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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
Rapid Development of I'll
DeadwOOd Country.

The Black Hills Pioneer of June 25
says: We do not believe this or any
other country affords such another ex-
ample of rapid development as what is
now known as the Deadwood Coun-
try" Three months ago it was occu-
pied by only few hardy miners
scarce so in number-who had placed
their lives in peril, both from Indians
and starvation, living on "meat
straight, without even salt, for months,
and undergoing nearly every privation
known to man in search of the precious
metal. Now Deadwood, Whitewood,
and their tributaries, are peopled by
more than 1000 of as hardy, energetic
and intelligent men as there are in the
country; men who have left home, wife
and children, and endured hardships
and incurred dangers that those in the
States little dream of, in search of a
better country-more money. They
have found it, and to-day, GO where you
will, the sound of the pick, shovel,
rocker and sledge greets yours ears, and
sluice-boxes, bitches and dams are on
every hand.
Six weeks ago the site of Deadwood
City was a heavy forest of pine timber;
now it extends nearly mile along
Deadwood and Whitewood, and con-
tains nearly 1900 of the most energetic,
driving people on the continent. Every
branch of business is represented, and
of
are going up on every hand-immense
trains are constantly arriving loaded
with goods of all kinds, business is
rushing, and bargains are driving here
that would put Wall Street to the blush
In addition to Deadwood, Montana
City, Crook City, Centennial and
Spearish have sprung into existence,
and each and all are growing rapidly.
Let the Government but protect this
people and give them mail facilities,
and within two years the Black Hills
will contain more than 2OO,O 900 of pros
porous and happy souls. We know
that the country is wonderfully rich in
its mines of gold, silver, and other min
erals, in its vast forests of pine, and in
its grazing and agricultural resources.
The Black Hills are success-com-
plete, entire-in spite of rival mining
interests, ''croakers,'' s'tender-feet''
and ba, barous Indians Lot those
who have fought the fight and won ths-
oatlIe work toSether patisasfy, earnest
y; uhitedly. We have full faith that
the Government will soon come to our
a helping hand and
throw around us its strong arm of pro-
lection, and welcome us as no longer
outlaws. There is a glorious future in
store for the Black Hills. 1t is rich,
almost without parallel, in every thing
that goes to make great country
gold, timber, soil and climate. In the
near future railroads will intersect it,
and thousands of happy and prosper
0us homes be scattered through the
valleys and parks of these beautiful
hills
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
CURRENT TOPICS.

AGENCY Indians along the Upper
Missouri, who have received IN account
OF Clusters fight through some hostile
Indians who took part in it, say Custer
shot three Indians with his pistol, and
killed three others with his saber, when
he fell, shot through the head by Rain
in-the-Face-a chief whom Custer had
forcibly arrested some time ago
for murder. The Indians lost 20
killed, among them many noted
chiefs The fight was hand to hand.
The Indians say they did not fear the
pistols as much as the sabers. They
are nearly out of ammunition, and will
not fight again until they get supply
from the Agencies The bodies of the
slain were treated in the most barbarous
manner. Rain-in-the-Face cut the
heart from Clusters dead body, put it
on pole, and grand war dance was
held around it.
-Ir was reported at Fort Lincoln,
on the 14th, according to Chicago
Tribune dispatch, that Sitting Bull was
killed in the fight with Custer, and also
white man named Milburn, Sitting
Bulls chief adviser.
-ADvIcEs from both Crooks and j
Terry's command, received on the 18th.
report the troops in good health and
waiting for supplies and reinforcements. |
The Indians were still lowering around |
The Little Big Horn, and had repeated
y fired into Terry's camp and tried to
burn them out by firing the grass. The |
victorious Sioux are dressed in Clusters
mems clothing and mounted on their
horses. Crook has been Joined by 200
Snake Indians 4
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
The lightning that killed man in

The lightning that killed man in
Cincinnati struck the back part of his
head, singeing off the hair and raising
q large swelling, as though he had been
hit with a red hot bar of iron. 1t thence
passed around to the right, blistering
the right ear, travelled across the chest
diagonally from the right breast down
ward to the groin, whence it passed
along the inner side of the left thigh TO
the knec-joint, and, skipping over four
or five inches of skin, passed along the
shinbone to the ground. 1t peeled off
the skin in its course, leaving broad,
red streak, like burn.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

In New York City on the Sth and 9th
the heat was SO excessive that some 30 cases
of sunstroke occurred, 10 of which proved
fatal. -.
/ Three masked men effected an en-
trance into the Jail at Nebraska City, Neb. 4,
on the night of the 9th, and fatally shot a
prisoner named Hank Dodge, under sem
tenceof death for murder. 1t was reported
that the Governor would commute his sem
tence for life.
The English turret-ship Thundercr,
while making a trial trip on the 14th, burst
a boiler and killed % of the crew and
wounded many more. The bodies of the
killed were horribly mutilated, the flesh
being stripped from the limbs by the escap-
ing steam. II..isit.'i auI' Z.
Is Haywood Grant was hanged at Rome,
Ga, on the 14th, for arson. He confessed
to having killed four men, one of whom was
Gen. Hindnan, Of the Confederate Army,
at Helena, Ark. ,,7., --.... -.,...-... :.
Mrs. Thomas Lighthill and four chill
dren were drowned at Freedom, Pa, on
the 18th, their house being carried off by a
freshet. The accident occurred on. Crows,
Run, tributary of the Ohio River, "a miles
below Pittsburgh.
The Postmaster General has been
notified by Vanderbilt and Scott that the fast
mail service over their respective roads will
be discontinued on and after Saturday, July
%. iEali-a1-3 = -,
Information has been received at
Burlington, Iowa, of the massacre by the
Indians on the Goth of June, near Custer
City, of six miners, named Carter, VIM.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
What Daniel Webster Predicted.

In one of his speeches, in 1S49, Dan
iel Webster said:
"Twenty-seven years more and a
century shall witness a grand anniver-
sary. Many here this day will partici-
pate in the demonstration to be born on
the .4th of July, 1876. 1t will be a
proud day. The consultations, robed
in the azure light of sixty centuries.
will attend tha--~sfss nrst rays.
Thcgreat luminary of the day will rise
in the east, saluted by the roar of ten
thousand times ten thousand cannon.
Our flag, combining ethereal blue with
the red and white, will wave a greeting
to the morning stars as they retire to
the chambers of the Almighty, and vail
their forms from mortal vision. The
people will gather together to rejoice
and to celebrate with their whole hearts.
The Declaration of Independence will
be read with the fervor and with the
patriotism with which it was read in
.1776. Orators will burn with the elo-
quence of John Adams; the fife and
drum will play our National Anthem
with martial ardor; bands of music
will swell the chorus of the Star Span
gled Banner, and Hail Columbia will
vibrate upon the swell of each passing
breeze. With National salute to the
sun as he sinks from view behind the
golden waves of the Pacific, bonfires
will illuminate the heavens, rockets
will scream through the air, and gen
eral Joy will witness the close of the
pageant. Heaven will look down ap-
provingly, for this people will never
forget that in the hollow of His hand is
the destiny of nations"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
INDIAN INSPECTOR vANpERvERE has

INDIAN INSPECTOR VANDERvERE has
made an official report Of a council
with the Indians of the Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail Agencies, held June
so, at which he made, them certain pro-
posals in consideration of which they
should consent to relinquish the Black,
Hills country These proposals were
agreed to, and the chiefs all promised
to keep their people at home, and to
remain about the agencies. They de-
clare that livery few Sioux are absent,
and that it is chiefly Cheyennes
who have committed depredatioEs and
who have gone North to- join the hos,
tiles. Bear-Stand-Up, an Indian of the
Spotted Tail Agency, had -bccr-for-ov
two weeks in Sitting-Buli' camp, where
he went on peaceful syrand. He re-.
ports that the hostile camp comprised
about 1000. lodges. Sitting Bull told
him that he did not intend to nsolest
any one south of the Black Hills, but
would fight the whites in that country
as long as the question is unsettled, and,
if not settled, as long as he lives.
Loao1 EIsY,, in repIStQ an address
of the Christian League; SAID so far as
hqman foresight could diseernI gem
eral war was a most Unlikely result of
the present conflict. He had .fefused
to adhere to. the Berlin memorandum,'
because he felt sure that the Porte
would not accept it, nor even the In
surgents. France and Italy, for finan-
cial and other reasons, do not
desire war; Germany has no direct
interest in the question; england
will not, make wal; and Austria,
hough peculiarly placed, Will not break
,eace for reasons Of self-nterest. A
powerful party in Russia sympathizes
With Sclavonians, and desires the cree
ion of a Sclavonic Empire under Rus
ian guidance and influence, but that
'arty is not in power. The Gear is a
over of peace, and Russia has other
easons = her finances and extent of
Isian conquestslfor not wishing /
var. England's endeavor is to keep
he conflict within its present limits,
nd impress that view upon others.
ord Derby said he had no doubt OF. ,
,ngland's' success, and continued: d
AL we desire is to see fair play If !
turkey is decayed we can not help it. I
We have guaranteed Turkey against D
,urder,i but not against suicide or sud- .
en- death--H an opportunity ef-medi- J
ton offers, which opportunity may | c
ven now be al hand, we shall avail of y
. >, - = J. n h. 80. II
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

A LADY gave recently the following
opinion of n nice young man, accord
ing to her own thinking: sob, |
think he'd make an excellent stranger
one that you'd never become acquaint-
ed with, you know"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
The following explains itself:

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D.
c., July II, 1S76.-HoN. b. III. BRIsTOw:
Dear Sir-Through the press Ieara that the
Committee Of Congress investigating whisky
frauds have summoned you as witness.
and that you, with great propriety, as
think, have declined to testify, claiming
that what occurs in Cabinet, or be-
tween member Of the Cabinet and
the Executive, officially, is privileged,
and that committee of Congress have
no right to demand answers. I appreciate
the position you have assumed on this ques-
ton, but beg to relieve you from all obliga-
tions OF secrecy on this subject, and desire
not only that yed may answer all questions
asked relating to it, but wish that ali menu
bers Of my Cabinet and ex-members of the
Cabinet since have been President may all o
be called upon to testify in regard to the
same matters. With great respect, your
obedient servant, u. 8. GRANT,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

The St. Louis Times of the 14th pub
fishes a report of an interview with
Gen. Sturgis, Colonel of the Seventh
Cavalry, of which Gen. Custer was the
Lieut.-Colonel, in reference to the re-
cent disastrous encounter with the In
dams. Cen Sturgis freely expresses his
opinion that to Clusters disobedience of
orders and rash and unskillful hand
ling of his troops is wholly due the un-
peaa6Gs<y slaughter which ensued.
n. knrgis, son of Gen. Sturgis,
wE6ne of the officers killed in the en-
gagement.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

The announcement, on the 18th, of
the resignation, by request of the Presi-
dent, of Postmaster-General Jewell,
was as great a surprise in Washington
as it was to the rest of the country. Ac-
cording to the Associated Press dis
patch, Mr.. Jewell, during brief call at
the Executive Mansion on business er-
rand, was informed by President Grant
that his resignation would be accepted.
Without any further explanation, Mr..
Jewell, ia two brief lines, penned his
resignation and handed it to the Presi-
dent 1t is stated that none of the
other members of the Cabinet were
aware of the intended action of the
President, and are utterly at a loss to
account for it. Judge j. N. Tyner, of
Indiana, Second Assistant Postmaster
General, has been nominated as Mr..
JEWELS successor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

= TIE propeller St. Clair, having on
board Is passengers and IA in the crew,
was burned off Fourteen-mile Point, on
Lake Superior, on Sunday, the 9th.
The flames spread SO rapidly af-
ter their discovery, that no effort
was made to check them. One of the
boats was launched, but on account of
the rush to get into it it was several
Fumes swamped and many were drown
ed OF the 80 persons on board only
five were saved.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

Mr. BLAIsE's physician having tele-
graphed to the House Judiciary Com
mittee that absolute quiet was desira-
BILE and perhaps necessary to insure his
recovery, the committee, on the 18th,
unanimously agreed to postpone fur
Their consideration of his case until the
next session of Congress.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

Irwas reported from Washington on
the 10th that a strong pressure was be-
ing exerted to secure executive clemen-
cy in the cases of Mckee and Avery.
Afiidasits have been presented in Nc
KEGS case for the purpose of showing
an alleged predetermination to convict
by some of the Jurymen regardless of
the evidence Avery's petition is said
to be remarkably strong one in point
of signatures, and is based upon the
ground that the evidence did not justify
his conviction.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

The geographers say that Montana
is sterile country, although the in
habitants raise great quantities of hair.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

The loss in the State of Iowa by
the recent floods will amount to 81 ,OOO,-
0O0- The loss in Warren County alone
Is $500, 600.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

The official advices received by the
Department Of State regarding the al
legged insult to the American flag by the
San Domingo authorities are said to
contradict in nearly every essential fact
the statement first published, and show
that there was not the slightest breach
OF international law or courtesy.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

The result Of the fighting SO far be-
tween the opposing forces along the
Danube, according to dispatches of the
18th. is decidedly in favor of the Turks,
and it was reported that the Servians
were about to solicit the intervention of
Russia for a general amnesty.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01
A Child of Shadows.
From the Detroit Free Press. |

= AOhA VAO OCJAVll Il lCC lICSS,1
Months ago a Detroiter was sent to
the House of Correction for habitual
drunkenness. The wife, a hard work.
ing woman and sOrely ati]icted in
health, managed to provide food and
fuel for herself and child until the
other day, when death came to end
the struggle. The little girl, hardly
8 years old, was all alone in the house
when her mother died. The event
occurred at dark, and at midnight the
child was heard singing iu the dark
ness. A pedestrian who halted heard
hei say:
"Motller, won't you wake up and
light the lamps If you will / will
slug some mOre!"
Suspecting what had happened, he
reused some of the neigh6ors, and
as they went in the child sat 10 the
darkness, holding its mothers cold
hand aud singing:
The Lord will lead little child
ana teach me how to pray.
A dark room, death on the bed,
poverty, hunger and cold to make her
situation more lesolate, and yet the
child of shadows was not afaid. She
said:
II kept still a long while to let
mother sleep. Then l sang all my
old songs to keep me awake. Then
looked out of the window and didn't
move, so that the angels wouldn't be
afraid to come and talk to her and
make her smile! l wish God had
made more daylight for poor folks y
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01

IfLouisiana is to be saved, she ia
to be saved by the Democratic. Con.
sentative party aud it the Demo-
cratic. Conservative party is to save
Louisiana, our people must unite in a
general efforts to nominate good men
to all offices, from the lowest to tile
highest, and then, in one harmonious.
sustained and vigorous effort to elect
them. The platform must be. in
truth as in assertion, reform 10 every
branch Of the government /; the aboi.
ition of all needles offices the reduc.
ton Of all exorbitant salaries and
fees; in short, a re'nodeliug of the
whole State government, with view
to reducing its cost, increasing its
v'gor, and lessening the burden Of
taxation. Upon this platform every
honest man in the State can stand.
Why, then, should not every honest
man 10 the State do what lies in his
power to secure the control of the
party to men whose character viii,
give a meaning to the platfotm, aud
to insure the nomination of men
whose election will be q guarantee
that it will be carried ont IN. O.
Democrat.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01


The Republicans have been two
lang 10 power IN free government
no party can be safely trusted to rule
for 30 long a term. They have also
had too great minority in the country
and in Congress, leaving them almost
without responsibility. They have
grown tyrannicai aud they have grown
corrupt beyond all precedent. Their
moral decay cannot be exaggerated
in words. They mast he turned ont.
That is the only prescription that is
adequate to the disease. The vo,st
Democratic administration will now
be better than the best one the Re.
publican party can give us.-N. r,
Sun.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01
To Miss l.

When e'er see yer smilin' face,
Yer, bonnie form O'|Fairie' grace,
IT CARS my sair heart meikle pain,
That can ma be young again.
Ye dinna ken, ye sonsie jad'
What havoc O my heart we've made,
ltsa'maist crazed bath heal t and brain,
That l Gamma be young again.
And, gin the plain truth mann be told,
! wad that ye yersep were auld,
Then, we might max of bath, but ane,
For ! can ma be young again.
Gin We were half sac creel as1,
Ye wad ma be sac cry and shy,
l wish and wish, but a in vain,
For Yer sake, were young again.
Moo dinna pOut at this. sweet elf!
we've done the mischief o. yerself.
It brak's my heart a'maist In twain,
That can ma b. young again.
sweet Birdie Live, and Love and Sing,
Moo, in life's fragrant rosy spring, "
II while few mair days,-alNne,
For can ma Ike young again.
Aud age is but the pictured truth,
o wearie' years and faded youth,
III bear my lot, and not complain,
That can ma be young again.
Yes, it's an index to the skies,
AbOon whose bounds the spirit flies.
Ayont life's frail and brief domain
We'll a-we'll abe young again.
w. c. j.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01
The Habit of Rreading.

The following, from Scribner's
Monthly, contains some very sugges.
tive thoughts:
II have no time to read" is the
common complaint, aud especially of
women whose occupations are such rs
to prevent continuous book persnal,
They seem to think because they can
not devote as much attention to books
as they arc compelled to devote to
their avocations, that they cannot
read any thing. But this is a great
mistake. 1t isn't the books we finish
at a sitting which always do us the
most good. Those we deyour in the
odd moments, half a dozen pages at a
time, often give rs more satisfaction.
and are more thoroughly digested
than those We make a particular eff.
fort to read. The men who have
made their mark in the world have
generally been the mep who have in
boylood formed the habit of reading
at every available moment, whether
for five minutes or five hours.
1t is the habit of reading, rather
than the time at our command, that
helps rs on the road of learning.
Many of the cultivated persons, whose
names have been famous as students.
have given only two or three hours a
day to their books. If we make use
Of our spare minutes in the midst OF
our work, and read a little, if but a
page Or a paragraph, We shall find our
brains quickened and our toil'ligllten.
ed by just SO much increased salts.
faction as the book gives us. Moth
ing helps along the monotonous daily
round 10 much as fresh and striking
thoughts, to he considered while our
hands are. busy. A new idea from a
volume is like oil which. reduces the
friction of the machinery of life.
What we remember from brief Gimp.
ses into books often serves as a stimu-
|us to action, and becomes one of the
most precious deposits in the treasu.
y Of our recollection. All knowl.
,dge is made up Of small parts which
would seem Insignificant iu them
selves, but which, taken together,
ire valuable weapons for the mind,
md substantial armor for the soul.
Read any thing continuously" says
Dr.: johnson, land you will he learn
d." The odd minutes which We are
Inclined to waste, if carefully availed
#, will in tue loug run make golden
'ours and golden days that We shall
'ver be thankful for. II
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01

The "patriotism that pays" is beau
tifa''y illustrated 10 the drawing Of
large salaries by the Commissioners
Of the Centennial exhibition, appoint.
ed by Congress and the States. That
Is Radicalism certainly. These Com.
missioners were appointed to the
position as a mark Of honor, and
they are drawing from the exhibition
that which is Yankee honor.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01
NAILS.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

NEW ORLEANS, Red River Landing
Simmsport, Morcauville, Cotton,
Point, Evergreen, Chcnryville Kam,-
ME, Wellswood, Alexandria. Coti|..
and Clo,tiervillc, Arrive and de-
part Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
at A. NJ.
SHREVEPORT, Spring Ridge, Keachie,
Mansfield, Sunny-South, Pleasant
Hill and Marthaville. Arrive Tues
day, Thurday and Saturday. Depart
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at
ga.
SAN AUGUSTINE, Milan, Sabinetown.
Pendleton, Many, and Fort Jcssup.
Arrive Tuesday aud Saturday. De-
part Monday and Thursday, at 7 A.
M1NDEN, Buckhorn, Ringgold, 1verson,
Coushatta, Grapes Bluff and Camp
to. Arrive Tuesday and Friday. De-
part Wednesdayand Saturday at 6. A.
WINFIELD, Atlanta, Montgomery, aud
st. Maurice. Arrive Wednesday and
Saturday: Depart Monday and Thurs
day at GA. NJ.
ALI. MAILS CLOSE At 6 A. NJ.
Office Hours-from "a. N. to 2 p. NJ.
and from 81 NJ tO7PM.
W. D. HAkKlSs.
Post Master.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-01

A wag, pass;sg livery stable one
day, 10 front Of which several very
lean horses were tied, stopped sud.
denly, and gazed at them for sume
time with . countenance indicating
the utmost astonishulent, and then
addressed the owner, who vas stand
lug near, add asked him "if he made
horses" made horses p said the
knight Of the broom and curry comb.
"Now Why do you ask spcl, . cues.
toni" 'Oniy,n replied he, ..becaase
| observed that yOu had several
frames Get up."