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

GUS aspect.
The North Park miners in Col
orado, have been massacred.
The Utes and Cheyennes are
fighting among themselves.
Sherman has advices that the
Sioux Indians are preparing for
raids.
Advices to the Quaker commits
sion are more pacific.
Alderman was in the Cabinet
meeting this morning.
WASHINGTON, July S.-The Sen
ate was occupied all the morning
on the bill relieving seventy.five
Kentuckians from political disa-
bilities. An amendment covering
some five thousand persons, was
offered.
The House passed the River
Harbor bill as amended by the
Senate. It goes to the President.
NORFOLK, Va, July S.-Sheriff
Mayhem and Deputy Sheriff Ste
vens to-day compelled the removal
ofseveral hundred negro ~squatters,
who have since 1863 occupied the
Taylor Farm, 0 miles from Nor
folk. The negroes were all armed
but offered no forcible resistance
to the execution of the writ of
ejectment. The largest part Of the
sQuatters have been settled on
Gen. Buffers land, near Hampton.
A large and spirited mass meet
ing of the citizens was held last
night to consider the proposed
subscription of one million dollars
to the Norfolk and Great Western
Railroad. Ex-Mayor De Corday
was in the chair. The meeting
was addressed by Col. E. c. Lind
sey, Judge Asa Biggs, Joseph Will
son and DR.. Bayne. The meeting
strongly endorsed the proposed
subscription, and believed the time
had come when intelligent and
well directed enterprise must take
the place Of the traditional waiting
for greatness to be forced upon
US. The route of the Norfolk and
Great Western Railroad extends
from Norfolk via Danville, Va, to
Bristol, on the Virginia and Ten
ncssee Railroad.
WASHINGTON, July S.-Revenue
SS44,000.
Ex-Attorney General Hoar de.
parted for Home.
The President departs on the
10Th tor his summer residence at
Long Branch.
It is thought the President will
convene the Senate in extra ses-
sion.
The Congressional Printer,
Clapp, was exonerated by the SEN
ate from the charges Of the Confer
ence Committee.
HoUsE-The Judiciary Com
mittee, which stood six to four,
voted against McG arrahan's
claim.
WASHINGTON, July S.-SENATE
A bill relieving the political disa-
bilities Of seventy-ive Ken
tuckians passed-44to 6.
The General Disability bill wal
taken up. This bill contains
about 5000 names. 1t was pro
, posed to insert the name Of A. o,
P. Nicholson, of Tennessee, but
, objection was made and the name
was withdrawn.
Several names were stricken
1 out, when the bill passed.
The proposition to strike ouI
the name of ex-senator Robert
| johnson, Of Arkansas, was mega
lived.
: Georgia bill was taken up, yeai
Y 30, nays Is. When with q view
Of preventing debate the Senate
5 adopted q motion to non-concul
l in House amendment to the bill al
: passed by the Senate and ask fOI
q conference committee, yeas "a
> nays %.
f Senate in session tonight.
HoUsE-Bill to pay bounty Il
the LIST Alabama cavalry and Is
= and I'd Florida cavalry passed.
Bill to complete court house ant
postofflce at Knoxville passed.
The House went into committed
on additional deficiency bill t.
, pay expenses Of census and De
partment Of Justice.
An amendment was offered Il
, pay twenty per cent. additions
, to employees of the Hous,
for the Thirty-ninth Con
!. gress, which provoked discussion
in which Mr.. Davis declared that b,
would go to the country and tel
the country that party which is re
sponsible for the expenditures o
the public money, had refused Il
. hold itselfup to the p of publ,
economy, and that he had as muCl
fidelity to the party as any livinI
man, but that he had more fidelity
to the good Of the country. HI
said there was something above tn,
party, and he intended that tn
: country should know on whom tn
responsibility for extravaganza
rested.