American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-04-15

of State is elected by q handsome ma
jority The gfslature IS strongly Re
publican, land ills believed that An
thony, United States. Senator, will b,
reelected AE3 EI a3E15'.s - g ?
ACCORDING to the Washington CORE
spondent of the Chicago Tribune, tn,
Mexican. Minister affects to, appre heno
no serious difficulty to the Lerdo Gov
ernment. from the movements ] of tho
revolutionary Gen. Diaz- This opinion
however, says the writer, is not shared
by the officials of the State Department.
or by our diplomatic officers in Mexico,
A gentleman who has recently visited
Mexico, and who is in daily communities
ton with leading personages there, says
thatit Is believed that Diazl win over
throw Lerdo, and succeed in electing
himself President Diaz was the un-
successful candidate against Lerdo in
1852. The Catholic priesthood is very
powerful element of Diaz's strength, al
though they do not venture openly to
inderse him. They denounce Lerdo, how
ever, as the Bismarck of Mexico, on &C
count dfshis destruotive policy towards
the Church. The recent capture OF Mat
amoras gives Diaz, it Is understood, entire
control of the large State of Tamauli-
pas, while he already has Talisco and
Txajaga. His plan seems to be to
gather this rowing border class intg his
army. He also has many followers in
the interior and inthe City of Mexico.
The Congfessmaasfr pm. Texas saythat
the effect of such a war in Mexico upon
our frontier TROUBLES weuld be- very un-
certain. The war would employ all
the adventurous spirits along Che Rio
Grande, but It would also make great
er demand for beef, and give additional
stimulus to cattle thieves. Z.
-9 AT meeting of sthe New York and
Brooklyn Association of Congregational
Ministers. held on the 7th, resolutions
were adopted for the appointment of a
COMMITTEES to cooperate wisnrhe- COM
mittee of the late Advisory Council, for
the investigation ofcharges against the
Rey H spyy, Ward BsecAsT. prs; Bud
S.orrs and others. opposed this &C.
ton, on the ground that the
findings of the Advisory Council were
irregular and based on superficial evi-
denee, end that the Investigation now
proposed would be of a Similar charac-
ter and. not defaitez Or satisfactory in
its results. AFTER the passage of the
resolutions, the four gentlemen named
above united In letter to the Dfodera-
Tor, withdrawing from .the-.association
THE 18th of April is the day fixed by
the Senate for Gen. Belknap to appear
and make answer to the Impeachment
articles. HeAasf efdned al Ills counsel
Montgomery Blair,. Jeres S. Black, B.
F. Butler, and Matt. Carpenter 1t is
understood that the defense wiz. make
application for an extension" Of two
weeks beyond the I'm - afa.df i I
- - = L. ga - L ;
TIE examination into the icircuth-
stances of the Babcuck trial by the Con
gressional committee has developed the
following additional evidence: Gen.
Henderson,, OF st. ILouis, special eoun-
sci for the Government, testified that
.Att@hey.Gsperal PierrepouF tptd hin
that he had frequently communicated
to- the President theaevidence IL
his possession against .sBabcock
but = that the President Invariably
knew more about it than he
did, the PresSfek z having derived
his eknewlqige= from GrandsIurymar
Fox. Assistant -District-Attorney Bills.
testified to about the same facts as Col
Dyer, and added that Fox had admitted
to him that he had received an appoint
ment for his son since the Babcock trial
Secretary Chandler testified that he APP
pointed Detective 'BelliaSon; lie 5ugges
zion Of the Presidents, who told him h,
had beenaspy inthe army, and that sub
seaaently the President had. told hin
that Bell was a scoundrel and ought t.
be disnissed, which was accordingl,
done. Mr.. Chandler characterized
Bells statements asto interviews will
him, at which the sBabeock ease swa
mentionsds as pnquahfedly false. Gen
Babcock, Levi p. Luckey, and A. C
Bradley, Babcock's attorney, all denie,
BSlrs egiisdcesAs tofthe conspiracy t.
steal the evidence from the District-At
|tordSF ofhca butsshS lsttsrj sdnitte,
having instructed Bell to find out all h
could about the evideneesand to procur
copies Of certain papers. <e,7.v
In the United States Circuit Court a
St. Louis, on the 9th, Col. Constantin
Mcguire, ex-Collector of Internal Rev
enue, was sentenced to $4,000 fine an,
sixmsnths' imPrisoppent in the Count
Jail, for 'complicity N the Whisky Rim,
frauds. : In The case Of. VIM, Mckee,
motor. for arrest of Judgment, on
purely technical point, was made an
allowed. VIVA o. Avery being, GALE
and not appearing to receive his sen
tence, the Court ordered his bond for
feited, With the .pnderstandings that
he appeared BY the following Thursda
the forfeiture Should be set aside. Z
personal AND POLITICAL
- ssit7 af' s.l51 i--s,s
A FATAL duel took place in Campbe'
County, Va. ,ssn the 3D., between Lieut.
Thaxton P. Robinson and Mr.. Jesse Mitch
ell, both young men Of good families Th
difficulty IL said to have been caused by
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