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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
YICBSBURG WEEKLY HERALD, FRIDAY. AUGUST 81. 1877.

chairs, 9 fine walnut chamber suit and
i've mattresses. HE aoooant $3.50
was Endorsed Ordered paid, J. Wood.
ruff CLERK Of the Senate."C D. Hayao,
q colOred Senator, AlGo turned hia fru-
gel mind towards house.faFulahing
snd tho State IN bis behalf purchased
honey-cOmb quilts, blankets Of anest
patterns, wine dOshp, sheets, pillow
cases, Brussol carpets, ingram carpets,
three-ply carpets, and 90 on through
the long catalogue Of luxurious APP
poinlments Of stylish town house, not
emitting the cradle and Oriental has
socks. Sometimes, however, enumer-
alton became tedious, and the disgust
ed Clerk Of the Senate turned an hon
est thousand By 9 bill against the State
Of South Carolina for Sl,l25 ITO Sun.
dries aud transportation OIL account of
l.. e. Jennings" q person whose exist.
ence was a Pigment Of tho Clerks own
thieving brain. As usual, such bills
also we're CURLY ordered paid"
The unsophisticated reader may won
der how such frauds were eVer perpe.
traled. Nothing 10 simpler, now that it
has been explained by those In the ring
TO ingratiato themselves with the au.
thorities. Reports OF committees be-.
ing in order the Chairman OF the Com.
miltee on Accounts would rise In turn
with a great roll Of papers in his hand,
and, selecting some just claim Of small
amount QaFger ones were mover passed
without q consideration, however Just,
would read aloud that claim only. and
beg 10 submit that and others. Another
honorable gentleman would move that
the reading be dispensed with, and that
the several accounts presented, having
been passed upon by the committee, be
ordered 10 be paid; and il was always
$50 ordered" for no Senator could be
sure that his own grocery, liquor, fur
niture or livery bill was not in the
batch. Thus are exhibited some Of the
minor viliainies Of these rogues whom
President Grant kept in power, and for
deserving whom Mr.. Hayes has the i'll.
will Of the Maine and Iowa Republi.
cane, 10 come no nearer home. II is
no. well that they should be forgotten,
The plsgue Of vermin that afflicted
Egyp, wa not worse than that by which
South Carolina was impoverished un.
der the carpet-baggers. And now thai
The thieves are in the tolls the New
York Times has labored articles 10
show that their trial Is political perse.
cution !"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25
GRANTS REPLY TO THE WORKING
MEN OF ENGLAND

Just at this time the sentiments contained
in General Grants reply to deputation of
English workingmen is singularly pertinent
We quote as follows from the London Tele-
graph.
At Is Beaufort Gardens, the residence of
Gen. Badeau, Consul General of the United
States, All address of welcome was presented
yesterday morning, July 3, to ex-President
Grant by deputation which Mr.. I'll. Broad
hurst explained was entirely composed of
workingmen. The address was signed by
about sixty men from the leading towns in
the kingdom, and all the principal industries,
such as the coal and iron trades, the textile,
shipping and building trades, were represent
ed. The address having been formally pre-
scented, speeches were made by Messrs. Guile,
Howell, Nieass, Burnett and Campin
Gen. Grant replied in the following terms:
Gentiemen-ln the name of my country
thank you for the address which you have
Just presented to me. | feel that you are
paying compliment to the form of govern
Inent which | represented, as well as to my
self personally. Since my arrival on British
soil have received great attention, intended,
l feel, in the same way-that is, for my cOun-
try. | have received attentions and have had
ovations and presentations from different
classes, from the governing classes, and from
the controlling authorities of your cities, as
well as from the general public; but there is |
no reception that l have met with that am
prouder of than this one to-day. l recognise |
the fact that, whatever there is of greatness
in the United States, or, indeed, in any other |
country, is due to the labor performed and to |
the laborer, who is the author of all greatness
and wealth, and without whom there would |
be no governing no leading classes nor any,
thing worth the trouble of preserving. With
US labor is regarded as highly respectable.
When it is not so regarded, it is where the
man dishonors the labor. We recognise that
labor dishonors no man; and, whatever
mans occupation, he is eligible for any post
in the gift of the people, his calling being left
out of consideration when it is question of
electing him as law maker or an executor of
the law. Now, gentlemen, all 1 can do, in
is to renew my thanks for your
address, and to repeat that l have received
nothing from any class since my arrival in
England that has given me more pleasure
The deputation then withdrew
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25
THE UPRISING OF THE RUNNERS.

Every army has its camp-followers and
plumber gangs; every political party has It's
hangers on and its blood suckers; every tree
and every animal have their parasites; and
every earnest movement OF men, notably
every strike, has it's froth of mischief makers
and its turgid flood of greedy loafers and
thieves and bummers, who take advantage of
time of excitement to steal, sack houses,
attack the defenseless and commit the crimes
their vicious inclinings prompt them to. But
revolutions are not kid-g loved nor rose water
ed They bring their immediate direfulness as
well as their benefcient results. They are
the fermentation Of foul communities
struggling toward the relief Of publication
peoples throwing off unbearable diseases in
the body polite Taking a mean advantage
of the fevered state of the public pulse, the
San Francisco sails cptotteS, thinking to excite
a general uprising out of which plumber in
plenty might be saized, attempted, night
before last, the mobbing of the Chinese
quarter. Such mob is mainly charac terized
by its eowardice and and its brutality. So it
happened that it was easily checked by the
quick movements of the resolute police The
difference between this movement and that of
the strikers of the East is that while the
strikes are made in the interest of industry
and in justice to the workingnan, this San
Francisco mob was melted by the fendish
hatred of mischief brewing idlers against self
dependent industry. The false sought to
identify their infernalsm with the expression
of their honest purposes by the true. Look
at the bummers who bawl the loudest against
the Chinese; and then, when your purse is
low, respond to the knock at your kitchen
door and there, for few bits supply your
table with enough of the freshest vegetables
for your entire large family. Listen for a
moment to yon windy pot-house orator talk
ing for his beer; and then, as you ride through
the suburbs of the town mark who it is that,
above all others, has reclaimed the waste
places by toll of hand and sweat of brow,
while Windbags entertains thirsty squad at
the barroom yonder. If you have family
of 3 half dozen or more and care to have them
clean OF dress and tidy OF look, pay some
unskilled Caucasian dollar dozen for your
washing, if you will, and disregard All Suds,
who is an adept at the laundry business and
who will do the washing for your whole family
for two or three dollars week. The poor |
cannot afford the luxury of an empress of
the kitchen with her feelings and her ex- |
orbitant wage; and the poor are not alone |
those who are ignorant or dirty or shiftless.
There is more self-respectful poverty than
the very rich or the very poor, even, dream of
and these are the multitude-these are the
strikers,-these are they to whom the China
nan's sober industry in the garden patch and
At the wash-tub and the ironing table are
blessing. No people can afford to drive away
Or suppress any whose only otTense is their
Useful industry and their frugal thrift,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25
AN AMERICAN LADY IN LONDON.

OF brilliant party given in honor OF Gen
eral Grant by our splendid countrywoman,
Mrs Hicks, We are told in the following by
the London World
Mrs Hicks certainly deserves word OF
congratulation on the success of her afternoon
party at Claridge's on the 22d. Probably no
one but herself could have brought together
such an assemblage Some went to do honor
to the hostess, some to meet Gen Grant or
Midhat Pasha, many probably from curiosity,
aud not few because others did the same
1t certainly was most remarkable gathering
typical and cosmopolitan. Every one was
there, from the Archbishops of Canterbury
and York downward. Diplomatists were in
great force, forgetting for while the burning
questions of the day in the cooling refresh
ments of ice and fruit. Germans, French,
Russians, Persians, Chinese, Japanese, Aus
TRANS, Italians, Spaniards, and many other
nationalities honored the fair American with
with their presence. There were Roman
Catholics and Professionals, Greek Catholics
and Quakers, Mohammedans and Buddhists,
heretics and intidels; and all in peaceful con-
verse. The society was all but honored by
the presence of royalty. The Emperor OF
Brazil came to the door, but the crowd inside
daunted even him. With the exception of
the fact that FIVE hundred at time occupied
the space usually allotted to hundred and
fifty, of the heat of the rooms ranging from
10 degrees upward, and of other minor in
Mrs. Hicks sat home" was
most enjoyable. And yet there are people
who assert the contrary!
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25

When Mr.. Gladstone presented Mrs. Grant that
lady addressed him as Mr.. Blackstone.-Boston Post
That is an absurd lie, of course But it is
fact that when Lord Harrington, an often
sive rebel sympathizer, had got himself intro
duced to President Lincoln, Uncle Abe, af-
fecting to be ignorant of his Lordship name,
kept calling him Mr.. Darlington. James
Russell Lowell tells the story in his essay on
ga Certain Condescension in Foreigners.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25

CROOK AND SIGEL.-Of these two celebri-
ties the following has found its way into type;
In 1864 Crook and Sigel moved simultane-
ously on the railroad connecting Richmond
and the southwest and up the Shenandoah,
their operations being designed to help Grant
by gripping and confusing the enemy. Crook
was fairly successful in destroying the road,
but Sigel was forced by Early to retreat. Col.
Strother e. Port Crayon'), who was on Sigels
staff, remarked that the only difference be-
tween the commanders was, that while Crook
was tearing up the road Sigel was tearing
down the pike.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25

Captain Grape and his wife have arrived in
England in their whaleboat, after cruise
across the Atlantic during which they encoun-
tered three severe gales.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25

Gen. Tom Williams, William NJ Lent and G..
D. Roberts of the Savage mine management
are in Virginia City.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25

Heller the illusionist, who has been 30 sue
cessfully mystifying the San Franciscans has
gone directly East from there. He will not
stop to give any show this side Of Salt Lake
City. Sorry we could not see him.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25

CRACKED WHEELs.-Says the Reno Gazette
of Monday evening.
The wheel tappers at this place discovered
two cars ON the tea train yesterday evening
which had cracked wheels, and accordingly
they were "set out" On side track for re-
pairs Jack-screws were brought into use,
the cars raised from the trucks, and new
wheels substituted for the broken ones Two
new wheels were put under each car, and
the job, which is not the incest in the world,
was done in a very short time. The cars were
sent east on the overland passenger train.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25
DISSOLUTION.

CARSON CIrY, NV, July 10, 1877
We the undersigned have this day dissolved cupatnsr
ship by mutual All Indebtedness will be paid by
B. Bernhard Son. who will hereafter continue tie tlyt
ness the old sand and all due late na Il
II. Bernhard ! %. will Be collected by the TIM
II. BERNHARD,
!yl4m w COLLINS.
Thanking old patrons ard customers tor their past
favors solicit continuance Of their patronage the
Ne firm Of 3. Bernhard SEQ.
e. BERNHARD co.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25
Lost,

HN THE WARM SPRINGS ROAD, A
~ pair Of Ice Scales suitable reward viii be paid
for them by returning 10 J. II BENTON.
JRly q, 1n7.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
London Customs.

It Is pay, pay, all the time in Lon
don. There is nothing for nothing.
Eight colossal waterwOrks supply the
city with watar, but there cannot be
had glass Of water fit to drink. It Is
not the fashion TO drink water Iced
water Is an abOmination. Water, rs
drink, Is tabOOed because 1t costs moth
ing. Beer takes its place, because you
must pay for beer. Here Is the exper-
fence OF the correspondent Of the Chi
cago Times: Invariably, when one
goes into a place to lunch, one is ask.
ed, "what will you have to drink?'
Once, In my verdancy, l answered, "A
glass of ice water" and another time
/ said, Nothing, thank YOU" but L
shall never do any such thing again.
The amazement, incredulioy, isuspi-
cion disgust which came into the faces
of the walters, after hearing the state
ment! the number OF times they ear
castically said, II beg your pardon"
under prctence that they misunder-
stood me; the style with which they
went off and informed the other wait
ers, who all thereupon fell into spasms
of winAks, cOntemptuOus shifts, and
ironical giggles-were too much Tor
me. 1 shall never commit any such
blunder again." 49,.
Again, says the letter-writer. "Sup-
pose you want bath, and there are no
facilities at your clearinghouse"
He might have added there never are.
There are many public lighthouses,
and there you may pay sixpence for
bath. But mark now the ingenuity
In getting further cash from you: "A
bath is q bath, ISM 1T ? and when you
have paid for o bath, you have PAID
for q bath, haven't YOU? II it Is a
pair of drawers. If 1t f,e an ordinary
bath, you have to pay extra Ton the
water and extra for the soap, and
something to the attendant who; Is
kind enough to let the water into the
tub. One would think that the bath
tub might be. arranged SO that one
could let in the water to suit oneself.
In place of this, the faucets are all out
side the room, arranged, of course,
with reference to Obliging you to do
it-that is to pay something to some
body for performing a service which
you have already paid for in another
form. and which you would better per-
| form yourself" .a IS FSl& .
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

the hands of the central government.
: Hut Il IL corso d ant With american
ideas and institutions to give any
authority the power to regulate busi-
mesa? Would not the logical outcome
OF It all be that the government would
have the right to interfere In all busi-
ness transactions not local, and set .
scale Of prices for all exehenges? 80
the opponents OF strong central gov
eminent will tell us. but their reas-
oning will not bear inspection. There
4, q difference between the business
man or firm and these corporations,
not only of degree but per Sc. The
business OF exchAngeis dsne by indlvid-
uals. or an association Of individuals,
whose rights are not increased by the
fact of association. They stand or fall
by their own merits, asking no gov
ernmental fayors and receiving none.
Startling on thei 0@h reput hN0ns, and
paying their taxesand their debts from
their own reeources.' The Orpdfations
which hold the transportation inter-
ests of the country are far different.
The individual IL. suhkin the body
corporate. They come asking from the
State or nation the grant Of franchises
and lands and subsidies. They seek
and l0btsin privileges 'whichsafe be-
yond the reach of individuals. They
select their routes, and sacrifice the In
terests of property-owners for the gen.
eral good. They obtain such grants
only because their semi,public charac-
ter is recognized, and the benefit TO
come to the people at large Is consid-
cred. They are not expected to con-
duct business merely as q money-get-
ting firm Of indl viduals. y Their trans
actions are for the, public IA well: a.
for themselves, and Us their under
taking is begun with this understands
ing so are the franchises granted. The
government, a. the representative OF
the people, expects some return for
value received. AS the peoples trustee,
and the conservat0r of their rights, it
must obtain equivalent in the shape Of
aggi egate benefits for the individual
rights which It has handed over. II
the railroads abuse the trust imposed
In them, who either than the. govern.
ment should call them to account, and
strike the balance? Allthe talk about
abstract rights il sheer nonsense. All
the rights that make these railroad
corporations different from individuals
have been delegated to them in trust
by higher power. The government
will only be performing its simple and
manifest duty In holding them to the
trust, by the enactment of laws as au-
thorized by the Constitution.-Inter
Ocean. srff "a t..st
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
National Control OF Railroads.

The late strike among the employees
of the railroads has again brought the
subject of their control into discussion.
The granger movement last year caus-
Ell the matter to be looked ut from the
standpoint Of maximum charges, and
the cry was for reduction OF the ex-
orbitant rates, which were running the
farmer. The point of attack Is now
from the side of the employee, and Is as
decided against the low rates which
have resulted from the cut-throat poll
CIV, and have taken q compensatory
slice out Of the wages fund of the roads.
The truth, as In most matters where
there IL a difference OF opinion, lies be-
tween the two extremes, and has not
escaped tho notice Of Secretary Sher-
man, where he discusses the subject In
his Mansfield speech. He there ex-
presses the nope that Congress may,
by virtue of its constitutional authOri-
ty, enact restraining laws, which
shall conserve the interests Of both pat
rons and employees of the great through
lines, and establish both maximum
and minimum rates Of transportation,
between which the profits Of q legiti-
mate business shall lie.
Can any one who has watched the
growth OF the four tremendous corpor-
atoms which virtually control all the
lines of traffic between the Mississippi
Valley and the sea-boartl, doubt that
any restriction that Is within the spirit
as well as the letter Of the Constitution
would be blessing to the labor Inter-
ests of the country3 The backbone of
the nation IL Its farming class. and yet
our 6, 00O, 900 Of farmers are entirely ie-
ations Tor their market. Again, one
hundred thousand railroad employees
ara al the mercy OF an insane, cut
throat policy which desires to make
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
Islands Up or Heads OFF,
Chicago Times.

Among the arrivals in this city from
the West, yesterday, We're several gen.
tlemen and two or three ladies, who
were passengers on the Union Pacific
train which was seized and plundered
by banditti at Big Springs ut q late
hour of Tuesday night. Hon. Guthrie
Smith related the particulars of the
episode substantially as follows:
"To begin with, the train consisted
Of express and baggage cars, first and
second-class coaches, two Pullman
sleepers, and the directors car of the
Central Pacific--the last being occupied
by Mr.. Stanford and his family, of San
francisco. The night was beautiful.
BY ten o'clock everybody had turned
into bed. The berths in our car were
all occupied. In fact all the cars were
pretty well filled. There were few
ladies' and some children In our coach
which, by the way, v as the last car
but one. ,,..,..fn.-a, =,
~ It was, I think, about half-past II
o'clock--perhaps q little later-when
the train halted at Big Spring. had
been asleep. but the profound stiffness
of the halt awOke me, and something
prompted me to raise the window.
Just then the conductor passed along
side the train, escorted by two men
each of whom carried, or flourished,
rather, q large revolver. AS thrust
my head out l heard the conductor
say: Upon my honor as . gentleman,
protest that do not know the conn
bination of that safe.' knew what
that meant. took in the situation at
q glance, and 1 took In my head, also,
for fear might lose 1t. l.s,ia /.
"Ina moment everybody understood
that the train was In the hands OF
robbers. The men In our car hurried
| ly dressed themselves and collected at
| the front end Of the coach. The door
was locked, and remained fastened
until the robbers had fed. The doors
Of the sleeper ahead of us were also
US we could do nothing but patiently
await the movements Of the thieves.
Our colored porter, rs the train drew
no to the station, had gone out to mail
some letters. and had run plump into
the gang. They thrust revolvers into
his face and made him hand over the
So his vest pocket contained. That
wac iespicable robbery, wasn't It? No
lRentleuianly thief would roo q negro
tof 90. In our country robber would
never stoop to do an act like that. The
women behaved right bravely, and the
mon were carried away with excite
ment. We found we had three pistols
/ in our car, and there were two OF three
Englishmen who, smarting under the
i humiliation Of being beset by high
waymen, wanted to go out and attack
the men. But nobody ventured out
A little girl, awakened by the complo
tion, on being told by her mother tina
robbers had possession Of the train and
were taking all the money, turned
over and said, Well, I'vegot no money
~ A iss1 ths robbers had LEFT, the pas
sengers swarmed through the cars
and all related their experiences. TIL!
engineer and conductor were looklni
male and trembled with excitement
The fobbers had fired two shots at tn