Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04
Don Carlos.

leAVe FRANCE heslarted Tor toe IRON
tier to-day.
The BrI,ish Fleet
LONDON, Dec. T.-A dispatch from
says the British feet
left BssiCa Bay for the Gulf Of VArla,
near Smyrna.
Snow in the Northwest.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Heavy snOW
storm al Cheyenne, coming eastward.
Weather throughout the Northwest
cooler, with threatening snow.
MeTited Punishment.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. o. Martin
PeSAer was sentenced to hne Of $500
aud costs, and fifteen years imprisOn-
ment, for felOnOua assault on q little
girl.
Railroad Accident.
CHEYENNE, Dec. 27.-An express and
freight train collided In fog. The en-
gineer and fireman of the freight train
were killed the others jumped. The
responsibility rests with the dispatcher.
shipwTeok.
LONDON, Dec 27.-The German ship
Pauline, late the American ship Kate
Prince, from New York, Oct. 28th, for
Bremen, was wrecked near Harlingen,
on the 9th OF Nov. The crew were
saved.
Deaths.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 27.-GeOrge A.
Bailey, late publisher Of the Congress
sional Globe, is dead aged 81,
CHICAGO, Dec. CIV. W. HeatOl,
Chief Justice of the Appellate Court,
10 dead.
Japan's Custom Duties.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-The Paris Moni.
teur says japan has denounced all
commercial treaties and resumed its
right 10 revise the custom duties at
pleasure. Note-This requires cOnhr'
nation.
An AbsoondeT Heard From.
New YoRK, Dec. H.-Owen Mur-
ply, the absconding Excise Commits
sioner, is reported Althe Clifton House,
Canada. He was expelled from the
Board of Commissioners yesterday.
Montensgrin Success
RAGUsA, Dec. 27.-Monienegrins yes.
terday defeated a bedy + Turks Occu.
pying entrenChed positions between the
river Bora and town of DuCignO. The
Turks lost many prisoners, three aags,
and quantity Of provisions.
A Georgia Duel-Nobody Hurt.
COLUMBUS, GA, Dec. 27.-A duel
was fought this morning opposite this
place, between g. w. Gustin and w.
II. Dessau, two young lawyers of
Macon, Georgia. After exchanging
Two shots with pistols, the affair was
amiCably arranged. Neither were
hurt.
Libel Suit.
New YoRK, Dec. 27.-In tho suit of
AlOnzo Bell, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior versus the New York Sun, for
one hundred thousand dollars damages,
a verdict Was given for the defendant.
The libel was that Bell entered his
wife under her maiden name as clerk
In the Department.
On to constantinopls
ST. PETERsBURG, Dec. q. The
Agence Russo observes that The Eng.
lish Cabinet, In encouraging the Porte
TO further resistance by c0nvOking the
British Parliament earlier Than usual,
will compel the Russians TO march on
Constanlinople, causing the precise re-
suit which II seeks to avert.
HwlRg's Speech at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 27.-Gen. Thomas
Ewing made speech to large assem-
blage last evening, on the occasion OF q
serenade, In which he denounced the
Eastern press with the bit;erest empha-
sis, and spoke Of his perfect faith in the
passage Of the Specie Resumption Re-
peal bill, by the Senate, and lie approx
al BY the President.
Constantinople Items.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-A Constan nlinople
dispatch says Mahmoud Damad Pasha
has returned from tour of inspection
In the Balkans.
The Servians have cannonAded Noyi
Bazaar and Pirob but were repulsed. Il
ls believed they intend to return 10
Novi Bazar and advance 10 the Balkans
via Nutrovitza and Pruishu.
Alabama Settling Interest on Bonds.
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 27.-Gov. Hous.
ton forwarded TO the National Bank of
the State Of New York, In New York
city, money to pay interest on State
bonds due January let. The Mayor OF
this city has also forwarded 10 New
York, money to meet interest on Janu-
ary let, on city bonds issued under the
late adjustment Of the city debt.
Senator Butler Likely to be Hnvesti-
sateds
WARRINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Star
says: "The pending resolution, of
fered by Senator Butler, TO investigate
the charge that he entered into an un-
holy alliance with Senators Conover
and Patterson, will undoubtedly be
adopted. Senator Edmunds, of Yer.
mont, however, will offer Q substitute
that the investigation be conducted BY
a Special Committee, which substitute
Senator Butler may accept"
A Famous California Horse Coming
East to Test the Flyers.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. ga dispa,ch
says the Louisville Jockey Club have
,aaafwaI a I,tkau f,a..