American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-08-07
News Items.

'hioi Ohio, az 81 10 per Dusnel.
The Franklin Je6ersoniun is out for
General Grant for the Presidency.
The Dayton, Ohio, journal saws new
family -four was offered in that place on
Saturday last at $40 per barrel
The number of convicts now in the
Joliet, Illinois, Penitentiary is one thous<
and and sixty. A large increase recent
ly.
The report that General Sickles
had forbidden the expectation of corn
from North Carolina, owing to th
short supply, is unfounded.
There are six hundred and nine
thousand grains of wheat in bushel,
and fourteen million, nine hundred and
seventy six thousand in bushel of red
clover seed.
Rather Cotton, aged eighty.three
years, and Mrs. Rebecca Rechter, aged
seventy five years, were married in Union
township, Indiana, on last Thursday, by
Esquire Henderson
According to recent assessments Of
real and personal property in Iowa, Deb
uque is the wealthiest city in the State.
aud is followed by Lee county, and Lee
by Scott county. esfltt
More than one hundred and fif-
ty thousand pounds of wool have been
purchased this year at Morenci, Mich
igan, at an average of forty three AMI
one-half cents.
The Hancock Jefersonian Gays:
Wool has been selling since our last,
from thirt yfve to forty cents per pound
decline from the week previous A
dealer tells us that the wool crop is mostly
in
The balance in the Michigan
State Treasury on the 1st Of July
was $543,000. This is the amount
after deducting $107, 900 interest on
the State debt which was due Jdly,1.
-AD Indiana paper tells of case late>
ly tried in one Of the courts there, where
it was found, after proceedings had
begun, that the defendant had been sworn
as a juror, and was actually sitting on
his own case.
"A Washington correspondent
says: The President declines to ad-
wise the running of n new ticket in
Pennsylvania at the coming State
election. He thinks such cource
would insure the election of Hon. III.
W. Williams, whom he politically
dislkes.
"A Republican mass meeting
July 20 was held in Charleston, S.
c., on Tuesday evening, in which
the freedom we're majority. Reso-
lutions were adopted pledging sup
port and good faith to the Congress-
ional plan of Reconstruction.
The Prussian Government con-.
tinues its negotiations with Denmark.
A note is now being prepared in
Berlin which will state what guaran-
tees Prussia expects Denmark to
| give to the Germans cf North Schle-
swig before it Will consent to the
retrocession of this district to Dem
mark.
AT trial of moving and reap
irg machines which took place July
30th, on the Imperial farm at Vincen-
mes, France, the American invention
were declared by the jury to excel
all-others. Mr.. Nc Cormick received
the highest prize for his reaper and
mower.
1t is stated, in some of the news
papers, that General GIANT was
heretofore Democrat. A member
of Congress states that in conversa-
ton with him last week the General
said he had been a Wing while that
party was in existence, and that the
only Democrat he ever voted for was
Buchanan, but that he never was a
politician, and rarely ever voted at
all.
Omaha dispatches say: The In
dians are concentrating at the base of
| Mud River Mountains, near the Sweet
Water. A private letter to Gen. Dodge,
says: The Indians are daily attacking
the trains, and all travel from Green
River to Fors Sanders is stopped. The
export OF assayed bullion from Nevada
last week amounted to two hundred and
twenty one thousand dollars. The crude
bullion received for assay amounted to
sixty four thousand one hundred aud
forty eight ounces.
Gen. Sheridan's removal will not
satisfy the disloyal men Of the South;
they clamor for that of Pope, and
the other day dcputation of Alaba-
ma Rebels appeared before the Presi-
dent and demanded it. Mr.. Johnson
dismissed them with assurances
that Alabama would be "vindicated,'
which means, we suppose, that Pope
will be turned out when it is safe to
do so. But why should the Presidnt
stop here? Why not dismiss all FIVE
of the District Commanders; put Gus
ter in place of Schofeld, Fullerton
in stead of Ord, Rousseau in stead
of Pope. Let Steedman succeed
Sickles, and Quantrell Sheridan
We can assure Mr.. Johnson that
these appointments woulo make un-
necessary any further opinions from