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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26
An Able Defense Of Gov. riIden
1Gr. Hsw1tts Reply to Mr.. Kass<
Gov. 1Idens vyax Record. :

II. Hsw1ti's Reply to Mr. Kassuu-
Gov. xlldsns war Record.
From the Baltimore (Nd-) san.1
In the night session ON Monday
In the House of Representatives Mr..
Hewitt Of New York. replied to the
attack Of Mr.. Kasson, Of Iowa, on
Gov. Tildcn. Mr.. Hewitt,s speech.
which, as delivsred at i've O'Clock
m the morning, after an all nights
session, 10 said to have been one Of
the most effective delivered in the
House for many years The follow
ing il . synopeis Of the speech:
He spoke Of Mr.. Kasson's speech
- painful surprise and melancholy
experience. He could hardly have
believed that that genfleman, with
his intellectual eud0wments, could
have 90 far abiiioated his sell. respes I
% to have indulgel in the partisan
and malicious ststemenfs which he
lad made. He (Mr. Hewitf) ap-
preached the subject as he would
take hold Of . Shiny snake, with .
desire ~ get rid Of it. The first
charge was that Gov. TfIdeu had
been = secrssi0nist. It was possible
that Gov. Tiltlen might before the
hwleD strife hsd entertained views
IN common with jefferson, Madison,
Jackson and other great men Who
had given construction to the Con |
stituti0a and goveenment Of the
country. At the outbreak Of che |
rebellion he (Hewitt) was in daily |
and almost hourly communion with |
Gov. Tilaen, and be knew that no |
more loyal or patriotic heart was
then beating in the United States.
When To first call for troops came
TsmmsDy Hall, which had not then
fallen into the hands of the ring,
gAised regiment. The Grand
1achem u Tammany Hall wv. d
Kennedy. VAS colonel Of thai segi
Nent, and it was 0fficered mostly
- members Of the Esmmany Socie-
tiea @-- /
Wr. Lapham-Affer the fall of |
Fort 8amter did not Mr.. Tilden re-
fuse to sign the call for the great
cooper Institute meeting, and re-
1uso TO attend the meetiugf Il
Mr.. Hewift-It is not true that Il
~ Defused TO sign it, and he did at
seud the meeting. [.Applause on |,
the u<mOcrstic side Mr.. Samuel Il
1lOaRb tbeW . member of the Union
6sIety Committee Of New York, an
Piled y mri Tilslen, at q time when
he Wa engaged in the trial of q
enae, 70 sf1x HE name to the call,
and his reply Was, 81 am very busy
jist now. Send me the resolutions
after the trial of this c.s., and il
they are entirely proper will sign /.
She csii" The call was never sent II
20 him, bat whom the meeting took !,
place he attended it, AMI the reso- !
lus ions received his absolute and ,
unqualified approval. 1 say now ,
that Tammaay Hall rails. d a regf
memt for the war, and that Gov. :
Tilden WAS large contributor t. II
that fund. n
Mr.. Conger-H " much
Mr. Hewitt am not gong tn
state dollars and cents. Pa'rioIi Ill
n above dollars aud cents in some
quarters. Is
subsequently to that period no .
man in Now York was more fire.
quentIy called into soun ell there :
aud IN Washington than Mr.. T,,den.
! know se was twice called for by !
Pivsiseut Lincoln, and came to /
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26
The Bayonet in the Election.


Grant has seized the first moment
after the adjournment of Congress
to show his hand ; aud the people
of the country can see that 1t
grasps . bayonet, the point Of which
is turned toward the Southern
States.
1t is . feeling not Of alarm. but
of indignation, that will be raised
throughout the land by the mill.
tary order that was yesterday
issued from the War Department
to Gen. Sherman. It directsj the
General of the Army 10 hold all the
available military force in readiness
to be used for the support Of the
Fifteenth Constitutional Amend
ment, and for the punishment OF
those who may attempt to inter
fere with the rights therein gnaran-
terd. 1t directs him to have the
military force 90 distributed as to
be able to act with promptitude !;
and it informs him that he will re-
ceive other instructions from time
to time concerning this business.
The order means that ten or
twelve Thousand troops of the reg.
ular army are to be concentrated
in the Southern States-in those Of
them which have been, or, without
this order, would surely be, wrested
from Grantisln in November next
They will doubtless be stationed
mainly in Mississippi, louisiana,
Alabama, and South Carolina and
it is not Improbable that before the
election, the Southern Department
will be- put in charge Of Gen. 6her-
idan, who has had some experience
in the kind of work that he will be
called upon to perform.
It was very cunning in Don Cam
eron, Secretary of War, 70 resort
to the pretext of basing this order
on the resolution Of MIR scott Lord.
which was passed by the House of
representatives on the 10th inst.
and received the vote of nearly all
the Democratic members He has
delayed its issue till one week after
the passage of that resolution. and
has kept It back till one day after
the adjourument of Congress. Why
did he not issue it after receiving
the resolutions, OF while yet Congress
was in session. Tho trick is wor-
thy of Grant himself.
As far back as the I'd Of this
month, wessWarned Congress that
it would be unsafe to adjourn
leaving q free opportunity for the
OF unrestricted power in
the hands of such q President "a
Grant. Our warning is already
more than justified.
Grant and the Senate have lately
been anxious for the enlargement
Of the AMY and it is now evident
as il has been all along, what OBJ
ject they had in view in this policy.
The House was weak enough. ON
the last day of the session, to wit,
ON Tuesday Of this week, TO assent
to the Scnats's demand for an ir-,
crease of $500 men in the cavalry
arm of the service. The pretence
was that this additional force was
needed for the Sioux war. II was
not needed for that war, but for
nae in the Southern States during
the Presidential election.
There is but one thing now to be
and that ia, that this mill
sary interference of Grant may re-
,oil upon the party for whose benefit
{ il intended.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26

British explorers are now at work
in Chatham county, n. g., pr. spec
ting for copper, gold, rnd silver or .
n smelling furnace costing : 100, OOJ
will he built, and 600 skilled oper-
atives brought from En. md.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26
SCHOOL


the frat of Juiy@t ID divided into two SEES
siOns Of five months each. Parents viii do
we'll to enter their children early ir tho
session, as any uncomfortable delay in this
matter will greatly retard their progress.
For Cai ticulars apply to
p. NJ. WATTERSON, Principal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26
Mackerel are SO abundant near

Block Islard that the water is said
by fisherman TO look almost like dry
land. They are very large, too; leo
and 125 making barrel.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26
The Republican Party.

, Au0 Now LUX AeT0S0 Oh Baol boe-
prdsy presents . graphic pen ~
ture Of the Republican party q tie
United States which shows clesriy
enough, why that party should 10
defeated. The Herald says:
s'There Is no feeling 70 strvsR in
the minds Of the people. wjebout
distinction IF party, a tho desire
for change. Even good Rspubf7eans
feel that four years Of Desnseyntic
rule would purify their orIsn5ns-
ton. This party with 20 pspua md
honored . history, whose acAieve-
ments unslerlie the grandeW md
the happiness Of the Republic this
p.r:y to whom We owe the Unon,
and the fact that within that Union
no slave clsnks his chains n mak .
IT'S b0asted freedom a nos.k cry, has
Income 20 corrupt that any ida OF
reform within itself seems hopeless.
IL took rise IN the aspiration 1Or
freedom it has fallen into Dere
intrigue f'r power. All it's c00ra9r
and conscience have vanished. The
party which conn e.led LiDcoln to
emancipate tho slaves which drove
Johnson to the verge Of is6peaeh-
ment, has covered for eight ysars
at the feet Of Grant. TlsS pssty
which followed the strenuous and
faithful leadship Of Sumner, CInae,
Greeley and Phillips, now aerrpss .
Belknap and . R0besou, Speneer
and a Blaine. The party Of prin-
ciple and faith has become tho party
IF expedients and spoils. The can.
ker Of long Confined power, the
ABUSES that arise from an uncheeke1
military domination, the subordna-
,ion of the whole civil system 10 the
behests OF e party, the unchaIle1eed
supremacy of tho presidents ever
gentlemen in the highest and lossirt
stations, the compact for pa
tronage between the. Presidents and
the Senate which has degl AIDED 81
high Legislative assembly ints
mere convenience of the Executive
all have no affected thu Repub-
lican party that tor its own ssIn.,
rs we'll as for the sake Of the eooa-
try, it should he defeated"
There are $50 Journals j. the
German language published in this
The Consultations of twenty -eixAt
Of the States recognise the existence
Of God.
The question, What nationslr1y
owns the North POlef il gFave3y
by CAambers's JosTasi.
Steamships and vessels taking
the northwest passage to KnroYe
lately haze passed many vast ieel
bergs.
The death is announced in Wien
M Of Madame Hulaentein. fOFmxlly
maid of honor to Maria Tberesa, at
he we'll authenticated age Of 1l9
In pamphlet circulated snnnG
in Germany. Gains Il
.ulogisetl as the industrious kbpr.
r Who, in killing Abel, ktFssk .
nerited blow 1t lazineas.
The Rev. DIR. Hamlin' oS Car
'tantinople, says that . suppression
Il all thc Protestant missions in !
Turkey would I've one of The first |
esulfs of the Russian domination /
If you are thirsty. go Or send to
he Ruby for Ic.d Lemonade.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26

If you are thirsty. go or send Il
the Ruby for led Lemonade.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26

would say to them that in no event
can the triumph of the conservative
sentiment Of New Ysrk in the cleo
fiOn mean consent to tiisuniOn,
either now or hereafter. rs TN
import is restoration, North and
South, of that Constitution which
has secured every right, and under
whose shelter all have been happy
and prosperous until you madly
fed from its protection. 1t was your
act which begun this caiamitous
civil war. It was your act which
disabled us as we are now disabled
from shaping the I oi:cy or limiting
the objects Of that war. Loyalty as
We maintained your rights we will
MAINTAIN the right Of the Govern.
ment. We will not strike down its
arm as long as yours is lifted against
it. That noblest and greatest " r.
of our wise ancestors il not destined
to perish. We intend to rear once
more upon the old and firm fonda.
tions it's shattered columns, and to
carry them higher toward the
eternal skies II the old flag waves
in the Aerveless grasp Of frantic
but feeble faction to whom you and
not we abandoned it; we, whose
cOBVage you have tried when we
stood unmoved between fanaiicisiu
and ioliy from the North and the
alike, will once more bear IT.
and afioat until it is again
upon the towers of the Con
invincible by domestic as
by foreign enemies. Within the
Union we will give you the COnsti-
t i,ion you profess to revere, i enewed
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26

3ssSyy SOSsS~Ss
Here and there may be seen an
old caisson, or other relic Of the
war, and still may be exhumed some
OF the shell from the old church
basement, and they may also be
fished from the public we'll which
was filled on that memorable night.
The shell taken from the public
we'll were too damp to explode,
under ordinary conditions, but ex-
plosive nevertheless, according to
the story of the village blacksmith.
He says some mischievous boys de.
termined to test these non.explo-
sives, or, as they said, "to see if
they couldn't be busted" Watching
the smiths absence for dinner they
placed the shell in the forge fire
and worked the bellows manfully.
The boy on guard, shouting, "Here
comes old F." they scampered and
hid, one under the bellows. The
smith had scarcely reached the shop
when the shell began to fizz, and he
not unused to the music of the
thing in the heroic days gone by.
sought a bomb-proof
and reached it just in time to see
his shop thoroughly ventilated, in
roof and wall, and bis smithy |
knocked into "pi." The boy under
the bellows, strange to say, escaped
and the whole thing was a
,nys' cry until one OF tho accoInplices
peached. c, S. A.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26

prove good cust0dians Of the Gov
eminent. The fact of q man hold
ing Office under the auspices Of any
party is in itself of no moment. Tue
manner in which he exercises the
power Office gives him is the only
standard by which he should be
weighed. The present political at.
titude of parties is to be short-lived.
II Tilden be elected, the liberal
minded men comprising the old
Wing element will form a new party
on local issues and absorb the
colOred voters. There must be two
parties for men not devoid of ambi-
ton, which ia certainly laudabIe
when obtained by honorable means.
II Hayes is elected there will be an
exodus from the Democratic ranks
to the Republican side, and this
would not only be wise and just but |
would exercise a beneficient in.
Auence in our future political his. |
tory. Now is the time for young
men, unbiased by obsolete political
creeds and free from party ties, to
come to the front and grapple with
the mighty problem to be worked
ont in the ever living present, and
which are to exert an influence on
you and yours for all time to come.
The hope, 80 far as lasting peace
and political harmony is concerned,
is for bold, thoughtful, conservati, 9
men from any party uniting with
the coloreu people, controlling and
directing them by truth and justice
FOR the welfare Of our common soil.
DsIendd est Cathargo, The color line
aust he destroyed. MEDIATOR.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
" It is too Late. Pa"

During a series Of religious meetings
held in a schoolhouse nf q small village,
a little girl became very much interested
for the salvation Of her soul. Her faith
er. a hater of holiness, who lived next
door to the place of meeting, and who
had at one time solicited the prayers of
Christians for himself, strictly forbade
her entering the house Of pray err
The poor little girl was much oppress-
ed, and knew not what to do; bat Obeyed
her father until the next meeting was
nearly half through; then, slipping out
without his knowledge, aud getting
through a hole in the backyard fence,
she hastily ran to the meeting. 1t was
some time before her father missed her;
but when he found her gone, he went
Immediately to the meeting, where she
was on her kness with others for whom
the people of God were praying. So en-
ragged was he, that he went directly for
ward and took her la hisarms to carry her
from the place. As be raised her from
her knees, she looked up with heavenly
smile, and said
at. is too late now, pa haye given
my heart to the Saviour"
This was too much for the b ardened
sinner. He, too, sank u his knees,
while Gods children united in prayer,
and very soon he found that Saviour
whom he had in vain attempted to shut
out from his own and his daughter {
heart.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
THINK of TT

Fitzpatrick writes to Gov Hayes that
an unscrupulous use of the bloody shirt
and plenty of money may carry Indiana
for the Grant ticket. Boutwell, wants
Mississippi remanded to a territorial
condition. Blaine resurrects the bones
of AndersonviIle. Morton scents negro
blood on every gale that blows from the
South Chandler and Simon Cameron
are foodiag the country with campaign
documents calculated not only TO in
flame the North against the South, but
to stir up strife between the blacks and
the whites, and thereby PROSTATE again
the reviving industries Of the South.
Don Cameron, appointed Secretary Of
War, upon a promise to nominate a
Grant man at Cincinnati, aad to coerce a
popular verdict in his favor by military
force, has issued orders to hold the bulk
of the army in readiness for grand raid
upon the Southern ballot boxes. Taft
is composing an opinion justifying this
order, andishowing, as perhaps Taft only
can show, that the President may forci-
IDLY intervene in the domestic affairs of
any State, upon the call of the United
States marshal or district attorney ap-
pointed by himself.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
SOUTHERN WHITES SOLD INTO
SLAVERY.

If we can believe the stories of mon
strous events that come to US from North
Carolina we will be forced to the conclu
sion that a system Of white slavery ex
lists there which is quite as horrible as
was ever that of the black race. The
following letter appears in the NeloberR
Democrat Of that State
| find on examination of the records
and other sources, that at January term
1873, Of commissioners court Of Jones
county, y. c., a Mrs. Nancy King and
three children (white) were let out at
auction to the lowest bidder, and were
bid off by negro who can neither read
or write, at the price Of S. so per month
At the same term Mrs. Lucy Lock
ley, white aged and blind, was bid of by
another ignorant negro who can neither
read or write.
At April term, 1878, Samuel Metts,
white and blind, having a wife and sew
eral children, was bid off by negro
commissioner at S. per month.
a the same time a white man named
Alfred Davis was bid off by an igrorant
at 81 so per month
At the same time, Alfred Davis,
named above, who Is afflicted with can
Ger, WIS bid off by a negro at 1915 per
month.
There were many others bid for by
negroes, but OF bid eff by them.
The board of commissioners consists
Of.twO white Radicals and three negroes.
If you need any more testimony to cor
roborate the facts above stated it can be
procured from scores of witnesses.
Very respectfully,
BENZ AsKEW.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
Thistles in the Heart.

Bad habits are the thistles of the heart
and every indulgence of them is a seed
from which will spring a new crop of
weeds. A few years ago a little boy told
his first falsehood. 1t was little sOli-
tary thistle seed, and no eye but God S
saw him as he planted it in the mellow
soil of the heart, But it sprung up, oh,
how qui ckly and in little time anoth er
seed dropped from it to the ground, each
in its turn bearing more seed and more
thistles. And now his heart is over
grown with this bad habit. 1t as difficult
for him to speak the truth as 1t is for the
gardener to clear his land of the ugly
thistle, after it has once gained a footing
in the soil, Lying lips are an abomina-
ton to the Lord, but they that deal truly
are his delight. The Child World,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
what Smoking Does for Boys.

A certain doc tor, struck with the large
number oc boys under fifteen years of
age, whom he observed smoking, was led
to impure into the effect the habit had
upon the general health. He took for
this purpose thirty-eight boys, aged from
nine to fifteen, and carefully examined
them. In twentY-seven of them be dis
covered inj uriOus traces of the habit .
In twenty-five there were various disor-
ders of the circulation and digestion
paipitatiOn of the heart, and a more or
less marked taste for strong drink. In
twelve there was frequently bleeding of
the nose, ten had disturbed leep, and
twelve had slight liberation of the mu-
cous membrane Of the mouth, which dis
appeared when ceasing from the use of
tobacco for a few days. The doctor
treated them all for weakness, but with
little effect until the smoking was dis
continued, when health and strength
were soon estoTed. Now, this Is no
"old granny tale as these facts arc
given on the authority Of the British
Medical Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
Roll Call in Heaven.

An incident is related By a chaplain
who was In the army during one of our
hard-fought battles. The hospital tents
had been filed up as fast as the wound ed
men had been brought to the rear.
Among the number was young man
mOrtally wounded, and not able to speak
1t was near midnight, and many a loved
one from our homes lay sleeping on the
battle field, that sleep that knows no
waking until Jesus shall call them.
The surgeons had been their rounds
of duty, and for a moment all was ouiet
Suddenly, this young mar, before speech
less, calls in a clear, distinct voice.
Here i The surgeon fastened to his
side, and asked what he wished. 'sNoth-
ing, said he; they are calling the roll
roll IN Heaven, and was answering to
my name.'
lie turned his head and was gone
gone to join the great army, whose uni
form is washed white in the blood of the
Lamb. Reader, in the great roll-call of
eternity, your name will be heard. Can
you answer "Here q Are YOU one Of
the soldiers of Christ, the great Captain
of Salvation
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
HOME CIRCLE.
GODS ANVIL.

Pains furnace heat within me quivers,
Gods breath upon the flame doth blow
And all my heart in anguish shiv ers,
And trembles at the fiery glow;
And yet whisper, as God will
And in His hottest fire hold still
He comes and lays my heart, all heated
On the hard Anvil, minded so
In His own fair shape to beat it
With His great hammer, blow on blow
ana yet l whisper, as God Will
And at His heaviest blows hold still.
lie takes my softened helrt and beats it,
The sparks fly off at every blow;
lie turns 1t DER and DER and heats it,
And lets it cool and makes iC glow;
And yet ]. whisper, as God will!
And In His mighty hand hold still.
why should l murmur? For the sorrow,
Thus only longer lived would be;
ICs end may come, and viii, tomorrow,
When God has done His work in me-:
80 say, trusting, as God will!
And, trusting to the end, hold still.
He kindles for my profit purely
Affiiction's glowing fiery brand,
And all His heaviest blows are surely
inflicted by master hand.
80 say, praying, as God will!
ana nope IN Him, and suffer still.
From the German.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
Invention of Suspension Bridges
by the Chinese 1900 Years
Ago.

The most remarkable evidence of the
mechanical science and skill of the Chi
nese at this early period IS to be found
IN their suspended bridges, the Invention
Of which is assigned TO the Han dynasty.
According to the concurrent tes timony
of all their historical and geographical
writer's. Shang-leang, the commander
in chief Of the army under Kaou-tsoo,
the first Of the Hans, undertook and
completed the formation of roads
through the mountainous province of
Shen she, to the west of the capital
Hitherto its lofty hills and deep valleys
had rendered communication difficult
and cireuitous. With a body of 100000
laborers he cut passages over the noun
tains, throwing the removed soil into the
valleys, and where this was not sufi-
cient to raise the road to the required
height he forthwith constructed great
bridges, which rested on pillars and
abutments. 10 other places he conceived
and ACCOMPLISHED the daring project of
suspending bridge from one mountain
to another across a de ep chasm. These
bridges, which are called by the Chinese
writers, very appropriately, flying
bridges and represented to be numer-
Gus at the present day, are sometimes
so high that they cannot be traversed
without alarm. One still existing Ia
Shense stretches four hundred feet from
mountain to mountain, over a chasm of
five hundred feet. Most of these flying
bridges are so wide that four horsemen
can ride on them abreast,and balustrades
are placed on each side to protect trav-
elers. 1t is by no means improbable, as
NJ. Paushier suggests, that, as the mis-
siOnaries IN China made known the
fact, more than a century aud a half ago,
that the Chine Sc had suspension bridges,
and that many of them were of iron,
the hint may have beea taken from
thence for similar constructions by Euro
pean engineers. ThOrRtoR'S History OF
/ China