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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
WICKED PORT GIBSON.

Rev. Mr.. Picker recently went to
Port Gibson and favored the people
of that town with several good old
fashioned Baptist sermons, but they
did not seem to have the weight
they should, and he left therc-un-
der the impression the people were
a very wicked set. He wrote a let
ter about the place in which he says:
"Bishop Miller has been holding
the fort there for four years, and has
done well, no doubt, in holding out
so long. Bro. Purser says Port
Gibson is like Yazoo City, only
more So. Well, it is like something
i have never seen, but resembles
something l have read about in the
eleventh of Mathew. My throat
gave away after a few days preach
ing, which rendered my stay almost
useless, The Bros. Purser came in
and did good work from the seventh
day of the meeting until the close,
three DAYS later"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
N. COLLEGE,

This institution opened on the
9th inst, with one hundred and
sixty scholars. The exercises were
opened by Gov. Stone. The follow
ing is the faculty:
President, Gen. s. d. Lee,
Professor of English Literature,
Or. r. s. Roudebush,
Professor of Biology, DR.. d. l..
|Phares,
Preseason of Mathematics and
Commandant, Lieut.. Bolton, U. s.. A
Professor of Chemistry and Ply
sizes, r. +. Ledzie,
Professor of Practical and Sci
entific Agriculture and Horticul
|ture, F. A. Gulley,
Professor of Preparatory Depart,
ment, DR.. Sullivan,
Foreman of the Farm, Mr.. John
son, of Madison county,
Steward of the Boarding Depart
ment, Capt. Wat Lucus, of Noxube'
county.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
SOUR GRANT.

Grants statement about Han
cocks ambition and aims, coming
inst ON the eve of a Presidential
campaign, has drawn down upon
the ex-President's head yolleys OF
censure and abuse. Considering
the fact that he was never heard
to say a word derogatory to the
character of Hancock till it became
evident that he would get the prize
J Grant had sought, his statement
shows a ~littleness of heart and per-
sonal pique that should be unknown
to a great mans nature. Even the
qualifications put by the Ex-Presi-
dent upon the statements first pub
lished hardly save them from being
classed, as at first, among the most
ridiculous expressions Of opinion
and the worst p%erversions of fact
ever put before the people. On the
day hostilities ceased in 1865, Gen
erals Grant, Sherman and Hancock
were united in their idea of what
should be done to restore good feel
lings throughout the country. Grant
was not one whit less conservative
at that time than Hancock. Both
had a thorough detestation of these
politicians who wished to prolong
strife. Unfortunately Grant was
drawn into politics long before he
agreed to accept a nomination for the
Presidency. Inexcusibly, however,
he was led on, and, though he never
accepted the more violent plans of
Thad Stevens, he became as COM
pletely the tool of the Republican
party, and the instrument through
which its plans were accomplished,
as if he had never known any sou
Piles concerning the Constition of
his country. Then it was that
Grant and Hancock parted-one
being the servant of a party and
the other remaining on the ground
upon which both had served their
country. That Grant should attri-
butte the difference in their present
political position to a change in
Hancock, or to a desire of office on
Hancock's part, is a wonder to all
who know them both. The exact
opposite is the undenlable fact that
Hancock remains what he was,
while Grant, elevated to Office by a
party, ~quarreling with his party
leaders from time to time, has at
last become the head of a part of
that party, the party itself being a
minority of the people of the union.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
The Next Hous4eof Representa-
tisfss.
The Democrats have a majority

~
The Democrats have a majority
of five in the ~presenet House of Rep
resentatives. They will increase
that majority in the forty-seventh
Congress. This is a consummation
not to be prevented even by the
Democrats themselves, and certain.
ly not by the Republicans.
There will be a Democratic gain
of one in Alabama, one in Califor-
MIA, n in Connecticut, five in Hi
nois, two in Indiana, one in Iowa.,
one in Kansas. two in Massachu-
sets, one in Michigan, one in Min
nesota, one in Missouri, one, and
perhaps two, in New Hampshire,
two in New Jersey, eight In New
York, five in Pennsylvania, one in
Texas and one in Wisconsin, a total
of ~thirty-seven.
There will be q Democratic loss OF
one in Louisiana, one in Oregon
and three probably iu Virginia-a
total of five. In Ohio the Demo
Gratis are relied upon to hold their
own.
The net gain will be thirty-two.
This will make the majority in
the new House ~sixty-nine, or about
the same as the party had in the
forty-tourth Congress.
A Democratic Congress, with a
business majority in both branches,
is as certain to be elected this fall
as Hancock is, and his election is as
certain as fate Washington Post.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

LATHAM, ALEXANDER & Co., cot
ton merchants of New York, send us
their book of cotton statistics, and
request a notice. We comply. II
is much to be regretted that Con-
gress has not passed a law to pros.
ecute such spectators as the above
firm, whose business in Futures"
is, we learn larger, than any other
house. Futures exercise a democrat
.izing influence on the public, bank
rupt thousands, decrease the price
of cotton, thus injuring the producer
and invite gambling. Cotton gam
bling ought to be broken up. 1t is
a great injury to the country.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
Chance for Illinois.

When told the news from Maine,
Trumbull, the Democratic
nominee for Governor Of Illinois,
said:
"Well, that is glorious news, in
deed. The Democrats of the West
have never even hoped for such a
result. But it shows what the in
evitable result will be in November
We have had vastly more reason to
hope to carry Illinois this fall than
the Democrats have heretofore had
to carry Maine, and, although l
have fully believed we shall carry
the State this fall, I now feel doub-
ly sure of it."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

Mr.. GEO. P. Herndon, ofthe West
Point News, is preparing a Bio
GRAPHICAL Record of Mississippi,
which will contain brief sketches of
prominent persons in each county
of the State. Such a work would
be of great interest to the people Of
Mississippi, Mr.. Herndon is a pol
ished writer and just the M an to
undertake such a work.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
GOOD READING.

We again publish section 1888 O
the code for the information of per-
sons ~Yho constantly violate it and
who may some day be suddenly ar
rested. Read it below:
If any person shall profanely sweal
or curse. or shall be drunk in any pub
lie place in the presence of two or more
persons, he shall, on conviction thereof
before any Justice of the peace of the
county, where the same may happen, be
fined not more than ten dollars for eact
offence, and shall stand committed te
jail until such fine and costs are paid
to be for the use of the public schools
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
How are these statesmen to

How are these statesmen to be
harmonized? The Chicago Trib,ne
says Hancock is completely under
Wall street influences. According
to the Republican organs of New
York he is an incorrigible Green
hacker, because he congratulated
Plaisted.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
ELECTIONS.

Elections were held in Indiana,
Ohio and West Virginia last Tues
day. Returns received indicate that
Indiana has given . Democratic ma
iority; Ohio has gone Republican
and West Virginia Democratic by
an immense majority.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
A CERTAIN firm in North Missis

A CERTAIN firm in North Missis,
sippi advises farmers to sell their
cotton and buy futures. If they
were to heed such reckless advise
the New York sharks would soon
have all the money out of the South.
We believe farmers would make
money by selling their cotton as
it is gathered, but would advise
them; to have nothing to do with
cotton futures.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

The Enterprise Courier says
Sheriff Landlord has come fully up
to the expectations ofhis bondsmen,
having placed in their hands money
and property which is believed to
be sufficient to protect them from
all loss.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
AT Mauch Chaunk. Penn. f

AT Mauch Chaunk, Penn, five
hundred and three foreigners were
~naturalized and only twenty-three
of them are for Garfield. At that
rate it won't take many towns to put
Pennsylvania in the Democratic
column.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
The Sun says New York will Civ

The Sun says New York will give
a Democratic majority of fifty thou
sand; and says there is a settled
purpose among the voters OF
the State to rebuke in a sig
nal manner the great fraud OF
1876, and to stamp their disappro-
baton of this unprecedented crime
upon the brow of James A. Garfield,
one of its perpetrators.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

WHEN virtuous Republicans ex-
claim they are afraid the Rebels
are going to get in power, they
forget that Gen. Longstreet is Min
lister to Turkey; that Mosby is Con-
sui at Hong Kong; that Key is a
United States Judge; that Acker-
man was Attorney General under
Grant, and that Gen Orr was minis
ter to Russia.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

BLAINE has no regard for truth
In a recent speech in Ohio he said
GIN sixteen States of this Union il
is impossible to elect a man to Con-
-ress who was not either in the re-
bellion OF was a sympathizer with it
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

The Postmaster General did no
wait to get warm in his seat, aftel
his return from Tennessee, but lef'
for Ohio and Indiana, following
Shurz, Sherman and lnnumerabl'
other government officials. There
is no President in Washington; NJ
member of the Cabinet; nc Commits
sioner. All are turned into thu
doubtful States. In the history OF
of the country there has never beer
ANYTHING like this.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

No important case was tried at
the last term of the Circuit Court OF
this county, except the State against
Newman for killing Lee. 1t was
prosecuted by District Attorney,
Cassidy and Col. Stockdale; and
defended by Maj. Sessions and VIM.
Cassidy, Esq. The trial commenced
on the ID inst, and a verdict of not
guilty was rendered by The jury on
the 9th. The jury was composed OF
seven white and five colored.
The county of Franklin may just
llv boast of a Board of Supervisors
that are honest, capable and faith
f,l. The evil OF allowing men to
loive in their property to the asses-
sor Mt half what it is intrinsically
worth, is corrected by them. They
make it their business to examine
the assessment roll and correct this
abuse. One of the leading men OF
the county was indicted for this of.
fence at the last term of the Cir
cuit Court. This is a protection to
honest men. 1t is a fact as we are
Informed, that very few Boards dc
this. In Copiah county, a few
years ago, the Board upset the as
sessment roll and nearly doubled
the income of the county without
hurting a single honest man. In
Wilkinson county last year they
did the same thing. A Board OF
Supervisors who know and are
plucky enough to do their duty is a
blessing to the people. Such a
Board has Franklin county.
One negro was sentenced to the
penitentiary. The jury found TIVE n
ty-eight indictments.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

The notorious Republican leader,
Davenport, who has made a name
as an election Supervisor, has been
arrested upon a charge of instruc-
ting his deputies to steel the natu-
ralization papers of certain Demo
Gratis when they registered.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
Col. HOOKER and a party of gen

Col. HOOKER and a party OF gen
tIemen visited Horn Island pass 9
few days ago.and examinedrshe pai
and the mode of e%xcavating mud
While there they witnessed the ex-
|huming of Confederate remains-in
the shape of an old Quaker fiat OF
steamboat, which was put in the
east part of the river as a Confeder-
ate obstruction. The Democrat-StaI
says this grim sentinel has stood
faithfully at his post for 20 years.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

FIFTY-sEvEN darkies entered their
names as members of a Hancock
club, in Claiborne county, a few
days ago,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

IHr Hvla1d says the Mississippi
Valley and Ship Island railroad is
now in energetic hands, and will be
pushed forward, and it's citizens
should not hesitate to put their
shoulders to the wheel and give the
management every encouragement.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

Z. NJ. HENRY has moved to the
store next Daughtry d Smylie, and
is receiving II of the best stocks of
goods sven brought to this market.
lie has everything needed by the
public, and will sell his goods cheap
er than even. He invites everybody
to call at his new stand. Remember
the place.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

Do not confound this Matchless Renova-
ter of Feeble and Exhausted Constitutions
with violent cathartics, cheap decoctions
of vile drugs and %ruinous intoxicants in
pocently labeled "bitters." Malt Buffers
appeal to popular confidence because pre-.
pared from unfermented malt, hops and
quinine, and other precious ingredients
according to the process of Liebig, and are
richer IN the elements hat restore to per.
manent health the weak, convalescent,
consumptlve, over worked, nervous, sleep
less, dvspeptic, bilious and tickle in APP
petite, than all other forms of malt OF
medicine. The genuine are plainly
marked by the company. Sold everywhere.
Malt Bitters Co., Boston, Mass. sepSO 4w
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
Homestead Notice.

HO11eStPUU NOJtcc. ~
LAND OFFICE, Jackson, Miss 4
Sept. 30th, 1880. {
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed motto of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim and Sc
cure final entry thereof, said proof to be made
before the clerk of the chancery court % LIN
coin county at the county seat, on Monday the
sth day of November, viz: G, W. Guy-home-
stead entry no. 1909 for the Sc or sw or sec Is,
township 5 north. r nge . east, and names the
following as his witnesses: Dewitt Greer, Mon
roe Greer, Nicholas Mccullough and Lafayette
Tyler, all of Summit, Pike county, Miss.
sep3e st X. z. kERR. Register.
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE, Jackson, Miss.
September 10th, 1880.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his inten-
ton 20 make final proof in support of his
claim and secure final entry thereof, said
proof to be made before the clerk OF the
circuit court of Lawrence county, at the
county seat, on Tuesday the 26th day OF
October, 1880, kiz, jeremiah Howell
homestead entry no. 6620-for the NV Or
sec 10, t Z north, r 20 west. and names the
following as his witnesses, Washington
Oats, Alex Tyrone, Dave Taylor. and Al
fred Armstrong, all of Silver Creek post
office, Lawrence county, Miss.
X. c. KERR.
sep16 st Register
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

No. 1S6 Chippewa street,
New Orleans, January Sd. 1880.
To whom it may concern:
On the 18th day of June, 1879, an abcess form
ed on the left hip of my wife which destroyed
the use of the limb and left her helpless. Her
sufferings were terrible, and her life was rapid
Iy ebbing SWAY. filter trying everything that
could be thought or heard of in medicine with
out relief. 1 then heard of ana sent for DR.. r. X.
Roberts, who, by his vital electromagnetic pow
er, In q few weeks restored the use of the limb.
She is now able to walk to his ,f11ce Tor treat
ment and back home without assistance.
III n ID acdNnnr
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14

eneral health 10 becoming excellent
MRS. THFREsA HAGARDoN,
Dyspepsia, Dropsy d Nasas Catarrh
New Orleans, Janu ,ry 9th. 1880
/ hereby certify that l have sufferedlvery much
with dyspepsia for twelve years. after having
tried many remedies prescribed by many emil
nent physicians of this city. 1 was efectually
cured by Dr. Roberts. He has also cnred my
wife Of general dropsy of six months standing
and nasal catarrlf and deafness Of the right ear
she having suffered greatly from the last nam
ed disease for ten years. l will answer inquiries.
a2 .JnuN Juncr
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
Frozen Seed,

Researches made by Messrs. De Can
DOLE and Pictet, of Geneva, on the de-
gree of cold to which seeds of plants
can be- subjected without impairing
their vitality, present very remarkable
results. 1t is not the first time that
such experiments have been tried, but
the means now available for maintain
ing low temperature for long time
impart to present Investigations de-
gree of certainty never before possible.
Seeds of cabbage. mustard, cress ard
wheat were separately inclosed in glass
tubes, Theoretically sealed, and were
then exposed during six hours to a
course OF refrigeration, in which the
temperature was reduced to fifty degrees
below zero of centigrade. No precau-
tions were taken to restore them gradu-
ally to the ordinary temperature. They
were sown, and all except seven grains
of wheat, which had been damaged,
terminated in the same time as seeds
which had not been refrigerated. An
other experiment was made with thir-
teen different kinds of seeds. 1t lasted
two hours, and during half that period
the temperature was brought down to
eighty degrees below zero. They all
germinated except three sorts, which
were proved to be bad, by the fact that
non-chilled seeds of the same kind did
not grow.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
How One Man Would Go to War.

Every fresh item of news that another
nation of Europe has increased its
fighting force shocks all right thinking
people by its suggestion of the awful
slaughter which must follow the col
lision of the hosts armed with modern
instruments of war. At such time
the question, "Does the maxim, inter
arn.a silent leges, apply to the laws of
humanitypn acquires fresh point, and
the manner in which the subject is dis
cusseG by an officer of the United States
army. writing in the United Service, is
not little startling. He finds that in
the past all objections in the name of
humanity to each successive improve
ment in the art of wholesale destruction
of human life have vanished in the
tierceness of international competition,
and so he thinks it will and ought to be
in the future. Greek fire and gunpowder
were in turn, he points out, denounced
as inventions OF the devil until the Sc
cret of their manufacture and use be-
came generally known. In the age OF
projectiles the smooth bore came first,
and every shot was meant to kill; but
the bore was rifled to increase the GER
tainty of death, and breech-loaders and
magazine guns were invented to kill
4holC LlCu III a SiNCu Ilinos 1hClCiOl .
he forsees that the adoption of poisoned
or explosive bullets is but a question of
time, and declares that if he were a
general in command he would not hesi-
tate to poison the enemy's water sup
ply. Nor can he see any reason why he
should not, for example, with satis-
fed conscience, use a projectile which,
on explosion, should liberate a sutfo-
eating gas and DESTROY eyery living
thing for yards around. He protests
against the hasty and unthinking con-
demnation of his views as bloodthirsty
and cruel, and bespeaks for each new
murderous machine thoughtful consid-
Grafton in the name of mercy and peace.
For, he argues, the more terrible the
recognized instruments OF destruction,
the greater is the reluctance to engage
in war, and, should war break out, the
shorter, of necessity, will be its dura-
ton.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
A London Walters Trick.

The London correspondent of the
american Register, published in Paris,
writes A friend of mine who had been
going the rounds of London restaurants,
and writing on walters, says he met in
the city calculating WAITER My
friend had partaken of a moderate lunch
con, and on demanding what was to pay
the waiter reckoned it thus. PAY, sir
yes, sir. Meat, lud., sir; bread, I'd.
potatoes, I'd. caulifower, 3d.-ls. lOd.
glass of sherry, sir, 2s. 3D.. celery, Id.
coffee, Ads. 3D.. attendance, 3D., sir
three and four, sir" Remember, -
said my friend, "this was said in a gal
lop which scarcely enabled me to hear
more than few of the syllables of the
words he was pronouncing, and had |
not engaged my mental faculties in an
arithmetical computation prior to his
arrival at the table, l should have most
assuredly given him the sum he asked,
and retired the possessor of Sd. less than
belonged to me. He was by no means
abashed when, without word, handed
him precisely the sum he should have
charged, but took it without moving a
muscle of his countenance, merely ejac-
ulating, as put on my hat, You will
please remember the waiter, sir"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04

A recent evening toilette in New York
was decked with thirty birds.
Adelina Patti gets seven dollars a
minute in opera.
Women convicts in the Kentucky
penitentiary are dressed in pantaloons.
Donna Francesca, Garibaldi's new
wife, was the nurse of his grandchil-
dren.
A blind girl has outranked all her
seeing competitors in the Portland, Me-,
high school.
Mead, the sculptor's wife, is beauti-
full Italian lady With whom he could not
at first talk.
Mrs. Southworth says she began to
write from necessity, and continued
from the love of it.
Mrs. Alex. Agassiz pays from her own
pocket the most of the expenses of the
Harvard museum of zoology.
A New York engraver got out cards
in these words: Mr.. and Mrs. -
request your presents at the marriage of
their daughter"
Miss Charlotte A. Scott, of Girton
college, Cambridge, daughter Of Rev.
Principal Scott, of Lancashire Indepen-
dent college, has obtained the position
of equal to the eighth wrangler" in
the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge.
The highest place hitherto won by any
lady has been among the senior optimes
i. e., second class. Miss SCOTS
achievement is the most remarkable on
record in the annals of female education
| in England.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
A Leap Ycnr Proposal.

Pray, gentle being, give mo heed,
As kneeling humbly at thy side,
With lascerated heart plead
That thou'lt become my blushing bride.
l long-I wildly long 10 press
Thee to my heart, yet stand abash-
l pine 10 print fond caress
Upon thy meek and mild mustache.
Why, tell me why thine eyelids drop
And turn away so pettishly,
And why with fierce, tumultuous flop
Thy bosom heaves coquettishly?
l know that thou art young and fair
As tiny buds in early spring
But thou shalt be my constant care,
Thou frail and fragile little thing.
I'll sew thy shirts and darn thy hose,
Thy victuals cook, thy fires will light
I'll grease thy gracious Grecian nose
Each snowy, croupy, wintry night.
So, surely, thoult not tell me nay
And bid me dying quit thy side
Brace up, pull down thy vest and say
That thou wilt be my blushing bride.
Kansas City Times.