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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Lynch has the oeat, hat Chal.
mere Ruleas
A special Washington dispatch in
the Louisville Courier Journal, nm
der date Of the 10th, says;
The Mississippi Wfmberly, who
came on here some weeks ago to
see what could be done to brace up
the Chalmers movement, put in q
part Of his time very successfully on
his own account, and as result Ii
now made an agent of the Treasury
Department, to be located in Missis-
sippi, where he can do the most good.
He was appointed against the wish
Of Mr.. Lynch, Of Mississippi, and
that colored gentleman is not in a
good humor about it.
The turn Of affairs is somewhat Gu
rious. Chalmers was unseated by
the republicans as a democrat, who
took his seat by fraud, and now he
is having more to say about fed
eral appointments than Lynch, who
got the seat in congress, and the
other the patronage. @
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

A special from Cincinnati brings
the good news that wheat receipts
at that place are SO heavy that al
ready the carrying capacity of the
railroads are heavily taxed. Hay
is better than has been known for
years, while the oat crop is describ :
ed as enormous. Whaet has fallen
to about one dollar a bushel, and
consequently a good barrel Of -four
can be had for five dollars. While
fruit is abundant, there is such a
heavy demand for shipping that
prices are high.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
The Suez Canal.

The Suez canal is about 100 miles
in length, about seventy-fve miles
being actual canal, while for twenty
five miles it passes through lakes, a
portion of which afforded water of
sufficient depth, but the greater
part OF which required excavating.
The width of the canal, except those
places where it runs through high
ground, is 1926 feet at the surface
and u feet at the bottom, and
the depth 26 feet. Where it passes
through high ground the width is
only 195 feet at the surface, with
slopes of two to one. At El-Guisr,
a few miles north Of Lake Tinsah,
for a distance of eleven miles and
a half the canal encounters the
highest ground, the excavation
varying from 80 to IS feet in depth.
Twenty-Five dredges and an i'm
mense force of laborers were engaged
upon this division at one time, re-
moving about 10000 metres of earth
per month. The work at Port Said
consists of basin S75 yards square
and of an eastern and western storm
jetty, extending into the eastern
5000 and the western 2,515 yards
long, having distance of 437 yards
between them. The jetties are con-
struction of blocks of beton agglo-
mere, made of hydraulic lime from
Tell IN Ardeche, France, and beach
sand. The channel Is dredged to q
depth of twenty-six feet for a good
part of the inclosed space. At the
Suez extremity the harbor is also
dredged to depth of twenty-six
feet; a breakwater protects the en-
trance from southerly winds, and a
basin, constructed by the company,
affords good harbor.
The canal was officially opened
November II, 1869. Tie opening
was accompanied:by great display.
Fifty vessels, of almost every ma
tionality, passed through. Many
distinguished people were on board;
among them was the Empress of the
French and the Austrian Emperor.
The firing of cannons and the pro-
longed cheers of the people greeted
the procession. One who was
present described it as an occasion
never to be forgotten. At a short
distance it appeared as if the ships
were sailing over the vast desert of
sand. ......
in November, 1876, all the shares
Of the Suez Canal stock belonging
to the Khedive Of Egypt, ITS out Of
400, were purchased by the British
government, for f4,000,OOO good
trade for that government, and one
which, as much as any other, causes
England to demand voice in the
administration of Egyptian affairs.
AS English capitalists already held
large part Of the stock, the pur-
chase of the Khedive's interest gave
Great Britain the control which it
still exercises and will doubtless
continue to at any cost.-Ex,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Some days since the New York
Herald says that Gen. Loring, who
was distinguished soldier of the
Confederate army, had received a
large sum Of money from the Egypt
ian government; that he had lost
most oft in unfortunate speculations
and that he commanded the Egypt
ian army in its disastrous campaign
against Abyssinia. The General
says neither of these statements
are true. He was in the Abyssin-
ian campaign, but not being in
chief command is in no manner re-
sponsiblc for any of it's results,
nor has he lost dollar in spccula-
ton of any kind.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
rhe tucker INSTRUMENTATION case

The Tucker Assassination Case
In the case Of The State VS. Shaw
in Chickasaw county, charged with
the murder of General w. F. Tucker
the application of Smith Shaw for
bail on writ of habeas corpus, was
heard at Okolona before Judge H.
H. Chalmers, of the State Supreme
Court, beginning on Wednesday and
concluding on Friday evening and
resulted in the defendant being adj
mitted in ten thousand dollars bond.
Dick Shaw, son of Smith Shaw, re-
Gently brought from Texas charged
with completely in the assassination
and kept in duress since his return,
was carried before Mayor Boden-
heimer on Friday, and, waving pre-
liminary examination, was also ad.
mitted to ten thousand dollars bail !.
Matt Simmons, one Of the alleged
party to the murder, arrested in
Monroe county and confined in our
Jail, has been re-committed without
bond to the;Monroe county jail
aberdeen Examiner. ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
Dying Ben, Hill.

The latest news from Atlanta is
to the effect that Senator Ben. Hill
is growing weaker every moment
and is liable to9die of exhaustion at
any time. A special says che has
not swallowed food for a week, and
his power of speech is gone The
whole of his right jaw. bone has been
eaten away. The cancer is doing
its terrible work in rings. The It's
sues on either side of the throat
have been destroyed, and the wind
pipe may be attacked at any mo-
ment. His death is now momenta-
rily expected from hemorrhage. His
mind wandcrs." Thus passes away
one of the greatest men of the pres
ent day, whose ability is known and
recognized by all. AS an orator,
thinker and writer he has no supe-
rior in the land. He dies surround
ed by friends and loved ones, and
says his last hours on earth are the
happiest he ever enjoyed, and that
he is confident Of going to the bet.
ter land. He dies Christian s
death, and has no fear ofthe future
1t is probable he will have breathed
his last before these lines are print
ed; and when the grave closes over
him, the whole South aad much OF
the North will mourn for the illus
trious dead. ''Blessed are they who
die in the Lord"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The Meridian Observer says it
hears of considerable complaint of
worms in both cotton and corn, and
fears have been felt that it might be
the dreaded army worm or caterpil-
lar. The worm that las damaged
young corn and sugar cane, and in
some instances cut off the limbs
from the cotton stalks, is the grass
worm which is incapable of doing
serious injury to cotton. We hear
that on some farms they have des-
troyed young corn, and even the
grass, but that Is the extent of the
injury. For the last three weeks
there has been an excess of rain,
too much for cotton, but with ia
vorable weather in August fair
crop may still be made.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

On last Friday, Mr.. Thos. H.
King of Hardscrabble neighborhood
while walking by the side of a wag-
on loaded with 800 feet of pine
lumber, tripped and fell in front OF
the wheels, two ofwhich passed over
his body. He was thought to be
fatally wounded, and in tact laid
out for dead by the man who was
driving the team, but in q little
while he revived and came on to
town with the wagon feeling con-
siderable soreness from the heavy
weight that had passed over him
but having no bones broken.-Ler-
ington Bulletin.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
seventl, r,i Z, ]

We clip the following from that
old, reliable and we'll posted Jour
nal the Kinds County Gazette:--
The Republicans ore quietly
though earnestly organizing II this
district, and in their secret meeting
as well as at the street corners, ass
sert their ability Us well as their
determination toelect q pronounced
republican to represent the district
in Congress.
They claim that the aggregate
voting strength of the district IN
round numbers $4,000, divided be-
tween the two races thus: Colored
voters %, 500; white voters IL 500.
They assert that the great body
of colored voters will vote the Re.
publican ticket next November
that less than 1000 in the entire
district will vote the Democratic
ticket unless it be because of in
timidation and threats: and that
the 1000 will be made up by a
draft upon the white vote of up
wards of $500. They claim to
have $500 white Republicans in the
District, and that they are assured
of the hearty cooperation of fully
5000 white voters from the indie
pendents Greenbackers, old Wings,
and dissatisfied Democrats, and that
this addition to their strength will
be particularly strong in the coun.
ties of Madison, Kinds, Copiah and
Lin coin.
Such are the calculations of the
managing Republicans, as we have
1t from the very best authority, and
upon this statement of the case as
sistance has been promised at Wash
ington, of men, money and offices,
and the Saturday night and Sunday
telegraph wires have been adjusted
and are about to be put in running
order in every part OF the district.
If the Republicans succeed in
drawing the color line fully as they
expect-and if they succeed in Sc
curing for their ticket the support
of some 5000 to 1000 white voters
i. is not hazardous at all to say
that their ticket will prevail by a
very large majority. But, it is not
at all probable that they will sue
coed in drawing the color line, nor
can they carry, in our judgment,
1000 white voters for their ticket in
the whole district.
The people of the grand old coun-
ties composing the Seventh district
know what Radical Republican rule
means-they had it in full force
from 1868 to 1S76-and our word
for it they can never be prevailed
upon willingly to accept it again.
True, Ames and his army of robbers
scampered from the State as soon as
they were driven from public posi-
ton, but that party is quite as OBJ
jectionable party under it's present
bungling managers as it was when
it had men Of brains and character
to direct its movements. 1t cannot
possibly succeed under its present
management. Men who have cheek
only cannot run political party
successfully now adays among an
intelligent and patriotic people.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Turkey has at last made up her
mind that she had better assist in
putting down the rebellion in Egypt.
She was rather slow to realize the
Importance of cooperating with
England.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
A Few MORE LEFT.

And happy circumstance it is, too,
that Notwithstanding the rapidly increasing
demand for Hunts remedy, there are few
more bottles left. This is, indeed, joyful
news for the afflicted. People are beginning
to find out that they have kidneys, and
that weakness Of the back and loins, and
many supposed rheumatic pains, come irom
those delicate organs, and may b precur-
sors Of serious troubles like Brights Disease
and Of death. People are also finding out
that the sure specific for all ailments 81 the
liver, bladder, and kidneys il Hunts Renee
dy, and hence the great and increasing de-
mand. And still we are able to say 81 the
bottles Of this great remedy. thess sfe g
few more left.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
rho ltastern War, so.oalled.

There is nothing new from Egypt.
England is still landing troops but
seems to be afraid to do any fight
ing. Meanwhile Arab is at large
and doing all the mischief he can.
Il was reported at one time he pro-
posed to disband his army and re-
tire to Africa if allowed to take his
advisers with him, each on the sal
airy of Colonel When England re-
ceivcd the news she shook her head
and said "no." She had as we'll say
yes, for she has shown she is afraid
Of Arab. If she would make an
aggressive movement she could cap
ture him in twenty four hours.
DeLesseps has made himself con-
spicuous by appointing himself CON-
mander Of the French feet. He tells
them what they must or must not
do, He says he is confident that he
can save Suez canal as he has Ara
bis promise to leave it intact.
Arab is playing waiting game and
has the best of the fight so far.
Russia has notified her minister
to Turkey that he must attend no
more conferences of ambassadors
of powers upon the Egyptian ques-
ton until he shall have received
notice to do so from the Car.
England insisted upon the Portc's
inotant declaration. that Arab
was rebel. The Porte assumed
an unusually firm attitude towards
the British minister and told him
that the demand could not be
complied with in the form in
which it was presented, but that he
: would place the demand before 6
conference.
n Lord Dutferin has declared tina,
it is England's intention to CO
operate with Turkey if the Sultan
will decide upon some definite plan,
but that in the absence of any &C
ton by the Porte, England will be
compelled to restore Egypt even il
alone.
! In Cairo, last Saturday.. a meeting
vas held comprising Ulemas, Cadis
the Coptic patriachs, heads of the
Armenian, Greek and Maroniti
communities, various high function
aries, the Mudirs, Notables and
leading merchants, in all 1854 per
sons, moving speeches were deiiv-
cred, especially by Ali Bey, Under
Secretary to the Soudan, who re.
counted the outrage Of English
sailors upon Alexandrian women.
The meeting, with only three dis
sentients, decided to maintain Ara
bi, so that he might defend country
until the conclusion OF satisfacto.
ry peace, or the total determination
of his forces, All DEGREES so the
contrary were declared annulled.
Since the meeting, Arab has be-
come more defiant, and has issued a
proclamation calling upon the peo-
pie to obey him until the prophet
reveals to him who shall be Khc-
dive iu place of Tewfik, who has
sold Egypt to England, and desert
ed his country to become a refugee
under English protection.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

In nothing has science madesuch improve
ment as in medicines. Now to this whole
civilized world is proclaimed the joyful
news that Celery and Chamomile Pills,
will cure sick and nervous headaches.
neuralgia, nervousness, dyspepsia, sleepless-
ness, and paralysis.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

w. H. Herman is editing a redhot
Democratic paper in Odebolt, Iowa.
He should call it the Odebolt Thun-
derbolt. Worse men have been
hung than Herman, but few have
been more generally censured.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

1t is said Senator Sherman is in
the habit of taking a lunch with him
to the capitol every day, like other
day laborers.-Ex.
The Senator is not stingy. Oh, no!
He takes the lunch along because he
does not wish to put himself on rec
ord as having assisted in maintain
ing the Capitol lunch saloon,run by
a Democrat, probably, of Bourbon
proclivities.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The infant child of Mrs. Antonio
Lederato, of Wilkinson street, Mobile,
fell into an open we'll. 20 feet below
the surface, few days ago, and the
mother hearing its cries, at once let
herself down the chain and rescu ed
her infant from drowning. Parties
near by hearing her screams, came
to the rescue, and pulled both of
them up safely.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
G. E. HOOKER.

Louis Rosenberg left Vicksburg
very suddenly few days ago. He
had been tried and acquitted of the
charge Of killing DR.. VIM. Michor-
icsburg. Notwithstanding the de-
cision, a number of people believe
him guilty as charged. According
ly a committee of citizens called on
Rosenberg and told him he would
find distant lands more healthy. He
took the hint and left.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
A few miles southwest of Lexinp-

A few miles southwest of Lexing-
ton, the 18th inst. r. E. Cader, com
monty known as Dick Cader, a man
about fifty years of age, was engag-
ed at repairing a well. He was
standing on a platform that was
suspended in the well, and fell off,
going down to the bottom, where
he remained a couple Of hours or
Whereabouts before any one could
be gotten to go down to see about
him, and when he was taken out
life was extinct.-Lerington Bulle-
tin
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Oscar Wilde wants female dress
cs handed down from generation to
generation. That would be all right
for the parties receiving, but tough
on those compelled to "hand down"
the dresses. Oscar is a great fool.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

We learn from Mr.. A. Mangum,
of China Grove, that worms have
attacked the sugar cane in that 10
cality, and it was mentioned as an
unusual occurrence. We do not
remember ever having heard of
worms eating cane until this in
stance.-Magnolia Gazette.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
Competitive Examination For
West Point.

To THE EDITOR OF THE LEDGER
They will be q competitive ex-
animation Qf'applicants for the pur-
pose of filling the vacancy at West
Point from the Fifth Congressional
District as now constituted, at Ha-
zlehurst, Copiah county, Miss, on
the 10th day of August, 1882. Suit.
able persons will be appointed to
conduct the examination.
Yours respectfully,
C. T. HnoKER
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The Comet learns that Judge Cal
houn is going to retire from the
bench at an early day and locate in
Jackson with a view of practicing his
profession.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Some business men in Chicago
signed the protest IN favor of Sun
day observance, and the Germans
in that city propose to abstain
from all business relations with
those men who thus exercised their
rights as American citizens.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
----~~>Ns-

The Aberdeen Examiner saws
that the First Congressional Dis
trict OF Mississippi can boast the
most competent and acceptable Post
Masters, as mass of any district in
the South. The Post Master Gen
eral says that they give him little
trouble and stand excellently with
the bureau of orders and the &C
counting officers.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The Times Democrat has wide
awake representative in St. Louis.
He telegraphs yarns about people
that sometimes gets them into
trosb..e. Some days ago he notified
his paper that John FIGHTER was
up there who said that in 1871 he
killed a man OF Summit, Miss. The
special was copied in the Liberty
Herald, and that paper published a
full account of the killing of a Mr..
Hez. Barksdale III October, 1871,
the perpetrator of the deed being
unknown. 1t is believed that Fitch
ter is the guilty man. The sheriff
of St. Louis says he can furnish the
man whenever he is wanted.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The dinner given to President
Barrios, in New Orleans, cost over
one thousand dollars. There were
present one hundred people. Ten
dollars each is q good price. 1t has
not yet been paid, and the Mayor
says it will not be, because there
were not enough boquets on the ia
BILE. The Mayor believes in orna-
ments.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The temperance crusade Of Iowa
continues. and liquor men are utter
ly demoralized. The proposition
to compensate brewersmeets with no
favor among the prohibitionists.
Many brewers are preparing to quit
business rather than risk litigation.
As yet there has been no initial ac-
tion.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03
ev.4eneral Rrevster aav,

Attorney General Brewster says
a member Of Congress is not 4
United States officer, and has i
right, under the law, to levy contri-
buttons for political corruption
fund without being liable to prose
cution therefor. That WAS consid-
cred . cause for removal from Office
in the better days Of the Repub-
IL.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

4 Northern paper, whose editor
is distinguished for what he does
not know, says that Maj. E. Banks
dale is the gentleman that killed
Dixon. No such thing.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The East Mississippi Lunatic
Asylum has been definitely located
by the commissioners on a very eli.
gible site, one and halfmiles west OF
Meridian. The ground for the loca-
ton has been cleared off and Mr..
Geo. S. Covert, the contractor, will
soon commence making the brick
for the buildings.-Observer.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

To support the Post office De-
partment it will take this year over
$43, 900, 900, in addition to the de
ficiency of So, 600, 900 or 9hereabouts
already provided for.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The Supreme Court of Connec-
ticut has decided that there is
nothing to prevent females from
becoming lawyers in that State, if
they pass the examination.-Ex.
Then there is certainly nothing to
prevent it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Liver, KIDNEY AND BRIsHT's DIsEAsF.
A medicine that destroys the germ or
cause of Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Kid
ney and Liver Complaints, and has power
to root them out of the system, is above all
price. Such medicine is Hop Bitters,
aud positive proof of this can be found by
one trial, or asking your neighbors who have
been cured by it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Our neighbor of the Southern
Baptist has added to his staff, as
"Query Editor" Rev. j. r. Sample,
of Standardization Observer,
If lie is a Sample of the other edi-
tors, the paper may congratulate
itself on it's splendid corps.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

ut is not necessary to enter into particu-
lars in referring to the complicated organic
and functional difficulties to which the more
delicate classes of American women are sub
ject; but we take pleasure in saying that
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkhams Great Remedy
for all these troubles has an unbounded
popularity.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The Cincinnati Enquirer don't
want Pendleton as the Democratic
nominee for President. OF course
not-Tilden is far preferable.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Alex. H. Stephens letter accept
ing the Democratic nomination for
Governor Of Georgia, is three lines
shorter than the constitution of the
United States. Is the old man
breaking down? Ordinarily he
would not be overdone by the con-
stitution.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

!. The New York freight handlers
strike has now continued eight
weeks and the situation is unchang-
cd.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

The Khedive has discharged Ara
hi, and Arab has dismissed the
Khedive, and it has not been deter
mined which is s'boss."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

William Kegle, farmer at Hunts
vile, Ala, was bitten by snake on
Thursday, and died from the effects
of the bite.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

New Orleans had $3.50, 900 FIRE
last Sunday morning. The losers
were Pascal q Co, J. +. Sarrazin,
Harrison & Bettison, John Nelson &
Co, and Hcrnsheim q Co.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

Maine is preparing to incubate an
other new party. 1t is not satisfied
with the four it now has, and no
body can blame it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-03

George Miller and Hiram Hart
ley were killed by lightning at
Loomis, H.,