American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-22
GelegraPhic Items.
DEATH OF GEN. BRECKENRIDGE

DEATH OF GEN. BRECKENRIDGE.
Lexington, KY, May 18-Gen.
JnO. @. Breckenridge died of alb
scess of the liver, combined with
consumption. His last hours were
quiet and peaceful. On Sunday
night his regular physician admin
istered an OpIate to the sufferer, af
ter which he slept until late the
next mornings; then he was visited
by DIR. Louis Il. Sayre, of New York
who dressed the wound made by
the operation on Monday of last
week The doctor, seeing that IA
discharge was taking place from
the wound, expressed himself hopes
full of the patients rapid recovery
with proper attention. After this
the sufferer took some nouriShment.
AT three o'clock in IL u afternoon u
change for the worse WAS prrcepti-
BILE aud his friends became alarmed.
Stimulants we're administered, hut
without effect. He sank rapidly
till uear five O'clock, when he be
came spee,.hlrss. He died at $40
O'Clock and was conscious, apparent
ly, to wit hin a few minutes of his
death. There was no scene, no last
words; the only illusions he made
to death were once, after the opera
ton was performed on him, last
week by Drs. Sayre and Gross,
when he said he felt comfortable
but he believed modification had
set in again, and in his will which
was made the next day by Hon.
JAS. b. Beck, in which he usel
these words: '.After al my jnsr
debts, which are few AMI small, and
the expense of a modest funeral are
paid, l desire, etc. Around the
dea h-bed OF the General were HIS
wife, two daughters and one son,
and u few other immeiia.e rela
tons. In accordance with the wish
o. the deceased ami desire OF the
family, his funeral viii be Il modest
one. 1t will take place on Wednes
day aftei noon at four O'Clock.
Lexington, KY, May 2O.-The
funeral of Gen. breckenridge took
place to day. and WAS attended by
all immense thrOng of people anx-
iOus to pay their last sad hOuors to
the memory OF "a great and good
man.
Officers of the STATE, headed by
Gov. Leslie, were present i'll body
aS were Senators Stevenson, Nc
Creery and many other distinguish
ell men. The funeral was conduct
I'd hy Knights TempIar, of which
order Gen BrpckAnride WIS ali ex-
emf larry member. No such out
pouring pc pile has been wi hes
srd since the death of Henry Clay.
GAINESVILLE, O., May IA 10 4
with two husbands, their wives and
two children each, went over the
dam. Both women aud two cliildIen
were drowned.
San Francisco, May ia col
lision occurred on the 4th of April
of the coast OF China, between the
Chinese steamship Fug Sing and
the British STEAMSHIP, Ocean. The
Fug Sing founder. d almost instant
Iy, causing the loss of fifty lives.
The Ocean Was seriously injured,
but succeeded in reaching land.
Havana, May 1S.-Sharkry, the
mni derer, il now on his way to New
York OH the steamer Crescent City,
i'll charge of detectives.
Accounts frcm ValmesedO's head
quar- ters are meagre. but the army
is taking up summer quarters.
New Orleans, May I7.-Captain
Eaals, Col. Andrews, Ga, 1T. Bpffinger
aud party returned from the passes
this morning. Cant. Eads reports
the condition of affairs there more
favorable for the reOpening of the
jrtty work than he had -antici pated.
He has no doubt but that within
twelve months he will have twenty
teet Of water in the pass. The gov
rrnment eng neers will complete the
surveys by Friday.
London, May 1S-The Pail Mall
Gazette finds the origin of the re-
cent war rumOrs in the following
''The Versailles AS
just befOr., a,ljnurning for
is last recess, passed the bill which
lad been for some time under diS>
concerning the condition of
he French army"
Later-Prince Bismarck address
ID a circular diSpat cli to the diplO- |
matte represeI tatives of Germany
abroad, complaining of the adoption
II the measures, which was describ- !
al rs calculated to endanger the |
,eace of Europe. The contents
If the dispatch were, according to
Instructions, orally communicated
~ the German representatives to
he COVER ,mens to which they were
accredited. The exis I
ence OF this dispatch was divulged,
md gave rise to the
epnr;s which have lately caused SO
much alarm throughout Europe.
New York, MAY 17.-Gov Bog
Ion, of North Carolina, in II letter to
ne Herald III regald 10 the repre-
of North Carolina in the
J-ntennial exhibition, says he hopes
) liberal display will be made by
hat S ate. The Legislature having
allied ~ make IA response to hi. spsE
'iaI message on the subject, Ire vii
appeal to Tie leading ciiiz.Hs TO en-
"urage and sustain the noble en-
erprise by their patronage aud sup
'rt. He regards the centennial
at the greatest moment