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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Editor or the heralu:
The criticism, which you think un'
lust, was not intended for an uniriend'
ly criticism, but as you seem to con-
slider II your duty TO admonish every
body to walk straight, thought II
would not be amiss 10 suggest a straieh
line for you. So far as the comparison
of your Democracy aud mine are con'
cerned, although Companions are
odious," am perfectly willing TO stand
the test before the people. Now, lei
US see If my criticism is unjust. BE.
fore the Primary election, you opened
the columns OF tho HERALD to those
who wished to advocate the claims oi
candidates in that election, only In case
their communications should be paid
for. but at the same time refused ad'
mittanCe 10 communications Of censur'
or condemnation Of candidates, upon
any conditions. Now, after the can
didates are nominated, you say that i
is all right to allow any scribbler, un
der o fictitious name, TO assail lhes'
candidates through the columns OF thu
HERALD, provided he claims 10 be
Democrat.
Suppose you carry out this idea tC
its legitimate results. Some one comel
along, and you know him as q Demo
crat, he claims to be q Democrat, ant
has always voted and acted with th'
party. He present, !Ou with IN
munication charging Uhc OF tue caudl
dates on the regular Democratic licke
with being a tibet, and presents fact
and figures to prove II. Another Dem
ocrat brings you communication
charging Cne of the candidates on lh
regular ticket with being a liar, and 10
dulges in long argument to prove Il
and so on through the whole list VI
der your ruling, you are obliged to az
init these communications to your co
umns; and this being the case, th
"Opposition" would have no need Of
newspaper Of their own. They couI
make the HERALD their organ, II
WL,eader" could be discontinued
once, and the money used In carryir
II on could be used for other Csmpaig
purposes. simply wished to remiI
YOU that the HERALD is supposed to
Democratic journal, aud should n
be used 10 the detriment of Democrat
candidates. Respectfully,
WARREN COwAN
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
vIcKsBuRG, Oct. IS, 1871.

Editor Ot the Herald:
DEAR SIR-Ihave just returned home
after an absence Of several weeks, and
find that certain parties, claiming 10
act under new party organic alton IN
this county, have used my Eame in
their nominations Of candidates, fol
the State Legislature. This was with
out any knowledge upon my part, and
certainly fails Of my approval. have
requested the editor Of the Leader, II
which paper my name appears as suct
candidate, to withdraw II, as l have NJ
sympathy with the movement in which
the nomination originated.
Respectfully, 4. s. BUCK.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

ONE of the veraciOus "boulevsrd
w,eklie," IN London has been Iacerailng
the pubIic Josum with story that the
Americans took great oiTense at the
privacy maintained by the British team
at Creedmoor, and were especially dis
guslci because Sir Henry Hslford
p...e.i NO Admitlancr' on his bid
room dn"r. Far be it from rs 10 uu.
derjaGe The correction OF all The ic.
lious about America which 4 wv from
these perennial springs Of falsehood /;
but 1t may be worth while to state, for
The satisfaction OF our friends ou the
other side OF the water, that this par
ticular lie has No foundation whatever
except malice aud rousensc.- New
York Tribune.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
$R]9ittsburg8srala
Saturday Morning, October 90

CoLoRED people, the white people
are doing g great thing for you In edu'
eating your children; don't you allow
yourselves to be deceived into risking
q loss Of Il.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

TIE Radical Senators are keeping
out the U. S. Senators from Louisiana
by foolish aud useless delays. The
time will come when they will be sorry
for this course. They have only q
slender majority in that body now, and
in few years the Democrats will be
in the majority.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

A WAsHNGToN correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette says: "The House
lo.rs Lamar AID Hill, who have
climbed a round on the ladder, but as
sub.liiu'ea gets Manning and Chalmers,
TIC latter known as the Fitzpatrick OF
the South, not because he recommend
ell 'bloody-shirt campaign With mon.
ey,' but on account Of his dashing cav
airy record They call him '.he Little
Brig.,' short for Brigadier. Heis small
and wiry, full OF pluck, and al honor
10 Mississippi"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
GrenG Revival at Palmyra
asln nd.
WARREN COUNTY, Hiss.
r. .,t.--.E 49, u...,l

" ANhEN NVNN = ''I"''
Editor Of the Herald:
Since the lst OF August up 10 the
l4th OF September, there has been en-
rolled on the books of the Church fifty
elk members; this is mainly due to the
great exertions of Elders Winston
Hudson and Wilson, who have been
most enthusiastic In the good cause
We sincerely hope great benefit will
come out Of this movement, and that
all members will do their utmost 10
put down evil.doers, feeling assured
that If each one will do his or her Ut
most, the status of our colored citizens
will be greatly raised.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Planters and country merchants
are reminded that charges for the sale
of cotton are lighter in Vicksburg than
in any other city of the South. No
brokerage is charged, and no deduction
ls made for side pieces. Try the
Vicksburg cotton market, and see If
these things are not true.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Ma. Buck has letter in this morn
inR's paper that will be read with de-
light by our citizens. The people want
every m an ct bis post in this dght, and
they want 10 know exactly where
every man stands.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Child Abduction.

RICHMOND, Oct. l0-JOhu Eddy MoGitt,
aged seven years, who was adopted by a
wealthy Quaker three years ago, was Kid.
mapped Wednesday evening by two gyp.
sizes, but recovered. These abducLOTs
claim that the boy is Charley Ross, but
others scout the story.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

THE strike of 5000 cigar-makers has
a woman among It's leaders. Mary
Heisler is the vice.president of the new
organization, and seems to have the
tongue and the will of a commander,
In = city of revolutions she might have
future.-fNcw York Tribune.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

MARTINI, the hungarian rifle invent.
or, founded his idea upon an American
invention. Henry, who made a com.
biation for the English, was the Edin.
burgh gunmaker. The Turks use the
Martini.Henry rifle.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Sin HENRY IIAvELocK, who Is visit
ing the Russian army, rides about with
a large COssack escort, furnished by the
Car.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

II you are going to educate your sou
you must, for the life insurance busi'
ness, instil In his mind that modesty is
not the best policy.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
WAR ITEMS.

LONDON, Oct. lO-It is Tumored that an
assault on Plevna commenced Thursday.
It Is said that material Tor Russia,
which had been contracted for 10 England,
Is detained as cOntraband OF war.
A Reuter- ErzeIOum dispatch dated to-
day, has the following: "Kars is said TO
be q city partially blOckaded; 1t is also
rumOred that the Russians have occupied
Peneck."
Turks Drawing In their Lines In Aisle.
ST. PETERsBURG, Oct. l9-The GOiOs, -
publishes a special from lgdyr. dated Oct.
18th, which says: ION receiving informa-
tlOn Of Muhktar Pasha's defeat, Ismael
Pasha withdrew from the nelghborhOOd oil
lgdyr to the heights OF ZOr near the from
tier. II is believed he is on the point OF
completely evacuating our territory"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

AN "errlng brother" In japan makes
no speeches. lie commits suicide.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
An Abandonad Yeaaal.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. l9-Capt. PendIe-
ton, ,Ot the tow-boat Harry Wright, reports
having passed the brig George Gllchrist
about seventy miles =. s. Il. OF the Pass,
dismasted and abandoned; her cabin and
deck were all right, but the sea was break
ing over her amidships. Rough weather
prevented Capt. PendletOn doing anything
with her.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
The Nine Hundred and Ninety. ninth

CHICAGO, Oct. l9--The Home Savings
Bank at hlgin has suspended. Deposits
amount to SJO, ,OON; assets, 100000.
Depth OF Water in the Southwest
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Compliment to an ex.confodorate.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l9-Federal soldlerl
here have rendered banquet to Majol
Thomas J. Jones, OF Alabama, the ex
Confederate who, In an address on Con
federate Memorial Day, 1875, paid a touch
Ing tribute to the Union dead, and after
wards spoke at the late reunion at Mari
eta, y,
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

HYMN. N.slNGING.- Commodore Wander bilt was a sharp, clear, hard. business man, who made great railroad conven- ient, comfortable, safe, and sure for the public, which ought to be grateful for what he did. He sang hymns at the last. and doubtless with sincere emotion. Bot probably there was not much singing of hymns during the characteristic transac. tions of his life. ''I am glad he liked the hymns" said Mir. Beecher; "but if he had sung them thirty years ago, it would have made 8 great difference. He did not sing hymns as long as he could got about" The preacher drew a comparison between the deaths of the Commodore and of Mir. Bliss, the hymn-writet and preacher, who perished in the terrible Ashtabula catastrophe. He said, indeed, that 1t was not fair to compare the ob- scure sweet singer of Israel with the fa- nous railway king. But as Christian moralist he felt that he ought to say how much greater a work in the world the singer seemed to him to have done. .T
 He did not sing hymns as long as he could get about. It is true of very many more of us than the Commodore. But it is pleasant to think of those who do; of the men and women who, having no ear for music, are yet singing hymns all the time; of lives that, poor and obscure. and lonely, are as sweet and inspiring las the loftiest hymns. Be a good man, my dear, said Walter Scott to his son, aS he died. He. did not say. be famoust be successful, be conspicuOus, be rich. To sing hymns, too, is we'll, bnt there ia something better; for the one thing of which in this life we may be sure is that rToB's EASY CHAIR, in HGrper's Maya zine for Mdrch.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS IN MILAN The intellectual activity of Milan has been rapidly increasing since the over throw of the Austrian rule in 1859. and is particularly evident in the great numbers of newspapers and periodicals published there. Probably more books are issued there than in any other city of Italy. The Milanese school of engravers has acquired @ high reputation within the last forty years. The Academy of Fine Arts is one kind in Europe, and the pGLGzzO deLLe scienze c delle arti, in which it is situated Commonly called tLe Brera from having originally been a Jesuit college called Santa Maria in Brera,) Is one of the chief ornaments of the city. It contains an ex- tensive gallery of paintings, rich in works by Lombard and Bolognese artists; the public library of nearly 19O.0OO volumes. including the works bequeathed to it by Haller; number of medals and an archse- ological library; collection of casts; . botanic garden and an observatory. one of the best in Italy. The new Victor Emanuel Gallery was opened by the king, September 15, 1867. Besides several other special libraries in the Brera, Milan is the seat of the world-renowned Ambrosian Library, founded by Cardinal BorEome0. and carefully explored by Cardinal Mai, who made there important discoveries of palimpsets. The most extensive private library in Milan is in the palazzo Trivul.' zi, which contains also valuable cOllec- tion of coins, and of Greek, Roman, and medieval antiquities. AppIeton's CSctO- 110e0i0.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
How to Detect Spurious Coin.

MT. W. E, Du Bois, the assayer of the United States Mint at Philadelphia. in Q letter to the Ledger of that city, speak ing of spurious coins and how they may be detected, says:
 'sCounterfeiters generally content them. selves with the cheap and quiet process of casting from monlds, though sometimes they strike the pieces from dies. The mould is made from the genuine coin and yields fac simile. They use type met al, somewhat hard and sonorous by the addition of copper, and the whole being slightly silvered over in battery, and the gate neatly rubbed out on the edges Such pieces may pass while fresh and new. They are, however, rather too white and too thick, or if of the right thickness, too4ight. There is something about the genuine coin that ordinarily puts it above suspicion, particularly after the new white surface has given place to the inimitable and permanent nine.tenths tint. It may be abused by heating or staining, or by contact with gum elastic bards. It has been dishgured with tin foil for the small purpose of provOkinga Q bet. In rare cases it may have 8 haw at the edge, or shut in, which destroys the ring. But generally it speaks well for itself as to culor rnd sound.
 "The genuiness of half-dollar is Some- thing worth looking after, to any of us, and especially to Storekeepers, taking them often through the day. It is, there fore, worth the trouble to have on the counter one or two witnesses easy to be had. >.
 "First-A balance, which need be no more than a thin strip of wood eight or ten inches long neatly poised. Place Q good piece on one end and the suspected one on the other, and have weight of three grains at hand. If the difference ig more than that, decline taking the piece.
 ''Second.-A liquid test, composed as follows: Twenty-four grains of nitrate of silver in crystals; one gramme (say fifteen grains) of nitric acid and one ounce of water. Any druggist can put this up, in a small bottle with pointed glass stop per made for lifting drops, taking care to use pure ingredients. Remove a little of the surfaceof the coin by knife, and then touch the place with drop from the stopper. If good, there will be no action; If bad, 1t blackens at once. F-
 ''It should be observed that this is not the compound we use for examining gold commercials and JewelrY. And, further, some persons use nitric acid alone. which vii. .discolor good coin as we'll as bad one. }1Sat@ l
 ':As for the pieces struck from dies, they are generally such poor limitations that the taker almost deserves to lose by them. Such piece, dated 1876, is nov before me: good color, feeble and faulty devices. light weights but quite too thick. { It would be caught by the gauge already mentioned. It is a whitish brass, with silver plating, more substantial than the electro -silvering." .Ff
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
WHOLE 7 NO. 264z. [:

Reynolds has trayefsed the state and hunted up his old cavalry comrades, and, as none of them will stinkerVieWn on tho subject, they must have taken Q e0lemn oath of failanca, and feel confident .thet they have big thing in pFospeetss u is believed that a Detroit capitalist furnish ed the money, and, Jas he has the repnta. ton of being both miserly and shrewds it is fair to conclude that he had plain evidences of great profit from the enter prise.-NeeV York Herald. ,
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

As we said the other day, the amount of bonds upon which the Federal govern ment guaranties interest. according 10 the Texas Pacific subsidy bill. is S60, 995.. 900. The bonds run for fifty years and the rate IS five per centum. The interest, then would amount, by the year 1927, to STA, ,987 .50O. this is only about six mill ions less than the whole bonded debt, principal and interest, of the Union Pa cific and Central Pacific Railroad .com. panies will amount to, according toSena- tor Thurmans liberal estimate. Gan tho country stand it ?-SprinafeId Rep.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
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Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
GosHEM Feb 1Oth 1s77

Mir. ED1ToR-We in Goshen think that ''Dickey" did not feel in good humor when he wrote his letter to tho Enquirer of Feb. the 9th. His statement concerning the Revival, is very different from that we hear from those copcerned in Religion, and l think the Jealousy is not as repre-. sented. certainly we all hope not. There have been several grown persons hope fully converted and the good work is re- ported to be still going on. w. D. S. V
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
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Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

The Rhode Island police tell the blys ! they must either quit coasting or aslsse coast lengthwise ofthe state> 2@sa
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
GOING AFTER THE TREASURE.

In May, 1870. the squaw died, and about that time body of Indians made sach search after Reynolds that he turned his steps eastward, and after weeks of fatigue and adventure made his way into Mexico. It was not until a year ago that the ex-soldier returned to Michigan. As he refuses to account for his time. be- tween 1870 and 1875 the reader will, per- haps, suspect that Reynolds had four stout walls. around him for that period.
 Ever since his return he has been cau- tiously and craftily seeking to interest men in his scheme to revisit the mount aims Who finally advanced him the mon- ey necessary to fit out his band of trea- sure seekers is known only to himself and the capitalist. but it is certain that he has the means to push bis enterprise. He left here to-day for San Diego, having two strangers with him, and other men from Michigan enough to make up a band of twenty-five, are to meet him in Chicago,
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
FOR SALE.

THE subscriber offers his place in Meadow Street. ! consisting of twostory house in good repair and rounded with plenty of fruit and shade tre s and pleasantly located. Price S5O0, good proportion of sion gissn lst of April. WILLIS J. BEACH.
 Litchnsld, January 25th, 1878. 4Sk
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

The Connecticut Legislature is body capable of doing very little work in a long time.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

Tnere are SO5 names of students in this catalogue
 diculnafed among the States follows Connecticut, zOo Mew York. l25 Messachusetts, 90; Georgia 67, Sou.n Garolina. z5; Maryland 36 Pennsylvania, 30; vsrmont. 26; Rhode Island. 22; New Hampshire 2l; ylsna, 1s North Carolina, 2l, Delaware, l5; New Seasey. H. Kentucky, g. and the remaipder in smaller nampsEs from other States. Of the whole number
 snan l5o had previously been graduated at Yale seoiNse and many others at other colleges.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

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Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

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, 1877-03-23
THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.

1At fadsh<Ha<Hh H1ftA Ia
Ono OF tbs attractions Ut New York IL tho
Filth Avenue Hotel. No stranger coming to
this city fatla to visit It. Its reputation is
national and even worldwide. Tho gfealest
celebrities have been its guesta. The Prince Of
Wales stopped u this great iun seventeen yrars
ago, Other gues.s have been Presidents Lin'
colt, Grupt, aud johnson. Secretary Seward,
Charles Sumner, George Peabody. Gen. A. E,
Burnside, the late Charlotte Cushtuan, ".
Jacques Oaenbaeh, and hundreds OF Others no lesa
distinguished. Tho families Of PRESIDENTS Lincoln
and Grsut laye always matis homa Of the Fifth
Avenue when they Visited this city. Nearly all
the ambassadors from foreign courts make the
Fifth Avenue their stoppug.place when in Now
York. The brazilian Minister last sprng gc-
cctved overturrs from nearly all tho leading
hotels OF the metropolis, 10 anxious werc the
psopyiesots to furn.ah apartments to tho Em.
peFor Dom Pedro II. and the Empress OF Brazl.
But thu Minister from Brazil csmo voluntarily
10 The Filth Avenue Hotel and engaged suites
Of thirty VI more rooms, twenty Of which era
IN ths psslor door. and stretch 200 feel on tho
Twenty stscet side oi the Immense hotel.
II u doubtful II spy hotel IN America or In
Europe can boast OF suite of Tootus equally ex-
tsuslve and stretching alouE. ln continuous
liuc. These arc the celebrated apartulents that
were occupied By his Royal llighneAa tho heir
apparent to the English throuc.
When George Peabody WAA III America 90
gave most elaborate dinner party Ut tho Filth
Avenue Hotel, 1t which wcrs pkssent the kQoss
, 1877-03-23
THE NEW II1tAD.sTA1sINEH.
lg0shtrGtpn {p. E,t Star.

Att ttlnucr.party given by Secretary Sherman
saturslny evening to tho members Of tho Cabi-
net anu n few frtcnlst tho tablo was RrAccl by Il
beautiful throe-mastcd sflip composed of 0ow-
crs. On tbs tnutnmast was small United Rtacs
lug. which Secretary Sherman satd hts little
daughter Ind placed 'tlrrc Scnator liuar, vi
Massachusetts, sal,l, IN Ills dry. Yankee way, to
tic Huerltary of Tho Navy. wilo sat opposite
him, =" Well, Mr. Tholnpsou. will you please tell
us II that Is Tho correct position for tbs A,ncrl-
cd tic roply with ntcrvst, for 1t Is we'll known
that the now Secretary IL no sailor, uni they
thought he WAS cosnerctl. But he took a1yas,-
tagc Of tho Cabinet custom, and replied In Dig
,s aa w 1ssr W. w. s t.
ed with pcule Of laughter.
, 1877-03-23

An expedition to explore tho buried cities OF
cantEal Asia ID talked ot In Bombay aud elsc>
where In India. Tint treasures like those At
Nyesna }uay DO found III the saudi oi Mongolia
Is At least possible. 1t tradition be OF any
yalue.-a tradition, too, witch has pcr.iatently
cluDR TO one locality through tue lapsc OF ecu.
turtes,-the tomb Of Ghcpgis Khan il Jet. With
its tahulously rich tEeaAuscs, To be found (aa
Tic SOUTH VI Luke .Tabaaun-Nor, Your readers
may remember the quaint legend about shu lust
1rsiip.-playe Of the great khan. Hithin tho
toub lies man whu seems aalecp. Every even,
aud 10! fu the morning tho tnlmaia have
becu eaten. Ia 8U years, say tbs Non.
pols, tlc sleeper Will awake and lead
, 1877-03-23

The citizens Of IIckskillet, Kidgcway Town
ship. Osugc County, have l,ad MI unusual kind
of cxcttonlcnt In hunting snnkcs Last autumn
somc people saw some snakes going In a,lt! out
Of q hole In Mr.. Losll's place, so q number of
sso sS last SATURDAY pnrty w Vent to wofk. Alter
digging part Of lno afternoon they can,c to o
den Ut the reptiles. a. It was q poor lay for
snakes, the result Of tho slaughter was only
clghty-six, consisting Of rattlesuakcs, copper.
which wrre six feel long, AMI acme were as
large as q mans arm. Some Of the rattlesnakcs
had "A many " ten rsttlea. There are mbrc
supposed to Ie IN the hole, that vii! bo dug cut
In time.