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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
Psalms in the Night.

The singing hearts are ever a
blessing to themselves. A song is
Iioygiving. lie who can sing sweet
~ in the undertone of his inner ma
ture, carries a rare pleasure with
him always. Hard things appear to
him easy; heavy burdens seem light;
sorrow KNOCKS UIIcn, 10 .....y L., Lut
often goes away, seldom enters.
And when it does enter-when the
clouds come over and the sunlight is
hidden-when the soul walks down
into the night and sees never a star,
what then? All! then trebly blest
is the singing heart. If it can sing
psalms at such a time, the stars will
shine. Dawn will quicker come, the
sunlight will quicker re-appear.
Sweetest of all songs are the
psalms in the night. David sang
with the most touching tenderness
when in gloom Of deepest affliction.
The heart may sing Il miserere over
its dead or its dying, but even that
will be sadly sweet, and will have a
hope in it. The saddest song is bet
! JGl liItllI llOllc bCCduSC IL 10 a. SDuS.
Every song soothes and uplilts. 1t
is just possible that ut times song
is as good as prayer. Indeed, a
song of the pure kind recognized in
Scripture, is akin to petition, while
it is also in the spirit of thanllsgiv
ing. The sweet-singer of Israel
welded his sincerest prayers to mel
ody, and waited them upward on the
night air from his throbbing heart.
Through Gods grace we can all sing
songs in the night. Whatever brings
the shadows, we need not be wholly
surrounded by them. We can sing
under the stars; or if they be hid,
until they come out and shine upon
us, and cheer us to gladder strain.
There are dark nights for us all +; we
are now or have just found the dawn,
or perchance are Just entering the
twilight. But there is psalm for
every Ovcr-cTeepinG gloom; and if
/ the heart but take it up and chant
/ it, the drcarincSs will surely vanish,
and there will come in its stead, hope
and light and cheering warmth, and
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
Mechanics and Clerks.


From the Boston Journal
A recent New Orleans paper states
that the mechanics in that section
were never so busy as now. Build
ing operations are quite actively car
ried on, and i'll repairing the waste
and loss of the war, and in providing
for the necessities of a much larger
development of business and indus
try, mechanics of all kinds are need
ed and are sure of employment at
good wages. On the other hand, we
find it stated there is so large a sur
plus of unemployed clerks at New
Orleans that some of them are taking
positions as hotel walters. The
South needs mechanics more than
clerks. and will continue to need
theln for some time to come. There
Is much to be done in the way of
building up and unfolding the indus
trial and commercial development
of the Southern States, and skilled
laborers will find that part of the
country a remunerative field for
them
The disparity between the supply
and demand for mechanics and clerks
at New Orleans is very like what
exists in all parts of the country.
lHe IHeClldlitUt.I U.s-sA~ l
less inviting by young men than
clerkships, and probably there is no
place of size in the country where
the number of persons seeking clerk
ships of various kinds is not largely
IN excess of the places to be filled.
We need everywhere moro skilled
labOrers, men who thoroughly I'M
derstand some mechanical business,
and it will be a good indication for
the future when our young men be-
gin to turn their attention more gen
orally than at present to the various
mechanical trades. The country at
the North as at the South, and at
both East and West alike, needs
workers and producers and we
want to see the number of this class
of people-a class so essential to
national OVERWHELMINGLY iucreas
ed within the next few years. This
is a world of work, aud there is no
kidd of necessary work which is not
honorable.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
C u b a

A condensed statement of the pop
ulation, wealth and commercial re-
sources of Cuba, may be of interest,
at this time. The census of the
island is taken every ten years, the
lasC being in 1862, and the pOpula-
ton that year numbering l 800, 900.
OF these 100000 were negroes and
10000 whites. OF the white popu-
lation but 100000, including the ar
my and thewomen and children, were
Spaniards, the remaining 100000 be-
ing natives of the isle. OF these
latter 325,000 were WON en-, 215,O00
children and aged persons, and 210,-
600 able-bodied men capable of bear
ing arms. OF the 600,000 negroes, it
is said that $4,000 of them at least
are able to fight with the insurgent
army. In the same year (1S62) the
productions of the island amounted
to 1906, 100000. The taxes derived
on duties amounted to S37,000,000 ;
the exports to So, 100000; imports
to S43, 400, 900: making total of ex-
ports and imports of 500, 800, 900.
The present trade amounts to over
$40, 100000 per annum. The value
of rural wealth in 1862 was $751;.
100000; wealth of towns and cities,
S12O,000,000, and the wealth of in.
dustry and commerce amounted to
ST74,000,00O. The same year the
sugar production was valued at S62 >
600, 900 tobacco crop at $4,000, 600
and other productions at $50, O0O, 900
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
Greatness of the Chinese Empire

Mr.. Caleb Gushing, who is, per
haps, the best authority in the Uni
ted States on Chinese affairs, tells
that China contains single provinces,
each of Wilhelm population, wealth.
civilization, education, and all else
that gives power to State is supe-
rior to France, England; Prussia; or
any Of the first powers Of Europe !;
that the empire has 50O,r00,00O in
habitants (more than all Europe
cOmbined); that this inconceivably
vast population is governed by the
strongest, brightest intellects of the
land. upon system, which was old
thousands Of years before the oldest
governments of Europe began to ex-
list; that education is universal, even
more general than with us, there be-
ing absolutely no class of people that
cannot read and write; that the
great body Of the Chinese are intelli-
gent, industrious, apt to learn any
thing and everything, frugal, pre-
eminently patriotic, and more pro-
toundly attached, perhaps, than the
people of any other nation in the
world to their own laws and institl-
tions that was great nation ages
before what we call tile ancient ma
lions of Greece and Rome had been
founded. and has remained a great
nation, while its earliest cotempora
rieS, Egypt and Assyria, are only
known imperfectly in the most an,
Gent of the earliest records of ouI
race that the Rosthchilds, the AS
tors and Stuarts among the million
aires of Europe and America are but
pigmies in wealth compared to some
of the great capitalists of China
| Clarion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01

la l lookingyoung stock to gotosome
little men who have greater and bet
ter things for sale, because of the
larger hearts in these small breeders.
1t is enough to make these short
sighted men quit breeding, and it
does do so in scores of instances.
Some of these narrow minded men
will cook rough weedy hay and
mouldy corn stalks, vainly thinking
that making food lacking any tatten-
ing qualities more palatable, and
thus coaXing poor animals to eat,
answers the purpose; and Others will
lay great stress on currying, as il
combing, brushing or washing would
secure growth and beauty in the alb
sence of good food.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
0be tarnl T. C5arNrll.
PRJ0NI CORN.
Its Successful Cultivation.

l. 1t is important that the ground
should be good. II ought to be as
fresh as yon would want for Indian
corn 1t should be well broken, and,
if narrowed is all the better for it.
2. Plant the seed in the spring mot
too early when the ground is warm
and in good condition.
3. Rows should be three and a half
feet apart, and the seed should be
drilled. One stalk of corn should be
left, if too thick in the row, six inches
apart.
4. Cultivate well-all depends on
good cultivation. | always Guilt
waite in the same manner as Indian
corn. and never permit any weeds to
grow.
5. Cut when the seed on the stalk
are in the milk. One hand should go
ahead and table, to be followed by
the cutters. One hand will table for
four or five cutters.
6. sTahling.'-Tmsconsistsin bend
ing the stalks of two rows dlagonally
across e. CHI other, about two feet from
the ground. The brush projects be-
yond the row, and is then cut and
laid on the table. thus formed, to dry.
The third row is then cut and laid Oh
the same table; by this means the
Ewapon row. is cut-that is, a wagon.
row to every six rows. will explain
n, b, C, d, c, {, represents six rows; a
and b, e and f, are cable rows; is
cut and placed upon the table of a
and b; Il is cut and placed upon the
table rows of and f. 1t is easy to
See that c and d are agon-rows,w with
a table on each side, convenient for
loading into the wagon.
Z. Cutting.-If the brush is large,
six inches of stalk should be left to
it ; but to the small brush much
more-say eight to twelve inches.
Knives should be procured with good
handles, and kept sharp.
s. Threshing the seed off is the
next thing. A cylinder of wood,
twelve inches long and ten inches
in diameter must be provided. 1t
should be of solid wood. Into
this, iron or steel spikes should
be driven, two inches apart, with
three left outside the cylinder. This
is propelled by horse power; but
for very large crops, l recommend
steam power Machines are now
manufactured, greatly improved, fol
this very purpose, and can be pur
chased somewhere East.
9. Curing.-Sheds must be pro
vided for this purpose, so that the
corn can be perfectly protected from
the sun and rain. l put my corn in
sacks eight inches apart, leaving
abundance of space for free venti
lation.
10. The yield is from four hun
dred to eight hundred pounds to The
here. the latter figure being large
yield.
IL. Baling is done in o hay press
The brush should be laid straight
with care, and the bale may be tas
tened by wire or hoop poles.
~. The cost of cultivation is jus
equal to that of Indian corn until i
is ready to cut. The cutting, haulin!
and threshing, require eight men pc
day for each acre of corn, beside
two teams and ono wagon. This in
cludes putting it away on the rack
for curing. The cost of bailing l!
just double that of battling hay.
10. would advise those going in.,
the business of broom corn raising
for profit, to begin on five or tie
acres for initiation.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
RAISING LIVE STOCK.
The Two Opposite Errors.

Although live stock must be fed
well and made comfortable by shelter
to make them pay for raising, yet
there is no doubt that coddling or
making too much fuss with any va
riety will have an evil tendency on
the future prosperity of the unnatut
ally treated animals which may like
wise damage the constitute ion of the
progeny to certain extent. No
man can reasonably expect to make
further improvement i'll sheep or
cattle which have been reared so
tenderly that a shower of cold rain
would endanger life, or Which have
been raised OH cooked food in addi
ton to having had dams sufficient to
support them in their infancy with
out artificial means this is all con-
trary to nature and decidedly wrong.
On the other hand, it is an al :
surdity for any farmer to suppose
that by purchasing really good stock
he can keep it up to the pitch of i'm
provement wrought in what he had
bought, unless lie grows for it the
best stimulating food and gives it
without stint; the old system of
plenty and growth for six months
and then winter of starvation on
dead heritage, which stops any in
crease of size, ought to be known by
every sane man to be complete folly.
There is but one way to manage
good well,bred live stock with such
success as to continue improving
each generation, and at the same
time breed them with such constitu-
purchasers, and that way is to force
the growth of all the desirable points
by an abundance of the most nour.
ishing natural food, and to contrive
such spacious and well arranged
yards connected with the shells fOI
the different aged animals, (which il
Is of the utmost Importance should
beentirely separated from each other
That none Of the younger animals
shall be disturbed and worried by
older ones.
Any man WHO grudges to give such
food as will keep his animals In one
nubroken course of tile very highest
condition, is not worthy to own a
first class flock, herd or aught else
and he will not possess even a Sc
cond or third-rate one long, as any
sheep, cattle or swine will degene-
rate in the hands of such acontract-
ed mind and this is naught but
just, for nature rules that lie vino
feeds his land the best gets the best
crops, and also he who produces the
best crops for his catt,e and is not
afraid to give them TO his st, OK, OBJ.
tains the finest specimens of their
race and in instances where every
thing else is in character with sound
sense, the free use of the ichest food
is doubly paid for.
How calling it must be to any man
who has bred from some of the mos,
valuable blood in the country. TO find
that men who have started with less
advantages are bringing up year
liDgs as heavy as two year olds. and
two years Olds better in every way
thar his three year old animals and
TO be aware that his parsimony has
caused not only this uniavorable re
suit, but that the shape and quality
of his better descended stock have
suffered in consequence of the want
OF flesh and high condition and
When buyers come round, leaving lis
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
Jack Hamilton and Atty Gen Hear

A fierce interview took place be-
tween Jack Hamilton and Attorney
General Hoar on Tuesday last, and
the following conversation is said to
have occurred:
Hamilton-"I called, Mr.. Attorney
General, to inquire whether it is true
that you intended to appoint Mr..
- for the Texas -P
Attorney General" Yes, sir; l
have already made out his nominal
tom
Hamilton" Then, 1 think, it is
my duty to say that he is bad man
and not fit to hold the Officer
Attorney General had heard
that you were opposed to him, and
was not surprised, as 1 also hear that
you are going over to the Copper
heads.D
Hamilton" Cd d-n you OF
any man who impugns my political
motives. Where were you when the
war was raging? What were you
doing that justifies your blatant I'm,
ionism to-dayf Dispensing the only
law you ACCOMPLISHMENTS law
while was risking my life in behalf
Of the Union. AS you do not know
what is decent or well-bred In YOU
intercourse with gentlemen, I will
not trouble you further, but will &C
to your master:n
So saying Jack struck off, leaving
the respectable Massachusetts petit
logger in a bewilderment of rage and
astonislment, and proceeding to the
White House laid the case before
Grant and had the appointment an
nulled. tits said Jack is pretty Ger
tain to be elected Governor of Texas
and this interview will not set hin
back much.-COurier Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
WEST CASH PRICES.
Miss. Machinery Agency,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. ETC,
GOODMAN, MISS.

The undersigned respectfully informs purchasers
that he is prepared to fill orders at short notice and
at manufacturers prices, (transpol tation added)
for all descriptions of Steam Engines and Wood
and Iron Working Machinery Cotton and Wool
Carding Machinery; turbine Water Wheels ::
Cotton Seed Hullers and Oil Mills Rice and Sugar
Cane Mills FIGURING and Corn Mills; Atwood's,
Carver's, Gsett's and Emery Gins, the latter with
condenser, to gin in open field; Brick, Single,
Washing, Ditching aud Milking Machines Patent
Churns and Looms Gin Castings Fire Engines
and Fire Buckets Stump Extractors; all the pat
ent Cotton Presses, including Brooks Wrought
agent for Madison county. Also, all the popular
pows, including Brinley's Universal.
Having been engaged in the business for three
years, and being in correspondence with manufact-
urers of all the favorite labor-saving machines in
vogue he faters himself with being able to furnish
any machinery desired Apply to, or address with
stamp, &. D. BUSTAMENTE, Agent,
Sent s. AMI Goodman. Miss
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
Our Strength.

The strength of the South rests
in the brawny arms of her citizens
who till the soil. Their shouts to
the laboring OK, and to the sturdy
plowhOrse, as the bosom of the earth
is upturned to the fruitful kisses of
the sun, are the watch-cries of pro-
gress and ring with the stirring
trumpet tones OF Liberty.
In the wonderful productiveness
of our soil in the luXuries and neces-
stiles of life, lies the true basis OF
our future independence and great
ness. This is our resource. 1t has
asserted itself potently i'll the gloom
lest hours Of our history, and so long
as the changes of seasons continue,
and Gods promise is simbolized in
/ the frail arch-the architecture of
the sun and the rain-which spanned
/ the desolation of a drowned world,
so long, if we are true to ourselves,
will we sit beneath sour own vine
and fgtree, and none will make us
afraid"
Among our farmers, we find none
of the faint of corruption, which per
vades the political atmosphere.
Their noble calling ennobles them
above the venality of the times and
the gold-born idolatry of cities, where
men congregate to prey upon each
other, and amid the crash and fall
of government, Fastening to an
inbred, premature decay, with them
will be found, in primitive purity,
the principles for which our fathers
fought.
Our immense crops, the last sea
son, under the disadvantages which
beset the planters, demonstrate the
recuperative capacity of the Soutf
and the energy of her people, more
positively and indisputably than an!
triumph we can gain, OH the hustings
or at the polls.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01

THE Poor FARMER.-A writer
Who has no sort of respect for shift
less farmer says: "The poor farm
er, whose hens roost in trees during
the storms of winter, complains that
they lay no eggs. His COWS shiver
by the side of the fence, and he com
plains that the children eat too much
butter. He goesto the grocery with
a jug in one end of the sack and a
stone in the other, and he wipes his
nose with his coat sleeve. He thinks
those farmers who take agricultural
papers, and who read works on farm
ing, are stuck.up farmers. He is
down on all book learning. He never
has paper in his house that is of
value. Those that are found there
belong to the trashy school. In the
spring his sheep flock is seen in
pelts hanging on the fence. Reader,
have you any farmers Of this charac
ter in your vicinity? If so, try and
buy them out, and send them away
as they are a drawback and a dis
grace to any nelghborhood."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
The Memphis Convention.

Referring to the Memphis Com
mercial Convention, next month, and
the objects it is designed to promote,
tho Boston Post says:
"The South is evidently about to
start afreSh on the race for wealth
and power. In the next ten years,
beyond a doubt, we shall find that
the fifteen States which comprise the
Valley States, and whose interests
are wholly agricultural, will be the
wealthiest portion of the Union. n
The South is to become rich
and prosperous by developing immi-
grafton and laying hold of the great
assisting enterprises of the age.
Establishing direct commerce with
foreign ports laying the rails of an
unobstructed road to the Pacific; re-
deeming and securing rich lands that
are made valueless by inundation ;
encouraging the steady flow of immi-
grafton, and diversifying the objects
of industry to the largest extent
these are the means by which that
section of the country is to become
restored, and, once being restored,
to take it's place in the Union with
the influence that legitimately be
longs to it. The West and the South
together, both being agricultural III
their fundamental interests, will very
shortly throw two-thirds of the votes
In Congress and these being backed
by such material prosperity ant
growth as the world never before
saw, it is not necessary to emphasis
the inference which SO naturally fol
lows. A full convention at Mem
phis on the 18th of May, will go fal
to develop a group of facts i'll thu
economy of the national resources
which have never yet received tina
attentive consideration which the,
so strikingly deserve"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01

A TOUGH CAsE.-Elder KNAPP had
been holding protracted meeting
in Arkansas, and on certain Sun
day was to baptize all the converts
in the river, in the secluded locality
in which the revival had taken place.
AS he advanced into the water with
why, sharp-eyed old chap, he ask
ed the usual question, whether any
person knew any reason why the or
dinance of baptism should not be adj
ministered. He waited a few mo-
ments, when a powerful looking chap,
with an eye like blaze, who was
leaning upon long rifle, and quietly
looking on, remarked: Elder, don't
want to interfere in this business but
l want to say that l know. that old
cuss, you have got hold of, and | tell
you that one dip won't do him any
good. If you want to get the sin
out of him, you'll have to anchor him
out in deep water, and let him soak
over night.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
Paint for Farmers, &c.

TTNHE GKAFTUN MINERAL FAINT CO.
L are now manufacturing the best, cheap
est and most durable PAINT in use two coats
well put on, mixed with pure Linseed Oil, VIII last
10 or 10 years it is of a light brown or beautiful
chocolate color and be changed TO green, lead
stone drab olive, cream, to suit the taste OF the
consumer. 1t is valuable for Houses, Fences. Barns,
Carriage and Car makers Pals and Wooden ware
Agricultural implements. Canal Boats, Vessels and
Ships Bottoms, Canvas, Metal and Single Roofs
ut being Fire and Water-proOf0 Floor Oil Cloths
Gone manufacturer having used 900 bbls the past
Year, and ms u Paint for any purpose, is unsur-
passed for body, durability, elasticity, and adhe.
sveness- Price. So per Dbl. of 800 lbs. which will
supply "A farmer for yeirs to come. Warranted in
all cases as above. Send for n circular which gives
all particulars. None genuine unless branded in a
trade mark, Grafton Mineral Paint. Persons can
order The Paint and remit the money on receipt Of
the goods. Address
DANIEL BIDWELL,
june 27-6m 25l Peell Street. New Yn,l