American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-07
"A R A G. II A P H 8 .

AT least twelve hundred Mexican
were executed in one month, at Ia
catecas, under Maximilian's deere
condemning to death those opposes
to his government.
The United States revenue author
tiles visited Kewanee, Illinois, Oh
Friday last, and seized the brewerie
of Fred. Lee and Barnett & Prest
man, for violation of the revenu
law.
A tornado on the 4th nearly de
mOlished the freedmen's village OF
Port Royal Island, S. G. Forty
houses were demolished, and thir
teen persons were severely injured
two mOrtally. The damage Oh st
Helena Island was reported severe
st. Helenaville being nearly destroy
ed, with several lives lost and many
injured.
"a Yoked and Ham -Shackled Con
gress" is a title bestowed upon the
National Legislature by the Spring
field (Mass.) Republican.
Gen. Howard, in speech at the
anniversary of the American Congre-
gational Union, in New York, on
Thursday, referred to the presents re-
ceived by Generals Grant, Sherman
and Meade, and said that if $4,000
were presented to him he should feel
it his duty to give it all for the SER
vice of the Lord Jesus. cloud ap-
plause.) Who will subscribe?
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer
fears that the experiment of intro
ducing German laborcrs upon the
Southern plantations may fail, be-
cause they require food which is not
raised there and can only be prOcur-
ed from the North. The increased
expense ofsuch laborers may neutral
ize the cheapness of their labor.
The newspapers are publishing a
paragraph giving the "signs" that
accompany certain sorts of hair.
Here are Quilp's notions on that sub
ect: Black hair is commonly sign
that it has been dyed, especially when
It has reddish tinge at the roots.
Stiff hair is a sign that it wants Oil
ne. Short hair is a sign that it
has been cut, and long hair rice rerSd.
Curly hair is a sign Of-tongs. a
Dald head is a sign of aversion to
wigs. UncOmbed hair is a sign of
aziness and bad taste.
Many of the Southern papers are
low seeking to prove the adaptabili-
Y of their sections to manufactures,
~ states, and to show what protita-
Die employment they offer to capital
md labor. Thus, the Charleston
Jourier of a late date remarks that
single district of South Carolina
low has forty saw mills in operation;
here is a cotton factory at Vanclure
md another at Graniteville; a pOr-
elain factory at KaOlin, a paper mill
It Bath, and another cotton mill
# one thousand looms building-all
within an area of twelve miles.
Anna Cora Ritchie, in letter from
4ondon, says-"The faded beauties
Who cling to their vanished charms
ave taken great interest in the sud
len rejuvenation Of Miss Burdett
QUITS, under the hands of the Won
erful 'RestOrer,' Madame Rachel.
Iiss Coutts, it is said, had to pay
400 before she commenced the baths
nth which the process of rejuvena-
ion begins. After going through
he regular course of treatment, Miss
QUITS dawned upon the fashionable
Torld with the layers of some twen-
V birthdays rolled off from her per-
on. Her hair not dyed, but restored
nd growing anew; her defective
omplexion clear and soft-the lines
,hich tell such tales of the workings
f the human brain smoothed out,
nd the impress of time suddenly ef-
aced from her general appearance"
A HAPPY NIGERIA negro sat
n the curbstone bare, the light of
is grinders showed freedom from
are; his hat was brimless and full
f air holes, his shoes nearly minus
amps, quarters and soles, while his
oat. pants and vest into fragments