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More Quickened Conscience.

More Qufckened Conscience.
Detroit Free Press
A fair to medium Detroiter went home
to supper the other night to find that his
wife had entered the house ouly a few
moments before him, and he naturally
inquired where she had been:
Richard, " she answered in a very So
Der ways, Il have been to consult for
tune teller!'
"What" he exclaimed, turing pale in
an instant and staggering back against
the wall.
Eyes, have been to consult fortur e
teller" she went on, as the tears came to
her eyes.
"Bosh! madame! Fortune tellers are
humbugs -swindlers-liars"
"Kichard, this fortune teller told
me"
81 won't hear i'll want none of their
nonsense!" he interrupted.
Richard, it concerns you!'
II don't care! want my suppe RI
have no time for foolishnessl"
Richard, she says that you are"
81 tell you l won't hear any of her
balderdash! She lied about NE, of course,
and I'll make her take it back or go to
prison."
Richard, won't you let me say that
she said you were gradually killing your
self by too close attention to business?n
"Did she say that?
"Whv, of course she did,"
"Lizzie, forgive my harsh words 1
see that they tell the truth, and the truth
only. After supper I'll get carriage
and we'll ride out, and while we're down
town you'd better get that new bonnet
you spoke Of"
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AFTER ALL.

The apples are ripe in the orchard
The work Of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands redden
In the blood OF the dying sun.
At the cottage door the grandsire
Sits. pale, in his easy chair.
While the gentle wind OF twilight
Plays with his silver hair.
A woman is kneeling beside him;
A fair young head is prest
In the first wild passion of sorrow
Against his aged breast.
And far from over the distance
Tue faltering echoes come,
or the flying blasts of trumpet
And the rattling roll of drum.
Then the grandsliire speaks in a whisper
The end no man can see:
But we give him TO our country,
And we give our prayers To Thee"
The violets star the meadows,
The rosebuds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard
The pink-whlte blossoms pour.
But the grandsire's chair is empty.
And the cottage is dark and still,
There's a nameless grave on the battlefield
AMI new one under the hill.
And "A pallid tea les, woman
By the cold hearth sits alone;
A ma the old clock in the corner
Ticks on with steady dronc.
William Winter.
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DIVINE SERVICE AZ VICKS.
BURG DURING EsHE SIEGE.
a YOnn& Lady'~ 10 em ark BILE
Presence of Mind.

Flcksburg HeraId.J
CooPERsTowN. n. Y June p, 1873.
Editor of the Vicksburg Herald;
DEAR SHINY attention has been
called to an article communicated to the
Philadelphia Times by Major Edward S.
Gregory, in which occurs the following
statement in regard to the siege of Nicks
burg: During those long weeks there
was no sound or summons of bell to
PRAYER. There was no song of praise. !"
How Major Gregory came to know so
much and yet so little of the siege of
Vicksburg is mystery that can only be
solved by referring it to the explanation,
with which several authors have favored
us, touching the general if not inevita-
bic inaccuracy of history l was Rector
of Christ Church and in Vicksburg dur
ing the siege The Church was open,
bell rung, and full service performed
every Sunday. The edifice was filled
with brave men, and ''illustrated" by the
constant attendance of few brave
women. 1t was struck with shell several
times, and once during service. A
young lady of Nicksburg, now a Vir-
ginia matron, was seated near the wall
where a fragment of the shell entered it
and cast a little shower of brick dust and
broken mortar on her dress; she shook
it off without leaving her seat, and, as an
officer sitting near her assured me, with
4 smile. l was informed that services
we're also continued as usual in the Ro-
nan Catholic Church, fact that | should
not have failed to mention had | been
The frat in the field to correct the mis-
axe of Major Gregory.
Yours truly,
w. w. LORD.
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LADIES SHOOTING MATCH.
The First Experiments of the
GsentIer Sex Of OF Hand Rifle
Shooting.

New York World.l
There was genuine novelty at Creed
moor yesterday, to-wit ladies match,
the first ever shot on the range. Two
canopies were erected at the 100 yard
firing point, under which the fair com
petitors were comfortably seated. Judge
n. +. Stanton, j. p. Walters, Major
Fulton and others sighted the rifles, and
offered their arms and shoulders as rests
from which to fire the first two regular
shots. After these the ladies tried their
hands at regular off hand shooting, and
they certainly equaIled the first efforts of
men at the same range. Miss Briggs, of
Texas, fred but one shot, which was off
baud, and scored centre (4). Mrs. @.
w. Wingate scored two bulls eyes off
hand, and the Misses Walters and others
scored centres. The result of the two
first regular shots was: Mrs. Judge Stan
ton, i, ); Mrs. G.. w. Wingate, 4, 3;
Mrs. Dr. Morris, 5; Miss Man, 3, 3;
Miss Dodge, 5; Miss E. Walters, 4, 81
Miss Francis Walters, 4, 4; Miss
Rosa Klein, 4, 3. The lady, how
ever, who has the honor of having fired
the first shot on the range, is Mrs. |. l..
Allen, who, while her husband was prac
ticing for the American rifle team two
years ago, fred his rifle at 1000 yards
and struck the target
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The Reautiru, widow Godfrey.

New York Graphic,
Mrs. Godfrey. whose name has been
made most unpleasantiy conspicuous OF
late in connection with an incident which
may or may not have occurred, is young
and remarkably beautiful widow, whose
husband died in March, 1877. She is
the sister of Mrs. Benjamin Willis, of
New York, and greatly resembles her in
form, feature and coloring. Both have
plump, compact, well-shaped figures and
perfect compilations, whose delicate sea
shell tints evidently owe their exquisite
coloring only to youth and good health.
With the skins of blondes, the sisters
have nut-brown hair and large, wide
open, innocent looking gray eyes, fringed
with long, dark lashes. The shape and
poise of the heads of these ladies add
much to their beauty, and they invaria-
bly, arrange their hair in such style as to
show the form of the head
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A dispatch was received in this city
yesterday announcing the death, at Dali
las, Texas, of pneumonia, of Mr.. Albert
MelIen, formerly of this city, the brother
of Thos l.. and VIM. F. Mellen, Esqs.
-Natchez Democrat.
n. o. Pfcayunel
This simple announcement calls to
mind remarkable incident in the life of
Mr.. Mellen, an incident, too, which Is
worthy of record as evinciug the spirit
of our people during the late war.
In the summer Of 1864, Mr.. Albert
Mellen, then young man of "a, was a
prisoner at Vicksburg. The Federal
military authorities, then in possession OF
of that devoted city, ordered him out for
street or fertilization work under a ne
gro guard. He claimed his exemption
as prisoner, and peremptorily refused
to obey the order. A sqad of negro SOL
diers, under command of white lieuten
ant, was sent to him to attempt coercion
at the point of the bayonet. In the
presence of the flashing steel he stood un-
awed, and, moment later. seeing that
the squad was bent upon coercion, and
that he must go or be impaled, he sud
denly seized Ratchet that happened to
be in reach. and, throwing himself upon
his knees, quickly extended his left arm
along the floor, and with two bold strokes
of the Ratchet completely severed the
hand from the arm. Then, rising to his
feet, he held the bleeding, mangIed stump
close to the face of the lieutenant, and
said: ''Now, sir will you make me work
for you rotten Government Under ne
gro guard !" He conquered them, and
never afterwards regretted the act.
A few days afterwards he was sent to
Camp Chase, and, after the war had
closed was one of the very last released
from that terrible pen.
Several years ago, picture illustrative
of the above incident was exhibited in
this city by one of our we'll known pain
tiers, and, we believe, was sent to the
Paris Exposition in 1867.
When Albert Mellen died, a fearless
spirit went to its rest.
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A Fathers Evidence Hangs the
Som.
= .~anyille Z Ala.) Advocate. !

~, .ho q .>enyIlle (Ala.1 Advocated
In the Circuit Co1.. OF TINS district
during the past week, GLASGOW IN was
sentenced to be hanged on the 18th of
July for the murder of Sam Blair. A
singular feature in the case was that the
only witness to the killing was the father
of the murderer, whose evidence was
given with striking truth and cIearness.
Blair owed Bell for labor, and they had
some difficulty about it. Bell went to
Manningham and brought ammunition
and loaded his gun, saying that he was
going to XIII Blair if he did not pay him.
He then went into the field where only
his father and Blair were, and after a
few words shot Blair, who was unarmed.
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| n
| "VICKsBURG AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD COM
PANY," FORMERLY "THE SOUTHERN RAILRoAI
COMPANY"
1. c. PLANT EFT AL,
The VIcKsBuRo AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD
! COMPANY, EFT AL.
In the United States Circuit COurt-Southern
District of Mississippi.
! A Suit in Equity by Bondholders to Fore
| close Mortgages of said Railroad Company.
All holders and owners of any Bonds and
Coupons of said Railroad Company, secured
by any mortgages, deed of trust or deeds of
trust made by said Company, whether made in
its present corporate name, The Vicksburg
and Meridian Railroad Company" or its for
mer corporate name, 1.-THE Southern Railroad
Company, ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that by
interlocutory decree of the Court aforesaid,
rendered in the cause aforesaid, on May 70,
1873 they-such holders and owners of such
bends and coupons-are allowed
Until the First Day of September, 1873
within which to present to, and file with, the
undersigned Clerk and Master of said Court
at the United States Circuit Court Room in
the City Hall, in Jackson, Mississippi, all
Bonds and Coupons Of said Railroad Company
held and owned by them, together with affi-
davits of their ownership thereof made by
them respectively before some United States
Commissioner in the State of their respective
residences, but if not resident in the United
States, then before some United States Con-
sui or other officer Of the United States au-
thOrized to administer oaths.
They are further notified that if their bonds
are endorsed bonds. issued under the mortgage
or deed of trust of said Railroad COMPANY
dated in March, 1866, mace to McAlister aud
others as Trustees therein, their afidavits ac-
companying their bonds and coupons must
state the endorsement and the color of the ink
with Which that endorsement was written
on their bonds, by whom the endorsement was
signed, and the number of their bonds They
are further mortified that by the terms of said
Interlocutory decree unless they present their
bonds and coupons to, and file them with the
undersigned Clerk and Master, at the United
States Circuit Court room, in the City Hall. in
Jackson. Mississippi, and make proof thereof
on or before the First day of September 1878
as required by said introductory decree, they
Will lose the benefit of said suit, and the pro- |
ceedings and DEGREES made or to be made in |
SAID SUIT. JAMES NJ MCKEE
Clerk and Master.
SHELTON SHELTON, Soils for CompPts.
June5, '7S-10w.
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New York Herald

new YORK Herald
Mrs. Emily Mulligan, the wife Of Pat
rick Mnlligan, captainof the barge ssJer-
sey, lying in the North River, ct the
foot of Perry street, while walking on.
the upper deck Of the barge, last night.
lost her balance and fell.overboard. Her
husband Immediately jumped into the
river and tried to 81 i've his wife, but, be-
ing unable 70 swim, he, together with his
wife would undoubtedly have been
drowned had not Roundsman Brush and
Officer Conklin, of the Ninth Precinct
heard their cries and hurried to their res
sne. As the officers were about to grasp
hold Of Mrs. Mulligan she cried, ssDorl'f
ave me save my husband firstlp Both
we're rescued and cared Tor:
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1IRS. AGNES ID. .BENKS.
Something About Ihe Woman Who
Has BaGIcd "a ROOmfuI of Law
yers.

Mrs. Agnes ID. jerks was born in
GLASGOW, Scotland, in l849. Her maiden
name was Murduch. She came to this
country when quite young and settled
with her parents near the town Of Jack
son, Parish of East Feliciana, La, in
1860. She remained there until the fall
of 1ST5, when she went with her hus-
band to New Orleans, her present resi-
dence. In 1870 she married Captain
Thos. A. jerks, who had been volun
teer officer in the United States Navy.
She has become prominent as witness
I'm the investigation into the frauds of the
Presidential election through her intense
zeal, as she says, rs a partisan Of the Re
publican party in Louisiana. She and
her husband were rewarded for this by
securing positions under the government,
which they hoped to continue under the
present Administration. Captain jerks
was a Deputy United States Marshal,
and Mrs. jerks before her marriage, was
for two months a clerk in the Treasurers
Office, in the United States Treasury
Department in Washington.
X In personal appearance Mrs.
jerks, without being beautiful, lisa hand
some woman, of the robust demi- blonde
type, of medium height, large and regu
lar features, with clear, rich complexion,
dark blue eyes, with a well shaped head
covered with a luxuriant growth of hair,
neither light nor dark, which is parted |
slightly on one side and done up in
braid behind. She is very graceful in
her movements, and when she becomes |
in conversation her face lights
up instantly and her accent adds a charm
ng edge to every word she utters. She
S a woman for whom nature has done
everything, and to whom education has
contributed but very little Although
,he speaks with an accent she is not a
luent French scholar but speaks the
French of the Creole a little.
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Charmed by "a snake.

Buena Visa Argus
Mr.. j. S. Rogers says that while he
was feeding his stock, on Sunday morn
ing, his attention was attracted by SOUR,
rel on the ground whose strange actions
interested him. He approached near,
and the squirrel apparently disregarded
his approach. He soon discovered rat
tlesnake, about three and half feet
long, in front of the squirrel. He no.
tieed that the squirrel moved nearer to
the snake. Nearer and nearer the SOUR
rel approached the snake, continuing its
strange actions, until the snake opened
its mouth and seized the little animal
Alter the snake had partly swallowed
the squirrel, Mr.. Rogers tried with pole
to kill the snake. The pole struck
limb when the snake threw the squirrel
from its mouth and jumped at Mr.. Rog.
ers, distance of six or eight feet. 4
second stroke killed the snake, as it was
preparing for another leap.
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A GOOD LIFE.
BY Il. BONAR.

He liveth long who liveth we'll:
All else is life but flung away;
He liveth longest who can tell
OF true things truly done each day.
Then fill each hour with what will last;
Buy up the moments as they go;
The life above, when this is passed,
Is the ripe fruit OF life below.
Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure;
Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright;
Sow Sunbeams on the rock and moor,
And find harvest home of light.
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The caIeehism onght TO be handled with
great care. A little girl was asked: ssWhat
y the sacrament of matrimony?r The poor
got a little mixed, and gave the answer to
another question, as follows Is Is q state
OF torment into which souls enter to pre-
pare for another and better wOrldss The
priest, who haa observed bnt nor expe-
Tieneed, simply replied, with i sigh. ssF0r
aAght know, you may be perfectly right.
Rna went on with the examinations
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"a taormey nt Layv-.IuciSsOn' ,g.-f
- VIII prosecute claims before one ~.
Of Claims in Washington, ID. g., and WIZ IN
ice In the Circuit aud District Courts y. M
united States and the Slate Courts. $50
Piieations Of Soldiers and Sailors, eI-f
NJ WIDOWS, for pensions, under the Act OF ,fs
ggtthl 1919 as we'll as under former laws
United States, will receive special at'al'
apl24, 'Ts-am,
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TRUSTEES SALE

DY VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF
u certain Deed of Trust made by ynO. C.
Napier, on the first day of January, 1874, 10
secure Robinson & Stevens on account of GER
tain Indebtedness mentioned therein, said
deed being duly recorded in Record Book Of
Deeds, No. 8, age 533 of Kinds County State
of Mississippi, the undersi gned will proceed
to sell to the highest bidder for cash, at public
cutlery, at front gate Of the Capitol, in the City
of Jackson,
Saturday, July goth, 1873.
the following described parcels of lands lying
and being in the County and State aforesaid !:
Lot NO. g. Section 10, Township s. Range ],
East containing ia acres, more or less; also,
Lot No /, of Section II, Township 8, Range !,
East containing 80 acres more or less, with
all the tenements and appurtenances there
unto attached.
The title to the above property is believed
to be good, but we shall only convey such title
as is vested in US as Trustees.
r. b. BATE,
A. G. MOORE,
june19, 7S-30d. Trustees.
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sores, rheumatism, Neuralgia. pain ~
the Bones, Side and Head, Femaia
WeaKness, Sterllity, Leucorrhoea, arising
from internal liberation, and IJteyinss
disease, SyPhilitic and Mercuriai d;S,
eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia. Emacjatios,
general Debility, and for PURIFYING the
This Sarsaparilla is a comb;rs+;o, -
vegetable alternatives - StilHnc;o ~ "a
drake, Yellow Dock with the ioJ;Sa.
OF potassium and Iron, and is the mot
elIlcaclous medicine yet known for
1'0 diseases II - intended 10 cure.
Ii ps ingredients are so skilfulIv com.
plnso. that the full Alternative eject Of
eo "a = assured, and while it Is 90 mild
- ~ De harmless even to children. n "a
s ss,.t - eLectual as to purge out from the
which develop into loathsooa Sised1 .''nS
1he reputation it entova a SasS
rom aus cures, and the Confidence vvbicS
prominent physicians all over the con-,
of its usefulness "a PSIlence
Certificates attesting ifa v;v+,,o,
accumulated, and are constantI,T L a..Ee
Iec1eived, and as many of these 49, -
Plpncly known, they furnish conv; ,s :,
ssluence OF the superiority of This CO.,
s na,9asla over every other Alternative
--;t.. me 30 generally is its suneri-
10y ~. 70 any other medicine known fhat
$500 Ieea 90 no more than TO assure e.
De E9aE the best qualities Il haa ever
ssssseq aEe strictly maintained.
fAEkAhlD az
-; n =: " !. AtEk 4 Co., Lowell. Nae.
aor.n s,r 800 @'a@ AmaEytfomg OR~s,.SsS~
-oSsisrs EvERTWHERr,
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THE CITY HOTEL

COfMtE CHM1 y HWMNN IElNNlStNbtts9 NtW
Orleans, Ls-
WUMFORD a. WATSON, PropsRa.
ylsHTS Popular Southern Institntion u sitn.
i afed inNfhe center Of Business It has
been reiiffed ana elegantly Furnished, and i
now one ok the NEST comfortable and best kept
Hotels II America. LnoY8 1I-tf.
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.INS. p. MACHEGA.

(EsTABLIsHED IN 1887
TyRUMT AND d ENERAn4
com " LESION MERCHANT,
q amd . T0ul0u~ St. New Orleans.
e. gsnsiaBments Of all kinds such as
Peaches, Pears, Eggs. Chickens. etc., solicited.
Prompt sales, and returns Hadp Eith each
shipment
Mv1fI2-3ul
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IA WI W.1s III LINE = oF cROcKERY, GLASS
A. VIRDENs.
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ustice OF tLe Pence and Not-,.ll
- Ambiic.-Ohice in GARRISON d. tt
INC, over A. MusQrove's Bank opposite
state Capitol. JUsriCE's CutHTs.- ,3,..,.r
ahird Thursdays of each month.
heuAs--From 9O'clock A. 3D., to .clo98a
unless absent on official business. ~
1tsent ton given 70 business. D. W.
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Ayers
SarSaparilla

For Scrofula, and all
scrofulous diseases, Erysi-
Pelas, Rose, or st. Antbo-
ny's Fire, Eruptions and
Er.uptive diseases of the
SKIN, alterations of the
LAYER, Stomach, Kidneys,
Lungs, Pimples, Pustules.
B5olis, Blotches, Tumors,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
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iuneI9.'7S-3Od.
NOTICE

TNO ALL HOLDERS AND OWNERS OF
Il MORTGAGE BONDS AND COUPONS or THE
" VICKsBURG AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD Con-
PANY," FORMERLY "THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD
COMPANY"
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a rnrAnp OF $4,000 oFrEgED soE Al
prscovEEr OF a CURE.
IN. 20. Demoorat. i

One Of Ebe items Of the general
s.ppropriation hin passed by Con-
rrsss il s15y000ifor Investigating
diseases of swine and Infectious
and contagious diseases to which
Al other dsmeBticatsd animals are
subject. The,chisf objeotis to find
ont what are the canses aOf iand
what is tlleaemedy for hog cholera,
the Texas cattle fever and the
Observation-Disclosures being
the Diseases whose ravages are q
subject OF the greatest concern to
farmers. The murrain, known as
grleuYo-pneumonia, has been CON
fined almost exclusively to the
Aslantie States, while theIhog chol-
era nud the Texas fever prevail
chiefly in the West. Very little
has been done 10 discover the
eanse of the last named diseases,
although one Of lthem-'the hog
aholara, as lit is generally and im-
properly called---causes an est
mated loss OF s2,OO0,000 a year to
che farmers OF Missonriand Illinois
alone. The Legislature of Mis-
souri offered % reward tof $10,Oa0
for the discovery of taspecifie rem
edy for the hog cholera, but suoh
a remedy has mot been discovered.
and probably newer will be. The
time policy is to ascertain the ma
ture and cansee of the disease and
how To prevent it, and this is what
the act of Congress proposes by
careful examination and expert
msnts made by scientific men. III
they teach farmers how 10 protect
their herds by feeding and pastur-
ing, the sl5,000will havebssn well
expended.
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IA Hard Test.
TDetroit Free Press.1
expended

TDetroit Free Press.
Ten or O dozen men were enjoy
ing the hot weather which baked
the shingles ON a ferry dock saloon
yeaterday, when % stranger stalk
ed in and inquired of the bar-tep-
der.
'Have you any mints"
'sYes, sir" was the reply.
And hove you sugar, lemons,
gin, brandy, and so fortlio"
81 have"
The stranger turned around to
the crowd, noted the sudden in
crease of interest in each face,
and kindlyisaid:
Gentlemen, I'm going to treat
every liar in this room. Let the
liars-sfhe menstrous liars-,come
forward"
Not a foot moved.
rGentlemen,' continued the
stranger ina plaintive tone, stdon't
he backward. Juleps wait for all.
Everyone of you who is known as
"a liar will please stand mp"
Not q man stood. The stran-
gers face inetrayed keen ,3isap-
pointment, as he torderd o rousine
big mint for himself, and not 3
word was spoken in the place
while be slipped the cooling lhever.
age through o straw. When hs
had finished he wiped off hi,
mouth and said:
We'll, every truthtasIar 10 ths
crowd will now stand up"
Each man rose up with th1
rsomptness of soldier.
"And sit down again. softlu
aaia the man % lie made for Nib,
door.
They would have sat down Oh
him. but great trnth-tsllers an,
poor rnnners