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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

The lllssouzl erop gives
magnihcent pram
Dyed coaee ls CO lsisst sWindIa
on the southern ponlas
Timber rating has na e
scsive pursuit on the 0GosdAeo.
A cOnventls soon 70 Be sstah-
hshed IN Aoptgemezy, Ais.
The nliR0ia river &C Havana d
now four miles wide. Its usu
width 10 one mile,
Fond dn Lao cent 500 e Ger
many last week with whieh q nar..
chase sugar beet seed.
Gen. Canton, whoss dlsshlIiiiss
have not been removed il t1a
choice Of North AlabamA - Ge92
ernor. ~
The stock Of the clty Of Memphia.
In the Memphis and Ohio Railroad.
amounting 20 STA, 900. vas cold at
ten cents On the dollar.
MuscatIne, lows, hes & garter
snake whose head was Destroyed
six months ago, but whose tallis
now alive.
The miners Of Murphysbor0.
Jackson Co, Ills., are ona sirlke,
aud aro much annoyed by a
who desiBe their places.
The editor of an Iowa paper be-
lieves that any one man can start
out and marry 20 women in hle
town before night
A GIRL in q Quincy, Ills, hotel,
permitted herself to be aadueed hT
q negro, and being detected, aheafs
tempted suicide BY cutting her
throat with q knife.
Valuables supposed 10 have been
the spoiles Of the settlers who were
murdered and robbed by the El0ug
In the 0utbl eak on the frontier, in
1864 have been discovered ina cave
near Pine creek, MINI.
The West Baton Rouge ,Ka.) sn-
gar Planter Says Mere labor.
more help 2 10 the cry weheaF fF0m
all quarters. Our planters are il
want Of hands to 90 On successfully
with the years cropping, but want
ing don't supply the deficiency"
The old revenue cutter Harriet
Lane. we'll known for her exploits
during the war, "a now lying ak
the charleston wharves. She q ct
present engaged ii more peaceful
business, and has been renamed
the Elliott Ritchle. (.
The bone of deer has been found
imbedded in the solid wood Of q
large poplar tree, hear Bridget0n,
Parke CO., Ind. In converting the
tree into logs thesaw came in con-
tact with the bone. It was 10 feet
from the base. The tree was three
feet in diameterand supposed 70 be
l60 years old.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07
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A Democratic editor in Ohio
threatens to kick q Radical editor
II he will put himself In the way.
We advise him not 70 do II. He
will surely come 10 q bad end.
The Methodist circuit rider az
Brandon combines tailoring with
theology, He gives the devil fits
on Sunday, and the people the same
on week days.
John Browns portrait is TO be
hung up In the Kansas State capl.
tol.-[ Vicksburg Herald.
Twas some pOOr.raits that caused
the original to be hung up iR
Charlest0wn.
Lydia Thompson, notwIthstand.
ing her fierce natu re, never goes On
the stage but che Is willing 70 ashOw
quarters"
A fellow lately married q Mlss
Rose In Indiana. "Won by one.
the Roses fall"
"GO feel what l have felta as Ia
woman said, who was searching
her husbands pockets for love
notes, and took hold ofa wasp.
Trees, when they get their llmbs
torn BY wintry blasts, always gek
re'leaved when spring comes.
A gambler says 9 good hluf hand
is equal 10 an emetio with an Oppo@
nent-it makes him "throw upn
very Often.
The latest agony for the feet-a
pair Of tight boots.
The latest from the frOnt--Ladlss
dresses to be cut lower il the
neck.
Sardines must have g sad time
we never have seen them except "a
tiers.
From the way some folks have Of
talking about their mothers.in.law,
we suppose they think they Ma
their plans to much.
Itmakes no difference how much
sympathy you try to show 9 blind
man, they never see It.
TwO'thlngs that It won't do 10
advance any hiFe-a lazy servant
and short dresses for ladies.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

ONE of the most striking results
of the tariff and high price system
on American labor is that, sl-
though we formerly exported cot
ton goods Of our own manufacture
to the amount of eleven million
Of dollars, and seemed lately 70
increase the quantity very greatly,
our expectation of cotton goods
have now shrunk down to threa
millions.
In this connection It Is we'll "a.
remember the principle laid down
by commissioner Wells, that -
do not attach too much value -
the export trade, because mo coae-
try can export an article Or nro.
duct 70 any extent unless It's nra.
pared TO sell the same as oheap -
other nations, and, therefore tha
ability or inability % export BE-
comes a true test of the akilitv az
inability prOhtahly 70 produca fbr
the domestic maFkeh Is nihee
words 4 tie plloos AZ
goods 70 our Own people
been undul7 n . -
have contnno anila
N n~4t.rt 4h3 .sta IT.
A. W nF
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

community, and yet such persons,
with unblushing efrontery, claim
the same rights, benefits and
privileges as those who are pay
Ing the cost of making and adj
ministering the laws.
Let our New City Charter in-
corporate a clause that no vote
shall be counted at any municipal
or other election unless the voter
shows his paid tax bill for the last
assessment due or the Judge of
election have his name among the
list of delinquent taxpayers,
furnished up to that date. And
we hope just such law will be
adopted for the State BY the Leg
islature in regard to poll taxes.
No man has q right to vote who
pays no tax.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

GETTING ALARMED.-The writer
of a communication to the New
York Evening Post thus expresses
himself:
| am a Republican and some
thing of RadicaI too, but l have
observed with alarm during the
present session of Congress what
l cannot but regard as its re-
peated inroads upon the Consti-
tuition, of which the admission of
Gen. Ames by the Senate Is the
least In point of intrinsic imp0r-
-tance, and ls deplorable chiefly on
account Of the reCklessness Of
constitutional restraint By which
Il was marked.
We should suppose it high time
that alarm were felt By good eitl.
Gems, whether Radical Or Demo-
cratic, asto tie tendency Of thinas
political Let the slam snrsad :
& Is ncl 6 Gle alaIn
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

The statistics Of divorce in Ohio
will startle the devout Positivist
or the differently devout Roman
Catholic, or any other thinker
who holds to the sacredness and
inviolability Of the marriage tie.
We find the following statistics in
an exchange, borrowed from a
Cincinnati journal, The divorces
for the last five years are classsiti-
ed as follows:
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

OvERDoNE HATE.-A late num-
Der of Harper's Weekly contains q
cartoon, representing a scene in
the Senate worth looking at
There is a group of Senator's
Wilson, of Massachusetts, Cam
eron, of Pennsylvania, Nye, OF
Nevada, and several others, with
Revels, the mule man, from Mis-
sissippi, the central figure, and to
whom they seem to be listening
with profound respect, as words
of wisdom fall from his blubber
lips! And, contemplating this
degrading spectacle, stands Jetler-
son Davis, with an intense express
sion Of contempt and adherence
on his keen, proud face, that the
artist has done perfect justice to.
What an extremity of vileness, to
be sure, to thus present q picture
Of their own unutterable degrade
tion, in the blind and besotted be-
lief that they are insulting Mr..
Davisl II such a picture were
presented in the Day Book, it
would be in perfect harmony with
the fitness Of things, Of course;
but in Harpers-Well, well, Is. d
not the no pIWs ultra Of stnltifed
hate2 We can only conceive Of
one thing more perfect let Came.
ron mate q daughter with one Of
Davis's Niger servants, and then
hSs degradation OF Kr. Davis viii
BE- eOmPlste!-IE, J. Day Book,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

By private letter from q former
resident Of Vicksburg, q youthful
disciple Of Coke, Kent, Blackstone,
now living at MCNutt, SnnfOwer
county, we have some news which
may prove Of interest to our read
ere. He writes under date Of April
24th, as follows:
tits rum0red that the citizens of
Carroll county and the lower end of
this county, have gotten up q petit
ton to have this county divided,
and changing the court house to
Greenwood. They propose to give
two ranges from Carroll county
and form q new county site at
Greenwood, but we Of this county
do not favor such project and are
getting up a contemplation to
be presented to the Legislature,
protesting against the change upon
the following grounds: We have a
splendid, new brick court house,
Quilt upon the plan of that of your
city,) which, with the jail, cost this
county over $50. 900 in gold. Our
people are taxed TO death so that
now, more than a third of the lands
In the county have been forfeited
for nOn-payment Of the same. Our
county lpaper Is not worth more
than 80 cents on tho 81. And Nc
Mutt is situated In the most central
aud convenient portion of the cOun-
ty on a beautiful lake, which, tor a
few thousand dollars, could be
made navigable. The lake empties
into the Culver river, which flows
into the Sunfower river, and Is
navigablc three-fourths of the year.
This county, which has u large
number Of immigrants in it, and
with a slight increase next year,
will have about a thousand of that
class Of people, who are well
pleased and doing everything in
their power to bring their friends
here. A few weeks since, | made
. trip TO the lower extremity of
this county and saw more white
men working In the field than
negroes.
Within three years we will
have q majority of conservative
white men IN our county who cam
not tolerate the negro, ON account
of his Incidence and contrary H..
terest. Major Morgan has on his
place 10 Swedes; one of them,
Major Lindigrind, who holds a
commission from his government
as Adjutant in the Swedish army.
says he has travelled oil over the
United States in the interest OF his
countrymen, and is going to return
home soon and tell them that this
is the most desirable place for them
to locate, make money, and in little
time become not tenants, but pro-
prietOrs and landlords. They are
the most intelligent aud industrious
people we have, and each trip of
the boat carries from 10 to Is let
ters, to be forwarded to the "old
country" inviting their friends to
GENE over. Major Morgan fur
nishes them with stamps, &c, for
the purpose. This is worth more
to US than o dozen meetings Of our
immigration societies.
/ hope you will pardon the desul'
tory manner In which this letter il
written, and believe me 90 ever
your true friend and supporter.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

DoGs.-We don't mean any MEM
bers of the Legislature, but we
mean dogs sure enough, and our
town is full Of them as hell will be
full of carpet-baggerS. Every dar-
key has from one TO thirteen hun
dred nasty, NANCY, dirty ours and
they make night most horrible with
their bowling. This is not only a
nuisance but a source of danger
HydrophObia may break out among
them at any time and should such &
case happen the extent Of injury
which would probably ensue, is in
Oalcuable. We call upon the au
thorities to direct the killing o
these useless pests, and protect tn
people from danger. We hop
every one who can get chance vii
shoot every cur he can como across
By all means preserve good dogs
dogs that are kept at home, dog
Shat ere quiet and sensible, but y
the name Of Q common humanit,
murder every other. Our authOri
ties are 90 mighty fond of milltar.
rule, wish they would try q llttl
ofthsir WaEefare o. these infern1
OS9
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

The Cincinnati Gazette says
The reconstructed State of Geor-
gia has elected seven United States
Senators, and not one of them
is admitted. First there were A..
H. Stephens and II. V. johnson,
elected by the Andy johnson re
construction. These we're refused
admission on account of q preju-
dice still lingering against them
for their course during the seces-
sion dispute. The reconstructed
Legislature that elected them was
reconstructed out again. Then a
reconstructed loyal Legislature
elected Miller and Hill. Then the
Legislature fell from loyal grace
and elected the colored members ;
for this proof that the State was
unregenerate Congress refused ad-
mission to these Senators. Then
Congress and the army recon.
structed the Legislature in the
color Of loyalty, and it elected
three Senators-Blodgett, FarroW
aud Whitely-who, with the two
last elected before, are awaiting
admission. And now the Senate
has decided that none shall be
admitted till another popular elec.
tion has been held. OF course
the new Legislature will not re.
elect any of the other elected
ones. They have expended theil
stock in trade. So the eighth anC
ninth Senators elect will apply il
their turn. By this time the bust
ness Of running for Senator in
Georgia must be esteemed an un
certain one.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

ROBERT WooD, convicted of the
murder of Amanda Wood, his wife,
at d. A. CamerOn's plantation, in
this county, and sentenced to be ex-
ecuted to-day, 3Oth of April, is re.
prieved by the Governor for thirty
days.
Ned Gather, sentenced to be ex.
ecuted May 9th, for the murder Of
Nick Oakley, at Davis Bend, is also
reprieved for thirty days.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

THE bill introduced by Senator
Kellogg, in the Senate of the
United States, granting aid to the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg Railroad, gives the
usual authority to take from the
public lands adjacent to the lines
Of its railroad, earth, stone, tim
ber, and other materials for the
construction of It's railroad. This
grant includes a right Of way to
the extent Of two hundred feet in
width where it shall pass over the
public lands, and all necessary
grounds for stations and structures
connected Herewith, not exceeding
forty acres of land at any one sta
ton, with the privilege of making
all necessary bridges in Louisiana
and Mississippi, and includes q
grant Of every alternate section of
land designated by odd numbers
for ten sections in width on each,
side ofsaid road ;but in case it shall
appear that the United States have
disposed of said land, other lands
shall be selected in lieu thereof,
under the direction of the Secreta-
ry Of the Interior, in either the
State Of Louisiana or Mississippi; /;
Provided, That said company shall
construct and open for traffic one
hundred and twenty-five miles of
said road within twelve months
from and after the passage of this
act, and shall construct and open
for traffic the whole of said line
within five years.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

3HGNAt
Senator Morton, Of Indiana, has
introduced a most villainOus bill
into Congress, to enforce the 'sFif.
teenth Amendment" the first sec.
ton Of which bill readsas follows:
SEC |. That If any person shall
prevent, hinder, control and in
timidate,. or attempt TO prevent
any person from exercising the
right Of suffrage to whom the
right Of suffrage Is secured, OF
guaranteed by the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution,
by means Of bribery or threatE of
depriving such persons Of employ
ment,. occupation, or Of ejecting
such persons from rented houses,
lands or other property, or by
threats of refusing to renew their
lease and contract for labor, or by
threats Of violence to himself or
family, such person so offend
ing shall be deemed guilty Of .
misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof, shall be imprisoned
not less than sixty days, nor more
than six months, and fined In any
ann not leaR than $500 nor more
than q, 900.
Will the white voters still
sleep on in fancied security,
in the face of such warnings
as thisP It Is not enough to
force an unconditional law up
on the country; it is not enough to
lie the ratification of this law
straight through, when the couH-
try at large knows that IL was rat
itied by tho voice Of the people
through their State Legislatures; 1t
is not enough to enforce the
equality" doctrine and degrade
white men by dragging them
down to the level Of the negro,
but still deeper crimes are con-
templated, nay, openly and boldly
announced by the MOngrel party (;
and six millions of stalwart white
men stand, actionless and speech
less, while tyrants prepare the col
lar and chain which shall fasten
poor whites, and give the negro
element the means Of politically
driving them wherever it lsteth
Under this law, the employer of
negro is at his mercy. II the ne
gro be elected as n bad tenant, ht
can trump up a charge of politica
persecution, and get his Landlord
fined and imprisoned. If lazy
worthless nigger is discharged from
his labor, ifa gOod-fOr.nothing, in
dolent servant is told TO leave, h'
turns round and incarcerates hi
employer from two to six months
and has him fined from $500 Il
$1,000! How like you the pre-
gramme, white men? What thin
YOU of the white man-GO
save the mark. - who coul
: be so internally vile, low, corrupt
infamous, as to concoct and intro
duce such bill before a law max
ing body of white menP Ant
yet there exists such a specimen
of humanity, and he is known Il
his countrymen as Senator Nor
ton, of the State of Indiana |!
Pass this dirty dog along, Demo
cratic journals, and insure him
place on the most disgracefu
page in the disgraceful history o
the present dominant party of tn
United States.-TN. Y. Day Book
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

But this exhibit, when further
explained, is even more startling.
In 1856, the divorces bore the re.
latiOn to the marriages Of l to 20;
in 1867, of L to 30; in 1869, of l
to "a. The average annual num-
Der of marriages is l to every
100 Of population; the average
number of divorces to popula-
ton is | to 1900; the average
Of divorce to marriage is l to 2S.
At this rate, in ten years Ohio, al
lowing for the increase in popula,
ton, will have 100000 marriages
and 10000 divorces. That this
rate is not'exaggerated may be in.
fcrred from the fact that for all
causes the divorces during the
years lS65-.60 have been 4,9OO
Is it not almost a farce to speak in
Ohio Of the marriage tie?
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

WAR IN THE ALABAMA Noun
rAINs The Eufaula Times says
there is q terrible state OF affairs
in West Alabama, a young war
has been waging there for some
time. There is an organized band
of desperadOeS, negroes and
whites, who have declared their
purpose TO drive every rebel and
Democrat out Of that section, or
kill every male, old and young,
and outrage every woman. Con
siderable excitement preYallR
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07
We hear that our gay and humor.

We hear that our gay and humor-
Ous friend, Harry Moss, of the va
ZOO Democrat, passed down to
New Orleans on Thursday. We
learn that he purchased a shirt of a
Aatboat up the river and having put
It on just before he got here felt
too "dog-gOned" proud to stop and
see a fellow. Who the devil cares
he don't wear socks!
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

We find the following in the Nc
Mutt Valley Sentinel regarding a
former resident of this city. Lem.
P. Yerger, Esq:
"Mr. Yerger has already become
too well known to the citizens OF
this county to need any endorse
ment from US; his close attention
to the duties of his profession has
aud will speak for itself"
New-York tribune., 1870-08-19
NOTES on THE EUROPB4N VAR.

The steeple- chase horse Colonel recently pre-
sented to the King of Prussia, was purchased few
months ago in England for $4,000, gold.
The French funded debt in the sixteen years
from 1852 tn than doubled In 1852 it was
81, ,103, ,235, ,OO0 in 1868 it was $2,766 $4,000
France will have by the 1st of November,
100000 Chassepos in store. The production has
slackened for moment. In July, 10000 per week
manufacturers in August the number will reach 1900;
in september, $1,000, and III October, GO,OOO.
The Count de Gasparin, of American fame,
has in the form letter addressed to the Journal des
De6ats published brOchure entitled Declaration de
Guere which the journal describes being rather de-
serving of the title of protest against the war on Wch
France has entered.
Figaro is publishing Louis Blancs History
Of the French Revolution in consequence Of the
passing interest at the present moment OF his account OF
the invasion of France by the Prussans in l!o2 This
paper considers that historian has described that
event with greater TRUTH authority ana accuracy than
Louis Blanc.
The troops now under arms in Switzerland
battalOns and half battalons of infantry, 80
companies Of rnemen, Is squadrons of dragons and
guides, IL batteries of artillery six companies OF artillery
anc baggage tran and three companies of sappers aud
miners II complete, these corps ought to amount to
go 900 men; but II is stated that there not actually
more than S5 900 men under arms.
Among the vessels now building at Chatham,
England the principal efforts devoted TO the compile
tOn of the armor-cad turreshp GlattOn, guns 27Oo
tuns 800 horse power in order that she may he oated
Of the dock by the earliest possible date The Gat-
vessels hitherto built at that dockyard from the designs
OF the late Chief Constructor Of the Navy her
plating being Of thickness before attempted u
be affixed TO the sides Of an iron ship.
The Prussians and French have now been
fighting at different intervals for nearly two centuries
The following is believed to be statement Of the
principal battles fought and the vctors except where
the combat was indecisve:
New-York tribune., 1870-08-19

t they return part ~ their earning They
slaves than tho Thousands Of operatives in the Eastern
States who to for support and from whose labor others
are pr0nted Tie amount Of work these MOrmOns have
done il asonisbing. The investment for irrigation alone
amounts to the handsome sum OF sl250O Then there Is
thc railroad the public higbways-On Of which
rodo and the driver with to business offered ~
keep git on 500 miles mp to HelcDa-he houses AMI
,bt miles long built in early days O keep Oh the H..
dns and tire public buildings beside the cultivation Of
The land They manufactre tbeir own Clothes and an,
to estabIisl, system " home production which shalt
make them independent of The outside w4rd The ionn
r. ~ goo feet nv 100 and when completed winch wIl soOu
he ~ Iofty spires225 feet in higbt-are to marx the
M1rnon' devotion and sacrifices 10 his ia'th
New-York tribune., 1870-08-19

poop The defense of the coast has been entrusted 10
ben Vocel Won FaIkepsten The commands OF the 13
army corps have been distributed as follows: The The
Guards Prince August of Wrtemburg; NO. j, Gen Won
Manteunei; No. O. Gen. Won Fransech; No. 3, Cen Won
AIvensieben H.; No. Gen Won Ayepsieben L.; No.
Gen Won Zastrow; No. 6, Gen. Won Goeben; No q Gen.
Won Manstein; No 10, Gen; Won voigtsnhez;; NO: H.
IN hardly necessary 10 add that Gen. Won Moltke as
chief of the general staff has far more important unc
tons than those Of any particular cohuiah"' t
New-York tribune., 1870-08-19

Of the three armies of operation, the Crown
Prince Of Prussia takes tho command of that OF the
SOUTH with Gen. Won Bumenthal the chief Of his staff
The same officer held that position In the campaign OF
1896 Gen. Won SeinmetZ. with Gen Won Sperlng his
chief OF STAFF and Prince Frederick Charles with Col.
Won Sickle In the same capacity, command the two
others OF which the latter occupies the norberly