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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

The Meridian Gazette of the
22d says "a private letter received
in this city last Monday states
that Rev. Mr.. Thomas, q minister
of the Methodist church, on a cir.
cult in Kemper county, was found
dead in the woods, near DeKalb,
last Saturday. He was hanging
to a tree by stirrup leather noos-
ed around his neck. AS he had
exhibited signs Of mental aberra-
ton, there is no doubt that he
committed suicide; although no
note was found upon his person
nor anything known, to indicate
the immediate cause Of the act"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

ATTORNEY GENERALS OFPICE,
jackson, MISS, Sept. 10, 1905
SIR: l proceed, In obedience to
your letter Of the 9th instant, to
state my opinion upon the Ques.
tions therein submitted-respond-
ing to each in its order:
1st. Stockholders in railroads In
actual operation In this State, are all
liable to taxation upon the amount
of the irrespective shares, under the
first section of the Revenue Act OF
June 8, 1870.
I'd. Stockholders in manufactures
are properly taxed In the county in
which such manufactures are stu
ated.
Sd. Boarding houses receiving
transient custom, are nothing more
or less than "inns, taverns, or ho-
tels," mentioned in the fourth sec
tion Of the Act, aud are liable to be
taxed as such.
4th. Billiard tables in public
houses, If "kept for public use,"
whether charge may be made for
playing on them or not, are liable
under the seventh clause of the
fourth section because it 10 pre-
sumable that the keepers of such
tables always receive, or expect to
receive, a quid pro quo, in some
shape, either directly or indirectly.
or they would not keep the tables.
But billiard tables kept only for
private use, are not liable TO the
same tax.
9th. Insurance agents, though
each located in a particular county,
are liable to the additional tax Of
one hundred dollars, II, In their ca.
pacity as such agents they "travel"
without their respective counties
TO transact the business of their
companies.
9th. The act for the relief of the
"PlanterS Insurance Company Of
Tennessee" does not release the
agents Of that company from the
operation of the general law appli.
cable 10 the agents Of other foreign
Insurance companies.
7th. Taxes for the year 1869, in
counties which have since been di.
vided for the formation of new
counties, should be collected by the
Sheriff and Tax COllectOra of tho
old counties.
9Th. Retail liquor dealers, and
others, holding city or county IL
censes, are still liable to pay, II
they have not paid, the privilege
tax for the benefit Of the State.
9th. Itis not the duty but vio-
latiOn Of duty, for the Attorney
General to advise private persons,
or county Office holders, upon ques.
tions Of law In which the State has,
or may have, an interest. The law
makes him the chief law officer of
the State, and his official opinion can
be legally obtained only through the
Governor, the Auditor, the Treas
urer, or some one of the District
Attorneys-See Revised Code, 1857,
p. ll3, art. 6S.
Very respectfully,
your Obedient servant,
j. S. MORRIS, Atty Gen'l.
Hon. H. MUsGRovE,
Auditor of Public Accounts.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

The Meridian Gazette, of the
22nd, states that the train from
Mobile, of the morning before,
was crowded with citizens, flying
from the yellow fever, which is
said to be prevailing in that city.
1t also states that, Monday even
ing three boats going across the
bay were loaded down with per-
sons leaving Mobile. There is
undoubtedly, a regular stampede,
but we hope it will be discovered
that it is only caused by exaggcr-
ated reports and groundless fears.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

to pull against" Is an axe
die too hard for 8 wood chop
Is . brick too hard for a naa
handler Il q board too hard
builder 70 take hold orr Il
put buokskin gloves on and n
work, their hands win baeoa
raw sores In the coolest waa
no rough surfaces arc wof
up IN such collar or saddle
sweat ls absorbed 70 sodden
cook 3 scald. Fresh air passes
ffsely round them eyaporating a
moisture and keeping the
dry, the hair is rot ehafed wa
fretted, as by common collars
saddles, hence It il always smooth
and handsome, and the horses
health, so far as eollar-dis I'd
sore backs are concerned, il i
ways good.
tits true some collars and sad.
dies are faced with more impsrFi.
Gus materials, and absorb LEES
moisture. But the materials with
which they yare stuffed are liable Il
be depressed at one point, and
elevated at another, and thus !
rough uneven surface is produced
which in the end produces ir7ila-
ton and gals the horse. Wnat e
esseatGdl % a smooth Wmagterahle.
aOR-GbSOrbing surface; and tAae
must be Kept entirely clean.
Several planters known 10 TIE
writer, unable to procure collars
during the late war, prepared then
from wood, and have conducfe
their business on their plantations
for years with success and com
fort to the mules and horses
against the protestatlons ol their
neighboru, who are astonished M
the successful result.
Another existing evil Il sha
great and useless s0etght Of h0lh
work-saddles and collars Of near
ly every sort,
The barbarity praCticed by tie
use of collar and hames weighing
from fifteen TO forty pounds d
without excuse and thorouqhl4
lnhuman. ..4.
Nor Is the light strap, or IS
some times called, ''the Dutch col
lar'' any better. Look at the atat
horse that passes you In the street.
with the strap collar choalgina
him-for It shuts up the Windpina
one-half or more, making e
Dor for him to breathe and 0lien
breaking the horse down whsla
few see the cause ofhis failure.
We call the attention Of sha
owners and managers Of drays.
teams, carts and other vehicles IS
the consideration Of these ofae
and absurd customs stlll IN use il
the zenith Of our boasted ciYillza
ton and enlightenment.
FEssENDKn.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01
Nm. ALLEIN'S REPORT Dis
CREDITED,

= -aAN
Thursday night the Board of
Aldermen ordered that "an audit
ing clerk be employed to look into
DR.. Walkers account, Mr.. Allein's
report being discredited as having
been compiled from newspaper re.
ports and not from official
sources"
Mr.. Allein's report is discred-
tied is it? 1t is not derived from
"ofllcial sources" What are Off
cial sources9 DR.. Walkers record?
(if he has one) or his reports to
the Board Of Mayor and Alder.
men2 This is the only official
source of which we have any
knowledge. Then the investiga-
ton of Mr.. Allen is to be set
aside and official data alone to be
received. The Board discredits
Mr., Allein's report and yet it can
not have forgotten that this report
Of Mr.. Allen compelled DR.. Wal
ker to add thirty-one vessels to
his July report. II there had
been no truth in Mr.. Allein's re.
port DR.. Walker is the last man
in the world who would have vol.
unfairly, donated three hundred
dollars to the city. The commit
tee to whom Mr.. Allen submitted
his report were satisfied as to
its truth and reported it to the
Board over their signatures. Does
the Board desire to dismiss Mr..
Allen because he discovered these
unpleasant truthsH Why discharge
him at ALI If he has not applied
for information at the proper
sources, continue him in position
and instruct him where to find the
"ofIlcial sources" from whence to
seek information. We know of
no "ofIlcial source" other than re.
ports of DIR. Walker himself. Is
Mr.. Allein's report to be set aside
and the Board to content itself
with DIR. Walkers report2 If that
is to be the plea then we say save
the people any further expense,
hire no more clerks and drop the
whole thing. If it is simply to
be a "white washing trans.
action, stop further investigation
and pass a resolution laudatory Of
Dr. Walkers honesty.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01
From the Columbus Index
Democratic Meeting nc TKlmEty
ChuFahs

A portion of the citizens Of
Lowndes county, assembled at
Trinity Church, on Saturday, the
18th inst, to consider the propri-
ETY. Of initiating a movement to
organize the opposition 10 Radi-
calism in the county.
On motion, DR.. z. P. Landrum
was called to the chair and E. Nc.
Clanahan elected Secretary.
The following resolutions were
offered and adopted:
Resolved lst, That we invite
the opposition to the Radical par.
ty to meet with us at the Court
House in Columbus, on Saturday,
the lst Of October next, at eleven
o'clock, A. M., to consider q plan
Of party organization.
Resolved 2nd, That we appoint
as delegates to the above meeting
from this beat, Mr.. John Cox,
Capt. W. H. Hargrove, James NJ.
Dearing, Ebenezer Hargrove, +.
NJ. Vaughan, R. East, d. Love,
Maj. Watt Hairston, Maj. Geo.
Hairston, Scott Smell, c. Walker,
W. Walker, A. Bridges, Z. Nc.
Clanahan, w. Ladd. VIM. Halbert,
J. P. East, J. Harrington, F.
Goolsby, J. Bishops, VIM. Motley,
and z. p. Landrum.
Resolved Sd, That the Colum.
bus Democrat and Columbus In.
dex are requested to publish the
above resolutions.
z. p. LANDRUM,
Chairman.
E. MCCLANAHAE, Sec'y.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

The Radical Convention which
met at Selma, Ala, the other day,
nominated as candidate for Con.
gress from the First District, a
negro named Ben Turner; this
was to the intense disgust Of the
present member from that dist
triCt an unctious, oily carpet
bagger who rejoices in the sylvan
cognomen Of Buck-A. Z. Buck.
The Democratic nominee for the
same district is Col. S. ]. Cum
ming, of Wilcox, and the action
had at Selma in the nomination of
the negro Turner is such as will
create intense disgust and indifFer.
ence In the ranks of "loilty," that
there will be no difficulty what.
ever in securing the election Of
Col. Cumming.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01
E. McCLANAHAE, Sec'y.

HE Vicksburg HERALD is not
quite satisfied with the Kinds
County Gazette yet-thinks the
Gazette is rather inclined to get q
split in the Democratic party
which Of course would weaken US
and strengthen the Radicals. The
HERALD thinks there is no hope of
any Radicals being brought over
to us and as the negroes have no
old party tie, a Wing appeal to
them would be more than futile.
We agree with you fully Capt.
Spears, that it would be folly to
have q Convention with the hope
of hitChing on to any negroes or
getting any carpet. .baggers to join
us; but we really think that the
object of Maj. Harper, according
to his late explanation, was to get
the crustaceous "old line whigs,"
Of whom he is chief, decently in
to the great Democratic, anti
Radical or Conservative, which
ever it is, party. There are three
factions of the Hardshells, the
anti IDENTITIES, the Alcorn "una-
vailables" and the secession Dem
ocracy-haters. Now they all op.
pose Democracy from different
reasons, and it was necessary for
them to get together to reconcile
their various objection and come to
patriotic determination to aband.
on all past prejudices, forget every
thing but the good OF the coun-
try, unite with the good men of
Mississippi and redeem the proud
old commonwealth from the ruth
less grasp ofthe DEVILS anointed."
Captain, you have been pressing
Harper so closely that he has been
kept on the defensive all the time
and given him no chance to ex-
plain himself. Draw off your bat.
teries, give him time to make up
Ibis policy" and we'll guarantee
that he will come as straight over
to Democracy as is the road from
the death bed of a Radical to the
regions Of the damned.--Iuka Ga
zette.
Well Doctor, if that Is all they
are about in their miserable pother
about old line whigism, we shall no
longer throw any impediment in
the way; always keeping in view,
however, that the more isms there
are advanced and discussed the less
unanimity and greater weakness
there are. If the Raymond Gazette
is simply anxious for an opportunl-
ty to get into the Democratic party
gracefully, we certainly will be
perfectly willing to be blind fold.
ed until it shall cry out in the good
old school boy day "hide and go
seek" Command of "all eyes
open"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01
Yicksburr.

TIE Now York Democratic
Convention met at Rochester il
the 21st inst, shortly after noon.
The delegations in attendanee
were full, and the hall was crowd
ed to overaowing with Democrals
from all parts Of the State. The
enthusiasm was unbOunded; the
unanimity perfect. Hon. W. c.
De Witt, of Brooklyn, acted Is
temporary chairman. The reso-
lutions were reported by Mr.. Jo.
seph Warren, and we're adopted
without a dissenting voice. Hon.
William 7. odell, of Saratoga, was
chosen permanent President. All
the nominations were made by &C
clamation, and were as follows:
Governor, John 7. Holman
Lieutenant Governor, Allen C.
Beach; Comptroller, Asher 2
Nichols; Canal Commissioners.
John D. Fay and George w. Chap
man; State Prison Inspector, Solo
mon SCheu. After the adjourn
ment Of the convention two great
mass meetings we're held q
Rochester to ratify the nomina.
tons. That Of the Germans res
very large and enthusiastic, and
was addressed by Hon. Oswald
0ttendorfer and DR.. bfagnus
Gross. The meeting at Corinth-
ian Hall was addressed by Mayor
Hall and other prominent speak
ers. The news Of the action q
the convention was received with
qualification all over the common.
wealth. SalvOs Of one hundred
guns were fred in Brooklyn, Al
bany, Auburn, PoughkeepsIe, FL
mira, LOCkpOrt, Ithaca, and otheE
cities. In New York city tie
same Democratic thunder was
heard in the City Hall Park, The
campaign has thus opened most
auspiciously, and viii be carrie
on to an overwhelming victory i
November.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01
A Pretty Country Glrl In DI.trsss

A Pretty Country GAFl In DlstFoss
The New York correspondent of
the Louisville Courier journal is
responsible for the following:
Last night, walking out Canal
street to Broadway, l met a beau
tiful girl, in plain but neat and
close fitting dress that showed her
fine form to the best advantage,
and wearing a straw hat with sim
pie bow and ribon-in fact, as per.
feet q personatiOn of q handsome
country lassie as you could find in
the rural districts. Her cheeks
were flushed with the roses Of
health, and her cupid's bow of a
mouth was pouting and red
tempting enough to have won a
kiss from st. Anthony's self. She
paused under a street lamp, Just
where her charms and attitude
would be most effective, and, with
long lashes mOdestly yelling large
dark eyes that swan in sensuous
light, she held out slip Of paper
with a number and q street writ.
ten on it.
81 have just come in by the
train" she said TREMENDOUSLY and
half ready to cry, "and have lost
my. way. l expect to find friends at
this number. Would you please
be kind enough to direct me to itP
What an appeal to every chival-
ric feeling! Beauty in distress
An innocent country maiden lost
in the labrythine thoroughfares of
the great city! might have been
tempted. There was one at home
who sat like a good angel on the
throne of memory, and recalled
the rash impulse aroused by the
voice OF the syren. Under the air
of simple innocence and natural
ness Of the affair lurked a trick |
which is proving very successful
and profitable Of late, known as
"the panel game"
1t seems to be played with more
impunity than any other Of the
plundering schemes resorted to
by the freebooting fraternity. The |
victim Is lured to some suitable
place Of resort, drugged by his |
companion, either with prepared
liquor or chloroform, and while he
is unconscious q confederate en-
ters and robs him-perhaps both to
save appearances. 0fcourse when
the ieeced sheep wakes there is a
discovery, and sometimes an out
cry. But generally the victim
breads exposure, and pockets his
loss as the price of a lesson in the |
bitter school of experience. In
this instance handed back the |
written address, and remarked:
"No, don't know where it is
but here comes a policeman who
can tell you"
Whew! how suddenly the de-
mure aspect changed, and the soft
light of the voluptuous eyes gave
place to a fierce and angry gleam,
and from the rosebud lips burst
forth an imprecation-
"You must be q id foolw-
so entirely foreign to the scene
she had just been enacting, that
the absurdity of the thing struck
me with peculiar force, and in
voluntarily broke out into a laugh.
The ioiled enchantress looked half |
astonished, half puzzled, for a mo-
ment, and then, ,as ifcontentto make |
the best of her discontinue, and !
prclerring to waste no more time
on SO unpromising subject, she |
moved off with graceful step, say
ing with an indescribable air and
tone Of supreme scorn:
81 say, you're no chicken; are
you, honey? You bet you amt"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

Is not this proposition then cruel,
coming from such source. The
blatant friend of the negro, so dis.
gusted with his prOtege, that he
INDUCES in specious argument to
secure the destruction of the
greatest boon of the free Ameri.
can citizen, that Of trial by jury,
simply because negroes are allow
ed by law to be jurors. OF course
the gentleman sugar coats the lit
tie pill by which he hopes to purge
our laws Of this peculiar feature.
This is a sample Of the friendship
entertained by the Radical party
for the loved "man and brother" "
This is the justice which that par.
ty proposes to extend. Do away
with trial by jury. Why? does
the Times and Republican say.
Because juries are not competent
to decide even matters of fact so
well as a Judge, Was the idea
ever suggested before9 When
there were only white juries, was
ever a question of intelligence
raised2 Then the matter of intel
ligence qualification has only be-
come apparent and necessary
since the negro has become q ju.
ror. Our forefathers; the trainers
Of the Constitution, never ques
toned the ability Of white jurors
to decide questions Of fact, but it
is reserved for a Radical editor to
raise the question now, since the
negro has become a juror.
Radical or not, the question
would never have raised if the
negro had been kept out of the
jury box. And so eventually the
immaculate Radical party will,
step by step, shear the negro Of
all the blessings OF freedom and
the right of suffrage, until there is
naught left him but the poor
privilege Of voting just as he is in
structed by his Radical political
task masters. The negroes, how
ever, apparently earnestly desire
the consummation Of this event,
since they cling to the Radicals
Through good2 and evil report"
But says the Times and Repub.
lican:
"What reason have we, a priOri,
to expect a more correct decision
on matters of fact-if, indeed, we
desire q correct decision-from
jurors than from judges-men
who are elected not only for their
experience and skill in legal inUes-
legations, acquired by a long train.
ing at the bar, but also for their
natural ability and prOJity."
God pity the "bar" of Missis-
sippi if her present judges we're
selected from any such cause, for
possibly greater number of men
tai Enthusiastically ignorant of
law, blinded by partisan prejudice
to such an extent as to be unable
to detect and defend justice under
any light-never donned the judi
cial ermine. We had by far rather
trust to the honesty and the sense
of a jury picked from the most dc.
based and brutal negro convicts
in our penitentiary gang than one
of these judges ''learned in the
law They are profoundly
learned in the law of Ku Klux out
rage and want of "loilty," but in
the law of justice, honesty and
right they are as ignorant as
death.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

HAVE THEY ARRIvEDI-The
Memphis Avalanche of the 22d
says "quite a hutter was created
the day before by the discovery
of an esCapade in which Mr.. Jas.
BrizzolarA and Miss Jennie Baci-
galupO, daughter of the well
known Madam Vincent Bacigalu-
po, were the actors. It seems
they elOped during Tuesday night,
and went to Vicksburg to be mar
ried. Mr.. Brizzolara, it is under
stood, is an uncle Of the young
lady, and hence the unusual SEN
sation created"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

An exchange says two san
Francisco BARRIERS engaged 70 i
a duel, agreed to part and uaI
around a block, and, when theY
got in sight Of each other, to blaz6
away. When they turned
corner, out Of sight both started
on q run in different directions
and one has sent from Alaska laE
bis winter clothes. and the Il
hes written 70 be wife fsdm
cisT og Mexico Aaka M
hla IIaen hal
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

The Fayette Chronicle says that
a Radical paper is soon to be
started in that place, with Rev.
W. G. MIllsaps, as editor The
Chronicle INDUCES in the hope
that its pFOprietOrs "Will starve
to death" in the venture,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

A DIFFICULTY occasioned by fam.
lily and private differences, occur
red in Memphis, last Wednesday,
between Messrs Coleman Boyd and
James NJ. Ashford, brothers-in.
law, and both of that city, in
which Mr.. Boyd received two SO.
we're pistol ball wounds.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

In Ohio a family has been found
where the first son is named In
prints, the second Finis, and the
three Others Appendix, Addendum
and Erratum.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

THE Brandon Republican has
received a letter stating that the
Mayor of Canton, one of Alcorn's
appointees, has left for parts un,
known with the city funds in his
pocket.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

A DEMOCRATIC Convention was
held at Jackson, in Madison coun.
ty, Tennessee, on the Goth inst,
to nominate a candidate to repre-.
sent the eight district in the next
Congress. Col. W. W. Vaughan,
of Haywood, was nominated on
the fifteenth ballot.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

Mr.. W! H. BLALOoK has retired
from the Holly Springs Independ-
emf, South, and is succeeded by
Mr., A. B. Upshaw.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

Two car loads of Chinese reach
ed New York city on the 2lst en-
route for New Jersey, where they
are to be employed.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01

GOvERNOR ALooRE is now in
Memphis.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01
SATURDAY, SEPT. "a, 1870

THE following opinions are given
in reply to questions of the Au-
ditor:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
Il nnnnna Munn Co. n IaHn
, 1870-11-19

.teaa in Rnsna Vista County, Aod: year s'ses ,r
William R. Fuller. In 1888, Loo. re-
tu.ned and el,imhd tbe homestead. eay-
ing be ': bud only ;, gone East to
o ~ H. Iexeqs. ss seon 1snt e.
Nav To.k, and the case Wa8 not .rsopenad.
The year Il llawing he again raturned, and 1t
onco comnenc1d proceedings to oust Mr.
Fuller. HI. application for . roheasing VIA
g1arted By the Counaieaioner u Washington,
ed tha eise wss set for trial 1T tho Iaud
5fe II October, 1863. Lee had money, and
wsh free to mo II; md Fu1l8r had frisnds
1ho considered that be Was Justly entitled to
the lapd. and wete willing TO work in bis be-
hslf. Tie case excited much intete.ts and oc-
cupied tho attention Of tho ofhco, altog skhes.
about etghteen ds.r. ahen tie 9theess q desla-
cd that Fuller was entitled TO- hold the lsnd.
1Eis deciaion tbs Commissioner OF The Gen.
eral Lard Office st Washington reversed hut
MI. Fulles's attorneys appealed from tne
commissioners ruling, aud the case went to
the Secretary Of the Interior, who set ande
tie 1ction Of the Commissioner, md rsaft1sm'
ed The decision OF the local Office here. This,
We dare s,y, ends the exciting land esse,
In which much interest hss been taken,
III it VIA looked upon as sstsb!ishine
precAdent. .The result wsa only At
| tained during tho preseo wee1, the Register,
Mr. CIeghuru, having officially promulgated
| the .df eisien OF tho Secretary on Tuesday
Tbs policy Of ,Mess1s. Cleehorn i Smith, tht
oaaos1n in This city, Ii to protect the poor ,n.1
IN bis rights, and 70 make The Homestead law
Who accept its p4osisiona in good faith- MT
Fuller feeIs under special obiieat.rns 10 Geo
". Wakefield and Mesars- Joy 4 Wright, at
tu1neys, who have conducted his case to
/ successful issns without fees. bis cizcuu
stacces at present compelling him to accep
their generosity"