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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29

is impossible for the owners of boats to
| carry at profit, as the State tolls are
over three cents per bushel alone The
new steamboat line recently put on the
canal is, perhaps, an exception, as they
can run at about the same expense as the
ordinary boat, and make two trips to the
hOrSe-nOat'S one.
WHEN piece of territory settles away
below its accustomed level, the matter is
very easily explained, and the same is
the case when there is sudden upheaval.
But in the vicinity of Schenectady, N. Y,
IA phenomenon has occurred which gives
rise to a great deal of speculative in
quiry. The railroad near that place for
about hundred feet has several times
risen to such degree as to render it
necessary to take up the rails and sleep
ers and grade the bed anew. 1t is sup
posed that a vein of quicksand runs
under the hard pan of the surface at
that point, and that the water from the
high ground, saturating it and becoming
Imprisoned, eXerts a hydraulic power,
lifting the surface. In accordance with
this theory IA method of deep drainage is
to be adopted at once.
AMONG the papers recently recorded at
the Registers office in New York was
settlement made by Leonard w. Jerome
and wife in view of the contemplated
marriage of their daughter, Jennie, with
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill,
son of the English Marquis of Bland
ford. Under this marriage settlement
Thomas NJ. Foote, of that city, and
George Charles Spencer Churchill, Mar
quis of Blandford, are constituted trus-
tees to receive and pay over an annuity
of $4,000 in gold, and it is stipulated
that, in case Lady Churchill Miss
Jerome) should die before her husband,
leaving no issue, S125O0O in gold shall
thereafter be paid to Lord Churchill, and
further provision is made for the pay
ment of $3.50, 900 in gold to their heirs,
should both of them die leaving issue of
their marriage.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29

there is no demand for it outside. If |
only had Il trade | could get place. A
gentleman wanted man to-day to take
care of his garden; if | had understood
the business of gardener | could have
had place at good wages right away"
We have in mind, at this moment,
another person who is struggling labori-
ously and honestly TO support his family.
But he is in the same condition. He has
never learned any business; he is master
of nothing, except indeed those branches
of industry that require no experience
or apprenticeship, and that can be picked
up at days notice, and hence they are
overstocked. He is willing; he would
be glad to learn a trade; but it is not
SO easy for man with Il family on his
hands to do that.
friend of about forty years of age, who
has had more than usual advantages of
education, having graduated at college
and also studied abroad. He was heir
to Il moderate property, which relieved
him, apparently, from the need of ac
quiring Il profession or calling. But in
time his property melted away, and
now, when approaching middle life,
with a wife and several children, in a
all is push, and hurry, and com
petition, and where the demand is
made of every man, "What can you
do:" he finds himself without any
trade or calling of which he is master,
compelled to do the easiest, most rudi-
mentary, the poorest paid work. So, as
the result, he is really unable by his ut
most exertions to support his family in
anything like comfort.
And if one turns to the other, the fair
er portion of humanity it is the same
ct AsE ln ha II
or woman, who comes to you for char
ity, or for work, or help of any kind
4" What can you do?" and the answer
will be: "Anything;" which means, of
course, Nothing"
If every person were master of some
thing, knew how to do something that is
useful, and that is in demand, and if the
plague spots of dissipation and vice that
infest the land were dried up, nine tenths
of the poverty would be annihilated.
The poor-house and Jail would be ITO
Let."-NdtioaaL Baptist.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29
Selected WisreHa,,g.
TIE GARDEN GATE.

THE little boy on the garden gate
Sings and swings
He dreameth not of the march of fate.
How the hours will glide, and the heart must wal
For the prize to which il clngs.
He thinketh not that his boy Wood time
Will ripen soon into manhoods prime.
And honor and riches and great renown
May send his name TO the ages down
He gazcth south and he gazcth north.
He swingcth back and he swingeth forth.
And his heart beats high "a the heart of kings.
For his soul is poised ON the futures wings
The little boy on the garden gate
Swings and sings.
He loitereth there till the hour is late,
And his heart grows large with a joy innate
And liics upwelling springs
For the gladdening present. the nights ana DAY =
Are the stars that guide into happy ways;
He thinks of the flowers and streams that rise
Under his feet meath the glancins skies
He looketh east and he looketh west
Till the day has gone to his glorious rest
For his soul is dreaming of beautiful things.
And his heart beats high as the heart oil kings
The little boy on the garden gate
Sings and swings
He will stand not long he will cease 10 wait
On the outward march of an inward fate,
Or wild imaginings-
He may rise into manhood's lofty pride
He NAV stand like a rock on the common mart,
He may win his way To the worlds great heart.
He may win his honors and wear his crown.
And The false and base at his feet lie down
That is the boy who swings and sings
On the garden gate that sings and swings:
He may stand one day with the best of kings
-Chds. W. Butler in Youths CoDiDdHi0a-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29

The United States raises annually
about 150,000,G00 bushels of potatoes,
representing money value OF about
100000, 900 Twenty-Five per cent. OF
the potato is solid, dry substance and OF
this 624 per cent. is starch. One nun
dred and fifty bushels of potatoes, which
NAV he raised as easily rs twenty bush
els of wheat contain =, 25c pounds OF dry,
nutritive substance. The twenty hush
els of wheat would contain only i.oi4
pounds of dry substance, of which GO
per cent is starch, and as starch is the
material in living bodies which FURNISHES
nutrition 10 the respiratory processes
and fat to The tissues, for these purposes
a crop of potatoes is worth double crop
of wheat.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29

A YOUNG lady in Des Moines put vitriol
on her scalp to take dapdruH Of, ard
wha, scalp she has left doesn't bother her
any.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29

4 NEW YORK correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Gdzette writes:
The chief holder Of personal estate in
this city is Commodore Vanderbilt, who
is estimated at $4,000, 000, the largest
part of which is in railway property. He
owns enough in the Connecticut River
and New Haven Roads to be dire ctor
in each, and he also owns the controlling
interest in the Central, Hudson and Lake
Shore, besides his stock in Ohio IL
Mississippi and other important roads.
1t was said of George Peabody that he
made almost the entire bulk Of his enor-
nous wealth after his tiftieth year |
think a stronger statement can be made
of the Commodore, for he has made the
largest part of his money since he was
siXty-that is, within the last score of
years. | suppose that when the war
broke out he was not worth tive mill
ions. The incessant and enormous in
crease of railroad values and the colossal
extent of his operations have brought an
increase so stupendous as to remind us
of the old stories of Oriental magic. The
only instance in which real and personal
estate is combined almost equally in the
vast possessions of one individual Is
found in A. II. Stewart. He owns
enough in each of these shapes ofwcalth
to make Il dozen men rich. In point of
real estate he has two great dry goods
establishments on Broadway; also the
Metropolitan Hotel and the former Uni
tartan Church Add to these the Bap-
fist Church in Amity street, now used
as the stables of his business teams, The
Depeau row, in Blocker street, and
above all is Fifth avenue palace, winch
cost 81 100000. In personal estate Is his
stock in trade, capital and bills receiva-
BILE which must he SlOOOOOoO ana also
n large quantity of bank stock. In This
manner ST, v-aIt wicids both classes of
property lie has differed entirely from
Vanderbilt in this point. The latter has
invested almost solely in railway stocks,
while the former has csChevcd this toTm
of property in IA very peculiar manner,
He has strong affinity for those things
which pertain to trade, and to this ai'ne-
1t is said that his estates cannot be less
than $4,000, 600"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29
What Causes Fever.

PROF. RUCKMAN, of England claims to
have disc overed one of the causes of
typhoid fever A family in his neighb Dor
hood was attacked with IL severe type of
the fever. On a careful search OF ihe
premises, spout in the family pump was
found to be coated with sort of gelatin
Gus matter. Submitting this to micro
SCOPE investigation, it was found to be
fungoid growth, from which spores were
constantly washed away by the flowing
water. He followed up this discovery by
a minute examination of the outlet of the
sewer through which the drainage of the
town flowed, and his scientific zeal WAS
rewarded by finding fungoid growths of
IA similar nature to those in the pump
spout, IN the vicinity of this outlet the
fever had also prevailed Having cases
of fever in his own family, he followed
up his inquiry by chemical analysis of
water drank by the family, and found in
it minute spores of the same fungus.
His conclusion is a natural one, that the
fever had its origin in the fungus matter
taken into the system, where it fermentS
as yeast in beer, and poisons the blood
"A one-legged soldier, a Mormon, re-
Gently asked Brigham Young to supply,
by miracle, the missing limb but the
apostle, not to be caught, made this re
ply: | can in an instant produce Il new
leg in the place of the old one, but then
you see, if | do, it will cause great incon-
vcnicnce to you in heaven; for after your
cxaltation to glory the original leg will
come back to the spiritual body; mine
also being of Divine origin becomes i'm
mortal, and, in this case, observe how
very awkward a tLree-Iegged angel from
Utah would appear among the inhab-
itants of the eternal world"
A WEALTHY young English widow
whose passion is small feet, offers to
marry the man who is over five feet tall
and can wear her shoe-No. 3.
"A Watervillian killed 1.00O, 9S7, 212
potato bugs in one day and has not been
strong enough to tell the truth since
RoBte IN. y Sentinel.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29

A WEALTHY young English widow
whose passion is small feet, offers to
marry the man who is over five feet tall
and can wear her shoe-No3 3.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29

"A Watervillian killed 1000, 9S7 ,272
potato bugs in one day and has not been
strong enough to tell the truth since
ROjae IN. y Sentinel.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17

ters Of Administration on the es-
tate of Geo. w, Edwards, decd.
Bond $500.
WEDNESDAY.
Austin Goodell, constable elect,
to fill the vacancy in the 18th dis
trict, occasioned by the refusal of
A. L. White to qualify, executed
his bonds and was qualified. NJ NJ.
Bright, 7. II. Garrett. J. B. Long,
Geo. G.. Hughes and J. Il. league,
being his sureties.
VIM. F. Duffy, guardian Of Sine
on Duffy, executed new bond as
such, in penalty of / 200.
John W. Baker renewed his bond
ss guardian of Margaret A. l. Ba-
kerr Penalty $3.50.
Commissioners were appointed to
set apart a years support to Wild
/ ows of VIM. II. McFaFlen and Mar
tin B. Key, decd.
Smith VS.. Withers.-Decree con-
frming report Of commissioners di-
viding land.
TUESDAY, OCT. 18TH.
Butler VS.. Freeling-Order d.
reeting clerk to pay bill of costs in
appeal suit out of funds in his
| hands.
Jno. J. & BirdsOng, admr. OF Jas.
n Watts. was allowed Iwt I've
months further time TO fn ally wind
up said estate.
The Inventory aud Account sale
of Jno. ii. BlaiOck, admr. OF J. b.
| Hooper, decd, was received.
Jurors were appointed for ihe
/ January term of next Circuit court.
Judges of elections were appoint
I ed to hold The November election.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
Tribute of Respect.

At a regular communication Of Denmark
Lodge, No. l54, Free and accepted Masous,
on the 9Th day of October, 1874, IN the
tow n of Denmark, the following preamble
aud resolutions were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS. The outer door OF our Lodge
was alarmed by the death Of our brother
;. p Jones. who departed this life on the
9TH dsY of September, 1874 At his residence
near De nmark, Tenn, after brief and
painful sickness, during which he showed
that D. had not lived in vain; and that he
was a christian, trusting alone in the mer
its OF Jesus for salvation. Therefore be It
Resolved, That We deplOre the sever
ance Of The fraternai ties that bound our
brother ). L. Jones TO Us, but rejoice for
the assurance that he has only been sum
aOnpd from bis labOrs on earth. 10 never
ending refrcshment in the celestial Lodge
above.
Resolved, That ia token OF our regard
for our departed brother, we wear the usu-
al badge 0f mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That we tender our sympa-
thies to his wife and children in their great
sorrow.
Resolved, That a copy OF this preamble
and resolution be furnished his family, and
the same be spread upon the minutes OF
this Lodge and published ia the Jackson
Wing and Tribune.
WM. HESiiY,
THOS. BOND. Com.
W. W. w EATHERLI,i
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
SUMMARY
Ben Butler has been renomina-
ted for Congress in Mass.

Ben Butler has been renomina-
ted for Congress in Mass.
The grand jury of Salt Lake has
indicted Thomas E. Kicks for MUIR /
der committed fourteen years ago.
Monday hast the $50 anniversary
of the discovery of America was
celebrated in many parts of the
country, by our italian citizens.
A dispatch from Dennison, Tex
az, reports the capture of 4 band of
eleven outlaws by 4 deputy Marshal
and posse
The Catholic temperance societies
of Boston celebrated the anniversary
birthday. Of Father Matthew, Satur-
day.
Thirty nine medical students we're
arrested in Buffalo lately for
being found in the act of dissecting
bodies stolen from the Holy Cross
Cemetery
There are only three Republican
counties In Georgia. 1t is expect
ed that the entir g Georgia delega-
ton in the next Congress will be
Democratic
The Louisiana negroes have is
sued an address deuouncing and re-
pudiating Kellogg and his fellow
carpet-baggers, and offering to join
with the honest white citizens in
the interests of pure government.
The drouth in Central Alabama
continues. 1t cut of the cotton
crop about one-third, and ruined
the pea, sweet potato and turnip
crops. There have been no good
rains for nearly three months.
at the Nashville races Saturday,
I Cheatham's Vanderbuilt won the
Maxwell House stakes; Franklin's
Arizona won the mile and a half
dash. and RobInson's Astral won
the race for beaten horses.
The triennial Episcopal Conven-
ton, now in session in New York
city, is a very full one, and matters
of great Importance to the church
are to be determined. The Rev.
DIR. Craik, of KY, Is presiding over
the deliberations of the body.
At regular meeting of the stock
holders of the louisville and Nash.
vile railroad, held at Louisville on
the 7th inst, E. d. Stanford, II. V.
Newcomb and w. B. Caldwell were
elected directors. The salary oil
the president was reduced TO 81,
500 per annum, and that of the
viee-presideut abolished.
Heavy frosts fell Sunday and
Monday nights throughout Ken
lucky and northern Tennessee, ovei
the great tobacco region. Well-in.
formed men from the country, and
dealers generally, unite in saying
that great damage has been done
to the growing crop OF tobacco, va
riously estimating that from one
half to two-thirds of the entire croI
has been killed. Specials to the
Courier-Journal corroborate the ac
counts OF great damage ali along
the line of the Nashville road.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
Read carefully the address of the
Democratic Committee to the people
of Tennessee, published elsewhere.

THE CoNTRAsT.-The following
from the Richmond (Va) Wing is
equally applicable to Tennessee.
The Southern States under Repub-
lican rule are hopelessly bankrupt,
while those that we're able to throw
Off the incubus are comparatively
prosperous.
"When we contemplate the race
troubles that prevail in several of
the more Southern states, and the
rows, riots, collisions and blood
shed that spring out OF them, we of
Virginia have cause to be thankful
that we have escaped similar fate.
We cannot too highly appreciate
the blessings that we enjoy. The
white preponderance in Virginia
will go ON increasing from year to
year, and all that is necessary to Sc
cure the continuance of order and
tranquility is wise and just govern
ment. We some times think that
crop failures, money disasters, and
the various mishaps and troubles
that have befallen us since the war,
are hard to bear; but suppose, in
addition to them, we had the lamar
chy and misrule, the riots, collisions
and outbreaks to which some of our
Southern neighbors are subject {?
Then, indeed, would our difficulties
be intolerable. Happily for us, we
have escaped these, and let US, by
wise and just government, guard
against them in the future"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
A ROLAND FOR AN OL1vER.-

A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER
Charles O'Conor, who by universal
consent stands at the head of the
American bar, has published his
opinion in regard to the legal duty
of President Grant to the Kellogg
government. Mr.. O'Conor takes
direct issue with Reyerdy johnson
on the question. He says that the
paramount authority in the Louisi-
ana case was Congress. A recogni-
ton Of the Kellogg government by
that body would have bound the
President and all others until Con-
gress should have revoked its form
er conclusion. Congress not hav-
ing acted in the case the Presidents
recognition had a similar effect and
bound all parties, but as Congress
might have revoked its determine
ton, so might the President have
reconsidered his opinion, and when
called on by Kellogg a second time
might have refused his aid. In
speaking of the forcible custer by
Penn, Mr.. O'Conor says:
Kellogg. to be sure, was ousted
by force from a State !ofice, into
which he had been indicted by the
President, in the exercise of a con-
stitutional power; and the employ
ment of that force was q breach of
peace. But it was the peace of the
good people of Louisiana that was
broken. No law of the Union was
infringed or condemned. The ex-
IRENE violence of PENIS revolu-
tionary movement may have been
an evil example. One of the most
ancient and valuable laws witch the
wisdom of their English ancestors
transmitted TO the American colo
nists is that which forbids the law
full owners of lands to Dust with a
strong hand a multitude of people"
the trespasser who, by long possess
sion or otherwise, has clothed him
self with a color of right. This
was precisely the condition of the
usurper kelloggj and it would be
impossible to maintain in any Judi
clal tribunal having cognizance in
the case that their act was not an
offence. But, as before stated, their
offence was against the laws of
Louisiana only. The President had
no right or authority to interfere on
that ground. He is not the Repub-
lies general ctsst0S Rl0run ; nor is he
authorized to correct by armed
force all violations of good manners
occurring within a particular State.
1t is quite certain that if, from
any cause, Kellogg had been pre-
vented from applying for aid the
President would have possessed no
legal warrant to justify his inter-
ference. Had he CALAMITY confront
ed his opponents and fallen in the
vindication of his cause the Presi-
dent might in like manner have been
left without authority. This should
suffice to refute the idea that there
is devolved by the constitution on
the federal government a duty to
intervene for the suppression of
evil examples in contempt of State
laws"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
Resolutions of Respect

To the memory OF Henry Barrier. decd,
late an associate Justice OF the On srteFiy
Court OF Madison county, unanimously
adopted At the October Term, 1874:
WHEREAS, II appears 10 this Court that
Henry Barrier, Esq, late q member there
Of, departed this life on the - day OF
August, 1874, and
Whereas. his proper that those who
survive the dead. and have been associated
with them, and therefore arc familiar with
their virtues, should transmit the reeCl-
lection thereof 10 pOsterty. and
Whereas. Henry Barrier, E.q was the
oldest member OF this Court. and Was q
faithful and honest servant Of the public,
and an upright citizen, and therefore enti-
tied to the respect and kind remembrance
Of the citizens Of the county, IL is
Resolved, That by bis death the county
has Lost an upright citizen, an honest and
contentious man aud faithful public ser
want, virtues which SHOULD be remember
ed and encouraged.
Resolved, That the sympathIes Of this
Court be tendered TO his bereAyed family
and personal friends.
Resolved, That Is = mark OF our respect
for The memory Of The deceased, these
resolutions be spread upon the minutes of
this Court, a copy thereof be furnished the
immediate family Of our departed brother,
and also that u copy Of the same be fur
nished the city papers for publication.
Resolved further, That Cornelius e,
Ruddle, E>q., member Of this Court be-
and is hereby appointed a committee e
present Il copy Of these resolutions TO his
family, and our kind remembanee Of his
name.
F. A. KEELEN,
A. s. ROGERS, Com.
}. K. CHAPPELL,
Oct. 6, 1874.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17

THE HOLLY SPRINGS JAIL BREAK
INe.-On the 9th inst, q mob of ne
groes numbering about forty, repaired
to the Jail at Holly Springs, Miss af-
ter nightfnll, and demanded two coll
ored prisoners named James Perkins
and VIM. Ravenswood. They were
surrendered, and the mob took them
a short distance from the town and
shot them to death. This was done to
avenge the killing of Mack Hill, ne
gro turnkey, who was killed a few
days before by the prisoners in the
jail. They rose, slew the guard,
made their escape. were recaptured,
lodged in Jail and the sequel was as
above stated. The Federal authori-
ties in Mississippi were appraised of
the facts in the case, but they refused
to interfere on the ground that the
State courts were the proper tribu-
nails for such offences. To the ruling
of tSe Federal officers in our neighbor
State we do not object. We merely
wish to contrast this their action with
that of their colaborers in the work of
reconstruction, who have their ''local
habitation" in Tennessee. For a sim
liar offence to the Holly Springs affair
our United States Marshal drove fet-
tered and spanceled white men, at
the point of the bayonet, to the Jail
at Memphis, on the affidavits of vaga-
bond negroes. The offence with
which they were charged was cogniza-
BILE by our State Courts. and there was
no indisposition manifested by the To-
cal authorities to shield them. Gov.
Brown was active and earnest enough
in his efforts to vindicate the law, but
he has vainly asked that the Gibson
county prisoners may be turned over
to the proper court for trial. The
Holly Springs mob was more afro
cious and had far less excuse for tbs
atrocity than that which broke open
the doors of the Trenton Jail. The
bodies of the dead negroes at Holly
Springs were disinterred the morning
otter their murder, and while one was
stiff and cold the other was limp and
warm. The latter it is thought was
buried alive. These men had killed
a guard it is true, but this was the re-
suit more of accident than design
For this killing they were murdered,
and yet there is no tumult in AIissis-
sippi :or in the North. In such mat
tiers United States Marshals aud
Judges should make no distinction on
account of trace, color or previous
condition of servitude."