Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26
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BuFFALO, N. II. Feb. 2i.-Com-
mod0r6 Champnn Is dead.
CHICAGO, Eeb 2l.=Yesterday
Was the o0ldest day Of the season.
A number Of teamsters aud others
were frozen.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 2l.-The steamer
hence for Cincinnati, snaR-
ged a Island %, burned and sunk.
Twelve lives were lost. No partic-
uIars. A terrible gale prevailed
and The weather intenSely cold.
The Emma shipped 400 bales cot
ton from here.
81. LOUIS, Feb. 2l.-Weather
very cold. Navigation North sus-
pended, and South much impeded.
NEW ORLEAHs, Feb. 2l.-In the
legislature the COnstabnlaFy bill
was finally passed.
All the objectional bills were
somewhat modified, about which
Indignation meetings we're held,
have passed except the Militia bill,
which ls made the special order for
Friday.
A Joint resolution amending the
DISTINGUISHING clause Of tie Consti.
tutiOd passed.
Destructive fire al franklin, / a.
Loss 10000. No insurance.
ROME, Feb. 20.-The carnival
opened with the customary cerc.
monies. The number of strangers
who take part in the festivities Is
small, and the scenes IN the street
are not SO lively as usual.
PlaCards against the Papal infali.
bility were found on the walls last
week and we're torn down by the
police as soon as discovered.
ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 2l.-Cniform
depth Of Suez canal 10 10 feet.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-The Mil
itary Committee are examining
witnesses on Cadet corruption.
Tie following card from General
Sypher will appear in the Chronicle
and Republican Tomorrow morn
ing:
any attention has been recently
called to paragraphs in the newspa-
pers assOclating my name with the
sale Of cadet appointments to the
U. S. Military and Naval Acade-
mics. These reports are false and
slanderOus. There is no evidence
before the Military Committee, i'm
pliCating me, directly or indirectly,
In the sale OF cadetships. | intend
10 CHALLENGES investigation.
"Signed, j. II. SYPHER."
WAsAIEGToN, Feb, 22.-COmmis-
sionerS Of Foreign Affairs were
discussing Cuba to-day, NJ deH.
mite result.
Farragut Is here and Is quite sick.
Dispatches to politicians, from
Texas, announce the nomination in
caucus, which lie equivalent 10 cleo
ton Of Morgan q. Hamilton for the
long aud short terms TO tho United
States Senate. Governor Flana-
gan for the i've years term.
The newly elected Senators from
Georgia, visited the President
yesterday, who again disaVOwed
any intention Of interfering DO.
tween them and Hill and Miller.
WASHlNGTON, Feb. 22-The ere.
dentials Of FarrOW aud Whitley, OF
Georgia " ere presented.
Drake said both the credentials
we're In utter disregard Oflaw. The
credentials were finally Withdrawn.
Without further action the Sen.
ate adjourned 10 honor Of the day.
HOuse-A resolution censuring
Munger, was referred to committee
on rules.
Voorhees, made a personal expla.
nation, denying he ever belonged
TO .. secret or political society OF
aided In resisting the draft during
the war.
An effort to adjourn In honor o
the day was defeated.
Appropriation resumed.
Adjourned.
The Consul at Santiago de Cuba,
under date OF January Sd, writes tC
Secretary Of State and says the po.
litieal affairs in that Consular dis.
trict were In a most deplOrable,con.
dition. AssassinatiOnS at BayaInC
Of citizens sent from that city, By
order Of Count Valmesada, wa,
nothing more than what Is daily
peTpelTated.
II is well known that Valmesadi
aspires to the position of Captain
General OF the Island, and in order
to increase his popularity among
blood.craving catalines who arr
operating In his behalf both IN thi,
Island and in Spain, gives impera.
tive orders ~ make this a war 0.
determination, ard VIC daily Learn
Of peaceful citizens residing In The
country being assassinaled by thu
modified Spanish troops. These
orders arc probably carried to al
extreme, from the fact that thosC
commanding such troops are con,
stautly supplying some Cuban pro.
duco dealer of this city, aud whose
object is to sack the country anC
forward To their agents such por
lions OF crops as may fall into ihoil
hands.
1t is estimated HAT lifty per cent
of the Spanish volunteers from sick
ness are put "hOrse du combat Tit
hospitals are full to Oyelowing.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 22.-Seward ar,
rived here to-day. His health il
excellent.
CAIRO, Feb, 22.-Missing from
the steamer Emma!No. 2, William
Foster, Second Engineer: james
Scaley, Of Lexington, KY. an un.
known pilot and several deck hands
LOUISVILLE, Feb, 22.-The de,
tectives are after band Of counter,
feiters an Pulaski, in Wayne COun'
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