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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

One of the brightest signs of the
times, and which proves that the ten
denotes of things to-day are, in the main,
healthy, is that the people are growing
to lovesfacts. The reign of gilt and sham
is over. For years they have ruled. the
nation. Sham architecture, sham
piety, sham patriotism, sham socialism
were everywhere. The whole financial
structure of the country, for decade,
has been based on a sham. False valu-
atoms have been put on property.
Houses have been valued at fifty thou
sand dollars when their real value was
twenty thousand. Building lots have
been priced at two dollars a foot when
fifty cents foot was all that they were
actually worth. Fortunes have been
made on paper; regulations have been
bolstered up by pretension. Public men
have taken the applause of their
clacquers as if it furnished solid foun-
dation for fame. Speculative valua-
tons, fictitious estimates and self
puffery have given tone to Ameri-
can society. The dog has had his
day; but his day, thank heaven, is
at last over The old New England
realism of judgment and opinion is
once more taking possession of its throne
and the people are returning to their
old-fashioned loyalty. The wealth of
reputedly rich men is being investigat-
ed. The gay bubbles are being prick
ed Corporations are discovering that
their securities and management are be-
ing questioned. Politicians find that
their constituents demand something
beside buncombe. Churches are learn
ing that magnificent architecture and
Il big debt do not represent spiritual
force.
We believe it is due to the popular
disgust at the old order of things, that
in this still dull year for business the
people have wiped out an aggregate of
a million and half of dollars in church
debts 1t is, despite some objectiona-
BILE features in the method, the first and
best sign of a revival of courage. Ii we
are t. take a new start, on the basis of
reality, it is eminently right and becom-
ing that our Christian churches should
set the example. We have had balloon
ing enough. Let the movement for
ward be made with feet planted on the
solid earth-GoIden RuIe.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

A CHICAGO dame, who wanted pam
nier, asked for some of them bay-win-
dow frocks.' ut
FARMERs have learned that it takes
the best of soil to raise a mortgage
OIL city Derrick.
Do not love your ncighbor as yourself
Her husband might not ike it.-Bafd-
10 Express.
AND yet O'Leary, who won the great
international walk, has two Cork legs
Graphic.
IT liz a CRATE risk to emmy man to be
trusted on hiz honesty; the best way
to keep mankind honest IL to make them
soe-Josh Billings.
THE mule will have to look to his
laurels A New York man was kicked
to death by a woman last week.
PITY the sorrows of poor old man.
Whose trembling limbs would fly the poor
house door; +'tf -
Who failed for ninety thousand; retail plan;
Assets one hundred and twenty, fifty four
The directories Of Chicago and st.
Louis are doubly deceptive. Many of
1uC SIdNCo WhiSh hdNO AuthiohOA AAtsAA@~o
were long ago emptied by the medical
students. x 0uyter-J0uruGl.
The editors and reporters of the Oil
City Derrick killed man the other day
because he spat on the floor. In heavens
hame, Robert, where do the people OF
Oil City expect man -to-spit? On the
ceilingp-Havheye. fa.ssr
A FLORIDA negro mistook mule for
a ghost and poked it with stick: The
verdict recited that he came to his death
by using too short a stick in probing the
for evidence of future ex-
istence. Worcester Press. sf5lie
THE Spring is cubi The Spring is cuhi
1t charbs the wakig sedses;
Ad Subber sedds through all our frabe
It's gedial idfiuedces-
Fluedzas--ah Observation-Disclosures
The below sud is pleasig;
But this dabp weather bakes be bad
This deyer- eddig sdeezigl s55f+.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Sargent
submitted an amendment to the House bill to
place the name of James Shields on the retir-
ed list of the army with the rank of Brigadier-
General, as to strike out all after the en-
acting clause and insert in lieu thereof pro-
vision authorizing the President to place on
the retired list of the army large number
of officers with the full rank held by them
when mustered out OF the service. Re
ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr.. Maxey called up the Senate bill appro-
printing $4,000 for the purpose of continu-
ing improvements in Galveston Harbor,
Texas. PASSED. The bill for the repeal of
the Bankrupt law was further considered and
finally passed-yeas 81, nays 6. The Senate
bill to authorize the construction of "A
narrow gauge railroad from bismarck
to the Black Hills passed.
In the House, Mr.. kimmel1 of Maryland,
introduced n bill Ito provide II mode tor
trying and determining by the Supreme
Court of the United states the title of Pre.i-
dent and Vice President of the United States
to their respective Offices, where their cleo
ton to such Office IL denied by one or more
OF the States of the Union" The bill
WAS referred to the Committee on Judiciurt.
Mr.. Swami also introduced the joint resotu-
ton of the Maryland Legislature reopcninp
the Presidential election. lengthy dis
cussion ensued ns to the disposition to be
made of the resolution, Mr.. Garfield object
ing to its reception The Speaker ruled that,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A tornado struck Cottonwood Sta
ton, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad, at about O'Clock on the afternoon
of Saturday, April IL. The Cottonwood
Hotel and several buildings were blown
down. Mrs. Miller was killed, and her
husband and four children were dangerous
ly hurt. Two children Of Mrs. Osborn, liv-
ing on the prairie, were killed, and num-
Der of other people living in the pathway of
the tornado were seriously injured. The
storm also struck Emporia, and did consid-
cradle damage in that locality.
A grand soldiers reunion, under the
auspices of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, is to be held at Leavenworth, Kansas, on
the 18th and 18Th of May.
On the 18th notice was given of an
other reduction of wages in all the Lowell
(Mass.) mills of from o to Id per cent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Mr.. JAMES G. WRIGHT of WiscOn-
sin, has been appointed First Assistant
Doorkeeper Of the House of Representatives,
vice Donovan, resigned. Wright is an ex-
Union soldier.
THE Senate by vote of II to 81, re-
jected the nomination of Justin Z. Colburn
rs Consul to Mexico. Colburn is the New
York IImes's Washington correspondent,
and the reason Of his rejection is said to be
that he has not treated certain Senators at
all times with as much consideration as they
considered to be their due.
Mr.. AMAsA LORD, for sc years an
agent of the American Bible Society, and
well known for his efforts in favor Of Tenn
perance, Peace, and anti-Tobacco Reform,
died at Elgin, ILL.,, on the 18th, aged 50.
JUDGE JERE. S. BLACK has sued ex-
Secretary Of War Belknap for s. 900 for pro-
fessional services in connection withthe i'm
parchment case.
Hon. GEORGE BIGELow, ex-Chief-
Justice Of the State of Massachusetts,, is
dead, aged So.
PRINCE LUCIEN NAPOLEON MURAT,
son of the celebrated soldier and King
of Naples, Joachim Murat, and an own
nephew Of the great Napoleon, is dead. He
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subsequently held several high ofticial no.
sitions.
CAPT. j. w. CAKES, of Charleston,
West Va. a prominent steamboatman. com
mitted suicide on the 18th bv throwing him.
self under a freight train.
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

AT d recent meeting of the ST. Louis
Academy of Sciences, Mr.. J. A. Dacus
presented drawings of the ruins of
vast palace at Xayi, Chiapas, Mexico.
Some discoveries have just been made
in the subterranean portions of this ruin.
1t is supposed that a library has been
found, perhaps of sacred writings,
which are contained upon very large
number If tablets, each six or eight
inches in surface and half an incn
thick. The material is spoken of as
terra Gotta. The inscriptions appear to
be in language possessed of an alpha
bet, but they have not yet been transiat-
ed.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

COMPLAINT was made to the Post
office Department last January that let
tiers received from Persia had been per-
forated with some sharp instrument.
Inquiry was at once made of the Persian
postal authorities as to the cause, To
which reply has just been received,
t. the effect that the perforations COM
planned of were made during the fumi
CATION of the Russian frontier, to which
all letters from Persia were subjected,
owing to the existence of the plague in
that country and the establishment of
quarantine regulations.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

THE nomination of Gen John Mcneil,
of St. Louis, to be Indian Inspector, was
confirmed by the Senate after some
what acrimonious debate, by vote of
81 to 26. The Democrats generally OPP
posed him, on the ground of his alleged
inhumanity during the war, in hanging
ten guerillas at Palmyra, Mo-, in retail
iation, as was claimed, for the killing of
'some of his own men. Senator Arm
strong was the only Democratic SENATOR
who voted for his confirmation Several
Republican Senator's opposed him, as is
understood, for the reason of their dis
like to certain Cabinet officer who was
strongly pressing Gen. Mcneil for the
position.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

tive troops, and the movement was cOnsid-
tred one Of the most or1iinolrs yet taken by
the Government
. 1t was reported that England and
Russia had agreed to a simultaneous with
drawal of fleet and army from the immedi-
ate neighborhood of Constantinopfe, but
owing to some disagreement in regard to
details, up to the 22d affairs remained in
statu quo.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

A SIGNIFICANT publication appears in
the New York World, being an appar-
emily authoritative report of several re-
cent interviews with Senator Conkling
regarding the Presidents policy. The
Senator openly expressed the opinion
that the Presidents course is
the result of secret bargain
made between him and Governor
Nichols, growing out of the Presiden-
tial complication, and thinks the facts
viii all come out sooner or later, when,
he says '.tbe whole country will be ap-
palled by the dishonor of the Admins
tration-" The report makes six col
umns in the World, and is as severe in
its censure of the President rs it well
could be.
Senator Conkling, while not deny
ing that the alleged '.interview" with
him published by the New York World
fairly gives the substance of much that
he may have said at various times, SAYS
that he has not had an interview with
any newspaper correspondent in sew
eral months, and that the person who
furnished it to the press abused his hos
pitality by working up into sensa-
fionai newspaper article fragments of
Conversation held in the |
privacy of the home circle. He further |
claims that in some cases a very differ |
emit meaning is conveyed by the Ian
guage as quoted from the sense in which |
it was uttered. t
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

- A adEEfnse Of the Republican Con
gressional Committee was held on the
18th, nearly all of the members being
present Representative Hale was
chosen temporary Chairman, and Rep
resentative Phillips Secretary. 1t was
resolved that vacancies from States not
represented in Congress by any Repub-
}iesns benet filled-et present. Those
afate .ares Kentucky, Maryland, Della
ware, Texas and Georgia. An executive
committee was appointed, consisting of
Representative Hale, Senator Allison,
REPRESENTATIVES, Joyce, Hiseock, Page,
Foster, Campbell, Hubbell, Senator Dor
sey and Senator Bruce.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

THE first installment of emigrants
sent to Liberia by the Liberian Exodus
Association sailed from Charleston on
the 21st in the bark Azor. The colony
consisted of about 25O persons, compris-
ing both old and young. There were
only four white men on board, three of
them being the ships officers, and the
other q newspaper correspondent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27


DESPITE the temporary hull in Europe,
peace is not. yet assured. 1t appears
that Bismarck considers a Congress
possible, provided England and Austria
consent to the retrocession of Bessara-
bia and the extension of Russia in Asia
as far as Erzeroum- 1t is difficult, says
the New York Sun, to see how England
can accept such a compromise after
the ASSERTION laid down in Lord
Salisbury's famous note. In that note
she objected to the whole of the treaty
of San Stefano, and would take nothing
short of the unconditional submission of
the entire document to the Powers hshe
now agrees to leave the provisions rela-
tive to Armenia and Bessarabia untouch-
ed, on condition that Bulgarian autonomy
be modified, she will in fact be consent
ing to the very demands that she has so
strenucusly resisted. Nothing in the
attitude of the Beaconsfeld Govern
ment justifies the opininn that it will
swallow its own words.
Plans and surveys for the Sonora
Railroad have been approved by the
Mexican Government. The route taps
the fertile and well watered valleys of
San Mascial, San Miguel, Magdalena,
and of the Sonora River. The latter
valley alone supports 50 Touring mills,
and ships 1000 tons of flour annually
to Guaymas for southern ports of Mex
leo.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

FifA-Speedy completion OF all public
works, such as river and harbor improve
ments, public buildings, Notifications, ETC.,
now that labor and material are cheap and
workingmen need employment, and lfb-
eral policy for the improvement OF the great
national channels of commerce like the Mis-
sissippi River and its tributaries.
The members of the Cabinet all sig
nified their assent to these propositions,
and, after some informal discussion, a
sixth paragraph was added, declaring g
against the payment of claims to disloy-
al citizens for damages and losses
growing out of the Rebellion, and the
payment of pensions to persons who
were disloyal during the War. With
this addition the platform was pro-
nounced to be fair presentation of the
views of the Administration. The Chi
cago 7ri5une's Washington correspond
ent, presumably well informed, is re-
sponsible for the foregoing statement
THE Department of State has receiv-
ed information from Minister Foster
that he has officially recognized the
Diaz Government, according to the dis
cretionary powers given him previous to
his departure from Washington A
private letter says the recognition was
received with general delight by the citi-
zens of Mexico.
A GREAT strike of cotton operatives |
has begun in England, owing to re-
duction of wages. At Blackburn, OAR
win, Burnley, Lower House, Paddiham,
Church, Oswaldwhistle,
Great HARDWOOD and Baron
den the strike is general, 1t is esti-
mated that the strike involves the stop
page of 100000 looms and 100000 |
'pindles, and makes idle no less than
1000 workpeople.
THE first installment of emigrants |
sent to Liberia by the Liberian Exodus
Association sailed from Charleston on |
he 21st in the bark Azor. The colony |
consisted of about 25O persons, compris-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

PRESIDENT HAYES has formulated a
platform, upon which, in his judgment,
the Republican party can be reunited
and again secure the control of Con-
gress. This platform, which was in
formally laid before the members of the
'Cabinet at recent meeting, is briefly
as follows:
Ffrst-Resumption Of specie payments in
gold and silver.
Second Resistance to all schemes for in
fsiing paper currency.
Ihfrd-A fair and moderate tariff that will
afford reasonable protection to American
Industries.
Fourth-An amendment 20 the Constitu-
ton prohibiting the use Of money raised by
public taxation for the support OF sectarian
schools.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

The Turkish Cabinet has been entire
ly reorganized, but the changes made,
"a claimed at Constantinople, have no
political Significance. Vefyk Effendi is
succeeded by Sadyk Pasha as President
of the Council and Minister of the Inte-
rior, and the following are the other
new appointees: Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Safvet Pasha; Minister of War,
Izzet Pasha; Minister of Marine, Ibra-
him Pasha; Minister of Finance, Kiani
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

Col. w. l.. SALISBURY, of Columbus,
Ga, banker, Mayor pro tenn, and owner of
the Enquirer Sun, fatally shot in the
back while entering train at Scale, Ala,
on the 10th, by DIR. X. NJ. Palmer. The lat
ter had sued Salisbury for S250,OOO damages
to character by alleged Iibelous publications,
and the jury awarded him 1 cent. Salisbury
died and Palmer fled
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27

THE following is the text of the bill
for the repeal of the Bankrupt act as it
passed the Senate:
BE IL enacted, ETC., That the bankrupt
law approved March 2, 1867, and all acts
amendatory or supplementary thereto, or
In explanation thereof, be and the same are
hereby repealed; provided, however,
that such repeal shall in no
manner invalidate or affect any case
In bankruptcy instituted and pending in any
Court prior TO the day when this act shall
take effect, but as to all such pending cases,
and all future proceedings therein, acts
hereby repealed shall continue in full force
and elect until the same shall be fully dis
posed Of, in the same manner as il said acts
had not been repealed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-03
DEATHS.

Died, this Thursday morning. October 3, 1878,
at haf-past o'clock, MAGGIE Z youngest daugli,
ter Of William A. and Mary NJ. Edwarus, aSeo
one year and four months.
Her funeral will take place from her fatncrS resi-
dence, corner Second and Broad streets, THIS AZ
TERHOON at 8 O'Clock. Friends OF the family III
Lynchburg, Baltimore, and New York papers
please copy.
Died. at the residence of her son, Colonel Thomas
BETH ". NEWMAN, In her seventy ninth year
Her funeral will take Mace TO-DAY at II o'clock
SI. ut GraceS1reet Baptist church. The friends OF
the family are invited TO attend.
Died, In Lynchburg, on the LIST day of October,
1878. SOPHY, wife of Thomas +. Nelson, and
Manlkln Lodge, King William county, Va, III her
thirty-first year. 49,. .
The funeral services will take place at st. Paui's
church THIS tThursdayl MORNING at IL O'Clock.
Died, Tuesday evening ut G:3o O'Clock, of con-
sumption, after an illness of eleven months, ES-
TELLE e., youngest child OF William ana MARY Il.
Whitlock.
She viii be buried from her parents RESIDENCE,
sol buchanan sir: ct. THIS (ThursdLyl MORN
ING at l | O'Clock. Friends OF the family are In
Cincinnati tuhio) and Petersburg papers please
CODY.
Died, on Wednesday the 2d instant. after brief
but painful illness. CHRISTIAN BURGING, ma
tive OF Hamburg. Bavaria, Europe, but Tor many
years resident Of this city, In the hfy-seconu year
OF his age. .
A fond and devoted husband. n most kind and at
fectionate flther, whose every impulse induced
him to relieve The suferngS Of his fellow men, has
passed away. Peace to his remains.
His funeral will take place from ST. johns Ter,
man Lutheran church TO-DAY Thursday the Sd
Instantly at 3 O'Clock P. M. FriendS and acquatnt-
of the family are requested 10 attend without
further notice
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-03

a. l
s. III IA well to. he d Green backer, but how
much better how much more patriotic --to
be q Democratic GreeBbacker. Ills alto.
gether out or the question that the mass oil.
the people can be deceived by the lnde..
pendent Greenback movement. IL based
ON the folly OF desperate greed for ONCE;
It can accomplish nothing save disaster ana
Generalization. &c is as hurtfnl to the
Greenbnck case as its success wculd be TO
tue Democracy. tt lis without excuse, ana
before the 5th OF November Will DC Wltnout
following. All that the wild and .untamed
Greenbackers propose to accomplish VIII De
accomplished by the Democracy. provided
the people are not betrayed into the utter
folly OF pursuing the thin and unsubstantlal
phantom which few greedy office-seekers
have manufactured from their own Yapors.
They can accomplish nothing without the
aid of the Democracy, and this they know;
but If they get Office even ut the risk OF
weakening the cause they profess to CHAM
pion, they will feel more than repaid Tor
their unpatriotic course. The question Is,
Will the people allow themselves to be de-
ceiyed by such men and for such pur-
pose ?-Atlanta Constitution.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-03
How the Eternal Law OF Finance AS
serfs Itself.

The Russian rouble is only worth 46 per
cent. OF it's face-value. 1t is nominally
worth seventy-seyen cents OF our money,
but the imitation which has been going on
has steadily deprecated its value, until now
It represents only about thlrty-two cents.
This is singular condition OF affairs, II
there is any sense in the arguments OF the
Fiatists. Russia is great country has an
immense area, vast amount OF land, and
forest, and mines. and nearly twice the
population OF the United States. 1t has
more "muscle and sinews OF honest labor"
more s'real estate" more OF all the sort OF
truck that the Fiatists would base their
currency upon, than this country has. Still,
for all this. the value OF the rouble steadily
dininisheS.
Nor is this all. The Gar Of the Russias
is an autccrat OF the first water. He has
more power to bis elbow than any other
ruler in the world. He has unlimited con-
troll of the lives and fortunes OF his sub
iects. IL there is any one who should be
able to say unto the note which bears bis
imperial seal, "Be thou worth one hun
dred cents on the dollar, and full lega
tender for all purposes" it is The Ro'
manotf who reisns upon the banks OF tho
Neya. But though he is despot with
unlimited powers, and also the recog
nized representative OF God upon earth
he cannot add one copeck's worth tt
that rouble's valuation. Though he can
in freak OF passion, order whole village
OF people to be put to death, or sent into
exiIe-though he can order millions OF mer
into battle and light the fires of war bali
round the world-he cannot make the
meanest 'serfs Of his empire accept those
paper-ronbles-sanc by HIM and
stamped with his imperial arms-for the
valuation written upon their face. Such
is the impotence OF fatism even where
all human power is concentrated in ono
person for its support. = Wheeling lnteli.
gencer.
[These facts fully answer the Wigs
leading editorial OF yesterday