Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-07
Debt statsmsnt.


WASHINGTON, Dec. L-Deoreaae, eyg5@
OOOi IN the Treasury, coin, sE5l,OQ9gNi
currency, 8615,OoO,
Dead.
NKW ORLEANS, DGc.l- Col. Richard y.
MOntgOme cry, q prominent citizen and
~wellknOwu cOmmanCer Ofthe Continental
Guards, died this evening" gf1WNH
General BombaFdmant Of Plsvna.
LONDON, Dec. l-Lt is a~nnouneed from
bucharest that q general bombardment OF
PIevna commenced Thursday.
Strike Of EnGliah Cotton Operatives.
LONDON, Dec. i-BeEWeen two and
three thousand cotton operatives are now
on q strike ct 4ossley. Employers threaten
a general lockout.
Papal Matters.
RoMR, Dec. 1.-The Pope Is worse. The
Vatican has acc epted the English Govern
menge condition 90 as 70 be able 70 pro-
claim the hierarchy Of scotland immedi.
ately.
London Stock Market.
LoNroN, Dec. 1.-The Economist says:
"The open market discount rates further
declined this week without waiting for the
Bank Of England, which revived tts MIMI
mum rate OF discount 70 I per cent on
Thursday"
Horrible Crime in Georgia.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 1.-The store Of Ma
thaniel Cornwall, near Bart0ws Ca, was
burned last night, and COTnwalpB chArEed
remains were found In the ruins. 1t ts
thought he was murdered, and the store
burned by robbers.
Turkish RepaEation to Italy.
RoME, Dec. There was no serious
i Al Ia.fa.s NaksaHnaa FAss akarF and NaaHW aAMIG
the seizure Of two merchant ships on the
BOsphorus. Count CoFti, Italian Ambas.
sabor at Constantlnople, protested against
the seizure, and the Porte offered full sat-
lsfactiOn.
LONDON, Dec. IA correspondent Of the
Berlin TELEGRAPH saws: epTheFe seems %
be no doubt that the German Government
has endeaVored 10 obtain Austrla's &C.
qulesceuce 70 Q plan OF negotiations ~
promising her friendly support IL any Of
AustrlR's vital interests are imperilled."
Dangerous illness Of Sam BowIss.
!, SPRINGFIELD, Mass Dec. 1.--samuel
, BOwles, editor oil the Springfield Republt-
can. who has been Ill for several weeks
/. su~Geredlthls morning an attack Of paraly.
els Of the brain, and his physicians say ne
cannot recover. II 10 possible he may sur
Vlye q day or two, but he is now uncon'
. sclous.
Washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The judiciary
!. Committee reported fayorably on Col.
Jack Wharton as Marshal for Louisiana.
The Judiciary Committee have made no
} report on Baxter'B nomination As Circuit
n Judge, and q single objection defeats him
o this session. HARLAN, for the Supreme
Bench, is still held under q motion 70 70
!. consider. Should no action be taken Mon
day on the motion TO reconsider, he standi
n confirmed.
Z Samuel W. Small, Of the Atlanta Consti
tuition, and Col. Ftzsimm0nB, havinl
10 been confirmed, leave for home tonight.
20 Three Republicans only voted for Fltz
n simmons - Patterson, Conover ant
Of Mathews.
Accident at Sea.
NEW York, Dec. 1.-THE schooner c.
II, Brooks, from Virginia, reports that o
November the 2sth, at 10 pm, Oh Barn
70 gat, bearing northwest, she was run int
TO BY the United states t rpedO boat Alarm
hence Tor Norfolk, and struck on the stal
re board bow, which started her stem, toI
'st mainmast, stove In q boat, knocked on on
.d- OF the daYits, carried away sails, 40
ut caused the vessel to leak badly. III
M Alarm took her and held on for thru
lc- hours, when the hawser parted. II
steamer returned and anchored OG state
a. Island to procure a boat, having lost on