Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-06

NEW York, Nov. 2-The campaign
n the State may be said to have closed
The Times says sententiously: W.
have no doubt of the result"
The Sun says: 1.-THE Democratic com,
mittee looks for 10000 plurality fol
Hill, and estimates that the Prohibi.
ton vote will be almost as large as
Hills plurality.
Edltorial.y neither the Tribune nor
World ventures a prediction further
than that the result will be close.
Correspondents of the two journals,
however, are widely apart, the former
claiming an easy victory for Dsvpn-
port and the latter a victory for Hill.
The Herald prints two tables OF
probable maiorities by counties. both
made up by Republicans, one of which
gives Davenport $3.50 majorities. the
other IL 900.
The Tribune and Times says betting
Is 500 to SIS on Davenport, and the
World, while confessing those were
the figures few days ago, says betting
Is now even.
The Tribune says Gov. Hill is not
devoid of humor. To a friend on Fri
day he said "Well, whatever may be
the result of this campaign. one thing
Is certain, the Elmira Gazette, the
Jones Scale Works and the Pleasant
Valley wine works will never again
receive so much free advertising as
they have received since this campaign
began"
John Kelly's slight indisposition last
week has been magnified into a serious
relapse by those who do not know his
condition. He is able to attend TO
business matters and receive a few
friends. In the latter part of this
month he will go to Florida, for a short
time and afterward will take a long
tour in Mexico. He has for several
years been DESTROYS of seeing that
country and studying its institutions.
A Heralds special from Newport,
K. H. says: In speaking of the late
Gen. Mcclellan to-day, Ex- Gov. Van
Zandt, who had been very intimate
with the deceased since 1850, author
lied the following: "In a long
conversation with Gen. McClel-
Ian the past summer at Rich
field springs, he was speaking
OF Gen. Grant: / knew Gen. Grant
very well at West Point. Upon my
appointment as commander of the
army of the Potomac l left head
quarters and went to Washington to
confer with the president and secretary
of war, and was absent more
than a week. During my
absence Gen. Grant left Galena
and came to my headquarters
he afterward informed me, for the
purpose of asking me for an appoint
ment on my staff, or failing in that, a
contract to supply the army with
certain necessaries out of which be
could make a livelihood. He re-
NAMED there several days, await
ing my return, until he re-
ceived a telegram from Senator Yates,
of Illinois, requesting him to return
Immediately, as he had secured him a
commission as captain of a company
Of Illinois soldiers. He left imme-
diately without seeing me, and we did
not meet again for a long time. If l
had been at headquarters l would have
cheerfully given him an appointment
on my staff, and with his well-known
loyalty and devotion to any one who
befriended him, he would have ad-
hered to my fortunes and would have
gone down with me, and the world
would never have known what a great
general he was"
The Times has the following from
Athens. Ga: "Wilkes county is great
ly excited over the discovery of $780,
900 in silver coin on the plantation of
John Chenault. 1t revives the story
of a Confederate treasure train which
robbed nea that place."