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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
TEMPU3 FINS.

Contrary to the expectations of
the Disguised public and the conf
dent predictions of the newspapers,
the Beecher trial has been cOnclud-
ed. After weeks aud months OF
long, dull, tedious, and withal farci
cal, examinations and cross exam
nations of countless witnesses )"
after the reading public has been
bored almost to death by the ceas y
less repetition of disgusting and
stale " statements and "confes-
sions - after the judge and jury had
passed that stage when patience
was esteemed a virtue, aud had
learned the whole case from begin
ming to end, backward and forward,
by heart after the learned counsel,
pro and con, had exhausted all the
schemes, stratagems and legal
maneuvres known to the profession
and long, long after the public had
formed and delivered an unanimous
verdict of GUILTY. the jury, after
remaining closeted nearly a fort
night, have failed TO agree. aud the
case has been thrown ont of court.
The decision of this learned and
impartial council CT twelve stood
nine for acquittai and three for
conviction. The great Plymouth
preacher has been discharged from
the onerous Obligations that bound
him has walk ed out of court amidst
the victorious sbonts of his beloved
flock, aud returned to his hlgi,
charge a greater, il not a better,
man. This finale TO this grand legal
farce that has SO long agitatcd the
wouted serenity of the nation has
all the while been anticipated by
the observant reader and surprises
but few. A day IF general thanks
giving IN honor Of the termipation
of the legal examination OF the
'BrOoklyn scandal is in order.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
FEAT R1oo1saEADrna = se,E1rHIMa
WRONG.

The Caution Citizen takes rs to
task for two additional ciphers, IN
intentionally added to the bond of
Boss Tweed, and in the same col
umn OF the Citizen, we find that
paper III speaking of the award to
A. 8. Stewart for coalectilg the
post Office and sub Treasurer at
Boston. The Wilton carpet put al
three thousand and ten dollars per
yard, and the Brussels at one dollar
and ninety cents. Look TO your
own proof reading Mr.. Citizen be-
fore you speak of others.
Tue above is rerbatin ct hte,'atihs
from the Yazoo Democrat of the
9th inst. The proof-reader of the
Democrat certainly deserves a
medal. A. s. Stewart for A. T.
good !; collecting a postoffice aud
sub-treasurer, foc cdspeting the
postofice aud sub treasury, is
better. We would not be afraid to
bet that proof.realer belongs to
the temperance society. Below we
repubish the notice referred to by
the Democrat, precisely as it APP.
peared in our issue of the 26th nit.
If. there is typographical error in
it we can't see it. No, no. Mr..
Democrat, we can't acknowledge
honors easy on proof.reading, for
you ssowe us one":
A. T. Stewart s. Co. were the sue
cessful bidders for carpeting the
new postoffice and sub-treasury in
Boston. The prices at which the
contract was awarded are: For
Wilton, 1910 per yard, made and
laid for Brussels, $1.90 per yard,
made. and laid for floor cloths,
sl.25 per yard, made and laid.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

sWinter sleeping in the lap of
spring." SWIM er lingering in the
lap OF Man." "Winter slumberiug
in the arms of spring," Winter
lying in the lay of May" These are
a few atrocious renderings of "a well
known quotation. We beg to make
the following improvement: "Janu-
airy chawing the ear of June" This
brings the metaphor within tho
comprehension of the meanest shoe
maker Virginia. City Enterprise.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

- . F -
me stssr A,epas rment Eas at pres
ene9Bder p0,lsid Grafton two subjects
Of more han ordinary Importance
iil-lhe nee q The small army that is
LETT 9t - disposal. The first is the,
provost OF trouble with the Sioux
Indiana and the second and most,
inportnnt e the Texas border ont
sages qresfsob- II Is = recognized
LACE that the recent ontrages that
have been committed on the Bio
Gfnude aie no new defiances of the
authority OF this Government, and
for this sesy reason the authorities
have sniefs OPP their minds that a
sssP must be put to them For up
wssd Of fourteen years these ont>
fages have been continued at irreg-
uIer interyalsy fin neither the Nf.
-. ,....-a.. 81.
- 'csan c's''
1ons upon tne lfto uras1de nave been
sale. COrtina IN 1860 was just as
much r terror "A he ia now ne tl,an
cras.ed. tI.s ,iver a.a ,,i,,,a.r.,, :, ~
,,r-ds,.a =. 80 -. ".1
70 log ''eAo !" '"es''
Inc 1aeAicaii government dlsciaims
hiH, bat does not have the power
nor the will to capture or pupisb
him. Cortina. az far hack as 1seo
!. .a...,;baa -, ro,,o,.,s -. S'
- 90 'o.o"S ~ MaJo1 o.
r. deinfzfeman, OF the 18th Infan-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10


Will draw, without fail at
Houston, Texas, JUNE 30tll, 1875.
We did sell quite all our Tickets in time
to draw on the 18th of May; but so certain
are we of success, and i'll evidence of our
good faith and Intentions, we will receive,
in payment for Tickets, certificates of de-
posite in any first-class bank i'll the U. s.,
with this reimbursement: "Pdyable only arhea
Fosters Ieras Dra,cing takes place"
No Scaling of Prizes, but every one paid in
full.
Over 10000 acres of choice land, central
ly located, near railroads. IL Houses Gold
Coin prizes, among them one of 1000, and
one of $4,000. Our enterprise is endorsed
by the City Council. Reliable Agents
Wanted. Send for Circulars. They will
con vince you we are both reliable and res
possible. Tickets only S1,00. Eleven for
so, and % for 20. NJ connection with any
other similar enterprise.
MISUNDERSTANDING, from our long
acquaintance with J. Z. Foster, eve v con-
fidence in his integrity, We feel .justifieI in
saying we believe he will carry out his Dis
tribution honestly and fairly.-Signed by
the Mayor, Hon. j. L. ID. Wilson, and the
City Council.
We-are specially DESTROYS that parties in
terested would write to the Bands, Mer-
chants aud Postmasters of this place
(where have lived Is years), for informa-
ton asto our reliability. j. E. Foster.
Manager,
Houston, Texas.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
TELEGRAPHlC ITEMS.

Brooklyn, July AT n large
meeting of the Pl, mouth church
pew holders it WAS unanimously
agreed to advance Berrher's salary
from $2U,OnO to 500, 200.
Vienna. July THE funeral of
Emperor Ferdinand took place yes
terday. The Emperor and Empress
of A ustria, Carowitch, Crown Prince
of Germany and Italy, Austrian
Court and the Ministry, diplomatic
bodies and Austrian Cardinals and
Bishops assisted at the ceremonies
which were most imposing. The
remains were deposited in the
church of Capuchins, in the same
vault with Maxilnillian.
Memphis July 6.-Robt. NJ. VERIFY
was shot and killed on steamboat
near st. Louis. The muIderers or
dered the Captain to stop the boat
which was done, when th V took to
the woods. 1t was an old Ark aAsas
gradge.
Boston July, 6. Two girls were
drowned at Lexington. Maine, while
bathing. Also Il lad at South Fra
mingham, and ano her ut Plymouth,
New Hampshire. on the 4th. Fatal
accidents by the bursting of canDons
are reported from Maine AMI New
Hampshire.
New York, July 1.-TWO passen,
ger trains have collid, d near Fort
Ruckaway, on the South Side Rail
road. Twelve persons killed. and
twenty six wounded, several sup
posed to be fatally.
Galveston, July 7th-A Browns
vile News special says the Collec-
tor of Customs, received informal
tfon that nineteen hfexicans crossed
with 400 cattle Into Mexico, nine
miles below Rio Grande City. Cap.
tain McNeely, With the state troops
did not reach there in time to cap
ture them. Cortina, Judge Martin
ez and others have been sent to
Bagtiad to be placed on the gut,
boat Jaurez bound for Vera Cruz.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

Cash. the policeman who killed
Col, D. s. Holland, several months
ago, at Columbus, Georgia. has
been tried aud convicted of man.
slaughter, aud sentenced to ten
years in The Georgia penitentiary.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

PARDoNED.-Capt. WIN. Spears,
who shot and killed Mr.. Miller in
vickshurg last year, was, on Thurs
day last, parIoned by acting Gov.
naxis
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
Notice..

DERSONS desiring heathful and quiet
i retreat for the summer, Will find it at
the Artesian Springs. The Springs having
been thoroughly cleaned, the water is pur-
er and better than it has been for years.
Parties desiring to visit them will find
conveyances at Goodman, or Pickens'
Station. Any information relative to the
Springs can be obtained by addressing
PROPRIETOR,
Care Schrock's box, Goodman, Miss.
They will be open for the reception of
visitors June LIST, 1873.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

The most melancholy results of
the Beecher trial are the frequent
cards aud affidavits OF Mrs. Triton,
who having deserted her husband
for her ptranour, has been baseiy
abandoneti by the great Plymouth
preacher who has now 10 mind Tor
any one but himself. The poor vic
tim of her minister's lust .wrings
her hands and cries in an agony OF
bitter pain, but the Plymouth pas
tors people mock ut her griefs5 and
make no effort to cover her shame
from a deriding public TlIey are
SO intent upon saving the man who
satisfied his last for her that they
have no sympathy for the victim
vino, though the primal cause of the
trial, the very cornerstone o. the
scandal, has been lost sight Of in the
fearful contest between her husband
and her lover for regulations, neith-
err OF which was even as IL rush light
to the sun as compared to hers.
Used by one aud abused by both,
the poor little woman has fallen SO
low that. Home are SO poor as to do
her reverence. Hers is the s;itldeSt
I lot OF all, and her story cannot fail
10 excite the COMMUNICATION OF all
who can appreciate her fall-Wiio
can think of what she was and what
she has become' She puts Beecher
to shame 70. his cOwardice in de-
sertIng her, and her husband for
having once contloned her offeuse,
land wien it suited him turning
upon her and traf1icklng upon her
disgrace. She. is the one lonely
figure of the dirty drama, aud tic
only character in it that will enlist
the pity Of succeeding generations.
| Memphis ADDeaI,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

Grasshoppers have made their APP
pearance in Lafayette county. So
says the Oxford Fdlcon.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

though il were the annOuncemes t
of "a resurrection, Within the past
few days the relatives have been
living in u state Of constant excit--
meut, and many of them, especially
the sons of Harmon Jones. john A..
Sidney, and Captain Kenmore, the
skipper IF the Flerinda, have de:
| voted themselves to the task of
following the clue given by the
friend who saw the English paper.
| Extensive Inquiries are now on foot,
and the British Consul has kindly
interested himself III the affair so
far as to agree to forward to the
War Office in Tendon IL full state,
ment oil the circumstances, so THAT
the name of the vessel which
touched at the castaways' home can
be asceft,ined aud the hearings OF
the island taken from her log. 1t
would greatly facilitate this end,
however, if a copy of the paper
giving the original account were
found, and 1t is still hoped that
some one who sees this publication
may have noticed the paper, and
he aDic 10 tcli US WHeTe ID uu!nb'f
can be had. On that contingency
depends much that will simplify
and exUedile the quest; but it is
certain that in any ease the friends
of the F.Orinslifs crew will never
rest again until the mystery is
faihomed 10 it's uttermost depth.
They were heard from, as We have
already stated, once ut Rio Janeiro,
where the scil:oner put in, and
again just beyond the Cape, where
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24

SOUTHERN TRAVELLERS, and those people
who are interested in the rapid transporta-
ton of freight over the railways of the
South, have been rejoiced to learn that,
under a recent decision of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, the gauge of the
railway between Charlotte and Greensboro
has been changed to the tread of connect
ing lines, so that the necessity Of shifting
car-wheels on their axles, always conceded
TO be dangerous, which has heretofore eX-
listed, is now obviated. If this change is
allowed to be made from Greensboro east
TO Raleigh and Goldsboro' full and IN
broken connection by rail with all points
South will be established through the
State. which is not now possible. Strange
as it may appear, however, many OF the
people of North Carolina are opposed to
this change, and a great deal Of hot blood
and excited language has been aroused and
provoked by the consequent discussion. It
is claimed that Virginia is to be benefited
10y the change, and that North Carolina
has been virtually sod out to that lrrepres.
siblc Pennsylvania Dutchman, Tom Scott.
of course the Rip Van Wrinkles of the old
North State do not relish submission to
this Dutch railway magnate ; but it seems
certain that in the end a little wisdom, the
teaching of experience, will prove to them
that they will lose nothing by the altera-
ton. The through travel and freight bust
ness will continue the same as before, while
the way business or local traffic will steadily
increase under the impulse Of safe and rapid
transit
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24
TIE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX,

We print elsewhere the form for returns
required by the new tax law to be made to
the assessor of personal property subject to
taxation. The requirements are set forth
in clear, explicit and Ineligible terms, so
that no one may have any valid excuse for
non compliance or evasion. The penalty
for such evasion or nom compliance is also
set forth, and will be found TO be suffi-
GENTLY severe to deter any general at
tempt at fraud. Fifty per cent, added
to fair assessment of taxable valuation,
is the penalty for failure to make return,
while imprisonment and fine for the per-
jury involved in the making Of false aft
davit TO accompany the returns is the liza
bility incurred by such an attempt at eva
sion.
1t will be seen from a careful examina.
ton Of the law that there will be little to
be gained by attempted evasion of its pro-
visions if they are carefully and rigidly en-.
forced. That il is tho design of the District
Executive TO see that they are so enforced
there can be no doubt. As we stated the
other day, no honest man will attempt 10
rvade the law. To do Il Is misdemeanor.
II Is TO steal from his ncighbor. What
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24

waiting business" So this railroad, stopped
short Just before reaching the immense volume
OF business which the mines and pastures OF
Western Montsns would give 1t, needs TO have
another section built to render the whole useful,
and to make good the Investment already In.
We do not doubt that the hearty cooperation
of the company and its boDdholders. on some fair
and reasonable basis, as foreshadoWed by the &C.
ton and temper Of the recent meeting will soon
give this great work new and needed impetus.
And such q movement would certainly have with
1t the sympathy Of the general public. The oc-
currences Of the last sixty days-the unwise re-
lection OF the Northern and Texas Pacific aid
bills by Congress, the consolidation OF the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company with the Union and
Central Pacific railroads, the consequent destruc-
ton of the only competition for trauscontinental
traffic and the Immediate and exorbitant advance
in charges over the Pacific rOGd-these events,
maIshaled by Jay Gould, and resulting In as CON-
plete, irresistible and far-reachIng a monopoly as
commerce has ever known, have opened the eyes
Of forty million people. The General Govern
ment, by its peculiar and unguarded manner Of
aiding the construction Of the first Pacific road,
has brought into being q monopoly that knows no
check, controlled by one man whose past career is
the best index of his present intent. The nation
may yet, and soon, demand that its Government
shall undo this wrong by fastening the compile
tion Of q second road to the Pacific under such
regulations and covenants as shall render mono
poly and eXtortion forever impossible.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24
An Old Madison Boy in Luck.

tFrom the Wisconsin State journal.
We are glad to notice, in the list Of recent ap-
pointments by the President, the name of Albert
L. Wyman as Assistant Treasurer of the United
States. Mr.. Wyman will be remembered as an
old Madison boy, the son Of our immediate pre-
decessor in publishing q newspaper, and brother
Of william H. WymaD, esq, now of Cincinnati /;
and it will be pleasing to his old friends to learn
that Albert most richly deserves the high posi-
ton to which he has attained in the confidence of
the Government. For several years he has been
cashier Of the United States, a position Of high
responsibility, and discharged his duties to he
satisfaction OF everybody; and his promotion re-
suits from his ability and fidelity in the position
he has heretofore held. He is a capital business
man; attentive TO every duty: WatchGul OF the iu-
terests of the Government; gentlemanly in his
intercourse with all, and possesses undoubted lu-
tegrity. Such man cannot fail Of success. Mr.
Wyman began life as printer, and no better type
setter was ever graduated from a printing ONCE.
Whatever he does he does we'll. hence his promo
tiOn to Of the most responsible positions in the
gift Of the President. 1t serves him right
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24
Civil Rights in Alexandria.


But Alexandria has its drawbacks as we'll as Its
attractions, and among these areits taVerns or to
speak more politely its hotels. One OF the reasons
why 1t has not outstripped New York is its lack
OF hotel accommodations. Its splendid water
facilities and canal Communications, its nearness
to the battle field of Bull Run and to the oyster
beds Of the lower Potomac, are but q few Of its
commercial advantages, while the droWsy atmos-
phere that surrounds the place makes 1t q most
attractive resort for those who find life burden.
But its lack of hotel accommodations has proven
more than an offset for these advantages. They
are not only deficient in number, but in quality.
They are OF that Kind that whichever one o man
II be tries them all he wishes he had stayed
at home. They are devoid of all cOnveniences,
and not fully supplied with anything but dirt
and veTmin. To have spent a night in one of
hese is a subject OF life.lOn g regret to any
man. Yet, meagre and miserable as these hotel
accommodations were, we are told they are now
diminished by the closing of one of them on &C
count of the passage Of the civil rights BILL Prob
ably the landlord could not bring himself to the
desperate decision OF furnishing the same accom-
modatiOns to negroes that he had been giving to
whites. 1t was bad enough to treat Caucaslans
so, but to intlict the same outrages on the poor
African was more than the AleXandrian
landlord could bring himself to do. There
fore he closed the hotel He did not even
wait TO see whether any cOIored man would con-
democratic instinct, jumped 10 the conclusion that
under the civil rights bill all the negroes In the
United States would Immediately rush to Alex
an6ria and clamor for admission into bis quarters
and so he closed his tavern. 1t is a sad blow to
the commercial prosperity Of the country, and a
terrible Illustration OF. the demoralzing effect of
the civil rights law on the average democratic
mind.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24
DIED.


VAN BEURES.-On March %. at s:5I D. H.. of
consumption, a. $40 Louisiana avenue. GEuH|E
u. VAN BLUREN, aged fOrty-Ihree year. and eight
days.
The funeral WIFI take place to-day. at n. IN
Relatives and friends OF the family are invited to
attend.
MEEM.-At the residence OF his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Meem, l0I Prospect street, Georgetown,
The funeral Will take place to- day, 9Th instant
At o'clock a.. Friends and relatives of the
family are invited to attend.
ROSS. March %, after q ling ring Illness
WM. l. Ross. in the fifty. 81 Ntn year of his age.
Funeral " Ill take place from his late residence,
go MINI tecnth street northwest, day, at 3o'cock
p. IN.
PROCTOR.-NIsrch o. IA75, at I:sn O'Clock, of
consumption, LUCHETIA PROCTOR, In the thirty
seventh year Of her age.
The funeral will take place from st. Peters
church, Capitol bill. OIL Thursday mOrhlng, at II
O'Clock. Friends and relatives invited.
QUACKESBUsH.-On March -, ut 7;SOp. m,
NICHOLAS QUACKENBrsH.
Funeral stryces at his late residence, 2Il2 Penn
sylyanla avenue, to-day. March u, at Ism clock
The friends OF the family respectfully Invited
TO attend. The remains Will be Keyed To Albany
for inteTmcnt.
AsHLEl.-O Monday, March -, JOSEPH R.
ASHLEY.
FancraI on "wednesday, at O'Clock, at Metro
pOtan NJ. +. church. -
CARPESTER.-At ErIghtwood, u. e., on March
year Of his age.
The funeral will take place at the residence OF hts
son, Is. ID. Carpenter, on Wcdnes iay, the 24th
inst, at O'Clock. p. III Relatives and friends are
respectfully invited to attend.
TRY IN. W papers please copy
BEALL.-On Monday, March -, WIN. DENT
BEALL, in the seyent y-third year OF his age.
The friends OF the family are respectfully invited
West street, Georgetown, Wednesday, 9Th lust,
At o clock p. m.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24

IL OUR local columns, this morning, we
print the law Of Congress, providing for
the protection of Government reservations,
and empowering the Board of Metropolitan
Police 10 adopt and enforce regulations for
that purpose. The provisions of the act
will receive the earnest approval of those
who desire TO preserve the beauty and
attractiveness OF the city and the entire
District That they shall be rigidly en-
forced, together with all laws for the pro-
lection Of the feathered songsters who have
begun their spring chirping in the shrub
berry which adorns our numerous parks, is
the natural and earnest wish of every man,
woman and child in the community who
has any regard for the public interest and
public enjoyment. 1t is TO be hoped that
the board will hasten 10 make public these
regulations. and make an example of the
first vandal who dares to infringe upon
them.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24

SENATOR EATON, of Connecticut, claims
that the Union is confederacy and not a
nation, and that 'the State of Connecticut
is a sovereign power" The entire Demo
cratic party, in the Senate and out of it,
claim the same thing for all the States. If
we admit this claim, what becomes Of the
General Government? Democratic Pres
ident would at once decide that the SOW
ereign States are entitled to set at defiance
the laws of the nation, and if they desire to
set up an independent confederacy Of their
own the General Government has no power
TO prevent them from so doing. The Re-
publican campalgncrs in Connecticut will
be merely doing their duty if they call at
tcntion TO these threatening facts. The
next step after asserting State sovereignty
upon this doctrine is JEFF Davis cry: All
that we ask is that you shall lei us alone. ="
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-24

AWAY out in New Mexico they seem to
be waking up to the existence of one day
in the week which should be observed as
the Sabbath. In a recent number of the
Santa Fe NeU Kcz can We find call for a
public meeting which reads Ladies' and
gentlemen, merchants and mechanics,
orthodox and heterodox, Jew and Chris
tian, Mexican and American, civil and
d" military, everybody interested in the
'closing Of the stores one day in seven are
invited to the adjourned meeting tonight
cat o'clock at the Presbyterian church. ="
No wonder that the Republican majority
in that Territory is increasing.