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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
All SORTS.

The New York Central Railroad
managers have made the good reso
lutioh TO allow no dead heads OH
heir trains.
The total amount Of money col
lected III consequence OF the w!,sh ey
raid in Milwaukee in HAY, 1875, is
| s117,37I.3i.
An american resident in London
writes home that the display of gold
and jewels brought home by The
Prince of Wales is dazzling.
Oliver Wendell Holmes is the in
ventOr of the common hand stereo-
scope, and his work has been given
to the world without the pi election
Of patent.
The saloon keepers OF Virginia
City have formally resolved to take
! ''stOve lid currency" meaning silver.
only at the rate of eighty seven
cents on the dollar.
Charlotte Bremen, the only sister
of Frederika Bremen, in whose
literary labors she to considerable
degree participated, is dead. She
was born in 1899.
The Rev. Mr.. Marine,a Methodist
pastor at Richmond, Ind, is accused
OF preaching as original Il sermon OF
the Rev. DR.. Swings. y form Il III
,estigation is to be made.
A company of antiquarians who
have been studying the Old stone
mill at Newport, Il. l. have decided
that it was IL Masonic Temple, built
by the NorSemen, aud with the SYM
bt i.c seven pillars.
An impOl tant scientific society
has recently been founded in por-
tugal. Its object, besides that Of
the cultivation of pres /
cnt geography, is to search out and
publish the earlier voyages and
travels.
The newest collar is called tie
Stately 1t is SO named from the .
fact that 1t is high enough for a
man who wears one to crawl up DO
HAD it and HUE when his wife stops
in ut the Office to inquire whether
he mailed her letters.
The picture gallery at C!ssel,
Germany, has recently received va.
labie ad'lt . Is from the castles of
lVabcrn, isDtenburg, and Iofgcis-
mar. Among tLem are two excel
ent Euystlheis, some OF Cuyp, !
5ersheIn, Zoos, II magnil c mt Hon ,
!c koeter. and very fine Van der
) eer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
Gov. TlnDnr.s f.arrEss.

Gov. T'ildei's letter of accertanc,
is the strongest, clcarest, abies,
most statesmanIike, most susges
two, and most satisfactory poiitic;.
document that has been laid Odfor,
the public within long period O
time. 1t displays breadth of mind
keenness of perception. and falncs.
ct know lodge in the discussion O.
great political questions of present
public interest. 1t is agreeable, IL
these times, to peruso paper o.
such a character from public man
Hayes small. narrow, and common
place letter WIS marked contrast
10 it in every respect.
Gov. TiIdcn's letter is as bold as i.
is perFl,icacious. He sliiIks hon,
of the issues OF tho day. lie IN
tlulges in DO evasioas, tricks of Ian
g"age, or pre'enses OF any kind
Ills friends viii be strengthened d,
the study of if, aud his assailant.
will find in it no point which they
can shake.
Cox. Tiiden. accepts, strengthens.
and illustrates the arious import
ant articles of thc st. Louis plat,
form on which be stands; and 10
tho more Important Of them he
& We, force and dctiui,eness WIiie:l,
are rnade ali the more striking bJ-
his ilucilafion 81 the ways III which
they can be practically applied in
the conduct of he Government.
Ike first touches upon the aues
fioh of refrencllInent and reform in,
the administration. showing the
evils OF the extravaganza aud waste
fulncss that have made necessary
the enormous taxation by Which
The country is depressed, and point
Ing TO the struggle Ia tie House to
reduce expenditures under. tie
MANAGES OF tie Senate and the EAe
eaiive. lie would deal practically
with this matter also, ard PROPOSE.
an aineDdmeht TO the Constitution
b. which the. evils IF the existing
system may be relneGicd.
He next adverls to tie Southcrn
question in words of wisdom and
sound sense. He wouid seek to
establish a cordial fraternity among
men of every race, nov united in
one destiny; and he promises, as
Chief Magistrate, TO exercise The
powers conferred by fle laws aasl
Constitution, to protect ali citi zcns.
whttever Their FORMER condition. in
every personal and political right.
Then comes the cI,ief feature OF
his message-an elaborate discus
sion Of the financial question in al.
Its varinus aspects. ft is not only
comprehensive and lucid, -. but
bris.tes with practical suggestions
for the establishment of practical
hnancIai reforms. lie holds that
resumption is not difficult, shows
tile methods and means of resump-
ton, indicates the time FOR resuInp.
Son, and points ont the prepare
tions that ought 10 be made for
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
Col. McCAroLE, the fearless and

Col. MCCAE DIE, the fearless and
clear lieaC @ ! editor of the Weeks
burg tribune, doesn't take much
stock III tho Mississippi L University +;
and be is, as usual, Fright. For
several years lever Stree tho inau-
DURATION Of Alcora as GoverDoI),
this institution has been below the
average az a seat Of learning its
degrees confer but little honor; its
diplomas command but LITTLE respect,
and tho sooner it is closed. and the
Safe relieved of its expense, the
better. OF course we speak Of the
University Us it is-fcr we should
be proud to see it restored to lis
pristine glory and pi osperiiy.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
@-"E


WE learn that orr public schools
cannot be opened his year for wam
OF f,ci!da. We liGce said SO inaclr
upon The subject, as TO consider all
comment on the subject useless
Lafoarcfie LG.l Rcpu5ic72s.
We cilit the attention of our
colored people to tho above para
graph. IL is taken from & 1sepubli
Cali paper that is owned and edited
by d coiOrcd man. Louisiana h; S
been in tie hands OF the b,adicals
ever since the surrender. Ihes,
Radicals claim to DO the specia:
friends of the dolores, people, and
he only advocates OF free school;
for the cO'orctl children. The tag
paying white people have been
Eaxed almost 10 death 10 support
aoloretl schools,a and yet tho startling
announcement is made That tn.
schools canDc5 be .e-opened tl.is
scar for want Of funds.7 Low is il
al Mississippi Last year, under
r ldical rule, the Tree schools were
only Kept open fer two months. ant
the co!ored people we're told that
hey elected @ Democratic Legisla
rure the free schools would be takeI
from them. \ Democratic i1egisla
tnrc was elected and t.iat EIeg;sla
turo has given them five months
free schools instead OF two.-Bran
don keps;5iieGn.
We copy the above and hope
very colorad voter in Madison
C ,unty will read it carefully, and
when the itles OF November rol
T ,und, like men WHO favor their own
idvauccment-c especially the edu
ca ton of their cllllrcu-oue of the
highest privileges f.eomen can Gu
ioy-cast a solid vote for the nomin
tes OF the party that has faith July
performed every promise and pledg.
made to them.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES

Site at LGrge.
] a. GEORGE. Chairman.
Geo. l. Potter, H. NJ Street,
j. ID. Ferinrr. w. A. Percy,
U. u. WalthalI.
First District.
w. ii. III. 1'isou, Thos. u. Sykes.
Second District.
Felix Labauve, Thos. W. Harris.
Third District.
J. A. Binford, A. I Roane.
Fourt6 District.
Jno. w. Smith, L. A. Campbell.
Fifth District.
Z. Richardson, J. i. Christman.
&Eta Distr;cf.
l. w NJ gruder, 7. v Noland.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12

PE2SO7TS behind the sccncs at
Washington fay that the cause TO,
80 many changes in tle Cabinet and
,ther Federal officers, is to he found
in the fact that ieneral Grant is in
state OF bcasiiy intoXication nearly
al the time. lie seems determined
30 iIn tie thing TO suit himself fol
tho few remaining months Of his
reign so, he INDUCES lis old pro
pensity for ";irc-water," and "don't.
care q cuss whether school keeps OF
not" Thus far, he has done much
TO favor the election Of TiIdcu and
Hendricks.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
STATE ELECTORAL rscxgr.

ELECTORS STATE Az LARGE.
a. NJ. West, Il. Barksdale.
ELECTORS.
First Disfrict-J. nj. Ackcr.
.Secoad District-NV. 9. Faulkner
Third District Nv. 3. Helm.
Fourth Dist,ict-W. IL. Hardy.
FJffh District = Rnbt. II. KILLER.
Saith District-Warran Cowan.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12

OBJ. Ii. i. MULD2Ow was nom
mated for Congress by The Demo
cratic convention of the First lis
trict, beId at OhoIona Oh The 18th
ult.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12

even his fat salary would account
for; but the places that knew
nephew New in Indiana soon beheld
him again, We would infer. from a
paragraph in an Indi.tuapoliS paper.
20 the effect that the nephew had
returned without honor to his Old
hannts.
.But the books of the Treasurer
mnst I've balanced and the $1,000
and other small sums must be paid
! by treasurer New or his bOndsmen.
| In the Redemption Division the
female counters frequently have TO
! count package of mutilated paper
money, containing Il sum slightly
over or under the amount at which
it is inTentoried. The surplus is
called covers the deficit is called
"shOrtS." It has always been the
custom 10 make the covers" as
nearly as possible balance the
"shorts,' and, at the end of the
month The counters had seldom any
thing deducted from their pay.
But, under the new regime, the
counters have been compelled to
pay out of their monthly salary for
the 's.i0rts." And where did the
covers" go? don't know. but the
Treasurer had to make good the
| money that disappears And VIII i.
did not the counters protest? Sim
ply because Washington is not a
free country, and these helpless
women would rather have half their
salary purlOined than to find on
| their desk an official notification OF
! discharge.
The man who has had charge OF
the Redemption Division is named
Guthrie, who, it is said, was form
erly overseer III q penitentiary. 1t
is the talk among tho clerks that
this man was the benefactor OF the
Treasurer ana that his genius and
ass idious service cXtricated Mr..
New from the debt that it was his
duty to pay, and not take from the
pittances of women. This Division
hoped to have relief from Guthrie,
perhaps the lowest and most brutal
of his sex, when Treasurer New
resigned and they were not dis
| appointed. lie was promoted to be
Chief of the Cash Division An
earnest protest signed by the clerks
of this Division was sent to Sccre-
airy Morrill, praying him to rescind
this appointment; but Guthrie tele
graphed to New who hastened back
10 Washington, where is the influ-
entail Morton, and Guthrie rode
indeccntly into Office, over the pro-
tests of the clerks, any one of whom
is his superior as Il man, or scholar,
or gentleman.
These little occurrences may seem
insignificant to a nation of 10000
900. with i, Centennial Exposition
and n Presidential election on hand.
but the malady is portentious when
VIC reflect that every Department,
every Custom House, every large
post Office, has the contagiOn which
somebody has called tho best Civil
Service on the planet. This is the
way Offices are earned, and taken,
and held and this is why the haa-
ners wave, the stumpers shrek, and
the pigeon holes of post offices groan
with campaign documents. Any
thing to prolong the tenure of the
party of Progress and moral ideas
that has saved tue nation so many
times that il is bankrupt financially
and in political morality. CAS-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
CAUSES OF THE H4MBLRG RIOT.

The courage mills" are again
running night and day the "bloody
shirt" is being frantically waved /;
/ pictures of "murdered" black Re
! publIcans fill the illustrated Yankee
papers and the old BATTLE Hymn"
of the Republicans is being sOnOr-
ously chanted JOHN Browns dly
bones are being loudly ratified,
while ''his soul keeps marching OIL"
Everything is being done to fire the
Northern heart, and fight the politi-
cal campaign out Oh the old war
issues. just now the chief card of
the Radicals is the amburg affair,
over which they wax loud in their
wall. To prove the old axiom that
some story-is good till another's
told,' we give cur readers the fol-
lowing extract from Gen. NJ. Z.
Buffers account of the causes which
led to that affair;
"Upon the heads of those charged
with the execution OF the laws rests
the responsibility for this collision.
If it is tue that governor. Scott
placed these aims and this aminu-
milton N .he hands Of these ignorant
people, It was crime against thea
and tho white people that ne did
so. It was q crime II governor |
Moses to have allowed them to re- I
main in their hands, and it more !
than u CRIME in governor Cham ,
beriain in the light OF his experience ,
upon that subjec'. 1t was a cruel |
and ineXcusabie wrong, an unpard- !!
enable sin against the peace OF the
country and the lives of the people
that he should have allowed these /
guns and ammunition to remain in
their hands. The jurisdiction and
pow;r r; If trial justice are large
and the responsibility proportion
ally increased, at an important
point of cur border, like Hamburg;
and a man of the greatest discretion
fidelity and frmness could and ;.
should have been procured to fill
the office; but instead of that, this
man, Prince Rivers, wholly unfit
for SO important Il station, is the
only acting t;ia. justice in Hamburg
and i believe the next nearest in
Aiken county is about twelve miles !
distant. Now, if there had been ,
l trial justice accessible, who would
nave given Mir. Robert Butter JUS
ice, when, like a Iaw-abid;ng man.
Is he is, he appealed to him to I
protect members of his family {
gainst this sC-cal!etl militia. this G
horror" woull never have been /
hrOnicled. Not only does he not t
ford him protection but the ruf-
ian constable OF the trial Justice, q
me Bill Nelson, copper coIored Il
.egro, insults me as his attorney II
When I Approached him in a per Ia
Getty respectful manner, to inquire il
bout the whereabouts of the trial Ii
lstice il order to begin the inves>
lgation. | was moreover baffltd c
nd tIiiled with for hours by tins u
rial justice and his negro associ- '
ties, until this armed company a II
uiiaWS had time to concentrate in Il
heir arnorS, where they could sue Il
rssiuliN maintain their attitude of q
rMed lnSnTcCjl0D, armed With :
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-08-25
How TO Make Money

We VIII state that the surest. bes and speediest
to multiply and increase" Is to call at No IL
Wall Street, New York, and consult with Alex.
Rockingham X Co.
These gentlemen, who have long been identified
with the history ana afi tirs of Wall street. are I'M
usually skilled in monetary Affairs, and IN every.
thing appertaining to speculation, are unexcelled
for ability and proficiency. IL may also be SAIL
that OF the many b. okers in that city they not
only the the most popular, but also the most sue
cessiu best patronized, and most widely known
in or near the vicinity OF Wall Street.
Among the customers of the house OF Alex.
rockingham L Co., are some of our leading and
representative citizens, who are mainly indebted
to the labOrs of this firm for much OF the weatth
they now enjoy.
During the long aud successful experience of
Messrs Alex. rockingham 4 Co., in this C ty they
have earned for themselves an enviable reputation
for honesty, integrity and good Iaith, and enjoy
business almost colossal in its proportions In fact
the amount of business done by this house IN the
course OF Il year is something wonderful, and often
forms the subject of comment. l. needs but visit
to their spacious offices in Wall street to prove TN
truth OF the above statement.
How they manage TO convert $40 to $50, 40 into
$40, $40 into $50, and so on is secret which they
alone can explain; but that they succeed IN dong
so IS fact too well known to admit OF doubt. ii
you would safely and probably invest your mon
ey do not hesitate to favor this firm with your cas-
and con hdence. That by SO doing you Will reap an
abundant reward the experience Of thousands OF
such course in these times of tottering banks and
financial strlngency must be apparent to the most
indifferent and careless observer.
Messrs Alex. rockingham Co., are prepared
ties, and 10 every transaction in which they may
be engaged guarantee entire satisfaction to those
who honor them with lfeir patronage.
AJ- Send Tor their Explanatory Circular and
Weekly Reports which they mail free to all who
desire them.-From ". y. Metropolis, AprH 10,
1875. yi3'feod3mf
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TONrlNE PLAN,

or upon the principle of aceumulating profits for
definite periods, which was first introduced by this
Society, and has been recommended and endorsed
by eminent experts in Life Insurance. and by lead.
ing business men. Forty.four per cent. has been
earned and accumulated on the premiums paid on
Tontine Endowment Policies. issued within the last
ave years.
The Directors OF the Equitable Life Assurance
Society represent exclusively the intel ests of the
Policy holders ard in presenting the Society to
tce they feel that il has strong claims upon pu bile
confidence, because OF the strict and conservative
principles by which its various departments ar
governed. In the assets ana in the administration
OF the Society, perfect security given for the fu
ture which is of great importance to those depend.
ing Upon their insurance policies tor the ultimate
support of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such arge an.
nual transactions the Equitable: none is more
promp: and just in It's dealings.
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lcoNrINuEp TOMORROW.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

THE undersigned, Commissioners appointed by
i the Judge of Probate tor kennebec County,
to receive and examine the claims of creditors
against the estate of Joseph Caviii. late OF
Augusta, said County, deceased, represented
insol"ent, give notice that six months from the
Path day of july A. ID. 1876, are allowed for said
creditors to present and prove their claims, and
that they will be in session for the purpose of re-
ceiving said claims and proof, at the office Of s.
l.. TitcOmb, in Augusta, at O'Clock in the fore
noon of each day, on saturday the 18th day OF
Augus, and on Saturday, the Goth day of Deeem.
Der next.
j. S. HOBBS,
aug5- t&w3w LENDALL T1TCOMB.
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The Lives Insured b. the Society are CAREFUL!
selected in different parts of North America snt
Europe furnishing, by this broad leld OF opera
tons an additional and exceptional safety to tn
Policy .bolders. The assurances are made only vi
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums ar,
returned annually TO the Iasured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-14
REASONS FOR KEEPING COOL.

For thirty years and more the party which
claims TO have elected Mr.. Tilden has repre-
sented whatever is dishonest, corrupt, and de-
grading in our politics. We do not speak of
it's general repute, which may be one thing to
one man and a quite different thing to
another. This is not the utterance of preju-
dice or the voice of partisanship. 1t Is the
simple statement of fact which is not mat
ter of opinion, but of record. 1t Is OF record
in nearly every State in the Union that this
party has opposed every effort to hinder or
preyent by legislation fraud in elections. 1t
has. with more consistency upon this subject
than upon any other point of political doctrine
to which it pretended to adhere, always and
everywhere opposed registration laws which
had for their object the maintenance OF an
honest ballot and the purity OF elections. 1t
has made more parliamentary struggles in the
several State Legislatures upon this than any
other question. Nothing in the way of lcgis-
lation so cOnsoIidates the Democratic party in
opposition nothing so ar0uses their hostility /;
nothing sends them so surely to tactics and
filibustering as the attempt to provide reason
able safeguards for an honest registry and
fair election. In minOrities they have invari-
ably pIPSPnIeu IL sOllu lIOuI dSdlHst dll hHOic-
some legislation on the subject, and whenever
and wherever they have been returned to
power, it has been their first business to re-
peal or greatly weaken the restrictions enacted
by their opponents. Even upon the slavery
question their record was not more unvarying
than upon this. There is but one inference
to be drawn from the conduct of party that
so persistently opposes every effort to prevent
cheating in elections and that is that the
party knows its best hold and would always
rather take its chance where there are facili-
ties for fraud than in an honest election. The
logic of the case would be irresistible, even
were the truth not dcmonstrable, as it is from
the record in scores of cases of elections, con-
tested and uncontested in which frauds of tho
most extensive character have been perpetrated.
For more than thirty years this party, now
80 clanorous for investigation, so indignant at
what it considers sharp practice and dishonest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-14

ably not have fed in the precipitate haste ana
confusion which really INSTRUCTED them. Ii
any audience could see openly displayed the
fullest precautions against fire, they would
feel in case of sudden alarm, false or true
confidence which would prevent panic IN place
of the distrust which now precipitates IT,
The means are cheap and simple. AT every
ticket-taker's stand IN every theatcr uere
should be displayed hydrant with nose anu
pipe always attached, and the ticket-taker
should be a specially detailed fireman OIL the
regular force, entitled to wear its uniform. AT
either end of the orchestra in full view OF the
audience, should be another hydrant hose,
pipe, and fireman, ready to fight flames begin
ming on the stage or in the auditorium. And
above the stage, on either side, of course out
of sight, another fireman should stand guard
through every performance. The expense
would be about ten dollars each night-too
insignificant to mention. No matter IL these
appliances and uniformed figures look strange
and inartistic the audience will forgive that
and soon feel gratified and secured by their
presence. Managers could find no better means
of advertising their places just now than by
making these very Improvements. Show that
you are prepared to fight the flames and panics
will seldom follow.