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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27
Administration Notice.
Warren ChancerV Court.
July Term, A. D., 1870.
John Laughlin and Wlle,)
rs. No. tSl.

John Conners, At. al
TTPON opening the papers In this cause.
and II appearing to the satisfaction OF
thu Court, from the affidavit OF John Laugh
lin, one Of the compliments herein died,
that tho said defendant, Mary Ellen Con-
nors. Is a non resident OF the state Of Missis-
| slppl, and resides In the city OF Saint Louis,
Stale Of Missouri, and has her Post 0nlcc
there, aud that the said defendant, k. a..
Bunce, Is also a o resident OF the State Of
Mississippi, and resides In the city OF Mem
phis, State Of Tennessee, and has his post office
there, and that 10th said defendants are be-
yond the ordinary process Of this Court, and
that tue defendants John mi and Tim
Othy COnn0rs, are also non residents tfthiS
stale and beyond the ordinary process Of this
Court, and that after dillgent enquiry their
places Of residence and Post Oiices have not
been a~sCertalncd, this Is therefore 10 make
known 70 the said Mary Ellen ConnOrs, Y. r.
bunce, John COnn0rs and Timothy C0nnors,
that they DO n appear before the Honor
able, the Chancery Court Of Warren COunty,
Ut the next Term thereof 10 no held In and
for said county, at the Court House thereof,
on the hrst
Monday in October, A. D., 1870,
then and there TO plead, answer or demuE 10
the said c0mpiainants Bill OF Complaint CT
the same with the allegations thereof VIII
be taken for confessed, and this cause set for
hearing expaTte.
lt Is further ordered that the Clerk Of this
Court do transmit b. mali, postage prepaid.
to the said defendants, at their respective
places Of residence and Post Offices, acipy
Of this 0rder. Thus ordered his 18th day Of
July, A. D., 1870.
Issued by the Clerk under the seal Of the
L. 8 Court this 25lh day 0fJuly, A. D., 1870.
A. II. ARTHUR,
Clerk Chancery Court OF Warren County.
Marshall 4 Miller, sOl's for C0mpln'ts.
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27

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Of q greater number In paying nc. VIII
reluctantly induce me 20 take q summe4t
mode OF endoav0ring to get what Is my aAe.
unless all such pay E0ons
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27

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ne satisfaction ogthe said plalntiAta deNs
interest and Al costs.
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27

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screws. Has no ptutHyss no rope4l ~
WIN BE- delivered 81 Depot nearest HHts
chaser, or on boat nt Nicksburr.
urdcrs promptly nlled lor I'll the rnnrifF
Sins, steam Engiurs, BeaEers, sinuez
Corn Mills, Cider IiliH, Ric1 Mills Hos
Powers, Feed Cutters, thurns sad o
descriptions OF Observation-Disclosures ena
Machinery. Prizes 10 many easeI lover
than New 0Flaans OF Memphis.
~ The Brooks Press ook premigH
over sixteen others at the last New Qfiean4
Fair.
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Mississippi Machinery Agency
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27
Administrator Notice.
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27

NOR the best collection Of A~gFloaIlaF1E
Implements manufactured III the Htnfss
and exhibited at the warren cOautF G
cultural Fair" commencing October
lB70--a Silver Pitcher, valued q e71f seean4
~best-silver Cup, valued &C Is.
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27

a A9AANAoNS " 80 9NASNNAs SNA@A -
aggregates 100000.
Porter succeeds Farragut.
New YORK, Aug. 25.-The
Courier Des Etats Unis CORES.
pondence says: at has been de-
cided to change the military situa.
ton within forty-eight hours. We
look back upon ourselves after
three months disappointment and
defeat, and tomorrow perhaps we
shall take the offensive. Such
is the opinion at the War
Department, and throughout Off
cial circles. The correspondent
adds II am assured that McMa-
hons outposts are extending to
Meyieres and Montmedy, covering
Ardens railroad and the line para
lell.
The arrival Of Bazaine's prison
ers at Scissors, proves that b.
zaine's lines are intact. The work
on the Notifications is almost
finished.
Another battle occurred on Sun
day, resulting in our favor. Some
thing decisive is preparing in that
quarter.
New YORK, Aug. Pa special
Paris telegram reports an attempt
to assassinate Napoleon was re-
peated this morning.
Reinforcements continue TO 20
forward.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
A Night on a Battlefield.

THE Prussian Captain Furstenberg,
Il who was wounded and left for dead
at Gravelotte, gives frightful picture of
what he witnessed after darkness had
fallen upon "the ensanguined plain"
Recovering from fainting fit, he was
surprised to observe human figures fit
ting about the heaps of dead and dying
near him; and rising to his elbow he
could detect quite plainly the white mo-
nastic design of the knights of st. John
upon the armlet Of the nearest man. Be-
lieving them to be priests, he called faint
ly Tor assistance, whereupon the bearer
of the St. Johns cross, instead of COM
plying, hurriedly signaled three other
figures to leave their mysterious work
and come to himself One of the three
wore the garb of an ordinary eld.priest,
the two others appeared to be monk
knights Of St. John and to his unspeak-
able horror the stricken captain presently
discovered that they were both robbing
and numbering. Reaching group Of
the fallen, they commenced cutting open
the uniform Of each at the breasts with
knives and scissors; if body gave signs
OF life, it was deliberately choked to
death; pockets were emptied rings were
dragged, or even cut from fingers and
the pretended priests pocketed the hor-
ribly stolen valuables. Having given the
captain time to understand their awful
business, these human hyenas at length
approached the spot where he lay, with
an evident intention to strangle him, but
his cries brought assistance and his life
was saved.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
Living Without Money.

Hundreds Of Mormon farmers, living
in reasonably comfortable circumstances
and having large families to clothe and
educate, will not see a dollar in money
for years. Such farmer wishes to pur-
chase pair of shoes for his wife, he con-
suits the shoemaker who AYERS his willing
ness to furnish the same for load of
wood. He has no wood, but sells calf
for quantity Of odobes, the odobes
for an order on the merchant payable in
goods, and the order for load of wood
and straightway the matron is shod
Seven watermelons purchase ticket for
admission to the theatre. He pays for
the tuition of his children twenty five
cabbages per quarter. The dressmaker
receives for her services four squashes
per day He settles his church dues in
sorghum molasses. Two loads of pumkins
pay his annual subscription to the news
paper. He buys Treatise on Celestial
Marriage" for load of gravel, and a
bottle of soothing syrup for the baby, for
bushel Of string beans. In this primi-
tive method until the advent of the rail
road was nine-tenths of the business of
the territory conducted And even now,
in the more remote settlements, major
ity of all transactions are of this charac-
ter.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
SUNDAY READING.
Mothers Speak Kindly.

Children catch cross words quicker
than parrots, and it is a much more mis-
cievous habit. When mothers set the ex-
ample, you will scarcely hear pleasant
word among the children in their plays
with each other. Yet the discipline of
such family is always weak and irregu-
lar. The children expect just 50 much
scolding before they do anything they are
bid, while in many home, where the low
firm tone of the mother or the decided
look OF her steady eye is law, they never
think of disobedience, either in or out of
sight. 0, mother, it is worth a great deal
to cultivate that excellent thing in woman
low, sweet voice. IF you are ever SO
much tried by the mischievous or wilful
pranks of the little ones, speak low. 1t
will be a great help to you to even try to
be patient and cheerful, if you cannot sue
ceed. Anger makes you wretched, and
your children Also Impatient words
never did the heart good, but plenty Of
evil. Read what Solomon says of them,
and remember he wrote with an in
spired pen You cannot have the excuse
for them that they tighten your burdens
any; they make them only ten times
heavier. For your own as well as
for your children's sake, endeavor to
learn to speak low. They will remember
that tone when your head is under the
willows. So, too, will they remember a
harsh and angry tone. Which legacy
will you leave to your children?
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
A River in the Ocean.

There is river in the ocean. In the
severest drouths it never fails and in the
mightiest food it never overfows. Its
banks and its bottoms are of cold water,
while it's current is warm The Gulf of
Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is
the Arctic Seas. 1t is the Gulf Stream.
There is in the world no other so omaiestic
flow of water. Its current is more rapid
than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and
its volume more than thousand times
greater. Its waters, as far out as Caro-
lima coasts, are of indigo blue. They are
so distinctly marked that the line of june
tion with the common sea water may be
traced by the eye. Often one half of the
vessel may be perceived floating in the
Gulf Stream water, while the other half
is in the common water Of the sea, so
sharp is the line and the want of affinity
between these waters; and such too, the
reluctance, so to speak, on the part Of
those of the Gulf Stream, to mingle with
the waters of the sea- In addition to this
there is another peculiar fact. The fish
ermon on the coast Of Norway are sup
piled with wood from the tropics by the
Gulf Stream. Think of the Arctic fish
ermen burning upon their hearths the
palms of Hayti, the mahogany of Hondu-
ras and the precious woods of the
Amazon and Orinoco.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
A Story of the Frontier.

' n VIE uISt NHlIc SClIlCTS VI w eSC II
Il gnia experienced dark aud troub-
lesome time in ehecting permanent
Judgement on the banks of the Ohio
The indians being subsidized by the
English were hostile, and conflicts were
inevitable whenever colonist met a ma
tive. To protect the pioneers of this
then far remote region, stockade was
erected at Wheeling, somewhere about
the close of the Revolutionary war, and
small garrison put with in it, which was
more than once unsuccessfully besieged
by the northern tribe of red men.
Game of various kinds, particularly
wild turkeys, abounded in the vicinity of
the fort, and was sometimes hunted by
the soldiers to relieve the tedium of their
monotonous life, and vary their ordinary
ratiOns. On one occasion the seeming
call Of one of these birds from a rocky
ledge, not far to the rear of the stockade,
prompted soldier to 90 out in search,
who, ut the expiration Of his leave of alb
sence, had not returned. The autumnal
sun declined and set in the hazy forests
beyond the Ohio, and still his quarters
in the fort were vacant, nor did he ever
again fill them. Known to be of rest
less disposition, it was surmsed that,
wearied Of his confined garrison life, he
had taken this opportunity to desert.
A day, or two afterward, the same bird
call from the same direction invited a
more trusty soldier to solicit permission
to go out and hunt. The report of rife
was heard anon in the direction he had
gone and his companions began to look
for his return, successful or otherwise
But he, too, came not, nor was he ever
seen alive. These disappearance were
accounted very singular, and parties were
sent out to search for the missing, in
vain. Before the excitement occasioned
thereby had subsided, a squad of recruits
to make good the places of men whose en-.
listments had expired, arrived from Penn
sylvania
Among them was one Lewis Wetzell,
a veteran Indian hunter, acquainted with
all the subtleties of Indian strategy, and
a boldness equalled only by his success.
Learning the recent mysterious occur
rences, he quietly remarked that he
could solve them if the like invitation to
hunt should happen and leave to do so be
given him. Fortunately he had not long
to wait for it, One foggy morning the
same sound echoed through the eastern
forest and Wetzell stole forth on his per-
ilous expedition. An hour passed on
sufficiently tedious to his intensely ex-
cited comrades in the fort and then the
sharp crack Of rifle broke the stiffness of
the woods.
"That's WetzePs gun !" exclaimed the
newcomers. We should know it among
a thousand" Shortly the long 1.-the
figure Of its owner stalked out of the
forestinto the clearing, and as it drew near
bloody scalp was seen dangling by its
single grey lock of hair from the muzzle
Of his rifle A rousing cheer welcomed
his return through the sallyport, and the
tale was told on this wise:
Ever suspicious of Indian deviltry, and
fertile in his inventions to meet it, he
went out believing that the ominous bird
call issued from a wary biped without
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
Grave Humbug.

Some time ago, as gentleman was
quietly passing along one of the streets of
Boston, his attention was attracted to a
woman just opposite, who appeared to be
in great distress. He stopped and in
quired what troubled her so much. She
replied in piteous tone, "My hus-
band is dead, and | have no money to
bury him." The gentleman hesitated
but she repeated her story. If you do
not believe me, come and see." He fol-
lowed her into the house, and there, sure
enough, her husband was lying in the
coffin ready for burial. The gentlemen
pitying her distress, removed his gloves
and gave her money sufficient to bury
her husband, bade her good-morning and
departed. He had gone but few steps
when he missed his gloves, and on return
ing for them, entered without ceremony,
and found the supposed dead man quietly
sitting up in his coffin, counting the money
he had given the woman a few min
utes before. lis took his gloves and re-
marked to the man that he need not
trouble himself to count the money, as
it was all right, and departed wiser
man.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08

Dfa~ A young native Of the Sandwich
Islands while in our country, was spend
ing the evening in company where an
lnfdel lawyer tried to puzzle him
with difficult questions. At length the
native said, 81 am poor heather boy
1t is not strange that my blunders in Eng
lish should amuse you. But soon there
will be larger meeting than this. We
shall all be there. They will ask us one
question, namely, Do you love the Lord
Jesus Christ? Now, sir, think | can
say yes. What will you say, sirY-
When he had stopped, all present were
silent. At length the lawyer said, " that
as the evening was far gone, they had
better conclude it with prayer" and pro-
posed that the youth should pray. lie
did SO and as he poured out his heart to
God, the lawyer could not conceal his
feelings. Tears started from his eyes,
and he sobbed aloud. All present wept,
too; and when they separated, the words,
" What will you say, sir 2" followed the
lawyer home, and did not leave him till
he was brought to the Saviour"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
For The Bloomfield Times.
oU r D Us.


Our days pass by with frequent change
Some bright, some dark and gloomy,
few we give to making friends,
And more to making money.
A few are happy, joyous days,
But these are much too rare,
When we in childish, trusting faith
Build castles in the air.
And there are days to mem'ry dear,
Though cast with shadows o'er,
When we retire within ourselves,
And softly shut the door.
A lock of hair some faded lines
From friends no longer here,
viii often change to thoughtful days,
Our pleasant days of cheer.
And there are days--ohl listen not,
Sweet spirits up above
When passions rankle in our breasts,
And not drop of love.
When all our steps are downward turned,
And sinful all our ways;
And these we call, and we'll we may,
Our dark and evil days.
Sometimes we have our blessed days.
The sweetest of all given,
The days of love and peace and joy,
Ruled o'cr by Holy Heaven.
o, may our future days like those,
By Heavily love be blest,
Until ON yonder golden shore,
We find our day of rest.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08

BD~ A young sport, gifted with melo-
dious voice became acquainted with IL
lovely female in a country town, and the
evening following sse introduction wen
to her residence where his voice was
aired in serenading the house, for the lady
chanceG to be absent. He sang until he
was hoarse patiently awaiting the looked
for face at the window. Disheartened,
he went home, but returned the next and
renewed the serenade commencing with
the song, "'Tis Years Since Last We
Met He had just uttered these words
when window was raised and gruff
voice shouted, q" Hold on, young man; |
think there's some mistake. 1t isn't long
since last we met" for you were here
last night. "Now git, and the old man
fastened the sercnader's departure
by shower of old boots and crockery.
The young man has not since attempted
to utter his musical notes in that neigh
borhood.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08

and was uttered to bring some unsuspect-
ing victim within reach of his deadly
tomahawk.
A repetition of it having enabled him
to fix more definitely its direction and
distance he slung his gun over his shoul-
der and climbed a tall pine, which gave
a view of the ledge of rock from which
the sound seemed to proceed. Shortly,
from between the branches of his lofty
perch, he espied the gray scalp-lock of an
old Indian warrior, esconced behind u
large rock, over which he was cautiously
peering to watch the result of his craft.
Instantly covering the mark with his un-
erring rife Wetzel drew trigger, when
the head dropped behind the rock and
disappeared. He had obtained too sure
an aim to distrust the success of his bull
let, and waiting only few minutes to as
certain whether the enemy were single or
not, he descended and taking circuit SO
as to bring him above the rock, got an
observation into kind of cavern behind
it, where lay the wild turkey witha per-
forated brain. fastening down he Sc
cured the rife and other weapons of his
foe, and found attached to his belt, the
seal ps of the two missing hunters, to
which he Immediately added that of their
murderer and returned to the fort.
Wetzel's subsequent exploits along the
border rank him with Daniel Boone in
daring and success. The Indians con-
sidered him invulnerable, and from his
ability to load his gun on the run thought
the great Spirit had endowed him with an
ever ready weapon. They stood in great
fear of him and were never able to harm
him, for he died at an old age in his bed.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08
Bey- Habits are forming like mason

bGy" Habits are forming like masonry
Every thought seems small, as every
brick seems small. And yet, I notice.
in the building that is going up behind
my dwelling, that, small, as bricks are,
one by one being set in mortar day by
day, and man by man, the wall thickens,
and rises, and solidifies. and the huge
structure is piled up at last.
Now, mans life is made up of little
thoughts, any one Of which is not much,
but the multitude of which are like
bricks in the hands of the builder, The
walls ofyour character are going up day by
day. And you are bnilding, not alone
for time, but for eternity.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-08

Dag" A tall, long-legged Yankee from
up the country, distinguished by a little
head perched on cranes neck, accoutred
with swallow-tailed coat and pantaloons
that refused to be coaxed down to his
ankles, boots shining with tallow, and hat
that scorned over half inch of brim,
stalked into city hotel to get what he
called a fancy dinner" Being seated
at the table, and asked by servant what
he would have:
Wall, l swan, l didn't know" said
he, casting his eyes down the long array
of fricaddeaux, cotelettes, ragouts, alto
gether, 4" kickshaws' on the bill of fare
which confounded him with their variety
while despared of graphing with them
all, " what would you take squire, if you
were in my place? l can't eat all if
never was to have another meal of vittles
from now till the snow flies"
Wouldn't you like some soup?" said
the waiter.
"Wall. squire you're bout right, I
reckon bring on your soup, and then III
pitch into your billed vittles. You tax
all the same they say, and its hard choos-
in, so I'll jist try one plato Mrough
the lOt-I wW IF / bust!