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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

Tho War Situation-The End Approaches.
The old story of political interference, that
so wearied the patience Of peace-loving patriots
during the rebellion in the South and so vexed
the spirit Of McClellan's army, is repeated in
France Gambetta at Tours undertakes to d.
rect the movements of De Paladines in front,
and the result is disaster Orleans is evacu-
ated, the left wing of that brave army that
marched to the relief of Paris is thrown back
upon itself aud takes refuge in Blois. The
fight is said TO have been severe one, and 1t
must have been, or the Army of the Loire,
urged to desperate resistance by the scared
politicians at Tours, would never have fallen
back half the distance between Orleans and
the temporary capital, thus permitting the
enemy, as it were, to advance so much nearer
the spot that the presence Of the French poll
ticians makes sacred. The defeat ia disas-
trous, for it overturns all the hopes of relief
raised in Paris by the temporary success of
De Paladines' army. The brilliant sorties
made by Ducrot were worthy supports of the
valiant advance made by De Palladines, and
showed plainly enough that the two were in
accord and ia s2mmanisatiou. Now that De
Paladines has failed it is not likely that any
sorties, however desperate, can be successful
Indeed, it appears from the dispatches this
morning that the positions gained by those
sorties are already slipping from the grasp Of
the Frenchmen. The Prussians are fighting
looooro+aJy and with thair uuual s,,ccoou IN
drive the beleaguered enemy back into his
narrow compass again. The end approaches.
The disaster Of De Paladines may bring the
heart even Of the never-despondent Gambetta
to despair, and the nation that has hoped so
long against hope and fought 80 long against
unconquerable foes may soon consent to
| peace.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

GENERAL MANTEUFFELs occupation of Rouen,
Of which we have the bare announcement, will
take all persons by surprise. The city is not
only strongly fortified, but contained q suf-
fciently large force Of National Guards to have
successfully defended it. In military point
of view its occupation cannot affect the gene
raj situation; but that it should have fallen
without a struggle for Its possession is what
.ausl be xerarded 90 strange
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

IT 1s STATED that the Hudson River Rail-
road Company has increased its passenger fare
twenty-five per cent, in view Of the early
closing Of navigation on the Hudson This is
too strong an instance Of a soulless corpora
tons tyranny. Passengers ought to have
some rights that railroads are bound to respect
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

MAYOR KALBFLErscH is locking out, like a
very watchdog of the Treasury, for the money
interests of Brooklyn. He vetoes nearly every
thing in the Common Council that has sus-
picion Of useless appropriation about it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

THE NEW COURT HOUSE has certainly
served its purpose. 1t has made nearly
every political contractor in the city fat,
and might very well be finished, like dried
orange that has no more juice in it. But it
seems the Commissioners have discovered
claims enough outstanding against the old
Board Of Supervisors to swallow up six hun
dred thousand dollars more.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

THE CASE OF Dr. EVANS still vexcs the pub
dc ear. The more the mystery Of his Chatham
street den is stirred up the fouler it appears.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

THE ERIE RAILROAD has another war On
its hands in Jersey. This time the Hsboken
people are trying to compel it to take up its
rails in the swamp lands back of that ambitious
village, and, of course, Erie ressts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

DOES THIS MEAN REVOLUTION Al
bany Journal, republican organ, urges the
republicans elected to the next Legislature to
attempt to obstruct the organization of the
House by ilibustering and other means. Does
this mean revolution? Time will show.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

A SHoEMAKERs' STRIKE is imminent in this
city, and the heather Chinee may be down
upon us Dirtail and all at any moment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

We HAVE Report FROM LYONS of de-
cided victory gained by the forces of Garibaldi
over General Won Werder's troops. The
scene Of the engagement is located near
Autun, village in the department Of Sa6ne-
et-Loire. 1t is remarkable fact that every
last victory gained by the GaribaldiaDs is some
miles nearer to Lyons than the preceding one.
Perhaps this arises from Garibaldi's drawing
the enemy on, !" but 1t seems to us more like
the case Of the man who kept his antagonist
down by inserting his nose between his teeth.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

TIE MAssINa OF TIKI FRENCH AT CRETEn,
small town covered by the guns Of Fort
Charenton, indicates that Trochu intends to
make the next sortie from Paris a direct
attack upon the Fontainsbleau road. Creteil,
like Champigny, is on the left bank of the
Marine, but on the opposite side Of the PENN
sula formed by the deep curve Of the river.
General Vinoy is said to have actually pierced
the German lines at Choisy-le-Roi, near this
point, but he was compelled to retire be-
cause of the inability Of Ducrot to advance
beyond Champigny. 1t is, therefore, pro-
bable that the recent sorties have discovered
the weakness of the Prussian investing line
here, and as it is on the direct road for the
objective point Of the Paris garrison we are
likely to hear of fierce struggle. between the
Seine and Marne rivers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

WILL IT END IN sMoKE?-lt, will be
interesting to traders and consumers to
learn that the National Tobacco Association
of the United States will meet in Richmond
to-day (Tuesday). 1t is announced that the
affair will end in splendid ball, given by the
Richmond tobacco merchants. Others think
that it will very naturally wind up in s'smOke
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06
Earl GrauviIIe,s Reply 70 Prince Gert-
chnk00,s Last Note.

Enri GranviIIe's Reply 10 Prince Gort-
chakoG,s Last Note.
The reply OF the British Secretary for
Foreign Affairs to Prince Gortchakoff's last
note on the Eastern or Black Sea question
has been anxiously looked for, because upon
the tenor Of that, it was expected, would hang
the prospect Of peace or war. The text OF
this important document has been forwarded
to us by special telegram, and Is published to-
day in another part of the paper. The answer
of Lord Granville is clear and concise, and
devoid of that circumlocution characteristic of
diplomatic language generally. 1t has the
stamp Of statesm anship, and shows that Lord
Granville may be classed with the school OF
great modern statesmen to which Cavour
belonged and Bismarck and Won Beust
belong.
The main point Of this answer to the Rus
sian note Is that the British government
accepts the invitation which was made to Rus
sia by other Powers for the assembling OF
conference, but with the understanding that
this conference shall be convoked without the
expression Of any foregone conclusions as to
the result of its labors. In such case the Bri-
fish Secretary says her Majesty's government
will be glad to consider with perfect fairness
and with complete respect any proposals which
o great friendly Power like Russia may make.
Earl Granville takes care to say, however.
that he does not admit the assumption of
Prince Gertchakof, that the Treaty of Paris
of 1856 had been violated, or that there was
any ground for assuming it would be, by Aus
tria possessing the Danubian Principalities
To all appearances, then, there is prospect
Of European conference, with some hope
that the present difficulty relative to the East
ern question may be bridged over. Still,
the question is not decided. Russia
may at the eleventh hour, if she desires war
or thinks she can gain by war, refuse to
accept q conference without an understanding
chat her claim will be admitted. There Ia
possibility, too that the Powers In con-
ference might not agree Great Britain is not
committed to yield to the demand of Russia,
nor is Russia to accept conditions that may
be offered But the action of both just now
seems to favor peace. The proposed con-
ference may lead also to congress Of the
European Powers, when other questions than
that of the East may be settled May we not
hope such an assemblage would do something
to end the frightful and destructive war in
France and to curb the overbearing ambition
of Prussia2 The great neutral Powers have
only to say in the language Of General Grant,
stT,et ia have neace /" and the war betwee
France aud Prussia will be closed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

wALLACK'S THEATRE. Broadway ana 18th street,
TOE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
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I r Up l. E S II f f L
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY,S HERALD.

New York. Tuesday, December 6, 1870.
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shortest method of disposng of this Stree
zone" would be to extend ''the flag" over it
from sea to sea and down, say to Yucatan.
Nothing has been done, and nothing
appears to be doing on those Alabama claims.
The Message, however, asks Congress to
authorize commission to make out the bill Of
actual cash damages for our ships plundszsd
and destroyed by Ango-rebel cruisers, to be
held over the head Of John Bull In reopen
ing negotiations upon the subject the admin
istration is disposed to await the convenience
Of England, and in hope Of "a conclusion con-
sistent with the honor and dignity Of both
nations" Secondly, ''the course pursued by
Canadian authorities toward the fishermen Of
the United States during the past season has
not been marked by friendly feeling" and
the Message enters very fully and earnestly
into the championship of our fisnermen's
rights. Thirdly, in our British relations,
"a like unfriendly disposition has been
manifested on the part of Canada in the main
tenance Of the claim of the right to exclude
the citizens Of the United States from the navi-
| cation of the st. Lawrence" This becomes
a weighty matter when 1t is considered that
this great river is ''the natural outlet to the
ocean for eight States, with population o.
about II, 600, 900 Inhabitants and with ton
mage upon the tributary great lakes Of 66l,S67
toas. The President discusses this great ques-
| ton with remarkable force and In tone which
is very suggestive. He hopes that England will
not support the unfriendly assumptions Of the
! New Dominion in relation to ita fisheries on
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-06

NEW YORK sTApT THEATRE, a5 Bowery.-GRAsl
GERMAN OPERA-W iLDsuuUTz.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

WHIrrEMoRE cOMING BACk.-
Governor Scott, of South Carroll.
M, has at last issued q call for an
election In the first district Of that
State to, fll the vacancy in Con
gress Oecasioned by the expulsion.
Of Whittemore. AS yet but one
candidate 10 announced, and that
10 Whitsemore himself, who has
been very busy in canvassing the
district. As matters now look he
will be reelected, though some OF
the soesaoo favor onv % thSlr o$n
number, and may possibly nom.
mate a negro preacher whom they
have in view. Whittemore says
in his speeches that, II elected, the
House will not deny him admis.
sion WhiIo Butlen or Tenneasee, is
retained n his seat
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

said aot vet sou must eat more
dirt. aud the bear eat more dirt
and said, snow let ne in. But
The foxes said, not yet you
haven't eaten yet enough. The
bear then began to eat dirt raven
ously until his abdomen swelled
out like 3 Digger Indians, and
said. ..now les me in" But the
foxes said wait q while longer, you
must become penitent and learn
to bear and forbear. The bear
was now In q most miserable
plight, be was nearly starved to
death, and was covered with
wounds and sores from the crown
Of his head to the sOles Of his
feet, and thousands Of hungry,
lue,beliied flies, taking advantage
OF his defenceless condition, had
settled upon him, and were feed
ing upon his sores and fattening
on his poverty; and every time
the bear attempted to shake oil
these flies, the foxes said that he
was still rebeilious, and was trying
to get away, ami took OCCASION ~
tighten his cords and to persecute
him. They tod him that he must
not disturb the flies, but must love
them and let them eat. And the
bear let the flies alone and let
them eat, and said, "now let me
H." But the foxes said, wait a
little longer, VIC are afraid if we
let YOU in, you won't stay in, but
will rebc! again and leave US and
get back 70 your old practice Of
paw sucking; you must give US
guarantees 70. your good beAa.
vior.' And so tue foxes kept
putting OIL and tantaIizing the poor
bear, and he Is outside of the cave
to this day, and If he complains
the foxes make fun and call him
OLD SORE HEAD.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

BRUNSWICK AID VIcKsBrRG RAIL.
RoAD.-We learn from the Eufau.
Il Nsws that At the meeting Of the
Directors Of this road at Eufaula
on Saturday last, 7th inst, a con.
tract was closed with Messrs.
Bradley, Pappot x Co., for the
buildipg and equipping the entire
line Of the BrunsWick and Vicks-
burg road vest Of Enfaula, from
Eufaula to Meridian, Miss. The
News says the contractors arc
generally Of undoubted response.
Bility snd large experience in rail
road building It also says lthc
contrast 3 on the most favorable
terms foFthe road.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21


AK. ~ ARTAUR, Esq., mas been
appointed ChancSry Clerk OF War
rem county. De. Arthur is one Of
YicksbuFgs oldest citizens, and in
the better Days 0f Mississippi filed
various posts Of honor. He is an
old Line Wing, Of the incorrigible
kind, andsnpported his friend, Gen.
Alcorn, IN the last canvass. Nj.
Arthur "a q gentleman Of fine attain
mentI, and being familiar with the
business Of the county for the last
forty years, VIII, We think, prove
more efficient and satisfactory than
almost any other man that could be
apPointed.-[M Meridian Gazette.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

VIZ referred yesterday to the dis
charge OF William alias "Shang'
Mclaughlin, from custody on a
writ Of habeas corpus before
Judge slmrall; his fleeing into
LOuiliana; being pursued and
oVertaken; refusal Of the negro
magistrate Of DeSOtO to incarce.
rate him his return to this city In
officer Ninnie's charge and his lib.
Grafton. Strict surveillance was
kept over his movements and tele.
graphic communication entered in.
to with the authorities OF Calves.
ton, Texas. Late Wednesday even
ing he was observed to leave the
city and take the Jackson road ;
detectives were dispatched at once
to Overtake lin, but being shrewd
enough TO leave the public high.
way, he avoided arrest. Nothing
was heard OF him until yesterday
evening, which was under the fol.
lowing circumstances: Acting City
Marshall, Harper, having reason
10 believe that Mclaughlin would
touch the V~icksburg and Meridian
road at some point, took the even.
Ing train yesterday, and when
reaching Big Black bridge, who
should flag tic train and get aboard
but the veritable Mac. Mr.. Har-
per at once placed him in custody,
and upon meeting the returning
train transferred the prisoner to it.
This had no sooner been done than
Mclaughlin jumped from off it
and fed into the woods; but only
TO be brought back TO the city. The
following is a DESCRIPTION of the
man as taken from a printed hand
bill. about 2G years of age 8 feet
s inches high weighs 40 pounds ;
compactIy built hair black and In
clined to curl ; smooth face; small
grey eyes, very piercing.
The case was presented. TO Judge
Lease, Of the Probate Court, upon
q writ Of habeas corpus, last night,
but it having been shown that the
had no jurisdiction in the
matter, from the fact that the law
directs said writs to 10 issued by
Judges Of Probate Courts, and be
made returnable to Judges Of Cir.
cult Courts, or OF Errors and APP
Judge Lease declined hear.
ing the case, aud the prisoner was
taken charge Of by the City Marshal.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

terest viii, no doubt swell the az
gregate beyond the level at which
Il stood q month ago. This, how
ever, Is one Of the subordinate
features of the debt statement. The
great points are, first, hat We have
so handsome q surplus, aud have
bought so large an aggregate OF
bonds for the sinking fund, that we
can diminish the burdens Of our
people by RENTING taxation aud,
secondly, that the Treasury opera.
tons are being so managed IS to
improve the public credit, and thus
buttress the foundations OF our
national strength aud prosperity.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21
nsw sac PsspIs Sc 1hs inertia
are MnmAnRaeA.

Il is an old adago and very true
one, that he who wants TO know
the news must 90 from home to
hnd Il. The following, which we
copy from 8 Cincinnati paper, Is In
point:
John jeffrey together with
Yazoo Belle, az whose death In
Vicksburg, e. the hand OF . black
man, we made mention yesterday,
was q Cincinnatian, having several
relatives heres he was we'll known
here, and much respected. HIS
father was murdered here twenty
years go by one joins HoTny
Now, what will oar cOGsmpOrary
think whoa weinfoFm hlm,that our
friend, Mr.. jeffrey issdaiiy walking
our streets. attending e thg i'm
provement and extension Of his
gas works, and q more AstOuishSd
ct his own murder than any man
in vicksburg; and the YazOO Belle,
which We suppose to be the steam
er Of that name-for we know no
ether YazOo Belle-which was MUIR
dered with Mr.. jeffrey, is making
lts regular trips, and thatneltheF
have been murdered BY a black man
Or any other man. Our old friend,
Mr.. jeffrey, Is % much respected
here as be vas IN Cincinnati, and
We are happy to assure his friends
that be ls in 40 more danger than
In Cincinnati and we have a notion.
70 send hin u in . few weeks, IN
person, to satisfy them that he Is
sim in the land Of the living, and
70 prove to the whole Of the guilt
Bic people Of the upper country,
that Ne horrible stories Of the muir
asrs n Is south are all intended
ioE political eject; and we only
wonder thst ths sensible and re-
asetng pOrtina Il the community
can De ao.olten gallea by the same
stereobypad eEo
III. Je1Eey enjoys "a reading Of
his own murder, = W8H e the
murder Of Dis father = ona 1ohn
Horn, Is that pappF has il-n he.
il one Of the jolllss1 e~leveEess men
y hnrg-Vhilst We -
80 enlny his ccmpany
mlaf hla muE q
haaf and We bslIaEe i win uke
Sd ons John HORN 70 lin
81 ~. 10 nin the fnest
hsslth anahMa most vigorous con-
iluHan.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

OuR dispatches Of yesterday, re-
ports the State Of New York as
having gone 5000 Democratic.
This election was for Judges Of the
Supreme Court, aud those who are
elected, @ge to hold their seats for
the term Of fourteen years-almost
half a generation, and will deter.
mine all the legal rights and rene.
dies OF the State. They vii, also
determine the character Of jurispru-
dence for q time much longer than
that of their official terms ; for the
steady current of decisions for four
teen years is not to be at once re-
versed. The city has also a judicial
election, and for Alderman of the
city which has determined the
character of the City government
for years.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

South America, which gave birth
to the scientific hoax Of the decol.
lated criminal to whose trunk Il
friends head was affixed by mis-.
take, now sends us q v~eracious &C.
count Of a young gentleman, aged
Is, who, becoming tired of carry
ing two heads with which nature
mad favored him at birth, had one
of them 1.-THE least good.looking
probably successfully amputated
last month. He keeps the severed
member in spirits, and puts him
self in spirits by contemplating it.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

We neglected to mention In our
report OF Tuesday nights party at
Magnolia Grove, that the king
Pin" Of Jehu's, Mr.. Thompson,
drove US and fifteen others, out to
the Grove, and that the urbane,
hearty and whole-souled attentions
of the host Mr. Herman DEMO,
gave spirit aud pleasure to the en-
tertainment. The music was OF an
unusually good character, the prom.
enades upon the magnificent gal.
leries, superb, aud in fact it was the
cosiest, incest, and most enjoyable
affair Of the kind that it has been
our good fortune to witness.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

DISTINGUISHED LAYMEN
the distinguished lay delegates to
the General Methodist Conference,
We ssa the names Of Gov. Polk Of
Missouri, Gen. Colquitt- Of Geor-
gia, Darcy Paul Of Virginia,
and Hon. Milton Brown, of. Ten.
nessee.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

KosKoo.-This medicine 10 rapid
ly gaining the confidence Of the
people. and the numerous testimon-
lals of It's virtues, given BY prac-
titiouers Of medicine, leaves no
doubt that 1t Is q safe and reliable
remedy for impurity Of the blood,
Liver disease, &cs
The last Medical Journal contains
an article from Profit R. S. New.
ton, u. D., President Of the E Med
cal College, city of New York, that
speaks in high terms Of Its curative
properties, and gives especial re-
commentator Of KoskoO to the
practitioners Of medicine. This is,
we believe, the first instance where
snch medicines have been officially
endorsed by the Faculty Of any of
the medical colleges, and reflects
great credit upon the skill Of Dr..
its compounder, and
also puts "KoskoO" in the VAN Of
all others medicines Of the present
day. For sale Of Hsrdsway q Co.'S.