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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24
County Politics.

Mr.. EDITOR If We are to have
county ticket for Senator, Repre-
senta,ives in the Legislature and
members of the Board of Supervi-
sors, we should have men as candi-
dates who are best known for in
tegrity of character and sound
judgment. Proper selection in this
regard would carry with it an amaz-
ing moral force, and induce an &C
tivity and enthusiasm which might
put success within the bounds of
possibility.
Suppose selections were made
from among the class of men OF
whom the following are types: J.
B. Moore, L. F. Montgomery. J. r.
Powell, s. A D. Graves, Lewis W.
Thompson, James Wales, James A
Smith, Thomas or 1. N. Holiday,
John r. Mayson, J. w. Downs,
Tom Love, 1. N. or d
J. Nichols, W. c. Love, F. A..
Pryor and other such men who
might be named, can it be d QUILTED
that the entilo strength of tho coun-
" would be developed? Unlimit-
cd confidence and respect would be
instantly accorded to such a ticket
and the people would be aroused
while the. mere selection of such
men would show how much in earn
est they were. Nor do l believe
the gentlemen named would refuse
their names as candidate if called
upon by their fellow-citizens to
make the race for the common good,
while their candidacy itself would
be rebuke to party who would
foist ignorance, dishonesty and in
competency upon unwilling tax
payers. They need not electioneer
they are too well known, and
their friends would do the work for
them, and, if they are defeated, no
harm is done to them-only the
people will be the sufferers. Let
your readers chew this eud awhile.
Certain it is that there is but one
possible way to win this race and
that is TO- nominate for Office the
rsr4 Fest men who can be found,
with characters wellfnrmcd and
f.r above the AT nosphese Of suspi-
picion or reproaeh. We want no
Office seekers in Office. We want
officers who are sought by the peo-
pie, men whose very aamcs will be
talismaAic, as the syneryms Of an
unapproachable and unimpeachable
honesty aud sound common sense.
Ne want aiso, If NJ AVulI VII,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

On Monday next our county CON
vention is to assemble, and We con
jure and teg our citizens, in town
and county torcome up to the call.
1t is especially important that all
delegates should attend, but let ev-
cry nan who feels an interest in
pubic affairs come to the eonven-
tion and aid by his presence coun-
sci and advice those, whose duty it
is made, to shape the plans and
map out course whereby reform
in the affairs of onr county and
state administrations may be
had. Come out everybody, leave
your business one day Don't say,
the struggle for bread and meat
keeps you away. God knows, there
is bread and moat in this question.
away may cut off your
supply even shorter than it now is /;
whom by coming out and by taking
an active part in the interest, not
only bread and meat will be insur-
ed to you, but life and strength in
the prosperity that will certainly
follow the efforts and labors of a
united people struggling to cast Oft
the yoke of ignorant and oppressive
rule and domination of those who
have lorded it over us for the past
eight or ten years. Come up every
body. If you love your state, if
you love your county, if you love
your children, if you desire peace,
and prosperity come out
next Monday and by your pres
ence give the robbers and wreck
ers to understand that you tread
your native heath, determined, by
the grace of God, by tho sincerity
of your purpose, and, confident,
in the righteousness of your cause
to falter not, to stop not until the
glad tidings of victory shall echo
and re-echo from every corner Of
the state, from every nook, valley
and hilltop of your county, that
our state is once moro free and join
ed with the galaxy of her redeem
ed sisters who have passed over the
dark river of despond and now rest
in peace beneath the folds Of a COM
mon country's flag.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

EDITOR MAIL: - As q Democrat
who endorses your position as re-
CARDS the policy of the Republican
party, allow me to say this
l was present at the meetings OF
the Board ofSupervisors, and watch
ed keenly their actions. thought
and still think that discerned in
them a disposition to heed the petl-
tons of the over-assessed tax payers.
And so much so WAS this the case,
that by some maneuvering not oma-
mating from them, they were with
drawn to a private room to consid
err these petitions.
They had with them the Chance
ry Clerk and assessor Toles. Who
are the parties to be benefited by
a high assessment Not the Super
visors, but the Assessor and the
Ring who hold County warrants,
bought up at discount. Is it not
then natural supposition that to
Toles and the Ring we owe this Star
Chamber disregard of the tax-pay-
ers rights7 Is not then the game Of
the monkey and the cat with the
chesnuts being played over again!
Arc not Toles and the Court House
Post Office, Warrant Ring, using
the Board of Supervisors as the
monkey did the cat? And their
purpose is two-fold; they hope to stir
up the whites against the Supervi-
sors, so rs to make the cry of "col-
or line" and then besides they wish
to induce the colored people to 60
with them and put in "whites" not
representing the white people but
the Ring. This is "too thin" For
one, had rather have the present
Board, than Ring whites. IF they
wish whites, give the Democrats the
choice Of two men. 1t wont be
done. Mark that. Timeo Danaos
ct dona ferentes."
AMERICUs
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Radical Digest.

There is a peculiar scoundrolism
about that Freedman's Bank bust
ness which gives it a notability
above other schemes of Radicalisn,
to rob the poor negro. Radicalism
called him the "ward of tho nation"
and became his 'self-appointed guar
dain" as Langston had it. The bank
was ostensibIy scheme to take care
Of the supplemented "ward." But
it was really a scheme to cheat the
ward, and it succeeded finely.
Hence Douglass denunciation OF
the swindlers, who went in poor
and came out rich-dweIling in fine
palaces and driving about with gay
equipages. If the radical scoun-
drelisIu in swindling the negro
while pretending to naurish and de-
feni him is not the most heartless
deception ever practiced in civil
iz,,d land, we never heard Of that
which eXcelled il in cnormi,v.-N
Y ~ r,iLy
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24
CA NToN
HIGH SCHOOL,.

Canton, Mississippi.
The next ten months session of this
school viii begin the
First Monday in September, (6fh)
under the same management, and with
the saline Board of Instruction rs hereto
fore.
RATES FER MONTH:
LIST. 2nd. Bird ard 4th 81. 81, 81 and S5,
respectively.
Music, s ) per month.
Boarding. II
This school is supplied with charts, APP
paratus, and other appliances which con-
tribute so materially to the advancement
OF pupils.
The school
has been in operation one year. and given
satisfaction. and no pains will he spared
to render il worthy Of Il patronage sufii-
cient to build up an Institution comparing
favorably with any i'm the South.
Canton is noted for its healthfillncss, its
refined society, and the interest taken in
education.
While the Principal, Prof. II. s. KEN
NEEDY. A. NJ. has general control OF the
entire school he dcvOtes his attention, al
most exclusively to the
Female school.
The Male School. taught in separate
building, is under the supervision of Prof.
Walker, PHI. Is. whose success in the past
is u sufficient guarantee for the future.
Both schools will have able assistants.
We flatter ourselves our music depart
ment is one OF superior excellence.
We earnestly solicit an investigation of
the claims OF our School. and will try to
deserve public patronage.
Communications should be addressed
to
PROF. l.. l.. WALKER,
1872 Canton, Miss.
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November Election

The voters of Madison county will
10 called upon to vote, At the en-
suing election for
A Congressman of the 4tb Con.
gressional District
A State Treasury.
A State Senator
8 Representatives to the Lower
House.
A Sheriff.
A Chancery Clerk
A Circuit Clerk.
A Coroner and Ranger.
An Assessor.
A Treasurer.
Members Of Board of SaPervi-
sOrS-
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

We will notify the Republicans
Of Madison County right now, that
onr people have intimated to this
Journal that the thief and forger
Cardozo. will not be permitted to
circumvent himself and his politics
in this County. We will have none of
b, nor will the whites under any CIR
cumstances recognize any Of his ap-
pOintments until he shall have been
tried and acquitted of the crimes
for which he now stands indicted.
They will do we'll to take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

1t was expected that F. B. Pratt
would give Beauchamp o certificate,
NO matter how illiterate or what
lack of qualifications he possessed,
but ess people were not prepared
to believe that Capt. T. c. Postell
would commit his signature to his
certificate, or endorse a man so in
competent, and long after Beauch-
amp has passed out of the memory
of our people will they cherish for
capt. E. C. PosteIl q distrust, for
the reason that he lent his name
and influence to foist into position a
man wholly incompetent, a man al
ligned with our enemies, a man to
be the tool of warrant jobbers and
treasury robbers. This one act of
Capt. Postell will never escape the
nccolIection of our people. We
shall await the SO Jul, slall wait to
see what is the price to be puid by
our enemies for this act of one who,
though not always with US, was not
supposed to be against us. Prin-
siples never die, their champions
may die, or may desert them. The
principles that led Captain Postell
TO draw his sword at one time for
our defence, live and will ever live
they are the principles of right.
Our failure 10 establish those princi-
pies by the sword does not rob
them of their righteousness, neither
dies Capt. PostelPs signature to
the certificate of an incompetent,
unqualified aspirant for the respon-
sible position of county Superin-
tendent of Education strengthen
the cause o4 oar enemies, it only
weakens the hold " Capt. PosteIl
in the confidence and affection of
eur people. He had the power to
serve ~. and he threw it away. He
cannot excuse himself for his act.
Dis part of the history of that
examinssion that Captain Postell
did not examine any of the candi-
dstes, hut left the cssnmittes noon
aad devoted the time he should
haze given y" the important trust
he was called to perform, to other
aid private affairs.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

II
Postell signed the certificate Of D.
C. Beauchamp and thereby endors-
ed him as a competent man for
county Superintendent, they virtu-
ally voted Mitchell's Geography
NTH. Goodrich's History romance,
Davies Arithmetic a puzzle and
Smiths Grammar nothing more
nor less than q complication of con-
fused notions and ideas, that Ian
guage is nothing, that "he taken"
is as correct as he took, and l CHANT
sawn" as pure and correct as l have
not seen. But. then we are told
that they did not inquire as to
Beauchamp's educational or schol-
astic attainments but only Us to his
erecudre ability. Executive thun-
der! A man who was put to route
by ghosts cannot have executive
ability. A man who believes in
ghosts is barbarian, and DarDariah
knows nothing of executive abiii-
ty. The truth of tho matter is just
this, Beauchamp was brought here
to be placed in position, he is
Radical and a hungry, grasping one
at that, and had to be provided for.
He is O man known to his party as
one who can be manipulated, and
will be manipulated in the interest
of the party. Mark our word for
it, that the executive ability that
Beauchamp is to develope will be
such, and only such, as is in the in
terest of the dominant party, just
such another man as j. Thomas
Boyd, q plant tool.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

The good people, the Democrats
Of Scott county, had a big barbecue
and speaking last Friday 10th. The
crowd numbered over 5000. Col.
Singleton and Major Foote from
eur town were among the speakers,
and report old Scott awake to the
importance of carrying the Novem-
Der election.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

the most thorough organization in
every District and Township of
the county.
Effort, organized and individual,
with u ticket such as that above in
dicated will accomplish wonders if
it does not win the race even in this
county. Z.
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Beauchamp answers az am

Beauchamp answers 81 am not
prepared to tell" Yet, he is pre-
pared to accept the appointment of
school Superintendent for Madison
county with certificate of qualifi-
cation signed by only two of the
committee He has been appoint
ed, while the merits of his betters
have been dis-regarded. Now, we
expect him to be prepared to do
any amount of devilment for his
party, and ut all times to be pre-
pared to draw his pay.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24
ARITHMETIC.

Ques.-A merchant owes $500.
5000 is 10 be paid in 2 months, 5000
is to be paid in 4 months, 5000 is to
be paid in 6 months. What is the
mean time for the payment Of the
whole ?
Ques.-Sound travels about 1l42
feet in a second. Now if the fash
of a cannon be seen at the time it
is fred and the report heard As Sec
onds after, what distance would the
observer be from the gum
Ques.-What is the interest of
$876,48 at 6 per cent for 4 years, 9
months and IA days
Not one of the above propositions
were solved by Mr.. Beauchamp.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
Ques-What is an abstract noun !?
Ans-Don't remember.
Ques-How many methods of dis
tinguishing sex has the English
Language?
Ans sexes-masculine, femi-
nine, neuter. and common.
Qucs-When Is but proposition ?
Ans When it connects words.
Ques-When is but an adverb2
Ans-When 1t qualities some 9TH
er word.
Qucs-When is but a conjunction ?
Ans-When it joins words or de-
ponds upon other statements.
Ques-When is much q noun,
when is it an adjective, and when
an adverb?
Ans-When it is something actu-
ally in existence it is a noun. When
it expresses quality an adverb.
When it is a describing word 10 o
noun it is an adjective.
Signed: BEAUcHAMP.
HISTORY.
Ques.-By whom was North
America first seen?
Ans-Americus Vesbucius.
Ques.-Who explored the interior
of the Southern States discovering
the Mississippi?
Ans-Don't remember.
Ques.-Who commanded tho En-
glish troops and who the French
upon the plains of Abraham Sept.
Ii, 1882
Ans.-This question as to its dates
and as to Generals in command of
two armies is not answered.
Ques.-In what month and year
did the battle of Lexington take
place?
Ans.-Don't know the date.
Ques.-ln what month and year
was the battle of Bunker Hill
fought, who commanded the Eng
lish and who the Americans, and
what was the British loss and what
the American?
Ans.-Don't know the date nor
as to commanders.
Ques.-In what year and at what
place was peace made between Great
Britain and her American Colonies 2
Ans.-1792 l think-am not GER
tain about this. Tho declaration
was written 1776 but don't remem-
Der how long before her indepen-
dence was acknowledged.
Qucs What was Commodore
Perry's memorable dispatch to the
government after tho naval baltic
upon lake Erie?
No answer given by Mr.. b.
Ques.-What two celebrated pat
riots died on the 50th anniversary
of American Independence?
Ans.-Don't remember.
Signed: BEAUCHAMP.
GEOGRAPHY.
Ques-Who first established the
conjectures Of early navigators that
the earth was round, in what year,
and how did he confirm the conjec.
turos, and of what country was he
u native?
Ans Geography is q description
of the earth's serfce.
Ques-How many square miles
does tho surface ct the earth con-
tain-how much land and how much
water1
Ans-Don't remember the num-
Der of square miles.
Ques-In and near what zone do
we find the highest mountains?
No answer given by Mr. B tothls.
Quos-Nane the three principal
rivers of South America, their
length, and into what they empty
Ans-The AmiS5n is the argos
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Several valued communications
have been unavoidably crowded out
this week We hope to have room
hr them in our next.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Candidates for Republican NOM
nations are as thick, almost, as
black berries in June.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24
AMERICUs

Here is what won for Beauchamp
his laurels and the appointment of
School Superintendent of Madison
County. Our readers will readily
see from the correct answers given
by Beauchamp, that he is a man
learned above his fellows, and alto
gether lovely as q scholar:
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Be true to yourselves, be true to
your cause and you will win. Make
your alliance with expedicncy and
you will loose.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Have confidence in yourself, have
confidence in your cause and 1t will
begct the Conscience Of others.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24
eantea, Mississippi, July 2ith, 1875.

snpphIcate not,
Stand to the right, hoIa' ~ .ie
right and others will follow YOU.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Big barbecue and fne time gen.
orally ut DuSant to-day, Col. Sim
gleton and oar editor have gone to
attend.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Two years ago we undertook to
Bury the Dcnocratir party. Now,
bot US bury our folly.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Eet us Be true to ourselves, make
no compromises. Let us do MOTH
ing for expediencys sake.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-24

Nominate your truest, your best
men for the various Offices. Beware
Of doubling and doubtful apostles.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-30
SYMPTOMS Of Catarrh.

Dull, heavy headache, obstruction OF the
nasal passages, discharges falling from the
head into the throat, sometimes profuse
watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tena-
cious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid;
the eye are weak, wa;ery, and inhamed
there is ringing in the ears, deafness, hack
ing or coughing to clear the throat, expec-
toration of offensive matter, together with
scabs from ulcers the voice is changed
and has a nasal twang, the breath is often
sive, smell and taste are impaired there is
sensation of dizziness, mental depression,
hacking cough, and general debility. Only
few OF the above symptoms are, however,
likely to be present in any one case. There
is no disease more common than catarrh,
and none less understood by physicians.
DIR. sAGE's CATAREH REMEDY
is, beyond all comparison, the best prepar-
alton for catarrh ever discovered. Under
the influence of It's mild, soothing and
healing properties, the disease soon yields.
The Golden Medical Discovery should be
taken to correct the blood, which is always
at fault, and to to act specifically upon the
diseased glands and lining membranes of
the nose. The Catarrh remedy should be
applied warm with DR.. Pierce's Nasal
Douche-the only instrument by which
fluids can be perfectly injected to all the
passages and chambers of the nose from
which discharges proceed.
These medicines are sold by druggists.
eodSw
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-30
Tie Fast Mail Trains

There are now in operation two tas; mail
trains from New York to St. Louis. The
Government first made an arrangement
with the New York Central, Lake Shore
and Wabash roads, but Col. Tom Scott
probably thought this would be too much
OF monopoly for the Northern lines, and
took measures to establish a line via Penn
sylyania Central and Nandalia roads. The
New York Central train leaves New York
at A. NJ, and arrives at ST. Louis, via
Wabash road, at 800 p. NJ Eext day, which
time, We understand, is 10 be shortened
soon. Ii appears that the Pennsylvania
fast train has no mails TO carry except for
81. Louis proper, as it leaves New York at
4:i5 A. NJ, and all the mails have already
departed via New York Central. Superin-
tendent Hunt, in a communication to the
Repubioua, calls the Pennsylvania Central
train dead letter, for this reason: All
the mails for Missouri, Except St. Louis
proper Kansas, Colorado and Texas, come
over the New York Central and Wabash
roads.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-30
IMPORTANT
To the Travelling Public,

~ -l4S ALANt---A5 AO--S.
J; is the duty Of all persons before start
ing on a journey, to ascertain by what ROUTE
they can reach their destination with the
least trouble, and ii there are two or more
roads leading to the same point, to decide
which j. the safest and ple2santest 10 tray.
el.
We take pleasure in stating that the Chi
cage d Northwestern Railway is the Oldest,
and several miles the shortest, between
Omaha and Chicago. Within the past two
year the road bed has been put in admira-
BILE condition, and almost the entire line has
been Tclaid with steel rails.
The depot in Chicago Essentially located,
and their trains arrive there thirty min
Ute- in advance of all other lines, passen-
gers can always be sure OF making eastern
connections. For all points in northern
and northeastern Iowa, you should purchase
tickets via Marshall, Cedar Rapids, or
Clinton. For points ia northern Illinois or
Wisconsin, via Fulton and if you are GO
ing 10 Chicago, or east, YOU should, by all
means, purchase your tickets by the Old
Pioneer Route
THE CHICAGO * NORTH " ESrERN.
You will find on all through trains Pull
man slerPers, new and magnificent day
coaches, and the best smoking and second
class cars now on any road in the United
States.
Particular information, with maps, time
tables, etc, may he had at any OF the
through ticket offices in the west, or upon
personal or written application.
J. II. MOUNTAIN, Western Travelling
Agent, Omaha, Neb. or t.
". II. SrENNErr General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
ich21-y
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-30
NERVOUS HEfSt..IlS

depreSr,'a. irTi:ah.. stale. 81 mind ;
a weak, ner,ou>. .xhau-ied i''viing ;
nn energy OF snim@tign roafused head,
veal memory, often wish facilitating,
inn". aUlars di-caargrs, Tie couce-
qdrnce OF cxocs--S, nienta. oyerwcIS or
Indications This haHtUts 9kBiiI.
~ .nLs q sDTergigu cIra in luz.
Pa. - HfAH3nATH.E ;PA;if!C,
Ne. ~ i tune' up the system, ..rrests
di7'larges, disIeis the mental gloom and
dependency, and rjuvcnatcs the entire
system. 1t is perfectly harmless and al
ways Efficient. Price, $, for package of
five boxes and large - vial of powder,
winch is important in old, serious cases
or II per single box. sold by ALL Drug
gists, or sent toy mail on receipt of price.
Address Humphreys Specific Homeopathic
Medicine Co., No. 5;;2 broadway, \. Y.
Theo. ESersiori, Robert Parham, Agents,
Leavenworth, Kansas. aprl4-eod&w