Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Ex.President Grant Enjoying the Hos
pitaIities OF EdinbuFg.
Renewed Activity Of the Turks and
Russians-A Great Battle
Reported Progressing.
Particulars Of a Hard Contested Fight
Foreign and MisceIIa-
neous kems.
GEN. Torrest Improrine.

Gen. Forrest Improving,
MENPHIs, August 3l.--Gen. Forests
condition has improved considerably.
His friends ore nov sGnguine Of his re.
covery.
Schooner Capsizsa.
HA.lEAx, August 3l.-The fshing
schooner George Pesbody capsiEed.
Tbs Captain and five men were
drowned.
New Cotton al little Rock.
LITTLE RocK, August 3l.-The first
bale of new cotton was received here
to-day, II was raised near this city,
and bough: 8. auction for 2OiC cents
per pound.
The Extra ses'ion Certainty,
Washington, August 3l.-Repre-
sentative Ellis, OF Louisiana, with q
view Of governing his personal move
men;s, secured positive assurance
from the President yesterday that the
extra session would be held.
English Cotton spinnsIs.
LONDON, August 3l.-The cotton
spinners OF Lshigh, Tyldesly and
Olherton, though in Bolton District,
have not yet given notice Of q reduc-
ton, bat will reduce wages } per cent.
II the pending strike is unsuccessful.
Storm in Illinois,
CINCINNATI, August 3l.-A special
dispatch states that storm passed over
Gilman, H., yesterday, prostrating q
number OF houses. The Touring mills
OF John .. Grayson & Son we're COM
plete!y destroyed, and one man killed,
A French Communist Sentenced to
Death.
PARIS, August 3l.-A military tri-
bunal passed sentence OF death upon
". Liaz, who acted deputy Mayor of
the l2lh ACCOMPLISHMENT during the
Commune, for encouraging incendiar-
ism and ordering Illegal arrests.
Weather Indications.
WAsHlNG7oN, Angus. 3l.-For the
South Atlantic and Gulf States-Sta-
tionary, followed by rising barometer,
warmer, south winds on the Coast, but
in the interior shifting 10 cooler north
windp, clear or partly cloudy weather
and light local rains.
Deaths.
LAWRENCE, KS, August 3l.-Ex.Gov.
Wilson Shannon is dead.
JACKSONVILLE, August 3l.-Dr II.
Jacques, late editor Of the Rural Caro-.
linian, and author OF several works on
agriculture, died a, his residence near
Fernandina, Tuesday.
Strikers Sentenced TO Fine and I'm
pTisonment.
WASHINGTON, August 9l.-ln half q
dozen instances, where persons have
been brought before the U. 5. Courts
for contempt in The matter of interfer-
ing with roads under protection of the
Courts, the prisoners have been sen.
fenced to fine and imprisonment.
Dedication OF a Jewish Synagogue at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, August 3l.-The Syna-
gogue ofthe Washington Hebrew con.
gregation, recently built, was dedica.
ted this evening with appropriate
Jewish services. Hayes sent his re-
grets that Official business prevented
his presence. Tho dedication sermon
was preached by Rabbi B. Syold, of
Baltimore.
Additional Indictments ia South
Carolina.
COLUMBIA, August 3l.-FOur addi-
tional indictments we're found to-day
three against L. G. Carpenter, lale
Collector OF Internal Revenue in this
State, for forgery, and one against
Woodruff and Jones, Clerks Of the
Senate and House, and the principal
Of the Republican Printing Company,
for fraudulently raisinga bill for print
ing by which they obtained over 500
000 The Court adjourned,
Remonstrance of Railroad Employees.
CIxc1NNArI, August 3l.-A commit
tee of employees OF the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, walled
upon President Shoemaker this mern-
ing, and presented q remonstrance
against the order lengthening the trip
time Of freight hands, which was or
dere / to go into effect tomorrow.
Shoemaker said he would investigate
the matter, and see if the order could
be modified. The men declare there
will be q general strike If the order Is
not rescinded
Cabinet Talk-Sitting Bull and Cornell
WARRINGTON, August 3l.-The Cab
met had On hour and half session,
discussing Sitting Bull. The Secreta-
ries Of War and Interior will have an
other consultation with Terry regard
ing the Commission, as the reports Of
Sitting Bulls return to the United
States are discredited, and a further
effort will be made to secure o civilian
to act with Terry without compensa-
ton. The Cabinet discussed, but took
no action, in the case Of o. B. Cornell,
who persists in being the Naval Officer
Of New York, and Chairman Of the
Republican Executive Committee.
There will be some further expostula-
ton, after which the President will be
firm,