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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
GEOGRAPHICAL.

The distance between Metz aud
Verdnn is about thirty miles. The
boundary lines of the departments
of Moselle lin which Metz is stu
ated and Meuse (in which Yer.
dun is situatcd) runs north and
south about midway between these
points, The upper portion of the
department Of Moselle is covered
with c~ontreforts of the Ardcnnes
and Nosgcs mountains. but around
Metz and the country is compare.
lively level. Some distance west
Of Metz timbercl land abounds,
and in some parts the forest is
very dense. The Ornc river flows
4 few miles northwest Of Metz. A
short distance east of Vcrduu the
department Of the Meuse is ira,
verscd from south to north by Il
range of low hills called the
mountains of Argonne, which
separate the basins Of the Meuse
and Seine.
There are two roads from Metz
TO Ncrdun, CALLED the upper ami
lower roads, though the latter is
the most direct, and is the most
used. The best military maps We
have examined give the name Of
the different places on this road
! going from Metz west as Grave
lotte, Devant, Mars La Tour,
Moulins, Rezonville, Labenville,
Harville and Manheulles. These
are all small villages or hOmIcts.
Gravelotte and Mars La Tour have
both been the scene Of fierce con.
flict. The former is within four
and the latter within six miles Of
Metz.
The upper road from Metz to
Verdun branches off at Gravelotte.
Jarny, Contains, Obey, Parfourupt,
Elaine, Hermeville, Fix and Wa
troville are small places on this
road. There are no hamletts
marked between these roads, and
the country is barren. From Metz
to Thionville, seventeen miles, the
road is q direct one, due North.
Briey, mentioned in the dispatches,
is fourteen miles northwest of
Metz. None Of the posts men,
toned are of any strategetic i'm
portance, and a description of
them would not be interesting.
The roads from Metz to Thion-
vile, like all the routes ~tmpertGles
in France, is kept in admirable or.
der, and bordered on either side
by large shady trees. The road
and the railway line from Metz TO
Luxembourg run almost parallel at
she foot of a long chain of hills
reaching from Metz to the German
frontier. On the right ofthe road
is the Moselle, which is very mar
row In this part, aud beyond are
miles and miles Of fat land, titled
principally for the cultivation Of
corn al potatoes. The road from.
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
From the n. Y. Times
what s Bogus Masonry!

One John Stephenson has been
arrested on a charge Of swindling.
That of itself is not q very re-
markable occurrence. But the
alleged swindling consists in mi.
tiating one David Erich into the
mysteries of Freemasonry, with
the help Of 4 dodge which is de.
scribed rs bogus-the said Erich
paying q small fee for the priv.
lege.
The books describe Freema-
sonry as "a system Of morality
yelled in allegory and illustrated
by symbols A Masonic lodge
is not Masonry, The question is.
then, what is bogus Masonry Is
it bogus morality, or bogus al.
legory, or bogus symbols:
This is the question which
determines whether the in.
quisitive Erich has or has not
been swindled, aud it is the ques-
ton which Stephenson is entitled
to have answered. If he and his
brethren taught the true Masonic
morality, expounded the true Ma.
sonic allegory, and familiarized the
novice with the true Masonic sym
bols-then, clearly, there was no
swindling. Whether the ceremo.
ny took place in a barn or in a gar
ret, or in a tavern parlor, or in a
regular lodge-room, with or with
out the traditional goat, is imma-
terial to the issue. The whole
thing turns upon the genuineness
Of the instruction given, not upon
the business relationship of the So
called lodge to the grand lodge Of
this or any other country.
Who, then, shall decide what is
the true Masonry and what is the
bogusP We have heard of Ma
sonic officials who "worked' with
the aid of the hapless Morgan,
and others who relied upon the in
idel Carlisle; and we dare say
there are thousands who know all
about Masonry as explained by
Richardson. Is not Stephenson
entitled to put in these authorities
as evidence? May he not insist
upon giving the pass words, the
"grips" of the various degrees?
What is to hinder him from tell
ing the particulars ofthe business
from that of the "entered appren-
tice'' upward! The grand Sec.
rotary proclaims him "bogus."-
Well, the grand secretary must be
put into the Witness-box and com.
PEELED to tell all about it. Only
thus can justice be done in the
premises. The mere declaration
that Stephenson's Masonry is bo-
dus, amounts to nothing. The
secretary OF thegrand some
body else may be required 70 tell
Therein Is the difference between
4e4 saz sd
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

THE tone Of the British press, but
particularly Of the Times, has
aroused the just indignation Of the
Paris journals. Il appears that
there Ia something more in this
than national antipathies or preju-
dices. A correspondent writing
from England says: ~ have just
heard from q good scOurce the orig
inal cause Of the hostility Of the
London Times to the Emperor, and
the sudden wheel around Of the
London Daily Telegraph in the
same direction. Lady Waldegrave,
Of Strawberry Hill,a great friend
Ofthe Orleans family Is showing
great social attention to the Lon.
don Journalists, with q view to
make partisans. Mr.. Delane Of the
London Times, dimes there three
times q week, and has been the
more easily won over by her lady
ship from the fact that he lost EGO.
600 in the time Ofthe HOhenzollern
affair by stock speculatiOns for .
rise, on the faith Of an announce.
ment Of the settlement Of the wal
question by N. 0llivIer's organ, I,
COnstitUtiOnnsl. Among the re
cent cOnquests Ofthe siren OF Straw
berry Hill are Mr.. and Mrs, Levy
ofthe Daily Telegraph. They re
ceive the honor Of an invitation t
her ladyship's dinners, and the al
legiance Of that journal was secur.
Cd.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03


gen then put a rope round Muir
rays neck, took him to 4 tree, and
after tying his arms, caused him
to be hung up. In a short time
he was let down again and asked
to confess. He protested his ig-
Horance, when Burger threaten
ed to blow his heart out if he did
not confess" Still refusing he
was again swung up by the neck
and kept suspended SO long that
when he was let down he was un-
able to speak for some time. They
waited until he had recovered his
voice. the affidavit thus pro-
ceeds; THE said Burger then
said, Now confess that you saw
Moore AfIlant replied, he could
not do it. Said Burger replied,
You must acknowledge it or de-
and said to one Of his men, Ser
geant, hang him up to that tree and
let him hang till s o'clock in the
morning then cut him down and
'bury him under the tree After
other conversation and threats OF
killing this %afllant, the said Bur
gen said to this %atllant, i will now
give you until tomorrow night,
and if you don't confess, then, l
will kill you dead AiTiant, re-
piled, 4 will never confess, for ]
have nothing 70 confess This
atIlant was then taken back to his
tent, aforesaid, after being to say
nothing about what occurred, and
threatened with death if he di.
vulged it."
D. w. Weldon, another Of
Kinks prisoners, deposed that he
was arrested by Burger on the 23d
of July last carried to camp
shot at by one of the soldiers, the
ball passing near his head carried
from camp to the county Jail
where he was manacled and chain.
ed to the floor, that in that condi.
ton he was insulted and maltreat.
ed had his food thrown to him
on the floor, and was forbidden to
use knife, or fork or spoon.
Another prisoner, George S.
Rogers, deposed that he was ar.
rested by order of Kirk on the
charge Of knowing something
about the murder Of Outlaw that
when lie denied it Burger said he
"was telling a damned lie;" that
to force him to confess what he
did not know, he was taken from
the camp to an adjacent woods,
and there hung up by the neck.
After suffering great torture, and
persisting in his denial, he was
finally brought back to the camp
and kept a close prisoner unit
released by Judge Brooks.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

A MOTHER Loses Four Chill
DREN WITHIN AN HoUR.-A gen.
tleman just from Roane county
gives the particulars Of q most
hear. rending calamity that hap
pened last week on Spring creek, in
that county, and by which one fam
lily was bereft of four children in
less than an hour.
A lady whose name our infor-
mant had forgotten, residing upon
the above named creek, went down
to it in the morning for the purpose
ofdoing the "week's washing" TAX
ing with her the youngest child, an
infant about a year old, leaving the
other three at the house. While
engaged at her work she heard sup
pressed screams at the house taxi
ing up her little child from the soil
ed clothes on which it was sitting,
she placed it In an empty wash tub
to keep 1t from crawling into the
creek during her absence, and has
tened to the house, where she met
her eldest child with its head fright
fully dlsfgurcd and swollen. She
hastily CLEANED from this one that
the three.children,had crawled under
the house in search OF eggs ; that
while under something hurt them,
and that the other two were still
under the house. The mother up
on looking under the house, found
them dead, with several moccasin
snakes "a very poisonous aud dead
~ species) crawling around their
bodies. The neighbors were
alarmed, and by their assistance the
snakes were killed, and the unfor.
lunate children taken out, their
bodies presenting a frightiul aud
,ickening appearance. BY this
time the elder one was a corpse.
The mother in her despair and agony
had forgotten until now her little
one at the creek, aud upon going
down to the creek for it, it was
only TO find it also a corpse in the
creek. 1t is supposed the little
child climbed up in the tub and was
holding on to the lower edge of it
when the tub upset, rolling the
child into the water below and
drowning it. It'll said the mothers
grief was so great that at last &C.
counts she was a raving maniac
Point Pleasant (Va.) journal.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

what is upheld as true. Judge
Scott. as a "Worshipful MASTER
cannot be allowed to decide the
case. The public must be the
Judge in a matter Of such tran
seendent interest and importance.
We look for an excitement that
has not prevailed since the days
Of Morgan.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

TIE Buffalo Courier says the
Radical Legislature of Indiana, at
It's late session, engrafted the fol-
lowing new idea on the election
laws Of that State: The inspectors
ofelection on receiving each ballot
are authorized to have the same
numbered with figures correspond
ing with the number placed oppo-
site to the name of the person who
handed It in; consequently, by q
subsequent examination, the par.
dculaE ballot deposited by each
voter may be readily identified.
The object Of this innovation is
very perceptible. It is Intended to
aid those who employ large mum.
bers Of men, and who make their
continuance in employment de-
pend upon their voting the Radical
ticket in discovering that their
workmen do vote in accordance
with the political views of those
Who hire them. That the SURFACES
Of workmen, engaged in establish
ments large or small that are con-
Quoted by strong Radicals, arc
Oiten controlled or Influenced by
threats Of discharge IL not agree
ing With the wishes of the masters,
r. notorious. But it is also true
that many men have been sharp
enough to fight fire with fire pro,
Tossing one way, have voted the
other. This unwarrantable inter
ference with the privilege of the
freeman, has now been legalized
BY the Radical Legislature of In
diana; more than that, the en-
ployers are assisted by the law
u guarding against deception be.
Ing practiced upon them by their
men. The dignity oil the ballot
d1pends fundamentally upoR its
secrecy. If such Innovations as
these are 70 be allowed, we may
as well come at once, in this coun-
try, 10 the undemocratic English
styleof voting by q show Of hands,
or open registry. The step taken
Indiana Radicalism is a bold
one and should command the at
iention Of workingmen Of the
country generally. When It comes
20 such point that the ballot of the
poor man is marked by order Of
his employer, and subjected to sub
sequent scrutiny, He freedom of
our elective ffanohlseis gone: and
when that departs, the labOrers of
this nation are no better Of, 60 far
As their political rights are con-
ceIned, than hose OF Russia or
Austria
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

An Alabama exchange states
thatafeW days since, in the vicini-
3 Of DemOpOlis, the lightning
took q fair crack at the head ofan
negro at work in a field. The
lightning retired in disgust, while
Che negro INDUCED in divers pro.
family" at the total destruction OF
his hat.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

A SENSATION report has been go
ing the rounds Ofthe Radical press
that General Grant had offered
Senator Trumbull 9 seat in the
Cabinet. This Mr.. Trumbull de-
MES.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

a number Of small villages, consist
ing merely Of a few poor looking
houses built on either side of the
high road.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

.sThe four traits that q man most
ais 1ires ina woman are dignity,
seslon, tact and , sweet
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

German ladies propose, as the
climax of patriotic self-sacrifice,
abstinence from French fashions.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
JOSIAH TURNER, in.
Raleigh Sentinel.

1NhlelBn OenIlnel'
The New York Tribune eagerly
swallowed every statement made
showingthe existence of the dread
Ku KluX, and justified and en-
couraged the atrocities committed
by Holden and his minions, and
has never had the honesty or the
fairness to admit that there was q
particle of fairness or truth in the
charges, although the utter falsity
of every charge has been clearly
proven.
On the 25th inst, many of those
who had been arrested by these
villains, were brought before
Judge Brooks Of the United States
District Court. The first case
heard was that Of Mr.. Turner, the
editor of the Raleigh Sentinel,
The return to the writ was, in sub
stance, "that Kirk had arrested
him, by order of somebody, for
conspiring, with others not named,
to overthrow the Government"
When the Judge asked if the pros
ecution could show sufficient cause
for OBTAINING the prisoner any
longer in custody, Mr.. BOyden,
Kinks attorney, was forced to say,
ave have no legal evidence of
any kind of the prisoners guilt,
and therefore do not oppose his
discharge" In the cese Of Felix
Roam, accused Of being accessory
to the murder of j. W. Stephens,
the answer of Kinks counsel was,
"They we're not in possession of a
particle of evidence Ofthe prison
er's guilt"
Similar answers were made in
respect to several other prisoners,
and the Judge ordered the whole
of them to be liberated. On the
same day Lucian H. Murray made
affidavit that on the 9th day of
July he was arrested by Lieuten-
ant Burgen-One Of Kinks infa
nous tools-and on the succeed
ing night taken out Of the camp
by Burger and three men armed
with pssala--that Burger sought to
extoEt from Murray the names Of
'the men Ho murdered Wyatt Ont
lev Alshaa repeatedly
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
Boarding and Day School,
FOR YOUNG LADIES


MEIss MARY Z. COMPTON, and MRS.
EMMA s. COMPTON, will reopen az
No. 20 Cherry etFeet, their Boarding and
Day school for young Ladies'.
CHARGES
Board, with furnished rooms, lights
and fuel, per quarter session, in ad-
vance, .....ts..s. w w
BOarl from Monday until Friday, per
qlaTter Session IN advance. ....... 5W
Tuition in Primary Class. per quarter
Session, in advance, ............... 10 %
Tuition In First Middle Glass, per
quarter Session, In advance, ........ 10 90
Tuition In Second Middle Glass, per
quarter Session. In aivance,. go. 20 20
Tuition In Senior Class, per quarter Ses-
sion, In advance, ............... Is %
Tuition In Music on Plano. per quarter
Session, In advance. 80. .......... 20 90
water ooIors, pei quarter. .. So. 10 10
Tuition In Painting In oil, ............. IS 20
The Session. embracing forty weeks, with
the usual vacation at Christmas, will close
June 18th, 1871.
Pupils received at any period during the
Session, but payment must be made at the
time OF admission, to the close OF the quar-
ter Session, except in peculiar cases BY
special agreement.
ny Lessons will be given on any other
instrument, or In any required language or
accomplishment at Professors prices.
mia dlm.wam
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

NA @
The means through which the
Radicals Of North CarOlia hoped
to gain 8 new power in that State
was to create a greA excitement
about the doings Of the Ku Klux
(ofwhich association live speci-
men has never yet been put upon
exhibition To defend the au-
thorities that be, from the atroci-
ties claimed to be committed by
this horrible clan, full justIfica-
ton would be had for calling out
the militia and the adoption Of the
most stringent measures. The
writ Of habeas corpus was declar-
ed played OUT by the willing
tools Of Holden, such men as
Kirk and Bergen, both Of whom
have been recently arrested. The
one released upon bond, and the
other in default Of bond confined
in jail.
The following spirited letter
from the gallant editor of the Raj
eigh IN. CO. Sentinel, will show
from what source came the infor-
nation upon which these Williams
we're arrested AS the reader will
observe it is addressed to Governor
Holden and is as follows:
HILLsBoRo', Aug. %, 1870
Gov. HOLDEN: You must excuse
me for declining to enter into the
personal controversy to which you
invited me in the Standard Of the
- inst.
l look upon you as a self
strangled monster or a broken
winged vulture, no longer capabl,
of mischief. You have sinneC
against God and the people ant
their judgment is upon you. You
throne of iniquity and court of in
QUESTION have been overturned b,
Judge Brooks.
No longer will Pearson deere.
injustice by law no longer viii
he acknowledge the truth O
Kinks declaration, that the sacret
writ Of habeas corpus "had playe,
out"
l shall leave you for a Will
longer, where you have been sine.
my arrest and Imprisonment, il
the hands of my local, who, wit
all the people and DR.. Leach, un
derstands you well, looking upoT
you as a blot on creation and
scandal to mankind. As you hav
come to shame, ! advise you t
silencc-making, hencefOrth, a
little noise as possible.
The people have achieved
wonderful victory over their wick
ed ruler. The extremity of thu
public danger drew them frou
their vocationa to the polls. Thel
determined to rid themselves o
the curse of your administration
and most efI~ectually have the,
done it.
AS you gave me notice of you
intention to arrest me, not to b
outdone in magnanimity, l nov
notify you that on Friday next,
shall have you arrested, unles
Chief Justice Pearson shall holC
that Bench warrants have playeu
out with writs of hdbeaS corpus
Yours as ever,
JOSIAH TURNER, in.
Raleigh Sentinel.
Tho Naw Yorlr Tribune naonrl
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Living Machine.

Injure the main spring of a watch and every por
ton of the works becomes disordered. The human
stomach is to the human system what that elastic
piece of metal is to the chronometer. 1t influences
the action of the other organs, and controls, TO
certain extent, the whole living machine. The
comparison may be carried further: for as the
weakness other imperfections OF the main spring
indicated the face of the timepiece SO also is
the weakness or other disorder of the stomach be-
trayed by the face of the invalid. The complexion
is sallow faded the eyes are deficient in lustre
and intelligence, and there is a worm anxious ex-
preston in the whole countenance, which tells as
plainly as written words could do, that the great
nourishing organ whose Office ii is to minister to
the wants Of the body, and to sustain and renew all
its parts, is not performing its duty. 1t requires
renOvating and regulating, and to accomplish this
to be the one thing needful The broken main
spring of a watch may be replaced 10y new one,
but the stomach only be repaired and strength
ened and this is of the objects of the famous
vegetable restorative which for eighteen years has
been wagirg successful contest with dyspepsia in
al climates As specific for indigestion it stands
alone When the resources Of the pharmaCGpia
have been exhausted, without, at best, doing more
than mitigating the complaint a course of this
wholesome and paatable yet powerful stOmachic
effects perfect and permanent cure. In all cases
Of dyspepsia the liver is more or less disOrdered,
and upon this important gland, as well as upon the
stomach and bowels, the bitters act with singular
distinctness, regulating and reinvigorating every
secretive and assimilating organ on which bodily
and mental health depends. janS-deodlw&w1t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-14
STATE PRISON STATISTICS.

The largest State prison in the United
States is that of Sing Sing, in New York.
There are in it 1870 convicts, and the
cost of maintaining them is $S77, 00o.r
The receipts from the prisoners were but
1864, 600. Thus it is not self support
ing institution by over 100000. 1t costs
eighteen cents day to maintain male,
and twenty-seven cents to support
female convict As to the amount of
drunkenness and its effect on crime, the
admissions last year showed that 472 were
temperate, 142 moderate drinkers, and
Ill incorporate. Thus the number OF
temperate exceeds the number of in
temperate four to one More than four
fifths of the whole number received could
read and write. Three-ffths of the
whole number were natives of the United
STATES
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-14
INpIRECT REpUDIATToN.

The BoR'ier thinks we misinterprctcd
its views with regard to the present rate
of taxation upon merchants. II so, We
gave eur RAIDERS ample opportunity to de-
tect the error, for We quoted all that the
Banner said upon the immediate subject
of discussion, which was the House bill
now ia the Senate making large re
duction on merchants taxes" in The Ian
guage of the Banner. We understood,
and still understand, the Banner to be
opposed 10 that bill As that bill was set
for hearing in the Senate the day
after the appearance of the Ban
ner'S article, we felt it incumbent
upon US TO at once use what
ever of influence we may possess in
opposition to the position of the Banner,
and in favor of the passage of that House
bill Eow in the Senate "making large
reduction on merchants taxes" The efforts
of the Banner in behalf of the material
interests of the continuity are readily ac-
knowledged and cordially approved. We
have no disposition to undeTate its ser
vices. Our eye to business does not look
in that direction.
To SO much Of the Banners article as
is outside of the line of explanation or ar
gument, we have only to say, with re-
greet, that it is not calculated to promote
that calmness of discussion which arrives
at correct conclusions.