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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05

Did Mr.. Hayes make mp his Cabinet
with & view to the possibility of a
struggle for the retention Of property
which he holds without q legal title?
When . man finds himself in possession
Of stolen goods, and has stided the &c
cnsa5ions Of his own conscience, the
natural thing for HIN to do IS to secure
the professional services Of some ia
genious lawyer OF lawyers for the pur-
pose OF employing al! tie advantages of
the law $ delay and the laws Technical
%!itigs, in order to defeat the rightfal
owners claim. Was it for this reason
that Iii. Hayes took the |precaution to
select his Administration exclusively
from the legal fraternity?
Mr.. William N. Eyarts, The distin-
guIsned jagi7 ,,4al.t Of this city, who
partially succeeded in getting Mr..
Beecher out ora bad fix, has already
been retained tr the defence in the
case Of H.-.n1 a.4tI@J Rutherford b..
Hayes. tt!5 APPOINTMENT 10 the State
Department WAS merely n transfer of
his eminent experience AID abilities to
a position where they could be advunta-
gcoU-sy employed IL the further con
duct Of the defeace. The choice Of
Mr.. GSarts for d Place i'll the Adminis-
t@ratiOn was natural under the circum>
stances. 1T was also to be expected
that a lAwyer would be chosen for Az
torney-G General, notwithstanding the
precedent TO the contrary affuIGql nv
Grants appointment Of Father TAI
But the selection Of five additional law
yers to fiji the five remaining Cabinet
Offices is Sc extraordinary that the peo-
pie have reason to inquire whether it Is
anything more than ii coincidence.
The profession Of the law is 4 noble
one, ana Gmorg its practitioners ere
many men Of varied requirements andof
a wide range of capabilities. 1t has
not hitherto been held, however, that
the law must be drawn upon in order
to socure financial talent OF the highest
order, or the most brilliant military
genius, or conSummate acquaintance
with maritime affairs. Nor has it been
Thought that a man must necessarily
qualify himself as Il practitioner at the
bar III order to sell postage stamps and
deliver letters promptly aad faithfully,
or to Issue patent rights and distribute
rutabaga and pumpkin seeds.
Mr.. Hayes apparently thinks other
wise. lie has placed at the head of the
Treasury Department a sharp attorney,
whose own full pockets are the only
noteworthy achievements of his tinau-
cial genius. He has looked to the Cir
cult courts of Iowa for a military chief
tain. He has put an Indiana barrister
in charge of the navy and naval affairs
of the nation. He has picked out q
lawyer to superintendt the United States
mails. and still another lawyer to look
after the agricultural and other interna'
interests of the country. In short, the
seven Cabinet offices in Hayes Admin
~istration are filled by seven lawyers.
Perhaps there would have been more
lawyers if there had been more places.
Now, we ask, are we to consider the
Cabinet as a counsel for the defence;and
does the Fraudulent President feel any
stronger in his tenure after calling in so
many lawyers?-N. Y. Sun:
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05


A telegram spread over the country
last week to the effect that Tilden had
a quo ruFfahto upon Hayes.
The report is untrue, but such proceed
ing is contemplated. 1t is stated, upon
good authority, that all Tilden's papers
are prepared and in possession OF Hon.
r. T. Merrick, a lawyer in Washington,
who represented Mr.. Tillen before the
electoral Commission. It is said the
suit will be commenced as o o as the
troops are withdrawn from South Caro-
lima. Speaking Of the subject the New
Oaeans Times says:
1t may be proper to state that for
several weeks certain parties in this
State have been carefully collecting tes-
timony, and that they claim to be in
possession of nndoubted proofs that the
eight electors chosen by Louisiana
were those who voted for Governor
Tilden. II will be remembered that in
the net establishing the electoral Com
mission a proviso was Included that
nothing in the bill should prevent the
defeated candidate from appealing to
the Supreme court under writ of quo
Worrnnt0 in case that any new testi-
mony was discovered.
The writer has been assured that
there is in existence here evidence
which will convince even the most par>
tlsan judge, not only that Governor
Nichols received a large majority of
the votes honestly cast, but that Gov.
Tilden was honestly elected President
of the United States. THE filing of
his writ it is believed will be the signal
for the production of this testimony,
and it is confidently believed that ever
a partisan Supreme court will not dare
to question testimony so entirely con
sistent with the truth.
Several prominent Republicans, an
tagonistic to Packard, are in the moves
ment, and when the Commission ar
rives, they will not only produce evid-
euce which will fully vindicate Governor
Nichols, but which will establish the
right Of Governor Tilden to the Pre3iN
dpQcy.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
LEGAL Fences.
The following is the act in relation to
lawful fences.

The following is the act in relation to
lawful fences:
Section |. All fences five feet high
substantially and closely built with
plank, pickets. hedges or other good
material, and which are strong and close
enough to exclude domestic animals of
ordinary habits and dispositions, shall
be taken and considered as lawful
fences as long as they are kept in good
repair.
Sec. 2. A fence which is constructed
by making a strong embankment of
earth two feet and a half high, with a
sufficient base, and erecting thereon q
fence of common rails, planks, pickets
or hedges, the same being above the
embankment. closely and substantially
built, so as exclude ordinary stock,
shall also be taken and considered as a
lawful fence, as long as it is kept in
good repair.
Sec. 8. A fence made Of common rails,
and built in the form known as worm
fence, and which is six feet high, built
of good, sound heavy rails, we'll Tapped
and crooked, shall be considered as a
lawful fence as long as it kept in repair;
provided, that such fence be close
enough to exclude ordinary domestic
animals.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
Tax oss E~sesifies.~.

The last Legislature did many good
things but one OF the best acts it pass
ed was the one levying n tax of $1,000
upon each transient peddler of stoves,
clocks, pumps and pinchback jeweIry.
Counties and incorporated towns are
authorized to levy an additional tax on
the same parties, not to exceed fifty per
cent. This will be the death of Calen-
dar clocks, Farmers stoves and patent
pumps, and the farmers are relieved of
what was becoming a great nuisance.
If the law had been passed before the
Farmer stove men made their appear
ance in this section it would have saved
our country thousands of dollars.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
w s,y T,,,tsen was Counted out.

Nv S,y T'ildYem Was Counted etue.
When the Hon. Henry Watterson re-
turned home from Washington, he vas
given a public reception. Ia his speech
delivered at that time he takes occasion
to explain fully the cause Of ar. tn
den's losing the Office TO which he was
elected. We need not eAy that MIR.
Wa!teraon was in a condition to know
whereof he spoke, for it il known to all
well-informed people tlat he was one
of Mr.. Tildcn's trusted advisers. We
quote as follows from lis speech;
There are two ways of securing our
rights in this world; one is by law and
the other is b. force. The Court Of
last resort was in this instance practi-
cally closed upon us, and, conceiVing
Mr.. TiIden to be the rightfuIly chosen
Chief Magistrate, | proposed to pre-
pare to seat him in Office, to provide
the physical meals of doing so, to take
all needful risks and to leave the result
to look after itself. These are times
when impradence is safety. l would
have had Mr. Tilden emulate the firm
ness Of Hampton. l would have had
him assemble the people about him,
and say to them simply this: 81 am
an old man, sixty years and upward;
nor wife nor child, and I care little for
the Office Of President of the United
States, but | have been elected there
to, overwhelmingly elected, and, as l
love my country and owe my duty to my
countrynen, ! mean to see that their
will is done" MIR. Tilden did not take
this view. He had confidence in the
powers and forms of law. He believed
his case was irresistible. It seemed to
him a thing apart from reason or pro
liability that any tribunal would or
could count the votes Of Florida and
Louisiana against him. a peaceful,
patriotic man, conservative, law-abid-
ing, the suggestion of an organized
popular opinion upon an uncOmpromis-
ing line brought before his eyes moth
ing bus the spectacle of public and
private ruin. Ii peace had been put in
one scale and the Presidency in another,
lie would not have hesitated to choose
against himself. His mind may have
wayered at times, but his influence was
steadily against agitation. | say it in
20 reproach, | say it entertaining dis
trust Of my W opinion, that it was
Impossible to proceed without Tar.
Tilden At the front. It was for him to
lead, forsthe rest to follow.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
A SsOOfl Sell.

The New Orleans papers of Sunday
sold several hundred people on that
day. The papers announced that Prof,
Bell, the inventor Of the telephone, had
arrived in the Crescent City, and would
give a free exhibition at Grunewald
Hall; that the audience would be allow
ed the privilege of hearing Il CONVERSE
ton between the Professor and q gen.
tlemen in New York. The Times says
q large crowd went to Grunewald Hall
Mt one O'Clock to witness the exhibition.
When the crowd got there its members
were informed by placard that Grune-
valid Hall being engaged, the exhibit
ton would take place at st. Patrick's
Hall, and upon repairing thither, the
curious finding a further announcement
that the performance would be given at
the Opera House instead, OWNED at
last that they had been sadly taken in,
and that it was the first day Of April.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
8bepif''s Sue.
She"jG's SnEe.

Ben. Hiiborn In the Justice Court.
.s~v,vost,zs;, , ,oay{ beat l. W. y, narti,,,
county. JUDGMENT $l74.F
by VirLlie Ola writ Of yendlTioui ex-
ponas to me, directed from the Cjrcuit
Court of Lincoln county, Miss, viii
on Monday. the III day OF May, 1877. az
the Courthouse door, in the tewn Of
Bropkhayen, proceed 70 sell, to the higl :
est bidder for cash, lhe following 6e-
scrIbed prop erty, to-Tit: All of swL (
sec. 81 tG, rs, cast, lying on the west
side Of Hairs branch. and the swL Of
the nWI5 set.3 81, | =, 8, east, levied on
as the pro Grey Of sylvester Ames, and
will he sOli to satisfy the Judgment and
Gusts IN the ah0v" stated case.
This the II day f April, \. y. 1877.
A2l. SIT. 4 o.. Cox. sheriT.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05

TE.e Work OF she Commission


E'l.e Work Of Sac Commission.
A Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer writes to that
paper rs follows:
The Cabinet devoted Itself to-day to
deciding why it appointed a Commits
sion, and what the Commission was ap-
pointed for. 1t was finally agreed that
the Commission should investigate
nothing; that it should not attempt to
find who had been elected Governor,
but that is should devote its ene1gips to
fusing the two Legislatures into one on
some sort of n compromise basis. of
this compromise can be effected" said
the Cabinet officer who is authority for
tins statement to me tonight, "ana one
Legislature organized, which all will
respect, and whose authority all will
recognize, that Legislature can solve
all the vexed problems. 1t can canvass
the Gubernatorial vote, investigate all
charges of intimidation and fraud, and
settle winch claimant is rightly entitled
to the Gubernatorial Office, it can re-
organize the judicial machinery of the
State, and, in short, set the wheels of
the State Government successfully in
motion. To get such Legislature, or
ganiZed on some compromise basis to
which all shall agree, will be one main
object of the Commission. IT," said he
further, 'the factions there will not
agree to any compromise, why, the Ad-
ministration must decide what it will
do" 70 : direct question as to what
it would probably do in that event, my
informant said that of course a State
Government conld not be supported
forever by the Federal troops; that
thing must end some time; and, proba :
bly,, if the factions refused TO comprom-
Use, the Administration would say: 81
have done all I could to help You out:
Won have declined my assistance, now
you must settle this thing among your
selves. The troops will sustain neither
claimant;they will simply prevent blood
shed by either faction" IL short, the
Administration would virtually say:
"You may wrong and rob each other
until complete exhaustion forces a com
promise and a settlement Of the mat
ter" 1t would be an exhausting
dy, and an expensive me for the State;
but it would seem to be the only
dy left. This is undoubtedly the pres
ent plan of Hayes. He hopes the Com
mission may effect a fusion of the Leg
islatures, but does not expect it. That
failing, he hopes and does expect that
before the Commission can report one Or
the other faction will have yielded from
exhaustion, and he be relieved from
making a decision IF fha factions still
hold out. he will withdraw the troops
reluctantly, if forced to do so by public
opinion"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
Four. 10 One.

The Louisiana Commission is COM
posed of Judge Chas. B. Lawrence, of
Illinois; Ex-Governor j. G.. Brown, of
Tennessee; Gen. Jos. r. Hawley, of
Connecticut; Gen. John NJ. Harlan, of
Kentucky. and Wayne McVeigh, of
Pennsylvania. Brown is the only Dem
ocrat on the Commission. That looks
bad. If Hayes wanted the Commission
to act fairly he should, at least, have
put two Democrats upon it. But it
does not make the slightest difference
what the decision of the Commission is.
it has no legal power, and unless its ac-
ton is favorable to the Nichols govern
ment the people of Louisiana will not
regard it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
sByersHEinS Ee,T sEae 2ct n.

The hour and a half interview ac>
corded to Senator Bruce and Represent
alive Lynch seems to have had for its
object their reconcilement to the pres
ent lo9s to the Republicans of South
Carolina and Louisiana. The President
argued that this course would create
new political combinations that would
certainly lead to the early recovery of
Mississippi and South Carolina, and
eventually break the color line m the
Southern States Washington Iete-
gran.
If Hayes en~tertains the slightest hops
that the Radicals will again get control
of affairs in Mississippi, he had as well
dispel them. Our people know how to
win a victory and hold the ground after
wards.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
Wanted, 500 AGENTS

70 know where to buy 9x1l Chromos at
SO 90 per 100. The best stationery rack
age in America (Buckeye), the best notion
casket out, perfumed shells, new household
tool, leather busters, patent rubber can
muciiiage, notions, cheap j%ewelry, machine
nesdies, etc, etc. Send stamp for cata-
ogne. BUCKEYE NOVELTY Co.
Mr. 2--om. Cincinnati, Ohio
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
sEa3 es' Compromising C~osmssais-
sion.

sEsas es' Compromising; Commits
sion.
The telegraph informs us That Hayes
compromising Commissioners viii start
for New Orleans soon, and that they
will at met set to work to right mat
ters-to suit Hayes. The Commission
will be instructed to use every endeavor
to bring Packard and Nichols to an
agreement by which the Legislature
may be reconvened Tn the basis of the
certificates returned by the Returning
Board, but that only those whose seata
are not contested shall be recognized
as having the right to take part in the
reorganization.
The Legislature thus organized shall,
immediately after the organization,
proceed TO pass, upon the contested
seats, under the laws of Louisiana, and
when all the contested seats shall be
decided, the Legislature shall proceed
10 cul fNSS lllt Nolt IoI SpNGlIol anu
declare the result. The Governor de
clared to have been elected by the Leg
i~alature thus organized. viii be rccog-
nized by the President MS the executive
of Louisiana. Should the two claim
ants decline to accede, the Commits
| sion will be authorized to bring about
such an adjustment as both parties can
be induced to agree upon, and in case
of failure to reach any amicable adjust
ment, the attitude Of the claimants and
the character and basis of their respect
i've claims, the popular feeling towards
each: the ability they have Respectively
to maintain themselves unaided b.
Federal authority, and such other facts
as may come pndcr their observation.
will he the subject of a report by the
Commission to the President,
If we are to judge by the tone of The
New Orleans press the people Of Louis.
lana will not submit TO any thing like
n compromise. The Democrat is very
emphatic and SAYS that tie "sugges
ton Of a reorganization of the Legisla
ture is simply a scheme devised by the
friends of Mr.. Hayes rs an easy mode
of relieving him from the embarrass
mant entailed upon him by the peculiar
relation he bears to the Louisiana cues
ton. They imagine that, il they car
induce the Democratic and Republican
members of the Legislature who were
really elected to meet in Il body, g
through the form Of counting the votes
and declare Francis 7. Nichols Govern.
or. the Radical element Of the Repub-
lean party at the North will be estopped
from denouncing Mr.. Hayes as a traitor
to his party and the latter remain mas
ter of the situation. 10 doubt sucl
would be the result, but it is not ON
business to extricate Mr.. Hayes from
the predicament in which he is placed
If he is sincere in his Southern policy,
let him show it by that boldness aud in,
dependence Of spirit without which Nc
statesmarlike policy can be successfully
I.o,ria,1 n,,+
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05

A CORRESPONDENT OF the Fayette
Standard says of some Of cur
eastern friends:
Out east of Brookhaven | found The
real back woods of which you have I'll
heard SO much but which none of you
have ever seen. Plain, honest farmers
live out there and it was Christmas and
all were having a jolly time. l will not
tell you of the pretty girls and the gen
eral young men for l am going back
next Christmas and want every one of
you to go along. In the meantime you
will please to make every preparation
for the trip by saving every coon, rab
bit and squirrel skin you can get your
hands on.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
short and Sweet.

In acknowledging a serenade in Gin
cinnati on the Both ult., Gen. Grant
said:
FELLOW CrrIzENs-I thank you heart
lily for the compliment paid me, and for
tile enjoyment you have afforded not
only me, butmy host and his fair guests.
In the absence which is to follow my
visit here, and which will be of three OF
four years duration, [ will cherish as
one Of the most pleasant memories OF
my life this evenings serenade. Gen
tlemen. good evening.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05
LETTER En0M WASHINGTON.
A Head Suggested for the Southern
Commission.
Garfield n Candidate for the Speaker
ship.
ssoy. ssaEaDf On sO0 Ess Independent
for EEis E's4.ss1niency.


WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81.
The Southern Commission is made
up Of Hawley, of Connecticut; Brown,
of Tennessee; Lawrence. Of Illinois;
Mcveigh, of Pennsylvania, and Harlan,
of Kentucky. 1t will start South very
soon, and will not be restricted in time,
except that the President insists upon a
report in season to allow a settlement of
the question before Congress meets on
the 4th' of June. The President, with
out securing q fair Commission, has
done better than was expected. He
should himself go with the Commission,
as such a course would at once attract
attention from all the people, and in
spire a confidence otherwise not to be
hoped for in the Commission and in Tie
results of its investigation. There is
row no frst>class man on the Commits
sion. Mr.. Hayes is such by virtue of
his office, and has before him an oppor>
tunity to immortalize himself IF CON
Meeting his name with a movement
which will probably be highly success
full with his personal leadership, bat Of
no account without it.
Every act Of the President so far has
alienated members OF his own party
from him. His Cabinet is distasteful
to nine in ten Republicans. His civil
service reform is offensive to most Of
them. His promises to the South, how
ever vague and unsatisfactory to South
erners and Conservatives generally, are
still more so to the bulk of his own
party. He must DO something to show
himself master Of the situation, some
thing that no one can say Eyarts caused
to be done, or ScAurz forced upon itim,
or that he was driven to by the dis
gruntled lenders Of bis party. lie must
appeal directly, and in a striking man
ner, and in an important and national
matter, to the people Of all parties. He
has the opportunity.
1oroa dalacation Of Onakors called
on the President yesterday in the inter-
est Of the peace policy IN dealing with
tie Indians. They were doubtless called
here by current reports that the policy
of ovtnr,o;noi;o, would ba tyiad r,on
+so loe,na .,ihaa Tl,av were Vol rs-
o,;z,c.1 ord ov;4ontIv made o GOOD i'm
nrass;n, or {ra p.asidont
General n,raaI4 ,,po,,nces bimsa1f q
.orlrlo4a ror Coa,ko, of tho uo,aa AZ
p. ,~.o,E.tir. rf T., u,s7,a. Ia will
h,o tho ns,.+v candidate Lr. s,cb nam.
;,ot;1n aroo,,5ao Aha ;1oo Of S,utborp
sn,rort parhous Mr. Haves will send
for him and ask him to withdraw as =,
.ncl solicitation he withdrew from HE
Ohio Senatorial contest. However. Gar
fa1a oon cot tho f,Jl vote RI I,ia no~ly
o., c,ootar and don,t hoIieva az thiros
hang now. any other Republican can
get a single vote more.
The journey of Governor HAMPTON to
this city was n continued ovation. lie
is the object of many attentions here.
He arri ved here Friday morning. CHAM
berluin is here, also, and the President
will try TO secure such an agreement be
vsan tbo,o os will mako any official ac-
49,. aa.4 ,nno,osoorr r,m+hor
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05

SIM. SUTTLEs, the wife murderer, has
been remanded to our Jail, for safe
keeping, until the Goth proximo. Heis
then to be returned to Newton and hung
for this terrible crime on that day. Our
jailor, Aleck Wilson, assisted by our old
friend Golden, ironed him down in one
of the iron cells on Monday last.
Meridian Mercury.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05

TIE Macon Sun says OF the State
ticket we announced a few weeks ago:
Not being personally acquainted with
the rest we endorse the ticket for Har-
per's sake, and are willing to risk The
LEDGER's Judgment on the balance; SO
count us in for the whole ticket, brother
Henry.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-05

Dr. ownseud's Y e
ated Air viii purify the
blood in one third the
time that suy other
remedy can. Why?
because TO inhale Oxy-
gensted Air it goes d.
rect to the Lungs and
passes through the It's
and comes in direct
contact with the blood IS
1t Is forced into the
Lungs by the action Of
the heart. All the blood
in our veins returns to
the heart every four min
utes IL the blood is good,
and forced from the
heart TO the lungs, and
the more Oxygen you in
hale isto the lungs the
more you purify the
When Oxygen
in contact with
the Impurities in the
blood it carbonizes and
burns, causing. the blood
TO be heated so that IL
warns every part OF the
body, as it goes on its
revolutions through the
system. IL your blood Is
pure you cannot be sick.
We drive Mercury and
all other Impurities out
the blood. We guar
intee to purify the blood
one-third the time OF
any other fnownr remedy.