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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

The New York Herald declares that
the banks are opposed TO resumption
Of coin payments next January, If the
legal tender notes are 10 be re'issued.
We have contended all the while that
the National Banks we're opposed to
the equalization of greenbacks with
gold and silver. That there is so small
q difference now is to be accounted for
jby the fact that these banks cannot
prevent It. They don't want the Govern
ment to issue the money Of the coun.
try. They want for themselves that
valuable privilege. If the Govern
ment issues the money and regulates
the volume Of currency, 1t will cost the
people nothing 10 restore confidence,
and prosperity, and prevent financial
pauics, but It will also prevent these
banks from making from twenty to
fifty millions of dollars of the people.
This is where the shoe pincheS. This
\ is the secret Of the war against these
|. .pnnredeemed promises 10 pay"
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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

NEW York, April Con petition
Of his creditors, Jno. McCool, late can
didate for Sheriff, was adjndicated a
bankrupt to-day, The North Ameri
can Life Insurance Company hold
mortgages to the amount Of $4,000 on
MCCooPs property. There are judg-
ment creditors to the amount of $500.
coo; assets are nominal, the property
being mortgaged to full value.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

IT will cost half million dollars to
establish q new mint, but il will only
cost one.fiifth of that sum to put the
old one at New Orleans In working
order. This fact should certainly in
duce Congress 10 reopen The mint at
New Orleans.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12
Americas Place at Ihe Paris Ex-
position.

New York Post
The Exhibition promises to be so ex.
ceedingly beautiful and so thorough q
success, that one can not help bitterly
regretting tho small part which the
United States Is to play in IL. We are
to occupy but 5000 meters Of space,
while England will Gil 1900 and Aus
tria. Hungary 5000. Some one has been
guilty OF rare oversight, and that some
one is the people, never willing 10 let
the Government take charge of things
which il alone can manage. We lose
much more than can be adequately
described by allowing ourselves
to be distanced In this international
festival, but II 10 too late to change
now. No doubt our contributions will
be extremely interesting. but there was
q certain place for United States to
oil Which she has allowed England to
take. Much curiosity was excited q
day or two since by the arrival OF some
mysterious.looking cases containing
the crown jewels Of England among
others-so It is said, although it is dif.
fcult to believe-the famous Kohinoor,
which has several times been In immi-
nent danger Of passing into the hands
Of thieves. A special guard OF English
and French detectives will watch these
royal treasures, for there are robbers
on both sides OF the channel, smart
enough to spirit away even the Jewel
cases II vigilance were for a moment
relaxed.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

THERE is now daily mail service
between NAlcheg and Brookhaven via
the Natchtz and Jackson Railroad to
Fayette, thence by stage the balance Of
the route. This was accomplished by
Gen. Chalmers's fFOrts.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

THERE is a story out TO the effect that
the Mayor of Hot Springs recently at
tended a double negro wedding, and
kissed both brides. He was defeated
in on attempt TO be reelected, aud the
kissing business Is said 10 have done
tha iob.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

TIE Memphis papers are still agilat-
ing the terminus question. Our Con-
gressmen will please to vote against
any bill that does not give Vicksburg
as fair q show 10 be selected the east
erB terminus as any other city.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

THE terms OF twenty-five Senators
expire in 1880. At that time the
Democracy will certainly gaIu control
Of Congress.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

BosToN, April Gin the trial of the
Rev. P. Adams for heresy before the
New England Methodist Episcopal
Conference, the charges against him
were sustained. He was suspended
from the Methodist Episcopal Church
for one year.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

TIE fernando Minstrel Troupe re.
Gently contributed 5000 to the Lee
Monument Fund.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

TIE New York bankers should ship
more gold. The more they ship the
more rapidly It declines In this coun-
fry.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

The water never reached 10 the top
Of the banks Of the river this year, and
the levees proved very effective.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

THE weather is beautiful, but rain is
needed to soften the earth. The ground
is becoming too hard for the plow.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

WEpresume there will be no opposi-
ton to Gen. Chalmers in this District
next Fall.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

GEORGIA is the third largest manu-,
facluring State In tie Union.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12
Sunday Morning, April z.

Base BALL has broken out vio-
lenlly In Memphis.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

Missouri iS talking about trying the
Mofet Bell Punch.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12
10 Mss HATTIE y.
GALIX

PVa kept the sweet vlOle:s you gave me Of
blue,
30 typical Of love Ia a bosom as true.
The nTet that had gladden'd the Visage Of
Spring,
Or trembied beneath the gay buttOray'S
wing.
They we're fragrant aS OdOr which sweetens
the South,
And brought me fond thoughts of thy
F0sejeweled mouth,
whence bTeezes as faint and delicious had
come
To warm my sad soul with the cold
world grown numb.
pVe kept the n,wsrS-and dreamed OF the
Which lips quite as fragrant conceal in a
l sighed as saw them drOOp whitening
away
That no beauty on earth unchanglng
could stay;
That Life lie so short, that Youth is 81 feet,
SO vanishing all that can make earth
sweet!
These flowers will fade into ashes and air.
But pray thy features may long be as
fair.
May you never, removed from thy fair
Summer bowers
In sadness replne like this bouquet Of
flowers,
Which dying, has wasted their sweetness
on afr,
To leave but remembrance Of beauty most
rare,
Oh, long be your days, and with pleaure
replete
AS now when bow my young muse at
your ieetl
For no laurel more cherished Of earth
would crave
Than the beautiful blooms aud smiles
which you gave;
And the hope that old Time with change
ever new
viii cement our young souls with friend.
shlp 90 true
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

THERE are 463 students enrolled at
the State University.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12

" Ps.nsciA hats of the straw variety are
ir appearance on the streets
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13

The list of grand and petit jurors summoned
for the term of the United States district court
to open at Winona on the Sd day Of June next
is made public, and, was the case last year.
does not contain the name of single resident
Of this, the most populous county in the State.
We warn Marshal McI1aren that this repetition
Of outrage upon the people Of Hennepin
county will not be submitted to tamely and
that it will require more plausible explanation
than that forced from him u year ago to ap-
pease the1n.-M inneapolis Tribune.
It's no great privilege to be member
of the grand and petit jury. The compen-
sation cannot exceed twenty-five or thirty
dollars, and consequently it is scarcely pre-
sumable that Hennepin county people wish
to do jury duty as a matter Of pecuniary
gain. We are at less, then, TO
understand why the Tribune or its
constituents should become excited over the
omission, if such an omission has occurred.
Does the Tribune intend to intimate that
certain residents of Hennepin county have
been guilty of some oHense,- stealing tim
Der from government land for instance
and that if certain other residents of Henne-
pin county could secure places on the jury
the guilty parties might escape? If it's friends
are innocent why should they fear any jury,
and if Hennepin county men propose to do
their duty honestly, why should they be
offended if not called for jury duty :?
People very generally consider it privilege
to be relieved from jury duty, but here is a
case where they seem to be indignant be-
cause they cannot serve. Perhaps this as
sault upon the gallant Gen. McLaren is part
Of the Washburn campaign against Stewart.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13
htabded In. the House of Hts Friends.
Wright Co. Times

The candidates are rapidly narrowing
down in numbers, and will continue to do
SO until but two are left, viz: Washburn
and Stewart. Of these the Times prefers
the former, on the grounds, LIST, Of capabil-
ity, and End, Of availability. We share the
opinion which is entertained by many of DR.
Stewards warm personal friends, that while
he is a whole-souled, big hearted. jolly good
fellow. he is not man Of sufficient mental
calibre to worthily represent this district
in Congress. Add to this the fact that he
ran four thousand votes behind his ticket
two years ago and that his vote on the silver
bill has in all probability rendered him q
weaker candidate than before, and we have
abundant reasons for seeking new standard
bearer. The Republicans Of this district do
not want a second rate man for their Repre-
sentative in Congress for the next two years,
nor do they want candidate of whose cleo
ton there can be any room for doubt.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13

Henri ? Seller, son Of Geo. F. Seller. of
Rochester, attempted suicide at Chester on
Saturday. the 18th. He left home a few
days before, and his whereabouts were I'M
known to his family until the Saturday.
Then his two brothers went to Chester to
look him up. They persuaded him to enter
their wagon, but no sooner had he done 30
than he drew revolver, and aimed at his
breast Charles Seller struck his hand down.
and the ball entered his right thigh. Help
was called, and Henry was taken home to
Rochester where he is slowly recovering. No
reason for the attempted suicide is given.
Henry had been married only six weeks.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13

Supreme Court, Octo5e7. Term-Ihe State of
Minnesota, Respondent, u.s. Andretc anderson,
appellant.
OPINION.
warrant for larceny which alleges that the
ofensc was committed ''by feloniously taking,
stealing and carrying away from the possession
of the complainant four dollars and sixty
cents lawful money of the United States of
America, of the following denominations, to-
wit: One two dollar bill, two one dollar bills,
and one fifty cent scrip, the property of the
complainant" is sufficient as to the description
and value Of the property.
An offense triable before a justice of the
peace may, if committed within one hundred
rods of the dividing line between two coun-
ties, be prosecuted and tried before justice
in either county under sec. 20. ch 108, general
statutes.
A conditional delivery of personal property
by the owner to another upon an understand
ing that the latter is forthwith to give in ex-
change therefor five dollar bill does not oper-
ate to transfer any absolute legal possession OF
right Of possession with property 80 delivered
till performance of the condition.
If the party receiving such delivery wrong
fully retains and carries off such property
against the consent of the owner he thereby
becomes trespasser, and if he does it ami
mo furapdi'' he is guilty of larceny. Judgment
affirmed. CORNELL, J.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13
REFORWAT EUTHdN4SI.d

On Tuesday last colored convict, Gus
Reed by name, died suddenly in the peni-
Tertiary at Joliet, Illinois. The event be-
came noised abroad, and coroner's jury was
summoned. The evidence showed that the
prisoner had committed some breach of
the prison rules and was confined in the
solitary cell for punishment He became
noisy, and two of the keepers, acting under
orders from their superiors, undertook to
quiet him. They tied in his mouth a gag
made by themselves from piece of broom
stick. Then they passed his hands through
the gratings of the cell and hand
cufed the wrists outside the gratings; after
which they left The prisoner to reflect
upon the vanity of life and the hardness of
the way of the transgressor. In half an
hour the guard had his attention attracted
by "some movement of the convict. It was
evidently the opinion of the guard that
"some movement" of e prisoner so gagged
and handcuffed was most outrageous
breach of prison discipline, and no doubt
the stern minister of justice began incon-
tinently TO devise additional methods of sub
DUNG the refractory negro to an observance
of prison etiquette. But no further exercise
of the keepers ingenuity was necessary. As
tranquilizers, the means already adopted had
worked to acharm. The prisoner was in the
commissions of strangulation, and, although
the guard was weak-spirited enough to re-
move the gag, in five minutes more Reed
proved the thoroughness of the keepers
system by becoming quiet for eternity.
The intelligent coroner's jury to which we
have alluded, having considered these cir
cu1nstances with becoming gravity, have re-
turned their verdict. The officials of the
prison are all exonerated from any blame in
connection with the convict Reeds death.
In brief. the verdict is that the insubordinate
negro committed suicide. He killed himself
by persistent yelling while gag was in his
mouth We fancy that even now we can
hear the demoniacal roars of this hardened
criminal while he chewcd on mouthful of
broomstick. The pious 'night thoughts'' of
the keepers must have been shockingly dis
turbed by the clamor of the gagged prisoner.
beng 50 regardless of all the delicate feel
1ngs OF those around him as to deliberately
yell himself to death with his mouth plugged
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CoNanEss should adopt the bill agreed
upon by the House military committee for
the reduction Of the army and tho cutting
down of the over-grown pay list of the
officers. The bill does not go far enough i'll
the descending scale, but some allowance
may be made for the opinions of people who
think otherwise.
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with wooden stopper, is utterly undeserving
of pity-at least from broad minded Joliet


We have had of late several revelations of
the genius displayed by officials of prisons
and asylums in inventing methods of
''breaking in'' the unfortunates under their
charge. The recent investigation at the
State prison at Trenton, New Jersey, brought
to light variety of inventive talent that
might make Edison himself envious. The
experts of the "holy Office were shown to
have been mere prentice hands in tho art
of torturing the subjects committed to their
charge. Here, too, in Minnesota, we have
shown that we have no lack of this kind of
scientific knowledge: The officials of
the st. Peter asylum emulate,
in intention at least, the most skillful exc
cutioners of them all. Still we think that
the palm for superiority of inventive genius
must be awarded to Joliet. Let us compare,
for instance, the respective systems of caus-
ing death by strangulation at st. Peter and
the Illinois penitentiary. In the former
place the scientific experimentalist resorts
the subject upon bench with heavy man
sitting on his stomach; o wooden plug is
then forced into the patients mouth, and
while he is thus prevented from performing
the motions of swallowing, hot soup is
poured down his throat until he ceases to
struggle, and gives up the ghost. That this
is effective, cannot be denied, and it has the
additional advantage that the scientific OPP
orators can enjoy the sight of the
writings and gaspings of the patient.
The Joliet plan excels in that it prolongs the
agonies of the subject, and makes the per
son experimental on his own executioner.
After plugging his mouth and Handwriting
his hands SO that he cannot even make an
effort to prevent strangulation, the scientists
have nothing more to do but to let the pa
tent "yelr' himself to death. The trial at
Joliet shows that to accomplish this feat oc-
cupies about half an hour when the subject
is an able-bodied negro. The St. Peter sys-
tenn gives the subject his quietus in some
five minutes, and thus the spectators enjoy
ment of the operation is unnecessarily cur
tailed. On the whole, we would advise our
scientists at st. Peter not to finally adopt the
hot soup system, especially as the soup is an
uncalled for expense, until they have given a
fair trial to the method of suicide by yelling.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13

showing a curious eagerness to cultivate the
good will of the United States about this
time. Any extra efforts III this direction are
wasted. In case of war the United States
will 60 right ahead and do their duties as a
neutral power, neither more nor less, with
out being influenced by any unusual warmth
of regard from either of the parties to the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13
Ho'c Bishop lMcCosfry Can Get an Inres-
tt1NtiOu.

ttTNtiON.
The mode of procedure Bishop McCoskry
must adopt to secure an investigation is,
first, to lay the case before two other bishops,
upon whose recommendation he may apply
to the presiding bishop for court of in
quiry. The presiding bishop will select this
court from thu list of delegates to the gen
eral convention from the Michigan diocese,
and the three surrounding dioceses, west
ern Michigan, northern Ohio, and In
diana. From these four dioceses sixteen
names will be chosen by lot, half Of
whom will be laymen. If this court, which
will examine papers and witnesses, finds
probable case against the bishop, it will
notify the presiding bishop, who will take
steps for the organization of the court Of
bishops, the final tribunal. Eleven bishops
constitute the court. They are chosen BY
lot, each side having the right of challenge
to two names. If both or either should fail
to exercise the right, the presiding bishop
does it, reducing the court to seven mem
bers.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13
STILL HANKERING FOR THE FLESH
POTS.

STILL HANKERING FOR THE FLESH
POTS.
A letter from one of the best informed
men in Washington states that within q
short time Key is to leave the Cabinet and
accept Judgeship, while Ramsey, our own
bluff Alex, is to come in as Postmaster-Gen-
eral. Our sacred COW has for many years
been aspiring to that position, and while
Chairman of the Senate Committee on post
Offices and post roads he was always manag-
ing to have 1t given out that he was going
into the Cabinet. He is now in Wash
ington on a mysterious mis-
sion, and cur information is
such that we have no doubt that he is striv-
ing for position in the fraudulent Cabinet
of fraudulent President. DR.. Stewart is
bringing his great influence to bear on Pri-
vate Secretary Rogers to accomplish this
change, as he fears Ramsey's rivalry for the
Congressional nomination. In fact, Stewart
as well as other friends and acquaintance of
A. r., know that the old man eloquent hun
gereth and thirsteth to return to public life.
If he cannot get a Cabinet position, he will
accept seat in the lower House. Like the
old maid, who mistakiny the hooting of an
owl for al interrogatiye response from
heaven to her prayer for husband asking
"who'' she desired, he san respond tany
thing good, Lord
There IS one difnculty which may prove
insurmountable. Minnesota almost has one
Cabinet position already. LIE Due is Com
missioner of Agriculture and he is striving
very hard to have that Office elevated to cabi-
net proportions. He is influential with
Rogers and may keep Ramsey in the back
ground lest his own aspirations be interfered
with. We hope not. With Democratic
President in 1880, it is the sacred cows last
chance, and we would really like to see him
furnishing tactical nutriment once more to
the boys before he dies. Besides, it would
make the 1880 guillotine much moro anus
ing if it amputatod the teats of the sacred
animal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13
More Queries.

To the Editor of the Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO, May Your article in to day s
paper suggestive of tho possible cause or
causes of the terrible destruction of both life
and property at Minneapolis is deserving of
more than passing notice by all under
writer's and the owners of mill property.
It is true this is not the first of a similar
disaster, either here OF in Europe; but it
seems to be the first which, by its magnitude
and appalling effects, must arrest attention,
stimulate Investigation, and reveal the true
source of danger in such establishments.
That there aoas an element in the Wash
burn mill inimical to its safety uuder GER.
tam conditions there can be no doubt The
utter and instantaneous destruction of that
vast pile, as firm and stanch as stone, iron,
and wood could make it, settles that point
beyond cavil. It seems to me the following
may be fair questions to be raised and de-.
termined.
1. What Is this destructive agent (or, posi-
bly,, a combination of agencies) SO much to be
feared? ~
Is it an element, or elements, liable to
spontaneous combustion under ana circum-,
stances, and, if SO, what?
If mill-men can know what they have to
fear, and underwriters to write on, the next
step will be to remove or guard against the
danger. So far as present light avails, it lis
extremely difficult for the most thoughtful
and conservative mind to decide that fire in.
some artificial form, was not the incipient
cause of the great destruction at Minneapo-
lis. Shall investigation prove the contrary,
not only will new light be shed, but insurance
companies will be entirely relieved OF liability
which is now tacitly admitted, and the vast
milling interest throughout the country be
regarded as almost beyond the pale of pro-
lection. Another query may be raised here:
Heretofore the Washburn mills, and indeed
all the mills on the Platform at Minneapo-
lis. have been regarded as first class risks of
this kind. May it not be fact that the inn
mense size and proximity of these mills in
crease the generation and concentration of
electricity, gas, and inf1ammable dust therein
to such an extent as to render them unin-
surable hereafter? A.S.D.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13

Since the above was in type we have re-
ceived further details of the usage to which
Reed was subjected. They appear in another
column, and show that the Joliet men of
science understand the refnements of the
lingering process of torture even better than
we gave them credit for. Belts and his su-
periors at St. Peter are nowhere. They
should hide their diminished heads, or take
a trip to Joliet to perfect their education.
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