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Both sides of Che question.

The cool nights of the country in sum-
mer we must have. The days there, we
acknowledge, are sometimes as hot as
summer days in the city, but always
there is pure air, always sweet odors;
and this is to be remembered as an off
set to the trouble of moving Hus-
bands sometimes say, Why should we
90 into the country, when we are just as
cool in town." That is looking at it
from husbands point of view. 1t is
mainly the relief from housekeeping
cares during the dog-days, that wives
need and want. This pinch does not af-
feet the masculine boot hence the ina
bility to see the necessity of moving" /"
Then, again, husbands do not have to
devise amusement for the children dur
ing the long, languid, hot days, when
they must be kept off the burning pave
ments, and when a five-foot square brick
city yard is the only alternative in the
way of playground, save the nursery.
Clearly, man inlthis case, as in many
other similar ones, looks at the subject
only through his own speetacles. If he
says honestly, Il cannot afford it, that
is another thing; but even then, perhaps,
it would be as cheap to go to sensible
inexpensive place in the country, as to
pay the doctor bill in the autumn. No
body cad fail to see the difference in chill
dren who are turned ont to grass for
the summer, and revel in the natural
and healthful delights which are included
in that phrase, and the city child, who
must look at dandelion with one eye
on policeman, after dragging through
stretches of hot streets TO reach a
park.
Watering places and the like are, of
course, no place for children. That is
understood by all who best understand
them. The slavery to dress, for both
parents and children, which such places
involve is too absurd for further COM
ment, when the ostensible object in
going to the country is rest
Restl with ones head in a trunk all
summerl Rest pinned TO a piazza and
long train dressl Rest when ones
pillow is not reached till twelve or one
o clock Rest when ones bones ache
Just looking at the loads of dry goods
other women carry round on their backs |
IL wife means to tell her husband /
that this is going to the country, i don't |
wonder that the good man shifts at it. / /
don't wonder he himself prefers being
solrs at home. .....
But really to go 70 the eOuntryl to
wear an old dud one likes; to sit down
on a stone fence, or on the grass; or
walk in proper shoes through lonely
road, without once thinking Of ones
clothes; but only Of the birds and the
bees, and the waving grass and the shift
ing shadows, and 70 thank God for the
gift of life at every sweet breath-ahi
that is quite another thing, as even a
man might seel
And then the children-in clothes
made for rest" How rapturous are
the bugs, and the pigs, and the chickens,
and the toads, and the frOgsl Crying
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dolls and Noah's arks are nothing to
these. And how the children's educa-
ton is silently going on, with wise Ma
ture for teacherl Never a ferule, or a
rod, or FOOLS capl No whimpers, or
sulks, or podtsl She whispers softly
with blade of grass, N a. bright leaf,
and then listen, oh more reverently than
you know. She spreads a soft carpet
when the little limbs give out, and en-
tices them to try it, with little flowers
cunningly tucked in here and there!
OH She understands children. No
stiff benches for her
And what wealth of sweet recollec-
tions the little ones lay up for the win
teri Hear them talk about the barn and
Towser and the old horse while the snow
beats against the windowsl How can
you defraud them of all these innocent
delights for all the fine clothes tffht were
invented for human torture2 1t is
mainly because you, madam, are so un-
wise, that husbands hate the farce of
going to the country"
HH FANNY FERN.
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How TO learn.

Never forget what man has said to
you when he is angry If he has charged
you with anything, you had better look
it up. A person has often been startled
from pleasant dream of self-deception
BY the words of an angry man, who may
wish his words unsaid the next hour, but
they are past recall. The wisest course
is to take home his lesson with meekness
to our souls. 1t was saying of So
crates that every man had need of a
faithful friend and a bitter enemy; the
one to advise, and the other to show him
his faults. Hia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-04

Mrs. McFarland-Richardson's little
book, Percy's Year of Rhyme, which
has been more than once referred to
Iately, is really one of the cleverest par
cells Of rhymes for children that one can
find. There are some eight or ten
poems, all of them pleasant reading and
several quite charming, showing no little
imagination, though evidently not writ
ten by one much versed in writing rhyme.
Mother Goose's Party is especially
canital.
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The popular success Of "Frondes ;
History Of England" as compared With
F." Bancrofi's s ditto of the United States,
is accounted for by the fact that the for
mer author is an analyst the latter only
an annalist; distinction which Is sound
as regards sense, although its sense dis
regards sound.
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In the case of a negro who sued a CON
fectioner in New Orleans, last week, for
81. 600 damages Cor not entertaining HIM
as il he were white man, the jury failed
10 agree and we're discharged. They
stood six to six-fve negroes and one
white man for the plaintiff and SIX white
men for the defendant y N "a
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A Wisconsin man Of immense nerve
and force of character recently adver-
tised his wife as having left his bed and
board" and then applied TO her for the
loan Of dollar and half to pay for the
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One Mississippi exponent Of the manly
game Of seven up inserted SIX inches
Of bowie knife between tbs seeSsd and
third ribs Of his opponent the other
night, just because he played the tray ios
low.
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Judge OF Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.
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comprised of Shelby, Upton and Fayette
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UNHE LAW PARTNERSHIP PHERETOFORR
i existing between Hallum 4 Kelly is dis
solved by mutual consent.
JOHN HALLUM.
JOHN y. KELLY.
Memphis. april !, $50. 55-t
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N o IC II.

n o i L g Il.
HAVING DISPOSED OF MY ENTIRE IN
III TEREST in the firm of JudsOn A Co. to
the remaining partners, am no longer mem
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ness Of said firm, and are alone authorized To
collect the Indebtedness due the same.
]. c. ALEXANDER.
Memphis, Tenn, May "a. 1870.
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-23
SATURDAY, APRIL lG, 1870.

MAY we be permitted to ask,
why is it that white men are rigOr-
ously condemned to the chain. gang
and made to labor along our most
prominent streets, while not q
negro can be found among them {?
1t is very strange that in u city
where every day negroes are COM
mitting offences Of nearly all char
acters and grades, our work. houses
and jails contain so few Of them,
and our chain-gangs are made up
by white men.
Can it he that our city govern
ment are so debascd and prejudiccd
that they virtually give the negroes
license to do as they please, conf
mitting assaults, disturbing the
peace, being drunk and disorderly
and guilty Of other crimes, and yet
because, perhaps, of the political
effect, he is to be allowed aud en-
cOuraged in riding rough shod over
the people and the laws2 Can it
be that the officials, looking to the
negroes as the basis of their politi-
cal power, will so demean aud de-
grade themselves as to permit ne.
grOes unbridled license, while
white men are made to suffer addi-
tonally in order 10 satisfy the
wants OF an outraged law?
IfsuCh be the case it is only be.
cause Of the honorable disposition
of the negro himself that we are
not subjected to greater injury and
more crimes; and because the
negro himself has more respect for
the law and for himself than have
those who pander TO his grossest
and most debased appetites and
passions.
Let the law be impartially ad.
ministered. We do not believe
every man a rogue because he
chances to be a Radical. When we
condemn Radicals we mean the
party and not individuals. A man
may be q Radical and be an honest
man (strangc as it may seem), but
he cannot at the same time, be a
man Of good sound sense.
If there are those of the city Off
cials who ere honest and want to do
right, let them make it a business
to see the laws impartially admin
istered towards both whites and
blacks. Because a poor devil hap
pens to be white Ga most unfortu-
nate and therefore pitiable thing
don't for Gods sake add to his al.
ready overwhelming misfortune
and double all the pains and pen
alties he must suffer.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-23

On the 10th inst, NJ. +. Susis.
ky, city treasurer Of St. Louis,
was arrested on the charge of be-
ing Il dclaultcr. An informal cX-
animation before the Mayor and
other city officers and the bonds
men, which terminated at Il very
late hour that night, has disclosed
the following information:-Just
previous to the expiration OF his
first term Of office Susisky loaned
$4,000 to n friend, which was not
returned promptly, and he raised
money on his individual note and
replaced it. His note he took up
with city funds. Subsequently ia
retrieve this loss, and by the ad.
vice of friends, he sent $4,000 to
Belden d Co., in New York, fol
speculative purposes. Beldcn d
Co. failed, and the money sunk.
Later he sent $4,000 more to
other parties, and that was lost
He also loaned to A. L. Kweger, O
man of some note in st. Louis as
o speculative philosopher of the
German school, and formerly q
city treasurer, some $4,000,
which is said to have been lost in
stock speculations. Various 9th.
er minor sums have been used in q
similar way, the whole aggregating
about 100000. Mr. Susisky is q
poor man, and his loss will fall
upon his bondsmen. He has been
suspended from office by Mayor
Cole, and is retained in custody
until 9 more thorough examina-
ltiOR Of his accounts 10 made
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-23
Mr.. EDIToR

Mr.. EDITOR.
l understand a committee has
been engaged for some weeks ma
nipulating q new charterlfor the
city. A resolution of the city
Council authorized each member
to select two citizens on the COM
mittee, but DIR. Gilman reported in
the Council that Mr.. Mygatt had
selected this committee, whilst Mr..
Mygatt stated in a public meeting,
last Saturday night, that he had
not selected the present committee.
As the citizens of the present lim-
its, nor those outside of It to be
brought in, nor the city Council
nor their Representatives In the
Legislature, have been consulted in
this matter or permitted to see it ;
aud as DIR. Foster offered resolu-
ton In the Council that 1t should
be published, will you be kind
enough to inform us what the COM
mittee have done-why the result
OF their labors have not been pub
i!shed, aud when we shall be per-
mitted to see this precious docu-
ment!
AN INTERESTED PARTY.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-23
AN INTERESTED PARTY.

ANTICIPATES RoUGH TINES IN
THE NEXT WoRLD.-Leroy Cotton,
commonly known as "Bud' Cot.
ton, who was to have been hung,
in Galveston, Texas, on the sth
inst, for the killing of Major
Loehman in a brothel there about
a year since, avoided execution by
committing suicide the night be.
fore. He left q letter requesting
that his body be given to his
brother, and evidently anticipating
lively times in the region for which
he was about to depart-that {
knife be buried in the coffin witt
him.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-23

tually annulled). In that very
Convention 1t was that the princi.
piles governing the Radical party Oi
to-day first showed themselves, and
it was in the efforts made by New
England to make this government
a monarchy and to keep the power
from the people. .
And then the South took the
same noble stand that has ever
since characterized her people--a
stand for a democracy-a govern
ment for and by the people. In
all the paths of our national pros
perity this has ever been the prin.
ciple upon which the government
has been conducted.
How is it nowy
The Radical party is not the
ofshoot Of principle, but it is the
result Of circumstances. 1t has
always been in q minority and is
SO still. The power that fortui.
tous circumstances has placed in
their vcnal hands must certainly
pass away If not saved by the ut
ter annihilation of State distinc.
tions. A step like this at this
juncture would consolidate and
uphold their power; nothing else
can or will. Even this cannot al.
ways answer their purpose, but it
may last until ruin is upon us.
Their every effort is tending to
the extinction of States. See the
emancipation, the civil rights bill,
the military governments, the in.
reference with the internal affairs
Of Georgia and Tennessee and the
South generally, the 18th Amend
ment, the seating of Revels, not q
qualified citizen of the United
States, the seating of Ames, not
a citizen $50 acknowledged Of
the State Of Mississippi.
Why, many Of these acts are de-
nounced by the leaders Of the
Radical party themselves. Right
here let us pause.
Have we not pointed to the
clouds which portend the coming
storm?
Shall we sleep, and in our leth-
argy permit this ruinOus centrali-
zation Of power!
Shall we, the people, submit to
a destruction of our government,
and the loss of our liberty and our
homes?
Let the people-the grand, no
BILE, honest, well-meaning people
awaken, and let them stay the
hands of their country's parri-
cidas
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-23
SHALL WE RAEsE CORN

This is an important considera.
tiOn for us Of the gulf states, whose
wealth is derived from cotton, su'
gar and rice.
Some argue the case in this way
II an average acre of our lands will
produce three hundred pounds o.
cotton with an ordinary season
worth, say, a nett profit of SIS, and
the same land will produce, at at
outside average, corn worth a net
profit of $40, wherein is the induce
ment for our farmers to plant corn
and limit the cotton crop? The
figures we here present, are, We
think, about fair, but they do moi
prove it is best to raise no corn.
The West is anxious that the
South should not raise corn. Il
wishes to monopolize that line oi
agriculture, and thus have the con.
troll Of the price. Is it to our inter.
est to permit this t:
The flattering figures we have
presented as to the superior profit
Of the cotton crop are exceeded by
those derived from the culture oI
sugar aud rice. But in each In.
stance We are inclined to the belief
that we Of this section of the South
should raise corn. II is question
only to be judged by taking a COM
prehensive view of the subject
That is regarding 1t as il affects the
general interest of the gulf States.
For example, say that we raise no
corn this year, but instead a halt
million bales cotton additional, will
that half million additional bales
pay for the corn we need, or, per.
haps, for double or quadruple what
we could have raised? II the rela-
tive prices of cotton and corn re-
NAMED the same as now, 1t seems
that it would. But it Is urged that
with an addition to our crop that
will carry 1t to three aud a half
million bales, the total income
therefrom would not be more, prob.
ably, than the value of the present
crop of go; at any rate it must be
expected that the price will decline
as the amount of the crop increases,
but in what ratio 1t is difficult
to determine. Now the matter
presents itself thus: II three aud a
halt millions bales only bring the
same value as three millions bales
we meet with an actual loss OF the
difference between that value and
what the Gulf States expend for
corn at the North and West, and
our half million additional bales
are raised TO no profit; land, time,
labor and money thrown away.
In any event it is doubtful whether
the excess in crop and value will
liquidate the expense Of an outside
purchase Of corn.
There is no question but that il
the Southern farmer wishes to be
Independent he must raise his corn
and meat and, ifpossible, his horses
and mules. Arguing alone from a
stand point Of pecuniary interest
the conclusion we arrive at is that
we of the South should raise corn.
Itnot only makes us independent
and this should be a matter OF
pride to us-but it is TO our finaR-
Cial interest.
In addition the money which
would go 10 the North remains at
the South, and we need every dol
lar of it.
We hope our planters will them.
selves raise corn and urge it upon
the negroes to do so.
With plenty of corn we can raise
our own meat; another important
consideration.
Now is the time for us to decide
whether the South shall plant OF
buy corn.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-23

SPEAKING Of the threatened Fe.
nian raid upon this side of the
border, the Montreal Witness re-
marks that it would be utterly be
meath the dignity of Canada to
ask the United States for any in.
tervehtiOn or protection in the
premises.