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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Copy Ora Letter 20 the Morning
Leader.
Editor Of the Morning Leader;

Editor Of the Morning Leader:
Dear Sir-Having been confined to
my bed, did not know until Saturday
last, that my name was being used as
a candidate OF the National Admins.
tration party. will state, for the ben.
eft of my friends, that this was done
without my knowledge OIL. consent. It
may not be proper 10 reject the indorse.
ment ofany party or,Ihe votes OF any
of my fellow-cilizens, and do not
wish 10 be so understood, but my name
cannot be used with my consent as q
candidate ofany party except the party
which nominated me In the Primary
Election. Respectfully,
J. W. GooDRUM.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Tie Lonisvile Courier.Journal
says: According to the terms Of
agreement, the pooling arrangement, Of
the ST. Louis aud New Orleans steam.
ers expires in May next. There IL no
question, from all that we can learn,
but there are some good things in this
pooling Of the business, but the prob.
ability Is that If II is renewed there
will be some radical changes made in
the internal workings Of the arrange
ment. II is claimed that while this
system OF boating Is favorable to the
boats directly In the S.. Louis and New
Orleans trade, that 1t is greatly iDjur.
ing the commerce of 81. Louis, and il
is generally admitted that Cincinnati
has Cincinnati has made considerable
inroad on the Southern trade Of ST..
Louis during the past year, or ever
since the pooling system was intro
duced at ST. Louis. Cincinnati sent
her New Orleans aud Memphis boats
promptly as advertised, while the 81.
Louis boats would lie from day TO day,
Ill shippers lost confidence in them,
and ii is alleged that ST. Louis has lost
q great deal OF the Southern trade in
consequence.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

LET 1t be remembered that there will
be a grand Democratic rally in this city
on Monday, the day before the election.
Our County Executive Committee will
make ample arrangements for the dis
tingulshed gentlemen who will come
to address the people, and Vicksburg
will do her best TO give the State cam
paign triumphant finale. The caudi-
dates on the State ticket will be here,
and as one of them, our distinguished
fellow.citizen, the Hon. 7. G. Catch
iugs, is q resident of our city, we will
chow that we appreciate the honor the
party has rendered our city through
him. We hope this will be the largest
and most successful political gathering
that ever assembled in the Hill City.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
A card from :. n. ChnppeII.

- N9NA AANA- - ~ S1eRE tsAAe
WARREN COUNTY, MISS Oct. %, 1877.
Editor OF the Herald:
l see IN the Leader of the 10th inst,
the proceedings Of the organization OF
q new party, and In those proceedings
they have used my name without any
authority whatever. They have put
me on their Executive Committee, for
Mllldale Beat. / shall have nothing to
do with them, and wish It distinctly
understood, that l intend 10 support
the Democratic Ticket, nominated b !
the people in Primary Election.
l wish you would do me the Justice
to publish this note, and obllge,
Yours respectfully,
j. II. CHAPPELL,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

THE unpublished life Of Gen. Grant,
written by his father, Mr.. Jesse X.
Grant, ls in the possession of the Con-
necticut State Librarian. The manu-
script gives q new version of the way
in which young Grant got his name Of
Ulysses; /" says that lle'nsme was 6ne
of q lot draWRl ff6Rt o rae WheK his
parents were debating what 10 call
him.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
AHeavy Contract 10 Let.

Louisville COuTier.J Ournal.
A gentleman who came down from
Lexington on Saturday, was asked
how times were in that section. lie
said: "About all have heard OF late
ly is q joke on au editor, who, going
away, left his paper in charge OF a min
lister. During the minister's stay in
the sauctum, the following letter came
from a mountain subscriber;
"'YOu know very well | paid my
subscription 10 your paper the last time
l was IN Lexington. II get any more
such letters from you as received last
week l will come down to Lexington
and maui HI out Of YOU
The minister answered:
az have been trying TO maui that
thing out of the editor for ten years
past, and If you will really come down
and maui it out of him, then, my dear
sir, have twenty members Of my
church | will also get you to oper0tG
on"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

We were yesterday shown q man.
moth sweet potato that was raised out
on the Warrenton road. 1t weighed
ten aud one.quarter pounds, and
measured fully twenty inches in cir.
conference. It was raised by Mr..
james BAnks.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The following is list of boats in
the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade
this season: Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays-Charles Morgan, Albert
Stein, master, Thomas Sherlock, Lew.
Kaipa, master; Golden Rule, o. p,
Shenkle, master; Golden Crown, II. II.
Drown, master: Golden City, j. d.
Hegler, master; A. Z. Donnallay, II,
U. Hart, master; Mary Houston, Chas
Miller, master Robert Mitchell, Dan,
Moore, master; U. P. Schenck, J. l.
Carter, master; Z. B. Church, John S
Patterson, master; Cherokee, George
Wolf, master.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
A Re olutlon to Endorse the Presl.
dent In WIthdTaWinE Troopa.

WASHINGTON, Get. Alt is reported to.
night that a resolution is prepared en-.
dorsing the Presidents action In with.
drawing the troops from South Carolina
and Louisiana, which will be introduced
In the House Tomorrow, and the previous
question called.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The considerats Representative in
Congress from this District, Gen. Jas.
r. Chalmer', has placed us under OBJ.
legations for the Congressional Rec
ord.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Mr.. GooDRUM has & letter in the
morning papers. He would like for
everybody to vote tor him, but refuses
10 allow the use Of his name by the
sore-heads and Radicals to the injury
Of his party associates.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The editor of the Leader claims that
be was not represented in the appoint
ment of the Judges and Clerks for
holding the election. In his paper he
claims that be Is "a lifelong Demo-
crat," and it strikes us that there are
several very good Democrats on the
list.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

IT is q curious coincidence that a
leading character in Edward Eggles.
toms novel of "Roxy," begun in Scrib-
ner for November, turns out TO be the
very counterpart Of Mrs. Burnetts
"Lodusky" published in Scribner for
September.) There is even q ball
room scene in Roxy which will remind
the reader Of a similar scene in Lodus.
Ky. But although DR.. Eggleston's
story appears after Lodusky, il was
written long before, aud neither writer
has borrowed from the other. Mrs.
Burnett has simply found Cor imagin.
ed) in North Carolina the same "lype"
that DR.. Eggleston has found (or imag-
ined) in Indiana. DR.. Eggleston's
character Is called Nance Kirtley, and
is thus described: "Such a face as
hers would have been observed in any
company, but such a face among the
poor whileys Of Rocky Fork, seemed
by contrast miraculous. There was
no fire o! intellect in II; no inward
conflict had made Oh It single line.
II was simply a combination OF natural
symmetry, clear, rather Oriental com.
plexion and exuberant healthfulness.
Feeling there was-sensCousness, van
ily and that good nature which comes
OF sclI-complacency. Nancy Kirtley
was one OF those magnificent animals
that are all the more magnificent for
being only animals. II was beauty Of
the sort that one secs among quadroons
and oc;arCous-tEe beauty Of Circassian
wcmen, peIhaps-per!cc; physical de.
velopmen', undsturOed and Unintorm.
ell hv .nul."
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The New Orleans Democrat makes
the following explanation in regard to
the failure OF a private banking house
of New Orleans: 1.-THE suspension Of
Pike, Brother & Co., was announced
yesterday morning. A representative
of the Democrat called on Mr.. George
A. Pike, who has for some time been
engaged in liquldatIng the affairs Of
tie old firm, and we were pleased to
learn from him that the suspension is
only temporary, and that their assets
are largely above the small balance
yet due. Arrangements have been
made with all parties concerned, by
which time has beeh allowed to make
q tull settlement.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

TIE Leader man has a constantly
raging inward fever to strain his abili-
ties In the service Of the colored people.
Before the Primary Election he made
terrific charges against Flanagan for
keeping in his employment "nigger." !"
mOh, consisiencY, etc"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The Judges and Clerks appointed BY
the Board of Registrars don't suit US,
but we do not intend to raise q row
about It, because It occurs to US that
the list may suit the Board.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
TnE Mayor Of "a spIlags Is sald 10

The Mayor of Hot SpIiags is said 10
have lcctured himself very sCvlrely in
Court the other morning, for getting
drunk. "You are old enough, Lindc,"
said be, "to know Letter, lam panied
be! ond expression that you have thus
di.grsced yourself and the city, you, as
H. Chief executive, represent. | mus;
fine sou }2O, AM see 10 it that hereaI.
ter you conduct yourself more prop.
Grly."
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Tue Georgetown, S. c., Times, esti.
mates the loss 10 The rice crop in that
section at 80 per cent. This has been
caused by the rains which have not al.
lowed planters 10 secure the crop, II
wasting by threshing out before being
gathered, and the heating ofthat which
was lying down, ready TO be carried to
the mile,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
A Reduction of Miners Wages.

PITTsBURG, Oct. 29--The employees Of
the several cOllieries that resumed at this
place at au advance OF ten per cent, have
been notified Of reduction in their wages
OF this amount. The miners are at work
to-day, but under protest.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The St. Louis Republican says that
when one citizen of Chicago tells an
other that one more old citizen is gone,
the reply il, with how much? What
bank?
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

TIE Mule ticket is squealiug and
kieking aud, aud, and -
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Dr.. NEWMAN writes to Senator Nor.
trn: "You are the last OF the heroic
statesman who stood firm In the hour of
the nations peril, and who to-day con.
meet the glorious past with our uncer.
tain future"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

a FORMIDABLE secret political organ
ization is said to have been formed In
the Shenandoah Valley, with the OBJ
ject of furthe.ilg tie reputation Ct
the Virginia dett.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The cOlOred people are we'll repre-
sented In the election Judges and
Clerkp.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
DESPERATE STRUGGLE.

A Travelling Salesman Net on a Railroad
Bridge by two Hiuhwayman and his
Money Oemandsd-0ne Of the Robbers
Shot and the Other Cut and Thrown
from the Bridge.
CINCINNATI, Oct. "A special dispatch
states that desperate encounter took
place Saturday evening, at Big Cliity,
KY, near Louisville, between two high.
waymen and Joseph Hansen, q travelling
salesman. Hansen started TO walk from
West City TO Biz Clifty, TO catch train,
and was met on bridge which spans q
chasm lI6 feet in depth, by two desperate
characters, who demanded his money.
Hansen drew revolver and shot enc,
when the other rushed upon him and at
tempted to throw him over the bridge.
Hansen drew 4 butcher knife from the
packing OF his samples, stabbed the rob.
ber, and succeeded in throwing him down
into the chasm, and then escaped to Big
Clllty. The robbers have been arrested,
but are not recognized BY the people oil
the place. The one thrown over the
bridge was saved from instant death by
falling In tho Nolan river, but both men
will probably die.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

A PIG under 8 gate will 'queal.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
CUE q{}ittsbmgRfrala

Tuesday MORNING. october 93.
, 1877-05-26

GRADING AND BALISG WooL--The Pen
deton Wool Grading and Baiing establish
meut commenced business last wednesday
Thompson & BarDhart were the first wOul-
growers who were honored by first having
their wool graded and baled at this establish
ment. A new era in wool growing in Eastern
Oregon is marked by this enterprise. From
this time on Oregon, or more properly East
cru Oregon wool will have an identity in
Eastern markets, and -.ill be quoted as high
if not higher than any wool produced on
This coast The idea that dirt and alkali so
attaches 20 Eastern Oregon wool as TO depre-
cia,e the price, 10 use common expression,
is call in your eye" II is undoubtedly a
mere assumption on the part of he 'D-culaiOrs
or midAleman IN Portland or San Francisco.
We have high authority for this assertion.
and will abide by it. However, hereafter
E.sfern Oregon wool will stand in the
markets on IFS own merits and that Il all
we ask. having no fear of the future as to the
"anoiations of This great production OF
onr favored country. Samuel Pierson. one
of he firm of Birnard, Lee & Co, the grader
for the establishment, has an experience OF %
years active work in wool and The maDniac-
tura thereof into fabrics. The grades I
wool will be divided into fine. mudinm and
low; also two grades of combing wool, de-
laine and long-East OregOniaa.
, 1877-05-26

APRIL TONNAGE MOVEMENT. - There
were only two vessels chartered to load wheat
at this port last month-Jne for Cape Town
and the other for Cork, the last named get
ting 42s 6i There we're eleven vessels en-
gagged for lumb-r all 10 load at northern mill
ports. including one for Shanghai at So,
and one for Bu-nOs Ayres at $50. One wH-
tnken from Mexico for dye-woods for Eu-
rope Three were chartered 10 load gn
ano for Peruvian dep1sirs, twO of Thrm
taking their eargoes to Cork at Cos and 90
respectively, and the other TO Msuririus at
54s. Two ships were laid on TO load wool,
hides and ores to New York. Four We're
sent 10 British Columbia 10 return with
coal, and one was cleared with the most oi
her Inward cargo of Liverpool coal for Chile.
A ship was sen: to Manila in ballast TO load
lack sugar for this port at the unprecedent-
edly low rate of 81 per ton. Seven small
vessels were loaded with miscellaneous car
goes for HOnOlnlu. Tahiti. Central America
and Mexico. Eight ships were dispatched
in ballast to China and the East Indies.
Following Is a summary for the month
, 1877-05-26

RUSSIA AND THE jews OF JAsSY.-It
is stated that the Jews of Jassy have been
threatened by the Russian commander that if
they pray for the success OF the Turks, Ia
their synagogue, they will ba severely pun
Ished. This Is great pregnant illustration
of the eulIg tment aud liberation of Russia.
That brutal and despo'ic power Cannot brook
even adverse suplIcarIou to the Almighty,
aud is prepared 10 dictate TO men how they
shall pray, rather than irs arrogant will
should b. rb~aried. The Christmas of Bul-
.,aria and Bosnia must be enrap,ured at the
prospect of falling iuro the tender and i0ler-
ant hands Of sneh power Perhaps IL would
De better for them to ascertain whether the
Gar will permit them 10 conduct their
worship 10 please themselves, hereafter, OF
whether they are to be proh,5i'ed from EN-
plOyiny any but Cossack fUrIus of suPplica-
ton. II would be interesting to know what
i Il Il proposed to do with th- Jews of Jassy,
should they prove rumaeiona, and persist
IN praying for the Turks. whom they not
uunaturaily ree0gulzs as better frIe"ds To
their race than rhe Russians VIII they be
sent 10 the mines of Siberia by that eminent
Christian power, or will they be knoured !?
1t would be AN ediiyius commentary on
| AIexsud-r's deep coDcein for he Bulgarian
| Christians. and his horror of Turkish ryran-
ny, If he should begin the war by rorrurIng
harmless aud deieu-eless people because
their prayers did not sui; him. Those who
remember what Russi. has done TO Poland.
indeed, will not experience surprise at any
thing she may do 10 other peoples. but it Is
rather difficult for such AS are acquainted
with the facts of history to = omach her pres
ent professions, or TO believe in the cousisr ren-
cy of her attitude with regard to The Bul-
g,ri-u-. 1t i, however, perhaps because the
Rotchschilds will not lend him aug money,
that the Emperor l. 40 angry with he un-
fortunate Jews of Jassy Sac Record Union.
, 1877-05-26

LIBERTY OF CoNSCIENCE.-The Hebgeio
Lea!er calls stten,ion To The fact that II should
not be forgotten that 1t is 10 the South
We owe the first efforts to make home Tor
religious freedom IN America. The editor
says: at is n remarkable fact that the ear
Hest approach TO The doctrine of soul liberty
in State policy was in the Catholic colony OF
Maryland, by the federation act In The charter
OF SIR George Calvert. Qulrs as no eWcIt y
Is it, too, that the South to-day has NOR
freedom in regard to Sunday obserVanoer
than any other section of The Union The
prople there have by nature u toleration Tor
the religious opinions of Others which migh'
be imi'ared elsewhere W: h advantage. Oar
co-religionisrs have always been well treated
there, and highly honored in the State
Two have oeen sent to the United States
Senate, several have been Governors and
ouyressmen, and all of them have been
freely admitted 10 the highesr social equality
Such are the fruitso of true religious liberty" "
, 1877-05-26
Our Washington Letter.

l W ASHIN6rON, ~ nay .Ni -O''-
FD,ToR STATESMAN No political event
of rh. lasr ten years created greater feeling
among politicians than the pos'ponement of
The extra session of Congress to October 9th.
The day first spoken OF, Juue 4, would have
yiyeu time for Congress to make such changes
as seemed proper in regard to the army, and
TO furnish money for its support, and the
changes and appropriations could have taken
effect when the current years appropriations
| will .xpire--June 30ih. For some unknown
r.ason the President chose 10 deter the meet
( ing until three and half months after that
time, aud will have ON bis bands an army
for which he has no legal meaBs of provId-
ing, but which must still be provided for.
The act seems to be most serious one, as
| i, shows a disposition to disregard law Ii
will certainly Trad to two Consequences I'M
pleas,n. TO the President. 1t will make him
enemies in bis own pa=;y, for it will be look
ed Oh as a confession that he fears the oppo-
| sirion among republicans, which an extra
| session would be sure tD duyeiOpe and cousol-
| idate. 1t will ibjure him among those DEM
! ocrats who were inclined 10 give him even
qualified support, tor II there is one thing ihe
democracy ls united on to-day, 1t Is the de-
termination that the army shall not become
The instrument OF executive oppression. I'm
der this plan of Hayes the acriUn of Congress
i'll refusing 10 make appropriations tor the
army is nullifed. The army becomes mere
ly the crrature and dependent of the PIesi-
dent.
The RepuJliocn OF this morning says 1t Is
likely II session wall yet be called fOr III June,
but this hardly prObabls.
The Republican also gives currency to ru-
NOR thai General Gordon will soon be made
secretary of war.
An Ohio politician visited the White House
10 make plain talk TO the President yester-
day, Ill opposition to his Spuihern policy.
The President was surprised. wonder what
his sensation would be if the republicans of
Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Name or Vermont
should hold an election aud vote on the ques'
tion of sustaining that pOlieyr
Nothing could be more creditable than the
disposition shown by The South Carolina au-
thorities 10 restore the credit OF that State
For Years the debt has been enormously in-
creased by men who may be said tc have no
property interest there, but advices Just re-
ceived show that the solid citizens of the
State are prepared TO meet the emergency
houorably.
The case of Major Reno, of the army, has
created much interest here. 1t was the sub
jrct Of discussion at a Cabinet meeting yes
ferday, and the sentence of dismissal IDodI-
fed TO suspension from rank and pay for two
Years
Mexican border troubles have lately re-
ceived Cabinet attention, and it Is hoped the
administration will take measures to protect
American citizens who are periodically plum
dered by gangs of bandi;ti from Mexican soil. |
Senator Blaine remains very quiet during |
his visit here. He will not be interviewed.
Yours, Dem.
, 1877-05-26
The French Army.

The London Saturday Rerie,e, speaking Of
the French army, says;
Now in 1870 the utmost force that
could be put in line within a month agains.
the enemy was 250, ,0G0 men, and even this
comparatively small army was insuf,ieienily
provided with many requisites for campaign
lug. Behind the 25O, 900 were about 800, 600
for Reserves and gsrrisons. This year, ao-
eording 10 the statement of the writer, (in
Blackwood's = Naga-iae), 3 weeks only would
elapse before 455, 900 men were In The fed,
having behind them such mass of troops
for reserves. for camps aud g4rrisons as would
raise the total of the active army TO ]. 300. 600
men NOR must it be forgotten that ;he Ser
vices of all these men would be reall
available, because the lines of Communication
and other vulnerable points out of reach OF
the enemy wonld be sufficiently guarded by
the men of the territorial army, which
though not yet throughly organized. would
be quite capable of performing such subordi-
nate tasks.
" IL Is true that good nOn-comm issioned
Off ers are not easily TO be found for the re-
serves and for the territorial army; nor are
the Inducements Of military life sufficient TO
retain such men even in the regular army
after their legal terms of servics has expired
But this is II difficulty by no means special
TO France Every Continental army suffers
from the same want. The man who makes |
good nOn-commissioned Offi;er will be n
goo6 tradesman or a good clerk, and there |
are few indeed of such in any nar ion. in com
parison with The immense masses of men |
now brought under military control, who /
would not prefer the comforts and liberty of
civil life to any advantages that can be otfrr-
ed 10 soldiers in peace. The difficulty is
one inseperable from large armies, and no
means have as yet been found powerful
enough TO overcome it.
Again, the arrangements for mobilize
tion leave something 10 be desired, and The
decenIrsliz ,riOn Of siores-One of the meas
ures forced on the country by the experience
Or lS70-is not yeu complete, though gradn-
ally becomiug so. We learn from several
sources that the French war office considers
that two years more must elapse before the
army will be thoroughly prepared for war,
and nothing Is more certain than The French
Is, and will be for some time, bound in heavy
penalties to keep the peace. But the ques-
lion Is whether she has advanced so far III
her armaments as to be formidable if placed
on the defensive"