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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
MOhammedanism IN China.

Mohammedanism is making very
rapid strides in many of the distant
provinces of China. Not only, too, is
the religion itself spreading thus sud-
denly and swiftly, but the Chinese fol-
lowers of the Prophet appear ripe for
an Instruction, and it is feared that
the entire provinces of KansHh, Shensi
and Kweichow may ere long be in a
condition of open revolt. It's reported
that Tso Tsung-t'an, their Governor, is
in severe straits, and threatens to re-
sign his command unless he receives
very considerable reinforcements with
out delay. Tso is man of great abil-
ity. He is not only courageous as
soldier, but an excellant tactician, and
fully competent to direct military opera
tions. He labors, however, under the
grievous disadvantage of bad weapons
not gingalls, or barbarous bows and
arrows, but inferior, in fact condemned,
rifles, explosive firearms, and almost
non-explosive gunpowder. It is bad
policy on the part of the Chinese Gov
eminent to permit a large and valuable
army to be SO wretchedly provisioned
with the munitions of war.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
Obscure Men Happiest in Wed
lock.

No woman will love a man the better
for being renowned or prominent.
Though he be the first among men, she
will be prouder, not fonder; as is often
the case, she will not even be proud
But give her love, appreciation, kind
ness, and there is no sacrifice she would
not make for his content and comfort.
The man who loves her well is her hero
and her king. No less a hero to her,
though he is not to any other; no less
king, though his only kingdom is her
heart and home. 1t is mans own fault
if he is unhappy with his wife, in nine
cases out of ten. 1t is a very exception
al woman who will not be all she can
be to an attentive husband, and very
exceptional one who will not be very
disagreeable if she finds herself wilful-
ly neglected. 1t would be easy to hate
a man who, having bound woman to
him, made no effort to make her happy;
hard not to love one who is constant
and tender, and when a woman loves
she always strives to please. The great
men of this world have always been
wretched in their domestic relations,
while mean and common men have been
exceedingly happy. The reason is very
plain. Absorbed in themselves those
who desire the worlds applause were
careless of the little world at home,
while those who had none of this ego
tism strove to keep the hearts that were
their own and were happy in their ten
derness. -Aldbdnaa Baptist.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
Missouri Democratic State Con
VentiOn.

The Missouri Democratic State Con-
vention. held at jefferson City on the
31st, adopted the following resolutions ::
!: Fidelity TO all the provisions of the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
2. The perpetual union Of the States, with local
self government to every section.
the test of honesty. fidelity and capacity as quail
ifcations for public Office
4. Retrenchment and economy in the Federal,
State and municipal administrations; easing the
burdens on labor by the reduction of Offices and
5. Exposure and speedy punishnent by penal
laws Of corruption and peculation in the admin
istration of public affairs.
funds by Official custodians means embezzlement
and robbery, Official accountability exacted and
enforced by better administration Of the civil and
I. Free schools exempt from all sectarian con-
troll; free press accountable for abuses to civil
credit. and honest payment Of the public debt.
Resumption Act of January, 1875, but inasmuch
as the National Convention Of the Democratic
we deem it inexpedient t adopt any resolution
respecting the currency or finances Of the coun-
try. but refer the same to such Convention,
form and give It the electoral vote of Missouri
for its nominee The Democratic party is the
with the administration Of he Federal
prsssne duty to restore full and perfect equsts
among the States against the aggressive usurpa-
ton OF centralized power, re establish the moral
power of the Government and eliminate crime as
q common characteristic of political life; that the
present deplorable condition of morals and bust
ness interests of the country are the resulto cor
rupt and partisan administration, and that re-
form is absolutely necessary for the relief of the
people and preservation of the Government,
and that this can only be done by change OF
Administration.
The delegates to the St. Louis Con-
vention are divided principally between
Tilden and Hendricks; with majority
said TO be in favor of the former.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
A Boston Boy on Fish.

Fish lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Buzz
Yards Bay and some in Charles River.
When they are small they are Goldfish,
herrin, and SIGH; when they grow up
they are whales. Whales is very USE
full; they sometimes swaller a whole
ship and all the crew. The fat of whales
is billed out, and made inter kerosene
oil for gaslight. Their bones is made
inter whalepone for ivory pianner-keys
and dominos, also for horn-handles for
jack-knives. l wish whale would
swaller my school and all the teachers.
Fish is always eat Friday. 1 hate fish !;
there is two many bones to pick out
when you eat 'em. 1 ruther eat paper
of pins fried in lard. A whale could
lick all the boys in the Harvard Gram
mar School. Could lick thunder out of
'em and make 'em look sick, and don t
you fsrgit it,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
OStricheS for the Million.

Mr.. A. Douglass, an English settler
in the Cape Colony, South Africa, COM
menced experiments about eight years
ago with six ostriches. He has now
about three hundred on hand, having
sold eighty-fve. Each bird eats about
twenty pounds of vegetable matter per
day, and the net profit from the sale OF
birds and feathers is stated at $125,OUO
in the last four years. The cost OF the
beginnings of the experiment is not
given. The birds are Matched by arti-
fetal means, and the process requires
forty-two days. In natural Matching
one egg in ten fails; in the artificial
process one in twelve. The work of
raising ostriches for their feathers has
also been commenced in California.
The enormous profits tempt experiment,
yet changes of fashion may on any day
make even ostrich feathers OF little
value. Whenever any one who chooses
may command plume, ostrich may
degenerate into hen . feathers in fashion
able estimation. Philadelphia Ledger
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
Riches.

We would all like to be wealthy; yet
the man born to fortune is not so hap
py as the man who has the ability to
make one. Unless filed by some alb
sorbing pursuit, life is blank. Any
profession which rewards a man for ex-
erting his faculties to the utmost is in
the long run source of the greatest
pleasure in life. Wealth, alone, does
not bring happiness. Johnson once
observed, after looking at the house of
some very rich man, that all this wealth
excluded only one evil poverty. The
remark may not be logically accurate,
but it points to substantial truth.
Downright want of food or clothes, ac-
tual physical suffering caused by power
ty, is an evil so great that no other serv-
ice which can be rendered by wealth is
equal TO that of removing it. After a
certain point of relative comfort is OBJ
tanned, wealth becomes burden. Ev-
cry dollar added to ones income gives
less pleasure than the preceding dollar,
for the simple reason that we naturally
spend our income on satisfying our
most pressing wants. As one by one
we have stopped up every avenue
through which discomfort approaches,
we have to tax our ingenuity to discover
new modes of positive qualification. AS
the human faculties are limited, this
becomes difficult, or even impossible, ex-
cept at the price of making ourselves
e1o fn
man chooses to middle away his for
tune in almsgiving or gambling, there
is no income of which he may not
easily disburden himself. We are
simply inquiring how much he can
judiciously spend upon his own COM
fort. The list of physical pleas
ures is very soon exhausted. A man
has but one palate and one pair of
hands. Even if he wore new coat
every day, he would soon find that an
old coat is far more comfortable; and
the most skillful cooks will admit that
dishes only become very expensive by
being out of season, or by useless ex-
travagance. A house of moderate size
is as comfortable as a palace; and a few
thousands year will provide the best
of dwellings in good situations. When
man has as good a house as he cares
to inhabit, as good wines, meats, and
cigars as he cares to consume, as many
books as he can read and as many pic
lures as he can enjoy, as much hunting
or fishing or travelling as he can find
time for, and can see his friends as Of
ten and in as much comfort as he
chooses, he has all the happiness that
wealth can give him, even though he
| be the owner of millions.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10

The House Committee appointed to
investigate Federal expenditures in LOUISE
ana, began taking testimony at New Or
leans on the list.
MR.. JAMES GALLATIN, son of Albert
Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under
Thomas Jefferson, died recently in Paris,
aged so years. He was a man of very large
wealth, and for many years o New York
banker. Use fsis 81
Col. STONE, of Des Moines, is the
Republican candidate for Congress in the
First Iowa District.
JUICE PIERREPoNT, our new Minis
ter to Great Britain, will leave New York
for England on the 22d.
J. A. HOLrzcLAw, late Collector of
Atlanta, Ga, is reported a defaulter to the
amount of $13, 900.
2 The New York Bar Association has
investigated the charges made against
Charles O'Conor, impeaching his conduct
rs counsel for Mrs. Forrest in her suit for
divorce, and decides them to be utterly with
out foundation.
J. HON. BENJAMIN MORAN, Minister to
Portugal, for % years occupied in the Gov
eminent service abroad, will soon return to
his home in Philadelphia, his feeble state
of health compelling him to seek rest.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
The Turkish Revolution.

LONDON, May 31.-The Standard
Vienna dispatch says: Accounts of the
revolution in Constantinople are very
conflicting. A majority of the reports,
however, agree as to the following par
ticulars: The Ministers assembled
Monday afternoon at the residence of
the Grand Vizier and discussed the
state of public affairs. They concluded
that, unless some remedial measures
were adopted, universal rebellion and
general collapse of State would result.
A resolution was adopted embodying
these views, and a petition to the Sui
tan was drawn up, praying him to abdi-
cate in order to save the country. The
Sultan received the petition with affect
ed composure, and said he would con-
slider the matter. On Tuesday morn
ing there was great stir in the streets.
The trade guilds, firemen, water-draw-
ers, and water-carriers, headed
by Softas, formed in procession and
marched to the Sultan's palace, unop-
posed by the military, who were appa-
rently unprovided with orders how to
act in case of such an emergency. Dur
ing its progress the procession was in
creased by thousands, the palace was
guarded by mounted police, who did
not interfere with the crowd, although
the cries we're raised of ssDown with
Abdul Aziz,'' tsVive Murad'' In the
Murad, having been released
from his own house, to which he had
been cunfined by the Sultan, was con-
Quoted to the Mosque and saluted as
&c Sultan Murad the Fifth While this
was happening it was suggested to Abb
dull Aziz that it would be prudent for
him to remove with his four sons to the
old Seraglio. He complied, and was
escorted thither almost speechless.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

In the Senate, on the Goth, it was decided,
by vote Of 81 yeas to 90 nays, that the Senate
has Jurisdiction over the Impeachment of Bel
knar. and it was ordered that the trial be opened
s On ns. All the h
has i.1isdicsic,p.: and they voted that
spective arguments, that, under a strict con
| structioa of the Constitution, MIR. Belknap was
munds. Burnside. simon Cameron.
Raxss H Msssxh Mitchell wright sargent:
In the House. the Tarir bill was under consid-
sna asked sse an to t.
tee on Ways and Means whether he intended to
bring the Tariff BIZ to vote e this his; session Mr.
to an e. Fly vote and that it would depend on the
business Of the House whether t.s. he would
would be voted on He. himself, should yield
to Approximation bills and if there was time af.
the Tariff bill Mr.. Goodin, from the Commit
tee on Public Lands. reported bill providing
to actual H settlers. Passed. To-morrow being
Decoration day, both Houses adjourned till
Wednesday.
In the Senate, on the 31st, the bill in rela-
ton to the Japanese indemnity fund was passed.
80. In the House, the majority report of the
Committee on Elections, in the case of .pencer
VS.. Morey, of Louisiana, declaring Spencer en-
titled to the seat. was adopted without division.
In the Senate, on the LIST, the impeach-
ment matter was taken up and Mr.. Whyte sub
mitted an order that the accused be ordered to
plead further, or answer the articles of impeach-
ment within ten days from this date. Mr.. Car
penter addressed the Senate in opposition the
order, arguing that the recent order of the Sem
ate was not valid, because it had not been
adopted by two -thrds vote. and claimed
that every Senator also who voted against juris-
diction would be bound to vote not guilty on the
final vote. Messrs. Lord and Mcmahon replied
on behalf OF the Managers, and urged that the
trial go on The matter was finally put over I'M
| til Tuesday next. In the House, the bill to
promote the efficiency of the Army and to pro-
vide for its gradual reduction, and consolidate
certain OF its staf departments, was considered
and passed.
| In the Senate, on the I'd, the bill making
appropriations for the Legislative executive and
judicial expenses of the Government for the year
ending June 80, 1877, and for other purposes
was taken up. Mr.. Morrill, (Maine), chairman
of the Appropriation committee, spoke
at length against the reductions In
the bill made by the House. An amendment
proposed by the committee, restoring the salary
OF Representatives to 81 600 per annum instead
| of -. 500 as proposed in the House bill, was
| agreed TO. Other amendments restoring the sal
aries of officers and clerks Of the Senate and
House, ETC., were also agreed to. In the
House, some progress was made with the Indian
| Appropriation bill.
In the Senate, on the Sd, bill was intro
duced and passed-yea- 30. nays s-authorizine
the President to appoint commission Of Ave
persons to visit the Sioux Indians as as pos
sible for the purpose OF negotiating with them fol
Tie REIMBURSEMENT Of the Black Hills, and other
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The gauge of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railway was changed
on the 2sth between Hoboken and Scranton,
distance of 14s miles, in II hours, about
2, 900 men being engaged in the work. Mar
row-gauge trains are now running over the
entire line, from Syracuse to Hoboken.
Announcement was made on the goth
of the following important business failures:
Observation-Disclosures, Hamilton & Co., and
Krauth, Ferguson & Co., pork-packers,
and Swaringen & Biggs, whisky dealers;
Chicago-S. G. Hooker & Co. and W. H.
Slaughter & Co., provision dealers; St.
Louis-Jackson, Pfouts & Douglas, whole
sale grocers. e,.z.s- 49,
A general cutting of through passen-
ger rates by the East and West trunk lines
was inauguratel on the 2Sth.
An official inquiry into the origin of the
Salonica outrage shows that the American
Consul was absent when the Bulgarian girl
arrived, and that his brother sheltered her
one night. ~ 5a4i RS t--'sS =
The war between Guatemala and San
Salvador Is ended. The President and
Vice. President Of San Salvador have agreed
to abdicate and abide the result of another
1t is now believed that Winslow will
he Embroidered Inv England To .our Govern.
ment, rs soon as some way can be seen for
doing SO gracefully,
T,osd.v,Mor 40 mo. .n.roll,, Oh
sar,,a,, .hro',a,.o',. ~. 49, ssnsaay..,e.
O"eA'"' 'A0 ~ "A VI 90 D''oA "'AoA
r.. a
marched in nrocession in PHi,ade,nh;a ~
the LIST. commanderies from nearly every
State in the Union being nresent
IN,
O'i.'"n''u3ou u y on sno iss'
leIurneo Inducements against nine county
commissioners anu OK Colninissioners' anu
whole being charged with consnir;nr tn de-.
fraud Cook County. The evidence ia said
to show the existence of a most unscrupu-
Ions ring which has f,eeced the county ont
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

! THE Louisiana Republican State Con-
vention was held ON the 31st. The dele
gates to the Cincinnati Convention are un-
instructed. a.f,sa t-,z - So
SECRETARY CAMERON was sworn in
and assumed control of the War Depart
ment on the LIST, and Secretary Taft at the
same time took possession of the Attorney
Generals Office.
SECRETARY robson appeared before
the House Committee on Naval Affairs on
the LIST and explained at length his account
with A. G Cattell & Co. He also made a
general and specific denial of the various
charges made against his official integrity.
THE Virginia and Alabama State
Conventions, to nominate delegates to the
National Democratic Convention, were held
on the 31st. The delegations are unin-
structed, and their preferences are not
known.
THE President has nominated Alex
ander P. Tuition for Collector of Customs at
Philadelphia.
THE Minnesota Democratic State
Convention elected a Tilden delegation to
the St. Louis Convention and adopted a
hard-money platform.
VERMONT sends a Tilden delegation
to the st. Louis Convention.
ABDUL-AzIz had 100000, 900 in
hard coin laid away for rainy day; but
the money was seized by his rebellious SUBJ
jects and he himself thrust into the prison
from which his successor, Mohammed Mu-
rad Efendi, had just been released to as :
sumo the throne.
Hon. S S. BURDErT, of Missouri,
Commissioner of the General Land office,
recently rendered his resignation, on account
Of ill-health. From Washington he went
to Philadelphia and New York, and was
last seen alive at the Astor House in the
latter city, on the 18th ult. 1t was rumor-
ed that his dead body had been found in
New Jersey, but it proved to be case of
mistaken identity. Mr.. Burdett's friends
fear that he has committed suicide.
FLORIDA sends Blaine delegation to
the Cincinnati Convention, only one dele
gate being opposed to him, and he is for
Conkling.
SENTENCE wa3 passed, on the I'd,
upon a number of the convicted members of
the New Orleans Whisky Ring, as follows
John Henderson, rectffer, 16 months i'm
prisonment and So 200 fine; W. G.. James,
storekeeper. 16 months and 81 900; Otto II :.
Karstendik, rectifier, 16 months and 50 200;
John r. BeaIes and WIN. M. Todd, store
keeper and gauger, 1e months and 81 900
Edward Fehrenbach, distiller, 10 months
and $1,000. imprisonment to be in the West
Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville.
SENTENCE was passed, on the I'd, upon
o number OF members of the st. Louis
WHISKY King, mostly rectifers and distil-
Iers, who pleaded guilty to the indictments
found against them. These were r.. w.
Ulrici, Louis reuscher, w. r. Jouett. l..
q. Quinlan, Benjamin Quinlan, w. II.
Wadsworth and Bollman 4 O'Hara, The
sentence in each case was 81 600 fine ano
+, one days imprisonment,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
CANTON, SATURDAY,

wise for the preservation of peace: and appro-
priating $500 to pay the expenses of the COM
mission and to collect the Indians in one place
for conference; any agreement made or treaty
negotiated to be confirmed by ongress. The
Appropriation bill was then taken up and the
to o, 100 from and after March 4, 1877, was
agreed to-yeas. 81; nays. 10. Other amend
ments restoring salaries of clerks, ETC., were
also agreed to In the House. the Indian APP
preparation bill was under discussion in Com
mittee of the Whole, but was left unfinished.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

THIEVES will not hesitate to rob {
citizen of his good name. In Provi
dence, they have been stealing door
plates.
The Boston critic who said that AIMS
Dickinson had "bad whine" has
changed his clearinghouse Is times
since he said it.
"THE reporters delight" is the name
of new toy just out. Any boy can get
up five or six runaways with it in hall
an hour.
WHEN Prince Bismarck was asked his
opinion of the hard times in Germany
he replied: "Too many men holding
chairs down-too many folks too proud
to work. FIRE. Press.
Twas Lord Houghton who, when a
ladYJ more beautiful in her own eyes
THAI those of the world, was Boosting
that she had hundreds of men at her
feet, remarked in an undertone, "Chi-
ropodists.'
AN old Baptist minister enforced the
necessity of differences of opinion by
argument: "Now, if every body had
been of my opinion, they would all have
wanted my old woman One of the
deacons, who sat just behind him, re-
sponded: eyes; and if every body
was of my opinion nobody would have
her."
WHILE her mother was washing the
dishes Troy young woman got up
from her New York Ledger and wrote !:
My heart. my heart is breaking
And the sun my head is baking,
But hope is softly waking,
That shall yet be loved.
THE Presbyterian General Assembly
has resolved for the fortieth time against
promiscuous dancing" We have no.
ticed, with pain, that the Presbyterian
girls do not dance promiscuously.
They pick out the good dancers and the
fellows who part their hair in the mid
die. Good-standing in the Sunday
school and pious anxiety to be easy and
graceful count for nothing.-Chicago
Tribune.
A FASHION exchange remarks that
!, -, III g.. t.;-..;.,, ;,
We 40 not th;nk ourselves that tbev arc
a. on hoo1thn at thi. sa..on un,ess
thoroughly boiled, and most people find
that bits of lace and silk lie heavily on
tho stomacb Peon,e who ar fond of
/. hot. o,nht 70 lnor th.t t,,rn;no with
!. ,;.t1o 80 oho,n.d fno orc r,,,oh
,,,... g.. ..;;~