Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

SA1Na1f - U.s. ENVEAN Hbt NAAAAMA
for independence, he would not be
controlled BY his mere feelings
or sympathies, but would, in deal
ing with foreign powers, respect
treaties, and, as the Executive,
faithfully carry out the laws and
uphold and defend the C0nstitu-
ton.
Bingham's amendment authori-
yes the President to use good
offices in restoring peace between
the Cubans and S%paniards. 1t is
thought this will prevail as a com
promise.
MEMPHIS, June 15.-A tornado
of rain and hail swept over a large
portion Of Arkansas and MIssis-
sippi on Friday, commencing near
Council Bend and crossing the
river at Peters Landing and ex
tending into Bolivar county. Corn,
cotton and forests we're DESTROYED
for a width of two miles. The
crops in the track of the tornado
we're very promising.
PHILADELPHIA, June Ia
boat was capsized on the Schuyl-
kill. One man and two ladies
were drowned.
New York, June l5.-Passage
hence to points west of Chicago,
except to Sacramento and San
Francisco, have been reduced.
Freight between the Pacific and
Atlantic cities has been reduced
ten per cent.
NEw YORK, June lj.-Red
Cloud speaks tomorrow at Cooper
Institute.
The Quaker Commission prom
Use Red Cloud the seventeen
horses which Secretary Cox
refused.
BosTox, June lj.-Hon. Thomas
D. Elliott is dead.
Moses Wingate, OF Haverhill,
died to-day, aged one hundred
years and eight months.
KANSAS CRY, June lJ.-GeO.
D. Campbell, from Knoxville
Tenn, or Dalton, Ga. was killed
by IN unknown party and the
body placed on the track and run
over by u train.
SAN Francisco, June l5.-The
Republic has arrived frOm Hong
Kong May nth. She reports the
sevcrest earthquake in Japan since
1868. Several villages were de.
stroyed.
The Volcano on the Island Of
Nippon, quiet for q century, is il in
violent uruption.
The Captain of the bark Bene-
factress, report q Volcano at sea.
two hundred miles from Yoke
homa. Some portions of the Vol.
cano was visible above the sen
from the deck Of the vessel. The
sea seemed to be boiling.
OTTAWA, June l5.-Hon. A.
Campbell goes to England to lay
the whole Fenian business before
the Government.
PARIS, June IA meeting OF
members Of Left Centre party in
the Corpse Legislatitr called to
take action on the st. Gothard
Railroad. After an interchange
of views decided not to oppose
the construction, which is n joint
undertaking of Prussia, Baden,
Switzerland and Bavaria, but "
request the French Government
also to take an interest in the rail
way.
1t is reported on good authori-
ty that the Prenccss of Orleans
advances six hundred thousanl
francs to purchase the Calico Ro.
man Ampithcatre, recently Ills.
covered in Rue Mong in this city,
which the Government lad re-
fused 10 buy.
The journal Official contains
the following nominations: Wis.
count Gueronneirre, Ambassador
TO Constantinople; Count Ar.
mand, Ambassador to Lisbon; j.
Berthemc, Ambassador TO Brus.
sells; Provost Paradol, Ambassa-
dor at Washington; Bellcnet, Sec
rotary Of the Second Class at
Washington, and Denormid, Sec.
rotary Of the Third Class at Wash
ington.
LONDON, June lj.-Th0 Rev,
Thomas Luby, mathematician in
Trinity College, is dead.
LONDON, June IL In the House
Of Commons last night Gladstone
replying to the motion to revise
the bible said, the Government had
carefully considered the question
and thought 1t better to leave the
subject to ecclesiastical authorities.
The revision of the bible was OF
dubious utility, tedious and I'M
timely.
At length the motion was with
drawn, and soon after, the House
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, June l6.-HoUsE.
The New York and Boston mer.
chants petition for drawback on
cotton shipped to China after
June, 1868. Also a petition for q
uniform rate on tobacco.
The bill for putting coal on the
free list was reported by the Com.
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