Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07

The corn in Fayetts county is up
and growing finely.
Greenville, is to have q "cOttOn
seed oil MILL" The machinery: has
arrived and is being placed in the
building.
The judicial system approaches
completion. The Circuit Court
and Supreme Court bills have be-
come q law, and the Chancery.
Court bill was 10 receive the Gov
ernoTs signature yesterday.
General Pat Cleburne, q noted
Confederate General, died last
week.-[Jackson Pilot.
We beg leave 10 correct little
error In the above from the Pilot.
Gen. Cleburne, the gallant Confed.
crate hero, was killed at the battle
of franklin, Tennessee, about five
years ago. With that exception
the paragraph is entirely right.
The ScoOba Spectator says of the
late race at that place between
Levi Johnson's mare and n.
Roach's Grey Prince, resulted in
the defeat of the latter, but we hear
it was caused by accident. The
Spectator says:
Send your folks over again Mr..
HERALD, they're a clever set of fell
lows; and they tickled our boys so
with their money that they all have
a chronic smile that's really enter
tanning.
Mr.. Spectator suppose you agree
that turn about Is fair play" and
consent to come here for little
dash? We will try and accommo-
date you for a few hundreds.
What do you say?
An amusing little incident oc-
Cured in the Representatives Hall
yesterday morning. Probably fifty
or more members hAd gathered
there and were variously engaged
in reading the, morning papers,
writing letters, talking, &c, when
a piece OF plaster not more than
two inches in size, fell from the
high ceiling and struck on the
clerks desk, making a report a
loud as the Speakers gavel. The
members evidently having the fear
ful Richmond disaster before their
eyes, sprung wildly from their seats
and rushed for the door in the
greatest CONSERVATION, but they
were disappointed in finding that
1t was a false alarm, and that they
were not 80 be slaughtered in the
House OF their friends" The
Wicked flee when no man pur-
ueth."-! Pilot, 10Th.
EPISCOPAL CoUNClL.-The Coun-
Gil met at 10 A. NJ. yesterday.
Several new arrivals appeared and
took their seats; among them, the
venerable Rev. James A. Fox,
Hon. Alex. Montgomery, DIR. Jno.
Thompson. and others.
The morning session was occu-
pied in the reading of the Bishops
address by the venerable Diocesan.
The presentation and reading oi
the report OF the Special Treasurer,
and the consideration of q resOlu.
ton providing for the election OF
an Assistant Bishop. This latter,
by very decided vote, was laid
upon the table. The report OF the
Special Treasurer was referred 10
the Committee, composed OF a.
follows: Messrs. Duncan, Balfourl
Pegnes, Montgomery and Mat
; thews.
That portion OF the Bishops ad,
: dress on matter OF an Episcopal
residence, was referred TO Special
| Committee, composed of Rev. Law
z sou and Crane, aud Messrs. John,
! son, Pegues and Duncan. Jack
son Pilot, April Goth.
r II. p. Johnston, Esq, editor of tn,
) Lexington Advertiser, publishes
his valedictory in the last number
I of that paper. The paper is soli
10 Capt. 0. S. Lee, aud will be con
Quoted in the interests OF the Re
publican party. We are sorry TO
D this change, but suppose Mr.. John
son yielded to necessity.
y With regret we read the follow
ing in the Holly Springs Reporte
of April 30th:
y Just as we were going TO press
c Columbus Barrett, Proprietor o
the Reporter, breathed his last. II
died u: half past 10, Thursday
0 April 2Sth. His disease was pleuro
pneumonia. He was q good ma
0 aud universally beloved. We vii
publish an appropriate obituar
y notice in our nextissue.
FATAL AFFRAY.-On the BOT
instant, a Mr.. Ford, a baggage mas
ter on the Mississippi Central Rail
road, and a Mr.. States, owner Of
le barber shop at the Osborn House
C, at Humboldt, Tenn, got into a diI
in fculty about come threats mad
by Ford to "clean out" States shoI
States went up to Ford and pT
T. himselfin position for fight, whe
~ Ford drew q revolver and she
States through the breast, KILN
r. him almost instantly. Ford wa
arrested and lodged in JAIL Holl
oI Spring Conservative.