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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
Our ExtraditiOn Treaty With
Great Britain.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20.-The
President to-day sent message to the Sem
| ate and House of Representatives respect
ing the Extradition Treaty with Great
Britain. After stating at length the pro-
visions of the Treaty, and criticising the
action taken by the British Government in
the Winslow and Brent cases, the President
says:
1t is with extreme regret that I am now called
upon to announce to you that Her Majesty's
fngitives, winslow and Brent. and set them at
liberty. thus emitting to comply with the pro-
which the extradition Of fugitive Grim
inals Is made between the two Govern
British Government. Il adhered t to. cag nos
but be regarded as an abrogation and annul-
me5s OF the article in the Treaty on extradition.
Judgment, comport with the dignity or self re-
spect of this Government to make demands upon
that Government for the surrender of criminals,
nor entertain any requisition of that character
from that Govsrnment under treaty. 1t win
has been thus beneficial in its practical opera
ton, which has worked SO well and SO efficient
at times violent, political disturbances of which
both countries have been the scenes during its
existence e,sa has given rise to no complaints ON
It's spirit or its provisions, should be abruptly
Terminated: 1t has tended to the protection of
society and to the general interests of both
countries. Its abrogation and annulment would
be retrograde step in International intercourse.
have been anxious and have made an
effort to enlarge its scope. and to make another
treaty which would be still more efficient |
agent for the punishment and prevention of
crime. At the same time have felt it my duty |
to decline to entertain proposition made by |
Great Britain pending its refusal to execute
the existing Treaty, to amend it by prac- |
ticaliy conceding by treaty the identical condi
tons which that Government demands |
under its act of Parliament. In addition to the |
of insisting upon entering upon |
under the menace of an intended
an existing treaty, deemed it inadvisable to |
treat only the one amendment proposed by |
Great Britain. While the United States desires
an enlargement Of the list of crimes for which |
extradition may be asked, and other improve
ments which experience has shown might be en-
bodied in a new treaty, it is for the wisdom of
Congress to determine whether the article of the
Treaty relating to extradition is to be any longer
regarded as obligatory on the Government of the |
United States, or as forming part of the supreme
law Of the land. Should the attitude of the Brit
lsh Government remain unchanged, shall not, |
without an expression Of the wish of Congress
that should do SO, take any action either in
making or granting acquisitions for the surren-
Ter of fugitive criminals under the treaty of 1912.
respectfully submitted. U. S. GRANT.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
FoRTY-FoURTH CONGRESS.

In the Senate, on the 10Th, the question of
postponing the Impeachment trial till November
was considered in secret sion, and the appli-
cation Of respondent for such postponement was
proceed on the 9Th OF July, while Congress is
Appropriation bill was completed and passed.
i In the Senate, on the Goth, after the dis
posal of some miscellaneous business, the In
dian Appropriation bill was taken up. The bill
it came from the House appropriated a.
900 ,1l2, and the Senate Committee had added
. 1905, t96. number of amendments were agreed
to, andi was also voted to strike out the section
providing for the transfer of the Indian Bureau
70 the War Department In the House, the
port, in which they say that q large number of
colored soldiers, etc, have been defrauded of
paid over to the Freedman's Bureau ON their ac-
count, and providing for an investigation of the
ACCOUNT the payment Of al Smst claims and the
In these frauds. The report was ordered print
ed. The Hosse then proceeded to the consfdera-
ton OF the bill equalizing bountes of soldiers,
sailors, etc., and twas passed-yeas, al nays,
In the Senate, on the 21st, Mr.. Sherman
called up the House Joint resolution authorizing
the Secretary Of the Treasury to issue 10 600,
notes. He submitted an amendment providing
that the trade dollar shall not hereafter be legal
tender. and authorizing the Secretary Of
amount as he may deem sufficient export de-
mand for same. Passed. The Indian Appro-
priation bill was then passed. the clause prsvid.
ing fer the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the
War Department having been stricken out -.
The House spent nearly the entire session in
considering the various items Of the Sundry Civ
il Appropriation bill.
In the Senate, on the 22d, the Naval
Appropriation bill was completed and passed.
..... In the House, the Sundry Civil Appropria-
ton bill was further considered in Committee of
the Whole.
In the Senate, on the 2Sd, Mr.. Edmunds
moved to take up the bill to amend the second.
fourth and ffth sections of the Enforcement act
lately reported from the Judiciary Committee, to
meet objections in the law expressed in the re-
| cent decision of the Supreme Court. After dis
cussion vote was taken, which resuted-yeas
%; nays II. a party vote. The proposed amend.
ments were then consi dered and the bill passed
yeas, %; nays, B......The House continued
consideration of the Sundry civil Appropriation
bill in Committee Of the Whole.
In the Senate, on the oath, no business of
special interest was transacted. The House. in
the absence of Speaker Kerr and Cox, Speaker
pro tenn. elected Milton Sayler Speaker pro tenn
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
A Pearl of the Desert.

After a certain degree of intimacy
had been established among us Nah
mould (says Albert Rhodes, writing in
the July GALAXY of visit to Bedouin
sheik) saluted me with more than usual
atfability as approached his tent one
day, the salutation being, "Peace be
with you,'' which, as will be observed,
is quite simple compared to the extrav-
greetings of Cairo, where an acquaint-
ance's manner of saying good morning
often is, MAY your day be white -
to which the inevitable response is,
"May yours be like milk
He asked me if 1 liked his people, and
if did not think they were happy. My
swers were such as he expected. There
was something else, however, on his
mind, which after silence he commu
nicated to me. He invited me to come
and live with him, saying that if 1 did
so he would give me in marriage a
handsome young girl called "The
PEARL" who was one of his relatives,
and he pointed to where she was at that
moment. My eyes followed the direc-
ton of his finger, and saw, thirty or forty
yards off, symmetrical girl jerking a
goatskin back and forth-in other
words, churning goats milk-and be-
fore l could stop him he had sent for
her. She swung the sloshing fluid two
or three times vigorously to make it go
for some time, and then ran toward us,
but her, step became slower when she
saw there was stranger present.
Mahmoud informed her of the PROPOSE
ton he had made to me. She was six
teen, with the development of one of
our women of twenty. A vail was part
ly drawn across her face with sufficient
indiscretion to show that she was come
ly. She looked at me furtively, and ac-
cording to the interpreter who was pres
ent, asked naively, "Does my lord like
pilaf?' Without waiting for instruc-
ton, the interpreter answered in the
affirmative, when she added, 'sAnd ra-
hat-la-coomP'' To which a like answer
was given. In other words, her chief
desire was to know if the future partner
of her joys and sorrows was fond of
rice and something resembling fig
paste. "Taib, taib,'' said the chief,
waving his hand, and she ran away with
the grace of a gazelle. You see," pur-
sued the chief, ssshe is as 1.-THE as one
of the willows there which overhangs
the Jordan, and as beautiful as dream.
6 Are you a sheik in your country be-
yond the seaa" He was informed that
I belonged to the rank and file of
humanity, when he said he would raise
me to chieftaincy on my wedding day
with the young person who had just left
us. explained that could not avail
myself of his matrimonial offer, as 1
was obliged to return to my home.
''Marry her for the time you live with
us, and when you leave divorce her,"
was his reply, which was significant
commentary on the marriage relations
of this curious people.
endeavored to explain that such
union would be considered immoral in
my country, and that such a PROPOSE
ton could not be entertained. At this
he removed the chibouque from his
mouth, emitted long, thin breath of
smoke, and philosophically remarked:
"What strange people!"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
MIR. Stephens's Eccentric Chi
Biography.

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle in
dulges in the following bit of facetious-
ness: The Darien Timber Gazette says
"Mr. Stephens is daily improving in
health. He is now able to write" This
is not true. If we did not know the ed
itor of the Darien Timber Gazette to be
conscientious and Woodworking jour-
nalist, we should say that he had been
vaccinated with the virus of Annanias
and Sapphira. Mr.. Stephens is not
!" able to write" He never was able to
write, and he never will be able to
write. If the editor of the Darien Tim
Der Gazette had ever received a letter
from the Georgia Commoner he would
never have made such an audacious
statement; if the compositors in his Of
flee had ever set up any of the COM
moner's manuscript they would have
insisted upon either strike or a re-
traction. Mr.. Stephens does not
" write.'' He doesn't understand the
first principles of the art. He has new
er learned a single rule of chirography !;
IL uc has, SCOIuS tIlc hIlOWlCuSC do d
hungry horse does bag of buck-shot.
When he feels like corresponding with
any one of his numerous friends and
admirers, he simply dips his pen
in the ink barrel, puts a galvanic bat
terry in communication with his elbow
and turns the crank. The result is q
scrawl which, by comparison, would
make Horace Greeley a writing master,
and convert the manuscript of Bloss
into copper-plate. The famous diplomat,
Talleyrand, asserted that speech was
made to conceal thought. Mr.. Stephens
takes issue with the French statesman,
and says that writing was invented to
conceal thought. So far as his individ-
ual experience is concerned, Mr.. Ste
phens is eminently correct. No man
has ever been able to use one of his let
tiers against him; because no one has
ever been able to read them. He
might write letter tomorrow recon-
mending the assassination of Queen
Victoria, and prove upon the trial of
the case that the missive was an essay
upon the proper observance of the
Fourth of July. We beg again to re-
mind the editor of the Timber Gazette
that Mr.. Stephens is not now, never
was, and never will be sable to write. "
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

GEN. Crooks command had fight
with the Sioux ON the Rosebud, branch
of the Yellowstone in Montana, on the
18th. The Sioux were in force upon
the hills, and made the first attack,
thereby showing confidence in their
ability to defeat the troops. They were
repulsed at all points, however, after an
engagement lasting four hours, during
which nine of Gen. Crooks command
were killed and twice as many wound
ed. General Crooks horse was shot
under him during the..fight. The Sioux
left IS dead bodies on the field, and it
is said that q number of others were
killed and wounded. The fight oc-
CURED so miles from the wagon and
pack trains, and owing to want of ra-
tions, and in order that the wounded
might be cared for, it was necessary to
return.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
CANTON, MISS. SATURDAY, JULY

fenced to various terms of Imprisonment in
the County Jail, ranging from one day to
one year, and fines varying from ST. 200 to
s. ZOO. The parties sentenced are A. y.
Hesing, o. B. Dickinson, Jonathan Able,
Simon Powell, II. B. Miller, F. l.. Reed,
III. G.. Poutman, David Rush, VIM. Coop
er, r. p. Hutchins, David Cochrane, and
Geo. T. Burroughs. Ex-Alderman Hill
dreth did not present himself for sentence,
and is supposed to have fled to Canada.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

The New York Tribune makes out
that the number of cabin passengers
who have reached this country from
Europe from January to June 1 was
1854. Last year 10,455 arrived. OF
the number this year, 1886 were aliens,
and 1879 naturalized citizens who were
here before. This makes poor show
ing for the success of the Exposition,
so far as foreigners are concerned.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
CURRENT TOPICS.

THE cable clerk of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, in response to a
summons. appeared before the House
Judiciary Committee on the 18th, and
exhibited number of telegrsms bear
ing upon the notorious Caldwell Blaine
dispatch. On May &c A. p Robinson,
formerly Chief Engineer of the Fort
Smith and Little Rock Railroad, tele-
graphed Caldwell in London to
"See SCOTS testimony as papers pub
ish, and telegraph Scott, Philadelphia,
as strong as you truthfully can, the
strongest endorsement of his state
ment." Other dispatches of similar
import were sent to Caldwell by Sickles
and other parties, and on May 81 the
original of the disputed telegram was
forwarded to Caldwell from NewYork by
an anonymous party, accompanied by
request to ssCable this Immediately to
Chairman House Judiciary Committee,
Washington" On the same day, ac-
cordingly, the now famous dispatch was
cabled back by Caldwell as directed.
The subsequent arraignment in the
House by Mr.. Blaine of Mr.. Knott, for
his alleged concealment of the dispatch,
and Mr.. Knott's ravowedv suspicious as
to its authenticity, are matters OF recent
record.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

WOMEN are angels, after all, by sheer
force of contrast. Did you ever note
the wide difference between the savage
glee with which a man will tell his wife
there is no button on the neck of his
shirt, and the timorous air of self-de-
probation with which a woman will
meekly impart to her husbund the fact
that there isn't stick of wood in the
wood shed, and the flour is out.-Haach
eye.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
Silencing SWipes.

"Mr. Swipes, won't you split up a
little wood and go and borrow a brass
kettle before you go up-tewn?"
"What in thunder do you want me
to do that forp''
"'Cause 1 want to preserve some
cherries to-day
"Cherries?''
eyes, cherries!"
"That's just you, Mrs. Swipes. You're
always spluttering and fooling around
with some nonsense like this''
"Nonsense? Well, guess you like
preserves as well as any body.''
"Idon't either.'
elf you wasn't too lazy to split the
wood you'd like Them"
"Mrs. Swipes, now do be sensible.
You know this preserving business
costs money for sugar, fruit, cans, wax,
firewood, and the deuce knows what
all. But some way or other you never
do think about expense, for you're al
ways buying ribbons, ruf1les, and flum-
madiddle; but when 1 want any thing,
such as an easy chair to rest my weary
bones on-oh, no, l can't have it, be-
cause you've spent all the money for
buds to put on your own back.''
"Now you think you've said it. Oh
no, you don't spend any money, but !
spend it all. If that's so, where do
you get money to play pedro and come
home to the bosom of your family
stone-blind drunkP Don't deny it,
Swipes, for you know somebody black
ed your Eyeglasses the other day and
you was so drunk you thought it was
midnight and came home with a lantern
in your hand in the middle of the day
You talk about squandering money!"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

ONE of the living curiosities of this
Centennial year is a Kentucky child, 5
years old, who is homeless. 1t is well
developed in every particular, and its
tied in knot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
Buying Back his Own Horse.

Mr.. Frank Pierson of Upper Uwchlan,
Chester County, had a horse that had
grown old in the domestic service, and
accordingly he took him to Philadelphia
and left him at certain sale stable to
be disposed of at 1925. The person in
whose charge he was left got chance
to sell the old fellow for 1922 and ac-
cordingly he let him go.
A few days later the man who sold
the horse thought he would go down to
the bazaar and see if any bargains in
horseflesh were to be had. Shortly after
reaching there a tolerably spry-looking
nag hooked to carriage was brought
out and exhibited, but nobody seemed
to want the turnout, and so the horse
and harness were put up together. The
animal looked sleek and moved grace
fully, and soon was knocked down to
our friend for the sum of $50. Upon tax
ing his purchase to his stable, his friends
informed him that it was the identical
horse which he had sold few days
previous for S22.5O The old horse had
been SO skillfully groomed as to deceive
even his master.-Ldncdster Examiner.
A Fish that Lives in the Mud.
Here's story of a fish who can live
without water! This accomplished
scaly gentleman is a native of Africa
where most of the wonders come from,
nowadays--and has the misfortune to
belong to a river which dries up every
summer. Rather a discouraging cir
cumstance to a fish, L should say; but
this little fellow doesn't mind it. When
the water gets low, he very coolly bur-
rows nearly two feet into the mud on
the bottom, and there he stays, while
the hot sun dries up the water, and
bakes the mud till it is full of deep
cracks. When the water comes back,
fills the cracks, and soaks into the
ground, the mud-fish comes out as live
ly as ever. One of this family has late
ly gone to live in an aquarium in En-
gland, where his ways can be studied /;
and now we shall know how he gets on
in water all the year round. 81. Mich
olas for July.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

THE resignation of Secretary Bris-
tow has been followed by that of Treas
urer New and Bluford Wilson, Solicitor
of the Treasurer. Mr.. Wilson will re-
tire on the 1st of July and Mr.. New on
the 18th. It is intimated that other of
Mr. Bristow's appointees will soon fol-
low the example of their chief.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

AN order has been issued by the Sec
rotary of War relieving Gen. Schofeld
from command of the Military Division
of the Pacific, and assigning him to the
command of West Point Military Acad-
envy, relieving Col. Kuger. Gen. NC
Dowelf will take command Of the Mill
tary Division of the Pacific. The Di-
vision of the SoVth will be discontinued.
The Department of the South will be
under the command of Col. Ruger.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

SENATOR MORRILL,, of Maine, has
been nominated for Secretary of the
Treasury. The nomination was unani-
mously confirmed by the Senate.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

A BELL sent from the United States
to the Reformed Outch) Church in
Yokohama, Japan, arrived in time to
be rung on the first Japanese national
Sunday. This was the first Sunday in
April last. By recent decree the
Japanese Government has adopted the
Christian Sabbath as the day for clos
ing all public offices.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

ACCORDING to the Constantinople
correspondent of the London Daily
Nescs, the most atrocious crimes have
been committed in Bulgaria by the
Turkish irregular troops Thirty-seven
villages are known to be destroyed, the
buildings being put to the torch and the
residents murdered in cold blood. 1t is
believed that from 10000 to 80, 900 lives
have been sacrificed in this barbarous
warfare.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

The report of the Department of
Agriculture for June gives the. relative
condition of the cotton crop as fol-
lows: North Carolins, l01 South Gsr-
olina, So; Georgia, 10s; Florida. SO;
Alabama, "a Mississippi, 90; Louisiana,
50; Texas, 30; Arkansas, 95; and Ter
nessee, 90. ~ = ~
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

ADvIcEs from Mexico are TO the eff
feet that the Revolutionists are again
in the ascendant. The Government
forces under Quiraga have been badly
defeated by the Revolutionists Mon
terey has been evacuated and is now in
the hands of Diaz; Saltillo Is occupied
by Escobedo, and Muir and nearly all
the towns along the river have been
wrested from Lerdo.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

On the same day that these tele-
grams were made public, MFR. Blaine
gave to the press q letter received by
him from Mr.. Caldwell, bearing same
date As the dispatch, and affirming
In every particular the statements made
therein.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01

Anna Dickinson can do every thing
well in her play except the part where
she throws her arms around the man
and shouts, 81 love you'll love you'll"
In this she shows q lack of experience.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
THE sULTAN's DOWNFALL.

81 come,'' replied Redif Pasha, calm
ly, con the part of his imperial Majesty
Sultan Murad ", to inform your Maj
esty that the nation has decreed your
fall, and behold the proofs of what l
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05

Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Ranges and PUMPS.
SULLIVAN BULGER, 81 Camp street. near
Camp. Also sell the Bsrstow Range.
JAMES Ii REYNOLDS, 70 Baronne street
Plumbing, Gas and Steam Pipe Fitting, Gas Fixtures
repaired cleaned brsLzed. Second ha ID As Fix
lures bought and sold.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05

NOlaricS.
TR1ST CUVELLIEk, 40 Hravier street, be.
tween St Charles and CaaD streets
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05
Teeth }

1eethl Ieeth
3RkA4 ;S RKDUC31Da,
s"'-Go'd and Pin'in.isn sets-H3o,
Usnal charge sloO -
F11-A}amnium and Other MaterAra.-Na6
Usual charge $50,
82-Geid FEilinga-S1.
Usual charge S..
DI-Slivsr, 4naigen and ssuIliois C,.u-..rSa
Fiiiirxs-3i. Usual charge Is.
DIR. g. A. BErANCo s.s.
fS3 At. Joseph ST.. bet. Camp ma ~. gyh.,x~.
- New Orleans La.
Offers 70 insert Sets of TEE III al the ahova ~,a~.
H1an or without the extraction cf the rooss
arrsnts the purisy OF al n te,saIs "A slsr >ss
nFung o, Hlates stability end ,,nrst ton Of eNnUs
~ u paid the hi CHEST prices.
M1tracuons ana other operations peTtrrusAf Afss
mears OF an9sthetic agents. ~
lrothache cured ipstaataneously
Concentration gratis ,.,~,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05
DEIX'TISTE y.

y EvOLUTION-REvOLU
In tfs prices OF Dentistry. In or.sr 70 p,sg& mr.
demands of those whose are liuaitsd srusesN
70 insert ssts OF Artificial Teeth, at tl5 sua 20 sX
Filings u. Artificial Teeth inserted with ar yyAsS
extraction Of the roots All msteIlals wiinh i VIA
WI DO guaranteed as to their purity and dvrsa i1,a
Teeth Extracted without Pain by the use Of "AAsfJ
theslea. G. F. MALONEy, d. D. g.
F91y New Snlas,,.,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05

INV client j. 10 more .uilty Of stealth!
That hog TRAN frog ain't got no tail. was
y,ura Kentucky lawyers adj ess to Warner
county Jury.