Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-22
FaOaIOOR STATE EXCHANGES.

Columbus Index: The MuFphy
movement has reached Vieksburg.
Rev. Q D. Galloway, Of The Methodist
Church, Il announced 10 lecture next
Sunday BIghi, on the subject Of Tenn
peranee aud Intemperance.
Matches Democrat: We understand
that 8 negro man Attempted to commit
aH outrage on . Twelve year old
daughter OF Mr.. Wood, ia the Red
Lick neighborh0od, 10 Jefferson eoan-
~, last week. He Was caught and
hung, without Judge or jury.
Brandon Republican: As General
George haO now been nominated and
confirmed as one Of the Judges Of the
Supreme Court, va respectfully sug.
gest TO him that he devote one hour
each week In practlcing TO write q leg
IDLE hand, or the reporter devote the
same time In learning 10 decipher Il.
Iu 1875, when Chairman of The Demo.
cratic Executive Committee, no wrote
A letter 10 a gentleman of our town,
snd to this day It remains unread.
Every expert In town tried to solve the
riddle and was bAfisd.
Columbus Independent: Forty-seven
more names were rolled up FROM town
aud county, Tuesday night, at the
Christian Church, with spicy speeches
By chairman w. Z. Smith, Rev. Mr..
Wilson, Of Aberdeen, Ross Tabb, N. E.
Good win, Jr., aud Jss, T. Harrison, Jr,,
If the Columbus bar, to say nothing Of
Elder Shaw's luminous commentaries
on men aud things 10 general, and on
temperance IN particular. AZ 3 straw
10 show how the wind 10 blowing, and
the good the cause is doing, 8 gentle
man, who signed 9 two weeks pledge,
renewed il for life, II he lived that
long" Mr.. Buck Tillman msnlully
"stoOd up" for the cause, and there was
so much real heartiness manifested that
one almost wished himself a tippler
that he might reform under ils noble
and magnetic influence.
Brandon Republican We had the
pleasure Of meeting Dr.. W. IL. Comp
ton in Jackson, q few days since, when
no Informed us he intended establish
ing q private LunAtic Asylum in 8
short time, either al Holly Springs or
L IudOrdale Syringe. DR.. Compton hiss
.prnt the best portion OF hi life In the
study and practice Of this branch Of his
profession. and in that department We
doubt il he has 4 superior in the Union.
Many lunstics have rich relatives, who
would prefer seuding them to a private
Asylum aud paying for Iheir board and
medical attention. and We hope Dr..
Compton will carry out his present ia
tenIiOns. We don't like his politics,
aud we're glad TO h'ar OF his rem val
4s Superintendent OF the Asllum, but
A. al individual We esteem him a pol
iahed gen,lemAn and scholar, = power.
full writer and an excellent physician
Meridion Mercury: The free negro
labor Of HAyti, Jamaica, &c, has ruined
those fruitful islands, aud It Is prOduc-
ing the came result in the black belt In
the South. This effect 10 painfully
bovious. The deterioration Of the
black belt strikes the most superficial
observer. The improvements on the
farms have sensibly decayed, the
bitches have flleh up, the branches
have become junges Of willow, cotton
woOd and brierS, and ~eBeFoached on
the iillable land the land ls cultivated
10 scraps and patches, huge washes and
gullles are now seen where non exit
ed In 1855, while the raising Of stock
has been abandoned. The bulk OF the
land 10 the black belt 10 rented out t
negroes, who butcher rather than col
tivate t. These effects of free Negro
labor are painfully visible. But, 10 OuI
Judgment, the worst effect o fall iS the
decline Of the white population 10 thu
"black belt" and the masaing Of land Ia
the hands ola few individuals, WhOst
sole object is TO rent land to negroes
We venture to say there is not neigh
borhood Ia the "black belt" in WhicE
the rural white population has not de
clined since 1866. It is never likely t
increase until the negroes begin L
leave, an event not to be looked for
until the large land owners disappear