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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

The Chicago Board OF Trade has
passed the following resolution and
submitted Il to the National Board oi
Trade. 1t will be al agreeable sur
prise to the country, for the Boards OF
Trade of the East aud West have here
toiore dangled at the leading strings oi
the National Banks and bond-holders
and such an independent expression as
this is as unexpected as it Is gratifying
to all who believe that what is good
enough for the people is good enough
for the arrogant creditors Of the Gov,
ernmeut:
Resolved, That in the judgment o
the National Board Of Trade, legal
tender notes issued by the Fedora
Government, redeemable In coin on
demand at the Treasury in Washing
ton, or at the office of the Assistant
Treasurer In the City Of New York, at
the pleasure OF the holder, would con.
stitute the most desirable paper circu-
lating medium that could be supplied
to the people OF the United States, and
that If a suitable arrangement, divorced
from direct Congressional or politica
interference, can be devised for III
management, considerations of econo
my and convenience alike TO the Gov
ernment and the people demand tha
steps be taken to provide and protec
such issues, that at an early day they
may become the permanent aud solC
paper currency OF the country; ant
that the business Of banking, namely
the loaniDg o: money and the care o
deposits, be left in the hands of corpo
rations, firms and individuals, under
such necessary supervision or contro
ss may be deemed proper, aud be pro
vided for by the laws OF the sevela
States"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

The following telegraphic dispatch
was cent over the wires OF the Western
Union last week:
WYASD0TTE, KAN, July "a, 1871
To President Rutherford B. Hayes,
Executive Mansion, WaRhington, D.
C.-DEAR SIR: For God and human.
ity's sake, use your power and save the
land from further deluge Of freemen',
blood. Remove John Sherman, the
robbers tool. Put honest brains In biz
place. Call Congress together forth
with tor the express purpose Of radi
chlly changing the financial laws, which
are The sole cause of the present terri
bic coalition Of the country. Do thii
and peace will at once be restored. AL
syss are turned to you. j. P. RooT, IN
bebklf Of suffering millions.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03
DEMOCRATIC STATE cONVEN.
TON.
Election Of Permanent Omcsrs.
Seven BsllSts for Governor, Without
ChsIcs-LSuFy and stshs ClOss To.
getheF, and URsIe Ben
Behind.
Humphreys withdrawn, and Stone Noml'
mated on the IeHth Ballet.
spe cial dispatch 20 ne Ee.ald

special dispatch % me Ee:ald
JACKSON, August 1.-The Democrat
ic State Convention assem- bled al II 80
to-day, In the hall Of Representatives,
with . very large attendance, General
George, Chairman Of the State Execu.
tive Committee, presiding, who de.
livered an able address, after which an
election for permanent otfcers was
held, resulting in the selection Of Gen,
5. ]. Ghoulson for Chairman, and
Col. J. L. Power for Secretary. In the
afternoon, balloting for Governor com.
menced, and the Srst ballot was as fol-
lows: Humphreys, jG]. Lowry, S6]4
Stone ~, Festherstone 20. The sew.
enth ballot stood, Lowry, 9s;5
Stone, 96?s; Humphreys, 3l)a Feath'
erston, l5)a necessary 10 choice
.l23. The Convention ;aen took q re.
cess until $50 p. N.
The friends OF TIE various sspiranti
are now actively At work for the re-
assembling Of the Convention tonight
ALTER EGO.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

The following is the vote OF each
county in the Mississippi State Con-
vention: Adams 8, Alcorn 3, Amite 3
Attala 4, Benton 2, Bolivar 1, Calhoun
3, Carroll 4, Chickasaw 4, Choctsw 3
Claiborne 4, Clarke >, Costoma ,, Co.
piah 4, Covington 2, Clay 2, DeSoto G.
franklin ?, Greene ?, Grenada ?, Han
cock 2, Harrison 2, Kinds 5, Holmes 6
IsSaQuens 9, 2,Itawamba 2, Jackson 9, Jas
per 2, Jefferson 4, Jones 2, Kemper 2
Lafayette 4, LAuderdale 4, Lawrence 2
Leake 2, Lee 4, Lincoln 3, Lowndes 6
LeHore 2, Madison 6, Marion ,, Mar
shall s, Monroe 6, Montgomery 3, Ne
shOba 4, Newton 2, Noxubee 6, Oktib'
beha 4, Pamela 4, Perry 2, Pike 2
Pontotoc 3, Pearl ,, Prentiss 3
Quitman 2, Rankin 4, Scott 2
Sharkey 2, Simpson 2, Smith 2
Sumner 2, sunAOwer 2, Tallaha;chie
2, Tippah ?, TlshomingO 2, Tunica 2
Tate 4, Union 3, Warren 10, Washing
ton 4, Wayne 2, Wilkinson 4, Winston
2, Yalobusha 3, Yazoo 8. If the ma.
jority rule is adopted It will require
l24 votes to nominate. By the two
thirds rule, 1t will require lGi.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03
.ECoNp plkPATcH.

JACKSON, Angus. lon tie eighth
bAllo; to,nigh :, the name OF Governor
Humphreys was Withdrawn, and on the
9th that OF Gen. Festaers:on. On the
10th ballot Gov. Stone was nominated
the vote standing, Stone l3j, Lowry
l0l. The nomins;ioa was tten de-
clared unanimous, A'Hc .:e w.:h.
drawsl OF HUM -, =. warren
delegation voted ~ >'3.e.
The Convent" j,-:aed Kill Q
O'Clock in the :.o.: :.
Col. Lsmsr a. I'll ;ae Couven.
ton, but it !s 100 d" } make q report
oft. Gov, S'oa. eng serenaded,
and Jackson Is H. }! ?s!riotic enthu-
siasm. ALTER Eco.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

The CONSERVATION in the New York
Custom.house over the Presidents
order concerning political meddling is
described by the Herald: "Among
the minor ofice.holders and clerks
there prevailed q depression which
could not be relieved even by the
sight OF portly bottles, the butt ends OF
which could be seen sticking out OF
pigeon holes in the desks. The men
we're evidently dazed; they could
scarcely comprehend the new order Of
things. II was 10 direct opposition 10
what had prevailed in tho Custom
house since the Oldest attache could
remember T.. TIE political ropes
which had always been,clung to BY Gus.
ton.h0use employees had been with.
drawn, leaving them to sink or swim
in the civil service sea according 10
their merits"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

IT is made our painful duty 10 su-
nounce that on Saturday morning last,
between the hours of ten and eleven
o'clock, while the Rev. Benz. W. Stubbs,
the senior preacher ou the Ripley Cir
cult, was on his way from his home in
Baldwin, Miss, to fill an appointment
at Bethlehem Church in Union county,
a dead tree, which stood some thirty
or forty feet from the roadside, near
the bridge at Tishomingo Creek, eight
miles this side Of BALDWIN, fell upon
him and his horse, crushing them 10
the earth, and killing them both in
stantly. Mr.. Stubbs had been actively
engaged in the ministry for about 20
years and no man stood higher as a
gentleman and a Christian. lie leaves
9 wife and three children 10 mourn his
death which 10 them is irreparable.-
RIPLEY Advertiser, 2S,h.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

TIE New York Times and Tribune,
the Chicago Tribune ana other Nation.
81 Bank and bondholders' organs are
ciamoring loudly for large standing
army. They see plainly that nothing
bnt g military despolism can Longer
coin gold out OF the sweat OF millions
for the enrichment OF the few.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

The disorgsnized and demoralized
remnant Of political adventurers may
learn how well and truly they are ap.
preeiatsd at home, from these few re-
marks by the Boston Herald: "The
Republican party In several Southern
States 'ADdS 1t uSeless,' the organs say,
70 keep up lie organization. 1t has
been worse than useless in these aame
States, and that's What ails It now"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

Tia Port Gibson ReVeille has found
. BONANZA, we hope at least that II will
90 turn out. Itsays: I'VE have In our
ONCE q specimen Of coal, found on the
plantation Of Hon. L. H. Stiles, in this
county, embedded several feet below
the surface. It resembles In every par.
ticular the celebrated camel coal, and
We learn that the State Geologist is OF
the opinion thst II will be found, by
digging, in great abundance. We trust
1t may prove the foTe.runner Of rich
developments Of cos, and scarcely any
grtster msserisl pleasing ;o1la be be.
slowed on us
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03
Thursday Morning, August 2.

The Georgia Constitutional Conven-
lion has adopted the taxpaying quail
flcaiiOn for voters, and abolished the
death penalty for crime.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

THE rEAcEFrL LOSE og sr3NEwA-L
JAcRsoN's GREAT CAREER.
Col. Kyd Douglass il the ptlaGe!: cid
Weekly Tines,
The death ofGen. Jackson was aar.
acteyi,tic in !ts s!ngularity. a: uika:,
when the battle hsd ended, jls, S, he
had achieved wha. be believed 10 be
the mos! successful movement q Us
career, he, whom the enemy began 10
believe both in7ulners Sal .a7.ar..
bic, fell at the bands o. ..s owa peoi c.
1t is needless 20 Gepea; he y..aiG!
story Of his wouniing Gnj dealt. A..
fret It was no: believed lis w0u i
we're mortal, and the army ;hough,, in
the language OF Ger. Lee, Jackson
will uot-he cGaH5t die But L was
written. PneumoniG .en; its fearful
aid to the enemy, ana % sunday after
neon be closed his yas aod smiled s.;
his own spoken lgesn--' Let US cross
over the river and res: under lie shade
OF the trees The Gce&m thus spoken
is yet unbroSen and his soul went out
TO heaven, uplifed b. sighs aud pray.
ers, rising that Lagr from s,;ar and
cloister, all over he South, for his
recovery.
On Friday, ,1e 18Th Of Msy, 1863,
his body was taken tor burial 10 his
home in Lexington. lie had not been
there since be lef; =, ;wo years before,
at the beginning ot the wsr. Only
two years, and yet how ike romance,
the simple story Of bis growth in fame.
And now be lies buried ss he directed,
lin the Valley Of Virginia" aud among
the people be loved 50 vel. Il were
better so. He could no, have saved
the South, and II was merciful that he
should perish first. The tender mem-
ory he left behind him in the army, and
the stern sense OF duty he bequeathed
his soldiers, will be told by this little
incident with which | close this un.
worthy sketch. The army Of Lee was
on its march 10 Gettysburg, and the com.
msndi0g General had given strict
orders for his discipline in Pennsylva.
mia. An officer riding to camp from
Chambersburg, late at night, was halt
ed by toe outposts. Having neither
pass nor Countersign, in his dilemma
be thought Of an old pass 10 his pocket
book, signed by General jackson,
whose recent death hung like q cloud
over the army. He found 1t and hand
ed it with confidence 10 the sentinel.
The trusty fellow managed to read il
by the light OF match, aud as he did
so he seemed to linger and hesitate
over the signature. And then, as the
light went out, he handed Il back, and
looking up toward the stars beyond,
be said, sadly and firmly, Captain,
you can go to heaven on thai paper, hut
you can't pass this post"
SPEAKING of the salaries paid the
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

SPEAKING of the salaries paid the
officers on the Central Pacific Railroad,
a writer in the San Francisco Daily
Exchange Gays: Ny salary is SlOG a
month. Ten cent. OF that aint much,
out whcu il comes on the big salaries,
why then ii counts, There's TOwne. lie
gets $500 month, and the Govern.
Oh" and Croker, and Coltom and
Huntington all get salaries of from $40.
% TO $4,000 year. You can sec for
yourself how len per cent. will put a
good deal Of mOned in the treasury.
True, some OF the doys think that may
be the ten per cent. reduction don't
apply to rowne and 1.-The Governor"
snd Csockcr aud The rest, but of course
they are mistaken.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03

HAVE your printing 1one T.; Ike
HEHl-D jon OyEIcg.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-03
Strike at Memphis.

NENrHls, August The nick.
mou!ders are on S strike for lw uty-
five cents adv v-a3e on the price aaid
during the ~.' i've years. I'll" Get
force o! tie gss COMPANY lemao' Il an
advance. A.! we're discharge.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

VIENNA. May 5.-On bombardment
by Turkish monitors, the inhabitants
of REM, Ibrail and Oltenitza fed.
Turks laid torpedoes at Kischeneff.
Duke Nicholas telegraphs as fol-
lows: 1.-The passage of the Pruth is
retarded by the unusually swollen
condition of the river. Necessary
steps. however. have been taken that
the concentration of troops may not
be interfered with
LONDON, May 5.-Thomas Carlyle,
in a letter to the Times on the east
ern question. says: '.RumOr prevails
that Disraeli. despite the Queen
neutrality proclamation. intends to
send the Russian fleet to the Baltic or
do some feat which shall compel Rus
si& to declare war against England. Lat
terry, the rum0r has shifted from the
Baltic and become still more sinister
on the eastern side of the scene. where
feat Is contemplated that will not
force Russia only. but all Europe. to
declare war against us. This latter,
he says, he has come to know as an
fndisputable fact. He advises taking
charge Of the route to India, steering
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

A sign of the hard times One thousand
cashiers and book keepers answered New
York advertisement the other day.
Think of the amount of human misery that
little statement implies Probably five hun
dred families are dependent on these thou
sand cashiers and book-keepers. Isn't con-
traction producing noble results Anti
Monopolist~
Yes, brother Donnelly, contraction is the
only salvation for these people. If all the
idle cashiers and book-keepers" in New
York would follow Greeley's advice and "go
West" and take up homesteads, they and the
country would he better off Not only now,
but always, as far back as we can remember
there have been an over stock of clerks. book
keepers, cashiers, &C., in all cities and towns
Contraction is exactly what is needed-in the
number of cashiers and book~lxeepers. Aus
tin Register.
There was no excess of clerks and
book-keepers during and immediately
after the war. Every one of them
was employed. But now there is al
excess of merchants, mechanics, la
borers, professional men and all Other
classes, as we'll as of clerks and book
keepers.
And if all these men came west an(
went to raising wheat what would
wheat be worth! Who would we sci
it to!
And how could these poor, starvin!
wretehes pay their way to the ives
and open farms and support their fam
lilies until crop was harvested
The remedy is-,good times; AM
these can only be had through a,
abundant supply of currency
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
GENERAL NEWS.

Russia is stated to have effected a
loan of OO.OOO,OOO francs in Paris
from French, German and Dutch
bankers.
In Emmett county, Iowa, not an
acre of wheat has been sown this
spring. and but few oats. Every
body is going in for big corn crop.
A party of immigrants from Dane
county, Wis. passed though La Crosse
Thursday, bound for new homes in
Morrison county, in this State.
There is great anxiety for the
steamship City of Brussels, having on
board several hundred pilgrims bound
for Rome, as other steamers sailing
later have got into port ahead OF her.
Thomas Carlyle fears that in few
weeks not only England but all Eu-
rope will be at war over the ssunspeak.
able Turk and he protests against
any act Of the English government
which shall compel Russia TO declare
war against England.
Pennsylvania lately advertise new
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

served. He instantly repaired to the
telegraph office and sent a message to
a Swiss naturalist: s'Buy the new pier
odactyl for Yale College" The natur-
alist obeyed, paying for the fossil 4
believe) a little over thousand DOL
lars. Soon after it was sold dispatches
poured in from every museum OF the
world-Boston, Berlin, Paris, st. Re-
tersburg, London-asking the price,
requesting photographs, etc.; but 1T
was already on the way to the man
who said buy it, and SO there is now
in his possession the unique pterodac-
tyl, worth today in mere cash ten
times what he paid for it. DR.. Rost,
the librarian Of the Indian House, who
can speak and read more languages
than any man living, told me that the
best scholar in Zend (the least ex'
plored of ancient tongues) is an
American-Professor Whitney. Max
Miller told me that the best living
scholar in Anglo-Saxon is an Ameri'
can-Professor March, of Lafayette
College.
1t is curious fact that birds are
descended from reptiles, and that GU
rious, fossil, creature, the ''pterodac
tyl'' was the half way link between
them. sort of winged lizard.
One can hardly believe that the
nightingale and the crocodile are rela
lions; yet science has demonstrated
the fact.
But, after all, this is no more sur
prising than that Bill Todd ant
Charles Sumner belonged to the sam'
race.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

1t is said Gen. Butler is preparing a big
speech on the Greenback question, which il
opportunity offers he will deliver during the
extra session If the opportunity does not
then offer it will keep till winter. It IS ex-
pected that it will wake up things: He thinks
the whole currency question will be reopened
and argued from the foundation up.-Ex-
change.
The bloody shirt having been wash
ed out and ironed, and converted into
white banner of peace, public atten
ton will now necessarily revert to
the great financial question, and woe
to the bullionists and their allies
when the people get their eyes open
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

The money lenders OF the sWortmngton
Rank have decided to evade the inconvenient
effects of Donnelly's usury law by transactine
business Just over the line, in 1owa--Wor-
thington Journal
If both the creditor and the debtor
reside in Minnesota we think the
court would regard such proceeding
as mere attempt to evade the law.
and hold the debt to be void.
But we are glad to see that we have
driven the three per cent. fellows over
the Iowa line.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

The Minneapolis Tribune adds to
the number of Americans who can be
spared for the Turkish war:
And while you bid your fav rites go
SO airily and tunnily,
We'd weep quart of tears or so,
And then give up our Donnelly.
And while we go to the relief OF
Russia let our old friend Dave Blakely
be sent to Turkey; for we can apply
to David, the words of Micky Frees
famous song:
II havn't ganius for work,
1t was never the gift of the Bradys,
But I'd make most illigant Turk,
For Pm fond of tabacky and ladies y
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
AMERICAN ENT'ERPRIZE.
An exchange SAYS:

Some little time ago Professor Marsh
read in Harper's Weekly an item
which he knew came from Professor
Baird, of the Smithsonian, to the effect
that there had been found, near q VIZ
lage in Switzerland. a fossil sspter0dac-
tyl," with the wings in perfect preser.
walton. The Yale professor knew that
among all the fossils Of this animal.
none was known with the wings pre-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
The following item appears in the
annual report of the Board of County
Commissioners of Dakota county:
STATIONERY AND BLANK BOOKS.

Isn't that rather steep? $l24S
would buy ink and paper enough to
last the entire inhabitants OF the
county for one year. Why are these
things thusly?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

AS gold goes up wheat goes up. Is
not the premium on gold premium
on Wheat-raiSing
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
Total $500. $40. S137 1923 $50

Ii the name of all that is reason
able what does little county, like
Dakota, with about 5000 voters, want
with $137 ,329.99 in one year?
What roads, bridges, improvements,
benefits, have we received for all that
immense sum!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

Daniel O'Brien, county treasurer, gives the
following as the net collection Of direct taxes
IN Dakota county for the fiscal year ending
Feb. 2Sth, 1877, after deducting retundlng
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15
CapItulaliOn Of Plevna.

LONDON, Dec. 10.-Reuter's Tele-
gram Company has the following:
BUCHAREST. monday Dec. TO-
After q severe engagement yesterday
before Plevna Osman Pasha, who was
wounded, surrendered Internationally.
The Turks in Plevna are dying Of hun
ger and cold.
LArER.-Reuter's has received the
following:
BUCHAREST, Dec. 10 (9:40 p. m -
Plevna is now in, the hands Of the Rus
30. Roumanian army.
The Agency Russo makes the follow.
ing announcement: Osman Pasha at
tempted to break through 10 the direc.
ton of Widdin. but was attacked in
front and compelled to lay down arms
after glorious struggle, in which he
was seriously wounded. All, with one
voice, praise his conduct.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15

ApRoPos of the various newspaper
pleasautries with respect to the organ
question 10 the Christian Church,
some of which have appeared in our
columns, we are requested to state, and
do so with pleasure, that the organ is
only used in the Sabbath school OF said
church, and is not intended to be intro
duced into the exercises Of the church
itself. And further, that there is dit
ference Of opinion among the members
as to the propriety Of its Introduction
into the Sunday school, but it has not
iuterfered with the friendly relations
existing among them.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15

WE furnish this week one Of the
strongest possible evidences Of the SUI
periority Of the plan upon which We
are now publishing our paper-in the
fact that ve giiue IN full the Presidents
Message. It is very long, and not one
10 fifty Of the local papers could issue
it ION their own hook" unless it might
be in parts. We do not believe that
many even of the city papers 10 Texas
have published it in full. As every
one will wish to read the first message
of the acting President, our readers we
are sure will appreciate the superior
enterprise Of the FREE PRESS as thus
manifested 10 their behalf.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15

was never part of it. and he knows it..
[ think he must be bad man; but DO
he what he may shall have my money
or the land he sold me, or it may cost
him more than he would be willing to
take for all the land in Texas, and you
may tell him so fol- me.
lam a Southernsr and lived in the
States Of Louisiana and Mississippi
until I came to Texas some years ago.
but have been absent two years and re-
turned here recently.
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. NJ. A. BEsANcoN.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15
OLD,
TRIED,
AND
TRUE.

Texans are ssouainted-o ought to- bc-with the
wonderful merits OF that great American Remedy.