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The Morning herald., 1877-12-03
Ogallallas, and all but about solodsss went

Ogs1lallas, and all but about solodsss wen
off north.
TH1 oHIN1sR QUESTION. Z
SAN Francisco, CAL, Dec. l, 1S77.-TA'
Chinese six companies have addressed !
communication to Secretary Evarts In reply
to Senator ssrgsnt's recent letter. They
call attention to the fact that, since the
adoption Of the treaty, the United States
have received from China nearly $500, 900
indemnity for outrages on American citi-
zens and proeerty in China that for years
the Chinese have been robbed and murder
ed in California, and not In one case in fifty
have the perpetrators been brought to JUS
tice; that the punishment of the Chico
murderers is attributable to tho influence
and money Of the good citizeps Of San
Francisco, the result beiog an exception to
the rule. They recall the recent anti
Chinese raid in Placer county and the July
riots in this city to disprove Mr.. Sargent's
statement that county otncisls have sought
to punish offenders against the Chinese and
They admit that the courts
are honest, but say the officers surrouuds
ing the Judiciary are pledged to prosecute
hem bsfore they can get Office. They state
hat in IS years immigration has not s1-
,eeded emigration BY 1000 annually, and
eiterste their desire, expressed to Senator
Norton, that the immigration Of Chinese
hould be restricted within certain limits.
The Morning herald., 1877-12-03

TAW. JONES, Fancy Dyers, AZ ~ ~ and
d street, Branch office corner Nio.; Nin; and
Vine Streets, Philadelphia. LadisS iss.crip.
Gentlemen's Garments Of every oTsSth.
ers and Gloyas Dyed or Oleansed.
AQru 1877,
The Morning herald., 1877-12-03
THE WRONG MAN.

Last week strange colored man came ia
the house Of family named Ashton In the
upaer part Elk Neck, near Elkton, and hIs
actions being somewhat mysterious and bis
account of himself rather conflicting, the
suspicious of the neighbors were aroused
so mucn that he was thought to be . fuei.
tive from Delaware justice-the man who
about five weeks ago committed an outrage
upon the person Of young girl by the
name Of Hannah Foracre, about sixteen
years old, in Mil Greek Hundred. The
criminal escaped and the authorities offered
= reward of $500 for bis arrest. A descrjp.
tion of the individual who committed the
rape was telegraphed for to this city, and
upon receipt Of same, determined that the
stranger was the man. Awarrant was pro-
cured from Squire Fosrd, and, on Friday
night last he was arrested.
He was committed to jAil by Squire Foard
to await the action Of the authorities Of
Delaware. On Saturday Constable Dillon
went down to Elkton, and, upon taking q
survey of the prisoner, pronounced him the
man they wanted, and left for the purpose
Of procuring a requisition from Governor
Cochran. On Sunday, man representing
himself as the father of Miss Foracrs, came
to the prison, and pronounced Constable
Dillon mistaken, and said that he was not
the man who committed the rape upon bis
daughter. Squire Foard thereupon released
him.
The Morning herald., 1877-12-03

Mrs. Bronson Alcott, mother of Miss
Louisa Alcott, the authoress, died on Sun
day last.
J. F. H. Claiborne is writing history of
Mississippi in four volumes.
Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, Is to do.
liver lecture on "The Demagogue."
The Spanish Minister in Washington has
rented for $4,000 the Stewart mansion.
which has hitherto been offered At IN annual
rent Of $4,000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
The Washington "Maiasia. 50

Mary CIemmer in Cincinnati Commercial.
Let me whisper in your ear. Com
mercial, there is just as much hum>
bug in this universal cry of "mala-
rian as there Is i'll Civil Service re-
form, and that is as much as there
eau possibly be. Tne Hoo. ID. Dan
ker comes from well-regulated
home among the northern hills to
suffer for his country i'll Congress at
50 or thereabouts a day. The Hon.
ID. BANKER at heme is under tolera
bic severe domestic discipline. Mrs.
Banker has high nose, which
means that she rules and reigns
over MIR. Banker. She sees that
he is safely tucked away III bed
every night by tn O'Clock. She
sees that he has oatmeal smother
and cream for his breakfast. She
takes the Herald of Health, there's
tore does not fry her beetsteaks,
nor eoad her lord to hair~kari with
cakes soaked in lard. On tue
whole, the life of the Hon. d. Dan
ker ut home is that of Il civilized
man kept well in tow by a wife
with IL high nose and "a mind of
her own +" Woe to the Hon. ID.
DAnkei the day he shoots out from
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

that benefcent aprOn-string to TO-
low his own devices in the Capital
of his country. He goes on 10
a committee )" sits up all night /;
smokes three-tourths of the time !;
lives at hotel; eats all sorts of in
digrstible food, ut all kinds of I'M
seasonable hours breathes the bad
air of overheated and Overcrowded
rooms bias next to no exercise !;
perhaps E'takes to drink > his eyes
BECOME bloodshot, his head heavy,
his blood thick, and before the 4th
of March his gorged and torpid
liver stops, and positively refuses
to be moved. Then comes the inev-
liable item i'll the Star: ave regret
to state that the Hon. ID. BANKER is
Frustrated and confined to his room
by q severe attack of ''malaria.'
In the opinion of your scribe there
is a good dea. more of the Hon. d.
banker in Washington than there
is of "malaria."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

1 would announce to the public
that my recent cash purchase.
North, will enable me to offer at
extraordinary low prices. Boys,
youths and mems clothing. boots,
shoes and hats. AS these are not
regular bought goods, and cannot
be replaced, it would he we'll to call
early to secure a good selections
My holiday and general stock has
been selected with great care. l
can offer rare inducements for
Christmas trees and holiday pres
ents, fruits, candies, choice cheese
and crackers, sugar, coffee, flour aud
Tobacco constantly on hand.
oct. At. FL. GWlNNER.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
MISSISSIPPI ITEMS,

Jackson Times The sixty second
session of the Mississippi Confer>
ence of the NJ. E. Church South,
will convene in jackson, Wednes-
day, December 9Th. About one
hundred and fifty deleg ties are ex>
pected to be i'll attendance.
Columbus Independent, Nov. L. !:
Tuesday morning white tramp,
named Thomas Boyd, was tried be>
fore the Mayor, charged with alb
Quoting a little child four years Old,
named Lima Lipscomb. He was
followed by the mother of the child,
and some other parties, and found
with the child i'll his lap about d
mile and half from town. No
satisfactory account would lac give
of his strange conduct. Two white
boys came to the mothers relief,
and insisted upon the tramp coming
back to town to pc Investigated.
The boys deserve credit their
names are Charley Curry and Bur-
ky Cole. ThOs. Boyd was bound
over to the Circuit Court in bond
of 500. He went to jail.
Kosciusko Star: We have it
from the attorneys in the case that
the Supreme Court has affirmed the
sentence of death passed upon Per-
ry Harris, Willis league and Hel>
len McLean, three OF tRe negroes con-
victed of the murder Of Wiley Mil
Ter, but gradted new trial to Jane
Anderson, convicted of the same
crime. The day the Aforesaid three
are to he executed on Friday De~
cember next.
Vicksburg Herald, Nov. 20 A
white infant of unknown parentage,
so far as we can ascertain, supposed
to DE four or five months Old, was
left at Mrs. Gaines's, out on Fort
Hill, last Saturday night. The IL
tie waif is being taken we'll care of
The town is 0Ver-ran with pick
pockets. thieves, confidence men
and gamblers, who haze stopped
over here from the State Fair at
jackson. City Marshal GrOOme is
doing all he can to clean them our
but it is difficult job. and every
good citizen should cooperate with
the police in making Vicksburg too
hot for them.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
Sitting Bulls Story of the Custer
Massacre.

NEW DIRK, Nov. Id.
Sitting Bull has been talking
with a correspondent and telling
the story of the Custer massacre.
He said the fight was "hell thou
sand devils. The squaws were like
flying birds, the bullets like hum.
ming bees. We thought we weIt
whipped, not at first, but by~and
by. afterwards. No; your people
were killed. 1 tell no lies about
dead men. Those men who came
with the Long Hair were as good
men as ever fought. When they
rode up their horses were tired and
they were tired. When they got
off their horses they could not stand
firmly on their feet. They swayed
TO and fro, SO my young Hen have
told me, like the limbs of expresses
in great wind. Some Of them
staggered under tue weight of their
guns, but they began to fight at
once, but by this time our camps
were aroused and there were plenty
of warriors to meet tAem. They
fred with needle guns and we re-
.
peating rifles
Sitting Bull illustrated by puts
ting his palms together with the
rapidity of fusIlade. Our young
men rained lead across the river aud
dove the white braves back, and
then they rushed across themielves,
and then they found that they had
good deal to do. The trouble
Was with the soldiers. They were
so exhausted and their horses both
cred them so much they could not
take good aim. Some of their
horses broke away from them and
left them to stand and drop and
die. All the men fell back fighting
and dropping. They could not fire
fast enough, though they kept in
pretty good order. The would fall
back across the outlines aud make
fresh stand beyond on higher
ground. There were a great many
brave men in that fight, and from
time to time, while it was going on,
they were shot down like pigs.
They could not help themselves.
One by one the officers fell. Where
the last fight took place, where the
the last stand was made, the +'Long
Hair" stood like a sheaf of corn
with all the ears fallen araund him.
Not wounded2 No, How many
stood by him A few. When did
he fall !? He Killed man. When
he fell he laughed You mean he
cried out No; he laughed. He
had fired his last shot. From a
carbine? No; pistol Did he
stand up after he first fell ? He
rose up on his hands, and tried
another shot, but his pistol would
not go off. Was any one else stand
ing up when he fell down ? One man
| was kneehng, that was all, but he
died before the 'tLong HaiI." Sit
ting Bull says there were only old
men, Squaws and little children in
front of Reno, keeping ham in his
strong position, on the bluff, and
preventing him giving aid TO Gus
| fer
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

The city and fortress Of Kars, the
hitherto impregnable stronghold oil
the Turks, was taken by the RUS
slams on last Sunday morning. The
engagement commenced at O'Clock
Saturday evening aud lasted twelve
hours Tue carnage was terrible.
The Turks lost 1900 killed and
wounded, aud 10000 prisoners. The
Russian loss in killed aud wounded
was about 2,7OO. This may be Con-
Sinered 4 decisive step towards the
end of the war and the ultIMate
triumph of the Russians. 1t is be-
aieved Turkey is now ready to make
peace on satisfactory terms.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
A Hard Crowd at 4he State Fair.

The weather is delightful and the
State Fair promises to prove a great
success.-JdcksOn Times.
But we hear it wasn't much of a
success. The gamblers and the
horse racers came Eumer0usly to
time, exhibitors not much, and the
bone and sInew of the land were hot
the sinners to Waste-preciouS time
out OF their fields, and last years
bill for supplies not settled. We
give praise 10 the bone and sinew
for resisting the altUfements OF Il
State Fair, STAYING at safe dis
tanca form the temptations OF pro
fessionaI gamblers, and CUT OF
harms way of thieves aud picks
pockets.-.H -rtdiaN Mercury.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

A meeting of the veterans of the
Mexican War was held in KosciuskO
last week, and was attended by all
the veterans living i'll that section
"A permanent organization was eff
tected, and the 22d day OF Decem~
Der, 1877, was selected for the first
annual meeting, to be held in the
town of Kosciusko, and to which all
surviving soldiers of the Mexican
War are invited.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

The editor of the Vicksbnrg Com
merci i is terribly distressed over
the ignorance of the average news
paper man, and displays not a lit
tie cheek and egOtisM i'll treating
that topic. He proposes to stake
"A few hours some remarkably fine
morning aud arrange little manual
TT be be called writing made easy
the first lesson of which shall he
devoted to teaching editorial idiots
how to spell" Take care, Sullivan,
lest some one send you handsomely
bound volume of "PuSs in Boots"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

Some three weeks since the U. S.
Marshal for the Southern District
of Mississippi ordered the seizure of
a large quantity of timber and tul-
pentine, supposed to have been cut
from aud manufactured OIL Governs
trent land. On the 18th inst, the
case was investigated in the o. s.
Circuit Court, when Judge Hill
ordered all the property released.
A Washington special to the New
Orleans Times announces that ''the
Government is determined to recov-
er possession of the property re-
leased by Judge Hill. and if neces-
sary, will apply to tue Supreme
Court OF the United States.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

Our usually correct contemporary
of the Vicksburg CONNER, ldt makes
notable mistake i'll saying that
Mr.. Sims s'will continue to be Pres
ident of the Senate. which is about
the same thing as Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor." Mr.. Sims resigned his po>
sition as a member of the State
Senate to run for the Office of Lieut~
enant- Governor, and the latter office
having been abolished by eonstitu~
tIonal amendment, he becomes a prl>
vate citizen without office. The
Senate will elect presiding officer
when convened.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

Our saddle colored U. s. SeuatOr,
Hon B. K. Bruce, has presented a
petition to Congress in behalf of
some colored people of this State
who ask one million dollars TO aid
them III emigrating to Liberia. The
Vicksburg H-ra'd hopes the amount
will be appropI lated, and proposes
to build d monu ment in Bruce's
honor as soon as the tide of emmi
grafton begins in good earnest
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

Walter Riley, negro, was recent
81 fnnnd guilty Ia the Kemper coun>
ay Circuit Court of the murder of
John ". Gully, of that county, of
whose murder Judge CHISHOLM and
John Gilmore were charged when
assassinated in the Jail at De Kalb,
last April. Riley was sentenced to
be hing on Friday the 10th inst,
and was being conveyed to the
gallows wheR . messenger appeared
with a respite from the Governor,
giving Riley month longer to live.
Riley has confessed the murder of
GnIiy, bat deaies that he had any
.accomplices. IC is believed that he
will make q further confession which
will involve others in his crim".
Since the above was put in type
we have received the Jackson Times
containing the following special
telegram
MERIDIAN, Miss. NOV. 21.-Sherif
Henderson has just shown me- Il tel
.sorata from the Sheriff of kemper
eeepty, which reads that " alter
sliex. who was sentenced to be hung
aud resfited for thirty days, made
jlis eSeane last evening. lis gnard:
j. s. McRae. disappeared at the
same time. w u. MAssiE.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

The bill recently introduced by
Mr.. Money, of Mississippi, to pay
up all ante-b ellum claims for carry
the mails in the South, has been
favorably reported by the commit
tee to whom it was referred.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

The Adraace is the name of a very
readable paper. published at Mont
gomery, Ala. 1t is Democratic i'll
politics, although its editor, james
A. Scott, is a negro. Scott should
be encouraged.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

Dob IngersnIl, the bully boy with
a-glass eye, has declined to accept
the position of Minister TO Berlin,
rendered him by Mr.. Hayes.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

The Mississippi State Grange will
hold its next annual meeting at
Holly Springs, commencing on Tues
day, December 18th.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

Summit, Miss, had a $4,000 fire,
last Tuesday night. The work OF
an incendiary.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

With it's issue of last Wednesday,
III Jackson Clarion closed its for
tIeth volume.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24

Harry Robinson's GIins're1s
bvsss.1 ~ 49, 49, . papers :
zye could readily believe it. after
4elIssii 9 LLeir local columns.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR RENT FOR THE YEAR 1873.

One store house, East side Court
Square, now occupied by j. 1. Sill
man. Possession given January LIST,
1878. Apply to
G. C. SHAcKLEFoRD,o or
Milf j. WILSON.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-29

The reference to the Committee on Elec.
tons of the case of representative Bel
ford, of Colorado, is a very small partisan
trick. Mr. Bedford was duly elected in
October, 1876, to serve during the uneX-
pired part of the forty-fourth and the fu
term of the forty-filth congress. He holds
the Governors certificate, and has in every
respect a perfectly valid claim to the seat.
The contesting claim rests upon the re-
suit of a mock election in November, at
which some 2 1000 votes were cast for the
democratic opponent of Bedford. and
which is now claimed TO have been the
only regular election, since no State law
has been enacted providing for the choice
in October of Representative in Con-
gress. The party which attempts to steal
a seat under cover of a bubble like this is
quite worthy of the candidate who en-
gineered the Oregon attempt at sneak
thieving, aud stood ready to purchase "A
member OF the Electoral College.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-29
General News.

Hog cholera has caused loss of $4,000 in
Fayette. county, Ind this season.
The distance travelled by Gen. Howard and his
forces in pursuit of Joseph was l,750 miles, dis.
lance as great as from Arkansas to Maine.
Secretary Sherman, Ex-Secgetary McCulloch
and others will give their views in regard to the
resumption of specie payments ia the November
December number Of the North American Re
view.
In consequence of the difficulty of procuring a
first class steamer, the Woodruff Scientific Expo
dition has been postponed until next year John
Roach is to build iron ship expressly for the
purpose
Two professors Of Dartmouth College, while at
work in the college chapel on Saturday night last.
were locked in by some mischievous students, and
were unable TO obtain their release until late sun
day morning.
Three daughters of Kentuckian determin med
to be married the other day. and their father re
fusing to approve their resolve, they all eloped
with the men Of their choice the same night. On
~ in Kentucky do they do such things in this
wholesale way. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-29

The Harvard College Observatory has
issued circular by which it proposes to
disseminate standard time In other New
England cities beside Boston, whose time
1t now regulates. The only practical CO.
operation required is simply the payment
OF the additional cost in supplying signals
TO other cities, which may be done by
striking the iron bells in cities having tel
egraphic connections between its fire de-
partments or by time gun or time ball
for the benefit Of shipping and the public
generally. There is no doubt but that
standard time can be obtained with more
exactness by means of a well equipped
transit instrument with all the accessories
for determining the slightest instrument
a Inaccuracies than by the observations
aud instruments of private individuals
The value Of mean standard time for q
proper area is very considerable, and the
connection Is one that can be available to
jewellers and time keepers as well as for
. general signal to the public. The terms
which simply include the repayment o.
cost to tie observatory, make the propo
sition worth considering by municipa
authorities. ioe .'A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-29

marvellous escape from death by lightning was
that of Mr.. Vest OF Suisun Valley. Cal, the other
day. when bolt struck the buggy in which he
was riding, tore the top completely of, twisted up
the iron work OF the vehicle, killed both his
horses. and tore off two panels from the fence in
front of them. Mr.. Vest himself was stunned for
the moment, but entirely unitiured.
number of tramps were ordered out OF
chestnut tree by Louis Schaler, farmer OF Sauls-
bury, Pa. few DAYS ago They drove him to his
house with pistols, shouting ''loa We got to die,
and began firing. Schaler fred out Of a window
and killed the ringleader Of the gang. They
picked up their fallen comrAdc and retreaied 10
the woods, and nothing has been seen OF heard OF
them since.
There is a great rivalry between the two lines
Of steamers which carry the mails from Australia
aud the East ladies to England, one being the
British going by the Suez Canal, and the other
the American Pacific Mail, via California and the
Overland route. The American line recently beat
its CON pelior, and IS attempting the same feat on
the present trip. When the Asa,ic steamer
reached san Francisco on its last trip, the over
land train bad already been gone three hours. but
the company hired special train, pursued aud
overlook the Overland and transferred the mails.
The train was lso hurried up in order 10 ship the
mails on the Abyssnia for England. and the Bit
ish1s W doubtless aga be beaten.