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Terms $500 per anu,,,u. IA, odrauce.

great satisfaction and the iov of the animal
discovered the secret of the iameness and The
Hnlhtahcy OF the animals intelligent action.
al % dnl,all stone had got crowded under the shoe
tho anu pressed ON the foot in a wav to produce
.t .he ialneness. The stone was removed and
ia tne animal was sent away, no doubt rejoicing
10 MS OK heart that there was at least one
a,,ai man tnat could understand the OK language
suIilcientiy n well TO relieve OK suffering.
Inii0sophers may call this instinct. or
cear Tna. sney VIII; we call this. reasoning-goo BOD,
mg-irom cause to eiftct-irom premise 70
conclusion. "' pio'n'Se W
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so ana accrued Interest.
Among their advantages are:-
Cd The road h. 49, ,,;;, the s,sts Il in 60 days
.",.,. 10, ,n' nv. lon having ceen manu'actuied e4-
., =. .na' 's'Any pA'c'
Sd. 1t runs t. rough most superb agricultural
country.
s' IL mas great advantages In carrying coal North
and bringing lumber South.
many other roads az bonded to double this
amount.
9Th. The road il principa,,v oxned hv ,o,.o Owl
other capita,is,s. who boyo Twas. aa . ,.~aa
snm IN ;ts oonstr,".;s Aa,. IVY, 'n,es CO laise
su" III lis construction. ard who have every
eth. First Mortgage of so suall an amount, up
strong hands' may well be considered a rer-
IeCtlV
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A. Office is hereby given, that the subscribers have
been duly appointed Executors of The Will OF
MARY WOODBURY, late OF Portland in the
county Of Cumberland, deceased, and have taken
upon themselves that trust by giving bonds as the law
directs. All persons having demands apon the es-
tate OF said deceased, are required to exhibit the
same; and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
JAMES 4 MCDOWELL,
WILLIAM w. MITCo ELL,
EyecutOrs
Portland. Nov. 1St. 1870. nOyStd2t Tn
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Portland. Nov. 1St. 1870,

NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
IN been daily appointed and taken upon him
self the trust OF Administrator with the will an.
nexed Of the estate OF
LUTHER FITCH, late of Portland,
In the County Of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having demands
upon the estate of said deceased are required to ex
Ii bit the same; and all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
LUTHER FITCH, Admir-,
With the will annexed
Portland. October 18th, 1870. noy7S
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AaAdalnnS House
Eg4sA Temple Street. Portland, Ne.
JOHN 6AWYRR, Proprietor

This new hrst-claas business Hotel is now open
to the public. All the appointments are new and
the location within few rods of both the Middle st.
and Congress st. cars is one of the most convenient
in the city.
The Hote contains forty rooms, conveniently ar
ranged in suites. The Proprietor has had expert
snce in providing tor the public and confidently e1-
pects to welcome all his old friends who come to
Portland and to make host OF new ones. Every
attention will be given to the wantsoi guests.
JuV 27 .lf,
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To Rent.

VNHE three story brick residence, corner of Coz
i gress and Carlton streets.
Also, the two story house on Bracket street. near
DantOrth.
noy7d1w GEO. II. EAVIS q CO.
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Tenement to Let,
4 NICE new tenement tor a small family Price
"A S265. Apply to GEO. c. FRYE,
oc2Stf corner OF Congress and Frank lin sts
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II 0 T. E 4.

CTORAGE and Wharfage on Custom House
- Wharf. Apply to LYNCH. BARKER q Co.,
oc16tt 139 Commercial St.
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To Let.
E,IRST class Store and Offices on Exchange Street
E between Middle and Fore Streets. Apply to
w. Fl, ANDERSON,
At Office OF Nathan Webb, Esq, No, 80 Exchange
Street. dec30dtf
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To LET.
To Let.

New Cottage to Let.
A NEW French roofed' Cottage, containing five
~ rooms. on the line Of the Horse Railroad, near
Wo0dfOrd's corner Rent Low. Apply to
novl2tf WARREN SPARROW, u Exchange St.
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tNeIN eWtS 10 Let.
A T from 81 to $12 per month, in Portland and
q Cale Elizabeth. Enquire OF N. NJ. Woodmau,
Zo YAK street, and j. G. WOODMAN,
janSdtt 1i4l Excbanoe t.
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After full examination, we have accepted
an agency for the Sale of the above FRS
Mortgage Bonds, and desire to recommend
them to our customers AS A THOROUGH
LY SAFE, AS WELL AS PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

exceeds 10000 square inches, an
area very nearly equal to the floor
Of a room twelve feet square.
The average weight Of the brain
Of an adult male is three pounds
and eight ounces; of q female,
two pounds and four ounces. The
nerves are all connected with it,
directly or by the spinal marrow.
These nerves, together with their
branches and minute ramifcatiOns,
probably exceed 10, OOO, 900 in mum
Der, forming the "bOdy guard, tout
numbering BY far the greatest
army that ever was marshalled.
The skin is composed Of three
layers, and varies from one-fOurth
TO one.eighth Of an inch in thick
ness. Its average area in an adult
is estimated to be 1000 square
inches. The atmospheric pressure
being about fourteen pounds to the
square inch, a person Of medium
size Is subjected to q pressure Of
10000 pounds.
Each square inch Of skin con
tains $500 swerting tubes or per
spiratory pores, each of which
may be likened to q little draintilC
one'fourth of an inch long, max.
ing an aggregate length Of the
entire surface of the body Of DOL,
1875 feet, or a ditch for draining
the body almost forty miles long
Man is made marvelously. Who
is eager to investigate the curious
to witness the wonderful works o
Omnipotent Wisdom, let him no.
wander the wide world round L
seek them, but examine himself
1.-The proper study of mankind il
man."
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
rmE ngCnANIsM OF WAN.

Wonders at home by familiarity
cease to excite establishment; but
hence it happens that many know
so little about the "house We live
in''-the human body. VIZ look
upon a house from the outside just
as a whole or unit, never thinking
of the many rooms, the curious
passages, and the ingenious inter,
nal arrangements Of the house, or
Of the wonderful structure of the
man, the harmony and adaptation
Of all the parts.
In the human skeleton, about
the time Of maturity, are l6j
bones. The muscles are about
800 in number. The alimentary
canal is about 30 feet long. The
amount OF blood in an adult aver.
ages thirty pounds, or one.ffth Of
the centre weight.
The heart is six inches in length
aud four inches in diameter, and
beats 20 times per minute; 4,2OO
times per hour; 100, 500 per day
1912, 200 per year; and $685.
440,0 600 in three score and ten
AMI at each beat three and a half
ounces of blood is thrown out Of
it; It's ounces per minute 656
pounds per hour; I "a tons per
day. All the blood in the body
passes through the heart in three
minutes.
The lungs will contain about |
gallon Of air al the usual degree Of
imitation. We breathe, on an
average, 1900 times per hour; in.
hale 600 gallons Of air, or $4,000
gallons per day. The aggregate
surface Of the cir cells Of The lungs
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18


Texan, TExIAN, TExAsIAE.-In
the discussion at the organization
Of the Texas Historical Sociesy in
Houston, Judge Gray referred 10
the above names of the inhabi-
tants Of Texas. In a history Of
Texas written by ID. B. Edwards,
and published by James, in Gin.
cinnati, 1886, our people are uni.
formly called Texasians. The
earlier editions of the Texas AL
manac called US Texans, which
was the favorite orthography of
Gen. Houston. Gen. Lamar, how
ever, always contended that from
the analogy Of such words as
Cuba, Cuban, America, American,
ours should be written Taxap,
The later editions of the Almanac,
and Yoakum in his history writes
i Texan. Texan let It be-
Houston Telegraph.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
SrRIors Aoclprxr.-On M

SERIOUS ACclDENT.-0n Mon.
day morning last, DR.. Peeyy,
while standing on the switch wait.
ing for the train going west OF
the Memphis and Charleston Rail.
road to pass, was run over by the
sleeping ear, which is usually IN.
coupled some distance from the
depot and allowed % run on the
switch By It's own M ientum, The
Doctor vas severely bruised, and
one ofhls legs below the knee 50
crushed As . make amputadon
Icorinth News June
~ r9Hg
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
TIE RADICAL MENAeERrE MUST

The RADICAL MEEAGERIE MUST
HAVE ESCAPED IRON THE KEEPERS
The jackson Pilot Of the 18th inst,
says: Might was made hideous by
the most unearthly cries, bowls and
screeches as though all the imps of
darkness were let loose at spen-
gleFs corner between the hours Of
twelve and one o'clock this morn
ihg.s
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

THERE never was more tru b EN-.
bodied in a whole volume than Is
contained In the following sentence
"To beQueen Of Hearts," a woman
need only be sympathetic, tender
soft-vOieed, with faith, hope and
charity tempted in her soul. Men
see enough Of the dark aud tenn
pestuous side of life in their daily
existence their homes should be
shrines wherein to gather new
strength and recognize holier types j.;
their wives should be lin the world,
not Of I'll" II Is not necessary for
a woman to stand alone, defying
the world. There are sufficient
strong arms to fight the battle for
her. Her strength lies in the very
weakness Of her slighter nature and
more delicate frame, andthe charm,
subtitle and sure, OF q feminine man.
ner is more potent spell than ever
enehanteF WOvel
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

Yesterday We published some
extracts from the world relative
to the baFbarities and atrocities
pFacticed in the Wirz trial. It at.
traeied the attention Of a gentle
man who relates TO Us the follow.
ing additional facts
After Wirz had been executed
as the world now knows, upon per.
jured testimony, to satisfy the in
satuate craving for blood which
at that time actuated the domi-
nant party ofthe nation-his body
was stripped and placed upon a
table for dissection. Around it
were gathered several surgeons,
with instruments spread before
them, and with white aprons upon
them, and then a photograph was
taken Of the spectacle, that the
undying infamy Of the nation
might be exhibited to coming ages.
And these medical tools, parties.
to this butehery, had linked
themselves with it as i~nseperable
participants in the greatest stigma
which Is charged to the account
of 4 nation whose record for out
rage and cruelty is blacker than
that OF the most diabolical of mod.
ern despotisms. The heart Of the
murdered victim was then GU. ont
and placed in a glass case and put
upon exhibition in the old State
House, admission twenty-five cents.
There It was exhibited beneath
T the shadow Of the Capitol which
was supposed to be the abode Of
the purity, the patriotism, the
mercy, the greatness and the
!, granduer Of a political structure
upon which it is urged even the
angels from their great heights Of
beatiic happiness delight 70 gaze
and fitting away from God and
Truth and Purity, love to sweep
gently down upon and hover
about It, angelic guardians and
monitors Of the nations sentiuels.
A contemplation ofthis national
outrage would suggest the con.
templa;ing that humanity here
hal assumed another aspect and
ln%cu!cated different teachings.
The idea that a powerful, rich and
prosperous nation should weak
its vengeance against q poor AMI
defenceless man, and then subject
the life beret body to such indig.
mites. The wild and savage m
tutored Indian of the plains would
shrink from such puerile ven
geance. Yet, the Ams.icun
nation, Boosting of liberty and
justice, Of refinement, purity and
christian sentiment, stretching out
its arms and calling to the op.
pressed Of every cline to seek
here peace and protection, could
TO Salty a brutal hate-purlhase
testimony TO justify the murder Of
en- innocent and defenseless man,
and then pluck his heart from his
q%uiyering side, and beneath the
shadow Of the capitol, within the
sound Of the voices of the nations
law makers, submit it to the rude
and insulting gaze Of :he vile and
morbidly curious rabblc for
twenty-five cents a head. Talk of
brutal deeds; talk OF atrocities:
talk Of impotent rage-there are
none to compare with this. And
wheye'sihc national stigma to. equal
it? What refined and pure Ameri.
can whose cheek does not burn
with the blush Of shame, when
charged with this inhuman, savage
atrocity.
II is besides a matter Of record
that the man whom it was sworn
Wirz shot and killed in Ander.
sonyille prison, was. at that time
more than one hundred and fifty
miles distant, and had not been
seen by Wirz. Holt and Stanton
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

For what length Of time were
the present civil officers and the
Legislature Of Mississippi elected?
II We understand the matter
Alright, they we're elected by viz
tue of the Reconstruction Acts,
and not by authority Of, Or under
the provisions Of the State Con.
stitution.
Congress, in the passage Of the
Reconstruction Acts, had In effect
declared the Southern States Ter
ritories, and not States. If they
were States, then they had the
right to elect their own officers.
This they were not permitted to
do, and we're thus practically, &c.
cording to Congressional dictum,
Territories. Congress had de-
manded the ratification Of the
Fifteenth Amendment us a cOndi.
ton precedent to admission. 1t
required a Legislature to do this.
Hence a territorial Legislature for
Mississippi was required by the
acts Of Congress, and the Legisla-
ture thus elected was the Legisla-
ture of the Territory created by
the Reconstruction Acts, and was
not the Legislature of the State,
created in accordance with the
Constitution Of the State, which
became operative so soon as Mis-
sissippi, by Congress and the Ad-
ministration, was recognized as q
state. This being true, the cleo
lions last November set up simply
a provisional government for the
Territory of Mississippi, whose
term Of Office expired with the de.
struction Of the authority-the Re-
construction Acts-which created
this provisional government. This
provisional government then, hay
ing no authority derived from the
State COnstitution-since it did
not derive its existence from it.
to execute any official acts, could
only order an election in conformi-
ty withlhe provisions Of the State
Constitution. This power and
authority it derived from the rul.
ings of the Courts which have
declared that there can be no in
terregnum in Government. The
same principle for the enforce
meat Of law and the protection Of
citizens would require also that all
| provisional officers should con.
tinue in the exercise of their Off
cial functions until their success
sors were elected and qualified &C
cording 20 law. But this princi-
pie would only hold good so far as
it applied to the judicial and ex-
ecutiye branches Of Government.
The Provisional Legislature had
performed its last legal act when
it had ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment and elected United
States Senators. From that time
the acts OF the Legislature in this
State have been without sanction
of law,
Can any man ;ell when an cleo.
ton will occur? II this is the
Legislature of the State Of Mis-
sissippi, for what time was it cleo.
ted? Did the Reconstruction Acts
under which i: was elected declare?
II certainly will not be claimed
that il was elected under the State
Constitution. for at that time nc.
cording TO Radical dogma the
State was not n State, and had no
Constitution. Then, if it was
elected under other authority, If
that authority was silent as to the
period upon which it was elected,
its term Of Office expired with the
expiration Of the authority from
which it derived its existence.
-s~@9S~s-
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18


As edict @ forth. 81 BAT 3 not
with rs Ist him b agiiu u.s.
fCraek DE lash and spare Il not
II men prefer the british embraces
of Radiealism to the purity Of De.
mocraey let them be welded to It
fousyar, but LET the world know it
Come out in the broad open day
light and skulk not about under
cover Of darkness and deception.
This is the lash to crack and these
are the victims upon whom to use
It Crack It over the shoulders Of
the time servers and those who
essay to carry water On both
shoulders.
Bot as regards this matter Of
patrOnizing Radical journals and
a failure to patronize Democratic
journals we do not put the same
construction upon the conduct Of
Democrats addicted to this prac-
tice as does the Jackson Pilot.
We do not think that the adver.
tisers will soon follow the "adver-
Using into the folds ofthe Radical
party. I'VE are satisfied that many
who do this have never thought OF
the important bearing which their
conduct exercises upon the poll.
tics Of the State. While we hope
by these references TO direct their
attention TO the true effects which
must follow, we would also desire
them 10 think Of the Ubiquitous
means by which they are forced to
support Radical journals in the
State. Talk about the cracking OF
party whips, what is It to the goad
applied to white Democrats By
negro Radicals2 There are in the
State not three disappearing
Radical journals. Yet see with
what extraordinary luxuriance
they have recently sprouted into
existence. Every village and
hamlet Is now cursed by the pres.
ence ofthe Loyal Lacquer" which
has not q dozen subscribers nor o
hat full of type, but which hopes to
secure a forced support from the
people under that clause Of the
Constitution which provides
that one or more loyal
papers fare there any disloya!
papeRsf) in each judicial district
shall be selected to do the district
printing. The people are not
allowed by Radical rule to send
their advertisements to a Demo.
cratic journal. 1t strikes us that
this Is about the most effective
cracking Of party whips that has
yet IevH nIaugurAted. when
Democrats remember that the
Radical party in this State consists
solely of the negroes and a few
corrupt white men, none Of whom
pay any taxes, leaving all the bur.
dens Of supporting the govern.
ment to rest upon the shoulders of
the white Democrats, such a feel
ing Of Indignation should be
aroused within them, that they
should prefer to see their business
wither and perish away rather tdan
give 8 dollar to such unblushing
plunderers.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

A TRIBUTE TO THE SoUTH.-The
South has two noble characteristics
which, left to their natural work
ing in society, are enough in them
selves to lift communities from any
depth Of disaster aud set them on
the highway Of renown. She has
q brave way Of looking facts full in
the face, admitting the truth, CON-
pretending the extent Of disaster
as a preliminary to fresh enterprise
This she honestly came by through
the blood of the men who Two nun.
dred years ago felled the original
oaks and pines on the banks OF the
Potomac, the James, the Roanoke
aud the Savannah, Second, the
browning occupation TO which
every good Southron aspires, the
nOblest, purest, most honest and
permanent vocation for man is In
his opinion hat Of tiller Of the
soil. Given these as premises In
any society, and no disasters can
prove Observation-Disclosures Gree.
ley.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
The Most Beautiful Hand.

l recOllect that once there was q
dispute between three ladies, which
had he most beautiful hand. One
at BY a stream and dipped hel
hand into The water, and held 1t up
another plucked straw berries until
the ends Of her fingers were pink
and the third gathered viOlets until
her hands were fragrant. An old
haggard woman passing by, asked,
who will give me a gift, for | am
poorV All three denied her, bu.
another who sat near, unwashed
in the stream, unstained with fruit,
unadorned with flowers, gave her a
little gift and satisfied the poor
woman. Aud then she asked them
what was the dispute ; aud they
told her, aud lifted up before her
their beautiful hands. Beautiful
indeed" said she, when she saw
them but when they asked her
which was the most beautiful, she
said. at Is not the hand that Il
washed clean in the brook II Is not
the band that is tipped With red :
It is not the hand garlanded with
fragrant flowers but il is the hand
that gives TO the poor which is the
most beautiful hand.' As she said
these WOrda- her wripEiae al, L..
stan was. thrown away, and she
stood before them an angel from
heaven, with authority to decide
the question in dispute.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
THE Farm.



regarding the new staple, jute,
which the Commissioner Of Agri-
culture Is DESTROYS Of introducing
into the South, for which end he
will distribute the seed gratuit-
ously upon application.
In the report Of the State De-
partment for 1868 will be found an
interesting article upon jute, and
its manufacture, and thence we
have obtained much Of our infOr-
nation.
The plant is Of the cochOraS
order, nearly allied to hemp, and
has been hitherto grown almost
entirely in India, where it is cult
waited on a large scale; and last
year the crop amounted to
about three hundred thousand
tons, valued ct about $685..
100000. or this crop, sixty.five
thousand tons were exported to
Great Britain alone; q large
amount was exported to the Uni
ted States and the balance manu-.
featured into gunny cloth, where
grown, for the covering of the
India cotton crop, and expectation
to this country as cloth for our
cotton.
Besides its great value, as the
only material which can be used
profitabIy as covering for cotton
bales, 1t is of still more extensive
use now, in the shape Of cheap
sacking, ropes, rugs and carpet
ings. Dundee Is the place where
its manufacture is carried on to
the greatest extent; and there are
many large mills there which use
nothing but jute, in the place OF
hemp. 1t is one of the most cas-
lily dyed fibrcs known, and the
colors taken are bright and beau
tiful; but as the fibre is closer
than flax or hemp, the dying pro
cess has to be some what COM
pick, to make the %coloring mate
rails thoroughly penetrate the
fibre or fabric. The very slightly
nature Of jute, the regular, even
thread made from it, and the
smooth, tidy appearance Of the
cloth, combined with its great
cheapness, have served to recon
mend it 70 consumers, and to
bring it into more general use
year by year,
The South can raise enough
jutc to supply the wants OF this
country aud Europe; and rs it
can be laid down from our sec.
ton in Dundee and New York,
cheaper than from India, and
probably better prepared, It would
not he many years, after our plan.
tiers had taken hold of this staple.
before we should be the great
rival of India in it, as we are now
in cotton. The seed should be
planted about the same time as
sDrn, in moist land, if possible,
and the plants will flower about
the first Of August. The tops
should he then cut off, leaving
enough perfect plants for seed.
and about a month later, the en-.
tire plants should be cut to the
ground, from fifty to one hundred
put together in q bundle and
stepped in fresh water for about .
week, when the bark will slip off
they are then treated in the same
manner as hemp, and made ready
for market. Diversity in agricul.
turc is ncedful for the South, and
our planters should do all in their
power TO give this new staple a
fair trial. 1t is an article in large
demand, and will have a ready
sale at our own ports Rural
Carolinian.
HOW TO MAKE HENS PAY.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

One hundred women are now
preparing themselves for admiss
sion to the bar IN the United States