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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
THE WEST AND SOUTH.

! It is said that there is a move
/ ment on foot among the Congress
men from the South and West for a
convention to be held at st. Louis
next fall, to take into consideration
the material questions affecting
those sections. The cali for the con-
vention will state that its objects
are to consider the questions of
| tariff, cheap transportation. and the
Improvement of the Mississippi
| Ieyees. This is intended to be Il
movement outside and Independents
Of New England and New York,
which are becoming to be regarded
by the South and Wese as antago-
nistic to their interests. 1t is not
expected that any ies is!atipn will
he devised at this session which
will meet the demands of these
parts of the country on these ques-
tons, and they propose TO make
ample preparation for The next SEES
sion OF Congress. 1t is held by
these gentlemen that neither New
England nor New York has any
interest in them, url-ss it be to loan
them capital, for which, as they
allege. they demand IL high rate of
interest. TO use their own phrase,
they propose to devise means to
take care Of themselves. III this
movement Republicans and Demo
Gratis are alike united, and 1t is not
improbable that before the close of
the present session call will be
issued for the meeting of this con
vention. It is intended TO have an
effect upon the political canvass
next fall, and will meet some time
be fore the November elections. The
movement is an important one and
the wonder Is thai it has been 50
long DELAYED. Federal Legislation
has been controlled b. the Eastern
States for the past fifty years TO the
great damage of the West and |
South, which, have been oppressed |
and pluudered though they have the /
power to relieve themselves. What /
the West and South need is Organi /.
zaiion, and should the movement :
secure this the proposed 1
may Justly b" regarded .
as the most bcnetIciept that has as
Srmn.ed in this country during this
century. Sympathy for oppressed .
weakness is a noble emotion but
no people deserve or will receive it
who have the power to protect them
selves and fail to do So Courier
Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE
: INSURANCE .CCMPANY.-This ser
/ lug old Virginia company, SO ably
and spiritedly represented by Col.
| CIV. Terrell. should receive ii lib
eral support through hun, whose
agency has effected SO much in Its
behalf The Col. visits Mississippi
in the interest of his splendid or
ganIZatiop, and we commend him
10 the kind consideration of the
people OF that State. A company
boasiiug an annual income OF over
) 100000 with an insurance OF
300 policies. doing business all
over the United States and Europe,
and the only Southern company
passing the ordeal of an inspection
by the Northern and Western In
Sufance department, thereby plac-
ing ii on the same basis of sOlVency
strictly home company, because
under it's charter it is permitted to
invest its assets where it does bust
ness, TINS binding up home insrltu-
tons, it wou'd be Superfiuous to
laud its plans or eXtol its operations
Its popularity, IFS generous spirit
of settlement of claims, its soNen-
cy, lis comparatively light morality
and its unparalleled succtss places
it in he van of our insurance cor
pOrations. In Mississippi 1t will be I
represented 10y Col Terrell, now on
il visit to hat State, ANA we hearth F.
~ turn him over 10 the kindness OF
its citlzens.-N. q. PicGyHae.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
SELLiE'S WEDDING.

Miss Nellie Grant, daughter OF
the President, was married Thurs
day last to Mr.. Sartoris, AN EngiisI,
gentleman OF wealth, and sails to day
for Europe. From Washington
corr espOndent we learn that there
We're eight brides mails habited in
rich white gros grain silk, high cor
Sage, bouitant skirts, and eat1diRe,
with hawthorn bios SONS. The groom
presented each lady with an elegant
iocket with diamond monogram OF
himself and bride. The floral does
OratiOns are represented us being of
the most exquisite description,
while the tort ensemble have never
been equalled in this country. The
further says. "Mr.
and Mrs. SartOriS Will sail FOR Eu-
rope on Saturday the 23d inst the
steamer bearing also, the family of
Secrc airy Richardson, who sc
abroad for an indefinite periOd.'
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
THE RESIkT IL ARKANSAS.

The Memphis AUaldHche, referring
to the proclamation OF the PresI-
dent which places Baxter again in
the Executive chair, says:
All this means more than Il defeat
of Brooks The Latter is mere put
ty in the hands OF ADLER and de
signing men. 1t means the over
throw of Clayton, Dorsey, Mcclure
and their frliowS-Of tHOSe baSer
elements III politics which have
been the curse and reproach of A.
kansas for years, and which. as late
as 1874, have sought to plunge the
State into anarchy, substitute war
for peace, cause communities to
spring at each others tliroats like
mad dogs, and paralyze all vital
public Interests that Il few office
seeking and Office holding dema-
gosues and trick>terS might profit
IN pocket and in power. The strife
just ended had no worthier inspira
ton.
Well, what next? 1t is the duty
of the people of Arkansas to politi-
caliy kill the snakes that have been
scotched. The Arkansas Supreme
Court would disgrace Dah0mry.
1t is a foul blot Oh civilization, and
together with other gigantic evils
can be disposed OF by ii new COnsti-
tuition, which Is necessary to change
the government of Arkansas from
a petty dcspOtism to a republican,
form. Clayton and Dorsey have
proved themselves unfit to sit in an
American Senate. The record they
have made in his disgraceful bust
ness has Won for them the loathing
and contempt of every decent man
in or out of Congress. They should
be summa,ily retired to private life,
not merely as individual tYickstefs
and adventurerS, but As true repre-
sentativeS and opponents of the
s'carpe;-bag' governments that have
so long cursed the South, and which
has borne such legitimate fruits in
South Carolina and
Louisiana.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
TELECSAPHic ITEMS.
DEATH OF JUDGE ROBERTSON,

=
LOUISVILLE, May 1S.--Georgt
Robert son, Chief Judge OF the Su
premc Court, Is dead.
ASsASSINATED.
MEMPHIS, May 19.-H. Clay Golf
Supervisor of Mississippi county
Ark. has been aSSaSSiuated.
THE RESERVOIR DISASTER.
SPRINGFIELD, May 19.-The mum
Der OF lost bodies recovered is 1.0
II Of he missing being from Hay
denviIle and Is from Leeds. Posi-
hly Some strangers Or unknown
travellers may have persisted IN the
flood. Search for bodies will lie re
Sumed TO morrow with more vigol
and system than before. The tot a
number lost can scarcely eXcee d
100
The latest list places the amount
lost by the flood at $4,000 900
whereof mill ownrrs lose $1,000, 900
THE GRAND FINALE.
LITTLE Rock, May 19--Brooks
has evacuated the STATE Louise. Nc
one knows whittier.
The Federal barrica,lG has been
removed, and Baxter, with martial
array, took possession of the State
House, They fred 1O1 guns.
HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN.
CHARLESTON, S. c., May I9.-In
Columbia, this evening. Gov. Moses
surrendered to the warrant in com
piiance with telegraph advice of his
counsel, Chamberlain s Elliott. whu
had gone to Oranseburg to consult
Judge Graham, who had ordered
the arrest. The Governor gave bail
in a large amount for his appear
ance. He will probably make a
publication explanatory of his view
of the case. The three black com.
panies who have been guarding the
Governor rendevouSed at I tonight
AT the State House, where refresh
ments, including champagne and
cigars, were provided for them in
the executive office. After partak.
ing OF supper they were dismissed.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION,

Referring to the meeting of this
body on the 3rd day of June prox-
imo, the Brookhaven Citisen says
Every body is preparing for the
coming Press Conve ..tion. 1t will
meet here on Wednesday,, the third
day of June, and will remain in SEES
sion two days or more. Our citizens
will entertain them in a style equal,
if not superior, to anything of the
kind vet given them. This is assert
ing great deal, as they have en-
.j"yed some excellent treatment from
hoSpitable citizens of other towns.
The first night, Wednesday,, the
I'd, will be occupied i'll reading the
essays and poems and delivering the
annual address. We hear of Il con
cert which will be coupled with this.
On Thursday, business will he trans
acted, and at night The grand ball,
complimentary to the Association,
will take place. The following tick
ct has been issued:
GRAND ANNUAL RAIL-,
to he given by the
BROOKAVEN FIRE DEPARTMENT,
complimentary to the
MISSISSIPPI PRESS ASSOCIATION.
At Varieties Theatre,
= Thursday Evening. June 1, ~.
This promises to be the gIslnGest
affair we have ever had. for beside
the TWO fire companies, great many
of our citizens have entered into it
with "A lively Interest,"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

This gentleman had been a mem
Der OF the above society Tor only five
months, and had only paid me 50 30
previous to his being taken sick.
when he was promptly pad SIP
compensation for ninety eight day
loss of time. This speaks for Itself,
and shows the great relief afforded
to the sick, and to those who be.
come members Of this Benevolent
Society. The payments are 50 small
as to place its great benefits wit thin
the reach of all Female as well as
male members will he received.
Thousands of others have'receiv-
cd similar benefits from this truly
Benevolent Society.
Active, reliable and conscientious
agents wanted III every town in Mis-
si>S!Ipi and Louisiana.
For further particulars apply to
the undersigned.
G. w. TERRELL.
General Agent and Mana ger Wild
ows' ana Orphans FrIen,gly So
ciety, 81 Caron,iciet street, (up
stairs, New Orleans, La.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
The fiNtVcE BILE.

The Washington specials OF the
St. Louis Times give the Following
synopsis of the new finance bill,
now before the Senate:
The senate finance cOmmitte
brought i'll their new bill to day
the plan is one skiltuily adopted to
promoie The crest of the eastern
bundholderS and the creditor class,
10y providing for Il large contraction
of the s.reenback clrcuialIOn. Free
banking on the present national
banking plan is authorized. but for
every two millions of national bank
notes to be put in currency there is
to be retired one million of legal
tenders. MeSsrS Ferry and Wright,
of the finance committee, strongly
oppose the leading features of The.
bill. and it is safe to say that no one
at the thirty tour senators who OBJ
posed the veto will sustain this
mrasuIe. These two senators, IN
consideration of tIee hat king,
would be perhaps willing to agree.
to contraction of twenty five dollars
+ Ill IL gal tenders Tor every hundred
dollars OF new national bank notes
to be issued ; bat they object to Il
contraction ct fifty per cent {; they
also object to tie permission given
by the bill to fund the legal tenders
i'll 1877 in five per cent. bonds, and
insist that the bond shall be a four
per cent. bond. They object TO any
reduction Of the legal tenders, aud
for the most are unwilling to see an
extension Of the national banking
system. The question is, if the
debtor class are unable TO meet
their obligations, how are they to
do so when the volume of legal ten
ders shall be contracted bv this bill
by some twenty-five to fifty millions.
Ii will be some time before he new
measure " i'll come up for discussion,
but when it does it is probable that
is Will soon be well rid of. Even it
this measure could be passed in the
Senate, it would stand bad chance
in the House of Representatives.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
LO0K OUT FOR DaGUGHF Tsss SUMNER.

We may look out for drought
every season, and shall seldom look
al Ogether in vain, but the present
spring mp to this time has, in most
parts of the country, been MAJ krd
10y frequent rains, and Il wet spring
is likely to De followed by Il dry
summer. aWhat can we do about
it ?" do you ask ! Keep the soil Well
stirred aud OR crops vigorous by
clean cultivation. flour lands were
properly prepared before painting,
We have the means in oar hands of
protecting our crops against all
moderate drouShts. The bad far
nl-r Snff' rs every year, either rom
drought or from too much moisture,
and, generally, from both. Such
dad luck Is sure 10 f'iloW INN.
from year to ear, till he shall mend
his ways and learn IA more rational
sN stem of farming. Rurai CdroIi-
man for .H0y
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
"Martiu Kelly nnd General II

"Martin Kelly ana General For
est, the former City Treasurer and
the latter larc President of he Sci
ma Railroad Company have entered
into Il contract to hau. iirewood in o
Memphis. They Will drive II spike
iean.'-threG mules each and pros
pose TO reduce the price of firewood.
The CITY Treasurer contrSSeS the SUI
ptriorliN of the General as IL wagon
or, who forty years ago hauled tan
bark to James Elder. President of
the DcSoto Bank. then II great tan
Her in Holly Springs. The General
at that time WAS barefoot and hauled
enough bark to pay Tor Il pair OF
shoes.--Aiemp!iS Appeoi.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
THE EEailp.s REJ0isDER.

{ The Nickshurg HeraM has devo-
ted thIec-t four, hS OF IL column 10 Il
little paragraph of OURS, ia which
we animated that it seemed parIic-
uiaiiy anxious that Gen. Joseph +.
Johnston should he hrolI Int To grief
in the controversy between himself
and Gen. Hood. and winch con d
Just as well have been done III Il
dozen lines. In this useless waste
OF time and space, the Herald has
sprung ISSUES tUreigu 10 the sub
jet, and Indignantly asks, ''Doe~
the CITIZEN know any reason why
the Herald should not devote five
columns to Gen. Hood y No, nor
did we spring any such issue, but
merely mentioned the fact AS an
item Of news. The only objection
that the Herald could possibly find
TO our article was the intimation
above alluded to, and which we
thought might, perhaps, elicit a
brief response. And why did we
pen even that ? Simply because the
Herald, as we supposed, WAS nm
necessarily severe on Gen. Johnston,
and seemed to take special delight
in holding EIn up to public iidlcule
whenever occasion offered We are
neither the defender or apoIogist of
Gen. Johnston; he is abundantly
able to shield himself from all
wrong whenever assaulted, and need
eth not such feeble aid as we might
render.
We honor all the noble officers
who gave their genius and their
yaIor to the cause of Southern free
dom, and though in some instances
they may have erred i'll judgment,
and fail, d to accomplish the objects
of their hopes and ambition, yet as
they were true to the cause for
which they fought and bled, we
have no bitter reproaches to heap
upon their heads
From the frequent slurs cast up
on Gen. Johnston by the Herald,
aud the efforts employ ed to tarnish
his military record, we were reiuc-
family forced TO the conclusion that
some personal luminosity might be
found lurking at the bottom of it
we understand how 4 gallant end
chivalrous journal, one, TOO, that
stands so deServedly high in pubic
favor, could speak OF SO eminent Il
personage with the seeming bitter
ness of hate, AM! of his reputation
with the unmiStakabie IeSity of
contempt. If we are wrong i'll This
conclusion We would lie pleased 70
know it, for we would fain hope
that Il paper enjoying SO wide
spread a reputation for chiVairy and
homer could not descend SO low in
the scale of unmaniineSS as to
make its own columns the medium
for transmitting personal "a buse OF
Il distinguished soldier, whose ser
vices in behalf of the Southern cause
should, at least, entitie him to the
respect and gratitude OF HIS COIN
tIymen. A motive so unSenerOuS
and Ignoble would not make the
Herald ga Newspaper worthy of
its nameD
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
BETH OF ADMIRAL BUCHANAN.

The telegraph announces the
death of this venerable and diStin-
guished officer at Baltimore. The
greater portion of his life was
PASSED in the service of the United
States Navy. On the breaking out
of the war. he felt it his duty to
tender his valuable services to the
Confederate States he being a citi-
zen and a native Of Mar, land. HIS
first brilliant service WAS in the con
struction and command of the first
ironclad vessel of war ever engaged
in action, which performed such
memorable service in the naval en-
gagement which took place between
Fortress Monroe and Norfolk. AT
terward he was assigned to duty at
Mobile, and coEcl:itled his brilliant
professional career in the naval en-
eagemrnt. with Admiral Farragut
for the possession of Mobile Bay
In this engagement Admiral Bu-
chanan commanded. the irouclad
TENNESSEE as his dag ship. He was
wounded in both his engagements
at Norfolk and Mobile, and was for
some time after the latter held Il
prisoner OF war. He was highly
esteemed in both the United States
and Confederate navieS as brave,
conscientious and skilltuI comman-
der, aud has left behind him a bril-
liant record as well as Il large mum
Der of friends who will sincerely
mourn his loss. He WAS well adj
vanced in years. aud suife, cd seri-
Gus DISABILITY from his numerous
wounds received in battis. Thus il
is that :he heroic souls of the past
are being gathered to their final
u. Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

1t might be ii dangerous expert
msnt to invite cX-''pIfrttcI sol
uierS to army reunions. but It would
be IA graceful thing to dO, atd it
might result in good. The oh lc,.:
of these ie unions Is NOT to rejoice,
over the killing and woundIm"
Of Sout hrrncIS, hut to i'atri nIZ,.
with old comrades. Why should
MT our soldiers heip I" finish the
war in which they fought ht max
ing nienaS with the formcn who
have already. won their respect
We have had enough ct sectional
SEPARATION. The men who saved
Us from physical, can now, perhaps,
save us from mental, liSnnIGn. II
SO, i, will he their nobicSt victory.
Tribunr. :.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
A CARD.

New ORLEANS, Mar. so, 1874.
I hereby take much pleasure in
stating that l hold Health Policy
in the Widows and Orphans Friend
~ Society, on which | only pay
siXty-seven cents monthly. l tur-
Their certify tina, J have been prompt
ly paid Ivy G.. w. Terrell, General
a gent and Manager of said society,
SIP i'll cash, relief compensation
tor fourteen weeks sickness of acute
rheumatism, followed by sciatic neu-
ralgia. JOHN LANAUX.
Dona.dsUnvliie, La.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
WH.aE LEAGUE.

The citizens Of st. Landry parish
Louisiana, recently held a meeting
of no ordinary Significance, and
which WAS participated iii by many
of the most prominent men of the
parish. The object of this meeting
is TO place themselves above negro
rule, and to remedy existing evils.
Among the resolutions passed, the
following are the most prominent
Resolved, That the question in the
next campaign is not between dem
ocrats, republicans or liberals, but
between the whites and the blacks,
and that question is, shall he whites
or blacks of Louisiana govern the
State! On this question, whether
we are democrats, liberals OF indie
pendentS, we do not ht state TO pro
nounce in favor Of the ascendency
of the whites.
Resolved, That the conduct of the
black man as Il politician has inn
posed on the white man the neceSsi
ty of raising this question i'll self
defence ana thoneh we have hith-
erto been unable to unite as demo
Gratis or liberals, we can now unite,
and will unite, as Il race, to protect
ourselves against the organized pill
laGr, public and private, committed
10y the other Face.
Resolved, That we recognize the
Necessity OF ,.ili0n in our ranks on
Il single candidate for every office,
and that we cordially invite every
party aililiat ions. to uni'e with lis
under the banner of '.The White
League" which can atone save us
from depression and defeat.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

ABOUT PUBLIC PRINTING-Th
Meridian Star has this 10 say about
organs and county printing:
We understand that The Gazette
Publishing Company intend start
ing their new paper, at Enterprise,
about the middle of June. No
doubt it VIII be "a good things" but.
unfortunately, good things generally
die Young The Radical party would
have died long ago, oniy-it's not d
good thing. On DIT that the pint
ing bill is unconstitutional
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

however, demands Ia, ogabIe men
ton OF Miss Lucy Aiagluder and
Airs. Jeil'reSs, for the valuable aid
rendered by them, and without
which the concert would not have
been so perfect ii success.
In our next issue We >ha' present
night. giving 10 such performers a:'
may be worthy. Il Just need OF
praise
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
A curious fact IN South Carolir

n curious fact III South Carolina
economies has Just come to hight.
twenty seven cOnvIctS have been
pardoneG out of the uentiary
because the State was too poor TO
provide for their support. THIS,
however, was not the end OF the
farce. As soon AS they were relcas-
ed from durance vile they marched
III "a body to the Governors and
asked tor pecuniary relief from the
Impoverished treasury Of the com
mOnwealth. Whcth, + they got -
or not is not stated, though we Ven
ture to say they did.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

The St. Louis Democrat. a Radical
RrpubIlcan paper say S: NO sane
Im.,u is now in favor of rrSoriing to
measures looking to what some
would regard as the speedy re
sumption of specie pa, mcntS.'" II,
then. evidently regards Grant as II
luIaiic
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
"a .ssA's s.as, e.ks

or pupil is properly furnished for his work,
- II new term is..-iu~. unless he is supplied
With Il GOOD ENGLISH DICTIONARY .
OR what professional man, family. or phi
waite Individual. can aivaNS road under
~taut'lngly, or make the best intellectual
pruLTrsa, unless IL has at hand. for often
Il like worh! And whilst
\ I.l.nlt
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
GINNING.

" WERNER announces u tie public
that he viii he prepared by the 18th
of September t. Gin and bale cotton on the
most Favorable terms. 1T the DiXiC W ork
With Col. W. {. Love :S Superintendent.
he hopes to give. entire satisfaction tn his
patrons. and SolicitS lc f;lvOrS Of his friends
Corn meal ground also. scp6-tt.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23
B0oNS,WiL PAPER, STATIONERY
BRICK, BRICK !!

'IHIE undersigned has lorated BRICK
YARD iii South Canton, on the Raj
road. and is now prepared TO supply brick
ON the most REASONABLE. terms.
jan@iti. I. w. PACKER.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

Turner Graves has the best of lee
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-23

Go to Charlie Lees tor delicious
cool drinks, aprl-m3