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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
Col. Ben. Kiaq.

The rumor whispered around forl
sometime that the Hon. Ben. King,
Of Copiah, would become the candi~
date Of the Gfeenback Republicans
independent Sorehead crowd, has
at last crystalized into q sad reality.
We note this fact with sorrow and
sympathy-sorrow at the political
death of our friend; sympathy for
him IN his fall from the high po-
litical cliff upon Which he stood into
the stcnchful miro of conglomera-
ted, inconsistent nothingness of
Radico-G rcenbacko lndcpendo- sore
hcadcdncss of his present attitude.
In the dark days just over, when the
good people of Mississippi were
struggling to rid themselves of the
alien and of ignorance, the clarion
voice Of Col. King rang out in thun-
dering tones calling the people TO
throw off the yoke of the oppressor.
But alas! q change has come over
the spirit of his dream. lie sees
now only virtue when before he saw
vice; political integrity, where all
was the rankest corruption. Men do
not change their political faith or
alliance without q motive, and the
motive of Col. King is made known
| by his letter to j. p. Matthews, ct.
al, agreeing to become the candi-
date Of the aforesaid conglomera-
ton. He is an hungered for the office
of Governor. He wants the loaves
and fishes, and realizing that his
ambition can be satisfied only O.. at
the hands of the crew at his back,
he has consented to play Peter
Honce for the sport of the crowd
around.
He will receive for his folly the
laughter of the people; this, and
nothing more" for as surely as No
vemDer comes Lowry will be elected.
He says now that he isa Conserva-
tive. when heretofore he took pride
in calling himself an Old Line Wing
Is it possible that in his greed fol
Office he has forgotten the faith o
a life time? Its looks so; for GER
tainly it cannot. be claimed thai
there is one principle in common
between the grand old Wing party
and the band of ragamulfins among
whom he has cast his political for
tunes. If the Colonel thinks h'
can by the marie of his name de
fleet voters from the Democratic
party he will fad himself most eyre
giously mistaken. Others acting a
he, have labored under the same de
fusion, to find themselves disap
pointed. The people are not at
tracted by such magic. They con
suit their own interest, and they
: know that 1t is not to the interest,"
of thc State that the Republican
party should again obtain contro
/, Of the government, even under th'
lead ot Cvi. hing.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
Tia Presidents Condition.

On Monday last the Presidents
condition took an unfavorablc turn
and in consequences a gloom has
settled over the entire country.
Sunday night he was subject to FIRE.
qucnt sl,asms and vomiting, which
left him next morning unusually
weak, almost destitute or vitality.
Nothing seemed left cor tho fever to
feed on. : iIesis unableto retain anv
nourishmcnt. Tic rallied a little
during the day, out during the night
frequent vomiting cnsued. His
physicians have almost despareG of
his recovery. There was no mate
rial change in his condition on
Tuesday, his stomach still refusing
to retain nourishment in the usual
way. DR.. Bliss thinks the situa-
ton . little more favorable, but his
sanguine views r not shared by
his associates, Great anxiety and
excitement prevailed in Washing
ton City. The country has nearly
lost hope, and it may be tina. ere TO-
morrow's sun shall rise, the soul of
the President will have taken it's
fight. The New Orleans Democrat
gives an analysis of the reports
from Washington, as follows:
The gloom that has settled down
on the country in the last two days
will not be dispelled by the news we
print this morning. The condition
of the President remains critical,
An analysis of the reports from
Washington shows that there has
been little change since yesterday,
and this does not seem sufficient tC
base much hope on, although some
of the attending physicians claim
to feel encouraged. 1t is certain that
the irritation of the stomach has
not disappeared and the pulse re
mains high. No food can be adj
ministed in the natural way; az
hopeful as DR.. Bliss continues to be
he admits that the President can
not last forty-eight hours longer I'm
less he is able to receive nourish
ment otherwise than by enema. III
believes that within the time speci-
fed the stomach Of the Presiden
will resume its functions, and tina
he will yet recover. We regret tt
have to add that this sanguine viev
is not shared by DR.. Bliss's asso-
ciates. Nor does it appear to have
any substantial basis in the reports
official and otherwise, that reach u
from Washington.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
Lawrence County Executive
Co1.IlntfeR.

AT o meeting of the Executive Com
mittee for Lawrence county, held al
Monticello, on the 25th of July, 1881,
Hon. II. /. Bird was elected chairman
and J. J. benson elected Secretary.
At the request of members from their
respective beats, the following places
we're selected to hold the election for
delegates to the county Convention, to
meet at Monticello, on Monday, the
3rd, day of October. 1881, aud vote at
the same time for choice of candidates
for beat officers. Said election to take
place on Friday, tue September Both.
Beat /. At Monticello, managers, G..
r. Dale, Il. M. Beal and r. d. May.
Beat 2. At Slater's Ferry; managers,
w. G. Dale, W. N. Robertson and Da-
Wis Guynes.
Beat 3. At Cooper's Creek Church,
managers. J. j. Tbornhill, B. z. Sand
erford and Fl. G. Smith.
Beat 4. Hebron, managers. A. Hutch
ms, E. M. Riley and Fl. NJ. Smith-10
delegates.
At Red House, managers. Frank
Halle. A. Hartzog and N. O. B.ount-8
delegates.
At Denson's Store. managers, J. ".
Williams. ". l.. Mikell and s. Arms
strong-6 delegates.
Beat 5, At Toler's Academy, nan
gers. J. W. Burkett and W. j. Arm.
strong.
On motion, it was agreed that the
several beats be entitled to the follow
ing representation, No. /, Is; No. 2, 10;
No. 3. q; No. 4. 81; No. S. 10; total del,
egation, %, necessary to elect At votes
10 Convention.
Fl. I. BIRD, Chm.
IT DEycoN Sec'v
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
The Camp Meeting.

The camp meeting at Crystal Springs
closed on the 10th inst. The meeting
was not 50 large as usual, but it was
we'll attended. The absence of the
vast crowds of sight seers added to
the comfort of all present and rendered
it much more pleasant for those who
came to worship. The preaching was
excellent and no donbt much good has
resulted.
We must congratulate the Camp
Meeting Association on its excellent
management. The most perfect order
was preserved, and not a single oc>
cnrrence required the interference of
the police. This Is rs it shonld be and
it speaks highly for the cultivated and
Intelligent audience that attended.
The excellent management OF this
meeting guarantees n similar success in
the future. and invites IA larger attends
dance. Crystal Springs Monitor.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
r.otch no clean shir.

La you seed seed anything Of Mr.. Max
Ginsbnrger?' asked a colored gentle.
man OF the editor Of this paper, at the
State Convention.
"No-wby? Do you know Max?,
Il reckon dus. We's oil down here
tergether."
"Who? What do you mean?p
81 DIES means izaciiy what | ses. Me
and Gen. Waltball. aud Max and Mos
Billie Mclean and Joe Slack, and Mr..
Ben Adams reposes the elcgatiou from
de county OBJ Grenada"
"Who are you voting for?p
yves solid fer Stone"
"WOnld you like I" have an opportn-
nifty to vote for Gsn'l Walthall?"
VA, ya-yes, sir, you bet. He's my
fus choices. Bat see here, boss, how
long dis ded-lok gwine ter las 2"
II don't know. Are you getting tired
Of Jackson?"
mo, sir. not ~'tIcuiarly; bat l naber
fotch no clean shirt. You white gem.
men all brung 'iezis wild you. White
man got mo sense an er Niger any
how, Wonder wher. Max is? / got to
borrow a clean shirt from somebody
slo. case | need it baG."
The next 9av We saw the colored del
egatc with a clean Bhilt on. He was
cheering for LpSry.- WdtthoH Pio-
HeCE,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
The Prospect.
clary.

--
In the event of the death Of the
President, Chester A. Arthur will
assume the functions of that office,
and, as a matter of courtesy, the
entire Cabinet will probably resign.
1t is not pleasant to contemplate
the State of uncertainty and gloomy
doubt into which the country will
be plunged, nor to what revolution
we may be subjected. Arthur is
not popular with his own party and
it is hardly reasonable to believe
that his administration will be at
all compatible with the wishes OF
the Democratic party or the people
at large who had determined to give
to the present administration their
aid and support. 1t is more than
probable that Roscoe Conkling will
be chosen to fill the Office now DC
cupied by Mr.. Blaine as Secretary
of State, which will be d~eplorablc,
humiliating and repasaant. He
would have many friends TO reward,
many enemies to punish, many pet
ty injuries to resent, many grievan-
ces to redress, the accomplishment
of which would engendcr tqrnoils,
contention and strife, causing q
staonation of the business Of the
country, and a feeling Of hostility
to the administration, instead Of
the cordial support now accorded
it. Conkling would be the "rower
behind the throuc," which would
be welded with despotic sway.
The picture is not pleasant TO con
template.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
The Executive and Judiciary.

We hear a deal OF talk euo
separation of the Executive from
the Judiciary" We have al indis-
tinct idea that the Constitution OF
this State distributes the powers oil
the State goyornmentinto three dis
tinct departments, and confines each
Of them to a separate magistracy,
to-wit; Legislative, judicial and ex-
ecutive, and provides that no per-
son or collection of persons, being
of one of these departments, shall
exercise any power properly belong
ing to either of the others. So we
see that the two departments of the
government are as widely divided
by fundamental law rs it is posi-
BILE for human power to accomplish,
and all this talk about the ~'separa-
ton of the Judiciary and the Exec
utive" is the merest bosh, and is
misleading. If by this phrase is
meant the destruction Of the ap-
pointing power of the Judiciary by
the Governor, and an elective Judi
ciary, why do not gentlemen say so.
We take it that this is what is
intended. Then let us investigate
this question briefly. The evil to
be remedied is said to be, that the
appointing power gathers around
the Executive an army of official
dependents who, at the dictation OF
the Governor, step down from the
bench and enter the political field
and do battle for the re election Of
their chief, and in this way the EX
ecutive can %perpetuate himself IL
office. If such an evil exists VIZ
know it not, nor 10 we think it has
being except in the fanciful brain
of the enthusiasts. 1t may be thai
the advocates of this so-called re-
form may underrate Executive and
judicial integrity, as well as the in
telligence of the 'dear people,
Conceding, 0rguendo, the existence
-.
of the evil, would an elective Judi
ciary cure the sick man? VIZ think
not, because it is we'll known that
we have, in most of the Judicia
districts in the State, a very large
class of voters who can b(
controlled and the result would b'
that instead of the pure, upright
and learned Judges whom we now
have, Il courts would be presided
over by pcttifoggery and ignorance
We have too recently escaped fron
such scenes to wish an early return
to them. In the opinion OF th'
writer the remedy for the evil,
such evil there be, is to let the ap
pointing power remain in the Exec
utive and the Senate, and 10 amcn'
) the Constitution so as to prohibi
anyone from holding the office Q
Governor more than n term il
: every eight years. This woul'
cure the evil and at the same tim
insure a honest and learned judi
f ciary.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

The only immigration worth
having in any country is a class of
men who desire to become owners
of the soil. 1t IS this class which
has built up the west. 1t is this
class which is wanted in the South.
If the large landholders expect to
secure immigrants who will work
their lands as tenants or laborers
they will never get them while there
is an acre OF land anywhere in the
United States to be purchased at a
reasonable price. 1t is likely that
the general belief that the South
has no cheap lands for sale is the
chief cause of the scarcity of immi-
grants. Cheap lands attract a large
immigration to Texas and Arkan-
sas. and to the extent that other
Southern States can furnish facili-
ties for the purchase of lands will
they also share in the benefits Of the
mighty stream of immigrants now
flowing to the shores of America
AUd{dRche
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
A xsatai shuotIng ARRAY.

Last Tuesday at Cross Roads voting
precinct, III Jasper coun.y, abont l6
miles west Of Pauiding, an unfortunate
difficulty occurred. which resalled in
The death Of one of the parties engaged.
1t seems that Lem Evans and a son and
son-in law Of Capt. Il. f. Moss had q
previous misunderstanding, the nature
Of which We have been unable to learn,
and on Tuesday Young Moss and his
brother %in>law. Herring met
Evans at Oross Roads, and they de-
termined to give him a beating. They
approached Evans when he ran some
distance, and stopped, his pursuers
still advancing on him. When they
were in about thirty yards Of him
Evans opened FIRE upon them with a
pistol, his first shot taking effect in
Herring's Ii ad just below the eye aud
coming aut at the back of his lead.
HIRING. it is said. fingered until Wed-
nesday night, when he died.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

Kosc1usKo Star; One night
week before last as Mrs. G.. w.
Harrison, of Liberty Chapel neigh
borhood, was closing her Don door
preparatory to retiring for
the night, she was bitten or the
foot by a ground rattlesnake which
was lying on the floor. 1t was sup
posed that the snake was brought
into the house by a cat, as Il of
her kittens was afterwards found
to have been bitten. Mrs. Harrison
has suffered a great deal of PAIN
from the bite, but is now getting
better.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

IT is stated that Hon. Ben King
of Copiah, will be the candidate foI
Governor of the opposition to the
Mississippi Democracy. The Tu-
pelo journal has the following kind
words to say of him: "Mr. King is
one of those old broken down polit-
ical hacks-a pernicious old blath-
erskite whom Providence in his in
scrutable wisdom permits to lag
superfuous on the stage, after hav-
ing outlived his usefulness. Mr..
King has ar exalted estimate of his
own abilities, and the height of the
Democratic party's offending, so far
as he is concerned, was its failure to
agree with him on that point. The
opposition under the leadership of
Mr.. King, will disappear like the
morning mist before the rays of the
uprising sun, whom the inyincihle
legions of Democracy take the
field"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

A gentleman from near Rockport
informs us that he assisted in kill
ing a moccasln snake in a cypress
swamp a few days since, which
measured about three and a halt
feet in length and about twelve In
ches in circumference. 1t was OF
the most poisonous kind and upon
~dissecting it he found it to contain
near a hundred smaller snakes
which measured about eight inches
in length. 1t is supposed that the
smaller snakes ran down their
mother upon the approach of her
Westcille NeWS.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
rhe pre.Ident. condition.

His now forty five days since the
President was shot down in the
Washington railway depot. Exam
.ination has established the fact that
the ball did not touch the liver, that
it did not penetrate the stomach,
nor did it touch the intestinal pas
sages, 1t did not cut any of the
great blood vessels nor did it break
any bones, only chipping Oft some
spiintcrs of a rib. The wound, in
fact, was a flesh wound merely, not
being complicated by any violent IN
jury to important organs. 1t is nd
mitted also that the President is a
man of originally strong constltu-
ton, unimpaired by any bad habits
or excessive indulgences. -.
All these are facts which should
have indicated, and we're considered
so to mean, that the patient under
fairly favorable treatment should
have rapidly recovered from his
wounds. The situation as announ-
ced officially to-day, however, is
very different from what have been
predicated of the above mentioned
facts. The truth is the patient is
greatly reduced in flesh,
and is so weak that the
doctors .only promise him to be
able to sit up in four weeks. lie
has suffered daily with fevers since
the beginning of the attack, and
suffers now with nausea so as to be
able to retain scarcely anything in
the way of nourishment on his
stomach. This is the situation as
expressed in official bulletins and is
surely grave enough if it were nc
worse than that, but if information
which the public see to think re-
liable enough to cause great and
general anxiety, is to the effect that
the distinguished patient is in q
very bad way, far worse off than
represented by the doctors. He is
reported to be so EXTREMITY weak as
to have very little vitality left fol-
fevers to prey upon, while his pow
ers of nutrition are so Impaired as
to be almost beyond the power to
act, much less to build up the suffer
err and fortify him against the raw
ages of disease. AT day yesterday
the utmost anxiety and apprehen.
sion prevailed at Washington and
these feelings of alarm were spread
over the country by the medium Of
the telegraph. All the people car
do in the premises is to await results
While there is life hope remains.
but we should not be surprised il
the worst should happen, for the
situation is truly grave.-N. O
Times.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
The Atlanta Exposition.

The Atlanta Exposition, to be
opened October 9TH, promises to be
a great event in the industrial his
tory-of the country. The vast col
lection of minerals, of timber, OF
soils and of the flora and the
fauna of the great central or noun
tain section of The South may and
probably Will exceed IN variety and
promise of future value any colldc-
ton that can be made from any 9th
er equal area of the known world.
In such changes and improvements
and in the introduction of modern
machinery and apparatus, there will
bean opportunity for profit COM
m~ensutate with the v~astness of the
change now occurring. Every step
in such change tends to remove sec
tional prejudices, and to bring the
several States of this country into
one solid nation.
The Planters journal says of the
Exposition:
By the provisions of regulations and
plans that are announced it is evident that
the intention is to make the exhibition very
complete and thorough in all details con-
corning production, handling and manufac-
turing Of the textile that rules the world.
The preliminaries of providing funds, Sc
curing the building of the requisite struc
lures, and all othter incidentals necessary
to make it an assured success, have been
provided. During the session OF the con
%vention very interesting features, methods
and results OF cotton planting will be con-
sidercd and discussed by the most intelli-
gent and cnterprising men OF the South.
The beneficial results of such a meeting can
not be over-estimated, and that they will
exercise a material influence on the future
OF this class of producers is assured without
a doubt. Hence it is the duty OF those
practical planters who propose going to the
Exposition to prepare themselves on all
points that will probably discussed, so that
they may make an intelligent and service
able rep0rt OF their views and experience.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
Fatal Shooting.

On Saturday night last about 10
o'clock Robt. Ross and Jno. Rich
ards became involved in a Difficult
ty on Peace ST., DEPOSITS Mr.. Gross
store, when Richards drew a pistol
and shot Ross in the breast infict-
ing a wound from which he died in
a short time. Richards fled immedi.
ately, and although pursued, made
good his escape, and is still at large.
Mail.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

issald tiiat the reas

1t issaid THAT the reason the dead
lock continued in the New York legis-
lature after Garfield was shot was that
they wanted o see the result of the
wound and had proved Conklin would
have been returned % the United States
Sensse the n xt day because be aud
Arthur would have then confro!sd the
imm, ma patronage Of tie State OF New
York, which wonld have then destroyed
ibe strength of the hat bseeds and
q: vsa tho Ssaisaets any thug they
wanted or asked for.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

1t is confidently expected that by the
first of December trains will be run
nlnS from Ell Paso to New Orleans over
the Texas and Pacific, and from Ell
Paso to St. Louis over the same road
and the Missouri Pacific or Iron Noun
tain. The Texas and Pacific route is
said to b. for its entire length through
a Iich country, we'll adapted for gra.
zing purposes.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

REV. @. X. MARSHALL goes as q
delegate from the Mississippi Confer
enc of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Sonth to the Ecuu enical Council Of
the Methodist Church, TO be held in
London in September next. He will
doubtless prove one of the shining
lights of that great body.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
rhe cereal crop Report

WASHINGTON Aug. 15.-It is understood
4 CROP report will be issued by the depart
ment Of agriculture, and will show the fall
ing offin spring wheat will not De 50 large
as generally expected. The corn crop in
the South will be very small, and the de-
grease in the Western States will MT pc sA
gseat as expected, Ehc report will ALSO
show a decrease in the tobacco crop
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

In Darlington county. s. Ca party
of twenty white men, who had iber n
working on the public highway, stop,
ped nnder an oak tres to rest and shell
ter themselves from the hot sun, the
sky being clear and only an appei rance
of rain some miles away. were struck
by lighting, some being Instantly killed
some completely paralized and others
seriously injured.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18

$50 ta- 4 = re- ~
THE editor Of the Corinth Herald
says he is no idolitor. That is
comforting. He also says: "lyhat
is the meaning Of Democracy? Ii
is the majority shall rule Did not
a majority Of the accredited dele
gates at our late State onyention
naminate Gen. Robt. Lowry as thu
Democratic candidate for Governor?
Then how is it, that a true D MOS
crat could hesitate to support the
ticket? A true and tried Democrat
would not"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
THE PROPOSED FUSION.
Hon. Ben. King the Probable Fu
sion Candidate for yerun

Hon. Ell. King the Probable Fu
sion Candidate for Governor.
BEAUREaARD, Mss, Aug. 10. 81.
To Messrs. John T. Hull, J. B. Yellowly,
j. B. Deason, J. p. Matthews and j. Tay-
lor, Committee:
Geptlemen-In answer TO your re-
quest for the use of my name by the
National Greenback Labor party and
the Republican party. as a candidate
for Governor, 1 reply that in view of
your requests made by Democrats and
Conservatives. L consent-it being IN
derstood that l am neither a Green
hacker, Republican or Democrat, but
a Conservative, pledged if elected, to
Use all the executive power for these
fundamental principles of a republican
form of government, a free ballot and a
fair count, and free speech and equal
protection of the law of the persons,
property and rights Of all citizens.
BENZ, KING.