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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

The sparrows introduced into
Northern cities have not only sue
ceeded in relieving the shade trees
of worms, but also have to some
extent abatcd the mosquito nui-
sance. Would it not be q good
idea 10 introduce them into the
cotton growing sections of this
country They are said to null
tiply very rapidly, and might, in
the course of time, prove an ef-
ficient aid in protecting crops
from the ravages of the cotton
worm. We believe that one hun
dred dollars was the small amount
invested two or three years ago,
by public spirited Philadelphian,
in the importation of sparrows,
and already the public squares
and parks are almost entirely freed
from the worm nuisance. If the
planters throughout the South
would initiate this example, even q
partial success would amply repay
the outlay. The experiment is
wen worth trying, # only because
! al others have ended IN failures. =.
NeH Orleans Times
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20
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dran AaaFina SLAB. aiaa A1# HA
lfalae, eha deIesa brew taH sH
af lndiaat1 previous H4NNEIz.INN 81
knowing thaz suleezz tInal Il
% GMa# ail i1ao i#sus NE&
aaHaa aanafu = anan e cIFaaAN'a
MT, Wills ttgzU y ne 40 re- $50
prIiciHie that ssdelaFs aFl deas1
aTail finger. toae mgEa time ed a#
nUnoF.
Intuz1nn1 q mot1EEE HHo 14II
inR, iAnaaFInz and dying from iAe aft
come dreaded and dreadful.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20
DEATH Is At TIE DOOR.


In all these complains the s. stem evident
~ shows want Of red blgous aH4
Churchill, In bis work on nlsease
males, says; "nearing IN mind fhAl fa
blood is remarkably dehc.cnt In red MrI.s.
Giles, and the kuown property Of iron % COR
rect this condition, theory suggotu e ~ tNa
most 10 be relied on. the beato of which "a lae
llTate." citrate Of iron enters iarf - into
the composition Of English koAal1 lIlIeIas
combined with powertu vegslabie lQniea 4k
rare qualities.
Among the mountains Of Ionngssea ana
the piney woods Of Mississippi, l4 iaund
certaia hard and hinty rot which hes haaa
In svertt use by some Old midwives IoF nn1N
yoafs, Possessing mhhia powers b fa4nIrIs
ing and restoring al females su1trinE witt
any Affection Of the w0nb. This root ahaRe
obtained, gave Il iair tost In our pfartIr1.
aud Il is now one Of the principle lhEfaais
ents In thrso = tteig. Other powerful nfus
rioe and general tOuies so enter in9a Its
composition. We also add Lepfan1ra 81
Black root sufficient 10 act uron the liver
and keep the bowels open.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

The negroes in the neighbor.
hood of Yazoo City assembled an
armed force of fifty or sixty last
week, to wreak vengeance on q
white man named Horde, but they
were dispersed by the whites with
out active hostilitles.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

4AA G@8A4H = HA4AAs
There are not many weeks tC
elapse before the time Of holding
this Fair will be here.
The Importance Of these Fairs
to our mechanical, agricultural
and industrial interests prompts
US to ask il the necessary and
proper efforts are being made to
ensure a success this season.
The people must not think Of
these exhibitions as merely mat.
ters Of speculation and for indi-
vidual profit. They are not pri-
vate undertakings, but are under
taken by members Of a community
for public good and to develope
public resources, as well as to create
an interest in the several indus
trial occupations of the county
and State, and in this way lead to
results that, while they do de.
velope public resour Ces, will also
benefit the fortune Of each indi-
vidual composing the public.
Let the understanding be gen.
eral and definite that these Fairs
are for the common good Of all,
and that all, being thus interested,
it becomes each ones duty, as Il
should be a pleasure, to do some.
thing-to assist, by their contribu-
ton, to make a fine and large dis.
play at the time Of exhibition
The success Of q Fair depends
very much on the quantity and
variety ..of articles on exhibition
Competition in the various classes
is the very "cream' of the thing
"the more the merrier" is the
idea.
We hope and expect to see {
fine display this Fall. The dis
play last October, was highly
gratifying and creditable. Tha'
Fair was a success. Let us re
solve to surpass our efforts Of las
year, and let US do it. We cal
upon the farmers wives 10 pre-
pare for exhibition something
and rs much from their house
keeping, dairy, or other depart
ments as possible. And from tn,
ladies generally we shall expec
liberal displays of their handi
work. We shall expect our farm
ers and stock raisers, our mechan
les and artists, and from Others
evidences Of their thrift, labor
skill and taste.
The officers Of the society ar,
doing and will continue to dt
everything in their power to max
the occasion one of pleasure an,
profit.
Let one and all, then, lend
helping hand. We make this ar
peal on behalf Of the public gener
ally, and also on behalf of the Sc
ciety.
Let the coming gathering be sue
that it will not only make on
County Fair a grand success, bu
that it shall make these occasion
eagerly longed for and re
markable epoch in our public his
tory. Any information regarding
the Fair may be obtained of VIM
A. Fairchild, Esq, of this city
from whom programmes and pre-
MUM lists may be had.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20
ONE HUNDRED DAELARs.

That one tablospo5ninl Of Eua4f.a
Female ul1eeFl contains a niuea
leinal properties aa one bottle 81 anY s. Is
pleasantly taa I'd c0mmon adFnflIaft I.IE|
ot the dayi The medical profession q
eide the Question. Be Il unaafAlo1a
English Female Bitters is net HSFE
but ls powerful Iron ano Yeeafah
eombineds curing long ttandinE ooI1a
male complaints IN eyefF ai4fQH
Put up IN large hotties n s. 50
af SIX bottles for q q. ana aH
giso and merchants eFefg gWHeE4|
J.Ps wNgOnaGaUH
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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20
BELGIUM PREPARING.
The Army On q Full war R0atIma
Everything for DefUmcss


The military authorities are TAX.
ing the most energetic steps TO
protect the neutrality of the coun-
try. The army has been put on q
full war footing, all the reserves
having been called up. Every
hour men from all parts may be
seen toiling along the hot and
dusty roads to their respective de-
pots, and all those who have been
sent to their homes after their GUS
tomary periods Of drill have been
recalled. In addition to the citi-
zen army Of gardes civiques and
volunteers, Belgium has now one
hundred thousand men under
arms. They are divided into two
corps, the first being commanded
by Lieutenant. General Berrens,
with Colonel Brielmont as Major
General. The first corps will guard
the new and extensive fertilization
lines Of Antwerp, and there are al
ready 10000 men on this duty.
Both officers and men are vigor-
ously working night and day to
place the defences in perfect con-
dition. The second corps is placed
under the general command Of
Lieutenant General Baron Chazel,
and comprises two divisions-one
under the command OF Compile de
Flandre (brother of the King }, and
the other under General Sapin.
These divisions will guard the
French and Prussian frontiers.
The Comte dc Flandre will estab-
lish his general quarters at Louvain
and General Chazel at Liege. The
troops will leave Brussels to-mor
row. The garde civiques will
do duty at the garrisons Of Brus-
sells, Malines, Client, Bruges, etc.
These civic soldiers are already
under arms, The duty is heavy.
In one small office, near where
write these lines, five young men
are called from their desks. Mill.
tary duty is also heavy in the adj.
joining country of Holland.
A gentleman who has just re,
turned from there tells me that the
poor men who had just completed
their usual three years service
and should have been disbanded
and sent to their several homes on
Saturday, were suddenly recalled
while at the railway station in an,
ticipation Of a joyful reunion
They were sadly chopfallen, bur
dutifully retraced their steps tC
headquarters. The various via
ducts and bridges on the frontier
Of France and Prussia have beer
undermined, and on Friday even
ing orders were telegraphed to the
several officers in charge to blow
them up on the approach of any
armed forces on either side. One
unfortunate sub. officer, in the alb
sence of his principal, misunder-
stood his instructions, and at once
blew up the bridge near Blandain
station, the frontier of France on
the Calais, Lille and Brussels rail-
way. The damage has been TEN.
porarily repaired,- Brussels Cor
respondence of the London Times.
The Vicksburg Herald of last
week makes a sly bit at US on ac-
count OF what he, the editor of the
Herald, no doubt conceives to be
an error, but is not. We meant
exactly what the article stated /;
!. e., that the pistol was nine and
a haD feet in length, leaving the
reader to infer that the panther
was merely common Colts re-
volver with a 6 inch barrel; so
you see, friend Herald, that there
was no mistake on our part
Carrollton Conservative. C
"Jes' so-jes' so!'
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

The Yazoo Banner, of the 18th
contains the account of the burial
of Judge George B. Wilkinson at
that place, on Sunday, August
7th.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

JAMRs Clark and Oswald Yerger,
both coiored, had anite en- exciting
shooting match On Main street,
Wednesday e9ar wound i Il.
go le9 ela1k nHhnEz
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20
FRENCH GUNS BEST.

The Figaro says physician just
returned from the front reports
that even the Prussians acknowl-
edge the superiority Of the French
guns. Nearly all the French sol-
diers are wounded in the legs and
feet, while in the battle Of Woerth
the loss of the Prussians in killed
and mortally wounded was i'm.
mense, owing to the longer range
Of the chassepots. These facts
make a strong impression on the
soldiers.
A Paris dispatch says The
French War Department has posi-
tive information Of three-quarters
of q million Prussians between
Cologne and Rastadt moving
down. This is probable.
The Landwehr and first levy, if
even one-third or one-fourth this
force, is near Rastadt. An over
whelming force is advancing on
the French right.
There is no information of Won
Steinmetz's whereabouts.
Palikao has organized four new
cerps d'armice, and two are on the
march to Bazaine. When all are
up, 10000 fresh troops will be
added to the French army, making
itover 100000 strong.
Paris is on a war footing. Every
gun on the sixteen forts forming
a Gordon about the city is mount.
ed, and the garrison numbers forty
thousand.
Bazaine has three corps, said to
aggregate one hundred and seven.
" thousand, with Prince Frederic
Carl with two hundred thousand
in his front.
MacMahon, who holds the
French right at Nancy, has what is
left of his own corps and Failly's,
amounting to about fifty thousand,
with forty thousand reserves ad-
vancing TO swell his numbers, and
has the Crown Prince, with 10000
in his front and between his right
flank and Strasbourg. The Prus-
sian cavalry is in clouds along the
line advancing southwest from
Woerth.
The Express says, from a letter
before it, and other information,
that the Government OF Washing
ton, and even the French Legation,
anticipate that the French people
will force a proclamation of a Re.
public.
N. Galliardet telegraphs from
Paris on that subject, that there
the situation is much the same
that there is less tumult and more
resolution, and also that there is
serious though not threatening ag.
itation at Marseilles, Toulouse and
Lyons.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

senberg 5000 men checked $4,000
Germans, with twenty guns, for
four hours, the former losing T.
600 men, while the enemy lost TO-
900. They also assert that Nc
Mahon at FrescheWeiler had only
10000 men, against 10000 Ger
mans yet the French only yielded
when 10000 more Germans we're
hurled upon them.
The Prussian armies are report
ed penetrating France in three
great divisions, by way ofForbach
or Metz, by Weissenburg, and by
Mulhouse. They evidently intend
to cross the. .VOsges and make for
Nancy.
The first thing the Prussians did
was to cut the telegraph lines and
the railway between Strasbourg
and st. Auverne. st. Auverne is
the key of the Vosges, and If the
Prusslans are really there, as there
seems to be no doubt, the eastern
railway Of France is thrown wide
open, and Saarbruck is, of course,
abandoned.
DEsPARING BRAVERY OF GEN. DoUAY.
The Moniteur gives the follow
ing account Of the death of Gen.
Douay at the battle ofW eissenburg:
The General was from the begin
ming in the thickest of the fight.
When he saw that the day was lost,
after he had done all that he could
to retrieve it, and not even q bat
talon was left him, he called his
aids one by one, gave them orders
and sent them away. As soon as
the last one was gone, the General
spurring his horse, rode some dis
tance to the front, dismounted, and
taking pistol from his holster
shot the animal. Then turning
around he slowly walked towards
the enemy; his soldiers vainly
tried to stop him. Amid terrible
firing he deliberately walked on.
The retreating soldiers, aroused by
the spectacle, turned again upon
the enemy, but fell in heaps around
their General, who still pressed for
ward. Another tremendous dis.
charge from the enemy, and Dou.
ay, almost alone, fell dead.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

The following is published for
the information of those who are
interested:
VICKsBURF, August 8, 1870.
Hon. IL. MUsGROvE, jackson:
Dear Sir: Please instruct me as
to the meaning of "Capital employ
ed in Merchandise" To illustrate,
suppose A is a Merchant, and has a
stock on hand Of five thousand dol
lars, one thousand of which he has
paid cash for, and four thousand of
which he has bought on a credit.
Is his capital invested one thousand
or five thousand9
Respectfully submitted,
E. w. FoLKEs,
Assessor of Warren Go.
AUDITOR's OFFICE, }
JACKSON, MISS,
August 10, 1870.
Respectfully returned.
The party is liable for the $1,000,
being amount Of Capital invested.
II. MUsGRovE.
Auditor.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

They are far superior 10 any known eOmbl.
nation OF Medicines IN Constipated or
Sluggis Bowels, and should always be
taken in conneetion with Edward Wilder's
other preparations.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-10
TarYopa Uabil.tY,

With its gloomy attendants, low splrlts, de-
preston, involuntary emissions, loss OF semen
spermatorrheA, loss of power, dizzy head, loss o.
memory and threatened impotence and imbecility,
and a sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeo
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strike at once at the root of the matter, tone up
the system, arrest the discharges and imPart
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man They have cured thousands of oases.-
Price IS per package of five boxes and vial o:
powder worth s., which is very important in
obstinate or old oases, 81 per single box.
Sold by all druggists, and sent by mail on receipt
of price. Address all letters, Humphrey
Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., b62 Broad
way, New York Ijulyl.Iy.
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Made of Poor Rum, whisky, Proof Spirits. and
Refuse Liquors, dOctored, spi~ed, and sueetenep
to please the taste, called ..Tonics "Appetizers,
"kestorerr," &c, that lead the tiPpIer on iii
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m sde from the native Roots and Herbs Of Csc
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are the GREAT BLOOD and LIFE
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and Invigorstor of the System, carrying of all
poisonous matter, and restoring the blood to q
healthy condition. No person can take these
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unwell.
800 will he given for an incurable case. pro-
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poisons or other means, and the vital organs
wasted beyond the point Of repair.
For lnfammatory and Chronic Rheumatism,
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PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking in
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In Bilious, Remittent, and Intermittent Few
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Hard times in California are creating Q
bitter feeling against the Chinese, and evil
conse iaences are feared In San Francisco
riot may be precipitated at any moment.
loung men are sometimes heard to say,
The only way to get rid of these Cinnamon
is to kill them. and for one am ready to
take hand at it any time" The old Viqi-
lance Commi days would not equal IN
horror single hour of the murderous work
Of q California mob agsinst these poor
wre,ches. and it is to be hoped the fear OF
which We hear NAV be unfounded.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-10

ARGUS JOB oEFICE.-So fstteriug has been
the public ap preciation of the character of work
produced in the Argus Job Office, and so liberal
has been the patronage bestowed by q discrim-
mating public, that We deem il only necessary to
advert TO the fact that our facilities are IN
squaled for doing any and all kinds # Jot
Printng-from a delicate visiting carl to large
poster. Theatre managers, travelling showmen
railroad agents, hotel keepers, steamboat agents,
and ell those who have job printing to do, will
find ii to their interest to send US their orders
which shall receive prompt attention.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-10
Dailp ARGUS.

IT is with feelings of the most lively sor.
row that We note . revolution in Mexico.
We have repeatedly warned the citizens Of
that Interesting republic, that if they did not
stop cutting one another's throat, it would
lead to trouble in the empire, and even
strike at the very foundation of the kingdom.
But they have just gone straight ahead
each man bisecting the thrapple of his dear.
est friend, or macersting the pate of his
mother, or twisting off the limbs of his
harmless aunt, or pocketing the eyes o.
somebody's father, without ever stopping to
think that these things are likely to lead to
crime, which, under their statutes, is its o WI
punishment. And now all this carelessness
has eliminated in revolution and the
materisl Development of the state is retarded
because every man has to stop stealing
leaving the hand rusting in the pocket, as it
were-and go and be general and get
hanged. This is nice state of affairs for
a sister republic. Why, confound it, one
might as we'll be bounded on the west BY a
Methodist revival, so far as getting any sleep
is concerned -San Eraacisro Neps Letter.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-10

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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-10

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