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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
Another of WashingtOn's De-
scendantS.

A correspondent of the st. Joe Ga
zette, writing from Breckenridge, Cald-
well County, Mo-, has the following
There is lineal descendant of the 'sFa.
ther of his country" "r. j. A. Wash
ington, residing two miles east of this
town. Mr.. Washington is Virginian
by birth, and moved to this State about
20 years ago and now resides on his
farm. He is a worthy and respectable
gentleman and has quite a large family.
His Oldest son, Curtis, is 20 years OF
age. His father, Samuel I. Washing
ton, was a grandson of Samuel, a
brother of Gen. George Washington.
His father, before emigrating from Vir-
ginia, gave sword and cane, once the
property of General Washington, to tie
Hon. G. w. Summers, member of Cor
gress at that time from his district, to
be presented to Congress, and they are
now at the Patent office in Washington
City, among other relics of the family.
AS this is Centennial year, Mr.. Wash
ington and every other relation of Geo.
Washington that can be found should
be prevailed upon to visit Philadelphia.
A LARGE man, who sat on the wharf
fishing yesterday, gave his opinion with
regard to the hard times. He said the
trouble was that capital was opposed to
labor, and no matter how anxious a
man was to work, capital would make
no concessions. He wanted work him
self, he said, and once he thought of
giving up, but now his wife was able to
take in washing and he would never
yield. He intended to say more, but
was obliged to go off to attend ball
I,atch.-NOrWtch Bulletin
The Canadians are putting up the
bars against our new silver coins. At
Windsor, opposite Detroit, the mer-
chants have made solemn covenant not
to receive it save at these rates: The
Scent silver coins at cents; the Scent
at cents; the 10-cent at cents; the
20-cent at 16 cents; the 25-cent at 20
cents; the 50-eent at 40 cents the dollar
ut 80 cents.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

THE Bankers and Brokers' Building
will be formally opened May 80.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

The Senate Committee on Post-of-
fees and Post-roads has agreed to re-
port a DILL to restore the Thanking priv
ilege for all letters or packages sent on
purely official business by heads of
bureaus and executive departments, or
by Senators and members of the House
of Representatives. The bill will con-
tain severe penalties to prevent misuse
Of official franks
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Z NEARLY all the principal railway and
steamboat lines have agreed to sell
round-trip tickets to the St. Louis and
Cincinnati National Conventions, good
for 10 days, at the price of single
fare. - -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

INFORMATION has been received at
Topeka of the killing by the Indians
near the Black Hills of j. " Wintrode,
Louis Cline and Mr.. Gill, the two for
mer from Topeka. John Cline, broth
er of one of the murdered men, sends
the information. and he says that over
100 white men had been killed during
the previous week; also, that the min
ers can not obtain supplies and are in
danger of starvation. He says that there
are rich diggings in the Hills, some of
the men at Dead Wood averaging each
from $40 to 800 per day.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

is THE Kansas Republican State Con-
vention, held at Topeka on the 9th,
declared in favor of Mr.. Blaine for
President - i-sit ]
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Mr.. j. DONALD CAMERoN. the newly
appointed Secretary of War, is the son
of Senator Simon Cameron, of Penn
sylvania, and is about 40 years of age.
Almost Immediately after leaving col
lege he began to be interested in rail-
road management, and for many years
has been prominently connected with
the Northern Central Railroad of Penn
sylvania. He is considered man of
unusual business talent. His father, il
will be remembered, held the position
OF Secretary Of War before him, during
a portion of President Lincoln's admin
istratiOn.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
CURRENT TOPICS.

The expedition fitted out at Fort Lin.
coin, Dakota, for operations against the
hostile Indians under Sitting-Bun, left
that post on the 18th, taking due
westerly course. The force consists OF
over LOCO men, mostly cavalry, fully
equipped, with 80 days. supplies. There
Is also battery of Calling guns attach
ed to the expedition Gen. Terry has
the chief command, with Gen. Custer
in command of the cavalry and In
dian scouts. In addition t., the supplies
carried by the trains, two steamers will
proceed up the Missouri and Yellow
stone Rivers to the vicinity of the mouth
of the Big Horn River. with two months,
additional supplies. Gen. Terry's
force will cooperate with that of Gen.
Gibbon. from Fort Ellis, Montana, and
also that Of Gen. Crook, which is about
to start northward from Fort Laramie
the three columns acting independents
ly of each other, but all making for the
vicinity of the mouth of the Big Horn
River, where the depot of supplies is to
be established. 1t is believed that Sit
ting-Bull has now about 5000 warriors
in the field between the Little Missouri
and the Yellowstone, and news Of a
hostile encountermay be looked for now
any day rrl.trse
The President, on the 22d, sent to
the Senate the following nominations:
Edwards Pierrepont, OF New York, now
Attorney Minister to England;
Alphonzo Taft, of Oaio, now Secretary
of War. Acknowledgement; J. Donald
Cameron, of Pennsylvania Secretary |
of War. The Senate, in executive ses-
sion, Immediately confirmed the nomi-
nations. The announcement of these |
Cabinet changes 'occasioned great sur.
prise in all quarters, only those person.
ally interested having been informed of
the contemplated action of the Presi-
dent. The new Secretary of War is q
SON of Senator Cameron.
ACCORDING to current political rumor
in Washington, the appointment of
Cameron to be Secretary of War is
move on the part of the President to
further the Presidential interests of SEN
ator Conkling. This, however, is de-
MED by the friends of both Cameron
and Conkling. 1850 /
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 23d
says that Supervisor Meyer has tele-
graphed the Commissioner. of Internal
Revenue that he is unable to arrest, of
lenders against the revenue law in Cape
Girardeau County, Mo, and asking for
The assistance of a military force, 1t is
stated that one company of infantry
viii be detailed for the purpose by the ,,
Secretary of War. sst e-...;...
: The Kansas Republican State Con-
Tention, held at Topeka on the 9th,
in fauor. Of NJ. nlo :..,, I'd
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Y The House Banking and Currency
Committee has unanimously agreed to
report and recommend the passage of
Representative Randall's bill to author
ize the purchase of silver bullion to the
extent Of twenty million dollars, with
any money in the Treasury, and issue
resulting silver coin, provided that not
more than one million dollars of money
shall be used at any time in the pur-
chase of such bullion
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

The execution of Thomas w. Piper,
former sexton of the Warren Avenue
Baptist Church, in Boston, took place
in that city on the Goth. Piper was con-
victed last February on the second trial
for the murder of Mabel Young, aged
five years, in the tower of the church,
on the sd of May, 1875. He subse-
quently confessed himself guilty of this
as well as other shocking crimes,
details of which have recently been
published. On the same day, lat Wor-
cester, in the same State, Samuel j.
Frost was executed for the murder of
his wife's brother, F. P. Towne, on July
4, 1875. The murder was committed
tor the purpose of securing some
property and money, and after killing
his victim, Frost cut his body up in
pieces and secreted them in various
places. ~ 70 :
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
Proclamation by the President.

WAsHINGToN, d. c., May 25.-The fol-
lowing was issued to-day by the President
Of the United States.
, 1876-06-24

DYING WoRDs-A MIscALcULA-
r1oN.-Old Entwizzle, says the st.
Louis Republican this isn't the
name, of course), was an enthusiast,
and what most excited his enthusi-
asm were the dying words of some
of the great men who have lived on
the earth. He had stored up in his
memory the last words of all the
great philosophers, statesmen, war
riors and other celebrities that had
ever been reported. He was ad-
dicted to quoting, "Head of the
Army" Napoleon; Don't give up
the ship" Lawrence; "This is the
last of EARTH" John Quincy Adams;
" I still live," Daniel Webster, and
so on. At length his own time
came to die, and he felt it incumbent
upon him to give utterance to "last
dying words" such as should rever-
berate down the coming centuries,
and echo to the end Of time. As he
had never been a warrior, or states
man, or navigator, nor filled any
position in life more eminent than
that of ward politician, he mourned
to feel himself circumscribed by the
narrow limits of commonplace ex-
perience for q selection OF words.
For weeks he had lain on his back,
slowly sinking, sinking; thinking,
thinking, but never word worthy
of being bequeathed as an heirloom
to posterity came to mind.
For days he had not spoken; he
did not wish to mar the effect of the
grand words he should utter as his
last by speaking others of less i'm
port shortly before. AS he lay re-
volving the matter in his mind in
silence, the absurdity of a man of
his gigantic intellect being unable
to evolve from his inner conscious
ness a few words that should become
immortal, presented itself wildly to
his mind, and Inadvertently he en-
claimed, How ridiculous [ am.
The unwonted effort brought on q
fit of coughing, which ended in a
gasp, and finished him. His aged
wife, who had been inconsolable at
his unconscious condition, taking
comfort from his having spoken be-
fore his departure, remarked:
Z" Well, it is great satisfaction, at
any rate, that the old man died
sensible at last
, 1876-06-24
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINA- :
TTONS

The nomination of Hayes and
Wheeler appears everywhere to have
been received with much greater
favor than could reasonably have
been anticipated for any ticket. The
leading Independent journals of the
country endorse it with rare unan-
unity, and we see that many promi-
nent politicians who have been ir-
reconcilably opposed to the present
National Administration are taking
an active part in ratification meet
ings, while there is not q murmur of
disappointment or dissatisfaction to
be heard from any section OF the
Republican party. 1t will take q
very strong nomination at st. Louis
to make anything like an equal con-
test, and of that there is very little
hope in the present aspect of affairs.
Our lifelong party sympathies
naturally incline us to wish for a
Democratic victory, if the best in
terests of the country could be pro-
NOTED thereby; but it seems now as
if there is very small hope of any
such result. The rascal element
in the Democratic party, as repre-
sented by the. Tammany ring in the
East and the repudiators Of the
West will defeat the nomination or
election of any candidate honestly
and sincerely devoted to reform.
, 1876-06-24
The METHoDIsTs AND THE INDIAN

The Rev. Mr.. Wilbur of the Meth
odist Conference of Oregon is Agent
at the Yakima Indian Reservation in
Washington Territory. He is now
at the East endeavoring to prevent
the proposed transfer of the Indian
Beaureau from the Interior to the
War Department. OF his mission
and matters connected with it the
New York Erening Post of May 7th
says: The Methodist Episcopal
General Conference has done wisely
in refusing to commit itself to the In
dian policy set forth in the careless
resolutions and loose assertions of
Mr.. Wilbur. Among other things
he said that under the present sys-
tenn the Agents are nominated by the
churches. How? In what way
for example, does the Methodist
Episcopal Church exercise its own
share of this power? Has the Gen
eral Conference ever named any
Agents? Have the annual conferen-
ces ever done so? Have the Bishops?
Has any Methodist having authority
ever made a nomination? If the
Agents have been appointed merely
at the suggestion of individual
church members acting solely upon
their own responsibility, it is not
clear that their recommendations are
worth more than those of other good
citizens, who might also be church
members. At all events it is certain
that neither the Methodist General
Conference nor any other ecclesias-
tical body would care to be held Of
ficialIy accountable for some of the
persons who have had control of In
dian affairs. The radical objection
to the Wilbur policy. however, is
that it assumes that the transfer of
the bureau to the War department
means an abandonment of peaceful
methods and the adoption of meas
ures of determination. The change
is advocated by persons who are lust
as anxious for the education and civ
ilization of the Indians as Mr.. Will
bur is. There is no reason why a
single school or mission should be
discontinued after the transfer. If,
as Mr.. Wilbur says, when he went
among certain Indians to whom he
refers, "they were as low down as
any savages," and if now that he has
been among them again they are sin
as high spiritual condition as the
most enlightened Inhabitants of the
country, he may go on with his good
work under Secretary Taft as effect
lively as he went on with it under
Secretary DelanO.
, 1876-06-24
POST ROUTES IN WASHING
TON TERRITORY.

Ril1e introduced NV Judoa Jocohs
:,
ior posi- routes III tnis ierrltory nave
all passed the House, and will un-
doubtedlv pass the Senate: after
which onr Deleoate will see that
service IS lmmedlateiy procured ana
Postmasters appointed where re-
quired. The following are the new
routes established bv these bills:
49, ca..4Io. - w,,1n1o
rom rom Sea.t,e Sea.t,e " ~ Sn,," snnhnn,;sh NV
FROM '2ea''!9 " '2NoiiSn nT' 60 Oi.y'
I'm m Hal u; mhono,;s ~ Goun+ "N'''
" = El' d. D. ~ Tn,nsenJ 49, y por+
from ~ ~; o"nsen" ~ o''
, 1876-06-24
IMPEACHMENT OF BELKNAP.

lMHEACdM EN- OT DELh Val :
We regard it now as a settled con-
clusion, upon which we are ready
to stake our reputation as prophet,
that the ex-Secretary of War will not
be convicted under articles of i'm
parchment for high crimes and mis-
demeanors i'll office. The question
of his guilt OF innocence will not
determine the result, but the para
mount question of jurisdiction has
already practically decided the case.
1t takes two-thirds vote of the
Senators to convict. Over one-third
nearly one-half-have already SOL
emnly declared their conviction, and
put it upon record, that the Senate
has no jurisdiction to impeach pri-
vate citizen for crimes and misde-
meanors previously committed in
official position, and no Senator who
voted against jurisdiction can vote
for conviction without stultifying
himself. SO that matter is conclud-
ed, and to proceed with the trial
would be a most expensive and fare
ical concession to ignorant popular
prejudice. We believe-a majority
of Senators to the contrary notwith-
standing - that the conclusion is
right in law if not in fact. Courts
of Impeachment are established to
remove officials for criminal prac-
tees and to disqualify such officers
from holding any office after con-
viction. The Courts of law lose no
jurisdiction over criminal cases in
consequence of the powers secured
to Courts of Impeachment, and the
person tried and convicted by the
latter Court is still amenable to the
Courts of law. If the Court of I'm
peachment may hold Jurisdiction
over an official one hour after his re-
moval from office, it may for an in
definite period. If ex-Secretary Bel
nap may be impeached for official
misconduct. any ex-Federal officer,
living or dead, may be impeached
under the same rule; for the law
which only provides for the i'm
peachment of officers, makes no lin
itation as to time.
In view of these facts, we think it
was a very wrong act on the part Of
the President, if he knew the facts,
to accept the resignation of Secre-
tary Belknap while these charges
were hanging over him, and thus re-
move him from the jurisdiction Of
the Court of Impeachment; but if
the Secretary committed any crime
while in office, the Courts of law
have unquestioned jurisdiction over
the case, and the trial by the Senate
can ONLY be proceeded in for party
, 1876-06-24
A MANLY PROTEST.

Col. Charles D. Robinson, the
Oldest and ablest Democratic editor
in Wisconsin, who has been Secre-
tary of State and the Democratic
candidate for Governor, puts in the
following brave and manly protest,
which we most cordially endorse:
"Divesting this attack on Mr..
Blaine from all political considera-
tions-and it does not, indeed. seem
to have any-the whole country
should be indignant at the coarse
and animal character of the warfare
made upon him. There seems to be
Just now, wave of personal vindic-
tiveness sweeping through that mael-
strom of all nastiness, the national
capital, and for the honor of our
country, and even for our partizan
politics, the good men of the coun-
try should set solid front against
it. Mr.. Blaine has a perfect right
to resist the effort to open his private
and personal business affairs, and
all well-thinking men will uphold
him in capturing and Withholding
these letters with which the public
at large have nothing to do. When
he comes before the country-if he
does-as the candidate of political
party, we shall do our best to defeat
him; but we shall not, and trust no
Democrat will, outrage his own
manliness in joining this peculiarly
Republican mode of guerrilla war
fare on mans individual, home af-
fairs.
, 1876-06-24

out by the recollections and acknowl-
edgments of the Indians in reference
thereto.
5, The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
will cause all claims received him as
above noticed to be duly registered and
filed in his Office, and shall, as soon
thereafter as practicable. cause the same
to be carefully examined. and then
forwarded. with a report of his views
and opinion in each case, to the Secre-
tary of the Interior for the action Of the
Department.
c. DELANo, Secretary.
Department OF the Interior, July IL, 1872.
, 1876-06-24

At the Black River camp meeting.
there were present about 140 persons,
eight ministers and two exhorsers.
Half a dozen conversions TOOK place.
One lady was baptized by immersion.
with Rev. A. G. Fairchild as ministerial
support.
, 1876-06-24

SINGULAR FAsCINATIoN.-Some people
find it impossible to stand at the edge
of a precipice, or on an elevated site.
without experiencing a singular desire to
spring over. A gentleman who recently
travelled in Europe communicated some
singular facts about his experience in
this regard. Ie says Last summer
l talked with tGe guardian of the s:eep!e
of the cathedral ut Strasbnrg, and he
informed me that but few visitors were
free from a feeling of fright ou reaching
.he first terrace, which is of great alti-
tude, and that it was SO rronounced MS
to refuse to 90 higher. = metimes the
women tainted. There - really Lo
danger. the terrace being securely gaard-
ed by stron. iron rails. This mau of
the upper air. guardian or guide, inform
ed me that the summer before, an Eng
lishman tainted but he determined to
overcome his fright. and continued to
ascend every day for a week, until he
could look out in the direction of the
Black Forest, from the lantern. with
equanimity. During the summer man
had jumped into the air through altitude
fascination. He was probably deau
before reaching the ground, on account
of the immense height from which he
hurled himself. Formerly the vendome
column was the scene of so many deaths
of this kind that decree was issued
to prevent visitors from ascending it
unless accompanied by a guardian. A
year ago yourg man jumped from the
dome of the capital at Washington. fell
on the roof below. and was instantly
killed. His was another instance of
fatal altitude fascination.
, 1876-06-24
-Durinr theE

During thes
witness as to the loo.
in a house, the le
asked: (Which way
run?" The witness, W
ted wag, replied: zone
run down and the other V
up" !
, 1876-06-24

A WARNING TO BATHERs. 1t has
long been known that it is iniu-
dicious for any one to go into the
w9ter to bathe just after eating full
meal, but it is not SO we'll known
that the practice may result in death.
This latter fact seems to be dem
onstrated by the recent death in a
bath in Bristol, England, of boy
thirteen years old. He had never
had a fit, and is believed to have
been in perfect health. When found
in the water the crown of his head
was just above the surface, and he
was standing in a stopped position,
Nth his face inst under the water.
1t the place where he was, the wa
t'r was only three feet fonr inches
d 'eb, while the boys hight was
four feet nine inches, The temper
ature of the water was IS degrees.
The medical testimony disclosed the
fact that the diseased had eaten
heartily just before entering the
water, or at least had not given his
food time to digest. He had vomit-
ed a large quantity of food.
and when found his mouth and
throat were full. The opinion was
expressed in the medical testimony,
and indorsed by the verdict of the
jury, that the death resulted from
epilepsy, brought on by the dam
gerous practice of entering the wa
ter Immediately after eating a meal.
The supply of fresh water on
one Of the English steamers gave
out on the 5th day from Queens
town, and cabin passengers, like
wise those in the steerage, were
gratituitously furnished with cheap
wines ah1 beer, to keep them
from saying anything" The idea
OF being brlbed with beer!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-31
DESTRUCTION OF THE BUFFALO.

The average annual destruction of bu.a'
loes during the last thirty or forty years is
estimated by writer III the Penn Monthly
at between three and four millions Dur
ing the season Of l872-'73 no less than two
thousand hunters, it is said, were engaged
in hunting the buffalo along the line OF the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad alone.
By these men o, least 100000 bufaloes
were slain, simply for their hides, the car
casses being left untouched on the plains.
At this rate, the bison will have utterly dis
appeared before many years. unless Govern
meut in;erferes to prevent this wasteful
slaughter. AS yet, neither the central Gov
eminent nor any Of the States have taken
any effectual measures topreventthc EXTERN
nation Of the noble animal. The author
Of the article in the Penn Monthly suggests
that the traffic in hides might easily be
checked and controlled by law. The killing
OF buffaloes should be restricted. he says, to
certain seasons of the year, and the destruc-
ton Of the females anu young wholly pro-
hibited. Further, he would have it made
a grave oiiense to kill buffalo OF any time
wantonly, or without properly untilizing it.
Then, certain portions Of the public land:
now within the range of the buffalo migh'
be made preserve, wherein no bufalocs
should on any condition be killed.