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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

The nver has risen tive inches. in the past
for y-oisht h0urs.
CAIRO, April aA-The great ao0d In the
Upper Misslsslppi, By which much OF The
country and many Of the towns along les
bants. In Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin aad Mis-
sCuTi. have been inundated. Is rapidly sub.
siding. The water has fallen 10 inches from
saturday morning % hOnday evening.
PifTGBuRg, April 25 The Allegheny aud
MonongahelA river are both falling. The
MonongahelA haa Z feet inches In the chan
mel
CiBoIENATI. April a5-RlveF has fallen 2
feet during the last - hOurs, with n feet IN
ths, channel and u feet space under the
bridge
LOUISVILLE, April Ss-The river has fallen
10 inches In the last u hOuu ending at 0 pm.
CAiHO, April D The heityeT rose . inches
during the laAt ~ hours
IT. LOur, April B.-The river Is falling
rapidly.
hEGPHIs, April 80 The river fell SE
inches In the past q hOuFs. Below high
water mark 0fis5I. 2 ieet inches.
PITTsBuKO, April 25 5-hOnOngAhClA eight
feet iOuT inches and iallingi Allegheny nine
ieet and tai ing
CiIclRNGTi, April Is The river has fallen
three f-et ln the last twenty -four hOuTS /;
iorty-iOur ieet in the channel with hf y
eight feet space under the bridge.
IOUIsvILLE, April 25.-Riyer about at q
stand. there Is " feet water in the channel
and - in chute over the falls.
CAIRO, Aprll 25-1he river has risen I
inches since our last
IT LOC!s. April . Tho lower Ml,sls-
sippt river Is still falling, and all upper
streams are Teceiing.
NASHVILLE, April 2j.-RveT rising slow.
~ There Ia i've and u hall feet scAnt on tue
shoals
MEMPHls. April 2J-The river here has
III clined - inches altogether and l., declln.
ing siGAltly. The Cumberland aud the Ten
ncs,e continue 20 de'line. white river /,
station ny with 81. eet to JacksOnpoTt. ThC
Arkansas was st.tiO AIRY at Little Rock
yesterday with leet six inches In the chan
mel 10 Fort Smith
A st. Louis exchange Of the cath says
River still ialling. The Missouri and III
nOis are on the decline. At tho latest &c
counts the Upper MissI sippi lelow KeOkuI
was sill rising, but u General decline in al
the rivers seems TO bs the next pleasing iten
7 OF intelligence. We are glad 10 learn thA
bOatmeD In the New Orleans trade charge
I yesterday. and received the lollOwin,
! slightly Increased rates Flo, r, 3g1 per bar
ret; pork 6Oc; whisky, 81 50; hav, 35c per 10
/ Eounds oats. corn and bacon " per Il 0 lvs
! 10 NickSburg, same rates.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30

uedy were entitled to seats. To be
called up tomorrow.
A bill to establish 0 department
Of justice was discussed.
Morning hOur-the Tariff bill
was discussed during the remain
der Of the day.
SEHATE-A Conference commit
tee has been appointed in the Ark
ansas Hot Springs Reservation
bill. Pratt advocated compensa-
tiOn Of loyal owners of property
taken or destroyed BY the Govern.
ment, and McCreery spoke in favor
of the amendment TO extend the
compensation to every one without
distinction.
A bill for the enforcement Of the
18th Amendment was made tho
special order for tomorrow.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
TRUST SALE.

HTHEREAs Josiah p. voolfolk did on
wv the 18Th day Of December, A. D., 1850,
execute his certain deed 10 William n. Miles
and William Henderson; IN trust % secure
the payment Of pTnmiss0Fy note for thirty
tho sand dollars $50 900 co., due at twelve
months nom the date thereof; which said
Deed vas duly ree0ried In the o0lnty Of
IssaquenA, State 1T Mississippi. on the 10Th
day VI January, 1850, and whereas the said
note remains unpaid, and the holder thereof
has requested the execution Of said trust.
On Saturday, the 9Ist Day Of may,
next, expose to public Sale, on the premises,
for easn, 50 much Of East x 4 East y Of sOuth
West \ OF section 10 anu North last Y and
East x Of North West 4 OF section 10, Town
ship Is, RAnge6 West, rs may he necessary
| n pay said note and interest and all expense
! for executing Lhis tEusL W.R. MiLES,
Apl6 Trustee, &c.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
Associated Press Report.

WisHisGFoN, April s6.-The House is
eon,ideFing the bill creating atty-three Gus.
The DEMONSTRATION Committee heard Col
Spence, iron 4 gtfenpossee. Hb evidence
slightly favored tho necessity Ofrccohstruc-
ton. ...y ..H tsH....
inc Committee on Paciae Railroad viii
hear argument for and ag .in,t tERns.eon.
ttnental b II friday. A
senate-WiIle mtsoiuced a bill dividine
public lands among stasas iof popular elee-
wAsHNOTpns April .-The President Is
opposed 70 tie pgnding GcoFgla bill. lie a
OPPOSED 70 miIlfsFy g0ssfamsns When L aan
Be avoided. and destras lmmediate rest0Fn.
ton on saila lzsis oat masts no suggestion.
Roveuua tl-day e91oe0
Durine 4 Focent levce. &C President said,
we'll, 0oFofnofi bow shout that san Domin.
30 buslaeis. Senator Morton replied "the
Thesupreme Court adjourned % Saturday,
uhens after delivering syine 0pinion,, it viii
adiouFn till tall.
Coin In the Treasury. including thirty. i've
And half millions In gold; eTrtihcatel, Que
hundred and fourteen and half mill oss In
euFrencyi balance, eight and half niiiiiOns
Disbursements under the reo0ntly adOvted
The PSss,.ssus kosi 4 atsd jam r. ApplG
ton q Dialrict5udgs ior lhe sasseTn tliS,rIcs
nf Tnwan fHIH O
wAsElssTos, April p = senate, Tho ~.
as.... ly.ista ~. uHahi nousiy
shs.s hs sss - - y. ~ nea .plLtS,
=, ~ ~ - ~ ~
tedsnerss n,rs.,, ~, sv,,sii sun y " sso
versity, Ohio, eQlored institution. s....
The same commisiea Wns Instructed tneh-
quiTe into the expedlsney OF dividing among
s. 80 ~ ~, u pus4te
sssus s ~ soe edueasiVh VI ehe WHO'S Alnesl-
6,,S ~. a.,
a. st -.
= 49,.
I. - ,Sss ~ " hA@lNe
~. M, ~ 800 a
iis 1lisasy Sol.ltii.ses tglVtVeu ~. i sno-
ssasa.o ~ -, 5ase -. Sali' ssuaoss
y. i, = ~ W. =, ~
~ i.,,. ~. - il i y " av'Vtooa
" ss1ss, = nf' ~ s..,.s -
~, y al -, ~ "
~ =, y =. ~ X,
lAsosa6E q ihs ~ .e.....sslis.aing the ne.
-, ! - "a - - 4A,aetasS Ss1-
- e.l1 81 ~ 49,. - : -. ..,,,
~ ~ sti lsS,l wi
~ ,sss "A, ,....s "'saVus u'spOsihB
fIsTss T.. ss..-is--, T., ,,f..he
1ss-''s. I W, y flA.. s..s... 4 :. :
t.9se. s..s.s.s = ~ - --Auvlees notn tiie
49, -. ~, ...'ss ~
foss' u l'.. .ss,,.' ~ g,sSsn- ~
NI4a.aa 80.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
SPEUIAL NOTICES.
Pros,rn,Ion pInvoa UNI.


Violent purgatlycs. cmCt.cs, ,aliyants, bis.
tcTlng and bleeding have hal their Gay.
The sick can no longer be persuaded that
the best way To cure them Is 10 de, troy the
little strength that III case has left them.
Dyspcptics InsteaI OF dosing thtm,cly, ,
with cp'om salts, alocs, co'ycinth, jalap, and
other powerful CathartGs, tone heir ,Ii .,-,.
i've ~ Ian, anu regulate lheIr towels with
hOstcitei's ~tmIrk Bittcrs.
Persons Of Diiious habit, instead Of throw
lnE H." whole gltndulT ,islem iu,O A stale
Ohn ihid Irritation with mrrcur,al pO son,
ttok cic', ami hnd n, In the operation OF
that wholesome vcSU gbu Alternative man
tic disc dcred liver.
HerVous sufferers trumu oIA weak and
uCspohlcni, recruit their shattered UnCrRi,,
with course Of the great inyigorLnt. snd
Olrsa the day whoa he alu. .trratcd lluuoIs
o commerce. wotc ,npcrSedrd by y me,liri.
haTmlg g.
Travellers by lard and sea rejoice In the
possession ul an agreeable corrective. which
pTOtarls them irum the evil fleets ui malaria
IRON ~ sickncNs, IN from the disturbing
lnhu mes Of changes VI temperature, and
change q water
The weak and dGbllitatod eel their stronath
retufn' AMI their spirit revive under III
DracinS, Apps1IzIng, gently celebrating ac-
IL Is the only stimulant which caution.
physic'als can COnsciuniously recommend 10
ladies IN pelicatg health or to the aged and
der pid
There - not city town, or settlement, on
tue Ancric,n continent, where Ii Is not re-.
coS"Ikci rs household remedy, and safe.
guari against Cpidcmi"s; and in Short
Whcf"Ver thnic j. Int ylligenCe ilFudenrs
and common sense. llOsiettcr's stonach IItt.
ters Is pronounced standard specific, for
which, IN the whole range Of phHin ,cy
there n no substitute or eatiValeni ~
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30

THE COLoRED MANS FmEND.-
The Marysville Republican, edit
ed by a colorcd man, in the truly
loyal county Of Blount, East Ten
nessee, says "it is an unquestion-
able fact that most of the people
contemplated in that change of the
Constitution 1.-THE 18th Amend.
ment) are as much slaves to-day,
to the Radical party, as ever they
were any kind of slaves in their
lives before. With very few ex.
ceptions We believe that Radicals
would prefer the return of the old
slave system at once unless they
can be masters of the colored
mans vote. a =
We do not know of any case of
evil treatment of any sort what
ever to colored citizens in one
neighborhOod, or of one citizen
against another, or of "Rebep' or
ku Nux injuring the cOlOred peo-
pie"
This, be it remembered, is the
voice Of an intelligent COlOred
man, living in Tennessee, in the
midst Of Radicals, and who sDaaIs
nom an intimate acquaintance
With them.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
sHERIFF's SALE.
STATE OF MIssIssIPPI,l

OIATE OF MlSsIeSlPPI,l
Warren County.
From Ilinds county Chanecry Court to
May Term A. d. 1870
Mrs. Jennie 4. stewart 49,,
ADS &c, ofG. u. stewart dG'A NUI rVit - EA.
SON vs.. AMI pecree
Il lward q. Banks. s+,iB W.
DI VIRTUE Of writ issued from the
I'D OF the Clerk OF ,Ic Chancery Goa n.
lst District, llinds county, state aforesaid
ani JlsO by virtue Of Decree Of said CotiTt
before the Hon. John Watts, judge OF sald
Court, at the May Term. 10Th day or saia
Term, be ng May lith. A. ID. 1865. rendered
W the above styled case, ami wherein the
shGrin Of warren county. state aforesaid.
Is appointed Commissioner for the purpose
herein ret forth.
] ,hall eNpo'e 10 public sale a; the door Of
the Court House in the city oI Vicksbnra
wi'hln tho hour, prescribed by law, to the
highest bidder for cash, on the
First Monday Of Nay Il. d. 1870,
being the Bud day OF said month. all thu
rlHht, utle ami interest uf the defendant,
EDWARD y. Banks. In anu 10 the following
described parcel ur tract OF lHnh, containing
Wy survey, 'eyoniy.eight ami q 100 acres
situated ON clear creek, Warren county
state Of Mississippi, known and described as
Follows, io'wit! Al that part OF the NORTH
westguarter OF section twenty .OnO In town.
ship sixteen Of range i've east, lying north
uI clear cieek, ,and UOundtd Oh tito North BY
thc lands Of q. Marble. on the east by
lan!s VI Mrs. charlotte spoars, on The West
by lahGs 0l v. p. COwan. and On the South by
Clear creek.
sa,l sale will be made aS specified above,
10 satisfy Plain hrs claim aud all costs.
GllAS. H. FURLVNG,
sheriff OF Warren county, and COMMITS.
sionor Chancery COuTt VI llinds county, Miss.
mai9i
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
TEE EEKEY HERALD


4aaezr4 a E 44AAM
aAc4aa Aaa @ -Ehs Railroad so-
ziecs us1rsslatiF On tha hllIsow
sraiHaa q auiais ioF fsslrh
- s41asEsss.
Aao nHiaseIahiy aEla TIE llemphis ase
taseo Fslleg RsilE1aa
his uas iuisodassd 70 pEOssai psssaas
npareAnzias raal sSasta.
AelA q saiAoElze tAe eaasiaciisl e .
ases railzoad d fsuss.
a hllt passsd proVsflas ~ he Issuance
ofeeFtiaoataa q lnds sds1ss By the State.
HcuaB-Pefliion asa citizens Of Meridian
FsialiEe 10 shs dsaaas q freight on Rall.
Eaada.
Ahl1 N raiaEsn o the Board Of LeVss
Conmlasloaars q RelivaE. Washington ana
lszsaaeaa counties.
4 ~ = incorporate victsbuEv Hook
and La1dar CompAny.
Abiil for the bsasatel Mississippi College
ed other institutions a earning IL ClintOs.
"a hail panishiAg malksFI and Ku Klux.
An act in relation % divorces.
The HOUSE concnFod u the senate anend.
ments 10 the ChAnoeTy bin. Much dlssats.
faction Is expEsssod q he diSTietlng.
ne message Of the Governor in relation
70 Insurance. Companies, and recommends
ihas they dePoalt esO.OOO with the STATE
Treasurer and be sahisss 70 ,pesIal tax on
receipts also.
Ameasage Of the Governor in relation 70
ne Hospitals IS Yieksburg and NasshsE
sisiag ne Legislature piece Of his mind
ooeause Of the delay Of action on the bill
and says be washes bis hands Of all respon-
sibility In the matter.
Memorial day vas observed very aensF.
AllT. Agreat eonsOaFse were st theeen
tEy. General 5. D. Buekner delivered an
address.
The Gem Fire Company Of jackson zoe,
70 Vlekuburg to-merToW on the aeoommoda.
tica train 70 aasisi In the celebration. Thsv
vii carry abont sixtV uniforms. Their
machines are elegantly decorated BY the
ladies.
JACKSON. April 9s.-sENATE-Bills 10 be
introduced; .-s ...- -.-.-
10 lnooEpofaia ths Abepdeen sav,uv. In.
Stisutioa.
A bill % abolish Ceanty Courts and tSans.
fer eaasss 70 ne Chaacsry. passed.
A lolnt committees apy,olnio.l TO pFeuuy.
an address % ihs GosofnOr relative % ,bs
femOval of Thos- ehaaklefoFt. FenaFa ihs,
the seiion contemplated la sxpedlent he.
cause shseklsiord did rot hold the ONCE un.
dor the present Constitution, and further
that the clause Of the new Constitution CON.
linning In onlee certain oFiceFs doe, not az.
lend 10 the hlgh OeuFs and Is therefore not
'ubleee % the slst section Of the tth article OF
he Constitution.
The ChanoaFy hin passed both houses
The scAass went Into kxeeutive session on
sppointmeats Of trustees Of the Lunatia
Asylum Test vote taken, 10 for confirms.
Ion, 10 against Several Senators arrived In
he meantime, when the vote was Ieeonsli.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
used lin.

ESSAYS FOR YOUNG AIEN-ths ener-
vAted and used up, who have lost their
energy, ambition. aud bodily vlgor, In the
pursuit Of SOCIAL PLEAsURE.-wlth word.
Of cheer and sanitary aid for the seemingly
hopeless. Sent Tree, in sealed envelOpes,-
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box
r. Philadolphia. Pa. IanSO. dawam
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
BATCIIELOR,N MALR pYE.

This splendid Hair Dye /, the best
In the wOrldi the only true and perfect
Eye; harmless, reliable, instantaneous; no
ulsappOintment no ridiculous tints /;
remuiies the Ill elects OF bad dyes; inVigO-
rates ana leaves the hair SOFT and boatltl.
ful black or brown. Sold BY all Druggists
and FerfumeTs, and properly at the Wig
. -,-' y,l6 Bond street, New York.
myaD&Wly
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-04-30
Trustees Sale.

Di virtue Of the provi ions of deed or
- trust, dated the 9ith day Of Pebruarv
lo'o, recorded In the ollic" Uf the Clerk Of
the obRte tOuTt OF Washington county
Mississippi In Decll nook I, pages 3O6 305'
ami 303, tO'secure the payment Of the prom,
sorry notes therein described, at the reGuest
OF the holder OF sad notes,
On TUESDAY, the 18th of April,
A. d., 1870.
at the East door OF tho Court House Of ,hs
county Of Warren, MiSsisslppi, az Vicks.
burg, ut ~ O'Clock, NJ, Ishalf proceed 10 sell
70 the highest and best bidder, for cash
me following LAND, lying and being h
sald county Of Washington, state Of Mlssis.
sippi, TO- Wit:
Lots ]. ., 8, 4, and =, section IS and lol 4
section ~, Of township II, range 8. called
the "W00dslde" Plantation, bounded an the
North by tho lands Of Wade Hampton. IN
the South by steele's bayou and the land al
DE-. Calhoun, on the East by the land of
Marshall spencer, and on the West bv ina
land Of DR.. Calhoun, and Steele's bayou.
maria Wot T.. L. WEBB Trustee
The above sale Is postponed until sATJTR
DAY APRIL 3OrH, 1870.
.. q. L. WEBB, Trustee.
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goetital.
TOGETHER.

A song for the season, my dear, my DEAR
\ song for the sunshiny weather.
And what does it matter the time o the year,
When you and are together?
a song for the summer, flying SOUTH
fatterng song to stay her
And if were the bird with the golden mouth,
would not care to delay her.
All the year round my skies are blue,
iuto your blue eyes gazing;
Shining, smiling, tender and true
Oh, these are the ones for praising
The best of mine that The year could claim
Were a homage but haifhearted,
For know the brightness viii be the same
When her bloom is all Departed
When out of the world the sunshine slips,
Its hoard the hearth-stone showeth;
The one light sulereth no eclipse,
Whatever the way it goeth.
It's You that's wearing the summers crown,
To you all sweet names gather;
It's you love when the SHOWS are down
Oh, let me sing you ratherl
For though | whisper it unaware,
Your name is a spell that raises
All singing sprites that dwell in the air,
Making sheaf Of praises.
a song to the youth our years above,
Holding all words in tether
1t suits all seasons my love, my love,
While you and are together
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Some folks seem 10 be proud ottelling how lame
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charmw
sold by all Druggists, Merchants and Grocers.
Il Is put np in three sizes, and called "rr Sze,p
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VIM RENNEi, sole Proprietor and Manufac-
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Wholesale and retail in Augusta by Marshall
Whitfield Grocer, ly27eow
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

New CHANNEL IN THE ST.. LAWRENCE.
The Buffalo EapresS says:-"A most valuable
discovery has just been made in the river St.
Lawrence, between Montreal and Quebec, in
the shape of new channel of twenty feet in
depth. Hitherto the only route for ships of
st. Peters Lake, originally deepened at great
cost, and still requiring large annual ex-
penditure to maintain it at the necessary
depth. 1t is certainly singular that this new
channel should never before have been found,
some such route having for years been vainly
sought by the Canadian Government. But
its discovery, tardy as it is, will be of incal-
culable value to the growing navigation in
terest of Montreal, and will perhaps tend to
hasten the development of the Dominion
Canal policy. The new channel is reported
as already fit for use, with the ex ,eption of a
few boulders, which can be removed without
diff cnltY"
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

Mr.. GREELEY's CoLoRADo Town. Denver
correspondent of the Chicago Post writes of
Horace Greeley's recent visit to Colorado
''Mr. Greeley has gone to see the colony
which he founded last spring, Greeley, fifty-
two miles north of here, .on the Denver and
Pacific Railroad. Your correspondent was
there few days ago, and was surprised to
find such well-to-do community. The town
is well laid out, well watered by the irrigating
bitches, has regular streets, with maple, elm,
and oak trees planted on each side; gardens
which gave three-pound potatoes from seed
planted sown as late as the 18th of July; ten
stores that do an aggregate business of
$500 month; a Post Office that sends
East 250 letters day, and takes ninety
copies of the Weekly Tribune; seven reli-
gious societies, a paper just started, and a
lyceum and library projected. The town is
six months old. The ground on which it
stands was, in April last, without house,
and looked as white and worn out as the
popular tradition of its founders hat The
town has no depot yet-a freight car answers
the purpose-but the remittances from the
freight car are $4,000 month. Have any of
our towns in Illinois come forward so furi-
ously fast as this?"
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27


They had putty bad name them Hekums.
How they got alvin nobody knew, for they
didntsseem to pay no attention to raisin'
nothin' but ,childun, but the deuce knows
there was plenty o. them. Their old hut
was like q rabbit-pen-there was tow head
to every crack and Granny. Member what
old Cesar said once when the word come to
the store that old Hokum had got twins.
''Spose de Lord know best" said Caesar,
'but thought der was Hokums enough
afore." Wal, even poor workin' industrious
folks like me finds its hard gettin' along
where there's SO many mouths to feed.
Lordy massy, there don't never seem to
be no end ont and SO it amt wonderful,
come to think ont, eff folks like them
Hokums gets tempted to help along in the
ways that amt quite quite right Anyhow,
folks did use to think that old Hokum was too
sort O familiar with their wood-piles long in
the night, though they couldn't never prove
it on him, and when Mother Hokum come to
houses round to wash folks used sometimes
miss pieces, here and there, though they
never could find 'em on her; then they was
alters a-gettin' in debt here and a-gettin' in
debt there. Why, they got to owin' Joe
Gidger two dollars for butchers meat. Joe
was sort o good-natured, and let EN- have
meat, cause Hokum promised so fair to pay,
but he couldn't never get it out O. him.
Member once Joe walked clear up to the
cranberry pond arter that are two dollars,
but Mother Hokum she see him a-comin' jist
as he come past the juniper bush on the
corner. She says to Hokum, "Get into
bed, old man, quick, and let me tell the
story" says she. So she covered him up,
and when Gidger come in she come up to
him and says she, "Why, Mr.. Gidger, I'm
jist ashamed to see ye; why Mr.. Hokum was
jst comm down to pay ye that are money
last week, but ye see he was took down
with the small. pox-" Joe didn't hear no
more; he jist turned round and he streaked
it out that are door with his coat-tails hyin'
out straight ahind him, and old Mother
Hokum she just stood at the window holdin
her sides and laughin' fit to split to see him
run. That ares jist sample o the ways
them Hokums cut up.
Old Mother Hokum a sort o. enter
prism old crittur-fact was she had to be,
cause the young Hokums was jist like bag
worms-the more they growed the more they
eat, and expect she found it pretty hard to
! fill their mouths.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

marine armor have visited the wreck Of the
Housstonic, and they have found the little
torpedo vessel lying by her huge victim, and
within her are the bones Of the most devoted
and daring men who ever went to war.