American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-02-24
Mississippi items.

JACKSON, Feb. 19.-Tne Legisla-
ture met this morning after week
of dissipation. No business of i'm
pOrtance came up.
The Governor sent in a message
reading them lecture for their
negligence of duty, saying that they
have spent six weeks here and he
has not yet seen a measure { ecOnO-
my put forth. He Geplores the con
dition of the State finances, and
fears the bpnevOlentinStit will
be compelled TO suspend; begs that
the extravagant printing rates be
abolished. A general system of re,
form is indicated in the entire docu
ment.
A bill was introduced reducing the
fees Of all public officers at least
twenty-nne per cent.
In the Ku Klux trials. two OF three
new witnesses were examined to- day
all negroes. No new developments
have yet been brought out.
We hid another exhibition of
shoulder.straps to day. Maj. A. w.
Allyn, commanding the Post. mott
fed the Mayor that unless his men
are protected ny the police, he will
instruct them to visit the city in
squads and well armed. This was
in consequence Of a soldier having
heen shot last night i'm the suburbs
by some unknown person, though
it is generally believed to have heru
done by other soldiers in a drunken
fracas. The Major forgot to men
ton that a citizen WAS Knocked down
aud robbed Saturday night by some
of his innocent lambs, and that
hardly night passes IN which some
OF them are not engaged Iii drunken
brawlS.
CONGRESS FIFTH DISTRICT. -
The COnser varive press of the 9Th
District, as far as they have spoken
are unanimously in favor of Hon.
J. F. Sessions for Congress. He is
we'll worthy of their support. He
has a clear head and al, the pnlSa-
toms of his heart are for Mississippi.
His armlass sleeve is a memorial of
his devotion to her.
DESTRUCTION OF THE HANDS
DORO' DEMoCRAT.-We regret to
learn that the Office of Col. p.
X. Mayors, the Democrat at Hands
bnro' was destroyed by fire on the
18th. Loss $1,000; insurance only
aI,4rO. The loss is not only felt by
Col. NJ. individually, but it is a
calamity 30 the public which could
not afford to lose the services, even
temporarily. of as honest and eff
cient an organ of the people as the
Democrat.
Miss Jennie Patterson, of Clai-
borne county. in this state, is giving
public readings at Richmond, Va.
Her readings have proved perfect
success in Virginia.
Cost OF LIQUOR.-In the year
1871 the State of Mississippi col
lec.ed liquor licenses to the amount
of less than $4,000, and the liquor
consumed exceeded COZ. 900 gallons
bought at retail for more than two
and a half millions. The damage
done by this liquor in various ways
is estimated at more than ten mil
lions.
The Vicksbnrg Herald reports
that Mr.. w. w. Price residing Oh
the Kinds cornty side Of Big Black
river, while endeavoring to walk
across the railroad trestle at that
point on Monday night, fell through
20 the ground, and was almost in
stantly killed.
FIRE AT VICKSBURG.-Ad estruc-
tive fire occurred at Vicksbnrg on
the 18th, destroying Smiths foun-
dry, and the property of Frank Gal
lagher, JAS, Callahan, JAS. Herlein
and Mrs. Giving, on the east side on
Levvee street; and Messrs. Prgram
s. Bros sash factory, and the resi-
dence of Mr.. Hennegan. and all the
small houses between Levee street
and the river south OF the Vicks-
burg Boarding House. The loss is
thousand dollars.
THE progress of the years: They
do not go from us. hut we from them,
from the old into the new,
and always leaving behind us some
baggage, no longer servIceahle on
the march. Look back along the
way we have trO'lden there they
staDd, every one in his place, hold
ing fast all that WAS left in trust
with them. Some keep Onr child
hood, some our youth, aud all have
If ours which they will
give up for neither bride nor prayer
the opinions cast away, the hopes
that went with us no farther, the
cares that have had successors. and
the fOilies outgrNwn. to be reviewed
by memory, and called up for evil
llence some day.
VOur Legislature adjourned
over week before last, for a week
or ten days, in order to attend
and take big drunk at
New Orleans. Fortunate fellows,
our LegislatOrs-all with free pass
es over the railroads, (given in pay
ment for liberal votes to said roads,
and their pay at So per day from
the exhausted treasury of MISSISSIPPI
pi still going on! Twenty years
ago, when gentlemen only were
,ont fo tho T onisl u furo nf MioSiSSin