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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
Citation Notice.

To Naggie s. Ridley, Smyrna, RutAerJoSss
county, Tennessee:
N0U are hereby cited to be and anpear
Il before the Probate Court of Madfso>G
county, State Of Mississippi, on the
Fourteenth dag Of Septen'beIt lS69,
10 shew cause, if any you can, why the re-
port Of the insolvency Of the estate of Sam
uel J Ridley, deceased, made by William S.
Bailey, administrator Of SAID state, should
not be allowed. and said estate declared III
solvent by said Court ard why The petition
of said administrator for the sale OF The lands
Of said decedent should not be granted, and
said lands ordered to be sold and the pro-
ceedS ofthe sale distributed amorg the cred.
itors of said estate, pro rata By order Of
Court.
J. c. MCCLELLAN. elk,
BY e. A. FORD, D. c.
July q, 1869 CIV
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
THIRD BALLOT.

Gen. DUNCAN moved the appointment of
a committee Of two from each Congress
sional District to designate suitable gen
tIemcn to represent the party i'll State Ex-
eculiye Committee Carried.
The convention then adjourned until
half past three o'clock, to hear address
Is from Ju19e Dent and others
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
Rega 1otiacs,
Attachment Notice.

The State of Mississippi, Madison
County.
In Circuit Curt of said County to Sep.sn.
Der Term, 1859.
j. R. Powell,
s2l' rs .
WHEREAS an attachment and qarnish~
w ment were issued from the Office Of
the Circuit Clerk of said county, ON tho
Treaty serenth day Of august, 1869,
for the sum of one hundred AID thirty seren
dollars and fifty cents (Sl375 SOY against the
estate of W. Ii. Meek, the suit of J. r.
Powell, returnabIe to the 4th Monday Of
September, 1869, that bein. the return day
of said Circuit Court. Notice is hereby Civ
en- TO the said Meek, that unless be be and
appear before said court at the said Term
thereof, TO be holden at Canton, in The court
house thereof on the 4ih Monday in Sep
TENDER, 1869 and asnwer, piles ii or demur to
said attachment and garnishmeat, judgment
will be entered against him, and The proper
ty levied on will be sold to satisfy said
demand aud all costs OF suit.
And it is further ordered, that thu paper
continuing this notice be sent, according to
law, to Hamilton, Marion comfy, iowa, the
post Office of said defendant, addressed by
the clerk to said defendant.
H. In testimony whereof herewith
sfiix my hand AMI sal said court, this 27tE
day OF August, 1869.
r. J. ROSS. Jerk,
T. c. UPPER, D. c.
r. C SMITH, P. Q.
Aug. 2S.4w.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
27!h day of Septemaer, 1863,

within the hours es,r;bed by law, proceed sell
before the court house door in the city OF Canton
Madison comfy State of Mississippi, at public
auction to the highest bidder on IA credit OF twelve
mnntiS all tie right title and interest of said ties
tator, in and to the following Iesciibed lands and
town lot. to-ivit:
The VI of The SEA and e. of the SW4 Of sec
tinn :. and h NJ ii the Et of the SNI AID the
" of the y Of section 10, and all Of section Ii
and E3 Of SECTION Ia and the "a OF sect II &c. and
the FL of the ~ ! and the - of the VI ct the
NV IHd the Sc! Of section 81 and the E3 Of the
SCI OF ctiGn Is. and the w of the SWt of sec
tioa - and the ~ ii the " J of the NEI OF sec
lion 81, aId the y Of the Il of the \ w ana tn.
w 0; the NAFi and the v of The SCI and the
NJ 81 the SW4 OF section 80 all lit toEuSinp S,
range West. cota nng TWO THOUSAND
-FOUR HUNDRED ACRES. more or less, and j..
ing i'll said county Of Madison, State Of Mississippi
Also and undivided one half OF lot o. parcel OF
ground lying in the city OF Cautou in said county
aud State, beginning II feet from the Northwest
corner OF Lot Ne. in Square No. i, fronting -
feet on Peace street and running back 200 feet.
Also an undivided one half OF the following
lands to Wit: The E hf Of the + hi of section -
md tie W IF of the NEI and the NW4 ard the
Sc! AM the + hi of the SNt Of section % and
the NWi and the S If of section u and lots l. 2
and in section %, and all Of section 26 in town
ship s, range East: and Lots 2 3, ) and III sec
ton IS and Lots =. 3, and i'll section 49, in town
ship 3, range East, and Lot 6 West Of the bound
airy line, and Lot 10 East of the boundary line in
section IS in township .. range East; and OF the
hf Of the NW4 Of section 25 in township .,
range EIst-all lying in said county Of Madison,
State OF Mississippi. Bond bonds with good
ana ample security will be required OF the purcha-
purchasers.
NJ. Y. BAILEY Executrix, sc.
August II ISG9-tdS
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
Manhattan Life Insurance
Company.
Cash Assets .--35 ,S67, 537 SO
ls. b. GOULD, Agent.

ADVANTAGES TO INSURERS.
SMALLEST RATIO OF MORTALITY.
Expenses less than any cash company.
Liberal modes of payment of premiums.
Insurers receive the largest bonus ever
given.
Dividends made annually on all participa
ting policies.
No claims unpaid
All kinds OF non forfcitiug life and endow-
ment policies issued.
Policies incoutest ihlc.
All endo lament policies nonf> rfeitablc
after one payment.
The following are eyanlRaes of the opera
lions Of the last dividend:
POLICIES Issued in 1864, 'nlY -Four Years -4yo
Age Amount Premium Added Total
issue. insured. Paid TO policy. Amt Policy.
40 $4,000 81 go S3s12 Si3572
30 5000 lO92 23i9 lu.s42
20 800 7ne 273 lo2lS
- 1850 I'll 25f5 9.50j
This is entirely new plan, giving iusur-
erS the largest return ever made by any COM
pauy in he same period.
Sept. /, 80 3m
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11

~ The present signs ofathe times
Indicate that the Fifteenth Amend
inent will not be ratified the
requisite number of States. In
In order to become law of the Ma
ton, it must necessarily receive the
endorsement of the Legislatures of
two thirds Of the States Of the I'm
ion and so far it has received valid
ratification from but little over one
tlIird-two States having rejected it,
and the votes of three being inform
al and illegal. The Republican zeal
in its favor has been very perccptibly
dampened by growing apprehen-
sion that the negro vote Of the South
will be controlled, or at least divided
and nullihed, by the Democratic par
ty. Consistency, however, co:npels
the Republicans to keep up a show
of supporting it.
Mississippians, Democrats! why
will you, with the above facts star
ing you in the face, pretend to ac
oept the platform Of the left wing OF
the odious Radical party? why
bow, as to the inevitable, to that
which is not even probable : Why
choke yourselves in swallowing
Dent and his " brother IN laws poll
cy.' ratification Of the amendment,
ms the least Of two evils, when you
can, by little active energy and pa.
triOtism by overlIrowing the Jack
son clique State Executive Commit
tee Immediately, and quickly mar
shalliug your lately tictoriOus legions
reject BOTH EVILS, choose GOOD in
their stead. aud, at tho same tin e.
jweseTEe The honor Of your State, by
snatchibg tbe proud banner of the
Democracy from the grasp Of those
SLAVES OF TREACHEHots. ETpHDl
ENJOY, who would soil lis purify with
their apostate touch
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
go EEEEI PUBLIC.
Will You Support Home Industry :?

UE are extensively engaged in the Sld1lery
business, working many six hands, and
we hereby pledge ourselves, uncondtionally and
without reservation, to sell work Of unr own man
, . TO so per cent. less thnn Ina, ported Work
is offered for; and of this we challenge the strict.
est scrutiny. We always pay the very highest
price for Hides. Wool, BceswaX and Furs Meth
er purchase nor eel before giving call.
Sept 1859 II. a. NJ. GURLEY.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11

n new sensation is announced in
Italy. Not long since n young and
hsautifla woman appeared before the
lSOman Senate, and announced her
self to lie the last deccndaut of the
EmpefOrs of the Fast. living I'm
known win h = father IN . valley IN
Piedmont, and, Producing documsnts
she demanded an INCEST cation of
her preienlions. The senate con
Piled with her request, and finally
recognized her asthe Princess Las
caris Paleologus, ordering her name
10 be thus incribed ON the "Eook OF
Goldr at the Capitol The Princess
subsequently went to Florence, "hefe
she has taken u boldcr step, ana
founded n Masonic lodge for women.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
Exacutrix' Sale.

III Tiltue and in pgrsgalr" Of a decree of the
/ : Inausab,t E'rsi,ate Court OF Madison county.
STATE of Mississippi made at the July Term, 1865
thereof the ind, rsiZned. EXecutriX OF the hast
VIII and testament of Hugh \. II. Lawson, dec d
Will on the
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11

One frn in the lee bushes at
Boston expects to clear 900, 600 this
gear.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-11
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.

SENERAL Lots suitable for Reesidnces,
~ the most desirable anywhere in the
Suburbs Of the city Of Canton Location
healthy, neigLborhood excellent, title good.
Apply TO
YIN. Il. CASSELL.
Canton, Nov. Il, 1868.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
Going Back on Sambo.

Since Sambo has exhibited his in
ability to control the Southern cleo
tions in the interest of his carpet-bag-
ging Radical friends, the latter mani-
fest disposition to drop him. A
while ago it was fashionable to credit
the negroes with about all the virtues
and hold them up as shining marks
for the imitation of "white trash."-
But Tennessee and Virginia have been
lost to "loyalty" through the apathy
OF inability of the colored brother,
and, therefore, a correspondent of a
Radical paper proceeds remorselessly
to smash the ebony idol. He says the
negroes will steal the nails out of the
heel of a boot. He also says that
their moral condition is lower than i'll
slavery, there being now no check OIL
illicit connection. Religiously there
is likewise decadence; and upon the
whole, the race is going to the deuce
at something higher than a 2 40 rate
1t is easy enough to understand how
the writer became acquainted will
the thieving propensities Of his aban
doned pets, but as to the g checks OF
illicit connection may we ask with
out censure for improper inquisitive
ness, wasshis knowledge as to their re
moval obtained experinentally ?-EnQ
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02

WHY Is IT NOT DoNE.-The United
States government has the power to
tax United States bonds. 1t has de-
clined to do so. 1t has taxed every
thing else, even including the poor
mans salt and matches. It has dis
eliminated in favor of the rich and
against the poor. The bond interest
tax would relieve us of an income
tax, of the sugar, coffee, tea and salt
tax, which arc now so oppressively
felt. Why should it not be done p
AS we have said, the prohibition OF
bond taxation only extended to the
state and municipality. The right OF
taxation by the federal government
was expressly reserved. Every man
who bought bond took it subject to
future federal taxation. We could
raise by that source fifty million dol
lars year, and from class best able
to bear it. Why is it not done? Be-
cause the bond influence is powerful
enough to prevent it. ar-.sl
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
COST OF A WOMAN OF THE PERIOD.

COST OF A WOMAN OF THE PERIOD.
Her beautiful luxuriant blonde hair
is worth-if it be a wig-from $50 to
5000, if 1t be a switch, from $40 to
500, if it be curls, from $40 to $50.
Her pure white brow, her dark
arched-eye brows, cost from 81 to
S14. ..........r..
Her large liquid eyes are worth 81.
Her white face and neck (when enam-
eled) or procured at a price ranging
from $15 to $35.
| The glowing rose and virgin lily of
her cheek cost any where, with the
various soaps and cosmetics, etc, S.
Her faultless cleaning worries, if
false, from S25 to $500. 4r ,sa..sa
Her ruby lips are worth about %
cents. u Hta 90.
Her round, plump checks, if plump
ers, cost So. aEitj fsi. A.. 7=
Her swelling bosom, is gotten up, if
pads, for 81 to 50, if respirators, for
So to SO, if balm and developers, for
S14. ''gs
Her Grecian bend is worth any
where from 0 to SO.
| Her plump arm Gf padded costs 0
to So.
! Her fair white arm Gf bare) costs
81 to $3.
4 Her Italian hands and aristocratic
nails are worth 50 and upwards.
4 Her hips are rounded at price
4 from 81 to $3.50.
Her delicious limbs, when in The
u shape of false calves, cost from SS and
upwards.
Her little foot and ankle cost from
81 to $50.
Her blotches, tongue-scrapers, neck,
ETC., are worth So.
The total, therefore, costs herself, or
rather some man of the period, from
: about $50 to $3.50 and upwards, per
occasion, just forher personal charms,
entirely independent of her dry go os.
and love ofbonnets.---N. L.. Aercaiy
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
The Income Tax.

A correspondent of the New York
Times suggests that the income tax be
SO amended as to apply only to in
comes above 100000, instead f
$1,000, as at present. Upon those in
comes, he proposes tax of ten, fif-
teen OF twenty-five per cent. In this
connection he observes: '..-
"No man having patriotic feelings,
who has to pay no tax on his first
100000 of income, would think OF
scolding at paying a reasonable sum
out OF each dollar beyond that, espe-
cially when he would be consoled by
the reflection that multitudes of his
virtuous fellow citizens, who were not
so fortunate as to have an income oil
over 100000, were relieved from pay
ing q cent"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02

THE Imperialist newspaper is try
ing to prove that an imperial Govern
ment will be better for the people
than Republic. The government
under the control of Congress is i'm
perial in the powers it claims to WELD
1t pays no respect to Constitutional
obligations and is as despotic as thai
of the Emperor Francis Joseph. We
rather prefer retnrn to that f" best
Government the world ever saw
which the Democracy used to give us
under the constitution of the father:
of the Republic.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
soLUM rHors-BY Josh BILLINGS

sOLUM THOTS-BY JOSH BILLINGS.
1 honestly believe it is better to
know nothing than to know what
amt so.
About the hardest work a phellow
can do is to spark two gals at once
and preserve a good average.
Anickname will outlive any man
or thing, it is like the crook in dogs
tail, you may cut it oph and throw it
behind the barn, but tine crook is thare
yet, and the stump il the epitaff,
When you aint got nothing few do
do it at once, this liz the way to learn
tew be bizzy.
We have been told that the best
way tow overkdm misfortunes is tew
fight with them. | have tried both
ways and recommend a successful
dodge. ...5...--5
Method IL everything, especially to
ordinary men, the few men who ken
lift tun. at pleasure, have divine
right to take hold of it tew disad-
vantage.
Conversation should be enlivened
with wit not composed of it. s.ss'
The less man knows the more he
will guess at, and guessing is nothing
more than suspicion.
Going tew law IL like skinning
new milch COW for the hide, and Civ
ing the meat to the lawyers al
Death, to most of us, liz kind of
4 " farewell benefit" "Positively our
last appearance" 8E.9f. s. .G -fatal.
Phools are quite often like, hornets,
very bizzy, but about what the Lord
only knows. m'-E 1tf fi'n
Living on hope is like living on
wind, good way to get phull, but a
poor way to get phall.
Jealousy don't pay, the best it kan
do IL to diskover what we don't want
to find, nor don't expect to. ''F.
Sekrets are a mortgage on friend
ship. al aa.r.f te H.Eu ai s.H
Hope IL draft ON f6turity, some
times honored, but generally extended.
If the world dispizes hypoerite,
:. whatmust they think ofhim in Heav-
en-? 10 4tGu. sb f.TH Hlt-a1
Flattery IL like Kolone water, tew
be smelt of, not swallowed.
: After all there don't seem to be but
I. this difference between the wise men
and the phools, the wize men arc all
/ fuss and no feathers. a4ssLl a Ea0
o Without friends and without ene-
: mys IL the last reliable ackount we
f have of a stray dorg. a.u2ai a3aa
+ Men generally when they whip 8
F MULE, swear, the mule remembers the
S swearing, but forgits the licking.
"A Hunting after fame il like hunting
after fieas, hard to ketch, and sure to
It make you uneasy if yu dew or do not
If ketch them. .a-sf.,} ..-r"-
II Imaginashun, tew much indulged
i in, soon is tortured into reality, this is
is the way that good-horse thieves art
IT made, q man leans over fence all day
u and imagines the hoss in the lot be
longs to him, and sure ,enuff, the frs
dark night, thelhoss does.,u ..s nGE q
y If you must chew tewbacker, youns
= man, for heavens sake, chew ole
10 plugg, it is the nastyest.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02

GEN. GRANT said in his inaugural
that he would "have no policy to en-
force against the will of the people"
The people of Virginia expressed theil
will upon the subject of the test oath
in the manner provided by law, and
yet in opposition to that will, Gen.
Candy is threatening to enforce that
oath. So shameless is the outrage
that even the N. y. Tribune is forced
to protest against it. That paper
says: - -.. ....e
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02

An exchange says: "Many horses
suffer at this time of the year for the
want of the antidote God has provid-
ed for them, horse mdish. Put from
one-half TO three-fonrths of pound
into their feed, if they will not eat IL
without. Most of them will. Try IT,
and see the effect. They need it as
nluch as u cat does catnip."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
s q N In G

? " ~ = ~ "
Arew We sowing seeds Of kindnessf
They shall blossom bright ere long.
Are we,sowing seeds of discord.
They shall ripen into wrong.
Are we sowing seeds of honor?
They shall bring forth golden grain.
Are we sowing seeds of falsehood!
We shall yet reap bitter pain.
Whatso'er our sowing be,
Reaping, we its fruit must see.
We can never be too careful
What the seed our hands shallNSOw;
Love from love is sure to ripen,
Hate from hSte is sure to grow.
Seeds of good or ill we scatter
Needless along our way;
But glad or grievous fruitage
Waits us at the harvest day. -....
Whatso'er our sowing be,
Reaping, we its fruits mustsee.
N.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02

ave hear that Gen. Candy persists
in his purpose of exacting the iron
clad oath of every member of the new
Legislature, and deeply regret it. We
see no end to be achieved by it but
that of converting the triumphant
Walker party into an anti-Admrnis-
tration party and embittering the po-
litical feuds of Virginia for years to
come. If the effect be to deprive the
majority of two U. S. Senators and
enable the minority to elect them, the
wrong will be greater and the blum
der more total" ..--.a ..af ..i
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
Farm for Sale,

YTJHE undersigned having other business re-
i. quiring his attention; offers his farm for
Contains about 1914 acres fine arabic and grain 6
land. Plenty of fruit and timber, a never fail
ing supply of living water, good house with III
This farm has almost the entire milk trade OF
Ravenns, which, as the city grows viii become
more profitable. This property offers great lp=
ducements for a party with some means to en-
gage in very profitable business as the farm will
be sold with a moderate payment in hand and
sufficient time ON the balance.
II. D. SEYMOUR.
Ravenna, May 20, 1869, 3s-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
cause 9 flesh and blood had been $

Yes! slavery is dead and treason
lives;" but it was negro slavery that
died, in order that white slavery
might live. That creature Forney,
and his co-conspirators against the
Constitution and the Union, have Civ
ell the freedom of laziness and the
privilege of starvation to the millions
of former well-to-do slaves, but have
imposed their cast-off fetters upon the
limbs of white men here at the North.
Let our white laboring men remem-
Der at the ballot-boXes next fall that
He who would be free ...-
Himself must strike the blow.''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
GLASSWA ARE.

THE place to buy your Watches, Clocks an
Jawelry, is at NJ. MqwEN's, No. 2, Etna Bloc
whore you. will alwaysfind q soedT assertpe9
a9dfo EelSppl lPsy ytha4 any dthef 1qAsc ihAthe
county.
Repairing done on short notice. All work
warranted. Sep3, 1s6S,tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02
ctAk#aaFff sg4i5E HqpF#., i

Having purchased the Hotel in the village of
Gaprettsyille. recently known as THO Ilutchin-
son House, shall take possession of the same
on the 1Stof SepteiR ar AYhi9h will 9q. PVT in
complete condition Tor 'tl1e Accommodation -0f
the travelling public. The patronage of the
public is respectfully solicited.
Il. l.. WHITE,
Garrettsvilie, Aug IS, 1869, 81 -Gm 49,. :, ..,.,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-02

lirds vote in each House previous to
the election declaring the same; and
further provision that the Presiden-
tiaI term shall be extended to six
years.
Z. The Democratic doctrine of suf-
frage requires distinct reaffirmatien.
Democracy has always held that
suffrage is not a natural right of every
human being, nor of a particular sex
or race, but L political pricttege, and
who should exercise it a question to
be decided by what will produce ''the
greatest good to the greatest number"
and, therefore, as far as possible, be
determined locally, where lays the
great body of the rights of the people.
But i'll these local discussions the
Democratic ideas favors broad rath-
er than narrow basis of suffrage. 1t
is not unmindtul or regardless of the
rights of women, of property, and in
ferior races but seeing other effective
and advantageous ways i'll which
these can have their influence on all
! legislation affecting their interests, at
present it prefers giving the right of
voting to manhood and qualifications,
which will tend to create bonds of po-
litical brotherhood between the rich
and poor, based OH mutual interests,
and to avert conflicts between capital
and labor.
The caucus system, invented by the
Democracy, as practical way of find
ing out who is a proper person to be
voted for where constituency is too
large to know each other personally,
and, in spite of its glaring imperfec-
tions and corruptions now adopted by
all parties, should be imp owed by the
Democracy, and carefully regulated
by wise provisions of law.
These views believed to be explicitly
or implicitly held by three-fourths of
our voting population, and only re-
quire distinct Democratic enunciation
to elicit substantial response from
the people, who well know that a
public policy based on passions, nor
Radicalism per Sc can long rule with
out running the country, and would
be glad to combine for the public
good on grounds that would restore
our State and National Administra-
tions to the spirit and practice of Dem.
atic-Republican simplicity.
Should there be Democrats, whose
lIlcIlIdI vi S1ulLIGlOl OA IChipOA uOO'
not permit them to recognize existing
facts, or conform their action to great
popular changes, let them, for the
public good, abdicate leadership, an6
leave the energies of the people free
to act in the line of life and progress
; The exceptional political condition
of parties and my desire to recall
well-known fundamental principles
and indicate some of the logical con
sequences and applications i'll m!
Judgment vitality important to the flu
ture of the country and the cause o
free government, must be my apolog.
| for the length of this letter.
Thanking you for your cordiaiit,
and kindness in communicating m,
!. nomination, and begging, througl
you, to thank your constituency for il
: l remain, gentlemen,
Very truly your friend,
W. S. RosECRANs,
Gen. G. w. Morgan, Gen. Durbi
: Ward, Hon. J. H. Heaton, Hon. j
H. Putnam, Hon. Llewellyn Babel
Committee, Columbus, o.