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VOL. XX V1CKSBUIIG, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1885. NO 129 M V! J I f - i COMMERCIAL HERALD. f DAILY AND WEEKLY. ' " By the Vlcksburg Printing and Publishing Co TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. (DAILY, BY MAIiw - six Months , 5 00 tlirflfi Mouths.... , 2 60 bus Mouth..... , 100 by Carrier per Year 10 00 six Montiis.... ' 500 Turee Months 2 50 Per Year ;. 2 00 MX MOUIUS.... 100 Club Kates to Afteuta for Weekly, rive Copies per year, postage paid, each.. 1 78 10 Copies or more, postage paid, each 1 50 EgAn extra copy will be sent to the getter "P in numooi twelve. Let no Democrat in this city and county neglect his duty on the 11th. Democrats should ask themselves why a few other Democrats faypjr a scrub race in Warren county ? A scrub race in this county now IWrtnl.l rtrnVA fan fnlfl mnra fMauaf mum than an overwhelming defeat of Dem ocratic nominees by the Republican party and its hirelings. Tne Commercial Herald of Sun day was ahead of the New Orleans, Memphis, and all other newspapers, with a full account of the Competitive Drill at Greenville, and the decision of the Judges. . . . - Has the editor of the Post received the hat promised by , Hawkeye, who wrote us a note, promising it, if the writer signing himself "Democrat" in a communication to the Post, was proved by. the editor not to be a prom inent Republican? True blue Democrats should keep their eyes skinned for so-called Demo crats, who are doing their level best to bring about the situation the Republi can bosses want. Of course t'helle licans are exceedingly anxious for "Jscrub race, for it means a surrender to them. It is but just to the Southrons to say they drilled when the weather was at least ten degrees hotter than when the Aberdeen Guards and Columbus Riiles drilled. This change in tern .perature was wrought by a cooling rain before the two last named com panies drilled. One of the delegates selected to rep resent Sunflower county in the State Convention informed us, that the County Convention instructed for Cap tain Stone, of Washington county, for Auditor. He claims that our informa tion from another source to the effect that delegates were to vote first for JStone and then for Sykes and so on to ,'the end, is not correct. The delegates reto stand by Stone as long as there p reasonable chance to nominate i Sykes being second choice. ' Greenville Competitive Drill. --(tournament and Prize Shooting will f fvery probably encourage the whole State to make greater efforts for athletic amusements. The plucky lit .tle city of Greenville had a meeting of jf which New Orleans" even, might feel proud. We have often seen much smaller gatherings at New Orleans, to witpessrack horso racing and other spqrts. It is too late now, of course, to get up anything of the kind in Yiekaburg until the weather is cooler, tat we trust our city will come to the Mjont next Fall and Spring. , ' 1. i.fi . vuoliidiiii a Leoiure. tireenvUle Times. j It was our pleasure upon last Sun- day night to attend the lecture of Dr. -fetheini, at the Synagogue. His Hument was a refutation of the idea '' bt the inherent evil of money. And that It is on the contrary the potent power, tne chief enginery for the spread of civilization, the promotion of progress, the diffusion of charities. And that thus it is only the false use ,of money which deserves the stigma of "the root of all evil." ' His theme was managed with true logical ability; and he demonstrated therefrom the duty, the divine injunc tion of charity. The day succeeding his lecture Dr. G. called upon the Jewish members of the community for their response to his appeal tor tne Jewish Orphan 'Asylum. He collected the generous sum of $1,100, the. most liberal con- tribution of all the communities to which he has yet applied. For the Summer. Far more in Voratlng than a trip to the seaside is tiiy nsB of Creole Female ,'ivMC. "' jel7 ; ';. DEMOCRATIC DUTY.' In another part of the Commercial Herald will be found the call of the Chairman of the County Democratic Executive Committee, for the various AYara and. District Clubs to meet on the. ;ith (Saturday) and select dele gates to the County Convention., At that time the clubs, will also express their opinion as to the advisability of not making nominations for county offices, " '' .:""'"". We . trust that all good Democrats will attend the club meetings, and do all in their po wer to Bustain the hands of the party , that, has done do much for the city and county. There should be but one voice and that should be for thorough organization - and discipline and strong, clean capable nominations for every office from the highest to the lowest. It looks to us cowardly in the extreme td surrender without an effort. There are those who argue that we should surrender, for no nominations, means a surrender to those who propose to buy their places, and thus further disgrace the grand old . county, and cor rupt her citizens. ; if 1 the r Dem- ocratic party does not protect the people from their methods, our young men will grow up in the belief that bold, firm, honest manhood is at a dis count. Indeed it is already boldly proclaimed that Catalinian practices are entirely successful in our city, and that the Democratic party is powerless to overcome them; If that is so, it is yet true that it is powerful enough to make a heroic struggle for the right. If it makes an effort of that kind, it will be more respectable and powerful even in defeat, than itIs possible for it to be, if it surrenders, to be the con temptible - play-thing of negro bosses and their hirelings. " But the party cannot be defeated if it is true to itself. There is no man on the green earth who can beat the Demo cratic party of Warren county, if it asserts and maintains its rights from now until after the election. We feel confident; that it will do it ; and we are fully impressed with the hope that long before the Convention meets in the Fall to nominate county officers, nominations will be conceded by all parties to lie equivalent to an election. The New Silver Dollar. Nalelioz Democrat. . It is not everybody who is aware that a new discovery has been made about th.ts silver dollar. The man who designed it was named Morgan. He hit upon a bright project to make him self immortal when he was about the job, and he carried it out very success- ruiiy. un each side of the coin he worked in his initial "M," and he did it cleverly, too. Anybody with a silver dollar and a pair of sharp eyes can ate for himself, although in one case most people will nred a magnifying glass. One side the initial is at the base of the neck of the Goddess of Liberty, and on the other it is in the left hand side of the knot that ties together the olive branches. The latter is plain with a good magnifying glass, but is hardly discernible with the naked eye. It Is said that the law does not allow such a thing. 1 When on the High Seas, On the rail, on steamboat, aboard a fishing smack, or yachting on the coast, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will be found a reliable means of averting and relieving ailments to which travelers, mariners and emigrants are peculiar ly subject. Sea captains, ship' doctors, voya gers or sojourners in the tropics, aud all about to encounter unacclimated, aud unaccustomed ordanxerous climate, should not neglect to avail themselves of this safeguard ot well as certained aud long tried merit. Consumption biliousness, malarial fevers, Indigestion, rheumatism and affections of the bladder and kidneys are among the ailments which it erad icates, aud it may be resorted to not only with confidence in Its remedial eillcacy, but also in ts perfect freedom from every objectionable Lgrcdlent, since it is derived from the purest and most salutary sources. It counteracts ithe tfects of unwholesome food aud water. '. Washington County , Jolnes the Lowry Column. Special to the Commercial Herald. , Greenville, Miss., July 6. The county convention instructed its dele gates to vote for Lowry for Governor, and Stone for Auditor. Creole Female Tonic, the great reg ulator and invigerator. is sold by G. R. Flnley & (Jo., wholesale agents. New Orleans, La., Asher & Co., Ful ton M. McRae, Hardaway & Cassell, wholesale agentB, Vicksburg, Miss. . Shot by a Detective. Jacksonville, Fla., July G. A man named Lane was shot at Eustls last night by McKnlght, a detective for the Florida Southern railroad. In a quarrel growing out of the arrest of one reopies, lor sale roDDery. TO MISS LADY PERCY. THE VOLUNTEER SOrjTHROSS. Oh. not to us the wreathes of hays,, Oh, not to us the victor's crown : ' To thee, the homage and the praise, , To thee the glory and renown. ' Thou wert the star whose vigil bright Illumed our souls with doubt forlorn; Thou wert the star that banished night t And ushered In the glorious moru. Had It not been for yonr bright eyes ' Thaton our efforts kindlv beamed We never would have won the prize And olden name and fame redeemed. 'Twas not the banner's silken fold That gave us couraae nil the while; Kor was it for the victors Bold, But it was lur thy witching smile. 0 li. who could dare to find defeat And own within a man's high heart, -When one ad fair, wlieu olio o sweet, ; Did bid each do the soldier's part? We won, and thou deservest the praise, The glory of the victor's crown ; And every heart its homage pays: With thee, we could but win renown. Some Further Drill Notes. By way of addenda to the hurriedly prepared account or the Greenville drill printed In these columns last Sunday morning: The newspaper representatives were placed under special obligations by Mr. it. w. aurora, wno spared no effort to help them in their work, al- tnougn nis otner duties were more than any one could well attend to. He seemed to have been left with all the work to do, while others looked on and enjoyed themselves. Under all the conditions, he did remarkably well, ana tne people or ureenvllle owe him a vote of thanus. The crowd at the drill was immense. and they took a deep interest in the day's proceedings. It was remarkable how responsive they were to a per- iecuy executed movement, . as was evidenced by their cheering when the Volunteer bouthrons made such beautiful stack, every gun going to its place, requiring no aligning,, or when both the Aberdeen Guards and Colum bus Riflemen executed in good form one each of the field movements of the programme; it wa3 also noticeable that they laughed jeeringly when several of the companies several times made egregious blunders. ' The exibition drill put un bv the Volunteer Southrons after competitive drill had been completed was, without doubt the feature Of the day. Their manual and double-time movements were done In such style as to elicit the highest enconiums from even the offl cers of regular army of the United States. Captain C. J. Searles has just cause to De proud or tne distinction he has won as being the best captain of Mississippi's citizen-soldiery. And he wears his honors gracefully and modestly. And the Volunteer South rons are justly proud of their captain, as hejs proud of his subordinate offi cers and men. They all did nobly. It was First-Sergeant Martin, and not first-lieutenant, a3 printed Sunday morning, who made the error. Capt. Searles made only two errors, and not three as printed Sunday morn ing. - lhe volunteer Southrons and the Columbus Riflemen were the only companies that were properly formed for inspection. ine Aberdeen Guards were wildly ubllant over taking stcond place. They evidently did not expect it, after the drill had been completed. - The . programmes of the drill were the same for all the com panies. The interpretation put upon the movements and manner of execu ting them by the different companies were the basis of the supposition that the programmes were different. All the companies engaged ' in the drill proposed to do better next time, and doubtless they will. Experience is a good school, if her paths are not always strewn with roses. . v The entries for the individual drill for privates and non-commissioned officers were as follows: Aberdeen Guards, R. O. Reynolds, Will Lenore, Gus Evtins; Columbus Riflemen, W. P. P. Brown, 11. O. Brown, W, V. Calne; Claiborne Light Guards, John E. EDglessing, W. Bradford, John Barker son; Volunteer Southrons, A. A. Martin, A. M. Searles, George II. Smith. The first order dropped all of the Ciaibornes, one Columbus and one Aberdeen. The iecond ' command dropped out all the remaining men, except Lenore, of the Aberdeen Guards, and Martin, of the Volunteer . Southrons. Lenore went out on the third command, leaving Martin winner of the - goli medal. Lieutenant Hawthorne, of the Third Artillery, u. S. A., conducted this drill. Martin was seized by his enthu siastic comrades, and "to be well shaken before taking," is tame in com parison to his treatment. He was even ridden on their shoulders. The C. II. apd New Orleans Pica yune were 'the only Southern dailies that had correspondents at the drill to make full and authentic reports. The splendid tilting ice pitcher which was won by Capt. C. J. Searles was offered by Messrs. Speed & Phil lips, of Memphis, Tenn. The fine flag presented to the Vol-' unteer Southrons is of silk, blue on one side and red on the other. It bears the following inscription : "Presented to the Best Company, Miss. State Drill, Greenville, July 4th, 1835, by George Brown, Ed. Kennedy, H. M. Snowber- ger and IL Hastings, Lesses" The happiest and proudest lady in Greenville was Miss Lady Percy, the charming and accomplished Sponsor ui uio v uiuuieei ouuiuruus. Miss Lucie Franklin, the beautiful and lovely Sponsor of the Columbus Riflemen, although her gallant com pany was defeated on the field of Mars, made many conquests in that field of gentler passion presided over by insidious Cupid, .;. The people of Greenville, generally. were open-hearted, courteous and hos pitable, as their numerous visitors will testify. The scenei when the announcement was made that the Volunteer South rons had won first place in the drill can better be imagined than described The cheering was long continued, and Capt. bearles was seized by his men and borne in triumph on their shoul ders. The demonstration was a truly gratifying one to the . Southrons and their friends. . Driven to the Wall. ' It seems that the insurance compa' nies are determined to drive me pro prietors ot the Jb amous dry goods store out of business, not only in this city, but wherever they may elect to make a venture. A thorough and searching investigation of the recent disastrous Are was made not Only at the coroner's Inquest of Wm. Phclan, but before the grand Jury at the recent term of the criminal court. In the first investiga tion, although there was no organized defense, the jury failed to find even grounus tor suspicion. What was done by the grand jury remains a se cret, but it stands to reason that if they had found any reasonable grounds to suspect the company of having burned their store, they would have returned a true bill and the parties would have been arrested. Yet, in the face of this the insurance companies have not only refused to pay the Famous Dry Goods company the policies due them and have refused to take any risks on the remnant or stock they now have in store in' th3- city,, but have gone to Monroej i.a., where they have a branch store nnder the management of Mr. L Gierson, and have cancelled all their policies on the stock of said company, and forced them for self protection to sell out and retire from business there. Tbey have sold to Winchester Hay, of New York, who will continue the business, and will probably retain Mr. Geirson as manager. Mr. Ben Hindman Btated to a C. H.' reporter a few days after the fire that he had, about a month be fore the fire, repaired the flue from the furnace in the work-room of Messrs. Warner & Searles' tailoring establish ment, and which run up between the two stores and at the point where the fire originated, and that he found the flue In a dangerous, condition, full of soot, with bricks 'oose and the mortar in the wall so soft and granulated that he could have removed the bricks with his hands; that he reported the flue as unsafe, and had no doubts In his mind that the fire caught from this flue. If there were any grounds for suspicion the detectives,. who have bad the case in hand, aided by public opinion, would long since, have brought the same to light. : ... - . ..The Shooting at Greenville. In the Gun Club contest at Green ville, Mr. H. L.Foote took the first money ; Capt. George Bookoat and Mr. Harry Johnson divided second money and Mr. Albert G. Tillman took third money. For the badge there was a tie between Messrs1. Foote and Bookout, which they will yet have to shoot for betweenhera. Capt. Bookout took a chill just as he went on the field and was in no trim for the shoot, though he fought it through, but had to drop out of the contest for first money on this account, and rallied to shoot for second money. Those Ship Island Railroad Bonds. The county advertised .for bids for the purchase of $5,000 " worth of out standing Ship Island railroad bonds, for the purchase of which a sinking fund had been collected. The Vlcks burg Bank answered the advertise- ment.proposlng to deliver that amount of said bonds at par. The board of supervisors , instructed the county treasurer to make said., purchase. County Treasurer Henry Mayer had but $4,600 of said fund on hand and according to instructions took up that amount of the bonds. There were not sufficient funds in the treasury belong ing to that fund to take up the $5,000 advertised for. .. Mexican Journalists In Detroit. Detroit, July 6-fhe Mexican journalists arrived at 6 o'clock this morning: They, were met at the de pot by the reception committee.'. After eating they were taken to the city hall, where a formal welcome was extended, Mayor Grummond speaking in Eng lish, and Senator T. W. Palmer in Spanish, lo-r.ight Gov. Alger tenders them a reception at his hope in this City. . .... TRUE TO LOWRY. Hinds Responds to the "Attacks on the Governor by Unanimously In- structlng Delegatesto Vote for His Nomination Marshall Miller the Favorite for Attorney-General. Special to Commercial Herald. Raymond, Miss,, July 6. The peo ple of Hinds county met in conven tion to-day, and by a unanimous vote, expressed .their entire confidence in the ability, fidelity and capacity of Robt. Lowry, the present governor, and extended their solemn protest against tne methods which have been resorted to, to influence the people against him, and by the same vote they instructed their delegates to the convention to vote for his re-nomina-tion. After this action the following dele gates were selected, all of whom are earnest advocates of the Governor, and strong in their desire to see him succeed himself, namely: jfrom the county at large -w. D. Carmichael, J. , P. Withers, Oliver Clifton. , . . ; First supervisor's district S. R. Smith; second J. W- Todd; third T. T. Hart; fourth J.W.Peyton; fifth Wm. Bracey. Hon. J. a, McNeily, chairman of the convention, was then by acclama tion added to the list of delegates. The delegation was instructed to vote as a majority should dictate. At this stage of the proceedings the con vention came to consider the claims of the several candidates for State offices from . Hinds . county and decided-' to ballot .. for - Its choice among them, the ballot resulting in the selection of Hon. D. P. Porter as the candidate for secretary of State by vote or seventy-live out of one hundred. Col. Porter on invitation then addressed the. convention in his usual felicitious style, thanking the people among whom he has lived forty years for the distinguished honor con ferred upon him. After adjournment your correspondent was reliably Informed that a majority of the delegation favored Hon. T. Marshall Miller for attorney-general- . Clark Endorses Lowry. ' Special to the Commercial Herald. Enterprise, July 6 A mass meet ing of the" Democratic party of Clark county was held yesterday at Quitman, for the purpose of selecting delegates for the State convention. It was one of the most largely attended ever .held In the county. Hon. George Donald, of Shubutta, was elected chairman and A. F. McGee, Esq., of Enterprise, and Judge Charles A. Stovall, of Shubutta, were elected secretaries. Gov. Lowry was declared the choice of the county for governor ; Fred Beall, of Clay county, was endorsed for attorney-general, and W. M. Evans, of Jackson county, for secretary of State. Gens. George and Walthall werfi endorsed as the choice of the county for United States senators. Hon. W. P. Evans, of Kemper, was recommended for re election for senator for the district composed of the counties of Clark, Lauderdale and Kemper. A Contest Between Fire Steamers Political. Special to the Commercial Herald. Jackson, Miss,, July 6. In a friendly contest this afternoon between West Jackson and number one steamer, the former was declared victor by twenty feet. The latter got first water by one minute. The former is aSilsby and the latter a La France manufac ture. Monroe county to-day instructed for Hicks for auditor and telegrams state that it elected a Lowry delega tion, ' " X A HEALTHY REPORT, Showing an Improvement in the Condition of the Crop Over Last Year. , New ORLEANs,July 6 The monthly report of the National Cotton Ex change, made up by H. C. Parker, sec retary, says, concerning the growing cotton crop: , "There have been very wide varia tions from the normal rain fall and temperature over the cotton belt dur ing June, and the condition of the crop, which was 91 at the close of May, is now advanced to 92, against 84 and 85 for the corresponding months of last year. The plant has progressed well and gained some in point oi healthfullness and growth, having been fredd from insect pests, such as lice, etc., that infested it. to some ex tent, in its earlier stage." In conclusion the report states that the condition of the crop at the end last month was a high per centage. This condition has been not only main tained, thus enhancing their prospects by the additional thirty days of growth under favorable surroundings, but that condition has been actually improved by a change for the better ip certain localities. On this basis we have placed tne figure at 92 as against 91 last month. 1 , Creole Female Tonic, woman's nest i.ih . A Derby Day In Tensas. . Buck Kidoe, La., Julys, 18S5. Kditor Commercial Herald. Of all the 'famous sports a country can enjoy, that which attracts the most visitors from far and near, that which creates the most excitement, and that which produces the greatest amount of speculation, is the day of horse racing; a day in which a general reaction of tile mind, muscle and body seems to tc take place. It brings together every class of citizens irrespective of color or previous condition of servituoe. The sports of the Lake St. Joseph Jockey Club of late years have been abandoned and almost forgotten; the racetrack had grown up in weeds, the building had been torn down, the fencing had been carried off and every thing was in a dilapidated state, with out any prospects of ever being put in repair or use again, but good crops, good feelings, and in anticipation ot future prosperity the old spirit has been revived. The Fourth of July was the day selected by the Jockey Club to have a little amusement on the race course, consequently a big turn-out was the result. Many of the citizens of the parish aHd adjoining parishes were in attendance, including a fair repre sentation of the lady folks, ' whose presence always lends enchantment to the scene. The fore part of the day was just such weather as was needed to make the occasion a pleasant one; the heated rays of old Sol having been diminished by scattering clouds, added greatly to the comfort of both man and beast. The track had been given the proper attention and. was in good condition. The races were six in num ber, and of an exciting nature, great odds, being given and taken in the pools of every race. During the after noon, and before the closing of the day's exercises, some of the ladies extended an invitation to partake of cold lunch, which had been nretiared and spread on the grounds. Many were they who enjoyed the feast, and only regretted on leaving the table that such things did not happen oftner. An .incident becurred near the race course which strange to say nothing very serious resulted. A wagon and mules In passing over the Styx bridge when about half way became fright ened and commenced backing; the bridge having ' no railins. the wacnn soon went over taking the mules with it; tne distance to the water and mud below was about eighteen feet. The driver who saw the danger jumped out on the bridge in time to save him self, while the wagon and mules went down together, landing below, compar atively with little or no injury. The attention of the parish authorities has been called to the condition of the bridge several times and if something is not dene soon it might cause a seri ous accident. Races again in two weeks. Pool Seller. Coahoma County Democratic Con vention Mr. Cutrer's Anti-Levee Views Pronounced Against. Greenville Times. ... . - The Convention of the Democratic party of Coahoma met June 25th, pur suant to call. By the Banner we judge that it was a thoroughly representa tive body, the proceedings of which were of unusual interest to the citi zens of that county,, whose local is sues appear to have been settled to the best interests of the community and the satisfaction of all present. A del egation of good reliable men were se lected to represent the county in the State Convention uninstructed, though the Banner says that they will vote lor Stone for Auditor, l . 5 The action of chief general impor tance was the adoption of the follow ing resolution: " On motion of W. H. Hartley a reso lution was adopted fully endorsing and sustaining Colonel W. H. Stovall and Captain J. F. Townsend in all their official acts as our representatives on the Board of Levee .Commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta." We can but regard this resolution as a direct announcement by the con vention of favor of a law imposing a cotton tax, this being the 'position officially of the commissioners of that county.- As we regard a cotton tax as absolutely essential to an effective levee system, we earnestly hope that we are not mistaken in our construc tion of the action of the convention. ' Russell Sago i is a well-known operator in Wall street, who is generally, considered as "up to snuff." Hence, it may have been quite natural that a countryman who reads the papers recently called at his office and asked for a package of Dr. Sage's Catarrh, Remedy. He discovered his mistake in the article called for. This Remedy, when applied with Dr. Pierce's "Nassal Douche" will surely arid rapidly eradicate the most aggra vated case of catarrh, with all Its un pleasant and dangerous accompani ments. . b . Mr. Hays Successor Takes Charge. Washington, July 6 Mr. A; E. Stevenson to day qualified and entered upon the discharge of the duties of first assistant postmaster-general,