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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

From ALABAMA Crop Prospects,
Ve,, "Comers.-From the Montgomtly
correspondence of the Memphis CONNER
cial we make the accompanying extract:
As the weather has been most prop
tious, preparations on scale quite tquA'
to the amount of labor available, are in
every direction being made for the ap
preaching fall crop. Everybody ana
his wife" and even the babies have cot
ton on the brain, and almost every one oil
the New England and Western States are
represented by new recruits n the great
planting army. These latter are to De
mot with on the railroads and steamboats,
and in the hotels, and are as communi'
calive as the people OF the sections OF the
country they represent usually are. lr
conversation with them | find then
loud in praises of the people OF the Sou'h
whom they assert have at every turn me-
them in a spirit of fraterral regard an'
extended every courtesy desirable o
necessary in the furtherance of their de
J signs. Not only are they enabled to Ieas
or purchase lands, but they are facilitated
in their selections, the acquisition oil
> knowledge of the cultivation OF cotton
t and also in the hiring of hands. Deter
mined to lose no opportunity for the crea
D uon of the most harmonious and kIndI
!, relations, the Alabamians, in commo
!! with their CeIIow>citizens OF the late "s'
; called" are trying" themselves IN tn
u extension of neis hborly courtesieS to III
J. .comers. Attestations OF this TACT al
: everywhere TO be had.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22
March Is, 1866.
NoTTCE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
March Is. 1866. c
CITATION.

To all persons interested IN the estate %
II 4. H. Larson, deceased.
.NoU are cited to appear before the frot
bate Court of Madison county, state OF
Mississippi, on the l4th day of April next 10
show cause why the petition of NJ. V Law,
SON. widow OF testator, and Executri1 OF sara
estate, praying for an allotment of ooWer In
said estate, should not be granted
By order of Court.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.
JUAREz STILL AT Ell PAso-TnE LIBERALS Esoouh
AGED by THEIR LATE SUCCESSES.

JuAREz STILL AT Ell rAso-TnE LIBERALS fScooh'
AGED by THEIR LATE SUCCESSES
SAN FRANcIsco, Thursday, March s.-AdV''es
from FL paso, Mexico, have been received Inc he
,,,,,,.,r C,yerpment was still located at Ell Paso.
Ir,rcz had leuned that the French would soon
leave chihuahua in the hands of the Mexican gairl
,o, when the Republicans will have no trouble in
recapturing the city
.avires have also been received from Sonora
stating that Pesquira had resumed military opera
,i,r, His force had been augmented by large
farce of Americans The Republican Gen. 'aroha'
with 1000 men, had won victory over the lmpe-
,iali,ts at Alamo, in Santa Cruz
Gen. Morales was collecting large kepuolcan
force for immediate operations,
The Liberals complain that the officers OF the
United States are under too strict orders 10 sho"
courtesy to Max.miIian's officers. even permitting
them to send maraudng parties across the ooruei
to interrupt and rob neutral Travellers
S,r Francisco. Friday, March 9.-The Mexican
Renuhli,nn Gen Alvarez. under date OF ProVldehc'a
F,h. %. writes that affairs at Acapulco are uh
CHANGED. The invaders are continually harraSSe'
and pretty well WON out. Gen. pma has lnaugu
rated successful campaign in the State ot o'Jaca
Col. Fegcura, after defeating the lmper'allS's
Tehuantepec, moved toward Tehuan' Inc 'mpe
rial forces in Vera Cruz have resumed active opera
tions in that quarteA
MEXICAN AND FFNIAN BONDS.
An attempt to-day in the House by MI b'"ln
: of Maine, to brand all attempts at gnafan'ee'n
Mexican or Fenian bonds as unworthy the ulS""
of Congress was frustrated by objections 10 ''ie
: PRODUCTION of such resolution But II Will c'il
, np again in regular order and lively time VIII
hid upon it, in view of certain strong lnhuehc
now here and at work in favor Of the Mexican pr
jet.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

TIE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT Mr..
Howard Submitted the following amend
ment to the pending House resolution:
"And the right of voting fer electors OF
President and Vice President of the UNI
ted States, for members of the House OF
Representatives. ard for members OF the
most numerous branch of the State LegIs
Iature. is hereby granted to the following
classes of persons of African descent, cit
izens of the United States, viz: Al
males Of the age of twenty-one years
whe have during the la e troubles been
duly enrolled in the army or navy oil the
United States; all males Of the like age
able to read and write the English
French, or Spanish language; all males o
the like aye in possession and enjoyment
of property real or personal OF the value
Of $3.50: all such persons to nave beef
domiciled in their proper election districts
for at least six months next before al
election at which they claim the right tt
vote; but no such person to be allowed Il
vote who is of unsound mind, a panPer
ar under conviction of infamous cnm"
and Congress shall, in default OF Stat
LEGISLATION, have fall power 10 carry int
effect this provision by legislation appI
cable to all the States"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Madison County.
In Probate Court Of said County

In Probate Court Of said CountSt
In The mailer of The Pstitioa Of Almdrins erdH-
ford and others for The sale Ofthe Real b''sie
Of George W. Campbell, deceased. -.
1T appearing to the satisfaction ofthe o9ut.,
that the following named persons, heirs
and distributes of said deceased, are non :
residents of this State, and that they resids
respectively, as follows James CamPoeil
and Lindsey Campbell, in the State OF Ar
kansas Lawrence Tinnin, Hugh Tinnin, Da-
yid W. Tinnin and Martha Tyler, in Lamar
county, State of Te1as-Tt is ordered p
Court, that publication be made in u - ;
lean Citizen, public neUspapeIG<fsSE
the city of Canton, for iouf &SN2
weeks, notifying said persons 49,
pear in this Court, on Friday
| April, 1856, to show cause.
why said real Estate Of -
bell, deceased, shS.Is -
es,s therein. ;,
! March ISL
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

RI DR. Jayne. The great medicine
man Of Philadelphia, died 10 that city
f7v I1-t sc.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

90 GASES OLD BOURBON WHISKY
~ lust received and for sale by
TT. RICHARDS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Madison County. J
H., prou,,c Court Of snid couniyA March
Term, A. - 1860.

" Term, A. 81 1850.
In HE matter of lie final account of John
c. BenthoH, administrator Of Isaac
Mann, deceased
TT appearing to the satisfaction oil the
Cour, that CHARLES L. Mann. one OF
The heirs of said deceased. resides III
New Orleans, La, and that William
Coleman, another heir, resides at Hons"
ton. Texas-It is ordered by the Court
that publication be made in the American
Citzen, public newspaper published IN
the CITY Of Canton. for four successive
weeks, notifying said Charles l.. Mana
and William Mann, to be and appear IN
this Court on Friday, the l3h day OF
April, 1866, to show cause. If any 'heF
can. wby said FINAL account should not %
allowed, Test: E. D. WARD,
"'''"' FIJI. Clerk.
,,uol,,5 1896 eTn74w.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
To Jomes Huffman end all others 'ntereStee
in lie estate of Samuel ". Huffman deI
ceased.
Won are hereby notified to be ana person.
I ally appear in. the Probate OonFt Of
Madison County Mississippi. on Saturday
the l4th day of April next, in the April
Tenn of said court, then and there to
show cause if any you can. why the FIJI
nal Account of p NJ. Davis. Admln1strss,,
tor ON the estate of said decedent should
moi be allowed as stated and decree oil
tho court entered accordingly
By order of the Court, 49,,
E. D. WARD. Clk
M.oI tx 1Q66 Do. sd eIAW
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

A LARGE LOT OF sARDINES AND
"A OYSTERS, just received and for sale
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

~ BBLs FINE PULvERIZED SUGAR
- Just received and for sale by
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

~ BBLs. FINE CRUSHED SUGAR, just
> received and for sale by
TT RICHARsD.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

IN KEGS CHEWING TOBACCO, just
~ 's'''''1 " I'll. RICHARDS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

OOn FINE CIGARS, just received
Il O,UOO and for sale by
RICHARDS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

40 BBLS BEST OLD MOHONGAHELA
~ WHISKY, just received and for sale
bv TIL. RICHARDS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

40 KITS MACKEREL. just received
~ @"1 ~ RICHARDS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22
Sherif,s Sale. :

MARY g. Hlsspos, spara.n'aa'', Fl. Il.
Estate LAWSON F. HENDERSON. ~ ~ "a -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-22

~ BBLs. FINE BROWN SUGAR, just
~ 'e'e'''O anu w. IT,. RICHARDS.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10
Saturday Evening.
BY BrLwKs-

The week is past, the Sabbath dawn comes on;
Rest-rest in pesce-fhy daily toll is done;
And standing as thou stsndeSf, on the brink
OF what Is gone, IS now, and sooa shall be,
As one that tremhles in eternity.
For sach as this new closing week is past
So much advancing time viii close nv last,
Sach as TO morrow shall the awful light
OF the eternal morning hail my sight.
Spirit of good on tais weeks verge stand
Tracing the guiding influence OF Thy hand;
That hand which leads me gently, calmly still,
Up iites dark, stony rresome, theTny hill.
Thou. Thou in every storm has sheltered me,
Beneath The wing OF Thy beniguity:
A thousand graves my footsteps circait went,
And eNist-Thy mercys monument:
A Thousand writhe upon the beds OF pain
live. and pleasure flows through every vein;
Want o'er thousand wretcheS waves her wand:
circled by ten thousand rlercies stand.
How can praise Thee. Father , how express
Ny debt of reverence and of thankfulness
A debt that no intelligence can count.
While every moment swells the vast amount.
For the weeks duties Thou hast given me strength
And brought me 10 its peaceful close at length;
And here my grateful bosom fain wonld raise
A fresa memorial TO Thy glorious praise.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

The war has produced many strange
stories, but few more singular than the
following one, related by Colonel Ellis,
late of the First Missouri Cavalry, in
st. Louis paper: A few days after a
fercely contested battle, a party of SCI
diers belonging to the First Missouri,
took a iaunt over the battle field, and
came up to spot where the rebel dead
were buried. In one place the hair of
a mans head was seen sticking ont Of
the ground like tuft of grass, and
near by hand was seen protruding up
wards, which evidently belonged to the
corpse that owned the head of hair.
One of the cavalrymen remarked to his
companions, in spirit of thoughtless
levity, "See, theresa dead rebel reach
ing out for something; let's see what he
wants" In the same spirit of wanton
mischief, almost recklessness, the cav
alrymen took hold of the mans hand,
and hauled the body out of the grave,
the loose dirt falling back into the shall
low hole. Soon after the man began to
stir and manifest signs of life, to the ut
ter astonishment and horror of the res
urrestionists. The man was taken by
his reseuers to their tent, and was rub
bed down, washed off, and in few days
became as g good as new" He said
that in the battle he was stunned by the
passage of a she'll, which knocked him
senseless. He was picked up among the
dead and buried like the rest. Not a
scratch was found on his body. He
said that he had joined the rebel army,
and fought the Federals long and well,
but as this was the second appearance
on earth, he would now Join the Fed
erals and fight for them. He according
ly enlisted in the First Missouri, did q
good deal of tough marching and hard
fighting, and last September was mus
tered out of the service and paid off at
Benton Barracks.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10
STRANGE PHENoMENoN.-We learn

STRANGE PHENoMENoN.-We learn
from Bob Whittle that one of the
strangest freaks Of nature occurred, last
Saturday, in the Klamath river, about
two miles above killebue's ranch, or 10
miles above the Jacksonville road. He.
with others, tied his canoe at the bank
of the river, and very soon after was
much astonished and awe-stricken to
observe the bed of the river rise up, and
the hill a short distance from him back
of the bank sink down so as to make
level ground, without disturbing the
large trees or river bank where he stood.
The ground presented gradual rise
from the river, and was thirty feet high
where it sunk and broke off, leaving an
abrupt bluff some fifty feet back of the
old bank. The bed of the river, rising
on the river side of the trees, formed a
large bar, and turned the water into a
new channel about fifty feet on this side
of the canoe, leaving it high and dry.
The earth raised up in the river COM
-prised mass of chalk formation, with
large boulders Of rock, making an i'm
mense bar above the level Of the river.
Those who witnessed the unprecedented
convulsion secured large quantity of
fish suddenly elevated from their element
by the occurrence, and our town was
literally supplied with messes of fine
trout. No cause is known or surmised
for this depression and elevation, and
the subject is open to scientific research.
1t may have something to do with the
late earthquake at San Francisco, or the
eruption Of Mount Hood, and the next
phenomenon may be the eruption of
Mount Shasta. Who knows ?-Yreke
Journal.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

TERRIBLE PREDIcTIoN.-Professor
Leonidas, an Indianapolis astrologer,
after looking at the rings around the
sun, makes the following horrible
prophecy: II observe by the planets
that fearful plague will commence in
Russia, originating in silks brought over
from Egypt, Cairo and Turkey. 1t
will extend across the Baltic Sea, desc
late Germany, cause immense mortality
in England, and then spread to the
United States. This dreadful epidemic
will spot the people like leopard, and
turn the flesh to purple black. The
pestilence will carry off sucl,.an amount
Of mortals that not enough will remain
to give the dead christian burial. The
streets Of our cities, towns and villages
will be swarmed with the dead and
dying. The groans and yells Of horror
will fill every breast with CONSERVATION.
Confusion will abound On all sides.
The death knell will cease to toll as the
malady RACES in fury. The infected
will fall and die whenever they take it.
The stencil Of the dead will be so common
that the survivors will not heed it."
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

THERE are no less than thirty seven
rebellions recorded in English history
between the time of William the Con-
queror, A. D. 1869, and the Irish out
break in 1903. Several others have
since occurred. The British foreign
wars have been incessant, and their
expenses have been enormous. That
of the American Revolution was SIX
hundred and thirty million dollars. and
the contest with the first Napoleon cost
FIVE thousand seven hundred and ninety
FIVE millions.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

s'Ir you had avoided rum,' said
wealthy though not intelligent grocer to
his Incorporate neighbor, ''your early
habits, industry and intellectual abilities
would now have permitted you to ride
in your carriage" "And if you had
never sold rum for me to buy" replied
the bacchanal, "you would have been
my driver"
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10
Corn FOR FUEL.-The corn crop in

Corn FOR FUEL.-The corn crop in
the West was SO abundant, last season,
that the people in some places are using
it for fuel. The Galena Qllipois) Ga
zette says: "We understand that many
Of the people of Warren, and other
towns in the eastern part Of the county,
are using corn for fuel. We had a
conversation with an intelligent gentle
man who has been burning it, and who
considers it much cheaper than wood.
Ears Of corn can be bought for ten cents
a bushel by measure, and seventy bush
els, worth seven dollars, will measure a
cord. A cord of wood, including saving,
costs $3.50, which is $3.50 more than
the cost of cord of corn, besides the
fact that the corn produces more heat
than the wood. If these statements are
true land we have no reason to doubt
them), there is 10 fael more economical
than corn. The crop of corn, this year,
is far beyond the demand"
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

A WESTERN paper says that an in
ventive genius in Minnesota has got
up stove, which saves three-fourths
of the wood, while the ashes it makes.
paws for the remainder"
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

THE Portsmouth Journal has sub
scriber that for forty years has paid q
barrel of apples each year for his paper,
and this year, though apples are so dear,
he came manfully up with his pippins.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10
TAKING IN A GovERNMENT.-Ofa a

TAKING IN A GovERNMENT.-Of all
the "smart" instances of Yankee ingen-
uity, perhaps the smartest is the trick
played upon the authorities of New
Brunswick, after their recent offer of s.
for the snout of every bear killed within
the colony. A large number Of snouts
were recently brought in, chiefly by
Indians; but in course of time it was
discovered that most of the trophies
were limitations only, cunningly manu-
factured of india rubber and gutta
percha, by clever manipulators in the
State of Maine, who sold them to the
Indians at half dollar each. The
profit on the trick was handsome, but
as the Blue Noses (New Brunswickers(
have long boasted that they could not
be outwitted, the snout manufacturers
are enjoying a satisfaction beyond that
of mere pecuniary gain.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

In what respect do miners differ from
all other people! They never say die,
though all their earthly ambitions are
ore.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10
The Table

viii at all times be served up with the greatest
variety of eatabes-the best the market Affords
and IN style to suit the most fastidious taste.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

When Daniel Webster
was delivering his memorable speech, at
the dedication of Bunker Hill Monu-
ment, the crowd pressed forward to
such an extent that some were falnting
and some being crushed. Officers strove
in vain to make the crowd stand back.
They said it could not be done. Some
one asked Mr.. Webster to make an
appeal to them. The great orator
came forward, stretched forth his hand,
and said in deep, stentorian tones:
sGentlemen, stand back" SIT cannot
be done," they shouted. 'sGentlemen,
stand back" said he, without change
of voice. SIT is impossible, Mr.. Web
ster, impossible9 Nothing is impossible
on Bunker Hills" and the vast crowd
swaved and rolled back like a mighty
wave of the ocean.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-10

TAKING HINT FROM THE MINERS.
The engineers on the Central Pacific
Railroad, have adopted new process
of grading. Ata place near Gold Run,
where there is long, deep cut through
earth and gravel, they have rugged up
a hydraulic, and are taking away the
earth ten times as fast as it would be
possible to cut it away by the ordinary
process. They are supplied with water
from the South Yuba Ditch, and last
week running about four hundred inches.
Parties accustomed to railroad grading,
were astonished at the rapidity with
which the work was done by the hy-
draulc. This, we presume, is the first
time the hydraulic has ever been used
for grading railroad, and It does the
work so rapidly that the engineers will
hereafter use it at all practicable places.
.Nerada Transcript.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-03-13
REPORT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION
COMMITTEE

report was made from the Reconstruction
committee IN the House e. Representatives on
%. o'n isss' e" tracing voluminous testimony
.s3aI o '.sses testifying as to the presumed
yAity OF the majority of the people OF the
ooutlli. Generals Thomas and Grierson say
they have received Intelligence of conspiracy
TO oppose the Government, and encourage 1or-
.eign war, in the hope of joining the enemies OF
the country, in order to secure Southern inoe-
pendence.
Charles H Lewis, Secretary of the Common
wealth of Virginia under Governor fierpont'
said his decided impression IN regard to affairs 10
that State is that the masses of the people, (and
by that term he did not mean only the laboring
classes but all those persons who are not polltl
cians,) were very favorabIy disposed towards
the Government of the United States. 1t is
believed that very decided efforts have been
made by politicians to change that feeling since
that time, and he was afraid they had pet with
q great deal of success, and he believed the ma
jority of the people would still be loyal ii 1t were
not for the publishers Of papers and the politl-
clans, who, to a certain extent, control public
opinion. He believed that many of the Old
politicians engaged in promoting dIssatlsfac-
ton with the Government. In reply to aques-
ton whether he had any reason to apprehend
that schemes are cherished by any of the late
reDels IN virginia iOr lehe"ai VI tho wa Va
for the establishment Of what is known as South
eru independence, be said be had no reason to
believe that there is any snch organization IN
that State: but from the conversations of som e
of the most out-spoken OF the SecesslOnlsts OF
the State, he was inclined to think that great
many of them would be very glad to see the
country involved in foreign war in the hope
that they would get up secession party 10 the
South. He said he distrusted the professions
of loyalty made by the politicians, but be believ-
ed that the mass Of the people had too much
good sense to 60 out Of the Union again if they
could help it,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-03-13
NEGRO TESTIMONY.

The following is the law recently passed by
the Legislature of Virginia permitting negro
testimony:
Be it enacted BY the General Assembly, That
coored persons aud Indians shall, if otherwise
competent, and subject to the rules applicable
to other persons, be admitted as witnesses in the
following cases
l. In all civil cases and proceedings at law or
in eonitv. 10 which a colored person or an In
dian is a party, or may be benenteo or injured
by the result.
lored person or an Indian is party, or which
arise out of an injury done, attempted or threat
eDed to the person, property or rights OF color
ed nerson or Indian, or in which it is alleged
in the presentment, information or indictment,
or IN which the court is of opinion from the
other evidence that there IS probable cause to
believe that the offence was committed by a
white person in CONJUNCTION or cooperation with
colored person or Indian
g. The testimony Of colored persons shall, in
all cases aud proceedings, both at law and In
equity, be given tenus and not by deposit
ton; and in suits in equity, and in all other
cases in which the deposition of the witness
would regu larly be part of the record, the court
shall, if desired by any party, or if deemed pro-
pei, by itself, certify the facts proved by such
witnesses, or the evidence given by him as far
as credited by the court, as the one or the other
may be proper under the rnles OF la" japphcaDie
to the case, and such certificates shall be made
part Of the record.
4. This act shall be in force from its passage.