American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-20

9th, upon a requisition from Governo
! Hampton, upon a charge of forgery.
SENATOR CAMERON and Miss Sher
man will be married in Cleveland on May 9
JOHN w. AMEs, recently appointed
United States Surveyor General for Cali
fornia, is dead.
The President has nominated justin
Z. Colburn, of Vermont, United States Con
sui General at the City of Mexico. Mr.. Col
burn has been the chief Washington CORE
spondent of the New York Times for mum
Der OF years.
! THE House Elections Committee have
/ agreed by unanimous vote to dismiss the
/ South Carolina contested election case o.
O'Connor, Democrat, against Cain, Repub.
| lican, the sitting member.
THE wife of ex-Congressman Vance,
of Cincinnati, has received dispatch from
San Francisco, stating that her husband
who mysteriously disappeared 4 few weeks
since, is in that city and insane.
HIRAM WEEKS, of st .Johnsbury, VT,
former director of the Merchants National
Bank of that town, is reported absconded
with 81, 900 trust and borrowed funds.
REV. w. j. SHANNON, pastor of the
Congregational Church at Emporia Kansas,
was accidentally shot and killed on the 9th,
by one of the militiamen who were called
out by the Governor to suppress the rail-
road strikers.
THE Kentucky House of Representa-
tives has voted $4,000 to build u monument
to John c. Breckenridge.
GEN. THOMAS G. DEvIN, u. S. A,
commandant at Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Territory, died at his home in New York
City few days ago, aged -.
THE Oregon Greenbackers have full
State ticket in the field, headed by NJ. Will
kins for Governor, and have nominated
Prof. J. F. Campbell for Congress.
A NEW YORK paper having made the
statement that Mr.. Hewitt is preparing Il
bill to reopen the Presidential controversy,
that gentleman states that he is doing moth
ing of the kind, as he considers the Presi-
dental question settled beyond contest.
A FAREWELL dinner was given to
Bayard Taylor by whitelaw Reid, of the
Tribune, at the Union League Club, New
York, on the evening of the 10th, at which a
select party Of guests were present. Mr..
Taylor sailed for Berlin on the following
day.
Col. POLK, ex-Doorkeeper of the
ington Post, in which he claims that his
troubles mainly grew out Of the importuni-
ties and impositions of members of the
House, who, when entitled to name men to
be put on the soldiers roll, insisted upon
certain friends receiving the position who
had never been in the army. He charges
Carter Harrison, among others, with foisting
a civilian on him, who was kept month,
and, being useless, was discharged.
THE Oregon Democratic State Con-
vention nominated W. w. Thayer for Gov
ernor and John W. Whitaker for Congress.
II. K. McIntire, President of the First
National Bank Of Lake City, and Vice
President of the First National Bank OF
Colorado Springs, Col, has absconded with
1000.
GEN. PHIL. SHERIDAN is defendant in
suit in the United States Circuit Court,
wherein James A. Whalen claims about
100000 damages for the seizure of his prop
erty at the time of the war, the property
seized being the stock and products OF Kill
Iona plantation, st. Charles Parish, La.
THE President has nominated G. c.
Ford, of Virginia, to be United States Con-
sui at La Union, Salvador.
Col. RUFUS INGALLS,, Assistant
Quartermaster- General, United States Ar
my, has been transferred from the Division
of the Pacific to the Division of the Mis-
souri,.
Hon. BEVERLY b. DOUGLAS, of Virgin
ia, has written to the Fredericksburg star,
explaining his recent conduct in the House,
which, he says, was in no wise due to intox-
ication, but to a naturally exctable temper
ament inflamed by the discourtesy of the
Speaker. In the future Mr.. Douglas says he
will abstain from Intoxicating liquor.
WILLIAM NJ. TWEED, the famous ex-
Chief of the Tammany Ring, died in Lud
low Street Jail, New York City, on the 18th,
from a complication of diseases, brought
about probably by his long confinement.
He was in his seth year. His last words"
are said to have been" have tried to do
some good, if l have not had good luck. /
am not afraid to die. / believe the guardian
angels will protect me-"
FITz JOHN PORTER's persistent APP
plication for review of the evidence taken
before the Court Martial by which he was
tried and convicted, has been finally sue
cessful, and President Hayes has ordered Il
Board Of Officers to convene at West Point
on the Goth of June for that purpose. De-
tail for the Board: Maj Gen. J. l.. Scho-
field; Brig. Gen. A. Fl. Terry; Col. G.. A
Getty, Sd Artillery; Maj. Asa d. Gardner,
Recorder.
The platform of the Oregon Demo-
cratic State Convention favors remonetiza-
ton of silver, resumption repeal, and pay
ment of Government obligations in green
backs, except when otherwise provided.
DAKoTA's recently appointed Gov
ernor, William A. Howard, of Michigan,
was installed on the 18th. His predecessor,
Gov. Pennington was in office little over
four years.
GEN. GRANT dined with the King and
Queen OF Italy on the 18th, prior to his de-
parture from Rome.
GEN HENRY A. SMALLEY, a very well
known business man in New York City,
who had been appointed by the Courts as
guardian Of several important 'fiduciary
trusts, public and private, is missing, togeth-
er with several thousands Of other peoples
money.
5. Angler CHACE, the dcfaultipg
Treasurer OF the Union Mills at Fall River,
Mass, was arrested on the 18th and lodged
in jail, bail being refused.
f. DELAFIELD SMITH, late Corpora
ton Counsel of New York City, and former
ly United States District Attorney, is dead
Hon. JOHN G.. MARSHALL, of George
town, Brown County, Ohio, cousin OF cx-
President Grant, was found dead in his bed
at the Neil House, Columbus, on the morn
Ing Of the 14th. The deceased held the rank
of Colonel during tho war and ,yos =, pror,