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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

An eIring husband, who hal tx
hauSte't al eXpl,lis,i ions for Late
h"urs, aud bad no apology ready,
recentiNly slipped into tue .hDu-r
about On" "',l"k very softly, drnu-
died. himself gently, aud aegean rock :
ing the cradle by the bedside, a- If
he had been awakened ont of "A
sound sleep by Infant L. cries. He
had Rocked away for five minute.
when Mary JAM, wh" had silently
observed the whole n'anHuvre, said,
''COue I" bed, YOU tool, you! the
baby aiu't there"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
The Oxford Falcon chronicles the

The Oxford Falcon chronicles the
death of Col. Thomas f. Il. Peyues,
one of our most honored ANA re-
specteti citizens, WHO breatiled his
last at his home near Oxford on
Monday 9TH. at 10 o'ci.ck, A. NJ.
The deceased was one OF the nian-
ayers OF the Mississippi University,
and ii member of the Board of d.
rectOrs Of the Mississippi Central
Railroad, where he labored for many
years, adding greatly TO the pros
perity and success OF both by his
influence and ability. Mississippi
has lost in him one of hrl best ri
zens, much respected by all who
knew him for his excellence in all
the duties of life.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

Inc 10.iOwIng III RELATION 10 neWs-
paper postage is of general interest.
At the Last session Of Congress, the
subject of postage on newspapers
and periodicals WAS taken int" con
slider alton by that. body, resulting
in the passage Of a bill compelling
advance payment of Postage, and
fixing the rate at. two CENTS isr
p0nusl on ali Of that Glars of matter
publisii4.d once a week Or more fire.
Qurntiy, aud transmitted to regular
subscribrrs through the mails, and
three cents per pound OH such mat
ter issued less frequently than once
. week. The provisions of this law
are to 60 i,r1o effect Januay l.,
1875. The postmaster general b.
ing Ivy law confined To a choice OF
one Of three mu.ies Of collecting tire
postage by means OF stamps, con
siderable atteptiu,sh has been given
to the matter by this Office; and
after a careful review OF the plains
proposed, it was d. emed best to
recommend the adoption vi the :. ~
tenn OF prepayment 10y postage
stamps affixed to Il M. mor;sndu,n vi
mailing, or, in other words. TO ii
stub in u book retained b, the post
master at the mating office, IL re
ceipt, show ing the weight vi matter
AMI the amount paid, t,eing given
i,y the postmaster To the pei son
mailing the same, the stamps al
fixed to the stub being cancelled by
. emitting punch, thus pre-, cutting
their u-e. This plan, it is be-
lieved, is more l.ract icaOle and less
expensive in it's operations than
either Of the others, " lille at the
same time it viii be quite as effects
nal in collecting the postage. A
series Vt stamps have been devised
Of "a denominations, by means OF
which any sum which is a multiple
Of eithrr tue two or three cent rate,
from two cents to S7z, can he made
BY tie use If not more than FIVE
stamps. II is expected that, not
withstanding the reduction of raj es
by the law, the system of compul,
sorry prepayment Of newspaper post
age will yield larger revenue to
the department than has ever been
collected. In the city of New York
alone, comprehensive inquiry
seems 10 warrant the belief that not
Less than *6OO, 900 per annum will
be paid SUN which is little less
than ono half of the entire revenue
from newspapers postage through
out the United States during the
fiscal year jasi closed. II is, how
ever, impossible to estimate the
actual increase for the whole coun.
try, owing TO that provision of the
law which allows the mali circu!a
tiOn OF new spapers in the Counties
in which th:y are printed.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

The New York Sun says Brechrr
and Tiltom have had a s.pIivatr ar
rangemrnt." THIS IL a new name
for il, though we dare say it is not
the first "private arrangement :"
bet weea Be.x.her aud TiltOD.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

Adjutant General Packer has lie
cilued the aplrointmrlt as privalr
y. cret.ry rendered INN by His Ex>
.eileicy Gov. Amrs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

Governor Peck, OF F.ImOnf, is Il
barhe or. Marrying would make
half Il bu hei of hIiu.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
A. Nj. / | riley
will pay for
and Will sell
SADDLE -. Etc.

lower than heretofore knnAn in this ,.si
kc.. All transactions CASH fronl tin
date. sept. II, 1c1i-ti
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19

1t is better to he useful than rich.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-19
CLOTHING.

I HAVE just received ii well ASSORTED.
| stuck of G.. OH NJ Hat and FUR
NIsHiN COOS # a variety 81 oi sr;,.iss,
;,i,.i i'Ii.ee; which l ,ner to the p;ii,ii. "a;
the lowest CASH PRICES. | also have 81:
hand Il few Boots and SHOES, " hIch l vii.
close out at cost for cash.
CHAS. c. CAMPBELL.
oct 10 a, Snl
, 1874-02-01

Helo FORK Heyaid LITTER.
In Ceara, tha priest Of tho parish OF Rlscno 10
Sangue {Riyulet o: Blood has been arrested upon
the charge Of ordering and causing mutds1 10 10
committed upon four persons. Tho motives p!u ;.
ducing these murders were peculiar. The pllsas'
had fallen deeply in love with one OF his pa1'an.
toner's, and for more than year had tteo ~ r.
duce her and to get her to live with hia o. ~ ~
concubine. He even had tho art to get hef la1u.
er's warm support of his pretensiona oat ;u'
Young girl resisted firmly both the p1les:l3 soao-
ltations and the paternal PRESSURE 4: ~ ps
the advice Of missionary, the girl aed 70 A,9 ~
house Of re1ation, and, after time. bes1o'os1t
herself to 4 cousin. Some time later, 1noge ".
high position came to the parish, and On nea1h
of the state Of things, wrote to ~ ~
Bishop Of Ceara abont them Aae
Bishop at once eent = license to mAr'
without bands and by any. cleIfJne:IJ
but tho priest openly declared that the en.
should never marry her cousin or any otne1. .ra -
fact, few days before the marrlage-aAy ~
men-one slaveof the priest tna Soa;o5 ~,
man in day time and barbarously mprdefea n.1
in the open street Of the village. An olo n1s.
who accidentally came to the spot, ann 20 -,
tive Of the girl, who ran up to the Young - ~
rescue, were next slain, and the bloody sceo1 ~
the day Was closed by the murder OF .oa.s
girl, who. On seeing the assassinaslons u pstHp;
tration. ran between the murderers hno w..
victims, With An image Of Christ held Saa".
her, to implors them to desist. The Two as71 -.
sins were arrested and confessed tna1 80,
priest had employed them to murder tne ctt y.sn,
and other persons, but had chafYea
strictly to do no hnrt to the girl who nsa
=: y Ill! =: -. liza IL --AJ
, 1874-02-01

usage, aud which is
REpUGSANT TO HEn FEELINGS"
Sir Robert WIS, perhaps, constitutlonaily
right; h1t the national sympathy was not with
him. One set OF ladies was az charming mad
mischieVous as the other but there was an un-
chivalrous appearance Of constralnlng the young
mistress OF the Ladies' Of the Bedchamber.
speaking in the Legislature. The Wings took
upon themselves the responsibility OF the Hoyal
refusal; Peel was driven back to the cold shades
of oppoBitiou,-and his adversaries again got
into power by dint OF holding on to the skirts Of
the ladies.
After ali, the English political women whoso
stories, ut least the stories OF their sayings and
doings, would cause most amusement, ate the
women who,
IN THE OLD ELECTION TINES,
canva8sed, intrigued, and vent marvellous
lengths, in order to secure the return Of their
.fayorites, and also the advantages that might
result to them, in their persons or in
their family circles, it their favoritcs had
voices in the Legislature. A book about politi-
cal women might, as We have said, grow to the
size Of IN encyclopaedia, but it would bear COM
preston, and every page would be brilliant aud
startling. The days are happily gone by when
Countesses sat at tavern windows aud ca ajolod
mobs. In those days Duchesses dropped jewels
like benevolent fairies in the presence Of elect
ors, and naughtify disowned them when the
wives picked them up. The idea Of Duchess
Offering to give or take q kiss (or botL) in re-
tnrn for vote seems now to belong to the same
butchers and dustmen,-Cymons subdued by the
Tphigenias Of tho minute,-will never again
aatter their Graces and betray their country By
asking permission to light their pipes at the fire
Of tLoso lovely eyes. The hissory of petticoat
influence at elections has yet to be written.
, 1874-02-01
THYSELF.

Sadly through Fancys mystical chambers,
Mcmory's incense Is waited along;
Though we have met, and parted fnraver,
Loved one, be nlcrciful fain. heart, be strong.
aid the drear shadows Of hopes that are blightcd,
Where Hfe'a sweetest pleasures lovebur1l, now lie,
Far in the depth Of those forests OF heurt-wrecka
None set have wandered 80 lonely ns I.
Though our two paths with that "Good-bye" must
widen,
Hopes stars grow dim in the glooun-deptha OF Woo
Still iii the love Of lifetime give thee, =
4 love whose deep yearning thou never shalt know.
So ends the romance. Tis page In ltfe's histry;
A record whose cv'ry word whispers Ut thee;
A story that Mt1ry, sad spirit, will cherish
Through the dark present anu the fur Iet ia Be-"
CHICAGO. OWEN NJ WILSON, Jn.
, 1874-02-01

1fstr York Sun FfoT1dd LetteT.
While the boys were eating the Captain eapied
IN enormous alligator. There WAS rush to the
pilot house. The Colonel was ahead with lis
Chicago shotgun. He implored the Captain to
stop the boat while he peppered the old fellow
with No. shot. Tho alligator shed the shot as
a duck sheds water. He did not even wink
Another monster was sighted. The three ritle-
men sprinkled his side with bullets, and he
crawled from the bank into tho water. As be
sent to tho surface row Of bubbles as large as
soup-p1ateB.
Nineteen nlligators were shot before night.
One was skinned, and lts oil used for greasing
the machinery of the boat: At my request the
cook cut some nice steaks from it's body, and
they were served for dinuer. The meat was aa
white chicken. The Chicago Colonel ate soma
undor the supposition that it WAS black bass.
He took but one mouthtul, and said there waa
something wrong about that fish. The steak
tasted like hanbut, but, though the alligator waa
young, it uas Ye1v tough.
, 1874-02-01

AnchorinE a steamer Eight Days in
Nltd-Occan.
4 passenger by the Pacific Mail steamship
China, which arrived at San Francisco Oh the
18th inst, after a delay which caused a great
deal Of anxiety, has furnished tho following
narrative Of the voyage to the Morning Cal Of
that city:
"Tho steamship left Hong Kong on the 9th
OF November last. She touched ut Yokohama
Japan, and left there on the STU of December, al
noon. She was very deeply laden, and proceeded
on safely until Dec. H. At SO minutes past 1
the engine broke down, and was stopped, in
latitude 80 degrees IA minutes north longitude
Its degrees so minutes west; the weather being
nearly calm, the ship Was for while kept be-
fore the wind and finally laid to. The Wheels
were losbed, tue fires banked, steam was blown
or. aud the machinery allowed timo to cool,
after which the cylinder-head was raised, and
thorough examination Was made by Mr. Ojeda,
the chief engineer. who reported that the thread
of the screw by which the piston-rod was screwed
vertically into the piston had been torn away,
and the injury could only be repaired by drilling
a hole through the piston-rod and TINT portion
OF tho nut next above the cylinder, aud bY maxi
ing and inserting through it large iron key at
night angles, thus firmly securing the rod to the
piston. The true condition Of the damage
having been fully ascertaincd, the chief engineer
drew h1s working plans and figured the amount
OF time and labor necessary. He reported that
eight days aud nights would be required to fully
euecL Tue repairs, as many OF tho tools necessary
would have to be manufactured on board. With
these, and the spare tools usually furnished to
steamers for use aaoat, 270 cubic inches Of iron
were to bc drilled out, and tho gigantic
size Of the machinery rendered tho task a
formidable one to accomplish at sea- The fires
In the main boilers we're eztinsuished, aud the
vessel anchored to patent drag with a couple
Of hundred fathoms of cable attached, in which
condition sue lay-to nearly eight days, drifting
about nearly in q circle with variable winds,
which at one time blew quito fresh from the
eastward, and forced tue steamer within 100
miles Of Brooks Midway Island, where the Paci-
fic Mail Steamship Company have erected build
ings and keep supply Of coal and provisions,
placed there az port Of refuge, for use in case
Of necessity. On the 9th Of December, Just
seven days and :wenty-three hours, or one hour
before promised, the giant beam bowed towards
the east, the wheels turned over, and the China,
then Is miles northward of the position in which
she broke down. uaovad On toBarta California.
, 1874-02-01
COLLATION..

O heart dear heart! If you could know
The powers of love my soul doth reach,
The weight above, the depths below,
The realms beyond the realms OF speech;
# you could know what tenderness
With every fibre is cnWrought,
How pure. how true, how rassior,ful,
IL every pulse, Is every thought;
II you could know, say-what tlen7
Your soul would drink It's happy al,
And great Thanksgiving would ascend,
Giving God praige that Ills sweet will
Had crowned you with such blessedness.
O heart! such purple wine drink deep,
Such royal garments proudly wear.
Missing such love, might angels weep.
SCoT.T CAMPBELL.
r. .ruYxcrox n
, 1874-02-01
LOVES LAND.

In the South Is loves tand,
Where tue roses blow,
Where the Summer lin6ers,
Fear1es. Of the SHOW.
There no Winter chils it.
So its life is long
Gentle breczes fau it,
Ago but makea it strong.
Nay; freeh rosea wither
Where the sun Is hot
Not III torrid regions
Blooms forget-me-not.
loves tender blossom,
Which the Winter chills,
But too eager Summer
With Its kisses kills.
-L0utts Chandler Aouon in Scribners for february.
, 1874-02-01

|
nized her ability and prudence; and, when
Queen Anne was in sickness and distress, Abb
gail consulted Swift, because she recognized in
her turn, his energy and decision Of character
generation has passed away aimee change
OF Ministry, in 1889, put
THE LADIES OF THE BEDcuAMnER
on level with political women. In May Of that
year the Wing Cabinet resigned, but they left
about tho Sovereign ladies' Of their families.
who we're, rightly Or wrongly, supposed to pos-
sess both personal and political influence, and
were likely to exercise both for the advantage
OF the e1-Ministers. The Queen Gent for the
Duke Of Wellington, who advised her to send
for Sir Robert Peel. The usual arrangements
and understandings we're soon accomplished.
Tho Sovereign added an assurance OF her unre-
served support Of the new Ministry, but the
qualification caused by this assurance was some-
what tempered BY an expression OF regret for
the Ministers who had just resigned. The
female friends of those Ministers still held
important places in the Royal household, and
those places conferred, it was thought, i'm
portant powers. Perhaps the ladies talked
little too much of tie power they, at least, pos
Wellington who prompted Sir Robert Peel to de-
mand the right Of nominating the holders Of the
various posts in the households in other words,
of turning out the Wing ladies'. They cried out
against the arrogance and injustice OF the de-
mand. To yield to it would ba the concession Of
legged fact was made the most Of, namely* that
Conservative ladies had hoasted that, if they
ever succeeded to the posts the right Of appoint
ing to which WIS claimed by Sir Robert, they
would, as M. Guizot has shortly put it. "be be:-
Ter ab1e to restrain Her Majesty within conatltu-
came the famous Royal note: "The Queen, hav-
ng considered the proposal made to her Jester-
lay BY Sir Robert Peel, to remove the Ladies' Of
1er Badchambat, cannot consent to sdopt :
, 1874-02-01
THE 0LD-F0GY MAN.

He was queer, old-fogy man,
And loved oltl-fogy ways;
And rallied ngainst the reckless speed
or these fast modern days.
He onca could travel leinurely,
And stop bis friends to hail;
But now they rushed hin through By <uc
And rode lin On a 1au.
That good old coach WAS fast enough
For prudent folk to 60;
impatient men low hugh at 1t,
And say 'txas rather slow:
And SO they rush upon the train,
And speed like thought away,
Until srnash-up breaks their b1ua:
He thinks 1t doesn't pay.
He loved old housewives spinning -whee.1:
The mt1sic of their hum
Was far more dear to his old CIR
Than gr1ud-ptano thrum,
But ali he sighs, those wheels are gurs
Since Whitney made bis gin;
No more We hear their thrifty hum,-
No more tho sisters spin!
The rosy girls Of oldcn time,
Sunburnt, were frmer male
Than these, the late aud tender shoots
That grow up in the shade:
They did their mothers heavy worf,
And eased her weary hands;
And sometimes. too, il brothera failed,
Gould help to do nlan'..
Their dresses, made with easy 1T,
Gave not pain beneath;
Their hearts had ample room to beat
Their lungs had room to BREATHE
Unlike Our present girls, With waist2
Too much compressed and slight,
WAo, II they do NOT disaipate,
Are very often tlaht.
They let no. Fashion dwarf their form3,
Bit grew to eomeiy aize.
And health shonc cver on their brows
And spark1ed from their eyes;
They thanked kind Heaven fer Ill it, 2tt,
And thought, with secret pride,
Thet they were beautiful enough,
And they were satisfied.
But now, our modern girls, alas
Think Providence uukind
For putting too much in the midst,
And not enough behind;
And 70 they hustle round, and lace,
To mend such clumsy ways,
And think they far outslias tho girls
of good old-foay days-
lie wished. he said, for their sT'eet safos,
That Fashions torturiug vice
Would ease them up little, and
Less pinching would suffice,
That they might feel the bounding health
Around the hc1rt that plays,
When all nnfetterel as It Vzs
In good oid-focy days. =
, 1874-02-01
Aspasia, Cornelia, aud the Mother
Of Abdallah.
Madame Recmaier, Madame De Stael,
and the Princess De lieYen.
Alice Perress, Eleanor Gotham, Mistress
Blount, and Abigail HILL
From the London AfhknHutn. 4


Of the father Of the gods, whether those plan
regarded heaven or earth; aud old mytholog
shows how the peace Of mind OF Pluto, Vulca1
--rl Neptune could be disturbed, and the
realms rendered intoleEab1e, by the sayings an
doings Of rischieyons beauty,
They arc numerous in history, sacred or pre-
fame. Among the political women OF Greco
there is none Who has LETT more tender men
cries than the Aspasia at whose beautiful fec
Pericles was content to ait. A far brighter ex
ample is furnished by the List Of Roman politics
women, namely: that
conSEL1A,
who marricd Roman citizen when she nigh
have been the bride OF King. Cornelia s meri
was we'll recognized by her grateful country
by the erection OF her statue in her lifetime
with the inscription, sCorneha, mother Of th'
Gracchi'
We do not see why We should disbelieye tht
oft-racorded saying Of Cornelia that those
Gracchi were her real and only jewels, any more
than the equally well-known saying Of another
political woman of her day, the mother OF the
last Arab-Mohammedan King of Granada. When
Abdallah checked his horse to take farewell
look at the city from which he was expelled, and
burst into tears at the sight, the
LADY;
who hnd oeen sort OF munster "1hous port
foho, excia1neu' 1ou oo "en 20 weep Hhe
woman for Whas you eon'a not oeieno Hho .
mani" there Aaa peen many mon mine IN tne
moot'sh Kingdom IN SPAN WIN INC aenanI
spirit OF Aoda1lahs mother, history YOU'D nave
had other consequences TO unfold. Vne cannot
but 1eol indignant ns the wrong tnat M has pecn
3one to ths poh.lcal old lads. ohe mas oeen
robbed OF her famous saying py one OF ne5
n"h countisinen, WIZ culonlc4eo Tug !aSI, anu
InoSe me nssle' oeees u oel a1n. -apa:ltn1' e'e
e1-hlng' 1eu IN =, oat1le' IN ne service :, Of an
a1ae3n Ennee' Al, "tetnea man etlss ':
r4e r.ag.a.ns i "A ,ot .us0 Us
e u cnse m ousn ons ne un nos er., uaie ie
% dio N n1s OVID Is M supeue1b 41.t scosn tta 10
a1eu, .m ~ no"e'I: y,4ei1a y 10 aan.e aael
~ ~ s a,,1d r,ae liz f;r,oa,f
Hrx: X nnu i,aa4 -. eoato ~ n5p n1oAseA
1io eeele' n.s.o1y y. -r'7.1 1.T1s - eou5 W.,
, 1SuoSt7 1;st;nat - 10 ;n1na+,oo ,ooa
note W teen oae.cst ~ 10 nusoe<,r!o. h1o9
or lot esn-ol pohIen ,1 "osu. tne ;'s.:s isoiea
poten!ate "no, "aesnel 10 nealu " @ ~
" ~ 11upie lupuo' a"aso = "sA; WY -
sues 9apuea at ..1n. ~ "o'na1 "@7 'Ae ptll1e
a9vst Wns ~ eeeAy e' +,,,,;aa h;a ..,o,a.a
p;sn1,;a[a. - T;ttars;-aa : +he nsnaa thsf
.wqsaag raoss r1asa,ra -rors +1aso Se1,;ct h bo
na;I,aJ vsriora T7aTtr.;+a ~ vomor - saus ~ ~
iho1n +onnd 1ore in marr;aca 1;ka Ts5v Rms.
nelj others neither found nor soncht i, ike
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-23
RREannRI

From the Miners and Mdngfdctuueric
Reporter, published at Tracey City, we see
that Capt. w. IL. Chappell has been ap-
pointed Clerk and Master Of the Chancery
Court of Grundy county, in the place OF
the late Robert Sanders. Capt. Chappell
IS well known in this city, having resided
here several years.
Dr.. VIM. NJ. Wright, Superintendent OF
the Penitentiary, has purchased a lot in
Huntingdon, on which he will shortly erect
a tasteful cottage, with a view Of again be-
coming a citizen of that place.
Gov. Brown, accompanied by DR.. Grant,
of Pulaski, came up last night from Elk.
ton, Giles county, where the former had
been complimented with the grandest bar
becue ever given in that section.
A communication, signed by a large
number of our prominent citizens was sent
to Hon. Jno. NJ. Bright, of Fayetteville,
yesterday, requesting him to address the
citizens of Nashville and vicinity upon the
political situation at an early day.
Although in his 18th year, and suffering
severely from a recent accident, DR.. Ram
sey, the Tennessee historian, and President
of the Tennessee Historical Society, in
sisted upon being present at Rev. I. A.
HOyt's recent lecture in Knoxville, and
carried into the hall in a chair, and
placed upon the stage.
Mr.. Clarence Angler left the city yester-
day on an Eastern tour.
Gen. W. G. Harding aud D. +. Cockrell
left for Louisville yesterday afternoon to
be present at the organization of a Blood
Horse Association in that city.