American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-27

Col. I'D. RICHA8Ds0N, of Nissis-
sipI,i, has been appointed ~ Tie
/ Ccate'iuial Commissioners 0nc ot
/ the CentcnniaI Judges.
{ 9Is. KERR, the very able Speaker
! of the House of Representatives., IS
10 the inountaius OF Virginia aud
much improved III health.
AHLL allowing S'irr:aan's daug!i-
! tor To receive her wedding present
from the khediye free of duty. pass
ed and goes to the President.
OVER orc hundred railroads and
steamboats, have agreed to carry
nasscngnrs TO the Democratic Con
vention nj st. Louis at half fare.
TIE Committee to investigate
the Mississippi election is expected
to leave Washington soon, but 10
time as yet has been fixed for its
departure.
MOODY AMI White are holding
forth i'll Nashville now. They both
have crowded audiences. and many
are turned away for want Of room
iii the churches.
IT is estimated that On We(lnes
day of last week at least thirty
Thousand dead heads visited the
Centennial Exposition. So nucl!
dead headiSm viii make the national
show q pecunIary failure.
In order TO impede investigation
the Administration has adopted q
rule forbiding the use Of papers and
other sources Of Information, to
Congress, unless il be by joint reso
luton of the two Houses.
TIE Presidents address and
Wagnei's music were the only fall
ares at the Centennial opening /;
and the New Orleans Builctiai thinks
the prayer of the clergyman tia.
ollieiated ut that time, highly inap-
propriaic.
Elk Gov. II. s. FooTE is about to
issue from the press tho "Memorials
OF the Mississippi Bar" In point
of capacity for The work, both for
talents and a lifelong connection
with the bar Of this State, he has
10 superior.
EMIGRANTs to the Black Hills
are returning WITH melancholy
stories; the mining settlements are
deserted the plains are infested
with biood-thirsty Sioux; Gustav
City had 200 Inhabitants, Of whom
only 500 remain.
THERE is no tri.tl in the story
that Tweed passed the winter III
Canada. Neither is there any, in
the report that he has been seen in
Italy. Whether the statement that
he was seen in Australia, is correct;
remains to be seen.
THE report on Schenck has been
completed. 1t acgui;s him Of in
territorial fraud, but censures him
severely for utter inpropriety OF
his connection with the Emma
Mine, and an cntirc lack of percep
tion of the proprieties of his Office
THERE was both ice and SNOW in
New York on the first of May
| Why don't the poor shivering psp
pie of that country come to the land
OF sunshine and flowers, where we
can raise greater variety Of food
crops than in any other part OF tho
world.
EX-Gov. BULLOCK, after an ab.
sence of five years from Georgia
has been brought back on requisi
ton of the Governor. He was ar
rested under indictments made sOor
after his memorable flight. Having
given bail Of Sl3, 600. he is agalr
atliberty.
The faiIure OF Harvey Arnold s
Co of the North Adams print work;
is even more disastrous than at firsi
appeared. The liabilities, it /;
thought, will rise over than fall be-
low 1920, 900, and not less thar
10 900 men, woman and children il
the six mills are thrown out @
work.
THE latest dispatches report every
thing quiet at Dayon Sara, Laure
Hill and Woodville. Reports o
the trouble were exaggerated. One
white man and two negroes killed
and several negroes wounded
covers the casualties as far as
known. The military decline to in
terfere.
Miss ADA G. SWEET, the pension
agent at Chicago, who was brought
rather Tudely into publicity last
year bY certain stories TO the effec
that Senator Logan and Dave
BIakely has been levying blackmai
upon her, will probably now furnish
IL very interesting chapter Of deyel
Cpmcnis.
UoN. o. r. SINGLETON, our dis
tinguished Representative III Con
gress, has had another pass at arIyr
with Mr.. Garfield on the fooYe
the House. 1t is said, as ,migknnso
supposed, he did not by any AaI,I
get the worst of it. BIr. ar; -
was charged with not
Loosely to the truth. Z7.a.o.
the position taken ~" late hote
10 relation to th%tb ip5iS IT;n e5os
, The re result may e seS lis i li5oT,
! ~. The SecreTy should, however,
adhere to tIefetofora recognized
construct /cf the treaty, permit
ting me- isequonces to be what
they rs.
~ Piedmont Is. c. Cotton
FaAry on the Salu1a river has
/.en completed aud is now in run
ming order. The Gvanitcviilo mills /
made q profit of $j3, 7G5 last year. I
TIKI,