davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

The Commercial oversteps itself a
little in its article against the adoption
of an educational qualification for suf-
frage. It in effect says that such q
qualification would be q hardship on
the laborers, as II says the "whole body
Of our lAbOring class would rise up and
denounce It," and that the negroes
would also object to II. The lsbOring
class of whites in the South can almost
without exception read and write, and
1t is moi q fair argument 10 place them
on an equality, In this respect, with ne.
groes. While the Commercial may not
have intended 10 do this, its article GER.
tainly appears 10 bear that conStruc-
lion. No sweeping, "TapaCiOuS," or
revolutionary amendment iS in-
tended either. II is q small
matter for any one to learn 10
read and write, and 1t is proposed
that as much as Ave years be given
after itS adoption before the amend
ment shall take effect. There iS no
hardship IN this to any one. The law
would simply say, II iS an evil for Igno'
rant people 10 vote, but they shall have
ample time to ct least poorly prepare
themselves for that responsible duty
II they failed to do ii, 1t would not bC
the fault Of The law. All that abouI
some very old people not being able tC
read and write, although they are good
voters, is nonsense. The few excep'
tons merely prove the excellence Oftht
rule.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
AN ORGANS OPINION.
The Washington National Republicans
STAFF and Manassmsat-Irs Platform 10.
Cludss the Advocacy OfIntsrnaI improve
ments, and a Souad Financial Policy.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The present staa
OF the National Republican embraces
Messrs. A. NJ. Clapp, edltor-iu.chief; N,
Davidson, managing editor; Charles L
Flanagan, A. B. Talcott, II z Goodwin
and j Potts, associates. The business de.
partment is managed by II. II. Clapp,
Saturday an article OF nearly three col.
umns was generally read and discussed,
OF which the following lie an extract; 1--WE
cannot consent, by silence on that point,
that our attitude towards the present Ma.
tiOnal Government shall be misunderstood
or misinterpreted. Having devoted our
best abilities and efforts TO secure the ele.
walton of Gen. X. B. Hayes to the Presi.
dency as the representative Of the Repub.
lican party aud its principles. 1t will be
our highest pleasure to sustain all his
measures and policies that are In harmony
with Republican principles, usages and
traditions. To take any other course
would, in our judgment, be inconsistent
with political good faith, and render us
remiss IN duty. TO expect more or less
OF US now, would be to lmpugn our pollti.
cal integrity and question our good sense
as Republicans. We shall favor and al.
v0catc oil public improvements by which
the interest Ot commerce may be pro.
NOTED and strengthened, and the resOur.
ces OF the entire country be developed in
to widespread prosperity. We will not
contend for taril Tor protection, but for
revenue. We are in favor OF remoneliz ing
silver AID making 1t legal tender OF
equal value with gold toriall debts due the
Government and the people. We shall
advocate the issue OF greenbacks, backed
By National faith, TO an amount equal to
the wants oil business aud trade, and
which shall Ge received the same as gold
aud silver for all dues :, the Government
and individuals.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

CIRCUIT CoURT commenced yester-
day. Every member Of the Grand
jury whose names were published in
the HERALD, of last Tuesday, was pres.
ent, and the Jury impannelled aud
sworn, with E. II. Alverson as Fore
man. Judge Young delivered . very
interesting and pointed charge which
vas listened to with great interest by the
large number Of citizens present. We
are glad to note that every Justice OF
The Peace in the county was In attend
anee and their punCluallty will greatly
facilitate the work Of the Grand Jury.
No other business was performed be-
voud admitting Mr.. N. Picard 10 the
Bar and swearing In seven members
Ofs petit jury.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

The Charleston News says: "Genera
lie Due, the commissioner OF AgriCul.
iurc, has not been in office many
months, but he has already fully justi-
fed the Presidents choice, and proved
himself to be, in every way fit for the
place, a prime object with Commits.
sloner lie Due Is TO obtain q clear un-
derstandiug OF the peculiarties and
possibilities OF the Southern climate
aud soil, with a view to the practical
aud systematic encouragement OF the
diversifcation Of products, and the
extension OF the culture of such exotics
as tea aud the olive. Il is also desired
to give aid in extending the growth Of
sugar, so a. to bring the country, in
this particulsr.nearer to the self.supply-
ing point"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
CRIMINALS = HIGH LIFE.

N#
Ex.AsslstaRt TFsassFsr sawyer, and
Others, Convicted Of Conspiracy to Pass
a Fraudulent Claim - Details Of the
Case.
WAsHtNGTON, Sept. SO.-In the case OF
the United States agalnst ex-senator and
ex.Assistant Secretary OF the TrSasuryt
sawyer; Gen, z. d. Roddy; Harris, ex.
Commissioner OF Customs, and +, W.
Brooks, OF the late firm OF Parkman &
Brooks, the jury rendered a verdict OF
guilty. The parties, except Roddg, were
sent to Jail To-day. R0ddy ts In kurope
and not on trial. The defense made many
exceptions which will be heard In the gen.
eral term which commences tomorrow.
The convicss will be retained In jail until
the exceptions are heard and the cases
finally disposed OF. The parties are
convicted on the count OF conspiracy
to pass fraudulent claim ON which $57,.
0O0 was paid to Roddy. The unfortunate
Sawyer they say only received 81, 900 OF the
plunder. The penalty is not less than
one year 3 imprisonment at hard labor, and
hne OF not less than $l,lOl. The jury
made ali exception In favor OF Sawyer,
making Recommendation for mercy, )who
u was not proved had received any share
This ls the famous Parkman, Brooks X Co.
cotton claim, Of Memphis.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
VICBSBURG WEEKLY HERALD FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1877.

tied The credit system bsi sbol.
ishgd Or existing only on lite Of
honor, the rate OF interest - money
loaned will decrease, and money which
flows into the hands Of the few, will
remain or distributein the hand Of the
many.
Believing, however, that If our preS'
ent nominees are elected, our legisla-
tors are capable of seeing what Is best
for the people, / beseeCh them only to
remember they will not represent the
merchants and monied men alone, but
the oppressed workingmen Of our
county, and that they do something to
alleviate the cause OF suffering hu-
manity. JAS. N. GIBSON, in.
WARREN COUNTY, Oct. /, 1877.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
nRe 81 0uR sOlid Mea Was
Lake VAeksburg lid red.
PANTHER BURN, DKER CRREK
September %, 1877.
Of the VlokBbuTg Herald

september y, 1871.
Editor Of the VieksbuTg Herald:
DsAR SIR-Havlng read your edito-
rial in regard to bridging the Lake, my
extreme anxiety to contribute my mite
towards saving our city from utter ruin
induces me to offer for your considers
ton what l conceive to be an unan.
sweFable argument in favor of the
speedy construction OF the proposed
bridge, "if Mr.. Dabney's survey should
show the praCticability Of establishing
3 permanent wharf at the southern
point Of the Island" It is this: The
city owns the old river front, and of
course half of the bAtture or made land
will belong to her, and II our city au.
thorities would, even without the war
rant of law" act promptly, and secure
by purchase, for the benefit Of the city,
the south half OF tho Island, but q reTy
few years would elapse before the city
could realize, by sale of batture lots,
not only money enough to twice pay
her Indebtedness but to contribute
literally to the building of several i'm
portAnt railroads, so that instead of the
cutoff proving her destruction it will
make her the frst.clasS city her natural
advantages entitle her to be.
Yours very respectfully.
JNO. WILLIS,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
SEXTON,S REPORT

OF the City Of FickS5urg, for the ioeek ending
Monday, The !S' day Of October, A.D.
1877, at l. O'Clock N.
Sept. 24-Mrs. Catherine Reinhardt, 69
years, pneumonia, Vicksburg. 4th Ward.
sept. 25-Mary Z. Wade, colored, 10
years, smallpox, Vlcksburg, lst Ward.
Sept. 2j-Mrs. Martha V. Faife, 81 years,
typho-malarlal fever. Vicksburg, % Ward,
Sept. 2I-Aattie Middleton, cOlorCd, 3
years, smallpox, Warren county.
Sept 21-Evelina Keller, ,cOlored, 3 years,
whOoping.cuugh, Warren county.
sept. .S-Johanna Pemberton, colored,
year, teetbing, Vicksburg, ID Ward.
Sept. 29-Joseph A. Mattlngly, 90 years,
gun.shOt wound, Warren county.
Sept. SO Henry Robertson, cOlOred,
smallpox, Warren county.
Died IN 81. Louis, Mo. Edward $. Hawks,
20 years, angina pectOris, inferred IN City
Cemetery. YicksOurg, Miss.
A true copy: q. ARNOLD, Sexton.
u. T, WOODRUFF, ". D., Health Officer.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
Coed Chance for a Fight with the
Mexicana.

GALVESTON, oct. 1.-The News Fort
Clark special says Colonel Shalter cross
ed the Rio Graude yesterday. with 900
men and two Gatllng guns TO extricate
Bulls from a dangerous position. One
thousand Mexicans left Pldras Negras,
sargassa and villenueya to-day. Destlna.
ton not known.
GALVESTON, oct. The latest special
from the Rio Grande gives no information
Of collision between Mexican and Federal
troops, although It is thought Shafter and
Bulls have had an engagement with In.
diane on Mexican soil. Relnforcements
have been sent to Shaiter. There are now
eight companies on the Mexican side.
General TalCRn, commanding the Mexican
troops at Pidras Negras, has ordered his
officers to keep ~ the tail Of the Amerl.
cans until they recr0Ss river.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

THE New Orleans Plcayune ar
IDENTIFY sustains Judge Blllings,
Of Louisiana, in his efforts to have the
OdlOus aud useless test oath repealed.
We hope Judge Hill, who is 80 highly
respected aud honOred in this State,
will cooperate with Judge Billings In
this matter.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
FAMINE IN INDIA.
Terrible Mortality In the Presidency Of
Madras The Victims Number Three
Quarters of a Million,

LONDON, Oct. 1.-The Times's Madras
correspondent reviewing the actual effects
In that Presidency Of famine and disease
consequent on famine, says: Registered
deaths OF the present year up to the end Of
June were $4,000 above the average. This,
according to the opinion OF District officers
does not represent more than two.thlrds Of
the actual mortality, and We have further
- add the deaths which have Occurre d
Is that not less than 100000 persons have
fallen victims, and even these figures will
probably be largely increased before the
famine, and Its after-wave Of suffering, has
finally passed away.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
Turkish Loanea At Plavnn.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-The Standard's cores
pondent with the Turkish army, tele-
graphs from PleYna that Osman Pasha's
loss from the Russian cannOnade is light,
and but only when he retook the redoubt
on the Leftcha road he lost 5000 men,
There are now, Sept. %, only 1900 wound
ed at PleYna,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
Still Another Savings Bank In Trou.
BILE.

BOSTON, Oct. l.-Another result of the
tremor caused by the suspension of the
Barnstable Savings Bank, is the slIspen.
sion OF the Savings Bank at Hyams, Mass.
There has been run on the bank Tor sev'
eral days, and Saturday It was deemed ad,
Vlsa0le that payment be entirely auspend.
ed until the present distrust subsides
The Bank has good standing; most OF its
loans are good. At the last report the
9ank had 1855 dep0sltors, and aggreRate
deposits Of nearly s625. 900. .e''N
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

DEMocRATs, II you think your party
iS worth preserving, vote for the whole
ticket that you nominated at the Prim.
ary Election. You cannot afford to
have the negroes successfully organized
against you, nor can you afford to sup
port any irregular candidates.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

TIE Cincinnati Enquirer calls Gar
field and Pembsrton the parlor orna-
ments OF their respective parties
Evening Commercial.
Who the thunder ls "Pemberton 7"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

As the Winter is coming on the In-
dams are reported to be peacsAbly in-
Clined. Next Spring, when the grass
comes up, they will 60 to war again.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

Last year the schools opened with
36G children, showing an increase OF
l29 Ia favor OF the opening day this
year. The colored schools opened
with q moderate attendance.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

SENATOR MCDONALD and Blue Jeans
Williams have visited Senator Morton,
who is dangerously III.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

A TRAMP applied to q lady in Des
Moines for something to eat, and to the
inquiry as to why he didn't go to work
said there was not any chance to work
at bis trade now. The lady asked bim
what his trade was. "Shoveling snow"
vas the confident answer. He got his
Inner Dubuque Herald,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

The Commercial yesterday sWelled
out to thrice lie natural size, but the
L Q. made sad work Of portions Of It.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05

ONE week from to-day the Ohio
election comes Of.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
Opening Of Ghe Public schools
Large attendance.

The following ia the number Of pu-
pills in attendance al the Main Street
School Yesterday:
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
T&R#tsbargA Aatpia

Tuesday Morning, October 2.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
Caaty A6airs.
MEETING oRTHE BoARD OF suRERYH
oRs.

MEETING oETHE BoARD on tuRERYTs-
oRs.
The Board OF Supervisors met yes
terday In regular session. Present, W.
]. CoWan, Jas. FOssett, and Jno. A.
Gould. Absent, President Arthur, and
E. Kleinman.
On motion, Mr.. Could was elected
President pro tenn.
The assessment of Mrs. Adsline
RomaIne's land at 230 acres was order.
ed to be reduced by 60 acres, and the
reduction certified to the Auditor OF
Public Accounts.
Samuel Raney offered his resignation
as Constable in District No. 4, which
was accepted.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
The Church Militant.

SCRANTON (Pa). February h. A pastoral letter from Bishop O'Hara. communicating the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and directing the clergy to deny mem bers of that Order the Sacraments, was read in all the Catholic Chur- ches of Scranton diocese to-day. The denunciatiOn was unexpected and has produced a sensation among the members of the Order, who for the past three years has been in favor with the Church within this jurisdiction. The An cient Order has large member ship in Scranton.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24

CHARACTERISTIC ?-As sample of the style of telegrams recently sent from Prescott to the press, over the U. s. Military telegraph, we take the following from the San Diego World:
 PRESCOTT, February 15.-A tel egraphic dispatch from Lieut.. Hannah, who to-day is scouting in the southern part of the Terri tory, and in the immediate vicin. ity where all the Indian depreda- tiOns are said to have been com. mitted, reports nothing tOconfirm the late news of the massacre of Mexicans, telegraphed on Monday from Tucson.
 The Miner has the following ed- itoriai on Ladi0aa Gum, c good Step, ddd:"
 Where all the depredations are s0id to have been committed" is an expression of as impudent mendacity,as we have ever heard. {. It was sent over the wires for the evident purpose of making public opinion in favor of army men, and against the civilian officials of this Territory who, while burying the victims dared to clamor against the brutal indifference and list lessness of these men, who seem to prefer telegraphing for reputa- tion, to winning it by conquering Indians. We have always felt a pride in reading Prescott tele. grams of the gallant exploits of scouts sent out from that vicinity. Were these no more truthfu full than the dispatches lately sent from there to the press, and of which the above is sample !?
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
ARMY TRANSFORMATION.

Col. C., w. Bradley, A. Q. M. of Yuma Depot started on Tursday in his ambulance direct for the R. R. terminus, now about 70 miles distant. We infer the object of his mission to be to examine and report to Division Headquarters the probability of the $. P. R. R. Go. being able to transport U. s. supplies, required in Arizona for the coming fiscal year. We be- Ieiye that the contracts for trans. portation of army stores are let in March. Should the R. R. Co. get the contract as far as the Colorado River, and put in low bids for points farther East, we think the Col. $. Nav. Co. will perhaps run them very close, by offering to take freight over the Guaymas route, in connection with teams ter of Sonora and Eastern Arizona. With cheap grain here by rail, at Phoenix, Tucson and on the Lit tie Colorado, our freighters ought to be able to join the R. R. Go. in through bills-of-lading to every part of the Territory at low rates and so retain for our own mer- chants and station keepers, all the benefits accruing from transit of Govt. freight.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-BOth the Worlds and the Tribune's Wash ington specials state, that leading men on both sides are anxious to prevent an extra session and that they will probably be successful. A cable dispatch states that thirty vessels, many with their entire crews, have been lost in gales, which prevailed on the English coast on the night of the 18th, inst.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.- Greenbacks 95 @953. Stocks closed yesterday shade better, as fol- lows: Cal. 464; c. & c. 12; Justice 128; Mex. IS; ophir 26; Union g.; Jacket 142; B. & B. 333; Overman 84; Utah 16,
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
THAT EDITORIAL.

The Niner of the 9th came out with an editorial on the Indian question, which was unworthy of and probably not written by either Ofits editors. The writer scgrned to be tied down to mere falts, and swelling himself up with ridicu lous wrath, he scared away up into clouds of innuendo, where our less vapory mind has been unable to follow. Has he come down yet, or did he burst, up there? In the old days, when an Indian agent waste be "gone for, !" or a mere civilian was to be "scorched," for standing in the light of army circles It. Burke or Capt. Nickerson were supposed to write the Miner editorials on the Indian question" 3ut who wrote this last one? If il came from Headquarters, its comtruc- tlon shows. that the "Dra0aa !" has eDgrossed attention tl<Ee, to the manifest injury of Literature
 Now lads, lay aside burnt cork for while, and if you don't feel like killing Indians. try books.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
IS IT ANOTHER STEALf

Our attention has been called to the provisions Of a bill, amending the PGuitentiary bill, introduced md passed at Yavapai's last ses- sion of the Legislature. It pro vides that one member, who may live outside the limits of the will lage Of Yuma, shall receive $500 per year, whether he renders any service or not. and sixty cents per mile for travelling expenses. The other two Commissioners must live at Yuma, do all the work of the Commission, and get only s45 per quarter. Taking into consid- eration that the Commissioners who have acted for the past two years, have done so without pav. one of them (Mr. Neahr) at times lending his own mechanical skill and labor, and that there is now little or no work to be done, We can look upon so broad discrim-
 inatiOn between the new Con-
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
WAS IT A LEGISLATURE?

Arizona, as a Territory, has no constitution; the place of this is filled by the organic Act and Sta tutes of the U. g.. these laws con- fer upon our legislature alone the power of apportionmept and con- sequent formation off succeeding legislatures. Two years ago they delegated that powef f to the secre- tary of the Territory. If one power specially vested in a Iegis- Iature could be delegated, then so could all it's authority, and our solons might Ss well have delegat- ed to the Secretary, the duty ol making laws for us, end have de- voted thgir own time to the more congenhl pursuits of bean-poke' and freeze- out. Passing" a pool han& would perhaps have beer more familiar to them than "pass Eno" bills. Considering the per l njciOus nature of most of it's mea : sures, we should hope that a pro u. tribunal might decide that i ] was not a les eislature, and that it trts are invalid.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
AFTER THE OPERATORS.

Under instructions from Wash ington, the employees of the U. s Military Telegraph are forbidden to furnish items of general news to the Press. Newspapers of course will gather, from other sources, news for their readers; but the sum paid for news to the different operators was welcome addition to the miserable pittance allowed them by the Government, and there seems no good reason for depriving them of it. Those in this Territory have made a fav- orable impression on the public by their uniform courtesy and at- tention.
 w. T. Blythe, Chief Operator at San Diego, has laid Arizona under obligations to him by care- full selection and prompt forward ing of all news likely to interest the Territory. We dislike to see that part of the army snubbed, which has done so much to re- deem it in the estimation of civi- Hans.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
Kerosene Can.
NOTICE.

To George Islip claimant in the Buckeye Lode first Northern extension, in the Castle Dome Mining District, Yuma County, Arr ZOna.
 You are hereby notified, that if you e-o,,, uO not appear within (9O) Ninety days T,"n rtum she date hereof. and pay to George i'Ts at the SENTINEL office, Ydma' your proportion of the e1pense ihcui'eu .a 5oan l the amount of work dOpe on saiu iouo' during the year 1872 to 1876 inclusive, as ,, required by law; tis undersigned will will claim a forfeiture ofyour interests in said lode in accordance with the mining laws now in force. nv
 Yuma. Arizona, January 2otb, 1877
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
Camels for Arizona from Nevada.

NEwHALL, Gal February IA A caravan consisting of camels and dromedaries, numbering in all forty head, passed here this morning. They come in from Nevada, and are en-route to Fort Yuma, via Los Angeles, and will be used in the interior of Arizona for transporting freight s. F. Chronicle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that al dsbss dao THE ARIZONA SENTINEL for atTsEssine prior to Dec. 3lst, 1876, art payable to Wm. J. Berry, and from and aiteT inst date to George Tyng. Agent of The SeBti- nel Publishing Go. All unpaid subscrip- tiOns to HE SENTINEL are payable t9 George Fyng,. Agent, who w,ll also comi plete all subscriptions paid to Wm J. Berry prior to Dec. 7th, 1876. Persons having claims against TIE SENTINEL office prior to the 3ist, December 1876 will present them for collection to Wm. J. Berry.
 VIM J. BERRY.
 GEORGE TYING,
 Agent
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-02-24

missioners, only as a piece of dis honest legislation. No other yer dict can be passed on it. For what fraudulent purpose this measure was conceived remains to be ex- posed.