock Fal-
coner, the nominee for Secretary of
State. If every nook in Mississippi
had been searched q better man for the
position could not have been found.
Major W. l.. Hemingway, the unani-
nous nominee for Treasurer, has filled
the office for two years in a highly salts
factory manner. His nomination for
reelection shows his great popularity.
One Of the best nominations made
was that of Capt. S. Gwin, Of Law
renee county for Auditor. He is in
every way qualified to discharge the
duties of that high and responsible Of
flee, and viii make an Auditor that all
Mississipplans viii be proud Of,
Hon. 7. G. C~atchings, the nominee
for Attorney-G General, is one of the ris-
ing young men Of the State. and IS re-
puted to be a lawyer Of the first rank.
He was nominated on the first ballot.
In the nomination of Gen. j. A.
Smith for Superintendent of Public
Education the State has been peculiar
ly fortunate. He is 4 graduate OF West
Point and is e~minently qualified for the
office to which he has been nominated.
While our choice for Governor was
defeated. aud while we shall always be
lieye the convention committed a great
error in not nominating him, we acqui-
esce in its decision, enlist under the
banner Of Gov. Stone, and shall do al
in our power to secure his election.
We stand by the coIors.
rr Ir.
rolaino+;na oanvant;1 yrora r,o1o an
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
On Our Counter No. =.

We are sacrificing all our REMNANTS and
fail TO be a great attraction. As an illustration
we are selling our best calico remnants ut 415c u
yard. The other remnants in same proportion.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

JAS. NILLlAMS, Sec y.
Signed by e A Erwin, T B Smith, "
W Troup, Juo Robertson, II D Palmer.
H G Dear. TT Jackson, G W Gill, Fl F
Bowman, d T Guyton, J E Bridges, y
NJ Hicks, J N Causey, d Phdres, W
d Bean.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
FOR AUDITOR

Mr.. W. L.. Hemingway was nominal
ed by acclamation.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Che alrockhsrrn ged9er.

EsEsO0EdsEAyES, MISS,
THURSDAY. AUGUST 9rH, 1877.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-24

THE struggle for the possession of the
senate will be renewed Monday. If Patter-
son and Conover vote with the Democrats,
Butler will be admitted from South Carolina
and with the aid of his vote the Democratic
Claimants from Louisiana will be seated.
Ihls will make tie in the Senate even if
Patterson and Couover return to their ale-
glance. Should they continue to act with the
Democrats, as is not impossible, the entire
control of the legislative branch of the gov
eminent will pass to the Opposition. The
Senate COMMITTEES will be reorganized and all
Presidential appointments will be subject to
Democratic revision. The control of the
purse in the House and of the ap-
pointments in the Senate by the Democratic
party bode no good to the country. The mo-
tives which actuate Patterson and Conover
can only be guessed at. Patterson Is threat
ened with the penitentiary and perhaps
thinks his only escape is by Democratic aid.
Conover possibly hopes for reelection by
Democratic votes. The issue of the struggle
Monday will show how far these copiectures
are correct. The Washington special of the
Boston AdUertiSer, elsewhere printed, gives
a very complete view of the situation.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-24

decision will be reached with which case to
proceed. Should the Thurman resolution be
sustained and the Butler case brought before
the Senate for action, protracted debate
would ensue on his right to seat, and in the
event OF the Kellogg case being taken up the
discussion is equally inevitable. Points OF
order and questions of privilege will doubtless
be raised, but whichever party controls, the
Senate by one or two votes will be able to
determine all minor and collateral issues, so
that the real question continues as before,
How far does the Patterson-Conover arrange
ment go?
The situation is the talk of the town and pre-
-dictons and speeulations are abu pdsnt. Sen
ator Jones has telegra phed Senator Sharon that
the public business demands his immediate
presence, and Senator Blaine is expected TO
leave Augusta on Thursday next The Repub-
licans are cordial and unanimous in condem-
nation of Patterson and Conoyer, though for
the former, who is supposed to see in the sur
render an escape from the South Carolina pen
iteDtiary, some sympathy is expressed. Dur
lug the proceedings in the Senate Thursday,
Attorney-General Connor of South Carolina,
who has come on to obtain the body of Patter-
son in obedience to writ from the Governor Of
abe state, was on the floor an interested spec
tator. The only excuse offered for Conover is
that he is acting with the Democrats in the
hope that his reelection may thus be secured,
and misunderstanding relative to some of
the patronage in Florida. Many r.
publicaus express the opinion that if the party's
supremacy depends on Patterson and Cun0vsr
they would prefer to be without it,
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-24
Notes and Announcements.

A German translation of Taine's English
Literature is iu preparation.
That Lass o Towery's, parody on Mrs.
Burnetts That Lass O. Lowrie's which first
appeared 10 Scribuer, is running as an Illus
trated serial in Punch.
NJ. Il. w. s. whose contributions to Apple
tob's Journal have been feature of that mag.
azine, has written a novel called The Sarcasm
of Destiny, which the. Appletous will shortly
publish.
The Louisville Joarnal says that Mrs,
Southworth is the fivorits author Of the In
dianspols ladies.
Mrs. Mary j. Holiness new novel is entitled
Mildred. G. W. Carleton & Co. have it nearly
ready.
The Rev. Joseph Cooks Biology is iu its
tenth thousand. His volume on Trancendeu-
talism will be ready the latter part of the
month.
1t is proposed to reprint the .Christianismi
Restitutio OF Michael Servetus, book which
came originally from the press in 1853 but was
scarcely published, though it cost the author
hi life. DR.. Need, the well-kuown physician
Of Queen Anne's time and the Geogian era, had
proceeded some length with reprint, when
the sheets wors seized and destroyed by order
of the bishop of London. Anothe- physician,
DR.. de MUIR, supetiutended more successfully
a reissue in 1890. bat this volume is nearly as
rare as the original.
G.. p. Putuam's Sons will have ready in a lew
weeks new edition of God wins Cyclopedia
of Biography considerably enlarged, and
brought down to August 1877. 1t will form
handsome octave volume of eleven hundred
pages, and will be issued uniformly with the
new edition Of The Worlds Progress.
1t Is a romance this time, and not poem.
An English paper, The Mirror, announces for
immediate publication in It's columns, resume
With extracts, of a hitherto unknown story by
E igar A. Poe, which is said to have rece' ly
come into the possession of Mr.. John H In-
gram, who has taken char ye of Poe's literary
reputation iu England 1t entitled The Jour.
nal Of Julius Rodman, and is description of
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-24
The French journalist who expresses a

The French journalist who expresses an
opinion antagonistic to government, on even
so trivial a matter as the expression of
hsrse's eye, is lost. The Progres, a journal OF
the Cote dor, received an electioneering
pamphlet upon the title-page of which was
picture of MacMahon on horseback. The only
comment it made was, ''the horse has an in
teligent eye''. For this the editor was fined
five hundred francs. What would not the
French journalists give for the freedom of the
American or English press. How they
would enjoy reproducing the latest cartoon of
Punch in which the Marshal is pictured
with each top-boot planted deeply in sea of
Imperialist and Legitimist mud, and mntter-
ing with dull fury in his eye the familiar words
"J'y suis, j'y reste"