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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NOR SHERIFF
r. r. HOFFMAN.


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SHERIFE"S SALE.
William Handy, fm.c.
Va Fl f:l

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To September Term, 1o76, Madison circuit
court, Miss. Judgment 10Th day of Feb
ruary, 1876, 70. $517 SO and costs.
BY virtue of the above described writ, to
me directed by the clerk of said court, l
will expose to pnblic sale, to the highest
and best bidder, for cash, before the court
house door of said county of Madison, State
of Mississippi, i'm the city of Canton, on
Monday, 25th September, 1876,
between the hours prescribed by law, the
following described Ian DIV, to wit: The in
tercst Of the defendant in Lot 9, in Sc: II !;
E NE sec 13; and. n. E sec "a, all in
T 10, r 2 East, and n !. + n w and S w
sec Z, Il 10, X 3 East levied on rs the
property of said defendant, Joseph II. Davis
II will be sold to satisfy the above styled
Judgment, interest. and all costs.
RI: ROSS, sheriff.
Sheriff Office, Caution. Sept, ,, 1876.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02

uD the ST. Lawrence river, passing
through the celt brated Thousand
Isles. Well may it lie said that this
river is the prettiest OH the CONT
nent. The water is SO clear that
you can see for Dur1ber OF feet
down, and as you look ont on the
water it is beautiful blue. We
then steeIed into that lovely body
of water-Lake Ontario-passihg
up the Lake to Toronto, where we
changed boats, taking one that run
across the Lake and up Niagara
river to the glorious falls. 1 can't
tell you my feelings when 1 came i'll
full view. Twas certainly the most
imposing sight | ever Witnessed.
How can anyone behold these Falls
and doubt the existence of Goi !
Nor did my admiration cease as l
drew nearer them. l fingered for
days admirlng the wonders of nature
From Niagara we went to Detroit,
Mich. 1t is the prettiest place
have ever seen. The whole city
looks like one large park, with grass,
flowers and trees all beautifully
kept. The dwellings are very hand
some, and it is certainly the clean.
est city l have ever seen. From
there. we came to Chicago and stop
ped at that palatial hotel the Palmer
Hotel. Elegance is here in pro
fusion. We leave this evening to
| .:pO WeSt.p Yours. -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02
STATE xxscUrlvx COMMITTEES.

State at Large.
j q. GEoRGE. Chairman.
Geo. L Potter, III. NJ Street,
j. ID. Vcrtner, w. A. Percy,
Z U. Walthall.
First District.
w. II. H. Tison, Thos. B. Sykes.
Sscond District.
Felix Labauve. Thos. w. Harris,
Third District.
J. A. Dinford, a. T Roane.
Fourth Dist let.
L"o. w. Sauifi', L. A. Campbell
FIFTH District.
f. Richardson, j. b. Christman.
Srfk District.
j w. Mngruder. T. v. holland.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02
Bullets and Bayonets.

The voices which have cried warn
ing at u coming usurpation, the
press that has indited its cautions
against all advancing mili,i ry des-
potism, may now be enrolled as
seers and prophets. All that has
been forecast has been made actual.
every thing prefgured ot the future
is now an event and accomplish
ment. The modern Caesar marches
his conqnering legions upon pros
trate States, aud the sacred right OF
the ballot Is to constrained and CO.
creed by the overriding squadron,
with the flash of the sabre aud the
glitter of the bayonet.
As we survey this bold stroke al
the freedom of the voter, We ask
what is its cause and what it's at.
tempted apology. Under the thin
preiext of a resolution of the House
of Representatives, that has no
more binding force than the resolve
of a caucus, we are to pass under
the super vision of the soldier and
vote ut the behest Ut a military
President and subservient Secre-
tary of War, an obscure adventurcr
and a plant tool. The attempted
excuse for all this, almost surpass-
ing in turpitude the rebellion itself,
is the brutal aud bloody outrage at
Hamburg. IThat outrage had no
political suggestion, no significance
Of political action. 1t was such an
outbreak as we have often witnessed
in various parts Of the country The
hanging of the gamblers at Vicks
burg, years ago, would have called
as loudly for the war power Of the
Executive as his luterposing
columns.
The scheme is only this and moth
ing more-to carry by the force of
arms the electoral votes of States
for "A Presidential candidate. L, has
no other impulsion or purpose. Ala
-bama, u state hitherto Republican
in its local elections, has pronounced
against the present OligaIclly, and
sounded the note OF like d, csion
III November. Other States, too,
are in a like purpose of voting
resistance to the yoke. And so, to !
prevent this, the large element OF
the colOred vu:e. is to be
marched to the polls between the |
lilies of our armed men.
There was moth ng of turbulence |
or riot in this Alabama election.
The negro, indeed, cheated as he |
has been By tho cdrpet-bag vermin,
who have deceived and robbed him,
voted for the Democratic ticket.
There was NJ menace or intinila
II Il. Men congratulated themselves
that, after long agitation, violence
had ceased and order supervened.
They hailed tie dethronement Of
the pestilent nOmads with their
who had sucked out
he bre nth like the vampire, and
IevOureI the substance Of tho land
IS the locusts.
Wicked as this attempt to prevail
BY aid of the army, it is 10 less
% 'li>h. 1t will not change any re.
silt in the South. II might he the
of a solemn tragedy; it
will be the playing of q poor and
DitifuI farce. That 1t will react in
.lle North is already made manifest.
We are not yet educ..L to gratui
aus tyranny. The p-isu sions of
he carthage AMI the caI,li,.n are
rot nov of our admin alton. Me.l {
Will pause and ask themselves, ,
What is to be the future of an Adj ,
ION thrust upon the country
~ tn train band and the trooper I
" hat is ATTEMPTED in the South
NAY he also an tyDpI iuiput in the
Soith. The spirit Uf armed donln-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET

ELECTORS STATE AT LARGE.
A. n. West, Il. Barksdale.
ELECTORS.
Fffsf d. frict-J. NJ. Acker.
Hecond Disfricf-W. Z. Faulkner.
Third District w. B. Helm.
Eoxrth Disfrict-W. ii. Hardy.
Fifth Disfrict-Robt. N. Miller.
SiEtk Uisfrict-Warran COwan.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02
IOTICE TO PATRONS

The Grange Cooperative Association OF
Madison county, Miss, was organized to-
day. The rules recommended by the Ma
tional Grange for Cooperative Associations
were adopted with but little alteration.
The election of officers resulted as follows
Chairman-J. Is. Yellowly.
Treasurer-L. F. Montgomery.
Directors-Jno. T. Cameron, J. A. Smith,
VIM. Priestley, J. +. Coker
AudiIors-E. c. Postell, p. II. Palmer.
Secretaly-T. G. Smith Vaniz.
Canton was selected as the ph,ce of bust
ness. All Patrons of Madison and adjoining
counties arc invited to join the Association
The next meeting will be on the 4th Mon
day of September at Odd Fellows Hall.
by order of the Association
Il. G. SMITH-VANIZ
Canton. Aug. 81, 1876. Secretary.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02

On Thursday, 31st uIt., Hon j.
B. Yellowly passed through Canton
en- route tor the Centennial. He will
return about the last OF September,
prepared to enter heart and soul
IN the canvas, and determined to
strike every blow possible to secure
for Tilden and Hendricks the vote
of Madison county.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02

will also steal, rob and annex well,
then, in fur years we will change
again, and change so long til hon
esty will he the policy also OF poll
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02
NOTICE :

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS
L County and of the City of Canton,
will be opened ON the first Monday in
November next, and continue for q term Of
five months. All persons desiring to teach,
are requested to mako application for GER
tifcatcs during the month of August, or rs
soon thereafter as will be convenient. The
patrons of schools will hold their annual
elections for Trustees on the last Saturday
in August, tie 10Th proX., rs the law
directs.
W. u. STINSON,
Sup't. Public Instruction.
1utr O6fb 1915
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

TwEED's HIDING PLACE.
tendent Walling says that he believes
that Tweed is living somewhere in Can
ada; that trustworthy information has
been received that points conUlusively to
Canada as his present hiding place.
Nevertheless, the superintendent admits
Tweed may still be concealed in this
city. He could remain here very easily,
and none of the persons in pursuit Of
him could learn the least thing about
his hiding-place. There were men con-
nected with Tweed who would serve him
TO the death and never divulge his hid
ing place or say or do anything TO attract
the attention or suspicion Of the authori
ties If he were to be taken sick, he
could find plenty of physicians who
would be willing to attend TO him and
ask no questions. Where Tweed is, the
Superintendent concludes, can only be
coniectured at best, but it is truly re-
markablc that nothing positive or de-
finite has been heard Of him since his
escape from custody.--Mo~ York Trib.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

These lost imports were not diverted to
other ports, nearly all the other importing
cities in this country showing proportioned
loss.
The New York Herald publishes list
Of church and other property in New York
exempt from taxation. IL shows that fifty
thousand lots, valued at one hundred and
twenty six million one hundred and seventy
thousand dollars, pay no tax to the city gov
ernment. The cost of gas to the lamps kept
burning before the churches at the expense
of the city, is fifty thousand dollars. These
figures and facts are grouped as note Of
warning on the subject Of church taxation.
which threatens at no distant day to be one
OF the leading questions of the great political
parties
The New York Herald takes cheerful
view Of the business outlook. IL thinks the
business prospects of New York ere better
now than many have anticipated. There has
been depreciation in the value Of property,
but owners of real estate prefer to hold their
investments to selling them at panic prices.
I" Altogether" says the Herald, "we may feel
that we are to have better year than we
have had for some years past. There is the
centennial as an artificial impulse TO help us
as well as our plucky aud well deserving city
Of Philadelphia. We shall have the election,
also, in its way stimulus to business activity
and enterprise"
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06
Confidence in the government is entirely


gone.
The statistical Office of the German
railway lines has published the returns Of
the accidents which happened during the
year 1875 on all German railways except the
Bavarian lines. There were 755 runnings-off
the rails and collisions OF trains outside, and
1876 runnings-of the rails and collisions
inside the stations, and $50 accidents OF
divers natures by which the regular service
was interrupted. These accidents have
caused the loss OF the lives Of 500 persons /;
l,5i5 persons were hurt The proportion Of
accidents to the number Of passenger trains
was to 5,39i, and to that Of goods trains
10 1880.
The budget of Senior Sallivera, the
Spanish minister Of finance, does not appear
very'encouraging. lie estimates the reve-
nue. for the financial year at 6ss, 900 600 pes
etos, or $4,000, 900, and the expenditures
at $4,000, 600 pesetos, or s130,sOO,OO0. As
Spain has yearly deficit Of from $25, ,0OO-
900 to $4,000, 900, Sallivera will probably
find his estimated deficit for the present
year far out of the way, especially as money
has to be raised in unknown quantities to
carry on the war in Cuba. The expenses of
public worship alone, for this year, as an
nounced by the royal decree last January,
are $l03, 200. Senor Sallivera, however,
proposes to cut down the salaries of the
clergy as well as those Of certain civil func-
tionaries, measure which will, doubtless,
meet with opposition. Spain's total debt is
estimated at nearly s., ,00o, 100000.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06
FACTS AND rAxClH,

The extreme height Of misery is .
small boy with . new pair Of boots and
no mud puddle
NATURE Ia nature. You can't alter
the crook Of q dogs tail much and pro-
serve the length of II too.
HANDSOME time-piece, with check
for fl5,0OO, Is TO he presented TO DR..
Lindsay Alexander, Congregational min
lister OF Edinburgh.
RELIGION Is the dominion Of the soul.
Il is tie hope Of life, an anchor Of safety,
the deliverance from evil. What = ssr-
vice has christianity rendered t0 hu.
manity. What q power would u still
have did It's ministen comprehend their
sion!-Napoieon.
BROKEN RHYTHx--
Ny oars keep time to half rhyme,
That slips and slides away from me;
Across my mind, like idle wind,
A lost thought bsateth lasiDy.
Adream, aAoat, my little boet
And alone steal ou1 y eoas f
One vsniahed year, o Iost end deas!
You sowed the little bost for ne.
All! who can sing Of anything,
With none TO listen lovingly!
Or who can time the oars to rhyme,
When left 10 row alone the sea!
THE expenses Of the lats Alexander T.
Stewards funeral are not believed 10 be
more than 4i2 900. Many perrona thought
they would reach from 81, 900 toes0 900.
The estimate includes the undertakerj
bill, the music, flowers, attendance, etc.
~ y. Telegram.
BRIpaEr-"Sure, Maria and me WAS
discushin over what WAS thin things in
the pitcher over the mantel." Mistress
-"W Why, Bridget, those are Raphael's
angela" Bridget" Och, thin the both
of us wux wrong; said they wus twins
and Maria said they wux bats"
"MAY they always live IN peace sod
harmony" was the way Yankee mar
riage notice should have wound up; but
the compoaitor, who couldn't read manu-
script very we'll, put in type, and hcrri-.
fed the happy couple By making II rad,
"May they always live ON peas and
hominy."
ALADDIN
when was . bsgEarIy hoy,
And lived In cellar damp,
had not friend or toy,
Hut had Alsddin's lamp;
When could not sleep for cold,
had hre enough in my brain,
And builded with roofs Of gold,
Ny beautiful castles In Spain
Since then have toiled day and night,
have money and power good store,
But ia give oil my lamps Of silver bright,
For the one thst IL mine no more;
Take, Fortune, whatever you choose,
You gave, and may snatch again;
! have nothing 'twould pain me 70 lose,
For own no more castles In Bpeinl
IF we look at = disappointment . .
lesson, We soon take the sting out Of y.
A spider will teach M that. He 10
watching for Q Ay and away the nimhle
fellow goes. The spider runs round hts
net to zee whether there BE- any hoIes,
and to mend them with the pieus ejacu-
lation of "bettcr luck next time"
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06
rOREr9N.

The plague in Mesapotamia is incress-
ing. Since last report there have been Ave
hundred and thirty-three new cases and two
hundred and eighty-eight deaths.
A dispatch from Barbadoes says forty
persons have been killed and wounded, and
five thousand prisoners taken. Rioting is
suspended, but the position Is threatening.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06
81. LouIs and the Cotton Trade.

The ST. Louis papers tell of further
efforts TO be put forth by the mercantile
interests Of that city with . view tc
enlareing its cotton trade and describe
"pew method" of handling cotton ~ one
Of the agencies to be employed:
II Is proposed that on the arrival Of
cotton at warehouses It shall be sub
jected to . rigid inspection after ~ bag
ging and ties are removed. and two nm-
ples drawn from the bale and marked
and numbered TO correspond. Compress
sion will Immediately i0llow inspection,
and one sample will Be given 70 the cot-
ton factor and the other carefully seslod
and deposited with the secretary Of the
cotton exchange. The cotton thus In
spectcd, rampled and COMPRESSED on ar
rival, will Be stored away ready for ship
ment promptly to any part OF the world,
while under the present system Of tn
spection and compreHing after aale Ia
made, there IL sometimes delay OF seven
To ten days before shipments 20 forward.
For the loss in weight BY drying ont
after compression, the trade are exPectsd
10 agree upon . certain per centage Per
month which will b cstablish d . the
rule, and cotton will be cold By The
weights on the certificates given amer
con. preston, les the per centage shove
mentioned. OF the advantages Of this
plan, that Of leesening the cost Of In
surance Il one Of the most important.
More than this, all classes Of buysn Mill
receive their cotton fully week earlier
than under the present system. and viii
also he relieved from the troubles BOW
expericnced to ascertain what portion Of
a lot of cotton 10 to be rejected. Interior
shippers will be promptly informed Of
the cs act condition OF their shipments,
and if any bales prove to be iTsudulently
packed the planter can be immediately
advised Of It. Water packed cotton, If
promptly examined and picked ovss on
arrival, can be saved from serious dam
age. while if it remains In The ware
houses, under the present plan. perhaps
5or months before 1t Is examined, the
damage extends throughout the bale:
The compress companies will be required
to employ competent inspectom for
whose conduct the companies will b. re-
sPonsible.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

MUKHTAR PAsHA has been badly
whipped in his last attempt to succor
the Turkish garrison of Niksiki, and the
fate of those half.starved wretches is
sealed. The Turks have rarely obtained
any advantage in fighting the insurgents
of the western provinces. 1t is most
difficult country for regular military
operations, and as the insurgents fight
after the fashion of guerrillas they have
the advantage. The mountains of Her
zegovina form deep hollows, at the bot
tom of which are frequently found
streams, the banks being in many in
stances 5000 feet Righ. The roads are
mere bridle-patbs, and riders have to
dismount going down hill. In many
places only two men can march abreast,
and good sharpshooters, stationed among
the overhsnging rocks, can do deadly
work. In certain places, as at Nevesinje,
large platesux are found. and to keep
the Turks from operating on such van
tage ground has been the aim Of the in.
surgents 1t is likely that Mukhtar
Pasha has been forced into the fatal
gulches, and the dispatch probably cor
rectly states that his army will be ami
hilated. In the meantime the porte is
hurrying forN ard recruits from Asia to
continue the warfare against the "chris-
tian dogs."
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

Miss EMMA SNYDER, = revivalist, who
has been laboring with success in the
towns of Southern Illinois, has adopted
the original expedient Of publishing in
he local newspapers the names Of the
new converts,
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

The largest influx, II will b. seen. wss
in 1873 and the smallest in 1871. The
figures relate only to the arrivals direct
from China, AMI have nothing % do With
those, not = few, who came here i!0m
various South American postA Ihe
number ot arrivals Of Chineee women In
1860 Is phenomenal, and We kuew of ~
explanation Of it. II may be emasked
here, by way Of comforting ae.nFsnce,
that tine steamer Lotus II now fully due,
bringing 3s7 more Of the /" thriity Mon
gols.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

"MYb boy, tell us what you know about
rattan said the committeeman. at
is sometimes called the calamus rottang;
comes from Penang, Samarang and Pa
dang, and is used BY the master in this
school too dang Often"
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

IT seems that the London financiers
have played pretty sharp trick upon
the Partisan Bourse and have unloaded
immense quantities of English securities
upon French capitalists. The English
appear to have taken advantage of Mr..
Caves report, of which they first ap-
preciated the significance; and by dex-
trous manipulation the Paris operators
were induced to bite at the gildcd bait
offered by their shrewd English rivals.
So enormous were the operations and no
terrible the losses that real distress has
been suffered by those interested, and
an appeal was made to the French gov.
ernment to help them out of the scrapc.
But President MacMahon and :his min
listers could do nothing for them, and
loud are the outcries against "perfdious
Albion" This is not the first time that
the English have showed themselves too
smart for their continental rivals.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

A NUMBER of German Swans were
lately taken in and done for by speci-
mems ofpottery manufactured in Jerusa.
lem, and sold at high price to the
Berlin museum rs genuine Moabitish
antiquities English and French scholars
exposed the forgeries; but the clearer
the imposture became the angrier the
German savans got, Ike the professors
who stood sponsors for the Cardiff giant
in this country. Prof Mommsen said
of the controversy, the other day, in the
Prussian Diet: al know of no interna-
tional scientific controversy which was
ever fought upon either side in 80 ungen-
tlemanly a way as this by the German
professors"
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

Miss EMMA PALMER is the last "me-
dunn exposed--this time in Washing
ton. She materialized flowers and ex-
temPorized poems. A sharp observer
substituted another sheet of paper for
one on which she had, before leaving
tome, extemporized a poem in pen and
ink, and an assortment OF flowers was
found in a long pocket under her hustle.
Then, without blushing, she declared
that malicious spirits had surreptitiously
built the pocket there on purpose to
"give her away" and then spiritualsts
were delighted and paid her more money.
Exposures are of no more use to consti-
tutional spiritualists than eyes are to
cave bat.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

A QUESTION concerning the origin of
the phrase "Black Friday" elicits va
rious answers from correspondents of the
New York Evening Post. 1t was on
Friday, the sth of June, 1858, that King
james ii. sent the seven bishops to the
tower. The day was long called "Black
Friday" by nearly the whole English
nation. Again, the London panic of 1866
was at its height at midday on Friday,
May u, and that day was named "Black
Friday" by the London Times. jim
Fisk's Black Friday" was the last, and
fell in the month of September, 1869
1t may be worthy of note that the panic
of 1873 also broke out in the closing days
of September.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

NEVER marry woman with musical
ear they are tickle. A musical ear can
be detected easily from the ordinary kind; !;
i, is four inches longer.
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06
TIMELY TOPICS.

Mr.. Moody, it is announced, will be
gin revival services in Augusta, Ga,
May !, to continue one week. The
charleston, s. c., Young Mems Christian
association have invited him 10 visit
that city,
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

lHE Dresdren News insists that Prus-
Sa spends too much money on the army
and too little on schools, and says: an
that kingdom (Prussia) are to be found
io,ooo children who learn absolutely
nothing, because no masters, not even
bad ones, are provided for them. About
one hundred. and fifty thousand pupils
are confded to women, for the most part
ignorant, and to boys, and about two
hundred thousand more are instructed
by masters Of other schools than their
own, when time and circumstances per-
init. In a large number of the Prussian
schools it has been found necessary to re-
duce the studies to half day on account
of the want of tutors, and the situation
OF these institutions becomes worse
daily"
The Osceola times., 1876-05-06

TUE MoYGoLIAN INFLUx.-Ihe ioi-
lowing statement Of Chinese :frivals at
San Francisco since 1868 has been care
fully compiled from the books Of the
cusiom.hoilre;