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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
SAVera Rantanca.
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Miscellaneous PrOCeedlngs-DlsCusslOn Of
a Canon for the Government Of a Pro.
posed Order of Deacunesses and Sls.
iers Of the Church"

BosroS, Oct. ga message from the
House Cf Bishops In relation 10 marriage
was concurred in, and Committee ap,
pointed.
The number Of Bishops now in the
Church Is ~
Increased Efforts with freedmen Of the
South was recommended.
The canon adopted by the House oil
Bishops Tor tle creation and government
Of the proposed order Of "DeacOnesses and
Sisters OF the Church" came up for con-
cur, NJ action. Rev. Or. Huntington OBJ
jected 10 the provisions in the canon for
the Government OF the order, whereby the
Deac Jnesies would be governed by DiO.
cesan rule, rather than by form estab.
lished by the House Of Bishops. lie was
heartily In spirit with the proposed organ.
/ lzAtiOn.
DR.. Leeds, Of Maryland, supported the
canon as ii came recommended by the
! COMMITTEE, a. did also Mr., Walsh, OF
| Pennsylvania.
| Judge Shetfrey. Of Virginia, from the
| Committee on CanOns, presented minor.
ity report, proposing that the qualidca.
/ tions Ofa woman TO enter the order be left
| to the Bishops, and the setting apart OF
/ Deaconesses should be by form set forth
BY the House oil Bishops, instead Of being
/ in the control OF any one Bishop,
DR.. Morgan Dix, Of New York, express.
ed the opinion that canonical legislation
was unnecessary; he could not endorse
anything affecting the majority report.
DR.. Clarke, Of Kentucky, said proper
legislation was necessary 10 place the
Church in its proper position before the
world. and declared him self 10 favor OF the
canon as reported from the House Of
Bishops, as it would serve to protect the
Church from any dlscredit.
Rev. DR.. Shattuck, Of Massachusetts,,
thought any legislation or can0nical law
relative 70 the matter unnecessary.
DR.. Fulton, Of Wisconsin, believed the
slsterhood should be governed by legisla.
tlon, the same 10 be made by the respec.
tive diocesan conventions, and regulate
the work Of the order in their respective
jurisdictions.
In the afternoon session, the canon pro.
posing the organization OF an Order oil
Deac0nesses or Sisters, was discussed
and finally laid on the table, which dis.
poses OF Il as far as the present Conven.
ton 10 concerned.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
RIrHa Things,

Envelopes were first used in 1889.
The first steel pen was made In 1880.
The first air pump was madein 1850.
The first balloon ascent was made
in 1893.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed
in lass
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
Ships were first "copper.bouomed"
in 1873.
Coaches were first used in England
in 1869.
The first horse railroad was built in
1861.
Gold was discovered in California in
1913.
The frat steamboat Piled the lIud.
son in 1907
The first watches we're made at M.
remburg in 1918.
Omnibuses were Introduced in New
York in 1880.
The first newspaper Advertisement
appeared in 1862,
The frs! copper cen vas coined in
New Haven In 1857.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
The first telescope was probably
used in England in zoos.
The first saw-maker's anvil wal
brought to America In 1910.
The first use of locomotive In thil
country was in 1929.
The first almanac was printed by
George Won Purbach in l4G0.
The first chimneys we're introduced
into Rome from Padua in 1868.
The first printing press in the United
States was introduced in 1923.
The first steam engine on this cont
nent was brought from England il
1853.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Politics in Mississippi

Richland La, Beacon,
1t is well known ths; The Democrats
OF our neighbOring State, Oy hard
struggle aud great, personal sacrifice
but recently redeemed their State from
corruption aud misrule but so soon
after this Eard-won victory, and before
they have recovered from the b.ighting
effects Of Official corruption, portion
Of them at leas: s.cm destined 70 ell.
gage in as hArl Struggle as ever, or
10 suffer de.cst at the hands 0! few
professed Democrats-ma!con,enls-
aud the Radicals, because there are not
offices to 90 round among all who
oL,iderthemse yea peculiarly fitted for
oili:i4l position, In other words, the
struggle is u be fought over OF the
fruits Of great victory De lost through
the selfish ambition and cupidity Of q
few soreheads. Such is the case, at
lea.t In Warren county, where an
hermaphrodite tickethas been put into
the field in opposition 20 Tie regular
ticket,
We know that in nominations the
wi.es' selections are not always made
that &; is simply impossible that every
member Of party can be perfectly
satisfied with each name on ticket
Jul til: not prudent or wise to jeopar-
die the interests Of the country by re-
fu.!ug 10 support it on this account.
Personal preferences should always
give precedence 10 the public good.
Besides, the nominations made in the
present instance came as near being an
expression Of the wishes Of all the
voters as 1t is possible for nominations
to be, because they we're made by q
primary election, in which every mem.
Der OF the party had the privilege oi
expressing his preference, and II he
failed to do so 1t Is his own fault, and
even if he did vote and failed to secure
the nomination of the candidates Of his
choice, he should gracefully submit to
the decision of the majority and If he
10 actuated by patriotic motives he will
always do so. There is no other meani
Of preserving party discipline and unity
and achieving success.
II majority of the vo'ers Of Mis-
sissippi should now suffer themselves
to be drawn of from the support Of the
regular ticket by the argument oi
demagogues and soreheads, thus Great
ing disruption of the party that car
alone save the State from misrule, the
fruit of their former victory will bC
lost, and they will have the mortifica'
ton of knowing that they have again
turned their State over to the rule o.
ignorance and corruption. But W.
have better opinion Of our neighbOrs
and confidently believe that they viii
give the malcontents q rebuke tha
they will not soon forget.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
DR.. Observation-Disclosures. -.

DR.. c. X. Marshall, last night, at
the thcater building, delivered q very
eloquent lecture on the pulpit and the
Bar" for the benefit Of the Library As
sociation Of this city. The audience,
though moderate, was very select, and
showed It's appreciation Of the rever-
end gentlelnan's address not only by
enthusiastic applause, but by remaining
in their seats throughout the whole
lecture. II was q stirring and forcible
oratioD, addressed 10 the feelings and
reason Of the audience. 1t was replele
with Illustrative anecdotical remin.
iscences, drawn from the life expe.
rience Of our most eminent oratOrs. He
expstiated upon the immense benefit
arising from thorough knowledge Of
literature in its multitudinous varieties
or branches, and convincingly demon
strated that, as in Europe the historic
hills OF Vicksburg were as widely
known as New York, she should not be
less backward in the refinement OF her
children. He clearly elucidated that
the Bar had q great advantage over
the Pulpit from the fact that differ.
ent cases were attended b. differ.
ent circumstances, thereby giving
the lawyer the vantage ground
Of spontsniety, and also from
the fact thar the speech OF one lawyer
was virtually preparation 10 another
instancing the same by episodes from
the histories of the worlds greatest in.
tellects, Choate, Webster, Grattan,
Sheridan, Canning, Mason, Clay, Prem.
liss and other luminaries that shine 10
the edifcatlon Of civilization, received
tributes Of praise.
Not being an extremist in the belief
that Action made an orator; be, by BIZ
own grand personality, subs.sntiated
the ground, that true oratory or elo'
quence consisted in the supreme per
sonal identity or individuality of The
man himself" |, Is impossible TO dc
justice 10 the reverend gentleman
without giving verbatim report, bu
he has our hearty thanks and earnest
cooperation in his most laudable de-
sign, of establishing library in this
city, an institution which we are as
sured will be complete success, and
we hope, as the reverend gentleman
prophesied, that in five years we may
look on shelves containing five thou
sand volumes.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

HOW A VETERAN HOTEL KEEPER OF IS-
DTANAPoLIs KEPT EVEN WITH TIE PET
TY P1LFERERs.
indianapolis Herald.l
"Steal !" said the old man, in accents
Of intense scorn. "Steal! Why, you
would be astonished 10 find how large
q proportion Of the travelling public
are Internal thieves. They steal the
bed.clothisg, pillows, bootjackp, soap,
soap dishes-everything, IN fact, which
they can carry Off Everybody steals
soap. We expect that, and don't kick.
You'd be surprised to hear that-(a
noted Indiana politician) makes prac.
lice ofputting the soap into HE valise
every time be pays his bill. He doesn't
seems to use much of It himself, put
think he takes 1t home 10 his children.
The fret thing TO be done when q fel.
low comes 10 the Office 10 pay his bill is
10 send the porter up to his room TO see
If anything 10 missing. When q fellow
comes down with his valise in his
hand we are unusually Suspicious. The
only way 10 get even with the thieves
10 to keep thief account When.
ever anything IL missed l charge 1t up
at 9 fair value, and the next time l
catch q thief 10 the act make him pay
the entire amount or 60 to jail. One
day nice.looking fellow came down
with valise In bis hand, and inquired
the amount Of bis bill. The minute /
saw him knew be had stolen some.
thing, so l rang tho bell and gave the
porter the wink. potlered about the
books while the porter was gone, and l
could see he was getting uneasy. He had
a notion 10 bolt, but just then the porter
came down, and l saw by bis eye that
something was missing. jumped
over the counter and grabbed the
rascal by the throat. Open that valise,
you id thief, says l. He got very
white about the gills, and began 10 beg.
When the valise was opened, sure
enough there was O new bed.spread
for which bad paid FIVE dollars. 'Blll,
says / bring me the thief Gccount.' I
footed II up, and 1t amounted to just
flfty-six dollars You pay that says
], 'or 90 to jail He thought it was
id hard to have to pay for other
mems stealiDgs, bat on the whole con-
cluded that II was cheaper than to go to
the penitentiary. Compounding q
felony? Well, yes, it did have that
complexion. But maybe It nipped q
thief in the bud. The girls are gener-
ally honest, though once in while we
catch one OF them. Ono time there
was an Internal tree.peddleF
stopped with us, and he had q
black satin vest stolen. l paid him
five dollars for Il. He described II
very accurately. There was yellow
spot on The collar, where be had drop
ped some acid on II, and his name in
full was written on the leather with
which 1t was bound at the bottom.
suspected the girl Mary. We watched
her for a week or two, and concluded
we were mistaken, when one day I
fellow came in with black satin vest
and there was round yellow spot OF
the collar. 1t was Mary's sweetheart
l cCllared him, jerked up the vest, ant
found the name Of the tree.peddler OF
the leather. He owned up that Mary
had stolen the vest and given Il TO him
At that time the thief account was only
seven dollars, and so he got of cheap
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Old BIOWhard DlscOuTseIh
Again.
THINGS Not WORKING 10 SUIT HIN
BUT HE rs HOPEFUL.

THINGS Not WORKING 10 SUIT HIM,
BUT he IS HOPEFUL.
Mn. EDITOR: Since last wrote you
| have made q flying trip 10 the coun.
try to look after the interest Of my
party. Things sre not working as |
would desire them. Still do not think
there will be much difficulty in getting
O sufficient number OF negroes and lie.
feated Democratic candidates 10 join
US TO Gil out our ticket for Justices of
the Peace and Constables. Yet there
is a hitch somewhere / cannot find. l
am afraid we will lose some of the best
men on our ticket. | speak OF those
who are running as The chosen of both
parties. The country Democrats are
the most obstinate OF any have met
They will not listen 10 anything that i
reasonable or just, For instance,
they swear iaey will not vote
.Ur any man who permits BIZ,
name 20 remain on both tickets.
They sAy that each man must stand
ila;.,oo'cl on his own side nf the
fence, aud let every body know exactly
which side he is on. This sort Of talk,
tear, will cause US to lose some Of our
Democratic candidates. lfso, we will
have TO lll their places with regular
Old Radical ex.oiiice bolders, that will
not lend much strength or popularity
to our party. discover the people oi
the country hate Radicalism as they
do the devil, | feel that we stand .
very gool chance to Ge defeated in toe
coming election; but If we fail tn.
time we may succeed the next. | am
determined 10 "lghti; out on this line
until ! can think Of something better
You will see from the following ex.
tract of the last letter received from
the President, that he entirely approve;
nv new party, especially since the
amendment 10 the name. He says
"Now, my dear General, let me say Ia
you in ali candor, that your head is de-
cidedly level upon political alFairs, and
the proper mode Of keeping the Gov
ernment pure. l was very much struck
with your new aud original idea Of it,
being absolutely necessary to have
two great political parties, and they a.
nearly balanced as possible, 10 keep tho
country in prosperous and healtbfu
condition, aud the nearer they are bal
anced the better, for the party out O.
power, when the contest has been close
always expects TO get in the mex
time, and watches the ones tina
are in like a hawk, to preven
them from stealing what they intenC
to steal when they get into power.
am fully persuaded no party ought Il
remain in power more than one term
BY changing every election, Their
would be but little stealing done b.
either party, owing to lack Of opportu
nifty. 1 wish to say further, that ap
prove your course in organizing you
party. Also the platform you hav
adopted. And l must say that l fee
grateful aud fattered by the recen
amendment of your party name.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The Leader thinks 1t is inconsistent
for US to warn the people that one.
fourth Of the taxes is used 10 pay in
.erest on Radical debts, and charges
that it had nothing TO do with the creA.
ton OF those debts, The editor of the
Leader, as far as we know, did not
have anything to do with saddling this
deb. on us, and we have never charged
that he had. But Mr.. Morris, Ed
wards, Brooks, and the other Radicals
OF the n. A. party are responsible, each
according to his influence, for the debt,
and the point we make is that the sue.
cess Of the N. A. party will restore this
baneful influence again. II the n. a.
ticket should, by any misfortune, be
elected, the Democratic party would be
aemoralized, and negro influence would
soon be as potent for evil as II was be-
fore. Captain Spears nigh. Try 10
control it, but as able men as be have
tried TO control it, and they have never
succeeded. The ouly way for our peo-
pie 10 avoid risk, ia 10 bea. the ticket,
and 10 beat It badly. That they intend
70 10.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
THE COAL MINE HORROR.
Almost Hopeless Efforts to Recover lm.
prISOnsd MInsFs-0aIy -Four Rescued
Bringing Out The Dead.

LONDON, Oct. 23-lntelllgence from
high Blantyre collieTy, up to II o'clock
Monday night, says the shaft, at the bot.
tom OF which knocking was heard, is rapid.
ly cOllapsing. Explorers consequently
are attempting 70 reopen communication
from another mine. They have penetrated
about one.elghth OF q mile, but stlll have
one hundred and fifty iathoms to clear, 90
they cannot possibly reach the men who
are supposed TO be imprisoned, before
morning. 1t ls feared by that time that
few, II any will remain alive,
LATER-Four miners were discovered
alive at II O'Clock, but so weak that one
died before morning, and the case OF an.
other is thought hopeless. Mining experts
express the opinion that all the men re.
naming In the pits have perished, but
even II any are alive, no rescue party can
reach them In less than eight or ten days.
The work Of bringing up the dead has
been resumed, and the mangled remains
show that the explosion was Of terrific
violence.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
The Murder OF Jerome Yates,

Port Gibson Reveille.
Several gentlemen from Kinds coun-
ty came to town last Monday in pur'
suit of Horace Yates, Of that county,
who had perpetrated . foul murder,his
victim being his cousin, and one of the
best citizens of Hinds. Itappears that
on Friday Of last week Jerome Yates,
Horace Yates, and q man named House,
we're at Edwards on business, and
while there Horace Yates became in.
toxicated and manifested q strong de.
sire and purpose TO kill House, which
was prevented by jerome Yates. The
latter then invited House TO ride with
him in the wagon, and thus be would
shield him from harm, and on nearing
Houses home. or some point on the
road, Jerome Yates advised House 10
leave the wagon aud the road, which
he did. Jerome Yates stopped his
wagon for some purpose, and while be
was standing on the side of the road,
his foot on the wagon wheel, his cousin
came up, dashed upon him and cut his
throat from ear 10 ear, and otherwise
stabbed and cut him until death quickly
ensued. These are the particulars as
given to US, but we have an intimation
from a friend that the difficulty grew
out of a fence question and unruly
stock. An advertisement appears in
onr columns Offering $500 reward for
the apprehension OF the murderer, and
giving q description of him. 1t Is an
other Of the horrible murders so fire..
quently duplicated in Mississippi, and
Il will continue so long as there are ju-
ries and Judges to wink at crime, and
so long as criminals are offered in the
State, and by the State, as merchantable
commodities, 10 be hired or leased.
Judge Green, as will be seen in tO-day's
paper, adjourned his Court in utter dis
gust, q few days ago, because OF the
evident corruption Of the jury.
The above Is well worth the careful
perusal of our readers. Tnis is an &C.
count of the killing Of Yates that was
first telegraphed to the HERALD. Il is
10 the comments OF the Reveille that
we wish to direct attention.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

THERE is some little talk among the
MA. P's about some city men being ap'
pointed as Judges for the country box
es. This has been the custom in this
county for yeara, and we regard it a
good one. The judges from the city
can conveniently carry out and bring
back the tickets, ballot. boxes, tally.
sheets, ETC., and the Registrars have
acted wisely in making this arrange.
meni. Before the war the returning
officers were invariably sent from the
:iiy, and since the war, as VIC have no
~returning officers, !; Is well TO have
one city jndge 10 &C: OF each county
box.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

We hope that all the voters IN lais
and adjoining countle; will vote
agains. the amendment abolishiug the
office OF Lieu,enant.G oyernor, and in
favor of the amendment for bienn!a!
sessions OF the Legislature. The
grounds for the abolition Of the Lieu
teuant.Governor's Office are insult,
:!ent, and the recommendation, as il
passed tue las. Legislature, smacEs the
leas. bit TOO much Of lsmagogi:m.
The salary Of the Liel.saan..Gove:nor
is q mere triila, bu! the salary OF s,i Inc
members of the Legislature, amounts
toa large sum. The Legislature cut
3T the L'eutcpant. Governors salary,
5a. q Owed heir own 70 stand as !; is.
li,hey I'D reduced their own salary
5ne.hal', and then advised change OF
the Constitution in favor Of biennial
session, Of the Legislature, there would
have been consistency in their action.
As the recommendation in regard 10
the Lieutenant.Governor'. Office IS q
small bid forpublic approval, we think
the voters ought to rebuke such acts By
promptly voting the proposed amend
n5nt down. The amendment in re-
gard to biennial sessions OF the Legis-
lature is good one, aud we have little
doubt tha! It will be adopted by a large
majority.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Prominent
Conservatives from Louisiana, now In
Washington, show a disposition 10 op.
pose the claim Of Euslis to a seat In the
Senate. They hold that he Is not le.
gally elected, and call 10 mind the cir
cumstance that had been pretty gener.
ally lost sight OF, that he was mot elect
ed by the ordinary method-ihe Coop
Grafton Of the two houses Of the LeRis.
lature. HIS election, they say, was &C.
complished by union Of q minority
Of the Senate, acting with a part of the
House. Eleven members of the Senate
joined a majority Of the House in
the election, leaving twenty-four
Senators in session in the Sem
ate Chamber, transacting the usu-
al routine OF business, without re.
gard to the proceedings of the So
called joint convention Of the two
houses in another part of the building.
Upon fair presentation of this view
Of the case, 1t Is believed that q great
many Democrats will vote against
seating Eustis. 1t is expected that this
point will attract the attention Of
David Davis, and that be will speak on
II. If he does, the effect will Remarked,
as his views are regarded 90 worthy of
consideration 10 an unusual degree.
Meanwhile PinchbaCk comes up again
as 3 claimant, alleging that he was
elected on the 14th Of January, 1875.
His former claim was based on an elec.
ton in 1872 or 1878. The impression
is that Pinchback's recent determine.
ton 10 press q new claim for q seat will
only resultin Q declaration that nobody
has been properly elected for the term
ending March, 1870.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

FLOWERS, TO grow we'll in Winter,
should come from The nursery in good
condition. Storrs, Harrison u Co., oil
PAinesville, Ohio, guarantee the safe ar
rival of their plants in perfect order
Bulbs, Roses, Carnations, etc. Send for
catalogue. Their bulbs ere imported
direct from Rotterdam, Holland.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Death Of Corporal schnapp.

Deer Mr.. Edeter nv the Herald:
The edeter Nv the leeder asts ef ii IL
not in auder, sense the publickashun
Nv juge Cowen's kard, for Corporal
Schnapp tu KUN tn the front. i will
jes doc Il onst mo for the lass time.
Nobody mead not bee afeerd Nv me no
mo, resun viii, cauz am pore preech.
er nv the quaker gospill, an mi prinsi-
pull IL not III fite, ner hAv no fus with
noboddie nohow, Fact IL, Corporal
Schnapp haint mi rail naime nova. i
am a pore phemail wimmip, naimed
betsie jones, and dide da bephore
yistiddy with the smal.pocks, an
wood ev ast billie an warren an al
them uther fellers tu come tu mi phu-
neral Of had not bin Altered thade
kech sum Nv the desezs / dide withe
80 u see THAR kant bee no mo trubbull
withe me, fer i'n gone IL tina: born
irum whair no boddie don't newer
kun bac no mo; so yew may Kun.
slider have tuke long adu Nv yore
fren CORPORAL SCgSAPP.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
LOUISIANA FINANCES.
Proposition fFUa European FIaaHuIsFS ts
Loan q LaFBs Sun 10 The stals-A
Sesnlanly FalF AFFanssnant

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. IA ayndIcate Of
eminent hnaneiers in Europe nave Dro.
posed TO loan the state OF LouIsians. 30.
95GoOO, with which the State must eaiI IA
and pay OF her present debt ct par. with
interest TO date OF retirement; the State
must then issue the same amount Of bonds
70 the Syndicate, bearing i've per cent. in-
terest, and pay interest made payable 10
20 years. Under this arrangement the
state would be required TO pay only about
and interest, instead OF $4,000 now re.
quired TO pay interest on State bonds. Il
Is believed, however, this proposition can
not under the Constitution and present
State laws be accepted,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

We have received the fret copy Of
the Monroe Observer. It's an excel
lent paper, and should be sustained by
our Louisiana friends In that section
Of the State.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

TIE jackson Times, in referring to
the charges made BY the Leader that
the appointment of the election Judges
aud Clerks Of this county was in-
luenced by bribery,sAys thai" bullying
and clustering on either side will not
satisfy the public. Facts are demanded"