Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-11
RnTromIAL RRRvErGEN.

held In Nashville on the I'd Mon
day in January next. God save
them from such results as followed
the assembling Of the Constitution
al Convention In this State.
Is the Cardiff giant o humbug, a
Yankee Wooden-nutmeg sell, or a
reality? So many Of the people
of the North arc Radicals, that we
afraid to take theirstatemeEts upon
any subject; therefore will scmc
good, honest, truthtelling Demo-
crat furnish reliable information
upon this interesting and engross.
ing subject. The New York Sun
processes that it is no humbug, but
who will believe it.
TcnnysOn Is building himself a
spacious house OH the Surrey Hills,
near Godalming. 1t will be sur
rounded by extensive grounds.
A new religious society, calling
itself the Church of Progress, has
been inaugurated at st. Georges
Hall, London, by Mr.. T Baxter
Langley. The master spirits Of It
arc John Stuart Mil, Lord Amber
ly, aud Sir John Browning.
Seventy.three years ago the town
Of Franklin, Conn, voted to hire
q man to instruct the school for
four months, at$S per month, find
his own board, to keep six days in
the week, and twenty.six days for
a month, and that no partially be
used on the part Of the master"
An elegantly dressed lady recent
ly presented herself to one Of the
police magistrates In Paris, and po-
litely denounced herself as the mur-
deress Of eleven children. Inves-
tigatiOn fortunately proved that she
was labOring under fit of halluci-
nation caused by the horrors Of the
Pantin tragedy.
The Baron De Novo Friburgo,
supposed to be the wealthiest man
in Brazil, died Oh the 4th Of OctO-
Der. lie left instructions that his
body, placed in plain cofiir, should
be carried TO the grave in one of his
own carriages; also, that no invi-
taIions bo Issued to lis funeral.
His dwelling house in Rio Janeiro
Is said to have cost him 81 100000
but he lived to enjoy it only q year
or two.
Professor Ioomis, Of New Haven,
considers the earth a very unsafe
place TO stay on any longer, from
the fact that the late volcanic man
ifestations have been 20 general in
their character that there is no long
er any doubt about the theory that
all volcanoes have not a local, but a
general and common origin, in the
central liquid parts Of our globe,
where the most intense heat pre-
walls.
Patti has declined an offer Of q
million Of francs to sing for ten
months in the new serious opera
which OlIenbach has composed to a
libretto by Ssrdon. Patti recently
wounded her thumb with a dagger
which she held while playing the
part of GiLda in "Rigoleito." The
thumb bled, but Patti went on with
the performance.
Chinese literature has met with
a serious loss in the destruction by
fire of q wing Of the Emperor OF
China's palace which contained
stores of books and Of blocks for
book printing. From its cOnnec-
ton with literature, 1t was one OF
the best known buildings in the
palace. Its name Occars on oil
books printed at the Emperor's
charge for two centuries.
To CUBE TooTHAcHE.-Accord
ing to the London Lancet, tooth
ache can be cured by the following
preparation OF carbOnic acid: To
one drschm Of cOllOdium add two
drachms of Callert's carbonic acid.
A gclatinous mass is precipltated,
small portion Of which inserted
in the cavity Of an aching tooth,
invariably gives immediate relief
The heirs Of John Campbell, the
possessOr Of 800 acres of land,
which now embraces the CONNER.
cial cetro Of Louisville, KY, are
about instituting n suit for this
property, of which they claim they
are the lawful owners since the
first charter of the city, ia 1872.
This property has passed from one
hand to another until it is now
owned bya large number Of per-
sons, all Of whom will be defend
ants TO the suit The land i'm
provements ore valued at $780,.
100000.