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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
THE ELECTION QUESTION.

Several of the most profound
lawyers in the State-the proud
peers of Attorney General Morris
i'll legal learning and moral intesri-
ty-have pronounced against the
legality of his opinion touching the
question of election. When such
eminent IuriStS as Amos Il. John
StOn. Wiley l.. Harris, William
Yerger and j. w. c. Watson, give
an opinion adverse to that of the
Attorney General, it would be diff
cult to convince the people of Mis-
sissippi that Mr.. Morris is correct
in his Interpretation of the law
governing elections.
We view these conflicting opin-
ions in a far different light from any
we have seen presented. In the
one case, the law has been examined
and eXpounded without the slight
est reference to personal benefit or
official position; i'll the other, it has
been viewed from pure y selfish
standpoint, and an Interpretation
placed upon it that viii be greatly
to the advantage of the Attorney
General, should the Governor per
sist in having it enforced.
In the event of the election OF
either Ames or Acorn, Mr.. Morris
will be left without a lucrative APP
pointment; whereas, holding an of
flee of honor and profit, by so dis
torting the law as to make the
holding of an election in November
next seemingly illegal, he and bis
friend, Governor Powers, will have
one year more in which to run the
Government, and thus be enabled tO
reap still greater benefits by virtue
of their Official positions.
Is there a man in Mississippi who
really and truly believes that Mr.
Norris would have sprung this
question of illegality, had his name
been placed on the Ames ticket foI
the Office of Attorney General We
trow not; and believing this, we
are forced to the conclusion that his
action in the premises was the re-
suit of a selfish desire 10 hold office,
and to reap the emoluments arising
from it, rather than from an honest
and patriotic wish to serve the
people.
If this view of the subject be
correct, and Governor Powers
should enforce his proclamation on
the mere ipse DIRT of the Attorney
General, when the purest and ablest
jurists in the State have pronounced
his opinion erroneous and illegal, it
will be an arbitrary and revolution
airy assumption of power that should
not be tamely submitted to by the
people. In the exercise of this
power, instead of unfolding the law
and the Constitution, as he is
sworn to do, he will virtually sub
vert them in order to subserve his
own personal aims, and those of
his plant tool, Attorney General
Morris.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
Execution of the MOdocs.

Capt. Jack, Boston Charlie, Black
Jim and Schonchin, the Modoc
braves, were hung at Fort Klam-
ath, Oregon, OF the 3rd instant, by
order of the United States authori-
ties, tBarucho and Sioux having been
reprieved. That Capt. Jack, and his
accomplies, were guilty of a griav-
Gus Otfense, none, we presume, Will
dispute; but that they were goad-
ed on to madness and revenge by
the systematic cruelty and Oppres-
sion heaped upon them and their
band by the authorized agents of
the Federal Government, is equally
indisputable. Had an equal num-
Der of,Grant's thieving agents to
whose treacherOus and inhuman
conduct can be traced most of our
Indian trOubles-been executed,
side by side, with these poor igno.
rant savages, it would have been a
Just retributiOu, and n sheer act
of justice.
The telegraph brings full details
of the hanging, from which we
CLEAN the following particulars :
Arrived at the place of execution,
the death warrant was read; pray
er for their souls offered by the
chaplain; farewells taken, when,
says the report
Nooses were placed around their
necks under the direction of Can't.
Hodge. Is was necessary to cut off
little of Capt. Jacks long hair
which was ill the way of the rope,
Capt. Hodge then bid farewell to
the prisoners and black caps We're
then drawn over the heads of all
the culprits at twenty minutes past
ten o'clock. They stood on the drop
and the rope was cut by the assis-
tant at signal made with Capt.
Hodges handkerchief. The bod
les swung round and round, Jack
and Jim apparently dying easily but
Boston and SchOnchin suffering ter
rible commissions Boston and
SChonchin repeatedly drew up their
legs, but the others seemed to die
almost instantly. At 10 :2S a. IN.
their pulses were left by Capt.
Hodge, and as this is being written
they are swinging lifeless in air.
AS the drop fell with Il terribly
dead thug four poor, wretched ku
man beings fell into eternity, and a
half smothed cry of horror went up
from the crowd Of over five hun
bred klamath Indians who witness
ed the awful spectacle. Walls Of
deep and bitter anguish went up
from the stOckade, where the wives
and children of the poor fellows
had fair view of the shocking
scene. The coffin, six in number,
had been placed directly in the rear
OF the gailows, two of them destined
to be unoccupied. The order com
muting the sentences of Barncho
and Slolox only arrived at 1880
O'clock last evening and prepare
tons had been made for their exc
cution with the others. An appli-
| cation was made this morning to
Gen. Wheaton by the Sheriff OF
Jackson county Oregon, for the
custody of the Indians indicted by
the grand jury, but was refused.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
1873. 1917
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES

THE Tax Rolls for 1873 are in
my office, and am now ready
to collect the taxes for this year.
The time for payment has been
extended from the
3Oth Of November to tho 31st.
of December, 1873,
after which the proceedings in re-
gard to the sale of lands for taxes
will be the same as last wear.
THE
VIII be one dollar until after the
LIST of January next, when it will be
increased to two dollars.
r. j. ROSS,
Sheriff and Tax Collector,
Sheriff7s Office. Canton Oct. 9 '73. At
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
Judge Watson on Election.
Hon. j. w. G. Watson, of Holly

Hon. j. w. G. Watson, of Holly
Springs. has written an able and
unauswerable opinion on the consti-
tutionality of the November elec-
ton, which we would gladly pub
lish entire, did our space permit.
AS the arguments of Attorney Gen
eral Morris on Congressional and
State elections are familiar to Il
majority of our readers, we give, as
trlum phant reply, the concluding
arguments of Judge Watson's lets
ter on the same question:
A Congressional election does not
necessarily enter into a gene,ai
State election, and the Constitution
not having provided otherwise it
was competent for the Legislature
to separate them.
Aother view of this subject re-
lieveS it of all difficulty whatever.
The State Convention had no power
over Congressional elections, and all
of the provisions relating to them
found in the State Constitution are
absolute utilities.
The authority of the United States
Constitution over these elections is
supreme. Section 4, article l there,
of, is in these words:
'.The times, places and manner
of holding elections for Senators and
Representatives shall be prescribed
in each State by the Legislature
thereof, but Congress may at any
time, by law, make or alter sncI
regulations, except as to the places
of choosing Senators"
{ Here is an express delegation OF
power over the subject to the Leg
islatnre, which it was not compe-
tent for the Convention or State
Constitution to control or impair,
article 6 of the United States Con-
stitution declaring:
This Constitution, and the laws
of the United States which may be
made in pursuance thereof,
shall be the supreme law of the
land, and the judges in every State
shall be bound thereby, anything III
the Constitution or laws Of any
State to the contrary notwithstand-
ing
So, then, that section in the State
Constitution, without which the At
torney Generals whole argument
falls to the ground, is IN contraven>
ton of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and therefore so utterly
null and void that the laws of the
State are to be construed as though
no such provisions were in 1t; and,
moreover, this being the case, the
Legislature, mad it seen fit to do so,
could by law have directed the Con-
giessional elections to be held in
odd years, at the same time with
the general State elections. For
many years before the war mem
bers of Congress from this State
were elected in the odd years after
part of the term which they were
to fill had elapsed.
1t is thus Goubly plain, in onr
opinion, that the Attorney General
is in error in holding that there is
any provision of the State Constitu-
ton which operates against the
holding of a general State election
in November, 1873.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11

Memory presides over the past,
action over the present. The first
is a rich temple hung with glorious
trophies, aud lined with tombs the
other has no shrine but duty, and
walks the earth like a spirit,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
REGISTRATION. NOTICE.

THE undersigned Registrars in and
for Madison County, State of Missis-
sippi, will proceed on
Wednesday,, 18th Day Of Oct. 1873,
to bold a meeting for the registra-
ton of all persons qualified there
for, and not previously registered,
or who have lost or mislaid their pa
pers, at the Court hons in Canton
and continue for fifeten consecutive
days exclusive of Sundays.
SEC. Z The Board of RegFstra-
ton, i'll all matters pertaining to
their registration shall be conser-
va:Ors of the peace, and empower
ed to arrest and cause TO be impriS-
Oned in the country Jail when neees-
sary, all persons obstructing or pre-
venting their registration, iDtlmi-
dating, threatening or fraudulent
ly contriving to prevent any person
entitled thereto from registration;
creating riots, disturbances, or guar
rrls at the place of registration or
otherwise interfering Herewith to
prevent or delay the registrars in
the discharge of their duty, and all
such offences shall be punished as
misdemeanOrs under the criminal
code, and said registrars are en-
powered to call upon all sheriffs,
constables, and their deputies, and
all other peace officers, and when
necessary, other citizens to aid and
assist them in enforcing the law
and public peace, and suppress dis
turbance, and prevent the offences
enumerated; and this section shall
be published and posted with eve
ry notice to hold registration,
f. w. PRATT.
w. G.. WALKER.
| NATH ANIEL JEFFREY.
Registrars
Hcf II ~
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11

What agonies must the poet
have endured, who, writing of his
!idy-Iove, asSertedin his manuscript
that he s:kiSSed her under the silent
stars,' aud found the compositOr
had made him declare that he
clicked her under the cellar
stairs ~
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
W. c. WALK Err. Ii
NATHANIEL. } EFFRES,)

OUR jon OFFICE is unexcelled
by any outside the cities, and we do
job work at city prices. Cards,
Bill-heads, Letter-heads, Blanks
Funeral Notices, &c, Il speciality
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
DhilOSopher Says: 81 new

A philosopher says: 81 never
vet heard II man or woman much
abused that l WAS not inclined to
think tie better of them, and trans
fer any suspicion or dislike to the
person who appeared to take de
light III pointing out the defects of
q fellow creature
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
Emigration Turning!
Cheap Farms In Southwest Missouri

Tbs Atlantic Il Pacific Railroad Company offers
LOO 600 acres of land in Central and South west
MiSa"uri, at from 81 Sl2 per seven years.
time with free transportation from st. Louis to al
purchasers Climate, soil, timber mineral wealth,
schools, crcuss and law abiding society invites en-
grants from all points this land fruits and flow
For particulars address A Tuck Land Com
MISSIONER ST. Louis, Mo- nssrf9ly
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11

THE best and cheapest PUMPS
in the market,n be had at n. G.
Orrick's
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11

In District No. /.
CANTON, 2 Precincts.
CENTRAL ACADEMY,
In District No. z.
VERNON.
In District No. 3
LIVINGSTON,
MADISON STATION,
CALHOUN STATION,
In District No. 4,
SHARON,
SULPHUR SPRINGS,
In District No. 5,
CAMDEN.
BRECKNILLE.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11

Under and by virtue of the Cen
~ eral Election Law of the State
of Mississippi, general election
will be held in the county of Madi~
son, on TUESDAY the 4th day of
NOVEMBER, A. ID. 1873. within
the hours prescribed by the Elec-
ton Laws of the State, and at the
following voting precincts, viz:
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ELECTION NOTICE.

Oct. lift.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-18
Another Winter Wave.

The January thaw is over, and the the Win
ter cold is about to resume its stern supremacy
The weather reports forewarn one of those
great seas of cold which OF this season form
in the Northwest and thence roll eastward,
submerging the entire country east of the
Mississippi with low thermometers, from
twenty to thirty degrees below Zero high
barometers, nearly three-quarters of an inch
above the ordinary mark, and the frosty boreal
breath of the Northwestern. We may be on our
guard against the approaching spell Of polar
weather. The recurrence of such conditions,
after the soft and almost vernal atmosphere of
the past few days, is ON illustration of the
extreme fuctuation of our Eastern climates,
which verify make us
Feel by turns the bitter change OF fierce extremes,
Extremes by change more fierce.
The frigorifc wave is attended generally
with clear and icy weather, but as soon as it
invades or is invaded by the vaporous winds
from the South, or from the seashore, then
commence the tempest and the snow storm.
There is great diversity in the magnitude and
temperature of these vast aerial Winter waves,
but judging from the weather reports from
the regions whence they are launched upon
us, the present disturbance is probably above
the average Of the period.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-18

BoNAPARrBN AND THE FRENCH ARMY.--It
would seem as If there was some fear on the
part Of President Theirs and his friends of o
Bonapartist demonstration by the soldiers of
the French army. Addresses, it seems, are
being circulated among the soldiers in the
different barracks in the interest Of the EN-
pire. General De Cissey, Minister Of War,
has in consequence written letter to Marshal
MacMahon, prohibiting the circulation of
those addresses and urging the severe punish
ment Of all persons found distributing such
papers MacMahon may not like such dicta-
tion; but we shall see. The Republic can
afford To despise Bonapartist intrigue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-18

A VALUADIE ARRANcEMENT.-Th Postmaster
General has made arrangements with the Sig
nal Service Bureau of tho War Department
to transmit to all post Offices that can be
reached from the several points Of dis
tribution daily, by mail. the weather
reports issued by the Signal Service Office.
These notices the Postmasters are instructed
to display publicly in their offices, in frames
supplied for the purpose, so that oil the
community, agricultural and commercial,
may have the beneht OF the infor-
nation they contain. The experience of
the past year has proved the reliability and
great service of these weather reports, and to
the farming population at some seasons OF the
year they will be exceedingly valuable.
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that the SANTANA Bay Company can supply us
with even 1.-THE of the tropical pro luctionswe
require, and yet the men who have organized
it seem to think it is concession that would
be easily obtained.
A remarkable feature of this treaty is that it
frees these men from the operations OF our
registry and navigation laws. Under the laws
Of Congress American merchants cannot buy
ships abroad. We have often urged the abro-
cation of these statutes but we were not pre-
pared for their practical but partial abrogation
according to the method of the Company OF
the Bay of SANTANA. This company, though
composed mostly of Americans, can buy ships
wherever it can buy them cheapest-for it has
bought flag under which to run them. by
means of alliances with railroads, and with its
unlimited capitalize thirty millions of dol
lars being only figure of speech-it can con-
troll the whole carrying business of the Cont
nent both on land and sea. A few judicious
alliances with American railway monopolies
would make the company as powerful in the
United States as in st. Domingo. and in the
end it might rule us as effectively as our tap-
colored brethren in the West Indies.
There can be no doubt that a scheme OF
annexation enters into the plans of these
schemers Having as much to do as we can
well accomplish in the next few years in de-
veloping the extensive domain we already
possess, we want no further acquisitions. But
especially do we want no fresh territory when
it brings with it fresh monopoly Annexa-
ton now means the acquisition Of the Com
pany of the Bay of SANTANA as well as st. Do
mingo A glance at the chartered rights and
privileges of this company shows that we
would be taking deadly tarantula to our
bosoms. and we cannot afford to nurse such
venomous creature. r4
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-18

The City acknowledgements ion 10
BE Paid to the City for Their Privi-
leges.
In June last three Commissioners were ap.
pointed by the Supreme Court to appraise
and determine what compensation should
be paid to the corporation Of the city of New
York by the Second Avenue Railroad Com
pany for certain rights and privileges enjoyed
by the company under theact of the State Legis-
lature authorizing the construction Of their
track. Yesterday the Commissioners delivered
their opinion, deciding that tho company
shall pay annually to the city one-third of ono
per cent of its gross receipts for passenger
travel on the road, commencing on the LIST OF
November, 1874. For the unexpired term OF
1873, up to the 3Oth Of September next, the
sum of one thousand dollars il to be &C
cepted in lieu of the percentage. The Com
missioners deliver an elaborate opinion,
which we publish in to-day's HHRAID.
in which the general principle of the pay
ment of compensation to the city by tho
street railroads is exhaustively reviewed, and
the conclusion is reached that two and one
half per cent Of the gross receipts of the city
railroad companies for passenger travel would
be just and fair annual payment to the city
corporation for the rights and privileges
granted to and enjoyed by such companies.
This is, however, minimum rate and the
Commissioners say that if decision as to all
the railroads had been required of them .
higher per centage would have been fixed
upon in some instances. ast
The opinion is an important one, and the
reasons upon which it is based are clearly
given and seem to be unanswerable. We
shall see now whether the present city gov
eminent will insist upon pressing the case OF
compensation against other railroad lines,
They ought all to pay o tax to the
city treasury. The returns of some Of the
roads show enormous profits, and these cor
porations, which have grown wealthy out Of
the people, should be made to contribute at
least something out of their large earnings to
the city treasury in return for the valuable
franchises they enjoy. e
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TRIPLE SHEE T.
New York, Saturday, Jan. ls. 1873.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
EO-Day's Contents of the
Herald.

AND DANGEROUS SCHEME"-EDITORIAL
LEADERSHIP PAGE.
BANANA CEDEDi THE TREATY IN FULL THE
PUBLIC REFUSED ENLIGHTENMENT BY
THE 'CLOSE" CORPORATION AS TO THE
TERMS OF THE GRANT, ASTOUNDING
CONCESSIONSi SENATORIAL AUTHORIZE
TION: BAEz'S ACTION-FoUErH PAGE.
ROYAL REBELLIONi PRINCE HUMBERT OF
I ITALY, THREATENS TO LEAVE THE KING
., DOM If HIS FATHER CONSUMMATES HIS
PROPOSED MORGANATIC UNION-SEvENTH
PAGE.
hdEXICOS INTENDING TROUBLEsi ANOTHER
REVOLUTION POSSIBLE-CUBAN NEWS
NEW YORK Observation-Disclosures PAGE.
EUROPE BY CABLEI THE SPANISH CORTEs
FAvORNG PORTO RICAN SLAVERY ADO.
LlTION: THE BONAPARTIST RECEPTION
AT CHlSELHURST: NO NFLAMMATORY
APPEALS TO THE FRENCH SOLDIERS TO
BE PERMITTED: THE BRITISH AND THE
ALABAMA CLAIMS-SEvRNTH PAGE.
FEARFUL FREAKS OF RAILWAY TRAINS PAS
sENGERS AND EMPLOYEES KILLED AND
FRIGHTFULLY MUTILATED BUCKEYE
STATE OFFICIALS AMONG The INJURED
SEVENTH PAGE.
DANCERS AND DAMAGE FROM RISING RIVERS
FRESHETS SWEEPING AWAY BRIDGES
BOATS, MILLS. HOUSES, &C.-THIRD PAGE
UTILIZING THE WEATHER PROPHECIES AGRI.
CULTURISTS TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF
THE DAILY PREMONITIONS WEATHER
MAPS, WITH FULL EXPLANATIONS-STATE
OF THE WEATHER-THIRD PAGE.
GHE PRESIDENT SETS HIS FACE AGAINST DU-
PLICATE OFFICE-HOLDING PROPOSED
REVISION OF THE ELECTORAL LAWS
FILCHING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN-THRD
PAGE.
CONGRESSIONAL ROCEEDINGS-MARITIME IN
TELLIGENCE--TENTH PAGE.
NO PROVISION AGAINST FIRE. STARTLING
RESULTS FROM THE INSPECTION OF
BUILDINGS BY THE BUREAU OF COM
BUSTlBLEs AND THE FIRE DEPART
MENT-EIGHTH PAGH.
BURYING CREDIT MOBILIER COMPLETELY BE-
MEATH CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY
.. WHAT THE WILSON COMMITTEE FAILED
TO FIND IN YESTERDAYS SESSION. d.
RANT ON THE STAND-FIFTH PAGE.
ADDITIONAL DISASTERS IN THE GRAIN TRADEl
PROBABLE SINKING OF SIX ENGLISH
STEAMERSi THE BRITISH FLAG UNHEARD
OF FOR OVER TWO MONTHS-FoURrH PAGE.
UNCLEAN SWEEPING OF A NEW BROOMl THE
"REFORMn BUREAU OF STREET CLEAN
ING MAKING HASTE VERY SLOWLY TO
GET THE ROADwAYS PASSABLE-EIaHrH
PAGE.
"A SENSATIONAL DAY IN THE TWEED TRIAL.
THE FOLEYPALMER FIGHT HONORS TO
JUDGE NELSON BY THE BARI ELOQUENT
PANEGYRICS ON THE VENERABLE JURISTl
DERELICT POLICE MISREPRESENTATION
PAGE.
GOLD GOING up FOREIGN EXCHANGE ALSO
IN TEE ASCENDING SCALEl IMMENSE I'M.
FORMATIONS OF DRY GOODS TIE GEN.
ERAL BUSINESS OF 'CHANGE-NILSSON
HALL ARMORY-NNTu PAGE.
PAYING FOR RAILROAD PRIvILEGEsl THE
SECOND AVENUE ROAD EXTENSIONS
COMPENSATION FIXED BY TIE COM
MISSIONRRS AT AN ABATED RATE-FIFTH
PAGn.
MRS. wHARTONS TRIAL. A DOCTOR BELIEVES
THAT STRYCHNIA WAS ADMINISTERED
TO VAN NESS-GENERAL JORDAN AND
Ell CRONISTA AT SCISSORS POINTS
THE ART FIELD-FIPrH PAGE.
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA-LTERATURE-H0
NOTES-DEMOCRACY In M0TION-FoURrH
PAGE
POLYTECHNIC DISCUSSION OF THE SUPER
HEATED STEAM QUESTlON-MISSION WORK
OF AMERICAN wOMEN-THE FIRE UNDER
wRITERs-LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL Do
iNGS-EIGHTH PAGE.
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The CREDIT MoBrLHR INVESTIGATION YEsTEa-
DAY corroborated the fact that DR.. Durant paid
Senator Harlan ten thousand dollars in two
checks of five thousand dollars each to aid in
electing him United States Senator, and also
that Cakes Ames had applied for the names
of all members of Congress who had received
money, because he 'wanted them to pay it
back if they did not 60 straight. Yet the
partisan papers, blatant over corruption when
the guilty parties are Of the opposite political
faith, can see nothing in this Credit Mobilier
rascality but a ''plain business transaction"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-18

The DRY GooDs IMPORTS during the past
week reached the enormous and unprecedented
Eotal Of 50. 435, 500.