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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
The Great Eastern CIrcns.

This Circus, which has been playing
here 10 delighted audiences for two
days and nights, Is the best show Of the
kind now travelling. Il came into town
with so little parade and such modest
announcements that nobody knew that
II. c. Lee, the veteran and popular
Snowman, so well knownin Vicksburg,
had any connection with II, But one
performance was sufficient 10 make its
merits known, and we are glad 10 say
that the Company did well here. Mr..
Lee was here twenty.seven years ago
with Welch, Delavan and Nsthan's
immense show, and drove thirty horses
10 a chariot through The streets, and be
has been here frequently since, with
large Circuses, but with none better than
the Great Eastern. I,sAo:ses are Of the
best stock, the costumes are new and
elegant, the sc'.rs are frs..class, and
last, bu, not least, !; has for band
leader Mr.. D. Bamburg, the prince OF
musical directors As we do not
know the names Of ali the srtists, we
can give but few OF the striking fea-
lures. Miss Rosa Lee is certainly a
prodigy as an equestrienne, and her
jugglery with balls, hoops and knives
on horsebocE, is astonishing. She does
what no female rider ever did-jumps
on her horse from the ground while the
animal is at full speed, and at the close
Of her act turned several somersaults.
Little Robt. Z. Lee isa charming little
fellow, probably eigh. years Of age,
whose acrobatic iea.s equal
those 0: established celebrities.
He aud little Barnet, the latter
only three years old, figure in Mr.,
Miles Orton's great equestrian Sct,
Mr.. Orton is the most graceful rider
that ever appeared in the ring. lie
takes the two little boys on a bare.
backed horse and performs the most
difficult and apparently dangerous
feats with an ease and daring that cap
tivates all beholders. Mr.. Orton has
no rival in the ring, and does things
that no other artist ever dreamed Of
accomplishing. All the riding in this
Circus Is done bare.backed, not a sin.
gle performer using saddle or pad,
except the extraordinary dog, ST.
Nicholas. TIE minstrel performance
at the close is excellent also, surpa,s-
ing those, to see which, people gener.
ally pay 4 dollar. We chcerfully IN
dorso the company as number ouc" in
every respect, completely evoil Of
clap.trep and humbuggery, ana every
way worthy Of q liberal patronage.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

The Romans have a superstition that
Cardinals always die in threes, even as
the people on the Mississippi always
believe that one fatal steamboat acci-
dent will inevitably be followed in a
few days BY two others. The death of
Cardinal Capalti, following close upon
those Of Cardinals Patrizi and Riario.
Sforza, will go a long way to cOafrm
the belief, especially as it is not so long
since Antonelli died, TO be followed 10
the grave by De Angels and Birarri.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Cannot be Ercelled.

cnARLEsTowS, MASS, March u. 1850.
NT. II. X. STEVENS Dear Sir-This is 10 cor.
t.fy tia; have used your Blood PrepaFa,ioub
IN my family for several years, and think that.
for Scroiula or Cankerous Humors, or Rhoum.
attic Affections, It cannot be excelled and, as a
blood purifier and spring medicine, Il Is the best
;hing have ever used and have used almost
everything. ! can cheerfully recommend !, 20
any enc Ia need Of such medicine.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. a. a. DINSNORE,
10 Russell Street
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

Glass windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

LAST night the city was exceedingly
quiet.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

We are requested to publish the fol.
lowing, aud are pleased TO see New
Orleans following Vicksburg's good
example:
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Immense Arrival Of Gram at Buff

NEW YORK, Oct. q A dispatch from
Buffalo Of the 2cd, says there has been Ru
immense arrival OF grain in the last TWEEN
ty.fOur hours eighty.seven lake vessels
bringing over 2,j1C,G0O bushels, destined
for tide water, having come into port since
three o'clock last night.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26

BOSTON, Oct. 24-Tne Bay state Iron
Company has called 4 meeting Of creditors
Liabilities $4,000. A committee Will
wind up the business.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Congressional.

WELLINGTON, Oct. H.--Ihe House wa
engaged on the Colorado case all day
Randall will name the Committees on Mon
day.
no session Of the Senate.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
English Races.

LONDON, oct. "A AT the New MaTke
Houghton meeting to-day, the race for th
second class I Zarwitch stakes was won B.
Mr.. SRndiord's horse, Mate.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
The Herald Fast Mail Trains.

The distribution of the Sunday HERALD
along the railroads between New York and
Saratoga and New York and Greenport by
special fast mail trains for the present
summer season will commence to-day.
What was once an experiment is now
necessity, and this plan is merely
part of our general scheme of serv-
ing the public. The ordinary methods
of mail service are not sufficient to
supply the demand for the HERALD
in the principal watering places, which in
summer are transformed into cities, and,
therefore, we are compelled to furnish our
own. One of the important special trains,
which begins to-day, will run to Saratoga
via Schenectady for the delivery of the
HERALD at all points on the Hudson River rs
far as Albany and Troy. This service will
cover both sides of the river, including
Cornwall, West Point, the Highlands and
the Catskills Another important train,
which begins its trips to-day. is run on the
Long Island Railroad, through the whole
length of the island, as far as Greenport, and
the paper will be delivered at Sag Har-
Dor, Fire Island, near and Far Rock
away, Glen Cove and numerous other
places. These trains are in charge of the
Union News Company, who will place the
HERALD for five cents per copy in all parts
of Long Island before eight o'clock in the
morning. Our readers who wish to pass
the summer in the mountains or by the sea-
side will thus find the HERALD on their
breakfast tables as promptly as if they had
remained in town.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
Give Us q Parks!

Mr. Calvert Vaux, the architect of the
Central Park, has submitted to the Mayor o
proposition and plan for the erection of q
public museum on the site Of the present
Forty-second street and Fifth avenue reser-
voir. He approves the discontinuance of
the useless reservoir and disapproves the
sale of the property as building lots, and
thus far is in harmony with popular senti-
ment. But his proposed museum would
be very little improvement on the present
use to which the ground is placed and
would necessitate an unwise and useless
expenditure of money. There are not now
open spaces enough in the city. A fine
square or park laid out with trees and grass
and flowers, where breath Of fresh and
fragrant air can be breathed, is more well
come to the people than half dozen musty,
stupid museums. We can secure very fine
park by the addition of the reservoir ground
to the present square, and can make it q
source of pleasure and health to thousands,
besides greatly enhancing the value Of the
surrounding property. The Central Park
Museum experiments have not been en-
couraging, and we do not believe that the
people will care to see them repeated else
where.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
Putting ON Their Armor.

The independent democracy is early in
the field. An address has been issued, and is
published in to-day's HERALD, severely crit
vetoing the several bills passed by the State
Legislature to reduce the expenses and in
crease the efficiency of the city government
1t is shown that the Omnibus bill would
have consolidated departments, abolished
unnecessary bureaus, reduced the enormous
and property owners; that the Commits
sioner of Jurors bill, the Marine Court bill,
the Coroners bill and the Finance bill
would have saved enormous amounts to the
city and have protected the taxpayers
against ruinous increase of the debt
The object of the organization of the indie
pendent democracy is alleged to be simply
to secure responsible, capable and trust
worthy men tor municipal offices. 1t is to be
confined strictly to local politics and seeks
to improve the character Of our Aldermen in
especial. If we could believe that the al
legged object would be kept in view in good
faith, and that the proposed organization
could be kept free from the intrigues Of
politicians just as Objectionable as those in
side the Tammany organization, we should
predict for it success. The people are sick
Of the political schemers who, by whatever
name they may be called, are ready to
sacrifice the public good to their own selfish
interests and are ripe for movement that
will leave all the self-constituted leaders as
powerless as are those of the old Tweed
rfqime.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
Pulpit Topics To-day.

In anticipation of the GLORIOUS Fourth"
some OF our city pastors will discuss ques-
tions involved in the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence and apply them to the changed
circumstances Of the Republi; on this, the
closing Sabbath of the first year of its
second century. Notably among them is
Mr. Hatfield, who, looking through the
horoscope of the future, sees our liberties in
peril, and hence takes this occasion to sound
the alarum. Mr.. Kramer, too, Will sing the
"re Deum" of liberty and show the people
what grand old document that Declaration
is. Mr.. Esray will not be behindhand; (;
for, after taking look at the ledger. he,
too, will make Fourth of July talk on
liberty and law, while Mr.. Herr applies his
tests to true principle and explains the
difference between the true and the false.
But other city pastors will let the occasion
slide by unnoticed and unimproved, at least
in any special remarks that they may pub
licly make concerning the day. The Sea Cliff
camp meeting people will make splurge on
Wednesday, and will save their intellectual
and material fireworks until that time.
But in other New York pulpits the transfgur-
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
Harvard TO tn. Front.

The race between Harvard and Yale yes
terday had the result which all old oars
men who knew the respective crews could
have foretold, Harvard, by far the most
powerful crew, pulling in as good form as
Yale, if not with quite so much finish,
passed the flag boat ahead comparatively
easy winner. The race was fairly con-
tested-that is to say, Yale displayed COM
mendable pluck and continued the struggle
to the end ; but it is evident that the Har-
wards were never taxed to their full capacity
and they could probably have made the
victory more decisive if they had chosen to
do so. The condition of the water was
favorable to the stronger crew, although by
some singular course of reasoning it was
supposed by many that the weather
was in Yales favor. There was a
fine attendance, as there always is ;
bat the interest in the annual event
between these two colleges begins to flag
more and more as the fact is more clearly
developed year after year that others in
a real university contest would probably
leave the New Englanders astern. Colum-
bia and Cornell have beaten both Harvard
and Yale on Saratoga Lake, and in the re-
cent contest between Harvard and Colum-
bia the latter, although losing, made better
time than the winning crew made yesterday.
The race yesterday was, however, rowed in
heavier water, and this in part accounts for
the Indifferent time. But then, the Colum-
bia crew which really gave the Harvards q
harder struggle than Yale gave them yester-
day, had only sat in an eight-oared boat two
weeks, while the Harvards had been prac-
tising for more than year.
An American university race will never
compare in popularity with the English
university race until it is made an annual
affair open to all the American universities
and rowed on the Hudson River, near the
metropolis, just as the English race is rowed
on the Thames, near London. 1t is difficult
to understand how two colleges can refuse
to share in such an open contest and yet
pretend to claim the American university
championship" Besides, the Hudson
River can furnish the best course that can
be found in the United States, while the
Springfield course, as the present experience
shows, has many defects. The contestants
in yesterdays interesting race deserve n
great deal of credit and acquitted them
selves admirably, displaying both science
and pluck. They would deserve more if
they would take part every year in regular
university race and measure their qualities
fearlessly with the stout oarsmen of Colum-
bia, Cornell and other American colleges,
taking defeat in good part when beaten, and
claiming real and not counterfeit cham
pionship when victorious.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
A stout Fight for the People.

It is not generally known that the judg-
ment in the Gilbert Elevated Railway case,
which restrains that company from build
ing it's road in Sixth avenue on the
Rapid Transit Commissioners plan of
vertical supports in the centre of the ave.
nue., leaves it still empowered to prosecute
the construction on that avenue Oh the Gill
bert plan Of supporting columns placed on
the curb lines. The Judgment, while thus
partially adverse to the Gilbert Company,
in fact decided in its favor on three very inn
portant propositions litigated by the Sixth
Avenue Horse Car Railroad Company.
These adjudications were--First, that the
Gilbert charter continues to exist in full
force second, that the Gilbert plan does
not require to be run in atmospheric
tubes, but provides for an open air steam
railway, and third, that the Gilbert Com
pany duly filed the necessary one hundred
thousand dollar bond required by the
amendment to its charter, thereby extend
ing the times for completing the successive
sections of it's chartered road. If these
propositions had been decided adversely
the company would have been bound
fast and unable to move. As it is, the judg-
ment only compels it at present to build
the Sixth avenue portion of its road on the
Gilbert plan instead of on the Rapid Transit
Commissions plan, and even this restric-
ton may and probably will be removed by
the Court Of Appeals, whose final decision
in the matter is expected before autumn
and ought to have been rendered three or
four weeks ago.
The work on the Gilbert plan has been
commenced on Sixth avenue, near Forty
second street, and will be steadily proceeded
with except where interrupted by new in
functions The owner of the premises on
the corner Of Forty-second street and Sixth
avenue did obtain an injunction day or
two ago restraining the construction Of the
road on the Gilbert plan opposite his build
ing, and the enjoined premises will be
avoided But the work will be pushed vig-
orously wherever no injunction exists This
determination to prosecute the construction
shows determination on the part of the
company to spare no efforts to surmount the
factious difficulties that are thrown in it's
way, and is an earnest to the people that the
promoters OF the great work Of rapid transit
are at least as vigorous and resolute as its
enemies
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
MURDER AND oUTRAaEs.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 1877.
Portland press despatch, containing the latest
ports from the scene Of the Indian outbreak says:
"a tribo OF Indians known the River Snakes killed
John Ritche of Mount Idaho The Occur dAlcues. who
behavior, reported to be in pursuit OF the nur-
dercrs."
RAvAGss ON THE cLRARwATHR.
1t Is reported that the Clearwater Indians, undar
Looking Glass, had turned loose aud plundored George
Dompstcrs place. between tho middle and south forks
oil the Clearwater anu driven oil all the stock of
settlers between these orks and had II a. their
camp about miles above Kaniai THIS confirms
jim Sawyer's stat. ment madc in the Ind Council
yesterday ut Lapwai, as to the purposes OF Looking
Glass and his forty men.
CONFIRMATION
Tho Indians told Chinamc nt Clearwat that
they had declared the whites ami would COM
mence their ratds upon the Inhabitants within two
days.
PUNISHMENT ANTICIPATED.
When this news reached Mount Idaho force of
twenty volunteers started Immediately for Clearwater.
but no news has come from them yoL General Howard
regulars scour the country IN that direction this
morning
TREAcHERY SCOUTS
Volunteers who the fight White BIRD
Ridge saw Indian who won; out one OF the
friendly Indians with Colonei Perry from ,Lapwuy.
beckon hostles forward In the light and other
movements OF the friendly Indians evincing friendli-
ness to tho nostiles during the tight
IL JOSEPH DsLoDGEDY
report which lacks confirmation is, that General
Howard had attacked Joseph and dislodged him from
Horse Shoe Ridge.
WISER VALLEY DESERTED.
Boise City despatch mentions indications OF the
presence of hostile Indians in Weser Valley the
fields gardens and orchards, which being destroyed
By stock.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following Americans were yesterday registered at
the Paris Bureau OF the NEW York HrRALp:-
Mr. J. French.
BIr. Frank Karelsen.
DR.. and Mrs Darrip.
Mr.. B. Barney and family.
Dr.. Morgan r. Heller Toledo. Ohio
Mr. Thomas Storm and family, Washington.
Secretary McCrary says that tho federal order
does prevent officials from attending conventions.
Let's refood Nicsc.
Mr. Pierre Lorillard is at Newport
Mr. Francis Skiddy is a, West Point
Mr. Fletcher Harper is at Long Branch.
De Haas the artist, is at Narragangett Pier.
Mrs. James Brooks will summer at Newport
Count Zchy and his brother, Of Austria arc at Mon.
treal.
Fernando Woods mustachc looks cool at Long
Branch.
MAJOR General Sir Henry wylie Norman. of England,
is At the Fifth Avenue.
The South IS still having meat showers but sherry
cobblers have 10 be paid for.
Every day one OF our readers sends item which
he calls mot o. bon mot, anyway
President Hayes didn't exactly drink his vino at
Boston, but said, "Hcre's SIP, sip, hurrahl"
NJ Outrey, tho French Minister, arrived at tho Clar.
endon yesterday morning from Washington and lott
by the afternoon train tor Newport
III Morgan, the Louisiana millionnaire, succeeds In
establishing great cattle trade between New Orleans
and Havana he will only prolong the war.
SIX months before marriage he says, '.Darling,
could kiss the ground you walk on;n and six months
after marriage she says, "You kiss my foot''
Bridgeport Standard:--"lt is now proposed TO make
arrangements for Issuing atwodoar gold coin and tho
whole thing looks like an undermined attempt put
gold entirely beyond the reach OF newspaper men,
Our prophecy In regard 10 republican action in Iowa
was iulhed to the cttcr. The Springfield Republican
says the President snubbed In the most ocn
sive way. The State which gave him the largest ma
jorty OF any the Union thus rebukes him for living
up to the very platform on which 1. helped to cleo,
him.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
Our College and School Commence
ments.

If learning in America has not yet reached
the high standard of which Europe boasts
this country is at least superior in the average
Of education. Learning is not concentrated
here, but distributed; and if we have not as
many great scholars as England, Germany
or France, we have much larger number in
proportion Of good students. Everybody
reads in the United States, and, therefore, to
q large extent, everybody studies. The
glory Of our scholarship is not that of
mighty mountain peaks rising from the level
of plain, but rather those OF vast table,
land. This almost universal diffusion OF the
elements OF knowledge is due principally to
our common school system, which has given
to many an aspiring youth the chance to
escape from the twin jailers of the daring
heart low birth and iron fortune. These
schools have different usefulness from
that of Oxford, Cambridge, G6ttingen or
Heidelberg; they do not produce the per-
feet flower of scholarship, but they prepare
and enrich the soil from which it may
spring. From our own colleges have come
many Of our most distinguished men, and
the numerous reports we have published
of the commencement exercises at these in
stitutions show how earnest and general is
the desire of American parents to give
their children the best possible education.
A complete collegiate training is only
within the reach of the comparatively few.
because Of the cost of both money and
time but sound education can be OBJ
tanned by all in, our public schools, and
they are, and must be. the basis of our cul-
ture and progress. They are close to the
heart of the nation, and will make the
next generation far superior to the last
in general intelligence Too much atten-
ton cannot be given to their condition and
development, for they are forming the fu-
ture of the country. The exercises which
will close in this city on Tuesday indicate
higher standard of scholarship, and
branches of knowledge are now taught
which few years ago were restricted to
colleges. We believe that where hundreds
of persons take an interest in our univer-
sity commencemcnts thousands are inter-
ested in those OF the public schools, and
they fully deserve the intelligent encour-
agement which we are glad to see they have
received this year.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
General Mcclellan and the Eastern
War.

The opinion of so eminent an authority as
General George B. Mcclellan on the abb
sorbing question Of 'the war in the East
cannot fail to attract attention in this
country. Such we give this morning in the
form of extracts from an article published in
the North american Rerieao, and which is one
of series proposed to be written during
the war. 1t is to be regretted that General
Mcclellan does not make originality the
feature of his articles on the war, and
give his views of the operations extending
over so wide q field. AS it is, he
limits his observations to reiteration of
facts already familiar to the public. and
hesitates to express decided opinion on the
merits Of the various strategic movements.
This is probably due to the fact that events
have run far ahead of his articles, because
we find him describing as military possibil-
tiles what are already accomplished facts.
But with this drawback the article before
us, the second of the series, is filed
with very useful information for those
who follow closely every movement
of the war. The portions devoted to
descriptions Of the typographical features
of the countries where hostilities are in
active progress show that master Of detail
has pepned them, and they therefore be-
come invaluable to the military student.
These details, with very complete knowl-
edge of the forces and resources Of the
belligerents, constitute the factors in the
calculation and we do not doubt that Gen
eral Mcclellan will, in his next article, give
us a practical deduction therefrom. To give
his opinions the weight they deserve it will
be necessary to keep abreast with at least
probabilities. twill not do to discuss what
the Russians may do toward establishing a
secure foothold in Bulgaria while they are
actually marching on Adrianople.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01

upon whom policy of rash activity is en-
forced by the political complications be-
hind him all the possibilities of startling
successes that are the results of enterprise
and hardihood carried to most unreason-
able extremities, as well as the possibilities
of the great calamities consequent upon en-
terprise misapplicd, become likely elements
of the story and will give it a breathless in
terest from day to day.
The New York herald., 1877-07-01
MOVEMENTS OF The PRESIDENT.

President Hayes ana party arrived here halfpast
six O'Clock yesterday morning, the Fall River line
steamer Providence and after broaKfasting on board.
were transferred by the steamer furnished by the line
to the depot OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, Jersey
CITY, in time to connect with tho limited express for
Washington. The President expressed himself very
much pleased with the trip over Long Island Sound
Ho said I, was the hrst good nights he had had
since leaving Washington" Quite a demonstration
was made at Fort Adams, the torpedo station, and
other points in the harbor Of Newport in the way or
fireworks explosion Of torpedocs, &C., the depart
ing Of tho steamer from Newport on Friday night