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Caution.

MY Wife Eliza Frank having lsft my bed and board
Xv4 without any just cause provocafion will no
longer be responsible for any debs which she may con-
tract and hereby al persons to give her any
credit upon ny sccount.
January 10 fs7e-3w. JOHN FRANK
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BULLS
WORM DESTROYER.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GYopGIA
VnLLANow, WALKER Co. Ga June q
Doefor John B.u-D>cr Sri have recently given
your WorR Destroyer several trials and find il wonder
Iuiy efncaeioua has not failed In single instance
country practice and have daily some article Of
the kind am. sir, respectfully.
julius T. CLEMENT NJ D.
Ps-So unequalled and numerous are the testimonial.
TN favor Of my Worm Destroyer newspaper space /.
entirely tao small 10 tell its meriss
lis an infailible remedy for Worms. Try IT, and be
convinced See my Journal for more full desert ption
JOHN BULL
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rF- A discussion has again arisen as to wheth-
er John ]. ingalls,, who was clerk in the Legis-
lature that elected the first United States Scna-
tors, manipulated the tally SO as to swindle
Marcus j. Parrott out of his election, and declare
Pomeroy elected. The charge is an old one, that
we have beard ever 81 nee that election. Here is
another story that was publcly repeated: Once,
when Ingalls, was candidate, 1--WE think, in 1864,
when on the anti-Lane ticket for Lieutenant
Governor il was said that he was making
speech IN Atchison, in which he remarked that
the people of Atehison ought TO stand by him,
for be had, by his sharp practice, elected their
United States Senator. This was the substance,
if not the exact language. We have never seen
the story denied In tle discussion now going
on, the testimony is generally to the effect that
there was no sharp practice on the part of the
clerks, but that Pomeroy waselected fairly. But
in the light of subsequent events, We think it
was a lncky thing for Kansas that Pomeroy was
elected, whether by sharp practice or otherwise.
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A MAN OF STRAw.-Ex- Governor Straw, Of New
Hampshire, has written letter against the re-
monetization nf silver, that ought to settle the
question forever. He says that the mills in that
State, in paying of their hands, require about
6, 500 per month in change; that they have been
using silver, which has become drug in the
market, and that manufacturers endeavor to
exchange the silver for paper fractional currency.
This is abont the extent of the motive that ae-
tnates New England on this currency question
She can see nothing but little imaginary in
convenience that will result to the nanufactur-
ers of that little Gy sreek on the globe, called
New England. The interests Of the balance OF
the country amount to nothing. II paper is pre-
ferabIe to silver, why doesn't she assist the West
in getting the paper She fights that as bitterly
as she does silver. If the East bad not fonght
the greenback SO bitterly, this silver sorrow
would never have overtaken them. But it has
now reached point where such arguments as
Straw uses will not have the weight Of a straw.
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Total. s1.Ol.
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So you see, that while You were abusing the
late County Board for violating the law, they
were obeying the very letter of the law.
This decision looks sensible, too. Does anybody
suppose that the County Offices could be let out
to bids' There are hundreds of men who would
agree to take any County Office at q less salary
than is provided by law, meagre as it is; but is
there anybody who is such an 'old fool" as to de-
mand, in the interest of taxpayers, that these
Offices be let out to the lowest bidder, or to
claim that the salary could be lawfully reduced
in this wayf We think not. Yet, the laws FIX
ing the salaries of County officers are not more
explicit or positive than the laws specifying that
the printer 'shall be entitled to receive certain
fees for work named.
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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

KANSAS, Jan /, l77S.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15

The Springfield (MAss) Republican
says: "GOv. Rice is asked to pardon
one O'DOnnsll, Of MilIbuFH from
CharleslOwn, and q gentleman who
recently visited the State Prls0n thus
tells his story: Gentlemen said the
Warden, 4 want to bring before you
one Of the most remarkable cases we
have In the prison. We call him che
man who never smiles.' and | wish, be-.
fore he comes 10, to tell you his story.
He seems to be q man Of more than
ordinary ability, one Of the better
class Of substantial, frugal Irish citi-
zens, who owned . small place In one
OF our manufacturing villages, where
be resided with his family Of grown.
up sons aud daughters, oil permanently
employed, and 10 comfortable clrcum-
stances. The old man had q fine gar
den, on which be bestowed his leisure
hours, 10 . part Of which wasa fine lot
of cabbages. Il seems that the boys
in the neighborhood had q habit
OF irespassing on the old mans
garden until be had determined on
getting rid Of them by firing hls gun to
brighten them away. One might, hear.
ing some one 10 his garden, he took
his gun, and, getting behind the hedge,
Ared into the garden, 90 he claims,
without aim or seeing any one to aim
at. But the report Of the gun alarmed
the ~neighbors, who, on rushing into
the garden, found the lifeleSs body Of q
young girl, shot through the heart.
The old man, when told what be bad
done, was struck dumb. He was ar.
rested aud sentenced to imprisonment
for life. He has now been here Tor
ten years, and bic face hes become as
marble; there is no hope, nothing but
the sad remembrance OF that dreadful
night. Ia Ireland they have q super
stItion among the young girls that
whoever on Halloween shall place q
cabbage oVer the door will marry the
hrst young man that enters the door
aferward. Aud this, Il proved, was
the errand Of the young girl in the old
mans garden. But instead OF a we'd
ding she found a grave"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15

A woPuL PICTURE or AIsERY AND SUR
FRRINa.

FRRINa.
San Franciico Chroniole.l
A gentleman IL Shanghai writes TO .
friend 10 this city as folloWs; The
great question which ct present agi-
tates the Eowery Kingdom 10 the
famine at the North. For four years
pact q part Of four Of Chlna's northern
provinces has yielded either . small
crop, or none ct ell. One year ego
the suffering was something dreadful
among these poor people, who were
worse of than slaves. At that time
about $4,000 was raised by the foreign
communities ct the open ports and
forwarded to disbursing agents, who,
made good use Of the money. This
year famine 10 still worse. Over Q
count that embraces q population Of
ZONE fifteen millions Of people, abso-
lutte d%estitution prevails. People are
actually eating each other. Babies are
cut up and sold by the pound. There
seems TO DO no remedy ; the Chinese
authorities are doing something, but II
10 only q drop In the bucket. The
foreign community have elected can
wasting committees, and tho subscrip-
tons will be up In the Thousands; how
much, Il is impossible 10 say. From
last years experience It iS estimated
that a life can be saved for about s1.60,
90 that oil that can be done will save
| only q few out of the millions. In the
| Central Provinces there is On abund.
ance Of rice; this 10 being shipped to
the suffering districts, but II takes Q
month to reach them. II costs nearly
three times the price Of the rice to
carry II to its destlnatlon-no rail-
roads, no canals, not even Q carriage
road. Within the past Afteen
years the Chinese Government have
spent money enOHgh on Notifications,
ships, improved arms end ammunition
to have built q road from Shanghai to
Pekin, with branches leading through
the famine districts. The ships are
useless; 90 are the Notifications; they
both serve only for al excuse to pay
fat salaries to lazy officials. The arms
and ammunition are stored away, rust
ing so 90 to be worthless, and China's
millions are starving. Chinese officials
do not want to change the order OF
things. Why should they2 The
merchants and tradesmen desire II, but
they have very little to cay 10 the mat
ter. III sm rightly informed, with ell
their Government workshops aud ar
senals, there has never been an agricul-
tural tool or implement made; guns,
torpedOes, ships, ETC., seem 10 be their
end ard aim. The official class grow
richer and richer each year, and the
lower classes poorer aud poorer. No
wonder that such numbers are willing
TO 90 to the Pacific coast, where, in a
few years, they can earn q life compe-
tence and lie down and die In their
own land with the millions taken from
the poor laboring classes In our coun-
try. What kind Of people is It who
regard with cool nonChalance their
neighbors devouring their own chill
dren7 Were you 10 ask them to ex-
plain their strange apathy, they would
no doubt give the regular Chinese
shake Of the head and say, me no
came"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15


ROEDHoEB ssys there Wasn't e slngls.
Senator drunk ct The recent all.night.
session. 30 much TIE more shameful
the conduct Of the married Ones.-
[WoFeestsF Press.
The Oil City Derrick has lie opinion
OF persons who nee Latin. There is.
the phrase cad indhilum." No man
who spells item with 3 a." Il thinks,
should sel himself Up Ss 4 Latin
scholar.
EvERYDAT ABsURDITERs-Not 10 60
to bed when you ere tired and Sleepy
because II IL not bedtime. To make
youF servants tell lles for you, aud 81.
terwaFd be angry because they tell lie
for themselves.
A CRITIC, In speaking Of o young
actor who hOlds the leading part In 8
new comedy, says that the author "has
frozen him Into Q pink delicl0usness
like Q raspberry Ice, and that no WO.
man under twenty eau look at him
without % irresistible desire to stick .
spoon into him."
KINa ALFONSO spends hours and
hours talking with bis bride by tele.
phone. A year from this date he will
probably hire a lightning rod man to
run his end of the machine while he
lOafs at the club ; and she will have her
chambermaid instructed to keep the
thing going while she reads Daudel's
novels.
Said sarah 10 her Noah, sDOar,
This world would surely be
A desert with nc oasIs
Were l bereit OF thse,"
"Ah l0VeP' said be, "heFe's one who In
That sentiments = sharer;
A Noah, Gle, who will not be-
Beietto Of bic Sahara.
JUsT our luck. Here are $4,000, 600
left 10 Holland for the Cronk family
10 America, and we might have mar.
ried 9 Cronk girl 0nca We really
intended to, but none Of her f0lks
would consent, and 90 they seemed
to have private sources Of Information
on the subject they finally outgsneralled
US, and there iS another fortune gone.
-[ROme Sentinel. h.
A DAEBURY man recently went 10
see q friend In an insane retreat. He
stood q moment before q fine looking
man he had seen before at the lnstitu.
ton, aud inquired bis name. Julius
Ca ,ar, sir," said the lunatic. "Why,
you were Alexander when l was here
before, were you not2" "Oh, why yes,
but that was by q former wife" said the
crazy man, not at oil dlsconcerted.
A LITTLE Sacramento girl who dur
ing the past few days has heard 90
much about foods aud levees that her
little head was getting puzzled, listened
earnestly ct the table to the remarks oil
her parents about the recent heavy rain.
during which come alluslon was made
to the floods OF the Heavens" "Pa,'
she exclaimed, &c Q look Of dismay
passed over her countenAnce, "Pa, 4
The levee busted up there, toor"-[5aC
rAmento ReCord.U niOu.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
ChOIce Extracts.

We have n thing, aud only one, to
do here on Garth-to win the character
of Heaven before we die.-[F. W.
Robertson.
Every error is q truth abused.-[Bos.
suet.
Volcanoes cast up stones, and revolu-
lions Cast up men.-(VictOr Hugo.
Weeping vaults are the longest weep
crs for our funeral.-[Jeremy Taylor
("Holy Dying.'O
Offended vanity is the great separator
In social iie,-Helps.
The laws Of nature do not account for
their own origin.-tJOhn Stuart Mill.
OH cast thou not
Affection from theel In this bitter world
Hold 10 thy heart that only treasure fast;
watch-guard it-sutfer not q breath TO
dim
The bright gems purity. -lHemans.
There il q moral excellence attain
able by ell who have The will to strive
after It; but there is an intellectual and
physical superiority which isRbove the
reach OF our wishes, and is granted
only toA feW.-(Crabbe.
Would you ascend the heavens! Climb,
you can.
The heavens were dusty II they were
Know, Christ will lead, not lift, the soul
OF man
IntO the purest places Of the sky.
There are q grea. many mighty mean
people In the world John B. Cough,
He who makes truth disagreeblC
commits high treason against virtue
Miss Edgeworth.
Some faithful eulOgIst may say
He sought not praise, and praise did over
look
His unobtrusive merit; but his life,
Sweet to himself, Was exercised in good
That shall survive his name and memory
Woodwork.
First, last, midst, and without end
honor every truth with USE Emer'
son.
All truth undone becomes unreal
IF. w. Robertson.
We want a religion that can wasl
Lady Macbelh's red right hand.-- Rev
Joseph Cook.
The silence often Of pure Innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
--[ShakespeOre
Those who get through the wOrll
without enemies, are commonly o
three classes: the supple, the adrOil
and the phlegmatic. The leaden rul
surmOunts obstacles by yielding Il
them the oiled wheel escapes friction
the cotton sack escapes damage by II
Impenetrable elasticity Il Whately.
Our present love for our bodies is
prophecy of their immortality wbeI
clothed upon with glOry.-[StepheI
Il. King.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
W0W aaHadina saved Himself .
EzeaRing.

A0W aaHadina saved Himself .
Fisaging.
General William 8. Harvey, ofthis
city, when ay0uHg man, bad the re-
putAiOh Of being the sWiftest runner
IN the army, as veil IS the besl Indian
fighter. He was q strict dltcipliBariau,
but not one OF the "stuck. up" 90 COM
mon nowadays. He would often
mlngle with bic men, when not on
duty, and laugh and Joke With them on
terms Of familiarity, and went so far
81 tlGnes % to compete with them 10 the
exciting sport Of f~oot-rscing. An
impresSion prevailed at one time that
almost any Indian could outfun Q
white man; but General Harvey be.
lieved that be could beat any red rascal
that wore mOccsslns, and whenever he
met Q warrior who boosted OF bis feet.
ness OF foot, be took great pleasure In
giving him g trial, and always came
out ahead. Only once did he fail TO
reach the winning post before his adj
versary, and that was by a " fOnl."
The affair occurred at Fort Winnie
bagO In the winter Of 1880, when Fox
River was iroz m over and the weather
YES very cold. An Indian had com.
mitted some breach Of the rules Of the
garrison, for which Harvey, then a cap.
alD,concluded TO administer q logging.
He always believed ia giving every
man O fair chance, white Or red, and
on this occasion he conducted the In.
dian some distance up the river, aud
giving him a hundred yards the start,
told him II he reached q certain point
without being overtaken he would 90.
cape the Jogging. The race was on
the Ice, which at some places was thin
nor than ct others, on account Of the
formation Of "~air.holes." Both men
wore mecca ins, and both were strip.
ped and belled for the race, Harvey
swinging q cowhlde 10 HE hand, with
which he confidently expected 10 90.
CelerAte the movements Of the Winnie
bago on overtaking him. At the word
Ego" both started at full speed, the In
dian doing bis best to save his hide,
ana the white man anxious 10 preserve
his reputation as q runner. Harvey
gained rapidly on the warrior, aud wa
getting ready to swing his TAWhide,
when the cunning savage made an OBJ.
liQue movement toward q spot where
the leo was thin. Being Of much light
er weight than his pursueE, he passed
over the dangerous place In safety, but
as Dol az Harvey stepped upon the
thin ice It was shivered like glass, and
down went the tall captain, sinking In
TO the cold water like a sea lion. Being
4 good swimmer, 4 few strokes
brought Tim To the thick Ice, aud clam
bering upon It he made bis way to hiI
quarter, spSngled with iciles,and as mad
- q buffalo bull. He lost bic cowhide
In the water, but that Wa q small mat
Ter, Ss the Ipdian never returned to the
fort while the captain r manned there
Captain HArney's foot race afforded
"oId Twiggs" occasion for many g joke
and It was q long time before he heard
the last Of it.-[St. Louis Globe Dem
OcFAf.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
FORMIGN.
Current Notes.

LONDON, March 9.-The Daily Teles
Graphs Vienna dispatch sage: "Counk
Andrassy's statement 10 the dsloFatloa
will be 10 the effect that psAce can only
be brought shout by 90 understanding
between all the PoweFaf Auatria
cannot look to this or that Power fora
settlement, She will defend tho inler-
eat In Europe with Europe, and hef
own interest, II necessary, al0ho.
A special from Vienna 70 the Times
Gays the extension Of Bulgaria along
the Aegean see has caused great COM
motion ct Athena, since, ifeaFFled ont,
,it would terminate the Greek opera.
ton IL connection with ThFace, Con-
stantlnople, and Dardsnelles. Even
should the strip from Kavala to MakEt
only be included in Bulgaria, this
would interrupt the coast line, the
possession OF which they have long
regarded az Fightful inheritance, the
majority Of inhAbitAnts being Greeks.
Il is rumored In clubs and political
circles, but It cannot be said on how
good grounds, that Lord Lyons is Ike
~ to succeed Lord Derby % Secretary
Of State for tho foreign department In
case affairs between England and
Russia again become threatening. 1k
ls regarded % not unlikely that the
change may be made before the meet
ing OF Congress, In which case England
would be represented By her Foreign
Minister. Nv
A special to the Berlin NatlonaI
ZeIlung from Vienna says: SRusaia
suddenly seems to object to the Aus
trian occupation Of Bosnia and Horze-
govina, and IL preparing TO assist the
Turks to resent H.
The Tlmes'a Berlin correspondent
says: Sensational news causes much
comment, but evidently requires cone
aFmation.
A special to the Standard from Rome
announces that the MlnistFy has ra-
signed, and the King will probably
summon SIgnOr ScarandilI 10 form :
| Cabinet,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15


LoHDoH, Haroh IA Vlelna
respondent q tho Tines aanAfm9
report thaE Count AudFzszg yeslcIl
told the Hungarian delegation lhai he
GOveFnmeni had no intention % annex
or occupy Bosnia and Hef1ae0t
and thaG he Powers had nov accepted
the proposal for & C0ngfssoa 81 boll1.
France, however, has also ezpfeNe4fa
Wish that The Congress should BE- CO..
du0d 70 the Eastern questions TIA
wish arises from ihB fear that The Col~
gress may claim Tie sEiaht to aanctiom
Ell recent territorial changes. There E
little d0abt that France viii Teee5Ve
reinsurance. Prince AnerabuFg stated
IN Relchstag that every question bps
the Eastern one would be excluded
from the scope Of the Congress. Eng
land, alec, although accepting the Con-
gress, seems aveFSe 10 the Introduction
Of any question not directly raised ~
the war, such 90 the Greek question:
the final settlement Of which io not yes
imperative. AL other Powers being
ready to accept any date Of meeting
the only question is will Russia accept
the dale proposed toward the end Of
the month. Russlais answer IL ex-
PpeCted Immediately, and when It ar
rives dates will be Axed.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
RaIahfal

treasure 9 small drawing by MIL
has. II 10 the figure Of z woman
bound fast 10 q pillar fer within tide
mark. The sea 10 curling its tides
about her feet; . ship is passing In full
sail but not needing her or her doom;
birdie OF prey are lowering about her,
but she heeds not the birds, or the ship,
or the sea; her eyes look right on, and
her feet stand 1rm, and you zee that
she is looking directly into heaven
and telling her soul how the offerings
OF thls present time are not worthy to
be compared with the glory that shaIl
be revealed ; and under the picture h
this legend, copied from the stone set
up 10 her memory In an old Scottish
kirkyaFd:
Murdered for owning Christ supreme,
Head OF HE Church, and no more crime.
But for not owning Prelaoy,
And not abiurlng PreebyteFy,
Within the sea, tad 70 4 stake,
She suffered for Christ jesus SAke.P
treasure II, because when I look at
Il, II seems q type Of . great h0st Of
women who watch and walt, tied fast
to their fate, while the tide cresps np
about them, but who rice as the waves
rise, and on the crest Of the last and
loftiest ere borne into the quiet haven,
and hear the "Well donel"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
Of Life ;,

When John, In Revelation, saw in
vision the Church as II would one day
be, be discovered that Chrisl's chosen
ones had upon them crowns OF lie.
And he saw, too, that these redeemed
ones cast their CROWN at the Redeem
ere feet. When q sinner has been
duiCkened from death In ~lFespasses and
sins, and has received 1.-THE lie OF God
IN the SOUL" what better use can be
made Of this new life than 10 make Q
sacrifice Of It to the Saviour's use 2
When we remember that this glorious
new life was purchased for ne by the
Saviour by laying down for us His
own life, what shalt restrain us from
pouring out our life Ia willing service
to the King Of Righteousnessl II Christ
offered up HE life that we might live,
ought we not 10 rejoice to offer up our
life In order that the cause Of Christ
may continue 10 live aud prosper Z
David poured upon the ground water
brought from the we'll Of Bethlehem by
the three mighty men who broke
through the host OF the Philistines.
Although be had longed tor The water
with an unulterable longing, he would
not drink II, and said: "Be il far from
me, 0 Lord, that | should do this. Il
not this the bleed of the men that went
In jeopardy of their livesi" Yet who
can doubt that while David denied biz
craving earthly nature OF water, biz
spiritual nature was drinking OF the
everlasting fountain of life? A writer
in one Of our religious weeklies wei
says: "See tho motive from which We
should work for Christ, that His glor,
may be promoted. Ii VIC labor to saw
sinners, If we show Ia u lives til,
beauty of holiness, if we send Out al
influence for good upon the world, lie
il be all to honor Christ. Let every
service we render be a garland for Hi
brow. Go into the orchard aud yoV
will find that the branch that has mos
fruit bends the lowest; and so tn
holiest men, those who have done mos
for Christ, think least Of themselves
and In their affections crown Him o
ALL"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
MINOR T-ELEGRABIs.

New Brunswick, March 9.-ThG
great railroad bridge spanning Raritan
river, st this point, caught fire from
sparks of a passing locomotive shortly
after 6 o'clock this morning and In
about an hours time was Consumed.
The eastward and westward bound
freight and passenger trains over the
Pennsylvania Railroad are stopped In
consequence Of the disaster. Passen'
gers will be tranferred until the break
Is fixed. Total loss estimated at $780,
000
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
WASHINGTON 7

WAsMEGToH, March 0s-PerBons In.
teTested Ia the Union and Central Pa
cl6c railroad consider the bill passed
by the Senate Committees harsh. Il
provides, 10 effect for The payment
into the Sinking Fund one million Of
dollars yearly until 1900 80 interest on
deferred payments.