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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
A COngressman's OutTngeOus
Crime.

SlNNAeA W VIZ
WAsHINGToN. ID. e., June q -Socie.
ly here lie much excited over an alleged
attempt by member ofCongresS to out
rage young lady who was dining with
him at one OF The fashionable restaurants
In this city. A person who represents
himself ss cOgnizInt Of the facts makes
the following statement: Represents
live Acklin, the Democratic member
from Louisiana, who Nusted Darrel,
appeared oil the main entrance OF the
restaurant with young lady richly
dressed and Of beautiful figure aud
countenance, aud inquired for private
dining.roOm, TO which he WAS shown.
In an adjoining room was prominent
General Uf the late war, with several
lady and gentlemen friends, also din
Ing. Suddenly this party were alarmed
by the shlieks Of woman, shouting
murder and screaming for help. The
General gallanlly rushed to the door Of
the dining room aud demlnded admit
tance, which was refused. Il Is further
sta ell that he forced the door, and dis.
covered Mr.. Ackin in sn evident al
tempt to execute his vile purpose. The
General, II was further stated, seized
Mr.. ACklin by the collar, showed him
oul Of lh' room aud knocked him down
stairs. The lady tell iuDo a swoon, but
by the application OF restoratives was,
after some time, able TO be conveyed to
her home. Ii is intinaled that the Lou
isiana delegation will take cognizance
of this action of their colleague and
express thear disapprobalion Of his
conduct. Mr.. Acklin has had the
notoriety OF being considered the
handsomest man in Washington, and is
repuled TO have some wealth.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28

The North will have TO acknowledge
after awhile, however reluctant The
acknowledgment may be, that the
South 70 the conservative part OF the
country. The conservative spirit has
never left tho South. ParAdoxiCal as
the assertion may seem, 1t iS neverlhe-
lees true, that she went into rebellion
on Constitutional principles. She
fought for Stale rights and got
whipped. Her bitter experience in
war has made her a sllekler for peace,
and the once fry Southern people
have gone 10 the other extreme Of sub.
mission. War, for the South, was ruin
and devastation; tor the North, It was
q season of unusual prosperity. The
laboring masses Of the NDrlh, having
Jared better than ever before, during q
time OF turmoil and strife, and finding
themselves suffering AID Starving in
time Of peace, naturally long for war
again. Hence, we see sn uneasy and
unsettled condition Of affairs IN the
North. Society there is honey-combed
with isms, whose principles imperil
the Constitution. On the contrary, in
the South, there Is an absolute reign OF
peace founded on universal pubic
sentiment in favor Of law and order
The spirit of conservatism in the true
sense Of the term, is paramount. The
South is sick Of agitation and disturb
ance, and views with regret and dis.
gust the mobocracy Of the North. Aud
should the bread or blood riots of
thai sec ion result In q serious conflict
with the authorities, the Government
will find It's stauucheJt supporter aud
warmtst sympatbizer in the much
abused and rcviled South.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
soLILooUY OF KAIsBRwIL

GaFsOngl fetch me another book
Yasl dots 70 rooster.
Now bathe my arm In Hennesy's best,
And don't forget my throat the boss
Article tor q wounded m0narch's arm
And 10 start the cObwebs from bis larynX.
Sold In every basement and back alley
And shure 'tis only dacent peoples drlnks
it.
For the small sum OF one dollar a bottle.
And warranted by old Hennesy himself
To be the genuine stuff.
II will not blister, burn, or even sooTch
The tongue Of-but harkl what
let l hear? sound like distant
Thunder! But nu. II is the footsteps
OF BayaFd TayloT! Murder! Pollcel
Remove the beer! the pretZel and the
sausagel
Great Bismarck! how near | came
To being the man without a breakfast!
-tBoatOn Pilot.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
POTTER INVESTIGATION.

W. " sVHNo 0Atl tHblbAo AWa2 oWU Utulhluu
the Sherman Letter, but will not Tell
who wrote lt-ButleF lRsulted by Gen.
BOyntOH, Of the ClnOlnnatl Gazette.
WAsHINoToN, June 24.-The Potter
Committee met at IL am. Mrs. Agnes
jerks was recalled aud cross-examined
by Mr.. Springer, who commenced by
referring 10 the statement of the wit
ness, wherein she stated no one ex-
cepling herself knew aught of the
original document known as the Sher.
man letter, and said "if no one except
Ing yourself knows ought Of the orig
inal document, you must have written
H." Witness replied: II did not say
So" A lengthy examination Oh this
subject followed, but in vain, as the
witness positively declined TO give the
name of the person in whose hand.
writing the "Sberman letter" was.
Mrs. jerks was on the stand two
hours. Butler, Mcmahon, and Spring.
er each endeavorod to elicit additional
information In regard to the Sherman
letter, but unsuccesslully. She maiu-
talned her story to the last, that she
had dictated the whole of the alleged
Sherman letter, and delivered 1t 10
Weber aud Anderson, without the
knowledge OF Sherman.
Gen. BOynton, of the Cincinnati
Gaz'te, was examined as regards a
con VersaliOn with the President over a
year ago, as to the reason for appoint.
Ing Anderson. The conversation oc-
cured while Gen. Boyntou aud the
President were riding out together.
The President said, In response to
Boynton's inquiry as to how a man
against whom such charges could be
brought by the Democrats as had been
prinle', could receive an appointment.
tie was represented to have performed
good and honest service for the Re.
publican party, but said he did
not expect be would enter upon
his Office. Upon the witness calling
attention TO the fact that be, Anderson
had been appointed on account OF
manipulating Democratic votes, the
President did not affirm or deny their
correctness, but merely said he did moi
think Anderson would become an
officer. The matter then dropped, and
witness not knowing the Commits.
sion had been withheld and supposIng
Anderson not entering upon the office
was on account of his refusal TO take the
place, formed the impression, without
the President stating It, that the ap'
poinlment was influenced by the part
Anderson had been reported TO have
taken in Louisiana affairs. Butler cross.
examined witness, who could not be
made to say the President told him
substantially that Anderson was ap.
pointed because It was necessary tC
cover up political secrets which would
do great damage to expose. Boyntor
became angry, and told Butler the resi-
of the members OF the Committee were
gentlemen, and he, Butler, was a row.
dy. lie will be examined again TO.
morrow.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
THE PEACE CONGRESS-.
.sslllsmsat Of The BulgaFIan aasStian-
Ano,hsr VIoIsFy for Bsaeessasid.


LONDON. June 2A.-All Berlin cor
Fespondents agree In declaring tnat me
setilsmsnt Of the Bulgarian question 4
entirely due to the fFmnees OF thg
British representatives In the Congress
bot Reuler's kilograms say RusslaA
concessions on this head are entirely
dependent on conditions for the organ
jzstion snd administration Of R0ume-
lie, details Of which are to be arranged.
One condition is that the Russian
troops, when they evacuate Ronmelta,
are not 10 be replaced by Turkish
forces, but by native militia, composed
of Christians or Mussulman, according
10 the prevailing religion Of the dis
trict.
Dispatches from Berlin state that
Beaconsfeld, at Saturdays sitting OF
the Congress, made the finest speech be
ever delivered, in opposition to the
Russian demand that the Sultan, In
stead of being permitted to garrison
Roumelian frontier as he chose, should
be obliged 10 designate beforehand the
points be wished 10 fortify and the
number Of troops to be maintained
thereai; also informed Bismarck with
energy that England would not hesl'
tate moment on this subject, and he
would quit Berlin on Monday II her
demands were unsatisfed. II ls be-
lieved when the withdrawal OF Russian
troops and the future administrative
organization Of provinces are discussed
In the Congress, there will be another
cri-is as severe as the one just passed.
A Berlin dispatch received III Paris
says the French representatives In the
Congress support BeaconsGeld's de-
mands on the Bulgarian question.
The Times, IN leading editorial,
says II considers the alleged settlement
is nothing less than the abandonment
By Russia Of the policy which has
guided her relations with Turkey DUR
ing the last one hundred years. The
Times adds: "The process Of nibbling
at Turkeys outlying provinces aud the
periodical reOpening OF the Eastern
question when circumstances seemed
10 favor It, would have been continued
by the extension Of Bulgaria south Of
the B lIkans under Russian influence.
1t ls to the frmness of the British rep.
resentatives that we owe what wo may
venture 10 regard as solution of tho
Eastern question. II was for this that
unlimited powers were confded to
them by both houses OF Parliament,
and they have given good proof that
they are not undeserving The trust"
New YoRK, June 24-A special
from Berlin says 1t is fully confirmed
that Russia accepts the British pro-
gramme regarding Bulgaria, aud that
here is an increased probability Of
Austria acquiring Bosnia and Herze.
govina. The Russians are sending ell
military prisoners 10 Siberia.
The Post, In leading editorial. says
Russia is now authoritatively told that
she is as far from COnstantinople, II
not further, than when the war began.
Herein lies the bitterness OF the mOrli.
dcatiOn 10 which she must now sub
nit.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
Letter from WWshIngtOn-PTOs.
poets for Ihe HHnrbOr and the
Cemetery Road.

poets Tor the AAnrbOr nnO the
Cemetery Road.
WASHINGTON, D. e., June q, 1878.
Editor Herald
Dear Sir: Congress adjourned yes.
terday morning. As few slept during
that night, yesterday and last night
were given 10 rest and sleep. SO carly
this morning | act out to learn at the
Department headquarters what we
might expect as TO any action on the
hsrbor aud channel work at Vicks-
burg.
The 6rst man | met was General
Chalmers, whom | had presumed wss
too busy packing to be out. But he
was going on the same business 10 the
same places. That was far better than
for me to have gone. So we went to.
gethGr. The Secretary Of War assured
US that steps would be taken, both for
tue work on the harbor and the Gene.
Iery road al the earliest period. He
observed that the appropriations would
not be available until the lst Of ily,
and that no time should be lost
IN either case. He also recommended
that we call on Gen. Humphreys.
We lost no time in doing so, aud the
General received us in his usually
courteous and gentlemanly manner.
lie informed us that he understood and
appreciated the necessity Of early &C.
IiOn, aud assured US that he would give
the instructions 10 proceed, at the first
practicable moment, with the work al
Delta point, and everything possible
should be done 10 carry out the views
of Congress and meet the reasonable
expectations of the citizens of Vicks.
burg. Here ends the first chapter ol
the enterprise. May the second and
final chapter be concluded as satisiac.
lorily.
Gen. Chalmers and Mr.. Senator La.
mar have both bestowed great care,
watchfulness and labor in securing
these appropriations. 1t will take about
$4,000 more to finish the work. That
will come in due time. The hard thing
TO do is to start a work and an appro
priallon of this sort.
| was quite amused when | met
Gen. Chalmers this morning, at the
fact that we were both out on the same
business, as the meeting had similar
and other parallels,
The truth IL, he has a genius foI
work, aud the man who can start
quicker, go straighter, aud get there
sooner than he, must not wait for hii
boots 10 be blacked. lie is never alb.
sent from the Housc-alRays posted
in ils proceedings, aud one of the mos
alert, ready, clear.sighted members OIL
his end Of the Capitol.
lie is the best representative, sad
lruest and most Influential friend oi
the colored men in Congress. This
col ored people of his District will b.
proud Of bis interest In their welfare
and without doubt they will almost
unanimously vote for his reelection
| There is great future for him, aud
he is growing up TO the highest re-
sponsisiliies. Respectfully yours,
G. X. MARSHALL.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
a Drunken Husband Kills MIs
wife and Attempts 10 HkIll
II msell.

Special TO the Globe.D .Democlat
CINcINNATI, June 2l.-A tickening
wife murder aud attempted suicide oc.
CURED this afternoon at Hardcnsiown,
Dearborn, county, Ind, mile and a
half from Lawrenceburg. The victim
was the divorced wife Of Ezra Guard,
ayoung, weslhy, but dissipsled farmer
OF tha, section. They were married
six years ago, aud had four children,
only one OF whom is living-a boy,
four years old. The wife's maiden
name was MCIlfresh. Guard has been
DIR hiking OF late to the verge Of drliri-
um lremeEs, and Fqusndered the great.
est part Of his property. Tho farm
was heavily mortgagCd. The wife, six
months ago, left him and got a di-
vorce, with possession OF their child
Since then she las been with her mother
at Hardenst0wn. There, Guard would
follow her frequently and persecute
her. lie was in the habit OF forcing
her 10 biz will al The muzzle of a pistol,
while intoxicated. Yesterday Mrs
Guard had been TO L9wrenceburg and
come home on the afternoon train.
Guard was at the depot drunk, and he
saw her get Of the train. She saw him
too, aud fed home to escape him. lie
followed her, aster while, and
knocked at tho door Of her mOther'r
house. Not knowing who II was that
knocked, Mrs. Guard went 10 the docs
aud opened it, lie struck her with an
umbrella, and brutally exclaimed /:
"COme with me, damn you, want you"
She tried TO shut the door, but he push
ed in and kept beating and cursing her.
The little boy began 10 cry and i'm.
plOred for mercy from his father for his
mother. just then the brutal parent
picked the child up aud began 10 back
out OF the house. The mother followed
him, trying to get her child from him.
He relrealed, beating her over the head
with the umbrella until they got into
tho yard. Here the wretch pulled his
Smith Il We4soU, took deliberate ain,
aud sent ball crushing through the
unfortunate woman's eye into her
brain, from the effect of which she died
almost instantly. He then turned the
muZzle OF his revolver to his own fore.
head and pulled the trigger. The ball
glanced on his forehead aud came out
on top Of his head, creating only a
flesh wound. AS soon as be recovered
from the shock he aimed the pistol al
the corpse Of his wife and tried 10 shoot
another ball into her, but the pistol
missed fire. lie took his son home aud
went TO bed, where he was arrested
shortly after, and sent 10 Jail.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28

Dr.. Ru0EG s. TRACEY, Ia The last
number of The Popular Science Month.
ly, answers the question, as death by
hanging painful" in very interesting
article, which we would like to repro.
duce, II II were not so long. He says
that all the evidence gOes 10 show that
death by hanging Il painless, aud there
10 sposilvely no fact or well.fOunded
opinion to the contrary. That In every
form Of strangulalion the blood vesscls
OF the neck are compressed, as we'll a.
the air passages. A large part Of the
blood is returned from the head ly the
external jug ular veins, which are very
near the surface, and in which The cur.
rent can be checked by slight pressure.
Most Of the blood from the brain itself
comes back through the internal jugu-
lars, which liz near, but little outside
OF, the carotid arteries. The walls Of
veins are lax and } ielding, so as TO be
easily compressed, while those OF the
arteries are firm aud elastic, and II re.
quires considerable force to approx.
mate them. Pressure, then, which is
sufficient to close the jugular veins
only crowds the carotids little farther
inward, and The blood is still
poured through them into the
brain, whence it can not es-
cape. When this pumping process Is
going on at the rate of seventy strokes
q minute, II is easy to understand how
the engagement Of the vessels OF the
brain, 10 q very brief time, reaches q
degree which causes insensibiity. To
explain why this congestion causes un-
consciousness would involve techni.
cal discussion which would here be out
Of place. 1t must suffice TO say that Il
does; so that, ss the cerebral conges.
tlon In hanged person brings on In.
seusibllity within Q minute, while the
physical agony OF suffoca ion does not
begin until later, 1t follows that the
victim does not feel any of the pangs
Of asphyxia. He fret becomes insen.
sible, with accompanying pleasurable
feelings, from cerebral congaslion, and
then iS cboked 10 death while uncon.
8cious.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
Directors OF the Michigan Central Rail.
Ioad COMPANY,

DETRoIT, June 24.-At The annual
meeting OF the Stockholders OF the
Michigan Central Railroad, held to-day,
the following Directors for the ensuing
year were chosen: VIM. II. Vanderbilt,
Augustus Schell, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Samuel +. Barger, VIM, X. Vanderbilt,
New York; Arson Siager, of Chicsgo
Ashley Pond, Detroit; VIM. S. Scott,
Erie, Pa, aud Eiwin ID. Worcester,
Albany. Fifteen millions OF stock was
voled out Of a total Of eighteen, OF
which the Vanderbilt ticket received
about ten and the Taylor ticket FIVE.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28

II has sometimes appeared to us
that while the Legislature was en-.
gagged on the printing question it
might very usefully have made some
provision for little oversight In the
public printing done for the State of
slight inspection of the p mphlet
copy Of the laws, which has recently
come TO hand, c)nvinces US that the
State Printers would be better of a
little supervision. The number Of
errors aud omissions Is rather too
large for a work in which the most
perfect accuracy is required. Our at
tenlion was first directed 10 this from
having occasion TO compare the date Of
the approval OF the Common School
Law with q special ACT fixing the sal.
ary OF the Superintendent Of Schools
OF Adams aud several other counties.
We were astonished to And that there
was nothing In the published copy
OF the laws 10 show that this
special Act, Chapter XIV, OF the laws
Of 1873, had been approved at all.
We then had the curiosity to
examine other copies Of the laws re.
ceiVed in this city, aud found that in
some Of them the law is approved,
while in Others, as in ours, there ia no
indication Of lie approval. Again,
the General School Law, Section Ga,
Chapter IA, repeats articles from to II
inclusive, of chapter 80 OF The Revised
Code, bul makes no provision for The
repeal ofarlicle l3 Of the same cnapter,
which IS in direct antagouism to the
present school law. Article Il ia an Act
for the regulation Of the State Normal
Schools, which, according TO this law, lie
repealed. We glanced, after this, over
a few more pages Of the volume, and
found, particularly in the marginal
references, many typographical errors.
Messrs. Power & Bal ksdale well under.
stand the necessity Of accuracy, aud we
are little surprised that gentlemen OF
their business ability should overlook
these important errors.-T NatChez DEM
ocrat.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28

The problems recently published 10
the HERALD have attracted considerable
attention, aud elected numerous an-
swers. We give below 3 few answers
to the cat problem-some OF them cor
rect, olher4 Incorrect. "PbGbus" says
33JI cats will do the killing In loo
minutes. Ho will have TO "rlse and
explain" the part taken in the perform
aDce by the third part of q cat. Three
cats lie the correct answer. Here 10 the
problem aud answers:
THE CAT PROBLEM.
We we're handed, yesterday. by friend
Of ours, the following ingenious problem
and venture to cay not one in nfty OF OuE
readers will be able to arrive at thu proper
solution: "If 3 cate Kill 3 rats, In min
utes, how many cats will IL take to kill l0(
rats in 100 minutesY
YIcK BURG, June q, 1878.
Three cats will kill 100 rats In 100
minutes. julius G..
Mn. EDITOR: If three cats kill three
rats in three minutes, one cat would
kill one.ihird OF three rats in the same
time. Therefore one cat would kill
one rat in three minutes. Now il
would require one cat leo times three
minutes TO kill 100 rats, or 300 minutes
but as the rats must be killed in l0C
minutes, we most divide the 800 min.
utes by 100, and three the answer, Il
the number OF cats required 10 kill loo
rats 10 l0J minutes.
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL.
NIcKsBURG, June q, 1878.
Editor Of the Berald:
In Sundays issue Of the HERALD
you had cat aud rat problem, and
would give this answer: II II takes
cats minutes 10 kill 3 rats, II would
take cat the same time 6 minutes) Ia
kill raj, aud 33l5 cate 10 kill 100 ratl
in 100 minutes, Yours, truly,
PHGBUs.
EDWARDS, Miss, June %
EDITOR HERALD: l will answer Tho
cat problem: cat will kill 100 rats In
100 minutes. Us. ID,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28

LAST night at about half-past nine
o'clock, another Unfortunate, .ired OF
life and disgusted at his fruitless en-
deayors to support himself aud his
wife, put an end TO his existence by
hanging himself to his kitchen door
with piece Of rope. The name of the
deceased is j, Il. Sales, formerly an
employee of tho jackson Railroad, but
since some time out of work. lie was
q years of age.-[N. o. Democrat,
23l.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-06-28
Mississippi College Rnd Central
Female Institute.

AIssIssIPPI College Rnd Central
Female Institute.
eJMMENoEMENT SERMON BY REV. y. ].
wlNKLER, AND OTHER INTERssTING
ExERCIsEs.
CLINTON, MISS, June "a, 1878.
EDITOR HERALD-AgainI | ask 10 be
permitted, as an interested and highly
entertained spectator, to encro4Ch upon
your columns TO mention The Com
mencement Sermon preached In the
Chapel Of Mississippi College to-day
by Rev. 4. 7. Winkler, DID,, of Ma.
rion, Ala, and q graduate Of Brown
University, the puTport of which was
the duty Of the student while treadng
upon the ajsting waves Of school-lilo
with its varied changes, and the import.
Ance of improving the golden moments
of the present, 80 that when the clouds
of the past and the glorious aspirations
Af youth and manhood may hover
round US, we may be better prepared
10 enter upon the battles Of life.
II is impossible for me to oVeresii.
4 mate the beneficial results which are to
how from this grand displAy OF ora.
torical talent, aud the high incentive
to action, insiilled into the hearts of
the students Of Mississippi College.
This rare, intellectual feast OF reason
seemed have been anticipated by Gin.
tonians aud the patrons OF the schools,
ss the old College Chapel was flied to
oVeraowlng. When the Chapel bell in.
icaled The hour for services had arrived,
you could have seen upon every street,
the intelligence, the elite and the
beauty of this and other vicinities,
vending their way toward this time.
honored edidCe, in which men OF re.
nown, both in Church aud State, have
met 10 pray and prai,e, aud listened to
the glorious gospel of "pesce on earth
aud good will towards men," When
the hour arrived for the service, Dr.
Wiukler walked leisurely forward,
gpFesenling a magnificent and com.
hmendiug appearance on the rostrum,
manner graceful, pleasing alike to
irlOt, Christian and student DR..
inkler has the happy faculty of cleo
lying his audience, and as he
0uched upon the duties incumbent
nPOu the student In the proper distri-
button Of his time, l saw with quick
conception the gentle determination,
The Arm resolve, beaming from every
sye, to enter upon the discharge OF
auty-noble, sublime, and God.like
action.
Tho beauties o life-the life of a
studious school.boy, was a charming
feature delineAted in the sermon To-.
day, aud IS we followed him up 10 the
aintings Of a well-spent life In the
ahool.room, many OF as regretted
al II was impossible for US to return
Be more to those enchanted walls,
~ the privileges accorded to US In
ene days.
are say the golden moments
In idleness In the past would
| ain be spent in pleasure and In.
I 3. WADswoRTH.