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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

| ETTERS of Administration on the estate
IL Of William Nancy, deceased having been
granted to the undersigned by the Probate
Court of Madison county, Mississippi, at the
November term, A. D. 1865, thereof
Notice is, therefore, hereby given to all
persons having claims against said estate to
have them probated and registered within the
time prescribed by law, or they will be for
ever barred.
L. B. Nancy, Admir-.
Nov. 10, 1865 eSGw
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07

To MANNED SoLDIERs.-Your attention
is directed 10 card from Col. J. L. Pow
er, Superintendent Of Army Records, TO
be found on the first page Of our paper
to day. 1t is VI importance to you.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07

TIE CoNcERr.---Don't fail to attend
the Concert to might The object is
laudable in the highest degree-ihe mu.
sic will be fine. and what further induce
men's could you require? None, GER
tainly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07
Canton Semi dNetklp
q J. 7 ] zzLE M .

THANKsGIvING.- To-day is Thanksgiving Day
appointed by President johnson. We presume it
viii be generally observed, and there will be SER
vices in all the churches Rev. G. G. Andrews will
preach in the Methodist church, at IL clock.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07
Ewal Notites.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

II ETTERS of administration on the estate of
IL u. A. Gibson, deceased, having been granted
to the Undersigned by the Probate Court of Madi-
son county, Mississippi, at the November term, A ,
D. 1865, thereof
having claims against said estate to have them pro
bated and registered within the time prescribed by
law, or they will be forever barred
MARY J. GIBSON, Adm'x.
Nov. IS, 1865 eS6w
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07

| A Diploma from this College is a passport in ali
Commercial communities.
All former students are invited ia review their
studies free of charge.
The South must now educate her sons practicable
If she would develop her vast resources of wealth
zil.
We have ample arrangements for 500 students
during the current year.
Parsons can make liberal conditions for their
sons il they apply soon. those from the country
can board with the Professor of the College, or
good families. speaking English, French, Spanish
or German, at moderate rates.
A business education, that enables one to earn
$1,000 or $4,000 annually is the best fortune parents
eau give their sons. As the College has been in
successful operation for more than a quarter of
century, and TIE practical plan here pursued re-
ceiyed the unanimous concentrations of the press
and business community, and as several thousands
OF ITS former students are in business in thus
city and over the country il is useless to 60 into
an extended explanation Of the plan and merits of
the Institution.
N. B. Not One of the several thousands OF the
former students Of this College Is now out Of bust
ness so far as known, vet not one in thousand OF
those who have been sent TO Europe or the NOsM
Is qualified for any business when be returns home
after having expended Thousand. Of dollars.
The city is now healthy. Persons from 10 TO
so years OF age attend such branches as they NAV
wish. BY having a special Professor for each
branch three iouIths Of the Students time Is saved
STUDENTS intended for this College should bring
this circular special directions as every winter
there are temporary establishments opened
Young students sho-ld put their funds n fhe hands
Of their merchant. or the President Of the College
Citizens and strangers are invited to cali College
oaice, Room No. Z.
RUTUs DOLBEAR.
N0v' IS rYciasnt.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07

A complete assortment Of QUEENSWARE
n and GLASSWARE, just received and
for sale bv I. J. RICHARDS.
Aug. IL.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-12-07
EEM S---PnynbIe in advance.

Teachers course in Penmanship. ....... 100 90
LIFE TICKET IN all the Departments. 500 90
N. B. A student having paid for a course in any
branch as above, is entitled TO " Life Ticket in
that Department. He can attend such branches as
he may desire.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
The Weather and the Gr9ps.

We have before us a mass Of dispatches
/ from various places in this and adjoining
| States, about the late rains and the crop
prospects 1t would be a needless oc-
cupation Of space to publish all these
dispatches. We have examined them
carefully. and give the general tenor Of
them as, follows
The weather is clear and favorabl, to-
day all over the West, as far as we can
ascertain \ Yesterday also was q favora-
bic day for harvesting in most localities,
and the farmers took good advantage of it.
At Frecport, and throughout that great
agricultural region, there has been no
rain since Wednesday, Along the Rock
Island Railroad the weather has also been
favorable since that day and our adyices
from along that road, and the roads of
the Chicago and Northwestern, are to the
effect that but little actual damage has
been done to any of the crops, and the
prospect is now 1lattcring for full average
yields
In Central and Southern Ininois-in-
deed over all the region south Of "a line
drawn west from Toledo, Ohio. to the Mis-
sissippi rivcr-and in Southern Iowa and
Missouri-ereat injury has been done to
the wheat, oats and barley crops. bv
sprouting and rust, In the aggregate. the
yield of these grains in that section will
be at least one-third less than the average.
From Central Illinois, especially all the
reports agree that the wheat has been
badly damaged, much Of it being cut AMI
standing in shocks in the fields. and
sProuting seriously. The corn prospect.
however, Is still very good in the same
region
In Northern lllinois-or, in fact. in all
the region north Of line drawn westerly
from Detroit to the Missouri river. in
Nebraska-not much real injury has been
done IL any Of the crops, as far rs vet
aseertalned, though here and there we
hear OF sproutinE or rustiae wheat I'm
the extreme northern part Of Illinois and
Iowa ali through the States of Wisconsin /
AMI Minnesota, there win be a full aver, /
ago yield Of all the crops il the weather /
now becomes settled, of which there is /
to-day fair prospect, it being clear and /
Just cool enough to favor the safe gather 7
In ct the ripened grains = Chteay1
tylsss.lt
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02

Onion State Convention viii be Ecid
1T the Capitol, IN Madison, iIe.L.eeit8, tic
9TH kg ~ September NET at Il O'Clock -
noon, for the purpose Of nominating candi-
dates for the several State officers 10 hc
elected 1T the pcxt general election, and Of
tr.,i,sactine such other business n may be
siserned for the public interest.
Each Senate and each Assembly District
Of the State, viii IL entitled to two DELEGATES
IN such Convention. Each regiment Of Wis
..onsiu troops, remaining in the service at that
date, viii also b. entitled to representation -
Tire Convention, Is follows: If containing
not more than 500 men. rank and fife, ono
delegate; if more than that number, two dele
gales.
All voters Who arc in favor Of maintaining
/ faithful aud economical management Of our
State affairs, and Of sustaining tie National
Government in cffSctiue such an early and
permanent settlement of our national Diff
entities rs viii secure harmony between ths
different sections OF the couGtry-estabiisl
liberty, assure justice, restore order and r.
skye prosperitv-arc invited, without regart
former political associations, to unite N
ciectiug delegates to the aforesaid conyen
ton.
HoRscE RrRLEE, Chm !. ALLEN EAEBER,
Wv. G. ALLEN. G. G. SnoLEa,
g. w IIAzELToS, ii. ID. BARRON,
W.. 4. LAWRENCE, A. &. KNIGHT,
ALLEN WuEpEN,
Union State Committee.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02

complisbed their great mission, are back
among us, and these arc the ones whose
claims to honor we must respect when
ever presented, or be guilty of the basest
ingratitude.
Let it not be supposed, that any person
having Il good military record bat with
questionable ability and unsound politi-
cal nntecedents, who may present his
claims % any Office by virtue of his mill
tary seryices-shall be accepted by the
convention or the people without question
This would be unwise, it wculd be SUI
cIdaI But whenever a settler who Is
every way acceptable, even if he attained
no higher osi,ion tlan that Of "prigatc"
in the late war, shall he presented for amy
Office ho is competent 10 fiji, no mere
civilian OF whatever professions should
| stand in lis way for "a moment, but he
should withdraw from tie field and 90 in
FOR the soldier
Take the case Of Col Tom Alien
| With characteristic lnnlesty, and 1T the
iliJSt tt ittRt5f nv 'tto SA'
/ lowed lis name to be presented to the
/ Union State Convention for the Office OF
| Secretary Of State ConfessedlY there is
no Que In the State more distinguished for
honest patriotism ana for heroic bravery
as a soldier, and certainly no one can
question his general ability or his special
| qualification to do honor to the Office
named-and then too lie IS perfectly free
from the contamination Of bad political
associations yet fear that the combina
tons to which! | have alluded will be
| brought to bear aga :nst him, both in the
| primary meetings and in the Convention
The soldiers have stood by us during
four long years of march and battle, and
by their sacrifices have secured to US and
our postcrity forever the countless bles-
| sings of the free institutions which we
row enjoy, and the least we can now dc
is to stand by all deserving soldiers in al
| honorable undertakings
SOLDIERS FRIEND
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02

next Christmas, If SO soon. Inc 33th
will be one among the last Wisconsin re
e,ments mustered out of the service Tor
two Of the very best reasons, VIZ they
have GOT nearly twenty months TO serve
vet. next they are farther away Il ON
home than almost any other volunteer re-
oiment in the seryice-and what Is more,
they are where the governments Will need
troops if it should need any at all, IN the
next two years. Some of the regiments
here are very bcisterous and have great
many Complaints TO make because they
are not mustered out and let 70 home ,
| bot ! can say with truth and pride that
| the 33th with very few exceptions appear
| coutentcd and satisfied They all seeln
willing TO do their duty like good soldiers
and obey orders. 1t Is very true that
| some ought 10 be bono and some com
plain little
We have nothing here but the regular
army rittiUns 10 live on-naIeciyg hard
tack. beans, bacon and coffee. and nothing
else Where now is that glorious sanitary
| commission that has robbed tire friends oil
the soldier Of ,siliieas Of money stree the
lbcqjnning Of this curel war, un,lcr the
prctcnce Of administering to the wants OF
the soldier in the field yes, justice and
|
on and still she may continue to cry on
until the sun rises ia the west, and it vii
still lie where r never under the sur
was there such humbng practiccd upon
| any community rs the sanitary commission
has t.racticed loy the hast three years uror
the soIdicr-but understand me, the am
position IS not Practiccd npon the soldlel
hv the donor or the first a@cncies-it i
the delivering agents that coFssnlt the IN
called for imposition and theft
But have already written at consider
able length and must close. The hcaltl
of the regiment IL cxtreemly good no
having a single case in the Regifncnta
Hospital All seem cheerful and In goot
spirits, satisfied to take things as the.
come ready to fight the French, Mc2icans
or anything else that insults our flag
The only trouble with us now is the scar
city Of reading matter Mails are ycr
unregular but we hope it will be bette
soon The weather is very warm and I'll
water poor.
Very respectfully yours &c
| is ELLOG.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02


The New York Tribune 5 New Orleans |
correspondent, of the I'D, says Mayor
General Sheridan left for Texas en- last
Thursday. 1t is stated that the General
viii visit Galveston, Brozos Santiago AMI
Brownsville before his return to this city.
The trip will, in all probability, occupy
two or three weeks.
The Qnartnr Master and CommlssafT
Departments are forwarding large quantl-
ties Of supplies for the use ct the troops
Of Texas Captain Hill has Just returned
from an inspection tour OF the oohhifiiS-
sary Department and reports the armies
rs being wei supplied with ColnmIssary
stores
at is rIrmoretI that Governor Madison
/ Wells of this State has taken, or IS about
/ to take, his departure for Washington,
| where he is going to try and counteract
| the influence which is being brought 10
| bear on the Government to effect ms re-
morai and the appointment oil ifoViS-
| ional Governor"
| The Hcrulfs Texas correspondent says
| the large number of our national troops
intcnde,ito be stationed along tue no
Grande had arrived at their destination
on the 18th instant, and formed a line of
| posts extending from tho mouth oil the
stream to some distance above Browns
| vile.
Tho cavalry column, under Generals
| Merritt and Custer, which lett Shreveport
and Alexandria, La, in the beginning of
this month, were expected to reach the
Texas frontier cary in August.
The town Brownsville, which, during
the rebellion, was the great HntreP0t for
cotton from the interior Ct Texas, and
where an immense business in the staple
was transacted, is now deserted By Its
rebel merchants, who accumulated mon
stcr fortunes IN few months, and its
business activity, except such as the pres
cuce Of an army it, has for the present
departed.
The battery Of six guns, which the
rebels, on eyacaating Brownsville, sold tc
the Mexican Imperialiss, for $4,000, was
returned to the United States commander
at that place Gil ,he 10th instant, by order
, Of Maximilian.
1t is said that in the interior Of Texas
the parolcd soldiers are committing the
crosses outragcs in every direction, ant
Keeping the peaccab!e DISPOSED inhahitant.
constantly in a condition Of terro~
1t is estimated that there remained il
the State, at the time it was occupied by
the national troops, about i75 0Q0 bales 0
cotton.
1t is stated that the rebel General Kirb,
Smith and his party, which, we suppose
includes General Magruder and the three
or four cx-Governors Of Louisiana ant
Texas who fled from the latter State Will
him, have been made prisoners and parole,
by the Governor of SaItillo, ana that
considerable army train which they hat
with them was captured
Twelve hundred French troops dircc
from France, was landed at Tatnpico ii
the beginning of this month and there
was rumor, which did not gain nucl
! crcdence, that, soon after, there arrived
: 200 more
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
The Worth of knowing how 10 Swim.

The London DaaW Ne,rs, of the 9th
ultimo, contains some interesting state
ments in regard to the loss of life result
ing from ignorance of swimming. 1t APP
pears from the parliamentary returns that
the army lost in 1861 twenty-sevcn nom
commissioned officers and men from not
knowing how to swim. Orders were soon
after issued, directing that swimming
should be taught rs n military art at all
stations where facilities exist; but we
arc told that no provisions have rs yet
been made for carrying this sensible reg
ulation into effect I'm oil the admiralty
training ships it is ordered that BOYS be
taught to swim. This rule, like other
good laws, is often cyaded Cadets on
board the Britannia, ut Dartmouth. only
learn the art, it Is complained of by hook
and crook, and most Of them leave at the
end Of their torn without knowing anv-
thing about it. The Royal Humane Soci-
ETY., which has been organized ninctv~one
years, has saved about thirtv-five thousand
lives last year ii saved two hundred and
thirtytwo and failed in eight cases The
-Nc'rS says.
"0n occa sion of giving its medals, it
dlscloses strange facts about tire helpless
ness or fool hardness of those who have
becH saved mere eau scarcely Dc q
more striking contrast than there is year
by year in the appearance of the rescued,
who could not stir hand or foot to save
themselves, and of the rescures-manly
and modest, who find it perfectly natural
and easy to 60 into the water, knowing
what to do there We trust the day is not
far distant, when every boy in the country
viii learn to swim as naturally os he once
learned to walk"
This advice is quite as pertinent to our
own people, as to those to whom it was
addressed We have better facilities for
learning to swim than most Of the Eng
lish, owing to the greater purity of our
streams. And if the statistics We're mt
hand probably they would disclose an
piishmcnt
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
NEW y oEK. July %


gentleman lately from. the City Of
Mexico, through the Hcrald, pronounccs
utterly false the statement of q Memphis
paper regarding the alleged persecution
Of Americans in Maximilian' domi
lie says also tilat the statement that all
Americans have been ordered out Of the
country is equally untrue, and represents
the Emperor to be very favorable to citi-
zens Of the United States, and desirons of
their presence and the assistance Of their
ingenuity and energy in developing the
wealth of his empire
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
STA RI or HTSCON SIy.
soySa County fircaft Court
SIN NIANE ElL Il IL LIZ 2

George II. Fierce Plaintiff ! The Plaintiff desires
oagy5iysa the trial Of tAs action,
Joseph II. Gary, fizabeh y. f any there he. he
Clagy, ard Wi5iTam G.uff, had in thc County Of
Defendants. Iowa,
The State OF Wisconsin to Joseph II. Clary, Elizabeth
y. Clary and WiiliaIss Gould, Defendants.
" OF are hereby sHmronca AMI reqrired to answer
Tire complaint a George II. Pierce, Plaintiff,
which is fled IN the Office Of the Clerk Of the Circuit
Court AT Dodgeviie, Iowa County, Wisconsin, and to
serve copy your the subscribers tho
law office % Cobb. Wilson & Sudduth, in the city OF
Mineral Point Iowa county, Wisconsin, sitIin twenty
days after tifc service Of this suUmrnH exclusive Of
the day OF service and If you fail said
PAINT as hereby required, The plata win apply 10
the Court for the relief demanded iii TIC complaint
Dated August ID. 1866.
COBB, WILSON & ( 0DCTH,
aug2 GN3f PLAINTIFF Attorneys
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
The Public Debt,

Thcrcsis a vast deal Of lying done in re
gard to the public debt That part Of it
which IS comprised of treasury notes
non-interest paying legal tcnders-is os-
pecially liable to be misreprescntcl by
spectators, who hope to derive profit by
their falschoods Some maintain that the
amount of these notes is fully thousand
millions while others are equally sure
that half of that sum Will cover all that
currency now afoat. We have before US
a return, sent by request from the Sccrc-
tary of the Treasury IN which the GROSS
amount of the public debt and the items
Of which it IS made up, are brought down
To July 22d OF the current year; and for
the satisfaction Of all concerned we glad
IL transfer il to our columns: The total
debt-making no allowance for recent
sales Of bonds, increasing it about two
hundred and thirty millions is 8. 3d.
2UJ. 10 .hc annual interest Of which is
Sl2I,638, S14 The amount Of debt, in
cIuded in the above, which paws no inter
est, is ST., S29, 2I0; and the following IS
the exact statement Of the legal tenders in
circulation, Understanding notes being
included, ,iz, 500 800 36G, made up as
follows:
One and two years per cent notes. $50 $3.50
United States notes, old ssue.... az, COS
United States notes, issue. 4A2 ,9ls, 7f3
Compound interest notes, June 81, 81 16e Ii3 G2o
Total. June 22d..... 500 $50, 366
Add to this gross sum, the amount Of
the circulation Of the national banks, csti-
mated ut one hundred and fifty millions,
aud say, fifty millions more for the notes
Of the old State banks yet in circulation,
and we have n total of about Eight Hum
| drcd and Fifty Millions, as the circulating
lncdium OF the country at this date. Our
readers viii agree with US that the facts
arc bad enough without any eXaggcration
for speculative purposes, and chat they arc
serious enough to engage without diminu-
ton, the attention of our linancicrs. One
thing is certain: this showing is conclu-
siyc against the presumption that specie
payments, either BY the banks or by the
Government, viii be speedily resumed
With this volume Of currency to be re-
duced to healthy bulk, with gold at ] -,
and with the speculative fever not much
ahatcd, years must elapsc before the color
Of gold viii be scen either on u bank
counter or in a Government Office. Let
us be thankful If the necessities of the
Government in some now war, or in some
new development Of the domestic trouble.
10 not compel the issue of a still larger
amount Of paper before the time for re-
duetion Of the mass now aloat begins =
Chicago Tribune
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
ATTTNITIo
z arm ers and Min ers
IOWA COUNTY. WIS.

A ESTATE to be closed ont. CHOICE LANDS
y the buyers own time viii lie sold, to-wit:
w Of e of section 10, town /, range 2 east-so
acres.
W J Of Y Of section II, town {, range cast-so
acres.
Of SET OF section Il, town 4, range cast-so
acres.
W Of " / Of section 10, town 6, range east-so
acres
WI Of n and q : Of section i, town 5,
range 3 east->p acres.
" Of Il E and " Of SCI Of section 10. town C,
range castillo acres.
50 acres Of Of e OF section 10, town C. range
/ caSt-.}0 acles.
; W Of section q, town c, range castillo acres.
WM. T. HENRY, Agent.
Al Mineral Point Wis
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02

viii yoE who arc suffering from Dyspepsia Indyos
non, Nausea Heartburn, Sick Headache Cranp aud
Pains N the stomach and Bowels Acidy Of the Sio-
aei thoera morbns, Dysentery, and General Debility
ana weakness 81 the whole systen-tFy but single
e"e, We VIII never urge sou again, If fail in this
case Our own knowledge Of its merits the united
testimony Of all who have ever tried it, the encomums
oi hundreds Of our neighbors your duty TO your
self; and the beneficial result as certain the
SHINE All earnestly Professionally, you 70 Just try
one bottle. If what say is not correct u our state
mens concerning its wonderful virtues are not found
to be true il ypu DO not say That the operation or the
medicine instantaneous and perfectly wonderful,
Will rengfu, sr profession caterers of the public
health and retire he field, admitting that
inco1Bpctcut 10 compound medicinal preparation
which would be entitled 10 your confidence.
Sold by druggists everywhere Price 81. per bottle.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
MADISON. Wis. july ..

MADISON, " IS, july y.
\ dispatch received by the Adiutant
General states that the goth Wisconsin
was at Carlo Mt four o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and would leave for Madison
cia Bcloit. Colonel Hartman received Il
dispatch this morning that the 9th Wis
consin left Cleveland last night for De>
troit, ca route for Madison. The sd Wis
consin mustered out ut Fort Icnvcnworth,
leaves there for Madison to~day.
The State authorities have been offci~
ally lp,,tiliod tI.at General Pope has as
sumed command of the Department of the
Missouri, which includes Wisconsin.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-08-02
DCfNCY. III. july %

The heaviest hail storm that has ever
been known n that section, fell in Han
cock county, some ten miles southeast of
Warshaw, last W edncsddy. Farmers in
that section report that every stock Of corn
has been cut Off as II by bul cts, and that
the grape crop is entirely ruined. Forum
ately the storm did not extend over 4 very
large section The wheat oats ana hay
crops in these parts are almost entirely
ruined