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vIEKsBURG.

UNITED STATES MAIL PACKET.
sss.s 1 PSR H VldRsS6h u t Ri
5000 DEVILS Bend and intermediate
lf KShf. d. HE stssmsr
A. Moyay and Jno. IT, Mossop, clerks.
y r sss0ass asad Nv
81. Deer Greek and Tallabatehie
AN .h }AffEE&&ao 4 MGsk Agents.
win give through Bills Of Lading to Trenton,
Monroe, and oil stations on Vieksburg. bhrtve-
port e1a fasS Agent Sn Ds 9 aa a st
UNITED STATES MAIL PACKET.
IL. y p Sis. dhfEESNvftkh :" ySffoKsByga,
and the Bends-The fine and fast
oasseassE. A ghfEet
I'm. place Of the Frank Pargoud.)
M. White. master. u Holmes. Glerk
WIN leave % above, connecting R viekabufa
with the .Parlsot Line for all points on Yazog
a , Talahatehie rivers This boat reserves the
consider unsafe For freight or past age apply
on board. or 10
H.. w. ADAMR.
Will give through Bills Of Lading TO Trenton
Monroe. and all stations ON vicksburg. shrevss
Dqai ha sno Tea"e Railroad W. + Be1 shdGxErT
MAIL PACKET.
Leaves every SATURDAY, at5P, III.
IT, - For VICKSBURG. DAVIS'B BEND.
&kHa Natehez and all Intermediate land
ings-The passenger packet
YAZOO VALLEY,
lin place of Natohez.)
II. H. Smith, master, Frank Beck and w. Will
son, clerks.
connecting at Vlcksburg with the Parisot Lin
for Yazoo, Tallahatohie and Sunhower rivers.
and with Anchor Line for Memphis, Cairo and
st. Louis. -
This boat reserves the right to pass all land.
ings that the Captain may consider unsafe
For freight or paSsage apply on board or TO
JANNEY d WORK. loo Common street..
HITE b CARLIN. TchouDitoulas 81
mas -. q - n.
viii give through Bills Of Iading TO Trenton.
Monroe, and all stations on VeHsburg Strsye :
port and Texas Railroad via Delta La.
W. b. BROOKETT. Agent. ss Elagazine ct
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REcErpTs AT THE NEW RAs1N

Amite Rver-Per steamer Alee-40, 600 shingles
10 cords wood M B Muneev---3 bags wool and sun.
dries to order
Pearl River Per steamer Jennie 5000 feet lumber
bags wool to order
Pearl Hver--Per steamer + Frazer-60 cords
wood te order
Jordan River-Per sohr Martha Toulme-40 600
feet lumber to order
Pascagouln-Per schr Walter Deuny--4o,0o 900 feet
lumber 10 FL Buddig
Bonfouca-Per schr Bonfouea--35 cords wood to
master
Pascagoula-Per schr g II Preston--l000 bbls char.
coal to master
Horn lsand-Per schr Jalouse--500 bills sand to
order
Biloxi-Per schr Reconsideration bbls charcoal to
master
Pearl River-Per schr Geo Washington do, 600
feet lumber TO w w Care &ee
Amite Rver-Per schr Hetter Ellis--2000 slaves
$50 900 shingles 40 cords wood to order
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LIST OF VESSELS
lin, Cleared and Sailed for New Orleans.

JULY I, 1877.
NEW YORK.
Steamship New York, Quick. sid June 30
Bark Mary Hale, Higgins. sid tune
Bark Halcyon, Hardie. sid June ~
HAYRE
Ship Lizzie Moses, Cox. --.--..-----. sid June IA
LIVERPOOL
Bark Dauio Draper, Sedergly sid June "a
SHIELDS, ENG,
Bark Preusse.. -.------.--------.-----sld June Ia
BORDEAUX.
Bark Ste Genevieve, Demeufant. sid May %
bark Alphone ct Marie Piivat.. .ldg May %
Bark Leopold ct Marie Lsscally .,ldg May 80
ROUEN
Bark Gee W Sweeney, Hewett. -sld June 2
MARsEItiEs.
Brig Aurora. Messna ldg June 26
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M oNTROss HOUSE,
u Biloxi. Mississippi.
The Montross House is now open for the recep
ton of guests.

The undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the travelling public generally that
the house has been thoroughly renovated, re-.
exaeting No pains or expense will be spared
to keep the Montross House up to its usual
STANDARDIZED class in every respect. Terms
moderate. Special rates to families and per-
manent guests.
kilograms or letters for rooms promptly at
tended to-
Meals furnished to excursionists at g..
je1 3m 2. J. MONTHOSS, Proprietor.
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DOMESTIC"

Having completed arrangements with the
Domestic Sewing Machine Company fqr the
/ now offer them to the public at the Lowest
Cash and Time Rates.
These machines are warranted to be the light
est running, most durable, and simplest In con-
struetion of any lock- stitch machine made.
A new stock OF Domestic and Grover and
Baker" machines just received.
Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Depot.
III. III. TRUE,
no. 8 Chartres street, New Orleans.
ap153m
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BAYOU SARA.
UPPER COAST.

REGULAR TRI- WEEKLY PACKET.
Leaves every. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY at 10 d. m.
I IL Il FOR ASHLAND PLANTATION
Ascension parish. Donaldsonvilfe
and oil coast landings-The fine
side wheel passenger steamer
BLUE WING NO. y.
j. A. Comgtock, master,
Geo. M. Woods and Chas. Dean, clerks,
VIII leave as above. Returning leaves ASH
land Plantation Tuesday, Thursday and SUM-
day, coming down the coast In daylight. For
freight or passage apply on board or to
ap22 3. HENO. 10 Cont street.
r. q. AL freight delivered In the daytime,
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EXPORTS.

NEW YoRK-Per steamship Hsdson-Asscrted
midi
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SUMMER RESORTS.
SEA SIDE HOTEL


nay st. Louis, Miss.
Accommodations the best on the Lake Shore
and at most reasonable terms.
SUNDAY DINNERS A SPECIALITY.
ie12 i'm cod A. d. FISHER, Proprietor.
MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS.
Great Reductions I'm Rates of Board
AT THE
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs.
VIRGINIA.
REDUCED TO $40 PER MONTH.
Accommodations equal to any in the Mountains
Of Virginia.
Dining room under the management Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. N. JORDAN.
Fine Livery Stables, Ten Pins, Billiards. Gro
uuet Fishing Hunting Boat Rides and Drives.
In fact every convenience for the comfort and
pleasure Of guests.
MUSIC.
The MARINE BAND of Annapolis, Md.
No Staging-All Railway Travel.
Th4 cars land guests In Reception room. on
the lawn.
Accommodations for 1000 Guests.
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RECEIPTS AT THE OLD BASIN.


Horn Isaud-Per sohr Borio and Bornia-609 bbs
sand to order
BAYOU LaeOmbe-Per sthr Camee- $50 bbls sand
to order
Tangipahoa-per schr Florence---2O cords wood
to raster
Tangipahoa~Per schr Chas Peray-18 cords wood
to master
Pearl Rver-Per sohr Ceeste-g000 slaves order
Vaudeville PEI sehr Lille Dunn-36 cords wood
to master
Mandes iIle-Per eehr Susanna-1Jo0 bbls charcoal
to master
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Arrival.

Steamship Hudson, eager from New York 3oth .nlt,
to A Moulton-2d dis 3
Ship Gov Morton Davis, hence for Grimsby, return
ed In distress, to Ocean, Zerega &co-9d dis =,
Span sbiB Angelita, A zina. days from havana III
ballast, to Puig, Corral &eo--2d dis
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STEAMBOATS,.

Geo Spangler, Smith from St Martinyille
Robt Young. Ransom. from Upper goast
Allies Porter from Amjte River-New Basin
Ella Hughes, Daltefes, from Lookport
Isabel O'Pry. from Lower Coast
Belle Albert, Hotard from Bayou des Allemnnd
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MARINE NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, /
July 8. 1877.
f,leared Yesterday.

Brit steamship Teuionia King for Liverpool cleared
May 8, and returned In distress-
Silas Weeks &ro
Mex scl,r ,Josefus Bedia tor Iaputg- Master
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GRAND ISLE HOTEL.
On Grand isle Gulf shere, sixty Miles Di-
rectly south of New Orleans.

Reached by steamboat by way Of Little and Biz
Bafataria Bayous, Rigolets. Little Lake. Crane
Bayou and Barataria Bay.
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IMPORTS

Mex brig Constantine, Rounser 9 days fin Tam pco
to r Camerden--
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02
The Business Outlook.

II we can bridge over this year, re-
marks a cotemporary, the future is full
of promise. In all directions we see
causes for rejoicing. We have passed
the worse, the better days are dawning
upon us. Everywhere confidence is tax
ing the place Of doubt, and better feel,
ing is manifest in business circles
throughout the length and breadth of
the land.
The New York Herald says; "TEc
country stands at the threshold OF a
period Of great prosperity, and it will
grow rich. During the next four years
it would require very extraordinary
efforts to prevent the American people
from making up the losses of the past and
becoming once more the most prosperous
and happy nation in the world"
At no period in our history as Il nation
has our foreign trade been 50 largely in
our favor as at present, and yet there If
an increasing demand oraII the products
of our manufactures and our soil.
The Iron Age says: The outlook for
merchant iron is better than it has been
for months. We do not speak at random,
but from actual observation and iniOrma-
ton gained from visit to most OF the
prominent markets, both east and west.
In the west, especially, there is a decid-
eddy better feeling, A large number of
the Pitt-burg mills are refusing orders
unless they can get 2-lOc better than
they would take six months ago. This
is not only true of pittsburg, but of all
parts of the west"
Business is beginning to revive at the
south The rolling mills and cotton fac
tories Of Georgia are in operation, and
new ones are in process of construction.
Soon cotton factory in Atlanta will be
completed, and when the power is turned
on, the music of 10000 spindles will be
heard. The rolling mills Ct Tennessee,
after dcathlike silence of years, are
again in motion. Looking ahead we see
the bow OF hope spanning the heavens,
and away beyond we see the dawning of
the most prosperous period we have ever
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02
HallucinatiOn.

Curran, the Irish barrister, with his
gay companions, was in the habit Of
spending day in the Oakley islands,
and INDUCED in the frolic OF electing a
King of Oakley and the adjacent
islands," A gentleman of middle sta.
ton in life, a genial, wholc-soulcd, and
convivial man, was elected to fill the
throne. He entered into the Joke and
enjoyed the pastimc. A journal was
Kept called the Oakley Gazette, in which
all public proceedings were recorded, and
which was a source of constant amuse-
mcnt to its supporters, But at length
the mock pageantry, the affected loyalty,
and assumed homage began 10 tell upon
and excite the imagination of "king
john" as he was styled. Fiction be
came reality, and he iancicd himself
every inch u king His family and
friends, in dsmay and grief, saw the de
fusion assume such hold upon him that
nothing could shake it. He spoke ON ne
other subject save his kingdom and it
government, and delighted to dwell OF
the various projects he had formed for the
benefit of his people. lie never could
diyest himself Of his regal pomp, and
cxacted the utmost Difference to his royal
authority. When his last hours drew
nigh no returning CLEANS of reason broke
Hpon his mind to the moment Of death
he believed himself a king, and all his
cares and anXicties were for his subjects,
lie spoke in high terms Of the officers OF
his mimic court recommending the care
Of his kingdom to them until his sue
cessor was chosen, and demeancd him ELF
with dignified calmness well becoming
the Last hours of puissant monarch.
When he came to rclinquish his crown,
he said, with tears; 81 leave it in my
people, whom / have so loved" His
feelings were gratified, up TO his death
by thinking of the good of his fellow
creatures, which seemed, in his madness,
as in his Saner life, to be prominent
feature in his disposition.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02
A Mechanical Horse,

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n i 'liEt''s%na Srn'r'''';n u, n,,'l", 'ielr
L''crich ;Nt'n'c',, 'lIS inventor horst
ne animal ;at ,I % h n,n' ,nu .no Ill.,
IVY po"1' lila'stu " poit'H us own ITSs'
~ ue',Nei 'io''' . Inc p p VI w. i'.e', nn9
i'o'' ',o'oe, 40 W. no' a''' p"i,I'a Jalicu
th oJm T' ,jn Las ss ~, "vT; ~
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~ Vlio pie:ei'oo y; .''o i ,t ",e'l".''
; ii Tr Jo"',a n w. o,.H o"
i.'I NC co,'Ie'i - "pSo' ,o',' as 'on.'sV,
,nE VI o"up,o W. ".''e'a' '"o r,e. W.,
h'gh oet"etn Il'eSe mus 'I:el' III rhe
morse upon wnicn I'm, mounts :, 'he rld9r' ne
ia fashion Of rii"g Chi: %ran:, Y pre-
sumo, that he rises and falls in his sad
difference it is all the same whethcrthe
machine goes gently over the stones or
mnpps GNlttlV thn hard hluh rnnI
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Mr.. S. i. Spots of Kerr cointy,
Texas says Of the late Indian raid: "Thoy
drove away about twenty-five horses, besides
some they took from the Knots neighbor-
hood. Mr.. John Knott hearing his bell.
horse running, vent out to see what was the
matter, and has not been seen by his friends
at home since 1t Is thought he was killed,
though he may have joined some of the
pursuing parties. Capt Stackley, Lieutcn.
ant BurlesOn, and number Of the Kcrrville
minute men, started on the morning of the
25th in hot pursuit"
A portrait of Gen, Joseph T.. Johnston
has been placed in library hall, in Rich.
mond, Virginia, The picture was made
under IN act passed by the last general as.
sembly authorizing the committee on the
library to have it done. The portrait is OF
three.Quartcr size, taken in citizens Dress in
standing position. The general has his
cane in his right and his Int in his left hand.
His attitude is nonchalant and graceful. 1t
is a perfect resemblance Of Gen. Johnston
as he appears to the passers'by on the street.
The work has been examined by a number
Of citizens, and praised without stint. 1t is
believed by many to be Elders masterpiece.
The farmers of North Carolina say
there is more wheat this year than for forty
years.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02

On the London stock exchange the
new four per cent. bonds of the United States
sold at price in pounds sterling equivalent
to their face value in gold. The fact dis.
poses of all doubt as to the success of the
loan, and insures the prompt exchange of
the outstanding six per cents for these bonds
and a reduction, consequently of two per
cent. (or onethird) of the annual burden Of
called in amount to about eight hundred
and fifty millions, and the annual saving on
the exchange of tour per cents will be sew
enteen millions "a sum which in itself would
form very spectacle sinking fund for the
ultimate redemption of the national debt
During the year 1876 the reports Of
the British board of trade show that emgra-
ton from Great Britain into the United
States was 54,554, and the immigration into
Great Britain from the United States during
the same year 1850 was 54,697, showing
that more persons returned there than came
to this country from Great Britain. In res
pect to the emigration from Great Britain to
Cana@a, the same report states that, at has
fallen to the smallest dimensions, if it has
not altogether been suspended" and that,
in fact, the records of 1876 are records of n
movement of passengers to and fro, and not
in any real sense emigration at all. On the
other hand, the emigration to the Australian
colonies f.om Great Britain has been large
and well maintained numbering 1896,
while the return immigrants were only 1851
souls. These statistics tell of the hard times
in the United States and Canada, and testify
to the comparatively prosperous times that
exist away off at the antipodes, There is no
particular inducement for Europeans to emf
crate to this country at present, as there is
no demand for new labor. In fact, the home
supply much exceeds the demand. People
in Europe are therefore not seeking this
country in the expectation of improving
material condition.
General n. S. Rena, who went TO the
city of Mexico, bearing dispatches from Sec.
rotary Evarts, returned by steamer from
Vera Cruz. lie reports that the county is
quiet, and says Diaz's authority is rccog.
nized throughout the republic, and he be.
Iieves that Mexico now has the best govern.
ment she has had for twenty years In an
interview, President Diaz expressed the de
sire to do everything possible to assist in
breaking up lawlessness on the Rio Grande.
Diaz earnestly hoped his government would
he recognized by the United States at an
early day.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02

the flood shouted the porter, We
! turned one glance up the valley. A mov-
ing brown wall, capped with snowy
ridge, was tearing down the devoted
viaduct. No time TO lose. "Go ahead"
cried the station-master, | turned on
J steam, put the lever on another "notch,"
and the race began in earnest.
1t was an exciting race, and one never
to be forgotten, On rolled the flood
We were running "neck aud neck" for
one terrible half minute. Now the re-
sistless food bore directly TO the bridge,
Stones were rolling before it like mar
bles, Trunks Of trees, haystackS, debris
of every description came headlong down
upon the doomed structure. We fled
| like lightning over the rails. Our speed
told now. Sparks flew from the Chin
ney. Another "notch 1.-THE heat OF
the piston quickened to an almost incon-
cevable ra pidity, We were on the
bridge. lIurrah The curling wave be-
meath seemed to spring forward, 1t
broke against the buttresses, In a sec
ond we were across. | shut off steam,
station.master put down the brcaks-a
crash We looked back The line
dropped behind us like a stage-trap.
The bridge gave way. and with a roar,
that was heard two miles off, the pretty
viaduct was swept away by the boiling,
furious water
We were truly thankful for our mar
row escape. And now to save the eX-
curSion. Speeding forward again, whist
ling like Il demon, our engine NigIant by
namc-soon came in sight of the ex-
cursion train BY waving our red flag we
averted another danger-a collision,
The telegraph-posts being down, trains
had to run upon the same line as far as
tandlcigh, but our timely action set all
to rights at last,
We ngavc the bewildered passengers
to understand the narrow escape they
had had. Fervent and sincere were
the thanks we received from all, except
one man. lie was escaping from jus
lice, and was captured. From the eIcva
ted embankment we could trace the
flood for miles The train put bach
to Ilandleigh, whence the passenger
were forwarded by another company.
By the time we had arranged matters
and returned to the broken yiaduct the
water had subsidized. \ tootway was
constructed across the muddy river bed
and trains stopped at both sides of the
stream, the passengers exchanging from
one to the other.
The aspect of the country as retraced
my steps was deplorable. | could
scarcely recognize the places | had passe,
in the morning.
| found McCausland and his staff a
the reservoir awaiting me. He wruni
my hand tervently, and said certail
words that shall not easily forget.
The viaduct was quickly rebuilt
But the station.maStcr at Ammerln
does not forget the race of steam versa
water ON the Vigilant locomotive. No
do
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02
4 Disastrous Young Woman.

As an instance of what hot temper and
rash action can accomplish to ruin life,
an affair that occurred at Sharon, Pa,
on the 9Th is one of the best illustrations.
A young lady, Miss Kate McGilvery, was
out driving alone, and when on State
street she desired to get ahead of a wagon.
She called out to the driver to turn aside
so that she could pass. He was deaf,
infirm old man named Bell, and at first
did not hear what she said, but after a
second or third call did as requested
Misunderstanding Mr.. Bells delay, the
young lady on her arrival at home told
her father that the old man had tried tC
Tighten her horse. Mr.. McGilvery i:
very impetuous. and this made him SC
angry that he started down town to find
Mr.. Bell. He met him in front of q
store, and, without warning, knocked
Linn through the window, cutting his
bead badly Though not seriously. Mr.;
Bell was removed to his residence, and
his son Richard was 80 maddened by MS
fathers condition that he determined 70
punish his assailant. lie 'ounl MN ~
mont of the very store where tne nn,s
ashanti had been made, and pichInE w
two-pound brass weight he hilrieu ~ ,hs
NJ, McGilvery's head fract1fing snw
aLnu THO wounded man died III IeT
hnnr. Miss Kate, the innocent c'">e n u
~, a., ,r',bIe has lost her reiisoi'' az"
AZ tne 'i ,"ring maniac, thong h her phy-
i'D% L". sIirLt hopes that she may re-
ciih ha' Tho shock. Young Eel Is /
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4 Bulldog Kills an Alligator.

One day last week an alligator was seen
swimming in Sampit river, near the
wharf Captain David Steele's bull dog
was soon brought forward, and, upon
viewing the enemy, plugged off the wharf
to meet it. The alligator saw what was
up, and made Tor the dog. While they
approached each other, not sound could
be heard from the spectators, who were
expecting the moment they met to see
the dog submerged, never to rise again
but the dog got the first hold, plunged
his ugly teeth IN the head OF the ferocious
monster, and caused it to sink. 1t soon
reappeared, looking as fierce as ever.
The dog and the alligator were soon mouth
and mouth. nip and tuck, until it was
thought that the dog had conquered, the
alligator disappearing. The dog, being
Exhausted, was then picked up by boat.
The gator, however, soon appeared, and
made for the opposite shore. Several
persons got in boats aud pursued MIN un-
til he G It under the wharf, vixen one of
the party fired a pistol, and rs soon "a
the report asheard, the dog lesped from
the boat and under the wharf 1t was
nip and tuck again for awhile, but the
dog, soon gaining the advantage, orougns
out his foe dead. The reptile measures
five feet aud several inches "so'ge'"'"
COWct,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02

Recent advices from the Black Hills
show that party of ninety.eight miners,
with two wcmen, killed more hostile Indians
in a day than General Shcrman's illmanaged
and scattered army have killed this season.
Coored up behind breastworks, the band of
pioneers repulsed charge after charge, and
dealt death with unerring aim among the
savage foe, who at length withdrew from the
contest, leaving one hundred and sixteen
bodies on the field.
At a recent meeting of the San Fran
cisco academy of sciences "specimens of
fish, supposed to be trout were presented,
accompanied by Il letter from Thomas r.
Bard, Hueneme, Ventura county, California.
They were thrown up from an artesian well
l4l feet deep, near that place. The well,
which is nearly 800 feet from high water
mark, was bored in 1871, and every year
since has thrown ont immense quantities of
freshly spawned fish in April and May, The
first fish this year was observed in March
These fish are of various sizes, the largest
about an inch in length. The nearest stream
where fish are found in Santa Paula creek
twenty-five miles from the we'll"