American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-26

SWeFS, aii H,N IptHcllCti, oHO VI "i>
Is that Breck (or the Board, the
terms are synOnymOus-Breck IS the
Board, and the Board is Breck)-
wanted to put the appointment Of
official printer I" ,chere it acOu!d do
most good,'-in THE BANK Great
in. sort of % sinking fund.- upon
which he could "draw" occasionally
"a sort of @Credit MObilier bust
ness on Il small scale. But we do
not take this view of the matter.
We think we can account tor the
smilk in the cocoanut," and we do
it in this way: Three or four weeks
ago there appeared in these columns
an editorial article-written by our
associate, Major CAPERs- headed
@ Northern People in the South," to
which Col Board Brock, we mean.
took great offence. 1t disgruntled
his gizzard to such an extent that it
is said be got up in the middle OF
the night, and wasted ever so many
matches to light his lamp, and then
smashed several lamp chimneys
(Which, by the way, he was heard to
curse as odd worthless, Yankee
tricks r-you see there was a good
deal Of g-ass in the room besides
what was in the amp,)-well, the
Col. got off, through much trouble
and tribulation, what he was pleased
facetiously, to call "reply" to
the article that had caused his gorge
so to rise. He sent it to us, request
ing it's publication, saying in his
private note, gOOd-humoredly, that
we "needed little scoring, any
how" and cit would give us a
chance to rise and EXPLAIN" Well
we published his "reply," and the
writer of the article Explained that
it was general in its terms, and was
not intended to have any personal
application. And yet the Col. was
not " happy" he evidently was moi
satisfied, for on seeing him on the
street here a few days after, instead
of saluiing MS, as was his wont: pre-
viously, i'll that Chesterfeldian
chevalier manner, of which he i
such a master, he lodged his head
! like an arrow had been sent for it
and shot off in another direction, as
though sudden thought had struck
him. And this is the milk in the
cocaonut;- the Col. was still offend
ed; our explanation had not beer
satisfactory, and from the very mo
ment he read it he determined tt
punish us for daring to speak of tn,
I" thieving carpet-baggers" Thanh
God! he mentally exclaimed, tn,
time is nigh at hand when l can lie
him feel here he gloated and chuck
ed almost aloud, SO sweet was thu
anticipated revenge, when l can lie
him FEEL that l am "a power il
the State,'-in the county, at least
On the LIST of July a journal is t.
be selected by the Board of Super
visors (them's ME) to do the lega
printing, and OH that occasion 1 shall
just whisper into the ear of tina
factotum. Richards, and wink a
those besotedly ignorant negroes
(tlley all belong to me, and then
will proclaim, e OFF with his head
so much for Buckingham !" or Bos
worth, which is all the same il
Dutch, and will have the pleasure
of seeing his official head roll from
the block. [Chuckle; then, after I
little while, becomes thoughtful, ant
his rubicund face becomes slight,
paler then he continues, soto voce
That wont be much consolation, at
ter all. Oh that Mail! l know
it has abused Northern men a thou
sand times more than the Glitter
ever did, and pursued my dea
friend Cunningham with its person
al abuse for years, calling him " w
Ben" and quoting Alcorn on him
sneeringly, "learned above his fel
! lOwsw d-n the thing! I've grea
mind to name the Citizen to do til,
legal advertising, after all. But
no, Bosworth writes too much abOu
'carpet-baggers,' and we must teacl
him Il lessOn.n And this resolution
was carried Out-the Citizen wen
down, and the Mail went up, ant
the :. bottom rail is now on top"
Well, the Colonel now has his lit
tie contemplate revenge, and W.
hope he is 'happy,' and that thu
prospect all around Breckville j!
lovely and serene. The CITIZE,
:. still lives