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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

SOME one has said that there
are thousands of busy people who
die every year for want OF sleep.
Sleepness becomes q disease, and
is the precursor of insanity. We
speak of sleep as the image Of
death, and our waking hours as
the image of life. Sleep is not
like death; for it is the period in
which the waste of the system
ceases, or is reduced to its mini
mum. Sleep repairs the waste
which waking hours have made.
1t rebuilds the system. The night
is the repair shop. Of the body.
Every part OF the system is slight
ly overhauled, and all the organs,
tissues and substances are replen.
ished. Waking consumes and ex.
hausts; sleep replaces and repairs;
waking is death, sleep is life. The
man who sleeps little repairs little.
A man who would be q good
worker must be a good sleeper.
A man has as much force in him as
be had provided for in sleep. The
quality Of mental activity de.
Ponds upon the quality of sleep.
Men need on an average eight
hours Of sleep a day. A lynn
pahtic temperament may require
nine; a nervous temperament six
or seven. A Emphatic man, if
sluggish, moves and sleeps slowly.
But q nervous man acts quickly in
everything, He does more in an
hour than a sluggish man in two
hours; and so in sleep. Every
man must sleep according to his
temperament-but eight hours is
the average. Whatever by work,
pleasure, sorrow, or by any other
cause, is regularly diminishing his
sleep, is destroying his life. Men
are dissipated who overtax their
system all day and u~ndersleep
every night. A man may hold out
for a time, but the crash will come,
and ne will die. There is a great
deal of intemperance besides that
Of tobacco, opium, or brandy
. man who dies of delirium tire.
mems is no more a drunkard and
suicide than the editor, Or printer,
that works necessarily all day and
but little all night.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02
Benefit 80 Mobile of Being An.
nexea to MiSsIsSIppI.

1. Direct trade with the Missis.
sippi would be interested In direct.
ing trade to Mobile, instead of di.
verting it some place on the Missis.
sippi Sound, like Biloxi, Pascagoula,
Pass Christian, Ocean Springs, Mis-.
sissippi City, Bay St. Louis, Or
Shieldsboro.
2. This trade would cause the
building of q road from Vicksburg
direct to Mobile, running through
the counties Of Warren, Kinds.
Copiah, Simpson, Covington, Jones
Perry and Greene, touching at
Spring Hill on its route TO Mobile.
3. There would no longer be
any necessity for opening Bayou
Manchac as a means of bringing
trade to Mobile bay from the Mis-.
sissippi river by way of Lake Pont.
chartraiD, Lake BOrgne, aud the
Mississippi Sound.
4. The annexion of Mobile to
Mississippi would open to Mobile
the resources of the country drain
ed by the Mississippi river, and this
circumstance would enable Mobile
TO compete with New Orleans in
population, wealth and commercial
importance.
The TOmbigby river has long
since been regarded as the proper
dividing line between Alabama and
Mississippi. The convention which
passed the constitution for Missis-
sippi, in December, SIT, adopted
Q petition to Congress praying that
body to enlarge the limits ofMissis-
sippi by restricting those ofthe Al
ALBANIA territory to the Tombigby
river. (See Pickett's History Of
Alabama, vol. 2, page 1851
With the T0mbigby river az the
dividing line, the following coun.
ties Of Alabama, would be thrown
into Mississippi: Mobile, Wash.
ington, ChoctaW and Sumter, and
portions Of the following counties
Of Mississippi would be thrown In.
p Alabamal LoWndes, Monroe
md ItsRamhs-[MObile Reggie
lsr.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02
Y oF PAIL Mr,rn

DROWNING OF PAUL MEYER.-A
young man by the name Of Paul
Meyer, aged about twenty, was
drowned last evening, in the river,
Just above the Chisum wood yard.
He had gone there for the purpose
Of procuring shrimp, and upon get
ting on a log Of a raft, was upset
precipitated into the water and
drowned. His lifelssS body was
dragged out, having remained In
the water about ten minutes. Eve
cry exertion was used 10 r~esuscitate
the body, Doctor Balfour arriving
within 3 few minutes Of the occur
renee. Young Meyer vas . ne.
pheW Of the senior member Of the
arm s. Aoyer s Kahn, and vas
8Ae14aMlltas
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02
rae VERzONT BEnOCRACv


The Vermont Democrats helt
their State Convention on the It'll
instant, and renominated thei
ticket Of last year, as follows
For Governor, H. W. Heaton.
of Montpelier; for Lieutenant
Governor, Murillo Noyes, of Bur
lington; for Treasurer, J. NJ
Weeks, Of Lyndon. H. B. Smith
Of Milton, was reelected Chair
man Of the State Committee.
The following were the resolu
tons adopted
Resolved, That the Democrats
of Vermont recognize the Consti.
tuition Of the United States as tht
supreme law from which the Fed.
eral government derives its au.
thority; that the rights and pow.
ers not therein delegated to the
General Government, belong to
the States, and all attempts to
usurp, override, or impose condi.
tons upon the several States with.
out Constitutional authority, arc
unjust, oppressive, and subversiYe
of the rights of the people.
Resolved, That the persistent
and repeated violation Of the con.
stitution and constitutional laws
by the radical party since that
party has had control Of the gen.
eral government, merit the con.
demnation of all good citizens, and
has once, and shall receive the
continued and determined opposi.
ton Of the Democratic party.
Resolved, That the proaigacy
and corruption which has entered
into all the official stations Of the
federal government, the ~favoritism
that has appointed to positions OF
public trust the partisans or tools
of those who control the public
patronage, should be denounced
by all true friends Of the Union,
Resolved, That we still have
faith in the wisdom and integrity
of the people, and that ultimately
they will rise in their majesty and
strength, and hurl from power our
present corrupt rulers, and restore
the government to its original
purity.
Reolved, That we commend the
this day nominated for gov
ernor, ieut.governor, and treas.
lrer TO the cordial support of the
State on the first Tuesday Of
September next.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02
BDTTOEi3E ITEMS.

In q Western town they have a
COW Of remarkable trotting pow
ers in training for a race.
A St. Louis census marshal re.
ports that one woman told him to
call again In a day or two, when
she could promise him a larger
list.
A New Jersey farmer, advertis.
ing his estate, commends it to
purchasers on account Of the tex
Cellent champagne made from its
turnip crop"
A man Is said to be absent.
minded when he thinks be has left
his watch at home and takes It
out Of his pocket to see If he has
time to return home to get it.
A h~igh-minded Connecticut
man took a noble way to vent his
malice against a clergyman. He
went into his garden, and pulled
up. all his vegetables.
The Valley of Virginia has
never presented a more aattering
appearance than now. The wheat
generally is fine, the oats look.
ing well, the grass luxuriant, and
the corn promising.
A man in New Hampshire had
become 90 used to matrimony,
that on the occasion of marrying
bis fourth wife, when the minister
requested the couple to stand up,
he said; "Tye usually sat-"
Rssgost.P afadOl,the new French
Is > handsome and clio.
qusat widowef, who will make a
decided Impression. he will al.
rive n this country next month,
just ID time fos the Executive
Long Branch sssson.
b 8 strange eoincidenCe the
arss instaIlment q tie upanisbed
work Of the hse Charles Dish.pa
published since his demise. go
almost exclusively With arass.
and sombs, death, its mysssries
and s6lemnitiss.
Il il umorsd that Gen shss.
man vim resieu his position n
@se tie Arms bGl passes in such
Aaha1e AZ t. st DOM hisincome.
AZ ha does s. 30 VII resume II
Nea York tha fnanea career e.
hua#a Is - Vet
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

Turtles are now manufactured
at Paris from potatoes.

TEuiies are now manufactured
At Paris from potatoes.
The average price Of meat in
Russia is about fifty cents per
pound.
The S. P. C.. A. of Paris is out
against frying small fish and eels
alive.
Strings Of small silver bells are
worn around the neck by the Paris
ladies.
Railway carriages in Sweden are
warmed by means of cases of hot
sand.
The PTusaians', now have rifed
cannon that will..safely throw gre.
nades.
An English professor has dis.
covered q new muscle in the hu-
man body.
A London Stenographer has
used one pen constantly for TWEEN
ty-one years.
Associations have been formed
at Paris to check the spread of
trade strikes.
The new national air Of Greece,
ordered Of q German composer,
gives satisfaction.
A correspondent says that "Jc.
rusalem the golden is now "Je.
rusalem the filthy"
At Paris frogs are not consid.
cred as embraced in the prohibi.
ton of on Good Friday.
The member Of Parliament for
Sheffield first entered that town as
an italian image boy.
There are said to be in Europe
about $500 theatres, and more
than $4,000 concert halls.
Over 10000 persons have died
Of the small .pox in Russia since
the beginning ofthe century.
1t is said that 1875 rich persons
in England hold S1,745,O 600, 900
worth of the British consols.
The wine which is drank every
day at the tables OF the Emperor
Of Russia costs upwards Of 200
roubles.
About two hundred thousand
tons oftallow are yearly made in
Russia, the half Of which is used
in the country.
The Physicians of all Scandina.
Wan countries will meet in general
convention at Gottenburg on the
18th of July.
A pauper has just died at the
Marlborough Asylum, England,
who, during his lifetime, cost the
$4,000.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

Kms JoaH, Of SaxORy one Of
Dants's best translasoFs, is now
Stadying Russian and Polish, with
. view Of tanslsfiag some Of the
best poetry 3 those lapguages.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

A LIVELY campaign is coming
on in old Pennsylvania, where, Il
iS said, there are nineteen candi.
dates in the field for the Republi-
can nomination of Governor, To
say nothing Of Democratic aspi.
rants.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

Russia has twenty million
horses, thirty million cattle, ten
million sheep, and from ten to.
twelve million swine.
A GenOese ship Of a thousand
tons has just been Ohristsned q n
GiOaechino Rossini,p in honor az
the great COnpoAsr.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

JUsr opposite to the famous pO-
litical prison Of Mazas, in Paris,
il N INN with this legend over the
door: Here the inmates are more
comfortable than they are across
the Way.''
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

QUEEN I~sABkLLA's abduction
Of the throne Of Spain has, it is
said, just been received in Madrid
in the shape Of an official or State
paper. Quite an unnecessary doc.
ument.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

FRINGE ARTHUR has left Mon
treal for home. Having won dis
tinctiOn by being reused from a
ball to attend q battle (such as it
was he is probably anxious to 20
home and enjoy II.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

The Oxford University authori.
ties recently enclosed a common,
which so enraged the tOwnies that
= mob tore down several miles of
fencing.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

LITTLE three-year-old Mary was
playing very rough with the kitten
carrying It by the tail. Her
mother told her she would hurt
pussy. "Why, no / WON'T" said
she, "rm carrying it by the
handle"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

WINS GAINS, Is writing q
eramafic versiOn in four acts Of
he powerful snd interesting novel,
'1Aah and Wife," for performance
IN the United States and England.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

RE-ELECTED.-United States
Senator'S Cragin, Of New Hamp-
shire, and Anthony, of Rhode Is
land, each for another term Of six
years.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

At the Paris annual "Ginger-
bread Fair" irrecOncilables amuse
themselves in publicly devouriHg
dough models of the Emperor aud
Prince Imperial.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

An1in tie indian chisfs at the
~ esaaal 81 tie Greek Na-
Wsn RrOg sizhiIlsr, Pleas
at Porter Lawyer Gibbons, Chill
AeIntosh and JOha Jumper
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

DR.. E. A. DUNCAN, having re-
turned to this city, can be found
at his Office in the Masonic Build
ing, BY those desiring his services
as a physician.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

The sclave Committee in Nos.
COW intend to caIl = general sClay.
onio Congress II that cIEs during
tia Summer. IA inelmaa - 49,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

ONE Of the editors of this paper
that attended the Press Convention
at Oxford, takes pleasure in return,
ing thanks to the editor Of the Fal.
con, an excellent family paper BY
the way, to the members of the
Committee Of Reception aud Ar.
Tangements, and to others, for kind
attentions shown him while in said
place last week. Oxford is a pretty
town with schools and a university
unsurpassed. And pretty ladies.
o, myl If we hadn't been the
pOssessOr Of a helpmate and a year.
ling responsibility, undoubtedly we
should have remained in Oxford,
aud the HERALD would have known
US no more. (Had Barkis been
willing.")
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

Every year, it is estimated,
about 10000 people die in India
from snake bites.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

IN gettin er tired"
she said, "but I'm AFRAID e top
SuCn place e. faisi usre are
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

A pauper has just died at the
Marlborough Asylum, England,
who, during his lifetime, cost the
borough $4,000.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-25

desyor to gain the interior, bat without avail
Finally they used violence, and burst the deor
open, and stood :'deep into the darkness peer
ine.p They groped about bllndly in search OF the
victim. They could not find him, and were
about to give 1t up, when one Of the
inspectors stumbled against something
which turned out TO be the form Of man pros
trated by starvation, aud suffering at the same
time from pneumonia. There was no furniture
in the room, no comforts, no necessaries OF exist
ence; not even light, hardly life, but the clear
shadows OF inhun,an death. The apartment was
small, and dirtier than the foulest sewer. The
ceiling was several feet below the leve! OF the
sidewalk and the floor was covered by stagnant
water, emitting foul rapors. In such place as
this the poor unfortunate man, going on toward
sixty years OF age, had lived for five days, slowly
dying for want Of nourishment. He subsisted
during that time on one pound 9f butter crackers
and was utterly unattended and uncared for
His removal to Bellevue Hospital was promptly
secured, and death the next day ended his SUI
farinps
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-25

4. The election to office of honest and
capable men, identified in interest with the
State, without regard to their position in
past contests, or whether they voted for
Grant or for Seymour.
S. VICTORY. And whatever may be neces-
sary to secureit
No Democratic platform can give more
than this, and it is doubtful if it could give
as much. And no Democratic platform
whatever its length or strength, could hold
all the white people together, or draw to its
support enough colored votes to make sue
cess a reasonable certainty. We should,
moreover, like to know what there is in the
name or principles Of the Citizens Party
which will ALLEVIATE the affections or rcpel
the support OF single honest man: l. IL
will not drive away the colored voter, Oe-
cause it recognizes his every right, as fully as
they are recognized by any party in or out
of the State. Q. It cannot drive away the
Democrats, because it promises them low
taxation, public justice and private security.
3. 1t will not repel the respectable white
Republicans, because it admits the existence
of accomplished events, calls spade
spade, and makes the fight upon those ques-
tions only in which the interests OF all class
es are one and the same.
Tho object is to unite all staunch and re-
sponsible men in mighty movement Tor
the regeneration OF the State Government,
which cannot be done under either Demo-
cratic or Republican banner. The Citizens
Party is no more nor less than q grand Anti
Radical movement whose name explains its
central idea,-that all its members stand
upon the same footing as CITIZENS, and that
in its success every citizen has deep and
abiding interest. This may e''neither fish,
flesh nor fowl" according to the acute natu-
ralist who presides over the political destl-
MES of the Phoenix, but it is sound, whole
some food, upon which the body polite will
thrive and flourish.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-25
Tho Galaxy.

We have received the sGalary" for March,
1870, and are glad to note Its exceedingly In
teresting table of contents. The article, "At
Cambridge University" gives spirited and
entertaining account Of life at that great col
lege, from an Undergraduate point Of view,
and has the air of being correct picture
Justin Mccarthy gives ten pages of we'll writ
ten scandal about the Prince of Wales, which
will be eagerly devoured by the literary ghouls
of the day. ''Ten Years in Rome" is lively
sketch of the 'sccret history" Of the various
religious orders in the ''slowly fading mistress
of the world" The article by Richard Grant
White, on the drama generally and Booths
Hamlet in particular, will be read with inter,
est in the present Shakspearian revival, even
by those who may not respond to the keynote
of his thought-that ''real art Is always low
art" The paper is, at any rate, exceedingly
suggestive-a rare merit in these days ofplnch-
beck. The stories, with the exception Of Mr..
Charles Reade's serial, are poor, and the poe
try below par The miscellaneous and edito-
rial departments are unusually we'll done.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-25
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Exit Whittcmore.

1t is something at least to be thankful for,
that q Radical Congress has for once done
an act which must be heartily applauded by
honest men all over the land, irrespective oil
party or creed, and even of Grace, color or
previous condition" The paltry trick by
which the Reverend and Representative Ras-
cal contrived at the eleventh hour, to escape
the form, though he has fully incurred the
disgrace OF an expulsion, is just what might
have been expected from so slippery saint.
But what shall be said OF Governor who
consents so readily to make himself q party
to scheme, thus suddenly concocted, to
cheat National justice of its due? Was it
not enough that black thieves and cut
throats, whom it had cost the people thou
sands to convict, should be turned loose by
the score in every section Of the State? Was
it necessary, in order to keep up the
Governors reputation for consistent clemen-
cy, that the mantle OF "our beloved State
should thus have been officially thrown over
admitted corruption, at which Congress and
the country alike stand aghast! Or, may
hap, as our Washington telegram suggests,
has some cogent reason some OF that fellow
feeling which is said to make US wondrous
kind, constrained the Governor, sooner than
to hesitate about accepting the resignation,
to consign to common infamy upon the
record the names of Whittemore and Scott ?
We look to the Military Committee of the
House to make thorough work OF what it
has so bravely begun. Whittemore, bad as
he is, is quite as honest, and, il anything,
rather more respectable, than Bowen and
Hoge Against these two men let the cner-
getic inquiries OF the committee be promptly
directed We ourselves have been assured
within the last twenty-four hours, by q
South Carolnian, whose radicalsm has
been too notorious to be questioned, that
he could prove that Bowen had received
one thousand dollars for naming the son Of
one of our present State officials for cadet
ship; and we believe it will be found that,
though the youth has since been dismissed
from the Academy for incompetency, the
money has never been refunded. This is
but one Of host OF charges against the
honorable Representatives Of this State,
which are we'll worth looking into.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-25

The United States Minister in Switzerland
has written to General c. C. Washburne, COM
mending the project for establishing postal
telegraph system throughout the United States.
He says he went to Switzerland an opponent
of this measure, but observation of the work
ing of the system In that country has fully
satisfied him that 1t ought to be established in
the United States.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-25
Cause and Effect.

There are fifty male and thirty female
murderers in the Michigan penitentiary.
Michigan has no penalty.
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X A T b o Ii G.. F A l r.
HIBE RNI An b A l. l.,
IN AID OF
ST. JosEPH's RCH.
EFF. SwEEGAN, Chairman.
JAMES ARMSTRONG, Jr., Secretary.

L. B. MICHEL, Treasurer.
The Fair will be kept open during the day from
12 O'Clock NJ. until 2 P. NJ, and In the evening
from S to II.
In consequence Of the lnclemency Of the
weather, the Committee Of Arrangements have
determined not to close the Fair until next
Saturday evening.
The price OF admission has been fixed as fol.
lows:
Family Season Tickets, admitting Parents
and their Children. .........................S2 90
season Tickets. W
Single TlCketS. ~
CnllureQ. ~
Servants in attendance on children. ......... 10
feb2l 6