The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-13
TEay GRAPHIC REsUnE.


night, and further trouble with the
striking miners is expected soon.
WASHINGTON, May 6--Both hous-
es of Congress have adjourned The
entire Legislative, judicial and exec
utive departments have gone to the
Centennial. There have been no
committees in session. Everything
has adjourned till Friday.
WASHINGTON, May 10-Thc i'm
parchment trial OF Bcllluap before
the Senate is still going on, ani APP
prchcusious are felt that III" dcicn-
dant will succeed in carrying his
plea of want OF jurisdiction, success
July, and that the court of I'M
pcachmcnt will succumb.
CoLUMBUs, Miss, May 9.--Colum-
bus recalls to-day the age of chiy-
airy. The Knights Tcmplar, with
generally fine faces and physI-
ques, aud the haudSomcS, uniforms
in America, have taken the city by
storm and the city i: willing.
Nearly, or quite al the Commando
RES in the state arc represented.
From numbcrlcss doors and win
dous embIcmatic flags are waving
with the inscription, "W clcome
Knights Templar," while il front
OF the GiImcr Hotel is hanging sus-
pended by an invisible wire Il great
red cross high in air, and suggest
ing the supernatural vision Of Con
stantine.
PHILADELPHIA, May. I0.-Tod day
is legal holiday and all business
is suspended. The gates were
OPENED at nine O'Clock. The sky
was cloudIess. The Foreign Com
missioners and other distinguished
visitors had special entry and were
seated without confusion.
Fully $4,000 people were on tho
ground.
The ceremonies opened with
music, the airs of all nations being
played, under the direction OF The
odore Thomas. This was follow ed
by q prayer by Rt. Rev. Bishop
Simpson and the rca ing OF tho
hymn by John G.. Whittier and tho
presentation of the building to ths
q. S. Centennial Commission l'y
Commissioner Sidney Lanier, OIL
. Georgia, and the presentation o
the exhibition to the President o.
the United States.
AT 1885 the President entered
through Memorial Hal and WA
conducted to seat on the iron
platform by Gov. Hartrantt an,
General Hawley.
Fred Douglas was conducted t.
a seat OH the platform and wa
greeted with cheers.
Gen. J. r. Haw!ey then made
proclamation and declared The In
ternaiional Exhibition open
WASHINGTON May S.-Miss Ada G
Sweet, Pension agent ut Chicago
testified before The committee on civil
service, this morning, in relation t,
{ the charge OF paying money for he
position as Pension agent.
She testified that she was an APP
plicant for ;he position, and in con
sideration OF receiving the appoint
mcnt. agreed to pay David Blake
ley, Pension Agent, 100 and wa
directed by him to pay the money
over TO B IL. Campbell then as nov
United State. Marshal, tor that Dis
trict When she had paid tie 81,
100 she notified Blakely and Camp
bell thatshe had performed her par
of the contract, but Campbell tolc
her. that waSnot correct hat he ha :
note against Blakc!y for $1,000, ant
that she was to pay the whole o
that note. Witness stated that Cam p
bell is General Babcotk' ) fathcr-in
law.
1t is stated that the Psesidcn
feels personally agrieved by the ties
timony given by Gen. Custer be
fore the House Committee concern
ing the post leadership abuses, :nt
considers that Custer has been Ell
deavoring to reflect upon his al
, minisiration. Before Gen. Custe
lett Washington he went to The
White House and sent in his care
to the President, but though h'
waited long time, no notice wa!
taken OF it. He then wrote thu
| ICSlQCuI Il itllCf OShy ny thstb nv
had said or done anything agains
him personally.
The statement that the Presidcn
relieved Gen. Custer from his com
mand because he was witness il
the Belknap impeachment trial i
officially denied. On the contrary
it was the wish Of the Prcsiden
that Gen. Custer, having been sub
pen@d as Il witness, should remain
till he had testified, and that mean
time the Indian expedition should be-
placed under the command of some
Olhcr officer. Gen. Sherman is mos
emphatic in saying that Gen. Custer
though relieved rs Il witness by the
impeachment managers, was not
justified in leaving Washington
without notifying the President OF
himself of his intention to do so
Neither the Secretary of War MOI
Gen. Sherman protested against
believing Gen. Custer nor did Gen
Sherman say that Gen. Custer, was
mot only the best, but the only man
fit to lead the expedition. The army
Gen. Sherman says, possesses hun
dreds who are as competent for tho
command of such an expedition as
Gen. Custer
Circular Of the Superintendent of Educstion