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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
Testing the Electric Candle.
i|ncinnati COMMERCIAL.

Cincinnati COMMERCIAL,
Messrs. Hawk and Roslin Of the
Electric and Calcium Light Company
have received from Paris & consign.
ment OF electric candles, with which
they intend to illustrate the illuminat.
ing principle OF the future, To obtain
data Mr.. Roslin wrote % u. J..
Denayrouze Of Paris, the PARTNER Of
Jablochhohi, the inventor OF The e%iectric
candle, for information, and received a
reply, Of which the following Is a sub.
slantial translation
"PARIs, August. ls17.
MIR. J. Rosliu, Cincinnati, United states
Of America:
~ am in possession Of you. favor of
the 2lst OF last month. To give you
some idea Of using the electric light
send a short descriptive notice. The
apparatus We have mos. success and
satisfaction with Is the alliance" with
alternative currents. They are The on.
ly ones which give US complete salts.
faction; run with half the speed ofthe
grand machine, without heating as
much as they do, and give q remark
able constant current, and do not need
any repairs. The Alliance machine,
with four disco, costs 1000 francs (Sl,.
400, packing 100 francs, wire $50 francs,
three switches 30 francs; chandelier
(autOmAtic) for six candles, allowing
continuous combustion twelve hours
without the necessity OF touching the
apparatus, 600 francs, With some other
incidentals. making a total Of about S.
800 francs, With this material il Is
possible 10 obtain IN the same circuit
four distinCt luminous points, giving
each, at the least, the intensity Of fifty
argandburners. L DENAYROUzE."
The Cincinnati firm had sent an
order for the grand or large machine,
but cOuntermsnded It, and ordered the
Alliance" which will arrive in a few
weeks, ready not only for experiment,
but for public use. In the meantime
practical public tests vii, be made OF
tho candles, Of which due notice will be
given.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

lei, OF the alta3s proposed 10 be made
on the morning Of the Cd, and the paT:
bis corps was to take therein. Neiihe-
do l think itjust 10 charge that he Yas
alone responsible for the delay "A a.
lacking that ensued after his arrival on
the held. l well remember how Gen.
eral Lee was chafed by the nou.appear.
anse Of the troops, until he finally be-
came restless, and rode back TO NEE,
Gen. Long5tree', and urge hin fo:-
ward bui,then, there was considerable
delay IN putting the troops 10 wor
aftC. .ney reached the ield and much
time was spen! IN discussing wha. was
"a be done, which, peghapp, could no:
be avoided. AZ any rate, II would be
unreasonable 10 hold General Long.
street alone accountable for this. To-
deed, great Injustice has been done MIN
in the charge ths. ne had orders from
the commanding General 20 attack the
enemy al sunrise on the ID o. July,
and that he ~disooeycl these orders.
This would imply that 10 was in DOS
ton 10 attack, whereas General Lee
bnt anticipated his early arrival OF the
ID, and based bis calculations Ipon =.
l have shown how ho was disappoin;.
ed, aud need hardly add that he DO
4 law WGg iatai
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
General Lees disappointment
at the Failure 80 Follow Up
the First Days Success.
TGylo- in phlla. Times.

Col. w. h. Taylor In phIla. Tines,
General Lee witnessed the figh, Of
the FedeTa!s through Gettysburg, and
up the hills beyond. He then directed
me 10 60 70 zen. Ewell and say 10 him
! that, from The position which he oceu.
pied, be could sec The enemy retreat.
ing over those hills, without orgaui2a.
ton and in gres: confusion, that It was
only necessary 10 press ";hose people,
in order 10 secure possession Of tho
heights, and that, II possible, be wished
him 10 do THE, IL obedience TO these
instru ctions, I proceeded Immediately
10 General Ewell Lnd delivered the
order OF General Lee; and, after 70.
ceiving from him some message for
the commanding General 10 regard to
the prisoners captured, returned to
the after and reported that his order
hal beer delivered, Genera Eweil
did no. express any objection, or in.
di:gte the existence OF any impeachment
10 the execution Of the order ION.
veyed 20 him, pl: eff The inprcs.
sion Ipou my mind tia. 4 Togl be
executed. In the exercise OF ,ha; dis.
c%Felion, however, which Genera. Lee
was accustomed 10 accord 20 his Lieu.
tenants and probably because O. GU
undue regard for his admoni;ion given
early IL tho day, not 10 preaip:;ate q
general engagement, Genera, Ewel!
deemed !: dnwise 10 make the pursuit.
The troops were Nc: moved forward,
and he Fedossls proceeded to occapy
and ioriify the position wLicL it was
signifed that Genera. Eve, should
seize. Major. General Edward John.
son, whose division reached the held
after the engagement and formed On
The eft of Early, in Q CONVEX saiion lad
with me since the war, sb19t this cir.
cumstance, In which ] sough, Az ,xpla.
nation o. our inac!ion NJ lha. time, as.
sured me that there was 10 hindrancc
10 his moving forward but that, after
getting his command In line Of battle,
and before II became serious = engaged
or had advanced any great distance, toT
some unexplained reason, he had re-
I eeived orders ID halt. This was after
General Lees message vas delivered
10 Genera! Ewell.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

made for he protection Of Christians
in lieu Oft
ain 1872 when Frame was crippled
oy Germany Russia gave notice that
che would no longer DO bound By the
Trealy Of Paris in relation 10 The navy
she might keep In the Black Sea, and .
COMMITTEES Of the greas Powers mOdi.
fed The treaty % &c 70 slow Rnssls her
own way with das dignity 70 The other
PoTers." he also said HGladstoae
was IN favor o. The Crimesn war, but
has eincs seen his error, snd is now
seeking some way OF protecting the
Christians. The result OF the confer
ence at COnslAB;iHople was humiliallng
to Ruglsnd. Lord Salisbury went
, Abou. 70 the different Powers 10 see II
he could &c: am one Of them % 60 10
war with the Turk
His views were that Englahd mai no
business 70 interfere with Russia II she
wished 10 make war; neither was
England called on to make war for
Christisns that peace was what Eng
land wanted. Germany" he said, as
the natural ally o. Russia. Austria
and the other Powers bordering on
Turkey may have some interest 10 the
question, but what has England 20 IL
with these territorial questions re!a.-
ing 10 countries on The other side OF
Europe from her? England does all
In this matter from mere selfshnGss.
She wishes 10 keep Russia from Con.
stant:nople and from the Meditergl-
mean, and to cripple her and sggrsndize
herself. She holds Gibraltar and Nal
Ia, and talks Of holding Egypt, and yet
she objects 10 Russia going 70 Constan.
tinople. ] see no principle q: the bot.
tom Of this policy but selfshness,
~ ~apprehend no evil 10 England.
Even II Russia should take Constant
nopls, all Europe will demand aud 50.
cure the proper rights Of oihe. ns'!ons
In the fnAl sell. emeni.
These wars which are got up 10
prevent some spprehended evi, ere
generally wrong, and I think the time
will come when some Emperor or
King vii, ariSe With authority and in.
fHence enough 10 arrange an Interna-
tional Commission, 60 that oil these
questions OF boundaries and the like
may be settled peacefully, and gres,
armies disbanded."
Such are some o! the views OF Mr..
Bright OIL the great Question which
now moves the British Nation 10 its
very heart. He has the rare quality
in judging these great questions OF
seeing the justice aud truth as @ or.
eignec would see them, and he has the
courage 10 maintain his own views
agains: The prejudl3es Of his own PEG.
pie. HEINZ DAg.
NEW I0L.E, ALg-st 18th, 1875.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
A RraErnnt RemEaIscence

a Fragrant Bemkmiscence,
Virginia (Ney.l EnterpTise.l
Yesterday q load Of hay, fresh from
the Truckee meadoWs, went past redo.
lent with lie perfume, and bringing
With It q long train Of remembrance OF
the joys Of childhood. That man is to
be pitied who, in the experiences Of q
lifetime, cannot number that OF q
spring from the big beam IN the old
fashioned barn, TO the chan Of
One, two, three,
The humble bee,
The ROSTERS crow
And away ! 70;
followed by the souse "ali ovev under
I'VE did not notice contradictions In
terms in those days, as the descent
was made into tho big bay Of clover
and timothy beneath. And what fun
IL was when Ike and John had gone
out after smother load to dread down"
its fragrant pillows and catch grass
hoppers and make them give you mo.
lasses" before you'd let them go.
Maybe you're ashamed of /: ali now,
big, hairy man that you sre. aud
won't acknowledge that you got tired
and fell asleep 10 the ch!rp OF the crick-
ct and the song Of the katydid lust
outside in the grass, and while watch
ing the suHbeams coming in aslant
through the holes in the root ard won.
dering why they all turned round as
they came down, although the chunks
were square. Perhaps none Of you
care 10 own, now that you are grown
up, that you ever, on rainy days when
the barn was nearly full 10 the ridge
and the sRallow-nests almos, within
reach, made q pile Of hay aud climbed
up on II till you could touch the nest,
and then. Notwithstanding the " Gut,
quit, OUTFIT, quit.it!" OF the gentleman.
ly proprietor who wore a blue sw alloW.
tell coat and pearly vest every day and
did not like your intrusion al al, took
out something all mouth and body and
almost without form or comCliness
something like a peep" in Il, but
which no more gesembled & bird than q
human does al angel. AL, these and a
thousand more kindred memories
followed that load Of hay through The
street, although Il was baled aud bound,
and did not q: all resemble the fluffy
jays Of thirty years ago. Bat the per.
fume was just the same as !. must have
been when the Ruth CLEANED after Boa
and his reapers, and certainly was
when the writer "rakCd after 80 the
load was made from the winrow IN the
meadow back Of the barn. There was
one thing, however, which was want.
ing and most sadly missed, II in some
manner q "bobOlink" could have been
i%mprovised, or here could save beer
telephoned along with tina, load The
"whewIywbew, tiOkle.!onkiC. Jaw.
pcCvy, calico.Greethcs, up.side.town,
up.sldc.dowu, ho!l.s.aek six. feel.sey
en-inches.Stand bach. Stephen, ward.a.
link" Of his song, SO Ina; it coIld have
been heard, that load Of hay woutl
have been worth 500 per ton, jus, ioi
a keepsake and as a reminder.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
A DlsIOInted Plight.
THE SECOND DAY At GETTrsGURG-,
LONG STREETS TARDINRss.

THE SECOND DAY AT GETTTsBCRG-GEN.
LoNGsTEEET's TARDlSEss.
Col. W. b. Taylor in the Phila. Tins,
The whole affair was disjoin;ed.
There was an utter absence Of accord
In the movements Of the several com.
mands, and no decisive result attended
the operations Of the second day. Lis
generally conceded that Gen. Long.
street, on this occasion, was fairly
Chargeable with tardiness, and | have
always thought that bis conduct, in this
particular, was due 10 q lack Of apprc.
citation on his part OF the circumstances
which created an urgent and peculiar
need for the presence of his troops al
the front. As soon as the necessity
for the concentration Of The army was
prccipitated by the unexpected en-.
counter on the let of July with a large
force of the enemy near Gettysburg,
Gen. Longstreet was urged to hasten
bis march, and this, perhaps, should
have suficed to cause him to push bis
Divisions on toward Gettysburg, from
which point he was distant b1, four
miles, early on the ID bu, / cannot saw
that be wHs notified, on the nigh; o'the
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

THE RALsn ORACLE

he RlakeaA little daisy Cover,
WA f1iaFe 81 sneW and heart q. gold.
All me Wakhsut and warm within,
And stood 70 have her ioEtInc told.
"He loves me,'l0w she m-sips sac,
And plueked the border leaf by les:;
"a lttle-to0 much-rOt AZ all
Win sruest hear.-beyond belief
" A uitle-tOO mlch-BO. a. all
30 rang the changes DER and O't3;
The tiny leaflets lut.erad down,
And Btrewed the meadows grassy Ly.r
"A little-too much-DoG a: all
With tFuest hearp'-O magic b.ie.;
All, foolish task, 70 measure o.:
Loves value on q daisy leaf,
Fer 90 che pulled the lGtes, LEFT
With mot at all" ! heard her tSy,
= All, much you know, you silly Cover,
He'll love me tlll his dying day"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

ANogKBE ATTACH on TIRE Fol-
CndiSmayed by the failure of the Eri:-
ish Arctic Expedition 10 reach latitude
ninety degrees north, and turning Il
deaf ear 10 the swfu! words in whi.n
Sir George Mares Characterised the
frozen ocean beyond Cape Columbia,
Captain Howgate proposes 10 make az.
other attack on the Pole by a series Of
regular approaches. For this purpose
he has dispatched the well known AR.
tic voyagor George (. Tyson on O re-
connOisance, not in force, bat in the
schooner Florence. The instructions
prepared By Captain HoWgale 70.
TysOn's guidance are of q general
character, as becomes the relation Of
the author to an experienced Arctic
navigator vino is familiar with all the
necessities and dangers of the voyage
and the proper means Of dealing with
them. This preliminary expedition is
intended 10 prepare The way for lhe
foundation OF regular colony Of Lady
Franklin Bay, where the irst parallel
will DO opened and the advance or the
Pole really commenced
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

WEI canno. the othe. ua!ioua.iLe,
follow the sxcelFen; example of tie
Hungar!ans and send their needy couu-
trymen 10 settle on Western .ands ?
Money suficlen. TO equip 6 dozen co..
onies is wasted every yeaS In senssless
parades and professions and In perpe:.
uating rivslries and animOsit,es wb!.l
had better be forgotten.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

The roulette.table al Monaco we..
into mourning when King Blanc jsy
dying. During the last hour of his life
black came up twenty five times.in sue
cession, making & tremendous run On
the dark color,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
The Pope to Americana.

COMPLEMENTARY MEDA.s rEo~ D.
HOLINESS 70 YRS. EyEgA. sHEFHkE
and OTHERS.
Chas, Il. a. Esiiag, Esg, WHO g
turned or the steamship Illinois on
Saturday, having been some months
absent in Europe a. the bearer of the
funds and gifts sen: BY the Catholi:
laity Of the United States 10 His Ho-.
ness Pope Plus IL, on the Golden Ju-
bilee Of his Episcopate, brought with
him the complimentary medals given
by His Holiness 20 Mrs. Gen. Sherman,
President Of the American Jubilee
Committee, and her aids, Mrs. Thomas
Lay! ofNew O:leane, and Mrs Win
fred Patterson, Of ST. Louis, and %
himself as :he representative OF the
committee 6: Rome, The medals
are Of bronze, sbolt oue.third Of ar
inch thick, and sOou. nine inches
In circumference. OG he diverse
Is q wei. executed likeness &!
the Pope, surrounded by ne
inscription Plus X, Pon'. MAJ"
On the reverse, eAG!rsled w. q fuely
executed wreath 81 aoorns and oac
leaves, and surmoun.ed ~ q s.ag, Is
The following inscription Die FaVslO
Felici Two pAFens SSnctissimvs An:C
Aunos L In Dasili3a EvdoXiGna Epis-
copus Consecratus Is: Cenlegivm Ca
linalvn Gratvlaiiones ergo III NonGs
syn A. MDCCCLNXVIl."
II Is mmored tina; the Pope vii. alto
confer upon Mrs. Sherman tho Golden
Eose, as a triba:e o. special rCcogn.-
ton for her 2ea.ous laboys in behalf o.
The various Catholi: charities ot
the United Statep. Should his 70
port prove true, It would be 6 sigma.
honor, as this famous jewel hRs hereto
fore only been conferred upon crowned
heads, metropolitan churches or man,
cipslities, and his will be the first IL
stance in history IL which It has been
permitted 70 60 outsile he ;ontineL.
Of Europe.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

"THE Great Naturalist of the North
Is infestiBg the South and whitening
negroes at $50 each, $40 down, the re-
mainder on obtaining absolute pulchri.
tude. The operator offers to whiten
one volunteer free, and treats him with
nitric acid, warning him that the in
stantaneous process is painful. The
volunteer soon howlS and gives in, and
no one will come forward but the
Great NaturAlisl's corked cOnfederates,
who, after much bowling and squirm.
ing, are washed white as snow. Then
the negroes buy the anti. Elhiopic,
Remedy freely, aud the Naturalist Of
the North silently steals away before
they have had time TO discover the
fraud. It works like a charm or q
Freedman's Bank.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

FRANCIS MURPHY AMI John B. Go.cn
walked arm-in-arm a. the Fairpor;
p'meetlng. Their ideas Of tempe..
aIce work agree, both holding lbs;
Divine help is necessary for The refo--
nation ofa drunhard.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

TEE trouble with this goose with
wine sauce" said 6 CUES! al an inn 70
the proprietor, who smilingly asked Il
everything was satisfactory, lie that the
age is in the goose instead oflhe wine
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

GEN. TAYLoE's famous phrase of "al,
the world and the rest of mankind
has afforded a great deal OF harmless
happiness 10 our British cousins; buI
at least one eminent British statesman
seems 10 have thought Il 90 neat and
felicitous that he solemnly prigged and
plagiarized II the other day In a speech
before the House Of Commons. Sill
Stafford Northcote called upon that IL.
l%ustrious assembly to enforce its rules
upon the iDdomitable Irish Obstructive
because it had "a place and q position
to maintain in the eyes of the world
and Of foreign countries" There is 9
variation in the phTase, 1t will be seen,
which 10 really characteristic. Every
genuine EnglishmaD, when be talks OF
"the world" thinks more or less un.
consciously Of England only, and Eng.
lands dominions and when Sir Stat.
ford threw 10 ''loreign countries" he
probably meant really 10 be civil 10
1.-THE rect OF mankind"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

EELARGEAEET Of the spleen, or ague.
cake, can be prevented or dIssipated BY
using HOhE SToMAcH BIPTERs lie ton.
ic~-alteFative powers being specially
adapted to ell arrangements OF the
portal system.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

EKATERINA DAsHkoFF, q Russian
princess, said she thought the Polisb
nation the most serYilo in the world
until she saw the Italians.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

A SON Of Secretary Sherman, who is
United States Marshal in New Mexico,
has been attending 10 bis arduous du-
Ties by taking 3 pleasure trip with his
eminent father on q revenue vessel.
This is q part of Mr.. Sberman's finance
policy that he didn't explain in his
speech.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

IIE fruit crop in England is not
good =; IN fact il is the worst since 1870.
owing 10 the wet autumn last yea- and
The cruel spring" this year.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

BLACK net, dotted with gold Or s,rsv
q used for trimmings and strin0s ~
black chip bonnets. s'
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

TIE fgh; on The State ticket 10 Ohio
lie rather 6 tame n compared with
that which lie going on over the Legis-
lallVe candidates. The Senatorship Is
at stake, and there are a great man
men 10 Ohio Of both parties, who want
the position. Secretary Sherman 10
ANTIQUE tn get back into HE old seai,and
If the Legislature is Republican, be
will use what power the Administra.
lion can spare 10 bull.dCze bis way
through.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

TRANSMISSION or BLOOD.-Elsew here
will DO found al account Of q tempo.
rarily successful TRANSMISSION Of blood
in the case of u ConsumpliVe patient
living in Williamsburg and over iilty
years OF age. II 10 highly improbable
that in this instance any permanent
good can result FROM the experiment,
since the patient was in The last stages
OF the malady when il was performed,
and no introduction Of blood into The
veins Of o man can reconstruc. the
brokCn.dOwn tissue Of an organ in an
organic disease. Even IL under this
stimulation the LESSONS shall be repair.
cd which, even In The face Of the re.
port, SCENE incrediblc-perfect restora.
ton Of health or keeping the patient
alive for his desired three years Il
hardly 10 be looked for. The proper
Office OF TRANSMISSION of blood is the rec.
tificntion OF systems dcbilitated By sud.
den hemorrhage, and in such cases II
has been suc:cssful. In both theory
and practice il is two centuries old, but
for a long lime II was disused, and
only Of late years, aud by means OF i'm.
proved apparatus, has Il been success.
fully employed. II may be remember.
cd that Charles Reade made use Of II
for a ARCHAEOLOGICAL purpose In
"Grimth Gaunt," and was criticised fol
doing 30, just "a Dickens was criticised
Tor introducing spontaneous combus,
lion Of the human subject In "Bleal
House." and Captain Marryatt wa
overhauled for doing the same thing IL
Jacob Faithful. "-[New York World
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

melancholy.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

JOAQUIN MILLER's play, "rae Dan.
ites," has achieved q genuine success
10 New York, but he critics do not
wholly approve The way the effect 10
accomplished.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

OSE 0! the crrios.lies o! mex; years
grea; exhibition a; Paris vii! be the
building Of The Persian NnDi0nsl Pal.
ace, which "a TO cove: no; les. than ITO
square metres, and is 10 be crested
BY Persian architects and workmen.
These have just arrived in Paris, and
are immediately TO &c. to work on its
construction the walls are 70 pe-of
course Persian wise-covered with
faicace, snd The winlows are TO be Of
colorel glass,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31

extra for soap.