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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
Sl,ootIu. I'm yicIssbnrg.

The Vicksburg papers tell of an m
fortunate shooting ARRAY in that CITY on
the 22ud INST, in which Major James
Hazelett, an old and respectable o~itizen,
was killed aud deputy Sheriff IL. II.
Moore slightly wounded. Tue Officials
ty grew out OF the recent special elec>
ton IN that city. Major Hazelett was
a candidate for city treasurer, and, it
seems, claims that Moore secured his
defeat 10y unfair means When the
difficulty took place Maj, Hazelett was
standing on the corner of Clay and
Washington streets. talking with a Mr..
Coleman. Mr.. Moore approached ana
addressed some very insu ting epithets
to Maj. Hazelett, who raised his cane
to strike, when Moore commenced fir
ing. Maj. Hazelett was encountered
with n heavy overcoat and other wraps,
and could not readily reach his pistol,
and consequently Moore fired several
shots before Hazelett returned the fle.
He, however, struck Moore several
heavy blows with his cane. Only one
of Moore's shots took effect. The
ball entered HazeIett's right side, just
about the seventh rib, passed entirely
through the body and lodged immedi-
ately under the skin on the other side.
Moore received only a slight flesh
wound in the side from the single piss
tol shot of Hazelett..
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

TIE Question of an extra session OF
Congress is the absorbing topic i'll
Washington. A special telegram says
zone prominent Democratic Senator
believes that a session should be forced,
to allow the Democrats to o rganize the
House and get their election commit
fee formed before the California cleo
tons in September. There are several
measures which may provoke a filibus>
tering debate, and thus use up the time
between this and the fourth OF March.
1t is proposed, and it now looks as if
it would be carried out, to fasten the
full repeal of sections twenty and TWEEN ,
ty>One of the statutes, fixing the test
oath, upon an appropriation bill, and
make a stand upon it. The feeling in
the House among Southern men is also
very strongly in favor of filibustering
tactics, if the Republicans IN the
Senate attempt what they undoubtedly
intend to do, the unseating of Butler,
of South Carolina"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
Interest head,

A special from Washington of the
22nd inst, says the investigation of the
cipher dispatches is likely to prove
more interesting than was expected.
The outline of the work has been ar
ranged by an appropriate committee.
Prominent friends of Tilden are pre-
pairing to prove that they received prop
ositions from three Southern returning
boards to sell their votes, but that
Tilden sternly refused to pnt up, saying
if he could not get his just dues with
ont bribery he would not have them at
all; and, that persons who profess to
have power were doing all they did on
their account. Mr.. T.lden will
testify to this.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

The Senate Judiciary Committee has
|. ported the following PROPOSE ton az o
substitute for the constitutional amend
ment on the same subject, proposed by
the Joint resolution, which passed the
House under a suspension of the rules
on the last day of the last session:
Article l6. No claim against the
United states shall ever hereafter be
sustained or allowed by Congress or any
department officer or court of the Unit
ed States, or money paid by the Uuited
States, or from their funds, whether as
damages, compensation or otherwise,
for or on account of any pr~operty-real
personal or mixed-takeu. used, %iniur-
ed OF destroyed by the United States
troops, or by or through any officers
civil or millitary-or other persons act
ing, or processing to act under, or by
authority of the United States, Of their
enemies or taken, used injured OF de-
strOyed from any causes whatever, dur>
ing the existence of the late insurrec~
ton or rebellion against the Govern
ment of the United States unless the
owner thereof, and in case of any cor
poratlon its governing authority and
management was. during all the time
of such insurrection. loyal in fact to the
Government of the United States. and
gave neither aid. nor encouragement to
the enemy.
No pension, bounty, grant pecuniary
indemnity, or pecuniary benefit, shall
ever be paid, provided for by or under
the authority of Congress, or any State
for or on account of any military or 9th
er service, or injury suffered in hostility
to the Government ofthe United States.
No pardon or amnesty, past or future,
shall have any effect to take any person
case or claim out of the purview Of this
article.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

Fight Between Whites and

The telegraph brings the news of q
fight between some white men and ne
groes at Red Ruff, Miss, last Friday.
1t seems the white men named Gamb
lin had rented or purchased lands che
Alexander negroes claimed to hold I'M
der the homestead law and both parties
werdimproying on it; and the negroes
determined to arm and the Gamblins
were informed of the movement and
were prepared for the attack. Riley,
Tom and Dennis Alexander, three stout
negroes, opened fire from an ambush,
upon Presley, Tom and Walter Cams
bin, whites, us the three latter were
passing, and severely wounded Pres.
Gamb!in in the arm and fatally shot
John Gamblim, who has since died.
The Gambins returned fire as soOn as
they We're attacked, killing Riley and
Tom Alexander OIL the spot.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
What TiIacn will Testify 20.
New YORK. january, 26, 1879.


The 6traphlc,s special from W2sAing>
ton on the cipher dispatches iuvrstiga-
ton says: ''Tildcn's line Of Q~efenses
viii be a. denial of al knowledge Of all
dispatches. He will say that be never
encouraged the use Of money and re-
fused to allow the use of money or
brides Of any sort in his mama. Pelton
will swear to have submitted financial
propositions to Tilden, who Indignantly
rejected them. This does not help
Marble or other companions. but it is
believed that Ii!deu Intends to cut
loose from the whole band and allow
them to shift for themselves, The Re
pubIicans will attempt to secure copies
OF the cipher dispatches that TiIden
sent to Michigan While his books.wer
in litigation, to show that the same
cipher was used as in the Florida DIS
patches, but the democrats viii refuse
to have this outside matter brought in.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
GcMGs.ah EaOolAes..

Con. Charles L. Hooker is one OF the
most ready dehaters and most eloquent
members of Congress, and has been
called 1.-The Cicero of the House." He
was elected while absent beyond the
Rocky mountains III discharge oi, his
duty to the public, and with a vote APP
preaching unanimity. He could not
have buildozed to any great extent.
And while thus absent the New Orleans
Picaynne says his wife, at her home
in Jackson, Mississippi, IA smitten by
the yellow scourge. Like the brave
woman that she is, she would not let
the sad news be telegraphed to- him,
knowing that if her hour had come he
could not possibly reach her i'll time to
to exchange the last adieus, and that if
he came it must be at great peril to
himself. So, while the dead. were falls
ing all around like leaves in autumn.
she suffered in silence; aud the husband
- coaaforted by the Thought that no
news is good news'-cOntinUed his jour
ney undisturbed, never dreaming OF the
dangcr>at home. Thus deeds Of battle
are often eclipsed by the patient hero
ism of womau."
Mrs. Hooker ia the adopted daught
er of VIM. L. Shafkey, than whom
Mississippi has no greater or better mar
to boast. -NOiH &DribQS SOutH.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

BUFFERS charge that the Senate
committee on elections destroyed dis
patches, will be thoroughly investigat,
ed. Butler will be called to testify as
to the des truction, and who was involv-
ed by the kilograms destroyed. He has
ninety of the most important, which
are very interesting. They are nearly al
from Republicans, showing how Louis
lana and Florida were carried.
General Gibson has the closing
speech in the levee debate, commencing
to-day.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
Professional .seasSu&y.

A shooting affair occurred at Bay
St. Louis on Monday, which may result
in the death of a worthy and esteemed
citizen of that place.
DR.. Latham had been attending to a
patient in that places as the story is told,
but owing 70 carlessness and irreguAr-
tiles on the part of the doctor, DR..
Rhodes, a retired physician, was called
III. This fact excited the anger Of DR..
Latham, and so yesterday morning he
sopght his revenge.
DR.. Rhodes and his wife we're pass
lug in the street in front Of his house,
when DIR. latham. from his yard, fred
ut him with a. rifle. DR.. Rhodes was
shot through the hand, the ball also
passing through his hip and lodging
in his back, near his spine. The wound
is considered 4 mortal one.
rs . o rs the affair became known
in the town, The marshal went to arrest
him. He was told latham WAS asleep.
He concluded not to disturb him, but
''would come back later in the day. "
When he went back later in the day,
Latham was not to be found, and has
not been found since.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

HERE is a little item OF testimony
that was given before the BlainesTeller
Committee in New Orleans, that might
as well be taken into account. II is 9
forcible reminder of Hamburg, Is. Co
of Clinton, and Of Vlcksburg, IN the
dark days of rs and '76: e
David Wise, of Tensas, testified:
Live within a quarter of a mile OF FAIR
fax, but knew nothing until the affair
was over; did not see the men; never
heard the reason of their visit; my GU
was burned by negroes on tuesday
following; don't know the reason;
never gave them any cause; saw armed
|c.,iorea men marching through Water.
proof the day before my gin was burn
ed; consequently, when It was burning
L was afraid to go out to see about 1t; |
think the armed bodies of negroes
came from Catahoula parish; there
were two hundred of them; next day
another crowd of armed negroes came
into town, made q great deal OF FUSS
and cried that they were going 10 burn
the town; Fairfax was the leader Of the
negroes; it was understood he was
keeping mp the color line, making
speeches aud advising the negroes to
PRESERVE a bold front.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

The Fayette Clrouja>? Of last Fri

The Fayette Chronicle OF last Friday
has rhe following:
About three months ago, YIN. An
dfaws, who lives in tIe jeiTries neighbor
hood, Was{robbld OF an amount between
$500 and 1880. a few days ago, sns
piGion having accumulated SO strongly
against two Fosters, white. who lived
in a mile or two Gf Andrews, that he
procured q $. arch. warrant and found
the greater part Of his money in the
Fosters house. Andrews recognized
his money Enthusiastically by pencil
marks on some of the bills; besides,
they confessed to. this robbery, and
other previous ones of smaller amounts.
Immediately the Fosters We're taken in
charge by a posse and started toFayette
they have never reached here but
.rpmors OF lynchiuE have, which, if so,
is to be regretted, as hanging under
such circumstances can scarcely be jus
tifiabIe in the Judgement Of a christian
community.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
Ante.ReIlum Wall Contractors.

Hon. II D. Money introduced the
following b,l IN the House on the Goth
inst. 1t wasread twice and sreferred 10
uhe committee on Possibilities and
Postroads:
Whereas the Congress- Of the United
States, Iii. an, act entitled "An act
making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the government for the
fiscal year ending June 18th, 187S,'
approved on the third day of March,
1877, enacted the following clause:
That the sum of three hundred and
seventy-five Thousand dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, be
appropriated to pay the amount due to
mail contractors for mail service per>
formed in the States of Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida. ".Georeia, Kentucky,
Louisiana. Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina. South Carolina, Texas, Ten
nessee. Virginia, and West Virginia, in
the 1859, 1860, and 1861, and before
sid States respectively, engaged in
var against the United States; and the
PROVISIONS of section three thousand
fur hundred and eighty of Revised
Statutes of the United States shall not.
bf applicable to the payments therein
Authorized: Provided, That any such
Gains which have been paid by the
confederate State Government shall
Ipt be again paid" and
Whereas the honorable Secretary of
the Treasury, under his constr uction of
lha law, has decided that "no money
should be paid out of this appropria-
tion is insufficient, they should then b.
paid pro rata; and
Whereas by this construction of the
law by the honorable Sectetafy of the
Treasury, the law is entirely defeated,
as it is evident that all Of such claims
will never be filed by reason of death
of some Of the holders Of the same, and
of the small value Of many of such
claims: Now, therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be, and
he is hereby, directed iopay immedia>
tely, in full, all claims of the class pro-
vided for in the act named which have
been audited by the Sixth Auditor Of
Treasury for the Post>Ofice Depart
nent, and also to pay such claims rs
fast as they may be audited by said
Auditor, out of the fuud appropriated
by said act of March 3rd, 1877, above
named.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

A WASHINGTON special says the opin,
ion now is that Senator Conkling will
be successful in causing the defeat of
the obnoxious candidates nominated to
places in the New York customhouse.
If so, it will be a victory without
parallel in u political history, 1t is
most extraordinary that with the vast
power of the administration, it should
be defeated in a fight of two years
standing,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
s-
"a 'g';scsEaN.

4 Washington correspondent sends
the New Orleans FINES the following:
There is likely to be n change in the
tactics OF the Southern members OF
Congress, who vis,1te3> il ave spm.thln8
done to reclaim ana pr5tee5 the alluvial
lands OF the ~N,ssissina x~ld tributa-
res. -"
The plan suggested is that the
Southern men shall oppose every APPS
preparation for the banefit Of Northern
aud Western States, uhtil something
is done for the lovses.
There are nlnety;two Southern mems
bers in'the House Democratic caucus Of
one hundred and forty seven members.
If they will stick together they can con
troi the caucus, and defeat every Westo
crn and Northern appropriation as it. is
made.
New York wants a million or two to
complete her liarbors, Connecticut is
asking for q large amount to improve
the harbor Of New Haven; Chicago is
Yelling for money to mike new i'm
provemenrs in the harbor there, Cfeve-
iaud, Bnffalo, Milwaukee. Sandusky,
Detroit and all the rest want appropria
tions.
The Southern plan is, therefore, to
blandly say to thor able members who
want the appropriations mentioned:
Certainly, gentlemen; but we want
this levee bill first. aud we mean to
vote sqnarely against anything for any
other section until we get it. We +
get very much that we have to take
such a course to obtain what we areen
tiled to, but there seems to be no ofilel
way. We have tried arg,mests, but
they are no good. When We ask YOU to
help us. vou and your newspapers call
our respectful entreatIes for some assia
lance to keep the Mississippi river OIL
our lands another Southern job, There,
fore, we have determined TO vote stead
iy against every appropriation yon ask
fyr, 70 matter for what purpose, until
yon giv3 rs the very reasonable reiief
We so much need.
Thcro is bnt little doubt that tbs
pan wcuid be most efitctuai if put into
operation.
II was originally suggested by Gen.
Chalmers, OF Mississippi, last session,
some of the weaker kind Of the South
ern members thought it looked a|-iittle
too much like conrSiOn.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
Hanging, i'm CRYSTAL Springs

A negro, name unknown. committed
a nameless outrage upon the person of
Mrs. Dees, living three miles east of
Crystal Springs, on Tuesday last. He
was arrested, taken before an officer,
and confessed all. A crowd, mostly
composed of negroes, then took pos
session of the rascal and hung him on
the public square in Crystal Springs.
He was served right, and all guilty of
alike offence should receive the same
treatment,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

We shall soon send accounts to all
persons indebted to THE LEDGER office,
and we trust that all receiving
their bills will remit It's what they owe.
At this season of the year every subs
scriber to this paper is able TO pay for
his subscription, and those not disposed
TO do 50, need not be surprised if their
paper il stopped.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

In last weeks paper we stated a Mr..
Nathans, Of Fayette, had been beaten
by negroes, who were hung. We see
the gentleman referred to was named
Nathan Elliot. Last Fridays Chron-
icle said he was not dead but in a criti-
cal condition.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

REFERRING to the debaters in Con-
gress, Harper's Weekly says Gen. Gar
field is by many regarded as the strong
est, Hooker of Mississippi, is one of
the most polished orators; S. s. Cox
and Eugene Hale are the readiest ora
tors; Kelley, Ewing and C%rittenden are
the financial orators, and Banks and
Sayler are strong on parliamentary law
and ''tactics."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

REFERRING to the proposition to
place Grant Oh the retired army list,
us field marshal, with $25, 600 a year,
all exchange says: "While the coun
try employed Mr.. Grant he was paid
regularly from the treasury for his SER
vice. His receipts are in full for all
demands. Ii the people of the repub-
lie desire his further service they a
advise him through the ballot box"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
q esunxn Ta,.sl ,Eennna.

A man named e gan was found
sleeping in a tomb in the ST.. Louis
Cemate.y, New Orleans, last Saturday
might. He was arrested and told the
following story:
II came here about two months ago
from North Missouri, where [ was
working on the railroad. | had manag~
ed to save a little money, and when [
found ont the difficulties that lay in my
path to prevent me from getting work,
| determined to husband the little |
had.
"Therafore I did not go to a board
ing house; I've been to boarding
houses before. They are alive. with
vermin. One gets lousy in a boarding
house. if You sleep under the cover
they give you, and when they don't
give you cover, why you freeze, Then
again they rob you in boarding houses.
Then the vermin. OH it's awiall
"Suppose, now, that | had gone TO a
boarding house ana thus spent or lost
nv money, what would haye been the
consequences? Why I would have done
lust like the lame man | read about in
the papers as thro wing himself IN the
river. phe r;ver vas my last chance,
if | had spent my money and couldn't
get work. asg sa E@&@
These are my reasons for shopping
III the graveyard. | first selected the
place, and then fixed it up with sacks
for bedding and wreathes for a pillow.
at nightfall / would scale the wall, and
crawl into the tomb, closing it behind
,oa 80 r. go we ,n, anoJ,nb, IN thnro oe
warm as in a boarding~house. l was,
there all during tie cold snap, yet /
stood it,. / knew that Il was violating
the rules, but I was also fully aware
that 1 harmed nobody but myself. s
in no Sense q; Abeaciheld. sa
81 caunot save any of nay salary"
said Senator Lamar to zday to .yoIr, cor
respondent. ut is impossible. l
never paid a cent beyond livery hire
aud q few little kindred items of efec
Ition expenses in my life, and | have
been in politics a long time. ~Icould
save $1,0007a year If [ would do CERTAIN
things, but 1 do not think my conscience
would be satisfied if l. did. For in
Stance, 1 pay about three hundred. dol.
lars ID ycai W. uChoPhpSAo. Liiho W iSao
them. have passes oyer railroads.
/ could travel all over the United,
states free, but T. pay my fare. It
costs me S57 tor each member of my
family every time Il come and gobe>
tween here and home. / have telegraph
passes, but I never use them. l do not
think it. would be right. I eau send
anything please over the express lines.
yet pay my express bilL Ispend my
salary, and never have any money.
Some Senators use all these. privileges
of deadheading and say it is right. +
think otherwise. Bub there is one
thing, I think, should be DONE and II
shall propose it as soon as 1 get a chance.
Every Senator should have a private.
Secretary. He has more correspond
ence, commIttee work. etc, than lie
can do. The Senator gets 5000 a.
year, aud he cannot support bis family
in keeping with his position aud EN-
ploy u private Secretary too with that
sW~ EkE-a &s Y Hs4& 4Ge
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

A Berlin dispatch says a telegram
from Rome reports that the pope has
received threatening letters from Socla>
list in the connection with his recent
enclyclical letter and that he intends
to call the attention of the powers thereto
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

HE great mortality among Con-
gressmen is supposed to have been
caused by defective ventilation and per
nicious sewerage Of the Capitol build
ing. Strange that the effect shows al
most entirely upon Democratic mem
bers.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

MANY of the affections now prevail
ing are attributed to the extreme cold
weather, A disease called the ''black
tongue is raging at MartInsburg, N.
Y, and the people are panic stricken
from its fearful ravagas.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

The Potter Committe having invests
gate everything else in the country has
now turned its attention to the cipher
kilograms. 1t will probably next take
up the subject as to who are the legi-
mate claimants of the Jennings estate.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

PRINCES LOUISE dresses so plainly
when out shopping in Quebec that she
frequently suffers from the imperti
nence of the tradespeople.