Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

HATE sEws.
TIE Ripley Advertiser says that
George AuderBon was fatally stab
bed u that county 8 few days sinoe
.hg Joseph Booker.
Mr.. James Lawrence Scrugga, 3
prominent citizen 81 Holly Springs,
Nils, IL dead.
The Liberty Advocate Of The 10Th
says We lesFa that . murder was
committed Q few days ago, on the
place Of Mr.. Chas. Wall IN the
southern portion Of this county.
10 Particular
-Four prisoners escaped from the
Holly Springs jail one morning
last week.
The Bible Society Of COFinth do
mated last year $50 hlbles 70 families
Who did not possess that book.
Tha charming edlGress, Miss III
ney w. FOFsythe, Of the Liberty
Advocate, announces the thirty
fifth anniversary Of her paper, Feb
ruaFy 10th. May she live TO an.
noHnce the seventeen, being as
fresh and womanly 90 her paper
shall be valuable and racy.
Warren Mccoy has been acquit-
ted Of the murder of Antoine Mitch
ell; also bis brothers, James and
Frank.
A crowd Of disguised men at
tempted TO force the Jail at Liberty,
with the intention Of INJECTING
lynch law upon the McCoys, who
were charged with the murder of
Antoine Mitchell. Their purpose
failed.
We extract the following from
the proceeding Of 0 railroad meet
ing held In Liberty, Amite county,
Miss, on February IA:
Resolved, That the Legislature
of Mississippi be memOrialized Ia
grant a charter for 4 railroad from
Vicksburg 10 Liberty, In this State,
and thence to the State line, 10
form q connection with the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicks.
burg railroad at whatever point II
may strike the boundary line be.
tween the two States.
Resolved, That q committee Of
three be appointed BY this meeting
to memorabilia the Legislature in
this behalf, and to draft an act OIL
incorporation, that the Honorable
Representative from this county be
requested to present the same, and
that said committee appear before
the Legislature and advocate the
measure.
Resolved, That the President and
Directors Of the New Orleans, Ba,
ton Rouge and ViCksburg company
be requested to appoint one o.
more Of their number to confer with
q committee TO be appointed BY the
Legislature Of the State Of Missis-
sippi as TO locating the route from
POnchatoula or other point on the
line Of the New Orleans and Jack.
sOn railroad, thence BY way Of Lib.
erty TO Vicksburg.
Resolved, That the committee on
correspondence DO requested Ia
forward to tho President Of the
Board Of Directors Of the New Or
leans, Baton Rouge and Y~lcksburg
Railroad Company, a copy Of the
foregoing preamble aud resolution
and request the compliance Of the
company with the suggestion con-
tanned In the last resolution.
Resolved, That the Legislature be
also memoralized 10 pass au act All.
thorizing subscriptions TO the stOOE
Of said company in the counties
through which the proposed road
is to pass, and In those lying con.
tinguOus thereto, aud a vote Of the
qualified electors who are tax pay
ers, TO take the sense Of the people
OF said counties on the question o
submitting to q tax 10 raise the
means necessary 10 build said road
Resolved, That the Secretary b,
directed to furnish to one Or NOR,
prominent citizens in the couniie.
Of Adams, franklin, Jefferson
Claiborne and Warren, y copy o
the foregoing preamble aud resolu
tons, with the Wow Of securing til,
eatly action and efficient co-opera.
ton of the people Of said countie.
In carrying into execution the ob.
ject embraced in the. foregoing
resolutions.