American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-05-04
NEWS ITEMS.
The trial of Surratt will commence
On the 9th instant.

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on the 9th instant.
The friends of Mr., Davis in Wash
ington state that if he il not tried al
the next term of the District Court al
Richmond, he will file petition fol
pardon.
A dispatch from Washington states
that the opinion of Attorney General
Stanbury is very liberal. Under il
the right to become registered voter
will be conferred upon nearly all who
have been disfranchised by the regis.
tration officers in New Orleans.
The steamer Sarah was very nearly
lost in the gale Tuesday evening.
Ten persons were biz VII overheard
and drowned
There has just been an immense
freshet in the DesmOineS valley,
Iowa.
A proclamation has been published
in Rome, calling on the population to
rise against the Papal Government.
and promising the support of Carl
baldS.
1t is rel orted that a paper is Soon
to be established in Memphis, under
the management of DR.. b. +. G.
Brooks and several leading negroes.
Brooks is decidedly the "biggest
Niger" in Memphis, and it is a pity
his skin is not as black as his heart.
1t is proposed to build an immense
Mississippi steamer that will be al
most entirely safe against snags and
fires.
The New Jersey House of Repre-
sentatives, (Radical) has voted
against giving the right Of suffrage
10 negroes I he vote stood 90 yeas
against 35 nays.
The wheat crop OF Wisconsin is
said to promise larger yield this
season than was ever before known.
The United States Government
has ordered Il survey and draft Of the
Southern battletields, and General
Thomas has appointed commission
for the same purpose in the South
west. Il
jesse Grant, father of the General,
has been endeavoring to obtain from
the Governor of Ohio communication
of the sentence of Case, one of the
Hughes murderers.
The receipts of the Treasury from
the Both of June, 1866, to the I'D of
April, 1867, from Internal Revenue
were 1926, $4,000; from customs,
S137, 100000. The total is a decrease
of about 100000 from the CORES,
ponding period of last year.
From Helena, Montana, we learn
that large bodies of Crow, Blacktect
and Sioux Indians were massing in
the vicinity of Fort Benton. it is sup.
posed with the intention ofattacking
it.
The citizens of Highland Gulch,
Montana, have organized a society,
calling themselves the Five to
Ones" each member pledging him
self to kill five Of the Vigilantes for
every villain disposed of by that Or
yanization.
In Allen county, Ind, the skeleton J
Of an elephant Or mastodoander the
found about fQnE Surface of the
ground, Which the ponderous fellow
became mired, as the skcI.
ton was standing up.
Prominent Americans in Paris
hink it altogether impossible to pre-.
ent at the impending war between
france and Prussia.
Up to Friday night the subscrip.
ions to the Southern Relief fund in
'ittsburg, amounted to 5000.
Napoleon still continues to push
'rward TO completion hsi ironclad
Get at Cherbourg. =
Gen. Sickles has issued an order
the practice of carrying s
eadly weapons By the civilians of A
econd military district. Il
A grand tournament will take place A
I the Sth and 9th instant at Okolona, !
ISIS. The successful filters get a
gold watch valued at thousand e
'llars, a two hundred and fifty dol. u
tea set, and lady's riding whip. :, e.