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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22
From the n. 0. Times.
MERIDIANS on COM

AT the late Commercial Conven-
ton at Cincinnati, an enlightened
citizen of Texas proposed Il reso.
luton to the effect that the South
and West ought to favor the con
struction of railroads running
North and South, for the reason
that trade does not follow lines OF
latitude but rather the great me-
ridians, Our authority is a con
dcnsed telegram, but that is the
substance Of the proposition. The
purpose is to construct or (Com-
plete) lines Of transportation by
which the people of one latitude
may be more closely connected
with the people to the north or to
the south Of them; and the spirit
and reason Of the plan result from
the diversity of productions. The
people of the grain growing zone
produce a surplus of that for
which their climate is best
fitted, but they need the
surplus Of other products which
intertropical countries produce
with equal superlluity. Cuba,
Mexico and Louisiana need the
products of Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois and Iowa and these regions
in their turn need the surplus
growth of the tropical or semi
tropical regions. From this mu-
tual need comes a natural com
mercc, and to help this commerce
lines of transportation extending
North and South are required,
rather than such as extend Easl
or West.
This is commercial necessity
not limited by The boundaries OF
countries. In our case the trade
lines extend North and South, not
only into and through the entire
domain of this country. but into
and through all the regions which
he South Of us. Mexico, Cuba,
Central America, the Columbian
States, the land Of the Pcruyians
and Brazilians, all the way to
where the sun in its winter course
hangs vertically over Capricorn
and beyond to where our anti.
podcs shiycr amidst antartic
storms, all come within this mutual
system and natural coparmership
OF commercial interchange.
Our great river nearly supplies
this ums-climatic meridian OF
transport, reaching across thirty
DEGREES of latitude and connecting
the land of the Iichen, the moose.
the walrus, the beaver and the
reindeer with the land Of the cane
the orange and the banana, and
pouring the melted ice of the polar
regions into the warm land. bound
gulf Of the sunny tropics. In al
The wide dimensions Of the globi
there is no nobler river traversine
a grander or richer region. 1
| supplies climatic wants and Is thi
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

infallible means of changing the
surplus products of one climate for
those of another. II affords TO all
who live in its great valley a ready,
quick and cheap conveyance to the
sea for all their exportable pro-
ducts, and an easy and always
practicable avenue by which
they may receive ther imports.
This great canal needing
neither locks nor dams nor aid
from engineers, is a perpetual in
vitation to the whole commerce of
the hemisphere an unfailing prom
ise and pledge of a future of unparSS
alleled commercial greatness. Like
great artery of commercial life,
it will forever energize, vivify and
strengthen the wide and wealth
valley through which it flows.
Nature and the necessities Of
producers dictate the currents of
trade. These natural and comlIl-
sorry tides of commerce cen be
but little impeded, fastened or
varied by Legislation or by theory.
Like the liquid highway by which
it flows toward the sea, its current
is without change, and irresistible.
All that can be said by the legis-
lators, the conventions and the
journals of our great valley cannot
materially change the natural tide
of commerce. Yet a just concep-
ton and anticipation may guide
the labor of the enterprising and
stimulate their confidence. There
is, assuredly, an illimitable field
open to us for extending our trade
from the mouths Of the Missis-
sippi with all the rich and grow
ing nations surrounding the gulf
and bordering on the Caribbean
Sea and the Southern Atlantic
Whatever we may be able to doin
Fastening the growth Of this in
fant commerce will be labor well
bestowed. What We do to-day
will soon be paid back to us with
magnificent profits. The great
empire of the valley invites init
mate commercial relations with
all Southern ports, and all that we
can do to open, foster, and facili-
tate such relations, will return to
us and to them n rich reward.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22
BREVITIEs,

Large butterflies and bugs are
now worn in the hair, made of
silver or gold, q Ia Nilsson.
A Prus beauty of Blairsville,
Indiana, consumed twenty-seven
glasses of beer without winking,
in honor of Sedan.
A country paper says: "There
is q graveyard in the neighbor-
hood where may be seen the i'm
pressive picture Of q man sleeping
peacefully by the side of his six
wives"
The difference between a coun-
try and a city greenhorn is, that
the one would like to know every.
thing, and the other thinks he can
tell him.
"Josh Billings says that "if n
man PROCESSES to serve the Lord,
he likes to sec him do so when he
hollers glory halleluycr.
The sending of negro troops to
fight the Indians on the plains
may be called the new game of
rouge ct noir,
Mrs. General Houston is dead.
The surviving members of the
family Of the father Of Texas re-
side in Georgetown, in that State.
Clara, love but thee alone
thus sighed the tender youth 20,
heroine, then, my passion own
with trembling lips, IN earnest
tone. Indeed ! speak the truth! r.
He paused-thc blush o'ersprcad
her cheek, She let him draw hcl
near; scarce for emotion could she
| speak, yet still she asked, in nc.
cents meek, How much have you
a year,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22
FREaCu LOSSES DURING THE
WAR.

A CORRESPONDENT of one of the
papers ut Berlin gives the followr
ing statement of German capture
thus far, not including Laon os
Strasburg:
On the 2d of August, the day
when Saarbruck was temporarily
abandoned by the Prussians, the
French lost as prisoners 6 officers
and 81 privates.
At Weisscnburg, so officers and
1000 men rs prisoners "Ai'.il.
leuscs, - cannon, 81 army wagons
and carriages Of all kinds.
AT Worth, 6,000 prisoners, in
Guiding 100 officers, . eagles, 6
mitraillcuses, 3j cannon, II wag-
ons and carriages, 200 horses, the
baggage and camp tents of two
divisions, and two railway trains
with provisions.
Same day at Spichcrn, and dur
ing the days following those bat.
ties, in engagements at Reishoien
and Sarrcguemines, $500 prison
ers, / guns, q pontoon train,
tented camp, and . magazines con
tanning 10000 woolen blankets,
10000 packages orrice, coffee and
sugar, large quantities Of wine,
rum and tobacco, the last alone
amounting in value to 100000.
There were captured in the fort
resscs surrendered during the first
halfof August AT Haguenau, 3
officers, lO3 privates, so horses,
large supply of arms; at Lichten-
burg, 3 officers, $50 privates, 7
guns, 200 muskets, 10000 cart
ridges, powder, etc, at Lutzel-
stein and Petite Pierre, large
quantities of arms and munitions
at Marsal, 60 guns.
The three days lighting at
Metz do not show such large cap
lures of men and material, be-
cause the enemy was able to save
both under the guns of that fort
ress. Still, the captures were, at
Vionville, SO officers and 1900
prisoners; Gravclotte, "a officers
and 5000 prisoners. (The losses
in killed and wounded during
those three days were 2j,000.)
Since then the captures have
been, at the fortress of Vitray lie
Francais, II officers and $50 pri
yatc prisoners, and lG guns. AT
the engagements and battles at
Nouart, Beaumont, and Sedan pre-
vious to the eapitalation of tue
place, above $1,000 prisoners,
more particlarly II. Beaumont,
where the French To- 7,lU1 pri-
soncrs, , eagles, 32 guns, and a
tent camp. AT ScdaN, before the
capitulation, nearly 5000 prison
crs, , eagles, - guns, At the cap
itulation of Sedan, larshai of
the Empire, 30 generals, go staff
officers, 2,O0j Inc officer. S}ljO
prinoncrs, beside li,uoo w5uujeI,
all the eagles Of the regiments
taken, 10 mitraiIlcuscs $50 aeld
guns, $50 fortress guns, and 10000
horses.
Laon is not yet reported, but the
surrender included % guns aud
many muskets. Add the captures
at Toul (rccently reportod) ard
the total is, l marshal, 30 generals,
1850 officers, l06,050 privatcS
1O,2S0 horses, at least 30 eagle9
102 mitrailleuses, SS7 Geld. anC
fortress guns, more than 700 wag
ons, several pontoon traAns, maga
zines, railway trains and aiinos
incalculable quantit2 Of arms
ammunition, cloth ipments
! forage and prov
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

WE clip the following important
correspondence from the Clarion,
and are glad to see that the learn
ed gentlemen who preside over
the destinies of our State Univer-
sity, have come squarely up to
the standard of respectability,
which every white man in the
country expected of them. We
are pleased that the great ques-
ton which has for some time ag-
itated the Radical mind, has at
last been settled, and to know
that the purposes for which our
proud University were founded
are not to be prostituted to the
disgraceful demands of n mongrel
party not entitled to its advanta-
ges.
COFFeAPOndonce between Hon.
R. 3. Hudson and the Faculty
Of the University.
YAzoo CITY, Miss, Sept. q, 10.
ChaacellorJ " Wadlel, OTJord,
Mss:
DEAR SIR;-My apology, if any
is necessary, for addressing you,
will be found in the facts and OBJ
jeCts Of this letter. l have sons
to educate, one of whom has been
student OF your institution and
is now at home spending vacation.
/ have a State and individual
pride and desire to see your insti-
tuition prosper and give it my pa
tronagc, even in my posterity and
disabilities, yet l have a personal
pride, duty and conviction that
must, at the same time, be suits.
fed. You cannot be insensible to
the fact that there is now a hue
and q cry against your institution,
from highly respectable sources,
involving its social and politiCai
status, and that this matter must
be settled definitely before the
country can act advisedly. |
claim the right to be so advised,
aud hence address you. WW he
yJdc"ity as nor composed, reccire
or reject an applicant for diDjS
sion, as q student, on account Of
race or color! l await your an
swer for my action and the tuition
and education of my sons. | have
every confidence in you and think
know your feelings and judg-
ment, but what l wish, is the an.
horitdtice and reliable response
Of the taculty and the status Of
each member thereof on This queS,
ton.
|, with many others, await the
answer here solicited. | hope
no evasion or uncertainty will
mark the response. Whatever in
Iirnlities | may possess, l aatter
myself that / am not wanting in
honesty or candor,and hence desire
in as few words as possible a CAN
DID, DEFINITE and AUTHORITATIVE
ANSWER To NY QUESTION, both
by you and the Faculty, or by you
for the Faculty.
| have the honor to be truly,
ROBERT $. HUDSON.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

The gOte z koarse WOO
They hav ! split hoof aad
whole tail.
They hay 3 good appsslfa
sanguine digestion.
They swallow what they ea
and will eat anything they -
bite.
Their moral karacters are noe
polished.
They had rather steal rotten
turnip ont Of a garbage boz than
tew cum honestly BY q peel of
otes.
The male cote has two hornaon
the ridge Of his he'd and amustash
on his bottom lip, and IL the pluns
ugly Of his naborhood.
A maskuline cote win ilte ennr@
thing from an elephant down Io
his shadder on AIDED wall
They strike from their but-ena
insled ov from the shoulder and
az likely tewlhIs asa hammar Il
nail he'd.
They are a hi seasoned animal.
az much SO az pound ov ASA
fifty.
They are faithful critters, and
will stick tew a friend az long az
he lives in a shanty.
They kan kline ennything buta
greast pole, and kno the way up 10
rock az natural az a WoodbIne.
They are az certain tew rise %
young crows; sum familys are hafr
gotes and the other haf children.
They are good eating when they
are young, but they leave it oph an
they git stronger.
They ere always poor in the
body, but phatt in the stummick:
what they eat seems all 90 70
appetight. Yu mite az well agree
to phatt an injun rubber overshoo
by filling it with klam shells, a.
tew raise emmy adipose membrane
on the outside ofa cote.
A phatt cote would be a literary
curiosity.
They use the same dialekt an
the sheep, and the yung ones
speak the language more auently
than the parents do.
There IL only two animals ofthe
earth that will eat tobako-one Ia
a man and the other IL a cote, but
the cote understands it most, for
he swallers the spit chaw and al.
The male gote when he ia
pensiv, IL a venerable and philoso-
phic looking old cuss, and
wouldn't make a bad professor OF
arithmetick in some Of our coll
leges.
They are handy at living long
tlme, reaching an advanced age
without arriving at any definite
konklusion.
How long a cote lives without
giving it up, there IL no man now
old enufT tew tell.
Methuseler, if his memory was
bad at forgetting, might give q
good sized guess, but unfortunate
ly for science and this essa, Me-
thuseler amt here.
Gotes will live in emmy klimata
and on emmy vittles except tan
bark, and if they ever KUN to a
square death it IL a profound Sc
cret, in the hands of few, to this
day.
l wouldn't like to believe any
man un'er oath who had ever seen
a maskuline gote actually di, and
stay so.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22
50. Eeuis csrEssasnasnos.
ST. LoUIs, Oct. 18Th, 1870.
DEAR HERALD:

GA AS"OiS, Oes' A9ta, AcgV.
DEAR HERALD: %
Shortly-that is, two hOuFs-I
shall be aioat--the palatial ,City
of Yicksburg" "sswill be bearing me
hence to resume the quill edito.
rial amid the oobwebs and murlSy
gloom Of the mysticany sacred
"sdacEung." -4,.t
But two short hours and st.
Louis knows me no more-per-
haps forever II reckon not,
though). No longer shall my
CLOSED and silken beaver be no
ted jaunting along Fourth and
Fifth streets, or mingling in the
aristocratic crows of the first class
hotels. Alas! no longer will my
prinCely bearing attract the fasci.
mated gaze Of beautiful prone.
aders on the streets, or catch the
point blank range Of lorgnettes
and opera glasses at the theatre.
Bootblacks and barbershops, cigar
stands, street cars, and-and-my
boarding house shall miss me, for
1--WE goeth on the wings of Mer-
curry with the spirit Of Mars and
the front of Jove to engage in aw-
full mental conflicts with intel
lectual Hercules. ~ OssiGn.
So my dear Will, you can in
form my creditors that it is bare
ly possible that / shall reach Vicks-
burg about Tuesday next, and
that having spent all my own
money here, and all that l could
borrow from my friends, l am
prepared for almost any emer-
gency, from soda cocktails to sui
eide. Selah. But my visit has
been pleasant and, l hope profit
able to both the paper and myself.
To Col. Martin Keary l am in.
debted for a charming drive in
a handsome barouche behind fast
pair Of elegant black horses, and
in company with his intelligent
son, who drove us to Shaw's mag
nilicent garden, the water works,
new bridge, public buildings, &c.
Col. Keary has purchased a new
ferry boat which shortly will be
plying between Vicksburg and
DeSoto.
There are many sights l leave
unseen for want OF time. During
my stay in this city found ex-
cellent accommodations with Mrs.
S. NJ. Houston, on Chestnut street,
whose husband formerly was edi.
tor Of that able journal, the Eutaw
ALA. Wing. Mr.. VIM. Marshall,
son Of Thomas A. Marshall, Esq,
of our city, and a lawyer in prac.
tice here, ! met at Mrs. Houston's
l am glad to learn that Mr.. Mar.
shall is doing we'll in the law.
This city has but little less thar
100000 Germans among its popu
lation.
Perhaps the great infusion oI
that element accounts for the mag.
nilicently well rounded ankles the
ladies display on the streets-at
least am told that they do-but
being bashful and near sighted
hardly like to give it as my own
opinion that it is 4 naked fact.
Mr.. A. C, Isaacs, the handsome
and efficient clerk of the "City o.
Vicksburg," engages to see mt
safely to the Hill City, and in his
generous care | feel at case.
So, bye bye awhile.
Yours, BIJoU.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

A BAD SIGN.-Thcy had thirteen
deaths from yellow fever in New
Orleans on Monday last. We fear
that the city is getting dirty again
and that it wants another such
over hauling as that which Gen.
Butler gave 1t during the war.
He gave il cleaning which follow
ed up from year 10 year, kept ont
the yellow fever as an epidemic for
seven years. Cleanliness OF all
places is the thing needed against
pestilence in our Southern Cities.--
New York Herald.
You are right. The saeat spoon
thief did that service FOR lha Cres-
cent City, as well as eIeaulnq Fl d
al The silver Spoons
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

We reckon that there is not a de-
cent white man in the State of Mis-
sissippi who does not know Gem
eral McMackin, who is the presid.
ing genius of that first class hotel,
the Prentiss House. The General
is the oldest caterer in the South
and knows exactly chow to keep a
hotel" Long ago be was chris.
tened the "princc oflandlords," ," and
no one has been presumpivc
enough to compete for the "horns'
which by common consent he has
worn ever since. We dropped in at
the Prcntiss House, yesterday,
about , o'clock =, NJ, and heard the
General sing that lovely song hc
has sung so long to the weary tray.
elers and wayfarcrs, Of which we
believe he is the author of the mu-
sic AS well as he words
20 the ham. tho lamb, the jelly and the
jam, etc"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

Mr.. FoLKEs, our efficient Asses
sOr, who is taking the census of the
county, desires us to request all
those who have not been seen by
himself or one of his agents on this
subject, to call at an carly day at
Mr.. shearer's and furnish him with
the data necessary to complete the
census of the county. II is an inn
pOrtant work, and one in which
every one should feel enough in-
terest to assist in its proper COM
pletlon.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

A dARKEY in Louisiana was re-
Gently discussing the negro equali-
ty question, TO which he is bitterly
opposed. lie soN: "My friends,
God q nifty maN de white man
white. He maCs dc black man
black ; nobody can't make 'em suf-
TN else. Iou know how de turkey
he roost On dc fence, aud de goose
h2Lf6sts on ae ground. Nna pull
7 de tul,ny of fence, and he get up
again. You crap his wings, but
some how or nudder, he's gwine to
get ba,k on dc fence. Now you
put a toosc on Dc fence I'D he fall
Of, be don't belopg daF. Now dats
white man and Agar lYpite man
Foostl lo9 defen7 pd nisglr On d'
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22

Scott, the carpet-bag GoYefnoE
of South csyo..ls, -. as..s.-.-
boxes Of Winchester rifles ana
seven boxes - ammunition la
DUfN tst Q|0 i|I4
~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-19

there appeared to be something the
matter with the hair trigger. He fixed
it and gave it a fresh start 1t did we'll
now, except that always at ten minutes
to ten the hands would shut together
like scissors, and from that time forth
they would travel together. The Oldest
man in the world could not make head
or tail Of the time of day by such a
watch, and so went again to have the
thing repaired. This person said the
crystal got bent, and that the main
spring was not straight. Healso remark
ed that part of the works needed half
selling. He made these things alright,
and then my timepiece performed unex-
ceptionably, save that now and then,
after working along quietly, for nearly
eight hours, everything inside would
let 20 all Of a sudden and begin to buzz
Ikea bee, and the hands would straight
way begin to spin round and round so
that their individuality was lost COM
pletely and they simply seemed deli
cate spiders web over the face of the
watch. She would reel off the next
twenty-fOur hours in six or seven min
utes and then stop with a bang. l
went with heavy heart to one
more matchmaker and looked on
while he took her to pieces.
Then | prepared to cross question
him RICHLY, for this thing was getting
serious. The watch had cost $500 or
iginally, and seemed to have paid out
two or three thousand for repairs
While | waited and looked on | pres
emily recognized in this matchmaker an
old cquaintance-a steamboat engineer
Of other days, and not a good engineer
either He examined all the parts
carefully, just as the other watchmakcrs
had done. and then delivered his YER
diet with the same confidence OF man
uer.
lie said:
"She makes too much steam-you
want to hang the monkey wrench on
tie safc'y valve"
] Drained him on the spot and had
him buried at my own expense.
My uncle William (now deceased,
alas use! 20 say that a good horse was
a good horse until it had run away
once, and that a watch was q good
watch until the .rcpairers got a. chance
at it. And lie used to wonder what be-
came OF all the unsuccessful thinkers,
and gunsmiths, and shoemakcr., and
b!acksmithS; bat nobody could ever
tell him.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-19
T0.GSl. for Peach Trees.

Dr.. George B. Wood, in paper read
before the American Philosophical
Society, states that he believes the
short lie Of peach trees is due to a
deficiency Of potash in The soil and
asserts tha; II this alkali be supplied to
the tree 50 that it shall reach the small
roots and he absorbed, the bearing
power i restored and the fruit itself,
prcm1turcly perishing, is revived. He
digs around the base OF the stem Of the
tree a hole four or five inches deep and
fills it with fresh wood ashes. The re-
suit is not only the regeneration of the
tree but It's assured health. That pot
ash is an untailing rcgencrator we can
not assert: hut it Is excellent for fruit
two.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-19
HooAand's German Tonic

Was compounded for those not inclined to
extreme bitters, and is intended for use IN
cases when some alcoholic stimulant Is re-
quired in connection with the Tonic proper
ties of the Bitters. Each bottle Of the Tonic
contains one bottle of the Bitters, combined
with pure SANTA CRUZ Rum. and favored
in such a manner that the extreme bitter
ness of the Bltters is overcome, forming a
preparation highly agreeable and pleasant
TO the palate, and containing the medical
virtues of the Bitters. The price OF The
Tonic is sl.5O per bottle, which many per-
SONS think too high. They must take into
consideration that the stimulant used Is
guaranteed to be Of pure quality. poor
article could be furnished at cheaper price
but is it not better to pay little more and
have good article7 A medicinal prepare
ton should contain none but the best ingre-
dents, and they who expect to obtain
cheap compound will most certainly be
cheated.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-19
Arc Twin Calves Good Erecdcrse

In answer to this inquiry, in the
R.r11 Nor Tortsr, I would. say, # both
are of the same sex when born as twins,
they breed as well as those Of single
birth, and are often more prolific than
when one i male aud the other e.
male: the latter rarely breeds, and are
often paired, and work in the yoke to-
gethcr. The free martin is equal TO its
mate, as they take on masculine
qualities generally. And | have often
noted the human species, born under
the same circumstances, that not only
small families were the result Of mar
riace but the barrenness was the type
Of the female twin.-S0'om9G ". Js,c6H.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-19

The supper is over, the hearth is swept,
And in the wood fires glow
The children cluster 10 hear tale
OF that time so long ago,