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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Circular to a.. -. 3~Earahal..

WASHINGTON, July I2.-The attor-
ney general has issued a circular to
Y. 5. marshals, calling attention to
the fact that the judicial bill Cor the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, is
apportioned into specific appropria-
tions and cannot be devoted to 9th
er expenses under any circumstan-
G Blanks for acquisitions also
accompany the circular and mar
shals are directed to use money on
ly for tLc"fedcral Jurors. fees OF wit
nesses for the support Of United
States prisoners" and .'miscella-
nous expenses" Marshals are
specially directed by the accompa-
nying blank. to observe that the
specific sum which is advanced
from one appropriation must be eX-
pended for the purpose Of such APP
preparations alone" and as each di-
vision Of expenses has its peculiar
appropriation, the accounts, there
fore ofeach appropriation must be
kept distinct and separate from the
accounts of another appropriation,
and further, requiring them to keep
their books so they viii show how
much has been advanced to them
from each appropriation, and how
much is to Its daily credit.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
General Notes.

Rain is badly needed in Mississippi.
Ocean Springs had sweet potatoes
for dinner on the first of July.
Thirty pound watermelons are only
forty cents n piece at Ocean Springs.
Col. A. J. Tidwell died at bis home
in Carroll county, Miss, last week.
There is some swamp fever around
Jackson, Mississippi. Otherwise that
neighborhood is exceedingly healthy.
Afever death at Water Valley, Mis-
sissippi, is thought to nave been entire
~ sporadic.
Charlton is prevailing to a very great
extent along the Yazoo and Tallahatch~
ie rivers, in Mississippi.
Vicksburg is being kept in excellent
sanitary condition through the vigilance
of the board of health and sanitary po-
lice.
Mr.. James jackson, of Lexington,
Miss. says that a gill of tinctnre of
lobelia given as a drench will sure char
bon.
The corn crop in Yazoo county, Miss.
will be a failure on account of the
dronth; the cotton. however, looks very
we'll.
4 man named Austin Love has been
arrested in Pike county, Miss, charged
with q brutal murder, committed in
that county last May.
Mr. NJ. 4. Daes has been trying his
fuel truck at Pascagou!a, aud the other
day put two cords of wood into a loco
motive tender in ten seconds.
Governor Stone has respited the mur-
derer Napoleon B1naparte. who was to
have been hung at Sardis, Mississippi,
on Friday, 18th of July, out Of respect
to the Baptist State convention, which
will be in session in Saldis next week.
The Flying D%utchman," the fastest
train in the world. has recently been &C
celebrated, so that Exter is now within
-four hours and a quarter of London, and
Plymouth can be reached in six hours.
Between Paddington and Swindon the
speed is sixty miles an hour, the high>
est known ON any regular sefvice.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Advertising Agencies.

No paper that has a circulation and
expects to make a support can Afford to
take advertisement at the rates offered
by agents, and the resuit is when n man
or firm ndvertiscs through these agen
cies his business is put into patent side
papers and other sheets that have q lin
tied circulation, and his business does
not reach half the eyes OF the reading
public.
The above is what the Pascagoula
Star has to say in regard TO
schools advertising through advertising
agencies, which proves that its excellent
editor knows more about news aud pol-
itics than he does about advertising
agencies. In the fret place, no paper is
compelled to take an advertisement
from an agency. Bnt If it refuses the
agency generally has the privilege Of
pntting it in some other paper of equal
circulation. The advertiser selects his
own papers. stating how much he will
give fer each, and his business cannot
he put in other papers except by his
consent. Advt rtising''agencies are of
great benefit TO papers; for they get
work that would never be heard of but
for their efforts.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
nea.h OF wm. Alien.

Tx Governor VIM. G. Allen died sud
denly at his home, ear Chillicothe,
Ohio, on the 10Th inst. He was a re-
markable man, n Jackson Democrat and
had occupied places Of trnst and honor.
He was born in North Carolina, bnt
moved to Ohio when a youth. He was
admitted 10 the bar before he was
twenty~one years old. At twenty>six
years of age he was elected n Repro.
sentative from Ohio to the Twenty
second Congress AZ a Jackson Demo
crat. He served one term, and in 1886
he was elected to the United States
Senator, serving from March 1st, 1887,
to March Sd, 1Sl9. When he took his
seat in the Senate he was the youngest
mar ever elected to that body. In 1S4s
he declined to be nominated rs the
Democratic candidate for the Presi>
dency, when it was found that the dele'
gates were nearly equally divided be>
tween Cass aud Van Buren,. In 1879
he WIS elected Governor of Ohio. In
the following State canvass he WAS n
candidate for reelection, but was de
feated by r. B. Hayes. He was q
prominent candidate at the st. Louis
convention for the Presidency.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Obtaining TtirGS Not Sought
After.

We spoke yesterday OF the excellence
which has characterized the nrefIonS
anl address"s delivered on widely vary
ing occasions by the Hon. Horat'o Sey-
monr for several years past. we be-
lirvn The nrations ! addresses have
had mnch 10 do with his reaching the
exalted position which he now occupies
in the general estimation o. the people
No other man IN the country stands %
hiQil rs he docs to- daN 1T he YONG
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Tie New Judicial law.

WASHINGTON. July 11.-Owirg to
the inability of the department of JUS
tice to furnish official copies of the new
judicial law, the bill! not having been
disposed of in time to print the requir-
ed number of copies for distribution
earlier, considerable embarrassment has
been occasiopcd with regard to the
mode Of drawing jurors in conformity
with it's provisions in courts Which con
vene this month. On account of not
receiving an Official copy. the term Of
the Tennessee Court has been p~ostpons
ed until September. The Judge of the
Circuit Court for tho Eastern District
of Virginia. not having the tnxt of the
newlaw ordered the deputy marshal to
summon Jurors under the old law. Ups
on calling at the department to-day
and receiving a copy of the Act the
Deputy Marshal expressed the opinion
that it wonld not be safe to proceed IN
der the old law in the face of provisions
contained in new. hence it is'not unlike
Nv that this Court will follow the exam
pie set bv the State of Tennessee and
postpone IFS term until Fall. Copies
of the new law will be forwarded by
the department as rapidly as possible.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Redistribution Notice.

The Rad 81 Retaliation Tor the
UNITY II Lincoln will meet The qualified
.~lector.. Il the different election precincts
~ aid e.unty, who are entitled "a regis
~tr.,ion. at tie following times and places
tO-wit.
lard. Mil "wednesday, August 10.
C,ssyviile, Friday, August 10.
Ellzcy q Norton's 5 ore, Saturday, Au'
gust 10.
gus, 10.
Fair River Store. Wednesday, august
20th.
school house %(iIalTs Precinct, near Joe
McClondon's. Friday and Saturday, Aus
gust % and %.
Montgomery, Monday, August Is.
Warren',T Tuesday, August Is
C,nrt house, Wednesday, August u
Bnpnechilto. Friday, August -.
The books will be kept open at the court
house for five days before the election, OF
which due notice will be given, for the
purpose of enrolling, in their proper
rlaec., any who may have changed their
location since last registration.
W. K. SPgNoER,
4. f. MoREToN, IseSiS'rafS'
HARRY SMITH,
BRooT.vrx, Jnly 10Th, 1879. 3-w.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, July 18th, 1879.

WASHINGTON, JH'y lZtu, 1919.
: Editor BrOokharen LEDGER
As cleo tions draw near, and Congress
is not in session to distract the attention
Of politicians. extraordinary interest at
taches to political complications in sew
eral States. In Maine. for instance. where
the election takes place in about two
months, the Democrats and Greenback
ers have formed a compact union on ali
except the Gubernatorial ticket. The
disaffection among Democrats from this
course is found to be much less than
was anticipated. Indeed, ms it assures
.he lower House of the Legislature to
the combination, many shifty nondes-
cripts and stay at homes. who, when
ever they have voted, have
voted the Radical ticket, will
o vote with what they { know
to b, the strongest side. The revolt Of
intelligent, active and consistent Re
pnblicans from the Blaine and Hamlin
serrdom will also certainly be more
pronounced this year than last. OF
substantial victory there is no dnubt.
In Ohio. where the conditions are
different, there seem to he no good rea-
son for any Democrat to enter the
Greenback party. and there nre indica-
tinne that the vntss il will draw frnm
the Democratic party are much less in
number than was expected.
As to both States I simply give what
il currently talked here. and what
comes in letters from people usually
reliable in political estimates.
There is mrch said Of Senator Conk-
ling's alleged declaration for Window
as the Republican Presidential candi
date. OF conrse Senator C's. first
choice il Grant, but he believes that.
next to Grant, Window would create
less animosities in the party THAI any
other man. However, rs Sherman IS
assessing his clerks heavily in his own
interest, Anding Che money to Ohio TO
prepare the wav for himself in 1890.
Senator Coukling and the other friends
of Senator Window will have to do
something more than declare a pres
ference.
The pnnnrs here consinnA to assert
that the Administration will soon pct
rid OF all it's Democratic employees. Mr..
Hayes. if left TO himself. would Gonbte
less prefer to let merit haya some
slight influence in the selection of
office holders. and wonld allow deserv
ing men, though not Radicals. to re
tain places thew have acraptah'v filled
The last wear shows rs. however. that
# any orennizad attempt is made to in
fnence him he will WELD.
There woull seem 70 be no valid OBJ.
lection to the appointment of nor or
less civilians to the thirty odd vacan-
r;as in the grade % Second lieutenant
in the Army. Neither wonld it seem
inst 10 refuse Con. r. G. Drum. of the
Adintant GnneroEs office. the position oi
Adintant General on the coming retire
mont sof Gen. Townsend. Drum next
in line Of promotion and tho only oh
lection to him. being that he vas not
educated at West Point A great
many more officers from civil life wonld
benefit the Army. Il.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
PRIMARY E.iecfion System.

The Democratic mass convention
held in Clarke county on the 7th inst.
passed a resolution to bold a primary
election, and adopted the following
splendid plan for conducting it:
Resolved, That we bar the negroes,
who have not heretofore voted in full
the Democratic ticket, and all Repub-
licans from participating in the prima-
~ election.
Resolved, That all candidates voted
for will be required to pledge them
selves TO abide the decision OF the pri-
mary election. and support the ticket
that may be nominated.
Resolved. That the Democratic exec
utive committee appointed at this meet
ing he empowered and instructed to
hold the primary election, by the APP
such other machinery 'as they may
deem expedient and necessary toa full
and fair expression of the people as to
their choice of officers to be voted for
by the terms of the resolution adopted,
and the result.
The following resolution was unani-
fmously adopted:
Resolved, That Jefferson Davis is the
first choice of the Democracy of Clarke
county for U. S. Senator.
Pike county, whose primary election
passed off so satisfactorily, adopted the
following rules for conducting it.
1st. That the inspectors open and
close the polls at the hours low pre-
scribed by law.
2ud. The election shall be conducted
in all respects and returns made in ac~
cordance with the State laws governing
elections. except 80 far as the same con.
ficts with the following rules and regu-
~lations. Returns to be made to the
Chairman Of the Democratic Executive
Committee. and to be examined by him
in connection with the committee and a
true connt be made bv them. and re
suits TO be announced by the Chairman
in accordance with the returns made.
Returns toibe made'by the inspectors on
the second Monday in July, 1879, it
being the 18th day.
Sd. All persons who are known to be
Democrats and are entitled TO vote. or
will be at the general election, under
the State laws, shall be allowed to vote
at the Primary Election.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
The Condition Of the Crop.

The returns of the cotton crop to
the Departmental agriculture show
the condition ofJune, which was So,
has not been maintained, and is f.r
July LIST, 90. The figures indicate
the condition, compared with the
June figures. ire: North Carolina,
1O4. = gain Of 6; South Carolina 81,
a loss of 10; Georgia So, a loss Z;
Florida 81, a loss OLA; Alabama 90,
no change: Mississippi %, a loss OF
I; Louisiana SO, a loss of =; Texas
90, a loss of 4; Arkansas 93, a gain
of 6; Tennessee 10l, a gain Of z.
The universal complaint is the
drought, which has been the most
severe in South Carolina, Georgia
and Texas. The stand however,
for the whole country is good, and
reported well worked aud free from
grass.
Insect injuries are not reported to
any extent.
The acreage Of tobacco for the
whole country shows a decrease IN
four States, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, New York and Pennsylvania,
in which bulk seed aud leaf tobacco
is grown. There is an increase in
acreage Of about thirteen per cent,
as compared with 1878, 81 the nro
ducing, shipping and manuiactrr-
ing smoking tObaceos. which con
stitutes nine and one ninth. or all
the tobacco grown in the United
States, North Carolina az once.
shows an increase in area planted;
all others indicate a material de-
crease from the average Of last year.
The condition for the whole coun-
try is slightly below that Of July l..
.IS6S. Massachuset, alone Of the
States bordering on the Atlantic
shows an increase condition. and
Tennessee, in the West, places her
condition at n~inety-siX against
eighty-nine last year.
The area painted in corn in the
whole country exceeds that planted
last year, North Carolina, Missis-
sippi, Arkansas and Tennessee being
the States that show the largest
gains in the South. Ohio and lndi-
ana show some decrease, while Hi
nois increases 7 per cent. States
west Of the Mississippi river made
the largest gains.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
E'5pe a.. =. SenatOTshsp.

The Magnolia Herald of last week. i'll
an article on the U. s. Senatorship,
said: 1.-The contest for U. S. Senator
seems, by popular consent, to lie be-
tween ex>President Davis and Hon. r.
Barksdale;;" to which Maj, Barksdale
replies in the Clarion, Il will thank
you to say that it is impossible for me
to be All opponent of Mr.. Davis, or to
antaoonize the wish of friends who may
desire to return him to the Senate.
RECOGNIZING the pre-eminence of his
merits, and realizine..that he ranks above
Others 10 the, hearts of the people he
has served so long and faithfully, inc
for whom he suffered VIGOROUSLY, l Will
not permit my name to be used for the
Senate, if he should consent to be re-
urned to that important Office
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Layvercnce County LfeRms.
Politics still very lively.

Still very dry; already great damage
done by drouth. In one localities
there has been rain.
Preaching at Bethel Church last Sun
day by Rev. Mr., Chandler. There will
be baptising next month.
The dry weather has injured the
grass in the woods, 50 that mulch cows
are failing considerably.
The mill belonging to Mr.. j.: NJ.
Smith on Halls Greek, was burned last
week. Loss over two thousand dollars.
Work Of an i~ncendiary.
The school Taught by w. II. Cam
eron, on Tilton Greek, has closed. The
teacher is to begin another on Bear
Greek .his week,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Heavy on siie Band,

The notes of a brass band were some.
thing new in Meadville. and when the
music strnck mp on the evening of the
Sd lust, dumb brutes were seized with
a panic aud Il general stampede ensued.
Watch dogs yelped and hid away; cows,
with heads and tails raised, galloped
off to the woods. Two mich cows fled
thar evening, each leaving ayoung calf.
and have not returned. We are told
that a valuable yard dog, chained to a
block, junped a fence in his effort to
vacate the premises, the block caught
on the inside, aud the dog WAS hanged
to death. And this was all caused by
the very best of music, rendered by a
gentlemanly set Of musicians -Nead-
piUe Banner.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17

Very hot.
Corn aud cotton looking we'll.
Peach crop is a complete failufe.
Apples are beginning to ripen.
Watermelon season is fully npon us.
Hore flies and gnats are disappearing.
Chills and fevers are prevalent just
now.
The public schools commenced last
Monday.
Our county adopted a complete series
of school books.
Mr.. Judson is doing good work on
the new Jail.
Oar excellent Sheriff has been sick
for a few days, bnt is well again and at
his post of duty.
Evan Hall 1.-The popular clerk, was dos
ing work for the Board of Supervisors
last Monday, 7th inst.
Last wears assessment shows about
four thousand sheep in tle county.
Much attention will be paid to them in
the future.
Cattle buyers are beginning to pour
in from every direction. There are not
many cattle for sale in tie county, how
ever.
Mr.. Neil Smith, an old and respected
citizen of this county; died at his home
neal Mt. Olive, Juno 23rd. Mr.. Smith
was one Of the oldest men in the conn
ty, and perhaps one Of the oldest in the
State.
There will be a Sunday School Cele-
bration at Mt. Carmel in this comfy on
18th inst. Most Of the Sunday Schools
in the county have consented to parts
cipate, and of course every one will en-
joy himself.
The morning OF the 4th was bright,
breezy, and serene-all nature seemed
conscious of the.great day of American
Independence, and wore her merriast
smiles and most beautiful attire. The
sun ushered in with an ~unciouded
spiendor, the breezes Of Heaven APP
plauded it's coming. that we might never
forget the gallant sires of seventy>six
The examination of Mt. Olive school
on Friday the 4th was a perfect success.
The students of the school as well
as the patrons; and the friends OF
education, had determined npon a cele-
bration of the Republics birthday.
| There was q tumultuous hum of voices
in that shady, but whilom silent grove;
merry peals of laughter and shouts of
Joy and triumph rang loudly through
the primeval forest-the crowd of child
dren, boistrous with JOY, all forgetting
the differences in age, creeds, and in
politics, and in tnste and order in the
commemoration of the glorious birth
day of American Independence. The
exercises of the school were opened and
conducted by L. l.. Charles, nnder
whose supervisors the school has flour
lshed for the past five months. After
all the classes were disposed of and
several poems read by the young ladies'.
the crowd was conducted in beautiful
order TO the table where a rich and
bountiful repast had been freely and
generously prepared in profuse abund-
ance. No disorder. no confusion OF
tumnlt. interrupted the cen And
when the sun was nearly setting be-
hind the green hills of the west, all
separated. perfectly delighted with tina
entire performance of the school; the
shouts of merriment aid joy rang out
sgain in louder tones from the hap.
ply hearts which seemed to ioyfulIy
share in the great ovation Of liberty;
not one looked sad or discontinued.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Excitement Over ina Memphis.

MEMPHIS, July 15-1 p. NJ. The eN-
citement in the city has entirely
subsidized; business is again progress
sing as usual.
The trains on the Little Rock rail
road commenced running again this
morning, a train having been sent
out to Lonoke, to which point quar-
antines have been raised.
The condition Of Judge Rays son
was not considered very favorable
this morning.
There has been no new cases re-
ported since last Thursday.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Commissioners safe.
JB Cnrisman. Decree for

J 3 CEFIsman. UVVTeV IV1
Abrnbam scherek ct all s3,l1G 90.
By virtue of a decree of the Chancsry
Court Of Lincoln county, in the above
stated case, | will, on Monday, the fourth
lay oCAuguzt, one thousand eight hum
bred and spveuty-nine, at the Court House
door in Brookhayen, between the hoHrs
prescribed bv law, sell at public QUERY to
the highest bidder for cash, the following
property, Tor the payment OF ahoye decree
and cost Of sair to~wit: Lots NJ > aud .
IN ,quare 81, il the tow of 3~ronkhay'n'
Ironing on Railroad Avenue 100 feet
and rrping back 200 feet.
JIM BUCKLEY,
.Jnlv . :5-t Com issIonrrS,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
CuHeoka institute,
Maury County, Tenn.

W. R. WEBB, An, UNIV. n. C, Primo,
J. NJ. WEBB, A. NJ, Univ. \. c.,
The fall session opens Aug. g., 1879. Lo.
cation, healthy and accessible. Discipline,
firm and parental. Instruction. thorough
Course, Classical, Mathematical, CONNER
cial and English. Highest testimonials
from distinguished educators ahd leading
universities. Boarding in the best private
families at So 90 and IS 90 per week, in
Gliding furnished room fuel, lights and
washing. Tuition and incidental fee per
session of 20 weeks, $3.50. q 7
DR.. Garland, Chancellor of Vanderbilt
University, says: "The Academy of the
Messrs. Webb has no superior within my
knowledge in the Southern States."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17

Mr. R.'H. HENRY Of the BRooKHAvES
LEDGER, is a candidate for the L"G;sla-
laiure from Lincoln comfy. Frirn,,
Henry is a worthy gentleman and would
make q good Repesentative.-E0Sc0>
g0U1a Dem0crnsStar.
1t seem the papers of the State are
determined we shall be a cand .da'a for
the Legislature whether VIC announc"
oursnlf Or not.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
FEE FRIEND OF.sEE!
HoLLOWhY'S PILLS.

These famous pills Parity the Blood,
and act most powerfully. yer soothing
~, on the Liver, stomach, hldheNs anu
10 els. .iviuv ZONE, Energy, AID FisCr
Ia thp whole sv tenn. They ARE wonder
rurly ,~ficncin,is in all ailments incid9h-
TAI IL Females. Youug or O.d, aid as a
genera Family Medicine, for HE cure
or most complaints they are uncguaiied'
CAITloN.-Nonc are gen.
nine uulpss tae signature OF j. II yd0ck
as agent for the United States, sun
rounds each box of Pills and Om mcnt.
Boxes at 70 cents, e. cents. and 3 eaeh.
r1TTncrc is considerable saving by tax
iag }Ac larger size.
HOLLOWAY Co, New York.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17

THE BRooKHAvEN LEDGER comes te
us this week, with the names and mugs
Of Tilden and Hendricks up for Presi'
dent and Vice. President, in 1880
Yazoo City Sentinel,
Well, don't you think the ticket
good Que?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
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