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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15
COMMISSIONERS A L

lDERsUANT 10 q decree Of the ChAnoeYJ
Court OF IsBaquena County, Mississippi,
rendered at the NOVem Der Term, 1883, there
OF In u certain cause therein pending, where
IN Stephen Duncan was con plainant and
'Zachery I. Davis OF. al. were defendants,
and numbered 20 on It's cAlandor OF said
Court, the undersigned substituted ~ TOM
missioner, will sell for cash at the door OF
no COurt-hOu.e IN said county, st TAllulA.
on Monday, the 10Th day OF october, 1870
within the hours prescribed by law, certain
real estate In said county. aud described on
said decree as follows;
All that plantation and lands Of the late
Fielding Davis, deceased. and known as
" Dunbartop,' - in IssaquenA county, Aissi,-
.sippl, containing by estim tti0n l0i2 acres
more or less, and described rs follows;
Part Of lot no. 4 sec. 10, containing 10 and
3l-lO0 ores; part OF west half OF northwest
Quarter, and west half Of south west quarter
II section I, containing go and 1870 acFes,
III In Township 0 range : west bounded on
on the river bank 3 chains, east Of the
township line, iron thence rnnping North
East So s. Is '30th chains, 70 tho middle
oil q ditch, thence leaving tho ditch running
North East 5 degrees Is 2b.l00 chains, thence
northeast 16s o. chains 10 the intersection
II the Northern line Of Section Z.
Also. Sections 5 and 6, Township Q, Range
aol- Woshi hl1u 'SetAVhT % nhu oot anu tBN
Wcs' half Of Section 30. n the South hail
Of section 81, Township 10, ltsnge 3, West.
Also, the Wet halfof section ], Township
Q, Range o, West.
Also, south East quarter and East half
Of North East quarter o. Section II; aud lot
8. Section 10, Township 10 Rangr o, West,
Terns Of sale Casa on delivery OF the
decd
THOS. W. HAYS,
Commissiontr
August q, 1870. Wits.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15
OF MISsIssIPPI,l
Warren County.

A. 4. Kellogg, survivor, &C., Of Kellogg 81
Brown, VS..
Ia. +. Cook, Admir- do 6SnIs non Of Estatei
Of A. Gamble, deceased ct al.
Chaucery Court Warren county. at Rules
This 18th day Of September, A. d., 1870.
TTPON opening tho papers In this cause
and Il appearing 10 The satisfaction Of
tue Court from the affidavit OF E. J. McGArr,
Com ainant's sol citor that the defendants,
John NJ. Gamble, william g. Gamble, ID.
lilOrd Gamble, and Andrew j. Gamble,
heirs at law Of Andrew Gamble, deceased,
are nOn.residents Of the State OF Mississippi,
and beyOni the ordinary process Of this
'C0u't, and that their places Of Tesidt nee and
post flee are at Saint Louis, In the state OF
Missouri; his is there orc h make known 70
Ith" said John N. Gamble, William @. tam
|ble, ID. Clifford Gamble, ami Andrew J.
Gamble that unless they be aud appear at
a Chancery Court TO DO ned In and Tor said
at ih1 ouTt House thereof, at Rules,
before the Clerk OF said C0ur on the 9TH
Monday Of October, A. ID. 1910, then and
Ithere ~ plead, answer or demur to the said
with the allegati MS thereof will be taken
for confessed, and this cause proceeded with
the same as II said defendants were person
|AllY present, In Court.
Itis fur her ordered that Q copy Of this
order be published once q week for four con-
h~ecutive weeks in the vicksburg Weekly
Herald, a newspaper published 10 the state
Mississippi. ami that q copy OF said publ
DO transmitted to each Ofsaid defend.
ANTS by mail, postage prepaid. 10 Saint Louis,
Missouri, their place Of residence and post.
office as Aforesaid designated.
Done before me-, Clerk Of said Court at
Rules, 81 my ONCE In the city Of v~lcksburg,
this lith day OF september, A. ID 1870.
A. u. ARTHUR Clerk.
E. J. McGARR, Comp'ts Sol. sepl5-W4w.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

FRoM the Richmond papers Of
the 9Th inst, we learn that the loss
Iof properly Occasioned by the late
food in Virginia, will probably
amount to twenty-five millions Of
dollars. No accurate account Of
the number Of lives lost has vel
been obtained, but reports all
along the streams affected are
startling, the fatality being greater
than was first expected. We clip
the following from the Wing:
The loss of life has far exceeded
our first expectations. In numer-
GUS instances whole families
we're borne off by the food and
drowned. In the humane efforts
made to relieve those who were
surrounded by the waters and una
BILE to help themselves, much he
roism was displayed, and in not o
few instances the most valuable
lives were lost in these noble at.
tempts at rescue.
Assistance for the sufferers has
already been extended by many
|of the Northern cities.
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GRANT Y cox.

A rupture is imminent between
the President and the Secretary of
.the Interior. The latter has re
fused to conduct his department
as a mere party machine, prefer.
ring to I'LL all vacancies by com
|petitive examinations, and gener.
ally endeavoring to carry out
some much needed reforms. Mr..
Cox was probably aware that the
clerical force in Washington is
d~isgraced by many men who are
unworthy OF trust or belief; men
who have made more by exacting
unlawful fees, taking brides, and.
the like, than by their salaries. In.
some departments it was next to
impossible to get any case exam
lined without "soaping'' the sub.
|ordinates. Grant promised a re.
form in these matters. The Gov.
eminent was to be conducted as a
national, and not as a party ma.
But alas for ambition,
and the desire for a re-nomlna-
ton; his good intentions and
fair promises have given way be.
these and the pressure Of po-
influences. But Cox stood
He refused to have the
taxed two per cent. on their
salaries for party uses. The
clerks were free to give, but no
man was made to feel that the re-
Itention of his position depended
upon the sacrifice for sacrifice it
lie to the most of them, whose sal
"%es do not average 800 d
9 ~..zlthat, too, 10 one of the
ian ernf txgS cities in the Union.
think tina sSed, does not
This. Fur
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

.thermOre the President sustains
the practice, invented and encour-
aged by the Republican party, Of
sending clerks home to vote that
ticket. A rule prevails that an sb-
SenCe Of thirty days only in the
year lie allowed each man. II
absent more than that, except
from sickness, his pay ceases.
Secretary Cox applies the
rule to clerks going home
10 vote. Grant regards the
trip as an official duty and he and
Cox are at issue on this point.
During the war the Administers
ton sent home soldiers, clerks and
all other employees at important
elections, the Quartermaster's De.
partment furnishing transportation
free and charging it to the ex.
penses Of the war. It was done
as a war measure to silence what
was believed to be a dangerous fire
lin the rear. But it was unlawful
nevertheless. The party is har-
dened to just such improper and
censurable practices.
The resignation Of Secretary
Cox is likely to follow his dis
agreement with the President. He
is out Of place in the Republican
party, where square honesty is at
a discount and sterling integrity is
not appreciated.--[New York Star.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15
WEEKLY HERALD
THURSDAY. OCT. IS, 1870
LExrnarOE, VI, Oct. l2., 80.

LExHGEOH, Va, Oct. L., Z A. NJ,
via MILLsBORO, Va, Oct. a.
Symptoms Of an unfortunate char
acter have manifested themselves
In the disease Of General Robert
3. Lee within the past two days,
His condition Is not very en-.
cOuragiDg. Indeed It begins to ex.
cite the grave apprehension Of bis
friends and physicians. The mem.
berS Of his family at q distance
have been summoned TO his bed.
LEXINGTON, Va, 10 a. m, OctO.
Der l2.-Gen. Robert Z. Lee, th,
christian gentleman and the hero o
q hundred battles, breathed his las
at 80 minutes past 9 O'Clock thiI
morning Of congestion of the brain
Age, 50 years 8 months and 2;
days.
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So. Louis correspondence.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9th, 1870.
DEAR HERALD

DEAR HERALD:
"Veni, Uidi"'-and 1 hope few
more days will find me again
among you. Not but that l can
find amusement here; as soon as|
| can transact the matters Of bust
ness which partly claim my atten.
ton here, and which the engross-
ment of Fair week prevented, Il
shall with pleasure seek even the
rigorous and confined labors of
the Sdnctum, because it will bring
me again to that little "chip of the
old block" that charming RtHe
fragile GLADDEN." and its mamma.
1empus Dget, said the phlloso-
pher; but in spite Of travel in
pleasant compallopship; in spite
of kind attentioR& of fairs and
theatres, ~promenades and drives,
visits and sightseeing and the in
umeral ct cetcrdS of a trip of this
character to such a city as this,
and at such an eventful time, time
has not flown with me, for 1t seems
that weeks, yea, months were fed,
instead oflittle more than one week
since l caught the shecning of the
setting sun as it fell aslant across
the "battle SCARED hills Of Vicks.
burg. Perhaps this remorseless
crowding of SO many events into
so short a time, perhaps natural
safety, q kind Of bldSe, (accent
the final "e") or, perhaps, that
mamma and the baby" have
caused me to feel somewhat wear.
isome and to welcome the home
summons. This occasion, as grand
and successful as it has been, is
but the similitude of so many, al.
most all others that have been and
those those that are to be: Expec
tation gives them a halo of love
illness that, in my experience, re-
alization never sanctions; otis
distance lends enchantment to the
view"
Below we give a table Of RECEIPTS
at the gate Tor 1869 and 1870.
These figures are official, with the
exception of those of yesterday,
Saturday which are an approx.
nation only:
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

Inc amounts received on the
Sunday previous and the Sunday
after the Fair are not counted at
all as yet, so that the total receipts
for 1870 will probably foot up
nearly $4,000.
From this it will be seen that
my rough estimates of previous
dates, based upon what it seems
were wild and exaggerated ru-
mors have greatly overshot the
mark. Perhaps, had | not been
infected with the same spirit of
undue enthusiasm, l should have
hesitated more before adopting
such estimates Of receipts, But
the attendance at the Fair has
been extraordinarily large. How
many visitors have been in the
city during its progress l cannot
say, but the estimates range about
200, 900 and even to 100000, thus
probably doubling the city's resi-.
dent population of $4,000. ST.
Louis is, to day, the fourth city in
the Union, and combines within
herself the elements of wondrous
greatness but as the grand ERtro-
pot of the West part of the North
West, and of the South she en-
Joys advantages that ensure her
a career of u~nexampled growth and
prosperity, to doubt which would
be to deny the palpable evidences
already seen. But TO go back to!
the Fair again. l do not, after all,
think the mechanical, agricultural
or artistical department of this
exhibition surpassed, If they equal
Ped, the New Orleans Fairs.
The racing as far as / have seen,
and been able to decide from the
observation of others, has been
inferior and far inferior to that of
New Orleans. The course is a
magnificent one except it is but a
quarter course, and that will never
for a fair test of spee Bu',
the stock display in eveti
has been very fine. The hnooua
embrace 50 acres and arg lat3
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15
STATE OF MTssIssIPPI,l =,
Warren County. DO

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI "a
Warren County.
In Warren Circuit Court. to the November
Term. AID. 1870.
ROthsehlld q FriSbee, Plalnths)
George q Edwards, D~elendantO
|TMNHE Attachment issued herein &C tho
suit o plaintiR against defendants estate
for eSSS 90. having been duly levied upon GER
tain property Of said defendant, and the
defendant not being found, and II app airing
10 the Curt from affidavit hled, that said
defendant Is o non-resident Of the state Of
Mississippi, Andtthat tho ordinary proce 6 OF
|thisC 0uTIcanDot be served upon him, A1d that
|hls place Of residence and p0st0fice cannot
'be asceTtAlned upon iiligent enqutr. this 10
therefore TO nah known to sal 4 George q.
Edwards that unless he DO and appear be-
'0re the circuit Court Of Warren county a.
the next term thereof 70 be held at the court
House Of said county, In the city OF Vicks-
burg, on the 9TH Monday In November next,
on tue 6Fst day OF said term, and plead 10
said action Judgment hnAl will be entered
and the estate attached, sold.
IL 10 further ordered that this 0lder DO pub
llAhed tor four weeks successfully, Ht least
lnce In each week, 10 the VloksbuFR HeEald,A
newspaper published 10 Viokl burg.
witness ny hand and seal, this nd Sep
", Il. FURNIss. Clerk.
AiLLER 3 BlRoH1TF, Pl'ntns Atty.
sep24
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

The funniest thing we ever heard
is related Of disappointed carpet
bag o~fllce-seeker, who having failed
to ecure the benignant c~ondescen-
sions of His Excellency the Govern
Or in a tangible official form, made
up his mind to migrate. lie has
been engaged for weeks in making
bis arrangements for that important
event, but his departure hangs fire
on account of his inability to find a
purchaser for a fine bar of CASTLE
soap which comprises the sum total
of his personal effects. He is de-
termined, however, and swears that
30 soon as he can sell his soap he
intends to gil.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

WE regret to learn that on yes.
terday, aboutl2 o'clock M, a serious
accident occurred on the Vicksburg
and Meridian Railroad In which
Mr.. Henry White, the engineer
was killed outright and the fireman
so badly scalded as to render his re.
.covery almost impossible. The
particulars so far as we have been
able 10 ascertain are about as fol.
lows: The engine Georgia was
bringing the wreck Of the Saturn
which was injured by the
late accident at Chunkey into
this city, when between Hickory
and Newton, the engineer reversed
bic locomotive for the purpose Of
returning to the turn table at Lake
station, when by some unknown
cause the engine was thrown from
TIA track, involving the sad conse-
auenoes just related. It has been
The good fortune Of this road TO,
have escaped any serious accidents
for a long time until the recent al
fair ct Chunky, aud we certainly
hope that we may not soon be call
"a upon to chronicle another acei-
dent
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

DY VIRTUE ofthe prov siOns Of a decree
de rendered by the HUnOribl Chancery
Court Of 'ssaquena county, Mississippi, on
the .2l day oil August. A. d 1870, in q cSrtair
cause late pending in said Court, wherein
lGrren d Long wa complainant and W. Il.
McQuillen and Others were defendants. the
undersigned, appointed Comm ,siOner fol
Ihal plrpOse, VIII, on
Monday, the Oath day of Oct, 1870,
be ore the front door Of the Court House, at
lrHllula. IN l,saquenA county. within the
hours prescribed by law, offer for sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following de.
,crlbed lands and tonements in aid decree
mentioned, viz:
The wet hilf Of the southeast quarter Of
section number eighi the north halt o. the
east hql' OF the northwest quarter Of section
number seventeen, township number twelve
|Of range number six west, containing one
|hundr. d and twenty acres. more or less ana
the southwest quars r OF section number
township number twelve, range mum &.
Der six west, containing one hundred ami
sixty acres, more or less, all lying and being
n ~IssaquenR county, State OF Mississippi.
Title to said lands believed TO be unques-
%tionable. MICHAEL ]. JONES,
COmmissl iner.
Issaquena County, Sept. 10 1870 sep22
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AdmInistrator's Notice.

|VXTHEREAS Letters OF Administration
" on the estate OF Jerry Miller, declsol.
day Of August. 1870, by the Clerk Of the
|Chancery Court Of Warren county, Mlssis.
sippi,
Therefore, all persons having claim,
said estate are hereby requested q
the sane within the time prescribed
by law, or the same will be barred.
WILSON BELL, Administrator.
aug 90.'itwBt
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

In the Times sof yesterday,
is, as every = knows, the
negro Radical organ Of this coun-
BY, and by the grace Of carpet
Dagger, Hill, the beneficiary Of all
legal publications eminating from
the Chancery Court, there appear
ed q sage defence Of the course
adopted by that judicial function
Ary in prescribing this paper. We
read 1t and then wondered what
effect il could produCein this COM
munity, other than that of disgust
and loathing. When q Judge can
descend from the temple Of justice
to soil his ermine by participating
actively in q political contest,
when the Courts of the country are
run in the interests of partisan
schemes, when chancellors be-.
come gladiators in the political
arena, and the press, the mouth
piece OF freedom support them in|
such reasonable desertion of duty,
VIC think ii high time for anarchy
and ruin to claim its due and that
the boosted glories Of repub
licanism be trod under the feet
of the people whose liberties
are insulted and outraged by|
them. Chancellor Hill has out
lawed the HERALD, because for
sooth it defends the rights Of the
people against the mercenary in
vasions attempted against them
by a carpet bag element, of which,
the Times is the acknowledged or
gan. His decision affects US not
30 far as financial interest or per
sonal responsibility is concerned,
but it strikes at the liberty and
rights Of our people, and hence we
give it notice. We sound the
alarm from the watch tower of
freedom, and warn our citizens of
the danger incident to a Radical
administration. Judge Hill has
gone beyond the confines Of his
duty to crafty a mean, contemp1
tible spirit Of revenge, generated
In his heart by our article of the
oath nit, in which his name never
appeared, but as the "cap hts
him." he may wear it, and the
Times do all it can TO keep the
head Of its radical patron in
serene composure under the
weight it bears. Its sophomore
editor may defend to his hearts
content the bastard decisions OF
Judge Hill as he invades the
rights Of thecpeople and press,
and he is welcome to the gains
which his paper will make by ar.
raging itself in defence of such a
lagrant. violation Of law and
equity.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15


UNLESS a marked change can be
effected by the planters of the
country in the honesty Of theiI
employees, we fear that the issues
Of the present years agricultural
operations will be Of lamentable
character. Cotton is barely bring.
ing the cost Of its culture, and SC
great is its depreciation in the
market that laborers have dispair.
ed of realizing any net profits from
the sale Of their productions, and
are therefore actually abandoning
their own crops to save wages by
picking for Others. This is not the
worst feature which has been de-
veloped by the low price of cot
ton and the unusual stringency OF
the money market, among the la.
boring classes Of the country.
We have repeated accounts of lar
cenry, from our planters, who
represent that their hands are
nightly engaged in stealing
their seed cotton and carry.
ing it to the small country
stores, and some of them even
bringing it to this city where it is
sold by them for whatever they
can get. BY this means the mer-
chants and the planters ere both
delrauded Of their just dues, re-
sulting in a total destruction of
credit and confidence between sup
|plymen and producers, so essen
'tial to the welfare and develop.
ment of our agricultural interests.
But the burden of the evil results
consequent to such conduct will
eventually fall heaviest upon the
black men engaged in this nefari-
GUS practice. Merchants who have
advanced them supplies and who
are being defrauded of their pay
ments will assist them no more.
Planters who have farmed on
shares with them and are loosing
their interests in the crops by
theft, will not employ them in the
future, and thus with no credit to
operate upon, either commercial
ly or agriculturally, the fate of
these colored men who permit
their averice to control their judg-
ment will be lamentable indeed.
The relationships existing be-
tween supplymen, planters and la
borers, should become the subject
Of some Legislation by the Legis-
at its next session, and wei
would suggest as a remedy to the
complained Of, the enact
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15
IN VACATION.


~.
CO. Edwards.
A. Rales, before ne CtsFk o. The ChsnoorV
Court Of Warren county, Mississippi Sep
|TTPON opening tho papers in this oausa
and it appearing % the satilfaetion al
slhs Court, from the ahldavltOf !. Is. WHITE.
one Of the Solicitors for the complalnnnta.
thAt @. q. Edwards, the defendant herein. q
q nonresident Of The state Of MissiasinpL.
IaRd beyond the ordinary process d Is
Court, "a that the sama cannot be served
upon him this ls therefore 70 male knOWn
unto the said @. @. Edwards that unless be
be end appear before TIE Honorable ths
ChAnceFy Court Of Warren county, 10 be
holden 10 sad for said county ~ the CouFs
nouse thereof at Rules before the CLERK
Of said Court, on the eth Monday Of said
torn, then and there 10 plead, angWefOP de-
muir % the said oomplglnnnfs bill Of eom-
plant. the same with the allegations thereof
win DO taken for confessed and this cause
proceeded with the same - II the said de-
lendAnt was personally present 10 said
Court.
It IS further ordered that this oder ba
published In the vleksburg Weekly Herald,
d newspaper published IN said Stata, once
D Week Tor four successive weeks.
Done before me, Clerk Of the ChancaFY
tiourt, At Rules, At nv once In the ortyIf
VloksburR, this aist day Of September, AID
i6J0. A. II. ARTHUR, Gle K,
WHIrR 3 FARIsH, Solicitors for complies.
Beu41- WaW
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GUARDIAN SALE.

DURsUAhT n a decree OF the Chanoery
Court Tor he 18th dist let Of the state
VI Mississippi, slit 'ng for the county Of War.
rem, rendered thereon, on the Sth day ofJuly
1870, the undersigned, Guardian for the
minor heirs Of James HaninR, decease ,,
will sell 1t the door Of the court House Of
said county, In the city Of Vicksburg. on
Saturday, 18th day of November,
1870,
the following Real Estate In said county,
IT, wit; The north west \ Of section 80. town.
ship 10, range I east, cOntding 10 acres, the
property OF aid heirs and the neirs of Robert
Haning, deco sed.
Terms OF sale cash on delivery Of the deed
AMERlCUs HANING,
ocI-wtds Guardian.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15
Administrator Notice.

VWTHEREAs Letters Of Administration
on the estate OF Mary A. Hall, de-.
ceased, were granted 10 the undersigned on
the l2th day Of septem Dor, 1870, by the Clerk
Of the LhRncery Court OF Warren county,
Mississippi. All persons having claims
exhibit the same within the time prescribed
by law, or the same will be barrel.
p. II. COOK,
sepl3.w6w Administrator.