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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

As expressed By the Columbus
(Ga.l Enquirer We are eneouTaged
by the fact that not only the Dem
.ocratic and Conservative press Of
Georgia, but q number Of the fair
est and ablest Radical papers Of
the North, take the position that
the bill which passed the House
Of Representatives a few days
since contemplate a general cleo
ton in Georgia this fall. That the
provisO, disclaIming any object Of.
interfering with the provisions Of
the State Constitution in respect
to the time of election, could have
no other meaning or effect, is per.
fectly clear. True, it is not so
emphatic in expressing as the
Bingham amendment, but Il il
impossible to make anything
else out Of 1t. It meant that
or nothing ; and, sustained as it is
by both houses Of Congress in fa-
vor Of an election next fall, its
meaning does not admit of ques-
ton.
We now regard the bill as i'm
portant merely in its reiteration
of the sense of the House on this
point for there is not much proba-
bility that the two houses will
agree upon any bill at this session.
But they have agreed on the dis
tinct proposition that the pro-
visions Of the State Constitution
are controlling as to the time of
the next election, and that the
election must be held this year.
Presumptuous and INSCRIPTIONS
indeed must any party or faction
be, that, in the event even Of the
failure of any restraining bill, can
adhere to the plot Of extending
the terms Of the Governor and
Legislature, with any hope that
Congress will sustain the con-
spiracy.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

; thread, when boiling pitch bad
been used for centuries.
In vain Pare pleaded the horrible
agony Of the old application TO the
nav s~urfaee-in vain be showed
the success Of the ligatare.
And yet, what would surgery be
to-day without lie ligaEure?
And thus we might multiply ex-
amples.
We cannot conclude better than
BY quoting those pertinent verses
of Charles MaCkay upon Eternal
Justice:
The man is thought 3 knAve or TOOL,
Or biEoi, plotting crime,
Who, for the Advancement Of bis kind,
Is wiser than his time.
For him the heml0ck Ahall distil,
For him the x be barred;
For him the gibbet shall be built,
For him the stake prepared;
Him shall the se0Tn and wrath Of men
Pursue with deadly aim:
Aud malice. envy, spite and lies,
Shall desecra c his name.
But truth shall conquer ct the last,
For round and round we run,
Ard ever the right comes uppeTmost,
And ever Is Justice done.
Pace through thy cell, old Socrates,
Cherriiy, 70 and mol
Trust TO the impulse Of thy soul,
And let thu poison flow
They may shatter to earth the lamp Of clay
That holds 9 light divine.
But they cannot quench the Ore OF thought
By any such deadly vine;
They canno: blot thy spoken words
From the memory OF man,
BY all the poison ever was bTeWed
Since time IT, course b. gan.
To-day abh0red. tomorrow Adored,
So round and round we run,
And ever the truth comes uppermost,
And ever is justice Gone.
Plod in thy cave. gray AnchoriteI
Be wiser than thy peers
Augment the range Of human power,
And trust 10 coming years.
They may call the wizard, and monk &C.
GAAUUla
And load thee with dispraise;
Thou vert born i've nunGred years too soon
For the comfort Of thy days,
But not too s0on for human Kind;
Tine hath reward In store,
And the demons Of our sires become
The saints that We adore.
The blind can see, the slave is lord;
So round and round we run,
And ever the wrong Is proved to be wrong,
And ever Is juktlce done,
Keep, Calico. to thy thought
And nerve thy soul 70 beATI
They may gloat Ger the ,enseleks words
they wiring
From the pangs Of thy despair:
They may veil their eyes, but they cannot
hide
The SUMS meridian glow;
The heel Of q priest may tread thee down,
And q tyTant work thee woe;
But never q truth mas been destroyed;
They may curse u and cal II crime;
PeFVeFt n UetTay, or slander anu slAy
It's teachers, for q time.
The conclusion Of this whole
matter is, Man lacks humility. II
is Of some consolation in these
days of wrong and oppression to
and to know that
Fright shall over might prevail.
And truth. Ike hero armed in mail,
Hold eternal sway"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

A LADY in an Ohio church rest.
ed her head on the back of q pew
IL front, as all devout people do
Is the time of prayer, but in the
pew before her sat a young man
Who neither bowed his head nor
knesled. A beautiful plume dod-
aeasnd danced upon the head of
&c FIR one behind him, occasion.
any touching the neck Of the
youth, Eho evidently considered
i . ~ or some other trouble.
some insect. For q time he bore
the unpleasant sensation without
. murmer, bat at last patience
ceased 70 bel virtue, and from
the fash Kof his eagle eve one
could plainly see that the hour Of.
athat hy' had come. Cautiously
bic hand moved toward the sun
nosed offending insect; then fol.
lowed afFanctic clutch and asprinR
behind him. Imagine the horror
81 tie youth to find II his hand
ne nohhv hat Of TIE fair one,
~hluh Be bad torn violently from
hesa sadly aizaFrsnging tie
contour 81 bralds md chifnon.
I1a4 aasindimank Of course,
#aE1H &a#aa nave @sea
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

The New York Sun radical
declares the perpetuation of the
income tax the %"building the coffin
of the Republican party" Il
says, with q comical aGiUete, Sen.
ator Wilson, of Massachusetts,
proposed that the tax should last
only until 1872, and his PROPOSE.
ton was adopted. We can tell
the Senator and his associates that
il this tax remains in the bill when
it is finally passed and signed by
the President, the election Of 1872
will most decidedly put it out of
their power to continue it any Ion
ger.
A more signal instance of politi.
cal madness on the part of the
Radical party than this fanatical
and obstinate adherence to the
income tax could not be possible.
The essential nature lof this tax
was well described by Mr.. Conk-
ling in the recent elaborate debate
upon the subject in the Senate.
" It tramples under foot" said
Senator COnkling, "the principle
Of impartiality hammered out on
anvil Of British income tax pro-
visions-the principle respected
In England by applying the tax to
lands, and making 1t, among other
things, a tax on the rents, issues
and profits Of real estate, no mat.
ter in whose hands..the estate may
be. Disguise it IS we may, the
scheme is agrarian, sectional and
unfair. The same kind and value
Of property pays tax in one State
and no tax in another. II con-
StituenCles and people from States
which escape can find in their
own interest so great inducement
as to seek to infict invidious
burdens upon other localities, it
will be, If not a few, a hurtful H.
luStration Of the binding and dis
turbing force of self.interest."
Senator Conkling here alludes
10 the fact that as the tax is now
imposed the agricultural Republi-
can States Of the West are mainly
4 not entirely exempt from it,
its burdens are all laid upon
he great Democratic cities of the
Instead Of being an
'qual tax, falling upon all alike in
proportion to the amount of their
property, it it altogether partial
nd unjust in Its operations. This
INJUSTICE the people will no longer
and the party which,
IithOut any public necessity, per-
lists in forcing 1t upon the coun-
~, will be certainly reported,
fter next battle, as killed and
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

ONE of Red Clouds Squaws has
been re-Christened "Iron Road"
in honor Of the railroad. The
swim mode Of locOmOtiOn greatly
Impressed the delegation. In ex-
.pression Of their CELEBRITY with
which hey travelled they made
gestures denoting the drawing Of
"A arrow nom 3 bon, and Indlea-
ted The flight Of eagles with their
arms 2 show "a companions he
4nead e Aa Fs
.EE
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

A CHILD dining out with its
mother was asked at desert by the
lady Of the house II she. would
have sOme rhubarb pie. mo,
ma'am," she replied, II don't
think ! need it."
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16
Communicated

To the Honorable, the President OF
the Senate, Speaker Of the House
OF Representatives and TO The
Members Of both Houses:
The citizens of the city Of Vicks-
burg would most respectfully state
that they have seen DR.. Emanuel's
generous offer TO give you o free
ticket on his railroad until next
January, not as a bride, 0ifor, no
no conditions are named, and be.
lieving that they, at least, should be
equally liberal, tender you their
compliments with the following
proposition on behalf of the city to-
gether with the full assurance of
the city authorities that they ten
der you the inequalities Of the city
during life, and in addition thereto
will give each Of you q free ticket
to travel on any boat you may Sc.
lect on the Mississippi river or any
Of its tributaries for Ave years. This
act Of their liberality OF course is
not intended by any means as a
bride, for they will assure you that
this they would not do under any
circumstances. II is true they are
anxious TO get the river terminus Of
the Vicksburg and Meridian Rail.
road at or 90 near the centre OF the
city as possible, well knowing that
If located ct any other point Il
would of necessity ruin and de-
stroy at least three.fourlhs, If not
the entire city, which, from the eff
feet Of the railroad has been moved
some two or three times, and
each time TO the destruction
Of the city, or q large portion
Of 1t, and the ruin of many
Of lie inhabitants. Had that rail.
road depot been located where It
should have been, aud where II
would haze been had 1t not been
for the bribery Of the second Engi-
neeF, as is publicly stated, and be.
cause the first engineer employed
could not be bought, Vicksburg
would now be ss large as Memphis,
for the Company could not have
used it for the destruction Of the
city, as the spectators could not
have used 1t exclusively for their
own purposes. That railroad has
been by far the greatest curse the
city has even bad TO contend with,
and may not be yot ended. 1t has
injured Vicksburg millions of dol.
lars; had 1t been sunk o thousand
miles below the bottom Of the Gulf
of Mexico, twenty-five years ago,
we would have had one built, long
since, that would have been Of ben.
eft to this place, as well as to the
Stockholders, and the Company
would not now have been notori-
Ously insolVent, and ViCksburg
would not now be o city Of up.
wards Of fifty years standing, with
some elk or eight thousand white
inhabitants, while Memphis has
from forty to fifty thousand. Give
ne the terminus we ask In the CEN
tire Of the city, which will save the
Company many thousand
dollars, for we offer to grade and
pave the street, and I'll all the
ground as high as necessary ; and
II is the nearest to the depot, Of
more than one half, and cOnse.
luently, the drayage win be great
y the cheapest. Do this, gentle-
men, and you will have the graft
.ude Of the whole city, with the OK.
Of some few spectators
md Vicksburg may yet prosper
md as In duty bound, 80.
SINE Qua Non.
July 8, 1870.
Jackson Pilot Is requested to
1
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

GOVERNOR REED, Of Florida,
has appointed negroes Colonel
and Lieutenant Colonel Of the I'd
regiment Of State Militia to be
raised in the county of Escambia,
the county in which is Pensacola.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

A CLERGYMAN in q Connecticut
town declined an increase Of his
salary to $500, because the col,
lection Of S4OO was all he could
stand.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

The Woman's Advocate thinks
the good time will have come
when. ahATd working farmer shall
cay to his wife, "Sally, You must
take time to post yourself on gov.
eminent Affairs"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

A WESTERN paper says the Gov
eminent may as well give up max
ing treaties to conine the Sioux to
their reservations. The only reser-
Tation. they will ever keeps amen.
tal reservation.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

A COUNTRTMAN stepped in for a
glass ofsOda water, in a neighbor-
ing toxin q few days since, and
when asked what syrup he prefer
red, selected Mrs. Winslow's
soothing syrup. He was served
with it.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

Acmc4sO paper announces that
HsFacs GEseley's "WhatI know
about Farming" Is being drama
tised by Mrs.. Stove for the Lydia
thompson blondes.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

A TIsREss was killed in the
Madras Presidency by the quill of
. pOrcupine piercing her throat
while eating the animal.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

Two Alabamians named Jacob
Alexander and Ed. Martin had q
shooting match in Iuka the other
day. Martin caught three balls
from the pistol Of his adversary,
which it is thOught will prove f.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

"0H, Tommy, that was abomin.
able in you to eat your little sisters
share Of the Cake!" why" said
Tommy Adidn't you tell me, ma,
that J vas always to take her
partP"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

PROE. GAHoEs, Of Paris, sug-
gaats that instead Of putting in
water 70 cool it, machines should
Be employed to extract the heat
from the water. Here is a subject
now for experiment by some 81.
gaCiOus Yankee, afflicted with pat
emit right mania.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

TIE latest marriage announce.
nents read thus :sNO cards, no
cake, no presents, no wedding trip,
10 honeymoon, no divorce.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

BELsrUM, a little kingdom of
1882 square miles-abOut the
size Of Maryland-giyes comforts
BE support % over 100000 peo-
BE. 81 About 500 to the square
nile.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

A MAsTODOS, supposed to be the
largest on record, has been dis
covered in Dry Creek, California.
Il measures four feet between the
eyes, the tusk is fourteen feet in
length and eighteen inches in d.
ameter.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

Two hundred miles Of pathway
AaFs been explored in the Nam
mosh Cave Of Kentucky.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

THE 18Th Mississippi is rsOrgan.
izlne-notfor VA, bit for TIE noble
oba e lhe heaerea remembrance
AZ 2fenk eszz.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

WagHasa tAs baby il consider
"a sat ground for divorce in
LIZ. .ZH.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16
TOPlanters Of Mississippi & Louisiana
WIN. 3. HARRISON
10 PREPARED TO
File and Replace Gin Saws.
ALSO, TO
Fill and Repair Gin Brushes.

Orders left At the store OF ManIove a He.
bart, Mulberry Street, VicksbuFg Miss.. az.
scribing the work necessary to 6e done and
.he kln Of gin used, will be promptly Ct.
TERMS CASH, and my expenses invariably
audoN, mait-dAwiy,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-03

NEVER DErAcE Cons IMAGE.-How
much beauty and sentiment are em-
bodied In the above few words. They
suggest a moral foi both old and young.
Never raise your hand in anger against
a fellow being, should be the principles
early taught to the young. What vast
amount IF crime and suffering could
be averted if we could but adopt this
moral instruction, Never deface Gods
image" From the nursery to the
grave, too many ignore this truly good
motto, and their hands are ever raised
to resent the slightest injury, or even
an imaginary wrong, with blow, a
kick or some such brutal act. Young
men, to you let these. few words be-
come deeply impressed on your hearts ;
and should you be placed In position
TO resent an insult or injury, think
we'll before you act; you will never
regret, but avoid much misfortune aud
unhappiness. Words are decidedly
the safest weapons, for they do not
Kill outright, but leave some chance to
make amends, if We find We have done
4 brother q wrong. But to use physi-
cal force against another, will cause a
breach most difficult to heal. Had
our first brothers possessed this chris
tian sentiment and been governed by
its teachings, murder would not have
been chronicled at so early period In
the history OF the world. God never
created men 10 deface one another.
These words should have place in
every school room. but every school
book should bear the imprint. Let all
keep this motto in their minds until 1t
becomes indelibly impressed thereon
Never deface Gods image"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-03
DISAPPOINTMENT.


The pale moon shines In a cloudless sky,
The scattered stars are distant, dim:
Dim a. my hope a. moments dy,
Yet bring no word or sikn nom him
For whom, with longing heart, walt
From him who tarries lste-so late! .
The soft, warm wind blows o'er my check;
Serene and calm Il natures smile,
But vainly sadder look you seek
Than mine, upraised In hope erewhilc;
And nature's perfect peace and rest
But waken sorrow In my breast.
Alone pouDmy soul In song
And raise my voice In sacred strain,
Until II chanceth one among
The many sad.eyed doomed to pain
Has paused TO listen; forget
Ny present grief and vain regret
And seek some comfort to bestow
To raise that heart nom earth to heaven,
And cheering thus Another's Voc
The peace / sought to me is given.
And now I see with what intent
Joy was withheld, and am content.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-03

BETTER ALL TAKE \ SuEEP.-An
old farmer, about the time that the
temperance reform was beginning to
exert a healthftil interest in the coun.
try, said to his hired man:
Jonathan, l did not think to men.
tion to you when hired you that
think of trying to do my work thi:
year without rum. How much more
must give you to do Without"
"Oh, I don't care much about it."
said Jonathan; "you can give me
what you please"
"Well," said the farmer. 81 will
give you sheep In the fall, If you will
do without it."
agreed to-" said Jonathan.
The oldest SON then said;
Father, will you give me sheep
100 If do without rum?"
"Yes, Marshall, you shall have a
sheep If you do without"
The youngest son, stripping, then
said: 1852
Father, will you give me a sheep
Ii do without ?"
"Yes Chandler. you shall have q
sheep also, if you do without rum"
Presently Chandler spoke again:
Father, hadn't You better take a
sheep too?"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-03

The present consumption Of wood
In the United Stqtes is enormous. One
hundred and fifty thousand acres Of
the best timber in the United States Is
cut every year, to supply the demand
for railway sleepers alone. For rail-
road buildings, repairs and oars. the
annual expenditure in wood Is $685.
100000. In single year the locomo-
tiyes In the United States consume
$50, 0O0, 900 worth Of wood. There are
in the whole country more than 400,-
600 artisans IN wood and If the value
of their labor Is $l,000a a year, each,
the wood industry of the country rep.
resents an amount Of nearly 500, ,OOO,'
900 per annum.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-03
The AB LIE
IS ALWAYS SUPPLIED WITH
THE BEST IN MARKET.

THE BAR,
Ia also supplied with the. best OF WINES AND
LIQUORS; and, altogether, the House - second
to none on this side OF the Sierra.
- L. G. McMURTRY.
Gold HIN. July 14th, 1870 jy1tlm
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-03

BANKING AND EXPRESS NOTICES.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-10-06

John Ploughman in the most gen
teel manner sends his compliments
to his friends, and now that harvest
is over, and the hops all picked, ac-
cording to promise, he intends Civ
ing them a bit of poetry, just to
show that he is trying the polishing
brushes. John asked the minister
to lend him one of the poets, and
he gave him the works of George
Herbert, very good, no doubt, but
rather tangled, like Harkaway wood
still there's a good deal in the queer
old verses, and every now and then
one comes upon clusters of the
sweetest nuts, but some of them are
rather hard to crack. The follow
ing verse is somewhat near the sub
juct now in hand, and is plain en-
ough in reason, though, begging the
poets pardon, John can't see a
rhyme in it; however as it is by the
great Herbert, it must be good, and
will do well enough to ornament
Johns talk, like a flower stuck in q
button-hole of his Sunday coat.
'Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting where
And when, and how thy business may be DONE
Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller,
Though he alights sometimes, still goeth on.
Acting and stirring spirits live alone;
Write ON the others, Here lies such an OHe.''
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-10-06
Josh Billings on Love.

The only natural feeling the
young heart possesses iz love. 1t IL
the first good thing the heart duz,
and in after hfe it is often the only
good thing it duz.
There il no posatif virtew in love
and yet it may be the result ov the
holyest ov virtues. But thare liz in
this life vast deal ov Pontoon love,
that haz no more virtue in it than
wooden nutmegs hav.
There il "Love undieing," that
generally lives about as long az un-
corked ginger pop duz.
There liz Love Untold" which IL
alwus told tew ennyboddy who will
listen to it, and IL az full ov pathos
az pork and beans nightmare.
And thare il "Love at Sight" to
which 1 will add, Love for 80 days.
There are sum ov the different
kinds ov Love that are denominated
pashun, and from mutch of the ira
ding capital that lovers do Dizziness
on
Thar IL not much sin in these diff
ferent styles ov love; they don't
seem tew git up to the dignity of sin;
thare is deception in them without
doubt; but the deception IL like the
celebrated Rat Exterminator, it wont
hurt ennybody else but the rats.
l am prepared to say that l would
like to see these things dun away
with, for sumthing wuss might
spring up in the place ov them;
they seem tew be necessary in car
rying on trade in which Judgment
has to yield to fancy, and fancy is
too often forced to yield to non
sense.
If we could Jenny of us have our
old courtship written out and given
tew us for perusal, we should prob
ably look upon it az we would upon
a Chinez comick almanack, unable
tew understand the picture, and sat
istied that the astronomical calcula-
tions were never designed for our
latitude.