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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Royal Power in Enqfand.

We find IN the Mobile Register, of
the 23rd inst, long and highly in
teresting letter, written from Lon.
don by it's able editor. Hon. John
Forsyth. Speaking of the want of
royal power in England, he says:
Royalty here has no real power
Grant has more in one county OF
the United States than Queen Vic.
toria in all Great Britain. Why.
this splendidly adored lady is not al.
lowed, save one, to appoint a single
officer of her household-the excep.
ton is her physician. Were she to
undertake to appoint her captain
or her Major DOmO, a crisis of zeal.
ousy would be hazarded. The
British monarch serves no other
purpose than the part of a balances
wheel i'm an engine. It is to keep
the Government going and prevent
the interregnum or vacuum which.
the British constitution abhors.
TheMinistry is the real government,
and their existence depends upon
the Parliament-tbe Commons, in
fact. When the legislature votes
a want of confidence, the real gov
ernment rs at end, and then comes
in play the function of the throne
to Keep the machine going with a
new cabinet. This is the whole
theory. For the rest, the monarchy
is the ornamental fountain-head OF
the honor and the glory of the ma
ton. While all else is done in tho
Kings name. the King does nothing
CAN do nothing but be, as he
should be, the first gentleman i'm
the realm. The Royal family can
not maintain its high estate without
supplies from the national purse
and favOrite theory of thee onserv-
atives Is that it's supplies should be-
dependent upon the liberality OF
the Commons, The upshot of it ia
that the people of Great Britain
are more secure to-day from the
perils of one man power and Execu-
tive tyranny than the boastful Re-
pssblicans in the Union who, with
out wilrcing, see Ulysses the First.
setting up and putting govern
ments on Slate sovereignties at his
will and pleasure. I'm government
the English are wiser and better
than we are.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Farmers Convention in Tennessee.

Gen. w. Fl. jackson, President
of the National Agricultural Con.
gress, has issued call for a Farm.
ers' State Convention to be held at
Nashville on the 10Th September.
The annexed extract from the call
sets forth the object of the meeting:
The object of the Convention is
to bring about concert of action and
unity Of purpose among the farm
ers of this State, having as the end
in view, the general advancement OF
agriculture for the good of every
class; for from this source every hui
man being draws his sustenance
and support; and whatever cOntri-
butes to the prosperity of this vast
and important interest, contributes
directly to the good of the whole
people; and since the financial sup
port of the State rests upon the pro-
ducing interests of the State; and
since upon their ability to pay, and
TO continue to pay, rests not only
the solvency of the State, but its ex-
istence, it is certainly a good move
which seeks to lift the dark cloud
which at present threatens the very
existence of the farming population
and their interests.
This cloud can only be removed
by devising measures which will es-
tablish more equitable relations, in
the exchange of our labor for O:her
labor, than now exists, "either by
elevating our own prices or by us
ing such means and powers as we
may possess in combined action to
make other profits, salaries and wa
ges more nearly correspond with
ours, believing, as we do, that the
price of farm products should ever
be basis for the establishment of
all other prices, emoluments and
pay; and that the present disparity
in prices existing between farm
products and products of all other
labor (not exec pting the lowest
grade,) is one great source of OPP
preston to the farmer; also to es.
tablish the true and just line be-
tween producer and carrier, and fix
the fair per centum of commission
as between the producer and the
middleman, and to take such steps
as willlSecure to the State thorough
ly competent and honest men to fill
the various Otfices-those who Will
leGislate fairly and impartially as be
tween this important interest of
onrs and all others, and men who
cannot be bought up in the interest
of these monster mOnOpolies whose
and eXactiOnS it is our
duty and mission to throttle. For
every dollar extracted from the
treasury of tho State or nation by
the influence of monOpolles and
rings has to be repaid by agricultu
raj labor, since the revenue has to
be raised ultimately from the pro
ducts Of the soil.'
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Suicide.

| The mania for selfdestruction
seems largely on the increase. We
scarcely take up paper, especial
" from the North and West, that
does not contain one or more in
stances of this sad method of termi-
mating human existence. No class
or condition of life seems to be eX-
empt. The young and the old, the
rich, and the poor, male and female,
alike rush into the arms of death,
seemingly without cause, and APP
parently in the full possession of
their mental faculties. And yet
there must be some terrible incen-
tive, known only to Omniscience,
hat impels them to this dread al
tentative. We have recently read
of young men and young women,
just entere upon the threshold of
life, cultivated, refined, intelligent;
surrounded by wealth and luxury,
loving and beloved, who have thus
madly sought the hidden mysteries
of the great unknown. And the
world calls them fools, lunatics
and all else that is base, grOvelling
and degrading.
But, alas! could we have scanned
the thoughts of their minds, and
traced out the emotions that agita-
ted the unseen secrecies of their. bo-
SONS, how many a wild and bitter
thing would we have there found
ranking, which the beaming eye
had never revealed, nor the rosy,
laughing lip betrayed to the gay
and giddy vOtaries of pleasure
What anxious longing; what in
tense mental anguish; what melan-
chOly retrOspectiOn; what fearful
foreboding; what mournful medita-
ton; what feverish anxiety; what
wild dreams and wilder griefs wonld
we not there have beheld. The
phantasmas of hope; the unreal
mOckery of anticipated joys. and
the goading, narrowing thoughts of
the present, all agOnizing the rest
less, hampered and disconnected
spirit, and in a moment of tempo
rary reinforcement of reason, urging
the victim on to despair and death
We are slow to pass judgment on
eide to end his existence, and are
ever ready to cast the broad man.
tie of charity over the acts of those
whose untimely fate is yelled in i'm
penetrable mystery, leaving them
and their deed to Him who
judgeth not after the manner of men.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
A Bad Boy.

They say that the chiet astron-
omer at the Washington Observable
ry was dreadfully sold a few days
ago. A wicked boy, whose sunday
school experience seems only to
have made him more depraved,
caught a FREELY. and stuck it with
the aid of some mncilage, in the cen
tire of the largest lens In the teleS-
cope. That night, when the astron-
omer went to work, he perceived Il
blaze of light apparently in the
heavens, aud what amazed him
more was that it would give a
couple of spurts and then die out,
only to burst forth again in a sec
Ond or two. He examined it care
fully for few moments, and then
began to do sums to discover where
in the heavens that extraordinary
star was placed. He thought he
found the locality, and the next
morning he telegraphed all over
the universe that he had discovered
a new and remarkable star of the
third magnitude in Orion.
In a day or two all the aStrOnO-
mers in Europe and America were
studying Orion, and they gazed at
it for hours until they were mad,
and then they began to telegraph
to the man in Washington to know
what he meant. The diScOverer
took another look, and found that
the new star had moved about
eighteen billion miles in twenty four
hours, and upon examining it close
Iy he was alarmed to perceive that
it had legsl w hen he went on the
dome next morning, to polish his
glass, he found the lightning bug.
People down to Alexandria,, seven
miles distant, heard part of the
swearing, and they say he infused
into it much whole sOuled sincerity
and vigorous energy The bills for
tele graphic dispatches amounted
TO $1,000. and now the astronomer
to find that boy. He wishes
to consult with him about some
Adeler.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
The Central Pacific Rinq.

Gov. Booth, OF California, recent
ly made a speech in San Francisco,
which startled his hearers, and
opened their eyes to the immense
frauds practiced upon the people by
this great railroad monopoly. He
showed. cosclusively, that upon
every pulse of industry there was
an iron finger counting it's beats,'
and that not only California, but
the entire South and West, were
subject to its destructive power.
Speak ing Of the vast monopoly of
public lands, he said
| have referred but incidentally
to that twin birth of incestuOus
shame, the Credit Mobilier and the
Contract and Finance Company.
/ have said nothing OF the two hun
bred and twenty-fOur millions of
acres of public 1ands-three times
the area of Great Britain-given to
railroad companies; and at the last
session of Congress, bills were intro
duced giving one hundred and
eighty nine millions mere. l have
said nothing of the millions and
hundred of millions of which the
Southern States have been robbed
under the false pretence that the
railroads were to be built by the
paper companies to whom these
millions were granted. [ have
made no reference to the $50, OOO,-
600 that this State and its counties
have been asked to appropriate for
railroad cOmpaniest through legjsla-
tive action and popular votes. Nor
have l cited the fact that while the
General Government is paying two
millions Of dollars per annum inter-
est on the bonds of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, and the
State 100000 more, the company
can successfully defy the State to
collect it's taxes. With an effrOnte-
ry that ia sublime it makes the very
gifts and largesSeS it has received
one Of the grounds of it's refusal to
pay. To such Infamous successes
we are indebted for the fact that
to day there is not a piece or species
of public property from China Bias
in and Cost Island to all the broad
acres Of our national domain, from
the remotest point in the mountains
to the rolling waters of the rivers of
the plains, upon which some incip
lent or fullgrown monopoly has not
fixed its cOvetous eye, and which
it does not hope to obtain through
some kind of political corruption or
bargain and sale.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

THE GREAT STORM.-The tenn
pest of wind and rain which pre-
vailed along the Middle Atlantic
coast for three days last week, visit
ed Pennsylvania with greatest de-
gree of severity. Philadelphia snf-
fered considerable damage. All
along the New Jersey coast the tide
was unusually high and the gale
violent. 1t is estimated that a
million yards of shore were wash
ed away by the rains and surf. At
Jersey City, cellars and ship yards
were flooded, while at Long Branch
the beach was scanned and broken
up, and some of the bathing houses
were destroyed. In this city rain
fell in torrents, accompanied at
times by high winds. The ram fall
at Camden was extraordinary, and
at Long Branch the sea was dashed
III the widest fury.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

The Montgomery Gala Adrerti-
ser and Mail of the 10Th instant con
tains an account of the caving of a
sewer in that city, by which acct
dent five negro men were buried be-
meath the sod. Four were dug out
alive, after being wrapped in their
earthly shroud for ninety minutes;
the fifth, an old and highly respect
ed negro, was found to be dead
The servivOrs of this untimely bur
ial were not seriously injured.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

Two South CarOlinians recently
called npon Gov. Moses asapplicants
for place as Police Justice. Ono
was a gentleman of experience,
honor, and intelligence, but white;
the other negro unable to write his
name, and known to be for sale u
gootl deal cheaper than in the days
OF slavery. The Governor asked
them their political opinions. Tho
white man said he was democrat
but would administer justice with
out regard to color or politics. Tie
negro said he was Republican to
the back bone adding: Else gwine
to stick to the Republican party
long as we's gos a MOSES to lead
lis through the bulrushes." The ne
gro got his commission.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Hartford has a yOunp gentleman

TIL UIOItt HIS u y UuIIT SVTIItInH1
operator, who, after repeated calls
for ayoung lady operator in anoth-
er office, at last got a response, and
then ':cIick, click, click (fortissi-
mo), he telegraphei back to her
vehementIy: 81 have been trying to
get you for the last half hour y In
a moment the following spicy reply
came tripping back to him over the
wires from the telegraph maiden:
"Thars nothing. There is a young
man here who has been trying to
do the same thing for the last two
years, and he hasn't got me yet"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

Capt. Jack, Boston Charley,
Black jim, Slotuck and BoenchO,
alias One-eyed Jim, the captive
Modoc braves, have been condemn
ed to be hung by two thirds vote
of the Commission. The sentence
has met the sanction of Genl.
Grant, and will be carried into cx-
ecution on the 3rd day OF October
next.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
A gentleman in New Orleans y

A gentleman in New Orleans was
agreeably surprised the other day
to find a plump turkey served up
for dinner, and inquired of his ser
want how it was obtained. "why,
sah," replied Sambo, "dat turkey
has been rOOstin on our fence three
nights, SO dis mornin I seized him
for de rent of dc fence"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

A beautiful thought is thus sug-
gested in the Koran: CANCELS, in
the grave, will not question thee as
to the amount of wealth thOl hast
left behind thee, but as to what
deeds thou hast done in the world
to entitle thee to seat among the
blast -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

A cynical society man says he
does not object to keeping the com
mandment which tells him to love
his neighbor as himself, provided
the ncighbOr is a woman, and
pretty.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01
TOILET AND FANCY GOODS,
g AT
PLUMMER, MORRISON 4 CO.'S.
Southwest corner Main and Nsszion street

Some vags at Fl. Wayne mailed let
tiers to a score Of business men telling
them to look out for man who would
visit their houses that evening, to see
their wives. and twenty business men
surprised their wives BY coming home
two hours ahead Of time.
Here is the latest description Of q
kiss. Twas night. A real warm
couple stood in the pale, cool moon
beams. Their lips touched, and there
was a sound like . COW hauling her
foot out Of the mud" = s. ]
A new way Of preserving autumn
leaves is given as follows: Iron them
fresh with warm, but not hot iron, ON
which some spermaceti has been light
ly rubbed. This method, it IS said
preserves their tints and gives them I.
gloss which cannot be secured BY any
other means. ~ @ s+aas- #!sYsei
Several of the het springs Of the
Yellowstone region are situated 90
near to the margin Of the YellewstoAe
lake that a person on the eilieian nm
of the spring, can extend his fishing,
rod into the water Of the lake, ana
catch trout weighing from one to two
pounds, and cook them in the boiling
springs without removing the hook
Prof. Hayden's new volume OF West
ern Surveys illustrates the operation.
la-tz-e ID. -
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01

Demoniacal possession is not in these
days, or, at least in England, accord
ing to the Pail Mall Gazette, very
usual complaint; yet German pastor
in the Pusterthal has not only met
with case, but discovered the right
treatment for it. A girl in that place,
described as being ordinarily of a
most amiable character, fell suddenly
under Satanic influence, to the dishay
OF the neighborhood, and more espe-
cially Of the curate, "a young GENTLE
man recently imported from Brixen,
full rather of zeal than knowledge. +"
To his entreaties that the demon
should be exercised, his superior at
first pleaded disbelief in the genuine
nature of the case. But as matters
grew worse, the pastor consented to
deliver girl and parish from such an
unweleome guest. Starting, stick in
hand and amulet in pocket, he found
his patient calm and quiet, and, after
some friendly talk, he expressed the
hope of effecting q speedy cure by
means of most holy relic. On his
solemnly producing the relic the devil
broke loose in her in the most violent
fashion, whereupon his Reverence in
good round terms explain to her that
her childish horror was exposed; for,
had she been but an angel of Satan,
he would have known that the relic
was nothing but counter from the
pastor 8 card box, carefully wrapped
Up in piece of cloth. He completed
the cure with sound Gaming.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01

The Chicago Commercial Review
has reports from ninety-seven points
in Illinois, fifty eight report a less
number of hogs than last year,
twenty seven about the same mum.
Der, and twelve more. The corn
crop is universally reported short
in Illinois, from one-third to one
half.
OF So places In Iowa ~ report
fewer hogs than last year, 20 about
the same. IL more. The condition
OF the corn crop is about the same
as in Illinois.
OF 81 points in Indiana, IL re-
port fewer hogs, 6 about the same
number, 3 more. The corn crop
is reported better, in several local.
ties, but generally short
In Missouri II points report few
er hogs, 8 about the same number,
3 more. The corn crop is about
one-third to one-half.
Ohio makes the best showing,
four points reporting an increase in
the number of hogs, fifteen about
the same number, and eight report
o decrease, while the average Of the
crop report shows the crop equal TO
last year, several points reporting
better crop than last year.
Except in Illinois, the condition
of hogs appears to be about the
same as at the same time last year,
but many points in Illinois report
them not so far advanced.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01
cszepe.ass by - sf..ssrs.
Til chidgof ribae seorr.spond
Mt xfitinG " the YrQtess Of ID

g ~ 90
TIL Chidsgo 9ribu scorrsspond.
ent fitins NJ the Jro fess Of The
Grangers movement in Iowa, gives
some figures Of the results worth look
ing at: The Grange has saved its
members in Iowa $50, 600 the past
season on plows; $4,000 on sewing
machines (which they get for from
$50 to $50; twenty-five per cent. on
moving machines, miscellaneous i'm
'plemente and parlor organs;;~ twenty
per cent. on wagons; twenty 1--WE to
thirty three per cent, on scales and
forks, etc. Altogether it is thought
that q 600. 900 hasve been saved to the
farmers of Iowa in this year. All
orders are made through the State
agent Of the Grange, who il under
$5O, OOO bonds to do his work honest
": cooperative stores are also on
trial in some sections. But cooper
alive selling promises to be on a grand
er scale than the cooperative buying.
The Grange has entered into relation
with certain Chicago commission
houses which give bond in $10O, 600
each to do their selling, Farmers OF
grangers can now ship directly to
Chicago. The order is also building
warehouses and elevators throughout
the State, in which the farmers take
stock, and thus realize better prices
on their produce and good dividends
on their investment. This is only
the experience of one year, and can
not be regarded as proving the per-
manance of the plans thus so success
fully inaugurated, but so far as it goes
is on the encouraging side.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01

d. B. Eaton, President of the
Civil Service Board, has been here
for several days, consulting as to
the work which the board shall at
tempt during the winter. He has
decided to spend much Of his time
here during the coming session,
consulting with the chief civil Of
ficers and with congressman, with
o view to make the reform as thor
ough and practical as possible.
He also purposes to attend the local
examination at the East and West,
for the purpose of making himself
acquainted with the views Of those
who support and the objections OF
those who oppose the present
method of securing reform.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01

JEFF Davis knew the value Of his
words when he announced that his
hopes for the future success of the
confederate cause was based upon
the .mothers of the South The
Richmond Enquirer supplements
the utterance of Davis in calling
upon the white woman of Virginia
to recognize no man who fails to
vote the white ticket; and calls on
s'every white skin citizen who re
spects his wife, mother, daughter
or sister to vote the white ticket;
and calls on every "wllite mother,
wife, daughter or sister to see that
every man votes the white ticket;
and calls on '.every man who loves
his wife" to do the same white thing.
Whereupon q Cincinnati paper
not "a Republican-remarks: ''When
the white Democrats of Virgins
get into the Presidential election,
and howl in this sort of way, they
will increase the chances ola Demo-
cratic success to the tune of fe, Fl,
TO fun" s.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01
The Dubuque Times thus notices

The Dubuque Times thus notices
one popularity of the Iowa election:
Women have been elected School
Sllperintendents in eight or ten
counties in Iowa this fall In some
counties women were defeated on
account of their sex, while the rest
of the ticket were elected; in some,
they ran far ahead of their ticket.
In Floyd County, Mrs. Helen r.
Duncan, Republican, goti5 500 ma
jority. In Marshall County, Miss
Abbie Clifford, Republican, got 1,
429. votes. while the poor wretch Of
. man running against her got but
eight votes, all told. In Monona
County, Sarah ulton-domestic
title, whether Miss or Mrs, not
given in the returns on
the Anti MONOPOLY ticket, has $50
majority. An Anti Monopoly young
lady is also elected in Henry Coun-
tv," III - t-t
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01

During the year ending june Both,
1873, the following business was tran
sacted in the United States Courts in
Indiana: The Government has dis
posed Of twenty four cases. 1t OBJ
'tained judgement in fifteen, defend
,ighty-four criminal cases; disposed Of
wenty convictions, two acquittals, six
.y-two discontinued, compromised.
I.r settled at defendants cost.
frwenty-eight civil and thirty-seren
I riminal cases were ended in which
he Government was party. During
she year 5S1 civil eases between indi-
iduals were commenced, and 1873 ter
lnent in ninety nine, and the defend
| Mt in eighty-nin The total amount
,fmoney recovered by judgments for
laintiffs, including fines aud forfeit
s,rcs in criminal cases, was $l63, 233 50
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01
Literally Rlown t. Atoms.

"A man named Payne, at Rouse
vile, Pa, undertook to transport
some nitro glyeerine in tin can.
He placed it behind the seat on his
blackboard, which was drawn by q
pair of horses. The can exploded,
with the following results, as re.
lated by the Titusvile Herald: Mr..
Payne's body was simultaneously
scattered over an area of about
twelve acres. the blackboard was
literally torn into splinters, bat
strange to say, the horses were not
killed, but ran awy badly singed
and wounded in the launches
The explosion was distinctly heard
four miles of. What was found
would not fill half bushel meas
ure. The right hand was found a
distance of $50 feet, and the other
parts at various distances and widely
scattered. His watch was picked
up near the right hanl, badly dam
aged; his pocket book was found en-
tire with it's contents, but his &C
count book was torn to shreds.