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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

AS THERE has been very little said
here for some time by the daily papers
in favor Of the subscription to
the Memphis and ViCksburg Railroad,
We hope our readers will excuse US for
referring occasionally to this impOr-
tAnt enterprise. We wish In this, TO
request the candidates to give the road
fair play. All Of the candidates who
have ordered their tickets printed,
as far as we know, have ordered the
words "FOr Subscription" printed on
them. If any one wishes 10 vote
against Subscription" he can scratch
out the words "For Subscription" and
write what he wishes. W. hope ell
the candidates will have their tickets
printed with the words "FOr Subscrip-
lion" on them. If a candidate should
order them with both "For Subscrip-
lion" and Against Subscription" on
them, be would not be giving the road
fair play, for if such a ticket was put
into the ballot-box II would not be
counted, and as two.thirds Of the
voters are required, il would take away
a vote from the road. There are SO few
who will vote against the subscription
that they can easily write It, therefore,
let all the tickets have For Sub.crip'
tiol" printed on them.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

ELLSWORTH, Me-, May ga tele.
gram yesterday from Southwest Har.
Dor reports Captain Leaman, COM
mander OF the Russian navy, and eight
Russian officers, left in the steamer
Lewiston to-day, and the Paymaster
and two other officers and seven sail.
ors, leave on Thursday for Philadel-
phia. The Paymaster will return June
18th. AS far as may be predicted from
this telegram, and from the general
outlook Of things, the officers who have
left will soon take charge Of the naval
forces and ornaments for which they
have been negotiating, which can be
readily equipped and manned by Rus
sian sailors. The sailors are ell sta
toned on the steamer Cymbria, where
~ to this time they have made their
headquarters, and are in readiness fol
q movement ct any time. It Is uncer'
tain how long the Cymbria will re-
main at her present anchorage, or Il
what port she will sail on her depart
| ure.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
An IzcOrruptIbIe Judiciary
and a Fearless Press.
Orleans Democrat.l

New Orleans Democrat
Some days ago, A. August, a citizen
of New Orleans, was arrested on an af-
ddavit of one of the spies Of the Louis.
lana Lottery Company for selling Ha-
vana Lottery tickets, in violation of
Act No. 8, of 1871. August was taken
before Recorder Smith, convicted by
that official, aud fined S25, with the al
tentative OF going to jail for five days.
August refused TO pay the fine, and
was sent to prison. His attorney,
Alex. Dalsheimer, Esq., went before
Judge Houston, Of the Fourth District
Court, and sued out a writ Of habeas
corpus. The writ was argued on the
part of August by Mr.. Dalsheimer,
and by Messrs. T, j. Semmes aud Geo,
Braughn for the Lottery Company,
Judge Houstoon took the case under
con. liberation, aud yesterday rendered
a decision sustaining the writ of habeai
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

CAPTAIN BURTON believes that be has
discovered the Biblical Ophir in Mid
ian. lie has brought back from his
recent expedition twenty-five toas Of
specimens, including all the valuable
metals, turquoise, alabaster AMI snl'
phur. Everywhere he found traces Of
old mining operations, abundant indi'
cations Of gold and silver quartz, which
readily yielded fifteen per cen,lm Of
silver.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

stOppags Of PAN RivSE111illa.
FALL RIVER, NAsg, May &.-BZ the
stOppags Of Troy, Stafford, Flint
Chase, Robson, WetamOre, the two
Tecumseh and the two Wampenoag
mills, besides the Border City, sagas
more and UniOB, there are nearly l2gQO
out Of 10000 looms remaining Idle this
week. II is stated that other mills VIII
shut down next week. Some are run.
ming on contracts end can't stop ct
present. Many here think the mills
ought to have stopped long ego, and II
the movement should extend nov
through the whole Of New Englrnd 9
trade would DO started In the Fall, and
lite impulse would keep business mov'
ing. By the stoppage Of these mills
some 1000 people were thrown out OF
employment.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

The nomination Of Andrew II. Dill
for Governor gives the people OF Penn
s~ylvanla much satisfaction, and was
fo~reshadowed by the expressions Of the
Democratic party in all sections Of the
State. The Philadelphia Times indie
penden) speaks very highly Of him.
II says:
He ia not a mar of fictitious emf.
nence or manufactured power. What
he is be owes solely to himself, and not
10 the combinations Of leaders, who so
often make bricks without straw when
party structures are TO be reared. AL
though one of the youngest men ever
presented for the Chief Magis,racy ofthe
The State, has fairly earned he d!s'inc-
ton In his party by manllne.7 81 char
acter, purity of public anil private lie,
efficiency aud fidelity In responsible
official trusts and popular power with
his people, and the Convention but
rejected the wishes Of the most
confederate elements Of the or
ganizalion by making him its standard
bearer. He was first chosen 70 The
House in 1869, by 8 strong Republican
District; was elected TO the Senate By
the same counties 10 1870, was re.elect'
ed TO the Senate in 1873, and called e
q third Senatorial term in 1876, Away
reversing an adverse majority snt
Wrestling victory from his patty's foe.
by his i~nvincible personal strength
During q continuous legislative cAree
Of nine years be has commanded ih,
boundless confidence and rare devo
ton of his political friends, and no ma
in the Senate to-day 10 so sincerely re
gpected by his political foes. His leg
islative skirts have never been staine'
by the lobby, and the integrity OF hi
acts has yet to be questioned even b.
his bitterest partisan opponents. I'm
ostentatious In ell his ways, be ha
& made no personal contest for this hig
honor that has been accorded TO hin
but when the duty is imposed upo
him of leading In q contest that nut
be exceptional in the earnestness OF OF
nosing effort, he resigns his two year
Of an unexpired term and goes to II
front 10 accept the shock of battle.
ia not wonderful that such a man c
faced factious lines within his party
m~arshaling his supporters and To-
snch men az Wallace, Buckalew, Cl,
mer and speer made common eau
for his nomination.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

The Pennsylvania State militia is
rapidly getting on q wal footing, in an
~tiolpation of labor troubles at Pitts.
burg, and the coal regions. Lieu!en.
ant. Colonel Msgee, commanding the
Seventeenth Regimen, has ordered the
company commanders in his regiment
to have their men ready for active SER
vice at short notice.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

THE Vicksburg HERALD is doing no.
BILE service in arousing the people 20
the importance of building he Deer
Creek and Ship Island RLi.reads. Up
on the construction Of these iron high
ways depends the future prosperity Of
Vicksburg. The hsrbor front change
necessitates new commercial avenues
10 V~icksburg, and the citizen of Vicks.
burg who does not support The railroad
movement will finally discover the fol-
" of his indifference : Madison Jour
nAl.
Thank you, neishbor. We Lave
been doing a little in the way 0 tsro0s'
ing the people.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

THE General Conference OF The
Methodist Episcopal Church South at
Atlanta adopted unanimously a report
declaring it to be the duty and desire
bf the Methodist Episcopal Church
South to do all in its power to cherish
the educational interests Of the colored
people in the South, and pledging the
church to do so.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

Mr.. sPoFFoRD, the Congressional
Librarian, says that not one member
out of ten makes any use Of The Con-
gressional library. Under the rules of
the library public officers are the only
ones allowed 10 draw books, aud as a
necessary consequence the use Of the
great library Is very much restricted.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
British PrOtsctOrats for AsIatIO Turkey

LONDON, May 2S.-The Times, in q
leading article yesterday and to-day,
advocates q species Of British protec.
torate or administrative supervision
for Atiatic Turkey. 1t argues that
some etTectual assistance must be Of.
iorded to Turkey TO prevent q periodl-
cal recurrence of such q crisis as at
present; that some constant pressure
must be applied TO governing authori-
ties to insure q good government,
Turkey, asa whole, 1t says, cannot ef'
reclually discharge such q task Russia
cannot, because the Turks distrust her
England, on the contrary, lie not sus.
pected Of any desire for territorial &C.
quisition. She has proved In India
her capacity for dealing with Mahom'
medans, and insuring just adminiStra.
tons In territories including tine most
varied races. Her guidance and
the support other authority would Of
for a perfectly neutral but 81
the same time eIectual assistance to
the Porte In the work Of international
reform. II would be q bold measure
bu: for that reason q wise one, II We
we're to make up our minds to assume
this position in respect to Aslatic TuF'
key. With Turkey In Europe we art
less concerned there are other power
more interested in II, aud more capable
Of dealing with the problems II pre-
SCENTS, but We might do wisely to &C
cept q far larger degree Of responsibility
than we have yet done in respect TO thl
remainder OF the Turkish Empire.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
swindling Bank omeers.

NEWARK, N. j., May 2S.-The Presi.
dent, Weep President, Treasurer, and
three Managers Of the Peoples Savings
Institution, now In the hands Of q Re.
ceiver, have been indicted for cOnspira.
cy, to dsiraud the depOsItOrs, and are
held In 100000 bail,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

Our Louisiana Democratic friends
in the District opposite 10 US have de.
termined to hold their Congressional
Convention at Monroe, on the 10Th Of
August,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

TIE excitement Of the municipal
campaign has ripsned the Vicksburg
Express into a daily paper. Go 1t,
young friends, you are putting in good
ticks for the Deer Creek railroad.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
I~nvltatons to the Peace congress,

LONDON, May 28.-Invitations to the
Congress are issued by Germany. They
state in effect that the Congress will
meet In Berlin to discuss the treaty OF
San Stefauo. Correspondents at Paris
and Vienna say the good Offices OF
Prince Bismarck have been largely in.
strumental in bringing about the result
without humiliation TO Russia or risk
to England.
BERLIN, May 2S.-RepOrts that invi-
tations to the Congress have already
been dispatched to the Powers are un'
founded.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

RETURNS of the ballots Of the British
cotton strikers on accepting a com.
promise show a wonderful so!idity
among the operatives, The results are
as follows:
OF about Is, persons entitled to
vote 1887 voted. Burnley gave 4,0y9
votes against and 395 for the compro'
mise ; Blackburn, 4,536 against 292 for
Darmeu, LOO against and 90 for
Clitheroe, 963 against and "a for Har-
wood, 7S7 against and 4 for; Rishton.
324 against and p for; Whalley, l5l
against and u for; and Langhoe, x
against and 10 for.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

DR.. PALMER, of Westerly, r. l., says:
"HUNT'S REMEDY is the most eff
fectiye medicine | have ever used in
INV practice, for Dropsy and Kidney
Diseases. | can safely say HUNTS
REMEDY has almost raised the dead"
An diseases Of the Kidneys, Bladder
and Uriuary Organs, are cured BY
HUNTS REMEDY, eod&W'Sp
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

THERE has been too much rain re-
Gently 10 this portion Of the State.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
Killed by Foul AIr,

CLEVELAND, May 2s.-Four men,
cleaning a pit, fell in and were killed
by foul gss, They were al married.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

ALEX. II. STEPHENS has no idea Of
stepping down and out. lie announces
himself o candidate for reelection.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

Wednesday Morning, May 30.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07

Many people look upon the CON-
pass as al introduction OF the fir-
teenth century, but il seems TO have
been well kno Sn in primitive form
In the twelfth and thirteenth centu-
ries. In one OF the popular songs
written la the time OF King John. 1t
is said the sailors who go on long
voyages TO FriesIand or. to the East
knew their way by observing the
tramontane, or polar star; but, when
the sky is covered with clouds, and
they could no longer see the stars OF
heaven. they had a contrIvancs which
was this: They took a needle of
iron and put 1t through a piece OF
cork. 40 that one end remliued out,
which they rubbed with the load
stone. and then they placed 1t 10 a
vessel full OF water, and, whichever
way the end OF the needle pointed.
there, without any doubt, was the
polar star. This formed q primitive
but fairly perfect mariners compass.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07

The following Is list OF the pat
ents issued to citizens of the State OF
Indiana, Ostober 8, 1873. and each
bearing date Sept. a.. 1878. furnished
this paper by @. Bradford. Solicitor OF
Patents, Is Hubbard's Block, Indian
spolls. Ind. OF whom copies and In
formation may be obtained:
No. 209.1l7. To Orlando " Flora, Of
Madison. for improvement In s,rrups.
No. 300 $50 To Reuben Wells. Of JEFF
ferson, for improvement in car axle box
lids
No. 20o.235. To VIM. F. Daily. of Pc
III, for improvement in table leaf supports.
No. 209.3 tn Henry Souihworih. e
Alfordsville. for improvement in cut off,
No. 209. 3o5. To Joseph Strei.y. of
vinccnnes, for improvement in slide
valves.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07

mentioned was not tucking-it was
tatting. That he knew for fact.
The editor observed that when a
man came to the Gazette office for in
formation, the editor when he gave
IL didn't like to be told he lied. II
the stranger wanted to avoid trouble
he had better get out and 60 to the
devil As the editor had grown red
In the face and his eyes were blazing.
the married stranger coughsd feebly
and skunk down stairs.
In the mean time. what is stuck
ingf-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07
Items of GhaagHi

The truest end OF life is to know
the life that never ends-Uflliam
Penn.
have lived to know that the secret
of happiness Is never to allow your
energies to Clarke.
There is no morrow. Though before our face
The shadow named 80 stretches, we always
Fail TO o'ertake IL. hasten may:
God only gives one island inch of space
Betwixt the etei mites, m standing place
Where each may work,-th' memorable to-day.
The poorest day that passes over US
II the confiux Of two eterEities; II Is
made up Of currents that issue forth
from the remotest past. and flow on
ward into the remotest future Car
iysie.
As every thread OF gold is valuable,
so Is every minute Of time: and as it
would be great folly to shoe horses
Gas the Roman Emperor Nero did
with gold, so it is to spend time In
trihes.
1t Is not worth while to think too
much about doing good. Doing the
best that we know, minute by minute
and hour by hour, we insensibly grow
to goodness as fruit grows to ripe
ness.
He who never changed any OF his
opinions never corrected any OF his
mistakes; aud he who was never wise
enough to find out any mistakes in
himself, will not be charitable enough
to excuse what he reckons mistakes
in others.
The growing good OF the world is
partly dependent on unhistoric facts;
and inat things are not so Ill with you
and me as might have been is half
owing to the number who lived faith
fully hidden life, and rest In unvisi-
ted tombs.-Georgc Eliot.
Pride Is as loud besgar as want.
and great deal more sauoy. When
you have bought one fine thing you
must buy ten more, that your appear
ance may be all OF piece: but it is
easier to suppress the first desire than
satisfy all that follow It,
A good name is best won by good
deeds. There Is no surer way OF be-
ing well thought OF than by deserving
well. "You have little world around
you," wrote Daniel Webster TO an
carly friend; "fill IL with good deeds.
and you will Gil It with your own
glory
In the material universe as q whole,
we must have all. potentially at least,
thu. soy o! It's parts. or all CT them.
may become. en- the maxim thai the
whole must be equal TO all the parts.
Or, to use another illustration, II 1t j.
true the fountain cannot rise higher
than its source, 10 must also be true
that there shall actually be a source
behind the height to which it does
rise. 10 man nature Is raising intel
lect, as she raises the rice aud the
rose. We are rising slowly TO the al
tirude OF our source, and are doing
for ourselves nothing more nor less
than what II 10 the eterntl necessity
Of the universe that we must do while
we are as We are.--Chdrles Ellis.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07

fPsoa ths Reno CSev.) oassttsl
A bothered looking citizen came
into the Gasefte ofice yesterday sf-
'ernoon and respectfully asked to be
let look ct the dictionary. He sat
siown and rather snxiousiy thumbed
Webster q while.
~Ehst word are you looking for?'
asked a reporter, seeing that the
stranger had failed to strike the trail
We'll. said the nan. In a burst OF
confidence. you sec I've only been
married short time, and my wi.e's
gone up to Truckee en- q visit. and
she's written to me to look In the
bottom Of her trunk TOR . lot Of
sucking and send II to her. Now.
what / want TO know lie, what 10 bia-
zes IL 'tucklng2 It Amt In the die
sionary."
'Tucking,- said the reporter. brisk
~, why, tucking Is the stuff the girls
make by poki g a sort Of short turn
ID fsh-hook through a hole and
catching the thread and drawing IL
back again."
Then the editor spoke up con-
.emptuously. ADD said thar a man
-Sho was 80 ignorant az that ought to
hold his tongue. What the reporter
had described was crocheting. Ev-
rrybody ought TO know what tucking
xas. the ladies 10 making IL used q
iitlls contrivanss shaped like . mus
eel with TIRED wound up inside OF It.
Tucking could be purchased, he be-
ieved, for 10 or Is cents q yard, and
~hy Intelligent girls should waste a
shole day In making what they
.,ould get for a short bit was more
than he could understand. In an
aver to a question from the admiring
reporter, the editor said he had been
add THAI fueking vas used In trim
saine the nndergsrmeats Of the fair
sex. but Why tAngs should be orna-
snented which fellow would get
cked for trying TO look at-or per
haps shot--was beyond his compre-
iIension.
The married stranger said the edi.
scr was mistaken; that the article he
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07

The London Standard publishes a SEN
sationsl dispatch from Vienna TO the
effect that Russia's military preparations
are SO vast tia; no body can doubt she is
bent upon further conquest The only
Question appears 10 be whether sue will
wait till spring, ar recommence war
before that time. The excuse will proba-
bly, be the outbreaks Of Bulgarans. which
were gotten up by Russian agents. A
camp Of 6o.0oO men is forming at Kisch-
chef. To replace the troops who crossed
the balkans southward Russia refuses
to eva ,uste the Dobrudschs or Roumania,
until Roumsnia has concluded an Often
sive and defensive alliance. and Russian
agent. o lly claim that Moldavia, as tar as
Srre,li, must become Russisu.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07

Planets In October.
Saturn will retain during the month
the pre-eminence OF being the most in
seresting planet aomng the brother
hood. Having so recently passed his
opposition with the sun. he Is still
nearly Ia his brightest phase, and is
also very favorbly situated for obser-
walton. he rises now about o'clock
In the afternoon. and reaches the
meridian at IL. At the close Of the
soonth, he will rise not fax from 3
o'clock. He Is therefore visible
throughout the whole night, and is
.cadily recognized In the eastern sky
~s soon as it Is dark enough tor the
stars to appear, by his steady light
and the absence of other stars in his
immediate vicinity.
Jupiter remains during the month.
- an evening star. and the most bril-
liant object among the myriad stars
that stud the sky, although he has
passed beyond his best position for
observation. he reaches the merid.
Ian about Z o'clock. and sets Just
tefore midnight. At the end OF the
month he wili set about 10 O'Clock.
Venus still leads the morning stars,
and IL fast approaching the sun. She
fIses now about 4 %. : little more
shan an hour before sunrise. At the
cod OF the month she will not rise
until nearly 8 o'clock. and will then
fe so near the sun as to ba nearly
eclipsed In his rays. The close prox-
unity OF Venus and Mercury, has
made them objects Of special interest
10 star -gazers during the last week OF
September.
Mercury ie . morning star until
the oath. and on the krst Of the month
slses and sets at almost exactly the
= anne time with Venus. but IL too near
the sun to be seen. He IL In con-
emotion with Mar on ne s@.h w
Up ,rior conjunction with the sun on
ne Gath, and in conjunction with the
saloon on the s5th, but as these phases
Are invisible they are not OF much
practical importance.
Mars is numbered among the morn
jug stare, but as he rises about $50
ID d stiu too near the sun to be seen
1.-the morning twilight. At the LAST
1.-THE month he rises not far from
-. clock, nearly three quarters OF an
ssour before The sun: the bright eyes
LAY possibly catch q glimpse Of the
suddy star.
Uranus eenuot Re sea In October,
A,nless it be With q telescope. In early
snorniDg.
Neptune IL at his brightest, for he
,eomes into opposition with the sun
IN the S1st; but il requires good
telescope To get sight at this star
chose mean distasee from the sun Is
more. than 100000. 900 OF miles.
The'0ctober moon comes into con-
Junction with Jupiter on the 9TH. the
-vening after her Grst quarter. She
80 In conjunction with Saturn on the
och. tive days before her FULL On
be 25th, she is near Mercury. Venus
and Mars: but a. this is the day of
shs new moon, the celestial qnartetts
wA only be visible 70 the eye Of the
aaaeinauon. The planetary Phenom-
ma OF the month are singularly
,aoueteneus. but all days cannot be
sisld days on esiestisl annals. and the
>aonths are swiftly passing that will
carry u to the opposition OF Mars,
zn 1878. - we'll az the years that will
sntervene before the transit OF Venus,
n 1882 -Prouidencs Journal