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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
pestIuetive BIC a. Nontrsal.

MONTREAL, August2l.-At O'Clock
this morning, q FIRE broke out in the
upper story Of James McDougall &
COmpanys grain elevator, adjoining
their -four mills on the canal bank Of
the Wellington bridge. In Q short
time the Elevator and the whole of two
upper floors Of the store-house, where
& large amount Of wheat was stored,
was in flames. The fire burned from
the top of the Elevator down to the
lower floors. The Gre spread rapidly,
and the neighborhOod being covered
with mills and factories, the flames
caught the extensive -four mills Of Ira
Gould y Sons, known as the City
Mills, which, with o heavy stock Of
grain, was reduced to ashes. w. N.
Moody & Co.'s horse nail factory and
part of their rolling mills were de.
strOyed. The fire was under control
about 5 o'clock. The loss is very
heavy.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
From the spoEana AgoneY.


SAN Francisco, August 2l.--The fol.
lowing has been received from Spo.
kane, August 18th: Gen. Wheaton's
command arrived at this point on the
10Th inst. after an eight days march
from Lewiston; distance, los miles.
Tho command in camp here numbers
$50 men--tWo companies Of the First
Cavalry, ten companies Of the Second
Infantry, comprising an entire regi.
ment direct from Atlanta, Ca, and
about fifty citizens, employee, team
sters, etc. The transportation consists
Of tWenty.one wagons, all hired from
citizens. Captains Hancock, Con.
rad, Krantmer, Cook, Mills,
Dogget, Drum, Keller, HAines and
Talk, command companies Of the Fad
infantry, and Capt. Perry and Lieut..
ParnelI, companies Of cavalry. Capt.
wilkinson, Gen. HoWard'a Aide-de-
Camp, 10 here to assist Col. Wilkinson
and the Indian Inspectors in the set
Element Of affairs with the Indians in
this section. Word has been sent TO all
the different tribes to collect ct this
point for the purpose. They are com.
ing 10 rapidly, and large numbers at.
tended divine service In the camp yes.
terday.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
THE R
The President and Sults IL New HHmp.
Shlrs-The DOaa.EaSlsFS hare Learned

The President and SuIts Ia New liGmp.
Shlrs-The D~OWn.EaStsFS have Learned
Keys WsakasSs-Dsvsns alec Speaks e
Piece.
WAsHISGrOS, August 2l.-Among
the speeches telegraphed here tonight
is this: Mr.. Key said: Ladies' and
gentlemen ] have not been accustom.
ed TO New England or lie people, ana
my education has not been such as 10
lead me 10 form the best opinion Of
them, but l have been here several
days, and have been 90 generously fed,
and met 90 many generous men and
women, that l an almost ready TO call
myselfS new Highlander !"
There is another which Il 10 impossi.
BILE to restrain oneself from telegraph
ing South. Attorney-G General Devens
said:
II am much obliged to you for this
reception. l know that IL proceeds
from the depth of the attachment for
the Constitution that the people OF
New Hampshire have always felt.
know that they fought nobly and
bravely TO build the foundations of our
Government, and / know as well q
they that they are as ready to protect
Il. Il 10 g happy circumstance thai
New Hampshire has no battle-Aelds Oh
lite soil, although she has made herself
felt everywhere in every battle"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

A DANBURY man who went 10 a
drugstore to have 9 prescription pre-
pared, seeing nobody but q clerk pres-
ent, said: "Young man, are you Eeep.
Ing company with . girl?" dYea siF,"
answered the clerk with 3 blush. aDo
you think the world Of herr" ~ do,1
said the clerk firmly, although blnsh-
ing considerably. "Ls che in town."
pursued the customer anxiOusly. aNo.
sir; she Is away on . visit.S "That
will do" said the man decisively.
"You cant fool around any prescrlp-
ton for me-" And he went away.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
No Relatives Need Apply.

WASHINGTON, August 2l.-An alb
sUd circular has been issued from
Rum. His subordinates may only
employ one kinsman. 1t Is supposed
tbs system is instigated by Schurz for
th, benefit of foreigners. An elderly
laly Of Washington lie quoted as saying
tht II che were Collector Of Internal
Rvenue in Virginia, every white per-
sm and some cOlored In the grand old
Safe would be excluded from deputy
slips.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
piapoaad Of it, rnnAn.

WASHINGTON, August 2l-Devens in
an official an%nunciatlon, thinks the
Pennsylvania Republican association Q
political organization, and that the
Presidents order applies to members
who hold positions under the Govern.
ment; therefore, the association met
last night and voted that ell the money
on hand, after its debts are paid, be
sent to the State Soldiers Orphan
Schools Of Pennsylvania, and adjourn
ed sine die.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
A Wet Summer in nnrona.

LONDON, August 2l.-The weather
yesterday was very hot; to-day, bOis-
ferrous. In Scotland, during the week
past, there have been Ceaseleso heavy
rains, doing much harm to standing
and root crops. They are said TO have
been the severest Summer rains in
Forty wears.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Kossuth Urges an AustEo-H Hungarian
Understanding.

LONDON, August 2l.-The Times's
Vienna correspondent says Kos.
suth has Issued a proclamation
to the H~ungarians, urging Austro-
Hungarians to come 10 an I'M
derstandIng with the Porte as to the
extent of concessions TO the Christians
which can DO made without compro.
missing the integrity of the Turkish
Empire. lie says on the basis of this
arrangement an alliance with the
Porte ought TO be concluded. Russia
should then lie called on to terminate
the war.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

"AND | must say, Ulysses" remark
ed Mrs. Grant, as che put on her night.
cap, while The General swallowed bis
at Windsor Castle t'other night, az
must say It Was very rude Of you 10
ask If the meter was frozen when thew
liz the candles at dinner. You know
how hard times are, how high gas Il,
and what 9 large family Victoria has.
l dare say she, poor thing ! has to econ
omlze all she can. You know we had
to when you were king--I mean Presi-
dent and the good soul dropped Of
to sleep, leaving hls ex-ness to wonder
whether Dieu Ell mon Droit, over the
Fireplace, was a Latin motto, aud II 90,
whether 1t meant "No smoking In
bed."-[San Francisco Letter.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Fatal Accident.

NLw YORK, August 2l.-S. +. Hard
man, manufactures Of Kenyon's Fire
Escape, was giving an exhibition OF his
apparatus at the Astor House to-day,
which ended in losing his life. lie fas.
tensd the instrument to his breast and
lowered himself out Of a third story
window, when the brass band parted,
and Hardman fell headlong TO the
ground and was instantly killed.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
VICKsBURG WEEKLY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST q. I8H.

acted wisely, be hiss ;! leSs. found one
point Of sgrecmen; vita he Radical
party.
During the war Governor Brown
foretold future events, but was as poor
a prophet then as lie was before the
war. Just after the surrender Of New
Orleans, and when somewhs. honora-
Bile tcgms could have been made by the
South, Governor B;own in s public
speech at Jackson ssid that the South
would certainly triumph and gain her
independence, for the Confederate
Congress was making such %stupendous
efforts that she could not fail. AgSin
he was at fault, but be was in the Con-
federate Congress, and perhaps be is
somewhat excussble for having great
confidence in the efforts Of q
body Of which be formed such
an influential member. There are 10
many "I's" in his late letter, and snch
q vein Of confidence in his own pro-
phetic ability that we will be excused
II we suggest that he would not enter
tain such grave fears for the future ii
be was the guiding spirit Of our party.
In 1867 our prophet says he saw
danger ahead, and he told the white
men so, but they rushed into It. This
is the cruel part OF the Governors
letter. After the war every Southern
State had Q taste Of Radical hell, no
MISTER what policy was pursued. No
mar knows better than Governor
Brown that every State from Virginia
to Texas had to suffer the ills
that flowed from the faults and
crimes Of others who are not
now, the men he calls the Demo.
cratic party. The injustice OF this
sentence is in his charging our suffer-
ing when we were under the heels Of q
military despotism, that sustained the
thing known as The Southern Radical
party, TO our own political mistakes.
Were we not humble enough to Ames,
Raymond and Company? Did we not
almost lick the rod that smote as, when
we nominated a relative Of Grants for
Governor, simply because he was rela.
ted 10 our military master? Could we
have gone farther in submission
than we did, when We swallow.
ed oil the vile stuff prepared for Us,
and divided our ticket with negroes,
simply because they were negroes?
Says the gentleman, II tcaat no of
fce, and if I did, I could not seek IL
through a sea Of detamation." When,
where and by whom was the ex.Sena.
tor and the ex.Governor DETAINED ?
On the contrary, the people OF Nissis.
sippi have given him the highes. hon.
ors within their gift. How unjust II
is, then, to insinuate that they would, ii
he sought office, defame him. They,
in the time Of their prosperity, called
on him to rule over them, and they
sent him as Senator to represent them
among the leading Americans in the
Councils OF the Nation, and he, in his
ripe old age, brands them Sc SANDER.
ers. MissiSsippians, how ID you like
the picture?
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

WADE HAMPToN's WAY.-F'oym has
Speech at White NGiphur Springs:
SOLDIERS and citizen, Of the North, will
you forget the shout 90! victory while
we extend the hand Of paternity? We
propose to uphold the laws in
every Southern State. We do not
want a strong standing army. We
want no standing army in times Of
peace. We want union and peace and
fraternity. AZ States, let us be sc die.
tinct a. the pillows; as 8 country, let
ne be one as the ses-sll people slriv-
ing alike for the happiness and pros
perity Of the whole American Repub-
lic."
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
WAR ITEMS.

Gen. GouTks's Retreat frem Plsvna.
LONDON, August 2l.-Ths News
correspondent telegFaphs from SistSvA,
August 18th, q detailed account Of the
events which caused General Gourka's
retreat. The account shove that even
indepently Of the retreat being necesSi-
tated by the disaster at PleVns, Gen.
GOurkS's forces we're overwhelmed By
the superior forces Of the Turks;
and although the Russians gained 5
brilliant victory ct Gent Saphra on
July Oth, Gen. GouFkA's command was
compelled to retreat on the following
day, although In sight of Eski sa-
ghrA, where he was obliged to leave
the Bulgarian legion, who were ope-
rating asa separate body, to their fate.
Or the Bulgarian legion, which was
originally l,600 strong, only 400 or 500
managed 10 reach schyska pass. Ex.
elusive Of the Bulgarian lOss, General
GourkA lost 1900 men I'm two days
fight. During GouFka's retreat through
the narrow Dalbaka aud Hianko passes,
which was accomplished on the I'd
inst, the wounded died like files, from
the jolling ofconveyances and expos
ure. Hale men succumbed from "a
tigue. The Russian Cavalry 10 now on
this side Of the Balkans. Schysks pass
iS strongly forti led and garrisOned by
Q regiment Of the 9Th division two
regiments hold HAinko pass, which
presents 9 series of formidable defense.
[Note-Relative to Hainko pass,
there have been much confusion and
contradiction, Of number OF accounts
declaring that the Turks have trA-
versed.
the Russian Loss At Plsvna.
ST.. PETERSBURG, August 2l.-A
special dispatch 10 the GalOs, repro.
duced BY the official Russian Agency,
admits that Russian losses In two bat.
ties before Plevna were 5000 to 10000
men, half Of whom were killed OF
seriously wounded. About 1900 are
In the hospitals ct Sistova,S emnitzA and
TuFna. Of two hundred persons attach.
cd 10 Red Cross ambulance, 40 we're
killed while collecting the wounded.
Concentrating the Militia.
vienna, August 2l.-The Political
Correspondence COnstantinOple spe-
cial says the Porte has ordered en- Inn
mediate concentration Of $1,000 militia
Of the second class ct AdrianOple, Sofa
and other points near the scene Of ope-
rAliOns.
No Point to be Evacuated without q
Fight.
BUCHAREST, August 21.--The Rus.
sian STAFF, In lie recent deliberations,
favored an immediate, vigorous 70.
sumption of operations, and was Of
opinion that no point should be volun.
tarily evacuated.
Turkish Occupation Of schipka.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 2l.-Sulei-
man Pasha telegrAphs, August 18th,
that he has passed through KazAnlik
and occupied the town Of SChipka,
which had been evacuated by the Rus.
sians.
Bismarck and the Ministers.
BERLIN, August 2l.-Princs Bis
marck received Ministers Won BulOW
and RedoWiiz last night, and proceed
cd to Babelsburg this evening, to sub
NIT q report to the Emperor.
Preparing TO EntTOnoh.
MALTA, August 2l.-Her Majesty's
iron.clad steamer Agincount on sailing
from BesicO Bay, took 400 sets Of en-.
t%rcnching tools.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

WILLIAM II. BARcALow and Hannah
NJ. Covert, both Of Trenton, N. j.,
called upon the Rev. r. P. H. Vail, at
Stamford, Conn.,, q few days ago TO be
married. They paid him so cents
one Of the quarters don't ring like oil.
v~er-solemnly enjoined him to send
them by mail an illuminated certificate
that they could bang up, to publish the
notice OF the marriage in the papers,
ana send them a few copies OF the
same, and departed. L. is presumed
that Mr.. Val! wa SS'on!shel into
meek submission, ar re I2iiae was
duly published.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

IN Louisisns, in one Of the parishes
they have horse racing for the benefit
of q church. This Is nearly as bad As
having lotteries. We hope, however,
oar neighbors will not get up a prize
fight for the benefit Of some divine.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Accident TO the Steamer Phil Am

MEMPHIS, August 2l.-As the steam.
er Phil Allin was preparing to leave
tell evening, her safety-v i've blew of
AMI the rush Of steam and noise caused
8 Stampede among passengers. Many
Jumped overheard and hers from the
boiler deck to the low ~ deck. Miss
Emma LApaugh was severely injured.
Nc others injured. Had the boat been
unler way st the time, the loss of life
would have been frightful, 81 she was
crowded with passengers.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

Coop measure is the WatchwOrd Of
honest trade. When you buy DoOLEY's
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all grocers,
you get perfectly full weight, Just as
marked on cane, and beside that an
article made Of the very best and pur-
est material, 90 that the strength can
always be trusted.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Bismarck and the Ministers.
The Nez Poress war.

WASHINGTON, August 2l.-The fol.
lowing dispatch was received ct the
War Department late last evening:
CHICAGO, August 2l.-To General
Townsend: l have no official news
since the 18th inst, the lines from
Montana being down. On the 18th,
the Indians were reported by Captain
cambridge, Of Fort Hall, as having
crossed the stage road near Dry Creek
Station, north Of Hole-in-the.Ro Rock,
and General Howard was not far
behind them, In pursuit. To-day an
unofficial telegram from Snake River
bridge reports the Indians encamped
on the stage road at Hole-in.the-Rock,
but little confidence should be placed
in this report.
T., II, SHERIDAN. 1t .GeneraI
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

TIE hatcher Democrat makes q
strong demand for the rigid enforce
msnt Of the laws. Amen, say we. If
the mild penalties will not do, then the
extreme penalties should be tried by
those who pass sentence on law.break-
ere
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

A YOUNG lady at Vassar needlessly
sci foot upon the cast.OR ulster of a
banana % che was tripping down the
great staircase, and reached the bottom
In such . heterogeneous condition that
for 9 while she didn't know IL che was
q Vassar or q peel.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

NeAnesday MOFning, August 22

w print another readable, spicy let
Ter from our tourist correspondent,
Bachelor" It is not necessary for US
toinVite our readers attention TO II, for
the former letters Of this correspondent
will insure the universe! peru.al Of this
pnn
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Nltional Convention Of Royal and
Select Masons.

BUFFALO, August 2l,-At the Ma
final Convention Of Royal and Select
Masters Of the United 5 aies to-day,
diegates we're present from nearly
eery State in the Union. A plan Of
dgrees in the American Masonic Rite
WIS discussed, aud 10 memorabilia the
GAnd Encampment OF Knights Tenn
prs of the United States, at their
netting at Cleveland next week, to
nike these degrees a prerequisite to
O1ers OF KnighthOOd. The Conven-
lin adjourned subject to the order Of
th President.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

CHICAGO, August 2l.-The Board OF
Hath has ordered II wholesale vacci-
ntion on account Of The smallpox.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-28
HIyPr News.

The marks at the landing last evening
indicated about 3 feet.
The Tempest departed yesterday for
Sunfsh.
Clerk Ed. Muhleman, Of the Andes, is
in the chy.
The Market Boy leaves for Matsmorss
at 1890 A. NJ to-day.
The O'Neal made her usual trip yes.
terday.
The Phaeton has not yet resumed her
regular trips.
by Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, September 27.-River 3
inches, and stationary. Weather fair.
LOUISVILLE, September 27.-W cath
er clear and warm. Canal 5 feet 3 inches
and falling.
New ORLEANS, September PA
rived-Danube, Cincinnati. No depar-
lures. Weather clear and warm.
CAIRO, September 26.-Arrived-Sil-
yer Thorn, Evansville. Departed-Sil-
yer Thorn. River feet inches and
falling. Weather clear. Mercury "A
degrees.
ST. LOUIS, September 27-ArrIved-
Golden Eagle, Keokuk; Belle of Mem
phis, Memphis; Arkansas, st. Paul. De-
parted-Golden Eagle, Keokuk; Colorado,
Vicksburg. River has fallen inches.
Weather cloudy and warm.
MEMPHIS, September 27.-Weather
cloudy and mild mercury 78. River
Tell 8 inches. Arrived-City of Chester,
St. Louis. DEPARTED Hard Cash, White
river; Carrie Brandon, Red river; Mil
ar, Cincinnati; Mark Twain, st. Francis
river.
EVANSVILLE, September 27.-W Gather
clear during most of the day and clear
ing to night; rain last night and again
this morning; mercury 81 to 790; wind
from the east. River lilo feet large
and about stationary. Down-Cotton
Valley, Dick johnson, Fanchon. Up
Maggie Smith, Dora Cobbler, all with
good trips. Business good.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-28
Personalities.

Uncle John Boring, of the Fourth
ward lett for Pittsburgh yesterday.
Mrs VIM. Down, of the Seventh ward,
returned home yesterday from Pitts.
burgh.
Mr.. August Klingy, foreman OF Pol
locks tobacco works, Pittsburgh, re-
turned home yesterday.
6. H. Leighton, Esq, the author Of
The Sons OF Goodwin" has another five
act tragedy IN press entitled, "At King
Edwin's Court" The work Is said to be
even superior to "The Sons of Goodwin"
What is more important to the dTamatist
it is better adapted for the stage than was
its predecessor. The scenes are all laid
in Old England, and ante date the Nor
man conquest about four centuries.
Mr.. Joseph Greer, who was injured by
falling from house recently, is 10 bel
ter, and his lite is despaired of.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-28
IL HE "A WHEELING MAN.
A MiddIe-Aged Traveller Puts Rul-
let Through His Head and
Cuts His Throat on
Railroad Train.

The passengers on express tiain NO.
10, on the Panhandle Railroad, had q
frst-class sensation to witness last night
aud report when they arrived st their
destination: One of the number who
had started on the train with most of
them ut Columbus had committed sui
eide by pistol shot through his brain
and by cutting his throat from ear 10
ear, and died upon the train.
The circumstances of the trag-
&c affair can be recounted
briefly, as follows: While the train was
standing il the depot at Columbus
Yesterday afternoon waiting for Con-
ductor Mcfarland to give the order
to start, a middle-aged man, cheaply
but decentiy dressed, came into the for
ward coach and askeda passenger: as
this the train for CINCINNATI" On being
answered that it was, he replied that he
didn't care whether it went to Cincin-
| natl or Indianapolis, he would go on 1t
any way, and they could bring HIM back
if he wasn't on the right one. He further
said that he had come from Wheeling 10
Columbus, and brought child to the
Deaf and Dumb Institution. The gen.
tleman he addressed thought he was
usder the influence OF stimulants and
didn't take any futher notice OF him.
From papers found on the person OF
the deceased it was ascertsined That his
name was probably A. P. Baldwin, Of
Akron, Ohio, and that he had been con
nected with the iron works at that p ace.
Three hundred sixtI-two dollars and
ninety cents in currency were found in
his pockets, and paid draft on ID. A.
Melvin Citizens Saving and Loan Assc-
citation, of Akron, o., payable to the order
of Gebhart, Hartman Il Co., was also
found. The deceased was about thirty
years of age, five feet eight inches in
height, and was dressed in light colored
cashmere pants, cross barred brown cas-
slmere coat, dark doeskin vest, checkered
calico shirt and had white handker.
chief tied around his Eeck.-C1n. Eng.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-28
The Patent Office Fire.

WASHINGTON, September 27.-The
Commissioner of Patents makes the tol
lowing official announcement regarding
the late fire: Apart from the damage 70
the building the pecunisry loss occa-
stoned BIZ the IRE is not very great. No
files of pending applications, or OF patents,
or of rejected applications were lost or
damaged, and no original drawings, ex-
cept in very few cases, were destroyed:
Those drawings destroyed were only OF
one issue, Septem Der 4, 1877, and of those
photo Autographs and copies have beer
made, So no inconvenience Will arise
from their loss. A considerable quantity
of photo lithograpn copies burned, but OF
those IN no case were sll copies burned
of one patent, part of the copies having
been preserved by storage IN another
room of the building, which was unln-
iured. There will be no interruption OF
the business of the Office. The examIns
ton of applications will go on as usual
and patents will be issued without delay