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American citizen., 1875-02-27

were in the quiet life of our depart
ed brother cannot be lost. They
are sealed upon the hearts OF his
children and will grow with their
growth and strengthen with then
strength. They will he emulated by
his friends and bequeathed as a
legacy from Heaven to coming gen
eratiOus like the Imprint OF Roman
chariot wheels on the rocky pave
mentS Of a destroyed bat eXhumed
city, they will even be seen and
recognized when the debris OF time
shall be cleared away in the noon
day spleHdOr of the eternal judS-
ment. it is said that ii pebble east
into the ocean will shake the world.
it creates waves which expand until
they kiss every shore and cNc!tes
vibrations that reach the ittri hest
limit of the universe Of God. How
necessary then that we live right
eously aud nprightly that our III
/ f1uence may rebound to the welfare
OF our fellow men and achieve the
I grand cOnSnmmation of the divine
purpoS., in the redemption and mil
| lenial glory of a lost and ruined
world. The lIle of cur friend, as Il
public officer, entrusted with the
! Treasury of = great Common wealth,
was that of a man of stern integrity
and prorOwnceh fidelity. He held
high position in il time of great trial.
The wild storms Of political tumult
are sweeping with unchanged fury
over our country, and strong III
moral purity and public fidelity
will be the men, who, after the
clouds are gone and the blue shy
appears. remain uHShaken and un
deiaced. Men of proud ana honor-
able position have been hurIed from
their places and forever uIned as if
riven by the thunde'S of Jehovah
Every breeze is laden' ii with the
breath of caIImiy. Suspicion OF
public nien is uppermcSt III almost
every heart ahd trembles from
many lips. Yet amid all our broth
er has lived and served his couGtry
with uncorrupted honor. Against
these storms of suspicion and ac-
cusatiOn he has stood unmoveh iii
the calm serenity of conscious in
tesriIy, like the famous rock Of
Gibraltar against whose base the
angry bil!ows dash their foamin2
spray, and over whose unscathed
summit the cyclone sweeps and the
Ii@ntningS fash their fiery wings.
His iucerruptibility in office, at a
period of great decentralization,
when temptations TO wrong doing
are SO inviting, is an honor to the
State for whose veal he labored and
in whose service he died. His Off
cial character was put to tie cru
cial test, and his integrity most
triumplIantly vindicated. Let it be
inscribed upon his monument and
go down to coming generations as
an imperisllable memorial to un-
stained honor and official honesty.
| do not appear here as the apolOg-
ist of his peculiar views, nor as the
advocate of any political theory or
party. That Is outside and beyond
the sphere of the Gospel ministry,
with which, happily, we h I'd moth
ing to do. But this l feel called
upon to say, as Illustrative OF his
moral sincerity, that in the Opin-
ions he entertained and advocated
he was honest"
American citizen., 1875-02-27
WHEN WILL MR. BEECHER TESTIFY!

The Buffalo Courier says: The
great intellectual tussel will begin
when Mr.. Beecher takes the st md
This may not be for n couple of
weeks yet, but when it does come
it viii be worth Witnessing. Ii the
great preacher does not know
enough about ragged edges already
he certainly will have a pietty
thorough knowledge when crosS-ex-
animation is over. This, it is said :,
will he conducted by Mr.. Beach.
are OF the bulldog order-tl,at is
he don't know how to let go.
1t is very certain that Mr.. Bee..h-
er will find it much harder to get
along with Beach than he found it
to satisfy the committee that was
determined to find him not guilty
anyhow. His great intellectual re-
sources-anl he is probably as well
supplied in this respect as any man
living-will need to he III their
best condition when Reach begins
To draw upon them. 1t is thought
that his greatest difficulty will come
when he is examined about the visit
To MIS-. Tilton the night he WAS ac-
cnsed by her husband. He GER
tainly cannot deny the visit, for the
documents prove it and MOultOn
swearS to 1t besides, and if he
admits it he will have to make
snina reasonable explanation.
Why did he go to Mrs. TiltOn
that night and get that remai kable
paper which he returned to MOu!ton
rext day? L put this ques ion
merels because Mr.. Beeciier will
probably find it the hardest of all.
The lawyer by whom lie is to be
cross>examiHei is IL man of about
his own age and fully as quick aS
he is in intellectual PLAY. And be
has IA power of concentration, II
knac.l o; sticking to IL single poil.t
and bannering away right there
tn 1t the brilliant pulpit orator does
not POSSESS. Undoubtedly the
most interesting part of the great
trial will come when Beach Lays
Bee cher on the di>secting table OF
Judge Nelson's couit.
American citizen., 1875-02-27
BEECHER'S DEFENCE.

The public are too familiar with
the details of the grave charge
arai;rst Mr.. Beechcr. We have
seen in several papers the swsses-
ton that Mr.. Beechrr's defence,
through his counsel, vi!l be entirely
oris inal. and of il nature cnlcuiatrd
to surprise the pab.ic. That pol
lev Of defence in such Il case, Ordln-
arily, will be entirely overlooked,
and il .raai! intellectual. legal coup
de etat by his learned and shrewd
lawyers Will be attempted, with
,icn of carry ing the jury and the
whole country by stern.
Now, Il iits'e rctlec.ton on the past
features of tie great scandal riu-t
c,r, incc us that such IL course can
rot be successfully pursued, even t'y
the able minds who are to defend
the PlS mouth man. When Theo-
dOre T,lton'S damaging Charg, :
against Brecller were first made
public, it will be remembered that
Beecher demanded an investigation
of the matter by his Church, and
their committee acquitted him of all
error. Mr.. Beechei's statement
and explanation before this com
milt-e were OF straightforward
and manly character, and secured
his acquittal before his Chuih, but
the public have never been satisfied
of his innocence. Now, this defence
of his OWN must be stuck to 10y his
| counsel before the court, or his own
statement is virtually declared un.
true. Unless Mr.. BeecI,er's counsel
can convince the jury as he himself
convinced the committee, that his re-
IatiOn to Mrs. Tilton was never
more than that of Il ''ympatkizlng
friend anI earnest pastor, his past
successful defence will be but a
stumbling block in the way of his
LAWYERS. We see Go way i'll which
they can introduce any surprisingly
original plan of defence, and We
believe MIR. Beeeher would do as
well with no counsel at all, merely
trusting to rciteration of his for
mer statement to accomplish his
acquittal. Nothing else can save
him; unless the jury think he ought
to be excused for SHINING once, in
consideration of the great good he
has done as Il minister.
American citizen., 1875-02-27
LOUISIANA.

Congressional kilograms, to be
found in another column, advise us
that the Committee on Louisiana
affairs have presented to Congress
il majority and, also, a minority re
report Of the investigation. The
majority r.I,ort to have found evi>
dence of much political intimidation
in the last two elections, but de>
nOunce the action of the Returning
Board, and declare the Conserva-
ti~-e e"titleI t., fair majority in
the House; they declare Kellogg the
lawful Governor. The minority Ie-
port declares that no intimidation
or fraud was perpetrlted in the
election of 1874 by the Conserva-
tives. who are entitled TO a majority y
in the House. An unanimous reso-
luton was adopted by the Commit
tee, declaring The action of the Re
turning Board arbitrary and unjust
to the Conservatives, and recon-
mrnding the seating OF the Con
scrvative members who were reject
ed. Kellogg is sustained by the
Committee.
Read the dispatches.
We sincerely hope that The pres
ent session of Congress will dispose
Of this vexed question, in IL manner
to silence all further strife.
American citizen., 1875-02-27

students of the shady side of Eng
,iSh history in connection with that
of the amorous George.
The Courier-Jourual of Feb. j,
thus concludes an editorial i'll re-
gard t. the book.
We confess, however, our inabili-
ty to understand why such cXtraor
dinary steps should be taken by the
English Government to suppress
the work. Statements printed i'll Il
book are not legal testimony before
any tribunal unless the Publisher
is prosecuted for libel, which is not
the ease. Should it be urged that
the son of the couple might be still
living, and that il is to deprive him
of the information which this hook
furnishes in the event OF his making
pretensionS TO the throne OF England
that the present Government wishes
to destroy the work, il must be re-
membpIpu that Il book which may
or may not be romance. mere
print emanating from an unoi;lcla
publisher. and possessing none of
tie requisite legal testimony, could
hardly be of value in such an entel
prise. 1t is more possible that
tie sensation has been gotten up by
some crprising publisher who
wishes to repubiish IL work which
he feared would not sell without
some such mode Of advertising.
American citizen., 1875-02-27

The correspondent "MadisOn," of
the Mail, takes us to task for en-.
sdorsing the message of President
Grant relative to Arkansas, and
asks US for an explanation as to
how We can endorse such iuconsist-
encies. We will remind Madison"
Of the fact that The President sus-
tanned the de facto government of
Louisiana, which is Republican, for
the same reason that lie sustained
the de factO government of Arkau-
sas, which is Conservative, viz:
because both parties wele equally
guilty of frauds and revolution, and
it is ~ recognized principe Of law
that where both parties are viola
tors, both being criminals, neither
are entitled t" redress for wrongs
Having assumed the responsibility,
they must abide by the result. The
party that eamb.es at q game of
chaiee, for prize money, cannot re-
cover his losses. TIE action OF tie
President in the Louisiana case has
been bitterly censured, North and
South, as unwise if not really hos
tile, and the wheels of its State gov
erDment are virtually c!oggcd by an
irrit,he and Unsuitable opp,,si. ion.
If this government is wrOpgfuIly
sustained, then Arkansas is, and
the correction should begin where
the error Was first made. This is
what the President has asked Con
gress 10 do; if they redress one,
redress the other. These are con
sistent facts which we viii leave for
I'MadisOu" to zsdOrH.
American citizen., 1875-02-27
AN ANTIQUE DEMONSTRATION

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22-The
Orion Club Centennial Guards, nIIm-
herring one hundred AMI fiity,
marched through the streets this
n'"rniEg. before their departure to
Foit Washington, for tarert prac-
tice. Everything was in hi..cst or
der of burlesqHc. The sua,d I,arad
ed as infantry, cavalry aud artil-
lcry.
The i"fantry were dressed in all
5nauner of ancient uniforms. prol,:,-
hly no two alike, and carried shot
guns with flint locks, pistols, car
binrs, etc. The C ,valry were noun
ted on horses made Of basket wo, k.
ami exhibited also great dis-inlilari-
ty of uniform. Their arms we're
immense holster pistols and swords
Of massive weight. The artillery
cW'sis, Ell of Il lmstrboar.l cirpon.
drawn i,y fnIrt' of RI" rpr>I
brew RS hos-,cS - Dc ...iI liz tie
city.
American citizen., 1875-02-27
SHERIFF SALES.
Ais. Ii IA.

), St;;dcl>er x Sol
r. l.. Adams X Son, Ais Ii ia.
j. G. Fcllowes (Sarnishee)
To March Term, 1875, Madison Cir
cult court, Mississippi.
judgment, 18th March, 1874, for
S6I7.3I
nY VIRTUE of the above de
ID ScIibed writ, to me directed by
the Clerk of said Court, | Will eX
pose to public sale, to the highest
aud best bidder, for cash, before
the court house door of said county
of Madison, State OF Mississippi, Ill
the city Of Canton, on
Monday, the 1st Day Of March, 1879,
between the hours prescribed by
law. the following described land,
to-wit:
The WI OF 81 of VI of sci sec II,
and one fifth interest iii the W OF
mel sec %, all in L 9, Il = Il.
Levied upon as the property OF
said defendant j. G.. Fellows, and
Will be sold to satisfy the above
styled judgment, interest. and all
cost. Il. j. ROSS, Sheriff.
.Sheri6's Office, Canton, FEB. ., 1915.
American citizen., 1875-02-27


The CarrOlltOn Conservative says:
AsFrOm the Governors well known
sentiments on the subject of tenn
peIaBce, it is safe to intes that the
recent Act of the Legislature re-
pealing the Act of 1874, cOnfering
upon women over Is years of age
the right to petition for or against
license, will receive the veto of the
Governor, and that his ac ion will
be sustained by the Legislature, as
IN tho two cases cited above. Ig
AOring political preferences and
prejudices, Gov. AmeS deserves the
hearty and sincere thanks of the
people for thus forwarding the
cause Of temperance in our State"
American citizen., 1875-02-27

Tue Congressional COsumittee to
whom was referred the bill appro-
ating s3,O0O,0OO f"I t;ie repair and
rebuilding of the Louisiana levees,
has reported in favor of its passage.
II is said that President is warmly
in favor Of the bill. 1t is claimed
that the repairing OF these lavees
will bring under cultivation more
tn,"-.> million acres OF the best
cotton producing Ianu irr tho United
States. This land would return
even under partial cultivation, a
million bales Of cotton, worth to
the country S75,OOO.OOo. Thus for
the expenditure of l,aitry 53,O00,-
900. vast riches would be added to
the country. No. to do it would be
like the farmer wEo does not raise
crops because Of the cost of fencing
his fields.-EE.
American citizen., 1875-02-27

1t is estimated that the James
brothers, OF Kansas, haye killed be
tween them over one hundred men.
When it is added that this has been
done within ten years. it will give
foreigners an idea of the industry
of the American reopk, when they
get their backs up.
American citizen., 1875-02-27

The present system of penal SER
vitude for women in England is one
of solitary confinement, and it is
asserted that not one woman IN
twenty undergOes Imprisonment of
over q years duration without show
ing signs of temporary insanity.
American citizen., 1875-02-27

The fif, h section of the printing
law, providing for the publication
of the proceedings Of Boards of Su-
pervisors has been repealed.
American citizen., 1875-02-27

by the burning of the Cospat-
T." bayf lost -ighl brotiier-, two sis
ie,-, Der mother AID Il nuinter Of
other relatives.
American citizen., 1875-02-27
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY VIRTUE of Il deed of trust
executed by w. w. Wilson to j. ID.
Williamson, dated the 2d of Febru-
airy, 1874, and filed in the Chancery
Clerks office of the county of Madi
son on the 10Th day OF October,
1874, and recorded in Book &. c.,
page 574, and upon which default
has been made, l will expose at
nuhlic ault ion on
American citizen., 1875-02-27
)hcial Journal Of Madison County.
GA NTO N. NJ IS s.
SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 1875.

M. L. Holland, Esq, son of the
late G. H Holland, has bee" ap
pointed State Treasurer, by Gov.
AmeS.
American citizen., 1875-02-27
2d DAY OF NARCH.

within tue legal hours, before the
Court House door in Canton, Madi-
son county, Mississippi, the W. sw4
sec. 9 E; e1 sci sec 3; nwI see. , e.
ne4 see. 3, township 10, range .
east, for cash, to the highest bidder
for the payment of slO0S SO and all
costs. j. ID. WILLIAMSON,
Feb. g. 1875. Trustee.
American citizen., 1875-02-27

'In'E undersigned has located BRICK
lAkD in South Canton, on tho Raj
oad, and Is now prepared To- supply brick
n the most Nas,'ua'i.e terms.
H.i-it L, W, PACKER.
American citizen., 1875-02-27
DIXIE w ORA :
HAVE asg.EI,N ED HE'S

DIXIE WORRIES.
In the city Of Canton, and am nov
prepared to manufacture
JV.4GO.NS, BUGGIES,
And FARMING IMPLEAIETS of
all kinds, and to make amy and all
repairs in
Wood and Iron Work,
with promptness and dispatch, and
will fully Guarantee Gt ii0rk done.
am prepared to furnish material
of all kind, Wood and Iron, to the
trade will also contract to
ssssissi and Repair sfousss,
EE EZ n & - G. Gc g1T,
And furnish and prepare material
for the same.
/ will also sell
IL H NE nE Iec EE-
f all kinds. both dressed and I'm
dressed. Give me IL calf before
closing contracts elsewhere.
VELENTINE WERNER.
Oct IS CANTON. Mis-
American citizen., 1875-02-27

J. Stadeller 4 Son,
VS..
Il. l.. Adams & Son. Vendi ExI.oEas.
J. G. Fellows (G;,inistee.)
To March Term. 1915, Madison Cir
cult Court, Mississippi.
Judgment, 18th March, 1874, for
S6i134.
DY VIRTUE of the above describ-
ID ed writ, to me directed by the
Clerk OF said Court, L will expose to
public sale, to the highest and best
bidder, for cash. before the court
house door of said county of Madi-
son, State Of Mississippi, i'll the city
of Canton, on
Monday, the 1St Day of March, 1915,
between the hours prescribed by
law, the following described real
estate, tO-wit:
The W! of e4 of lot 2, square No.
6, in the city of Canton.
Levied upon as the property OF
said defendant, j. q. Fellows, and
will be sold to satisfy the above
styled judgment, interest and all
tbSIS. N. llNIhCAI,
Sherif's Office, Canton, FEB. ), 1875.
r. Niaa'F' 1a ; FLA.
J.G Fellows
To March Term, 1875, Madison Cir
cult Court, Mississippi.
Judgment, 2Sth September, 1874,
for S54306.
DY VIRTUE of the above descrlb-
ID ed writ, TO me directed, 10y the
Clerk of said Court, l will expose to
public sale, to the highest aud best
bidder. for cash, before the court
house door of said county of Madi-
son, State of Mississippi, in the city
Of Canton, on
Monday, the 1st Day Of March, 1875.
between the hours prescribed by
law, the following described real
estate, tO-wi!:
The WI of s4 of W! of sci sec IA,
and Il oHe-iifth interest in the W! OF
mel sec %, all in T .. II 2 east, and
also he W! Of e! of lot ,, square No.
6, in the city of Canton.
| Levied upon as the property OF
said defendant, J. G. Fellows, and
will be sold to satisfy the above
styled Judgment. interest, and all
costs. II. j. ROSS, Sheriff.
Sherit''s office, Canton, FEB. 5, 1919
American citizen., 1875-02-27
A. NJ. (,UREEY,

and viii sell
SADDLE "a, Etc.,
lower than heretofore known in this mar
ket. All transactions CASH from this
date. Sept. -. 1-1i-tf
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H.rtter from Rutland,

BERWICK House, RUTLAND, VI, !
JAN. "a, 1875. !
FRIEND MCMAsTER.-Itis q long
time, indeed, since the readers of the
SPIRIT have been afflicted with a squib
of mine, but it has not been owing to
any disposition on my part to relieve
them OF the annoyance. No, with your
permission, they might have cursed
me until the lockjaw set in and l
would have squibed on but for bust
ness, commerce and other botheration
which beset men left without legacies
or credit established through matri-
monial partnership. You know,
MAC" theoretically at least, that
"spondulicks' is the basis of bread,
whether you create the "spon." with
engravers tools all by yourself or do
the same legitmatcly and openly, it
must be had else the tenure of life
has a feeble hold. In my case, the
divin injunction, "by the sweat of the
brow shall thou eat Bread" is supertlu-
Gus. for know by experience of long
standing and uncompromising condi-
tons that sceat is my business, if l
eat, be it bread or be it souer- kraut
and potato salad.
The recent very desolating fire,
which took in its course, some 25
business firms, and the places ofabode
of about dozen families, has thrown
so,ue special shadows of misfortune
upon certain sufferers, and has wiped
out, at least, one landmark, around
which cluster pleasant memories, / re-
fer to the Central House, once the best
patronized hotel in the State, aud, at
the time of its destruction, a tavorite
place of resort for not only many of
the old politicians, but it was the best
sitting down place in town and where
ever the genial Major establishes head
quarters there will be life and good
spirits. Speaking of the fire, leads
me to remark that Gen. II. II. Baxter
came forward with his ever generous
hand, and .succored the unfortunate
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The Monster Concert,

Gilmore has given Boston the great
musical jubilee of the century, and on
the 9th ofnext month he will give
Louisville the grandest concert ever
attempted in the West. He and his
hundred performers are engaged fol
the last Gift Concert Of the Library,
which takes place on that day. This
will be IL fitting finale in the series Of
brilliant successes which have charac.
terized the Library Drawings. Like
everything else which eminates from
this source, the closing concert will
be the greatest of its kind ever given
in city of this size. The concert is
for the benefit of the ticket holders
and admission can only be had by
showing ticket or part thereof at the
door.
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$500 worth. When the Gen. opens
his wallet it is without parade or ar
rogant dictation, all he said was ad,
dressed to Mr.. J. w. Champion, as
follows or substantially so "Take my
check for $500, and disburse it among
the sufferers according to your best
judgement" / understand that there
are many Others who are doing more
or less for the same object but Gen
Baxter, being the wealthiest man on
the North end of Grove st. has Of
course made the donation.
Amusements are frequent and about
half of them reasonably sensible and
satisfactory. A Minstrel Company
will draw a larger not to say better
house, than noted lecturer and is the
next thing to a Circus for general pop
ularity. Opera on wheels, don't get
paid for coming here, and dramatic
representations are nowhere unless of
local interest, or having a war pres
tage. The Firemans' Reunion or Le-
wee held at Town Hall last Friday
evening was most enjoyable affair
and the spacious hall was completely
thronged. The best of feeling pre-
vailed and the three companies that
commingled that eve, will refer to
the occasion as one of the pleasantest
: in their experience. The Berwick
Hops as they are called are popular
and the prices are popular-only one
dollar per couple with a good square
oyster supper included, they should in
clude washing, then most anybody
could go. The last one given drew
together as many as could dance in
the large dining hall. Tilley and
Phi ibis have these things at heart
hence they go without danger Of fail
ure.
| was pleased to note your compli
mentary notice of the Rutlun0 Globe
The paper is not excelled by any daily
or weekly in this State, lift is equal
ed, have no antlpathy against any
other paper but | commend the Glob'
for its valuable reading, editorially ant
outside, its freedom from petty spite
and insinuation and the attitude il
takes in matters of local interest.
To-day is noteworthy as being the
toughest of the season and would tes'
the piety of a New Bedford Mariner
a binding snow storm hitched to {
2-4O wind is we'll calculated to kee,
people within eye sight Of their Goa
burners and that is why l am here
writing my foolishness.
DEMlNG.)
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0uecllee.

Quecliee.
The items below were received too
late for last weeks issue -
The following is a list Of the
deaths in Quechee Tor the year 1874 ::
Whole number, 6 males, 8; females,
3. Diseases = consumption, 2; typh-
old fever, old age, l tubercular
meningitis, /. Dates-January 3
April 2; May 20; June l; August
10; Dec. 8. Oldest--S5 years ;
youngest-4 days.
Mercury "A degrees below zero,
this (Tuesday) morning.
We noticed there were an I'M
usually large number oftyphographical
errors in our locals last week. 'Less
favored" was made to read less for
ward which was rather rejecting on
Messrs. Gushing & Abbott. Mistakes
aoiN occur, even inthe best regulated
families, as the old lady said.
Gushing q Abbott are doing q
"staving business" Lots of nice
goods selling cheap. They will speak
for themselves shortly in the AGE,