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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

A French paper prints the fol,
lowing The wife Of General X.
dying suddenly during his alb.
sencc, his family was greatly per.
picked to decide how the news
should he Conveyed to him. A
nephew undertood the task and
sought out the widower: "Gen.
eral, my aunt is very ill.," You
irighten me- "Yes, I fear we can
not save her" "You sly dog"
cried the bereaved husband, put.
ting his forefinger to his nose, "pn
bet that she's dead"
Some time ago q New York heir
css came in possession Of the pho.
tograph of ''the handsomest man
in Italy and fell in love with
him on the spot. And then she
began TO tease her parents to take
her 10 Rome, where the handsome
but worthless fellow lived. This
they finally did, and a marriage
was the result, the old folks agree.
ing to pay the bridegroom two
hundred thousand dollars and
give him full control of the brides
large fortune.
Appleton's Journal has a long
article narrating how Lady Mary
Wortley Montague came to this
country and travelled around along
with HOratio Seymour. The lady
who did this was the Honorable
Miss Murray, one of Victoria's
maids of honor, and o niece Of the
Duke Of Argyle. She was q great
botanical student, and used 70 as.
tonish American fashionables by
the extreme plainnesss of her
dress and habits.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

MAMAEO MANzECcHI, the dis.
tnguished composer, maestro and
professor Of music, died recently
in New York city. he came to
this county thirteen years ago and
established himself in New York
80 one Of the leading masters in
slnging. His pupils were very nu-
msrOus, and some Of them gained
the highest position. Among them
were Adelina Patti, Madame Cora
de WalhOrst, Laura Harris, Made
mOiselIc scOnsIa, Madame Her.
mann aud BignardE. He died in al
most an impoverished condition.
His pupils, many Of whom are now
IN uauent circumstances, can have
an opportunity Of exhibiting their
esteem and regard for their master
by aiding his destitute family.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

1t is said there is authority for
the statement that several Repub
lican members Of Congress have
declared that they would not have
voted for the Georgia bill had they
then known and understood the
facts in respect to Gov. Bullock,
as presented in the letter of An
gier, the State Auditor, read at the
Clerks desk Of the House. They
speak OF voting to repeal the law,
but that these declarations will be
adhered to is not probable. The
alleged Outrages in Georgia are
not verified by evidence, and it is
positively asserted that there has
not been a political murder in
Georgia since last spring, when
Buffers bill was before Congress,
and was then rejected under. the
cOunsels and influence of General
Grant, as mentioned by Butler
some days ago. As to the num-
her OI members of the Legislature
disqualified under the Fourteenth
Amendment, it has never been as
serted BY Bullock that over five
persons were thus incapacitated.
No proof has been filed to show
that any of them were disquaIi-
fed. Had such proof existed
Governor Bullock would doubt
less have filed it. The leading col
ored member is the Rev. II. NJ.
Turner, who was appointed by
Grant to be Postmaster at Macon
Georgia, and was subsequently
removed. 1t is alleged that he has
violated the laws in regard to the
United States currency. Many of
the members Of the Legislature
have resigned, and Georgians as
sert that most, if not all of the
Conservative members will resign,
so as to defeat a quorum. Ac.
counts from GeOfgia represent a
highly indignant and excited state
offeeling. The Hon. Joshua Hill,
a Republican and friend Of Gen.
eral Grant, is said to be specially
inccnsed at the course pursued in
regard to this matter by the Radi.
cal party in Congress.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

Animals of high organization
and With perfect eyes, have been
brOugh up from the depths of the
ocean by Gwyn Jeffreys, whose
interesting report has just been
made before the English Royal
Society, Not only does an album,
dance of animal life exist at the
lowest depths Of the ocean, but
there is a greater variety of vege.
tation at the bottom Of the sea
than there is upon what Is called
dry land. The varieties of ma.
rine vegetables are not only innu-
merable, but beautiful almost be.
yond description.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01
From the Grenada sentinel, Dec. 18th
PaTFIcide-A MA ms Threat Cut
whisky the Cause.

We hear of q horrible murder
committed near old jefferson
postoflce, in Carroll county, on
Thursday, the 10th inst. It seems
that o man named Burnside and his
son were visiting a neighbor, when
the young man drew q knife to cut
a dog belonging to the house.
The father demonstrated, when the
son turned upon his parent and cut
his throat from ear to ear. Mr..
Burnside died almost instantly.
The young man we learn, was un-
der the influence Of liquor when he
committed the horrible deed. AT.
ter the murder, the unnatural SOD
went home, and meeting his moth
or, announced his horrid crime by
telling her he had 'tkilled the old
fool" At last accounts be had
not been arrested. We also learn
that about q week previous to this,
o man whose name we could not
learn, killed his half brother near
the sameplace. He is also, yet at
large.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

NEsTER's COMBIKED CARPENTERS
Tool ToR WEATHER BOARDING. AxD
MAJOR 6. P. THEOBALD.-We con.
meet Major TheObald's name with
this recent invention because be
has accepted the agency Of the
same for Mississippi and Louisiana.
Knowing Major TheObald's indOmi-
table energy aud gO-ahead-it-ive-
ness Of character, as we'll as his
thorough business qualities, we
say the patentee has been singular.
~ fortunate in his choice. Every
carpenter will soon be given to un.
derstand they must have this use
ful invention. We refer parties to
Major TheObald for a sample o.
the tools.
One-fOurth Ofthe time at wealth
CT poarding IS saved.
It aispenses with the use of sep
aEate tools on the staging, where
they are always an annoyance Ia
the wOrkmeH. Il supplies a def
&ney long felt in expedlting the
labor ct weather boarding. 1t is
the Invention Of a practical archi.
tect and builder, who has labored
for twenty years to compile his in.
Yention.
II will save Its cost In .One week
ct weather boarding.
The combination constitutes q
carpeutsr's combined tool Of great
utility and conyeniencs ."-Lscien-
tffc American.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

MACK, Of tie Cincinnati In
quirer, claims 10 have invented the
business Of interviewing He
commenced with Alexander II.
Stephens about a year after the
close OF the war, and since then al-
mOst every prominent man in the
country has been interviewed"
A number Of gentlemen ia Ma
shua, n. H., engaged in fish culture,
have, as the result Of about two
years experiment, 100000 trout in
their ponds, covering about one aud
half acre, and they have Just
placed an immense number Of trout
eggs in the water to increase the
stock.
Calcraft, the London hangman,
has been retired Oh account of old
age. lie has hanged several hun
dred criminals.
Mrs. Amy Johnson asked $1,000
for her broken heart, aud a Chicago
jury assessed the damage 10 that
organ at SIS.
A cOlorcd gentleman in Texas
went intO a blacksmith's shop with
his coat tail full of powder. He
came out through the roof.
Work is proceeding at the Hoo.
sac Tunnel at the rate of more than
half mile a year. The tunnel will
be finished, 1t is said, in 1872.
A French author says: "When |
lost my wife every family with
which | was acquitted offered me
another ; but when | lost my horse
not ono of them offered TO make
him good.
The model Stale OF the Union,
financially considered, is Iowa. BY
the 18th OF next month she will he
out Of debt, and have a surplus of
half a million dollars in the State
Treasury.
In California, when a man quiet
ly rctires from a riOtous crowd,
they call 1t Pacific slope.
The champion" lazy man does
all his reading in autumn, because
the season turns the leaves.
There are $1,000 "~drummers"
from the North engaged in selling
goods in the Southern States.
Hinton Rowan Helper, ex-Aboli-
ZIONIST, expresses profound grief
and Indignation that he was voted
for for Clerk Of the North Carolina
House OF Representatives by por-
ton Of the unnatural pro.ncgrO
party"
In Wabash, Indiana, women who
bake biscuits ola Sunday are placed
under arrest.
A woman in Massachusetts, has
been sentenced 10 two months
Imprisonment for maltrcating her
husband.
Only three hundred divorces IN
Connecticut thus far, this year, aud
several small towns 10 be heard
from.
A young lady in Gender, TiOgs
county, New York, who has been
quite blind for sixteen years, an
effect of a severe fever when she
was thirteen years Old-waS sud-
denly restored 10 sight q few even.
ings ago. much TO her surprise and
qualification aud that Of her
frie nds.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

Francis Joseph returned in very
poor health from the inaugura-
ton ofthe Suez canal. Persons
familiar with the habits Of the
Emperor Of Austria assert that be
q much too fond 0 fRgoOd Tokay
wine, and they Intimate that His
Imperial Majesty Is frequently In
toxicated.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

HORACE go8BAN5 ESD
THIS gentleman has been, since
the first OF last September, the po-
litical editor Of our contemporary,
the Times. We believe he is a ma
tive Of Portland, Maine. He came
to this city from New Orleans,
where he had been for some time
News Editor" Of the Republican.
His services in this State were rem
dered at a very critical and impor-
tant period in her history. He rep
resented, in the late political con
test here, the Conservative Repub.
lican party, and was Of course a
strong advocate of the Dent par
~. During that spirited and cx-
citing canvass, the Times occupied
a conspicuous and influential pO-
sition before the people Of the
State. Its editorial, while being
remarkable for their vigOr and
strength, were yet couched in the
most dignifcd and elegant terms.
1t championed its party from a
conviction of right and truth, and
in not a single instance did it
stoOp 10 positions which would
tend to lessen its dignity. II
fought with u strong, free arm,
and flung its missiles with uner-
ring accuracy and telling effect.
There was a cOmpactncss and a
tersencss about its editorials which
rendered it specially attractive,
while they displayed a polish, fin
ish and a scholarly attainment sell
dom observable in political arti
Giles. Its positions were assumed
with sound judgment, rigid dis.
erection, and were maintained in u
manner to command the conf
dence and admiration OF all who
read them.
The canvass is over and the en-.
gagcmcnt Of Mr., Jordan has
ceased, and yesterday he LEFT our
city for his home in the North,
from there 10 30 to Gil other en-
gagements for which his talent as
u writer eminently qualify him. We
have parted from him with regret.
He is socially warm hearted and
generous, while being q most I'M
relcnting political opponent. We
have ever found him the elegant
gentleman +; the polished scholar !;
and one whose dignitied bearing
will in any place command the
confidence and friendship OF all
with whom he may he thrown.
He is almost a Southerner in
sentiment. There is none CT that
despiCable. %puritanical, sectional
hate IN his composition which
make so many Of his land OdiOus
to the people of the South. His
quiet, unprctending yet com
handing presence has been felt TO
a great extent in our midst. While
here he confined himself very
closely to his editorial duties aud
few we're enabled, as we're we, to
appreciate his true worth rs n
man and gentleman in the init.
mate intercourse Of true friend
ship.
He has gone and wherever he
may 60 we follow him with
our sincesest wishes for his pros
perity and welfare.
The readers Of the Times will
miss his strong and vigorous ideas
over which they we're wont TO
pour in delight each morning as
they slipped their coffee and en-
joyed their toast.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

TIIE Postmaster General has is.
sued an order requiring all post
masters in the United States to
take IN accurate account Of all
lranked or free postal matter dc
posted In their respective offices
for period of six months the
Number Of free letters and the
amount Of postage that would be
chErgeable thereon at the estab-
lished rates; and the weight OF
free matter other than letters, aud
the amount OfpOstage that would
be chargeable thereon. This re.
port Is TO be forwarded to the
Postmaster General, that an esi-
mate may be made of the amount
Of free mail matter transmitted in
that period oftime.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

his said hat Madame Anna
Bishop has sung In no lees than
nine different languages-English
French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish,
Danish, Russian, Bohemian and
German.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

MR. G. C. WEBER, Of Oxford,
Miss, will soon leave for Europe,
to bring a large number Of emf.
grants TO Lafayette county. He
already has Engagements for sew
enteen. The cost Of bringing
them will be about ninety dollars
each, Rny dollars advanced BY
the employer, the remainder Ia
be paid when the em;grant arrives.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

II will be remembered that sew.
eral months Since a man named
Allen shot and killed John Gun
nels near Raymond in Kinds
county. Allen was tried last
week and found not guilty and
discharged from custody.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

The Oxford Falcon says that
about 1000 white registered voters
in Lafayette county did not vote
ct the election. The Radicals
voted and hence carried the
county by seventy-Ave majority
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29

dingest tenement house or the single
scarlet iuschia which gives a cheerful,
pleasant air to the humblest cottage in
the suburbs of the mighty Babylon. Who
can properly estimate the good done to
body and mind by encouraging pure,
refining taste of this kind among the
classes which are beset by so many base,
degrading Influences, held in bitter
bondage Of misery and poverty, and sur
rounded by the dirt and gloom of such
quarters Of large cities? There is so
ciety in London which gives rewards and
directions with this end inwiew, and their
annual flower show is one of the most
hopeful, prettiest sights imaginable. They
are trying to substitute heslthful, natu-
raj interest for the artificial, hurtful
dissipations which have hitherto served
to aid the poor to forget, rather than to
endure, the evils of their dreary struggle
for existence That there is vast fund
ofinnocent enjoyment in window garden
ing is proved By the care which is lavished
upon delicate plants by overworked seam
stresses and laboring men whsse every
moment is precious. Even those dresrest
Of abodes, the alms-house and hospital,
are cheered, frightened and altered in
aspect by the verbenss, fuschiss, hello
tropes, roses and mignonette reared by
the inmates, and it is touching to see the
simple, genuine pleasure afforded by
them. "Pcciola" was not greater
source of interest and happiness to the
lcnely prisoner than these plants are to
the objectless, friendless, homeless old
meu and women congregated in various
asylums; and Boston is the first city in
America which has endesvored to do
something more for these miserable waits
than merely to satisfy their physical
wants, an association having been formed
there similar to those which have slready
accomplished SO much in London. tits
to be hoped that numbers of these socie-
ties will spring into existence in all our
large cities Louisville Courier Jour.
nat
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29

and it seemed that they had not much
left of the old, for they spent a great
quantity yearly by their continued-drink-
ingr'
Lane found it among the Virginians,
Hawkins among the FIoridiaus, and the
Spaniards among the Mexicans, "vhere
the natives took it, not only iu smoke at
the mouth, but also in snuff at the nose
nd it was such luxury with them that
tn lords of Mexico composed themselves
to .aleep with it" ITS NAME" says An
ders On, was probably given it by the
Span iards, before this time, from the
Isle of Tobago, one of the Carribbes,
where it was produced in abundance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29
Hindau Gardening.

There are many grand sights in Lon
don to which the attention of strangers
is called, from the tower to Tussauds
wax works but q very homely one, which
needs neither advertisements nor guides,
can be seen without giving the inevitable
shilling, which il the open sesame to all
pisces in England, and charms all eyes
that is the flowers in the windows, from
the gay brilliant masses of eolors that
glow under ;te striped awnings of Bel
eravis or Msy Fair, 10 Ks morning
glory" vines which sre carefully trained
over the window frames Of the dsllest,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29

"Mark Twain" in recent lecture in.
trodUced himself with thess words /:
"Lsdies and Gentlemen: The next lec-
ture of the season will be delivered by
Samuel L. Clemens, otherwise MARX
Twain" gentleman whose high eharac-
ter and unimpeschsble integrity are
oaly eQusled by his comeliness of per-
son and grace of manner And | am
the usn. You will excuse me for intro
ducing myself, for have just excused
the chairman from introducing me. l
know IT'S not the ordinary way, but the
fact is | never jet have found chairman
of lecture committee who was equal to
tbs task Of introducing me as l ought to
be introduced"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29
Publisher and Proprietor.

The Heir of A. HI. Lee. the opera
House Drawer. n wandering kugf.
tive an Missouri.
From the st. Joseph tMo) Union. Jan. 18th. ]
Over three years since the whole coun-
try was excited over grand lottery
scheme in which the Crosby Opera Hall
was the principal prize. 1t will be re-
membered that an honest, well to-do
farmer was announced as the lucky holder
of the ticket which drew the Opera
Heuse, and all the journals teemed with
voluminous descriptions Of his aDcestors,
present condition and future prospects.
This man Lee had son named Roger
s. Lee, who went to the mountains some
years ago, and was supposed to be dead.
OF late, however, his relations have re-
ceived several letters from him, post
marked "St Joseph, No." stating that
be was working with farmer some
where in the country. Those letters
have all been promptly answered, and,
what is strange, the answers have been
taken out of the postoffice in this city,
but the young ma, Lee still writes home,
complaining because his relatives dc
not reply TO his letters.
Mr.. V. Boisaubin is now at the Patee
House, and the object of his visit to St.
Joseph is to ferret out, If possible, this
man r ger s. Lee, and inform him that
his father is dead, aud that he is heir to
the bulk of his fortune. Mr.. B informs
us that he shrewdly suspects certain
slim youth of extracting Mr.. Lees let
ters from the postoffice; in fact, he has
no doubt of the fellow being guilty.
Were we allowed to "guess," we should
say that the same youth who writes
a6fectionate letters over the name of r,
S. Lee, receives the answers at the post
Office here. It looks decidedly like a
"putup" thing, though we may miss the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29
P R OP R TY
IN THE
Suburbs of Memphis.

avoq n,i
H#3 rs
ggia q
NTY PLACE. rOuR MALES eUr ON
Hernando road, containing twelve
and a half acres good lsnd. well Inn
proved; new house, Kitchen, SER
wants house, smOke-house, corn
crib, carriage-bouse, wagon shelter,
etc., all new; nne young orchard,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and grapes;
nne clover lot, grass lot, garden, etc.;
lwO splendid cisterns and a horse.
pond. VIII be sold on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29
Extracting Bullets from Wounds by
the Aid of Elecfriciiy-An ImpOr-
tant Invention.

! A writer in the last number of the
Gentleman's Magazine says: Curing
should be as important ss killing in the
arts of war; extracting your enemy's
bullets from your own flesh is the next
duty after putting your bullets into his
flesh. Now, bullet-probing is tiresome
and painful operation, one that ought to
be reduced to the perfection of simple
certainty. Sohumane philosophers have
thought; and they have done their best
to give their thinkings tangibility. But
we are bounded BY opr means and while
there were none known whereby lump
of buried lead could be- told from frsg-
ment of shattered bone, probing was
slow work. However, the next time
far be it-that Wholesale bullet extrac-
ton has to be performed it is to be ex-
peoted that the army surgeons labor will
be ightened by the hell that electricity
will afford; for two inventors have inde.
peudently proposed methods Of search
ing for and drawing out metallic missiles
from the wounds they have inf cted.
Both men told their ideas to the French
Institute at one and the same meeting
during the past month. NJ. Trouve
was one; be who made the electrical
Jewels that delighted fashionable Paris
for few months tvo years ago. His
new bullet probe is a double pointed
needle. each point being connected by a
wire with little electric battery and
bell, which rings whenever the two
needle points are united electrically; |
that is to ssy, whenever they both touch |
piece of metal. With this divining rod,
bulet-sesrching is a simple business.
The suspected part of the body is probed |
With it, and the instant the points toueh |
lead the bell announces the fact. The
bullet found, the worst half of the ex-
tractors task is over. This plan was
suggested by an Raglishman, 1 fancy,
some two years ago, but was not put to
trial till M Trouve made al instrument.
The other proposed is of more limited
application. M. Melsens is the author,
and he promises to draw fragments of
iron or steel from fssh wound by the
help of powerful magnets. he can do
nothing with lead, though, because it
does not follow the loadstone. Trouve's
Is the best idea. There is qusintness 10
The notion of bullet telegraphing its
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-29
The Hon. y. s. Cox Drawing an AN.
dfence that mayOr HALL would
have Drawn IL He COuI0.

nave .DfaWn ~ nc OOutvs
The Hon. Sunset Cox delivered a lee
ture last night in the Cooper Institute, in
aid of the New York Founding Aid Asso-
citation. The audience was largely Cath
olic. But few Spaniards and no Cubsus
were visible. Cox is lively little man,
with black hair, bald at the crown, and a
short black beard. he is something over
forty, and wears eye glasses as he reads
his manuscript. His oratory is very
good, and 10 that respect the reverse of
Mayor Halls. Nowhere is it mopst
onous. His style is animated. The
subject of his discourse was Spain,
against which be said the American peo-
ple were biased, owning to their past
sympathy with the freedom of the Seuth
American republics and the present
struggle for liberty in Cuba. We viewed
her also ss belittled from her former
grandeur. She was, however, on the
path of progress, and had experienced
marked changes within the last thirty
wears. a century ago she had but seven
millions OF inhabitants. She now has
eighteen miIlions. A few years ago. but
one person in forty could read. Now,
but one in fifteen can be found thes ig-
norant. The democratic spirit. be said
was fast obtaining sway, aud Prim, the
son Of q washerwoman, was recognized
as the foremost man of the country
Among those present were Fathers
Stars. Preston, O'Farrell, Mooney, Far
rel. Wilson, and McGlynn; the Hon.
John Fox, Mr.. Mullaly, Mr.. Cole, and
others. The lecture netted Sl562-N
y Snn