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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-15
0m Boys and girls.
THE PROPER TINE.

: WILL you play with meg VIII you play with
me!''
little girl said to the birds on a tree
- Oh. we have our nests to build, - said they:
There's time for work, and a time for play"
Then, meeting deg, she cried, 60 Halloo
Come play with me- Jip, and do as do
SAID he, - L must watch the orchard to-day:
There's time for work, and a time for play''
A boy she saw: and to him she cried,
g Come, play with me, John, by the greenwood
side
- oh, nor said John, "I've my lesson to saw:
There's a time for work, and time for play.m
Then thoughtful a while stood the little miss,
And said, s. 1t is hard, on day like this,
To go to work; but, from what they all say,
lis time for work, and not for play"
So homeward she went and took her book
And first at the pictures began to look:
Then said, - think will study to-day:
I here's time fer work, and a time for play
Emily Garter, In Nursery.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-15

Since the dynamite explosion abroad
it is fashionable with the average man to
call his house his " Mosel. Ihere
where he gets blown up.-.St. Louis Re
pu6lican.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-15

According to the Boston Pilot there
were in 1925, fifty years ago, one Roman
Catholic priest in Maine; one in Massa,
chusetts, and one in New Hampshire
with eight churches. There are now in
New England, according to this authori-
ty, one Archbishop, five Bishops, AL
priests, 432 churches, and a Catholic pop
ulation of nearly 1 100000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-15

This may possibly be old, but it's I'M
deniably good: Every man fancies he
can do three things-farm small prop
erty, drive a gig and write an article for
review"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-15

If you want to know how giant-pow-
der works Just kick in the head of small
keg. The display will be all that any
reasonable man could ask for.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10
The Van Brunt Matter-Is Mr.. Hotch-
kiss Righti

MIR. GILES w. IoTcnKIss. who acted NJ
counsel for Mrs. VAN BRUNT in obtaining
her divorce, expressed the opinion to our
reporter, according to the account we
published Saturday, that no legal proceed
ings could be maintained against Judge
VAN BRUNT, because he has committed no
offence against the Jaw of this state. So
far as judge VAN BRuNT's uncnntradictcd
adultery Is concerned, MIR. HOrcuKIss is
undoubtedly right. In some states adul-
terry is State prison offence; but ii is not
punishable under our law in au ordinary
criminal proceeding.
Contempt of court is an offence. Was il
contempt of court for Judge VAN BRuNr
TO marry again, in contravcntion Of jul
dicial decree, although the marriage ccre-
mony was performed beyond the state
limits?
If the Judge cannot be brought to trial
by indictment, and we are strongly i'll
cliued to the opinion that he cannot, can
he be reached 10y impeachment Unqucs-
tionably, according to the precedents in
this state, impeachment would reach him I;
but we entertain very grave doubts Of the
tphHlliullpiitiliN VI lutNt DitttNtiA9s
We are Informed, however, that articles
Of impeachment are in contemplation,
and likely soon to be preferred. II n
Court of impeachment, organized to try
them. shall manifest any tender re gard for
constitutional restrictions aud obligations
there will he this TO be said OF 1t: II will
show vast Improvement over previous
Courts of impeachment.
The tiger-ikc quickness Of Mr.. HoTcH-
KISS in springing TO the defence and res
cue of Judge VAN DRUNT was striking.
acted rs counsel for the other side. There
may, however by this time, be n perfect
harmony of interests. such as prevails
among the numerous wives of a Mormon
saint. II is rumored that Judge VAN
BRUNT IL somewhat dependent upon his
salary, and that he would not find II so
convenient TO paw the four thousand dol
lars year alimony to his FIRST wife If he
were put of the bench; from which it
would appear that she may have more or
less pecuniary interest in his being let
alone.
The pathetic touch, however, in the in
.
HoTcHKIss. was where the far-seeing law
yer remarked that it would he very pref
ty for Judge BALLOON to permit the ex-
posure OF the facts against Judge VAN
BRUNT, and then, perhaps, sit with him on
the bench and have 10 try similar ease
with him. That argument strikes us ia
overwhelming, more especially IA Judge
VAN BRCNT is not on the same bench with
Judge BALLOON, and his recent course has
not frightened his prospect of ever getting
there.
One way 10 remove all doubt in the On @
would he for the Legislature to pass an
act legal2ng the second marriage. 1t may
be that in contemplate OF the possibility,
so brilliantly suggested by Mr.. IIoTcHKIss,
that Judge VAN BRUNT and Judge BAL
COM may some day meet on the beach, this
will be done. Something will be done,
we have no doubt.
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Government 1t is sometimes very incon-
venicnt for a man TO have his name in pa
pers OF this kind. They always remain on
Tie sur.acc after everything else has caved
In, and wcak-mindcd old fellow like
scHENcK, with slight experience Of the
world, stands frst-rate chance of being
ruincd by them.
On the whole, after n careful review OF
Mr. JoHEsoN's apology, we are inclined TO
think that Gen. SCHrNCK IL altogether too
innocent 10 represent his country abroad.
He ought to be recalled for his own pro-
lection. II he stays out there much longer,
thcrc IL no telling but that some designing
person might ultimately lure him into
playing poker for money.
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The Incidents of Approaching War.

GRANT is gathering the strongest and
most effective vessels of the navy at Port
Royal This harbor, which is the best on
the southern Atlantic coast, Is favorably
situated for place of rendezvous for naval
vessels in the event Of war with Spain.
That there is expectation Of war, or de-
termination to bring war about, is evinced
by many circumstances. The gathering Of
The hon-clad feet nj Port Royal and the
ordering home from foreign stations Of the
most formidable ships Of the navy ure in-
dications. The fitting out of the monitors,
ana their removal from League leland.
where they were not only rustine, but
were liable to be frozen up ut the critical
moment, to the warmer waters of Port
Royal, are other significant facts. Still
another indication is the recommendation
BY Commodore HOWELL, the chef Of the
Navy Bureau Of Yards aud Docks, that
expensive repair and machine shops be
put mp AT the same place. Uulcss there
was pi aspect of war there could be no
possible need or excuse for erecting such
buildings there. Repairs so far as re-
CURED to keep the vessels of the navy up to
the ordinary requirements of peace, can
pensc at the workshops in the North al
ready established.
Add to these significant facts the com
binaion formed among SECoR RoBEsOS's
friends 10 buy lands ut Port Royal and in
Its vicinity-a Ring which has already
been on hand to purchase dcsirably stu
btod lands along that harbor, and has Sc
cured considerable tracts at low prices.
Unless it was known to these Spectators
that GRANT and SECoR RoBEsoN meant
business, they would not 20 to South Caro-
lima to invest their money in lands which
no not promise TO increase in value
Rapidly or greatly, except In the event Of
war and the sudIcn change OF Port Royal
from quiet anchorage into the busy seat
Of warllke preparations, with the hustle
and activity Of "a port where great fleets
gather 10 obtain supplies, be rentted and
repaired, and Otherwise put in trim for ac-
hive operations Tho sleculators in lunds
1T Port Royal and Beaufort evidently
work on a hint from headquarters. The
Mex can Land Ring ut Washington are en-
pouragod from the same sources to expect
the huge profits for which they have long
been waiting, and which GRANTS designs
tor acquiring large slice Of northwest
Hrn Mexico Will by their realization surely
give them.
These facts all point in only one direc-
don, and that is toward war. Add to them
the menace TO Spain of GRAEI message,
bis third-term ambitions, the opportunities
Tor hostile measures afforded by the Rio
Grande raids, and the heavy claims against
MAXINO IL oh hut I. Ia IN.
commission, and We accumulate a weighty
toad Oh Indications Of war aud pretexts for
tAT with one or both countries.
II we went into war with Spain on the
tHtau matter, what woHld be our chances
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10
Prepare TO Sci! Them.

The Delaware ana Hudson Canal has al
ways done thriving business; its stock
has commanded high premium for many
years, and it usually commences naviga-
ton few weeks earlier in the spring and
closes later in the fall than the Erie Canal.
1t paid for its construction long ago.
The New York Central Railroad has paid
of great deal of the debt incurred for
its construction, has always paid the inter
est ON lis bonds and its running expenses,
and has annually made fair and sometimes
large dividends in money and stock to its
shareholders. In nll weathors its stock and
bonds have, on the average, been ut or
above par.
The New York state canals do not pay
their current expenses but, on the CON
trary, are n steady drain upon tho treas
ury. If we take into the account the cost Of
managing them, they ran the state in debt
this past year about half million or dol
lars They have not discharged tho debts
contracted for building them, ana they
never VIII. They are behind in their con-
tributions to the Sinking Funds. as required
by the Constitution, and they always will
be. If We were TO add to the annual ex-
penditures upon them the interest on the
money they cost, everybody would see
that they are very poor property indeed.
What causes the difference, in a financial
point of view, between the Delaware and
Hudson and the New York Central, on the
one hand, and the State canals on the
otheri The answer lies right on the sur
face; the former have always been owned
and managed by private companies the
latter by the state of New York.
Disrcgarding other most potent arali-
ments FOR getting rid of them, and looking
at the question solely from Il peouniary
standpoint, is it not fair deduction, from
the facts we have exhibited, that the New
York canals oueht to be sold, under proper
safeguards, to private parties?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10

Mr.. BENNETT has n Geographic CORE
spondent AT Paris who furnishes 10y cable infor-
nation from the centre of fashions which Is of
the deepest interest This valuable person telc-
grAphed yesterday at great expense the follow
ing news OF radical changes Introduced In the
wardrobe Of ladies
Worth. the great he.drossrakcr. discounienauces
FOR carriage use or tlcatrcgon Russian cioaka,
long IN front and short behind, trimmed WITH fur Or
gold q 'oen. are the IL L.
For hall dresses gold or silver Lima laces
faye are the fashion.
There Is nothing yet In comets"
The fault IN this IS It's failure to give US more
exact Information as to bonnets. Though IL
may seem ungracious to criticise this cxpound-
err Of fashions by cable, yet we are sure there
must be something new In bonnets at Paris. jim
BENEFITS fashionable Partisan telesraphic cor
respondent must have neglected to visit all tho
millinery shops. We will wager that there were
many new varieties Of bonnets made up in Paris
last week, If not In shape, at least in trimming.
The news that Worth dscounten inces skirts
worn tight at the hips was rightly tccsraphcd at
once. 1t Is OF the highest importance, and will
enable the dressmaliers who read the Hcruh u
at once discontinue the mauuflctur- Of 4 sort o (
skirt which our ladies', before the publication Of
this despltch, had imperatively domanded as
the lgst decree II fashion. HIM BENNETT con.
,inues TO thus anticipate by cable the dress
masking news OF Paris he win make the Herald
n neccs ilty 20 every drcssms kcr In Tie coantry.
We see bis idea, and appllli it.
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93i,9O7

pronora+io,s fo- ,,.o, ~ $500. a., r-....,
ptotcs aud s,,,,, 400 ,.,,,..,,,.
toiccron, from, yv,.,.t,,.,,. =,
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No ori,,,,, o'''''''' Il,
naval vossn,, ~ D., D., 'U.' VI
Bno l. l., ,,,,,,,,.,.,.,. - ~, -, NV
A., s,,,.',,i,n ~ ~. IS .''1'" 81 p'''" y.
pioce IA, ho..t,,,,o.,... 30 49, -,
,--....--. -.--'' A.
lnniic station as II present. i..,,iI ndvnn-
tages over any other port on the Atlantic
coast" Tho great essential advantage
which it possesses is then stated in the
following terms:
am. .,.,,.,, .,,,,.. ., ~, y,.,.., 49,.
40 o., y, ", ~ ii,'t ~ tIt ',.Wi .'t'g s,"ti'
WIZ .'hudt tViW ~ U' NY u -ii"U, e IIitni'
H., ~" ,t H. ,,,,tf ,,t ~" ,,,, ,,, INA
SS,d th 'iooI V,,,i5i fr,,,eit bo',y
Is Inc poicy Of he S,cret. ~ OF tss Nary 70
e., ~ ~ ,,5,,,, 49,, g. ~ ,',, ~ x ~
dbrord hrcrtsc he h,iicrcs in bcing prspdrcd for
anny ,R,[rV,S'y our o. n 8r[scnt dfte Mes on ne
ronccmcnt IN rcqrrd 10 hc condition of agdirs
D .nl ,nm eiuiiwg a"I SMW u Is htt,eted ~
Tlich Spafi has upon nit stand mov cause hat
20 o,, ,t, Hro,gef ~ d., aHeMty TGh
he isiind, ana mus pant ,ctih Il as a matter Of
ne''~"g
SO much for what is being openly dono
by our Government. According TO this
despatch transparently emanating from
the Navy Department, we are concentrate
ing our available naval force, within forty
eight hours OF Cuba, in anticipation of
war with Spain. The fact and the motive
are publicly avowed.
Now for the other side. What is Spain
doingf Is she making any preparations?
She has appointed Gen. JovELLAR, just
now perhaps the foremost man of all
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10

Gen. n. A. MrI.Es who has been invcsti-
eating the late In.ian disturbances In Now
Mexico, has submitted the result Of his inqur-
les at department headquarters, Fort Lcaven-
worth, and tho substance OF his report IL that
the Jicarlla Apaches, and Mouche Utes have
been for years the victims of mismanagemcnt
and of the avarcc OF contractors; and that tho
recent disturbances and acts Of hostility were
really due to these causes. Whenever can
get at the facts, from unpreiudcod sources, II
appears In nine cases out Of ton thnt our trou-
bles with the Indians during the past six or eight
years have arisen from violation OF treaty stipu-
lations bv the whites, or from fraud or misman-
agcmcnt on the part Of authorized agents Of the
Government. According TO the Leavenworth
Times Gen. MILES regards the present Indian
policy as mistake throughout, and amounting
simply to this: that one branch of the Govern
ment Is continually arming the Indians, while
another branch Is Fighting them. II l. certain
that the policy Of vostng the appointment Of
indian agents in RELIGIOUS organizations
has resulted unfworably to the Indians
and brought scandal upon the denomi-
national bodies who have been active
in the matter. for sor,c Of the leading officials
VINO owca tneir appointments to religious
influence soon developed into the worst roguea
among the Indians was maintained bv volun-
tary contributions from the churches, the re-
suits wero Of the most beneficial character; but
since, In violation Of the spirit Of the Constitu-
ton, the work of the churches and the State
has been combined at the public expense,
large portion Of the religious teachers have
proved moro successful In plunderng the In.
dians than In converting them. The reason for
this s obvious. The voluntary missionaries
were good men who undertook their work from
pious motives and at great sacrifice of their
earthly interests while under the new method,
hypocritical prctendets having political inng-
ence have In some instances sought the place Of
Indian agent for the purpose of making money
dishonesty, while others, weak and avarclous,
have readily permitted themselves to be Sc
duccd from the path of rccttude by the
persuasions of swndling contractors, some OF
the latter being men who are loud In their pro.
fesslons Of extreme pety.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10

The World yesterday published a de-
81 Itch from London, giving the news Of Satur-
day, which Il says was brought over by a tom
liz, trained for tho purpose. After carefully
comparing this despatch Of the tom tit with
jim BENNErT's despatch, cablcl by his erudite
London tel"grnpnic correspondent, we are
bound to sny that It gives more ana more Inn
pOrtant and Interesting news than JIM BEN
NETS. Yet we suppose that tho World paid very
little for its despatch, while jim bennett must
have paid hundreds Of dollars for his. We ad-
wise Mr.. BENNETT TO hereafter avail himself Of
the services Of the Worlds trained tom-tit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10

OF SUGGEST We think that however much
we might suffer at first by reason of our in
competent naval administration, our sue
cess would be great and even certain in
the end. Though our ships would prob
ably at the outstart encounter humiliat-
ing disasters, yet before six months were
over we should have retrieved all these,
and demonstrated our superiority on tho
sea over the Spnniard, in spite of his
Krupp ri1ed guns aud the solid armor on
bis iron clads. In the war of the rebellion
II took us but ninety days to produce the
Monitor n vessel destined to rcvolutionizc
the navics OF the world. So also in another
war our practical ingenuity would speedily
conquer the difficulties in the way
For land forces we should not be at
loss. The host of the unemployed is so
great that volunteers would be plenty,
and the taste for military life which the
rebellion cngcndcrcd would come to our
aid at the North and South equally. Al
ready old volunteer officers urc getting
ready to make applications for commissons
in the expected wars against Spain and
Mexico.
GRANT therefore secs his way clear to-
ward using, rs the prime machinery OF his
thrd-tcrm movement, the warliltc spirit of
the people, their umlntion for the further
extension of their territory, and their
caecrness TO take advantage of an oppor-
tunity for giving life and activity to trade,
which has for threeyears been so staguant.
More than all, he knows that if he soon
forces on one or both of these wars he will
have no dangerous competitors for the Re-
publican nomination foranothcr four years
i'm tho Wlitp IIou.p
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Will Grant Pardon the whiskcy Men,

1t is said that vigorous efforts are being
made, by both men ana women to procure
pardon for those political and personal
friends of the President who have been
convicted Of frauds in whiskcy. But what
ever the incinations of the President may
be, it viii hardly do for him to grant such
pardons at present. If he wants third
term for himself he must give them one
term also.
There is one thing, however, the Presi-
dent might do. His sympatlics are under
stood TO be with the Cuban Insurgents.
He wants TO help them. IIo eau do it In
this way he can pardon all the members
OF the Whiskey Ring, convicted and UNI
convicted, on condition that they shall
forthwith join the Cuban rebel army and
never return to the United States. As all
thought of annexation is now rejected, we
should thus be permanently rid of them.
IL they could DO induced TO take n large
quantity Of The crooked whiskav along with
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them, it might be policy to make IL CON
dtion that they should join the Govern
ment forces instead of the rebels. IL they
would deal ont the whiskey literally, they
could probably kill more men with that
than with any other ammunition.
We hope nobody will throw cold water
on this proposition. II ought not to be iii
luted. People who want Il conundrum to
guess may guess how many regiments the
pardOned would suffice to form.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10

As all ronds lead TO Rome, so It would
seem every trail If Off, ial corruption under the
present Administration, II followed to the end,
load. to tho White House. our readers may re-
member the case OF c. W. LOWELL, a carpet
Dagger from Maine, who was formerly Post
master Of New Orleans, Speaker OF the Legisla.
ture Of Louisiana. AMI prominent actor in tho
conspiracy which led 10 the overthrow OF tho
Government In that STATE by United states
troops acting under the orders Of GRANT, in
January, 49,. LOWELL became n defaultcr to
the Government, special agent of tho Post
Once Dep Ttmcnt was put In charge OF the
New Orleans Post O0lee, and legal proceedings
were begun against the culprit. The New Or
leans Democrat SAYS that LOWELL not only re-
moved his records and books from the Post
ONCE building defying the Government to
either obtain them or touch him, but declared
thSt the money embezzled had been suent in
erectnG the reelection of Gen. GRANT, and
threatened that II he went to the peniientiary
he would At least have the company Of a brother
in-llw Of the President. His defiant attitude
had the desired effect, and the suits against him
were speedily compromised, at a great loss to
the Government, through what influence II Is
easy 70 Imagine, Tho count records show that
on Jan. rs, 1873, suit No. 7,l2j, and on Feb 2i
suit No. ;l5G were Instituted against CHARLES
W. LOWELL et ais, to recover money embezzed
and that onJune q, 1873, these suits we're ahan-
doned the United Statca paying costs. In May,
1873, LOWELL was indicted for embezzlemeut
Nothing came OF 1t, however, but the defaulier
was permitted 20 go free and continue his work
as an active leader Of the GRANT party in Louis
lana.
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The question Of official precedence is
agitaiing the society Of the Canadian capital.
A table of precedence, recently promulgated,
places Archbishups ana Bishops behind the
lAoutennt-Gpycmor- Of provinces, and ahead
OF members OF the Dominion Cabinet This
does not meet the views Of the Cabinet and
others, who contend that there IS no Established
Church IN Can da, and that church dlgnllaries
should therefore have no Official recognition.
The Toronto Giobc offers the puz1ling query:
Are BIshopR of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, for Instance, or the officials so dcsis-
mated by some much smaller religious bodies,
entitled TO the same precedence ms those Of the
English or Roman Catholic Church, or does the
rule apply exclusively to the two last-namei de-
nomiuatonsW II appears that the table OF
precedence was prepared by an English Duke,
who was evidently ignorant that all religious
are nomlnally on an equal footing Ia Canada.
SILL peIhaps the Canadisns would po wrong II
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Two OF three colds ia succession will often
etlentt tr see "a OF cohhu iif'n ma tt ~ .ru, con.
, n1irt'i whad "es originally ,mpe, curlni alecton,
tnerc!pre mAAes the husl.css o cytfy oIc 10 taAs
clt or cold uuu IA Snt uf. intclg goat oXnoleAtr
pie'eAia rem ~ IN Dr. yuee Npectoraut, O. ir.Gh.
aaaeu TO remove 'nn al coughs and cui. 90 and
tIG ~ cu i've NJ W.lATy ts-ges VI eUusumpUVu,
AblLIn- ANA n'"' GLltls.-Adl, -
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nom ne haf'H JonH0' Qf CDhmcrtt.
We wish to draw public attention 10 the
iatt That 10 eNtle tue cnu-, lueuces of inyc.ti-
CATION, m"nhcN Of tine C1hiuct head, tud OK
hehas oi depa'tmcnts siruglle TO secure election
70 lhe tchAl'. liuuiWcl secured his sea, from
~ 'Srhchu,etts, Hubesun trlrd the same game ia
New jersey ana ielSuay i Trying IL in Iowa.