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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
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II is stated that when Bruce was Of.
fered a place on Blaines Investigating
committee. he deciined and said that he
did not seq bow any good could result
from the proposed investigation. Per-
haps, he said, there have been some
frauds. 1t would be strange IL there
had not been. but his people had just
made the. second largest crop of cot-
ton ever. grown tn the South, and that
circumstance furnished ample evidence.
to bis mind, that they were quite as
prosperous as the laboring classes
North. This being the case. the color.
ed people ought not to be stirred up by
political excitement, which could do no
good, and might do harm, by arousing
anew the feelings of'susplcious dislike
of the whites, which were dying ont
with the prosperity of the New South.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
In iQuitOus

The West Point Echo is very severe
on Reuben Davis and Vasser. 1t is
charged that these men have packed the
jury in the Federal Court at Oxford,
and are prosecuting the men who voted
against them at the last election. The
Echo says "never in the history of the
country, even in the dark days of Car
pet>Lag and scalawag Radicalism. has
such outrage upon the rights of the
people been committed as is now be-
ing done by the Vasser-Dayis Grand
Jury at Oxford, without the scintilla of
or law. Indictments are being found
by the wholesale, dragging from home
the old and the young to answer TO bills
of Indictment found by this ubiquitous
inquisition. and this too in many in
stances where parties are not able to pay
their expenses or attorneys fees. Not
that they expect to convict, but for the
sole purpose of intimidating the white
people in future in holding elections. ,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

Mr.. Manning, OF this State, made a
speech in the House on the 7th inst. !,
that will commend itself to the public
generally. A bill had been presented
regarding the distribution of the Gene
va Award, and Mr.. Manningfavored its
passage. He said that in 1871 the
tribunal of arbitration rewarded our
Government 81, 800, 900 for the benefit
of injured citizens antl~in satisfaction
of all demands against Great Britain;
that SIC. 5000 of this money we're
still inthe hands OF the Government,
and contestants ware unable to obtain
it. The bill advocated by Mr.. Manning
authorized all persons or corporations
claiming, to be entitled to any part of
the money, to sue: for the same in the
United States Court of Claims, at any
time within one wear from the passage
of the act. He thought that it was
high time that this Government should
discharge its duty in regard to this
money by ascertaining whether its citi-
zens have just claims thereon; whether
il shall be covered into our Treasury
or returned to Great Britain. Justice
to the Government and to claimants
alike demand an early disposition of
this matter, and if the fund in question
caunot be distributed under the treaty
and award according to the principles
of justice, equity and the laws, of ma
tions," that it sh,nld be promptly re-
Turned to Great Britain.
We are glad to endorse Mr.
Manning's speech. 1t is plain. FRACTION
common sense. Unless the money
is to be paid to claimants, or if there
are no other bona file claimants. then
the Government shonld protect its
honor by returning the balance to
Great Britain. ...... ..,fa
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
,J,cksoniuu Democracy

The letter of Senator Thurman to
those engaged in the Columbus.
Ohio, banquet, on Jacksonian Demo :
cracy, has struck the key note of the
next Presidential campaign. He says
Jacksonian Democracy was party
distinguished for its love of the consti>
tuition; its determined opposition to
monopoly; it's love for. equal rights.
There have been and perhaps ever will
be but two great parties in America.
The Democratic party, asking nothing
but equal rights, and an opposing par
ty whose leaders have eyer sought and
ever will seek special privileges created
by law. Who can forget the great bat
tie fought by the Democracy under the
lead of Jackson against the bank of the
United States? who can fail to see that
great struggle against a far mole
powerful combination of capitalists and
privileges than was presented by that
institution, is now impending? Will
the Democracy of to day follow the ex
ample set by their fathers, of infiexible
opposition to special privileges, or will
they prove ,recreant,to their principles,
their history aud the traditions of their
party? This is the question that must
ere long be answered. He. says Jack
souian Democracy was party OF econ
omy. The ordinary annual expenses of
Jakson's dministration-that is the
expenses of the Government, exclusive
of pavements in the discharge of public
debt-were but fifteen millions there
abouts. Now our ordinary annual ex
penses are nearly ten times that sum
What contrast! While our population
has increased but little more than
threshold, onr expenses have increased
nearly ten-fold. Is it not high time
we shonld return to tho economical
principles and practices of the Jack
sonian Democracv2
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
BU'rz.ER's RRECk.
Wherc He will Throw il nm Il
who isWfu s1it. a. H7NT0

WASHINGTON. Jan, 10. The Hor. B.
r. Butler is making ready one of the
greatest speeches of his life. It is
about the bnlldozing in Massachusetts
at the recent elections. He has gather
ed up IN immense array of facts. backs
ed up by persons. affidavits. and means
to make a speech that will be ilnau>
swerable and irrefutable., Much intrest
exist among both Democrats and Re-
unblicans at the coming effort of Gen.
Butler. It is not thought any Repub-
lican will try to reply. for none of them
seem ANXIOUS to risk tilt with Mr..
Butler. ,,-, E......s-s-
In his speech he will call the atten
ton of the attorney general to the cases
he presents, and demand that while he
is so busily engaged in hunting up
Southern outrage cases. he had better
turn his matters at home. Gen. Butler
will call upon him to enforce the law in
Massachusetts, as we'll as in South Caro-
lima i-..Hg sI&fH p J.i5A'rssr. D HfA
Mr.. Devensis good deal amazed at
Buffers attitude. He knows Butler
would not make these charges without
he had we pf'ot !" Susbaiii tHefn." rt
For Devens to order prosecutions for
intlmidations in his own State, will be
his political death. If he does not.
Butler will certainly move for his inns
peacbment: 50 that Mr. Devens some
times even wishes he were dead. The
time for the delivery of. his speech is
not yet appointed. but it will be very
soon. 1t will gather into the galleries
of the house one of the larges audiences
ever assembled there.
Bn!ler SAYS he will present to the
Tellers committee two hundred cases of
bulldozing in Massachusetts, worse
than any in louisiana and South Carr
Dina. -NeD Orleans Times. .sf.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
oys wAssuiyero> lECrEx.

~ WAsHrNGroN, Jan. IL 81, 1873.
Edito, IraokAnre RED Ledgers-
The sh ~ lJanuary, the anniver.
sary Of the battle of New. Orleans,
ought to be made holiday by act Of
Congress. ] trnst Senator Thurman 0,
some other patriotic sDemocrat will al
once introduce the necessary bill fol
that purpose. Senator Thurman BY
the way, was unable TO 60 to Ohio to
speak to the Democrats Of that State
on jackson Democracy.sai His refusal
to run as the Democratic candidate for
Governor Of Ohio must, Itear, be ac-
cepted as final. I, 's9ti's: 9 nefs
A London Professor proposes to
"freeze out" yellow fever. By his pro.
cess he claims that in few minutes he
can reduce the temperature of dwell :
ing or vessel to zero, thus destroying
any possible germs of the pcstilence.
The Professor has received great en-
enlargement here, both from officials
and citizens generally. A suitable yes
sci will be placed at his service by the
Navy Department with which to ex-
pertinent at New Orleans or other
Southern ports. Aid will be asked of
Congress to o limited amount, and
Professor Gamgee and his system are
so highly commended by all scientific
men, whatever their theory as to the
origin or treatment of the fever, that
whatever reasonable sum is asked will
probably be granted. Tn order that the
system may be Thoroughly enforced it
is necessary to construct a vesssl es.
pecially adapted to this service. r. Many
who have investigated the subject de-
clare that this will not only provide
certain protection from the reocsurrence
of the fever, but will in the end pro-
vide a system that will entirely do away
with our cumbersome and insufficient
quarantine system. 200
The first week of resumption has
failed to pronounce a single jar in
financial matters, Gold flows into the
Government vaults faster than it flows
ont. ~ 7~i'N-s
We have this week the annual gath
ering of the Woman Snffragists. The
old beg parlon-the experienced
leaders are oil: here. They will
button hole congressman. make
speeches and adjourn, leaving the
question Of woman suffrage about
where it has been the last dozen years.
But there are few who will not extend
their sympathy in their warfare on
polygamy. n.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
.yu.,,ee RauidIy Admin istered

Justice Rapidly Admin istered'
Last week Ne recorded the burglar
ious nd ventnre of the two tramps, VIM.
|Anthony aud Thomas Clark. who were
arrested while almost in the act OF plum
deripg the store of A. Il W. Barnet
They we're taken to Jail, and, as the
grand jury was in session, Immediately
indicted, and tried, on the two charges
that of burgIariously entering the
store of John A. Shreve and the Mess
SEES, Burnet. The first indictment failed.
but on the second, That of burglaiious-
ly entering the store OF the BHrnnet's,
they were found guilty. the proseedure
from the entrance Of the store to the
finding Of the verdict all occurring with
in forty eight hours.
On Thursday Judge Chrisman sen.
fenced VIM. Antony an old man ard old
offender no donbt, to four years in the
penitentiary sand Thomas CLARK, quite
a young man, and possibly the dnpe of
his old confederate, to two years. And
soon they will be on their winding way
to be hired out. Port Gibson ReUitle.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

The New Orleans Times says there
has been much speculation oyer, the
progress of the plague in Astrachan
aud its possible advent to America.
Many seem tothink that with the pres
ent rapid means of transportation and
constant commercial intercourse, il
would only be matter of few weeks
before the dread Asiatic curse would
traverse the ocean and set seal upon
cities in our lanos. The Times thinks
there is no danger of the Plague spread
ing to this country. f. Fit4eE.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
The Walkers.

This seems to be the moving age
and walking is the mania. At walk
ing match in Newbuig, N. Y, on the
18th inst, James Crawford walked one
hundred miles in twenty three hours.
At Chicago, Geo. Guyon attempted
to make better time than horse and
got beat.
B.. w. Fowler is trying to beat
OLeary's time. s4s &
Madame Anderson has completed her
feat of walking two thousand, seven
hundred quarter miles in ns many
hours. This is one of the greatest
tasks of endurance on record.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
Hosts uf Penple are Martyrs

To sick headache, that infallIble symptom
of disordered stomach, liver and bowels.
Many suffer from it as many az three or
four times week. They do so needles-ly,
for .Hostetter's St mach Bitters, BY toning
the digestive organs and regulating the
bowels and liver, removes the cause, and
dispels the painful symptom The init
mate sympathy between The brain and the
abdominal region causes the slightest dis
order affecting the latter to be reflected.
as it were. in the organ of thought. The
reform instituted by the Bitters when the
digestive, secretive and evacuative func,-
tive are in State Of chaos, has other and
more beneficial results, viz, the complete
nutrition Of the whole physical economy,
the restoration OF appetite and repose, and
an increase in the power of the system u
resist diseases of malarial type. I'm
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
Nice Adyoca te.

/. The New York Advocate is being
Ipubiishs ed again, butts lean looks re-
minds one more Of contraction than in.
fation. The paper is publihed by q
sharper nalned Shupe, of whom the
Grenadan Sentinel says:
III this rascal goes unwhipt OF justice
after swind ling men anO omen, boys
and girls cout of abos tv2 hundred
Thousand dollars. the city New; York
had as we'll offer permanent premium
for vlIliany. The greater portion OF
his victims were poor sewing girls who
sent cd to him from ten to. fifteen doll
lara with which, to buy fine sewing
machines, as that constituted one Of
the most attractive Z features of his
'thieving plot. A detailed, account Of
this mans frauds wouldfsdA Q good
al ZAd volume. Il xfga A4e
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

The New York Times regards Sena.
tor Baydrd as the comming President,
and comedies, his election by practically
admitting that he will carry the solid
South, New York, Connecticut and
New Jersy, with probability of In
diana, Ohio. and perhaps other States.
The solid South cast one hundred and
thirty eight electoral votes, New York
thirty five, Connecticut SIX, aud New
Jersey nine-added mike one hundre d
and EIGHTY eight or three more than
necessary. s-.7+.7 .f.s., -s.E4-
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
SuSpiciOuS.

The Brandon Record is disposed to
think there is band of murders in
Rankin county. Itmentions the cases
of the negroes named Green Murray
and Abraham Howell. Murray sold his
cotton. put the money in his pocket
and returned homeward. The next day
he was found by the roadside dead :
murdered it is supposed for money,
Abraham Howell was in Brandon and
showed some money. He also started
home, but as he has not been heard
flom since, it is supposed he too was
murdered. f.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
R eSluceS 10 81. 90,

AS will:be seen by advertisement, the
price of The LEDGER has been reduced
to $500 per year, and delinquent sub
scribers who settle by the. 18th o.
February may do so at the rate Of
$500. After that date all delinquent
subscribers must pay $3.50 per year,
Those owing for one year will be
stricken from our books February 18th,
and no other names will be added I'm.
less paid in advance. . -a''.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
A. Remarkable Case,

The New Orleans Times mentions {
case of yellow fever in that city De
cember 26th. Nellie, daughter of MIR
s. e. Carey. and aged five, arrived, il
New Orleans. from Chicago, December
-21st, after an absence of seven mouths
Within five days she was taken sick
and was pronounced to have yellow fe-
yer, Black vomitf followed, and thu
childlgot WE'LL This is the most re-
markable case of fever on record. e
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

The New Orleans Democrat says
"Col. Tom Scott's reported madness
seems to have considerable method in it
He has found time and mind suffi; Gent
since he had been in Europe to con-
tract for the service of thirteen large
steam vessels Of 5000 tons each to be
put in this line of freight carrying yes
sells. Three of them are to leave this
side Of the Atlantic each week."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

THE New York Telegram, has insor
nation that Mr.. Tilden will be q wit
ness before the Potter committee relative
to the Tribune cipher kilograms. 1t
will be remembered that in February
1877, when certain dispatches concern
ing the Oregon electoral c'ntest were
published. Mr. Tilden promptly declared
his readiness to testify before one of the
investigating committees which had
been appointed by the two houses OF
the forty fourth Congress. }s.t 4
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

IT is said member Of the cabinet pro
nounces Governor Hartranft's chances
for the Berlin mission decidedly che best
although the President and his advisers
also think we'll of ex Senator Henderson,
of Missouri. Banks is said to be out
Of the race, +-''e
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
Thurman Ma m dicapped.

One point urged in fave of Bayard's
nomination to the Presidency is not
without force. "His State is small, :"
saws the Baltimore Gazette, with bold
ness that CHALLENGES belief. "He could
appoint all his sisters, and aunts. to Off
&C., and provide every Democrat in
Delaware with good place, and then
leave something for outsiders. Thur
man is sadly handicapped in that he
halls from Ohio, It is very large
State, with a constantly increasing ap-,
petite for Office -Chicag0 Times.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

The Summit Sentinel says anyone
Knowing the whereabouts of Lloyd e.
Bell will find it to his advantage tc
address his father, Mr.. L., G. Bell, at
Franklinton, La. or his brother, John
n. Bell, Summit. He is thirteen years
of age, dark hair, black eyes and fair
compilations; left Summit September
one year ago. r s.s
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
Floods in East Ten ssee.

KNOXVILLE, Jan. 13-Since Sunday
night the three principal rivers, of East
Tennessee have been gorged with float.
ing ice. Nearly all the low lands in
East Tennessee are OVERLOOKING, and
fences swept away. The river here at
noon to-day was about at q stand, beng
thirty feet above low water mark. Rail
road officials now apprehend no trouble
with bridges, and all trains are running
on time. rs sa.ae.esi. -i 4.r4.rg ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

THE Louisiana Legislature convened
last week. Hon. John G. Moncnre, OF
Caddo, was elected speaker OF the
House; Col Claude Pegues. clerk of
the House, and Mr.. C.egg, Secretary of
the Senate. Lieut.. Gov. Wilt pre-
sides over the Senate. ft t'l'4
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
Rev. tYiIey Burgess.

The Brookhaven Ledger publishes
the death of this venerable and gooG
man. He was truly ard devotedly 6
faithful laborer in the cause he profess
ed, and in which he had labo,ed most
of his life, and scarce can any one who
knew him doubt that he was living
complication of christianity. Surely
such man goes to great reward.
-Fuyette Chronicle.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

Mr.. Wilson Price, for the past year
en- gagged with the store of Mr.. j. w
Hudnall in our town, left Yesterday fol
Brook haven, where he will be with
Mai. ,Millsaps in the mercantile business.
Though not long resident of Brandon
Mr.. Price has many warm friends and
admirers .ere, who regret his departure
His christian character and euergy il
christian work is greatly admired, ant
he will be mnch missed in his church
here. -Brdnoloa Record. siD ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

SAYS the New York Express: "Grant
said to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, I
am not .ap eloquent man. He should
have added that he could drink fnently
in all languages-but probably the
Lord Mayor discovered that fach
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
SECRETARY SHERMAN, has asked Con

SECRETARY SHERMAN has asked Com
gress to make an appropriation Of
$50, 100 for the purpose of dcfrayine
the expenses of transportation of silver
bullion from the Pacific coast to New
York for the balance of the fiscal year.
He also asked that an annual appro'
priation of $3.50, 900 be made for this
purpose. gsSst7 heoW sa5 jGs ,1e
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

IRWIN RUSSELL. of Port Gibson,
author of the negro dialect poems pub
lished in Scribner's Monthly, has gone
to New York to accept position on
one of the leading journals OF that
Metropolis sa asts ~ Sr.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

GEN. B. F. Butler has two hundred
statements made by bnlldozed voters in
Massachusetts,, who wanted to vote fol
him at the late election, but were pre-
vented by intimidation. He will turn
them over to the Teller committee after
he has used them in his great forth
coming speech. III s''
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

BoaARpus and Carver have agreed
to shoot match between the LIST ol
next September and the 31st Of De-
cember, twenty thousand glas balls t
be broken by each within six days. The
person who finishes twenty thousand
first to be the winner. Stake, ter
thousand dollars aside.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

z THs Supreme Conrt has struck Nor
monlsm a square blow, between the
eyes. bnt as the New York Tribune
pnts it. there may be some difficulty in
getting Utah to recognize the Supreme
Court. % ~, & l--.-s- - ,.-..a
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
A Terrible Crime in illinois.

CINC1NNATI o Jan. 1h--Ah Illinois
dispatch says that on Tuesday night
three men. named Mcfarland, Patters' n
Maloney fred the house of an old man
named Neville, near Pecatonia, dragged
him to tree, tied him, and then pound
ed him until ssuned and bleeding
They then assaulted and ontrages Mrs
Neville, aged 70, and then her daughter
age 20. They were all arrested.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

IT is stated by a Spanish newspaper
that King Alfonso has sufficiently re-
covered from hisarecent grief to enter>
tain the project of new matrimonial
alliance. The object of his convaIscent
objections is Belgian Princess.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

The great men are passing away
George Washington is to be haEged IN
Kentucky in February, and jeff Davis
in South Carolina in April. Both col
ored, 4-... at- ~ et-z
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16

SPEAKING. of the cold weather on the
coast the Pascagoula Democrat Star say
great fears are entertained by some that
the orange trees are ruined, while
others seem to think the old trees will
not be materially injured. The branches
Of many old and young trees are killed,
but it is not thought that they will die
to any great extent. vaesu -.sv +