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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
ADMINISTRATIVE Notice.

To al! creditors Of the estate Of Join II. Ni.
gruIer deeeqsca
'INlE estate Of John Il. Magruter, deceased
L having been declared iusoIvent by the
Probate Court Of Madison county, state CT
Mississippi, You are hereby notified to come
forward and have your claims duly probate1,
and registered according to law, on or before
the first day of August, 1867, or said clnims
will be forever barred.
Z. C. MAGRTDER,
ADA'X Of said estate.
June %, 1856. eTCm
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
SATURDAY. AUGUST II, 1865,
WANTED-A good house servant. Apply
w Immediately at THIS OFFICE.
Notice to Planters We are now max.

Notice to Planters We are now max
ing the best cotton.tie ever invented, and are
prepared to furnish them to planters on very
accomm odating terms, for cotton or cash.
We are also making very superior cotton
press, which We warrant in every respect
1t can be used either by hand horse, or
steam power, without alteration, We also
have full set Of patterns for gin gearing,
every size from ) to II feet We are agents
for the justly celebrated Atwood Gin, which
planters can procure from us on very easy
terms. For any other information address
STEVENS & HUGHES,
Jackson Foundry, jackson, Miss.
Aug #.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
INSOLVENT NOTICE,

To all persons interested as CrcItoys
IN the estate Of EIVah Young, dec'd:
WHEREAS, at the July term, 1866, oflhc
w Probate Court Of Madison county, said
cs ate was, by order or decree of said court,
declared to be insolreut, you are hereby no
tilted to como forward aud duly probate your
claims and have them properly registered
within the time prescribed by law in said De.
cree, or they will be forever barred
AYELlNE Young, E&ccu'rix
Of ElIah Young, decd.
Jnly 81 lsEc-n4rEmT
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
Citation :.

To Sarah collins, 4 Niaor, dRa to
4. II. Smith, her GuardjoA:
NOU are hereby cited to oppear before the
L Probate Court of Madison CoGuty, Mis-
sissippi, on
Saturday, the 18th day of August, tSGG.
to show Suse why the Cross Petition of Sl-
rNh Collins. for dover in the real estate Of
Starkcy Collins, deceased, should not be al.
lowed
BY order of the Court,
a. 2. HILL, l.. D. WARD,
solicitor. Clerk.
July II, lSGG-T4w.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

BAScOI FEMALE SEuIyARy.-
We ask attention to the announce
ment Of this institution, which may
be iou@d in our columns to-day. In
ante bc'lHm times it was one Of the
most iIouriShin% seminarics in the
South, and we have no doubt that it
VIII soon regain its formcrprospcrous
condition under the same able and
popular principal, Prot. $. w. Moore.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

y. s, Erect Tax.-Attcntion is
asked to the notice Of Mr.. Il. w.
Whaland, who has opened an office
in our city for the purpose of collect
ing the [. $. Direct Tax. Tax-pay-
crs wouId do well TO give this matter
their earliest attention.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
CITATION.

To SdrGk Col'Bs, Il Rjaor, uni 4. II.
Smith, her GRaIdi1H, resilient IN
NcLcm0resrWC, 1raa.:
NOU are hereby cited 10 appear before the
L Probate Court Of Madison 60, Mis-.
sissippi on
SGturtloy, the lSjh dag Of Iugn&t act,
to show causc why the petition Of Samuel
Milton, Executor Of Strkey Collins, decd
to have the estate Of his tcstator declared in.
solvent, should not be allowed.
BY order Of the Court,
ED. WARD, Clerk.
ILL, GALHooN ( GEoRGf, Solicitors.
July Il, 6G-S4w
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

Amorg the mOurncrs in the procession
which followed the lat Col Seaton to the
grave at Washington on the 18th ult.,
were a number of eonpOsilors who had
been setting type in the Office of the
National Intelligencer for City consecu-
tive years.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

The survivors of the Confederate Ar
my and Navy in Charleston, S. c., have
established an organization bearing the
title of Survivors" for the purpose of as
sisting disabled comrades. A good idea.
The Indians are raiding on the Kansas
border, and troops have been ss6t there.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

FASSMAN'S TIE.-We again call
the attention of or readers to the
advertisement of Fassman's iron ties
for cotton bales.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI :
hADIsoE CorNrr I
In HInhntn CGmrt of snLl EnnmIr.


To .josfpb MCrGlfcr, of LariRgfaa.
N'NSowi. Erjcrco Burns ami EYf.g
EfStbHyar, Of HalfimoIc. .UaJRland :
tW'o'jHe compton. 81 H. N'a's az
n4io, Wraefine aud residence ug-
bHo1rr. "H8 II tie uatHara heirs
q harriet HHsanr, deceased. for
marty Of the State Of ohio. Ithcir
particm'qr residence uALpo5rE.y and
10 u aaHgatrr Of John StclrG'ffr.
de"cosad, 'rbnsc gircR name cRd resi-
dance Is aRkH0irR all hers Of ia
cob y. Niccg'tar. deceased, and
RoH-TcSiicgfs Of II. state of Ms
sissiVpi.
You are hereby cited to be and appear
L before The Probate court Of Madison
county, on
Tacs8zy, he l4A dog OF Augus, uert.
to plead, answer or demur 10 the petition
OF Louisa D. Shewaiter, for dover in the
real estate Of her deceased husband. ia
cob d. Shewal,er, deceased. now on file
10 said ccar,.
- Witness Hon. N. N. CocrER.
LIS Judge OF the Probate court OF
- Madison county. Mississippi.
T. D. WARD, Clerk.
A. p. I'm. Solicitor.
June IL. 1866. eS5s.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

EE- We direct attention to the ad-
vertisement under the head OF "Post-
poncd Shcritl's Sale"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
COOPER'S WELL.

Kinds County, Mississippi.
VNHE Hotel is now open rar the reception Of com
LIZA The Chalybca'e water can lie had at
the well for hne dollar per gallon send glass stone
nr cypress vessels oak wi, not answer. Charge,
for board governed according to the tines \
Band OF Music Will be an aiteudanCe.
lNMAN WILLIAMS.
Proprietor.
y. +. Copper Well express line uf Hacks At
Byrsms Sislion. on The y. a. & J. r. r.. distance.
: miles u the well also Hacks at Clinton. on
southern Riilrual. miles u the well these tfi-
ing river route u NIyk>lUIE leave on the Gals ia
the morning, arrive at The vel % dinner.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
To the Taxpayers of Madison County.

In pursuance Of an act approved August 5. 1851
part of the Sth section OF which Is as follows
-iid b. u further 6nGci6d, That a direct tax Of
Twenty Millions Of Dollars be, and is hereby ANN.
ally laid upon the United States, and the same
shall be. and is hereby apportoned to the St ties
respectively, as follows:
To the State Of Mississippi four hundred and
thirteen thousand, eigbty-lour and two-tWirls dol
lafs.
Also an act approved June :, lSG2 naTts Of the
thirl and fourth sections are n follows
Ind b. IL finthcT ondoi'd. That it shall be law
inl for the owners Of said lots or parcels of land
within sixty days after the Tax Commissioners
herein named shall have fixed the amount 10 nay
the tax thus charged upon the same
Ind be At further Enacted. That iEet tile Of in
and two each and every piece anu parcel Of land nm
which said tx has not b en- paid - above nr,-
'idcd, shall thcrcuPon bccume forfeited to the
Tn ted States.
J. hereby given q the owners Of real estate Of
Madison comfy that the amount 81 said tax was
this day fixed, and that Robert W. Nhaand has
been duly empowered by the Secretary Of The Treas
MY 10 receive said tax. and that h- Office in Can
ton will be oren tor the next SIXTY davs for its ~,
CENT. ROBERT W. MUALAND
By order of
PENNoCT HTEY,
A. ANDERSON
L. :. Direct Tax Com. for Dist Of Mss.
OFFlCE-Opposite Pearees Livery Stable
August n. ls66-W2n.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
Dostie.

Another name is added to the list
OF Abolition martyrs. DoStie has
gone the way OF John Brown, "march-
ing along" towards u country, com
pared with the climate Of which, even
the heat Of these dog days will be
considered cool. Brick POmcroy,
some time since, drew a graphic pie
ture Of a three handed game Of cards
that the souls Of three Abolition
martyrs, of whom jim Lame was one,
were playing around Il red hot iron
table in he'll, and intimated that one
more was wanted to make Il four
handed game. They are gratified
now, for DoStIc will do to take
hand till some more important per-
soGaGe (Benjamin the Beast for cx-
amplc) arriycS'to take his allotted
place. The soul Of little DoStip, the
barber, may then be employed in
curling the shad0Wy hair Of the soul
Of John BroWn-ir John can be made
to stop "marching on" long enough
to have his bair curicd. Some time
ago DoStic was trying to get up an
excitement by declaring to a set OF
horror stricken Radicals, and negroes
with eyeballS popping ont Of their
heads, that somebody had been dog.
ging his steps with intent to shoot
hin with an empty horse pistol, or a
bottle Of ginger pop. He was joking
then, but alas it was 10 joke this
time. The poor barber who had gen .
erously given up the shaving otwhite
men in Chicago, to come South and f.
shave negroes, has ended his career
in Il manner little in keeping with |
the inoilcnSivc mode Of life of a
knight Of the striped pole. Dostic is
dead! That "arrulous barber tongue
Of his will wag no more. Alas. poor
D0Stic.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
Notice.

TTHE partnership heretofore existing between
IL the undersigned. a. planters. under the ely ie
OF Smith Iathsm. In Nazoc county. Miss We
dissolved the l6th inst. By mutual ouus-ut.
T. = SMITH.
rs ~ HARVEY LATHAM.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
TIE STATE or MISSISSIPPI,
Madison CauHtvS
Ia the Probate Court of said Count.

Ia the Probate Court of said COUNTY
70 DarH l. J@girs Nancy u. Pdrter, Merry
Ei'cn Ioapg, and Rirtgrd IoU9g her Hgs-
Lqni, III goLnova Heirs of Hrs NrrY Er~iy
Heirs at Lar md Hsris,,s Of Lt1rts " Jr3.
gi'ts dersgse3, anil az Others Interested IN IL,
c'tltc Of y1,d dscsaeDt:
NOU are hereby cited to appear before
L the Honorable Probate Court of the
County Of Madison, State OF Mississippi, at .
regular term thereof, on
Monday, the 2Oh day ctIug"Sf, 1866,
TO show cause why the petition of Margaret
T.. Jiggitts, widow of the said Lewis ~ jig.
gifts, deceased, for the allotment Of her dow
cr interest in aud to certain lands Of the IS
tate Of ssid decedent, as in said petition de
scribed, should not be granted.
BY order of the Court.
T.. j. WARD, Clerk,
BY J. D. OuTLAND, d. {.
July IL, '66-S4t
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

What to do with him! This is a
practical age in which we live, and
we must turn everything to account.
There are a great many suffering ne
grorS in the South, i'll spite of the
Frcdmcn's Bureau, and the number
Of plantations demanding the hoe.
Let DoStie'S skin be forthwith strip
ped from his body, stuffed, and sold
to Barnum-thc proceeds to go to
the Frccdmcn'S Bureau and negro
newspapers, to be used by them for
the benefit of negroes who have no
taste for work. DoStic'S body will
make good soap. Let him be boiled
down, preparatory to being distribut-
ed in bars to Yankee "sch0ol marms."
Delicious will be the kisses slipped
by those angular females from ebony
checks, late lather with sweet scented
ID ostic.-NOJHc TiDHHc.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
Cooper's Well Daily Express, h,

CoOper's Well Daily Express, by
Mclean & Co., leaves Byram. Sta
ton on the arrival Of the morning
and evening trains: All parties liv-
ing on the line of the New Orleans,
Jackson & Great Northern Road will
find this the shortest and quickest
rout to the Wei. #.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

n p FlscL -, oIs
,-,o,. ,,.n.
OFuN opening c'n'P''lnan's Dl'i tap
PGar'nG IRON "und'v',S n,ed ana proofs
auIuce"' mat ma.i,da hoI, ana Jane
l II, James W iliIiman' MIS-. susan
OhiLcoat ana d ~ Ihi'coat, ana Z. J..
F,Ach' EmiIy IarSS ana II. b. IAIhS'
marina y, urnCr ana IL u turner
M"sAdora j. McP al 'aud ana , II Nc
tarland, MIS- AMANDA N b'eaSon and
george D.eaIoH' Nm a h'und"ee' Li7t
houn"'tee. Josephine hound'ree' and
robert ho"Hdlree' ana hohcrt b IaTk,
the guardian a .he last ihr,e, are all
non-r'elt'n,S OF ne Safe OF Mississippi
AMI affidavit having also been hIed 10
his cause ny com 'ainant' mat the I0sI-
Office OF Mnu.d' Holt IS sLe.oyvlI.e,
Tenn, That the Dos'Cliice OF Mrs Jane
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
ID / l. ID

DIED.
On the morning Of the 9th inst, of
lOckiaW, SAM, son of John and Han
nah N. Handy, aged seven years.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
lust RECEITEG-
CORN, IRON, &c.

/ HAVE Just received thity-Hve hundred
bushels Of yellow and 1880 hui dr.d
bushels Of white CORN, also a los Of IRON
suitable for plantation use. The public
generally would do well 70 give me a call
before purchasing elsewhere.
Feb 10. ls6s-f
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

Madison County,
!, joins DAwSoN, Clerk Of the Circuit
aud CeanceTy Courts Of said county, 60
hereby certify the above and foregoing
is truly and accurately copied from The
minutes of ssil Chancery Courl, Of ,be
day and year above mentioned
-, Given under my hand and seal
L. 5 Of said Court. The 81 dav
49, Of August, 1866.
JN0. DAWSON, Clerk.
Aug 4-6ws.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11

LANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES in every
1 variety. constantly receiving, and now ia
store
SUGAES--in every hind and quality
COFFEE: TEA-blsck and green
RICE.
CANDLES ana SOAP
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
N o tt C E &.

Aug. II. 'G6.3t.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-26
pronan,e Condltlon of EARLY Races.


They were ignorant of pottery, for the Esqui-
maux, the Polynesians, the Austfahans, some
North and South American trlpes ana many other
savage races have none even now, OF least haa
none until quite lately. lney hau no pows anu
AnstraiaIians and New Zealanders their boats for
tho same reason must have been of the rudest
nossible character; they were naked, and ignorant
Of the art of spinning they had no knowledge OF
tie dog though here the. arguments weaker, in
asmuch as experience is more portable than pro-
perry. II is, however, in my opinion, most prob
able that the dog was long the only domesticated
animal. OF the more unusual weapons such as
thu boomerang, blow pipe, holas, etc.. they were
certainly ignorant. The sling and the throwing
stick were doubtless unknown, and even the shield
had probably not been invented.
The spear, which is but a development of the
knife point and the club, which is but long ham,
mer, are the only things left by this line of argu
ment They seem to be the only natural and uni
versal weapon of man. We might be disposed to
wonder how man was at first able to kill game !:
but we must remember that if man was unskillful
animals were unsuspicious. The tameness of the
birds on unnhabited Islands is well known; the
wariness of animals and skill of man must have
increased almost part pdssu. The same argument
may be applied to the mental condition of savagesa
That our earliest ancestors could have counted to
ten is very improbable, and that man can have
existed in lower condition than that is thus indi-
Gated. So long, indeed, as he was confined to the
tropics, he may have found succession of fruits,
and have lived as the monkeys do now. Indeed,
according to Bates, this is the with some Bra
lillian Indians. ~ The monkeys" he says, lead
in fact life similar to that Of the Pararauate In
dians.a Directly, however our ancestors spread
in temperate climates, this mode life would be-
seek their nourishment in part at least, from the
animal kingdom. Then, if not before, the knife
and the hammer would develop into the spear and
the club.--[Ludback's Pre- Historic Times.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-26
Remarkable Case OF Trance-A Lady Rises
from Her Coffin.

Alady5 residing within sixteen miles of Raleigh,
says the Progress, who has been in delicate health
since she lost her husband in 1858, died last FRI
day, as was supposed, and her friends in the
neighborhood proceeded to take the steps usual on
such occasions. The coffin was ordered the corpse
shrouded and laid out. and all needful preparations
consummated for the funeral ceremonies last
Sabbath. Strange as 1t may appear it is said that
while the watchers in an adjoining room were iu-
dulging in hilarity and hot coffee, noise was
heard in the apartment where the remains of the
Believed departed reposed.
Supposing cat or rat was playing therein, a
gentleman went to stop the revelry. On opening
the door, he was Mortified to find the lady standing
on the floor, the very incarnation of perpleXity.
The brave fellow hastily retreated. His demon
stration excited the rest Of the party, and the
whole crew, shrieking and trembling, deserted the
house for season. An elderly negress, more
courageous than the others, went into the dwell
ing ascertaned the state of affairs, and with chris
tan heroism administered to the necessities of the
dead alive one. a. .-
Search was then made for the retreaters, who
being found at neighbours returned to the DOM
ici they had SO shamcfully abandoned.
DR.. Bell of South Carolina, who had attended the
lady during the past six months, assures us that
these are unvarnished facts, and present no new
truth to the medical profession. 1t is simply q
remarkable circumstance prehaps, is the duration
of the spell, though after the presumed decease
the absence of that perfect icyness whiehis pecu-
liar to the dead was remarked by the physician as
well as his friends. ...s.g.. s,s
This lady is now able to sit mp and heing in the
last stages Of consumption, is as well as she ever
will be-. She remembers very little of the hours
of her trance, but experienced an almost painful
thirst in the first moments of returning conscience.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-26
A YER's CATnARTIC PILLS
AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS


Are the perfect purgave which able to produce
which think has yet made by aly body Their
effects have abundany shown the community how much
they excel the ordinary medicines in They
pleasant take, but powerful Thar penetrating
properties stimulate the vital activities of the body
the obSructans Of its organs purify the beod and expe
disease They purge the foul hmors which breed grow
demper stimulate sluggish ordisordered organs into their
natural action and impar healthy with strength to the
whole system Not only do they the everyday complaints
Of everybody but also formidable and dangerous diseases
While they produce powerful effects they the same time
in diminished Doses the safest and best ysc that can De
employed for children Being they are pleasant
to take and being purely vegetable tres from any rs OIL
harm Cures have been which supass belief were they
not substantiaed by of such exalted position ana
ter to forbid the suspicion of untruth Many efthent
cegen and physicians have lent their names TO certify 10
the public the reliability of remedies Whis others nave
sent the of their conviction that our ffepr"
tons contribute immensely the relief of our aetoa
ing felow-men. .... -
The Agent below named is pleased to tnrnsh s'tis ot
American Almanac containing directions so e ue anu GET
tifcates Of their cares of the following Dr,,r
Costiypnes Billions Complaints, RhaumatiSia Dropsy,
Heartburn Headache arising from foul sonaen Nausea nul-
gestio Morbid Inaction Of the Bowels aau lam ashg mere
an e3acpnnt medcne They also by PURIFYING the blood end
the syste many complaints Wbich woed
not be supposed they could reach sa tht
81 ~ ;,r and idneys Gou and other knared complaints
onp from low state Of the body or obstruction OF its unc
lions. Or = ,;,,n,d d.,,a-- ,r;,h o,,,r ,,ro,or,
t;ns Which they make profit Demand Ayers and
take no others sick want the best aid there is for them
and they shG %R haye AVER Lowell Mass and sold
hy E4I HART CO., New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-26

westward to Torbay. To return in the teeth of the
wine. was impossible, and Plymouth, the next
pert, was garrisoned by Lord Bath. The royal
feet was out of the Thames, and fastening down
said Russell to Burnet :" all is over" But it was
not So A soft breeze sprung up from the SOUTH
and the sun shone FORTH, The feet turned back
William landed, and the Stuart dynasty ceased to
reign.
We recolleet that we had several narrow escapes
ourselves in childhood. We once got checked on
a fish bone till we were black in the faee,--and on
another occasion we tumbledinto pond OF water,
but were fshed out all right, which gave rise 10
any more than we were to be choked to death ~
fish-bone. AT the age of twelve, we pas our o19a
right fist into our left nostr and it was Win 4 W.
utmost difficulty we extricated oursen from .t tlis
\ were narrow gs -
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-26
AMUSING EsrERIMENr oN RArs.-An amusing

AMUSING EXPERIMENT ON RATs.-An amusing
experiment on rats was recently perpetrated in a
mercantile house in Petersburg, Virginia. Two Of
these animals had been trapped and it was de-
cided to try the effect of whisky upon them.
Forty drops were administered to each of them by
force, and the result awaited. They were placed
in a wide, deep box, into which some gravel had
been thrown. A saucer of whisky was placed
therein. For a while all was silent, each rat hav-
ing seated himself in a corner, where he remained
as morose as rat could be. By-and-by, however,
the liquor began to work The rats began to
smile and play with their tails; then to jump up
and squeak; then to fall down and roll over. FL
naly, one of them found the saucer, and, with the
peculiar curiosity attaching to the race. dipped
Els nose into it. He drank and the noise of his
drinking brought his companions to his side. They
drank as though they we're really fond Of the stuff
and it is estimated took more than twice forty
drops And now they got glorious They. kissed
each other. They Mrestled and played about.
They revisited the saucer and got mad over it !;
and q rough and tumble fight ensued, which lasted
until both were exhausted. Then they remained
for while, each with paw to his nose, grinning
at the other. Finally, both fell asleep, and while
they were gloriously unconscious terrier was
dropped before them, and the curtain drops.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-26

GoLD IN MNYEsorA.-Th recent discoveries of
gold on vermillion Lake, Minnesota, have created
considerable excitement in various parts of the
West. Two companies are already organized in
Minneapolis, and parties have gone out with quartz
snow shall have gone. A party went out from ST.
Paul last fall and have made very satisfactory pro-
gress. 1t is stated on good authority that the
quartz in that region will yield at least twentyfv
dollars to the ton, and in some places much more.
1t will be decidedly pleasant if are able thus to
bring the gold business SO much nearer home than
heretofore, and doubtless that fact will attract
large numbers there who hesitate about going to
Colorado, Idaho OF Montana.