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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12
A disnatch received at Bath by the Messrs.

A dispatch received at Bath by the Messrs.
Patten, Thursday afternoon, from San Fran
cisco, announced the loss Of the ship Japan,
Capt. Emmons, on the 9th of August, of
Cape Horn, the vessel being totally destroyed
by fire. All were rescued by passing vessel
and arrived at San Francisco Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

An incendiary was detected in season to
prevent the burning of the three story brick
building on the corner of Mountfort and
Monument streets, Portland, owned by Tim
othy Looney, last Wednesday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

The repairs and remodelng of the Bidde-
ford Free Will Baptist Church. which have
for some time been in progress, have reached
completon and the ceremony of dedication
took place last Thursday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

The Times says that Messrs. Treat, Lang
Co., are busy making preparations at Bath,
for cooperage, and expect to be fully estab-
lshed in the business some time during the
coming winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

In connection with Col L, A. Smiths lee
ture on the Capture of Richmond and the
Surrender of Lees Army" the Portland
Press says ''Col. Smith is one of the most
Wig rous writer's in the State, and has pecu-
liar qualifications for writing about the late
war, in which he was an active participant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

The Chronicle says it is understood that the
Rev. Mr.. Marden who has so acceptably sup
piled the pulpit at the Congregational church
in Pennington village the past month, has
consented to remain with that society the en-
suing yoar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

The Press says the history of the 9TH Maine
Regiment is nearly completed. 1t will be
printed on beautifully tinted paper, and illus
trated with vignette of the late Chaplain,
Rev. John 4. Adams, and engravings of the
gallant charge of the regiment at Rappahan-
mock Station, and the 10Th of May in the Will
derness. 1t will be bound in green and gold.
The edition is limited to 500 copies
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

Willie vnal of Newcastle, while on his
way to school, on the 25th ult., fell on sharp
rock. and br oke both bones Of the forearm,
lust above his wrist
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

Union, are expanding $500 in repairing their
house of worship. The Rockland Free Press
says next year they will probably erect new
steeple. This church was organized in 1903,
and has had fourteen pastors. The present
pastor, Rev. Flavius V. Norcross, was settled
in 1860.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

Rev. d. b. Byther, the Universalist min
lister of Lowell and Fryeburg, has accepted a
call to the pastorate of the society in Pitts
field.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-12

The Palmyra town house is completed. The
Somerset Reporter says it contains two halls,
the upper ore being % by so feet and the
lower one 80 feet square, and is furnished
with settees, sixty in number. The work was
done by Messrs, Hanson. The cost of the
building was $1,000.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

The STRAsBURG CLocK.--The
astronomical clock Of the Stras-
burg Cathedral, mentioned in dis
patches as having escaped the
missiles Of the besiegers, is de-
scribcd as follows:
The astronomical clock, the
product of a German clockmaker,
in about the year 1850, is a mar
vel of ingenuity aud mechanical
skill, and has no counterpart. 1t
performs not only the ordinary
service of a clock, but exhibits
the days, and the months, and tie
years; the process Of the seasons /;
the signs of the zodiac, and the
names and the movements Of the
heavenly bodies. AT each quarter
hour an angel comes out and
strikes one stroke on a bell, at ey.
cry hour another angel comes
and strikes twice; and at II me-
ridian, a figure of Christ appears,
accompanied by the twelve apos.
ties, all of whom move around a
central point and pass in, out of
sight, by another door, the stroke
of twelve being given, and u cock
flaps his wings aud crows.
The clock is enormous in size,
like everything else connected
with the vast cathedral, and is in
visible from the outside street
the spectator passing through the
nave of the cathedral to see it. 1t
has suffered from fire and violence
before the present year, having
been out of repair and motionless
since the revolution of 1893, until
the year, 1912, when it was repaired
by q matchmaker of Bas Rhin, and
has been in operation since. 1t is to
be hoped that this ingenious
piece of mechanism has not been
irreparably injured by the present
bombardment. The loss of the
Strasburg library-a vast collec.
lection Of 500, 900 volumes, includ.
ing many collections of rare and
curious monkish parchments-is
total and irreparable. 1t can never
be replaced by any collection here.
after made. 1t was the slow result
of a thousand years, and its de.
struction by fire, caused by the
Prussian hot shot, is like the
burning of the Alexandrian libra.
ry in this, that of a great number
Of the works destroyed no dupli.
Gates can ever be obtained,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

FEMALES, old and young, who
have SO long been troubled with
some female complaint, should not
despair. Let US whisper words Of
comfort. You can be cured. You
can be snatChed from the monster
which has so long Frustrated aud
paralyzed your whole system. You
can regain your health, your beau
ty, your strength and buoyancy.
Take courage, despond not, DO
cheerful /; a remedy is at hand, pre-
pared by experienced physicians,
specially for just such diseases as
afllict you; and as the profession
are using and prescribing this
remedy with much success, we feel
proud in calling your attention TO
it. 1t comes highly recommended,
and we earnestly advise all suffer-
ing females to use this great female
medicine at once. We allude TO the
English Female Bitters," adver-
tised In another column. se23-lm
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

ST. LOUIS, MO.

nAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL. for
DYOung Ladies, will open It's Twenty
fourth annual session, September 10, 1870.
The building, situation and Oullt arc not
equal0d In the state. For TWO HUNDRED
pupils TWENTY able Professors and Lee.
turers are employed.
ONLY THIRTY BoARDERs will be 70.
eeiVed into tho family Of the Principal, and
on the FIRST FLOOR The d0rmitories are
heated and ventilated through registers.
and arc supplied with gas, baths, hot and
cold water.
THE DEPARTMENT. OF MUSIC.
In charge OF Pr0l. SoboleWaki, Meos.
Willhartis and Malmen, offers superior "a.
VantaEes.
For particulars pleAs9 address
L. N. B0NHAM, A. H.,
iyi2.WSm Principal
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08
THE MT. AUBURN
Young Ladies' Institute

AS q beautiful and convenient location
II upon the eminence from which Il takes
It's name.
lis cOur.e Of instruction runs through
three departments OF four years each. Pc.
who have already taken the ordinary Eng.
llsh studies. The best Of instruction Is givon
music, drawing and painting, modern
languages and other extras.
Apparatus Is furnished for every depart
ment. Libraries containing several thOu-
sand volumes Of standard books are always
accessible.
For catalogues or further information id.
dress III. WHITE, Treasurer,
No. lSS Race Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
sen3
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

BAD FOR MAJOR HARPER
HOurnOy, of the POntotoc Equal
Rights, hurls the following brick
bait at our old friend, Major Har-
per, of the Kinds County Gazette ;
Our particular contempt at pres
emit is the Prairie News, Okolona
Monitor, and Kinds County Ga
zette.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

Two men died suddenly in the
Central Police Station House,
Memphis, on the night Of the SOth
nit
One Was supposed, from papers
ound upon bis person, to be VIII
am Dryer, Of St. Louis county,
ssoari. The other gave his
ns nhon admitted, a. John
saaaII and stated ihal be was
cad 5 Mizslsaippian.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08
fFrom the Journal Of Applied Chemistry
LEATHER PAPER.

LEATHER PAPER.
One Of the most interesting and
peculiar productions Of paper is
that which is made to initiate
leather. The surface has every
appearance Of Q finished skin,
with extraordinary Grmness and
elasticity, and it can be subjected
to washing without any injury
from the water. These PECULIAR.
ties are not so much due to the
superiorluality ofthe material as
the mode Of manufacture, the sur
face remaining intact even when
the paper is very thick, while with
us paper of this kind soon loses
its iirmness, and the grain is i'm
paired.
japanese leather paper Is made
extensively at Flangawa, near
Yeddo. 1t is made in sheets of.
60 centimetres in length and ~
centimetres in width. The paper
out of which it is prepared is not
dissimilar to our packing paper,
and is made in Southern Japan,
near Nagasaki, and thence taken to
other provinces, where it is manu-,
featured into the different forms
for various uses. The leather pa
I per is made in the following man.
ner: 1t is damped and laid in
= pairs between two peculiarly pre-
pared forms, made Of paper also,
only more highly vanished than
Z ordinary leather paper. they have
Il very strong surface coating, but
c running only in one direction.
c Before putting the paper il
Z these forms, the sheets are stretch
I. cd n little in the direction of thciI
e width. II there are several sheet.
they are rolled on a cylindrical
o piece of wood, the grain of TIT
J. paper running in the opposite di
e r%cctiOn from this on a cloth t,
o keep them in shape and put into
form with 4 hole in the top larg,
Is enough To admit the end of tn
wooden cylinder. The roll Of pa
I" per is then subjected to q pressur
le of 200 or 300 pounds. After tn
le roll has been reduced to three
~ quarters Of its original length B.
n, this pressure, it is taken out {
III the press and turned, the fold
p hattened out and again pressed t
IS remove the deep marks.
u After passing the paper throug
10 rollers several times the uppt
le surface acquires the appearance {
= leather; it is then colored, ollie
We with a kind of rape oil, varnishc,
put once more in the press, whic
..s' completes it, with the exception
drying. BY means of parallel {
% cross lines on the rollers the upp,
H. surface Of the paper is made
resemble leather exactly in all /
Is varieties. The upper being pres
gu ed to one-third, or even to on
40 half its original thickness, and Il
e. passage through the rollers givir
III it a fine grained appearance, max,
it valuable to picture printers,
nc the surface has the appearance
crepe silk.
There is another variety Of Leaf
er paper, which is smooth al
transparent, resembling hog SIX
very much. This manufacture
by a process Of hammcring, al
is the highest priced, costing
cents per sheet, while the 9th
10 ranges from s TO ii cents, sol
- very fine ranging at 8 cents p
sheet.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08


The tenth section of article LIST
of the Constitution of the United
States, declares that no State
"shall emit bills of credit"
The Legislature of Mississippi
has provided that this State shall
issue Certificates ofindebtedness"
to the extent of 100000 The use
Of the terms certificates Of in.
debtedness'' was used to avoid
conflicting with this clause Of the
Constitution.
The State of Missouri made
the same attempt once and the
question was carried before the
Supreme Court Of the United
States, when that Court, (Chief
Justice Marshall delivering the
opinion) declared that these "cer-
tihcates of Indebtedness" were
"bills OF credit" and were there
fore issued in direct conflict with
the Constitution of the United
States.
What action will be had relative
to the issuance by the State ofMis
sissippi, we cannot say, but the
act is clearly unconstitutional an(
being void in law, should be SC
treated in facts.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

Lack Of modesty in dress Is in.
tOlerable in all places and on all Oc.
casions-but apart from this fact,
dressing ones self in a manner I'M
settled TO the occasion, or to the
place, is a mistake, which no wO.
man gifted with ordinary sense
should make.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

UNDER the head of "How o Pres
ident can take care at his Family"
the New York Sun tells this story :
"a vacancy occurring in the Reve-
nue. Offices in Schenck's district,
that gentleman went to Washing.
ton to consult about the selection.
Applying at the Treasury Depart
ment, he was informed that the
place had been filled by the express
direction of President Grant. Not
desiring to wait upon the President
himself, he caused a gentleman OF
high station and great influence to
90 to the White House in relation
to the business. This gentleman
earnestly represented to the Presi-
dent the necessity Of allowing Gen.
SChenck 70 control this appoint
ment. He said that the question
Of Gen. Schenck's reelection was
now pending /; that 1t would be a
disaster to the party and the adj
ministratiOn to have him defeated,
and that for every reason it was In
dispensable that the Objectionable
appointment should at once be re-
called, and the candidate whom
Gen. Schenck recommended putin
to the Office. The President listened
with his usual impassivenesS, and
after the visitor had concluded, he
said: 81 am very sorry for Gen.
schenck, but the appOintee is one
of my second cousins"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

Trailing a party dress through the
dirt Of public thoFoughfares would
DO no more ridiculous than is the
corsage which is worn on the street,
aud which exposes the chest 20 the
gaze Of every passer-by.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

Use OF VINE LEAvEs.-FrOm
experiments which | have made, l
find that on being dried, which
should be done in the shade, and
infused in a teapot, the leaves of
the vine make an excellent suhsti
tute for tea. l have also found
that, on being cut small, bruised
and put into a vat or MASKING
tub, and boiling water poured on
them in the same way as done
with malt, the prunings of the
vine producing liquor of a fine
vinous quality, which, on being
fermented, makes a very fine bev-
erage, either strong or weak as
you please; and, on being distill-
ed, produces an excellent spirit OF
the nature of brandy. In the
course OF my experiments, l found
that fermented liquor from the
prunings, particularly the tendrils,
when allowed to pass the vinous,
aud to run into the acetous fer
mentation makes u~ncommonly fine
vinegar.-Philosophical Magazine.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

The French style of entertain.
ments are to be adopted in New
York next winter, where the re-
freshments consist only Of cake
and coffee, and where the people 60
early and leave early.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

A Connecticut woman, over
eighty years of age, went to q den.
fist to have a set Of teeth repaired
and gave rs q reason for being
particular about the work, that,
though she did not expect to live
long, she desired to have her
corpse look a well Is possible.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

The Rev. John Weiss, of Boston,
the modern Nazareth out Of
which so many good things comes
delivered, ZONE time since, a Sc
ries of lectures on the subject Of
false and true praying. After de-
scribing the customes Of different
countries, particularly the praying
mill used by the inhabitants Of Thi-
bet, through which petitions to their
Deity were ingeniously ground out,
be proceeds:
1--WE smile at those attempts 10
get the better Of God, or to defend
ourselves against him, and perhaps
we subscribe TO funds for opening
the slant eyes of MOngols aud Tar
tars to the absurdilies of the ma.
chine-praying. But what OF the alb
surdity OF every minister WHO
stands up and gives to the Almighty
q fund OF unnecessary information,
or entrcats him to change events
governed by laws as absolute as ex-
istence? What II one congregation
prays devoutly for rain, and anoth-
err In q somewhat better walered
section as devoutly for fair wealth
err? Such contradictory uttcring
of the name of Allah would, il each
prayer could command its own ans
swer, introduce us to chaos much
sooner than leaving the sacred name
unspOken altogether"
The whole modern theory OF
prayer is vitiated by various sup
positions that Heaven needs to be
informed upon our domestic and
public matters, that a natural law
may be modified or suspended at
human entreaty ; that certain graces
may be had for the asking, and not
for the practicing. The most mis-
chievOus of these suppOsitions is
the one that the laws OF nature are
not irreversible, but he open TO IT.
ruptions OF ardent longing, so that
the Divine mind may be influenced
TO reconsider itself at the impOrtu-
nifty Of its creatures.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

LaNaa 70. Sew uuelua q
BEmAgHu8a AND wECKaBUwGs
StFasburg held out precisely the
same number Of days that Vicks-
burg did during the war. There
we're about the same forces Of the
beseigeFs and beseiged in both
cases. Strasburg, hoWever, had
the great advantage Of the Number
Of cannon, seventeen hundred
having been captured by the Ger
mans. Vicksburg had not over a
hundred cannon, and few Of these
were oflarge calibre. Vicksburg,
besides, had no regular fortifica-
tions-only slight OarthwOrks. She
had, too, to stand a bombardment
from q powerful squadron as well
as from Grants army Of seventy
five thousand men.
The defenders of Strasburg
stood behind most scientifically
constructed Notifications in Eu-
rope. They stood to their posi-
ton with gallantry and fortitude,
and doubtless merited the praises
bestowed upon them. Let them
have all the honors they have Just
ly earned.
But, alas! for the justice of his
tory and mankind. The Vicks-
burg captulation, after an equally
heroic defence, has been charged
to the treachery and lack Of
courage of its commander.
Uirich is immortal, and receives
swords of honor from his country.
men. Poor Pemberton got only
curses and disgrace! E
Vicksburg held out forty. seven
days and nights, but we do moi
know the precise number Of days
that the French in Strasburg held
their assailants at bay. VicksburG
had only hirtyfre guns on thu
river front, more than a third o
which were honey-combed OLE
smooth bores. Vicksburg haC
quite a number flight field piece
and one mortar! Quite a differ
f ence in the armament of the tw,
places.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

In Indiana, n husband, after 4
spree, was led home BY one of his
friends, who, after posing him
safely on his door steps, rang the
bell and retreated somewhat de.
viously to the opposite side of the
street, to see if it would be an
swered. Promptly the porte
was Converted" and the fond
spouse, who had waited up for her
truant, beheld him in all his tod
diness. "Why, Walter, is this
your" ayes, my dear" "What
in the world has kept you SOP
"Been out on n little turn with
boys, my d d arling," "Why,
Walter, you are intoxicated ~
yves, dear, | estimate that's So
"What on earth made you get Sc
drunk And why, oh, why do you
come home to me in this dreadful
state?' because, my darling, all
t'other places r shut up"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

BIZ a curious coincidence Eve
names on one page in the Norwich
City Directory FOR 1870, read,
Slack Thomas, Slow George, Sly
John, Small Nashan and Smart
Mary.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

raAlcE OFFIcER II TROUBLE.-
- Fn that Lopez, > police Of
sr, vas aned yesterday morning
30 and costs, BY Judge BurwCIl,
- keeping Z house Of m fame.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

A Man in Iowa has been arrest
ed for obtaining goods under false
pretenses. He got a girl to mar
him on the pretence that he was
wealthy The goods don't Ike
that way o. doing.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

PLEASE REMEMBER IT.-Gov.
ernor Alcorn, our Jeems, APP
pointed one C. W. Clarke q men,
Der of the Board of Trustees for
the State University. This fellow
Clarke is a carpet. Dagger of the
meanest and dirtiest stripe, and
should not be COMPOUNDED with
Ex- General and Ex-Governor
Charles Clark, Of this State.
Governor Clark is a noble old
Roman, and he would not allow
C. W. Clarke to black his boots,
for verify C. w. is unworthy to dc
even that mental service for such
a man!
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

Mcmahon FAclEa DEATH-
TEACHING KINGS AND PRNCEs-I
THE MARsHALL's LAST BATTLE.
A French officer who escaped TO
writes:
To relate what Mcmahon did is
impossible-steel, fire, melted met.
al, explosive balls, and | don't
know what other Internal mixtures
the Prussians then made use Of
for the first time, appeared to
stream of or to rebound from him
like hail from n roof. He went to
the front seeking death. Leave
me, my friends" he said to us all,
who sought to prevent him from
going forward, "let me show
those Kings, those Princes, who
hide behind their masses of men,
that a Marshal of France knows
how TO fight, and, when beaten,
how to die" And he smiled
upon us a sad smile, which made
us weep, and redoubled our rage.
All, miserable! We kill, we mus.
sacre, and the living appear to
spring up from the dead, which We
heap around us. We climbed O
little mountain of dead bodies
that We might reckon how long
the butchery would last. My 81.
bre, broken and rccking, fell from
my hands when | saw what masse:
we had still to deal with. The plain
the horizon, was black with dust
We were but ants in a largC
ant-hill. Marshal" | said, "w,
have at least 100000 men LeCor,
us
"No,' he replied, gently 1900,
900.
AT that moment Il cloud passct
before my eyes and We went mad
We rcgaincl our senses only whcl
we found ourselves beyond tn
hordcs Of Uhlaus who attacked II.
We had been fortunate enough {
reach the Belgian frontier. W
were safe, but ut what Il sacrllic,
CoNTRABAND OF WAR.-Thc n,
tional pastime of Belgium the grec
pigeon races from the Southcr
PROVINCES of France, has been al
rupily put a stop to By war. Til
French authorities have very II;
turaIly intcrdicted the entry {
Belgian pigeons into Franc,
When it is borne in mind III;
there are 10000 trained pigeon
r any one Of which could convey Il
f t:lligcnce from Paris to the frol
| tier towns of Belgium in whic
they are located in the space
five or six hours, We cannot |
surprised at the French author
r ties interfering with this pastim
The strategic Information col
D vcycd by a single pigeon mig
$ lose Il battle or an empire. !
the same time, we sympathii
). with the Bclgians in the dcrang
c ment of their lavorite amusemer
6 In England we have little idea
S the fervor with which this sport
pursued by them. Concours fro
# the extreme south of France,
which 1000 or l,500 pigeons tai
/. part, and in which the first pri
d Is a service of plate given by II
n Majesty the King of the Belgian
d are not uncommon; and min.
Il races from 300 to 400 miles are
Z every day occurrence in the SC
,r son. During the continuance
Ic the war the Bclgians contempla
.r starting these pigeon races fro
this country.-Th Field.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

DELAYS ARE DANGERoUs.-Moth-
ers az you love your offspring don't
fail to use Mrs. WhitcOmb's Syrup
for soothing children. Read the
advertisement in another column.