Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19

Theinvostleatlon into che 90 ira
Of the Methodist Book Concern, Of
New YoFE, results "a q favorable
report.
Our choice for Secretary Of war.
DR.. Mary T. Walker, II is slated,
was robbed In the ne ghborhoOd Of
Bayou Sara, La, by hlghWaymen.
It Is said licenses to marry are
not granted drunkards In Waldech
Germany. There are myriads of
husbands scattered throughout the
world VINO would be delighted ii
this law was general aud they had
been life-lOug drunkards.
The New York sun (RldiCal)
says "the negro, having got his
Thirteenth, his Fourteen nth, aud bis
Fifteenth Amendments TO the
, Constitution, ought sOon TO disnp-
pear from the theatre Of Federal
politics as a star actor, aud hcrcai-
ter figure only ON the local boards
Of the Southern States"
A rolling mill in f, nnsylvania
has rolled out a finely poli-hed
sheet Of iron three feet long and
twenty inches wide, and weighing
but three aud a half ounces. II is
thinner than ordinary writing pa
per.
A hotel keeper at Munich &C.
knowledged that he had less trou'
BILE with one hundred Americans
than with ten FrenChmcn.
Statistics show that more than Il
per cent. OF the children born IL
Rome are illegitimate.
The Khedive Is coloriDg a nicer
schaum said to be worth, with dia
mond trimmings, $4,000
Professor johnson, of Yale COl
lcge, having recently examined six
teen different kinds Of fertiliz RS
some Of which are sold as high a
S65 a ton, finds that a very larg
proportion of them are worthless.
I A woman recently fell out of
ffth.story window IN Paris upo
l. the head Of a foot passenger. The
r both had a roll In tie mud, bu
n neither was badly injured.
a About half the currency ut Dcu
g yer is chinese coin.
In France there IL one Israelil
il to 240 Of the population; in Eni
Il land | to 1888 aud in Austria / 3
:, THEW Washington CorrespondeI
of the New York Herald, und,
date Of the 9Th says:
g "The Senate Judiciary Coz
II mittee held Il meeting this mornif
and took into consideration Il
:, cases orGeOrgia and Mississippi
The committee do not appear
Q be entirely satisfied in relation
that State. II seems, also, thai
20. spirit Of opposition is gaini
=. strength in the Senate agaiI
= Mr.. Revels. A vari .ty ofcharg
are circulating which If CORE
20 will probably prove an Obsta'
in the way of his admission to
seat. Were Mr.. Revels q vii
man, all that has been said abe
this man would permanently
=, stroy his chances. One Of
charges alleged against him is Il
he participated in u church bra
:. in st. Louis and was laid out
~ a tap on the pate with a bot
=. At LeavenwOrth, Kan. he is cha
.ho ed with embezz ling church fun
nd According to the allegations
.. peregrinations Of the Senator el
g. were mainly induced by his c,
a. duct. The Democrats at Il
=. talked of opposing the admiss
of Reyels, but since these new ia
20 have turned up they seem disp
ed TO see what will be done "
Tho this sable worthy. 1t is und
ain stood, however, that Senator vi
D a ers, of Maryland, is still detcrn
oso ed to object to the admission
nds up the grounds that Revels is
civ constltutionably eligible, to q {
With in the State. The objection
the Revels on account ofimmoralit.
tor not considered fatal for a SenG
nee Of the United States"
THE seats of Mr.. j. j. S
Democratic State Senator, cleo
INV from Hancock county, and \
, j. ii. Nicholson, Democratic IN