American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-05-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
There was another Fepian scare al
Owen Sound, G. E., on the 7th.

general officers will be discharged in
fe" days, many of whom win return t
subordinate positions in the regular.
The Government has finally determin
ed to hold the gold claimed b.
the Richmond banks. The proof seem
conclusive that the gold belonged to th,
Southern Confederacy.
The Times Washington special denie.
the statement that general diSrust o
the banks in Washington exists, or tha
runs have been made upon them.
The Senate Committee on Foreign AT.
fairs has unanimously agreed to report
Gen. Sickles as Minister to the Hague,
but Sickes declined, and, at his request
he was notified by the Secretary of War
and Gen. Grant that be could return to
his present command.
E B Taylor. Indian Superintendent al
Omaha, telegrapbs that 10000 Indians
will attend a council on the plains at
Fort Laramie, to ask the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs what arrangements can
be affected to provide subsistence for
them.
In the Senate special committee was
appointed to examine into the present
telegraph system, and they have called
upon the Postmaster General for report
in regard TO the expectancy of connecting
with the postal system. The report
will be ready in few days.
The total number of deaths by cholera
at New York, is fifty.
1t is understood that Chief Justices
Chase will preside at the trial of Mr., Da-
Wis, at Norfolk. District Attorney Chan
der has prepared The bill! Of Indictment.
The delegates from the Texas Conven
ton called upon President johnson the
other day, and passed a few hours con-
versation with him. mainly on business and
social matters.
Gen. Sherman has accepted an invita-
ton TO b. present at the commencement
at Dartmouth College.
Gen. Frank Blair, it is said, will be the
next Conservative candidate for Govern
or of Missouri
The Presbyterian Church at Little
Rock, AK. was recently destroyed by
FIRE.
The Falmouth National says that the
OF the proposed amendment to
the West Virginia Constitution will dis,
franchise and drive from the State 60
900 men, whose labor and capital
are needed.
The splendid residence Of Col Wm.
Johnson, in Charlotte. N. c. was de-
srtoyed BY fire recently. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work Of an in
'endiary.
A young man died suddenly in Alba
~ receaily, Of what is supposed to be
holera. He was well up TO late hour
be day previous, when he was suddenly
stacked with the diarrhea, followed by
be prominent symptom Of cholera.
Work has been commenced in the Bos-
on Navy Yard on the new steam frigate
Ammonoosuc, by order Of the Navy De.
,artment and that vessel is being
'ushed rapidly to complication. She is
Q go on duty with The new South Pacific
quadron.
The Union Committee of Ohio made
call for convention at Columbus for
be Goth Of Jane, to nominate candidates
Or Secretary of State and Judge Of the
supreme Court.
Lieut. Commander Homer G. Blake,
ow on duty at the Portsmouth On H J |
lard. has been promoted TO Commander,
D date from March 3, 1866.
The United States Revenue officers al
20 AngeIss, California. have seized thirty
Dousand gallons of wine and two thous
nd five hundred hundred gallons Of
randy, together with the fixtures and
lachinery for manufac uring these
quors, belonging to one Gaze, an Ital-
IN, for alleged violation Of the revenue
AVS.
Judge Scott charged the Grand Jury
King county, New York, that the dis
osal Of goods by chance at church fairs
las in violation Of law, and ought to be
D treated,
Maury,in letter to the london Morning
Ierald, estimates Southern losses during
re war at seven billions dollars. A
correspondent Of the Montgomery Nail
links the figures too high By one half
An Atlanta dispa'eh TO the St. Louis
.epub'ican says:
Quite futter has been created in No
lie in consequence Of an order received