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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
TIRE PROSTATE STATE,

The New York Sun has this to say
of the gloomy prospects of poor, OPP
pressed South Carolina:
We published the other day II let
ter from South Carolina, which
shows that the sheriff and the auc
tioneer are about to complete the
work of the negro elector and the
carpet bag Office holder. The fair
est portions OF the State will be sold
for taxes, and when the proceeds
have passed i'll regular order from
the swarm of collectors to the larger
swarm of thieves who imposed the
taxes and iinpatiently wait to real
IZe them, we suppose there will be
another levy, another sale, and an
other steal, until nobody will buy at
any price. When that point is reach
ed the State may begin the slow
process of recuperation. When the
cloud of vultures find nothing left
to iced upon they will rise and set ?
tie eIsew here. South Carolina will
be liberated from her alien Cypress
ors when she is no longer worth
when her fields are
naked, and her cities grass grown.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

PIEDMONT AND ARLINGToMLIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.-This ster-
ling old Virginia comp any, so ably
and spiritedly represented by Col.
G. w. Terrell, should receive a lib
eral support through him, whose
agency has effected so much in its
behalf. The Col. visits Mississippi
i'll the interest of his splendid or
ganizatioD, and we commend him
to the kind consideration of the
people OF that State. A company
boastipg an annual income of over
s 500, 900, with an insurance of
$500 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
surance department., thereby plac
ing it on the same basis of sOlyency
as the best company in America i;
strictly home company, because
under its charter it is permitted to
invest it's assets where it does busi-
ness, thus building up home institu-
tons, it would be supertuOus to
laud its plans or extOl its operations
Its popularity, its generous spirit
of settlement of claims, its solven-
cy, it's comparatively light morality
and its unparalleled success places
it in the van of our insurance cor
pOrations. In Mississippi it will be
represented by Col Terrell, now on
"a visit to that State, ana we hearth
IL hi 10 hn Lin1naSr nf
its citisens.-N. D. Picayune.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
CROP PROSPECTS.

Though the farmers out in Jasper
are now suffering somewhat fol
rain, we saw few long faces, but, on
the contrary, hope and determine
ton was evidenced by all.--Enter-
prise Courier.
The farmers complain that the
drouth is running the oats, and bak-
ing the ground so as to impede
blowing and the coming up of corn
and cotton recently planted.-COl-
umJus Democrat
Very dry corn not doing much
cotton, where it is up at ali, is put
ting out two leaves on the surface
of the ground, dispensing with IL
stalk entirely WinOna Adraace.
Rain, welcome Iaini This morn
ing we are favored with a gentle
shower of rain, SO much needed in
this section. TO say that it is wei
come is but to express Il hollow
word. 1t is received with Joy, with
praise, with thanksgiving. May it
continue until the parched earth
shall have drunk its full, and all
nature put on new and shining
Falcon.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
LDtCtTlSV.

The following sensible views on a
much neglected subject we find in Il
report read before the General Con
ferance, at Louisville, KY, by Ex>
Governor Trusten Polk, of st.
LOUIS, Mo-, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Education. AS tins sub
ject has recently been discussed by
many of our papers and writers, we
offer no apology for reproducing the
views of Gov. Polk, and trust they
may receive the attention of all
readers who feel any interest in the
proper education of youth:
Lord Bacon has said that "knOw-
ledge is poWer'-that is, mere power
IA power that may be welded for
good or for evil; and for evit as
etfectually as for good. a bad man
is only made Il worse one, by hay
ing his merely Intellectual faculties
highly developed. 1t follows, that
what society needS-what the wei
fare OF the race demands-ls that
the forces of the intellectual should
be guided and welded by pure and
lofty motives. But these motives
can he supplied only by mains NOR
al constitution. And does it not,
therefore, also follow that our edu-
cational systems and enterprises
should be directed, in the largest
measure, to the development OF the
attributes OF our moral nature !?
And does it not further follow that
these powers of the moral nature
condition and determine the charac-
ter and the destiny of the man !!
Indeed, they not only make man
good, but no man can lee truly great
without them. They lie at the
foundation OF both greatness and
goodness. Why Mas it that Cate
the censor, was grander man than
Cicero, the crater? Did the ambi-
tious Cesar fear the intellectual,
the cultivated, the accomplished,
and graceful rhetorician as he did
the stern, uncompromislng mOralist
and patriotic
Considerations such as these urge
themselves upon US with command
ing emphasis at the present june
ture. The cry of our times is edu-
cation education. But it is for the
education of the pure intellect,
and not of the moral constitution.
And unfortunately, as We think,
the tendency and aim OF our sys-
tens of public aud State education
are to the development of the intel
leciual faculties, to the neglect and
to the ignoring of the moral and the
higher nature. We want an inte!li-
gent people, it is true, but it is also
aud especially true, that we want a
virtuous people-apeople who have,
and practice, and exeinplity, the
cardinal virtues.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
A GOOD HIT.

The following incident from a
London paper furnishes just re-
buke to those churches which have
substituted operate music for
psalms and hymns in their wor-
ship:
An Italian gentleman recently
arrived in New York. Being a
lover of church music, on the first
Sunday in the New World he in
quired of the book keeper of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel where he could
find the best church music. The
quartette choir of Grace church at
that time being considered some
thing extra, the gentleman was di-
rected there, and shown into one of
the best pews in the middle aisle, a
lady occupying it with him. At
the commencement of the first
chant, Madam, with the usual po-
likeness of American ladies, handed
the stranger book, pointing to the
chant. The book was politely re
ceived, but soon closed and put
down. At the second chant Mad
am repeated her offer, when, turn
ing to her with polite bow, the
gentleman said, ''Thank you kindly,
but l seldom uSe the librettO."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
NEW ORLEANS WOMEy.

We find the following sketch OF
the famous brunettes of the Cree
cent City in a recent issue of the
New York South
Probably the women of New Or
leans are the most superb looking
in America. They are bruuettes
and possess an elegance of carriage
and figure, a COZ tour of feature and
a pose of manner that are match
less. These New Orleans beauties,
lifted tenderly down dozen gener-
ations of clOse1 blood, are more
queenly than the portraits of their
French mothers that have hung for
centuries in their parlors. Some of
them are like figures chiseled ont of
marble, with the soft dash Of Gui-
dos brush or of Petrarch's song in
their face, and the ripe Southern
blood flushing up to their temples
under the pure surface OF their
veins. The exquisiteness of their
style takes your breath, with an ex-
clamat:On of admiration and IA 81 h
of relief, as you pass. Their native
city and State are the horizon of
society, and of the world to these
superb creatures and they are
reared under the solemn shadow of
attachments as Nenetians their
culture is narrow, but they have
the gift of expresses.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
A sTSTyETTE OF HeSOy1.

DR.. Rivers, of Pamela, Mississippi,
has u wonderful work Of the sculp-
tors art. 1t is nothing more nor
less than II statuette of Fernando
DeSoto. In any event the letters
"F. d. are cut upon the pediment.
the whole body is carved from solid
locust, the hardest and most endur-
able wood that grows in Southern
forests, while the pedIment is Il piece
of blackjack, with the bark on it.
This bark is somewhat decayed, but
besides this the wonderfully wrought
Statuette is faultiess as when Gepos-
tied in a box of dry sand and buried
in Il mound eight miles below the
city. 1t was torud by negro
woman, who sold it for calico
dress. DR.. Rivers afterward secur
ed it. AS a curious archaeological
discovery, if genuine. 1t Outvles all
mound builders. Photographs tax err
by Armstrong may be had by the
curious i'll such matters. Copies
will be sent to Eastern scholars, aud
one to Castelar,, the master of the
so-caIled Spanish republic. If this
be an original likeness, which We do
not believe, of DeSoto, and the
photograph compared with paint
ings in Grenada and Madrid may
tell, the Renuineness of the STAT,
uette, as the production of one of
DeSoto's followers, may be deter
mined John Quincy Adams de
clared and almost proved that De
Soto never discovered the Ml>sis-
sippi, and that Spain never held
any title whatever to any portion of
this valley. If this statuette be a
truthful reproduction Of the old
hidalgo, the fact that DeSOtO beheld
and crossed the Mississippi is incon
testify established, The Spanish
sombrerO, the rapier, the short flint
lock musquetoon, the long drinking
cup upheld in his left hand by the
acquifine- faced Spanish knight, all
suggest the genuinenesS of the curl
Gus relic of three hundred and tkir-
ty-two years ago. Whether genuine
or modern, it is a somewhat marvel
ously pretty work of pains-taking
taste aud art.--Memphis appeal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
TELECEAPHlC ITEMS.
RoCHEFoRr's RECEPTION.

NEW YORK, May PA grand
reception will be rendered Henri
Rochefort on Friday evening by the
French societies, consisting of the
Society Revolutionaire, FRANCHISE
and Franks.
WANTS THE RESTRICTION REMOVED
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Senator
Patterson has addressed Il letter to
the Secretary of War deprecating
the orders heretofore issued forbid
ding the decoration of Confederate
graves on memorial day at Airing
ton, and urging that the order, if
standing, be revoked, or if temporal
nv, that it be not renewed.
SORCERY IN MEXICO.
CITY OF MEXICO, May 25.-The
Alcalde of JacOba, in the State OF
Sinolareports officially that he tried,
woman for sorcery, and the people
demand other victims. Troops have
been sent thither by order eff the
general government.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The de
feat of the supplementary civil
rights bill in the House ,iay is
not a finally. To be sure, the Sen
ate bill cannot be got at, except I'M
der a suspension OF the rules by a
two.hird vote, and that as shown
by the action of the House cannot
be secured but the Judiciary Com
mittee, under its leave to report at
any time, can report bill which is
"a perfect copy of the Senate bill,
and this can be passed by simple
majority and sent over to the Sen
ate and there acted on. In that
way the supplementary civil rights
bill NAV, and within a very brief
space, find itself in the Presidents
hands.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

NlRDER AVID HANGING.

On the l1th inst, says a Corpus
Christi dispatch to the Galveston
NeUS, at PeneSca, about sixty miles
from Corpus Christi, on the Laguna
Madre, party of men, supposed to
be MeXicans, attacked Il store kept
by four Americans, citizens of Cor
pus Christi, and murdered all of
them. The names Of the murdered
men are John f. Merton, Michael
Morton, Cokely, "a nephew of j. Il.
Murphy, the partner of +. j. Davis
and Il German, named Herman Til
gner. Intense excitement exists in
the community. Parties are out i'll
search of the murdcrers.
Yesterday, at the Cayman Lake,
in San Pa,riciO county, about thirty
miles northwest of Corp2s Christi,
three MeXlcans were found hanging
to ii tree. They had been engaged
in the robbery OF two Americans
last Thursday. 1t is not supposed
they hanged themselves.
1t is reported here that last night,
on the prairie between this place
and RockpOrt, a man, a hide buyer,
was found cut to pieces, supposed
to have been done by MeXicans. He
had in his possession a Thousand
dollars, which was taken. / could
not learn his name.
1t is not improbable that whole
sale vengeance will be enacted upon
the perpetrators of these hOrI IDLE
ouirages and all aiders and sympa-
thizers. A company of United States
cavalry, at Capt. Kings rancho, af-
fords no protection, though station
cd there for that purpose.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

Prof. Swing, recently tried by the
Presby terry of Chicago fer heresy,
has been acquitted by a vote of
forty five to fifteen. Applause and
misses followed the announcement.
The Louisville Christian Obse, re,
speaks of the Chicago theology as
"speckled," term We do not alto
gether comprehend. Prof. Patton,
the prosecutor, will take the case to
higher tribunal for final decision.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

This gentleman had been Il mem
Der of the above society Tor only five
months, and had only paid me 50 80
previous to his being taken sick,
when he was promptly paid s112
compensation for ninety eight days
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 so small
as to place its great benefits within
the reach Of all Female as well as
male members will be received.
Thousands of others have receiv-
ed similar benefits from this truly
Benevolent Society.
Active, reliable and conscientious
agents wanted in every town i'll Mis-
siSSippi and Louisiana.
For further particulars apply to
the undersigned.
&. w. TERRELL.
General Agent and Manager Wild
oNs' and Orphans Friendly So
ciety, 81 Caronde!et street, (up
stairs), New Orleans, La.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

TIE JESUITS IN TURkEY.-The
following from the st. Louis Demo-
crat conveys biting sarcasm at the
expense of one of the miShlicst
powers in Europe:
\ large portion of the .Iesuits ex-
PEELED from Germany are taking up
their residences in Turkey. What
II satire upon the civilization of
Europe that the Turks should be
more liberal aud tolerant than the
progressive" NATIONS OF Western
Europe. How Cheap must an
Emperor William and II Lord High
Chancellor bismarck feel, on re
tlecting that with an army of iOI,
Gj9 men at their command, sleep
cannot be safely INDUCED in so
long as few hundred members of
n religious order remain within the
limits of their empire.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
NELLIE'S TROUSSEAU.

The Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial has
evidently been behind the scenes, if
we are to Judge by the minute de-
scription which he gives of the fair
Nellie's trousseau, and which is as
follows:
The President and Mrs. Grant
lavished upon this only daughter a
trOusseau fit for a royal Princess.
The plumage of the birds does not
contain more cOlcrs than are repre-
scented in the silk dresses which
Mrs. SartoriS takes abroad with her,
and not only silk, but every other
material that is dainty and betitting
the young bride, who has filed the
highest position OF any young lady
in the land. There were two sets
of Iaces, which were the gift of the
President, They were selected es-
pecially for their great beauty, and
the cost was quite Il fortune.
All the dresses were made liz New
York, there not being time enough
to order from Paris, and they GER
tainly do credit to American mod
istes. There are great v.triet Y
of evening dresses. blue silks with
lace, and with embroidery of every
shade, of pink sill. With every vali-
ETY. of trimming. and yellow silks
of all styles, besi:eS tulIe dresses
and every sort of morning dress By
the quantity. 1t would take a We X
TO catalogue them all, and it will
certainly take them more than a
week to put them Il: proper places.
There were shoes H. $50 caIliul to
match the house dresses, hats by
the case full to III itch Oatdoor
dresses, and gloves iitndkerchiefs
and fans by the hu~hcl.
1t was rumOres! that Mr.. and Mrs.
A!gernOn Charles Frederick SartO-
ris will have house of their own
on the family estate, "a cottage by
the sea-" but it will have TO be a
very large one, for after the pres,
ents and trOusseau are placed, their
owners will have to hang ont of
the windows for very lack of space.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

FATAL ACCIDENT.-On last Fri
day night, ii distressing accident
took place or the farm of Mr.. w
McAnally, some four miles south
east of this place. which resulted in
the death Of Jim Robinson cord. J
1t appears that his wife was sick
and he kept lamp burning, and
during the night, the oil being near
ly consumed, he cndeavored to fill
it whilst the wick was bnruing
from a can, and whilst in the at
tempt the can exploded and set fire
to his shirt and drawers, and also to
the cabin. He made frantic efforts
10 eXtinSuish the flames on his per-
son, but did not succeed until he
had sustained fatal injuries. His
legs and breast were dreadfuliv
burned, and he suffered in great
agony until Sunday morning, when
he died. The house in which he
lived was burned TO the ground
This deplorable accident should be
a warming to all persons to handle
coal oil very carefully.-Orford Fat
con.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

red TO hi1n for accepting the invita-
ton of Massachusetts, are. "'over-
weeu;ng vanity 10 win il national
regulations" and an ambi ious de-
sire to pave the way for future
place and power. The first he
already enjoyed, the latter, we feel
confident, has no foundation III
point of fact. That he is ambitious
may be true his ambition, however,
Is not of the kind that seeks empty
applause. or cOvets hOnors that may
he won at the sacrifice of principle,
but is nobler, more God like in its
character, and centerS in self only
so far as self can be made bene
dic,ion. Without ambition, no man
ever became truly great or good,
for it
..-is the germ
From which all growth Of nobleness pre-
ceeds.''
With our personal knowledge OF
Col. Lamar, we have no hesitation
in saying that Mississippi has no
tIuer son, the South no purer pa
trlOt
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
A CARD.

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 80. 1874.
l hereby take much pleasure in
stating that l hold Health Policy
in the Widows and Orphans Friend
ly Society, on which | only pay
sixtys seven cents monthly. l fur
ther certify that have been prompt
ly paid by G. w. Terrell, General
Agent and Manager Of said society,
SIP in cash, relief compensation
for fourteen weeks sickness of acute
rheumatism, followed by sciatic neu-
raIgia. JOHN LANAUX.
Donaldsouyille, La.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
I" ED.-MEMBERS FOR
w THE WIDOWS AND OR
PHANS FRIENDLY SOCIETY,

Y" D.--MEMBERS FOR
w THE WIDOWS AND OR
PHANS FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
This truly benevolent association is
organized with view to give pecu-
mary aid to it's members, by paying
to them stipulated sum of money
weekly during sickness, and in ad
dition from $50 to $500, in the event
of loss Of sight, hand or foot. The
rates are SO low as to place its great
benefits within the reach of all. II
is an organization for the people,
without restriction of class, cOndi-
tion sex or business. 10 man need
be sick at his own expense, fer the
Widows & Orphans Friendly So
cicty will pay him for the loss OF his
time in proportion to his contribu
ton to the society. AS the yellow
fever and sickly season approaches,
every one should becom IA member
of This society, and thus provide
himself with the means with which
to employ nurses, and with which to
support his family while he is sick
and unable to work for them, For
full information apply to the under
signed. Respectfully,
G.. w. TERRELL,
General Agent and Manager widows and Orphans
Friendly Society; and The P. and A Life Ins Co
Of Va 81 Carondclet street, New Orleans
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30
\ distinguished English uh

\ distinguished English physi-
sician writes that he has observed "a
peculiar and rather common deior
nifty of the chest is caused by the
cy and early childhood. lie says
that the weight OF the arm on the
thorax of the child, during sleep,
produces depression Of the ribs in
the line occupied by the arm when
the thumb is placed in the mouth.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

An exchange says: The first real
~ startling experience of II newly
when I've sees his bride ccnbing her
hair, one e;1d oi the hair being held
in her hand and the other attached
to a hook on the bureau
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

An exchange says. what is to be-
come of the drinking Methodists,
if there are any, wien the Church
reforms the total abstinence provi-
sion? 1t is high time the churches
were taking some strong grounds
against incompetence.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

A correspondent of the New
York World est mates the annual
cost of funerals at 500, 900, 900.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

If man dreams the devil is after
him, it ~ sign he had better settle
bis eutscriptiOn bill
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

Owing to the stormy weather on
Saturday of last week, only five
ladies went to be divorced in st.
Louis.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-05-30

The hymn for the centcnnial-Old
Hundred.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-13
THE DRUNKdRUS WILL.

l, the undersigned, Thomas Smith,
to be enfeebled in body, and
fearing may soon be palsied in mind,
and having entered on that course of i'll
temperance from which have not reso-
luton to flee, do make and publish this
my last will and testament. Having
been made in the image of my Creator,
capable of rational enjoyment, of i'm
parting happiness to others, know my
accountability; yet such is my fondness
for sensual qualification, and my utter
indisposition to resist temptation, that l
give myself up entirely to intemperance
and its associate vices, and make the
following bequests My property 1 give
to dissipation, knowing it will soon fall
into the hands of those who furnish me
with ardent spirits. My reputation, al.
ready tottering ON sandy foundation,
give to destruction. To my beloved
wife, who has cheered me thus far
through life, 1 give shame, poverty,
sorrow and a broken heart. To each
of my children 1 bequeath my example,
and the inheritance of the shame of
their fathers character. Finally, l give
my body to disease, misery and early
dissolution. a.. m ..1,t
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-13
POP GOES TIE WEASEL.

"Pop Goes the Weasel" has become
the chorus of thousand snatches of
song, but not one of thousand who
sing it ever heard of its origin. But its
parentage is as easily traced as that Of
an English baronet. A famous Metho-
dist preacher by the name of Craven
was once preaching in the heart of Vir-
ginia, and spoke as follows: Here are
a great many professors of religion to-
day. You are sleek, fat, good-looking,
yet something is the matter with you.
Now, you have seen wheat which was
plump, round and good-looking to the
eye; but when you weighed it, you
found that it only came to forty-fve or
perhaps forty-eight pounds to the bush
el, when it should be sixty or sixty three
pounds. Take kernel of that wheat
between your thumb and fore finger,
hold it up, squeeze it, and pop goes the
weevil! Now, you good-looking pro-
fessors of religion, you are plump and
round, but you only weigh some forty
five or forty-six to the bushel. What is
the matter? All! when you are taken
between the thumb of the law and the
finger of the Gospel, held up to the
light and squeezed, out pops the whisky
bottle!" From "pop goes the weevir'
to "pop goes the weasel" the transi-
ton is easy.