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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
It's Tone.

The VicksburgH Herald, which has Bit
terly opposed the denomination of Mr..
Tilden for the Presidency. IF badly
sees that his chances for the nomina-
ton are good, and is changing its tone
somewhat. 1t says that sit is supposed
by many that Mr.. Ti!den's star went
went down with Gov. Robinson in New
York. This may. or may not be 80,
but with his great energy ..and bulldog
~pertenacity combined with his wonder
ful powers of organization. it may not
be improbable that he may be able to
heal the breach and harmonic the an-
tagonistic factions in his party there.
80 as to give him once more the control
OF New York, and if so. will it not give
him the vantage ground in the nomiu-
ating convention, and enable him pos
sibly to shape its action and determine
ton? In view of the achievement of
the brilliant victory of his party under
his leadership in 1876, it would seem
that by priority sof right he is justly
entitled to the honor again."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

We call attention 70 an article, publish
ed elsewhere, from the New York Sun.
headad"Wade Hampton &Co."There is
food for reflection in that article, which
Southern people shonld not forget. The
Sun is an independent paper, but
lenns toward the Democratic party, and
The advice it offers IS given IN the iu-
serest OF the Democratic party. 1t OPP.
poses Bayard for the Presidency for the
season that he is from n slave holding
State. Personally We have tho highest
regard for Mr.. Bayard. He is is a pure
and great man, and we would be glad
to see him President, but the time has
has not come for that. He ia consider
ed q Southern man, aud for that rea-
son, shonld he be nominated for the
Presidency, we fear the North wonld be
almost solid against ghim. 'rhe Sun
shows the feeling of the North against
any man from the South, aud 1t reflects
the sentiment Of nine~tenths Of its Sec
lion. If Mr.. Bayari is to be the nom
inee, the less Southern men have to say
abont it the better it will be; but we do
not believe he will be nominated, and if
he is, the chances are that:he would be
beaten. 1t is bad that we have to stake
back seats aud keep our mouths shut"
but there are times when t'speech is
silver and silence gold" and this hap
pens to be u OF them.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

About twelve deaths o week is the
average for Galveston.
The interest on the State debt Of
Texas is nearly half a million dollars.
The Porte invites United States
bondholders to send delegates to exam-
inc its financial affairs.
A dispatch from Zanzibar says that
two Frenchmen have discovered the
sources of the river Niger.
NINETY thousand deaths have occur
red in Japan during the present cholera
epidemic there.
Several persons who recently started
for the Mexican silver mines, have
been robbed and murdered.
The noted Texas race horse, Jack
Hardy. was run over and killed by a
freight train lear Worthan, last week.
Dispatches from Dublin announce
that iucendiarism and agrarian outra-
ges are increasing throughout Ireland.
SENATOR FURLoNG..of Warren county,
has resigned, and the Governor hae or.
dered a special election to fill the va
cancy.
The exodus of negroes from East
Texas still goes bMvely on. Over four
hundred have started from N~acogdochea
county alone.
JOHN KELLY, is of the opinion that
Bayard or Hancock will be tho Demo-
cratic nominee for President. with the
chances in favor of the former.
Another child, IN Yazoo county this
time, has fallen a victim to the mistake
of giving morphine for quinine. A miss
take of q like character also resulted
fatally in Claiborne county some two
weeks since, strychnine being substi-
tuted for morphine.
It has been estimated that within
the past three months $500, 900, 900 had
been added to the apparent wealth Of
this country, merely through the ap>
probation of railway and other mig
cellaneous securities. This estimate
does not include the grand aggregate of
species which has. steadily been flow
ing hither, although to that source was
largely due the first impetus which has
resulted IN such a steady, consistent,
and seemingly we'll grounded rise in
yaIues.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
visage RiyalIing In YeIlownpss

That Of a "heathen Chiness,' If belonging to
one of our race, can scarcely be described rs at
tractiye. But worse than this, it 10 the Index Of
4 disordered liver. OF a liver that needs arous-
ing and regulating. This remedy Is at hand,
prompt enfcacious. 4 course Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bittcrs will expel the instructed bile
from the blood and divert it into the proper
channel, open the bowels, remove the dyspeptic
symptoms which invariably accompany bllious-
ness and counteracts the rapidly developing
tendency TO dangerous congestion CT the liver.
which must always exist when the skin and
whites of the eyes assume this yellow hue.
The pains through the right lower ribs, side
and shoulder blade, the nausea, fMred state OF
the tongue, apd unpleasant breath Indicate AVER
complaint, In short gl its disagreeable com
iLarts are soon remedied by this sovereign cor
receive, which In addition TO is regulating pro-
perties is a superb inyigOrant, ami q pure ana
agreeably medicinal stimu!ant, appetizer and
nervlne.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
Tilden and Hendricks.

We make the following extract from
a letter just received from st. Louis:
The fact still stares us in the face, to
be successful, we must carry Yew York
and Indiana. Who can do this if Til
den and Hendricks cannot? Bayard
has no real strength in the West. His
action on the Silver bill, and the fact
that he has been opposed to the i'm
provement of Western rivers aud har-
bors, render him unpopular in the
West, and will make it impossible to
elect HIM if nominated. There is O
we'll founded rumor here that the Tam
maryland anti Tammany factions in New
York have agreed to submit their griev-
ances to ex Governor Seymour for adj
justment, and that both sides have
agreed to ac ,ent his decision as final 10
the matter. This is the scheme and
hope of Senator Herman and msny
other prominent friends Of b9th TilIen
and Kelly. I thiak this M sitter will
succeed AMI shat Governor Seymour
will be able to arrange satisfact Glory to
both: anil that When he does decide,
Tilden will have no opposition in his
own State in the Democratic party.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

A meeting OF the New York Deu1-
cratic Executive Committee was held
Friday night, on Which occasion 1t was
resolved to take steps to discover the
frauds believed to have been committed
in Tire count of the city vryte -sfnce cleo
tiondsy, with q view to shaking contetts
in all cases whore the evidence Df fraud
jastidcs It. Mr.. Nelson J. Waterbury
ad lressing the meeting, said IL was
evident to his mind that great, frauds
had been committed. III come districts
the ~ was IN excess OF the numb, Z
Of registered voters. and in regard to
the vote Of other districts there was
evidence TO show that the votes cast
for Governor Robinson on independent
rnpnbIicah tickets had been counted for
John Kelly. He advised that meas
ures be taken Ia mite the Democracy
of the county. bnt sai.i il was the I'M
perative duty of every Democrat under
no circumstances ever to pardon or ex-
cuse "the damnable treaehery of the
one man to whose factIous opposition
and open alliance with the enemy Gov
prnor Roblnson's defeat is atiribnta-
bic. "-Ec.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
a ,rx.sertous j. fair.

T On Saturday morning last infQIma-
ton WAS brought to town that Weyland
| priciIard. colored, husband OF the no
t-rions Eliza Pinkston, he'd died snd
denly, and under very peculiar ciroumN
stances that morning. Eliza Pinkston
was in town herself and a reporter Of
this paper interviewed her. She stated
that she and Prichard had had a diff
entity some two weeks since, and that
he had left her and gone to reside with
his mother near Calhoun; that their
difficulty was concerning their child. an
infant seven months Of age. On Fri
day last. she said. she went to Calhoun
to see Weyland, and they qusrreled;
that Weylany attended n festival that
night aud on Saturday morning came
to see her, and taking his child in his
arms began caressing it and attempted
to kiss her. but she turned away from
him. remarking that she did not want
any niger to kiss her. She told this
reporter that she meant this in play,
and was astonished to soc Weyland
| shuddering and ree'ing back into a
i chair. and finally fall to the floor. Upon
examination he was found To be dead
Coroner Jones summoned n jury
about noon and went to Caliionn. taxi
ing DR.. Cratiu with him. An inquest
was held; no signs of violence were
found on the body. The head was
opened aud the brain found to be in a
healthy condition. The body was then
opened and the heart examined. which
also showed reelom from diseases.
The stomach was taken out, and al
though much contested. exhibited no
evidence of poison. Several witnesses
were examined. and owing to the con-
hict in their several statements. and at
the suggestion of the jury. Eliz. vas
turned over to the officers OF the law
| to await iurther Investigation in the
mateor. On Monday the jury convened
in Canton, and after hearing further
testimony. returned a verdict that the
deceased came to his death from some
unknown cause. The testimony against
Eliza being altogether circumstantia
and vague at that she was released
Canton Mail. -
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
Mark the lsred,cs,ru.

The next electoral vote will stand as
follows: The Democrats will carry
Alabama, Arkansas. Connecticut, Della
ware. Florida. Georgia, indiana. Ken,
lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippl,
Missouri. New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina. South Carolina, Ten,
nessee. Texas, Virginia. West Virginia.
Total electoral vote 203. The Repub-
licans will carry Colorado, Iowa. Kan.
sas. Maine. Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nevada. Nebraska. New
Hampshire, Ohio. Pennsylvania. Yer
mont, Rhode Island. Total el electoral
vote 126. The doubtful States will be
Oregan, California, Illinois aud Wis>
cousin. with 40 electoral votes. Give
them all to the Republicans and the
Democrats will still have a minority in
the electoral college of 81 votes, or Is
more than is necessary to elect a Presl-
dent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
|OUn w WASHINGTON LErTEw.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Oath, 1879.

WARRINGTON, NOV, z4tn,fioio'
1 Editor By0okhdren ledger
In the New York Tribune, If in any
| iournal, I should look for preludiced
4 accounts of Southern affairs. Letters
I giving a bad account of Southern oiv>
i ilation have constantly offered in that
~paper. But such overwhelming proof
has been brought to the attention oil
the editor in one case, that he speaks
plainly of matters, and says previous
statements of ~bulidozlug etc, are false
He says: There are many northern
men settled in these mountains who
have gone there since the war. 1t Is
/ from them we have received the most
learuest protest against these incorrect
| atatements. They write that no such
lontrages ever occurred. that the people
ne anxious to promote emigration and
Fl We a harty welcome to Northern men
II they have capital, skilled labor, or
energy and care not what are their pol
tiles"
+ Half million bales of cotton as an
| increase over any other year is fact
specially gratifying to the South. but
of advantage to the whole country. The
sugar and tobacco crops, also. which,
in the main, are ofESouthern production,
are exceptionally large this year. The
tSouth has q capacity almost unlimited
for the growth of all theses thing, and
Intelligent men are rapidly taking ad-
vantage Of the fact. There is to-day,
despite politicnl necessities Of the Rad
ical party, which are damaging the
section greatly, a larger and better en-
/ igration into the South than ever
before,
The Thomas celebration is the
Il Washington event of the genera
ion since the war. The city was be
csowded Our own people will turned ont
US they have never before done, The
General was born near Washington,
and had no more sincere admirers than
, those who knew him here. 1t is grati-
! flying to us that the country seems to
J be settling down to our opinion that,
| all things considered. Thomas WAS the
best representation American who at
tanned prominence in the Federal army
' during the late war.
+ Association with leading politicians
of the Republican party has brough,
one Louisiana moman to grief. Eliza
I Pinkston has been arrested charged
l with the murder af her husband. Ii
would be an interesting study for any
. one having a taste for such investiga'
!, ton, to trace the gradual breaking up
I, of the moral nature of this poor woman
from contact with people like John
Sherman, Madison Wells. and Others
who stole the vote of Louisiana from
Mr.. Tilden. Their responsibility for
the murder of Mr.. P~inkston-if that
was the name of Mrs. Pinkston's late
husband is not such as the written
l law has provided for; but the woman.
fate should and will be a warning tc
every one else. Evils communications
corrupt good morals. aud have done os
since the beginning of time. The time
ia eomming when every man connected
with the steal of 1876, except possibly
Mr.. S~herman-wlll be ashamed Of the
part he had in the theft.
1t is pretty certain that Gen Gar
field will be the next Senator from
iOhio. And if we must have a'Republi
eau, every body here will rejoice. fol
J he is a worthy and popular man. FL.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
Jefferson Ehyis.

10 the Legislature recently elected in
Mississippi there is an overwhelming
Democratic majority. This Legislature
will elect a United States Senator i:
place of Senator Bruce. 1t is a ~fttingtima
now for M'sSlsslpn'aa % show then
faith ay their works, aui elect to the
highest Office in their gift. their besl
and ablest man. The second and thir1
| class statesmen Of that state can TAX,
pack aeats and tarry on, the e.,t,i,ie
while the Hon. Jefferson Davis comes
once again to the political front and re-
ceives the honors TINT ara his by right.
The objections that have been urgeti
against Mr.. DAVIS election to the
United States Senate lack force. 1t is
trne he was the head of the Southern
Coufederacy. But he was a true repre-
sentative OF the South than, as he is a
trne representative OF the dominant
party in the South nov. Mr.. Stephens,
the Vice. President of the Cnnfederacy,
has occupied a seat i'll Congress- from
Georgia for several years past, and
there have been no dynamite explosions
of Northern wrath in consequence. Il
is inconceivable why MIR. Davis should
be singled out as the one man in the
South upon whom all the sins of the
C~onfederacy should be visited. There
is ne more reason to condemn him than
to condemn Mr.. Stephens and millions
of his countrvmen who share his be-
liefs. Mr.. Davis is a statesman OF
great abilities. and an eloquent orator
In the most important public positions
bis name has eve been a synonym OF
incorrnptible integrity. Mississippians
will make a great mistake if they pass
over their greatest man. aud elect a
third rate politician to fill the Senator
ial char once filled by Jefferson Davis.
If his fellow-citizsns are true to thems
selves he will again I'll that chair. and
once again his great talents will reflect
luster on the American Senaie. Mem
phiS avalanche.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

-
THE debt of the State of ILLINOIS is
likely to be wiped out. at no distant
date, thanks to a provision inserted in
the charter of the Illinois Central Rails
road in 1887 by the late Stephen A.
Douglas, under which the company
pays to the State seven per cent OF its
gross earnings, in lien of all taxes. On
Got. 1st. 1878, the debt of Illinois. as
set forth in the Auditors report, was
$500, 3l2. After Jan. LIST. 1880. the
debt will be reduced below $500, 900. 1t
is expected that after the extinguish-
ment of the debt the Illinois Central
Railroad fund will produce almost
enough money to pay the ordinary run
ming expenses of the State Government.
The Constitution of Illinois provides
that the contract by which the fund was
created shall not ba released. modified,
or RENTED by the Legislature or by
|. ny other anthosity.-E1..,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

GRANTS friends propose to send him
to Cuba and Mexico, and land him a,
New Orleans early in the Spring. They
think that a visit through the South
would make him many votes. All
mistake. Tho name Of Grant is a
stencil in the n~ostrils of Southe rn PEG.
pie. They cannot forget his acts OF
tyranny and oppression; his jobs,
nepotisml and scheming; his ~associa'
ton with Belknap, Murphy. Mckee,
Bsbcock. Corbin, Shepard, Robson.
Any body before Grant-even Hayes,
the fraud. y
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

- A3EH H @4I
Look out for some maitia@ III
nonncements next week.
Huntley's Dramatic Coupas ~
been Oh the boards iiete shis vel
Mrs. Governor Stone has Il
the Capital to spend the wins
Hon. Chas. e. Hooker, the opusl
and esteemed Representatives f til,
Fifth District, has left for Washington
to be 10 rediness for the opaing d
Congress aext Monday.
The vicksburg ard Merida Rail
road has suspended its accommodation
train from this point to thes.H City, !
by a recent change Of sche1Als, the
regular through trains aupplang its
place.
There is talk of the GreeA hackers
c~ontesting the election ia thgcount5
for the offices of Sheriff and Circuit
Clerk claiming, as they do, bat then
candidates were uniastly counted
out" .r,
The gin honse Of Capt. b. N Henry,
our county Assessor. situstedaear 81.
wards, was destroyed by iigxaing a
few days ago. 1t contained acne time
five or six bales Of cotton, uiieh we're
also lost.
Next Thursday, the day appointed
by Gov. Stone for returning Aapks to
the Oliver of every good ~ peffeci
gift" for the numerous blseings We
enjoy, will be observed by tIsAEarious
churches of the city.
Col. c. A. Brougaer, e~x>Seretary Of
State, and favorsbiy known tlasnghou
the commonwealth bi Miss si. vi,
be a candidate for CLERK 81 the Hose
of Representatives ut the ~approachita
session. He would fill the position,
think, TO the satisfaction OF all con
cerned.
There is some talk of Jackson hav
ing q cotton compress. Why shouldn'
it? With it's two railroads and a thir,
under way. it's Pearl river navigation
perfected, its foundries. oil mill an
the like, it seems that a cotton com
press is about all that is wanting to pu
the city ION wheels" and start her Of
on the high road to prosperity.
A young man, belonging to n o
the first families Of the city, attende'
church drunk last Sunday night, an
being completely lost to all sense O
propriety or respect for the sacre,
place he occupied. piled himself at full
length on one of the benches, while til,
disgusting fumes If whisky impreg
mated the whole building. The sexton
on discovering his condition, woul,
have removed him, but the minister
seeing this would cleate disturbance
stopped in the midst of his sermon an,
said, "Let the Young mar alone. Per
haps his friends will take care of hin
at a more seasonabe time" Sucl
things should not be and if societ
were what it ought to be, they coul'
not occur without subiecting the often
der to the severest social ostracism
Such an exhibition OF depravity is
disgrace to any Community that vii
silently tolerate it. j..
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

A LOT of commercial drummers were
arrested and fined in Memphis last
week for selling by samples without lis
cense. Quite a number Of States have
passed laws to tax drummers, and it
would not surprise us if the Legisla-
ture of this State did the same thing
next winter. When that is done we
will have Wholesale houses and
manufactures established in s.our
own State, and the printing OF all the
blanks used by officials and mer-
chants will not be done North. -Brdn~
don Republican.
Some Southern States taxes drums
mers, Texas among the number, and
the revenue derived is immense.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
a Drumrner'. RccorM
A drummer who Was in town Tuesday

"A UfUIQDItT WIN WIZ tn WHIT 0y
gave us tie following record:
Miles Travelled, 1864; number OF
trunks on hand 8; shown samples. ZIG
times; sold goods 9S timesi asked the
news. 5.O9S times; told the news, 2,2lu
times; lied, 2 100 times; didn't know.
SOL times; asked to drink. 1861 times;
drank, 1861 times: changed politics.
46 times; changed religion, 20 times;
daily expenses So: actual..expenses per
day, 81; cash on hand. 81 GO; went to
church, l time; pocket knives lost, IL.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

A FRIEND wants to know why THE
LEDGER Supposts Tilden. Because he
Was elected in 1876, and defrauded Of
his seat in 1877. The people owe it tc
Tllden to re>elect him in 1880, and we
hope they will do it. "But the result
in New York; 1t amounts to nothing
Everybody knows Tilden can carry
New York, aud he is about the only
man in this country that pan.
Democrats would come out to the spolls
when a national question is to be
settled, and John Kelly could not in
huence them to vote for a boiler.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

The Legislature of Mississippi will
meet on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in New York-NcCo Comb CITY
Intelligence.
What business has the Legislature OF
Mississippi meeting in New York? The
Intelligencer is evidently laboring under
q misrepresentation,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

IT is observable tn at the Southern
charlottesville Hamptons, Buffers and
Lamars who bring forward Mr.. Bay
ard as the Southern candidate for the
Democrtic nomination, are the men
who sold out Tilden and Hendricks, and
having entered iEto a secret under
standing of their own with Hayes. voted
straight through in favor OF the DEGREES
of the unconstitutional Electoral Com
mission, of which MI. Bayard was a
distinguished member, and in whose
creation he bore q most conspicuous
part. -New York Sun.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

The Copiah Monitor says that Lousi
Redmon, sentenced to be hung for the
murder Of his father in-law, Nelson
Lee, has obtained q new trial. on the
ground that one of the jurors had ex>
pressed IN opinion before going into
the box,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27

New ORLEANS is now tho objective
point of a large number Of the ennis
grants from the old world. When the
superior advantages afforded by the
climate and soil of the South becomes
once known the course OF empire will
not continue to take its way westward,
exclusively. -Er.